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[Jacobo_Curious]

Tetsuru opened her eyes, slowly.

Her arms were held gently to her chest, and she lay curled up on the bed. Sighing, she slowly pulled her head up, her natural regenerative abilities having restored some of her strength.

"Y-Yoshiro-kun? Eiji-chan?"

Somewhat bewildered, she glanced around, wincing, and caught Yoshiro's eye. He had been lying there, silently.

"Hey, Yoshiro," she whispered. "What happened?"

"Eiji won," he muttered. "By a few seconds."

She sighed and shook her head. "I'm so tired..."

"I feel empty," added Yoshiro. He kept darting glances at Lee, but didn't say anything. Most of his bravado was gone, at this point.

Touji, on the other hand, was studiously ignoring Lee. He stared at his own lap, saying nothing, his gaze blank.

"Where's Eiji?" asked Tetsuru.

Yoshiro sighed and leaned back. He cast a glance at Touji, but Touji didn't notice.

 

[hybirdx]

Mai sat down slowly "Eiji went out, Its odd, he's not acting like himself, he seemed... Empt, a shadow of himself..."

***

Eiji stood out side the hospitable, The doc said I should have still in bed. so why do I feel that I can go home and recover there? Why do I feel so strange? Eiji looked at the sky, as he usauly do when he was lost. "Why? Why do I feel different right now?!"

"Because you are still confused and lost in your onw mind Eiji-kun."

Eiji sharply turned around, and saw Reese, who was surprizenly enough, not bandaged "Oh... Its just you..."

"I wasn't expecting that greeting from the great Eiji."

"There is no great Eiji, I'm just some kid with a little too much luck on my side" Eiji said with an grunt. "personaly, I don't really give a damn what people call me right now."

Reese giggled. "Such an temper at the moment My little warrior."

Eiji rolled his eyes, "Well, except for that name."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Tetsuru sighed softly and closed her eyes, deciding to go back to sleep.

Yoshiro stared up at the ceiling, his reddish hair hanging over his gaze. Lea... where did you go?

Touji hadn't moved in quite a while. Lea... Lee... will either of you ever forgive me? Will I ever learn when it is appropriate to unleash the Beast? I might have gained my brother's respect for being on the winning team, and I might have made him happier, but at what cost?

And I must return home, soon... I don't want to go back there...

...I wonder how Momiji is doing...

...are any of these people my friends, anyway?

 

[hybirdx]

Eiji looked back at the scenery. "What do want Reese...?"

"I am surprized that you are still standing Eiji.... Are you angry at Touji?"

"Why should I?"

"He almost burnt you."

"No, I am not mad at him, I know he has an pretty bad past... And he hasn't been able to controll his rage..."

"Then why are you acting like this? You never acted like this."

Eiji's eyes opened, he was now begining something he wanted to ask Reese, but he still can't quite put his finger on it. "Well Eiji, how is your back feeling, I know your wings are new."

Eye now remembered what he wanted to ask her, he swiftly turned around and gave her a sharp look "Who are you? How do you know me?!"

Reese smiled "Well, now you remember."

 

[hybirdx]

"Eiji..." Reesed said silently, "do you remember anything before you met Sen?"

"Nothing, except for the ten days of darkness... And the one year Mai and I were in the orphan home..." He shuttered at the thought of the Orphan home.

"So... You do not remember anything about your mother?"

"Well.... I remember somebody holding me when I was 4, I looked up and saw and Sparrow. After that, every thing become a complete blur..."

"Mmm..." Reese was now standing by Eiji "your mother, your mother was a good person Eiji."

"How did you know her?"

"I, like you don't have parents, I fought my way up. When I got into junor High I met your mother, we became almost like sisters. We were friends ever since."

"And my father?"

"Your father was the son of an strict military Comander. When he met your mother, he ran away from his family, and moved here with your mother."

"So this is my birth place? so how did I get to L.A?"

"I do not know Eiji, but you were born here, so was Maia"

"I knew it was short for something... So, you are my aunt in a way?"

"Close, I'm your god-mother."

"I am not surprized... But why don't I remeber any thing."

"I don't know Eiji, I moved back to yorrin town 2 years before the incedent."

"Well, now I know more about my past, maybe I will not feel so empty any more..."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Touji slipped out of the hospital bed, and padded towards the door. He glanced back.

"I'm... going to see my brother..."

Bowing his head, he walked out the door.

Will my parents appreciate the prize? I wonder if I got a trophy...

Touji shook his head, silently slipping into a long, dark jacket as he walked.

...will I ever be able to look Lee in the face again? At least, before, I could strike him without shame, and lose fighting -- but this sort of thing... I've never been so ashamed of the Rage... why am I suddenly so terrified? Why do I suddenly feel I have to control it?

<<--->>

"Oh, Tetsuru," breathed Eiji, kneeling down at her feet. "I spent all my prize money to build a shrine to you! Here is a huge bouquet of flowers and lots of chocolate! Please let me treat you to a giant sushi dinner with lots of snuggling and smooching afterward, after I lay you down on a bed of violets I planted myself in your name!"

