She's just a fraction of herself [closed]

[flight_15]

Characters: Ichigo, Rhyme, and Beat
Content: Really, who wouldn't be suspicious of a 20-something guy leading a little girl around a festival? If it were anyone but Ichigo, it'd be sketchy as hell. Trouble is, Beat doesn't know Ichigo, and isn't happy with some guy perving over his sister.
Setting: The more carnival-like parts of the festival

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[reaperbait]

Rhyme was currently clinging to the stuffed animal Ichigo had won for her, tucked under her arm. She had been having a blast. There's been a few snacks, tons of performers and stalls with all sorts of games and food.

She'd tried her hand at a few of the games, including ring toss and the one where you scoop up goldfish but she hadn't been particularly lucky - she wanted to win something for Ichigo.

It was alright that she hadn't won anything yet, though. For the first time in a long time she felt like she had a big brother there with her. Beat was nice, of course, and great at brother-things, too, but Ichigo was ... here. He also wasn't trying too hard, which made it better, somehow.

[curry_ramen]

It had been pure luck, good or bad it didn't matter, that beat had been in the same area as the two. After finding out about Kambei and that odd conversation with Gin over the journals... fun and games were very low on his list. In fact, he hadn't been intending to come here at all. His feet had just kept walking as he thought swirling things in his own little world, going over everything Gin said, everything he could have done wrong to make Kambei leave so suddenly.

So he was almost on top of the pair when he looked up, finally.

"Rhyme? What the-?" He finally saw Ichigo. Guy looked older then him, and... holy hell was this some kind of date?!

"Who the hell is dis guy!?"

[flight_15]

Ichigo looked at him in surprise. "That's my line! Rhyme, you know this guy?" He eyed Beat. Punk looked like trouble, all right, but Ichigo knew better than anyone that someone who looked like trouble wasn't necessarily looking for it.

It wasn't surprising, he supposed, that Rhyme would run into someone she knew here. Heck, Ichigo was surprised he hadn't run into any old buddies at an event this big. If he was an old friend of Rhyme's, that wouldn't be a problem. But if he did start any trouble....

[reaperbait]

"Beat!" Rhyme waved with her free hand at the boy. "Ichigo, this is my brother, Beat." She'd already told him about her own uncertainty about Beat's identity, so she didn't think she needed to rehash it. Honestly, it was safe to say that Ichigo knew more about that than most of the others on the crew anyway.

"Beat, this is Ichigo! He got me a King Lizard claw, for the mage!" She was, as always, a ball of excitement and enthusiasm, but she was extra excited for that. It was one step closer to a cure for her.

She laughed a little, what were the chances of her real big brother and her other friend - who she'd come to think of a lot like a brother as well - meeting like this anyway?