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shadowmiaou‌:

She actually laughs a little at that. Whether Sergei is showing it or not, she can at least feel that he’s trying to help her and she can appreciate that. After a moment, she returns a soft smile. “….Thank you, Sergei. I can’t wait to see it.”

It’s strange, she thinks, finding comfort in a stranger… a former enemy, technically. Either way, she’ll appreciate every moment. It’s not often people try for her, so it’s the least she can do.

“Well then... Let’s start moving.” He offers with a grin opening the door up for her keeping the cheerful attitude now that he had gotten a laugh out of her.

“We even get to take the fun car. Or at least fun for me. I don’t know if you’re into cars.” He shrugs sipping on his drink again.

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shadowmiaou‌:

She takes the cup, messing with things until it’s to her liking. Focus on caring for you. Yeah right. That wasn’t something she could just do. Chances are her focus would just shift to someone else. God forbid it goes back to Rei. The poor girl really needed to expand her horizons.

“I’m… aware.” Golden eyes stare down at the tea, recalling her conversation with Rima. The way she defended Rei without knowing the whole story and the way it invalidated Mao’s side… It was something she should be used to. Growing up she was put in situations like this a lot, situations where her side didn’t matter. Rei and the others were the only ones ever truly on her side back then.

With a sigh, she shakes her head before perking up. It wasn’t right of her to be upset with Rima. She knew the girl was dealing with a lot, so it was best for her to just suck it up and get over it. She looks up from the tea, giving Sergei a bright smile. “Anyways! Let’s get going, shall we?”

Sergei is watching her carefully observing her movements, and how she seemed to brush his comment off. Something about the behavior had his heart sink low into his chest.

“That isn’t saying Rima was right to get upset, I’m just saying give her a moment to process what happened and apologize for it later.” He walks over to her and pats her shoulder before walking over to the key ring replacing the set of keys he had earlier, and exchanging them for another.

“The Sanctuary waits.” He jokes looking down to Mao again and giving a reassuring smile. 

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shadowmiaou‌:

Mao can’t help but sigh at the question. “I suppose you can something happened…. She doesn’t like how I talk about Rei, but I can also tell she doesn’t understand my perspective in the slightest…. Makes for a rough reunion, y’know?”

She crosses her arms and leans against the counter, keeping her emotions in check as she always does. “I dropped the conversation the last time I was here, but I’ve wanted to see how she was doing since then.”

Sergei is listening his not showing to much emotion as he does. One hand moves to rub at his chin as if thinking over what Mao had said. “Yeah I can see how that might stress you out.” He comments frowning a bit.

“It explains her over focus on needle pointing recently.” He shakes his head. “but I’m not surprised. Rima under that timid nature of her’s can be protective over people she get’s attached to.” He had never seen it come out of her, but he could tell it was there. His hand reaches up so he can get a sip out of his cup pausing before choosing his next words.

“But you shouldn’t let it worry you too much. Even if she doesn’t understand your side of it I highly doubt she didn’t at least feel how you felt during the conversation. Probably without fully realizing it. She isn’t the type to not consider others feelings, so you can relax knowing she is at least trying to. Just give her time and she will come to you after she picks herself back up.” He offers a reassuring smile before turning around to finish making the tea pouring it into the cup and handing it to Mao so she could adjust it to however she liked it.

“Rima is still learning... Her judgement might have also been clouded during the talk as well. It’s still pretty easy for a bit beast to swoop in and influence her without meaning to. She needs a moment to sort through what emotions were her’s and which were coming from outside sources. So just give her time. Spend some time taking care of yourself. She isn’t going anywhere so just take a breath and focus on caring for you while you wait.”

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shadowmiaou‌:

She follows him inside and towards the kitchen, pushing away the feelings the welled up as her conversation with Rima crossed her mind again. “Oh, um…” She hums in thought before shaking her head. “I don’t have much of a preference! I enjoy trying all kinds of teas and I haven’t found one that I don’t like yet.”

She looks over the cup, smiling happily at the design, “yes, of course! It suits my aesthetics quite nicely.”

“Well then one of my favorites it is.” He smiles at her as he sets the cup down on the counter. “Really well then I guess it’s your lucky day then. Rima usually switches between this one and her deer one.” He admits with a laugh while moving to set up the tea kettle finally turning back to her as he waits for it to be ready.

