The Dark Edge Village Kennel Club, Pt. 2 (D10, LM)

[Asako Yuki]

And after a HIYYAAH riding they go, recreationally at first, with Butaj holding the boy protectively in place. They speed up for intermittent WEEEEs and do some leaping and some sharp turns. Butaj studies how the boy behaves in the saddle.

Ichiro is laughing and seems thrilled at the speed of the ride. The leaps stop him for a moment, as he's not used to it, but Butaj's encouragement seems to help Ichiro decide that the jumping was ok. The sharp turns nearly threw the boy out of the saddle at times, but only seemed to excite him more as he let out ear piercing screams of joy.

[Moto Butaj]

It is obvious that Butaj is having a great time too, giving the boy just enough space to have fun and develop while keeping him safe.Whenever he would be falling off, there was Butaj's hand to pick him up. After a decent amount of time nurturing the boy's fascination with riding it's time to get back to where Yuki is. He hops off, waiting for the boy to take a leap into his outsretched arms.

[Asako Yuki]

Yuki gets back on her feet as the horse comes back and Butaj jumps off. Ichiro seems a bit hesitant to leap off the horse though, instead leaning over to get one foot over like he'd seen the others do, while holding onto the saddle pommel and trying to find the stirrups with his legs with little luck.

Seeing the situation, Yuki started to move forward to help.

[Moto Butaj]

Before any accident could happen Butaj deftly scoops the dangling boy into another round of ticking and fooling around.

[Asako Yuki]

Ichiro squeeled as the tickling began again and started yelling "No, no, no!" As he squirmed and laughed under the assault, not seeming to be truly terrified.

Yuki, coming in, resisted the urge to come from behind Butaj and wrap her arms around him. "Ah! Ichiro-kun! Do you need assistance against your assailant?" She asked with a smirk.

Ichiro reached out his arms to Yuki, squirming, and still laughing. "Hai! Hai! Help!"

[Moto Butaj]

That Butaj is good at comical impersonations is no novelty to Yuki. He laughs boomingly. "You'll not escape the hairy tickler!"

[Asako Yuki]

Ichiro let out his most devastating defensive weapon, his ear-piercing scream as Yuki came in with far less theatrical flair. "Fear not, Ichiro-kun. I have been trained by the Shiba to defend my charge. The woman slipped in, wrapping one arm around the boy as the other grabbed one of the offending tickling hands!

[Moto Butaj]

"The tickler is said to be undefeated by any man! But the fierce maiden is no man!" Butaj shrieks in feigned pain and collapses on the grass, pulling both down.

[Asako Yuki]

Yuki let out a little yelp as she was pulled down and twisted to make certain she wouldn't crush Ichiro on the way down, who was still screaming in glee at the whole affair. Yuki lands and twists again, this time freeing Ichiro from the grasp of the tickling hands.

[Moto Butaj]

Butaj does not protest in any way, just laughs in exuberance.

[Asako Yuki]

Yuki sits up, letting Ichiro back onto his feet before flopping back into the grass next to Butaj as the boy spins and laughs. "Again! Do it again!" He calls out to them.

[Moto Butaj]

"What again?" Butaj asks with innocent face, in stark contrast with the previous one. His fingers instinctively find Yuki's in the grass.

[Asako Yuki]

Yuki happily entwined her fingers with his as Ichiro made a frustrated pouty face. "The Hairy Tickler! Come onnnn." The boy jumps onto Butaj, pointy little boy knees digging into the Moto's belly.

[Moto Butaj]

"Khuuu." Butaj weathers the blow exhaling the pain sharply, then makes a feral grin and wraps his free hand around Ichiro to tickle him at the opposite side. "Hairy Tickler strikes again, haha!" His fingers close over hers into an affectionate squeeze.

[Asako Yuki]

Ichiro started to scream and laugh and squirm again, driving his pointy little knees into Butaj as he does so. Yuki now moves to defend Butaj by sitting up on her side and using her free hand to gently pull Ichiro down and between the two samurai, leaving her hand that is connected to Butaj's pinned beneath the boy while she begins to struggle with his other hand, pitting her defensive prowess against Butaj's jiujutsu prowess.