Amiko Kobayashi (hotlittlehands) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-09-27 17:35:00

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27 September. The Wedding Anniversary. The wedding only left incomplete because of the monster controlling her Lady-Mother's mind. As far as Mariko, and thus, as far as Amiko was concerned, her parents had really been married anyway.

Amiko knew her Father no longer made his attempts to get roaring drunk -- or as close to it as he could possibly get -- on the anniversary, but she liked to keep calling anyway. Just in case, and just to talk to him.

This year was a little... complicated. She hadn't really kept a secret from him before. But it didn't seem like time yet to mention her mentally ill boyfriend for whom she was a parole officer. The ethical questions were bad enough; there was also the safety issue.

She takes a breath and calls.

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	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	"One o' these days," a growly voice drawled when the line connected, "you'll be visitin' instead of just callin', darlin'." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	"New York still kind of scares me, Sir. But I'll try to make it out sometime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	Logan didn't believe Amiko had a scared bone in her body, but not everything needed an explanation. She didn't like it and that was enough for him. "Everythin' okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Yessir. Been busy, a lot of lineup changes at work. Got ourselves a genuine ghostbuster now, and a robot and..." she'd have to tell him this part, at least the other stuff, that could wait. "We're Keiji Oyama's parole officers now, you know. So we've been doing the training pretty heavy to get everyone used to each other." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	There it was. She didn't want to tell him something, so she told him something else. It never worked, but he'd let her think it did for now. "He givin' you any trouble? Mikey didn't say much about him when he got back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	"He intends to cooperate fully, no matter how messed-up he is," she says quickly. "Really, it's the Hand sending someone after him that's more of the issue. Hajime and I are on the lookout for whatever's necessary. I don't want the others involved in that side of the job." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Intention is good, Amiko, but damaged is hard to get over. You get a 'path to look at him?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	"...No, not yet," she muttered. "Haven't had anyone qualified available." When they did... oh gods. It was going to be a nightmares. She just knew it. If a botched romantic moment reduced him to a cringing abused child, what could a real psychic examination have to deal with? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2011-09-27 10:22 pm UTC (link)

"If, an' I mean /if/, he agrees to see somebody, I'll get ya a good one." And that was all he'd say about it. He hated somebody messing around in his head, but he'd admit it probably saved...somebody's life.

Time for a subject change, before he was on the next flight to Tokyo to see the situation for himself and probably bring down the Hand on top of them all. "I didn't forget what today is. You get a chance to visit her?"

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	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, for a few hours." she says, having gone to the shrine earlier. A little meditating, a little quiet talking, like always in these situations. "I'll see you in a few months for her birthday, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, you will." He never missed her birthday, not even when he had to sneak into the country and fight his way out. This was his and Amiko's time, Misha was left at the mansion. "I'll be there, darlin'. Oyama gets that long to improve." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Great." Amiko smiled over the phone. She'd managed to learn long ago how often Japan was dangerous place for her father, part of the reason he'd chosen to stay in New York, but he always came when she really needed him. "Everything okay over there?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2011-09-27 11:15 pm UTC (link)

"As okay as it gets dealin' with your brother. I should've beat the happy outta him years ago, then he wouldn't be such a pain in the ass in the morning."

It was an old joke, because nobody could figure out where Misha's easy going nature came from. It wasn't in him or the boy's mother. Logan was hard teacher, but he never tortured the boy. He left that to the girls.

