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Ch. 10 Rejection and Acceptance

Time has passed as weeks went by for the new group of teens, adjusting too their long stay in the Valley of Peace. Except for a certain dark furred wolf. Ryo was acting, different recently. Perchance of the fight he had with Chronos, or having to deal with Kiba's foolishness and folly remarks.

Sitting on top of the roof of the Training Hall observing everyone that was training outside the training room, Takami pondered on what to say to Faith. He had no idea what to say to her. He had no knowledge, no experience in talking to any girl, except for Skyler.

Finishing his relaxation from doing thousand push ups and running the stairs ten times by the order of his new master Tigress, he decided to head back inside. Now that teens has been accepted in the palace, they were acquired a master to teach them in their fighting art. Skyler worked with Mantis and Viper, Kiba was with Po, Faith was inside training with Crane, Ryo was with Monkey for they interest in weapons. Lastly Takami eagerly choose Tigress as his teachers.

Jade Palace: Training Hall

In the Training hall leaning against the wall with crossed arms, Tigress awaited for Takami in finishing her training instructions. Overhearing the training hall doors open and spotted him entering and walking to her. He stood in front of her and bowed.

Tigress, I've finished running the stairs and doing my workouts like you instructed." He stated in a undetectably unease.

"Terrific, you're free to do what you wish for the rest of the day. Tomorrow well be working on your hand to hand combat training" She stated walking away. Watching her take her leave and scratching the back of his head, Takami noticed that everyone was coming back in through the training hall do they're everyday routines. The only one that was still the training room was Faith.

With vibes of nervousness flying around his atmosphere, Takami began moving towards her to talk.

'Alright, just be yourself Taka, you can do this. Talking to girls shouldn't be hard. Especially a girl that's really sweet and I'm friends with. I can do this.' Takami thought, prepping himself.

"Hey Fay, how's it going?" Takami started. Faith turned towards him and gave a welcoming smile. She then said, "Oh hey Taka, nothing much I just got done training with Crane." she answered then asked, "So what's sup?" said kindly.

"Well, I wanted to ask you something, but I haven't had the heart to ask you." Takami explained. The feminine cheetah then revealed a more pleasant smile. She then playfully punches his arm and said, "Taka, we're friends. You can tell me anything partner."

Takami then rubbed the back of his neck and smiled anxiously. He took in a quick inhale and exhale through his nose and said, "Well, We've know each other for a while now, and I really do like you. You're really nice and I want to get to know you a little more. I, was wondering if you'd like to...go out with me?" Said Takami.

After hearing what Takami had to say, asking her out, Faith was absolutely stunned. She regained her thoughts and was deep in thought in a pensive mood. She wanted to say yes, but, her heart was screaming something else.

She let out a heave sigh said, "Taka, I'm honored that you like me enough to ask me out, and your really a sweet guy. But, I don't think we would work out well. We can still be good friends though." She offered, placing her paw on his shoulder.

"Y-yeah, that...okay" Takami said turning his head to the side closing his eyes holding back his tears.

"T.K, I uh..." was all she could speak out, removing her hand feeling completely down.

"I'm, going down to the village. I'll see you later." He quickly said a quickly paced to the door, walking past Shifu. As Shifu walked passed Takami, he spotted tears in his eyes as moved passed him. Shifu turned around and watched the bengal tiger quickly made his way out of the Palace.

Valley of Peace

While sprinting through the streets of the Valley of Peace and passing by the villagers, Takami had running tears flowing down his eyes.

'What was I thinking? I should have never asked her that. Who would be interested in me?' He thought as he was on the run.

While absent-minded and not paying clear attention, a curvy black furred tigress wearing a gray vest with engraved green leaves and the yin & yang symbol on the back of the vest, yin & yang necklace, and black pants had her back turned was standing in his lane of running. Finally she turned around as saw the incoming Bengal tiger running towards her. Without the option to move out-of-the-way the closed teary eyed Bengal tiger, accidentally ran into each other and Takami landed on top of her.

Both groaned in stinging throbbing ache lying on the ground. They then opened their eyes and the teenage black tigress had deep purple eyes. In seconds Takami was lost in them and it appeared that she was also in a trance. To them it was only a few minutes it felt like they were staring for hours. Coming back to their sense, Takami picked himself up and held out his hand to help her. She accepted the help and dusted herself off.

"I'm so sorry; I should have watched where I was going." Takami said apologetically.

"Oh, it's okay. It was really my fault; I was in the middle of day dreaming. I should be the one apologizing." She said back, then saw the tears in his eyes and asked, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Sorry I landed on you, well bye." he said about to walk away, but she stopped him by placing her paw on his chest firmly.

"Wait, are you okay? Why were you crying?" She insisted to know.

You, really wanna know?" He said stunned.

"I guess curiosity really did kill the cat." She joked with a smile. Takami chuckled at the joke and it brought joy in the black furred tiger girl. "There goes a smile. So, what's wrong?"

"Well, I sorta got turned down by a girl I know and like." He answered.

"Oh, I'm sorry to bring it up. Where were you headed?" She asked.

I was just going to walk around the village, why'd you ask?" Takami questioned. The girl rubbed her and took a quick look at the sky and looked back at him.

