HEY GUYS! It's me! Btw if you're confused about the time period things, they're the same time periods, just maybe at different times in the day, but otherwise it's the same day, same month same year with these characters unless it says specifically a few days later or something like that. Me and Windy don't own DGM or Warrior cats. However we do own Saiken, Silken, Deathstar, and Lifestar they are under the copywrite of evalinesilverveil. Though the last two are barely mentioned. ANYWHO! I HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Chapter 3

Saiken

I sat nervously outside the medicine cat den, a bit anxious to find out how Jasdevipaw was doing. Why I was so anxious was beyond me, but I couldn't shake the feeling. A rumor that the dual colored cat had been infected with innocence and I wanted to know if that was true. Was innocence really that dangerous? Skinntear had died in the fight. We had sat vigil for him the night before. It was very sad. Maitorawing walked out to retrieve something. I trotted up to him.

"Is Jasdevipaw okay?" I asked nervously. The medicine cat nodded, shifting through the many herbs he had.

"I just need to finish removing the innocence from his bloodstream." He replied. "It'll hurt, but he should be fine afterwards." I nodded, unsure of why I was worried about him, clanmate instinct. Just clanmate instinct… I reassured myself. Maitorawing picked out an herb and walked back into the den, probably to give it to Jasdevipaw. A moment later, I flinched as a scream of agony came from inside. I sat down on my haunches, wrapping my slick tail around me paws, trying to block out the screams of pain of the other apprentice. The screams ended after a long time, Maitorawing walking out a moment later. He looked really annoyed and was covered in scratches. Seems like Jasdevipaw put up a fight. He gave me the permission to walk in. I did see Jasdevipaw, curled up, his body trembling, I saw his claws digging into the moss, he seemed to have his eyes squeezed shut. Some sort of luminescent green liquid leaked from his left eye, like glowing tears.

"Hi…" I said softly, not knowing what else to say to the large long haired slick furred tom. His eyes opened only enough to look at me. He hissed in pain and closed his eyes again.

"Hey..." He said in a soft painful voice.

"You doing alright?" I asked sitting on the floor at a far enough distance that I didn't seem like a threat. He only shrugged.

"Damn vampire..." Jasdevipaw moaned. "...we'll get him back for this..." I nodded. Then realizing he didn't know about Skinntear's death.

"Skinntear died during the battle," I said. His eyes opened again, staring at me.

"So that's why we were crying..." He muttered, closing his eyes again.

"Ya, he was practically destroyed, I think it was a cat named Kandastone, that killed him," I said trying to remember the name that Roadpaw had told me earlier. Ya… I'm definately sure that it was Kandastone that killed him… I thought to myself. Jasdevipaw shrugged. The glowing liquid finally stopped oozing from his eye. Blinking, he sat up and rubbed his eye with his paw, to make sure it was all out. "Is that what innocence looks like?" I asked curiously. He shook himself, beginning to smooth his fur.

"No." He replied simply. "That's just innocence mixed with our blood. Innocence sort of looks like a cube in the middle of two rings."

"It's weird…" I commented, as I looked at it, then before I knew it, fury blazed in my at the liquid. "I don't like it…" I felt myself hiss unintentionally.

"'Course you don't." Jasdevipaw said, looking at me. "You're a Noah."

"Well excuse me, I've never seen it before," I said indignantly. The older apprentice laughed slightly in amusement.

"Thanks for saving us by the way." He smirked, walking past me, his long two toned tail brushing my cheek. I felt my heart pound faster in my chest.

"I-it was n-nothing…" I breathed unable to keep myself from stammering. He chuckled again before leaving the den. I heard the tall cat sneeze.

"The hell? Since when was it leafbare?" His voice asked in shock as he sneezed again. "How long were we out?"

"You've only been asleep for two days and it snowed last night," I replied much more steadily than before, my heart still had a light feeling to it though.

"Two days?" Jasdevipaw exclaimed. "Damn..."

"Maitorawing said you'd probably be out for a week judging by how badly you were beaten up, but I guess it was only two days," I replied with a small shrug of my shoulders.

"Well, there's no way in hell I'm staying in there." He said with an air of finality, stretching.

"Ya, I don't blame you, Maitorawing is creepy and it smells so strongly of herbs in there, it's enough to wake the dead," I mused settling down on my haunches, I somehow found it much easier to talk to Jasdevi then I did with talking to the twins. They confused me a lot. Jasdevi shook himself again.

"Starclan it's cold..." He muttered, shivering slightly. I nodded in agreement, wrapping my tail around my paws. It definitely didn't help having the short fur that I had. "...you're right... it'll be warmer if we split." Jasdevipaw said as if he was talking to someone invisible. I wondered who he was talking to.

"Who are you talking to?" I asked before I could stop myself, he was probably gonna shut me down like they always did when I asked them questions. His golden eyes flashed slightly as he looked at me.

"Jasderopaw and Devittopaw, of course." Jasdevipaw explained as if it was obvious. "Who else would I be talking to?"

"They can speak inside your head?" I asked with a tilt of my head. He nodded.

"And vice versa." He added.

"Cool," I commented. "It must be nice having other cats to talk to." I said feeling my voice became softer.

"Since I've never had friends, yeah. It is." Jasdevi replied softly. "They're the only ones who care about me..." I felt pity wash over me. I didn't want to say that I cared even though it was the truth, I was afraid to get some weird look or snide comment. But if he said something snide or gave me a weird look, I'll know not to make that mistake again… Right? I mustered up my will and said.

