Hi guyz! I just wanted to say thank you to those of you who reviewed. Oh and also since school has started again it might take me a while to post up new chapters but I will try my best to update. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please R&R!!!!
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By the way stuff that is all italic are flashbacks.
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Normal P.O.V
Aaliyah stood shocked as all the memories came back to her.
A four year old Tala was playing in the sand box near the woods. He heard some giggling and looked up.
He saw a girl with blue and black hair playing with a small doggy. When he looked closer he saw that it wasn't a normal dog, it was a little wolf.
He got up and sat next to her. He looked at the doggy and then looked up at the girl.
"Hi! My name is Tala! What's yours?" he said looking at the girl smiling. The girl smiled back.
"My name is Aaliyah. You wanna play with Gidarah?" Aaliyah said picking up the dog and putting it in Tala's lap.
Tala smiled and the two children played with the pup. Aaliyah giggled as the pup leapt onto her stomach and then onto Tala's lap. The two children were so wrapped up in their own joy they didn't notice the shadows of the people standing in front of them.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" Aaliyah heard a voice ask. She looked up to see some older kids leering down at her, Tala and her puppy.
Aaliyah looked around to see that her mom was sitting talking to another lady on a bench by the swings. If she tried to run to her mom, the kids would catch her, so she did the next best thing that came to her mind.
She looked up at the two older kids glaring at Tala, who was also staring up at them.
"What do you want?" she asked defiantly. The older kids suddenly picked up Gidarah roughly and pushed Tala.
"Hey!" he said angrily, glaring at the two older kids.
"Give her back!" Aaliyah yelled getting up and helping Tala up, as well.
"No, we want to play with it too!" the bullies laughed.
The two kids who seemed to be nine years old, just sneered and the girl pulled a little on Gidarah's fur. Then she held the little wolf as the boy threw rocks at it. The two four year olds watched helplessly as the girl put Gidarah on the ground and kicked it. Gidarah yelped in pain. Aaliyah's eyes widened at this.
"Stop it! Your hurting her!" Aaliyah said, her eyes beginning to water.
Little Tala noticing the tears in her eyes went and pushed the older boy, the boy was caught off guard and was fell onto the grass.
"King!" the older girl yelled in shock. The boy named King pushed Tala off him, onto the ground.
"Give back the doggy." Tala yelled at the older girl. She looked at him with an angry expression and then let out a screech as Gidarah bit her hand trying to escape. Queen instantly dropped the little wolf and kicked it as well, trying to examine her own wound. Gidarah whimpered in pain as it lay on it's side.
"Stop it! Please!" Aaliyah said as she rushed to pick up she injured pup.
The girl named Queen looked up with a furious expression on her face. She picked up a nearby stick and raised it over her head getting ready to strike the pup who was in Aaliyah's arms.
"I'll show you! No one gets away with hurting me!" Queen yelled as she raised the stick a little bit higher.
Tala saw this and ran over to stand in front of Aaliyah. He also picked up a stick and stood defiantly in front of Aaliyah and the pup.
"Go away!" young Tala said angrily.
"Let's go, Queen!" the boy urged, still glaring at Tala.
"Fine! But we'll get you back, brats!" the girl yelled, walking away with the boy.
"Thanks Tala!" Aaliyah sniffed looking up at him with a watery smile.
Tala smiled back and the two children started playing again but all too soon it was time too go home.
"Bye Tala! I hope a I get to see you again soon!" Aaliyah said as her mom started walking over with the other lady.
"Me too. Um…here…I found it and wanted to give it to you." Tala said blushing as he handed her a flower. Aaliyah's mom took a picture and laughed with the other lady.
"Do you think you can give me a copy of that picture? They just looked so cute." the lady said, smiling at Aaliyah's mom.
"Of course, I will. Come on Aaliyah time to go!" Aaliyah's mom said waving for her to hurry up.
"You too, Tala!" the other lady said.
"Coming mommy!" Tala replied back. He looked at Aaliyah and smiled then ran to his mother, waving at Aaliyah.
"Bye Tala!" Aaliyah waved back
After that the two friends didn't see each other until the next September, when pre-school started and by that time they had changed a lot. They still remembered each other but they weren't exactly the best of friends any more.
Coming out of her daze Aaliyah asked again "Was it you, who saved me and Gidarah?"
Tala nodded slightly looking at her with unsure eyes.
"Yeah, it was." he said slowly, waiting for her reaction. Aaliyah just looked at him and her shocked expression turned into a confused one.
"But your hair's different?!" she said pointing to his hair with her paintbrush.
"Yea, I grew it a little." he chuckled nervously.
"What happened to Gidarah anyways?" he asked, watching as Aaliyah's expression turned into a sad one.
"We had to let her go." Aaliyah said simply not making any eye contact, and turning back to finish her painting. Tala had a feeling there was more to it then that, but decided to leave it alone.
'Wow! We actually had a civilized conversation!' was what both thought after a moment.
The class ended and all the students walked out, Aaliyah caught up with her friends who were waiting for her at the door.As the two groups walked down the hallway, deliberately ignoring each other, Aaliyah looked over at Tala to see him looking back at her.
In those few seconds, they reached an understanding that their discussion was to stay between them and them only.
Paree sighed and went to flop down onto her bed, after she entered her room.
The whole last class all Kai had done was insult her painting until she had finally told him to shut up.
Kai stayed quiet for a while after that until he asked "What is it?"
Paree had sighed hoping that he would shut up after this.
"It's Chanzel, the phoenix of ice and passion. Chanzel is the creature of my spirit." she had replied. She had noticed Kai go a little stiff after that.
The rest of the class he had stayed quiet. When they had gone to their lockers, Paree had told the other girls to go ahead without her as she still had to finish putting away her things.
Kai's group was walking by all chatting with one another except Kai. As she closed her locker she had noticed Kai walking a little behind the others. Paree had started walking towards the doors when she felt someone grab her wrist. She looked back with a confused expression to see Kai.
"It's not going to happen, no matter what anyone says." She had heard him say before he had walked off leaving her standing there in confusion.
'What did he mean?' Paree asked herself before drifting off into sleep, on her bed.
Kai paced around his room, he had been doing this for the past 15 minutes. When he had heard Paree say that the creature of her spirit is the ice phoenix, he had panicked.
Kai went over to the painting on his wall. He looked at the phoenix of fire and love adoringly. He faced paled as he looked at the bottom of it.
At the bottom of the painting of the phoenix was a small story.
"The phoenix of fire and ice, reunite every time they are born onto the earth, whether in their human form or original form. Fire, Ice, Love, Passion are the things for which these two magnificent creatures stand. Together always. This is the decision of fate."
Kai scowled angrily. Turning around and heading to the bathroom in his room. He got in the shower and felt relieved as the lukewarm water passed over him.
'Why her? Why not someone else?' he thought miserably.
'I don't care what the fates decide. Paree Bikonai and I are not meant to be.' he thought getting out of the shower.
Hey guys I know this chapter is really short but I got lazy and I promise the next chapter's going to be way better and longer. Please R&R.
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