Thread: The Will of Fire: RP for VIX and Lorelai

It seemed Michiko's night terrors had become a regular enough occurrence that nobody came running in alarm at the sound of Michiko's screams suddenly breaking the silence at half past midnight. It took her brothers a full five minutes to reassure her she'd only been dreaming and all four of them were together and safe for the moment. Michiko had stopped screaming, but desperately clung to her brother Daichi while shaking like leaf in a high wind. It took her another fifteen minutes for the feelings of being watched by malevolent eyes and fear for her life along with those of her brothers to subside. Someone quickly peeked into their room just to make sure everyone was alright. After Daisuke's reassurances they would all be fine after more sleep, the siblings were left on their own again. Once Michiko's shaking had finally stopped, Daichi protectively held his sister as she drifted into a slightly more restful sleep, but not before sleepily mumbling an apology for her behavior which all three of her brothers were quick to dismiss. One by one, Michiko's brothers drifted in and out of a light doze for the rest of the night just in case Michiko would need them again. The next morning, Michiko and her three brothers arrived at the assigned meeting point half an hour after everyone else. All four siblings looked worn and had circles under their eyes from lack of proper sleep. As usual, Daisuke acted as spokesman for his other siblings since Michiko was feeling cranky while the twins traded tired, disgruntled glances with one another in silence. Daisuke politely bowed to everyone in greeting before apologizing, Sorry we're late, I'm afraid we had a rough night and didn't get much sleep. Michiko's face turned red as her hair while she stared at her sandals and mumbled an apology to her brothers. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up. It's all my fault. Daichi was quick to reassure her, Nonsense, Mi-chan. It's only natural for us to stay up with you when you're in distress. Orochimaru's the one responsible for the bad memories you carry with you and the...disturbances they cause. Still embarrassed over the whole incident, Michiko only nodded while remaining silent. Daisuke turned his attention to Sakura and hesitantly asked, Ummm...Sakura-san? As a fellow healer, I was wondering if you'd be willing to try and help us out? I've tried everything I can think of to help Mi-chan sleep at night, but I'm afraid nothing has been very effective. You see, Mi-chan sometimes has these awful night terrors- before Daisuke could utter another word, Michiko's hand clamped firmly over his mouth with her other arm wrapped around his neck in a headlock. Her face was the color of a sunburned tomato as she angrily threatened her brother, One more word out of you Beanpole, and everyone here is going to know every single embarrassing story the twins have told me about you dating all the way back to the time you were in DIAPERS! Understand?! In response, Daisuke licked Michiko's hand covering his mouth, causing his sister to release him as she gave a yell in disgust before frantically rubbing her hand against her pants to get off Daisuke's saliva. Daisuke gave his sister an exasperated look while rubbing his sore neck from her headlock. Since he was slightly taller that Michiko, he'd been forced to lean over while she'd had hold of his head so it hadn't been a very comfortable position to be in. Geeze, Mi-chan. I was only trying to help- Michiko angrily interrupted him. How?! By baring your soul to complete strangers and revealing personal information about me without even consulting me first?! You're far too trusting, Daisuke! Daisuke evenly replied, And you're too quick to judge. I can't put my finger on it so I don't know how to explain, but these people are different from Orochimaru. I don't get the same vibe from them that I did around him. It's just a feeling I have, but I don't believe they're our enemies. With a sigh Daisuke added, You really are no fun when you're cranky. A mischievous smile full of playful humor crossed his face as he looked at Michiko and stated, I think I know of one way to turn that frown upside down. Before Michiko even had a chance to look unnerved at her brother's expression, he'd tackled her and promptly started digging his fingers into her ribcage causing Michiko to giggle helplessly while attempting to squirm away from his merciless tickling. In between giggles Michiko managed to gasp out, Lemme go! You'll regret this! I'll prank you in your sleep, I swear! Her threats didn't sound menacing at all as she kept emitting giggles in between words occasionally punctuated by loud snorts every time she tried taking a breath. When Daisuke helped her up with a wide grin across his face, Michiko gasped out in between giggles, Y-You're evil. Daisuke's grin only grew wider as he patted his sister on the back. How? I got you to laugh, didn't I? You're gonna prank me in my sleep, huh? Well it was worth it just to see your smile and get you to lighten up a little. As an afterthought he added, By the way. You have embarrassing stories of your own, you know. Daisuke's mischievous grin returned as he asked, Remember the time you fell in the lake and Daichi pretended to mistake you for a big fish before hooking the back of your shirt with his fishing rod to reel you in? Michiko shot back with one of her own. Well, what about you? How about the time you were dumb enough to have a sparring match with a horned goat armed only with a toy kunai and wound up getting chased by it? I'd warned you of what might happen, but of course you wouldn't listen and provoked the goat anyway. You're lucky it didn't do any permanent damage after it sent you flying with a headbutt. What do you have to say about that Daisuke smiled and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment as he mildly replied, Um...wisdom isn't choosy about age? Michiko slumped in disappointment as she'd hoped for a better reaction than that. Sai could be heard asking Kankuro and Temari, Is this normal behavior between siblings? Whew! Sorry it took me so long to post.