AJ walked along the sidewalk, rain coming down rolling off his umbrella, he is heading home from a meeting. As he walked past an alley, he thought he heard a commotion coming from it. He stopped and leaned against a corner to the alley and listened closer. As he focused past the rain, he could hear three different voices, two males and the sobbing from a girl. He glanced around the street, and then he decided to quietly walk down the alley to where he heard the voices. As he approached, he could hear them better, he could overhear the two guys were about ready to rape the girl. He found them just as they crept up to the cornered girl, "Hey," he shouted, jumping out from the corner.
	The two guys, a black wolf and a tiger, turned to see who caught them, AJ kept his umbrella covering most of his face. "Heh, lookie here," growled the wolf. "Someone wants to play the hero."
	"Hehe, someone is going to get hurt," added the tiger.
	AJ closed his umbrella, and he looked them over, the tiger was bigger than he was, while the wolf was the same size.
	"Ooo..some sort of lizard," teased the wolf. "You think you can take us, lizard?" The wolf pulled a knife out from his belt, the tiger did the same.
	Before AJ could say anything, the wolf lunged towards him. AJ sidestepped the wolf's charge, and with a quick move, smacked the wolf in the back with his umbrella. The wolf growled as AJ teased him, he lunged again. This time AJ used his umbrella and blocked the knife, then using the top of the umbrella, jabbed the wolf in the stomach. Then stepping back, AJ twisted the handle to the umbrella and pulled out a sword. The wolf recovered from the jab but froze when he saw the glinting steel of the blade in AJ's hand.
	"Your move," said AJ, looking at both the wolf and tiger. "Any of you try to make a move on me, or the girl, it'll be your last move."
	"Shit," cursed the wolf. The tiger took a step towards AJ, but froze as the tip of the sword was inches away from his neck. The tiger dropped his knife and moved to stand next to the wolf, leaving AJ standing between them and the girl. He picked up the knife, and held it at ready, just in case they still wanted to try their luck. The wolf wasn't about to give up, however his friend stopped him.
	"Come on, man," said the tiger. "The cunt ain't worth it."
	The wolf snarled, but seeing AJ standing there, weapons in hand, he knew he wouldn't win.
	"Lucky, bitch," he growled. He put his knife away, and both of them walked away. AJ moved slowly to watch them, making sure that they left the alley. Once, he knew they were gone, and not coming back, he turned his attention to their 'target', it was a young cat girl, eyes closed shut, and shivering from fear. She was a different color then what AJ has seen before, white fur with light purple fur on her right ear, covering her right eye, the tip of her tail, and from what he can guess from the tattered clothes her chest and belly. She also has a long locks of brown hair, but looks all tangled from not being washed. He slid the knife in between his belt, then picked up the umbrella scabbard and reinserted the sword back into it. He reopened it and knelt next to the girl, keeping them from getting even wetter than they already are.
	"Hey, are you alright," he asked softly. The girl opened her eyes, and she saw AJ smiling at her. She gave a scared mew, as she never met a dragon before and she shut her eyes even tighter, shaking even more. AJ placed a hand on her shoulder which caused her to flinch, "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you," said AJ. "I want to help you." The girl feeling AJ's hand gently rubbing her shoulder, and the way his voice changed, she opened her eyes again. The second time seeing AJ, something changed her perception of him, he seemed friendly, almost fatherly to her. AJ finally got to see her fully and her beautiful lavender eyes. 
	"Hi," he said, with a soft smile.
	"H-h-hi," sniffled the girl, tears still rolling down her cheeks.
	"I want to help," he said. "Where do you live?"
	The girl didn't say anything, she just pointed to a corner of the dead-end alley. AJ followed her and saw a small, but decent sized cardboard house. AJ closed his eyes, feeling sorry for her.
	"You're homeless," he gently asked.
	She nodded her head.
	"How long?"
	"T-t-two y-years," choked the girl.
	AJ gave a quiet, sorrowful sigh, "May I see, your 'home'," he asked.
