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Post by Umbraflamma on Sept 21, 2023 1:55:53 GMT
He was thrown against the wall after taking a series of blows. He was a young man, 17 years of age with a wild brown ponytail, piercing hazel eyes, and canines that looked awfully close to fangs. His name was Haruto Sato, his brown hair mixed with crimson blood as he hit the ground. jeering laughter could be heard as he looked up, his hazel eyes promising retribution even as he could barely move. Around him were scattered remains of school supplies. Another kid this time a freshman stood aghast as the brunette struggled to find footing.
"Aww what's wrong Dud? unable to keep up with me?" the attacker said, a student in haru's year who had excelled in his powers since the first year. Of course Haru had been expected to meet or beat this guy's ability, however of course Haru's powers never awakened. "You're just mundane, i don't get why they thought you could stand toe to toe with me!" he said as he grabbed the brunette's ponytail lifting him up as lightning gathered around his fist. "How about you show me your power huh!? If you didnt cheat the test somehow, lets see you resist this!" he said sounding almost half mad as he punched into Harus's abdomen, high voltage arcing through Haru's body as he refused to scream, the pain making his eyes water as he was subjected to what was essentially a high level taser. "I am the successor to Minamoto No Raikou you swine, you'd best not stand up to me..." he twisted his fist as the voltage amped. "Ever..." another twist, another amp, "again..." he finished his chiding as haru lost consciousness. he wasn't sure what happened, but it was hours later that he came to, in a bloody pile by the street. His hair was poofier than normal, almost as if he had taken a fork to a power outlet. he vaguely tried to remember how he got into the situation as he stood up.
Right, he stood up for a 1st year. and ended up eating the consequences himself. Shibata Masahiko really had it in for Haru, and he never really understood why. even now as he lowly became aware of his surroundings it made no sense. and yet the kid he was protecting was nowhere to be seen. maybe just maybe he succeeded in some small way. He sighed a victorious sigh as he took solace in that lone fact. That was until someone else passed by...
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Post by Ashken on Sept 21, 2023 2:25:52 GMT
Wataru and Reitsu
" Boop, Boop" the kid kept repeating as he walked around with stick in hand as if using it as a dousing rod, the pink bucket hat's brim bounced with his every skip, allowing some strands of the ashy brown hair to be exposed, suddenly he stopped and extended his arm to grab his human's sleeve as he walked by, " Hey, careful" Wataru complained, the teen pulled down the magazine he had been half paying attention too, his eyes locking on the young man on the floor, " That doesn't seem like a good place to get a nap" he commented as he put his magazine on his bag and extended his hand. " Unless you rather stay down there" he tilted his head in the direction of Reitsu, " Your in the ankle biters range" he joked, as he tried to get a good look on the young man he vaguely seem familiar, he had some first aid in his bag, mostly for Reitsu's, but right now it seem like he needed the most. The kid moved closer, his amber eyes locking on the young man, " Zap?" he asked as he tried to reach to Haru's hair, curiosity clearly visible on his features.
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Post by Umbraflamma on Sept 21, 2023 2:46:18 GMT
The brunette with the static hairdo looked up, and shook his head. "Not my choice." he said as he struggled to his feet. The high voltage had left his nerves numb and his muscles seized and stiff. It was hard to him to move and yet he did, slowly and clumsily forcing himself to his feet, unsteady but he was up. he looked at the kid and chuckled a bit, "Yeah, too much zap, but it's over for now." he said as he looked around, "what time is it?" he asked as he felt that a fair bit of time had passed, the sun was in a completely different position as he tried to smooth his hair a bit, which was naturally pretty wild to begin with. "Sorry to inconvenience you." he said with a small bow. his movements were once again stiff and painful, and though he gritted his teeth, it was plain to see he was barely standing. Even if he was too proud to admit it.
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Post by Ashken on Sept 21, 2023 3:07:47 GMT
"Not my choice."
As the brunette started to stand up the young Yokai, keep trying to reach his hair, growing ever more frustrated as he could not reach which ease, his lips pressing together as his amber eyes, stared at the prize with intensity, he began to tiptoe, but his three-foot frame could not keep up with the taller man.
