Being a Ninja

Kitty Girl

Mara’s POV

I wake up with Miclair jumping on my bed.

"Wake up, sleeping beauty! Wake up!" He says, jumping.

I don't like to be awaked, so I am really mad! I make Miclair slip and he falls to the ground.

"Oooooooooowwwwwwww! What was that for?!"

"Next time, don't try to wake me up! Especially not that way!" I say.

He gets up and walks to the door.

"Hurry up or you will lose breakfast!" He screams.

"Ok Ok! I'm coming!" I get up and start walking to the kitchen with Miclair.

Soren, Master Itsuki, Cain and Lucas are already there, eating.

"Morning!" I say, while Miclair sits in a chair and grabs a box of cereal.

"Finally! We had to send Miclair to wake you up!" Cain says.

"Next time don't! Or he'll suffer the consequences!" I give Miclair a threatening look.

He almost gets out of air when one cereal goes in the wrong way. Soren has to kick his back.

"Ugh! Thanks, Soren" He says, when he gets some air again.

I sit and start eating, as if nothing happened. When I finish eating, I notice that the guys prepare themselves to start training. I go to my room and grab my sword. I look at it like it is a treasure.

Actually, it really is a treasure. It was my father who gave it to me when I was still four…

*Flashback*

I and my father were training. I didn't know how to fight very well. After all, I was still four years old. My father laughed when I fell to the floor, after trying to kick him with a foot.

"No funny, daddy!" Little Mara said.

"Hey, come here" My father called.

I got up and walked to him.

"Wow!" I said, amazed. A beautiful katana was lying on my father's hands. He delivered it to me, careful not to cut my little hands.

"To me?" I said, grabbing the sword with extreme careful.

"Yes. One day you will be able to use it, and until that day, train hard and promise me that you will never give up. Promise that you will never stop smiling"

"I promise, daddy. But don't ya think it's too many promises to make?"

My father laughed again and rubbed my head affectionately.

*end flashback*

I shake my head, to get the memories away. I hate when I remember my daddy. It always makes me sad, and I promised I’d always smile. I shake my head again. I run down the stairs and stop at the dojo, where the guys are training. I ask Master Itsuki if I can train with them.

"But of course, my dear" He answers. I put a big smile on my face again.

I and the guys practice the whole morning. At lunch, I eat a bunch of frozen pizza, which is basically the only thing we can get now that the ninjas have taken over, and then I and Miclair go play retro videogames during the whole afternoon. Humans weren’t left with much after the invasion, but we managed to thrive with what we have. The Destroyer is not here to wipe us out. He just wants to rule over us and keep us under his domain, so it is still possible to have a normal life, as long as you follow his rules.

Soren is meditating, Luc is in his computer and Cain is kicking his punching bag. This seemed to be the routine, and I had nothing against it. It was peaceful to have a routine in my life again.

I just finished winning against Miclair for the 10th time.

"One more game!" He says.

"No way Miclair! I already beat you 10 times!"

"Afraid to lose?" He says, with a smirk on his face.

"To you? No way!" I say, grabbing the remote.

Miclair's POV

Mara won to me again and again and again. We are now starting the 25th game and I haven't won a single game! *Damn! How can this girl be so good in these games!?* I think.

"Giving up, already?" She asks.

"Never!" I answer.

We continue our games until it's night. After winning again, Mara looks to the moon, through a window. I have to admit: she’s pretty cute.

"It's full moon night" She says, then she acts like something hit her.

"It's full moon night! Quickly! What time is it?!" She was panicking for some reason.

"It's 11.47" Luc answers.

"11:47!? Ok! I'm going to get some sleep! Nighty!" She says while she gets up, runs to her room and closes the door. We just stare to the door for a while.

"Girls!" Cain says. We all go back to what we were doing.

????'s POV

I watch the city with my kitty eyes, looking for my pray. I’m at the top of one building, looking down to New York City.

My name is Kitty Girl and I’m a goon catcher at the full moon nights. Best nights to hunt…

I notice I have a pray on a back alley. The Tainted Goons are "playing" with a girl. They are a group of humans who decided to join The Destroyer in his conquer of the world. The name tainted is only a euphemism. They are the worst kind of people.

Well, their game is about to finish. I jump from building to building like a feline, until I reach the alley where the creeps are.

"Heya gentlemen! I hope I'm not interrupting anything" I say while I stay upside down looking at the creeps.

They stop what they were doing and look at me. Their faces are trembling with fear. My name is already known around these bands…

"I won't hurt you guys much if you just free that girl" I say.

But the stupid creeps grab the girl and expect to use her as a hostage.

"*sigh* Can't say I didn't warned ya!" I say, taking out my "claws".

I attack them, being careful not to hurt the girl. In a couple of minutes, they are all unconscious. I grab the girl and take her through the air, jumping through the buildings.

"Where do ya live?" I ask her.

"On the next building, over there" She says.

"Rightyo!" I say, and continue jumping with the girl.

I stop right in front of the girl's house. I drop her there and start leaving.

