Chapter 2
Training wasn't the smoothest session. Ember didn't know a thing, Datenshi had difficulties learning the moves, and Sue was somewhere else, not focusing at all. She had not told anyone yet that she was pregnant, she was positive that the test was wrong; she decided to wait and see if she got the symptoms of pregnancy.
Eventually, Ember frustrated and said, "Screw this I'm going dragon!" she was consumed by fire then became a dragon. She smirked then said, "Okay, who can I fight first?"
Nana sighed and rolled her eyes. "No Ember-"
"I preferred to be called Firewings!" Firewings smirked.
"Okay, no Firewings, we do not 'fight' others. We spar with others to learn and prefect our moves and strategies. Fighting is not what we do." Nana explained.
"But isn't fighting what kung fu is?" Firewings asked.
"No, it's only half. Kung fu is also a practice for the mind and body. It calms yourself, and lets you focus more and better than without knowing Kung Fu." Nana smiled at her students.
"Is training over yet?!" Firewings begged. Datenshi chuckled at her friend.
Nana sighed and nodded. "I suppose we can end early. You all did a excellent job today." she bowed in a respectful way to them. The others did the same back. "You are dismissed."
Firewings smiled, then fell back on the grass to sleep. Datenshi laughed, then walked over to where Sid and Tobey were fighting on who would take out the garbage today.
"It's your turn, I took it out yesterday!" Sid growled. "And the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that, and the week before that, and-"
"Okay! Okay! Cool it! I'll do the garbage, alright?!" Tobey whined then stormed off. Sid laughed at him, and Datenshi chuckled.
"Tobey really hates doing the garbage doesn't he?" Datenshi asked Sid.
Sid nodded. "Everyone in this house does."
Datenshi nodded, then looked around. "Hey, where's Sue?"
Sid shrugged. "Don't know, she ran inside right after training. I hope she's okay."
"This is Sue we're talking about. She's fine." Datenshi smiled. Sid nodded. "Your right. I'm just over reacting."
~*~
"Stupid Sid, making me take out the garbage…" Tobey grumbled as he walked to the bathroom to take out the bathroom garbage. He sat on the toilet seat as he started to pull out the garbage bag, he noticed something on the top of the trash. Plugging of his nose from the smell, he went in and pulled it out.
"Huh? What's this?" Tobey looked at it curiously. It was a strip, and it had a very dark plus sign on it. "I've never seen this before…maybe Sid or Gary will know what this is." he slipped it into his pocket, then finished his job of taking out the garbage.
After he gathered all the garbage around the house, he chucked it in the dumpster and went to find Sid and Gary. He found them in the boys room, playing video games against each other.
"Hey! Guys, pause the game! I have to show you something, it's important." Tobey said, grabbing the game controllers away from them. The boys glared angrily at Tobey.
"This better be good shrimp." Gary stood up and looked at him.
Tobey glared at him, then pulled out the slip and handed it to Sid. Sid's eyes widened as he examined it. After a few minutes, he announced, "it's a pregnancy test!"
Gary and Tobey gasped. "A pregnancy test! Let me see that. . ." Gary took it from Sid and read it. "Whoever took this came out positive, they're pregnant."
Tobey gasped again. "Well, who took that test?!"
Gary shrugged. "Likely Datenshi, Ember, or Sue."
"They're only 16! They couldn't have gotten pregnant at so young!" Sid cried. Gary sighed, then looked at Sid.
"We should each ask the girls. Ask them some symptoms of pregnancy, like have you been vomiting or feeling the need to, being emotional, or hungry all the time. Then ask them." Gary explained. "I'll ask Sue, you ask Datenshi, and Tobey asks Ember, er, Firewings . . . What ever her name is!"
Tobey nodded. "But, this may be wrong. Pregnancy tests aren't the most accurate if you do them at home."
Gary sighed. "It says pregnant, and they could actually be very accurate. Lets go ask them." he tensed up for a second when he remembered what he and Sue 'did', on complete accident.
