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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 1 2010, 12:05 AM (431 Views) | |
| Chizu | Dec 1 2010, 12:05 AM Post #1 |
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The faculty lounge had never exactly been a positive place for Chizu. When she was younger, it was just a point on the way to the principal's office. The teacher escorting her always had to stop to get something, or she was told to sit in a corner and be quiet, or the principal was actually in here, or something to that effect. In Hyakuji, she hadn't yet been summoned to the Principal's Office (which was a good thing, since requiring to be sent to the principal in Hyakuji meant that Skipmo wasn't enough, and she had been fortunate enough to have never been sent to Skipmo either), but she still avoided the faculty lounge, for the simple reason that she wasn't faculty, and given the nature of most of the faculty at Hyakuji, she wasn't stupid enough to just walk into something that belonged to the teachers. Right now, she didn't have much of a choice. So she took a deep breath, knocked three times on the door, and slid it open a crack after waiting to see if anyone would open it. "Excuse me," she said, keeping her voice as respectful as she could. "Is Lavender-sensei there?" Her mind was already going through the list of things she needed to do before she left, the things she would have to pack and the assignments that she could either complete now, weren't due for a while, or that she could complete while on the train. |
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| Lawman | Dec 1 2010, 11:51 AM Post #2 |
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Lavender gave a gentle puff as she blew away a layer of steam that was rising from the surface of a mug of freshly-brewed hot chocolate, making her way back to her desk. Setting down her mug of hot chocolate, the amethyst-haired aeromancer opened up a glass jar that rested on the desk next to the computer, removing two fluffy white marshmallows and dropping them into the steaming mug of cocoa beverage. Settling down in her chair, Lavender was about to put on her earphones and start her Windows Media Player to play some anime songs when she heard an unmistakable voice. "Excuse me, is Lavender-sensei there?" Lavender craned her neck as she heard the voice coming from the entrance to the staff room, her head peeking over the walls of her office cubicle to catch sight of that ever-familiar ruby-eyed, silver-haired aeromancer that is Chizu. "Of course," Lavender replied as she stood up, smiling as she acknowledged Chizu's arrival with a friendly nod. "Well, it's kind of surprising to see you here... but I take it there must be something big going on to bring you here?" The younger aeromancer certainly didn't strike Lavender as the sort who'd look for the school's teachers for minor matters like homework. Certainly, for her to come right up to the staff room to look for her the aeromancer could only surmise it meant something big has happened. Probably. "Well, come on over, let's talk about it over here," Lavender made her way over to a carpeted corner of the staff room with several couches and a coffee table, a lounge area. |
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| Chizu | Dec 2 2010, 12:33 AM Post #3 |
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Chizu followed Lavender into the faculty room, frowning slightly as she looked around. She had never really seen the inside of it, and it surprised her that Hyakuji's faculty room looked so...normal. Given the personalities of half of the faculty, she was half-expecting to be greeted by some sort of strange demon or robot or something. Her eyes drifted across each of the teacher's desks, wondering if the TAs had desks of there own, and if so, where Kaede's was. Damon had probably already filled her in. She would have liked to take Kaede along too, but they were already taking Damon and Nickle...having Kaede with them would leave the Elemancer Castle in the hands of Madel. Alone. And that...wasn't entirely responsible. The thought of TAs made her look away and remember exactly what she was here for. She really didn't need to think about two things--one, that Nickle had been in here up until very recently, and two, that his replacement/cousin could be lurking around any corner ready to strike. She nodded at Lavender, but she didn't take a seat while her teacher was still standing. Chizu wasn't the most polite person in the world, but she could be polite to people she actually respected. "...I was going to wait until later, but I didn't want anyone listening in at the Tower...and I don't take your class, so..." She shrugged, gesturing at the faculty room to explain why she was here. "...Besides, I kind of needed a break from the rumor mill." In here she wasn't likely to get ambushed by rumor-crazed underclassmen, at least. She took a deep breath. "...I just, uh, wanted to let you know that I'd be away for a few days...so...I've already told the Sylphs to let aeromancers in to train, and they know what to expect, so you should still be able to get into the Wind Tower...could you take over while I'm gone?" |
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| Lawman | Dec 2 2010, 10:29 AM Post #4 |
