(OLD) Spirit Animal ~ Ep 3

“Welcome to Zootropolis…” Kira the Hyena read the big sign in the entrance to the city.

“Zootropolis?” Ali repeated.

“Apparently, yes..” Kira replied. “Anyway, let’s get goin’!” Kira walked into the city’s entrance while Ali timidly followed.

Skyscrapers and buildings were everywhere, and lots of anthropomorphic animals were surrounding the whole area. Almost every kind of animal possible; from dogs, to cats, to bears, to birds, and even lizards. They appeared to be all dressed like casual cityfolk. This whole scenery looked too amazing to both of the girls.

“This place is so…. big…. And f-full of people!” Ali muttered, holding onto Kira’s hand tightly.

“Isn’t it amazing?” Kira asked to her new friend.

“Y-yeah… I guess….” Ali shaked a little.

Then the hyena’s happy mood slowly started to grow worried. “Uh? ...You’re not afraid.. Are you? You still like it?”

“Uh, yeah… it’s all new to me. I guess I still need to get used to it.” Ali mumbled.

“Oh… I see…” Kira was still a little concerned about Ali, especially after what she had to witness earlier. Her grasp onto the bunny’s hand became tighter. But despite Kira’s concern, she was very awed by the whole environment, she felt this nostalgia of when she and her parents once went on a trip downtown. It was almost just like this, but minus the walking two legged animals. The hyena stopped walking, still looking concerned for the poor bunny, she put her hand on her back and petted her a little.

“Hey, you’re gonna get used to it eventually. I just know it!” Kira smiled.

“You really think so?” Ali mumbled.

“Positive! I mean, a new place isn’t so bad once you get used to it.. Right?” Kira queried.

“I guess you are right…” Ali weakly replied.

“Atta girl!” Kira patted her head.

“Hopefully I can find a new place to live here.”

“Me too, Ali. Me too.”

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As the two girls were walking around the area, Kira twitched her ears a little. They both paused as heard noises from nearby, like people putting on a show.

“What was that?” Ali questioned.

“Dunno, sounds like it’s coming from over there..” Kira then curiously walked over to find the source of the noise, while Ali followed.

Ali ran after Kira, almost losing her here and there, and even bumping into other people due to the crowd. “Oh, excuse me!” “Pardon me!”

“Hey, watch where you’re going!” Someone snapped.

“I’m… I’m so sorry!” Ali quivered, still trying to find her friend. As she did, she hung onto her back.

“Gah! You ok?!” Kira screamed.

“I’m f-f-fine… It’s just a b-busy place... “ Ali trembled.

“I know, cities are like that.”

“How can you even bear this kind of traffic?! It’s too much for me!”

“Oh trust me, it was annoying for me too, but I’m used to it.” Kira just keeps walking with Ali clinging onto her back.

The girls then find out what (or who) was making the noise. It was at an alley; the alley was quite narrow, with a big dumpster standing against the wall. And in that alley; was a tall, brown dog with a white circle around his right eye, he was wearing a rather “clown like” outfit consisting of a yellow shirt and hat with a blue feather on it, alongside blue overalls, white gloves, a red and white polka dotted bowtie, and black shoes.

The dog appeared to be juggling small balls, while a short green frog, who was wearing a red shirt and blue overalls and bowtie, was riding an orange unicycle around his canine partner.

Kira and Ali both watched the duo perform their little show. “Oooh, clowns! Isn’t that neat?” Kira commented.

“Woah… what are they doing.. And how can that little guy ride on that without falling? It’s got one wheel!” Ali questioned in an astounded manner.

“Hmm, he must’ve practiced very good!” Kira replied.

Just as the two boys finished their little performance, they took a brief bow. As they did, they heard the sound of the two girls clapping.

“Bravo!” Kira shouted.

“Good show, you two!” Ali smiled.

The dog’s ears perked up a little, as he heard the clapping. “D.B… ya hear that? Applause!” He announced joyfully.

The frog, called D.B., gasped in excitement. “Oooh shoot! Wuddup.. Fo’ reals?! About time we got that!”

The partners then came up to the girls, “Ayyy!” D.B. greeted.

“Ooh, hello!” Kira smiled.

“Ladies! We want to thank you for watching our show!” The young dog beamed, holding out his hand to shake Kira’s hand. Kira gladly took his hand and shook it. “The name’s Ceylon, pleased to meet ya!” Ceylon tipped his hat and winked.

He then came to Ali and offered her a handshake. “Uhh.. h-hello..” Ali shook Ceylon’s hand.

