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RP Log: Seishirou, Kamui, and Sakurazuka Subaru [COMPLETE]

When; Saturday August 5, afternoon.
Rating; PG.
Characters; Sakurazuka Seishirou, Shirou Kamui, and Sakurazuka Subaru.
Summary; Past and future collide in the city...
Log;

So far, the day was looking more promising than the last; and yet there still was a sleek black umbrella in his hand as he walked down along the streets. As far as Seishirou could tell, the sky was merely somewhat cloudy.. pools of water still remained on the ground, resembling shards of some ethereal mirror that seemingly broke and fell to the earth. As he walked on, he stepped in a shallow puddle, causing the water to ripple his reflection as he walked off, seemingly with purpose. The casual air he had about him almost contradicted such, but there was no mistaking the fact that he was heading directly for something.

Unknowingly to others with a low sense for supernatural abilities at work, he did have a target in mind. While it was only for a brief moment, he had sent out his shikigami to investigate the whereabouts of Sumeragi Subaru. What was interesting, however, was that Nandarou had shown him a brief glimpse of what looked like a much older, more solemn Subaru... How intriguing. Briefly, he had to wonder how this worked in contrast to the workings of onmyoudo; however, it did seem as though contradictory, almost impossible, things did occur in this city. Most of the rules no longer seemed to apply. No holds barred... now that was an interesting way to live.

His eye travelled down the expanse of street that lie before him. He was somewhere ahead. A small smile curved his lips as he kept on at a lazy pace. He had planned to have a quick cigarette before, but the thought was abandoned. A little exercise in self-control was good for the spirit at times. And he could tell that he was just so close...

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Now that Subaru was rested and fed (a fact that Kamui was somehow proud of), Kamui felt it was time to show him around the city a bit. Not that he knew it really well or anything, but... he could at least show him some of the more prominent features. Like the carousel in the center of the city, which he was now dragging Subaru to. He was sort of secretly hoping that maybe Subaru could pick up something on it: magical powers, protective shields, whatever.

"Um..." Kamui scratched the back of his head lightly as he pointed to the object, stopping a good distance from it. "This is the carousel that I wanted to attack." Yeah. Totally a good way of introducing it. "I don't know much about it, but I've been told that it's connected to the clock that counts down to the end of worlds." He looked up at the older man. "I was hoping that maybe if I did something to it, the end of our world could somehow be stopped." Seemed logical enough, at least to Kamui.

He was happy to be back in dry clothes again, that was for sure. Though the yukata had been comfortable, it wasn't really something Subaru would like to walk around in. With his black pants, black turtleneck, black boots, black trench coat, and black gloves, it was probably pretty obvious that he didn't seem too fond of color or showing his skin.

Not that the yukata had been colorful, but it had shown more than he was comfortable with anymore.

Something had been nagging in the back of Subaru's mind for awhile now, but when Kamui started talking about the carousel, Subaru shook it off and directed his attention towards it. Mismatched gaze trained on it, he slowly walked around it. It was hard to really concentrate on it with how loud the city was... So full of people. Ugh.

"I suppose that makes sense. There might be a connection, but how? Would destroying it make all the kekkai indestructible? You claimed that there are others who have already faced an apocalypse? So then has this counted down before now?" He wondered if touching it or climbing on it was allowed, and reached out a hand to touch one of the horses.

That presence was near faint, and yet it was strong enough for him to pinpoint the location. In the center of the city... at the carousel. And he thought that it was intriguing enough. This alone was enough to pique Seishirou's curiosity; now he absolutely had to at least observe from afar. Silently, undetected, he sidestepped into an alleyway and proceeded at a quicker pace. While he was in another location, in another world entirely, there still had to be precautions taken; the matter was delicate enough without potential followers to witness.

There were already so many risks present with this situation. Not that it mattered, really. Seishirou simply wanted to satiate his curiosity.

He could sense the presence growing stronger, and at an exponentially quicker pace than it had before he had made his detour. The course was more direct... a few degrees off from the intended locale, but it was still decent enough. The thought of running briefly flashed through his mind, but it was quickly rejected. He had to remain off the radar. Running like a lunatic through the alleys wasn't the way to do that. His normally tolerant patience, though, was running dry.

Kamui had been a little distracted by thinking for the moment as Subaru investigated, but snapped to just in time to catch Subaru trying to touch the carousel. "DON'T!" he yelled as he grabbed Subaru's arm, pulling it back and giving him a serious look. "Never touch it. I've heard that it has either something or someone protecting it. If you touch it, you may get hurt or... worse..." Like hell if he was going to just allow Subaru to be injured or killed in his presence.

He jolted suddenly as he felt a familiar, and rather unappreciated, aura approaching them. It was faint and still seemingly far away, but... still. Damn it. Kamui couldn't help but growl to himself, "He's coming..." Great. Just what he needed.

Subaru was, needless to say, more than a little startled at Kamui's sudden outburst. He merely stared at first, processing the information, before he tried to gently remove his arm from the teenager's grip.

"I apologize. I let my curiosity get the best of me..."

