Star Flight Adventures
Chapter 44: Meeting and Hook up
It was during the first day of the third grade and Nicholas had just walked into his classroom. The vulpine knew where it was with no problem. He immediately spotted Cody and Ben and went over to the two kids. At this age, the fox's hair was only a buzz cut; but in time it would get longer.
"I can't believe were in the same class again!" Nicholas exclaimed. The three boys had shared the same school room in the second grade as well.
"This is going to be fun!" said Cody.
"I can't wait for this year," Ben said.
"So who else is in the class?" asked Nicholas. "Do we have any new students?"
"I see some kids I recognize," said Cody. "Some I don't know. But there is one new student here I haven't seen at all before."
"Which one?" asked the young vulpine.
"That girl over there," said the young black otter and pointed out a young vixen sitting at a desk. She had short, black hair that had purple highlights in it that went to the shoulders. Her arms and tail could be seen and the color of the fur was light brown. It was a younger Sakura. Her back was toward the three boys so they couldn't see any of her other features. Suddenly the teacher called the children's attention so she could begin to teach.
No interaction would take place between Nicholas and this new girl until recess. Later on during the day, after the vulpine and his two friends finished their lunches they rushed out to the playground. The three started a game with a ball. At one point Ben somehow kicked the object high and away from them.
"Oh nice man," said Cody sarcastically. He was the one who had passed the ball to the hare.
"You threw it!" Ben shot back.
"I'll get it!" said Nicholas and used his speed booster technique to go after the object. His friends were used to the fact that he had special powers. It didn't bother them at all.
The young vulpine was already showing talents in this power that part Cerinians had. Soon it would be made clear just how talented he was. Even with it, he had to go quite a distance; Ben did have powerful legs after all. Nicholas managed to get the ball near the sand box. After picking up the object, the fox looked up to see someone playing in the sand.
It was the new girl, the same one that had been pointed out to Nicholas. Now he could see more of her features. She had light blue colored eyes. The face was also the same light brown as the tail and arms. The young vixen finished constructing a tower on her sand castle that she was building and smiled; one that was so sweat. The young vulpine without realizing it was staring at her. She hadn't noticed him yet.
A moment later, a group of boys stepped right onto her tower. She looked up to see a small group consisting of an avian, a bull dog, a frilled lizard, and a feline. The vixen gave them a sad look.
"You can't play here," said the avian, obviously the leader.
"Why not?"
"Because this is our sandbox, and we don't like girls here," said the bull dog. They pushed her down to her front side, and wrecked her sand castle. The vixen felt a few tears forming in her eyes.
Suddenly the feline grabbed the vixen's hair. "Hey new girl!" he laughed. "Why's your hair this ugly purple and black?" The girl let out a squeal as he yanked hard on her hair, smiling viciously. "Did your mom have an affair with some ugly guy?" The other boys guffawed and the girl tried to scream, but the bull dog clamped a paw over her muzzle.
Nicholas was horrified at their treatment of the little vixen, who he thought had pretty hair. It wasn't ugly at all. He clenched his paws into fists at his sides. He had to do something! Taking a deep breath, the vulpine bellowed: "Hey! Leave her alone!" The group turned to see him.
The group of older boys turned their gazes on him, regarding him menacingly. "Get lost, kid!" the avian shouted at the vulpine. "We're busy! Just mind your own business, if you know what's good for you."
Nicholas stood his ground. "Let her go!" he said deliberately.
The bird glared at the smaller vulpine. "And why should we?"
"Cause you can't pick around a girl like that! It's not nice! What did she ever do to you?" They all began laughing at the small vulpine. They were taller than him.
"Or what if we don't?" asked the avian.
Nicholas swallowed before answering. "Or, you'll have to deal with me!" he stated defiantly. This evoked an even louder guffaw from the members of the gang.
"You?" The bird asked. "How're you gonna take all of us?"
The vulpine searched for a witty retort and answered. "With my paws tied behind my back!" The gang laughed even harder, two doubling over. They let go of the vixen.