“And this is my partner, D.B.” Ceylon introduced his frog companion.

"Eeyup, that’s me.” The frog added.

“Pleased to meet the both of you guys. We’ve just heard your little show and decided to uh… ya know, check it out!” Kira elaborated.

“Well, we were just.. Practicing. But hey! Glad you stopped by, we hardly get any audience, so glad you came.” Ceylon smiled.

“A practice show, huh? Well, it was still good though.” Kira replied.

“Ayy, thank ya again madam! I mean, entertaining people is our dream.” D.B. addressed.

“Woooah…” Ali commented.

“That’s awesome!” Kira exclaimed.

“Yeah, and we just practice here in this alley, waiting for people to come over and see us.” Ceylon explained. “We wanna be in a circus!”

“Wow.. a circus?!” Kira wagged her tail in intrigue.

“Yeah! I mean, we could have THOUSANDS of people watching us do our tricks. Ahh, just thinkin’ about it makes me feel like I have a purpose in life!” D.B. beamed.

“Th-thousands? Of… p-people?” Ali stuttered.

“Yes, ma’am! Thousands, and maybe even MILLIONS!” Ceylon chimed.

“Wow… I don’t think I can stand that…” Ali mumbled.

“Uhh… what’s wrong with her?” D.B. queried.

“Um… you’re gonna have to forgive her, she’s been going through a rough time earlier. I’d rather not talk about it though.” Kira interjected.

“A rough time? Aww, I’m sorry… I think we all have our rough times.” Ceylon sympathized. “Oh, by the way.. We didn’t get your names.”

“Oh, I’m so sorry! How rude of me... “ Kira giggled. “My name’s Kira, and this is my new friend, Ali.”

“H-hi…” Ali greeted quietly.

“Ah, again, it’s nice to meet ya both, ladies!” Ceylon smiled.

“We, better get going. It was nice meeting you two!” Kira smiled. “By the way, good luck on your performances.”

“Thank you Kira, and goodbye!” Ceylon tipped his hat again.

Kira left the alley, with Ali holding onto her hand tightly.

“Ah, such nice young gals.” D.B. smiled warmly.

“Yeah.. Though I kinda feel bad for Ali…” Ceylon frowned a little.

“Ayy, she could’ve gone through worse.” D.B. shrugged.

“D.B…. you don’t know what she probably gone through.” Ceylon crossed his arms and pouted.

“Oh yeah? How about you, huh? Your mom died and you were threatened by your dad. That’s why you ran away and came here.” D.B. sassed.

“Yeah, but that’s someone you never even met. You don’t know her story.” Ceylon crabbily argued.

Just then, the two boys both heard Kira say something while they walked away. “Don’t worry Ali, we’re gonna find you a new home soon enough.”

“Hmm?” D.B. murmured.

“I hope so…” Ali sadly replied to Kira.

“A new home?” Ceylon commented.

“Hey, we’re hobos too.” D.B. said.

“That’s right..” Ceylon contemplated, thoughtfully staring through the alleyway.

His frog partner looked at him, then the alleyway, then back at him again. “...What?”

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Kira and Ali were walking back on the city sidewalk. Ali’s sad face remained, while Kira went back into her worried state.

“Hey! Girls! Wait! Come back!” A young male voice hollered. Kira heard this from a distance, her ear twitched when she heard the hollering. “Huh?!” She spoke.

It was Ceylon, running towards the girls alongside D.B. riding his unicycle. “Ayy! We got somethin’ to say!” D.B. shouted.

“Wh-what is it boys?” Kira questioned.

“Well, we overheard your little.. Um.. conversation, ladies.” Ceylon explained.

“Wh-what?!” Ali gasped.

“Yeah, we just have to say.. If ya have the time.” D.B. added.

“Thank you, but we have to leave. My friend needs a home, and we’re gonna find one!” Kira stubbornly said, as she kept walking with a slight annoyed look on her face.

“But…” D.B. stuttered.

“Look, we appreciate you trying to help, if that’s what you’re trying to do… but” Kira spoke in a monotone voice.

“Yes we are, ma’am! That’s exactly what we’re doing!” Ceylon interrupted. “We could really use a home too.”

“Hey, thank you kindly Ceylon. But we’re on our own.” Kira replied.

“PLEASE! Please gurls, we don’t wanna be homeless no more, you gotta help us too!” D.B. begged.

Ali then interjected. “Are you guys really homeless?”

