A preview of Chapter 6 PART 3
I raised an eyebrow and she continued "Jakey boy was the only one who stuck with it to the point that he could form anything out of aura with a simple thought. Isn't that right Jakey Boy?" I glared at them and they smiled then said "So you still trying to figure out what my gender is?" I shook my head and said softly "My sense of smell has increased a lot since I asked you that question Lex. The answer is you're a girl, and I'm guessing Lex is short for either Lexy or Alexandra. Which is it?" She smirked and snapped her fingers making the spells she'd woven around herself vanish as she said "Alexandra, but you are going to keep calling me Lex. Do you still think I'm a human?" I shrugged and said "You smell human, but I've been wrong before. I....." then stopped as I finally got a good look at the infamous Lex Heartling. I whistled softly as my eyes roomed over her figure and the other guys all stared. Lex had gone form a person you could tell nothing about wearing baggie clothes to a beautiful young woman wearing a very tight outfit. The first changes I noticed were that her eyes now had blue flecks in them that made them look exotic, her hair was slightly longer causing her ponytail to reach past her shoulders, and the scar over her left eye had thinned out to a slight line rather than a jagged scar. I blinked and shook my head then studied the rest of her changes. Her clothes had gone from a baggie hooded sweatshirt and loose jeans, to a pair of tight jeans and a very thin t shirt with a cloak. Her hair had gone from slightly dull and flat to a lustrous auburn that caught the light. She'd gained a few inches and her chest was obviously at least a medium sized C cup. I shook my head and said "Hot damn you look hot Lex." She smacked me and said "Don't get any ideas, I'm still the same Lex you grew up with."
I nodded and said "Well I guess with that change out of the way I should introduce you guys to my other friends." The four of them nodded then turned to study Dash and Gabe. I sighed and said "Dash, Gabe, these are my old friends Riko, Lena, Damien, and Lex." Each of them responded in their own way when I said their name. Riko smirked and saluted them, Lena smiled and waved politely, Damien grinned and flexed showing off his muscles, and Lex smiled then looked slightly disinterested. I raised an eyebrow at the four of them and said "What are you guys doing here anyway?" Lex smirked and said "We got transferred here a few days ago. We were on our way to the main office to see about getting our scanners when our resident happy go lucky bitch caught your scent." Lena glared at Lex then turned to us and said "Lexy here said that we should see if it was really you because I said your smell was different than I remembered. I stand by what I said, but I like the change." I blinked and said "Ok, I wasn't expecting that. So, let's change the subject back to aura manipulation." Lex laughed and her laugh which used to be dull and slightly lifeless was rich and vibrant making all of us look at her. She covered her mouth and said "Sorry, it's just that Jake's expression is so funny." The others looked at me then Damien and Riko burst out laughing as Gabe mimicked the face to show me what it looked like. I blinked and shook my head then said "As I was saying let's get back to aura manipulation. When you get a chance tell Jordan that I've changed a lot since we were kids. My aura manipulation has gotten a lot better, and it's helped me figure out how to manipulate the data digimon use to change." She stared at me surprised and I held out my hand then formed a blade of digital code. She stared at it a few then said "Wow, that's different. I always thought you'd be the last one to figure out how to manipulate aura with how you struggled. What gave you your skill?" I smirked and said "I realized that manipulating aura is all in how you think about it."
She nodded and turned to Gabe then said "That's why so few people understand what lucario can do. Your kind can manipulate aura with their subconscious, Jordan says that if we get good enough we'll be able to do it to. However you're not a normal lucario so you don't have the exact same proficiency as other lucario. However this means you don't have their preconceived beliefs and can basically do whatever you want with aura. Jordan said that because of Jake's limitless imagination he'd be a master in no time if he worked at it, he said the same about a few others however they couldn't get past what they'd been taught. So if you really want to learn how to control it you should ask him." I blinked surprised that Lex would give me a compliment of all things then she turned to me and said "We'll see you later Jake. I figure you have stuff to do, and I really want my scanner. Why not tell us your room number so we can see you after our classes are over?" I sighed and said "Room 905 if I'm not their then Gabe can probably tell you where I went. It's in the big dorm with no symbol on it." She nodded then smiled and motioned for the others to head out. As they walked away Gabe turned to me and said "Can you really teach me to control my aura?" I nodded and said "All it takes is concentration. I bet you'll get everything in no time, where as it took me weeks just to make an aura sphere." Gabe stared at me surprised and I smiled then said "I've never been the best at concentrating, however because of that when I do concentrate, people seem to think that I can do a lot of stuff others can't." Gabe blinked and said "Really?" I nodded and Dash said "I'm not surprised Jake. I mean whenever you seem to be in a tight spot you concentrate and boom the situation ends up in your favor." I glared at him and he shut up then Gabe said "You mind showing me a trick then?"
