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NaNoWriMo 2010 - Part 3
“Yeah, I did, do you like it?” Asked Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt to the pirate ninja. When she was younger, she had had quite a crush on him before meeting her One True Love Love Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith.
“It does not look bad on you. I think I had another question, what was it again….?” And as Thomas Iruka McGonnagal thought, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt continued looking at baby clothes. “Oh YEAH! Why do you have two babies with you?”
The universe sighed at Thomas Iruka finally answering the right question. Yuki O’Bonny sighed too, glad that her brother had asked the question she was too polite to request an answer to.
“Oh, I have been working as a midwife, and the mother died during birthing to these two children. She was not the strongest before she died, and she refused my healing or help, instead deciding to focus on only giving birth to these two. Rumors were that they are god children, and as there was no father, and the Lady Mother Superior wanted to murder them, I decided to go on the run with them.”
“And if they turn out to be evil?” Yuki O’Bonny asked of Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt.
“Then I will fufill my duty as Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt, Daughter of Mayuko Tsukiko Yukiko Hime Jaeden TeaCha Suzuki and Miroku Hitaiichan Tomoyo Syaron Fai KuroInu Scmidt and murder them.”
“You guys always make things sound so serious. Said Thomas Iruka, but with a knowing look in his eyes. “What are the tykes’ names?”
“The girl with the white hair is Jaéda, and the boy with the black hair is Daéja.”
“Why does the girl had black eyes? And the boy have white eyes?” Asked Thomas Iruka.
“That was the way that they were born. That is all.”
“Huh. Cool. Here, you should pick out some clothing, and then tell us where you are staying. After all, we should take you to dinner, right Yuki?”
“Agreeable.” Said Yuki O’Bonny.
Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt continued shopping, looking around at the clothing that had been collected by the twins over time. She looked at the baby clothing that was so adorable! They even had black and white sailor outfits! Which was fortunate, because for some reasons whenever one of the children was put into colorful clothing, it managed to make them look either sick, washed out, or other. Even the darker colors that would normally look good on someone with as pale as skin as the two children had, it just looked aweful. White on the flip side looked normal, and did not reflect funny colors onto their skins, and black was the same, somehow holding all it’s color away from the children, so they did nto look shadowed. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt carefully picked out several pairs of clothing for the children, and then some outfits for herself- more chain undergarments, just in case, some new shuriken and throwing knives, some split tunics that would allow her a great range of motion, leggings, and shoes. She was tyring to figure out how to balance her charges and her purcheses when Thomas Iruka left, and came back with a weird cart.
“You put the children in” he told her “and you don not have to carry them.”
“Thank you.” She said, doing so, but then she found it was still a pain to puch the special cart and carry her packages, so Thomas Iruka carried them for her. When they got to the hotel, Thomas Iruka helped her get her packages to her room, and get unpacked. Before he left, he gave Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt a look that she could not decifer easily.
“Can I help you with something?” She asked him, as she bounced the children up and down to see if she could get them to make any noice.
“You know, if you think that Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith was the only one who ever loved you, you are wrong. Just sayin. See ya around Mizi.”
“See you around Thomas Iruka.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said, confused. Her true love was Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, right? Or was it…
Still reeling with the way Thomas Iruka had looked at her, she took her children and the special cart and decided to go to the beach. After all, this was a port town, and there must be a beach somewhere. She could still feel the waves that ebbed and flowed along her body when she had started kissing Thomas Iruka- she meant Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith. But maybe he had not been her One True Love™?
“Twas brillig and the watery graves
Were there in the waters deep and clean
And those who died still lingered there
Beyond the waves of crystal clear
And the life was gone form their eyes
As the waters pulled them down
To meet their doom at doom’s great gate
And so met, they fell and drown’d”
She said to her charges, a poem that she had learned from Thomas Iruka. She had oftened wondered who had written it, but she never had found out. “Alas poor Mizuko, you have confused your mind, and sent your senses a twirling.” He had often said. She did not notice that when she passed the Swachbucklers and Shuriken shop that a pair of eyes followed her every movement.
They got to the beach, and looked around, blue eyes, black eyes and white eyes alike in shock at the vast expanse of oceanic wonder. The waves crashed on the beach like so many angry horses, and as Daéja and Jaéda got closer to the water, the waves crashed higher and higher. Waves even began to target the two children specifically, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt realized that maybe the beach was not the safest place to take the children.
“…so that is why we are ver going to the beach ever again.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt told the twin ninja pirate peoples.
“It sounds like your friends have somehow angered the gods, specifically Poésha vas Martinierre gir Lona- how else would the waves be targeting you and the children? Why else?” Asked Thomas Iruka, always the more outspoken and boisterous of the twins. It ha to do with the fact that he was a pirate ninja, and not a ninja pirate Well, at least, that was one theory. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt sometimes wondered if Thomas Iruka would have turned out the same had he been a ninja pirate. It was something that she had not thought of in a while, though. Was Thomas Iruka a product of his upbringing? Was he so outgoing and kind because he was more pirate then ninja? What would have happened if he had been a ninja- jiust the way he was? Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt shook her head at that- a bond haiered, blue eyed, loud, nopisy, boisterous ninja? Who would have heard of such a thing? Coupled with he propendency towards bright colors, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt could just roll her eyes. No one would ever believe that!
