Show Me What You Got! {Shun, Open!}

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Placing her hand on the top of his head, she gently ruffled his hair; instinctively her fingers brushed against the soft fur of his ears, and she couldn't help but give them a gentle scratching. ”I do, actually!~” she cooed, dropping her hand to quickly scoop his up. Quickly turning, she would pull the boy along with her, towards the only place on Wonder Island that sold food.

The islands were mainly inhabited by monstrous dinosaur-like creatures, other than them, there was really no one around to sell food to; however, around this time of year, there was one place that would be open. A small, two-man ran ramen bar, and and their seasonal openings made their food only that much better. Ohkara had only eaten there one time before, her father had taken her after a particularly intense training session, but she'd never forgotten how wonderful the food was.

”It's only a short walk away from here too!” she told him, pulling him closely to her with a smile. After a short moment of silence as they walked, Ohkara would giggle lightly and say, ”So, I have to ask... How did you get so good at fighting?” Although she looked at the young boy like a sibling, she knew very little about him, and now was the perfect opportunity to learn.

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Shun smiles brightly as Ohkara rifled through his unkempt black hair and then sudden his leg started twitching as he felt her soft fingers sweep against his bunny ears. This sensation seems to stimulate Shun's nervous system, promoting relaxation and healing for the rabbit child. His ears has lots and lots of nerve endings, so they're very sensitive to pain but also to pleasurable feelings like Ohkara's gentle rubbing.

The boy slightly jumped at Ohkara grabbing his hand and grinned shortly after. He felt his little body being yanked towards where she was walking to and he caught himself and kept his pace up with Ohkara leading them. They seemed to walk for a long time, it did not really phase the saiyan rabbit as he did so enjoy their rather relaxing nature hike. They eventually came upon a small bar and the smells that haunted the air around them made Shun's mouth water and ears stand up.

Shun then found himself being pulled closer to Ohkara and even dragged a little bit. He laughed softly at times during their silent march. Shun was just mostly taking in the beautiful scenery and fresh air that blew through the tree's. The rabbit child looked up at Ohkara when she asked him how did he get so good fighting. With his free hand he had started to scratch the back of his head and exhaled sharply, "Well.. I have been thrown in situations where I was not prepared.. like having to save my adoptive father, mother and brother.. I failed to protect my mother.. but thats what I was looking for back at mount paozu.. An android core to repair my mother.. She was.. an android.. I guess I have learned to adapt more than anything.. But I only want power to protect everyone.. It is what drives me ya know.." Shun let a weak smile map itself across his face.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

”Hmmmm...” she pondered out loud, pulling the boy even closer as he smiled weakly. Her hand rose back to the top of his head, and she gently ran her fingers through his hair and soft fur, ”I'm sorry to hear that, Shun...” she comforted him, slowly coming to a stop. If he stopped with her, she would just take a silent moment to continue to caress his head, hugging him tightly.

If he looked up to meet her gaze, he would likely see sadness in her eyes as well; however, she too would lowly smile, ”I want the same thing, Shun...” she whispered, her gaze dropping from far-away, back towards the bunny-boy,”You and I will get stronger,” She promised, the sadness on her face turning to a look of determination, a look far different than anything she'd portrayed earlier that day, ”Together.”

With that, she would release him, spinning gracefully to her left. Pointing a thin finger, she'd smile brightly, ”We're here!” she exclaimed, sighting in on the small, barely illuminated, noodle-bar. It was indeed as tiny as she'd remembered, only enough room for four people, and yet to her surprise, it seemed they might have the whole shack to themselves. In that case...

”Last one there has to try the super spicy special!” she hollered, playfully nudging the boy with an elbow before taking of in a sprint. Unfair tactics, maybe... But there was no way she'd put her mouth through that kind of torture again!

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Being pulled in closer, the boy's face leaned onto Ohkara's side! He took on her sisterly embrace and warmth while still wearing his fake'ish smile. His eyes looked up into the sky, watching the different formations of clouds pass. Shun's eyes had then jumped as he felt this wondrous sensation again. It was Ohkara running her fingers through his silky black hair. After a bit, Shun would come to an immediate halt with Ohkara. It was silent and she just completely encompassed him in a tight and loving hug. This silence to him was.. refreshing and therapeutic for once in his life..

He softly gulped and looked at Ohkara. He seen something familiar in her eyes.. He saw.. himself.. his own sadness.. But through the sadness he seen her bright and sunny smile. He listened to her word's and they began leave a mark on his soul and heart. He understood what she was saying about them having the same goals and the fact that she wanted to get stronger along with him gave him more incentive to give nothing but his all.. The boy was very happy that he had found someone who was equivalent to him! "Together..." He repeated back to her.

