#bando saburota

[lisutarid-a]

[itsuki-minamy]

"K – LETTER STORY"

RED: "MYSTERIOUS SUMMER GREETINGS"

Translation: Naru-kun Raws: Ridia

That night, Yata was at the HOMRA bar, arms crossed, staring at the counter. A pale blue postcard was placed in front of his gaze.

"Hey. Yata-san, what's wrong? You look very serious."

Rikio Kamamoto appeared next to Yata.

"It's okay. I received something I really don't understand."

Yata looked at Kamamoto with a bitter face.

"It was sent directly to me by Reisi Munakata, the head of "Scepter 4"."

 Kamamoto looked surprised for a moment. After,

"A postal?"

He stared at the postcard. On the front is a very common address and on the back is a photograph of the white, rolling ocean, which was probably taken by himself. And a few words.

"I wish you all my best wishes for the summer. Munakata."

It was written with a very skillful hand.

"Hey, what's up?"

Yata was surprised. Because Kamamoto had a very confused expression on his face. Kamamoto said:

"...Actually, the exact same thing has arrived at my house too."

Then, he took out a postcard of the same type from his pocket.

Yata was silent for a while and then said:

"Are you serious?!"

He couldn't help but scream.

He lined up the postcards that Kamamoto and Yata received on the counter. The summer greeting card he sent to Yata was by the sea, but the postcard he sent to Kamamoto shows a mountain view.

So,

"Hey, are you serious?"

The "Homura" members, who had been chatting on the couch, began to gather around Yata and Kamamoto.

They took out postcards one after another from their pockets and bags and placed them on the counter.

All of them were sent by the "Blue King", Reisi Munakata.

The place was noisy. Akagi said:

"No, aren't he giving summer greetings normally?"

Then Bando said in a serious tone.

"That's naive. There's definitely something behind this."

Shaking his head, Chitose suddenly spoke.

"Oh. If you look closely, you can see Munakata-san, right?"

His summer greeting card was an aerial photograph of a certain theme park.

"Yes. That's right. I've been going through everyone's postcards for a while now, and Munakata-san is in all of them."

Fujishima said as he carefully examined the summer greetings with a magnifying glass.

By the way, the postcard for him was of a field of sunflowers. There you can see Munakata, small, but in a blue uniform. Looking closer, Yata's postcard shows him surfing in the ocean, and Kamamoto's postcard shows him rock climbing on a cliff.

"W-what do you mean by this?"

Dewa said in shock.

Eric suddenly realized and asked Kusanagi, who was polishing glasses behind the counter.

"So, what kind of things did you get, Kusanagi-san?"

All eyes were on Kusanagi. Kusanagi responded somewhat dryly.

"No, you don't have to come to my house."

"Oh, I see." There was such an atmosphere everywhere.

"Y-yes."

Everyone looked away, feeling sorry for themselves and began to get excited, except Kusanagi. Anna came down from the second floor, proudly waving summer in front of Kusanagi, and then joined the group.

"Guh..."

Kusanagi gritted his teeth. Then the doorbell rang and Seri Awashima from "Scepter 4" appeared. She handed Kusanagi a postcard while she glanced at the "Homura" members, who were engrossed in their thoughts.

"Yes, this is it. I received a message from the Boss asking me to give it directly to Kusanagi-kun since he would like to convey his intentions to you."

Kusanagi asked in a surprised tone.

"Seri-chan. What does this mean?"

Awashima looked worried.

"Hmm. To put it very simply, the Boss will be going on a very long journey from now on. And he wanted to make a strong impression on everyone, especially the people of "Homura"."

"I see."

Kusanagi thought for a moment,

"In short, I'm here anywhere, so don't make fun of me while I'm away, is that a message?"

Awashima nodded with a wry smile. Kusanagi looked at his friends. Now,

"Wow, it's the same date, but they're 200 kilometers apart as the crow flies! How did he take this photo?"

They were excited to solve the mystery. Kusanagi casually looked at his postcard. Munakata was standing in front of the base of "Scepter 4", smiling. He had a very nice smile.

[iamalwaysboredatschool]

part 4 cause i like procrastinating by making memes.

Sorry for the spelling mistakes i literally only see them after posting

[ciaossu-imagines]

K PROJECT - BANDOU SABUROUTA MASTERLIST

Assorted headcanons

Helping his s/o through their period

His family headcanons

With a s/o who has dystonia

Being asked to be a godparent

I Saw It on the Screen - A Bandou drabble collection (Chapter One)

Sports & Nerdiness headcanons

Romantic headcanon

Twitch headcanons

Morning & evening routines

Cuddling headcanons

Playing horror games

Taking care of a sick s/o

Dealing with a mosquito in his room while he's trying to sleep

Does he eat food past the expiry date?