And bright colors was most definitely one of his trademarks. At that meal time he was wearing a bright orange, though it was paired with a more russet red color, bringing to mind the colors of autumn. His spikey blond hair fell stylishly over one eye- but just barely, he did not go into that so called “sexy” emo look like so many other boys Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt had seen around town. His blue eyes blazed as he sat still, a talent that many people wished that they possessed- for who looked more fierce and wonderful then one who’s eyes did blaze? They sparkled with an inner light as well, slivery gleams that shone when thye were full of a posiitvie emotion. His skin was the dark tan of someone who works outside whenever possible, (and maybe does a few tanning sessions to get rid of the tan lines), a healthy brown glow that fit him like his skin, because it was his skin. His hands were the kinds of hands that come from hard work, with calluses that showd the owner was not shy from pitching in and doing their duty. His fingers were long and tapered, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt remembered thinking that he would have been an amazing piano player, given half the chance. This was especially odd because there was no such thing as a piano in the whole world, and yet Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt still thought that he should play it. The red vest fit beautifully over the orange tunic, and both were set off by the black pants that he wore with a grace that Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt herself lacked when it came to wearing clothing. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt wondered what it would be like to be in his shows, to wear his clothing, to be in his pants…
The last thought made her sit up straight suddenly, and Jaéda gave her a look that seemed to say “you are an idiot. I mean, you are taking care of us, but still… He still has the hots for you, so try and rekindle that- I mean, if you think that there is only one “true love” per person, you must be high on snakeweed”, only because Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was not too good at reading “godchild infant” it came across more as “blerg”.
“Blerg to you too” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said to Jaéda, and that was that. She could not help but notice though that Thomas Iruka’s eyes were following her movement. She was not sure at first, but the fifteenth time that she accidently caught his eye as he looked away guiltily managed to clue her in.
And now, because I said so, we are going to do something I often swore I would never do? You want to know why? BECAUSE I NEED THE WORD COUNT! And because describing people in flowery language is ~fun~.
To his eyes, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was as lovely as she had been on that fateful day years ago when she had announced that she had fallen in love with Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith and was going to marry him. Eventually. Then he had died in his tragic accident with a porcupine, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt had left Thomas Iruka’s life, for what he thought was “for good”. He had worried that he would never hear her dulcet tones again, and that she would forget about him completely- and then she had walked right into his store, and right into his life. Yes, she had children, but they wre not hers- and even if they had been, he would have done anything for her, even scale the tallest mountain.
Her face was still the delicate beauty that he remembered from his youth, pale as though a clichéd pale ninja or Japanese analogue person would be described in any sort of media, including writing. Her green eyes (ha, see what I did there- she is totally not Japanese- she has green eyes!) were the same deep forest color that he had fallen in love with when the three of them were youths practising in his father’s dojo after being granted permission for each of the twins to learn about the other part of their heritage. The forest color had shiny gold specks in it, and her eyes flashed when she was angry, or laughing. Her long hair was black, as was most of the ninja’s, except for his own (the “pirate” part of him demanded he look flashy, and genetics had complied. There was indeed fierce magic at work in this.) to the outsiders eye, all the black hair looked alike, but Thomas Iruka knew better. His own sister’s hair was like a black waterfall hiding her true motives, but Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt’s black hair was luxerous strands of silk- no matter the length. Cut as short as it was, it gave her already delicate looks a pixy-like air. There was the matter of her ears not being pointed, like the stories of olof claimed pixies were like, but that issue was swept under the rug quickly without Thomas Iruka thinking anymore of it.
Dressed in darker colors, like dark greens and blues and purples (the perfect blend between a ninja’s sensibility and pirate’s demand for color), she was a beautiful sight. The dark blue of the bodice of her shirt fit her like a second sin, and it made it hard for her *ahem* assets to remain hidden without a full on chest binding, which she had not deigned to do at that point in time. Her black pants fit her sculpted ass and delicately muscular legs like they had been made for her and only her, and when Thomas Iruka saw her barefoot feet he wanted so much to just take her and have wild and passionate sex on the floor where they lay. Only three things stopped him: One, his sister would kill him if he got their tatami mats dirty or broken, two: Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was, in fact, still in love with Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, and three, he loved her. He was surprised ot feel it like a literal spear through the heart, but he did in fact love her. He loved her far too much to do anything to hurt her, so his unfortunately lavacious thoughts stayed inside his head- except for Daéja who seemed to know how his mind was looking, and gave him a look that said simply: “you love her, and you always have- now do not be an idiot and hurt her, but you can be nice to her, right?”. Unfortunatly Thomas Iruka was also not versed in the the language of godchildren either, and too him it seemed like Daéja just had gas. Daéja and Jaéda looked at each other and sighed- it really was too much to try and deal with those adults- they were all so stupid. None of them even knew the basics of infant godchild speak and that was something that would need to shortly be remedied…
Or else.
Besides, were they not supposed to be the main characters? When did the authoress loose track, and start focusing on the banalities of the lives of three insipid characters who were really not that important? At least, not to the children, for they were children and children would do as children would- unless the autor decided to do something… Unfortunate… to them for questioning her plans.
The children nodded in agreement, for she was the world builder, and they would be allowed to do whatever they wanted when they grew up. Babies, after all, were incredibly boring.
The two children sighed. They knew that, but it was still so boring to be shoved aside for three characters, two of whom were incredibly minor characters from the authoresses previous nanowrimo stories, and had only come to fruition when the authoress was stuck and so decided to randomly throw ninjas into the mix.
“But that is just it!” She and I said simultaniosly, for we were, in fact, the same person the author and I the narrator. “I used the ninjas as a crutch last year, so I figuire that, if I add them in now, I won’t be able to use them as my “prop” characters, and I can instead focus on trying to write other stories. Now STOP TRYING TO DERAIL ME OR I SWEAR THAT I WILL MAKE YOU THE WEAKEST CHARACTERS EVER!”
