Amiko Kobayashi (hotlittlehands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-29 21:11:00

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Matter of Honor: The Enemy of My Enemy is My... Uncle
Amiko certainly didn't see eye to eye with her foster mother's brother. But they'd had a polite truce for years, ever since he and Logan had come to something resembling a truce of their own. Which had involved her, and involved the Sword. That gave her an additional sense of responsibility to see such an important symbol of Clan Yashida restored to a branch of the clan that still had some concept of what honor was.

She was grateful that the others had come.

... She was grateful, but quite some ways away from the small cottage where Kenuicho was convalescing, she stopped. "Asako, Grogg, I need to ask you something in particular."

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	yay_sparkles 2011-03-29 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Ask away!" Asako said, beaming. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kaiju_can_do 2011-03-29 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Grogg will do whatever he can, Missy Kobayashi!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-03-29 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you so much. I don't want Jushiro or anyone who would intervene on his behalf interrupting this conversation. We're going to need lookouts from a good ways away. Will you two stay here and quietly keep an eye on things?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	get_medieval 2011-03-29 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	Hajime has come along, but keeps mostly quiet until he's needed or addressed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yay_sparkles 2011-03-29 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Asako noddded. "Can do, Amiko-san." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kaiju_can_do 2011-03-30 12:07 am UTC (link)
	"Grogg can do that!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	supergeisha 2011-03-30 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Kikuya was right behind Hajime--literally. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-03-30 01:59 am UTC (link)
	Amiko smiles gratefully at Asako and Grogg and they head closer. "From what I know, there should only be the nurse in with him right now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	get_medieval 2011-03-30 02:22 am UTC (link)
	"We can hope. I will be on guard anyway." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bulletstorm 2011-03-30 10:21 am UTC (link)
	"Hey nurses can be dangerous too you know," Ryota says, "Oh I could tell you stories." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-03-30 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Ryota, I think you can handle the nurse while we girls talk to my uncle." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	get_medieval 2011-03-30 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"I am sure he can handle that assignment. I will settle for keeping an eye out for trouble, in case we've attracted other attention." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	supergeisha 2011-03-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Kikuya carefully and diligently checked her secret arsenal of fans, then delicately popped her knuckles. It always was a little amusing to her that she was, for lack of a better term, the heavy amongst the girls. "I am ready to be at your service, Amiko." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-03-30 11:39 pm UTC (link)

Amiko smiles, and then leads the three of them closer, very carefully. She spots and circumvents a few automatic security systems, but as she believed, most actual personnel seem to be elsewhere after Jushiro's little downfall.

Finally, they're right up against the cottage as she pulls a quick little stunt that would make Yukio proud to take out a motion sensor.

They can hear, from inside, a sickeningly cloying voice, synesthetically like marshmallows soaked in honey. "Now, Kenuchio-kun, you must finish drinking your water before I can turn the lights out!"

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	get_medieval 2011-03-30 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Hajime puts his hand to his sword, a frown crossing his face. "Is... computerized medical care common now? I thought you said a nurse would likely be all?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-03-31 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"You will /stop/ with this foolishness." another voice says between ragged coughs. Damn that traitorous son of his. Damn this robot nurse. His honor had been so impugned of late that even seppuku was looking reasonable. "I have had enough water, you tin-devil! Leave me be!" he yells again, before breaking into another coughing fit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-03-31 01:56 am UTC (link)

Amiko listens carefully, both to Hajime's question and to what her uncle is saying.

"It's not standard procedure, but...The plan stands. Ryota, if the nurse has a transmitter, disable it."

"Oh dear me! That doesn't sound good!" declares that saccharine voice again. "I'd better get you some more medicine!"

Amiko gives a few moments for Kenuichio to be alone before she opens the window.

