Chapter 3: "I think I'm getting the hang of it..."
I leapt into the air, my wings folded tightly behind me until I went to land on a branch. They unfolded slightly to help slow me as I landed. Perfect. I grinned. "It's all too easy." I leapt to another branch and the same thing happened. It was instinct that made them move. I had never had a pair of wings before but I sure as hell knew how to use them or at least my body knew how to use them perfectly.
I looked to my next perch and jumped. I didn't even think about it like always and I landed, my wings fixing any problems that their extra weight gave me. I looked to another branch and jumped again. When I almost slipped off and fell forward my wings flapped twice until I was balanced again.
I looked forward and saw I was on the edge of the Geoplant. I jumped up and flared my wings then flapped them. It was easy. They caught the wind and I soared up. Laughing, I remembered when Naoko grabbed me as we raced and took me flying with her. Maybe I'd take her flying...
I didn't care how I was going to get down, I was happy just flying right now. I closed my eyes and felt the wind under my new wings and flapped them a few times. I was mostly relying on the updrafts to keep me up. I doubted if I could keep myself up for this long. The limbs were new and I would have to build up muscles and work on stamina before I could fly like Naoko, Kuronue or Silrowen. "I think I'm getting the hang of it though," I told myself. "I'll be flying like them in no time."
Then the wind changed directions and I was un-prepared. It caught the under side of my right wing and sent me into a spin. I couldn't straighten out and every time I thought I could the wind changed and sent me spinning in a new direction. I caught sight of the ground and saw I wasn't more then twenty feet from it. I swore vividly and knew I was going to crash.
I didn't know how to crash but I knew how to land if I fell. My guess was it was like falling. I spun around, trying to get my legs out in front of me but knew I wouldn't have time. Then the wind caught my wings again and sent me flying into the air in a roll again.
"Damn it!" I again tried to stop the spin and get my legs in front of me so I could land on my feet. (Urameshi's told me a few times I remind him of a cat...) I realized I was upside down and twisted my body so my feet would touch the ground first then I hit the ground.
