1. tumbles
One of the few things she learns from him is how to use sparks and iron and flint.
She's made fire in other ways: dry wood and friction, matches and aluminum, encouragement and scolding. She's purified water for years. Baby water is too expensive.
One of the many things she learns from him is steady footwork. It's different on sand than slick tile. It's different with a baby, as he had to learn. As she had to teach. He is wounded. He needs to see where his feet are again.
Masaru tumbles everywhere and creates more fires in his head and heart. Sometimes she sees them harmless around his fingers.
Just like them both. Just like little Chika who leaves soot marks on the changing table and wails when it's a little chilly in autumn.
Sayuri spins with bare hands and creates sparks against her husband's fists and feet. She dances and the floor shifts and he takes her hand and she pushes him aside. He is forward. She is to the side. She uses it to her advantage.
He is teaching her how to win. It's something they aren't normally taught. But she is learning. She knows how to create victory, now she has to learn to take it. Otherwise, who knows what that world will do?
A/N: Zero Slash One this is all your fault. You kept posting what-ifs of Sayuri going to the Digital World and having a BanchoLilymon so look what you have started. You're welcome! Anyway, short, quick Savers AU. Hope everybody enjoys it!
Challenges: Pairing Diversity Boot Camp prompt: sinning, AU Diversity Boot Camp prompt - return (roleswap!), Chapter Set Boot Camp - 48, Halloween Trick or Treat. Write a drabble collection that is a mix of sweetness and bitterness, Valentine Advent 2015, write a character you have never written, what if challenge: What if: Sarah had been the one who joined the Digital World expedition and got lost, and partnered with BanchoLillymon?, and Diversity Writing Challenge H2. Write a drabble collection where drabbles are between 50-500 words.