Yukio Okumura

Exorcist. Student. Brother. Son. Both demon and human, he is striving to learn to use his powers and make them his own. He wants to use those powers to protect his family, and to defend those who can not defend themselves. ((Independent RP blog for AU demon Yukio from the Ao No Exorcist. I will play with anyone.))

[thedragoonawakened]

satansired:

Rin huffs a laugh. “Of course you do.” He doesn’t look at the other now, instead he picks up the pace a little, adding various things to his basket so they can get out of the store and to home so he can make food. He’s always happy when he can feed family, but also, he’s hungry too. “I bet he’d be up for an actual contest if you asked.” He shoots Yukio a sidelong glance, his eyes twinkling with cheer. “If that’s something you want, of course. I know I would, if I could.” Despite how heavy those words could be, there is no grief in them right now; he’s stating a fact. And he isn’t really even thinking about his own father being gone right now – all that’s really on his mind is that since Shirou’s best Meister was Dragoon, a gun throwdown is likely the most interesting, which Rin, a Knight, couldn’t partake in anyway.

The smile vanishes at the question, and he stares into a fridge, as if contemplating whether to open its glass door. “We’re gonna be here all evening if I list all the reasons,” he finally says, his voice low and – a little dangerous, though it’s clearly not targeted at Yukio himself. “Let’s just say, you’ve got far more reasons to be thankful you still got your father than you’re aware of. Our dad left Mephisto to be our guardian after he was gone, and… well.” He has to stop for a moment to take a deep breath and remind himself not to break anything – this is a public space, not his home. “He took what was left after the wreckage of Dad’s death, and crushed it to dust.”

“Tousan would probably do it, but,” he paused, struggling to put his thoughts into words. “I guess a part of me would always doubt the validity if I won. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve got a lot better at ignoring my own illogical thoughts. However, I know already that if I were to go head to head with Tousan and I won, a part of me would always feel the only reason I won is because I was half demon. I know no one else who matters would feel that way, but some others might, and when they voiced this, it would only fuel my doubts. Better to leave it a mystery than put up with that.”

Despite knowing that the emotions coming off of his brother were not aimed at him, the hairs on the back of Yukio’s neck rose at Aniki’s tone. He carefully considered the other’s words, saying a silent prayer of thanks that he didn’t have to deal with such a situation. The few things Sir Pheles had done to interfere while Tousan had been in a coma were bad enough.

“I’m sorry you both had to deal with that, Aniki.” He wanted to add more, but was afraid it would sound like he was defending the elder demon. Which he would never do, at least when it came to his actions towards Aniki and Aniue. “You shouldn’t have had to deal with such a thing when you were already in pain.”

[thedragoonawakened]

blueforestfires:

Rin’s expression turned contemplative, the tuft of his tail twitching slightly underneath his shirt. “It would be nice to be able to work with him,” he admitted. He’d never been in any combat situations with his twin, but they knew each other just as well as they knew themselves; while they’d never quite gotten to the point of finishing each other’s sentences, they understood each other in ways nobody else could manage.

“He doesn’t know what Meister he wants to do yet. Ma thinks he should be an Aria, but he mentioned something about using a bow? She’s not happy about that,” Rin said. He couldn’t help but agree with his mother, at least a little bit; Rin didn’t doubt Yukio’s ability to take care of himself, but fighting demons with only a bow seemed dangerous. “…I’m hoping he’ll take a Tamer Meister ‘cause then we’ll have the same classes.”

Yukio’s brows rose when Rin mentioned bows. Perhaps, no matter where they came from, anyone named Okumura Yukio was meant to be a Dragoon. Archery would solve the gun problem, but he shared the reservations some of the other experienced exorcists had.

“I understand the desire to have a distance weapon, but the kind of skill needed to use a bow and arrow in battle can take a long time to learn. A lot longer than the time the Order is usually willing to allot to training.”

Yukio paused a moment, trying to be a bit impartial, despite the urge to side with either Rin or Yukio in this matter.

“I understand your mother’s perspective, but if your brother ever awakens, then a large part of the Aria skill set might be unavailable to him. I know a lot of basic prayers and sutras, but anything meant to combat powerful demons is difficult to use because of my nature. The same might be true for him depending on how his powers manifest. There is also the fact that he might worry about the verses affecting you, which could hinder his effectiveness.”

