Hikaru Mitsuharu: *is in an abnormaly good mood and decides to give her one more chance at*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *answering his question of why she has been keeping tabs on him, and just who*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *she thinks she has found*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I'll ask you again, and only this one more time...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Why have you been keeping tabs on me, and just who do you think you have found?
Kaede Hitori: *grins slightly despite it being unseen*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *gives her a moment to answer as he does his best to keep his temper in check*
Kaede Hitori: Tis a shame I never saw this coming..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinks on her comment as he watches her closely*
Kaede Hitori: You coming upon the path I was already travelling..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks confused, though she cant see*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *remains silent, as he waits for her responce*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *waits for her responce*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *as he thinks about her last comment*
Kaede Hitori: *speaks a bit lowly*
Kaede Hitori: Well.. I suppose I might have to leave you wondering.. hoping maybe, Hikaru.. that your memory will return...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks perplexed hearing that*
Kaede Hitori: *steps back off the platform, obviously toying with him as she moves away from the light and into*
Kaede Hitori: *the darkness*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: WAIT
Hikaru Mitsuharu: how do you know my name?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves closer to her*
Kaede Hitori: I know a lot about you
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I suggest you tell me now, or we are going to have a problem
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves in closer to her, almost appearing to not move his feet as he does so*
Kaede Hitori: Always looking to solve your problems by killing them..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *Smirks*
Kaede Hitori: What makes you think I'm so incappable of defending against your efforts
Hikaru Mitsuharu: thats the easiet way to deal with them
Hikaru Mitsuharu: atleat I have found it to be
Hikaru Mitsuharu: never said you were
Kaede Hitori: To face me is to face a past you've long forgotten.. question is, are you ready for that..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: but if you dont tell me i guess we will find out just how capable you are
*She slips into hiding*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks for her, as he processes her statement, a bit confussed by it*
Kaede Hitori: Fighting you is not on my agenda of things to do
*Spoken as she walks behind him off towards her house*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: then perhaps you should stop speaking in riddles and tell me what i asked you
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I dont play games... not at all
Kaede Hitori: Oh I'm well aware.. but I enjoy them..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: if you have something to tell me, tell me. or stay away from me
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *turns and fades into the night, still taken aback at her comments*
*She goes into her house and waits to see if he followed*
*Since nothing was heard after a few moments, she leaves her house to go to his*
Kaede Hitori: *creeps up to the outside of the house and crouches down to listen*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *remains knelt down infront of the chest for a moment*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *trying to figure out how she knew his name*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *pulls out some clothes after a moment, deciding to go find out what she was*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *talking about*
Kaede Hitori: *listens to all the fussing and moving around of stuff inside and grins a bit*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *places his armor in his pack, making sure to leave his weapons in their place*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *closes the chest quietly, rising to stand slowly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *turns and starts for the door, but stops looking over at the icon of the Goddess*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *begins speaking silently, not quiet loud enough for her to hear though maybe a few small parts*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *from what little she can hear, it appears he is asking for her guidance in the matter*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *goes silent after a few moments, and remains that way for a time*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *walks quietly and without a sound to the door, opening it slowly and closing it*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *again as he slips out*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *stands there a moment, trying to clear his thoughts and steady his emotions*
Kaede Hitori: *slinks off back home*
*He arrives outside her place*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *walks up slowly, still trying to calm himself*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *as he is still most angered that the woman would not speak of how she knew of him*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *bangs the back of his hand against the door once.*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *stands off to the side*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks seeing no one there, yet steps inside*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: so, are we still going to play games?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *asks knowing she is here as he can sense her presence in the room*
Kaede Hitori: *grins over to him at her left and shrugs*
Kaede Hitori: Why not
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *lets out a breath as he breaths in another, calming himself*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: because I told you, I do not play games.
Kaede Hitori: *lowers down to sit in a 'lotus' poise, sai rested at her sides*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and right now you are playing a most risky one
Hikaru Mitsuharu: If you know my name, then im am also sure you know of my reputation
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and that i am not one to be triffled with
Kaede Hitori: You might be aware of mine as well
Hikaru Mitsuharu: would i now?
