Chapter 35- Kyukon's serious doubts about Belladonna
Later
"Alright then, Kushanku," said Emberflame firmly as she hovered in her fiery humanoid form near the Nekomata who sat in a chair with a very disgruntled and tearful look on his face, some of his white head hair missing as the result of Belladonna's tearing some of his hair out of his heads during their brawl earlier. Kushanku also had several bruises and cuts scattered across his body, but most especially around his neck where Belladonna had tried to strangle him, and his fur was still wet for he had been bathed to have his fur cleaned out of the foody mess Belladonna had splattered him with after chewing it up. Emberflame had her fiery arms folded in addition to a stern glare on her fiery face.
"Tell us; what happened in there after Brina and I had left to meet with Kyukon?" she asked firmly. Brina stood next to the Pyro, her face also laced with sternness as she glared at the upset Nekomata as well. Kushanku was sat by himself; Sandstorm, Nyarth, Satoshi, Akira and Belladonna were sat in chairs in their own rooms being looked after and also questioned by some of the elders including Shadewing and Mensa. The reason Emberflame and Brina wanted the six separated was to avoid any quarrels between the six youngsters igniting in case they came up with contradicting answers against each other which could escalate into arguing and possibly another brawl. The chances of that happening were especially high between Kushanku and Belladonna for the two's relationship was incredibly volatile and explosive, and had been since the Yuki-onna incident. However, the volatility of their relationship was now more explosive than ever for the two now absolutely cannot, repeat CANNOT, stand each other one bit and if they ever met again, they would probably launch into another fight, perhaps a bloodier one and this was what the elders wanted to avoid. Then Brina asked Kushanku a question.
"Why, and how, did you end up with some of your head hair torn out?" asked the Roc, "As well as how Satoshi and Akira ended up with bumps on their heads, Nyarth with his right arm badly bitten and Belladonna with her cheek scratched, and the food we set out before you to eat all over the place and also yourself?" asked the Roc. Kushanku tearfully looked up at the Ice Bird and the Pyro.
"Belladonna started it," he said in a growl and without hesitation.
"How did she start it?" asked Emberflame. Kushanku then launched into an explanation of what happened, starting from when Belladonna approached him unprovoked while he was eating and snatched his entire meal and shoved them into her mouth, including a partly-eaten apple he had in his paw. He then went on to explain how Belladonna had insulted him with a vulgar gesture too obscene to describe, how she wished Jadis would find, catch and eat him and then subsequently spewed the chewed up food all over him, causing him to fly into a volcanic rage and attack the Kitsune resulting in the brawl and the chaos ensuing, resulting in Satoshi and Akira banging their heads against the wall when trying to pull him away from Belladonna who had her jaws clamped hard onto his head hair and how Belladonna had bitten Nyarth in the right arm when he tried to intervene, and also how Sandstorm had screeched at the Kitsune and said that he and the other three had seen what Belladonna had done to him (Kushanku). Emberflame and Brina flinched, but most especially at the mentioning of Belladonna's mentioning of Jadis when she battered Kushanku with extremely those venomous insults.
"I don't like the sound of that, Brina," said Emberflame uneasily, "to wish someone serious harm involving the Witch is a serious offense."
"It absolutely is," said Brina with an angry look, "especially since that sadistic and bloodthirsty Snow Beast absolutely LOVES to cause unbounded amounts of misery to everyone in this country, including watching them slay each other in the goriest of ways in that Decadal Massacre Event she had invented…"
"Nyarth, Sandstorm, Satoshi and Akira also saw Belladonna approach me without hesitation as well," said Kushanku, "which I wouldn't the surprised if they tell their questioners that with total honesty…"
As he spoke, Quill the Hedgehog and Rubyfeather the Parrot strode in, their angry glares fixed on Kushanku.
"We're honestly getting sick and tired of the stupid behaviour of Kushanku, his four siblings and Belladonna, Brina and Emberflame," growled Rubyfeather angrily, "It's been going on since the Yuki-onna incident…"
"When will they learn to behave!?" put in Quill, before his glare was directed at Kushanku, "especially THAT young kit..."
"Don't get on at him," said Emberflame as Kushanku flinched at Quill's accusation, much to the Hedgehog's astonishment.
"B-b-but he's been fighting resulting in Nyarth getting bitten badly on the arm, and Satoshi and Akira almost knocked into unconsciousness…" protested Quill but Brina put up her wings to affirm Emberflame's defence.
