#referenced Korin/Kira

[keldae]

for the cute shippy starters, #42 “I swear it was an accident.”

(So it's not "shippy", and it is a million years late, but!)

Some days, being a parent was more stressful than it needed to be. This was definitely one of those days.

Reanden sighed and paced back and forth in front of the couch, pinching the bridge of his nose. "What in the blazes were you thinking, again?"

"... I wasn't?" Korin cautiously looked up from his seat on the couch, fingers nervously fidgeting with the computer spike he'd lifted from the caf table. "I swear it was an accident."

"You don't 'accidentally' have sex, Korin. That's not how it works and you know it. And especially not with a Jedi."

"It wasn't exactly a planned event, either," Korin protested. "Besides, didn't you do the exact same thing with Mum?"

"We're not talking about your mother and I from almost four decades ago. We're talking about you and your sister's Padawan from apparently the last few years."

"By the way, thanks for talking Xaja down from–"

"I only told your sister she wasn't allowed to murder you for sleeping with her Padawan," Reanden interrupted, eyes glinting warningly in the Shadow's light. "Maiming you is still a possibility if Theron doesn't talk her out of it."

"Technically, Kira's her ex-Padawan–"

"Korin."

Korin shrunk at the warning tone in his father's voice. "Shutting up."

"That's the smartest decision you've made that's even tangentially connected to Kira." Reanden sighed and rubbed his temples. "And yes, I'm aware that you and her are both grown adults and can make decisions for yourselves, but did either of you even think about the potential consequences of this?"

Korin shrugged. "The Jedi can be… willfully oblivious when they feel like it. We figured, as long as we weren't doin' it in the Council chambers, we weren't gonna get in shit for it. The reformed Council hasn't given Xaja a hard time for being married and having kids, after all…"

"Xaja also saved the galaxy multiple times. Kira contributed, certainly, but she wasn't the driving force behind your sister's actions." Reanden looked skyward for a moment, as though seeking patience. "And I wasn't thinking of those consequences. I'm talking about the ones you two have to deal with now. Did you even discuss the very real possibility of a pregnancy?"

"It… uh… no," Korin sheepishly admitted. "It just… never came up much?"

Reanden muttered something about Jedi apparently trying to use the Force for birth control, then looked back at his son. He could feel a migraine forming behind his temples. "And have you discussed this with her now that you know she's pregnant?"

"We didn't exactly have an opportunity to do so!" Korin protested. "Between Xaja trying to strangle me and you doing that whole scary cipher agent glare that you're doing right now…"

"If only the scary cipher agent glare worked on you," Reanden muttered. "Have you given it any thought?"

Korin shrugged. "I dunno… I wasn't planning on ever having kids, I figure Kira was in the same boat. I guess… I'll back her up, whatever she decides to do?"

"And what if that entails her leaving the Jedi and becoming a full-time mother to your child?"

Korin raked his hands through his messy blond hair and released a heavy breath. "Then I guess I pay child support? Or… I dunno, maybe I try to settle down with her and raise the kid?"

"You? Settle down, when you're flirting just as much with Arn as you are with Kira?" The migraine ramped up; Reanden sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose again. "Your love life is more dysfunctional than the entire fucking Senate. At least your type seems to be Jedi."

"Hey!"

Reanden glared at his son, and Korin subsided with a grumble. "It's not that dysfunctional," the spacer muttered.

"I beg to differ."

"... You know, I would have thought you'd be delighted at the prospect of another grandkid."

"Oh, I am. But I'm more worried about that grandkid's future, and if its father is going to be step up and be responsible for it. You realize that if you do back Kira up, and if she wants to settle down and raise that child, it'll mean a significant restriction on your current roaming around the galaxy, seeking out shenanigans in every port. And I don't see Kira putting up with having competition for your affections."

