Secrets to Hide

Author's Note: So, here I am again with the seventh chapter. And no, I don't have the eighth chapter yet but I'll have it soon. Anyways, read and review. I'll try and get to work on the eighth chapter for you loyal readers out there. Oh, and btw, I just watched "Raise Your Voice" on DVD. Not a bad movie… XD And plus, I didn't get to see it in the theatres… o.o

Disclaimer: Again, I do not own any of Jeff Goode's wonderful characters of ADJL… Only Cat is mine. And Kellen (or Kel) is not mine either. It's not mine; it's IronHand's. Once again, Cat is the only one I made up. Not Jake, not the Dark Dragon, nobody else but Cat… Got that?

Chapter 7 – Battling Time

Cat groaned.
She couldn't believe it was time to fight the Dark Dragon already... But, she knew she had to do it...
"So, shall we begin?" The Dark Dragon asked.
"You're on!" Cat said, furiously.
Starting to battle was Cat, with a slide on the slippery alley and trying to make an aim to him. But, he dodged just in time and made Cat slip and hit the wall.
Cat got up, and not giving up so easily, she did multiple backflips and flying feet first, she hit the Dark Dragon directly in the face. Then, she landed gracefully with her two feet on the floor.
"Grr… Thought you could give up so easily?" The Dark Dragon said, growling.
With one swipe of his claw, he punched Cat from her back and made her hit herself on the wall again.
Moaning, she got up once again and looked up at the sky for one second. She saw that it was unusually cloudy.
'I have to wait until the sun comes up' She thought.
Cat was thinking up of a plan but soon became too lost in her thoughts to pay attention to the Dark Dragon's attack.
Too late to miss it, Cat got kicked once again.
She made a quick decision and blew numerous fireballs at the Dark Dragon.
He only got hit with one, but barely filled with enough damage.
Ready to make a run for it, Cat flew off with breakneck speed to the top of a nearby roof. The Dark Dragon quickly followed.
Not watching behind her back, The Dark Dragon grinned.
"You thought you could escape, huh?" He asked.
Cat then flew up, doing a somersault in the air, dodging the Dark Dragon's sharp claws, ready to attack her.
"Maybe not... But you can't beat me." She said.
At this time, the sun was beaming down on the city.
'Perfect...' She thought, gazing at the sun for a quick moment.
Again, she wasn't paying attention and the Dark Dragon flung her in the face with another swipe of his claw.
She was sent flying to a wall, hitting it headfirst.
Cat fell stiffly down the wall.
But then, she saw a familiar face... the American Dragon? But next to him was someone who she hadn't met before... Jake then bent over to lend Cat a hand.
"Whoa, are you okay?" He asked, pulling Cat up.
Cat shook her head quickly and nodded at Jake.
"Yeah... Say, if you're the American Dragon then... who's he?" Cat asked, puzzled.
"Uh yeah... I'm IronHand..." He replied.
"Ohhhh..." Cat realized. "Say, I've never heard of you before..." She said, staring at the sky for a quick second again. It was hiding behind the clouds again.
I have to wait again, she thought, then, turning back to reality...
"Riiiiiiiiiiight..." Jake said.
Cat paused.
"Well, if you excuse me, I have the Dark Dragon to defeat." She said, taking off.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there." IronHand said, stopping her.
Cat shrugged and landed once again.
"What?" She asked.
"You see, you're talking to the American Dragon and IronHand here. We can help..." He said.
"He's right... We're not like chopped liver or something." Jake said.
Cat giggled.
"Yeah, I guess... But, is it okay with you guys?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, sure... We can handle that." They both said in unison.
"Now to show this bad guy what we're made of." Cat said.
"Right on!" Jake cheered.
The three then flew over to where the Dark Dragon was looking for Cat.
He was pretty surprise to find Cat with the American Dragon and IronHand... He wouldn't stand a chance... But this didn't stop him yet...
"Argh, I see you've teamed up with the American Dragon and IronHand, eh?" He asked.
"Yup." Cat said, crossing her arms.
"Very well, let the battle begin... but with you three now..." The Dark Dragon said.
Again, Cat started the battle again with a spin in the air and hitting the Dark Dragon feet first in the chest.
He wasn't very much affected and returned the attack with a kick in her stomach.
Cat stopped for a second, sinking the pain inside herself.
She watched as Jake then combined combustion of numerous fireballs and flung it at him. This time, the Dark Dragon was affected a bit more... but not enough to admit defeat.
After this quick second, Cat was good enough to help again.
She flew over and saw IronHand grab a streetlight and chuck it to the Dark Dragon. But with ease, he grabbed it with one hand and hit him back.
Cat barely missed an edge of the streetlight that sent him flying. She grabbed it and helped him stop from flying to a wall. But then again, she saw the sun beating down from the sky.
'This is it...' She thought.
"Hey! Dark Dragon, take this." Cat said, catching his attention. He turned around and saw what Cat was to do next.
At this instant, Cat had enough power from the sun to combine a giant ball of fire from the sun from her hands and flung it to the Dark Dragon, which made a real big affect on him. he landed on the top of a roof on a building as the fire was burning him down by the second. Jake and Kel stared in awe as the fireball died down and it later revealed that the Dark Dragon was no longer there.
"Oh my gosh! That was awesome!" Jake said, watching Cat slowly land on a rooftop of another house.
Cat, who was a little dizzy for a moment from sudden fatigue, heard the compliments of the very great defeat.
"Whoa, how did you do that?" Kel asked.
Cat was kind of blushing at this moment.
"Well, I do have solar and lunar powers... which mean sun and moon powers... I can use powerful attacks like those." Cat said.
"I swear, that was awesome!" Jake said.
"Heh, well... the thing is, I sparingly use them since the more I use them, the more it drains my energy... meaning, I get weaker every time I use them." Cat explained, putting her hand on her head for a second then putting it down.
"Oh, well, are you okay?" Kellen asked.
"Yeah... I only had to use my powers once, so I'm not really, really tired." Cat replied.
After a pretty decent talk, Cat realized that she was dead meat. She was still grounded!
"Aw man, well, I loved talking with you, but I have to be somewhere." She said.
"Uh ok..." Jake and Kel said in unison.
"Uh, bye!" She called out, flying down quickly to the same alley where she dropped her backpack.
By this time, Jake and Kel were back to human again, continuing their walk home.

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When Cat got home, again stared the furious faces of her parents.
"Cat, you said you'd be home by three!" Her mom said.
"I know, I know... but--" Cat started.
"But nothing, young lady. You're grounded and you came home an hour and a half late." Her dad said.
"But, but, mom! Dad! I can explain!" Cat said.
her parents stared at her, waiting for her to speak.
"Okay, so I can't... but still! Please! I didn't WANT to get home late!" Cat groaned.
"And how are we supposed to be believe that?" Her mom asked.
"Go to your room, Cat!" Her dad then spoke up.
"Aw man!" Cat whined, slumping up the stairs.

Last Minute Comments: Sooo, here's the seventh chapter for you. The eighth will, hopefully, be up by the time I go to bed. Yes, it's one twenty nine in the morning here. Review please! It's a good way that motivates the author to write more. :D