Ame ato {Tomo; Ren}

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(A/N: Since Rei and Ren are both my characters, obviously then it wouldn't be a problem if I RP'ed both of them in the same post.)

Rei had decided that this was seriously getting rediculous.

She was fed up and frankly sick and tired of the spectre that had been roaming depressed around her halls for the past two weeks.

Grabbing said spectre by the collar of his shirt she dragged him down to the dining room or her keep, throwing him into one of the chairs, standing before him, hands on her hips on scowl set firmly inplace, glaring at him him over the rim or her glasses.

"You lost your job because you're a pussy, your wife is pregnant and your sister is tired of your depression. What do you intend to do about it?"

Ren blinked at his twin, trying to decide whether he was outraged, shocked, or amused...

He settled for the first option

"What the hell are you talking about. Who says I'm depressed and what give you the right to do anything about it?!"

"You've been moping around my house since the council meeting where YOU quit. Avoiding the Kataki-kai, avoiding Kenai and Shizuka and ignoring Tomoyo. I've offered you a position here and I'm sure Tomo wouldn't be hard pressed to do the same. You have an entire layer to take care of and a baby on the way and you're neglecting it all because you couldn't take the heat from a few uptights! I'm your sister, that's what gives me the right to do something about it!"

He stared at her evenly, trying to gauge exactly how serious she was about this. Seeing the glare in those jade eyes he knew he wasn't likely to get out of this without getting lectured and likely hit several times.

He sighed and rested his elbow on the kitchen table, propping his head on his fist, closing his eyes and trying to will his temper from striking out against his sister. The emotion that was dominant over his personality, didn't really like to be challenged. The fact that his other half was often alot more angry than Ren was, proved to be a constant annoyance to the part of his personality that housed the Kataki no Seirei.

Tough shit.

"I'm not depressed. I've left your place since we got back...I've just been...Wandering around. Essentially. Between here and the Seventh. Theres not much more to do at the moment. My uneasiness about the fact that I don't currently have a legitimate position within either of the realms is not something you should concern yourself with. I realize what's ahead of me and I'm perfectly content and happy with that." He opened his eyes to glare back at her. "Despite what you may think, I am not your responsibilty. Don't worry about me, worry about your own depression and do your own job."

Rei's glare didn't diminish in the face of her brothers. She wasn't about to let herself be intimidated by him just because the normally calm one of the two was finally showing his temper. Despite the fact that it was unnerving, she pressed on.

"Yeah, you say that. Though I'm not the only one who sees it this way." She let the subject of either of them being depressed drop as swiftly as she had brought it up. "I called Tomo over. I'm hoping we can find a solution to the current problem of your aimlessness with three heads instead of two."

" 'Aimlessness' isn't the word I would use. Like I said, 'Uneasy'. My family is fighting in a war that I no longer legitimately have any business participating in. It's not my place to fight heaven. I'm still loyal, despite the fact that the realm is no longer tolerant of me and mine. It's still my home, as well as it should be yours. I took a role against the monarchy of heaven, not the realm itself by being allied with you and Tomo before. At this point though the only avenue left to me is total warfare with the ones I once considered comrades. Like I said, uneasy."

"You think I didn't feel the same way when I first fell? That Tomo didn't? Domiel is my home but they've spent a millenium and a half cursing my name. How am I supposed to be loyal to that? You're the same. The execution order that Tsubasa wants to put out is tantamount. How can you be so loyal when nearly everyone up there wants you dead?"

"..." Without an immediate answer ready, he settled for deflecting as he averted his gaze from his sister's and stared at the wall. "Chi sa..." who knows

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo wasn't quite sure what Rei had called her over for, but she needed whatever excuse that she could get to see Ren. He hadn't really been concerned with her recently, and Tomoyo had been too busy dealing with various people and situations to notice. Now that she was in full view of the circumstances, there was something really important that she had to tell Rei and Ren.

She walked as quickly as she could through the castle halls. The guards hadn't bothered her this time, so she could only assume that for the first time in centuries Rei had actually wanted her to be there. She could hear Rei's angry tones a mile away, and as she already knew the castle well had no trouble finding them. They were glaring at each other with only the hatred of the Yamazaki could muster up against each other.

Tomoyo's hand clutched her stomach unconsciously, looking down upon realizing that she had done it. "I don't know what you two are arguing about, but I get the feeling the baby doesn't like it." She looked at Rei and smiled before hurrying to her husband's location, her smile growing brighter with every step.

"I'm going to have to ask you two to stop fighting long enough for me to figure out what's going on--but before we do that, Ren, look! Look!"