Ignoring the younger Yokai's antics, Wararu moved closer in case he needed a hand, or his balance started to fail him, "Didn't think it was your choice", going through his bag he pulled out a water bottle, "Here, you look like this would help" he extended his hand with the sealed bottle, he was trying to be a better example for the kid, and clearly this guy had gotten personal with someone's fist.
"Yeah, too much zap, but it's over for now."
The boys eyes went wide, as he turned to Watartu, "He played Zap", Wataru shook his head "No, we are not playing with electricity," he pointed as Haruto, "Clearly he's hurt, because of it," a sigh left the kid's lip as he walked away with his stick and opted to scribble on the floor, Baka in imaginary ink.
"what time is it?"
The white-haired youth responded, "Last I checked, two ish," he shrugged, "Someone decided to see if my phone could float..." he gave the kid a passing glance, but since all he was doing was scribble on the floor, he let him to his own devices.
"Sorry to inconvenience you."
"You're not", he tapped his feet as he started to think, "I have some first aids in my bag, if you feel like you need something, i'm certain I might have some pain reliver" he started to check the overstuffed bag, "I'm not going to press, but this was clearly not a Yokai."
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Post by Umbraflamma on Sept 23, 2023 3:23:00 GMT
Haru looked up at him, and grinned a bit, his oversized fangs catching the light. Taking the water "Thank you." he said, as he poured it in his mouth. He swished it around and spat at first, clearing some blood out of his mouth before downing the rest of the bottle.
"Yeah playing with electricity is not as much fun as it looks." he nodded as he looked at the kid. Was he some kind of young Savant with powers? he didn't want to test it. "float? where did it go?" Haru asked, clearly itching to get moving, "I'll be fine if i get moving a bit, but i wanted to know if i could help you find your phone!" He said as he started doing stretches, loosening his muscles. He seemed to know what he was doing.
The boy had a lot of energy, and it was clear he had a good attitude. getting right up and at em even after what looked like a savage beatdown. The only real hints to what he was doing were the twin blades at his hip and the school uniform he wore, with the pin of a third year.
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Post by mermalaide on Sept 23, 2023 5:30:59 GMT
The smell of burnt hair and electricity peaked Momiji's nose. It stunk. She saw the 'successor to Minamoto No Raikou' as he liked to tout himself, walking in the opposite direction from the stench. If she thought anything about him, it was that he likely caused trouble and was a bit of a spineless bully. Her sunglasses hid her eyes as she watched him, choosing to go towards the smell of the trouble rather than away from it.
When she got to the source of the smell, she noted a third year with now crispy brown hair. There was also another boy one with white hair and what looked like a little boy in tow. She sniffed the air a little and made a face, catching the comment about playing with lightening not being as fun as it sounds. Momiji observed all of this from a little bit of a distance.
"Is everything alright?"
It didn't look it, but as she knew from her uncle and father, men had their own pride.
She was tall, with long, dark hair that was styled in a hime-cut. Her eyes were obscured with ruby tinted glasses. She was somewhat recognizable as someone that had just graduated a few months ago, currently helping with the Shinsengumi recruitment at the high school.
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Post by Ashken on Sept 24, 2023 17:35:04 GMT
"Thank you."
"Your welcome", he didn't want to be pushy, but was glad that it seem like there was no lasting injuries, not that he could do much about it, his skills where a little limited in the medical department.
"Yeah playing with electricity is not as much fun as it looks."
The kid scrunched up his face as he was once again shot down at playing with electricity, he let out a somewhat annoyed hmph , and returned to scribbling invisible things on the ground where no one would tell him no. "Looks fun..." he said softly hoping no one would hear.
"float? where did it go?"
Wataru looked at the kid and rolled his eyes, "Kid over there chucked it into the stream" originally, he had been very angry, but he had finally reached a point where thinking about it didn't cause him to turn five shades of red-hot anger, "My stick floated!" the kid countered quickly. Wataru's eyes flashed at the kid with the intention to say something back, but he held his tongue.
Before he could explain more about the phone situation another person arrived, a tall young woman with sunglasses "Is everything alright?" Wataru looked at Haruto, not wanting to respond for him. Raitaro on the other hand quickly blurted out "He got Zapped!" pointing his stick at the young man with frazzled hair.
