"He's evolving." He said simply, and as I watched, the glow faded, leaving a bishi the size of a 10 year old in my lap where there was once a baby.
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We had just finished our second shopping trip of the day, having had to go out and buy new clothes again, as nothing we had gotten during the first trip would obviously fit Chibi Iruka now.
I couldn't help but giggle, swinging the bags of clothes in my hands as I thought of everyone's reactions to Chibi Iruka's evolving.
~Flashback~
Sitting on my lap was Iruka, that was for sure, although he looked nothing like he had ten seconds ago.
For one thing, his clothes most definitely didn't fit him anymore, and I couldn't help but blush, turning my head away as Iruka pulled his son into his own lap and got one of his blue long sleeved shirts on him.
"Tousan?" Chibi Iruka sounded confused and disoriented, but growing that much so quickly would do that to anyone.
"Hai. Come, let's get you dressed in something before our trainer blushes herself to death." Iruka teased his son, picking him up and leaving the room.
"Th-that was quick." I stammered, referring to Iruka's sudden evolution.
"Sou ka? Our children never stay in that stage for very long." Kakashi said, not looking up from where he sat sharpening one of his kunai on a small stone.
"Kakashi?" I asked, "Are you still upset?"
~End Flashback~
Kakashi had said he wasn't upset, he just thought I was a little too carefree for having come across a corpse within days of getting to this place.
All I could do at that point was shrug and smile. "No use getting worked up over what I can't control, ne?"
He had, well, chuckled would probably be the best word for it. Just a shake of his shoulders and a snort.
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"Aaaah, time for sleep!" I announced with a grin, stretching out my back and dropping on one of the beds with a groan.
"Actually…Danny san, could I speak with you before you go to sleep for the night?" Iruka asked, as he tucked in his son.
"Um…sure. Sup?" I asked, a little confused as to what he could want that couldn't wait till morning.
"Can we step out into the hall please?" He asked, looking down at his son meaningfully.
"Oh? …Oh!" It dawned on me that he probably wanted to get the hell out of here and start hunting down the baddies, and didn't want to say it in front of his son. I stood back up, kicking the shopping bags out of my way, and followed him out of the room.
"Danny san, thank you so much for giving me this chance." He started to say as I turned to face him, but I held up one hand to hush him.
"Hold it a second. I want your promise." I said, crossing my arms over my chest and waiting.
"Promise of what?" He sounded confused, cocking his head to one side and staring at me.
"Promise me that you're doing what you say you're doing. That you won't do anything that you'd be ashamed to tell me and your son about later on." I said seriously, using the same line on him that my mom had used on me dozens of times when I was younger.
"I promise." He said solemnly, holding up one hand in a twisted imitation of the boy scouts oath, although I wasn't sure he knew what a Boy Scout really was.
"Ok. So what are you planning on doing?" I asked, unhooking the miniature bishi ball off my belt that linked him to me.
"I was planning on heading back to where…to where you found my wife." He faltered for a moment, a pained look sweeping across his face, "I was going to see if I could find anything, and go from there."
"Alright… make sure you set your son down and explain to him what's going on before you leave? So help me if you just walk out now I'll come after you with a rusty spoon." I said, handing him his bishi ball and turning back into the room without waiting for his response.
"I hope I didn't upset him with that…I just don't want poor Chibi-chan to feel abandoned." I thought ruefully as I let Iruka walk past me through the doorway. I watched him pick up his son and carry him into the hallway again, to talk privately I assumed.
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"Iruka chan, c'mon sweetie, just another mile or so and we'll stop for the night, I swear." I called back to the small child, who was dragging his feet behind me. Kakashi was leading us, one hand in his pocket and the other holding his Icha Icha Paradise book up near his nose, but I knew he was paying close attention to us and to our surroundings.
"Hai, Danny nee chan." He said glumly, and picked up the pace to pull up alongside me.
I couldn't help but feel sorry for the little boy; he had been bummed out since his father had left early that morning before the sun had even risen. The only reason I was awake when he left was because I had rolled out of bed and hit the floor face first.
"Hey kiddo, you want a piggy back ride?" I asked with a false cheeriness, slowing my pace and looking down at Iruka with a smile.
"No thank you Danny nee chan." He responded, kicking a pebble as he walked.
"Iruka chan, please don't be sad. Your dad is coming back, I promise. He's linked to me through his bishi ball, I can tell right where he is," I said, which was true, as long as he carried his bishi ball with him, he could travel unrestricted, and I could sense where he was, "and he misses you terribly. But there's something he has to take care of first. But Kakashi and I will take good care of you, ne Kakashi kun?"
Kakashi raised a hand in response, not taking his nose out of his book.
"Ne, Iruka chan, what's say we steal Kakashi's book as punishment for not paying attention to us?" I mock whispered to the child, who seemed to consider this for a moment before nodding.
"Yosh. It'll be good training for me, ne, nee chan?" I tried not to sigh, having planned on this being for fun, not training, but he was being more social, what more could I ask for?
Kakashi pretended not to hear this exchange, but still ducked when I dove for him.
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"You did good, Iruka chan." I said, ruffling his hair out of it's ponytail, while subtly rubbing a bruise on the back of my head with my other hand.
"I didn't get the book though…" He pouted, trying to put his hair back to rights with little success.
"Ne, you did knock 'Kashi kun to the ground though. And that's better than I did. You're already better than a civilian!" I said brightly, laying out our bed rolls and opening the fridge capsule to get dinner.
"Yea …but…" I held up my hand to stop his protests, hearing a sound from the woods to our left.
I looked at Kakashi, who just mouthed 'Bishounen' to me, before disappearing into the trees above us.
"C'mon Iruka chan, we're going Bishi hunting, so let's stay quiet." I whispered, motioning for him to follow me into the brush silently.
We wandered almost fifty feet into the woods before I caught sight of Kakashi in the branches of a tree, pointing me in the right direction. I followed where he was pointing, and gasped.
The bishounen in question whipped around at the sound, automail arm already changed into a blade. But I had been just a little faster, whipping a bishi ball at him mid gasp. He held his arms up over his face as if to block the incoming attack, but the ball just bounced off the blade on his arm, sucking him up in a blast of red light.
The ball dropped to the ground with a small thud, and shook for just a moment before stilling.
"Yosh!" I cheered, rushing out of the bushes to pick up the ball. I couldn't resist the urge to nuzzle the bishi ball like a little kid, grinning like an idiot. "I caught an Edward Elric!"
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Bishi Dex
Edward Elric – a 'Genius' Alchemist, and the older brother of Alphonse Elric, he lost his leg trying to transmute his mother, and lost his arm as trade to bring his brother's soul back from the gate. Both were replaced with automail, technologically superior prosthetics. He tends to break his fairly often, and if the trainer is not mechanically inclined it is strongly urged to catch a Winry Rockbell to help with maintenance. Any mention of the words short, small, tiny, little, or bean set him off, as he is very sensitive about his height.
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A.N.
Well, it's officially a Bishi world fic and no longer just a really weird Mary Sue Naruto fic! Hooray! Sorry it took so long to update. But after having someone jump across the counter at me to try and get their prescription without paying I was inspired to write again. XD maybe I just need to be attacked by desperate drug addicts every day to keep this up, ne?
Once again, if you'd like to be a trainer, please send me an email at sontsunami 06 aol .com without all the spaces, and let me know the name, appearance, age, how long in the bishi world, what bishis and how they interact. Please don't leave that info in a review, as the last time I wrote a story that let people create their own characters, it was removed because reviews aren't supposed to be used like that I guess.
Ja ne,
Tsunami