Darkness can win a war.

Meet Taiki Kudou, but he's not the one you think you know. Tracking unxrossedheart. Affiliated with Dark Digidestined Roleplay

[unxrossedheart]

Reaching An End

He knew when he dropped Akari off at the hospital. It was just the look on his grandmother's face and it was why he claimed that he had to run and get something. He didn't even stop to see his grandfather again. The man sad his piece to him the night before, and there was really nothing else to say.

Taiki didn't go very far. He drove a couple blocks away parked and just waited because he knew what was coming. He had no idea how long he was sitting there before his cellphone rang. A tearful Akari was on the other end, choking out that his grandfather passed away.

He didn't cry. A part of Taiki was sad in a way, but he mostly just accepted it. It was part of the reason why he rarely let anyone get close to him.

“You know what's going to happen next, don't you?” His grandmother asked Taiki at the funeral.

He eyed the other businessman than were all there and slowly nodded his head. “Yeah, I do.”

His grandfather tried to put in a position where this very scenario wouldn't unravel, but there was just wasn't enough time. The new CEO of the company as well as the higher ups had absolutely no claim over the technology Taiki was developing, his grandfather worded the contract that they created very carefully. It belonged to him and him alone, so even as they shut down that division, they didn't get a thing from him.

Everything just happened so quickly. Though it was over several weeks, it still felt like a blink of an eye to the young adult. He didn't have to worry about money, since he got quite a chunk of his grandfather's fortune, though the majority when to his grandmother for the time being.

For the first time in a long time, Taiki didn't have to worry about anything. Maybe that was the reason why he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do with himself. He didn't want to keep working on the technology, he didn't want to find another job, he didn't want to go back to school.

Maybe working and pushing himself to the point of being sick since he was only eight had finally caught up to him. Everything was just work, push himself, work harder. He never stopped, he rarely ever did things because he wanted to outside of working to make himself look better. Fun was something that he was unfortunately unfamiliar with for the most part.

Now it was all gone, and instead of mourning it, he felt like he could breathe again. What that meant for him, Taiki didn't know, but he'd take whatever it was when it came his way.

[unxrossedheart]

Midnight Calls

Getting a call in the middle of the night rarely ever led to good things. That was something that Taiki knew, but had never truly experienced himself. He was usually front and center for all of the bad things that tended to happen to those he cared about.

He awoke to the soft buzzing of his phone, blinking with confusion and picking it to stare at the number. He sat up and glanced beside him through the darkness. He could faintly make out Akari's peacefully sleeping form, not the least bit surprised that she didn't even stir at his movements. She worked late that day, and practically fell asleep while eating a late supper. Taiki didn't want to wake her up, so he quickly slipped out of the bed, walking out to the living room.

His phone wasn't ringing by that point of time, but Taiki quickly called back, and his grandmother immediately picked up. The old woman spoke quickly to him, her voice nervous and scared. By the end of her explanation about why she was calling him at 2:30 in the morning, he was completely awake and alert.

“I'll be there in a few minutes.” Then he hung up.

Changing from his pyjama pants to jeans, and a t-shirt, Taiki glanced at Akari. He bit his lip, not sure if he should wake her up a lot. She'd probably want him to condiering the circumstances, but even in the dark she still looked so tired that he couldn't bring himtself to do it.

Instead, he quietly left the room, moving towards the other one and peering in. Dorulumon and Cutemon were both sleeping there. “Hey, keep an eye on Akari. I need to go somewhere. I'll be back in a little bit.” He didn't wait for a reply, making sure he had his Xros Loader as he grabbed his coat, shoes, wallet and keys, arming the alarm on the door before leaving.

A foreboding familiar hospital loomed in the distance. This was the place where he had his surgery to remove a benign tumour from his brain. This was the place he took Akari to when she needed surgery a few weeks after she was attacked. Now it was the place where his grandparents were waiting.

He met his grandmother before he could even reach the room she specified to him. The woman had tears in her grey eyes, the same colour as his own. “He's comfortable right now.”

“What happened?”

“They think it was a stroke, but they'll know more in the morning.” He followed her into the room, stopping as he stared at the old, sleeping man. He looked a lot more fragile and in general old than he normally did. “He wanted to talk to you though.”

His grandfather woke up at his grandmother's soft whispers. He smile a bit and looked around tiredly. “Akari's not with you?” Even his voice sounded weak.

“You ran her ragged. I didn't want to wake her up.”

“Good, good,” he nodded his head. “There are something...I was hoping that there'd be more time.”

“You're fine.”

“For right now, but it's still not enough time. I was hoping you could move up on your own in the company, to get more experience there. You know how you found that contract strange?”

