Household and being Motherly [P]

An early morning in the village of the titan buildings, Tengakure. Wind would blow silently, gently carrying young leaves through the empty streets. The first rays of sun would touch the village and find their way through a certain window, into a certain person's room and land on her cheek. And the two curious eyes would immediately glance at this strange phenomenon, a stealthy beast would start crawling up to its unsuspecting prey, closer and closer, to the defenseless body, sitting by a wall. Clawed hands would carry the monster and in no time it would be upon the helpless creature. Knowing not to expect any resistance it would take its time, sniff the spot where the morning blue light struck the skin and then lunge forward.
And Youta would wake as she felt a lick on her cheek. She would grasp the sheath containing her blade called Shigure, which she was holding with both hands and then open her eyes. In front of her was Cael, no doubt the one who woke her up. The look on the dragon's face was a clear appreciation that the only other being in the room was now awake. A side note, knowing not how the dragon genders worked, or if they even had them, Youta decided to consider Cael a boy. Yesterday was the happy day of Cael's birth, or hatch. Following the meeting, the girl was going to take the dragon home, but as the lizard's mood rapidly became intolerable, she decided to better bring him to a local doctor, well kinda. The old man was her neighbor actually and although he was no longer one, he used to be a med-nin that specialized in treating ninja animals. After a fairly short inspection, the man would express his wonder in the exotic if not legendary creature that Youta received as her companion. From him she would learn that a dragon would most likely eat meat, if not, then it would simply not take it, which Cael gladly did so all fears were put aside and it did not seem to grow sick or anything and that was some hours ago already.

A joyful shriek could be heard and the baby dragon would jump on Youta, who would be just in time to move her weapon away before Cael plunged into her arms. Laughing, she would glance at the window. It has dawned some half an hour ago, it would seem, not too early by Youta's standards, but today she felt some lack of sleep because her friend here would not accept her bedtime like that. Well past the dark yesterday the young beast was way too boisterous for even considering trying to put him to sleep, not after it had eaten its fill anyway. So instead, they played all kinds of games, it was actually pretty smart for a newborn and it seemed to be getting smarter by the minute, soon fetch became boring and they moved on to tag and so on until both exhausted themselves and fell asleep hugging in each other's warmth by the bed. Now that the girl looked around she realized. Yeah, they messed up her apartment real good, there was practically stuff all over the floor. Stuff that the dragon after getting away from her would now launch itself into, sending at least a few things into the air. Smiling the Genin would follow the creature as it was running in circles. And then for a moment it would seam as if it had spoken. At first the girl would be confused, the sound certainly came from that direction, but her eyes would shift towards the window, if by some chance this was some prank. But as there was nobody at or by the window as far as her eyes or other senses could say, she would look back again. And then it would happen again, only this time she could make out the words. "More" and "Food" it was a rather funny sounding voice, but it was no doubt the dragon speaking. What a surprise too, not only could it speak and this young too, but it also learned the words from only hearing them a few times by the doctor, as Youta did not speak all that much. There was not much point in asking if Cael could speak at this point, as he stopped running around and now was looking at her with anticipation. So, she would smile again. "Hungry?" a reply would be a sound, which she understood as something along the lines of 'mhm' with an apologetic tune to it. The girl would stand up, make her way to the kitchen where she would find the raw of meat that she fed the dragon yesterday, make a slice of it and bring it back. Sitting down on the floor she would stretch her hand with the meat and offer it to the dragon, who without delay would jump at it and consume it momentarily. It would then jump about, with a few word letting her know he wanted more.

The girl would get used to her dragon being able to speak fairly quickly, especially when it was not that much of a change really. It seemed to speak only when it wanted something or had to express something he could not express without words. The growth was another thing though. In less than one day the baby had grown double in size, from a little cute beasty that could fit in Youta's hands it would now weigh a good portion of what she weighed. Youta could still carry him in her arms, but he was getting heavy.
After the short breakfast they had in her messed up apartment, the girl decided to do something she had planned to do some time ago and it offered a chance to take Cael outside. Carrying the lizard in her arms, the two of them would make their way through the streets in silence. Cael appeared to be quite interested in his surroundings, occupied with observing the people and the strange things that were all new to him. And like that she would appear at her destination, which was an office in the Tenkage's building. Not the Kage's office of course. No, it was one of the minor offices on some seventh floor. This was a place where she would request that the house that belonged to her master, Yozora, would be sold to her, as it was nobody's property from what she understood. Well, it was village's property, technically, which is why she had to buy it, rather than just settle in. As Yozora left no will or had any relatives in the village to whom all her possessions could be given to, being her student and having the ryo was all she needed to acquire the place. As everything was done and the two were walking the streets again Youta would ask Cael, who remained silent through the whole process. "Well, you understood everything?" A reply would be given short. "Not everything." Then they would visit Yozora's house and Youta would explain that this will be their new home, she would also explain who the place belonged to before. Then, after inspecting the interior for a bit, they spent a few hours playing in the garden which was loads of fun. Apparently dragons could swim fairly well and Cael appeared to enjoy it. Then on the trip back Youta would put her body through its paces. She would have Cael hold onto her back and she went full speed through the rooftops. At one point she would feel his body no longer touching her back, only his tiny arms holding onto the clothes. Looking back she would see the wings spread and Cael sort of soaring or gliding using her speed. At actually gave her an idea, which she decided to test some other day. Dragons are supposed to fly, right?

Later that day, the two would be home again, in the messed up apartment. As one could expect, just like baby's, the dragon's sleep regime was quite unstable and Youta soon realized she had to put him to sleep. The means were actually the same as they fell asleep yesterday night, except this time the girl did not intend to sleep herself and would leave the dragon once his slumber was certain. Tidying up a bit, she would decide to take a shower. She found it great for thinking and relaxing. These last two days were quite the new experience for her, as she had never had something or somebody to care for like that. It was a warm feeling, a happy feeling. Stepping into the shower and letting the water go she would start planning her relocation to the new house. There were some things that well our of order while the house was not used and that Youta would need to fix, but as Yozora's death hadn't happened that long ago, the building was mostly in good shape, if a bit dusty. The garden was another matter and actually it did matter little to the Genin. After her thoughts were in order and planning done, she saw the shower as an opportunity to train a bit. Now that she had learned water release, infusing her chakra into water was an easy task. With a hand seal she would stand straight and let the water simply fall on her head and flow downwards. One after another she would infuse her chakra into smaller amounts of water and tear them away from the flow, then suspend them in the air. In quite no time she would have about twenty such small drops of water floating around her. At that point she would bring them back into the flow and using the combined chakra lift it whole and shape it into somewhat of a claok around her. A swirling and constantly moving cloak of water. Honestly, she had enough water in control, there was no longer any need for the shower, which she would turn off. And like that she would remain for a bit, the water felt like an extension of her body, that actually made her quite big. If she was really that big, she would hardly fit in that shower. Like that the Genin would hold the water for a few minutes, until her concentration reached the limit and she had to release it. But not all at once. Slowly, drop by drop, the water would be allowed to go down and leave the mass, flow into the sewers. With less water remaining, the girl would proportionally relax until it took practically no effort to maintain the little bit of what it once was. And then she would release it too, letting the final bits to crash down and flow away. And now, although feeling clean she felt quite tired. Dressing up she decided to join the dragon and take a nap.

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