Wolves Of Secrets

Fiery Fever

Nya groaned in pain as she fidgeted in her seat at the dining table. She and Kai had an hour before school started so she was getting some last bit of studying done before the exams started later. As she glared at the textbooks her brother Kai walked out of his room, just finishing getting dressed. he had just gotten out of the shower and his usually tall spiky brown hair flowed down, nearly touching his shoulders.

"Are you feeling confident?" He smirked.

"No!" She snapped.

"Relax, you'll walk these exams." He reassured, noticing how she flinched in pain. "Right, come on sis, what's wrong?"

"I don't know." She whined as she rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache growing. "I just can't seem to focus on anything; my head hurts, my hands are throbbing, my feet too, and right in the gums it burns." She whimpered as Kai's eyes widened in recognition.

"Right, that's it, you're not going to school today." He stated and pulled out his phone. "I'll talk to the principal and I'll say you're ill."

"What?" She asked in confusion.

"Look, you're on the brink of transforming." He explained and she gasped, feeling completely stupid; remembering how Kai was when he was reaching his first transformation not even a year ago. "How are you going to cope with a week of exams?" Her brother added.

"No way! I've worked far too hard for this!" She cried and the two glared at each other until Kai looked away in defeat, deciding to call Misako to see if she could give her something to help with the symptoms...

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When the Smith siblings did arrive at the high school they immediately picked up on the nervous energy all the students were emitting as they ran into the school and down the halls. It was no secret that everyone was stressed about these exams and that was the reason Kai had wanted Nya to stay home. When he was reaching his first full moon transformation their parents wouldn't let him even leave his room, nevermind go to school during the exam week.

Unfortunately, Ray and Maya weren't here and there was no way Kai could win a fight against Nya.

As they walked to their lockers they saw Lloyd and Zane waiting for them. What shocked them, however, was the state Lloyd was in. It seemed Nya wasn't the only one on the brink of their first full moon transformation. Why Misako or even Wu let him come to school was beyond them but Lloyd must have managed to convince them otherwise. As soon as the blonde teen noticed the siblings he handed Nya a small brown medicine bottle.

"DON'T lose it." He told her with a stronger voice that none of them knew he had. "Mom'll make us some more tonight."

"What is it?" She asked.

"It's a rescue remedy, it'll keep you calm." Replied Zane and Kai flinched slightly, remembering what Zane had told him when they gave him that elixir. Nya unscrewed the top of the bottle and all four of them gagged.

"Urgh, it smells rank," Nya asked, trying not to throw up.

"Listen, it works," Zane reassured. "You both have to watch yourself for a while; just pop a few drops under your tongue when you feel stressed, OK?" He explained and they both nodded in understanding. Kai was about to open his locker to get his textbooks, only to jump when suddenly a pair of strong hands grabbed his shoulders. He turned around and found a giggling Cole behind him.

"Hey, Kai, what happened?" The raven-haired teen asked.

"What? I'm fine."

"Last night." He clarified. "You never showed up, we were supposed to study for the English paper?"