Title: Back to the good old days...
Author:
honou_no_izumi Fandom: Kamen Rider OOO
Character: Hino Eiji, Ankh
Rating: G
Summary: Set in between 43 and 44. Eiji wished that things could have gone back to the good old days
A/N: It's unavoidable... this.
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"I wanted a stronger body. Much stronger than this..."
"That's why I can't forgive him anymore after this..."
He said that... yet he could not help hoping that things would go back to what it used to be. Back from the time before Ankh was taken by his other self. Back to that time.
Those times... had been amongst the many happy times he had cherished. At least, the only ones he had since that time. He barely remembered the happy times he had before, and even if he could... he could not recall again his feelings from then.
Sure, Ankh could be so annoying, bossy... difficult, rude and hard to bear; yet he could not remember even once had he hated Ankh for being what he was. Like really hated him.
So now, even if he was really angry at Ankh for what cruel things he had done to Hina and him; deep inside... he was still hoping that Ankh would come back. Since, despite everything-Ankh has been a very good partner to him. That... despite he was awfully bad at trying to act like a proper person, Ankh was... really not that bad.
He might be annoying, bossy, difficult, rude and unbearable-but Ankh was also so innocent, awkward, silly, adorable, childish and really, hard to not care about. It was always so amusing seeing him being so giddy while eating ice creams.
Ankh was... is... a very important person to him... and Hina.
Eiji sighed.
Perhaps he should have not threatened Ankh about destroying the rest of his cores-but what else could he say to stop Ankh and get back the detective? That time, it really looked like Ankh was really going to kill the detective.
He could still hear Ankh's voice shouting back at him in his ear. Ankh had always liked to shout out his orders rudely all the time, but this particular time...it really bothered him. The tone Ankh had used... that particular note in his voice, he always noticed it being used whenever Ankh was being very emotional. He could always ignore it before... not this time though.
He did not want to destroy Ankh. If possible, he did not want to have to take that path! But at this rate... he and Ankh...
"At this rate... if Ankh doesn't come back..."
Could he... destroy Ankh?
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Ankh stopped to perch on top of a skyscraper to take a breather before continuing to track the progress of his Vulture Yummy. He shrugged to himself.
He had not planned to become so emotional when confronting Dr. Maki earlier, but at least he gained some useful information. First, finish with Uva's business... and later take on the others. He want to see how Kazari would react, to have him turn everything around to his advantage.
Ankh cocked his head as he lift a hand to wipe a hint of moisture from his cheeks. He stared at it curiously.
"Tears?"
He snorted to himself as image of Hina and Eiji came to mind. "Don't be ridiculous!" He shrugged the thought away.
"There's no way I would still feel attached to them!" He twitched again. "Be quiet! Just because you could also get inside my thoughts do not think you knew a lot about me!"
Ankh shook his head again, as if a fly has hovered near his ears.
"I won't hurt Hina, if that's what you want to hear. As long as she don't block my way that is..."