#okay i have been up all night (carried away by yakuza games) it really is time to sleep ack

[datastate]

happy birthday to me!! and happy halloweeen ^_^

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

My Way of the Househusband: Paying Tribute to the Boss

So this is an idea that you can ultimately blame @cryoverkiltmilk, since he’s the one who introduced me to both of these works, which I fell in immediate love with.  And then I got an idea that wouldn’t leave me alone, that works perfectly with both universes...

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Of all the days for the damn law to get nosey!  Right when he was in the middle of the biggest job of his life!

Okay, so maybe he’d been going a little fast on his bike.  Was that any reason for the Heroes to stop him?  Worse than the damn cops sometimes.  It ain’t like anybody got hurt.  And besides, he had a good reason.  With the goods he was carrying, he needed to get back to the Boss, ASAP.

He’d really be in for it if he was late.  The price of failure, well, it’d be pretty steep.  

“Name?” the taller one asked.  Some kind of blond All Might wannabe, prancing around in a cape.  Guy oughta realize, ain’t nobody going to replace a legend like that.  He’d be better off being his own man, standing on his own two feet.

“Tatsu,” he said, peering over his shades. Like the guy didn’t already know, after he’d scrutinized his ID.  He clenched a fist, then released it.  Had to play it cool.  Same old, same old.  Don’t give them any more than they ask for.

“Occupation?” the Hero asked.

“I’m a househusband.”

“You’re a… what?!” the tall one boggled, eyes wide.

“Wait a minute!” the smaller one said, dressed like some kind of green jackrabbit. “Lemillion!  Don’t you know who this is?”

“What?  You recognize him, Deku?” the tall one—Lemillion—asked.

“That’s the Immortal Dragon!” Deku said, shaking like a faulty blender as he pointed.  “He’s an S-Class Villain and a legendary Yakuza!”

Tatsu quickly realized that Deku wasn’t just short, he was young. A kid.  They were recruiting them earlier and earlier, weren’t they? Indoctrinate them to the code early, keep them in line when they got big.

“They say he killed the Eight Precepts of Death in a single night!” Deku went on, still trembling. “But then he disappeared!  Nobody’s seen him since!  They say he took something of incredible value, but no one knows what!”

That again.  It always came back to it, didn’t it?  Didn’t matter how far you ran, your past always caught up with you.  And here he thought he’d left all that behind.  The fire in his belly churned.  There wasn’t time for this, not with the job he had waiting for him at home. He took in a breath and let it out through his nose in a puff of smoke.  It curled around his head like a halo before dispersing in the crisp, clean air.

“Whoa!  Whoa!  Whoa!’ Lemillion shouted, shifting into a position like he was ready to throw down.  Beside him, he was Deku doing the same thing.  “Do not, I repeat, do not use your Quirk!  Or we’ll be forced to take action against you!”

“Look,” Tatsu said, reaching into the pocket of his jacket.  Sometimes, you just had to know how to talk to people.  Grease a few wheels, play the game.  It was just the way the world worked, ain’t no changing it.

Lemillion and Deku both flinched.  Retrieving the good stuff he had there, he pried open Lemillion’s fist with his other hand, then dropped his prize into it.  “Let’s be reasonable about this.  There ain’t no reason any of us got to throw down. Why don’t you just take this and forget you saw me, huh?  Get yourself something nice.”

Tatsu adjusted his hat, making sure it was tight against his head.  He was gonna have to ride like crazy if he wanted to get there in time to get the job done.  He fixed Deku with a look.  “And don’t go thinking you can rat him out, kid.  Plenty there for the both of you.”

Lemillon stared at the coupons that he’d put in the Hero’s hand.  “I… what?”  

Of course, by that point, he was already biking away.

***

“Hey, I’m home,” he said, slipping his shoes off in the foyer.  The apartment still looked clean.  “You been keeping a good watch, Gin?”

The cat gave him a disinterested look and yawned, before padding off.  One of these days, he was going to have to have a talk with him about letting the family down…  But not today.  The Boss was too fond of him.  

Instantly though, he could tell something was wrong.  The sounds coming from the kitchen were sounds he’d hoped to never hear again. He still had flashbacks to the last time.  Took forever to get things going again after that.

In a rush, he bolted into the kitchen.  “Hey! What’s the big idea!”  A couple of licks of flame spilled forth from his mouth.

“Oh!  Tacchan!” Miku looked up from the counter, where she was butchering some poor bastard with a knife.  Not a single clean cut, no piece the same size.  It was a grisly sight.  Damn near turned his stomach.

Bits of carrot were everywhere.  Onions and other veggies too.  Miku was a damned thug when it came to cutting something up.

“I thought we said this was my turf,” he said, crossing his arms.

She smiled, sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.  Already, he could feel his resolve melting.  “Yeah, well, she wanted to make dinner for you, so I kind of had to help.”

