Diving into the Ocean - Part Two

Posted on Fri Mar 6th, 2020 @ 8:01pm by Lieutenant Commander Gabriel Yamaguchi & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Lieutenant Savannah Yamaguchi & Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi & Saki Yamaguchi-Cullen

Mission: Mission 63: Second Nature
Location: Yamaguchi Quarters - USS Spirit of Winter
Timeline: 1830Hrs - February 28th, 2392

Lieutenant Gabriel Yamaguchi was wearing off duty attire as his guests arrived at their destination, the door chime beeped at him as he went over to the door. "Come on in guys." as he regarded his mother, sister and two nieces and nephew that he had yet to meet. "The food is on the table and Savannah will be right out."

Savannah's voice came from the bedroom. "I'm not dead guys!." as the slim woman quickly dressed before she emerged wearing a pair of jeans with a light grey t-shirt which had no markings or emblems on it. "Gabe said to dress casually. Well, this is as casual as I get while still wearing decent clothing."

Rachael chuckled softly as she gave her sister in law a hug. "Hey, Savannah. It's great to see you." as she regarded the taller woman with a smile, she could feel her sister-in-law's muscles before she let her go. Rachael knew that Savannah was a gymnast and her strength was peerless at times.

"Hey Rachael." she could see her sister in law's strength in her frame. "I heard you got your blue belt... Congratulations."

"Thank you... Saki just got her yellow today."

"She did?" Savannah smiled. "That's outstanding." as she turned to Saki. "Congratulations sweetie. When you said you wanted to run laps around deck ten.. I confess I didn't believe you."

"I know... so I asked you to run with me," Saki responded with a smile. "It was fun.."

Gabriel chuckled softly as he gave his mother a hug. "Sensai. Its good to see you."

"You too son." Torilla smiled. "How is your training coming along?"

"In another year. I should be finished and ready to test for my fifth level belt." Gabriel explained. "I've been teaching Savannah the ins and outs on how its done. According to her I make it look easy."

"I challenged him too... He ... well errmm.. he was gentle in his abuse of me but... I got it hard."

Rachael sighed. "Yeah. Gabe was always the most dedicated of the three of us... I was at Green for the longest time.. and I only just came back to it."

"Don't sell yourself short Rachael. Had you not ended up in that anomaly. You would have gotten to black belt sooner than any of us. By the time you got to your age now, You could be at the academy teaching martial arts classes to students." Gabe explained. "Aunt Talon got that offer a few times and Dad got it twice... Both said no."

Saki peered at the food, a smile gracing her face. "Nice selection of food." she said more to herself then to anyone else. "Is it time to eat?" she inquired, rather than simply help herself as she would have done just six weeks earlier.

"Oh, yes. Please help yourself, sweetie.." Savannah came over. "Don't you have kids?" Saki inquired of the taller woman.

"I do, yes.. and they are asleep... At least for now anyway." the older woman sighed. "Its exhausting, keeping up with three infants."

Saki had an idea of how children were created but she opted not to share it with anyone else, except the telepath's in the room which was more or less everyone all could hear Saki thinking it.

Rachael simply smiled as she regarded her mother who likewise had the same smile on her own face. "So.. how do you think Saki did?"

"She did well... She displayed better control then I did at her age." Rachael answered.

"She still has so much to learn... and if she sticks with it but doesn't go into Starfleet then she could end up opening her own school for marital arts." Torilla explained. "She has great potential.. and I intend to guide and train her as long as I am able.."

Saki helped herself to a few items before she sat down and began eating the food on her plate. "Mm... " as the others all began helping themselves to the food and began sitting down in the main seating area.