“The one for what I'm making? Yeah.” Taiki remembered that, finding it more than just strange that his grandfather basically was just letting him use the place to make his thing.

“I knew that they would try to take it from you like they will everything else. Step away from the company if you have to for now, but don't let them have that. It's too dangerous for what they'd want it for.” The man coughed. “Oh, and do me a favour, ask that girl to marry you.” The old man looked up at him. “I'm sorry I didn't get you away from your father.”

“It's okay.”

Taiki wasn't good at saying goodbye. He never had to, either leaving himself or people leaving him suddenly. Instead, he just nodded his head and mentioned bringing Akari the next morning.

With an oddly heavy heart, Taiki returned home, feeling even more exhausted than before. He came to a stop at the door, blinking with confusion when he saw a piece of paper taped to it. He pulled it off and turned it around to see if there was anything written on it. 'Loss is a terrible thing, isn't it?'.

Maybe it was the lack of sleep, or the racing thoughts in his head, but instead, he just crumpled it up and threw it. Walking inside, he dealt with the alarm, and changed back into his pyjamas and getting back into the bed like nothing had ever happened.

Akari stirred a bit, moving so that she was closer to him. Taiki wrapped his arm around her and held her close, burying his face in her messy hair. Sleep didn't come easily, but with her there to take comfort in, he managed to drift off into restless dreams.  

[unxrossedheart]

Knowing your partner well makes writing together a lot easier. Tag this with the people you enjoy roleplaying with but want to get to know better. I was tagged by: taichitheaudacious

tagging: no one else right now cause I'm lazy...

BASICS:

name: Sky age: too old preferred pronouns: She/her  sexuality: Straight zodiac sign: Capricorn taken or single: Single  three facts: I like to write fanfiction? I am incredibly lazy when it comes to editing my own stuff though. I can come up with amazingly terrible puns.

EXPERIENCE:

how long (months/years?): Well I RPed for a few years when I was younger, and then again for a few years now how’d you start: a long time ago, it was in chatrooms. This time around I just made a blog and said 'hell with it lets do this'.  platforms you’ve used: Chat rooms a long time ago, MSN when it was a thing, here, CaH chatroom (cause it counts!) worst experience: putting a bunch of work into something and asking for opinions and help with it (all saying it was good or whatever) then after I was done, people start ripping it apart. I was just about ready to talk away then. best experience: getting really into ideas, even if it's just planning them. It's even better when it goes beyond that into actual RPs and stuff.

MUSE PREFERENCES:

female or male: mostly male.  least favorite face: The ones that are animated badly? multi or single:  I have multiple blogs but I kind of regret it. Might end up going back to just one.

WRITING PREFERENCES:

fluff, angst or smut: I'll write any of it. Fluff is super easy to write and angst tends to come a lot with this AU. Smut is more implied than anything else but if I have to write it, it's no problem. plots or memes: Plots. Memes tend to not go anywhere here.

long or short replies: Long replies. I never expect people to match me for length. Short replies are really only fun when it's texting or something like that. best time to write: Definitely night. My timezone's ahead of almost everyone else I talk to on a regular basis so yeah, it has to be later. Though everyone seemed to be around more when they were supposed to be in school. Strange. are you like your muse(s):  There are SOME instances when I'm a bit like both Taiki and Mimi, but in general, not really.

[bowsandsongs]

Hit my muse with personal questions. I will answer them all.

[shardsofscarlet]

“Shut up, I’m eating,” Akari said.

Hikari just smiled. “If you promise not to provoke her, Shoutmon, I’ll take Mjolnier off your tail. I’m only doing this to calm Akari-chan down.” She nodded at Taiki. “I don’t like it, but I’ll keep the hammer on Shoutmon’s tail if it keeps Akari-chan calm. No need for her to destroy everything.”

[unxrossedheart]

"I won't," Shoutmon grumbled. "It's actually starting to hurt. I think it's cutting off the circulation." He looked back at Taiki. "I'm just going to go until this is over."

Taiki nodded, though he was barely paying attention to him, silently glaring at Akari. He knew the stories behind the powers, but that wasn't going to stop him from being completely annoyed with how bitchy she was being. 

"Destroy everything?" He slowly repeated. "Wouldn't that be something to see."

[shardsofscarlet]

Not surprisingly at all, Akari was instantly distracted by the food, taking the container from Hikari and happily munching on one.

Hikari strode over to Shoutmon, kneeling and smiling. “You must be Shoutmon, huh? I’m Hikari. I’ve heard a bit about you. And…sorry.” She pushed him over, putting Mjolnir on his tail.

