Wings of Change Chapter 2
It has been about 3 hours since Akira and his family departed from the diner in Hosu. They are flying over some rural road. Akira is noticeably exhausted; every so often he starts to drift off to the side. Just to suddenly jerk back into position. Rei yells to him, "Hey son we can land if you want. Don't want you fallin out of the sky on me." Akira shook his head, "I'm good dad I can… can…" Akira's head slumps down suddenly and he starts gliding down slowly which eventually turned into a free fall. Rei quickly dives after him, "Damnit kid what did I just say" It take a few seconds to catch up so that Rei can grab his arm. Rei is barely able to stop three of them from smacking into the ground. Akira raises his head slightly and mumbles, "Okay dad I think I need to take a rest." Rei chuckles, "Whatever you say son." He sets them down next to the nearby road. He takes off his and Akira's duffle bags then drags him over to a nearby tree and lets him rest against the it. Rei sits to the right of him, "One of you will be the death of me I swear." Akira leans against his father's shoulder and smiles slightly, "Yeah we just might be…" Rei move Nina between them. He then rests his head against the tree, "Lets hope that won't be anytime soon." Soon after he says this Rei hears snoring to his left signaling that both his children are fast asleep.
He sits there for about fifteen minutes then sighs heavily, "Of all the times for these fuckers to come looking for me it had to be when my son is going into high school." He felt Nina move against his side. "Daddy, where are we; why are we outside?" Nina said sleepily. He looked down to see here yawning and stretching. "We are going on a family trip baby girl and we decided to camp outside for the night." Nina asks, "Where are we going though." Rei replies, "We are going to Musutafu, so I can see some old friends of mine. It is also really close to U.A. High. You know, the school your brother wants to get into. Akira also wanted to check it out early and see if they will give him a tour," Rei lied to his daughter. "Oh, that's cool do you think they will let me go on the tour with him?" she asks innocently. Rei pats her head, "Probably I don't see why not. Two young aspiring heroes checking out the school of their dreams. That is if they let you on the tour" Nina giggled slightly, "Silly daddy remember I don't want to be a hero I wanted to be a doctor." Rei smiles down at her, "Well who knows, maybe U.A. a medical career program or something." Her eyes lit up a bit, "Do you think I will be able to go to school with bubba." Rei chuckled at this, "I don't think so sweetie the age difference is a bit too big. would have already graduated by time you finally get there" Nina grumbled, "Aww but that's not fair, can't I be in the same grade as Akira?" He laughed out loud at her comment, "Because life just works out that way. Now I think it's time for you to go back to sleep" "But I don't want to daddy" Akira suddenly grabs her hand, "I think you should Nina." Nina looks surprised, "Bubba what are you… doing…" her head gently falls forward as she falls asleep. "You know son she's gonna learn how to resist that little trick you do eventually." Akira gently pulls her against him, "Yeah she just might, but until then I'm gonna sleep for a bit." Akira lifts his head up and rests it against the tree.
Rei stares off into the distance trying to come to terms with everything that has happened today. He just wanted to scream, shout, and kill something, but he couldn't not with his kids here. He stood up and walked over to one of the larger duffle bags. After rooting around in it Rei found what he was looking for a large blanket and a bottle of pain medication. He covers up his children and kissed each of their heads and pockets the bottle. He then took off in a light jog down the road and took off flying a few miles away. Just to make sure he was out of earshot of his daughter. He finally landed when he found a large tree that towered above him. He placed his hand against its trunk and took a moment to clear his mind. After a few moments he shouted and punched it. He kept repeating this process picking up the pace after each punch. It eventually turned into a flurry of punches and him screaming continuously. He started to throw in some kicks, elbows, and knees. Rei even started to slash at the trunk with his talons taking chunks out of the bark. Suddenly he jumps back and throws his wings forward shooting feathers at the tree. Each of them hits their mark imbedding themselves into the wood. He lunges forward griping the trunk with his talons tearing through the tree. After two hours of tearing away at the tree he fell back on his ass exhausted. The nearly half of the tree's trunk was in pieces around it. It's not to often when Rei need to vent like this, but sometimes it's necessary when life tries and get to you. Like when it sends multiple yakuza to try and kill your family. While resting he pulls out the bottle and takes a few pills to help with the pain of just having assaulting a tree.
Now that all of this was out of his system it was time to see if the kids were ready to move on. He walks back at least half the distance trying to recover from his venting he flies the rest of the way back. When Rei gets there, he finds Akira digging through the medium duffle bag. "Hey kid what are you looking for?" Akira jumps in surprised, "God dad you scared the crap out of me." Rei tilts his head to the side, "Doesn't answer my question Akira" Akira looks down, "Sorry, I was looking for some pain meds." Rei let out a hmph, "Don't be sorry I was just being curious." Rei pulls out the bottle and throw it his son, "Only take two kid these are some of the strong ones. Don't need you gettin all loopy on me." Akira nodded and took two of the pills, "Okay dad… I should be able be good to fly soon. How long till we get to Musutafu?" Rei takes a moment to think, "Two hours going slow, hour to an hour in a half going at a steady pace, thirty minutes if we rush it. It's up to you son I can keep up whatever you choose." Akira zips up the duffle bag he was searching and picks it up, "I just want to get there as soon as possible so I can sleep in a real bed." Rei chuckled as he picked up the two larger duffle bags, "I can agree with that." He then picked up Nina. "Ready to go son?" Akira nodded then starts to flapping his wings getting ready to take off. Within a few minutes the three of them were in the air back on their way. Rei yells to Akira, "You decide the speed son so decide." With this Akira picks up the pace, "At this pace son we should be there in just under forty minutes." Akira looks at his father and nods.
True to his word it took them a little less than forty minutes to finally get there. Reach their temporary residence in Musutafu. It was an apartment complex in a group of four marked with their corresponding number. The apartment they would be staying was in the building marked with a two. Rei unlocked the door and let it swing open. Inside it in pretty good condition. It had an open kitchen design that connected to the living room which also served as dining room. Considering the dining table and chairs were right behind the couch. There was a hallway that lead further into the apartment. The two doors on the right were bedrooms and the single door on the left was a bathroom. All in all, it was a simple little abode nothing to special, but it could have been a lot worst. As soon they both walked in both of them dropped their duffle bags. Akira fell face first on to the couch and was asleep in a few seconds. Rei closed the door behind the and locked. He then it carried Nina to the second bedroom and laid her on the bed. Somehow, he managed to get himself to the other bedroom before passing out. Today was one of the worst days his family has been through. Rei was determined to sleep it off like a bad hangover which it felt like. Though pretty soon him and his family were going to have to face trials that might very well tear them apart. Both physically, mentally, and emotionally and the only way they would get through it was by sticking together. Tomorrow is a new day and with it new challenges. For this family the first trial they would have to overcome will come knocking at their door.