“As for Tamer, if he has the skill, they usually lean on Pages fairly hard to choose that as one of their Meisters. However, while you might have the same classes, you might not end up on missions together. Especially, if you end up with summons with opposing power sets.”

[thedragoonawakened]

repost , don’t reblog.

If this is supposed to be a mun faceclaim, I don’t have one. I steal from my icon file depending on mood. It’s Ed a lot though. Hell it’s Ed most of the time.

「BASICS」

real name. Angela (gasp she actually did it) nickname/alias. Please only call me Dox (if you can call me anything else you know it already) sexuality. ace as fuck pronouns. she/her are you a morning person? no coffee no talkee when swimming, do you prefer to do it in the ocean, or in a lake? I hate swimming

「TUMBLR」

when did you first join? 2012 (I just had to go check this) your current account? doxblogsstuff platforms used? tumblr & discord male or female muses? male (no idea why though) fluff, angst or smut? fluff and angst, depending on mood. I don’t write smut plots or memes? both, honestly any peeves? guilting someone who hasn’t replied muse you’re most like? eh....probably a tie between an Ed Elric muse from a private rp and Babu.  unpopular opinion. nobody is a bad person for liking/consuming problematic media/content & y’all need to chill the fuck out (I’m stealing Ronnie’s because SAME!!)

「PERSONAL」

do you easily get jealous? sometimes, but I almost never act on it do you easily get angry? oh hell yes are you easy to cheer up? Somewhat. Certain people can take the edge off, but usually it just takes time. what’s the very best way to cheer you up? usually inside jokes or memes are you currently in a relationship? nope do you currently have a crush on someone? way back in high school maybe if yes, might that someone be reading this? pfft! (cackles) do you kiss on the first date? I only had one and, nah do you prefer going out, or staying home, when it comes to dates? Ace and Aro so there are not dates. I would rather hang out with friends at home than go out somewhere though.

「THINGS」  

favourite drink? coffee or tea favourite food? sushi most calming place? my bed with a cup of tea and knitting most stressful place? work (also same) prized possession? handmade wooden hope chest my Dad made me to store my yarn stash in. 

tagged by. i took this from @largehearts​ and I’m too lazy to tag people.

[thedragoonawakened]

satansired:

Oh. Well, that… makes a lot of sense, Rin thinks. He decides to let this go, jostling the other a little with his elbow. “Better aim than your dad’s?” He knows Yukio said active duty Exorcist, but he still wants to hear the answer. He wonders, at the same time, if his own younger self has ever had any ambition to outdo his father, like Rin himself had. Considering his father is still alive, perhaps not. Rin isn’t about to ask.

“Well, I bet he’s more fond of him than my brother,” he mutters, mostly to himself. His twin hates Mephisto with a fervent passion; any of his names are practically a swear word around him.

Yukio tried to dodge the jostle, but it was difficult to do so without losing his balance. He glanced down at his brother.

“Yes and no?” There was a definite questioning tone to his words. “I never beat him before I awakened. I probably could now, but the marksmanship records are separated between humans and half demons, so I’ll never know for sure. But I do have the top mark for half demons.” There was a definite tone of pride there. He even straightened a little, a small smile on his face. 

He barely caught the other’s words, but they caused a look of confusion. “Why doesn’t Aniue like Sir Pheles?”

[thedragoonawakened]

salarymanexorcist:

He thought he was off duty because of his eye. Well, it made sense, but self-care was a foreign concept— broken arm and fractured ribs and he still had been on duty much sooner (weeks sooner) than he should’ve been. He’d leave it, though.

Yukio exhaled, scratching at his cheek. It was a long shot, but it was worth the attempt. “During a fight, nii-san…well, the Kurikara broke. To put things briefly, he’s manifested this…split in his personality, that seems to be comprised of things he didn’t like about himself, maybe more than that…”

Shaking his head, Yukio plowed on. “My question is, have you heard of anything like it? Yours and your brother’s circumstances are much different to my own, and admittedly I have no idea how to approach this.” Half because he’d nearly been incinerated during his last encounter with the other Rin.

A part of this was for his own sake, too. He hadn’t heard it again since that day, but he couldn’t stop thinking about the voice, or Rin’s reaction to it.

