Fire meets Ice, Aki and Kyuu

[Aki519]

Aki sighed. "Okay..." 'way to be specific..' she thought to herself. She couldn't blame Taro though, the girl had obviously gone through something tramatic... or maybe she was just like that. Aki guessed both.
"Well... is there anyone you know who could help you out? Do you want to have somebody check out that wound?" she suggested, hoping for some reaction.


((Excuse the suckishness, but I cant think of ANYTHING))

[Kyuu Dan]

"They're all dead, or missing." She stated coldly, knowing it to be the truth. Her damned fear of fire had aided that, bringing back the small scared child from her past. Everything was alight, and everyone was dying. Shaking her head slightly, she looked to Aki, and tried a smile. "Come on!" Without giving the fox girl a chance to react, Taro lurched to her feet, eager to free herself of the thought of flames, combating it with its natural enemy: water. Twenty steps down the beach, and Taro pulled her new found friend into the salty waters of the sea. Still smiling, she felt the prickle of ice as it sealed the fibers of the bandage too tightly to be penetrable by water. Then, letting go of her hand, Tarosy reached into the water and brought up a handful of water, sending it Aki's way in the ankle deep water. If she couldn't find the strength to fight her fear, than there was no chance she'd ever be able to start over.

[Aki519]

Aki was suprised to say the least when the sad girl suddenly yanked her up and started running for the ocean. She was worried at first, wondering if Taro was okay, but she was smiling so it couldn't be bad. Aki giggled when she was splashed, cupping her hands and splashing Taro right back, careful to keep it away from her wound. As happy as she was to see the girl perk up, she was a little suspicious of the mood swing. First she was withdrawn and quiet, now she was acting like a child.

[Kyuu Dan]

As she predicted, the water washed away all of the fears she had. Worries of her lost home and destroyed island fell away from her current thoughts, now focused on her new found friend. There was just something about this girl that was just so damn likable. She was so nice, so good-intentioned, she was even splashing back at her, enjoying the playful pastime as much as Taro was. No water splashed higher than the teenager's shoulders, even as she lifted water in her hands and thrust it forward back at Aki. After a short gala of splashes, Taro herself ceased fire. regarding the other girl with a tentative smile. "Thanks, I really needed that." She smile grew slightly friendlier as she laughed softly. "It really knocked me back, thank you."

[Aki519]

Aki grinned. It looked like Taro had finally stabilized. “No problem,” she chirped as her childish nature got the best of her. She giggled and kicked the sand about, watching as the sand clouded up around her feet. All tension had left the air and Aki was much more comfortable. “So, are you ready to tell me what all that was about?” she asked, her voice didn’t sound pitying, just curious and concerned.

[Kyuu Dan]

Standing silently in the water, Taro watched the sand play about at Aki's feet for a short while before responding. "It's hard to explain." She began, trying to find the words to explain herself. "I... when I was little, my family wasn't too well received anywhere they went. They used something to get us to leave every time. After so many attacks, so many times, I... well, I got really afraid. I can't even say the word anymore, can't think about it without almost breaking down. Anything to do with it makes me crumble, and I turn back into a quivering child. I can't help it, and I can't control it. The fear never goes away." She looked to Aki, her face blank of all emotion, except a vague, vague hope. "I've never told anyone this, but I bet plenty of them have figured it out on their own." She conveniently left out that the majority of those people were now dead. "This is probably the most I've spoken at once in my entire life." Taro shrugged, smiling a little. "Usually, I'm really quiet."

[Aki519]

Aki put a hand on Taro's shoulder. "I can't understand exactly what you went through, but I get what you mean," the foxgirl said, "from now on you just stick with me okay! We'll make an awesome team!" Of course, Aki failed to realize that would mean no fire, which in turn made her fairly weak. She wouldn't be defenseless, simply not as strong as before. Hopefully they wouldn't run into any big trouble.
Still, she wanted to help this girl. In a way they were the same (though Aki was childish by nature). Maybe she'd be open up Taro a little as well.


