Whirl of the Light!
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 5
(----Raigi----)
He stares around the tent, looking for the young JenFe!. The kid is only five years old and has red colouring for both his hair and for his eyes. He also doesn't understand why the kid is to live with him, but then he doesn't have the heart to decline the offer from the look on Fox Trail's face.
He also decided to rename the kid, so now the boy's name is now Hunho, which means Fire Fox. He was pleased to see that the kid likes it and looks proud of the name. He also likes the company too; he was only ten years old and never had a friend before. He also began to teach Hunho English as well as Japanese too. He also decided not to talk about LoreApemon or about his fathers; he has a feeling that most of this people wouldn't understand.
He also has been studying and using his magic too. He does light shows for young JenFe! and he's happy that the kids like it. He also has been doing some spells for Shell Shield; he was the one what had the staff when he first arrived. Shell Shield seems to be the leader of the priest clan that supports Soaring Blood. He also had a few encounters with those who would like to see Soaring Blood disgrace, and because of this, these JenFe! also wish to have him on their side too.
He sighs as he thinks about this. He's too young to get into politics and yet it seems that politics want him. He turns to find Hunho coming into the tent. "How was the visit with your father?" He asks. "Fine." Hunho says and he notices that his friend looks nervous about something. "Something wrong?" He asks. Hunho looks more nervous and then says quietly, "I'm wondering when I'll get my markings." He blinks and then understands. "You mean like those stripes and spots?" Hunho nods and he thinks about it. "Any particular colour you want in it?" He asks. Hunho looks stunned and then smiles a bit. "That rusted gold colour looks cool." Hunho says, also using the word cool. He nods and says, "I'll come up with something."
Hunho nods and sits down by him. He takes out a spell book and begins to look through the pictures. He hears Hunho shape some flint into blades. They were going hunting later and they need arrows.
He finally finds an image of a knot. It has five colours that symbolize Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, and Life. He nods as he uses rocks to keep the book open to that page. He then looks for a blank page from the notebook that his using as a journal. He begins to alter the knot as he draws it. Soon he finishes the first and draws another different version. Then he looks between the two and compare them to the one from the spell book. He nods in satisfaction.
He gets up and offers the notebook to Hunho. Hunho looks at the two pictures and picks the first one. He then heads back to where he had been sitting. He then closes the spell book and put it away. He then looks for coloured pencils. He then finds the one that looks right, that was a rusty gold colour that Hunho wanted. He decides to use it for life rope for the knot. He then looks through the colours, looking for matches for the right elements. For water, he chooses a light teal colour, for the earth, a chocolate brown, for fire, a reddish orange, and then for air, he choice a blue.
He then begins to colour in the picture. He finishes and nods his head at the picture. It had taken him a good forty minutes to do everything. Hunho also finished off the last arrow. He hands the book over to Hunho and watches, as Hunho looks awed at the picture.
"Like it?" He asks. Hunho nods dumbly and he then says, "That'll work alright for the tattoo?" Hunho looks surprise at that and asks, "You mean you want me to have this tattooed on me?" He nods and says, "I was thinking of putting it on your shoulder though." Hunho looks humbled at this and nods weakly. He takes the book and chants a spell that will place the picture of the knot he drew onto Hunho's left shoulder. Before their eyes the picture comes off the page and onto Hunho's shoulder. It then stops glowing and Hunho rubs it to make sure that it'll stay on.
"That didn't hurt one bit!" Hunho says in awe. He grins at the look on his friend's face and says, "Well, what's the point of having it done the old fashion way where it would leave that shoulder sore for about a week? This is much faster and it looks better to boot!" Hunho grins too and says, "The arrow are finish too. We can go hunting right now." He nods and packs up his stuff. He finishes and soon picks up a bow and a quiver of arrows. They head out of the tent and wave bye to Green Buck as they head towards the forest.
(----Koichi----)
He waits for Shoji to appear. He hopes that the owl will arrive soon, it's getting cold under this water and he's been here for a whole day already. The deal was that if he sits striped of everything but a pair of pants and sit under this small waterfall for a whole day, he'd be aloud to sign the owl contract.
He had chatted with Blood Trail about contract signing and the demon fox advice about trying for a bird contract then a beast one. So he looked for summon birds and waited for one to speak with him. It was Shoji a yellowish-winged owl that finally spoke with him about contract signing. The owl wanted to know why he was hanging around the perching area of the summon birds then looking for some canine contract to sign. He informed Shoji about not needing a summoned fighter, but a quick messenger and spy. Shoji then gave him his name and left to hunt. About two hours later the owl returned to where his waiting and made a deal with him. He agreed to the deal that Shoji offered.
He finally notices the yellow colour from Shoji's wings. Soon the owl lands on a rock and he turns his head to look at the owl. "You really want this contract." Shoji says. He answers, "Is there a problem with that?" Shoji laughs and replies, "It's just that most ninja don't want to have anything to do with owls, you know. They think we're servants of death and will lead them into an early grave." He's surprised at this and says dryly, "I have a fox demon named Blood Trail sealed inside of me. Do you really think I care about what others think of me?" Shoji blinks at this and then says, "I guess you don't. Alright, you fulfilled your end, now I'll fulfill my end of the deal." With that a scroll appears by the owl's right foot. He moves out from under the waterfall and picks up the paintbrush and signs his name on the scroll. He's stunned to find that the scroll is blank and then signs his full name on it and then bites down on his thumb. He then daubes his fingers on the small pool of blood that's forming on his thumb. He then presses his hand in the box under his name. With that the scroll disappears and Shoji then has him practice summoning for the rest of the day.