His eyes followed her gaze, to where a little girl with blue-white hair and a horn was very carefully and very studiously measuring cups of rice.  “Always knew I could count on you to get the job done, kid,” he said.

She let out a small gasp of surprise, then turned to race him and smiled, hopping off the stool she’d been standing on to run over and embrace him.  He bent down and scooped her up into a hug.   “So this was your idea, eh?”

Eri smiled and nodded. “Uh-huh!  Welcome home, Daddy!”

Much as it pained him to do so, he let her go.  It was time to pay tribute, after all.

“Good thing I got these,” he said, reaching into his bag, pulling out a smaller bag of apples.  Eri practically squealed with excitement as her grin got even bigger.

“After all,” he went on, “gotta keep the Boss happy, ya know?”

[icharchivist]

first: WAHHHHHHHHH 😭😭😭 I got so emotional!!! so emotional!!!! so much that I can’t even do this first second pattern bc I have SO MANY thoughts!!!!!!! I’m writing this in my notes instead of straight into the askbox so u know it’s serious business™

ok so debut night!!! I was like ahah yeah it’s a tragedy whatever it’ll be fun to start out with and then the voice acting was SO good that it knocked me out of the park and I almost cried haha. it’s crazy how good the voice acting in a3 is like I love how the dialogue and voice acting works well together bc like it’s limited but so effective!! u can so very clearly see and understand the style they’re going for. especially like tsumugi’s death scene... the Talent jumped out it really did... uh and ok so. I think I may be a littleeee confused abt the play bc I had always interpreted tasukus last lines as raphael to be like abt his being secretly in love with michael. but now that I’m actually reading the line that’s like oh don’t fall for a human it only ends in misery I know that all too well or whatever... ig the implication is that raphael was in love with another human / the same lady michael was in love with in the play. side note I had to go back and edit the proper names in instead of tasuku and tsumugi lol... but speaking of!! speaking of the voice acting and the play itself I 1) love how blatantly obvious it is when tsumugi goes for that grander, tasuku like style of delivery!! like u could just so easily feel the difference it was wild... and 2) tsuzuru is once again spot on with his writing, lol... I felt that like raphaels inability to save or help michael really parallels how tasuku feels abt tsumugi so well, and it’s wonderful that they r able to resolve things and tasuku can properly compliment him on his acting where the angels fail to do so. it’s very good. and I think the play rly highlights (for me at least) that like. to tasuku, it was tsumugi who was sort of an unreachable existence. like were he to idolize and respect someone’s acting, it would be tsumugi. and I think that like caring carries over into their roles really well, because I think in michael’s love for a human tasuku sees like... tsumugi’s style of acting. the heart that he’d lost while within the god troupe. mb I’m losing my mind a little but ah. the play rly works with their relationship so well!! im very excited to see the other winter ppl get main roles tho—same for all the troupes!!! now this ask is too long so I’ll have to do another part lol

going to start off this second part of the ask abt hisoka bc oh my GOD. hisoka. like I was just thinking “hm where r the winter troupe cgs anyways” and then BAM. hisoka CRYING???? especially since he doesn’t seem that emotional it was a really hard hit!!! and who tf is august.... ok well actually theory time!! skipping ahead to the end theres that note that like mentions December and April and. not to expose my friend but very many years ago (a couple years before a3 was launched, at the very least) she wrote this story where there were like 12 orphan assassins and they were all named after months. I remember the main dude was named dec lol. coupled with my “hisoka is capable of murder” bit? listen.... I’m not saying anything but I’m also not not saying anything if u feel me. also I feel like assassin / thief with mysterious background is a common trope!! that was silver from the pokémon adventures manga too... why is this my reference point lmao. anyways I’m unclear if assassins would make it into a3 but like.... if the yakuza and supernatural stuff makes it in...

okay moving away from conspiracy theories and into emotions!!! the quotes from like EVERY mankai actor before the final production made me SO emo... and yay!!! they won!!!! (though admittedly I almost had a heart attack when no one clapped) but they won!!!! that ending cg!!!! and I adore how sakyo immediately goes after god troupe man (I know his name is reni I just don’t feel like calling him that) for the money lol it’s just so sakyo-like. also I love the lil mixed troupe interactions!! I found the game night ch so fun.... ahh, now I wanna reread that ch since it was so good lol

all in all I was super satisfied ahh!! I am SO excited to start up spring troupe again (HELLO character development!!! and chikage) and I’m even MORE excited to get thru all the act 1 events!!!! as a final note, is there any way to reread or replay the flair conversations? I didn’t want any spoilers for the plays while I was doing the practices for them so I kinda sped thru the first time ahah...

