"Hey Zax. Can you do me a favor? Can you talk to the headmistress and tell her to make the rankings in order. Its too weird to have us first when it should be the junior high students." "Haha. Yeah it would be. I've already discussed it don't worry. She is already working on it." "Good. Thanks. Anyway where is dad?" "Oh he is home why? You have business with him?" "Yeah. My siblings are coming with me." "OK I'll take you 3 to his house." "I'll go get them." Since it was on the way I got Luke first then Luna. "We are going to Zain's house today. We have some business with him. Uncle Zax is taking us." "Haha you're calling him uncle now huh? About damn time. Anyway lets go." Said Luke.
On the way to where we were meeting Zax, my phone rang. "Hello?" "Hey big brother. How are you doing?" "I'm fine. Is everything ok there?" "Yeah its fine here too. I was bored." "Oh so you call me out of boredom. I see how you are little sis." Then she told me what she had been up too and how classes are going. "OK well I gotta go now sis. have fun. Later." I waited until she hung up then I hung up. "Kana was bored. So she thought of me." "Hehe. Poor Zane. She calls you when she is bored. Lucky too. We never get calls from her." Said Luna. "Well maybe because I'm her favorite sibling." I joked. "Yeah maybe." Said Luna. "OK here we are." "Zax? You here?" "Yeah right here. Sorry about that. You ready?" "Yeah we are lets go." I said. So he took us to dad's house.
When we got there, dad was outside chopping some wood. It was getting colder. I wonder what they do for the colder seasons. Maybe swim indoors? That would be fun. "Hey dad." "Oh kiddo's hello my children. How are you all." "We are fine dad. Mind if we talk to you inside a bit?" "Sure come on in." We sat down on his couch and it was silent for awhile. "Oh here are your drinks kiddo's." "Thanks dad. So uh. I came here cause I had a question. When I was talking to my buddies in surf class I said at least I'm not royalty, my friend looked at me weird. Why is that?" I saw him look at Zax. Zax nodded yes. "What is it?" "You are son. All 3 of you. You are actually the rightful crown prince to the throne. But because of what happened when you were a baby it has been taken over. I lost a lot of good friends and family back then. Sigh. Anyway don't worry about that. Lets worry about getting you educated first then worry about that ok? You probably want to keep it under wraps but you don't have too if you don't want to." "Hmm. I hate having secrets. If I slip its fine. I don't care. I'll try to keep it but no promises." "Ok then. How are classes going?" "Good. They are fine. Normal. Good. Keep doing well. You 2 as well. Keep up the good work." "We will dad." Said Luke. Ready to go uncle Zax." I said. Dad looked shocked. "Uncle Zax?" "Yeah he is like a brother to you right? That would make him our uncle." "Well that's fine." "OK cool. Lets go."
We got back to school, my siblings went to their clubs and I went to training. "Well it looks like you got your ears under control. Now lets do your tails. Think of something a little stronger than what you were afraid of back then." I nodded. I closed my eyes and starting thinking. Then I thought of one. It was the day I first came to live with the family. My brother and sister tried to comfort me but it took awhile to get used to them. I felt a lightness on my body and opened my eyes. I looked behind me and my tails were gone. I was so relived it took more out of me than the first time since it was a bigger fear. I almost fell but Zax caught me. "Good job. You want to lay down?" I nodded my head no. "I'll be fine. I take pills now to help that." "Oh really what are they called?" "I'm actually not supposed to tell you. Sorry. I need to see my Blaze for the medicine." I go out and see Blaze. "Oh perfect timing. I need one of them." "Yep open." He threw one in my mouth and I swallowed it. "You good now?" I nodded. "Good lets go." "Wait a minute." Said Zax. "Blaze what did you give him?" "You saw that? Well its an experiment drug." He said nervously scratching his head. "Its supposed to heal tiredness in a few seconds. My family work in the medical field. They are famous scientists. You've probably heard of them. Maybe you could figure it out by my last name. My name is Blaze Fox Wilder." "Oh them. So are you and your sister the only children?" "Well yeah. After sister was born they did get pregnant with another one but she had a miscarriage. After that they kept trying and kept having them so they gave up. So now they are looking into adopting a couple of kids. Yes right now." "Hmm. I see. So im guessing a girl and boy? They did talk about having 4 kids." "Yeah so you know them?" "Yeah before they became famous they were friends of me and Zain's." "Oh Well we better get going. See ya." Then we left. So I went to my clubs they went by like normal.
A Few days later that bad feeling got stronger. Keen was still there. I tried to tell Luke what was going on. He said he had a feeling something was up when he got here. He said he wasn't sure if it was good or bad.
A few hours later.
"Zax! I need you now! Its an emergency!" He came running and saw me in a bad condition. I was in my tails and ears. I was about to fall but he caught me. "I'll be fine. I can't rest now. Its just as I feared. Its Keen. He wants me for something. He somehow found out about my large fox and wants to use me for something. Argh. Lets go. Find the old man now! They are outside I the field." "I'll get him. Wait here." "Yeah." I was out of breath. I can barely move. Then the old man came in a hurry. "Good now lets go." We all ran to where the battle was.
I saw Kai in trouble. "Blaze! We have to go help Kai!" He looked up. "Shit. Lets go!" I heard Zax call my name. It was very faint but I didn't care. I felt my body start to change. This time I have a feeling I can control it. "Blaze when I change hop on!" He nodded. So I changed and he jumped on. Everyone was shocked. Even Keen seemed that way. I ran faster than anyone then jumped and got there in a mere minutes. Blaze jumped off and barely stuck the landing. My brother and sister just caught up. "Good Zane is ok." Said Luna. The teachers and kids 16 and older are out on the battlefield. The others are in the safe bunker.
