Ares froze at the sight. He thought that his brother was really dead and that he would never see Kuzan again.
"No… No… no… NO! Kuzan! I was too late… This has to be a dream. It can't be real. My beloved brother, dead. It's all my fault" Ares cried in disbelief
"I'm alive, dummy. There's only 5 months left, act fast" The voice in his head returned. Ares wiped his tears and realised that the voice in his head was, surprisingly, his brother. Ares left Sho and Ishi in the room as he had to get some food for them.
Ares walked to his local shop while wishing that he had the power to rewind time. He clicked his fingers as a joke and to his surprise, he was sent all the way back to the secret room at the volleyball court. He again heard the voice in his head say "I'm alive dummy, act fast" Ares jumped with excitement, "Woohoo! Do you know what I can do with this power?"
"Huh" His brother said in Ares' mind
"Umm… nothing" Ares replied, wanting his powers to be secret. He walked to his local shop again, this time skipping because of how happy he was with his new "power." Ares kept on clicking his fingers and walking in different ways to the store. He walked in a sad way, then a joyful way, then he stomped, then he ran. Ares realised that no matter how he walked to the shop, the shopkeeper would always say, "Hey, how're you doing?" In a scottish accent.
He got bored after walking down the same route to the same shop 12 times. When Ares arrived (for the 13'th time) the shopkeeper said "Hey, How're you doing?"
"Im ok thanks, I came here for dra- I mean cat and dog food" Ares replied
"Oh well you've come to the perfect place!" The shopkeeper replied
"Could I have a box of cat and dog food please?" Ares said
"That'll be £12.70 please," The shopkeeper said
"Umm… I don't really have the money right now, could I get it for free, I promise I'll pay you back." Ares said convincingly.
The shopkeeper gave in to his offer but after a lot of convincing. Ares happily walked back to what he could now call home. When he arrived "home," he saw Ishi and Sho playing, running in circles around Ares. He ripped the tape off of the box and as soon as Sho saw this, his wing fluttered as he kind of floated up before falling back down.
Ares then realised that he got a real, flying dragon. He opened a can of cat food and put it far away but still in the volleyball court. Ishi walked to the tin and devoured the whole can full of tuna.
Ares then opened a can of dog food and Sho's eyes lit up as he jumped for the food.
"Hey, hey, slow down, i'm giving the food to you," Ares said
As he put the food down, Sho devoured it in literally a second. He let out a burp and fire came out of his mouth. Sho then fell asleep again. The burp burnt Ares' trousers.
Ishi was surprised at his friend, Shos burp before rubbing against Ares' leg and falling asleep.
Ares curled into a ball and dozed off until the next morning.
He slowly opened his eyes after hearing a big bang from behind him. Ares had dreams of how Sho would look in the future and how Ishi would always stand by his side. When Ares finally got up after about five minutes, he looked behind him and saw Sho trying to jump into the box of food. Ares grabbed Sho from his neck and lifted him up to get the food he needed in order to feed Sho and Ishi.
Something still felt off about the court though. It didn't feel the same to Ares without his brother by his side. He remembered the times that he and Kuzan would stay in the volleyball court for days because of what their parents did to them. Ares started sobbing and weeping and he cried, "I'll save you, Kuzan. I promise."
"There is not a thread of doubt in my mind that you will, the first thing that we'll do is return to this volleyball court and reminisce of the good old' days." The voice replied while fading away
Ares saw Sho still trying to rip open the box so he grabbed him from the neck once again and took out some tuna and a few berries to keep Sho and Ishi healthy. He put the food on the ground and Sho devoured the food in less than a second. On the other hand, Ishi was slowly enjoying his food.