Those who saw the name of this chapter, get any dirty thought out! Despite the direction it's going, this isn't that kind of story! So get your minds out of the gutter!
I'll Be Your First...
At the Satella Police HQ, Val was on the roof looking out at the sky, thinking about Neo Arcadia. She kept it to herself, but she actually shared similar ideals with Neo Arcadia. She wanted to defend the planet, but she also wanted to take out Planet FM, and felt that a preemptive strike was the way to go. What was more important to her though, defending her planet, or taking down the enemy's?
Her Hunter VG went off. Hers was designed differently than everyone else's. Hers was more round with a smaller screen in the center with no room to show a Wizard. It also had a red lever on the side that went up. She pushed the screen on her Hunter VG to project the holographic screen showing Bud Bison.
"You wanted to see me Val?" Bud asked, he was still in school.
"Yes, when will you be getting out of school?"
"In a couple of minutes actually. Should I go there after school?"
"Yes, I want to talk to you about something concerning Neo Arcadia. Could you bring Rogue and Gemini Spark with you?"
"Um, sure. Not Luna though?" Bud asked. Val looked down with a smirk.
"Zero's not with the Satella Police officially, so I have no right to pull her out from whatever she's doing at the time," she said coolly. Bud shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay then, we'll take the Wave Road after school," and with that Bud disconnected. Val continued looking up at the sky.
"Nightmare..." she said to herself, thinking of what she had to inform everyone on, even Luna at some point.
Luna was walking home after school, Xerox at her side. They were both thinking about the new student, Kitty. Just who was she, and why did she have such weird EM Waves around her? Truth was Luna was starting to like her a bit. It seemed like they had a lot in common, even if Kitty was into showing more flesh. It seemed like Kitty had taken a shine to Luna too. They had two classes together not counting homeroom, and they sat next to each other in each one. Luna didn't have too many female friends, so she felt really comfortable around Kitty, and since Kitty didn't have any other friends she was really happy to be able to talk to Luna.
"Something just doesn't feel right," Xerox said, catching Luna's attention.
"You mean Kitty?" she asked. Xerox nodded.
"There's something about her that's just... different."
"You mean like her EM Waves?" Luna asked.
"That, and how she said that men get on her nerves, yet she dresses so provocatively," that made Luna think a little bit. Luna did wonder about that, but it didn't get to her that much. Men got on her nerves, and ninety percent of her friends were men.
"You're overreacting Xerox," Luna stated. Xerox shrugged his shoulders and left it at that.
"Luna!" they heard from behind them. They turned to see Kitty running up to them.
"Hey Kitty, what's up?" Luna asked. Kitty looked down nervously.
"Um, I heard that you were good with math, and my math teacher didn't really care that I was new and I didn't know the material, so..."
"You want me to help you with your math homework?" Luna asked. Kitty lit up instantly.
"Would you? Please?"
"Sure thing. My parents unfortunately left for a meeting, so we'll have the house to ourselves," when Luna said that, it was Xerox who was actually interested.
"They already left?" he asked.
"Uh, yeah Xerox. Why?" Luna asked, thinking it was odd that he cared.
"Oh, uh, no reason," Xerox said playing it off. Before Luna could pester him on it though, Kitty stepped forward.
"What a crazy looking Wizard you have," Kitty said amazed.
"His name is Xerox," Luna introduced, Xerox just nodded.
"Xerox... that's so cool," Kitty said walking forward looking up at the sky, "I wish I had a Wizard to talk to. I bet it's nice having a friend with you all the time," she said wistfully actually.
Luna remembered how the Hunter VG links up to nearby Hunters when in conversation, so she looked at hers to get more information on Kitty. She was surprised by what she saw. Not only did Kitty not have hardly any link power, but she didn't have one single Brotherband. Luna looked at Kitty, wondering how some her age could have not one single Brotherband.
"Hey Kitty..." Luna started, but was stopped when Kitty turned around suddenly.
"Let's get going," Kitty stated with a smile edged with sadness.
"Right..." Luna said, secretly feeling bad for Kitty.
When they got to Luna's condo, Kitty was shocked by where Luna lived. She looked around, mesmerized by what she saw.
"Wow... it's so big..." Kitty turned to Luna, "Are you sure your parents will be okay with this?"
"They know I bring people over when they're gone. I've done so for years, so they don't mind," Kitty nodded at that, and went over to the pictures. She stopped on one picture in particular. It was a ten year old Luna with Bud, Zack, and Geo.
"Are these your friends?" Kitty asked. Luna walked over to her.
"Oh, yeah. That's us when we were kids. That's Bud, Zack, and..." she stopped lingering on Geo for a second, "Geo..."
"Geo?" Kitty asked.