	She nodded again, and AJ helped her up from the ground and held her close under the cover of the umbrella, as they walked over to her creation. Once they stood in front of her 'house', AJ saw that she was pretty smart, she found some metal sheets for the roof to keep the water from destroying the cardboard. She crawled into the house, and AJ kneeled at the entrance to peek inside. He saw that she had a decent amount of space, but still cramped. She had a tattered blanket for a bed, some other small personal effects, but he watched her sit on the blanket and picked up a raggedy, dirty stuffed bear. She clutched it tight to her chest. AJ felt so sorry for her, she shouldn't be living like this, he knew that it might be hard, but he has to try to help her. The girl watched as AJ turned away, she was about to call out, when something hit her ears. It sounded like the wind was singing, it made her ears twitch as she tried to make sense of what she was hearing. She looked at AJ and saw the frills on the side of his head, move in time to the different notes she could hear. After a few seconds, the 'singing' stopped and AJ turned back to face the girl. She had a look of confusion about what just happened, AJ gave a little chuckle.
	"I can explain things later," he said. "I want you to take the things you really want, and come with me."
	She felt afraid that, he was going to do something bad, but the way he acted and he sound made her feel that he was trustworthy. She took a few things, stuffing them into a bag, AJ asked for the bag, which she hesitantly handed over. She grabbed the stuffed bear and crawl back out from the cardboard home, and stood next to AJ. He held the umbrella and bag in one hand and took the girl's hand in the other, and he walked her out of the alley way. AJ looked around, and found an awning that they could stand under. They waited under the awing for a little bit, watching cars roll by, when from around a corner a horse and carriage appeared. The driver stopped the carriage in front of the two, and got off. The girl saw that the driver looked like AJ, but with different colors.
	"Hello sir," said the driver, opening the carriage door.
	"Hello, Tai," returned AJ. "Did you bring it?"
	"Yes sir," answered Tai. "It's on the seat, is this who your where talking about?"
	"Yes," answered AJ. Tai gave a small bow, and helped AJ. He took the umbrella and the bag from AJ, Tai placed the bag inside the carriage and then returned to the two.
	"May I," asked Tai, offering his hand to the girl. She looked up at AJ, who gave her a smile and a nod. She gripped her teddy tight to her chest as she let go of AJ's hand and took Tai's hand. Tai lead her over to the carriage and helped her climb in, once inside she found her bag under a bench seat and a blanket sitting on top. Seconds later, AJ climbed inside, and sat down facing to the rear.
	"Please, sit," offered AJ. "The blanket is there so you can dry off and keep warm."
	The girl looked over at AJ, and back at the nice blanket, and back to AJ, she was unsure that he was letting her use something so nice on her.
	"Go ahead," reassured AJ, seeing her indecision. "It's okay."
	She picked up the blanket and wrapped it around her and sat down on the bench facing AJ.
	"W-who are you," she asked, shivering slightly.
	"I am AJ Durai," answered AJ. "And I am a dragon. Who are you?"
	"C-Chani," she answered.
	"Such a nice name," said AJ.
	"Thank you," said Chani.
	As they rode along, AJ learned a bit more about Chani. She is 12 years old, and she had a family but were lost when a burglary went horribly wrong. She then spent some time in an orphanage, but she was treated badly there, and a couple of years ago, she ran away. She learned to make her cardboard home by trial and error, and got stuff by either getting it from the garbage, stealing it, or panhandling for money. There were some who wanted to use her for other 'things', but she never did that, and always got away Save for today, the two guys that AJ fought off, caught her near her home, and she made the mistake of headed down the alley to her makeshift home. That was when AJ showed up, and saved her. Shortly after Chani finished her story, they arrived at AJ's home. Chani stared in awe at AJ's home, she never seen anything so big, other than the orphanage she lived in.
	"That's your place," asked Chani.
	"Uh huh," answered AJ, as Tai opened the carriage door.
	"Your bag please," asked Tai. Chani was surprised at his request, but she picked it up and handed over to Tai. He took it and held it with the umbrella and reached out for Chani's hand. She took his hand, and Tai helped out step down from the carriage, and took a step. She found that she was dragging the blanket along the wet ground and she ashamed as she thought she was ruining the nice blanket.
	"No worries," said AJ, stepping out of the carriage seeing the blanket getting wet and dirty. "It can get cleaned up."
	Tai handed over the umbrella and bag to AJ, "I'll see you later sir," said Tai.
