The Trail to Jun'Jo [Closed, Flashback]

The two hour long or so procession was under way and the path was set for Jun’Jo. In summary, Battousai had traveled to Theden in order to request assistance for the building of Jun’Jo. Yuki agreed to the terms and supplied 25 lumberjacks who were currently in tow to the city. Just before leaving the city, Jyn would have manifested himself in enough time to grab Eri, now called Lightning, before reverting to Battousai in time to lead the current procession that was taking place. As such, Battousai would be walking with his arms folded towards the front of the group, in a conversation with the leader of the work group that was coming with them. After the conversation ended and the leader went back to speak with some of the workers, Jyn would internally check with Battousai to see if they could swap out, since all they would be doing would be walking for the next hour and a half. Seeing nothing wrong with it, Battousai would oblige, and form a hand seal at gut height. Murmuring a “switch” beneath his mask, the channeled chi would swirl about his body in a burst of light that would transform the samurai into Jyn. As to not freak out those walking with him, Jyn, though physically different, would still be wearing Battousai’s horns and mask. As a group that lived in the same city with a wolf demon, hopefully the people wouldn’t be thrown off by his change in mass. Turning to his side, Jyn would look to see if Lightning were walking with him and see how she was doing.

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“Oh, that,” Jyn would say as his eyes would come upon Lightning. He would slow just enough for her to walk to his side before he takes a normal pace and begins talking, “well, I guess since we have time now, I can explain what I meant by ‘it’s complicated.’” He thinks about it a little bit and returns his gaze forward as he walks, beginning, “well, it’s easier to think of me as one person and Battousai as another person. I don’t really transform like you did into a cat…” Deciding to start at the origins, Jyn would say, “well, let me start at the beginning. So before I was born, there was this kid named Jin.” Jyn would go into detail about how his name was different from Jin’s and would touch on the paste about how Jin’s family was killed before his eyes, and as a young kid, Jin wasn’t able to cope with it. He would explain that this birth started as a coping mechanism for Jyn, in order to deal with what had happened. Jyn would recount that whereas he was the more outgoing and social portion of Jin, Battousai was the darker and more killing oriented side, since Jyn was opposed to killing living things. “So,” he would continue, “somehow, Jin had some special power that enabled him to give form to the concept of me. As such, though I was his guardian, is he more like my creator… the same is true with Battousai. He didn’t create just us, though… he created the world we live in when we’re not in this physical world. Of course, we’re the only ones in that world, but it is a lot better than drifting in a sea of nothingness, and we’re able to train there too.” After progressing through the story of his life, he would come upon the more recent developments, stating, “After we completed our goal, some strange things happened that I don’t know about. Somehow Jin, Battousai and I all ended up in separate bodies. Even though I didn’t know what was going on, I thought that I was finally free. As it turns out, that freedom was taken away from me and we found ourselves back at stage one, only without Jin this time.”

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Jyn would be able to tell that his story seemed a bit outlandish. In the time had had been ‘alive,’ he had not run into another like himself. Her response throws him a bit. He gives a nervous chuckle as he attempts to decide whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. On the issue of him getting his ass kicked, he had never wondered to himself whether he could take Eri on or not; she did seem exceedingly skilled in battle, or rather had been under that name. Still; three times a night. “I would be a ghost…” he murmurs lightly to himself. Seeing her wince causes him to pause and look to her in a worried manner as he would order, “don’t move it to much, now… that’s a bad curse though, for it to hurt when you laugh.” He would continue at a few more paces before asking, “so, between me and you, what are we?” It had been bugging them since the events in the Inn room earlier in the day. He continues, “I know you said in your old culture that you had several men and that they had to kill a bird and bring you feathers in order to be with you… but we’ve spent a while together… I’ve never brought you any feather’s though… but still, what do you consider me as?”

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Jyn would nod as the two previous men were mentioned. He didn’t have to wonder where they were, because from what he understood of the Al’Bhedian way, they were probably at home being good house husbands or something to that nature. It was the ‘as for us’ that garnered Jyn’s attention as he turns and looks to her. Respect was an interesting word for her to use; with that, he felt like things were definitely going down the friend route until she said it was up to him. “Eh?” he would emit after that and during the idiot calling. Her words and actions swelled up a bit of happiness in his chest for some reason; he felt like he had a fighting chance with her. She wasn’t the person she used to be, but she was still the one he shared memories with; Jyn would keep from thinking about her current revelation as being any more complicated than it had to be. ‘Eri was Lightning but now she just thinks differently on some things,’ was enough for him. “Oh… it’s like that,” he would say as he turns his gaze back forward, unable to keep a grin from his face. “Well, in that case,” he would say, “I ‘respect’ you too.” Since he was on a roll, he would mention, “so, I think you should live with me in Jun’Jo; I got a house there.”