Kaede Hitori: *grins a bit as she pulls from her pack a few swan origami figures and sets them at her sides*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: well, if thats the case, why dont you enlighten me
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *watches her movements closely, as he reaches up to remove his Kasa*
Kaede Hitori: *opens a small light weight chest in her pack and a blood red rose is pulled forth to smell*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *holds it down to his side, letting it conceal the many daggers strapped to the*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *side of the Obi*
Kaede Hitori: *turns the origami figures to face towards the wall behind her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *watches her closely as she sets the swans figures off to the side, and removes*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *the rose*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *arches a brow as he notices it*
Kaede Hitori: Perhaps the name Shukiku rings a bell to anta..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks slightly after a moment, finally noticing one of his own kind*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods once*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I have heard it a few times
Kaede Hitori: So.. perhaps we are on a bit more even ground.. now that you know who I am, and I you
Kaede Hitori: *grins a bit still having not revealed who she really is*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *watches her movements as he studies her closely*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *doesnt reply, other then a nod*
Kaede Hitori: That, however is not why I've been watching you..
Kaede Hitori: Surely one who admires another would be because they are superior in skill.. such is not the case
Kaede Hitori: here.. for we are both the same.. in many respects..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *drops the Kasa to the floor as he crosses his arms and leans back against the wall*
Kaede Hitori: Though if I knew what you have become from what I saw.. I never would have believed it possible
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *listens quietly for a moment as he continues to study her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and just what might that be?
Kaede Hitori: *remains seated in what would be considered a meditative state as she speaks and listens*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *finally decides to play along a bit*
Kaede Hitori: The Black Koi ofcourse.. twenty years ago however.. such a thing would have been an obsurd thought
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *gives her a stern look, knowing she would have known his alias, but is still*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *trying to figure out how she knew his real name*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: twenty years you say ?
Kaede Hitori: Certainly.. you were not on this path twenty years ago as I was..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: many things have happened in the past twenty years, perhaps you would feel
Hikaru Mitsuharu: inclined to enlighten me?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: it is obvious that you seem to know me from the past.....
Kaede Hitori: Perhaps.. though it's much more entertaining watching you squirm with frustration
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinks on that a moment, not likeing the idea since he has made many enemies*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *but cant possibly think of one from that long ago*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: is it now?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *his expression changes in an instant from curiosity to anger as he leans to*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *pick up his Kasa from the floor*
Kaede Hitori: Of all places.. this would certainly be the last place I'd expect to find you..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: as I said, I dont have time for games
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *turns for the door and begins to walk out*
Kaede Hitori: You have plenty of time..
Kaede Hitori: The curiousity will kill you
Kaede Hitori: Who am I... really..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *ignors it and continues, making sure to let her be the one to end the game*
Kaede Hitori: *chuckles*
Kaede Hitori: And here I thought he was a ruthless killer..
Kaede Hitori: *shakes her head as she muses to herself audibly*
Kaede Hitori: *gets up to search around in her bag, back to the door as tiny blade hilts were placed into specially*
Kaede Hitori: *made slots in the heel of her boots*
Kaede Hitori: *sifts around for something to change into*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *listens quietly, without making a sound*
Kaede Hitori: *talks quietly to herself though not so much so that it is unheard*
Kaede Hitori: *rambles on various things that could or might be insulting to him if he were listening.. not*
Kaede Hitori: *immensely so, knowing well the borderline of 'do not cross this'*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *sneers as he catches small parts of her ramblings, only making him grow more*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *enraged*
Kaede Hitori: *peels off layers of clothing after finding something to wear to get dressed again in something less*
Kaede Hitori: *constrictive*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *his mind begins to form a sinister plan and he decides to set it in motion*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinking to himself, if i create a distraction, something that will get her out*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *here in a hurry........*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks as it comes to him, he reaches to his pack, pulling an explosive bottle*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *from inside..... he hides himself and tosses it over to the next house, waiting*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *to see what happens*
a [Masterpiece]: 3
a [Masterpiece]: 2
a [Masterpiece]: 1
Kaede Hitori: *turns quickly*
Kaede Hitori: *moves for the door to push it open hard with little effort to look out to where the noise was af*
Kaede Hitori: *after grabbing her sai*
Kaede Hitori: *looks around, not seeing anythong too out of place, considering returning inside*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves quickly from her side out of the shadows, tackling her hard to the ground*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *making sure to position himself ontop of her, he moves his right hand, and the*
Kaede Hitori: Oof!
