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Killing two birds with one stone

Who: Sanzo and Hibari | Kuroko, Alucard, and Sora
What: One side has a discussion about being trapped in servitude, the other about puppies and being nice to people.
When: April 9 | April 10
Where: Library | Alucard's temple
Warnings: Hibari and Sanzo occupying the same space for more than one minute

..[A].. Closed to Hibari and Sanzo

It had only been a little time since the Nora event had last, and in a way, Hibari supposed it sank in. He was feeling more nervous and on edge than he cared to admit to Hakkai through texts, and even petting Kishi-who had curled up on him and purred-wasn't calming him down.

The name was still under his shirt, burning like a brand ever since last night. How people could even stand this, he didn't know. It was bad enough to be held down by one god, and two of them was downright disgusting and humiliating, especially when the choice had been forced on him.

This insecurity and sudden onset of a lot of emotions Hibari didn't want was why he was holing himself up in the library, even though he would be long gone by now. Actually, now that he thought about it, where was that blonde guy always hanging out in here? Hibari wanted to leave before he came in, but this was the safest place.

..[B].. Closed to Alucard, Sora, and Kuroko

Kuroko may have been a kind person, but when it came to certain things like friends and puppies, he could be as stubborn as the rest of them. It made him feel a little guilty inside that he was causing so much trouble for his god, but honestly, the boy didn't know what else to do with the gaping hole his memory loss gave him.

But Sora had appeared on the cherry blossom night and he'd kept in contact ever since, almost like a little ray of light. That's how he'd gotten the idea to have Sora come over and say hi to his little puppy. Maybe with another god's opinion-someone as outgoing and friendly as Sora-he could convince Arikado-sama that the dog and friends were a good idea.

And maybe then he wouldn't be so lonely-feeling at night.

But that was for neither here nor there, and instead Kuroko busied himself with getting to the entrance of the caves so he could greet his friend. Hopefully...he wouldn't sneak up on him this time. "Sora-sama? Is that you?"

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When Kuroko had asked Sora to come to his temple to see his ~~demon~~ pet Sora had readily jumped at the idea. Kuroko seemed to be pretty pleased that he was allowed to keep one and Sora really wanted to see it too.

It wasn't every day that he got to see what a death god's temple was like either! At first he imagined The Underworld and Hades' place where he had spent a lot of time with Auron and Hercules. But who knew what Kuroko's place would actually look like. From what he had learned from Kuroko of this god, he was a pretty gloomy guy. So right now he's picturing the god will show up with literal flaming blue hair and an ugly nose.

He does jump slightly when Koruko greets him, but by now he's starting to pick up on Kuroko's subtle ways. He smiles and waves. "Hey Kuroko! How's it going? This is the big scary entrance to your temple, then?"

Well, yeah, it was the entrance to a big cave, but Kuroko had gotten pretty used to it by now. He had a slight smile on his face as he greeted his friend, glad to see that Sora was pretty okay about it. "Yes. It basically is a cave complex, but it's surprisingly warm from the hot springs. Satan is in my room."

Which of course, was further inside, but as Kuroko turned around and began to lead his friend, he hoped that both of them were quiet enough that Alucard maybe wouldn't care about the disturbance.

Considering he knew it was expected, it was hard for the visitation to take Alucard by surprise. At this point, old habit had led him to intricately sweep at least part of the cave system (he still wasn't sure how deep they went), and as such, he had a shadowed perch to watch Kuroko lead Sora inside the cavern. While the Shinki could disappear seemingly without meaning to, his voice - combined with another, younger? one - betrayed their arrival, and for a few moments, Alucard simply observed the two.

Then he shifted back, taking a looped route to where it seemed they would be heading. In short order, the two would turn a corner only to find the dark-haired man waiting for them, eyes immediately locking on the unfamiliar figure.

"Sora-sama, I take it?"

Edited 2016-07-30 22:35 (UTC)

Sora folds his arms behind his head casually as he follows along with Kuroko, checking out the cavernous hallways as they go. It sure was gloomy down here and just like The Underworld. He half expected Pain and Panic to pop up at any second to give him heck.

Also he was pretty jealous they had hot springs down here. Could he get those installed at his temple?