Ahem, sorry, back to the non annoyed authoress attempting ot explain what was happening. Where were we? Ah yes-
But Thomas Iruka did in fact love her. He had loved her back in the days of sunshine and watermelons, and snow and ivy. (Yes, they have magical snow gowing ivy. Deal with it, please?) He loved her luxurious black hair, and green flashing eyes, and clichéd pale skin. The only question was this: could she ever feel the same way? Could she ever fall for him, or would her heart always belong to Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith? There was something in her eyes when she looked at him, or was that just a trick of the lighting- a kind of projecting of his own thoughts and desires onto her nubile and yet deceptively strong body? He knew that his sister enjoyed tormenting him, politly, or course, and he wondered if this was a punishment for some previous transgression that he was not made aware he had commited. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was wearing a black spaghettied strap tank top (another piece of anachronistic clothing, but this is fantasy so who really cares? Besides, there is tots a canon reason for that, I swear. XD) underneath a shimmering purple and blue open jacket that looked like the Murasaki Haori from gaiaonline. She had on black pants as already stated, and the whole thing was topped off by the fact that her eyes had been outlined with just a smidgen of mak up. The Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt that Thomas Iruka had known never wore make up, and Thomas Iruka wondered if that was part of who she had become after her one true love, Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith’s death or if that was something that had happened ot her once she had reach the Port Town of Civility. Either way, she was gorgeous. If it seems like the narroatr is repeating a train of thought more often then Frank Miller does in “All Star Batman and Robin”, it is because there is a genuine reason for that- Thomas Iruka is stuck in a train of thought where he thinks that Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt is pretty, and he does not know how to get out of it. Watch as he attempts ot be charming and make small talk, and laugh at him when he fails epically.
“So, do you still like… Um… Cheese?” Thomas Iruka asked, flushing at the fact that that was one of the most epic failing conversations started he had ever tried to use.
“No, I never liked cheese, remember?” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt asked him in return, giving him a small secret smile that he had used to pretend was from the angels.
“Oh, right… Um… So… How have you been, I mean, after you left and all-I am so sorry about Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith’s death, I tried ot find you, but you had already left to “find your Ninja Equilibrium”, and I did not know where to look, and um, I am babbling, I am so sorry, and I think I am going to stop talking now.”
“I found my Ninja Equilibrium all right, so everything is good for now I think. I learned some things while traveling. Did you know that there are people with more then one true love? It is as though someone can heal, and move on. It does not make them horribly people, or shallow or stupid, all it means is that life goes on and there is not much we can do about it except learn to move with the current.”
“That is very profound o dealer of wisdom most wise” Thomas Iruka said, and then asked her “have you ever considered going into shipping?”
“No, I do not like the ship to ship combats that happen. Sorry, though.”
“It is all good. I was just thinking, you wanted a job, right? And I was trying to help you out.”
“Oh…” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was not sure why she was so disappointed. It was not as though she had expected pity- she hated pity! But for some reason her heart had lurched a little bit, and for a split second she had hoped beyond hope that Thomas Iruka would have asked her to work for him and her sister. She knew that it was foolish and foolhearty to think such things, but her heart ached as she realized that she did not want to work with complete strangers.
“Or you could… I am sorry, I do not mean to be patronizing, but I want to ask you this, so please tell me if it is not what you want, but I mean, um…” He was surprised to see that he was tounge tied! Him! A Pirate Ninja! But somehow aoround the beautiful Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt he felt like a fool who could not speak.
“You can just say it, I promise not to be offended” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said, her heart lifting again.
“Well, I mean, you could totally work for us- I mean, if Yuki O’Bonny says it is okay, I mean, I would not want to go behind her back or anything, but you could work with me- I mean us, yeah, us. And you could live with me- us. It might be nice for Yuki O’Bonny to have a friend of hers who knows the ninja lifestyle, I mean, I have been able to make pirate type friends, but ninjas are rare, and you would have a place to raise the children and you would not have to worry to much about them! We could all take turns watching them, or just me and you if Yuki O’Bonny does not want to!”
“Does not want to what?” Asked Yuki O’Bonny, her ninja eyes dancing in a way that only practitioners of the Ancient Ninja Art of Being Amused At People Forgetting That You Have Been In The Room The Whole Frakking Time could make their eyes dance like.
“Sorry Yuki O’Bonny Nee, I was wondering, is it alright if Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt works with us? I mean, if she wants too- we would have ot keep an eye on the children, but they appear to be well behaved. She could also lie with us- I mean live with us, and you could have someone to talk about the more ninja-y aspects of things with instead of my pirate-y ness.”
“If she wished too, I am alright with it. Do you wish to marry her as well, and make sure that her citizenship into our town is cemented with bonds that go beyond blood?”
The answer was coughing as both Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt and Thomas Iruka sacrificed their drinks to the god of spit taking, Gary McGreggor vis Martinierre gar Lona. It was sweet juice, and both started hastily to clean up their mess before the sugar that made the juice so sweet destroyed the floor or table. There was much hasty swiping with the cloth napkins of the Northern Forest Peoples and hastily looking away from someone when they looked at you and red faces.
“Ahem, I mean, I do not think that we should look at that right away- I mean, unless you want to.” Thomas Iruka said, and he dared to look at Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt. She had an odd look in her eyes, and she said simply:
“Maybe someday, but not right away? I mean, I just reconnected with you- what if we are not the same people that we used to know?”
“Very well” said Yuki O’Bonny, “as you do not wish to join our family in marriage just yet, I formally welcome you to our clan under the laws of the Port Town of Civility. You our under our protection, and as a guest and later citizen, we shall be your name makers. If you have any trouble, we ask most reverently that you come to us, and we shall exert whatever influence that we have in your behalf. Do anything illegal, and we shall help you receive decent prison foods for though we have claimed you, you nor we are above the law. In the name of the sun, moon, stars and Talia, we welcome you Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt to our household and we promise to keep you bound in our ways until the stars stop shining and the world has ended.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt felt a wave of ancient power flow through her, and she shivered. It felt sort of like the protection spells people had cast in the past around her, and she was not sure if she did not like it- or if she wanted it even more.
“We have now have welcomed you into our protection. This way we can take care of you!” Said Thomas Iruka, blushing and avoiding Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt’s face.