After Ohkara's inspiring and assuring words, she had let go of the boy and took a spin to her left, pointing her finger excitingly at a decently decorated noodle-bar. Shun would think to himself for a such a small bar it sure did do it's job of lighting up the area with a delightfully and distinct smelling aroma. The fragrance of the noodle's was very infectious indeed! Shun was ready to just eat eat and eat!

He felt Ohkara nudging his back and looked up at her. She insisted that the last one to make it to the bar would have to eat their super spicy special and like that... she's off, dashing towards the bar. The boy took a small bit to analyze what she meant because of him being so secluded all his life. He shrugged it off and ran after her, getting to the bar last and taking a seat next to her, smiling and looking at the menu. His eyes glimmered like diamonds at all the different types and flavors of noodles!

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Giggling as she arrived at the bar, it seemed she had beaten the bunny-boy in the footrace. Taking a seat at the left-most of the four bar stools, it wasn't long until Shun had joined her, taking his own seat at her side. The chef stood behind the rough-wooden-topped bar; it seemed he had just finished doing the dishes, “Oh?” he asked, turning to the evening patrons, “I was just about to close up...”

He was an older man, balding at the top of his head, light grey hair accenting his wrinkled face, a pencil-thin, white, fu-manchu-esk mustache sliding off his face. Eyeing the two closely, one might see his features bright, “Ah... I remember you...” he told the young woman, turning back to his stove top, “You came here with your father some years back. It is wonderful to see you again...” glancing over his shoulder, he smiled, giving a nod to Shun, “What'll you to have?”

Ohkara's eyes lit up, and she too eyed the menu. There were many different choices, but she had something in mind already, “Do you still have that spicy special?” she asked, turning her gaze to her friend, a sly smile on her face.

The man nodded, “Mhmm.”

”Alright, give us a small bowl of that. And I'll have whatever less-spicy special you have with beef in it.” She remembered it like it was yesterday, coming her with her father. He'd advised her to always eat the specials: “Trust me,” he had told her, “this man is a culinary genius!” Giggling at the fond memory, she turned her attention back to Shun, curious as for what he would order.

“And for your friend?” the chef asked, setting to work preparing the dishes with expert speed and precision; not even wasting even a second, or simple movement.

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Shun's eyes shoot back and fourth as he read what the menu had to offer. There was just a huge variety of noodles and a lot of them had very difficult, hard to pronounce name.. The boy looked awfully perplexed but the pictures of the delicious noodles made the words not matter.. Shun would see names like.. Sanuki udon, Shirataki noodles, Soba, Sōmen, Udon, Wanko soba, Yakisoba, Cumian, Dragon beard noodles, Ramen and so much more!

Shun peaked his little head over the menu, looking at the old man and then quickly looking back at the menu. His bunny ears stood upwards and his saiyan tail swayed left to right as he was sitting at the bar. His leg became jumpy and restless. Shun was ready to just get anything at this point. After a while he decided to just choose something random.

He flipped the menu over and with his tiny finger, he pointed to the Ramen. "Can I have the.. er.. umm... Ray...man.. noodle please??" He tried his best to pronounce it but again, he never had anything like this. It was quite an exotic looking food to him and he was very much ready to get a huge bowl of it! He looked at Ohkara and smiled, "Have you ever had rayman noodles?"

[Ohkara Minamaru]

She could tell that he didn't know much about the noodles. His moments were a dead giveaway; he was was beginning to grow impatient. Opening her mouth to make a suggestion, she was cut off by the young boy, who flipped to a page, and pointed his finger at what he wanted. Straightening her back, the green-haired girl squinted her eyes to reveal what he was pointing to just as he spoke. He'd chosen ramen.

With a giggle, Ohkara spun on her bar stool to face him, gently placing a hand between his large rabbit ears, once again unable to resist the call of his soft, silky fur. ”Rayman noodles?” She echoed, playfully teased him, ”You're too cute!” she exclaimed with a bright smile, all while her fingers softly scratched his ears, ”But yeah, I've had ramen noodles plenty of times; I think you picked a perfect dish for your first time!” then, with a wink, she would add: ”Not unlike your choice of first kiss!~”, and quickly stick her tongue out at him, her right hand raising to his head to join in on the petting.

Glancing over his shoulder, the Chef smiled kindly, “Ramen it is; coming right up,” he told them. By now the smell would be utterly intoxicating scent that made bellies grumble, and mouths water; the kind of smells that cause cartoon characters to lift of their feet and float through the air. Hopefully the chef wouldn't make them wait much longer.

