The Jakku Forest

[Rikugurl]

Yea... Mos knew all that stuff. And it didn't phase him a bit. He felt the same way about the life of an animal. How could they possibly eat RAW meat? And almost kill each other for a mate? And sniff each other's ass to say hello. They both didn't see what the other one saw in their race. It all depended on how they were raised.

It worried Mos though. He wanted his.... kid to be happy... and having parents that ripped at each other's very different worlds were only going to hurt him. Mos had stepped down as far as he could for Amber he thought. He had given her what she wanted (kits), he didn't abandon her, he let her bring the kids out to hunt.

Shoot him if he wanted to teach the kids how to form and eat a hotdog properly and buy his little girl a dress. He sighed and shook his head, pulling the cigarette out of his mouth. For god sakes.... he saved her life....
He was distracted when he saw a sign in a window though. A large smile ran over his face. It was a tobacco store! AND THEY WERE HIRING!


Mera frowned as she looked at Suki then Blaze, then Suki again. She sat down and her tail brushed away some dirt on the floor.
"I want to try too!"


The orange glasses looked down on him over the eerie looking grin of the blind man. He just chuckled as he helped Reshi up but when he did, he jolted down the other's stairs. He had already 'Check'ed him... now all he needed was a 'Checkmate' and he'd win his first game.

When they first started playing, being hit shocked him as well, but seeing that his body took care of him quick, he just continued. Reshi had one the first two years.... seeing that he could SEE and because he always kept changing the rules when Shiro got a 'Check'. This year, there was NO rule changing.

He reached the bottom floor, back to where they had started. They were lucky that no trains went by here or it might be even more dangerous. The grin appeared again as he thought about it and waited for his Godfather to come from the other side.


The mako eyes continued ot look at her as he spoke. This... showed pride too. "A test subject...." He seemed to be speaking of the impossible. A Jakku, being a test subject AND coming back to the clan alive? Unfortunately, he didn't know how to break it to the clan that he wasn't staying...

His ears twitched again, making sure his father was still by his side and that his brother too was getting close. Where was his mother in all this...?

[Reno]

"ask daddy! he'll tell you how!" Blaze bark enthralled. he looked towards Suki. "i wonder what it's like..." he jumped down from thje fireplace, looking his sister up and down. she was... much bigger thenhim now.

Reshi laughed a bit at the help up. he watched his son bolt before quickly doing the same. he cautiously, quietly walked down the stairs. the last level was a moderate level. easy to get checked at if you were careful, but also easy to duck from bullets when you neeed to. this room had lots of niches in it that you could hide in.

Reshi moved as quietly as possible, before hiding himself in a niche, looking down towards his son. he didn;t know if Shiro had heard him or not - the kid had great ears.


A test subject... so he had befallen the scentists. shaktia nodded. it is... very admirable that you survived - and now you have returned. to stay? she questioned, looking his up and down critically. she could smell the pup-likenessin him, the curiosisty that overcame amny of her younger year pups who decided to leave the pack for another or to start their own.

Even for this ten-year he had the same smell...

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Mos grinned as he went and came out of the shop rather quickly. He rushed to the house and flung the door open wide, the bag floppy around every where. "HEY! I GOT A JOB!" He smiled brightly as he walked into the living room to see all the kids looking at Suki.

A small smile was place on his face as he pet Mera. She was finally out of her hole huh? He handed the bag to Suki but was pulled back by Mera biting and pulling at his shirt. "Huh??" he looked back and saw his other daughter barking at him. "What is it?" He REALLY wish he could understand...


Mera pointed at Suki with her snout and barked again. "Ooooooo, I see." Mos looked back at Suki and smiled. "I don't know..." Amber brought all the kits out to learn how to hunt.... so.... why couldn't he teach them all how to form?


Light shown off the orange glasses as he walked down the hall quietly. Reshi had to be down here already. He moved his head a few times, trying to pick up any kind of noises. Reshi was good when he didn't want to be heard.... he guessed it was from all his missions.

"Come out and play~~" The young man taunted as he flung his guns around. He would need to reload soon. "Afraid I'll win?"


The wolf looked at his father quickly before looking at the tiger again. All he did was shake his head. His silver fur floated in the moonlight as his eyes became soft. "No... I have found another clan.... far away. But... I will always honor this clan as my first. I'm proud that I was born in the Moon Clan. But.... I am needed elsewhere."