"I-I care…" I muttered softly, scared of what his reaction might be.

"Don't patronize me." He scoffed. "I barely know you. No one but the twins have ever cared and I don't see that changing anytime soon." And with that, he walked away somewhere.I sighed what I said was true. I figured he'd just say something like that. Nobody ever took me seriously. I was just as alone. I thought about trying to catch up to him and telling him I would have left him to die on that field if I hadn't cared. But I didn't, that wouldn't work. He wouldn't accept my comfort anyways. Never had. Probably never would…

…

A few days later after his waking up, I was sitting in camp, it was dusk and I was happily eating a vole I had picked from the pile after hunting. I had noticed Jasderopaw had acted a bit sick lately, sneezing, coughing a lot. I suspected he had whitecough. It was quite common in this season, especially for someone as frail as him. It was clear that Devittopaw was worried sick about his twin seeing as he doted on the blonde cat even more than usual. I wasn't going to risk trying to help with words or helping out with caring for the blonde like I had a few days ago. I didn't want them to get mad at me, it was the last thing I needed. But… I still felt like somebody needed to know because I knew they were both too stubborn to go up to Maitorawing themselves and ask him for help. SO I did it myself. I walked up to the medicine cat, walking a bit slowly, hoping I wasn't making the wrong decision by interfering.

"I think Jasderopaw is catching greencough," I told him, my voice soft enough so that the others couldn't hear me besides Maitorawing.

"I'm not sure if I can trust your word, but I'll watch him just in case." Maitorawing said. "It's always something with those twins." he added. I nodded I hate when he acts so skeptical… I growled under my breath. But there was nothing to be done about it, so I simply nodded and left. Going back to where my half eaten prey was left. I saw the twins sitting alone as usual. Devittopaw was trying to get Jasderopaw to eat, but the blonde cat was refusing, instead curling up against his brother and shivering. I watched them with pity, wishing for something more that I could do.

"Come on Dero, you have to eat." I heard Devittopaw said, a hint of desperation to his voice.

"Dero's not hungry..." The blonde cat whimpered in response. I thought for a minute but then I decided to get some feverfew. I quickly finished off my food, before standing and going to receive the feverfew. I trotted from camp to where I knew the feverfew was found. When I found it, I plucked the stems and trotted back into camp. The twins were not where I saw them last, so I began looking for them.

When I found them, they were inside the apprentice den. Devittopaw was probably trying to give his brother heat, he was curled around the blonde protectively. When I walked up the them with the feverfew, he only narrowed his eyes.

"Hell do you want?" He hissed. Jasdero looked up weakly, then nuzzled his nose into his brother's side, closing his eyes again.

"I brought feverfew…" I muttered bashfully. Devittopaw eyed me for a moment, glancing at his twin then back at me.

"Fine." The ravenette grumbled.

"Is there anything else that you might want? And before you even make one friggin comment about this being pity or I'm being forced to do this. No. I'm not being forced. No it's not pity." I said with a bitter hiss. Devittopaw shook his head, turning back to his brother with the feverfew and nuzzling the blonde head. Jasderopaw opened his overly large eyes opened weakly. "To apply, you need to have him eat it whether he likes it or not, I can't say that it'll heal him completely, but it'll at least make it so he can sleep, he needs rest so he can get stronger," I added.

"O-Okay." Devittopaw said softly, nudging the feverfew towards Jasderopaw. The blonde looked at it with distaste then, perhaps seeing how worried his brother was, ate it without complaint. Though the blonde grimaced at the bitter taste, I noticed he choked it down. I sat down where I was, wrapping my tail around my haunches.

As I watched, the blonde stopped shivering and curled up next to his brother with a yawn. Nuzzling into the ravenette tom. The ravenette smiled slightly, licking the top of his twin's head lovingly. I still only watched, keeping quiet. I didn't utter a word in fear of rejection. Devittopaw glanced at me, then looked away stubbornly.

"Thanks." He grumbled softly, as if reluctant to do so.

"It's no problem." I replied softly "if you guys ever want something else that might help you can come to me, I learned off of Maitorawing when I was younger so I know herb stuff too. I know he doesn't take you seriously, but if you need anything, poppy seeds maybe catmint if I can find it, I can try my best to get it to you guys," I muttered staring down at my paws. Afraid of what he would say next. He only nodded curtly, laying his head on Jasderopaw's back.

"Yeah, I will." The ravenette practically whispered. I smiled and dipped my head, glad to be useful for once. Devittopaw closed his eyes, nuzzling against his brother before falling asleep. I stood up slowly, and left, not even knowing why I was doing this… Trust? Allies? Friendship? I knew I cared to do this. I just didn't know what for. This was all so strange, I had always felt sort of… Drawn to the twins and Jasdevipaw… But I never quite knew why...

"Saiken-chan!" Roadpaw's happy voice called to me, diverging me from my thoughts. "Saiken-chan!" I cried out in shock as the slightly smaller cat jumped on me. "Saiken-chan, come on, let's go play!" Roadpaw squealed happily.

"Okay, okay! What are we gonna do? Sparr?" I asked, I did like the idea of sparring, sharpening my skills is a good thing.

