"Kiiro-kun!" cries out a female voice I know very well. It was the voice of Reiko. She's my parent's best friends' (Takato Matsuda and Rika Makino) daughter. We've known each other since we were, like, in diapers and she's the only girl who knows about my family. She's kinda zany, but she's cool. And, well, I do kind of like her...y'know, in that way...
As I turned around to look back at my friend, she charged up on me and grabbed me around my neck.
"Gak!" I sputtered in suprise, and felt my ears and tail sprout out, because I was so shocked.
Reiko giggled at me. "You have such cute ears." she told me playfully, tugging on my right one.
I felt myself blushing and pulled away from her, drawing my ears back in my hair and my tail into my, er, arse. It's taken me years to perfect my ability to do that, actually. When I was really little, I could never control them. They would sprout out, then retract, sprout out, retract, then...you get it.
It's taken me quite the amount of time and various school switches, but now I've gotten them under control. They only pop out when I want them to, or when someone like Reiko happens to suprise me in the world's most annoying ways.
Reiko frowned at me, pretending to look hurt.
"Now why'd you get rid of them?" she asks me, pouting. "I like 'em."
I scowl at her. "You would." I mutter under my breath. It's not as if I was mad at her, but it's not like she has to hide her origin everyday. Reiko giggles at me again.
"Hey, mon-boy, you do remember that I'm coming over for dinner tonight...?" she muses aloud.
"Um..." I mutter softly. As a matter of fact, no, I didn't remember that...
"You don't remember?" cries out Reiko indignantly.
I laugh nervously, and pat her shoulder. "Why, of course I did, Reiko-chan...I was just fooling with you, y'know." I lie, laughing quite nervously all the while.
Reiko laughs at me. "I know you're lying, but we gotta go to school anyway." she reminds me, and grabs my arm, tugging me away to that evil place known as school.
Click. Yamaki ran his hand through his graying hair nervously. He frowned deeply as he inspected his newest pictures of...his hybrid. Screw the fact that he had not used his own DNA for the project, he had supervised the construction. He was as much the -- the father of -- what had that digital mess of a fox insisted upon calling him? Yes, Kiiroishi. He was as much the father of Kiiroishi as Jenrya Lee. But pet peeves aside, he had work to do. According to the genecyst and data analyzers, the boy's power should be increasing beyond his ability to cast weak versions of the mother's rookie attacks. About time, too.
Yamaki grinned maliciously. "Time to test you out, my son." he whispered softly.
Reiko was still dragging me along, despite my protests that my arm hurt like a -- well, never mind. Despite my protests for the welfare of my arm, Reiko was still dragging me to our school, which was only a glance away. Then I felt her whole body freeze, and her grip on my arm cease. I looked up at her, then stopped breathing as ice began to coat the streets, sidewalks, and our school. An unusually large icicle began to form from the nearby shop above us, then began to fall.
Reiko suddenly screamed, snapping back to reality. I quickly turned, grabbing Reiko as I spun and began to run as fast as possible away from the icicle, which shattered on the frozen street, and leaving a large, long, deep crack. Reiko seemed to choke on her words, and walked backwards into me. We both stopped for breath. I suppose I was too high on my own adrenaline and pure joy at survived that I had refused to notice that the ice had not melted nor disappeared.
That was a very bad mistake on my part. Reiko grabbed my hand, and I looked up at her. She pointed towards the building around us. The ice was growing thicker and colder, and then suddenly tons of icicles like the one from before began forming and falling. I grabbed Reiko tightly to myself, and then felt nothingness, then reappearing at the exact same spot again.
Had I just...disappeared? I had seen my mother do that so many times, and yet I had never been able to. Yet, I just did somehow...
I let go of Reiko, who stared up at me bewildered. I felt the temperature grow warmer -- back to normal. Then I saw a man. He looked about in his forties, I would say, and dirty blonde hair that appeared to be graying. He was dressed in a navy blue suit, and his face was donned with sunglasses. He also was carrying a cigarette lighter that he kept clicking repeatedly.
"Kiiroishi Lee, I presume?" he asked me in a calm, yet amused voice.
I paused and glanced at Reiko. She shrugged. She wasn't any surer of how to answer than I was. Well, I may as well tell the truth.
"Yes." I whispered softly.
"Kiiroshi Lee -- the sinful hybrid, as we've nicknamed you at HQ." the man shared with me, a sardonically grin on his face. His face then returned to its normal anger-filled expression. "But, I digress. Kiiroishi, I can offer you an excellent opportunity, if you'll allow me a chance..." the man never did finish his sentence.
"Fox Leaf Arrowhead!" my mother's voice cried out. Reiko and I looked in the direction of her voice.
She smiled at me before the enhanced and deadly leaves headed towards Yamaki, who managed to duck from them at just the right moment.
"Tsk, tsk, Renamon." he said softly, waving his index finger. "You really do need to work on your aim."
"As if you were worth the time, Yamaki." I heard my father comment. He and my mother glanced at each other, then he motioned to me. I nodded, and began to follow him with Reiko trailing after me. My mother and Yamaki glared at each other, then she disappeared and reappeared behind Reiko.
