I can do this! (Leiken)

[Leiken Chu]

A soft laugh escaped his lips as the dog went wild, chasing the cup as though it were only a pup, Lei couldn't help but to smile over the sight. Let alone feel amused by it. He rubbed at his sore shoulder somewhat, the throwing having caused a stinging within it, but he supressed it for sake of the game. He had to endure it, so that he could heal, plus it was good to exercise any way that he could. There wasn't much exercise he could do. So throwing the cup helped him in that sense--a little. At least it loosened up his shoulders a bit.

Lei watched in an amazed demeanor as the dog leapt from the ground, getting great height, before capturing that cup. Lei could not help but to wonder how an animal could jump that heigh, let alone land without breaking something, it was mystery of nature to him.

He smiled as she brought the cup back to him. He grinned, kneeling a bit to retrieve it, carefully of course. "What a good girl. You're very good at this. I might have to try harder, huh?" he stated as he picked up the cup. Rolling his shoulders a bit before grinning to her. "Lets see if you can catch this one. " He stated before drawing his arm back. Tossing the cup aimed high into the air.

[dogmatic]

Kennedy's ice blue eyes looked enormous as her pupils narrowed to mere pinpoints. She watched his hand as though her life depended on it, every muscle in her strong body tensed and ready to jump.

Even the smartest of dogs can only be so smart and when they're ruled by high emotion, like eager fetching, sometimes their brains just shut off in the hysteria of joy. This Siberian Husky was no exception to it.

The cup flew rapidly through the air in a tremendous parabola, and the dog went into a frenzy of loud barking.

"The fetch! Now nownownooooooww!!!!" She barked/thought excitedly. Nothing existed outside of the moving object so high in the sky! Her barking became sharper and louder as she tensely crouched, awaiting the millisecond the cup would be within her reach.

Snow scattered beneath her large paws as she practically soared toward the falling cup. Heedless of anything outside of getting the fast moving (prey) cup, she caught it with a loud snap of her large teeth and both paws outstretched--and was about to land all 110 lbs. squarely toward Leiken's chest!

[Leiken Chu]

Lei grinned as he watched the dog wait so excitedly. How wonderful it would be to be a dog, at least he thought so, so free and able to do whatever they wanted. They could run, they could jump, they could wander anywhere without fear of what people thought of them. What a beautiful life that awould be.

Again lei was amazed by the sight of that leap, the air the animal got with those legs was fascinating, it almost made him want to study animal anatomy just to figure that out. To figure out just how those legs were able to propell a body so large to such heights.

Though his thoughts were suddenly thrust out of his mind. Caught off guard by those paws coming to his chest, causing him to fall backwards, landing right on his already-bruised back. He let out a cry of pain, his features distorting to express such an emotion, but he could not get angry. The dog did not know he was hurt like that nor did he believe it an intentional action.

Animals acted on instinct and that's all there was to it.

Lei laid upon the ground beneath the animal, his eyes closed, trying to calm his own pain. The slight moisture at his eyes returning, though he did not yell, or scream at the dog. His ability, however, tried to surface. To attack, but due to his exhaustion and injury it was unable to. "G-good girl." he sputtered out through a pained voice.

[dogmatic]

As the two collided, a very human 'Oof!' sounded from the dog's muzzle. Abruptly, a huge flurry of white fur obscured the air like a fluffy snow storm and Kennedy's form changed swiftly to human. A slightly disheveled young woman lay atop Leiken in utter astonishment. Her little pink mouth rounded in an O of surprise and her crystal blue eyes widened as she took in the situation.

Slowly, her reasoning and intellect came back, bit by bit and her shame mounted tenfold. 'What was going on? How did I get like this? Who was this guy? Oh how awkward!!' She thought in mortification.

"Oh my word! I-- I do apologize-I'm quite sorry!" Stuttered Kennedy as she attempted to move off of him and regain her feet. Both actions were a bit of a problem because firstly, her chagrin was acute to the point of her eyes filling with tears. Second, shifting forms always left her terribly clumsy for about half an hour afterwards.

A four legged creature has a lower center of gravity, gifting them with better balance. But changing back abruptly to a two legged taller human was downright scary when trying to stand or walk immediately.

The blonde girl attempted to scramble to her feet, avoiding Lei's incredibly beautiful eyes. The boy was very good looking and she was intimately close to him! A blush turned her cheeks and ears petal pink as she felt the moment's attraction, and gave another try on the slippery ice and snow.

