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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:59 pm
Kitsu Mountain Event Mountain Page 3701 ((... and my gang finally arrives.))Rainberries A blue & white angelic flew towards the mountain. Between his front a rather loud, obviously excited kitsu female dangled, the red tips of her yellow tails fluttering in the breeze. At certain angles a small dark pup could be seen clutching to the angelic's back just above his wings. Blinking at the surprising amount of kitsu around, AearHwesta tried to make a joke s he set his sister on the ground. "Ye know, Croma-lass, I won't be able to fly ye when yer with kits.Chroma gazed around at the assembled as the soot kit jumped from his perch, not quite sure where to start. Aear's words gave her a place. "Do you mean after India & I signal the bunny & get our eggs?"Shaking his head AearHwesta laughed heartily which made his sister smile. He was still laughing when two kitsu clad in black wizard robes apparated beside them. The larger male studied the area with only a raised brow to show his surprise, but the small redheaded female was more vocal. "Oh! What's going on here?""I do not know, Ginny." He cast his gaze at the angelic. "AearHwesta?""Remus! Lad! We've only been here a few moments ourselves!"Kitsusagi Mountain At least it didn't seem like any of others following behind him were tiring in the slightest, which was a rather fortunate thing. He didn't want to go too fast for them, and he figured that he wasn't. At least he thought such. Glancing back towards the current company, he could not help but inwardly smile. Turning around, his emotions which he hid so well peaked up even further with the rocky path coming into plain view.
Yet oddly enough, another creature came into plain view, seeming to linger at the edge of the forest.
The kitsusagi's face had been gazing upon the ground. Yet, he looked up, then spoke up, but only minutely. His tone wasn't exactly all that happy. In fact, his voice was wracked with grief. "What is it we often return, but never borrow?" Waarufu Soubi glanced over his shoulder, sparing a small, rare smile for the pair of soots. "Don't worry yourself over it. I'm used to this one, after all." He nudged at his Soot with his nose, suppressing a sneeze in the same motion before moving to concentrate on walking. He spied Remus absently, recognizing the other from a brief meeting before all of this.Soot gave another bright chirp, dropping his star sprinkle into his paws in the process. He didn't seem to even notice that his movements had covered Soubi literally from shoulder to nose in black soot, making the poor butterfly look much more like an inverted skunk. demon_pachabel Gao shrugged his shoulders.
"Or at least a caretaker, little one. If you WANT to be a dad, then you have some work cut out ahead of you."
There was a pause in his speech as his mind illustrated his own thoughts on becoming a dad, and the thought of his childhood mixing with Xyrie's genetic oddities.
Yes. That would be... interesting moreso then a soot 'dad'. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot smiled back at the male. "I still thank you for your help." Since he didn't need to watch were he was going he looked around at the other kitsu that had gathered when he noticed a new one standing at the edge of some trees. He wasn't sure he liked the way the new one spoke so he quickly turned his head to look in a new direction. Rainberries The wizard's ears perked at the sound of looking for others that were missing. Soon the rest did too. Seeing Ember running with the rest the odd family shared glances & started to run with the crowd. After all, they had come to search for Ember's brother Yrre. Lil' Soot jumped up on Chroma's back; the female did not seem to mind. Only the barest puff of soot came off of him as he landed to quickly before the wind carried it away. The spells to keep the soot from making things dirty were still in effect. Remus ran to catch up to his Soul Brother, Ginny close on his heels. Aear took to the skies just above them, probably to enjoy the view of running female kitsu in the pack. Waarufu Soubi nodded his head lightly, though his ears flicked back at the sight of the newcomer kitsu that had startled Zoot. He certainly didn't like the way about that one. Deciding to keep him and his two charges clear of any potential issues, Soubi moved away from that side of the clearing and allowed some kitsu to get between them and him. It wasn't worth the risk, not yet.
"Zoot, why don't you tell us about your sister?" He was trying to keep their attention off of whatever that other kitsu was doing. It couldn't be good.Soot was very busy chewing on his star sprinkle, obviously not being the most intelligent of kits. He lost interest in it at the sight of the stranger, though it made his fur stand on end around his neck. He really didn't like that one either. To the extent that he huddled up against the other soot and Soubi. [Alchemist.exe] ((For cometfern: The answer to the riddle is thanks.
*shifty eyes* I hope I have my timing right...)) .Sephiros Immortal.  Vergil cocked his head to one side, "What one returns...but does not borrow...it is when one loves a person, for love can be given and returned, but how would one borrow it?"Haisyn Fierra Endless could hear the large amount of Kitsusagi ahead, even if he couldn't see them through the foliage yet. Why the hell had that stupid black puffball of a kit run off like that? Take the thing for a visit over to the Mountain, sure...
The plantlife thinned and he could finally see the others. Now, to find his small charge... only... hell. How many of them were there? He refrained from cursing aloud, certain that the powers that be just loved to toy with him.
He approached the first one he saw and prodded it with a paw. It squeeked and tumbled over, looking up at him in surprise and then pawed back. "You mine?" Not much point in wasting his breath on long sentences if it wasn't the right one.Soot squeeked and looked curiously up at the large starry Kitsu, and then nodded. Well... there were an awful lot of Soots around. Soot trotted a bit closer to Raensu and Vergil, squeeked, and pointed at Endless. It was Soot's responsibility to introduce Soot's friends to Soot's other friends, right? Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot was glad when the male moved away from the new comer. "Telys is... well to be frank she's obsessed with having gloves. I guess the first Kitsu she met had gloves. I think she said his name was Dante. So everyday she and I go out looking for these gloves. That's what we were doing when she was taken. We had stopped to get a drink when she saw something so she went to go investigate it while I stayed where I was. The next thing I know she's shouting at me to run and then this shadow comes creeping towards me. Tel is very brave and protects me all the time." He was rambling but since Telys left he wasn't quite sure how to act or what to say. Athear_Vaeri Sol looked curiously at the new kitsu, he knew very well what the answer to the riddle was, being the smart soot that he was, but he remained silent, as usual. He merely watched the rather depressed sounding kitsu with a look of pity in his eyes, poor thing sounded so sad. Manda  Dante had just heard the last part of what the strange new kitsu said, then a babble of voices trying to answer. But his twin's voice caught his ear, being so close, and that ear turned, listening. Even though it may not be the -right- answer ... it was a good one. He nodded slightly, corners of his mouth curving up just a bit. Well. Raensu didn't get what was going on now at -all-. He looked over at Soot, raising his brows. "I thought we were looking for kitsus we knew that were missing ... not new ones no one's seen before!"puppygirlsweet Soot(Sandy) saw the other Kitsu. "Hello there" Waarufu Soubi listened with one ear canted back towards the two soots and his other turned towards the newcomer warily. It was odd that the other kitsu seemed more interested in him than was probably safe, but there wasn't much he could do to wrangle everyone away and it was far from him to attempt something like that anyways.
"That's certainly odd." But, of course, he'd also run into someone obsessed with butterflies. Joy for him. Graphophobia {*inserts Zuko* XD}
He hadn't been around so many people in quite a long time... Not since histrip to Ba Sing Se, at any rate. And that didn't count, because Ba Sing Se was just... He surpressed a shudder, and let golden eyes scan the crowd, wishing there was something more he could do about the shadows, the kidnappings... demon_pachabel Malon pondered over the riddle posed, even assuming her best 'thinking really hard' position, but for some reason, she really couldn't think of the answer to such a thing. Curses!
When another one of the kitsu pipped up the answer, the red-head heaved a sigh and shook her head. Of course! That made PERFECT sense now. Looking over to Gaomon, she laughed a bit.
"I'm not very good at puzzles, am I?" Gaomon chuckled a bit as he watched Malon struggle over the question, if only because of the look on her face.
"Ah, it was a complicated riddle, which required a certain answer, when you may have found one just as fitting, ne?" dinyana The soot shrugged. "Yea but I'm still a minor. I think I'm like...what 10, 11 maybe?"
Moaning it continued to roll it's blue orb, the blue sprinkle being gnawed on by his teeth. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka had been drawn in by the crowd of kitsus, and decided to join in, looking curious and thoughtful, wondering where everyone was going. But, he figured it out soon enough, and was more than eager to help in finding everyone. Of course, the first person he bumped into was Zuko, blinking several times at the other. "Uh... hi," he mumbled. Camazotz Needless to say, when the strange kitsu had shown up Soot had squeaked and ducked back into the crowd of kitsu. Peering out from behind their legs, he watched the sad-sounding creature speak.
Soot of course, had no idea what he was talking about, or what it meant. He figured it must be a riddle of some kind, but had no ideas for the answer. Instead, he remained silent, letting the other kitsu answer. .Sephiros Immortal. Kada j had not even bothered to try, as riddles did not appeal to him very much, games of intriugue were all right, but really...he just wanted to find his children.His gaze turned to Dante after he'd spoken, and he smiled faintly in return. There was a harmony there now, despite their differences, and no matter the arguements that might come, he and his twin were...bonded in a special way.
Hearing Raensu as well, he sighed, "We're bound to discover some new things, you know..." Charmaine Kitteridge "Yes she is but I still love her. So what do you think the shadow is?" Zoot curled himself up on the male's back and pawed his star lightly. It seemed that the Other ,as he had termed the other soot, was very busy playing with his star and ball , so he figured it'd be easier to talk to the one he was currently riding on. demon_pachabel Gaomon chuckled.
"Much easier to keep something in line when your bigger then it." Watching the pup continue to roll along the orb, finally Gao heaved a sigh, before picking it up himself, and slipping it into one of his boxing gloves.
"Let's just transport it here for right now, so you're free to walk, alright? I'll take it out when were back at the house. For now, it'll be warm." Rainberries Catching up to Ember the wizard matched his pace to his friend's. "Ember. We came... to search for Yrre. Is everyone here to search for the missing?" Just behind them & to the side Ginny gave a short laugh. Her odd sense of humor must have struck her again but she said nothing. [Weee-EEE!!] Lil' Soot chittered happily on Chroma's back, causing her to stiffle a giggle. The silly kit still had yet to grasp the importants of events. Above, AearHwesta pouted a bit. There were not many females in this crowd it seemed. Not that he would use a time such as this for flirting, but afterwards it would be convienient to be able to say: 'Hey, didn't I see ye searching for those missing kitsu?' Haisyn Fierra Endless? Lost? No... that wasn't right. Endless was with Soot. Soot shook Soot's head at Raensu's comment and squeeked, then ran over and sat on Endless' paw. This was Soot's friend! Endless quirked an eyebrow at the strange kit. Soot knew these people? Well... he guessed that wasn't so bad. At least Soot had run off with someone and not just gotten lost in the rabble. "Name's Endless... nice to meet you too." There was a minor irritation in his voice, but he let the kit's weird comment slide. He didn't know what was going on yet. "Someone mind tellin' me why my puffball ran off with you?"Graphophobia "Hey," Zuko said, too concerned about other things- such as Ember's brother, Yrre, to keep up his harsh otwards demenor. "Decided to come help?" he asked, nodding his head to the little lemur that always rode on Sokka's back, finding that he actualy kind liked having Sokka around. Not that he would ever actually admit that. Taejira Mac squeaked and beamed at the new, odd kitsu. "Is it cheese?" He asked cheerfully, very nearly tripping over his own paws in excitement. [Alchemist.exe] "Yeah," sighed Sokka, as Momo chirped at Zuko and nodded in return, wiggling one paw-like hand in greeting, before clambering up onto Sokka's head. "I saw everything, got interested, found out what it was all for and decided to help," explained the kitsu, glancing at Zuko for a moment and mewling quietly. dinyana The soot shrugged a bit. He took the sprinkle out of his mouth and started to carry it lightly as he moved along.
As he continued on he shrugged a mummered. "Thank you." At least it seemed this guy wasn't half bad. Good thing too. Waarufu Soot was indeed involved in his own things, though he was quickly deciding that the Shiney was not edible. It was sad, really, that it tasted so funny. He chirped at an awkward pause between Soubi and Zoot, looking from the other soot to his black and white guardian curiously. Soubi shook his head slightly in response to Soot's odd announcement. "Never can understand what your deal is." He continued to move with the crowd now, as they did seem to be moving again, before responding to Zoot. "The shadow? Sounds like something not good, that's what." There wasn't a real need to point out exactly what it was, all he needed to know was that it wasn't good for his meadow and his Soot and him. That was enough for him to be here, since he had finally decided to come on Soot's provocation. Manda Dante glanced between Kadaj and Vergil for a moment, then sidled a bit closer to his twin, not quite touching. He wasn't sure -what- exactly was going on between them now but well ... it would be ok.Raensu blinked as another kitsu joined them, then nodded quickly. "I think he wanted to help look for the missing kitsu. 'Cause when I asked 'im that, he just kinda followed us." He beamed up at Endless, then tossed hair out of his face again. "Oh! And I'm Raensu and this's Uncle Verge." So saying, he leaned over to bump against Vergil's lower legs again. Kitsusagi Mountain Byakko VII lifted a brow at what seemed to be an odd and rather deeply philosophical question. Had it not been for the answer being shouted out after a few minutes of contemplating, the silver kitsusagi might have been tempted to remain there all night thinking over the subject. He had never been the type to do well with riddles.
"Should you like to join us, you may do so" he offered before turning back to the path ahead of him. In his mind, it was like the path was paving itself in shadows, making it easy for him to see where to head. However, all that he and the current company would find as they decended down the mountain would be rocks, and plenty of them to be certain. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot nodded in agreement. Turning back towards his star and the Other he thought of a game he and the other soot could play as they went. "Would you like to pat my star between us?" He asked timidly. demon_pachabel Gaomon shrugged a bit, but nodded a bit in aknowledgement of the thanks, grinning a bit. "You're welcome~" he chuckled, before, as well, picking up the pup and placing him gingerly between his shoulders.
"Poor little guy. You have to work so much harder to cover the same amount of ground as we do." he murmured, then shook his head.
He could remember having to take five steps to keep up with one of his father's..... Rainberries Lil'Soot chittered merrily at the other ones like him around. [we ride fun! we find the Yrre! We find the Lost!] That was all the kit's simple thinking had been able to figue out. Of course, it might have been easier if he had ever met Yrre, or comprehended that when they spoke of "lost" it was not the name of a kitsu. Lil' Soot thought they were playing a game. At least Chroma knew better. Graphophobia Zuko nodded quietly, looking thoughtful for a few moments. "Does it surprise you that I'm here?" he asked softly, padding along side the wolf-tailed warrior as they moved, having fallen behind a little bit. "That I'm here to help? You, you're a good guy. This is the kind of stuff you live for." dinyana The soot shrugged and formed a small pout, darting his eyes to the kitsu. "Ya know, you don't have to carry me, if you don't want to. I mean I have legs and I'm no charity case." He was obviously trying to act proud, but in reality he was a bit worned out. Usually hanging around a small basement all the time did not do well for his leg muscles. .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj glanced with something akin to disinterest at their expanding party. He was worried, though he wouldn't admit it, and nothing seemed to concern him but forward movement. Vergil eyed the newest member of their little cluster. Oh well. Padding up still closer to his twin, so that their coats brushed, the dark twin sighed softly. He couldn't help but be a little wistful at times....but...he had Dante...and somehow Raensu had taken to him as 'Uncle' just fine. [Alchemist.exe] "It doesn't really surprise me," murmured Sokka, walking beside Zuko and shaking himself off a bit, trying to get rid of the chill that danced up and down his spine, fizzing up his fur. "And I may be a good guy that lives for this sort of thing, but you're noble still. Not a bad guy. I don't think it's so odd that you're here." Autumn_Fury "I..I think so." Ember replied, smiling and nodding a greeting to Remus. "Thank you...for helping me look. I hope we find everybody who's missing..." Camazotz Scrambling to keep up with the kitsu again, Soot tripped over his star. If he'd known any curse words, he would have used them. Instead, he simply growled angrily at it, willing it to be smaller, before picking it up and continueing on his way.
He wondered if anyone else was getting tired yet. He figured they must be, they'd been walking for so long. Then again, they didn't spend all day hanging around in a small basement sleeping. demon_pachabel Shaking his head, the boxer-kitsu couldn't help but chuckle at the pup's play on vanity. "Ah, but your poor little legs are going to get sore, and then we'll get somewhere fun and you won't want to play, or maybe there will be a cult dissecting our friends, and you'll be too worn out to investigate." All Malon heard, really, was something about cults from her 'brother' and shook her head.
"Gao! You're HORRIBLE." puppygirlsweet Soot(Sandy) was sad and lonly, she had nobody to talk to. "This sucks, there is so many Kitsus' here but none of them talked to me." She layed her back on the mountain, then took a deep breathe and wished someone kind eoungh to say something to her. Graphophobia On impulse, the scarred Kitsusagi leaned over, and pressed his shoulder to Sokka's for a moment, noticing how ill at ease he was, despite how strong and brave Zuko knew the other to be. "Yeah, I guess," he said softly. Better to pretend to be something, than to show everyone that you're empty inside, just like the shadows. Taejira "Hallo!" Said Mac cheerfully, tilting his face towards Remus. If he was Ember's friend, then the kit would be friendly! Not that he wasn't usually friendly anyway.
"We will find them!" he chirped, leaning against Ember to make sure he knew where he was. Waarufu Soubi dutifully followed after the other kitsus that had taken the lead, their path gradually giving way from forest to rock. The terrain made it harder for him to get by with the two on his back, and he was tempted to fly. However, he knew that he shouldn't risk spilling the two soots, and that flying would just make him an easy target for whatever it was that this shadow was.Soot chirped again, ears pricked up towards Zoot merrily. He'd love to play, of course! Games were what he loved the best. His tails waved behind him excitedly, spraying a general disorder of dust into the air. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka blinked in surprise, before leaning into Zuko in return, blinking slowly and sighing a bit. "I'm nervous," he whispered, flicking his ears a bit. "I get shivers in the forest. I always feel like something's out here..." He smiled crookedly, blinking at Zuko. "I must seem like a wimp, eh?" Haisyn Fierra Endless scooped up Soot and tossed the little thing back over his shoulder. Easier to keep up if he let Soot ride, the puffball's legs were too short to keep up a pace like this for too long.
"Raensu and... Verge?" He eyed the blue-coated Kitsu, and then winced as the group beside them got even louder as forward motion commenced. He muttered under his breath about hating people. But still... he was supposed to watch Soot, and Soot would probably run off again if he tried to make the puffball leave, so he didn't see much of an alternative. At least he sorta knew someone here now. "Guess I'm going too... got nothin' better to do..."Soot scrambled up onto Endless' back and squeeked happily, waving at Vergil now that Soot was closer to his hight. Soot was glad Endless was mostly black, it was nice to have someone around that wasn't bothered by all of Soot's... well... soot. And they were off again. This was exciting! Toushin The night felt as if it was getting longer to Ashitaka. They had stopped again to see a strange, foreign Kitsusagi appear in their path. Like a story out of a book they were riddled and they answered, and their journey began once more. He had ventured albeit away from the crowd to walk with San. She had been tense and unhappy, and he understood why: these people are not whom she wanted to be around. She only came to offer some sense of help that is really concern for her home, the forests.
After moments of silence he questions, "Are you going to be all right San?"
The company of Ashitaka is not as welcomed as it normally would be. While she cared for him, her nature prevents her from truely being able to accept him. They are just too different: he is from one world and her from another. However she didn't push him aside; there are no glares or sneers or scowls. Just a second's worth of a look before she watches the progressing group.
His words make her ears flick and she blinks slowly, her trouble mind clearing up quickly enough despite what may be a rather sluggish demeanor she has suddenly taken.
"Yes, I'll be fine," she answers curtly though with no intentions meant. "I just wonder what's going on."
Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot giggled and his giggle was like his speech, just a tiny little voice. "Ok let's begin!" He gently patted his star over to the Other. Maybe Telys diappearing was a good thing. It ment that he got to meet others for a change. HE shoke his head. What was he thinking he missed Telys and wanted her back. He tried to turn his thoughts back to the game with the Other. puppygirlsweet Soot licked Mr. Kitsusagi. "Ewww.. nasty...". She ran to drink some water and sat back on her rock. "Oh well, nobody likes me." She wanted to cry but she foght back her tears. Rainberries Content to simply run beside his soul brother, Remus almost missed hearing Ember's stammered reply. "You are most welcome, Ember." He touched his nose to Ember's cheek lightly; a hard feat while running. "Is there any word on how many are missing?" He did hope they would find the missing one's soon. The full moon was drawing close... this weekend already it would be upon him. Even with the potion Severus & Tsu made for him, the werewolf would be no use in a search. The redheaded female pulled closer to her new brother. It was not that she felt overwhelmed... but she half wished to return to headquarters & see if maybe Harry was there. Or at least practice her cooking. But remembering Kaida's distress & her disheveled appearance from the loss of her mate Ginny's mouth tightened. No. Her new "mother" of sorts had lost her mate. She would not let the lovely Kaida lose hers. Not if she could help in any way. "I hope whoever's leading us has a clue where they're going..."NinetailedNightmare "Is that so?" Came a soft, masculine voice from behind. Suddenly, a great shadow stretched over the little soot kit, in a shape she should be familiar with. Kakashi stared down at the perma-kit quietly with his one apparent gray eye, giving the other a mildly critical look. The shinobi kit had come without a sound, but today he was out of his normal state of laziness. Someone from his home was missing- someone he might not have held to his side as much as he would have liked, but now missed when not present at all. Maybe this kid knew something about it. "Do you know what this gathering is about?" Autumn_Fury Ember squeaked a bit as Mac leaned up against him, smiling at the little nightmare's optimism. "I hope we do find them..." he murmured, glancing at Remus as if for affirmation of this statement, "all of them....and especially Yrre. And Tai, of course...!" he added quickly, peering guiltily at Mac. Manda At that brush, Dante made a quiet noise and leaned against his twin for a moment before everyone started moving again. Then he was moving as well, actually faster now - more like his usual self. "Coming?" he tossed over his shoulder with a grin.Well, that put Soot higher up than him! That wasn't any fun ... he wondered maybe if he -asked- first if he could climb up on Uncle Verge like that. Just for a little while. So, intending to ask the question, Raensu turned and bumped the older kitsu's legs again - as if to get his attention. Graphophobia Zuko shook his head, accepting Sokka's weight against him. He was warm, solid... Everything he wasn't. "No, you don't seem like a wimp. You seem... in tune to your surroundings. Catious and careful. Were any of your friends taken...?" dinyana The soot was about to retort in anger but then snickered a bit when he heard a kitsu girl shout out his carrier's name.
"Gao? Man that's even lamer than soot!" The soot boy cackled a bit, tearing up slightly. Waarufu Soot was very happy indeed to be meeting this other soot who was very nice. He'd never seen so many kitsu before in his whole life, either! It was so strange, to be all around these people and not have his guardian trying to shuffle him away back towards the pretty place with the flowers and the sun that he had been found in.
Waving his tails further, he batted at the star as it came his way to send it back towards Zoot. He also thought that Zoot was very smart to be able to talk to Soubi could. He was the third soot he'd met, and the only one that he knew that could speak. Nerpin Murmuring and cricking as he walked, the squishy nightmare loomed around next to his little charge, tongue hanging out, flickering and twitchy restlessly. Oh how he would rather have made faster track work - but because this was such a large group of strangers, he knew that it was wiser to take it slow.
Even if it was driving him crazy... so slow.. Kitsusagi Mountain This journey was going far faster than a different journey from a while back, but that was because half of the journey was cut out this time around. In fact, where the current party was going happened to be nearing a particular cave in which that journey had ended once upon a time. It was odd, but the silver kitsusagi seemed to know the darkness was pulling them there. However, beyond the Tribal Cave, he could not sense anything more.
So stuck in his thoughts, Byakko VII hardly seemed to notice a particular plant until it was nearly beneath his left forepaw. Pausing in step, he pulled his paw back slowly. Beneath it was a small plant, a nearly-matured fruit peeking out from behind some leaves.
This strange little plant looks like it is about to bear fruit. Perhaps if we nurture it a bit more, the fruit will completely reveal itself. .Sephiros Immortal. He smirked at his twin and nodded, "Right behind you..." Only there was a problem with that, you see, for about the time he started a forward motion, Raensu's head connected with his leg, and wouldn't you know it? He lost his balance and went head over heels, the first thing in the way being Dante...causing a crash of rather stunning proportions. Getsurei Adiana had fallen slightly behind the group and had just caught up. She had been distracted by something in the bushes, but when she looked it as gone along with everyone else.
She looked at everyone as she slowly passed them, quiet like a cloud in the sky. Adi had somehow made it through everyone without being noiced. She stopped behind a white kitsu with teal and black markings. Adi took a deep breath and sighed. puppygirlsweet "Yes I'm every lonly nobody but you said nothing to me". "I'm glad that you are speaking to me.". She looks at the Kitsu with fright. "If you are going to eat me, don't, I taste like soot. demon_pachabel Gao quirked a brow and looked back at the pup, shaking his head a bit. "Ah, but only if I think so. I personally like my name. And you don't -have- to be soot. You COULD always give yourself a different name to differentiate yourself from the others, no?" Manda Dante, of course, by that point had his back turned ... so he didn't even see it coming. He made a startled sort of yelping noise, tripping as well and skidding a few feet forward with Vergil landing quite nicely on top of him. The tips of his tails twitched as ears laid back then pricked forward again. "Ow," he complained, though he really wasn't all that hurt.Raensu's eyes went wide though, and he squeaked. "Aaah I'm sorry!" he yelped, running over toward the two - and completely forgetting about Soot and Endless for the moment. "Are you ok?! I'm sorry!" Zan-chan It was a depressing day when I male couldn't locate his significant other, mainly Araphel. Daughter of Dante, and gorgeous kitsu with gloves -for that was how Kohta had known her for quite a while-. So in this case he went looking! Only to find his love's father squished under another who was... similarly shaped. Or rather, looked alike.
Kohta tilted his head, "Dante...?" Flicking his ears back and eager to move on he said, "Where's Araphel?" Rainberries "You're missing a friend too?" Peering around both Remus & Ember the redheaded witch looked at the nightmare curiously. There had been two nightmares in the shop the night she had joined her new family. One was a friend of Remus' so she ws not afraid. Remus was in a bit of a shock that Ginny had piped up before the wizard could get a word in. "Of course we will. Yrre & Tai & however many others are missing." He inclined his head at the little nightmare. "I am Remus Lupin. This is my sister, Ginny Weasley. Our siblings AearHwesta, Chroma, & Lil' Soot are long as well." Charmaine Kitteridge Batting the star back to Other he never thought that he was smarter then the other soots but Telys had insisted that he learn to talk so he had. Granted his voice wasn't as loud as anyone else's but it was his and he liked it. NinetailedNightmare The ninja blinked his one eye at her, tilting his head so that the metal headband covering his other eye flashed momentarily. "Eat you? I'm not going to eat you.""Pfft. Foolish child! How dare you suggest he'd waste his time preying on the weak." From behind the adult flounced a teenaged kitsu with silver hair just like the adult she accompanied. A similar gray eye (though it was her right one that was uncovered by the headband, Kakashi had the left) stared at Soot, no, bore into her suspiciously."That's enough, Raikiri." The male snapped, though it was more of a bored drawl. A paw reached out to nudge the female, but she dodged, only to yowl in surprise as three larger tails swung around to catch her rump. "I apologize. I'm Kakashi, and this is my... kit, Rai. We just got here, so we haven't spoken to anyone either. Have you been here for long?" .Sephiros Immortal. He pulled himself off of his brother, not scrabbling, but definitely with some speed, "Raensu...warn me the next time you do that!" He growled, ruffling his fur in minor agitation as he nosed at his brother, "You all right, Dante?"
Hearing another kitsu call his brother's name, one ear rotated independently, catching the inquiry.Kadaj heard the question too, and blinked, "You're looking for my daughter?" He asked coolly, wondering what this male had to do with anything. Waarufu He continued with his game as Soubi moved forward, enjoying the company of the other and how quiet it had gotten. It almost seemed like the crowd of kitsu was thinning out. Or maybe that was just because Soubi's path was a little awkward with his balance thrown off and he was trying to work around that as well as the crowd. Manda "I know I'm sorry I ... I won't do it anymore ... er ..." he just trailed off, looking down at the ground and letting that hair cover his face. He -liked- Uncle Verge and he didn't want him to be mad at him. Or ... anything.Dante got up as well, fur fluffing out a bit as he shook himself. " 'M fine," he mumbled to Vergil before looking over toward Kohta. "We're looking for her ... and all the others that've apparently gone missing." Charmaine Kitteridge There was definately something for silence he never got any when Telys was around but life was never boring around her that's for sure. Noticing that the male's path had moved abit away from the group Zoot got a bit nervous. "Should we move closer to the group? If you want me to I can walk for awhile." He really didn't want the shadow to come after him again, he'd gotten away once but he might not the next time. dinyana The soot smiled. "Well I do perfer to be called
'The Soot'. Though it's all a matter of opinion." Kitsusagi Mountain Once the strange fruit had been claimed by another, the silver kitsusagi continued on his way. To him, it felt like the blind being guided by the one-eyed man. He was more informed by his senses by most, but he was far from knowing exactly what had been stirring itself up at the mountain.
In a relatively swift manner, the silver striped kitsusagi stopped once nearly at the cave. He began to look around, seeming to search for more sensations for him to pick up on. However, as much as he'd try, he was about as clueless as the next kitsusagi.
Unknown to the current company, there was a pair of eyes set upon the rather large swarm of kitsusagi. Who would be there waiting for the search party?
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:56 pm
Kitsu Mountain Event Mountain Page 3711 ((Between Events.))Taejira Mac chirped and skidded around to peer in the direction of Ginny and Remus's voices. "Hallo!" he said cheerfully, and then nodded in a fervent manner. "Yes, my friend Tai is gone.." he made a face, and then brightened again. "But we will find her. She has to be around here SOMEWHERE!"
Turning to Remus, he grinned a pointy-toothed grin. "I'm Macintosh!" Autumn_Fury Ember nodded gratefully at his friend, grinning. "It's almost...comforting to have so many people looking. N-not that it's a good thing other kitsu are missing!" he quickly amended, flushing a bit, "But..there's a better chance of us finding somebody. M-maybe not Yrre...or Tai...but somebody. Anybody." Taro Rae Nimbus had been hopelessly lost n hte mountain side, ad only now had managed to stagger his way back to familiar ground. He felt, tired, weary and hopeless, still no sign of Rakhas. Like the flip of a coin, his ears perked and the little kit stood at full attention. He could hear a great commotion up ahead and suddenly filled with a second wind, Nimbus rushed forward. Had their beenword from the missing Kitsu??
Nimbus leapt as he ran, trying to get a better view above the grass.