With her pale, slender fingers, Tomoyo reached for Ren's own hand to put on her belly. "Since maybe a week ago, I keep feeling these weird bumps. I think its moving. It feels...great! Like a hiccup, sort of...feel! You too, Rei, you too!" she said, actually laughing with a sort of abandon.

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Rei looked up from glaring at her brothers profile as he projected nonchalance at Tomo's entrance.

For some reason she couldn't accuratley place, she felt a wave of guilt crash over her with the Maha-ou's arrival. If she thought she was disturbed by her brothers behavior, how must Tomo feel about it? Especially given all that had happened between them.

She folded her arms and observed the scene before her with a raised eyebrow.

"Maybe next time, aneki. My brother looks like he's about to pass out." She said, gesturing to said blond.

Ren had paled when first felt the sensation that Tomo had described, speechless again in the span of less than ten minutes.

The difference in between planning to have a child and actually having accomplished it was...wierd.

He couldn't seem to get his thoughts in order, fliting between how the hell he was expected to be a good or even adequate father given the only examples he had; The fact that this brought the reality that he was still going to have to challenge his father to the forefront; What this was going to mean for his and Tomo's relationship; How he was expected to set a good example when his most illustrious deed was mass murder.

His mind couldn't settle and he was starting to get a little dizzy.

He sat back in his chair and looked up into his wife's face as if somehow that would give him the answers to the questions burning in his mind.

You fuck this up and I'm going to kill you myself He straightened with a shock at the threat that sounded in his mind and the faint burning he felt in his arm. It cut through the confusion and turned it back into rage.

I don't need you threatening me to take care of my responsibilities He snarled at his sister. Speaking directly through the pact that bound their souls with Byakurai's

That's what you say, your track record says different He watched as Rei leaned against the counter. Her sleeve was starting to smoke and she frowned in concentration.

The reason they saved speaking through the pact for emergencies only. It activated their pact and exhausted all three of them.

Mind your own business. I already told you I had everything in control She tilted her chin towards Tomo.

I've been warning you about this for centuries, Ren. You hurt her, brother or not, I'll kill you.

Your loyalty is admirable but your concerns are unnecessary. I have no intention of doing so.

Her eyebrow raised higher as she silently contemplated him.

See that they're not She cut the connection and pushed off the counter, crossing the kitchen to where they sat and slinging an arm around Tomo's shoulders.

"Well, as long as he's not going to faint, maybe we should continue our conversation. Maybe you could add some imput about the impasse we seem to have reached."

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo could feel the sensations change in Ren as he felt the baby's touch against her belly. He became pale, even as Rei declined on feeling the baby move until some other time.

She could also feel her husband distancing himself from her, and without having to glance back at Rei, she knew that they were probably glaring at each other, arguing without speaking to attempt to discover the victor in their Shijin-forsaken argument before it began.

Tomoyo sighed heavily. She had been hoping that today was going to be a good day, that today would be a peaceful day. As she still felt the waves of anger flowing off of the two siblings, she knew that it just wasn't going to come to reality.

However, she still kept the smile on her face with ease; it didn't falter at all.

"I can't wait to have this baby," Tomoyo said joyfully, looking at Ren with a reassuring smile that reached her eyes.

Then she turned to Rei. "What impass are you two talking about? You two really need to stop fighting. It's not good for the baby. Too many negative vibes...but I'll help as long as you two promise not to yell." She knew that asking them to not be angry at each other was impossible, so she went for the next best thing.

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Rei distinctly ignored the glare from her brother that was telling her in no uncertain terms to keep her mouth shut and answered Tomo with a smirk in challenge to his glare.

"Ren feels useless. Because he's not officially posted in either heaven or hell, he doesn't believe that this is his war to fight. I told him that that was just a formality and that if it was really all that upsetting to him then we would just give him some title if it would satisfy him and get him out of this funk that he's in. He won't have any of my suggestions though and remains angsting about it."

Ren sighed and rolled his eyes at his sister's interpretation of his emotional state. As always, she was of the opinion that she was infalliable and that anyone who would dare argue with her should get the death penalty.

Taking to heart the comment about negative vibes, he stood up carefully and gestured for Tomo to take his seat, stalking with purpose to the opposite side of the room from where his sister had stood.

"That's part of it. Though it's not something that I'm-"He looked askance at his sister for the term, "-'angsting' about. It's simply something that is bothering me because it happens to be true and I've talked to you both about it. I'm not going through it again and it's not something that you have to concern yourselves with. It's my issue to deal with, not yours. It has nothing to do with either of you, with Kenai and Shizuka and certainly not with the baby." Considering the matter finished, Ren folded his arms resolutley and scowled at his sister in an attempt to preempt any other comments she may have had with the issue.

