Two brunettes stood side by side in white gis, barefoot like the man who was instructing them. The boy had a blue lotus crest on his top and the girl had one in green.
"Now my students; pay close attention," The Spinjitsu master spoke to his two young children watching him as he showed them the right form and stance.
Misako looked over as Garmadon stood, slouching with a hint of boredom in his dark eyes. She knew that he would much rather do something more interesting than learning martial art basics. They were almost four years old after all.
Her wide, emerald colored eyes looked back to their master, trying to pay attention for he was not always a patient man.
"Are you two listening to me?" The boy and girl looked up innocently at the tall man. He sighed, "Why don't you take a break? We can continue this in a minute while I check on your mother… Run along". He shooed his son and friend off.
The two ran across the stone courtyard and started to climb the big tree that was off to the side against the high, stone wall. Garmadon reached the top first and extended his small hand to his friend.
She took it and pulled herself up; sitting on the limb next to him, "I think you should listen more to him…" Misako quietly kicked her legs in the air. "You're lucky your father is so patient though… and that your parents are always around".
The boy laughed, "Nah…" he sat back against the trunk. "Why do we have to do this?" he looked down at the pavement.
"Because we're gonna be ninja stupid," she shoved him a little, giggling. She stood up and started picking cherries off the trees with her small hands.
Garmadon didn't laugh with her, "So… when do you think my mom's gonna have my brother?" he asked, looking at the sliding doors his father disappeared behind. "My dad keeps telling me any day now…"
Misako toyed with her short twin braids and shrugged, "I don't know…" She yawned and looked up at the sun, squinting, "Wanna go inside? It's hot out and I'm thirsty…" she popped two more cherries in her mouth and started climbing back down the wide trunk, her hands scraping on the rough bark.
She dusted her hands off on her white gi and was followed by Garmadon.
They climbed the steps onto the wooden deck and heard screaming from inside. The two friends looked at each other and rushed inside.
They poked through the doorway into his mother's room. Garmadon saw his mother was lying back against her pillows, holding a small, white bundle in her pale arms.
Delilah looked at the doorway and saw their two sets of eyes peering inside and weakly smiled at them.
"You may come in," she nodded.
Misako stood next to the nightstand and Garmadon sat on the bed, next to his mother. He looked at the little, pink face poking through the blankets. "His name is Wu," she said.
The older brother looked down curiously. He had never seen a baby up close before, until now. He half smiled. Delilah ruffled Garmadon's dark hair, "Go on… you can go back to playing…" she tiredly said, looking at Misako.
"You're so lucky you have a sibling…" Misako smiled sitting on the edge of the shingled roof. "My mom and dad… well… they told me I was enough…" she looked down.
The darker haired boy smiled and laid back, looking at the sun, "Do you really think we'll become ninja?" he closed his eyes.
"Oh yes…" she nodded. "And we'll be the new masters of Spinjitsu".
Thanks for clicking on this story and reading :) This one is so gon be a doozy... on chapter 20 sort of... I'm so excited to use villains from Stone Cold, you have no idea how much I am enjoying this!
The first couple of chapters I think were pretty cute being they're all little kids :3
~Mar