[Reno]

Amber's head shot up at Mos' loud annoucement. A job? Why would he need a job? Werenlt they getting along fine?

Of course when it came to money Amber was STILL clueless. She didnlt understand why you had to give these little green pieces of paper to get other things.

This was probably why she was never taken shopping.


"She wants to try it too." Suki said after a moment, looking from Mera to Blaze. even if she hadnlt of understood the conversation... she could tell just by the way the two acting. she could still read fox-body language. She looked at her daddy. "why can;t we all?" she couldn;t help but ask.


Reshi didn;t say a word. he just concentrated on his breathing, keeping it slow and even - almost nonexistent. He knew Shiro could hear it if he tried.

However, the moment Shiro had walked close even he pounced out, he made his move. he threw a bullet onto the ground, making it tingle onto the ground. The noise made Shiro's head turn.

Reshi jumped out, placing his gun at the boy's head. "Check."

The art of this game was to use every detail to your advantage. the lack of Shiro's sight was usually his biggest.


Arrow sighed. he had been afraid of that. His ears lowered a bit, but like he had said before. his son was not a pup anymore.

Nova's tail dropped. His brother was not staying? Another clan...?

There was silence and then shaktia nodded. She understood. this was not uncommon. She herself had broken away from her first clan to create this one. A long time ago.

It was the part of life. I see.

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Mos looked at Suki and nodded. Yea, he knew now. He was still shocked that Suki knew such good english. But hey, what could he say, his kids were smart. He sat on the couch and looked at all three. "Well... your mother will have a fit if all you three changed together... so, we'll do it one at a time ok? Just be patient."

He nudged Suki and smiled. "Look in the bag. It's for you."


Shiro heard the 'ping' and turned around, trying to tell where it came from... Behind him. He lowered his head and grinned as he felt the barrel pressed on the back of his head. "You still play dirty Reshi." He quickly pulled his leg up and swung behind him, kicking the gun out of the older man's hand and jumped back.

Maybe... he needed to play with his daddy's guns. The silencers... They weren't automatic though... Shiro liked the feeling of the vibration go through his fingertips as he rattled out bullets.

As Reshi was quickly getting his gun, Shiro jumped the rail and went onto the other side of the building. He ran behind a pillar and started to reload quickly. When he was done, not minding the lose of some bullets falling from his blind hands, he stood and started side-step skipping from pillar to pillar, shooting out at Reshi.


This 'clan' that needed him was called the Human Clan. And at this moment in time... he felt ashamed of that fact. It was best to put it that way though... if he had flat out said that he was going to be with the humans, his father, Nova his mother and himself will be under looked by the clan. He wasn't going to do that.

He lowered himself to show respect to Shaktia before walking off towards the rest of the clan. Slowly, his paws stopped in front of another pair. Nova's. He was glad.... that at least one of his siblings had made it alive... and... still was in good Jakku faith. Even if Arrow took it well... he knew that his father was still... bent out of shape that his other son that he had looked so hard for... would live among the humans...

[Reno]

Suki blinked, then smiled. She grabbed the bag, and tore it open, looking within. she took it out, smiling. "Daddy it;s so pretty!

She forgot to mention the BEST part about being human. color. she could see... in color. Red, orange, yellow, green blue purple pink! she could see them all now!

And this dress was beautiful, covered in a flowery print with lavender and pink flowers all over. It was VERY girly, but that was just the way she liked it. "thank you!" she hugged him.


Reshi laughed at Shiro's statement. Of course he played dirty, that was the only way TO play in a game like this! He blinked in surprise though when Shiro kicked his gun away and raced off. He scrambled for it, sntaching it up quickly.

It had given Shiro enough time though the reload and statrt shotting again. Reshi raced after the other, shotting back, but the pillars between them gave them both as much cover as it it did hinderance. Shiro was closer to them though, he was in a safer zone.

Reshi meanwhile was enjoying the feeling of bullets whizzing by, dangerously close to hitting or nicking. one or twice they went through his shirt, flapping from the race.

The man;s eyes dodged around the site, looking for something, anything to duck behind or use to checkmate his son.


shaktia watched Isaaru walk away, sparing a glance towards Arrow. "we must all let our children take wing"

Arrow nodded, understanding. he bowed to her as well, before following his son.