(----Yue----)
He has spoken with five more summon beasts since he first spoken with Shippo. A bear, a weasel, a lion, a wolf, and then a horse, but none of them left him with a name though. It's also getting late and he was trying to figure out whither to leave this spot or to wait it out.
He is about to get up when a familiar figure appears. The blue form of Shippo comes out of the bushes to his left and Shippo waves at him. "I decided to let you sign! I thought about it since we first met and figured that you'll be a good guy to be friends with." Shippo says as the tanuki comes closer. He smiles and says, "I hope I live up to your espectations." Shippo waves that statement away with his left hand, for the blue tanuki is walking around on his hind legs.
"No sense! You didn't press any of the other for to sign their contracts and I asks them to speak with you. They gave me their opinions about you and I'm pleased to hear that they were impressed with you." Shippo says. He blinks at the information, but is amused at that. "I'd be honoured to be your friend, Shippo." He says. Shippo looks embarrased when he says that and Shippo then summons the scroll. He takes the scroll from Shippo and soon finishes signing his name and placing his bloody finger print on the scroll.
He hears both of their stomacks growl and they decide to hold off practicing summoning to eat food. He makes the fire as Shippo supplies the food. They chat about the mountains and he listens to Shippo talks about stories that he remembers from when he was a little cub. They finish eating and they then start practicing. They're both happy to have eaten something before this. For he finds summoning is hard work, but he'll get it right with practice. He also learnt how to summon Shippo as well.
(----Hunho----)
They brought down a boar and were busy preparing it. He works on cutting the hide off as Raigi holds the part that's been cut off. It's hard work and it's the first time either of them have ever done this to a boar.
He swipes his forehead and takes a bit of a break. Raigi also stops holding the skin and lets it fall onto the meat. They both look to find that it's already dark, but he's not afraid for he's with a god. Though he had to admit that Raigi doesn't act like one, but then he figures that he's not the expert about gods and if the Soaring Wings say that Raigi is a god, then who is he to say other wise? Besides, Raigi was his first friend and he treasures the friendship above anything else.
He watches as Raigi looks serious at the boar. "I think it'll be safer if we take it to the tent. Then we can ask Sharp Hawk to help out." Raigi says. He nods and says, "I think Sharp Hawk could use the tuskes for a necklace." Raigi nods and gets up off the ground. He also stands and watchse as Raigi closes his eyes. He's seen this before and is always awed at the power Raigi has. No matter how many times he has seen Raigi do magic it always seems to be a miracle.
Soon the boar grows smaller, big enough for him to carry without too much strain. He then picks up the boar and finds that Raigi has already picked up their bows and quivers. "Ready?" Raigi asks and he just nods. They soon make their way out of the forest.
As they go, he thinks about how his luck has changed. When his tribe arrived at the gathering, Soaring Blood's position was much more stable then what his father and his friends heard. His father was summoned to speak with Soaring Blood and Shell Shield, they were also to bring him.
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He figures that thses were his last moments of life and he is misrable. He knews that he would one day be killed in the name of the gods, but he never expected it to be so soon. They arrived at Soaring Blood's tent, they were surprise to see a winter tent set up by Soaring Blood's.
The messenger enters Soaring Blood's tent and out comes Soaring Blood, a Soaring Wing priest who was most likely Shell Shield, and two members of the Ragea clan named Boar Rage and Pale Deer. All four turn to look at him and then Soaring Blood nods and says, "This is Fox Trail? Healthy boy you have." His father answers, "I raised him well." Shell Shield nods and then says, "We might as well let the god decide what to do with him." He's horrified at hearing this.
He didn't move a muscle as the two Ragea clan head for the second tent. He then stares as out comes a small being that doesn't seem too important. Then the two Ragea members take up positions that only body guards take. Soaring Blood then speaks respectfully to the being, "Sorry to disturd you, but I wish to introduce Twin Tomahawk and his young son Fox Trail." Soaring Blood motions to him and the creature turns to look at him. He blinks as Shell Sheild adds, "His yours to do with as you will, Raigi."
He finds that Raigi looks at Shell Shield and then back at him. He sees some confusion in the creature's face, then Raigi motions for him to follow him. He does and he knows that his fate was now in this creature's hand. The flap closes and Raigi says, "So, you'll be living with me then?" He just nods dumbly at this.
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He now knows that Raigi is a god that crossed over. Therefore it stands to reason that Raigi is to be made as comfortable as possible and they hope that Raigi will remain with them until Raigi returns to his home plane. Also it seems to him that Raigi is well named too, for the tattoo on the god's left shoulder does remind them of fire and smoke, it doesn't hurt that the tattoo is purple too.
He's also happy for the first time in his life, for now many people are envying his position as Raigi's favorite and it reflects well on his father's tribe too. He has someone to call friend, a new name, and now finally a tattoo placed on him by the god himself. He was also learning two languages that Raigi knows, he finds them a bit hard, but then his has years to perfect his usage of them. Already he uses some of the terms that Raigi taught him.
They come within sight of the tent and they find Sharp Hawk waiting for them. Sharp Hawk looks first at Raigi carrying the equipment and then at his carrying a small boar. Sharp Hawk grins a bit and yells, "Can I have the tusks?"
To be continued …