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	bulletstorm 2011-03-31 07:44 am UTC (link)
	“Get ready to see one holy-nurse,” Ryota says grabbing his handguns and loading them to shoot energy blasts. He then leaves the others to follow after robo-nurse to take it out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	supergeisha 2011-03-31 10:09 am UTC (link)
	Kikuya readies a lethally sharpened hair pin just in case as she follows Amiko. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-03-31 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	Amiko hoped Ryota would keep the damage minimal. She took a deep breath as they entered the room and bowed to the man in the bed. "Good evening, Uncle," she said politely. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-03-31 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Kenuchio Harada looked around from his mechanical nurse to see who'd come to darken his door...and found his spirits lifted unexpectedly. His face is impassive as he regards his niece. "Niece." he says, his tone as polite as he can manage. "Nurse, leaves us be. I wish to speak with my family member in private." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-04-01 01:02 am UTC (link)

The Nurse in the doorway starts to raise a transmitter, likely to signal somewhere about the arrival of sudden company.

Amiko doesn't even turn away from her uncle. She may not trust Ryota to shut his mouth or look after her things, but she can darn well trust him to shoot to disable the transmitter and keep the robot out of the room.

"There is much upon which we disagree, sir, but I believe there is one thing upon which we can agree entirely."

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	bulletstorm 2011-04-01 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Ryota quickly shoots the transmitter down with his first shot but shots at it a few more times to be extra sure and it wasn't like he had to play for the bullets. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	get_medieval 2011-04-01 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Hajime draws his sword and moves to stand guard over Kenuichio Harada until Amiko has had her say. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-04-01 01:19 am UTC (link)
	"Forgive me for the minor vandalism, Uncle," she says. "But I would not want any of Jushiro's associates to interrupt us. That is, indeed, what I believe we can agree on. Everything he has done... it is unconscionable." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-04-01 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"Am I to believe the daughter of my sister cares one whit about my honor? Why have you really come, Amiko." Kenuchio asks. "And what value should I find in aiding you?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-04-01 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"He has harmed more than just you, Uncle," Amiko says quietly. "And I do care about the honor of the clan. There is little I can effectively prove at present through legal recourse, but there is something I feel I must do in principle. All that I need from you is to know where and under what circumstances the Honor Sword is now kept." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	get_medieval 2011-04-02 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Hajime keeps quiet, but is clearly displeased. This is what the cousins of the Emperor have become? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	supergeisha 2011-04-03 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Like Hajime, Kikuya remains quiet. The negotiations of this situation are Amiko's to make, though her razor fans remained at the ready even as she watched and listened. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_baddie
2011-04-03 02:32 am UTC (link)

"And, of course, once you find it, you shall use it to assure your domination of the clan and I can likely expect to be finished off by one of your new associates." Kenuchio says.

"I am of the mind to tell you where it is, just to allow this outcome to pass." Kenuchio says, taking a deep breath.

"The sword as been ensorcelled to keep the unworthy from even seeing it, let alone wielding it. Jushiro shall never lay hands upon it, though that machine he trapped me with made a point of trying to extract the information from me daily." he says.

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hotlittlehands
2011-04-03 02:48 am UTC (link)

Amiko's face is expressionless at the accusation that she would sully Lady Mariko's memory with a treacherous power play. "Shiro's branch of the family has more fitting training and the right of blood. I will give it to them, that they may denounce Jushiro as the renegade he is," she says.

"They cannot do that if it remains hidden, Uncle. If it will. Jushiro's disgusting allies may include those with sorcerous talents. Please tell me where it is."

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nextgen_baddie
2011-04-03 03:29 am UTC (link)

Kenuchio Harada is a proud man; it galls him to be in this situation and galls him more so that he must depend on his late sister's child to save his family's honor, the honor that his son has sullied.

"I expect that when you hand over the sword, you will name the one that aided you, niece." Kenuchio says quietly.

"Once Jushiro's people know you are going after the sword, my life will be forfeit. I would like to die with some manner of dignity an honor, and if you obtain the sword, I ask only that you tell our kin that I sought to bring back honor to our family in atonement for the wrongs I did.

Jushiro's failings are my responsibility. This is my way of seeking a small measure of redemption." he finishes.

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	hotlittlehands 2011-04-03 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Amiko bows. "Of course, Uncle." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_baddie 2011-04-03 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Kenuchio provides Amiko with the location of the weapon, as well as the three tests necessary to disable the wards and claim it for herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-04-03 04:11 am UTC (link)

Amiko listens carefully and bows again. "Thank you, Uncle."