	"Of course, thank you for your help," said AJ. Tai climbed back into the driver's seat and then the horse and carriage trotted off, as the two walked up to the house. AJ lead Chani to a side door, and they walked in. They walked through the unused garage, and then into the laundry room. There AJ took the blanket off of Chani and tossed it into the washer. He handed Chani her bag back, he closed his umbrella and leaned it against the door jamb to the garage. He opened a door on the other side of the room, and lead Chani into the kitchen. Standing at the sink, facing away from the two was another dragon, "Hi honey," said the other dragon, turning around. "Oh....who's this?"
	"Crystal, this is Chani," said AJ, introducing the two. "Chani, this is my wife, Crystal."
	Crystal saw that Chani was a mess, hair and fur soaked and her clothes were dirty and tattered. 
	She knelt in front of Chani, "My goodness, what happened to you," she asked, looking her over.
	"She's been living downtown for the past couple of years," answered AJ. "She is an orphan who ran away."
	"Oh you poor thing," said Crystal. "Let's get you all cleaned up." Crystal also saw the teddy bear, Chani was holding. "May I get your bear clean, while you get cleaned up?"
	Chani looked down at her bear, then looked back at Crystal, back to her bear, "Please don't hurt him," said Chani, handing the bear to Crystal. 
	"He is in good hands," said Crystal, giving her forehead a kiss. "I'll take good care of him, and he'll be nice and clean."
	Crystal walked next to AJ, "Does she know," whispered Crystal.
	"No," whispered back AJ. "They'll love her."
	"We'll figure things out tomorrow then," whispered Crystal.
	"Come on," said AJ, taking Chani's hand. "There's something I want to show you."
	"Okay," said Chani. They walked out of the kitchen, as Crystal went into the laundry room, to get things to clean the bear. AJ lead Chani through a hallway and up a small set of stairs. He knocked on the door to their left, which confused Chani, then opened it. He walked in, with Chani in tow, she gasped as she found out why he knocked on the door. There were two otter cubs looking at them, a boy sitting at a computer, and a girl sitting in a bean bag chair in front of a TV. The next thing she heard, confused her even more. "Hey dad," they said in unison.
	"Hey kids," returned AJ. "I want you to meet someone, this is Chani."
	"Hi Chani," they said, getting up from their spots, walking over to them.
	"This is Lee," said AJ, gesturing to the boy.
	"Hey," said Lee, with a nice smile.
	"And this is Jenny," said AJ, motioning to the girl.
	"Hi Chani," greeted Jenny.
	"She is an orphan, who was living downtown for a couple of years," explained AJ. "She's going to stay with us for a while, until we can figure some things out."
	"What does that mean," said Chani. "Am I going back to the orphanage."
	Tears formed, "I don't want to go back," she said, starting to cry. "They're mean to me."
	AJ got down on his knees, to look be face to face with Chani, "Hey, hey, I'm not going to take you back there," said AJ, placing his hands on her shoulders.
	"Y-y-you're not," sniffled Chani, looking through her tears.
	AJ wiped her tears from her eyes and cheeks, "No, we're not," said AJ. "I'm sorry that I confused you. As of right now, you are a guest of ours. Once we figure out some stuff, you won't be our guest, you'll be a part of the family. Crystal and I will be your parents, and Jenny and Lee would be your brother and sister."
	Chani's face lit up, "I get to live here," she exclaimed.
	"Yeah," answered AJ, then with a smirk. "Unless you want us to get your cardboard hut."
	Chani gave a huff, giving AJ an evil look, AJ and the others giggled a bit.
	"I'm just teasing you," said AJ, he leaned in, and then whispered in her ear. "You'll never have to live on the streets again, I'll make sure of that." 
	He pulled away from her, and gave her a hug, "But first, you need to get cleaned up," said AJ. He looked over at Jenny, they were about the same size, Jenny may be a bit smaller, but he thought that Jenny's clothes would fit Chani for now.
	"Jenny, why don't you help Chani," asked AJ.
	Chani looked unsure about Jenny bathing with her, "It'll be okay," said Jenny, stepping next to Chani. "It's just us girls, and it'll be fun."
	Chani still felt strange, but not having a real bath for years, would feel good, "O-Okay," said Chani.