HELLO FRIEND IM SO HAPPY TO GET SUCH A LENGHTY ASK ABOUT WINTER IM LKDJFLKDJFLKFD  Winter makes me feel shrimps emotions (i know the whole “shrimps can see more colors than humans can’t comprehend” thing has been disproved but i’m not letting go of that expression, i REALLY feel emotions humans can’t comprehend anymore and i’m going to make it everyone else’s problem)

1) First about the voice acting, rIGHT this is just so fascinating to me!!! I remember after act 2 i came back to reread the main act 1 chapter and i was so thrown out by how GOOD the voice acting was, especially for the first few troupes having to convince you they’re not comfortable or good at acting yet. Winter whole thing is that they’re more subtle and mature and you really feel that with their voice acting, Tsumugi’s voice especially knock it off the park anytime he’s on screen. 

2) Second: what does it say about me that i’ve never, ever considered your reading a possibility because i was so set on “oh Raphael you’re in love with Michael sooooo bad you see it as a tragedy already because you can see him throw his life away” i didn’t even consider “maybe Raphael went through that too”. Though i guess if we’re going with that reading i can totally see “The Woman” they let themselves consumed by easily be a representation of acting or even more the God Troupe, with Raphael/Tasuku knowing to step away before it consumes him completely while Michael/Tsumugi, by his love and passion, pushed himself until he broke, which fits and it hurtsssss god Winter plays hits so hard.

3) Third: oh god yeah when Tsumugi goes for Tasuku’s acting it’s just. It makes me SO uncomfortable, i’ve experienced this scene like three times by now and the third time i was just “can i skip it i can’t go through this again i can’t Tsumugi i love you i can’t do this”. It doesn’t match the play at all and it just throws everyone off balance, and Tsumu you could have told theM YOU WANTED TO DO THAT.... god

4) Fourth: I LOVE YOUR READING SO MUCH I LOVE IT I LOVE IT YES YOU’RE RIGHT!!! Just as we follow Tsumugi let his passion consumes him until he breaks, Tasuku’s character arc really jumps out in Raphael, like, everything you say!!!  The way Tasuku/Raphael knew how the feelings Tsumugi/Michael felt would hurt him on the long run but he didn’t know what to do about it until it was too late, the regrets and the way Raphael voices his frustrations.... Tasuku struggles to be honest without acting (Tasuku pls i love you) but having such a role really help him expressing all he feels about Tsumugi and i’m HHHH this is so good so so good!!! but yeah i also love that Tasuku finally manages to actually compliment Tsumugi naturally, that he understands he can’t let him destroys himself again and it’s just gnhhhhh Tasuku is so kind and considerate and i care about him so much....!!!

5) Fifth: “i’m losing my mind a little” winter mood, winter mood winter mood- (though every troupe’s mood tbh but Winter is gnhhhhh kdhd hdhjf??? you feel me) (i am BIASED i can’t help it TwT) but yeaH i’m looking forward to see how you react to the others plays because the roller coaster juST BEGUN!!!

Onto part 2... Winter Troupe Chapter Feels... 2!

6) Sixth: DLFJDFKLDF HISOKAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE HIM SO MUCHHHHH. Hisoka crying fucked me up so bad!! so so bad!! Like on my first read i didn’t know what to think of him as he starts out very apathic to his troupe and then the more it goes on the more you can feel he starts to open up and i’m soft for this sort of slow burn, but then this whole scene happened and it HIT ME IN THE FACE, he was crying, i was crying, we were all crying, the Unopening Door opened a flood of emotions i can’t cope with. He sounds SO VULNERABLE during that scene and i know all of the Winter Troupe united on “taking care of him” but that’s really the moment i went “i care you and i will keep taking care of you” and look at me now. Thanks funky little scene for ruining my life. I’m glad you liked it i’m aldhjflkjdfkd Hisokaaaaa.....

7) Seventh: I am not commenting on the theory but 👀 that’s so highly specific your friend has a galaxy brain i love it. and i love the idea of “well we have yakuza and supernatural entity what’s an assassin adding himself to it” dLKFJDLKF i know everyone in Mankai calls Izumi out everytime someone joins but that’d be peak. I’m not going further about what December and August and April are all about but i love this plotline sO much, the few mentions of August when Hisoka regained his memories for a minute still haunts me, the guilt he seems to feel and this pain i’m just... godddd such a good set up. I love this plotline.

8) Eigth: EMOTIONS!!  Oh GOD YEAH THE ENDING WITH ALL THE OTHER ACTORS... I cried so hard it’s just. It really shows you it’s not just the culmination of the Winter chapter but of all the act 1 main plot and it really makes you feel how much of a journey you’ve been onto!! A3 is so good at showing you the growth of its characters that especially by the end of Winter you really saw how all of them grew in their respective chapters and how cozy they felt in their new home in the remaining chapters, and the fact this chap has those defining character arc’s lines really drive home “oh my god that was a journey” i love them sO MUCH.... 

9) Ninth: wE WOOOON!!! They’re all so good i just. i’m gonna cry just thinking about it dlfdjlfk i know like, the game has so many content so you know it can’t end at the end of Winter but the suspense really was there. BUT YEAH LMAO I LOVE SAKYO DOING THAT IMMEDIATLY, man sure has the eyes on the prize and we love him for that.  AND THE GAME NIGHT SCENE they are all sO CUTE and sWEET and they’re a family now and i’m hHHHHH i love a3 a normal healthy amount that isn’t just making me cry thinking about how all of them grew so close even through mixed troupes.

