Yotsuba!&...

[sunflowerfairy]

Characters: Yotsuba and you!
Setting: Dorm Room 2-07, the Meadow, and the Mailroom.
Format: I'm starting in prose, but I'll match you!
Summary: After waking up and seeing that Daddy and Jumbo are gone, Yotsuba decides to take Lucifel's advice to heart..and starts making flower crowns and pictures in the meadow, which will be delivered to her friends in the mailroom.
Warnings: Other than loads of cute, nothing at the moment.

When Yotsuba woke up, she didn't expect to be in her bed, like she had the first two times she died. Nor was she expecting the absence of Daddy or Jumbo. Had they run back to their hiding place? Or..maybe the bad people were keeping them away, since they had enchanted them. She knew that Daddy and Jumbo couldn't kill her, so Lucifel had probably put her in bed when she fell asleep. She knew what death was..she just wasn't used to waking up from a peaceful death before.

However, remembering Lucifel reminded Yotsuba of something she had to do to help people, so when she was finally able to move around, she put on her sling, the sash that held the pouch for her sling bullets, gathered up her sketchbook and crayons and set out for the meadow.

Yotsuba, sadly, was not prepared for the weather. While she loved the rain, she was smart enough to know that you couldn't draw on soggy paper. So, she had to quickly run back to the dorm, leave her things there, and run into the stormy meadow to pick flowers, which would be later made into flower chains. One could find her laughing and getting soaked as she worked against the wind and picked flowers. She would have to do her drawing elsewhere, but for now, this was fun!

Finally, one could find Yotsuba dumping her creations and letters into the mailboxes of her friends. If one asked, they might receive a picture too, or a hug.

Comments

[sunflowerfairy]

As usual, Yotsuba climbed up Lucifel's leg so that she could sit in his lap before opening the book and beginning.

"Um..once upon a time, there lived an old man and woman on an island. The man was a farmer, so he always got his clothes dirty. the woman, there..therefort spend a lot of time washing his clothes in a river. One day, she found a huge white peach flo..floating down the river and brought it home."

While Yotsuba tripped over a few of the words, she did her best to continue as she turned the page and continued on with the story.

"The peach..looked very yummy, so the two tried to cut it open. When they did, a child came out of the peach! He said that he had been..brought from Heaven to be their son.

I wonder if he's an Angel, Luci?"

[brbtalkingtogod]

That's one way to read a story to someone else.

Lucifel would say nothing but let Yotsuba continue with the story, just nod. He had expected that there would be difficulties with words she didn't know.

"That's a good question."

[sunflowerfairy]

Well, it wasn't like Lucifel could sit on Yotsuba's lap and see the book as she read. However, for the moment, Yotsuba's attention had diverted from the story.

"Do you know, Lucifel?"

[brbtalkingtogod]

The archangel tilted his head, thinking about her question for a moment.

"I haven't heard of an angel like that before."

[sunflowerfairy]

"Oh..maybe he's an Angel in a different world! There are mul..multiple worlds, you know!"

And with that thought, Yotsuba moved on with the story.

"They named the child Momotaro and loved him very much and took care of him as best they could, and Momotaro turned out to be a very good boy. When he grew up, Momotaro heard that some demons were on Onigashima, and set out to beat them and protect people."

At this point in the story, Yotsuba smiled and stopped reading again.

"He's like you and Enoch, Luci! He's a good Angel!"

[brbtalkingtogod]

He had been about to say that he knows but decided to stay silent when she continued to read.

When she stopped again he looked back at her. And here he thought that there wasn't much of a chance that much connections could be found.

"Seems like it."

[sunflowerfairy]

The only reason that Yotsuba could make those connections was because Enoch had told her about the Arch, demons, and angels.

"Yeah!"

And with that agreement, Yotsuba turned back to the story.

"His parents gave him some dumplings for the jo..journey, and they were very yummy. As he..traveled to the boat, Momotaro met a puppy, a birdie, and a monkey who agreed to help him in ex..exhange for food. A sailor gave them a boat and the four went to Onigashima.

When they found the house the demons were in, it was behind a large locked gate, but the bird flew up behind it and unlocked it so that they could get in. The demons were having a party, so Momotaro and his friends were able to rush in and fight them! Momotaro slashed at them with a sword, the birdie pecked them, the dog bit them, and the monkey scratched and bit them, sh..shriking.