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *tekagi it holds to her throat and looks down at her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: this is the last chance im going to give you to stop toying with me....
Kaede Hitori: *falls back with the impact though sai remain in hand, quickly moved to press their tips at his sides*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *speaks in a very low, and monotone voice*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *noticing the points of the Sai's touching his ribcage, he smirks and continues on*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: either you end this game you are playing, or it looks like we are both going to
Hikaru Mitsuharu: die this night
Kaede Hitori: *drops her head back, kasa spilling off to the side as she peers up at him*
Kaede Hitori: Well you certainly don't waste any time do ya..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves the still wet, poison soaked blades closer to her throat*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I told you i dont have time for games
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *knows her Sai's are still at their place on his sides but doesnt seem to care*
Kaede Hitori: Well it seems we are at a stand still then because even if I did tell you, you likely won't remembe
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *raises his voice slightly, his eyes forming an evil smirk as he continues on*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: try me
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and you better make it good
Kaede Hitori: Perhaps we can.. shift inside eh?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves his left hand and takagi closer, bringing it next to his right, as he*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shifts his weight slightly, now that he is no longer leaning his weight on his offhand too*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shakes his head, taking a more offencive possition, and not seeming to want to*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *do anything aside from hear what she has to say, or drive the takagi into her throat*
Kaede Hitori: Well.. we can either move inside, same positioning if you like.. or in the event of revealing to you
Kaede Hitori: who I am amongst this filth of a place, I do so to you as well..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *doesnt speak, just glares down at her, waiting with less and less patience*
Kaede Hitori: I guess we're both just going to have to die here then... though I could surely think of better ways..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *his eyes fill with rage, almost glowing red hearing what she said, he raises his*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *right hand up back over his head, and then rapidly brings it down, burrying it*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *deep into the ground, just missing her head by inches*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *stairs into her eyes from his now very close position from her face, almost*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *inches from it..... he slowly and with a growl speaks*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: get up
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves himself back and up off of her, as he digs the Tekagi from the ground*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: the only reason you still breath is becouse I am intrigued as to who you really are.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: dont push your luck.
Kaede Hitori: *grins, apparently enjoying his anger though does get up slowly once he does putting the sai into*
Kaede Hitori: *the loops at the sides of her leather pants and steps back to open the door and walk in*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *stands slowly, watching her the whole time*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *follows her inside, Tekagi still in hand*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves off to the side of the door, placing his back to the wall*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *motions impatiently with his hands for her to continue, to enraged to even speak*
Kaede Hitori: *reaches up to pull the mask away from her face*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *notices her movement and watches closely, then studying her face closely*
Kaede Hitori: Twenty years ago you left... gone without a trace
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *arches a brow as he listens and studies her closer, as he takes it all in*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *does his best to remember anything that comes to his mind from that long ago*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *at best he remembers that was about the time he left to begin his training*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *with his Sinjo*
Kaede Hitori: I met you while you were on the river with your father.. that place was my.. relief..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *his features seem to dullen slightly at the mention of his father, flooding his*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *mind with old memories*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looking down slightly he notices the Tekagi still in his hands, and decides to*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *places them back to his sides*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *though the gloves remain*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: my... father?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *says slowly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinks back to those years he spent on the river with his father, and trying his*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *best to place her face, now seeing it finally*
Kaede Hitori: The only friend I really had was gone..
