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Storm of Roses ~ Prelude to Trial - [Yuu, Hideki]
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2014 13:17:04 GMT
Karin know she have no rights to call Yuu right here, but, it's been worrysome for her. She doesn't want to talk about it to Yuuki because... Well, he'd read her like open book... and plus, he's in rather sad mood lately, like something seem to be super wrong. Karin walked to the exact place of that battle... she sent a small message to Yuu, offering him to meet. However, she pointed out that it's the place where Kyo is deleted, and would understood that if he won't come or told her to go to other place... but that place is really important to her... it's place of her resolve.
"...Mistress, why would you choose this place of all places?" Jeanne asked moodily.
"I'm sorry, please bear with it... I need to steel my resolve... I know it's bad, but... Lately I'm thinking... am I the right one? Am I really a loyal person? Am I not the girl who will betray my friends when everything is wrong? Am I to judge what's right and what's wrong for them? Is that called loyalty? Is it right? Please... please, tell me... Everytime I remember Mana crying... I'm feeling like I'm the lowest of the lowest!"
"...I see... in that case, I'll accompany you... rest assured, please be easy, Mistress... I understand, and I'll not object your decision. However, I'm worried how Kyo would take this..."
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Post by Manami on Nov 10, 2014 14:09:37 GMT
Kyo flew to a destiny she'd believed would never visit again; Server Woods. The fateful place where she had been deleted, but she felt it as the pair's last destination. Even without Karin's message, they'd have to visit this place sooner or after, as they needed to hit the last nail. Everett was nowhere to be found, and they've searched him for months and now... Yuu had Koharu at his side. Things like revenge seemed so petty now, but the pair knew that they wouldn't get over it until they visited that place. Not to forget, but to vow that nothing like that would happen ever again, be it to him or to whoever he held dear. That was the best way to go forward; to stop to constantly look back at the past and to begin thinking about the future.
The Pteramon X began to land gracefully on the exact same location where the events had happened, seeing that both Karin and Jeanne. The battle scene was nowhere to be found, as the place had just outgrown it, but she knew that this was the exact same place, and what exactly had happened. Finally descending on a spot relatively near to Karin and Jeanne, she immediately devolved into her rookie form, coursing through the air like a bullet until she reached Jeanne's arms. "Onee-sama!" she greeted on a emotional tone with teary eyes "I missed you so much! I'm so happy to see you!".
Yuu gave Karin a small smile as he approached to her, waving while typing with his spare hand. "Hi, Karin" he 'said' himself "How are you? I guess that you wanted to talk abour something, right?".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2014 2:42:12 GMT
When the Pteramon X swiftly landed on the ground, Karin sighed in relief, glad that they want to talk to her even though the place is a place of a bad memory. When she devolved into her usual Tsukaimon form and goes to Jeanne again, the angel in disguise smiled and stroke her head.
"Now, now, Kyo, calm down... Don't worry, I also miss you... but now, we can meet each other anytime you want you know? Now that I'm less busy, we definitely could hang out sometimes. What do you say about some ice cream later on or maybe some chat at a cafe if you want something less childish?"
Meanwhile Karin waved back at Yuu. She nodded when he assumed she wanted to talk. The girl approached him before giving a light, playful jab on his chest.
"First, congratulations for finally dating Koharu... Mana never stopped to tease me about it. Dang that little girl... and the second... yeah, I really need to talk... Would you prefer to sit? I don't bring anything beside some folded chairs, but at least better than nothing, right?"
Karin flipped three folded chairs that seem to be one-time use for this situation. She have no reason to bring it around and that chair is simply for comfort rather than sitting on the ground.
"....Yuu, what's loyalty?"
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Post by Manami on Nov 11, 2014 13:41:17 GMT
Kyo just hugged her sister with her small, Tsukaimon hands, but ultimately smiled at her. "Bu-but I've really missed onee-sama!" she said, calming down a little "But your idea is so cool! We can totally hang out any time soon! I got that very same thing that makes me look as a human too, but I haven't used it yet! Onee-sama is so smart!"
Yuu smiled a his partner recovering a bit of her old self every time she was near Jeanne. He didn't know if he liked her as smart but easily pissed off or as the naive mon that always expected the best of others. That was a matter for another time, though. Currently, it seemed that Karin had something really important to talk about, given that she had even brought chairs with her.
"Thank you" the boy 'said', smiling "I don't know if that's a 'finally' since we became an item the very day we met each other, but I'm sure that Mana-chan had her fair share of fun by ribbing the fact to everyone whom she told that we'd make a good couple. But I guess that that's to be expected from my cheeky sister".