10) Tenth: I am SO happy you were satisfied with the plot so far!! I’m genuinely so happy that you decided to take that journey with us and that you shared all of this with me, and i’m so so happy you liked it!! There is still so much content and all of it is so worth it! 

11) Eleventh: Yes!! The flair conversations are all readable on the Mini-Chat tab! So they’re easily accessible and they’re sorted in a way that’s easy to read so you can feel comfortable skipping the flairs if you want until you have seen the stories the flairs are all about. They’re all kinda set during the rehearsals (except for some crosstroupe conversation that wouldn’t make sense if they were like how the Summer Troupe talks with the Spring Troupe in their Flairs DKLFJDF but it’s okay what is a timeline anyway) so some of them are set pre-development and it’s wild to get back to them. I love rereading Flairs i get emotional everytime.

ANND That’s it for this ask! i had a blast reading through your thoughts and i’m so happy and excited!! i’ll send you the drive now so you can start digging through it whenever you feel like it :3c good luck grinding for act 2, meanwhile i hope you’ll have fun with all the act 1 events i compiled for you!!

(side note i need to update the drive too but it’s mostly act 2 content anyway, the only two act 1 things i need to update on it is Sakuya’s birthday card i think?? i think Itaru’s is already in act 2 so i’ll try to get around to it eventually but it’s so far away anyway) (edit: i forgot that the three cards i got for the latest revival are from act 1 DLKJFD okay so i’m missing three cards -)

The drive has backstages and event stories and it may be a lot and overwhelming ahah. Focus on the event stories for the plot and go back to the backstages whenever you feel like it, no need to read them at the same time, unless you want to in which case everything is set up for you :3c and there’s a file with cards that aren’t associated to events too so... lots of goodies hanging around. I’ll send it to you in DM ;O 

Take care and thank you so much for all your thoughts! my inbox remains wide opened for any others thoughts you may have as you go further into it :3c

[dopposhusband]

I know I say it all the time, but I wanted to tell you directly for once: I think the stuff you write is genuinely great! Whether it be a few headcanons, a fic or a description of one of your AUs, I really love them! They're well written and always interesting to read, so thank you for posting your stuff! I'll always be looking forward to more! Once again, I have another question about your boys! Do you have some friendship HCs? Either between them or in general? ^^

@yokairu​ Youre the absolute sweetest!! It means the world to read that, I owe you so much, thank you! I wrote a whole thing about Doppo having friends once at three in the morning and its been sitting in my drafts for a few weeks so I thought the ideas I had there would be interesting here! I also put a lil hc what I think being friends with them would be like too!

Doppo doesn’t really have any friends outside of Jakurai and Hifumi which is a huge shame because I think he could get along with everyone! He really deserves more people to care about him!

💼 Dice inviting Doppo to try a more adventurist life for a night, have the two go gambling and drinking together. I just want Doppo to be able to loosen up and have some fun and I also want Dice to understand just how much of Doppos apology loops come from such an abusive work life. They’re complete opposites and they could learn something from each other!!!

💼 Doppo being a big brother figure for Ichiro, Doppo is literally the walking definition of exhaustion and having to take care of two baby brothers must’ve been tough on Ichiro. So Doppo can understand having to hide more negative emotions from his years hiding them from co-workers, managers, customers, and maybe even his own younger brother. Doppo might not be able to help carry the burden Ichiro has but let him give him like a nice lil head pat, tell him hes doing a great job!!!

💼 Also speaking of buster bros, Jiro and Saburo??? Like imagine Doppo teaching Saburo how to use Microsoft Excel!! Jiro catching Doppo on his lunch break and begging him to buy him lunch too, then Doppo complaining about how much his job sucks and Jiro giving him some of the worst career advice ever.

💼 Rio teaching him how to make all kinds of drinks and foods he can eat to relieve his stress and tension. Just Doppo out in the woods to clear his mind from the bustle of the city, taking in fresh air and just relaxing. Having someone like Rio who isn’t too talkative but is always willing to let him vent then after hes let it all out he can just lie back and look at the stars!!

💼 Even though Ramuda and Matenrou are on very tense terms but having him make clothes for Doppo. It could just be something small like a nicely designed tie but it’d be enough because itd liven him up knowing that this is something no one else in the world has!! And just having him model for Ramuda at all, it would be such a good boost to his self esteem and hed get to wear all kinds of pretty outfits!!

💼 DOPPO BOOK CLUB!!! DOPPO BOOK CLUB!!! On Doppos days off he host a book club with Gentaro and Rosho! They all talk about books they’ve read, Doppo usually only talks about chapters rather than full books because he rarely has time to read. Gentaro constantly lying about the ending of a book to goof on Rosho and Doppo but always feeling a little bad when Doppo takes it seriously and gets all bummed that it was taking him too long to finish.