((Roro... at least TRY to mention something about Hell))

[Kyuu Dan]

"Damn it!" Doubtlessly, her sudden outburst had shocked her new friend. Her quivering shook Aki's hand loose from her shoulder. Taro wrapped her arms around her waist, her face in pain. "I can't let it conquer me. I can't." Looking up to Aki, almost tearful, her words spilled out like waterfall. "I need your help, and I truly can't take no for an answer." A pause, and the demoness tried to regain control of herself. Violent mood swings were no way to convince a person to help her. "I need... to fix this. I can't be afraid anymore." Another pause, a sharp intake of breath following. "I need you to help me fight..." She couldn't do it. Not that word, not that word- "Fire." Tarosy looked up to Aki, distress creasing her face cruelly. "Please, help me."

((Call her emo all you want. >> She's just traumatized.))

[Aki519]

Aki was startled by Taros random outburst. Maybe Taro didn’t want to team up with her after all? She watched as Taro nearly broke down asking for her help. She wondered, with morbid curiosity, why Taro had this irrational fear. Fighting fire? How was she expected to help fight something she fought with?
“D-don’t worry, I’ll help you fight!” she thoughtlessly promised, “We’ll defeat whatever it is you’re so afraid of…”
At least she hoped they could.

((sorry its kinda open ended))

This post has been edited by Aki519 on Mar 7 2009, 08:50 PM

[Kyuu Dan]

"Ever since I was little." Taro began, continuing to shake. "Since before I could remember. It's only natural, isn't it? To fear what can so easily destroy you. I embody ice, control ice. I'm at home in the cold and find solace in wintry desertion. Fire can destroy that. The heat and flames can ravage my frosty fantasy quicker than I could ever possibly defend it. If I am ever to grow, if I am ever to truly live, I have to be able to quit sniveling like a broken-hearted child. I need to stand up to my fear, to the flames and fight back. I know you can help me, because I know your affinity is for fire. Just by being around you will help me." As her words drawled on, Tarosy continued to calm herself. Her determination became stronger, more willful. She would conquer her weakness, if it was the last thing she would do. "My fear controls me. It takes hold of my mind and I react like an animal. You've seen it already, what it can do. I need to be able to fight that, and stay in control. I promise to repay you somehow, someway, for your assistance." Carefully, she took a step back and lifted her eyes to the sky. Night was coming fast. "Is there anywhere you know of where fire is strong? If I expose myself to it continuously, maybe, maybe, I'll learn to accept it as a part of nature, of life. Balance must exist, and I need to learn how to keep that balance."

[Aki519]

Aki thought for a moment. A place where fire was strong, would simply a very hot place work? She doubted it. They needed to go where fire was abundant. Perhaps she could bring Taro to a volcano or something. Of course finding an active volcano and sitting inside of it until Taro wasn't afraid anymore didn't sound like the best idea. The foxgirl frowned. She had another idea, but doubted it would work.
"We could go to Hell," she suggested, "but I don't have an ear tag and neither do you."She knew how to get there, but getting in without an ear tag would probably get them thrown into slavery. They could try sneaking in, but Aki had never heard of a case where that'd worked.
"I don't think that would be a good idea anyway."

This post has been edited by Aki519 on Mar 7 2009, 08:50 PM

[Kyuu Dan]

A tingling sensation prompted Taro to look away as the girl's thoughts relayed back and forth, her eyes resting on the ocean, its gentle waves rustling back and forth when rushed by the wind. This was what she knew, what she longed for and understood, but there was no going home now, no turning back. Because of her damned phobia, she was left without that, without that chance of going home, of being home. She couldn't even fully blame Jetmir. He'd been fine to let her go after shooting down her shield, but no, Taro couldn't think to see fire enrapture the island, even from at a distance. And then, later, she'd been betrayed, and he'd let a rain of fire roar down upon that little island, while she watched quaking and helpless from a fishing boat.

Now, she only had two options yet again: Conquer her fear, the flame and her oppression, or live in the shadow of the moon, waiting for the heat to seize control yet again. Looking back now, she regarded Aki with a level tone and expression, her resolve resolute. "Hell is perfect." She let the words sink in, let them ring through her subconscious like church bells. Hell. "I don't know what ear tags are, but surely there's a way to get in without being noticed. We wouldn't want to be around a lot of people anyway. Aki, will you take me to Hell?"