Yuu at in one of the chairs, silently thanking Karin for the gesture. She definitely was a resourceful girl.
"Loyalty, huh?" his expression immediately became a rather thoughtful one "Having loyalty to someone is to stick with them when they need it and despite the consequences. Maybe it can be so for certain people, but for me loyalty is not blind obedience. A truly loyal person is capable of doing what's best for the person regardless of what person may think of him or her, you know. For me, true loyalty stems from the fact that the loyal person is not afraid to lose the appreciation of others as long as he did good to those people. Being loyal hurts a lot, but I believe that a loyal friend is a precious thing, because you know that you can always count with him no matter what. Why do you ask, by the way?".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 8:12:06 GMT
"Oh, so you bought a holosuit, too? I wonder how your appearance would looks like?" Jeanne asked, truly intrigued. She's pretty sure that back in the past, Kyo perhaps would look rather childish in some way, but at the current time, perhaps it's more adultlike? Maybe just around Karin's age? She have no idea, but she sat on the third chair with Kyo on her lap. The Digimon in disguise stroked her sister's head gently.
Karin grinned wryly when Yuu said it's an immediate thing, but... "Well, I just hope it's not suspension bridge effect in where you misunderstood the fear as love, but... eh... with Koharu telling me about you everytime we have a girl sleepover... well, dang... I... dunno what to say about that... it's not annoying mind you, but... well, I just have to say, careful when you're acting toward other girl. Being friendly and all is fine, but... careful of getting flirted. Koharu won't like it at all... although she'll definitely show it in cute way, trust me..."
Returning back to matter at hand, Karin nodded when Yuu give her opinion of loyalty. The blond haired girl took out the crest and tag from under her rose themed black shirt. It's a pink crest with symbol that seem rather foreign. She sighed again.
"...Crest of Loyalty. I found this by my bed three days ago... I'm not sure if I deserved it. I... I'll tell you something if you don't know already, Yuu... Do you know Charles Ashmore?"
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Post by Hideki on Nov 12, 2014 15:52:36 GMT
"Is this the place?" Hideki had wondered aloud. Troopmon was walking behind him, but wasn't the greatest conversationalist. The digimon's heart was in the right place, but it wasn't the brightest creature in either world, as every time Hideki paused to get his bearings, the rookie tended to bump headlong into the boy. He thought that the Eastern Timberlands were where he had first emerged into the digital world.. but this place didn't seem right. Too many trees, for one.. and not enough trash cans. "So.. I guess if we head a little South, we can.." suddenly, the boy heard something.
Holding a finger to his lips in a the international sign for 'shut your mouth', the boy practiced the active listening he had supposedly been learning about throughout primary school. Were those.. voices? At least two, maybe three.. or four? Hideki didn't have the best ears in the world, but he knew that if they were hostile, he was totally outnumbered. He had briefly considered sneaking off, but then he heard a name that he vaguely recalled.
Charles? It was a common enough name in America, but these people were speaking Japanese, and he only knew of one Japanese Charles.. the one that Mana had been dating. The one that had killed that police officer and vanished. Was he there? Was that male voice him? Hideki had to move closer to get a better look. The tamer followed the sound of the people's voices into a rather wide clearing and ducked behind a bush, because that had worked so well last time. Unfortunately, Troopmon didn't get the memo as the digimon, lost in its own little world, knocked the boy through the sparse bush and into the clearing.
Face-first in the dirt, Hideki fell. "Troopmon, you clod! Pay attention to where you're walking!" Hideki's face was red with embarrassment. Well, that's one way to make an introduction..
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Post by Manami on Nov 12, 2014 18:55:31 GMT
"Yeah, I have it since way back!" the Tsukaimon responded when asked about her holosuit "But I guess that I still like it, so we can do a lot of stuff together, Onee-sama! We should totally hang out some day!"
Yuu silently laughed at Karin's commentaries about his relationship, he struggled to type a decent response, but finally did so after a while. "Well, unless it happens the days I go back to Shibuya, I doubt that Haru will see me around other girls besides you, Aria-chan or Mana-chan. You know, I'm not exactly what you'd call a womanizer. It surprised me a little to be honest; you know, a girl noticing a mute guy 'that way'. Anywho, I digress".
