A.N. Hey sorry it took so long to update…you know busy and everything. Anyway here is the third chapter to Phoenix Wings and Tiger Tails.

3rd Chapter

Letting out a deep, annoyed sigh Kai closed his eyes. ' Please let him disappear.' He thought as he turned to the neko-jin following him. ' Damn he is annoying…when will he just leave me alone?' Kai turned back around and continued to ignore Rei, which cause Rei to look annoyed at the phoenix in front of him.

"Are you sure you now where you're going?"

"Yeah, I have an invisible map in my hand that's leading me to the mysterious creatures. No I don't know where we're going. That's why I'm going to do this."

With that Kai jumped in the air and "accidentally" whapped Rei in the face, knocking him down. Smirking Kai looked at the neko-jin who glared at him with his yellow eyes in a narrow slit. Chuckling Kai beat his wings and flew higher in the air.

"Arrogant, proud, sadistic, know-it-all. I can't stand him!"

"Can't stand who?"

"Ka…who am I talking to?"

"Me."

"Me…? Me who?"

"Me," From out of the bushes walked a red head with bright cerulean blue eyes and had wolf ears and a fluffy tail swooshed behind him. " Tala Ivanov…and you are?"

"Rei. Rei Kon."

"The neko-jin…kind of scrawny aren't you?"

"I'm not scrawny! I very trim!"

"Trim, yeah right. You look scrawny to me."

"Is there no one in this damn place that has a decent attitude?!"

" Ah, so it was Kai you were talking about. Kai Hiwatari."

"You know him!?"

"Nah, it was just a guess…yes I know him! He is the most arrogant person you'll ever come across!"

"I know that. He thinks he's mister know-it-all."

"I've been there."

"How long have you know him?"

"Almost 13 years now. Now what are you doing this far into the woods huh? Looking for something?"

"Some weird creature…"

"Trickyas."

"Tric what?"

"Trickyas. They're the scientists new creations…one of their new experiments."

"How do you know so much about them?"

"There's so much sneaking and eves dropping can do for you."

Rei and Tala walked further into the woods. They got darker and darker as they got further into the woods. Sighing Rei looked around, when he couldn't see anything he slit his eyes, catching whatever light there was so he could see. Tala just had his hands shoved into his pockets, then he started to whistle.

"What are you doing?"

"Calling Wolborg."

"Calling who?"

Smirking Tala replied, " You'll see."

"I don't like the tone of your voice."

Tala whistled again and pretty soon light pad footed thumped against the ground, got closer and closer. Until a huge wolf came into view, this caused Rei to jump out of his skin. Tala walked up and pet the gigantic wolfs fur. It's eyes landed on Rei, it lowly growled and put one paw forward. Tala muttered into the wolfs' ear, causing the wolf to back down and sit down.

"How'd you do that?"

"He's my pet. I haven't fully tamed him yet, but he's good."

Rei got a timid look on his face, but walked up to the wolf and gently stroked the wolfs muzzle. Smiling Rei continued to pet Wolborg. Talas smiled at him and pet the giant wolf himself. A rustling sound caught their ears and Wolborg, Tala and Rei all looked up.

"What was that?"

"I don't know…but with creatures that are in this forest, I would stand guard."

"Okay."

Wolborg stood on all legs and sniffed the air. He gave a low growl and stepped in front of Tala and Rei. Tala pulled out a dagger and took a defensive stance. Rei got into fighting mode and they watched the bushes carefully. Taking a deep breath Tala stepped forward and took a spot beside Wolborg.

"It's getting ready to attack."

"How do you know?"

"Trust me."

Nodding Rei braced himself. Then out of the woods jumped a hideous creature. It stood on two legs and had the head of a dragon, but the teeth of a shark it also had the eyes of an eagle and the body of a cheetah. It launched itself at Wolborg whom jumped at him.

"WOLBORG!"

The two beasts fought it out. At first it looked like the beast was going to when, then it looked like Wolborg was going to win, towards sometime in the battle you couldn't tell who was going win. It was pretty evenly matched. Wolborg threw the creature, causing both boys to jump out of the way. Rei landed in a nearby tree and Tala landed on a rock.

"WOLBORG! Finish him!"

Wolborg roared as the beast brought it's mighty paw sown on his shoulder. Then the creature jumped back evading Wolborgs' attack, then the creature launched itself and the mighty wolf and pushed him. Wolborg tried to fight him off, but the creature was to strong for him.

"No! Damn it! Wolborg!" Tala jumped off the rock and onto the great beasts' back, plunging his dagger into its shoulder blade. Giving a loud roar, the beast swung at him with it's great paw and tried to bat him off. Yanking the dagger out Tala then plunged the dagger into the creatures neck.

Howling the creature pulled back off of Wolborg, and swung at Tale with its tail pushing it's self off of it's front feet it knocked Tala off balance. Grabbing the handle of his dagger he tried to regain balance, but that was difficult. The beast had backed itself to a cliff, which Tala didn't see. Rei noticed and tried to get Talas' attention.

"Hey! Tala! There's a cliff! Get off! Tala! Tala!"

Tala noticed the cliff, and climbed up the neck and tried to jump off from the head. Rei swung down and tried to grab Talas' hand. But their fingers missed. All Rei could do was watch as the red headed okami-jin fell further down the cliff.

"NO! Tala!"

Translation(s): Okami-jin – Wolf person.

A.N. End of Chapter! I will continue! Will Tala make it? Who will save him? Will the ever get out of the trapped forest? Find out in the next edition of…Phoenix Wings and Tiger Tails! Until then feel free to review! Ja ne!