After struggling for a bit with several apologies, she finally managed to stand shakily upright again.

[Leiken Chu]

Lei's eyes had been closed, as he fought through the tenderness of his pain, though he did not really understand the sensation that would fall over him. His hand had raised, petting at the dog's head slightly, to let her know that he would be fine despite the pain. Though it was an awkward sensation that he suddenly felt.

The shifting of the dog felt awkward, he felt the coarse fur turn softer, like human hair. Which his fingers rested upon though awkwardly falling away as he felt a more familiar sensation. The body of a woman laying over his own. His cheeks flushed a bit as his eyes shot open. The image of the female flooding his sight. His expression reflectin his surprise and utter mortification.

There was a woman ontop of him!

The dog was gone, instead a woman laid in place of it, had he blacked out? Did he black out and attack some strange woman? No that couldn't be, right? She was ontop after all, right? He stared at the woman as she apologized to him, though he couldn't really grasp what had just happened, not yet.

He stared at the woman in disbelief for a moment. "Wh-what...?" he looked around for signs of that dog as he quickly wiped at his eyes the best he could to regain his own composure. Snuffing out the pain as much as he mentally could.

Though at the sight of the woman struggling to get her feet he watched her with a look of disbelief and a thought dawned on him, "A sh-shifter?" he sputtered out due to his embarrassed feeling. He'd been so emotional infront of that dog, had that woman been that dog, she would have seen it all ! How embarrassing !

[dogmatic]

Kennedy blinked rapidly, trying to regain her thoughts, but as always, she remembered -nothing- from being a dog. And now there was a good looking boy in front of her and she had no idea what she'd said or done as a dumb beast!

'I must look all messy and ridiculous! And he's all sleek and gorgeous with those amazing eyes. It's just not right! What must he think of me?' Kennedy's thoughts raced as she did her best to keep her balance on only two legs now. It didn't hold for long and her knees buckled in the snow to set her down with a snowy thump.

"Have I done or said anything to harm or embarrass you? I.. I can never remember anything when I'm that furry, mindless brute." She asked, humiliation coloring her tone.

From her sitting position on the ground, she tried to smile but her dignity was more than a little shattered. The girl put a hand to her hair, trying to smooth it down. Her once impeccable manicure had two jagged nails and the color completely chipped off of half of them. On the verge of offering her hand, some instinct or memory told her that touch was -not- a good thing with this person and she lowered her arms to her lap. It wasn't the most wonderful seat she could ask for on the cold, snowy ground, but she needed to regather her strength before trying to stand again.

"I'm Kennedy." She introduced herself, asserting some normalcy to their peculiar meeting. "I don't think you're in any of my classes, that I know of."

[Leiken Chu]

Lei stared at the woman absolutely horrified. Mostly because he'd been crying his eyes out in the middle of the training field to someone he thought had been a dog with no ability to spread rumors about how weak he was. He clenched his teeth a bit, trying not to lash out about it, but he exhaled a heavy breath to relieve his own anxiety.

"You .. you were a dog, how could you have said anything, other than woof woof? " he stated toward her. Though he raised a brow, "You really don't remember?" he questioned. Hoping to whatever gods there were out there that it was true that she did not remember anything about him.

He shifted to sit up more appropriately, brushing himself off a bit, a little dirty from rolling around on the ground. Though it seemed he didn't care at that moment, he was focused on the woman that had appeared in the place of the dog. "Lei..." he replied with a quieter tone. "I don't know. I don't really pay attention to who is in my classes"

[dogmatic]

Life couldn't possibly have handed her a more awkward situation (until the next one!) and Kennedy was very distressed. It seemed that this young man and her beast form had far more rapport and good will than she did as a human. He'd given his name, but with such a close ended answer, she was at a loss for what to say or do next. Then it struck her that she could learn from this change perhaps. Maybe question him on how she'd behaved?

"So I cannot speak in that other form then? Did I seem as a normal.." she paused shyly, reluctantly admitting to her shifting.
"..dog to you? Nothing unusual then?"

What does one do in such a predicament? There was no standard etiquette for conversation after shifting forms. Kennedy felt that hopefully the minimum of time had passed for her to be able to stand. She bunched up both of her knees but then quickly stopped, realizing that it was how a dog would regain her feet. Kennedy placed out a hand along the snow and shifted her weight to one leg as she bent the other knee. It was mortifying and ridiculous having to relearn standing and walking after every single change!

