Tensei Kaori
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 1:49:00 GMT -5
"Oh, yeah," Takeo sighed, beginning to feel very frustrated. "Just ignore the guy who dropped out of the sky onto his back and immediately passed out. Go straight for the ones who can walk in on their own. Listen, man," he continued in a firm but caring tone. "You gotta stop doing this to yourself. If you have to know, you're the first one they brought in. Ayaka-chan over there followed, though the medics had to help her a little, and I went in last. She and I were hurt, yeah, but you could have been hurt a lot worse. "You gotta hand it to Ichi-chan, though," he observed thoughtfully. "He managed to save your neck and Ayaka-chan's there at the last minute..."
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 20, 2009 2:06:06 GMT -5
Utsuro had suddenly become slightly confused. It was incredibly unlike Ichi-sama to do ANYTHING for anyone else. To risk damaging the body he so frequently borrowed for the sake of someone else...just what the world had happened while he was out?! Was it even the same day?! Thankfully such thoughts were halted by the return of the medics, who went about terrifying him by insisting on inspecting his back for any sort of substantial damage. He was relatively sure- even if that WAS their motive- that nothing bad would be allowed to occur while Takeo-sama was in the room, but even then old paranoia ran deep. As he was instructed to lay face down, another peculiar question did manage to strike him. Where had his other shirt gone?
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 11:39:36 GMT -5
Takeo found himself nudged aside as the medics returned to look after Tsutomegi. He was kind of nervous for his friend, with how the other boy seemed to act around medics, but Takeo knew that if he hung around he'd just get in the way and interfere with Tsutomegi's treatment. And so he backed off, so that he was still present but far enough back to be considered out of the way. This ended up putting him near Ayaka-chan, so he went over and sat down on the edge of her bed. She just looked at him before going back to staring at her arm, a look of wide-eyed amazement on your face. "That's your first time being healed like that, isn't it?" he asked her, though it obviously was. She nodded, and continued staring. "So you're name's Ayaka, right?" She nodded, then put her arm down and blinked up at him. "Tsutomegi tell you?" she asked, and he nodded. "I couldn't just keep calling you Red-Haired Girl, right?" he asked with a grin. She just gave him an odd look. "Why not?""Because you have a name," he said simply. "Why else?" She shrugged, and a strange expression passed over her face. He couldn't exactly figure out what it meant exactly, especially with much of her face hidden from the world. "No reason," she said at last, though he got the feeling she had wanted to say something else. " 'm just not used to it.""Well, get used to it," Takeo instructed happily. "Around here, we like to call people by their names." She just nodded, that unreadable expression passing over her face, and she went back to holding her arm up and staring at it. What a strange girl. Just what kind of person wasn't used to being called by their own name? Seemed like Takeo had another interesting character to think about. Seemed like Ayaka-chan had done all the talking she wanted to do for the moment, so he decided to just sit back and wait. He'd been keeping an eye on what was going on over by Tsutomegi's bed, just in case something strange happened again (or just in case Tsutomegi got a little too spooked by the medics), so he returned most of his full attention to the situation over there. Hopefully the medics would be done soon, and they could all leave.
