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MHA Chapter 423 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

tagline 1 ねじ込んだ一撃ーー‼︎ ねじこんだいちげきーー‼︎ nejikonda ichigeki--!! A single, exacting blow--!!

tagline 2 No.423　OFA vs AFO　堀越耕平ナンバー423　ワン・フォー・オールバーサスオール・フォー・ワン　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 423 WAN FOO OORU vs OORU FOO WAR Horikoshi Kouhei No. 423 One for All vs All for One Kouhei Horikoshi

1 何故気付けなかったなぜきづけなかった naze kidzukenakatta Why didn't I notice?

2 この窶れた"身体"に「超再生」が適用されない違和感このやつれた"からだ"に「ちょうさいせい」がてきようされないいわかん kono yatsureta "karada" ni 「chousaisei」 ga tekiyou sarenai iwakan [This] sense of discomfort that Super Regeneration no longer applies to this worn-out body.

3 こいつだ…いやーーー koitsu da...iya--- It's this guy...no---

4 こいつらがーー‼︎ koitsura ga--!! All of these [people]--!!

5 謀ったのだはかったのだ hakatta no da They conspired.

1 それ単体ではそれたんたいでは sore tantai de wa By itself

2 あまりに脆弱な"敵意" あまりにぜいじゃくな"てきい" amari ni zeijaku na "tekii" [each one's] enmity was too frail,

3 しかし撚り集まってしかしよりあつまって shikashi yori atsumatte but when they gathered together,

4 いつしか僕を覆い感受を鈍らせていたのだいつしかぼくをおおいかんじゅをにぶらせていたのだ itsu shika boku wo ooi kanju wo niburasete ita no da before I knew it, they enshrouded me and dulled my sensitivity. (Note: He means his ability to sense one person via Danger Sense became dulled because there were too many people with enmity gathered together in one place.)

5 与一と継承者どもを打ち込まれたあの時にもう精神のみならずよいちとけいしょうしゃどもをうちこまれたあのときにもうせいしんのみならず Yoichi to keishousha-domo wo uchikomareta ano toki ni mou seishin no minarazu Yoichi and all the successors were cast [into me]. At that time, not only my spirit but

6 身体も…‼︎ からだも…‼︎ karada mo...!! my body, too...!!

7 生半可な"身体"ではなまはんかな"からだ"では namahanka na "karada" de wa (literal) A half-baked body (official) Your limp-noodle body isn't ready for it.

8 受け取り切れず四肢が��散してしまうんだ！うけとりきれずししがばくさんしてしまうんだ！ uketori kirezu shishi ga bakusan shite shimaunda! (literal) can't receive it. Your limbs would explode! (official) Your limbs would pop right off!! (Note: This frame is from chapter 2.)

9 たった2年…！8代目より少し上乗せされた… たった2ねん…！8だいめよりすこしうわのせされた… tatta 2nen...! 8daime yori sukoshi uwanosesareta... "Only 2 years...! I only added a little more to [what it was with] 8th..." (Note: He means he only added 2 years' worth of power to OFA, a tiny amount after what it was when All Might passed it off.)

10 9人分の力の結晶だ 9にんぶんのちからのけっしょうだ 9ninbun no chikara no kesshou da "It's the crystallization of power in proportion to nine people."

1 既に"身体"もすでに"からだ"も sude ni karada mo This body also has already

2 砕かれていた事にくだかれていたことに kudakarete ita koto ni been broken, unfortunately.

3 "個性"が崩れてく… "こせい"がくずれてく… "kosei" ga kuzureteku... "His quirks are crumbling..." (Note: This is a word often used to describe the effects of Tomura's Decay.)

4 やったのか緑谷…！やったのかみどりや…！ yatta no ka Midoriya...! "Did you do it, Midoriya...!"

1 まだだ‼︎ mada da!! Not yet!!

2 "個性"で無理矢理 "こせい"でむりやり "kosei" de muriyari With his quirks, he forcibly

3 つなぎ止めた！つなぎとめた！ tsunagitometa! tied himself together! (Note: This word also means "to save someone's life." In this case AFO is forcibly preserving his own life by using his quirks to keep himself from falling apart.)

4 まだ何も為していないまだなにもなしていない mada nani mo nashite inai "I haven't achieved anything yet."

5 誰にも奪わせはしない…‼︎ だれにもうばわせはしない…‼︎ dare ni mo ubawase wa shinai...!! "I won't let anyone steal it away...!!"

6 僕だけが夢を為すぼくだけがゆめをなす boku dake ga yume wo nasu "Only I will achieve my dream."

7 誰にも…！継がぬ…紡がぬ‼︎ だれにも…！つがぬ…つむがぬ‼︎ dare ni mo...! tsuganu...tsumuganu!! "No one...! [They] won't inherit it... [They] won't spin the tale*!!" (*Note: The word used here means "to spin (thread), to make up a story, to assemble, to put together.")

8 魔王は常に唯一‼︎ まおうはつねにゆいいつ‼︎ maou wa tsune ni yuiitsu!! "The Demon King is always the only one!!"

9 そうだとも繰り返せば��い… そうだともくりかえせばいい… sou da tomo kurikaeseba ii... Even if that's true, I can just do it over again...

10 愚かな弔にそうしたように‼︎ おろかなとむらにそうしたように‼︎ oroka na Tomura ni sou shita you ni!! Just like how I did to foolish Tomura!!

11 OFA無き今緑谷でも…！誰でも‼︎ ワン・フォー・オールなきいまみどりやでも…！だれでも‼︎ WAN FOO OORU naki ima Midoriya demo...! dare demo!! Even Midoriya, now that he doesn't have One For All...! Anyone!!

12 "個性"を「与え」奪えばいい‼︎ "ぼく自身"を「あたえ」うばえばいい‼︎ "boku jishin (kanji: kosei)" wo 「atae」 ubaeba ii!! I can give and take away "myself" (read as: my quirk)!!

1 器を!!! うつわを!!! utsuwa wo!!! "[I'll make] a vessel!!!"

2 もうやめろAFO もうやめろオール・フォー・ワン mou yamero OORU FOO WAN "Give it a rest, All For One."

3 緑谷‼︎ みどりや‼︎ Midoriya!! "Midoriya!!"

4 白雲…⁉︎ しらくも…⁉︎ Shirakumo...!? "Shirakumo...!?"

5 消…太しょう…た Shou...ta "Shou...ta"

6 山…田… やま…だ… Yama...da... "Yama...da..."

7 ゴメン…ナ…… GOMEN...NA...... "I'm...sorry......"

8 行かなくては…私はーーーーーいかなくては…わたしはーーーーー ikanakute wa...watashi wa----- Have to go...I-----

1 死柄木弔を守らなくてはしがらきとむらをまもらなくては Shigaraki Tomura wo mamoranakute wa I have to protect Tomura Shigaraki

2 Xあ‼︎X生‼︎ Xあ‼︎Xしょう‼︎ XA!! Xshou!! (Note: This speech bubble is partially cut off.)

3 やっぱり…‼︎どこまでも… yappari...!! doko made mo... "As expected...!! No matter what..."