Do they have a daddy kink or not?

With a s/o whose dystonia is affecting their speech

Reaction to being beaten in cards by someone who was cheating

Comforting an upset partner

With a s/o whose muscle cramps keep them from standing scenario

Soulmate AU! where his soulmate's initials are tattooed on his wrist headcanons

Reaction to being told 'I love you' for the first time by his s/o

Being snowed in with the reader scenario

Reaction to being sent accidental nudes

Relationship Fanmix

NSFW headcanons

Getting high with him

Opinions on age gaps

Reaction to a stranger telling him he's cute

Assorted headcanons

Going to an amusement park with the rest of HOMRA

Parenting headcanons

Comforting a s/o who'd had a seizure

Going trick or treating with the other HOMRA members

School teacher AU! headcanons

Can he wink

Domestic, relationship & NSFW headcanons

[animeloveroc]

I feel like the homra boys would love having someone fussing over them and their injuries after fighting. Imagine a non-fighting member who is female and also a nurse who spends her off time at the bar patching the guys up after they get in a scuffle, be it with each other or the Blue Clan I can just see them fawning over being taken care of and loved on by the caring nurse. Yata would want nothing to do with her until she showed him just how tough of a woman she is after she patched up two nasty bullet wounds on shouhei while keeping him calm as she patched him up. Chitose has most definitely hit on her, and to no one's surprise, she declined his advances. Eric's sass is always at a minimum when she's at the bar as well. Eric likes to follow her around the bar as she does her work because her kindness reminds him of his mom. Bando gets salty whenever he tries to show off, and her attention is taken off him. Bando and Eric are in constant competition for her attention. Dewa quite likes the nurses' company and quiet talks in the evenings. Dewa is also quite happy for there to be another person to watch after Chitose and his dumb decisions. Kamamoto learns some of the various medical techniques that she uses after he expressed he wanted to learn to help her. Kosuke and the nurse sneak stays into the bar to patch them up and find them homes. Mr. Kusanagi finds her to have been a wise addition to the Red clan and is happy to FINALLY have one person with common sense. Mr. Kusanagi appreciates all her help around the bar and with the others. Anna likes to have someone around whom she can talk to about various things. Anna and the nurse often go on shopping trips because the nurse loves to spoil her. Mikoto doesn't mind her except when she nags him about his laziness and smoking habits. Tatara takes up the hobby of finding medical plants and how to use them to help lower the cost of her medical supplies.

Don't steal my work or post it as your own

[flamingskater]

Hey beans! I got my K posters about a week ago and forgot to share them! They're double sided and ugh, the one with Misaki blushing literally gives me LIFE!!!

Anyways, I hope to start posting again soon!!

[saburota-bando-blog]

[diamo-chan]

Sat down with a friend and dug up some husbandos of different (dead) fandoms to see if i have a type of character i usually obsess about.

Also to keep myself busy before the vacation in florence.

[thelandofclouds]

And Bando Saburota for what may be the last Suzuki Shingo’s art installment at K fanclan site in its present form.

[iamapoopmuffin]

If San-chan started getting stomach aches again post-series, that would make for one really strange yet really bitter reminder of Mikoto’s death.

Also, d’you think, since he brought it up, San-chan had particularly frequent or troublesome stomach aches/problems pre-Homra?

[tokkimekkii]

the squad

[lisutarid-a]

[itsuki-minamy]

PROFILE: BANDO SABUROTA

Translation: Naru-kun Raws: Ridia

Real name: Bando Saburota

Terms of address: San-chan, Bando

[PROFILE]

Birthday: September 11, Virgo

Blood type: B

Age: 21 (At the beginning of the second season)

[APPEARANCE]

Physique: 1.82 cm in height. Eyes a little loose.

Face, hair: He wants a feature on his face, so he wears a cap and glasses. Black hair

Attire: Street fashion. He puts a hood over his cap. In an emergency, he will be deeply covered up to his eyes.

Personal effects: Laptop.

[HABITS, SKILLS]

· He immediately compare himself to other people. He has a trivial thing at the root.

[IMPRESSION, OTHER NOTES]

· Akagi is his childhood friend.

· The pasta is good but the container is small.