"Yeah! Okay!" she giggled. "Let's sparr." I smirked, I had something she didn't, day and night training. I had more skill than I should, being only eight moons old. Roadpaw climbed off of me and faced me, smirking widely.

Together, we bounded across the clearing and into the small sandy arena where we would be free to battle, though we couldn't use claws, I knew how to control when and when not to use them during a fight. Aspenfall had taught me. I wasn't sure if Road could control her's yet, seeing as she was being taught by her overprotective, obsessive, father. But I was confident that this was gonna be fun. We got into our battle positions, mine different than hers, I payed attention to her gaze, and her positioning to determine where she would go. She seemed to lean to the right meaning she'd most likely go to the left. She lunged.

I bunched my muscles and sprang swiftly and lunged at her from behind, catching her off guard. I felt blood roaring through my ears as I barreled into the she-cat taking the term 'Use your head' literally. I lowered my cranium and rammed it into her side, right in between her rib cage and hips where she would be easiest to knock down. Road gasped as the air was knocked from her lungs and she stumbled back, giving me another opening. Feeling my opportunities fly at me quickly, I ducked to her other side seeing she was attempting to stabilize this side, I used my paw to push her over roughly so she toppled over onto her back, using my knowledge. I quickly pinned her by having my front paws positioned on her neck and chest, on of my hind paws on her stomach. Pinning her down. She pouted, knowing she'd lost the battle.

"You're too good." Road pouted irritably when I had gotten off her. "Has Tykipon really taught you that much?" Aspenfall's words echoed in my head before he began training me. 'Promise me one thing okay? Do not speak of me… As far as any cat needs to know, Tykipon taught you everything you know...' I nodded.

"He's an amazing trainer," I said letting her free. A proud feeling rose in me, she had been training more than I had and I beat her in sparring!

"Nyah~ wish I had uncle Tyki as a trainer." Roadpaw mewled jealously. "Daddy's a really slow teacher."

"Ya, I'm glad I got Tykipon, he goes at the right pace for me but starclan if I get a single thing wrong, ouch…" I winced remembering how painful his blows are when we are sparring. Roadpaw giggled softly.

"You should'a seen the beatings Wiselypaw got when he got something wrong." she giggled. "Daddy is really hard on him."

"I bet," I winced. I remembered seeing one of the beatings, it wasn't very pretty. Roadpaw stretched and yawned.

"Well, thanks for playing with me Saiken-chan." she grinned. "I'm gonna go take a nap." I nodded at her, I hadn't realized how cold it was until after our little brawl. The wind seemed to seep through my fur easily. I followed her back to the camp, intending to find something to make me at least a bit warmer. No avail, I wasn't about to go cuddle with someone and it wasn't time to sleep yet. I decided to go check on the twins and see how they were doing, maybe Jasderopaw had gotten better. I peered in, the two of them were asleep, it was surprisingly nice and warm in here, and neither of the twins were shivering, the feverfew I had given Jasdero seemed to have worked well. However, I did notice that the blonde cat's breathing was ragged. I knew this would cause panic from his twin, the only thing that would sort of help was lavender. But it was extremely rare this season.

"D-Devi..." Jasdero groaned weakly, beginning to tremble slightly as he pressed himself against his brother. The ravenette groaned a bit. I quickly hurried over to my nest and curled up inside the warm, soft interior, pretending to be asleep, making my sides rise and fall evenly as they would if I had really been sleeping.

"What is it Dero?" I heard Devittopaw yawn. "What's the matter?"

"D-Dero's c-cold…" The blonde tom whimpered. There was the sound of Devittopaw shifting, probably to try and warm his brother up further.

"That better?" He asked gently. The blonde shook his head a bit.

"O-only a l-little, D-Dero's st-still c-cold…" Jasderopaw murmured, his words slurred and soft. I opened my eye a sliver to look at them. The ravenette gave the blonde a worried look.

"Dero, how are you feeling right now?" Devittopaw asked. "Do you feel sick? Do you want me to get you anything?"

"D-Dero just w-wants w-warmth…" He whimpered.

"O-okay." Devit curled up tighter around Jasderopaw, nuzzling against him. I knew that wasn't going to help much. And without intention I felt myself sigh at his feeble efforts. He looked up at the sound, his eyes narrowed. Jasderopaw whimpered again, pressing himself closer against Devittopaw's fur. I became quiet again before I knew I should tell him about how to warm the blonde better.

"Lick his fur the opposite way, I know it seems like it'll cool him down, but it works." I told the ravenette through the darkness. He looked at me skeptically for a moment before doing as I said and licking Jasdero's fur the oppasite way. Jasderopaw seemed to stop shivering.

"Th-thats b-better…" The weak tom muttered thankfully. "W-warmer…" he purred, I knew he was still very weak and his breaths were still ragged. Devittopaw paused when the blonde suddenly started coughing.

"Dero, are you okay?" his twin asked in a worried tone.

"It seems like he has… Greencough…" I muttered quietly. As we all knew that Greencough was deadly and quite popular in this weather.

"C-cold..." Dero whined weakly, before Devittopaw could reply. "D-Devi... c-cold..."

"I need to get Maitorawing…" Devit said, surprised when he turned to me. "Can I trust you to watch him until I get back?" He asked urgently.I nodded slowly. Jasderopaw opened one of his eyes weakly to look at his brother.

"N-no... D-Devi... d-don't g-go..." he whimpered softly.