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Post by Umbraflamma on Sept 24, 2023 20:32:57 GMT
Haru finished stretching, but it was clear some of his movements were still stiff. Not too much of an issue but it would take some time for him to be back to full ability. "In the stream? Well, it shouldn't be too far from the point it was thrown. that stream doesn't have a lot of current, and the depth is low enough that most phones should survive it now a days." he said with a nod. One good turn deserves another, and harus pride demanded he redeem himself and return the favor. "hah, some things float and other's don't I'm sure you'll learn all about it in school one day." haru said as he gave a brilliant almost glowing smile, and gently patted the kid's head, his fangs glinting brilliantly in the sunlight.
Just then a woman's voice called out "Is everything alright?" and Haru turned to her still smiling brilliantly. It was probably quite a sight, hair astray and frizzed out by electricity, blood running down the side of his head, and the carefree smile. That was until he opened his eyes.
Instinct kicked in as he felt his pulse quicken, his hazel eyes met her crimson gaze. Something within in him rose up, a boiling feeling in his blood as he couldn't help but want to draw his blade. He wasn't sure why, as his body was still seized from the electricity and yet he felt a rising instinct. To hunt. of course the confusing feelings caused him to flush a bit as he felt light headed for several reasons. "O-oh, um." he stammered a bit as he tried to catch himself. why was his breath stolen so completely. Was this what his parents told him he would feel one day or was this something else entirely. "I'm fine see!" he said as he waved his arms, giving an assured smile, showing he could move, but the trained eye would see how stiff he was. "This fine gentleman and his son helped me out, so I was going to do him a favor too!" he put his thumb to his chest with that declaration.
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Post by mermalaide on Sept 24, 2023 21:03:06 GMT
The smell of burnt hair, electricity and something else hit her nose. She had to push up on the round, ruby to shield her sensitive eyes. Her nose perked up and she felt something strong off of all three of them. The guy and his son were a little out of place, but not abnormal, she could smell the other yokai though. As for the poor guy that had been zapped, that was another matter. He drew her attention. She began to stride forward. Her eyebrow raised. "Is that right? I do not wish to offend, but you have taken some.. electrical damage it appears." Her fang tried to poke out a little, was it from the nervousness she was feeling, or was it something else?
The feeling of wanting to run and fight was pumping through her and she had to push it down hard. It stifled the doglike growl within, but not the fangs, which were small and caused her lip to curl a little. It was bothersome. "It might be a good idea to walk together to the nurses' station." This was a hard pressed suggestion. Everything had been screaming at her that the perp had fled. Though, it would have been hard to get a snot like the heir of so-and-so to admit what he did. You could only catch someone like that in the act. Which was hard, they were just slippery enough.
If he looked closely, he could see the badge of a Junior Shinsengumi on her coat. She wore a few of the piece of uniform, mixed with Shinsengumi flair. Meaning, she had likely just graduated and was in training. The skeptical eye she held was not so much for the three of them, her head tilted to look at the child, no it had been for the guy that left. She seemed to be wearing her gear, though it was wrapped up on her back. Her and her mentor would be teaching recruits today. But that didn't mean they could not float around, helping the student body or looking for conscripts.
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Post by Ashken on Sept 24, 2023 22:39:18 GMT
"In the stream? Well, it shouldn't be too far from the point it was thrown. that stream doesn't have a lot of current, and the depth is low enough that most phones should survive it now a days."
"Hard to check while juggling the kid" he did not want to admit he didn't think his phone would take some abuse, it had been a while since he had a phone, but not that he thought about it, that was the whole point of him getting that ugly brick of a phone. It could handle some abuse.
"hah, some things float and other's don't I'm sure you'll learn all about it in school one day."
"School?" amber eyes went wide with excitement, one day he could go to school and spend time with other kids? Do normal kid stuff? He got giddy with excitement, practically doing a little dance as he got patted on the head, though depending on where Haru patted he might feet the small growths under his hat.
"Kid." Wataru said softly, "We will talk about it later" he tried to calm him, he knew the young man before him was not trying to give the kid a false sense of hope, but maybe he himself gave the kid a false sense of optimism, having him play human for the world to accept him, eventually the world would see him for what he was... and there would be no shield he could provide him. Wataru could feel the sudden tension in the air as the young woman spoke.