“So... Did something happen between the two of you?” He asks leaning against the counter as he gives her a curious look.

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shadowmiaou‌:

Mao’s mood quickly picks up once Sergei explains what kind of sanctuary he was talking about. She never would have guessed he had a job at a place like that, but she can’t say she’s disappointed if she gets to pay it a visit.

“Oh! Yes, tea would be lovely!” She claps her hands together with a bright smile. “Thank you so much, Sergei.” As much as she wanted to try and fix things up with Rima, she knew it wouldn’t do her any good to mope and waste her day away waiting for her to come home. So, for the time being, she might as well try to spend time with someone else even if that person was someone she never expected.

Sergei can’t help but smile as she perks up. It was surprising to most people who didn’t know him. HIs job at the sanctuary was a dream, and he loved every minute of it.

“Alright then, Do you have a tea preference?” He asks motioning her to follow him to the kitchen so he could make it for her. His large body walking over to the cabinet where cups similar to his were kept on two of the lower shelves. After staring he finally pulls one out.

“Looks like Rima took her Deer one... Are you okay with this one?” He looks over at her showing the cup similar to his own but light pink with white flowers decorated on the side. 

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shadowmiaou‌:

Mao had been about to knock on the door when it suddenly opened and she was met with a very tall boy rather than the short girl she had come to see. 

“Ah! Hi!” When she hears that Rima wasn’t there she looks noticeably disappointed. The nekojin had come by to try and talk to her friend about how things had gone the first time Mao had stopped by. “That’s just my luck…”

“Sanctuary…?” She seems to perk up with curiosity at the offer. She’s never actually spent time with any of the NeoBorg guys… And Sergei seemed to be one of the softer people from the team, at least from what Mao could feel. “If you don’t mind, that would be great!”

Sergei was quick to notice the look on Mao’s face when he declared Rima was not home, but chooses to let it slide. Instead he gives the girl a friendly smile.

“I have a job at a wild life sanctuary...” He explains and nods. “Do you want a drink for the road?” He asks lifting his large cup. Though he didn’t need a drink this big, he just happened to enjoy this cup. It kept the tea inside warm for most of his shift. “We have tea, or coffee take your pick.” He offers with a smile.

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@shadowmiaou

Sergei had been on his way out the door with a big thermal cup in hand full of hot milk tea. He was about to walk right out until he glances down surprised to see the white tiger members outside the door.

His eyes observe the area before he finally puts two and two together.

“Hey there Mao.” He takes a sip from the cup and pulls the door back some more offering to let her come in.

“Are you here to see rima?” He questions assuming that’s what she wanted and then frowns at the realization in his head. “She left early this morning to train, but if you want You can tag along to the sanctuary with me while you wait. Her sessions with him last for a while.”

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bladerofdiscord‌:

Rei doesn’t react to what Blaine says, but he’s already piecing together the information in his head. This guy had a lot more useful information than he expected considering Amelie looked like she had never heard any of it before. “If there’s anything else you know, please don’t hesitate to tell us.”

“R-right… Um… I can’t think of anything more, but… Oh!” Blaine starts to mess with his phone and soon enough of Rei and Sergei are both sent a photo of Rita being scolded by her captain. “Th-that’s him. I’m not sure how much that will help… but now y-you know what he looks like at least.”

“Huh…” Rei looks at the photo, taking in the appearance of the boy before looking to Blaine again. “This helps, though… Why did you have this photo?”

“I don’t r-remember why I have it.” Oh, but he did. He just wasn’t going to let anyone know his actual reasoning. “I think it was r-research on my opponent.”

Sergei is quiet again but looks at Blaine as he messes with his phone quick to take in the picture and look at Rei for a moment. FAces were easier to track down which helped their case, but he still didn’t like the kind of feeling he had.

“I guess that’s everything for now, but if you find out anything else text us as soon as you get it.” He’s calm, mostly because he’s trying to line his own thoughts out. He didn’t really care why the boy had the picture or not.

“We should head back.” He adds in looking to the Nekojin for now.

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bladerofdiscord‌:

“Right… I can text you both the information once I’ve compiled it. I’ll ask some of the people that have overseen her matches about her as well.” Amelie holds out her phone to Rei who promptly takes it and begins entering both of their numbers.