"Should we go help them?" Said Luke. "No I think they got that handled. Lets go see who else needs help." Said Luna. Then they fought there way to see if anyone else needed help.
Kai was hurt pretty bad but not life threatening. "Kai! You need to go get looked at. Go to the healer. I just barely made it in time." "Its fine. Lets finish this and I promise if I feel like I can't do anymore I will. I will also go when this battle is done." "Fine. If you die I will regret it for the rest of my life. So you better do as I say." "OK Lovebirds lets go!" said Blaze jokingly about the lovebird part. I wasn't doing to good myself and am pushing my limit now. Finally after so many hours he retreated with his men. "I'll be back by the end of this month. This time I'll make sure to have you. King of foxes." Said Keen. I turned back to human form completely. That's when I really collapsed and blacked out. Before I did, I saw Kai do the same thing. "We need help over here!" Yelled Blaze. People came rushing. The first ones to arrive were Zane's siblings. "Is he ok?" "God I hope so. He is bleeding pretty bad." Finally a healer got there. "I'll stop the bleeding. Then we will take him to the infirmary." Said the male healer. "Thanks a lot. Then they left and brought back another stretcher for Kai. The siblings went with Zane and Blaze went with Kai.
In the infirmary the healers were working on Zane and Kai. Zax heard what happened and ran in to see how bad they were. "Are they going to be all right?" Zax said worriedly. "Kai is yes. Zane was hurt worse than Kai when he went to protect him. Its touch and go with him. If he didn't shift back in his condition, he wouldn't be as bad." "Keep me updated on his condition." "Yes sir." Then they continued focusing on Zane. They had to take turns with healing him he was so badly injured. Zane had coughed up blood. "Hang in there Zane! Stay with us ok?" No response.
Kai finally woke up and asked for Zane. "Hey how is Zane doing?" He was talking to Zax. "Not so good I'm afraid. If he hadn't shifted back when he did, he would have been healed awhile ago. They have to take turns healing him. He's that bad." "Shit. Its my fault." "Hey its not. It was his choice." Then Blaze came in. "I saw Zane. He just coughed up blood. They don't know if he'll make it. It looks like they will have to stop healing him by tonight. Then it will be up to him to survive." "I see. Dammit. When they are done healing him I'll stay by his side until he wakes up. Whenever that may be." "Ok I'm heading out. You staying here Blaze?" "Yeah I'll stay with Kai." "Alright see ya."
Zax went to update his siblings and father about his condition. He told them what Blaze told them. "I see. We will come by tonight too." said Luna. "I think he'll like that."
Night came and they were calling the healing off. All of them did what they could now it was up to Zane's will to stay alive. The head healer came to update them that they did what they could and it was up to him now to survive. "Thanks. We'll go see him." "Sure. Just let him sleep so he can heal." "Yes sir." Said Zax. Then they quietly went in.
They saw that from Zane's neck down to his stomach was covered in bandages. Zain closed his eyes. Then opened them. "This reminds you of what happened to me when we were younger huh?" "Yeah. It does. You stopped breathing we thought you were dead. Then you came back to us." "I guess it wasn't my time to go. Don't worry. The kid will make it. I can guarantee it. In fact I have a drug myself that works. It should heal him up a lot faster. I'll be right back." He went to another tent and got the medicine. "Ok buddy. This will sting. But trust me it will work." He stuck the needle into Zane's arm and waited. No response to the pain. But he could tell it was working. His color was coming back. "Thank God its working." Luna held one of his hands, then Luke held the other. Zax touched Zane's head. "Come on kid. Its time to wake up now. Its already been 2 days."
Then 5 days later, there were signs of him waking up. "Hmm. Ow." I slowly opened my eyes. I saw my dad, both my sisters and my brother. "I'll go get the healer." Said Luke. "Yeah." Zax was there too. What happened to me?" "About time you woke up. You've been asleep for 5 days. You shifted back too soon. If you would have waited to shift you wouldn't be as bad." "OK I'll wait next time." I tried to move but still in pain. Your neck down to your stomach is covered in bandages. "I see. So it was that bad." The healer came and asked how he was. "How are you feeling?" "I feel like I got run over by a horse." "haha. Funny well it was worse. You almost died. Now its time to check the bandages. Everyone out." So everyone listened so he can do is job.
"Well the wounds have healed enough to keep them off on the neck and arms. Now lets check the rest." He checked the rest and it still need time to heal. "We will wrap your stomach back up but everything looks good. You may be sore for a few days. I would like to keep you for 2 more days but if you want to go back you will need to stay in your bed for a few days until you heal. Here is some medicine for the pain." "Thank you sir." "Just be more careful. If you weren't in your fox form when you got hurt, you would be dead already." Thanks again doc. Blaze and Luke helped me up and walked me to the dorm to my bed. "Hiss. Ow." "Sorry man. You good?" Said Blaze. "Yeah. I'll live. Kai? Is he ok?" "Yeah he is up and about. Want to see him?" "Yeah." "OK I'll get him."
He went to Kai's room and told him that Zane wanted to see him. That he was in his room right now. He got up and left with him.
"Hey Zane. How you feeling?" "A little sore I'll heal. How are you doing?" "Me I'm fine. healed up just fine." "Did you tell them what Keen said. About him coming back?" "Yeah I did. Now they will be prepared. We just don't know when." I tried to sit up but it was painful. Blaze and Luke helped me. "Thanks guys. Sigh. I might know. His favorite time of days are noon and night. He is considered a night owl. Is school closed until then?" "Yeah. We will see how things end up but they may have to reschedule the rankings." "I see. Did we loose anyone?" No kids anyway. As for guards a few." "I see. That's good." Kai saw that I was getting tired. "I'll come by tomorrow, or a little later today. You need to rest to recover." My brother and Blaze helped me back down. I fell right to sleep.