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Kaydens Random Writings 4!
With a smile and a small tune he was humming Taye skipped alongside Misa as they neared the steps up to the shrine where his sensei lived. He looked over to her and before they began to walk up the stairs he said, “Don’t mind my sensei...he can be a bit odd sometimes. Ok?”
Misa nodded. She had known Taye came to the old man for lessons for quite a long time now and by this point she had heard quite a few stories of the man, “Got it. Don’t have to tell me though...nobody can be as wierd as you!”
Taye grumbled and pushed the girl playfully and said, “Meanie.” The girl would giggle gently and shrug as they began to walk up the steps. Both of them were carrying their rather heavy bags and just to make it worse...the staircase was HUGE. Like...2000 steps huge. It would take them a little while to reach the top. But it was not without things on the way to keep them entertained.
Taye motioned to a large cherryblossom tree as they continued to climb and said, “You know it’s funny...I planted that tree when I started training with sensei...and it’s like it has been there for years and years. Sensei said it’s something about the chakra in the ground around this area that makes the plants grow so quickly.”
Misa tilted her head a bit and said, “Chakra? What is that?”
Taye chuckled a bit and rubbed his head. In truth he didn’t even fully understand what it was at this point. He really didn’t know but he would try and explain it to her as he continued to walk, “Well the way sensei explains it...Is that it’s some sort of natural energy around living things. It’s in the air around us, it’s in the tree’s and the dirt. It’s the energy that composes all living things. Sensei says there are ways to tap into such energy but those who were able to use it have been lost for many years...and that’s about all I know about chakra.”
Misa blinked confusedly and shrugged a bit, “I guess that kind of makes sense...I mean if you think about it...there needs to be something like that to make all this possible. The tree’s, air, Dirt...something has to be behind it right?” She giggled a bit and waved her hand around in the air as if feeling for something.
Taye shrugged and said, “I don’t know...but sensei said he would teach me more about it when I get better at what he’s training me in right now. In his words it’s...A lesson for a later time.”
Misa giggled and said, “Sounds mysterious. But oh well. Let’s just go already!” She motioned to the top of the stairs that wasn’t all too far off now. They were almost there.
Taye smiled and quickened his pace as he saw that the end of the steps was near. He smiled and once they actually hit the top he would throw down his bag and say, “Finally! I hate those steps so much...” Taye cried in obvious triumph.
Misa giggled a nodded but went silent when a man with long white hair and a matching beard walked out from the bushes nearby and said, “Ohohoho. Hate them eh Taye? That just tells me I have not made you go up and down them enough times just yet!” he laughed in a funny way and looked to the girl and then to Taye.
“Taye, You will run back down those stairs, fetch some flowers at the bottom and run back up. Maybe that will lessen your hate for them. Learn to love them!”
Taye opened his mouth to argue but his sensei shot him a glare that would make grown men shiver. Taye growled and turned and without another word began to run down the stairs as quickly as he could. Getting down was the easy part, Running back up was the hard part.
Misa looked to Tayes Sensei and bowed gently, “Hello sir. Nice to meet you.”
The white bearded man looked to the girl and instead of acting how he did with Taye he would bow back to the girl and say, “A pleasure it is to meet such a pretty and young girl. Surely Taye is not smitten with you for no reason.”
Misa could do nothing but blush helplessly at the man’s words and manners. It wasn’t what she had expected after he’d demanded Taye run back down the stairs, “Th...thank you sir...”
The man chuckled gently and said, “Do not feel so embarrassed. He simply talks about you alot. Now...is it ok if I ask your name? Mine is Ichasaku Hirei.”
Misa bowed once again and said, “Nice to meet you erm...Icha...suka? I am Misa Fayair.”
Ichasaku chuckled and said, “Hmn...You can just call me Saku if you like. But it is a pleasure to meet you, Misa Fayair. Now come...Are you hungry? I’ve just put some rice on.”
Misa smiled and nodded, “Ok then. Saku, I am a bit hungry yes...” She scooped up her bags and Tayes and quickly moved to follow Saku.
Saku turned to the girl with a bit of an angry look on his face and spoke rather scathingly, “You will not touch his bag. Leave it where it sat. It is not your responsibility to carry his things for him!”
Misa looked shocked for a moment and tenderly set the bag back down and said, “O....ok Saku.” She said a bit scaredly.
Saku sighed gently and said, “I am sorry. I do not mean to scare you...it is part of his training to do things on his own and not accept the help of others. It breeds better character for what I am training him for.” He smiled again.
Misa nodded quickly and said, “I’m sorry. I just didn’t know.”
Saku nodded, “That is fine. Now come and let us eat while Taye finishes his run.” He motioned for her to follow him into the well decorated shrine.
Misa nodded and quickly moved to follow him. She looked over her shoulder once hoping Taye was back. But he was not.
Meanwhile, At the bottom of the stairs Taye scooped up a handful of flowers from the gardens growing at the bottom and then turned to the stairs and said, “Alright. I can do this....I’ve made it almost all the way up before! I can do it this time. Just to prove to sensei he doesn’t have to be so strict!”
Taye quickly kicked off and began to run up the stairs at a very well rounded pace. He kept his breathing in check and continued his ascent. He would reach the top in less than half the time it had took him and Misa to walk up.
~To be continued~
Kayden-Waveharp · Tue Jul 13, 2010 @ 02:50am · 0 Comments |
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