[#019] Damn You, KAT-TUN
I've been on this semi-hiatus for the past... ALMOST A WEEK. (damn it, so close.) But noooooo, a fancam of their 8 minute PV for Don't U Ever Stop came out and I had to work like hell to get that damn video to load. The first streaming video of it was such fail on my school computer. It took about 30 minutes to load twelve seconds. I was so pissed
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Jin pushed forward, walking steadily in her direction. He tried to move as stealthily as possible, so as not to draw her attention. But halfway forward, she looked up, meeting his eyes, and with a small smirk and the sound of a crystal ball breaking, she vanished right before his eyes.
Another crystal ball broke nearby, and a body crashed into his. Jin tried to steady the person, but Ueda jerked out of his grasp. "You're too obvious, idiot." Jin blinked before Ueda blocked a punch from a random bystander and sent a bolt of electricity at the person's crystal ball, shattering it. The male blinked, focus returning to his eyes, and he gave Ueda a confused look before shaking his head and walking out of the club.
Jin blinked again. "What was that?"
Ueda rolled his eyes, adjusting his glasses. "Did you not read anything about this mission at all?"
"More like I didn't get anything except a picture and a location," Jin retorted back, looking around warily, almost anticipating someone attacking him randomly. Nobody did anything out of the ordinary though and Jin turned back to Ueda.
Ueda snorted. "Probably because he knew you wouldn't bother reading anyway."
"Not true," Jin said annoyed. Ueda fidgeted with his glasses again. "Since when did you get glasses anyway?"
"Six months ago," Ueda said coolly. "Right after you left."
Jin stayed silent; there was no point in saying Ueda's words hurt. Instead, he started to move, to the front of the club where the most people were.
"Tegoshi thinks that the club owner is housing the next resistance. It's been years since Johnny's death and the Princess has taken over the throne, not everyone's been happy about this," Ueda explained, walking alongside Jin.
"Tell me something I don't know," Jin snorted, keeping his eyes out for the person he was searching for.
"We think that all the people on her supposed side are all here not of their own will," Ueda said quietly, trying to keep his voice down. Jin had to strain to hear his words.
"That's what the crystal balls are?" He stopped in his tracks, suddenly noticing that everyone really were holding crystal balls.
Ueda nodded.
"Why are you telling me this?" Jin asked. "Shouldn't you let me fend for myself?"
"We were once a group. It could happen again." Ueda gave Jin a knowing look - one that made Jin feel like he was able to read everything Jin was thinking and even those thoughts he wouldn't let himself think. He gave Jin a pat on the back, and then turned around into the crowd.
Jin sighed, then looked up at the upper level. Koki was glaring at him. Jin supposed he was getting mad that one by one, the members were talking to him, like things were going to go back to normal; Koki had taken his leaving the hardest, after all.
He started to walk up the staircase, but Taguchi stopped him, grabbing onto his arm. "I don't think that's a good idea."
Next thing Jin knew, the club exploded in action and Jin jerked to look down at the floor by instinct. Kame and Koki both had the club owner in their grip, ivy vines tangling Koki's arm to the club owner while Kame gripped onto her other arm.
Ueda and Nakamaru were halfway across the room, their attentions occupied by people moving to attack them. Jin heard the sound of crystal breaking right next to his hear and jerked his head around to see Taguchi furiously trying to block arms moving to attack both him and Jin. "Do something!" Taguchi hissed.
Jin sucked in a breath. He wasn't sure he missed this part of the job.
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asd;kflajsdlfk Okay. So um. Yeah. Action woot..... except not. ~_~;;
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is the bolded 'he' referring to Koki? because it sounds like Jin, only that doesn't make any sense.
kjl;fakjl;falj;kfajkl; WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN I AM TRYING REALLY HARD TO RESIST THE LURE OF FANTASY STORIES AND ASSUME THEY'RE ALL GOING TO DIE BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER FORGIVE YOU OMG YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE JIN SACRIFICE HIMSELF TO SAVE THE OTHERS AND THEN EVEN KOKI WILL FORGIVE HIM ARE YOU. ARE YOU???. ;kjlfaljk;af um.
right. ignore that moment of blind paranoia.
WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME THERE OMGGGGG. *deep breath*
jinda moment which conveniently caught us readers (and jin) up on some important information
J;KLFAJ;LKFA RETURN OF CREEPY VINES.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING ANYMORE.
