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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 2:02:12 GMT -5
He could practically hear Kaji cursing at him for making their friend cry.... breaking her heart and practically destroying her dreams. He honestly hated being so cruel... he was cruel to Ragna, he was cruel to his sister, and now he was cruel to one of his best friends....
He sighed. He hoped she wouldn't think it was something out of pity. He disappeared in a quick flashstep, appearing in front of Miku. He sighed quietly. "I'm sorry, Miku... I didn't mean to snap..... here... if it makes you feel better, you can do whatever you want as payback.... you can pants me, treat me like your little slave, anything... just.." he lifted her head up slightly, wiping a small stream of tears away. "..don't cry."
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 2:36:59 GMT -5
A soft hand reached up and promptly swatted Yoshiro's hand away from her face. She kept her head bowed and hidden from Yoshiro, but now no sound came from her. No sobbing, no pleas, nothing. And that was more telling than anything.
"Don't touch me." She said bluntly before looking up with reddened eyes and cheeks. "Don't you dare touch me... I'm not one of your bimbos. I'm not going to feel all better because you try and charm me up by wiping my tears away when you caused them in the first place. I worked hard... You don't know what it's like to be in my place. How many girls do you see lining up for your Division? How many nine year old girls do you see hanging around, trying to learn from everyone around her and only getting underestimated... I worked to make myself smarter than almost anyone else around me, and when that wasn't enough I worked to make myself stronger... I trained... So hard..." She whimpered as she cracked again.
"When Kaji-taicho disappeared, I lost the closest thing I ever had to a father... And now my only friend is Doro-kun, and you make me feel bad for not wanting to see him get hurt and for not wanting to lose my last chance at being accepted."
Miku swallowed down her fear and stared into Yoshiro's eyes evenly. Never had he seen her like this. She had never been this focused around him before. Only shy and nervous or feigning rage and aggression to impress him.
"Hitaki-san, I looked up to you as a child... I was scared to death of you, but I admired the way you trained with Kaji-taicho... I even had a crush on you." She said as a faint blush appeared then disappeared in moments. "You never gave up, even when he made it hard for you. But he never, ever treated anyone like the way you did today... I wanted to be a member of this Division because it stood for something. It was an honor to be a member."
She stopped and shook her head, swaying her hair back and forth before she brushed past Yoshiro and kept walking.
"'Wanted to'. Past tense... No longer a desired ambition or want..."
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 2:50:01 GMT -5
Yoshiro listened to her story, his heart cracking as he said she wasn't his bimbo. He didn't see her in such a cruel way.. he saw her as someone who needed a small push to gain what she wanted. His heart felt cracked and broken as she brought up the fact Kaji never treated anyone like the way he did. Perhaps he was thinking of Kaji's moments where Yoshiro was either too cocky or arrogant.... where it was between them, and it didn't really deal with something that could crush the persons dreams...
That was it.
He crushed her dreams...
He stared down at the ground as she walked past him. He could almost hear Kaji's voice...
"You don't even deserve to be near her....."
He could hear Darakushita's voice... "Way to go genius... you lost one of your best friends..."
He could hear his own voice. "What've I done...."
He could hear all three voices..
"You don't deserve to live... you don't deserve what you have. You deserve nothing... she deserves everything that you have.... She deserves happiness."
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 3:09:54 GMT -5
Thunk...
Something round and rather hard popped Yoshiro in the back of the head, then fell to the ground and rolled around his feet until it was resting just in front of him.
An apple.
"Santo cielo, I didn't realize the good Captain had it in him to break the soul of a young girl..." A familiar, gravelly voice huffed from behind him. "Then again, I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised... There is a precedent for short tempers and insanity, afterall."
Orion sat atop a chimney with his legs crossed, an apple in one hand and a dagger in the other. His eyes looked off at Miku as she continued to storm away, seemingly paying not much attention to Yoshiro as he sliced a part of the apple and then stuffed it up his mask and into his mouth without taking it off.
"We have a saying where I'm from, you might have heard of it... 'Roma non รจ stata costruita in un giorno.'" He said before slicing another piece of apple and stuffing it in his mask like the other.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 3:17:40 GMT -5
As the apple hit his head, he was ready to break the arm of whoever threw it. Now wasn't the time for someone to piss him off further. He clenched his fist, turning around, only to see the man who had beaten the living hell out of him just for some plan that could've done without the beating considering the two could've just barged in, destroyed the town and take David hostage. But no, Orion had to be a little prick about it and just beat the hell out of Yoshiro.
"I don't speak Italian. Try Japanese." he said coldly, his eyes hazed over in slight hatred. It could've been hatred for Orion or just himself.