"But I have to get Maitorawing. I can't continue to see you like this Jasderopaw. You need help. I need to make sure you're safe." Devittopaw said softly licking the top of the sickly cat's head. The blonde only mewed softly in response, too weak to keep his brother from leaving. The ravenette turned back to me. "Can I trust you?" He said sternly, his voice cold and sounded very remorseful.

"Yes." I responded, standing and laying down next to Jasderopaw. To my surprise, he automatically nuzzled up against me, probably desperate for warmth. I wrapped my tail around him and licked his fur the opposite way, feeling his silky fur tickle my sand papery tongue as I rasped it the wrong way over his fur making it stick up slightly, but he seemed to be getting warmth from my actions, nuzzling closer. Devittopaw hurried away to get Maitorawing.

"Th-thank y-you..." Jasderopaw coughed weakly.

"It's nothing really," I said softly wrapping my warm tail tighter around him. I put one of my arm's around his shoulder to help envelope his shoulders with warmth, still rasping away at his fur which was basically warming him up now, and getting a bath at the same time though he didn't seem to care either way. He mewed softly again, coughing, curling up even more in an attempt to get even more warmth. I was stumped on what else to do, so I curled up tighter around the blonde tom, trying my best to keep him warm. After a while, Devittopaw came back with Maitorawing. The medicine cat looked at the blonde curiously as Devittopaw licked Jasderopaw's head gently to make the blonde cat aware of his presence. To my surprise, Devit didn't push me away from Jasdero, however, he layed on the other side of his brother. Maitorawing began to examine Jasderopaw, who coughed again. Maitorawing's eyes widened in shock.

"This can't be…" He muttered. I hoped this was just ramble and not really anything wrong with Jasderopaw.

"What?" Devittopaw asked, in a somewhat panicked tone. "What's wrong with him?"

"I haven't seen this is a very long time… He has Blackcough…" Maitorawing answered gravely. The raveonettes eyes widened slightly as he looked at his shivering twin, before nuzzling against him, tears forming in his eyes. I watched him, a pang of pity inside me.

"De-vi..." Jasdero coughed violently, choking out his brother's name. Devitto wrapped his body closer to his brother nuzzling closely.

"Maybe a mixture of herbs like catmint, tansy, juniper berries, and coltsfoot would work," I said.

"Perhaps," Maitorawing said in that soft purr of a voice.

"The mixture might be stronger, though herbs are rare at this season, it's worth a shot," I concluded. The medicine cat nodded.

"Keep him warm. I will go get the necessary herbs." he ordered. I nodded. Then noticing the odd look I received from Devittopaw.

"Why are you suddenly so helpful?" he asked.

"I don't know alright!? I care! I feel like I really need to because I care!" I hissed in reply, looking down at my paws. Devittopaw looked back at his brother, leaning their foreheads together.

"Hang on Dero...okay?" he pleaded softly. "Just a little longer. Don't you dare die on me..."

"He's not at the worst state yet. He's sort of in the middle," I said. "you don't usually die from this state unless you are an elder, kit, or if you have a genetic problem." I added. Trying to reassure him that his brother would survive. He only nodded, continuing to whisper soothing words into Jasderopaw's ear. Jasderopaw's ears angled towards his brother, listening to them as the three of us waited for Maitorawing to return. The medicine cat returned after, what felt like, an hour. Devitto looked up at once to look at him. The medicine cat set down the herbs.

"Saikenpaw, help me with these herbs," he said. I nodded, hesitantly separating myself from Jasderopaw and sitting in front of the older tom. He grabbed the catmint and tansy and began crushing them in his teeth making them into a pulp which poor Jasderopaw would be forced to eat whether he liked it or not. I started doing the same thing with the coltsfoot and juniper berries mixing them together to create a powerful pulp. All the while, Devittopaw kept his brother distracted, almost as if he was trying to make sure the blonde didn't know how the medicine was being made.

The strong, putrid taste of the coltsfoot and juniper on my tongue made me grimace with distaste, the plants tasted musky and very bitter. When they were thoroughly chewed I spat it out trying to get the taste that numbed my mouth out. Maitorawing took it from there, mixing the two pulps and then carrying it to Jasderopaw who would have to eat regurgitated herbs. Poor Jasderopaw… I thought to myself. Devittopaw nudged the blonde, who opened his eyes slightly to look at Maitorawing.

The medicine cat pushed the pulp towards Jasderopaw, urging him to eat it. I didn't expect Jasderopaw to want to eat it, and he obviously didn't, he looked at it with disgust on his sickly face. He looked at his twin, who nodded slightly. With a look that suggested he was about to vomit, Jasderopaw slowly ate the pulp, Devit helping him a bit. Jasderopaw managed to choke down the repulsive treatment groaning in disgust at the flavor and texture. I didn't blame him, I mean who'd want to eat something stringy and squishy that was in someones mouth a minute ago. It was very disgusting but it might heal him so what did he have to lose? He gagged when he finished, sticking his tongue out in disgust.

"Ew..." He groaned. Devitto grimaced as if he had tasted what his brother had tasted. Jasderopaw nuzzled his cheek into his twin's side, as if apologizing for something.

"Come get me if he starts showing the symptoms again," Maitorawing said with a dip of his head, he walked out of the den and vacated the area. Feeling I should leave the two of them. I stood up slowly.

"Wait." The twins said in unison, their gaze's going up to meet my own. I paused, mid step. I looked at the two of them. "Stay?" They half demanded half asked. I blinked at them for a moment, before laying down again.

