[Tatsu] Kiyu's Turf

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May 29, 2006

Kekipi just happened to be wandering the forest. He was a newbie to the... entire place, lake and forest alike. Alllll the way from the beaches. Hitching a ride in a soggy black backpack with him was I`a, his sentinel. Fortunately.. or misfortunately, he's stumbled across these here eggs!

"Woah dude. Huhuh, I`a lookit that." He grins, head jerking to use his snout to point the kiddo out to the clownfish sentinel.

The little guy popped his head up and put little paws on Keki's shoulder, "Ooooohpretty... is gold," I`a mused, staring at the remains of the golden egg, and the child that'd hatched.



The small tatsu that had just made it's way out of the egg figited a little. It had no energy left after the long process of freeing itself from its egg. The little creature slowly curled up in a ball, shivering slightly. It relized it had just released itself from it's warm egg, and its fur was still wet. The tatsu was barely aware of the presence around it, right now it was being bombarded with all things new. the ground, the smell, it was all new to him.




Kekipi, not meaning to overwhelm the kiddo, neared the little child. "It's kinda' cute, yannow?" Rear end lowered and he took a seat in front of the pup, examining from the short distance. "Dude it's a boy! I shall call him Mini-Keki!" Ok so that wasn't really going to be the pup's name.

I`a shook his head and sighed, "You're a sad story, dude." His voice was quiet, softspoken, and childish. Thus is the vocal chords of an aqua sentinel! Half his body was still in the soggy pack on Keki's back.

During that time another egg not too far off was hatching, and sitting rather noble and patiently before the egg was a strange creature, a large sort of cricket. The forest sentinel! This one must belong to this egg, their spirits bonded at a young egg? The cricket watched the hatching, little antennae swaying and twitching. When Kiyu finally made way from her egg, panting and huffing, the cricket's antennae perked forward. It knew it couldn't greet HER vocally, so instead did so to the nearby adult.

"They are hatching, foreigner. You are welcome to watch but please help out and keep them together."



The boy closed his eyes tighter, and squirmed a bit. He heard nothing of the strangers around him. Making a pained whineying sound, he made an attempt to move. He didn't like the cold, hard ground, but wasn't aware it was all around him. His legs were as good as useless, limp with almost no mucle or control, and he only successfully slithered a few inches, before being overcome with exahstion again, and resting his head on the ground.



Kekipi's winglike ears gave a little flicker, looking at the other sentinel. "And who're you little dudette?" His nose twitches side to side, but for the kids' sake he lifts the golden one up carefully in one arm and then rises to do the same to the female.

I`a was still on Keki's shoulder, just watching. One little black paw lifts, waving at the other sentinel. His orange, clonfish colored fur was still oily slick and wet from his water life. He'd always have a shiny coat even when dry, but hey... they DID just pass a lake, maybe he went swimming!

Kiyu shivered, still in the cracked and chipped remains of her egg, too tuckered out to move anywhere! The sentinel gave a little hop, landing the aim precisely next to the child's head. "She reminds me of the kiyu flowers here," she'd told herself to the foreigners. "Their eggs were unattended, stranger. So forest creatures had moved some of them about. Please follow me to the nest? That is where they were supposed to be, but alas I cannot move them myself.. just guard them."

The cricket started hopping off toward the nest, which wasn't too far actually, just beyond a few trees. "Oh, and my name is Kurai." She expected Keki to follow, and follow he did... after picking up the other child with just as much caution.



The boy felt an odd, unfarmiliar sensation as the aquatic tatsu picked him up. He chirped, squirming a bit to show his discomfort. Everything was so new, it was weird....he yawned, calmed suddenly by the forawrd motion of the tatsu walking, and momentarily drifted off to sleep



Kekipi wasn't aquatic. He was a far cry from it. But he'd SEEN some of them. He was a normal Tatsu, but he'd come from a beach tribe. Not that anyone knew that. He was walking slowly, trying to be careful. "Muh name's not stranger, little dudette. It's Kekipi. Or Keki if you prefer, and the little brat on my shoulder hogging packspace is I`a. Ah, uh, dudette. Um, Kurai? What's a kiyu?"

Speaking of I`a, he was lookin' all around, his bobbed antennae twitching and bouncing. He was like a cute little kitten. Sometimes he'd lose his footing on Keki's shoulder but would catch himself. I`a was keeping to himself rather well, for now.