He dropped down to the courtyard, leaning against one of the walls. He brought his knees to his chest, slamming his forehead on his knees. Maybe he could knock himself into a coma... make Miku happy. No. Orion'd stop him probably. Oh well.. it was worth a try. He lost a friend because he was cruel..........
He slammed his head again on his knees.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 3:35:35 GMT -5
Orion smirked under his mask as he chewed his food and looked down at the sliced up apple in his hand and the knife. He contemplated slicing it into a sculpture of some kind, but then remembered that at this rate it was likely going to be his breakfast lunch and dinner for the day. He doubted Rin was going to invite him for dinner considering the days events up until now that led him to be aimlessly wandering through the Seireitei in the middle of the day.
"My Japanese is a little rusty, you will have to forgive me." He replied with a sigh. "It means 'Roma was not built in a day'. I thought it was particularly fitting to your... situation." He explained with a little bit too much cheer in his voice for what had just happened.
Still, he kept on snacking on the fruit piece by piece as he kept talking.
"Like your revolutionary new method for doing sit-ups or your incredible method for boosting confidence in others, that one doesn't seem to be finished building..." He said before trailing off and looking at the apple.
"Then again, maybe I'm just insane too... Like your sit-ups. Are you waiting for me to stop you from punishing yourself or something?" He asked blankly with disinterest.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 3:41:42 GMT -5
"If I wanted your help, I'd ask for it. I'd ask you to slit my throat or blow a hole in my head with those guns of yours." he said as he sighed, forehead bruised and hurting a bit more than it should've. "You seem like a person who wouldn't mind doing it. The only thing that's keeping me from punching you and giving you insentive is the fact I have people at home who don't want me dead.." then he sighed. "Or maybe they do. I'm too protective over them. They hardly have freedom...." he said slightly. He somehow felt like he was talking to Kaji, half expecting someone to storm down, holding a gun to his forehead and saying some sort of preachy stuff like 'your family cares about you, don't ask me to kill you.' or something similar to it...
"I wish Kaji was here... he'd help a little atleast. Right now, you're just hurling fruit at me and taunting me... Sadistic bastard. Or atleast he'd find Miku and help her by cheering her up.." he mumbled.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 3:57:11 GMT -5
"I don't think you want me to kill you." The voice said instead with the same flat tone of disinterest. It probably sounded like he was bored and had nothing better to do, but that was on purpose.
"Not because of anything foolish like self-sacrifice or falling on your own sword, either... I learned a long time ago that someone who is willing to give themselves up will inevitably have to, and then they'll be left with nothing. Its the one who says he would sacrifice himself for his family who leaves them behind in the end, and the one who fights to stay with them forever who keeps them."
Orion cleared his throat and looked down to find his apply was down to the core. With a disgruntled sigh he threw it in Yoshiro's general direction, not really aiming for him but not caring if it hit him. Afterall, it could knock some sense into him.
"Captain Hitaki, right now you seem to me to be a man who is willing to die for his ideals. That's very noble. But its also very fucking foolish." He said coldly, eying the back of his head.
"Afterall, when you're gone, who will be left to keep defending your ideals and your family? You will be gone, and they will be alone, like that girl."
"When you told her back there that she should have sacrificed her sword in order to win the fight, would you have acted any differently if I were to tell you to sacrifice your only friend to win the fight? Would you let me strike down your best friend if it meant having a chance to strike me down in turn?"
"The girl is young and she is eager, and she will learn. But right now, that girl will live longer and happier than you will because she is afraid to make those difficult choices. Because she isn't willing to give it all up."
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 4:05:58 GMT -5
Yoshiro sighed, holding his head in his hands. "You sound like Kaji..."
"I didn't ask her to sacrifice her sword.. I asked her to strike me down to protect a friend, not to sacrifice her friend to strike me down.. but what's done is done.. I can't undo it. I've lost a friend, and next time I see her, I'll be avoided... it's not like I can get her and I on the same friendship level again..." he said with another groaning sigh. "I'd do anything for her to forgive me..."
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 4:11:19 GMT -5
Orion fell silent. The only sound he made as he contemplated an idea that ran through his mind was the quiet tapping of his finger against his denim pant leg. Beneath his mask, his lips could be seen contorting about in deep thought.
"Hmm..." He hummed quietly before slapping his knee and standing up suddenly.
"Well, I'm all out of ideas. I used up all my thinking power trying to come up with wisdom to bestow upon an idiota. Its more taxing than you might think. If this Kaji was at all successful, he must have been one hell of a smooth talker." He huffed as he started striding away.
"Good luck, Captain Hitaki." He called back over his shoulder with a curt backwards wave. "Get some rest. Everything will sort itself out in the morning."
Just like that, Orion stepped off the edge of the roof and dropped out of sight and he was gone.
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