First Transmutation

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[As the small boy wakes up, dressed in his green jumper and hat, he shivers slightly and notices all the snow around. Standing up, he tugs on one of his ear flaps and slowly looks around the island. Clearly, he was lost. Was he alone?]

How did I get here? Or rather, where is here...?

[He'll be walking around with no real destination in mind.]

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[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh...

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[She forces a smile and scratches the back of her head.]

But, if I'm really lucky, Ru will have learned from my mistakes.

She did what I couldn't, and I'm proud of her for that.If nothing else, I went out knowing I trained her right.

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[He looks up, with a hopeful glance]

So, she might be okay?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Heh... She's gonna be fine.

She's still pretty upset over it but if that Kurosaki kid is to be believed, she's grown up a lot. I'm damn proud of her.

[She looks around.

She's around somewhere... She'll be dressed like me. A lot shorter though. Real cute. If you see her, say high. She's a sweet girl, even if she tries to hide it.

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[He nods.] Okay, I will.

Um...there weren't any monsters around when you got here, were there miss?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Nah.. No monsters here, kid. And even if there were, I'd beat 'em up!

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[That was good to hear, seeing as he didn't have any experience in fighting like this woman or his brother.] Maybe whoever brought us here was looking for people with certain talents like you have.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Maybe... That'd explain why me and Ru are here, but that doesn't really explain everyone else. I haven't really asked around enough to see what everyone can do, but I'm still worried that she's bringing in kids like you.

Hopefully it just means this won't be anything too dangerous...

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

I don't know...unless she needs an alchemist, I'm not sure why I was brought here.

...I hope so.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Alchemy?

[She sighs and scratches the back of her head.]

...That'd explain it I guess. Still, This had better not be anything dangerous or I'm gonna have to move her from spot 3 to spot 1 on my list of people who's asses I need to kick.

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[Nod] I'm an alchemist, but I don't know how to fight though.

[He really had to make sure he stayed on this lady's good side.]

...Does a lower spot make them more of a priority?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Well, I don't know much about Alchemy... But don't worry about fighting. I'll keep that covered.

Other way around. Higher up, higher priority. But if this lady isn't a threat I can wait to give her what's coming until after I've figured out how to get to a certain couple of idiots I know are out in the world somewhere. They've had this coming for a long damned time and now there's people who know where they are.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Okay.

Oh. [He doubts anything he says would stop her, it seemed she was determined with a goal already in mind.] I don't know if you're going to fight them when you find them...but please be careful.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[She seems a little surprised when she's told to be careful, then laughs and shakes her head.]

It's not like that, kid. They're old friends. I'm just mad at them.

So I'm gonna punch them both when I find them. And then Kisuke will whine like a brat and Yoruichi will probably punch me back and then we'll all have too much to drink.

You worry a lot, don't you? Your big brother that much of a trouble-maker?

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh, I get it. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have assumed...

Ah no, brother is just...impulsive sometimes and its troublesome. B-but he's not a bad person.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[She smiles and musses his hair.]

Calm down, kid. You're not gonna offend me.

Heh... Sounds like my brothers. One time Kaien goes off into the damned mountains and comes back with this boar piglet. Little did he realize that she'd grow up to be massive and hate everyone that wasn't him.

Damn thing's tried to run me down more than once.

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[He was extremely shy and wasn't expecting that gesture, but his passive nature makes him stay silent.]

A...boar piglet? [he tilts his head to the side, maybe it would hint that he wasn't familiar with them.]

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Y'know... Wild pigs.

Why in the world Kaien thought the stupid thing would make a good pet is beyond me, but him and Ganju love the damn thing, so there's no getting rid of it.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh.

A wild pig does sound extreme for a pet. Do you think it could have been a fondness of it that made your friends want to keep it?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Mostly I think it's that my brothers are just dumb.

But they love her, so as long as she stays out of the workrooms and doesn't blow the house up or run down me and Miyako, I've given up on complaining.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[A small laugh escapes his lips.]

It might grow used to you someday, if you're patient enough.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Heh... Nah. Ganju, maybe but it hates me and Miya-nee. I think it's because she doesn't like other girls gettin' Kaien's attention.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Do you think it could be jealous of other girls? Its an animal, but I think all living things can have feelings like that.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Yeah probably. She's really really attache to Kaien since he found her, and she's never liked me.

And when I first started bringing Miyako home and trying to fix her up with Kaien, Bonnie-chan just wanted no part of her. She was still pretty little then, but Bonnie-chan'd still try and trample her.

Doesn't make much of a difference. Even with how big she got, I could still bring her down with just one arm if I had to. Which I did. Every time I went home.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Y-you took on a wild animal by yourself? You must be really strong.

It sounds like Miyako was lucky to have you around. Did she look up to you?