Kurai hopped on, until she was in the clearing of the nesting area. Scattered along the softened earth were silk petals of the kiyu flowers, leaves, and grass from the bigger clearing. A hop to turn around, lifting up an 'arm' to direct the newcomer to place the pups down. And that he did, cautiously, right next to each other. Then he stood, arms crossed, rather proud of himself. "They are the local flowers here, it is said that Na`ni nurtured them, but no one is for certain but her. You'll be lucky to find that little sylph, Kekipi."



The little baby tatsu woke up as he was placed in a bad of soft flowers. He snuggled up in them, his mouth opening for the first time in a wide yawn, followed by a wringle of the nose as he tasted the air for the first time. Chirping, he curled up, and relaxed.



Kekipi nodded in understanding. "Ahh, okay." He lift a petal off the ground. "Are they all like, dead or something?" He turned his head a little bit to I`a, but still his gaze was on the flower, "Looks like a tornado came through here, dude."

I`a giggled boyishly and shook his head. "Once again you're a sad story, Keki my man. The lil' cricket over there just said they're the local flowers. Probably means they're all over the place."

The little white pup felt a familiar presense, so wiggled her way to it. Her fellow hatchling! The little child curled up next to him and squeaked out a little greeting, before settling her chin on his back. She was unmoving, save for her soft breathing. The nest was warm, since the leaves, flowers, and grass providing flooring from cold dirt. The white of the silken flower petals reflected the sun of the small clearing. No more shivering, yay!

Kurai hopped beside the pups, chirping faintly. "There is a spring not but a few yards or more beyond the trees. If you peek through the trees you can see it. It was where the elders spent their last days, or so my mother told me."



The boy [who's name will be dubbed when Koko finds him ^_^] made a chirp of happiness when another hatchling snuggled with him. He appriciated the warmth and company. He yawned again, and stuck his paw in his mouth to suck on, drifting off into another sleep. This was perhaps the first time he had felt safe since he was seperated from the egg.



Kekipi watched the little group, tilting his head. "So like, where's their moms or dads?"

Little sentinel had finally wriggled his way from the soggy pack and lept onto the ground. Shortly after, Keki removed it and put it on the ground. It was empty for now, his adventure here had emptied the pack out. I`a padded on his little paws towards the pups, head lowering to sniff at the pups. "Yeah dude," he lift his head up and looked at Kekipi, "they are pretty cute."

The pup moved a bit when the other one chirped, giving another chirp in reply. She lift up a paw and draped it over the boy's back. She was half asleep and half awake, just relaxing within the safety of her guardian and the pup. Yes, she knew her guardian was there, but not what she looked like!

Kurai made sure to stay near the pups, eyeing I`a cautiously. "The white one's parents were the elders that passed away not long ago. They were guarding the other last five eggs of adults that have left the tribe or parted from this world. This is the last of this tribe in the forest. I have seen a few strange looking Tatsu that look to be from some body of water, but they've not noticed the pups."



From the back of the group, a little purple and white aqutic sentinel, looking a bit flustered "Kanako!" she squeeled happily "Your ok!" she looked around at the others, then set his eyes on Kekipi. "Did you move this tatsu?!?! Every day i check up on this egg! Then, I leave to get some food and such for it when it comes out of its egg when i see it is getting ready to hatch, then i come back, and its GONE!" she ploped down on the ground "Leave it to me to have this happen...but....Kanako is safe now..." She finished, looking relived

Kanako sensed a comotion around him, and was awoken by the vibrations of Koko charging in. The way the pattern of movement, it felt farmiliar. He suddenly felt a burst of comforta and gratitude, now he was safe, comfortable, amongst one of his age, and amongst something farmiliar.



Kekipi and I`a both laughed, cheerfully mind you, at the new sentinel. "Hey dudette. Um no I moved the eggs BACK over here." Keki rubbed the back of his neck, arching a brow. Claws brush through his mane for a moment, then his arms cross over his chest. "I just got here, and was helping this cricket gal to get these two eggs back over here." He looked beyond the little crowd at the nest. It was a large nest capable of holding a whole tribe of Tatsu, as long as they curl up together. In the mess of nest bedding he spotted some more pups sleeping, but figured they were okay for now.