So, she had a 'crest' now, whatever the thing was. Maybe it was like those digimental things, but that one had no inherent power and a had a meaning. Maybe his digimentals had a meaning too, as they had appeared when he had displayed certain emotions, but he just couldn't be sure. After that explanation, a name came... Charles Ashmore. Sounded kinda foreign, but Yuu hadn't heard it in his life. Why she asked that? Before he could type a proper answer, however, both him and Kyo heard a thud a little away, followed closely by the appearance of a rather short boy and some insults directed at 'Troopmon'; his partner, maybe?
Kyo didn't lose time. She exited D'arcmon's lap and in the blink of an eye, she was facing the intruding boy with a mean expression. "You have exactly five seconds to explain why you were eavesdropping or I'll rip your heads off".
She sounded as dead serious, but being a Tsukaimon made her threats a little funny, given the fact that she was probably smaller than Hideki's head.
Yuu shrugged at let out a silent snicker at her partner's words. He knew that even if she made a good impersonation, she wasn't being serious... or was she? "By the way, I don't know the person. Who's this Charles Ashmore?" his cellphone emitted "He's not this boy, isn't he? Otherwise the world would be just too small".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 13:06:07 GMT
"Really? Then I hope I can see it one day... Also, where should we hang out? I'm pretty much free after this," Jeanne revealed.
"Koharu is kind like that. She doesn't mind any sort of physical shortcomings as long as you're a decent person, really... Plus, you're saying that to someone who befriends that mute guy... so doesn't that add to something? Like Koharu, I don't mind your muteness... but I just sort of hope that the world would be kinder to you... in a sense that one day your voice could return... I only can hope, I guess."
Karin crossed her legs and stared at the crest on her hand when suddenly a guy appeared out of nowhere, and seem to be eavesdropping. Karin's eyes turned into its usual cold stare at the boy. Kyo beat her on it, though, because now she's already threatening the boy.
"...No, not this shorty over here. On the contrary, he's 200 cm tall, more or less... He's Mana's... ex. Also, I'm not comfortable talking when you haven't introduced yourself, so... Name yourself, boy, before something bad happened."
Right on cue, Jeanne quickly flew to Karin's side, readying her sword.
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Post by Hideki on Nov 14, 2014 7:33:54 GMT
Hideki’s face was a deep scarlet before he noticed the shouting pig monster in his face. “What do you mean, eavesdropping? I thought I heard something interesting and.. wait, that is eavesdropping, isn’t it?” He asked as he picked himself up off the ground. The boy's larger, black-clad partner stepped out of the brush behind him as he spoke. The creature stood roughly a head taller than its tamer, as it had been growing larger lately… ‘I’ve really gotta’ stop feeding him so much.’ the child realized.
“But yeah, um.. what’s your name? We were looking for a thing and heard voices in the woods. We thought that we were the only ones out here and you never really know if you can trust anyone. Wait.” Hideki considered his words carefully, a new feeling for the boy. “You’re not going to try and eat us, right? Because I don’t think we’ll fit in there.” That’s right kiddo. Great idea to threaten the monster that wants to rip your head off. “Wait, no. I’m not even a Charles, let alone an Ashmore.” he answered the boy in his completely logical manner. Hideki was good at words, and even better at saying them in sequences that totally made all of the sense. He thought things were going well.. then suddenly people started making fun of his height. “I’m Hideki Tanaka, this here’s Troopmon. Nice to meet ya! I kind of was only eavesdropping because I heard Charles’ name and was really worried that one of you guys were him. I mean, a little while back Mana-chan told me about the thing with the police officer… so I was really just waiting for a confirmation before I messaged her.”
He noticed the angel woman digimon going for her weapon before his eyes widened even further. “Woah, woah, woah. No need for that, guys! I’m a friend of Mana’s! I promise. I mean, if you don’t believe me, just shoot her a message telling her I’m here.” Hideki was worried about what Mana would say when she realized that he’d been listening in on a couple of her friends, but it wasn’t like he didn’t have a good reason! The sooner someone located Charles, the better. The real problem is which one terrified him more, a sword-wielding angel or the wrath of his pink-clad compatriot. The boy weighed his choices carefully. “Scout’s honor. I mean, I’ve given my name, what’s yours?”
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Post by Manami on Nov 14, 2014 12:02:56 GMT
Yuu smiled both at Karin's concern and acceptance of his condition. She was a caring girl, after all. "Heh, you don't have to worry about my voice, you know. I've never been a really talkative person and being rendered mute beats being a cripple any day. I don't think I'd be able to bear using a wheelchair, to be totally honest, so... I guess that I'm lucky? It's not as if this is a serious disability, except for the social stigma, but I've never cared for that in first place anyway. Giving emotion to your voice is overrated, honestly".
