Kaoru giggled loudly as she splashed around in the water. A pink chao hovered above her, watching her closely. "Hello, little thing."
"Hewwo," Kaoru giggled.
"My name is Candy," the chao said as she hovered closer to Kaoru.
"My name Kaowu," she said, tilting her head to the side.
"I know, silly girl," Candy flew closer to Kaoru. "What are you doing, sweetie?"
"Playin'," Kaoru splashed water up towards Candy.
"Playing? Oh, that's very interesting. So what about Tuan and Acquila? Do you know what they are up to?"
Kaoru stopped splashing and her ears twitched, "Twan?"
"That's right, honey, Tuan," Candy spoke fast.
"Kiwa?" Kaoru's ears twitched again.
"Yes, yes, Acquila." Candy flew even closer to Kaoru.
"Twan, Kiwa!" Kaoru giggled loudly and looked past Candy.
Candy looked behind her and flew away from Kaoru when she saw Tuan and Acquila flying towards them.
"What are you doing, Candy?" Acquila asked accusingly.
"I'm just talking to the little dear," Candy said in a sweet voice as she patted Kaoru's head. "Nothing more than that, Acquila."
"We thought you had joined forces with Peaches in that little group to get rid of Kaoru," Tuan stated.
"I have," Candy said stiffly. "I just came here to investigate the little twerp. I needed to see for myself how she is affecting our garden."
"Oh really," Tuan shook his head slightly, "and what have you concluded?"
"She's learning our language, Acquila. No outsider has ever learned our language before. This cannot lead to anything good. She needs to leave before the language stays in her memory forever. I think she is still young enough to forget all of this. Why would you jeopardize the fate of our garden?" Candy's voice had started to fill with rage as she continued on with her rant. "There is no reason for this thing to stay here any longer, and I believe we should get a group of us to take her far away from here."
"The agreement was that Kaoru could stay here until someone came looking for her. She is way too young to go anywhere on her own. She would never be able to take care of herself at this age!" Acquila argued loudly.
Kaoru's lip jutted out and tears filled her eyes. "Kiwa?" she whimpered.
"Now if you don't mind," Acquila finished, lowering his voice. "We have a hare to take care of and I don't believe you need to be here for this." Acquila flew down and hovered over Kaoru's head, patting it. "It's okay, Kaoru. I'm sorry for yelling."
Candy flew away from Kaoru and hovered next to Tuan. "You two need to get rid of her. Soon," Candy hissed at Tuan before flying away.
Tuan sighed to himself. Taking care of Kaoru was becoming a lot harder with her growing older and with the organization of this group Peaches had started. He watched as Acquila played with Kaoru and as Kaoru giggled, he smiled. Kaoru was definitely one of the cutest things around the chao garden, but with the rising popularity of the anti-Kaoru group, he knew it would be unwise to keep Kaoru here much longer.
As Tuan watched Kaoru, Acquila looked up at Tuan, his eyes filled with sadness. Tuan nodded his head once and knew that with that nod, a fate would be sealed for Kaoru. They would have to take her away from here. Whether they stay with her or not would be left up to destiny, but under no circumstances could she stay here.
This meant that there would be a lot of planning involved. Starting with how to move Kaoru. Tuan sighed again. They would probably have to wait until Kaoru was a little better at walking, until she was more comfortable with walking long distances. Tuan shook his head. They would have to wait at least another year, but this meant new safety precautions would have to be taken. Someone would have to watch Kaoru at all times and keep her away from the poisonous minds of Peaches, Candy, and anyone else in that group of theirs. It's going to be nearly impossible to pull this off.
A.A.N.
Well, this will have to do it for this chapter. Mostly because I'm running out of things for Tuan to worry about. This is getting pretty racy isn't it? I hope it's reeling people in. I really like this story, but sadly, it's not my top priority at the moment. But I already know how I'm starting the next chapter, so that's a good sign.
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