Chapter eight: The new member of the gang
"Valkov!" the Geography teacher yelled
Tala quickly looked up from what he was reading.
"Yes Mrs. Robinson?" he asked surprised
"What is that thing you're reading?" the teacher asked sharply
"Nothing" Tala replied, trying to make it sound innocent.
"Nothing? I'd like to see that if you don't mind." She said
"Ok, but it's just my geography report" Tala lied.
The real truth was that, he and Maya were writing to each other on small pieces of paper for the whole period. Now Tala was caught, but he successfully lied.
"Bring it here please" Mrs. Robinson insisted
"No problem" Tala said and picked up his report, taking it to the teacher.
"Good. You can sit down now." She said
Tala smiled at Maya. They weren't caught this time. The bell rang. They took their stuff and went to their lockers.
"That was close" Johnny commented
"Yep, but the teacher's too stupid to figure it out, haha" Tala said
"What were you writing about anyway?" Sabrina asked
At that question both Maya and Tala started laughing
"What?" Christina asked the two laughing dudes
"We were writing about Mrs. Robinson" Maya laughed
"About Mrs. Robinson?" Ozuma asked surprised
"Let me see the paper!" Lyra said excited, grabbing the piece of paper out of Maya's hands.
"Hey!" Maya said
But Lyra didn't listen and she started reading it out loud.
Hey Wolf, wat do u think Mrs. Robinson wud do if somebody dumped a bucket of water on her head?
Haha, she'd probably freak out, coz she'd ruin her hair!
Yeah, and then she'd run to the principal's office, crying how ppl in dis skool don't respect her……she'd probably resign from her job. Hahaha!
You know Tigress, that wudn't be a bad idea……hehe……what do u say? Let's try it!
R u serious? We'd be dead after that!
Haha, only joking! Although that wudn't be such a bad idea……;)
Haha, man u'r funny!
After Lyra read it to the teens, she started laughing.
"Did you really mean to do that to her?" she laughed
"Hmm…maybe" Tala smiled and secretly winked at Maya, who smiled
"I still don't understand, why do you two hate her so much" Johnny asked.
"Because every time, when somebody does something wrong, it's always my or Tala's fault. She hates us and I'm not even sure why" Maya explained
"I think that's because you spilt some water on the floor once and she slipped" Tala laughed
"Yeah, and some books fell on her head, because you didn't put them back the way you should" Maya laughed with him
"So, I'm guessing you have a lot more things to tell us about her accidents" Christina laughed at them
They didn't have to answer because they already knew it.
"I think we should get our lunches, before they close. Besides, I'm hungry." Kai said
"It's a good thing we have Kai. Without him we'd probably miss everything important" Lyra said, tapping Kai on his shoulder.
Kai simply smiled to himself.
While they were eating their lunch they talked about different things.
"Did you know that we have no school this Friday?" Christina informed them, while taking a bite of her sandwich
"Really? And what did we do to deserve a free day?" Johnny asked
"I don't think WE did anything, it's supposed to be some kind of festival" Kai said
"Great! That means you can move into our house on Friday!" Sabrina told them in her usual excited voice
"Cool, that's tomorrow!" Tala remembered.
"Wow, already? Man, this week went fast!" Maya said
"AAAAHHH!" Sabrina suddenly yelled
She seemed to forget that they were still at lunch, surrounded by other students. When they heard her yelling, they all turned around surprised.
"Shh, chill out will ya!" Maya tried to calm her down.
"Jeezz! Do you really have to freak out every time we tell you some good news?" Christina asked
"What's wrong?" Ozuma asked her worriedly
"Have you forgotten! The contest is next week! And we don't have anything yet!" She calmed her voice a bit, but it was still quite loud.
"Damn! You're right! We better start working on it or I'll eat myself from embarrassment next week" Christina said shocked
"Hey, no worries. We'll help you if you'll ever need us." Johnny said
"Yeah, although we've never done this before…" Tala said scratching his head
"Who knows……maybe there's some music talent in you…" Lyra smiled
The bell rang, informing everyone the lunch break is over. The students slowly went to their next periods. The eight teens had Spanish next. They had to describe their favorite thing. After that long period they could finally go home.
