((I dun no wut u talkin abowt! I'm teh wurst speler in teh wurld! XD))

Vince nodded, understanding.

"I'm always the one to hunt and resolve any problems Kylane gets herself into."

~~~

Kylane followed Kurano towards the side of the cave. Stopping beside him, she turned in a dramatic circle, running her tail on the ground. Pausing, she blinked at Kurano before asking,

"Mind if I lie here?"

Kioko sighed and stood, not wanting to stay in the cramped cage much longer. She strode outside and sat just outside the cave, her orange pelt giving off a small glow in the sunset light(if I got the time wrong, please tell me.). She looked over and Kirano, and sighed. She felt sorry for her brother, unable to hear or talk, having a weakness with his mind, sensitive to smell and mental attack.... She howled, a soft, low howl, just enough to carry over the trees, making the leaves rustle with no wind.

Kirano layed his head on his paws, closing his eyes. Every time he tried to make things better, they just got worse.

As Shyra p*censored*ed by, she noticed Kirano sitting by himself again. She paused, looking at him with a curious ex
pression on her face. She let her thoughts of worry roam freely, truly concerned for the wolf.

---

Kurano smiled up at her and said,

"Go ahead, I don't mind."

----

Tamarand watched one of the females of the other pack leave. One of his eyebrows raised slightly. He glanced at Kale, got up and said,

"I need some fresh air. Don't start any riots while you're in here alone, k?"

Without waiting for an answer, he followed the fiery orange wolf out of the cave. Waiting until he was out of earshot of the others, he said,

"You're like me aren't you?"

----

Kale stared after his brother, confused at his sudden dissappearance. He knew Tamarand and he knew he wasn't the type to spontaneously go out for a walk.

---

Aurora couldn't help but laugh as she said,

"While I was traveling with Kurano I would always do the hunting too. He's not as weak as Kirano thinks though, just developing more slowly."

Vince laughed. He had noticed the twin's mild disputes.

"He seems awfully peeved about that fact too."

~~~

Kylane cerimoniously lay down next to Kurano. With a contented sigh, she stretched one of her wings out and played with a few of the feathers, in her way of keeping them in shape.

"I like it here."

Aurora smiled, saying,

"It just shows how much self-control he has that he doesn't show it even the slightest bit."

---

Kurano layed his head on his paws, saying,

"You really think so?"

Vince laughed, shifting his weight slightly.

"Hey, he's got better self-control than me....I'm sure you've figured out by now what I'd do if that happened to me."

~~~

Kylane smiled, still messing with her wing,

"Well, besides the spontaneous combustion and not-so-pleasant company-"

She glanced at Kale,

"No offense.......it's not all that bad. I mean, overall, at least our family's met."

((Just remembered her color's green! ^^*))

((lol XD i'm too lazy to color code anymore, i have too many charas :P ))

Aurora looked at him, her eyes soft. She smiled, looking away and saying,

"You don't have to worry about that anymore." She got up, staring out into the night. After a moment, she looked at him again, a big grin on her face. (guess who she inhertited that from xD)

"I'll protect you." She said. She then took off running, letting the night swallow her. She paused only to see if Vince would follow her or not.

---

Kurano nodded, understanding.

"Honestly though," He said. "I never expected to meet Maple and Aeren's kids. I always thought they were much further away."

((lol! XD))

Vince blinked, then, after a brief glance, took off after her, smiling at the chance at a good run. He had to look carefully to see Aurora, she blended in so well.

"Wow, it sure is dark."

~~~

Kylane laughed, folding her wing up and looking at Kurano,

"And I can honestly say I never expected to meet anyone who knew my parents.

Aurora smiled.... from behind him. She crept up close, and whispered in his ear,

"Over here."

Before the suprise coudl even show on his face, she danced away, back into the darkness. She always loved this game, she played it so well.

----

Kurano lifted his head, looking at her and asking,

"Why's that? You don't think they would have been alone forever did you?"

((I love that game!!))

Vince nearly jumped out of his skin.

"Ok, that was freaky."

He turned to where he had heard Aurora, only to find more darkness. He looked around seeing nothing.