“YES! Yes we are, why else would we be livin’ in a FREAKING ALLEY?! My whole life I had to live in a dumpster all alone, until Ceylon came along!” D.B. kept rambling as Ali flinched in a startled manner by the frog’s raised voice.

“D.B., calm down bud..” Ceylon sighed.

“I AM CALM! DEEZ WOMEN WON’T EVEN LISTEN FOR ONCE!” D.B. snapped irritably.

“D.B., let me handle this.” Ceylon pushed his partner aside to talk to the young women. “Hey, we get it. Or at least I do.. But I get it, we are total strangers and you supposedly don’t trust us, I see that. But if you don’t want us to help you, I understand. Good luck now, ladies.” The brown dog then turned away with the irritated amphibian.

Kira then kept walking with Ali. But just then, she began to form a little sympathy for both Ceylon and D.B., and the fact that they had to live in an alley. She then wanted to help the duo too, but she ignored her impulse, and kept walking.

“Um… Ali?” Kira spoke.

“Yes, Kira?” Ali replied.

“Do you trust these people? Sure they seem like nice people, even though they claim to be homeless. I just want to hear your opinion.” Kira requested.

“I… I really don’t know, honestly.” Ali sighed.

“Ya know, I kinda feel bad for them at the same time.” Kira confessed.

“Yeah?” Ali quiered.

“Well, maybe… hmm…” Kira then looked behind herself, contemplating.

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Meanwhile, Ceylon and D.B. were back at their alley. “Oh, nice move Ceylon, nice move. Ya let them go without havin’ them helpin’ us!” D.B. ranted saltily.

“Dude, they probably don’t trust us. Who’d want to help a random stranger they just met find a place to live?” Ceylon argued.

“Hmph..” D.B. grumbled.

“Use your head a little, dat boi!” Ceylon crossed his arms.

Just then, Ceylon sees two figures walk into the alleyway. “Huh?” He lifted a ear.

“Hi there!” It was Kira, with Ali by her side. They have returned to the alley.

“Oh… hi! You came back!” Ceylon stuttered.

“Now whadd’ya want?” D.B. pouted.

“D.B….  just listen to them...” Ceylon said irritatingly through his teeth.

“Oh nooow they want us?” D.B. growled a little.

“Come on, they probably have to tell us something.”

“And indeed we do!” Kira explained. “Wanna tell them, Ali?”

“Uhhh… we... w-we were wondering…” Ali shyly spoke.

“Yeees?” A smile started to plant on Ceylon’s face.

“If…” Ali mumbled.

“Come on, come on gal, spit it out!” D.B. grinned.

“If we.. um.. Uhhh..” Ali continued. “Could stay with you for a while..” Ali spoke inaudibly, the two boys barely heard her.

“Huh? What did she say?!” D.B. wondered.

“I can’t really tell…” Ceylon replied.

“What she was trying to say,” Kira interjected. “Was if we could stay and live with you for a while. Maybe we can find you two a home as well.” She offered.

“R..really??” Ceylon’s smile started to grow bigger.

“Yes! After all, it must suck having to be cooped up in an alley.” Kira smiled.

Ceylon was so happy, that a small tear spouted out of his eye. He started to sniff a little, and jumped to give the girls a sudden tight hug. “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!” He squealed, wagging his tail rapidly.

“Hngh-” Kira and Ali started to choke a little, by the tightness of Ceylon’s embrace.

“Fo’ real gurls?” D.B. started to smile.

“Hnnghh.. Y-y-yes.. For real… Nghh..” Kira choked.

“EEEEEE!! THANK YOU… JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!” Ceylon was too joyful to even keep a straight face. He then fluttered and danced around the alley. “Aaaaah I’m soo happy right noooow!” He sang carefreely.

“Well hey, ya can spend the night with us! Wouldn’t that be great?!” D.B. smiled.

“Yeah!” Kira replied happily.

“Uhh, you might wanna help Ceylon?” Ali queried.

“Uh what? He’s just dancing! I’m gonna join in!” D.B. started to skip along the alley with his partner. “La, la, la, la, la!”

Kira and Ali started to make confused and rather annoyed expressions. “Ughh… Fine then. Boys?” She snapped. “BOYS! Can you pause the dancing for a second?!”

Ceylon still kept dancing, but D.B. was the only one who paused for just one second exactly, “ONE SECOND IS UUUP!” he singsonged as he then went back to dancing.

“No D.B.! I didn’t mean like that! UGHH!” Kira facepalmed.