Korin groaned and dropped his head into his hands. "I know," he sighed. "And I really do lo–" He coughed. "I really do care about her. I want to do right by her, and the kid. I just… Impending fatherhood is fucking terrifying. I dunno how to be a dad to the little squirt!"

Reanden huffed out a small laugh. "That's something every first-time father says, son," he said. "Force knows I didn't take it well when your mother told me she was expecting Xaja. But that's something for a different time." He took a seat on the caf table in front of his son. "You ready to own up to the consequences of your actions, kid?"

"I don't really think I have a choice," Korin mumbled.

"Oh, you've got a choice. The cowardly choice would be to run off to the Outer Rim and never be seen in the Republic again. The honourable choice is to stick around and back Kira up, whatever her decision is – and if she chooses to keep and raise the kid, then so be it." Reanden reached over and set a hand on Korin's shoulder. "And you are not a coward."

Korin shrugged. "Yeah, well, don't go around spreading the rumour that I'm honourable or some such nonsense. I got a reputation to uphold." 

Reanden snorted. "Your secret's safe with me… for now. Think real hard about what you should do, Korin." He sighed and got to his feet. "And while you're doing that, I need to go remind your sister that her former Padawan is a grown woman who can make her own choices about who she sleeps with."

"Please do, before Xaja decides to actually murder me," Korin muttered.

"I'll do my best to talk her down. You had better track Kira down and have a long, serious conversation with her, now that you two are potentially about to have your galaxy upended." Reanden patted Korin's shoulder. "And if you do decide to give parenthood a shot, you know you won't do it alone. I'll be around, and your brother and sister will be delighted with a new niece or nephew."

Korin finally looked up and offered his father a small smile. "Thanks, Dad. It means a lot."

"That's what I'm here for." Reanden smiled back, then released his son. "Go find Kira. I'll go talk your sister out of something she'll eventually regret."

[ratcarney]

Nabari No Ou Starter Pack

nabari is a great show, but there are a LOT of words and characters that are consistently referenced, and it’s easy to get confused. i’ve compiled all the info you need to understand what the hell people are talking about, including characters, clans, ninja techniques, and assorted japanese words, below:

CHARACTERS:

Banten Clan:

Miharu Rokujo (14yrs) - main character, possessor of the Shinrabanshou

Tobari Kumohira (25yrs) - Languages teacher, leader of the Banten clan, tired

Kouichi Aizawa (14yrs) - Miharu’s friend and member of the Banten clan

Iga Clan*

*(includes Kairoshu, Wakachi, Tategami, and the Hijutsu Research Squad)

Tojuro Hattori (59yrs) - Leader of the Iga clan and the Kairoshu, political commentator in the surface world

Ichiki (42yrs) - Former war doctor, now serves as Hattori’s second in command

Kazuhiko Yukimi (27yrs) - leader of the Kairoshu’s executive squad, writer + journalist in the surface world, guardian to Yoite

Yoite (16yrs) - Kira user for the Kairoshu

Raikou Shimizu (20yrs) - Wakachi, the only other surviving member of the Shimizu clan, wields Shirogamon

Gau Meguro (16yrs) - Wakachi, Raikou’s apprentice, no prior ties to the Nabari world

Kazuho Amatatsu (26yrs) - member of the research squad, Yukimi’s sister, sushi chef in the surface world, Kairoshu doctor in the Nabari world

Shigure, Hyo, and Shiranui - members of the Tategami

Fuuma Clan

Kotarou Fuuma (ageless/120+ yrs) - leader of the Fuuma clan, shapeshifter

Saraba (age undisclosed) - second-in-command to Kotarou

Juji Minami (12yrs) - medical ninja, member of the Fuuma clan

Raimei Shimizu (14yrs) - Miharu’s friend, samurai, one of two surviving members of the Shimizu clan, wields Kurogamon

Togakushi Clan

Yae Oda (34yrs) - leader of the Togakushi clan, possessor of the Izuna Shingan technique, which means she can read minds