“Not that you do need taking care of,” Yuki O’Bonny corrected him gently. “more that you are under our protection, and we will be your… “anchor” if you will. Your sponsor, if anyone dares to ask why you deserve to be made a citizen of the Port Town of Civility.”
“What was that power that I felt?” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt asked the two of them, and they looked at each other amused at her expence.
“It is a physical- or rather, metaphysical and magical representation of the bond we just made with you. It is a shield, created by our words and deeds. We welcomed you into our family, and the Port Town of Civility made it literal.”
That was Thomas Iruka talking! Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was happily surprised, she had known that Thomas Iruka was intelligrent but the see him actually act like a scholar was very sexy. She had trouble trying not to imagine him with glasses, and and white shirt with a book in his hand. “Do you need a lesson?” he would say, and then he would take her by the hand- that was when she realized that she was staring off into space with what was probably a very embarrassing look on her face. To cover it up, she decided to ask another (rather pertinent) question.
“Wait, what did you mean when you said the ‘Port town of Civility made It literal’? How does a city make it literal?” She said, for as far as she knew, the city was not alive in a traditional sense. After all, cities (as a general rule) were not alive in any sense.
This time it was Yuki O’Bonny who answered instead of Thomas Iruka, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was surprised to find that she was disappointed at that, the mental image of a sexy teacher Thomas Iruka still in her mind, the only place where it belonged.
“Thomas Iruka is correct, but I understand your question.” Yuki O’Bonny said, tenting her fingers under her chin in though. The three of them were at that point no longer sitting in the Ancient Ninja Art of Sitting Seiza, but instead sitting in the Ancient Ninja Art of Criss Cross Applesause on the tatami mats. “The Port Town of Civility is an old city. It was built along the fabled place where Sicilia vas Martinierre gir Lona gave human beings the first fire to deal with the wet weather. From this sacred hearth, the Port Town of Civility grew up and has become the town you saw recently. All the people who have lived or just passed through here have left their mark and a bit of their essence on the town. Eventually a very good magician found a way to harness the magical and sacred energies to specific points in the town, and then manipulate it from there. One of the marks the magician left before they vanished was this magical accepting of sponcership. If you are in horrible trouble, you merely need to call upon us and whoever we have as our connections as well. So far we have a good part of the pirate community bounded with us, so they will try to come to your aid.”
“If you have this big web of people connected… I mean, how does that even work? Do you go running all the time to everyone’s aid whenever possible?”
“No silly Usagi” said Thomas Iruka, momentarily forgetting the years that had gone by when he saw her face knit of into a confused look he had dubbed her “Usagi” (or “bunny”) face. “The connection only ensures that someone comes to your aid- whether it is them physically showing up to help you, or you borrowing a bit of strength and luck from those you hve a connection too. It is… Well, it is pretty complicated, but look at it like this. Say that you were not a ninja, like you are, and you were backed up against a wall by some sailors who do not understand how things work around here. You could not excape yet, but you could try to fight them- after all, it is possible. You were bound to me, let us say, and by that token, bonded to most of the pirates that come through here. Either someone who was able too would come over to help you out, maybe leaping over the back wall looking all impressive, or showing up behind them to stop them from their attempted conquest. If it was not physically possible for someone to show up physically to help you, all of a sudden you would feel a wave of power envelope you, and you would be able to escape their clutches. If that meant that you were all of a sudden able to leap over a twenty foot wall, that is what would happen. The magician who set up the magic was very thorough, and it does not make you do anything you did not already wish to do. Should you be a pacifist, you would not be given the power to fight them off. Like I said, it is a bit complicated. Let us make out now, okay?”
Okay, so that last part was purely Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt’s imagination, but she could not unsee the look in his eyes, nor was she able to pretend that that was not what she did not want to do, so instead she decided to act. Using the Ancient Ninja Art of Sitting in Someones Lap and Preparing to Make Out she went over to him, and carefully sat in his lap. She felt him stiffen underneath her- in more ways then one. Sometimes she wondered if this was a gift for loving her fiancé, Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith as wholeheartedly and as passionately as she had. Besides, it had been four years since that tragic porcupine accident that took Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith’s life, so she was allowed to move on, right? Carefully leaning up into Thomas Iruka’s face, she kissed him and felt him kiss her back. It was gentle and chaste, and she knew exactly what she wanted right then and there. Maybe she had loved Thomas Iruka once, and then had moved on to Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, or maybe she had always loved him, and loved them both, it did not matter.
“Marry me?” he whispered into her ear as Yuki O’Bonny discretely left the room. “Please? I havve been in love with you for so long, and I was hoping that I would be able to get over that when you fell in love with Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, but it has not left me all these years. If you want, if could just be a marriage of convenience, but please let me try to make you happy… At least give me a chance!”
“You make me happy by existing.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said. She knew it was cheesy, but at that moment she did not care. “I did… I mean, I did love Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith- that will not ever change- but it has been four years, and though I still feel his loss like an ache in my chest, it is no longer the crippling hole of doubt and uncertainty that it was when I left the ninja village. I know that I loved him, and that is enough, but now I think he would want me to be happy. Could we maybe wait a week before we wed? I beg of you this, but I think I could love you enough to make you my husband, and if that is not good enough, I now that I love you enough to become your fiancé and grow witihin my love for you.”
“I love you, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt, and you will make me the happiest person alive. I have learned some of your traditions from Yuki O’Bonny, and I will bring you tomorrow an engagement gift. I will wait for you, but please, I beg of you, do not keep me hanging forever! I have loved you, and I do love you, and I will wait to marry you if that is your will, but if you do not wish to wed, please tell me, and I will release you from anything you wish.”
“On my honor, my family, my life, and my will, this I swear to do for you” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said, and then she kissed him again.
