Down the StairsazarttiDecember 30 2009, 20:30:08 UTC
“Sorry, but you’re going to have to put it down. Or else I’ll make you.”
The tip of something sharp and blade-shaped pokes into his back to drive the point home. Slowly, all the while berating himself for being such a fucking idiot, Gokudera raises his arms, and reluctantly lets his gun hit the ground with a clatter. Then he turns around, because if he’s going to die, at the very least he’s going to do it facing down his killer.
The first thing he notices is that sure enough, Yamamoto’s bamboo sword is gone, and in its place is a long steel katana. So the rumors were true. His second thought is that Yamamoto himself is oddly human up close. Unnaturally composed, perhaps-there’s no mistaking how coolly steady that hand holding the sword is-but now that he’s not in the midst of a battle, it’s startling how normal he looks overall.
It’s always the ones you least suspect, a part of his mind reminds, and immediately he remembers that this is still Yamamoto Takeshi, the Shadow Sword, and probably the last person he’ll ever see.
“Huh… I didn’t expect to ever meet you like this,” Yamamoto says out of the blue, and with a rush, Gokudera recalls the raid and Squalo’s arm and the way this man’s blade had come close, so close to cutting through his beloved boss, and a surge of pure hatred swells through him.
Yamamoto smiles faintly. “I guess you’re still mad about that attack on your base, huh?”
Fucking son of a bitch, taunting him, even now. “If you’re going to kill me, get it over with already,” Gokudera growls.
Yamamoto jerks his wrist slightly, and Gokudera doesn’t flinch, but he does suck in a very short breath because this is it, now-
-and then the katana in front of him transforms back into a bamboo sword.
Some of this is going to be more or less copy-pasted from the commentary on the above scene, but yeah. |D
“Sorry, but you’re going to have to put it down. Or else I’ll make you.”
GOKUDERA SUCKS AT STEALTH, LOL. Yama actually spotted him shortly after he first sat down, but since Gokudera wasn't doing anything shifty, he just kind of let him be because he was more wrapped up in his own problems at the moment. Like I said above, this was actually just after he found out that Enrico had killed his dad :(, so he was busy drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Sort of.
And then he got up and GOKUDERA STARTED FOLLOWING HIM, and he was like, man, fuck this shit. So he double-backed and came up behind Gokudera because dude, what are you doing trying to start trouble when I'm busy angsting over here. No thanks.
The tip of something sharp and blade-shaped pokes into his back to drive the point home. Slowly, all the while berating himself for being such a fucking idiot, Gokudera raises his arms, and reluctantly lets his gun hit the ground with a clatter. Then he turns around, because if he’s going to die, at the very least he’s going to do it facing down his killer.
He really does think he's screwed at this point. His first few thoughts after he felt the sword poking him were all about how not to embarrass himself any more before he dies a horrible death. XD
The first thing he notices is that sure enough, Yamamoto’s bamboo sword is gone, and in its place is a long steel katana. So the rumors were true. His second thought is that Yamamoto himself is oddly human up close. Unnaturally composed, perhaps-there’s no mistaking how coolly steady that hand holding the sword is-but now that he’s not in the midst of a battle, it’s startling how normal he looks overall.
He's just a guy. A katana-wielding, assassin-killing, natural-born-hitman type of guy, but still a guy. Gokudera was expecting something a little more villainy (and well, this is KHR. Can you blame him?).
It’s always the ones you least suspect, a part of his mind reminds, and immediately he remembers that this is still Yamamoto Takeshi, the Shadow Sword, and probably the last person he’ll ever see.
But of course, this is also a series where tiny, tiny babies are among the most feared of all warriors, so yeah. Best not to underestimate him. XD
I gave Yama the nickname "Shadow Sword" because I had figured that if he really was going around killing all these d00ds in this universe, it was more likely than not that people were going to give him one of those stupid mafia nicknames. Smoking Bomb, anyone? This was the coolest one I could think of, which goes to show you how bad I am at coming up with nicknames. But it kind of had that cheesy shounen feel to it.
And I was actually thinking of using it as the title for the sequel, so watch as no one actually reads that. XD
“Huh… I didn’t expect to ever meet you like this,” Yamamoto says out of the blue,
Because it just occurred to him that this is their first meeting, really, the two right hand men of the two rival Vongola bosses. And it is a peculiar setting, there's no doubt about that.
and with a rush, Gokudera recalls the raid and Squalo’s arm and the way this man’s blade had come close, so close to cutting through his beloved boss, and a surge of pure hatred swells through him.
HEY, YEAH, I STILL HATE YOU. >:O!!
Yamamoto smiles faintly. “I guess you’re still mad about that attack on your base, huh?”
