YAY! I finished my first week of summer school! I take PE. 1 down 4 more to go! But my thighs hurt baaad…arrrggh…the Xiaolin monks would laugh at me if they saw that I was in pain after a mere mile and a half of jogging followed by advanced Tae-Bo…stupid Billy Blanks…so yeah, you know the routine, I don't own nada. Thank you to Cleoraia and TamerTerra for reviewing! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! Hehe, I never thought of my story as kick ass… and some other thankies to my friends Grace and Tania. Tania I'll miss you! I hate Arizona now, cuz they have you and California doesn't have you anymore! Come back soon! MOOOOO! Hehe, btw ":"means an action cuz my asterisks don't work.
:Melissa and Tania come out of school where they took the SAT: so many….:strange perky voice: bubbles!
Also btw, I've switched the point of view. And vaca means cow in Spanish, but the "b" and "v" are usually switched when speaking. And kawaii means "cute" in Japanese. Okay enough! Onto the story!
"Graaaaaaaaaaaaace!" Melissa screeched and ran toward the figure. The said figure immediately jumped off Raimundo, ran, and collided with Melissa. They hugged each other extremely hard.
"Do I hear bones cracking?" Dojo inquisitively wondered. After a few moments the two girls realized they were being stared at and then Melissa quickly got up and formally introduced her friend.
"Grace, the Xiaolin monks, Xiaolin monks, my very good friend Grace."
Raimundo was still tending to his wounds.
"Oh, sorry about that" Grace sheepishly apologized. "It's just so cool to finally meet you all in person!"
Melissa explained more as they went back to the breakfast room. Grace knew Melissa from school and was promptly informed of Melissa's situation after eating some breakfast rice as well.
"…and then I said 'I'll never forgive you!' and then I blacked out." Melissa ended her story pretending to actually black out and fell on the floor, but quickly got up. "The end."
Grace didn't look surprised. "I told ya, you should've stayed at home but nooooo, you had to go take this job at the Xiaolin temple."
"I couldn't help it. It was in Asia for crying out loud, Asia! And hey, what are YOU doing here, you're supposed to be at home too."
"………I got lost trying to get to Japan."
"BAKA!"
"I'M NOT A COW!"
Omi and the others watched in amazement as Melissa whacked Grace quickly on the head.
"That's quite a swing there," Clay absentmindedly murmured to no one.
Grace closed her eyes, but not from pain, from planning.
"Is she okay?" Kimiko wondered aloud.
"I HAVE AN IDEA!" Grace proudly announced after a few minutes pause. She scared everyone into falling.
"This can't be good," Melissa muttered.
"As long as it doesn't involve getting hurt more, I'm cool with it," Raimundo quickly added.
"We go to this evil cave place thingy where this evil cave dwelling dude is, than make your Ceres come out and have them talk their way into making up."
"That'd work Grace!" Melissa happily said with a fake chirpy face. "As soon as PIGS FLY!"
"Why must a hog fly in order for this plan to work?" Omi asked Master Fung. Master Fung merely shook his head and let Grace and Melissa continue talking.
"Well," Kimiko said. "It wouldn't hurt to try and see if talking works out. Last thing we need is another battle on our hands."
"How do we know she'll come out?" Clay asked Grace.
"Easy. She only came out practically full force when she saw Chase, so we'll just do that again."
"Waaah!" Melissa cried out. "How do we know she just won't try and kill him? I don't want to kill people!"
"Uh…go call the mortuary in case?" was Grace's response.
"Ugh…I don't suppose we have any other choice." Melissa just accepted her situation. Grace had proven to be helpful in many ways before, maybe her crazy plan would prevail again.
The monks didn't think there was another, rather non-violent way around it, so once again they were flying on Dojo toward Chase's palace. Grace was ecstatic and kept pointing at all the different things they passed by and nearly fell off twice. Instead of being angry, Dojo was rather amused at this new girl. She brought a mischievous twinkle in Melissa's eyes.
They arrived at the entrance and Grace pondered how they would get in. "Doorbell?"
