Weakness compels strength. Betrayal begets blood. This is the law of the nine ninja clans.
Tora the adopted sister of Mika has come to live with Mika after the trial against the man who had killed their mother and kidnapped Tora ended. The Man, Jose...
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Morning rose, not that anyone could tell in the dim basement apartment. Tora found herself comfortably burried in tangled covers, she shifted about as she stirred but did not wake.
Outside of the room Mitch was nowhere to be found, so Brookes helped himself to the small kitchenette to brew coffe. Coffee that had decidedly looked a lot like oil.
Mika rubbed the back of her neck which had ached along with her back and left leg.
"Bad bed?" Raizo asked. Mika chuckled "no the bad was amazing, Tora is a wild sleeper..." She said. "Kicks and thrashes, has done so for as long as I've been taking care of her. Wasn't like that when she was little. We could share a bed and she'd never move an inch from the very edge of the bed." Mika spoke with a fond smile as she reminisced about their childhood.
Raizo gave a nod, he would leave her to happier thoughts. "Coffee is done!" Brookes called with a proud grin, he made his way to Raizo and Mika whom sat on the sofa. Both eyed the onyx colored liquid in the glass pot. "Ummm..." Mika hummed.
"There is suposed to be hint if deep amber when the light hits it...that you've got just looks like liquid coal." Raizo said, Mika held back a laugh at his dry remark.
"Back! Sorry it took me so long! The coast was clear so-" Mitch's words got caught in his throat as he looked at the pot if coffee in Brookes hands.
"I know things are getting kind of hairy and all...but if you drink that you'll never aleep again in life!" Mitch gasped.
Brookes rolled his eyes "everyone's a critique." He murmured. Mitch shook his head with a smile and lifted his large box of takeout. "I got coffee! Bagels, breakfast sandwitches and um tea incase one of you is an actual monster who can't enjoy the sweet goodness of coffee." Mitch said speaking fast.
"Someone say food?" Tora groaned from the bedroom doorway. Eyes half open she drug her feet across the floor to the sweet smell of freah bread and onion - everything bagels.
Mitch laughed softly and set the box on the kitchen counter. Raizo passed around the coffee's he had a good hold on everyone's personality by now.
When Tora recieved her cup she scrunched her nose "what if I don't like Caramel mocha? Huh?, what if I wanted the vanilla black coffee you gave Brookes?" Tora said pointing towards Brookes who was very happy with his cup and silently poured out the horrid coffee he had made.
Riazo rolled his eyes "your eyes were drooling just looking at the whipped cream. Drink it and stop complaining...and thank Mitch." He said.
Tora glared at Raizo's slight smugness. "Its too early, cut it out!" Mika called. Tora ate away the whipped cream on her coffee "not my fault, power ranger over there started it." She muttered.
"Here, catch!" Mitch called tossing a wrapped sandwitch Tora's way. Tora's eyes grew wide as the food headed her way, but her reflexes would never alow her to catch it withough dropping her coffee.
Raizo reached out a hand and intercepted, catching the sandwitch he shook his head at Mitch. "She doesn't have any training, if you'd asked - I could have told you that." Raizo said.
Tora forgot at being mad at Mitch for throwing food the moment Raizo opened his mouth.
"Um 'cuse me? Clearly Mitch knows the look of someone who knows their shit. He just didnt know it wasn't stealth shit. I don't sneak and I aint fast. But I'll fuck you up." Tora bragged.
Raizo blinked at her a few times, and found an amused smile had inched across his face at the indignant look in her eyes. "You're cute when you want to be." He thought to himself, recalling the night before. He could clearly picture her curled up with that lavalamp.
The thought caused in to chuckled deeply.
"What's so funny?" Tora asked. "Your face." Raizo replied before going to sit next to Mika.
" yeah, was my bad." Mitch said rubbing the back of his neck "but hey, eat up and wake up good, we got a lot of things to talk about." He added.
"Like what?" Brooks asked. "We'll for one getting to Miss O without Nat catching on." Mitchell said.
"Miss O?" Raizo questioned. Tore snorted with laughter "Oh come on, I ain't trusting no damn body named Miss O. Where is the formal name? Who the hell is she?" Tora asked.
For the first time Mitch narrow his eyes into a glare and scowled at Tora. "Easy kid, Miss O's no joke. She's the only reason runaways like me make it - tho there aren't many of us. You show her respect." Mitch warned.
Tora rolled her eyes "right, let me tell you something, I don't give nobody respect if they haven't earned it from me personally." She said taking a sip of her coffee.
"Trusting any damn body just cause so-in-so said you could gets you killed. Every.Time." Tora added, matching his glare.
Mitch slowly eased up and side glanced "I suppose you aren't entirely wrong." He muttered.
"So who is she? That's not the most detailed answer." Brookes chimed in. Mitch gave a sigh "look, it's complicated and Miss O only tells her story to those who she sees can be trusted." Mitch cast his gaze to Tora and cracked a bit of a smirk "guess the two of you have a bit in common, huh?" He said.
"So when do we leave?" Raizo asked.
Mitch shrugged his shoulders and kicked back in his chair "whenever you guys are ready I guess. I don't have anywhere to be." said Mitch.
"But, you're a pizza boy..."Mika said.
"Ah, I was meaning to quit that rathole of a job anyway. Helping a Legend and his two beautiful lady friends? Seems a good enough reason as any." Mitch spoke with a playful smile.
"Do I not exist?" Brookes mummbled. Mika laughed "aparently not." She said.
"We go after we've eaten then." Raizo said. Tora tossed him a look and Mitch laughed "man, they're girls. They aren't going anywhere without a shower." He said.
Tora crossed her arms and scowled more "that wasn't it, I'm trying g to figure out who the fuck made him team leader." Tora said, Raizo reached out and grabbed Tora's ear, she yelped "language." Raizo muttered.
"Dumbass...I've been cussing for a solid 15 minutes. You can't pick and choose when the fuck it counts!" Tora raged.
Mitch watched in confusion with Brookes. "This, is a usual thing for them isn't it?" Mitch stated, Brookes gave a heavy sigh and sipped his coffee. "So I'm told, yes." He said.
"Well why you two learn to play nice, I'm going to have that shower now." Mika said heading to Mitch's bedroom. "Trust me guys it's easier just to pretend they aren't there. Worry about it when they break something." She said before walking into the room.
"Break what? Bones? Furniture?" Brookes asked to which Mitch shrugged. "You like Hockey? " He asked Brooks. "Yeah, I watch from time to time." Brookes replied, with those words Mitch went to fetch the remote and turned 3 of the many screens to a hockey game while Tora and Raizo continued.
"Ow! The fuc-" Tora hissed as she found herself pinned in a head lock. "Stop it." Raizo murmured through an amused smirk. "Stop what? You stop it! Let me go!" Tora shouted.
"Hey, hey secondary ninja! Help a girl out!" She called towards Mitch but he and Brookes were already lost in the game.