4 手ぇ差し伸べちまうんだよあいつは‼︎ てぇさしのべちまうんだよあいつは‼︎ tee sashinobechimaunda yo aitsu wa!! "he's that guy who'll hold out his hand [for someone]!!"

5 A…FO… オール…フォー・ワン… OORU...FOO WAN... "All...For One..."

6 死柄…木弔を…オ返シ…下サイしがら…きとむらを…オかえシ…くだサイ Shigara...ki Tomura wo...OkaSHI...kudaSAI "Tomura Shigara...ki...Please give...him back."

7 オッおォッ OoO "Ooo"

1 オ友達が待っテイルんデすオともだちがまっテイルんデす Otomodachi ga matTE IRUnDEsu "His friends are waiting."

1 爆豪⁉︎ ばくごう⁉︎ Bakugou!? "Bakugou!?"

2 病院にって…‼︎うっそだろあいつ！びょういんにって…‼︎うっそだろあいつ！ byouin ni tte...!! usso daro aitsu! "They said [you were heading to] the hospital...!! That guy's unbelievable!"

3 「爆破」で一人で来やがった‼︎ 「ばくは」でひとりできやがった‼︎ 「bakuha」 de hitori de kiyagatta!! "He went and came over alone using Explosion!!"

4 轟の"ジャンプ台"貸りたけどよォ〜〜〜〜〜とどろきの"ジャンプだい"かりたけどよォ〜〜〜〜〜 Todoroki no "JANPU dai" karita kedo yoO~~~~~ "I borrowed Todoroki's jump platform, but~~~~~"

5 俺に追い越されてンなよ出久‼︎ おれにおいこされてンなよいずく‼︎ ore ni oikosareteN na yo Izuku!! "don't let me overtake you, Izuku!!"

6 AFO…‼︎おまえを許しはしないオール・フォー・ワン…‼︎おまえをゆるしはしない OORU FOO WAN...!! omae wo yurushi wa shinai "All For One...!! I won't forgive you."

1 けれど理解できない化物だとも思わないけれどりかいできないばけものだともおもわない keredo rikai dekinai bakemono da to mo omowanai "But I don't think you're an incomprehensible monster."

2 …やめろ ...yamero "...Stop."

3 おまえは魔王なんかじゃないおまえはまおうなんかじゃない omae wa maou nanka ja nai "You are not actually a Demon King."

4 見るなみるな miruna "Don't look [at me]."

5 おまえはただの omae wa tada no "You're just"

6 寂しがりな人間だ‼︎ さみしがりなにんげんだ‼︎ samishigari na ningen da!! "a lonely person!!"

1 与一…⁉︎ よいち…⁉︎ Yoichi...!? "Yoichi...!?"

2 緑谷くんはみどりやくんは Midoriya-kun wa "Midoriya-kun"

3 限り限りのラインでカケラが残るようぎりぎりのラインでカケラがのこるよう girigiri no RAIN de KAKERA ga nokoru you "seems to have a fragment remain for as long as possible."

4 ぶつける力を調整したんだね…… ぶつけるちからをちょうせいしたんだね…… butsukeru chikara wo chousei shitanda ne...... "I guess he adjusted the force of his hit......"

5 そして　残り火による"感応"で叩き起こしたんだそして　のこりびによる"かんのう"でたたきおこしたんだ soshite nokoribi ni yoru "kannou" de tataki okoshitanda Then, I was roused awake in response to his embers.

6 僅かな残滓となった僕をわずかなざんしとなったぼくを wazuka na zanshi to natta boku wo I, who became mere dregs,

7 ワン・フォー・オールを WAN FOO OORU wo One For All.

8 正しく完遂させる為にただしくかんすいさせるために tadashiku kansui saseru tame ni In order to properly follow [things] through. (Note: The order of the lines here makes this confusing. He's saying that, in response to Izuku's final attack with his embers, the barest dregs of Yoichi's vestige was roused. This one last piece of his vestige remained likely because Izuku held back on his attack using Yoichi's vestige. Now that he, the base One For All quirk, has awoken, he will carry out the mission of One For All.)

9 どうでもいい‼︎ dou demo ii!! "I don't care!!"

10 どうでもいい‼︎ dou demo ii!! "I don't care!!"

11 消えるな‼︎顔を見せろ！きえるな‼︎かおをみせろ！ kieruna!! kao wo misero! "Don't disappear!! Show your face!"

12 無理だよむりだよ muri da yo "That's impossible."

13 消えるきえる kieru "I'll disappear."

14 駄目だだめだ dame da "You can't!"

15 僕のモノだ‼︎僕を見ていろ‼︎目を見せろ‼︎ ぼくのモノだ‼︎ぼくをみていろ‼︎めをみせろ‼︎ boku no MONO da!! boku wo mite iro!! me wo misero!! "You're mine!! Look at me!! Show [me] your eyes!!"

16 兄さんにいさん niisan "[Older] Brother,"

17 貴方を導けなかったあなたをみちびけなかった anata wo michibikenakatta "I couldn't guide you."

18 これは緑谷くんが見出してくれたこれはみどりやくんがみいだしてくれた kore wa Midoriya-kun ga miidashite kureta "Midoriya-kun discovered this for me."

19 僕らへの最期の救済だぼくらへのさいごのきゅうさいだ bokura e no saigo no kyuusai da "It's our final* salvation." (*Note: The word used for "final" here means "one's last moment at their time of death.")

1 駄目だ‼︎許可しない‼︎大好きだ！だめだ‼︎きょかしない‼︎だいすきだ！ dame da!! kyoka shinai!! daisuki da! "You can't!! I won't allow it!! I love you!"

2 大好きなんだ!!!おまえがいないと僕は駄目なんだ!!! だいすきなんだ!!!おまえがいないとぼくはだめなんだ!!! daisuki nanda!!! omae ga inai to boku wa dame nanda!!! "I love you!!! If you're gone I have no purpose*!!!" (*Note: The word used here, dame, means many things depending on context. It means "bad, no good, useless, broken, hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless.")

3 そうやって sou yatte "In that way,"

4 全てを己が為に利用してきた代償を払う時だすべてをおのがためにりようしてきたツケをはらうときだ subete wo ono ga tame ni riyou shite kita TSUKE (kanji: daishou) wo harau toki da "it's time to pay reparations for taking advantage of everything for your own sake."

5-6 彼が起こしたのは僕だけじゃないかれがおこしたのはぼくだけじゃない kare ga okoshita no wa boku dake ja nai "I was not the only one he awoke."

1 先生に喰われて消滅したと思ったんだけどな… せんせいにくわれてしょうめつしたとおもったんだけどな… sensei ni kuwarete shoumetsu shita to omottanda kedo na... I thought I had been devoured by Master and disappeared, but...

2 あんたが俺をあんたがおれを anta ga ore wo were you

3 消えないように繋ぎ止めてたのかきえないようにつなぎとめてたのか kienai you ni tsunagi tometeta no ka tying* me down so I wouldn't disappear? (*Note: Again, this word also means "to save someone's life.")