I wasn't sure what to think as I followed my father, my mind full of questions.
As I turned around to look back at my friend, she charged up on me and grabbed me around my neck.
"Gak!" I sputtered in suprise, and felt my ears and tail sprout out, because I was so shocked.
Reiko giggled at me. "You have such cute ears." she told me playfully, tugging on my right one.
I felt myself blushing and pulled away from her, drawing my ears back in my hair and my tail into my, er, arse. It's taken me years to perfect my ability to do that, actually. When I was really little, I could never control them. They would sprout out, then retract, sprout out, retract, then...you get it.
It's taken me quite the amount of time and various school switches, but now I've gotten them under control. They only pop out when I want them to, or when someone like Reiko happens to suprise me in the world's most annoying ways.
Reiko frowned at me, pretending to look hurt.
"Now why'd you get rid of them?" she asks me, pouting. "I like 'em."
I scowl at her. "You would." I mutter under my breath. It's not as if I was mad at her, but it's not like she has to hide her origin everyday. Reiko giggles at me again.
"Hey, mon-boy, you do remember that I'm coming over for dinner tonight...?" she muses aloud.
"Um..." I mutter softly. As a matter of fact, no, I didn't remember that...
"You don't remember?" cries out Reiko indignantly.
I laugh nervously, and pat her shoulder. "Why, of course I did, Reiko-chan...I was just fooling with you, y'know." I lie, laughing quite nervously all the while.
Reiko laughs at me. "I know you're lying, but we gotta go to school anyway." she reminds me, and grabs my arm, tugging me away to that evil place known as school.
Click. Yamaki ran his hand through his graying hair nervously. He frowned deeply as he inspected his newest pictures of...his hybrid. Screw the fact that he had not used his own DNA for the project, he had supervised the construction. He was as much the -- the father of -- what had that digital mess of a fox insisted upon calling him? Yes, Kiiroishi. He was as much the father of Kiiroishi as Jenrya Lee. But pet peeves aside, he had work to do. According to the genecyst and data analyzers, the boy's power should be increasing beyond his ability to cast weak versions of the mother's rookie attacks. About time, too.
Yamaki grinned maliciously. "Time to test you out, my son." he whispered softly.
Reiko was still dragging me along, despite my protests that my arm hurt like a -- well, never mind. Despite my protests for the welfare of my arm, Reiko was still dragging me to our school, which was only a glance away. Then I felt her whole body freeze, and her grip on my arm cease. I looked up at her, then stopped breathing as ice began to coat the streets, sidewalks, and our school. An unusually large icicle began to form from the nearby shop above us, then began to fall.
Reiko suddenly screamed, snapping back to reality. I quickly turned, grabbing Reiko as I spun and began to run as fast as possible away from the icicle, which shattered on the frozen street, and leaving a large, long, deep crack. Reiko seemed to choke on her words, and walked backwards into me. We both stopped for breath. I suppose I was too high on my own adrenaline and pure joy at survived that I had refused to notice that the ice had not melted nor disappeared.
That was a very bad mistake on my part. Reiko grabbed my hand, and I looked up at her. She pointed towards the building around us. The ice was growing thicker and colder, and then suddenly tons of icicles like the one from before began forming and falling. I grabbed Reiko tightly to myself, and then felt nothingness, then reappearing at the exact same spot again.
Had I just...disappeared? I had seen my mother do that so many times, and yet I had never been able to. Yet, I just did somehow...
I let go of Reiko, who stared up at me bewildered. I felt the temperature grow warmer -- back to normal. Then I saw a man. He looked about in his forties, I would say, and dirty blonde hair that appeared to be graying. He was dressed in a navy blue suit, and his face was donned with sunglasses. He also was carrying a cigarette lighter that he kept clicking repeatedly.
"Kiiroishi Lee, I presume?" he asked me in a calm, yet amused voice.
I paused and glanced at Reiko. She shrugged. She wasn't any surer of how to answer than I was. Well, I may as well tell the truth.
"Yes." I whispered softly.
"Kiiroshi Lee -- the sinful hybrid, as we've nicknamed you at HQ." the man shared with me, a sardonically grin on his face. His face then returned to its normal anger-filled expression. "But, I digress. Kiiroishi, I can offer you an excellent opportunity, if you'll allow me a chance..." the man never did finish his sentence.
"Fox Leaf Arrowhead!" my mother's voice cried out. Reiko and I looked in the direction of her voice.
She smiled at me before the enhanced and deadly leaves headed towards Yamaki, who managed to duck from them at just the right moment.
"Tsk, tsk, Renamon." he said softly, waving his index finger. "You really do need to work on your aim."
"As if you were worth the time, Yamaki." I heard my father comment. He and my mother glanced at each other, then he motioned to me. I nodded, and began to follow him with Reiko trailing after me. My mother and Yamaki glared at each other, then she disappeared and reappeared behind Reiko.
I wasn't sure what to think as I followed my father, my mind full of questions.