#kami is my birthday twin

[benefits1986]

Pa-pebbles

Home is where the pebbles are.

Glad to be home and super grateful for the Singapura trip! I SUPER duper miss vaping and taking a Grab while cuddling my doggo babes.

Funny how this trip is totally unplanned and how my ultimate travel sis was the one who booked everything. But wait, there's more! I just realized that she did all this during my birthday. LOL. Tawang-tawa ako when I saw yday upon checking in my luggage.

Gah, 2024! You are ripping and you've been a year filled with pebbles. Iba rin. I'd like to skip to the good part because honestly, I can't wait for the weekend. Walked around a lot and my aging body is too tired.

That thing called pebbling... very curious. I chanced upon it when I was watching Atypical for the super deep dive. And yes, officially putting pebbling on my list. How's this pebbling era going so far? Case 01: Daddy A Reparenting Baby A

Tatay ko: 'Nak, naglinis na ako ng bahay, napaliguan na mga aso, may ice na rin. Sundo kita? Syempre, may sumalubong sa ating iba sa airport, so, ayun na nga. Ansarap nung Ninetea Express sa T3! Sabi ng algo ko na people who bring you to the airport and fetch you na rin are your people. OPAK. Wala na naman tayong palagan sa lapagang ito. Super basic kasi nito and ako kasi, I don't like hatid-sundo kasi kaya ko naman talaga to move around on my own, but, ayun na nga po.

In fairness sa tatay ko a. Hahahaha. Sabi niya, naglinis lang siya ng bahay the night before akong umuwi. LUL. Proud pa siya ihhh. Hello! I flew last week and then, poof. Pero, oks lang.

Tatay ko: 'Di ka nag-enjoy kasi bawal vape saka mahal ang alak. Pero puwede ka naman palang sumunod sa batas na bawal. Pasaway ka lang talaga. Me: Trooottt! Ang mahal masyado kaya naman, ekis ka na talagang Singapura ka.

To welcome me back home, nag-book akong massage sa suking taga-tanggal lamig at pulikat namin. Then, syempre, Jollibee ang pa-unang meal ng tatay ko sa akin.

Nanood din kami ng Netflix na picked niya which is 'yung iniiwasan ko for the past month to the tune of How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. LUHHH. Syempre, iyakan portion natin 'pag Thai movies e sobrang nonchalant lang talaga pero sobrang tagos na tagos na tagos. Ang galing talaga nila sa paganaps since napanood ko 'yung First Love ages ago. Hahahahaha. Shemayyyuyyy. Kadire.

Syempre, tulo uhog tatay ko with the inside jokes from me na I got from him: 'Di totoo 'yung depression noh? Lalo 'pag nawalaan ka ng nanay na sobrang mahal mo lang naman. Kasi pang-mayaman lang 'yung depression. 'Pag mahirap, lungkot lang tawag dun noh? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Huyyyy. But, gets na gets na gets na niya ngayon with uhog at luha na 'di naman pang-primetime bida, pero ayun na nga.

Para mahulas at makatulog na ako ng payapa, nagbanlaw kami to the tune of RPDR PH na 2 EPs na-miss namin. LOL. Syempre, bentang-benta ang twinning ng kweens with their loved ones! Super love ko 'yung magulang ni Maxie and Angel. Iba talaga 'pag full support ang magulang lalo sa mga bagay na baliw-baliw levels 100000. For me kasi, iba 'yung universe ng mga queers na fully supported ng magulang lalo kapag ladlad levels 100000 din. And seeing this EP tells me that my "radical feminist" era is worth every fucking fight.

Dati, sobrang taboo ng anything queer sa Pinas except 'pag beaucon, santa cruzan, parloristang bakla, atbp. I also look forward to the day na 'di lang Mio with belt bag tingin ng madla sa mga butch and 'di lang fantasy ang mga fluid lalo na pag XX. Humanda. Darating din tayo diyan. All for acceptance rather than tolerance talaga kaya naman, SOGIE bill, bilisan niyo na 'yan kahit sino pang nakaupo.

Ayaw na ng tatay ko ng mga shirt na may pangalan ng bansa sa Levi's kasi antaba na nung Kerokerokeropi niyang tiyan. LOL. Kaya naman nagpaluwal tayo ng staples: Bee Cheng Hiang na kinikilo, Garrett Macadamia Mix, and Chocoelf salted egg and chili pepper. 'Di na ako nagbalak bumili ng Bacha kasi mahal masyado saka tatay ko e talaga namang ang bet niya ay Cafe Puro, Great Taste, saka Nescafe na black na ngayon. 'Di na 3-in-1 with Coffeemate. Ganun lang talaga siya e.

Iniisip ko talaga saan ko dadalhing sunod 'tong tatay ko kasi nasa utak na talaga niya ang Europa at 'di 'yan madali bilang dayukdok levels ng SGD vs PHP ay talaga naman pong wild. Hahahaha. At napakarami pa talagang babayarin lalo sa 2025 kung saan, good bye travels na talaga muna sa labas ng Pinas sa ngalan ng inflation and adulting outside MNL. LOL. Abangan!

Options for dad: Shirakawago to the tune of When I Met You in Shirakawago, KL because ansarap talaga ng food doon at mura ang Grab, Taiwan x Biking Malala with Mala Drypot, atbp, Vietnam because still my top choice!

Siguro eto rin 'yung labas ng bansa trip ko na legit na gusto kong umuwi. As in. Speaking of which, as a quantum jump, visiting Singapura is like having a trip with mother dragon in spirit. Kasi naman, kitang-kita ko lahat ng mga elders na powering through old age and kakalas na tuhod at hips. I can't count the times na ang lalim ng hinga ko e. Hahahaha. Part of me: Kung ba nadala ko sa SG mom ko, would she still be alive and kicking? EMMMEE.

But, as I choose to come in peace... eto na. Lapag-laspagan na tayo. I could have found a way to bring her to SG ages ago, pero, ending pa rin is autoimmune disease is just another case study, kahit saang lupalop ka man ng mundo. Dealing with degenerating diseases is like chem labs days pa rin. ULOL. Hahahahahaha. Shemayyyuyyy. And while the funds are the top priority dito, ubos oras talaga siya in all levels. Kung baga, cash-rich and time-rich ka talaga dapat. But, more than that, care-rich bitch ka rin talaga as the god-tier qualification.

I really felt like I was walking around SG with mom. Kadire. Pero, 'di na 'yung depression and spiral levels 10000000. Pasavoguesh. Tumingin nga ako sa Samsonite pero again, maliban sa mahal din 'yung gusto kong luggage e 'di naman talaga ako fan ng malalaking luggage. Ma, we made it! Hahahaha. Nakapadpad na naman ang trusty and dusty Samsonite luggage kong pangarap mo sa bagong bansa.

Also, ang maganda sa trip na 'to e, pinili na naman natin ang Pinas. Syempre, ngayon, kahit hikahos, SG is a country na pang-expat lalo from Pinas. Pero, as a non-BGC fan, kung nasa Pinas ka na and you're doing kinda OK, push mo na 'yan.

Pusali ang Pinas pero people here make things work lalo na 'pag petsa de peligro at may mga shit zones 'pag naulan at may sakuna. The community here may be bound by Marites, pero, may certain vibe ang Pinas na alam mong you'll power through kahit ano pang dumating na delubyo sa'yo.

We're not a country with landmarks and monuments kasi nga disaster-prone tayo, pero legit na disaster-proof ang spirit ng Pinas lalo na ang Bagong Finazzzayaa, Bagong Lifunannnn. Sige na. Go. As a "what if" na maging expat because why not, iba rin naman ang ganaps na 'to. Apply, interview, sign your contract, pack your bags, and go. Ganern lalo 'pag single and ready to rock you ang peg mo. Pero again, the tiny house, the dogs, my aging dad, McQueen atpb --- very game-changing na 'di ko naman lahat planado. Siguro nga, nasa settling era na ako. SHETTTT. Troooo ba, mhiema? Hahaha. Baka mood swing lang 'to and perimenopause x neurodivergent vibe.

Speaking of McQueen. Shemay 'tong batang 'to. 'Di siya cutie baby dahil may eyebags siya pero napaka lambing in a brusko manner. Sana talaga 'wag siyang babaero 'pag laki. Maging drag kween na lang siya na parang si Maxie. Shemay. Ang mahal ng tuition. Hahahaha. Ang mahal din ng Crocs niya with jibitz na 'di ko rin naman plan bilhin pero ang cute ng pagka-blue nung pair na nakita ko kaya naman, salamat sa GST refund. Syempre, para kay GC, Lego. Pota. Hahahahaha. Good luck sa mga lunch, dinner, and bfast and milktea plus Grab na 'di na muna natin itatawid. LOL. Official noona na talaga meee. For E naman e wala akong namataaang cute ng Mickey and Minnie, kaya safe. Sa Pinas na lang ulit.

Anyway, back to the daily grind na muna because eto na tayoooooo. Ahooo, ahooo, ahooo. Hahahahaha. PS 1: Sobrang loooooveee the bar in SG na merong pa-cocktails, biking, and vinyl records. May kulang though, dapat nilagyan nila ng slow matcha bar para naman, pakkkakkkk na pakakkkkk. Hihihihihi. PS 2: Loooveee the jazz bar and the comeback of plays in PH with small stages. HUHUHUHUHU.

PS 3: Baguio or Negros or ___? Hahahaha. Abangan!

PS 4: Eto na ang lavannnn ng tixx ng 2ne1 in PH. LELS. Though, open pa rin naman ang JP 'pag wala pa rin talaga though may updates naman tayo sa Pinas tixxxxx. Ayoko lang mag-push masyado kasi sobrang pakiusap lang 'to ihhh. No more UAAP tixx kahit may mga aya pa also. :p Kung puwede lang na magkaroon ako ng email saying: Here are 2 tickets to 2ne1 just like that, g. Hahahaha. Pero, 'di tayo ganun e. Hahahahahaha. Tacca. LN. Tacccaaa. PS 5: Ayos din sa Singapura e. 'Yung mga bonsai nasa tabing-daan lang. Hahahahaha. What bonsai to get? Abangan! Not for Manila house because 'di rin siya mura e. LELS. Plus terrarium dreams, ongoing on the road to 2025 sa ngalan ng pagiging patient naman 'to bilang 'di talaga kaya ng calligraphy. LUH.

[theloverscardtarot]

I use Labrynthos, Tarot Time and Sybil as online resources. I also bought this book (below) and it's amazing. It's on amazon for like 15 bucks. It has meanings for love/career/family/money and more and has upright and reverse meanings. Hope this helps!

Thank you for the recommendation! I will definitely check it out.

Lmao! The Backup Plan" situation, I kid you not I tried to do that recently. I told this guy I was talking to your smart, and you have good genes. If I don’t find someone in the next 2 years you’re going to be my future twins father lol. I always find the dudes that just got out of a long term relationship and don’t want anything serious. I’m like my dude, why does your profile say otherwise.

Also these dating apps are crazy! Some guy last week tried to catfish me with a gay porn star’s picture. I’m like what were you going to do when we met up!? This isn’t you, and if it is I don’t have the parts that you’re looking for according to your men.com profile 😭

Omg, anon that is crazy! I am hoping and praying that you find someone great sooner than later because dating sucks. I honestly feel like if anything were to happen to my husband, god forbid, or if we for some reason split, like I'm done. I don't even want to go back out there lmao.

It's so funny, I had been in a really long and shitty relationship for almost 7 years. And then I was plain single for 2 1/2. Like dry spell city. Not even meeting anybody and I was a social butterfly. Then I got this urge to go on match.com. and I had been on there before the first guy and I didn't want to go back. I felt like I needed to do it. I'm fighting myself so hard. I shit you not, I paid like $150 so if you didn't meet someone in three months, you got three free. I got the email from my husband literally that night at midnight, which was my birthday. My favorite thing to do is read and he asked me about my fav book, which got my attention. I responded and spent my whole birthday dinner chatting with him. Never met anybody else. The rest is history lol. So, I joke he was the best 150 bucks I ever spent on a birthday present for myself. 😍

Keep trying anon, you will find that person!! No more gay porn star catfishing!! How did you find that out anyway? Did you pull a Nev and Kamie and look up the pictures?

[baokim80]

This is my new character who is opposite of Mary Sue and her name is Naru Soo-Yun! She is a half American and half Korean and she has family in the USA. This is her reference sheet and information(but because it is too small to write in the reference).

Name: Naru Soo-Yun

Nickname: Heroine Naru, Naru the mean girl’s slayer (Kami), Lady Naru (Kelly), Naru S.Y. (Carl) Great Naru (Lucy), Chilling Naru (Ed), Trustful Naru (Benny), model Naru (Anna), Normal girl, college girl student, assistant Soo-Yun (Billy), Awesome Naru (Bonnie), Naru the popular girls roast master (Kevin), Naru the inventor assistant (Thomas), Chef assistant Naru (Blossom)

Age: 23

Gender: female

Species: human

Nationality: American, Japanese and Korean mixed

Sexuality: Pansexual

Pronouns: she/her

Personally: smart, chill, good

Family: Unnamed father, Ichiyo Soo-Yun (mother) Aaron Soo-Yun (brother), unnamed family relatives, Morty Griffin (uncle), Milo Griffin (cousin), Unnamed grandmother(who is Japanese), unnamed grandfather (who is Korean), unnamed grandparents

Birthday: April 16, 2000

Likes: tomboy’s stuff, helping people, chilling with friends, animals, drawing on the art, cartoons, animations, anime and LGBT people

Dislikes: Popular and mean girls, racism, abusers, her friends got injured, Mary Sue pictures, seen Kami and Carl’s panic and anxiety attacks and perfect girls

Friends: Kami, Kevin, Kelly, Ed, Benny, Lucy, Billy, Thomas, Carl, Bonnie, Blossom, LGBT members, Hannah (Carl’s cousin), animals lovers, Samual, Lavender, Cherry, Ross (sometimes)

Enemies: The Killer Gang, assassins, racists, abusers, Mr. S.

Backstory: She was born in New York City, New York where Ed lived United States of America and lived with her family in a house near from city. Her mother is a Korean-Japanese who is a hairstylist, her father is an American who is a member of the LGBT rights organization, and her brother, Aaron is a college student like her as a college student in the college. They are students like her and her brother in the college. She is very good at the jobs and she is a job finder to wannabe actresses like her favorite actress in the series and movies. In the summer she became a photographer and journalist and her goal was to interview celebrities for magazines and films She went to the airport in Hollywood, California. She arrives at the airport with the man who is Ed’s mother’s butler and holds the sign for her to one of his mistresses, sons who have a mansion in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. She met Ed who is the mistress’ fourth middle twin son of her 22 children and his friends who live with him in his mother’s mansion and they’re from different states and countries. After she finishes the interviews with them she goes to Comfort Inn and she goes to the inn room after she unpacks her suitcase and her backpack in the inn room. Then she was texted on her phone to her friends in New York. She went to the store to buy a portion of food and then she heard the explosion from outside and she ran into the store and she saw the beast in the city, people are screamed and ran away from the beast and then she saw mysterious heroes coming from nowhere and people are pointed the mysterious heroes called Power Guardians are coming to save the world from villains after the beast is defeated. they are saved and cheered for the Power Guardians and she can believe she saw the real-life heroes she took the pictures on her phone and sent them to her friends who are mysterious heroes who are saved by the beast. A few days later she was walking to the inn and she got blocked by the gangsters in the street she screamed and called for help til one of the Power Guardians rescued her and fought the gangsters after and he took off his mask. The Power Guardian is Ed who heard her screaming in the street, he changed into the Power Guardian and Ed ran away from her, and saw himself as a hero. 1 year later she is going to Hollywood from 1 year ago. She wants help from Power Guardians and she joins the team to search for the beasts, monsters, and villains to fight for the powers of stars signs.

-she is opposite of Mary Sue

-she is friend with them

-she is normal girl and she has brother

-she has tattoo from the one of Carl’s cousins

-she got dyed her hair half of her natural hair

-her grandmother is Japanese, her grandfather is Korean, and her grandparents are Americans.

-her ancestors are Asians from Asia

[skboba-stars]

Sahil Pravin

*I mention ocs @phoenix-manga here - Vidya Nazari and Raijin. Those characters do not belong to me*

"You... you wish to spar me? Baad mein aap mere ka dost karane ke? Well then, please arrange a visit to the infirmary."

Bio : Kalim’s Personal Mercenary | Bodyguard

DORM : Diasomnia (Next Housewarden after Malleus)

FULL NAME : Sahil Neera Pravin

BIRTHDAY : June 22nd

AGE : 17

HEIGHT : 180 cm (grows to 185 cm)

DOMINANT HAND : Right (Ambidextrous)

HOMELAND : Aryastan (currently lives in Scalding Sands)

FAMILY :

Rudra Pravin (mother)

Almanzor Bazarki (father)

Kaheel Bazarki (little brother; second child)

Ramiza Bazarki (little sister; third child)

Hashima Bazarki (little brother; fourth child - older twin)

Akash Bazarki (little brother; fourth child - younger twin)

Samair Bazarki (maternal grandfather)

Kami Bazarki (maternal grandfather)

Neera Bazarki (paternal grandmother)

Izar Naar (guardian)

OTHER NAMES (S) : 

Namira 'Neera' Khawahar Bazarki (birth name)

Stripey (name of tiger form) (nickname)

Pravin (Vidya)

Sana (Jamil)

Miss Pravin (Najma)

Treasurer (You)

Tigress (Leona)

Demon eater (Azul)

Don (Malleus)

Reine Tigre de Constellation (Rook Hunt)

SCHOOL:

GRADE : Sophomore

CLASS : Class A; (No. 7)

CLUB : Shaftlands Football Team* (club) ; Spelldrive (team)

BEST SUBJECT : Conjuration

PREFERENCES:

PRONOUNS : she/her

SEXUALITY : lesbian

HOBBY : chess boxing

LIKES : metallurgy, vintage shopping, wrestling, swimming,  candlemaking, cute plushies, pottery, working out

DISLIKES : spoiled kids, non perceptive people, abusers, bland food, the Asim patriarch and matriarchs 

PET PEEVES : Superficiality

FAVORITE FOOD : Murukku

LEAST FAVORITE FOOD : Papaya

TALENT : Polyglot [language mastery]

APPEARANCE : 

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HAIR COLOR: Black-blue

EYE COLOR: Gold

SKIN COLOR: Dark brown

BUILD: Well built; broad shoulders

MISC: Glasses for reading, star freckles, wears kajjal and kohl

AESTHETIC : space core | dark academia | desi royalcore | vintage celestial | piratecore

PERSONALITY :

Sahil is the type of person who is quite noticeable yet hidden. She is soft spoken and has a relaxing demeanor, making her good friends with her room mate, Silver Vanrouge. She also is incredibly skilled in giving advice due to her… extensive life experience. She is quite philosophical, speaking in riddles a large amount of the time. If she isn’t speaking cryptically, she can be brutally honest at the point. She also gives clues to people who like to go around in others’ business if she trust their attentions, as she thinks of them as diamonds in the rough -- Yuudai (my mc) being one of them.

