Chapter 3
Xiao increases her running pace as she could see her school in the distance. That little diversion with the cat may have gotten her in…
RIIIIING!
…trouble.
"Oh crap, that's the bell!" Xiao yelps as she passes through the main schoolyard gates before it closes on her.
She hops up the stairs, turns the corner, and runs at full speed down the main hallway. When she approaches the next coroner where her homeroom was, she was suddenly met with an unexpected person…
…her teacher, Zhu Rong.
"Xiao Qiao! You are late for the fortieth time this semester!" Zhu Rong says sternly, arms crossed as she stands right outside of Xiao's classroom, glowering down upon her.
"Ah crap! Miss Rong, I can expla-!" Xiao tries to say, but is cut-off mid-sentence.
"No excuses. You will wait out here until class is over, then we will have a private chat," Zhu Rong says before stepping back inside her classroom and slamming the door shut behind her.
"…Shit…" Xiao mutters, slumping on to the floor in response.
RING!
It was then she received a call on her cell phone. She takes it out of her pocket to see who was ringing her.
It was an unlisted number.
"Who is calling me right now?" Xiao ponders, before deciding to answer it.
"Hello?"
"Xiao, it's me, the cat you rescued earlier."
"Huh?! Who is this?! What are you talking about?"
"Are you deaf? I repeat, it's the cat you saved earlier. You know, the black cat, the one with the Shu-clan symbol on its forehead whom you saved from those bratty kids and then nearly turned on me?"
"…You mean from earlier? Wait, I carry my pistol with me, wasn't I?"
"Yes, yes you were you psycho bitch."
"Oh...okay then…but why the hell is a cat talking to me? You mean I wasn't crazy when I heard you speak to me back there?"
"Apparently not, bright-eyes."
Xiao couldn't believe what she was hearing. Just who was this cat anyways, and what did she want with her?
"Okay, well, what do you want with me?"
"I am calling to inform you of a prophecy you are to fulfill in the coming days. It is going to be your sole duty to lead a group of local heroes to help eradicate an ancient evil from thousands of years ago that will return to wreak havoc upon the world. I need you to meet me tonight in the shopping district for more explanation. Do you understand, Xiao?"
"….Uh…I guess so…alright…I'll bite."
"Good girl, you're not as dumb as you look!"
"Hey, that's not nice! Oh, by the way, can I ask you one more thing?"
"Sure, what is?"
"How did you get my number again?"
"Yellow Pages, toots, look it up. Later!"
CLICK!
Xiao sets down her phone and sighs.
"This is all so weird…me, becoming a hero to save the day? What is this, a fanfiction parodying a magic-girl anime and manga series?" Xiao ponders to herself.
Nonetheless, she still had a long time to wait before nightfall.
Just then, the classroom doors fly open. It her was her teacher, Zhu Rong, handing her a sheet of paper.
"By the way, you failed last week's test. You scored a negative thirty-four. Just wait until I call your parents!" Zhu Rong taunts before slamming the classroom shut once again.
"Fuck...my life…" Xiao mutters under her breath.
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