“Y'know, Amelie… Has anyone ever told you you’d be awful at poker?” Rei quips, hitting a few more keys before handing the girl back her phone. “We’ve already told you that no one is planning to hurt your friend, so you can stop looking so nervous. He’s more interested in Rita and the most I wanna know is how Clover became such a big name in the underground almost out of nowhere.”

Rei stands up and starts walking towards the door, causing Amelie to tense up. “I mean, someone that strong couldn’t have gone unnoticed that long especially with the way he battles so…” He knocks on the door. “Give me your phone.”

It takes a second before the door opens a crack and a hand slips through giving Rei yet another phone to mess with before he places it back in the hand that gave it to him. “What about you? Anything you want to say about Rita that she hasn’t said, Clover?”

“I-i-it’s Blaine, actually….” A small voice speaks up as the door opens a bit more to reveal the blue haired boy from the match. “And um… R-Rita… Beyond what Amelie has said… She’s um… I think she has an a-actual team…” Blaine steps out of the closet, closing it behind him. “Th-there’s a boy that I’ve seen with her after s-some matches. I don’t know his name… but I think he’s her captain. And…” He takes a deep breath, trying to get a hold of his nerves. “He’s called her Hayashi. So, I think her full name is… Rita Hayashi… If that helps…”

“That will help a lot.” Sergei comments nodding in agreement as he watches Rei put their numbers in, and can’t help but smirk as the Nekojin called Amelie out. He did not move from his spot only watching as Rer moves over towards the door.

He is shaking his head standing so he can hear what Clover has to say. Or Blaine apparently. He feels his gaze harden as he talks about the girl being on a team, and feels the cold rush in as soon as her last name was spoken. He doesn’t want to jump to conclusions just yet, but the feeling in his chest is making it hard to ignore what’s on his mind.

With a slow breath Sergei tries his best to contain himself. “Is that everything you know?” He asks giving Rei a glance before putting his attention back on Blaine. He doesn’t want to say what he’s thinking, at least not at this very moment.

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bladerofdiscord‌:

Amelie looks between Sergei and Rei before glancing at the door to the backroom. She closes her textbook and places it ubder the counter before placing a sign and bell on the on counter. ‘Ring For Service’ it read.

“We’ll talk back there.” With that she leads them to the first back room, sitting down in a chair and gesturing for them to take a seat across from her on the couch. When they’re settled she starts to speak, “Rita is one of the underground’s more powerful players. She isn’t as active as Clover, but she’s certainly on par with him. She’s ruthless, cruel, a total bitch… I don’t know her personally and I’m not usually the ref for her battles, so I haven’t interacted with her very much… But if she’s really a person of interest to you, the next time her name comes up for a match, I can tell you.”

“I see…. There’s probably a catch, right? You don’t seem like the type to just give out information freely.” Rei eyes the girl, watching her expression shift and the way her eyes keep flickering over to another door.

“I’m not, usually, but I think I can let it slide this time.” Her eyes shift to the door again before desperately trying to focus on Rei and Sergei.

Sergei kept a close eye on the girl before he moves to follow after her listening closely when she began to speak.

This Rita person didn’t sound anything like her look alike. Rima didn’t have a mean bone in her body. She was sweet, and probably a little to caring. Definitely needed some more confidence.

“IF that’s all you can tell us for now then that’s fine. And a heads up the next time she battles would be nice. Also can you give me a photo of her and any basic info you have on her?” Anything they could get would help them figure things out. He notices how her eyes keep going to the door.

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bladerofdiscord‌:

“Welcome to Fables!” Amelie calls from behind the counter, not looking up from the textbook in front of her.

“Yo,” Rei walks up to the counter, placing his hand on the textbook to block her from reading further. “You should really pay attention to who comes through that door, y’know?”

“Wh–” She looks up, eyes meeting with Rei’s before she see’s Sergei behind him. “….What do you want? By our rules, we gave your friend the winnings and have already assured you that people will be punished for getting her involved. There’s nothing more I can do for you.”

“Actually, there is. We had some questions about Clover and Ri-” The nekojin stops himself as Amelie suddenly presses a knife to his throat. “…Oh.” He can’t help but chuckle at her reaction. “No need to get violent, kid. It’s just a few questions, we aren’t planning to hurt him.” He slowly pushes her hand away from his throat. “Or you for that matter.”