"Okay." I agreed softly. Jasdero nuzzled up against me once more, Devitto on his other side, the blonde cat was pretty much sandwiched in between me and his brother. He was probably very comfortable in the warmth, most males I know would love to be in close quarters with a female. Especially a Noah since there are very few females, Roadpaw, Lulu Bell, and I. That's it. Honestly, it's very strange and difficult having only three females in our clan. The exorcists have more, but I guess I'm used to it. I've always been more of a tomboy anyways. So what did it matter to me? At least Roadpaw was my age so I had a friend. But, I had to wonder, where were the other clan member's parents? They weren't in the elders den… Were they dead? That, I didn't know. I decided not to ask, I'd probably get in trouble or be given a look or something like that. Maybe the twins would tell me, they owed me one anyways for helping them. I looked at them, deciding to ask in the morning. They were already asleep, they were actually… Quite kind and peaceful looking in their sleep. Adorable, if I really thought about it. I decided I'd go to sleep as well. I should get some training with Aspenfall while I still can... I soon fell asleep overcome me, bringing me to where Aspenfall waited. I saw the tom waiting for me in the same meadow as he always waited for me.

"Hello Saikenpaw. Today, I'm gonna show you two of the newest apprentices to join us, two of which you might know, after all they're from your clan." Aspenfall said as he greeted me. I nodded and followed him as he headed into a forest, it was dark and very musky, it had an eerie feeling to it as we walked inside, dark bark peeled off the trees and littered the ground, vines with torn green cloth like material clung to the branches, dense fog covered the forest, thick as soup, the air was so heavy I practically choked on it.

The scent of the air is what rather creeped me out a bit. It smelled metallic like blood, the sour scent of death clung. Maybe it's just crowfood I thought hopefully and continued to follow Aspenfall through the dingy forest.

"It's through here," he said, interrupting the silence. Aspenfall slid through some brush into a somewhat brighter and less gothic clearing. In it I saw the twins… I wondered how they could be new… Didn't Aspenfall teach all of the cats in the Noahclan?

"Jasderopaw, Devittopaw, I'm sure you have met Saikenpaw," he said as I walked into the clearing. I looked from Aspenfall to the twins then back to Aspenfall. "Saikenpaw, is your new mentor for now," he said. I felt my eyes grow bigger, maybe even as big as Jasderopaw's, wasn't I younger than those two? They looked at Aspenfall in alarm.

"What?" Devittopaw asked indignantly.

"But she's younger than Dero and Devi! hee!" Jasderopaw added.

"But she has more experience, she's been coming here longer." Aspenfall replied. The twins looked like they were about to argue, but apparently decided against it when they saw Aspenfall's stern look. That was a first. They actually listened to an adult for once...

"Fine..." They pouted in unison, looking at the ground.

"I figured you'd prefer her over Skinntear." Aspenfall added. They nodded.

"Skinntear was mean..." Dero pouted childishly.

"Yes and very stupid," Aspenfall agreed. "But I assure you, Saikenpaw is quite skilled and good with explanation, she beat Road in spar," Aspenfall said. None of the apprentices have beaten Road before, she was the oldest Noah out of everybody. Meaning she had the most skill. The twins looked up in shock, looking at me. Their eyes were full of disbelief.

"It's true," I said. "I also beat Tyki when you were out cold for a few days," I said bashfully.

"You. YOU beat Road? And Tyki?" Devittopaw asked in disbelief. Aspenfall and I nodded in unison. Jasderopaw giggled softly as his twin continued to look at me in disbelief.

"I'm not as weak as I look…" I grumbled irritably.

"Obviously." The ravenette grinned. I felt a smirk pull across my lips, I allowed myself to bow.

"Well I guess since I'm your new mentor, you get to know me a bit more. A privilege. You know my name, I don't take crap from anybody, I can go easy if I want to, or if I'm in a good mood, and by the end of tonight you'll have learned a new move." I said. They nodded, Jasderopaw still giggling softly under his breath for some reason. I smirked. "By 'I don't take crap from anybody' I meant I won't take any crap from both of you." I clarified. They nodded again, more quickly this time. It was clear that they were anxious to start.

"I'll leave you to start." Aspenfall said, ducking through the brush and disappearing.

"Try to get past me." I said simply. I knew they were quite clumsy and wouldn't be able to get past me until I tried when they were ready. They looked at each other, grinned, and looked back at me with identical evil looks that I had never seen before. But. To me this was encouragement to myself. Little did the two of them know, that those grins would be wiped clean off of their faces. Devitto whispered something to his brother, to which Jasdero started giggling madly and nodded. I wondered what they were talking about, staying in a calm stance.

"I'm waiting," I said boredly with a sigh, looking at my claws. The twin's grinned wider and flexed their claws. They ran at me.

"Blue Bomb!" They shouted in perfect unison. To my surprise a giant ball of ice flew at me, appearing from thin air. I remembered that Aspenfall had helped me discover my power and had taught me how to use it. I let myself flow into peace and I focused on the spot in front of the twins. Before I knew it, I felt myself slip away from my area, the feeling of my body being compressed pressed against me, I closed my eyes briefly, trying to ignore the feeling of my lungs being squeezed. When the feeling was gone, I opened my eyes and jumped at the twins. They shouted in surprise, dodging. "Purple bomb!" They cried and something purple hit me.

