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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]

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[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...Could I see her? I don't really have a communicator or anything with me right now.

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah...I'll tell her to meet us at the apartment.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

Okay. Thank you.

...How long was I gone from here?

[ninja-ing.livejournal.com]

A couple days.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...Are you sure? I was back there for maybe an hour or two...

[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.