"Hark! Hark!" Nimbus cried out, "What news!?"
puppygirlsweet "Yes, i have been here for a long time. And nobody spoke to me once." "Nice name I'm Sandy." She walks around Kakashi, she looked up and steped back alittle to see his face. She Glanced at Raikiri. She steped forward. " One i'm not a foolish child and two, you are.." she puased. "I'm not going to waste my time with you." She walked away from Raikiri and looked at Kakashi's headband. Rainberries Remus flicked his ears, hearing a voice from a memory. His eyes followed the sound momentarily spotting where the waxing moonlight cought on two ninja bands. Kakashi, was it not? We spoke when I was young... just a kit if I remember correctly. His advice was sound & helpful. Has he lost a loved one as well? Or is the helpfulness in him that aided me back then drawing him here now?Then to Macintosh he nodded his head in greeting. "A pleasure to meet you, Macintosh.""I didn't know anyone was missing at all... not until Remus told me of Yrre. Our family has kept their eyes open everywhere if you can believe the cait Locke & my tala brothers."Zan-chan Kohta blinked at Kadaj, "..You're... her father... too? And who are you?" Kohta wasn't sure he believed Kadaj, for his mate had only introduced him to Dante. "She's my mate, so I'd like to know where is... is this a problem?" He was trying to be macho because well... that was who he was. .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj nodded, "Yes, I'm her father..." A slow, interested blink, "So...you're her mate, eh? Then...how come you didn't know she was missing..." He sighed mournfully, almost in that overdramatized sort of way, "As are...two others...of my children." It did bother him. Very much so.Vergil sighed and put a paw on his nephew's head, "Don't worry about it..." He murmured. Giving his twin a suspicious look, for Dante ALWAYS said that, he eyed him up and down. "Are you sure?" Manda Raensu actually jumped slightly at that touch, but relaxed again after a moment. "Kay ..." he murmured, peeking out from behind that hair and up at Vergil.Dante frowned slightly at Vergil. "Yea, d'you think I lie about that all the time?" he shot back. But then he looked up and saw that the rest of the group have moved on ahead of them. And when he tried to start after them, pain shot up one front leg and he winced, immediately pulling that paw up. Dammit ... it hadn't hurt -before-. Taro Rae Nimbus darted between the receding forms of adult kitsu searching for a familiar face. There...straight ahead, he saw a kitsu at eyelevel he recognized. Raensu, his name had been. Nimbus ran towards him, by this time horribly out of breath.
"Friend Raensu!! What news? Art the missing Kitsus found?? Hast thou seen Rakhas?" Nimbus drew up panting, an awful stitch in his flank.
Zan-chan Kohta's eyes narrowed, "We don't ... exactly live together yet but I assure you after this she's not leaving my site... and wait... missing?!" It suddenly dawned on him. She was missing. "What do you mean missing?" Haisyn Fierra When Soot saw Vergil fall, Soot immediately jumped off of Endless and dashed over to make sure he was all right. By the time Soot got over he and Dante both seemed to have recovered, so Soot did a little spin of joy and squeeked happily. Soot would have nuzzled at Vergil to express Soot's happiness, but Soot knew Vergil didn't like to get dirty, and Vergil didn't seem to like touching very much anyway. So... Soot nuzzled Raensu instead, since Raensu seemed a little nervous before Vergil patted him on the head. Endless saw the tumble but that was about all as Soot dashed over his head and used his nose for a springboard. He fought it off for a minute but finally was forced to succumb and sneezed because of the soot lodged in his nostrils. He shook his head, sneezed again, and since it finally seemed to have passed after that, he then walked over. He hadn't realized how much Soot liked these people. It almost made him feel bad for being so short with them... almost. He was responsible for Soot, so he kinda had to like the puffball a little bit, but that didn't mean he had to care for every Kitsu he came across that the little bugger made friends with. He scowled slightly, but decided to be polite. "You two ok?..." He saw Dante wince and pick his paw back up. "Wan' me to look at that?".Sephiros Immortal. A fleeting smile tugged at his lips before his attention was pulled first in one direction, then another. He -felt- that, as Dante's leg pained him. "Dante?" Nosing at his sibling's neck in that worried elder sibling sort of way, he fully intended to investigate what was wrong with his twin.
And when Nimbus bounced up, Vergil was about ready to run his head into the nearest tree. Good god...could this get worse? Wait...don't answer that...
"Raensu, talk to bouncy there, I have to see what your Father's has busted, broken or mangled this time."
With another sigh, he inclined his head towards Endless, "And yes to you too..." He muttered. Manda That -almost- set Raensu off into another round of apologizing but then he, too, noticed Nimbus and turned to tell him what was going on. He didn't even quite realize that he was doing exactly what Vergil wanted, just wanting to be ... distracted.Dante's eyes narrowed and he glared over toward Vergil. "Oh please. It's not that bad, I think I just twisted it." As if to prove that, he rotated said paw, which -hurt- but it moved just fine. So not broken. He'd just be limping for a little while. That was it. Taro Rae Nimbus felt his legs wobble beneath him and he sat down heavily on his haunches before he fell. "Raensu....Hast thou see Rakhas...?" Nimbus's voice was weak, and he squeaked tiredly. his second wind had been mostly used up in the dashing and the leaping that he had endured only moments prior trying to find a friend among the masses of unknown kitsu.
Haisyn Fierra Soot blinked once, and twice, and then squeeked and pounced on Nimbus. Silly Nimbus! Soot hadn't seen him in... uh... a while? Soot proceeded to paw and nuzzle at Soot's first friend and get him very, very sooty. Endless shrugged off Vergil and Dante... they seemed preoccupied with one another, and he wasn't particularly interested in inserting himself into other people's trouble. He was surprised at the display Soot was putting on though. Soot really seemed to like this one a lot. How many friends did that puffball have, anyway? He resolved to teach Soot how to spell so he could actually get answers to his questions....Sephiros Immortal. He sighed, "So I'm not allowed to be worried anymore, is that it?" He posed the question quietly, but it was no less sincere for lack of volume. Things were so very tentative between them now, and the older twin hated it. When would Dante get it through his head that he wasn't going to explode over something they'd already discussed? Taro Rae Nimbus fell onto his side as the dark little kit tackled him with love. Nibmus's tried expression melted away into a broad grin and he exclaimed joyously, "Soot Entralled! Dear Heart!" Nimbus began to nuzzle back, getting his silvery coat entirely blackened with soot until he looked more like a relation of the dusty kit than the Nimbus he'd been. He sobered somewhat after a while and made a small appologetic sonud in his throat. "I am Nimbus the Failed, Dear Heart... I didst search and search, high and low, near-at-hand and afar... Alas! I didst see no glimpse of thine sweet voice. I haveth not given up mine search, fear not, Gentle Kit! Alack, now I hast been beseiged with a more deadly Task. Mine own Rakhas hast gone missing!" Nimbus tried to lift his muzzle bravely, but the action seemed to droop it further, despite his brave words.
Taro Rae Nimbus fell onto his side as the dark little kit tackled him with love. Nibmus's tried expression melted away into a broad grin and he exclaimed joyously, "Soot Entralled! Dear Heart!" Nimbus began to nuzzle back, getting his silvery coat entirely blackened with soot until he looked more like a relation of the dusty kit than the Nimbus he'd been. He sobered somewhat after a while and made a small appologetic sonud in his throat. "I am Nimbus the Failed, Dear Heart... I didst search and search, high and low, near-at-hand and afar... Alas! I didst see no glimpse of thine sweet voice. I haveth not given up mine search, fear not, Gentle Kit! Alack, now I hast been beseiged with a more deadly Task. Mine own Rakhas hast gone missing!" Nimbus tried to lift his muzzle bravely, but the action seemed to droop it further, despite his brave words.
Haisyn Fierra Soot giggled silently at Nimbus, but got more serious as he continued his speech. Concern written all over Soot's face, Soot nuzzled Nimbus and squeeked authoritatively. Soot was going to help! Soot had come to help anyway, but it was doubly important now. Soot was mildly disturbed to find that more of Soot's friends had friends missing, though. Endless blinked at the long-winded smaller Kitsu. That was... different. Definitely different. Soot seemed determined to help though, so he supposed he was further roped into whatever was going on. "So what's ah... Rahkas? What's this Rahkas look like, anyway?" He at least wanted to know who it was he was supposed to be looking for. He blinked his oddly glowing eyes and realized he was still standing, and sat down..Sephiros Immortal. Vergil gave his sibling's muzzle a long, slow lick. "Mmm...you're rather good at it too." He replied, smirking, a teasing tone in his words. "And I just don't want anything to happen to you...unless it's me smacking sense into that thick skull of yours..." But the statement was meant endearingly. Strange, these two were. Taro Rae Nimbus took in Raensu's words as if through tar. He knew it was more than the soot clogging his ears... He stared dumbly ahead for a long silent moment. "No sign of Rakhas....? And others missing too? Friends...May not this is all be mine own fault for Provoking the Evil Soot! If t'were I couldst never again call myself Knight! Upholder of the Virtuous, bah!" Nimbus' lower lip was trembling, and he was trying with all his might to remain strong, but white rivelets began to trace themselves through the soot on his face as his tears cleared a moist path. A hundred horrifying thoughts swirled about in his head, cnnecting rumours of a silent shadow stealing away kitsus from all over the mountain, and the image he held in his mind's eye of the Vicious Villain who he blamed for the theft of Soot Enthralled's voice. Nimbus choked on a whimper. Could it all be his fault??
Manda Raensu blinked at Nimbus, confused. "Your fault? What're you talking about, there's no way you could've gone around and taken everybody!" He didn't really get the whole thing with the Evil Soot ... Soot wasn't evil!He shivered just slightly at that, and it had nothing to do with pain. "Why thank you," he replied rather tactfully, he thought. "And I'd rather skip that sort of smacking, if you don't mind." Haisyn Fierra Soot couldn't really do much more than nuzzle at Nimbus and hope he felt better. It was so hard to explain that this wasn't Nimbus' fault... especially with no voice. Endless shifted backward slightly at the latest outburst from the odd Kitsu. This was... gah, he couldn't do this. He was going to make an effort to cheer the kid up before he smacked him. "Look, kid... Nimbus... whatever. For one thing, I don't think the puffball's voice is missing. Just... a different kind of voice from most. And even if that's not the case, and this... whatever evil thing did take Soot's voice, what reason would it have for going after all these other Kitsusagi that have nothing to do with what you're doing? Wouldn't it like, be targeting you, or the puffball, rather than a bunch of strangers?" He shook his head emphatically. "I mean... it was after a voice, it left the rest. It doesn't make sense that it would go after a bunch of Kitsu that are unrelated to the focus of its attack. I think this is a different... evil, alltogether. So... like... pull yourself together. You're just letting all the bad things in the world get one step closer to getting what they want if you give in."
There... that ought to do it. Though he was genuinely hoping he wasn't gonna regret trying to give the oddball his spunk back.Taro Rae "I do not mean that I didst steal the kistus... Simply that t'was my rash challenges against a most elusive enemy that hast caused this retaliation from the Shadow. If this be true..." But Nimbu's voice was still hollow, and it cracked. He swallowed but shook his head instead of continuing. It was then that the inky dark kitsu spoke up, and Nimbus cocked his ears to listen. Nimbus listened to every word very carefully, and then, slowly he stood.
He lifted his little head high. He fluffed his soot-covered mini-wings. He stared the older kitsu straight in the eye and then, slowly, gracefully, Nimbus bowed low until his nose touched the earth.
"I am in thine debt, Magestic One! For thou hast broken the enchantment mine enemy hast cast upon me. The Heaviness hast been lifted from mine shoulders! The Darkness cast out from mine eyes! Nimbus rises to fight another day. I vow, here and now, and all ye be witness to my solemn pledge!! I, Nimbus the Enduring, shall find Rakhas, and the rest! I shall not rest until I do!" Nimbus puffed out his little chest and offered Endless a broad and deeply-felt smile. Then he turned to Soot. "Now then...tell me, Sweet Friend. With a nod or a shake of thine pretty head. Did thou have thine voice stolen?"
Thalion  A silhouetted figure bathed in the golden orange of the setting sun stood along the edge of the trees, listening in silence to the humming of the crickets as they began to serenade the coming night. The air grew cooler though it still clung to the last of the sun's warmth deep in the damp grass. Edan's silvery bangs flowed around his youthful face in the faint but cool breeze. The guardian sitting upon his back stirred restlessly.
The kitsune’s ears perked as he turned towards the woods. “Yes, perhaps we’ve delayed longer than we should have.”
With steps as smooth and precise as a dance, the young kitsune began into the trees, his long tails flowing behind him along with the crimson scarf about his neck. He’d been traveling for weeks now… what he was seeking was just as much of a question as where he was to find it. Afterall, it wasn’t the destination that was the adventure, rather it was the journey itself. GunSniper 
Roy's ears twitched as a familiar sound entered them. -Oh... no...- He thought as his ears whirled backward, his head soon following.
"Well, well... look who it is. A little lost puppy." He casually spoke as if nothing was wrong. A sly grin rolled onto his face as he looked at the young prince.
Thalion Edan's stride hesitated at the all too familar voice. He stopped in place to eye his double, a paw poised in the air below his chest. "Roy... good day." He responded gently, "I cannot say that I expected to run into you here." GunSniper
"I could tell..."
His tails curled around his legs as he rest his haunches on the ground.
"So, what's a guy like you doing in a place like this, huh? It's a bit... you know, dirty for a great prince such as yourself." He made the mockery in his tone a bit obvious. Roy was still a tad bitter with the prince for his own personal reasons.
Thalion His ears lowered slightly at the sharp tone of the other kitsune. Lyon chirped sharply from his back. "No Lyon, it's alright." Edan glanced back shortly before turning his eyes back to Roy, "I am not forbidden from going where I please. It's hardly something to scold or make fun of me for." GunSniper
Roy eyed Lyon as the prince spoke to him. He caught the last part of the sentence clearly.
"I wasn't scolding you at all... just a bit curious your "highness".
He put a paw delicately to his own chest as he spoke the word "highness".
Thalion He rolled his shoulders back and lifted his chin delicately, "I am looking for a suitable place to settle myself... perhaps start a clan there and live in peace.... what are you doing among the freelands here?" GunSniper
"hm? Me?" Roy yawned.
He got back to all fours and looked around the area, he looked around in such a way that one eye was always on the prince. -A clan huh? Royal people.. tch.-
"Enjoying the freedom of this place." He finally looked back at Edan fully.
"You suuure you're not here to try and solve the missing Kitsu case? You seem to like doing that kind of stuff."
Thalion "Hmmm?" Edan blinked at the question, his expression changing into one of concern rather than a defensive one, "Someone's gone missing? This is the first I heard of it..." He glanced back to Lyon who shared the concern, leaning forward to listen a bit closer. Edan turned back to Roy, canting his head to one side, "What happened? Or have you just learned of this as well? ((continued Page 3742)) GunSniper Roy chuckled at Edan's response to that. Typical...
"You just missed a big gathering. Apparently a bunch of Kits have gone missing. No one knows how or why."
He shrugged as if it were really nothing.
Thalion Just his luck... something was wrong and he was too late to do anything- or at the very least become informed. "Well then we should ask around." He flicked his tails behind him, "We can't do anyone any good if we don't know anything. Especially if we don't know what exactally we're looking for or where to start." GunSniper "Whoa, what do you mean 'we'?" He huffed and looked harshly at Edan.
"I told you no one knows about what happened, some just gone and vanished."
Thalion "We." He said again, walking past Roy with a casual flick of his tails, "Meaning Lyon, you, and I. Meaning that a certain someone who was impersonating me to rob others of their food and cause trouble lost to another certain someone and owes that certain someone at least a bit of respect." GunSniper
"N-" Roy opened his mouth for a smart comeback but froze completely. He knew what the certain something was and who that certain someone was.
"Yes Prince." It took a lot of energy to mask the sarcasm that was supposed to hold. As he spoke that he turned around and followed Edan.
His ears flattened against his head.
Thalion "You don't have to call me that." He smiled nerviously, stepping lightly as they passed deeper into the trees and underbrush, "I'm not really a prince unless I'm governing over someone you know.' GunSniper Roy quickened his pace so that he was walking just a little ahead of Edan.
"Well, it's only proper to call someone such as yourself a prince."
There was still that resentment he held toward Edan for having a much better life style and it reflected in his tone.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:03 pm
Kitsu Mountain Event Mountain Page 3748 ((Day Two.))Waarufu Soubi continued his pacing down the way, making his movement back towards the crowd as Zoot had requested. Soot was very much involved in playing with the other's star sprinkle, chirping on occasion with varying levels of energy. Graphophobia Stretching his back legs, the young firebending prince shook his tails out, getting the leaves and grass that had accumulated on them off, yawning a bit. He'd been still for too long... He needed to get his blood moving again, loosen up his muscles. He wanted to be ready, should anything happen... He glanced over at Sokka, to see if the Water Tribe boy still wanted to travel with him. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot was relieved when the male started moving back towards the group. "Thank you so much...Wait we've been traveling all this time and I don't even know your name!" He felt so rude after all this nicce male had carried him in search for his sister. He absentmindedly patted the star back to Other while waiting for the male to respond. Rainberries Slightly bored & not seeing any females with which to take note of for a later time, AearHwesta flew back to hover protectively over his sister. The little soot on her back squealed happily & batted at the angelic's tail tips. [Weeee!] Laughing, Aear pulled them out of reach. "Nay lad. Ye shouldn't play like that while riding. What would Rem say if ye fell off?"dinyana Laying on his stomach peacefully, The Soot stared at the blue orb intently curious about it. It has been a day since the blue orb fell out of the giant tree, rolling to him. Since then he's been the caretaker of the orb. But what was inside it exactly? Reityn Nacienta walked slowly into the HQ building, unsure about where he was, since he'd never really been in there before. As the small kitsu wandered into the building, he saw a few other kitsu here and there. Curiously, he craned his neck, peering around slowly, tails swishing slowly behind him. Kitsusagi Mountain After a few moments, the most logical of thoughts crept into his mind.
"...The Spirits of the Mountain..." he uttered softly as his midnight colored eyes glanced towards the nearby cave with a few bones littered upon the ground before the entrance. Perhaps those strange creatures which seemed to watch over the Mountain would know what was going on. Perhaps they could guide them to where the lost kitsusagi were.
Without another word, he began to pad his way towards the cave's mouth. Afterall, those Spirits seemed to call that place home. [Alchemist.exe]  Sokka stretched for a long moment, taking his time in doing so, before shaking himself off and looking up to meet Zuko's gaze, blinking slowly. Then he smiled a bit and nodded forward, to gesture that they should go on. Then he was walking, Momo chattering quietly in his ears. He was rather surprised to see, of course, that they were going into a cave, ears flattening back as a wary expression appeared on his face... he got chills already. Inapo trotted along already, following the group, eager to get this search going, wanting to be ready for anything and everything that could happen any given time... Besides, the cave looked very interesting....Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj was surging ahead, still technically part of their little group, but not paying any real attention to the others at all. He'd noticed Dante was hurt and for a moment considered helping, but cast that thought aside as he saw Vergil's expression. No. They were better to themselves. And what was this? A cave? His nostrils flared and mako-bright eyes were alight with hope...and interest.He 'd been trying to help Dante, had Vergil, as as quick as they healed it wouldn't be bothering his twin for long. He'd simply chuckled at his younger sibling's comment, and had helped them move on...still looking out for his nephew as well. Taejira
Mac's ears perked as Byakko spoke, and he padded rather bouncily after the older kitsu, curious as all get out. He couldn't see, but he could sense the tension and excitement growing around the large crowd of kitsu.
Waarufu Soubi had, for now, neglected to answer the soot in favor of trying to decide for certain himself. "You're alright. This terrain can't last for too long." His ears were canted a bit back, and he wasn't exactly pleased with the whole situation. At least it was harder in the dark of those for people to see him half-falling. Toushin Ashitaka had been fortunate to have the help of San, Kodama, and Yakul; they were able to get the fruit down and it had been stashed safely away into the confines of one of his pouches. He lifts a forepaw up to rub his nose and then kneels down so that Yakul can climb right back atop of his head to rest on that strange hat of his.
He turns his gaze towards San who is still very uncomfortable in the large group of Kitsusagis, but still has also kept herself from lashing out against them. This pleases him, but he hoped there may be some way to further alleviate the tension or just simply to thank her for not being so... troublesome could be the word but it wasn't. He didn't know what the word was but he's just thankful she hasn't lashed out.
The boy of Byakko reached his ears drawing him from his thoughts, and he turns to look as their proclaimed leader again takes charge and leads the way. Without a word he follows with San creeping very close behind.
Graphophobia "What's the saying anyway?" Zuko asked with a nod towards the black and white lemur on Sokka's back as he began to follow the dark-eyed Kitsusagi that seemed to be in charge of this whole affrair, his dual swords clanking softly at his side as he padded along towards the cave, which was properly ominous, and fit the ambiance of the night. Manda And even though it still hurt for now, Dante moved on his own as much as possible, sometimes limping and sometimes scooting over to lean more on his twin. Either way, they got there and then paused outside the caves. "Spirits?" he repeated, frowning slightly and looking from the caves to the silvery kitsu. demon_pachabel Gaomon watched as their fearless leader seemed to set an actual destination into his mind, rising up from his place of rest, before trotting after the silver and striped kitsu, thought taking note not to wander too close.
Afterall, he didn't know the stranger, and perhaps he liked his own space, and giving one their own space was something he could happily do.
"Where are we going?" "Epooona~ We're leaaaaaving~" Malon chimed sing-songingly, scooping the scampering guardian up, before turning to trot off. Again leaving the Epona to rest in the collar of her shirt, the red head then turned and shimmied on after her 'brother', giggling and looking up into the trees with a happy sigh.
Ahh~ How she'd love to have someone come and rescue her if things got sticky. Snookie   The Falcon Kitsu stretched his wings out behind him and grudgingly stood up. He was having a good time resting for a few minutes before being kicked and told to get up by his travelling companion.McKinley was getting impatient with Nash, he was kind of a pain. But they were sort of family, so he had to deal with it. But because of him, they were walking so slowly and towards the back of the group. McKinley liked being at the head of the action. He liked knowing what was going on. "Come on, feathers. Let's move faster so we can see ahead!" He quickened his pace, leaving the peregrine kitsu scowling behind him.dinyana The soot wander around the area, the orb being rolled by him cautiously. Not looking where he was going he bumped into another kitsu, throwing him and his orb back a little. He sighed and stopped the orb from falling down the mountain.
"Sorry about that," he said shrugging, padding the orb. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot shrugged and figured maybe once this was over he would learn the male's name. Glancing through the trees he noticed the group leader standing at the mouth of a cave. "I think they found something." He raised a paw to point towards the cave. [Alchemist.exe]
Sokka flicked his ears at Zuko for a moment, trodding carefully in the cave of the Spirits, mewling softly. "Just talking. He does to try and keep me relaxed," he mumbled to the Fire Nation prince, offering a sheepish smile and flicking his tails a bit, wishing he had his boomerang. He would have felt safer with it... .Sephiros Immortal. "Spirits..." Vergil's ears flicked and he glanced at his brother, and then at the other silver-haired kitsu that was nearby...what all was going on?He growled softly, the only spirits he knew of... "The last time we saw spirits...they meant us no harm..." He stated quietly. Kitsusagi Mountain The silver kitsusagi walked past the bones and into the mouth of the cave, getting swallowed by darkness. However, unlike most of his previous visits to this cave, things remained just that: dark. He could feel a couple of bones beneath his paws, cracking and shifting from the extra weight upon them. Byakko VII was quite calm though in regards. He just continued walking though.
"....it is not like the Spirits, K'fari'nayla and Tw'quetjuu'naai, to leave their home so dimmed..."
Something was definitely off. Graphophobia Zuko nodded, wondering if it worked. He was about to ask, but decided against it, having a feeling that Sokka was one who liked to pretend he could handle anything and everything that was thrown at him. Maybe they weren't so different, after all. "Shall we, then?" he asked, nodding towards the cave. Manda "Maybe these aren't the same spirits," Dante growled softly, watching as the silver kitsu went in and then hearing his words floating out once he was inside. It was as much of a reply to Kadaj as to the one inside the cave. But he wasn't afraid of going in there ... he and Verge both had been in far worse places. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka stepped on a bone and jumped a bit, hissing softly in surprise, before sighing and looking embarrassed by his own reactions. He hated how dark it was, really... He would be hard pressed to tell if they were being approached, or attacked by someone or something. It just didn't feel right here... .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj bobbed his head, and without hesitation, followed Byakko inside. He had been here before, and he was unafraid. Vergil heaved a sigh, "This doesn't at all feel lovely, but...shall we go on?" And knowing the answer, when it came from his brother, he started moving forward, "Raensu, come close..." He murmured, an almost fatherly instinct. dinyana Listening to the silver striped Kitsu he did wonder where the spirits went?
He had heard much about them. How they blessed worthy kitsues to be able to walk straight on two legs. Of course that would never work for him. Besides he was far too lazy. Then again, he didn't care much too it. Autumn_Fury Ember shuddered, hunching his shoulders and jumping with a squeak as somebody crunched something. He did not like the dark...especially a dark so supernatural-feeling. At home, he suspected the shadows of nighttime were trying to 'get' him...but the darkness here felt even worse. Shivering once again, he followed along, tensed in anticipation of attack. Graphophobia "Scared?" Zuko mocked softly, though he looked around the enterance of the cave, to make sure there wasn't any danger. Maybe a thin film of light heartedness would make things better... It was weird, this cave. He could feel something powerful lurked here... But good or evil, he couldn't know. demon_pachabel Peering into the inky blackness that stood ahead of the group, Malon shivered a bit, then leaned against her brother's side in a moment of fear. There could be something awful in there! Like a man eating monster, or something.. Ahhh!
Looking over to Byakko as he noted how out of place the darkness was, the red head gulped a bit, then looked back to the cave. Maybe something had eaten them.
Or maybe they were just sleeping?
"Helloooooo?" Gaomon leaned back against Malon's side to soothe her nerves to the best of his abilities, before shaking his head, oblivious to her paranoia, before stepping into the darkness, pondering on venturing further in.
He'd onlygone about a foot in when Malon's voice startled him, 'causing the blue kitsu to stumble and land flat on his face.
Graceful. Rainberries Rem paused in his conversation with Ember as they approached the darkened cave entrance. Now was certainly not the time to tell his best friend of his & Nari's good news. Perhaps after they found Yrre & the others... For we will find them... The wizard would not let himself think otherwise. AearHwesta dropped to the ground beside his sister. He was not afraid of the dark opening, though she shuddered a bit. "I wish India was here..." The female whimpered softly. "What? My ears deceive me! Chroma-lass, ye must not be afraid. Look, I'll stay by ye. The light of my halo will pierce the dark." Even Lil' Soot chittered his encouragement. [Dark! Dark! Like Lil' Soot!]Snookie Nash had never really payed much attention to talk of spirits, but now seemed to be a good time to start. This was their home? ..And bones were all over the ground.. Nash pressed his wings close to his body; he didn't like the dark very much. In the light he could see better then probably any other kitsu. But in the dark, he was close to being blind. Not like McKinley who's eyes adjusted eventually.Bones were pretty gross. And McKinley definitely didn't like stepping all over them. But his curiosity overpowered his disgust as he continued forward, listening to the crunch beneath his paws, nearly gagging with each step. He looked around, trying to find Nash in the dark. But even the light of his halo was out. He frowned at no one and continued onward. Nash was old enough to get himself out of trouble. [Alchemist.exe]
Sokka made a face at Zuko immediately, flattening his ears back. Even Momo growled quietly, the guardian made nervous by the entire situation and, thus, snappy. "It just feels... bad in here. I don't like it," mumbled the Water Tribe Kitsu, wrinkling his nose a bit and sighing heavily.Manda Dante nodded and moved closer to his twin again. He didn't want to be tripping over -other- things inside because he was having to walk awkwardly so it was better to just give up what dignity he'd been trying to maintain.Raensu had drifted closer anyway when they reached the caves, eyes gone a bit wide. "Not a problem," he muttered, edging closer still, not that he was -scared-. No, not at all. dinyana The soot shrugged, wondering what to do. That's when he noticed 'Gao' lying face flat on the ground.
Sneering he walked to the kitsu, the blue orb rolling by him and shook his head in disappointment.
"Sleeping on the job, eh? Man you're lazier than I am," the soot scorned at the blue kitsu in mischievious delight. Taejira "Ember, Ember!" squeaked Mac excitedly, sniffing and trotting back to his friend. "Are we getting closer? Where are we?" the tiny nightmare tilted his head around as if trying to see the cave. Autumn_Fury Instinctively, Ember drew close to Remus- though whether for protection or to protect was anybody's guess. He was awfully scared..shaking, his eyes wide...but, too, he had always been on the defensive side of those he cared about. And if he got hurt protecting them...then all the better, and so be it. It was nothing more than he deserved.
As Mac pelted him with questions, he managed a weak smile, turning his wandering eyes on the little nightmare. "I..I can't answer either of those.." he whispered- whispering, of course, because it felt right...as if and louder voices would bring terrible things upon them all. NinetailedNightmare Her ears were quite sharp, not to mention she was listening in on the conversation. "Spirits?" Raikiri hissed back at her father. "What are those?"Kakashi seemed to ignore her for the moment, skirting around the teen after the group. "Irrelevant. Follow."With such a flat tone, Rai knew better than to argue... but she was still disgruntled. Tails flickering with irritation and boredom -so what if Aunt Akasu had gotten lost again?- the female trotted after her silver-haired mentor, both of their paws making little to no sound as they brought up the rear of the congregation.The shinobi's gray eye suddenly narrowed at the familiar figures ahead. Silently, he shot ahead, leaving Raikiri to scramble after him. Dante, Kadaj, and Vergil- maybe they saw him, maybe they didn't, but he was weaving his way through the kitsu in his way like it was routine towards his fellow silver-haired males. Kitsusagi Mountain Despite all of the sounds being made by the various visitors of the cave, and despite how the voices would echo off of the walls, it was still bizarrely quiet.
No matter how many calls were made, the Spirits did not come forward.
"...for what reason would the Spirits not tend to their home?" Continuing forward as if there was no darkness at all, the silver-striped kitsusagi eventually came to a hault. Right in front of him was the back-wall of the cave. He and the company had managed to make the way through the entire length of the cave without encountering the Spirits.
