I don't own Alvin and the chipmunks or the associated characters. I do own the 2 original characters in this story(both are munks)

The tale of Cash

Part 1: the arrival

The young boy stared at the door of the house he was standing in front of. He wondered if they would accept him. A better question was: would the WORLD accept him? As far as the world knew there were only six. Three boys and three girls. The chipmunks and the chippettes respectively. Alvin(whom this young one had a slight grudge with), Simon, and Theodore were the boys and Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor were the girls. Damn! he thought. Three boys and three girls. Surely all three pairs had been made. This young one was hitting that age where a young boy starts to notice girls and begins to want a girl for himself. He wished there was a fourth Chipette. He also wished there was an easier way to do this. Gathering up his courage and taking a big gulp, the young munk in black reached out and knocked on the door.

"I'll get it, Alvin! You stay where you are." Dave yelled.

"Fine, whatever, I don't care who it is anyways!" Alvin yelled back.

Dave opened the door and looked out. He saw nothing but the street. Then he heard a voice say "down here". He looked down and saw the young boy.

" Can I help you, young man?" Dave asked as Alvin and his brothers peaked around the corner.

" Your David 'Dave' Seville, am I right? Manager and father to the Chipmunks?" The young Chipmunk said.

" Yes, I am. And who are you, may I ask?"

The young chipmunk pulled the hood of his hoodie down. The red c that was emblazoned on the crest of the hood now rested on the back of his neck. Dave was obviously shocked to see exactly 'what' this visitor was. He turned and looked back at his boys, who had all tripped over themselves when they saw the black-clad kid was a chipmunk. Dave first thought this chipmunk was one of his boys(most likely Alvin) playing a trick on him. But there stood all three. Then the black-clad one spoke again. Dave listened. Though he had a squeaky voice like his boys, he sounded different. They each had a distinct tone in their voice. This chipmunk's voice sounded like that of a wanderer looking for a home.

" My name is Cash, sir. I know this may be hard to believe, but I'm the long lost brother of your boys. I'm the fourth, male, chipmunk."

"H-H-HOLY NUTS!" All three boys cried out.

" Well, come in. Cash, was it? Come in and we'll talk."

" Thank You, Sir."

"Are you hungry?"" A little bit, yes."

" Well, What do you feel like?" " Got any sushi and rice?"

" Sure…Wait, what?!

The Tale of Cash

Part 2: Cash the samurai

Cash had settled on the floor, his legs tucked up underneath him and he was sitting back on his heels. All in all, it looked like he'd fit in with any traditional Japanese family. Dave came back with fish sticks and a small bowl of rice.

" Here you go, Cash."

" Arigato, Deivu."

Alvin looked to be completely confused. He had never heard his father called that before. However, He thought he had heard the first word before. Simon saw his older by five minutes brother's confusion.

" It's Japanese, Alvin.""Alright, Mr. Walking text-book, what did he just say?"

" He said 'thank you, Dave' in Japanese."" Oh, well, alright then. Cause I was going to say…"

Cash saw his brother's pondering over his sudden outburst of Japanese. He decided to explain himself.

" I imagine you have some questions for me, right?"

Alvin stepped up and said what was on his mind.

" We'll get to the deeper stuff later but right now, I want to know two things. One: how do you know Japanese? And two: what is this long thing in your bag that I keep stubbing my toe on?

" In order, I was raised by an elderly, Japanese-American man who spoke to me in Japanese more often than not. And two, he trained me in bushido, (he whispered, so Dave, who was putting away Cash's plate, wouldn't hear) you know, the art of the samurai? So the 'long thing' would be my sword."

"you have a sword?!" Alvin yelled.

"um, yes, I do. My sensei/father told me to take it with me when he told me to go out looking for you. You see, he died recently. He was claimed by a disease the doctors called cancer. They said he had had cancer of the lung for about two years, before he died. So I said' Then, he died a warriors death?' they said "what do you mean?' ' He died fighting right?' they said ' Yes. Then, I suppose he died a warriors death'."

Cash told all about kindly Mr. Ikebana and his life with him. When he finished, he looked at Dave.

" Now, there are but two matters left. One: my sensei/father told me to seek out my brothers and join them as a family and call their father 'father' as well and respect him like I did sensei. Will you let me join the chipmunks and the Seville family?"

"Of course!"

" Good now two: Sensei said to settle my grudge. So Alvin, how many cuts will you let me give you?"