"Look, we're sorting it out, Quill, don't jump to conclusions," said the Roc, "now why don't you go and ask one of the other five involved in this fight further about what happened with Rubyfeather?"
"No need for that," said Rubyfeather, "We've been questioning Belladonna plenty enough and she says that Kushanku started it."
At this Kushanku felt outrage tear through him and jolt his body in a flinch. Rubyfeather continued with, "She says that he was the one who wished that the Witch would come and eat her alive and then scratched her across the face…"
"That's NOT TRUE!" snapped Kushanku angrily, rising to his feet, "SHE provoked me first!"
Rubyfeather and Quill shot the Nekomata a furious look.
"You should be punished, young kit," retorted Rubyfeather, "When Kyukon gets here; we're gonna explain YOUR bad behaviour and everything that had happened to her and…"
At this, Kushanku, in his tearful rage, twisted the two branches of his tail and spun them around. Then the Nekomata, his emotions beginning to erupt in the form of sobs and tears, launched himself into the air and flew off before Rubyfeather could finish.
"Hey, don't you tail-spin fly away from us, young kit, get back here!" shouted Rubyfeather and with that, she opened her wings to take off after Kushanku but an arm made of flames appeared and blocked her way and stopped her.
"Leave him alone;" said Emberflame firmly, "He's been through enough trouble as it is."
Rubyfeather, at this, shot the Pyro a glare and left with Quill following her as Kushanku landed on the top of a cupboard and began to cry his heart out.
Soon, Nyarth, Sandstorm, Akira and Satoshi had given their answers to their questioners about the brawl as well, and Belladonna had done the same. However, her answer contradicted the answers of the other five including Kushanku and she kept insisting that Kushanku had started it while Sandstorm and Kushanku's three biological siblings all said that it was her who started it. Shadewing, who had been questioning Sandstorm with Mensa, had entered Kushanku's room to meet Rubyfeather, Quill, Brina and Emberflame, together with the other questioners who had been questioning Satoshi, Akira and Nyarth, as well as Belladonna. As the group met, Shadewing wore a disgruntled look on his face.
"Well, I don't know how that brawl happened or what went on with those six," said the Bat, "but I cannot tell if either Kushanku, his siblings including Sandstorm or Belladonna are being honest."
"I believe Kushanku started it," said Rubyfeather crossly, her glare on the still-sobbing Nekomata on the cupboard, "after all, he and Belladonna haven't been getting along well at all…"
"Based on what Nyarth said, I think it was Belladonna," said Mensa, "Since he said he had seen it start with Satoshi, Akira and Sandstorm."
"How can a Kitsune who we had found with an injured leg in the first place provoke Kushanku or anyone else into a fight with her?" asked Shadewing, sympathy for the Kitsune still bubbling within him, "she's too sweet and had been in a desperate situation to be that nasty…"
"Well, whenever she's alone with some of our group members, bad things seem to happen," said Mensa in protest, "For example, she wasn't there when Satoshi and Sandstorm were nearly killed by Yuki-onna; she hadn't been present when that Eagle beast attacked us…"
"Belladonna is NOT responsible for either of those incidences, Mensa," snapped Shadewing, his wing thumb jabbing into the Skvader's chest, "So stop piling accusations on that poor Kitsune."
Mensa was about to retort when Brina called the group's attention, interrupting the argument.
"Kyukon is here," said the Roc. At this, Shadewing and Mensa abandoned the argument and joined the other adults including Rubyfeather, Emberflame and Quill and prepared to meet the mate of Gandalf as she entered the room.
The magnificent Fox with the full set of nine tails sweeping like a Peacock's train behind her appeared. Her fur was a brilliant shining ivory-cream colour with metallic yellow strewn in patches on her face and body, similar to a Calico Cat's orange and black patches, and the tips of all her tails were tipped with metallic yellow. Her eyes were like beautiful onyxes, brimming with age and wisdom, and a large crest of fur adorned her head between her ears, the hairs also tipped with metallic yellow. Kushanku on the cupboard top, and Sandstorm, Satoshi, Akira and Nyarth looked on in awe at the Kitsune's beautiful pelage and fan of tails for they had never seen a fully matured Kitsune before. However, despite being an awesome sight, Kyukon always said that Aslan was a far more awesome sight than a full grown Kitsune for she and Gandalf were also humble.
