Nov 21, 2023
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With Zhen's situation hopefully on the horizon, we find ourselves back in the forest, Two loyal Suns of old standing ground-
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“She's fucking dead and you know that better than anyone else.” She would be rolled in her grave if she knew what he had done but that's neither here nor there. The air, humid, felt heavy under the small droplets of rain. Roshi's eyes were fixed on Ninetales in front of him.
“Her spirit has left this plane but we are still tied to our oath, imbecile,” Jiyuku hissed. “Yet you fail to comprehend what true fidelity is.” His eyes narrowed upon the beads around the Arcanine’s neck, the deep azure hue that rose in response to Roshi’s apprehension. A sea god? “Now you show me you were never worth the station she granted you, tail tucked between your legs at the mere sight of me as you wear another god’s colors.”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
A sound of agitation. “Why did I ever agree to work alongside you- The beads, you idiot.”
Roshi glanced down. Kyogre warned him that it would react to the perceived threat of danger. A mutter from Roshi, “Why the hell would I ever go to a sea god? You know me.”
“Unfortunately I do.” Jiyuku made a face as if the reminder sickened him. “That does not answer my question.”
“Why the hell do you want to know!? Didn't you come here to scold me or whatever the hell you came here for?” Roshi was keen to get the hell away from the Ninetales. The wound over his eye throbbed in Jiyuku's presence, remembering Jiyuku was the one who wounded him. Anger had overtaken the initial apprehension, and the Arcanine planted himself in place.
“To remind you of your oath.” Jiyuku's tails fanned out behind him. “I have been tending to the region's spirits for the better part of four centuries now. The new generation does not have the time necessary to grow and keep them in check.”
“You're here to make my life fucking difficult,” Roshi snarled.
“I am here to get you back on track,” Jiyuku corrected. “To remind you what you used to be.” An unreadable look. “You might have even gained some weight. Pity. You were always the fit one between us.”
“Like hell I have!” Still, he lifted his paws and checked, scowling at Jiyuku's chortle. “I don't need your help.” Never have. Never will. Eyes filled with scorn, Roshi turned.
“Now you run from your problems instead of facing them head-on. Coward.”
Roshi halted, mud splattering along the wood. “What did you call me?”
“I called you a Coward.”
Jiyuku was once a guardian he respected, maybe even better than him—Roshi could accept that. It would be a lie to say he hadn't relied on the cunning fox's wits to escape a situation or two. He was envious to see the attention Jiyuku had gotten from Akimitsu in the end as he watched from afar. He was the senior but still, Roshi couldn't compare to the likes of Jiyuku.
“But you didn't have the balls to do what had to be done.” His growl matched the rumble of thunder overhead. The signs were there. Her steadily rising absence from the public eye, their Ho-oh becoming more reclusive by the day. Kazuki foolishly blamed them for their goddess behavior but they knew it was simply an excuse. “She was so far gone and none of you wanted to see it.”
A shell of her former self. Her once pristine feathers had begun to molt and decay, losing their shimmer, becoming a sinister black. It had sent prickles down his spine. It was foul, Roshi’s nostrils flared at the memory of his goddess hunkering down, barely able to lift her head.
“I know you felt it.” Words sharp as claws. Bound by oath, they were attuned to their goddess. “You couldn't call that living.”
“There could have been another solution! You of all of them were the most devoted!” Jiyuku was the most competent but he never held the Goddess’ attention for long. He was content with it, Roshi was the first, it was only proper. The connection, she placed her faith entirely upon him. Jaw clenched, Jiyuku hissed, “And it only makes what you have done all the more heinous.”
“See, it's that wishful thinking that doesn't get shit done! I knew you were smart but not fucking naive like some kid!” Maybe Jiyuku wasn't the superior know-it-all Roshi thought he was. Jiyuku had the age over him but not steel. “She was going to die! There was no coming back from it! Goddess or not, once the rot spreads, you know what happens.”
Pain unimaginable, the Arcanine buckling beneath the weight of it. Emotional, physical. But he relented, his eyes filled with a torrent of tears as he faced his goddess rotting before him. Flesh in his maw, he gagged, nearly emptying the contents of his stomach as he tossed it away.
“That's the difference between you and I.”
“You killed her…”
A croak from the bushes, the trembling frame of Hikori in the bushes. The runt was afraid. Roshi gritted his fangs. “That's where I failed. She should have died then.” Hateful gaze fixated on Jiyuku. “Had he not got in the way, she wouldn't have escaped me.”
“You had to be stopped.”
“That's rich! You think it was a good idea that she didn't die! Think about it! She made that idiot watching over the region now. What if she made him wrong? What if he's the reason shit is fucked up now!?”
He turned, his eyes fierce on Hikori. “If you don't fix things like that damn Celebi had promised me, I'll kill him. So you better fucking shape up now, runt.”
(( Previously ))
The Zoroark snapped, standing tall as to appear larger in the face of the bigger Arcanine. His mane like ghostly tendrils whipped around his figure. Even so the canine still towered over him, though Genji showed no fear.
After a solid moment of staring him down, the Zoroark without warning disappeared into the ground. Blades of grass before Hikori’s feet seemed to sway unnaturally not a moment later as the ghostly fox rose to separate the two canines from one another.
To not only disrespect their patrons, but mistreat one of them so callously. The Zoroark was just about ready to snap back and fight if he had to.
"Who do you think you are?!Speaking to Hikori like that! Leave him alone!"
(( @lustrous-dawn ))
Ruby (daughter of Ink Sans and Drawing Frisk) and Hikori (daughter of Error Sans and Core frisk) in gacha club, what do you think @kim-studio and @dak0tadraws
Oh, Ruby and Hikori belongs to me
one last chicken before the end of the decade
HIROKI and Hideyuki Inoue. Character of @kalematsuba‘s comic 1989nk for his Birthday. Happy Birthday man. Don’t miss out the booth in Anime Revolution 2017.
I like to imagen that they would look like this in the live action adaptation
Hikori is a hacker who, like Neon, wears a mask or in her case a bandana that allows her to summon weapons for attacking. She has a pet fox that often causes trouble or just shows up to be adorable without being called hehe. Hikori does have a crush on Neon, but she’ll never admit it~ (funny fact Neon also likes Hikori :D)