Cover illustration by TwoMario
Finally, a sequel to this old thing! This story started off as an RP I did with superdes513 involving my ninja boy Raiju and his OC Hoshi a while back, done at about the same time as when I commissioned the above pic from the legendary TwoMario. That said, there wasn't any scene in the RP based on that pic, so after I bought that up with Des, we proceeded to co-write it over the past few nights, and I added it in just today. Along with a few quality control checks, I feel that this new addition was what made the story truly pop! :D
When I first posted the story in question, it was meant as a gift for Des' birthday, but in the interest of being on time I had to submit an incomplete version because, as I've said, we were still working on the scene we'd were gonna add at the time. It was a struggle between completeness and timing, but ultimately I came up with the above-mentioned plan of "post first, edit later", and the end result is worth it all the same anyway. I know I subscribe to the "better late than never" policy, but sometimes I just can't reschedule self-imposed deadlines, especially for close friends, so please excuse this being the plan for at least some of my works in the future. ^^;
Enjoy, guys! And go check out Des' gallery - he's got quite a lot of colorful characters in there!
Raiju Inarizushi, Feather Flusters (c) me
Hoshi Fujimoto (c) superdes513
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Ninja’s Soft Weakness 2: Electric Boogaloo
by Skaea
Contains: M/M and */M tickling. SFW.
Word Count: 5,189
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The brown-haired ninja ran down the forest path without a care in the world. His middle-length hair fluttered as the air whipped past it, the hair strand sticking out from the top of his head waving like a flag in the wind. His light brown eyes and fair skin nicely contrasted the pine-green and salmon-pink sleeveless top he was wearing, with a black neck cover and an armor plate strapped in a middle of the chest. He also wore yellow-green gloves with fishnets, and yellow-green dogi pants held by a yellow sash around his waist, and bronze-yellow foot bandage wraps over his otherwise bare feet, which made a rhythmic, gentle padding and pounding as he raced over the soft soil and leaf litter.
He had just gotten back from a surveillance run of the area around the town where he and his friends lived; there was, thankfully, nothing major to worry about. So it was off to the local noodle shop, his favorite spot in the town - he was determined not to miss the order of the day, and if nothing else, he needed to get there before the sun went down and the shop closed up until tomorrow. Luckily, he didn't see anything that would hinder him, or so it seemed...
"Well, this is going to be an awesome day," Hoshi thought aloud to himself. "Everything's fine, the town's safe, and my friends are definitely gonna be at the shop waiting for me. I gotta be there as fast as I can! There's absolutely nothing that can stop me!"
As if on cue, however, a blur of movement seemed to outpace him, just out of view. He barely slowed down, wondering what it was, until a flash of movement and a loud SHING caught his attention.
Perhaps those delicious kebabs would have to wait.
