Chapter 4

Challenges

Kal's POV

Turned out that Felicia was taking us all out to eat and when I told her I invited Amy she got excited and said she could come. Now here we are sitting in some fancy restaurant in the city about 20 miles from Silverstone. We had to use two booths. One for Rikou, Harry, and Victor and the second one for me, Amy, Jon, and Felicia. I looked at the menu and was surprised at the prices.

"Where does Felicia get the money?" I thought.

Then the waiter came by and asked "May I take your order?"

"I'll have a medium rare steak with a side of potatoes and a medium glass of water." Jon and I said at the same time.

We looked at each other as he took Felicia's and Amy's orders.

"You prefer a medium rare steak?" Jon asked.

"Of course, but do you like a side of potatoes to go with it?" I asked.

"Yeah , it goes great with it." Jon said.

"I will be right back with your orders." the waiter said.

We just sat there in silence for a few minutes until Felicia had enough.

"Well, I see you two have bonded some." she said to me and Jon.

"Uh yeah we have I guess." I said looking somewhere else.

"Seems to me that you two have a lot in common." she said eating a bread stick.

"It's probably a mere coincidence." Jon said looking somewhere else as well.

"So Kal, Amy told me that you took down those three boys that gave you a bloody nose a few weeks ago. How did you do it?" Felicia asked.

Jon quickly turned his head towards me.

"It was nothing special, really." I said blushing.

"Nothing special? You took them down so fast that you didn't even break a sweat!" Amy said.

"Really? So what was your fighting style?" Felicia asked.

"I really don't know. I just fight off instinct that's all." I said still blushing.

"Well maybe when we get back to the apartment you and Jon can have a little spar." Felicia said.

"I don't think that would be such a good idea. I have things that I need to do when we get back." Jon said trying to make up an excuse.

"Yeah same here. I have to go to bed early for my early run in the morning." I said trying to sound convincing.

Felicia and Amy both looked at each other and smiled.

"Well this can't be good." I thought.

Then both Felicia and Amy started giving me and Jon the puppy eyes trick.

"Pwease?" they both said in a begging tone.

Both mine and Jon's eye twitched.

"That's just not fair." we both thought.

"Fine." we said sighing in sync.

"Here are your orders. Please enjoy." the waiter said.

After about three minutes both me and Jon were done while Felicia and Amy were still eating.

"How could you eat a two pound steak and two potatoes in less three minutes?" Amy asked as she continued to eat her pasta.

"I have a big appetite." I said drinking the last of my water.

After ten minutes Felicia and Amy were done eating. Felicia then paid for the meal and we all headed back to the van. We were going to see a movie but since Felicia wanted to see me and Jon fight. She drove us back to the apartment.

When we pulled up to the apartment Felicia shoved me and Jon up the stairs into our rooms.

"Now put on something that's not too loose you two. Me and Amy will be waiting on the roof." she said walking off.

I then got out a white skin tight shirt and a pair of shorts. After a few minutes I was dressed and heading up to the roof. When I open the door I found both Felicia and Amy sitting on a bench and I saw Jon standing on the mat. He was wearing the same thing that he wore on the day when I first arrived. Blue karate pants with a yellow belt, no shirt and no shoes. I stepped onto the mat and faced Jon.

"Let's have a clean fight!" Felicia shouted.

Jon got into a fighting stance while I sort of got into one as well. Then faster than I could blink Jon came at me with an uppercut. Luckily I was able to dodge. He then jumped and tried to bring his leg down on me. I was able to block it by putting my arms up and prevented his attack.

"Are you just going to block my attacks? Or are you going to attack me?" Jon said trying to hit me with a series of punches.

"I don't attack people unless I have a reason to." I said while dodging.

"How about now!" he said clipping my shoulder.

I couldn't hold my fighting instincts back any longer. I then came at him with a round house kick. He was barely able to dodge it. I then decided to try a left upper cut. After at least thirty minutes of non stop fighting. Felicia decided that it was time to end it.

" Alright you two it's time to call it quits for the night." she said.

"What? No way, you made us start this fight and now I'm going to end it." I said continuing to attack Jon.

"Same here." he said.

Felicia just sighed and decided to walk Amy home.

Jon's POV

After Felicia had left. Me and Kal continued fighting for another good thirty minutes.

"He may not have had the training for the martial arts but he sure does have does have the skills to do so." I thought.

I decided that it was time to end it.

"Alright Kal let's call it quits." I said walking off the mat.

"Alright, well goodnight Jon." he said walking to the door.

"Kal wait." I said.

He turned towards me.

"Yeah Jon?" he said.

"Come with me. I want to show you something." I said walking over to him and headed down the stairs.

I lead him to my room and he said "What did you want to show me?"

"Come in and I'll show you." I said.

When I opened the door and walked in the look on his face was priceless. He walked over to look at my bow staff and nun chuks.

"Wow! These are yours?" he asked.

"Yep, but that's not what I wanted to show you." I said digging into my night stand drawer.

He was looking at some shuriken that were on my dresser when I found it.

"Kal come here." I said.

He walked over and sat down on the bed.

"I gave this to your mother before you were born." I said showing him a necklace with a medallion on it.

The medallion had a black paw print on it with a blue crescent moon surrounding it.

"She told me to hold on to it for luck but now I'm giving it to you." I said putting it around his neck.

"I don't know what to say." he said looking it over.

"Just say you'll keep it." I said smiling.

"I will. Thank you." he said smiling back.

Then all of a sudden I felt my temperature rise and found out that I was panting.

"Jon? What's wrong? Are you alright?" Kal asked in a concerned tone.

I got up off the bed and walked over to the window and lifted the blinds and saw that the moon was full.