Then they came around the bend and were faced with a scary-looking tall pale weird guy. This must be Arikado.

"Hiya! Just Sora is fine!" He replied politely, tilting his head, "Thanks for having me over today!"

Kuroko himself wasn't really startled, since he was now used to his god....doing things like that. It was terrifying at first, but thankfully, he believed Arikado could scare away any ghosts that tried to visit.

"Yes, this is my friend I've mentioned before. I want to show him around and play with Satan a little bit." Kuroko sounded every bit like a kid with his overbearing parent.

Probably not much younger, but Sora's attitude certainly made him seem even more like a child. Bright, optimistic, pleasant- and once again, Alucard wondered of the motivations behind the so-called heavens.

His face remained neutral, almost blank, as he tilted his head. A glance towards Kuroko- and then a nod. "You can thank Kuroko for that. It seems as though I did not have a choice. Nonetheless, welcome."

The man turned, then paused, glancing over his shoulder.

"Satan is where you left him. He's been whining for you."

When Arikado turns his back Sora glances at Kuroko and kind of smirks in a holy moly wow really sort of way.

In his personal opinion shinki didn't really need permission to have friends over. Sure, gods "owned" them but they were still living souls with likes and dislikes and needs. What a stark difference to Sora's laid back open concept policy.

He wanted to say I'll be sure to call you first next time haha but he kept his lip tight for once and grinned.

"I can't wait to see him! Is he growing really big now?"

Kuroko kept his face perfectly blank the entire time Arikado was facing them, not even letting the slightest bit of discomfort out even when he grabbed Sora's arm to lead him to his room.

"I'll be sure to take care of him," he said to Arikado-sama, bowing politely and walking off with his friend.

"I apologize, he's not very good with people," Kuroko continued to say. "As for Satan, I think he's grown as big as he can."

Alucard remained where he was for a few seconds, before making a short hnh noise and taking his own path. Sora didn't seem to be much of a threat; while he was well aware that danger could wear the face of a child, if this was another god, there had to be some level of trust, no? Aside from what he was to have for Kuroko...

Shaking his head, he took the branch of the paths that would take him to the springs. They seemed to be one of the only things that could soothe the lingering aches on his neck and back, though at this point, it seemed as though they never disappeared completely.

He followed Kuroko when he was tugged, giving Arikado a happy wave as they left. Goooodddbyeee!

Sora shakes his head and shrugs lightly when Kuroko apologizes. "There's nothing for you to say sorry for, you know. Is he always like that though?"

He scratches he cheek in thought and then laughs. "I mean I guess if he's a death god he really does play the part with the whole gloomy thing he's got going on..."

"Well, that's true, but I don't think he's that bad of a person. He hasn't thrown me out yet." Clearly, Kuroko's standards were pretty low at this point. And by his expression, Sora could probably see that yes, he is always like that.

Still, Kuroko sped up when he heard the sound of small whining and barking coming from his room. "Satan, is that you? I'm back and I brought a friend!"

And with that, all of a sudden a tiny fluff ball shot out and bolted to Kuroko's feet, circling and barking up a storm.

Sora hums lightly and smiles, "Nah I don't think so either, he wouldn't throw you out. He just seems kinda stuffy I know some guys like that-" Leon.

But Sora's train of thought is suddenly derailed as the cute little puppy puff flies out and starts boofing.

Sora makes a weird high pitched squeal noise in excitement.

"That's Satan?!"

"Yes, that's Satan." This time Kuroko let out a real smile at Sora's excitement, reaching down to pick up the dog, who was wiggling and barking like he hadn't seen Kuroko for years.

After getting licked to death himself, Kuroko held out the pup to Sora, obviously indicating he should hold the tiny fluff for himself. "He wants to say hi."

Sora points to himself as if asking real actual permission WHO ME? and then in pure Roxas style cooes out a happy, "Ohhhh myyy gooosshhhhh...." and takes the puppy in his arms.

So adorable!

He happily cuddles the puppy and rubs his face agianst the puppy's neck and scratches him happily behind his ears.

"Best demon ever! Kuroko you're so lucky!"

