The cave had a sort of luke warm feel to it.
Everywhere you turned there was dripping water.
"Toboe and Katsume," Kiba said sternly while turning to look at both of them. "You too stay here with Cheza while Hige, Tsume, and I get food."
"Aw, why do I always have to stay here and Hige gets to go?" Toboe whined, his golden bracelets jingling as he made a gesture with his hand.
"Because runt, I have the best nose out of all of us!" Hige teased, poking the tip of his nose with his pointer finger.
"Kiba," Cheza called softly. "Toboe can go hunting too. This one is protected by the flower Guardian."
Katsume looked a bit hesitant at the way Cheza stated her protecting the girl so confident like.
"It's alright. I'd rather stay here with you two then be hanging around Hige." Toboe sighed, sitting on the ground and smiling at the two young women.
Toboe knew the two things that Hige couldn't live without. Food and women.
So he just silently rubbed in it that while Hige was out, he was going to be alone with two pretty females.
Hige just gave a glare towards Toboe's direction and followed the other guys out.
"So Cheza," Katsume started, The flower maiden smiling at hearing her own name.
"How do you know honestly that I AM the flower guardian? Lots of people wear moonstone these days."
Cheza's smile faded and she sat in thought for a bit.
All around them was silent except for the dripping of water. The moonlight was shinning moonbeams of silver-white wisps of fairies prancing around with delight.
The light from the moon shone in the small cave, and cast shadows all around them.
"I have this feeling. Like the way the flowers and plants call out to me....Talk to me. This one is quite sure you are the guardian." Came Cheza's soft and high voice.
"But, what am I supposed to do? I'm not that good with the well being of mother nature." Katsume asked frantically.
"This one can take care of the plants and flowers. And Katsume can take care of the others and I." Cheza said with a smile.
"Do you mean, support the well being of everyone?" Katsume said more calmy.
Cheza nodded, her smile slowly fading after minutes had gone by, the moon still shinning bright, and Toboe asleep on the hard rock floor.
Cheza smiled again, looking down at the young wolf and gently petting him on the head, causing Toboe to grin in his sleep.
Katsume was leaning against the cool cave wall, Cheza not really asleep, but resting with her eyes closed on Katsume's shoulder with Toboe asleep half way on Cheza's lap.
When suddenly sleep over took Katsume, her body feeling limp and her eyelids heavy.
In a few seconds Katsume was in a deep sleep, and soon after Hige, Tsume, and Kiba returned with some food they found scattered around the small village next to the forest.
"Well,...More for us." Hige said jokingly as he and the others found the two girls and Toboe asleep.
"Don't even think about touching it." Tsume barked at him, noting that Hige's stomach was also growling.
"For now let's try to get some sleep. It wouldn't be fair if we ate now." Kiba said, sitting on the hard floor and resting his head against the smooth wall.
Hige moaned a bit to the suggestion of this, but soon found himself in a peaceful slumber where he was sitting before a full table of food.
Tsume looked around as everyone took their spot in the small cave, and sighed as he found the only place to sleep was next to Katsume.
So he quietly sat down next to her, closing his tired eyes and leaning his head back.
Half asleep turning to face her, Tsume smelling the heavy scent of Lunar flowers and Wild flowers mixed together, he soon found himself in a deep, deep sleep.
Kiba stood outside the entrance to the cave, watching the clouds hurry past the sun, the blue sky going beyond it's limits and the birds chirping.
It was a nice, warm, and slightly breezy day.
Inside the cave, Hige and Toboe were preparing the food, while Cheza watched.
"Uh,...Should we wake them?" Toboe asked, noting how Tsume and Katsume were still asleep, Katsume's head leaning on Tsume's shoulder.
Hige laughed and replied,
"Nah, let them wake up like that."
Katsume slowly stirred from her dream of a field of flowers, to find her head resting comfortably on something softer then the cave walls or floors.
She slowly opened her eyes to find Hige, Cheza, and Toboe smiling at her.
"What are you all," Katsume started to say, sleepily realizing that what her head was resting on began to move.
"Oh,...um. Sorry Tsume!" Katsume said as she quickly got up, a bit embarrassed to find herself scooted up to his side, and her head on his shoulder.
Tsume stood up and moved his shoulder around a bit because of starting to get numb from Katsume's head laying on through the night.
"It's fine." Tsume responded, stepping out of the cave to see what Kiba was up to.
"Do you think he's mad at me? It was an accident." Katsume asked Hige and the others with a worried expression as she watched Tsume exit.
"Course not! It's not everyday that Tsume wakes up to find a woman cuddled against him." Hige replied with a grin.