Despite upholding her own personal moral code, Sahil can be very cruel at times if she senses that her opponent is disturbing or dangerous. She becomes very calm and her glare is said to cut harder that the golden scimitars of the Asim family. She is also conscientious alongside her cruel wisdom and gives tough love at times. It is difficult for her to show strong emotion, but she works at it.

BACKGROUND :

 Sahil’s parents met when her father had just become a best selling novelist and her mother had taken over the family mafia. When Rudra Pravin took over, she was known as the Gun not just from the Pleiades circles - but all over Aryastan and well into both the Savannah and Sands countries’. She was a terrifying tiger beastwoman and when she met Almanzor Bazarki, a black jackal beastman,  she fell hard. She proposed marriage and he became her consort.

The two of them ran the Pleiaides as they grew their family, which was more of a morally upright mafia that focused on technological and money making schemes rather than killing, but powerful all the same. However, the Pleiades were targeted by the Asim family, and Rudra and Almanzor were killed in front of Neera when she was 7. Inheriting a large debt, she worked to keep her brothers and sister safe, but they were all killed in front of Neera as well as the rest of the mafia when she turned 9. 

Neera played dead as the Al-Asim matriarch cut off her ears and tail for potion ingredients, assuming her dead. Due to her unique bloodline, she was a tiger beastwoman like her mother but blessed with large reserves of cosmic mana like her father, allowing her to survive despite what had happened. She was abducted into a trafficking ring as a chattel slave and used as a laborer and fighter -- even tossed in to fight with animals and other slaves. She picked up multiple languages during this time and learnt how to shift into a tiger, reserving her beastman traits. 

She was later brought by the unknowing Asim matriarch in her tiger form, who gifted her to her son as a gift. One day after she shifted back to her normal self, she passed out and was found by Jamil, who took her to a doctor and healed her. Over time, Jamil and Sahil became best friends and applied to Night Raven when the time came. 

They both got in and in their second year, Jamil overblotted. This led to the two of them coming clean about their traumas to each other and in third year. Sahil became Diasomnia’s dorm leader shortly before this in the middle of their second year and over blotted herself, leading to her needing therapy. Sahil met one of her cousins, who had made it out much safer than her with his beastman form still intact and she fell in love with a princess.

HERITAGE : South Indian (Aryastan)

UNIQUE MAGIC : Caverns’ Phenomena - can produce precious metals and stones from flesh, blood or bone by touching a living thing with five fingers (Awakening from slumber, only a diamond in the rough may procure treasure from the forbidden. Lying far within - Caverns’ Phenomena!)

TRIVIA :

🐅Her MBTI type is INFJ.

🐅She keeps two scarab beetles as familiars - the green one is named Ashmedai and the silver one is named Durgayi.

🐅She’s incredibly skilled with fire arms and prefers using dual pistols. 

🐅Sahil usually uses tattoo void magic, but instead of tattoos, she uses mehndi for the patterns.

🐅She was once a tiger beastwoman with many stripes but after becoming a shifter, many of her stripes became golden freckles on her skin.

🐅The only jewelry she wears is a dark blue cloth choker, dual silver studs in both ears and one white sapphire nose piercing.

🐅Jamil Viper is her best friend and she his. The two of them are very close and dance together in competitions.

🐅Sahil has a good amount of money set aside from her work and vigilanteism that she puts aside so she can study social-psych and cognitive sciences after graduating from Night Raven to make her own security firm.

🐅Sahil is highly skilled in Conjuration, necromancy, and physical enhancement magic. She is well known for how many all nighters she pulls.

🐅Sahil became Diasomnia’s housewarden after Malleus Draconia when she was in her second year and he in his third by challenging him to a physical-mage=ical duel and enduring his attacks.

🐅She can fluently speak English, French, German, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, Hindi. Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

🐅She is in a romantic relationship with Vidya Nazari (PHNX-Manga’s oc) and her cousin Raijin (PHNX-Manga’s oc) is Vidya's bodyguard.

CATCHPHRASE :  Ah, come into the tiger’s den and let’s see how special you truly are, little pebble.

TWISTED FROM : Cave Of Wonders

*Shaftlands Football is the TWST equivalent of American football.*

Sahil's sprite

[auxiliarydetective]

Introducing... Charlotte Inari

My One Piece OC. My second one, actually. I put a lot of work into designing her, so I thought I should share this with you. Maybe you'll enjoy this. Hopefully.

Watch me tag @mondfahrt because I want their approval because they're kinda my idol when it comes to One Piece on Tumblr. Notice me, mondfahrt-sama!

This is a long post, so I'm placing a cut. But please still read it, I put lots of work in it.

Name

シャーロット・イナリ (Japanese)

Charlotte Inari (English)

All of the Charlotte siblings are named after some kind of food or ingredient, mostly related sweets. Inari is named after inari sushi, an offering usually given to the fox spirits/statues of the Japanese kami (goddess/spirit) Inari who is the kami of foxes, fertility, rice, sake, agriculture, industry, prosperity and wordly success. Depending on the story, she presents as male, female or androgynous. Inari sushi is a pouch of fried tofu filled with rice that looks like it has little fox ears.

Crew & Position

Officially, she's part of the Big Mom Pirates, but she travels with the Straw Hats, initially out of debt to Luffy and to eventually return to her family.

Wanted Poster

Inari is a bit hard to recognize on her wanted poster due to her devil fruit's abilities. Her epithet is "Kitsune" (Japanese) or "Sly Fox" (English Dub), due to her name and its relations to foxes, as well as the fact that her appearance changes so frequently (kitsune are known to shape-shift).

Bounty

Her bounty is strongly influenced by her lineage, making for high sums. She isn't a weak fighter, but her bounty makes her seem more dangerous than she actually is in a one-on-one fight, at least when compared to the likes of the Monster Trio. The Marines think that, if they get her, they might have a chance of catching more members of Big Mom's crew or get some insights and believe that Inari must be incredibly strong due to her lineage.

After Enies Lobby: 125,000,000 Berry

After being an active member of the Big Mom Pirates during the time skip: 256,000,000 Berry

After Dressrosa: 388,000,000 Berry

Unlike the other Straw Hats part of the events, she didn't get a bounty raise after Whole Cake Island since she didn't participate in any fights.

Age and Birthday

Inari is 16 before the timeskip and 18 after. Her birthday is June 25th. You may or may not recongize this as Pudding's birthday. That's because they're twins, making Inari the 36th daughter and 77th child of Big Mom aka Charlotte Linlin. This also means that everyone in the Charlotte family is two years older in this alternate universe. I partially did this because I didn't want Inari to be 14 when joining, but also because I want to avoid the situation of Sanji (19) and Pudding (16, in regular canon) getting creepy.

Origin and Residence

Inari was born on Totto Land on the Grand Line but has lived on other islands in other seas throughout her childhood. The longest of these was on Skypea under the reign of Enel. Afterwards, she lived on the Going Merry and Thousand Sunny until the timeskip, when she returned to Totto Land. Once the two years were over, she returned to the Thousand Sunny, but only until the Straw Hats had to leave her with her family on Totto Land.

Appearance

Being Pudding's twin, she, of course, resembles her a lot. Her hair and eye color change due to her devil fruit, but her facial constructs stay the same. She has large eyes and prominent lips and is relatively short. Her most definining feature is her third eye which she keeps hidden under her bangs most of the time, much like her sister. Her bangs are inspired by her big sister Smoothie's hair style. Though, unlike Pudding, she has grown more comfortable with showing her third eye and usually keeps her bangs parted when around the Straw Hats or uses it as a shock factor in battle. Had she not eaten her devil fruit, she would look much like the images above. Her hair would be light brown with a slight pink tint and her eyes a dark blue (like Pudding's in the manga).

Personality

Her devil fruit influences her personality in minor ways too, but that's only noticable when she picks up defining quirks. In general, she strongly resembles her twin sister personality-wise and has also picked up some traits from her mother.

Inari is emotional and impulsive. She is quick to act, displaying a certain level of anxiety whenever something isn't going as planned and throwing her all into protecting those around her. When not caught up in battle, she's very kind and gentle, especially to her nakama. She loves sweets and tea parties as they remind her of home.

Her dream is one much like her mother's: To create a place where people of all races can live together and peace and be happy together.

Devil Fruit

Okay, buckle up. Her devil fruit is the Kami-Kami no Mi, or Spirit-Spirit Fruit in the Dub (or God-God Fruit, haven't decided on how fancy I want to be). It looks like a strawberry, which is why Inari ate it in the first place. She got it when she was still very young and her older siblings brought home treasure they had stolen from their enemies after battle.

The Kami-Kami no Mi turns the user into something that could be compared to a guardian angel or a "daimonion", meaning a personal deity in Greek myth and philosophy.

It puts them into a servant-master relationship with someone else. The user is the servant and has to obey orders from their master. In return, they get magical abilities related to their master's own abilities and their personality. One of these abilities is an elemental power (earth/fire/water/air) and the other can be literally anything. After the timeskip, Inari has perfected her abilities so far that she can control two elements and an individual power if her master is strong enough to provide these powers. She can't, however, gain any advantage when it comes to haki from her master.

Whoever the devil fruit user's master is (or who their allegiance is currently to) is openly visible, as their appearance changes to more closely resemble their master and their master's name appears on their left inner wrist.

The user's allegiance changes if someone saves them from death or defeats their old master. This person then becomes their new master.

This all probably sounds like a lot right now, so let me give some example: In Skypea, Inari was servant to Enel. Her hair was a light dirty blonde and her eyes were a pale blue. She had the elemental power of air and the ability to redirect lightning and electricity but not generate it. After Enel was defeated by Luffy, Inari's hair color changed to dark brown and her eyes turned a deep blue. She kept the element of air because this also happened to be Luffy's element, but her individual ability changed to superhuman agility in reference to Luffy's speed and agility, also due to his devil fruit. During the Davy Back Fight, she was saved from Big Pan by Sanji. Her hair turned straw blonde and her eyes became a lighter tint of blue. Now, she had control over the element of fire (even before Sanji could use Diable Jambe) and her individual ability was increased acrobatics which manifested mostly in her being able to copy Sanji's high kicks and handstand shenanigans. You know, those cool things he does.

She picks up little quirks from her masters too. For example, she tends to get lost a bit more easily when bound to Zoro and runs from fights more when bound to Usopp.

Other Abilities

Inari uses two war fans, also known as tessen. These are mainly used for directing and focusing her elemental abilities, but also for slicing down enemies Zoro style. In general, her fighting style is influenced by who her allegiance is currently to due to how strongly her devil fruit influences even Inari's sub-conscious. For example, she relies more heavily on kicks and aerial attacks when bound to Sanji, uses her fans to slice when in allegiance to Zoro and uses longer-ranged attacks when connected with Usopp. She can use a katana if necessary as she learned how to sword-fight as a little kid, but is only really any use with it if bound to a swordfighter like Zoro. If push comes to shove, she will take on of the blades out of her tessen and use it as a knife.

Being a half-blood member of the Three-Eyed Tribe, she may be able to read poneglyphs one day, but due to her mixed heritage, it is known if she will ever reach that power.

Straw Hat Trivia Because It's Cute

Her animal resemblance is a fox.

Her specific color is a pastel orange with a slight pink hue.

She smells like strawberries.

Her favorite food is strawberries, chocolate and candy of any kind. She also adores Sanji's soufflée. Her least favourite, ironically, is tofu. She only likes tofu as part of inari sushi. Her cooking speciality is an amazing strawberry cake that she perfected with the help of Sanji. She's pretty good at making sweets in general.

Her favourite type of island and season is spring on a spring island.

Her blood type is XF.

She bathes every two days and usually sleeps for about six hours from 10pm to 4am plus some naps spread out around the day - usually cuddling with Chopper or attempting to cuddle with Zoro. He lets her rest her head on his chest or shoulder and won't get disgusted or move away when she cuddles up to him, but doesn't actively cuddle her back.

In a race of the Straw Hats, depending on who she is currently bound to, she would place somewhere between 4th and 7th. 4th if bound to Sanji, 5th if bound to Luffy, 6th if bound to anyone else with the element of air so she can propell herself with it and 7th if she's just running regularly.

Backstory & Relationships

Will be part of a different post, because this one is already too long.

[a-katsukitty]

katsuki bakugo x reader

WARNING : ALL CHARACTHERS ARE AGED UP! oral [fem receiving] , alchool and cigaret.

A/N : Ohayoo , this is my first fanfic. I apologize for any mistakes [be gentle with me plz] hope you will like it!

"Come on dude it will be fun!"

"I said no! How many fucking time do I need to tell you?" Katsuki glaces over Kaminari who's been trying to get his friend for his birthday. "Bakugo, you can't eat pizza playing games on your 20th birthday!" he says placing himself between the blond man and the tv.

"You're fucking annoying you know that" Bakugo paused his game putting down the controler. "My sister is mixing, I swear you will have fun!" looking down his face lights up as his friend nods running one hand in his blond hair. "Give me 1 hour! And don't make me wait or I blow your face , all of you!" he says getting up going up to his room not paying attention of kaminari thanking hima million times.

1 hour to shower and put on some decent clothes , nothing too fancy a pair of black jean, a white shirt thigh around his muscular shoulder and arms , carefully left three buttons open revealing his collarbone , three perfume pumps and he made his way downstairs.

Denki park in front of the nightclub. A huge neon writes Dimension. pressing his finger on his favorite contact on the digital dashboard. "Oh Kami! How you doing cutie" your voice resonates inside the car as your brother blushes "Ai! Don't call me like this I'm not alone!" Mina chuckles on the passenger side. "Oh so you friend decided to come! Wait, what is it again? Baki.. Bak-" you're cut by an angry katsuki "OI! IT'S BAKUGO" he says slamming his wrist on the seat in front of him making Kaminari jump. "Oh yeah Bakugo! Well it's my turn to mix cutie, put everything on me" and with this you hang up. "Okay let's go!"

Denki was used to come often to see you, having a drink always waiting sleeping at your house since you were living on top of the nightclub. His drink were free since they knew he was your brother. Everyone knows him. You started to work here two years ago, you loved everything about night life, you had fun , free drinks and a good salary.

They made their way inside as the music get louder but Denki knew you haven't start yet , it's not your style of music. They take a sit in the VIP lounge beside the scene. They ordered drinks after fighting to know who were going to sip on soda all night and Sero took the responsability.

You step on scene talking with the current dj , plugging your mixing board moving your hip to the music.

"Oh! Hey Bakugo are you listening?" Kirishima waves a hand in front of Katsuki's face who is staring at something in the distance making him come to his senses. "hm.. what?" he shakes his head "here" he said handing him his glass of whiskey. He takes a sip on his glass before leaning to talk to Denki "So this is your sister?" he asks pointing his glass in your direction as your wave to them "Yes, well actually it's my twin sister" he replied waving back.

Bakugo leaned back on the leathered couch watching you as you play your first music. He couldn't take his eyes off you, he couldn't believe how good you were looking, his eyes stopped on your hips shaking from side to side, how your boobies were bouncing evertime you were jumping to the beat. Your long blonde hair swiping on your ass made him bite on his lower lip.

He was never very interested in girls , never hanging out. There was no lack of opportunities but he always refused, stating that he had no time to start a relationship but there you were making him forget everything around him. He couldn't even think straigh everytime your were eyeing them flashing a smile to you brother.

2 hours passed as you finally step out the scene to take a break. "Ah she's finally coming" Kimi lifting his head up his phone, Mina were already up dancing with Sero that she begged to come and not leave her alone. Kirishima has already gone out to smoke a cigaret and Bakugo has waited all the time for you to come, he could see everything of you closer.

"Heyy~" You jump inside Denki's arm smiling wild. "it's been two weeks that you didn't come ,I missed your face so much" you says pinching his cheeks "Hey y/n , I-I missed y-you too" he replied escaping from your grip. You turn your gaze to his friend who was already giving you his full attention "Hi!" you turn around the table sitting behind him leaning closer speaking louder as the music drowned out the sound of your voice. Your perfume reachs his nostrils, it's sweet and flowery. Probably cherry blossoms, or lilac.

"So you are the birthday boy!" He only nods "Well happy birthday! I'm y/n Kaminari nice to meet you" you extend your hand to him which he gladly shakes. "I'm coming back!" You look up at your sibling showing you his cigaret and you nod before lifting your hand to the barman who knew exatly what you were taking. "Mina and Sero talked a lot about you!" You lean back looking at the blond boy sitting beside you. "What? You know them?" he looks at you blank "Well , yeah Denki is otfen coming with them and there is Eij' too" his eyes opens wide at the nickname , only his closes friends were calling him Eij' "How the fuck do I not know you yet if you know everyone"

"Because you never

back up sighing in relief and facing the man in front of you "I'm free tomorrow night." you look up try to catch his eyes as you pull you dress down your ass. "no." it's harsh and cold. He lift his eyes on yours. "I'm not waiting tomorrow, we're leaving now."

wants to move your fucking ass!" You glance up to see Kirishima's coming back with your glass and sitting on your side wrapping his arm around your shoulders. " Thanks Eij' " you sit on your drink moving your body against the couch giving an opportunity to Bakugo, he gets up and give you his hand "Wanna dance?" You finish your drink in one time and stand up poking at Kiri's cheek before taking Katsuki's hand as he head you on the dancefloor.

You turn your back to him getting closer to his chest , his hand resting on your hips as they swiped from side to side to the beat like when you were mixing. He pulls you even more close moving with you , your ass making friction against his crotch. "You're making me crazy.." he said in your ears making your shivers as his breath hits the back of your neck. You leans your head on his should smirking moving your ass harder making him growls.

You knew him from a long time, the first time you saw him was on Kimi's instagram and you couldn't get over how good looking he were. Hoping he would shows up sometimes but he never cames. You never made a big deal, it's wasn't the only good looking guy you saw, but he had something you couldn't get over.

Your head spins as he places soft kisses over your neck, tightening his grips around your waist. "Let's go" you turn around meeting his eyes before being pulled away from the crowd. In a minute you were pushed inside girl's toilet as he lock them behind both of you before smacking your lips together slidding his hand at the back of your neck , tongues fighting but you lose fast. His hand went down to grip your thigh "fuck- look at how short this fucking dress is!" he tugs at the hem of your red silky dress pulling away from the kiss "turn around" he orders and you obey instantly resting your hand on the wall.