4 おばあちゃん obaachan Grandma,

5 黒霧…………… くろぎり…………… Kurogiri............... Kurogiri...............

6 先生から身体を奪い返しただけでせんせいからからだをうばいかえしただけで sensei kara karada wo ubai kaeshita dake de I only stole my body back from Master, and

7 何も壊せやしなかったなにもこわせやしなかった nani mo kowase ya shinakatta I didn't destroy anything.

8 結局俺はおまえの言った通り…泣いてるガキだったって事かけっきょくおれはおまえのいったとおり…ないてるガキだったってことか kekkyoku ore wa omae no itta toori...naiteru GAKI datta tte koto ka "In the end, I was just as you said... A crying kid, huh?"

9 この手をX壊せなかったX このてをXこわせなかったX kono te wo X kowasenakatta X "This hand X couldn't break X"." (Note: Some of this speech bubble is cut off. It could say something like "I couldn't break these hands of yours.")

10 …やった事を許せはしないだから戦った …やったことをゆるせはしないだからたたかった ...yatta koto wo yuruse wa shinai da kara tatakatta "...I can't forgive the things you've done; that's why I fought."

1 止めたかったし…止まってほしかったんだとめたかったし…とまってほしかったんだ tometakatta shi...tomatte hoshikattanda "I wanted to stop [you]... I wanted [you] to stop,"

2 悲しみが紡がれないようにかなしみがつむがれないように kanashimi ga tsumugarenai you ni "so that the sadness wouldn't [keep] spin[ning]*." (*Note: This is back to that word that means "to spin yarn, to spin tales, etc." Izuku is saying he didn't want the sadness to beget more sadness. He wants the chain of sadness to stop.)

3 ハッ HA "Ha." (Note: This is an exhalation that could mean any number of things, like shock, laughter, realization, etc.)

4 緑谷出久みどりやいずく Midoriya Izuku "Izuku Midoriya,"

5 スピナーが生きてたら伝えてくれよスピナーがいきてたらつたえてくれよ SUPINAA ga ikitetara tsutaete kure yo "if Spinner is alive, please tell him [something]."

6 "死柄木弔"は最期まで壊す為に戦ったって "しがらきとむら"はさいごまでこわすためにたたかったって "Shigaraki Tomura" wa saigo made kowasu tame ni tatakatta tte "Tomura Shigaraki fought until the very end* in order to destroy." (*Note: Again, this is that "finale" word that means "one's last moment at their time of death.")

7 もう…壊したよもう…こわしたよ mou...kowashita yo "You already...destroyed [it]."

tagline 決着‼︎永きにわたる因縁が晴れ上がるーー‼︎ けっちゃく‼︎ながきにわたるいんねんがはれあがるーー‼︎ kecchaku!! nagaki ni wataru innen ga hareagaru--!! Settled!! The chain of cause and effect that spans a long time is cleared up--!!

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 423 #bnha 423 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final arc spoilers #this chapter got fma music stuck in my head #wow there's a lot to say about this chapter #i'm sure everyone's gonna have strong feelings about it #a lot of people read all sorts of feelings and such into these characters #i fear that may convolute some things unfortunately #i'll probably try to withhold my final opinion until we get some falling action #i suspect spinner will add some things to this at the very least #anyways when i said that as a katsuki stan i was worried about stans for all the other characters i was serious as hell lol

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hey-hamlet · 4 months

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I am so incredibly in love with your let's kill sensei au, assasination classroom was one of my first animes I watched bootlegged on youtube and it will always have a special place in my heart. Since you wittled down the class size, do you have any plans for the rest of the gen ed kids? Making them other ua kids, oc's or maybe snatching some from the original assclass show?

Ah thank you!! I watched it when I was like 14-16 and remembered loving it - I've just finished season 1 and its so much stranger than I remember,,, still very funny though!

I tragically have an internal rule that yells at me to keep my AUs AUs and crossovers crossovers, so no assassination classroom students. I'm throwing in the only 2 other canon first year gen ed students, some other UA students and some OCs to fill out the roster so we have:

Midoriya Izuku

Uraraka Ochako

Shinsou Hitoshi

Kuroiro Shihai (the 1B student - he failed the entrance exam in this AU)

Togeike Chikuchi (canon gen ed student - girl - no official quirk - quirk: paper manipulation)

Agoyamato Tsutsutaka (canon gen ed student - boy - no official quirk - quirk: drill hair)

Furasu Maina (canon 1H support student - she tried for heroics in this AU - no canon quirk - quirk: polarity)

Ito Hikari (canon student 1C - girl - no official name/quirk - quirk: optic fibre hair!)

Hai Kaze (canon 1C student - boy - no official name/quirk - quirk: big lungs

Kuzu Ono (oc - boy - quirk: plant body)

Kesshou Beni (oc - nb - quirk: crystalline)

Hane Tsuki (oc - girl - quirk: moth wing)

Yoku Kiteku (oc (appears briefly - unnamed- in an old fic of mine) - girl - quirk: gossip)

I love everyone on this list - even the silly BG characters that have no lines.

#asks #bnha au #lets kill sensei au #furasu my beloved background character #u show up for like 2 seconds but i've bonded to u #i had to comb through the manga to find other canon 1C students #but given they dont have names or quirk. i probably could have just invented more ocs. hh. oh well.

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nihongoseito · 1 year

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RADWIMPS 「すずめの涙」 “tears of suzume” - 歌詞と英訳

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in case you don’t know, this song is a play on the japanese idiom 雀の涙 ‘sparrow’s [suzume’s] tears,’ meaning ‘a drop in the bucket’ or an ‘insignificant amount’ of something.

also, notice toward the end when it changes between 私/僕 and あなた/君? it seems to me like they’re trading verses back and forth between suzume and souta (or like abstractions of them lol), so i have *starred the verses i think are souta’s. much to think about 🤔 anyways, the rо̄maji is below the cut!

未来色した世界に　過去色まみれの私が漂っているの　あなたは見つけたの

in a future-colored world, i am stained with the color of the past and i’m adrift　then you found me

今日の続きは明日と　どなたが決めたの？前ならえできない私を　日々は素通りなの

who decided that tomorrow follows today? i can’t learn from the past and the days pass me by

不思議だね　想い出と写真は遠い過去なのに一番新しく光るのはなぜ

isn’t it strange　my memories and photos are from long ago but they’re what shines brightest—why is that?

強くなりたいと　願えば願うほどなぜだろうその目は　私を弱くさせる

i wish with all my heart to become strong why do your eyes make me feel weak?

泣いてなんかないよ　泣くわけがないでしょあなたが見てるのは　すずめの涙神様も知らない　すずめの涙

i’m not crying, there’s no way i would cry what you’re seeing are sparrow’s tears sparrow’s tears even god can’t see

あの人のところへ早く　行きたいと願えどこの両の足で行けるとこ　ではないようなのです

even though i wish to go swiftly to where that person is it doesn’t seem like someplace i can go by foot

過去色まみれの私の　未来をあなたは「一緒に探してみようよ」　そう言ってくれたの

i’m stained with the color of the past, but as for my future— “let’s go find it together” you said

忘れたくない　ものばかり抱きしめ次の未来受け取る隙間はどこにあるの？

i hug close everything that i don’t want to forget where is there any opening to receive the next future?

