For some reason, I just wanna see Bunny teaching Jack how to fight and hilarity ensue… So here we go!
"A'right Jackie," Bunny beckoned as he walked into a room carved into the stone walls of his warren "let's see how ya have improved."
The brothers walked into Bunny's personal dojo, each raising their fists as they prepared to begin their sparring session. Pitch sat in the corner, a book in hand as he played referee with only half an interest in the things taking place.
"Alright Pitch," Jack yelled "make sure he doesn't cheat!"
"I will endeavor to maintain all fairness," Pitch replied in monotone as he opened his book and stretched out his legs "proceed with your beating each other to a bloody pulp."
"Oi!" Bunny chuckled with a sarcastic raised eyebrow "if yer not gonna referee then why are ya even here?"
"Simply because the idea of watching Jack trying to learn martial arts whilst being beaten by a giant fluffy bunny appeals to my sadistic sense of humor," Pitch smirked.
Aster snorted, despite knowing he had just been insulted "A'right brain freeze," the Pooka grinned "let's not let Pitch down and give him a good show."
Jack grinned widely while Pitch gave a sarcastic punch to the air "Three cheers for legalized violence." The Boogeyman whooped emotionlessly as he turned a page in his book.
Both boys barked out a laugh then turned to face each other. Leaning low, Bunny dove forward, sweeping his leg in an elegant arc across the floor. Jack jumped, landing lightly on his toes on the sparring mat. Before bring his own leg up in a powerful roundhouse kick, but it was easily blocked and captured by Bunny.
"Nice recovery mate," the Pooka winked "but a kick wasn't the best way ta go."
"Aw man!" the winter spirit groaned hopping on one leg as he tried to stay balanced with his other leg still being held by the Easter Spirit.
Pulling Jack by his leg, Bunny knocked the child off balance, flipping him onto his back "Yer learnin' quick," the Pooka chuckled "yer doin' a lot better than ya think."
"Oh yeah?" Jack pouted "Then why can't I even land a blow on you?"
"Because I'm a master," Bunny smirked.
"Don't let him fool you Jack," Pitch said casually "he's not as much of a master as he thinks he is."
"And how would you know?" Bunny retorted indignantly.
"Because," the Boogeyman looked up from his book long enough to cast w mischievous grin at the Pooka "I helped train some of the world's most elite warriors."
"Really?!" Jack gasped as his teenage boy sensibilities completely took over "Like who?"
"Knights, ancient legendary Samurai, Native American warriors," Pitch listed off with seeming nonchalance as he turned back to his book "Arabic swordsmen, and even the occasional Pharaoh or two."
"COOL!" the teen gasped.
"I doubt ya helped train 'em," Bunny pouted "ya probably just stood by and scared 'em a little."
"Please," the Boogeyman scoffed "in the old days fear was excellent training!"
"How didja do it?"Jack asked bouncing eagerly.
"Well," the dark man smirked at Jack's curious grin and tilted his head back, reveling in being the boy's favorite for the moment "back then, no matter which culture you came from, everyone thought that the best training was to face your fear. Knights would into dark caverns in search of dragons, Samurai trained alone in the dark of a moonless night in a bamboo glade, Native American warriors would wander the woods alone fasting until they received a sign from their spirit guide, ancient Arabic warriors would go off into the desert alone or brave the rugged mountains of their home in hopes of becoming stronger. I merely helped them. I was the dragon, the mysterious attacker in the night, the black raven the led Native Americans to their destiny, whatever the situation called for."
Jack sat with his jaw hanging, and even Bunny was silenced into impressed awe "That," Jack began as he bounced around "Is. SO. COOL!"
The Pooka nodded, "Ok, so ya did do some pretty cool stuff."
"Hmph," Pitch breathed with a victorious grin "Oh and Jack?"
"Yeah?" the winter spirit leaned forward his eyes glittering excitedly.
"There's a rabid bunny behind you."
With a gasp, Jack turned around just in time for the Pooka to grab him and flip him onto the floor, his chin hitting the mat with a painful crunch.