· The sign of "Homura" is in his navel.

[POSITION, OBJECTIVES]

A member of "Homura".

He is often a manipulated character and is in a clown position, but when he does, he is a man. He has strong feelings for his friends and a sense of belonging to "Homura".

[PERSONALITY, CONDUCT]

Called the "little man". He is not jealous of anything, but you cannot hate him because there is no insidiousness to fill that jealousy. Although there are some timid points for the members of "Homura", who are full of bloody people, their acting power in times of emergency is more than that of the others.

[FATE, ENDING]

After losing Suoh, who was his "King", he once parted ways with "Homura", but decided to support in response to Anna's awakening, and once again reunited as a member of the red clan. He fights as a member of "Homura" until the destruction of the Slate.

[ABILITIES, TACTICS]

He fights with weapons like tonfas and flames. If he doesn’t have time to prepare his weapons, he can't help but use his fists instead of a weapon.

[POWER]

C (General clan member.)

[LIKES]

Roasted meat. Especially hormones.

[DISLIKE]

The rear loads.

[HOBBIES]

Web browsing.

[FASHION]

A sober and rough urban fashion. He is not good at fashion.

[BODY]

In body it is a normal category, but since it is quite tall, it seems lazy.

[INTELLIGENCE]

The grades in school were lower than the previous ones. It's easy to think the idea is simple, so it's easy to think it's stupid, but it's not. Good at machinery.

[BELIEFS]

Live honestly according to your heart.

[RELATIONSHIPS]

[EARLY YEARS]

He got a job as a high school graduate, but was laid off within a month. After that, he did a lot of jobs, but he doesn't follow the things that he doesn't like, so he gets fired right away. In such circumstances, he met "Homura" and thought that he was a human who would like to keep up with Suoh for the first time, and became a member of the clan.

[TIMELINE]

· 1992, Bando Saburota is born.

· 2012, Suoh dies and leaves “Homura”.

· 2013, Anna Kushina awakens as "Red King", Bando returns to "Homura".

[ATTITUDE AND THOUGHTS TOWARDS OTHERS]

[TERMS OF THE ADDRESS FOR HIMSELF]

The first person is "Ore".

[TOWARDS SUOH MIKOTO]

He calls him "Mikoto-san".

A respectable "king". Strong, scary and cool. He is so in awe that he can't even compare to him, so he just yearns for it.

[TOWARDS ANNA KUSHINA]

He calls her "Anna".

He originally thought of Suoh's daughter, so he didn't hesitate to keep up with Anna when she became the next "Red King" to take over the Suoh brand. But he doesn't think it's good to put Anna, a little girl, in a dangerous position.

[TOWARDS IZUMO KUSANAGI & TOTSUKA TATARA]

He calls them: "Kusanagi-san" and "Totsuka-san".

The "Homura" executives. However, Totsuka tends to be careless.

[TOWARDS YATA MISAKI & RIKIO KAMAMOTO]

He calls them: "Yata-san" and "Kamamoto-san".

He is learning, but he doesn't care much. Second, behind the executives, old Kamamoto is fairly respected, and Yata, whom Kamamoto appreciates, is prepared for the moment. But he can't forgive the handsome Kamamoto in summer version.

[TOWARDS SHOHEI AKAGI]

He calls him "Shohei".

As a childhood friend, he hung out next door, so he had problems with Shohei, who is more popular than him and has good luck and motor skills. But even though he is frustrated, he will always have his friendship.

[TOWARDS CHITOSE YO, MASAOMI DEWA, ERIC SURT, KOSUKE FUJISHIMA]

He calls them: "Chitose", "Dewa", "Eric", "Fujishima".

Friends. A member of the fate community named "Homura". Since Chitose is often groping, he often becomes covered up.

[iamalwaysboredatschool]

Part 6

Guys i found my purpose in life and it's to make 100 k meme

[ciaossu-imagines]

I’m still in love with K all these years later and definitely so for Homra’s alphabet boys! I had so much fun writing these headcanons, based off this prompt here, for them and hope you all will enjoy reading them!

Shouhei Akagi

Favourite fruit?

I feel like it’s either some type of melon or possibly berries. For melons, though, he’d prefer something along the lines of a honeydew or cantaloupe over watermelon…I mean, he’ll still eat watermelon and enjoy it but he just prefers something with a little more flavour overall. For berries, I can see him liking blueberries or blackberries the best, just something a little tart but still sweet all at once.

