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Drabble 123 2nd post (Kamen Rider Den-O)
General note: this is Yuuto, and yes, there are spoilers for late series in here.
Title: Ways of Killing
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estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #11, Poison
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Sakurai's seen so many ways he could be killed.
The creature appeared before him, back to him, trying to find him in the particular time he'd traveled to, trying to eliminate him. It looked like a particularly ugly scorpion, somebody's subconscious image of one, at least. That's how the Imagin got their forms, after all, and he'd seen some rather bizarre ones. Heck, even Deneb wasn't particularly inconspicuous, though he looked a lot better than Sakurai thought anything out of his imagination might be.
He wondered if the creature was poisonous, if that was how it intended to kill him. Of course, simple blasts or a claw might do, or that big stinger might dispense too much electricity for his body to handle. Sakurai had seen his death in the dozens of creatures sent to look for him; seen claws, swords, all sorts of bladed weapons. Blasters as well, guns, anything that could kill a human being, the Imagin had it.
Fortunately, he had good luck; he was still around, still being the decoy, still saving Airi. Ryoutarou and his younger self would take care of the rest, kill the Imagin, save the world.
Off he walked, heading for another time, another place. Again.
Title: The Scar Nobody Sees
Author:estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #13, Scar
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Yuuto has a scar, because the cards aren't perfect.
Yuuto had a tiny raised scar from the death that had never happened. As he'd told Nogami, the cards brought him back, though even then, he'd paid the price. A small scar, hidden by his hair, the result of shrapnel from the car exploding. It shouldn't have been there, but time was a funny thing. Maybe he thought he should have a scar there, thus he did.
Time was memory and memory was time, after all. The cards caught him in his moment of death, restored him from there, as if he'd made a save point in a game. This version of him had been hurt, but not killed, according to his memories. Suffered only minor damage, gotten very lucky. His instructor had said that the telescope had been his good-luck charm.
He'd kept it ever since, only realizing the importance when Deneb had come to him with his cards. Realizing that he'd been saved, not knowing how or why until Deneb had explained it to him.
Yuuto fingered the scar on his neck, caught in the memory of the death that hadn't quite happened, and swore vengance on Kai once more.
Title: Maybe Alone
Author:estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #15, Alone
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Yuuto is alone... maybe.
Yuuto was never alone. He had Deneb constantly trying to help him - or at least make him eat Shiitake - and now he had Nogami, well-meaning do-gooder that would someday be his brother in law. Deneb and Nogami got along just great. It occured to him that Deneb and Nogami would have made excellent partners, but Deneb was bonded to him, and nothing would ever change that.
Besides, he was ten years in his own future; a time traveler from the past, having to learn new things, new history, new anything that would make him blend in a little, what little he had to. Deneb kept him company, advised him on what to do and what not to do, and Yuuto even took his advice sometimes, at least when it made sense.
Ten years in the future, he should have been married to Nogami Airi, been expecting a child, should have been celebrating. But instead, that him was gone, and he had taken that man's place. Watched her smile, knew she'd forgotten. Forgotten the him of this time, her baby, her engagement. Forgotten him. He had to admit that it stung.
Maybe he was alone, after all.
Title: Make Him Understand
Author:estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #17, loss
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Sakurai and Airi contemplate their plans.
Airi clasped her hands over her abdomen as they both contemplated what they'd planned. She knew what had to be done, and he knew what had to be done, but it was a loss for both of them, temporary if they could pull it off, but if they couldn't... well, Sakurai hoped they'd pulled it off.
Ryoutarou knew something was going on with his sister. Sakurai didn't know if he knew the specifics, but him knowing was dangerous. It would have been better if Ryoutarou had not known; the first time an Imagin went into the past, Ryoutarou's memories would restore the world... but he could hardly restore what he didn't know about.
Airi had agreed that she couldn't remember either. Sakurai would, but his cards knocked him out of the timestream, didn't allow him to be used to remake the world.
"We should tell him, and then we should do it," she said finally, looking up at him. "If he knows, maybe he'll understand."
"Maybe," Sakurai allowed. "I hope so."
It was too much to hope for, but he had to follow Airi's wishes. And maybe Ryoutarou would understand.
Title: Reasonings
Author:estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #19, Secrets
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Yuuto has reasons for his secrets.
"Why don't you tell Nogami? This is his family, too," Deneb asked softly as they traveled aboard ZeroLiner. Maybe he hoped to convince Yuuto that it was a good idea, this shedding of secrets. But it wasn't time. Maybe it would never be time.
"Because I said I wouldn't!" He didn't need to add the obvious, or at least he hoped not. Deneb knew it as much as he did.
Deneb was in favor of Nogami knowing at least part of the truth, of why his older version traveled in time. But that could lead to other things that were better left unrevealed. Like why he was out there. Why Airi couldn't afford to be noticed. Why Nogami couldn't be allowed to remember.
It wasn't like it hadn't taken him forever to acknowledge that he was the same Sakurai Yuuto, and that was only because Airi had been kidnapped. Had he thought more, he wouldn't have said anything, but Airi was still his fiancee and he couldn't keep that fact inside any longer.
He was sure Nogami had secrets too. But what he didn't know wouldn't kill him.
