Here I am with another chapter!
I don't own "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!", but I wish I did.
"Thank you for coming!" a store cashier said as Kira walked out the store's double doors.
Kira was getting food since they were running out, as well as for breakfast tomorrow; it would be Wednesday, and she would need a lot of ingredients for the weekly breakfast buffets she usually did. Everyone else told her that she hadn't needed to when she first started this new tradition, but soon enough they all started to accept and even look forward to it. Kira didn't mind, besides, this was perfect for her anyway. Before she and Chiro had found the Super Robot on the outskirts of Shuggazoom City, she didn't have access to the recipes or the means to make them like she did now, so the buffet was a good excuse to try them out.
As Kira was thinking about what to make, she heard a sound.
"Meow!"
Kira snapped out of her thoughts as she looked around for whatever had made the sound.
"Meow!"
Kira looked in the direction of a dark alley-way, which seemed to be the direction of whatever was making the noise. 'I shouldn't go down there, whenever someone goes down an alley-way something bad happens! But, it IS filled with shadows that I could if someone wanted to hurt me, and I DO want to know what's making that noise,' Kira thought as she walked down the alley-way (grocery bags still in hand).
Kira looked around as she tried to identify the sound, her curiosity growing every second.
"Meow!"
Kira stopped as the sound came from in front of her, and gasped happily as she looked down. "Oh, so it was you!"
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Chiro watched Kira leave the Super Robot, noting the bounce in her step and a happy sounding hum as she left.
For the last six weeks, Kira had been taking every opportunity to go to the store, and showed more eagerness to do it than she had shown before. Besides that, she was getting back later with the groceries than she ever had before. Something was up. Finally, Chiro had decided to follow Kira to the store to see what she was doing.
After he was sure Kira was out of the Super Robot, he ran towards the tubes, but was shocked to see that the Monkey Team was there, and looking sheepish at that. "Uh, what are you guys doing?" Chiro asked. "Well, Kira's been acting… weird lately, so we decided to follow her," Nova said. "We're worried about the kid, besides, we could ask YOU the same thing," Sprx said defensively. Chiro rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I was actually about to do the same," he said. "Hey guys, let's go! We're gonna lose her if we don't hurry!" Otto said.
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Both the Monkey Team and Chiro watched from a slight distance as Kira came out of the store. "There doesn't seem to be a problem," Antauri said. "Yes, perhaps our assumptions were a bit off," Gibson said. "So why is she coming back to the Robot late? Something's up, guys," Chiro said. "Hey, something's happening!" Otto pointed out. Kira was looking back and forth before walking down an alley-way. "Why's she goin' down an alley?!" Spex exclaimed. "Let's find out," Chiro said as he narrowed his eyes.
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"Hi! I'm back again today!" Kira said crouching in front of something on the ground. "Kira!" came a shout. Kira's head shot up in surprise as she stood up, turning to see the team. "What are you guys doing here?" she asked confused. "What are we doing here? What are YOU doing in an alley?! Lately, you've been acting really weird! What's going on?" Chiro asked. "Oh! Um…" Kira said as the ground suddenly became really interesting as she turned her head to the side. "We're waiting, Kira." Antauri said. "Well, I guess I'd better show you who I'm playing with now," Kira said as she stepped aside.
Behind her was a black cat with a light gray chest and underbelly. It had two long tails that ended in dark gray wisps, had ice-blue eyes, and a small earring in one ear. "You've been playing with a cat?" Chiro deadpanned as he and the team sweat-dropped. "Yeah. He's the reason I've been coming back late," Kira said sadly. "I found him here a while ago, and since he lives by the store, I was looking for excuses to come here,". "Why didn't you tell us that's what you were doing? You didn't have to keep it a secret," Nova said. "I kept him a secret because I wanted to keep him," Kira said. She bent down to pet the cat as he purred. "I thought you wouldn't like a pet to be around, least of all Gibson," "Excuse me?!" Gibson exclaimed. "So I decided that if I couldn't keep him, I could at least play with him, I didn't mean to worry you guys," Kira said.
They all sighed as they looked at Kira, who seemed like she was about to cry. "Kira, we wouldn't have said no," Otto said gently. "We would have debated, we certainly would have debated," Gibson cut in. "But we wouldn't have denied you outright." Antauri finished. "R-really?" Kira said as the cat wrapped himself around her leg. "Really," Chiro said.
"Hey, don't look so sad, kid! I mean, even though ya kept something from us, it's not like we were actually goona say no," Sprx said. "Heck, we're not exactly saying no now!" Kira's eyes shot up, a trace of hope lingering in them. "You'd actually let me keep him?" she asked. "For now, it's a 'maybe'" Antauri said, smiling at her. "We'll see how it goes for a month, THEN we'll see if you can keep him," Nova said. "Really?! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Kira said immediately cheering up. "Sure, but let's get out of this alley first and back to the Super Robot," Chiro said. "Ok," Kira said as she and the cat followed out of the alley-way.
"WHAT THE –" Sprx shouted as he tripped onto the street. "What is it, Sprx?" Kira said. "It's that cat; it doesn't have a shadow!" Sprx replied. Everyone turned around and saw that what Sprx said was true. The cat had no shadow, and yet Kira smiled as she said "I know." She walked forward and in front of them as she said "It's because he's a shadow being, so he doesn't have a shadow." The cat walked up to Kira to sit beside her. She smiled as she said "That's why I'm naming him Kage*!"
Kage followed his new owner back to the Robot as the others gaped, not knowing where his owner would lead him, but both happy the future contained the other.
Hope you guys liked this chapter! Originally, Kage was supposed to be something like Kirara from "Inuyasha", and he was also supposed to be called "Kuro", as well. But it changed over time.
Like I said, the next few chapters will be Kira chapters, and they'll probably be posted rapidly for the next few days. However, don't expect that to be the norm from now on. I'll also post "Magnetic Menace" soon, too.
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