Do they eat healthy or do they like junk food?

It’s kind of a mixture of both. He’ll eat junk because it’s more readily available quite a bit, but he can only go so long with eating just junk food, maybe a couple days, before he actually out and outright needs something better for him. Some food can be filling and a full meal, like pizza or fried chicken, so it’s not so much that he won’t be getting his calorie count in. It’s just that after eating nothing but junk for a bit, he notices his body just doesn’t feel right and he won’t have as much energy as he needs to, not to mention that his stomach is…irritable, to say the least. He’ll start craving healthier foods and he’ll make it more of a point to eat a bit healthier for a week or two, just to get his body back to feeling right.

Tea or coffee? How do they take theirs?

Shouhei will honestly drink both. He likes both fairly equally; it’s really not a one or the other situation to him. He drinks his tea plain and prefers it cold to hot but he does need to sweeten his coffee, but only a little, maybe half a cube of sugar at most, and he does use milk in it, until it’s more light than dark.

Favourite song?

Not so much favourite song in particular, but I feel that while Akagi’s tastes in music are pretty varied, he does prefer more upbeat music. Anything that makes him feel like moving is pretty up his alley. I think he goes for rock more often but has no problem with more poppy music and definitely has at least one idol or idol group that he’s a fan of.

Have they ever killed someone?

While he does have no issues with resorting to violence, and he has probably sent people to the hospital, Shouhei has never killed someone. He has no desire too. Beating a person up until they need medical attention is one thing, but I don’t think he could stomach outright killing anyone.

Saburota Bando

Favourite meal?

I feel like Bando really eats a lot of cup noodles and, other than that, he really likes street food. Okonomiyaki is one of his favourites.

Usual outfit?

Most of his clothing is very casual and, even when the weather is warm, it always includes a hoodie and his trademark sunglasses (and I strongly headcanon that those are prescription and expensive and he’s always a little annoyed when they get broken because, like, those things cost money and he does not have money so…).

What does their living space look like?

It’s…sparse, honestly. I don’t think he decorates a lot, and his living space is very minimalistic looking. It’s always just a little messy. Not a mess; Bando is generally pretty clean. Just always a little messy, with a dish or two still sitting where he left them or papers just kind of strewn about in a small area from where he’d last been using them.

Do they like hot or cold showers?

It depends on a lot. I’d say about 90% of the time, he likes hot showers. Not to the ‘scorch your skin off’ degree, but definitely warm. But if it’s really hot and muggy out and he’s sweating his ass off, there’s nothing quite like a cold shower. And when Bando can’t sleep for whatever reason, a cold shower followed by warm milk with cinnamon and honey and crawling under enough layers of blankets to make him really toasty warm…it’s almost always guaranteed to get him to sleep within ten to twenty minutes of getting into bed.

Sleeping position?

I feel like he falls asleep on his back most of the time, one arm over his eyes and the other slightly to the side. The way he wakes up though?? Definitely not in that same position, nowhere near it, and, for a guy who isn’t flexible, you wonder how he ended up in those positions.

Yo Chitose

Have they ever broken the law?

Chitose wouldn’t outright answer this question ever, but he is a part of HOMRA, with all that entails so I feel the answer is pretty clearly obvious.

Are they athletic?

Yes. Chitose is actually really athletic naturally and he’d be good at a lot of sports. It’s just that they’re not his thing. Maybe back when he was younger…he might even have been on a couple of teams. Always was one of the first five in races. But he just doesn’t really care about any sports too much anymore. He’s not that motivated to be really athletic, and his smoking habit is costing him some of his quickness, but he’s still one of the more athletic members of HOMRA.

Favourite type of flower?

I feel like, both for the meaning behind the flower, which he once learned from a previous lover, and for how they look, he likes cyclamen’s the best.

Do they play any instruments?

I honestly don’t see him as having played any instruments, other than the ones that might have been required for a school glass and even then, he didn’t play them well. Though he works hard and definitely could learn to play an instrument, he just doesn’t have a musical ear and doesn’t understand the finer points of rhythm and tempo, keeping time, different pitches because it all kind of sounds the same to him.

Artistic ability?

Chitose’s fairly middle of the road when it comes to artistic ability. He’s not laughably horrible at it like some other members of K that will remain unnamed (mostly because it’s the King – Mikoto’s drawings look like something someone’s toddler aged kid drew them). But he’s not absolutely fantastic at it and he really doesn’t have much of an enthusiasm for it. He’s never motivated to go and learn to improve his artistic abilities or to sit down and seriously draw something.