I`a trot up to the new sentinel, grinning, "Hey sweet-stuff what's your name?" He wasn't -trying- to be flirty, but it was just his personality to the babes! Kekipi laughed at I`a, who took a seat in front of the girly aquatic sentinel and started boasting. "Yep, I helped that big lug behind me carry these Tatsu pups back. Mmmhm."

Kurai was in her own world as the others. Actually... Kekipi was in his own world too, but Kurai was in her pup's world. No telling what she was thinking - that proud and noble looking cricket.



Koko blinked, and laughed "Sweet? Hardley. My name is Koko" she laughed a bit harder at his comment of helping the full grown tatsu "Realy? Make sure he didn't trip over roots or something?" She giggle more, teasing him. "So, you are the older one's Sentinels?" She walked over to kanako, and stroked his fur, very happy to see the egg she had been raising was finally a pup.

Kanako yawed, making a little chirp of pleasure as the sentinel petted him



Kekipi, still in his own world, picked his bag up and casually slipped off to find the spring. He was interested in it, and I`a was doing his own thing! He knew his fishy little sentinel would find him, that's what all sentinel are best at. Maybe he'll find something useful, bwuahaha.

I`a HAD his chest puffed out, looking all big and tough. But he just.. deflated, at the tripping over roots comment. "Hey! That's so totally a diss, dudette." He chuckles and lowers back onto all fours, trotting up to Kurai and the pup. "You're a quiet guardian." He sounded shockingly serious and sober. Worried? Maybe.

Kurai turned her head and stared at the brightly colored boy sentinel. "What is there to say? Nothing really." But not long after that, Keki came back with a white flower held in both paws as if he were carrying a delicate piece of glass. "Oh, you brought a kiyu flower?"



Koko giggled "Chill out, i was just joking around. I am sure you were very helpful" she replyed, her second sentance with a hint of sarcasm. She looked over at Kurai, she was very quiet. Maybe crickets were just like that? She turned her attention to kekipi again "Aw, its very pretty!" she exclaimed.

Kanako slowly driffed off to sleep.



Kekipi tilts his head at Kurai's responce, "Oh, so this is a kiyu flower? I see." He bent and handed the flower to I`a, who's arms were up wanting to see it.

I`a gave a timid chuckle, "Eh heh..." He took the flower once Keki handed it over, then looked between it and the white pup. "Hm..." Then... he placed it over her ear. "She's got Sssstyyyyle!"

Usually crickets are quite the talkative little chirpers! Well, not Kurai. Until now that is. She'd watched I`a place the flower, then she smiled a bit. "That is perfect, actually..." A few steps toward the pup, "I will call her Kiyu then... her mother would have been proud to name her this..." Kurai's head tilt, antennae swaying a bit. "Kiyu..."



"Its so cute on her!" she said with a smile "And that is a very pretty name. I already had names thought up...Kanaka if it was a girl, Kanako if it was a boy, and it was a boy" she smiled happily, feeling almost like a mother to the child



Kekipi smirked, head shaking, "Ok dudes you all have fun. I'm gonna like, prowl. Stay here with the pups will ya I`a?"

I`a growled a bit, and chased after. "Nuh uh, Keki. I'm goin' with you. Remember once I let you wander off alone?" Keki made the 'shh' gesture with a claw, "That's what I THOUGHT, dude." Keki rolled his eyes and lowered his pack, letting I`a climb in and get comfy. With that, the two were off to explore.

Kiyu gave a little whine in her sleep, back feet kicking a bit and a front paw twitching. Kurai chirped at the pup, and amazingly enough the pup calmed again. But, Kiyu rolled over, her muzzle taken off Kanako's back. She splay out on the soft nest bedding and drift back to sleep, still right next to the boy. Kurai looked over at Koko and smiled. "I find it funny how most of our names start with K." That notice brought up a little chuckle. Unlike aquatic sentinels, this cricket has a deeper, motherly woman voice.



Koko giggled "yea..." she found it cute how calming hte cricket was to the baby "They are so adorable like this" she said softly, Sitting down and resting her head on her hand. "I can't wait to see them grow up more, see how their personality unfolds.."

Kanako whined as the girl next to him moved away, but wasn't horribly distressed, since he was getting a bit hot anyway. He streched out to his full length as well, rubbing his head in the soft flowers a bit.



Kurai nodded, sort of 'sitting' there, front legs both on the ground. "Just wait until they're dragonets. Mother told me they're just plain horrible! I suppose it depends on the Tatsu, ne?" She looked from Koko, back to Kiyu, "I wonder how this one will be. It's harder for my kin to guard pups and dragonets than it is for your kin, since we're not as... nimble, you know? My kin are basically like their speaking concious." Light chuckle and smirk.

