‘Problem with kids these days,’ Gamakichi thought with a hmph, nestling more comfortably into the river bank. ‘They just don’t know their limits.’
Sure, he was only fifty, but as far as he was concerned that was a perfectly good age to be out and answering summons, no matter how many times his dad may have threatened to squash him for it. Gamakichi had experience. And wits. And he had once eaten a whole bucket of candy in one gulp. He thought that should count for something. He wasn’t a little thirty-five year old like Gamatatsu, vanishing in that puff a smoke without thinking about where he might pop up and Gamakichi, being the good brother that he was, had to make sure nothing stupid happened to him, like being eaten by pissed off snakes. Or getting stepped on.
Of course, that wasn’t what gave Gamakichi the headache. Yeah, snakes, slugs, epic ninja battles. That was all pretty bad, but made the whole thing really really bad was the fact that Gamatatsu /wouldn’t shut up about it/.
"And so, so then," his brother said with a grand gesture. The tadpoles gathered in the water around his lily pad bobbed appreciatively. "Naruto-"
" who’s naruto ?" One of them squeaked.
"Oh," Gamatatsu said. "The guy who /summoned/ me!"
There were a collection of ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs’ and ‘is he the funny lookin’ human with the whiskers?’s and ‘oh yeah he summoned me too!’s. Gamakichi shoveled another webbed-foot full of mud onto his head and blew a few frustrated bubbles. It oozed down and left him happily deaf for a few moments.
And he hadn’t even gotten any sweets this time around either.
Maybe he could bury himself before-
"My big brother says Dad really likes Naruto. So that’s how you know how cool he is! Right, Gamakichi?"
-that. Shit. Gamakichi made a desperate wiggle to escape from the mud, but by the time he managed to get his arms free he was already surrounded. Tadpoles gawking up at him from every angle, the ones with legs scurrying up the bank to get a better look.
"Uh, yeah. Naruto’s an allright guy-"
"Gamakichi," Gamatatsu explained. "Got summoned by /Jiraiya/ this time."
"he did?" one of them burbled. " my dad did too and my dad’s really strong uhnotthathe’sstrongerthanyourdad‘course Mr. Gamakichi!’
Gamakichi sighed, and slid around to face the waterside, shaking mud off of his back. " ‘Course not," he huffed, feeling grouchy. "My dad’s the Toad Boss."
Gamatatsu felt that was a good moment to puff up, hop over, and give him a good slap on the back. He knew a trip to the river-
"Big brother is strong too! He not only got summoned by Jiraiya! He’s fought demons!"
‘demons?’ ‘oh wow dunno anyone who’s ever fought a demon…’ ‘you must be really brave!’
-would be just the trick. Gamakichi sat up, running his webbed hand across the top of his head to get just the right shine. "Well," he said. "Yanno, demons aren’t really all that tough. It’s kinda a boring story--"
‘tell us tell us tell us tell us!’
"Yeah!" Gamatatsu beamed. "Tell us!"
"—Allright you’ve convinced me." Gamakichi took a deep breath. The tadpoles were entranced. "Y’see, there was this big nasty guy called Shukaku…’
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Story Time!
Date: 2003-08-22 05:38 am (UTC)Sure, he was only fifty, but as far as he was concerned that was a perfectly good age to be out and answering summons, no matter how many times his dad may have threatened to squash him for it. Gamakichi had experience. And wits. And he had once eaten a whole bucket of candy in one gulp. He thought that should count for something. He wasn’t a little thirty-five year old like Gamatatsu, vanishing in that puff a smoke without thinking about where he might pop up and Gamakichi, being the good brother that he was, had to make sure nothing stupid happened to him, like being eaten by pissed off snakes. Or getting stepped on.
Of course, that wasn’t what gave Gamakichi the headache. Yeah, snakes, slugs, epic ninja battles. That was all pretty bad, but made the whole thing really really bad was the fact that Gamatatsu /wouldn’t shut up about it/.
"And so, so then," his brother said with a grand gesture. The tadpoles gathered in the water around his lily pad bobbed appreciatively. "Naruto-"
" who’s naruto ?" One of them squeaked.
"Oh," Gamatatsu said. "The guy who /summoned/ me!"
There were a collection of ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs’ and ‘is he the funny lookin’ human with the whiskers?’s and ‘oh yeah he summoned me too!’s. Gamakichi shoveled another webbed-foot full of mud onto his head and blew a few frustrated bubbles. It oozed down and left him happily deaf for a few moments.
And he hadn’t even gotten any sweets this time around either.
Maybe he could bury himself before-
"My big brother says Dad really likes Naruto. So that’s how you know how cool he is! Right, Gamakichi?"
-that. Shit. Gamakichi made a desperate wiggle to escape from the mud, but by the time he managed to get his arms free he was already surrounded. Tadpoles gawking up at him from every angle, the ones with legs scurrying up the bank to get a better look.
"Uh, yeah. Naruto’s an allright guy-"
"Gamakichi," Gamatatsu explained. "Got summoned by /Jiraiya/ this time."
"he did?" one of them burbled. " my dad did too and my dad’s really strong uhnotthathe’sstrongerthanyourdad‘course Mr. Gamakichi!’
Gamakichi sighed, and slid around to face the waterside, shaking mud off of his back. " ‘Course not," he huffed, feeling grouchy. "My dad’s the Toad Boss."
Gamatatsu felt that was a good moment to puff up, hop over, and give him a good slap on the back. He knew a trip to the river-
"Big brother is strong too! He not only got summoned by Jiraiya! He’s fought demons!"
‘demons?’ ‘oh wow dunno anyone who’s ever fought a demon…’ ‘you must be really brave!’
-would be just the trick. Gamakichi sat up, running his webbed hand across the top of his head to get just the right shine. "Well," he said. "Yanno, demons aren’t really all that tough. It’s kinda a boring story--"
‘tell us tell us tell us tell us!’
"Yeah!" Gamatatsu beamed. "Tell us!"
"—Allright you’ve convinced me." Gamakichi took a deep breath. The tadpoles were entranced. "Y’see, there was this big nasty guy called Shukaku…’
Re: Story Time!
Date: 2003-08-22 06:06 am (UTC)Re: Story Time!
Date: 2003-08-23 01:53 am (UTC)