Animal Adventure

Chapter 13: Knocking on the Heart

Aka can see a pattern with these boys.

Whenever a boy is alone by himself, Teresa or Aka are nearby. And once one of the boys are found by either twins, they are immediately staying. It may not be for long, but Aka feels like they are meant to be found by Teresa and Aka.

Aka doesn't believe in gods or whatnots, but this seems to be too much of a coincidence for four children hybrids to be alone and then be found by the twins. So, when Aka found two more children hybrids a few nights after finding Prince and Fighter, Aka knew that they are going to be living with the six individuals before it was even decided.

Aka is walking through the neighborhood at night, because she needs some time to think. Teresa and the boys are already in bed. Well, the boys are in bed, sleeping, while Teresa is in the multipurpose room writing a song that seems to hit her suddenly. Not wanting to disturb her twin, Aka leaves Teresa be but feels extremely restless. So, she decides to take a walk.

The night is really quiet. Only a few crickets' chirps and a distance sound of cars echo through the air. That is why when Aka hears rustling somewhere nearby, Aka goes and investigates it. Even though the moon is bright, it isn't enough for Aka to see. Aka may not have Teresa's light manipulation, but Aka can manipulate fire. So, Aka summons a ball of fire in her hands.

Over the course of living together with the hybrids, Aka and Teresa found out that the four hybrids are manipulators. Sunflower and Prince can manipulate light like Teresa. The twins found that out by the way light particles seem to gather around them from time to time. Teresa already knows that Moonlight can control dark during the time Teresa took him to the hospital. And Fighter can control earth which was discovered when he tries to pick up an object almost three times his size.

Thinking about the memory makes Aka smile. To see that was quite impressive for someone as small as Fighter. The smile on Aka's face is immediately wiped off when she hears the rustling again. But this time, voices are companied with the rustling. The voices are quite high-pitched for anyone older than teenagers but are deep enough to know that they are probably males. Aka follows the voices until she comes to a playground. Aka didn't realize how far she walked until she saw the playground.

Looking around, Aka see two figures sitting on the swing set. The streetlight shines bright enough right above the two for Aka can see that they are boys.

The first boy has fire-color hair. It is long for a boy his age, but it seems to not bother him at all. His blue eyes show pain. It is probably because of the bruise on his cheek. He also shows his discomfort by twitching his orange ears. His tail swishes back and forth, the white tip of it brushes on the ground. His clothes are pretty clean for someone who looks like he was in a fight. The only thing wrong with his clothes is the tear at the shoulder seam.

The second boy had blue hair with violet eyes. His eyes stand out even more by the mole that is just under his right eye. His clothes are a little wrinkle but other than that, he seems okay. Ruffled feathers peek out from just behind him. It is hard for Aka to see the color of the feathers, but she can guess it is white and maybe black. The boy is looking at the bruise on the other boy. Even from where Aka is standing, she can tell that it is extremely swollen.

Having enough standing round, Aka extinguishes the fire from her hand and makes her way to the two boys. Aka makes sure to be loud enough for them to hear her. She didn't want them to be startle by her sudden appearance. It seems to work as both boys turn to where she is. The orange-haired boy gets off the swing that he was sitting on and stands in between Aka and the blue-haired boy.

Aka did not expect for the boy to throw a fireball at her, but he did. What the boy didn't expect was for the fire to hit Aka in the chest.

"Ren" is the first thing the blue-haired boy shouts when the fire hits Aka.

Fear is shown in both boys' eyes. Aka looks at the fire for a moment before absorbing it into her body. Because of her power to manipulate fire, Aka is fire resistance. Plus, Aka was getting cold, even in during the summer night, so it helps keep Aka's body warm. The boys watch in awe as the fire disappears in Aka. Aka just brushes the imaginary dirt off her clothes.

"That was a nice throw, but you need to practice your aim." Aka commented as she pulls her jacket closer to her.

Aka still feels cold, but she'll deal with it later. Right now, there are two hybrids that need her attention.

"You could have seriously hurt someone if you aren't careful."

This makes the orange-haired boy go into defense even more. The blue-haired boy hides behind his friend.

"What do you want with us?" The orange-haired asked.

He looks prepared to throw another fireball. Not like it'll help him as Aka is far more experience in fire manipulation than he does. Before Aka can say anything, Aka hears more than sees the water coming from the right of her. Aka skillfully dodges the stream of water. This gives the boys a chance to make a run for it.

The orange-haired grabs the blue-haired, and they run in the opposite way that Aka came from. Aka sighs as she watches them merge with the shadows.

"What a pain." Aka mumbled to herself as she casually walks after them.

Since they are kids, it wouldn't take long for Aka to find them. Aka just hopes that it was her who finds them and not someone dangerous.

AN: Here is the second chapter for this week. I also forgot to list the nicknames for the bois. So here the list:

- Otoya = Sunflower

- Tokiya = Moonlight

- Natsuki = Prince

- Syo = Fighter