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The Lycanthrope Trilogy: Heart

Chapter 3: New

"She's just unconscious," I say as Komui checks Fou's vitals, though it was slightly hard to do while she was in my arms. Komui nods. "I just needed to make sure."

"She'll be okay, right?" Klaud asked, Winters and Lenalee controlling her wind so it wouldn't hurt anyone else. I say, "She'll be fine. What happened?"

Klaud looked down. "I had the door closed so no one would come in until I could figure out what was happening. She opened the door, and the wind immediately threw her against the wall."

I could see that she was upset, but I couldn't do much about it. After a moment, Bak took Fou from me and most of the pack dispersed. Klaud turned to Kanda and wrapped her arms around his waist. He didn't return the gesture, his arms held away from her. "I'm really wet, Klaud."

There was a squishing sound when she squeezed him more tightly. "I don't care."

Kanda sighed and returned the hug, stroking her hair soothingly and resting his chin on her head. I smile at the "sibling" love.

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"Are you going to sleep with me, or are you still mad?" Kanda asked as he took a sip of his orange juice. I down the rest of my mango juice. "I'm still deciding. You never apologized."

He sighs. "I'm sorry. I never should have said anything like that."

"You know," I say, "I don't mind you being possessive, but that went too far. And I'm serious. Say you own me again and I will breakup with you."

Kanda doesn't reply and stares at the marble counter top as if it knew what to do to make up for what he'd done.

"I don't like Alec like that. Instead of acting like a possessive jerk, trust me. There are so many things that I could get jealous of, but I trust you enough not to be," I say.

He looked at me. "Like what?"

"Like Klaud."

"I've already told you―"

He cuts himself short, and I say, "My point exactly. If I didn't trust you, I could put more than sibling love into the tickle fights, the movies where she falls asleep on you, and the nights you lie in bed with her and talk for hours. I'm just talking to Alec, and you think that I'm going to make-out with him!"

"He definitely likes you more than a friend."

"But the feeling isn't mutual. The next time you get worked up, just remember how I trust you with Klaud."

I set my empty glass in the sink and move to go back to my room, but Kanda catches my arm. I glance at him, and he slips his arms around my waist, careful not to get me wet. "I'm sorry that I've been taking your trust for granted. At this point, being with Klaud like that would be like incest in my mind, which is different than your relationship with Alec, but the principle is the same."

I smile and kiss his cheek. "So maybe I will sleep in your room tonight."

He grimaces. "I think I'll sleep in the shower though."

"I'm sure Misty can keep me warm."

"She better not get any fur on my bed. I nearly chopped off Mugen's head when he decided to shed his skin on it a few years ago."

"Poor Mugen."

"Yeah, yeah. You are such a sucker for animals."

"I can't help that! Well, I don't like Mugen very much."

"Why?"

"He's a twelve foot python!"

"What's wrong with twelve foot pythons?"

"They're scary!"

"If you wanted to, you could turn him into a snake-kabob."

"Spirit beasts can't be killed."

"You still could turn him from white to black."

I roll my eyes, but say nothing more before I retreat to Kanda's room.

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"Is Brother in here?" Klaud asked, peeking into the bedroom. I look up from my book. "Hey, Klaud. He's in the bathroom, but you can go in. He's sleeping in the shower for obvious reasons."

She nods and slips through the door.

"They seem really close for siblings," Alec comments from his "bed". I close my book and set it on the nightstand before I roll over to my stomach and clutch a pillow. "They actually aren't related."

Alec seems surprised by this. "Really? I thought Kanda was the older brother by a few years?"

I shake my head. "Klaud's older by about seven years. She hates men, me in particular, but Kanda is the exception. They got closer over the last few months."

"Was she a sex trafficking victim?"

My eyes widen. "How did you know that?"

"There was a girl, Trinity, that did the same thing with one of my friends in my old pack. She didn't hate men, but she obviously preferred women and she was a lesbian. She connected with my friend, Ember, and they became like siblings. Even though Trinity was several years older, she treated Ember like he was her older brother. You wouldn't know by looking at them that they weren't related."

I smile sadly. "I guess it happens more than people realize."

He nods. "Most people don't know they exist. Klaud probably doesn't have any records of her existence unless her parents filed a missing person's report, which I highly doubt. Parents need money so they sell their daughter, and a lot of the time, the girls are sent to another country. According to their records, they don't exist."

After a moment, Alec's eyes widen. "Are you okay?"

I grit my teeth. "I'm fine. It happens sometimes when I'm angry."

"I didn't mean to anger you."

"Really, it's fine," I say and I feel my wings retract.

"Moyashi!"

"It's Allen, BaKanda!" I shout in reply.

"Are you going to use the comforter?"

A confused expression settled on Alec's and my faces. "I usually kick it off. Why?"

"Can you bring it in here?"

Still very confused, I stand and tug the comforter off the bed before I haul it into the bathroom. Kanda was sitting in the shower, much to my amusement, and Klaud was in the floor on the other side of the glass door. The woman quickly yanked the blanket out of my arms and began to spread and fold it.

"Um, what are you doing?" I ask. She glares at me and snaps, "None of your business!"

