The Light Of Konoha

Punish Me Master

Byakko's P.O.V.

"Would you like some tea oji-sama?" I said eagerly, excited after spending such a long time without being active.

He was preparing to start his ninja-filled day, slinging his bow over his shoulder and securing his ninja headband.

He had to boot me out of the room previously as he changed.
Despite my offer of assistance with the matter, his cheeks had burned and he roundhouse kicked me through the open door, locking it securely behind me.

"No.
And stop calling me 'oji-sama'," he replied haughtily, arms crossed.

"Would you rather I called you 'master'?"

His face flushed.
"No!! And why're you still here anyways!??"

"It is my sworn duty to serve the Furasshu clan!" I said with a mega-watt smile.

"I know I know," he said exasperatedly, his face still flushed,
"But if I need you I'll just summon you.
You don't need to be here all the time..."

I deflated at those words.
'It's true...'
But I was so disappointed in myself that I wasn't there to protect Ojo-sama.
'I want to be able to be there for Aki-sama all the time so nothing like that will ever happen again...'

"I want to be there for you... To make up for my previous incompetence..." I said softly.

His eyes softened in understanding, he knew I blamed myself.

"Okay," he said,
"But I'm going on a mission with my team now, so you'll have to keep your distance, that fine?"

I beamed, overjoyed.
"Thank you master!"

He flushed again and spluttered but I had already dived through the air, changing into my fox form and tackling him to the floor, licking his face.

"G-Get off! And d-don't call me 'master'!!" He said between his grunts of effort to try and shove me off.

I squinted at the strange people from my perch in the tree.

'These are master's teammates? Surely they should all be high-ranking and awesome ninja to be around someone as worthy as Aki oji-sama... But they all look like idiots!
The orange one's hyper-active, the pink one is boy-obsessed, the emo is rude and the sensei is a lazy pervert!'

As the antics continued, Aki seemed to just nod along and smile, no doubt doubting their sanity as much as I was.

"Aki-chaaaaaaan. Have you forgiven me yet?" Said the hyper midget.

My eyes blazed with anger, 'how dare he address the master in such a way!!
If... If someone like him can say such a thing!...
Then... Then...
I wanna call him that...
Too....'

I gasped at my appalling thoughts and slapped my cheeks repeatedly.
'No!
I mustn't disrespect Oji-sama in such a way!
I'm a failure! I'm not fit to live!
I must be punished!!'

I leaped out of the tree,
"Punish me master!"

Before I could even hit the ground I was punched into a bush by a white flash.