"Is that right? I do not wish to offend, but you have taken some.. electrical damage it appears."
As the two parties discussed, both Raitaro and Wataru exchanged looks, kid would practically hear the behave, but he was behaving, and the nice man said he would find the phone, so Wataru had no reason to be angry at him, he though. Wataru was going to say something in response to Raitaro being called his son, but before he could, Raitaro pipped up, "Look!" he stuck his index fingers on his mouth pulling his lips apart in a big smile, "I have big tooth too" both the young woman and the frizzled young man had large canines, Wataru facepalmed as he had gone out of his way to teach the kid better.
"Really?" Wataru said with great exasperation, the Shinsengumi badge on the girl was not lost on him, on the contrary it was exactly that reason, he did his best to hide the child's true nature, he had already been warned in the past, he did not keep him under control, they would do it for him. "Did you forget everything I've taught you?" pinching the bridge of his nose he looked at Haru, "She's right, you should get checked out, not like the phone going far, you said it yourself." he tried his best to ignore the Yokai, who's amber eyes where filling with tears, "sorry.... I be good..."
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Post by Umbraflamma on Sept 24, 2023 23:35:46 GMT
"Is that right? I do not wish to offend, but you have taken some.. electrical damage it appears."
"Look!" he stuck his index fingers on his mouth pulling his lips apart in a big smile, "I have big tooth too"
Haru stopped for a moment to look at the kid, grinning as he pulled back his lips too to show them off as well. "Yup yup, big teeth too, that means we're friends! But you might wanna keep it a secret people might think something dumb, it'll be our secret alright?." he said chuckling a bit. It also served to cool off his boiling blood. He then turned to the woman in question. Shinsengumi actually that was interesting. She looked kinda familiar, had he seen her at school before? "Yeah, its nothing fatal, i can walk it off, it's not my first time. Two more hours of training a day and ill get him next time, that's for sure!" he said as he brushed off her concern. "Seriously guy's i'm not delicate or fragile, this is nothing. Thank you for your concern though, I mean it." he said he didn't want to be rude his pride showing as well. "Now where did you lose that phone? Moving, stretching some muscles. and getting some blood pumping will do more good than a stuffy bed!"
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Post by mermalaide on Sept 25, 2023 1:39:57 GMT
When the kid stretched his mouth to show his teeth, it was hard not to laugh. He was a funny little guy, and it reminded her of when her and her brother were a lot younger. She gave him a little bit of a grin, taking a knee. "That is indeed a good, big tooth." She saw nothing wrong with yokai. In fact, she had made a pact with one. Honestly, it was only the bad ones that gave her pause, not that he knew that. The Shinsengumi were either loved or hated. She looked at the white haired guy, obviously the kid's dad. "He's fine around me. Not everyone is understanding, but you won't see a lot of the folks from the Shinsengumi giving you a bad time. We mostly are looking for folks who hurt others or break the law." She dug in her pockets and looked for some of the stuff they hand out to little kids, and produced a coloring book that was something some of the Shinsengumi gave out. "Here, maybe you can color later." She offered this to him before standing back up.
"Tch. Understood. Though, you know you can get nerve damage from that right?" She was thinking about how lightening could be dangerous, and how it was easy for wielders to destroy nerves, even cause seizures. "Tell you what. If I help find this phone, and you aren't finished being a crispy critter you won't fight me on perhaps seeing the nurse for a few moments? I won't press to file something against that student, either." She knew that would not do any good really.
"Let's find this phone. I am Fujiwara, Momiji, by the way."
