Kitty Munroe

"Luna, wake up," Mrs. Platz called from downstairs.

Luna slowly rose from her bed and stretched. She was still tired from her fight with Lynx, but she still insisted on going back to school. Xerox materialized from her Hunter VG and was looking out the window.

"Are you okay Xerox?" Luna asked her partner.

"I'm just thinking about Neo Arcadia," Xerox stated. Luna stood next to her partner with the Visualizer on.

"You're afraid of them starting a war with Planet FM, aren't you?" she asked.

"Aries doesn't play around," Xerox said, "If Neo Arcadia goes to war with Planet FM, then Aries is going to make sure that he comes with as many weapons as possible. He doesn't like loosing," he continued looking at Luna.

"I know..." Luna said looking down, "He made that clear in our fight," she took off the Visualizer and walked over to the door, "I'm going to shower for school. Think you can ask my parents if they can give me a ride to school?"

"Sure," Xerox said with a smile. Luna smiled and walked out.

Xerox floated up to her parents' room, but stopped when he heard them talking.

"You're over reacting," Mr. Platz said.

"I'm telling you, she's starting to suspect something," Mrs. Platz said, it sounded like she was sort of afraid.

"Do you think we should tell her?" Mr. Platz asked.

"I don't know..." at that moment, Xerox cleared his throat catching their attention, "Oh, good morning Xerox," Mrs Platz said.

"Hey, um, Luna was wondering if you one of you would be willing to drive her to school," Xerox said, trying to act like he hadn't heard anything.

"Of course," Luna's father said stepping forward, "I'll drive her."

"Great, I'll let her know," Xerox said flying off. Mr. Platz just stared at Xerox suspiciously as he floated to Luna.

They drove up to Echo Ridge High an hour later. Luna was about to get out of the car, but her dad put his hand on her shoulder.

"Luna, I want to ask you something," he said.

"Okay Dad," Luna said sitting back down.

"It's about Xerox. Where did you say he came from?" he asked, catching Luna off guard.

"Mr. Boreal and Mr. Stelar made him," Luna said quickly, "They based his design off of Geo's Wizard."

"I see," he said slowly, "And he doesn't possess that special function some Battle Wizards have, right? EM Wave Change?" when her dad asked that, Luna almost had a heart attack. What was she going to say? Why was he asking this now? Did he suspect something?

"No," Luna lied, shocking Xerox a bit, "Not that I know of."

"Alright then Luna," Mr. Platz said with a sigh, as if he wasn't convinced, "You better hurry, or you'll be late for school."

"Got it," Luna kissed her dad on the cheek and stepped out of the car, "See you Dad."

"Take care," Mr. Platz said driving off. Luna turned to the school and started walking, Xerox materializing next to her.

"Okay, now I know we should tell your parents that you're Zero," Xerox said, but Luna shook her head.

"They have enough to worry about. The second they find out that their daughter is Zero they'll never stop worrying. I'll shoot an email to Mr. Stelar and have him cover for me. It's going to be okay Xerox, you'll see," Luna said walking into the building. Xerox shook his head crossing his arms.

"I just don't know..." Xerox said digitizing into Luna's Hunter VG.

When Luna walked into her classroom, she was shocked to see someone sitting in the desk next to hers.

"Solo?!" she shouted. Solo looked up at her with his usual glare.

"Surprise, surprise," Solo said sarcastically. Luna sat down next to him.

"Since when did you start going to this school?"

"Since two weeks ago, after you disappeared," Solo said closing his eyes. Luna sat next to him.

"But I thought you hated people," Luna asked.

"I do, but Sonia thought it would be a good idea for me to start attending school," Solo stated. Luna thought that was strange, because last time she checked Solo hated everyone, so since when did he start caring about Sonia's opinion? She wanted to ask Solo about that, bit she had learned from Geo that when it came to staying on Solo's good side (assuming he had one) the less questions you asked the better.

The teacher walked into the classroom. Surprisingly enough it was Mr. Shepar, who was such a great teacher that he was promoted to the High School. Luna was happy when she saw that she had him for homeroom, because he was always so positive. He was also her science teacher, and it was thanks to him that the science department was doing so well.

"Hello everyone," Mr. Shepar said with his usually big smile, "First order of business, I would like to welcome Miss Luna Platz back to Echo Ridge High," at that moment everyone applauded, even Solo, (slowly, and more uninterested), "Second, I would like to welcome another new student to our school," the students started looking at each other, "I know what you're thinking. We just had a new student join us with Solo, but please try to welcome her with open arms just like Solo," Mr. Shepar continued motioning the student in.

When Kitty walked in, there was a unified gasp, even from Luna. She was gorgeous, in every way. Full pink hair, big green eyes, long legs, and her cup size had to have been at least a 34c (all Luna's thoughts by the way). She was obviously trying to attract all the guys because her school skirt was extremely short, her top wasn't buttoned up completely, and she was wearing red lipstick. If Luna had been student body president, she would have never let Kitty walk into the building like that.

