Howell: I don't like you right now.
Kira: What did I do?
Howell: I don't know I will think of something
Kira: smart-aleck
POV Kira
"What time is it only one o'clock as I woke "what was that?" I heard something fall downstairs. I sat as I thought back to what Mrs. Sutton told me 'help Howell if he needs anything.' He may have fallen downstairs. I got out of bed to walk downstairs to see if he needs anything. "Howell, are you okay?" I ask as I got to the bottom of the stairs. I see him lying on the floor. I walked quietly over to him "Hey Howell you okay" I asked once again as helped him to sit up.
"Who are you?" he asked me as I knelt down next to him.
"Do you know who you are or where you are at currently?"
He looks around for a minute "Well I am home and my name Is Ezra, not Howell."
"Okay Ezra, I'm Kira remember? We met at the pier yesterday."
"Who's Kira …Kira from the pier… oh, KIRA!" he yelled as he remembered my name.
"Ezra hush, keep it down. Your mom is sleeping. Do you know where your room at is by any chance?"
"My room is upstairs to the left at the top of the stairs I tried to get to my room but I still can't walk."
"Where did you come up with the name Ezra anyway?"
He scratches his head "I thought I told you but, I guess I didn't my full name is Howell Ezra Sutton."
"Okay, Ezra that explains a lot." This is weird I met him yesterday as Howell now he is Ezra. I pick him up to carry him to up his room."
"I can't believe this."
"What do you mean, me carrying you. You weigh almost nothing for me." I tell him as I walk up the stairs to his room.
"Remind me not to make you mad."
I grin at him "Will do Ezra." I lay him in his bed "Do you need anything Ezra?"
"Um Kira what is happening to me?"
"Um, a…" I turn my head away "why do you ask"
"Well my head hurts, I can't move and I can't remember much. I could use some aspirin and a drink of water would be nice." He looked deep in thought about something.
"I have reason to believe that you will end up being a hybrid as I had the same symptoms when I changed," I told him as I turn toward the stairs.
"Will I look like you? Because don't think I would mind that at all."
"Oh, I think you will. There is about two hours of brushing my fur before I am able to step outside. That is how it used to be for me at least."
"Used to be for you? Hey, Kira one more question where is my water? This headache is killing me."
"Geez settle down Ezra. I'll be right back with your water" I look at him he just as he gives me a death stare 'What did I do?' I thought as I felt a chill go down my spine, "I'm going now be back in a minute Ezra."
I walk down the stairs to find the kitchen. Why did they have to put it in the back of the house? 'Now where are the glasses at...?' I thought to myself 'Bottom cabinet two to the left' I hear in my head in reply… Um okay, I look in the same cabinet that I heard in my head 'there's the glasses' now where can I find some aspirin? I look in the cabinet above me to find the aspirin. 'I hope Ezra feels better' I filled the glass and walked back to Ezra's room "I got the water and aspirin for you. You all set now Ezra," I ask as he took the cup and aspirin.
"Thank you, Kira, now what am I going to be? you never answered that question."
"Why?" I asked
"I can't drink the water. It's too cold."
Okay so he will be some kind of fire type I think, crazy Ezra
"I heard that Kira I am not crazy."
I freeze in place as I thought that only psychics could read minds.
"Oops, sorry Ezra I did not mean it like that." Okay then maybe, he will be a mixed hybrid, interesting.
"Let me get you some warm water sound good?" I turned to leave the room to get him some warm water.
"Yes thanks, Kira," he said halfway calming down.
I wonder what he will end up being or looking like. I get back to his room with the warm water that he requested. "Ezra I have the water." He looks at me with light maroon pupils, a muzzle, and his body was starting to be covered in light purple fur.
Just to let you know Ezra "your change will happen quick Ezra it only takes about one hour to change completely physically while mentally it will take over a day during which you will be asleep for thankfully."
"Gee thanks for that Kira. That is just what I wanted to know."
"Anytime Ezra" I give him a friendly smirk.
He stares at me "My question still stands Kira."