Of course, Subaru had been able to sense something for awhile. He was just so trained to seek Seishirou, even after so long... Kamui's confirmation, as quiet as it was, didn't escape Subaru's ears, and it brought a shiver that tickled up along his spine and made him visibly shudder and turn.

And that was when the rain started again. It had decided to lighten up for a bit, but apparently the light sprinkle didn't last long, and once again Subaru found himself wet. Though he hardly looked like a drowned rat this time. With how piercing his gaze was, and stiff his shoulders were, he almost would have looked menacing...if there hadn't been that hint of terror practically emanating off of him.

He had a feeling the rain had merely let up for the moment. Luckily, he had removed his glasses for just a short period of time - it was always such a pain to wipe them free of moisture sometimes. Fluidly, Seishirou opened the umbrella, pausing a moment to remove his now rainsoaked jacket. It would certainly carry the earthy smell of rain later on. What a shame.

Another detour had to be made. This time, though, he turned the opposite direction after walking out from the long alleyway he had leisurely paced through. As he walked, he took the glasses he had left resting comfortably in his shirt pocket and replaced them with a gentle shove onto the bridge of his nose. Smiling pleasantly, he weaved through the rushing crowds that were headed toward any sort of relief from the sudden change in weather. And, at least seventy metres to his right, he saw two people out of the corner of his eye standing at the carousel.

One of them... was his intended target.

Rain. Damn it. Kamui looked upwards to the sky, letting himself get soaked, his hair flopping into his face. He did look like a wet rat: dark brown hair dripping, chunks of it sticking together and partially hiding his very annoyed violet eyes, his clothes sticking to him in ways he didn't feel comfortable with. And to make matters worse, he caught a glimpse of him. He instantly started glaring, twitching, and making a small sound that was very close to a growl.

He looked up to his companion, shaking from anger, knowing that surely Subaru had noticed as well. How could he have not? Subaru was extremely connected to this person, as much as Kamui hated that fact. "Subaru... are you okay?" he asked, already knowing the answer. This would not bode well, and, goddamnit, Kamui couldn't kill that bastard with Subaru here, either.

He had been so concentrated on looking for someone wearing a black suit and sunglasses that he had nearly forgotten that this Seishirou would be dressed differently. Possibly a little more...colorfully.

Kamui's inquiry made Subaru react more than the knowledge that he was near, and he finally caught the man out of the corner of his eye. Without fully turning, his hands shot out. The ofuda he'd had when he first came here had gotten rather ruined, so Subaru had needed to make more at Kamui's..which had gone rather well, and he was more than a little grateful now.

Before the rain could soak them beyond repair, they had already shifted, and doves soon circled Seishirou's location. Not attacking, but merely...making a spectacle of.

He would not let Seishirou pretend that he was hiding any longer.

Subaru still was quite astute, it seemed. The enclosure of doves made that point clear, and his pleased smile grew slightly. No hint of malice resided as he watched the white birds circle about him overhead before they moved lower to completely surround him. However, Seishirou's game was yet not up.

His smile faded to a mild look of bewilderment. "Just how did you all find me?" he asked the doves with a canted head, peering about through the feathers for the perpetrator. Again, he caught sight of the two by the carousel; however, he stared right at them before, once more, he smiled warmly. Odd sight to behold... peering through the rain and white wings, he now could see more closely the one in all black... That had to be Subaru.

Kamui was already extremely pissed off, even more so when Seishirou smiled like that. "He's still playing his little game," he hissed. He stood a little in front of Subaru, as if to protect him. "Does he think we'll fall for it?" He hoped, oh god he hoped, that Subaru wouldn't. Surely his older friend was smarter than that; would feel that this Seishirou's aura was the same as the former Chi no Ryuu. "It's just an illusion."

He glared toward Seishirou more fiercely, trying his damnedest to keep his power from flaring up. When he got angry like this, it was extremely hard not to lash out uncontrollably. He just hoped... that after his last time of losing control... he'd learned to rein his powers much better.

From here, it wasn't easy to see Seishirou's particular expression, but he could already see it in his mind. That smile... Probably faux bewilderment.

At Kamui's temper, Subaru shifted his hand to rest it on the younger boy's shoulder for just a moment before he dropped it and stepped away, slowly walking in Seishirou's direction. He needed to see him, and he hoped Kamui understood that.

The doves stopped flapping their wings as he drew near, and the ofuda fluttered to the ground in a circle around Seishirou's feet, the rain beating away the ink.

Seeing him again like this... Well, it wasn't just a figure of speech to say it was like the first time. Seishirou still had both eyes...he was still wearing those glasses...still wearing those suits.

"Oh, Seishirou-san," he murmured as he finally came to a stop in front of him. He was surprised at how calm he sounded. Jaded. Inside he could feel what was left of his heart being ripped to shreds all over again.

"Do you know who I am?"

At a much closer examination, Seishirou was a little impressed. If this was, indeed, an older version of Subaru, the aging that he had undergone wasn't entirely bad. His eyes, though... discoloured. One matched his own, the other a dull emerald colour. Pale skin was still such, if only a shade lighter.. and he had definitely grown into his physique. And, he reminded himself, they were the same age. Amusing.

