Changer's Blood (Balancer's Soul cycle) (62 page)

Kara’s eyes pleaded down at Jillian as she watched all of this
with curiosity
. Jillian stood up wearing her usual battle gear of a red bathing suit top and white shorts. “I don’t have any idea of what’s going on, but I’ll referee for the two of you
,
if that is what you want
…
”
She adjusted her clothing and began walking forward.

“Thank you so much.” Kara
stopped Jillian and
hugged
her in relief
.
His
sister truly wanted to fight and learn about her own skills.
Then she straightened up saying “Sarah, remember yesterday
,
when I told you about Mark getting something from the tailors?”

“Yes, I do remember.”
Her
voice
sounded as sweet as ever.

“Well when I went
back
to the apartment
after our duel
, Mark made me eat throughout
the entire
day and most of the night.
I think I’ve eaten a month’s amount of food all in a day. Anyway, h
e said I’m now ready to attempt a full
body
transformation because my weight is now
sufficient
.
I passed two hundred and twenty pounds.
He picked this up for me early this morning.”
Kara smiled as she unzipped her jacket. As she took it off
everyone
noticed that she had on a light brown leather sports bra covering her chest. What
seemed
odd was that it looked like it
could stretch. It clicked in Connor’s
mind that she would need something that could stretch along with her changes
and still cover her chest
. Kara then took off her
shoes and
pants to reveal a matching pair of loose
leather
pants. She spun for all of
them
and
they
noticed that she had a tail flap just like Mark’s leather pants. She struck a
modeling
pose by placing one hand on her hip and the other by her head as she arched her back. “What do you think?”

Jillian whistled with her fingers and saying “Sexy woman coming through.” And everyone started laughing along with Jillian and
her spirit
sister’s
antics.

When
all settled down
,
Kara took a deep breath.
“Alright everyone… This will be my first complete transformation.” The five of
them
stood together and a few yards away as
they
watched
as Kara’s eyes bega
n
to
glow brightly.

The first thing Connor
heard were the fractures from her bones resonating
through
the air. Her legs then began growing and becoming slightly longer. Her height stopped when
the top of
her head would have reached
his
nose level. Kara’s chest
remodeled only slightly from a flat sternum to a barreled shape.
Then her
opaque
claws
grew
on both her fingers and toes. The bones snapping in her face sounded painful, but she wasn’t in any pain. Her mouth began elongating and
shaping into
a muzzle
,
when she opened her mouth
they
saw that her tongue also grew
. Her human teeth then began remodeling
,
becoming razor sharp.
His s
ister’s rounded ears on the side of her head were now remodeled into points.
The last part
of her transformation was when all of the hair over her body began growing and became a
soft pelt of
sandy blonde fur. The hair on the back of her head grew from shoulder length to below her shoulder blades. Finally her fur started fusing together and became a solid armor.
She
successfully made a
perfect transformation that was very similar to Mark’s
.

When her eyes finished glowing she brought
forth
her clawed and armored hand to look at. Kara’s
bottom jaw
dropped as she
first spoke. “This feels so…” B
oth of her hands came up to her muzzle. Her voice now became
animalistic
, but still held a
n
air
of
femininity
behind the tone
. “So t
his is what I now sound like.” H
er silver eyes widened as she just thought of something. With both of her hands, she grabbed her backside. “Oh my…” She said softly. She turned her head to look behind her, but
she
took a step
to her side
and Connor
saw what she held.
Her new tail was long and furry
un
like the re
st of her sandy blonde armor
.

Mark walked up to her first and studied her first full transformation
; he was slightly shorter than she was now as he walked completely around her
. “Marvelous work
,
Sweetheart.
You’ve added the correct amount of vertebrae to make that tail. Your armor remains flexible without sacrificing integrity…
You look like a sl
ightly smaller version of me.” H
e stopped and stared at an intimate spot on her chest. “But I don’t have
a pair of
these.”

