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” Uwwwaaah!!”
” Chiikawa didn’t I tell you to be careful with the reins” Hachiware said riding up to where Chiikawa fell in a bush. Chiikawa nodded tears in his eyes as he scraped his small knees. A small drop of blood dripped from one of them staining his snow-white fur. That’s when he saw it, a small shadow running around under the bush. The shape looked up at him, it’s small nose twitching. Chiikawa jumped up in surprise looking over to the two.
“Eeieiiuu…” he pointed at the shape wearily.
“Did you find something?” Hachiware crouched down next to Chiikawa in the bush. The small shape panicked at the sight of him and hid behind a leaf. “I don’t think it likes me…” he sighed standing up again feeling a swoosh beside him. Hachiware turned his head only to be greeted by the sight of Usagi, butterfly net in hand capturing the small creature.
“Aha!” Usagi shouted lifting the net up to show off his new trophy. The now insect looking thing trembled in the net almost looking like it was crying.
“A beetle?” Usagi shoved the net into Hachiwares face making the beetle fly out of it landing on him. “What the hell is your problem!?” Hachiware smacked the creature off his face making it once again land on the ground in front of Chiikawa. It ran up to the white animal seeking shelter behind the small tail. Chiikawa turned around finally picking up the small creature. At the closer look he realized that the beetle must be a distant relative! They shared almost the exact same facial features!
“Uwa Uwa!!” He held up the beetle in front of the cat showing his amazing find.
“I didn’t know you were part insect Chiikawa.” Hachiware snorted a laugh while inspecting the insect. “Do you want to keep him?” Chiikawa nodded enthusiastically. “Then why don’t you give him a name?” Chiikawa raised his eyebrows thinking to himself.
“Chiikabu! Chiikawa Beetle Chiikabu” Usagi chimed in with a name jumping around them both hooting and hollering nonsense. Chiikawa once again nodded enthusiastically joining in on the jumping. Hachiware sighed seeing his best friends innocently jumping around the bush.
“Let’s head back to camp guys”
They all got back on their horses trotting slowly before speeding up to rendezvous with the rest of The Pochette Gang.