[Rosekitten]

Thalion had looked up for a moment before shaking his head watching this odd sight. "now I'm reminded why i keep my hair short.. " like hell he'd go through the hassle of brushing and taking care of that mess daily. He was expecting a comment from Mizuki though the poor guy seemed to wince in pain a little as Neimi tried to not hurt him the best she could.

Testing the pot once more he sighed a little before walking over to a wall near the kitchen and leaning against it. "shouldn't be much longer.. needs a little longer to draw the rest of the flavors out.." he was more of talking to himself then anyone else though he still spoke aloud.

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Mizuki sighed slightly until she finished lightly tossing the long braid over his shoulder to rest seated on his chest to dangel in his lap "Yea I have my reasons why my hair is as long as it is...." Mizuki said before moving to sit better. He didnt go more into the conversation then just that. "What ever it is over there it smells good" Mizuki said sniffening the air looking to Thalion with a smile on his face.

[Rosekitten]

"Well you can have it" he waved a hand towards Mizuki, not that he minded the other having long hair, but he saw it as a hassle over all. Though to each his own he guessed. He gave Mizuki a odd look when he spoke again. "you've had it before.. I just figured a few tricks to make it taste better this time around.." He shrugged a little as he spoke. He had a year to improve, so why wouldn't he improve.

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Mizuki smiled at that before getting up and walking around the couch over to Thalion "Im sure I have...but I cant compliment you?" he asked a little before sneaking a quick kiss to Thalions cheek before going off to the bathing room. After a short while Mizuki came out of the bathroom before giving a quick tap to Radens door with his elbow "Supper" Was all he said before he left going back to the main room.

When he got there Thalion was dishing food onto dishes and Neimi help him. Moving to the bed Mizuki sat down before moving back carefull of his hands to rest his back against the wall.

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"eh.. you can, I got tired of Neimi complaining how bland my cooking was." He growled a little at Neimi who just smiled a little. "it worked out for the better.. heh" she squeaked out. Thalion shook his head a little "Should be happy your getting fed.." Or thats how he looked at it anyway.

Raden eventually came out of his room, though he looked a little worse for wear, probably still thinking on his thoughts more or less. "Took you long enough to crawl out here." Thalion said handing a bowl to the boy nearly meeting him at the door. He had already handed a bowl over to Mizuki and Neimi. Though Raden never said a word as he picked a spot to sit in and started eating slowly.

This was getting annoying he acted like Mizuki now.. Before he was acting like Thalion with his temper but it seemed he had traits of both oddly enough. then again maybe it was just a male thing, his pride had pretty much been shot down not too long ago.

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Mizuki sat there with his bowl in his lap as he watched everyone eat. Thalion and Neimi were talking to each other both trying to get Raden to say something. Mizuki sighed a little to himself as he grabbed the spoon from his meal and held in a little hiss as he brought it to himself and ate it.

Thalion really had gotten better! Continuing with the slow process he ate as much as he could until a little hiss did escape his mouth with the next raise to his mouth. The bowl was a little over 1/4 empty and Mizuki placed his spoon back. He would sit and watch instead.

[Rosekitten]

He sighed a little finally giving up on Raden as he took Neimi's bowl when she was done and walked back to the kitchen. Raden finally did seem to speak a little "Sorry .. about before." Though he mumbled it a little, it was still something at the least.

Neimi smiled weakly listening to him "see was that so hard?" Raden glared a little at her. "you don't have to say anything you know.." He did clash with Neimi at times but not like he did with Thalion or Mizuki, though that might be a male thing on it's own..

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Mizuki was a little shocked when Raden spoke let allone when the words sorry hit his ears. Mizuki wanted to just say thank you but he knew that was the wrong thing for this so his eyes softened and his ears dipped back a little as he lowered his head a little to look at Raden "I am sorry as well" He said slightly before the comment from Neimi was made.

Mizuki shook his head a little at that. Those two could end up being very close though the thought was funny. Mizuki just sat there and watched as everything happened before the two young ones left for the night. Raden standing and leaving to his room with a simple "Night" behind him. Neimi the same with a more cheerfull manner.

Mizuki sighed slightly lowering his head. He still had the barely touched meal before him. It was and he was hungry just took alot of effort to eat. Mizuki picked up the utensil again and ate another mouth full with a pained little grunt.

[Rosekitten]

He never said a word as all of this took place, Hell a few times him and Neimi had traded looks as if expecting the two to change their minds and go at one another again. Though it didn't seem that was to happen. Instead the mood seemed to stay relaxed, or rather as relaxed as it could between the conversation or trade off of words at hand.

After the other two had left for the night he sighed a little. Well maybe that was one less thing he had to worry about. Leaving the two in the same room and them killing one another. Though he still had a number of other worries to deal with before he could really relax any. Even pawning off part of the work onto the others he had appointed in charge was still straining. He would drop the training classes but anyone else trained enough to teach others was already busy with other forms of work, and truth was he had other work to do.

