A Journey Across Terra

Record Restoration #4

In the Achuhuallan forests are plentiful of tribes that all live in harmony such as the Wilderness Will and the Eunectes tribe. However, not everyone took to the tribal life and chose to live on their own.

"Back straight, elbows up." A woman's voice echoed from a clearing in the dense rainforest. "Release the arrow whenever you're ready."

In the clearing was a young boy and his mother. The child had a bow and arrow, fully outstretched, ready to fire as his mother stood to his side, watching his form. The child released the bowstring, sending the arrow soaring into the distance.

*Thunk*

A direct hit.

"I hit it!" The young boy jumped up and down in pure happiness. "Mom! Did you see!? I finally hit the target!"

"Yes, Yuki you did." The mother smiled as she walked over towards the makeshift target that was propped up on a nearby tree. "Good job. At this rate you might become better than me." She chuckled as she showed the young boy the bullseye that he had hit.

"Wow really!?" The boy had a sparkle in his eye as he rushed over and grabbed the target and ripped the arrow out. "C'mon mom, show me your best. I wanna see what I have to beat!"

"Oh, are you sure?" The boy's mother had a sly smile on her face as she grabbed the arrow with her tail and without any effort she swung her tail, sending the arrow flying right into the target that was still in her son's hands.

"Hey! That's not fair, you said that I have to use a bow and you used your tail." They boy stomped his foot in anger.

"What can I say? I've just made my own style." She shrugged her shoulders with a mischievous grin plastered on her face. "I call it Issa style."

"Ugh everything you do is Issa style. How about this. "The boy ripped the arrow from the target and weakly threw the arrow with his tail as it landed flatly a few meters in front of him. "What!? How do you do that?"

The boy's mother pulled him into a soft embrace as they sat on a tree stump. "Aww, can't replicate my style? Don't worry, to be able to that, you're gonna need to train your tail a bit more."

"How much?"

His mother chuckled as she began to pat him on the head. "A lot." She glanced over at her son's unamused face. "But you don't have to always copy me. You can make your own style...Your very own Yuki style."

"Yuki style?" The boy pondered on the thought for a few moments. "But I want to do Issa style."

"You can do that as well Yuki." She burst out laughing at her son's antics. "But soon enough you'll see that once you've mastered my style, you would have already made your own style alongside it."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

"Oh, you'll know when you grow up."

{ - Adventures Across Terra - }

"Yuki, dinner's ready!"

"Coming!" The young boy rushed down the stairs of their home.

They lived in the trunk of a large tree that had been hollowed out. Their house was littered with berries that glowed a low greenish yellow as they cascaded down from the roof.

"Wow!" The young boy looked at their dinner with a delighted smile on his face.

"You like it?" His mother smiled as she took a seat at the table. "I made your favourite, Chicken and mushroom casserole."

"Really!" The boy's face lit up as he rushed over and gave a tight hug to his mother. "You're the best Mom ever to exist in the whole universe."

His mother just sat there for a second, processing what she had just heard. "Can you...repeat that again?"

"What? Are you going deaf?" The young boy chuckled. "I'll say it again just for you; you are the bestest Mom in the world, the universe. The multiverse!"

"Oh Yuki, aren't you just the best little bean to ever exist!" His mother pulled him into the tightest hug that she could ever give a person. "You are the bestest son that I could have ever ask for. I would do anything for you."

"Really!? Thanks Mom!"

"Of course, now sit down. You don't want your food to go cold."

"Okay!" He broke from their hug before sitting at his seat and dug into his food.

{ - Adventures Across Terra - }

"Mom, what was that thing you did to that bird?"

"Oh this?" The boy's mother held her hand out as magical green strings flowed from her finger as she held her hand up to the sky towards a nearby bird.

"Wooow. How'd you do that?" The boy looked on in awe as he saw a green marionette's controller appear above the bird as the same green strings attached themselves to the bird.

The bird soared down from the sky, landing in front of them. "it's my unique arts. You like it?"

"Unique arts? Do I get my own arts?" The boy had his attention on the bird as the strings began to string around the bird, forcing it to do his mother's bidding.

"Yes you do."

"Really? That's so cool!" The boy beamed. "Will I be able to learn your arts?"

The boy's mother pondered on that thought for a few moments as she released the control over the bird, letting it fly away. "Maybe...We should share some connection with our arts."

"We do?"

"Yeah, we do. As Bivirgatus we all have the same venom-based arts. However, we as individuals have our own unique arts. But maybe because we're family, we could maybe learn out each other's unique arts."

"Wow...I need to learn your arts." The boy jumped up and down in happiness. "Can you teach me now?"

The boy's mother chuckled at her son's enthusiasm. "Here, I'll give you a deal. I'll teach you how to use your arts when you turn ten."

"Yay-"

"But only if you're a good boy."

"What?" The boy had a slightly downtrodden expression as he heard this. "Okay mom..."

{ - Adventures Across Terra - }