"Ah such a beautiful day, isn't it Saotome," Soun
noted looking up from the Shogi board long enough for
several tiles to be moved.
"Yes, it is Tendo," Saotome agreed as Soun goggled
at the altered board. "Hmm...isn't this usually the
time we would depart on our annual training trip?"
"I believe it is, Saotome," Tendo noted, watching
as his friend leaned back and thought back to their
younger days.
"Ah, those were the days," Saotome commented, as
tiles moved about again. "The master was sealed in
the cave, and we were finally free. When was the last
time we left on one of those trips?"
"I haven't been on since, oh, a year or two after
Nabiki was born," Tendo noted. Genma looked down,
stared, looked at Soun, stared back at the board, and
back at Soun. "After that I was just too busy. And
my poor wife must have been so unhappt with me gone!"
As Soun burst into a wail, the tiles moved yet again.
"So you're saying she never did anything while you
were gone?" Soun hesitated in answering as he tried
to figure out the new board configuration.
"I only asked her once, and she said something
about it being a secret," Soun said. "She had been so
bored that she couldn't think of anything to tell me
about. When did you last take that trip?" Genma
leaned back to think about it, and the tiles moved
again.
"Hmm...just a little after that ungrateful son of
mine was born," he said. "And it ended when we got
here." Soun blinked, Genma looked at the board and
facefaulted.
Akane passed her sisters room in time to see her
hide what looked like a picture. Akane considered
just ignoring it again, but she'd been curious about
that rarely seen picture for ten years now.
"Hey Nabiki," her sister turned to face her with a
bored expression.
"What is it, Akane?" Nabiki asked, irritably.
Akane recognized it as her normal facade.
"Who is that guy with the purple hair in that
picture anyway?" Nabiki blinked and then smirked.
"That...is a secret."
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"Caffeinated Kender? What's that, a berserk spell?" -
Tribble, Kender Warrior of the Celestial Kingdom
Signed
He of Too Many Names (Thrythlind/Thryth/Luke/Hyperbole/Pika/Pooka)
http://members.aol.com/thrythlind/snake.html
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