Kaede Hitori: I continued to return to that place for some time but.. it held no further appeal
Kaede Hitori: *returns to her spot and lowers to resume the same position she had earlier*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *slowly starts to have flashes of memories come back to him, his mind has been*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *filled with many unpleasent thoughts in the past years, and had forgotten most*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *of his pleasent childhood memories*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *she can tell he is in thought, struggling to place her, or to come to terms with*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *what she is telling him*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *slowly he reaches his right hand up and removes the mempo from his face,*
Kaede Hitori: *remains silent now just letting him have his time to figure it out*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *taking his time about it, then once its off he looks over at her, seeming to still*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *try to place her*
Kaede Hitori: Kaede is my real name...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: wait...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: K... Ka.. Kaede?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *hearing it seems to have been the last piece he needed to remember her*
Kaede Hitori: I remember.. being fairly mad at you for disappearing.. but after twenty years that goes away
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *moves his right hand up. shaking his finger as he continues*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: yes,.... now i remember
Hikaru Mitsuharu: you were so young then....... as was i
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *almost grins thinking about it*
Kaede Hitori: Hai.. wasn't more than five years
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *though doesnt, instead he just looks her over, remaining silent for a moment*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: you... have grown, changed alot since then
Kaede Hitori: As have you..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *takes a step closer to her, still studying her closely*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: well...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *winces his face as he tries to think of a good way to appalogize for his actions*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *outside*
Kaede Hitori: *waves a hand slightly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: forgive me for not remembering you.....
Kaede Hitori: Don't worry about it.. was fairly thrilling for the few moments it lasted
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *turns from her as he says it, walking off a bit*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: alot has changed, and happened to me since those days
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks away from her, feeling sorry for threatening her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *though he wont speak his feelings*
Kaede Hitori: Hai, to be expected.. though what I didn't expect was to find you here
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Hai, as i said, alot has changed and happened to me since then
Kaede Hitori: Eleven years I've walked amongst these walls.. Never really staying in one place.. or even in this
Kaede Hitori: area.. until I found you anyway..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *turns slightly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: eleven years?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: you have been here?
Kaede Hitori: *nods slowly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *seems confused, never thinking her family anything more then fisherman*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: but, why?
Kaede Hitori: Hai, the parents put on a good show didn't they
Kaede Hitori: My parents are no different than we are now..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods after a moment, beginning to understand*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i see.
Kaede Hitori: However having ones first kill be two off duty imperial guards doesn't go over well..
Kaede Hitori: *shrugs slightly as if she doesn't care*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks hearing that, knowing he has taken his share of them*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and your family?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: are they here aswell?
Kaede Hitori: They're still in Bishani
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *arches a brow wondering how that could be so*
Kaede Hitori: My parents casted me out... no one but them and my sister knows what I did
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods hearing, now understanding*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: sorry to hear
Kaede Hitori: *shrugs*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *says quietly, thinking of his own mother now*
Kaede Hitori: Doesn't matter
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Hai, after eleven years, i suppose it does not
Kaede Hitori: Things weren't going so well at home anyway.. it was time to go
Kaede Hitori: They just made it easier to leave
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *remembering now seeing her family when he returned to the village after*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *his fathers death*
Kaede Hitori: So how did you end up here..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods in agreement to her words*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: that is a very long story
Kaede Hitori: I suspect now that you've found some time to stay awhile..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks slightly as he says it, still thinking back now to their childhood*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: hmm
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks up at her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: oh, Hai... I am not going anywhere..... Little Bishani is my home now
Kaede Hitori: Well that is good to hear I suppose.. atleast until you wander off to the Dyrling camp..
Kaede Hitori: *smirks slightly and leans back against the wall*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks at her hearing that*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i see you werent lying when you said you had been watching me
Hikaru Mitsuharu: that is not my home.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *says flatly*
Kaede Hitori: No since your home is over there
Kaede Hitori: *gestures to the east*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: as to you wondering what ever happened to me all those years ago.......
