[ closed ] If Greed is Stronger than Compassion

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Who: Watanuki Kimihiro and Jade Curtiss
What: Prayer #11
Where: Shibuya District
When: April 17th, evening
Warnings: Language, drug references, violence! ...Crossdressing?


"Come to Chouuuu Kawaii Maid Cafe! You'll savor our service!

"Hey, come check out Chou Kawaii Maid Cafe! You'll crave our flavor!

"This--"

Watanuki was this close to slamming his baby-pink fliers down to the ground. The god growled, standing up straight in his frilly pink maid outfit. The quality was good--rolling pleats, high cut, thick and fluffy petticoats, and poofed sleeves, and the classic heart-shaped white apron edged in white lace, thigh-high white stockings...

BUT HE FELT RIDICULOUS! WAS THIS HOW FAR HE WAS WILLING TO GO?! ALL THIS FOR SOME MONEY? HE WAS NO BETTER THAN A--

"STREET WALKER!" Watanuki suddenly screeched from behind Jade.

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"Jihiki!" And Watanuki cast his hand out to the side, palm open, ready to catch Jade in his newly appointed form. "Come to me!"

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Jade became that ball of light and formed into a spear in Watanuki's hands. He could see everything around him from a strange space not of their current plane.

"You mentioned that you have no experience with a spear, but it shouldn't be too hard. Pointy end goes in front of you" he said, ready for a good fight. For some reason, the thought of action excited him a little bit.

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Watanuki lifted the spear in front of him with both hands--pointy end first.

"Well I know that much!" He snapped as the Ayakashi drew near. He was surprised that the other people hadn't even noticed him. "Okay...!

"I'm going!" And he took off--somehow managing to take a few forward steps in those short little pin-heels of his. He decided to attack how he knew best. Watanuki's arms reared back, and he swung at at an ayakashi.

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Yes, well, unstrategically swinging him around at the ayakashi was one way of doing it.

Unfortunately, Jade was as sharp as his wit and he slice the ayakashi that just so happened to be nearest the tip of the blade. He also sliced the side table with all of the coke, narrowly missing the man near it. The humans began to freak out at the mess being created.

"My Lord, you need to actually aim" he said. His voice was almost not as calm as it normally was.

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"I'm swinging!" Watanuki shouted as he swung again--this time, cutting up the table where the money was being counted. It missed the people yet again, sending money flying into the air. Some were trying to grab handfuls before fleeting--others took off screaming without a second thought. Men started flying by a bustle of petticoats and frill. "I don't know how to do anything else!"

He decided to try a jab this time. He pulled the spear back at his side, before jutting it out forward with one hand in a heavy jab, right at an ayakashi.

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The ayakashi was stabbed and exploded with a shriek, but there were too many to stab them one by one and he wasn't skilled enough to spear multiple at once like a kabob.

This wasn't good.

An ayakashi jumped onto Watanuki, clinging to his fluffy skirts.

s̔̾͐mͪͨE͂̍̆ͯ͋lͨ̓̿ͯͩͥl̅͋̌̄́͛s̆̎̍̒ ̿͌nͪIͭ͐̆ͩ̂̚c͛̏̄ͣEͣ̃!̒ͥ͑̾ͧͤ̒ sͦ͊͌͛̈́̄́ṁͫ͂̍ͧ̏E͒̾̋̆̚lͦ̔̃ͮ̈̊͆l̔̃s̐̽̎̚ ̇ͤ͌͐ǹ̆̄̆̿I͂̒ͣͤ̀c̐̍Ẽ̇͌̑̿̔!ͩ͆ͭ̓̈ͣ̈́ͩ

"Push forward quickly, the instability of your skirt should shake it off. Then strike downwards at a thirty degree angle."

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"EEEEEEEEEE!!!!" Watanuki did as he was instructed, but with an additional shake of his hips to fling the ayakashi off of him. "THIRTY DEGREES?!"

He knew his cuts, at least. Watanuki jabbed the spear again, sending another one of those ayakashi bastards home to their mother. "Smells nice my ass! GET AWAY FROM ME!" Two more flew at him, but this time, his swing was more sure. He swung his baseball bat spear as hard as he could to the right to hit them both at once. "Jihiki, get 'em!"

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He was connecting more and more precisely with the ayakashi, but it was still a chaotic mess. Jade felt like he was a little responsible for the mess since his blade was extremely sharp, but with a more accurate hand, he would have been fine. But this was starting to become a disaster.

As he sliced through the ayakashi, he sliced through some other things.