“It does not look bad on you. I think I had another question, what was it again….?” And as Thomas Iruka McGonnagal thought, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt continued looking at baby clothes. “Oh YEAH! Why do you have two babies with you?”
The universe sighed at Thomas Iruka finally answering the right question. Yuki O’Bonny sighed too, glad that her brother had asked the question she was too polite to request an answer to.
“Oh, I have been working as a midwife, and the mother died during birthing to these two children. She was not the strongest before she died, and she refused my healing or help, instead deciding to focus on only giving birth to these two. Rumors were that they are god children, and as there was no father, and the Lady Mother Superior wanted to murder them, I decided to go on the run with them.”
“And if they turn out to be evil?” Yuki O’Bonny asked of Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt.
“Then I will fufill my duty as Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt, Daughter of Mayuko Tsukiko Yukiko Hime Jaeden TeaCha Suzuki and Miroku Hitaiichan Tomoyo Syaron Fai KuroInu Scmidt and murder them.”
“You guys always make things sound so serious. Said Thomas Iruka, but with a knowing look in his eyes. “What are the tykes’ names?”
“The girl with the white hair is Jaéda, and the boy with the black hair is Daéja.”
“Why does the girl had black eyes? And the boy have white eyes?” Asked Thomas Iruka.
“That was the way that they were born. That is all.”
“Huh. Cool. Here, you should pick out some clothing, and then tell us where you are staying. After all, we should take you to dinner, right Yuki?”
“Agreeable.” Said Yuki O’Bonny.
Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt continued shopping, looking around at the clothing that had been collected by the twins over time. She looked at the baby clothing that was so adorable! They even had black and white sailor outfits! Which was fortunate, because for some reasons whenever one of the children was put into colorful clothing, it managed to make them look either sick, washed out, or other. Even the darker colors that would normally look good on someone with as pale as skin as the two children had, it just looked aweful. White on the flip side looked normal, and did not reflect funny colors onto their skins, and black was the same, somehow holding all it’s color away from the children, so they did nto look shadowed. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt carefully picked out several pairs of clothing for the children, and then some outfits for herself- more chain undergarments, just in case, some new shuriken and throwing knives, some split tunics that would allow her a great range of motion, leggings, and shoes. She was tyring to figure out how to balance her charges and her purcheses when Thomas Iruka left, and came back with a weird cart.
“You put the children in” he told her “and you don not have to carry them.”
“Thank you.” She said, doing so, but then she found it was still a pain to puch the special cart and carry her packages, so Thomas Iruka carried them for her. When they got to the hotel, Thomas Iruka helped her get her packages to her room, and get unpacked. Before he left, he gave Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt a look that she could not decifer easily.
“Can I help you with something?” She asked him, as she bounced the children up and down to see if she could get them to make any noice.
“You know, if you think that Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith was the only one who ever loved you, you are wrong. Just sayin. See ya around Mizi.”
“See you around Thomas Iruka.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said, confused. Her true love was Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, right? Or was it…
Still reeling with the way Thomas Iruka had looked at her, she took her children and the special cart and decided to go to the beach. After all, this was a port town, and there must be a beach somewhere. She could still feel the waves that ebbed and flowed along her body when she had started kissing Thomas Iruka- she meant Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith. But maybe he had not been her One True Love™?
“Twas brillig and the watery graves
Were there in the waters deep and clean
And those who died still lingered there
Beyond the waves of crystal clear
And the life was gone form their eyes
As the waters pulled them down
To meet their doom at doom’s great gate
And so met, they fell and drown’d”
She said to her charges, a poem that she had learned from Thomas Iruka. She had oftened wondered who had written it, but she never had found out. “Alas poor Mizuko, you have confused your mind, and sent your senses a twirling.” He had often said. She did not notice that when she passed the Swachbucklers and Shuriken shop that a pair of eyes followed her every movement.
They got to the beach, and looked around, blue eyes, black eyes and white eyes alike in shock at the vast expanse of oceanic wonder. The waves crashed on the beach like so many angry horses, and as Daéja and Jaéda got closer to the water, the waves crashed higher and higher. Waves even began to target the two children specifically, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt realized that maybe the beach was not the safest place to take the children.
“…so that is why we are ver going to the beach ever again.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt told the twin ninja pirate peoples.
“It sounds like your friends have somehow angered the gods, specifically Poésha vas Martinierre gir Lona- how else would the waves be targeting you and the children? Why else?” Asked Thomas Iruka, always the more outspoken and boisterous of the twins. It ha to do with the fact that he was a pirate ninja, and not a ninja pirate Well, at least, that was one theory. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt sometimes wondered if Thomas Iruka would have turned out the same had he been a ninja pirate. It was something that she had not thought of in a while, though. Was Thomas Iruka a product of his upbringing? Was he so outgoing and kind because he was more pirate then ninja? What would have happened if he had been a ninja- jiust the way he was? Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt shook her head at that- a bond haiered, blue eyed, loud, nopisy, boisterous ninja? Who would have heard of such a thing? Coupled with he propendency towards bright colors, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt could just roll her eyes. No one would ever believe that!
