Making Up For Lost Time... [Youjin]

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

[This takes place a few hours after Abbadon and Roiyaru's involvement in "Challenges & Toil."]

When Abbadon arrived back in Tokyo, he was quite surprised how at ease the city was after being threatened by a chaotic bomb that almost blew it to smithereens. People were going about their normal business; children going to school, adults going to work. It was like that eerie ending to that anime "Paranoia Agent." He and Roiyaru continued to walk down a well-populated side street, receiving awkward stares as per usual. Mostly because of how bad-ass Roiyaru looked, but they were stares none the less...

<If only these people knew the kind of shit we went through to protect them, huh boy?> he spoke to his sprite through thought.

Waiting on his dog to reply, Abbadon did a bit of thinking. In the past few weeks, he was reunited with the reincarnation of his best friend, found out that the Sword of Darkness carried his sprite in the blade, found out he was friends with a fugitive from Heaven, got his memory back, became up-to-date with everything related to Heaven and just a few hours ago took up another pupil from this village of ninja called the "Tenmeigakure."

But after finding all of this out; after doing all of this, there was one thing that kept scratching at Abbadon's mind, even since it started changing. It wasn't Shadow, or Taiyou, or Gin, or anyone else; it was the one that opened the door for him to feel again; the one that started his urge to fight whatever hold Oracle had on his mind.

That scratch was Youjin.

Abbadon looked into the crowd of humans in front of him and felt an empty feeling. Now I know; for someone who found out all of this shit, how the hell could you still feel empty? Abbadon tried to make sense of it, but he couldn't. And that just made it even worse...

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin was spending the last remaining days in Japan, specifcally Tokyo due to an incident with a A-bomb causing some damage although it was odd it was a nice thing to see, the humans going about their daily lives as if it were any other day a situation that said ' life goes on and be happy your alive.'

Of course if there was someone in need of being helped he would gladly jump down from the ledge he was sitting on staring down over the city streets, it was these sort of scenes that made Youjin glad to be alive.

Whilst sitting and leaning against the wall images of an old freind someone he regarded the closest relation to him despite not being genetically linked, it felt like it from time to time. "I wonder how Abbadon is doing?"

Youjin chuckles realising he's talking to himself and goes back to watching the crowds below.

[Roiyaru]

Roiyaru enjoyed this stroll he was taking with his master, even though he could feel an enormous amount of eyes on his person. And whereas the sprite did not care for such uncomfortable situations, he stayed assured knowing that the nightmare of Arashi this city has seen was over and done with.

<If only these people knew the kind of shit we went through to protect them, huh boy?> his master asked him. The question made Roiyaru smile.

<I agree to the fullest, master,> Roiyaru responded. <Human beings are rather interesting. One day they face utter peril, then the next they continue on with their shortened lives as if nothing had happened. Wondrous creatures indeed.>

As Roiyaru continued walking with his master, picking up loose thoughts from his mind, he started to question who this being was he called "Youjin."

Suddenly, Roiyaru could sense the presence of another Celestial. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked around the human populated area.

Not again, Roiyaru thought. The city was too populated now; he couldn't risk another attack on Tokyo on his watch.

<Master,> Roiyaru spoke. <I sense the presence of another Celestial. It's not Taiyou, nor any of the Einjheriar. This one is different...>

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon chuckled under his breath at Roiyaru's view on the human race. But when he put his hands in his pockets, he looked around and noticed that Roiyaru's observation was completely accurate. Human kind needs help to flourish and to grow; they don't know how to evolve by themselves. They needed guidance.

Abbadon shook his head. He was thinking like this ever since his fight with Arashi. It was like his mind was in the middle of a transition between his rambunctious self, and that of authority.

What the hell is going on with me...?

He noticed Roiyaru start to tense up behind him before the sprite stopped walking completely. He saw him scan around himself, like something was wrong.

<Master,> he spoke. <I sense the presence of another Celestial. It's not Taiyou, nor any of the Einjheriar. This one is different...>

God damn it; another Celestial? he thought to himself. He looked around, not paying attention to the humans looking at him weird. He grabbed the handle of his sword; not pulling it out just yet.

"Where is it?!" he said in a weird mix between a whisper and a yell.