"Yay!" Tetsuru squealed, hearts in her eyes.

In her sleep, her mouth twitched upward in a dreamy smile.

 

[hybirdx]

Eiji felt Reese's hand leave his shoulder "Well Eiji-kun, I have to see how my two boys are feeling, you and Touji beat them pretty badly, "

"We didn't even get to fight Hikaroo you know."

"Yes... I know that, I am not going to punish Tetsuya, he has been under very much stress and bad influence since I had to move in with that ass-hole of an brother Hotaro."

"I'll visit Hikaroo and Tetsuya later... Good buy Reese."

As Reese left, Eiji saw Touji walking some where, "Hey Touj! Wait up

ooc: Jacobo, I decided that you should keep Touji. You play him pretty well, now that the tournament is over, Touji oughta get back to his old arrogent self.

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

ooc: Thanks. I'll do my best.

<<--->>

Touji glanced sidelong at Eiji and smirked.

"You still want something, Moonlerion?"

They aren't my friends...

"I'm going home. We helped each other out... and the deal's over. I'm going to see my little brother." He kept walking. "And I have... some training to do."

They're my enemies... I can't trust them...

I can't stand them! As if they could ever understand me!

He walked for a few more moments, and then stopped and whipped around, glaring.

"But one thing's for sure! I'm not going to need YOUR help ever again!"

With that, he spun back and kept walking, hands jammed in his pockets.

I know how to be strong, now.

I'll never lose again...

 

[hybirdx]

ooc: Heh heh, didn't mean that arrogent

Ic: "You know Touj," Eiji said smirking, "your soft side made you look much stronger."

Eiji's smirk faded, "We still need to know more about why Hotaro, attacked your little brother... I promissed to help you. I consider you as a friend you know."

Eiji flinched a bit, "The void is still here... We need to find out what it is."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Touji shivered slightly, and glanced back at Eiji warily.

"Why do you want to help me?"

He shook his head.

"But... if you're going to find out more about Hotaro..."

Touji gritted his teeth, and shook his head again, this time fiercely. "Damn it, Eiji!" he hissed. "I don't want to have to rely on you and your friends! I can do this alone!" He turned away. "I've done everything else alone, and I rose to the top! I refuse to let you..."

Dammit, they aren't my friends! I don't HAVE friends!

There was a long pause.

"...just leave me alone..." he whispered. "I'll do it myself."

<<--->>

OOC
I dunno. Touji has to prove stuff to himself all the time, cuz he's very self-reliant (crappy family, etc.). I like this part of his personality. And, I mean, how long has he fought against Eiji... ^_^

 

[cats]

Rikku as Lea

IC: I held a stone in my hand. A white crystal. It had a glow about it when it was dark. "I've been saveing this for a while might as well get some use out of it."

I walked threw the hospital door. "Hey every one I brought a healing stone." I set it in the midle of the room. "I love this thing it convets the mana in the air into healing powers. It should cut the time it takes every one in this room to heal almost in half."

I sit down next to Lee. "Just so you know we lost."

 

[hybirdx]

ooc: since they were 12

Ic: Eiji shook his head "You still have alot to learn Touji... You can't do every thing your self..." Eiji remembered what Hotaro did to Milo, and what he attended on doing to Mai if Lee, Tetsuru and Yoshiro didn't help him.

"Espeacialy when it doesn't revolve around you completely. My little sister who I defended almost all my life was in as much danger as your little brother! You act as every body is out to get you Touji, if you don't learn how to trust people, then will never learn anything important."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

This is Yoshiro's heart.

Thump thump, thump thump.

This is Yoshiro's heart after Lea walks in the door.

Thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump.

Kids, don't be like Yoshiro's heart after Lea walks in the door.

<<--->>

Tetsuru blinked sleepily, now awake, and looked up. "H-Hey, Lea! We never got around to our match! Too bad, huh? Well, maybe..." Stopping slowly, she glanced sidelong at Yoshiro, who was staring underneath his hair and trying very hard to pretend he wasn't.

Stop looking at her butt, hun.

Yoshiro started, making his sister smile. Sh-shut up! I can do what I want! Stay out of my head!

Tetsuru cleared her throat as a premise for covering her smile.

"Thanks for the healing stone, Lea," said Yoshiro, managing to talk without stuttering. Tetsuru hoped that his old bravado wasn't coming back...

Yoshiro glanced at Lee, then at Lea, still covering his gaze by leaning down (though this was second nature to him anyway). His eyes didn't show any fear, but he had a respect for protective brothers -- being one himself. He glanced out the window... it was well into the afternoon. Perhaps...

"Uh, Lea," he said. "Would you... be interested in going out for some dinner, uh, somewhere?"

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Touji was silent for a few moments.

"Why," he asked, without turning around, "do you want me to fight on your side, Eiji?"