And bright colors was most definitely one of his trademarks. At that meal time he was wearing a bright orange, though it was paired with a more russet red color, bringing to mind the colors of autumn. His spikey blond hair fell stylishly over one eye- but just barely, he did not go into that so called “sexy” emo look like so many other boys Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt had seen around town. His blue eyes blazed as he sat still, a talent that many people wished that they possessed- for who looked more fierce and wonderful then one who’s eyes did blaze? They sparkled with an inner light as well, slivery gleams that shone when thye were full of a posiitvie emotion. His skin was the dark tan of someone who works outside whenever possible, (and maybe does a few tanning sessions to get rid of the tan lines), a healthy brown glow that fit him like his skin, because it was his skin. His hands were the kinds of hands that come from hard work, with calluses that showd the owner was not shy from pitching in and doing their duty. His fingers were long and tapered, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt remembered thinking that he would have been an amazing piano player, given half the chance. This was especially odd because there was no such thing as a piano in the whole world, and yet Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt still thought that he should play it. The red vest fit beautifully over the orange tunic, and both were set off by the black pants that he wore with a grace that Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt herself lacked when it came to wearing clothing. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt wondered what it would be like to be in his shows, to wear his clothing, to be in his pants…
The last thought made her sit up straight suddenly, and Jaéda gave her a look that seemed to say “you are an idiot. I mean, you are taking care of us, but still… He still has the hots for you, so try and rekindle that- I mean, if you think that there is only one “true love” per person, you must be high on snakeweed”, only because Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was not too good at reading “godchild infant” it came across more as “blerg”.
“Blerg to you too” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said to Jaéda, and that was that. She could not help but notice though that Thomas Iruka’s eyes were following her movement. She was not sure at first, but the fifteenth time that she accidently caught his eye as he looked away guiltily managed to clue her in.
And now, because I said so, we are going to do something I often swore I would never do? You want to know why? BECAUSE I NEED THE WORD COUNT! And because describing people in flowery language is ~fun~.
To his eyes, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was as lovely as she had been on that fateful day years ago when she had announced that she had fallen in love with Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith and was going to marry him. Eventually. Then he had died in his tragic accident with a porcupine, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt had left Thomas Iruka’s life, for what he thought was “for good”. He had worried that he would never hear her dulcet tones again, and that she would forget about him completely- and then she had walked right into his store, and right into his life. Yes, she had children, but they wre not hers- and even if they had been, he would have done anything for her, even scale the tallest mountain.
Her face was still the delicate beauty that he remembered from his youth, pale as though a clichéd pale ninja or Japanese analogue person would be described in any sort of media, including writing. Her green eyes (ha, see what I did there- she is totally not Japanese- she has green eyes!) were the same deep forest color that he had fallen in love with when the three of them were youths practising in his father’s dojo after being granted permission for each of the twins to learn about the other part of their heritage. The forest color had shiny gold specks in it, and her eyes flashed when she was angry, or laughing. Her long hair was black, as was most of the ninja’s, except for his own (the “pirate” part of him demanded he look flashy, and genetics had complied. There was indeed fierce magic at work in this.) to the outsiders eye, all the black hair looked alike, but Thomas Iruka knew better. His own sister’s hair was like a black waterfall hiding her true motives, but Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt’s black hair was luxerous strands of silk- no matter the length. Cut as short as it was, it gave her already delicate looks a pixy-like air. There was the matter of her ears not being pointed, like the stories of olof claimed pixies were like, but that issue was swept under the rug quickly without Thomas Iruka thinking anymore of it.
Dressed in darker colors, like dark greens and blues and purples (the perfect blend between a ninja’s sensibility and pirate’s demand for color), she was a beautiful sight. The dark blue of the bodice of her shirt fit her like a second sin, and it made it hard for her *ahem* assets to remain hidden without a full on chest binding, which she had not deigned to do at that point in time. Her black pants fit her sculpted ass and delicately muscular legs like they had been made for her and only her, and when Thomas Iruka saw her barefoot feet he wanted so much to just take her and have wild and passionate sex on the floor where they lay. Only three things stopped him: One, his sister would kill him if he got their tatami mats dirty or broken, two: Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was, in fact, still in love with Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, and three, he loved her. He was surprised ot feel it like a literal spear through the heart, but he did in fact love her. He loved her far too much to do anything to hurt her, so his unfortunately lavacious thoughts stayed inside his head- except for Daéja who seemed to know how his mind was looking, and gave him a look that said simply: “you love her, and you always have- now do not be an idiot and hurt her, but you can be nice to her, right?”. Unfortunatly Thomas Iruka was also not versed in the the language of godchildren either, and too him it seemed like Daéja just had gas. Daéja and Jaéda looked at each other and sighed- it really was too much to try and deal with those adults- they were all so stupid. None of them even knew the basics of infant godchild speak and that was something that would need to shortly be remedied…
Or else.
Besides, were they not supposed to be the main characters? When did the authoress loose track, and start focusing on the banalities of the lives of three insipid characters who were really not that important? At least, not to the children, for they were children and children would do as children would- unless the autor decided to do something… Unfortunate… to them for questioning her plans.
The children nodded in agreement, for she was the world builder, and they would be allowed to do whatever they wanted when they grew up. Babies, after all, were incredibly boring.
The two children sighed. They knew that, but it was still so boring to be shoved aside for three characters, two of whom were incredibly minor characters from the authoresses previous nanowrimo stories, and had only come to fruition when the authoress was stuck and so decided to randomly throw ninjas into the mix.
“But that is just it!” She and I said simultaniosly, for we were, in fact, the same person the author and I the narrator. “I used the ninjas as a crutch last year, so I figuire that, if I add them in now, I won’t be able to use them as my “prop” characters, and I can instead focus on trying to write other stories. Now STOP TRYING TO DERAIL ME OR I SWEAR THAT I WILL MAKE YOU THE WEAKEST CHARACTERS EVER!”
