Akira and Su-jin loved exploring the desert around their home. It was large, and easy to get lost in if one didn't have a hover bike and GPS to find their way home. It was ultimately silent. After years of being a reporter and photographer pair in often dangerous situations, their small house in the middle of no-where was perfect. Akira was the reporter and Su-jin was his daring photographer. She'd once tied a rope around one of her ankles and dangled off a cliff just to get the perfect shot. She had her pulitzer framed next to his, which he'd won for an expose on a corrupt businessman who'd crafted this philanthropic image that was really a sham to cover up his real agenda.
It may not have been love at first sight, but they met at her Pulitzer award ceremony and hit it off as partners. Before either knew it, while in the field covering a warlord, they were married before a local priestess. They later made it legal with a justice of the peace the moment they returned home.
"Alright, that cave looks like a good spot for a picnic!" Akira said as he slowed the bike to a stop. Su-jin hopped off with a stretch. She immediately pulled out her camera and snapped a picture of how the desert looked around them. She aimed her lens at the cave and gasped.
"Honey?" Akira said. Su-jin waved a hand at him in a silent "shush" gesture; she carefully walked forwards.
"It's ok, we won't hurt you," she said. That's when Akira saw the small shadowy form hiding in the mouth of the cave. Make that the vaguely human shaped form. The size suggested a child of three or four at the oldest. Akira dismounted the bike silently and the little form backed up into the darkness, losing a distinct shape. He thought about it before he rummaged through his side bags and pulled out,
"Do you really think they'll come out to beef jerky?"
"DAGH!" was the best way to describe that sound.
"Sorry," Su-jin said reaching into the bag and pulling out a strip of meat and holding it out. The darkness shifted as the child came out from the shadows and into the demi-light.
It took everything Su-jin had not to react to the glowing yellow eyes, feline ears on the head, and tiny fangs slightly exposed. The child darted forwards faster than Su-jin expected and snatched the jerky from her and was snacking on the meat, the eyes were fixed firmly on Su-jin at all times from within the shadows of the cave mouth. Akira had sidled up behind her and was holding out a second jerky strip. The child darted forwards, this time more slowly into the light revealing not only did this kid have cat ears, fangs, and fluffy hair, but that there was also fur on the child's body in addition to the hair. Both the hair and the fur were different shades of violet. It was also easy to tell that this little purple child was a little boy. He was also unbelievably adorable. It didn't matter he was a little alien baby, Su-jin instantly fell in love.
Kioreth didn't know what to think about these strange a-li-ens. They didn't smell like Daddy, or Mama, or Uncle Kir, or Aunt Wy-la, or Lotor. They were nice. The food thing they gave him was nice. Sort of like yelta. He was scared, but the big blue Phryx bot had sent him nice feelings before he left the pod Aunt Wy-la put him in. He had no idea what they were saying. It was like when he would go to the Food-Place with Uncle Kir, and the a-li-ens were all over the place. They offered him more and he walked this time and slowly took the food and paused before eating.
"Thank you." he said. The one that looked like Aunt Wy-la had smiled at him like Uncle Kir would and said something. They were weird, but until Aunt Wy-la, Daddy, or Uncle Kir came, he could trust them.
MP: The reason I made Akira Japanese and Su-jin Korean was to acknowledge Go-Lion and the Korean Keith HC. I even named Akira after Keith's 80's Japanese counterpart.