This one was rushed and spur of the moment so sorry if it isn't all that good(amazing what Mountain Dew AMP can do to a person's mind). I was going to cut to Rinku remembering about a paragraph worth of this, but I decided that Jin was so cute when he was angry! Next one will be more focused on Rinku... unless I decide to torture another one of his friends...
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"What're ya gawkin' at? Git me OUTTA HERE!"
Touya and Rinku tried hard to conceal their amusement at Jin's predicament. Touya was trying a little harder than Rinku, to say the least... In fact, Rinku had abandoned the concept altogether. The boy was doubling over with laughter at the sight of the poor, trapped ninja.
"Let's try to focus on getting him out," Touya said, or more choked out. He was trying to hold back the laughter he felt welling up. Just then, small movements could be seen from a little lower in the tree, or what USED to be lower in the tree. A tiny squirrel poked his head out of his ruined home and looked around. The small creature's gaze stopped of the back end of a familiar sight. This looked like the same walking, talking, flying, natural disaster that had caused him to move into this tree less than 3 weeks ago...
"Huh?"
Rinku watched as a visibly upset squirrel scampered Jin's direction, up a branch close to his leg, and finally jumped to another branch right above Jin's rear. Neither the master of ice or yo-yo was fluent in squirrel, but it was pretty clear that the "SQUACK" let out by the airborne, bushy-tailed, rodent, was one of anger. It landed on the wind master's upturned buttocks and began making plans for the next stop...
"'EY! WHAT THE? WHEN THE HELL DID ONE O' YOU TWO TURN EUNUCH? DON'T BE GRABBIN' ME-"
Jin trailed off as he felt the squirrel make it's way up his back. He felt tiny claws digging through the gi he wore while training. On to his neck, across his hair. He heard squeaking in his still pointing ears. He couldn't turn his head to see what this thing was, nor did he know what it might be saying to him, but he could guess it wasn't good.
"Toy, what the hell is tha- AAAAAHHH!"
The squirrel sat back and let out a rather satisfied sounding squeak that sounded a lot like a "Hmph" as a few drops of blood ran down Jin's freshly pierced ear. The squirrel hopped away, looking pretty darn pleased with himself as Jin's cursing resumed. At the sight of all this Touya couldn't hold it in any longer. He was the nice one, always polite and mannerly, never wanting to offend any of his friends, but even he had his limits. Seeing the Shinobi master of wind get what-for from a squirrel of all creatures was well past said limits. He burst out laughing and continued to do so until fresh flakes of snow were being swept off his cheeks and eyelashes by the steadily increasing breeze forming around the furious wind master.
Nearly an hour later, Rinku and Touya had regained their composure, but both were still having trouble pulling Jin out of the tree. His horn wasn't long enough to be stuck that deep. Why couldn't they pull him free?
"I don't get it. We've been tugging forever. Why hasn't he budged?"
"I'm not sure. It's almost as if he's stuck in something else below the surface... Now I remember where I've seen that tree before!"
The child stared up at Touya, who looked as if he could be mentally slapping his forehead. "Yeah...?"
"There were dozens of these in the forest outside the village we grew up in. I don't remember their name, but the shinobi used to use the sap they secreted as a substitute for glue."
"What do ninjas need with glue?" Rinku looked slightly puzzled.
"This substance is the strongest adhesive in all existence. We used it for making weapons, repairing tools, and many other things. Like clothes, ropes, supplies-"
"Ex-girlfriends."
Rinku and Touya stood in silence and gave Jin the strangest of looks...
"Don't ask."
"I think I speak for both of us when I say there's no danger in that."
"Right on! But Touya, if this stuff's that sticky, how do we get him un-stuck? Unless, you wanna just saw his horn off," Rinku said, casting Jin a sly gaze.
"EY! DON'T GO TALKIN 'BOUT MESSIN' UP THE HORN! HAD IT ME WHOLE LIFE SO I SAY!"
"Riiiight. Hey Touya, I'll be back in a few."
"And jus' where do ya think you'll be strollin' off to while I'm still jammed up in this thing?"
"To find Suzuka."
"Wha? Ya think he's got some magic-type potion that'll be settin' me free?"
"No. He has all the power tools."