💼 Sasara the funny clown man trying his damnedest to make Doppo laugh at one of his jokes!! The salaryman is sad too much he deserves a good laugh too and sometimes Sasaras funny so its perfect!!

👔 Being friends with Doppo changes the longer you know him, at first he’ll be very nervous and overly considerate, but after a long while he’ll eventually relax. He worries a lot about being a burden or about you thinking being friends with him is an obligation so you’ll have to be the one to initiate conversation with him at the beginning. Once he feels confidant that you really care about him then comes the second hurdle of him feeling terrible about never having any time. Time is an issue for Doppo but he tries his hardest to always answer whatever texts you send him and he always extends an invitation to you whenever he can! Slowly, he’ll also be more open about his emotions, not like he isn’t already but he’ll be less worried about expressing them. He’ll be less indecisive on vocalizing his annoyance if you do something that bothers him or if you’re doing something stupid alongside Hifumi. He’ll still be apologetic but less so when it comes to him keeping his ground because you guys are close enough for him not to worry about bending over backwards. Its all a long process but if you do make it to the end you have a very loving friend who is just glad to have you around!

Ichiro needs more people to hang out with, people he can de-stress with when he’s away from his brothers. MC BIG BRO DESERVES A BREAK!

🎧 I know I ship with IchiDice but the two would make great boyfriends and regular friends! Ichiro tends to avoid things that he’s too young so he can’t go gambling instead he gets Dice addicted to a gatcha games. Dice isnt huge on the anime stuff but he sure loves hitting those SSRs! The two are always talking about their pulls, bragging about the good and complaining about the bad almost 24/7. On the other side though when a day gets too stressful Dice is more than okay to listen to Ichiro vent a little, although it is rare and its not like Dice gives good advice but its nice to have an outlet. In return Ichiro always lets Dice crash at his place whenever he hits a massive losing streak.

🎧 Ramuda constantly complains about Ichiro and his brothers clothes so he has an excuse to make them new ones. He also loves texting Ichiro just to chat, always using stickers and litters his texts with emoticons.  。.:☆*:･'(*⌒―⌒*))) °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) ヽ(￣ω￣(。。 )ゝ

🎧 Okay, now hear me out, Rio and Ichiro. It’s the strangest combination but Rio is just such a sweetheart, after the DRB he came over to the Yamada household to check up on them and bring them food. After a little while of gaining his trust Ichiro would slowly warm up to him, I mean he helped with chores and cooked for them. (Even tho the food is a little suspicious being made literally anything) It must be hard to take care of two kids when you’re still a kid too so Rio wants to try and help a little.

🎧 I think there isn’t enough of a focus on him being on good terms with Jakurai and the two being friends. Like Rio, Jakurai worries about Ichiro and how much of his childhood was taken away from him so whenever the two are together he tries to take up the responsibility of paying or driving so he can relax. He takes him and his brothers out fishing occasionally, how much they catch depends on how much Jiro and Saburo argue though.

🔴 Ichiro is an absolutely amazing friend to have! Although his brotherly instincts can make him a little overbearing sometimes, always inviting you over for dinner or reprimanding you if you do something a bit more reckless. He loves involving people in his interests so if you even hint about anime or hip hop he’s on you in a second to drop everything he knows about the subjects, he has whole list of series, artists, and light novels he can’t wait to share! Of course he loves to hear about whatever you’re interested in at the time too and tries to get into it too! Day offs or slow days are anime days so be prepared to get hit with a spam of messages from Ichiro to watch that anime he kept talking about!

Dice travels literally all over the place, he deserves to know pretty much everyone, honestly.

🎲 Jiro and him are some rowdy boys, they get into all kinds of trouble! Whenever Jiro goes tagging sometimes Dice will tag along if he’s too broke to be gambling. If Jiro has any extra cash on him he’ll take Dice to get something cheap to eat since he can’t have him starving himself. Honestly, Dice is like having another older brother except he’s more embarrassing than Ichiro could ever dream to be.

🎲 He usually ends up seeing Samatoki at some of the casinos around Yokohama and like the true idiot he immediately begs for money, not the smartest thing to do to a yakuza but this is Dice. After being yelled a firm no, he’ll usually bum a smoke off him and the two will chat for a little. Sometimes if Samatoki is feeling friendly he’ll tell Dice about any gambling rings happening and if hes being even friendlier he’ll warn him about the dangers too.

🎲 Jyuto and him have run into each other a couple times although it was mainly him having to be escorted off private property. Every time Jyuto gets a call about about someone trespassing he gets so exhausted the moment he shows up and its just Dice again. After being pretend arrested Dice always ends up begging Jyuto to drive him to Rios camp.