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin stretched the hard ledge had begin to take it's toll on his body and he needed to move about for a while or at least stand up just something to do before he left the city and headed to the rural areas for a while, he slowly stands over looking the surrounding area all that was needed was a route down to the ground without causing too much of a disturbance to any of the humans about, it was there he noticed people looking at him but their eyes didn't seem shocked, more fed up as if he wasn't the only person doing something odd. "Hmph, no such thing as being unique anymore is there..."

He jumps off the ledge onto a street lamp sliding down the pole onto the floor and walking into the crowds slowly dissapearing within the many humans, although he did stand out with long red hair and a large sword sheathed on his back the weapon larger then he was infact, the handle sticking a foot above his head.

[Roiyaru]

Roiyaru continued to stand vigilant in the midst of humans, trying to read out the celestial properties of the being currently present. Once his master was made alert, he could see him become battle-ready. But the last thing that the sprite wanted was for his master to engage in a bladed confrontation in the midst of these mortals not even a week after Arashi's threat to the city.

Roiyaru turned to his immediate left. When he did, he saw a male with long red hair jumping off a building ledge to a street lamp and landing in the midst of people about a block away from the two of them. Roiyaru frowned once he realized that the powers he sensed came from this... this boy.

"There!" he spoke out loud. "I'll take care of him, master!"

And Roiyaru darted off after the red-haired threat, not taking any chances for this realm to suffer any more damage.

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon looked around until he felt like he was gonna puke from spinning so much. But all he could see were humans passing him left and right. His hand was still on the handle of his sword. Frustration was clearly present on his face because he didn't know where the hell this Celestial was.

"Damn it, Roi," Abbadon yelled. "Where is he?!"

"There!" he heard Roiyaru reply. Abbadon looked at the direction his sprite was staring, to see if he could see for himself. But when he saw a long red-haired boy, his eyes widened and his mouth hung open. If he had anything in his hand, this would be the part in the movie where it would slip out of it's grasp and shatter all over the pavement. But he had a logical explanation why he felt this way that actually made sense this time.

It was because he knew who that being was. The one that's been scratching his brain ever since the last time he saw him.

"Youjin..." Abbadon said softly.

"I'll take care of him, master!" Roiyaru said.

By the time what his sprite registered in his mind, Roiyaru was already running towards him. Shocked and concerned, Abbadon ran after him. "No, Roiyaru; stop!" he yelled.

But Roiyaru was already out of earshot. And he was too quick for him to catch up just by running. So with a squat and a thrust, Abbadon flew toward Youjin, hoping to reach his old pupil before his over-protective sprite cut him to shreds.

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin was casually walking along suddenly catching a sound of someone yelling. "No, Roiyaru; stop!" from a block or so away, it wasn't the fact it was loud but a familiar voice.

He turns his head seeing what appeared to be a sprite heading towards him which made him realise that was Roiyaru, although something seemed off it didn't look like a freindly image, this didn't last long in his mind when another object appeared in the air it obviously knew the sprite possibly the voice that shouted earlier. "Wait...Is that..?"

Youjin blinked as the sprite was now dangerously close and instinct took over as his sword was drawn from it's sheath and placed ready as a sheild, if the one who was following the sprite was who he thought it was then attacking the sprite wasn't an option but just to make sure neither he or his attacker got hurt.

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

This is taking too long, Abbadon thought to himself. I have to stop this before they end up killing each other!

And so, using the confusion between Roiyaru and Youjin to his advantage, the flying Archangel erupted into a small blaze of his black chaotic fire; disappearing as it died off that instant. And immediately following -- like probably around half of a second later, that same infernal blast of black fire erupted between his sprite and his pupil.

When that one died down, Abbadon was standing in front of Youjin, facing Roiyaru. With a raise of his hand, he stopped his sprite as he pounced. Still trying to get over his annoyance, Abbadon realized that he never could stop Roiyaru with his powers before.

How the fuck did I do that? he thought to himself.

Frowning at Roiyaru, Abbadon ignored his inside thought that he could only guess Roiyaru could hear. Soon his raised hand became a point of the finger.

"Bad dog," Abbadon said both in sarcasm and in meaning. "Very bad dog; we do not attack friends unless they stab us in the back! Very bad dog; no biscuits for you!"