*強くなりたいと　思えるのは君の泣く顔に胸が　耐えられないから

*the reason i want to become strong is because my heart can’t bear your crying face

*どうでもよくないよ　この僕にとっては海よりも大きな　すずめの涙海に一滴落ちれば色が変わってく

*it does make a difference, it makes a difference to me suzume’s tears that are even bigger than the ocean when one drop falls into the ocean, its color changes

強くなりたいと　願えば願うほどなぜだろうその目は　私を弱くさせる

i wish with all my heart to become strong why do your eyes make me feel weak?

泣いてなんかないよ　泣くわけがないでしょあなたが見てるのは　すずめの涙神様も知らない　すずめの涙

i’m not crying, there’s no way i would cry what you’re seeing are sparrow’s tears sparrow’s tears even god can’t see

*気づかぬわけないよ　そんなの無理だよ僕にはそれしか　目に入らないほど

*there’s no way i wouldn’t notice, that’s impossible it’s the only thing i can see at all

*大きな結晶　すずめの涙

*suzume’s tears, like great crystals

mirai iro shita sekai ni　kako iro mamire no watashi ga tadayotte iru no　anata wa mitsuketa no

kyou no tsuzuki wa ashita to　donata ga kimeta no? mae narae dekinai watashi o　hibi wa sudoori na no

fushigi da ne 　omoide to shashin wa tooi kako na no ni ichiban atarashiku hikaru no wa naze

tsuyoku naritai to　negaeba negau hodo naze darou sono me wa　watashi o yowaku saseru

naite nanka nai yo　naku wake ga nai desho anata ga miteru no wa　suzume no namida kamisama mo shiranai　suzume no namida

ano hito no tokoro e hayaku　ikitai to negaedo kono ryou no ashi de ikeru toko　de wa nai you na no desu

kako iro mamire no watashi no　mirai o anata wa “issho ni sagashite miyou yo”　sou itte kureta no

wasuretakunai　monobakari dakishime tsugi no mirai uketoru sukima wa doko ni aru no?

*tsuyoku naritai to　omoeru no wa kimi no nakugao ni mune ga　taerarenai kara

*dou demo yokunai yo　kono boku ni totte wa umi yori mo ooki na　suzume no namida umi ni itteki ochireba iro ga kawatteku

tsuyoku naritai to　negaeba negau hodo naze darou sono me wa　watashi o yowaku saseru

naite nanka nai yo 　naku wake ga nai desho anata ga miteru no wa　suzume no namida kamisama mo shiranai　suzume no namida

*kizukanu wake nai yo　sonna no muri da yo boku ni wa sore shika　me ni hairanai hodo

*ooki na kesshou　suzume no namida

#suzume #suzume no tojimari #すずめの戸締まり #radwimps #HEY SO THIS SONG MAKE ANYONE ELSE EMO?? NO???#she thinks her feelings are invisible but they're all he can SEE?? HELLO #歌詞 #sasha.txt #Youtube

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heaven-s-black-box · 16 days

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Team Pt.2- Ensemble & @/crystalkat6747 OCs

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Recovery date: May 6th, 2024

Description: Hello, I absolutely loved the story you made with my OC's and I would very much like it if you would write a second part, that is if you're okay with it ☺️

Notes: This work was recovered in conjunction with @crystalkat6747, we thank them for their contributions. If you want more information on these characters there's this post on Kesshou and this one on Kakeru, but you should be good to read without them.

Pt.1 Pt.2 N-P Pt.3

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The anti-matter legion went down easily enough, but everyone was waiting for Phantylia to show herself. Her voice seemed to echo off of nothing as they fought her underlings, taunting them with the coming destruction she would bring. It was a tense fight, and one that left them with a bitter victory.

“W-wait, hold on a second–” March said as everyone tried to catch their breaths. Kesshou was leaned against her sword with Kakeru beside her. Caelus was sprawled out on the ground, and Welt was braced on his cane. “Are you really saying that Miss Tingyun was a member of the Antimatter Legion all along?”

“No,” Kesshou breathed out, earning herself everyone’s attention. “That was not Tingyun, I assure you. In fact, I had been unable to contact Tingyun for a few days, only recently did she respond.”

“You believe that during that time Phantylia took over Tingyun, and then responded to you to avoid suspicion?” Fu Xuan asked, brushing some dust from her clothes.

“Yes.”

“Then that flame was Phantylia? And her body–” Everyone turned to where Tingyun’s body had collapsed, finding nothing. Kesshou’s nails dug into her palm. “Where did it go? Mr.Yang, you’re smart. What happened just now?”

“Lord Ravager Phantylia– I’ve heard other Nameless speak the name in the past. She’s one of seven Lord Ravagers who serve Nanook…” Welt’s eyes swept from March, back to Fu Xuan, then to the two Ali. “and finds pleasure in witnessing the self-destruction of mortals. She’s led countless souls down a dark and hopeless path.”

A sick feeling twisted in kesshou’s gut as she stared at the empty spot surrounded by anti-matter legion bodies. Kakeru set a hand on his cousin’s shoulder, urging her to turn away. When she didn’t look away, Kakeru extended a wing to block her view and force her back into the conversation.

“I believe Kesshou is right, that was not the real Tingyun. There was no indication that she had been misguided or manipulated… Without knowing where the body vanished to, it’ll be hard to find out when she was switched.”

Welt continued sharing his speculations on what happened, wondering aloud why Phantylia didn’t leave Tingyun’s body in a display of power. Kesshou could see he was trying to pick his words carefully, a courtesy few afforded to her. She was the future queen of Elsaria, if she couldn’t handle unfortunate loss then how could she remain objective in tough situations.

Kakeru squeezed her shoulder and leaned in close.

“You needn’t be so brave.”

“The fight is not over.”

“So long as you remember not to keep everything bottled up. It isn’t good for you.”

Fu Xuan follows Welt’s speculation to conclude that Phantylia is after the Ambrosial Arbor.

“We need to take a starskiff to Scalegorge Waterscape–” Fu Xuan declared, starting off towards a nearby starskiff with everyone quickly following behind, the Ambrosial Arbor can be sealed from that delve.”

The ride was tense as everyone anticipated another battle. A greater battle.

Phantylia would not be an easy opponent, and she likely would not face them alone. The Astral Express crew was worn from their journey to get here, and everyone was running on fumes from clearing the Crucible.

March 7th leaned against Welt, closing her eyes as if that would make things better, while he continued speaking with Fu Xuan. Caelus, who was sat on Welt’s other side, leaned his head against the Starskiff and watched as they flew out over the water. The two Ali, through similar upbringing, found themselves hanging their heads as they tried to rest in the shaky transport. It was far from ideal, and Kakeru nearly slammed his head into the metal a few times.