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 20, 2009 17:45:55 GMT -5
Takeo-sama was speaking with Ayaka-san. Well..Speaking at, more appropriately. But then, considering how her day must have gone, it seemed only natural to be a bit dazed, especially for someone like Ayaka, who had no experience with matters shinobi. Before too long, the medics were finished with his back. It had not been too serious, mostly bruising and scrapes from the impact. At least this incident wasn't going to leave scars.....well...physical ones, anyway. Shifting up to sit slowly, he managed to thank them at a volume level they could hear, and simply stared at the floor. He had been cleared to leave, but no doubt Takeo-sama would take offense if he just shuffled off without them.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 17:50:36 GMT -5
After the medics finished with Tsutomegi they made their way over to Ayaka-chan, presumably to check her over one last time, so Takeo found himself shuffled out of the way yet again. Just what was he exactly, a piece of furniture? Still, far be it from him to interfere with his friends' treatment, so he got up and moved... ... and promptly plopped down next to Tsutomegi. "See?" he asked, grinning broadly. "Medics here aren't that bad, now are they?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 20, 2009 18:08:24 GMT -5
"Mm..." Was all he said in reply, gaze firmly fixed on his hands in his lap. He could say things, of course, but he thought perhaps Takeo-sama had been annoyed enough for one day. Utsuro was really missing his other shirt. He wasn't quite sure....actually, he was absolutely sure...of how this mesh job kept getting underneath it, but he was both thankful and begrudging of it at that time. While it was some form of cover, however ineffective, it also fairly easily displayed the array of scars across his torso, both old and still pink, each one tied to something he would rather forget. Hoping they would be leaving soon, he wanted nothing more than to curl up in a dark corner somewhere and vanish, at least for awhile. But that wouldn't be happening any time soon, unfortunately.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 18:22:02 GMT -5
"You.... really don't like doctors, do you?" Takeo asked, careful - as he had been trying to be all evening - not to stare at what he saw under that mesh. The medics were letting Ayaka-chan sit up, and one of them handed her something, which she pocketed with a nod. The medics cleared away, and the red-haired girl hesitantly stood up, looking a little lost. "Hey, look," Takeo murmured, giving Tsutomegi a (very careful) nudge. "Looks like Ayaka-chan's been cleared. C'mon, let's go get her, eh?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 20, 2009 18:35:50 GMT -5
"No...I do not...They...seem to like me...thought.." He stated cryptically before sliding to his feet with a nod. The sooner they got out of there, the better. He'd barely even noticed the nudge from Takeo, in fact. Waiting for the other boy to take the lead, it might be said that there was the faintest hint of anticipation in the strange young man's face at the thought of leaving. Maybe he'd be able to find his shirt on the way back..
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 19:17:23 GMT -5
Ayaka was relieved to see 'Hero Boy' and Tsutomegi making their way towards her once the medics left. She had been unsure what to do, and while the black-haired boy had told her he would come back for her, she was still a little surprised to see him following through on his word. With nothing for it but to go with the two boys, Ayaka sighed, shifted her grip on the piece of fence - how on earth had she kept hold of it in all that chaos? - and went to join the boys. The black-haired boy happily encouraged them to follow him, which Ayaka did without much thought. "You're awake," Ayaka said calmly to Tsutomegi, as though it were the most natural thing in the world for him to suddenly show an alternate personality and then snap back to himself just as abruptly.
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 20, 2009 19:37:11 GMT -5
Nodding slightly, he paused a moment upon seeing Ayaka-san carrying a chunk of wood. Why was she carrying that? And what was th.... Groaning almost silently, he just continued to shuffle slowly along behind the other two. Ichi-sama had really done it this time. "I...am sorry you...got hurt.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 20:22:03 GMT -5
Ayaka just shrugged, idly twirling the piece of fence in her hand as they walked. "S'nothing," she told Tsutomegi almost abashedly as the black-haired boy fell back to walk beside them. "I'm the one who did it. I... kind of made him mad..."
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 20, 2009 20:27:20 GMT -5
"That...is....not...a difficult feat...to accomplish.." Utsuro admitted sadly, shoulders slumping even further as he shuffled along. "He is....quite ill-tempered.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 20, 2009 20:30:36 GMT -5
"I noticed," Ayaka replied flatly. "At least at first." She nodded to herself before slipping into a more thoughtful expression. "Though..." she continued after a moment, "He's... not a bad person, really." She paused, then turned to tilt her head at Tsutomegi as though wondering something. "Can you... talk to him?" she asked after a bit of thought.
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Post by strangevisitor on Sept 21, 2009 7:00:08 GMT -5
"Y-yes.." Admitting slowly, more from the slight shock of Ayaka-san saying he was 'not a bad person' than his own timid nature. He could not readily recall a time anyone had EVER said that about Ichiyuumaihi. It was...astounding. "When...he feels like talking....at least.....He seems...more prone...to making remarks...and sometimes...he does not respond.." He shrugged softly. "It is...strange."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Sept 21, 2009 15:21:41 GMT -5
On Tsutomegi's other side Ayaka could see the black-haired boy still leading them along, but she ignored him for the time being except to be sure and follow where he went. There was something she had been thinking about while the medics were treating her arm, and it looked like she wouldn't have to wait to do something about it. "That is..." she began a little uncertainly, wondering what she would have thought of this situation a few days ago. "I... well..." Oh, come on, she told herself. Just because it's different doesn't make it any different! Or... something. Right? Ayaka blinked, shook her head, and tried again. "He was... very kind to me," she said at last, making the idea of someone being kind to her sound almost like a foreign concept from her perspective. "When I was hurt, that is. He... really helped me. So I just... I wanted to thank him. Could you... tell him for me?"
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