"Don't mind me, my little 'uns," said Kyukon with a smile when she saw the admiring smiles on the four Nekomata and Cheetah cub's faces, "I'm not as awesome a sight as the Lion of Lions. He's infinitely more awesome that I or Gandalf will ever be. We're just his servants asked with being Chroniclers and base-keepers."
After she said that, the five young Cats including Kushanku who descended from the top of the cupboard by spinning his tails and flying to the ground, then stopped admiring Kyukon's pelage and tails and introduced themselves to her. Kyukon had already met the majority of the rest of the group led by Blaze and Cumulonimbus, who accompanied Kyukon behind her, and Brina. Dahlia the Jackalope kit, Snowwing the Skvader kit and Crystal the Parrot chick had been amongst those and had been awed by the Kitsune's pelage and tails, thus Kushanku and a few others were the last to meet and be greeted by Kyukon. As Kushanku and his three biological siblings and adopted Cheetah brother introduced themselves to Kyukon, Shadewing glared at them.
"Do you think now is the time to explain to Kyukon about their bad behaviour, folks?" he asked Emberflame, Mensa, Rubyfeather and Quill and some of the others who had been questioning the five Cats and Belladonna about the incident while they were eating.
"I think that's a good idea," said Mensa with an agreeing frown. Emberflame, however, wore a slightly disagreeing look on her flaming face while Quill continued to glare at Kushanku and the other four just as Sandstorm was shaking paws with Kyukon. After Sandstorm had finished his introduction, Shadewing stepped forward.
"Um, Kyukon, there's something you need to know about those five and another youngster of us and their behaviour if you don't mind me interrupting," said the Bat, pulling the nine-tailed Kitsune's attention from Sandstorm to him.
"What about them, Shadewing?" inquired Kyukon. Mensa then stepped forward. Nearby, Dahlia, Snowwing and Crystal were looking on as Kushanku, Nyarth, Sandstorm, Akira and Satoshi went to protest their innocence but were stopped by Rubyfeather and Quill who barked at them to sit down.
"These five, and another youngster whom we have rescued along the way, have been extremely naughty," said Shadewing.
"No we have…" began Satoshi but Rubyfeather squawked at him to shut up.
"Yes, they've been fighting after Brina and Emberflame had left them to eat, and apparently, Kushanku started it," said Mensa and with that, the Skvader shot Kushanku a sour look, much to the Nekomata's angry flinch, and he looked jerky and was breathing uncontrollably, as though he wanted to flee somewhere and cry his eyes out at the whole unfairness again. The other four, however, were outraged. Kyukon examined Kushanku's behaviour and that of the other four as well. However, there was part of the explanation Shadewing had given her that made her confused.
"So you say those five and another youngster whom you have rescued have been in a fight?" said the nine-tailed Kitsune to which Shadewing and Mensa nodded. Then Kyukon proposed her own question, "but who is this youngster whom you have picked up along the way if I might ask?"
At this, Emberflame was about to glide forward when suddenly, a voice shouted, "Well it's nice to meet you, Kyukon. You sure have some awesome underground rooms."
At this, the group flinched and looked up and saw a purple-black single-tailed Kitsune walk through the door. As Belladonna entered the room, Emberflame rushed over to Kushanku, Sandstorm, Satoshi, Akira and Nyarth to shield them from the Kitsune as she gazed at Kyukon to prevent her from shooting any threatening glare at the Nekomata and his siblings.
"Belladonna, who gave you permission to walk into here?" asked Shadewing, "I thought we told you to stay where you were because you have been fighting with Kushanku and the other four."
"Oh, I thought I'd meet Kyukon myself," said Belladonna with a smile, before she turned her gaze to the ivory and metallic yellow nine-tailed Fox and extended a paw to her, "it sure is nice to meet you, Kyukon. I'm Belladonna."
Kyukon gazed at the purple-black one-tailed Kitsune in surprise for a minute, resulting in an awkward silence hovering above the group. Kushanku, Satoshi, Sandstorm, Akira and Nyarth peered out from behind Emberflame's fiery body and looked on as the centuries-old Kitsune gazed at the purple-black one in surprise. Shadewing, Mensa, Rubyfeather, Quill and the other adults including Blaze, Cumulonimbus and Brina and also Snowwing, Dahlia and Crystal also looked on as the awkward tension froze Kyukon and Belladonna into staring at each other in surprise, the latter by the former's reaction, but it was clear that unease was beginning to boil within the nine-tailed Kitsune. Then after another awkward moment, Kyukon, despite the immense wave of extreme and utter unease boiling and churning in her like the Narnian Sea's waters in stormy weather, calmly turned to Shadewing, Mensa and some of the other adults and said, "Can I take you somewhere to talk with you please?"
