The Day of Thunder

Save Doji!

She nodded and asked.

“What about you? What are you going home to when we win?”

She smiled softly again.

“I hope so… I’ve given them more trouble than normal this time.”

She chuckled, “I’m sure my dads will be happy after they get the worry out.”

“The unruly and wild one… Or Water.” She said with a chuckle.

“I have a twin who is stubborn and firm as the Earth…”

She smiled in a distant and soft way.

“I hope I’ll see her again.”

“Yes… all girls.” She said with a smile.

“All with different personalities… The priests always liked to say there was one of us for each of the elements.”

She held him tightly… the warmth of her love and the blessing of the Lady Sun seeping from her and into him.

“Perfect ending?” She asked. “Well… for now… more time together. Another day… and another day… and another day.” She paused. “I don’t think we were put together just by Bayushi… Nor by random chance…” She looked him in the eyes. “I want to get better at… us… for as long as we can.” She finished, “I ...

She laughed warmly at the question. “I guess that depends on the princess…” She took a bite of her food which she had been nibbling at. “I was never the best princess at… princessing. Always getting in trouble… looking for ways out of the capital to see more and more of the world.” She smiled as she...

“I suppose I would need to be quite a meathead to fall in love with you.” She said with a smile.

Chouri, Yoshie, and Daisuke asked for Kumori to attend with them as the headwoman spoke to the village. She listened as the other notes sent by the people of the empire were read aloud to the villagers. In the end… when the time was right Kumori finally spoke. “I’m not really the most… knowledgeable...

She smiled, “Well… I’ll be sure to invite you to the first one when it happens. You can show me how a Stag Ranger handles himself.”

“That’s a good idea.” She said with a smile.

“I’ve never been much of a poet… or artist… or a lot of the other things that the more… aesthetically inclined folks are so good at.”

She nodded, “An excuse to get out of the house and test myself against others for good will sounds awesome to me.”

She smiled, “I like your head exactly where it is located Otomo-san. You would make much better use of it than I ever would.”

She shook her head, “Nothing serious. Just egos and pride… Stuff that doesn’t really matter all that much.” “As for what keeps people together… Well I have three parents who are trying each their own way to prepare things for that in the future.” She continues. “Shiba has put his energies into teach...

She nodded, “It’s a real concern… One that I’ve become acquainted with well in the past week in fact…” She then looked down to the table for a second as she thought. “We do it by working every day… By serving… teaching… and being examples of justice and compassion. Rebuilding the relationships each ...

Our lack of Awareness has come to dooooom us in the end!

“I sure hope not.” She said with a smile. “I hope this is just the start of better things… Not to sound like a jerk or anything… But my family is good people. All we care about is providing a better life for the people… Whether it’s my dad, or my sister, or like a future niece or something… We’ll wo...

“The way to a Nezumi’s heart is pickles.” She smiled and laughed.

“We’ll have to write that one down for posterity.”

She nodded, “It can be a bit much, isn’t it?”

She smiled softly, “I find it’s easiest to condense the big mass of faces into ones that you know and care about… Turns it from a weight dragging you down to a weight heavy enough to crush an enemy’s skull. You just gotta swing it.”

“That’s kind of you to say Otomo-san… I’m okay with people thinking or saying whatever they will about me… I know who I am and what I’ve tried to do. That is the best someone can hope for.” She smiled.

“The pickles? So that is what you gave them yesterday.” She chuckled.

“That’s wonderful.”