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...And that's weird paranoia. lolol I don't think that i'm going to kill jin, considering... well, considering things. XPPP But yes. I don't think I'm goin to kill off Jin, that would suck. Beyond belief. XPPP
SORRY. But you know, every part, gotta make it all tense tense tense. XPPPPP So um. yes. 3 or 4 more parts for present time and I should be able to tie that up nicely. XPPP
Yup!! ...And caught me up on where I wanted to go with this. Kinda. Still gotta decide on the ending. lol Whoops. Although, i have a vague idea of things, but really... vague doesn't equal certain.
LOLOL I don't even know what you're saying. Creepy vines, dear? :DDDD
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certainty is over-rated.
there was ivy! :|||||||
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Jin tapped into the part of him that remembered how to use his powers. He'd refused to use them when he'd gone back; it stung to even think of using them after all that had happened. The feeling of wind strengthened around him and it was a rush remembering how much he had loved his element. His hands tingled and Jin pushed them forward, sending high winds around the room and shattering all the ones that were in front of him.
Attacking stopped near him and Taguchi, and Taguchi gave him a grateful look in return. "It's good to have you back," Taguchi said before rushing down the stairs towards Nakamaru and Ueda.
Jin licked at his lips. He didn't want to admit it, but he needed to hear those words more than anything else. At least to someone, he was wanted. Jin ran down the stairs too, shattering random glass balls along his way - not caring who or what was there. All he knew was that he had to keep moving. Before he knew it, Jin was right by Koki and Kame who were still holding down the club owner.
"Let them go," Kame hissed angrily.
The lady, despite being tangled up in Koki's vines, looked cool and collected, as though she didn't believe she was in any trouble. "I don't think so," she said. There was an odd noise in her voice; it strangely reminded Jin of air.
"Get out of here," Koki snapped when he noticed Jin there. "We don't need your help, or what you think is defined as help anyway."
Jin swung another arm out to their side, more crystal balls shattering. "I'm here to get her, not to help you guys," Jin growled.
The lady in white laughed lightly; again, Jin got the feeling of air and it was starting to disturb him. "You've finally come," she said, looking Jin straight in the eye. "I've been waiting for someone of your skills."
Jin blinked, confused. Kame threw him a dirty look. "Is this why you came back?"
"Wait, I have no ide-" Jin started, but he stopped when she stared straight at him, the corners of her lips twitch upwards. With her free hand, she conjured a small crystal ball and before anyone could stop her, she crushed it. Jin felt his entire world go black, his whole body seemed to move somewhere that wasn't where he'd been before.
When light finally came back to his eyes, Jin realized he wasn't at the club anymore. He didn't even know if he was on Earth anymore, because all was still shrouded in black. The only reason he could see was because she was glowing right before him. Just like she always had been.
"Sit down," she said. "There's much we need to talk about."
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a;sldkfjaslkdfj Ummmmmm, yes. This may be going places I didn't even know. ;alkdjfalsk is it good or bad? aha-haha..... yeah. XP
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"There's not exactly somewhere to sit," Jin said, trying to sound calmer than he actually felt.
She tittered, covering her hand with her mouth, and sat back - whether it was an actual chair or not, Jin wasn't sure. "We're one in the same, you know," she said softly, turning a small crystal ball in her fingers.
Jin snorted, just as a something came crashing into him from behind and he fell back, hitting onto something solid. He reached back, but felt nothing against his fingers. Half turning, he realized he was sitting on air. "Did you do that?" he asked, sucking in his breath as he turned back to face her.
"Unless you did without knowing."
Jin pursed his lips. "Why am I here?"
"Because I've been waiting for you." Her eyes glowed, a brightly white than before. "A person with the power of wind, one with the drive to take what is rightfully his."
"And what's rightfully mine?"
"This country, this world. It's all meant for someone with power and strength, not that frail little Princess we have on the throne." She stood up and sashayed towards Jin, leaning over to rest her hands on his chest. "You are the one I've been waiting for."
Jin laughed roughly. "You've got the wrong person." He removed her hands from him, pushing her away. "I'm only here to bring you back to Tegoshi and that's all."
Her eyes flared. "Don't say that name in front of me!" she hissed angrily, flinging an arm out. A gust of wind hit Jin squarely on the chest, blowing him back off the air!chair.