Masaomi Dewa

Have they ever gotten seriously ill?

Masaomi is missing organs. He has neither his tonsils nor his appendix. He had frequent bouts of tonsilitis as a young child, to the point the doctors just removed his tonsils and he had to have emergency surgery as a preteen for a bad case of appendicitis. Other than that, though, Masaomi is pretty healthy and after those two things, he hasn’t been seriously ill since.

Do they like sleeping in or waking up early?

He’s an early bird by nature and he does tend to wake up early. Given the people he hangs out with though and how late he’s normally up, even with consistently waking up early, he tends to fall back asleep pretty quickly after that initial wake-up and sleeps in a bit more. He’s normally up by nine in the morning at the latest though because his internal clock just doesn’t let him sleep too far past that.

The longest they’ve ever been awake?

I feel like Dewa’s not the type to stay awake. He likes sleep; he recognizes the importance of sleep. He doesn’t tend to stay awake for days at a time or anything. He might have pulled an all-nighter once or twice in his life but normally, he makes sure he sleeps every day, even if it’s just crashing out for an hour or two.

Random detail about them.

His father wears hats too and it’s part of what got Dewa into them. His father does it though because male pattern baldness runs in Dewa’s family and, by the time they’re hitting their forties, most of the men in his family are starting to thin and bald.

Something other’s do that gets on their nerves?

Okay, but it’s canon and everyone knows how much Masaomi loves spicy foods. He can handle food that is ‘too hot’ for most other people he knows and he frequents restaurants that serve spicy dishes. And it always pisses him off whenever he sees people at those restaurants bragging about the level of spice they can handle and arguing with the servers who try to warn customers about really hot dishes. Because most of the time, those same customers can’t handle dishes that hot and then get pissy at the servers and demand a different meal on the house.

Eric Solt

Do they drink or do drugs?

I feel like Eric might drink, but he doesn’t drink heavily. He’s more the type to nurse one or two drinks throughout the night because he gets drunk really quick and just doesn’t really like the taste of most liquor either.

As a kid, what were they like?

Eric’s past is…heart-breaking, honestly. Canonically, he just had a horrible, abusive childhood for the most part, after his parent’s died. Because of that, he became withdrawn, quiet, a little scared all the time. He was jumpy, irritable when he did talk, but mostly he just tried to stay out of the way.

Do they have a sweet tooth?

He actually does. He wasn’t given much in the way of sweets after his parents’ deaths, but he remembers getting sweets a lot as a child when his parents were still around, mostly because his mother had a huge sweet tooth of her own. So sweet things do bring up painful, but still sweet and nice, memories of his parents and honestly, they just taste really yummy.

How old are they?

I had to go look this one up because it’s been a while but canonically, he’s 18. I hadn’t really thought about how he’s one of the younger members of HOMRA!

Can they sing?

It’s not whether or not he can sing. I honestly think he has a quavery, but pleasant, singing voice. It’s that Eric doesn’t like to sing. He’ll never be a person to make a lot of noise and he also has a hard time remembering song lyrics so singing just isn’t something he does.

Kousuke Fujishima

What makes them feel better after a long day?

Kousuke actually has a lot of things that perk him up after a long day. He’s pretty easy to please and he does always try hard to see the positive side of things. His friends, the fellow members of HOMRA, are a guaranteed way to make him feel better. His family does the same thing, as do animals of any kind. If his day’s been really, really bad and he needs a heavy dose of ‘pick-me-up’ energy, he’s heading to a cat café to play with all the cute cats, or he’ll go feed the strays at a spot he knows they always go to.

Parents?

Yep, he has those. No, but seriously, both of Fujishima’s parents are still alive. They’re happily married and have been for years. I don’t feel like he’s an only child, but I do headcanon him as either the oldest or middle child in his family, definitely not the youngest. He’s got a fairly solid relationship with his parents and gets along with them. He doesn’t cause a lot of trouble for them, and they don’t really get after him about too much, other than getting upset at all the strays he keeps trying to bring home.

Favourite snack?

I think Fujishima prefers chips. He likes a lot of them, but goes most often for soy sauce mayo or seaweed salt Calbee chips.

What are they afraid of?

Shipwrecks. He’s not afraid of the water so much but there’s just something about shipwrecks that he finds eerie and unsettling and that just shoot a bit of a chill down his spine. He also wouldn’t be too crazy about the idea of spending any amount of time on a larger boat either, or any boat too far out into the waters. If he can’t see the shoreline, he’s too far into the water.