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo narrowed her eyes. "Well, I will not be wantonly handing out titles. If any of the other Kings wish to give him a title under them, then they can do that, but...I can't help Ren other than that. I think that if he wanted a title then he would ask for one, or attempt to earn one," she said to Rei.

Then she turned to Ren. "And if not having an official title is something that bothers you, why don't you take a look around?" she pointed at her stomach. "I'm pregnant. If you're unhappy about not having a damn title, Ren, then why don't you think about being a father? Isn't that a fucking title?!" Tomoyo felt the mood swing overtake her before she could rationalize it or stop it. "You haven't been spending any time with me or the baby since you found out about it. None at all. I need to go to the doctor, and have examinations, and make sure that I take care of myself and you haven't been helping at all!" she swung her head, glaring now, at Rei. "And you keep pestering him like your yelling and imposing nature is going to stop him from feeling the way that he feels. Just because it's something that bothers you doesn't mean that its unnatural or that its wrong or that he's not doing the right thing. He needs to fucking feel! He just walked out on Heaven and he doesn't have any official duties. That's a big ass void to fill. Not every body can walk around with a heart of fucking stone, Rei. Leave him the fuck alone. If you're going to pester him about something, why don't you fucking pester him about spending time with his pregnant wife?! Why don't you do that?"

Tomo fell into the seat, tears springing to her eyes. "I'm just here and I'm fat and unattractive and its all because you don't spend any time with me. It's not like you have anything else to do! What the hell could you possibly be doing all of this time, while I'm sitting here and eating and getting fatter? You and Rei keep arguing, and I keep trying to keep a happy face but you keep stabbing me in the hear with it. And if you and Rei are always fighting, then who are spending all of your time with? What could you possibly be doing?"

She started sobbing in her hands, tears falling out of them. "...all I want is some love...why can't I get some love? Just a hug, or a kiss...that's all. I don't think I'm asking for much...Ren, all I want is for you to love me. Can't you love me? Can't you give me a hug and kisses and spend time with me like you used to? I know I'm fat but I'm having your baby and I love you and please don't leave me..."

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The rapid flurry of emotions that Tomo threw at them in the space of a few minutes with her monologue astonisished both Yamazaki twins into temporary silence.

Rei was the first to recover and responed with her customary ire.

"I never said that he didn't have the right to feel what he's feeling. My point was that he shouldn't let it interfere with the responsibities that he still has. I was trying to stick up for you in the first place. He's annoying me, yes, but I never told him that what he was feeling was wrong exactly, I simply said that it may be misguided."

"I already said that I don't want a title, that isn't what's bothering me, it has nothing to do with it and it's patronizing of both of you to assume that even if I did that I wouldn't be willing to work for it. I already said this has nothing to do with the baby, and as for not spending time with you, Tomo, I honestly don't know what you expect. When you're not holding pointless meetings with stubborn Jou-ou who aren't going to listen to anything you say, you're taking baths with your subordinates. Shouldn't there be a level of modesty upheld there? If not for the fact that we're married, for the fact that you are, as you've stating, carrying our child." He sighed and ran his hands over his face, willing himself not to answer to that part of himself that wanted to slaughter both of his women. "And as to the notion of you being fat, about me spending time with anyone but the two of you and Kenai and Shizuka, I'm going to ignore those as hormonal delusions, as you no doubt know that both of those aren't true."

Satisfied that he had strengthended the figurative leash, he crossed back to his former position, took his wife's chin in hand, forcing her to look directly at him and no where else as he made sure to enunciate his next point clearly, in an effort to ensure that there would be no further dispute on the topic.

"And the notion of me not loving you or of leaving you is equally ludicrous." He said with a slight frown, "After what it took us to get this far do you really think I'd give it all up for just because we've hit a rough patch? I'd be more worried if we hadn't by now. The phrase is 'Stagnate and Die', if our relationship didn't change, one of us would leave eventually." He bent to drop a brief kiss on the pouting lips in front of him and straightening, he glanced at his sister, back to leaning against the counter before making direct eye contact with Tomo again, his hands dropping down to her shoulders. "Rei is worried about us. She spends all of her time doing so these days, especially now. Don't take it out on her when she believes that she's acting in our best interest. We've made every aspect of our lives her business, this is no different. Though," He threw a glare over his shoulder before turning back, "She's going to try to be less overbearing and attempt to let us handle things ourselves, aren't you, sorella?"

"Don't try and boss me-"

"Rei..." the elder Yamazaki said simply, not taking his gaze from Tomo's.

"...Fine..." She murmured, quelled by the tingle she felt go down her arm, the one that usually signaled that Ren's control was either very limited or broken. She decided not to test it...