"Great minds think alike!" Melissa happily said.
"More like weird minds think alike," Clay whispered to Omi, who immediately started laughing.
Grace saw Omi laughing, and then faster than anyone could blink, she was hugging him. "Kawaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" she squealed as she hugged him hard, and then put him down.
Omi gasped. "A girl hug! May I have another?" Grace was more than happy to oblige and picked him up again and squeezed him tight.
"Ok, ok, let's just go in!" Kimiko replied and pried Omi away from Grace's clutch. She gave one last mean look at Grace and then turned away.
Grace blinked and then smiled mischievously. She whispered something into Melissa's ear and then they both stared at Kimiko and Omi and began chuckling quietly. However, suddenly Melissa paled.
"Hon, are you okay?" Grace quickly asked. It looked as if Melissa was about to faint. Her lips began moving, but no sound came out.
"I think she's talking to her," Raimundo said in awe.
"Her?" Omi asked.
"The only 'her' Melissa could talk to," Raimundo replied with annoyance. "Ceres" the five teenagers whispered.
Melissa closed her eyes and then she smiled. "We've come to an agreement."
"Agreement?" Dojo asked. "That's never a good word. Last time I was part of an 'agreement' I turned out to be a main ingredient in soup."
"No, this one's good. Ceres says she will promise not to kill Chase, if he rectifies the situation."
"But what is the situation?"
"You can ask her." a voice from within the cave replied. The wooden doors that shut out unwanted visitors slowly creaked open and Wuya stood behind them. "Ask Ceres," she continued " she won't mind telling her story to all of you. That is, if I can remember her personality correctly."
"WHAAAAAAAAT?" Melissa screeched. "YOU KNEW CERES?"
Wuya smiled and closed her eyes. "From other lifetimes, but yes, in a manner of speaking I did know her." She motioned for them to follow her into the palace.
"Duuuude," Melissa whined and massaged her head. "Everyone, like, knows everyone else! It's friggin crazy! Why don't they all just write down on a piece of paper who knows who!"
Omi pondered on this new information. "Wuya is very old…reaaaally old…"
Wuya whipped her head around towards Omi. "What was that you said, you little twerp!"
Omi pretended to be very interested in some rocks on the ground that they were passing by.
"Even Dashi said time hasn't been good to you," Raimundo laughed. Kimiko, Clay, and Dojo began laughing as well.
Grace was busy staring at Wuya's dress and not listening to the conversation. "Halloween costume" was the only phrase discernable from her mumbling.
Melissa suddenly spoke up. "Chase hasn't told you anything?"
Wuya rolled her eyes. "I tried telling that man to remember, and the poor oaf didn't even know where to start."
"You even tried?" Melissa said in wonder. "Wow…"
The group reached a small pond by a waterfall and sat down in a circle around Melissa. "Well, shall we begin?" Wuya asked all of them. The five teenagers, dragon, and Heilin witch stared at Melissa. She took a deep breath and then exhaled.
"It all started with a fire." As she spoke, it was as if they could all see what was happening. Perhaps it was magic, or perhaps the Ceres' words could make your imagination soar. Or perhaps it was just the fact that everyone closed their eyes and the waterfall was making them fall asleep. Either way, no one noticed Chase pacing back and forth a little ways away. He looked down below at the group and scoffed.
"Total lunacy," he couldn't help but mutter. He stopped and closed his eyes. Remember. Remember what? Suddenly a woman's voice drifted over to him. He quickly opened his eyes and saw that even though Melissa's lips were moving, the voice was not hers, it was…
The fire wasn't his fault. He tried telling everyone. No one believed him. Only his mother stayed by his side…and her…
A young girl with long flowing black hair rested by a creek. As she admired the flowers, a bittersweet song flowed from her lips. Her voice was low and enchanting. Suddenly the bushes nearby moved. "Sister!" a voice cried, " Come look at what I made!" A beaming little boy burst from the brush and happily ran into her outstretched arms.
Well, that's all for now. Till later!