When his double said the Koma sword broke, all the blood drained from Yukio’s face. “His heart,” he murmured worriedly. Luckily it seemed like the worst hadn’t happened. Though he wasn’t sure if either twin would see it that way, and he couldn’t really blame them.

“Well at least his heart wasn’t damaged during it’s release. I haven’t heard of something like this happening to any of the Rins I’ve metbefore, but it also isn’t something I would have thought to ask about.” He sighed, running a hand through his hair, his ears twitching in its wake. “Still, the idea of a split, is something I’m familiar with, from personal experience.”

He shifted slightly, fighting the urge to pace. His fingers twitched, glamour concealed claws scraping against the material of his pants. He let out a weak chuckle at the noise, and the memory of when they appeared. He looked up and down the alley, even checking a bit higher for CCTV cameras. Once he decided they were alone, he held out his hand and willed a small globe of flames in his palm.

“When I awoke, it was slow and painful,” he stared at the globe, a sad expression on his face, “until I did something phenomenally stupid, and then everything just exploded.” As he said this the globe basically echoed his words, expanding in a harmless light show until it reached about a foot in diameter and then faded away. “Even as it was happening, I still fought against it. I was fifteen and terrified that everything I’d ever dreaded was coming to pass. And somehow all that fighting, all that fear created a fracture, cleaving what I thought of as my demon half away from my human half, creating a sense of Other, which I feared just as much as I’d feared awakening in the first place.”

[salarymanexorcist]

I was curious.

[thedragoonawakened]

blueforestfires:

Rin leaned into the hug, purring; returning the hug was a little difficult because of how short he was compared to Yukio, but he didn’t mind. Yukio’s height made him feel small, but very safe. 

“…He wants to join, too. I-I told him he shouldn’t, but he wants to protect me,” Rin mumbled, frowning. “I told him Ma and Shiemi-chan and Fujimoto-san do that, but Yuki says it’s clearly not enough and he wants to be there.” Rin’s injury and disastrous first mission had only made his twin angrier and more determined. 

“I know you want to protect your little brother, Otouto, but you have to let him make his own choices. I have yet to meet a version of myself who wasn’t just as fiercely protective of his brother as his Rin was of him.” The phrasing was awkward, but hopefully his younger brother would understand. “Besides, while I was reluctant to have Nii-san join the Order and put up with the negativity he’d have to face, I have enjoyed having the chance to work along side him. It is rewarding to work alongside family and know you can work well together. Plus we tend to sooth each others rough edges. Right now it is rare we work together, but a lot of that has to do with me. It might be different for you since I imagine your younger brother will probably not go for Dragoon.” He couldn’t imagine Rin’s brother ignoring the demon’s vehement dislike of guns to pursue that meister. 

[thedragoonawakened]

satansired:

Rin’s frown mirrors Yukio’s when the other mentions never having missions with his brother. “Well, why the hell not?” he asks, eyebrow rising. “Did you do something?” It takes him a moment to realize that came out somewhat offensive, and he huffs. “I mean, did something happen that made the Order more fearful of the pair of you, or somethin’ like that? Me ‘n Yukio work together a fair amount, ‘cause we’re effective.” He is almost used to Yukio’s tactics of tricking demons, too. Almost. Because each and every time, Rin still falls for it. He supposes that’s a good thing, that Yukio is convincing, but at the same time, Rin knows he isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, and every time a little bit of him is wounded whenever his twin pretends to hate him, or something equally callous.

The supermarket isn’t so crowded at this time of day, and, still mulling over this, Rin quickly starts gathering things he would need to cook dinner for them. “Maybe you should ask?” It’s more a loud thought than an actual suggestion to Yukio. “Not from Dad, though, they’d think it’s favouritism. Maybe Mephisto. But then maybe it’s better if your brother asks and not you.” If Yukio’s relationship with the chairman is like Rin’s own twin’s, that’s a lost cause right there. His brother would sooner shoot himself in the foot than ask for a favour from the King of Time.

Yukio is a bit taken aback, his own brows rising. However, once he realizes why the other is alarmed, he relaxes.

