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The witch is dead but so is he

Mar 31, 2010 11:24

He really doesn't know how he ended up here. This is not the nexus' fault. Somehow Nephrite (not Nefukichi-kun!) is working at Crown Karaoke on the half-charity of some crazy human boy who doesn't seem to mind if Nephrite shouts or threatens him or breaks the dishes (again). It's like nothing he could do could make that guy really mad, and it's ( Read more... )

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 03:17:09 UTC

Nephrite looks up at that unmistakable voice, stopping abruptly mid-run and mid-growl. What's this guy doing here? The new Crown part-timer honestly has no idea whether to be grateful for his life being saved, or whether to just punch Kunzite right now for all the scorn and all the smug superiority and all the taunting... and most of all, for all the being right.

"What do you want here?" What could possibly interest a shitennou here?

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 03:26:46 UTC

Oh, that's rich.

"Just go back," Nephrite advises. "I can't even use my powers anymore. I'm no use to you or anyone."

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 03:44:00 UTC

"No, I'm not. Not like this."

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 04:01:27 UTC

Nephrite yanks down hard, more by reflex than by any hope he's still strong enough to break Kunzite's grip. He's pleasantly surprised to find out the move is still strong and his muscles haven't deserted him completely.

He has no idea what he's really saying when he opens his mouth.

"Where were you anyway? Just watching it all?" He can't help resenting the one shitennou who'd really escaped.

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 04:26:13 UTC

There's a long, long silence uncharacteristic of Nephrite. The calm is even stranger.

"I don't believe it," he finally says. "I trusted Beryl-sama and look where I am! And there's no way anyone would save someone they look down on."

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 05:13:50 UTC

He's got too many memories of smirks, of taunts, of ridicule, of jokes at his expense, to believe that so quickly. Nephrite looks down at the floor as he starts mopping again.

"What about-" From long, long habit, he has to stop himself from calling her like she's really his queen. "Queen Beryl? What happened?"

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 06:19:15 UTC

It's the choice of word that gets his attention. Avenged. No one avenges something for no reason, for something that doesn't matter.

"Why avenge me? I'm nothing like this."

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akai_pride March 31 2010, 07:00:46 UTC

"We were just the four commanders of the Dark Kingdom," Nephrite points out... except that the glaring contradiction to any possibility of that being true is standing right in front of him. "Weren't we?"

He's never been good at paying attention to all the talk of past lives and masters. He just knows his oaths are the most important thing. But if those oaths had been given to Beryl, and she had done this... And if those oaths had been given to Beryl, and that hadn't been right...

He doesn't know anything.

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