He raises your dress up your ass kneeling in front of it pulling your dripping pantie to the side and sliding a fingers between your lips making a moans escape your mouth. "Look how wet you are! Is it for me?" you open your mouth to anwser as his slides a finger inside of you making you cry with pleasure, you jump when he slams his hand at your ass "Didn't I ask you something?" he adds a second finger "y-yes all f-for y-you..!" your eyes rolls to the back of your head as he curl his fingers inside you. "Do you wanna cum doll?" you couldn't hide it even if you wanted to, nobody never made you feel like this.

"y-yes p-please Bak-" he cuts you off "It's monsieur" he takes his fingers out replacing them by his tongue sucking hardly on your clit making you arches your back "cum" it tooks only a few second before reaching your climax cuming in his mouth "you taste so fucking good, I can wait to fuck this pretty pussy of yours" he gets on his feets. you can hear his belt undone and the zip of his jeans before feeling the tip of his cock tickeling your entrance making him all wet.

"P-please" you look behind you to meet his eyes, his hand grip your neck leaning to kiss you starving for your lips "please what?" he takes his hand away from your neck petting your hair "P-please just fuck me alr- aah" he makes you chocke on your words when he slams himself into you. "fuck!" he growls "S-so thigh" he pulls your hair back arching you going deeper and deeper inside of you. "You're taking my cock so well princess!" you whine as you well your second orgasme coming fast, tears forming on the corner of your eyes "cum over my cock, come on" you can't hold back anymore, you see white and your legs becomes weak as he hit your sensitive point making you cum all over him.

You can hear him moans your name loudly as he pull out plumping himself two;three time. Cums dripping down your ass to your tight he presses kissed down your back as you try to catch your breath. "wait don't move" he says taking some paper toilet and wipping all the mess you both made. You both freeze as you hear a familiar voice. "y/n ?" Mina calls you knocking on the doors "Y-yeah I am coming!" you reply fast and you hear the door closing back as she leave.

You pulls your pantie

[jangofctts]

So tomorrow is me and my bro’s b day (not twins) and we can both be very weird and chaotic arieses at times.. I know you said Kami is an aries so I’m assigning him the same b day. Happy early birthday Kami 🥳

oMG ARIES BIRTHDAY GANGGGGG WHEJSNSN omg april 17th is kami’s birthday now. CUTE

ALSO OMFG HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

[mlek13]

Baby Boom Chaos

At the beginning things were going fairly well for my tribe of sims.  They were taking care of their needs, gathering plenty of food and I was pleased with how things worked out.

Then the babies came.

The adults were taking care of themselves, but neglecting to feed some of the babies and the social worker came.  She showed up at the most inopportune time, right as a couple of my pregnant ladies were giving birth to the next cohort of youngsters.

I didn’t get a picture of the social worker, but I caught part of the back of her head in one of the pictures of Faye giving birth to her son by Vaughn, Finn.  (It looks like Faye had twins, but she didn’t.  Lou just happens to be holding another baby nearby, probably Lynn.)

Devi gives birth and the social worker yanks the baby from her before the umbilical cord is even cut.  The naming box never came up, so he was just called “Baby Boy” until I cheated in the name Devin for him.  Devi glitched out and immediately went into labor again and had a girl named Daria.  She wasn’t supposed to have twins, but it worked out that way.  Their father is Roy.

After the social worker finally left, Ava gave birth to normal twins, Abby and Abe. (Father Bo is seen holding one the babies.)

I ended up cheating all of the taken babies back into the household (except Finn who I some how missed.  I moved him back later once I noticed he was missing.  I cut short his infant stage to try to catch up his aging, but he’s still younger than he’s supposed to be.) and I downloaded a mod so that the social worker won’t show up again.  I have also been using the visitor controller to prevent newspaper and bill deliveries and walkbys of townies (since I did not have clean templates installed as I thought.)  I’ve had that mod in my game for awhile, but haven’t used it before.  I have been giving sims in my kingdom keys based on their class, so hopefully I will find a good way to implement it there also.

The simultaneous births and social worker glitched out my lot so that it wouldn’t save (probably because of the wonkiness of Devin/Daria’s birth.) so I had to cheat to get the lot to save so that I wouldn’t lose the babies that had just been born and I moved the entire household out of the lot and back in to reset everything.  (I can tell this next picture is after they moved back in because everyone is hanging out on the sidewalk.)

The engagement bug is going around.  Roy proposes to Lani.  (They end up breaking it off before marriage though.)

Kara proposes to Sam (after he and Tawny autonomously broke up.)

And Noelle and Wade get engaged.  I wait a couple of days to see which engagements last before having them get married.  It’s the technique I’ve been using in my kingdom, which hasn’t worked as well as I’d hoped, because hardly any of my sims actually stay engaged long enough to get married.

Then come the toddlers . . . oh boy. 

Here’s Nate,

Gianni,

twins Lynn and Lori.

And more babies!  Kara and Sam have Kami.

Tawny and Sam have Tony.

And this is where it all falls apart.  I built another room and added more cribs for the new additions.  I placed down pet beds so that the toddlers could get themselves up and put themselves to sleep.

Suddenly, my adults forgot how to take care of themselves.  They were having accidents and I thought maybe my squat anywhere spots had vanished, so I kept placing more.

They weren’t eating and weren’t going to bed. 

Toddlers are so much worse than babies.  Infants you can put in a crib and they stay put, but the toddlers go EVERYWHERE and complain about EVERYTHING.

I traded in all of the wood my sims had in their inventories to build some walls around the adult sleeping area to give them some separation from the babies and toddlers.  (It didn’t have a roof at this point.)  And I started locking doors to try to keep the toddlers out so my sims could get some sleep.

I resorted to using pet bowls to keep the toddlers fed.  I traded in a basket of berries whenever the bowls were refilled, so I’m pretending they’re eating the same thing as the adults and not dog food.  (Yuck!)

And more toddlers . . . Devin

Abby

Daria

Abe.  

(Loveless Lou is very involved in aging up babies.  He’s the primary birthday helper.)

No!  Don’t you do it! Get out of there!

I try my best to keep them out, but I can’t stop them every time. 

Waaahhh!!!!

*wakes EVERYBODY up*

Noooooo!!!!!

More babies.  Noelle and Wade contribute twins, Nadia and Nick.

Gia gives birth to a son by Vaughn, Geo, and pukes on him while Colin, Kara, and Tawny juggle babies.

Lani goes into labor in the middle of toddler nap time.  (Please, do not wake them up!)

She and Roy add Leon to the tribe.

Devi and Colin have Delia.

I’m glad when some of my kids are done with the toddler years.  Here’s Lynn

Lori

and Nate.  (Gianni would have grown up with this group, but I didn’t get a picture of him.)

And more toddlers to replace them. Tony (I think)

and Kami.

I realized my sims were not taking care of themselves because they were too preoccupied with moving toddlers in and out of cribs.  I tried having the same number of cribs as infants and tried to keep the babies in cribs and let the toddlers sleep on the mats, but they kept trying to put toddlers into the cribs anyway.

I ended up downloading some invisible baby blankets for infants and toddlers to sleep on and got rid of the cribs.  I think it helped, but they aren’t without their own problems.  Sims seem to have trouble figuring out how to walk around them and sometimes the toddlers can’t figure out how to sleep on them, especially if they are against a wall.  But it was an improvement.  I might have also downloaded a mod to help with baby swarming.  (I know I saw one when I was looking, but I don’t remember if I actually installed it or if it was one I already had.)  I also started using the pet bathing puddles I have used in my kingdom in this neighborhood also.  It really helps a lot when the toddlers can do more to take care of their own motives

I also decided it was time to break up the group and start moving sims out.  I’m not sure how many sims I had at this point, but it was a lot.  (16+4+4+2+5? = 31? I had two full rows of icons for sure.)  I hated to do it, but it was the only way to keep things manageable.  And after I tweaked mods and settings, I was happy with how it was working out.  More on the moves in the next post.

[ladybugsfanfics]

aaaa It’s Kaminari Denki’s birthday today and I wish i had something to share (but i have something for Shinsou’s that can kind of go for both because their birthdays are so close), but I need to congratulate Kami with his birthday anyways!

Kami and I actually share a birthday, so Happy Birthday bday twin Kami!

idk what im doing but, as a Kami bday present (maybe one for me too) have this little excerpt from my bakushinkami fic’s latest chapter

Snippet from Level Of Concern | Bakushinkami

“I think he’s asleep. C’mon, we gotta be careful, I don’t wanna wake him when he’s actually sleeping.��

“You’re the one being fucking loud.”

“Shhhh, just, crawl in by the wall. I handle falling out of bed better than you so if it happens we won’t wake him.”

A body carefully moves above him, a light brush of a leg against his and the heavy feeling of a presence hovering above him enough to let him know. He takes in a deep breath as Katsuki carefully lies down next to him, as he carefully crawls underneath the cover Hitoshi had bundled himself into. Warm hands meet his skin and a rush of giddiness flows through him.

On the other side, the cover lifts and Denki scoots himself carefully into the tiny space left. “Kat, try to drag him closer to you, I have no room.”

Katsuki’s arm wraps around his torso and drags him close. His breath hitches as he’s softly pressed against Katsuki’s chest. He curls into the touch, even if the nerves still course through his veins. They think he’s asleep, he can be a little self indulgent.

It takes a few moments before he feels Denki’s presence behind him. It takes another few moments before a leg is slung over his body and an arm wraps around him from behind.

“Fuck, dunce face, don’t kick me,” hisses Katsuki, though his voice is soft as he speaks. A grounding point above Hitoshi’s head.

“I didn’t mean to,” replies Denki, voice a tad too loud to really be trying not to wake Hitoshi. “You’re just hogging him all to yourself and I want to cuddle, too!”

[uwuwriting]

My OCs

Okay okay so these are my OCs, I’m sorry if their names aren’t really Japanese I googled most of their names back when I started creating them. I hope you enjoy them and well let's get started. I didn’t include Sky aka Shirakumos daughter even though technically she is one of my OCs, I felt that since I have introduced her in my fics *by name* I’ll leave her a rather blank slate for yall *I can describe her as well if yall want that though*. Hope you like them and yes some of the quirks were inspired by Avatar. Love ya💖💖💖

Kenushima Akane

 Akane is in her mid 20s, her birthday is on 30th of December making her a Capricorn and is part of our favorite villain group, the LoV. She was the eldest child of two pro heroes who married because it would satisfy the media and boost their careers. She had two younger siblings, the twins Annya and Arakan. She is around 5’7 (170cm) with fairly long auburn hair which are always braided so they don’t get in her way, amber eyes and a burn mark on her right shoulder from a small scuffle with our favorite fire user. Her hair and eyes become a dark red when she uses her quirk making her even more menacing. She wears a black mask over her eyes, keeping that way her identity a secret and a rather tight uniform consisting of black leather overall-shorts matched with a black-red plaid shirt and thigh highs with black military boots. Her weapon of choice is anything you can swing. Her quirk is a powerful blood bending type which she inherited from her mothers’ side. She can control the blood in someones’ system to the point of a heart attack or a stroke. Once the blood is out of the persons’ system she can still wield it, sharpening it into a blade like shape and cut through both flesh and bone, the new blood adding to the power of her makeshift blade. Her limits begin when she gets a nose bleed followed by either her eyes or ears starting to bleed as well; the final stage is giving herself a heart attack but she has never reached that point thankfully. It’s a self-destructive quirk since she pushes her body’s boundaries everytime she activates it, making her vulnerable to diseases after a particularly hard fight. She is a master of many forms of martial arts, kicking anyone's ass without even having to use her quirk.  Her family is wreck *lmao*. Since her parents married out of convenience the kids were results of moments of weakness between the two adults. Her household wasn’t very affectionate, partnered with her fathers’ constant absence and negligence and her mothers overly obsessive quirk demands, her relationships soon turned abusive. Excessive training and brutal punishments were her mothers’ tactics to ensure a picture perfect quirk state which she could boast about in the media. Her father was a decent figure during the sparse moments when he was actually in the house. He treated his kids with some trace of humanity and not like objects but he too didn’t really care. Everything went downhill when rumours of affairs surfaced and her mother lost her senses, killing their father on the kitchen floor before getting to the children. Akane tried to protect her siblings but was easily tossed aside by her mother and she doesn’t remember what actually happened that night. The only thing she knows for sure is that she was now an orphan and one sibling short, losing both her home and her brother that night. She didn’t stay in foster care for long since she dipped, joining a group of castaways called the Deck. Due to her quirk she was named the Queen of Hearts and became one of the most feared and powerful villains in Japan. Soon she joined the LoV after Shiggy approached her, officially meeting Dabi *who is her s/o btw lol*. She’s still close with her little sister Annya and owns a bookstore so she won’t have to steal. She has morals *shocker*, killing only those who have comitted crimes varying from abuse to murder or fraud. She is against useless killing and would prefer to clear the streets from scum rather than litter it with herself. She’s kinda like an anti-hero. She joined the LoV so she could have easier access to the insights of the hero industry and slowly help take out those hero frauds. She likes cooking Mexican food, her favorite animal is the fox and she is deathly afraid of spiders to the point she once burned her table using a lighter and hairspray because she had seen a spider on it. All in all she is a lovely person *I think*.

Kenushima Annya

Annya is 15 and part of class 1-A, her birthday is on the 3rd of January *like me heh* making her a Capricorn. She is the youngest of a twin set and has an older sister, while her parents were pros. She is around 5’7 (170cm) with shoulder length dark brown hair, amber eyes and faint lightning like scars scaling down both of her arms. Dark lavender streaks appear in her hair when she over uses her quirk and her scars shine the same color many times pulsating along with the surges of her blasts. Her uniform consists of a tight black crop top with azure and magenta details alongside black pants, black boots which are specially designed to give her extreme jumping power helping her also levitate for a short period so she can unleash her attacks and lastly gloves that cover almost all of her scars *also black with the same patterns as the top*. Has basic combat skills but she mostly prefers to rely on her quirk. Speaking of her quirk, she has a combo of a water and a lightning quirk making her able to easily electrocute others without short circuiting like Kami. She can control any form of water, making her easily overpowered in seaside missions but she can also control any liquid which has some water in it. However she cannot create water from thin air, like Shoto can make ice, and she can’t freeze it. Much like her sister she uses water mostly as a whip or a blade. Lightning is used mainly as one of her ultimate moves since she doesn’t have full control over it and it tends to hurt her scars when she does use it. She can let the purple strings of light course through her and hit her target with incredible force making her excellent for range attacks. Just like her sister she reaches her limits when her nose starts to bleed and she can pass out from dehydration  due to her quirk using up some of the water inside of her body with each attack. Now for her family life. She was a late bloomer and that was unacceptable according to her mother. She didn’t showcase signs of having a quirk until the age of 9 when her mother attacked her and her siblings. In a fit of rage and despair her mother tried killing her for ruining the familys’ image with her quirklessness. Her twin brother tried to save her from her mother *just like Akane did* only to be tossed aside as well, hitting the back of his head on a nearby table. Seeing both of her siblings on the ground *and almost being choked to death by her abuser* Annya activated her quirk, losing complete control over her powers resulting in her scars and the death of her mother. Arakan was pronounced dead on arrival leaving the two girls the only surviving members of the Kenushima family. After Akane’s disappearance, Annya was moved from home to home for about a year before being adopted by a couple and living as much of a normal life as she could. Her mental health isn’t the best as one can imagine, suffering from PTSD from the incident and having self hating tendencies. Becoming a hero is her way of proving to herself that she’s not a monster and that she can indeed help others. In class 1-A she tends to hang out with the Dekusquad and two other girls who I’ll introduce down the line. Her hero name is Electra and her s/o is Shoto *lol siblings are dating siblings tf*. She likes Autumn and Winter, loves going ice skating, has many plants in her room and loves watching horror movies with her friends.

Aizawa Kaiya

Kaiya is 15 and part of class 1-A despite her father being the homeroom teacher. Her birthday is on the 19th of June making her a Gemini. She sports the legendary jet black hair, her hair is also pretty long so she always has to braid it or put it up in a ponytail and she has egirl bangs *I don’t know how else to describe them*. Her eyes are a striking azure and she has dyed the tips of her hair the same color. Ya girl is shorter than the Kenushimas, barely reaching 5’2 (160cm). Her hero costume consists of black cargo pants with multiple pockets, a black turtleneck and chest straps(?) around her waist and collarbone finishing the look with black military boots. Sometimes she might wear a gas mask which helps her control her breathing.  Now for her quirk. It’s some type of psychic power, she can hear people’s thoughts making it easy for her to know what they are about to do, giving her the upper hand almost every time, but she can aslo channel her own and others thoughts and make dark shards out of them. These shards can be thrown with amazing speed or create a protective wall in front and above her. Her quirk ,though drains her very easily, making it hard to breath and walk in a straight line. She gets light headed while the voices inside her head get overly loud. Through practice she can push her boundaries and use more of her quirks’ power. Lastly in order for her to hear your thoughts she needs to see you. Once she sees you for even a quarter of a second, she can see into your head even long after you have left her line of sight. Her family life is very calm compared to the Kenushimas. She is the daughter of Aizawa’s sister who vanished when Kaiya was five. Having no one else to care for her since her real father wasn’t in the picture, Aizawa took his niece in and raised her as his own. She was too little to remember her mother and for years she believed that Shouta was her actual dad but Dadzawa did tell her the truth. Nothing really changed, she still calls him dad and they have a lovely father-daughter relationship. She loves Eri and loves being her older sister, playing with her, doing her hair and taking her to the dorms to meet her friends. She has a pet cat named Majesty who she uses to bribe Aizawa to buy snacks. She likes rainy days, beating Shinsou’s ass during training, being pinned by Shinsou while training, Halloween, cats and fluffy blankets. She is friends with mostly Annya, Shinsou and Sky but she doesn’t mind hanging out with the Deku or the Baku squads. Her hero name is Calypso. Her s/o is Shinsou much to Aizawa’s dismay. He is salty because this happened right under his nose, Dadzawa was too busy looking out for the 1-A boys that he completely ignored his trainee pinning his daughter down during training *he is really glad that she likes Shinsou bc he knows that he is a good kid*.

TAG TEAM AY: 

@the-arcana-fan-fic @angelwritings @axerrri @reinyrei @bemorefiction @dnarez @dark-thoughts-and-red-roses @threeamwriting @ezoyscorner @letscheereachotheron @wolfkid22

[mai-takeda]

MEET THE CHARACTER: Mai Takeda

► Name ➔   "Mai Takeda"

► Are you single ➔ “Yes if meaning am I married. I am dating Vylette now though and, well, it seems like saying we are dating isn’t even close to strong enough for what we feel and what we are to each other soooo, umm, yeah. I am no where near on the market!“ Mai flushes slightly while answering, a beaming smile coming to her lips.