[trashcan3001]

Of Purple and Being in Denial

A K-Project one-shot by me! (don't take it too seriously, I have no idea what I am doing)

Summary: 5 times Bandou and Doumyouji made purple and that one time they didn’t realise a king saw

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#1: The ‘purple incident’

It was supposed to be a simple mission. 

But then again, isn’t that what Kusanagi-san always tells them before everything goes to shit? Seriously, why does it always have to be him? Bandou can’t help but brood as he chases the now known strain, Susuki Haruto through the alleyways of Homra territory. 

No, seriously, why him?!

He rounds a corner ready to attack, only to slam straight into a moving wall…that is to say, another person. Another person wearing blue… and has a sword- aw shit, really?

"Get the hell out of my way!"

"Eh?!- no, this is Scepter 4 business, you need to leave!!!" The blue lackey's shrill voice cut through Bandou's ear drums like needles, ouch. God, why does it have to be him that runs into a Scepter 4 dumbass?

"You can tell your king to go fuck himself, this is Homra territory; you should know by now that you don't butt into another clan’s territory!" Bandou shoots back.

"Excuse me-"

A cough from the forgotten third person stopped the two clansmen from escalating their fight. Bandou flipped his head around to find the source of the voice, coming face to face with one Suzuki Haruto. 

He stood, hands glowing an almost black colour as a sadistic smirk graced his face. 

Uh oh.

Bandou takes a quick look at the blue clansmen with him, seeing that his expression is the same as his. They make eye contact briefly, nodding in what Bandou hopes is a truce to fight this strain together before looking back at their target.

The black glowing power pulses to greater heights in Haruto's palms, it surges. Bandou tackles the blue clad boy to the ground, narrowly dodging the attack. They roll together, standing at the ready, auras blazing to life in a blend of red and blue.

It's a stand still until Haruto hurls his power at them once more. Bandou blocks with his red flames as the blue clansmen beside him slashes his sword through the attack. For a moment, their auras connect, blending into a split second of purple. In that second Bandou feels the world come to a stop; what the fu-

“Bandou!”

“Doumyouji-kun!”

The calls of his comrades had Bandou tripping, reeling in shock and embarrassment. Luckily he’s not alone as the blue clansmen- Domyo- whatever the other blue bastards called him, tripped up as well, falling straight into him and bringing them both to the ground. 

“Oof”

“Ouch!”

Bando quickly rolled him off of him, standing up and dusting himself off; ugh, seriously?! He could just feel the laughter of the people around him, furthering his embarrassment at his visit to the dirty alleyway ground. 

Looking up, the scene around him revealed that the blues had arrested Suzuki Haruto who was, unfortunately, staring directly at him, a creepy smirk in place as though he knows something he isn’t supposed to. 

Did he see that whole ‘purple’ business? Does that even mean anything? Oh, whatever, it doesn’t matter anymore, the job is done. Fixing his sunglasses, hat and hood, Bandou stands tall and readies himself for the humiliation that his comrades would inadvertently give for his job not so gracefully completed.

With another hit to his pride, Bandou forgets all about that ‘purple’ incident as the knee jerking loud cackles of Chitose and the harsh back pats of Yata-san follow him all the way back to Homra. 

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#2: The horse; yes, that one

Here Bandou finds himself again, chasing after a strain, or well, 2 strains now. 

With his comrades scattered and chasing from different directions, Bandou had the sneaking suspicion that his pride would be bruised both figuratively and physically by the end of the chase. Another corner rounded and his fate was sealed.

He found the blues with the 2 strains and some of his comrades attempting to get the prince guy to hand himself over. In the distance Bandou sees that same blue idiot from his last pride kicking moment. What was his name again? Dom, dam, Domo- Doumyouji! Yes, that one! The loud and annoying one that he somehow keeps crossing paths with.

Yeah, that's going to get old real soon. 

He found the prince strain and the horse trying to run with Anna in their grasp and he knew what he had to do. Running in front of their path, Bandou realised he wasn’t alone in his futile attempt. The Doumyouji guy was right there beside him and a sense of deja vu rolled over Bandou like a curse. 

Time had stopped again, for just a millisecond, as he and Doumyouji readied their powers, purple flickered into existence. Now, Bandou would have freaked out a bit more and recalled the first time this happened if it weren’t for the hoove that appeared to be getting closer by the second-

CRACK

Pain, oh man the pain. 