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Lavender sat down on one of the sofas, gesturing that Chizu do the same as the younger aeromancer followed her in. "...I was going to wait until later, but I didn't want anyone listening in at the Tower...and I don't take your class, so..." Chizu shrugged, and as Lavender listened the older aeromancer suddenly realized she forgot something, and gestured slightly with her right hand. Chizu would no doubt detect the movement in the air, as a faintly-glowing aerowhip snaked down the length of Lavender's arm and streaked towards the teacher's desk, with a mug of hot chocolate riding on the winds towards Lavender's waiting right hand, taking hold of the mug's handle. "...Besides, I kind of needed a break from the rumor mill." Lavender nodded as she took a sip of hot chocolate, brewed to her own preference, with some milk and a good amount of sugar for taste - and add on top of it a pair of white fluffy marshmallows. There seemed to be a pause, as Chizu held her breath, right at the same time Lavender downed a sip of chocolate. "...I just, uh, wanted to let you know that I'd be away for a few days...so...I've already told the Sylphs to let aeromancers in to train, and they know what to expect, so you should still be able to get into the Wind Tower...could you take over while I'm gone?" "Well, I'd gladly reassure you that the Wind Tower is in good hands while you're away," Lavender replied, placing a coaster on the coffee table before resting her mug of hot chocolate down. "Forgive me for being curious though, may I know the reason for going away?" Sure, Lavender had heard the stories of what transpired down at the festival between Hiro, Chizu and Nickle. And in spite of being one of the few who knew that the younger aeromancer was dating Nickle, what happened at the festival had tongues wagging all over the school about Nickle and Chizu's relationship, along with a mountain of speculations. But it didn't seem to Lavender that it would be the prime (and clearly not the only) reason Chizu would be out of town. And it certainly didn't sound like a vacation either. It sounded pretty suspicious, really. And where suspicions are concerned, being the kind of person she was trained to be it naturally raised Lavender's curiosity. |
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| Chizu | Dec 3 2010, 12:06 AM Post #5 |
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Chizu sat down at Lavender's gesture, feeling a little uncomfortable. Although she knew that she probably shouldn't. After all, she was a teacher technically, just not one at the school. Then again, she still wasn't comfortable with that title either, especially considering that Erin and Lavender both probably knew more about aeromancy than she did, but it was the simplest title that she could come up with. She nodded when Lavender asked her what the reason was. She had hoped that she wouldn't have to answer that, even though she knew that that was probably going to be Lavender's next question. There was a time when she would have refused to answer any questions, even when they were asked by her close friends. Considering that time had more or less driven her to an emotional breakdown and homicidal rage, she had learned her lesson about keeping secrets. At least where close friends were concerned. She took a deep breath. "...I think my dad's alive," she said. She had never voiced the thought out loud before. The words were harder to say than she thought they would be, and they carried so much more emotion than she thought they would. After all this time, after years of never knowing him and resigning herself to the fact that she never would, she hadn't realized how much she wanted to. How much having just this one speck of hope would mean to her. |
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| Lawman | Dec 4 2010, 03:22 AM Post #6 |
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"...I think my dad's alive," Chizu replied, eliciting a look of surprise from Lavender. At least from what little she knew of the younger aeromancer's family background, there were something of kindred spirits. The only family (biologically-speaking anyway) that Lavender knew was her father, who passed away while she was still at an early age. "I suppose... it's a good thing then?" Lavender queried, picking up her mug of hot chocolate to take another sip. As far as Lavender was concerned, one might say that she'd known her trainers better than she knew her biological family. "I guess you two would have a lot of catching up to do," the older aeromancer commented, smiling slightly to indicate that she felt joy for her younger counterpart. "Don't worry about missing out on classes - I'll see to it that remedial lessons are arranged for you once you get back," Lavender nodded. |
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| Chizu | Dec 5 2010, 11:56 PM Post #7 |
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"Sixteen years of catching up," said Chizu, with a faint smile that didn't really have much humor behind it. She was eighteen years old, so Lavender could do the math, assuming she didn't already know about Chizu's family history. She had to stop herself from considering all the possibilities now. What would he be like? Would they get along? Would they be similar in any way? Would he be proud of her...or disappointed that she wasn't like her sister, his prodigy. Did he even know that Kaida was dead? Probably not. That would take some explaining to do. He might be dead... she reminded herself. She didn't want to get her hopes up. It had been twelve years. Even if Kaito was right and time did flow slower in that dimension, it had still been a long time, and her father wasn't exactly young--or well, wouldn't be young. It was entirely possible that she was going there to find a corpse. But she would go anyway. "...The guy that killed my sister came," she finally said, looking up at Lavender. "He had a diary entry from his dad. His dad and my dad fought...and my sister assumed that that's where my dad died, but apparently he fell into some portal thing and could still be alive. Or something like that." She tilted her head back and rubbed the back of her neck tiredly, wondering just what she had gotten herself into. |
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| Lawman | Dec 6 2010, 01:33 PM Post #8 |
