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herobox2013-03-15 09:03 pm
masokaiser) wrote in herobox2013-03-15 09:03 pm
[UAU: fast-forward]
[Today has been...interesting, for the both of them.
Well, maybe less interesting on Juudai's end. He's probably used to ignoring Saruyama's scripts and hiding the new deck by now, which is really something that Kaiser should talk to him about. There's going to be serious danger to both of them if this continues.
Right now, though, he's busy picking mangoes out of a pile and trying to ignore his crippling shame.
(He really hadn't expected that to happen in the ring. He'd barely even noticed it, in the state he was in, blended in with the usual sick excitement of the duel. But he had taken a shock and for the first time he was truly prepared for it, ready for it, and...)
He shakes off the thought and turns back to the cart with his bag of fruit.
...There are considerably more cookies in the basket than the last time he checked.]
...Juudai.
Well, maybe less interesting on Juudai's end. He's probably used to ignoring Saruyama's scripts and hiding the new deck by now, which is really something that Kaiser should talk to him about. There's going to be serious danger to both of them if this continues.
Right now, though, he's busy picking mangoes out of a pile and trying to ignore his crippling shame.
(He really hadn't expected that to happen in the ring. He'd barely even noticed it, in the state he was in, blended in with the usual sick excitement of the duel. But he had taken a shock and for the first time he was truly prepared for it, ready for it, and...)
He shakes off the thought and turns back to the cart with his bag of fruit.
...There are considerably more cookies in the basket than the last time he checked.]
...Juudai.
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Juudai turns and matches stride with Kaiser, and keeps his voice low: ]
Some guys from the ring? Cops? Saruyama's goons?
[ Guys from the ring could spell trouble if they want to work out a grudge. (Possibly violently.) Cops could be bad because sometimes names get leaked to the police, and usually the underground's network of thugs step in to neutralize any potential informants if they get arrested or "rescued." Saruyama's goons would probably just want to make sure they're not trying to escape, but any extra personal information those guys pick up is information Saruyama can somehow twist to his advantage. ]
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Not cops. Not sure otherwise.
[His whole body is tense. He's never been followed on a routine trip like this before, not that he can remember (or that he noticed).]
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There's a tall man in the next aisle over who is only buying a few things, but he's dressed like a salaryman and seems to be in a hurry. Juudai finds himself scanning necks for node-scars from the collars, for tattoos, for anything suspicious.
He's not good at this; he can't pick out any one person. ]
I got nothing. [ he whispers this as they walk towards the door. ]
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Maybe I was wrong.
[But no, he doesn't think so. He can still feel eyes on him.
He walks quickly, and as they come through the door he begins to hear footsteps matching theirs.]
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He is amateurishly obvious about the fact that he knows someone is following them, and that he is nervous. ]
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(Trying to catch up, which would be idiotic if it's someone following them for information.)
(If he's closing in, that means they're in danger.)
The footsteps come closer, closer, and he tenses as they draw in almost directly behind them
(it has to be an attack, couldn't just be a casual approach)
before he whirls around, dropping the bag, and aims his fist at their pursuer's jaw.]
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(He wasn't an opponent. He was a mole.)
(Kaiser just attacked one of Saruyama's moles.)
He freezes.]
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Oh shit.
[ The words are out of his mouth before he even registers saying them. ]
Oh shit.
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Kaiser is too paralyzed to try to stop him.
He nods, mutely, in response to Juudai's words. "Oh shit" sounds about right, yes.]
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What are we going to do?
[ The way Juudai says it, it's like a rhetorical question. What can they do? ]
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I don't...
I don't know.
[He's doing an excellent job of composing himself on the outside, at least, but his heart is pounding and his mind is racing with the most important question.]
Which of us...
[Which of them will take the punishment, for this?]
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Kaiser struck, so it will probably be Juudai. This is good. Juudai can handle this. He feels strangely better now that all the tension has ruptured.
It's over. He can handle Saruyama. ]
Come on. [ He squeezes Kaiser's hand again, then goes to a knee to pick up the dropped groceries. ] Let's get home with this stuff. I'm hungry.
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The hand in his makes the pounding of his heart slow, lets him breathe.
And...they can survive this, can't they?
After everything in the ring...they can survive it.
(even if he still feels sick deep down he can take the time they have remaining before Saruyama finds out)
He reaches down to gather everything back into the bag, and spots something spilled out onto the ground.
He holds the box of Pocky up, waves it slowly.]
You continue to be a master of stealth.
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Aw, come on, I'll let you have some...
[ They finish getting the other grocery bag put back together, and Juudai takes the Pocky box, opens it, and sticks one in his mouth as they walk back to the apartment. Yeah, punching Saruyama's guy was bad, but what could he have been tailing them for anyway? Protection? Probably just trying to see that they weren't going to make a break for it. It can't be that bad. Kaiser could defend himself by explaining they thought it was a thug or a robbery. (They'll be okay.) (He hopes.) ]