Life in Paradise
Charlie's PoV
I came home, sneaking by mom and dad. I closed my door quietly and climbed onto my bed. My paw glew orange as I put it over my cheek to heal the bruise. As I did the door opened.
"Gah!" I cried, the healing job still not finished. Caitlin walked in, dad following.
"Got into a fight, son?" Dad asked.
"Uhh..." My mind was racing, "Hey, the guy was bugging me!"
"Yeah, he was." Caitlin said.
"Looks like he got you good." Dad said, noticing I was healing a bruise.
"Uh..." I wondered where he was going with this.
"And this has shown me and your mother that you will get into fights, and judging by that bruise you aren't indestructible like me yet." He said. He waited for me to nod, then continued, "And since you may never gain that, we called one of our friends. He's gonna teach you to fight."
"He's gonna what?" I asked, not believing nor wanting this.
"Son, trust me. In the future you're gonna be glad you had this." He said. I sighed.
"I don't like it, but I'll do it." I said. I would rather learn the mind tricks from Orion or some siren songs from mom...
"Good." He said, leaving. I knew I hadn't had a choice from the start.
The Next Day
I stood upside down on a branch, waiting for my new teacher.
"I'll give him ten more minutes, then I split." I said aloud. Suddenly the tree shook violently, and I fell to the ground, landing on my head, "Oof!"
"Lesson one, you always have to be ready, waiting for your opponents." Said a four armed, purple experiment. Kixx...
"Yeeaah..." I said. Now I'm gonna be paranoid around him.
"I am Kixx, your new fighting instructor." He said. Yes, I guessed that much, "You must be Charles, Angel and Stitch's adopted son."
"Ado- yeah, yeah. Adopted." I said, smiling. I guess dad didn't want him to expect much. Thanks for making it easy, dad!
He led me to a fighting ring and climbed over the ropes. I came in under them, the bottom one only up to my chin. I looked atKixx. The guy was huge compared to lil' me!
"Uh, aren't you supposed to teach me before kicking me around?" I asked.
"Don't worry, I'll go easy. I just want to see what you can do." He said. Then he broke out into a charge. I flipped over him, landing behind him. Is he crazy?! He stopped and jumped into the air, bringing his arm down for a crushing blow, but I rolled to the side.
"Whew..." I said, looking at the small crater his two left arms made.
"Enough evading! Attack!!" Kixx called. He charged me again. I jumped, it being the only way for me to get high enough to reach his face, and punched him as hard as I could. He flew onto his back.
"There." I said, not wanting to do that again. He groaned and sat up.
"Are you really adopted?" He asked, rubbing his nose where I punched him.
I grinned, "Nope."
"Oh, that explains a lot." He said, getting up.
"Yep." I said. I really don't want to do this...
A/N: I may noy update for a while, schools starting.