"You might be a mixed hybrid there, my dear Ezra," I told him as he started scratching everywhere "Ezra don't scratch it feels like a million ants on you just wait it out you don't want to have to wait for more fur grow back do you? Just try to sleep." I told Ezra as he stopped scratching "Before you say anything, I know that you must hate me for telling you not to scratch but I learned the hard way my belly had no fur on it for a couple of weeks. No more death stares you are not in a position to do that sorry." I told him as I see a purple tail sticking out of the sheets. "Ezra, why are you wincing?" I asked him
"My back hurts Kira." He answered
"Roll over onto your side for me if you can. Let me see" he rolled over with my help as the sheet lifted up "you actually have nine tails. You were lying on your new tails." He looked at me like he wanted to bite my head off. "Stay calm Ezra let me think about just what you will end up looking like just let me think."
"Tail what tail" he looked cross at me "Is that why my lower back hurt?"
"Yes but, Ezra you actually have nine tails, not just one tail. Do not bite the messenger I am just telling you what I see. Okay, let's do a rundown of you Ezra okay?"
"Okay," he said before growling at me.
"Stay calm Ezra you either have or are starting to have light purple fur all over but you have fluffy crest atop your head and a small mane around your neck, as well as nine bushy purple tails. He tries to scratch again "no scratching Ezra, bad Ezra" I had to slap his hand for that. "You may be the world's first dual-hybrid ever congratulations."
Ezra turns over obviously irritated "are these your tails sticking out," I asked while trying not to laugh at him.
He turns back to look at me "not funny Kira."
"Oh come on Ezra lighten up a little. Can you move your tails yet" I ask him hoping that he can?
"Here is your answer Kira." He sounded different almost hostile, as his eyes turned blue. I froze in place he brought me close with his psychic ability.
"NO" he yells as throws me against the corner of the doorframe across the room. I fell to the floor with a thud.
"Ezra? Come on now it is me, you know Kira your friend remember; you know that really hurt me. I'm sorry for laughing at you." I need to help him.
"Who is this Ezra you're talking about my name is Aura. Kira, you have one chance leave me alone or else.
The psychic part of him took over great no more reasoning. I got an idea but first I had to get over to the side of his bed. I tried to walk but being thrown across the room into the doorframe hurt my back badly enough so, I crawl to his bed and take a seat on the floor. This will either be the best or worst idea I have ever had. "Aura, are these your tails?" 'Don't even think about it' I heard him say in my head. A smirk showed up as I start to mess with his tails. I need to distract him somehow.
I warned you to leave me alone."
Bad idea… bad idea Aura picked me up by my tails I told you to not mess with my tails. "Ow ow ow don't hurt my tails please." Just as I felt my tails, being bent to the point of breaking I yell out "Stop please that hurts" I dropped onto the floor. I crawled to the back corner of his room "Aura?"
"Who's Aura my name is Ezra," he said shaking his head "what happened, Kira."
I had tears in my eyes, "Your back Ezra."
Wait, what do mean back again? Tell me everything. I'm guessing that someone hurt or scared you considering that you are huddled in the back corner right?
I shook my head in confirmation that hit the nail on the head.
"Kira come over here and tell me the short version." I shook my head no "Come on come over here I won't hurt you. Don't make me pick you up."
"I'm good I'm good. I will be over there in a second," I said in reply as I carefully crawled back to his bed so my tails would not catch on anything. "Yeah you did hurt me. Aura is another part of you and he almost broke my tails and he scares me." I decided to lie down on the floor since my back still hurt "I am staying right here until my back feels better. You okay with that, Ezra?" I tried to curl my tails around me I could only curl a couple up to my head to use as a pillow.
"That is fine Kira and if I did not already say it I'm sorry I don't remember anything from the past few minutes." He turned over and I heard sniffling.
"Ezra, are you crying?" I sat up to see what was happening
"No, I'm not crying I just have something in my eye." He turned on his side away from me so I would not see his tears falling down his face. "I can't believe that I almost did that to you. You don't even have full use of your tails now." Trembling he asked, "Can you ever forgive me for what I have done?"
"You're forgiven." I stood up so I could lean over his bed. "Come here Ezra you I am here for you" I picked him up to embrace him. He wrapped his arms around me "Come on Ezra you're going to make me cry if you keep this up." I stood there with an emotional hybrid in my arms.
He stopped crying a few minutes later "Thank you, Kira, I needed someone for support."
"I will be okay you did not throw me that hard. My back is just a little sore and my tails will be fine." I told him so he would relax as I laid him back down.
"Wait" he pets me on top of my head. "Thank you for accepting my apology," He said as tears were forming in his eyes.
"No, no more of that" I rubbed the top of his head I will stay here for a little while.
