GENJI BANZAI

[leggymaru]

Things Hizamaru Has Shown His Anija After Learning (Upset Edition):
- the boutique clothes
- bubble bath
- aquarium
- the sunset and stars by the pool
- the fucking ahegao gun makes human noises but doesn't have a human form??? ANIJA?
- the arcade bc it's cool
- what chocobos and spiracorns look like from a book in the library from prompto's world
- the fucking heelys

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week 1, post-inves

[banzais]

[well well well,

this is awful.

higekiri will go to find hizamaru first thing - because once he manages to put a few more pieces together, gathering who exactly has been lost to them, it seems just a little bit important. he looks for his brother and is the one to find his way to his side this time.]

Brother.

[somberly, seriously - and so very full of concern]

[leggymaru]

[Well, the aquarium would have been a good place to go to remember, but he can't go there. Not to stand around.

So instead, he's standing out where the pool is, with his hands gripping the railing and his back straight. There's something on his wrist. At first, he only turns his head a little, and then finally, he faces Higekiri completely.]

It was him, wasn't it?

[banzais]

[higekiri will glance down at hizamaru's wrist, and then back up to his face.]

... Mm. I believe it happened in the aquarium, and whoever hurt him was injured enough to bleed. They went into the boutique in order to change clothes - looking for normal ones - and then exited out of it. It would be best to check for injuries tomorrow, and whoever might be wearing odd clothes.

[just so they have a game plan]

... How does your chest feel?

[how is his heart feeling?]

[leggymaru]

I see. Thank you, elder brother.

[Reaching up, he touches the center of his chest with the tips of his fingers, brows furrowing.] It feels strange. [He's not sure how to describe it, but it isn't a nice feeling.]

Like... [His smile is faint, and tight and wry. He can't stop the sting to his eyes even if he squints.] ...a Buddha is sitting on it.

[banzais]

... Mm.

[and he'll reach out, letting an arm loop around hizamaru's shoulders, fingers curling into his hair, and then pulling him in. he guides hizamaru's face to his shoulder in case he needs a place to hide for a moment. his other arm circles around him in an embrace automatically.

how odd it was - even on their mission, higekiri never felt particularly affected by their surroundings. it didn't matter to him if they existed in the past, as long as they existed in that moment. that was easy to rationalize. but now, knowing that his brother is suffering a pain caused by someone else, and there is so little he can do...

a buddha sits on his chest too]

[leggymaru]

I'd always hard when they move on.

[Being human kind of sucks. At least, regular humans. Being immortal sucks almost as badly, having to watch the humans be hurt and die, or grow old and die. He burrows into Higekiri's shoulder and front, surprisingly not crying, but squeezing with a quiver in his arms.]

He was kind and didn't deserve it.

[banzais]

[he has no problem with this, holding onto hizamaru - he moves the arm around him so that he can rub his back in what he hopes are soothing circles. that's what humans do, don't they...?

and yet - ]

... Mm, no. I don't believe he did either. They even went as far as to break his possession...

[even higekiri sounds a bit judgmental over it.]

We have quite the demon to slay this weekend.

[leggymaru]

His pictures... They made him very happy. He was good at taking them.

[After a small sigh, he loosens enough to lean back without loosening in the muscles or posture really. He drops his forehead gently against Higekiri's and closes his eyes. Breathes. When he lifts his head again and opens his eyes, they're sharp.]

We do. We'll find them.

[banzais]

[higekiri lets hizamaru move through the motions as he needs - remaining still while his brother faces his turbulent emotions.]

We will.

[in a remarkably serious tone, like he won't accept anything else - it's hard to say if higekiri even took their previous missions this seriously. but their previous missions didn't affect his brother quite like this]

... we can talk to Polly and Carlos on the other side, you know. We can ask if his spirit will make it to them, and if they can pass messages along for us.

[leggymaru]

[Raising his head, he nods it affirmatively.]

I would like that. To be able to continue to speak with him from time to time. To make sure he is okay.

[His eyes lower.]

I thought I was strong enough, elder brother. To protect him. How we go to sleep without being able to wake... I don't like it.

[banzais]

[ . . . higekiri just sighs at that, letting his shoulder come to rest against his brother's, remaining close should he need it]

If we sleep with the resurrected enough times, they will be able to grant us additional help that we seek.

Perhaps I will change what I desired... and request something that will allow us to tether our consciousnesses together. So that if there is a time when I wake, then so shall you - and vice versa.

[leggymaru]

[His brows furrow, and he looks up quickly at Higekiri, but he doesn't say anything. A conditional? This makes sense with the dick pictures, but he is, alas, a dumb sword and doesn't get that.]

Elder brother...?

[He should have known... His big brother is always smart and skilled with missions, with work.]

I would rather be at your side if either of us were awakened during the night, but... You don't have to change your desires for me, elder brother.

[banzais]

Hm... It is not too far from my original intent.

[he smiles easily]

Or if you are able to be granted a gift by one of them, perhaps you can assist me in what I desired.

[leggymaru]

[For some reason, he feels pleased to be able to help Higekiri.]

I will do that for you, elder brother. Anything.