Saving the Sha'khari 1 - Rabbit and Rescue
# Rescue by Rabbit "Stop it!" yelled a teenage girl for at least the third time, growing slightly more exasperated with each repetition. "Stop it, you jerks!" A note of pain had crept into the cry, soon signaled by a string of, "Ow!" "Whazza matter,...
Saving the Sha'khari 2 - The Hard Life and Mentoring
# The Hard Life and Mentoring He was waiting for her by the front door after the last bell. She thought it was nice not being the first to arrive this time, and fell in step behind him as naturally as if they'd been doing this for years. "How was your...
Saving the Sha'khari 3 - Training and Testing
# Training and Testing As soon as their toes touched the sidewalk at the end of the drive, Oro immediately seemed more relaxed. His foster-sister, on the other hand... "Okay, now what's this about 'demands'? And it had better _not_ involve blood, I...
Saving the Sha'khari 4 - Fighting and Bonding
# Fighting and Bonding He was already sitting down when she got to the cafeteria, with a tray containing only one entree, side, and drink. There was a large sketchbook on the table beside him. Sarahi blinked, and hurried through the line as quick as...
Saving the Sha'khari 5 - Sarahi's Heartbreak
# Sarahi's Heartbreak "Are you sure you want to walk?" Mrs. Swordbright asked Oro as they rolled into her drive, "I don't mind driving you from here." In retrospect, she probably should have swung by _his_ house first, but the Swordbright house was...
GitS 11 - Guarding the Mountain
"oro ironheart and sarahi swordbright," oro grunted their names, "we're new hires. orientation?" the girl behind the counter typed something quickly into the computer in front of her, smiling happily the whole time.
Saving the Sha'khari 6 - Epilog - Return to the Runepaws' (With Nayeli)
# Epilogue: Return to the Runepaws' (with Nayeli) "Hiii-eee!" Diya greeted them at the door with a cheer, "Welcome back!" "Thank you," Sarahi smiled as the trio of guests filed through the door. "And thank you _very_ much for the invitation," Nayeli...
Ghost in the Stones 3 - Second Sortie
# Second Sortie It took longer than expected. _Much_ longer. Deep White came and went. The spring semester of their senior year started. Despite his repeated threats over the years to drop out the day he turned eighteen, Oro surprised them all by...
Guardians of the Mountain 1 - Back to Work
# Back to Work Breakfast was quicker and quieter than usual, despite Kitt’s happy humming and praise for the taste of the sugar-frosted cereal in front of her. Nobody was in a _bad_ mood, but...“It feels so weird to be going back to classes after all...
GitS 15 - The Lost Soul
# The Lost Soul The next morning, they began the march again. Things went swimmingly for the first half-dozen rooms or so, until... "Ugh, another of _these_," Oro hissed, rolling his eyes, as he was greeted by the sight of a pair of walls ahead,...
Prayer and Demon 17 - Meeting the In-Laws and Missing Parents
"this...well, you probably know who she is," tuli admitted, but continued, "princess sarahi swordbright of nazeen. huh...i guess that's 'queen swordbright' now, isn't it?"
GitS 13 - Fourth (and Final) Foray
# Fourth (and Final) Foray ## Organa Incarnate It was the day after their anniversary (whoo, what a night _that_ had been!). Oro and Sarahi had decided to take the day off, figuring it would be exactly their luck to find a fight when they were still...