"Oh ho!" Bunny cackled as he got off the floor "Look who let his guard down!"
"Yer a jerk," Jack grinned as he stood up.
However something odd happened as the boy picked himself off the floor, something hard like a stone was rolling around in his mouth that made the winter child pause. Giving the Pooka a small look of panic, Jack smiled nervously then cupped his hand to his mouth so he could spit the object out. Unfolding his fingers, both boy and bunny looked inside to see a small perfectly white tooth nestled in his palm.
"You…" Jack said slowly "You knocked a tooth out."
"Aw Manny!" Bunny burst out laughing "I am so sorry mate, I didn't expect ta flip ya that hard!"
"It's fine," Jack shrugged "it doesn't even hurt."
"Here, lemme see!" Bunny said putting his paws in Jack's mouth opening it wide and peering inside.
"Ya shee it?" Jack asked around the paws holding his mouth agape.
"Yeah!" The Pooka laughed "It's one a yer back molars on the bottom."
"Thash AWSHUM!" Jack laughed.
Bunny took his paws out of Jack's mouth "Sorry Jackie, I really didn't mean ta flip ya so hard."
"Come on," the boy playfully punched Aster's shoulder "it's just a tooth!"
"Oh yes, it's just a tooth," Pitch intoned solemnly turning the page in his book before smirking and saying in a sing song voice "Tooth is gonna kill you!"
Suddenly both boys paused, their brains running at full speed as they realized the truth behind Pitch's words. Bunny's whiskers twitched as the blood drained from his face "Oh…"
"…Manny," Jack finished.
Whirling to face Jack, the Pooka grabbed his younger adopted brother "Tooth is gonna kill me, I'm gonna DIE!"
Jack gave a nervous "Well," he said as he patted Bunny on the shoulder "it's been nice knowing ya."
"Oh don't think you're exempt from this Jack," Pitch chuckled "you sparred with Bunny without wearing a mouth guard, Tooth is going to come after you too."
The already light skinned child turned a whiter shade of pale as the words spoken by Pitch sunk in "Oh moon," he whimpered "I'm done for."
"Wait, wait, wait," Aster said loudly waving his paws "I've known Tooth fer centuries, surely she wouldn't hurt us."
"Maybe in the time before," the Boogeyman shrugged "but has she ever had a set of teeth as white as Jack's?"
Bunny opened his mouth, but paused as he considered Pitch's words, finally he closed his mouth and deflated in defeat "Jack," the rabbit sighed "I suggest ya run ta yer room, and pack. We're goin' inta hidin' fer the sake of our lives."
"Whoa, wait," Jack chuckled nervously "it's Tooth, I mean, what's the worst she can do?"
Bunny wilted even further "When she's mad…she's scary,"
"Agreed," Pitch growled still reading his book "who knows, maybe she'll have mercy on you Jack and just pull all your teeth out until she can care for them herself, and make you wear dentures the rest of your life."
"D-Dentures?!" Jack gasped before he grabbed Bunny and shrieked "Ya gotta get me outta here!"
"And you Bunny," Pitch continued "well you were the one who hit Jack, so you might be skinned and hung in her palace as a trophy. Nah that's taking it too far, she'll probably just make you go through a root canal without Novocain."
Bunny whimpered as his paws flew to his mouth, but any further protest was interrupted when Toothiana burst into the room "What happened?!"
Bunny and Jack shrieked, each taking off for the other side of the room and hiding in a closet. Tooth cocked her head, and looked at Pitch, her lavender eyes not missing the fact that he was coughing up a storm in his attempt to hide the laughter overwhelming him. Flying over, Tooth crossed her arms, and gave Pitch her best interrogation glare.
"Pitch," she said slowly "what happened?"
"W-Well," the Boogeyman stuttered as he struggled to regain his composure "it is a long, and rather amusing story, one that I'm sure you will find more interesting if…JackandBunnytellyou!"
With that, the Boogeyman disappeared, the last thing they heard being his uproarious laughter echoing in the shadows. Tooth turned towards the closet, shaking her head as she contemplated just what Pitch had done to make Bunny and Jack act in such a way.