I glance at Kanda, and he says, "She's sleeping in here tonight."

"Why?" I ask.

"I said it was none of your business!" Klaud repeats angrily before she changes into a cat and curls up on the blanket. Kanda gestures to the door and tells me, "She's afraid of her wind getting out of control while she's asleep."

"So if it does, she wants to knock me out this time?"

"She feels safe with me. I still can't comprehend why, but she does, and I want to make sure she's comfortable."

I smile as I walk back into the bedroom and sit on the bed. "You would make an amazing father or older brother."

"Adoption's always an option."

"No, thank you. Lenalee is already having Lavi's spawn."

"Yeah, and what's better is that lycanthrope babies grow like an animal until they're four. When they hit four, they're the size and have the brain of a teenager."

"Really?"

"Yes. After that, they grow normally and have an adult's body by twelve."

"Did that happen to you?" I ask, lying on my back and staring up at the ceiling.

"Yes, another reason I was a freak."

"But you're my freak, and a sexy one at that."

"I'll take that."

"Oh, hush."

"You're the one who said it," Kanda said. "Goodnight, Allen, Kagayaku Kage, and my Moyashi."

"Goodnight, BaKanda."

I smile as he sent me an image of him kissing my forehead.

Alec stretched. "So explain why you aren't a nittca?"

I glance at him. "I'm saving myself for marriage."

"You are the first gay guy I have ever met who's said that." He pauses for a moment. "You are the only guy I've ever met who's said that."

"I'm a Christian and I vowed abstinence when I was rather young. I didn't plan to break it for the sake of sexuality or having a very horny boyfriend."

Alec asks, "Don't you want to though? Have sex, I mean."

"Yeah, just as much as anyone would with their boyfriend."

"What about when you were in high school? I only went through two years before getting that early diploma thing that's name escapes me at the moment, but I heard that male sex drives are extremely active at eighteen."

"Kanda's the first partner I've had. I was an outcast in school."

"Why? You're friendly, attractive, and smart. What's not to love?"

I blush. "Thank you. I wasn't worried about being popular. I didn't have extra money to spend on fancy clothes or cigarettes. I didn't go to any parties and other than the tiny drops at the end of straws that my father let me try, I didn't drink until my twenty-first birthday. I've never been drunk before."

"We need to do something about that," Alec jokes. I smile. "I'm not a fan of alcohol. Wine coolers are okay, but I don't like anything with a whole lot of alcohol in it."

"That's what I thought, too. Later on, I found out that it was actually the opposite. I couldn't stand a drink with less than sixty percent alcohol in it."

I stick my tongue out. "Gross! I'd gag."

"Go big or go home."

"I'd rather go home."

He grins. "In Cali, you don't go home until you pass out."

"That's why this is Tennessee, home of the hillbillies who drink beer and use outhouses."

He laughs.

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"Allen. Allen, wake up."

I blink my eyes open, still half asleep. "Wha…?"

Kanda stood beside me and he said, "If you don't meet her now, you might freak out when you do."

"Who?" I ask, sleep's clutches still firm on me.

"Meet Dewdrop."

I sit up and am instantly awake when I see something large next to Kanda. I rub my eyes. It was a tiger, smaller than a normal one, but still the biggest untransformed spirit beast I'd seen. It was black and white with yellow eyes and it had small spikes on the black areas, almost resembling Onyx. I gape at Kanda. "Dewdrop? You're calling a tiger that could easily eat me Dewdrop?!"

He rolls his eyes. "Dewdrop is very sweet."

"Sweet? Please!"

"Fine. Let's ask Misty."

My spirit beast popped out of seemingly nowhere and walked over to Dewdrop. The tiger glanced at Misty before she gave the fox a long lick.

"Misty likes Dewdrop! Dewdrop is Misty's friend! Master Allen, can Misty play with Misty's new friend?"

I roll my eyes. "Okay, have at it."

Misty pranced around Dewdrop.

"Proof enough?" Kanda asked, and I glance at Alec. He shrugs. "She licked me out of dreamland."

I rub my temples and refuse to comment. Kanda says, "We're leaving for Lake WillowDrop in less than an hour."

"Did Klaud and Marie find their spirit beasts?" I ask.

He nods. "Marie's is…I'm not really sure. It looks like the ghost version of a seaweed dragon. Klaud's is a purple screech owl."

"Very nice," I say.

Marie, Klaud, Kanda, Alec, Miranda, Fou, and I all ended up going to Lake WillowDrop. The first three are obvious, and then Alec and I are Kanda's apprentices, plus Alec needs to see Lake WillowDrop. Fou, who woke up perfectly fine after a few hours, had to come for Klaud, and Miranda came with Marie. When we got to the training area, we ran into a group of lin-lins.

"I say this is déjà vu," I laugh as Lolita sits on my shoulder. She says, "I like this déjà vu though."

"Me, too."

"I don't," Kanda grumbled.

Lolita whispered in my ear, "Does he still have something up his butt?"

"I heard that," he muttered.

"Great, morning Riizen," I laugh. He rolls his eyes, but he doesn't comment.

Alec glanced at me. "What's a Riizen?"

