I felt a soft kiss on my cheek. "I'll be back soon." His voice said. I heard the slide of his staff in his holder. I watched him leave. I really wish I was well enough to go up. It's fine now though; I have someone here. I tried to fall asleep, till i heard footsteps at the door.
"Monet?" I heard my sister.
"Hmm?" I sat up.
"I cant sleep. I felt bad all night cause I was taking.."
"Dont feel bad." I cut in. "Trust me, they don't mind one bit. We'll be home soon Kanona." I said. "Try to get some sleep." I heard silence, then i heard footsteps walk towards me. She sat in Donnie's chair.
"Can you tell me a story from when you were younger. With Arati?" she asked. I used to tell her stories so she could fall asleep easy.
"Lets go to Leo's room. I'll tuck you in." I got up and she helped me to his room. "Lay down." She did and i rolled the blanket onto her. "What story do you wanna hear?" I asked her, sitting down on Leo's bed.
"A new one." She said.
"I forgot all the ones i told you already. Hmm.." i thought for a second. "Did you hear the time when we were trying to find out what weapons we wanted?"
She shook her head no.
"Ah that was my best memory with her. So anyways." i started. "Master started to train us at the young age of 2 and 4 with our hands. We learned to fight only with our arms and legs. He smiled at us, cause we always fought. When we reached 8 and 10, he took us into his room. He had a wall full of weapons. He looked at us and backed up.
His words were "Monet and Arati. Your weapons choose you. You go with every weapon. You try to be one with them each. If they do not choose you, you do not choose it." I looked at the wall. I Tried the fans, bow, even short katana. The Kamas, though, i felt one with. Sissy thought she could try the kamas too, because they had found me. She almost took her eye out. Oh boy did i laugh." I paused for a second.
"how'd she find her weapon?" She asked me. She was sleepy.
"Well, after master scolded her and handed me my kama back, she kept looking. And kept looking. And kept looking. Until she found the one that suited her. Her.."
"Yumi!" Kanona cracked in.
"Yes, her yumi. She could hit a target dead on with it. She was a silent sharpshoter. But boy, did she put up a fight or what." I said. "We were evenly matched. She kept getting upset because I had the weapon that was fight by hand. She had to shoot at me. Master never let her practice inside the house though. She always got upset. So, i took her out oneday to train with her. But you already know that story." I heard snoring. I tucked her in. "Goodnight, sissy." I turned the light off in her room.
I limped back to my room, and laid in bed, awaiting for Donnie to get home.