| [Jun. 29th, 2008|10:08 pm] |
Raidou blinked once, and banished his clone. "Hang on," he said carefully, eyes slightly distant, and adjusted his hold on both children to something much more comfortable. "Tiny jump.."
He stepped off the branch and bent his knees slightly to land with a spin of chakra thirty feet below. The ground met him with a gentle puff of dead leaves. The boy yelled something. Aoi gasped quietly. Raidou caught his balance and straightened up.
Tsume was holding a thorn. Kuromaru was whimpering--very much like a kicked dog.
Raidou pressed his lips together and set both children carefully down. "Just... give me a sec," he muttered, and put a hand over his mouth.
After a while, the echoes of laughter died away.
Aoi gave him a reproachful look.
Raidou wiped tears from his eyes and ruffled her hair with one broad hand. "One day," he told her, words still slightly shaky with mirth, "you'll learn to have a good laugh when you can. It's good for the soul."
The boy grabbed hold of his leg. Raidou ruffled his hair too, and looked at Kuromaru.
"If you're all done being a wussy-dog, maybe we can keep going?" |
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