At this, Shadewing, Mensa, Rubyfeather, Quill and the other adults exchanged glances and obeyed and followed Kyukon to somewhere private. As the group left, Belladonna looked on confused, moments before Troodon and several other young creatures including some of Faline the Rabbit's kits, entered the room and joined Dahlia, Snowwing and Crystal.
"What's up with her?" asked Belladonna as she watched Kyukon leave with some of the adults. At this, Emberflame glided in and commanded the Kitsune to return to her room while Brina commanded Kushanku and his siblings to remain seated.
"Never you mind, Belladonna," said the Pyro sternly, "you return to your room right now."
"But," began Belladonna but Emberflame adamantly reinforced her command.
"That's an ORDER, Belladonna!" barked Emberflame in a louder voice. At this, Belladonna gazed at the Fire Woman and reluctantly and disgruntledly obeyed. Emberflame, Brina, Blaze and Cumulonimbus also followed, alongside some of the other adults for they had also become aware of Kyukon's sudden rise in unease around the Fox as well and suspected that she may be planning to do something about it, but some of them who has taken sympathy to Belladonna such as Shadewing, were reluctant in keeping her contained, while the youngsters who had taken a liking to the Kitsune, such as Troodon, were very worried.
"I hope Belladonna isn't going to be…" began Troodon to the others with him, amongst them some of Faline's kits who had also befriended Belladonna. A few of them such as Snowwing, Dahlia and Crystal, and Tesseract the Unicorn, however, were indifferent. Tesseract had begun to despise Belladonna for he believed she had intentionally lured Sandstorm, Kushanku and Satoshi into the trap formed by the Snow Woman Yuki-onna; Crystal did not like Belladonna's attitude towards Kushanku and his siblings; Snowwing, who was still badly traumatised from the Eagle beast attack earlier, seemed to be quite uneasy around the Fox and Dahlia looked uncertain for she seemed to resemble a few of the Kitsune who were loyal to the Witch. Some of them had purple-black fur like Belladonna did for red and metallic red was not the only fur colour for Kitsune under 900 years of age. Much like Thunderbirds such as Cumulonimbus, and a lot of other Talking Beasts, Kitsune fur sometimes came in other colours but the most common was red and metallic red. However, all Kitsune over 900 years and had a full set of nine tails had ivory and metallic yellow fur, regardless of what fur colour they had before their 900th birthday. And Dahlia was concerned by the immense liking Troodon and some of the other young Talking Animals had taken to Belladonna and gazed at the Fox as she left into her room with Emberflame and the others with her close behind.
As soon as they were in a private spot, Kyukon began to have a talk with Shadewing, Mensa, Rubyfeather, Quill and some of the other adults from Blaze's group but as she prepared to open it up, the group saw that the elderly Kitsune was trembling slightly. Her legs shook and she looked as though she was about to collapse, and her face was laced with stress. It was though Kyukon's composure was about to fragment any moment but the Kitsune managed to keep it altogether as she began to open up the talk with the group, her onyx-like eyes forming a serious glare.
"I don't like that young purple-black Kitsune being in our base one bit," she said firmly and calmly, "I feel she should be staying here with us."
"But Kyukon," said Shadewing, "There's nothing wrong with Belladonna. She was found with an injured leg during our journey to here so we took her in because she was vulnerable on her own in that state."
"She could be an easy target for some of that Witch's cronies if we left her by herself," put in Faline the Rabbit.
"And besides that, I'm pretty sure she's genuine," added Mensa.
"Well, I'm feeling completely uneasy and wary around that Fox, folks," replied Kyukon unconvinced, "As you can possibly tell, I'm feeling weak, especially in the legs, but I'm also feel like I've got a knot in my stomach. You guys know when you feel stressed and your stomach feels like it's twisting?"
The group nodded.
"Well, that's exactly how I feel," said Kyukon, "It's known as the gut feeling, and that's what I've got about Belladonna. I don't trust that black-purple Kitsune one bit, and I believe she shouldn't be in this base. She needs to be imprisoned, for sending her away could possibly mean disastrous consequences for me, Gandalf and everyone else in this base as a whole. Not to mention the incredibly invaluable knowledge and books on the prophecies, Narnia's history and the key events in its timeline which Aslan has tasked me and Gandalf in collecting and recording over the centuries since Narnia's creation."