Satan, of course was absolutely adoring the attention. He may like Kuroko the best, but this other person was pretty damn close, well, he just liked licking everyone!! There were slobbery dog kisses all over Sora's face and arms.

"I'm very lucky to have found him-I was out on a mission with Arikado-sama, and this little puppy kept following me after I started petting him. At first he wouldn't let me keep it, but I changed his mind. Sort of."

Sora smiles brightly and cuddles his way through all the puppy kisses.

When Kuroko says that Arikado didn't let him keep this cute thing at first he half frowns and gives Kuroko a curious look.

"Sort of? He's still not sure about letting you keep him?"

He looks up at the ceiling. Sora sure thought it wasn't very nice to be that strict. This puppy was obviously well taken care of thanks to Kuroko. And Kuroko seemed happy. What was the problem?

"Is there any reason why he's so grumpy? I mean... is it bothering you that he's so grumpy?"

(sorry for edits, this tag was a mess lol)

Edited 2016-08-01 02:18 (UTC)

"Arikado-sama keeps calling it a trial run." Kuroko was glad for Satan distracting Sora with being really fluffy and cute, because he was finding it hard to coompletely hide the annoyance and sadness that came with it, probably stinging his god in the process again.

"I like Satan, but he seems to think having something from the Near Shore around isn't good and that I won't be able to care for him all by myself. I don't know why he's so grumpy either."

Sora could tell this was really bothering Kuroko. He didn't blame him. Shinki didn't have memories all they had was their new existence here with gods that they didn't pick. All they knew now was things that made them happy now.

He believed it was a god's responsibility to make sure sure their shinki were happy and healthy and this seemed like such a minor thing to allow.

"Has he tried to hold Satan himself, he's really mega adorable. I bet if he held him he'd warm up right away and drop that ice prince attitude! Lets go stuff him in his shirt." Sora joked, trying to cheer Kuroko up.

His smile got softer. "Do you want me to talk to him about this, god to god?"

Because he would, for a friend he absolutely would.

"No...he didn't seem to want to do anything with the puppy." Satan continued to lick at Sora's face, even if he sensed a change in energy and was now snuggling himself into the boy's wierd clothes.

Kuroko still had his masterful poker face on, but his body language was far different. Perhaps it was because Sora was so warm and open, or maybe just because he wanted to tell SOMEONE about this. Either way, he seemed depressed, curling in on himself.

"I'm not sure how that would go. I don't want to disturb him at all, since he doesn't seem to like me that much. I'm not very useful as a shinki."

This makes Sora frown. He really didn't like it when a shinki felt like this. It made his heart hurt. They had no reason to ever feel that way no matter what the god thought or what form they were or what power they had.

Sora gave Satan one more happy squeeze and gently put him down on the ground before putting his hands on Kuroko's shoulders and shook him lightly. "Kuroko, you are useful. You shouldn't feel like that, okay? Every shinki is powerful and useful no matter what they are or what they can do."

He let go and crossed his arms. "And Arikado should realize that too. But you need to talk to him, because if you're both upset it's only going to get worse between you guys! I'm sure he likes you, you guys just need to learn more about each other."

Telling Sora really did seem like the right thing to do-Kuroko may not have remembered exactly what types of friends he had before, but he liked to think that maybe at least one of them was as nice as this boy.

"I don't turn into a weapon, so he can't fight to his full potential. I have seen the way he acts frustrated in battle, Sora-sama. I am not very good at communicating with other people." Besides, he had been worried that Arikado would find his presence annoying, because anxiety listened to no one.

Sora ponders while scratching at his cheek. "Just because you're not an actual weapon doesn't mean you can't do something. You have a power that transfers to your god, don't you? That's got to be something cool!"

And he laughs, giving Kuroko a reassured smile. "And you talk to me just fine, if you practice talking with me, maybe it'll be easier for you with Arikado."

"Well...." Its true that he did have a power, but it hadn't seemed very helpful in his last few fights with the god. "I turn into a pair of sweatbands that erase Arikado-sama's presence. It's not helpful when he does not have a weapon to attack with."

And he'd been wracking his brain. Kuroko wasn't exactly the worlds best strategist, even with how amazing he was at reading people. "And that's just because Sora-sama is friendly."

