Secrets and Lies
Secrets and Lies
-Chapter 1- Hidden powers and a new beggining
It was a normal Morning for Kai. Same breakfast, same family, same toothbrush, and even the same closet full of his many outfits. But he knew, somhow, that this day was not the same as all the others....it just felt different. Kai was a silver fox, his fur wasn't just simply the color silver though, it literally shined in the light and shimmered as he moved. He was 5"8' and 16 years old. He had piercing yet very gentle red eyes that could either chill your soul or warm your heart. His ears were a very dark grey while his paws were just grey. He had a white tipped tail and a white underbelly. Usually he only wore jeans to his school because he felt shirts slowed his reaction time down. You see, Kai's school was no normal school. It was in fact, a school to train the next warriors for his nations army. Each year, at the beggining of the year, you would go to school and you would be assigned a sparring partner to train and fight with. At the end of each week, there would be a test and you would be assigned another partner, this time to fight until one was incapable of moving or unconciouss. There were, unfortunately, times when students got carried away and there were a few deaths here and there. It was an acceptable loss as they had agreed to accept that fate as new and upcoming warriors.
Kai had just arrived at school and met up with his sparring partner, Jazz. Jazz was a large black wolf. He had emerald green eyes and a grey underbelly. His tail also had an underside to it, the top being black and the bottom also being grey. He wore a black muscle shirt and baggy camo jeans today. Of course Kai knew he would merely get to warm up with Jazz because it was the end of the week, a test day. Jazz waved eagerly to his sparring partner Kai. He knew Kai didn't look it, but he was probably stronger than he himself was. When he had first met Kai, he didn't think much of the skinny young fox. He appeared to be just another pretty boy who couldn't take a punch let alone dish one out.
"Boy....." he thought, "Was I wrong or what?"
He had been wrong, Kai had turned out to be the toughest opponent Jazz had ever fought, each time nearly knocking him out with some new move. Jazz was proud though, of the fact that Kai had never successfully knocked him out despite his many great attempts at it. Kai Looked at his sparring partner, no, his friend and smiled.
"How are you today Jazz? Are you ready for the fights?" Kai asked.
"Of course I am Kai!" he replied with a smirk, "The question here is, are YOU ready?"
Kai chuckled before answering, "Now Jazz, why would I not wake up ready on a test day?"
"I dunno, you were always lazy like that I spose." Jazz joked.
"Yeah ok smart ass!" Kai said, jumping up and getting Jazz in a headlock.
"AH! H-hey hey! C'mon! I was just joking Kai!" Jazz pleaded as he struggled to get free.
Kai let go and smiled, "You only got off easy because it's a test day."
"Sure...." Jazz said quietly, "Shall we get started or are we just gonna piss around all day?"
"Yeah, lets get started or else we'll never be ready for the test today." Kai replied
So, the two began thier daily warm ups, with a few stretches to begin with. Then as they finished those, they moved on to the weight training warm up. Kai and Jazz always tried to one-up each other in this warm up. If one did 200 lbs, the other did 210 lbs. It had been like that all year and they both would never admit it, but they liked it that way. When they finished that warm up, it was time for the final warm up. In this warm up they would "sparr" one another so that they could warm up thier reflexes and reaction times. Jazz came at Kai with his usual head first method and swung a hard left hook right at Kai's jaw. Kai's head seemed to blur for a second as he quickly dodged to the side, grabbing Jazz's wrist and throwing him backwards with his own momentum. As Jazz skidded to a stop, he had a rather dumbfounded look on his face as he turned to look at his partner.
"K-kai....how the hell did you do that? I've never seen you move that fast this whole year." he said.
"He wondered what Jazz could possibly be talking about. To him, it had looked like he did everything the same, aside from Jazz getting really sluggish towards the end. "What are you talking about Jazz? Your actions got really sluggish there towards the end. I did not get any faster."
"No...I think it's the other way around. Your reactions and speed got so fast that I appeared to slow down but I really didn't." Jazz explained.
"If what you say is true, then I sure as hell don't know how I did it." Kai said.
"Alas, thats a mystery to myself as well." Jazz said, "Lets just continue our warm up like normal."
So, Jazz got up and continued the sparring warm up with Kai, although he never again moved with the speed he had diplayed in the beggining. As thier warm up drew to a close, both knew they were as ready as they would ever be and the announcement was made over the schools com system.
"Attention students, attention students, it is now time for end of the week testing to begin. Please report to the schools gymnasium immediately, thank you."
"You heard the guys up in the office," Kai said, "Lets get goin'!"
Kai took off, running at full speed down the halls, slipping between students like his body were made of water. His fur was shimmering as he moved, glinting here and there with sunlight from the windows and the artificial light of the school's flourescent lights. There was no denying it, he was excited for his match as he always was. He came upon the school's massive gymnasium and burst through the large doors. Inside, there were well over 100 square fighting arenas all averaging about 50 by 60 feet. He ran up to the sign in desk and hurriedly placed his name on a drawing card. His card was then placed into a machine and his test opponent was randomly selected. As the results came out, his eyes widened. He had gotten Duke Goodman as his opponent. Duke had a rep for being THE toughest guy in school and he loved to show it. He always picked off his competition like ticks or fleas. Kai sat in one of the gym's many chairs almost dumbfoundedly. He couldn't fail this test...it would be the first one he had failed all school year. As Jazz walked in finally, he saw Kai sitting wide-eyed in the chair. He walked over to his friend and gave him a playful nudge.
