CHAPTER 1:
A Meeting amongst Siblings
In a forest tangled in vein's shrubs and the remains of what is left of New York, a pack of white tigers were walking to there home grounds. Along side them was a small child of the age of ten her short blue-silver hair matched her blackish eyes looking up at the clouds her ears went down and tail dragged behind her "hmm I'm going to find some food." she said and the pack leader hesitated as she walk off but let it go. Even though he raised the child from birth he can not keep her from human needs. As she walked to the lake, unknowing to the girl she was being followed by an ox. When they got to the lake the child turned into her animal form and swiped at the water two fish came out and before she could even catch them the fish vanished and appeared in a man with black eyes and brown hair, hand he was shaking his head and laughing eating her lunch. "Really Kaiya you need to pay attention to your surroundings, because I mean really you're a tiger and yet you could not even sense me afoot away." He said sitting down next to the small girl and petted her head still laughing. Kaiya looked at him with wide eyes that sparkled with tears "Ch-chino... Y-you're mean!" she said bursting into tears. He started panicking knowing if he cried long enough they would be found by Hikaru, because they were on his territory, or even worse Kaiya's adoptive father the giant white tiger from a distance he was not to scary but close up at over 14 feet tall you'll be running if he caught you hurting Kaiya. Quickly thinking Chino turned into a ox and smashed a tree dropping apples around her, he then picked one up and gave one to her sighing in relief as she stop. "Kaiya please keep it down you know if Hikaru came you and I would be in danger okay .." he said sighing "that and I don't feel like explaining it to Tora* why you were crying either…" he said to him self. Kaiya sniffled and wiped her eyes. "I know Chino-nee, I'm sorry." Kaiya said sighing her tiger ears going flat "It's okay but we should go before you know who comes." Chino said picking her up "now come on kiaya I'll bring you home, I'm sure Tora will be looking for you soon" he said smiling and started walking out. Before the two could even get a foot away Chino was frozen solid he whispered quietly in Kaiya's ear "close your eyes and pretend to sleep..." he said trying not to scare her. Kaiya nodded and curled up in Chino's arms closing her eyes and went to 'sleep'. With his back still turned he spoke, "Good afternoon Hikaru..." he said and he turned around to face him. Hikaru smiled "afternoon my fine friend, I would say the same to be little Kitten but I it is past her bed time….." he said taking a step forward towards them, and Chino took a step back. "We don't want any trouble Hikaru; I need to bring Kaiya back to her father." He said making no emotion. Hikaru looked hurt "Chino, why would you think that I only want to see my friends and well give them an offer" he said grinning an evil devil grin showing sharp fangs. Chino stiffened "We're not joining you Hikaru, we're not joining any body, Binary already made it clear to you and Koru okay." Chino said glaring holding on to Kaiya tighter. Hikaru shock his head "If you say so but I really don't like to use force, and besides you owe me for destroying my tree...." Hikaru said running forwards about to attack but froze still when he heard a loud roar. "Y-you weren't lying about bring Kaiya home were you..." Hikaru said stepping back as Toro appeared in between the two glaring deadly and growling. Hikaru step back scared out of his life if there was anything he was afraid of it would well is Tora, proclaimed king of all life in the forest, believe it or not He is older than time his self and been protecting and raising the Zodiac children through every area until there able to take care of them-self's, but he never felt so over protective of one of his children like this never before. "Chino! Put Kaiya down… and go back home now..." he said in an old wise man voice. "Y-yes father..." Chino said doing so and ran home in his ox form, scared to death. Toro looked back at Hikaru and sat down "Now would you like to explain why you were going to attack your brother and younger sister?" He asks staring at him emotionless "and Kaiya you can stop faking I know when you're asleep or not…" he said and Kaiya sighed getting up "Okay father…." "Now Hikaru care to explain" Hikaru glared "its Koru's fault if he just joined me then I would not have to try and attack them..." he said looking away. Sighing Toro stood up and had Kaiya go on his back "stop making a bad example for your siblings and think about your actions, Kaiya said good-bye to your brother, before we go back." Toro said trying to calm down. "Night Hikaru-nee…." Kaiya said as toro walked away. Hikaru sighed and through her an apple smiling him then slithered away in his snake form to his home. As the noon turned to night Kaiya looked up at the moon from where she was with Toro and her ears flatend as she curled in ball "Kaiya go to bed…" he said and after that the whole forest was silent and was covered in a blanket of sleep.