Authors Note: Well here begins another chapter of my story, and before I get started I would like to thank History Nut for the wonderful idea of getting an editor for my work! Thank you! I always look forward to your reviews for they are very encouraging! And I will try to up date sooner but I am still in school and have lots of assignments. But I will try. Now back to the story!

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'Blah Blah Blah': thinking

Editor's Note: Wait wait waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait! You've gotta hear from me before you start the story again!

Hey there:D I'm 'the Editor', as I'm sure you've guessed from the whole 'Editor's Note' thing. So now you have to put up with both author's notes and editor's notes… lucky you, really…

I'm also the one known as Stripe, and I am shocked and appalled, Sister, that you would do such a thing to my name… however, I woulda said those things anyway, so I can find it in my heart to forgive you.

Now that I have properly introduced myself, you can get on with the show!

Strange Girl:

When Akira woke up the next morning, she was greeted by yet another strange scene before her. Above her head was a girl lying down on the rafters sleeping without a care in the world. Akira stood up, got the broom from the kitchen and poked the girl until she woke up and fell. The girl twisted in the air and landed roughly on her hands and feet. She let out a hiss of pain and fright.

When Akira took a good look at the girl who was now standing in her bedroom, she noticed that the girl had blond hair that was braided and going down her back. She had a black cat mask and a black stealth suit. On her hands were claws as well.

'Well, looks like I've got another fighter in my house,' thought Akira. 'I might want to watch myself around her. Who knows what she can do.' Then she heard the blond girl yelling at her for poking her out of the rafters.

"What the hell was that for!" screamed the girl. "That hurt you know!"

"Good!" replied Akira.

"Wha" stammered the girl. "You don't just go around with a broomstick poking people with it! Are you mental! You could have killed me with that thing!"

"Are you done complaining?" asked Akira, "'cause if you are I have a few questions for you."

"Ok I'm done," said the girl, but she was still in a defensive position waiting to see if Akira was going to attack.

"First things first; what are you doing in my house?"

"Well, you see, yesterday I saw Scarlet coming out of your building so I was curious." The girl looked at Akira with innocent eyes. "But I wasn't going to come and investigate until tomorrow night but it so happens that I accidentally ripped apart Scarlet's favorite jacket." The girl's two index fingers poked each other.

"And this explains that you're in my house, why?" asked a slightly annoyed Akira.

"Well because I saw her coming out of your house I thought that you two were friends so I decided to crash at your place until she cools down enough for me to go back," said the girl innocently, "and I also smelt something fishy."

"Fishy. You smelt something fishy!" Akira's day was getting off to a bad start.

"Yeah, it smelt really nice!" the girl said in an excited voice.

"What's your name girl?" demanded Akira.

"Why should I tell you!" asked the girl.

"Because you invaded my home," stated Akira.

"I did?" asked the girl.

"Yes you did. Now don't avoid the question."

"You can call me Tigris if you want," said the girl.

"Fine! Now can you please get out of my house?" asked Akira.

"No! Please let me stay for another day or two," pleaded Tigris. "Just until Scarlet calms down! Please!"

"I'm going to regret this," Akira muttered to her self, "Ok fine you can stay here for three days but no more than that."

"YAY! Thank you so much!" Tigris jumped up and hugged Akira.

"First things first. No hugging, and you are not to disturb me while I teach my classes," stated Akira, "and you will sleep in the spare bedroom but you are not to touch anything that belongs to me. Is that clear?"

Tigris just looked at Akira and nodded her head. Satisfied with the outcome, Akira led Tigris to the spare bedroom and showed her where the bathroom was and where the T.V. was as well as the kitchen. Once this was done, Akira went to the bathroom and got ready for her day. When she came out she was dressed in dark green army pants and a white singlet with red letters saying 'beware the bitch' (that's for you Stripe! ) on the front of it.

Editor's Note: Yay! Thankyou Sister! For our readers… okay, your readers… who don't understand, that 'beware the bitch' thing is one of 3 group mottos. They mean quite a bit to us.

When she came into the kitchen she saw Tigris raiding the freezer asking, "Where is it? Where is it?"

"Where is what?" asked Akira.

"Where's the fish?" asked Tigris.

Without a word Akira walked up to the freezer and took out a bag of fish for her hungry charge.

"Here you go." Akira placed the fish in Tigris' hand and was about to walk away when…

"What do I do with it now? It's cold and frozen," asked Tigris.

Akira just looked at Tigris with a look of pure shock. Her mouth was open and her eyes wide. "Are you stupid or something?" Akira asked.

"No it's just that I never cooked before and I never touch any kitchen appliances," answered Tigris.

"You've never cooked in your life?" asked Akira.

"Nope. Is that a bad thing?" asked Tigris.

"I didn't say that it's a bad thing, it's just… I always thought that I was the only one who couldn't cook," stated Akira.