"Well, I'm sorta new around here. Would you be so kind to show me around? I would be extremely grateful, plus you sound like a nice guy." She answered.

"O-okay, sure. By the way, my name's Takami Skyfang." He introduced.

"I'm Layla Huang. So Takami, shall we get going." She said. Takami nodded and they began to survey and explore the Valley of Peace. As the two felines were sightseeing the village, Takami and Layla decided to get to know each other. Leading up to joking and teasing one another, along with chasing. The teen tiger soon quickly became good friends.

A few hours rolled by and the sun was going down revealing a beautiful orange sky. They then decide to relax and were taken it easy, both sitting on a boulder rock.

Layla let out a soft sigh and turned to Takami with a smile and said, "Well that was a fun day Takami."

"Yeah, today was great. So Layla, did you get a good look at the Valley of Peace?" Takami asked. Layla nodded and relied, "Yeah, the village is pretty amazing."

After saying that, she looked at her palms with a worried face. She then glanced at Takami and turned her eyes back away and closed her palms.

"Takami? There's something you need to know. Something I was afraid of telling you." She said. Takami tilted his head questionably and listen carefully.

"I have something called Godai cells. You're going to run away now, are you?" She figured.

"I won't run. But, what is Godai?" He asked.

"It's a person who has elemental abilities and able to control it." She answered.

"Hmm, I guess I have that." Takami figured, cupping his chin. Layla surprised to hear him say that and asked, "Really, how? I-I mean what's your ability?"

"I can conjure and manipulate fire. Pyrokinese, to be exact. What is yours?" He asked.

"Aerokinese, I can temper and control air and wind." She answered. Both raised their paw and demonstrated their powers and were overwhelmed. Takami then began to realize it was getting late.

"Well, it's getting late Layla. I'll see tomorrow, I promise." He told her, hopping of the boulder.

"Takami, please one more moment. There's something else I wanted to tell you. Pending the day with you, I felt special. I felt a very deep connect with you. I…was wondering if you wanted to be with me. Since that girl turned you down." She offered shyly, grasping his hand. Takami was yet again surprised. Moments like this don't really happen around him.

"I would love to be your friend, and mate, Layla. So I'll see you as soon as I can tomorrow. I look forward in seeing you again Layla." Takami said. She nodded then both tigers went their separate ways. Until, Layla ran back to Takami and kissed him on the cheek and waved bye saying 'see you later'. Takami then went back home smiling.

Jade Palace: Kitchen room

Everyone was all in the kitchen waiting for an absent tiger. Faith was still upset of what happened that evening between her and Takami. Kiba made a few attempts to cheer her up but, she only revealed a weak smile. Minutes rolled by and Takami finally entered the room, which made Faith jump out of her seat and stood in front of him.

"Takami, I'm so sorry I hurt your feelings this morning. I thought it over and I…" She tried to finish but stopped when just waved his paw and said, "Don't swear it, It's cool. I'm over it." He interjected.

"Why are you so happy all of a sudden bro?" Ryo asked curiously.

"I sorta met a really nice girl in the village. Her name's Layla Huang and she's a black tigress." Takami explained to his friends, the Five, Po, and Shifu.

"What? You already have a girlfriend. Well, congrats." Faith said looking away to hide her disappointed expression.

"Way to go T.K." Monkey cheered.

"I knew sometime you'd like someone in valley here. But I didn't expect it to happen so quickly." Viper said happily.

"congrats Takami." Crane encouraged.

"That's so awesome. When do we meet her?" Po asked excitedly.

"Maybe tomorrow." Takami answered.

"Finally, it's not just a few girls anymore. It was just me, Viper, Jayden, and Tigress. I can't wait to meet her." Skyler said.

Even though Tigress didn't actually believe in relationships, she was happy for Takami. She kept her thoughts to herself and stayed quiet.

"Yeah, all of you guys can meet her. I'm going to ask her to meet me somewhere." Takami stated.

"Tomorrow will be everyone's day off. Also, I'm allowing everyone to go to the hot springs. Feel free to bring some if you wish." Shifu Said.

"Oh yeah, there's also a bit of information I forgot to say. She has powers too." Takami added. Everyone was surprised to hear that.

"Yeah you kinda left that part out. But it's fine." Monkey commented.

"We'll be looking forward in meeting her tomorrow. Alright everyone, dinner's over. Takami, feel free and help yourself with anything in the kitchen. Po has left a bowl of noodles on the cabinet." Shifu explained.

"Thank you, Master Shifu." Said Takami walking to the table. Everyone got up and exited out of the kitchen and headed to the barracks dorms. Takami picked up his bowl of noodles and headed to his room.

"Goodnight, Layla." He though aloud.

Layla's House

"Goodnight, Takami." She said softly, laying underneath the covers of her bed falling fast asleep.

And so that's the end of chapter 10. I absolutely loved writing this chapter like I did before. This was the start of Takami's and Layla's relationship with one another. Chapter 11 should be up soon, please leave a comment below I'll see you guys and gales later. Peace.

Fun Fact: Godai means element in Japanese. I thought it would be a cool idea use that and I came up with the gene, Godai cells.