► Are you happy ➔   “Things have been, well, difficult? I mean in the recent past! But I am VERY happy now! Err, did that even make sense? I just, well, went through some things. I was abandoned again, went on a great voyage and got cut where I bled heavily, having issues wanting to pick up my katana again with the nightmares about those I have slain, then I am ecstatic again because I met Vy and fell in love and, err, am I rambling? It feels like I am rambling? I am probably rambling. Well, I am DEFINITELY rambling now huh? Sorry! I get that way.”

► Are you angry? ➔   “No. I, well, I have moments of frustration when those I care about turn their back and leave me behind but never angry. I think the last person I was angry at was myself actually.”

► Are your parents still married ➔  Pauses a moment with her smile faltering. Finally, she speaks in a small voice. “Th-They are married in the heart and spirit. My father is no longer here but their love and their marriage held day after day. They showed me what love could be for me one day.”

NINE FACTS

► Birth Place ➔ “I was born in Ul'dah after my family fled Doma and found a caravan that got them to the merchant city. It’s an interesting city one must admit but it is the one I have known all my life.” 

► Hair Color ➔ “Red.” 

► Eye Color ➔ “Pale gold with black limral rings.” 

► Birthday ➔ “10th Sun Day of the Sixth Umbral Moon so had a birthday recently!”

► Mood ➔ “Oh wow. Interesting inquiry there. If I must choose one I will say determined. I’m rather focused on some things and a certain individual going on right now.” 

► Gender ➔ “Female.”

► Summer or winter ➔ “Summer.” 

► Morning or afternoon ➔ "Morning because it means a new day to capture new memories, experiences and to be with those who you hold closes to your heart.”

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE

► Are you in love ➔ “YES!” Mai blinks at her own outburst, blushes and smooths the lines in her dress.”Umm, I mean yes. I am in love currently. It’s a feeling I would wish on anyone and everyone. That happiness she births in my heart I will never take for granted and always treasure.”

► Do you believe in love at first sight ➔ “I don’t know about at first sight because that is only the physical. What about the person’s spirit? What about the make of their heart? You can’t know those ONLY from sight. I do believe you can find a pull to someone upon seeing them that is more than you experienced before.”

► Who ended your last relationship ➔ “No one? I mean, well, I never saw her again. She probably traveled on a hunt or something, I’m not sure, and I never saw or heard from her again. I hope Kami has helped her find peace in her spirit and happiness in her heart. Then again she would probably be happier with gold in her purse and bodies beneath her axe!”

► Have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔  “I highly doubt it. I’m just Mai.”

► Are you afraid of commitments ➔ “By Kami no.“

► Have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ “Do dogs count?” Mai gives a short laugh but nods her head. "Yes, I have hugged someone other than my puppy in the last week. It’s a simple contact but one that can mean so much. Vy and I hug quite a lot. If we don’t then we have probably been body snatched! That’s one way to find out if we are who we say we are. Remember that!”

► Have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ “Erm, well, if they are secret how would I know? But no. I have never had an admirer of any sort.“

► Have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ “Y-Yes. I did when I walked away from a previous partner so she couldn’t see the tears my own words caused me.”

SIX CHOICES

► Love or lust ➔ “Love. In so many words, in so many ways….love. I think love would enhance the pleasure of lust. To know the one you with loves you and that you love them. That you long for their touch in way no one else can imagine to compare. In a way your brain cannot comprehend but your soul? Your heart? Your spirit? They know. They know what that touch means. They know what that person means!“ 

► Lemonade or iced tea ➔ “Iced tea though both are great on a hot day.”

► Cats or Dogs ➔ Mai grins wickedly, looks around, and then whispers in a conspiring manner, “Cats.” Suddenly a loud barking sound can be heard from another part of the house and Mai bursts into laughter. “Both are wonderful but if I answer anything but dogs and my puppy Kari will hide my shoes from me! If Kenta was her he’d just chew my shoes up and look at me like ‘You deserved that!’”

► A few best friends or many regular friends ➔ “I, well, I don’t have many friends. I’m making some now I believe. I, well, only one I have really other than Vy is probably Kimi and I haven’t seen her in so many suns passed. I…i don’t know about that. Time will tell. But I think I would take a few best friends.” 

► Wild night out or romantic night in ➔ “Oh that definitely depends on the definition of a wild night. But on general purposes I am going romantic! Candles, rose petals, dancing by the ocean, anything! I just absolutely LOVE romance. Wild nights have their place too! We have to enjoy ourselves right?” 

► Day or night ➔ "Oh that’s a tough one! Day you have the light of the sun and the world is seemingly alive before you. But at night there are the stars and the moon shining down upon you and a sense of tranquility. Both? Am I cheating? Okay, okay, I’ll go with day then.”

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS

► Been caught sneaking out ➔ "Never snuck out. Have you seen my mother with a katana?”

► Fallen down/up the stairs ➔ “No comment!“ Absently reaches down and rubs her backside.

► Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ “Yes..in different ways. I, well, I have times I want to just hear my father call me his little lily again that it makes me feel empty inside. Like something is missing. And then there is the moment like I had the other evening but that’s all I’m going to say about that one. Wait, have you ever seen the most moist chocolately chocolate cake and want it so bad your teeth ached? Add that too!” 

“Lately I find myself aching to say I love you so much that it hurts and sometimes I wonder am I saying it too much? I-I don’t know. I feel it that strongly. Or the need to kiss my Vy that I take her face in my hands and pull her to me and, erm, is it getting hot in here? Can you open a window?”

► Wanted to disappear ➔ “No. Never. I have spent enough time feeling like I am not being seen. I rather be up front and present. I want to live and experience what it means to open your eyes every day. To see the world, to explore and have my own adventures. To love and be loved. So no. Never disappearing.“  

FOUR PREFERENCES

► Smile or eyes ➔ "Oh that’s tough! I don’t care what you say. I’m cheating and saying both!”

► Shorter or Taller ➔ “Erm, huh? Oh do I prefer to be taller? Only when reaching for a book on the top shelf! Or do you mean in a partner? That hardly matters to me at all!” 

► Intelligence or Attraction ➔  “Meaning intelligence or physical attraction? Why not both? One does not need to be a scholar to be a beautiful person. One does not need to a picture of physical beauty to be a keen mind….wait…does that even make sense? It did in my head.” 

► Hook-up or Relationship ➔ “Relationship. I rather give my time to someone that I will see the next day. Someone that will want to see me the next day. A person that makes my heart yearn and makes my mind wander onto them when they are away. A, erm, hookup wouldn’t do that. It would be a blink and the moment is over.”

FAMILY

► Do you and your family get along ➔ “Only have my mother and adopted sister. Well, adopted not in some official stance but that we just made her family. B-But she left to do something she felt I could not accompany her to do. She bought me a house and said she will return so yes…we get along and my mother means the world to me. Family means a lot.” 

► Would you say you have a “messed up life” ➔ "No. I have a life. Are there falls in it? Of course. That is what makes life what it is. But then it comes down to the fact are you going to let those moments you fall define you or are you going to get up on your feet, look life right in the eye and challenge it to stop you from being all that you desire and that you are meant to be. So I don’t have a messed up life. I have a life and I’m going to live it.” 

► Have you ever ran away from home ➔ “Have you ever seen my mother run and her katana?”

► Have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ “Again, mother, katana, swinging steel, me, bleed, pain, breathing. Put it all together and the answer is definitely no!“

FRIENDS

► Do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ “I don’t really have a lot of friends like I said before. Even so, why would I hate my friends? That would mean they aren’t my friends and I would also wonder what is wrong with me to feel such a way about someone yet try to label them my friend.”

► Do you consider all of your friends good friends ➔ "The ones I consider a friend are good ones because that is what makes them my friend. They care about me and know that I care about them. We’re comfortable around each other and trust in each other.”

► Who is your best friend ➔ “Does a book count? Chocolate cake maybe? Oh what about a nice tea cup since I kiss it often when I drink tea from it!” Giggles at her own joke. “I have Master Kaelivh and his twin Asande, Nattai and Kimi is a friend and of course Vylette is my best friend now though. I think it’s important to be friends with the one you love. I met this wonderful friend of Vy’s named Ivy! There’s Synaia, who I consider to be like a sister, but I have not seen or heard from her in many suns which is having grow more and more worried.”

► Who knows everything about you ➔ “Mama is the only one but something tells me that’s going to be changing soon the more I am with Vy.”

Okay this is an OLD prompt that I had to re-touch for current times since I was tagged by the WONDERFUL @theshieldedhero

So I will tag peeps but you may have done this way back when so I’m sowwy! *snickers* I’ll try for some new faces! Hehe let’s get some AMAZING peeps named here why don’t we though you ALL are wonderful!

@vylette-elakha @lizard-grandma @under-the-blood-moonlight @ivyffxiv @yuki-yukichan @voidwife @lareine-kira @company-in-rose @resistance-ranger @abyssalnobleknight @miqojak @scales-and-steppes @khaamara @handofcards @a-sharlayan-abroad @eorzeanwildrose @mountainfists @ithaerielbrenagh @savona-drake @arabeka-ffxiv @white-marionette @oathswornshield @rei-sei @ghostlyfoxangel @raifenrir @jenpants @the-hawkeyes @lalaliya @aigiarnqestir-ffxiv @roxinova @wooddancer-ffxiv @savagedancer-ffxiv @shinnoni @kikyo-mihata @isuke-ejinn@lukelxiv @jadestormbrand @red-hare

P.S. HOLY CRAP this is long! LOL

[kitsune-kirei]

Neverending Survey: Kirei Meztli

RULES: Repost, do not reblog. Tag 10 blogs! (Or as many as you’d like)

Tagged by: @lightofthecrystal, @elegie-de-sang, @ataki-yuuto, and @lillies-n-lilacs, thank you for tagging me​, It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these!

Tagging: @gaillaffxiv, @infiniteleftdoesffxiv, @sparrow-ffxiv, @fensa-valehart, @mai-takeda, @seina-kurokiba, @gaggle-of-dorks-ffxiv, @jorandalkitor, @thesinsofgreed

BASICS.

FULL NAME: Kirei Meztli ( @kitsune-kirei )

NICKNAME:  Kitsune, Kitsu, Rei, The Firefox.

AGE:  Unknown, looks in her 20′s or 30′s. 

BIRTHDAY: Unknown.

ETHNIC GROUP: Half Hyur, Half Doman .

NATIONALITY: Ul’dahian, Doman.

LANGUAGE/S: Hingan, Eorzean.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual.

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Quoiromantic (thank you for this term Spurrow)

RELATIONSHIP STATUS:  Complicated as fuck.

HOME TOWN / AREA:  Yanxia, deep within the bamboo forests. 

CURRENT HOME:  A hidden cave in the Mists. The location is unknown, except to those Kirei has become dedicated to.

PROFESSION: Flower arranger/seller, deliverer, information broker, exorcist, spy. 

PHYSICAL.

HAIR: Curly, wavy, and messy, fire orange in color, recently cut to cheek length. 

EYES: Peculiar lavender eyes.  

FACE: Almost doll-like and delicate in appearance, sometimes covered in dirt. 

LIPS: A bit pouty, rarely wears lip-paint.   

COMPLEXION: Olive, dewy.

BLEMISHES: A mole on the left side of her chin. 

SCARS: Small, barely noticeable scars mar her entire body. 

TATTOOS: None, sometimes Kirei will mess with Henna. 

HEIGHT: 5′6, pretty tall for a Miqo’te.

BUILD: Skinny, lanky, tall. 

FEATURES: Foxlike ears and a foxlike tail. 

ALLERGIES: None.

USUAL FACE LOOK: Neutral, melancholic, bright, friendly, ever present smile. 

USUAL CLOTHING: Practical clothing on the skin-showing side. 

PSYCHOLOGY.

FEAR/S:  Losing sense of taste, hands and feet being cut off, feeling trapped.

ASPIRATION/S: To liberate every single slave under the Echion slave branch, to understand what it means to be human.

POSITIVE TRAITS: Empathetic, helpful, friendly, dedicated worker, passionate, self sacrificing, able to look at the bigger picture, peacekeeper.

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Self sacrificing, self pitying, generous to the point of poverty, feral, half truths, holds too many secrets.

TEMPERAMENT: Phlegmatic- individuals tend to be relaxed, peaceful, quiet, and easy-going. They are sympathetic and care about others, yet they try to hide their emotions. Melancholic-  individuals tend to be analytical and detail-oriented, and they are deep thinkers and feelers. 

SOUL TYPE/S:  The Shaman- This type of soul is wise and old. They can give great advice as well as truly connect with people around them. Others often feel better in their presence.

ANIMALS: Fox, Deer, Otter.

VICE HABIT/S: Smoking, drugs every so often, having strong urges to dig holes in the ground out of nowhere, toxic relationships, succumbs to feral instincts every now and then. 

FAITH: Loose faith in Kami/ Shinto.

GHOSTS?: Yes, Kirei can communicate to spirits and sense ones nearby.

AFTERLIFE?: Yes. 

REINCARNATION?: Yes. Kirei has brief episodes where she gets feelings from her last lifetime, and rarely, will share a familiar feeling among people she had been acquainted with in her past life. 

POLITICAL ALIGNMENT: Neutral.

EDUCATION LEVEL: Taught to read and write, self studying.

FAMILY.

FATHER: R’ihan Meztli - Estranged, Keeper of the Moon. Kirei traveled with her father in Thanalan for a while before he ultimately sold her to a slaver. Spent his life work searching for a powerful Kami in the east. 

MOTHER: Leiote Sekai - Deceased, Doman Hyur. Leiote was a Geiko in Hingashi, and was well known for her ethereal presence, beauty, and kindness. She was ultimately charmed by the outsider R’ihan Meztli, and they both moved back to her home village in Yanxia to start a family. 

SIBLINGS: Kaeyu Meztli - Half sibling, half Keeper half Seeker.  Kaeyu and Kirei don’t know the other exists. Kaeyu has a reputation for being rather rambunctious and a trouble maker. 

EXTENDED FAMILY: Kirei has family on her mother’s and father’s side, but she doesn’t know anything about them, or there whereabouts. 

NAME MEANING/S: Kirei (きれい)- The Hingan word for ‘pretty’, or ‘beautiful’. It has been heavily implied to Kirei by others, that she was named after her mother’s beauty and kindness in hopes that she would inherit these traits. 

HISTORICAL CONNECTION?: None.

FAVORITES.

BOOK: A Hingan child’s book called ‘The Tale of Mohatsu-Otome’, otherwise known as the Eastern version of Rapunzel. 

DEITY: None.

HOLIDAY: Moonfire Faire.

MONTH: Fall seasons.

SEASON: Autumn.

PLACE: The astral plane, various hidden nooks and crannies throughout Eorzea, Doman bath houses, hot springs. 

WEATHER: Sunny with a chill in the air, warm desert days, rainy.

SOUND / S: Ethereal singing, the singing of lesser nature spirits within the woods, wind chimes, ocean waves, water, the rustle of leaves in the wind. 

SCENT / S: Incense, tobacco, fresh unpicked flowers, old tomes, herbs, fresh baked bread, tea. 

TASTE / S: Peaches, apples, fresh sweet cream.

FEEL / S: Soft and bristly fur, warmth, fresh snow, crunchy leaves, fine sand, hot rocks, pebbles.

ANIMAL / S: Goobbue, Tortoises, smaller creatures.

NUMBER: 3, 6, 9, 33.

COLORS: Rich purple, pink, light/bright blue, green. 

EXTRA.

TALENTS: Dancing, healing, cooking, making shitty looking but durable furniture, sewing, manipulation, twin daggers, aether control.

BAD AT: Lying, drawing, staying clean, writing.

TURN ONS: Charming cockiness, depth, intensity, shoulders, meaningful words, white eyes, dark eyes, smirks, someone who can figure her out, making her laugh, a nice voice.

TURN OFFS: Simple minds, tunnel vision, someone who doesn’t listen to her words, racism, un-needed/careless violence and aggression, calling her a ‘cat’, unflattering colors, self absorbed.

HOBBIES: Flower frolicking, cooking, traveling, swimming, making junk, people watching.

TROPES: Girl next door, Hippie, Undere/Yandere

QUOTES: 

“I want to understand... The weight of a human life.” 

“We need to keep moving forward. We have our eyes in the front for a reason after all, there is no point in looking back to the past.” 

“I take a hold of my fate with my own two hands. I will not leave things to chance.”

MUN QUESTIONS.

Q1 : If you could write your character your way in their own movie, what would it be called, what style would it be filmed in, and what would it be about?

A1 : I’m not sure about the title, but it would definitely have to be an animated film. And It would probably be about Kirei’s backstory and about her parents. There’s a lot of details about her past that I don’t get to touch on too much in RP. 

Q2 : What would their soundtrack/score sound like?

A2 : Something that would invoke a lot of emotion if possible. Ghibli/Disney-esque would be awesomeeee.

Q3 : Why did you start writing this character?

A3 : Long story short, something happened to me while visiting Japan that gave me inspiration to write Kirei. Close friends know the entire story, but its a bit long and wild. I’ll just say it involves a Fox shrine I ran into!

Q4 : What first attracted you to this character?

A4 : Besides the thing that happened in Japan, I wanted a character where I was able to express my interest in things like shamanism and the spirit world. I also was really attracted to the idea of writing a character that was still kind to others even though she has no reason to be, due to the rough life she lived. 

Q5 : Describe the biggest thing you dislike about your muse.

A5 : I’m a really open person who likes to approach people to start conversations, but Kirei is the opposite of that. It makes it a bit harder to approach in RP since I wrote her to be a wallflower. She’s also much more reserved than I am, so if there’s a wild scene happening in RP that I would like to get in on, I really can’t on Kirei since she’s not one to participate in things unless asked. 

Q6 : What do you have in common with your muse?

A6 : Probably too much in hindsight rofl. Kirei is the first RP character I ever wrote, so I gave her a lot of commonalities from myself so it would be easier to write her and learn how to RP. 

Q7 :  How does your muse feel about you?

A7 : She would probably tell me that I’m trying my best, but she thinks that with most! 

Q8 : What characters does your muse have interesting interactions with ?

A8 : A whole other side of Kirei comes out if she interacts with manipulative/cunning characters, and I really enjoy writing that darker side of her that appears. 

Q9 : What gives you inspiration to write your muse ?

A9: A big inspiration for the core of Kirei is Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket (if you couldn’t tell but all the fruits basket stuff I reblog). I just loved how she was written, and how she stayed kind despite her hard life, and I loved her layers and how she viewed others. Tohru gave me a lot if inspiration to be kind to others growing up, Kirei is really just a homage to her. 

Q10: How long did this take you to complete ?

A10: TOO LONG, I worked on it on and off throughout the week. 

Thanks for reading if you stuck around this long! 

[sambart93]

2019.01.06 Johnny’s West ‘WESTV’ in Yokohama Arena [Report]

So I managed to go to their YokoAri concert 2 years in a row now! Last year’s con report can be found here. And now onto my report!!

