hunting

the birds wingspan was as half as tall as miyuki and its eyes were white. for she gave it a certain method of treatment and herbs to keep the bird living a long, healthy life. the bird hopped onto tsumis arm. oposite of the snake and stared at it.

"Massssster. Who isssss thissss?" Tsuki asked Tsumi, slithering up his cloak sleeve a bit.

"That is senppu. She won't hurt you." Tsumi said, petting the snake to calm her.

the bird bent forward as if about to speak but miyuki interuppted him.

" masaka zenzen kiyaku." she said hurridley. the bird turned and sighed. it had a slight english accent and its voice came in sharp stops. " good day, whitescales. i hear your one of the last sacred dragons..."

"And if I am?" Tsuki said rudely.

Tsumi rapped her lightly on the head. "Manners." Tsumi reminded her.

"Well, White eyes, as long as your not gonna eat me......."Tsuki said to the bird, coming out of the sleeve.

the bird was not offended. it would take more than a temple snake to scare senppu off. (senpu: whirlwind) " i have no stomach for the likes of your kind, nor will i ever. i just came to your companions shoulder to just say; your size will grow when the red moon meets the north star." the bird hopped onto the bear carcass and began to eat.

"A fortune telling bird? You are a mysterious one Miyu." Tsumi said, raising an eyebrow at the bird. He then began petting Tsuki, looking at her with the affection a father had for his only daughter.

"I shhhhal grow? Oh glorioussss day! Thank you white eyessss!"Tsuki said, her eyes gleaming like Onyx.

the bird choked a bit. " i have to tell you this before you get excited.... your not a true snake. do you know what you are?"

" What do you mean? I am a sssssnake!" Tsuki was outraged.

Tsumi attempted to calm her down, shushing her and humming to her lightly. The song sounded similar to the one he had played at the funeral.

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the bird stood there, holding part of the intestine of the bear in its claws. " you are not a snake. you are greater than that. you are a doragon. dragon." the bird continued to eat the intestine.

Tsumi didn't look shocked to hear this at all. But the snake wrapped around his arm as if to hug him.
"Am I really not a ssssnake?" Tsuki asked.
"I don't know. I would trust this bird's opinion though." Tsumi said, petting her head.

the bird stared absent mindedly into space and sighed as if they were talking about matresses. " all dragons are born snakes. the sacred snakes will grow for 3 days when they are born. deciphering of how they spend their days they either turn black or white. and one will either be a basilisk. king of the snakes and killer of sight. or a dragon, gaurdian of the skies, earth and nature. plus, if you were a basilisk, even a kage wouldnt be able to summon you."

the bird stared absent mindedly into space and sighed as if they were talking about matresses. " all dragons are born snakes. the sacred snakes will grow for 3 days when they are born. deciphering of how they spend their days they either turn black or white. and one will either be a basilisk. king of the snakes and killer of sight. or a dragon, gaurdian of the skies, earth and nature. plus, if you were a basilisk, even a kage wouldnt be able to summon you."

"So, my very own Tsuki is a dragon?" Tsumi asked, dumbfounded.

the bird swallowed. "seems to be. there is an insigni'a under his chin. its just a black scale. the black snakes or the 'oni hebis' have a white scale underneath. it is said that when a basilisk and a dragon interlock in a battle, the yin and yang spirits take over in an all out war. balancing."

"So, how does this effect Tsuki?"

"well, during the first week after the alighnment. yoou shall grow about....3 feet a day until you are twice the size of your friend. then you will grow teeth and spikes in the 4 week. you shall be paralized. and as you grow your wings, you will feel great pain. but once you finish that you will become a dragon. but it will take 3 months until you can breathe fire. and another month for your friend is able to ride you. after that, you will never stop growing."

"Here that Tsuki? You're going to be a powerful dragon!"

the hawk settled in a nearby tree and fell asleep. miyuki watched. " even i never know what that stuffed matress will say." she mumbled.

"So, you like my garden?"

she turned and smiled. " yes i do. let me get this out of the way though..." she gabbed the bear by the foot and dragged the bleeding animal out of the flowery area.

"I shall name it, Kuma Niwa. In honor of the bear that was killed on it's grounds." Tsumi said, jumping into the tree. He offered Miyuki a branch next to him as he pulled out his bow and arrow, preparing a bow. He then set them on his lap, waiting for something to come by.

miyuki smiled silently. as she set it behind a boulder and she sat down on the branch that he offerd. " you hunt too?"

"On occasion. I use the bone of animals for arrowheads, the fur to trade, and the meat for meals. Though I prefer to eat fruit." Tsumi said. Suddenly, a buck ran by. In one fluid motion, Tsumi raised his bow, aimed, and fired. The arrow impacted clean behind the Buck's shoulders. It must have pierced through to a vital organ, because the Buck fell to the ground. Tsumi jumped from the branch and began working on the Buck. Soon he had it's fur in one pile, meat on the other(On top of a pile of open scrolls to stop it from getting dirty) and the bones in another. He sealed the bones into one scroll, the furs into another, and gazed at the meat. He couldn't start a fire to cook it, but he wasn't sure how he would fit all of that meat into a scroll long enough for it not to rot.

"here. ill make the fire." miyukis hand turned granite and she punched the ground. making a depression. then she grabbed some bushes that were dried up and lit them on fire while making her hand black. when it got hot enough, she made metal rods over the fire and draped the cut meat over the rods to lighten and smoke. she then took out some herbs she gatherd along the years and spiced them. "there."

"Wow. Are you a cook?" Tsumi asked, watching with great interest as she did all of this.