With a concentrated effort, she was able to stand and hold her balance, as long she stood still. Her face was still flushed pinkly, in full realization that this boy definitely didn't want her there.

"Yes, I'm positive I don't remember a single thing regarding our previous interaction. I only know emotions that I felt and I believe we had a fun time at .... something."

It was excruciating made worse by the fact that she couldn't tear her eyes from him. Why did he have to be one of those incredibly good looking boys? It only made things so much more difficult!

[Leiken Chu]

"I thought you were... a dog. Is that not normal to you?" He stated with a confused expression. "Other than you turning into a hot woman laying ontop of me? No." he stated supressing his own pain and showing that oh-so-typical front that people were more used to seeing of him. Expecting of him rather given that he'd given them no reason to think otherwise.

He watched the woman struggle to stand, though he wasn't completely sure if she was going to be able to at first, it must have been a pain to try to master such a thing. He silently wondered if that was physically painful, to change like that, given that her body had to take a new bone structure he imagined it would be agonizing. The thought alone made him cringe slightly.

"We played...fetch." he responded to her awkwardly. Her eyes upon him made him feel nervous as it was. He quickly wiped his face with his sleeve, making sure that he was not showing any signs of moisture there, though his arm lowered again as he watched her. "You shouldn't surprise people like that. " he stated firmly.

[dogmatic]

Kennedy bit her lip and replied,

"Well, umm, yes. I shift into a dog sometimes but I can't always figure out why. Cats always set me off, but there's got to be some other factor because they're not always around when I shift like that. I can't say anything I do is quite as 'normal' as I'd like to be."

In her sheltered, shy life, she'd never been this physically close to a boy before and definitely not one who smelled and looked this good. Her attraction was raw and very new as she watched his mobile, expressive mouth. It had firmed up in pain, and Kennedy knew personally the amount must be as excruciating as her own after shifting to human.

Her collar bone clicked back into place with an audible and sickening crack of agony. Dogs didn't have collar bones that were attached, but humans did and it 'grew' back into place after every single damn shift.

The girl's face went pale and she felt a burning hot tingling as blood flowed back into the appropriate nerve placement. Small, graceful hands shook and she tried not to seem like a wuss.

The meaning of the words didn't sink in for a few minutes but then struck like lightning-- 'a hot woman?!' Kennedy blinked as she looked back at Lei, wondering if he might be making fun of her, but his expression looked sincere. Dignified, polite, and well-mannered were the usual comments connected with herself, but .. hot? Her?!

She shook her head in a dog-like fashion, trying to make sense of his words. She'd obviously misheard him as no one had ever called her anything more personal than 'ice princess.'

"Fetch?! Seriously?!" Mortified beyond belief, the pretty little blonde kept her eyes on the ground, staring at her own huge paw prints that ended so abruptly. His next comment had her wondering if he was serious or merely teasing her, and she had no idea how to respond to that.

"I assure you, I've never purposely shifted before! I've been trying very hard to do so, but it only seems to just... happen... and almost always at the worst times."

When students were at Hammel, they all had some sort of ability so it lead her to ask,

"What is it that you can do Lei?"

[Leiken Chu]

Lei's features drew a look of absolute aggrovation, how could this woman have tricked him, how could she have not warned him? He'd shown way too much of himself and it was making him feel nervous just thinking about it. He wasn't really sure if he should be mad, or feel bad for her, but either way he was not comfortable one bit.

Lei tensed slightly at the sound of that crack, something about it chilled him to the bone, he shivered visibly to the sound. He wasn't really sure why she was shaking her head but it seemed to amuse him over how much it reminded him of that dog form she'd been in minutes before. "Yeah, it was cute,I enjoyed it." he stated nod.

"You can't control it?" he felt for her in that aspect. He couldn't really blame her for how she was because of it. He was worse by far, "I see. I know what it's like not to be able to control what happens to your body. So don't worry about it."

Though at her question a look of irritation crossed his features. That was one pet peeve of his, he couldn't stand it when people asked him about his ability, his features displayed his distaste for the question as he managed his feet more steadily. Brushing himself off a bit, "that's none of your business." he stated rather sharply.