Title: Ways of Killing
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #11, Poison
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Sakurai's seen so many ways he could be killed.
The creature appeared before him, back to him, trying to find him in the particular time he'd traveled to, trying to eliminate him. It looked like a particularly ugly scorpion, somebody's subconscious image of one, at least. That's how the Imagin got their forms, after all, and he'd seen some rather bizarre ones. Heck, even Deneb wasn't particularly inconspicuous, though he looked a lot better than Sakurai thought anything out of his imagination might be.
He wondered if the creature was poisonous, if that was how it intended to kill him. Of course, simple blasts or a claw might do, or that big stinger might dispense too much electricity for his body to handle. Sakurai had seen his death in the dozens of creatures sent to look for him; seen claws, swords, all sorts of bladed weapons. Blasters as well, guns, anything that could kill a human being, the Imagin had it.
Fortunately, he had good luck; he was still around, still being the decoy, still saving Airi. Ryoutarou and his younger self would take care of the rest, kill the Imagin, save the world.
Off he walked, heading for another time, another place. Again.
Title: The Scar Nobody Sees
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #13, Scar
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Yuuto has a scar, because the cards aren't perfect.
Yuuto had a tiny raised scar from the death that had never happened. As he'd told Nogami, the cards brought him back, though even then, he'd paid the price. A small scar, hidden by his hair, the result of shrapnel from the car exploding. It shouldn't have been there, but time was a funny thing. Maybe he thought he should have a scar there, thus he did.
Time was memory and memory was time, after all. The cards caught him in his moment of death, restored him from there, as if he'd made a save point in a game. This version of him had been hurt, but not killed, according to his memories. Suffered only minor damage, gotten very lucky. His instructor had said that the telescope had been his good-luck charm.
He'd kept it ever since, only realizing the importance when Deneb had come to him with his cards. Realizing that he'd been saved, not knowing how or why until Deneb had explained it to him.
Yuuto fingered the scar on his neck, caught in the memory of the death that hadn't quite happened, and swore vengance on Kai once more.
Title: Maybe Alone
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #15, Alone
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Yuuto is alone... maybe.
Yuuto was never alone. He had Deneb constantly trying to help him - or at least make him eat Shiitake - and now he had Nogami, well-meaning do-gooder that would someday be his brother in law. Deneb and Nogami got along just great. It occured to him that Deneb and Nogami would have made excellent partners, but Deneb was bonded to him, and nothing would ever change that.
Besides, he was ten years in his own future; a time traveler from the past, having to learn new things, new history, new anything that would make him blend in a little, what little he had to. Deneb kept him company, advised him on what to do and what not to do, and Yuuto even took his advice sometimes, at least when it made sense.
Ten years in the future, he should have been married to Nogami Airi, been expecting a child, should have been celebrating. But instead, that him was gone, and he had taken that man's place. Watched her smile, knew she'd forgotten. Forgotten the him of this time, her baby, her engagement. Forgotten him. He had to admit that it stung.
Maybe he was alone, after all.
Title: Make Him Understand
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #17, loss
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Sakurai and Airi contemplate their plans.
Airi clasped her hands over her abdomen as they both contemplated what they'd planned. She knew what had to be done, and he knew what had to be done, but it was a loss for both of them, temporary if they could pull it off, but if they couldn't... well, Sakurai hoped they'd pulled it off.
Ryoutarou knew something was going on with his sister. Sakurai didn't know if he knew the specifics, but him knowing was dangerous. It would have been better if Ryoutarou had not known; the first time an Imagin went into the past, Ryoutarou's memories would restore the world... but he could hardly restore what he didn't know about.
Airi had agreed that she couldn't remember either. Sakurai would, but his cards knocked him out of the timestream, didn't allow him to be used to remake the world.
"We should tell him, and then we should do it," she said finally, looking up at him. "If he knows, maybe he'll understand."
"Maybe," Sakurai allowed. "I hope so."
It was too much to hope for, but he had to follow Airi's wishes. And maybe Ryoutarou would understand.
Title: Reasonings
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Den-O
Characters/Pairing: Sakurai Yuuto
Table: Angst
Prompt: #19, Secrets
Rating: 8+
Warnings: None
Word Count: 200
Summary: Yuuto has reasons for his secrets.
"Why don't you tell Nogami? This is his family, too," Deneb asked softly as they traveled aboard ZeroLiner. Maybe he hoped to convince Yuuto that it was a good idea, this shedding of secrets. But it wasn't time. Maybe it would never be time.
"Because I said I wouldn't!" He didn't need to add the obvious, or at least he hoped not. Deneb knew it as much as he did.
Deneb was in favor of Nogami knowing at least part of the truth, of why his older version traveled in time. But that could lead to other things that were better left unrevealed. Like why he was out there. Why Airi couldn't afford to be noticed. Why Nogami couldn't be allowed to remember.
It wasn't like it hadn't taken him forever to acknowledge that he was the same Sakurai Yuuto, and that was only because Airi had been kidnapped. Had he thought more, he wouldn't have said anything, but Airi was still his fiancee and he couldn't keep that fact inside any longer.
He was sure Nogami had secrets too. But what he didn't know wouldn't kill him.