Ark 17 Episode 8: Bonds After Tragedy

Participants

 * Leon Ryoji
 * Aiko Lapis

Night After The Tragedy
These Events took place after an earlier episode, to preserve the chornological order

Saikimi: Aiko was down in the basement of her house typing away on her keyboard. A pair of blacked framed glasses fell down her nose and she pushed then back up. “data how is the level one tests going?” A few moments later Data replied “Well Miss. I'll be doing some more. Seems the program you gave me to learn is doing well with merging into my systems.” Aiko nodded and kept typing away. “I'm gonna make a few adjustments. Let me know if it gets worse or better.” It had been a week since the incident with the ninja guys. Her mother was off arranging for her to get some kind of treatment to help the scars heal better. But her stitches had come out and she was now just rubbing vitamin b oils into the scars once in the morning and then once at night. They still itched but not as badly when they were healing up. She leaned back and yawned stretching a bit. Her long tank top hung loosely on her body and since she wasn't wearing a bra she would be showing a bit of side boob. Her pj shorts were light blue with little cartoon foxes on them and were kinda short. She sat cross legged in the computer chair as she rubbed her eyes.

(http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=jVkYQ2XRbjY&index=122&list=PLYNBny7IRlVkbiSVlrNHnbXbgZBIdU3Pl&shuffle=36145 ) Leon would traverse the night streets, taking a taxi cab to where Aiko stayed. Plain and simple. He was concerned about her, espcially since he’d been so busy training ever since that last battle incident, he’d wanted to make sure he could preform even more flawlessly than he did   last time. As such, he dressed himself fairly simple, a black and grey hoodie, with a blank tank top underneath, some jeans, and shoes. Nothing special at all. As always he had his trusty reverse blade at his side, he’d be damned before he’d ever leave the house without it. “I hope her stiches have healed up that I do. Meh, I’ve never been worried about any woman this much in my life. Must be what they call crushes, I assume. Interesting.” Leon would lean his head back wondering if that’s what he had, or if he just was in general being a nice person. Then he’d think back to the hug she gave him and the kiss on the cheek he’d gotten. His cheeks flushed slightly red, but disappeared immediately as they arrived at her place. Leon stepped out paying the cab driver and tipping him extra, and procced to make his way up to her front door step. Leon raised his right hand and casually knocked upon her door three times, and then folded his arms waiting patiently for someone to answer the door.

Saikimi: Her father walked to the door and flipped on the surveillance camera that was aimed at the front stoop. He recognized the boy from the hospital and opened the door. “Hello.. Uh Leon right? Well I assume you came to see Aiko.” If Leon nodded or said a word of confirmation her father would hit another button on the console which went to the basement speakers. “Ai, Leon is here to see you” He stepped aside ushering Leon inside and showed him to the basement door. “She's probably off in the side room but you can go wait for her in the main room.” Aiko was moving about in her basement room. She pulled her glasses off and squinted sighing as she pushed them back on. “Blind as a bat...” she then touched her hair which was in a messy bun and soft pink today. She quickly pulled it out of the bun and smoothed it out the best she could. Her hair was also down to her bum, along with changing the color Data can help her change it's length. Which comes in hand with someone who gets bored of things quickly and wants to have the ability and command to change them frequently. Aiko then moved to the door and quickly, slowly, cracked open the door to peek at Leon before shutting it again. She flashed back to the hospital. She had just been taken in the room and had Leon follow, when the doctor entered stating she'd need stitches. His nurse wheeled in a cart holding a syringe, thread, needs, and cleaning clothes. The moment the doctor readied the numbing syringe Aiko began to panic. For some reason she had a bit of a fear of needles and they asked Leon to hold her down. As he held her shoulders she winced and whimpered while she was poked in multiple places to numb the sites that needed stitching. This was all a bit ironic since she had pretty much stared the ninja men down as they carved into her stomach. Yes she winced and yelled out then but that was a knife, not a little needle. Once that part was over they had her stare off in the opposite direction and she ended up focusing on Leon's hand. Those hands had killed all those men yet whenever they made contact with her they were gentle in a way. So for the time being she studied every curve and crease in his fingers and such until the doctor was done. At that point Aiko's father had come in and panicked over Aiko for a moment then when she explained how Leon saved her he'd turn to the boy and shake his hand firmly while thanking him quite a few times. Aiko flashed back to the present and took a deep breath as she opened the door again and stepped into the main room of the basement. She was fiddling with a strand of hair as she seemingly shrank down a bit shyly and managed to squeak out “Hi Leon.”