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Before Shun could set the menu down, he felt Ohkara's soft hand on his head again and he blushed as she called him cute, making his ears twitch to the side and back. He had a big grin on his face, that's for sure! Also he finally learned how to pronounce ramen. He repeated what Ohkara said. "R-rah.... men.. Ramen!" He cheerfully exclaimed.

Shun then tried to hide his face a little bit when Ohkara brought up the kiss thing from earlier. Once again the rabbit child had caught sight of her tongue piercing and was even more red like before at their sparring practice. His mood was a very relaxed but very embarrassed state at this point and he hid his little face behind the menu so the old man wouldn't see. Oh but the petting from Ohkara was so good. It's like she had the magic touch because Shun felt slightly tired from the petting.. The child had never been petted in such a manner and it was quite addicting in a weird sort of way.

After a short bit, Shun had poked his head over the menu to see that the chef was making the ramen and the smells were just too much! Shun wanted to get to the food right now but Ohkara's petting controlled him and kept him at bay. The boy closed the menu and took a deep breath, He played with his fingers and smiled brightly.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Everything was going along great and it seemed that the young hybrid was having a good time, as was Ohkara, who matched the boy with a genuine smile. Each second she spent sitting in the small noodle-bar, the hungrier she grew; the smell was unbelievable, and each second she couldn't taste the food that produced it was pure torture.

Turning around, the chef would drop two humongous bowls of brothy-noodles in front of them, “Well... Enjoy!” he exclaimed, giving them a nod, before quickly returning to his nightly chores.

Ohkara's eyes widened at the offering, drool pooled at the corner of her lips as she stared into the perfect blend of food before her. Releasing her gentle hold on the boy, Ohkara would grab for the chopsticks in the sat neatly at the center of the bowl. Her fingers expertly maneuvered the sticks in her hands, and she dipped them back in, quickly mixing the food together to aid in the cooling, ”Now, it's gonna be hot, so don't just jump right in.” she told him; hopefully before he did anything drastic.

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Shun was enjoying and living for the moment! His ears and legs often twitched from Ohkara petting him and he sniffed audibly from the smell of the noodles that permeated the area around them. Shun started to grow more restless and his leg began to get real jumpy to the point where it shook the stool he was sitting in.

Suddenly, the chef spun around and blessed the young saiyan and green haired woman with two huge bowls of the noodles that they ordered! Shun started to tear up and clapped his hands together as if he were praying.

"S-So... beautiful!!" He cried out in excitement. He gulped audibly and without another word he dug his little fingers into the ramen noodles, ignoring the fact that they burned him. He started to eat them in a caveman like style, taking big scoops of noodles in his hands and downing them into his stomach. It's been only a minute and he is halfway done with his bowl. He took a moment and stopped to drink some water. His hands were so red, he looked over at Ohkara with a smile, "What was th-?" He would only start to feel the burn soon afterwards, interrupting him mid sentence. It was so hot and he just shook his hands, hoping the pain would subside. "OW OW OW!!!" He yelped.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

The palm of her hand gently smacked against her forehead and she winced as the bunny-boy seemed to miss her advice. His reaction would have been comical, had it not been for the fact he was in pain. Ohkara turned, gently grasping his wrists; slowly lowering her mouth to his fingers, she's lovingly blow, an attempt to sooth his pain. ”Chef,” she demanded between a breath, ”Fetch us a bowl of ice-water,” her tone was authoritative; she was taking control of the situation.

The old man nodded, and quickly did as he was told, placing the bowl on the bar between the two.

Ohkara motioned to the his hands, then the bowl, continuing to blow against his reddened fingers. If he refused, then she would insist, and not take no for an answer. Smiling kindly, once his fingers hit the water, she would ask, ”Don't you know how to use chopsticks?” for a moment, it would seem odd to her, but sudden realization would hit: he wasn't from Earth, so the chances he actually didn't know how to use them was very likely- ”Then I'll teach you once your fingers are feeling better... If you want...”

Reaching over his hands, she'd snatch his chopsticks, and skillfully scoop up a nice portion of noodles. Bringing them to her face, she'd blow to cool them off, much as she had his fingers, then offer the bite to the bunny-boy, ”But that doesn't mean you can't eat!” she exclaimed, giving him a playful wink.

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Shun started to slightly tear up from the stinging of the hot noodles but began to calm down very quickly at the touch of Ohkara. Shun sniffled and his hair started to fall infront of his face. He watched Ohkara as she began to gentle blow on his little finger. Shun sighed and looked to the bowl of noodles again. "I-I am sorry Ohkara.. I am just so hungry a-and my hungry brain took over.." Shun tries to explain wiggling his toasty fingers as Ohkara cools them off.

Shun inhaled deeply, blinking slowly as his eyes went back to Ohkara.

