And now, a new chapter. Enjoy.

The New Girl Part II

Will and Kass were sitting at the restaurant, laughing at something that Will had just told her. "So, your friend, Max, right? Max actually climbed up the tree to get honey, all because you paid him 300 zennys to do it? Didn't he realize what would probably happen," Kass asked after finally calming down.

"I know. Whenever I remind him of it, he gives a shudder to this day and sometimes gives a me a death glare," Will answered. He then noticed an interesting green jewel necklace around her neck. "That's a beautiful jewel you have. A gift from a friend?"

She touched the necklace and looked down at it. "Yes. A very close friend." The jewel had an oval shape and when it was in the right light, it had a sheen that would be unmistakable no matter the time or place.

A waiter came by with the check shortly afterward. "Well, the check's here. I guess this is goodbye," Will said.

"Yeah, I guess so," she said, surprised that she was feeling sorrow at that fact. Will escorted her to the door and they started going their separate ways. But something stopped her and made her turn around. "Hey, Will," she called.

He turned around to face and said, "Is something wrong?"

"No. It's just, I'll only be in town for another two or three days. Perhaps, well, maybe….that is…..maybe we'll meet again before I leave?"

"It's possible. I look forward to our next meeting."

"Me too." And with that, the two once again went in separate directions.

***

"Hey, MD," Kass called from the shower in the hotel room she had rented for the next three days.

"Yes," MD answered as he floated around the room, looking around at the room's various items.

"What do you think of Will?"

"Why are you asking me? Was there something about him that set off alarm bells or something?"

"No. Just idle curiosity." She came out of the restroom, a towel draped around her long hair and another going from just below her neck, reaching to an inch past her knees.

"Well, if you want my opinion, I kinda like the kid. He seems smart, obviously respectful of women, lucky for him. He also seems like the kinda person you want to have with you in a fight."

"Why do you say, 'lucky for him', about him being respectful of women?"

"Because if he had been disrespectful to you in any way, I would have dealt harshly with him."

"How? You're just a floating device in the shape of a dragon's head. What can you do?"

He went silent, suddenly remembering this fact. "Ok, not fair. I sometimes forget that I'm not Magma Dragoon anymore. But then again, if I were, everyone I consider a friend would probably be roasted five minutes after I met them."

"Alright then." Kass was now dressed in pink and blue pajamas, flopping down on one of the beds. "Good night MD."

"G'night Kass."

***

A black figure stood in front of the restaurant that Will and Kass had just left over an hour ago. He noticed a small hair on the front walk and bent down to pick it up. He gave it a sniff and smiled, showing fangs reminiscent of that of a coyote's. "Found you."

***

The next day, Will was with Max, Jen, and Z at the Ground City mall, looking around to kill time. Will mind was still on the pink haired girl he had met last night. He then saw a pink haired girl who looked strangely familiar. He then noticed the necklace, with a green jewel on it. When I said it was possible to meet her again, I never thought it would be so soon.

He walked over to her, his friends following him. "Need some help," he asked her.

She wasn't looking at him when he said it and answered, "Yes actually. Could you point me towards the food court?"

"Why don't I just show you?"

She though the person behind her was hitting on her and when she turned around to give them a piece of her mind, she stopped, stunned and elated to see Will again. "Will!"

"I didn't think we'd be meeting again so soon."

"Hey Will. How bout introducing us to your new friend," Max said.

"Oh right, right. Kass, I'd like to you to meet Max, Jen, and Z." He pointed to each in turn. "Max, Jen, and Z, this is Kassie Haro."

"Ah. So this is the girl you were talking about when you got back? Well it's nice to meet you."

"Same to you," Kass said.

"If you wanna get to the food court, come with us. We were about to head there ourselves." They all walked towards the food court together and found a table.

"Hey, Max, Z. I need to talk with you guys for a sec," Will said to his friends. They got up and walked a short distance away to talk, leaving Jen and Kass by themselves, although none of the others knew about MD.

"So, you're the girl Will had dinner with huh," Jen asked, trying to make small talk.

"Yep," Kass answered, a small smile on her face from the still fresh memory.

"So, how'd it happen?"

"Well, to put it simply, he saved me from a drunk netnavi."

"Just like Will, to save a damsel in distress. He just can't help it."

Will, Max, and Z came back and sat down. "So, you figure out whatever your problem was?"

"Yeah," Z answered.

They then heard the discharge of a weapon and turned to see a large ball of energy coming at them. Will grabbed Kass and pulled her down, while Max's armor appeared from his jacket that he had been wearing and Z wave changed with Jen. "Barrier, battlechip, download," Max said and a barrier formed around them. The bolt hit the barrier and dissipated, making the barrier collapse as well. "Who did that?"

"I did, mate." They looked towards the source of the bolt and saw a black figure with a coyote's head and tail. His hands had sharp claws at the end of the fingers, a gun in its holster, and a sword on his back.

"Kass, find someplace to hide," Will said to the pink haired girl. She nodded and ran off, while Will activated his armor and joined his friends for a fight.

***

When Kass rounded the corner, she took MD out. "MD, Desert Coyote is here. We need to help Will and his friends," she told him.

"Alright. Let's get to it," he answered.

"Megamerge," Kass said, holding MD out in front of her. She was surrounded by fire that extinguished itself as it made its way from her legs and up. When the flames were gone, Kass stood there in armor, her helmet resembling a dragon's head and upper jaw, the upper jaw jutting out over her face, hiding the upper portion. Two wings were on her back, jutting out just past her shoulders, which now had armor that stuck out just slightly, claws on the edges. On her legs, she had red boots, one spike on each knee that curved up to cover the knees. She wore red gloves that ended in claws at the fingers and torso armor with red lining, white strips running along the inner portion, resembling the belly of a lizard. Her boots had small flame throwers hidden near her ankles, while her gloves had a flame gauntlet around the wrist. The most noticeable features of this armor were the green jewel that she still wore and a ruby colored gem on the helmet, which, when in the right light, would either blend in with the red of the helmet or shine brightly. "You ready, MD?"

"Always."

Ok, I decided to stretch this into a three part thing. Anyways, please review and let me know what you think about the new characters so far.