"Good, and I'm going to spend more time with you, I swear, but it's been tough lately. For now, I think the priority is settling things with my family. You don't have to be there if you don't want to, if you don't feel up to it, but Rei and I at least need to go. I don't think we can put it off any longer. Then things will probably be alot more calm around here, as far as the four of us are concerned, right?"

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Tomoyo nodded, wiping the tears from her eyes. "...O-okay..." she honestly couldn't remember the last time she had felt so horrible in her life than the moment that she had started crying, and even this soon after the mood swing she could tell that something was not quite right with everything that she had said. She felt rather guilty about it all, now, and she didn't think that some of the things that she had said were necessary. Ren was right, to some degree, and Tomoyo tried to gain some composure....

And then her stomach growled.

"Rei," she said. "Please let us try to do some of this on our own. If you keep watching over us all of the time, we'll never learn anything. If things get too bad, I promise that I'll be fully open to your advice, as I always am..."

Her stomach growled again, loudly, and she looked into Ren's face again. "...but until then, Ren...can you get me a tub of icecream and some ginger to put on top of it? And some wasabi flavored potato chips and licorice? And peanut butter. Definitely peanut butter--and a windtini. A cherry flavored one. There should be one down in my cellar. The windtini crates from Yomi all have labels on them--you should be able to see..."

She pouted again. She knew that this wasn't the time for food...but she was becoming very hungry, very fast...

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Rei huffed, "It's not as if I went sticking my nose into your business in the first place! You two came to me!"

"And...er..."Ren began, looking mildly bewildered by the demand of food, "I can't exactly get all of that I don't think. I mean I've only been in hell about two weeks I don't think I've fully adjusted to it. Doing in anything in hell has always given me problems before..."

"Oh for Hell's sake," Rei sighed "You're very distinclty fallen at this point. Theres no way the realm would rebound on you like it's done in the past when you were still partially upright. Just do it. As a test so we don't have to hear her stomach complaining as we attempt to have a somewhat tactical meeting."

Ren glanced over at this sister before straightening and concentrating for a momement, brow furorrowing with either the effort or frustration with the current line of convorsation.
After a few moments he closed his eyes and snapped his fingers, Tomo's request appearing on the table, steaming from the force of being pulled forcefully into the realm.

"Hmmm...The ice cream may have melted..."

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo frowned at the state of the ice cream, shaking her head an still pouting.

"Can't you just go get it from the Mortal Realm? You've been there before, right?"

She really didn't think that her request was all that demanding. She just wanted her food. It wasn't like he was doing anything else other than arguing with his sister.

Then her eyes narrowed, and she looked at the bottle of cherry windtini that lay before her, and she said, "Ha! The Windtini was just a test--you were dare let me drink alcohol while I'm pregnant? You're horrible! Don't you care about--about it at all?"

She folded her arms, looking away from Ren. "And I want my ice cream and ginger, NOT melted!"

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Ren sighed at his wife's sudden hissy fit and ignored his sister's snickering. He'd explained his problems with using his power in the heavenly realm before, he didn't see why she should be suprised at the fact that he was having difficulties fulfilling her orders.

"Actually, the windtini is for my sister. And it's not cherry. It's pomegranite." He ignored the whoop the other Yamazaki let out as she snatched to bottle off the table and skipped from the kitchen calling for her lieutants to organize a party. "And if you think being here is problematic for me, what do you think the mortal realm is like. You know I don't like to spend too much time there. I was just there a few weeks ago and could only spend about twenty minutes before Rokujou started trying to pitch me out of my own body to get control. Human's cycle through emotions way too often for any Seirei to spend too much time there, let alone the one of Wrath in times of war." He was only partially bullshitting. He DID NOT want to go to the mortal realm. Even if it meant filling Rei's kitchen with half melted cartons of ice cream until he got it right.

He wasn't at all exaggerating about the reaction of the Kataki no Seirei everytime he went to the mortal realm, but he was understating the level of his control.

Though, the fact of the matter was that he really didn't prefer to have to struggle against the other soul inside of him just to satisfy his wife's hormonal whims.

He pasted a look of suffering on his face that exaggerated his inner feelings, not sure how far it would go towards fooling a Balseraph, but he felt it was worth the effort.

[Sanada Tomo]

Tomoyo frowned, and sighed. Rising from her seat and trying to keep her composition as best as she could, she clutched her stomach again.

Taking a deep breath, she said. "Fine. I don't want any ice cream, then. I'll be going back to the castle now. Symphony?"

The Lilite sprung up as quickly as her name was spoken. Just to spite Ren, she said, "Please escort me to my castle. When we arrive there, I will need you to go to the Mortal Realm and purchase some vanilla ice cream and some ginger for me."

Symphony bowed, saying, "Yes, Mistress. I shall get them for you."