[dogmatic]

His aggravation came across clearly and she was totally confused as to why. What had she said exactly that he wasn't happy with? She'd make a complete ass of herself playing -fetch- as a dog and he was upset for what reason?

Kennedy quietly listened to Lei, trying to fathom how he could reassure her about her own curse, and scold her for asking what he was burdened with in the next breath. His sharp answer made it thoroughly clear that her presence was unwanted in human form.

In a world of physical hurt and emotional sting, she shouldered the pain in silence. Her left wrist was beginning to swell and the cold made her bones ache even worse. Sure, she'd opened up to him without holding back, but it was foolish of her to expect the same of others. Not everyone observed the same open honesty in the way she did.

She pulled her scratched knees to the side and after a very long few minutes, she eventually managed to stand. Kennedy kept her head down and her 'wounded puppy' eyes averted from Lei, assuming a very canine demeanor with her expression. Kennedy held her right hand over her wrist and worked to keep her balance.

A charley horse knotted in her thigh but she had to ignore it, needed to get away from here. What -had- she done to be so damn sore? Did she jump over a building or something?!

'It was presumptuous of me to ask anything of a total stranger that I knocked over as a beast. I should've known better that a boy like that wouldn't want to talk to someone like me. I suppose all the good looking people just naturally group together and want to be with each other.' she thought mournfully.

"I beg your pardon." she responded formally in a quiet, remote voice.

[Leiken Chu]

Lei could not help but to react the way that he was. He felt somewhat swindled given that he'd been under the impression the woman was a dog when she had been in that form. Had she done it on purpose? Had someone put her up to it to find out more information about him? His paranoia had begun to set in due to these thoughts.

However, he raised his hand, gripping at his hair. She couldn't remember any of it right? or was that a lie? He couldn't tell, but it was something he couldn't really handle right then if it was a lie. "I swear if you tell anyone about what I said or did when you were a dog i'll ... i'll make you pay for it." he threatened her.

"You heard me. My ability is none of your business." he stated in a shaken tone ashe stood upon his feet more steadily with a pained expression written upon his features of course. His body ached from his injuries being upset by hitting the ground. At least it wasn't nearly as bad as it had been in the past.

[dogmatic]

Dawning realization happened and Kennedy thought that Lei must be hurt because she had knocked him over! No wonder he seemed hostile--she'd literally caused him pain in her horrid dog form! The poor boy was suffering because of her and she was ignoring it!

Her downcast eyes caught the spray of blood on the ice and she gasped in surprise.

"Did I do that?! Did I make you bleed? Where are you hurt? I honestly, sincerely don't remember anything as a stupid dog! Really, I'm terribly sorry--"

Her abject apologies were cut off by the menace in his voice as he threatened her. Kennedy stood very very still like a deer in the headlights. Gently reared since birth, even hearing the word hell was shocking and to verbally threaten someone was unheard of in her wealthy, well-bred world. She'd never witnessed, let alone experienced a threat in her entire short seventeen years of life.

Her mouth gaped open and closed but no sound came out. The terrified blond girl held her breath in fear, her eyes enormous with emotion. Her weakness wouldn't allow her to run, even for her own safety. What would he do to her? Her heart and pulse thumped hard and fast and she went sheet white in fear. Her lower lip trembled of its own accord, and she drew her coat closer around her. Her mind went blank, frozen in fear and unable to think, move or do anything but stare at Leiken in sheer fright.

[Leiken Chu]

Leiken stared at the woman in disbelief, he almost felt sorry for her, given that she seemed not to even remember what had happened. He didn't know much about shifters, but what he did know is that he did not like being surprised by them. Much like telepaths it gave them a certain amount of an edge over getting information out of him. Was he supposed to stop trusting in animals now too?

Leiken sighed heavily in defeat.

"No, you didn't do that...That was from...Ah it's not important. You didn't injure me. I was injured before I got here." he assured her. Though the changes in the way she looked at him did not set well. The look on her face, lei hated it, he hated everything about it. That fear, that horror, he had given that look many times himself. Now it was here, staring him in the face, a reaction of fear caused by Leiken himself. A certain amount of nausea overcame him.

"St-Stop looking at me like that. I didn't mean that I'd really hurt you I just... Wanted to scare you a little so you'd understand how important to me it is that what I said or did isn't told to anyone else.." He winced slightly toward the girl. "please stop looking at me like that."