Kiyu began moving again... seems the child is restless suddenly! With her newfound burst of energy, she sat her head up, though she's quite wobbly. Her activity? A cute, puppylike growl, leading into a cublike 'rawr.' Her little tail wiggled back and forth, stretching front paws ahead of her to paw at a petal. She bent and bit at it, picked it up, then stumbled and wiggled to drop the petal on Kanako's head.

After that she settled again, huffing tiredly, then relaxed. Kurai just snickered. "She's going to be a handful, I can see it now."



Koko smiled "Yea... but i think i am ready for it. I've always wanted to be the guardian of a tatsu. I used to come to teh nest every day, looking at the eggs of the old ones wondering if any of them were the one i am bonded too. Then i came across the golden egg, and i knew it was mine!" She smiled, looking warmly torwards Kanako.

Kanako stired as he felt the flower fall on his head. He attempted to get up, but only managed to crawl a bit. He still was exhausted from his great escape from the egg, but he would probubly have a bit more energy tomorrow.



Kurai smiled. Yes, she can smile happily! "Sometimes you just know who it is, sometimes you have to look hard. I was around after Kiyu's parents passed away, and my mother passed with her. When Tatsu leave this world, we must go with them, because of our bond." The seemingly wise sentinel looks up at the open sky of the nest clearing, taking in the sight of the evening. "I knew Kiyu was mine because my mother was bonded to her mother."

Kurai's attention was drawn down again to Kiyu, who was gumming on Kanako's ear happily. This was her pup idea of play! And it was fun! Tail wiggles side to side, tiny wings moving just a little bit. Even though Kanako was tired, Kiyu was really quite the trooper! "Yeah... Kiyu is going to be a wild one. Hooboy!" Kurai giggles, then eyes Koko with a cheerful smile, like to mums watchin' their babies. Unde the circumstances of missing parents... they pretty much -are- their parents!



Koko looked fondly at them all "I barely remember my mother. I guess she must have been with one of the elders, because she died when I was realy young" she said sadly "Poor little ones. They don't have any parents" Koko giggled "Think, we will be the parent figures, but they will be much bigger then us before we even know it.." she grinned, knowing that one day Kanako would be the same size as keki

Kanako made a chirping noise, rolling over onto his belly, causing kiyu to tumble down. He put his paws onto her head, and turned the tables by gumming on her ear! He made a sound tha sounded faintly like a giggle, and pawed blindly at her face, too.



Kurai nodded sagely at speak of elders. "May they rest in peace. My mother's Tatsu and the mate were the two last elders of the forest. We just couldn't spread out enough I guess. So we need to just keep trying."

Kiyu let out another one of those growly roars that were so obviously young and painfully cute. The flower had fallen from her ear, blending with the mess of petals, leaves, and grass. She'll get another flower soon enough, though! Kiyu bat her paws at Kanako's chest and squeaked happily. Those playful growls were frequent as she paws at the other just as blindly.

"They grow fast, you know. And just make sure yours doesn't stuff you in a pack like that Kekipi fellow does to his guardian." She was exadurating really, since I`a acutally loved to be toted in the pack!



Koko nodded solumly in honer of the elders. "But, there is still a lot of hope. I mean, look at these two, and the other eggs. I bet there are more around, too! I think there is hope for these guys yet..." she said optomisticly, watching the two play "God, could they be any more adorable?" She asked happily

Kanako gave a play growl back, meeting at her paw as the batted. He leaned forward, biting with a toothless mouth onto her furry paw, and sucked on it.



Kurai watched the pupfight and snickered. "Honestly I have not wandered the forest much. I've been at Kiyu's side all this time. Perhaps when she is older we shall look around. I'm only aware of one nest. But there must be more, since I have seen several watery looking Tatsu of all ages passing through to the springs."

Kiyu made a kind of 'ewwing' squeaky growly noise at the boy, tugging her paw back in her direction. She's not edible! Free paw pushes softly on his cheek while taking her paw back, then she rolls onto her side and bats at the air, with more little growls.



"Same here...and i am sure you are right. It may seem like there arn't many tatsu around...but I think they are all just eggs and babies, and once they are older, the world will flourish again" she said, happily.

