Disclaimer: the only thing I own are the clothes my back, the money in my account, and the sad knowledge of knowing this will never happen.

The market place was crowded on the warm Friday afternoon, many people moved through the gathering of carts and stalls, either stopping to examine the produce or simply rushing through on their way to their chosen destination.

It is on this day that a young boy was happily walking next to his mother. The boy was dressed in a white short-sleeved shirt with blue shorts, his dark brown hair was ruffled and stuck out in random directions and his brown eyes gazed around him with a sense of wonder most children have.

His mother was fairly tall with a healthy figure and looked several years younger than her real age. Her hair and eyes were the same as her son's, only hers was a little more tamed in fashion. It parted neatly above her forehead with a lock falling between her eyes and a small ponytail in the back.

A sack of groceries was held in her left hand while the boy's hand was held in her right. They stopped at a vendor selling fresh tomatoes and the vendor looked up and smiled warmly. "Saori, it's good to see you again," he greeted her. "And little Kenichi too, how are you both?"

"We're doing fine Gin," Saori said, letting go of Kenichi's hand to pluck a tomato from a basket. "How's business?"

"As good as I could hope for," Gin said, laughing as he pulled one of the tomatoes and took a bite. "I had a good harvest this year and I'm sharing it with all who stop by. For a small price of course."

While the two adults shared a pleasant conversation, Kenichi was letting his eyes wander across all the sights presented by the people wandering the market. It was then that he heard the faint sound of a dog barking and of course, his natural compulsion to find the "doggy" led him to wandering away while his mother was still distracted.

He followed the dog's barking father down the street until it led him to a small alley. The closer he got the easier it was to hear the sound, and another of a girl crying. Moving a little faster Kenichi turned the corner and saw a girl on the ground while a dog and a cat faced off.

The dog was a pit bull, barking and bearing its teeth at a little black cat with its hackles raised and hissing at the much larger animal. The girl was dressed in a schoolgirl uniform with fiery red hair and aqua green eyes.

"Noir get back," the girl cried but the cat ignored her, standing firm between the dog and her master. The dog inched closer and stuck its nose within range of the feline's claws. The resulting scratch to the nose ended up with the dog retreating slightly, whining, only to come back snarling. "NOIR!"

Just as the jaws were about to hit the cat, Kenichi tackled it, sending it off to the side only barely, the jaws snapping just to the right of the black cat. "Are you okay?" he asked the girl, but she was too stunned to speak. Just where had this guy come from? "Get your cat and run," he shouted, turning back to face the dog while keeping himself between it and the girl.

"What are you doing?" the girl asked but Kenichi just looked over his shoulder and smiled.

"I'm protecting you," he said. It was at that moment the dog charged and Kenichi closed his eyes, waiting for the pain...but it never came.

"Apa? That was close, are you two alright?" The boy lowered his arms he'd had up to guard his face to see the dog dangling by a hand latched to the scruff of its neck. Both boy and girl looked up to find the smiling face of... a tell man with a bronze skin and purple hair looking down on them as the dog twisted it head to bite him only to get a light tap on the head stopping it.

"You should stop doing that or you'll hurt people." the tall man in a yellow tank top and red short's said looking down at the dog like it could understand him, much to the boy and girl's confusing the dog bark back at him causing the unknown giant to blink a few time before frowning slightly.

"Even if you don't like cat's that no reason to attack them... now go say your sorry." The man said sitting the dog down and watching it walk over to Kenichi and the red hair girl who both tensed only to blink in shock at it stopping in front of the cat Noir, sitting down, and then began barking softly at the cat whose ear's perk up before sitting down too and meowing back, (What the hack, are they... getting along now!?) the girl and Kenichi thought sweating dropping at the sight before them as the giant man kneel down petting animal's on the head. causing them to purr happily.

"See isn't this better then fighting? Now you can go home knowing you made a good friend's." the man grinned somehow bring a smile to the two kid, it was at that point he look at the two kid's in front in of him.

"Apa!? Now that Apachai think about it, it's getting late. Shouldn't you be getting home?" he ask and two could only guess his name was Apachi, hearing this the girl jump up at realizing he was right and kenichi's eye's widen.

"Oh no! I ran off so fast I didn't tell my Mom where I was going, she going to be really worry now!" Kenichi gasp.

"Yeah and I have to get back home before the others worry about me too." the girl added right after that both of them felt a gust of wind sweep them off their feet and realize Apachai had pick them up with the cat Nori.