SET LIST

スタートダッシュ

ええじゃないか

パーリパーリパリ-カタカナを叫べ-

アカツキ

Drift!!

WESTV VTR Corner

Skit Corner (Horoscopes)

赤いマフラー

粉もん

月詠人

僕らの軌跡〜ジャニーズWEST列島縦断〜

Melody Mix of ズンドコパラダイス, プリンシパルの君へ and Ya!Hot!Hot!

バンバンッ！

ホメチギリスト

〜MC〜

まちがっちゃいない

ONI-CHAN

100% I Love You

愛の奴隷

アカンLOVE〜純情愛やで〜

Another VTR

YSSB

傷だらけの愛

We are WEST

青空願ってまた明日

アンコール

OH!LALA

人生はすばらしい

ラキセブン

Wアンコール

パリピポアンセム

*I assume fans will recognise and know these songs so I saw no need to Romaji-fy them. You can just copy and paste and find them online to listen to anyway xD

PreShow

Me and my friend had a feeling that we would have arena seats, which we didn’t want, we wanted stands so we could high five them like we did last year, BUT as we predicted, we did end up with arena seats: 4th row from the stage and to the right side which meant we got the stages AND the right-side hanamichi too!! We meant we were less than 2 meters (less than 6 feet) away from the boys at multiple points throughout the entire concert. That means, I was closer to them than Nonchan is from his head to the floor xD We were so close that some of the boys gave us a decent amount of attention. It’s weird how confident we both were. Out of 15,000+ seats we were sure we’d gotten a seat in arena. Insane. I swear I’m 50% psychic with the shit I can predict xD

During the last 15 - 20 minutes or so, whatever instrumental West song that was playing, a lot of the crowd started singing the song. The main three were Ee Janai Ka, Horumon, and one more that unfortunately I cannot think of right now. When we were singing along to Ee Janai Ka, we got to the iconic ‘Mou Ikkai!’ line and the ENTIRE audience yelled it out. Everyone then burst into laughter at the massive volume difference at that point xD

Also there was a giant TV on the main stage that was inflatable. And just before the show started, I said to my friend ‘I bet that TV collapses down and the boys come out of it.’

♡ (1) START DASH : I was right! There was backlighting that showed the boys shadows inside the tv and then the tv deflated and split apart and voilà the boys appeared! I really love their opening outfits so much! ♡(2) Ee Janai Ka : They were front/center stage for this song. My favourite part is of course the moment where all the audience (once again) yells ‘Mou Ikkai (One More Time)!’.

Just before Akatsuki (so the boys had time to change) we got member introductions and of course I only remember Hamada, Junta and Akito’s xD Hamada’s was something along the lines of ‘even though I’m already 30, I’m still getting acne! So please ignore my face today! And my leg hurts! Being 30 sucks...’. Akito’s was obviously playing with the crowd, he got us doing a mexican wave ‘wooo’ starting from my section and he went around with his finger pointing around the stadium and so different areas were woo-ing xD Junta’s was: Junta: Jasmin! Nakama Junta! Is everyone okay? Good! ... Those who are single, are you okay? Audience: (big) YES!!!! Junta: Those who are wives, are you okay? Audience (small response) Yes! Junta: Okusaaaaaaan!!! (means ‘wife’ in Japanese. But Junta has an ‘Okusan’ segment on one of his TV shows so that’s this reference).

♡(4)Akatsuki : There was a very short VTR here of the red moon so they could change into sparkly, glittery red pants and jacket for this song. ♡(6) WESTV VTR Corner : I don’t know how I’m going to explain this but this VTR is where most of their Higawari/Daily Changes are. There are about 4 different clips: TV Shopping, A Newscaster, A Panda Segment, Eating Soumen (Cold Noodles). And each show it’s a different member doing something different. So at the show I was at: TV Shopping Item Showcaser: Ryuusei - he got an item and had to guess what the item was used for. Obviously he got it wrong xD Newscaster: KamiChan - who introduced and then watched the panda segment and was just laughing the entire time. Panda Announcer: Junta, Panda Wrangler: Ryuusei(?), Panda: Shige Eating Soumen: Junta - but he sucked it in too fast and had to spit it all out in one go. Everyone died laughing.

♡(7) Skit Corner (Horoscopes) : Every one of them was dressed up as a different horoscopes ---- I realise DAYS later that it corresponds to most of their actual birthday horoscopes! Silly me!

Gemini: Shige and Akito dressed as Female Twins (Blue Dress for Akito and Pink Dress for Shige) Cancer: KamiChan as a Crab Sagittarius: HamaChan as a Horse (which is very fitting for him xD) Libra: Junta in Greek-like clothing, holding two trays Leo: Ryuusei as a Lion with a Lion hat on. Leo: Nonchan as a Chinese Lion (Chinese Dragon)

They came on stage in order of: Junta, Kami, Ryuusei, Hamada, NonChan, Shige&Akito pair (from what I remember). And Ryuusei’s introduction was very funny because Junta kept calling him the Japanese for ‘Leo’ and Ryuusei was like ‘no no no no no. I’m not a Leo! I’m a.... *deep whisper* LION’ and he did this about three time and the crowd went crazy xD The main story of this skit is about the Twins being upset about being called ‘ugly’ online, thanks to KamiChan being able to surf ‘Wester’ (West + Twitter) even though he has claws for hands xD and while everyone agrees that Akito is ugly, Ryuusei actually falls for Shige and confesses his love. But because Shige is used to being called ugly, he thinks Ryuusei is making fun so Shige runs away with Ryuusei running after him. Eventually Shige accepts Ryuusei’s love, BUT before that, Akito is like ‘and which of you remaining gentlemen will take me?’ to which Junta, Kami, Hama and Non talk about it and decide to attempt to murder Akito with Hama’s bow and arrow instead! But the arrow misses, and unfortunately it goes past Akito and continues on it’s journey and finally hits Shiga, and Shige falls down. While Shige is dying, he accepts Ryuusei’s love but Ryuusei is all sad that Shige is dying in his arms. They start singing one of their ballads/love songs slowly (the audience is crying with laughter by this point) and when it ends, Shige wakes up ‘eh? That’s odd... I was suppose to die... but I’m alive!’ and he takes the arrow out of his chest! Happily ever after! The best part of this skit was the boys absolutely losing it themselves. When it got to a serious scene between Ryuusei and Shige, Shige couldn’t keep a straight face and was laughing his lines out and Ryuusei was trying so hard too! But at one point they were hugging each other and were just stood there laughing at the ridiculousness of it all xD

♡(8) Akai Muffler : There is an animated story going on in the background during this song and at the end the credits say ‘Drawn by: Akito’. It is a beautiful and adorable drawing! HamaChan was on my side during this ballad and it was nice watching/seeing him mime along to the words when it wasn’t his part.

♡(10) Tsukuyomi Bito : Given my background of stages and musicals, I had high expectations for this and I had a vision of what this song should look like and I was not let down. They started behind a screen and were backlit so we could see their shadows. Then we they revealed themselves they were in fighting-style kimonos and had swords. In the mid-instrumental section, they had giant screen come down and they had a sword fight which was backlit and shadowed again, but we also had the side screens of the stadium showing us them behind the screen fighting, which was great! And to finish the song, both of them did a backflip off the stage which was NICE!

♡(13) Melody Mix : I was quite sad that we got this mix. It felt very jumpy and very rushed. The concert itself was short to begin with (barely 2 hours) so why not just do all the songs fully? ♡(15) Homechigi List : This is their new song and they wore their new outfits for this song too! It was very easy to figure out when the audience’s yelling parts were so we quickly got into the song and yelled our parts xD It’s a really funny song, a super cute dance, the outfits are great! I am excited for this single release at the end of January!

♡(16) 〜MC〜 : Where do I start with this one... I’ll try and remember and list as much as I can about it.

- Shige personally attacked Ryuusei today. Saying: ‘I’m really bad at remembering dances, I always stop too soon to... But recently, Ryuusei is also bad at remembering the dances!!’ and he turned to KamiChan ‘Kamiyama san! He’s bad too right?!’ and KamiChan replied ‘Ryuusei is a little bad recently yeah...’ and Shige was like ‘YAY!!!’ xD

- They also asked KamiChan how he comes up with the different dances and he replied ‘A little me inside my head is dancing’, to which they replied ‘EVEN MORE small(er than you are now -- because he’s the chibi of the group)?!’ and KamiChan was like ‘there was no need for you to comment on my height!’ 

- Akito also brought up KamiChan’s performance in Othello and he brought up (what I think is) everyone’s favourite part ‘KamiChan looked so cool the entire play! But when you were playing with the giant ball you looked especially cool!!’ which is so many favourite people’s part of the play.

- There was a small thing I noticed when Junta was talking and had his whole forearm showing; it looked like he had a giant scratch mark running down the entirety of his forearm. He wasn’t bothered by it and he never messed with it but it looked like maybe he’d scratch it the recently. But I hope I was imagining things, and if not, I hope he’s okay!

- The final thing I remember was when they talked about what they did for Bounen Kai (End of Year Party). They all went to Yakiniku and they talked about the amount of rice Akito was able to eat. Apparently he ate: Big Bowl -> -> Medium -> Rice in Soup -> Medium Bowl. ALL OF RICE! Akito said ‘after finishing the rice with soup, I didn’t think I could eat anymore but HamaChan said ‘You can still keep going’ so he ordered me a medium bowl of rice. I didn’t think I could eat anymore! .. I ate it all.’ The entire audience was just flabbergasted at how much he can eat! I can barely eat ONE SMALL bowl of rice myself! xD

♡(17) Machigacchainai :  Before they performed this song, Shige explained how this song came about: “Last year, I was having a bit of a tough time. Nothing was going right. But HamaChan came to me and told me it was going to be okay. So then I came up with this song. If you’re having a tough time, if you’re every having a bad time, I hope you can remember this song and think it’s going to be okay, because it will.”. We had Shige on keyboard, HamaChan on acoustic guitar and we had KamiChan on percussion. From the second half of the song, Shige’s face was just completely lit up and he couldn’t stop smiling. There was another adorable moment where one of them (either Shige or HamaChan) messed up a little, but Shige immediately responded with a ‘it’s okay’ over the mic so softly and the continued right through, which I think is adorable too!

♡(18) ONI-CHAN : This was so cute! They had mannequins on a bench and they did all the actions from the songs in it. The entire audience was lit either yellow or blue which looks great! OniiChan was really adorable with their cute pink outfits, and when one was singing, the other was dancing and it was a really nice dance -- apparently KamiChan came up with it (no surprise there! He is the KING of dances!). I really enjoyed all the duet/trio song performances this time around!

♡(19) Ai no Dorei : I don’t know how to explain this one... just look for papa pics and watch the dvd! ... OMG the fucking god this performance! SHIT! FUUUUCK! Seriously! It was like some Adekan x Hikari Litchee Club cross over! It was amazing!! I fucking loved it! I love how they got this performance green lit! They were all in BDSM-like clothing, with bars/jail around them in the center stage and they were doing things like pulling at their outfit straps, or slapping their own butts, it was just.... just a nosebleed-fess and the entire crowd couldn’t stop dying from it! SO MUCH SKIN o_O 

♡(20) AKAN Love ~ Junjou Ai ya de ~ : There is always a part in this song where one-by-one the members do their own dance moves and the rest of the members and the entire audience has to copy them after it. And in true Junta style he did his ‘boobies jump’ move again, and he was watching his part of the audience the entire song but they were so embarrassed to do it in front of him xD but everywhere else (that wasn’t his part of the crowd) were super going for it xD And then after his part there’s always a Junta yelling moment so he bowed and yelled “Gomennasaaaiiiiii / I’m soooorrrryyyyy!!!!!’ for that moment xD Junta and his fucking boobs move *cries of laughter*.

♡(22) YSSB : This was the song in the concert that got me totally and completely into the concert. I’m usually when conscious at concerts and never really fully enjoy - especially in a giant stadium, it’s very easy to get to fixated on ‘where is my oshi?’ and it’s very easy to get annoyed and distracted and blocked by the people around you, but as soon as YSSB started I was completely INTO IT. I was finally jumping and screaming and yelling from this part to the end of the entire concert. This is SO GOOD live! I absolutely love the outfits, I love the dance, I love their voices as they sing this song, it’s such a well performed and such a FUN song! 

So because I finally got fully immersed in the concert from this point, I don’t really remember much about the songs or what people did, I was just completely and totally enjoying myself.

♡(29) パリピポアンセム :  This was the moment where I got the biggest amount of Junta fanservice and I am so thankful for it! He definitely stayed with us way longer than he should have done! == He actually stopped to smile and wave at us (me and my friend) BIG TIME. He waved a lot and seriously wait until we had reacted, finished reacting and giving him a thanks, before he moved on! He was definitely there for longer than he should’ve been and I’m so happy about it! He had spotted us way, way earlier in the show to but he had given us only a small wave them. I guess he was saving it for this amazing moment!! Thank you so much Junta *dies*

And that’s the concert! Although, I have a few every notes that I can’t quiet remember where they go or don’t have a place to specifically put.

Extra Notes:

♡ At the beginning of the show I didn’t like KamiChan’s hair (I thought it was a tad long) but by the end of the show it had really grown on me xD not important but wanted to mention it.

♡ Towards the beginning, NonChan came down our side of the stage and got on the toroko (the moving trolleys). it was here that I noticed just how damn skinny NonChan is!! His arms are TINY!

♡ Also can we appreciate how pretty HamaChan is! He is so good looking! I always knew he was good looking but for some reason in person he’s just so much more good looking! And I really liked his hair at this concert! He’s currently off work sick with influenza so please send him so love!

♡ Speaking of HamaChan! During the first lot of Encore, he was at the stage where we were, and while he was singing, he put his leg up on part of the stage setting wall so he could stretch it out and kept it there for ages while he sang which was very funny xD away from his mic, he told the fans nearby ‘my leg hurts! I’m getting old’ so sweet.

♡ The girl in front of us was a huge Akito fan and she had a bunch of uchiwas for him to read and react to, so towards the end of the show (near the final greetings and such) he spent his entire time on our side of the stage reading her messages and doing all her requests. At one point he did something that made me burst out hard into laughter, and I saw that he saw me and then he proceeded to laugh out loud too xD 

♡ Akito is the BEST at fan service! He does literally anything for his fans! He high fives them, waves, makes funny faces, shakes their hands, literally anything! I really regret not going through my plan of getting his uchiwa and drawing a mustache on it! At the next con I’ll definitely be holding TWO uchiwas! Also he is a very naughty person. He has a habit of air banging (thrusting his hips in the air) for fanservice and it’s parts hilarious and part ‘oh my! how could you?!’ xD

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And that really is all! Hope you enjoyed the report!

[anne-marie-xx]

1H ‘22 life summary

•January - first time ko maka-attend ng virtual year-ender party (yup, year-ender kasi it was originally planned last december but has been moved due to typhoon), and then nanalo kami ng team ko as 2nd place for our tiktok entry. at the same day after the party, had a deep convo w/ bangy over coffee and that’s how we realized how hard adulting life is.

•February - celebrated my birthday at home with my fav lumpiang shanghai as the main handa. this is the time also na nagdecide ako na magtake ng CIE pero very limited lang yung pinagsabihan ko, even my family don’t know na magtetake ako. on the same month, nalaman ko rin pala na i’ll be moving to a higher position sa work which was very overwhelming kasi di pa ako regular pero i was chosen to go up. kahit wala pa ako mastery sa current role, ginrab ko pa rin yung new opportunity cause why not.

•March - after a long time, natry ko ulit magjogging sa field, pero nagunli wings kami after ni mai. mid-week, naghike ako with my closest friends ; dandan and wen. epic lang kasi upon seeing the post for the hike, naka-indicate sya as for beginner. so kaya ang lakas rin ng loob namin mag-go. pero when we’re already in the middle of our hike, di namin maisip how it came out as for begginers. and only that day also we realized na twin hike pala yun, so dalawang bundok yung na-akyat namin. sobrang pagod that day, pero will never forget na nakaya namin.

•April - slightly nagreview ako for CIE and even went to a foodpark the night before the exam. given na busy sa work and andami kong hangouts every weekend, di talaga ako nakafocus sa review so during the exam day, nawalan nako ng hope na makakapasa ako. like i’ve been skipping every item on each part kasi wala talaga akong makuhang sagot and if meron man, wala sya sa choices. nagkaroon rin pala ako ng line tour sa work ko and nameet ko rin yung ibang counterparts ko. since medyo malayo yung workplace ko, for one night, sa staff house ng company ako natulog which doesn’t seem like an ordinary one, feel ko nasa hotel ako. right after ko mag-office, umattend ako ng leni-kiko rally, wala kaming kasiguraduhan sa sasakyan namin papunta at pauwi but we still took the risk because in our heart, we wanted to be in the fight. it was also my first time to know where I stand and to completely believe that there’s hope.

•May - pumila ako for almost two hours para bumoto, syempre leni-kiko tayo para sa kulay rosas na bukas. but as the day ends, i can feel the pain kasi hindi naging pabor yung resulta. there’s also this one time na meron ako heavy meeting w/ management so before that nagpapractice ako pano ko ipepresent yung data ko, then biglang may nagchat na “uy kumuha ka pala”. isang line pa lang yun pero inopen ko agad fb ko to check and validate if CIE ba yun, and then ayun nakita ko yung name ko sa list of passers. nawala yung pinractice ko for the meeting and nagtweet ako na puro naka-caps lock. di ko alam how i got there pero sobrang grateful pa rin na nakapasa ako. nagsimba kami ng fam and then kumain kami together, my treat syempre.

•June - nag 1-on-1 kami ng supervisor ko and nashare nya na magreresign na sya, it was a revelation rin na he’ll be transitioning some of his works saken. i see it as an opportunity again to grow, though still questioning myself if deserve ko ba lahat yun. gold moment that i was able to present sa CEO ng company namin. it was the same month also na umattend ako ng oath taking for CIE, sobrang surreal lang ng feeling. umattend rin pala ng get-together with high school friends sa isang private resort, sobrang kalmado ng gabi na yun, naramdaman kong pwede pala dumaan ang araw na hindi ako bothered. sobrang happy rin kasi after so many years, nagmeet ulit kami.

[jjgrace42]

Samsaric - Chapter 2

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Fugacious

[Fugacious—adj. 1: lasting but a short time; fleeting 2: As in botany, falling or fading early]

“Read it again!” Naruto snuggled up against me, his orange blanket held tightly around his shoulders.

I giggled and flipped back to the first page of The Slug Princess. “You sure, Nato?”

“Yep!” He moved so that he was leaning against my leg, resting his chin on his thigh. “Read.”

I ruffled his hair. “Alright, alright. Now, let’s see.”

“Mirai-chan, Naruto-chan, I’m pleased to see that you two are growing up well.”

