Hi y'all. The one thing I don't like about this story is that it takes forever to type up the chapters because they're so long and I do so much editing from the original copy. It's okay though, because if I didn't like it to some degree I wouldn't be writing. Well, I don't have much to say today, although I always end up thinking of things when I'm writing, but forget once I finally finish.
Oh, something before I forget. japaneserockergirl, if you still want to, I'd love for you to beta this story, I just can't figure out how to get it to you. If anybody knows how, feel free to explain.
Chapter 21
"Do you know where Nana lives?" Husky asked as the two boys left the church the next morning. After around an hour of silently trying to calm themselves down, for different reasons, they had been able to fall into a rather unsound sleep. Cooro shook his head.
"Nope, do you have any idea where she might be?" The ebony hair boy asked. He was already much more cheerful then the night before, although he kept glancing down at his shoulder, although they were covered do to the chilling fall weather. His energy caught the younger boy slightly off guard. To him it was just another thing that proved his friend was not what he put off to be, hidden psychic powered and bird appendages excluded.
"We could try that one park by here, that's where I met her, at least," The silver boy suggested, and the two started off in that direction, neither having any better clue as to where she could be. It suddenly occurred to Cooro that, besides the fact that Husky ended up being hit in the face with a volleyball, he really had no idea how two of his best friends had met each other.
"So, how'd you and Nana meet anyway?" the eleven year old asked, receiving only a look of confusion for a second. Husky quickly came out of his own thoughts enough to let the question register and managed to do his trademark arm cross and huff.
"Stupid girl hit me in the face with a volleyball then followed me all the way home demanding I accept her apology," he explained, grumbling. Cooro simply laughed though.
"Did you?" he asked, a smile still on his face. The silver haired boy snorted.
"Of course not," the ebony haired boy laughed even harder at that, much to his friend's displeasure. It was impossible to just not think typical Husky.
In no time the two made it to the park, almost instantly relieved at the sight of the brown haired girl they were searching for walking along the dirt path. Husky also noticed a few of the girls he was pretty sure were with her the first day they met, the ones she left in favor of chasing after him, but she wasn't anywhere near them. Whatever though, stupid girl problems weren't any of his business.
"Hi Nana!" Cooro yelled from behind, startling the girl and nearly making her trip. As soon as she was over her shock she turned on her heals towards them.
"Cooro! Husky! Don't sneak up on me like that! Well, anyway, what are you two doing here?" she asked once done yelling. Any thought of this being a carefree meeting was quickly wiped from her mind at the serious and rather nervous looks the two boys suddenly gained.
"Um, well, we were wondering if you could come back to my house. If you weren't doing anything?" The black haired boy asked. The brunette nodded almost instantly, although she was already worried as to what exactly she was getting herself into.
"Sure, but why? Is something happening?" She inquired, sincerely hoping they would just straight up tell her exactly what it was, although that wasn't exactly the case. Cooro put on a rather cheerful smile, completely contradicting his earlier expression.
"It's a secrete!' the black haired boy announced, and Husky nodded in agreement, although he looked a bit lost in thought, and no where near as joyful, although he almost never was. When he came out of his little trance though, he still wasn't anywhere near happy.
"That's right, so you better not go blabbing to everyone, because we don't need to tell you," He demanded, although you could hear quite a bit of worry though the anger he was trying to portray. Cooro started to pout at the silver haired boy, however.
"C'mon Husky, yes we do! Nana's gonna get wrapped up into this too, and she deserves a warning," The black haired boy defended, and Husky simply crossed his arms in a sort of mock protest. Nana let out a huffed before storming ahead of the two boys.
"I wont blab! Now let's get going so you can tell me what this is all about already!" the brown haired girl commanded, and Cooro nodded before following happily. Husky simply shook his head before continuing, still not entirely comfortable with both their plan and his brown eyed friend's cheerful mask.
Once they made it to the church they went straight up to the black haired boy's room. Nana turned towards the two after the door had been closed. "Alright, so what is all this about?" She asked. The two boys turned towards each other, neither looking like they wished to be the one to actually say whatever it is they needed to, but finally Cooro cleared his throat to speak.