Kaede Hitori: But you do frequent that place
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods to her hand gesture*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: something happened to make my father send me away.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: long story short, i did something to merit his disapproval, and he sent me off to
Hikaru Mitsuharu: a master Sinjo.... though he misjudged his craft.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: my Father thought he was a Knight, thinking i needed the disapline he sent me
Hikaru Mitsuharu: to him..... a Knight he was not, as by now im sure you have gathered
Kaede Hitori: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and there I remained, for eighteen years... until the news of my Fathers death
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks off to her side the whole time he is telling her his story, not once making*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *eye contact*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Incase you ever wondered.....
Kaede Hitori: *isn't entirely watching him, more focused on the floor as she listens, occasionaly glancing up*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks over at her now, and into her eyes, if she looked up at the same time*
Kaede Hitori: *nods slightly as she met his gaze*
Kaede Hitori: I've wondered for twenty years..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I thought about you too, I always wondered what happened to you
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and when I returned you were no where to be found.
Kaede Hitori: Hai.. I was long gone by then..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods once*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: when i returned things had changed alot in the village.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: my mother always seemed too busy, trying to keep her mind from my fathers
Hikaru Mitsuharu: death to even notice i had returned.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and Tetsu seemed very distant... almost mad at me for being gone so long
Kaede Hitori: But he's here now as well
Hikaru Mitsuharu: as for why we are here.....
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods thinking the best way to tell her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: you see, i became very very busy upon making my way home.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and the things i had done up to that point began to weigh on me heavily.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: so i decided it best to tell my Mother and Tetsu of what i was doing for the
Hikaru Mitsuharu: past eighteen years, and in the nearly two since i returned.
Kaede Hitori: *shakes her head a bit*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: needless to say, it didnt go over well.our Mother told me to leave and never
Hikaru Mitsuharu: return, to which i did.
Kaede Hitori: Sounds familiar
Hikaru Mitsuharu: though, what i didnt know is someone had been listening in and ran to the guard
Hikaru Mitsuharu: , telling them what they had overheard....
Hikaru Mitsuharu: they returned, not knowing i had already gone, and torched our home......
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *pauses a moment*
Kaede Hitori: *frowns slightly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: our Mother was still inside....
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and me being gone, knew nothing of this until Tetsu had gotten word to me from Bishani
Hikaru Mitsuharu: needless to say, he made sure all involved suffered, but in doing so was nearly
Hikaru Mitsuharu: caught and that is how we came to be marked......
Hikaru Mitsuharu: all my fault you could say
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods once looking away as he finishes the story*
Kaede Hitori: Or the fault of whoever it was that was spying
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs a bit, still blaming himself for their mothers death*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinking if he didnt feel the need to unburden his soul to them it never*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *would have happened*
Kaede Hitori: Which is more the likely.. since if they hadn't been where they shouldn't have been.. well..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: perhaps...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Tetsu came shortly after, his bride Sahn as well.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: they just managed to escape from the Imperial Guard and found their way here
Kaede Hitori: Is he still bitter?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: as am i
Kaede Hitori: I mean towards you
Hikaru Mitsuharu: oh..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs not really sure*
Kaede Hitori: Coming to terms with how you've chosen to live
Hikaru Mitsuharu: he doesnt speak of it.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: we both now have new lives, he knows that this place is now our home..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and i suppose he knows that what i do, is nessecary
Kaede Hitori: Is it?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods quickly, giving her a look*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: dont you find it to be?
Kaede Hitori: Hai, but by what I heard earlier.. I do it for different reasons..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: earlier?
Kaede Hitori: *nods*
Kaede Hitori: When you left here.. and went home
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *grins slightly, nodding once*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: things change
Hikaru Mitsuharu: there was a time, when i first returned that my reasons were the same as yours
Hikaru Mitsuharu: but as i said, alot has changed since then
Kaede Hitori: I do it because it is what I'm good at.. I was trained in this life since I was old enough to walk...
Kaede Hitori: The only way to survive here is by reputation and instilling fear..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Kaede Hitori: And accepting the gold on someone elses head..