They’d barely begun the ascent towards the entrance when they were thrown back into combat against Anti-matter legion members.

Kesshou took a deep breath, she wasn’t sure how many more times she could shield everyone. Sure if it was just one person all these fights would be nothing, but she was always shielding at least four people; six to keep her and Fu Xuan safe as they supported the others, choosing to stay back so there weren’t quite as many weapons flailing about.

A shimmering teal dragon wrapped in a thread of gold surged out from behind them. It dove into the ground around the legion members, encircling them with its body before a geyser erupted under their feet. The center most member was quickly obliterated, and the others were thrown back– showered in water. March acted quickly, freezing them, and Caelus followed it up by smashing them to pieces.

Another wave of monsters stormed out of hiding, and before anyone else could move a giant golden slash sparking with electricity cut through them.

When the third wave emerged from the smoke of the second, Kakeru used the cover to launch his own attack from above while Kesshou swept in from below. They missed one, a ranger, and Welt took it out for them.

It was when Kesshou and Kakeru turned around to rejoin the group that they saw their reinforcements. The sound of heels against stone echoed across the still water and cracked ruins, along with a familiar mirthful chuckle, as they approached.

“General Jing Yuan,” Kakeru breathed out, catching his breath, “it is good to see you again.”

“Indeed, the feeling is mutual. We should have tea and catch up once this business with the Lord Ravager is finished.”

There was a pleasant smile on the man’s face, and a glint of pride in his eyes. He truly was a curious man, always looking at them with pride, like their very existence made him happy.

“Jing Yuan! Where have you been!?” Fu Xuan snapped, storming up to him.

Another laugh bubbled up from his chest. “Forgive my late arrival, Lady Fu– we are indebted to you and your forces. The Seat of Divine Foresight relayed the battle reports to me. As for Phantylia’s plan…”

“The Ambrosial Arbor– that’s her focus.”

Fu Xuan continued to bring the General up to speed, while everyone else tried yet again to catch their breaths. If this area was clear, they’d have to plead with the two to let them rest for a bit.

“Friends of the Astral Express, I have brought someone with me whom I think you’ll be eager to see.”

A Vidyadhara with long hair stepped out from behind him.

“Huh?” March stumbled over her words. “I-Is that… Dan Heng!? You… Y-You are Dan Heng, right? What’s with the horns…?”

“It’s a long story, March. It’s me.”

“So… you do have a secret strength!?”

“Let us save such reminisce for later, shall we?” Jing Yuan apologized to the Express crew for being so hesitant to accept their help earlier and explained what he now knew. “The Luofu is in your debt, and I have no right to seek further assistance from you.”

Still, he admitted it would be foolish not to ask for their help. He looked between the members of the crew, his gaze lingering on Dan Heng with a sad shimmer.

Welt expressed his willingness to help immediately, before letting the rest of his crew make their own decisions. His only guiding advice was a reminder of their creed, his gaze landing on each member for a moment as he spoke. Caelus and March circled around Dan Heng and reached their hands out to the center in a silent vote.

“Dan Heng?”

For a moment it seemed Dan Heng would not help, whatever reason the General looked at him with such sorrow must have been a heavy burden, but still he reached out. A small smile pulling at the corner of his lips.

“Thank you, Dan Heng.”

“How am I still one of the Nameless? I stand here at the mercy of others without true freedom to speak… but as a descendant of the Vidyadhara, I will fulfill my duty to the Luofu.”

“We have no intention of leaving either,” Kesshou cut in, Kakeru nodding along with her. “Please, allow us to aid you like you once aided us.”

She extended her hand to the general, urging him to take it. He looked down at it, then up into her eyes– that spark of pride returning. His gaze drifted back to Kakeru.

“We came here to help, let us. Please.”

The General nodded, turning back to Kesshou.

“Very well.” He clasped his hand around Kesshou’s in acceptance of her and Kakeru’s aid.

“Great!” March cheered. “Everyone’s just as heroic as when they arrived. So, what’s the master plan, general?”

“There is no master plan, only a bet… a bet on the senior Vidyadhara’s incomplete exuviation charm, and on Dan Heng’s ability to access the memories of the high elder…”

Everyone turned to Dan Heng who turned to the General.

“High Elder?” March asked.

Jing Yuan nodded ahead of them, towards a large statue they’d noticed upon arrival. Looking at it now, it looked nearly identical to Dan Heng. The general began to explain the story of Scalgorge Waterscape as they ascended the final stairs to the statue.

“It looks so much like Dan Heng… I wonder if…” March voiced everyone’s thought aloud. She turned to her friend. “The statute… is that… Dan Heng’s brother?”

Caelus’s face palm was audible, while everyone else stifled a groan. Even Kesshou and Kakeru, who were very proud of their proper demeanours, couldn’t help it. Dan Heng only sighed, shaking his head almost fondly.

Jing Yuan kindly corrected her, and explained the current successor’s situation.

This was all old news to the two Ali. Kakeru had come far in building relationships before abdicating the throne, and that meant learning about pre-existing relationships, while Kesshou took great interest in the Xianzhou people. Still, they listened to the General explain.

They’d always found his voice soothing and familiar.

Dan Heng seemed hesitant to fulfill Jing yuan’s request to open the way. Perhaps it was the pressure, or maybe he was unsure he could do it at all, but Kakeru found himself approaching the man as they all broke away to rest.

“It’s a great weight,” he said, causing Dan Heng to turn away from the statue, “leading people. I do not know your story, but I do know that much. If you would like a friend, I’ll be over with Kesshou.”

The Vidyadhara nodded, thankful, before the former heir to Elsaria went to join his cousin.

Everyone was taking the moment to rest, March had sat on the stone around the statue and Caelus was sitting with his legs hanging off the platform's edge over the water. Welt was leaning against one of the walls and Kesshou had sat down against another one, soon joined by Kakeru.

Jing Yuan joined the Ali, striking up a conversation about how they were.

Dan Heng took the time to check in with his friends before finding himself in front of the statue below its shattered arm.

The sudden sound of roaring waves drew everyone’s attention towards him and the open water behind him. Ribbons of rolling water encircled him as he rose up off the ground, one arm extended in the same pose as the statue. In his outstretched hand was a ball of golden light, and everyone found themselves staring in awe as a beam of light erupted into the sky and the waves parted to reveal the ruins below.

Kesshou and Kakeru were left stunned as they’d heard stories of the Vidyadhara high elder, but never seen him. Jing Yuan slowly approached the newly revealed stairs to overlook the soaked stone structures below, quickly being joined by everyone else as Dan Heng settled back to the ground.

He stumbled a bit as his feet hit the floor, and Caelus grabbed his arm to steady him.

“The annals mention that Scalegorge Waterscape was once the location of the Dragon Palace. Small wonder– look at all these submerged structures…” Fu Xuan hummed.

Jing Yuan began to reminisce, before calling on the Master Diviner.