"Well, you probably wont believe us at first, but I'm a crow, and Husky's a fish, we think you're gonna turn into a bat, so we brought you here to warn you," the eleven year old said, an actual tone of seriousness to his voice. The green eyed girl glanced back and forth between her two friends before she burst out in laughter.
"Urg! I told you that wouldn't work!" Husky yelled, and the black haired boy looked a bit saddened at the current situation.
"It could of!" He defended, although it only succeeded in making the silver boy roll his eyes. Nana on the other hand was completely ignoring this exchange in favor of catching her breath.
"Okay guys, real funny. I guess it is pretty close to Halloween, well, if it isn't anything then I really should get going," She said, still giggling a bit as she headed towards the door. She had to stop though when Cooro blocked her way.
"No! You can't leave yet! We're not joking, tell her Husky!" he pleaded, still in front of the door. Nana turned around to face the addressed boy, who suddenly looked rather nervous.
"Um, well, what Cooro said was true, but uh, not how he said it. What I mean is we're not actually animals, just part and well you may be stupid but there is no way you're buying this," He rambled, getting glared at for the last part quite harshly.
"I'm not stupid! But you are right when you said I wasn't buying this. Seriously, there's no such thing as animal people, even if Husky does look like a mermaid," She said, smirking slightly at her last remark. While Cooro seemed more downhearted with the fact she didn't believe them, Husky just seemed preoccupied with the insult.
"I do not look like a mermaid! And I'm not one either, but we are telling the truth! Show her Cooro!" the silver boy yelled, crossing his arms. The eleven year old didn't look so sure, though.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" He asked, and Husky nodded. "Alright then," Nana simply raised her eyebrow in confusion, not really sure what the two were planning.
"What are you two going to do?" she asked, although she didn't get any answer she had expected. Black feathers began to run down the boy in front of her arms and a pair of ebony wings began to sprout out of his back, growing quickly until they were sprawled out behind him. Nana's mouth just opened and closed like a dying fish in her attempt to actually make words. "Y-you… y-you have…" she stammered, and Cooro simply shrugged, a bit embarrassed.
"Boo!" The silver boy yelled from behind, pushing her just slightly. She was on the floor unconscious before anyone could say anything else.
"Husky! That wasn't nice!" Cooro yelled, but his friend couldn't really hide his smirk as he apologized.
"Sorry, it was too perfect. She'll wake up soon, it's a carpet," The black haired boy just sighed and sat on the bed, not entirely sure if he should move the unconscious girl or not. The blue eyed boy did end up putting a pillow under her head, which, although not making up for making her faint, was kind of nice seeing as who it was coming from.
After about ten minutes she finally started to rise. "Urg, what happened?" she asked, rubbing her head slightly and glancing around the room.
"Husky snuck up behind you and yelled, so you fainted," Cooro explained, casting a disapproving glance at the silver haired boy, who was starting to look a little more sorry for his actions then before. Nana sent her own glare towards him, which he tried to just shrug off. She simply shook her head though, she couldn't remember what had scared her so much initially. It wasn't Husky, something they wanted to show her though? She glanced over at Cooro, and although she didn't need to remember what happened anymore, she did, and started to scream.
"You're an angel! Oh my! That's why you live in a church!" she yelled, scooting away from the winged boy on the bed. Husky sighed and hit himself on the forehead, although in his mind he had to admit that was a pretty clever, if not completely incorrect connection to make.
"Would you be quiet! Cooro's not an angel! Put your wings away so she'll stop freaking," the silver boy commanded, and Cooro did as told. Nana did stop screaming, although she still looked frightened and now very confused.
"Okay, okay… You two explain what is going on right now," the brown haired girl commanded, and the boys glanced at each other yet again, neither quite sure where would be the best place to begin.
"Well, let's see," Cooro began, "it happened to Husky first," he didn't get any father though, the silver boy already shaking his head in disagreement. "What?" The black haired boy asked, not really sure what his friend meant.