Kamako whined as his chew thing was pulled away, rolling over. There were a few flowers on his belly, so he batted them up in the air. One landed on his nose. He sneezed, and giggled more.



It almost seemed as though she'd come from nowhere. Perhaps she'd been there the whole time?... In either case, the dark colored pup seemed to be making a point to say out of sight and out of mind. The little creature had nestled herself beside a lush shrub that was sprouting beautiful pink flowers. While she herself- black and copper, didn't quite fit in, the darkness from the shade the bush produced gave her both cool and protection.

Petra cooed softly to herself, satisfied with her little scheme to remain unnoticed. If all went well, the blind, deaf creature would be relaxing lesuirley in no time- undisturbed and calm. Her little body quivered occasionally, adjusting to the cooler temperature underneath the shade, but all in all, the baby was content. What a lovely world this was... When she wasn't being bothered, that is.



Kiyu still pawed blindly at the air, until she was able to roll over and nestle into the silky petals again. The moon was starting to rise with the sun setting, and soon the kiyu flowers would be putting on a spectacular little show. "I do hope so, it would be nice to see many Tatsu frolicing about by the springs." She looked up at the sky and smiled, "Moon will be greeting the flowers soon. Know what that means?" Sly look over at Koko.

Meanwhile, Keki was wandering around! I`a was out of the soggy black pack, and instead there were a bunch of different flowers inside of it! Keki had a mischeivous little smile on his maw while walking through the forest, and stopped to pick some pink flowers from some more shrubery to stuff away in his bag.

I`a looked at the bush and grass, noticing the copper coloring of something. He liked shinies. He walked toward it, then gasped and ran back to Keki, tugging at a tailfeather. "KEKI! DUDE. There's a pup! Like, one not in the nest!"

"I know there's pups, I`a, we watched 'em hatch earli - oh!" He shoved the rest of the flowers he'd picked in the bag and scooped up the pup carefully and hauled her to the nest. "Musta' wandered too far, ey dude?" I`a nodded. Neither of them knew the pup WANTED solitude! Poor Petra.

 

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June 3, 2006

Kekipi came wandering in the area, Kiyu in his arms like a baby. He pretty much dubbed himself the pup's father, even though he was a far cry from a fatherly figure. "Hey dude, more pups!" His tail excitedly whipped the air back and forth, giddily moving an arm quickly to point at the pups. Then used both arms to hold the pup again. If the two Mamirens were wondering how big a Tatsu would get, they'd see now! While they were about a foot tall or so, he was a tad over 3 feet.

I`a was, as usual, halfway in the small black backpack, his little paws on Keki's shoulder. He was proud to see Keki maturing. Then he went and acted all childish with new pup notice!

Kiyu was asleep in Kekipi's arm, front paws over her chest cutely. There was a new flower in her hair. Her ears were properly working, but that was all. She made a little baby growly roar of sorts, a little hello to the pups.



Koko smiled "Well...even if she is unsocial, it isn't to bad of a think. She will always have you" she said. Giggling as Petra ran into her. "Oh...hehe.. don't worry." She risked reaching down and patted petra quickly, afraid the Tatsu might be angry wit her for that.

Kanako made a whimpering noise as he sensed some comotion around him. He nipped at his sentinal, as if to say 'who cares what else is going on. Pay attention to me!



Isa smiled with a light giggle as she watched Koko cautiously pat Petra. "Smart of you," she commented playfully, watching as Petra's tiny jaw opened and snapped closed warningly. What a curious little thing.

Noticing Kanako's protest at lack of attention, Isa grinned and fluttered off of the distressed Petra's back, only to land softly beside Kanako. "Hello little fellow!" she chirped happily, her tiny hand landing gently on Kanako's head.

It seemed as though neither Isa nor Petra noticed the arrival of three new creatures!



Keki, aware he was unnoticed, steps closer to the little group. "Duuudes, hello. Righteous evening, yah?" He set Kiyu down.

I`a recognized Koko and gave her an idle wave, not forgetting the diss he'd recieved! Clowfish colored Mamiren refused to move out of the pack. He was in his favorite perch, after all. "Hello fellow Mamiren, I'm I`a and this is Kekipi and that little dudette there is Kiyu."

Kiyu fussed in Keki's arms until the adult finally put her down. When that happened, Kiyu waddled over to the pups and squeaked. That sort of 'I demand attention' squeak!