Yama's thought process: 1) Damn, he looks pissed. 2) Oh, right, he's probably still mad about that attack. 3) (Say that last part out loud, because my brain-to-mouth filter is very indiscriminating about this kind of thing.) 4) (Smile, which is actually somewhat out-of-character for me in this universe, because in spite of my justified dark and suicidal mood, and despite the fact that this guy's kind of my enemy, I can't help but find his ridiculously expressive "GRRRRR!!!" facial expression somewhat endearing.)
And I would just like to note that within three lines of dialogue, Gokudera's already managed to coax a smile out of him, which is somewhat amazing and says a lot for how much healthier Yamamoto could be even now if he left Enrico and joined Tsuna's side.
Fucking son of a bitch, taunting him, even now.
This makes me lol secretly because as you can see, it actually wasn't like that at all. Heh.
“If you’re going to kill me, get it over with already,” Gokudera growls.
Watch it, boy, you go around talking big like that, but you never know who might actually take you up on the offer.
Yamamoto jerks his wrist slightly, and Gokudera doesn’t flinch, but he does suck in a very short breath because this is it, now-
SEE?!
-and then the katana in front of him transforms back into a bamboo sword.
Yeah, he's not going to kill him. Any night before this, and he might have fought him at the very least, but now it's a whole different ballgame, and he knows that Tsuna and his side have really been in the right all along.
...And then about two seconds later this whole conversation becomes a whole lot less jocular and a whole lot more serious, sob. Oh well.
Gokudera was expecting something a little more villainy. Like popping a marshmallow in the mouth. Going Kufufufu~ Or trowing a whiskey bottle at someone's head.
This was the coolest one I could think of, which goes to show you how bad I am at coming up with nicknames. But it kind of had that cheesy shounen feel to it. Don't worry, I'm terrible at naming something too. And Shadow Sword is totally fine.
Yama's thought process: Made me snort irl
And I would just like to note that within three lines of dialogue, Gokudera's already managed to coax a smile out of him, which is somewhat amazing and says a lot for how much healthier Yamamoto could be even now if he left Enrico and joined Tsuna's side. God, my heart ;;
♥ Thank you! And yeah, I think the scene does hold a little more weight when you know Yama's side of things as well. One of the things about an AU is that it's not always easy to show both sides of the story, as I'm finding out while writing this, heh. So this meme helps a lot.
The tip of something sharp and blade-shaped pokes into his back to drive the point home. Slowly, all the while berating himself for being such a fucking idiot, Gokudera raises his arms, and reluctantly lets his gun hit the ground with a clatter. Then he turns around, because if he’s going to die, at the very least he’s going to do it facing down his killer.
The first thing he notices is that sure enough, Yamamoto’s bamboo sword is gone, and in its place is a long steel katana. So the rumors were true. His second thought is that Yamamoto himself is oddly human up close. Unnaturally composed, perhaps-there’s no mistaking how coolly steady that hand holding the sword is-but now that he’s not in the midst of a battle, it’s startling how normal he looks overall.
It’s always the ones you least suspect, a part of his mind reminds, and immediately he remembers that this is still Yamamoto Takeshi, the Shadow Sword, and probably the last person he’ll ever see.
“Huh… I didn’t expect to ever meet you like this,” Yamamoto says out of the blue, and with a rush, Gokudera recalls the raid and Squalo’s arm and the way this man’s blade had come close, so close to cutting through his beloved boss, and a surge of pure hatred swells through him.
Yamamoto smiles faintly. “I guess you’re still mad about that attack on your base, huh?”
Fucking son of a bitch, taunting him, even now. “If you’re going to kill me, get it over with already,” Gokudera growls.
Yamamoto jerks his wrist slightly, and Gokudera doesn’t flinch, but he does suck in a very short breath because this is it, now-
-and then the katana in front of him transforms back into a bamboo sword.
8D
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“Sorry, but you’re going to have to put it down. Or else I’ll make you.”
GOKUDERA SUCKS AT STEALTH, LOL. Yama actually spotted him shortly after he first sat down, but since Gokudera wasn't doing anything shifty, he just kind of let him be because he was more wrapped up in his own problems at the moment. Like I said above, this was actually just after he found out that Enrico had killed his dad :(, so he was busy drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Sort of.
And then he got up and GOKUDERA STARTED FOLLOWING HIM, and he was like, man, fuck this shit. So he double-backed and came up behind Gokudera because dude, what are you doing trying to start trouble when I'm busy angsting over here. No thanks.
The tip of something sharp and blade-shaped pokes into his back to drive the point home. Slowly, all the while berating himself for being such a fucking idiot, Gokudera raises his arms, and reluctantly lets his gun hit the ground with a clatter. Then he turns around, because if he’s going to die, at the very least he’s going to do it facing down his killer.