"He was a really good friend of mine, my closest actually," Luna looked away in sadness. Kitty put the picture back on the shelf.
"Luna, I'm sorry. I didn't know-"
"It's okay Kitty. It doesn't bother me as much anymore," Luna turned back to Kitty, "Why don't we make something to eat, and then get started on that homework?" Luna suggested.
"Okay," Kitty said nodding. The two girls ran into the kitchen, while Xerox flew elsewhere.
He flew right to her parents' room. He wanted to find something pertaining to Luna's past, and it seemed like her parents knew what was up. He started searching the entire room, starting from one end and going to the other, trying to find a clue or something. He was in there for a good few minutes, and he still hadn't found anything.
"Sheesh, there has to be something," Xerox said pounding on the dresser, accidentally pushing the top drawer open, "Huh?" he looked inside. There he saw something that made his eyes wider and wider. A photograph, but there was something about it that was different about this one. The person in this picture was...
"Xerox!" Luna called from downstairs. Xerox quickly put the picture back in the drawer and closed it, and then floated out into the hall.
"Yeah Luna?" he asked.
"I made french fries. Did you want any?" Luna asked, even though she knew the answer. Xerox's one weakness was that he was obsessed with french fries.
"You know it!" Xerox called out. He took one last look at where the picture was, and then flew downstairs, deciding to get a little more information before he told Luna anything.
Luna and Kitty had been working for a while. After they finished their homework they hung out in Luna's room getting to know each other better. It was so great having another woman to talk to, Luna thought. She didn't think it would be this great. The one thing Luna thought was odd was how everything seemed to amaze Kitty, and not just the big things. It was mostly the little things. Things that were usually found in other houses. What kind of life did she lead? Where was she staying?
"Hey Kitty," Luna said, catching Kitty's attention, who was lying on Luna's bed relaxing.
"Yeah Luna?"
"I noticed that you didn't have any Brotherbands," Kitty stiffened a bit when Luna said that, and Luna took note.
"You saw that?" Kitty asked softly, Luna nodded.
"You don't have any friends, do you?" she asked. When Kitty shook her head Luna was almost brought to tears.
"Ever since my family died when I was young, I've been alone," Kitty hadn't turned around, so Luna didn't notice the tear that fell from her eyes, "Don't get me wrong, I have someone I'm staying with, but he's not really close to me or anything..."
"Kitty..." Luna got up and sat on the bed near Kitty, who was silently crying. Luna took Kitty's hand in a comforting way, "Why don't I be your first real friend then," when Luna said that Kitty's eyes were wide. She turned to Luna in disbelief.
"Y, you would? Really...?" she asked, as if she thought it were too good to be true.
"Definitely," Luna said with a smile. Kitty then sat up and hugged Luna, who felt like she was really doing the right thing here. She was still worried about Kitty's living arrangements, but she decided to focus on one thing at a time.
Luna decided to walk Kitty to the corner so they could continue to talk. Kitty avoided talking about herself too much, instead wanting to know more about Luna, who despite how much she changed in four years still loved talking about herself. They stopped on the corner for a little while, still talking.
"Now, are you sure you don't want me to walk you the rest of the way?" Luna asked.
"I'm sure. I appreciate it, but I can make it home myself," Kitty turned to leave, "Well, I see you later Luna," she said walking off.
"Kitty," Luna said stopping her, "Pull out your Hunter VG," Kitty turned around confused.
"Um, why?"
"You'll see," Luna then pulled out her Hunter VG also, and pushed the large golden button in the center, "Push that big button, just like I did."
"Okay," Kitty said, still confused as to what she was doing. When Kitty pushed the button, a golden light came out of both of their Hunters, connected, and then vanished.
Luna formed a Brotherband with Kitty.
Kitty was absolutely shocked by what just happened, and for a second could just stare at Luna in disbelief.
"Luna... is this...?"
"You said you never had a Brother, right? Well, let me be your first," Luna said with a smile.
"Luna..." Kitty said with a smile. They hugged again, "Thank you so much Luna."
"Your welcome, Kitty," Luna said tightening the hug, then breaking away still smiling, "See you tomorrow Kitty."
"See you Luna," Kitty turned around, stood there for a few seconds, and then started walking home. As Luna walked back to her condo Xerox materialized.
"That was sweet," he said with a smile.
"Yeah, that felt really good. I think she and I are going to become really good friends," Luna said still smiling.
"I hope so. She seems like a sweet girl," Xerox took one last look at Kitty as she walked away, and then went inside with Luna.
Kitty was walking back to the Neo Arcadia base in Cyber City. She stopped for a second and looked at her Hunter VG, at the picture of Luna that now appeared on her Brotherband screen.
"A real friend..." she said with a smile. She put her Hunter VG back in her pocket, and walked back "home", thankful for the friend she made at her new school.
