His sensei nodded. "Yes. This is the address that I have." She said, slightly annoyed with her young charge. She only had to cover his eyes six times though, so maybe it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
"Well, are we going to stay here all day, or are we going to go in, Bento?"
"Right, right." Bento answered and knocked on the door. Only to have it open and get ran over by a man and a panda, both carrying backpacks. "Oww." He said after the dust had settled.
Ichi had barely enough time to react and hopped to the side lightly. Watching the retreating panda leave in a hurry, the only thing she could think of was... "What's a panda doing here?"
"Oh, please excuse us," the black haired moustached man said to Ichi as he bowed politely; not noticing the boy he was standing on. He then looked towards the way the Panda went and shouted, "WAIT FOR ME!" Before hightailing it after his apparent pet.
Ichi blinked slowly. "Wierd."
(---)
A few moments before...
Kasumi hummed happily to herself as she continued to take care of the broth. "Ah... Almost ready. Now all that needs to finish are the noodles..."
Looking over the amount, Kasumi sighed. The pots bubbling and brewing atop the stove were large enough to fit 50 lbs of potroast, and both were filled to the brim with either broth or noodles. "Hmm... I wonder if I made too much..."
Then again, Kasumi knew that this way, there probably wouldn't be any fighting.
Continuing to make dinner, Kasumi noticed the form of her father run past the entrance to teh kitchen, Kasumi moved towards it. Pushing the drapes aside, she looked at her father who was currently lugging a large backpack. "Oh, father. Where are you going?"
Freezing in mid-run, Soun slowly turned his head to look back at his kind, gentle daughter. "Well, Kasumi, the thing is..." Soun scratched the back of his head. How the hell to make this work, without it getting back to Nabiki. "Ah! The Master is demanding we meet him soon! A training trip and all that!"
Pouting a little, Kasumi started to say, "But, father... I made such a nice large dinner... Can't you stay around long enough for that?"
"Well..." Soun started to lose his spine. He wanted to stay and have his daughter's wonderful cooking, but he knew the wrath of Nabiki was just around the corner.
GROWLF!" Came from a certain panda. [Just save some for us, Kasumi. If the master says to hurry, we had better hurry, or he'll get mad at us!]
"What Saotome said," Soun said as he nodded his head as quickly as he could.
It was then that Kasumi... Smiled slightly less. "Oh, okay... Take care father, Saotome-san."
"Take care, Kasumi!" Soun said. "Tell your sister I love you both!"
Smiling to her usual bright standard again, Kasumi told the retreating forms of Soun and Genma, "I will!"
Before Kasumi could say another word, her father and the panda, who was also carrying a large backpack, ran to the door, just as someone knocked on it. Without really paying attention to who was out there, they ran over a young boy, and nearly ran over a woman who was standing just behind him. Thankfully, the woman had stepped to the side in just the nick of time.
"Oh, please excuse us," Soun said to the woman as he bowed politely; not noticing the boy he was standing on. He then looked towards the way Genma went and shouted, "WAIT FOR ME!" Before hightailing it after his friend and training buddy.
After the animal and the man had left, Ichi walked up to Bento and bent down to grab his hand. "You okay, Bento?"
The young boy groaned. "I'll be fine. A true warrior must overcome any pain, no matter how bad it is."
For some reason, Ichi had the strangest sensation that Bento was going to get smacked for saying that.
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