“Remain here– lead the Cloud Knights in defense of this passage. We must prevent further incidents.”

Fu Xuan expressed her displeasure with Jing Yuan facing Phantylia, though she seemed to take it better knowing he would be backed by the Astral Express and the two Ali. The Cloud Knights, too, tried to convince him to let them join, but he stood his ground.

Truly a great man, the General acknowledged their will and rebuked it with a sound argument. This fight was not between Lan and Yaoshi but Lan and Nanook. It was new territory that may have unforeseen consequences. Instead, he tasked them with protecting the Luofu in his absence.

“Lady Fu,” he turned back to her, “if I am unable to return, I entrust you with the important task of relaying the full account to the other Xianzhou ships.”

At that, Kakeru grabbed Kesshou by the wrist and pulled her aside– briefly catching the General’s attention.

“Perhaps you should remain here as well,” he whispered.

“What?” Kesshou hissed, eyes burning with annoyance. “Why the sudden concern?”

“This is a Lord Ravager, and if both of us were to fall here Elsaria would be without a blood heir. I will not force you to stay, however I will advise you to consider your options and the possible consequences.”

Kesshou looked back to the group. They looked about ready to leave.

“I’m not staying.”

Kakeru nodded, patting her shoulder, and the two returned to the larger group.

The remaining puddles, pooled from flooded cracks, splashed with every step. Cool, damp air filled their lungs as they traversed the twisted landscape overgrown with vegetation from the water.

They came across shadows of the past, reminentes of the past High Elders’ times. Mara struck soldiers blocked their way, but Kesshou saved her strength for the final fight– not putting up shields.

Dan Heng led them to different points to remove the three seals, and answered questions about their surroundings. He explained the rebirth cycle, and the eggs they found around, and the seals.

It took some time, but they broke the seals and made it to the other side.

“Now, I will break the final seal…”

“I hope everyone is prepared?” Jing Yuan asked.

He received a round of silent confirmation, and the Ali found his gaze lingering on them– tinged with worry,

The group entered the depths of the Arbor’s roots once Dan Heng broke the seal.

They found themselves in a heavy fog, with Phatylia speaking to them. Her voice was mocking as she addressed Jing Yuan.

“That witch! She was here waiting for us the whole time. Show yourself, Phantylia!”

Kesshou was sure the girl regretted her words immediately, as Phantylia addressed the express crew and asked them to let her “make herself look presentable”.

The Arbor’s roots cracked as they twisted to encase her light, her voice ringing out the whole time. She praised the Arbor’s power, letting it give her form.

“All of you, ready yourselves. Dan Heng, guard my back. I’m counting on you.”

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“General,” Bailu’s voice called into the room, “you have visitors.”

They heard a soft groan and saw a sliver of Jing Yuan’s head as he leaned forward in his bed to try and see out the door. Bailu whipped around at his groaning and the bed’s creaking, so he fell back against the bed with another groan.

“Send them in.”

She nodded, but leaned towards them before she moved.

“Don’t let him get up, he keeps trying to escape bed rest.”

Kesshou laughed. “We will, thank you.”

Bailu stepped back, letting them in, before leaving and closing the door behind her.

Kakeru held out a basket, taking it to the General's bedside table. He and Kesshou then took seats on opposite sides of the bed.

The General’s abdomen was heavily bandaged, purple bruises blossomed across his exposed chest from when Phantylia had grabbed him. Streaks of lightning were etched into his skin, raising it over the bruising. His right wrist was wrapped to keep it still, fighting against Phantylia’s hold had put too much strain on the structure and fractured a bone. If Dan Heng hadn’t caught him, the cousins were worried what injuries he may have walked away with– if he’d walked away at all.

They were thankful for the man, truly.

Phantylia may have escaped, but they were grateful everyone had walked away alive.

“I’m fi-” Jing Yuan broke down in a fit of coughs. “I’m fine.”

Kesshou handed him a glass of water, holding it for him as the coughing subsided.

“And I didn’t abdicate the throne,” Kakeru hummed, beginning to peel a fruit for him.

He handed the general a piece, then offered some to Kesshou. The three sat in relative silence as they ate.

“How are you two doing? I've heard our Astral Express friends are recovering well, but nothing about you.”

“We’re well,” Kesshou answered. “We’ve been helping lady Fu and the Cloud Knights, there are still many mara struck soldiers that need to be put to rest.”

Jing Yuan nodded. “Thank you for that, the Luofu is indebted to you for your help in this matter.”

“Noneses, you have helped us in the past, we are simply returning the favor.”

A breathy chuckle escaped Jing Yuan, and he smiled. He reached out to the fruits Kakeru had brought, wincing as his arm pulled his muscles out, and began to peel another one in his lap.

“You think too highly of me,” he said, a forlorn look in his eyes. He broke off a piece of the freshly peeled fruit, and handed it to Kakeru. “Now, why don’t you finish telling me of your recent adventures?”

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kesshounomiko · 1 month

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Welcome to my account, my name is Glitchy, but you can also call me Kesshou or Robbie.

I am an artist in the process of evolution, my area is traditional but I do some digital drawings.

I've had problems with this, so I wanted to clarify the limits for arts trades or drawings with my ocs here-

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• DO NOT draw anything without permission, especially if you are not sure that the OC is mine, ask me first.

• I don't produce nsfw content- And I don't want anyone to do any with my OCs either, suggestive is fine-

• Do not draw interactions that you think are cool on my profile if one of the OCs in the drawing is not mine and you do not have permission from the oc's creators to draw, I have friends who don't like their ocs being drawn by unknown people-

That's it, welcome 🪻

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crystalkat6747 · 2 months

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Honkai Star Rail OC Kakeru

English VA: Zach Callison.

Kakeru is another one of my OC's and I will be sharing his lore and gameplay.

Kakeru is a lightning type character following the path of the hunt, he uses twin daggers created from his wings as his choice of weapon. His basic attack is a simple cross slash focused on a single opponent with his daggers, when Kakeru uses his skill he'll launch himself in the air and when he descends on his opponent he slashes them multiple times, And finally Kakeru's ultimate: Rain of lightning, where he reveals his bright purple wings and flies above a single opponent and tosses one of his daggers down essentially making it a lightning rod before sending a massive amount of lightning down on the opponent before landing with his back turned glaring with his now red eyes.

Because of his high pain tolerance he can inject lightning dust into his body to increase his power and speed, when Kakeru attacks an enemy or is attacked he accumulates kaminari and when it reaches a certain amount he'll inject a syringe of lightning dust into his body which will enhance his action and increase his attack at the sacrifice of a set amount of hp. (yes I was inspired by Hazel from rwby and I am incorporating dust from rwby into my OC's lore)

Like Kesshou, Kakeru is also a half Ali and is a couple years older than her.

