Super Hero RPG

[The Kingpin]

"Perhaps speaking would free you of it's burden? sometimes the burden bared by one's past prevents him from forgetting it and moving on" said Gaara, arms crossed...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi turned fully around, to face Gaara, her expression calm, though a glimmer of pain shimmered in her scarlet eyes before she said with a faint smile, "It's a bit of a long story, but one I'm willing to tell if you want to hear it."

[The Kingpin]

"I have the time to listen if you want to speak. I don't exactly have appointments" said Gaara in a slightly sarcastic tone, though a smile was on his face, however small it was...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi laughed softly before she began, "Alright...my dad wasn't exactly the nicest guy. When I was a child, before I'd turned ten years old, he started coming home drunk every night. He and my mother would argue more and more, and sometimes he would hit her. But..." She shivered slightly. "Not nearly as many times as he struck me. He would yell at me, for things I would swear I didn't do, and sometimes he even used knives to vent his rage on me. It only got worse after I began to make friends with a few of the local children. If I came home later than he did on days I went out to play with my friends, he would swear loudly, and refuse to let me eat anything for weeks afterward." She paused to steady herself, because even though her father was dead, the memory of those beatings still scared her and she could feel herself beginning to tremble.

[The Kingpin]

Gaara thought about it. "At least your mother understood" he said finally. Yoruichi's father sounded alot like some of the guys he'd killed in the past just for getting in his way. meanwhile, a little bit of sand spilled out of a crack in the bottom of his gourd, swirling into the shape of a snake, beginning to slither up Gaara's leg, onto his neck buttoned trenchcoat and onto his shoulder...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi allowed a smile to flicker over her lips. "Yes," she murmured. "My mother was the only one who stood up for me. Until, that is...my father killed her." She felt a surge of anger at her father. "He...made me watch as he tied her wrists and ankles together and taped her mouth shut. I'll never forget what he said to me then...or the look in my mother's eyes as she saw the huge knife in his hand. He stabbed her eight times... 'One for every year I was married to you, you miserable wretch,' he told her." The young teen ran her fingers over her scarred shoulder again. "She was so scared...and I was screaming for my dad to stop..." She swallowed hard, attempting to keep back the tears she could feel building in the corners of her eyes. "He held me by the hair and made me watch as he slit her throat open. She was in so much pain when she died..."

[The Kingpin]

Gaara cringed. now there was yet another thing they both suffered from. he walked forward to Yoruichi, putting an arm around her shoulder for comfort...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi looked up at Gaara, slightly surprised, but she wasn't going to object to the gesture. "I was thirteen when my father finally got what he deserved," she continued. "He was more drunk than usual, and instead of beating me like he usually would...he pulled a gun out of one of his desk drawers. He told me it was my fault my mother died...that I should be dead for what she had suffered." She paused, feeling her throat constrict. "I...don't have a clear recollection of what happened...but when I finally became aware of my surroundings, my father was dead, his cheek ripped open and a bullet hole in his chest. And my wings were lying limp beside me. When Raito came in, he told me it was his fault...I still don't think he was right about that. I was the one who killed my father, not Raito."

[The Kingpin]

"Who WAS Raito?" said Gaara as he stood there, taking in the information...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi smiled sadly. "He was my best friend," she murmured. "We swore we would protect each other no matter what. Unfortunately, he died protecting me from my aunt, who was crazed with grief at the death of my father." She chuckled softly. "I had a messed-up family."

[The Kingpin]

"mmm" Gaara mumbled thoughtfully. "And what happened to your aunt?" he said finally...

[Hopeflower]

"She was arrested, or so I heard," the demon-child replied. "I don't know what became of her after that. Hopefully she's still locked up."

[The Kingpin]

Gaara sighed. "No wonder you wish you could forget it. with a bit of luck she'll rot in her cell. still, all things considered, it could still've been worse. thankfully it wasn't" he said...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi nodded. "Yeah, that's true," she murmured. I could be dead now, she thought. I could've been killed all those times...but I wasn't.

[The Kingpin]

"You know...at one time i had the pleasure of a family. an older brother to play with, a father with a good job. a loving mother. it was the perfect life...then one day...everything changed" he said, closing his eyes, his memories flowing back to him in an unholy torrent of pain and anger...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi blinked at Gaara. She rested a gloved hand on the arm around her shoulders gently, saying without words that she was willing to listen.

[The Kingpin]

"...One night, when me and my family were going across the desert to get to a Resort my dad had reserved for us as a little holiday trip, a man threw himself in the way of the car. he was large, muscular and had red hair, a brown jacket, white tank top under it and jeans. red eyes. my dad got out of the car and talked to the man. my mother got out too, and then so did I, curious. my parents were standing in front of him and suddenly i heard a loud bang. my father slammed into the bumper of the car. the man then picked up my mother by the neck, who was pleading for him to let her go, and crying over my father. the man's hand lit up with flames and began burning into her neck...she was screaming...she was in agony....her flesh was being burned in that man's hand and she was powerless to stop him. i heard another bang and my mother was sent flying into the dirt out of sight of the headlights. Yukio jumped out of the car just as the man started to walk away, and tried to shoot him. the man turned to look at Yukio as he was running at him...and laughed. he was laughing like a demon. i ran for my mother to see if she was ok. all there was was burned flesh around the back of her neck, and a gaping black hole where her throat was. then i heard a bang. when i turned around, Yukio was pinned against the front of the car, with a huge hole in his chest, fire in his stomach. he was screaming in pain. i ran to him, then the man saw me. my brother told me to run, but i was so frightened, so upset, so hurt, i couldn't even move my legs. the man mocked me. he told me that i should get used to my loved ones dying, and that he had sent my family to hell...and then said he was going to send me after them". he took a break, putting a hand on the side of his head, massaging a faint headache that had hit him as he remembered the rest...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi studied the image she'd built in her mind as Gaara was speaking. It wasn't pretty, that was for sure. She gave his arm a gentle reassuring squeeze, understanding his pain.

[The Kingpin]

"The man raised his hand at me, and i heard another bang and a flash. then all i could see was dust, then darkness in front of me. i found i was still alive, then i heard the man mock me again. 'Idiot kid should've run like his brother told him to' he said. i said i never run from anyone. then he turned around as a bit of whatever was protecting me fell off, letting me see him. he looked like he'd seen a ghost. i heard more bangs and flashes, and i saw darkness again as my protection blocked it. when he stopped, i heard him coughing from the dust. then i heard him scream, and saying no over and over again, begging me to stop. i saw the sand lift him up. at that moment i just wished he'd die...then the sand crushed him....all that was left was a fountain of blood. and i was left there to mourn my family for two days, before falling unconscious from exhaustion" said Gaara finally with a sigh, opening his eyes, the ice blue colour of them piercing, but oddly soft. for one of the very few times in his life, his emotions could be seen in his eyes...a wave of sadness, anger, hatred....and vengeance...

[Hopeflower]

Yoruichi chewed the inside of her cheek for a moment, thinking. "I'm sure 'I'm sorry' would sound completely cliche at this point, but I don't know what else to say," she murmured after a short silence.