She takes a breath. She was an agent of the law, and about to break it, but she'd already settled on that in this endeavour. She'd been brought up to respect old aristocratic solutions to certain problems.

"Since one of my colleagues is so inconveniencing your nurse, Uncle, may I get you something? The phone, pen and paper?" She slowly takes her own small sword off of her back. It's nothing special, nothing remotely compared to Hajime's, but it's a respectable blade which she'd used in government service. She stands holding it and waiting.

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get_medieval
2011-04-03 04:17 am UTC (link)

Hajime chooses now to speak, drawing his own katana and wakizashi.

"This should only be done with a proper blade. Please... it would be my honor. The only failing this blade has ever seen is that it has not yet tasted the life of my father's killer. I hope it will suffice."

The wakizashi, of course, is for Amiko... in case he screams. The wakizashi, of course, is Hajime's soul, as the katana is his honor. By offering it, he puts Amiko's faith in his own conviction and adherence to the test - she should only accept it if she believes the blade, and Hajime's soul, worthy.

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	nextgen_baddie 2011-04-03 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"You assume that there is anyone left who would care to hear my words, Amiko. Make it quick. That is all I ask." Harada says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-04-03 04:29 am UTC (link)

Amiko does remember that much about the wakizashi, and bows with a grateful "Thank you." She hasn't known Hajime all that long, but the fact that he's an impeccably worthy person in every old-fashioned sense is inescapable.

"Could you excuse us please?" she asks them. When they do...

Amiko and her Uncle attend to Business with quiet and efficiency.

When Amiko comes out of that room again, she is getting bits of blood off of her wrists. Hajime's weapons are clean and she returns them to him gratefully.

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get_medieval
2011-04-03 04:41 am UTC (link)

Hajime treats the occasion with perfect solemnity, nodding to the request and quietly filing out of the room. If he's ever asked, he will, with perfect sincerity, attest to witnessing the event, and attest to the fact that Kenuichio Harada was perfectly strong and capable of comitting seppuku without aid - as it should be, and he composed himself with perfect honor throughout.

Sometimes the truth must be the right thing, instead of an accounting of events.

He kneels outside the room, praying to his ancestors and the ancestors of the emperors family that they will find this final sacrifice, and this final service to honor acceptable enough to consider Kenuichio Harada's soul worthy, at least, of being given a chance to try again.

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bulletstorm
2011-04-03 06:59 pm UTC (link)

When the others came out of the room to leave Amiko alone Ryota could be found kicking the still talking nurse bot's head against a wall like a soccer ball. Not far behind him were the smoldering bullet hole ridden body of the nurse bot that was without a doubt beyond repair by anyone on the planet. The nurse bot's head was not very happen about the treatment it was being given and was complaining about it is as polite terms as possible while Ryota rudely told it back that he did not care.

He was debating whether he was going to keep the head for fun or just blow it the hell up when they got outside when the other had come out. Noting their solemn looks Ryota stopped playing around much the the Nurse's delight. When he say Amiko come out he had been a little surprised but didn't let it show.

"Do you want to get going or do you need a minute or two," He asked.

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	supergeisha 2011-04-06 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	"I will assist you later in cleaning and attending to yourself, Amiko," Kikuya says softly and bows to Amiko acknowledging the task she has just completed with the utmost reverence. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-04-06 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you very much," Amiko says. We should make our exit, and rendezvous with Grogg and Asako." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kaiju_can_do 2011-04-07 02:24 am UTC (link)
	Grogg still could not believe everything that had happened while Missy Kobayashi and the others were gone. He and Asako would have so much to tell them! He was still mad he had lost his hat though. He waved when he was them coming. "Hello Missy Kobayashi! Did you have successes?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-04-07 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, Grogg. We have the information we need." She looked at the two of them. "Are you okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bulletstorm 2011-04-07 10:31 am UTC (link)
	Ryota had come back with the others and was playing with the Nurse bots head, passing it back and forth between his hands. He had also shoved a cloth down it's mouth to shut it up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kaiju_can_do 2011-04-08 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Grogg reached up to pinch a piece of his coat that was still smoldering. "Well... it long story." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dark_of_winter 2011-06-26 08:45 pm UTC (link)
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