Nova's tail wagged and he jumped forward nuzzling his brother. It's great to see you! he yipped enthuisiastically, sounding much like a pup again.

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The light in Suki's eyes really brought a smile to his face. He was glas she liked it... he was a bit worried. He knew that she would probably like more girly things... but what to get Mera was a whole different subject. That would wait though... He would teach her last... which wasn't in her favor because SHE wanted to be taught how to form first!

It was so not fair...

He hugged her back and patter her head along with Blaze's and Mera's. "I'm glad you like it sweetie~~" Damn.... now he DID sound like a dad. He almost screamed at himself.


Shiro too enjoyed this part the most. Safe and then completely not, just in the matter of second. It was thrilling, and the adrenalin started to really pump through him. He felt bullets go his hair... yes, even if it was against the rules, Reshi still liked to make 'distant' head shots.... but the young one liked it.

So close to death...

But in his lust of the moment, Shiro became absent minded. He suddenly lost his balance as he skipped a bit to far and fell over the edge. He hit the rail track hard and winced... but there was no time to lay there in pain. He could be 'Checkmate'ed! He quickly got to his feet and laid low as he quickly moved down the track. It was like a subway track so one would actually have to look down to find where he was.

The bleach hair ruffled in the wind as he ran quickly to the other side. Hearing clicks, he could tell that Reshi was reloading close by. A gun dropped on the tracks as the other was put in his mouth. Both pale hands reached up and pushed his not so heavy body up onto the hall. His sneakers scuffed but he would be more quick than what Reshi could hear. He took the gun from his mouth as he stood neck to the pillar that Reshi was behind.

The gun slowly moved down and as Shiro had hoped, it hit a skull again. "Check". He grinned again... but quickly it was wiped of his face. He could hear walking and then a stop. He 'looked' up to where the sound was. Who...?


A pair of cops looked at the two.... psychos in disbelief. They had a call from some disturbance on the outside that they could hear shutting in the distance and that it was coming from the old factory. A young man with a strange outfit and an older man in cruddy wear. One was pointing a gun at the other man's HEAD while the man leaning over was reloading a gun.

The officers looked at each other for a second before pulling their guns and pointing them at Shiro. "Put your hands up and drop the gun!"

Hmm... they were finally caught. Shiro had been expecting this and so hadn't Reshi.... however, both agreed that neither were going to jail... The boy slowly made the grin-smile appear as he 'looked' down the barrel of his gun at Reshi.


Isaaru smiled as he nuzzled back softly too. "It's good to see you again too Nova. I'm glad you're still alive." He barked softly. Isaaru was much more drawn back than his hyper brother. He wondered if he would of been literally a lone wolf if he hadn't been caught.... but who knew.... maybe he wouldn't act like this if he wasn't tortured so.

The mako eyes looked around a bit before he looked back at his brother. "Where is mom? I'd like to see her before I leave."

[Reno]

Suki giggled, standing up looking at the dress. How did she put it on? "Daddy how do i get on clothes?"

Blaze thumped his tail on the groind, barking happily. He couldn;t wait for his turn.

Amber jumped from the bed, walking from the room. She growled a bit, nudging open the door and padding out into the living room where her children where all looking quite excited.


Reshi burst into laughter when his son fell. It was so like him to do that in the middle of their game.

Actually Shiro just tripped everywhere. no matter how well he mapped out a place he aways found a way to fall over SOMETHING.

But the boy was fast, he didn;t have time to get to the boy to checkmate him. He shot but a resounding click told him he was out of bullets. He cursed, quickly ducking behind a pillar. his hands were shaking from the adrenline rush as he tried to reload.

But just as he snapped the gun closed, metal was against his head, and check was called. He smiled. He had lost.

However, he and Shiro both looked up at the sound of footsteps. Cops. So, they had been discovered. Not surprisingly. shooting off guns like trigger-happy foxes would grab anyone's attention EVENTUALLY.

He grinned glancing at Shiro. "Looks like you won." he said nonchantlantly as if they had been sharing a pleasant game - which they had. A pleasant twisted game. "Want first go at 'em?" he offered with a laugh. Like hell was he going to jail just cause he got off on dare-devil stunts.

With his son.

His BLIND son.

Mmm, he was a pretty evil father.