Upon the realization of what must have been the case, he turned around and uttered "...they are not here..." With that out for all the others to hear, he then began to head back towards the only vague amount of light visible: the light from the opening of the cave. Graphophobia Zuko nodded, and leaned against Sokka lightly, bumping his muzzle up under Sokka's chin. "I know. You'll be okay, neh? You survived me, after all." He grinned faintly, though it soon faded away, and he was back to worrying and looking about, warry... [Alchemist.exe] Sokka blushed just a bit when Zuko leaned against him, chirping softly and nuzzling against the other a bit. Then he paused as he saw Byakko turn, blinking several times. "He's leaving the cave... the spirits aren't here," he breathed, frowning and moving to follow the leader, expecting Zuko to follow. .Sephiros Immortal. "Why would they leave their home?" Kadaj mused out loud, though it sounded more like a demand. The spirits had been there for a time beyond count, at least by what they had said...had...the spirits vanished as well?He had kept a protective glance over both twin and nephew, and he was listening intently to those around him. Whatever had been here, protecting this place, was apparently no longer dwelling within the cave. So what -was- the trouble? Taejira "Not here?" Mac chirped, ears flopping back against his skull as he scurried backwards and bumped into Ember's leg. "Aw.. what if we can't find them?" he murmured sadly, nosing Ember with worry. "What will we do?" dinyana The soot grumbled a bit, wondering where the spirits where. They could of left a notice by the cave or something. It was a bit rude. Shrugging off anger he motioned towards the exit with the others, still therorizing on what might happen the missing kitsues. Manda Dante sighed and rolled his eyes slightly. "So we came all the way back here for nothing?" he muttered, eyes lidding. Maybe he should have just stayed -outside- or something. Because trying to walk on that injured paw certainly wasn't helping it. NinetailedNightmare They were turning around? Raikiri didn't even try to mask her snort of irritation. She believed that if things were done there needed to be some reason -something to gain- behind it. The situation presented none; she was quite annoyed, with both Kakashi and herself for pursuing this thing so far. At least she was at the back. Murmuring a few choice words not meant to escape the mouth of any lady, the kunoichi turned towards the opening in preparation to just leave. Screw following Tony the Monochrome Tiger."You don't think they're out to lunch?" Kakashi implored the group of males upon reaching them, his eye flickering down to the younger kid in general. "Or out kidnapping more kitsu?" Rainberries Sniffing the air AearHwesta grinned & pulled his wings against his back so that he could find the source of the feminine scent & voice that was not his sister. Spotting Malon he smiled, taking not to make an introduction later. Provided the blue kitsu beside her was kin. Kin he could deal with. He started to hum a jilting sea shanty under his breath.Walking now between Ember & Ginny, Remus Lupin rolled his eyes hearing his brother's hum. It could only be AearHwesta... The redhead made a noise. "At least it's cheerful, even if it's out of place."Nodding, the wizard withdrew his wand from within his robes. "Luminos." The tip of his wand started to glow nicely, illuminating an area of the darkness. Beside him a quiet "Luminos." could be heard as if in echo as Ginny added her wand's brightness to her new brother's. dinyana He turned back to Gao, who seemed to be ignoring his taunting. He did not like being ignored.
Thinking malevolently, The Soot thought of a brilliant idea. Cackling under his breath he turned to Gao and started to glare intently. If his plan worked then he would be laughing till the sun went down. Waarufu Confused by the going and turning back, Soot looked around anxiously. There was something wrong with the way everyone seemed a little unsettled by this action. Weren't they out here to save the other kitsus? What was going on?
Soubi, too, seemed troubled. "I looks like whatever they thought was there is gone. Do you think that's a good thing, Zoot?" He didn't think it was, personally, but perhaps it was best not to let that on for the young ones. Haisyn Fierra Soot looked at Nimbus for a moment. Had Soot ever had a voice? Soot couldn't remember having one, but other Soots did seem to have voices, so Soot wasn't sure if Soot was supposed to have one or not. So Soot just sort of shrugged and squeeked softly, pointing toward where the other Soots had been. Endless looked after were Soot had pointed. Most of those other little buggers had been talking, hadn't they? "Some of the others like this one talk... and some of them don't, so I don't guess there's anyway to be sure if they're all supposed to have a voice or not." He shrugged then, and noticed that the others were getting away from them. "We should get going..."Graphophobia Zuko noted the blush, and had to smile, despite himself. He blinked curious golden eyes as the silver Kitsu in charge turned around, and walked right back out the cave opening. "Not here...?" Even Zuko wasn't dense enough to pretend any more that nothing was wrong. Kitsusagi Mountain Seeing as he was no longer searching carefully for something that wasn't there, Byakko VII emerged from the depths of cave far quicker than he had entered. As the light outside reached his eyes, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly. With his vision blurred from the squinting of his eyes, he momentarily though he saw a shadow whisping up in front of him. However, once his eyes had recovered and opened fully, he found it was not a shadow, but rather, a kitsusagi.
She was of an extremely dark pelt, almost matching the color of shadows, though she was not quite that dark in color. Her eyes glowed slightly. Despite her dark appearance, she spoke up with a light and nearly shy voice.
"....ex-excuse me? ...c-can you tell me if you found anything in that cave? I-i saw you go in... so I was wondering..."
At that, her voice drifted off and her eyes gazed down to the ground. Autumn_Fury Ember trembled one again- this time from the worry and hopelessness that crashed down upon him like a wave, sending him reeling with a soft whimper. "What if we can't find them..?" he repeated mournfully, "What can we do..? Yrre...and Tai...and..." he broke off, flicking his ears and increasing his speed as he strode toward the enterance. "We'll find them. We have to." [Alchemist.exe] "It's not right that they aren't here. They're always here," mumbled Sokka, frowning greatly as they made their way back out of the cave, ears and tails flicking in a nervous manner. He sighed heavily as Momo stroked his ears, the little guardian huddle up in a nervous manner as well. He paused in surprise, though, when the new kitsu was spotted, frowning slightly and keeping back, wary as ever. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot shook his head sprinkling the male with more soot. "It seems even the Spirits I heard them talking about have gone missing." He sighs. "If this thing could get them what chance do we have?".Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj eyed the strange new kitsu, "No." He said, "There is nothing in the cave...not anymore." Waarufu At the appearance of the strange kitsu, Soubi moved a little forward out of curiosity. His ears flickered, listening to Zoot at the same time. "Maybe they're on vacation." He mutters lightly to Zoot, wondering what it was that the strange one had asked.
Soot, on the other hand, didn't seem to like this new stranger either. His ears were down, and he huddled partially against Soubi and Zoot. dinyana When the soot noticed the silver kitsu stop he pondered on why. Advancing foward he realize it was a kitsu that made him stop. Was this kitsu one of the missing kitsues? Or maybe she was with the 'evil shadow emperior'!
But she seemed shy, so perhaps he was wrong. But then who was she? Taejira "We will?" Mac chirped, ears perking with glee at Ember's words. "Okay! Good! I knew we would," he added almost smugly, trotting behind the other kitsu and very nearly tripping on his own tails. Manda Dante was a bit slower getting out of the cave than Kadaj so once they were outside, he just nodded to confirm the other's words. Then he sat down, tails curling around his feet. If they were stopping for a few minutes, he'd take advantage of it, thanks. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot raised an eyebrow in amusement and would have responded when the other kitsu appeared and Other scooted closer to him. Reaching a paw up he patted Other comfortly. "I don''t think this is the shadow."Graphophobia Zuko was about to reply, but was cut short by the arrival of a new Kitsusagi. He'd never seen her around the Mountain before... Not that that really meant anything, since he was a bit of a recluse, and didn't meet many Kitsus agi, outside of his small area he prowled about in. "Who's she?" he asked soflty. NinetailedNightmare "I'll tell ya what we found," Raikiri volunteered to the new kitsu, her ears flickering back almost aggressively, though it was not entirely to the other. "A whole lot of NOTHING. Don't waste your time, lady. This guy's leading us on some type of -of... a WILD TURKEY CHASE!" She glared at Byakko VII, though the intensity was probably lost when she fluffed up the way she soon did like her fur was full of static. Mmm... wrong pheasant, Rai. demon_pachabel Gaomon looked to the dark kitsu, one ear flicking back as he felt the eyes on the back of his head.
Shaking his head and frowning, the blue kitsu answered for her; "No. We found nothing but the back of the cave." "Yeah... we.. didn't find anything.." Rainberries "We keep looking." Remus' response to Mac & Ember held the authority he used as a professor. That one year's worth of job he had before. Ginny glanced at her brother with respect as both put out their lights. "Eh? What's this vision?" Of course the ladies' kitsu's voice would ring out through the night at the appearance of the strange shadowy female. At least he was not rushing to get her name & try to bed her. Yet. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka kept close to Zuko, watching the new Kitsu warily and momentarily bumping his head against the Fire Nation prince's. "I have no idea... I've never seen her before, and her scent isn't familiar..." he mumbled to Zuko, before sighing a bit, waiting to see what would happen next and if they would move on. Waarufu Soot's ears flicked up at Zoot's paw, and he chirped though it was slightly more subdued than usual. It seemed that his guardian was intent on at least learning more about what was going on.And indeed Soubi was. He'd been drug to the cabin, through the woods, and now in this rocky terrain. He was getting answers. Somehow. dinyana Noticing the outbreak the soot's eyes wandered to Raikiri and he scowled. "Well maybe if you though it would a wild turkey chase, maybe you shouldn't of come along," he paused rolling his eyes, "after all we're looking for the missing kitsues." Graphophobia "Goose chase," Zuko tossed at the one Kitsu that had spoken. "It's a wild goose chase." Kitsusagi Mountain Glancing to a silver-haired adult kitsusagi who had indeed answered the question supplied by this stranger, he nodded, signaling that the answer was sufficient. However, he turned back to the dark-colored stranger and asked "...so you were watching us earlier then? Why did you not ask us before we went into the cave?"
She whimpered slightly, glancing to all around and mentioned “I was supposed to meet my friend here, but either he never showed, or something happened to him.” Her paws shifted slightly in place beneath her. However, she didn’t seem to offer much more beyond that.
Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot was glad he could comfort the Other even though this kitsu might not be the shadow she might know where it was hiding his sister. "Excuse me miss but we're looking for family and friends that a Shadow has taken. Have you seen anyone around here? Or the shadow itself?"demon_pachabel "Well if it means anything to you, my brother found the bottom of the cave with his face~" Malon giggled, then looked about, before heaving a sigh. Gaomon sighed a bit. "Whatever.." he grumbled, then looked about, before his attention turned towards the South-east.
".. I'm getting a bad feeling about your friend being missing, though.." he said, looking to the dark female, his thoughts drifting to his own dark companion.
"Perhaps you should join us. He may have been taken away by the same thing we're looking for.."
Then, heaving a sigh, he looked the direction he was facing.
"I want to go look this way." NinetailedNightmare Raikiri spun on him, turning her anger towards Zuko like a sudden change in weather. "You wanna fight, punk?" She challenged, huffing towards him. "Turkey, chicken. Either way, he doesn't know where the hell he's going. Who decided to put him in charge anyway? Is that how it works here? Just follow some random kitsu who looks like he knows where he's going. Congratulations on wasting your time following him while your friends are probably dying. That's why we're here, right?" Suddenly, the girl sobbed, reaching up to pull her headband down over both her eyes as she did so, shuddering with whatever tears she was holding back. Weird. Kakashi suddenly looked like he wasn't responsible for her. Waarufu Soubi's ears flickered at the newest news - this time he heard it. Well, this was just more confirmation that kitsu were indeed disappearing. His ears didn't rise again, even as he listened to Zoot address the other. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka gave the yelling, young kitsu a nervous look, flicking his ears back entirely and humming softly, a vaguely disapproving expression on his face. It vanished, though, when she began to cry, and he suddenly looked sad, mewling softly. Nerpin The large kitsusagi flinched as he realized he hadn't been that much attention from the way the calvary was going, as he twitched his ears and flickered his tongue out - unsure as to where Inapo had found himself running off to - the angel was going to kill him. Graphophobia Zuko snarled, his ears flattening back against his head. "You know what? I would, except I don't fight with little girls." He rolled his eyes. "You're so bad, yelling about following and what not. You followed too, didn't you? I didn't see you piping up and saying something, or taking charge." His golden eyes swept the crowd. "Who's responsable for you? They need to take you home." [Alchemist.exe]
Inapo chirped softly when he realized he didn't have Ballari with him anymore, turning this way and that until he sighted the nightmare. Bounding up to him, the sandy adult chirped and nuzzled his chin. "Lost you for a second there!"
Sokka growled softly and bumped against Zuko, glaring at him for a moment. "Knock it off," he said flatly. "She's upset. Let her be, and c'mon. I'm sure we'll start moving again soon..."Rainberries Of course AearHwesta noticed the angry speaker bet I could calm her some & heard the other female he had noticed refer to the blue male beside her as her brother. He grinned. Things were starting to look up.Remus did not want to get involved with making decisions he wanted to find Yrre, & get back to his mate as soon as possible. Ginny too wanted this over with, but the witch at least was used to plowing ahead. Her clear, crisp voice rang out, surprising Remus. "Let's go north." No reason. She simply wanted to. Taejira Mac turned towards the arguing voices and frowned. "We're not looking for geese, we're looking for our friends!" he scolded hiffily, twitching his tails. How impolite, talking about Tai like she was some kind of water fowl! Nerpin Upon hearing the smaller adult come tumbling over to him, he let off the sigh of asperation that he didn't know he had in his muzzle, as he returned the gesture, huffling softly. "I Hear we are going to be changing direction then - anotehr has joined the ranks, am I correct?" he murmured to the sandy shaded one as he followed the whelp with blind trust. Literally. Manda Dante's ears flicked back and forth a bit, listening to several kitsu calling out directions they should search. He didn't really care -which- way they went by this point. Sighing slightly, he glanced over toward his twin and rolled his eyes just a bit. .Sephiros Immortal. Vergil noted the look and smirked, nodding with a soft chuckle. All this insane direction-giving. Why not just follow the leader? He seemed to be the one that knew the area best. [Alchemist.exe] "Yeah," answered Inapo, glancing at the newcomer, blinking slowly. "She's lost someone to the shadows too, it looks like..." He smiled faintly, sighing again and snuggling closer to Ballari, finding him a comfort. Then he was walking again, chirping softly to the nightmare to get him to follow. NinetailedNightmare The headband was shove up to one side and suddenly she was quite fiery again. "I followed because I had to. Not that you would understand, ya big lumbering dolt! You're not worth my time anyway- it'd be too much of a slaughter. Wouldn't want to embarrass you in front of your little boy~friend." A snort and a sneer. Really, she was just asking for it. "Anyone with any sense could tell who I'm here with. I bet if we stuck your brain in a gnat it'd rattle around like a bee-bee in a boxcar. It's not important who I came with. I might be a kid, but I bet I could wipe the floor with you!" Her eyes swiveled to Sokka and she shifted, eying him up. "I don't need your help, but thanks. Hey, you with the face, you'd better listen to your friend."Dammit, Raikiri was at it again. And in public! If he hadn't been so concerned with finding his sister at the moment, he might have been embarrassed. But the truth was he didn't have the time to take Raikiri home as well as find Akasu, and Rai wasn't going to leave him- usually Akasu was the one who pried her from his side. So instead he claimed no responsibility. If Zuko came and questioned him, then he would get involved. Until then, he did his best to keep his paws from straying to his kunai pouch. Haisyn Fierra This way, that way... Endless didn't really care. He just wanted this whole ordeal to be over with, quite frankly. There were simply too many here for the psuedo-sociophobe to handle.((*has no idea if sociophobe is a real word, but figures you all get the point*))
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Kitsu Mountain Event Mountain Page 3758 ((Day Two continued.))Kitsusagi Mountain Taking a moment to actually take in the scenery, Byakko VII (along with many others) began to piece together what had happened. There were some pawprints upon the ground, but something seemed wrong. It looked like whatever created the pawprints had been taken away within a struggle and by force. The most odd bit of the scene was that there were a few lingering wisps of shadows that clung onto the pawprints on the ground.
Those pawprints were in the opposite direction of the place that was his homeland in the West.
"...we will head in the direction that it would seem your friend was taken..." he offered to the dark-femme. He added as a second thought "...feel free to join us if you would like..."
With that, his feet swiftly took to taking him in the direction he had promised he'd head. Manda Ok, yes, moving again ... good in one way, bad in another. But Dante didn't complain or even indicate that he was still hurting except for a slight tensing-up of his features as he got up and started following again. By this point, he just wanted to find whatever they were going to find so he could quit moving for a while. ((Waarufu won the strange kitsu female.)) Waarufu The female seemed a little intimidated by all the noise that suddenly rose with every kitsu shouting direction for this way and that. The small voice of the little kit resting on the back of the odd butterfly (who appeared to be the only one in the crowd) alongside another little one that looked just like him was what caught her attention despite her ears being pressed back against her head.
"N-No..." Her voice was faint, almost having the ability to be obscured by the wind. Her attention moved to the other kitsu as he addressed to her, the one that seemed to be in charge. "Th-Thank you," she murmered again, ears bowing down slightly. demon_pachabel Gaomon sighed and rolled his eyes and he heard a younger kitsu start throwing a fit over them just walking in circles and following people, before he nudged the silver-haired female's side. "I think that your anger won't serve anybody in getting anywhere, little one, and I would suggest you calm down. In a group, we work better to come up with ideas of what to do. Perhaps we move slower, but at least we work to move in the right direction.." he said, attempting to get the mini-Kakashi to calm down, before heaving a sigh and turning to trot after Byakko. Malon heaved a bit of a sigh, then started to trot along with the group as well. Everybody was always MOVING, and it was so tiring.
"I wish we could just find them already.." .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj was just happy they were moving again. The strange femme had been an uneeded distraction...where were his CHILDREN? Didn't they understand?Vergil noticed though, being closely in tune with his sibling, and nuzzled Dante in sympathy. This was as much affection as he'd show in public, however. dinyana The small soot stared at Malon, who seemed to be annoyed with all the working. He scooted towards her and patted her on the leg gently sighing, "I feel for you." [Alchemist.exe] Sokka sighed heavily and nudged Zuko to get him to move along, walking in the direction that Byakko was leading them in. He eyed the shadow spots warily, making a point to avoid them as he grumbled quietly, Momo whining softly in his ears.
Inapo trotted along, but paused to sniff at the shadow matter, ears perked and tails flicking about, eyes wide with curiousity. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot felt sorry for the female but before he could say anything everyone was up and moving again. This time the shadow had left parts of itself. He gently pawed his star in nervousness. " I hope everyone's alright." Graphophobia Zuko snarled loudly, and moved so that he was nose to nose with the fiery Kitsu. "First of all, Sokka isn't my boyfriend. And even if he was, do you think I'd give a flying-" he paused, and reminded himself not to curse. "Do you think I'd care about being emarrassed in front of him? I've done enugh to myself in front of him to look like a fool, so that's not even an issue. As for me being a lumbering idiot- you're reasoning is flawed. You don't even know me. And if you're basing your opinion off of the fact that I joined this crowd to find out what was happening, then by all standards, little one, you're just as much of an idiot." He curled his lip at her, before shaking his head. "Go home. You obviously can't handle this." Turning, he stalked back towards Sokka. "Let's go," he said with a roll of his eyes. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka sighed heavily and shook his head, nipping at Zuko's ears. "You shouldn't have done that," he informed the other rather simply, making a face at him and walking on, heading east and keeping an eye on Byakko to make sure they didn't get lost or left behind. Manda Dante made a quiet almost purring noise in response to that, just glad that Vergil was -here-. If nothing else, that made all this idiotic wandering around worth something. He glanced at Kadaj, who was already ahead of them again and snorted softly.Once they were out of the caves again, Raensu edged back toward Soot and Endless - not wanting to get in the way again. "I hope we find something soon," he said quietly, looking around as they walked. Waarufu Soubi was inclined to hurry up with the others, but at the same time the strange female seemed to be rather dazed and, well, lost. In fact, beyond her not running and using him as a hiding place, she reminded him a lot of Soot. "If you want, you can walk with us." He stepped towards as he spoke, ears flagging down to half-mast to hopefully be inviting.Soot's tails shivered out dust all over Soubi's back, and he downright looked like he was ready to hiss at the poor, strange female.The female looked from Soubi to the two on his back, slinking back a bit at Soot's reaction. "I-I don't... maybe... maybe I...""Don't worry about Soot. He needs time to warm up to people." He sidled a little closer to her, fluttering his wings lightly and inclining his head towards her. "My name's Soubi, and these two are Zoot and Soot." He started walking, and slowly, she followed behind him. Graphophobia Zuko grumbled, and leaned heavily against Sokka for a moment, nipping his ear back in a near-friendly manner. "She was spoiling for a fight, and I gave her one. Besdies, she obviously can't handle it. She's scared, and probably missing someone who was taken by the shadows. She doesn't need to be here." Haisyn Fierra Endless looked down at Raensu. "You and me both, kid... I'm not good with... all these people..." His cheek and eyebrow started twitching. Apparently he had a nervous tick. "I don't think I caught your name. I'm Endless." This kid was a friend of the puffball, so he'd be as friendly as he could bring himself to be. He just hoped he didn't start getting snappy because of how nervous the crowd was making him.Soot just squeeked softly from atop Endless' shoulders, not really having anything else Soot could do at the moment. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot finally knew the male's name, and Other's as well. Turning towards the new female he nodded as he was introduced. "I've lost my sister to this shadow thing." As he spoke he nudged Other gently, indicting that the female was friend not foe. Angel Yuna-chan All the activity happening as of late brought the Autumn-colored kitsu from her sleep. Long since her child-hood days had she abandond her night life for the day, and now here she was, an adult Kitsu, wondering the forest.
Whatever had the other kitsu stirred up, Lemina was oblivious to. She lived in her own happy world, but that didn't stop her from wanting to see others of her kind from time to time. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka just sighed and nuzzled Zuko briefly. "I'm scared as well, you know. And I would be yelling too, if someone I cared about was missing. But... oh well." He chuckled and shrugged a bit, walking on. Kitsusagi Mountain As he continued forward, the sights which the silver kitsusagi saw were far different than he had ever spotted anywhere else on the mountain. The land had gone from having life, to covered in stones and odd shaped rocks, to practically barren. The ground looked dry and cracked, seeming to not hold any of the precious water which the stream spread throughout the rest of the Mountain.
Yet amongst this wasteland, something did seem to emerge. Another cave came into view, yet strangely enough, this one seemed even less inviting than the first one they had encountered. The ground at the entrance had several sharp rocks protruding from the ground in a jagged fashion, almost as if warning everything to stay away.
It was the unwelcoming nature of the cave which seemed to lure the silver kitsusagi to it. .Sephiros Immortal. Oh just wonderful another cave. And this one looked like the sorts that were used by the painters of nightmares. Well, that, in his mind, made it more promising. "We're going in." He said with a strange sort of surety."Your friend is eager..." Vergil murmured, also watching the smaller leather-clad male. He had been in worse places than that cave seemed to be, however...so he wasn't particularly scared either. Manda "I'm Raensu," he replied, pausing for a moment when they came into sight of this -new- cave. He hadn't really liked the last one much. And now here was -another- one ... that looked even worse. "I dunno if I want to go in there ..." he murmured, almost not even aware he was talking out loud."Mmhmm," Dante hummed in return, looking over toward his twin, then back at Raensu. "You don't have to go in, you know," he pointed out. But the kit shook his head stubbornly, and actually sped up at that. Oops. Wrong thing to say ... oh well. Nerpin Frowning softly when he got his answer, the kitsu lifted his head to the unwelcomed feelings that washed over the group as they finally made their way to yet another fricken cave - as some were whispering about in their own little ways. He himself could not see the entrance, so just shrugging, the kitsu nonchalauntly muttered "As the good natured say, "The more the merrier". Whatever could be beyond this is only in my personal nature. Methinks." Waarufu Soubi followed after the silver kitsu, taking his time to make sure he didn't fall in front of the female. Okay, so, yeah, he definitely was trying to play things up. He didn't, however, like the look of this next cave. It was very... VERY uninviting.Soot blinked at Zoot, tails waving slightly in uncertainty. Was he really supposed to trust this one? He chirped, question in his tone.She didn't like this place, with the dead feeling. Her ears were down now, and her tails stuck close to her body in fear and uncertainty. Her pace even picked up to be a little closer to the group, looking around at all the kitsu now. [Alchemist.exe]
Sokka flattened his ears back immediately upon sighting this new cave, and Momo was quick to dive into the Water Tribe Kitsus shirt to hide, wailing a bit at the bad feelings he got from the cave.
Inapo was quick to become interested in this new cave, not caring much for his own safety - as he was rather unaware that Ballari had been sent to watch over him by Xerros - and wanting nothing more than to begin exploring.Graphophobia "If she's goingto travel and try and actually help, she needs to either put up or shut up. No sense complaining about something you're not going to try and change." Zuko nipped at Sokka's ear again. "Besides, youre different." demon_pachabel Gaomon heaved a sigh as the land seemed to lose it life, as if feeling it through his paws. It felt so.. lonely, and even, almost, like his brother. The thought depressed him. How could a place get like this.
There was no love. Though, however, he was sure he'd be dragged out and over here again if Xyrie were to hear about it. The thought made him chuckle a bit, though it was dry and a bit forced.
Sun-colored eyes gazed over the cave that unwelcomed the group, and his ears flattened back against his head.
".. I don't like this." Malon shivered a bit at the sight. While she was a tough girl, adventure was not exactly her area of expertise.
Again leaning against Gaomon's side for comfort, the red-head whispered; "We're not going in there, right?"
In her shirt-collar, Epona neighed and nodded in agreement to the inquiry. dinyana The soot's eye twitched in aggrivation and muttered a small curse under his breath.
Another cave... He thought in desetful annoyance.
If I wanted to go into a deeply dark place and stay there I would of just laid around the basement.
Noticing the jadged rocks his ears perked up. It was obvious who ever lived in this cave definetley left some kind of note. Though not a written one it had a meaning to it. He gulped a little, wondering if this is were the shadow beast took the missing kitsues to feed to the evil emperior. NinetailedNightmare "Then mind your own business next time, jerk!" She snapped after his tails, but didn't touch a one of them. "That's right- run away! You probably didn't lose anyone! Stupid boys!" She looked all about to throw a fit when Gaomon came over. Her fur was still quite rustled, but it began to settle upon listening to him. "But I don't wanna work with him... He started it. Didn't you hear?" Yeeeeeah. Of course he did. The issue was Zuko seemed to have passed like a slate being wiped clean- such an odd kid. Now she skirted quickly after Gaomon, trotting beside him like they were the best of friends. "Are we sure we're going the right way now?""She's just upset, you're correct," GOD! Where did he come from? Kakashi eased up alongside Zuko and Sokka, imposing as ever and an attitude that suggested he could care less about the situation. Well, his voice did. Only his eye showed and now it slid lazily over to the two benders. "Usually the changes aren't that... violent. Brat needs another dozen laps around the base of the mountain, but I can't put her on the honor code." A shinobi was always aloof. He didn't make an attempt to introduce himself, rude as it may be. "You're both not from around here, are you?" Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot, being a soot actually understood what Soot ment by his chirp. "Yes she's good." He would have said more but the new cave came into sight. "Well that looks scary enough for the shadow, not to mention how dead everything looks." He jumped off of Soubi and neared the cave cautiously, he wasn't going to be the first one in nor was he about to get taken. Haisyn Fierra Raensu huh? The kid had spunk, Endless could give him that. He sped up slightly to keep pace with the teen. "In or out... I don't think it's a good idea to be anywhere around here without someone else around. All these others that disappeared seem to have been on their own, won't do any of us any good if we get ourselves lost too..." He shrugged slightly, and then realized what the weird noise he thought he'd been hearing for the last few minutes was. Soot was actually hissing in an under-your-breath sort of way. "Seems the puffball's nervous too. You wanna stay here, puffball?"Soot shook Soot's head emphatically. Soot didn't want any of Soot's friends getting lost, so Soot was going to stay with them. Kitsusagi Mountain Not really taking in any of the comments about the cave, Byakko VII came to a near hault as he approached the cave. Sniffing forward slightly, he could smell something inside the cave. It smelled a bit like musty smoke.
He didn't expect for anyone to follow him, since the cave was not exactly inviting the strangers into it. Yet with a nearly well-calculated leap, the silver striped kitsusagi bounded into the cave. A few brave others would probably follow behind, but he did not expect that many to join. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka grumbled when his ear was nipped at again, turning his head to n** at Zuko's nose. "How so? I'm just as much kitsu as she is," he said simply, flicking his ears. Angel Yuna-chan  Lemia came up behind the kitsu. She wanted to know what was going on. It was seldom she interacted with others -- she was happy by herself, but then there was her innocent curiosity, and it was that that brought her here now.
She wanted to ask someone what was going on, but couldn't bring herself to. As innocent and care-free as she was, she also was shy, and would rather learn by ear, then make someone mad at her for her own naevity..Sephiros Immortal. But in he followed, going behind the striped kitsu without even so much as a glance behind him. The odd smell filled his nostrils, but he never wavered, his eyes glowed blue-green in the darkness, and he concentrated on simply keeping Byakko in sight. Hearing the exchange between his brother and his nephew, Vergil followed Kadaj's example, save slower, as he did not want to lose his family...no...he would keep a VERY close eye on them. No losing anymore kin for him, thank you. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo was one of the few who was quick to bound into the cave after Byakko, eager to see and help. The adult flicked his ears right forward as he took in the smoky smell and the sight of the deep shadows, and grinned, running a bit quicker. Taejira Macintosh stayed at the back of the group of kitsu, sniffing nervously in the derection of the cave. He sat down with an "oof" and sighed. Though he couldn't see the dark, rocky cave, he certainly didn't like how the area FELT. He went no further. demon_pachabel Gaomon looked down at the pup whom had taken up his side, smiling and shrugging. "I'm not sure. Of course, I'm never sure. Life is made up too much of destiny charading as chance and cooincidence for me to be sure. But I have a feeling we'll find something by heading off this way." he replied, pondering to himself if that was the best reply to have made to that question.
"However, I do have a feeling that whatever it is that's been taking everybody will wait. Most 'evil' creatures work to bring us to them in order to work out their evil plots, and if it's not evil, then we can presume it hasn't hurt anybody." Cracking a bit of a grin, the blue kitsu looked back down to the girl.
"Help any?"
Watching as Byakko took off ahead of them and into the darkness, however, Gaomon heaved a sigh, then looked down at his little friend. "I'm going to follow him in. Whether you come or not, is up to you. But I'll let you know if anything exciting happens if you decide to stay here..." he promised, before turning from her, and bolting off after their fearless leader. Graphophobia Zuko wasn't startled when Kakashi sidled up next to him and Sokka, having sensed his presence, of sorts. "See that she gets those ten laps in," he said under his breath as the other spoke. "And no, we're not from around here. In fact, I'm pretty new. Not that I see how this means anything." dinyana Just as he was lost in thought he noticed the silver kitsu wander into the cave. He wondered if he should follow so he measured points.
