shiningworld | 3rd Transmutation-Valentine's Day Event-Hugs and Cuddles

[Hell, she blew off her own arm. After that, other injuries doesn't seem like that big of a deal. She sighs and leans on the counter, tilting her head a bit.]

What's got you so protective all of a sudden? It's not like anything bad has happened.

[True. He couldn't think of anything that could be as painful as that.]

N-nothing! I just don't want you being by yourself today. [He's just full of concern, that's totally it! These aren't excuses to stay close to her at all.]

--SWEET PEA! [This had to end soon, right?]

[Okay she's going to ignore that last part and blame it on weird porch candy. She is pretty sure no one has ever called that, and she has been called some really weird pet names over the years.]

Oh.. Uhm... Okay, I guess. It's not like I really had other plans for the day.

[Why did he have to say that? His outbursts were going to make things weird when this was over, he just knew it.]

Eheh...ah, I-I'm sorry for that!

It's fine... Kisuke's called me much weirder things. And Soi Fon has called me much less pleasant ones. The things I put up with for Yoruichi's sake..

[Kukaku sighs and shakes her head.]

How cruel...

[He tilts his head to the side] Who's...Yoruichi?

[Kukaku laughs a bit.]

Nah... Soi Fon was a good girl. She just had a lot of jealousy issues. It was rough for a little while since I ended up having to take the brunt of her rage for a couple of years, but I don't really even see her anymore.

Yoruichi's an old friend. Her 'n Kisuke, another friend, took off a century ago. I don't know a whole lot behind it, but as far as I can tell, it's because Kisuke was being a damned idiot again and doing things he knew he shouldn't...

[She exhales, a little frustrated. She still loves the both of them, but she still hasn't quite gotten over it.]

Ohh...I'm sorry.

Is it--ADORE ME! [for crying out loud, this was just getting more and more ridiculous. Not to mention, it was totally off subject of what they were discussing.]

[Okay putting aside that she does adore him, in a fully platonic sibling sort of way, she just sort of shrugs it off.]

It's Kisuke's own damned fault for being a jackass. I always told him not to do anything stupid and he never listened.

Is it too late...to change what's happened?

[This time around, he bites down on his tongue, just a bit too hard that he winces, but at least it stops anything more from coming out...for now.]

From what I've heard, its far too late. And it's not like I have any way to change it. It's game over for me. But I think, if I understand right, that it all works out in the end. It turns out okay.

I mean, not for me, because I'm dead, but for everyone else.

[Hearing that nearly spirals him into another protest about the reality of her no longer living, outside of this place, but he holds back.]

I know...um, you already told me that you...[he shakes his head, he's no even gonna finish that]...but, as long as you're here with me and everyone else, you're just as much alive as the rest of us. That's...what I believe.

Technically, I'm not. I wasn't even before the... incident... But I suppose that's neither here nor there.

I don't understand it, but I'm doing my best to make this time mean something. I'm just not sure what yet.

[~~Don't argue with small people and their small minds, Kukaku!~~ He smiles and laughs a little, trying his best to cheer her up.]

I don't think that will be a problem for you for very long.

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[~~It is not her fault she is a ghost.~~ She laughs a bit and shrugs.]

I guess. I mean I've never had all that great or deep a purpose to begin with. But as long as I've got something to protect, I'll be fine.

[~~Tragically, this is true.~~ He steps over and gently grasps her wrist and looks up]

Kukaku - that is one of your purposes, protecting people. Even if we fail sometimes, as long as we can still have the courage to keep doing it, then its not an empty purpose. [See, he wasn't just an emotional, and highly sensitive-about-angry-loud-and-mean-people boy. He was also able to be mature for his age.]

CRAZY FOR YOU! [okay, that killed the moment completely, so, he groans and nervously steps away.]

[Oh god she's really trying to stay serious because he expressed something kind of meaningful but man the magic candy kind of killed it and she really is trying not to laugh. She reached out and pats his shoulder.]

Right... Right. I know. And you keep reminding me of that, and it's made it a heck of a lot easier to cope with being here.

[Trying to have a conversation with random phrases popping out at the worst times is hard. He was getting a little frustrated, like when Russell did impulsive or reckless things. He sighs, wondering what else the mysterious treats had in store.

He really hoped it didn't force people to start serenading others in song, he'd have to run away as far as possible.]

[Yeah that'd probably be a bit much for her since that is not one that generally happened. Maybe once or twice but it was usually the result of Kisuke being very drunk, and she was usually also too drunk to care.]

I guess I'm still just feeling kind of uncertain after how badly I botched avenging Miyako...

[If he ever found out about that, he'd frown at her over it for sure.]

But you didn't give up until the very end. I think she would be more concerned about you getting hurt rather than worrying about if you avenged her or not.

[One day he'll learn that she's kind of an alcoholic.]

Oh god yeah.. If she knew she'd scold me for being so reckless... That I should have thought about the people who were still alive that needed me instead of the ones who were dead and how I made things hard for Ru, and how the boys are probably a mess now because of how reckless I was...

Shiba's don't know how to give up. It's just how Kaien taught me to be.

[He doesn't look forward to that day.]

No-! You said you had to discipline them when they made mistakes or did something wrong, right? They still have each other to look out for and the things you taught them, so...so I know your brothers will grow up to be good people! [maybe not perfect, but somewhat decent at least.]

Yeah.. Yeah, I know everything will be find in the long run. I know for a fact Ru turns out okay and from the sound of it the boys will be okay too.

But right now... But Kaien lost his wife and his sister. Ganju lost his sister and sister-in-law. We took care of them. Family is the most important thing to the Shibas. Its not something they're just going to be able to shake off.

[And if her Ganju is anything like the normal Ganju, which he is, it will instill in him a half-century's worth of hatred of Shinigami.]

[It would be surprising if it didn't affect them at all. He lowered his head. How awful it must feel to lose a sibling like that.]

[quietly]...No one could blame them for feeling upset and angry about that.

...I...I...[What could he say? 'I'm sorry' wouldn't change anything, no matter how many times he said it, he knew that. And he felt as helpless as an injured animal.]

...SWEET TALK!

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