get in our belly

Jiro followed behind Kaizen at a stealthy distance. Chest and belly lowered to the ground, his butt somewhat up in the air, tail flagged and waving across his haunches. There was no denying that he wasn't being entirely secretive right now, but that was beside the point. Whenever Kaizen would look back, Jiro would drop all the way down to hide in the tall grasses they wandered through. He wasn't sure which way his brother was going, but it appeared to be away from home. What was he doing out here? Meeting a girl? Hunting something? Harassing a predator?

One of Hattori's dogs followed behind Jiro, more concerned about him than his brother. Though the canine was certain the boys wouldn't find any trouble today, there was no telling how many fowl they would fluster. And Jiro sees it too. The chicken look alike that perches atop the rounded stone. Emerald feathers dangling, teasing, asking to be tugged on. With the bird now in his sights instead of Kaizen, Jiro stops a few feet back from his brother to assess the situation. Watching Kaizen get up onto his back paws and press his front ones to the smooth stone, he lets out a chuckle as he sees the bird haughtily whip its tail feathers way and nestle back down in a different direction.

"Ya gon' needta jump!" Jiro calls out, causing the bird to rustle and turn again so that it could watch them better with its beady eyes. Stretching up from his hiding position, he moves over to where those tail feathers dangle so teasingly down toward them. Lowering his body, scrunching his muscles, and taking a deep breath, Jiro launches himself upward. Puppy teeth clack together in open air as his paws smack down on the stone, well out of reach of the chicken.