"Hey Kiiiira" my ears turned toward the sound as I put my head on his bed looking at him like what do you want. "Oh that's adorable," he said while scratching me behind my ear again.
"Thanks, but I believe that you have no idea how that feels but you will. As a matter of fact, I think it is time that I return the favor to you."
"Yeah I don't know how that feels. No, wait, don't even think about it, Kira." He said as I give him a devilish grin and jump onto his bed to put my plan in action he is going to hate me for a second as I hold his arms down with my knees.
"Get off me Kira." He said as I begin to scratch him behind his ears
"Feels good doesn't it Ezra?" I said as I felt his arms relax.
"Yes, it does." He was finally starting to relax his eyes halfway roll back into his head."So this is how you felt on the pier when I comforted you is it not?"
"Yep, that is how I felt."
"Can you do that one last time for me, Kira?" He looked at me as if he was begging me to scratch him behind his ears.
"Okay, Ezra but this is it I am very tired. I will be laying on the floor okay?"
"That is fine with me just make sure you get back to your room before my mom sees you down there okay?"
I see his eyes turn a pale blue as he drifted off to sleep. I was too tired to walk to my room so I just made myself comfortable on the floor curling my tails around me. I awoke sometime later that night to something itching my nose I shook my head as I realized that I was coated in purple fur, oh so Ezra got up and shook himself off. That's not cool Ezra not cool at all. "Ezra!" I yelled loud enough to wake him from his slumber.
"Um, what do want Kira and why did you wake me it is only three in the morning?"
"Remember when I said that I was going lie down on the floor if I fall asleep?"
"Yeah but, what does that have to do with any…" he paused to think, "oh you see I couldn't walk very well yet..."
"Why am coated in purple fur?"
"I was getting to that I got up and did not realize that you were still lying on ground. I kind of shook my fur off and may have made an purple cloud of fur all over the place. That is what happened."
"You are going to have fun cleaning that up. Your mom will not be happy she was very stern with me saying 'do not shed' and what did you do you shed nice job." there was about an eighth inch of fur all over the place. I got up to head back to my room for some much-needed rest and to try to clean up my fur. "I will get you back for that Ezra."
"No you won't I can read your mind," he said as he snickered at me. "Good night Kira I need my rest now."
"Ezra you need to have a talk with your subconscious in your sleep. He will be there you need to have a talk with yourself before you wake up. Good night Ezra." I walked back to my room to fall asleep.
The night must have passed by uneventfully as he slept, as I heard nothing coming from his room. Thankfully, I actually got some peaceful sleep and he didn't know exactly what happened during the night. I had to start facing some of my emotions from my past.
Meanwhile during the night as Kira thought that Ezra was sleeping soundly. In his subconscious, a conversion was stirring.
"Ezra are you there?" said a quadruped creature with slender legs and dainty paws, lilac fur with a forked tail and ruby jewel in the center of its head and large ears.
"Who are you and where am I?"
"I am Aura we are in a special area of your mind where we can talk peacefully. I am the second part of you. I am able to take control of your physical body." He said with a soothing tone "please sit down" he pointed to a table that arose from nowhere.
"IT WAS YOU! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HURT KIRA!" I tried to attack Aura. I wanted him dead for hurting my friend. I ended up falling on my face I realized that I was also quadruped creature myself. "What am I?" I stuck my paw out and seen golden-white fur covering my legs with nine tails, , and a large fur crest on its head with red eyes slender body with long legs. "You almost broke her tails you do realize that"
"Please, Ezra take it easy. I mean no one any harm here." He walked over to me sticking his paw out to me "Ezra in here I am an espeon the psychic part of you and you are a weird purple ninetales a fire type." He picked me up and set me by the table. "Where the other one at there is supposed to be three of us."
"Why did you hurt Kira and three of us?" I asked before I started growling at him.
He walks around the table to sit next to me "Listen" he put a paw on my back "I am sorry I lost control remember we just transformed it will never happen again. I misunderstood her intentions. I did not know what she was planning on doing with our tails that is why I threw her."
"You lost control."
"I know I know a psychic who cannot control its' own self. Why do you think I let you take over I couldn't take seeing her in pain. If you don't mind I would like to apologize to Kira personally tomorrow." He turned away from me to lie down and try to cover his face with his paws.
"Hello, Aura get yourself up off the floor now. Ezra, how do you do? We finally get to meet. Out of thin air came another ninetales except with golden-white fur.