"It happened to Senri first, not me. Remember?" Husky corrected, and the ebony boy nodded, having nearly forgotten about having to explain about Senri as well. Nana was just shaking her head though, still obviously confused and wishing that none of this was happening.
"Wait, so that talk guy is like this too? The one who was here that day?" She asked, and the two boys nodded.
"Yep, he's a bear, we think… Well anyway, it happened to Senri first, although we don't know how, cause he doesn't remember, and then Husky, and I got my wings last night, but we wanted to warn you, cause we think you might be next, and it's pretty scary when it come out of the blue," The black haired boy explained, but it seemed to be doing anything but sooth Nana.
"Me? Why me! She yelled, only causing Husky to sigh again, not appearing very outwardly concerned for his distraught friend. He didn't try to show a lot of emotions outwardly, though.
"Thank goodness that old nun isn't here, or she would have been up here ages ago with all this yelling," The silver boy complained, and Cooro sent him a frown.
"C'mon Husky be nice, you were scared too. Well, we think it might be you because, well, me and Husky had these dreams, and well, you remember that origami I gave you a while ago? That might have something to do with it too…" The black haired boy mumbled the last part. Nana nodded though, despite a look of complete skepticism on her face.
"Origami? You think I'm gonna turn into a bat creature because of origami and some freaky dreams? You guys can't be serious," the brown haired girl asked in disbelief. Cooro didn't answer, feeling pretty stupid when it was put that way, so Husky did.
"We are serious. This isn't some random drop of the hat we're dealing with here. We all, at least Cooro and I, had warning signs. Hell, Cooro was even able to predict exactly what animal Senri, myself, him and even you are gonna turn into. You don't have to believe us, but it's going to happen, so we warned you," The silver haired boy finished, crossing his arms. Nana simply stared at him, not entirely sure what she should say after that.
"I-I guess you guys do have a point, but what warnings? And what are these dreams you keep talking about? And how is this all even possible?" Nana said, beginning to bombard them with questions. The two boys glanced at each other again. At least she was going to listen now.
"Have you ever had a dream that felt really, really real and was probably scary?" Cooro asked. The brown hared girl started at her feet for a bit before finally answering.
"…I'm being chased in a dark forest at night and I can't see anything. Then I trip and before the person catches up with me a…" she started to explain before trailing off. Husky raised an eyebrow at this.
"A 'what,'" the silver boy prompted, causing the brown haired girl to blink and shake her head, a look of disbelief of her face.
"A bat flies in front of me, and then I always wake up…" She finished, before looking at the two boys. "How did you know it was a bat?" Husky simply shrugged at the question.
"Wasn't me," He said before gabbing his thumb at Cooro, "he's the one who can see the future," The black haired boy scratched the back of his head, laughing nervously.
"I'm not really seeing the future, just… a lucky guess?" he said, still laughing a bit. Husky simply rolled his eyes, and was probably about to say something before Nana interrupted with another question.
"What were your dreams?" Cooro started to twiddle his thumbs a bit, although out of the corner of his eye he saw Husky almost absentmindedly grab the blue blanket off the floor. That wasn't a good sign, he better talk first.
"Well, in my one dream, and Husky had this one too by the way, weird huh? Well, anyway, I was standing on a hill, and I had wings like now, and I was about to fly away, but for some reason that was a bad thing, but then you guys, you two and Senri came and saved me at the last minute, and the dream I had last night, before I got my wings… Well, it was pretty scary, and you all kind of…died…" the black haired boy explained, leaving out quite a bit of information, in reality almost everything, on the second one. What he did say though was still enough to cause Nana to gasp in shock.
"Die! I don't want to die!" She yelled, and Husky threw a pillow in her direction. He missed on purpose, but it still did as he hoped and made her stop.
"You're not going to die! We still don't know what some of these dreams mean. Like Cooro said, I had the same dream as him, the hill one, only from my perspective. We don't know what's going on by a long shot, but we have to stay calm, understand?" Husky commanded, and the brown haired girl nodded.