"Apachai help, you point the way and Apachai take you there..." Apachai said surprising them but the girl and Kenichi quick gain a grin on their face as Apachai look back down at the pit bull.

"Remember, be nice to cat's from now on okay?" Apachai told the dog and got a bark and nodded back causing the girl and Kenichi to sweat drop. "It still weird that he can talk to animaAAAAAAAAGH!" she scream as they take off into the sky leading the girl to look down and gasp at seeing how high he jump.

"YAHOOOOHOHO!" she cheer as he landed on a roof top and jump up into the sky and turn to where she was pointing to where she wanted to go, neither the girl nor Apachai notice that Kenichi had pass out from the first jump. Hopping from roof top to roof top Apachai finally landed in front of a building and sit them down though Kenichi was still pass out from the trip.

"What a wuss..." she mutter hitting on the head to wake up the boy.

"What- what happen did we die!?" he ask frantically looking left and right only to get hit on the head again by the girl.

"Do it look like we're dead? No we're at my place." she snapped causing him to finch at the red head, (This girl is scary...) Kenichi though before noticing she had look away with a blush on his face.

"Anyway I... I wanted to thank... you for trying to save me and my cat." the girl said holding Nori in her arm's. Kenichi look at the girl an shock before a smile came to his face, (Eh!? Even though she can be scary, she does have a cute side too.) Kenichi thought.

"Glad I could help, by the way I'm Kenichi." he said holding out a hand, the girl smile back as she take it.

"And I'm Kisara." she said shaking hand's.

"Apa? Apachai help out too..." Apachai stated grinning as he didn't want to be left out of the thank you's. Kenichi and Kisara laugh as they turn to the giant man.

"That right you did, thank you Apachai-san." Kisara said, Kenichi smile at the two but stop at seeing Kisara sigh as her smile drop.

"But I wouldn't needed help if I hadn't been so scare, some time's I wish I was a boy so that was I could be strong." Kisara said getting a frown out of Kenichi.

"Don't say that, just because your a girl doesn't mean you can't be strong. In fact I just saw a girl who was so strong she could beat up grown men! So you can become stronger just like her!" Kenichi stated with the almost believing look in his eye's surprising Kisara as Apachai spoke up.

"That right, Apachai seen lot's of strong girl's and Apachai even know one who scary strong! You can become stronger if you try." Apachai added bring a smile to her face at finally having people say such thing's to her, however it was at that moment Kenichi notice how dark it got.

"On no! It's this dark now!? My Mom must be worry sick!" Kenichi cried causing Kisara to blink a few time and laugh as she watch Apachai pick him up.

"Apa. Don't worry, Apachai take you home." Apachai stated standing up and getting a gasp out of Kenichi.

"Okay but let take this sloOOOOOOOOW!" kenichi voice was heard loudly as Apachai flew them off into the distends with Kisara looking on in amusement.

"He really is a wuss... but I like him.". Kisara said with a smile before walking into her home.

Outside the Shihamara, the giant call Apachai landed just a few feet from the door steps holding Kenichi who had pass out again as a bird landed on his left shoulder.

"Apa. Is this it?" Apachai ask looking at the bird that chirp back at him.

"Really thank." Apachai said thanking the bird that show him how to get to Kenichi's home and watch it fly away. Looking down at Kenichi Apachai lightly shake him awake.

"Uhhh, what happen...? Ack! I pass out again!" Kenichi cried as Apachai set him down. "At this rate I'll never learn how to fight like that girl from before." Kenichi exclaimed causing Apachai's ear's to twitch at hearing that.

"You want to learn how to fight?" he ask kneeling down and causing Kenichi to look up at him.

"Yeah, earlier I saw this amazing girl beat up a bunch of guys for picking on this old lady and thought to myself. I'd like to do that too. Fight to keep others safe." Kenichi said looking away, Aparchai look at the boy for a moment more before pointing to his self and smiling.

"Apapa, if you want Apachai can teach you how to fight using Muay Thai." Apachai told Kenichi who look back at him with wide eye's.

"You can?" Kenichi gasp as he nodded.

"Apachai never had a Disciple before, so Kenichi will be Apachai's first Disciple." Apachai said rather happy about getting a student to teach and Kenichi couldn't have had his grin go any wider.

"Great! We got to ask my Mom and Dad first but I'm sure I can get them to say yes!" Kenichi quickly said dragging Apachi behind him by the hand never knowing where this would lead him.

There the first chapter so tell me what you think. One thing I got to say about this mange is that I always thought the whole Apachi can talk to animals was a bit much but it work for my story so I can't complain.