On one hand, I might be horribly attacked and eaten by the shadow monster and sacraficed to the evil emperior. Then again they probably don't sacrafice kitsues of dark.
On another hand, I can see what's going on. At least it would put my mind to rest.
He pondered on and shrugged, remembering with his dark skin he can consume himself in shadows if something bad happens. So with that he followed the silver kitsu closely into the cave. Manda Raensu nodded emphatically at that and slowed a bit to let Endless catch up with him. "No going anywhere alone, check," he replied, voice squeaking just a bit, at which his ears laid back a bit. This wasn't that bad ... really. Geez."I'm going," Dante said firmly, almost as if he expected Vergil to try and stop him. Because, yes, it was possible that it would be dangerous inside. But even with a more or less bum paw, he wasn't entirely helpless. Angel Yuna-chan Lemina watched as a few Kitsu entered the cave. She twitched a cinnimon-colored ear, and backed up. If there was ever any feeling of apprehension in the Kitsu, now it was screaming at her.
There were a few other Kitsu around, she noticed, that dared not follow the Silver one into the cave, and she was glad she was not alone in her apprehension. Autumn_Fury  Ember spotted Zuko up ahead and hurried to catch up to his friend (when had he started considering Zuko his 'friend'...?) ...before skittering to halt several paces behind him. Sokka was with him...and Em just had a funny feeling about the two of them. He didn't want to interfere...but he couldn't help the soft sigh he gave, nor the way his ears sagged slightly. He'd wanted to talk to the fire-bender..Waarufu He chirped again, pawing at the air that Zoot had formerly occupied and looking after the other in wonder. Before Soubi could do anything to stop him, Soot was off his back and running after the other with his star sprinkle and orb clutched awkwardly in his mouth."Kits!" Surprising himself by the outburst, Soubi took a few hurried steps after them, nearing the cave. He himself headed inside, grabbing Soot in his mouth as he went and tossing him back onto his back.The female snuck in among the crowd, letting the other white and black male go before her. She was cautious, ears and nose twitching in worry. What would they find? Haisyn Fierra Endless nudged at Raensu gently with a paw to get him to look over. He grinned slightly, which was rather rare with someone he'd just met. Raensu was rather honored, even if he didn't realize it. "Watch this." With that Endless jumped into the cave, where his starry coat began to glitter and sparkle. It didn't give off much light, no... but it would make it easier for the younger Kitsu to keep up with him. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka glanced at Kakashi in surprise, but turned to look behind him when he heard another approaching, blinking several times at Ember. Then he glanced at Zuko again, flicking his ears, before taking a step to the side, as though to tell Ember to go ahead. Charmaine Kitteridge Watching as Soubi took Soot inside he picked his way through the spikes and made it to the otherside. His star glowed enough that he could follow Soubi. "Sorry." He muttered. Graphophobia Zuko nearly complained when Sokka stepped away from him, but noticed Ember then, and nodded to him, offering him a slight smile even as his golden eyes darted towards Sokka, wanting him close again... "Told you I would help you find Yrre," he said with softly to Ember. Kitsusagi Mountain The silver kitsusagi ran. As he ran deeper into the cave, something began to light up the cave in a creepy manner. It was getting slightly brighter the further into the cave they ran. Yet, before the current company could find this exact light-source, they were forced to stop.
A wall of the spikey rocks projected out from the ground and the ceiling, almost as if forming the bars in a jail-cell. The rocks were thick and far too solid to be broken. Not even a small kitsusagi pup could squeeze through the openings that were offered.
Glancing past the obstacles, the silver kitsusagi's eyes widened upon what was just beyond the rocks.
A fire was just shortly past the bars, burning brightly. Despite how bright the fire burned, the cave still seemed dim.
What was more distressing was the fact there was almost a mirror situation of what had happened to the current group. Along the opposite wall, there was also an area hollowed out and barred off by jagged rock-bars. Instead of Byakko VII and company being in it, there were several kitsusagi whom had seemingly disappeared. Amongst the group was Jerah, a couple of his siblings, and many others. All looked terrified beyond belief.
The most terrifying thing though, was there were two figures dancing around the fire. They knew the new group had come, but all they did was chant and dance like heathens. Rainberries Remus Lupin was not afraid of the entrance. He had his wand & all his spells. But he had Nari & their future kits to think of now. Not to mention he did not want Ginny to enter the cave. How would he explain it to Harry if something happened to her? Aear however felt no fear. The nautical angelic patted Chroma & Lil' Soot on the head, nudged Remus & Ginny out of the way & followed their "leader" into the cave, wistling a jaunty tale of the sea. "Ye've a family Rem-lad! I'll keep yer word to that stammering friend of yers!" To the leader he called. "Lead the way, Mate! High seas & adventure ahead!"The blue & white angelic's voice died in his throat. He had never had a problem with nightmares -heck, he'd try to bed a female nightmare if she let him- but the fear on the missing kitsu's faces sent his hackles up. he growled, low & steady. They had better not be harming them. His halo flickered with white brightness. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka remained close to Zuko, humming softly, but giving him the space he needed to be able to speak to Ember, wellaware that the two had become friends. Despite that, he wasn't willing to meander off, wanting to stay close.
The sandy kitsu barely managed to skid to a halt, narrowly avoiding crashing into the bars of rock, but staring wide-eyed at the dancing beings, ears perking up, then slowly flattening back as he got chills just from the sight. Nerpin  "Oh good lords." was all the nightmare could mumble out before he ran on ahead, feeling his way around the cave and dashing through the tunnels, listening for the heavy footfalls of those who had left, waiting to catch up with the set that instantly made him think of Inapo. It was not too long that is long tongue met up with the smell of the snady shaded one, nor with the silver shaded one as he halted, having heard the sound o fthe many footfalls, now in a higher sound frequency, which meant they were only too close.
Great. Not like he didn't need more of a headache in his antimatter and jello encasing..Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj growled, hackles raising in an instinct that was fierce and feral. He didn't like this...but he wasn't just going to stand there. He took a step closer, and then another, he wasn't afraid...he wasn't...he was angry...the reaction of the not so sane, but he was wrathful. Vergil, however, was sensibly afraid, and though a rumble of his own came from his chest, he was more concerned with his immediate family, Dante and Raensu, and he tugged at Dante's coat with his teeth, hopefully to keep him from doing something rash. Waarufu He placed Soot on his back again, shaking his head even if the other couldn't see him. His wings were pinned close to his body, fearful of what might happen in the dark if he were to brush too close to something. "It's alright," there was worry in his voice. Even if he wouldn't admit it, he really did care about the little Soot.Chirping, he seemed oddly uneasy about being on Soubi's back now in the dark area. It took him another few moments to adjust to the situation, clutching his sprinkle and orb desperately for the little light they gave off.Somehow, she'd slipped past Soubi and the two kits in the dark to come to see the pair of nightmares. With a fearful whine, she tried to turn and flee the cave - probably to only run into someone. Angel Yuna-chan Lemina found a tree and curled up underneath it, watching as Kitsu continued to enter the cave. She was scared, greatly. There was confort in her world alone, and as she puried her face into her tails she looked for that world. She worried for the other kitsu, but curiosity made her peek from the warm cinnimon, and single blue, tails. Brown eyes glittered a bit; yes, she was curious, but self-preservation barked louder, and as much as she wished to know what was going on, she'd rather be safe outside then take a chance. demon_pachabel What in the hell had he gotten himself into? As his fur puffed up, Gaomon lowered his head, teeth bared. Damn, how close to what was going on had that Soot-pup been? Almost uncharacteristically, the blue kitsu paced back and forth in the space he was alotted in the cage, his motions jerking and violent. He was not a happy camper.
He hated tight spaces.
And he hated that he may have actually gotten himself into a bad situation. He wasn't going to be a sacrifice to some crazy fire-dancer, for sure. Gaomon had someone waiting back home for him, and he was definately going to return to her in one peice. God forbid what she'd do to him if he lost an arm.
Bah, he could handle it. Once he stopped growling, pacing, and being generally psychotic. Autumn_Fury Ember ducked his head sheepishly, opening his mouth to say something, when the group- now in a cave, when had that happened?- suddenly stopped. An eerie sort of chanting made itself known, a dim glow...and Ember's fur stood on end. As he peered around the other kitsu, he saw strange figures...and whined loudly, backing away to cower behind the nearest kitsu. tbiris Zoom hesitated as he saw the cave, until he saw some kitsu entering the cave, at which point he ran in, scared of the darkness that he saw at first, and tried to catch up to the others. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot stood in awe when they came upon the dancers. "What are they doing? And how can we free our friends and family." His words ALMOST came out in a whine. "I'm scared Soubi!"dinyana Eyes going wide in somewhat fear, the soot had stared upon the two figures dancing around the blazing fire. He didn't know what to do, but only one word ran through his mind.
Sacrafice
He then shuddered and looked at the imprisoned kitsu. Well they did find the missing kitsu, but what if they became missing now? What if they would be sacraficed or something? Many thoughts raced through his fearful mind. NinetailedNightmare "... I guess so." She huffed out her irritation, grumbling softly. "It's not like I really care what happened to her, okay? I'm only here because my father had to cut my lesson short to do it. Everyone else from my home is looking for her, too, so I know I can't just go home..." Another soft grumble. "Guess if she stays lost or gets hurt, none of us will never hear the end of it." Yeah, okay. "You lost someone too?" Then she stopped, eye growing at the sight of the shadows. Gaomon would be pressed into, and perhaps small vibrations would lick at his sides. It seemed to be coming from the child's fur, for she wasn't shivering in the least. She seemed to be in shock. "Aka...Akasu...?""Oh, it has nothing to do with any of the current situation," Kakashi conceded with an easy shrug. "But it's better than whining about how dark it's about to get, don't you think?" His eye slid to Sokka. "You seem to be taking this pretty well." The shadows, that was. Was Kakashi trying to entertain Sokka while Ember had his way with the fire-bender? Perhaps, but maybe not. His words stopped abruptly at the sight of the dancing shadows. That smell... so entirely familiar. He caught the sight of the mirror and blinked, too well trained to flinch. Please, Raikiri, stay quiet... Manda Dante was already slipping away from his twin though - moving faster than he probably should have been to press closer to the bars. "Araphel!" he yelled, coming up beside Kadaj. His own ears went back and he growled at the dancing shapes, fur standing on end. Graphophobia The nearest Kitsu happened to be Zuko, and he growled lowly, not liking to see those he considered friends- and that's what Ember was, and that's all that Sokka was{he was lying to hismelf, of course}- scared. "Stay close," he muttered to them, motioning for Sokka to come closer. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka glanced at Kakashi, before smiling faintly and a bit weakly. "Barely. I'm just doing my best to keep calm, because I know my guardian will have fits if I panic too," he mumbled simply, very nervous now because of... the... things dancing. When Zuko motioned for him, the Water Tribe kitsu did, indeed, move closer, sighing shakily. Waarufu Soubi bent down to nuzzle at the soot - despite the shape it put his muzzle in. "It's alright, just stay close. Do you want to get on back again?" Even as he spoke, his own neck ruff was starting to stand on end. He was looking for the female too, who had suddenly seemed to vanish.Soot hunkered down on Soubi's back, eyes wide in fear. dinyana Looking up at Gao he had noticed how much he started to shudder. He then sneered and glared up at Gao, clutching the jadged rock bars.
"Hey Gao! Does thing ring back any memories?" The soot then cleared his voice and started to talk in a deep sounded voice, trying to copy Gao's voice sacastically. "I doubt that a SHADOW BEAST taking the kitsues! It's highly unlikely." He then rolled his eyes finishing.
"And you call yourself an adult" He finished in his normal voice. Rainberries The angelic put a halting paw on the loud one's -ha! that was usually him!- shoulder. "Hush lad! Have ye no sense of tactics at all? I'll gladly fight with ye but use yer head! We'll get the lass -yer daughter is she?" Lovely. Too bad I heard she had a mate. Shame. ((It's Dante he touched, FYI)) Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot was tempted to take Soubi up on his offer but Telys could very well still be in the cage. "No th,thank you do you think they've killed anyone yet? I want Telys!" The last part came out with a sob. He'd been so mature up til this moment but now all he wanted was his sister back. .Sephiros Immortal. And Vergil, as a reaction, moved -with- his sibling, unwilling to let Dante do anything stupid without having someone there to drag his bleeding form back home. (which had happened far too many times for his comfort). No, he didn't like it either, but his emotions weren't as entwined as were his twin's. Waarufu "I said we'd get your sister back. But if you get caught under one of those, then you certainly can't help." He tried nudging the other again with his nose, despite his nervousness. He wanted to comfort the young ones first and foremost. And then figure out what they were going to do. Nerpin
Being one of the earlier ones to arrive to the cave, it was almost a shock when the twins had rushed past him and yelled through the bars, shocking the nightmare into a stressed out hiss, as he looked up from his lady down position next to the shocked Inapo. "Keep it down, it's not like nightmares enjoy suddenly having their rituals crashed, take that into account" he hissed out, with a grumble to his voice.Charmaine Kitteridge zoot sniffled but nodded. "ok what's the plan?"tbiris Zoom huffed and wheezed as he saw the kitsu all in one area, walking slowly, he approached the fire light, and his eyes widened.
"What is it?" he wheezed, in slight shock. demon_pachabel Gaomon forced himself to a psuedo-calm, if only to help his little companion, before looking to her and shaking his head. "I am here in the name of helping strangers. I bare few friends here, and none are in danger." He sounded... so selfish, or so he thought. Coming here for the hell of it, when he didn't have to. Just so he'd have something to do. Augh.
Nuzzling the top of the shivering girls head, he noted the name she managed, then looked across the room trying to see which one it was she spoke of.
When Soot pipped up at him, however, the male lost his cool and snapped his teeth in front of the pup's face in rage. "You silence yourself, welp." he growled. Great. He was sounding like his father.
"Do those creatures look like shadow BEASTS to you? Certainly not to me." [Alchemist.exe] Inapo snuggled close to Ballari, rumbling softly in a nervous manner, a mewling sound coming from him afterwards. "This is weird," he mumbled. "M'sorry, but it's weird. Why are they dancing like that...? And why did they take them...?" He knew that Ballari wouldn't have all the answers, but he had to ask... Waarufu The plan? Well... Soubi didn't have one. He looked around, taking a brief count. They could probably over power the anthros, just because of their numbers. "We're going to wait and see, first. We need to know what's going on, and figure a way beyond these spikes." He looked around again, nervously. Someone had to have a plan, right? dinyana The soot tsked at Gao and sighed. "Well I was right about one thing: They'll probably sacrafice us to some evil emperior guy. I mean why else would they be dancing around a burning fire? Certainly not to pull off some funky dance moves."
But he did ponder. Why were those creatures dancing? Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot nodded and waited to see what was going to happen to them all. Graphophobia Zuko growled at the Nitemare who spoke- the one with the jelly-like consistancy. "Maybe if they didn't go around stealing friends and family," he muttered, pressing close to Sokka, feeling him shake.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:35 pm
Kitsu Mountain Event Mountain Page 3765 ((Day Two. Climax.))Kitsusagi Mountain There was only one word to describe the two heathens dancing about the fire. Byakko VII stated it clearly for all to hear:
"....demons...."
The two figures paused from their dancing, then slowly turned towards the visitors. With large grins upon their skinless maws, then trodded on over heavily, using two legs instead of four. As they drew closer, their markings became more apparent. The femme's tongue flickered out momentarily as if to take up the lingering scent of kitsusagi from the air. As her tongue drew back in, a small shadow whisped out and close to the new group.
"....he isss sso very right.... sso very wisssse..." she hissed out, grin growing far more grim. Turning to the male beside her and nudging him slightly, the two let out a slight cackle, having all the cards in this little game. Charmaine Kitteridge "DEMONS" but how..why.. Telys. Zoot's thoughts weren't very clear as he curled himself under Soubi's belly dragging another streak of soot as he went. .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj snarled, now being able to see the two clearly, and he was more than furious. "Why have you stolen my kin?!?!" He demanded, teeth bared and snarling. It was rare that he became truly enraged, but now was such a time. They would torment them no longer, these shadow-beasts.Demons... well... Vergil sighed, "Demons...wonderful..." At least that wasn't an unknown. He knew something about demons, it was in his blood, though he supposed that these were a different sort. NinetailedNightmare Rai took the nuzzling without protest, turning her head away. She was grateful for Soot's distraction- she hissed quite menacingly at him. "How dare you make light of this situation. I won't be surprised if you're the first to go for your ignorance." Anything to cover up her worry for the kitsu in the mirror she'd be looking at- a pure black femme, with a red sheen to her pelt and gray eyes that were all too common in the family to which she belonged. Yes, she was scared, as was everyone trapped in that mirror with her. The teen didn't know WHAT this feeling in her was. "They... they look like... No. They're not." She insisted, quivering once next to Gaomon. As the shadow drew towards them, however, she snarled fiercely, fur flaring up like static. Waarufu She'd managed to get out, her chest heaving and eyes wide. She was shaking all over, her fur ruffled and sticking out at odd angles. She couldn't... just couldn't... With a whine, she sunk to the ground outside the cave.Soubi's fur stood on end at the other's words, and he felt his ears slipping back into a hateful position as he snarled softly. He'd never met a nightmare, and now he really didn't want to. Perhaps it was bad that he couldn't see the other nightmare in the crowd.Soot huddled against Soubi now, whining. [Alchemist.exe]
Sokka snuggled against Zuko a bit, a shudder going through him and his nose wrinkling slightly, ears flat against his skull. "This... certainly isn't fun," he mumbled. And when the nightmares spoke, he yelped and scrambled back a bit, fur fuzzing up.
Inapo tucked himself close to Ballari, eyes wide with fear and a whine coming from him, trembles going through his body. "Oh..."
Llyr appeared, then, growling softly and flattening his ears back, tails lashing as he let his anger be known with a snarl. He was bound and determined to get back those who had been taken... no matter what.tbiris Zoom gasped as the two figures spoke. They sounded like snakes, he shivered and started to walk backwards. The two gave him the creeps for some reason. He knew that he wanted to keep the distance between him and them though.
Haisyn Fierra Endless stood guard beside Raensu, hackles up and fur standing on end. This was... not good. He had no idea what to do or say... and so surprised was he when Soot jumped off and ran over to the stalags blocking the way that for a moment he couldn't do anything.Soot ran over to the spikey stones blocking the passage and began pawing at them, trying to dig a way through. These were bad bad bad things and Soot wanted to get Raensu's and everyone elses friends out NOW. Nerpin In all honesty the nightmare hadn't known that they were dancing, but when he thought about it a little harder, the way the ground shaked under his body really did make it feel like dancing, yes. When he turned answer his little friend, his voice was caught off by the sharp tongued answer that the firebender had given him, the eyeless gaze turning to the scarred one, as he flickered his tongue out - which made a hissing like sound. "If you kept your temper maybe less of us will be in danger. They can hear us, I must remind you, it would be better if you kept your energy for any threats from them, and not your ally." it came out - like a gunshot, towards Zuko. But no malice was apparent in it - then again, the nightmare was.. a nightmare. Turning his attention to the 'leader' he heard the voices of the nightmared and silenced himself, frowning deeply and making sure his charge was as close as possible. Manda Dante's snarl kicked up a notch at that word and confimation of it. "Well, this sounds like my kinda job," he muttered, stepping back just a bit and relaxing. If there was going to be some kind of fight, it wouldn't help to be tensed up. "Are you gonna just dance around back there like a couple of idiots or what?" he called out, cocky as always.Raensu squeaked softly, then clamped his mouth shut, not -wanting- to be scared when Dante was being so brave and -cool-. But he couldn't help edging closer and pressing his smaller body against the nearest large kitsu around - which happened to be Endless. dinyana The soot gulped silently and shook his head. He walked up to the rock bars.
"Okay I think we all want to know a couple things. One: Why did you kidnap these kitsues, Two: Do you know anything about the mountain spirits missing and Three: What exactly are you planing to do with us, demons?" Graphophobia Zuko shifted closer to Sokka, licking his cheek lightly. "I'll protect you," he murmured softly, nipping at an ear lightly, letting it be known to whoever happedn to be watching that Sokka was his, whether the Water Tribe warrior knew it or not. He gave the jellatin-esque green Nitemare a pointed glared, even knowing that he couldn't see it. demon_pachabel Gaomon whuffed a bit and plopped himself down onto his stomach, taking several deep breaths to calm himself. He would not be angry, he would not be angry, he was REALLY angry. What could he do in this situation, though?
Wait.. cards?
Gao let out a snort.
"I'm surprised two nitemares needed so many cards. Perhaps it is because they're so inept at what they're doing they need so many of us to make up for their lacking.."
He looked to Rai and winked a bit. He was going to try to lead them on. Rainberries The Angelic growled at the demons. He did have to push away a flickering thought of courting the female -but it was easiliy done seeing the frightened faces of the abducted kitsu. From description alone he recognized Yrre. It did not matter that he knew not the others. "Ye scurvy dogs... " His growl rumbled. He held his tails up like a fan behind him where they flicked threateningly. "Ye've no business with those lads & lasses!" Autumn_Fury Demons...? Something inside Ember snapped, and his eyes grew wild, and he fell onto his side, squeezing his eyes tightly shut and mumbling a prayer in that other-language he seemed to lapse into when he had those strange not-quite-his memories. Demons of the shadow...demons that had stolen Yrre.
And with that, he sprang up, baring his teeth at the demons. "Give to me my brother.." he seethed, growling deeply, "He and all the others you've taken from us. Give to me them." Haisyn Fierra Endless stayed beside Raensu, tense as a harp string. He hoped that as long as he didn't bring attention to Soot, they might not notice. He knew there was no way the little kit could possibly dig through stone, much less fast enough to get everyone out before something happened... But maybe Soot would be overlooked. Maybe. He curled a tail around Raensu in what he hoped was a reassuring way, but he doubted it was actually much consolation with how stiff the motion was because of how taut his body was right now.Soot continued to paw at the rock, hoping for just one spot that was soft enough to dig at. But so far Soot wasn't having any luck... Waarufu The emotions swelling in the cave were something that was quickly sweeping everyone away it seemed - and Soubi wasn't far from them. His own snarl grew slightly in volume, stepping a little closer even as he ducked tails under his body to help comfort the frightened Zoot.
"You have explanations!" He roared out his words, dainty wings fluttering behind him. A juxtaposition, of sorts. [Alchemist.exe] Sokka mewled quietly and sighed, blinking slowly as he snuggled closer to Zuko, ears still flattened back. "They sound horrible," he breathed, eyes a bit wide.
Inapo mewled and kept curled up by Ballari, disturbed by all of this, not wanting to hear those nightmares speak again.
Llyr stepped up beside Ember, baring his fangs and flicking his tails dangerously. "Exactly," he grumbled, huffing softly and looking ready to fight for those who had been taken. NinetailedNightmare Rai looked over at Gaomon quietly, wondering what he was getting at. Never had she seen anyone act that relaxed and still egg a possible danger on. No one before her father, anyway. She knew Kakashi was looking for any chance he could get to dive in and save the one he had always been assigned to protect, even as a child. It was all a matter of time. "Nitemares? They don't look so tough." She tried, reassured by the wink. Of course, she was good at acting bad. This shouldn't be too much of a problem, right? If it came to a fight- well, she wasn't weak. Not as strong as the adults, perhaps, but an irritant creature to fight nonetheless. And Kakashi certainly wasn't anyone to spit at... Charmaine Kitteridge Soubi's tails help the kit slightly but he was still shaking and hiding under Soubi as well as he could. But he saw the other soot trying to dig under the cage and he sighed hopelessly. They were all going to die, that's what would happen. He tucked his head under not wanting to see anymore. Graphophobia Zuko nodded, shifting to lay his head across Sokka's neck. "You're safe with me," he said softly, his golden eyes wide on the scene of Ember as he stepped forward. Zuko was torn between standing beside his friend, and staying with Sokka. Kitsusagi Mountain The two nightmarish figures twitched their ears about, gathering all they could from the commotion. They rarely faced anyone aside from their partner, seeing as they were blind and knew how pointless such a gesture was.
"You are such foolish creatures... all of you!" the male of the two growled. "All of you have polluted what rightfully belongs to us! Those who were foolish enough to wander upon what is ours shall taste our truly perfect darkness..."
However, the voice of a small child seemed to reach the ears of both the demons. Snapping out suddenly to the voice, the femme barked out "Thosssse FILTHY Sssspiritss ssshould just let usss have what iss RIGHTFULLY oursss!!"
As a gesture of endearment, the male dug his claws into the arm of the femme rather harshly to get her to quiet down.
"No worries, my sister... these rotten creatures can join their friends in the same fate which is in store for them. ... come... let us complete the ceremony..."
The femme growled out a bit, then within a moment, she unleashed a large shadow towards the group, cloaking what they watched with shadows. The group could still see what was happening, it was just dimmed by a sort of darkness which the female of the duo controlled. dinyana The soot glared at Rai and groaned. "Oh sure, they aren't tough. After all stealing all the kitsues, trapping us in this cave and now threatening us does make them visibly weak," the soot sarcastically remarked. Rainberries Out of the corner of his eye AearHwesta noticed the sudden change in his brother's usually timid friend. Although he was curious about where Ember had gotten the backbone, He did not go to inquire. There would be time for that later. Once they had dealt with these... creatures.
"Nooo!" Shout, growl or scream it was hard to say. Aear flapped his wings & bodily flew himself into the bars. "Bloody curs!!!" Nerpin Of course he hadn't seen it, but the energy of the firebender told all as he grinned as well as his skinless maw would allow, flickering his tongue at the kitsu when he knew he hadn't been looking before turning his head to the devilish two that stood beyond the grates, his ears raised high to listen for more from them - possibly due to the fact that he shared the same genetic display as them - he truely wasn't very phazed by them - not being able to see these unholy bodies could have helped, too. "It will be allright, Inapo." .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj cried out in frustration, "Damn you!" He didn't care about spirits or the fate of the others...he just wanted his -family- back...was that too much to ask?"Dammit, Dante...if you so much as move I'm going to pin you down right here." Vergil growled as a warning. Shadows...too many shadows and far too much risk. He couldn't...wouldn't let his twin get hurt. dinyana The Soot grumbled a bit at the female demon's remark. "Don't have to be rude about it." He then sighed wondering what they had in plan for them. Was there another one of them. And it also seemed that had a grudge against the spirits. It seemed the female demon remarked saying that the spirits should let them have what was there's.
What was going on? Waarufu Soot slipped, frightened, off of Soubi's back to huddle under his belly with Zoot. He cuddled against the other, whining and shaking in his own fears as he clutched the orb and the star sprinkle.Soubi growled again, fur in his tails even standing up where it could. The speech of the other's caused him distress, but he had promised Zoot that he would get Telys back. And he fully intended to do so if he could possibly manage it. The idea of the two kits getting hurt was in the back of his mind, and he hunkered his body down slightly to help cover them even more. He wanted to keep his promise, but he also wouldn't let them get hurt over it. demon_pachabel A growl came from Gao as he delievered a swift kick to Soot to silence him, before looking to Rai and nodding and winking again. "Atta' girl~" he praised, then looked back to the nightmares and their dark shadow-y friend.
Woooaaah.
"Psh. You wanted something? Why didn't you ask nicely? Why can't you share? What is with you people and greed?" The blue kitsu pushed himself to his paws and growled at the pair teasingly through the bars.
"What? Too afraid to face us?" [Alchemist.exe] Inapo snuggled close to Ballari, sighing softly and blinking slowly. "You sure?" he breathed, ears flattened and fur fuzzed up, his fear and nervousness rather evident. "It's all so... crazy. And spooky..."
Sokka sighed softly and tried to keep himself calm, flinching a bit as shadow was flung, ears flattening even more firmly. "What are they doing?" he demanded. tbiris Zoom froze as he saw the shadow covered the group. Ceremony? What was going on? He looked around frantically, trying to find out if there was anything, anything at all he could do.
He still had to talk to Cadis afterall... Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot felt the heat from Soot's body and moved so that the two could huddle safely with their stars and Soot's orb between them. As Soubi lowered himself Zoot felt alittle better. Manda "You're not my mom," Dante snapped back, eyes flicking to his twin for a moment, then narrowing as he peered through the shadows. "What's up with all the hiding behind shadows?" he called. "You don't scare me! Get your two-legged asses out here and -fight- if you wanna fight!" No, he wasn't really paying attention to all their babble about the ceremony ... or whateverRaensu leaned into that touch though, as it did help reassure him a bit. Then he blinked, and jumped slightly at Dante's yelling. Why couldn't -he- be like that? But Raensu agreed more with Vergil ... he didn't want anyone getting hurt. Or -more- hurt in Dante's case ... dinyana The Soot growled under his breath at Gao. Kicking him when he was already down. How noble.
He then noticed Gao teasing the demons and shook his head. "You know, I might be a smart alleic, but even I wouldn't joke like that. Whoever these demons are they do hold a grudge and they do mean business." Graphophobia "Hell if I know," Zuko murmured, drawing himself up to his full height, his tails lashing angrily. Never had he been more scared in his life. But never had he been more determined to protect those who mattered, and to do something useful. To prove that he was worth a damn. demon_pachabel Gaomon looked at the pup and quirked a brow. "Yeah, but the longer they look at us, the longer we distract them from their ritual." .Sephiros Immortal. "No." He responded quietly, "I'm your brother..." There was more there, but it was left unsaid...but he knew that Dante was on edge, and let it slide, his twin probably wouldn't even remember saying anything to him later. It was just...things had been so tense, and he still had very raw, emotional wounds from what had happened to them in the woods not so very long ago. NinetailedNightmare "Shut up." She growled at Soot. "Coward. We outnumber them over a dozen times." When the darkness came, she drew even closer to Gaomon. "What is that?"Darkness? No matter. He could fight with his eyes closed if he wanted to. When you were a living weapon, you weren't allowed to fear- weren't allowed to be affected by something so trivial. If he could still hear, he could fight. If he could still smell, he could fight. The vibrations beneath his feet were as good as any eyes, though he did move the headband from over his right eye. The red iris glowed to all that looked, and the three specks within whirled. Everything in his view came in slow motion- they weren't going to get him easily. Kitsusagi Mountain Once more, the two demons resumed dancing, the motions being wild and untamed in nature. It was almost like watching two devils dancing within the flames of hell.
Suddenly, the male stopped dancing and knelt down. The female continued her wild dance as he seemed to work his own magic. Placing his claw upon the ground, he drew out some strange character. Mumbling some strange chant which none could decode if they tried, he seemed to concentrate for a moment. The character he wrote within the cracking dirt glowed crimson for a moment, then died down.