The young green haired lady instructed him to place his hands in a bowl of water that was just placed between them. The child complied and slowly placed his small hands into the water. It stung of course but it was more irritating than anything. Shun just stared intently as his hands in the water, sniffling once more and shaking his head. "I... don't even know what a chopstick is.." Shun said in a low tone of voice to her. A smile had crept across his face when Ohkara offered to teach the rabbit child.

"I would love to learn everything I can from you!" He said with enthusiasm, slightly tipping the bowl, making some water spill onto the bar table. Shun studied Ohkara as she demonstrated how to properly utilize the chopsticks, blowing on them til they were cool and then bringing them to the childs lips. Instinctively, Shun open his mouth and ate the noodles that Ohkara fed to him. They tasted... Sensational! Shun's face grew red and nodded as he chewed. "Goohd!!!" He said with his mouth full.

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Wonder Island... A mysterious place of wild animals and myths. The perfect place for a demon to hide in plain sight. This was the new of Rascal on planet Earth after her banishment from Other World and the Demon Realm. She managed to wander around here terrorizing the local inhabitants yet at the same time made herself a job as a local fitness instructor. How was she was able to do that though? It was simple at night she was one thing and during the day something else entirely.

Today, she was a fitness instructor, lean, a little mean, and hot from a twenty mile run she had just completed in her spandex uniform. Her feet came to a halt as she entered a non-descriptive restaurant on the island. She wore her usual attire of a white vest with over top of this uniform with a golden belt around her waist and a pair of matching white boots. A smirk was on her face even though beads of sweat drenched her forehead and red hair. Although, the woman was extremely short, far shorter then Okhara or Shun, she managed to have a small bit of presence in the room as one of the waiters approached her and said, "Ma'am, your attire is-"

Rascal held up a hand and said, "I will give you two hundred Zeni if you don't say another word." She reached for her cash with her other hand and handed it over to the waiter. "Take it and consider it a bonus for your hard work."

The waiter was a little nervous, but if the customer wanted to come in looking that way who were they to judge. They allowed Rascal to pass and she walked by the area the other two were at and sat down. It was now time to order something to eat, "But what?" she pondered as she pulled out a seat and sat down.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

”Ah, ah, ah!” she playfully scolded, wiggling a finger back and forth before snatching another bite for him, ”Don't talk with your mouthful; its impolite.” Of course, this was also something Ohkara was found guilty of quite often, so she was not offended. Offering the now cooled bite back to the boy, she would be quick to snatch a bite of her own noodles after he cleaned the utensils.

”It is good though, huh?” she laughed, after swallowing an all-to-big bite of her own, ”Just how I remember it...” smiling brightly, her attention was redirected as a new customer entered the small noodle bar. Having only a few seats anyways, she seated herself near the couple. Her energy signature was relativity high, even when compared to her own, and despite her odd choice of spandex clothing and small size, Ohkara got the feeling she could handle herself in a fight.

Taking note of the woman, the green-haired girl's attention returned to Shun, and she offered the chopsticks to him, ”That ice-water oughta have done the trick. Wanna give it a shot?” she asked. If he agreed, she would carefully help him correctly grasp the sticks, and show him how to pinch them together.

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Shun made a pouty face at Ohkara, throwing his little arms up and swallowing the noodles, "Ahhh!" he says out in a satisfied exhale. It would seem that his hands healed rather quickly from being burned from the hot bowl. Regardless, the young bunny child sets his hands back into the bowl, not thinking of it and then taking another bite from Ohkara feeding him as if he were a little bird.

Shun nodded quickly with his mouth full once more. The rabbit child's huge ears twitched at the sounds of unfamiliar footsteps clacking against the ground. There was a newcomer that came into the scene. The boy looked towards where Ohkara was looking and leaned forwards to get a view, he just stared at the woman with his huge black eyes that glittered with happiness because of a mouth full of noodles. He just stared and chewed like the little rabbit child he is.

The boy continue to stare at the woman til Ohkara redirected her eyes back onto him. He quickly gulped the noodles down as he noticed Ohkara handing him the chopsticks. He raised his hands from the bowl of water and took the chopsticks carefully. He nodded and observed her, scratching his head with his free hand. After a bit he learned properly hold them and pinch them. He would fail many times at trying to pick the noodles up before finally getting and then following up with light blowing like Ohkara demonstrated before. Like a caveman discovering fire for the first time, the boy finally learned how to pick up noodles and cool them down, getting ready to eat them! "I did it!! See!!? SEE!!" He excitingly said outloud as he showed Ohkara. Annnnnd it slipped out of his chopsticks and back into the bowl. Shun pouted and sighed, scratching his head.