Ahem, sorry, back to the non annoyed authoress attempting ot explain what was happening. Where were we? Ah yes-
But Thomas Iruka did in fact love her. He had loved her back in the days of sunshine and watermelons, and snow and ivy. (Yes, they have magical snow gowing ivy. Deal with it, please?) He loved her luxurious black hair, and green flashing eyes, and clichéd pale skin. The only question was this: could she ever feel the same way? Could she ever fall for him, or would her heart always belong to Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith? There was something in her eyes when she looked at him, or was that just a trick of the lighting- a kind of projecting of his own thoughts and desires onto her nubile and yet deceptively strong body? He knew that his sister enjoyed tormenting him, politly, or course, and he wondered if this was a punishment for some previous transgression that he was not made aware he had commited. Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was wearing a black spaghettied strap tank top (another piece of anachronistic clothing, but this is fantasy so who really cares? Besides, there is tots a canon reason for that, I swear. XD) underneath a shimmering purple and blue open jacket that looked like the Murasaki Haori from gaiaonline. She had on black pants as already stated, and the whole thing was topped off by the fact that her eyes had been outlined with just a smidgen of mak up. The Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt that Thomas Iruka had known never wore make up, and Thomas Iruka wondered if that was part of who she had become after her one true love, Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith’s death or if that was something that had happened ot her once she had reach the Port Town of Civility. Either way, she was gorgeous. If it seems like the narroatr is repeating a train of thought more often then Frank Miller does in “All Star Batman and Robin”, it is because there is a genuine reason for that- Thomas Iruka is stuck in a train of thought where he thinks that Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt is pretty, and he does not know how to get out of it. Watch as he attempts ot be charming and make small talk, and laugh at him when he fails epically.
“So, do you still like… Um… Cheese?” Thomas Iruka asked, flushing at the fact that that was one of the most epic failing conversations started he had ever tried to use.
“No, I never liked cheese, remember?” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt asked him in return, giving him a small secret smile that he had used to pretend was from the angels.
“Oh, right… Um… So… How have you been, I mean, after you left and all-I am so sorry about Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith’s death, I tried ot find you, but you had already left to “find your Ninja Equilibrium”, and I did not know where to look, and um, I am babbling, I am so sorry, and I think I am going to stop talking now.”
“I found my Ninja Equilibrium all right, so everything is good for now I think. I learned some things while traveling. Did you know that there are people with more then one true love? It is as though someone can heal, and move on. It does not make them horribly people, or shallow or stupid, all it means is that life goes on and there is not much we can do about it except learn to move with the current.”
“That is very profound o dealer of wisdom most wise” Thomas Iruka said, and then asked her “have you ever considered going into shipping?”
“No, I do not like the ship to ship combats that happen. Sorry, though.”
“It is all good. I was just thinking, you wanted a job, right? And I was trying to help you out.”
“Oh…” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was not sure why she was so disappointed. It was not as though she had expected pity- she hated pity! But for some reason her heart had lurched a little bit, and for a split second she had hoped beyond hope that Thomas Iruka would have asked her to work for him and her sister. She knew that it was foolish and foolhearty to think such things, but her heart ached as she realized that she did not want to work with complete strangers.
“Or you could… I am sorry, I do not mean to be patronizing, but I want to ask you this, so please tell me if it is not what you want, but I mean, um…” He was surprised to see that he was tounge tied! Him! A Pirate Ninja! But somehow aoround the beautiful Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt he felt like a fool who could not speak.
“You can just say it, I promise not to be offended” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said, her heart lifting again.
“Well, I mean, you could totally work for us- I mean, if Yuki O’Bonny says it is okay, I mean, I would not want to go behind her back or anything, but you could work with me- I mean us, yeah, us. And you could live with me- us. It might be nice for Yuki O’Bonny to have a friend of hers who knows the ninja lifestyle, I mean, I have been able to make pirate type friends, but ninjas are rare, and you would have a place to raise the children and you would not have to worry to much about them! We could all take turns watching them, or just me and you if Yuki O’Bonny does not want to!”
“Does not want to what?” Asked Yuki O’Bonny, her ninja eyes dancing in a way that only practitioners of the Ancient Ninja Art of Being Amused At People Forgetting That You Have Been In The Room The Whole Frakking Time could make their eyes dance like.
“Sorry Yuki O’Bonny Nee, I was wondering, is it alright if Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt works with us? I mean, if she wants too- we would have ot keep an eye on the children, but they appear to be well behaved. She could also lie with us- I mean live with us, and you could have someone to talk about the more ninja-y aspects of things with instead of my pirate-y ness.”
“If she wished too, I am alright with it. Do you wish to marry her as well, and make sure that her citizenship into our town is cemented with bonds that go beyond blood?”
The answer was coughing as both Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt and Thomas Iruka sacrificed their drinks to the god of spit taking, Gary McGreggor vis Martinierre gar Lona. It was sweet juice, and both started hastily to clean up their mess before the sugar that made the juice so sweet destroyed the floor or table. There was much hasty swiping with the cloth napkins of the Northern Forest Peoples and hastily looking away from someone when they looked at you and red faces.
“Ahem, I mean, I do not think that we should look at that right away- I mean, unless you want to.” Thomas Iruka said, and he dared to look at Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt. She had an odd look in her eyes, and she said simply:
“Maybe someday, but not right away? I mean, I just reconnected with you- what if we are not the same people that we used to know?”
“Very well” said Yuki O’Bonny, “as you do not wish to join our family in marriage just yet, I formally welcome you to our clan under the laws of the Port Town of Civility. You our under our protection, and as a guest and later citizen, we shall be your name makers. If you have any trouble, we ask most reverently that you come to us, and we shall exert whatever influence that we have in your behalf. Do anything illegal, and we shall help you receive decent prison foods for though we have claimed you, you nor we are above the law. In the name of the sun, moon, stars and Talia, we welcome you Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt to our household and we promise to keep you bound in our ways until the stars stop shining and the world has ended.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt felt a wave of ancient power flow through her, and she shivered. It felt sort of like the protection spells people had cast in the past around her, and she was not sure if she did not like it- or if she wanted it even more.
“We have now have welcomed you into our protection. This way we can take care of you!” Said Thomas Iruka, blushing and avoiding Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt’s face.
“Not that you do need taking care of,” Yuki O’Bonny corrected him gently. “more that you are under our protection, and we will be your… “anchor” if you will. Your sponsor, if anyone dares to ask why you deserve to be made a citizen of the Port Town of Civility.”