The two foul creatures grinned sinisterly. It was only a matter of time now. dinyana He sighed a bit. "Whatever this ritual is I wouldn't surprised if it involved an evil emperior," he paused "But don't you remember when I asked about the spirits. By the female's reponse it seems they hold some kind of grudge against us and the spirits themselves." [Alchemist.exe] Sokka kept close to Zuko, knowing he could handle himself on his own, but also knowing that Zuko could help him and provide just the sort of comfort he needed at the moment. All of this supernatural stuff baffled and... really rather upset the Water Tribe Kitsu, who prefered things down to earth and making sense. But this was just getting stranger and stranger... Haisyn Fierra Endless had lost sight of Soot. Damn. He remained beside Raensu, unsure of what to do. Eh... best just to be out with it. "Soot ran off... toward the stalags... I can't see where the puffball went now. Stupid kit was trying to dig through the rocks..."Soot had actually found a spot that Soot could dig into... Soot just wasn't making much progress. Soot was close to the spot where the spikes met the wall on the right side, attempting to make an opening big enough to get through. tbiris Zoom's eyes grew wide as he heard one less voice in the chanting. What should he do? What should he do? He debated with himself what he could do.
Jump into the fire? Not very smart...
"What can we do?" he whined to himself, growing more and more distraught by the second. demon_pachabel "I don't know...." Gaomon replied, eyes narrowing a bit, before closing, the male taking a deep breath. Relax. Relax. Waarufu Soot huddled against Soubi and Zoot, staring at the two star sprinkles and the bit of light they let off. He was glad he found this friend here, someone to help him when Soubi couldn't. At least the other soot understood him, too."Wh-what are they doing?" His anger seemed to be dissipating, confusion replacing it. Were they seriously going to be too late? "What do we do?" He looked around at the others, seeing the differing degrees of anger and fear. No one seemed to be able to operate properly now. There was... was there really nothing? NinetailedNightmare "We should do something." Kakashi told Vergil, hearing the squabble and not understanding what the hold-up was. They were warriors, weren't they? "We might not be able to do much, but doing nothing certainly won't help the matter." The steel that flashed into his paws were hidden by the dull light, and he took little time to launch a shuriken -a throwing star- in the direction that he believed the two-leggers to be. It might not hit, but it might be a distraction. Maybe even put a scratch in that damn symbol... Manda Dante didn't reply to that, having gone back to paying attention to the two demons. He growled softly, continuously, pressing harder against the bars. They were -just- barely too close together for him to try and get through them. Dammitall.Raensu blinked at that, looking up at Endless. "Then why're we standing here?" he asked, determined now to be brave as well. "I'll go look this way!" he said, and took off toward the bars - though he also went closer to Dante and Vergil at the same time. He didn't want to be -alone- ... not at all. Rainberries The one called Dante was loud again. Not that it mattered now. There was no brave & glorious battle to be undertaken so long as these bars. Were in their way. "Grrrrr!!! We must smash these bars! We can't let them finish! If any of ye have magic or a weapon we should all aim fer the same spot! Make an opening & stop them! Shoot between the bars! Something!"
Seeing a flicker of dull metal the angelic whoop'ed. "That's it Lad!" Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot slowly picked his head uo and stared directly at the stars, he did NOT want to know what was going on outside this safe, warm hiding spot. Nerpin Now, Ballari was never the one to have the time to worry, so he always usually left the other sto do that for him. Growling amongst himself, he 'peered' through the shadows, his gaze deep with the right cuts and lines which gave him a almost snarling like frown, ears high and sharp in the direction that the bipedal demons were enchanting. Shuffling his body weight, he kept his muzzle pinned in that direction, nose inhaling the shadow that meant nothing to him - nor the nightmare known as Llyr.
Hearing the whelpling of the sandyshaded one, he did not move even so a muscle on his head, but he did acknowledge him with a murr murr sound and a short "I just feel it." .Sephiros Immortal. Runes and symbols were not an area that Kadaj had any expertise in, and he pawed at the bars in frustration...why was this happening at all? He wanted what was his! Needed it... There was no one to reassure him and this shadow wasn't something he could fight, and for a moment...he did feel like a lost child. "Symbols..." That was something he knew of, but of course, he could not decipher these. All he could do was stick close to his brother...and await the turn of events. dinyana The soot shrugged. "Well one thing is for sure, whatever they're doing has no good intentions strunged to it." nooheadexplody Now that he had followed them this far, into the presence of these...demon things...he was beginning to wonder if this had been such a good idea after all. Already he could feel droplets of water falling away from his fur. He shook himself nervously. No, he had to stay. Had to find out what was going on.
If he left now, what would that say for his sense of adventure?
Still, he couldn't help but think that these demons were not to be taken lightly. He eyes the other kitsu in the group and moved closer towards them. Safety in numbers. The kitsu seemed occupied amongst themselves, all holding their own conversations. Awkwardly, he attempted at catching someone's eye. Haisyn Fierra Endless nodded and watched Raensu run off before checking on the other side. He didn't think Soot had gone to the left, but he couldn't sure with the press of bodies.Soot could see on the other side easier now, but the rock was too hard to keep diging through for little kit paws. This was all so... frustrating! Soot squeeked in annoyance just loud enough that the approaching Raensu might hear. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo perked his ears slightly and turned his head to look at Lucio, blinking slowly. His brother. He knew that scent, but he feared his name escaped him, so he just yipped lightly, beginning to get to his feet to get Lucio's attention, so he could be safe with him and Ballari. NinetailedNightmare "No s**t, Sherlock." Raikiri huffed at Soot, her tails whipping around to flick at him in a shooing gesture. He was obviously upsetting Gaomon... well, making it worse at least. She whimpered softly, brushing her cheek lightly along the adult's foreleg while she imagined that she saw her father try to throw a shuriken at the monsters. "They're lucky I'm not good enough to shoot lightning yet and everyone's in a big conductor. It's okay. They'll have to let us out sometime or someone will escape... then we'll have 'em. Cowards." nooheadexplody Instinctively recognizing the voice of his kin, Lucio eased over to his brother. Although he hadn't really spent time with him since they were kits, he felt comfortable going to him.
"'ey," he said quietly. "Wha's happening?"
He jerked his head towards the cagelike cave formation. Now that he looked again...there were kitsu in there with the demons. Wide eyed, he looked over to his brother again...and the large green figure next to him. The presence of the green skeletal nightmare made him shift uneasily, but if his brother trusted him, then he would have to, too. Autumn_Fury Ember seemed to wilt, fade, the insecurity that was so natural to him reappearing as the shadows rushed at them. He squeaked in dismay and alarm, but stood his ground, still growling softly, though he was trembling. "Ciarrai..." he murmured, for though he still couldn't quite remember who that was, even through Kitumn's book, the name brought him an achy sort of comfort. But what to do now? The other kitsu were all upset, attacking the shadow...but Ember thought that shadow could not be undone, save for by shadow itself...or the purest of light. So, what to do..? Manda Dante didn't -care- about the damn symbols, he just wanted to get -past- the bars. And if he had had any way to do so, he'd do it - follow the other kitsu's suggestion. As it was, he was reduced to more or less copying Kadaj - and being as close to the other as he was, he might have heard or sensed some change in him ... because his eyes snapped over toward the other. "We'll get them back," he muttered, turning back to glare at the demons.Raensu did hear that squeak and bounded over. "Soot! There you are ... you shouldn't run off ... what're you doing?" His words almost tumbled over each other in relief, blinking at the younger kit. Then he figured it out and his eyes went wide. "Oooh! Good idea!" Quickly, he joined the other, though even together they still didn't have all that much success. But at least he was -doing- something. Kitsusagi Mountain As the light of the runes dimmed, thin tendril like lights seeped through the ground, outwards away from the two Demons. Looking like tiny doorways into another world, an oppresively brighter one. But doubtless whatever caused the lights to be so unbearably bright had no light or good intention, as those captive Kitsu shied away like it were death it's self that crept towards them.
The feeble attempt of the onlookers, mainly the stars thrown at the two dark Kitsu, was apparently without use, as the female whisked a hand to the side, rendering the projectiles without use, her revel not missing a beat.
And just as unhindered, the lights did not falter, and soon reached the rock-confines. The female froze, both she and her male companion turning with utter intent towards the captive Kitsu.
Together they spoke a quiet word, unintelligible, but utterly forboding. And the Kitsu that had dissappeared in shadow, now disappeared into light.
When the lights dimmed, where once stood tall proud Kitsu, small, amost breakable little things remained. The Kitsu had all fallen to the ground, unmoving, but it could still be seen that their bulk was hardly as much as it had been, their legs shorter, bodies more compact. On their ears were dark red runes, much like those on the floor, that emmitted much the same unearthly light. And their tails, once proud displays of individuality... Were all but gone.
(Please note: This has happened to all the abducted Kitsu, but so as to not overwhelm the thread with a huge post, of all the Kitsu, Jerah is just posted as an example. Everyone will recieve their Bobtails when we've got it all wrapped up.) [Alchemist.exe] Inapo moved to nuzzle his brother, chirping softly at Lucio, before nodding for him to stay beside him and Ballari. "I'm... really not sure," he whispered, shuddering and trying to see through the shadow again. "It's so... strange and I just can't understand it..."
Llyr flicked his tongue out, before turning his head to carefully nuzzle Ember. "Ember... get ahold of yourself," he growled out, flicking his ears back still, trying to bring back the strength and confidence that the other had had a moment before. demon_pachabel Gaomon's expression suddenly turned to one of horror, causing the male to rise to his paws again and growl. What had just happened?
Baring his teeth, the blue male shoved his nose through the bars, attempting to snap at the pair. He could only imagine what other responses were happening in response to this. Waarufu Soubi stared on in disbelief and wonder. What had happened? What in the world had happened to the kitsu? They were so small... so... He knew that Telys wouldn't now be able to protect her little soot as Zoot had thought she could. She was too frail now, if the same had happened to her. What would now happen to them? .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj hissed at the sudden change...and just stood there, a blank look on his face. He didn't know what to make of this...not at all. And with a plop, he sat back on his haunches. Vergil blinked...and then blinked again. "Uhm..." He'd seen spells change people, but that...was wierd. Autumn_Fury Ember ducked away as Llyr turned to nuzzle him, staring at Yrre....or what he thought was Yrre. A soft cry emerged from deep inside him, and his eyes shone with tears. What had they done to Yrre? Was...was he going to be alright? nooheadexplody A sound like a small chirp escaped from the swirly kitsu's lips.
"They...they're dif'rent..."
Indeed, the kitsu that were huddled in with the demons had seemingly transformed. Smaller, definitely. Much shorter tails. But the most noticeable change of all was the appearance of red runes on their ears. Instinctively, Lucio wiggled his tails and shook his legs to make sure he hadn't changed as well. His joints loosened as he realized he was still the same. Still, water was now pooling about his paws. Manda Dante flinched slightly at the sudden bright light, backing up a step. Then, squinting, he stepped forward again, trying to -see-. "What ... what just happened?" he murmured. He could see the change yes ... but so far as he could tell, it wasn't particularly -dangerous-. Just different. Just what was the demons' game here? Charmaine Kitteridge The light caught Zoot's attention. He gently crawled out from under Soubi. Being to short and too far to see what had happened he turned towards Soubi. "What happened? Did the light defeat what evil plans the dancers had?" Hope was written all over the kit's face. Rainberries Aear paused mid battle -how does one fight shadow?- as the light began. Seeing the small, bobbed kitsu the brave sailor whimpered in grief. "Ach... what 'ave ye done? What 'ave ye done??" dinyana The Soot stared at the transformed kitsues. They appeared much shorter, almost his size but a bit taller. It seemed there was also a red mark on their ears. Not to mention their tails had become much shorter.
Whatever happened, it was not good. tbiris Soot approached the bars warily, everyone seemed different.
"What's happening?" He knew why they were doing this, but what was the reason for changing all of the kitsu that were captured. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo's ears perked up and he stared, rather stunned by this change and... attempting to understand it. "That... is odd..." he managed, squeakily.
Llyr's ears perked and he rumbled softly, stomping one foot. "What happened?" he demanded quietly of Ember, baring his teeth for a moment. NinetailedNightmare Raikiri suddenly cried out, shoving herself up against the bars, tearing at them. Her aunt! What... what...? She slumped back, snarling. "Akasu! Akasu, get up!"Kakashi revolted at the light, moving his headband back into place as the sensitive eye that had never been his in the first place throbbed painfully. He didn't notice his 'sister'- not yet. Manda  Slowly, Araphel woke up, ears twitching. She groaned softly, feeling ... different. What in all ... hell? After a moment, she stood shakily, feeling off-balance somehow and not knowing why. She blinked, peering across the way. "Dad..?"Nerpin Frowning amongst himself, the air around them was suddenly bleak with feelings of hatred and downtrodden wavering over him, flickering his tongue out, he looked over his shoulder at the kinlings that huddled against him - giving precious warmth to his gellatinous body that only usually the sun could possibly.
"Something has happened to those held captive, hasn't it. I can feel it in the air." in all honesty, being like the bipedal ones helped him understand only slightly more - it was in his blood almost. Waarufu He leaned down to nuzzle at Zoot, watching as Soot came out as well soon. He took his turn nuzzling his own little soot before speaking. "I... I don't really know." He was still shaken from fear and anger, still wondering what was going to happen now. All of this was so confusing. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo mewled softly and nuzzled slightly at Ballari, ears flicking this way and that. "They're... they're small. And they have a mark on their ear, and... 'lari, their tails are so short..." he breathed, sounding almost horrified. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot huddled close to Soubi's leg waiting to find out what had happened. Telys opened her eyes slowly glancing around she wondered why she was on the ground. Trying to sit up there was a throbbing in her head and evrything seemed so big. Her vision still being a little blurry she spurted out. "Hello??"Kitsusagi Mountain The demons paid no mind to the questions of the creatures. They cackled out insanely for a bit, before the femme hissed out in delight "....you are nexsssst!" With that, she began to close the shadowy space all the other kitsusagi were in. The space began to shrink, bunching the whole group tighter and tighter together, her shadow attempting to strangle them.
However, the demons were not about to have everything go their way that day. Before the femme could stand before what she claimed as her new prizes, two figures faded in right before her.
"It's not nice to pick on others..."
"...who are not your own size..."
The Mountain Spirits had shown up at last. Both Tw'quetjuu'nai and K'fari'nayla now hoovered between the group and the demons. .Sephiros Immortal. His ears drooped...this was too wierd...they were changed...he didn't know what he should think. This couldn't be a beneficial happenstance, no, but it wasn't horrific either...so...what? What was he supposed to think? What was he supposed to do? He felt helpless, and he hated that feeling.He hardly noticed the goings-on, almost in a state of shock.Vergil raised an eyebrow at Araphel, "That one belongs to you...I think..." He murmured, remembering that particular femme.
Blinking at the new arrivals, he heaved a sigh of relief...well...it seems they wouldn't be doing any fighting...not with those creatures around... Autumn_Fury Ember didn't respond to Llyr's question, no matter how demanding- he was busy staring at his 'brother', in all his bobtailedness. "Yrre..." he whined, throwing himself at the shadow barrier with a snarl.Yrre's head hurt. That was the first thing he was aware of. The second was that he felt...different. Opening his eyes, everything looked bigger...He stood and almost toppled over, squeaking in surprise at the lack of balance. What was going on? tbiris Soot's eyes widened at the appearance of two more kitsu, but they seemed... lighter in a way.
"Is everything going to be okay?" he asked meekly, talking to no one in particular. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo's eyes widened upon the arrival of the Spirits of the Mountain, a soft yip of relief coming from him. "Yes," he breathed, grinning a bit and flicking his tails, immediately getting a sense of being safe and sound. Things were going to be alright... he was sure of it.Llyr snarled softly and paced as best as he could, pawing at the bars and wishing he could get through, just wanting to get to Yrre and get him to someplace safe... NinetailedNightmare Short black ears twitched- was someone calling her name? Never before... she'd never been unconscious for more than a few minutes and she woke up all too fast. Now it was hard... but indeed, her gray eyes fluttered, squinting into the gloom. What... Someone was still calling her. "Raikiri." She croaked, putting the voice with a name. Gods, it was just so tempting to go right back to sleep now that she was finally given the privilege. She rocked herself onto her belly... and found herself a lot closer to the ground than ever before. She hadn't felt this small since she was a kit...
Akasu let out a cry of anguish, looking down at her tiny paws. "What am I?" She moaned. "I don't want to sleep anymore... someone wake me up..." She looked up to the spirits of the Mountain in awe, like a tortured soul looking up at the savior. And they were, really, but it was too late now... She couldn't be saved. nooheadexplody Now standing ankle-deep in mud, Lucio let out a gasp. Angels! This day was turning out to be a much more interesting one than when he had first intended... Trying his hardest to maintain a masculine sense of indifference, he stared up at the winged figures.
"Angels..." dinyana As the soot's sense of space started to shrink he started to think that he would come to an end miserably. Being squashed together by a bunch of older kitsues. How ironic.
That's when the space stopped shrinking. He then turned around to see the two mountain spirits floating above the demons. With the sight of the spirits he couldn't help but shout.
"About time you came!" Waarufu Despite himself, Soubi called out to the group, unknowing which kitsu was Zoot's sister, "Telys! Are you alright?" The appearance of the two angelic anthros calmed him a little bit, he was worried, however, about the captives that were over there still. Were they hurt?Soot's ears pricked at the appearance of the new ones, chirping merrily. They were beautiful, and they looked so kind. They were here to banish the darkness; Soot knew that. Rainberries "Their tails! Poseidon’s Brow! What have they done to them? And so frail as to be a hinderance, no doubt! Blackbeard's Ghost I wish te wash those bloody rune's of their ears!" AearHwesta's lament was more howl & growl than wail, but there was no denying the feeling behind it. He was an angelic... Isis had told him they were to protect. Not only had he failed the altered kitsu, he had failed his kind. He landed on the floor of the cave, proud tails drooping & head hung low. "ach... I've failed ye all..." demon_pachabel Gaomon frowned a bit at the pair's appearence, but sat still, shaking his head.
"Where d'you think those two were?" he inquired to nobody in particular, then grimaced. Some help he had been. Stuck in a cage, and left to only watch others be transformed into other creatures.
How sad.
How very...
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sad. Manda Dante backed up, being closest to the edge of those shadows as they started to close in. Seeing Kadaj not moving, he snatched at the other's coat with his teeth, tugging him along. Dammit, what -now-?
But then the Spirits they were all more familiar with appeared and the shadows stopped. Dante stopped too, shaking his head slightly. And only then did he call back to Araphel. "I'm here ... s'ok.""Dad!" she called back, moving toward the bars on her side, almost tripping over her own feet. What was -wrong- with her? She hadn't even noticed those around her, as all she remembered was being utterly terrified and then a bright, white light before she passed out. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot heard his sister but he was afraid to leave Soubi's side. But then the evil things approached them and he felt even smaller, but then the spirits came. Wow alot was happening so quickly. "I heard her before those things came near us."
Telys heard someone shout her name. As her vision finally cleared she realized that she was smaller then she used to be. Turning every which way she managed to figure out 2 things. 1 she was smaller and 2 her tails were shorter. "I'm fine but I've shrank. And so has my tails!!" Then she remembered the Demons. Running and tripping on her way towards the bars she peered out. It seemed the spirits had come, maybe they could make her normal again.Autumn_Fury Ember's ears twitched at Aear's mournful cry, and turned from his own grief to go to the angelic- hesitantly, of course, for he still felt inferior. "AearHwesta.." he murmured, gently nuzzling him, "it's...it's not your fault. Demons...evil, the lot of them. Not your fault.." NinetailedNightmare Seeing her aunt get up -how tiny she was!- Raikiri turned her head away. "They're too late. How convenient. Are THEY supposed to be the spirits?" She asked Gaomon.What happened? Kakashi stared in pure disbelief at the shrunken kitsu. One of them looked horribly similar to Akasu. A pessimist by nature, Kakashi knew it was so. His eye turned to the seafaring angelic as he spoke. "There was nothing you could have done." He told Aear. "Nothing any of us could have done." He leaned forward. "Akasu.""Brother!" Akasu suddenly stopped, crawling before she got up and stumbled towards Kakashi. The poor thing did a somersault as her legs gave out, rolling and hitting the ground near the cage. Oblivious, she struggled up and dragged herself the rest of the way before laying outside the cage just before Kakashi. "Do I look... horrible?" The curse symbol on her ear glowed hotly, though she didn't seem to be in pain. nooheadexplody Much to his dismay, Lucio found himself terribly moved by the sights and sounds of kitsu being reunited with their loved ones, only to realize the terrible change that had overcome them. Fur already quite damp, he pawed at his eyes.
No, no, not now.
How humiliating! He gazed at the smaller deformed kitsu who had just moments ago been normal. Why was this happening?
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Kitsu Mountain Event Mountain Page 3772 ((Day Two. Conclusion.))Kitsusagi Mountain Before any words were exchanged, the two sets of figures, one angelic, the other demonic, went at each other. If it hadn't been evident before, it was far more evident now that there was friction between the two groups. The demons, however, were fighting far fiercer than the Spirits, biting and clawing at the Spirits. The Spirits fought back as well, but it was with their own chanting and an unseen magic which none could truly sense save for the demons.
After a few minutes of clashing, the two groups separated, panting slightly from an evident exhaustion upon both parts.
"We're..."
"...Evenly..."
"...matched..."
"...it would seem..."
The twin Spirits turned to each other, smiles upon both of their maws. Both drew their fingers to their lips, and whistled out in a shrill manner. Then the both of them called out one thing: "Yiba'kundi!!"
With that, something odd happened. Suddenly the chirping sound of little voices calling out "Swarm! SWARM!!" Filled the air. Almost seeming to come from nowhere, a flock of tiny winged creatures flooded over to the Demons. [Alchemist.exe] Things just kept getting curiouser and curiouser... Inapo stared with wide eyes, mewling softly and blinking owlishly, jaw dropping a bit, as the little wing-ed creatures came from no where. "What... is this...?" demon_pachabel "What th-?!!" Gao seemed surprised by the little child's sudden appearence, staring at it, as well as it's flock, before shaking his head.
"... Things just keep getting weird here.." dinyana As the four halted their clashes he could only stare at the two forces powers. Suddenly the two mountain spirits halted and started whistling. This was no time to be whistling a happy tune!
But before he could retort on this a swarm of little angelic kitsues appeared from nowhere and aimed at the demons.
"Now that," he paused dramatically ",is cool!" Waarufu He released a small sigh. "She's alright, Zoot, changed, like everyone, but alright." He stooped to nuzzle the pair of soots at his feet, uncaring that he now looked black with white wings. Then, louder, he called out to Telys again, "We're going to get you out, alright? Zoot's here, too." His tails swished behind him, unease still in his movements. Nerpin
Hearing the dismal sound of the kin of Inapo, the nightmare finally unlocked his dead gaze of the situation to look at the bedampened one, giving only one would guess was a shrill whine in curiousity as he cantered his head, tongue slithered out to taste the air around him. "Dear kin of Inapo, it will be allright, as long as they live, that should be sufficial, yes?" he murmured, as reassuring as possible to the youngling, as he looked to the brothers, flickering his tails.
"I have lived a full life looking like this. They will just need a deep moral crutch and a friend to help through this hard time. Be strong for them you two." he murmured, hoping others would hear and take the advice. It never depends on what someone looked like, but more of how the acted. That was all to him - why couldn't others see that?.Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj blinked, as though waking up. "What the hell is going on?" A very profound question in his opinion. Vergil just watched, cocking his head, "This...is altogether too complicated for my liking." Gaze swiveling, he eyed Dante and his daughter, "Is she all right, Dante?" nooheadexplody "Wha?"
All thoughts of tears forgotten, the half-elemental watched as the two pairs clashed. Water flowed steadily off of his fur. The demons appeared to be winning. With each blow they dealt, Lucio winced. It seemed almost hopeless, until...
A flash of light, and suddenly swarms of tiny winged creatures attacked the demons. This was...too strange. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot nodded but his attention was taken by the swarm of tiny cute things. He stared in awe. Telys let out a big sigh. "Oh thank goodness he's alright. Blasted Cage!!" she watched also in awe as the swarm entered the cave. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo mewled and turned his head to nuzzle gently at his brother, chirping a bit. "Relax, Lucio," he whispered, the name coming to him suddenly. "It'll be fine, I promise... see?" He smiled softly, perking his ears a bit. "We're safe." Manda Dante shook his head, hearing Vergil's question. "I can't ... really tell from here," he answered, blinking up at the literal swarm of small flying things. Turning his attention back to his daughter, he called back to her, "Are you ok?"Araphel had also been watching the little mini-angelics, and jumped slightly at Dante's call. "I ... I think so. I just feel really -weird-." She stomped a paw slightly, ears laying back, as she didn't understand what was going -on-. dinyana The soot continued to stare and then grumbled. "Okay why is everything weird happening after the demons change all the kitsu!" Waarufu Soot chirped at the sight of all the flying little 'uns, ears pricking forward. They could fly! Alright, so he wasn't the brightest thing to not have noticed that the other two anthros had been able to fly. Ah, well."Just stay put for now!" It wasn't safe, not with... all the confusion and... oddness... going on. He was confused. His paws hurt and his head hurt and his wings were tired of being pinned behind his back. He really wanted to curl up and sleep, but there were more important things to be doing. He still didn't know where the female was. nooheadexplody Lucio was strangely comforted by his brother's attention. He smiled weakly at Inapo.
"Thanks...it'll be okay. I know tha'. I belie'e in them." He jerked his head towards the ongoing fight, then reddened. What a hokey thing to say. Kitsusagi Mountain The Spirits smiled to each other, glad they had been well prepared for this encounter. After letting the flock of Cherubs deal with the Demons for a little bit, releasing their bit of magic upon the foul creatures, the Spirits resumed chanting, pitching in their own efforts as well.
The two demons screeched and hollered, trying to throw all of the little pests off of them, their skin burning from all of the light seeming to emminate from the Cherubs. Eventually, the two seemed to realize all of their efforts were futile. Hissing out, the femme used the last bit of her strength to transform herself and her brother into shadows. Almost like snakes, the two shadows escaped, just barely able to leave with their lives.
As quick as they had appeared, all but two of the tiny winged creatures disappeared. The remaining two went back to the Spirits and asked "Did we do good?!"
The twins smiled and nodded. Turning to all of the company, the twins mused for a moment before snapping their fingers. Such a simple gesture removed those pesky bars that prevented all of the company from entering before. [Alchemist.exe] Inapo smiled back at his brother, purring softly at him. A moment later, the bars vanished and he looked startled, then delighted, chirping loudly and bouncing a bit.
The instant the bars were gone, Llyr was rushing forward, flicking his tongue out and listening intently for any sign of Yrre, desperate to find him and make sure he was safe... Waarufu The bars gone, Soot bolted out from Soubi's grasp and towards the pair of angelics and cherubs. He'd never seen someone with wings like those before! And they'd defeated the bad-things!Soubi would have yelled, but he didn't need to worry now, he hoped. Not with everything settled down now. He nudged Zoot a bit. "Let's go help Telys, okay?" Waving his tails lightly, he moved heavy, hurting paws towards the opposite side of the cave and the released little, deformed, kitsus. dinyana The soot smiled as the tight space of the bars were gone. He sighed a bit. "Well this turned out all and well."
But then grumbling he turned back to the spirits. "But what will happen to the kitsu that were transformed? And we looked for you before but couldn't find you. So what happened?" Charmaine Kitteridge Telys snorted before replying to that ghost of a voice. "I'm not going anywhere there's bars in my way." The fight was amasing and she cheered loudly as the evil ones with drew. But then the bars were gone. What to do stay here or go find Zoot. She opted to stay still. "I'll let you guys come for me." She said cheerfully.Zoot was about to go after her but thought better of it. "I'll stay next to you this time." demon_pachabel Gaomon stared at the cherubian flock, stepping into his now-gained freedom, before sitting and staring at the mob that had come after them.
"....." Rainberries Now this was different. Was this odd strength what Remus had seen in his timid friend? Aear permitted the nuzzle to uplift him, even nuzzling back a little. "Ye've a point, Ember-lad. Though I still feel the guilt. Yer a good lad." He paused. "I can see why Rem's so taken with ye, lad. Ye've a stout heart."
"Thank ye, lad. Ye put me in my place, that ye did." The angelic drew himself up, permitting his gaze to watch the swarm of the tiny winged kitsu creatures. "Now that's an interesting sight, if I do say so." He seemed to be ignoring that they had all been in dire peril until the Mountain Spirits had arrived. "Useful in a swarm like that, they are." .Sephiros Immortal. And Kadaj went to make sure all his children were present and accounted for. Not listening to anything and just knowing that the bars were gone. Change...well, that could be dealt with, right now he just wanted to be assured that they were -there-.Vergil couldn't do much but sit back and watch, idly amused by the smaller flying beings, but he wasn't a part of this... mtbiris Zoom didn't know anyone who disappeared and just standed awkwardly on one side of the cave. He looked at the angelics and Cherubs curiously, wondering how long the battle between the four had been going on.
At least now he knew that Cadis was going to be safe too. He hoped, anyway. Waarufu Smiling, Soubi bent down low to speak to Zoot. "Do you mind if I carry you? We can find her faster." Now, with light in the room and only one to carry, he could fly above the crowd to find Telys. He'd have to carry Zoot in his mouth, and the other would have to point out his sister, of course. "As long as you cna point her out, I'll find her." Taejira Tai awoke goggily and shook her sore head, blinking a few times. She opened her eyes to the rathe chaotic scene before her, and then shut them again, placing her head on her paws and waiting for it to be over.. to wake up, or something... it was all rather overwhelming. So she simply did nothing. Nerpin Unwilling to let his charge, and now, the charge's kin from his... 'sight' Ballari finally lifted his body to join the crowd now filtering through, nudging both bodies of the brothers and taking a few steps forward. One could tell that the Nightmare wasn't feeling very safe having such holy ones infront of him, his ears had been strung back and his skin itched due to the powers and light that basically filtered off the cherubs and angels. Growling amongst himself, he just followed lead, only to make sure that his charges were in hand. nooheadexplody Lucio moved about so as to avoid kitsu who were coming in and out of the compound. So far, everyone seemed preoccupied with finding their captured companions or questioning the two main angels. They were missing the main point!
"But...but...they go' away!"