"What," he continued, "could I bring that would possibly help you?"

He shook his head. "I'm not suited for this. I know my destiny, and it is most certainly not written in the stars. It doesn't reach the sky at all. It lies in unnatural darkness, the darkness of shade. With... people like Tetsuya and Hikaroo."

He glanced askance.

Tetsuya and I really are the same, aren't we? Would I have qualms, beating up a little kid for revenge? No. The Beast would take me...

...before I joined Eiji, for this tournament. Then...

Is it safe... to try and tame the Beast?

 

[cats]

Rikku and Lee

IC: Rikku: I glance over at Lee real quick he sends me a Don't You Dare sort of glance. I feel my stumac turn a bit though. "Shure. I love to eat." I glance back at Lee has a look of incredable fear in his eyes. I don't know why. I'm the one going not him, and it's not like I'm doing anything to even hint at a releation ship.

IC: Lee: I glance over and in a look tell Rikku don't you dare. 'Shure. I love to eat.' No she loves to anoy me is what it is. Now I have a date to go on with him. Damn why are things never easy. "What time and where?"

'Hey he's asking me don't you think your being over protective?' She dose have a point. "I'm just watching out for my sister thats all."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Yoshiro brightened, getting out of his bed quickly and standing. He towered above Lea, but smiled benignly down at her.

"Don't worry, Lee," he said softly, but his voice carried throughout the room. "I wouldn't do anything to your sister. She's in good hands."

Heh heh, where will those hands be, Yosh-kun?

Yoshiro managed, through extreme willpower, not to blush.

"Lea, uh, do you like sushi, or fish? There's this great restaurant by the beach that I like, and it's a great place to look at the sunset... would you like to go there?"

Tetsuru sat back and cast a glance at Lee, grinning cheekily at him.

The beach, huh? thought Tetsuru. I remember...

 

[hybirdx]

"Every body chooses thier own destiny Touji, if you let it go with the flow, it will eventualy flow downstream." Eiji said sternly, "After we had trained all that time, I had seen the true you, and I consider you an friend. Thats the path I choosen, I know there is more than just getting revenge for your brother Touji, I'm a brother myself."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

"I don't know if trusting me is very wise," Touji whispered.

He shook his head, slowly.

"Fine. I'll help."

He glanced back.

"...how can you trust me if I don't trust myself, Eiji?"

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "I feel the Beast, Eiji. It comes for me. It gives me my power, but it takes a terrible toll... yet if I destroy it, what spirit will I have?"

 

[hybirdx]

"Sometime you have to live on fate Touji"

'...how can you trust me if I don't trust myself, Eiji?'

"And why do you not trust yourself?"

'I feel the Beast, Eiji. It comes for me. It gives me my power, but it takes a terrible toll... yet if I destroy it, what spirit will I have?'

"Your own spirit. Listen Touji, you're letting it beat you. Fight it back, simple."

 

[cats]

Lee et Rikku

IC: 'Don't worry, Lee, I wouldn't do anything to your sister. She's in good hands.' Yea I'm shure I will be. Thats why you raped me, right? Yea I know it was a dream but still it makes it very hard to enjoy your company.

Sushi what the heck dose it matter. It's fine as far as I'm concerned.

IC: "Don't be so protective Lee.' I'm not much for fish acully. You know what the I feel like fish is a great meal idea though. Have I ever even had fish? "Sushi sounds fine."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

OOC
Aww, man, your dream wasn't his fault! ^_^

<<--->>

Yoshiro nodded silently, still smiling. And then, his smiled faltered, as he awkwardly held out a large hand.

"Sh-Shall we go?"

<<--->>

Touji bowed his head.

I don't know. I don't think he understands. The Beast IS my spirit... but nobody understands. Does anybody else rage as I do...?

"We'll see," he said finally.

 

[hybirdx]

An idea instantly popped in Eiji's mind "Hey, why don't we ask Reese about the Rage you had been using? She seems to have alot of info on fighting styles."

 

[cats]

Rikku

OOC: For what I have planed it'd work best haveing an hour or two until then.

IC: "Go in this? I'll meet you there in an hour or so. I need to get ready." Rikku walked out the door towards her home. (She had returned there after she made a bracelet to make her look normal.)

I'll just change my dress. I hate this smell I have from all that sweet I'll have to shower as well. Lee had fallowed her out.

"See you latter Lee."

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

"Uh, uh, sure," said Yoshiro, watching her leave.

Sheesh, what a butt!

He just hoped nobody would catch him looking.

<<--->>

Touji shook his head.

"Just forget about it, alright? I want to go home..."

...sort of...

Touji walked off. "See you later," he said, before rounding a corner.

<<--->>

OOC
Touji's rage is more of a mental condition than anything else.

 

[hybirdx]

Eiji sighed "Yeah, whatever." Eiji began to walk from the Hospitable, he wasn't going home although, he was going to sirriaco city, the orphan home is over there.