“Aniki, it isn’t anything nefarious. Nii-san and I don’t have missions together, because I barely have any mission at all right now. I don’t have Aniue’s stamina. I didn’t dare try and work full time while going to school full time. So I’ve only been taking a few missions, and usually I’ve been called on to work as a Doctor. The Cram School classes between my year and Ni-san’s had an abundance of Dragoons, Knights and Tamers, but very few Doctors. So when I’m needed it tends to be for treating wounds, especially since I’ve gotten better at using my flames to eliminate invasive miasmas.” He gives his eldest brother a reassuring smile. “That’s why we hardly have any missions together. We do work well together, but right now I’m not needed in combat.” He smirks a little, pride coloring his voice. “Unless they need a sharpshooter. I still have the best aim of any active duty exorcist in the Japanese Branch.”

He chuckles at the idea of Nii-san speaking with Sir Pheles. “Nii-san is not particularly fond of Samael-sama, and he isn’t the most...diplomatic when he isn’t fond of someone. If I needed another favor from Sir Pheles I’d probably be the one to ask for it, but it isn’t something I’d ask for lightly.”

[thedragoonawakened]

salarymanexorcist:

“Ah. So it’s school that has you looking like you haven’t slept for two days, rather than missions. That’s a change of pace.”

He’d always been inspirational in that sense. Moving forward, living something akin to normalcy. If Yukio could ever have that, it was a long way off. Right now, he couldn’t even be out in the open.

Oh. Well, shouldn’t.

“Er,” was all he managed, as he gently tugged the other into a side street. It was hard to tell whose rules applied, and if it was his own timeline, he didn’t want to put the double through an exorcist confrontation when they were still allies for him.

“Mundane sounds nice. In a sense, it’s the same way on my end…” Retraining was more than zero, after all. Since the sword had been broken, Rin had been more off-kilter than ever. It was like when they were kids all over again, except ramped up a thousand times over.

“Actually, can I ask you something? It…may be a little invasive. Don’t feel obliged to say yes.”

Yukio snorted at the description. “Apparently I’ve become immune to it, since you’re the second person to say something like that and I haven’t noticed. At least I’ll have a few weeks to catch up on some sleep before Med School starts.”

Yukio’s brows rose as the double tugged him off of the side street, swaying just a bit to keep from stumbling. His balance was always off when his tail was hidden.

“I imagine, though you shouldn’t be to hard on yourself. It takes a while to get back to duty after a major injury. Just because you’re up and around doesn’t mean you are combat ready.” The other should know this, but then again, when had facts stopped a version of Okumura Yukio from judging themselves. He still did it himself, and he had a much larger support base than most doppelgangers did.

“Er, yes you can, but...well I can’t necessarily promise you’ll like the answer.” His background was so different from that of most doubles he often found it difficult to give applicable information.

[thedragoonawakened]

blueforestfires:

Rin’s shoulders twitched upwards in the slightest shrug; his reassurances seemed to only worry Yukio more, so he wasn’t sure what to do or say. “In a perfect world they would have,” he said quietly. In a perfect world, he would have never been forced out of his forest in the first place. “Thinking about how people should treat me only hurts.” It was much easier emotionally to expect the worst, only to be pleasantly surprised when others treated him kindly. 

Yukio sighed again and pulled the younger demon into a hug, a soothing rumble emerging for a moment.

“If I could spare you the Order’s nonsense I would. You deserve none of their bullshit.” He let out a quiet huff. “I know you might disagree, but I half wish your brother would join too. That way you will always have someone to accompany you on missions who is safe.” The last thing he wanted was for Rin to find out the hard way how cruel people in the Order could be, and how effective their cruelty could be.

[thedragoonawakened]

salarymanexorcist:

One hell of a story…that was pretty accurate, really. But Yukio shakes his head, shoving his hands in the pockets of his green hoodie.

“I figured it was better to address it immediately,” he said. “I haven’t run into another one of us missing an eye, so I suppose you haven’t either.” There were probably others running around with an eyepatch, though. He knew there were others on similar timelines as he, who had fought Toudou, and if that was the case they were in the same boat…or had been, at least.

“How have you been?” He looked almost as rundown as he did sans injury, and that didn’t bode well. Though if he recalled correctly, he was the most mentally stable Yukio he knew.

“I suppose you’re right, not that I’ve run into any other doubles lately. Honestly I haven’t run into much of anyone who isn’t a classmate or lab partner recently. It turns out your final year of pre-med is...intense. It’s finally over, but there have been a few points these last few months when I’ve cursed my career plans.”

