Casey
Beep Beep Beep Beep. My alarm clock sounded at 6am sharp, just as it did every weekday mourning. I reached over. Nothing. Horrible thought began to flow through my head. Haunting memorize of that fateful mourning 15 years ago...
"What is that dreadful noise and how to you make it stop?" I heard some ask. The clock was till sounding. I shut it off and turned to face whover was complaining. To my happy surprise, I saw Shin (well, geez, it was either him or my kid had shrunk and forgotten what an alarm clock was) sitting at a computer desk wiht one f me books in his hand.
"Keeping yourself occupied?" I asked, pointing to the book in his hands.
"Yes, very. I takes you a long time to wake up you know. And do you need that annoying beeping noise?"
"Yes," I answered as I began to get dressed,"I have work and Kyudo has school?" I listened for a moment and then asked, "Where is he anyway."
Kyudo
Darian, Joya and I slept outside that night. None of us were quite ready to go home just yet. Luckily Darians watch had a little alarm in it. We all got up and got ready for school as we invented the most rediculous explanations for what our mothers had done.
"I got one," Darin piped, "Maybe, they protect your dad. Like, ok, maybe your mom had to tell you he was dead cause he's really some important guy and it's our mom's job to protect him."
"That's insane, Darian, my dad is not some important guy who needs body guards."
"Ok, smart guy, why didn't they just tell us about the whole change in the first place?"
"Hey, guy," Joya inturrupted, "Did you ever stop to think that it's not that big of a deal?"
"Not that big of a deal? Ok, did you ever take the time to realize just what happened when they transformed. One, their hair color, eye color, and clothes changed, they said 'to protect the universe,' my bow went flying into my mother's hands, they were wearing battle armor. Come on, you can't really tell me that 'it's not that important.'" After that little outburst we flew to school in silence.
Casey
When Kyudo walked home our eyes met for a seconds. I tilted my head in the direction of his bedroom. He came out wearing the clothes I left on his bed.
"I was going to give you these someday. I guess now is as good a time as any."
"Mom?" he asked softly, "Are you ready to tell me the truth?"
Kyudo
"I guess it is time you know the full truth. Kyudo, your father is alive. And I'm, I, I'm a Universal Guardian. I was born to protect the universe. Your bow is my weapon, that's why it goes to me when I transform. The reason I lied about your father being alive was because he left and I didn't want you to get hurt. But if you are ready he wants to meet you."
"I do wanna meet him. It's gonna be a little wierd, but if he is alive, I wanna meet him."
"I was kinda talking about now. He's ready to meet you now."
Now?! Was she serious. No, my mother wouldn't kid at a time like this.
"Now! Now now? Like, now now now?" I babbled.
"If you don't want to I'll understa-"
"No, I want to do this, now."
"Fine, I'll take you to see him."
Beep Beep Beep Beep. My alarm clock sounded at 6am sharp, just as it did every weekday mourning. I reached over. Nothing. Horrible thought began to flow through my head. Haunting memorize of that fateful mourning 15 years ago...
"What is that dreadful noise and how to you make it stop?" I heard some ask. The clock was till sounding. I shut it off and turned to face whover was complaining. To my happy surprise, I saw Shin (well, geez, it was either him or my kid had shrunk and forgotten what an alarm clock was) sitting at a computer desk wiht one f me books in his hand.
"Keeping yourself occupied?" I asked, pointing to the book in his hands.
"Yes, very. I takes you a long time to wake up you know. And do you need that annoying beeping noise?"
"Yes," I answered as I began to get dressed,"I have work and Kyudo has school?" I listened for a moment and then asked, "Where is he anyway."
Kyudo
Darian, Joya and I slept outside that night. None of us were quite ready to go home just yet. Luckily Darians watch had a little alarm in it. We all got up and got ready for school as we invented the most rediculous explanations for what our mothers had done.
"I got one," Darin piped, "Maybe, they protect your dad. Like, ok, maybe your mom had to tell you he was dead cause he's really some important guy and it's our mom's job to protect him."
"That's insane, Darian, my dad is not some important guy who needs body guards."
"Ok, smart guy, why didn't they just tell us about the whole change in the first place?"
"Hey, guy," Joya inturrupted, "Did you ever stop to think that it's not that big of a deal?"
"Not that big of a deal? Ok, did you ever take the time to realize just what happened when they transformed. One, their hair color, eye color, and clothes changed, they said 'to protect the universe,' my bow went flying into my mother's hands, they were wearing battle armor. Come on, you can't really tell me that 'it's not that important.'" After that little outburst we flew to school in silence.
Casey
When Kyudo walked home our eyes met for a seconds. I tilted my head in the direction of his bedroom. He came out wearing the clothes I left on his bed.
"I was going to give you these someday. I guess now is as good a time as any."
"Mom?" he asked softly, "Are you ready to tell me the truth?"
Kyudo
"I guess it is time you know the full truth. Kyudo, your father is alive. And I'm, I, I'm a Universal Guardian. I was born to protect the universe. Your bow is my weapon, that's why it goes to me when I transform. The reason I lied about your father being alive was because he left and I didn't want you to get hurt. But if you are ready he wants to meet you."
"I do wanna meet him. It's gonna be a little wierd, but if he is alive, I wanna meet him."
"I was kinda talking about now. He's ready to meet you now."
Now?! Was she serious. No, my mother wouldn't kid at a time like this.
"Now! Now now? Like, now now now?" I babbled.
"If you don't want to I'll understa-"
"No, I want to do this, now."
"Fine, I'll take you to see him."