Of Cat's and Dragons
Jackie: Hi person and thank you so much for wanting to read my story. :)
Harry: Oh will you get up and stop crying? You're embarrassing me.
Jackie: I'm not crying! Person, this is my imaginary friend, Harry. He's a cat, person, cousin It…thing.
Harry: Thank you so much for that description of me.
Jackie: Oh! Go lick yourself. Anyway, let me give you a run down of the story. Basically a girl called Kitten….
Harry: Kitten? What kind of a name is that?
Jackie: It will be her name until I can think of a better one! Will you let me finish! Thank you. The girl, Kitten, stays at the Xaolin temple and drags them into helping her save the world.
Harry: Well let's get on with the story already!
Jackie: Don't be so impatient.
Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own Xaolin Showdown or I would have much more money then I have now. (Also I barrowed an idea from the book series Discworld.)
A Stranger
Near the Xaolin Temple…
The sky turned dark and cloudy. Thunder signaled the coming of the storm. As the air turned chiller a girl pulled her long brown coat tighter around her. She had light brown, curly hair, which was covered by a hat. She was tall with a slightly tan look on her skin and she adorned sunglasses (which was strange because it was about to rain). She wore blue jeans and a black t-shirt.
She looked down at the strangest thing. It looked like a luggage bag but with many little feet and small black eyes on the side of its "head". It had a pattern of stars and planets on it as well.
"Well Luggage, where do you think we could stay?" the girl asked. The luggage started walking in the direction of a temple and the girl followed along, for she had trust in this magical object.
The storm had reached the Xaolin Temple and seemed to be pounding at the walls. Inside Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay were playing go fish.
"Ha!" Omi cried out, "Now Kimiko, you must get fishing!"
"It's go fish Omi," Kimiko said as she drew a card.
"Man, there hasn't been a Shen Gon Wu for weeks and now it rains. How crappy is that?" Raimundo muttered.
Suddenly, someone started knocking on the door.
"Who in tarnished could that be?" said Clay as he got up and opened the door. There stood a girl holding a large travaling bag. Both were soaking wet.
"Hey, think I could spend the night here?" she said as she walked into the hall, looking around. "Nice place you have here."
"Uh, do you mind telling us who you are partner?" Clay asked as he scrached his head.
"I'm sorry, where are my maners? My name's Kitten. I know, I know, it's an odd name, but I like it."
Omi walked up to her and asked, "Why are you wearing sunglasses when it is dark and raining out?"
"Eye problems," she said hastily, then added, "can I stay for awhile?"
Rai suddenly appeared in front of her, "Of course you can stay, a lovely lady like you shouldn't be out in the rain. Here, let me carry your bag." As he reached out for it, Kitten doged his hand.
"Sorry my Luggage doesn't like – I mean I don't like people touching my luggage. Sorry it's a personal thing."
"Well, that's ok…here, let me show you to your room," said Clay.
"I wonder who she is," wondered Kimiko.
"But she already told you her name is Kitten," said Omi, who was staring whistfully as Kitten walked down the hall.
"I mean, what is she doing way out here? We usually don't get visitors unless Jack Spicer is trying to steel Shen Gon Wu. And did you see her bag? It looks so wired."
"Who cares as long as she stays a while. She's cute," said Rai, who seemed to be day dreaming.
"Oh yes, she is quite spicy," said Omi.
"Hot," corrected Koimiko.
"Yes, that too."
"Argg, this is what I get for living with three boys! I'm going to bed," she turned and looked at Omi and Rai, "Well, are you coming?"
"Ok, ok. I guess it's starting to get late," muttered Rai as he walked to his room.
"Yes, I must be getting my lovely sleep."
"Buiety sleep."
"That too."
"Sorry, we don't have actual rooms, or beds," Clay said. "Your room is pretty far from ours, so you should have some privacy."
Kitten walked into the room (it's more like a small square with walla and the bed is a sleeping matt. I mean come on, these guys save the world a lot, you think they would get real rooms and beds.) She sat the luggage near the "bed", "Thanks, I don't mind, I've slept in worse."
"Do you want me to take your coat and hat?"
"No, I'll just hang them up in here," she said nervously.
"Ok, see you in the morning."
Kitten waited until she couldn't hear footsteps above the storm, then slowly took off her hat. Te hat had hidden a large pair of caramel colored cat ears. As she took off the jacket, her long, supple, cat tail (same color with a white tip at the end) appeared. She took off the sunglasses which reviled green, cat like eyes. The luggage opened its eyes and made odd clicking sounds. She leaned down and patted it.
"No, I don't want them to know what I am yet."