Kakeru was accidentally conceived by his mother Ayano and his father who I will not reveal at the moment, though Kakeru was accidentally conceived his parents did actually love each other, though because Kakeru was born before Ayano turned 25, when she was 23, she had to relinquish her title as heir to the throne because that was a law of Elsaria's royal family. Kakeru's father left when he was five years old because of an incident that left a bad cut on Kakeru's face, not bad enough to scar, and that's the only thing Kakeru can even remember about his father, Kakeru couldn't even remember his father's name. Kakeru was originally the heir to Elsaria's throne and the commander of the crystal guardians, Elsaria's main fighting force, and he surprisingly healed very quickly but after he found a picture of his parents together he decided to abdicate his place on the throne and give it to Kesshou, and go on a journey in order to get answers and he took some comrades with him, the few that Kakeru trusted with his life and viewed as family.

(I'll happily do his voicelines, and if you want to guess who Kakeru's father is there is a little hint somewhere in the post)

#honkai star rail #hsr #honkai star rail oc

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tonguetiedraven · 1 year

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Hi hi! I'm not sure if you've written smth like this before, but if you haven't could you maybe write smth short about Kuro being jealous of Ryuuji taking up Rin's time for dates and such? I really just think fics from kuros pov of bonrin's relationship adorable

@marble-wolf helped me write this one! Sorry for the delay, and I hope you enjoy it ^^

How Do You Like Meow?

Rating: G Pairing: Bon/Rin

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It was warm against Rin's chest, drawing soft purrs from the cat sidhe. The halfling was scratching Kuro's chest, and using Kuro's horns as a place to balance his phone, which was mildly annoying but everything else was nice so Kuro ignored it. His paws stretched and relaxed in a gentle massage, tiny claws catching on Rin's shirt.

Ryuuji paused outside the room, read the text message again and confirmed that, yes, Light had said to take Rin, and it was past eight and likely to be an all night thing.

Feeling a bit like dirt, Ryuuji rapped his knuckles against the door to Rin’s shared room.

Rin pulled himself up, setting Kuro on his warm pillow. Kuro watched with a dismayed chirp as Rin moved to the door and opened it with a curious sway of his tail. Kuro's eyes squinted in a glare at the sight of Ryuuji in full exorcist uniform.

Ryuuji reached for Rin’s hand, catching it and murmuring an apology as he leaned in to give Rin a kiss on the cheek.

“It’s Lightning,” he explained. “He just told me that the Nakamura case can’t wait. He wants us to go question Tanaka and investigate the Kesshou Mansion for any demons or signs of summoning. Tonight.”

Rin's only response was a long sigh and a mumbled, "fuck" before he was tugging Ryuuji inside to get dressed.

Kuro yowled, rolling to expose his belly and flicked his tails.

"Rin!"

"Not now, Kuro. We have to go." Rin said, hurrying to dress. Light was impatient and would come find him and his smell would sink into everything and make Rin crazy later.

Kuro hissed, staring at Ryuuji with his tails lashing. He sat up, licking a paw as he tried to think of a way to make Rin stay. But nothing ever worked.

Ryuuji would always come and drag Rin off and Kuro would be left alone for hours. Then when Rin returned, he would collapse in bed only to be gently woken up by Ryuuji. They would be off to school, and Kuro would be alone again. It was even worse when Rin left for dates or tutoring or whatever else was happening.

Rin was always gone and Ryuuji was always the one to take him.

Rin finished tugging on his belt, having to pause to untangle his exorcist pin and huffed as his tail went under the belt rather than the more comfortable over. Once that minor inconvenience was solved, he was catching Ryuuji's hand, gave him a kiss and was leading the way out of his room, only half listening to Ryuuji's apologies and tossed a, "bye Kuro!" over his shoulder.

That's pretty much what Kuro had been hearing constantly since Rin got his meisters (and a boyfriend)... "bye Kuro."

The cat sidhe stood with a sad chirp, tail low.

He would find a way to make Rin stay home with him. Maybe he should get Ryuuji a present? Humans did that when they were trying to ask nicely for something. Then Ryuuji would stop taking Rin. But just in case that didn't work. A more aggressive approach?

Kuro's tail lifted to a hook, and he slunk from the bed, rubbing his cheek and side against the doorframe as he sought out a way to keep Rin home.

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The sun was rising by the time they were home, and Ryuuji was more or less having to drag his poor boyfriend up the steps to the dorm. It had been a horrifically long mission and he felt like utter dirt for it all.

The mansion had also been haunted in the worst sort of ways, and Ryuuji really just wanted to crash for a few hours before they had to get up and go to their classes again.

Once they were inside he called out a greeting so Kuro would know they were back, locked the door, and guided Rin up the stairs towards Rin’s room. He opened that door as well, and got Rin to the middle of the room. He left the bedroom door cracked so Kuro could come and go as he willed, and set to getting their uniforms off.

Kuro was on the bed and staring at them both with solemn eyes, so Ryuuji mumbled a tired greeting while he set the clothes on the desk so they could be put back on in far too short a time.

He then pulled Rin to the bed and flopped down on it for a brief nap. Kuro hissed, but Ryuuji was far too gone to hear him at all as he wrapped Rin up in a hug. Rin’s arms went around his chest, Rin’s head tucked itself under his chin, Rin’s leg curled around his, and Rin’s tail looped itself around his hip. Firmly wound up in each other, Ryuuji joined Rin in sleep.

It felt like the alarm woke him up all of a minute later, and then he had to shake Rin awake. Kuro was watching him with wide eyes, and that would always be a little unnerving to wake up to, but it was just part of life with Rin.

He dumped Rin’s clothes in his lap and moved to pull his own on while Rin stared at his own clothes in sleepy confusion.

Kuro climbed on top of the clothes and head butted Rin’s stomach.

Finished with his own uniform, Ryuuji dragged himself to the doorway and his boots. He grabbed one and pulled it on his foot, and moved to tug the other one on as well, pausing when something slightly solid and slightly soft stopped him.

Pulling his foot free, Ryuuji peered down and promptly felt himself entirely awake as a shot of horrified adrenaline pumped through his body. He flung the boot away from him with a screech, not caring that it hit the wall and left a dirty scuff on the paint, and caring a lot that the mouse spilled out on the floor. He scrambled back from it, yelping out a string of curses he could hardly understand, and slipping on one of Rin’s discarded shirts. He fell down with a loud thud! and gulped in a panicked breath as he tried to scoot himself further back.

Why was there a dead mouse in his shoe?! Had it crawled in there to die?! Had it already been dead?! Had he killed it?!

Nirvana! Were there more?!

Terrified at that thought, Ryuuji sprang to his feet and up onto the bed behind Rin in one bound.

"What?!" Rin cried out, getting to his knees and dumping Kuro to the floor in his rush.

He scanned where the discarded boot had been thrown and found the source of the panic. A mouse. A dead mouse that Kuro was currently picking up and carrying towards them.

"Kuro! Drop it!" Rin wasn't that squeamish but Kuro seemed too pleased with what was obviously his catch. "Was… was that— did you put that in Ryuuji's boot?"

Ryuuji’s hands clutched at Rin’s shoulders, keeping him between Ryuuji and the approaching dead mouse. His boyfriend was not afraid of them (not that Ryuuji was) and Ryuuji didn’t feel bad sacrificing him as a shield against the disgusting thing.