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Post by Ashken on Sept 25, 2023 2:28:31 GMT
To his surprise both the young man and women where patient and understanding with Raitaro, maybe the sentiment was changing, or his lucky stars had aligned, he let out a big sigh, his shoulders sinking as the tension released. Now he felt like a dick having come out hard on the boy, but he could not leave his guard down, there were many who distrusted and disliked his kind, and he wished to protect him from that experience as much as he could. " He's fine around me. Not everyone is understanding, but you won't see a lot of the folks from the Shinsengumi giving you a bad time. We mostly are looking for folks who hurt others or break the law." " Thank you" he didn't want to call her a liar, he knew that people did their own thing even when rules were established for all to fallow, but having met some who made it clear that in their mind all Yokai are evil and that they would show their true nature at some point made him cautious. " I'm trying my best", he looked at the kid who had already started to calm down with the help of Haru. " Yup yup, big teeth too, that means we're friends! But you might wanna keep it a secret people might think something dumb, it'll be our secret alright?." The kid nodded, he didn't always understand when he did something wrong, or what he did, Wataru did try to explain, but sometimes it sounded like dumb stupid adult things, he was supposed to understand once he was older, but he was older now that he was before and he still didn't always understand. " Yes Friend" Wataru raised his hands defensively, " Don't worry, I won't push you to the nurse", he was going to keep an eye on him in case he needed medical attention. " Here, maybe you can color later." Raitaro took the coloring book, any semblance of sadness having melted away, and it was clear that we were heading out on a phone adventure, and he knew exactly where to guide everyone, " I know I know" he stuck his stick on Wataru's backpack and used his new coloring book at the sign, " Fallow!" he said loudly as he started to hum and wave his new coloring book like a he marched his little march, eventually starting to sing his own little personal nursery song. While guiding the group towards the stream it all happened. "Rain! Rain!
Big clouds! Black clouds!
Rain Rain
Splish! Splash!
Rain! Rain!
Big Clouds! Black Clouds!
Rain! Rain!
Boom! Crack!"
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Post by Umbraflamma on Sept 25, 2023 23:54:15 GMT
"Trust me if i was gonna get nerve damage I'd have gotten it a long time ago." he said as he nodded, "Thank you for my concern but this is far from the first time this has been done to me, or the worst..." He gave her a reassuring smile as haru followed behind Raitaro. he marched behind the kid answering each line of his impromptu song like a marching cadence. "Rain! Rain!""Rain! Rain!""Big clouds! Black clouds!""Big clouds! Black clouds!""Rain Rain""Rain Rain""Splish! Splash!""Splish! Splash!""Rain! Rain!""Rain! Rain!""Big Clouds! Black Clouds!""Big Clouds! Black Clouds!""Rain! Rain!""Rain! Rain!""Boom! Crack!""Boom! Crack!"
Haru took on a big brother type role naturally. Humoring the kid, after all it was all about fun. Haru hadn't put two and two together, thinking the kid was merely a young power user rather than a Yokai. After they finished their refrain he gave the kid a huge beaming smile, a thumbs up and a high five. It became something of a ritual the two performed together as they started. down the path. Above dark clouds started to gather as they began to close in on the location. Haru turned back to Momiji turning back with youthful charm and enthusiasm, "Fujiwara-San Thanks for checking in on me, I'm Sato, Sato Haruto . A pleasure to meet you, truly." he said before closing his eyes in radiant smile that seemed like it took up half his face before turning back and continuing another refrain of the "rain song" that Raitaro seemed to be thinking up. He even mimicked the kid's motions turning it into a pseudo game of follow the leader.
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Post by mermalaide on Sept 26, 2023 0:31:51 GMT
She watched the two of them and followed along. While she did not sing per se, she did somewhat whistle.. She could not help but smile a little as she watched them. Although something did give her pause. It was a good likelihood that the child was a yokai, and while he was friendly, she still wondered what he was up to a little. The sky seems to to swirl above them darkly. Was it going to rain, or was the kid doing that? She swallowed a little, inugami or not, lightening was not incredibly fun.
Momiji was surprised at how Sato-san brushed that off. He seemed more than cheerful, despite bullying, consistent bullying. She makes a mental note that if Shibata Masahiko came into their ROTC program, which she doubted, she would make his life hell. But then many samurai had some entitled eggs among them. Momiji could smell the ozone in the air, as well as the heavy taste of rain, it was something that people did not notice a whole lot. She began to jog a bit near the two of them almost flanking.
"Don't mention it Sato-san. I know that you wish to handle that on your own, and you do seem tough." She let it die there. It was concerning though. People like that Shibata never joined the Shinesengumi. They would have to cut ties. And technically, status. No noble would give that up, they were too spoiled. "Say, what classes do you all have? I know I graduated last month, but I will likely be around here a bit to help my sensei."
She breathed in the air a little. So.. That phone, who's is it?" Maybe she could pick up a scent of it.
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