bubblegum princess

chapter twenty five

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the beginning:
A DAY WITH
KAIZEN AND KEISHI
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          "GOOD GIRL" Kaizen compliments, patting Seiren's back as she tries to disarm him yet only to have a single scratch on his body, which is on his arm. Seiren squeaked when she saw blood oozing down from his skin and in panic, she fumbled around her ninja pouch, only to pull out a band-aid with a cute doodle as a design.

"I-I'm sorry!" She apologized yet the man shook his head "It's a spar, Sei. It's bound to happen at some point and I'm impressed that you were able to land a hit on me for the past 5 tries. Little tough guy here," he says, pointing his thumb behind his shoulder was Keishi lays himself on a shaded tree, the boy flinched when their attention goes to him.

"Didn't even get me until I was distracted." Keishi gasped dramatically "Hey! It wasn't a fluke!" he retorted yet Kaizen didn't bat an eye at him and only smiled at Seiren, who nodded at his words. Keishi was irked and threw a rock toward him when he turned his head, only to have Kaizen swiftly catch it without glancing in his direction.

Seiren giggled before they heard someone calling her name from afar "Sei-chan!" Kaizen and Seiren looked at Inojin who held a paper bag on his arm as he jogged himself toward them with a big grin on his face. "I've been looking all over for you guys," he says, catching his breath before handling the paper bag towards Kaizen who seemed bewildered by the sudden offer.

"Okāsan told me to give it to you! She's well aware that you have been training us both." Inojin sent him a toothy grin before happily greeting Seiren who's eyes brightened at his sudden appearance, seemingly eager to ramble about how her training went — and he found it adorable how Seiren tried to explain some things with her arms following.

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Kaizen munched the dango with ease as he watched Inojin casually teaching Seiren how to mix up colors upon the materials that Keishi brought through his ninja scrolls – sadly he wasn't able to see such sight when he was busy drooling beside Kaizen under the shady tree. He slept comfortably under the tree roots with the leaves covering the radiating rays of the sun, with Kaizen's haori as his pillow.

He quickly whipped his head up when he heard Seiren let out a sound wince, bringing her hand to rub the sudden blurriness she felt in her eyes. "What's wrong?" Inojin asks worriedly. "I've been getting headaches recently," Seiren says with a pout before she feels a cold sensation on her cheek she slightly flinches, only to see a cold water bottle with Kaizen dangling it in the air next to her.

"Maybe because you haven't taken your meds yet," Kaizen said, raising his eyebrow which the girl embarrassingly laughed "That's unusual of you Sei, you never forget something like that," Inojin said, gazing upon Seiren who took the water bottle from the man's grasp and it only brought more concern towards Kaizen who watched Seiren, who was now fiddling with the water bottle on her grasp.

Feeling so uneasy, he rests his palm on her shoulder, calming her tense shoulder and her heartbeat which seemed to have gone haywire for a second. "It's okay. You don't need to say anything, we're only concerned about Sei. That's all." he reassures, and it brings more peace to her mind when Inojin nods at the man's words. 

"Neechan... Has been acting strange recently," she spoke nervously, taking her words carefully out of her mouth, knowing how her words would often mix up with the two people in front of her. "She would glare at Mama and would ask for Papa's information and whereabouts, so suddenly that she and Mama would often get on edge." she gripped the bottle "It's started to get so suffocating." she let out.