Kaede Hitori: *shrugs slightly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: then perhaps our reasons arent as different as you think
Kaede Hitori: Perhaps.. though I don't talk to the mother anymore
Hikaru Mitsuharu: ahh
Hikaru Mitsuharu: well.... there was a time that i didnt either...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: but on coming here, and making it my home, he voice returned to me.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i had lost it for some time back in Bishani
Hikaru Mitsuharu: but the things she wishes from me now are quite different then they were then
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *becomes silent now, thinking he has said too much, and also tiring of talking*
Kaede Hitori: How convenient
Kaede Hitori: I'll say I've not lost sight of her.. but she is not a prominent figure in my life.. hasn't been since
Kaede Hitori: I've been here
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *sits down on the floor, his legs going under him as he lowers himself.*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods listening to her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *motions for her to continue*
Kaede Hitori: *doesn't seem to have anything else to say*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: tell me more.... what have you been doing these past eleven years Kaede?
Kaede Hitori: *reaches down to one of the swans left behind and toys with it in her fingers*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *watches her, as he places his hands on his thighs resting slightly*
Kaede Hitori: Establishing my foothold around Lethe
Kaede Hitori: Mind you none have set their eyes upon me in this way since I left Bishani
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks slightly*
Kaede Hitori: Tis a rarity anyone sees me at all..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *lowes his head slightly to her, out of respect for her letting him view her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: same for me...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: even my main employer has never seen my face
Kaede Hitori: You... work for someone?
Kaede Hitori: *lofts a brow, quite confused by that*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shakes his head slightly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: allow me to rephrase...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i dont work for him directly, i handle things for him, and to which he pays me
Kaede Hitori: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinks a moment deciding it not a good time to tell her of his affiliation*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *with the man*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i guess my reputation slightly proceded my arrival here.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: as i have been gainfully kept busy since my coming here
Kaede Hitori: *nods slowly*
Kaede Hitori: So it seems..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and as for this places limitless supply of assholes, i stay quite busy
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks slightly as he says it*
Kaede Hitori: Hai, don't we all
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *glances over at her, thinking about what she said earlier about him going*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *to the Dyrling section*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: so tell me Kaeda, just how long have you been watching me?
Kaede Hitori: I always make note to keep an eye on the 'competition' so to speak incase I should be victim to
Kaede Hitori: their ways..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: then it is a good thing that you decided to tell me your true identity when you did
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *winks slightly over at her*
Kaede Hitori: *grins faintly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i would hate to think i killed an old friend becouse of a mistake
Kaede Hitori: I suppose.. I wasn't entirely sure at first but when I saw Tetsu...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *says it flatly, but with honesty in his tone*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods knowing she would have recognized him since he never left the village*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *untill she was likely gone already*
Kaede Hitori: He is what gave you away.. can't say I'm disappointed though..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *almost grins hearing that, though doesnt*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i just hope that the man i am now manages to live up to your expectations of the
Hikaru Mitsuharu: boy i was when you knew me
Kaede Hitori: Well not having to hide what I am was a certain plus to such an 'expectation' if it could be said
Kaede Hitori: there was one
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i dont have the same emotions, and ideals i held then
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i am actually quite the opposite actually, though i never knew what you and your
Kaede Hitori: I doubt I do either.. twenty years is a long time
Hikaru Mitsuharu: family really were, i suppose you know what I am saying
Hikaru Mitsuharu: someone in our profession finds it hard to...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *thinks for the right term*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: have use for emotions
Kaede Hitori: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: so if i seem distant, forgive me.
Kaede Hitori: You seem to find that anger one fairly quick tho
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i just find it hard to actually talk to anyone for any length of time....
Hikaru Mitsuharu: especially when it comes to what we do
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Hai, it is used the most. so it is the easiest for me to make use of
Kaede Hitori: What is it that angers you so much that makes it easy..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shifts slightly, though remains there on the floor*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: everything.... anything.