Kyo's patience was really running short. Or this kid was really making fun of himself or was clever. At the mention of him 'not fitting', however, she decided for the first option; he was either dumb or too socially awkward to know what he was talking about. Yet, before she could threaten the boy again, both him and Karin repeated that name; 'Charles Ashmore'. Yuu wondered what did it mean, at least until Karin said the two words he'd never thought he heard in a sentence together; 'Mana' and 'ex'. Even the little Tsukaimon seemed so surprised that her attention had drifted away from Hideki, getting little else besides his name.
Yuu looked at Karin, then back at him, then at Karin again and finally back at him again, his mouth was agape during the whole thing until his face just contorted itself into an expression of pure rage. "WHAT? MY SISTER HAD A BOYFRIEND ALL THIS TIME AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?" he felt like punching something or causing a nuclear explosion; any type of serious damage would do honestly. Lucky that he wasn't a really aggressive person.
"YOU FOUR" he 'said' refering to Karin, Jeanne, Hideki and Troopmon "EXPLAIN THIS TO ME IN THIS VERY MOMENT BEFORE I... I DON'T KNOW! BUT I'LL DO SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T, I SWEAR!".
He really didn't care about anything else, except finding this 'Charles' guy and murdering him in cold blood. On a totally figurative sense, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 17:39:57 GMT
"First, calm the f**k down before I pour a bucketful of ice cold water on your head, Tsumura Yuu.... on the second thought, no, nevermind, maybe it's good that you rages on... maybe that way that guy's spirits would left him out of fear that you're here... Anyway..."
Karin switched back to Japanese, addressing the shorter boy. "Takamiya Karin, Tsumura Mana's surrogate sister, or something like that. Nice to meet you, I guess, Tanaka-kun. This guy here," she pointed her thumb at Yuu "is Mana's ultraprotective big brother... Tsumura Yuu... This Tsukaimon here is Kyo and the angel beside me is Jeanne, my partner. Either way, do not eavesdrop again, it's a bad habit... and like you can eavesdrop with your 'mon like that..."
And then, she turned to Yuu again. "...Because Mana-chan know you'll murder someone if I or she told you... so she told everyone to keep a secret about it... Basically... I don't like that guy, alright? I don't want Mana to be near her, and it made her... well, it made her cry. I'm the one who told them to break up because they're certainly not meant to be together..."
She crossed her legs and sighed. "...Where should I start telling you, I wonder..."
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Post by Hideki on Nov 18, 2014 23:01:07 GMT
Hideki was confused. Why hadn’t Mana told her brother about Charles? Well, it was understandable given his reaction.. Hadn’t she said that he was a quiet guy though…. And happy. This boy wasn’t happy. He wasn’t happy at all. The Tsukaimon was new too. Hadn’t Mana said that Kyo was a Salamon or something? Oh.. Tsukaimon was probably an.. he forgot the word. Digivolved form? He hated to think about how small she had been before. Either way, he doubted that Mana’s summation of her getting along with Troopmon were going to be accurate. Yuu, Mana’s brother wasn’t quiet at all.. “Um.. excuse me, Yuu-san? Could you please calm down? I barely know anything about the guy besides the fact that he’s really bad news and that your sister is wanting to cut her ties to the boy anyway. I mean, Ryouta-san is a much nicer guy anyway.” It was nice meeting his friend’s family and.. kind of family? And she spoke English! “It’s alright Miss Karin, you don’t have to speak Japanese for my sake. English is actually my native language, so I’m like.. much better at it. I mean, I can talk both, but.. well, ya know. I don’t get much practice speakin’ it these days unless it’s around family.” The boy spoke aloud in his native tongue for the first time in what felt like years. Knowing the trouble that Mana usually found herself in, Hideki was certainly glad that she had a pair of siblings like these two. Protective and prone to mood swings? Hideki could see where she got it from. “It’s nice to meet the both of you…er.. four of you. Any friend of Mana’s is a friend of mine.” He had switched back to Japanese for the benefit for the benefit of the group, as he didn't know if Yuu spoke the other language. The boy smiled nervously as he extended his hand towards the foul-mouthed female, noticing the dirt on his palms, wiping it on his shorts, and re-extending it in greetings. “Sorry that we got off on the wrong foot.”
