Ami looked at the girl standing in front of her. She didn't seem much of a fighter, furthermore, her overall body language seemed to express the statement: 'Oh my!'
She looked as if she was kinda uncomfortable with the whole idea of this fight, but seemed to be willing to do her best, smiling at Ami with cheerful eyes.
Ami thought about it. There had to be a better way to do this...
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Black-and-White-Bear smiled as he saw Pleasant Mist stepping into the ring. While she wasn't a good fighter, she was also on the higher list of suitors for his son... She was cute and could cook and act very much like a perfect housewife.
Now what was that outsider doing?
When he understood their plan, he nodded. Of course. The other girl seemed to be a pacifist as well. They were looking for a way to settle this without having a real fight. Well, he surely didn't mind... as long as one of them would win this confrontation, somehow...
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Ami watched the other girl as she was collecting a weird board and some wooden figurines. What was she planning?
The native girl smiled at her and put up the board on a small tree stump. It seemed to be some sort of game... Using her hands and gestures, she tried explaining the rules. Ami nodded. It seemed easy enough. Now, all they had to do was to play...
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A good choice. Pleasant Mist chose the always popular game of 'Opposing tribes'. No one had ever been able to beat her at this game.
After the game had started, the crowd was gathering close to the two opponents and looked over their shoulders. Very quickly, Pleasant Wind had prepared the standard setting for her infamous tactic, which had brought her to victory almost every time.
But everyone's eyes bugged out when the foreign girl made some clever moves that totally turned the tables...
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Ami grinned. That game had been fun. And the nice girl had been a formidable opponent.
But back in their village, Ami had always been a fast learner for anything that involved using your wits... and so she was finally able to win with a speial move, as she put her own figure close to the chief figure of her opponent.
And then, she somehow felt compelled to make the statement: "Checkmate"!
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All tribe members cheered with excitement and surprise after Ami had won. This had been the most interesting game ever. And Pleasant Mist didn't seem to hold a grudge. After the blue-haired girls victory, she stood up and nodded with a smile in her direction.
Afterwards, the chief Black-and-White-Bear strode up to them and declared them honorary members of their tribes... which was instantly followed by some warriors coming up to them and painting the tribe markings on their faces.
Usagi thought it was funny and was giggling all the time, giving the painters a hard time of doing their work.
And when the chief raised his hand, pointed at them and said a word, Usagi and Ami really didn't understand it... but they heard the cheers of the crowd and decided it had to be something positive.
If they only had known that this one word spoken by the chief could only mean one thing:
Fiancees.
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This evening, Usagi and Ami were sitting at a campfire, together with the tribe members. The chief was sitting directly next to them, together with a young man that looked like he could be his son.
The nice girl from earlier and some other women brought bowls and plates with all kinds of food, and Usagi instantly started eating with glee. Ami wasn't hungry as much, so she only took a few bites.
"Wow, that's good," Usagi said after trying a particular stew. She looked at the chief who was sitting next to her. She gestured at the stew. "Gobblegobble?"
The chief shook his head.
"Barkbark!"
Usagi and Luna, who had been eating from that same bowl, exchanged a quick glance.
"I... I don't feel so good..." Usagi moaned.
Luna felt like puking. "Me... me neither..."
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Chief Black-and-White-Bear watched the new fiancee of his son and her cat with worry. Why did their faces turn green all of a sudden? Was there something wrong with the rabbit stew?
He took a bite. No, tasted as delicious as ever. Strange, they acted as if Pound-them-Flat (another suitor of his son) had prepared the meal, and not her sister Pleasant Mist...
Perhaps he should let the medicine man, Lost-in-the-Mist, take a look at them...
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