"Yes! Finally! A long weekend! No school tomorrow!" Ozuma yelled excited.
They were all happy about that fact that there was no school tomorrow. They went towards girls' house like they usually go. They went along a path in the forest.
"Stop. Do you hear that?" Maya stopped them
"What? I don't hear anything." Johnny said, looking around.
"Over there" Kai said making his way
They followed Kai through the bushes. The voice became stronger and everyone heard it now.
"What is it?" Ozuma asked
"It sounds like somebody's crying" Lyra said
When they passed all the bushes they saw it. There was a baby wolf crying, trying to wake up his mother. The mother was dead, lying on the ground, soaking in blood.
"She's dead" Maya said sadly, looking at her and then at the little wolf
"Oh my god" Lyra said, crying.
She couldn't watch the scene so she turned around. Kai went to her and gave her a hug. She cried in his shirt.
Maya went slowly to the cub, offering it her hand. The little wolf got scared and ran behind his mother's body.
"C'mon…don't be scared, we'll help you…" Tigress smiled to the baby wolf, moving a bit closer to it.
She spoke in normal language, but he understood. Everybody looked at the scene with interest. They moved back slightly, so the cub wouldn't be afraid.
The little wolf looked up into her blue eyes. He somehow trusted her and slowly went towards her. Maya sat on the ground waiting for the pup to come. When he reached her hand, he smelt it and went closer. Tigress slowly stroked him on the head. She took him in her hands, stroking him lightly to calm him down.
"His mother was shot" Maya said sadly, looking at the dead wolf.
"What are you going to do with the little one?" Tala asked, coming closer to the cub.
"He's coming home with us" Maya said, making a decision.
"Ok, but what are we going to do with his mom?" Christina asked, looking at wolf's dead mom
"We'll bury her" Kai said his hand still around Lyra who has wiped her tears by now.
They came to the house and went to the backyard, where Maya put the cub on the grass, sitting right beside him. The rest just sat around, but not too close, because the wolf could be afraid.
"So what are you going to name him?" Sabrina asked interested
"Is he a boy or girl?" Tala asked
"He's a boy and I think I'm going to name him……hmm dunno actually. Help me out" Maya smiled
"Let's see then….what about Johnny?" Johnny said
"Let me guess. We'll name him after you?" Christina asked, trying to hold her laughter.
"Yeah, why not? It's a great name for the wolf!" Johnny said proudly
"I'm sorry Johnny, but I don't think the name will fit him" Maya said, holding her laughter too.
She wasn't the only one who tried to hold her laughter. By looking at the others you could see that they were trying very hard not to burst out laughing.
"I've got an idea! What about we name him White Fang?" Christina asked
"White Fang? God, you read too much! I'm not naming the wolf after a book" Tigress said to the blonde apologetically.
"Ok, what are you going to name him then?" Ozuma asked impatiently
"Hmm……Tala is a good name for the wolf, but since we have one already….." Maya said, blushing slightly, when she saw Tala looking at her with interest.
"Tyke" Tala said
"What?" Maya said looking up
"We could name him Tyke" Tala gave a proposition
"Tyke…..yes! It's a great name for a wolf! I like it" Tigress said happily. They finally have the name!
"Yeah, I like it too. Cool name, Tala" Kai said patting Tala on his shoulder
"What do you say Tyke? Like the name?" Lyra asked the cub
Tyke simply barked in wolf style and looked around happily with his bright blue eyes.
"I think he likes it" Johnny smirked.
"Look after him, while I go get him something to eat" Maya said and left the backyard.
"Hey, wait! Could you please bring me something too? I'm starving!" Ozuma pleaded.
"Didn't you have your lunch an hour ago?" Sabrina raised her eyebrow.
"Well yeah, but I'm still hungry!" Ozuma defended himself.
"Are you going to decide already, or do I have to stand here all day?" Maya said, getting angry.
"Do you have anything salty?" Tala joked.
"Don't make me come there and punch you, Wolf" Tigress threatened, finally turning around towards the kitchen.
"You really like teasing her, don't you?" Christina asked, smirking.
"Well……yeah" Tala smiled, scratching his head.