"Aurora?"

~~~

Kylane shook her head slowly, thinking.

"Well....no, I just didn't expect to run into anyone they knew. Let alone someone who grew up with them."

Pausing, she smiled at him,

"And I'm glad we did."

She slipped behind him again, this time blowing into his ear before skipping away again, resisting the urge to giggle. She changed her mind and let it out, smiling as it echoed eerily through the night.

---

Kurano felt his facial features soften at her smile and he sighed for some reason.

"I'm glad too. I would have gone insane if I had been alone with my siblings for much longer than I was."

Vince jumped, his tail dropping as Aurora jumped out of no where again.

"Ok....I think you've proven your point....uh....you can come out now if you'd like....Aurora?"

~~~

Laughing, Kylane nodded her head vigorously.

"I agree. There's only so much you can stand of Vince."

Jumping up, she did her best imitation of him, squaring her shoulders and dropping her head a bit.

"Now Kylane, I could leave you at any moment and you will be all alone. Do you think you are at all ready? I don't. This is why I'll stay and burst into flames any time I get angry. Grrr."

Kurano doubled over with laughter, rolling onto his back as he struggled for air.

---

Aurora's grin grew wider and she moved into position for her last act. Instead of comming up from behind as Vince now expected her to do, she popped up right in front of him, harshly whispering the word, "Boo!"

Kylane dropped to the ground, positively rolling with laughter. She had been working on that impression for months behind Vince's back, and was happy she could actually enjoy it with somebody now.

~~~

Vince went totally pale and, in a fashion that would make his uncle proud, dropped to the ground, unconcious.

Kurano caught his breath and regained some of his composure. He grinned at her and said,

"I need to learn how to do that! Kioko would be thrilled!"

---

Aurora chuckled lightly, beaming even in the darkness. She looked down at Vince's unconscious body and thought,

I hope I didn't kill him.

Kylane laughed some more, beaming proudly.

"It's easy! Just concentrate real hard on a memory of whoever it is you want to imitate, and you'll be able to do it! Some are easier than others, my dad for instance."

She imediately proceeded to sit down silently, her head held somewhat forward. Her eyes narrowed as she looked up at Kurano. Smirking slightly, she said, in her best imitation of her father,

"Hello, I'm Aeren, my mate does all the talking."

~~~

Vince's limbs twitched as he quickly recovered from unconciousness. He looked up at Aurora with mock anger on his face.

"Why on EARTH would you do that to me?!!!"

He began to glow with anger as he stared at her for a long moment before busting out in laughter. He dropped to the ground, positively rolling in histerics.

Kirano looked at Shyra, and tilted his head. He then indicated the spot next to him, and smiled slightly.
Now where did we leave off on our conversation?
He tried to block any pity toward him, he always had.

~~~

Kioko looked at Tamarand, and curled her tail over her feet.
"What do you mean?"

Kurano's cheeks puffed up as he tried to hold in his laughter. It came out in a loud burst a split second afterwards. He gathered himself once more and said,

"There's no way I could ever imitate my dad, he's the greatest ninja in the world."

----

Aurora smiled at him and punched him lightly with a paw in his exposed stomach and saying,

"To get your mind off of troubling things. It worked didn't it?"

-----

Shyra let a smile play on her muzzle and she sat down next to Kirano. She said,

I think we were talking about your brother, but I'm not worried about that anymore; you're obviously better than he is.

----

Tamarand snorted, rolling his eyes for no reason and saying,

"The oldest one who's supposed to protect everyone else but can't seem to do it, the one who feels useless most of the time while his siblings reach newer levels of power and his own stay at a minimum level. I think you know what I'm talking about."

Kioko nodded.
"Yeah....I guess so."
She glanced down momentarily, then looked at Tamarand.
"I got my gift from my mother, and the thing is, she built the den we lived in, just with her powers. Me? I can barely fight with them...."
She looked down again, and sighed, her orange pelt dulling a bit.

Kirano nodded.
Ah yes, there...Well, I don't know if I'm better, but I do know that I wish to know what others sound like. The mind is only a faint shadow of the true voice. I wish to be able to speak my word, and not be as vunerable to mind attacks. If I could hear and talk, I would be unable to use telepathy, and I would probably have something better, a gift that would enable me to fight...
His self-pity rolled in his mind like waves, and he was unable to prevent it. He was feeling down, lower than the dirt under his nails.

Kylane laughed.

"What was he like? Think we'll ever run into them?"

~~~

Vince finally slowed his laughing and stood, a small bit of flame lighting on his tail, giving a soft glow to the area.

"There, now I can see you!"