Tourney Arc

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki was getting alarmed.

He wasn't responding. Something was SERIOUSLY wrong. She grabbed him by the arm and shook him, ignoring the pain from her leg.

Getting no response, she looked at his ki, her worry and concern radiating from her as she wondered how to reach him...

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki looked up worriedly, and slowly began putting clues together. Lack of emotional response...flat stare...She knew the cause.

"Soul of Ice." she whispered.

I know what needs to be done, she thought to herself. Stimulate an emotional reaction to break it's hold...What to do..?

And that was when she got an idea.

And Idea that was sure to have some effect, but made her blush, just thinking about it...

She looked over at Leets, still sound asleep, and climbed up into Olguin's lap, crying out in pain at the motions required of her leg. She stood carefully on his legs, and brought her face level with his and kissed him gently, but firmly on the lips.

[Anonymous]

With a roar of fury, all the emotions that had been suppressed by the Soul of Ice violently broke free from their confines.

Only to find themselves halted to a shocked halt...

Brown pupils widened to the point that the white of the eyes were taking up a dangerously large potion of the eyes.

Olguin reeled in shock...which wasn't that smart of a move in retrospect.

Arms flailing all about for all their worth as they tried desperately to regain their owner's lost balance.

He grunted as he feel, mouth opening to draw in precious precious air.

Yet again...this was not a good thing to do when in a situation like this.

Not by a loooooong shot.

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki blinked in surprise as Olguin began to move, and began to pull away, blushing.

She got no more than a tiny bit away, when Olguin overbalanced. They went both went crashing to the floor on Olguin's back.

Miyuki gave a little moan of pain, as the landing jarred her leg slightly.

As she collected her wits...she realized something important. She'd landed on Olguin's chest...and the jolt had pressed their lips together again, and this time...his mouth was open...

[Anonymous]

If one were to look into Olguin's mind at the moment, they'd see one few important phrase running through it. One that summarized what all the jumble of thoughts and emotions had agreed on.

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With that clearly in mind, his stressed mind began to hurriedly run through every single possible plan to get him out of this very BAD situation.

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Not that he wouldn't mind it...IF SHE WERE AT HER PROPER AGE. Shoving that distracting thought away, he went back to working on the solution...

And came up with...NOTHING.

Perhaps he should pray? Yes...prayer is good.

So..he prayed.

[Bean Bandit]

After a long moment of wide eyed surprise...Miyuki pulled herself away. Unfortunately, she did so a bit too quickly, and landed hard on her backside, crying out in pain as a jolt of pain stabbed into her leg.

She was relieved that Olguin had seemed to snap out of it...but the look of shocked dismay on his face made her feel horrible.

"G-Gomen Nasai." she stuttered, pulling herself further away.

[Anonymous]

Olguin trembled as he rapidly pulled away from Miyuki, eyes shining with nervousness and fear.

"A..are you okay?" He weakly asked, but didn't make any moves to help her up either.

Because right next to her body lay his family's katana. The one he had stained....corrupted....made unclean.

He felt his body shudder in revulsion at that.

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki, for some reason, felt her eyes fill with tears. This was not how she wanted it to go...Silently, she cursed the box of cards in her head. It had stolen from her the one thing she was coming to realize that she wanted...

Silently, she shook her head, clutching at her injured leg. It was beginning to throb dully, now, and she bit her lip in an effort not to cry out...

[Anonymous]

Olguin's expression was one of agony as he tore his gaze away from the sword, only to look at Miyuki's stricken face.

Were those tears in her eyes?

He bit back his own sobs when he saw her clutching at her leg. He was the reason why she had gotten hurt, he hadn't been good enough.

Never good enough...

Squeezing his eyes shut to fight back the headache and the Malice, he began to breath in deeply.

Too much...too soon...

But help didn't come this time, the Soul of Ice wasn't up to the task. He needed something...ANYTHING to distract him, to give him something for his mind to latch onto.

Help her...would you intentionally cause her to suffer? A warm, comforting voice murmured in his mind.

Mother?

Go...

Slowly forcing himself up, he softly padded over to Miyuki. Kneeling down in front of her, he lay a tender hand on her injured leg.

And released the tattered remains of his Light.

Softly glowing with pure chi, his hand gently began to infuse the damaged tissue, working itself into her aura and soothing the pain considerably.

"I'll lend you my Light, Miyuki. It'll keep you safe until help arrives." With that, he weakly got to his feet and began shuffling towards the phone.

Picking it up, he dialed information.

"Yes, I need the number of a good doctor." He slurred, feeling his head swim slightly from giving so much chi.

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki breathed in deeply as Olguin touched her abused leg...and strangely, was wrapped in a warm sensation much like before, but much stonger as the pain began to abate.

It was like she was being hugged...

"Thank you..." she whispered.

[Dracos]

OOC: Doing  the timewarp again...Doing the timekick again....Kicking Chibiusa through time!

IC:

"Well, that was close little girl.  You were very lucky you survived that." The doctor finished sealing the pink cast on her leg.   "The cast will help your leg to heal but you'll have to  be very careful not to put too much stress on it.  Use the crutches I left."

Turning to Olguin he waved away the bill, "In the aftermath of such a tragedy?  I'd never forgive myself if  I charged to help the few survivors."

Walking out the door the doctor was gone as swiftly as he had arrived.

Fearless Leader

[Anonymous]

"Thank you." Olguin's faint words echoed in the suddenly stillness of the room as he softly shut the door. Turning towards Miyuki, he faintly smiled at the pink cast.

He somehow got the feeling that his friend was terribly embarrassed by now. Easily picking her up in his arms, he smiled at her tiredly.

"You need your rest, Miyuki. Time for you to go to bed." Walking over to the free bed, he tucked her in.

"Goodnight." He whispered, running his hand through her hair affectionately. He reached over and turned out the light.

His night was to be filled with dark whispers, quietly tempting him with their forbidden fruit as they worked off his own fears and insecurities.

But there was a Light at the end of the tunnel, one that held a powerful hope for the future.

And love.

[Dracos]

Standing near the edge of London, once a great city, stood a blue robed sage in a thatched hat.

"Such....waste.  The threads lead... east."  Turning he phased into the darkness.

Fearless leader

[Dracos]

And the sun slowly rose, strangely peaceful on the brand new day.  Our heroes still alive despite their travails.  Mere days remained before the Battle of the  Bands back in Japan.

The curtains were closed on the small hotel Olguin had managed to secure a room at, protecting them from sun's first rays of light.

Fearless Leader

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki stretched and yawned as the first rays of the morning sun teased her eyelids.

She looked down at herself, feeling a momentary pang of depressed frustration as she looked at the tiny body, and the cast wrapped around her leg. Her gaze slid over to the other side of the room. Olguin was dozing in a chair, and a small smile formed.

It's hard...but I'm not alone anymore. I CAN keep going.