Leon nodded to the man who asked if he came to see Aiko. As such, Leon was let in and told where to wait until she came out. “thank you sir.” Leon would make his way over to the couch, and sit down, placing his sword out infront of him and leaning his head against the handle. Taking his time and waiting for her, he’d hear her voice come from the distance and look up at her. She looked good. REALLY good. Leon could’t say to much since they weren’t alone, but just her walking in the room made him attentive, as he stood straight up like she was his drill instructor or something of the sort. Leon uttered a small smile. “Aiko it’s good to see you up and well.” Leon would walk casually over and if allowed he’d embrace her for a warm and prolonged hug. “Don’t worry, I’m not carrying any needles on me, that I’m not miss Aiko.” Leon would laugh a bit, before straightning back up and releasing her, stuffing his hand in his pocket, and letting his left arm rest on his sword. “Are you putting something on the wound? Also, I’ve been trying to track down the guys that did this to you but no dice so far. I figured you could help me out.” Leon seriously gazed at her for a moment hoping she could aid him,but he didn’t wanna put to much strain on her mentally.

Leon smiled, as she took his hand and gave him a tid bit of info about how she was doing. Going into the basement with her he’d see data in the center of the room, and quite the spacious basement. No matter how rich a person is, everyone’s taste never seemed to surprise Leon in the slightest. It was actually quite an amazing thing to look at. As she went to her computer, leon would move some of his bangs from his face. “Well the only thing I’ve got on them is that their a brother clan of a gang of girls that called themselves the “harpies”. (http://yakuza-mob-roleplay.wikia.com/wiki/The_Harpies ) some group of samurai chicks. They disbanded waaaaay before our time.” Leon would rest his hands on the back of the chair she was sitting in. “can you dig up anything about why they split? I know it’s underground but people talk way to much for someone not to know.” Leon furrowed his brow, legit confused and confuzzled as to what he was going to do about the situation and how he was going to do something. He then became a bit inticed by aiko’s scent…it was lovely.

Saikimi: Aiko nodded and listened to his explanation. “Sure that should be easy enough to find. You also knew where they were holding me. I didn't really pay attention to much while you were taking me out of there. Since I really didn't want to know anything.” She bit the inside of her lip holding back the fear she had been bottling up since that whole issue. She definitely wasn't about to cry in front of Leon. “Okay here we go.” She cracked her fingers in front of her and went to type. Really she could be typing on the same keyboard as Data was but it was something nice about hearing key's clicking. Soon she had about 10 different message boards up and a few other internet searches going, matching keywords to the gangs and compiling them all together. In about 5 minutes the file was done and ready to be looked at. The file contained about 160 posts pertaining to the Harpies and their splitting. Aiko scrolled through the list looking for her own key words and copied the posts over to a new document to read all together. As she did so she pushed and kind of flicked some hair off her left shoulder then placed her head in her left hand. “Ok so it seems after Tetsu killed the sea-dragon witch they went kinda psycho with their revenge.” She then fidgeted again and pulled all her hair over her right shoulder. “Bitches be crazy. Seems they started going after Tetsu but he warded them off easily. And squabbles with new leaders every few months. Eventually their numbers dwindled since they were killing themselves off by themselves to be leader. After that only a small handful of about 3 to 5 were left and so they split off. Also it seems their hideout was in an abandoned subway station in District 2.” Aiko looked back at Leon. “Any of that help?”

Leon listened intesivly, and nodded as she went to work and boy did she go to work. Her fingers literally darted and dashed across the key’s something serious. She could probably type like 120 words per minute if she felt like it. as this continued, multiple screens, message boards, and forms. “Hm.” Leon nodded in approaval, as she found something. Hearing about how his grandfather killed the leader of the harpies, Leon would nod. “I do recall father telling me something about that old GMAF tournament. Intresting.” Leon leaned in a bit to see where she pointed out the hapries killed each other off, and only a few were left. Leon folded his arms, and looked up with thought. “it does, but the harpises were all female. None of them were males like I fought last night…the head was some guy with purple eyes. Wait a minute.” Leon rememebered the face of the man very clearly, and glaring into his eyes. Leon remembered this clearly, and went over the image in his head. “. . . .” After using his photographic memory leon’s eyes would widen as he realized something. “That wasn’t a man…it was a woman. I recall her eyes.her voice is what threw me off. I don’t know how I didn’t notice it, but that man was wearing mascara, and his eye lashes were incredibly volumed. I could be wrong, but he had quite a femine walk to. Of course it could be a form of sex change but, I’m certain our culprit is an ex-harpie member. Question is…well it’s been over 20 years since that GMAF..living that long is fine and dandy, but to be that in shape is what’s throwing me off the trail.” Leon began to pace left and right wondering more and more about the situation. “Pull up the files of the last remaining few would you kindly?” just wanna see where they are now if you can.” Leon would squat down beside her chair, and look at the screen. “I’m gonna get the bastard that did this to you.”

