Chapter 35

~Kamari~

I never thought my future family would look like this. Koa practiced with Ryuu everyday, testing his strength and everyday Ryuu grew. Nye tolerated him, but he watched him like a hawk. Aneth on the other hand, seemed curious of Ryuu, even let him read some of his books, but I forbidded the Romance books, for now atleast.

"What do you think of him?" I ask Nye who laid inbetween my legs, while I massaged his temples. He sighs in displeasure, "Why must you ruin my peacefulness with such questions?" He looks up at me, then smirks. I stick my tongue out at him. Nye chuckles, then looks at Ryuu fighting with his father. "The young whelp has potential. Ryuu is smart, but he can improve."

"He threw a Dragon's head across the water," I exsasperate. "How much more does my son need to show you in order for you to be impressed?" I thought Ryuu fought better than he had a couple weeks ago. Koa wouldn't let him rest for very long, and when he did I snatched him away to spend time with him. Nye didn't dare play the weak-verses-strong shit with me when it came to my son. Nye knew better than to invoke a mother's wrath. 

Nye sighs heavily, " Must I distract you from such questions?" His voice laced with desire. I never thought I'd be burnt out, but I guess I do have my limits. "My body needs a break," I chuckle. "Such a shame." He replies with a smirk.

"Oh shut up," I slap him on top of the head, and my attention draws back to Koa and Ryuu. Now it just looked like they were play fighting, a way of a father and son bonding I assumed. A warmth envelopes my chest. In my heart I knew I couldn't be without any of them and I wanted to make sure they had something stable. 

"I want to go back." I say softly to Nye, he sits up and turns to me. "You expect Ryuu to trample over everyone?" He chuckles. "You know what we'd be coming back to." His face turns stoic. "Rushing back won't do us any good Kamari. As much as I hate to admit it, you haven't bonded well enough with Aneth, and he is the only one who can subdue Javall."

I roll my eyes, "Couldn't I just tell Aneth to do it?" 

"There is a reason he hasn't fought me." Nye says, but I know the underlying meaning. I make the gesture that means weak, and Nye nods. I sigh. "If Aneth can't beat me, how do you expect him to fight against Javall, even if the human posses magic?" I bit my lip at that question. I didn't know. It's not like I could tell Aneth to hurry up. I sigh in frustration, " I love you," I say as I caresses Nye's cheek, then I leer at him playfully, "But I hope Aneth beats your ass."

Nye chuckles darkly, " I love when you talk to me like that…" His eyes haze. I pulI him into me and kiss him sensually. 

"Mother?" I gasp, leaning back from Nye, he gives Ryuu and ugly side eye. "What do you want?" He asks annoyed.

 Koa stands behind him, "He's done training, he'd like to be with his mother." I stand up eager to be with my son, and before I walk towards him, Nye speaks up, "Scram." Nye says between his teeth. I halt, then look back at Nye with furrowed brows, then out of the corner of my eye I see Koa move infront of Ryuu.

"You're fight isn't with him." Koa glares down at Nye. 

Fuck. When was this going to end? I wished I could put a stop to it, but now it was between them. Ryuu backs up, and I walk towards him feeling a fight coming on. "Come here," I grab Ryuu and hurry to get out of the way from them. 

"They're fighting?" Ryuu asks.

"Yes." I sigh. Nye and Koa haven't fought since that day, but Koa had a viscous look on his face. And my heart pounded in my chest. "I want to fight." Ryuu says. "No." I said quickly, he looks at me in confusion.

"You will." Aneth slips in, standing beside us, "When you're stronger." He adds. 

Nye gets up and glares at Koa, "Are you challenging me?" Nye looks him up and down. Koa smiles wickedly, "Scared?"

A moment of silence draws out too long before one of them lunges at one another, the hits they threw where brutal. It told me they had something against eachother. I almost want to cover Ryuu's eyes, but he watched so intently as if he were studying his father. Both of them seemed equal at this point and until someone made the other weaker, this fight could go on for a moment. 

"They've fought like this before." Aneth crosses his arm over his chest, "Koa got hurt pretty bad. Worse than the broken arm."

My stomach clenches, "Oh don't tell me that…" 

"Koa is still half a century younger than Nye, he has something to prove. And Koa's beat him before." Even though Aneth wanted to explain why they fought this way, I had a hard time watching it. It always made my gut coil in on itself because I knew either I'd be with the same person, or a new leader took over and my personal time with the other would end. That made my nerves on edge. Nye lands a hard blow to Koa's jaw, "Mm," I groan as I watch him go down and spit out blood, and Nye steps on his back. "Still weak?"

Koa breaths heavy, clenches the sand, but my attention draws to Nye's foot sinking to the ground and when Nye tries to move he can't. Koa wears a sly smile, then he turns on his back and elbows Nye in the knee and I hear a nasty snap.

 "Oh!" I cover my mouth and hear Nye cry out from the nasty strike. Nye falls on his back, and Koa gets up, and puts his foot on his chest, "Whose weak now?" Koa growls out with wicked smile, blood trickling off the corner of his mouth. 

I purse my lips together. Why was it always Koa dethroning Nye? Which got me thinking about another thing, "Aneth, do you ever fight for lead?"

Aneth shakes his head, "No. Only once." 

"Can I encourage it?" I say with a soft voice and give him a playful look. He half-smiles, and makes my gut flutter, "Maybe."

Koa walks over to Ryuu and I. Ryuu runs towards him, and Ryuu gestures to his father as strong with a smile on his face. Koa frazzles Ryuu's hair, and places his head against Ryuu. It was Koa's thing do to him, his gesture of affection. "So will you." He says to Ryuu and I can't help but smile. 

Bittersweet I guess. My time with Nye made us closer and that's all I wanted for us.