I twirled my ears to listen around me. I heard their pawsteps trying to circle around me from each side, their steps were clumsy and loud. I lashed out with my left paw, getting whichever twin was to the right. Knocking him down and in front of me by using the force in my leg.

"Ow!" Jasderopaw's disembodied voice cried. "That hurt! Hee!" I smirked, the other footsteps next to me had seized. I quickly rammed my shoulder into who I knew was Devit's side, making the ravenette tom topple over with a grunt.

"God damn it!" He hissed, frustrated.

"I won. You both were loud as hell. Not to mention you were too early when you separated, I'll teach you another way to get past someone." I said sitting on my haunches and raising one of my ebony paw's to my maw, rasping my sandpaper like tongue over the silky fur. I heard them both growl, before their trick glasses vanished and I could see them pouting childishly. "If it makes you feel better, you did surprise me with the blue bomb thing." I said with a sigh, they seemed like they needed some encouragement.

"You're not just saying that, right?" Dero asked hopefully.

"No I'm not just saying that. It would come as a shocker to you as well if all of a sudden a giant ball of ice, or whatever came flying at you," I purred in amusement. The twin's seemed to brighten slightly.

"Yeah, well," Devittopaw started proudly. "that IS our Noah power. Or, part of it."

"Well you saw PART of mine. Use it to your advantage." I said. They nodded.

"Kay!" They grinned in unison. I smirked, remembering the training Aspenfall had given me with this specific topic, this was one of the first things he taught me.

"Devit. Stand there." I said pointing a fox length away from me with a paw. I knew if I were to use this demonstration, I couldn't use Jasderopaw seeing how protective Devittopaw was over him. SO I decided to use Devittopaw instead as an example. He walked over to the indicated spot obediently, Jasderopaw watching curiously. Remember Saiken. Lash out with your front paw, aim at his knee… I thought reminding myself of what Aspenfall had shown me. Quickly, I swerved to the side and slammed my paw into his front knee, causing him to lose his balance, I struck quick as lightning, using my head to push him to the ground. The ravenette gasped in surprise as he was knocked down, then glared slightly when Jasderopaw started laughing.

"That is how to knock a cat down if they're unsuspecting. The two of you could try it at once from two different sides confusing the enemy. And giving the two of you an advantage. From there you could kill the enemy." I said, unsheathing a single claw and running it over Devittopaw's chest. He looked at me with a very strange expression, before shoving me off.

"Yeah, okay." He grumbled, standing. "Oh quit laughing!" He scolded, glaring at his blonde twin.

"T-too funny! Hee!" Jasdero giggled. I lunged out at the blonde with a paw aiming for his knees, the blonde yelped and fell onto his back. He then pouted. "Hey!" He complained. This time it was Devit's turn to laugh.

"Karma!" He laughed.

"I want you to try this move out with each other, the quicker you learn how to avoid others using it on you the better." I said interrupting the quote on quote 'karma' moment. They nodded, Jasderopaw standing and shaking himself free of grass, or well… Whatever it was. "You will practice until I believe you both have it down." I added. They nodded again, getting into the position that Devit and I had been in. Jasdero struck first, but Devit moved to the side, not quick enough so that Jasdero's paw still hit the ravenette. The blonde giggled softly, trying again and succeeding in knocking his twin to the ground. Devittopaw pouted turning towards me.

"I don't like this…" He whined.

"Too bad. You'll thank me some time." I said as I watched. "Nice work Dero, but make sure to keep your tail out of Devitto's reach, same vice versa." I instructed.

"Okay, hee!" Jasdero giggled, getting off of Devit. Devittopaw grumbled irritably and stood up, quickly maneuvering and keeping his tail away from Jasdero, he swiped out with a paw, getting Jasderopaw's flank but the blonde quickly leapt behind Devittopaw and headbutted into the raven colored tom, making him fall again. "Dero wins again." The blonde cat grinned proudly.

"Damn it..." Devit hissed. I thought for a moment, Devitto didn't seem to be catching on too quickly. Unlike his brother.

"Go again. This time let Devittopaw strike, all you have to do is dodge," I told Jasderopaw seeing as he had this move learned pretty well. I think Devit runs on confidence and what he knows how to do… Jasdero runs by quick thinking and watching the enemy and will try something new and be comfortable with it… Devitto seems to not do what he's not comfortable with… I noted as I watched. He's also a sore loser. I smiled slightly as I saw Devitto pouting and Jasdero trying to apologize. "Devit, don't be afraid to try something new." I encouraged. "Start again." He mumbled something under his breath before getting back into position.

This time when starting, Devittopaw ran at full speed at Jasderopaw who stood at the ready, he leaned a bit to the right, signaling he was going to leap right, Jasderopaw seemed to catch this too and prepared. But at the last minute when Jasderopaw was leaning to the right, Devit leaped to the left and used his paw to sweep Jasdero's paws right out from under him. The blonde squeaked in surprise then giggled.

"Dero lost." He giggled.

"Good job Devitto!" I praised. The ravenette grinned proudly, getting off of Dero.

"Good job Devi. Hee!" Jasdero nuzzled against his twin's side.

I smiled at the two of them then turning to face the sky, the faded crimson sun began to slowly fall towards the horizon, signaling, training was over.

