* Genetic...

[Tiger Tales]

Tiger almost gets up and follows Ayu, but restrains herself for the drink and to be polite. "So..." she says as she holds the cup at her mouth, not drinking it yet. "How did you get to changing? I will tell you mine if you tell me yours." She says smiling a little before she shyly takes another gulp.  

[Maha clone]

Masaru's smile faded. "Experiments made me this way. I have learned to deal with it...even though it hurts sometimes." He sighed.  

[Tiger Tales]

Tiger nearly spits out her drink. "I did know that part! I think we all got that a bit, but I meant the changing part. I get sharp pains in my guts, but I don't really notice them much anymore... How did they get you to be abble to change?"  

[Maha clone]

Masaru didn't flinch. He stay perfectly like a stone statue, his smile gone. "Mine changes as if I was born with it. No pains....I can even change in one hundreth of a second and in mid flight too. But....It sometimes feel out of place." He looked at Ty like he was expecting her to scream and run out on him or even cringe in pain.  

[Tiger Tales]

Tiger looks at him with a touch of admiration. "Wow, I can barely change at all! I figure it is easy to feel out of place... Not alot of people have cat ears..." She says self conciously flicking her ears.  

[Maha clone]

Masaru smiled. "Come on. Let's go." He stood up, paid and walked out. His white hair gleamed in the sunlight.  

[Tiger Tales]

Tiger gets up, finishing her drink in one gulp and nearly choking herself. "'Kay, comin'." She says between coughs as she tries to not let her eyes water. She pulls her hair out of her face and starts following him.  

[Maha clone]

Masaru was already half way down the street. "come on Ty." He walked down a shaded road.  

[Tiger Tales]

"I'm coming! Wait a sec." She calls as she leaves a tip. Tiger jogs a little to catch up. "Felt the need to leave a tip... Do they do that here?" She says, her eyes looking lighter than usual.  

[Maha clone]

Masaru nodded, looking away. "Yeah..."  

[Tiger Tales]

Tiger looks at him curiously, her pupils nearly disappearing in the few seconds of sun. "So... You have known Ayu for a while? I kinda just re-met her..." She says, trying to find something to talk about.  

[Maha clone]

"Saved me...I still owe her...well I was stuck as a white tiger because I was hurt so badly it hurt to change. Ayu and Kyo took me in and nurtured me back to where I could change back...then it took a longer time to get me to actually walk out of the house...." He sighed, shaking his head. His white hair, glenting in the sun.  

[Tiger Tales]

"Oh, all she did for me was let me out of a cage and lead me out of a building that I went back in again. Then I got chained up and she let me out again... I'm pretty sure thats how it went." She says. She looks at him again "Sorry... I don't know how to carry a conversation."  

[Maha clone]

Masaru laughed and soft, wind chimy kind of laugh. "It's ok really....I never really talk to anyone except Ayu and K-..." He quit right before he said his name.  

[Tiger Tales]

Tiger looks at him a little suspicous, but more confused. "Um... Ya I don't get to talk to alot of people either..." She says brushing it off tomake him more comftorable. K? Who is K? Does he mean Kyo? Didn't Ayu say that he was dead? Didn't we see his body? Maybe he means he used to... She thinks quickly. "Have you ridden in Ayu's limo?"