Abbadon then lowered him back to the ground the same way he stopped him. And once he did that, he turned to face Youjin, hoping that this wasn't a hallucination.

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin blinked before standing up straight, he knew those flames all too well and obviously the sprite was infact under ownership of his old teacher Ababdon, a flick of the sword and the blade slides back into it's sheath with ease the weapon itself making a zanbatou look more like a claymore. "I didn't know you had a sprite."

He smirks as Abbadon turned and faced him giving his old teacher a respectful bow, it did appear to him that Abbadon wasn't entirely sure of his existance as if he thought this was a dream of sorts, either way he knew it wasn't and it would just take a short time for everyone else to notice.

[Roiyaru]

Right as Roiyaru bare his canines and pounced towards the red-haired being in front of him, his master appeared before him stepping out of a portal of his own chaotic fiery essence. But what caught the sprite off guard was when he immediately gained control of his being, just as his father would do countless amounts of times in the past.

Roiyaru didn't understand; this being could be a possible threat to both Tokyo and the rest of the mortal realm. And his master was clearly in no set frame of mind to act as it's protector, with his mentality in the middle of an evolving metamorphosis and such. Once he heard him call the boy a friend, his confusion escalated a little. He wanted to question the situation, since he had never seen this man before. Then again, he had been magically sealed within the confinements of an enchanted blade for quite some time now.

When he was lowered to the ground, he could sense his master's confusion on the act he performed against him. Roiyaru knew it would only be a matter of time before his master found out he could control him somewhat magically, but it honestly did not bother him. What did bother him however was this boy, who seemed to have a great deal of respect for his master, judging on how low the bow was. Roiyaru could only grimace in frustration.

Who is this boy?

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

I didn't know you had a sprite, he said. Even hearing him talk wasn't assuring enough to Abbadon. And the fact that he couldn't look away just made the situation a bit more creepy. He could feel Roiyaru's confusion inside his own chaotic magic; trying to make sense of the situation, just like he was.

He saw him bow. That still wasn't enough proof that he wasn't still in the forest's of Mt. Fuji somewhere taking a nap. So instead of waiting for the moment to present itself, he took the moment himself. Once Youjin rose from his bow, Abbadon placed his left hand on one of the boy's shoulders, hoping it wouldn't phase through.

It didn't.

Abbadon smirked. This was real. Youjin -- the first person that had ever breached through his emotional barrier that was built by Oracle all those years ago, was standing across from him. Paying attention to what he said earlier, Abbadon followed up that smirk with a chuckle.

"It's a long story," Abbadon replied. He took a pause, just to see the person that he had grown into. And he was happy with what he saw.

"It's good to see you again, Youjin."

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin rose from his bow to see Abbadon still questioning if reality was real or not, obviously meeting like this was such a rare event it would make sense to disbelieve it all was happening, a hand placed down on his shoulder confirmed it for Abbadon his face lightening up into a chuckle, it's a long story he heard his old teacher say one of many no doubt.

He smirked hearing the words good to see you again spoken. "I was going to say that myself." He chuckled. "It's been too long."

Youjin looks at Abbadon slightly studying him. "You seem in good health despite age catching up to you." He says in a joking manner.

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon laughed a bit at Youjin's joke. It's been a while since he heard something said about him and laughed about it almost immediately. Shadow tried numerous amounts of times, just for Abbadon to slap him behind the head to put him in check. He had so much to tell him.

"That just means I'm a bit more wiser than I was before," he told Youjin. He looked around the area to try and find a place for them to go and talk. "There's much for us to discuss," he said. "Let's find somewhere to talk."

[Roiyaru]

Roiyaru watched humbly as his master and the one he called Youjin started to commence conversation as if the event leading to their reunion hadn't occurred at all. Seeing him with the red-haired celestial, Roiyaru could sense a change in spirit in his master; a change that not even he could pull out of him. And just as he felt during the final hours of Seijin Shadow's life, Roiyaru started to feel like he was becoming erased from the portrait that should only portray his master and himself. He wasn't ready to share him then; he surely was not ready to share him now.

Roiyaru played sympathy, fixing a saddened yet humanly adorable look on his face. He even tilted his head slowly as he approached his master's leg. Nudging it slightly, he aimed to gain his attention instead of pouring it all on the Celestial taking his glory.

"Master...?"

