The Storm and the Sun
"The Fountain"
"Susano." Amaterasu called out as she tended her garden, "I need some water for my cuties." she smiled as she saw her green plants.
Silence.
"Susano?" the sun goddess called out once more.
"SOME-"
"Oh no-"
"BODY ONCE!" Raijin was the one who stepped out holding a roll of toilet paper, "Told...?" he looked at Amaterasu, "Uh..."
"When is your plumbing going to be fixed?" Amaterasu mumbled as she faced the kami.
"I was just discussing the price with your boyfriend." Raijin smirked as he stepped down.
"Oh, Raijin..." Amaterasu looked down, "When you say it like that..." she put her hands on her cheeks, "Oh..."
"Give me two days." Susano came out, "5000 coin and you not getting 10 feet near my property for 3 weeks and you got yourself a plumber." he grunted.
"Deal!" Raijin shook his hand, "Welp, I'm off, lovebirds!" he said and got on his cloud, "Want anything from the market, Amaterasu?" he asked as his cloud changed into a motorcycle.
"Can you bring back some shrimp?" Amaterasu responded, "I forgot to buy some and I've been planning to make seafood stew for Susano." she grinned.
"As the god of the sea, I find that insulting." Susano joked and put his arm over her shoulders, "I would get it for you, Ama, but I can't leave that pipe flowing." he pointed to an area in his yard that was excavated, and an exposed pipe was leaking water.
"I know. I forgive you." Amaterasu smiled and kissed his cheek.
"And now's the time I go." Raijin murmured and revved up his cloud bike, "I'll be back." he put on some sunglasses and drove away.
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"HERMPH!" Susano groaned as he carried a marble fountain, "Watch... out!" he called out, trying to get Amaterasu's attention.
"Watch out." Amaterasu murmured, "Please don't hurt yourself..." she sighed.
"I'm... the most... powerful god I know..." Susano strained, "There's no way... this.. thing can..."
CRACK.
"HNGH..." Susano's eyes shot open and he immediately let the fountain drop to the ground with a loud thud, "AHHHHHHH!" he yelled and held his lower back.
"Susano!" Amaterasu hovered to his aid, "Oh Susano! Are you ok!?" she cried out and looked at him, "Oh no..."
"My back!" Susano growled and gnashed his teeth, "Ah... Ah..." he looked at her, "What are you doing just standing there?! PUNCH IT!"
"What?"
"DO IT! PUNCH IT!" Susano glared.
"Uh... Uh..." Amaterasu was hesitant, "I can't-"
"JUST DO IT!"
"Ah... HA!" Amaterasu balled up her fist and released a punch.
CRACK!
"HOOOOOO EEEEEH!" Susano yelled again, then straightened up and walked a few steps, "Ah ha!" he cheered, "That hit the spot!" he turned.
"Here! Let me help you carry that thing." Amaterasu said, worry filling her face, "I don't want you to get hurt again."
"No no no." Susano shook his head, "You should not exhaust yourself." he tried to shoo her away, "Please... I have this under control." he grabbed the fountain again.
Amaterasu sighed as she saw her brother continue his efforts, "Susano..." she groaned and walked to the opposite end, "Here-"
"No no no!" Susano responded and then set the fountain down on the exposed ground, "Look... see... I can do it." he flexed his bicep,
Amaterasu sighed deeply.
"Now I just have to jump in." Susano fell into the pit with a wrench, "And connect it." he looked for the pipe and started to work with it.
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Amaterasu saw as Susano leveled the ground around the fountain with his shovel.
"All done?" she asked.
Susano wiped the sweat from his brow, then kicked the fountain.
It started to spew forth water from the large fish it had at its top.
"Does that answer your question?"
"It's so wonderful." Amaterasu clapped and the sun shined brightly, "Thank you for doing this for me!"
"That will be 400 coin." Susano joked and extended his hand, which his sister playfully smacked aside, "Come here." he held her tight.
"Oooh~" Amaterasu giggled, "So r- WAHHH!" she screamed when she was pushed into the large fountain, causing a large splash.
"Susano!" she groaned as she surface.
"I thought you could see all its wonder." Susano crossed his arms, then put his foot on the edge of the fountain, "You loved it so much."
"You jerk." Amaterasu smirked and splashed him, "You think just because you're my brother that you are safe from my wrath?" she cackled and launched another wave.
Susano covered his face with his hat.
"Try harder, you- DWAH!" he was yanked into the fountain.
Splash!
"Is this hard enough?" Amaterasu looked at him, "You are the god of the sea, you should get used to getting wet!" she taunted, "I'm going to splash you to-" she noticed it got dark.
"What the..." Susano also noticed the shade and then looked up.
It was as springboard, fashioned from a cloud.
And a red figure was climbing on it.
"Son of a bi-" Susano growled as he saw the kami at the top, "Rai-"
Raijin stretched his arms and balanced, then put on spandex shorts and some goggles.
"Hrmph... Hrmph..." he grumbled as he walked to the end of the board, "CANNONBALLL!" he yelled and sprung sky high.
"RAIJIN."
SPLASH!
The water shot up in a great eruption and completely drenched them all from head to toe.
"You have two seconds to get out of this fountain and run to your home." Susano growled as he tried to peer under his drenched hat.
Raijin laughed as he splashed around.
"You guys wanna have a fight? I brought my water gun!" he pulled out a small pistol.
"We have a pool for this, Raijin." Amaterasu sighed as she looked at her hair, "Let's go in there." she murmured as she felt a bit too cramped.
"GET OUT OF HERE!" Susano picked up the kami and threw him out, "Hrrr..." he growled and looked at the kami.
"Once again I've been underestimated." Raijin called upon his cloud and flew away.
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The storm god and the sun goddess sat with each other as they watched a movie, Amaterasu putting her head on his strong shoulder.
"Why do you like watching these things, brother?" she sighed when she saw soldiers walking up to a beach while under heavy machine gun fire.
"War's a bloody business, Ama." Susano responded as he patted her head, "You have to get used to it... Like I did." he murmured.
Amaterasu put her hand on his chest, "Why do you say tha-"
"For my entire life I had been fighting." Susano spoke as he looked at the movie, "With Father, with Brother, with the other deadbeat losers... with You." he murmured, "Never had I rested until now. And even then the old man and his friends come to haunt me."
Amaterasu looked at him, "Susano, don't think that way. I'm sure by now it's all bygones. Mother and I have forgiven you, it's not long until you are no longer the black sheep."
"I think my union with you will change that."
Susano scoffed, "I doubt it." he shook his head and took off his hat, "The only thing that would happen is that they all would hate you." he growled.
"Degenerates. Disgusting Degenerates." he clenched his fist and looked outside the window.
"3000 miles of no one but us, why can't we just stay here forever?"
"Someone is going to have to tell father and the others." Amaterasu walked up to him, "It will only be for a brief moment, then we can live here forever."
"If the old man sees me set foot in a room with you under my arm, he'll go ballistic." Susano murmured.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because-" the storm god shook his head, "Nothing... Just... how he is." he lied and sat back on the couch.
"Now's not a time to think about that. Come, join me." he tried his best to grin.
Amaterasu nodded and sat next to him.
"Whatever happens, just know that they will not get in our way. You may be the storm, and I may be the sun, but no one in heaven and on earth will challenge our union."
"Where'd you learn to speak so strongly?" Susano chuckled, noting his sister's more serious tone.
"I have the best person to learn that from." Amaterasu responded and rested her head on his chest once more.
"Right."