Kaede Hitori: That is certainly a lot then.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *though he is not a man of many words, he is finding it easy to speak to her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *as though they were friends all through the years*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: you see....
Hikaru Mitsuharu: it is difficult for me to show compassion to others, when so little of it has ever
Hikaru Mitsuharu: been shown to me.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: it is something I lack, for never really having experienced it myself.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I find it very easy to do what I do, and without thought or hessitation.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: without remorse, or even so much of a whisper from the Goddess.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: it has become too easy for me.
Kaede Hitori: I once knew what compassion was..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: So i guess that is why i find it easy to anger.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: did you?
Kaede Hitori: I also knew what other emotions were as well..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i suppose as a small boy... but that was so long ago
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *doesnt really believe that knowing his parents did show love and compassion for*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *him, but is just that far gone that he just uses it as an easy explanation*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: so tell me, why have you lost your use for it?
Kaede Hitori: That's just it
Kaede Hitori: I've had no need
Hikaru Mitsuharu: it just gets in the way correct?
Kaede Hitori: I'm sure it would.. but even since the first time I shed the blood of another..
Kaede Hitori: I didn't even care then..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods understanding completly what she means*
Kaede Hitori: No regret.. no remorse..
Kaede Hitori: *grins a bit at the thought*
Kaede Hitori: I even stayed a bit to decorate the fallen bodies... what had occured to me then of what to do
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *feels slightly more at ease hearing her explanation, and decides he doesnt have*
Kaede Hitori: has stuck with me to this day.. and part of the intruige of my repor
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *to hide how much of a heartless murderer he has become.*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i just find it easy to do, like putting on pants for another.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: always have
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and perhaps that is why it just comes so easy.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smirks thinking about the time at the bar in the Dyrling section*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: there was this one...
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i didnt even need to kill him, but by the time i decided not to, my hand had
Hikaru Mitsuharu: already reacted and he died before i could even think twice about what happened.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: it has become almost a reflex. do you know what i mean?
Kaede Hitori: Indeed
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *looks over at her sincerely as he asks, genuinly curious*
Kaede Hitori: It has been awhile since I've had to kill someone that wasn't paid for.. but.. it has happened
Kaede Hitori: I don't go to places where other people are
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods slightly fining it more and more easy to relax around her*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i almost hate to say it.... but i have killed some just to watch their expressions change
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs as he says it flatly*
Kaede Hitori: I can't say I wouldn't... though I've been a recluse so long.. I don't think I'd handle too well in a
Hikaru Mitsuharu: one man, while i was still in Bishani, just becouse he looked at me when I
Hikaru Mitsuharu: wakled into the bank.
Kaede Hitori: group of people.. You're the first I've sat and talked to for a long time
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *grins slightly hearing that*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: well outside my brother, who really i dont talk to like this, you are the only one
Kaede Hitori: And you see how long it's taken me just to manage that
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I can talk to about this.,. atleast now.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Kaede Hitori: *nods faintly*
Kaede Hitori: Well then I suppose we now have a mutual outlet again.. much as it was for me when I was little
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods once*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Hai, I would enjoy that aswell.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: have you ever had a student?
Kaede Hitori: *shakes her head*
Kaede Hitori: That means I'd have to talk to someone
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *was thinkign about asking and decides it might be better incase Songlian*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *ever shows up here again*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods with a laugh*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: Hai.... though not much
Hikaru Mitsuharu: there was one....
Kaede Hitori: Even those that hire my service don't talk to me
Kaede Hitori: *smirks*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: who was taught with me by our Sinjo... she was younger and when my father
Hikaru Mitsuharu: died and I left, our Sinjo was near his end as well, he sent her out to find me to
Hikaru Mitsuharu: finish her teachings
Kaede Hitori: I've not seen any other around you or your home.. what happened to her
Hikaru Mitsuharu: she has come here once.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: she managed to track me down..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: far as i know she still lives in Bishani
Kaede Hitori: *nods slowly*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: she couldnt understand why i would willingly leave Bishani and we had what one
Hikaru Mitsuharu: might call a fight before my leaving.