His tails wagged frantically, spritzing the walls of the cave with water. Okay, yes, the deformed kitsu were safe, but what about the demons? [Alchemist.exe] Inapo nudged Ballari in return and chirped softly at him, keeping a distance from the Angelics and the cherubs for his sake, then looked at his brother with a soft chirp. "Relax," he whispered. "Let's just worry about the ones who've been found, and we'll probably figure something out later..." Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot nodded and ready himself for the flight. As soon as they were in the air it didn't take him long to spot her. "There she is." he pointed to where Telys was sat. "She's so small up here. and her tails don't look right..and what's that on her ear?" Now that the evil ones had gone he was full of questions. Manda Dante wasn't having any of that though. If Vergil was going to say the kids were ok with him, he was going to be -in- on this. So he limped over to his twin and proceeded to lean on him. "Help me get over there," he said. And that right there was a dead giveaway as he wasn't at -all- the type to normally ask for help. But he wasn't about to allow his twin to slink away ... or anything.Araphel had already started toward -them- though, running awkwardly, but getting there. "Dad! Uncle Verge!" she called, going to weave around another kitsu and losing her balance to fall in a heap. Dammitall ... Autumn_Fury Ember rushed forward, heading now for his truly 'little' brother. "Yrre!" he cried, nuzzling him and crying softly. "Yrre, I'm sorry I was ever mean to you, are...are you alright?""The Yrre is to be being fine." Yrre replied, flicking his ears at the Worrier. "The Worrier is not to be having to be apologizing to the Yrre. But...what is to be happening to the Yrre? The Yrre is to be being kit-small again.""Those damn demons..." Ember snarled, glaring pointedly at Llyr- a nightmare, a demon too now, in his eyes. "Yrre, c'mon. Let's go home...I'm sure everybody'll be glad to see you." Waarufu Soubi's wings took him above the crowd easily, enjoying the stretch from their cramped position behind his back. It was nice to be flying, and it took the weight off his feet. With Zoot in his mouth, he didn't have the chance to respond. Slowly, he made an arc and cut his course down towards Zoot's sister. He knew he could find Soot now in the same manner. But, for now, that would wait.
He landed easily, and set Zoot down. Standing a bit back, he let the soot move towards his sister. It wasn't really his place, now. [Alchemist.exe] Llyr had just been coming forward to meet Yrre and Ember, only to freeze at the icy tone that came from the latter, sent towards him. Demon...? But he... he wasn't like that... Was he? .Sephiros Immortal. Vergil smiled faintly, understanding in his own way, and helped his twin as best he could, moving towards his niece, who was now a kitsu-pile on the floor. Kitsusagi Mountain The two Spirits loomed up high, floating as their usual gravity defying manner. They watched the various groupings reform and converse, even show some love. It was all cute. Yet, with every group, there is the one who has the insight to see past the immediate present. Turning to Lucio, the two spoke as one, answering his question slightly:
"...yes... they escaped again... most likely to nurse their wounds in the darkness. We have had our own encounters with them before, and we knew we were evenly matched..."
Turning to the tan leader of the Cherub, they spoke out again "... thus why we made certain to be prepared... Yiba'kundi and his flock were made specifically to assist in this unavoidable fight..."
The second Cherub which had remained fluttered off, seeming to know where it was heading. Yet it paused, then stopped near the cage which had held the victims of the curse. Squeaking out a little, it seemed to find yet another of its kind. Autumn_Fury Yrre frowned. Demon? Llyr? Surely not. Llyr was his best friend. He was about to say so, when Ember abruptly turned and headed toward the way out of the cave. Yrre hesitated, then slowly and carefully- he wasn't accustomed to such short, weak limbs- made his way to the older nightmare, chirping softly at him. Manda He moved faster at seeing her fall though, apparently healing nicely now even with all the strain he'd put on that injury through this mess. "Araphel!" he half-yelped, leaning over to nose at her."I'm ok, I'm ok," she muttered, sounding slight disgusted with herself. By that point, she'd noticed the changes ... but she didn't think of them as something that made her weird, per se. Just something she'd have to get -used- to. [Alchemist.exe] Llyr looked up slightly when he heard someone approaching, chirping softly and listening a bit, before recognizing that scent. "Yrre," he murmured quietly, creeping forward just a bit, but somewhat hesitantly, afraid of Ember coming back and yelling at him. .Sephiros Immortal. Kadaj's eyes had found each of his children, and now they traveled back to the odd little winged creatures. How peculiar... mtbiris Zoom stared at the angels, his tails whipping agitedly.
"Will they be coming again then? How long?" he asked nervously. Charmaine Kitteridge Zoot headed towards Telys once Soubi put him down. "Are you ok?"Telys spun around and raced towards Zoot. "I'm so glad that you got away...Yeah I'm fine it's just going to take some time to get used to the changes. At least now we'll be even." She gave him a playful nudge.Zoot smiled and nodded towards Soubi. "He helped me find you."Telys smiled and walked over to Soubi. "Thank you so much for looking after Zoot for me."demon_pachabel Looking up at the floating pair, Gaomon chuckled and bowed his head to them. "I thank you both for helping us in such a dire time. I do think that it was the little ones that saved the day this time.." he chuckled. Waarufu Soubi looked away, ears down slightly. He knew he looked horrible - covered in dust and soot with half-drooping tails from weariness. He was embarassed now, to having come here to do this. Why had they come in the first place? Soot, it was Soot's idea. But he couldn't say that to them.
"It wasn't a problem. I have a soot too, I know what it's like."Soot was still looking at the angels, chirping slightly. He couldn't speak, but he was still curious about what had happened. Well, less about what had happened and more about them in general. Manda Dante wasn't -quite- sure about that ... but he couldn't really argue very well, seeing as he did the exact same thing usually. His gaze turned up toward the winged creatures as well, then, blinking slightly.Araphel's gaze followed that of her kin, once she was back on her feet. "Thank you," she said softly. Autumn_Fury "The Llyr." Yrre greeted, sitting shakily. "What...what is to be being the Yrre? Why...why is the Worrier to be fire-looking at the Llyr? The Yrre is not to be understanding. Where is the Kaida?" Charmaine Kitteridge Telys walked towards the male. "Well thank you again. Is there anything I could do to help you? I bet this trip was exhausting with two soots." It was at this moment that she realized that he was covered in soot. Giggling softly she used her small tails to swipe some of the soot off of his coat. " It's not much but it'll help." [Alchemist.exe] Llyr mewled quietly at Yrre and moved closer to do his best to keep him from falling, looking worried. "I... I don't know, Yrre," he whispered, feeling rather helpless and wishing desperately that he could help. Kitsusagi Mountain Many of the kitsusagi who had been taken captive had homes, family, and friends to go back to. However, three of the bobtailed kitsusagi did not seem to have any of that. Looking around in an uncertain manner, they seemed to merely try and resituate themselves. Haisyn Fierra Endless hadn't found Soot, but when the bars disappeared everyone began to spread out, so finally he saw Soot and Raensu sitting off to the side, both covered in dirt. He trotted over and placed a paw on Soot's head, looking the kit over critically, but Soot seemed to be unharmed. Then he turned to Raensu. "You all right, kid?"Soot just sort of stared around dumbly. This was all so... very strange... Waarufu He sighed lightly, shaking his head slowly. "No, please, it's alright." Soubi took a step back from, ducking his head lightly from her swipes. "I'll wash off at the river tomorrow morning." Embarassed? Even more so now. "If you want to help, then just make sure to get Zoot home alright." He smiled down at her then, knowing that things must be hard for her from here on out. Rainberries He was about to followe Ember out when he saw Yrre stop by the nightmare. Kaida. Ginny & Remus had said something about her. He paced slowly after the changed kitsu. "I've a bit o' knowledge on this Kaida lass of yers, little lad. Last I heard she was desolate from missing ye, Yrre-lad. Took Ember & Remus & Ginny all together to cheer her at all, get her groomed again." He patted the altered kitsu lightly with a paw. "I'd suggest ye follow yer kin home. Sure way to find yer lass. From what I heard, she was in no shape te be followin & searchin' fer ye tonight. Part o' why my kin did come." Manda Raensu had gotten a little confused and turned around with all the shadows and the winged things and the flying around above ... but he'd managed to stick close to Soot. Blinking slightly, he looked up at Endless. "I'm fine ..." Charmaine Kitteridge Telys shrugged. "Please don't be embarressed I just wanted to help. Please be careful going home." Autumn_Fury Yrre frowned puzzledly, leaning against Llyr for support. He blinked in surprise at Aear as he approached and adressed him. Kaida..! "The Kaida was to be missing the Yrre...?" he asked quietly, looking himself over and frowning. "The Kaida..." he paused, pondering. He loved Kaida, more than anything in this world...but he didn't even seem to be himself anymore. "The Kaida will not to be loving the new Yrre..." he said sadly, "The Yrre...the Yrre is to be being kit-small and kit-weak, and cannot even to be walking rightly." Haisyn Fierra Endless picked up the apparently in-shock Soot and patted Raensu on the head in a brotherly fashion. "Let's go find your family. It's about time you all got back together, right? All this nonsense..." He snorted. "Divine intervention is all well and good... but sometimes I wish the powers that be would just leave us out of their fights." With that he started slowly back toward the last place he'd seen Dante and Vergil, making sure that Raensu was with him before he sped up his pace. Waarufu Soubi paused before heading off to collect Soot, nodding to her politely. "Soot and I... we live in the meadow if you want to stop by sometime. I think I wouldn't mind meeting Zoot and you under better skies." Wow... Soubi was being sociable! Maybe this whole thing had helped him out of his shell some. His smile deepened towards her before he launched into the air again, looking around for Soot to head home. Manda Raensu nodded, quickly getting hold of himself again. It was ok, everyone was fine ... "Yea, that was just uh. Crazy." Rainberries The romantic in AearHwesta felt terrible. "Nay, lad. Nay. Yer lass... ye need to go te her. And don't ye be fretting, Lad. Ye just don't have yer sea legs in this body yet. Could ye walk without fall fresh out o' yer egg? I should think not! It will come in time, Yrre-lad."
He patted Yrre awkwardly, hoping he was not too heavy of paw with him. "But come! Yer brother Ember has been worried sick over you, Remus & Ginny & Chroma & our Lil' Soot are all waiting outside to see that you're alive. I'll fly ye out, if it pleases ye."
"And as fer yer lass... Lad, love knows no boundries. No forms. Hark ye to me lad, Love is Blind."(( WTF????!!?! Aear is giving advice on love again? *faints*)) Haisyn Fierra Soot seemed to have fallen asleep on his shoulders, and Endless couldn't seem to catch sight of Dante. With all this confusion it would be easy not to find them for a while, and Raensu seemed a bit worn out. Not so much as Soot, obviously, but still... "Hey, kid? Er, Raensu. Got somewhere you want me to take you? Home, or that HQ place? I don't think we're gonna find 'em right now, and I need to get the puffball home. I don't think Soot would take it too well if I left ya, though, and I feel better making sure you get somewhere safe... after all this..." He scowled slightly at the shadows, as if daring them to try something. "Actually, the sooner I get us out of here the better, period..." Autumn_Fury Yrre grinned at the angelic's own unique way of talking- all 'nay' and 'lass' and 'Yrre-lad'...and decided he liked it. "The Yrre...misses the Kaida.." he admitted softly,scuffling a bit against the ground. "Will the you please to be flying the Yrre out of the Cage? The Yrre is not to be thinking he would to be walking farfast with these legs."
Kaida. Would she still love him, though he was now...well, whatever he was? For once, Yrre was anxious, and maybe even a little self-concious. Manda "Uh ... " Raensu started, blinking again. And he was interrupted by a yawn then ... tired as well. "I'd haveta lead you there I think ... but I guess you could take me home if you want to." He leaned over on the older kitsu for a moment. "Thanks." Haisyn Fierra Endless blushed slightly under his dark fur, rather glad he had it to hide under. He wasn't really used to getting praise of any sort... "Eh, it's no problem. So... lead the way?" He followed Raensu out, but stayed close enough that he could catch the younger Kitsu if he should stumble. Raensu was doing little better than sleepwalking at the moment... Manda Raensu nodded and started off, down the Mountain. He went past the HQ and then around a bit ... into what was almost a sort of town. Then padded down the dark and deserted streets until he came to a small shop set off in an alley with a flickering neon sign. "Here ... " he mumured, going to push open the door, as it usually wasn't locked. The place didn't look like there'd be anything much to steal. Haisyn Fierra Endless followed Raensu into the front of the shop. Not a lot in here... though there was a jukebox in the corner. He rather liked the look of this place better than the one he currently lived in. "Nice place..." He looked back over his shoulder as Soot squeek-snored. "Guess I better get the puffball home. Would you mind if I brought Soot back for a visit? I think the puffball would like getting to come visit a friend." He nodded to himself. Soot would definitely like that. "I guess you'll be ok from here?" Rainberries "Aye lad. That I will." Collecting the bobtailed kitsu up in his paws Aear gave a civil nod to Yrre's nightmare friend. Unlike Ember he held no grudges to nightmares even still. Except those two who had actually done the vile deeds this night. "Ye should come too, lad. This be no place fer reminiscing." Unfurling his great wings he flew out of the caves. Outside, Remus & the others watched anxiously for the ones who had entered to emerge. The wizard paid only little attention until he saw his friend. "Soul Brother!" Not seeing Yrre, the robed kitsu feared the worst & hurriedly went to nuzzle his friend. Manda Raensu yawned and nodded, padding over to climb up on the couch. It was comfortable enough and he didn't really want to climb up the stairs at the moment. "Yea ... thanks again," he replied. "And sure I like Soot." Haisyn Fierra Endless nodded. "I'll see if we can come back tomorrow or the day after. Give us some time to sleep and maybe your family time to settle back in." He walked over to the door. "Good night, Raensu." With that he trotted outside, making sure to shut the door. He didn't lock it, since it hadn't been locked in the first place. He liked to leave things as he found them. And with that he headed home. Manda "Mm ... night," Raensu mumbled back, laying his head on his paws and falling asleep soon after. Autumn_Fury Yrre laughed as Aear took off, grinning. Even his puzzling new state couldn' take away the exhileration of flying- nor, probably, of running, though Yrre couldn't particularly manage running right now. He yelped a farewell to Llyr, and let himself be carried outside.Ember nuzzled Remus in return, his expression a mixture of sorrow and anger. He didn't trust himself to speak, for fear that he either scream or cry. So instead, he buried his face in Remus's fur and waited for Yrre to follow him out of the cave. Rainberries Ginny watched the two friends. not knowing what to say. It made the redhead miss her friends & she wrapped her tails tightly around herself. Remus consoled his friend as best he could without words. Then he forced himself to speak. "Ember... Yrre? Is he...?"But he did not get a chance to finish as a swoop of familiar wings & a similarly familiar hearty laugh -although there was something not quite full about it- echoed from the mouth of the cave. It seemed Yrre's laugh at flying had brought AearHwesta back around. Remus blinked at the sight, thinking the small creature's markings looked familiar. It was Chroma who bounded over to great them, seeing through the size her sometimes friend. Even if India had not wanted to play with Yrre. Chroma still remembered. "Yrre!!! You are all right!"The angelic landed & the primary hued female blinked. "But you're small... did somebody put you in the dryer on high & shrink you, Yrre? It got your tails too!"((aftermath, continued Page 3807)) Autumn_Fury Ember winced at Aear and Yrre's entrance, but now at least he knew why Yrre had been taking so long to follow. With a sigh he wandered up to the angelic and his brother, ready to take Yrre home.Yrre flicked his ears at Chroma, smiling uncertainly. "The I is not to be knowing..." he replied with a bob of his head. "The Yrre is not to be thinking it was to be being a drier..the scaryshadows were not to be getting the Yrre wet." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Ginny & Lil' Soot -not having seen Yrre before- watched more with curiosity at the different looking kitsu than anything else. Then the kit grew bored & started chasing his tail. Beside his friend still Remus nuzzled Ember lightly. "Perhaps AearHwesta could follow you home carrying Yrre." His voice trembled with concern, belying the outward cover of calm he tended to slip into in cases of dire emergencies. This seemed to be one. Inside, his mind was spinning with thoughts. Kaida... Yrre... what will become of them. Ember, how fare your eggs? & my dear Nari... I must get back to you & our unborn kits!AearHwesta let out a forced sounding version of his hearty laugh. "Lad's right, Chroma-lass. There were no dryers inside. Only vile demons." The last word he spat out like a curse, causing Chroma to jump backwards & startling the soot. "If you say so... but then you insist that the Bunny does not bring Kitsu eggs so I'm not so sure, Aear!" To Yrre she said with a playful nuzzle. "You're still Yrre. We'll play together sometime? Maybe with India too? Sometime after the bunny brings Remy & Nari their eggs. Their signal got through!"The wizard blanched. That was not the way he had wanted to tell his soul brother the good news. Autumn_Fury It took a moment to sink in, but when it did, Ember's reaction was almost comical. First, his eyes widened impossibly, and he shook, squeaking, swinging around to stare at Remus for confirmation. When he saw the wizard blanch, a funny look crossed his face- almost jealousy, almost disappointment- but it passed as quickly as it'd come. "Eggs!?" he finally yelped, forcing himself to grin and pounce at his friend. "Remus, when were you going to tell me, when they'd already hatched?""Bunny?" Yrre asked confusedly. "Is that where eggs are to be coming from?" Not that it mattered now...Kaida probably would have nothing to do with him now, let alone want to have kits with him. "The Yrre was not to be knowing. What kind of bunny?" Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Remus blushed profusely, falling down in surprise under his friend's pounce. "After Yrre was safe." He smiled sheepishly, with a trace of sadness: Yrre was not exactly "all right", but he was alive. "I only found out myself the other night. I wanted to tell you first... but Trel claims I was glowing & pulled the news from me." He nuzzled Ember happily. "You're the first outside of the family to know, Soul Brother. And our kits... our kits will be able to grow up together." The thought made Remus exceptionally happy. Enough so that he was actually wagging his tails. Hearing talk of bunnies again Ginny rolled her eyes. "Chroma thinks the Easter Bunny brings kitsu eggs. She's wrong but there's no convincing her of that." Chroma squawked at her new sister. "Bunny must! Easter eggs are pretty -Kitsu eggs are pretty! Much close play with one's other until silly faces are made tells the bunny you want kits & then the bunny brings the eggs!" She almost glared at the redhead who was laughing throughout the tirade. "Fine. Continue believing that. Just don't say we didn't try to warn you when you get eggs of your own."((aftermath continued again Page 3815)) Autumn_Fury Ember grinned, nuzzling Remus back. "Kits...Goddess, Remus, that's amazing. I'm so happy...that our kits can grow up together." A part of him still whispered that he was jealous, jealous, but he pushed that thought away. He'd long since let go of wanting Remus, and had a mate now...a mate whom he loved with all his heart. So why wasn't he happier for his friend? He must just not be good at friendship, he decided with a sigh, forcing himself to grin even more. Yrre blinked at Chroma and Ginny, confused. "How is the Yrre to be getting eggs?" he asked bewilderedly, "The Kaida is not to be knowing, and the Worrier is not to be telling, and the Bunny is to be bringing or no?" ((aftermath continued again Page 3819)) Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Remus snuggled his friend fiercely, so happy that he took Ember's momentary pause in good feelings as fretting about Yrre instead of what they really were. Not that he had ever been very perceptive about Ember's feelings for him that way. "I worry, of course. It was hard to leave Nari, with the eggs to come any day now. But I both wanted to let you know of our good fortune as well as keep my promise to you in helping to find Yrre." There was a flicker of concern for the chnged kitsu in the wizard's eye. What of Yrre & Kaida? Ah! My poor blind friend! And how do I suggest to anyone that at least Yrre & the others are alive? Keep it, Remus. Now may not be the best time. "I would offer to see you home myself but..." He blushed slightly, nuzzling gently into Ember's neck. "I am sure you understand my need to be with my mate; as close on the heels of your eggs as this has come."AearHwesta nodded, half listening to both conversations. "Aye, and If ye send me along after him, not only do ye know they'd be safe, but ye'd feel as if ye yerself got to go, is that it, Rem-lad?" Remus simply nodded. Ginny giggled, brushing up alongside her sister before Chroma could go off bout bunnies again. "Look. I'd tell you all about it, but I don't think this is the time. Or the place. Remus told Kaida he would explain it to her if she wished, but I think she was going to ask someone else first. I don't recall the name." In an odd display of affection or kindness the redhead lightly touched Yrre's nose with hers. "Way I see it, you're like family. At least friends of the family. Just know that there are no bunnies.""Yes there are!" Chroma insists a bit huffily as she flicks her tails for Lil' Soot to "attack". [Weee!] The witch flipped Chroma with her tails, rolling her eyes. "You'll know. And probably before this one too."((aftermath concluded Page 3830)) Autumn_Fury Ember smiled softly, snuggling back against his friend. "Of course.." he replied, gently headbutting Remus's shoulder. "Go to your mate. She needs you far more than I...I can surely see myself and my brother home by myself, though I thank you, AearHwesta." At this last comment, he nodded politely to the angelic, making a 'come-here' motion with his head at Yrre and bending down so that he could ride atop him- in his reduced size, this was no trouble at all."The Remus will to be telling the Kaida..?" Yrre asked softly, a light going out in his eyes as he worried once more over whether his mate would truly be able to love him in his new state. He barely blinked as Ginny touched her nose to his. "The Yrre is not to be being sure it matters anymore..." he murmured, mostly to himself. "Maybefor the Kaida will not to be wanting to have kits with the Yrre, anyway.." Rainberries The angelic looked to Remus, and at the wizard's nod flew over & placed Yrre on his brother's back. "There ye go, laddie. An' remember, Love is Blind, Yrre-lad."Following behind, Ginny nodded as her sister nuzzled the now little bobtailed kitsu goodbye. "If he won't, I will. Next time we see you if no one else has."Remus nuzzled his friend, careful of his burden. "I cannot judge needs as being less or more, Ember. Not with you both so close to my heart. We could argue Nari is more now, being with kits, but what is the point? If I could split myself, I would. I've an honor & a responsibility to my family, as well as love." He chuckled into Ember's neck. "My apologies dear friend. I fear I'm rambling in my nervousness." With one last nuzzle he backed up & smiled. "You are never far from my thoughts, Ember. Give my regards to Rhian."Autumn_Fury Ember sighed, nodding and carefully nuzzling Remus back as Aear set Yrre on his back. "You, too, are always in my mind and heart. I do not mind you rambling.." he replied with a half-grin, "As long as you invite me to come and see you and your family soon. I..I wouldn't have thought that I'd miss Nari, as we weren't as close...well, obviously not as close as you and she. I...don't think she likes me very much...but somehow, I miss it being the three of us, her included. I hope to see you soon...and I will indeed tell Rhi that you say h'llo." "Love is blind.." Yrre repeated, squeaking and flicking his ears at Aear as he was placed on top of Ember. Blind like his mate was...love couldn't see? He didn't understand, but he appreciated Aear's advice and kindness anyway.
Yrre made a face at the nuzzling, but nuzzled both female kitsu farewell anyway, for politeness's sake. "The Yrre will be talking to the Kaida.." he replied, settling down and making himself comfortable. "And the next time, maybe the you can to be telling me how kits are to be being made." Rainberries Remus beamed. "You are always welcome, Ember. The invitation is still there, and it extends to your mate & kits too." Almost as a side note he added. "I am thankful all were found before the full moon." Remus eyed the nearly full moon above warily. Don't let Nari have the eggs when I am... changed."Count on it." The redhead giggled at Yrre. She almost wanted to be the one to tell him... just to listen to the way he would ask questions. "Take care Yrre!""Farewell, Ember! Farewell Yrre!"AearHwesta gave a booming laugh. "HaHa! Off with ye now, lads! It's not like ye won't meet again."Not to be left out Lil' Soot hoped on Chroma's back, yipping. [Bye! Plays more next!]
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:42 am
Trelweny greeted her kitsu warmly as they returned home. Her heart ached for the mixture of things they were feeling. She noticed Remus' absense with a raised brow. AearHwesta responded, Ginny's guardian translarting for him since they had not yet stepped into the house. "Lad's gone to his angel's side, ye know." Smiling Trelweny nodded. How very apporpriate. "And did you find them?"
Even Chroma joined the others as they exchanged glances. All but Lil'Soot who did not understand and ran happy circles around all of them. "Aye... but we couldn't save them from being deformed. But we'll pray for them. Aye... we'll be praying for them."
Startled at this change in the flamboyant sailor the human woman asked no mnore questions. It helped that she picked up a lot of it from their minds accidentally. But she was very glad when Remus at last did return, sporting happiness the others had lacked. "Four eggs, Trelweny! Four eggs!" He nuzzled her hand with an aura of bliss about him before heading off to his shed on his own to be locked inside. Tears sprang to her eyes unbidden & she hastily wiped them away. It was wonderful to see such a bounce to the scholarly kitsu's step. "I'm so happy for you, Remus. I know they'll be beautiful."
He smiled at her as his guardian hoped unhappily from his back to enter his special room just outside of the shed's door. The guardian did not like being seperated from Remus but knew he had no choice. Remus however was still beaming over the news. "Of course they will. Nari is beautiful."
As the door shut and she latched it the young widow smiled to herself. She knew they would be beautiful being Remus' kits as well but knew better than to say anything. Such joy amid such sorrow... it is good the sorrow can be balanced a little.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:53 am
Male Bonding? Page 2794dbz2004
Mika padded into the Realm's main room, his tails dragging on the ground slightly. He had recently found out that Kaida's mate, Yrre, had gotten found from his little disappearance in the shadows near the Mountain HQ, but ended up loosing most of his tails, resulting in him turning into a bobtailed kitsu. He didn't want to tell Kaida that because it would break her heart if she found out that her and Yrre could possibly not breed at all. He managed to avoid her so far, but tomorrow he knew she would be looking for him, trying to find out any information about her mate. Sighing, he sat down on his haunches next to the fireplace and gazed into the fire, his speckled ears twitching slightly.
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf AearHwesta flew into the HQ after the dust had settled, so to speak. Remus had disapparated instantly upon seeing the rest of them home to be with his expecting mate. He had to get out.
The angelic was about to fly up to see if Isis was about when he noticed the desolate male. Now normally he would not care overly much about a male, but he had a soft heart & did not like to see anyone hurt. With a sigh, Aear swept to the kitsu. "What ails ye, laddie?" dbz2004
Mika nearly jumped when he heard a voice nearby. He gazed up to see the Angelic and his eyes widened slightly. He hadn't seen an Angelic before and it scared him slightly. Gathering his courage, he shook his head slightly.
"Nothing. I'm just plotting ways of escaping my half-brother's daughter's clutches tomorrow. I really don't want to tell her that her mate has become unable to mate with her due to some...recent events at the Mountain Headquarters," he said in a soft voice.
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The angelic gave a look of alarm. "They're unable? Ach! What have I done?" He sat with a thump beside the other kitsu. "I told the lad all would be well with his mate... I did not know..."
He sighed. "I did not think about young. I should have... what with Rem-lad about to be a father." He eyed the other male. "How do ye know they can not? Surely none have tried already. It would be too soon to tell." dbz2004
Mika canted his head to one side and gazed at the Angelic curiously. "Well...," he started to say but then stopped. "How do you know about Yrre and Kaida?!" he asked the other kitsu in a panicky voice. He didn't know that anyone else other than the kitsu who lived with him and Kaida's friends, Remus and Ember, knew about the two kitsu being mates. Slowly, he backed up a few inches away from the kitsu, a little scared now.
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Aear blinked his russet eyes. "What? Ye were talking of the lad Yrre as well?" He made a sound something like a guffaw & shook his head in a 'will wonders never cease' way. "Look lad, calm yerself down. I flew the lad out o' that foul place. He was worried enough of his "the Kaida" and didn't have his sea legs about him yet after that vile thing those demons did to him. Lad was dejected that his lass wouldn't love him anymore so I told him that love was blind. It seemed to do him enough good that I could get him uptop for Remus & his timid friend to stop worrying a bit."
"How those two ever got to be fathers, I don't know." dbz2004
Mikia chuckled at Aear's comment at 'love was blind.' Shaking his head, he calmed down slightly and thumped his tails against the ground. "No kidding, love really is blind in Kaida's case," he muttered under his breath. Shaking his head slightly, he lifted one paw up slightly and glanced at the Angelic curiously. "So, Yrre thinks that Kaida will stop loving him if she finds out about him turning into a bobtailed kitsu? Obsurd! I think she will become even more depressed about it. She abolutely loves his tails, despite her not being able to see what color they are." He nodded his head slightly and lowered his paw down on the ground.
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The angelic did not know that Kaida was blind. Sure, he had heard how Remus gave her the book on Braile... but what did that mean to the seafaring AearHwesta? Nothing. He did not understand the implications. "A depressed lass is no good either, aye?"
He sighed heavily. "But I don't know what ye're meaning about the lass not seeing what color Yrre's tails are." dbz2004
Mika shrugged slightly. "I don't know much about it, either. I just heard that from another kitsu who lives with me and my half-brother," he told the Angelic in a soft voice. "I hope they both find peace and get rid of their depression. It has really affected Kaida's father badly. He hardly comes out of our master's room at all." He sighed loudly as he turned his attention to the ground.
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Ach. That's a bloody shame. Life's too short to get depressed for long. And it doesn't fix anything. Only living can get ye past things. Being depressed about it isn't going to help the lass. She'll need her father. Aye. Mark my words a lass needs support in trying times from her kin... if only in the form of a shoulder to cry on. We all do. No matter what a body says, we need contact when we're low. I suspect it reminds ye that yer alive & not alone."
He tipped his head at the other kitsu. Then he paused as if remembering something. "Oh. Aye. The name's AearHwesta by the way." dbz2004
Mika nodded his head slightly. "True. It is wise to stay close to your kin, even when they may seem to be annoying," he told the Angelic in a low tone of voice. Quivering his tails he closed his eyes briefly before opening them slowly. "You may call me Mika," he said to Aear. "'Tis nice to meet you," he said before canting his head to one side and turning his attention to the entrance that led to the humans' rooming facility. "Ah, I hear the little miss now. I am sorry to scat, but it seems that she is still in her depressed state. i will make sure to send her your way once she is feeling better. Cherrio!" He bowed his head down slightly at the other kitsu before trotting away from him.
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Aear watched him go, a thoughtful look on his face. "Aye, mate. Been nice to meet ye too."
All this sorrow all around, yet not quite touching him & his family. He sighed, not liking the guilty feeling that washed over him as he felt blessed with his fortune. For once he wanted to be with someone other than for mutual pleasuring. The angelic glanced up where he thought Isis to be. No. He would never use a lady that way.
Unfurling his wings AearHwesta flew out of the shop. It was time to follow his own advise, & seek solace with his family.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:04 pm
Male Bonding take 2 Page 2809Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf ((Aear? Sure. *gives the angelic a shove* Ach! Lass! Ye'll mar a featherNot anymore than those sea breezes, AearHwesta.)) He felt a little better today. One thing to be said about all those sleepy cats at home, they sure loved a warm body to sleep beside. The HouseCats & the Tyuri seemed to like the shelter of his wings; and of course that silly soot had curled up in the space between where his wings formed.