Nova wagged his tail but when their mom was mentioned it lowered depressively. "i'll show you." He glanced at his dad guiltily, then he turned walking further into the cave.

Arrow frowned, suddenly deeply concerned. what had happened to his mate? He hurried after his boys, recognizing as they dipped further into the cave to the quarintined area were the sick or injured members of the clan went. Around them were sick pupcs and cubs, hurt wolfs or cats. the smell of blood and sickness was strong here.

"Akela!" Arrow barked, seeing her instantly. he sped past both his boys running to the black and white wolves side. he looked down at her, a tad distressed. Her back leg was badly mangled.

The blue eyes opened, glancing up at the other wolf. she barked a stuttering 'hello.' Her tail thumped jopyfully at seeing her mate's return.

"what happened to you" Arrow asked, nuzzling her.

"mom got caught in a snare trap." Nova answered for her, walking over.

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Mos smiled. "I'll show you tomorrow. You can't wear it today~~~" Took the dress from her and placed it in the bag again before Amber walked in. She looked happy.

"Hey sweetheart~~" He laughed as he saw the flustered fox. "I got a job so we can have more food than hotdogs and cereal." If the kits were going to be human somewhat, he needed to feed them better... but he was sure Amber didn't care... she could hunt pretty much anything around here.


Shiro nodded and smiled, taking his father's gun and pointing it towards the cops. "You get get the truck ok?" he said calmly as he walked towards the cops.

The two cops blinked as they saw the heavy machinery pointed at them. "I said put down your weapons and put your hands up!" The one called as his hand shook.

"You need to work on your nerves officer." Shiro grinned as he continued to walk towards them, hearing the shaking. The cops didn't like that. "This is your final warning!" Shiro clipped Reshi's protection release as his coat blew a bit in the small breeze.

"That's it! OPEN FIRE!!" Bullets flew through the air, all hitting the young man in the chest, shoulders and arms. Blood poured out of Shiro's mouth as he stumbled a bit, but continued to swagger towards the cops until he heard a few clicks. They had run out of bullets. They were all implanted into Shiro... They wouldn't do much good there.

The cops watched in aw as they saw the man stumble a bit, blood running down his neck like a waterfall, his coat and shirt stained red too. Why hadn't he fallen? Soon the blood stopped and Shiro shook his head. The grin appeared on his face as he held up the guns again. They decided on just scaring the cops... but the cops knew quite well what he and Reshi looked like now... and they would be wanted in Midgar if they got away.

Shiro didn't want to lose his fun... and there was no other better spot than this one. Instead of the guns pointing at the ground, they continued to point at the cops. No witnesses.... no report. The haunting grin... was the last things the two cops would see... after losing their lives.

A few minutes later, Shiro walked over the two dead bodies, out into the sanded area outside. He could hear the engine close and started walking towards it.


With the way Nova acted, Isaaru grew a fear in his heart. She... was ok right? He quickly followed his brother into the cave. Yes.... back, further and further she was... pups and kittens, even older Jakku were dying here. It made his eyes sad. he... didn't like seeing such things... he remembered it all too well.

When his father yelled out his mother's name, his ears perked and watched the older wolf pass him. His tail went between his legs and his head low as he saw his injured mother. Slowly, he walked to her and nuzzled her softly. She was always in high spirits.... just like he remembered. "Hey mom. I'm back."

[Reno]

Suki pouted but nodded, sitting back down on the couch.

Amber looked at her mate, scoffing a bit. but it was obvious if they were going to have this talk he was not going to let her do it like a frox. Mos could be just as stubborn as her sometimes.

She transformed readily, her long red hair falling over her human-frame. she crossed her arms over her chest, tail firmly going around her wiast. "What is wrong with what we eat now?" she asked. "Some Human food and what we catch from our hunts. It;s adequete."


"don;t be too evil." Reshi informed as he hurried from the room, letting his boy take care of the cops. Of course, knowing he had said that Shiro would do the exact opposite.

Ah, what did it really matter? he didn;t want to lose this place either, and if the cops' deaths meant they got to keep it, he was perfectly fine wuth that. He had killed for lesser - most of his missions were wroght with nonsense.

Truthfully, the only worthwhile mission he ever went on - one that was more then just geittng a rush - was when he Mos and amber had gotten Shiro. That had been worth it and he'd do it again without a second thought.