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"...The guy that killed my sister came," Chizu spoke up after an interval of silence, looking up at Lavender as the aeromancer took another mouthful of hot chocolate, chewing on a marshmallow. "He had a diary entry from his dad. His dad and my dad fought...and my sister assumed that that's where my dad died, but apparently he fell into some portal thing and could still be alive. Or something like that." Lavender nodded as she set down the mug of hot chocolate, which was turning lukewarm at this point, her hands folded on top of each other as she rested them on her lap. "You probably wouldn't like what I'm about to say..." The aeromancer began. While she felt happy for Chizu on being able to be reunited with a long-lost family member. However, the source of the news was what made the older aeromancer a little apprehensive. Could one truly trust the source of information coming from someone who killed her only living (known) family member at the time? "But is it really wise to consider that source of information reliable, considering he did afterall kill your sister..." The older aeromancer frowned slightly as she looked down, seemingly remorseful over what essentially amounted to raining on Chizu's parade. "Well, but it's good to have hope and to be able to forgive old enemies... just you know, be careful in that dimension - remember what you've learned from Nickle-san, Hiro-san, myself and others." After all, she wasn't one to say whether or not there was a trap set up for Chizu, but the least she could do was to remind her Arcadian subordinate, fellow Elemancer and good friend the need to keep her guard up, and to wish her all the best for a what would hopefully be a happy family reunion. |
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| Chizu | Dec 6 2010, 07:01 PM Post #9 |
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Chizu frowned at Lavender's words. She had thought about it, of course. She wasn't naive. Kaito was manipulative, or at least, he had been. Probably still was---people didn't change that easily. But she didn't--couldn't bring herself to hate Kaito anymore. She didn't forgive him, she could never forgive him, but she couldn't hate him. Because a part of her had been him at one point, had understood why he did what he did. "...I wanted to kill him," she said, after a while. It was difficult to put her thoughts into words. "I hated him back then. If Damon and Kaede hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him. I forgot who I was while I was fighting him. All I could think of was revenge. I wanted to hurt him. He would have let me too. I think he wanted to die." She frowned. "He left after that. But before he left, he came up to me and handed me my old knife back. He told me that he wouldn't apologize for what he had done, and that his life was mine to take if I wanted to. But...the funny thing was, holding the knife in my hand...I couldn't do it. I spent two years wanting him dead, but when I looked at him...I was still angry, but I guess...I kinda felt sorry for him. Because at the end of the day, I'd still be me, and he'd still have to live with what he did." It was probably the most words Chizu had strung together in a conversation with Lavender--the longest thing she had said in a while. But she wasn't done. "My sister killed his father when he was twelve years old," she said. The words sounded hollow, as if she still couldn't believe it. And in a way, she didn't, but in another way, she did. "In front of him. I can believe it too. She was ruthless, not towards me, but it was there. I don't know if this makes sense, but I think whoever Kaito might have been died then too. So that's why he killed her. And that's the reason I wanted to kill him so badly." "I can't forgive him." There was anger in her eyes as she said that, and it wasn't anger that had calmed down. It still raged, even though there wasn't any killing intent behind it. "I want him gone. I don't want to have to look at him again. But I couldn't kill him--can't kill him--because I know when I look at him that if it hadn't been for my friends, I would have been him. Maybe not as much of an arrogant smartass, but I'd be just as broken. And if I was just as broken...I'd try to fix myself too. And I'd probably pull a stupid stunt like spend eight months wandering Japan trying to find answers for the girl that wants to kill me so that I could stop hating myself so much." She stared at the part of the room where floor met wall, her red eyes distant. "...So...I don't trust him, but I'm willing to go check. And that's why Damon and Nickle are coming with me, to make sure that there aren't any tricks. But Aether seems to believe him." She shrugged. "...He's never asked me to forgive him..." If he brings me my dad back, I might... She kept that last part to herself. |
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| Lawman | Dec 7 2010, 03:26 PM Post #10 |
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There was a certain tension in the atmosphere as Chizu fell silent again, "...I wanted to kill him," the younger aeromancer replied candidly. It was pretty understandable in that regard, and who's to say that Lavender herself never had times when she wished that she could find out exactly who was responsible for the bomb attack that killed her father and put a bullet between his eyes. "I hated him back then. If Damon and Kaede hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him. I forgot who I was while I was fighting him. All I could think of was revenge. I wanted to hurt him. He would have let me too. I think he wanted to die." Lavender closed her eyes briefly as she folded her arms across her chest, thinking about what Chizu had said. "It's good to know you stayed your hand back then," Lavender commented, but decided to keep quiet when the younger aeromancer appeared to have more to say, which she did indeed have. "He left after that. But before