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Post by luyu on May 7, 2008 17:24:11 GMT -8
Luyu's bare feet padded on the wood floors. The suite was a good size, she had been able to choose it herself. She walked towards her cello, perched near the window against the wall. Pulling the stool over, she sat down and began to run through scales, changing key once each was complete.
Tossing her dark hair over her shoulder, Luyu began to hum. She kept her lips tight, a habit she had developed since discovering her Qi. She wanted others to know that the sound was her talent and nothing else. It was now completely a subconcious act.
The wind from the open window brought in a soft breeze that rippled her loose pants around her legs as she hummed. The white tank top was stretched across her muscular back and the black strap of her bra was quite visible.
The woman was over 30, yet looked 20.
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Post by Justice on May 9, 2008 5:12:37 GMT -8
Kane sat on the bench in front of his white grand piano with his eyes closed as he normally did when playing it. His fingers wandered the keys as he searched for the starting point of the song he had played so many times before. He started right into the song playing the opening musical piece for seven seconds then he started to sing the words.
“Ue wo muite arukou
Namida ga koborenai youni
Omoidasu haru no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Ue wo muite arukou
Nijinda hoshi wo kazoete
Omoidasu natsu no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni
Ue wo muite arukou
Namida ga koborenai youni
Naki nagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni
Ue wo muite arukou
Namida ga koborenai youni
Naki nagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Hitoribocchi no yoru”
He would whistle at all the points in the song where sukiyaki used to and he would cut out to whistling and playing the piano at the end of the song, just like sukiyaki. Towards the end of the song he found himself crying a bit but he sang it again and again in memory of a loved one lost.
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Post by luyu on May 9, 2008 17:30:23 GMT -8
Luyu's bow stopped. Her eyes opened as she listened to the faint sound. Standing, she rested the cello on the stand and walked towards the vent. A soft sound was coming through and she heard a piano and a man's voice. She listened intently and sooned recognized the language to be japanese, which she was still in the process of learning. All of her classes were to be taught in english, so that she would not have to struggle with a language barrier.
Walking back to her cello, she took it gently over to the vent and sat down on the stool she had kicked over. Listening for a moment longer, she played a tune harmonizing the sound of the man's voice and piano. Hoping that it would go through to whomever was playing and singing, she played a bit above a forte but not quite a fortisimo. The diamond bracelet fell towards her elbow since it was on the raised arm. The song evoked memories of the boy that had left her back in High School, the one who had dissapeared from the hospital and had never returned for her. He had promised to take her to Japan, and it was when he had abandoned her that she decided she would one day make it on her own.
The breeze blew through the open window and pushed again at her dark hair.
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Post by Justice on May 9, 2008 18:52:56 GMT -8
Slowly Kane’s hands moved over the keys as his voice carried on, he could hear another person playing an instrument, obviously a stringed one, but he wasn’t quite sure on which kind. His eyes stayed closed and he spoke the words loudly as he went but something caused a spark of thought within his mind… suddenly Akuma was screaming at him to relinquish command, and an argument ensued. “Kane, get in here now!”
“No”
“It’s important Kane, now get in here before I pull you in here”
“Nothing is so important for you to get that much power”
Myou stepped in “Yes, but I can rip you from command if I deem it important and I say it is”
Kane paused for a moment then let another personality take over with the song, making a perfect transition. He stepped into the dark cell that belonged to Akuma to find Myou and his darker half standing there. Akuma was out of his chains and had a smug look on his face. They took an evaluating look at one another before Kane spoke first, “ok guys, what’s so important?” he asked in a demanding tone.
Myou’s eyes seemed to glisten with thought as he looked around and spoke in a hushed tone “We found a fragment…”
“A fragment? What do you mean?”
“well… it’s a fragment of memory, something you’ve forgotten, tell me what is the earliest thing you remember doing?”
“what does this have to do with anything?”
“just answer the question”
“Well… I was walking out of public high school 259 with Hawthorne’s arm around my shoulder, headed for the heli-jet as he said that we had to go directly to Japan…”
“see a problem here?”
“no”
“you have a photographic memory and yet all you can give me is a general idea of what was happening”
“oh no….”
“yeah, and it gets worse, I think it was caused by a Qi power.” Akuma said
“how could that be, no recorded Qi power is able to alter or remove memories.”
“No Qi power was ever recorded to do so… but if memories can be altered how can you know exactly?”
“I cant…”
“it was Hawthorne who did it to you, it has to be, he is the last one to have physical contact with you before the memory loss”
“he wouldn’t though… he couldn’t possibly do such a thing to me without my consent, he was my body guard”
“Yeah and what if he thought it was to protect you?”
“oh dear god…” Kane managed in barely a whisper as Myou slipped a shard of seemingly mirror into his hands. The next thing Kane knew he was on his knees for the second time in his life, screaming in pain, and muttering in foreign languages. Before he knew it he was back in control of his own body and missed a note on the piano. His voice died out before he slammed his hands down on the piano and stood up with rage and distrust filling his heart.