	"Mmm, good," said Jenny, giving Chani a little hug.
	"Lee," said AJ, giving him a look.
	"Yeah, I know," Lee said. "Let me save and I'll be downstairs."
	"Take your time," said AJ, standing up. "We'll be waiting for you."
	"Okay, daddy," said Jenny, she took Chani's hand. "Come on, lets go."
	Jenny lead Chani out of the bedroom, and across the hall to the bathroom. Chani looked around, and even the bathroom was huge. A shower stall, a giant bathtub, a small room with the toilet in it, two sinks and a giant mirror. Jenny closed and locked the door, and walked over to the tub. It was curved making it look like a jelly bean. In the center of it, was the faucet and a hand held shower wand, and across from it, was a seat and along the wall was bottles of soap and shampoo. Jenny turned on the water, getting nice a warm.
	"Come on, time to get naked," said Jenny, reaching down and pulling up the hem of her sundress. Chani hestantly started taking off her own sundress, pushing it down off her shoulders and down her body. She slowly pulled off her panties, and stood there naked, shivering just slightly. Jenny, naked herself, turned to see Chani, embarrassed about her situation.
	"Aww, it's okay," said Jenny, placing her hands on Chani's shoulders. "You look pretty, but you'll look even better and feel a whole lot better with this bath. I mean I love your colors, never seen a kitty with purple fur and eyes."
	"Really," Chani asked. "You really think I'm pretty?"
	"Oh yeah," said Jenny. "It's a shame nobody wanted to adopt you. I'm actually glad daddy found you, and brought you home. You'll love it here."
	Chani felt a bit better, and calmed down, her shivering stopped as the hot water started to heat up the bathroom. Jenny felt the water and asked if it was okay for Chani. Chani dipped her hand into the water, and said it would be fine. Jenny plugged the drain and let the tub fill with a little water, then switched the water to come from the shower wand. Jenny climbed in and sat down on the seat and motioned for Chani to sit down in front of her. Chani climbed in and sat down in the hot water, enjoying the feeling of it wash over her legs. Jenny took the wand and wetted down Chani's hair. It took almost 45 minutes for Jenny to get Chani's hair cleaned and to get out all the tangles and knots that formed from 2 years of negligence. All the while, they talked about themselves, Jenny explaining that she and her twin brother were also adopted by AJ years ago. Chani listened and asked a few questions, and from what she heard, AJ and Crystal were great parents, but she did wonder why they didn't have any of their own. Jenny finished with her hair, had Chani switch positions. Jenny stayed standing as she then helped Chani clean and wash her fur. After scrubbing and washing Chani down, Jenny saw that her fur was noticeably brighter. Jenny drained the dirty water, and then refilled the tub with hot water. Jenny pulled Chani down into the tub and they sat there soaking in the water for a while. After soaking, Jenny drained the water, and they worked to dry themselves off. Once mostly dry, Jenny liked how Chani looked, her brown hair puffed out and even her fur looking shiny, clean and soft. Chani reached for her clothes, when Jenny stopped her, "You're not thinking of wearing those," asked Jenny.
	"I don't have anything else," said Chani.
	Jenny gave her a look over, "I think my stuff will fit," she said. "Maybe a bit tight, but will fit. Come on let's find out."
	Jenny turned leaving the bathroom, she stuck her head out, checking things out, and both girls hurried across the hall back into the bedroom. Jenny opened a drawer in the dresser next to her bed, she pulled out a pair of panties and put them on.
	"Go on, see if they fit," said Jenny, walking over to a closet and opening it. Chani walked over to the dresser and found a pair of pink panties and slid them on. "They fit okay," said Chani. "Feels good."
	"Good, see if there's something here you want to wear," said Jenny, pulling another sundress off a hanger. Chani browsed through Jenny's clothes and found a nice sea green dress and slid it on.
	"Oh, that looks pretty on you," said Jenny.
	Chani looked down at the dress, "It does," she asked.
	"Uh huh," answered Jenny. "You look good, how does it fit?"
	"Almost perfectly," said Chani.
	"Good, then let's go and show you off," said Jenny. They walked out and down the stairs, and went into the family room. There they found Lee playing a video game, as AJ sat there and watched him. AJ noticed them first, "Wow, you look good," said AJ.
