Chapter 3
Neko Anger
Gakupo headed back to his side of the camp, his face still flushed a light red and forgot to hide his ears and tail from his friends. He set the bucket down by the fire pit as his tail flicked a log. He seemed not to be paying any attention to those around him. Miku came up behind him and looked down at him. "Hey!" she said happily. "How about we explore the campsite?" Gakupo doesn't respond to her, he continued to set up the logs, and lit a fire using a box of matches and lighter fluid.
"Are you okay?" Rin asked the samurai. "You seem awfully quiet now…" Again Gakupo doesn't respond, his ears are back and his tail was still.
"He seems different…" Luka said folding her arms over her chest.
"Yeah…" Miku said slowly. "Do you think that something happened to him when he went to get some water?" Len spotted Gakupo Neko ears and tail, which were the same color as his hair.
"Eh? Where did those come from?" Len asked. He pulled the samurai's tail hard causing him to hiss and round quickly on the younger boy.
"Aw! Gakupo has Cat ears! And a tail!" Miku said somewhat happily. "But why?" Gakupo hissed again and ran for the trees. Damn it! They weren't ever supposed to see me this way! Gakupo thought to himself angrily.
"What just happened?" Rin asked confused. Gakupo made his way deeper into the trees and ended up finding Farren's campsite.
"I think Gakupo just ran off that way…" Miku said pointing towards the trees. Gakupo didn't want to return to the campsite where his friends were. He figured that they would hate him for what he really was. He leaned against a tree and breathed heavily trying to calm his heart rate wanting to stay hidden as long as possible. His ears were back and his tail was down behind him not moving. He didn't know what to do anymore. I have no idea what to do now. They might hate me for what I am… Gakupo thought to himself. Soon he slid into a sitting position near the tree he had been leaning against.