Naruto squeaked in surprise and scrambled behind me. I blinked and looked up. I squinted curiously. “Hokage?” I asked.

He chuckled and moved forward, kneeling in front of us. He looked more tired than he had the last time he’d visited. “Hai, that’s me. You’re a smart one, aren’t you.” Then he cleared his throat. “I’ve got two surprises for you, today. First, your presents. Happy birthday.” He held out two neatly wrapped presents. Like before, I took mine and then turned to watch Naruto.

“Look! Look, Rai!” Naruto waved around the awful nightcap he’d received. Excitedly, he pulled it on over the goggles sitting on his forehead.

I giggled. “That’s great!” Then I turned to my own present and carefully tore away the wrapping paper. I was slower in opening my package, wondering if the Hokage had really gotten me a nightcap. My fears were unfounded, however, when I opened the box to find . . . a beanie? I shrugged, not about to complain. It was black with the Konoha symbol delicately embroidered in white on the edge. I pulled it on, though it was big, and grinned up at the man. “Arigato!”

He smiled again, in that old man way that remind me of my—Sophie’s—grandpa. “I’m glad you two like them.”

“What the other thing?” I asked curiously.

“The two of you are older now, and I believe it’s time for you to spend time with children your age.”

Naruto lit up. “Friends?”

I frowned, knowing exactly what he meant. “You wanna put us in the orphanage.”

He blinked, obviously not having expected that leap of logic. “Hai. I brought two bags for your things to be packed in.” He set two knapsacks in front of us.

Naruto’s eyes widened and became watery. “But I no wanna leave.”

I hugged Naruto tightly, knowing we couldn’t exactly argue with the Hokage. Then I thought about it. After all, the orphanage was run by civilians. And civilians in the anime were never exactly friendly towards Naruto at this point in time because of the Kyuubi and—

My train of thought crashed as I realized something I should have probably realized a while ago.

I was Uzumaki Mirai, Uzumaki Naruto’s twin sister. That meant that his parents were my parents. That meant that my parents were Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. And that also meant that I had no idea how the Kyuubi sealing had gone. Was Naruto even a jinchuuriki? Was I a jinchuuriki?

It took me a moment to return to reality, and I realized that Naruto was hitting the Hokage with question after question about being a shinobi while the old man himself threw me curious looks. I cleared my throat. “Ne, Nato, Oyaji is real busy. We should let ‘im go?” I blinked at the man.

The Kami no Shinobi watched me for a moment before begrudging me a nod. “I suppose. I hope you two make plenty of friends. Mokin and Uma will take you to the orphanage when you’re all packed.” He patted me on the head and left.

Mokin cleared his throat and moved forward, picking up one of the bags and folding up my blanket, putting it neatly away. I watched as Uma did the same with Naruto’s things. Finally, I held out my book to Mokin as Naruto clung to me, sniffling. “Where’s ‘Nu-niisan?”

“He’s out on a mission,” Mokin said quietly. “I’m sorry.”

I nodded, frowning. Then I lifted my arms and he picked me up. Uma did the same with Naruto.

And then we left the only home I’d known in this life.

The moment we arrived at the orphanage was the moment I confirmed the hospital’s suspicions that I was a chakra sensor. They were all civilians—children, for the most part—and their reserves were obviously small, but my untrained senses felt like they were being pricked by dozens of tiny, melting needles.

Not exactly pleasant.

The ANBU dropped us off at the entrance and I offered them a sad wave before they disappeared, knowing that it was probably the last time I would see Uma and Mokin for years. Then my attention turned to the building and yard in front of us. Or, more specifically, the Matron standing in the doorway and scowling at us. “Inside,” she snapped.

I didn’t like her.

My protective instinct—the same one that had been my constant companion in my old life—surged and I gripped Naruto’s hand tightly, leading him inside and adjusting my position so I was always between him and the woman. She eyed us, her gaze harsh, before grinding out directions to our room. Curiously, when we reached it we discovered that it was completely separate and secluded from the other orphans. Imagine that.

“Ne, Rai?”

I hummed in response, glancing back at him.

“Jiji said we gonna live here?”

I nodded and took his bag from him, moving over to the dresser. “Hai.” It didn’t take long to put our things away, then I got a good look at the room. It was pretty bare—two beds, a small dresser, two nightstands, and a door that I, upon further investigation, discovered led to our own personal bathroom. I couldn’t help but marvel at how obvious it was that the Matron wanted us far and away from her other charges.

“Dinner!” the Matron yelled, and I winced at her loud voice.

Naruto perked up. “Food.”

I nodded, my nerves still on edge from the chakra scratching against my skin. But I reached out and took his hand. “Hungry, Nato?”

“You bet, dattebayo!”

He took off running, dragging me behind him, and I couldn’t help but stare at him. Dattebayo? I giggled at that, but then stumbled to a stop when we suddenly found the entrance to the cafeteria blocked by the Matron.

She glared down at us, hands on her hips. “Listen you two. I’m not happy to have you here, but I gotta make do with what I’ve got. So here’s the deal—one toe out of line, and I’ll chop your entire foot off. Got it?”

Naruto whimpered and I stepped in front of him. “Hai,” I said confidently, glaring up at her.

“Good.” Then she shoved a plate in each of ours hands. “Eat up.”

She pushed us both inside the cafeteria and we stumbled to the closest table. The kids all eyed us curiously as we sat down, but didn’t greet us. I looked down at the food on our plates and scowled. Burnt bread? Cold chicken? How heartless did you have to be to intentionally serve that type of food to children?

Naruto poked at his food before cautiously biting into the meat. “Rai, it’s not very good.”

I took a bite of the cold chicken and winced. “I know. But we have to eat, don’t we?”

— — — — —

So apparently reincarnation can severely screw up someone’s sleep schedule. Though I supposed reincarnation wasn’t completely to blame for it—Naruto was actually the main reason for the change. I found myself never sleeping in later than seven, which was a strange and foreign feeling, but that was really only a small adjustment in my sleeping habits. The other differences were so much more obviously off that I didn’t even notice my new early-riser habits for months. No, instead my attention was focused on the fact that I never got to sleep sooner than midnight, and I always woke at least twice throughout the night.

Naruto was prone to nightmares, not to mention that he was afraid of the dark.

But no matter how often he kept me awake and disrupted my sleep, I didn’t blame him. I couldn’t. How could anyone look at those teary, baby blue eyes and blame him? Well, most of the Village could, but that was beside the point.

The day had been pretty normal, by our standards. We’d been banned from breakfast, barely given lunch, smacked around by the orphanage workers, and teased mercilessly by most of our fellow orphans. By the time dinner came around, Naruto had a large bruise on his face that I knew would be gone the next morning and I’d gotten in trouble for assaulting the woman that had dared to lay a hand on my brother. I was assigned dishes duty, but it was worth it when I saw the way my victim’s left eye had swollen shut.

Naruto, I knew, was waiting back at our room for me, banned from dinner as per usual. So naturally I took advantage of the fact that I’d been let into the kitchen, never mind that it was because I’d been told to scrub plates until my knuckles bled, though I did that too. As the dirty dishes moved along, I snatched unfinished food off of them. A untouched roll here, a cold chicken leg there, and soon I had enough food to make up for the starvation both of us had been put through that day.

I squeaked out a farewell to the workers left in the room, who responded with glares and muttered curses, before scampering away. It was dark outside, and I knew it was well past our official bedtime. When I opened the door to our room, it creaked and alerted Naruto to my presence. He was crouched on his bed, cradling his lit candle close to keep out the dark in our window-less room. Sometime I would have to find a lightbulb to replace our shattered one.

“Hey, Nato.” I offered up a grin and shut the door tightly. “Sorry that it took me so long, but I got us somethin’.”

He blinked, shuffling aside so I could join him on his small bed. “What?”

I reached into my pockets and pulled out my prizes—two rolls, a chicken leg, and a half-eaten baked potato. “Hungry?” I asked.

In response, he snatched up one of the rolls and shoved it in his mouth. I took the potato and watched as he devoured the food, eating my own meal slowly. He ate the rest of the bread and hesitated over the chicken. “Rai?”

“Eat.”

As he shrugged and began tearing into the chicken, I frowned at the splotchy purple and yellow marring his jawline. The poor light from the low-burning candle only made it look worse and I clenched my fists. He blinked, dropping the bone on the floor and licking his fingers. “Rai?”

“Don’t wor—”

The candle sputtered and died.

Naruto’s reaction was both instant and expected. With a shriek of fear, the little boy threw himself at me, knocking the candle over in the process. Hot wax spilled across my skin and I resisted a hiss as I felt the burn. But I held Naruto tight in my chubby kid arms and kicked the candle away with my foot. “Hey, Nato, I’m right here.”

“Know that,” he muttered. But as the wind outside blew harshly against the building, whistling through the walls, he pressed against me and clutched my shirt desperately. “Scared.”

“I know. And that’s okay. It’s okay to be scared, sometimes.” I began running my hands through his golden hair, staring into the black around us. Unlike him, I enjoyed the dark. I always had in my last life. It was warm, comforting, and nothing that I thought to be afraid of.

“R-rai?”

“Yes?”

“Sing?”

I was still surprised every time he asked me to. The songs I sang to him were from my old life, and they didn’t ever sound quite right when I translated them to Japanese. But Naruto never seemed to care. “An old one or a new one?”

He thought about it for a moment, leaning against me. I was struck by how light he was. Yes, he was a just a toddler. But even toddlers had some weight. “New.”

I thought through all the possible songs in my head and settled against the wall so I could hold him firmly. “Alright, let me think for a sec.” Most of the songs I knew weren’t ones that would typically be sung to a three year old, but I didn’t really care. I knew them well and they seemed to satisfy Naruto, and that was enough.

“Weep for yourself, my man,

You'll never be what is in your heart

Weep, little lion man,

You're not as brave as you were at the start

Rate yourself and rake yourself

Take all the courage you have left

And waste it on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head.”

I could feel Naruto shifting in my arms and I softened my voice as I continued, not wanting to wake him up if he was falling asleep.

“But it was not your fault but mine

And it was your heart on the line

I really—”

I caught myself and quickly censored the song for his innocent ears.

“—messed it up this time

Didn’t I, my dear?

Didn’t I?

Tremble for yourself, my man,

You know that you have seen this all before

Tremble, little lion man,

You'll never settle any of your scores

Your grace is wasted in your face,

Your boldness stands alone among the wreck

Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck.”

I rubbed circles on his back with my chubby hands, listening as his breathing evened out.

“But it was not your fault but mine

And it was your heart on the line

I really messed it up this time

Didn’t I, my dear?

Didn’t I, my dear?”

It was silent after I finished and I wondered if by some miracle he’d actually gone to sleep quickly for once. But I was wrong.

“That’s a sad song,” he whispered.

“It is, isn’t it?” I hummed momentarily in response. Maybe I should stay away from the darker ones. “Alright, I’ll sing one more, okay?”

“‘kay.”

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star.”

That one was safe, right?

— — — — —

Two months after we arrived at the orphanage, I had finally gotten up the courage to address my epiphany from our birthday. So while Naruto was asleep, I sat up and tried to meditate. I’d never done it before, though sitting still hadn’t really ever been a problem for me. I closed my eyes, rested my hands on my crossed legs, and tried to figure out how in the world I could get inside my own head.

When I blinked again, I wasn’t staring out at my room. Instead, I was . . . in ANBU Headquarters again? Curiously, I got to my feet—I was still in my child body—and glanced around. It was dark and even though this was the room Naruto and I had grown up in, it was empty. No cribs, no toys, no chairs. Ignoring the chill that sent up my spine, I walked out, noting that there were no actual doors. Once in the hall, I glanced both ways in an attempt to figure out where to go.

The sound of voices caught my attention. More than that, it was the sound of English. My head snapped up and I stared at the smoke drifting above my head, listening to the noise. None of it was distinguishable, but it was painfully real and . . . nostalgic. I reached up, straining on my toes, and brushed my fingers through the mist.

Instantly, I jerked back as the rush of memories and emotions shocked my system. Trembling and with sobs choked back, I forced myself to turn away. Far down the hallway, past door after door, I could see a warm glow. I set my sights on it and began to walk. It took longer than it should have, and I wondered if time was different in my mind. But finally I reached what should have been the ANBU prison—a place I’d stumbled upon once and then never again. But instead of various individual cells, it consisted of one huge wall of bars. And behind that, well . . . .

I’d be lying if I said the Kyuubi wasn’t daunting.

I’d never seen a living creature so huge before, not to mention that he radiated power that stung my sensing abilities. But then I frowned, noting the way his fur was darker than I had expected. I thought the Kyuubi was more orange. Hadn’t . . . .

Oh.

Well, that was interesting development. I had the Kyuubi’s Yin side, then? The part Minato had originally sealed inside himself? Did Naruto have the Yang half? That certainly presented dozens of different opportunities, if that was what had actually happened.

I was snapped out of my musings when I realized that the fox, even curled up as he was, was staring at me with a slitted, red eye. I blinked. “Oh, you’re awake.” It only occurred to me after I said it that there might have been better openings. But I shrugged and dismissed that thought. First impressions weren’t going to do anything here because I knew he’d already formed his opinion of me—I was human, so therefore I was a flesh bag that was far below him and was doing him absolutely no favors by keeping him locked up. My best shot would be perseverance. That could work, though. I was stubborn.

The fox rumbled, the sound low and gravelly, and pushed himself up. He towered over me, the immense size difference intimidating even when we were separated by prison bars. His claws clicked against the stone floor and he stared down at me, eyes narrowed. “Human,” he growled, confirming my thoughts about his pre-made perception of me. “I did not expect a brat to find me so quickly.”

“I’m not a normal brat,” I said, shrugging. “I figure I better introduce myself, ne? I’m Uzumaki Mirai. My brother is Uzumaki Naruto, and we’re both gonna go to the Academy in a few years. I wanna be an ANBU. I like stories and chocolate, and I dislike disloyalty and people who are too blind to face reality. My hobbies are reading, writing, dancing, and training, though right now all I’m really doin’ is stretches since I don’t know much else.” I beamed up at him. “I hope that the two of us can become friends. Your turn!”

The suspicion never left his face, and now it twisted into a look of clear distaste. “Just what do you think you’re doing, brat? I could rip you apart in a moment.”

I shrugged, taking in the fact that he seemed more tired than I expected. Maybe the sealing took a lot out of him—I was sure it wasn’t exactly invigorating to be torn in two. “Well, we’re stuck together. I don’t really want you inside of me, and you don’t really want to be here, but neither of us have a choice. For me to get rid of you, I’d have to die or something, and I don’t wanna do that. And if you got out, you’d be attacked by every shinobi in Konoha. Good luck avoiding getting sealed again.”

He huffed sharply. “You know more than a parasite your size should.”

I smiled, hoping it came across as clever. Given my childish features, I probably failed. “Hmm, I guess I should start over, ne? Yeah, I’m Uzumaki Mirai. But before that, I was Sophie Cooper, a sixteen-year-old who only knew about this entire world as a story.” I smirked up at him, knowing my chubby cheeks probably ruined that too. “I know some things that are gonna happen. Me being here screws stuff up anyway. I say go big or go home. What do you say, huh?”

“I’m not sure what you’re asking for.” The red in his gaze suddenly seemed much more menacing. “Nor what you’re offering in return.”

“Well, lets put it this way.” I held up my hand. “I would get friendship from you, someone that I can talk to without having to worry about you blabbing to anyone.” I folded one finger down. “I would get to use your chakra when the time comes. I could train with it, learn how to use it so that we could work as a team. That will help me in everything I want to achieve—both being an ANBU and protecting those precious to me.” Another finger down. “You would have to tell me stories, because you’re old and all that crap and I bet you know a lot of stories. I freakin’ love stories.” I pushed down another finger.

The Kyuubi looked ready to protest, but I locked my gaze on him and continued.

“I’d have someone who would know the truth about me—the whole truth, reincarnation and everything—and who could help me make the hard decisions when the time comes.” Another finger. “And I need to be strong if I’m going to achieve my goals, and not just strong with your chakra. I need you to teach me.” The last finger.

“I see . . . . These are your demands, but what are you offering me, flesh bag?”

“Friendship,” I said simply, to start with. “A certain amount of freedom. Like I said, I can’t let you out since that would screw both of us over, but I’m sure we can figure out some way to let you see a little bit of what’s going on outside. I’m giving you opportunity to help me dismember those who get in my way and try to hurt those precious to me.” I grinned. I’d always been . . . violent. Blood had never really bothered me, as long as there was some reason behind it beyond just wanting to hurt someone. What might have seemed wrong to others had always been a bit more . . . morally ambiguous to me. Oh, I could understand and pretend to hold the moral high ground—I had done it more than once in my past life—but when push came to shove, I always was a selfish, manipulative liar.

After all, I never said I was a good person.

“So you’ve got a little bit of danger, blood, and guts in there,” I said, shrugging. “And there’s something else.” I straightened, crossing my arms. “I know who the puppet-master is, the one sitting backstage and pulling all the strings.”

His lips curled back to expose his fangs. “Uchiha Madara.”

I nodded, not smiling. “Exactly. And if you agree to this deal, our goal is to kill him.”

He watched me carefully for a moment before nodding. “Very well, I accept this . . . deal of yours. And just where do you propose we start?”

I sat down, eying the tag on the bars. “I won’t take that off until I know I can trust you, and until I have enough trust from superior officers.”

He considered that for a moment. “Reasonable. I will hold you to that promise, fleshbag. I will avoid eating you for the time being.”

Shrugging, I accepted that. “Sounds legit.”

He settled back down on the ground, limbs sagging with clear exhaustion. Yes, it was obvious he was still healing from being sealed so violently. But he shot me a curious glance at the foreign word. “Lee-jit?” he asked, twisting it strangely.

I waved a dismissive hand. “Something from my past life. I mean that sounds sensible. Come my chunin promotion, I’ll remove the seal, which will allow us both more power and more freedom. But that’s far in the future. I’ll be twelve, thirteen, at the least when that happens.” I rested my hands in my lap and considered our options. “No, for now, we should focus on more pressing matters. I need training—I have no wish to graduate early, since that would distance me from Naruto too much, but I need to be strong. Eventually, I want to learn fuuinjutsu. I’ll need to befriend the important players, also, but making friends has never been trouble for me.”

He was still watching me, but said nothing.

“As for you, I’m still waiting for your introduction. I know your name, but it wouldn’t exactly be polite for me to use it until you tell me yourself.” I smiled. “Name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams, whatever. Go!”

He eyed me for a moment before begrudgingly holding up his side of the agreement. “My name is Kurama, but don’t get all comfy using it. I don’t like you. I don’t like anything.”

“Aw, c’mon, you can do better than that!”

He glared at me. “I dislike humans, especially Uchiha Madara. I can’t exactly have hobbies when I’m sealed up in a despicable fleabag like you. And my dream is to tear that red-eyed coward apart.”