	"Huh," said Lee, pausing his game. He looked over and saw Jenny and Chani. "Oh wow, you're pretty Chani." Chani blushed as she was getting all this attention, but in her mind she was happy. Crystal hearing talking, appeared from the kitchen, and found Chani.
	"Oh you, look so pretty," said Crystal, walking across the room over to Chani. "How do you feel, feels good to be nice and clean right?"
	"Yeah," said a blushing Chani. "It feels nice to be clean once again."
	Chani noticed she was wearing Jenny's clothes, "Looks like you're the same size as Jenny," she stated.
	"Yeah," Chani answered, but she leaned in an whispering to Crystal. "But the underwear is just a bit tight."
	"We'll take you shopping tomorrow," said Crystal. "Oh, come with me."
	Chani followed Crystal through the room, and into the kitchen, there sitting on a counter was Chani's teddy bear. All the dirt and grime has been washed away and he looked almost like he was brand new again.
	"Bear," exclaimed Chani, reaching out and picking it up. She looked it over, and found it that it was completely clean, but the fur still a bit wet. She hugged is close, nuzzling it close, smelling a hint of the stuff Crystal used to clean it.
	"You really like that bear, don't you," asked Crystal.
	"I always feel better with him around," explained Chani. "I feel like he's a guardian angel, and sometimes brings me good luck."
	"Well then, he certainly brought you some good luck," said Crystal.
	The rest of the day went by seemingly fast for Chani, for soon it was dinner time and again for the first time in years, she is having real food, not something she scrounged from a dumpster or some cheap food she bought or stole. She enjoyed everything, eating it all and even asking for seconds. After dinner, Jenny and Lee took Chani up to their bedroom and there they hung out. After a little while there was a knock on the door, and AJ popped in. He had Chani's bag that she left behind in the kitchen earlier today. He also said that they should get some sleep as they will all be going out shopping for new things for Chani. As it got late, Jenny and Lee had to figure out how their sleeping arrangements.
	"Um Chani," asked Jenny.
	"Yes," answered Chani.
	"How do you want to sleep," asked Jenny. "Do you want to sleep in my bed, and I share with Lee, or would you like to share with you?"
	Chani blushed, "Um, would it be okay....if..you sleep...with..me," asked Chani, trailing off embarrassed.
	"It'll be fine," said Jenny, giving Chani a light hug. "Then let's get some sleep."
	Chani blushed even more as both Jenny and Lee stripped down, she covered her mouth as she saw Lee's boy bits, never seeing a naked boy before. Lee saw Chani's reaction first, and he was embarrassed also.
	"Oh, sorry," said Lee, covering himself up.
	"Oops, yeah, sorry," said Jenny, standing there not caring about her nudity. "We sleep naked."
	"How come," asked Chani, looking over at Jenny.
	"It's just uncomfortable to wear anything while sleeping," answered Jenny.
	"Oh, but, Lee," said Chani.
	"We've seen each other naked many times," said Jenny. "But I guess you never seen a naked boy before."
	Chani shook her head, "It's okay," said Jenny. "Lee, get into bed, please."
	"Okay, but you're getting the lights," said Lee, as he turned to climb into his bed. He rolled to face away from Chani, to give her a little privacy.
	"Go ahead and take off your clothes," said Jenny quietly. Chani nodded her head, and stripped, Jenny picked up all the clothes and put them in a hamper, and motioned for Chani to get into the bed. Chani got into Jenny's bed and she loved it. Jenny hit the lights and made her way over to her bed, then got in next to Chani. Chani forgot how a bed could feel, and she enjoyed it, the soft pillow, the smooth sheets, she purred as she made herself comfy. Jenny smiled knowing Chani was enjoying the bed, "Feels good," she whispered.
	"Mmm...I forgot what this feels like," whispered back Chani.
	Jenny rolled over and placing a hand on Chani's, "I'm so happy, we're going to have you as a sister," said Jenny.
	"Hmmm...," yawned Chani.
	"Good night," whispered Jenny.
	She didn't get an answer, just the soft breathing and a quiet purr coming from Chani. She fell asleep already, Jenny smiled and rolled over and fell asleep also. Tomorrow is going to be a big day.