…Oh bah humbug to not updating. Go on, throw peanuts at me, I'll just eat them.

DISCLAIMER: …Do we really need one? …KAT BELONGS TO ME, GOT IT!

Haunted

Chapter V

Jin May woke up to a smell of amateur chicken broth. Jin May smiled, the girls must have made it by themselves. Jin May groggily sat up and rubbed her poor forehead. She began to recall the events of last night. What she remembered thought was a dream for a moment, but that moment was short lived.

"Auntie Jin May! You're awake!" A familiar blue-eyed little girl rushed up to her longest companion.

You see, Jin May was Kat's sworn protector, her best friend, her single parent. Jin May frowned when she remembered her parents. Sold off to the Rexxtobyors of the Gargantuan Galaxy as slaves from Overlord Skeleton. There was still hope for the little girl, however.

Jin May was surprised to find a bowl of chicken broth shoved under her nose.

"Surprise! Grandpa Stalkers said that chicken broth makes everyone feel better! Right Grandpa Stalkers!"

"It's Walkers dearie, Walkers. Glad to see you up Jin May."

"Me too. Say, where did you get the chicken?"

"From me o' course! I had to get to the Magical Chicken Realm over the river-"

"Kat!" A brunette walked up to her. "It was a team effort, stop making up your silly stories!"

"But it was TOO true, Marie! Auntie Jin May know that! Right Auntie Jin May?" Kat tugged on Jin May's sleeve. Jin May bit her lip, trying to think of an answer.

"Well, things are only true when you believe they are, and not lying about it. But I'm sure Kat isn't lying, right Kat?" Jin May tried her best to intimidate Kat, but only got a determined face.

"You got that right Auntie Jin May! It actually happened!" Jin May only sat there, speechless. "You don't believe me…." Then the tears came with all of their misery. Kat, wanting to be the big girl she was never allowed anyone to see her cry, so she ran off to the kitchen. Jin May sighed.

"So, what are you going to do about it?" Marie questioned Jin May.

"Hope for the best possible outcome and wait. You never know when something unexpected happens. Even if you want it to happen." Marie nodded and walked away. Jin May sighed, clouded in her thoughts. Eventually, her thoughts always ended with her late beloved. She sighed.

"I'd give anything to see him again… I've lost his voice, I don't want to lose his image."

-+-

Kat cried in her sorrow, alone in the kitchen. Maybe she was only imagining these things she experienced. A black puffball with small wings and two big blue eyes looked at her.

/What's up Kat? Why so glum/

"It's Auntie Jin May… She doesn't believe my adventures. I bet she never did…."

/Nah, that's not it. She just needs a little fate in you. I knew her, I should know./

Kat's eyes widened slightly.

"You knew Auntie Jin May? But how!"

/I knew her when the Skeleton King-/

"Overlord Skeleton?"

/Pfft! It figures he'd get an ego boost after I died. Anyways, I was the protector of Shuggazoom before all of this happened./

"Were you like a superhero?"

/You could say that. I knew Jin May when she first came here, she knew nothing about her powers, and she was tricked by the bad guys. But since then, I've sort of had a crush on her-/

"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Gross!"

/Hey, it's not like you won't go through the same things! I'm sure you know Rob…/

Kat blushed. How did he know…?

"Shut up!"

/Make me. I'm a spirit and I can do whatever I want/

"Then can you show me what you really look like?"

/Duh! But what makes you think I'll do that for you/

"Because you can't!"

/Oh yeah! Watch me/

A puff of smoke here and there and a cough from Kat. Kat opened her eyes to see a transparent teenager, raven black hair, shining blue eyes, orange stripes from his face, an orange scarf, a white lab coat, matching pants, and navy blue boots.

"Hah! I your FACE!" Kat giggled with delight and the boy realized what he had done. "Why you little!"

"Hahahahahaaa! I fooled you, Chiro!"

-+-

The blue monkey was out scavenging for parts. He wasn't going to find them all gathered in one convenient location wasn't he?

"First Jin May sees me, now I must scavenge for parts like Otto! This is outrageous! My IQ is far to great to come down to this!"

Gibson growled. It had been hard for him, I'll give you that. His figure shone through the moonlight, completely invisible to those he did not want to see. He found a decent pile of mechanics and started to rummage through it. Then he stumbled across something that scared Gibson.

"Gaah! Otto's arm!" The silver plated arm had caught Gibson in all of it's might. Gibson tried to shake it off, but to no avail. Then he heard a familiar stupid laugh.

"Otto?" The laughing stopped. Now a green monkey walked out from behind the heap of junk and other things.

"Gibson? Hiya Gibson! Haven't seen ya for like, a decade!"

"Seven years Otto. How dare you scare me like that!" The old fighting between the two was on once more.

"Well, I thought you were just some smart guy."

"Otto!"

"What? It could happen! Besides, it's not like you come up to my junk pile often!" Gibson sighed. Otto had one this time, but the war was far from over.

"You're right… Have you seen anyone else?" Otto thought. Hard.

"Well, there was Nova like, six years ago. And then there's Gibson like, six minutes ago…" Gibson sighed.

"Never mind…"

"Hey, what have you been doing?"

"Trying to build another body for myself. But my mechanics are much harder than I had calculated!"

"You too? I can't get the programming right… And all the smart stuff that you do…"

"That's it Otto! If we work together, we can have our bodies finished in no time!"

"Great! …Say, what color am I again?" Gibson did an anime fall. This was going to be a long partnership…