Saikimi: Aiko looked up at him as he paced around. “Maybe it's one of their daughters. I mean living that kind of life then leaving it, I don't think it would leave you. You know what I mean?” She explained her theory but nodded to his question. “Sure pulling them up would be a synch.” She turned back around to her computer and her fingers started to fly again. Soon, much quicker then the data search, she found the 3 remaining women. Aiko grabbed a stylis and dragged the files over to a clear board that worked with her virtual monitors. Then blowing up the files showing the woman's pictures, last known locations, their bios, any family, or children. She folded her arms and blushed as he said he'd get the bastard that hurt her. “That's kinda sweet..” she scratched her cheek and then folded her arms and looked at the board. “Purple eyes huh.”

Leon nodded in agreement. It’s not a life you can just choose to be out of when ever you please. The life of battle consumes you. After a while it becomes all   you know. All you feel. All you WANT. “Tis the fate of a warrior Aiko. Once you try to stop fighting, violence has a way of finding you..pulling you back into the circle.” Leon’s eyes scanned the pictures. None of them had purple eye sand this frustraited him. “Dammit..” His brain suddenly clicking. Thanks to his Ryoji lineage, he does have a much higher brain capacity than many other members of his human race. So much so, if he focuses hard enough or breaks enough mental barriers, he can unlock small percentages in his brain that further his over thought process. This was one of those cases. Leon looked at the faces, studying the jawline, the cheekbones, the broadness of the brow, the forehead, the shape of the nose, every   visual detail he could see he mentally compared   to what he’d known in his head. As such he finally compared a conclusion. “That middle one. it’s got to be here. I did some facial feature comparison in my head, and I’m certain that’s who it was. Let’s see..Miya…Tasanagi? It’s A Tasanagi?” Leon folded his arms and rubbed his chin. “This must be what father told me about..when years and years ago Keyome Tasanagi bred all of those children. So what’s she trying to gain that the harpies are gone…” Leon pondered this to himself, but then his stomach started to growl profusely. He stood there trying to ignore it, but it repeatedly rumbled hungry for food. “Excuse me…I guess I forgot to eat something, that I did.”

“Let’s eat here, or order some pizza if that’s okay. I’m not picky, but it is a favorite of mine.” Leon spoke as she asked what he wanted to eat. “Besides, I prefer you this way. Natrual. It’s..cute.” Leon lowered his head a bit, and let his hair cover his face to hide his flurrished cheeks, as he’d scratch the tip of his nose trying to avoid it. “I wanted to ask you something. What exactly…is a crush.” Leon would look her dead in the face asking this, with his usual blank expression. His face may have hid his feelings but his eyes couldn’t. “Sorry if I sound to formal, but I’d like to inform you, that I think I’ve become infacutatd with you, to a degree that is quite protruding. Every time I see an open ocean I see you. If I’ve offened you I appoligize, I’m not very good with girls..” Leon would give her direct eye contact to show he was completely serious. A bit to blunt more than sweet but serious.

Saikimi: Aiko nodded and tapped her chin with her finger smiling. “Pizza sounds great...” She stopped after she heard the rest of his statement. He liked her the way she was now, natural, in plain clothes, and with her glasses on. Then he said she was cute. She had been called many things before but cute was one of the few things she heard now a days and she liked it. “What is a crush?” She smiled and moved closer to him taking the rest of his words, she took them in stride and they didn't upset her at all. “Well no fear you didn't upset me. But let me help with that crush explanation. Now you have to absolutely truthful.” She stepped closer to him to the point that she was looking up at him and their bodies close but not touching. Her gaze was soft and yet with a bit of brightness. “What do you feel right now? What are you thinking?” He could probably see down her shirt but it would just be a view of her cleavage. She didn't push up her glasses when they slide down the bridge of her nose, she just used it to look at him from over the top of the frames.