To Jin, the world turned black once more. When he opened his eyes again, Jin felt hands holding him up and light came flooding back. "Where did you go?" Taguchi asked.
Jin sucked in a breath. "I'm not sure."
The woman in white appeared in front of them without notice. "I misjudged you," she growled, pointing a finger at Jin's. "Anyone that uses that name fondly isn't any ally of mine."
Jin rolled his eyes, shaking off Taguchi's and Nakamaru's hands - the ones holding him up. "I didn't want to be your ally anyway."
"What'd she do, promise you power and position?" Taguchi asked with a snort.
"Un," Jin sighed. "Been there, done that."
"And you fell for it the first time," Kame retorted.
Jin felt his stomach plunge, but his eyes never left the woman. "I never accepted, don't keep to incorrect conclusions," he growled. There was a small laugh near him, just a small one, but Jin had heard it - he just didn't know who it was from.
Before Jin could figure it out, he watched as the female's eyes flared once more and the sound of a crystal ball shattered sent a gust of wind against the six guys. All fell back, some landing against the ground and other smacking into walls nearby.
"Forget it! I can take on the Princess's guards on my own, starting with this rag-tag group of wizards," she hissed, another gust of wind slamming them against the nearest surface.
"God, she's as annoying as you are," Kame growled in Jin's direction.
Jin rolled his eyes as he struggled to put up a barrier to counter-act her wind. "Hearing you say that, of all people, is the most annoying of all. Especially when you're the most annoying of us all," Jin said dryly. He finally managed to put up a barrier, one that was only big enough for him and Kame since Kame was the only one close enough.
Kame barked out a laugh. "Only annoying to you." When Jin turned to look at him, he was a little startled to see that there wasn't any malice, maybe mild annoyance in Kame's eyes, but no malice. The one thing that Jin had been worried about the most. "Let's get her?"
Jin nodded, feeling his heart pounding in his chest. "Yeah, let's get her."
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So yes, a hint of past that i was trying to set up. Um, Kame may have bent really quickly at the end, but.. um... he wasn't the biggest problem?? XPPPP I'm not sure. I'll have to fix that up. Really, Kame wasn't as mad as Jin thought he was? In my head, everyone's kinda understood what really happened in the past, and only Koki's angry that Jin left so easily. a;lskdjfalskdjf Right. That's what I THINK. a;sldkfjaslkd I DON'T KNOW anymore. T.t
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I'd assumed that Kame wasn't as mad at Jin as Jin thought he was. maybe Kame just needed that last bit cleared up and to hear it from Jin's own lips. that's what i figured.
HINTS OF THE PAST ;LAFLJ;KFA.
ok j;kl;KJLAFL;JKFAL;JKAFLKJ THE BIT WITH THE LADY IN THE BLACK SPACE. WITH THE WIND AND THE PROPOSITION ;LKJFA AF AND JIN BEING ALL KAKKOII AND TURNING HER DOWN.
WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH TEGOSHI AND THIS MYSTERIOUS WHITE WOMAN? JLK;KAFL;KJFAL;KJFA WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER 4 WHO DON'T HAVE THE CONVENIENCE OF A WIND SHIELD?
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When Jin looks over to the other guys to see how they were doing, he's pleased to see that the other two pairs have it under control. Taguchi had gotten the water flowing from the bar and created a size-able barrier for him and Koki, while Ueda's electric sparks made one for him and Nakamaru. Their eyes meet and they nod to each other, fighting forward despite the fact that her winds only get stronger.
A shattering noise echoes through the empty club, and they stumble forward, without the winds that they'd been fighting against subside. Jin lifts his head to find her, but she was no longer where she'd been standing.
"What in the-" are the words that come out of Koki's mouth before everyone sees him fly through Taguchi's water barrier, effectively breaking it and sending the water splattering down to the floor. Taguchi's yell is the next thing they hear as he joins Koki down on the floor, feet away from where they'd been standing.
It's a flash of an eye, but Jin manages to catch her standing there with something solid and obviously cloudy white in her hands. He sees a bolt of electricity come down in her spot, but she's gone before it can hit her, leaving a scorch mark in its spot.
"Fuck!" Ueda growls, and Jin swallows when Ueda's the next struck. He's pushed against a wall and Jin can see a faint cut along his back.