Amelie bites her lip before sighing and slipping the knife back to where she pulled it from. “Fine… What do you want to know?”

Sergei’s face kept a serious look as they walked in his eyes looking right at Amelie as he stood behind Rei choosing to let the Nekojin take charge for a moment so he could observe this girl a little more.

When the knife came out he was ready to jump in until Rei shut it down before it could escalate into something more.

He rolls his eyes annoyed at how quick this girl was ready to fight. “Calm down... WE aren’t here to hurt your friend. Rima asked me to not touch him and I plan to stand by that.” He places a hand on the counter now.

“I am more concerned about this Rita person... What all do you know about her?” He really wasn’t concerned about the clover kid as much as he was with Rita.

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bladerofdiscord‌:

Rita… Yes, whoever she was was certainly a topic of interest, but of course everyone has a lookalike in the world, so it’s not exactly impossible that she’ll turn out to be some unimportant character. Still, he said he would look into and considering the Minamimoto case isn’t going anywhere fast he may as well fill his time with something else while he’s stuck here.

“Right, well, I’ll see what I can find out about Rita. Like I said, Amelie probably knows something about her, though I can’t guarantee she’ll know much.” He had seen Rita’s name pop up in several lists he was looking at, but it was Clover that dominated most of them. Chances are that Rita is well known in the underground scene, but far less active than Clover. Rei would probably need to keep an eye on all the matches until he’s able to see her in person for himself.

Eventually, they arrive at the bookstore. “Alright, I know she’s here because she’s the one who signed off on the messages earlier. She should be expecting us…. Well, expecting people to come in with some questions.” He explains, before leading them in to the relatively empty bookstore. 

Sergei drove listening to the man while drumming his fingers along the steering wheel as he let any questions he had go through his mind. He knew there was a lot more to Rima then meets the eye, and this whole incident just made him more agitated the closer they got to the answers.

He parks his car right in front of the book store wasting little time in getting out so he could follow Rei in. “Well what ever we do find will hopefully give us other leads to chase.” He didn’t like the feeling in his gut. Once they were inside he takes a chance to glance around hunting for the face he had seen earlier.

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bladerofdiscord‌:

Rei’s out the door as soon as he got confirmation. He gives the Russian the address of the book store and soon enough they’re off. The nekojin is silently thankful Sergei decided to come because otherwise it would’ve been a very long and cold walk.

“Before we get there, what are you hoping to find out about Clover?” Rei knows the questions he’s going to ask, but chances are Sergei had different ones in mind. “The guy doesn’t have too much of a papet trail that I’ve found so far, so Amelie’s our best shot without going to him directly.”

“ …Unless you want to go straight to him if she turns up nothing.” He’s testing the waters, seeing just how far the other guy wants to go with this.

Sergei shoves his hands into his pocket as he walks out with Rei being sure to shut and lock the door when he steps out. Once everything was secure he walks towards his car motioning for Rei to follow him.

“I’m not sure about the clover guy... He didn’t seem the same after the match ended. IN fact he was completely different after.” He’s thinking about it. “Rima even picked up that something had changed.” He curls his hand into a fist.

“If she hadn’t stopped me I would of punched him, but she asked me not to.” He still wanted to though, but was doing his best to respect the brats request.

“I’m more concerned about this Rita person... The picture Amelie had looked almost identical to Rima just with an angry look in her eyes, and I think it’s odd that we suddenly ran into someone who looks like her. All the way out in Russia of all places.” There was something else that bothered him and it makes him tighten his own fists. “Even if it was just a picture... I don’t like how this looks.”

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bladerofdiscord‌:

“The Ref had to be a girl named Amelie, right?” Rei asks after having reopened his laptop and typed a few things. “Most of the matches I’m seeing with Clover list her as the ref. I’ll go talk to her in a bit. ….Rima should stay here, but you can come with me if you want. As for Rita… I’m sure this Amelie has to know something about her. The people who oversee underground matches tend to be in the know about the people who enter them.”

He hits a few more keys, reading whatever he can that seems like a useful lead. “Amelie works part time in a bookstore not far from here.” He announces before finding typing up some long message, sending it off and doing so a few more times before he shuts his computer again and shoves it into his bag.