"But I don't see anything wrong with Belladonna," said Shadewing.
"She seems perfectly fine to us," added Faline. The other adults nodded in agreement though Rubyfeather now looked uncertain. Kyukon hardened her adamant gaze.
"Have you had any possible strange incidences in which she was involved on the rest of your journey after you found her?" asked the nine-tailed Kitsune. Glances were exchanged amongst the group.
"What incidences?" asked Mensa.
"What do you mean by that?" asked one of the Elves who was part of the group. Kyukon's gaze then hardened.
"Did you run into anything dangerous on the way?" asked the Kitsune, "Because if you wandered from the group, you're more vulnerable to getting caught either by Jadis's minions or the creatures that had made Narnia their home due to the winter curse she has cast upon the country. Amongst these monsters are the Father Christmas-impersonating Krampus and the Snow Siren Yuki-onna…"
"Sandstorm, Satoshi and Kushanku were almost caught and devoured by the latter monster when they tried to help Belladonna with her injured leg…" explained Shadewing.
"While an Eagle beast nearly snatched by son Snowwing while he was hovering above us to look for her when some of us noticed that she was absent," added Mensa. At this, Kyukon flinched.
"Ah," she said.
"What's wrong" asked Faline the Rabbit. Kyukon was about to answer when suddenly, a knock on the door sounded.
"Um, excuse me Kyukon, sorry to interrupt," said a voice. At this, Kyukon turned round and saw a metallic green Dragon, a female, stand at the entrance with two more Dragons.
"We've had report from Bursyamo that another group of Narnians, the ones from the Northern Marshlands through which the River Shribble flows, are approaching one of our hidden entrances, Ma'am," said the Dragon.
"Okay, Viridi, return to Bursyamo and prepare to help the watchers at that entrance guide in that group, and as usual," Kyukon's voice tone changed to one of seriousness, "keep an eye out for any of Jadis's cronies!"
Viridi the Dragon and her accomplices nodded and left. However Kyukon left after them and commanded them to do another task. However, because she was speaking in such a low voice, Shadewing and the others could not hear her. Viridi's eyes widened in worry but after Kyukon had finished giving the command, the Dragon nodded and left. After this, Kyukon returned and resumed her talk with Shadewing and the others.
"Sorry about that, folks," she said, "Just a report of a group of migrating Narnians approaching one of our base's entrances. Right, where was I? Oh yes…"
Shadewing and the others began to listen as Kyukon went on to explain her reason for flinching when Shadewing and Mensa gave the replies regarding the Yuki-onni and Eagle beast incidences.
"Let me explain why I felt so uneasy around this Kitsune you have found and taken under your wing," said she. The group prepared to listen to Kyukon's explanation as she launched into it.
"A few years before Jadis came and usurped the throne from the last King and Queen of Narnia and came into power over thirty years ago and locked it in the Eternal Winter without Christmas, some of my and Gandalf's offspring- as you will know, Gandalf and I are the parents of the entire Kitsune species- had fallen for that Witch's charms and became her followers, alongside individuals from so many other species including Wolves, Nekomata, Vultures, Dryads and even the harmless, innocent creatures such as Rabbits and Deer."
Shadewing and the others, including a very shocked and disbelieving Faline, flinched when they heard this. Kyukon went on.
"And after those Kitsune individuals turned followers of the Witch, they, alongside some of the other creatures like Nekomata, became the Witch's accomplices in the branches of dark sorcery such as shapeshifting and illusion creating. In other words, the Witch was training them to use magic that is highly forbidden for obvious reasons. Many of the Kitsune have taken up those skills and had eventually learned to shapeshift into pretty much any other creature including Humans, but apart from Lions, Sheep and a few other creatures, and once they have mastered those skills under the Witch's training, a few of them began to use them in a variety of evil deeds such as espionage and spying, as well as seduction and charming so as to lure their victims into a trap. One Kitsune had managed to trick the last King of Narnia by posing as his wife and luring him into the Witch's trap where he was brutally killed, while some of his sons and daughters also met their demise the same way. Because of that, we Kitsune have been given the reputation as being cunning and devious tricksters by the Humans and many other Narnian creatures. While it's true that some of the Kitsune individuals have become incredibly sly and devious while they trained with the Witch, the rest of us Kitsune, including myself and Gandalf, have received those labels…"
Disbelief rolled through the group.