"Come on out guys," she called "I want to hear the whole story and I'm not above coming in there and dragging you out like the children you are."
"I'm not a child!" Aster defended in a strangled yip.
"You're technically nineteen, which still makes you a teenager," Tooth huffed though her lips were curved in an amused smile "and the way you act sometimes isn't too far off from childish."
In the dark of the closet, Jack and Bunny sighed before opening the door and shuffling out, their heads downcast and sullen with guilt.
"So," Tooth chirped "who wants to start?"
"Well," Jack began "we were sparring, and Pitch was the referee, and…Bunny hit me!"
"Hey!" Aster yelped "don't put all the blame on me! Yer the wanker what fergot ta wear his mouth guard!"
"Well I didn't think you'd jump me from behind, and flip me halfway to the moon!" Jack retorted.
"Well yer the one what let his guard down!" Bunny shouted back "It wouldn't have happened if ya had kept yer head in the game!"
"It was obviously a time out," Jack snarled "so YOU'RE the one who cheated by not telling me that we were fighting again!"
"There ain't no time outs in battle, how many time do I have ta tell ya that?!" Bunny roared.
"Cheater!" Jack yelled.
"Brain freeze!" Bunny retorted.
"CHILDREN!" Tooth screamed "What on earth happened that was so bad?!"
Both teens calmed and looked at each other sheepishly, and with a small measure of fear, before Jack stretched his hand out and showed the fairy his tooth. Toothiana felt her jaw drop at the sparkling gem laying in his hand, and gave a small huff of annoyance before reaching out and picking it up.
"Open." She commanded with a stern glare.
Jack pouted, but opened his mouth and gave a sigh as Tooth peeked in "Well," she quipped "you're lucky. This was actually your last baby tooth. It isn't uncommon for some people not to lose their last baby teeth until their early to late teens, so your new tooth should start coming in."
Jack sighed hearing the good news "That's great," he chuckled nervously.
"No kiddin'" the Pooka laughed "I thought we were gonna get punished somethin' fierce."
"Oh I'm not done," the fairy growled "Bunny, you hurt Jack when you knew it was a time out, and I don't want to hear about no time outs in battle. There are time outs in the dojo, and you're the older brother, you should know better."
Jack smirked at Bunny but his attention snapped to Tooth when she turned to him "Jack," she hissed "I have told you time and time again to wear a mouth guard, but you disobeyed me. Thank your lucky stars that this was a baby tooth, otherwise I would be much angrier than I am."
"So…" Jack shuffled his feet nervously "what are you going to do?"
"For your disobedience I'm going to tell North that you two are on bathroom duty in the yeti's living quarters for the next week, and you both will also be helping the Kitchen yetis with washing dishes, every day, for every meal for a week."
"AWWW!" The boys groaned in unison.
"I don't want to hear it!" the Fairy ground out "I am being nice, because this could have been much worse, but since it isn't I'm taking it easy on you, now MARCH!"
Bunny and Jack left the dojo and began the trek towards the kitchens, their faces firmly set in pouts of dislike "This is all your fault," Jack muttered.
"Nah mate," Bunny retorted "this all could've been avoided if ya had worn yer mouth guard."
"Why doesn't Tooth nag you to wear a mouth guard?" the winter sprite whined.
"Because my teeth aren't as delicate as yers…snowflake." The rabbit smirked.
"Wahtever!" Jack gasped affronted "You just get away with it because you're older!"
"Like that doesn't stop her from treatin' me like a kit!" Bunny pouted.
"Tooth is scary when she gets in Mom Mode," Jack sighed.
"True," the rabbit nodded before turning thoughtful "but I gotta admit, it's nice ta have a mom figure around."
Jack smirked, silently agreeing before turning a impish grin on his adopted older brother "What kangaroo," he laughed "are you secretly a momma's boy?"
"AM NOT!" Bunny shouted.
"Are too!" Jack giggled.
"AM NOT!"
How was that, did it make up for the last chapter?
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