"Dang it! I knew I forgot something!" I thought.

I fell to my knees and held my stomach as felt some of the changes happen inside my body.

"Jon! What's wrong? Let me help you." Kal said kneeling down next to me.

"Get out. Now!" I said.

I felt my teeth starting to grow sharp.

"No I'm not going to leave you in this state." Kal said placing a hand on my shoulder.

I looked down and saw claws sprouting out of my hands and I saw small strands of white hair growing on my hands.

"Get out of here you worthless piece of trash!" I shouted as I swung out knocking him away from me.

When I realized what I had done. I looked up to see Kal with his back against my dresser and I saw that he had a shallow cut above his left eye. He raised his hand to his head and touched the cut and brought his hand down to see blood on the end of his finger tip. The look on his face was like a knife to my heart.

"Kal wait, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that." I said trying to explain.

But he just shook his head with tears in his eyes. He then got up and bolted out the door and into his room and slammed the door hard. I felt my tail shoot out of my pants as my legs turned into hind legs. Then my face pushed out into a muzzle. After the change was complete I got up and walked to Kal's room and knocked on the door lightly. Not caring if he saw me like this.

"Go away." Kal said in a broken tone.

"Kal listen. I'm sorry I didn't mean any of that. Please let me in." I asked putting my ear next to the door.

"No, just leave me alone." he said.

I then heard crying. I then slide to the floor with my back to the wall. I looked at the stairs and saw Felicia running up them and over towards me.

"What happened?" she said in a low and concerned tone.

I got up and lead her into my room and closed the door behind us.

"What happened Jon?" she asked again.

"I almost changed in front of him." I said sitting down on my bed.

Felicia was shocked and asked "He didn't see anything did he?"

I shook my head.

"No, he didn't." I said.

Felicia sighed in relief but, she then saw the expression on my face and grew concerned.

"Then what happened?" she asked.

"I said he was a worthless piece of trash and hurt him." I said refusing to look up.

She didn't say anything for a moment and then asked "Did you mean any of it?"

"No!" I shouted as I stood to my feet.

"I would never do anything to harm him! It was just an accident due to the full moon. I care for him as if he was my own!" I said staring into her eyes.

"Did you try apologizing?" she asked.

"Yes, but he won't let me in to say it face to face." I said looking at the wall.

"Do you want me to try?" she asked.

I nodded my head. We then walked out and over to Kal's door. Felicia knocked on the door lightly.

"Go away Jon." Kal said in a broken tone.

"Kal it's Felicia. Can I come in? I'd like to talk to you." Felicia said in a calm tone.

There was silence for a few minutes.

"The door's unlocked" he said.

Felicia walked in and closed the door behind her. I sat outside for ten minutes waiting for Felicia to come out.

Then after another ten minutes Felicia came out. I stood up and said "Well?"

"He's calmed down some. I had to keep telling him that you didn't mean it. He said he understands that you didn't mean to and that he forgives you." she said.

I sighed in relief.

"Can I go in and see him?" I asked.

Felicia thought about it for a minute.

"Okay just be sure that you don't touch him." she said pointing at my fur.

"I won't." I said.

I opened the door and entered and quickly closed it behind me. I noticed that the lights were off but I could still see as if it were daytime. I walked over to his bed and saw that he was laying down with his back towards me.

"Kal?" I asked.

There was silence for a few minutes until he spoke.

"Hey Jon." he said not turning to face me.

I then sat down as close as I could to him.

"Kal, I'm very sorry for what I said and I didn't mean any of the things that I said back there." I said looking at him.

"I know. Felicia told me. You could have to me that you have uncontrolled muscle movement some times and I would have understand." he said still not moving.

"So that's what you told him Felicia?" I thought.

He then sat up and put his hands to his face and started crying again. I got up and quickly looked around the room and found a quilt on the dresser. I then wrapped it around him without touching him.

"What's this for?" he asked.

"I thought you looked a little cold that's all." I said sitting down next to him.

Going against what Felicia told me I wrapped my arms around him and drew him close to my chest.

"Why are you still crying? Are you upset about something?" I asked.

"No, I'm just happy that I have you and Felicia here to care for me. I-I don't want to be left all alone again." he said calming down.

"What do you mean again?" I asked.

"Remember when I told you about my first step dad? Well after that incident he took me away deep in the forest near the mountains and left me there. After the first few days I tried to find my way back but I was still young and didn't know which way to go. I then started to get tired and hungry for not eating for a few days. Then one night I fell into a deep sleep and then next thing I knew I was near the house we were living in and I was covered in blood. I walked in and saw that there were police men in the living room with my step dad in hand cuffs. When they all saw me covered in blood my mom ran towards me and was crying as she hugged me ignoring the blood. She asked where have I been and I told her I was I the woods for a couple of days and that I fell asleep one night and that I woke up near the house. She shook her head and said I wasn't missing for a few days but I was missing for a four weeks! My step dad was taken to jail and my mom refused to tell me why I didn't remember the four weeks I was missing. And since then I had a few incidents were I found myself in the woods not knowing how I got there. My mom thinks I sleepwalk. Though I don't think she's telling me everything but I'm pretty sure she has a good reason for not telling me. But sometimes I still dream of that event." he said trying not to cry.

I was shocked at hearing this. To think that he was left all alone for four weeks and what really shocked me was when he told me that he found himself in the woods without knowing how he got there.

"I'll ask Felicia about that later." I thought.

"Well don't worry I won't leave you alone." I said comforting him.

I felt him relax in my arms.

"You're so warm Jon. Please don't leave me tonight." he said before falling asleep in my arms.

I then laid him down on his bed and moved over next to him and fell asleep myself.