He shook his head. He was rambling.”Anyway, I haven’t been doing many missions, so while things have been hectic they’ve been rather mundane. Nii-san sees more action than I do nowadays.”

It didn’t really occur to him that he never actually answered the other’s question about how he was doing. Maybe because he felt a little guilty to be doing so well.

[thedragoonawakened]

@salarymanexorcist

“Hey kid, I’ll show you my eyesocket for two hundred yen.”

Yukio’s brows went up as he stared his double up and down. He attempts to speak a couple of times, but ends up pausing for a few moments to ponder his words. He’s obviously alarmed, but also obviously trying to read the other’s mood, which was never his strong suit.

“I’m assuming there is one hell of a story behind this, but I’m honestly not sure if I want to hear it. Unless you need to talk about it.” Yukio wasn’t exactly impartial, but at least his doppelganger could rely on him to be honest.

[thedragoonawakened]

blueforestfires:

Rin nodded, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. “I hope he stays the Paladin for a long time, too…” This unknown new Paladin scared him a little; Yukio had a way of understating things, so ‘not the most understanding person’ really meant ‘big jerk’. “The other Cram School students are nice to me now,” he reassured Yukio. “They talk to me sometimes and everything.” He wasn’t sure any of them considered Rin a friend, but they at least tolerated his presence.

“I agree, Fujimoto-san is a good Paladin, and as long as he remains the strongest, I can’t imagine him stepping down.”

Yukio let out a soft sigh. The last thing he wanted was for Rin to think he was upset with him.

“Rin, they should have been nice to you to whole time. Unless you did them some kind of harm, which I know wouldn’t happen, than there is no reason for them not to be.” It hurt that his younger brother seemed to think what amounted to the barest human decency was equivalent to being nice.

[salarymanexorcist]

Would anybody interested in capped price commissions? Full-colour headshot or waist up for $25. I’m looking to take on about four, so I can comfortably pay for my XIV sub.

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[thedragoonawakened]

satansired:

“Well, I wouldn’t know! My focus is shit.” Rin means it both as a joke and as the truth. There is no use being sensitive about facts. (Okay, he’s still sensitive about it. But usually he can make a good joke at his own expense.) “I guess that’s why it never bothered me that it was noisy at home?”

He can understand Yukio’s reticence, though, and is unwilling to prod him further. “Maybe I’ll call your brother an’ tell him to bother you more.” He still sounds playful, but there is a note of seriousness in what he is saying. “You know you’ll regret it if you pull away from people.”

“It never really bothered me until this year. During high school I actually kind of enjoyed it. I’m not sure what changed. I suppose I should probably attempt to get used to it. It’s not like the emergency department of a hospital is going to be calm and quiet.”

Yukio frowned at the suggestion. Though he knew his brother meant well, he also knew that sort of advice might not be well received by his twin. Though rather than say that outright, maybe he could divert and get a chance to vent instead. “Nii-san and I do our best to bother each other. Plus, honestly he’s just as busy with missions.” Yukio made a displeased noise. “Honestly, if I didn’t know better, I’d let myself get even busier and take on a few more missions. Part of the reason, Nii-san joined the Order was so we could have each other’s backs, but we’re almost never on missions together. And it it’s only going to get worse. I’m taking a leave of absence during med school, so unless it’s a dire emergency we won’t be able to do so for the foreseeable future. ”

[outofcontextdnd]

Hey kid, I’ll show you my eyesocket for two gold.

our one-eyed, half-giant fighter (via outofcontextdnd)

[thedragoonawakened]

blueforestfires:

“I-It’s not that bad,” he said quickly. People looked down on him for his heritage, but he was used to that, and most people just left him alone. “My brother isn’t, but my Ma rejoined. She and Fujimoto-san look out for me, and Shiemi-chan always sticks up for me at Cram School.” The other students were mostly civil towards him now, which was nice.

Yukio frowned. At least for Rin, Fujimoto-san was still the Paladin, so he held more sway than Tousan did now that he was retired.

“Fujimoto-san is still Paladin, correct? Tousan retired and his replacement is,” a huge bag of dicks, Yukio thought, “Not the most understanding person. I would hope you won’t have to put up with him for a long while.” Or never, never would be good too. “And Shiemi-san is well able to keep people in line, though I don’t like hearing that she has to stick up for you.”