THE NEXT MORNING…

Kyo was walking around the temple looking for his shirt.

"yawn…" Elvie yawned, hearing rustling noises, "who's out there?" she got out of bed and peeked out of her door, "K-Kyo?" she saw him walking around and looking for something.

"Huh?" he asked, still pacing around, half naked.

"Whoa, Kyo?" Elvie asked, "You're covered in tattoos!" Elvie said to herself, "Heh, heh, heh. You look like a zebra…"

Kyo got up and looked at Elvie, "Cl… cloooo-ths." (He has problems with speech) "She-rattt."

"A she-rat?" Elvie asked, confused. He walked over to her and tugged lightly on her shirt, "She-rattt."

"Uhh… shirt?" Elvie asked. He nodded his head, "You seen my she-ratt?" he asked her again. She looked around the room. A pile of cloth was crumpled in the corner. She pointed to it.

"That it?" she asked him.

"Jiros. Mine was there." He pointed to an empty spot next to the cloth.

"So he's wearing your clothes?" Elvie asked, still confused. Kyo shrugged his shoulders.

"FEAR MEH!" a voice said. Jiro leapt out of the shadow and tackled Kyo to the ground.

"Jiro what the hell are you doing!" Elvie asked, hands on her hips. Jiro got off Kyo.

"Fear meh, I'm Kyo!" Jiro growled. Elvie rolled her eyes.

"Stop playing around, Jiro, seriously. We need to get ready to leave, dawn is almost here." She said. Kyo's ears tilted back.

"Dragon blade!" Kyo called. A sword appeared in his hand. He swung it and stopped it in front of Jiro's face. A lock of his hair fell to the ground.

"What is going on out here?" Rei asked sleepily, "What-Kyo!" she whipped out her zanbatou and blocked Kyo's weapon with it, "What happened here?" she asked Elvie.

"Rei… move… I … move…" Kyo stuttered. He didn't want to hurt her.

"Please, Kyo. Put it down." Rei stood firmly. Kyo lowered his blade and t vanished. He looked down and lightly pushed Rei against the wall. He shoved Jiro down and began punching him. Jiro fought back. Soon it was an all out brawl.

"Ugh! Kyo, no!" her weapon clattered across the ground, "Elvie, get Aribeth! They're gonna kill each other!" Rei told her. Elvie ran to Aribeth's door and banged on it, "Aribeth!" she yelled. No answer, "Aribeth!" still no answer, "No… Shinji!" no one was there, "They left us, how could they!" Elvie fell to her knees. Oza, Arden, Arma, and Lyrra came out of their rooms.

"What is going on!" Lyrra asked Elvie.

"Jiro and Kyo are fighting! We can't stop them. Aribeth and Shinji are gone! Help!" Elvie whimpered. Rei managed to grab her weapon. With great precision, she tripped Kyo and knocked Jiro back with the blunt end.

"Stop!" she demanded them. Kyo got up and jumped on Jiro.

"GIVE ME MY SHI-ART!" he demanded. Jiro grabbed Kyo by his tail and swung him into a wall. They still continued to fight. Rei sighed and jumped into the fray. She pinned down Jiro.

"Don't hurt him, Rei!" Elvie pleaded.

"Relax…" she grunted, lifting Kyo's shirt up over Jiros head. She threw it at Kyo.

"There, happy!" she said angrily, glaring at them. Kyo smelled the shirt and happily put it on.

"no one touch my special shi-art." Kyo said, angrily glaring at Jiro. Elvie sighed with relief and leaned up against the wall. Rei sat down and tried to catch her breath.

"Jiro… never… do that… again." She said in between breaths. Kyo, still in his boxers, ran over to Rei and threw his arms around her. She put her hands on his shoulder and looked him in the eyes.

"No problem. Just try and control yourself, okay?" she asked him in a concerned tone. He nodded and let go of her.

"This is my special shi-art. My mother made it for me before that bastard Trigon took her away from me…" he said sadly, "It special!" he said to Jiro.

"like my flute…" she said to herself, touching it lightly. Suddenly, an image flashed before her in her mind. A huge red dragon was fighting a winged elf. Three children were crying in the background. She gasped and fell back. The image was gone.

"Rei!" everyone yelled.

"T-there was a big dragon, and a winged woman, and there were three children… and- and…" Rei blurted out.

"Huh?" Daven asked, "Hold on, say it slowly…"

"There was a young girl with dragon wings and horns, and a little dragon, and a girl with… ebony skin…" Rei said.

"That sounds like me, you and Synval…" Daven said.

"Big dragon… maybe its your dad or mom?" Jiro thought.

"It looked male. Though I don't know how I could tell. Maybe its because the horns are big or something… nah, that couldn't be it." Rei contemplated, "but they do look familiar." She took out her flute and looked at it, "there was a woman with angel-like wings that was wearing the clothes I see when I look at myself in this." Kyo stepped up next to Rei and compared his horns with hers, "Male horns are bigger, see?"

"Mine are bigger too." Daven pondered, "then the dragon is our father."

"And the woman..?" she asked.

"Our mother. That explains why you look like you do and not like me." Dave said.

"What about Synval?" Rei asked.

"Aribeth has told us our grandparents are drow… that could explain why she ahs dark skin…" Daven said.

"its dawn. We must leave, we can talk later." Jiro interrupted, pushing on his hat to feel his hidden horns.

"Mm-hm!" Elvie nodded. They went to pack their things and left.

Kyos ears tilted back-both Kyo and Rei have the ability to move their elven ears around freely.