Sōrō Katou (age undisclosed) - subordinate to Yae Oda, also reads minds

Koga Clan

Shijima Kurookano (age undisclosed) - Resident of the Koga Village and member of Alya Academy

Katarina and Subaru (age undisclosed) - members of the Koga clan

Sirius Hashiba (age undisclosed) - leader of the Koga clan

Outsiders

Hanabusa “Hana” Seki (40yrs) - Archeologist and Tobari’s partner, all-around sweetheart

Miharu’s grandmother (age undisclosed) - Miharu’s grandmother

CLANS

BANTEN - headed by Tobari Kumohira

TECHNIQUE: ENGETSURIN, true power unknown

IGA (+ Kairoshu, Wakachi, Tategami, Hijutsu Research Squad) - headed by Tojuro Hattori and Ichiki

Kairoshu: Literally translates to “Ashen Wolf Pack;” a team of ninja that are independent from the rest of the Iga clan whose purpose is to pursue the shinrabanshou (Yukimi and Yoite)

Wakachi: Treason control force; the Wakachi’s purpose is to punish those who are disloyal to the Kairoshu (Raikou and Gau)

Tategami: Kairoshu’s secret intelligence unit (Shigure, Hyo, Shiranui)

Hijutsu Research Squad: team of medical ninja whose purpose is to research hidden and forbidden techniques in order to learn more about the shinrabanshou (Kazuho)

TECHNIQUE: KIRA, ability to insert a piece of the user’s life force into their victim, harming them from the inside out (used by Yoite)

TOGAKUSHI - headed by Yae Oda

TECHNIQUE: IZUNA SHINGAN, the ability to read + manipulate minds (used by Yae Oda and Katou)

FUUMA (+ the Shimizus) - headed by Kotarou Fuuma and Saraba

Shimizus: known as the “observers” of the Nabari world; formerly headed by Korin Shimizu and formerly home to Raikou and Raimei Shimizu

TECHNIQUE: TENPENKA, the ability to shapeshift

KOGA - headed by Sirius Hashiba

TECHNIQUE: DAYA, the cure to any and all illnesses and injuries

OTHER ASSORTED WORDS:

HIJUTSU: “hidden technique”

KINJUTSU: “forbidden technique”

SHINRABANSHOU: “all things in nature”

OKONOMIYAKI: a savory pancake made from wheat-flour based batter containing a variety of ingredients

finally, a trigger list

blood (like, a whole bunch. there is a Lot but i promise it’s all rather tasteful)

coughing up blood (just yoite and one other character that i cannot tell you about)

stabbing. a bunch of stabbing

sounds of bones breaking (when yoite uses the kira technique in e3, e6, and e8)

hospital scenes (e10, e11, e18, e23)

brief memory of someone falling from a high building and hitting the pavement (e18, e24)

death, like in general. just a whole bunch of death

guns + gunshots, some people are shot and killed

several people are injured/killed with a katana

there’s frequent closeups on eyes (most notably being in e3)

the kira technique is scary, i’m not gonna lie to you. in early episodes, yoite is ruthless in regard to who he uses kira on, so approach early yoite scenes with caution

raikou, uh. he has some...murderous tendencies. so be wary of any scene with him and a katana. he kills without remorse. really it’s kinda sexy if you think about it, but if you’re sensitive to death scenes, just approach with caution, ESPECIALLY in e10 and the end of e11

yoite’s hands are seen intermittently from e9 onward. they are not pretty. i mean, i think they’re a little pretty. but that’s just because i consistently look at him with rose colored glasses

yoite is just a genuinely depressing character. tw for mentions of child abuse + flashbacks, visible severe illness and injury, collapsing, pills, at one point he’s drugged, and the general unwellness of a dying teenager

e23 and e24 have some emotional abuse (gaslighting) being directed towards two characters for a brief amount of time

family issues in general

i’ll add to this if needed! enjoy the show :)