I grinned and said "How about aura wings?" He looked at me confused and I said "It's something I made up when I wanted to fly. It took me a month to perfect it but now it comes as easy as breathing. The way to do it is to close your eyes and envision the wings you want, then focus your aura into your back and let it go." He stared at me surprised then I slowly closed my eyes and let my aura flow. I knew he was studying it as it moved, so I smiled and said "See it's not that hard, just need to remember that flying with these will tire you out just like flying with real wings." I opened my eyes and saw that Dash was staring at me while Gabe tried to concentrate and copy what I did. It took him three tries, but after about twenty minutes he finally got it. I smirked and said "That's all their is to it, if you want after we get Dash to his room we can practice flying." He nodded then we both turned to Dash and motioned for him to lead on. He sighed then turned and led us the rest of the way to the tram station. I yawned then glanced at Gabe, who'd done the same, and said "You may want to make your wings vanish, it hurts like hell to lay on them when you're trying to sleep." He nodded and did as I suggested then blinked as I did the same and Dash asked "How do you know so much about those wings of yours Jake?" I smiled slightly and said "I fell asleep after flying around one day and ended up waking up in a tree with one hell of a back ache. I glanced over my shoulder to see why and saw that my wings were still there, so despite being aura appendages they can still feel pain." Dash smiled slightly as the three of us finally got to the tram station then Dash typed in the coordinates of his room and the tram slowly pulled up. The three of us boarded it and the others sprawled out on two of seats. I sat down in the open seat and closed my eyes letting my mind wander over everything. After about ten minutes I thought "Why the hell is it that everyone I think I know ends up changing? I mean why can't things stay the same instead of shifting and moving about like the pieces of a slider puzzle as they try come into place."
This piqued the voice's interest so it replied "Do you really want the answer to that question? If so then the only place you can go to find it is Chaos, but for that to work you would have to be the hero reborn or the future king of Chaos. I'm not sure if you are either. However I can say that the cause of your friends change is you. You're the one who convinced your friend Lex to accept who she was, you're the one who's brought out the animal in your friends and slowly made them awaken to who and what they are, and you're the one who is slowly changing the world around him just by accepting who and what you are." I growled softly and thought back "What's that make you then? I mean you're part of why these changes have happened to me, and yet I don't even know your name." The voice laughed and said _ "How rude of me, to not introduce myself. My name is Ravin Chaos. I'm the one you made a deal with, who's still trying to understand who and what you are. I guess I am the one who should ask you who and what you are." _ I sighed and thought back "I'm just a hybrid named Jake Arrows who you keep convincing he's something else. I'm the son of Jace Arrows and Lydia Mix. I don't know very much about my parents other than that my dad used to be a professional baseball player and my mom was supposedly a researcher. Does that answer all of your question?" The voice seemed to contemplate what I said then slowly said "It appears you truly don't know anything of your past. I guess you'll eventually have to change that, but for now be content in knowing that as far as your father is concerned you're correct." I blinked and sighed as the voice went completely silent.
I opened my eyes and saw the others sitting up and stretching as the tram slowly pulled to a stop. I glanced out the window and blinked realizing that the voice and I's conversation had actually taken about fifteen minutes. I shivered at the thought of what could have happened to the three of us while I was so preoccupied, then popped my neck and hopped to my feet. The others slowly got to their feet and grabbed their stuff then the three of us walked to Dash's dorm building. About halfway there Bryan and Thom popped up. I blinked and they smiled at us then just walked past us to the tram without saying anything. I watched them go and said "So most of the guys are in your dorm Dash?" Dash shook his head and said "No, just Bryan's boyfriend is here in our dorm and Thom's got a part time job with the janitorial service so he's usually here cleaning on Thursday's. He gets a different dorm every day, but we've gotten used to him cleaning our dorm on days like today. Anyway, I think my roommate should be at class. So if you guys want to stay in my room for a while there shouldn't be any problems." Gabe and I smiled and thanked him for the offer then I said "Sorry Dash, but I've got to get Gabe to class. Then I'm going to get cleaned up and see what I have to do for Lady Shandi." He nodded in understanding and the three of us walked through the building to his room. When we got there Dash walked in and tossed his hat and gloves on the bed then turned around and said "I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow?" We nodded and the two of us shook his hand then he said "If you guys ever need me just let me know, alright?" We nodded and Gabe started walking off. I smirked and started to follow him when I saw Dash toss off his shirt revealing his well toned chest. I stared for a second then pulled the door shut and followed Gabe.
When the two of us got outside Gabe looked at me and said "How about we fly back to our room. I need to drop off my bag and I can take a good look at my schedule there." I nodded and made a pair of wings from digital code appear then watched as Gabe made a pair of wings from pure aura burst out of his back. I slowly pushed downward with my wings giving them the lift they need to get me into the air and Gabe copied me. The two of us slowly flew in circles until Gabe got used to his wings then we went even higher and started back for our dorm. I silently hoped that no flying pokemon would take an interest in us because I didn't think Gabe knew how to split his aura which would have meant him either being defenseless or falling to his death as he formed an aura sphere to protect himself. We got lucky and the only pokemon that took an interest were a few dragonite that seemed to find us interesting for a little while then got bored flew off. After about twenty minutes we came to our dorm and I showed Gabe how to use his wings to bank then slowly lower himself to the ground. When we landed Gabe grabbed onto a tree and said "Everything feels so different after you've been flying for a while." I nodded and said "You get used to it, but the first few times it's a bitch." He nodded and headed inside to put his bag up and check his schedule. I sat down and stretched then popped my shoulder and leaned on a tree as my wings started to vanish. About five minutes after Gabe ran inside Calley and Crysta came out and tackled me. I blinked and Crysta said "Welcome back Jake. We were wondering if you had any plans for the rest of the day." I reached over and pulled up my scanner's clock function to see that it was only 7, which meant Gabe's class didn't start for at least fifteen minutes and I didn't have anything to do for the next five hours. So, I shook my head and laid back figuring nothing big was going to happen. The two of them grinned then Gabe walked out with a katana strapped to his back and said "I've got sword fighting today, you mind going with me Jake?"