4 BSNW CH 003 Awakening of a Sage? (1/2)
Inoichi soon came out with a baby in his hands he was trying to appease. The baby was obviously Ino-Chan, Inoichi's little princess. Her clear teal colored eyes gave a refreshing innocent look as she smiled at Yoshino and Jun.
”Ah, Yoshino-san, a pleasant surprise. Oh and this must be Jun-kun.” Inoichi exclaimed in surprise. This was the first time he had seen him after that fateful day one year ago.
”Yes, actually I wanted some new plants for the backyard, some animals chewed through a few. Can I have a few seedlings? Also I wanted to show Jun around, since this is the first time Jun has come out of the Nara mansion.” Yoshino explained.
”You should take him out more often. How about it Jun would you like to roam around and see our gardens?”
”Yes, Inoichi sama. I love being in nature.”
”No need for sama, san will do. All right then, let's go in.”
Inoichi took them inside, passing through the shop to the enormous garden in the back. A wide variety of flowers, herbs and various other plants were growing in there. It looked like an entire different world in there. Jun was mesmerised, his blood and his body were singing in joy as if they were finally home. Inoichi took them around the garden explaining various plants and their uses to Jun and Yoshino.
After telling Jun to play amongst the plants, but warning him to not touch any of the dangerous ones, Inoichi, baby Ino and Yoshino went inside to get the seedlings she wanted. Jun kept wandering inside, playing with the insects and butterflies wandering amongst the flowers. He saw a little squirrel hiding beneath one large leaf of an herb, and started chasing it. It ran to a corner of the garden, and up a big and wide tree. Tired with the exertion of his body, Jun decided rest under the same tree. Since because of his bloodline he couldn't fall asleep, he decided to meditate instead. His weariness and mental exhaustion faded away slowly as he went deeper in his meditation. Usually he meditated in his room since if he did it outside, someone would disturb him since he was just a child. But here in the bosom of Mother Nature, there was no one, just him. Slowly, everything around him faded away, chirping of birds, buzzing of insects, shuffling tiny feet of rodents.
The more he went deep in him, the more he could feel subconsciously that things were changing in him and his surroundings. However he couldn't care less, as he stopped all conscious thought and just drifted away.
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When Yoshino and Inoichi arrived back, they couldn't find Jun anywhere. Yoshino panicked and started questioning Inoichi.