The Storm and the Sun
"The Movie"
Amaterasu smiled as she leaned on the tree, closely watching her brother as he opened the hood of the old truck outside their home.
"Why did father even leave this stupid bucket of bolts here anyway?" Susano groaned as he tried to slap away the rusty dust that shot up, "I doubt this thing can even go two meters without breaking down."
"Oh brother, must you always complain?" Amaterasu sighed, "In fact, it must be easy to fix- I heard father talk about only one thing wrong with it. I believe he said it as the carbu-carbu-carbu something." she mumbled.
"Jeez." Susano muttered, "A carburetor? Holy crap..." he slammed the side, "Damn! You know how long it would take to find one of those? Last time they made those- hell... I'm pretty sure you were still stuck in that stupid cave!"
"Well, just go to the market." Amaterasu suggested, "They have a lot of old stuff there, perhaps you can find that old piece-"
"Doubt it." Susano peered inside the car, "Are you sure the carb was broken?" he inspected around, "I don't see anything wrong with it."
"Well, I just overheard in passing." the sun goddess shrugged her shoulders, "Look, brother, you shouldn't stress over this. It's just a car."
"Technically it's a truck." Susano looked up at her, then gave a smug grin.
"You know what I meant."
"Welp." the storm god closed the hood and looked back at her, "Unfortunately I forgot my tools to work on this, so father will have to wait." he dusted off his hands.
"Don't leave it for the last minute." Amaterasu told him, "Or dad will be very angry if you don't finish it."
"Relax, Ama." Susano scoffed, "The old man's gone for three months, I have more than enough time." he stretched, "So... What do you want to do today?"
"We should really fix the car-"
"It's fine!" Susano growled but slammed the hood in the process, causing a huge dent on it.
"Oh..."
"Really now?" Amaterasu taunted and crossed her arms.
"A minor setback." Susano shrugged it off.
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The storm god nodded when when saw the hood was back to normal, smiling to himself.
"Welp. That's that." he chuckled and pulled out the truck key from his pockets.
Amaterasu stepped out of the house and saw her brother jump in the truck.
Susano put the key in the ignition and pressed the clutch.
The startup was slow, but surely enough it started to cough to life.
"It's working! It's working!" he chuckled as the engine roared as he switched it to neutral, "Ha!"
Suddenly the truck started to spew out black smoke from both the exhaust and the hood, then violently shut down.
"Welp... that's unfortunate." Susano grumbled and stepped out and looked at the truck, "I guess it wasn't the carburetor." he looked, then noticed Amaterasu walking towards him.
"Shame." Amaterasu walked up with a cool glass of water, "Here. You must be tired from all that work."
Susano wiped his brow, "Thanks." he nodded and grabbed the glass, then spilled the cool water all over him.
Amaterasu sighed as she saw the water run down his chest.
"What are you looking at?" Susano grunted as he put on his robe, "Ama?"
"Nothing!" Amaterasu shook her head and then looked at his face, "So..."
"So what?" Susano crossed his arms, "I don't want to waste my whole day fixing this garbage heap." he kicked the front left tire of the truck, "What do you want to do?"
Amaterasu pondered a bit.
"Perhaps we can get something to eat?" she asked.
Susano sighed, "What would my little sister like?"
"Let's get some pizza!" Amaterasu responded eagerly, "Yeah, I know you love it!" she pulled out her phone and started to dial.
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Susano lugged three boxes of pizza through the door and saw his sister set up the living room table for them,
"Here we go." he grunted and set them down on the empty space at the far right.
"Excellent!" Amaterasu clapped, "Susano, what do wish to watch?" she asked as she pulled up two dvds.
"I didn't know we were watching a movie." Susano murmured and looked at her, "Plus... You probably chose some corny romance ones." he walked up to her and looked at the two choice.
The hypothesis was correct.
"Oh come on." Amaterasu pouted, "We always watch your gruesome war movies that make me sick... Come on... please?" she put on puppy eyes.
Susano looked up and gave the deepest sigh.
"VERY WELL." he groaned and sat down.
"I knew you were kind of heart." Amaterasu walked to the television and placed the first movie inside.
"Yeah yeah..." Susano shook his head and served himself some pizza, "Just play it. And don't get mad if I fall asleep during the snooze fest." he murmured and started to serve his sister.
"Hmph." Amaterasu grunted and saw that her brother had placed a plate for her, "Oh-"
"Just sit down!" Susano had called upon a gale that blew his sister to the sofa, "Enough!" he growled and saw the sun goddess flip over.
"First of all, rude." Amaterasu grunted, "Second, thank you." she picked up her plate and started to eat. She saw as the storm god put his feet on the table.
"This better be good." Susano murmured as the movie started, "Or I'll be quite angry."
"You're always angry." Amaterasu murmured and looked at her mirror, "Just look at yourself."
Susano looked at his reflection, "Why yes I'm a devilishly handsome god, I don't need to be reminded." he smirked and then turned to the television.
"Oh you." Amaterasu chuckled.
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The sun goddess cried and wiped her tears with a tissue.
"Oh Susano!" she wept and put her head on his shoulder.
"Jeez." Susano rolled his eyes, "Holy hell, Amaterasu, the guy isn't even real!" he pointed to the television.
"BUT HE DIED!" the sun goddess responded, "Before he was going to marry her!" she said and dove her face into his chest.
The storm god groaned.
"And you wonder why I don't watch these types of movies with you." he sighed and then noticed that her mirror was shining.
"You got a call." he murmured and picked it up.
The mirror projected the image of a horrid woman.
"AH!" Susano yelled, "Mother!"
"Hi." the woman responded and waved, "Susa, what are you doing? Oh! Who's that cute girl on you?" she giggled eerily.
Susano sighed and moved the mirror to face Amaterasu.
"Oh..." the woman murmured, "Your sister. Well... I don't know what your father would think but I support it 100-"
"Mother!" Susano lashed out, "Jeez. Shut up!" he growled.
"Well, what's wrong, Ama?" Susano's mother asked the sun goddess, "Why do you weep? If you want to weep I'll give you a reason to do so." she growled.
Amaterasu looked up.
"Apologies, mother. I was... just watching a movie... with Susano." she informed, "It was so sad..." she murmured.
"The punk in it died before he got married, plain rubbish." Susano shook his head, "So why did you call, mother?" he asked.
"Nothing, I was just checking up." the woman responded, "It gets so boring down here in the Underworld..." she held a skull in her hand, "I just like to talk to my kids to pass the time."
"I am honored, mother." Amaterasu responded, "How do you fare as of late?"
"She's Izanami, what do you expect?" Susano scoffed, "Probably terrible..."
"Do I have to come over there, Susano?" Izanami growled.
"Uh... no ma'am." Susano gulped harshly.
"That's what I thought." Izanami cackled and looked at the two, "Well... I guess I should leave you two alone, I don't want to interrupt anything." she smirked.
The two siblings murmured.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Izanami laughed, "See you, cuties!" she cut off and the mirror lost its shine.
Susano groaned and rubbed his head, "Sometimes I just want to drive my sword into mother's rotten skull..." he growled and stood up.
"Don't trouble yourself." Amaterasu looked at him, "Unless there was something between-"
Susano glared at her with tempestuous fury.
Amaterasu just laughed her head off.