Reshi jumped in the car, grabbing his keys and started the engine. They would have to stop sometime on the way back so they could get cleaned up. they brought an extra pair of clothes and would dispose of the bloody ones. Not to mention a first aid kit - for Reshi of course. Shiro was hus one personal hospital.

The man waited for his boy to finished and it wasn;t long before he saw Shiro trekking over. It was too bad really, the game had ended short due to the cops interference.


"Isaaru" Akela purred, nuzzling back the best she could. "You've come home." Her tail thumped again then and she gave the boy a wolf-like smile. "How have you been my boy?"

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Mos smiled as he saw Amber in fer human form. "You look so much better like that." He had to admit... she was extremely hot... and he actually had to slap Reshi's hand a few times before so he wouldn't touch her.

He too crossed his arms and looked at her through his one good eye. Oh, there was another point. He lost his EYE because of her. "Well sweetheart, I don't really like hotdogs and cereal everyday... and I'm sick of sitting on my bum listening to a bunch of yips and yaps everyday that I don't understand. I use to be a hit man/investigator. I'm use to a more.... how you say.... active life."

He looked down at Suki and smiled. "Not saying that I don't love my kids or you... but... I think getting out of the house would be good for me.... besides, I can't expect Reshi to make all the money to provide OUR family. He pretty much had to father Shiro for five years... He has his own life too ya know? It's just not fair."


Shiro got into the truck and sighed, placing the guns in the back along with both their suitcases. "They really made a mess of me..." He stated as the truck drove away and he felt his shirt. It was covered in blood along with his coat. That coat wasn't cheap. He wiped some blood from his chin and 'looked' out the window.

Even if Reshi was use to killing people, Shiro wasn't. Those two had been his first kill.... and he seemed to of grown a liking for it. It was.... powerful...
The truck drove down the dirt road and headed back towards Midgar. They always stopped for a hotel for the night and then headed home the next day... but Shiro could tell that it was still quite early. Not extremely... but they had a few hours before they needed a hotel.

After awhile, Shiro raised his head and 'looked' out the window again. He could hear weird music and some screaming and laughing. He wondered if this was that thing he read about in his textbook. An amusement park? He liked to be amused... and amusement usually meant.... adrenalin. He quickly grabbed hold of Reshi's wrist that was driving.
"Reshi.... I want more...."


Isaaru nodded and smiled softly too. "I've been ok... I see you haven't though." He looked down at her wound and shook her head. He had to help her. Slowly, he morphed into a human.... which made the sick and dying turn their heads. Earring lined ears twitched a bit as he wrapped his tail around his waist and reached out for her leg.

Once he touched it, his mako eyes reacted, becoming slits and glew. The wound slowly started to heal disappear.... and reappear on his own leg. It was painful... but he could bare the pain. Once the leg was fully healed, his own body started to work on the new wound quickly.

[Reno]

Amber's ears twitched at the compliment, but she didn;t respond to it. Even jakkus tried to butter their mates up. her head tilted at his reasoning. "Reshi's never complained before." she murmured thoughtfully. no, the male never did seem to mind caring for them and living with them, but then again she and Reshi didn;t exactly have many 'heart-to-hearts'. He and Mos were closer, able to relate more.

Afterall, they both acted like humans.

"Why do you want our children in the human world so much?" she asked. "they're jakkus, their place is with the wild."


Reshi looked Shiro up and down, chuckling with agreement. the kid was covered. "well next time donlt let them shoot so much." he said, driving away.

It was awhile later before Shiro had grabbed him, and Reshi blinked in surprise. "want more? more what? adrenline rushes?" he said with a grin. he could use another few boosts himself. They had barely gotten anything out of them this trip!


"it's just a scratch..." akela said, even if it was a lie. But when her son transformed, she became wary. what was he up too?

The site then made everyone hyped up - barkings and growls and whimpers. Nova barked and Arrow even joined in the confused barkling how was Isaaru doing that?!

Akela however, remained silent, watching her son take on her wound. her esars twitched, but once she was healed, she stood, nuzzling her boy gratefully.

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Mos frowned. "It's still not right... even if he doesn't complain. He has to risk his life to take care of this family... and has to do it all by himself." He nodded as he talked and sighed, looking down at Suki again.