“What was that power that I felt?” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt asked the two of them, and they looked at each other amused at her expence.
“It is a physical- or rather, metaphysical and magical representation of the bond we just made with you. It is a shield, created by our words and deeds. We welcomed you into our family, and the Port Town of Civility made it literal.”
That was Thomas Iruka talking! Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was happily surprised, she had known that Thomas Iruka was intelligrent but the see him actually act like a scholar was very sexy. She had trouble trying not to imagine him with glasses, and and white shirt with a book in his hand. “Do you need a lesson?” he would say, and then he would take her by the hand- that was when she realized that she was staring off into space with what was probably a very embarrassing look on her face. To cover it up, she decided to ask another (rather pertinent) question.
“Wait, what did you mean when you said the ‘Port town of Civility made It literal’? How does a city make it literal?” She said, for as far as she knew, the city was not alive in a traditional sense. After all, cities (as a general rule) were not alive in any sense.
This time it was Yuki O’Bonny who answered instead of Thomas Iruka, and Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt was surprised to find that she was disappointed at that, the mental image of a sexy teacher Thomas Iruka still in her mind, the only place where it belonged.
“Thomas Iruka is correct, but I understand your question.” Yuki O’Bonny said, tenting her fingers under her chin in though. The three of them were at that point no longer sitting in the Ancient Ninja Art of Sitting Seiza, but instead sitting in the Ancient Ninja Art of Criss Cross Applesause on the tatami mats. “The Port Town of Civility is an old city. It was built along the fabled place where Sicilia vas Martinierre gir Lona gave human beings the first fire to deal with the wet weather. From this sacred hearth, the Port Town of Civility grew up and has become the town you saw recently. All the people who have lived or just passed through here have left their mark and a bit of their essence on the town. Eventually a very good magician found a way to harness the magical and sacred energies to specific points in the town, and then manipulate it from there. One of the marks the magician left before they vanished was this magical accepting of sponcership. If you are in horrible trouble, you merely need to call upon us and whoever we have as our connections as well. So far we have a good part of the pirate community bounded with us, so they will try to come to your aid.”
“If you have this big web of people connected… I mean, how does that even work? Do you go running all the time to everyone’s aid whenever possible?”
“No silly Usagi” said Thomas Iruka, momentarily forgetting the years that had gone by when he saw her face knit of into a confused look he had dubbed her “Usagi” (or “bunny”) face. “The connection only ensures that someone comes to your aid- whether it is them physically showing up to help you, or you borrowing a bit of strength and luck from those you hve a connection too. It is… Well, it is pretty complicated, but look at it like this. Say that you were not a ninja, like you are, and you were backed up against a wall by some sailors who do not understand how things work around here. You could not excape yet, but you could try to fight them- after all, it is possible. You were bound to me, let us say, and by that token, bonded to most of the pirates that come through here. Either someone who was able too would come over to help you out, maybe leaping over the back wall looking all impressive, or showing up behind them to stop them from their attempted conquest. If it was not physically possible for someone to show up physically to help you, all of a sudden you would feel a wave of power envelope you, and you would be able to escape their clutches. If that meant that you were all of a sudden able to leap over a twenty foot wall, that is what would happen. The magician who set up the magic was very thorough, and it does not make you do anything you did not already wish to do. Should you be a pacifist, you would not be given the power to fight them off. Like I said, it is a bit complicated. Let us make out now, okay?”
Okay, so that last part was purely Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt’s imagination, but she could not unsee the look in his eyes, nor was she able to pretend that that was not what she did not want to do, so instead she decided to act. Using the Ancient Ninja Art of Sitting in Someones Lap and Preparing to Make Out she went over to him, and carefully sat in his lap. She felt him stiffen underneath her- in more ways then one. Sometimes she wondered if this was a gift for loving her fiancé, Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith as wholeheartedly and as passionately as she had. Besides, it had been four years since that tragic porcupine accident that took Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith’s life, so she was allowed to move on, right? Carefully leaning up into Thomas Iruka’s face, she kissed him and felt him kiss her back. It was gentle and chaste, and she knew exactly what she wanted right then and there. Maybe she had loved Thomas Iruka once, and then had moved on to Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, or maybe she had always loved him, and loved them both, it did not matter.
“Marry me?” he whispered into her ear as Yuki O’Bonny discretely left the room. “Please? I havve been in love with you for so long, and I was hoping that I would be able to get over that when you fell in love with Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith, but it has not left me all these years. If you want, if could just be a marriage of convenience, but please let me try to make you happy… At least give me a chance!”
“You make me happy by existing.” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said. She knew it was cheesy, but at that moment she did not care. “I did… I mean, I did love Bob Anthony Truman Johnson Cassie Gator Josh Jack Jake Kelsey Karina Tanner Alex Travis Tobiah Tobias Smith- that will not ever change- but it has been four years, and though I still feel his loss like an ache in my chest, it is no longer the crippling hole of doubt and uncertainty that it was when I left the ninja village. I know that I loved him, and that is enough, but now I think he would want me to be happy. Could we maybe wait a week before we wed? I beg of you this, but I think I could love you enough to make you my husband, and if that is not good enough, I now that I love you enough to become your fiancé and grow witihin my love for you.”
“I love you, Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt, and you will make me the happiest person alive. I have learned some of your traditions from Yuki O’Bonny, and I will bring you tomorrow an engagement gift. I will wait for you, but please, I beg of you, do not keep me hanging forever! I have loved you, and I do love you, and I will wait to marry you if that is your will, but if you do not wish to wed, please tell me, and I will release you from anything you wish.”
“On my honor, my family, my life, and my will, this I swear to do for you” Mizuko Miiko Yuki Ai Uzu Nekiko Fuu Umi Umiko Uchiha Hatake Sakura Scmidt said, and then she kissed him again.