"I have to warn you, keep teasing her and she'll get you for it one day" Lyra said, playing with Tyke
"Nah, I don't think so. She loves me" Tala said confidently.
Right after he said that, he smirked to himself. Maya came out of the kitchen, carrying somemeat for the wolf and some popcorn and chips.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Ozuma grinned happily, when Maya threw him a bag of chips.
She quickly threw the other bags to the teens and sat down next to Tala. Tyke quickly ran to her, because he smelt some food.
"C'mon Wolf, hold him so I can feed him properly" Tigress said to him.
"Who are you talking to? Me or him?" Tala teased
"I'm talking to you, stupid" she rolled her eyes and playfully punched him in the shoulder.
Tala smiled and held the little wolf. Maya fed Tyke with meat. When heate it all, he curled up in Tala's lap.
"Awwww, cute…" Maya smiled and stroked Tyke on his furry belly
"Awww, it looks like little wolf has a new mom and dad" Christina said, making an "awww" expression
"Shut up" the black haired teen elbowed her friend.
"What are you going to do with him when he grows up?" Kai asked, breaking the awkward silence.
"He's going to grow into a big furious wolf, you know" Lyra said, making sense
"Not if I train him properly" Tigress smiled
"Well, good luck with that" Johnny said, not believing it.
"You don't believe me, do you?" Maya asked them disappointed
By the looks on their faces, they didn't. Tyke woke up and climbed off Tala's lap. He started to play with Christina's long blonde hair, made into a ponytail.
"That's great. My best mates turned their backs at me. That's just awesome!" Maya said loudly, standing up.
"Wait! How are you going to train him? He has his wild nature, he was born in wilderness" Sabrina stopped her.
"You mean like yourself?" Christina smirked quietly, earning herself a death glare from Sabrina
"I know he was born to live in wilderness, but this time it's different! The nature turned her back at him and I'm going to help him! Try and stop me!" Tigress said, getting angrier.
"Aaaahh! Get him off me!" Christina yelled.
Tyke was playing with her hair, but now his claws were already stuck in it. He was trying to release himself, but while doing that, he was pulling the blonde's hair and she wasn't very thankful.
"Stay still, I'll help you!" Johnny quickly ran to her, trying to get the wolf out of her hair.
"A little help here!" he yelled
Ozuma, Sabrina and Maya quickly came and tried to calm the wolf down. It took them several minutes, but in the end Tyke was free and Christina had her hair back.
"Look what your wolf did to my hair!" Christina shouted, holding her hair.
"Well, I'm sorry, but he was just playing" Maya apologized
"Calm down babe, he's just a baby who wants to play" Johnny assured her.
"Don't you babe me!" she yelled at his surprised face.
Tyke was so afraid of all the yelling and he started running away.
"Maya! Tyke took off!" Tala told her, running after Tyke.
"What! Wait for me!" She yelled and ran after him.
It was already getting darker outside and they could hardly see around themselves. Christina was still yelling, because of her hair, but Tala and Maya were already after Tyke.
"Tala?" Maya asked the darkness around herself.
Tala ran off to the forest and Maya was now looking for him.
"Tala, this isn't funny. Where are you?" she tried to call him
"Pssst, over here" she heard a voice behind her, making her jump.
"Tala, I swear I'm gonna get you for this someday!" Maya hissed at him.
But Tala didn't listen to her. He just pointed in the direction in front of him. Maya slowly approached the bush in front of her and kneeled down. There was a scared little wolf, curled up in a furry ball.
"Come here, it's ok" she said nicely, picking up the furry ball.
"Is he alright? Are you alright? You seem a bit shaken" Tala asked her worriedly, putting his arm around her shoulder.
"No wonder! First nobody believes me, then Tyke escapes and then you scare me to death!" she told him in his face, shaking his arm off her shoulder.
She gave him one last hurt look and started making her way to the backyard. Tala hurried after her and stopped her.
"Wait! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you before!" he tried to apologize.
She turned around to face him. She looked right into his turquoise eyes, shinning in the bright moonlight.
"Look, I'm really sorry for not believing you back there too. I should have known you can do it" Tala smiled a bit, touching her cheek.