He really does think he's screwed at this point. His first few thoughts after he felt the sword poking him were all about how not to embarrass himself any more before he dies a horrible death. XD
The first thing he notices is that sure enough, Yamamoto’s bamboo sword is gone, and in its place is a long steel katana. So the rumors were true. His second thought is that Yamamoto himself is oddly human up close. Unnaturally composed, perhaps-there’s no mistaking how coolly steady that hand holding the sword is-but now that he’s not in the midst of a battle, it’s startling how normal he looks overall.
He's just a guy. A katana-wielding, assassin-killing, natural-born-hitman type of guy, but still a guy. Gokudera was expecting something a little more villainy (and well, this is KHR. Can you blame him?).
It’s always the ones you least suspect, a part of his mind reminds, and immediately he remembers that this is still Yamamoto Takeshi, the Shadow Sword, and probably the last person he’ll ever see.
But of course, this is also a series where tiny, tiny babies are among the most feared of all warriors, so yeah. Best not to underestimate him. XD
I gave Yama the nickname "Shadow Sword" because I had figured that if he really was going around killing all these d00ds in this universe, it was more likely than not that people were going to give him one of those stupid mafia nicknames. Smoking Bomb, anyone? This was the coolest one I could think of, which goes to show you how bad I am at coming up with nicknames. But it kind of had that cheesy shounen feel to it.
And I was actually thinking of using it as the title for the sequel, so watch as no one actually reads that. XD
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“Huh… I didn’t expect to ever meet you like this,” Yamamoto says out of the blue,
Because it just occurred to him that this is their first meeting, really, the two right hand men of the two rival Vongola bosses. And it is a peculiar setting, there's no doubt about that.
and with a rush, Gokudera recalls the raid and Squalo’s arm and the way this man’s blade had come close, so close to cutting through his beloved boss, and a surge of pure hatred swells through him.
HEY, YEAH, I STILL HATE YOU. >:O!!
Yamamoto smiles faintly. “I guess you’re still mad about that attack on your base, huh?”
Yama's thought process: 1) Damn, he looks pissed. 2) Oh, right, he's probably still mad about that attack. 3) (Say that last part out loud, because my brain-to-mouth filter is very indiscriminating about this kind of thing.) 4) (Smile, which is actually somewhat out-of-character for me in this universe, because in spite of my justified dark and suicidal mood, and despite the fact that this guy's kind of my enemy, I can't help but find his ridiculously expressive "GRRRRR!!!" facial expression somewhat endearing.)
And I would just like to note that within three lines of dialogue, Gokudera's already managed to coax a smile out of him, which is somewhat amazing and says a lot for how much healthier Yamamoto could be even now if he left Enrico and joined Tsuna's side.
Fucking son of a bitch, taunting him, even now.
This makes me lol secretly because as you can see, it actually wasn't like that at all. Heh.
“If you’re going to kill me, get it over with already,” Gokudera growls.
Watch it, boy, you go around talking big like that, but you never know who might actually take you up on the offer.
Yamamoto jerks his wrist slightly, and Gokudera doesn’t flinch, but he does suck in a very short breath because this is it, now-
SEE?!
-and then the katana in front of him transforms back into a bamboo sword.
Yeah, he's not going to kill him. Any night before this, and he might have fought him at the very least, but now it's a whole different ballgame, and he knows that Tsuna and his side have really been in the right all along.
...And then about two seconds later this whole conversation becomes a whole lot less jocular and a whole lot more serious, sob. Oh well.
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Amen.
Gokudera was expecting something a little more villainy.
Like popping a marshmallow in the mouth. Going Kufufufu~ Or trowing a whiskey bottle at someone's head.
This was the coolest one I could think of, which goes to show you how bad I am at coming up with nicknames. But it kind of had that cheesy shounen feel to it.
Don't worry, I'm terrible at naming something too. And Shadow Sword is totally fine.
Yama's thought process: Made me snort irl
And I would just like to note that within three lines of dialogue, Gokudera's already managed to coax a smile out of him, which is somewhat amazing and says a lot for how much healthier Yamamoto could be even now if he left Enrico and joined Tsuna's side.
God, my heart ;;
I'm gonna re-read the whole thing now. ;;
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Yes, exactly. Or sprouting sixteen vicious dinosaur heads out of thin air.
Haha, I'm glad it didn't pull people out of the fic for being too cheesy, at least. "Shadow Sword? Seriously?" Lol I'm paranoid.
Even as a depressed evildoer he's still, um... special. XD
I may or may not have had Nine Inch Nail's And All That Could Have Been on repeat at certain points while writing this. :(
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