Everywhere you turned there was dripping water.
"Toboe and Katsume," Kiba said sternly while turning to look at both of them. "You too stay here with Cheza while Hige, Tsume, and I get food."
"Aw, why do I always have to stay here and Hige gets to go?" Toboe whined, his golden bracelets jingling as he made a gesture with his hand.
"Because runt, I have the best nose out of all of us!" Hige teased, poking the tip of his nose with his pointer finger.
"Kiba," Cheza called softly. "Toboe can go hunting too. This one is protected by the flower Guardian."
Katsume looked a bit hesitant at the way Cheza stated her protecting the girl so confident like.
"It's alright. I'd rather stay here with you two then be hanging around Hige." Toboe sighed, sitting on the ground and smiling at the two young women.
Toboe knew the two things that Hige couldn't live without. Food and women.
So he just silently rubbed in it that while Hige was out, he was going to be alone with two pretty females.
Hige just gave a glare towards Toboe's direction and followed the other guys out.
"So Cheza," Katsume started, The flower maiden smiling at hearing her own name.
"How do you know honestly that I AM the flower guardian? Lots of people wear moonstone these days."
Cheza's smile faded and she sat in thought for a bit.
All around them was silent except for the dripping of water. The moonlight was shinning moonbeams of silver-white wisps of fairies prancing around with delight.
The light from the moon shone in the small cave, and cast shadows all around them.
"I have this feeling. Like the way the flowers and plants call out to me....Talk to me. This one is quite sure you are the guardian." Came Cheza's soft and high voice.
"But, what am I supposed to do? I'm not that good with the well being of mother nature." Katsume asked frantically.
"This one can take care of the plants and flowers. And Katsume can take care of the others and I." Cheza said with a smile.
"Do you mean, support the well being of everyone?" Katsume said more calmy.
Cheza nodded, her smile slowly fading after minutes had gone by, the moon still shinning bright, and Toboe asleep on the hard rock floor.
Cheza smiled again, looking down at the young wolf and gently petting him on the head, causing Toboe to grin in his sleep.
Katsume was leaning against the cool cave wall, Cheza not really asleep, but resting with her eyes closed on Katsume's shoulder with Toboe asleep half way on Cheza's lap.
When suddenly sleep over took Katsume, her body feeling limp and her eyelids heavy.
In a few seconds Katsume was in a deep sleep, and soon after Hige, Tsume, and Kiba returned with some food they found scattered around the small village next to the forest.
"Well,...More for us." Hige said jokingly as he and the others found the two girls and Toboe asleep.
"Don't even think about touching it." Tsume barked at him, noting that Hige's stomach was also growling.
"For now let's try to get some sleep. It wouldn't be fair if we ate now." Kiba said, sitting on the hard floor and resting his head against the smooth wall.
Hige moaned a bit to the suggestion of this, but soon found himself in a peaceful slumber where he was sitting before a full table of food.
Tsume looked around as everyone took their spot in the small cave, and sighed as he found the only place to sleep was next to Katsume.
So he quietly sat down next to her, closing his tired eyes and leaning his head back.
Half asleep turning to face her, Tsume smelling the heavy scent of Lunar flowers and Wild flowers mixed together, he soon found himself in a deep, deep sleep.
Kiba stood outside the entrance to the cave, watching the clouds hurry past the sun, the blue sky going beyond it's limits and the birds chirping.
It was a nice, warm, and slightly breezy day.
Inside the cave, Hige and Toboe were preparing the food, while Cheza watched.
"Uh,...Should we wake them?" Toboe asked, noting how Tsume and Katsume were still asleep, Katsume's head leaning on Tsume's shoulder.
Hige laughed and replied,
"Nah, let them wake up like that."
Katsume slowly stirred from her dream of a field of flowers, to find her head resting comfortably on something softer then the cave walls or floors.
She slowly opened her eyes to find Hige, Cheza, and Toboe smiling at her.
"What are you all," Katsume started to say, sleepily realizing that what her head was resting on began to move.
"Oh,...um. Sorry Tsume!" Katsume said as she quickly got up, a bit embarrassed to find herself scooted up to his side, and her head on his shoulder.
Tsume stood up and moved his shoulder around a bit because of starting to get numb from Katsume's head laying on through the night.
"It's fine." Tsume responded, stepping out of the cave to see what Kiba was up to.
"Do you think he's mad at me? It was an accident." Katsume asked Hige and the others with a worried expression as she watched Tsume exit.
"Course not! It's not everyday that Tsume wakes up to find a woman cuddled against him." Hige replied with a grin.