(Put it in his boot? What in the everloving hell had he done to the cat sidhe to make Kuro hate him that much?)

Rin watched Kuro with horrified fascination as the cat dropped the dead mouse on his bed and batted at it with both paws.

"A present!" Kuro chirped.

"A present… why? You— no, no mice in shoes, Kuro. People don't like that."

Kuro's ears went back and he sighed like he was disappointed.

"Present for Ryuuji," Kuro tried.

"Apparently it's a present for you, babe." Rin said over his shoulder.

Ryuuji shifted around so Rin was still between him and the dead mouse.

“I—why? ‘Cause it’s dead? I—thank you,” he stuttered the words out, wanting nothing quite so much as to kick it far away but also not at all wanting to get his foot anywhere near that close to it. “But…you don’t have to do that.” Please, please don’t do that.

Kuro purred, satisfied and picked the mouse up. He ran off with a last purr to dispose of the mouse and Rin couldn't stop the laughter. Well… they weren't tired anymore.

"Do we really have to go to class?" Rin grumbled.

Kuro slid to a stop in the hall, listening to Ryuuji's answer.

Ryuuji gave a full body shudder as he (cautiously) stepped back onto the floor.

“Yes, Rin. We do.” Then in a softer tease, “Well I don’t. I have absences I could use. Someone else has already used all of theirs.”

Rin growled playfully and shoved Ryuuji.

In the hall, Kuro growled in a not playful way and dropped the mouse to instead move to sit disapprovingly in the doorway. That plan didn't work. He would have to try something else.

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“Take out or cooking?” Ryuuji asked as he unlocked the door. “I’m happy either way, I just wanna eat.” He was famished and he was blaming it on being awake through the entire night with nothing but a shared protein bar.

He pulled it open for Rin to enter and followed after him with a yawn.

"Take out." Rin didn't think he could cook. He was so tired that he could fall asleep standing up. Ukobach wouldn't be happy if Rin accidentally broke something in his kitchen.

Rin greeted the cat sidhe that was laying on the stairs with a wave, yawning and dreaming of collapsing into bed. He wasn't certain he would be awake enough to get his shoes off.

"Hi Rin!" Kuro called, walking next to their feet with a gentle bump of his body to their ankles.

Ryuuji helped hold Rin upright while his boyfriend clumsily toed his shoes off. He got his own boots off a moment later, calling a quiet ‘hi’ to Kuro as he placed an order for a delivery from the deli with both of their favorites and an extra side of tuna for Kuro.

He half led, half carried Rin up the stairs towards the awaiting bed, shivering a little in the cold dorm. (Thankfully half his clothes hung out at Rin’s place now so he wouldn’t be left cold.)

Setting Rin down on the bed and trying not to laugh at how Rin promptly flopped over onto his side, Ryuuji moved to find his sweater and get a start on his own homework so he could turn in early.

The sweater wasn’t on the dresser where he’d left it. Frowning at that, Ryuuji turned his gaze to the desk, but the sweater wasn’t there either. It wasn’t on Yukio’s side of the room, and Ryuuji was debating just stealing a blanket and warming up that way when he saw a sleeve poking out from under the bed.

Ha!

Ryuuji hurried over, pausing at the last second as he remembered the entirely unwelcome gift in his boot this morning. Swallowing down a rush of discomfort and anxiety, he tentatively grabbed the sleeve and pulled it out from under the bed.

It was just a sweater, no mice —

It had been a sweater. It was now a sleeve with a lot of shredded yarn attached. Either the mice here were truly monstrous, there was a demon hiding somewhere, or Kuro had just…shredded his sweater.

“Rin?” Ryuuji asked, rising back up and holding the ruined remains of his warmest sweater, “do you smell anything in here?” Did he need to do an exorcism?

Rin flapped a hand and mumbled, "no. Nothing but us."

He lifted his head to fix his tired, groggy eyes on Ryuuji and the sweater— well… what should be a sweater that he held.

"What the hell?" He asked with a frown, sitting up to get a closer look.

Ryuuji sat next to Rin, tugging up one of the blankets to wrap around his shoulders. “I don’t know. I left it on the dresser.” He glanced up at Rin. “Have you had clothes getting ripped?”

"No…" Rin picked up a frayed corner, noting the individual strands that had been chewed on.

Kuro was watching them once again, always a couple inches away from them. Rin's eyes narrowed at the slight red yarn caught between Kuro's toes.

"Kuro?" Rin was hesitant to ask. It didn't make sense. Kuro was always so well behaved. "Did you—?"

Kuro's ears fell to press flat against his head and his tails flicked but he did not answer. That should do it. Rin would stay with Kuro now. No more long hours alone.

Ryuuji looked down at his poor sweater, and back up at Kuro. “Why?” he couldn’t help but ask, entirely confused. “Is it ‘cause of the mouse?” He looked at Rin. “I didn’t mean to be rude, but—” he looked back at Kuro. “Just tell me next time? I’ll apologize.”

Kuro yowled and hopped up in Rin's lap, head butting Rin and batted a paw at Ryuuji.

"No! That's not it! You take Rin away. All the time."

Kuro's words made Rin frown as he translated them for Ryuuji, petting Kuro between his horns in a silent apology.

Ryuuji blinked a few times as he worked through all of that.

Why had he left Kuro here last night? Kuro could have easily come along. He could easily come along for most of their missions.

Did he drag Rin away a lot? He supposed it could look and feel like that. (But why did his sweater have to die? Now he was cold and he didn’t have another one over here.)

With a tired huff, Ryuuji set the sweater aside to dispose of properly later. “Kuro,” he said, trying to keep the frustration out of his voice, “tell me that. Don’t just destroy shit or leave dead things in my stuff. I didn’t know you were missing Rin. I… We’ll try and remember to bring you along on missions, but holler if we forget.”

Dates were another matter. It was always awkward to try and kiss Rin when Kuro was hanging out on his head, and he felt silently judged any time he tried to cuddle or romance his boyfriend. But…

“I’ll try and plan stuff around Yukio’s schedule some more so you’re not here all alone. Or figure out some stuff we can do with you. Some stuff.”

"And I can smuggle you into school if you behave yourself." Rin offered.

Kuro meowed, doing happy bounces on Rin's lap before hopping over to Ryuuji's and bonking his head against Ryuuji's chin. He balanced his paws on Ryuuji's chest and licked his cheek.

"We can try that!" Kuro purred.

He ate a dead mouse earlier, Ryuuji couldn’t help but think with a barely disguised shudder as Kuro licked him. He pet the cat sidhe anyway and promised himself a long and thorough shower until all remnants of mouse were entirely gone.

Ryuuji then wrapped his arm around Rin’s waist. He was still going to cuddle Rin even if it put his sweaters at risk. It’d take more than a mouse (ew) and ripped sweater to stop that.

Kuro planted himself on Rin before stretching out as fully as he could to lay on both of them.

He would just have to take what he could get. (And there were plenty of mice in the dorm to bribe them with.)

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