Do Not Disturb

Author: Seth

"Oh come one, it's not permanent or anything! You just have to... shave it off... or something... I'm going to be missing a few limbs shortly aren't I?"

It was early morning, so early in fact that nothing really had any business being awake, which, of course, was exactly why a certain blonde haired boy was up and skulking about.

"Hmmm, little bit of this, little bit of that aaaaannnddd, perfect~!" He exclaimed before clapping a hand over his mouth and looking shiftily about.

No one woke up. All was well.

"All right, you know the plan, dontcha?" The blue eyed boy whispered as he softly tugged what looked like an indistinct black smear out of his hair. "Ahahaha, of course you do." He chuckled to it despite not receiving some vocal answer from the creature. "You're a smart boy, errrr… girl… whatever. Anyways, off you go." The neon haired teen tossed the blob into the air where it floated off to hide in a nearby tree.

"And now the show begins~" He giggled as he padded quietly to a small sleeping bag and the even smaller girl that lay therein. "Hey Bean~ I've got some ice cream for you~" The boy whispered in her ear.

"Mmmmm…? Ice-cream…? Where's th'ice-cream…?" The tiny aqua haired girl reached about blindly, still caught in her dreams.

The bright haired panthryan danced away from Aurora's questing hands, trying hard to stifle his laughter.

"To the right, it's to the right~" Blitz flitted next to Aurora's ear before prancing hurriedly away.

"To… the right?" Aurora mumbled, her hand crawling until it hit something.

'A.. rope? That's not ice-cream… Where's the ice-cream?' The young roujin thought blearily to herself as she started noncommittally dragging herself out of her slumber. 'Maybe… I need to pull the rope…? Pulling a rope makes stuff happen, right...?'

Her hand grasped the rope and pulled it taught. Something shifted, and brief whistling could be heard before an almighty clang rang throughout the forest which was almost immediately drowned out by a piercing scream.

"Blitz!!!" Aurora screeched as she shot out of bed, trying to tug a tar filled bucket off her head. "Where the hell are you?! You are SO DEAD when I catch you, do you hear me?!"

Blitz didn't seem too worried as he was rolling around laughing not five feet from where the green-eyed mage was rampaging blind about.

"Bwahahahahaha, you should see your face Bean! Oh wait, you can't!" A sucking sound filled the woods as Aurora finally tore the bucket from her head looking absolutely murderous. "Eheheheheh, I think that's my cue to take a stroll…" Blitz made an about face, only for the bucket rocket past him, clipping his ear and slamming into a nearby tree, splattering his face with the remnants of its contents. The blue-eyed mercenary turned his speckled visage fearfully around to face the avatar of rage that was bearing down upon him.

"Any last words?" A sphere of water began forming around Aurora's right hand, growing exponentially.

"Ahhhh, yeah." Blitz's eye twitched slightly. "You've got an aho in your hair."

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Veeerrryyy funny." Aurora hissed, fully aware of the pitch black state of her hair. A layer of ice started creeping over the water swirling about her hand.

"N-no, seriously, there's an aho in your hair!" Blitz stammered, getting increasingly nervous as Aurora advanced upon him.

"I'm not falling for that Blitzen~" Aurora's voice took on a decidedly demented sing-song quality. "Nothing's going to save you from a- huh?" The roujin paused as she felt something brush against her neck. "… W-waaaaauuuuugggghhhh! There's an aho in my hair!! Get it OUT!!!"

Aurora careened about their camp like a headless chicken, Blitz fell back to the floor laughing once more, and a little distance off Inferno turned over in his sleeping bag, two earplugs stuffed snugly into his ears.