The First Zanuark
Chapter 6
Vacation Part 2
Moonlit Romance
Zanuark woke up, Kaisa wasn't here. A day has passed since he came home and thing already seem to be getting boring. He wondered out of the cave silently, nodding to the guards as he passed. He sniffed the air for Kaisa's scent. He picked up a faint trail and followed it. He soon saw her, at the shore of the lake that leads to the Great Volcano territory. She was staring down at the water, the moon glittered in her eyes. Zanuark approached gently.
"Hey, you alright?" He asked.
Kaisa spun around quickly, tensed but relax seeing who it was. "Yea, I've just, never been out the cavern. I come from the Suicune Mountains far north, and, I never knew a place to be warm, it's wonderful."
"Yea, it is." He pressed his head to hers.
"So, where are we exactly?" She asked.
"This is the Great Bay. Beyond here in front of us is the Rainbow Mountains, where it's said Ho-Oh resides, and past that is the Silver Sea where Lugia is said to reside, and then the Holy Mountains, where Arceus is said to reside."
"Why are these called the Rainbow Mountains?" Kaisa asked.
"You'll see at dawn." He answered.
"How long is that, judging by the position of the sun and moon, I'd say thirty minutes at the most." He told Kaisa.
"What?"
"It's a joke, but within thirty minutes, since the sky is becoming a gray."
"The sky is never blue where I come from, only black and dark blue." She sighed.
He nodded and looked up as the sky became orange. The sun broke the surface of the mountains a few minutes later and the mountains glittered as rods of sunlight poked out the sides. It was a beautiful rainbow color. Kaisa's eyes lit up at the sight. Zanuark smiled pressing his head to her shoulder.
"Maybe, maybe I don't need to go home." Kaisa started. "Or maybe, home is here. I'll go wherever you do Zan, I hope you know that."
Zanuark nodded. "Together until death do we part, and in heaven or hell, or if nothing is there, we will still be together. Hey, see that cave in the north?" Zanuark pointed with his tail to the north. A sharp cliff jutted out the ground, with a straight hole that went on for miles. But on the other side was the path to the White Valley, which went on for more miles to the Suicune Mountains. "Meet me there, tonight, at sun down."
Kaisa nodded.
"Come on, let's head back to the cave before people get worried."
"There they are!" Celina called.
"We woke up and found you gone," Zora, Pheobe's first-born daughter started, "We thought you went off and well."
Zenia, the baby of her litter, just after Zenobe, finished her sister's sentence. "We thought you did it."
They blushed avoiding looking at each other.
Kaisa trotted back to their shared bed and lied down falling asleep. Zanuark didn't join her, he walked over to his sisters and they talked about their experiences back at Moon Fang. Cali spoke of how she was named punching bag because she could take the most hits. Celina kept missing meals because she had difficulty staying awake and often woke up under a few inches of snow. Cora was already using her ability of powers, which you don't learn until you make it to Waxing Fang. Zanuark told about his luck in Capture the Flag. Explaining what happened by using a branch to harmlessly demonstrate what happened. Then he accidentally demonstrated on Zenobe knocking him square on his rear.
Cali, Celina, and Cora started laughing while Zan stared wide eyed as Zenobe got back up and shook his head. Another Mightyena that was in Zanuark's class in advanced combat training padded up. He was one of the Mightyena he accidentally hit, he has black fur around his eyes instead of gray. He graduated out of Dull Fang about a moon after Zanuark and his sister arrived. He was above Kaisa as a Master class. "Told you it happened." The Mightyena said.
"Shut up Ladon." Zenobe told the Mightyena.
Ladon nudged his head into Zanuark. "Nice one man."
"Personally, I'd put you on your tail, but your face after that is good enough." Zenobe told him.
Zanuark sighed relaxing and his littermates finally calmed down. He found Cali gently hitting him with the branch, teasing him.
The sun began to set, and Zanuark waited patiently for Kaisa. Kaisa soon approached and Zan flicked his ears to follow him. The two walked for a few minutes until they came across the cavern Zanuark talked about. He'd only been all the way through it once, it was a straight path, with a perfect arch all the way through, running a hundred miles.
Zanuark picked up a branch and wrapped it in dried out skin. He'd then wedge two stones between his claws and banged them together creating sparks until the makeshift torch lit up. (I nearly typed makeshit here) He quickly picked it up with his mouth and began walking in, Kaisa running to catch up. They were walking for a while when they finally came across a small hole in the side. Zanuark handed the torch to Kaisa, taking it in her muzzle. She crawled in slowly after him. At the center of the dome was a shaft that ran to the top of the plateau this cave goes through. Just under the shaft was a pool of water, its borders made a perfect circle, more like a fountain. At the center of the pool was a pedestal, a perfect glass sphere could be seen in the little moonlight that reached the cave.
Kaisa approached the pool and looked in. Multiple Lillie flower floated at the surface. And just barely able to be seen was a bunch of soft ferns and flower beds. She wondered how they were able to grow in a place like this.
Zanuark approached Kaisa from behind and then jumped at her. The two both fell into the fountain. Kaisa gasped for air at the surface caught off guard and coughed a little. Zanuark appeared next to break the surface.
Standing on paws, it only came up to a few inches under his neck. Kaisa looked at him angrily, a look he only received when she was more than pissed with him. It broke into her sticking his tongue out at him. She tackled him sending him into the water once more and they playfully splashed and wrestled each other for a while until they became tired. Soon Kaisa grew tired and crawled out of the water. Zanuark was pulled out by gently biting onto her tail and being towed out. The two lied on their side.
The moon rested on it highest position and the sky, and it directly hit the orb in the center. The cave soon lit up, the lilies and flower beds all glowed silver, and the water was crystal clear, like it wasn't there. The two looked into each other's eyes. Kaisa after a while would work up the strength to once more tackle Zanuark, rolling over a few times until she was on her back with Zanuark on top of her. He blushed rubbing their nose together. But it was then, in perfect unison, they broke off from each other.
"I'm sorry, I can't!" They shouted. "What? You're not? But. Wait."
"Can we wait?" Kaisa asked.
Zanuark nodded. "We're in the same mind."
"When we graduate from the core fangs, let's look at it again." She continued.
Zanuark licked her face and smiled as the moon began to come out of alignment, and orb stopped its glow. The two left the cave exhausted and wet. Freezing when they got out of the warmth that was insulated inside the cave.