“Um.. boys, can please stop dancing for a few minutes?” Ali told them.

“What?! You told us to stop for a second..” D.B. argued.

“Um.. to quickly change the topic, we want to say you’re welcome!” Kira smiled.

“Well hey, your offer was very kind! Thank you so much again, Kira… Oh! And you too, Ali.” Ceylon grinned.

Ali shyly giggled and blushed.

“Sure, ya don’t seem bad at all!” Kira smiled warmly.

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Just then, everyone saw that the sky was getting a little darker. Ali let out a little yawn, as she saw the sun setting. D.B. also let out a yawn. “Ayy peeps, I say we get some shuteye, whadd’yall say?”

Ali yawned again. “Oooh.. some sleep would be n-nice.” She hesitated.

“Yeah, looks like you both need it, after all those troubles you both gone through..” Ceylon added.

“Yeah.” Kira groaned rather tiredly.

Kira and Ali start to lie down on the ground. Ceylon then got out a big blanket out from his bag, that he had brought with him to get out into the city while running away from home. He put the blanket over the two young girls, covering them up. “It’s gonna get chilly, ya might need this.” He reminded.

“Thank you.” Ali politely said.

“Hey, guys. How about I tell you guys a little story on how we… I mean, I got here?” Kira brought up.

“About how you guys got here? Ya mean, you’re new to Zootropolis?” D.B. questioned.

“Yes, we both are. I mean, I’ve been to the city before, but this? Never to this city.” Kira explained.

“What are ya talkin’ about, homegurl?” D.B. replied incredulously.

“Yeah… this is basically the only city here, for all I know.” Ceylon scratched his head.

“No, no, no. I mean.. In the human world.”  Kira replied.

“The… hooman world?” D.B. tilts his head. “Hmmm… I think I heard of deez “hoomans” before.”

“Humans.” Ceylon corrected. “She said “humans”.”

“Uh, that’s what I said!” D.B. retorted.

“Oh well, po-tay-to, po-tah-to.” Kira shrugged. “Anyway, where I came from, I wasn’t a hyena at all. Believe it or not, I too, was a human girl.”

“Ooooooh…” The boys awed.

“Yes, it’s true. I was out mountain hiking with my friends, when all of the sudden I fell off a cliff. And sure enough, I was brought into the woods, and somehow turned into… this..” Kira narrated. “I didn’t know what to think about it. But there I was, in the woods, transformed into a hyena! And then, I was trying to find a way out. And that’s when I met Ali.”

“She’s right, and she wanted to find me a new home, because I’m just an orphan. Both.. both of my parents died and… and..” Ali covered her mouth. “WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!”

“Hey, hey, it’s ok. Ali, please..” Kira tried to calm her down.

“I’m, I’m sorry. It’s just that… the horrible memories are…” Ali sniffed. “Coming.. back to me.”

“There, there, Ali.” Ceylon then started to join in the comforting, while patting Ali on the back a little. “I know what it’s like to lose a family member. Heck, my mom died and I didn’t even realize… Until my dad told me, but he mistreated me very often. So I ran away, and now I live here with my partner, D.B.”

“Yeah, it’s true.” D.B. chimed in. “Even my life wasn’t the best, before I met my boi Ceylon.” He narrated, as his flashback began to appear.

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“I had to live in a dumpster, my whole life. I started livin’ as a normal frog; born as a lil tadpole, and grew up as… well, a frog.” D.B. elaborated. “I lived in a dumpster because I couldn’t find no where decent to live in. But hey, dumpsters got free food! And I even found me my own unicycle and airhorn.”

The flashback showed D.B. and how he was living in an alley dumpster, his past self actually wore no clothing whatsoever.

“What I wanted to do with my life, was entertain people with my tricks. So I got on my unicycle, rode into the streets, and blew my airhorn like crazy!” He continued narrating.

D.B. then got on his unicycle and rode into the city streets, with his airhorn in his hand. There were a bunch of people out in the city as usual. All of the cityfolk seemed to be minding their own business and weren’t distracted from what they were doing at all. That is, until they hear a loud, blaring sound of an airhorn. Almost all of the cityfolk’s attention was caught, especially when D.B. came riding downtown on his unicycle.

When everyone saw the frog, they had rather disgusted and shocked expressions on their faces. But no matter how disgusted as the townspeople were, D.B. still carried on with his little tricks every so often. He was basically a public nuisance.

