The crossed paths

The first day with Atsuya!

Tiger awoke with a grunt of pain, and subconsciously rubbed his hand right where he had grabbed his Katana. There was a shallow scar on it, he noticed.

-Uhn... that really hurt...

He slowly opened his eyes, and as they came into focus, he found himself inches away from Atsuya's face.

-You're finally awake, sleeping beauty! You slept for two whole days!- he yelled playfully, before quickly dodging and incoming punch from the startled teenager.

-WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING ON ME!?- Screeched Tiger, his face red.

-What? Is that bad?- Atsuya's naïveness made Tiger's eye twitch.

-Get away, you... pervert!

-Hey, hey, I'm the master here so the one who gives the orders is me, not ya'- he answered, both annoyed and offended.

-Leave me alone, damnit... where're Julia and Dragon? Are they alright?

-Pfft, they went to their own bases two days ago! When your pathetic excuse of a showdown was over!- Atsuya laughed at Tiger's hopeless expression, realizing he had failed Dragon in the fight. He finally remembered he had lost.

-I... I couldn't say goodbye...

-Don't worry about that, brat. It doesn't matter anymore.- Tiger nodded, and Atsuya sighed before continuing. -Get up, we gotta go get breakfast.

-As you say, Atsuya-teme. [Literally, mean suffix to show low levels of trust] I want to take a bath first, though.

-Ah, I already did it earlier.

The teenager stopped dead on his tracks, slowly turning around to face Atsuya again. His face was getting impossibly redder.

-What do you mean with that?- he finally asked, fearfully.

-I mean, take off all of yer clothes, carry ya' to the bath, wash EVERYTHING I found on my way, return to the bedroom, dress ya' up again in nice, comfy pijamas, and wait for ya' to wake up. That was around three hours ago tho.

Tiger's face went from fear to embarrasment to rage in less than five seconds, although before exploding, he tried to take a calming breath in and out.

-You're joking, aren't you?- he finally blurted out, anger tighly contained inside.

-Why would I lie to ya'? It's the truth. And also, yer "baby Tiger" was smaller than what I initially thought

-YOU DIRTY PIG!!

Tiger jumped from his position and punched Atsuya square on his face, this time not missing the attack.

-YOU PERVERT! What in the world were you thinking?!

-Oh, calm down, you brat!- yelled the Ice master, massaging his pained cheek. -I can show you "little Atsuya" to make it even, if you want it!

-No!- Tiger inmediately sprinted away from Atsuya, quickly getting out of the room and yelling from the corridor -I don't want to see it! Keep it to yourself, dang it!

-You're also waaay more innocent than what I initially thought.

Someone passed Tiger, who was debating whether to hide in a room or run away from the base itself. It was a short girl with red hair, which was tied in a short pigtail on the right side of her head. Her black robes waved alongside her movements.

-Atsuya-san, breakfast is ready.- she said, peeking inside the room he was still in. Her voice was almost emotionless.

-Great! Thanks, Minna-chan [Literally, a suffix to indicate trusting relationships]. I'll be down in a second~!