"Okay. Training is over for now, I want you two to practice this if you can, also you might feel a bit sore when you wake up, not to mention your limbs might be tired. This is normal. If you get injured or something in this dream world, it happens in real life too. So make sure to be safe. Tomorrow night we'll continue this for half the lesson, and then I'll teach you something new." I informed them.

"And Dero's sick..." Jasdero muttered under his breath.

"Well… At least you'll be able to just relax most of the day and won't have to go to patrols or anything," I offered trying to lighten the mood a bit. He giggled eagerly and nodded.

"Yeah! Hee!"

"And you get to sleep in," I added. Jasdero's grin widened.

"Dero likes being sick." He said happily.

"Also. I have one more thing to tell you two before we wake up. We can't speak of him or our nightly training. Aspenfall had warned me not to tell the others, he didn't tell me why, but if we want to stay in this clan we have to keep our mouths shut," I added. They nodded.

"If you say so." They agreed in unison. The surrounding images became blurry.

"See you when we wake up," I said softly before they disappeared from sight. Everything around me dimmed until it was completely dark.

I felt my eyes flutter open. Had I really mentored the twins last night? Rays of sunlight glistened through my sleepy vision as the various opalescences piled into sight. I looked beside me and saw Jasderopaw and Devittopaw still curled up beside me. The ravenette cat was stirring, but the blonde was still fast asleep. I felt myself stretch in the cool air. My muscles rippling through my pelt.

I opened my jaws, releasing a small, quiet yawn. Devittopaw's eyes opened slowly and he stretched too, then affectionately licked his brother's cheek. He looked at me as if confused. Probably wondering the same thing I had when I had woken up. Jasderopaw swatted at his brother, adjusting and going back to sleep.

"The hell do I feel sore…" Devit groaned. I looked around to make sure nobody was listening.

"I told you already." I whispered.

"Oh. Right." He coughed awkwardly.

"Eh you'll get used to it." I yawned stretching a bit more.

"Dero..." Devit whined. "Wake up and smell the roses."

"Dero doesn't like roses..." Dero whispered in reply.

"Devi-kun chill, he's sick." I replied. Then pausing for a moment. I realized I had called him Devi-kun highly unnatural for me. He looked at me in surprise, Jasdero actually opening his eyes and also looking at me. "Sorry…" I uttered quickly. They didn't reply, just looked at each other as if they could read each other's minds. I stayed quiet and stared down at my black paws. Ashamed that I had allowed myself to act that close to the two of them when I wasn't. Well at least I was pretty sure I wasn't.

"So... can we call you Saiken-chan then?" Devit's voice asked slowly.

"If you want." I shrugged. Holy shit! I'm not being rejected! I thought excitedly.

"hee hee! Then Saiken-chan has to call Dero, Dero-kun!" Jasdero chirped, then coughed.

"I will Dero-kun," I mused with a laugh. So I guess I'm finally an equal to them now that I'm training them… I thought was that seriously all I had to do to get them to not hate me? SERIOUSLY!? I should have done this ages ago! I thought with realization. Jasdero licked his brother's cheek.

"Devi... Dero's hungry." the blonde whined.

"Do you want me to get some prey?" I asked with a yawn.

"Yes! hee!" Dero grinned, yawning widely. I nodded and stood up, my muscles complaining tiredly as I walked stiffly from the den. To my surprise, Devittopaw soon caught up with me.

"Hey," I said looking into his vibrant golden opticals, I could have sworn I saw emotion in them. But I let it aside.

"Hey," He repeated softly. "So... we're not allowed to talk about last night?"

"No. He said we couldn't talk about it." I added. Devit nodded.

"Alright, our lips are sealed." he whispered. I nodded with a smile.

"Thanks," I said softly picking out a sparrow from the pile. It looked like a recent kill so I figured he'd like that better. Devittopaw gave it a disapproving look.

"Do you even know what Jasdero likes?" Devit asked in exasperation, going back to his old personality.

"How am I supposed to know! Both of you always rejected me!" I retorted hotly.

"Well it's sure as hell not sparrows!" He countered.

"Squirrel?" I asked irritably putting the sparrow back into the pile.

"You're getting warmer." Devit replied.

"Mouse?" I asked, almost second guessing myself.

"Warmer." He purred, smirking widely.

"Vole?" I said hesitantly, that was the last thing that popped up in my mind.

"Ding!" Devittopaw laughed.

"Well, now I know." I said, picking out a still warm, plump, furry, grey vole. The ravenette grinned.

"Sorry, Dero and I are really picky." he apologize. HOLD UP NOW! A twin is actually apologizing! Especially Devit?! What has this world come to… I thought, surprised at his apology.

"It's alright," I said through the vole I was carrying. It was light but was as heavy as I imagine a kit would be. We headed back to the den, the cold breeze ruffling our fur, the bramble den was just in sight for us, quickly spotted among all the white of the ground around us, the cold snow crunched under our light pawsteps, leaving a trail of small paws behind us.

We walked through the bramble opening, I felt the small thorns tug at my pelt as I crept through the opening with the vole. We walked back to where Jasderopaw was lying, curled up in his and Devit's nest. Soft moss underneath my paws, I walked forward and sat on my haunches, curling my tail around my paws as I gently deposited the mouse at the blonde cat's feet. His overly large eyes opened the moment he smelled food, his ears perking up immediately, standing straight up like a golden pole.