Sid and Tobey nodded. The boys walked to the girls' room, and saw Sue reading in her bed. Datenshi was listening to music on hers.
"Hey Datenshi." Sid smiled and walked to her bed. Datenshi paused the song on her iPod and looked up at him. She smiled.
"Hi Sid, what's up?" Datenshi asked as she sat up. Sid pulled her up by her wrist and said, "I want to talk to you privately."
"Did I do something wrong?"
". . . no. I just want to ask you some things." Sid walked out, holding onto Datenshi's wrist. Sue watched, a bad feeling in her gut. She froze when Gary walked in and shut the door.
"Sue, I have to ask you a few things too." he said softly and sat down on the edge of the bed. Sue watched him with wide eyes, expecting what was about to happen.
"Sue, have you been . . . Getting sick lately?" Gary asked. Sue nodded, and Gary could smell the smell of vomit on her breath. "How recently?"
"About twenty minutes ago, right after training . . ." Sue frowned. Gary sighed.
"Okay, how has been your appetite?"
"I'm always hungry."
"Have you been more emotional lately?"
"Yeah." Sue narrowed her eyes at him. "Why are you asking me all these questions Gary?"
"I just have one more question for you Sue: are you pregnant?"
Sue stared at him, then nodded slowly, tears falling down her cheeks. "I am. I took a test after deliveries and it was positive, but I threw it out after I did it. How did you find out?"
"Tobey. It was his turn to take out the garbage, and he found that test. Apparently you didn't do a good job at hiding it." he smiled. "But what will the others think about this when they find out you're expecting and-"
"You cant!" Sue cried. "You can't tell them I'm pregnant! Nana will kill me, and she will make me get an abortion! I can't kill a life that never got a chance to live!"
"Don't you think that Nana will be even angrier at you if you don't tell her? She'll eventually find out, when the baby is born!" Gary growled. "And she may make you send it to the orphanage."
Sue sighed. "That's better than killing it. I want to keep the baby."
"Okay Sue, we'll keep it. But who's baby is it?"
"I give you one guess." sue smirked and kissed his cheek. "This is your baby I'm carrying."
Gary sighed and smiled. "I'm going to be a father."
"And I'm going to be a mother." Sue smiled and shut her eyes.
"I'll think of something to tell the other boys." he told her.
Sue sighed and nodded. "But, you promise me you wont tell anyone?"
"I promise Sue." he kissed her then walked out of her room, closing the door behind him. Sid walked up to him, Tobey following him.
"Well, Datenshi isn't pregnant." Sid sighed.
"Neither is Fire, she got suspicious though." Tobey reported. "So Sue must be pregnant!"
Gary quickly said, "No way! I just talked to her and she's obviously not. It must have been . . . A customer's test. Yeah, a customer's test. You know a lot of people are crazy in this town, they may take a pregnancy test in a restaurant."
Sid sighed and rolled his eyes. "If you really think that's it, then I guess no one is pregnant."
"I don't believe it." Tobey shook his head. "I was sure someone was pregnant."
~*~
Sue yawned, getting exhausted, even though it was only 7:00. She saw Firewings walk inside the room and plop down on her hammock.
"Ugg, I hate training. How will it help us if I'm too exhausted to move?" Firewings moaned.
Sue chuckled. "Okay, one, why are you a dragon?"
"Dragons are epic, I'm epic, duh!" Firewings laughed.
Sue rolled her eyes. "Um, okay. And second, training will help us with hard work."
Firewings rolled her eyes. "Sure . . . Hey, did Gary ask you if you're pregnant? Tobey asked me, and I said no. He was asking me these really weird questions, it's weird, even for him!"
Sue froze, unsure how to answer. "Um . . . Tobey is always weird!"
"Yeah, but not like this." Firewings looked at Sue. "Something's not right, and when I have more and I know for sure something's not right, I will find out.
To Be Continued . . .