"A-alright, but how did this happen? I mean, what happened when you first became part animal?" She asked again, and Cooro saw the silver boy's grip on the blanket tighten ever so slightly.
"After I woke up from my dream last night, the wings were just kind of there," The black haired boy explained. Nana turned towards Husky, waiting for his explanation. Cooro could tell he didn't want to start reliving it in the least, and was about to say it himself, but was beat to it.
"I almost drowned…" he mumbled, although the brown haired girl didn't seem to hear him, cocking her head to the side.
"What did you say?" She asked, although Husky continued to stare at the floor and not meet anyone's eyes. Cooro wasn't even sure if it was a good idea for even him to say anything, or what he could say, and if he should say something, what would cause the least amount of damage? Nana could feel the awkwardness and suddenly wondered if she really wanted to know what had happened. Maybe she could just ask Cooro later.
"I almost drowned, okay?" Husky said, louder this time, and the brunette nodded, almost instantly realizing when he became part fish. The black haired boy decided that now would be a great time to change the subject.
"Oh yeah, that's not a tattoo!" He said happily, taking any attention off of the silver boy and onto himself. Nana just gave him a very confused stare though, and even Husky looked baffled, so he decided it would probably be a good idea to get a little more specific. "Oh Husky's neck, it's not a tattoo."
"What? It's not? Then what is it?" The brown haired girl asked, and Husky just shrugged, starting to act more like his old self already.
"Donno, it just kind of showed up along with the powers. Cooro and Senri have one too, although their's are different shapes," the silver boy explained, and Cooro took off his hoodie in order to show the swirling marks in each of his shoulders. Nana just stared, the shock of everything clearly showing on her face.
"Well, this is a lot to take in…: The brunette said finally. Cooro gave a sympathetic smile before nodding.
"Yeah, but don't worry, it'll be okay. Though when you do get your powers, you should come and tell us, okay?" The black haired boy said reassuringly. Husky nodded in agreement before putting on his tough act again, arms crossed and everything.
"And remember what we said about not telling anyone. I don't want to end up getting dissected by some creepy scientists because you couldn't keep your mouth shut," The silver boy growled, and Nana glared right back, appearing to have regained some of her mental footing.
"I already said I won't tell!" She yelled before glancing at the clock hanging on the wall above their heads. "Oh shoot! It's six already? I gotta get going!" she said, looking around to see if she had brought anything, which she hadn't, "I'll talk to you guys tomorrow at school, and then we should all go see that Senri guy. Try and figure everything out, y'know?" the brown haired girl suggested, and the two boys nodded.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. See you tomorrow," Cooro said happily, and the silver boy simply nodded.
"See ya," he said, and Nana gave the two a small half wave before leaving. Once they heard the back door close, Husky sighed loudly. "Well, that didn't go as bad as if could have," He said, leaning back in the desk chair, the blanket having fallen to the floor a while ago. Cooro nodded in agreement and smiled at his friend.
"I knew it would work out, you worry too much!" He said happily, but Husky only rolled his eyes in response. "Do you think you can go to school tomorrow?" The black haired boy asked, and Husky nodded. He wasn't entirely sure if he could handle it, but he couldn't hide away forever. The powers at be might start getting suspicious if he stayed away much longer, and would probably start to try and contact his dad or something, and with everything else going on, he could not deal with that right now.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," he said, and Cooro jumped off the bed happily.
"Good, well, we should go cook dinner!" He said happily, and Husky just stared, an expression close to fear on his face.
"You can cook?" He asked, clear skepticism in his voice. The black haired boy simply shrugged, which didn't do much to reassure the younger boy.
"Mother Superior will be gone for the night. C'mon, it'll be fun!" He said, already starting to drag the slightly unwilling boy towards the door. He glanced back at the room before sighing and coming along without being dragged.
"If you say so…" He mumbled. He had to admit though, cooking with Cooro did not sound boring, although almost nothing was now a days.
Tadaaa. Nana is now knowledgeable of the current mysterious events. Huzzah. I hope Husky didn't seem too out of character when he scared her, but all children have mischievous sides. Well, please review.