The Crying Traveller (Part 19)

*The next day, Kita resumes his training session with Nakh, starting with a spar*

Nakh: Ready? *puts on his fighting pose*

Kita: You got it, buddy. *Got into his stance*

Nakh: *charges in with a right hook*

Kita: *Does a jump and does a spin kick*

Nakh: *parred tht n sent a kick of his own to the left*

Kita: *blocked the kick and did a flip*

Nakh: *waited a moment before he scooped Kita up, flinging him in the air n slam dunked him to the ground*

Kita: Damn it! *scooted out and got back up*

Nakh: *smirks* At least ur strength let u handle the damages *sent a left hook*

Kita: *sent a hook of his own, which collided with nakh's fist*

Nakh: *yelped n pulled bk, seeing a red patch on his knuckles* Wow, tht's quite the punch there

Kita: *shook his hand* SAme here. *sees a bruise on his knuckles*

*the duo sparred for abt an hour or so before they broke it up*

Nakh: Phew! Tht was some workout. WAnna go for a swim?

Kita: I'm game. *They headed to the bathing lake. Kita took off his clothes and dived in*

Nakh: *does so too n enters the lake slowly, not wanting to cause waves n flush Kita out, tho entering it did make the water level higher*

Kita: Aaaah... this is nice ^^

Nakh: Yup, just the right temperature n all *leaned bk against the banks*

Kyou: Cannonball!! *jumped in*

Nakh: Ack!! *got splashed* Haha, Kyou~

Kyou: *surfaced* Sorry abotu that, buddy ^^

Kita: S'ok, bro. Where are the kids?

Kyou: They went on hunting. They wanted to do it themselves this time

Nakh: Ah, tht's good. Abt time they polish up their hunting skills

Kyou: True. *floated on top of the lake

Nakh: How was ur day there, Kyou? Anything new going on?

Kyou: Let's say...Kiba's gonna be a big brother

Kyou: Oh, wow! Ur wife is pregnant again?

Kyou: Sure is ^^

Nakh: Congrats to u n Haruka. Kiba must be esctatic

Kyou: Oh he is! He was pinging off the walls. And Haruka's developing well

Kita: *turned around* Hey sis ^^

Haruka: *was waddling gently towards the lake* Hey boys, enjoying ur dunk in the lake?

Kyou: Hey dear. *swam to her and gave her a kiss*

Kita: Sure are! Nakh and I were sparring

Haruka: Ah, getting the hang of ur newfound powers, I presume?

Kita: I still am. Nakh found out I have his stamina as well

Haruka: Tht's good. Ooh, I think I'm gonna join u too *takes off her kimono n goes inside*

Kyou: *wolf whistles at her and cuddled her closely*

Haruka: *giggled n nuzzled against him, caressing her baby bump*

Kyou: ^^ Glowing, aren't we?

Haruka: Am I? *cupped her cheeks* I nvr thought I'd be

Kyou: *kissed his loving wife*

Kita: *Sighs* Hard to believe we both fought over her till I got Rai

Nakh: Waa? U guys fought ovr Haruka?

Kyou: We sure did. Sibling rivalry

Haruka: Yeah. Evn tho I told Kita I love Kyou more, he nvr gave up. Then the day I went swimming with him n the other girls, he was almost abt to come on me wen we met Rai peeping at us with his cheeky friends

Kita: Ah yes...before we found out we were bethroled to each other.

Nakh: U were betrothed to Haruka the same way Kita was betrothed to Rai?

Haruka: Yeah, it was quite the surprise reli

Kita: Ever since then, She's been more of a sister to me.

Nakh: Glad tht u guys r getting along much better now

Kita: Same with you and Kyou. I thought it wouldn't help

Kyou: Me too. *Sighs heavily, remember why he originally hated giants*

Nakh: Yeah, I'm glad we've put bad things behind us now

Kyou: *did a playful punch to Nakh's stomach*

Nakh: *laughed n nudged him bk with his finger, if he had returned the punch, he'd end up sending him off the lake*

Kyou: AAAH!! *catches and lands* Dang dude

Nakh: Sorry~ I nudged u as gently as I could

Haruka: Wow, tht is some power there O_O

Kyou: You should've seen him at the moon feast.

Haruka: Oh? How so?

Kita: He was pigging out

Nakh: Ahhaha, well, we giants hv a pretty big appetite

Haruka: I'll say

Kita: So did I

Nakh: We were contesting to see who could pig out the most

Kyou: Who was it between again?

Nakh: Me n Kita. It was a tie

Kita: Woof. I demand a rematch!!

Nakh: *laughs* Ur on. We're doing this on the nxt festival!

Kyou: Which is tomorrow.

Nakh; Already? So soon?

Kyou: It's being done once a month now

Nakh: Wow, I didnt knw tht, bt why? I thought it was a annual thing

Kita: It's because it's so popular. I declared it once a month on a full moon

Nakh: Haha, perks of being a ruler of the lands eh? U can change the rules anytime u want

Kita: Well, I suggested it to mother and father, they agreed

Nakh: Tht's sweet. I hope u dont mind me asking bt...wen will it be tht ur officially King?

Kita: *blushes, hiding under the water*

Nakh: Huh? Wht? Wht's wrong? Did I say something wrong? U...U dont hv to answer tht if u dont want to

Kyou: He's refused to take the title. HE won't take it unless something happens to our parents

Nakh: Bt surely ur parents would abdicate if he just take it. Ur such a good ruler. Its time u officially be King

Kita: But it's Kyou's title. He's older than I

Kyou: Brother, you know I am fine being the captain of the guards

Nakh: Yeah. If he's OK with it, n ur parents r OK with it, wht r u waiting for?

Kita: I already accepted. It's at tomorrow

Nakh: Oh, tht's good news!

Haruka: During the festival too? Does tht mean Mother n Father r coming?

Kita: Yes. They are. *Blushed bright red*

Nakh: This is amazing! Why r u so red abt? C'mere! *gives him a gentle noogie*

Kita: AAAH! Nakh!!

Kyou: Uh, guys...guys!

Kita: *looked up* Mom! Dad!!

Rini: Hi, my sons

Nakh: *quickly lets Kita go*

Haruka: Hello, Mother, Father

Katsu: Hving fun, I see. Ah, u must be the giant my sons hv been talking abt

Nakh: Pleasure to meet u, Your Majesties *nodded curtly*

Kita and Kyou: *They got and kneel before their parents and then got up*

Kyou: What brings you here?

Rini: We're here to check on you early. And to meet your friends

Kita: ^^

Katsu: N we're also here to visit our new granddaughter. Where is she?

Kita: *got his pants on* She's in a cavern nearby

Katsu: Take us to her pls

Nakh: *also got out n got dressed*

Haruka: *remained submerged in waters for a while until they were looking away before getting out of the water n got dressed*