As she stepped closer to him, he could now see down her shirt, but surprisingly that was the least of his concerns. He was more focused on her eyes, gazing back into his and he actually froze for a moment. He’d heard her question, but he was mostly caught up in her adorable expression. The way her glasses sat her nose, and how subtle her facial features were, how her hair hung so naturally…Leon actually had a bead of sweat fall down the side of his head for a moment, as his cheeks flushed for a moment, but he’d muster up his natural bluntness to speak to her, not wanting to deny her an answer. His voice as low, almost a whisper, but keept it’s deep and stone like tone. “I…feel..like…I want..to be honest and tell you..that I like you..and that I’m thinking about, how lovely you look..” Leon, relaxed his body for a moment and reacted on instinct, something he’d rarely ever done in his entirety of doing things. He leaned in and quickly pecked his lips to hers, barely letting them touch for more than a second, before he pulled away and actually thought about what his impulsiveness had done. “Was that….was that to much? If it was I can go. I didn’t mean..I…gues” Leon would sigh from his nose, his breath hitting her nose as well. Even with his stuttered speech, his lips barely hovered hers, as something, or some force wouldn’t let him move from this spot.

Saikimi: She smiled as he said he liked and before she could answer him back he kissed her. It was a quick small kiss, if she had blinked she was sure to of missed it. He hovered over her lips and she just smiled again. “I like you too Leon.” Her arms moved up and she rested them on his shoulders and she stood up on her tip toes kissing him back softly but let their lips connect for longer then he did. She let their bodies touch finally. As Aiko pulled away her eyes flitted up to his and her cheeks were crimson red. “Don't go...” She didn't move her arms or body from their current positions allowing him a chance to either pick her up or kiss her again. biscuit

Leon, kept his head leaning against her, lost in all things and void of emotion for everything except her. He’d just met her, and already he felt something… there. Leon,t he distant loner of the Ryoji family, now crushing on a girl he saved one time. Maybe her begin kidnapped was the kind of bonding that speed up the process a little bit. His body completely laxed up, and so did his grip. Holding her toned waist in her arms, and resisting all perversions, he only focused on her and her inner beauty. The soft skin of her lips as she pressed hers against his again, sent a flutter of butterflies through his stomach, as he’d pull her in a bit more for his own benefit. His fingers delicately danced up and down her lower back, and as she rested her arms on his shoulders, and spoke softly to him, He replied in his own hush of a whisper. “I won’t…I’m gonna protect you, like I said I would. I promise.” Leon began to act more so on impulse this time around, hoisting her up in his arms, and lifting her effortlessly into the air. If she responded and wrapped her legs around his waist, supporting her would only be that much easier, as he’d now have to lean up and push his lips to hers, and if she’d let him leon’s other “appendage” would spring into action. It wasn’t non fellable, and leon would feel it tapping her, only to stop for a moment and blush. “. . .” not saying a word he’d hold her up and look away ashamed. “ . . . .Sorry. . .I’m new at this. . .”

Aiko's skin crawled with goosebumps as he traced his fingers along her back. She'd blush feeing the warmth and gentleness of his kiss and how he might have been holding back. She'd never moved this fast with anyone but it didn't feel wrong, maybe it was her hormones. She didn't know. As he lifted her up, Aiko would giggle and wrap her legs around his waist holding tight. He'd lean up for a kiss and she met it quickly, then suddenly felt his lower arm rising up and would blush even more. She was in cloth shorts and a thong, though he didn't know that part, so she could feel it pressing hard against her. As Leon turned away she'd move her hand and pull him to face her. "I am too Leon. If you want to stop we will." She smiled down at him then ran her fingers through his hair. "It was nice to really thank you though." She blushed tried to hide that she was getting quite excited, but shouldn't they wait? Wouldn't that be the best thing to do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8/12/2014 9:52:49 PM] Lord Megadick: Leon bit his lip as she ran her fingers though his hair. Her touch….her breathe…it was making leon a lot more angsty than usual. Something he’d never been exposed to or used to in anyway. His body felt tingles and chills the longer he held her. He started thinking about the curves of heer body and the closeness of her breast, his teenage testosterone hitting all new level’s ne’d never encountered. He’d swallow hard, and audible. “I-I don’t want to stop Aiko…I just feel like…if we keep going…I’ll. WE will end up doing something that I don’t think we’re ready for….” Leon would gently push her against the wall, his instinct ignoring his words and pressing the head of his extension in between her legs a bit more as he pressed his lips to hers yet again but much more passionately this time. Trying to talk between breathes and lip sucking was odd, but it eventually came out. “I think…we should…wait…” Leon moved his lips from hers, and started bombarding her chin with kisses, moving from there to   her jaw line, before finally settling them down on her neck. His eyes closed,   he momentarily lost himself in the lust of things and was definitely not in his right mind completely thinking with his dick and not his brain,

