
lightningstrike3

Mifune

Male

The moon shimmered high in the sky, accompanied by only the stars. A lone gray figure walked beside the trees. He dragged a sword alongside him, it's point etching a line behind him. Mifune had nothing better to do at the moment, so he had gone on a walk in the night. He sighed, and suddenly straightened up, paw clutching at his sword as he spotted two brown eyes watching him from a tree. A small animal was crouching there.
'Just a squirrel', Mifune thought, relaxing. Suddenly, Mifune heard some whimpers in a nearby bush, making Mifune make sure he had his sword ready in case it was anything dangerous. The gray dragon went over to the bush and peered through it to find a small, black child. "Are you alright?" Mifune asked, his soft spot for kids opening up. "I-I uh, um, no?" the child replied, not sounding too sure of herself. "What's wrong?" Mifune asked, "Are you lost?" The girl shyly nodded in reply. "I can you get home if you let me." Mifune suggested, wanting to get the child to safety. "Um, o-okay" she said shakily, starting to get up from the bush. "What's your name?" he asked. "I-I'm Crona" she said. Mifune gave Crona a soft smile. "I'm Mifune. Candy?" Mifune asked reaching into his pouch to get a small candy. The blue-striped bean nodded gratefully and accepted the candy, only to make a face as she stuck it in her mouth. "What is it?" she asked, trying to get rid of the taste. "It's sour candy" Mifune said calmly, even though he was saddened to see that Crona did not like the candy. "Oh," she replied. "C-can you help me get back home now?" He nodded, sitting up slightly so she could climb into his pouch. She did with practiced ease. Mifune started to walk towards the town. "How did you get this deep into the forest anyways, Crona?" Mifune asked. "Oh, I-I was following this blue butterfly... but... once I finally caught it I realized I didn't know where I was" Crona slowly explained. "You do live in town, right?" Mifune decided to clarify, with Crona nodding to answer. She was pretty silent after that.
Still with everything silent, Mifune looked around. He turned his head sideways, only to find two red eyes with slit pupils out of the corner of his eye. Mifune was shocked by this, as the eyes following them had not made a sound and seemed to either not have a body, or was too dark to see. The unblinking, seemingly glowing red eyes were hard not to keep an eye on, but Mifune managed to glance away just to glimpse a silver chain with a lock on it. Mifune stiffened and slightly quickened his pace as well as turning to see if the eyes would still follow them. They did. He could hear the small clinking of the chains following him, feel the red-hot glare of the eyes watching his every step. Crona seemed to be asleep, and did not react to the sounds. Mifune didn't acknowledge the eyes, trying to act as if everything was normal while at the same time surreptitiously trying to slide his sword closer to his paw in case it attacked. That was until he felt something brush up against him, something like another body. Mifune whipped around to find the eyes were gone.
'Did I just imagine that?' Mifune wondered, still on alert in case he hadn't imagined it. He turned back around, with his head still looking back for the eyes. Once he started to walk, Mifune shook his head and faced it forward again. That was when Mifune ran into something he hadn't seen in front of him. There they were again, the chains and eyes. Mifune then got out his sword instinctively. "I'll be needing the child now. Before anyone gets hurt", a low male voice said, sharp teeth glinting out of the dark. Mifune, startled by the fact that the "it" was actually a "who", shot back, "You're not getting this kid-"
Before he could finish the statement, the stalker let out a guttural snarl and leaped for his throat, sharpened claws flashing. Mifune parried with his sword, pushing away the claws and flicking across the stranger's cheek as a warning. This didn't have much of the intended effect, enraging the dark dragon. His eyes flared with rage and pain, and he came in for a second attack, this time aiming at the sword hand with both front paws ready to fend off the sharp point. Again Mifune defended himself, only just avoiding a cut that would definitely have disabled his dominant hand. Mifune was at a definite disadvantage, having his mobility impaired and defending the bean in his pouch.
"Why do you want her anyways?" Mifune grumbled inbetween breaths at the attacker. "Because she's my daughter, you kidnapper!" the assailant shouted back. Mifune sheathed his sword. "Your daughter?" A snarl came from his mouth, "Yes! Now give her back before I give you a wound you'll have to worry about!" Now that Mifune could see the attacker slightly better, he recalled that the two did look rather similar. Both had darker stripes along their dark gray bodies and stripes that were a different color as well, but the attacker's were red instead of blue. "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Crona was your daughter. She was lost so I thought I would help her. You can have her back now" Mifune said, getting Crona out of his pouch and setting her on the ground, which woke her. Once her eyes were open and she saw the black body of her father she jumped up and ran to him immediately. "Daddy!" The dragon seemed to be relieved at the sight of his daughter returning to him and put her into his pouch, which she poked her head out of. "T-thank you for bringing me back to my daddy!"
((I have permission from Macabre. to use their JBD, Crona, in this story. Also for thered-eyed dragon, I own.))

Food = White riceMifune loves the taste of white rice, without any sauce on it. To most that might taste a little bland, but to Mifune it's absolutely delicious.
Beverage = Diet Dr.PepperEven though Mifune may not seem like the type to have a soda as his favorite beverage, his favorite is diet Dr.Pepper. If it's not
diet Dr.Pepper, then Mifune doesn't enjoy the taste as much.
Animal = Polar bearMifune doesn't know exactly why he's drawn to polar bears more than other animals, but he is. Maybe it's how fluffy they are, or maybe it's how strong and vicious they can be.
Sword = KatanaMifune does have a preference of swords and he believes that the katana is quick and effective while still being a classic sword.
Color = SilverNot quite white, but close, silver is Mifune's favorite color. He likes how close to white it is, and that it's the color of most swords.
Activity = Training with his swordTraining with his sword is enjoyable to Mifune because he loves to hear the 'swoosh' of the sword as it slashes and loves to see the damage each sword can do.
Time of day = EveningMifune prefers evening over any other time of the day. The colors of the sky can astound you and it's not as dark as the night, but you can still see perfectly fine.