"Kai? You look like you've seen a ghost man...whats up?" he asked.
"I.....I got Duke..." he said simply.
Jazz couldn't help but whimper. "D-duke? Are you serious?"
"Yeah.....'fraid so." Kai replied.
"Well then....what the hell are you sitting here moping about? You said you wanted a challenge this time around, well here it is!" Jazz said.
"But...this big of a challenge?" Kai asked.
"Aw hell yeah!" Jazz said energetically, "Trust me, you move like you did at the beggining of our sparring match today and you cant loose!"
"Mabey...but I dunno how I did it man..." Kai said.
"That doesn't matter, just trust your instincts, let them guide you through that fight." Jazz said.
Just then another announcement was made over the com, "Will all students with the first names A-K and thier partners please report to the rings for testing, thank you."
"Thats you buddy...and myself of course." Jazz said.
"Oh! You never told me Jazz, who is your opponent?" Kai asked as he stood shakily.
"My opponent is Cindey Drakk," he said, making a gagging noise "It'll be easy as pie."
"Well, you have fun with that, I have a real fight to attend!" Kai said.
With that, Kai ran off to his assigned ring, ring number 56. When he arrived, there was a mob of people waiting to see him and Duke have at each other.
"Greeaaaat.....just what I need...more pressure." he thought.
Duke walked into the square ring and smirked to himself. He never expected to see such a pretty boy as his opponent. He assumed the guys in the front office were just trying to hand him the award for never having a loss in a whole year. Duke was a black tiger, he had crystal blue eyes and silver stripes all over his body. He kept his claws excruciatingly sharp so he could torture his opponents somtimes. he demonstrated that to his last opponent named Buck Ginto.
"You have got to be kidding me.." Duke said aloud, "This is the best I get?"
"Hey why don't you shut your trap before i tape it shut kitty!" Kai retorted.
"Ooooohhh....big talk from such a small fox." Duke sneered, "Better watch out....I wouldn't wanna have to scratch up that pretty face of yours!"
"No, you better watch out...or I'll have to bash that ugly face out of existence!" Kai growled.
"Oh thats it, you are goin down Kai!" Duke growled.
Kai simply smirked and awaited the announcement to begin. In the crowd, watching from behind Kai's position in the ring, was a slender Vixen named Tina. Tina had pure white fur, with grey paws and ears. Her eyes were ruby red and rather large, which just added to her cuteness. Tina stood about 5"7' and wore blue jeans with a yellow tanktop. She was talking with her friends about the fight that was about to unfold. A few of them had placed bets with one another, betting against who would win the fight or get the crap beat out of them most. A few who liked Kai had bet on him although they knew his chances were...minescule. Tina didn't know what to think about the fight or about Kai. In truth, she never favored weaker males....yet somehow she felt Kai was just different. She eventually decided to just watch the fight and make a decision about Kai based off of it. Just then, the intercom crackled to life and the announcement was made.
"All fighters, get to your ready positions! Alright.....now on my command.....BEGIN!"
Before the last word was said Duke lashed out at Kai, his massive paw sweeping millimeters in front of his nose as he jumped back. Kai barely had time to regain his footing before Duke lashed out again, this time with a powerful mid-blow punch. Kai did his best to deflect the punch but it was too much for him. He pulled his arms acrossed his chest and took the blow with them. He skidded back several feet before staggering backwards and falling. Duke smirked down upon the skinny little fox as he stumbled back to his feet.
"Whats the matter? I thought you were gonna pound my ugly face out of existence?" Duke sneered.
"You...just you.....just you wait!" Kai growled angrily.
"Oooohhhh....I'm shakin'!" Duke hissed.
Kai charged at Duke blindly like a fool. he was blinded by anger and that was going to become his downfall in this fight unless he changed it quick. Duke simply side-stepped the fox and brought his elbow down hard on the back of his neck. Kai yelped in pain and fell face first forwards onto the ring. He lay there, his body unable to move from the shock of the blow and Duke looked down on him with a satisfyed smirk.
"Ten bucks says he doen't get up after that!" Duke said.
Noone answered but they all silently agreed in thier heads. Duke meanwhile, picked Kai up by the skin on the back of his neck, lifting him up so he could look upon the face of the one he would lose to. Kai stared at his face, hardley breathing from the blow to his neck. He watched Dukes smile become an enraged toothy grit of his teeth as he slammed Kai down, back first, onto the ring. Kai felt his breath escape him and it wouldn't come back for the longest time. The tiger looked down upon the fox's gaping expression and grined again, extending his claws slowly. He held the fox down as he placed a paw on his bare chest, digging the claws in as far as he could. Kai was whimpering slightly as his breath returned to him.