They were really going to have to really practice.

"There are only a few left, but they're too close. You'll need to gain some distance before you can utilize me properly."

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"This room isn't big! What do you want me to do?!" But he jumped back---

Really jumped. He screeched as he flew back with a force stronger than he intended, dress flying along behind him. His back crashed into the door, holding the spear close to him. "OOPH!!!"

The little wiggling monsters were to the back of the room. He pushes off from the door, holding the spear out.

"Okay." Concentrate. There were four more, one further back than the other three approaching. Was that one the main one? Whatever, he had to get rid of all of them! Watanuki's eyes looked over the three approaching. His Jihiki was incredibly sharp. He cut through tables like butter!

"I'm going for all three of them!" He could cut things! The spear is an extension of his arm! Filet the fuckers! Watanuki stepped off, stronger than he had previously, moving forward to gain momentum. He swung his arms back, this time taking extra care to swing in a straight line horizontally to catch all three--and hoped Jihiki could take care of the rest.

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This was more like it! As Watanuki took the swing to slice the little monsters, he kept his blade sharp for his god and cut through them cleanly. Those knife skills were coming in handy.

"Shall we end this?" he said, looking towards the largest ayakashi that sat in the back.

It let out a screech and started heading for them.

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Watanuki closed his eyes. His fingers gently flexed and played over the length of the spear, before nodding. "...Yes."

His eyes opened. Gold and blue lit up as he placed a fingertip at the point of the red spear, and he glided his finger across it in a gentle wave. Somehow, he knew the words.

"You who would desecrate the land of the Rising Sun," Watanuki chanted, his foot sliding forward across the floor as the ayakashi approached. "With my advent, I, Kimihiro, the God of Mercy, lay waste with the Jihiki... and expel thy vast defilement!"

The ayakashi flew towards them. Watanuki pushed forward with a flutter of petticoats, swinging Jihiki back to make the final cut.

"REND!"

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Jade felt himself surging with purifying power. The edge of his blade glowed brightly and he went through the ayakashi with a satisfying cut.

The monster exploded into rings of light and the shady Host Club/ drug ring was cleansed of the ayakashi.

That was an interesting experience. It wasn't ideal, but it was an experience.

"Well that was fun"

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"Return to me." Watanuki's voice still hadn't lost it's commanding edge. He released the spear just as it was shaping back into a human form.

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Jade went from his spear form to his human form. He stood among the damage next to Watanuki.

He looked down at his god. So this must have been his first ayakashi fight and they had won. They themselves were unscathed, but the room was trashed. He wondered if the prayer was going to be answered with this.

He shoved his hands into his pockets.

"What are we going to do about this?" he asked his god.

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"Nothing," Watanuki said flatly. "We've done our part. We killed the thing that was making these people greedy." And there was a good amount of cash laying around. Maybe...?

"We'll leave an anonymous tip to the police about this place," He decided, turning away from the huge mess they had created. "As for the guy, this job isn't legit, but...

"He can take the maid job." Watanuki finalized. He started out of the room, but not before reaching back, grasping Jade's hand and pulling him out the door. "Let's get out of here."

His hand was shaking.

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Jade's hand, however, was completely still. It was more and more apparent that he had never done something like this before and it was starting to be more and more apparent that he himself possibly had.

He followed him out of the door then out of the building. So that was it then. They had answered the prayer and that was that.

"My lord, we should return to the temple" he suggested. Watanuki clearly needed some tea and some rest with nerves that shaken. He would mention the need for practice later. It was obvious that he needed it and he knew Watanuki already knew that as well.

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"Okay. I'll send a text to that guy about where the job is at." They'd answered a prayer. Their first battle with an ayakashi and their first prayer. He'd only fought back against something once before--but it had been to protect someone. This was different, this... had been to protect himself. But Jade had...

Really pulled through. He was suddenly aware he was still holding his hand. He didn't let go. They... needed to teleport anyway, right?

"Let's get out of here." Being back home sounded good anyway. "And...

"...You did well... Jihiki."

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Jade nodded his head. "Thank you, my lord. I think I deserve a treat later. Maybe a nice dessert after dinner tonight?

Or maybe I'll be the one to serve you tea since I'm dressed for it already. I can call you Master Kimihiro" he teased lightly.

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"D-don't make this into something perverted," Watanuki replied, and his free hand bat Jade on his chest. "...But fine. I can do dessert. With tea." A dessert tea. That sounded good.

"...We're done here." Watanuki took one more look at his surroundings, before closing his eyes, and transporting them away.