Downing the rest of his coffee, he stands up going to wash the cup before he starting to head for the door. He pauses and before opening it and looks at Sergei. “Amelie’s on the clock, if you’re coming with we have to go now.”

Sergei gives a casual nod as he listens to Rei speak not bothering to look at the screen as he focuses on getting Rima situated. “I Plan to go.... The faster we get answers the faster we can handle handle the situation.” Maybe it would lead to all of the trouble Rima seems to keep finding herself in.

He finally takes the ice packs away and returns them to their spot in the kitchen. Quick to grab his keys from the counter again so they could head out. “Well we can go pay her a visit... See what she knows.”

Rima just opts to sit on the couch quietly hugging her legs as she listens to them speak.

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cyberneticiceprince‌:

Yuriy didn’t even look up when Sergei walked into the room. He was enjoying his coffee and scrolling through his phone. He really didn’t want to be messed with. He looked rather tired. Looks like luck wasn’t at his side because not only did Sergei sit in front of him. He could just feel there was something he wanted to say. As soon as the brats name was brought up, he let out a loud sigh.

“And? When doesn’t she?”

He rolled his eyes. There was always a problem with her. Always someone out to kill her or hurt her in some way. He’s tired. So tired. “Should stop bailing her out. She’ll learn nothing if one of us is there to swoop in and fix things.” He babies no one. He thinks she’s lived far too pampered. Maybe she’d stop getting into trouble if they stopped helping. “Tch. What a shitty morning.” He grumbled taking a large swing of his coffee.

He stares at his captain for a long while before taking another sip of his coffee. He wasn’t expecting concern, that wasn’t the kind of person Yuriy was.

In some way she actually agreed with the man, however only to a certain extent. Rima wasn’t like them, and though she could use some more self confidence he didn’t really like the idea of the Girl getting into trouble and not at least telling someone.

“I agree with you... But I also don’t agree with not being aware of what’s going on. She’s not like us, and personally I don’t want her to end up in a situation like what we went through. Personally I rather know what’s going on rather then have her just disappear.” He comments before standing up with his coffe before shaking his head. NO point in getting Mad at Yuriy he was he was.

“I didn’t tell you to piss you off... I just didn’t want to leave you out of it. I respect you to much as a captain to not at least keep you aware of things, especially if I think it might come back.” Which he had a strong feeling it might. “Sorry for ruining your morning.” 

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bladerofdiscord‌:

The mention of underground bladers piqued his interest, but the second Clover’s name is mentioned Rei grabs his phone and pulls up a photo, showing it to Sergei and Rima. “This Clover?” When they give him confirmation he looks them both up and down before leaning back against the couch with a sigh.

“I’m surprised either of you made it out of there so easily. From what I know, Clover fights like he’s got nothing to lose and, as strong as Seaborg is… Well, I can’t see Clover winning that, but you wouldn’t leave unharmed so…. How did you get out of there?” Rei doesn’t know much about Clover, maybe just a little more than most people since he’s never had a real reason to look into him, but this changes things. It’s time to start digging.

“I can do full investigation of him, if you want.” It’s directed at Sergei, because he knows Rima would say no.

“The ref intervened when she realized they got the wrong person. Shot the dumb kid in the head with their beyblade. I got out of it just fine, but Rima here.” He moves to pat Rima on the shoulder who was still just being quiet.

“Took on energy from at least 3 bit beasts... so she did not get as lucky.” He knew about her abilities by this point, and also knew she had limits. AT least she had managed to stay on her feet though.

He looks to Rei stopping Rima from having a chance to protest the idea. “That would be a good idea... Also can you investigate the girl they mistook her for. The girls name is Rita.” He had a bad feeling about this, and it wasn’t going to leave his mind until they had more answers.

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Sergei was quiet as he walked into the kitchen not saying much when he notices Yuriy at first. Instead he just walks over to make coffee for himself before sitting down across from the captain.

It was early, and what had happened to Rima had passed minus the fact he had stuck her in bed from having a fever. Most of his anger had subsided, but there was still something important to handle. His lips go into a flat line as he takes in a breath.

“So... Rima almost died last night.” He comments sipping his coffee and watching his captain closely. Dancing around the issue was pointless, and since she was asleep there was no point in trying to be nice about it.