Well, this relationship was a work in progress, I supposed.

— — — — —

“Rai,” Naruto said quietly. “Why do the other kids hate us?”

I didn’t look up from the Japanese alphabet I was drawing in the dirt. “I wish I knew,” I responded absently.

He sighed heavily and then slumped against me, causing me to blur the lines I’d just drawn. I glanced at him and then wrapped an arm around his shoulders. “I’m sorry, Nato. But don’t worry, we’ll make some friends eventually.” I glanced out at the orphanage yard at the game of dodgeball a group of kids were organizing. I lit up. “Hey, why don’t we ask if we can play?” I jumped to my feet.

Naruto hesitantly stood up as well. “I dunno. What if they laugh?”

“It’ll be fine.” I grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the group. “Can we play?”

The kids flinched away from us at the sound of my voice. One kid’s face twisted. She shoved the ball into young girl’s hands and the six-year-old marched right up to me. “Hell no, you little bitch! The Matron says you two are bad and that you gotta stay ‘way from us!”

“But—”

“We’re gonna go play somewhere else!” With that said, she spat at me and then led the group away. I rubbed my eyes, wincing.

“Um . . . . You can play with us,” a small voice said.

I blinked rapidly to clear the stinging in my eyes and narrowing in on the painful chakra signature of the child that had spoken. It was the girl who was still holding the ball, smiling shyly at us. For some odd reason, the rosy-cheeked brunette looked familiar. Behind her stood a nervous looking boy with his long hair pulled back into a braid. His chakra was far fainter than hers.

“Really?” Naruto asked, lighting up.

“Yeah, I mean . . . . We can’t play dodgeball with just us, but we can play foursquare.”

“Four . . . square?” my brother asked, squinting.

So that began an hour long game, and it was the first time I’d seem Naruto smile that widely since coming to the orphanage. When we were done, the four of us collapsed beneath the shade of one of the trees in the yard, breathing heavily. And then I decided to finally introduce myself. “I’m Uzumaki Mirai. This is my brother Naruto.”

The girl giggled. “I’m Tenten!”

The boy perked up. “I’m Rock Lee!”

I pulled up short, staring at them. What were the chances of—

“Dinner time!”

We all leapt to our feet and ran towards the front door. The Matron stopped us short and pointed at me and Naruto. “You two are on dishes duty.”

My eyes widened. “B-but we’re hungry!”

“Yeah! We wanna eat, dattebayo! You didn’t give us lunch.”

She crouched down to our level. “Dishes. Duty. Got it?” she growled lowly.

I gulped. “H-hai. We understand.” I grabbed Naruto’s hand and, ignoring the shocked looks on Tenten and Lee’s faces, dragged him inside.

— — — — —

“Watcha doin’?” Naruto asked me curiously, hanging backwards over the side of the bed.

I glanced back at him and giggled. “I’m writing.”

“Writing?” He frowned and turned onto his stomach, propping himself up on his elbows. “Like . . . how you’re teachin’ me to read?”

“Kinda. It’s like . . . reverse reading.”

He stared at me blankly.

I waved a hand at him and then turned back to the paper and pen I’d snuck out of the Matron’s room earlier that week. “Never mind.”

Someone knocked on the door and I froze. No one ever knocked on our door. That thought threw me into a panic and I shoved the paper and pen away under my bed, hoping not to be caught with it. “Yeah?” I called.

The door opened and I found myself looking up at a man I’d come to dislike steadily over the years. “Hokage-sama,” I murmured.

“Konichiwa.” He smiled. “I hear from the Matron that you two have been excellent.”

I held back a frown, but Naruto just looked confused.

The Hokage smiled. “Happy birthday, you two. I was thinking about taking you two out to eat, today. Where would you like to go?”

His question forced me to think of which restaurant was the least likely to spill poison into our food. Naruto was bouncing on his feet impatiently beside me with all the energy of an over-excited four-year-old. “Ne . . . . Can we get some ramen?”

And that was how Naruto and I went to Ichiraku’s for the first time.

I glanced across the menu, reading the options aloud as I went since Naruto could hardly read at his current age. When I finished, I glanced at him. “Well, Nato?”

“Miso,” he finally concluded, nodding.

“Salt for me, please.” I turned towards the man standing behind the counter before glancing towards the girl attending the cooking food on the stove. She stood atop a stool in order to reach it all properly and she couldn’t be older than six, but her identity was undeniable. Little Ayame, who when we’d first arrived had chirped about how pretty my hair was before scurrying away to make more noodles. She was adorable.

Teuchi nodded, offering both of us a bright smile as he moved away to complete our order. The Hokage turned to the two of us and produced two packages. “I see you still have my gifts from before,” he said, glancing at my beanie, “and so I spent some time trying to find other things you’d enjoy.”

Like every time before, I waited for Naruto to open his first. He eagerly tore away at the wrappings, letting out a squeal of delight when he uncovered the frog wallet. Judging by the click of metal, it had money in it as well. Then he glanced towards the second object of the package and began gushing over the obnoxiously orange jacket. I raised an eyebrow, but didn’t interrupt him. Finally he paused in his babbling to turn his excited attention to me. “Your turn, Rai! Open!”

“Hai, hai,” I murmured, peeling away at my own gift. I blinked at the gifts inside. Like my brother, I’d received a wallet with some money. Unlike his, however, mine was not a frog. Actually, it wasn’t an animal at all. It seemed the Hokage had taken into account my advanced maturity and I’d been provided with a simple black and white striped wallet. It sat atop a hard-backed novel—oh, I’d forgotten how good it felt to hold a real story in my hands—and my gaze froze on the title. The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi.

I flipped it open, skimming my gaze across the text. “Arigato,” I murmured.

“Yeah, thanks, Jiji, dattebayo!” And with that, he swiveled around and dug in to the food that had just been delivered. I watched his eyes widened as he seemed to realize that he’d just discovered the most delicious food ever. “This is the best thing ever, Rai! Eat it!”

And so I did. And I listened as Naruto gushed over his gifts and the ramen and asked about being a ninja. And I listened half-heartedly at the Hokage’s response—not all of it was a lie, exactly, but he left out the darker side of the life, the bloody side. And Naruto, being idealistic as he was, painted his image of the shinobi life as a heroic quest of sorts.

And I was ashamed when I found I didn’t have the resolve to break him of that illusion.

— — — — —

“You’re getting faster at entering your mindscape,” Kurama begrudgingly admitted, watching me through slitted eyes as I skipped into the room.

I beamed at him. “Arigato, Kyuubi! Ready to get to work?”

He made an odd rumbling sound. “What work?”

“Meditation. Chakra. Strengthening our relationship so we can talk when I’m not in my mindscape.” I stopped in front of the bars and crossed my arms “We have a deal, remember.”

He sighed heavily. “Fine. I’ll help you unlock your chakra.”

A grin cracked my face. “Thank you!” I dropped down and crossed my legs—criss-cross applesauce, a part of my mind giggled. “Alright, what do I do?”

He glared at me one more time before settling down on his paws again. “Close your eyes.”

I did so, drumming my hands on my knees for a moment before forcing myself to still.

“So I know that normally you can sense other people’s chakra. What’s going to happen is that you’re going to try to sense your own and you’re going to pull at it. You’ll have to do this either once a day for about a week, or for several hours at once—”

“Let’s just do it all at once!” I said, my eyes popping open.

He growled. “Eyes closed. Now this is how it’ll work. I’ll help guide your senses by having you focus yourself on my chakra as I try to filter more of it into your chakra. Once you have ahold of your chakra, not mine, you’ll pull it towards yourself as much as you can before you have to let it go. And then you’ll do it again. Do you understand?”

I grinned up at him. “Yeah! Hit me with your best—”

“Eyes closed!”

I squeaked, closing my eyes again. Then, at his direction, I focused in on the feel of his chakra. It was difficult to follow as it moved, but I kept working at it. Finally I managed to differentiate between his and mine. I grabbed ahold and pulled.

“Again.”

So I followed his instructions for hours before I could find and access my chakra in mere seconds without his help. I blinked the tiredness away from my eyes and grinned up at him. “Did I do it?”

He nodded. “Hai.”

I sighed in relief. “Thank . . . thank you. Man, I’m tired.”

He chuckled, and the sound was more ominous than I liked. “I’m afraid I didn’t mention . . . . Doing this all at once usually results in severe chakra exhaustion.”

I stared at him, anger welling up inside of me, also with resignation. I had known, after all, that this relationship would take some work. I tried to answer, the words forming in my mouth. But the world had started to spin around me and I slowly slumped down to the concrete, feeling the cold against my cheek. “Kyu . . . bi.”

I saw black.

— — — — —

My dream was interrupted by a strange beeping sound, like that of an alarm, or maybe of a bomb about to go off. I groaned and fireworks went off in my head, booming and ringing in my ears. It was a struggle to open my eyes with what felt like lead weighing them down, and the light in the room blinded me. I winced back, the pain in my head shrieking. Habitually, I reached out for Naruto’s chakra and relief settled inside me when I felt his wild energy beside me. I turned my head to the side and smiled, seeing Naruto’s bright and blurry figure curled into my side, fast asleep.

“N-nato?” I rasped, my throat raw and scratchy. I reached out and ruffled his golden hair. “Nato.”

He jerked, a whimper making its way out of his mouth. Then he moved and stared up at me blankly. It took a moment for my consciousness to register. Then his eyes welled up with tears and he threw himself at me. “Rai! You scared me so bad!”

I wrapped my arms around him, my muscles aching. I closed my eyes, thankful to block out the burning light. “Gomen, gomen.”

He shuddered and I heard a strangled sob. “D-don’t do that,” he said quietly. “P-please.”

I huddled over him and buried my face in his hair. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”

“The . . . the doctor said your cha-ka-ra got tired.” His little fingers dug painfully through the hospital gown and into my skin. He began to cry.

I tightened my hold on him. “I’m sorry.”

I listened to him and his tears until finally they subsided and he slumped tiredly onto me. I laced my fingers in his hair. I had someone to talk to.

When I opened my eyes again, I was standing in front of a familiar cage. “Kyuubi, we need to talk.”

The fox shifted and one eye opened to stare at me. “What do you want, human?”

I sat down and folded my legs under me. “I get that you don’t like me, and that’s fine. And technically, you didn’t break our deal by not telling me about the chakra exhaustion. However . . . .” I tapped my fingers on my knee as I thought. “Not communicating such things to me fully in the future will only hurt our hunt for Madara in the long run. I’m not asking you to like me, or even to trust me, but I am asking you to work with me. To do that, you need to share information like that, and you need to make sure you help me in my training and don’t hold me back, understand?”

“You’re quite loud for someone so weak,” he muttered.

“Kyuubi—”

“If I agree, will you shut up and leave?”

I snapped my mouth shut and eyed him for a moment. Then I nodded. “Yes.”

“Good. I agree. Now get out of here.”

I quirked an eyebrow and rose to my feet. “Alright. When I get out of the hospital, I’ll come back and we’ll get some more work done. Sound good?”

He grunted, his eyes closing.

“Right . . . .” And then I opened my eyes back in the real world, stinging light drilling into my head. I resisted the urge to scream and instead I squinted at the man sitting next to my bed. “Hokage-sama?”

He smiled. “Mirai-chan, I’m glad to see that you’re doing well. You were brought in yesterday with a serious case of chakra exhaustion.”

I nodded slowly, carding through Naruto’s hair and listening to his quiet breathing. “Okay.”

“Mirai-chan . . . . I am aware that you’re a very smart young girl, but normally children your age don’t use chakra yet. Can you tell me how you managed to use enough to reach chakra exhaustion?”

“Well,” I started hesitantly, making sure to up-play my innocent child act. It was even harder to do with the piercing light burning my eye sockets. “There’s kids at the orphanage who go to the Academy. And they don’t talk to me, but I saw ‘em practicing with chakra the other day and heard ‘em say how they learned to use it. So I tried it.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Well? Can you access your chakra now?”

“Uh . . . . I think so?”

“Show me.” He held out his hand, palm up. “Gather some chakra in your hand and expel it so I can see.”

I blinked at him, head aching, and wondered if I was going to end up in trouble. So I held up my hand and slowly reached for my chakra and pulled it towards my palm. Once I’d gathered enough, I carefully released it through my skin. It felt odd, almost like cold air. My eyes widened at the pale red glow that surrounded my fingers for just a moment be dissipating. I stared up at the Hokage, coils aching. “Was that . . . chakra?”

“Hai. Someday, you’ll learn to keep ahold of your chakra so that it’ll stay together in that glow. It’s excellent for practice.” He eyed me for a moment. “I’m sure you’ll master it in no time.” He rose to his feet. “You’re free to go back home. I do believe your friends Tenten and Lee are here to walk with you. And if I remember correctly, your clothes are on the counter in the bathroom.” He waved towards said room. Then he moved to the door. “I hope to see you again soon, Mirai-chan. I just hope that it’s not in a hospital next time.”

“Um, arigato, Hokage-sama.”

And then he left.

I was able to enjoy a total of three seconds of silence before the door banged open. “Mirai!” Lee and Tenten yelled, tumbling inside.

Naruto jerked awake and squeaked, toppling to the ground. I giggled and then pushed myself to the edge of the bed. “Hi, you two. I’ll get dressed and then we can go.”

I winced at the cold floor and then hurried to the bathroom. I could hear Lee desperately asking me to hurry up and Tenten making sure Naruto was okay. I wiggled into my mini-sized shinobi pants, my loose purple shirt, and the old, worn sneakers that were a size too big. Hand-me-downs from another kid at the orphanage. With that done, I turned to look in the mirror. My red hair was a mess and really needed to be cut. But the day the Matron trusted me with scissors would be the day the world ended. So instead I ran my hands through my locks to comb them and then tucked it all into my beanie.

I raced out into the room and then into the hall, yelling over my shoulder, “C’mon, slowpokes!”

The laughed and raced after me. On our way out of the hospital, Naruto and I received several angry glares from the staff, but none of them stopped us. We finally burst out into the air and I took a deep breath, trying not to wince at the loud chakra signatures. It was getting easier to be around them, and hopefully that meant that it would eventually be easy to not react to powerful jutsu.

“Let’s go to the park!” Tenten chirped, grinning.

I blinked at her. “Don’t we hafta go back to the orphanage?”

She shrugged. “We can go back before bedtime. I wanna play!” Then she held out a roll of bread. “Eat. I know you’re hungry.”

I took the roll and hesitated for only a second before devouring it. “Alright, let’s go! Where is it?”

Lee and Tenten took our hands and dragged us through the streets, babbling on and on about how much fun the park was. When we finally reached it, we were not disappointed. “Cool!” Naruto shouted, running instantly for the merry-go-round.

Unfortunately, the parents there weren’t as excited about it as we were.

A mother next to the jungle gym saw the whisker marks on our cheeks first and her lips curled into a snarl in response. She instantly moved forward. “Daichi! We’re going. I won’t have you playing with them.”

Naturally, that started a flood of other parents collecting their children and leaving until it was just the four of us left. At least that was what I thought until I saw a lonely kid over on the swings, watching us curiously. I grinned and bounded over to him. “Hiya! I’m Uzumaki Mirai. Do you want to play tag with us?”

He stared at us with big grey eyes, his messy black hair sticking up in odd ways. I couldn’t figure out why he seemed so familiar. He blinked for a moment before nodding and grinning. I awww’d internally at his cuteness.

“Sure! I’m Uchiha Sasuke! Konichiwa.” He hopped off the swing and offered us a shallow bow.

I blinked at him, and that was when I realized that there was still another person at the park. My gaze flicked up to the bench behind the swing set, and that was the first time I ever set eyes on Uchiha Itachi. He was still young, probably only ten, and his stress lines were just barely there. He didn’t seem to even notice us, instead reading a thick, worn book. But it was undeniably him.

“I’m Uzumaki Naruto! This is Tenten, and that’s Lee. I’m it!”

And with that cry, the four of us scattered. Laughing loudly, I dashed away and ran up the slide, hiding as I watched my brother chase Sasuke. Then I glanced towards Itachi, who’d set his book aside and was instead watching the game with seeming apathy.

“Sasuke’s it!” Naruto squealed, diving under the playground for protection as the Uchiha took off after Tenten. Once she was tagged, the little boy darted away and my friend turned towards my hiding spot.

“I’m gonna get you, Mirai!” Giggling, she raced up the slide.

I leapt to my feet and clambered up the side of the playground’s tower. She raced after me. “You can’t hide up there!”

And then I jumped.

Naruto suddenly screamed in terror, and I belatedly registered that doing something so reckless in front of him might not have been such a good idea. But I hadn’t been following Kakashi’s training for years for nothing. I tucked my head and hit the ground in a harmless roll before jumping to my feet. “You can’t get me, Tenten!”

“Whoa!” a voice interrupted the game. “How’d you do that?”

I turned to find Sasuke standing behind me, grinning. I giggled. “Practice!”

“I wanna try!” And with that, he took off for the tower.

Panic hit me hard. “Wait, Sasuke-kun! You’re gonna get hurt!”

The moment he reached the top of the tower, he leapt off and I whimpered, hiding my face. But after a few seconds, I didn’t hear anyone screaming. I lowered my hands slowly and looked up to see that Itachi had Sasuke snugly in his arms, seeming to be talking to him quietly. I scrambled towards them. “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean for him to try—”

“Think nothing of it,” Itachi said calmly. “Sasuke knows now not to attempt something he hasn’t trained for. Your form was excellent. Don’t apologize for it.”

I blinked up at him. “Er . . . . Okay . . . .” Then I regained my senses. “Oh!” I bowed hurriedly. “I’m Uzumaki Mirai.”

He inclined his head to me, still holding Sasuke. “Uchiha Itachi. Thank you for playing with my brother, but I’m afraid we should go now in order to be home for dinner in time.”

“Oh . . . . Uh, it was fun playing, Sasuke-kun! Hope we can do it again!”

Itachi set his brother down and the two left, Sasuke waving at us over his shoulder with a giant grin. I watched them go for a moment before turning to my friends and brother. “We should probably get back.”

Tenten sighed. “Fine . . . . But we’ve gotta come here again, sometime!”

I shrugged. “Maybe.” Then I grabbed Naruto’s hand. “Race ya back!”

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Training my chakra was difficult to do, and the difficulty increased with my worry of returning to the hospital with chakra exhaustion. I might have had more chakra than most kids my age, but I was only a child. I had my limits.

I closed my eyes and focused on my steady breathing and listened to the flow of my chakra. I’d tried to find a way to describe it over the weeks, and the most I had come up with was comparing it to swallowing hot chocolate and feeling the heat reach through my body. Except it spread through more than my abdomen, and I could sense it more clearly, and it was more definitely not hot chocolate.