"Funny, tough guy!" the avian laughed. "Now get lost! I'm gonna bust a gut!" The avian's laughing paused for a moment as he said: "Probably yours!" The laughing redoubled as the group of older boys enjoyed their leader's joke.
Nicholas noticed that the bird, though taller, was on the fat side. He quickly responded back. "At least I'm not a coward who had to gang up on somebody, fatso!" The area went silent. The vulpine didn't know that this boy was very sensitive about his weight and took extreme offense at those kinds of statements. His eyes got an angry look and slowly approached the vulpine
"Excuse me?!" the avian snarled. "Would you care to repeat that in my ear?!" The avian bent down, and cupped his hand to where an ear would be. "Just one more time?!"
Nicholas's nerve began to fail him and he considered to run, but then his eyes fell on the young vixen again. Her eyes were terrified, and the pupils dilated. They caught his own visage and practically screamed: "Help me!" Nicholas felt his resolve stiffen, and double in force.
"You heard me," he said. The avian swung a fist at him, and the quick fox dodged it. Spinning around he managed to grab the avian's shirt collar, and brought him down to meet his gaze. He glared his opponent down.
"You want to try me? Let's go," said Nicholas. He pushed the avian, making him trip over the sandbox guard, falling down to the ground.
The leader quickly got up and aimed a punch again, but Nicholas was quicker. He squared his shoulders and in a single movement, the vulpine brought his arm up and punched the older bird squarely in the nose. The hard beak clacked against his paw, and the boy fell backward from the force of Nicholas's attack. There was a gasp of astonishment from the rest of the gang, to see their leader go down.
The vulpine was thankful to his dad who had begun not only to teach him on how to control his power, but also some hand to hand combat. Although it wasn't near his level, it would work for these guys.
"Why you!" shouted the avian and charged again with another punch. This time, the vulpine grabbed it and using the momentum, got him on the ground using a move that was very similar to an Aikido fighting style technique. Nicholas then took the opportunity to kick the boy in the groin. He yowled in pain and clutched his still developing genitals, as the vulpine began his onslaught of the other three.
The boys put up their arms in a feeble guard which Nicholas broke through in no time, punching one in the stomach and kicking the other backward onto the ground. He was about to deliver a flurry of punches to the last one when a great weight was suddenly on his back, trying to drag him to the ground, and choking the vulpine. The avian had somehow recovered fast and had his arms wrapped around Nicholas's neck. "I've got him, boys!" he yelled thickly through the pain and the blood that had begun to come from his nose.
"You're mistake," said the vulpine and reached for his power to use the speed booster technique. He jumped up and carried the surprised boy with him. With a flip, the avian landed on his back. Before the others could respond, Nicholas managed to use the same technique to get them on the ground.
The four began to stir and looked up to see the vulpine regard them with a cold look. "If you want to continue this, fine. But know that you're no match for me. Take a look." He pulled up his right shirt sleeve to reveal the spiral tattoo on his arm. The four boys realized what it was.
"He's one of them," whispered the avian, his voice trembling with fear. "Let's get out of here!" The four ran for it.
Nicholas let out a breath and then turned his attention to the little vixen, still lying in the sand. "Are you okay?" he asked.
She was speechless, of how this little vulpine saved her from out of nowhere. And the way he fought had been amazing. "Yeah. Are you alright?"
"Nothing I can't handle," said the vulpine. He offered her a gentle paw and a warming smile. The vixen happily grabbed his paw, and blushed a little; she never have grabbed a boy's paw before. And now looking closer at this one, she thought he looked cute.
Nicholas on the other hand also took a closer look at her. It wasn't just her hair that was pretty, this girl was too in general. But the vulpine then shrugged off the thought. He then looked down to her destroyed sand castle.
"Sorry about your sand castle, we can build it again if you want." The vixen's face lit up. She happily shook her head in a nod, and the two began making it again. All of a sudden Ben and Cody walked up to the two.
"Jeez Nicholas," said the otter. "What's taking you so l-" His sentience got cut off as he saw the scene before him. "What's going on here?" The two foxes looked up.