If only he was not so worried about the friends of his family.Haisyn Fierra Endless hadn't really been paying much attention to anything in particular... he was still rather spacey from the whole ordeal over at the mountain. He did happen to notice the blue and white angelic seemed bothered by something, however. "You feeling all right?" Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Mm?" The blue & white male was oddly unperceptive today. But spotting the male he gave a cheery smile. "Oh! Hey there lad. Aye, I'm all right. Just worried about a friend, ye know?"
Landing beside the male he arched a brow & smiled as he looked around. "Are ye off duty tonight as well, Lad?" Haisyn Fierra Endless nodded. "Soot still seems a bit worn out after what happened..." He shrugged. "I didn't know the puffball was such a heavy sleeper, to be honest. Soot's the one that usually wakes me up."
He glanced sideways at Aear. "Worried about someone? One of the ones what got caught?" Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf He chuckled. "They're kits... all energy & sleep." Then Aear's face grew serious. "Aye... one of them. A right interesting lad, with a sweet lass that was pining for him. And now... now no one knows if they can still be mates."
He sighs heavily. "I wish there was something I could do for them, ye know?" Haisyn Fierra Endless thought about it for a moment. "Well, as long as they love eachother, I don't know that it would be a problem. I mean... if they've figured out how to breed two males I'm certain someone could come up with something." He couldn't help but snort slightly after mentioning two males breeding. He didn't think it was bad, per say... he just didn't understand it. "They say love knows no bounds, right?"
Honestly at the moment he wanted to smack himself. Oh yeah, be captain cheerful, like he actually had any idea what he was talking about. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf ((*giggles* captain cheerful! heart )) That thought seemed to both cheer & baffle the ladies' kitsu. "Aye, that's right!" He blinked as the implication really dawned on him & his eyes widened. "Ye said... well. No wonder I didn't think about it. I guess I ne'er think about that." However he managed a grin, recognising his companions snort.
"Aye. With ye on that lad. Why would we be made lads & lasses if we were supposed to breed like that? Though I suppose each to his or her own fancy. As long as I'm ne'er propositioned that way." There was a resolute nod of his head before a smile lit the angelic's face once more.Haisyn Fierra Endless couldn't help but grin. "Good to know... I was beginning to fear the gender lines had completely blurred around here." He stretched his forelegs out. He'd been sitting here for quite some time. "Ah... Need to move..." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "HaHa! I wondered about my brother & his friend for a while. The lad had a serious shine to Rem when I joined the family, but now look at them! Both with lovely lasses & families in the making!" The angelic laughed fully, his body shaking heartily from it. "It's good te see."
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:44 pm
Chroma -wtf? Page 2813(Karou, Goki, Tomahome, Roy, & Mika in shop at same time.)saedusk India's tails flicked lightly at the ground as he stepped through the HQ door. He'd been outside all day, babysitting his new charge. Another, he pondered wearily, that he'd had no interest in watching. Nadeshiko, on the other hand, was thrilled with her new life already. She slipped excitedly around the HQ, sniffing at everything her nose could reach and scanning the air for things it couldn't. When she wandered behind the couch and out of sight, he sighed, calling out. "Don't wander away." He'd been doing that all day, too. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Chroma had been running around everywhere all day, searching for India full of more energy than she knew what to do with. Even before she reached the HQ she had caught his scent -and that of someone she did not know- & bounded after it excitedly. She practically exploded into the shop. "India! India India!"
The female attacked her mate in jubilation. "India! Guess what? You'll never guess!" saedusk Unexpectant and barely warned by the shouting, India was almost tackled to the ground. But he did his best to keep his footing, his new charge slipping momentarily from his thoughts as he nuzzled up to his mate, glad for a little change of pace. However, another was not so glad. Nadeshiko peeked out from behind the couch, wondering why India had given up calling her so soon. And when she spotted the other, cyan eyes narrowed. "Mine!" She yelled, charging out and heading straight from Chroma, despite the fact that the male's form came first and she ended up colliding with him, instead. With the weight of two females pressed at his sides, India's knees buckled slightly. Still, that didn't stop the purple femme. "Mine!" She said again stubbornly. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The primary hued female was too happy with seeing her mate & the news she had to be upset at the other kitsu. She was plenty confused however. Shouting 'mine' was not usually a form of play she liked. Sharing was more fun! Besides... she & India were 'each others'!! Maybe this female did not know that?
More importantly, India was hurting! Quickly, Chroma ceased pressing into him & instead tried to brace him or take the impact. She whined, bright blue eyes full of worry. "Stop! You're hurting him!" saedusk "NO!" Nadeshiko protested, not seeming to understand what hurt meant at all. Instead, she pushed past him, nearly knocking him off his feet again. He'd been lucky with balance so far. "Mine! Go away, Shiny!" Cyan eyes narrowed once again, betraying the simple and childish words. She stood between India and Chroma, while the male was unsure of what to do. She hadn't acted like this before... "Stop it, Nadeshiko." He said sternly, hating the feeling of talking to a full grown child. But she made no move to remedy her actions, still remaining firm between the other two. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She sat on her rump, staring in bafflement at the one her India called 'Nadeshiko'. Shaking her head, Chroma figured she must have started out wrong. She flashed a smile at the other female. "Hi! I'm Chroma! Did you wanna play? 'cause you shouldn't play so rough. Someone could get hurt!"
Speaking of hurt, she tilted her head at her mate & checked him over. "You're not hurt, are you 'ndia?" saedusk At the word play, Nadeshiko was thrown off. "Play?" She seemed to ponder over the aspect for a moment before shaking her head and reverting to defensive mode. "No play!"India sighed, finally just moving from behind the purple femme and taking a place at Chroma's side. "I'm fine," he assured, nudging her shoulder affectionately. Nadeshiko's eyes widened. "NO PLAY!" She shouted, stomping a paw. Whether or not she actually knew anything about playing or games was left to chance. All she knew was that someone new always meant bad. Except for India... Her mind worked double pace to keep up with the thoughts. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The perky female blinked. No play?
She momentarily forgot about it in her relief that India was well & in being close to her mate once more. He would play with her... India had said so. The new game. She started to purr but was rudely shaken out of her thoughts by the purple female.
For the first time in her life Chroma growled, her eyes narrowing. "That's not called for! India & I are 'each others'! Either play nice or go away! I wanna tell him the good news!" saedusk India blinked unblievingly at Chroma. Had she just growled? And while he felt inclined to allow his mate to tell the other to go away, he knew he couldn't let her leave yet. She still had a lot to learn about the HQ before he'd let her alone. Manners, most of all. Warily watching each female, he was glad, though he'd never admit, that Nadeshiko chose not to growl in return. Rather, she huffed, dropping her stern gaze. For now, it seemed too much negative stimulation had sent her into overload and she'd returned to her normal state. "Why go 'way?" She asked in a mumble, shifting from paw to paw. "No want go 'way now, Shiny."Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf At the other's change Chroma backed down, shaking her head. "Aw... you don't have to go ... Na-de-shi-ko, did India call you?"
Watching her move, Chroma would hardly believe this was the same kitsu. "I don't mind you if you're not being mean." She smiled. "You can her the news too!"
Beaming she turned to her mate. "You didn't guess, but that's okay! I'll tell you anyway!" Chroma squirmed from nose to tails, watching India's reaction but wanting to snuggle against him at the same time. "Remy & Nari are parents!! The bunny got their signal & brought them eggs! Four of them!!!"
Her tails flipped happily behind her. It was almost as good of news as if she had gotten the eggs. saedusk At the news, India was genuinely surprised. He tilted his head for a second, musing over the thought of Remus with four kits. And Nari... he thought he'd seen her once before. However, he found his mind straying to another aspect of the news. He began to wonder if it was even possible to wean Chroma of her bunny threory. "What egg-es. Why?" Nadeshiko's voice brought the male back from his thoughts. He smiled at his mate, nuzzling her gently. "So, that makes me an uncle.... again." He found himself mulling over his extended family until he recalled the purple femme's question. "Kitsu come from eggs," he stated simply, earning him a slightly confused look. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She purred at the nuzzle, scooting closer & nuzzling him in return. "Mmmm... yes. But you should be a daddy." Chroma wover her tails with India's. "When are you going to play that game with me, my India?" saedusk "Soon..." He mumbled, hoping that would be enough for now. He could see Nadeshiko's movements become antsier out of the corner of his eye. He sighed internally. It looked like it'd be difficult to get much alone time with Chroma now that he had her to watch. "But for now I have to go." It was hard. He nuzzled into her fur, wanting to stay and fall asleep in the corner with her like he always did. Pulling back, he grinned lightly at his mate before turning to the purple femme, who looked all too happy at the moment to be leaving. With a final affection towards Chroma, a lick on the cheek, he led his charge out of the HQ. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Always soon..." She pouted even as she purred beside her mate.
The purr halted abruptly when India had to leave, taking the odd female with him. She never got to go with him. Her mate's departing display of affection mollified her a little... but not nearly enough. Chroma murr'ed unhappily, tails lying limp on the floor & bright blue eyes filled with disappointment. She whimpered her goodbye.
Sniffling, Chroma slunk to his spot, trying to curl up & rest. But it was not comfortable with out him. Odd thoughts troubled her. Maybe she's a sister? Her chest ached & Chroma did not notice the bitter sting of tears in her eyes. The cheerful kitsu had no previous experience with jealosy. That pitted with the loneliness of wanting to be with India was unbearable. Eyes red with the burning of hot tears, Chroma fell into a troubled sleep.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:18 pm
Chroma... depressed? O_o Page 2816pangolin ((Brings out Shad and Raz, they make people happy. ^__^))Raz runs into the center at full tilt as usual and spots Shad napping peacfully on the floor, seeing this as the ultimate opportunity she jumps into a slide and bowls right into his poor unsuspecting form.Shad Arrggg! ARRR! BRRFFT! -gets rolled over twice and finally rights himself dizzy and looks at the flur of color the he recognizes almost instantly as Raz. Good morning!Shad, takes a deep breath trying not to die of a heartattack. Does anyone ever get used to her? He wonders catching his breath, Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf ((Yeah... tell me about it. Aear's confidence in himself is slightly shaken. Sure only slightly shaken, but still... it's AEAR!! ANd Rem's all glee-happy, but feeling guilty about being so happy when things are tough for Ember & Yrre, but still excited that his & Em's kits will be same ages & weeee!! of course, he's drugged right now. lol)) The primary hued kitsu had slept in India's corner all night, twitching & whining pitiously. Her dreams had been unhappy ones. Purple seemed to her a very sad color right now, as her dreams mixed her subconsious fretting over her friend Yrre with the budding jealousy of the odd Nadeshiko.
The sound of someone playing lured her from the fitful sleep & she opened a tired, bright blue eye to see. Rolling over with a sigh, Chroma padded over to the two more out of habit of looking for play than of any real desire to.pangolin Raz took one look at the sad yellow kitsu and bounded over, her ears fully perked her face shining. GOODMORNINGI'MRAZ!!Shad picked up his head then and cocked it to the side, Raz had actually just yelled good morning right into the other kitsu's face. Then he sighed happily that his pouncer now had a new target. He wouldn't be alone in his torture today. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf A sad smile started to spread over Chroma's face, though it wavered quite a bit. "Good Morning! I'm Chroma! Nice to meet you Raz!"
It sounded cheerful enough, but anyone who knew the energetic female would see it as a poor attempt to be herself. The thing was, Chroma was trying to be herself. She did not know why she could not feel happy... only that she missed India more now than when she had not seen him for weeks. pangolin Raz did not know Chroma of course and being a bit slow of the mind she never saw beyond a kit's surface persona. She liked the sound of this female's voice. Being entirely unpurterbed. That's Shad!Shad inclined his head and smiled appologetically suddenly understanding completely the look Raz' mother gave everyone when she went anywhere with Raz. Then she whispered far too loudly, He's depressed because the angel picks on him because everytime he tries to get to know a girl she's already taken. Shad just shook his head embarrased. Luckily his colors made it impossible to see if he was blushing. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She waved her tails in greeting at Shad. "What angel? I've an angel brother, Aear... he is much fun!" A pause, then... "What's "depressed"?" pangolin Tariq! She's our new angel sister. Raz grinned from ear to ear. She said she'd take me flying some day! Raz paused at the second question and her ears dropped as she thought long and hard on it. Then with a snort she looked over her shoulder at Shad, WHAT DOES DEPRESSED MEAN!?Raz, I'm three feet away, you don't have to yell. He sat up then and tried to think of how to explain depressed to the spaz in front of him. She was easily three times his elder it was amazing. Depressed means very very sad, lonely, that other people don't understand your problem, discouraged... um... downhearted? The look of confusion on Raz' face made him think he'd used more words she didn't know. Why would anyone be depressed? That's silly. She stuck her tongue out at him. You're not sad. It was matter of fact statement.You're right Raz, I have you to keep me company. The sarcasm went right over her head, but in truth, he really did have Raz to hang out with, which wan't always bad. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "New siblings are fun." She smiled, a little more brightly thinking of Aear & Ginny & Lil' Soot. And those were only her new kitsu kin. However a little mew of saddness escaped her hearing Shad's definitions. Chroma whimpered softly wrapping her tails about her as if seeking comfort in them. The barest hint of India's lingering scent upon them brought sudden tears to her eyes that she could not understand. "It is? all that? Then I must be depressed too."
Her bright blue eyes teared softly. It was such an icky word. Was this what Trelweny felt when she was sad-sad & missing her mate? How awful. At least, Chroma knew her mate would come back. She hoped. What if things had changed? India had not stayed with her... a change she neither liked nor understood. What was going on?
"Only others couldn't understand... How could they if I don't?" pangolin Raz was most taken aback by the sudden change in her new friend. She walked around her nervously and then plopped down right by her side and leaned into her. It was an odd sort of gesture but she was following instinct not thought. Are you hurt? Why are you crying? Are you cold? She nuzzled the other kitsu's face trying to comfort her. Are you hungry? We could go swimming?I don't think she wants to go swimming Raz. Shad half smiled at the seemingly random stream of suggestions. He then thought for a moment, Someone always understands if you give them a chance. Its just a matter of finding someone who has been through the same thing you have. He tried to give her his most winning smile. He was far from charming, but he was trying. He tried to stay still but he couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable around a crying kitsu.Raz looked from Shad to Chroma, we could play a game? Games always make me feel better. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Chroma nuzzled back, glad for the warmth & kindness even if it was not what she longed for. Or at least, not whom she longed for it from. She barely bat an eye at the strings of questions... after all, that was how she herself normally could be. "Yes. I don't know. Yes. Maybe. Maybe, but Shad's right... I don't feel like it."
She cocked her head at the male. "I bet Remy would understand. But he's sick & we're not allowed around him for a few days just in case. I just wish I understood!" It came out almost like a wail & Chroma blinked in surprise at herself.
She nodded at the game suggestion. Games usually made her feel better too. "Sure. A game sounds fun. Which game?"
Remembering that India had said they would play the game that would make them have silly faces later, Chroma startled herself by bursting into tears. ((continued page 2869)) pangolin Everything made perfect sense to Raz... until she burst into tears. Raz hopped on her feet nervously, we could play race or Chess or steal the popcorn or hide the stick or pounce. Pounce is my favorite game, I bet we could even get Shad to hide so we could find him and pounce him. She smiled hoping briefly that someone else like pounce as much as she did. Unless you're hurt and then pounce isn't good cause it can make you hurt more, maybe we should play in the spaghetti. We once painted Nirvana all red with spaghetti sauce when she was sleeping. Raz nodded her head with a little laugh.
Shad gave his pathetic look, how about we not play pounce the Shad. He then tried to smile at Chroma and considered asking more about Remy, but really didn't want her to keep crying, better to distract her attention for the moment. Maybe Chroma likes to listen to the people when they read to us or go for a walk and get some fresh air. Anything that didn't involve covering him with food or pouncing he was game for. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Her ear twiched. "I like pouncing & running & outside." Yes, maybe running outside would clear her head of these unhappy & confusing things. "Races?" pangolin MMm... races it is! Raz shook her head. We'll go outside, from the front door to the big elm to the river rock and back... winner gets a prize! She wasn't sure what the prize was, but she was sure she could win it. Shad looked doubtingly from Raz to Chroma and wondered where the 'river rock' was. And for that matter, there was an elm out there? Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Okay!" Her voice though attempting to be cheerful held an edge of hallowness & her tails though full drooped. Getting up she trotted towards the door, without much enthusiasm. Chroma glanced back at Shad. "You race too?" pangolin Apparently I do today. Shad's attempt at enthusiasm was pathetic, he felt he was quite slow to be honest. Raz bounced and bounded around Shad and Chroma until they got to the door which she pushed open and as soon as her first foot hit the path outside, READYSETGO! She was off without thinking. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She faltered a moment, not seeing the elm, then raced after Raz anyway. The wind in her ears & across her fur did help... if only a little. Enough that she could run, though at perhaps far less than her usual pace. There was no way she was going to catch up with Raz today. pangolin Shad actually sat down for a few seconds before shaking his head and taking off at a leisurly jaunt. No reason to pull a muscle if there was literally no chance of his winning. Raz ran full tilt never looking back, she rounded the tree and headed for the river rock when she realized she couldn't see the river rock. Well, it had to be near the river right? Only the river was some ways off, oh well, she made an abrupt turn and headed in the general direction of the river in the hopes she would come across wherever she'd left it. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Chroma was in no shape emotionally or mentally to notice the odd course of the race. She should know better, all the time she played out here. But she was not thinking. She just ran & ran; tears catching on the air & flying behind her as she ran past. When Raz turned, Chroma turned. By now she was not even remembering the stops, only that she must keep running. pangolin Ahh, there was a rock, it wasn't the river rock, but Raz figured it would do, they'd run quite a distance from the center. And just to make sure no one else in the race didn't notice it she called out, RIVER ROCK! as she rounded it... twice, and then headed back for the center, passing Chroma as she did. She didn't notice the tears or distress but seeing the competition so near she ran faster. Shad had picked up a bit to try and keep pace but was still pathetically behind Chroma and started a bit when she picked up a little speed. He finally had to try a full run which his lungs and muscles quite disagreed with. At the same time, he still had no idea where this 'rock' was supposed to be and certainly didn't want to miss it. He heard Raz yell, but wasn't sure what she'd said. He half hoped she'd gotten distracted by something so they could all stop running. But then he saw her coming for him. He ducked onto the ground reflexivly when she ran by, laughing and telling him to run faster. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She ran. Only circling the rock once before heading back. about to pass Shad coming she paused, tilting her head at him. She would never know why -if she remembered- but she said, "turn around, she won't know."
And Chroma was off again. pangolin Shad took a deep breath and nodded a thanks to Chroma, trying once again to keep up with her. He wondered as he ran Why do I have to be so much slower than other kitsu? Raz is slow in thought, I in body, together we're useless. Oddly, that thought made him smile and he kept going as best he could. Raz for her part was having a terrible amount of fun. She rounded the elm three times for good luck, ran to look at the stragglers, decided they were much too close and attempted to run even faster to the front door than she had run coming out of it. Shad could see her vibrant colors flashing as she ran and realized she wasn't going to stop when she got to the door. He'd watched her do this before and it wasn't a pleasant thing so he stopped and yelled at the top of his lungs, RAZ!!! Stop! His mind racing at the same time, all you have to do is get her to slow down, so she hits the door at half speed not full...Raz took two slower steps, looked over her shoulder at Shad to stick her tongue out at him and hit the wall. Literally. Luckily she'd slowed down, just a bit. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf If nothing else her own problems were momentarily put aside with immediate concern. "Raz? Raz! Silly! Why did you run into the wall?" Her tails flicked with worry. She did not know what to do... she had never run into walls at full speed. Not even as a kit. Slid into them, yes, but not run. "Are you hurt?"
Stupid question. Of course she was hurt. It hurt to bang into things. Chroma turned to Shad. "Should we get her home? I don't know any ways to make her better." pangolin Raz stumbled dizzy for a few moments and then blinked her eyes trying to right the world. I ran into a wall. She said this in the most normal of fashion as if saying, the grass is sure green today. She stumbled a few feet and then gave up on walking and slid to the ground. It was easier to not fall over this way. I'm okay, I won? She looked at the now blurred forms of Shad and Chroma approaching her. I think she's okay. Shad huffed out of breath as he got closer to her and started to look her over from head to tails. He still hadn't caught his own breath and wondered if it was good health or shock that made Raz seem so calm. Does anything hurt?Raz stretched her neck one way and then the other and it made a nice popping sound. Nope, we're good. Right as mud as my mom says. Shad wanted to explain to Raz why her mom said that but decided against it. Then to Chroma, We probably should get her inside at least. Raz, can you get up? We'll walk on either side of you to keep you up.Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Carefully she helped Shad get Raz inside. "Yeah... you won." She chuckled, the laughter not even coming close to reaching her eyes. "You've gotta be more careful."
Hello pot calling the kettle back. Well, at least it meant Chroma occasionally heard what her family told her.
"Will you be good, inside? Should I find a heal-someone? Remy's Nari can heal, but she's with eggs & I don't know where to find her. But maybe there's others?"
She sighed. "I don't wanna go home without knowing she's gonna be okay..." pangolin Wooo, I won. She whispered it instead of yelling. Once inside she layed herself down in a nice comfortable spot. Shad remembered what pangolin had told Keoke, which had then been told to him, don't let head traumas fall asleep right away. Shad wondered if Tariq was a healer? Not that he could find the angel when he needed her. I'll find Keoke, she always knows how to take care of Raz. He hoped that made her feel a little more comfortable. Stay with her while I see if I can't find Raz' mom. He took off then trying to remember the last place he saw her. He was no good scent tracking like Keoke and Nirvana or even Raz but he had a good memory. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Chroma curled around the other female, strangely bidble. "Okay. Be quick?"
In concern she nuzzled Raz. This was odd. Chroma felt decidedly... not like Chroma. She was not sure she liked it. Especially not the hollow hurt feeling. Sighing, she closed her eyes & waited. pangolin To Shad's surprise he found Keoke rather quickly. As it turns out, she was lounging outside just back from a bit of a solo trip into the mountains to see if she couldn't track down pangolin and had returned hoping her mate was around. Shad gave her the run down and she very quickly made her way to where Raz and Chroma were laying. She regarded the brightly colored pair and sighed, Raz always had the brightest friends. Raz honey, how many stripes do I have?Hi mom, you're looking yellower than usual today. Keoke turned to Shad, she didn't actually hit her head correct?Not that I saw, no.Keoke turned back to her daughter and Chroma seeing that the other kitsu seemed quite worried. She'll be okay. Then to Raz, Can you see okay? You're going to have to take it easy the next couple of days. No running. Keoke shook her head in exasperation, She's going to knock her eyes out of her own head one of these days. I'll go find a healing angel just to be sure. She wandered off seeming rather unconcerned mumbling something about near death and Zen and angels. Shad tried to smile comfortingly, he'd been around only once before when she ran into a wall and had rather hoped it wouldn't happen again. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Chroma glanced up at the one who knew gratefully, Her blue eyes still haunted. "She will? That's good."
Her tails wagged slightly, but she did not otherwise move. "Raz... when we're better we should pay again." The primary hued kitsu says with odd sadness. She knew she was sick. She just did not know it was heartsick.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:21 pm
Aear brings Ginny to hopefully see Harry page 2832Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Ginny could not wait to learn how to apparate. Not that flying with AearHwesta was not fun, but it did hurt under her front legs the way he held her; not like when Harry had flown her home. She blushed and the angelic looked at her with a grin. "Don't you fret lass. I'll help with yer romance by absenting myself so yer lad is obliged to take ye home again."The redhead made a sound as if to deny it, then smiled even as she blushed deeper. "Thanks AaerHwesta." With a laugh the blue & white male set her down inside the shop. "Don't mention it, Ginny-lass."Mau His stomach growling, Harry poked through the fridge at the HQ. Preference directed him towards the food that Ginny had made - the foods from their past, but it was mostly gone. The fact that he had eaten most of it was, to him, moot. All that was left now was some pumpkin juice.. and the odd dishes Nari was so fond of making. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf AearHwesta nudged her. "Get ye on, lass. Find yerself something to eat. Yer too little. His booming voice carried & Ginny giggled as he brother again nudged her further into the shop. Then he whispered "I'll stay only until I know the lad is here."She nodded, giving Aear a bright smile before trotting into the kitchen. Wondering what she wanted to make today, Ginny was pleasantly surprised to find Harry in the kitchen. "Harry!" She exclaimed happily, her tails giving away more of her happiness at seeing him than perhaps she would have liked. "What, not having Hedwig keep watch for you today, or ar you just hungry?"Mau At the sound of the oh-so-familiar voice, Harry pulled his head from the fridge and offered her a cheerful grin. "Hungry.." Then his smile faltered a little. "Not much left tho.." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She could not help smiling back - he looked so cute when he grinned like that. "You've not been living off leftovers have you?" Her eyes widened in exaggerated shock as she walked purposefully into the kitchen. "You poor thing!"
She gave him an overwhelming look of sympathy... nearly ruined by the slight twitch of smile trying to curve her maw. "I suppose there's nothing to be done but cook something up for you."
The redhead gave an exaggerated sigh as she pulled her wand from within her robes. That posture was quickly replaced when she smiled up at the anthro male. "What strikes your fancy, Harry?" Mau "Not completly leftovers, no.. Nari is overly fond of cooking, as you can see." One paw pointed towards the fridge - still open. But the look on his face made it evident he didn't care much for Nari's Japanese-influenced cuisine.. sushi and all. "It's edible, but.. " He stopped, wrinkling his nose. "I prefer the foods from before.." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Peeking around Harry she crinkled her nose at the fancy dishes. "You need a good, home-style English meal, Harry." Waving her wand the witch started gathering the ingredients together for dishes she had memorized the recipes. Specifically ones that did not require eating utensils. Ginny did not like to be reminded of that difference between Harry & herself. It did not stop her wanting more between them however.
Her brow furrowed in concentration. She had been practicing at home, but she was not yet her mother in the kitchen. Mau
"Yes, I think a few English meals would be better..." Then, as s he began working on it, he fell silent. Partially so as not to disturb her, and partially just to watch. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf She half wished Harry would talk to her, but at the same time was glad for the lack of distraction. Not that Harry watching her was not a distraction in itself. Ginny forced herself not to think about it as she prepared the food, remembering just in time to warm the stove.
Once everything was where it needed to be the witch gave a sigh of relief. Cooking was getting easier. Somewhat. She turned to Harry with a wide smile. "Thanks. It won't be long now." Ginny set a timer & placed it near the stove. "But you don't have to wait for home-cooking. Just ask & I'll subject you to my attempts at cooking any day!" Mau "Subject me? You say that like your cooking is a bad thing :p" Which it wasn't. Although, considering Harry wasn't altogether picky about what he ate [normally]...
Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Ginny smiled at him. She had not expected to get a reaction like that... no matter what Nari had said about Harry liking what she had made. "Well, maybe it's not bad... but I doubt it's good. I don't really have a passion for it." She crinkled her nose, then smiled again. "Although it's much more fun to cook for someone than by myself." Mau "I never really cooked for anyone else.. except them." Further wrinkling of his nose as his thoughts flitted across the muggle "family" he had lived with. "And that wasn't altogether what I would call 'fun'." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Making a face Ginny nuzzled his hand with true sympathy. "I should clarify it as 'someone who appreciates' if not the food, the attempt."
"Let's not think or talk of them, Harry. There's so many more pleasant things to think about." Mau "Very true." Harry poked his nose into what she had been cooking, taking his time to do so. "Thanks, Ginny." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Ginny flashed him a bright smile, her appearance seeming to glow with an inner beauty. "You're welcome. Anytime."
Freshening the spell that was keeping the soup on the stove the young witch peeked into the stove herself. "Almost done." She gave a sheepish laugh. "I've been in a rut with meat pasties lately... but they're so easy to make. Not to mention to eat. And they seem to store in the frigerahtor pretty well." Mau "Trying something new is always fun." He leaned slightly against the counter while she checked on the food. "Most foods will be good enough in the fridge." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "I know. But with everything that's been going on, I'd ruther stick with things I'm familiar with. Cooking with a muggle stove is hard enough... I'm not quite ready to try something new yet." She smiled at Harry & gave him a little wink. "Maybe next week."
The buzz of the timer nearly made her jump & Ginny checked the food again. "Ah! Perfect!"
Pulling out the tray she set it on the stove next to the soup. Her stomach growled & she blushed. "Heh. Guess I must be hungrier than I thought." Mau
"Next week? Why next week?" As she pulled the tray from the oven, he headed to the cupboards, returning with some plates, bowls, and other minor things. Hearing her stomach growl and seeing her blushed, Harry smiled. She really was quite cute when she blushed. Of course, thinking such thoughts about Ginny made him blush, too.Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "No particular reason, really. Just that I've only been with my new family a week now... & so much has happened!" Brown eyes sparkled seeing Harry blush & Ginny tried to hide her own blush deepening as she noticed it. To cover, she started fanning a meat pasty.
"It's just so much, Harry. To feel cared for again. It was... well I'd ruther not speak about it, especially since it's all in the past. My new families are great! But they're both so immense... it's overwhelming. And then seeing you & Hermione & Ron & Remus & Sirius & even Professor Snape -so much just keeps coming back to me or floating to the surface of my memories."
Ginny nudged the cooled pasty towards Harry with her nose. "Not to mention all the excitement with Remus & Nari having a family of their own." She fought the wistful look from her face -but not before a hint of it poke through.
"And then of course the full moon this weekend..." Mau "Yes, although I'm not so sure Nari as a mother is a good idea." This Harry had learned the hard way when he had gotten too close to the eggs - and come face-to-face with an infuriated Nari. "Poor Remus.. hopefully the babies don't come out while he's gone.. I don't know how long it usually takes." With a glance at Ginny, he took the pastie and leaned back on the opposite counter. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "oh! I hadn't thought of that!" Ginny looked mortified & paused in nibbling at her one pasty. "That would be terrible! At least he only has tonight & tomorrow night left. Then he'll apparate to be with her, I know it!" She managed giggle & bit into her food. "It's so nice to see him happy."
Ginny sighed softly. Part of her keen mind wondering what she could do to come up with an excuse to get Harry's arm around her again.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:00 pm
Making things right once more Page 2851Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf ((squeee!!! *huggles Moochi back as she nudges her depressed kitsu out of the door* Go on now, Chroma. Remember?)) Except for the color, the kitsu that walks through the door looks nothing like Chroma. Her tails are drooped and slightly matted. It looks as if someone tried to run a brush over her before she left home, but the long trip to headquarters dragged upon the ground undid much of that effort where her tails were concerned. The red tips of her ears blended with her red ruff collar making them seem short And her bright blue eyes were dull & red rimmed from crying. She did not run. She did not even walk. She slunk.
