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[A girl appeared in the Square, on hands and knees crying, a red and black school uniform. It was Hikaru, returned from the world of Cephiro, but her return there hadn't been as happily ended as she had thought it would have. She had gotten to see Umi and Fuu again, and helped save that world, but... She looked down at her hands, blurred through her tears. With those hands she had done something terrible. She never wanted to do that. She didn't even understand why it had to come to that. But she had done it. Fuu and Umi had been there as well, in the mashin, but it was Hikaru's sword...

It took a few minutes for her to realize she was somewhere else, lifting her head to look around only to find herself in a place that wasn't Tokyo Tower, as she'd expected to be. A vague sense of familiarity nagged at the back of her mind; she had been here before. But when...?]






[ooc; Action spam for anyone in the Square who wants it. 8O]

Comments

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Positive.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...I guess time really does flow differently. I didn't realize it.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

Yeah...the blond came back after a couple days one time and he'd been gone a week.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

Hm. [squeezes his hand just a little as she thinks about something]

...Ah--! I don't think I can train with you again. I don't have my glove or sword anymore..

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

So? We'll get you another sword.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

... [she looks up at him sadly; he didn't get it.]

All right.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*frowns, slightly, catching that look*

Oi. What's that look for?

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...I did something bad.

[and look at that, she's pulling her hand away because metaphorical blood is on her hands.]

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*eyebrow raise, not making a move yet to reclaim her hand*

Oh?

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[lowers her voice]

...We went into a battle without understanding why... And someone's life was lost because of it.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

That can happen.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...Kurogane-san, I-- [and promptly hushes up when she thinks about what she was just going to say]

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

You?

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[almost a whisper] It was my sword that did it. In my hands.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*blinks, once, before gently laying a hand on her shoulder*

....okay.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[not really wanting to talk about it anymore until she could speak to Yuuko, she kept quiet while they walked]

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*huffs*

................


*waits for a good five minutes before--*

I had nightmares for a week the first time I killed someone.

1/2

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...Mm.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*and that's all he has to say, really, and he takes her hand again as they walk towards the apartment building.*

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

....Thank you.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

Mn.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[smiles a little because she knows that's Kurogane for 'you're welcome']

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*relaxes, just a bit at that--she'll be okay. probably moreso after she talks to the witch. But for now, he just huffs, squeezes her hand once, and continues walking*

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[thinks for a while, looking back at where they're walking]

...Kurogane-san.. You really are a lot like my dad back home.