Though he had slacked off slightly with Mizuki returning, he'd have to catch up on it soon enough. He just hoped he had enough time to get all of the forces ready. He feared that the time they had was limited and that the East would strike soon enough. The odds weren't in their favor even with the addition of mages they were vastly out manned. Though most of the thoughts he kept to himself.

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Mizuki sat there for a little while longer before he moved to get off of the bed. Walking to the kitchen he placed his barely touched bowl on the table before moving to stand infront of Thalion. The look on the other males face troubled him a little but he snapped the other male out of his thoughts "Come on...I know there is more work that you need to do" Mizuki said reaching a sore hand out to lightly place it on the males shoulder with a smile.

"I will come with you" He said softly before turning lightly to grab his cloak that lay on the back of the couch. Placing it on his shoulders and tieing it with some difficultly he turned to look at Thalion who was watching him. "Everything happens for a reason' He said with a smile "This war is far from over and I still have some tricks up my sleeve that you will soon learn in do time" Mizuki said with a smile.

With that he walked back over and stood infront of Thalion with a little smile on his face before he leaned in and kissed the male before him "Oh and I decided that your going to train me in hand to hand combat" He said with a smile and silenced the protest that Thalion began to give "Come on...a mage with long range and short range attacks...gives me the goose bumps" He said with a smile.

[Rosekitten]

He was lost in though, there was too much going on even after a year of this he was still adjusting the best he could to being in charge of everything all at once. Before he did help quite a bit but now it was all falling back onto his shoulders and there wasn't really anyone else to put the work onto, not when he kept any of the other highly trained fighters busy making sure everything that needed preparing was done so correctly.

Though Mizuki's hand caused him to flinch as he looked at the other, rather curiously as to why he disturbed his thoughts. Though it was quickly answered. "Theres a few things.. nothing much I need to wait till tomorrow when your mages get here, before we go about making too many plans." More or less meaning he needed to see what he had to work with.

"You don't have to come with me for any thing i have to do, you should be resting anyway." he half scolded him a little knowing it'd hardly do any good. Aside from that Mizuki seemed to have his mind already made up as to going so fighting it was a waste. He sighed a little giving in to the other though the next words to escape his lips made him give Mizuki a odd look.

"It's not as easy as you think trust me, some of the weapons I don't think i could train you to wield in truth.. swords or staves should be possible.. " He seemed to be thinking on it a bit. "pole weapons are out of the question.. bow could work but what good is it to a mage.." He finally stopped muttering to himself as he looked back towards Mizuki. "I'll train you, but I promise your not getting any special treatment in the matter."

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Mizuki looked to him "I dont want any special treatment as you so say..." He said almost affended. "And besides...sword I can use...arrow I already know how to use" He said slightly with a shrug of his shoulders "I just need to work more on the sword then anything" He said slightly "You watch...one day I will beat you in a little match" He said with a smirk.

"Oh...and I was thinking here" Mizuki said before leaning on the back of the couch and looking to the male before him "You know...if you really wanted to train these dogs into fighters I could take over your general duties for a little bit" He said "After all I was a general my self for a good 80 some years" He said with a little shrug of his shoulders.

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He didn't mean to offend Mizuki by what he had said, he was just warning him that he was going to get equal if not worse treatment then the sorry excuses for trainees that he had to deal with. Though with the next thing Mizuki said he glared a little at him. "I have no issue with training the recruits.. i have more issues with the nine hundred other tasks then I do with training.. I half look forward to training each day rather then everything else."

He sighed a little before moving to walk out of the door and wait for Mizuki to follow seeing as the other seemed to want to come with him. What was it he still needed to do... check the supplies for starters.. check how the smiting went over the course of today.. medical ward, there were a few other odds and ends.

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Mizuki didnt say anything to that and just fallowed after Thalion. Thats what he did the whole time they remained out. He was silent and only spoke when talked to. By the time that they got back home Mizuki was tired and sighed a little removing his cloak and going to sit on the bed. "Well...that was fun" He said sarcastically.

[Rosekitten]

He glared at Mizuki a little before rolling his eyes. "oh yeah fun... tsk as fun as shooting yourself in the foot with a arrow i suppose.." He sighed heavily once he was done speaking, he had even more work to do tomorrow when the mages arrived. But at least tonight he managed to cover if they had supplies enough for the extra bodies that were going to be here. Why did he agree to this job again? In truth he wanted nothing better then to go back to how things were a few years ago, maybe even before that.. He wasn't bound to one place and no one relied on him.. well except Neimi. But it seemed those days were long gone unless he could train someone else to take his place .. but that was a ton of work on it's own, let alone who the hell he'd train for it.

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Mizuki looked to Thalion with a serious expression. "So...let me be general" He said simply and before Thalion could say a word he cut him off at the sign of a protest "I mean it" He said "Just think about it. Who knows the east better then me? Who knows battle stratagies and the forces by heart?"

With that Mizuki stood and walkedm to where Thalion was standing "I know how to run tripple the troops and resores. I can show these troops some new stratagies that would royaly fuck east over" With that Mizuki raised his hand and placed it on Thalions cheek "Put your trust in me...train the trops let me do everything else"