"Sorry about that," said his friend. "But there were four boys picking on her. I ended up saving her." Ben and Cody looked and saw it was the new girl.
"Is that true?" asked the hare.
"Yes and thank you for doing so," she said to the vulpine. "Is there anything I can do to repay you?"
"You can tell me your name. What is it?" he asked.
"I'm Sakura Hinta."
"I'm Nicholas McCoy." The two shock paws. "These two guys are Cody Otter and Ben Speedo."
"Nice to meet you," said the hare.
"So is this something that I should leave so you two can be along?" asked the otter in a teasing voice.
Sakura let out an exasperated huff before responding. "Shut up you idiot."
"Oh. New girl's got an attitude!" said Cody with a grin.
The vixen glared at him before turning to Nicholas. "Just let me know if I can ever do anything for you."
"Well you could be a friend of mine," he said. She gave him a dazzling smile.
"Okay then," said Sakura. All of a sudden the ending lunch bell sounded and the four walked back to the school. As they were doing so, the vixen turned her head to the vulpine.
"So you've got it to, huh?" This made the other three boys stop.
"What are you talking about?" asked Nicholas.
"That special power. The one that makes you different. Do you have that mark on your arm?"
"Yeah," said the vulpine, and showed it. "Wait… Don't tell me…"
"Yes," said Sakura. "I've got it to." She lifter up her right shirt sleeve and the three boys saw the line tattoo on it. They knew in that instant this girl was one of the special species. The four were too young to know the term part Cerinian. So they referred to it in other ways.
"Then we've got more in common than before," said the vulpine. "But if you had the power, than why didn't you use the ability to move faster?"
"I haven't fully gotten it down yet," whispered the vixen. "And I was scared…"
"It's alright," said Nicholas. "I'll help you learn it if you want."
"Thanks. I can tell this is going to be fun."
X
Sakura quickly became a friend to all three boys. But she ended up developing a special bond with Nicholas. This continued even after the two foxes turned 12 years old. The group knew that since Ben and Cody weren't part Cerinians, they wouldn't go to the same school anymore. But that didn't stop them from having a relationship.
Then at the age of 13, both Nicholas and Sakura got their Cerinian weapons. The vulpine's was the same as it would be years later and gave it the nickname, Fists of Cerinia. The vixen ended up getting a different weapon, but she didn't give it a nickname. It was a sickle with a long white handle. The lines were on the handle and had two rubies on it; one at the top and one on the bottom. The blade was golden in color. As for their special energy beam techniques, those would be developed during their freshman year of high school.
During this time the two had begun to develop feelings for each other. However, they instead tried going out with other people to get an idea of how the game worked. Although those relationships didn't last long, it gave the two experience. However, some major events were about to take place. And it all began at the beginning of Nicholas's and Sakura's sophomore year at their special school.
X
The two met up right before school started on a Monday morning. This had become their routine ever since they started going to this place.
"Good morning," said Sakura to Nicholas as he walked up to her.
"Morning. Ready for the torment to begin?" The vixen giggled.
"You don't really mean it," she said in a teasing voice. The two then went over their schedules. As it turned out, they had four of the same classes together, not counting history. This was because when it came to that subject, all the students learned it together because it taught them the history of their race.
"Let's get going," said the vulpine. "We don't want to be late." The two then walked to their first class which was English. The two got a lot of looks; but it wasn't a surprise. The foxes were some of the best looking, brightest, and most talented in the school. But then again, Nicholas's brother Lucas, Mitch, Sarah, and Brooke were getting to that point. Those four were also attending the same school as the older part Cerinians. In time, Reed and Hikari would also join with them.
The foxes made it to the class room and took their seats. The two than began to talk amongst friends they had in the class. A few minutes later, the teacher came in, followed by a 19 year old Tiger and Samantha. Everyone stopped talking as they saw the jungle cat and snow leopard. The girls couldn't help but think he was so handsome.
"Good morning class," said the teacher, a male gecko. "We'll be joined by Tiger Bie and Samantha Vale. They will offer their time to help me and the other teachers teach."