Eventually, the demons gave up and promised Momotaro that they would go away and gave him a looot of gems. So Momotaro went home with his friends and was able to live happily with his family for the rest of his days.

The end! Did you like it, Luci?!"

[brbtalkingtogod]

He should thank Enoch for that then, shouldn't he?

As soon as Yotsuba finished the story he put a hand on her head, smiling at her. "That was a very nice story. I liked how Yotsuba told it, I'm sure once she knows all the big words she will be even better than she was today."

[sunflowerfairy]

He didn't have to, but if he ever found out, he could.

Yotsuba returned the smile as Lucifel put a hand on her head, and she tried to look up at him as she closed the book.

"It was! It was an awesome story! I didn't know all the words..but I'll know them all when I grow up! Do you want me to read another story, Luci?"

After all, it seemed that the tale had cheered him up, and she wanted him to be happy.

[brbtalkingtogod]

"Another story sounds nice. I would like to hear Yotsuba's favorite story. If she likes to tell me that is."

It served its purpose as distraction and her efforts shouldn't go to waste.

[sunflowerfairy]

They shouldn't..but there was just one problem to Lucifel's plan.

"Oh..Yotsuba's favorite story is The Little Mermaid! That was a really good story!"

The problem was that Yotsuba had read mostly books about animals, and usually with the help of her father. While they had probably read a few stories together, she couldn't remember them off the top of her head.

[brbtalkingtogod]

Okay, that might be a problem...

"Then how about Yotsuba telling me about the things she did at home?"

Mind, he doesn't consider that she might feel homesick afterwards. That thought didn't come to his mind.

[sunflowerfairy]

And, right now, the thought didn't occur to Yotsuba either. She just smiled happily at the idea and started to speak, remembering the days she and Daddy spent together.

"Daddy and I played Boxerman a lot back home! He would take his boxers and put them on his head and get things messed up! Yotsuba would always have to correct him..and Jumbo took Ena and me cicada-catching once! I was super small so Jumbo and I combined and caught the biggest cicada of the day! It was awesome!"

[brbtalkingtogod]

Well. That was easy. And probably a better thing to think about than the things that bothered him. He did raise his eyebrow at some of the things she said - like Boxerman - but other than that he listened to her.

"How big was it?"

[sunflowerfairy]

They probably were, even if some parts of Yotsuba's life, while true, sounded a little odd.

"It was really big! It was this large, Luci!" In the air, Yotsuba traced out a cicada about the size of an eraser and continued.

"Then we went cicada catching at Ena's house and Yotsuba ate yummy curry with Daddy!"

[brbtalkingtogod]

He supposed there could be things more odd than her life.

"That's a big one. And what happened to the cicadas after you caught them?"

[sunflowerfairy]

This Tower, for example.

"It was! And Jumbo took them all back to the shrine! There were a whoole lot of cicadas there!"

[brbtalkingtogod]

The Tower is a good example. A very good example.

"Has Yotsuba seen fireflies before?"

[sunflowerfairy]

"Fireflies? Are they flies that can shoot fire?!"

In short, no, she hasn't. Or, if she has, she doesn't remember.

[brbtalkingtogod]

"No, they are bugs that glow in the dark. Well, their back does"

While he wasn't so interested in insects as a certain Fallen, they were an interesting creation of His.

[sunflowerfairy]

And Yotsuba thought that most of them were more than interesting. They were pretty cool to her.

"Really?! That's awesome! Are there fireflies here?!"

[brbtalkingtogod]

"I'm not sure about that."

There may be, there might not be. Lucifel didn't know about that.

[sunflowerfairy]

"Oh..can we look for them when it's really dark out then? We'll be able to see them better then!"

That probably wasn't the best plan, considering the monsters and the amount of sleep Yotsuba should be getting.

[brbtalkingtogod]

"We would... but the Tower is even more dangerous at night Yotsuba."

Not the best at all, so he need to talk her out of it.

[sunflowerfairy]

And at that, Yotsuba looked surprised, remembering something Enoch had told her in a letter that linked up with a time when a monster had killed her.

"You're right! Yotsuba forgot! Enoch said that it was..and a monster killed me at night near the library! It was scary and it hurt a whole lot! We can draw fireflies though!"