Okay, fine. Fine. I had fun doing this. I had fun. I had fun! I had fun!
"Notorious"
"Thank you for saving me, Nephrite-sama."
"Don't thank me; I don't know why I did it."
--there's one, Sanjoin Masato-sama, go on, act cool.
He scowled, slightly. "Besides, I've been lying to you all along. I'll probably keep on lying to you."
Will I?
Well, seriously considering the possibilities....
"I don't care," cooed the girl, snuggling against him, "just so long as you're with me, I don't care if you do lie..."
He stopped in his tracks. Yeah, I hope not.
Nephrite felt considerably more clearheaded than he had last night, if no less exhausted. So maybe drinking himself into a stupor had helped him think.
Just be yourself now.
Oh, charming.
"Naru," he said, in his usual tone, "Naru..."
He set her down. She blinked up at him, looking excruciatingly innocent and young; barefoot. Flannel pajamas. Kuso! He'd never seen anything quite so completely naive--
"Naru, I see now you have become a hindrance." and she blinked up at him, eyes trembling. Good. "You're no longer useful to me."
"Nephrite-sama..." oh, so heartbroken, "I'll always love you, Nephrite-sama..."
No, you won't. Or at least, you'd better not-- you don't even know what the hell I am, stupid human. And I don't have any time for melodrama.
"I'm going to turn my back, Osaka Naru, and I'd better not see you again," he said, sneeringly, "Don't cry, it's a great compliment that I'm letting you live."
He drew a deep breath. And she was crying. Dammit, he couldn't abide tears.
"Get out of here."
He turned on his heel, pretending not to hear the whispered "Nephrite-sama--" And he walked away. He glanced back once; she was gone, plodding off down the street, barefoot. No doubt the silly girl-warriors would find her and take her home, or somesuch.
She'd be fine. Stupid brat.
He turned in at the park, settled himself beneath a tree, posing perfectly. Sanjoin Masato. Prestigious; elite. Lovely.
Running a hand over his hair, the shitennou snorted slightly. Didn't that stupid ("I don't care, just so long as you're with me, Nephrite-sama~a...") girl remind me of someone--
...Oh. Well. He chuckled slightly, having realized something. Well.
Well, one never knows.
"So maybe I was wrong," he mused, sitting back, grinning. "Just this once."
--There was a rustling nearby; a flash of light, and he closed his eyes, the same smile still etched on his features.
"Ah," he held the kurozuishou up, in one hand. "I'd been expecting you."
"It's really too bad. You could have died with your beloved."
"You should know by now that love is only a tool by which the strong may manipulate the weak."
To the last, Sanjoin Masato, he thought.
And died.
So exactly which sign of the apocalypse is this? I mean really, I'm racking them up pretty nicely, what with the Zoisite-betrays-the-Moon-Kingdom thing and now... well.
Stupid Ranma, giving me crazy ideas.
Happy birthday.