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Thinking over it, Jyn would say, “well, no, it’s not nearly as big as that place…” Thinking about the place, he remembered that they were still kind of the stewards of it. He would have to go back there and check to see how the people he left there were doing. He had a few people from the family at the Old Kyro Manor watching over it, so he assumed that it should still be theirs, but a lot of time had passed since they had last checked on it. Either way, those people knew he were a traveler, so things should be fine. The fact that Lightning was cool with staying with him did keep the fuzzy feeling in his stomach going. With a nod he comments, “since you don’t need much room, we can share one when I’m around…” Of course it would be a separate room for when Battousai was in his form, but if he could help it, he would attempt to barter a deal with Battousai about the time share they currently had going on. His gaze shifts back down to Lightning’s arm; it made him feel bad that she was hurt. He made a mental note to see about seeking out a healer to take a look at her and perhaps expedite the healing process on the appendage.

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There’s a grin as the other ‘him’ is referenced. Jyn would reiterate, “well, he’s not really me, but don’t worry about him. He knew that I went to come get you this morning and hadn’t said anything all the way up to now when you were walking with him, so it’s safe to assume he’ll go with the flow. It’s not like he’s my dad or anything. “ There’s a light chuckle at the end of that as he considered Battousai more of a younger brother that just happened to be good at killing people. He would mention, “but don’t worry about anything like us switching at a bad time. Normally that won’t happen unless there’s an emergency. Once our powers are back up to par, we might be able to find a way to use our power to divide ourselves or something like that… who knows…” The steps would continue before Jyn would comment, “hey, are you okay, or do you want me to see if I can make a sling for your arm or something? I can probably use my belt?”

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“Cute and shiny things, eh?” Jyn would repeat as he thinks over her words. With a grin, he would comment, “if you were like that, I don’t think you would be my type anymore...” He was already surprised enough by the amount of change in her. He never figured that they would be here, walking side by side with her up under him, talking about their relationship. She seemed a lot easier to talk to about things like this as opposed to before when he figured she would simply brush him off. Still, though she had come this far, he would never peg her to be an airhead. Mentally, he would give her about a month before she was out slaying things again and taking back up her training. Jyn would make the comment, “but after I lost my powers, somehow, I was able to regain them enough to manifest. That leads me to believe that whatever happened wasn’t permanent.” Knowing how she felt about strength, he would say, “so I’m not going to let myself go soft. I’m going to restart my training and make sure I’m a strong enough man to have you.” If anything, he wanted to make sure that he could protect her from harm and all that good stuff.

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“Heh,” Jyn would emit at the comment about her getting into trouble; that definitely would keep things interesting. His eyes get wide at the prospect of a ten day walk; that would be a horrible time waster as well as punishment as if for doing something wrong. He takes the teasing in good humor until she winces in pain. His body would react naturally to catch her before she fell, and for a moment he would pause in holding her. Making eye contact with her in his arms, he would look over her and make sure she was fine, with a soft murmur, “you okay?” With a slight grunt, he would then lift her up and into his arms, being careful of her injured arm, and would carry her like that asking, “maybe my training should start now. Let’s see how long I can walk in the grass lands while carrying a beautiful woman?” He was built better for carrying someone when compared to Battousai, and at the moment, though they had been walking for a while, his confidence wouldn’t let him stagger in carrying her. They were already beyond half way there, so the end was in sight for the journey.

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“Light, yeah right…” Jyn would groan in a teasing manner. Her head resting on his shoulder felt pretty good, actually it was good enough that he probably wouldn’t mind carrying her to Jun’jo and back to Theden a few times. He would quickly follow up his teasing words with, “of course you’re not. We may need to actually feed you more… but not enough to make you fat… that wouldn’t be a good look.” In the background, their actions would have gained the attention of the men who were walking with them, since they were men after all. Not everyone would have the luxury of having a pretty lady walking with them or would have their own princess to carry. Either way, though there may have been a few teases and cat calls, Jyn liked the attention allowing haters to hate and others to continue to desire what he had. The cackle would die down after a while and the journey would continue in this manner until Jun’Jo was within site. The budding village would seem like a skeleton of a village with just its beginnings showing at the lakeside territory. A few structures were up and even more were under construction; it would seem like there would be plenty of work for the lumberjacks from Theden.

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