Bandou can feel his face throb from the direct kick given to him by Basashi. From the corner of his vision as he listens to Yata-san reassure him that he isn’t pathetic, Bandou sees ginger hair and assumes Doumyouji is in a similar state. Well, he guesses that not being alone in being the butmunch of his clan is better than nothing. 

He finds himself passed on to Shohei as the chase for that stupid asshole strain starts up again. Oh, and the one for the prince dude too. He is brought back to reality by a flashlight hitting his eyes like a laser. 

“Bandou, can you hear me?” Two Kamamoto’s asked. 

Let’s just say that with his concussion and a more obviously bruised ego, Bandou forgot all about that flicker of purple once again.

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#3: That time the buttmunch duo were bested by a cat

You know how he said running into Doumyouji would get old real quick?

Well, it happened. Bandou was out and about trying to make his way back to Homra after patrol when he ran into the elusive moving wall (the person) once again. 

“Oi, what the hell are you doing in Homra territory, again?!” He points his index finger right into Doumyouji’s chest, forcing him to take a step back. 

“I was just leaving, why do you have blackout sunglasses on in the middle of the night?!” Well excuse him for having an aesthetic based on his paranoia!

He watches Doumyouji flail and as he was about to open his mouth to reprimand him again, a crash startled them both. Looking into eachothers eyes, Bandou found the same dread filling the blue clad boy in front of him.

“What was that?” Doumyouji whispered.

“How the hell am I supposed to know?” he whisper-yelled in answer. 

In hindsight, when this whole ordeal was over with, Bandou realised that looking for the danger first and then arguing about it would be the smarter thing to do in the future. For now though, he turned around like those idiots in horror movies waiting to die only to find a very plump cat. It froze as both he and Doumyouji continued to stare at it in disbelief.

“Is that a cat?” Bandou finds himself asking. 

“Yes, I hope.” Huh?

“You hope? What is that supposed to mean, what else could it be?” 

Another thing to add to the ‘To do better in the future list’ is to never assume anything is as it looks at first glance. Why? Well, you see, as they were talking the cat set out a vicious attack! It was a terrifying ordeal; who would have thought something so round could jump so high? 

In the midst of this brawl, both Doumyouji and Bandou unconsciously let out their respective auras. Somehow, they merged and a zap of purple is the only thing that allowed them to escape the horrifying creature. When they had gotten out of the alleyway together something changed. With one uncomfortably long staring contest, an agreement was met. 

‘We didn’t see a thing, and nothing happened’. Well, except for the cat of course, nothing could hide the dishevelled hair or the copious scratched all over their faces. 

Kusanagi-san was not impressed by his story to say the least. 

“How did you get so ruffed up by a cat?!” 

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#4: The purple wielding strain (how convenient) 

It took three sleepless nights and being extra quiet for his comrades to ask him what was wrong.

The problem for Bandou was that he didn’t think he could tell them that he’s been thinking too hard about a blue clansman and their aura compatibility. Is it fate? Can he do it with others? Is it only them? Is it only him? Yeah, he really couldn’t risk telling his clansmen about this, at least, not yet. 

So here he is, slowly making his way home after falling asleep standing in the middle of Kusanagi-san and Totsuka-san’s lecture about taking care of yourself. Oh, and Shohei is here too. Well, not for long though as soon a strain led yakuza group would show themselves on Homra’s territory and it became all able hands on deck. 

Turns out, Bandou was not a part of the ‘able hands’ on deck. 

That didn’t stop him from cutting through the alleyways to get to the group before anyone else. It also didn’t stop his sleep deprived brain from noticing one panting Doumyouji of the blue clan running his way as well. It was just them and the yakuza group. He couldn’t remember much other than the leader emitting a surprisingly purple aura and then taking it as a challenge. 

Here he grabbed Doumyouji’s arm beside him and merged their aura’s to emit an even brighter purple aura. He didn’t notice the absolute shock on the blue clansman beside him, or the interest in the yakuza leader’s expression. To be fair though, he really didn’t notice anything at all. 

Next thing they both know, the yakuza strain group hybrid was incompasitated and knocked out all around them. Bandou to this day still doesn’t know how it happened and Doumyouji is really bad at making reports. His crayon drawings aren’t even legible! 

“Watch out!” 

Okay, so not everyone was knocked out, and the leader blasted them both with his purple flame. Lucky for both Bandou and Doumyouji though, since the strain had purple flames, the one around them wasn’t questioned at all! 

