Chapter 5

Little Dragon of Peace

I had just finished making the egg rolls when Mama Wu came over with a glass. She handed it to me.

"Will help. You wash dish's. No more cook today. You are very good in kitchen. I am grateful you come today."

I nodded and drank the whole glass.

"Thank you Mama Wu. For the job and the medicine."

Mama Wu smiled and pointed towards the back of the kitchen were there was a giant stack of dirty dishes and a ten year old girl with a dark tan and long waist length black hair stood on a stool washing them.

"Your welcome."

I took the glass and headed back to the dishes. I smiled at the girl.

"Hello."

She glanced at me out of the corner of her eyes.

"Hi. Are you the new cook?"

I nodded and went to help wash the dishes but she grabbed my wrist.

"Sorry but I keep it really hot and I don't want you to burn yourself."

She lifted her other hand and it burst into flame as she let go of my wrist. I nodded in understanding.

"That's okay. I can still help. I'm Jesse by the way."

She frowned in obvious confusion as a put my hands in my pocket.

"I'm Kaida. What did you mean by you can still help?"

I smiled and using my telekinesis started cleaning the dishes as she was rinsing a stack that was still soapy after she just cleaned it.

"I'll clean you rinse, dry, and keep the water hot."

She grinned and tossed her head to get her hair out of her face.

"Works with me. So do you go to Sky High with my brother?"

I shrugged.

"Who's your brother."

"Warren Peace. Mama Wu's are grandma we live with her, that's why I'm aloud to work here."

"Yeah I go to school with Warren. I've never talked to him though. I'm only a sidekick. But in truth I don't talk to any one at school. I don't think I said a single thing at all last year."

Her eyes were wide as she looked at me.

"You went a whole year with out saying a single word at school!"

I shrugged with a smile. I liked this girl she was cool.

"Yeah, Not a single word. Not even to my best friend. But then again I didn't have any class's with her sense she's a hero. And plus she's my adopted sister to so we really don't need to talk at school, we see enough of each other at home."

"Wow. Hey Warren. This is Jesse, she's the new cook."

Warren had came up with a tub full of dishes. He was apparently a busboy.

"Hey Kaida. Jesse huh. If you're the new cook then why aren't you cooking?"

I shrugged and paid extra attention to washing the dishes. He grunted mumbled whatever and walked away. Kaida was giving me a weird look as she tossed her hair out of her face once again.

"Why didn't you talk to him? What are you shy?"

I shrugged and bit my lip.

"Actually I'm really shy. I usually don't talk to people at all except my family. I guess something about you just puts me at ease. In truth you kinda remind me of my best friend Kitty."

She frowned then shrugged.

"So that's why you talk so softly…Kitty huh?"

I chuckled.

"Yeah her name is Catherine, but she hates it so she goes by Cat. I've been calling her Kitty sense we first met when we were five. She'll attack anyone else who calls her it. I get special privileges as her best friend."

After that we fell into silence again until the third time Kaida tossed her hair. I sighed.

"Will you let me braid your hair so that you quite doing that. It's distracting."

She frowned in thought.

"It's not going to mess up your telekinesis is it?"

I chuckled again.

"No. I can make three different things while keeping my sister away from the food all at once. It's hard to distract my telekinesis.

She nodded her okay and I moved behind her and started braiding her long hair while my powers kept cleaning the dishes.

"Hey Jesse, Your powers seem pretty strong. Why are you a sidekick?"

I frowned and bit my lip as I thought of what to tell her.

"I guess it's because Coach Boomer automatically assumed my powers would be weak because both my parents are normal."

Kaida frowned in thought before resolutely speaking her mind.

"He sound's like an asshole."

I chuckled at her bluntness surprised that she had managed to make me come out of my shell so much around her.

"He is."

That made Kaida laugh and as I wrapped a hair band around the end of her braid.

"All done."