🎲 Hifumi has found Dice in the alleyways he takes to the train station, the two usually chat on the way back to his apartment because Dice can’t say no to Hifumi’s cooking. After eating everything Hifumi would make him he’d usually either beg for gambling money or just enough to get back home. Although, on winning days he’ll visit the club, request Hifumi and a champagne call as thanks for feeding him with an extra bonus of downing a whole bottle of champagne. 

🎰 Congratulations you have gotten your very own stray cat! Dice is constantly coming and going so don’t be surprised to wake up and find him sleeping on your doorstep or couch if you gave him a key. He’ll be looking to you for food and the occasional pity 10,000 bills because he swears THE NEXT ONE IS THE WIN PLEASE. You never have to worry about telling him no though, his ability to go from groveling to standing on his feet to just chat is at a record speed. He usually spends his time gambling but if you can’t then he’s more than fine just talking a walk through the town pointing out places where he won or places he lost everything and had to hide while he waited for Gentaro. Past all the begging he’s a funky boy here for a good time and when he hits that 777 you are definitely one of the first people he goes to when its time to celebrate! 

[ladynightshade30]

The Sparrow’s Fox

Author’s Notes: This is a Yakuza A/U where Genji and Hanzo never had their major blow out so Genji never joined Overwatch. If I decide to continue this story though this might change…. This is not a part of the Dark Genji universe. Also I will probably rewrite the conversation she has with her father because it doesn’t go the way I wanted it to go near the end. Please be advised there is talk/implied child sexual abuse in the past.

Genji groaned and rolled over when the buzzing of his phone started to get too annoying to ignore. He snorted and rolled his eyes when he saw his uncle’s name on the screen. He was tempted to press the ignore button when the ringing stopped. A relieved sigh escaped his mouth as he moved to place the phone back on the rickety night stand by the bed intent on rolling over and going back to sleep. But just as he had reached out to pull Brigit against him again the vibrations on his phone started up again causing him to curse loudly and roll back over answering the phone.

“What is it old man?” he asked running his free hand through his hair. “I was asleep.”

“What took you so long?” the older man asked his voice laced with mock worry. “This is the fourth time I‘ve called you. I was starting to wonder if something happened to you.”

“Cut the bullshit,” Genji yawned. “And tell you what you want so I can get back to sleep.”

“There is something I need to speak to you about.”

“Fine I’ll see you tomorrow.” Genji said before disconnecting the call and turning on his phone’s sleep setting.

“Genji?” came a soft voice.

“Hhmm?” he asked as he rolled back over pulling Brigit against him.

“Is everything alright?”

Genji sighed and buried his face in his girlfriend’s shoulder, inhaling her scent. “Yeah my uncle just wants to talk to me about something.”

“What about?” she asked softly as he rolled them both over so he was resting on his back with her on his chest.  

“Not a clue.” He answered as he started running his finger tips down her spine as he settled down to return to sleep. “I’ll figure it out tomorrow. Either way it’s probably nothing important so I’m sure it’s nothing for you to worry about my sweet Kitsune. So let’s go back to sleep.”

“Alright.” She whispered before sharing a quick kiss with him before settling back down on his chest. “Good night.”

“Night.”

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“Alright I’m here.” Genji said as he collapsed into a chair across from his uncle and put his feet up on the man’s desk much to the older man’s annoyance. “What do you want old man? I’ve got places to be and a girl to get back to.”

“I thought you should see these,” Hideki said as he tossed a manila envelope onto the desk in front of Genji a sick, almost gleeful grin on his face. “Before you saw your little fox again.”

Genji sighed and reached for the envelope, ripping it open so he could pull out whatever it was his uncle wanted him to see. A dark frown crossed his face and he turned his attention to the man his mother had called brother the desire to brutally beat the smug smirk off the older man’s face nearly overwhelming him.

“What the fuck is this?” he hissed launching to his feet and throwing the photos back at the man. “What the FUCK is this?”

“Jealous that you weren’t first?” his uncle asked mockingly.

“She’s five fucking years old you in these you little shit,” Genji snarled his dragon’s own rage threatening to consume his mind and trying to claw its way out of his back. “What the fuck are you doing with these? How the fuck did you even get these?”

“Nothing on the web stays hidden for long.”

Now Genji really did want to beat the man to death because the only way his uncle could have found these were if he had actively looked for them on the dark web.  

“Bury them,” Genji ordered coldly as he pulled his lighter from his pocket and one by one light the photos on fire and dropped them onto the marble desk top watching them burn. “Destroy any evidence they ever existed.”

He took more than a little satisfaction that it was messing up his uncle’s prized desk.

“And if I don’t?” Hideki called after him as Genji headed for the door.

“What?” Genji hissed as he slowly turned to face his uncle as his dragon demands to be set free getting louder.

“What if I don’t bury them?”

Genji felt his dragon growl as he finally released it and it made itself known by slithering out of his back and curling itself around his shoulders to hiss angrily at his uncle. “If you don’t bury it then you will be sorry.”