<p class="MsoNormal">[8/12/2014 10:22:22 PM] Saikimi Chan: Aiko nodded and blushed as her body tingled and wanted more but her brain, in contrast, told her to stop him. When he pushed her against a wall she couldn't help but moan out and try to push her hips down a bit to press his extention into her more. Before she could speak he was kissing her deeply and she was returning the passion as her fingers worked their way up in his hair, under his pony tail and gripped a bit. Aiko lost all train of thought as he kissed her jaw, then neck. As she looked up at the ceiling she started to realize that her heart wasn't just pounding from the hormones but that she was scared to do this act. Her first time, the thought terrified her. Not that Leon was doing anyhing wrong, but that she wasn't ready. Aiko gasped and pulled away before burrying her face in his shoulder shaking her head. "I'm... I'm not ready... Please stop..." She gripped his shirt though, still not wanting him to go but to understand that it wasn't his fault. "J..Just not yet..." she looked up at him with a deep red blush on her cheeks as her hands trembled. "We might do something stupid we'll regret if we do it too soon."

<p class="MsoNormal">He’d hear through her stuttered breathes and suddenly after a few more minutes of deep neck kissing he’d pull himself away from her and place her down on the ground, and sighing. “You’re right, I’m terribly sorry.” Leon backed away a bit and looked away from her afraid to make eye contact. “I don’t wanna hurt you. That’s the last thing I’d ever do, so waiting would be the best option for the both of us. In any case.” Leon would legit smile. “That was awesome.” Leon would run his hands through his hair and have a surprisingly upbeat look on his face. “we still um. Getting that pizza? Cause I’m pretty hungry. Kind of a good work out if you catch my drift.” Leon would shift his legs in place, his boner kind of making him uncomfortable, as he’d fold his arms and look down still a bit a shamed and feeling like he’d hurt her in some form of way. He was afraid of that and didn’t ever want her to feel that way. “If I did something wrong please tell me Aiko. “

<p class="MsoNormal">Saikimi Chan: Aiko smiled and shook her head. "You did nothing wrong Leon. And yes lets get the pizza." she walked over and grabbed his hand pulling him to the computer so they could order from an online menue. "Whats your favorite place?" She hugged his arm and smiled as they got to the computer and she sat down pulling up an internet search site. For his sake she ignored his boner though her whole body was telling her to jump on. But slowly going to each base would be better then just running straight for home plate. Instead she turned in her swivle chair and sat cross legged waiting for his answer as she handed him the keyboard. "I'm cool with any topping but the classic pepperoni is always great."

<p class="MsoNormal">Lord Megadick: Leon would nod, and let her take his hand and walk with her. "I dont really have a favorite pizza place..rarely eat it. but i do know some." He found one domino's pizza that managed to keep it's regin supereme for 1,000 years beign the only one left int he chain of them. He typed in a classic pepperoni pizza, and ordered it up. He looked like a caveman operating some of these controls, but he was an old fashion simple fella, so he wasn't used to this kind of stuff in the least. he made due though, at least made it look like he knew what he was doing. "thank you Aiko. For everything. I don't know how long I can stay though...don't much think   your father would approve of a man staying over. That and I don't know how much longer I can contain myself around you in the same bed...since i sleep bare bottom, that i do." Leon would issue a shy quite smile as he'd   hand her the keyboard again, and lean over the chair draping his arms around her-

<p class="MsoNormal">Saikimi Chan: Aiko took the keyboard and smiled with a small blush forming across her cheeks. "As long as you don't fully spend the night he will be fine." She bit her bottom lip a bit as the blush grew deeper red. "I know what you mean by not being able to contain yourself much longer. But I'm sure the pizza will be here soon and then we can say goodnight when you want. Plus I'll see you at school." She smiled and leaned back. "So what are you going to do now that you know who is leading those crazed ninja's?" She looked at him and smiled. "Oh I"m thinking of joining the mechanics group. The science group didn't go over so well. I made the robot angry so now there will probably be dirty pics of me around school." She shrugged as if this didn't phase her, which it didn't. She was used to being pictured in her underwear or swim suit. 20 minutes later the door bell rang and the pizza had arrived. After they ate and talked a bit more it had gotten late. So they said goodnight to each other and Aiko gave   Leon her number and told him to txt her once he got home. Though he could have easily fended off anyone that was stupid enough to try and mug him, she still worried a bit. What if the crazy ninja lady came back to attack him. But she curled up in her bed and used her tablet to read some comics before she would get his txt and fell asleep.