Promises aren't always kept.
Title: Family Values
For:
firstmidnight
Pairings/Characters: Ryuuken, Uryuu
Theme/Prompt: frustration
Word Count: 371
Summary: Shinigami weren’t to be trusted, he would have thought Uryuu knew that by now.
Author Notes: Woot for short and pointless! This is more Ryuuken-centric, but it’s him considering his son and his son’s future, so I suppose it counts? DX
Other stuff: First commenter gets to request next request, etc. etc. XD
If you want your powers back, you have to promise me one thing. You will never associate yourself with shinigami again.
Ryuuken wasn’t exactly surprised when his son had defied his wishes. After all, every promise had its loop holes because of things left unsaid. That, however, didn’t make the overwhelming disappointment go away. His son, his only son, had sided with the Kurosaki brat and his so called ‘friends’. Ryuuken didn’t believe in friendship. It hadn’t helped him get to the top in this world and it surely wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. He had had his fair share of ‘friendships’ and they had never turned out well.
He had hoped, perhaps, that his son wouldn’t have been so foolish as to cater to the whims of someone like the Kurosaki kid. The brat didn’t know when enough was enough. A person like Kurosaki had no right to bring an Ishida, no less Uryuu, into the slowly brewing war. Never mind that it had been Uryuu’s own choice to go off and play the hero. Ryuuken consoled himself with the fact that when his only child finally returned home, it would be with a heavier heart and a lot more understanding of how the world worked. If the ignorant child even made it home that was. It wasn’t his son he didn’t trust, in any case; it was the shinigami. He would never, so long as he lived, think of them as true allies. They couldn’t be relied on, they couldn’t be believed in, and they certainly couldn’t be trusted.
Shinigami caused too much trouble. And, all things considered, they weren’t worth the hassle. A prime example of a worthless shinigami was Kurosaki Isshin. Followed closely by the ever annoying Urahara Kisuke. Sure, they were exiled, but they always kept him on his toes. He hated being kept on his toes. It was worse than knowing his son was off participating in a war he might not come back from. Not that he cared. Ishida Ryuuken never cared about anything. Though, to be perfectly honest, he did have a soft spot for Uryuu, even if he never showed it. That was probably the worse thing of all.
For:
firstmidnight
Pairings/Characters: Ryuuken, Uryuu
Theme/Prompt: frustration
Word Count: 371
Summary: Shinigami weren’t to be trusted, he would have thought Uryuu knew that by now.
Author Notes: Woot for short and pointless! This is more Ryuuken-centric, but it’s him considering his son and his son’s future, so I suppose it counts? DX
Other stuff: First commenter gets to request next request, etc. etc. XD
If you want your powers back, you have to promise me one thing. You will never associate yourself with shinigami again.
Ryuuken wasn’t exactly surprised when his son had defied his wishes. After all, every promise had its loop holes because of things left unsaid. That, however, didn’t make the overwhelming disappointment go away. His son, his only son, had sided with the Kurosaki brat and his so called ‘friends’. Ryuuken didn’t believe in friendship. It hadn’t helped him get to the top in this world and it surely wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. He had had his fair share of ‘friendships’ and they had never turned out well.
He had hoped, perhaps, that his son wouldn’t have been so foolish as to cater to the whims of someone like the Kurosaki kid. The brat didn’t know when enough was enough. A person like Kurosaki had no right to bring an Ishida, no less Uryuu, into the slowly brewing war. Never mind that it had been Uryuu’s own choice to go off and play the hero. Ryuuken consoled himself with the fact that when his only child finally returned home, it would be with a heavier heart and a lot more understanding of how the world worked. If the ignorant child even made it home that was. It wasn’t his son he didn’t trust, in any case; it was the shinigami. He would never, so long as he lived, think of them as true allies. They couldn’t be relied on, they couldn’t be believed in, and they certainly couldn’t be trusted.
Shinigami caused too much trouble. And, all things considered, they weren’t worth the hassle. A prime example of a worthless shinigami was Kurosaki Isshin. Followed closely by the ever annoying Urahara Kisuke. Sure, they were exiled, but they always kept him on his toes. He hated being kept on his toes. It was worse than knowing his son was off participating in a war he might not come back from. Not that he cared. Ishida Ryuuken never cared about anything. Though, to be perfectly honest, he did have a soft spot for Uryuu, even if he never showed it. That was probably the worse thing of all.