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Post by luyu on May 9, 2008 19:09:42 GMT -8
The piano and voice stopped but Luyu kept playing. There was something about the song that she liked, that spoke to her. Having heard him sing, Luyu opened her mouth and replaced her humming with her perfect voice.
The bow quivered up and down the cello's strings as she sang the song, not sure what she was saying in japanese, only that it had meaning. The song ended, or she thought it had ended. Leaning closer to the vent, she called into it, "It was a pleasure accompanying you!" Standing, she put the cello back and walked into the other room. Taking off her soft pants, her white cotton panties were momentarily exposed. Pulling on a flowing black skirt, Luyu walked out of the suite, pulling on a pair of gold sandals that had long straps which round around her tan, toned calves.
Leaving the suite, she headed out of the building. The day was warm and soft, the breeze tickled her bare shoulders. Luyu's hair caressed her neck and she tucked it behind her ears. Japan was a beautiful place, but it made her think of the boy who had broken her heart so long ago, the boy who had promised to bring her here. The woman had thought of him often since moving here, the place seemed so nostalgic.
She spun the diamond bracelet around her wrist idly.
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Post by Justice on May 9, 2008 21:48:49 GMT -8
Kane suddenly stood as if pulled by a strange force, he followed the force and went straight to his closet. He pulled out a modified version of his old guardian outfit of the spirit wolf, it was nothing like his new one though. He slipped into the suit effortlessly and zipped it up the back to completely form the symbol of the white snarling wolf head. He ran a hand through his hair, using a new function of the suit that allowed him to use a more stealthy approach.
After the few minutes that it took to get on the suit Kane quickly tied on the wooden mask with leather strings under his hair and ran for the window. Jumping out he spread his arms and legs to catch the air in the most efficient fashion to slow him down before he landed in a tree and started to jump from limb to limb searching out a scent that had long ago disappeared from his memory.
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Post by luyu on May 11, 2008 16:17:31 GMT -8
Luyu's sandals crunched against the grass, she had long since left the path. Whisteling softly to herself, she moved slowly with her hands in her pockets. Her eyes were closed and she stopped by a tree, leaning. The woman's mind was in the clouds, thinking of what the coming year would bring for her. She hoped for newness and for continued learning. She had her PhD and hoped to continue in her education, but was pausing to teach so that she did not get burnt out before aquiring her second degree.
A moving branch caught her ear and the woman's mouth opened slightly, in preparation to defend herself. Whatever had moved had been much heavier than a squirrel, or even one of the children that attended the school. After having used sound for so long, she could recognized the screaming creak of a tree under mass weight. A soft hum reverberated the air, originating from between her lips, letting whomever it was out there know that she was not ignorant of their presence.
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Post by Justice on May 11, 2008 17:14:03 GMT -8
Kane laughed slightly and literally sprung from the tree. He soared high into the air and fell to the ground doing all sorts of acrobatic stunts that were sure to grab attention. But he could only get a few of each done before he impacted with the ground hard. Dust rose up from the ground below and a crater formed from the immense weight that had just collided, nearby rocks had been crushed to powder from impact alone.
He landed with his back to her and quickly straightened himself. Turning elegantly, letting his white hair flow down the length of his body as he faced her. He smiled to her from under the mask but he knew that she couldn’t see a difference. But it was standing tall that would grab her attention, for shown brightly on his chest was the symbol of the spirit wolf and on his face was the same wooden wolf mask he had worn years ago in front of this very person as a girl.
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Post by luyu on May 11, 2008 17:56:39 GMT -8
Hearing the laugh, the hum increased as a large form swung over her head and landed with a BOOM in front of her. Dust rose from the earth around his feet, a deep crater had formed. So this had been what was stalking her, some psycho in the trees. The man straightened out and turned to face her, the humming ceased. Complete and utter shock wracked Luyu's thin frame, she had never felt so completely vulnerable and caught off-guard.
Luyu's hands shook as she stared at the wooden mask. The suit was tighter than it had been over 15 years ago, but it was not stretched by girth, but by muscle. The head was the same though, and she wondered what he was thinking, looking down at her through it. He must have recognized her, unless of course he went around trying to frighten women, but she doubted that highly.
Reaching her hand up, it shook slightly as it pressed against him. She didn't trust herself to stand straight, or else she would have taken the step forward that was required to be in Kane's arms, but her feet were rooted to the ground. Luckily, she still had control over one part of her, the most important part; her voice. "I thought you'd never find me."
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Post by Justice on May 12, 2008 13:41:47 GMT -8
Kane reached up and removed his mask before anything so his voice wouldn’t be masked, and he undid the hair color change so he was his true self. His eyes held tears within them as he looked to her and smiled a wide smile. His words carried deep sorrow “Ue o muite aruko, namida ga koborenai youni. I’ll look up while I’m walking, so the tears don’t fall from my eyes.” he stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her as he let the mask drop.
He smiled as he held her in the embrace and listened to what ever she had to say before he finally whispered into her ear “Its been twenty years and you still carry the same scent on you.” he would then take a deep breath through his nose and sigh cheerfully before he stepped back and took her hand in his to kiss the back of it as he had done years ago.
