[itp: IC axe crazy fallout]

[soulbondage]

[This past week, a certain schoolgirl who normally frequents the Mess Hall at all hours and knocks on all her friends' doors to visit... hasn't been. It's almost like she's been avoiding people.

However, today, under a tree reading a book (and wearing a scarf around her neck) -- a wild Kagura appears!]

[OOC: IC fallout for some axe crazy stuff

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[legally_blond]

[wasn't thinking of looking for her out here, but... spotted. comes over but stops a fair distance away. a safety distance, if you will.]

[legally_blond]

[...comes over and sits down next to her]

Look... Kagura. I believe you when you say you'd never let other people get hurt.

[soulbondage]

...

[legally_blond]

It was wrong of me to say anything like that. Wrong for me to even believe it. And I know it's no excuse, but I thought everyone was a killer. That's how bad it got.

[soulbondage]

I know, it's not your fault, it was that statue, but... but you have nothing to apologize to me for. After all, I am a killer.

[legally_blond]

...

[soulbondage]

I've killed someone. So please don't waste your apologies on me.

[Still not looking at him because she's kind of scared to see the look on his face.]

[legally_blond]

[he's silent for a while]

What happened?

[soulbondage]

[no answer]

[legally_blond]

[hesitates, then puts a hand on her shoulder]

[soulbondage]

[takes a steadying breath]

Did I... ever tell you anything about Yomi?

[legally_blond]

I don't think so.

[soulbondage]

Yomi was an exorcist, like me. She was the best swordsman in the department, really strong... I don't think anyone could match her. But, more than that, she was like my sister. Yomi was amazing, and I loved her more than anything.

[legally_blond]

[just listening, but nods]

[soulbondage]

We didn't know where she got it from, but one day, she found a piece of the sesshouseki...

[touches a small red stone hanging from a bracelet around her wrist]

It's a piece of the kyuubi's soul, and it's pure evil. If it had been a normal person, it would have devoured them alive and turned them into an evil spirit, but Yomi stayed human. She just...

A-anyway, they said we had to stop her no matter what, before anyone else was killed.

[legally_blond]

...and that's why...?