he left, he came up to me and handed me my old knife back. He told me that he wouldn't apologize for what he had done, and that his life was mine to take if I wanted to. But...the funny thing was, holding the knife in my hand...I couldn't do it. I spent two years wanting him dead, but when I looked at him...I was still angry, but I guess...I kinda felt sorry for him. Because at the end of the day, I'd still be me, and he'd still have to live with what he did." Lavender couldn't help but feel a little surprised that word for word it was the longest conversation they've had - despite the close student-mentor bond they share the two aeromancers tend to trade more punches (in the form of sparring practices, that is) than words, and it certainly helps that she was knowing Chizu a little better through conversations like these. It was like gathering pieces of a puzzle, and piecing them together gave her an image of Chizu. "I can't forgive him." Chizu's eyes reflected rage, lighting up like a pair of ruby orbs - although devoid of any killing intent, or sakki - as those martial arts people put it, the anger still burns intensely. It almost felt like if someone were to hold a matchstick in front of her, the aeromancer's gaze would ignite it. "I want him gone. I don't want to have to look at him again. But I couldn't kill him--can't kill him--because I know when I look at him that if it hadn't been for my friends, I would have been him. Maybe not as much of an arrogant smartass, but I'd be just as broken. And if I was just as broken...I'd try to fix myself too. And I'd probably pull a stupid stunt like spend eight months wandering Japan trying to find answers for the girl that wants to kill me so that I could stop hating myself so much." The cycle of revenge - and so it turned out that Chizu's sister killed Kaito's father when he was but twelve, and that killing her was an act of revenge on his part. But such was the vicious nature of the cycle of revenge. In a sense, Lavender was thankful for the guiding wisdom of Achilles-sensei and the others back at the SEED Institute, that she never got started in the first place. "...So...I don't trust him, but I'm willing to go check. And that's why Damon and Nickle are coming with me, to make sure that there aren't any tricks. But Aether seems to believe him." Lavender was finished with her hot chocolate by this point. "...He's never asked me to forgive him..." "Perhaps, he never wanted forgiveness in the first place," Lavender replied after it seemed that Chizu was done, wiping the corner of her mouth and her lips with a tissue, having analyzed the younger aeromancer's words and thinking them through. "Perhaps he saw what he was doing would only serve to perpetuate an endless cycle of revenge, and the futility of it all," the older aeromancer leaned back, resting a hand contemplatively on her chin. Clearly Chizu's hatred for that guy ran deep, and Lavender certainly hoped she wasn't making it sound like Kaito was anything less than the monster that killed her sister. But from Lavender's perspective, it does seem like Kaito might've at some point or another realized the futility of being caught in a cycle of revenge. "That was why he didn't ask for any forgiveness... he probably realized at some point that what he'd done was to open a prelude to a vicious circle and saw what was coming to him, and that if he died begging for mercy it'd essentially have given you the satisfaction of sweet revenge... I think I see the wisdom in Aether's opinion." It was the ultimate weapon against a revenge-seeker, to deny them the satisfaction of a sweet revenge. Lavender was convinced, that if Chizu had killed Kaito back then, he would have won because it would ultimately be a Pyrrhic victory for Chizu because he'd long since escaped from the cycle of revenge. "It's a good thing you had your friends to help you stay your hand," Lavender reiterated. "You can't change what's already been done, but what's on the road ahead is still up to you to determine." While there was no erasing the sorrow and rage she'd endured all those years, Lavender knew that Chizu didn't have to continue bearing them. "Well, whatever your decision is when you meet that guy... it's not my place to say whether it's right or wrong to still exact vengeance, but the important thing is to think beforehand how do you think it would leave you feeling once he's dead. Because remember, don't do something that the consequences of which are irrevocable. So my best wishes go to you, Damon and Nickle. I suppose we'll be meeting again soon. And somehow, something tells me you'd have something good to tell me when that time comes," Lavender commented, giving the younger aeromancer a reassuring smile. |
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| Chizu | Dec 18 2010, 01:20 AM Post #11 |
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Chizu nodded, feeling drained by everything she had said. Confessions always did that to her. She didn't know who it was that said that they immediately made someone feel better, but she wanted to find that person just to kick him in the face. Sure she knew that honesty was better in the long run, but every time she told someone something like this, she was admitting it to herself too, and that made her more tired than anything. Damn it, Kaito, why'd you have to come back now? I just put myself back together... She took a deep breath. She would always hate him. She was sure of that. She might never want to kill him, or never try to kill him again, but she could never forgive him. He had ruined her life, even though by ruining it he had sent her here and provided a way for her to become the aeromancer she was today. "...Thank you, sensei," she said to Lavender. She stood up, giving Lavender a short respectful bow. "I'll let you know as soon as I get back." |
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