They collapsed, or at least, Bandou collapsed and brought Doumyouji down with him. With his sleep deprivation and mushy thoughts, it didn’t take more than 5 seconds for him to lose consciousness as the sounds of frantic voices filled his ears.

oops.

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#5: Testing

He woke up to a massive headache and confusion.

Forcing his eyelids up and open revealed a surprisingly dim room, the window showing the sun setting into the night.

He wasn’t in Homra, that he knew. Where he was, however, remained a mystery until the door to the room he was in opened and revealed Doumyouji. He walked in, closing the door behind him and sat in the chair Bandou hadn’t noticed was beside his bed. 

“So… you’re in Scepter 4’s infirmary if you didn’t realise.” Huh, well that’s good to know. 

“Why am I here?” He asks instead. 

“Well, you passed out after being hit by the strain’s power and nothing anyone did could wake you up. We thought you got hurt somewhere or that the strain power did something so we took you in to keep watch.” 

“Oh, well I feel fine so can I leave?” 

Bandou sat up fully, throwing the blanket away from him and turned to stand up. Well, he would have stood up if an arm didn’t grab him and push him down onto the bed again.

“Oof-”

“Wait-”

They stare at each other for a moment, Bandou in indignation and Doumyouji in what looked like awkward fear. 

“What?” Bandou finally asked.

“Um, well, you remember the fight right?” 

“Yes, what about-” 

Purple, oh god they merged and created purple! They fought with the purple! It wasn’t a split second or flash of it, it was a whole take down of a yakuza group with the purple! Oh fuck-

“You just remembered our aura’s merging didn’t you!” Right, Doumyouji i still there.

Right, he needed to find a way to get out of this. He will need to gaslight, gate-keep and insult! There was no merging, why would he ever merge with a blue bastard? Besides, that’s ridiculous-

“Yes.” Shit.

“Can we try it again?” Wait, what?

“Huh?” 

“Can we try to merge our aura’s again?” 

“Why would you want to do that?” 

“Because, we controlled it like it was our own when fighting and I want to see if it’s dangerous or not!” He gave Doumyouji a look.

“Okay so maybe I think it’s cool! I think you do too!” No he doesn’t.

He thinks it’s scary. He thinks that although he wishes he wasn’t insignificant this was not the way for that to go. 

“If I test it out with you, will you let me go?” He finally asks.

“Yes!”

And so he grabbed his hand, both aura’s coming to life, only for nothing to happen. They tried three more times before giving up and concluding that it was all the strain’s fault. As he walked back to Homra with the name ‘Andy’ in his PDA, Bandou wondered if perhaps he was just dreaming of the purple. 

Maybe he was going crazy and in reality he was still just an insignificant, normal (for a clansman that is) dude. 

What he didn’t hear was life laughing at him in the distance.

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+1: I’m Not crazy? Damn it!

Running into Andy really was getting old. 

Seriously, how are they both faster than their comrades at getting to strains wreaking havoc? They looked at each other with a new understanding that perhaps they aren’t as useless as their teammates always say they are. No, seriously, how are they always the first ones there? 

“Why is it that whenever there's a strain both of our clans are chasing we are always the only ones to catch up?” That’s a question they won’t ever get an answer to.

“I wish I knew man, I wish I knew.” 

Before long, the strain of the day took their attention, sharp blades swinging for their jugulars. Dodging and blocking, Bandou found himself on the opposite side of Andy, making a crude gesture to try and communicate his idea hoping it worked. 

It did.

He jumped onto the back of the strain, forcing him to turn around and try to throw him off. Andy burst forward in a blaze of blue and cut the strain down as Bandou hopped off at the last second. Now beside one another, Bandou nodded towards Andy, a silent thanks for a good job at following his plan. Not that he ever had any doubts of course, he’s Bando of Homra, only the smartest of-

The strain threw himself at them and Bandou didn’t know how, but he grabbed Andy’s sword hand and swung it down on the strain’s coming blades. It was a moment of purple, merging from red and blue. Aw shit, are you kidding me?! Is it real? He’s not nuts? Come on-

He and Andy make eye contact and nod in another agreement.

“This never happened”

“Yep”

“Nothing weird happened at all”

“I don’t even know what you’re talking about”

They parted ways as their clans finally made it to the scene, not noticing the sharp glint of glasses on a king known for his sadistic curiosity. 

Sorry Bandou, life thinks, I didn’t realise the blue king would just sit back and watch. 

Whoops!