"Jin, this is your element!" Kame hisses when Jin can't do anything, but watch.
JIn fiddles with his hands, trying to think. "Hers is different! She can manipulate the wind into something solid. I can only move them around, but they go their own course."
"Predict her movements," Kame tells him. "Listen."
Taguchi was trying to protect Ueda sending bursts of water at his sides, but never hitting anything solid. Koki runs across the room, trying to get Ueda out of whatever's pinning him against the wall, but his hands only knock into air - solid, but his hands just pass through it after a second.
Jin hears something cutting through air before it actually happens, and the next thing he knows Nakamaru is hissing in pain, clutching his shoulder. Kame rushes past Jin and tries to help Nakamaru's wound. Jin can't figure out just how they can fight someone that's not exactly there, but there all the same. He manages to catch it again, the noise of something cutting through air and this time, Kame manages to step back enough that his hat is the only thing that takes the damage, flying off his head and landing somewhere on the floor behind him.
"Koki! Move to your right!" Jin yells, and without fail, Koki moves. Everyone can hear the noise this time as she misses her target completely, the wind sword hitting the wall right by Ueda. "Taguchi, aim for that spot now!"
It's a little startling that his former (are they still former now?) friends are listening to him without question, but Jin is more than glad for it as Taguchi's water hits something obviously solid, knocking the woman in white off balance. Koki acts quickly, his vines tangling up the female's feet, keeping her rooted to the ground. Taguchi manages to keep her hands in small bubbles, so as to prevent her from doing anything with her hands.
Whatever was holding Ueda against the wall fails and within seconds, he falls back, gasping for air.
"Did... did we get her?" Jin asks, stunned.
"Yup!" Taguchi says happily, turning to give Jin a pleased look. "We knocked the wind out of her~"
Jin raises his eyebrow, but chuckles a little to appease him at least a little. "I think we just might have."
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a;sldkfjasl;dfj how was the fight scene? you know i'm so bad with this. ONE MORE PART. and what, who's that? oh look~ Kami.
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They quickly find that as difficult as it was to defeat the woman in white, it's proving to be rather difficult to get her to Tegoshi.
"We cannot keep her hands in a water bubble the entire time!" Kame insists, giving Taguchi a worried look. Taguchi returns it with an easy smile, but even Jin could tell the strain it was taking on Taguchi, and Koki for that matter, to keep their prisoner captive.
Luckily for them, the club doors open and Tegoshi walks through, Ryo following behind him. "Look what the cat dragged in," Jin quickly snorts at the sight of Ryo.
Ryo throws him a dirty look. "I'm more surprised you're still walking. You actually survived the mission?"
The other guys throw Jin a confused look, considering the last time they'd seen Ryo, it hadn't been under good circumstances. "Tegoshi, what are you going to do about..." Nakamaru asks, jerking a head towards the woman who was glaring darkly at the newcomer.
Tegoshi preens. "I knew asking you guys to do this would work out well."
"Why didn't you just do it yourself?" Ueda snaps, still wincing even though Jin and Kame had done their best in trying to mend his wounds on his back.
"I'm only one person," Tegoshi says with a pout.
"You have more powers than any of us combined," Koki snorts, arms crossed.
Ryo barks out laughter. "You can't possibly think Tegoshi's almighty."
Jin, who's standing closest to Kame, hears him mutter, "He sure acts like it." Jin hides his snicker behind a hand.
"It's better to see him in action," Jin says loudly before nodding towards Tegoshi. At this point, the woman in white is starting to fidget fruitlessly in her spot, eyes widening as Tegoshi's eyes started to glow a similar white as the lady's had done long before.
Jin has only seen Tegoshi do this once, and when he did, it had felt like a mixture of pain and emptiness and power all at once. He suspects that the person getting this done to was feeling the same, only amplified by 10 times. She wants to scream, Jin can tell, but the white light surrounding her muffles all the space around her.
Taguchi stumbles backwards into Jin, but Jin can't look away from what he's looking at. It's practically blinding, but Jin thinks he needs to see this. Bit by bit, light travels from the female's body towards Tegoshi whose hands are out in front of him and light is being absorbed by his hands, light engulfing his body slowly but surely.
"Is he... taking her power?" Taguchi gasps in Jin's ear, hand steady gripping Jin's shoulder.