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Post by luyu on May 12, 2008 14:58:58 GMT -8
Luyu was thankful that she had pressed her hand against his firm body, else it would be shaking like the rest of her was. He undid his mask, letting it fall, and she saw the same face that had looked down at her so many years ago. It was the same face, though harder and older. He smiled at her and her knees nearly gave way, seeing that smile once more. His voice sounded sad as he spoke, “Ue o muite aruko, namida ga koborenai youni. I’ll look up while I’m walking, so the tears don’t fall from my eyes.”
This time Luyu's knees really did give out, but Kane was there, his arms wrapped around her before anything she could fall. "I searched for you." She said softly. It was all she could muster, and he seemed to understand. “Its been twenty years and you still carry the same scent on you.” As if everything else hadn't been enough to make her weep, Luyu felt the warm tears spill down her face. All the memories of their time together as teenagers were racing through her head, memories that she had once deigned forgotten.
He moved away from her then, and she nearly reached out to snatch him back. Kneeling down, Kane kissed her hand gently, as he had done 20 years ago, in a glade of trees very much like this one. Having recognized his words from the song she had been playing duet earlier, Luyu knew now that it had truly been him playing through the vent. Opening her mouth, her chin trembled slightly as she used her Qi to play the song, a piano accompanied by a cello.
Closing the distance between them with a small step, she traced her fingers across his face, touching and caressing the same scars that had attracted her to him 20 years ago. The tears started fresh as she looked down at him, her hand still held close to his lips.
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Post by Justice on May 13, 2008 13:22:32 GMT -8
Her hands were on his face, that tender touch was on his face. He let go of her hand to stand up and bring her close again. Her Qi power was being used to recreate the song that he had played earlier and apparently she had played in response. It was such a beautiful sound to hear from the girl he had loved for the longest time.
His arms that held her close moved, one to her waist and the other to wipe the tears from his beloved’s eyes. After wiping the tears away he would lean in and kiss her tenderly the same way he had done years ago. His passionate kiss would be pressed against her lips for as long as she would let him and he would use the arm that wasn’t around her waist to position her arms just perfectly before he put it between her shoulders, not wanting to let go.
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Post by luyu on May 13, 2008 21:02:00 GMT -8
Luyu leaned against him once more as Kane rose to embrace her again. His hand wiped away her tears, the other arm wrapping around her narrow waist. Her shoulders shook from her stifled tears as he kissed her, a kiss she remembered from twenty years ago. She felt like a girl again, wrapped in his arms. He moved her arms to the perfect position, as she was unable to move them herself. If she had not been so completely caught up in the moment, her inability to move would have been morifying.
The woman's heart soared as she kept her lips against Kane's. She wanted to know so many things, so much time had passed. She wanted to know why he had left her, if it had been because of Akuma, the second personality that he had told her about. For the moment, though, all she could do was return the kiss.
The kiss ended and she sighed, content to be in his arms once more. She felt safe, truly safe. "You aren't wearing your bandages anymore." She commented with a sniffly chuckle, resting her head against his hard chest. "We have so much to talk about." She said softly after a quiet moment of just relishing his presence.
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Post by Justice on May 14, 2008 14:10:35 GMT -8
His lips tingled from the earlier kiss they had shared and he was in a slight daze of memory. His mouth sat agape as he looked into her beautiful eyes and held her close. Her words came as but a whisper to Kane’s ears. ‘you aren’t wearing your bandages anymore.’ was the first line and all he could respond with was “They were unnecessary.” but as he finished her words came again ‘we have so much to talk about.’ then he really thought as he looked her up and down, and then himself, his words came as a whisper that had profound meaning behind them “Sure, but could we please do so over dinner? I’m sure Kyoko and Alex would love to meet you.”
OOC: sorry, short, nearly caught a couple times, untrusting of family.
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Post by luyu on May 14, 2008 20:45:00 GMT -8
Luyu smiled at him fondly, as he remarked that his bandages had been unnecessary. He surely hadn't thought so all those years ago, spending meticulous time wrapping and re-wrapping them to make himself harder. His next response, though, gave her pause.“Sure, but could we please do so over dinner? I’m sure Kyoko and Alex would love to meet you.” Who were Alex and Kyoko?
Luyu thought for a moment. Well, she had been away from Kane for 20 years now. Perhaps he had moved on, and Alex was his son and Kyoko his wife. No, she banished that thought from her mind. If Kane had had a wife he would not have kissed her or held her in his arms. He was a better man than that. Were they siblings of his, or perhaps two more personalities? No, if they were in fact his siblings, they would not be living with him, and if they were his personalities Luyu did not think he would speak of them so lightly. If they were his pets, then he would not have spoken of them as if they were people. Coming to a decision, Luyu decided that they were either his children or his wards, though it truly did not matter. No matter who they were, she was sure that they were important to Kane, which meant they were important to her.
"That would be wonderful," She smiled up at him, tears nearly gone but still lingering, "and if Alex and Kyoko are anything like you, then I would love to meet them as well."
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