[unxrossedheart]

"Why would you do that?" Shoutmon growled at her, tugging at the hammer but unable to lift it. "I thought she was the nice one, Taiki."

"You deserved that," Taiki said with a shrug, much more interested in some of the different things on the iron suit he was wearing. He looked from one girl to the next, not wanting to say something that would set Akari off again. "Thanks Hikari. Good to know we have your magical hammer around if we need it." He didn't want Hikari to use it on Akari, but if they had to...

"You feeling better now?" That question was cautiously aimed at Akari.

[shardsofscarlet]

“Get over here, you little red son of a—”

“Now, now, that’s not nice, Akari-chan,” Hikari chided, climbing in through the window. “I brought cookies~!”

[unxrossedheart]

"Hey Hikari." Taiki waved, not even bothering to ask how she climbed through the window of all places. 

"Oh, hey, cookies that actually smell like more than burning lumps of junk," Shoutmon noted, blue eyes flickering to Akari.

"Would you stop provoking her!" He looked back at Hikari. "This is what I deal with every day."

[unxrossedheart]

[text] alright! She really likes your chocolate ones! Just come in when you get here unless it sounds like someone’s being murdered. She’s playing a video game.

[reverberatingshadows]

[text] you sure she should be doing that?

[unxrossedheart]

[text] no but see the thing is, I value my life. See my problem?

[reverberatingshadows]

[text] That makes sense. Okay, I’m almost there!

[unxrossedheart]

[text] She's trying to kill Shoutmon now. I think we're going to need both of us to hold her down. If that works.

[shardsofscarlet]

"WHAT! YOU ASSHOLE!" Akari crushed the controller in her hands, skin starting to go green, before she lunged at Shoutmon, trying to strangle him.

[unxrossedheart]

"We're supposed to be keep her calm," Taiki growled at his partner, though he was quickly ignored.

"I don't think all the mass amounts of makeup you put on is going to be able to hide that," Shoutmon pointed to Akari's green skin as he kept dancing out of her way. 

[unxrossedheart]

[text] alright! She really likes your chocolate ones! Just come in when you get here unless it sounds like someone’s being murdered. She’s playing a video game.

[reverberatingshadows]

[text] you sure she should be doing that?

[unxrossedheart]

[text] no but see the thing is, I value my life. See my problem?

[unxrossedheart]

shardsofscarlet replied to your post:"FUCK YOU! JUST--JUST FUCK YOU! GO FUCKING FUCK...

"FUCK YOU I AM BEATING SHOUTMON IN MARIO KART!"

"And I'm going to fly the tv out the window if you don't calm the fuck down."

"She's not winning anyway," Shoutmon said, completely unconcerned, using a blue-shell on her character. "Not anymore."

[unxrossedheart]

[text] Sure but I think Akari’s the Hulk right now so watch that.

[reverberatingshadows]

[text] I’ll bring cookies with me then >w

[unxrossedheart]

[text] alright! She really likes your chocolate ones! Just come in when you get here unless it sounds like someone's being murdered. She's playing a video game.

[unxrossedheart]

reverberatingshadows replied to your post:[text] Kudou-kun. I have a magic hammer. =^w^=

[text] I can fly. With my magic hammer :3c

[text] You can…fly with a hammer? You know what, I’m not even going to question that.

[reverberatingshadows]

[text] my magic hammer’s so cool!

[text] can i come over? =^3^=

[unxrossedheart]

[text] Sure but I think Akari's the Hulk right now so watch that.

[unxrossedheart]

"FUCK YOU! JUST--JUST FUCK YOU! GO FUCKING FUCK YOURSELF YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!"

"That's not very conducive to calming down, Akari." 

[unxrossedheart]

reverberatingshadows replied to your post:[text] Kudou-kun. I have a magic hammer. =^w^=

[text] I can fly. With my magic hammer :3c

[text] You can...fly with a hammer? You know what, I'm not even going to question that.

[unxrossedheart]

[text] Kudou-kun. I have a magic hammer. =^w^=

[text] Seriously? I've got a weaponized iron suit that I can fly in. 

[unxrossedheart]

Hey Taiki! Ken became Loki and Hikari became Thor, so now's your turn! Poof! Brand new Iron Man suit. Also, pretty sure Akari's the Hulk so go fix that

"Huh, this is actually pretty advanced. Useful too. I like this! Wait...Akari's the Hulk?" He paused in thought. "So she gets random bursts of anger and becomes super strong and uncontrollable?" He wisely decides not to comment on that anymore.

"Wonder what things this suit can actually do."