I can't shake the feeling people probably were waiting for this one.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

*Someone familiar is wandering the premises.*

Lady Yukawi? LADY YUKAWIIIIIII!

Lady Yukawi! I don't like this place! It's weird and scary and stuff! I wanna go hooooooome!

*If the obvious youth of the kitsune wasn't a dead giveaway what happened, the fact that she only has two tails instead of the normal nine is probably an indication of something.*

Where's the forest?! I want the forest! Baaaaaaaaaw!

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[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly! I'd know if this was a dweam, 'cause I'm Lady Yukawi's shikigami, and she knows evewything!

*Logic is apparently not young Ran's strong point.*

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

[...Yeah, he's just going to give you a bewildered look.

Until he pinches himself.]

Ow!

...This...isn't...

[Cue Lyle attempting to stifle a couple sobs and failing miserably.]

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

H-huh?! Wait a sec, don't cwy! It's no good if you cwy here! If you cwy, I might cwy!

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

[Right, right. Gotta stay strong for the little ones. Even little ones as weird as the one in front of him.]

S-sorry... It's just...my family is...d-de...

[He's having trouble spitting that last word out.]

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with your family?

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

...They were in a building...when someone...blew it up.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

...oh. I'm sowwy. I know I'd be weally sad if I lost Lady Yukawi.

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

...My brother's still alive, but...I don't really get along with him. So I'm...now I'm alone...

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Uh, um... Maybe... maybe if you met Lady Yukawi, she could take you in an' make you her shikigami too? I know you're only human so you won't get weal powerful or anything, but, but...

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Uh, I'd...I want to have a career someday...

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

But but but! But Lady Yukawi is really nice and kind and smart and stwong! She could take care of you!

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

I...guess I could meet her?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Yeah! You're only a human, but she's nice to humans too!

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Uh...about that...what is a youkai, anyway?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Um, we're all the stuff that's not human or animal. We got special powers, and some of us eat humans! But I don't eat humans, 'cause Lady Yukawi said it was a bad thing to eat humans. I bet humans taste yucky anyway.

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Uh...y-yeah. Let's go with that.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Anyway, all the other foxes don't eat humans. Unless they don't got any other meat. But that doesn't happen too often and humans fight back real hard, so I didn't do it anyway.

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Can we talk about something else?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Huh? A-all right. What do humans like t' talk about anyway?

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Just...stuff. Uh...

[At this point, he's trying to keep the conversation going. He doesn't want her to cry, so he's trying to avoid crying himself, and distracting himself is the best way to do that.]

What's your name? I'm Lyle.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

I'm W -- Ran. *The 'R' is very heavily emphasized.* That's the name Lady Yukawi gave me. But I'm still having twoubles saying "rs," so I gotta be weal careful when I say it.

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

...Oh. Okay.

Ran, do you know how you got here?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

N-no, I don't. I was just doing chores awound the house and I was here! I thought Lady Yukawi gapped me somewhere as a joke again!

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

She what?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Lady Yukawi has these things she calls gaps! They look real scawy, but she can go eeeeeevewywhere and send people eeeeevewywhere with them! It's real neat, but she likes to tease me sometimes and send me weird places for a while!