He looked at the other with a somewhat puzzled look. This Subaru... he was also quite cool in his manners. Though, if he knew any better, there was a storm raging within him. The desire to see if he could bring that to the surface was tempting. "You know my name?" he asked, blinking before moving to raise the umbrella to cover Subaru, as well. "How curious... I don't remember meeting you..."

And, truth be told, he didn't remember meeting this Subaru. Though... it was hard to ignore who it was, all the same.

Seishirou's facade certainly didn't amuse him, but he also wasn't surprised. Seishirou probably didn't know how to tell the truth...unless he was dying. The very memory caused his throat to close a bit, but one could hardly tell by looking at him.

Subaru didn't know what to do at first. He had lectured Kamui about how he shouldn't be messing with these things...and how he shouldn't be trying to change the past... But it was so tempting. Perhaps if he could just make Seishirou realize how faulty everything had gone...

He wouldn't let Seishirou continue his bluff. Not with him.

"You've met me. You met me when I was only nine...in front of a cherry tree. Don't you remember...? Because I most certainly do."

When Subaru had touched his shoulder previously, Kamui had calmed a bit, but now... seeing them together with Seishirou obviously still playing the innocent, his anger was rising again. Oh, how he wanted to kill that man right now. Seishirou was just lucky that he ran into him while he was accompanied by one of the Subarus. All he could do now was glare and stay on guard, just in case he tried anything funny on his friend.

Seishirou merely blinked, examining the other once more. Now, he'd allow himself to show a little comprehension. The sense that this Subaru wasn't as naive as he had liked was starting to become stronger... though, it was now more or less a show. Even if he had intentions to see how far he could press the other with his bluff.

"Is that so?" he asked, neither indicating he knew what Subaru was explaining nor that he was denying the knowledge. Neutral. Seishirou smiled, looking from over Subaru's shoulder briefly before again looking to the one before him. "And who might you be...? I would have certainly remembered you and your pretty accomplice, I'd think."

Subaru was getting annoyed...but he knew this was how it would go. Of course it would. Seishirou would never change. Still...he found himself continuing. In turn, he was also trying to get some sort of satisfying reaction.

Well, he was no longer sixteen. He was no longer fooled. And he could play games, too... Perhaps not the lying game, but he could get his point across in his own way.

This hurt so much. Oh how it hurt.

"Sakurazuka Subaru, the current Sakurazukamori."

For a moment, Seishirou looked a little stunned. Current Sakurazukamori. His hearing had yet to fail him, so he knew he was hearing correctly. There only was one way to become Sakurazukamori...

Soon, a knowing smile curved on his lips. There had to be much more to this tale than met the eye... and he was a voracious listener when it came to a good story. "I see..." An almost serene look brightened his eyes as he stared over Subaru's shoulder. The other... he knew who it was. And it was most unfortunate that he was there. "Were you in the middle of something important? You look rather hungry..."

It was now a top priority that he have a moment alone with this Subaru...

You look rather hungry. Hn. Kamui heard that, and within a split second, was by Subaru's side. There was no way in hell Seishirou was taking Subaru out of his sight. Even if Subaru insisted on it, it wasn't going to happen. He'd follow them via rooftop, if he had to. "Perhaps we were in the middle of something important?" he hissed, still glaring daggers. It was obvious he wasn't going anywhere.

Subaru should have felt guilty for the bit of satisfaction that coursed through him at Seishirou's momentarily stunned expression...but instead he just felt...numb. This situation was too surreal. Perhaps that was why he was able to handle it so calmly.

Two mis-matched eyes glanced to his side at Kamui, then back to Seishirou. "I have already eaten, and we were in the middle of something. However..."

He turned to face Kamui. "It's raining very hard now, and I don't think it's going to let up. I can't really see the city like this. Kamui-san, please forgive me, but I think it's important that I speak with him." Alone, he added silently, and though his tone was gentle, his eyes glittered in their severity through the rain.

"Subaru..." Kamui looked at the other, his expression almost saddened and worried. He figured Subaru was going to insist on it. He nodded in agreeance, though... at least to not being with them directly. "I won't be that far, though," he whispered to the other. He would be out of earshot, but he'd try to keep them both within visual range. Or, in the least, stay in tune to the former Ten no Ryuu's aura.

He turned to the one he hated, his expression fierce again. "I'll let you have him for now, but if you dare do anything to him, I'll make sure you regret it." So... he was a little protective. So what?

He had figured that Kamui would make his way over to the two of them eventually. This boy... he was rather attached to Subaru it seemed. Seishirou eyed the violet-eyed boy silently, a mysterious sort of smile curved on his mouth before he nudged Subaru with a hand on the other's back.

"You shouldn't remain outside in this weather for too long," he encouragingly remarked. "I fear you'll catch cold." Holding the umbrella over Subaru, he walked onward, heading toward the alleyway he had just passed through. The safest place for such a conversation would be in his apartment... which was where he would lead the other. He was guaranteed such precious privacy there the instant he walked through the door.

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