Now who is this…?
"Apologies Ezra I am Ren I am the one who keeps Aura in check. Once you transformed I lost the balance that was in place for years. You were supposed to transform at a much earlier age about the same time as Kenia I mean Kira."
Aura hits Ren across his muzzle "he is not supposed to know that."
"Ow I forgot about that sorry Aura"
"Hello, guys I am still here. Who's Ken… wait my childhood friend Kenia is now Kira. Why did she not say anything before?" I look at both of them. "You have some explaining to do Ren" I look specifically at him.
Aura spoke up first "I guess you need to know now, it was three days after her transformation, and there was an incident with her family. I cannot say anymore then that she needs to tell it to you herself.
"Good save Aura"
"Thank you, Ren"
"Whatever so, Ren what do you do when I am conscious; Aura is in control of the psychic part. I am in control of the human hybrid part?"
"I am the one who maintains balance I make sure that if either of you exerts too much I take over to allow that part of you to regain your energy. Aura you did not give up your possession of Ezra I took over you as your emotions took a heavy toll on you. Your emotions cut deep into you. I had to intervene to prevent you from hurting yourself sorry Ezra."
"Guys, can I go to sleep now? I'm tired and Aura you will need to apologize to Kira and you scared her pretty bad."
Aura and Ren ask in unison "One last thing before you go. Do you forgive us?"
"We will apologize to Kira at dinner tomorrow okay. I don't got much choice do I? You guys are a part of me but separate."
"That will be okay and thank you," Ren and Aura said in unison.
"Goodbye, Ezra you may come here anytime you want. Get some well-deserved rest." The table disappeared while Ren and Aura walked with me to a large sleeping area. "Have a nice dream."
"Thank you guys have cleared up a lot for me," I told them while getting comfortable.
"Ren did I really almost break her tails?"
"Unfortunately yes you did. I shut you out before that could happen." Ren replied
They turn toward me while I give them one pissed off look. "Don't bring that up around me ever again. I care too much about her," I said with glowing red eyes
"Wow you sounded just like Aura when he gets mad," Ren told me.
"Good idea and sorry about that Ezra I did not realize that the subject of Kira was touchy."
"Touchy, just a little bit, Aura," I said while trying to calm down
"Wait a minute you like her," Aura said with grin on his face
"I am going to watch this pan out. This will be interesting..." Ren thought to himself while lying down on a pillow that was in the room
Blushing I told him "Shut up. I do like her. I like her a lot actually."
"Oh, so you do like her." He walked over to me "Ezra we finally see her as we should… a friend or maybe something deeper maybe even a mate ask her tomorrow for me."
"I will for you, me, and Ren for us," I said with a smile "I hope she likes me as much as I like her."
"You have not smiled in years I like it. I thought that it would take months for you to get to that point. Your emotions always get in the way of thinking clearly but not anymore. Ren come over here it is time," Aura said scratching my back.
"I see that it is. Ezra, it is time that we become one again no more separate entities," Ren told me. "You have completed everything I needed you to do so we could be one again. You dropped your emotional barrier. So I am not needed to maintain balance. Aura will stay to help train you when needed."
"Apologize to Kira for me Ezra please," Aura, pleaded with me "Wait what I get to stay?
"I will Aura I promise," I told Aura with a tear in my eye as I realized what was coming "Wait, what are you talking about.
"Thank you, Ezra, for making us one again it has been years since we have been together as one," Ren said Aura you're staying because your psychic and he will need you when the time comes. You will be both Aura and Ezra when needed.
"My emotions did all this because I kept them shut out for so long right?"
"That is correct Ezra," they said
"You will not have to worry about that anymore." I gave him a smile as the black room I was in transforms into a beautiful paradise with trees, a lake, and a beautiful house overlooking the lake.
"I know that is why I made this is for you and anyone else you see fit to come here. This is my parting gift for you," Ren told me.
"Thank you for helping me. Goodbye," I said as Ren started to fade away.
"Hey Ren before you go"
"Yes Aura"
"If we are one, why I am I staying because he will need me."
"Yes that's correct Aura, sometimes he will. Goodbye, we are one finally." Ren said as he faded completely.
Kira: that was tiring and very painful
Ezra: tiring for you maybe for me it was exhausting
Kira: well you were not the one thrown across the room were you or almost had their tails broken?
Ezra: Um no and I did say that I was sorry