He slowly moved his head closer and closer, but……
"Tigress! Tala! Where are you?" they were cut off by Sabrina's voice.
"We're here! We have Tyke!" Maya yelled back and turned back to Tala.
"I…I think we better go…" she said, going back through the bushes.
"Damn!" Tala quietly cursed to himself and followed her back.
It was really dark now only the moon was seen. Lyra went to turn the lights on in the backyard so they could see anything.
"Where were you two? We've been searching for you!" Ozuma asked.
"We've been looking for Tyke. Poor thing, he got scared, because SOMEONE yelled too much!" Maya answered, glaring at Christina.
"Well I'm sorry, but you should control that fur ball of yours better!" she yelled back
"I told you, I will! He's too young now!" Maya shouted.
"Hey, chill out! We gotta go, it's late" Kai ended the fight.
"Ok, we'll see you tomorrow and bring your stuff." Lyra said and waved goodbye.
"And keep those on a leash, or they'll kill each other by tomorrow morning" Kai smirked
"Don't worry, we will" Lyra smiled back.
"Bye Tigress! I hope you two survive till tomorrow!" Tala laughed, earning himself a stone in the head.
"Oww, you have to be careful with those!" he shouted
"You better watch what you're saying!" Maya yelled back
Tala just laughed and followed his mates back to their tree house.
"Hahaha, it's so obvious" Sabrina smirked
"What are you talking about?" the black haired girl asked, pretending she has no clue about it.
"You know pretty well what I'm talking about" the purple haired gal laughed.
"Shut up! You don't have a clue what you're talking about" Tigress said and went inside the house with Tyke close behind.
"Hey Sabrina, what's up with her?" Lyra asked
She finally managed to calm Christina down who was still furious about her hair.
"Haha, I think I've just found out that there's something going on between Tigress and Wolf" she answered happily.
"Really? And what did you find out?" Christina asked interested, finally calmed down.
"Hmm…well I'm not sure, but let's go ask her!" Sabrina suggested
The three gals agreed happily and went after Maya. They found her in the living room with Tyke on her lap. She was watching TV.
"Hey…umm. I'm sorry for shouting at you before and……I'm sorry Tyke ran away because of me" Christina apologized and sat down next to her.
"……It's ok. It was my fault Tyke jumped on you. I should have controlled him" Maya sighed, not moving her eyes off the TV.
"Friends?" the blonde asked offering her hand.
"No……best friends" Maya smiled and shook her hand.
Sabrina and Lyra smiled to each other. Everything was back to normal.
"So…do you mind telling us what is going on with you and your WOLF?" Sabrina smirked and sat down next to her.
"What! Who? Oh, ……yes I do mind!" Maya answered surprised, fixing her eyes on TV again.
"Oh, come on, we know you like him" Lyra smiled, but Maya kept ignoring them
"We're supposed to tell each other everything, remember?" Christina reminded her.
Maya looked down and sighed.
"Fine. You've got me." She sighed, looking at their grinning faces
"You remember when we ran after Tyke, because he escaped? Well, I almost got lost and I started searching for Tala instead and he surprised me by making me jump. I was pissed off already, because of the incident before and was pissed off even more, because he scared me. He apologized for scaring me to death and for not believing me before" Maya explained
"Awww, so cute, he apologized. Did he really mean it?" Lyra asked
"Yes, I think he really meant it" Tigress said, remembering those beautiful turquoise eyes.
"Go on, what happened next?" Sabrina asked impatiently
"When he apologized he wanted to……" Maya trailed off
"Kiss you" Christina ended the sentence for her.
"Well…...yeah" she blushed
"Aww, did he?" Sabrina asked
"Well no, because you started yelling our names" Maya gave her a look
"Oh, great! You always have to spoil everything!" Christina bumped Sabrina on the head lightly.
"How was I supposed to know, he was going to kiss her?" the purple haired girl defended herself.
"Girls, please! Stop arguing already! We've had enough for one day!" Lyra tried to calm them down again.
"She's right. My head is going to explode of all this yelling!" Tigress said, holding her head.
"It's a good thing the boys are going to move into the house. Maybe they'll be able to cool things down" Lyra said.