"You can't be serious," said one of the Elves while the others exchanged worried looks. Rubyfeather began to feel even more uneasy about Belladonna. Kyukon hardened her gaze.
"I'm not," she replied, "A Talking Pigeon who saw the final King of Narnia on the night that he died came and reported it to us and we had to note it down in our records…"
"But Humans have caused us a lot of problems," said Faline. At this, Kyukon gave the Rabbit an unsurprised look.
"You've been indoctrinated by the Witch in her lies about how she became 'Queen' of Narnia, as I can tell," she said. Faline blinked with surprise.
"You what?" she replied.
"We'll get to that later," said Kyukon before she resumed her gaze on the whole group, "So that is why I am feeling uneasy about Belladonna the moment I saw her, folks, and I hate to break it to you but I believe she may have been trying to get some of you killed in the Yuki-onna and Eagle beast incidents."
Immense disbelief rolled through most of the group members but a few of them, such as Rubyfeather and now Shadewing as well, began to feel their stomachs lurch.
"B-b-but Belladonna would NEVER do such a thing," snapped Mensa in protest.
"She's too sweet to be an evil Fox who would endanger LIVES!" put in one of the Elves.
"Yes, absolutely," added Faline. However, the adamant look never left Kyukon's face.
"Well, she may seem sweet and innocent to you guys, but don't be fooled by her behaviour," she said firmly, her nine tails swishing like a Peacock's train behind her, "The Kitsune, and the Nekomata and individuals from several other species who follow the Witch and have trained under her supervision in dark sorcery branches like shapeshifting may seem nice and innocent on the outside, but that niceness and innocence may be a mere façade to hide their true nature, and that is what I believe about Belladonna. She may not be who she says she is and as for that leg injury, she may have used it as a trick to get you guys to take her in and along to our base. After all, Jadis and her cronies are hot on our trail in searching for our base's location using every strategy they can think of in order to destroy all the records we have collected and possibly catch us, especially me and Gandalf since we have been, after all, tasked by Aslan to be Chroniclers as well as the parents of the Kitsune species and protectors of the migrated Narnian groups in preps for the next stage of your evacuation to safety from the Witch's reach, to possibly either turn us to statues with her icicle-like wand for her collection of other statues or kill us."
Glances were exchanged amongst the crowds until Feline finally spoke up.
"No, I don't believe that," said the Rabbit fiercely and defensively, "Belladonna is genuine and I absolutely REFUSE to believe her to be a trickster."
"After all, some of our kids including Troodon and some of Faline's kits have become her friends," put in Shadewing, though he felt a flash of regret of saying this. Kyukon kept her adamant stance.
"Well, I still believe Belladonna to be one of Jadis's workers, you two," said the Kitsune firmly, "And because of that, I'm gonna have to have her incarcerated and interrogated. Right, enough said. As for what happened between Kushanku and his siblings and that Fox, I believe the Fox has been trying to get them into trouble since I know when someone is lying or telling the truth…"
Mensa shot Kyukon a surprised look and opened her mouth to protest but then the Skvader changed her mind and closed it. After all, who could argue with a nine-hundred year-old Kitsune who has developed so well in wisdom and experience, when she or he was being honest?
"Anyway, let's move on," said Kyukon as she left the room with the group, "Now that you're here, it's time to get you settled into the base with the other evacuees, and also to meet my mate Gandalf."
And with that, the group followed the elderly Kitsune out of the room. Shadewing gazed at some of the other group members.
"I think we may have made a big mistake in taking Belladonna in, folks," murmured the Bat.
"I agree," said Rubyfeather, "Especially based on how Kyukon reacted when she saw Belladonna and how serious she was in her talk with us. Not to mention her attitude towards Kushanku, Satoshi, Nyarth, Sandstorm and Akira…"
"Well, I don't believe what she said about Belladonna," said Faline stubbornly, "I think she's just overreacting. After all, some of my kits and Troodon the Theropod have an excellent friend in her."
Shadewing and Rubyfeather just gazed at the Rabbit. It was clear that she, alongside a lot of the other group members including Quill the Hedgehog and Mensa the Skvader (though she was beginning to have doubts as well), were sure that Belladonna was harmless. Saying nothing, the Bat and the Parrot followed the others and Kyukon as they returned to the room in which Kushanku and his siblings and the rest of the group were in.