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon instantly felt a nudge on the back of his leg. Looking to see what it was, Abbadon saw Roiyaru with a sad look on his face. You know, the kinda sad look that dogs do that chicks think is absolutely adorable? Yeah that kind of sad look. And what he said afterward only added to it too.

"Master...?" Roiyaru said.

Abbadon's face lit up. "Oh yeah," he said. "I can't believe I was gonna let that happen," he told himself. He turned back to Youjin.

"Youjin," he said as he pointed to Roiyaru, "this is Roiyaru, my sprite." He looked at Roiyaru while pointing to Youjin. "Roi, this is Youjin. He was a pupil of mine back when you were still trapped inside my blade."

Abbadon placed his hand on Youjin's shoulder again, this time shaking him a bit playfully. "I taught this guy everything he knows," he gloated, followed by a small laugh.

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin was glad to see Abbadon laugh, he rarely did get to see it happen and the fact he managed to use the joke to inform him of some information worked just as well.

The sprite was still in Youjin's mind set as suggestion of a place to talk rather then in the middle of a crowded area was made. "Indeed, lots of things to catch up on."

The word Master was heard by him and Abbadon the face of the sprite looking at the one who was nudged the sounds of a few school girls reactions to something adorable looking appearing near them, it was after that they were introduced to each other by Abbadon. "Roiyaru? That means loyal I believe, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintence." Youjin nods his head respectfully to Roiyaru before Abbadon's hand shakes him playfully by the shoulder.

"That is true, and that knowledge helped when a hell king almost chopped me in half." He chuckles it was kind of true the fact the hell king who did it was holding back probably helped the most.

[Roiyaru]

Roiyaru huffed. His attempt at his master's attention had completely backfired; using his pleaded look as a means that he wanted to know who the boy was instead of relaying that he needed him. Once the humbled look was replaced with a hybrid of annoyance and anger, his master continued to introduce the sprite to who apparently was his first apprentice. Roiyaru sat down in response to this once his master stated that he trained him during his imprisonment inside the Hakaisha family heirloom.

The Celestial before him determined the English translation of his name. Roiyaru continued to stare at him, even when he nodded in respect to the sprite. And as he was about to project a somewhat smart reply to his master's mind about it, he noticed him place his hand back on his shoulder again. Knowing that their connected mental thought could be picked up by a third party if his master had physical contact, Roiyaru decided to hold fasten his mental tongue so that he would not embarrass his master.

He sat there, listening to the two talk about how the younger one's training benefited his outcome in a battle against a king of hell. It was not at all surprising to the sprite. Once he decided to rebel against a tyrant king that wished to take control of all Heaven, then he could talk about his training. And whereas he kept his mind void of thoughts while his master had physical contact with the youth in question, his mouth was tame enough to try and change the subject.

"If you are indeed looking for a place to take refuge, there is a park down the road from here," the sprite said rather blandly. "It's usually abandoned during this time, and we can continue this little chat the way you two wish to have it."

Roiyaru stood on all fours. His tail lied still across the ground; neither wagging, or tucked between his legs. He looked at his master with full focal concentration.

"I suggest we make haste, master."

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

When Abbadon heard Roiyaru suggest going to the park, he had to admit; nowadays the park was a bit cliche. Plus lately, everything bad happens at the park now. Still, it was better than standing in the middle of the sidewalk.

Abbadon nodded at Roiyaru, going in to quickly pet Roiyaru's head. "Good idea, boy," he said to him. By that time, Abbadon let go of Youjin's shoulder. And when he did, he started to feel awkward about Roiyaru's behavior. Call it a wild guess, but Abbadon could have sworn that his sprite was a little bit jealous of Youjin. But Abbadon laughed it off. That idea was ridiculous. There was no way Roiyaru could be jealous of Youjin.

...Right?

Abbadon looked at Youjin with his signature smirk. "Lets head to the park," he told him. "We can talk there."

[Youjin Enzeru]

Youjin nodded, the area they were in was slightly over populated for talking with an old freind if anything it was best to move away from the humans, anywhere less crowded was fine, the suggestion of a park was made by Roiyaru it was cliche but then again so was a rooftop to him. "Lead the way."

He follows them looking at Roiyaru, it was interesting to see a sprite and especially one who appeared to be slightly annoyed about his presence.