"Any words to say about your perfect little chest before I rip it to shreds Kai?" Duke asked.
Kai gritted his teeth, "Go blow your boyfriend ya prick!"
Duke hissed and ripped his claws down Kai's chest, tearing the flesh and letting his blood flow freely from the gashes. Kai howled in pain and rage as he felt his flesh getting ripped away. His whole body twitched and convulsed in pain as he pawed uselessly at Dukes muscular chest.
"I warned you....just remember this as the day Duke let you off easy.." Duke hissed.
He got off of Kai and began walking away slowly, knowing this fight was over....so he thought. Kai sat up and called to him.
"Hey there kitty...was that supposed to make me feel honored? I got news for ya...it didn't, it made me wanna puke!" he said, as he spat in Dukes direction.
Duke slowly turned, a hysterical smile across his face, "Oh...you picked the wrong "kitty" to piss aro-....." he cut off suddenly as he watched the fox's chest. It was healing right before he very eyes but that wasn't all, Kai's eyes were now glowing red and his fangs were getting longer.
Kai slowly stood and smirked at the tiger, "What was that? I don't think I heard you kitty."
Duke didn't answer, he simply threw his hardest punch yet at the little fox, roaring in rage and disgust. Much to his surprise though, Kai caught his punch with one paw....easily. Kai smirked and tossed the big cat over his shoulder with ease and he landed with a loud thud on the ring behind him. Duke quickly stood and charged the fox again. As he went to swing his arms around the slender fox he just seemed to blurr away and the massive tiger grabbed nothing but air. Kai, meanwhile, had somehow gotten all the way acrossed the ring.
There were several wispers from the crowd, most saying "How the hell did he do that?" or "What the heck just happened?"
Kai faced Duke and smiled menacingly at him, "You act all big and bad but deep down you are just a little pussy cat..."
Duke just hissed and lumbered toward him again. Kai knew he wouldn't learn anytime soon that somehow he had become faster and stronger than the tiger was so he simply awaited the blow. As Duke came within range, he lashed out with a claw swipe, aimed at Kai's face. Once again Kai blurred and was in a different position, this time ducking in front of the tiger. With one powerful movement, he punched the tigers stomach hard and thrust upwards, tossing him into the air. Everything around the fox seemed to freeze as he jumped upwards. He passed the tiger in mid-air and readied himself for a spin kick while still airborne. As he began to spin around, two black angelic wings formed in a whirl of feathers on his back. Duke's body was in range and his spin kick connected with deadly force.....but he wasn't done. He used his new wings, never questioning where they came from, and he passed the tiger as he flew sideways towards a wall. Kai went into a front flip and as the tiger came in range, he brought one foot down hard on the back of his neck from out of the front flip, sending the tiger crashing down into the ring with a very loud bang. Time seemed to go back to normal as the fox too descended to the ring, landing a few feet away from the tiger. Everyone outside of the ring was absolutely awstruck. Kai had just used Duke as a pinball in the blink of an eye and now he had these...black wings coming from his back. Duke lay there motionless in his little tiger-sized crater as a ref walked over to see if he was ok. As he checked the tiger he signaled for a medical team before standing and walking to the center of the ring.
"Kai is the winner by knock-out!" he said.
Kai slumped to the ground and smiled to himself. He had done it, somehow or another he had beaten the toughest guy in school with a knock-out victory. Now he looked around the ring at all the wide-eyed faces. Some looked frightened, others looked intrigued, and some others looked as if cupid came early. Tina had watched the whole fight and she found herself blushing at Kai's new form with the black wings....it was sexy. The mob around the ring rushed over and pounded him with questions such as how it felt to have beaten Duke or how he had gotten the wings. Just as he was beggining to feel overwhelmed, Jazz pushed through the crowd and pulled him out and into a chair.
"You ok Kai?" he asked.
"Course I'm ok." he replied with a smirk.
"Well, you did it man, I dunno how you did it but you did." Jazz said.
"Yeah, I'm a bit confused myself...I thought I had lost but then....I felt...power, raw power....everywhere within me I felt it. It gave me the strength to stand and fight again, but I was more powerful than Duke...faster too. What the hell happened to me?" Kai said.
"Hell if I know man...but who cares...look at you! You look...amazing!" Jazz stated.
Kai looked himself over, he hadn't noticed but he was alot more muscular than before now and to top it all off he had those stunning black angel wings on his back now. He had to admit, he liked this new form of his. As he was about to thank Jazz for the compliment, the principal of the school named Cheryl Mirra walked up to him and grabbed his arm.
"We need to talk Kai, I'm sure you have questions and I assure you they will all be answered, but for now follow me!" she said sternly.
Jazz moved to remove her hand till she explained but Kai stopped him and was led off to her office. Jazz and everyone else looked on with worry about what was to become of the new toughest guy in school. As Kai entered her office, there were other teachers and a few of his nations leaders in the room, all looking at him with interest and eager smiles.
"Alright.....somone tell me what the hell is going on here?" Kai said.
-to be continued-