Chapter 2: Remnants of the Imani Village

Kiba came back with an armful of trapped animals, and two over the other shoulder. "Snake anybody?" he said with a smale, he loved eating snake, the meat was tender and sweet, depending on what kind it was." You get used to the medallion, it took me a few weeks.: he told the both of them. Rio looked at his and noticed the insignia was different from his sisters, his was a lightning bolt, hers was a wing. He looked at the four around Kiba's neck past down to him from his father. Kiba had wind, fire, water, and earth insignias. As he got closer kibas tribal markings started to shift. He unloaded the animal by the fire and started cooking. The smell was so aroamic their stomachs were already ready to eat. "relics got some kick to em." Kiba noted to rio. Kiba always been optimistic despite the death of his mother when he was 10 years old. He used the fat and a few herbs and mixed them together to make sauce. "Survival 101." Rio knew the deal, it was rya who stayed in the village the most. Kiba used his shirt as a cover for the pot and let it sit there for a whole 10 mins. He lifted the shirt up off the pot, the smell was so good it made you want to dip your head in the pot and lick it dry. Kiba's earth insignia lit up and made three bowls from the pebbles and rock around them. As he scoops them up into the puts the medallion shines again along with rio's but rio's medallion duplicated into two more with a lion insignia and a wolf insignia. Kiba gained another medallion with a wolf insignia. "like I said, relics got some kick to em, you get used to it after a while. But in the meantime we need to start heading out, walk and eat. It's getting close to sundown, forest lions and wolves are going to be out soon." Kiba said filling their bowls with the remains. As the three began walking both of their wolf medallions lit up and lifted up as if they were directing them where to go. Rya's medallion lit up and Iban shot out. She climbed on Iban and followed Kiba and Rio from behind. As they walked deeper into the forest it got darker. The only light was their illuminating medallions. The bushes around them rustled and rustled. The next thing you heard was a growl so low it made them stop in their place. From out the bushes came two packs of wolves. Each pack had a wolf larger than normal. "I'm Urakai." One said "And I'm Genkai." The other said. They signaled for their packs to leave. Urakai went into rio's medallion and genkai went into kiba's medallion. "Shanglao is right on the other side of these woods." Kiba noted. "I wonder if they are done building the space center." He said unsheathing his katana. Cutting down branches along the way they suddenly came to an opening, shanglao was in view in the distance. Only thing that was wrong they were in forest lion territory now. The sky started to cloud up and roar, meaning they were close. Rio decided to lead the way, forest lions were on top of their game this time of year due to it being their hunting season. Zip zip zip. The sound surrounded them. Zip zip zip. Rio got scratched across the cheek but he showed no fear. That's the last thing you wanted to show a wild forest lion, fear. Zip zip zip. Kiba had enough and pulled out his katana. "Ahwoo!" he howled in anger. Zip zip zip. King dug his katana in the ground and pulled it back like a lever. The surrounding ground broke and shot up. Zip zip bonk. The forest lion was revealed to the right of them. Forest lion are ann interesting breed, they strike most in lightening. Storms. Suddenly rio's other two medallions lit up and the lion shot into one but as the other one glowed brighter storm cloud formed above them. Suddenly a lightening bolt struck his medallion surrounding him in light. When the light disappeared rio's armor and weapons had a brand new appearance. He looked at kiba for an explanation. "hell if I know, first time I seen something like that." Kiba said lifting his sword out of the ground. "your armor and sword looks awesome tho!" headed while getting a closer observation he tried to touch the armor and got shocked by a spark of electricity." Woah dude, your armor is off the hook." Kiba said with a laugh. "lets try to get to Shanglao before nightfall, I don't wanna wait till morning for them to open up the city gates, I heard it gets pretty crazy in the camps outside the city walls." Kiba stated as he started walking. The walk was long, so long that iban got too tired to carry rya on his back so he went back into her medallion for some rest."and oh yea, the telepathic communication will take a while to get used to as well. I thought I was crazy when I first heard Ozaku in my head." Kiba noted. Bein the head priest son put a lot of pressure on him back home, kiba always got in trouble or started fights because of it. He began to wonder if the soldiers were from a rival village he got in a fight with one day. "Tomorrow is my birthday. You know what scripture says: when sin is full grown death begins." Kiba said. Which was another gift and curse he had to live with being the head priest son he had to study scripture everyday. He also noted: "It also says a friend loves at all times and a brother was born for a time of adversity." Kiba was an only child due to his two older brother dying in a war. "valiant men they were: is what their tombstone read. They died 5 years before he was born so he didn't get to know them. "scripture also says better is a poor and wise man than one who is perverse with his lips and a fool." Rya reminded the both of them. "shanglao is a big city, be wise." She added. Surely enough when they finally arrived it was too late, the city gates were closed. The tribal markings made them stand out only a little bit, but you could tell they weren't from around here. As the night went on several fight went through the camps. Kiba almost got himself in one but rio stopped it. Kiba was liable to kill one of the unarmed challengers without using his sword, so it was a good thing rio stopped them. As the sunrise the city gates opened. "alright lets find the space center." Kiba said as they walked in. the city was huge, one side of town was as big as their village itself. It didn't get hard to find the space center because you say ships getting shipped out. As they journeyed deeper into the city they saw soldiers similar to the ones that invaded their village. Naturally kiba assumed they were definitely in the right place. "hurry up, we have to report back to base in Bongshay." A soldier ordered. Kiba over heard it and kept walking. "so we know where they are from now. After we do what we gotta do at the space center were going to Bongshay."kiba said as they got closer to the space center it got louder. Less houses and more shops surrounded it. The tension was so thick you needed an axe to cut through it. "stay alert, I got a bad feeling guys." Rio said while trying to hide his medallion as it lit up. If you followed anyones gut instinct, you followed Rio's, e been in just as many fights if not more fights than kiba. That's actually how him and kiba first met, on the playground kiba was getting jumped, kiba started it of course. Ever since then they been close friends. "aye ever seen a vampire?' kiba asked. "dude I am one remember." Rio stated. "I know just testin you, ever seen a werewolf in full form tho?" he said referring to himself. Rio's medallion stopped glowing after it divided into another half the new insignia had a bat. "Looks like true colors are showin bud." Kiba said with a laugh. "But tonight Is the night of my full phase. I might need a little space. You know roam the city a lil bit." He said with a wink. "If you get what I'm saying."while pointing at the soldiers "got you." Rio replied. "do some damage for me." He added. "got you. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of the sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful, but his delight is in the law of the lord."he quoted while pulling out his katana. "and doth he meditate day and night." He added as he sheathed it."get a hotel, I'll find you guts, trust me." He said wile running off. The twins looked at each other and smiled. "side street hustle." They said in unison as they day went on kiba stalked soldiers finding all of their whereabouts, calculating every attack, he had anticipated a fought that would be a workout. Rio and Rya hustled up some money doing tricks and tending to the sick that couldn't afford a regular doctor. Advantages of being a tribe they were savages so they knew how to survive. "Do you need to feed sis?" rio asked. "Cause food isn't just doing for me, I need some blood." he added. She shook her head. "Go catch up with kiba, I'll get the hotel." She replied. Most people didn't believe their kind exist, even back home so it was easy to blend in.

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