CROSSING RIVER (B×B×B..) *COMPLETE*

Chapter 19- Full of Surprises

Wayde flapped his tail as he chased after school of large Spanish mackerels on the right and Riley followed same tactic on the left. Those two finally put their differences aside and worked together as they tallied those fishes in the corner.

These delicious food of theirs were very slippery and had their own defence when being chased by predators but as they used their huge number to fool those two Sirens, they however were not ready for last line of attack from the remaining two fish tails.

Erina had introduced new weapon to River, Song of confusion. She had made the two strong built boys to chase down their food, trapping them and taught River to produce very high frequency from his vocal cords which made targeted creatures dumb shock for few minutes.

As he sang the melody, many mackerels snapped out of their school and were disoriented. Erina then used this opportunity and used net of sea weeds that she weaved beforehand to catch the strays. After collecting as many as she could, she called off the hunt.
Surviving mackerels dashed out in panic as the four creatures returned to the underwater cave with their hunt. Erina was exuding pure happiness. After she got used to her new body, her speed had become faster and she had better understanding of this new body.

They formed a circle as Erina held their food in between and they watched as she was introducing them to the last best trick, used in her tribe. Erina relaxed her throat, took in deep breathe and submerged her head inside as the others observed from above the water.

Wayde was used to the hunting with his sister and his grandmother so he easily followed the strategy that Erina had come up with but this last bit even if he wasn’t showing it on his face, he was very intrigued to see how other tribes did their thing.

All three of them watched with their breathes held in and soon their eyes narrowed then widened when deep red pool of blood spread in the middle. River was the first to panic then he slid away from the circle and moved close to the edge. He flicked his tail hard enough for him to rise out of the water and land his upper half on the stony bank.

Wayde looked at the terrified boy and finally snapped out from observing, he was about to put his head inside to see what Erina was doing when the “Lady” who was now a recently turned adult body rose her head up with a “Ta-da”, look on her face. All eyes landed on the net in her hands and their eyes widened with disbelief.

“You blasted their heads!”, Riley who was near her exclaimed. Erina swam to the bank and threw the net on the surface then lifted herself, “Yea, we did this to put them out of their misery in one single whistle”, she was in a thought for a moment then clicked her tongue and said, “We ought to give this human name so that it’s easier when we give each other orders. Something like head blower! Haha”, she laughed by her own name giving technique.

Wayde scoffed and went up himself while Riley smiled as he shook his head then turned to River who he found to have become stiff as ice. Erina and Wayde’s head turned to him as well and they became concerned.
Riley swan to his tail and placed his scaly hands on them, “River? Are you alright?”, he asked cautiously.

River snapped his eyes from the blood in the water and blinked few times as he came back to his senses, “Wouldn’t this blood attract... Sharks?”, he asked as he shivered.

Erina sighed as Riley looked at her for help, “River, do you know that sharks are afraid of dolphins? I had heard that there was a tribe of Meras who used dolphins as humans used dogs, like pets. We are complex creatures and rarely roam around alone because we are strong, creative and fast. However we are often in group when we travel just like dolphins and killer whales, this keeps sharks away from us. They only attack when threatened or if they are really starving and they find us alone or wounded. Contrary to many beliefs, they are not that threatening”, She explained.