Chapter 11
Kira walked sleepily into the room the next morning, yawning, her white fur bristling as she stretched.
"Kira," A voice said form in the room.
The tiger jumped. On the other side of the room was Chase who was meditating. She hadn't seen him there.
"Kira," he continued "I'd like you to go meet our guests later today, make sure they don't get eaten by anything." He said without looking up.
"But I don't want to get eaten by anything either! Make Wuya go! I don't care if she gets eaten!" Kira blurted out before she could think about what she was saying.
She felt like her stomach had dropped a couple feet. She braced herself. It hadn't been a wise thing to say.
To her surprise, Chase didn't move, but he did say "Kira, have you forgotten about our little arrangement?"
"No…" She replied meekly.
"So naturally you remember that you work for me now?"
"Yes."
"So that means that you do what I tell you to."
"Yes."
"So that means that you will go and meet them."
"Yes." She sighed.
"Good."
She stood there for a few moments. After a few seconds it was obvious that the conversation was over so she left.
Katelin looked up at the sky. The sun was at the top of the sky now and they had been walking since dawn.
"How much farther do you think?" She asked William.
The bird paused for a moment before answering "Just a few more hours I'd say."
"Ok." She sighed.
The two continued walking. 'I hope Cai is ok…' Katelin thought 'Who knows what Chase could've done to him by now' Katelin stopped in mid-thought, partly because she didn't want to think about what he could have done to poor Cai and partly because William had interrupted her.
"Did you hear something?" He asked, looking behind them from where he sat perched on her shoulder.
"No."
William took one last glance behind them and they continued walking through the woods.
'I wonder what Omi and the others are doing right' Once again she was interrupted in her train of thought.
"What is it now!" She asked William as he stopped her.
"Now I'm sure that I heard something."
"What did you hear?" She snapped "The wind? Another bird?"
"No." He frowned "Someone's following us. I can hear them walking while we walk but they apparently stop when we do."
The girl rolled her eyes "You're just trying to scare me."
"No I'm not!" He insisted, "Listen while we walk!"
Katelin shook her head and continued walking. This time she focused on listening to everything around her.
"Wait," she murmured to the crow "I do hear something."
"I told you so!"
"I know, I" She paused. Clearly Chase was just trying to scare her and mess with her head, she reasoned.
"CHASE YOUNG IS MEANY HEAD DICTATOR!" She yelled out turning around.
The loud insult rang out across the forest. So naturally, Chase and Wuya also heard this. Immediately Wuya burst out laughing, earning herself a death look from Chase. She quieted as immediately as she had started laughing.
Back with our two travelers, a small white cathead poked out from behind the bushes. "Wow. That was unexpected." It said.
Kira stepped out of the bushes. "About time you noticed too. I wonder how Chase reacted to that…" She wondered to herself.
This time it was William to yell, though not as loud "Why were stalking us! Is stalking people a hobby of yours or something!"
Kira shook her head laughing "Nope!" Seeing the serious looks on the faces of the girl and the bird, she quickly added "I'm supposed to make sure you get there safely."
"Good job so far!" William said sarcastically.
"Hey you're safe aren't you?"
"Are gonna keep going or not?" Katelin asked, glaring at the two.
They both nodded.
A few hours later, just as the sun had finished setting Katelin, Kira, and William were still walking, though they were almost there.
Katelin froze in mid-track.
Kira edged closer to her feet "Umm is there some reason why we're stopping?" She asked frowning.
"Yeah." Katelin said "I thought I heard something."
Kira smirked. "Well clearly it can only be one person."
William cocked his head to the side "And who would that be?"
Kira took a deep breath and shouted "WUYA IS A WET CHICKEN COWARD STALKER PERSON!"
Several different things happened in the seconds that followed this statement. First, Chase laughed harshly "At least mine was only partly insulting." Next, William gave Kira-the-Wuya-hater an angry look and snapped "That is very insulting to all birds!" And last, a growling noise came from behind them and they found out who the real 'stalker' was.
Three menacing wolves were slowly approaching the three, sharp and pointy teeth bared. Katelin, Kira, and William slowly backed away.
"What happened to 'clearly it can only be one person'?" Katelin asked, her heart beating quicker each second.
"I don't know…" Kira choked out, shaking in fear.
"Who cares? Lets get out of here!" William cried.
And with that the three turned and ran as fast as they could up to the cave, not even stopping for a moment as they reached it, to see if they had been followed that far. Katelin tripped, falling to the floor, breathing heavily at Chase Young's feet.
A/N: Ahoy! So I finally updated. Soon the fun shtuff is coming in! WOOHOO! But I was very bored when I made up this chappie so that would explain the random yelling. See ya! r&r