Stretch your coils, Kurama directed, leading me step by step through the process like he’d come to do habitually over the past several months. We both knew my mind would wander too far away otherwise. It would probably fall off a cliff or something stupid like that if we let it run away on its own.

So I listened and did so, pooling some of my energy near the base of my stomach. I let it lazily rotate clockwise for a moment before I pushed it downwards, pulsing the energy through my legs and stretching it outwards. Then I pulled, dragging it back upwards and spreading it out across my torso. I pressed it to its limits, as far as it could go without actually expelling it from my body, and then thrust my chakra down my arms. I curled it through my fingers and then back through my wrists and upward until it was all concentrated around my collarbone. I hissed at the way my underused coils protested and pushed my chakra up into my head, rotating it around my skull and then back down my spine.

Release.

I breathed a sigh of relief and let the energy dissipate in my stomach again. And then I moved on to the next stage, this time spreading my senses out and sifting through the chakra signatures I could feel. Naruto was always the easiest to find, and I latched on to his first. To my left, though I couldn’t discern how far away. It was quiet, circulating slowly. He was asleep, then. I smiled.

Focus.

Grunting at that, I reached for the chakra signatures throughout the rest of the orphanage. I could only recognize three of them by their feel—Tenten, Lee, and the Matron. Lee was the farthest away, since he shared a room with a couple other boys in a small room at the front of the orphanage. Tenten was a little closer, but her signal was hard to find beneath those of the fifteen girls she shared a room with.

Being an adult, the Matron was the easiest to find. Her chakra pool was still small, which was a given since she was a civilian. But it was the largest out of most everyone in the orphanage.

Chakra signatures each had a unique feel to identify them, but it was difficult to learn them—almost like you might be able to tell that something is cursive, but it takes a lot of practice to read what the cursive actually says. Lee’s chakra was the smallest out of his age group and the closest thing I had found to the feel of his signal was the smell of spices, like the spices one might have found in an Indian market. Tenten’s chakra, however, felt like autumn leaves. Or perhaps freshly baked cookies. Unlike Lee’s chakra—which was nice in a way, but always made me feel like sneezing—her chakra was inherently comforting.

My friends’ signatures were far more pleasant than the Matron’s. Hers was cold and brittle, like frozen peanut butter that had been left out too long. I couldn’t help but wrinkle my nose when I located her somewhere to my left, probably in her room near the back of the orphanage.

Practice the chakra light.

I opened my eyes, blinking at the darkened room. I adjusted the way I was sitting and began rubbing feeling back into my foot. That brought to a scowl to my face. Why was it so hard to hold a seiza? When I’d taken martial arts in my last life, I’d found it easy to hold the position for a full three-quarters of an hour during meetings. Now, it was difficult to hold it longer than a few minutes. Cursing my childish body, I settled down, my toes curling when they came into contact with the floor again. I cleared my throat as quietly as I could without waking Naruto and lifted my hand.

Drawing chakra to one spot was becoming easier and I’d learned to do it faster. However, I still lacked proper control over the release, hence the chakra burns on both my palms. I gritted my teeth as the energy collected beneath my hurt skin, stinging it. I kept a careful hold on it as I pushed it out of my body. A soft glow illuminated my hand and I reign in my control, counting.

3 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . .

The light began to shake and I took a deep breath to collect myself, not letting go.

17 . . . 18 . . . 19 . . . 20.

With a sigh of relief, I let the light go. That was a two second improvement on my last attempt, so at least I knew I was making progress. When do you think I can start training in tree-walking? I asked.

I heard him grunt in the back of my mind. When you can hold that light for thirty seconds.

Not too long, the—

Without trouble.

I sighed. It was annoying, but he had a point. If I moved on before I was at least adequate at the chakra light, then it would just come back to bite me in the end. With a sigh I pushed myself up and moved over to the dresser, digging around for the bandages Tenten had requested and snuck to me when the Matron wasn’t looking. I wrapped my hands and ripped the bandage with my teeth, tucking the ends snugly in place.

With that done, I hunted through our things and located our last match. Making a mental note to swipe more, I lit our candle. A loud snort interrupting me and I froze, my gaze flicking over to Naruto. He rubbed his nose and turned over in his bed, still fast asleep. I let out a sigh and picked up the candle holder and The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi. I settled on the floor in a seiza again and opened the book.

Teaching myself to read had started out as a difficult process, but, while it still had its rough spots, I was finding it easier and easier every day. Context clues, I had decided, were wonderful. Writing in Japanese was a different problem altogether, but I was advancing in that as well. I’d recently started teaching Naruto the alphabet, and I couldn’t help but envy how easily he was picking it up. But I supposed that the fact that he didn’t have to figure it all out on his own helped.

An hour later, I’d finally managed to finish the first chapter of the book—it was my third time through it, and I was already finding so many things I’d missed the first two times—and Naruto was beginning to stir. I got to my feet and blew out the candle before putting my book away. I rubbed the feeling back into my legs as I moved to the window and pulled open the curtains to let in the morning light.

“Rise and shine, Nato!”

He groaned, throwing a hand across his eyes. “Rai,” he whined. “I’m tired.”

I laughed and began going through my morning stretches and kata, the same routine Kakashi had taught to me so long ago. “I know, I know. But do you know, Nato?”

He paused for a moment before moving his hand and squinting at me. “Wha?”

“Do you know what today is?”

He blinked. “Uh, no.”

“It’s our birthday!” I grinned. Then I took a deep breath and reached for my toes. “We’re five!”

As I expected, he tumbled excitedly out of bed. “Happy birthday!” he cheered. Then he scrambled to join me in my stretches, something he’d started doing in the past couple of months. “Do ya think Jiji will be here?”

I shrugged. “Maybe.” I sank into my splits, something I was very proud of achieving. In my last life, I’d had the flexibility of an uncooked noodle. After a moment, I glanced to the side and saw Naruto struggling to do the same. I giggled. “Don’t push yourself too hard, Nato. You’ll get it eventually, but don’t try to hurt yourself.”

I led him through the rest of the routine and then sighed. “Alright. Let’s get dressed, okay?”

He followed me over to the dresser and took the clothes I gave him. “Do ya think we could go get ramen again?”

I glanced at him and headed towards the bathroom with my own clothes. “I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Like usual, we were early to breakfast. Today, however, the Matron was nowhere to be seen, so we scurried into the line before she could come and kick us out. The staff barely gave us more than a glare before shoving plates into our hands and waving us away. We moved over to a table and ate quietly as we waited for Tenten and Lee.

Halfway through our meal, we were joined by an unwelcome guest.

I looked up at the Matron who had taken the seat next to me. “Hai?”

She watched us coldly before speaking in a low voice only we could. “Listen here, you monsters, the Hokage wants to see you today for lunch. So this is what you’re going to do. You’re going to finish eating and then you’re going to leave and go meet him at the Tower. Do you understand?”

“Hai.”

“But we don’t know where the Tower is, dattebayo!”

“Well, you’ll just have to look for it, won’t you?” she snarled. Then she shoved herself to her feet, the action knocking the table off-balance for a moment, and stomped off.

I hesitated and then set down my chopsticks, my appetite gone. Naruto seemed to have the same idea, because he shoved his plate aside. I sighed and stood up. “We should probably go ahead and go, huh?”

He nodded and, hand in hand, we left the orphanage to go search for the Tower. “Where we gonna look, dattebayo?”

I worried my lip and tapped my fingers on my thigh as I thought. “Well, it’s probably tall, right? So if we get up high, we can probably see it!” With that thought, I ran forward, dragging him behind me.

Together we scrambled up the side of the tallest nearby building. I squinted in what I vaguely remembered the general direction of the Tower. “Aha! There it is!”

Our goal in mind, we spent the next hour dodging other pedestrians and turning around after meeting dead ends before finally we reached the Tower. Before I could stop him, Naruto marched inside. “We’re here to see Jiji!”

The desk chunin inside all paused and stared. I hurried after him, wincing at all the chakra signatures. “Um, Hokage-sama asked to see us,” I murmured, bowing to everyone in the room. “Uzumaki Mirai. This is my brother, Naruto.”

One of the chunin seemed to know what we were talking about, because he cleared his throat and stood. “Ah, yes. Right this way.”

We followed the young shinobi up the stairs and I hesitated. “So, uh, what’s your name?” I asked him, tapping my thigh nervously.

He glanced down at me for a moment too long. And then he quite curtly said, “Kamano Saisu.”

I took the hint and snapped my mouth shut. I fell a bit behind and simply watched his long, sandy hair sway back and forth as he walked, studying the way it spiked up in odd places. He led us down a long, curved hallway and knocked on the ornate double doors. “Hokage-sama, the Uzumaki twins are here to see you.”

“Ah, do send them in!”

The chunin pushed open the door and motioned to us. Then he left down the hallway, not looking back even once. I stood still, staring into the office. The Hokage smiled at us, and I was barely able to see it over the stack of papers that reached up to his chin. Something pulled on my clothes and I looked back to find Naruto standing behind me, hands twisted into the hem of my shirt. I smiled at him and pried his fingers loose, slipping my hand into his.

“Come in, come in!”

I stepped forward, listening to Naruto shuffling his feet as he slowly followed. Once inside, I closed the door and turned to face the Hokage. “You wanted to see us?”

“Yes, yes. It is your birthday after all.” He turned away and opened one of his drawers. Then he withdrew two gift bags and set them on the edge of his desk. “These are for you two.”

As I moved forward to get them, Naruto asked, “Ne, Jiji, we gonna go get ramen again, dattebayo?”

The Hokage chuckled. “If that’s what you want to get for lunch, then of course. Does ramen sound good to you, Mirai-chan?”

I shot him an odd look. “Nato wants to go there,” I said, as if that answered his question. Then, ignoring the way the Hokage watched me curiously, I turned and pushed Naruto’s gift into his hands. “Open it.”

Grinning happily, he tore into the tissue paper with a vengeance. “Rai!” he cheered. “Look!” He pulled out a large coloring book and a box of crayons. I arched an eyebrow at the shinobi battle on the front cover, but decided his excitement was excuse enough. He dove back into the bag and pulled out a box of colored dominoes “Ooooooh! Lookie, Rai!” He shoved them towards me.

I giggled. “I see! I see!”

“Your turn!” He dumped his gifts back into the bag and cradled it to his chest as he watched me.

Like usual, I was less childish about opening my gift. I pulled the tissue paper aside and stared blankly at the gifts inside for a moment. “Kunai?” I asked curiously.

“Training kunai,” the Hokage corrected. “They’re metal, but they have blunt edges. They’re for practicing aim. You won’t be allowed live blades until you’re in the Academy next year, but I thought you would appreciate them.”

I nodded, thankful that I’d gotten something useful instead of a coloring book of my own. Setting the training braces of weapons aside, I reached and pulled out the second half of my gift. “A jump-rope?” Then a smile stretched across my face as the uses of a jump-rope in training set in. “Arigato, Oyaji.”

He smiled. “And I’ve got one other gift. After lunch, I’ll take both of you to the Village library and get you cards so that you can both check out books and enter the Academy student section.”

Naruto looked confused, cocking his head to the side. “Library?”

I lit up, straightening. “Academy student section? Books? Really?” I stared at him, starry eyed.

The old man chuckled. “Hai. Of course, ramen comes first. Are you two hungry?”

It wasn’t quite lunchtime yet, but neither of us had finished our breakfast. So in response to that, our stomachs growled loudly and I flushed. “Y-yeah.”

Laughing, he pushed himself to his feet. “Alright, let’s go ahead and go, then.”

I reached over for Naruto’s bag, which he’d somehow managed to tear in his excitement over his present. After transferring his gifts over to my bag, I stood as well. “‘kay!”

We followed him downstairs and then out onto the street. Naruto was still on a bit of the high from his gifts, and didn’t seem to even notice the poisonous glares shot in our direction as he skipped along beside us, humming. I laughed at his actions and then offered the offending civilians a blood-curdling scowl—or at least what I assumed was one. Given how chubby my five year old cheeks were, it wasn’t very scary.

“Ichiraku’s!” Naruto cheered, racing ahead. He leapt onto one of the stools. “Miso ramen!” he called out.

The Hokage and I reached him a moment later and I climbed onto one the chairs as well. “Salt ramen, please.”

Teuchi gave us one of those crinkly, old man smiles. “Ah, back after a long year away. Hello, you two.”

Naruto gaped up at him. “You ‘member?”

I muffled a snort. Of course Teuchi remembered. Not only were we the Kyuubi kids, but Naruto also ate enough ramen to feet thirty customers. As Teuchi moved away to help Ayame make the orders, the Hokage turned to me. “So, Mirai-chan, how is that chakra light coming?”

My lips tugged downward. “Working on it. I can hold it for twenty seconds, but it starts getting difficult to maintain at about thirteen.”

He arched an eyebrow. “Nevertheless, that’s impressive for a child your age with no outside training. You’re turning into a real prodigy, aren’t you?”

And then it hit me.

The chakra light, the kunai, the shuriken, the library. There was a reason I didn’t get regular toys like my brother, and it wasn’t because the Hokage knew I wouldn’t think them practical. He knew that Naruto didn’t care about the library, but he was giving us access to the Academy student section? He didn’t care about what I liked or what I enjoyed. He cared about the fact that I was a smart, talented jinchuuriki. He cared about the fact that I would be useful to the Village, and nothing more.

With that, my dislike of the man skyrocketed from minor to extreme. I understood that he was Hokage, and that the Village was what he dedicated his life to. But was I really nothing more than him than a tool?

I smiled, not letting my expression betray the angst turning over inside of me. “Arigato, Hokage-sama. I try my best.”

Naruto ruled the conversation after that, spending most of his time talking about the games we played with Tenten and Lee, and the time we’d gone to the park and met Uchiha Sasuke. I finished my bowl of salt ramen, but found my appetite curiously gone for the second time that day and didn’t order another one. When we were done, the Hokage paid the large tab Naruto had racked up and then ushered us out of the ramen stand. I noted the path we were taking and then stared up at the large, ornate building we’d stopped in front of. “The library?” I asked curiously.

In answer, the Hokage just led us inside. I gaped around at row upon row of bookshelves that stretched backwards towards the back wall. As he led us to the front desk, he said, “The first floor is civilian access. The second floor is Academy student access. Don’t worry about any floors above or below that, because you won’t be able to access those.” He stopped at the desk and smiled at the woman there. “This is the head librarian, Kobayashi Junko. Junko-san, we’re here to get these two Level 2 cards.”

The greying woman leaned across the desk to look down at us. I braced myself for the hate that was sure to flicker in her eyes, and pulled up short when her thin lips pulled into a smile. “Konichiwa. Book lovers, are you? I can appreciate that.” She bustled around behind her desk, scribbling on paper and shuffling through drawers. At one point, Naruto groaned and sat down, slumping against the desk. I took the time to turn and stare at the bookshelves. Books. Stories. I felt like the Grinch, the sight of my old friends making my heart swell to three times its size.

“And here we are. A card for Uzumaki Mirai, and a card for Uzumaki Naruto.”

Naruto took his card and squinted at it, turning it over curiously. I took my with reverence, staring in awe at the kanji freshly inked across the top of the thick plastic. Uzumaki Mirai, Level 2 clearance. The rest of the card consisted of a string of numbers and an expiration date. I turned it over and stared at the blank white before my gaze was drawn up to the top right corner, where a very small seal was drawn.

Before I could investigate it further, the Hokage spoke again. “You two can return here any time. For now, however, we should probably get you back home.”

He ushered us out of the building and I cast a longing glance back over my shoulder before shuffling after him. Naruto studied his card for another minute before shoving it towards me. I smiled at him and took it, placing both of our cards in my pocket.

I mentally began to plan out the rest of our day. It couldn’t really be any later that maybe two, which meant we had about three hours until dinner, and seven until lights out. Knowing Naruto, he’d want to spend some time with his new toys, which would give me an opportunity to find a way to set up a target so I could practice with my kunai and shuriken. After dinner, we could grab Tenten and Lee and play a game of tag or foursquare. Somewhere along the line, I could probably drop out and do some more mediation under that sakura tree in the front yard.

“And here we are. I do hope you two enjoy your gifts.” The Hokage patted each of us on the head and left. I watched him go for a moment, knowing it would probably be another year before I saw him. I really didn’t care. So I slipped my hand in Naruto’s and marched across the yard to the front door. It slammed open and the Matron stared down at us.

“You two are going to pack up and leave. If I so much as glimpse your sorry little snouts here again, I’ll break your legs. Understand?”

I blinked up at her. Well, so much for my afternoon plan.

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28+1 things I want to say about you on this day onwards.🤣 1. You are the most strict among us siblings. 2. Little things have the biggest value when you receive it. 3. No need to be fancy, presence is appreciated when it comes to you. 4. Apparently, you are irritating most of the time. Takot nga kami mabulyawan eh. Hahaha! 5. Though somebody called you maldita as usual, but you are too good to be true. (Pakain ka na.🤣) 6. Until now, there is only one du’ah that I am always asking from above, but it’s a secret. This is just between me and the Almighty Allaah who knows it. (suspense) Hahaha! 7. You are simply amiable but ambiguous. XD 8. I don’t know why I did this, but don’t make me down. Hahahaha! Lahat ng bagay may kapalit. Lol! 9. I may not be as supportive to you financially, but I will always include you through my supplications and I know that’s the best compensation. Ayt?! XD 10. I don’t have nothing to say, but I need to finish this. Sinimulan ko na eh. LMAO!🤣 11. Kind-hearted. 12. My birthday. Jowk!🤣 But anyways, hoping so badly that someday you will achieve the goals you always wanted in life. Syempre para saatin din un eh. Hahaha! 13. When you were 13th you were the tallest among your classmates. Highschool days! XD (Kataso!✌🏻) Actually, up until now all your best of friends were midgets. Joke! Average height for girls, but when it comes to you from head to toe aside from your P.O.🤣🤣🤣masculine thingy were all you’ve got. XD Gwapo ka?! Hahaha! 14. Mahirap pala ito. Wala na talaga akong maisip!🤣 15. You are the most short-tempered person, but have a long patience as well. You are in the middle, I guess? xoxo 16. Once upon a time, it was the most embarrassing moment you have had experienced. The pees. Alam mo na un.🤣🤣🤣 17. Between you and I, parang ako ang mas matanda. But, they were saying that we are twins where in fact you are 2 years ahead of me. Wala lang, gusto ko lang sabihin. Para mas klaro. XD 18. Malapit lapit na ako. Sampu nalang ang kulang — Yeahey! 19. I guess, you will not read this because it’s too boring and it’s nonsense. But for you I will finish this. XD 20. I kinda felt guilty because I don’t have nothing to give you. XD (at Marawi City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIIKwZBJDKVTlmxdfoFP2fud9Oc3IgsEr11Hlc0/?igshid=gbdd5bwt1iia