A cruel smirk crossed his lips and a cold feeling filled the pit of Genji’s stomach at the next words that left Hideki’s mouth. “Even if I do bury those as well as the other pictures not to mention the videos I doubt the next batch will be easy to bury.”

“What the fuck did you do old man?”

“She was after all very popular in these so I would imagine some of them would want to see their little fox all grown up.”  

The words had Genji seeing red as his dragon slid off his shoulder and down his body. The serpentine dragon crossed the room in order to slither up onto the older man’s desk causing the dark smirk on Hideki’s face to slowly fall as he stared at the threatening Dragon before turning his attention to his nephew who was staring at him with the same blood thirsty look on his face.

“You will bury every video and every photo of Brigit,” Genji repeatedly coldly. “And you will do by the end of the night and send me a list of anyone in the area who had them by the end of the week.

“You don’t command me boy!” Hideki snapped defiantly despite the fear that colored his voice. “I am on the Elder’s council!”

“Not anymore.” Genji said coldly before kicking the door shut with his foot.

***

“Genji?” Brigit called out as she walked down the hall wearing one of her boyfriend’s button up shirts, following the noises she heard in the kitchen. “Is that you?”

She froze at the entrance to her kitchen at the sight of the unknown white male standing in her apartment looking through her cabinets. He had slicked back salt and pepper hair with a hideous scar that ran from the corner of his mouth up his cheek and towards the top of his ear. He was wearing stained jeans and a tight black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to reveal some amateurish tattoos. That reminded her of the prison tattoos that she had seen on some of Genji’s friends.

“It’s been awhile pumpkin.” He said casually as he grabbed a mug before she could do more then take a step backwards or say anything.

“Do I know you?” she asked as she slowly started to back up towards her hall entrance while she watched him pour himself a cup of coffee. “And how the hell did you even get into my apartment?”

“Of course you do,” he said turning to face her and giving her a good view of the small scars that ran down his cheek. “I’m your father.”

She shook her head slowly while she continued to move into the hallway intent on getting to her room where her phone was so she could call Genji. “No. No you’re not. You’re the crazy, creepy man in my fucking apartment. And again how the hell did you get into my apartment?”

A frown crossed his face as he slowly set his coffee cup down on the counter with a deep sigh as he started moving around the counter. “That’s no way to speak to your father young lady. Come here now.”

“You’re not my father.” She snapped dashing down the hall for her room.

The strange man dashed after her, grabbing her before she could shut the door to her bedroom, dragging her kicking and screaming back down to the hall before throwing her over the arm of the couch in her front room.

“Let me go,” she screamed as she thrashed about on the arm attempting to kick him away.  

“You know,” the stranger said as he grabbed her hair and shoved her face down into the couch cushions. “If you had just behaved properly like you were supposed to when you were younger we would still be the perfect happy little family. Maybe the two of us can start our own happy little family. I’m sure your Jap lover won’t mind.”

“Fuck you!” she screamed into the material of her couch.

“Honestly my little fox that wasn’t my intent. But you know me I’m always willing to improvise. And if you don’t start behaving I’ll drag you into the bedroom and we can play games again. Or better yet I’ll drag you out onto the balcony and show all your neighbors how much of a whore you are. And maybe if that boy of yours shows up I might be willing to let him have his term before the neighbors. With his reputation I am sure he wouldn’t mind the show of prowess.”

Brigit started thrashing around more violently. “No. No. No!”

The man behind her cursed and whipped her around, slapping her hard across the face causing blood to trickle down her chin. “I will reteach you respect brat.”

***

“Bri?”Genji asked as he burst into the apartment his dragon launching himself off his shoulders to hunt down their young mate.

His heart jumped into his throat when he saw the mess that had been made of her front room.

“Bri?” he asked again slowly moving into the apartment following his dragon’s lead after closing the door silently behind him as he released one of the kunai he kept in his jacket sleeve.

“Genji,” whimpered a soft voice from the kitchen.

“Bri,” Genji whispered softly as he followed his cooing and mewling dragon towards the voice.

His dragon led him to the kitchen where he saw a bleeding and whimpering Brigit leaning against the refrigerator in the corner of the room.

“Baby,” Genji breathed as he rushed to her side and gently cupped her face his fingers trailing over her cheeks to check for anything broken or cracked. “Are you okay?”

His only answer was a soft moan, followed by a whimper of pain as she peered at him from behind a swollen eye. His hands quickly ghosted along her body feeling for breaks, sprains or cracks.

“Thank the gods nothing feels broken,” he murmured softly before reaching up to cup her face .

Carefully Genji gathered her up into his arms muttering soft, ‘I know I know’ into her ear when she moaned in pain while he carried her to her room, setting her down on the bed as gently as possible. His dragon curled himself in her lap and mewled softly as his soft light filled the darkened room, trying to comfort her as best he could without hurting her. Genji made sure she was settled comfortably as much as he could before trying to get up only to be stopped by her hand on his wrist.

