Skye raised her eyebrow at Johann and chuckled. Tsubasa, who had obviously heard as well, did not understand what was so funny. He was about ready to send a drill peck attack right through Johann's head, but Skye shook her head.
"Someday, he'll grow up and understand," she assured the bird, and walked with him into the forest.
Truth be told, she wouldn't mind being left behind. It was her father's own stubborn attitude that kept them all here. She and Tsubasa perched themselves in a tree, and it was then that Tsubasa began to speak to her.
There's something...something you ought to know, he told her, and Skye practically fell out of the tree.
"You...can talk to me?!" she demanded, outwardly suprised. She regained her composure, and looked at the giant bird. "Why now? Why not before?"
Wouldn't it look silly if you were having a conversation with me back at the bath house? he asked simply. His voice was warm and gentle, very soothing to her ears.
She nodded, still suprised, but curious nonetheless.
There's something you need to know... he repeated. And now that you have the staff from your mother, I can show you.
Tsubasa, stood upright on the branch, spreading his wings to the air. His body began to change. His wings remained, but his body became human-ish. She noticed the single black feather in his wing had remained from when he was a Fearow.
Before her stood an angel boy. His hair was deep brown, and tousled, his eyes a clear blue. He stood quite a bit taller than her, wearing loose, flowing robes. Long, black, baggy pants adorned his bottom, and an unfastened white shirt adorned his top. He wore no shoes.
"I'm your guardian. It was not mere chance that you were left with a pokeball when the humans found you," he explained, sitting next to her, his wings folded neatly on his back. He gestured to his single black feather, which stuck out like a sore thumb among all the white. "I'm a fallen angel, and in order to gain forgiveness and be allowed back into heaven, your mother assigned me as your guardian, and to guide you back to your true parents when the time came."
Skye nodded, and could not stop looking at him in wonder. She felt her smile returning. All the tension between herself and Johann seemed to melt away.
"I can change between these two forms in this world," he told her. "It would probably be best if I remained in my Fearow form...especially around your father..."
Tsubasa tried to hide his distaste at the mention of Exodus, but Skye could see it easily. They had been together for so long, and human expression were much easier to read.
"Let's get back to camp," Tsubasa suggested, his body morphing back into his white Fearow form. Skye got on his back, and they arrived at camp.