We'll Sit and Watch the Sky Fall Down

Kitsune snickered softly as Iho admonished her for her ladylike manners, and grabbed a large portion of jerky for himself. Her snickering turned to full blown laughter as he stuffed it in his maw until his cheeks bulged. She reached a paw out and gave his cheek a good swat, but he swallowed it before she could get there. She stuck her tongue out at him and grabbed a big stick of jerky for herself, sticking it between her teeth which she bared fiercely at him. “I am a Princess of Ashen” she reminded him after she had swallowed the jerky down. “Which means I can be as ladylike as I like, and still wipe the floor with you after.” she teased him, ruffling her chest so the scale-like leather armor rustled a little. She was still so young, and impish. A streak of stubbornness running through her veins.

She turned her attention back to the dolphins then, leaning on her vessel as she watched them play in the ocean. She was struck with a desire to race out there and play with them, but her emotions it seemed had other plans. Overwhelming her with sheer delight for the present Iho had given her in bringing her here.

She wiggled her butt as Iho took the present from her paws. When he leaned over and nuzzled her ear she took the given opportunity to playfully nip his own ear between her teeth. Releasing it to lean back, she watched as he opened her gift. Her grin only grew as Iho looked at the bands, impressed and awed. “I made them myself.” she boosted, but honesty compelled her onwards. “Well. Mostly. Ruga helped me make them, it took a few tries to get them right” she admitted. Skipping over the long, sweaty hours spent at the forge.

He placed them on, and she leaned over, grabbing his paw. He let her without complaint as she brought his paw forward, between them. Lifting it up so they could both see the band easily. She ran a paw over the red etchings. “Fire, like me.” she said, sounding mighty pleased with herself. “And silver, like you, and the cold mountains you came from. Come together, like you and I have.” she said, lifting her gaze from the gift to meet his eyes. What she was going to say was important, and she kept her paw holding his up as she looked at him. It was likely striking then, a girl on the cusp of womanhood, occasionally impish and impulsive. But also a Princess, and a growing lady. The occasional seriousness over taking her. “When I was a little girl, I told my sister about a Pirate Prince. I never expected I might meet my own one day, but then you came along. I nursed you back to health, and you swore to be my vessel, because you are my Pirate Prince, Kumiho. We are destined together.” she said, closing her paw over the band. “And that’s why I’m going to challenge for the rank of Chunin, so I have the freedom to come and go and explore the world with you. Because you aren’t the type to stay in one place forever, and neither am I. Do you feel it too, Iho? The threads of destiny at work here?”

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