“I’ll be right back,” he muttered carefully brushing her hair from her face. “I’m just going to call a doctor and get some ice packs for you.”

Genji placed a soft kiss against the side of her mouth, doing his best to avoid her bruises, before he slipped from the room and made his way down the hall pulling out his phone not only to call a doctor but to call some of the family’s enforcers to track down his lovely Fox’s father and hold him until further notice. In the meantime he made another call to a high end hotel and made arrangements for her to stay there until he could get the damage cleaned up.

[takaraphoenix]

Starcrossed Lovers

Okay, so there is this pretty sketch from @blancherries-art and I’ve been unable to shake it off? An AU where Nico is part of the mafia and Percy is part of the yakuza. And my brain kinda just went “Yes. Nico in a suit. Percy with tattoos. Both kicking ass. Yeees.”...

As my mind tends to do, it started spinning a background story around the sketch. Maybe they had to team up, mafia and yakuza, against a common threat. Hades, the mafia. Poseidon, the yakuza. Zeus, the bratva. They have clearly defined borders, stay out of each other’s business. But when the Russians are getting greedy, Hades sends his heir Nico from their headquarters in New Orleans to Kaua’i to negotiate with Poseidon Jackson. (I mean, Poseidon being Hawaiian is a hard-headcanon for me)

And I kinda got carried away and started writing this instead of writing, ya know, what’s next up on my list for my updating schedule, but oh well. ;D

Here, have an excerpt from “Starcrossed Lovers”;

Percy was sitting relaxed on the beach, sharpening his favorite knife while the waves washed over his bare feet, the sand beneath his toes slowly cooling down as night fell over Kaua'i. He particularly loved those moments, the serene ones where it was just Percy and the beach. The sound of a party somewhere nearby could be heard in the background, but he knew the tourists were too busy drinking and having fun to venture to Percy's part of the beach. Or at least he thought so until he saw a single figure stalk up toward him, illuminated by the full moon behind him. Percy raised his eyes from the knife in his lap, slowly dragging them over the approaching man.

That was definitely neither a regular tourist, nor a drunk party guest wandering off.

Wearily, Percy adjusted the knife in his hand, just in case. The guy stood out like a sore thumb. Granted, a finger-licking hot sore thumb (hah, good one, Percy! He really had to tell that one to Piper later on), but a sore thumb nonetheless. Who wore a suit in Hawaii? Much less on the beach? A tailored one at that – the thing fit the guy to the T. Expensive, from the looks of it. White silk. White. Seriously, he looked wildly out of place, as though he was supposed to be on a wedding – as the groom – and not strolling along the beach. Maybe he was a runaway groom? Poor bastard who lost that groom. Because thanks to the perfectly cut suit, Percy could tell how delectable the guy beneath was. A bit on the lanky side – long limbs, particularly his legs – with very sharp edges. The cheekbones, the shoulders, the hips. The man himself stood in stark contract to his white suit. Olive-colored skin, black curls falling into his face and giving him a bit of a boyish charm, eyes nearly as black as the night around them, but twinkling with something foreboding. His eyes carried the devil’s intend in their depth and all-consuming darkness.

He was intense. And intriguing. But something about the guy prompted Percy to pat his jeans for his second knife, just to be sure. He wasn't fool enough to be charmed by a nice-looking exterior. The pretty ones could be the deadliest. He himself was living proof of that.

After all, he was Perseus Jackson, second of his name, son of Poseidon Jackson, heir to the yakuza clan ruling the islands of Hawaii, breaker of chains, kicker of ass, dealer of sass, watcher of Game of Thrones. Should probably dial down on that last one. But in his defense, his roommate, best friend and literal partner in crimes Leo was totally obsessed with everything with dragons and 'Oh my gosh, Percy, there are like three dragons and a hot chick who rides them! We have to watch it!'.

Ah, damn. He really needed to work on his attentionspan. Curse his ADHD. It was a serious miracle that he had never been killed on the job before. Well. Before implied the option of coming back... and he wasn’t big on zombies. Those guys gave him the creeps.

“Scusi, do you think you can help me? I am lost?”, asked the gorgeous stranger.

“Yeah, no kidding, brah. You are way lost”, grunted Percy as he stared pointedly at the man's suit.

“My name is Nico. Would you mind helping me?”, inquired the man amused.

Percy raised one eyebrow as he took the offered hand. He raised both eyebrows as the gorgeous stranger – Nico – lifted Percy's hand to kiss his knuckles. Something about that dude was seriously fishy. Still, Percy couldn't deny the charms of a handsome man with an exotic accent and Percy had never been known to be the cautious type. Aiming a disarming, innocent smile at Nico, Percy pocketed his knife and grindstone. As he got up, he brushed the sand off his tight jeans and body, the wet sand clinging onto his tattooed skin, tribals of waves and the ocean.

“Aloha auinapo, Nico. Name's Percy and I'll be glad to help you out”, stated Percy with a grin.