"Nice to meet you," said Samantha. "I hope we have fun this year. If so, then me and Tiger might come back next year."
"Now then Tiger," said the gecko teacher. "Would you like to tell the class what the plan is for today?" The jungle cat nodded.
"Now then," he said. "Since it is the first day, we won't assign homework." He waited for the class to let out a small cheer before continuing. "So instead, we will-" Tiger stopped as he noticed a group of girls laughing and speaking quietly, looking at him cutely. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but the jungle cat had a good idea of what they were talking about. He just rolled his eyes.
"Ladies!" he called out to them. Immediately the three girls stopped and gave him their attention. One was a wolf, the other a border collie, and the last a lynx.
"Sir!" they all said.
"Would you like to tell the class what is it you were just talking about?" All three of them just stuttered, trying to decide who should talk to their jungle cat instructor. The young wolf spook up for the three students in a nervous tone.
"Uh, with all due respect Mr. Bie, sir. We would like to keep that information classified." Tiger moved from the teacher's desk and walked over to the group of ladies, his paws behind his back.
"Oh come now, don't be shy. Please tell the class what is it you were talking about that was important enough to interrupt my lecture. Oh and do please stick to the truth; if you're caught lying to your instructor, I'll make this entire class run a dozen laps for it. So what was it you were talking about Miss Katie?" He looked over to the young Border collie. "Or Miss Dupree, maybe you would like to explain to the class, after all. You're the one who started the conversation, where you not?" The jungle cat knew their names because he had seen the class schedule from the gecko teacher before entering. Each name had a picture, so Tiger knew who they were.
Dupree just stuttered and looked around the room, all eyes were on her. She just took a deep breath, and began speaking. As she finished her sentence, her voice went quieter and higher pitched.
"Ummm, we were just talking about, how handsome you looked this morning Mr. Bie, sir?" The entire class was laughing at the young Border collie, she just re sat in her seat, head down.
"Right." Tiger headed back to the desk, and turned to face the class again, looking over to the group of girls. "Ladies, please keep your eyes to what I'm saying, and not to me, you're personal feelings must stay in check." They all just kept quiet and listened in on him, while a few of the other students were quietly laughing.
"I suggest you stick with kids your own age; I'm 19 after all," said the jungle cat. "Besides, I'm already taken." His gaze went to Samantha, and she nodded back. The class knew in that instant that the two were going out.
The rest of the class continued without incident. Nicholas however, couldn't help but look at Tiger and Samantha during this time period occasionally. There was something he couldn't put his finger on. Yet for some reason, the vulpine thought that these two would end up playing a major part in his life.
Nicholas and Sakura left the class talking about those two. "What do you think of Mr. Bie and Miss Vale?" asked the vulpine.
"I like them," said the vixen. "I hope they come back next year."
"A lot can happen. It's only the beginning of this one. But I also hope so like you."
Three weeks latter another big event would happen to Nicholas. It was the day that Hui-Ying, Jazerc, Kralie, and Saria transferred to the vulpine's special school and would stay until graduation. It all started as a normal day in the English class that Nicholas and Sakura had. Their gecko teacher was sick, so Tiger and Samantha were the instructors for the day.
"Okay, today we have four new transfer students who will be joining us," said the jungle cat. He then called out through the open door. "You guys can come in." The new students came in and it was a younger Hui-Ying, Jazerc, Kralie, and Saria. The others, including Nicholas and Sakura regarded them. They knew automatically that the new comers were part Cerinians since only those kinds of species went to these types of schools.
"Now why don't you introduce yourself?" asked Samantha. They did so. "Make sure they feel welcomed," said the snow leopard. Nothing too big would happen until it came time for gym. This was where all part Cerinians would practice combat, even with their Cerinian weapons against each other. But it was done so nobody would get hurt too bad.
"Okay then," said the gym teacher. "Let's have Nicholas McCoy and Hui-Ying Yao up." Everyone started to talk. The vulpine was one of the best. And one of the transfer students was going against him. The panda wouldn't stand a chance.