Catching her mate's scent Chroma's heart skipped a beat & a glimmer of hope touched her eyes. Was he talking to Remy's Ember? And a small Ember-Rhian looking kit... their kit! Eyes widening, Chroma trotted over -automatically nuzzling her mate while staring in silent wonder at Ember's kit. "Why, hello there."Autumn_Fury Ember blinked as Chroma came up to them, smiling happily as she nuzzled India. He'd been a bit alarmed when India began to 'play' with his kit, even taking a step forward, frowning, but relaxed when Aria shrieked with delight.Oh, this adult was FUN! As he play-attacked, she let out a battlecry and flung herself at him. As another kitsu cae up and nuzzled him, however, she smiled regally at her, squeaking her hello, and then plopped in front of her, noisily demanding snuggles. Ahdahnia Crow smiled softly and nodded "Sadly yes. Never a moments rest in my house" he laughed and swiped at the ground, when he lifted his paw for her to see, there was a flower between his claws. He grinned and held it out to her "for you" he said with a nod. MoochiLove Charna can't help but laugh at their antics as she nudges him back, nuzzling her muzzling against his horns. "Yes, I can't help but remind you!! You sound cute when your sarcastic." she teases at him, smiling.
Nunzio smiles and nods happily, "Yes, there are 8 Kitsu's in my family, me included. All quite happy I must say, even my sister Charna...who is a Nitemare." he says right off the bat. He didn't think he could be around another kitsu if they didn't like Nitemares, despite the bad rep they got due to the crimes of their ancestors. saedusk "Never rest?" She questioned, tilting her head and trying to understand why lots of Kitsu would mean no rest. However, she didn't have to think long, as she was immediately distracted by the flower. Blinking at it, she smiled. "Mine?" India had told her what to say. What was it? "Th... Thanking to you." She tried. It seemed right. She leaned forward and took it in her mouth, situating it so it was sticking out of her chest fluff and she wouldn't lose it. saedusk India laughed, taking the play-attacks in stride. He'd seen Ember's nervousness at the game and flashed him an "it's okay" look. That, coupled with the kit's happiness, seemed to quell the other adult. And just as he was about to "attack" again, he felt his mate's nuzzle. Happy with kit-like energy, he turned to her, only to feel it all drain with just one look. "Chroma..." He voice was low. "What's wrong?" He could tell right away that she wasn't herself. Had he done something wrong? He frowned. Ahdahnia Peatree nodded, understanding. She smiled, once again her eyes sparkled. With a flick of her tail she tossed her halo back atop her head. "I believe your nightmare sister, has fallen for my nightmare brother" she beamed and giggled. She respected all kitsu's, even nightmares, she believed they were just misunderstood. Kae'lic laughed and tugged on her ear, sounding mock indignified "I'm not cute, i'm scary and ferocious" he laughed "And for the record, i'm always cute" He chuckled. Kesa rolled his eyes "your-contradicting-yourself-again" he said with a giggle. Ahdahnia He smiled and nodded "your most welcome" he said with a light laugh "You deserve flowers" he wasnt quiet sure why he said that, it just kind of spilled out of his mouth. "India is like your brother?" he asked with a tilt of his head. MoochiLove Nunzio sighed in relief and smiled down at her as he moves his body to lay down. He blinked a few times at that news, but smiled happily, his tails wagging about. He had heard from Helen who had heard from Gypsy that their Nitemare sister had fallen for someone at the HQ. He wanted to meet the guy, just to make sure he would take care of his sister. "I am sure he is quite a wonderful Kitsu for my sister to fall for him. And she deserves all the happiness she can find." he says a little wistfully, wishing he could find his own happiness.
Charna laughs again and paws at his head, "And from what I can 'see', you're quite modest! What have I gotten myself into?" she says in a fake, dramatic tone, laughing over what Kesa says and nuzzling the guardian. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "I don't know. I... I just... missed you." Ducking her head, she attempted to play with the kit. Normally, this would be an easy thing for her... but today her heart was not in it. Lifting her head again she gave Ember a strained smile. "She's lovely. Remy will be so happy for you. I'm happy for you." A pause as she blows playfully on the little kit. "He sends his love, as always."
She nuzzles India again, her heart confused & nudges him to look back to the kit. "I stopped your playing... It's good to see you playing. Games are good." Chroma choked a little on the last. What was wrong with her? India was here... she should be fine! Valliantly, she tried to smile & flick her tails. It almost worked. Ahdahnia Kae'lic chuckled and nudged her again "You've gotten yourself into trouble my dear" He laughed and smiled. Kesa giggled and hugged Charna's muzzle. Peatree smiled and nodded "Kae'lics a good guy, he raised his brothers daughter. And he puts up with a guardian" she laughed "if he can put up with a guardian and not lose it, i think Charna's pretty safe" she smiled and lied down as well, her tails swayed in an unseen wind, or just from boredom. She tilted her head lightly "you seem...distracted, am i keeping you from something?" she asked worried she'd made him late for something. MoochiLove Charna giggles and lifts her head up to lick Kae's cheek, "Well, I certainly think it will be worth, especially with you my love..." she says softly, feeling a little giddy over calling him her love.
Nunzio looks at Peatree and shakes his head, giving her a smile, "No actually, just my thoughts wandering and trying to depress me." he says softly. "Do not worry over me." saedusk Nadeshiko smiled happily, tails twitching with childish excitement. Her brain buzzed for more words, but, as before, she was stuck without much to say. "Like brother. Only family." She nodded, looking at the flower from the corner of her eye. "But India not say deserve flowers." She looked a little forlorn, cyan eyes narrowing. "Why?" Ahdahnia Kae'lic chuckled and with a grin, pushed her over, flopping down beside her. "Oh most definitly, mon cherie" he said with a lick of her ear. Peatree tilted her head to the side "why wouldnt i worry. Arnt angelics supposed to watch over others? I've yet to see where its written that excludes other angelics" she smiled softly and gently nudged him with her nose, smiling again. Ahdahnia Crow tilted his head to the other side, curious about her responce "Why doesnt Nadeshiko deserve flowers. Your nice, i havent seen you harm another, and it makes you happy. To me that is reason enough." He said with a light shrug of his shoulders. Autumn_Fury "Chroma..!" Ember exclaimed in surprise, blinking at the normally vibrant mate of India. "What's wrong..?" he asked worriedly, frowning a bit. "Did something happen...?" He was a bit awkward...he didn't really know Chroma, nothing past her being India's mate and Remus's little sister. Aria squealed in delight as the new kitsu played with her- she didn't notice the half-heartedness, she was just glad to have somebody to play with, since Father's friend seemed to have stopped. saedusk "Nice?" Eyes narrowed further as they moved to stare at the ground. Vaguely, she could remember India tell her that she'd been not nice. Why? She couldn't remember that part. But she wanted to be nice, so she smiled. "Nice." She confirmed, nodding, not knowing that complimenting yourself could be considered vain. "Crow nice also." She smiled. "Give pretty flower."So, it wasn't just him who saw it. Hearing Ember added more reality. Amber eyes narrowing with worry, he nudged his mate's shoulder. "Please," he said, nuzzling at her fur. "I know something's wrong." For once he felt like crying. He hated to see his normally bright and happy lover this way. "You can tell me anything, you know that." For a second, he couldn't help but glance at Ember, wondering if the other male had any idea what was going on. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "I know, My India. And I'd say if I understood." Sitting, Chroma wrapped her tails around her & flicked the ends for the kit to play with. "When you left with Na-de-shi-ko..." She still had to sound it out carefully. "I don't know... it's like.... like something broke in me."
She lifted her blue eyes to India's, a film of moisture clinging to them but not falling. "I.. I wanted to go with you..." [Alchemist.exe] 
Rhian stepped into the area quietly, slowly, keeping an eye on the small kit that romped around her feet, a soft humming sound coming from her, though she worried each time little Elian stumbled. Finally, she looked up, scenting her mate and yipping softly, curiously.Autumn_Fury Ember coughed discreetly, scooping his kit back up and backing off a ways so that Chroma and India could talk, ignoring Aria's protests at being grabbed mid-pounce. A silly grin came over his face as he heard a familiar yip, and he turned to see his mate, yipping back happily. "Rhi...!" he cried, before his eyes set on the kit that was romping about...and then he froze, his eyes widening. "Rhi...is...is that...?" [Alchemist.exe] Rhian smiled brightly and lowered her head to nuzzle gently at the kit's back, purring. "It is," she whispered, nudging the little boy closer to Ember. "Emmy, this is Elian... Elian, this is your papa..." Elian chirped up at at Emmy, eyes a bit wide. saedusk Seeing Ember backing off, India sighed internally. Turning back to his mate, he was surprised to see the unfallen tears and hear her saddened voice. He tried to smile, though it came out rather strangely. "I didn't mean to upset you," he assured, voice low, as he couldn't seem to pick it up. "Nadeshiko is only a sister, I promise." He remembered how she'd become overly defensive. He'd talked to her about it that night. Sighing, outloud this time, he thought to explain.
"You see..." He searched for the right words. "She has a... mental disorder." The male didn't like saying it like that. "She just had a hard time understanding what was going on." Shaking his head, he nuzzled his mate lightly. "She's nice, you'll see." He tried to smile again. "And... you can come with me this time... If you want." He was ready to go. "Okay?" He looked rather hopeful as he rubbed against her more firmly this time and turned to go. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Her eyes lit up & her energy seemed to return almost instantaneously. "She is? I can? Oh, 'ndia!"
Making happy noises Chroma bounced after him & rubbed along India's side joyfully. "Of course I want! Trel says I may stay with you whenever she is gone if I am welcome!" She seemed to completely miss the part about the mental disorder. "I will like Nadeshiko! I will see!"
Her tails lifting happily Chroma prances beside her mate. Then she tilts her head as if noticing something for the first time. "Ugh. India... I need a bath."
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:29 am
And then there was Sand... an unpleasant encounter along with a very pleasant one. Page 2866((The day after the Full Moon))Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The redheaded female helped the weekened Remus stumble into the room. "I still don't see why you don't just apparate over to Nari's to see her & the eggs, Remus."The wizard sighs at his "sister" of sorts. "I am not certain I can explain it any clearer than I have already, Ginny. I'm still weak from my condition, thanks to the Wolfsbane Potion & so do not dare apparate yet. Perhaps in a few hours. Not only that, but I do not with to surprise her & put her on the defensive."Remus sinks into a modified pillow not of Tsu's pile. He owed Tsu & her father Severus too much for the Wolfsbane Potion & would hold to her request -threat really- that they not use her pillows. "Besides, I wish to tell Ember & Sirius if possible of our eggs."The witch giggled at the proud papa, whose face looked so happy. "Yeah... gotta brag about your four eggs!"Bloody Anubis Family. The thought both disgusted him and made him extremely jealous- not that he would ever admit the latter. From his darkened corner of the HQ, Gaara peered out towards the brother and sister with bright jade eyes not dulled by the malice lurking deep within them. If one would take the time out to look, or happened to step in it, they would notice branching rivulets of sand spread over half the floor of the general kitsusagi gathering place. In the thick of it, in the corner, sat the desert kitsu, looking not one bit like he was trying to hide the fact that he was source nor like he would be cleaning up the mess any time soon.
He was quiet. There was nothing to say to these petty creatures, though with nothing else to do he kept an ear out on what was going on. Wolfsbane, apparate? Were those some type of shinobi moves and products? At the mention of eggs, he almost rolled his eyes. Great- more sacks of useless flesh to take up space. That was alright, though. He'd eliminate them all in due time...
Crimson tails flicked themselves through the sand. He'd like to kill them now. He'd like to appease the sand... In the adult's weakened state, he could easily be eliminated. But Gaara would not harm the two. Not yet, anyway. Still, he could think about it, couldn't he? A pink tongue snaked out between his jaws, running itself over those furry lips in thought. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Seeing Remus settled down comfortably, the young witch was surprised when he raised his head to look at another corner with an odd look on his face -a blandness more than anything else. that spoke for how tired the werewolf was. "We are not alone, Ginevra."Ginny wrinkled her nose at the use of her full name but otherwise let it slide this time, to follow her brother's gaze. Seeing the sand spread out from the kitsu she was reminded of her brothers' Portable Swamps & actually smiled. The talaye versions of her twin brothers were not as enterprising as those from before, probably because they had little need for money in their new family. Bending down she nuzzled Remus lightly. "Whyn't you sleep, Remus. I'll go be social."With a nod the wizard lowered his eyes, watching as the redhead trotted towards the stranger & onto the sands. "Hello!" She greeted in a friendly manner. "Did you bring in all this sand? That's some doing."Bloody Anubis Did they think he couldn't hear them? Gaara lowered his ears at the sound of 'I'll go be social', dipping his chin a bit. When she neared him, Ginny would receive a rather dark look, only made more intimidating by the black ringing his eyes. Those green-blue eyes only narrowed when she set foot on his sand. This was no simple bog- no ordinary mound of sand. The closer she got, the more it would begin to smell of something extremely unpleasant. Of blood and rot.
A mild snort at the question- was that the best she could do? No, he just happened to be sitting in the thickest part of the sand and the substance just happened to be seeping down his back and out of his tails. Gaara tilted his head back and cocked it to the side, lowering his eyelids boredly. No, he wasn't a social kitsu at all. 'What do YOU want?' seemed to be the general message, followed by a soft grunt. Grumpy much? Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The question had been purely a social nicity; it was clear he had made the sands. She tried to desist in wrinkling her nose but only managed halfway. Between the smell & the general grumpyness of the male Ginny almost turned around. But she was nothing if not headstrong, & there was no one else to talk to. She padded a bit closer, sitting where she could easily make light talk without the stench overwhelming her. "What kind of magic is it, that you create sand so? My brothers gave me a few of their Portable Swamps, but they work differently." She made a smile, thinking that neither smelled very pleasant but not wanting to compare the two smells right now. "I'm Ginny Weasley. And you are..."Sure, she was pretending he wanted to talk with her. What of it? She was not about to back down now. Bloody Anubis Hmph. Couldn't this stupid girl take a hint? He wanted to be left alone. He couldn't think with her talking, as much as he'd like. If she had turned around from the stench, he wouldn't have been disappointed in the least- one less fleshy creature to deal with. He stared steadily at her, never blinking and never moving. Just... staring, and not nicely at all.
...She wasn't going to go away, was she?
Fine. He had other ways of getting rid of annoyances.
A soft growl rolled from him, lips pulling back to show off his canines in a rather fierce grin. "Magic?" He drawled darkly. "Don't be a fool. This is of my own physical ability, and mine alone." His paws flexed in the sand then curled, allowing it to seep through. He ignored the question to his identity, not so willing to give it out so freely. Old habits die hard. "Entertain yourself elsewhere." Well! Someone was blunt. Autumn_Fury A high-pitched squealing sound could be heard as a small bundle of fur came rocketing inside, dashing directly for the pillows on the opposite side of the room, completely disregarding the fact that there was somebody already on the pillows as she flung herself onto them. Aria was quickly followed by a worried-and-annoyed-and-mostly-tired Ember, though he skidded to a halt before he too landed atop his friend. "Aria~!" he whispered, scowling, to which the girl only stuck her tongue out and made herself more comfortable. [Alchemist.exe]
A moment after Ember's entrance came Rhian's, the female kitsu scrambling after the wayward and rather delightedly laughing Elian, who seemed to find making his mother goose-chase him a wonderful game. The small kit dove into the pillows as well, hiding beneath one as Rhian skid to a halt, panting softly and looking frustrated.Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf The witch huffed, & her brown eyes flashed with temper. "Entertain myself elsewhere? I might, if you weren't the only unknown here." The smell was starting to bother her. She wanted to clean up & go to the kitchen & cook up something for Harry but stubbornness held her & she only flicked her tails in annoyance. "If you really wanted to be alone, why come here? The way I see it, this is a gathering place for kitsu. Somewhere to be social."Remus was about to call his sister back to him when a small, plesantly warm thing landed on him. "Umph!" He muttered softly, opening his eyes all the way to see what had chosen him as a pillow. He squinted, the colors looked familiar & the scent... He cast his eyes about, beaming when he saw Ember, Rhian & ... their kit? His eyes sparkled with joy. "Ember! Rhian! You look so much better than last I saw you, Miss Rhian. I never got to congratulate you." He smiled, flipping a tail to blanket the kit ontop of him who was surely their other kit. "Your kits, I presume?"[Alchemist.exe]
Rhian looked up at Remus in surprise, ears perking up, before she smiled, moving to fish Elian out from the pillows, setting him at her feet. "Thank you, Mister Remus," she said politely, looking a bit shy, though it was mostly out of having not seen Remus in so long. "And, yes... This is Elian. The little one on you is Aria," she murmured, leaning in to nuzzle her daughter tenderly, before her attention went right to her mate, licks given to both cheeks and a tender nuzzle for his ears.Autumn_Fury "S-sorry, yes..." Ember replied with a nervous laugh, automatically leaning over to nuzzle at Rhian with a soft purr of greeting. "This is Aria.." he introduced, nodding his head at the darker-colored kit who was now flopped belly-up on top of Remus, "And Elian. Our...our kits..." he blushed a bit, the words still a bit strange to say. "S-sorry to bother you...I...we didn't mean to interrupt your nap." Bloody Anubis He noticed the huff, allowing himself an inward smirk. "I'd rather stay unknown." Came the rude retort, and Gaara leaned back into the corner, eyes slowly drawing shut. "It was quiet until you and your... whatever came. Apparently the social place doesn't get very much activity- I've been here for most of the day." Hm. Too many words, too much effort. The sand kitsu drew in breath slowly, attempting to coax away a twitch at the edges of his eyes that threatened to develop into a headache. "None of your business why I'm here. Go away."
Another snarl came, but this time not from his throat. The redhead furrowed his invisible brows, causing the kanji on his forehead to wrinkle. Dammit, was it time to eat again? His stomach gave another growl beneath the dark cloth, but this time, he pretended to ignore it. One eye cracked opened. Was the female still around? Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Remus chuckled, still grinning broadly at the two. "They're both beautiful, and not a bother at all." Then softer so that Ginny could not hear "I was only resting... not napping. But let us not tell Genevre." Smiling he spoke normally again. "Besides... I suppose I should get used to the antics of little ones."He did not look week in that moment, as his chest jutted out proudly his eyes whirling with both jubilation & disbelief at his good fortune. "Or eggs... well, one can never know when eggs will hatch, can we?"Ears twitching at the happy sounds coming from across the way Ginny backed down. "Fine. Have it your way. I want to meet Remus' friends' family anyway." She stood, dusting the sand from her robes. "There's food in the kitchen, if you want to stop your belly grumbling. Nari seems to usually have what Remus calls Japanese food in the white ice box thing. Don't touch the English stuff! That's for Harry!" Narrowing her gaze she snorted & turned around, kicking sand behind her as she walked off in a huff. When she could feel the floor through the sand once more she turned her head to look at him. "I suppose if you ask nice I could fix something fresh for you, though I doubt you would." She made a face. "It's been a pleasure." Sarcasm dripped from the word as she trotted off to tease the papas. Autumn_Fury "No, one can never know..." Ember agreed, smiling as little Aria grew bored and batted at one of Remus's ears. "They are, beautiful, aren't they..?" he asked softly, a proud grin upon his face as he looked over his family. His grin softened as it passed over Rhian, who seemed to have dozed off...so busy was a mother, he supposed, giving a gentle and affectionate lick to her cheek. "Just as your little ones will be beautiful, I'm sure. How could they n-not, with you and Nari as parents?" Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Ginny walked up to see her brother twich his ear from the kit batting it & laughed; forcefully pushing thoughts of the unsocial kitsu & his sand from her. She teased lightly. "And did you tell him yet, Remus?" Bobbing her head at Ember she added, "Good to see you again. Cute kits.""I was just getting to that, Ginny." He smiled at his friend in appology. "I returned to Nari in time that night, my friend. In time to be with her & the arrival of our four eggs." Ginny giggled again at the change in him. No one would recognize him as the bedraggled DotDE professor or the man always on the move that she remembered from before. "I am so glad I was fortunate enough to be able to tell you myself, Ember." He flicked a tail to give Aria something besides his ear to play with. Autumn_Fury "Four?" Ember asked, his eyes widening before he grinned excitedly, gently headbutting Rem's shoulder (much to Aria's disgust, apparently, for she began chittering and chirping and squeaking at Ember scoldingly.) He barely repressed a smile. "Sorry, Ari-" he mumbled, then turned back to Remus. "That is wonderful, Remus! Four eggs~!" He beamed at both Ginny and his friend, wriggling a bit in enthusiasm. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Four." Ginny confirms with a grin & nod of her head. "And him nearly bursting to tell you all weekend. Wouldn't do for anyone else to let you know the news. Oh no. Had to tell you himself." The proud papa just beams, stretching his neck to nuzzle Ember happily & chuckling at the kit's scoldings. He flicks his tail to tickle Aria, seeing if he can make her laugh. "Guilty as charged." Autumn_Fury "I...it was that important you you, Remus..?" he asked curiously, returning the nuzzle gleefully and scooping Aria up onto his shoulders while she was distracted giggling at the tickling. Once upon her father's shoulders, she flopped onto her stomache, chirping softly. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Ember..." The tone was loving & kind, but held a hint of "professor" to it, as if driving home a point. "Yes. It was that important to me. You are that important to me." Nuzzling him again, Remus touched his nose to the kit. "Ah, now I get to see you, pretty little thing." Ginny giggled. If he was like this with Ember's kits, watching him with his own was sure to be interesting. "But I keep you now.... Rhian & your boy-kit are already asleep." Remus nudged him gently. "I will take your side, if you wish. You deserve to know how it feels to be surronded by those that love you, Ember." Autumn_Fury "Ember flushed- Remus had seen right through his question to the real one- the self-validating question. He looked away awkwardly, but then was able to beam at his friend again as he practically cooed at Aria. He was so busy stifling giggles at that, that he almost missed Remus's offer...and even when he did process the offer, he wasn't sure he'd heard correctly. However, looking down at Rhian and his son, and seeing Aria yawn and stretch dramatically, Ember nodded hesitantly and curled up next to his mate, gently snuggling against her, and smiled up at Remus. "Join me, my friend.." he asked softly, "Whether I deserve it or not, I've sorely missed having you by my side..." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Feeling very much the interloper, Ginny excused herself. "I'll um... be in the kitchen. Lovely kits, Ember." Bobing her head in lue of a wave, Ginny trotted off to the the kitchen, belatedly hoping that the sand kitsu had not chosen to go in there. Not that she looked to find out. In fact, she purposefully kept her eyes averted from the sand altogether. Remus nodded at Ginny's departure even as he snuggled into place beside Ember. "You deserve it. If you & Nari can convince me I deserve love, than I should be able to do as much for you, my Soul's Brother." Again, he was greatful for picking up that concept from Trelweny's favorite books. Soul Brothers. Brothers in all but blood. He nuzzled his friend gently. "And I have missed our times at each other's sides as well."He sighed happily. The only thing that would make this even more perfect was if Nari was there. He would wait to see if she or Sirius showed up. Then... then he would follow his heart & apparate to her home. Even should she snap at him to protect their eggs at first. Small price to pay. Autumn_Fury Ember sighed in contentment as Remus lay closely on one side of him, and Rhian on the other, with their two kits (somehow having found each other to curl around) tucked snugly between them. He thought that he had never in his life felt quite so safe as right then. Nodding a guilty farewell to Ginny, he momentarily fretted that he was being rude...but as he felt Rhian shift slightly closer to him in her sleep, he again relaxed, nuzzling first her, and then Remus. "Remus...thank you.." he murmured sleepily, resting his head on his paws as he struggled suddenly to keep his eyes open. "Th'only thing missing's Nari, and it'd be just like old times..." Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Hearing the thoughts of his heart spoken aloud only heightened Remus' knowing that the two were Soul Brothers. "Yes... Just like old times. Perhaps Nari will stop by with the eggs..." It was a long shot, but he supposed it was possible. "It is little I have done, my friend, but you are welcome."
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:57 am
Casual RP: the birth of the kits Page 2880Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Oh! They're cracking!" Tries to get as close as Nari will permit. "Nari! Our eggs!" Remus looks a bit faint & proudly excited all at once.MoochiLove *bounces in the background* Mau (Nari: *eyes Trel waaarily.. protective momma* >_>) MoochiLove *records the happy moment from a distance* Mau Nari was almost too busy helping her tiny kits free themselves from their shells to notice the people lurking about. Almost. Pausing momentarily from helping the black female, she lifted a warning glare at said persons before turning her visible attention happily back on her kits. MoochiLove *backs away* Hehehehe....still, beautiful pups!! Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Remus curls around his mate & kits protectively, nuzzling Nari to permit his human to approach. "It's all right, beloved. She cared for me, she cares for her own... she'd never harm them." He licks each one proadly in turn. "They're all lovely. Like their mother." Licks Nari's nose.Trel coos & lightly pets the kits. "Well done. What a handsome family!" The Kitsu That Never Was Right out of the shell, one could tell Rom would be both brave and probably a little ahead of himself as he fussed about with his sisters, flickering his tails weakly and letting off a random amount of cattehollaring before finding his way under his mother's tails, which was pretty warm and comfortable. Mau "There are others, too." Purring, she leaned up against him momentarily before reaching out one paw to stop Mau Cho from wandering off. The little kit whined, but this Nari ignored as she promptly scooped her up and deposited her safely back next to Remus. "And of course, they have none of you in them." She razzed him lightly before again going to retrieve the small black female - who seemed to have an uncanny ability to escape her mother's protective grasp. [or maybe she's just apparating! lols] Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Of course there are, love. But we can handle them. Together." He chuckled lightly, watching his son duck beneath Nari's tails & seeing how MauCho kept escaping. "She's going to be a handful isn't she?" The little red kit flicked her white & gold tails, half watching her escaping sister. She yawned, exposing her small pink tongue, then rolled onto her back & batted at Remus' scarf lightly. When her daddy looked back at her Lily tilted her head & cooed softly, widening her eyes in a cute fashion.Poor daddy Remus. If kits had fingers, he would be promptly wrapped around Liliana's. He was hooked. Mau Blinking and peeking around to peer under her tails, Nari nodded. "So it would seem.. especially if any of them have powers." And hopefully not the curse. Although they would deal with that as it came - if it came. "Someone likes you a lot." She shook her head and chuckled at the small kit laying in front of Remus.Mau Cho, however, was not amused. Glowering - as much as a kit can glower - at the attention her sister was getting, she stalked over to her and, standing over her, stuck her small pink tongue out. "Daddy's girl >p" Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf "Ah, yes. I suppose we must find Albus & see if he can tell whether they can do magic. I would suspect they all can, until we know for certain. I cannot seem to recall how the Ministry knows if someone is a witch or wizard. It would be very helpful now."
Turning his head Remus urges his son to peek out of his mother's tails. "Come on out, son. We won't let your sisters overrun you."At her sister's ribbings Lily only smiles sweetly & snuggles against their father. It is not until Remus looks away that she sticks her tongue out at MauCho in kind. The Kitsu That Never Was
Enjoying his new 'home' rather selfishly, Romulus watched as his sisters had their little spat to see who would be the dominant 'daddy's girl' as he rolled his eyes, not finding interest in playing 'who's the favorite' with his sisters as his mum's tail fell like a hat on his head, mizinmg red fur with red fur, making him feel more like a little nin than anything >3.Mau "All four with magic?" Her eyes widened. "That will be a task to look after them all." Peering back at her small song with a grin, she wrapped her tails around him, then turned a sharp look on the feuding kits. "Both of you..""Hmph! Sweet little daddy's girl isn't so sweet." With a playful growl she pounced fully onto Lily, nipping lightly at any available paws or ears that came her way. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf He chuckled, gently licking his mate's cheek. He was far too happy to fret tonight. It would be another month before discovering weather his condition could become hereditary. "I'm sure it's not as hard as you might think." He was oddly optimistic.
He too gave a hard glance at the sisters before putting a paw down to separate them. "None of that now. You are family. I won't tollerate any fighting."Liliana shrieked at first, seeing the pouce but being prone on her back she was slow to react. Lily did not want to rough play & mewed pitifully as she attempted to get MauCho off of her.
When Remus paw came down she took the oportunity to run into his robes. Turning around inside, Lily peered out at her sister, sticking her tongue out once more. Mau Raising one eyebrow at him skeptically, she shook her head. "Only if the others don't have the tendency to vanish."When he separated them, MC fell back on her rump and pouted up at him. "Wasn't hurting her." She sulked as Remus scolded her, then stuck her tongue out once again and hissed "big baby" in Lily's ear before trotting off to bother play with Romulus. Digging through her mother's tails, she spied a smaller tail and clamped onto it cheerfully, attempting to pull her brother out in the open without hurting him. Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Lily huffed daintily. So what if she was a big baby. MauCho was just... was just... But Liliana did not know enough yet to know what to call her.She pouted over that for a moment, then noticed that her fur was rumpled & with a squeak of surprise began to groom herself."Wizards do not just vanish. One has to be taught how to properly apparate." At least. They did. Before. Who knew what changes might have happened mixing wizard magic with Nari's magic. He hoped only good. The Kitsu That Never Was He should have seen his sister coming towards him - but with the red fur harming his vision, he hadn't noticed her skipping over until a good chunk of his tail was suddenly in her mouth and being tugged, taking the kit with it - to his surprise. Turning over with wide eyes, his silent air gave a query like feel, as if asking her what she was doing.
Mau One vigilant eye kept watch of Mau Cho, making sure that Rom wasn't actually harmed and that the play didn't get to rough. "I think one of our kits has disproved that already. Or else, she simply has a keen knack for escaping."Triumphantly, she dropped her brother's tail and wagged her own proudly. "Play!" Lowering her nose to the ground, she wiggled slightly, mimicking the cat-stalk position before tilting her head at his odd look. Sitting back up, she whined slightly and her ears drooped. "Plaaaaay. Lily's no fun.. too busy making googoo eyes at dad D:."("And next time don't let your guard down because of a pair of big goo-goo eyes." xp Cookie for reference!) Trelweny RosePhoenixWolf Remus also was viligently watching Romulus & MauCho, although perhaps not quite as much as Nari -believing that his son could certainly take care of himself. Ducking his head he lightly helped the little princess clean up. "I suppose it could be possible. Never have I been an athority on young magic users. We will simply have to keep a sharp eye out."The little female purred loudly, tilting her head so she could watch her siblings "play". It certainly had not felt like "play" to Lily. And is had mussed her fur! She squeaked in complaint however when MauCho said she was no fun. [Different fun!] Nerpin Letting his predominentally wild side let throught, his hackles raised high in play as he turned around and got in position, wriiggling around his sister and hopping in her range, waiting for when she figured was ample position and time to ponce on him. He was waiting, oh waiting, now for her to initiate a good round of this 'play' that almost came naturally to whelps their age. But no growl or groan came from the whelp, just the sound of his skittering too and fro.
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