Sora blinks and thinks that's a fantastic ability. "That's a really cool ability! I'd love to have one like that! I think you guys just haven't found the right time for it to shine. Who knows, maybe Arikado will get a second weapon and then your power will really compliment him in battle! He'd be unstoppable!"

Sora grins, looking a little sparkly eyed at the concept. And after all, sometimes teamwork requires more than just two people.

"Either way, I think both of you got stuff you could work on. It wouldn't hurt him to be a little more friendly and sensitive too!"

Kuroko wasn't quite pleased to hear what Sora said about another weapon because well, that's exactly what he was thinking. He was pretty much useless in battle at this rate. "I still don't have full control over the invisibility. And it's not exactly as if I can ask another god to help me."

That would be becoming a Nora and that was something Kuroko would absolutely never do. "I also don't know how I would feel if he got a second shinki."

Sora puts his hand to his chin and ponders.

"Well, we could always work together, you and Arikado can go invisible and I could try to find you guys? Practice makes perfect, right?"

And he smiles gently at Kuroko at his comment about a second shinki. He's exactly like Riku Replica.

"Do you know what an Exemplar is, Kuroko?" He says with a grin.

Kuroko still looked a bit listless in his body language, but he didn't seem to have such a gloomy aura as long as Sora was there at least. "Arikado-sama doesn't like working with other people, I think, but perhaps if Sora-sama proposed something like that..."

It was be a way for the two to get talking, at least. If Kuroko wanted to get Sora's help with his god it was better to have established good relations, right?

However at the next question he cocked his head, much like a puppy. "No, I don't. What's that?"

"I will then. He's got to buck up somehow, and pouting about working together is just stupid." Sora laughs, giving a light lazy shrug. It's true though.

Then he nods, "An Exemplar is a god's number one shinki. The one they trust most, work well with most and confide in most. So, that means that you're his Exemplar! So even if he does get a second one, you'll always be his Exemplar."

Of course unless Arikado appoints another shinki as Exemplar but Sora finds that in bad taste. Kuroko is strong, even if he doesn't believe it himself.

Being an exemplar did sound good in theory, and Kuroko would love to be trusted that much by his god, but somehow he didn't feel like he was. Perhaps it was the fact that both of them were new to this system, or maybe....

"I think that would require us communicating more than we do. I normally don't see him around our temple, and when I do, it's in passing. He doesn't seem like the person who can be easily disturbed."

Which honestly, explained a lot of their communication problems.

Sora sighs and nods. He understands the frustration going on here, and he really wishes he could help more.

"Well... All I can say is nothing happens overnight. You guys just need to practice talking to each other and being honest. I really think some training together with me is a good start! It'll be a good way for you two to spend time together too and to learn a bit more about each other. Everything will fall into place after that."

He was grateful that Sora was here, it made him think that things were at least a little salvagable between him and the errant god. However, thinking about training just made him nervous.

"Can Sora-sama come with me to ask? I don't wish to rely only on you, but I feel as if the proposal would go better if you were there to show your support for it."

He brightens and smiles at Kuroko, nodding vigorously. “Sure thing! What are friends for? Of course you can rely on me, it’s no big deal!”

He has absolutely no problem with being the cheerleader for the proposal. After he’s through with Alucard and Kuroko, they’re bound to be closer than ever. Nothing like a good old training session to really learn about another person.

"Okay then. Arikado-sama may be in the small library we set up." It had various books and other materials that the two of them had collected during their various travels and was a spot the tall man liked to seclude himself into.

And there was still that warm feeling in his chest that Sora was really too good of a friend for him. It left a strange empty feeling in his heart, like something was missing; if he dwelt on it too long, Kuroko started feeling sick.

So instead he fluffed up Satan's fur and awkwardly started leading his new friend to where the not-vampire was.

He follows along with Kuroko with a light bounce in his step. He really likes Kuroko too, he hopes they can be better friends with the training as well. As much as Alucard is the exact opposite of Sora, he thinks he could get along with the god of death.

Either way, Sora would help Kuroko no matter what. In his books, Kuroko is already a good friend and he'd help him out.

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Killing two birds with one stone

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