I smile. "A Riizen is the dark version of a Liizen. A Liizen is the creature for the Mystic element."

"Oh, okay," he says. "The creature for Onyx is called a Nix."

"Nix? Didn't you say something about Nixen?"

"Nixen is plural; Nix is singular."

Fou says, "By the time we die, we'll have written a whole dictionary on these things."

Our group breaches the forest, and while Kanda explains the basics of Lake WillowDrop to Alec, I scan the area. There were a lot more new willows than three….

Haze flies to us and waits for Kanda to finish before she says, "I'm just going to run through the mixes that have appeared. Sound good to you?"

Kanda nods, and she says, "Light and Shadow, Light and Earth, Light and Fire, Light and Water, Shadow and Earth, Shadow and Water, Earth and Air, Fire and Water, Fire and Air, and Water and Air."

I do the math in my head. "So not counting my elements, Onyx, and the other three, there are still four other people who will get a new element."

Haze adds, "If more don't grow. Another one could pop up in a few minutes."

"Which could be good or bad," Kanda says.

"For the sake of my overactive brain, stick with good," I plead.

"Have I told you how cute you are today?" he asks. I shake my head, and he kisses my cheek. "Well, you are. Very cute."

I blush.

Haze rolls her green eyes. "Cut it out, lovebirds. Who's going first?"

Kanda shrugs and walks toward the trees, seeming to know which tree to go to. The tree he stopped in front of was baby blue and blue-black swirled together like the markings of a calico cat, and when he touched the bark, it glowed brightly. "Dewdrop, come. Snow Power: activate!"

Snow? I wonder. Dewdrop jumped into Kanda's chest as he lifted off the ground. His hair broke free of its tie, and my eyes widened as his ears, tail, and hair turned silver, seeming to shimmer as if it was wet. His eyes turned baby blue while the pupils branched out in a snowflake-like fashion. Snow covered his body before it turned into black pants and combat boots and a white, half-muscle shirt. Short, alternating black and white spikes grew on the back of his arms, and the same spikes covered the very end of his tail, making it look like a mace. Wings sprouted from his back, identical to angel wings except when he beat them, a powder fell from the feathers, and I suspected that they were made of Snow. Lastly, a foot long blade grew from the backs of each of his hands. "TRANSFORMATION FROZEN SHADOW!"

My eyes widen as he landed again, and I stutter, "Y-you look r-r-really hot in w-white."

He smirks. "I'm pretty sure you called me beautiful the first time you saw Infinity Shadow. Just saying that you tend to focus on my sex appeal more than you realize."

"Shut up!" I shout and try to will away my blush.

A minute later, Marie touches the blue and yellow swirled tree. "Riley, come. Fog Power: activate!"

The ghost seaweed dragon floated more than leapt into his chest, but regardless, he lifted off the ground. His previously black wolf ears and tail turn a cream color, like a muddied white, and the tips become misty, as does the end of his hair. His eyes turn solid white, and Fog covered his naked body before it turned into a formfitting, long-sleeved shirt, black pants, and boots. His wings are butterfly-shaped, but they're made of Fog, a misty, cloudy substance with shimmer as if glitter was scattered throughout it. Lastly, Fog covered both his hands. "TRANSFORMATION FOG VISION!"

When Marie finished his transformation, Klaud looked slightly unnerved. Kanda pushed her forward lightly. "Come on, I want to see how beautiful my little sister's transformation is."

She smiled, something I rarely see, and walked towards the green and yellow tree. It shined when she touched it. "Quilla, come. Screech Power: activate!"

That doesn't sound good.

The purple screech owl flew into her chest as she rose into the air. Klaud's ears and tail became fluffier and changed from blonde to a light cocoa color while her hair fell from its bun to become thick, high pigtails. Her dark eyes turned blood red, and her eyelashes lengthened, tiny down feathers sprouting at the ends. Screech, sound wave-looking mist, enveloped her before it became a red dress. The dress was sleeveless and formfitting at the top, but it became looser once it got to her waist and it reached her mid-calf with a slit that trailed up above her knee. Matching, fingerless gloves reached her elbows along with short boots, which had a thick, three-inch heel, and fishnets garnished her legs. Her wings were large, brown, and shaped like an owl's, and feathers fell from them. A bracelet appeared on her upper left arm with a red jewel, but inside the sleek, smooth gem, something moved, like an eye. "TRANSFORMATION VOCAL NINE!"

"Told you it was going to be beautiful," Kanda said as Klaud inspected herself. She opened her mouth, but a terrible sound came out. A screech. Like running an iron nail down a chalkboard.

Her eyes widen, and she slaps her hands over her mouth. "Sorry. Thank you, Brother."

Kanda nods, and I say, "Pigtails suit you."

"This is how I used to always keep my hair when I was little."

That's when I realized why she looked like she was wearing two different outfits. Her body was dressed like a woman with fishnets and heels, but her head was childish with the pigtails. Red really did suit her though.

Fou commented, "The tournaments are going to get longer and longer."

Author Note: Like the new elements? I always find it hard to develop transformations, especially the weapons that don't exist in the anime/manga. Anyways, please, Please, PLEASE REVIEW!