Kaede Hitori: 'might call' ?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and she managed to track me down to here after several months.
Kaede Hitori: I was not aware there was anything beyond 'it is' or 'is not' when it comes to such
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: our relationship was always...... strained, i guess is the easiest way to put it.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: at the time, i think their was some attraction between the two of us.
Kaede Hitori: *looks at him curiously though doesn't ask for him to continue*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: most likly becouse of being raised and taught together.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *desides to just get it out of the way, couse he is sure it would come up later*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: when she came to me the first time, telling me of our Sinjo's death and that
Hikaru Mitsuharu: he wished me to complete her training I agreed. Though as I said, being raised
Hikaru Mitsuharu: together made my job of completing her training difficult, to say the least.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: so once her training was done, and i knew my time in Bishani was coming to an
Kaede Hitori: *just listens, not having any idea since she's never had that problem*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: end.. I told her I would be leaving and from there is when the problem started.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: the last time i saw her was several months ago when she managed to find her
Hikaru Mitsuharu: way here. and tried to get me to return to Bishani, not knowing in her ignorance
Hikaru Mitsuharu: that my family had been blackmarked.
Kaede Hitori: So she returned then without you?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I told her, if she ever had something pertaining to our craft to ask me she knew
Hikaru Mitsuharu: where to find me. but other then that Little Bishani was my home now, and
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I would not be returning to Bishani with her
Hikaru Mitsuharu: or at anytime.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods as she asks,though continued on*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I still suspect she doesnt have the heart for our craft.
Kaede Hitori: Why didn't she just stay?
Hikaru Mitsuharu: she even told me she has yet to make her first kill.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: becouse I didnt wish her to.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: her training is done, it is up to her to continue in the art or not.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: she is Ji'Coi afterall, and her head dwells in the clouds
Kaede Hitori: *nods a but now suddenly realizing the conflict*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: but being taught together, and pretty much raised together, i suppose she
Hikaru Mitsuharu: recieved what little of the compassion i posses.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: I do not think she will return.
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: she will most likly go back to her family and her art, and leave her past behind her
Kaede Hitori: *isn't quite sure what to say to that though nods slightly when he finishes*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs, putting both hands up with the shrug*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: thought i should tell you now, incase you ever saw some strange Ji'Coi snooping
Hikaru Mitsuharu: around my place
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *Smirks*
Kaede Hitori: Hai, would hate to have to think they had ill intent
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and it was part of my recent past aswell. so i figured since we were sharing.....
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *grins a bit*
Kaede Hitori: *smiles*
Kaede Hitori: Well I'd share more if I had anything really worth interest to speak of
Hikaru Mitsuharu: im sure there is something interesting in there
Hikaru Mitsuharu: and not having seen you since we were children, you telling me what you had for
Kaede Hitori: The various interesting ways to kill a man... or woman.. and how messy it can really get..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: dinner last night would be interesting
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *shrugs*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: i know all that already
Kaede Hitori: Exactly
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *winks*
Kaede Hitori: Hence the not interesting
Hikaru Mitsuharu: come now Kaede, I am sure that you have some stories to tell, living here the
Hikaru Mitsuharu: past eleven years
Kaede Hitori: *smirks*
Kaede Hitori: Not really.. it's always been the same.. killing to earn a good coin or few just to eat..
Kaede Hitori: Granted.. it's gotten easier as time went on
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Kaede Hitori: As the costs went up
Hikaru Mitsuharu: well, if you ever need a little extra.... I'm not exactly in a bad way at the moment
Kaede Hitori: It is not entirely a thrilling existance.
Kaede Hitori: I earn what I need and then some now.. if not more..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: would be an honor to help out my old friend
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *nods*
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *glances around the small shanty*
Kaede Hitori: Well I do appreciate the offer.. though it was about 8 or more years ago that I would have taken
Kaede Hitori: you up on it..
Hikaru Mitsuharu: *smiles slightly*
[Due to time constraints, rp ends here]