OOC: Italics = Thoughts Bold = Speaking Japanese Bold+Italics = Speaking English
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Post by Manami on Nov 19, 2014 0:45:50 GMT
Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. Yuu tried to calm himself down. Recovering his usual calm expression, he finally got over his outburst. Due to the information he had recieved, at least he has glad that the relationship hadn't last long, but if that Charles guy had even dared to do something indecent to her sister, he'd... Argh, better not to think about or all his blood would boil. He gripped his cellphone again, and this time, he typed with all the calmness he could muster. "Fine, fine. I don't need a stranger telling me to calm down to calm down. I just hope that my sister decides to adequately meditate her future relationship decisions. Anyway, why...?".
Yeah, he had totally calmed down. Nothing could make him angry ever again until... Karin said that Charles had made her cry. "That guy is so dead once I get my hands on him. If he had made her cry, I thank you for suggesting to her that separating from him was the best idea. I can only imagine how much she cried when you said those words to her. Thank you for being with her during those moments".
Even if the cellphone betrayed no emotion, he had meant those words. Nobody, just NOBODY made her baby sister cry and got away with it. "Begin at the very beginning, Karin-san. And don't dare to miss even the smallest detail. I'm all ears".
Kyo, on her stead, finally relaxed herself. If this guy was her partner's sister, there wasn't a reason to rip his head off... yet. "Hi, Hideki-kun!" she greeted back at the boy, hopping over him and trying to use his head as a perch of sorts "So, since how long do know Mana-chan? Isn't she the kindest girl in the world? She even taught me JSL. Isn't that cool?".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 16:21:57 GMT
Karin just quickly shook the younger boy's hand and quickly goes back into talking. Jeanne quickly took an extra folding chair somewhere nearby Karin's bag and put it on place for Hideki to sit on after muttering 'please make yourself comfortable'. She still not liking her conversation to be overheard by this boy, but whatever, if he's Mana's friend, then loping his head off is out of the question... and it's not like they're talking something so important anyway, so at least that's something.
"...I don't know the exact story, but basically... after INDIRECT rejection by Ryouta's other self, something like dark this dark that, I don't know what is it exactly, but basically... Mana felt like she got no hope with Ryouta and moved on... so she said... to this guy, Charles Ashmore. He's seem to be very kind and understanding from what I heard from Mana at first, but knowing her, I think she exaggerated it a bit... so... um... basically she confessed to him and they began dating.
...But the first date doesn't go as good as they wanted to be... Charles' spirits apparently psycho... but we can talk about that later after this... em... so, I found them dating and there's this little incident with other guy who apparently got his Digimon almost killed by Charles' spirits... but it's nothing important to our current talk. Moving on..."
She sighed.
"...I was there with a celebrity called Satsuma Ryoko who apparently crazy famous... and basically, as an idol, of course someone would like to get her 'wet photo' if you got what I mean... and eeeeehhh... what happened afterward is Mana is DRENCHED, I'm also drenched, everyone drenched... and what's worse, this Charles guy thought that the idol is helpless despite she got six pack abs that looks really... well, almost like someone who trained martial arts since long... but Charles somehow thought that she's far more defenseless and helped her instead of consoling poor Mana..."
...Karin's expression darkened, before she stared at Yuu. "...You got my fury here?"
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Post by Manami on Nov 20, 2014 23:09:58 GMT
OOC: Erts has given me permission to skip him.
Apparently, the boy had decided to just keep silent after the pleasantries; better, both Yuu and Kyo guessed. This was a rather sensible matter, and a stranger intervening into it wasn't their ideal, specially when the boy grew continuously more murderous, almost jumping off his chair after hearing that Ryouta had the gall to reject his sister. Wait, wait... that was a good thing, because he'd have killed him if he had actually accepted the confession, but looking forward to what has happened, it'd have been better if he had accepted, even though he'd have been hunting for Ryouta's head for a while before calming down.
However, his temper flared up again when he heard that the guy hadn't helped some kind of idol instead of her sister, that was supposed to be his girlfriend too at the same time! His blood was threatening to evaporate because it just kept boiling and boiling.
"That. Guy. Is. So. Dead" he said with a look that could freeze the very dephts of the hell "I can't believe that there's such ungentlemanly people out there. My poor sister is genuinely hopeless, but the one that's at fault is that guy. I can't believe that he could be that insensitive! And I'm not biased because he did that to my sister because if Haru'd have been in her place, I wouldn't have cared if the very empress of Japan would be one being targeted by her fans. I'd stand by her side because that's... that's the logical thing to do. Jeez, I just can't believe how my sister picks her love interests".
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