“I was recognized by many. But, it didn’t turn out like I expected. Ya see, people didn’t like me so much.” D.B. elaborated. “How did I get my name? Some people would be sayin’ “here come dat boy!” every time I showed up. I’m the type of person who don’t care what nobody thinks, but it kinda hurts to think that nobody likes you, ya know? I wasn’t doing so hot.”

“That was, until Ceylon came along. Ya see, we barely knew each other, but he was pretty much the only person who really cared about me. Ceylon here just wanted me to have a better rep, cuz he too, wanted to entertain people, and make em’ laugh ya know?”

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“So that’s when we come to now. Now we’re best friends and partners in crime!” D.B. smiled.

“Don’t ya mean comedy?” Ceylon winked.

“Ah, right.” D.B. smirked.

“Aww man, I can’t even imagine on being hated by so many people.” Kira commented.

“Yeah, sounds awful.” Ali stated.

“Ah, I didn’t care too much about it.” D.B. shrugged.

“Yeah, but still…” Kira added.

D.B. then let out another yawn, and rubbed his eye.

Then Ceylon yawned, and stretched a little. “I dunno about you two, but I’m gonna hit the hay.”

“What hay?” D.B. asked.

“Nevermind, there is no hay.” Ceylon replied tiredly. “Goodnight, everybody.” The young dog started to lie down on the ground and fall asleep. The frog then got on his partner, and lied on him.

Then Kira yawned and went to sleep. “Goodnight, guys.” She tucked herself in the big blanket. But Ali started to shiver a little. Kira noticed, she was having a bit of a hard time sleeping. But she decided to tuck Ali in too, and held her hand in her sleep. The bunny then rolled over and pulled the hyena a little closer. Kira blushed a little, but let her new friend hug her in her sleep. Kira even hugged her a little tighter.

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A few hours later, while the four friends were asleep. A motorcycle passed by in the darkness. Who could be riding it? Only the shadow of the motorcycle and its rider was seen on the walls of Zootropolis buildings. It had just passed the alleyway. The roaring noise of the motorcycle had woken up both Kira and Ali.

Ali gasped in a startled manner. “WHAT WAS THAT?!” She quivered.

“It sounded like a motorcycle, or something..” Kira replied.

“Hey, what’s all the yappin’?” Ceylon woke up.

“We just heard a loud noise… Kira says it’s a motorcycle.” Ali told him.

“And I may be right.” Kira added.

The D.B. suddenly woke up. “A motorcycle?! Then why didn’t ya just say so?!” He shouted abruptly. “Ya know, I always wanted to ride one! They always looked so cool!”

“Uh..” Kira twitched her ear.

“I must follow that motorcycle!” D.B. then hopped onto his unicycle and raced into the streets as fast as he could.

“Ughh… He’s like this sometimes.” Ceylon groaned. He then got up and chased after his companion. “D.B.! GET BACK HERE! That unicycle is good enough for you!” He yelled.

Kira then saw Ceylon take off, and couldn’t help but join in too. “I’m coming too, I won’t let my new friends come across trouble!” Kira then got up, and ran after the two boys. Ali followed. “Wait for me!”

The trio were chasing after the crazed frog in the middle of the night, running as fast as their legs could carry them. Little did the group of friends know, what they were about to come across.

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Meanwhile, in the Zootropolis bank, it was quiet and all the windows of the office were closed. There was no one there, until later on. A pair of bandits came in and broke in through one of the windows on the buildings. They both appeared as raccoons, and they were both out of breath, as if being chased down by somebody.

“Come on, let’s get in, hurry!” One of the robbers ordered his partner.

The two then broke into the office to find the safes where cash was stored in. They seemed to be moving very quickly, knowing they were about to get caught.

“Now how to unlock this damn thing..” One of the robbers frantically pondered. There was a codepad with numbers on the safe, once the right code was entered, it’ll open the safe. They tried to enter in the code, though they never knew what it was.

“Darnit! Why are these things so hard?!” The other robber growled.

“They probably don’t want us opening the safe!” His partner retorted.

“No shi-” The other bandit twitched his ear, he was interrupted by loud running footsteps inside the building.

“HURRY!” The partner whispered loudly.

“SHUT UP! I’m trying!”

“Keep trying, and you’ll be getting it.” A mature, monotone, female voice spoke.

“What the?” One of the raccoons spoke in terror. They were accompanied by a shadow. The shadow appeared to be a female dog holding a black and silver gun, and pointing it at the two bandits.

“Ha! Think you can scare us with that?”

“Go ahead, shoot us.”

