destinystrings | Fortune Favors the One that Kicks the Most Ass.

Who: Yu Narukami and OPEN
Where: To the tram line (good luck getting it to work) to get from the Mays in the Virgo district, to his apartment in Libra.
Summary: Big brothers are always protective of their little sisters. Naturally, when scorpions overrun the city, Yu needs to move heaven and earth to get back home and make sure Nanako is okay.
Warnings: ...don't try to stop Yu from getting home. Just don't. It won't end well for you. ~~Which means yes, go ahead and try.~~

Yu didn't have issues with fighting if he needed to; lord knows he did enough of it in the TV world. That was the TV world though, where things were isolated to just those that had knowledge of the alternate world and were capable of entering the TVs on their own (if they weren't shoved in, that is). Right now? The whole city was ground zero, where anyone could be a target, or be turned against people, or get hurt...

...including Nanako.

Naturally, Izanagi was staying out as Yu made his way from work to the tram that would take him across the river. He wasn't entirely sure if it was running or not, considering what was going on, but he didn't care if he had to jump onto the tracks and run across the water. He was going to get back to the Libra district and make sure Nanako was safe. His Persona was essentially casting Ziodyne nonstop as he hurried down the street, ignoring the fact that his feet were crunching against scorpion carcasses. People possessed by their own zodiac tried to shamble in his way, but the butt of his sword to the back of their heads had them out of his way pretty quickly.

Seriously, when it came to Nanako's safety? Heaven help the person that tried to stop him.

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There's a noise.. at the window - ah!

[She jumps as there's a sudden thud. Something is clearly slamming itself against the glass of the sliding door to the balcony, though it's impossible to tell what it is since the curtain is drawn.]

Nanako!

[Oh dammit. Oh dammit, dammit, dammiiiiiiit!]

Get out of there, Nanako!

[Nanako is already moving, but the sound is getting louder, like someone... or some thing is trying to break through the glass. Maybe it's making process. But Nanako runs into the kitchen and closes and locks the door. The camera moves around wildly during this, probably making it difficult for Yu to figure out what was happening until she gets it shut.]

I'm okay... [To her credit, she's trying very hard to sound calm, but her white face as she looks back at the watch betrays her.] But it's going to break the window, big bro!

[Okay, okay... Yu, don't panic. Nanako was probably safe in the kitchen; there were no windows in there... right? He couldn't think straight like this.]

[...of course, he was hauling ass for the tram as quickly as he could now.]

Nanako, if it sounds like they're going to break through, get out of the apartment. I'm coming as quickly as I can!

Okay!

[brb trying to pull the table in front of the door, though. It's a little difficult with her height.]

[Good, she was trying to keep them from getting in first. Hopefully it would give him some time to--]

[He skidded to a stop as he turned a corner, letting out an irritable noise as he came face to face with a whole mess of scorpions. Dammit, he didn't have time for this!]

Izanagi!

[Lightning blazed, brightening the COMP screen to the point where it was hard to see Yu for a moment.]

Hang on over there, Nanako!

[Nanako is hanging on, but she jumps as a lound BANG sounds from the other side of the door. Something has gotten in, and it's figured out there's a person nearby....] Big bro!

[Dammitdammitdammitdammitdammit...]

[He wouldn't be able to get to her in time. The realization made his heart sink into his stomach. No, please... this couldn't be happening...]

Nanako, can you get out of the apartment?!

Okay - [She runs for the front door, trying to unlock and twist the knob, but this takes longer for a 7 year old than it wound for a taller and more dextrous adult. And then everything happens at once. Behind her there's the sound of wood crunching and scorpion hissing as it bashes through the other door. That wood had no wards against demons, even weakened ones.

The video swings around wildly, and Nanako squeaks in fright. She's alone and still trapped inside the small space. The situation looks awful.

Except then she begins to glow.]

I am thou, thou art I-

[Something golden rushes past the camera, and the COMP feed suddenly cuts off entirely.]

NANAKO!

[Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. No. Why. Fuck you, Philemon. Eff you eff you eff you.]

[Yu is trying so damn hard not to give in the constant, loud, screaming going on in his head as he tries to reconnect the COMP. Please be okay, Nanako. Please be okay.]

[Sorry, Yu.... there's no response.

He's going to have to make it hope to find out what happened here...]

[Unfortunately, Yu didn't get the chance to get to the apartment until much later, as apparently no one in Hinoto-Ri can cure poison. To his credit, he left the hospital as soon as he could stand up straight without walking, though he still looks a little green in the face, even by the time he's pounding his way up to their apartment and flinging the door open.]

[Please, Nanako... please be okay...!]

[Hopefully he's careful when flinging open that door, because Nanako is still lying where she'd fallen near it. The door leading to the other room is broken into pieces and beyond that, the window is smashed. They probably can't stay in this room tonight.

But when he checks, Nanako is unharmed. She's not even bruised or cut... just passed out from exhaustion and it being past her bedtime.]

Nanako...

[Oh thank god... oh thank god, she was okay... she was really okay. He knelt down beside her, looking her over to make sure that she's really just tired and not badly hurt, before scooping her up in his arms.]

[The movement causes her to finally stir, and she shifts slightly in his arms. She opens her eyes, blinking up at him.]

Big bro...?

[Yu let out a relieved breath, holding her close to him. His heart ached, like it was November and December all over again, and it was taking him everything not to break down into tears.]

Nanako... You're okay? You're not hurt?

[Don't cry, that would make her cry too, and right now she's trying to smile at him. Things are okay now that he's here.]

Yeah, I'm fine! Loveline protected me.

Edited 2012-11-15 00:32 (UTC)

Loveline?

[...really, Philemon? Yu sank slightly in relief, a faint chuckle escaping from him.]

Your Persona?

That's what she said. [She still thinks it's strange, having a fictional character appear and say she's a part of her... It's like something from a story itself.] She used magic, just like in the show!

[Yu let out a breath, holding her close.]

Yeah... she's a part of you. She'll protect you when I can't.

[It's an odd feeling to have another being in her head. She's only seven, and it's nowhere near as talkative and defined as Izanagi. But even so... Both Persona and girl have the same opinion on Yu.

Her voice turns drowzy.] But you always protect me... even when you aren't right here.

[just knowing that she has Yu and her father to rely on gives her more strength.]

[Yu smiled fondly, lifting her up in his arms. She was tired; hopefully the bedroom wasn't a mess.]

Go ahead and sleep, Nanako. I'll be here when you wake up.

Fortune Favors the One that Kicks the Most Ass.

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