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	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"He's incorrigible, Sir. Rays of sunshine follow him and bluebirds flock to his shoulders. I've seen it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	That got a laugh. "You, darlin', are just what I needed make this day." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	"It's good to hear you, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-27 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Tell ya what. Let's you, me an' the boys plan a campin' trip. Anywhere ya want. Get away from all the crap an' just breathe fresh air. Do some fishin', climb some trees, maybe a little huntin'. See if ya still got it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-27 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	"That... that sounds really nice. I'll let you know when and where works best." A sniff. "And of course I've still got it." Nothing beat her father's style of hunting after all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-28 01:50 am UTC (link)
	"You do that, darlin'. Don't think you met David yet. Take it easy on him when ya do. He's a pretty mild. You can keep pickin' on Mikey." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-28 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, Sir. Looking forward to meeting David." She chuckled at the last part. "Goodness, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I couldn't." She made a mental note to thank Mishah for minimizing...stuff. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-28 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"He's a good kid. So are you, Amiko. She'd have been proud o' you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-28 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"...Thank you, Sir. I love you." She swallowed. "I need to get back to work soon. The new robot needs... a lot explained to him. My regards to everyone there, Misha especially." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-09-28 02:31 am UTC (link)
	"Careful with the robot. Ya never know about the programming." He would always have sentinels on the brain. "I'll tell 'em. Love you, too, darlin'. See you in a couple of months." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Later, after more work is finished, she goes to find Keiji. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 01:19 am UTC (link)
	Keiji is currently practicing his martial arts, near-seamlessly blending one style in with another before reverting to a third one at the end of the makeshift kata. Part of him still feels the urge to let his claws spring out, but he knew the act disturbed Amiko, so he was trying to it less often. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Nicely done," she says as she approaches quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Rather than being startled, perhaps he was getting used to her presence more and more, he turns casually to her. He smiles in greeting. "Thank you, Amiko. To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"I was calling my father, and... I wanted to talk to you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Keiji's face took on a more serious countenance. "Did an unpleasant topic come up?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 01:56 am UTC (link)
	"No more than expected. When I was gone earlier, it was to the Yashida shrine. My parents' wedding anniversary. He and I confirmed that he'd be here in a few months, like usual, for her birthday." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Like every mention of her Lady-Mother's death, he felt a strong sense of guilt for even being associated with the Hand. However her latter news snapped him out of it. "Your father is coming here?" The idea that the man he'd been trained to kill, now his love's father, would come to Japan... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-09-29 02:06 am UTC (link)

"Not for a few months," she assures him quickly. "We have a few months to be ready to tell him about us." And... you know... for Keiji to be ready to spend ten seconds in the same room with him. "And you won't have to talk to him long. We always go just the two of us." It had led to plenty of cases of Logan's getting ambushed, but he never gave the impression it wasn't worth it.

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	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"He will not take it well, I know I wouldn't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"And why is that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:26 am UTC (link)
	He looked at her as if she had sprouted a second head. He begins ticking off reasons. "Raised from birth to kill him, the son of one his most vehement enemies, been an assassin for many years, committed my first murder at 12, murdered innocents most likely, and kidnapped his son. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"And exactly one of those is your fault. He already knows we're working together." Pause. "So. For the record. Theoretically. You wouldn't allow our daughter to date some young idiot raised in horrible circumstances?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Keiji was a little stunned, even if it was a theoretical inquiry. He found it difficult to answer at first before he finally found his voice. "There are many possible factors in such a decision. I cannot answer that honestly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-29 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"Fair enough. But I can tell you, Keiji, my father's biggest interest in you, both now as my co-worker and, once he finds out, as my lover, is what you manage to make of yourself henceforth, and whether you treat me properly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-29 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"I can only try and make myself a better person. As for treating you properly, it is becoming as natural to me as breathing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hotlittlehands
2011-09-30 08:30 am UTC (link)

"You'll do wonderfully," she says quietly.

She pauses in thought for a moment.

"I...I sometimes wonder, what would be if that wedding day had gone differently, so long ago. If that monster hadn't kept them apart, driven her further into the path of The Hand. My father would have stayed in Japan. She... might not have died...."

She shrugs, shakes it off. "But there's no telling. And I cannot forget all the good things that happened. I have little brothers now, after all. I'm very proud of Misha. He's certainly worth everything my father did for him."

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	clawed_progeny 2011-09-30 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji listens attentively before speaking. "Are you not the one who tells me I cannot dwell on the events of the past? That it is the present that is important? I did not know her, but I'm sure your Lady-Mother would be proud of how you've grown into the woman you are now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-30 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	A small smile. "Thank you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-09-30 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Not at all," he gives her a tender kiss on the forehead. "And to try and live up to what I just said..I will not bring up incidents of my past as justification for why I shouldn't be here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hotlittlehands 2011-09-30 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Good," she says firmly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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