Sunday 1.12 - An excersise in futility

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Yohji once again stopped in his tracks, this time to step away from the curb as an all-too-familiar porsche rolled by; occupancy two. They didn't notice him of course. With the center of his universe already in the car, safely one might add, Yohji was well out of Ran's orbit of awareness.

His grip subconsciously tightened around his phone. No one had bothered to let him know that things were okay.

The need to refill his cigarettes suddenly lost it's urgency.

Ran hadn't been driving very fast, he could easily beat them home.

Ten minutes later found Yohji, true to his prediction, alone in the Koneko's kitchen. He considered going up to his room, but found himself going through the motions of making coffee instead; he wasn't sure why. Whether or not he'd hang around afterward remained to be seen.

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[genuinelie.livejournal.com]

Yohji cornered his eyes. He was uncomfortable by Yohji's voicing of his own thoughts.

Nevertheless, his rage was diffused by his teammate's calm response and Ran finally let out a soft sigh. "I don't know," he said after a moment. "Nothing with them is an isolated incident." All he knew was that he would kill them the next time he saw them.

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"You know what I meant. Was the encounter an accident, or were they looking for us? I want to know how on edge I should be."

Yohji picked up the pot and poured a little more into Ran's glass.

"I felt completely useless today. I just want to be more prepared next time. If there ever comes a day where someone doesn't make it home from the store, I don't want it to be because I didn't do enough."

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Ran was silent for a moment, then looked away. "I don't know. Aya didn't say much. Ken and Omi will know more."

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"You didn't talk to them?" Yohji was genuinely surprised. He couldn't imagine Ran having rescued his sister from percieved danger and not giving her the twice over.

It then occured to Yohji that his question invited Ran to get irritated and stop talking to him.

"I mean, I'm sure you had good reason not to, I was just surprised."

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"I needed to get her out of there!" Ran exclaimed, head shooting up. He stood. This line of questioning was pointless. He knew no more or less than Yohji, and he'd done what he had to. They'd find out from the others what their purpose was when they returned. "Find me when the others are back," he said. He took the mug with him.

By the doorway he paused, tilting his head, violet eyes shadowed above his shoulder by the fall of red bangs. "If Aya...asks...you anything..." he trailed off, unwilling to let Yohji know too much. "Just tell her to stay away from Schwartz."

He left the room and started upstairs to his bedroom. He needed to process what had happened, in silence.

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"There you go, leaving again," Yohji gripped. He wasn't sure if he'd said it loud enough for the retreating man to hear.

Ran served as a reminder as to why Yohji spent so much time 'going out.' There was really not point whatsoever in sticking around this place. Not unless you liked the brand of absolute solitude that Ran seemed to so deeply value.

"When the others come back I won't have to find you because there will be somebody else to talk to," he muttered.

"I already told her to stay away from them," he added, intentionally louder so Ran would catch it, "that's about the point where she hung up on me."

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Ran paused halfway up the stairs, one hand propped on the railing.

Just what had happened?

Something Aya did not want to tell him about.

Just what had those monsters told her?

Had she believed them?

He would kill them.

Maybe that was his path. Only a harbringer of death and justice. So long as he had her to protect, and there were enemies alive.

Or maybe it was simply that he could not keep her safe.

He knew that against this enemy, they could not win.

He ignored Yohji and resumed climbing.