I am the biggest hypocrite // I've been undeniably jealous [ closed ]

[supersedure]

Who: Madarame Ikkaku (mala_suerte), Shihōin Yoruichi (goneonenight) and Suì-Fēng (supersedure). And Urahara too, but he's unconscious...
What: Bringing Urahara back home from the hospital.
When: 28/IV
Where: From the hospital to Yoruichi's and Urahara's home.
Warnings: Supposedly none...

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[supersedure]

Suì-Fēng looked at Urahara Kisuke as they walked, and thought it was somewhat funny that he'd survive an apocalypse but was put in that state by a single harpy. She didn't know him as well as Yoruichi, and she was definitely biased when it came to him, but she had spent a lot of time working with him in the past, and she didn't remember him being weak or sickly. Had she even ever seen him in such a state before? Yoruichi-sama must have been so worried, even though she always looked so strong and calm

[mala_suerte]

He didn't think anything could've really incapacitated Urahara Kisuke, but Ikkaku figured the man had never seen aliens before this whole deal on the ship before, either. It was strange to think of someone so powerful being brought down by something like that. Kinda like Ichigo managing to beat Captain so early on, before anyone knew what he was actually capable of. But he nodded anyway and kept on walking.

As long as everything turned out okay, he had no room to complain. "A job, maybe? Think I've been hearin' about a harpy problem."

Hearing from Yumichika about it day and night, anyway. He would've offered to help, but he had a handle on it, and it was more fun to watch him storm into the room and then dive for the bathroom. And then Ikkaku eyed the back of Sui-Feng's head and added, "Know how they're a pain in the ass, gettin' into everything." And butting in on perfectly civil conversations on the network about what's proper and how annoying he is

[goneonenight]

Yoruichi nodded as they approached the hospital exit, steering the stretcher around a patient and their family. "Yeah, there were a lot of harpy jobs this month; some dealt with caring for them, and others with exterminating them. I suppose it just depends on who hires you."

With most of her attention on Kisuke, she missed the interplay between Ikkaku and Sui-Feng. Not that she would have said anything; as fond as she was of her former student, Sui was needlessly hostile most of the time, and Yoruichi couldn't exactly blame people for taking issue with that.

Once they were outside, she took a moment to get her bearings, then turned left towards the residential area. She'd play this by ear; if they could walk the whole way, fine, but the Thor was enormous and they were carrying an invalid. Just in case, she'd noted the locations of reputable transportation along the way, if needed.

"But Kisuke was a surrogate mother for harpies this month." She rolled her eyes. "I'm surprised it took as long as it did for something to go

[supersedure]

She shoot Madarame a look-- was I talking to you? She was doing her best to ignore him and pretend he wasn't there, beside insisting on walking between him and Yoruichi-sama, and there he went and ruined everything.

Suì-Fēng was tempted to pretend she hadn't heard him at all, but he had given her just the right hook. "Getting into everything. How annoying." She looked forward again, before adding: "Watch your language."

Just when she'd have some time to be alone with Yoruichi-sama, now that finally Urahara was knocked out, he'd gave to go and ruin it. Sometimes she really could not understand the choices her mentor made. What had she invited him for? He wasn't needed. He was out of place. They had nothing to do with him.

"So many things don't make any sense here." Said more as if she was talking to herself rather than to either if them. When they got out, she immediately focused on taking in their surroundings, trying to memorize buildings, streets and anything that might help her not getting lost when she'll be walking alone.

[mala_suerte]

"Right, right. My apologies." And Ikkaku even fought mightily not to roll his eyes. So what if he talked like a normal person? It was Sui-Feng's issue that she couldn't deal with it. Though she still outranked him, so he wasn't about to go snapping back at her. He bounced a little impatiently on the balls of his feet, then surged ahead past both of them to clear the way down the hall.

Needed something to do. The bags and boxes weren't that heavy and it was easier to make room than hang around back there and not saw anything. He did look over his shoulder to grin at Yoruichi, though. "Surrogate mother? That's kinda cute."

Not that he'd ever thought about applying that word to Urahara. Ikkaku idly shouldered an alien out of the way of the stretcher, and when he reached the end of the next hall, he turned around to wait for the rest of the group to catch up. He could theoretically have made short work of all the stuff with shunpo, but then again he'd probably just end up crashing into walls. Control wasn't exactly his specialty.