"Food. Nya~!" He mewed happily. I smiled at him and sat quietly, the feeling of unknowing was so strange. I was actually being accepted for once… It was strange. Exciting. But strange. Devittopaw sat in front of his twin and helped him take the meat off the bones. I could see the meat being stripped away from the bones and given to Jasderopaw, who ate it rapidly as if that was the first vole he had ever seen. He made sure to leave some of it for Devit, who ate it quickly as well. It was as if these two hadn't eaten for years. I felt that I shouldn't talk I didn't know if I'd annoy them. Finally, Jasderopaw looked up at me. "Thank you! hee!" he giggled.

"It's nothing," I said softly. Why I was acting like this? To stay on their good side maybe. I looked to the bones that had once been full of meat, now with a small tint of red. Now that he was finished with his food, Dero opened his jaws and yawned his voice soft and tired and curled up again in a ball of fur.

"Dero's sleepy..." He murmured.

"You should rest then, you need to get better." I said quietly to the tom. He nodded tiredly and closed his eyes.

"Okay...hee..." Jasderopaw yawned widely. He looked so peaceful when he was asleep. So… Delicate. Was he as delicate as he seemed? Is that why Devittopaw always defended Jasderopaw constantly? Or was there some other reason? I'm sure something must have happened to make Jasderopaw so frail. I decided not to ask, in fear that I might offend them and lose two of the only friends (if you could call them that) that I had. Maybe, if I earned more of their trust, they would tell me someday. But for now, I remained silent.

"Thank you." Devittopaw said out of the clear blue. I looked up at him.

"For what?" I asked in slight surprise.

"For saving my brother." He muttered.

"No problem." I replied timidly. "It was nothing, really."

"No. It was a big deal. Thank you." Devit replied. I looked down timidly. Devittopaw smirked ever so slightly, as if he planned something. I continued to stare down at my paws. "Why you being so shy, eh?" he smirked.

"S-sorry. Not used to being thanked, or really being useful for anything," I muttered bashfully.

"Come on, I bet Lord Millennium has thanked you before." He said. It took me a moment to realize who he was talking about.

"No… I've only been thanked by Road for sparing with her, the day I won," I replied softly.

"Oh... well, you've been thanked more times than either Dero or I have been." Devit added, his voice getting soft.

"Really?" I asked looking up at him. He nodded.

"No else in the clan besides Jasderopaw has ever thanked me." He shrugged. "Then again, we're used to not being useful or being thanked."

"I guess we're alike in that aspect." I said and before even rethinking, I rasped my tongue over his cheek, his smooth fur soft on my tongue. He froze, his eyes widening slightly. I felt myself smirk. "Think of that as a bit of…" I thought for a moment for the right word "enlightenment." I purred slyly. He blinked stupidly as if still trying to process whatever had just happened. I felt my smirk grow wider, a mrrow of laughter escaped my jaws as the dumbfounded look on the tom's face. He looked away timidly.

"Oh be quiet." He muttered softly, pouting childishly.

"You enjoyed it." I said proudly. "I suppose it would be quite a shock to me too if someone kissed me, even if it was on the cheek…" I said thoughtfully. "I guess Dero-kun needs one too… Eh… I'll give him one when he wakes up." Devittopaw laughed lightly, his long tail swaying happily. I turned back to face him, "admit it, you enjoyed the kiss." I purred.

"Maybe if you do it again, I'll admit it." He purred back. I rolled my eyes yup… He did enjoy it… WELL what the hell… Why not I thought and rasped my tongue over his cheek again. I was caught by surprise when he returned the kiss. "There's your answer." He smirked widely.

My expression must have had a very shocked, stupid look on it because his smirk grew wider. "She-cats are weird." the ravenette chuckled teasingly.

"So are toms," I countered rolling my eyes at the male, returning to my usual behavior. He laughed.

"Devi... be quiet..." Dero groaned, opening his eyes slightly. This reminded me of what I needed to do. I bent over and licked the blonde cat's cheek, his fur was just as soft as his brother's. His eyes opened fully to look at me curiously. I giggled softly at his reaction, he wasn't as dumbstruck as Devittopaw, but much more curious. Then he giggled, his ears perking up happily. I did have to admit, he looked quite adorable.

"How did you like your first kiss Dero-kun?" I asked with a light laugh.

"Dero liked it. hee hee!" the blonde giggled with delight.

"I got two!" Devit boasted, puffing his chest out like a kit that was proud of attacking a piece of moss. Jasderopaw pouted.

"Not fair! Dero wants two also!" He whined like a child who hadn't gotten what he wanted. I laughed and planted another kiss on his cheek. Jasderopaw grinned again, giggling madly as if he was crushing innocence in his jaws. Before I could say anything, he licked my cheek happily, as a return kiss. "Dero kissed Saiken-chan too!" he giggled. I laughed in response. The twins weren't bad. Not at all. In fact, I kinda liked them, like liked them… Is it normal to be crushing at this age? I asked myself. Maybe I'd ask my mother later. Maybe… She'd disapprove of this crush… She never did like the twins did she? I wondered.

"Hello? You alive in there?" Devittopaw called me back from my thoughts.

"Y-ya sorry…" I stammered.

"Saiken-chan went quiet." Jasderopaw mused, coughing slightly.

"Sorry, was thinking," I said embarrassment waved off of me. The twins both grinned, laughing in unison. I soon felt myself join in their laughter. This is where my new friendship began. From here out, I knew we'd be good friends.