Tigris looked at Akira and laughed. Akira couldn't help but laugh with her. Akira thought that Tigris was a very innocent girl who could make anybody laugh and she hated to admit it but she was starting to like this girl and her bubbly personality. (E/N: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I love you too, girl!) Then she looked at the time and swore under her breath.

"What's wrong?" asked Tigris.

"I'm going to be late opening the Dojo," answered Akira.

"I'm sorry for making you late," apologised Tigris.

"Don't be it's not your fault," reassured Akira. "Hey, how about after lunch I take you out to the sushi bar?"

"Really!"

"Yeah we could probably invite Scarlet as well if you want… or do you want her to calm down first?" asked Akira.

"Err… I might have to make amends now, so lets invite her!" exclaimed Tigris.

Akira let a rich and pleasant laugh escape her lips.

"You know you should laugh more often. It suits you," stated Tigris.

"You reckon? Well, you know where Scarlet lives, why don't you go to her house now and tell her the plan for lunch?" suggested Akira.

"Ok! But do I get to come back here if I want to?" asked Tigris.

"Yes… as long as you use the door."

"Thankyou!"

With that, Tigris leaped up and hugged the life out of Akira. Akira, on the other hand, couldn't help but smile at her.

When Tigris had left, Akira went downstairs to open the Dojo to her students. She was surprised when she saw nobody there. 'Strange, this never happened before. I wonder what happened?' As she was about to turn away and go back up the stairs, some of her students came running through the door.

"Sooo, sorry sensei!" they all said at once.

"Actually it's fine, since I was late as well. So, no punishment for anybody today," said Akira with a smile.

The students all looked at her dumbstruck as if it was a stranger standing before them.

"Sensei, are you alright?" asked one of her students.

"Yes, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"We've never seen you like this before that's all," answered the first student.

"Like what?" Akira asked.

"Well, you've never been lenient before, or forgiven us for being late. You always said that punctuality is everything," answered the student.

Akira was shocked to say the least. However, she took it all in and smiled at her students.

"Well punctuality is everything, but I guess I have been a bit to strict with you. So I guess it's time for a change."

Her students couldn't believe their ears. Their sensei was going to change into a nice person! They were very happy.

So the students had a very good time during their lessons that day, which were karate, sword fighting, and hand to hand combat. By the end of the morning the students and teacher were all tired. The students went home and Akira went upstairs to get changed into some 'going-out' clothes for when Tigris and Scarlet would get there. She went to her bathroom and had another shower to wash off the sweat. When she got out of the bathroom she was dressed in an ankle length black skirt with two slits going past her knees, and a black Chinese shirt with gold embroidery. Her wavy fire red hair was loose around her head and she only wore eyeliner and mascara. She had no need of lipstick because her lips were already strawberry red. On her feet were black high-heeled boots.

When she entered her leaving room (next to the kitchen) she saw two very familiar faces. Tigris and Scarlet. Scarlet was dressed in a modern yet old style purple Chinese shirt and red pants and soft red and purple shoes. And Tigris was dressed in a knee length skirt (light blue) and a sun yellow mid-drift shirt and silver high heels.

"How did you get in?" asked Akira.

"Your door was open, so we let our selves in," answered Scarlet.

"Strange, I could have sworn that I locked it this morning," stated Akira.

"What!" exclaimed Scarlet, turning to Tigris. "You said that it was already open!"

"Hey, don't take this out on me! I'm innocent! I swear that I am," Tigris pleaded, trying to look innocent. She was succeeding.

"Whatever, as long as you closed and locked the door behind you when you came up the stairs," said Akira.

"Err…we were supposed to lock the door?" asked Tigris.

Akira let out an annoyed sigh. She turned to Tigris and was about to yell at her for her stupidity, when she saw something at her window. Akira made her way to the window and looked at the object that had interrupted her thoughts. The object was a teenage boy about her age or so but what really caught her attention was that he had green skin. 'Strange,' thought Akira. Then she was brought back to reality when Tigris had her in a bear hug that could and would crush any human.

"What?" asked Akira after Tigris got off of her.

"You weren't answering when I was calling you so I decided to get your attention another way. And it worked," replied Tigris.

"So, are we going to go now or what?" asked Scarlet.

"Yeah sure why not?" replied Akira.

"Where are we going again?" asked Tigris.

"I told you that we were going to go to the sushi bar down the street," answered Akira.

"Yay!" exclaimed Tigris, "I love sushi!"

So without any more delays the three girls came out of the apartment and went down the street to the sushi bar opposite the pizza place (You know that place where the Teen Titans eat their pizza.). When they got inside Scarlet suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, I never asked your name!" she exclaimed.

"It's Lisa Smith," answered Akira (Authors note: Akira doesn't use her real name, and when I talk about her I don't use her false name ok. Sorry if I'm confusing you.)

"Really. I always thought that you might have a more extravagant name," said Scarlet.

So without any more words the girls went to the waiter and booked in for lunch. As they ate they just talked about anything and everything.