"Well.... if we belong in the wild... how come we can turn into humans? We're a different race... and I'm sure there are other weird ones out there too. Animals can act like animals... but we have a choice. You've shown the kits how to survive in the wild... and I want to show them how to survive in the human world. I'm not trying to MAKE them humans.... It's their decision on what they want to do and be in life. Not ours. I just want to give them a far chance to show them that they have this option."

He stood and walked over to her, putting his hands on her waist. "We're just showing them the two world.... the way we know them right? You taught the kits how to hunt and smell and what scents are. It's my turn now huh? I never demanded them to be anything they didn't want to. We have smart kits Amber.... they know what they're doing."


Shiro nodded. "Yes... and I want to ride all the..." What where they called? "Rollarcoasters." He looked at Reshi with that grin. "More than once." For a bookworm and to be the age that he was, he sure looked like a little kid again. A kid covered in his own blood.

Shiro had heard about The Golden Chaucer and even read about it. They didn't have the money to go and even if they did, Shiro was too shy at the time. This one seemed to just be a day celebration... it was hard to find them in Gaia.

"Please, please, please!"


Isaaru's ears fell flat on his head as he heard all the barks and yips. It made him tense and even shake a bit. His eyes became scared but once his mother stood and head-butted him... he felt safe again... like when he was a pup.

His mako eyes settled as his now own wound had healed. He wrapped his arms around his mother and buried his face into her damp fur. He... really shouldn't have done that. It was against... nature's... and Arn's law. Survival of the fittest.... right?

But... he didn't care. He.... wanted his mother to be healthy.

[Reno]

Amber frowned at her mate as he finished his speech then looked away. "this world is cruel though mos. how can we... how can we trust that they will be alright? there's nothing we can teach them that can help them if they;re locked up in a lab for the rest of their lives. I don;t want my children to befall the same fate as... as Shiro."


Reshi blinked at Shiro's insistence, then he burst into laughter. He could be cute when he wanted to. "alright alright." who knows? maybe it would be fun for him too. He never went to one of these things either.

The male quickly found a place to park. "this is definitly a new twist to our usualy game of Chess."


Akela licked her boy's cheek, then looked around, giving a sharp bark. everyone, absolutely everyone in the room, fell silent - even Nova and Arrow snapped their mouthes shut. akela was a strong alpha female-type. and now, newly healed, no one really wanted to mess with her.

Akela nuzzled her boy once more, grateful. she would not question it... maybe she should thank Arn - her boy had come back with strange powers, enough to heal her. Maybe she was not meant to die soon.

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Mos sighed and shook his head. "The animal life isn't much easier. Of course this place is safe for now... but ShinRa is always expanding.... they'l find this place and start to set up traps here too you know." He looked into her eyes and rubbed her cheeks.

"Hey... haven't I managed this far being alive? The things that happened to Shiro.... yes, they were probably horrible... but was can't have our kids live in fear you know? I...." He sighed more and looked down. "I just want them to be happy. We come from both world Amber... that fact right there is making it tough for them."


Mera could feel the sadness that was coming from her father. Her tail stopped wagging as her ears dropped a bit. She didn't like seeing them fight...


Shiro continued to smile as they parked. He slowly took off his glasses, placing them on the dashboard and reaching back for the suitcases. When the engine stopped, he opened up his and started to change his shirt. His pants were ok... only a few spatters of blood. He pulled off his coat, tie and shirt and pull on a white shirt, buttoning it up quickly.

He grabbed his black tie and put that on as well. Men had trouble tying their ties WITH eyes... Shiro did it in a minute blind. He didn't need his coat, which he could of just said had paint on it. He just wouldn't tuck in his shirt this time. He hid the guns well under his coat and got out. A near by trashcan was now the resting place to his blood soaked shirt. The orange lensed sunglasses covered his scared eyelids once more as he 'looked' at the sounds from the park, his short bleach hair flowing in the wind.

He heard Reshi join him and gave him that grin-smile. "You had better pick good ones." He stated as he handed Reshi some money for their entry fee.


Isaaru's eyes opened as he heard everyone stop. He moved his eyes a bit before pulling away slightly, only to be nuzzled again. He never really noticed his mother's alpha ways... but he was glad that she made them stop. He finally broke away and placed his hands on the cold cave floor, bowing a bit in front of her.

He had a bad feeling... that Arn would disapprove his mutated powers...