Jin licks his lips and nods slowly, watching as the last bit of light leaves her body and into Tegoshi's. With that last one, she collapses to her knees and lets out a yell that makes Jin wince for her. Tegoshi stumbles backwards, Ryo steadying him.
"Your power is to take others?" Kame asks, voice hollow.
Tegoshi nods slowly, pale as the light surrounding him starts to die down. "The dirty title for it is the Hoarder," Tegoshi explains, settling into a stool that Ryo had brought from near the bar. "I don't keep the powers, taking them from those who mis-use them and giving it to someone made for it and will use them properly."
Koki stares. "How can you even judge that kind of thing?"
"I don't," Tegoshi says simply.
Jin moves to the woman, the only one who does, and tries to help her stand. "I'm sorry," he whispers softly. "That must feel like hell."
She snatches her arm out of Jin's grip, standing up on her own, and tears stream down her face. It's a bit startling for Jin to notice that without her powers, color returns to both her hair and eyes - blonde with green eyes. "You could've been something," she snaps furiously.
Jin looks around at everyone staring at him, curious as to why he'd do something so kind. "I'm already something," Jin says with a sigh. "I don't need your empty promises."
Tegoshi smiles widely.
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a;sldkfja;slkdf okay, i lied. one more part. i still didn't clear up jin and koki. shit. um... right. HOW WAS THE EXPLANATION AT LEAST?!
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idk. somehow that was really, really sad. T_____T I DON'T LIKE TEGOSHI ANYMORE. HE'S DANGEROUS.
I DO LIKE THIS.
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i'm sorry?
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Tegoshi and Ryo are outside the club waiting after Tegoshi gets his strength back and they have the woman in white captive, their destination the castle. Jin stares at the rest of the guys, Nakamaru, whose arm is wrapped in scraps of Taguchi's hood, looks at Jin questioningly. "What are you gonna do now?"
Jin tries hard not to swallow. When he'd first seen them, it'd been the question that had lingered in the back of his head. He'd left because of a stupid argument, a fact that he'd come to accept after the past couple of months, and nothing he could do would change the events of that afternoon. But he was back now, they were okay with him now. "I-" Jin starts.
"He's gonna run away to his perfect life," Koki says sardonically.
Jin supposes he should have expected that; Koki had been the angriest at Jin's leaving (and his return judging by the looks Koki had thrown at Jin the entire time). "If that's how you feel," Jin says, his words trailing at the end.
It takes a lot of strength for Jin to turn around, his eyes meeting Ueda's as he does for. He's not sure why he lets himself look vulnerable just for Ueda's sake, but for a split second, Jin can feel all the emotion bubble up inside him, and his eyes reveal the hurt. He's barely a few feet from the door when Koki snorts.
"Running away. That's what you're good at, isn't it, Akanishi?"
Jin spins around again, all sorts of emotion flying through him - his blood is boiling, his head is racing and his fingers twitch at the idea of just shaking Koki and telling him that he's off the mark, that he wishes Koki would get it right already. "You-" Jin hisses, eyes blazing. He can barely get the words together in his head, much less out his lips, before Nakamaru interrupts him.
"You are more stubborn than Jin could ever be," Nakamaru reprimands, wincing as he puts an arm over Koki's shoulders.
Koki shrugs Nakamaru's arms off, his eyes never having left Jin's. "Akanishi hasn't said anything, yet."
"Because I can't believe you're still stuck on that," Jin retorts. "It's been, how long?"
"Six months, six days," Koki says promptly.
Kame whistles a bit. "Kept count, did you?"
Koki looks marginally embarrassed at having been caught, but he gives a noise for Jin to continue.
"I told you then, and I'm telling you now. I never accepted the offer. I didn't want it and I still don't," Jin sighs. "Power is always something people seek out, but even I know that we take only what is meant for us."
Ueda snorts slightly. "Growth much?"
"It had to happen some time," Jin says dryly.
Taguchi grins, slinging an arm around Jin's shoulders. "Maa-maa. What's done is done. We should let bygones be bygones!"
"Ask Koki," Jin sighs, staring straight at Koki.
Koki steps forward, standing right in front of Jin and seems to be just gauging Jin's reaction. His hand is outstretched after a very long time, and he grudgingly says, "I still haven't forgiven you, but it hasn't been the same without you here."
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