She looked down and showed a toothy grin. “Cool, I
can
make them bigger
!
” She started barking a laugh, but stopped after moment when she heard herself. She then remembered where she was and looked at the fo
u
r
other immortals
as
they
struggled not to laugh.
Kara
released
her tail and tried hiding it.
She spoke as softly as she could in her new form.
H
er
silver
,
almond shaped pupils
tuned
in
their
direction and asked “Well, how do I look?
”

Connor
entered Sarah’s, Jack’s and Jillian’s minds
all at the same time to announce
“I’ve got this.”
He
wal
ked away from them and toward his sister. “Hmm…” He
looked directly into her new silver eyes
that had become slit, like a feline
. “Well, you’ve upgraded from a Jack Rustle Terrier go a
Golden Retriever
.”

Her eyes went wide in shock and surprise. Behind
him Connor
could hear the three
laughing hard. She caught the mood and said “Bite me
!”
She then smiled
with
her
new and
menacing teeth. “Better yet, how about
I
bite you!”

He
took off running and laughing at the same time.

Kara tried scrambling after her big brother, but literally fell short.

As
Sarah’s
laughing mate ran away, Kara took one step forward and lost her balance. She used her clawed hands to brace
the
fall before she went face first into the ground.
She didn’t understand what just happened.
Kara struggled to get back on her hind legs, but it was a
difficult
struggle. Finally erect,
she
saw that Connor
remained
laughing as he stood
over
two hundred yards away.

Kara turned her head towards Mark. “Why did I fall? I didn’t trip over anything
, did I?
”

Mark raked his fingers through his spiky hair. “Sweetheart, when you transformed, your center of gravity shifted
up
higher than you’re used to
. I can’t
even run in my
wolf form standing on my back legs, but I can if I ran on all fours.
Your tail is the only thing keeping you erect when you stand or walk. And maybe you’re unaccustomed to your new height as well.
” He
just
gave Kara
the answer to her problem.
He
basically
told her
that she should
run
to catch Connor
.

Kara grinned and dropped back to her hands. “Brother, here comes the big bad
and blonde
wolf.” She looked down at her
clawed
feet and hands. Kara took a trying step forward with her right hand and left leg and slowly learned how to walk. Then she tried sprinting toward Connor. Connor smiled as she stumbled in her strides.
It was like watching a foal learn to walk.

When his sister got within striking range she leapt at him
with open arms
. Connor then sidestepped and as she passed
,
he caught her mid
section and carried her back. Kara struggled, but made sure that she didn’t cut or lacerate her brother
’s back. When C
onnor came within hearing range he said. “She did
well
on her first walk. Now would anyone like to
help
her to refine her gait?”

“I’ll do it.” Everyone
became
shocked when
Jack
offered
up
his services. “I need a good run before I
fight you
, S
on.”

Connor rolled his shoulder and he sat Kara
down
on her haunches. She looked up at him as she smiled with her new teeth. “How’d I do?”

“Good girl!” Connor said patting his little sister’s head.
She then nipped playfully at his hand
and the two siblings started laughing.

Jack
started at a normal human jog as he ran beside Kara. In about five minutes her strides became sharp
er
and
more
fluid. Then
he
gradually picked up the pace and Kara soon mastered
those
steps. Kara missed a stride
once
and just befo
re she hit the ground, Jack
caught her with one hand and wait
ed until she found her footing.

About thirty minutes later, Kara
had
nearly
master
ed
her new form as she ran.
Her moves were lithe and refined.
Jack
then made a sharp turn in
the group’s
direction and Kara followed closely.

Sarah
sat comfortably in
her
mate
’
s
firm lap as they
all watched the two runne
rs stop within a few feet of the
group.
Her f
ather was just beginning to break a sweat and Kara was breathing deeply because she’s still not used to all of this.
Jack
looked down at
her
with his
rare azure
eyes and said “I think she’s ready for you now, Sarah.”

From the look in Kara’s eye, she was ready
for it
as well.

Sarah
stood up from Connor’s lap and looked down at
her
sister-in-law as she just sat on her haunches trying to recover her breath. When h
er hot breath evened out,
she
asked
“Ready?”
and Kara
nodded.

Jillian
a
l
so stood and walked with the two of
them
,
per
C
onnor’s request
.
Sarah
spun on
her
heels when
she
felt that this spot was sufficient
for the match
.

Jillian
stood off to the side and was close enough to interfere if the need arose. Kara stood fifty yards away and had her head low to the ground and her back legs bunched up as she prepared to strike. Her ears were both swiveled
towards Sarah’s
direction and
she
could see
Kara’s
breath as it was strong enough to move the loose dirt on the ground.