The shadow then started to pull the trigger on the gun, which caused both of the robbers to flee away screaming. As they did, a gunshot went out, and they both fell. They weren’t dead, but they had a hard time getting back up on their feet.

“You’re coming with me.” The woman said, while grabbing both of them by their tails. She then walked outside.

Meanwhile, D.B. and his friends arrived at the bank, there was a police car driving by and stopping in front of the bank.

The four saw the woman walking out of the bank, with the two raccoons being dragged out. The woman was indeed, a dog. She was a light yellowish and black dog, wearing a brown coat with fur and jeans, and black boots, which also had fur. “Here they are, officer.” The canine girl reported.

“Thank you, Misty. We can always count on you for the job.” The police officer replied, while handcuffing the knocked out raccoons. “Alrighty boys, get in the car.” The raccoons didn’t respond, they were too passed out from being shot, that they were nearly dying. The officer just threw them in the back seat.

The minute Kira saw Misty, she was staring at her in intrigue. Misty seemed like one of those people that everyone looked up to. “Ooooh..” Kira commented.

D.B. then saw a motorcycle being parked by the bank as well.

“IT’S MINE!” D.B. shouted.

“D.B.! There are police here!” Ceylon yelled running towards him.

The frog just ignored him and hopped on the motorcycle seat. “Oooh boy! Let’s see what this baby can do!” He was too focused on the motorcycle, that little did he notice that there was a gun being pointed to his head.

“I wouldn’t test drive that if I were you.” Just as the frog heard Misty speak, and saw her gun being pointed to his head.

“Oh, miss! I’m.. I’m sorry.. Uh… I just saw this motorcycle lying around and um..” D.B. stuttered.

“Well, get off, it’s mine!” Misty growled.

“Ma’am, please don’t shoot him, he’s always like this.” Ceylon informed Misty, but was interrupted.

“And THAT is your excuse?” Misty turned around while Ceylon flinched in fear. “No one tells me what to do. I am a famous crime fighter, and people like you shouldn’t intervene.” She confronted him.

“I’m… I’m not! I’m just heh-his f-friend. I’ll get him off m..mm-myself!” Ceylon shaked, but started to blush while he stared at Misty.

“Well, what are you waiting for? If you’re such a good friend, then you should help him!” Misty raised her voice.

“Oh! Oh… right away m-ma’am.” Ceylon did a little salute, and then picked up the small frog off of the motorcycle. “Alright, D.B. that’s enough.”

“Aw no fair man!” D.B. pouted.

Misty sighed and then got back on her motorcycle. Kira then shyly approached Misty, she was really interested in hearing about her career as a crime fighter. “H-hi.” Kira greeted apprehensively.

“Farewell.” Misty then started her motorcycle.

“Hey, I heard you were a crime fighter.” Kira wagged her tail.

“Indeed I am, kid. Now beat it.” Misty replied in an annoyed manner.

“Uh..”

“Really, I have no time to chat. Farewell.” Misty then drove off.

Kira just stood there in awe, she couldn’t believe that she actually saw a crime fighter in person. “Woah.” She gasped.

“What happened?” Ali asked, she was barely paying attention as to what was going on.

“Do you believe it? We saw an actual crime scene!” Kira announced, she was quite astonished to have seen a real crime scene and to have met a crime fighter. The subject of heroes and crime fighting had always intrigued her.

“Oh well, what was I thinking! I don’t need no motorcycle! I’ll never give up this thing!” D.B. hugged and smooched his unicycle.

Kira and Ali just looked at the frog confusedly. “Ew…” Kira commented, as D.B. kissed his unicycle.

As for Ceylon, he stood there blushing, as if daydreaming.

“Ceylon?” Ali murmured.

“Are you ok buddy?” Kira waved her hands in front of his face, but he didn’t seem to respond at all. She then snapped her fingers, nothing happened. “Hey you! Wake up!” She frantically shouted. But then D.B. got out his airhorn and blew it right in Ceylon’s ear.

Ceylon then let out a yelp, as the airhorn as blaring in his ear. The dog awoke from his trance, and nursed his ear. “Sorry! I.. I dunno what got to me.” He blushed again.

“It’s still very late… I say let’s get back to the alley.” Kira told everyone.

“Good idea.” Ali replied.

“That’s what I wanted to do in the first place. Come along, D.B.” Ceylon followed the two girls, with D.B. riding on his unicycle. As the four kept walking, Kira looked back a few times. She wondered, when she will ever see Misty again.