"WHAT? TOUYA! KEEP THAT KID AWAY FROM ME HORN!"
Touya knelt down beside Jin's head and started looking at the area where Jin's horn had pierced the wood, trying to assess how much sap had come in contact with Jin. In the meantime, Rinku had found a new way to amuse himself. Out of his pocket came a single yo-yo. As he slipped the loop over his finger he stared down at Jin's face while a small, innocent smile spread across his own.
"Hey, what's that look for?" The ensnared ninja was looking upside down at the demon boy, but he still knew that look all too well. He was planning something, Jin just didn't know what, until...
"OW! DAMNIT! DON'T- OW!"
The yo-yo went up and down "OW" up and down"OW" up and down "OW" It's target: Jin's nose.
Touya, paying no mind to Jin and Rinku's new game, rose from his position beside Jin. "I think I " "OW" "know how " "OW" "to get him" "DAMNIT KID" "out of" "STOPITALREADY!" "there without" "BRAT!OW!" "having to" "KNOCKITOFF" "cut his" "OW" "horn or" "ISAIDQUITITYAMONST-OW" "the tree."
Rinku stared up at Touya waiting for his solution, yet his yo-yo never missed it's mark. A couple of times Jin tried to block it with his hands, but a yo-yo to the face was better than a crack on the knuckles. That reminded him too much of the ruler when he was a child.
"Jin, hold still and this won't hurt... much"
Gulp
Rinku took this opportunity to get a head start toward the back door. He could see fire in the wind master's eyes. Knowing that Jin was going to beat him into the middle of next week if given a chance, Rinku figured his best bet was to be in the house before Jin got free. They had all agreed, after the first 7 roof replacements, and countless walls, that there was to be no more fighting in the house! EVER! He just hoped Jin remembered that before he maimed him.
Touya returned to his kneeling position beside Jin's head and placed his hand on the tree. Slowly he began to freeze the area surrounding the 'entry wound' caused by the horn, taking care not to freeze his partner as well.
"Bloody hell that's cold!" said a now shivering Jin.
"At the risk of sounding like Rinku, duh."
"Damnit! Ya don' hafta be so smart-assed about it! Ya know, you always was a-"
"Save it. Use that anger for something productive and free yourself."
"If I could ya think I'd've been playin' the Planter's Peanut for a half-crazed chipmunk?"
"It was a squirrel."
"I don't care what he was! He made a meal outta me ear!"
"Are you sure it was a he?" Touya was now trying to hide a grin. Jin gave him enough trouble over the years. He loved getting some payback every now and again.
"DAMNIT!"
"I got through freezing the sap a while ago. It should shatter quite easily now, at least, if you work the rest of your muscles half as much as you've been working your jaw the last few minutes."
"WHY YOU- huh? Oh. OH!" With a quick push on the log, Jin was liberated. He grabbed his horn and started feeling to check for damage. He got so concerned about his precious horn that he didn't notice Rinku running for the door until he heard it slam.
"That lil'! I owe him a beatin' over me nose!"
"No fighting indoors, remember?" Touya shot Jin one of his trademark "Do it and die" icy glares.
"But he-"
"Not in the house."
"But me nose!"
Touya held out his hand in the direction of Jin's face and it was surrounded by a blue green glow. Jin suddenly felt a cold, stinging sensation around his nose, followed by the realization that he wasn't getting air through it...
"What the!" Jin was surprised by the funny sound of his own voice.
"That'll numb it. Problem solved."
Jin brought one hand to his face and found that dead center of it, was a ball of ice surrounding his nose!
"Toy! Get this thing offa me face!"
"I've freed you once today. Besides, if it hurts as much as you were letting on, surely it hurts enough to need attention."
"It don' hurt that bad! Get this off!"
"This is better than cable!" the small boy in the second story window said to himself as he watched the commotion in the backyard below.
His boredom was gone for a little while, anyway.
Next chapter? KUWA BASHING! YAY!
To all Kuwa fans: I have no personal dislike to Kuwabara, but this is a Rinku story, and Rinku does. Don't be offended. If I ever write a fic from Kuwa's POV, there will probably be some Rinku bashing, so it'll even out, that is, if Kuwa can pry himself away from Hiei and the short jokes long enough... Just trying to stay true to the characters.