"Everyone," Mr. Shepar said, "this is Kitty Munroe." Kitty bowed to the students, making all of the boys in class adjust how they were sitting to get a better look.

"It's nice to meet all of you," Kitty said. Luna shook her head thinking about how the boys were acting.

"Sheesh, I wonder if she's aware of the looks she's getting," Luna said. She then looked over to Solo, who was eying her suspiciously, "Are you okay Solo?" she asked.

"Her wave frequency... look at her with the Visualizer," Solo commanded. Luna followed and was amazed by what she saw. Through the Visualizer Kitty was surrounded by EM Waves, as if she were an EM Being herself.

"That is weird..." Luna said taking off the Visualizer. Kitty then went off to sit in the back, which surprised Luna a bit. She looked so social, so why was she in the back?

At lunch, Luna decided to talk to Kitty. She was in the lunch line thinking about the new student, when Pat walked up to her.

"You too, huh?" he said surprising Luna.

"Oh, Pat," she said looking back Kitty, who was at a table by herself despite how much attention she was getting, "There's something about her that's sort of odd," she said walking down the line.

"Yeah, I was getting an unusual feeling from her too," Pat said. When they made it to the front of the line the chef tapped Luna's shoulder. She looked and her eyes lit up.

"Ryan, how are you?" she said happily.

"I'm great now that you're back," he said with a smile. He looked like he was about in his early twenties, had short blond hair, and was wearing a white chef's jacket and hat. Luna and Ryan became friends when he came as a student chef. He was apparently the schools official chef now.

"Did this happen while I was away?" Luna asked, referring to Ryan's new job.

"Yep. It became official last week," Ryan said with a smile. He then handed Luna two slices of pizza from under the table, making Luna raise an eyebrow.

"I thought we were supposed to have pizza this Friday," Luna said, but Ryan put his finger over his mouth.

"Think of it as a welcome home present Luna," he said in a hushed tone, but then handed her another slice, "Think you could give this to the new girl?"

"Sure thing..." Luna asked, not asking why although she was curious. After she and Pat got their lunches, Luna stood where she was looking at Kitty, "Hey Pat, I'm going to sit with Kitty today," she said, shocking Pat a little.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Even if she's suspicious, she's still the new girl," Luna said looking at Pat, who nodded understanding. She remembered reaching out to Geo when he was new, and wanted to do the same thing for someone else.

"All right then, I'll tell Bud and Zack," Pat said.

"Thanks Pat," Luna said smiling. She then walked over to Kitty's table. Kitty apparently packed her own lunch, something Luna thought was surprisingly sophisticated. Luna then surprised Kitty with the slice of pizza.

"Huh?" Kitty asked, she then looked up at Luna with a smile, "Is this from you?"

"The chef sent this," Luna said, "Don't worry, he gave me one too."

"I see," Kitty said laughing awkwardly. Luna then sat down next to her and held out her hand.

"I'm Luna Platz," she said. Kitty took her hand and shook it.

"Kitty Munroe," she said smiling brightly.

"So, why are you here by yourself? It seems all of the guys love you," Luna commented, making Kitty look down a bit seriously.

"Yeah, I know. But if I sit with any of them all I'll get is question after question about my appearance, and that can get annoying after awhile."

"I see," truth was Luna was partially testing Kitty to see what kind of person she was, and so far Luna was liking what she was seeing. Despite her outer appearance, Kitty was highly intelligent and sophisticated, much like Luna.

"Let me guess, you took one look at my school uniform and thought 'wow, she's a total slut', right?"

"What? No, not at all," not completely anyway, Luna thought.

"It's okay," Kitty said looking away, still smiling but Luna could tell that it bothered Kitty a bit, "Truth is, since I came to school late in the year the only uniforms they had were these. I figured since they fit I would be okay. The looks don't bother me, and to be honest I wear skimpy clothing all the time."

"Why though? Are you trying to get a boyfriend or something?" Luna asked, catching Kitty off guard.

"What? No, not at all. Men get on my nerves," Kitty explained, "Truth is I don't know why I like outfits like this. They just feel more comfortable, you know?"

"Yeah, I guess if that's your taste. Personally, I get insecure showing that much skin," Luna said looking down embarrassed.

"Really? Because I think you're gorgeous," Kitty said catching Luna off guard.

"Oh, thanks," Luna said awkwardly. At that moment the bell rang, "So, what's you're next class."

"Um, I think it's chemistry with Mr. Shepar," Kitty said, making Luna smile.

"Really, that's my next class," she said. Kitty lit up instantly.

"Great! Then we can go together, right?"

"Definitely," Luna said. She and Kitty then walked to the cafeteria door together, Luna unaware of the glare Kitty gave Ryan, who nodded and went back to work.