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Asami* swept her golden gaze across the clearing outside their den, ghosting over her son as he played with his bamboo sword, then along the forest and stream bordering them on two sides. At her back the cave mouth yawned open, and to her right the cliffs wrapped like a tail until it touched the forest. It had been a great place to settle when they had mated, Nori had sacrificed much to make her comfortable since the turn of the century. The rain from the previous day that had lead her mate away had stopped midday and the hot sun had burned the moisture from the grass. The forest broke around her mate spitting his stark figure out into the gree field at a brisk pace.
Their son put his bamboo sword into the obi around his waist and ran to greet him, his silver hair waving behind him as he called out in their ancient tongue to his sire. Asami was always jealous of their thick silver hair, her own an inky black that hung to her thighs in curls. Masanori* circled his father's legs jumping and yipping in elation to hear of his travels. It was few and far between when their alpha left them for the wilds, and it always made the boy anxious to hear of the world beyond their home.
Asami smiled down at her sleeping pup as her mate grew closer. Resting her needle and thread in the sewing box she unfolded herself from the cobble opening of the cave. She was starting to wean their pup and he had not taken kindly to the idea, making him fussy when his father was absent.
A scent was mingled with her mate's, and her eyes focused on the squirming bundle wrapped in foreign cloths. Nori came to a stop before Asami with their son standing silently beside them with his eyes focused on the small prize. The warrior Inu pulled loose the fabric and gently held it out to the female, waiting as she gingerly craddled it to her chest. Folding the fabric away she eyed the beautiful baby looking up at her. From the furs beside them the gurgling of their pup came and Asami knelt to show the babies to one another.
"Where is she from Nori-koiishi?" Asami nuzzled the babe before opening her kimono to allow her to feed. She latched on greedily and grunted as she suckled.
"The guardian of the lands just east of here carried her, she is the one that summoned me." He lifted their sons from the ground to look at their new sibling. "She asked that we raise her, and for this I will be given the trust of the land." Asami raised one onyx eyebrow in surprise. "The forest called out to the babe 'Midoriko', if that is the name the forest wishes, she shall carry it."
"Yes, hello little tenshi. I am your kaa-san." Asami smiled down on bright blue curious eyes. "These are your brothers, Masanori and Iwao*. Welcome home sweet girl." The boys stared in fascination as their new sister was burped and put down for her nap.
Asami: "Morning Beauty"
Masanori: "Model of Justice"
Iwao: "Stone Man"