The Lazarus Ninja

Keiji's clone looked at her " neither " he said simply

She frowned. ".....well, what do you like, then?" she asked the clone.

Isamu whimpered and then started to cry. 'Mama and papa don't love each other.' She flew back to the nursery.

" deer dear " the clone said watching the child fly off. " she's so much like you " he said shaking his head

"Oh, don't worry. I'll always be the family drama queen." Ushio smiled to him and went upstairs.

--- Soon ---

Isamu flew down and giggled as she bumped against her papa's head. She hugged his face so she would drop. "Goooo!"

"We're gonna go to the flower field. Wanna join us?" Ushio offered. Isamu nodded eagerly.

Keiji looked at them, he wanted too but this body was had allergies. He wouldn't let them know though, it would upset them if he declined. Smiling he nodded vigorously " I'd love too"

(He's allergic to sunflowers?)

Ushio grinned and kissed him on one cheek, with Isamu drool-kissing his other one.

"Ahh, Isamu-chan, stop that." Ushio giggled and wiped Kaji's cheek affectionately. Isamu cooed and tugged on his hair.

Pollen)

Keiji chuckled and place the toddler on his shoulders. "well let's get going " he said giving Ushio a little kiss on thelips

Ushio nuzzled her head against his chest briefly, as Toshi once did to Kaji. Isamu giggled and held onto her papa with his hair.

Ushio packed a few fruits and drinks and led them.

-- the sunflower field gate --

Isamu grinned and looked at the massive sea of yellow. "Oooo!"

Keiji lifted Isamu off his shoulder and set her down. He crouched down and leaned in so he could whisper to Isamu. " izzy chan wanna go pick flowers for mommy ?" Keiji whispered

"Goo!" She nodded happily, and looked around. It was mainly a sunflower field, but other wild flowers grew there too. Isamu started to crawl around.

Ushio was munching on a strawberry as she checked out the daisies.

Keiji kept an eye on Ushio while he followed Isamu. He could feel the pollen from the flowers starting to irritate his allergies. His eyes started to water, this probably wasn't a good idea.

Isamu grunted and tore a dandelion out of the ground. She was too busy picking flowers to see anything wrong. Plus, she couldn't see from down there.

"...? Keiji-kun, come here." Ushio was staring intently at a sunflower and had something she wanted him to see.

Keiji turned his water eyes to Ushio ``Ill be over in a bit `` he said. He grabbed Isamu `` good pick Kiddo `` he said turning his head to the left and sneezing. ``ugh Pollen `` he groaned sneezing again.

"....honey? You okay?" Ushio left the flower and walked over to them. She frowned and cupped Keiji's face. "Keiji, you...your eyes are all watery and you look sick. Are you okay?"

She nicked some blood from his hand and tasted it. With a groan, she shook her head. "Allergies. We have to go."

(how is there blood on his hand)

Keiji shook his head " no we stay, I'll be fine" he said. Keiji set Isamu down and turned his back to them before sneezing again.

(Err I meant she pricked his finger)

Isamu didn't notice, her parents talked about boring things...or so she thought. She spotted some orchids in a hutch, grown by a farmer, probably, and went over.

Ushio frowned and looked up at Keiji - he was huge, but she had gotten taller too. "We'll stay for Isamu-chan's sake, but honey...tell me when you need me...okay?" She was very serious.

"Alright....be careful. I saved you from snake poison, I'll save you from flowers too." Ushio smiled and pressed her lips to his. Then she went over to the special flower she was looking at and snipped it.

Isamu grunted and tore the flower out of the hutch.

"Isamu-chan..." Ushio wagged her finger and the baby pouted. She put the flower away and crawled over to pick some wild flowers.

Ushio smiled, but then turned to look at Keiji, sitting and looking... Keiji-like. A smile spread across her lips 'That's the one I love'

She pressed the sunflower between the pages of her diary and wrote the day's entry.

'Went to sunflower field with Keiji-kun and Isamu-chan today. Found heart-shaped seed formation on one. Wonder when Keiji will fall for me?'

Keiji made his way to the non-flower area and sighed. He sat down and sneezed a few more times. His body was doing it's best to recover from the over exposure. It appeared Isamu was enjoying her self, that was good. Ushio looked happy aswell, he smiled. 'so wonder what's on her mind' he thought before sneezing again.

Ushio was just about to muster up a wreath of wild flowers when she turned around, eyes wide. "Keiji-kun, I... Isamu-chan's walking!"

And so she was. The baby, almost a year old now, had gotten onto her feet and was tottering over to her mama. A small, untidy bouquet of mismatched flowers were in her hands.

Keiji smiled for a short time before he started to sneeze again. Being cut his body could handle but this much pollen was a real pain. " that's great" he said happily between sneezes

Ushio was having a hard time watching Keiji like this. The two girls came closer. Ushio sat down beside him and Isamu was rolling around in their line of sight.

Ushio frowned and filtered the pollen away from them with a wind imp. "Is that better?" she asked, now that the pollen was diverted from their area.

Keiji nodded weakly, he still felt like crap. His eyes were bloodshot, his skin was pale though his nose was bright red. "ugh" he groaned slouching against the moutain wall.

Ushio frowned again. "Uwaaa..." Isamu crawled over to her Papa and held up a finger, where a splinter lay under her skin. The baby bawled loudly.

Ushio picked her up. "Let's go home, dear," she said and kissed him, not caring about his sneezing.

Keiji examined the finger " how on earth did you manage to get a splinter in a flower field" he said shaking his head. He got to his feet " don't cry to much izzy I'll fix it when we get home". He leaned in and gave ushio a peck on the cheek " I kiss your lips but the flowers would just make me cover you in mucus"

"I wouldn't mind if you covered me in slime, honey, your kisses are always worth it." She smiled and brought them back to the house. Ushio gave the baby to her lover, then went to the kitchen to make an apple pie to calm her down.

Isamu had stopped crying but she was sulky and pouty, like her mother when she was upset.