"Wait! Huh, Thank you" She says.

I give her a smile.

"You're welcome! Gotta go! Nya!" I say, leaving.

The rest of the night was a little boring. The creepsoids of the Tainted Goons heard rumors of me and as they are all such chickens, they don’t dare to come out at full moon nights!

"Oh well! Better get lost than get rocked!" I say, laughing.

The Destroyer's POV

My evil plan is working perfectly. Dr. Jameson is now preparing the portal machine. Soon, I will travel to any planet I want. It is time to put the last Piece, which is in my hands. I place it in the hole and.... nothing happens.

"Jameson!!!" I scream.

"Maybe the piece isn't well placed, sir. Let me..." He starts saying.

"Of course it's well placed!! It must be something else that's not working!!" I scream.

I take the piece out of the machine again. I look at it. Letters start to appear in the Piece:

"If you want to use this Piece, a "key" you must find. The "key" is something pure and it will be found within something pure"

"Aaaaaaaarrrrrrggggggg!!!!!!!" I roar.

"What's written in there?" Dr. Jameson asks.

"Read for yourself!" I say, throwing him the Piece.

"We must find where that "key" is hidden! We won’t rest until we find it!"

Mara's POV

I’m getting down the stairs to take breakfast. The guys have accepted me into their hidden home as if I am one of them. I am happy for this. It is great to have a home again.

"Morning, guys!" I say with a big smile on my face.

"Morning, Mara" They say

"You know, Mara? I've been thinking about something..." Luc starts.

I get my hands behind my head, giving me a relaxed look.

"What have you been thinking about, Luc?" I ask.

"If your uncle left about a year ago... then you haven’t had any tutoring for a long while" He says.

"Good point there, Luc!" I say.

"Do you want me to tutor you?"

"No thanks!" I say quickly "I'm happy the way I am!"

Miclair starts to laugh.

"See, Luc?! I told you I wasn't the only one hating school!" Miclair says.

"Yeah sure, whatever!" Luc says

I sit at the table and start eating breakfast.

Cain is now watching TV.

"That stupid cat girl showed up again!" He says.

"Why do you say she's stupid?!" I say.

"'Cause she's always hidin' her identity! And we can see she's a human! Why does she continue dressin' like a cat?! It's not like it's Halloween!" Cain says.

"Look who's talking! You too wear a costume at night and title yourself as Vigilante!" Soren says.

I start leaving to my room, slowly. That isn’t going to be a good fight! And I don't want them to find out I’m Kitty Girl.

Yes, I am Kitty Girl. And nobody knows about that.

I became Kitty Girl just before my uncle left. I remember he used to be against it, but what could he do? I always found a way to escape the building at full moon nights.

I couldn't attack the thieves without a mask or they would call for revenge, and I always admired cats…

Anyway anyhow! Now I’m Kitty Girl on the full moon nights and Mara on the rest of the time! It’s kinda fun to have two personalities. I can do whatever I want as Kitty Girl. It gives me the freedom I always wanted. I smile, sitting on the bed.

Then I notice something: There’s someone behind me...

I turn around quickly, getting scared and nearly screaming when I see Master Itsuki is right in front of me. He smiles.

"Had a good night?" He asks.

I already knew that he would be the first one to find out, so it’s useless to hide that I skipped last night.

"A very nice one, Master Itsuki!" I answer.

He smiles again.

"Good to hear that" He says, leaving the room.

I smile too, lying on my bed and thinking on what I could do next. I decide to go play videogames with Miclair. I get to the dojo where Soren and Cain are fighting. Miclair and Luc are looking at them.

"I bet 20 bucks on how Soren is going to win" Miclair says to Luc.

I walk to them.

"Miclair! Come and play videogames with me!" I say, pulling his arm.

"Cool!!!" He says.

We both run to the TV and put the game on. We grab our remotes.

"Don't lose too much this time!" I say.

"Heheh, don't worry I won’t!" He says.

I stare at the screen. Miclair put a game that I don't know how to play!

"Hey! Not fair!" I say.

"It's fair enough! You chose the game the last time we played. And you won!" He says.

I just make an angry face, but start the game anyway. Obviously, I lost. Still, Miclair’s celebrating.

"This game wasn't fair! I want a rematch!" I say.

"Nah! You're just mad because I won!"

I hit him on the head.

"Duffers! I just said it wasn't fair 'cause I didn't know how to play!"

"I keep thinking that you're just jealous that I won."

"Jealous?! Of you?! Keep dreaming, duffers!"

"Yeah but you are jealous, missy! You just don't want to admit it!"

"Rrrrrrrgggg! You're impossible! I already told you that I'm not jealous!"

"Liar!"

The fight continues for a while. Soren and Cain stop fighting just to look at us two. Our fighting was getting even more serious than theirs. But I finally decide to finish it all. I hit him hard in the head.

"I hate you!" I say.

I walk to my room, conscious that every step I take seems like an earthquake. I shut the door with extreme racket, leaving four teenage boys looking at the closed door.