"Alright then," said the vulpine, who stepped into the middle. "I look forward to it." Hui-Ying did the same. The two brought out their Cerinian weapons. Nicholas raised an eye brow when he saw hers.
"Interesting," he said. "I assume then you know some things about hand to hand combat."
"I do," said the panda. "Just like I can tell with you."
The instructor rang the bell, and the two started circling each other. "I wonder though…" said Hui-Ying.
"Wonder what?" asked the vulpine.
"It's just that you're shorter than me. Are you sure that you can reach my collar?" This made her opponent flick his ears in annoyance. Everyone else was silent. The two then charged at each other. The panda quickly realized that her opponent was so solid. The next thing she knew, Nicholas had gotten her on the ground. The others were shocked; this fight hadn't lasted that long.
"What the hell was that?!" thought Hui-Ying. "He's better than I thought!"
"Don't talk big until you can land a hit," said Nicholas. He then smirked. "Although you're taller than me, I don't see you brining me down any time soon; bitch." Everyone let out a gasp of shock. The panda snapped as a pissed off mark seemed to appear on her forehead.
"Okay," she whispered. "That's how you want it, huh?" She jumped up using her paws and got the fox with both of her legs which sent him down. Everyone gasped again as Hui-Ying stood up. "You got your wish," she said. "Anything else you want to say?"
"Alright…" said Nicholas dangerously. "Is that how you want to play?" He suddenly used the speed booster technique and had the panda pinned.
"You cheap bastard!" she yelled.
"It's your fault that you fell for it so easily," said the vulpine. He then turned to the teacher. "Quick! Start the countdown!"
"I don't believe this," said Jazerc. "He took Hui-Ying down like it was nothing." The teacher stopped at ten and the fight was over. Nicholas let go of her and the two stood up.
"Listen," said the panda. "Don't get over cocky. You just got lucky. I will take you down!"
"Interesting," said Nicholas. "Well I won't let you win!"
The air was filled with tension; everyone could sense it. That was the day the rivalry between the two started. Every day they tried to prove who the better fighter was. But Nicholas got along well with the other three transfer students.
Another rivalry would develop and that was between him and Pecker. How this happened was that on a request from their parents, he along with his sister would visit the school that the vulpine attended. Sometimes Celestia would come along for the ride. But only a few times. The bird and fox would fight what seemed to be constantly since they couldn't see eye to eye.
However, the biggest change for both Nicholas and Sakura was that during their sophomore year, they would go out.
X
The vulpine had been taking the vixen out on outings (he called them that since he didn't view these as dates). Everyone else saw it differently. Sakura didn't care what other people called it. One night during the middle of the school year, Nicholas was dropping her off at her house. The vulpine knew how to drive a car by this point. The two were at her front door.
"Thank you for such a wonderful time," said the vixen. "I had a lot of fun."
"Yeah, I did to," he said. The two could feel butterflies forming in the stomachs and the blush that was coming on their muzzles. They didn't say anything for a minute.
"Is something wrong?" asked Sakura, placing a paw on his strong arm. Nicholas looked at her, the light of the porch light they were standing under was reflecting off of her eyes making them look so much more beautiful than before. The vulpine then decided to go with it. He took her paws in his.
"Nicholas?" she asked as her heart went into overtime.
"Sakura," he began. "There's something I've wanted to tell you for awhile now."
"What is it?" the vixen whispered.
"Do you remember the day we met?"
"Of course I do. It was the start of our friendship."
"Yes. But now I want it to be more since I view you differently."
"Wait…" said Sakura. "Do you mean…?"
"Yes," said Nicholas. "I love you." And with that the vulpine kissed the vixen on the mouth. She immediately wrapped her arms around him, bring the guy in tighter. The kiss lasted for a minute and the two young part Cerinians came apart; their eyes glinting with love for each other.
"What do you say?" asked Nicholas with a grin.
"I love you to," said Sakura and kissed him again.
"Then; will you go out with me?"
"I will." The two then shared another kiss, their first one as officially being boyfriend and girlfriend. Things seemed perfect in their lives. But soon, it would end.
