Yuzu Hiragi (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
strongyuzu) wrote2017-05-30 12:57 am
strongyuzu) wrote2017-05-30 12:57 am
Short Story + Post
"Dad...look, there's something I have to know about!"
"O-of course...what is it, Yuzu?" Shuzo asked. He and Yuzu usually talked on the phone about once a week. But that was just about school, how she was doing in the Super Junior League, that kinda stuff. This time, she'd called him out of the blue demanding answers about something.
"My bracelet...where did it come from?! Did you get it for me from somewhere? Where is it from!?"
"Ah, well..." Shuzo rubbed his head, nervously. "Near as I can remember, you've always had it, even when you were a baby..." He said, kinda knowing that wasn't a good answer even as it came out of his mouth.
"Wh-who ever heard of a baby coming out with a bracelet?!" Yuzu snapped.
"L-look, all I know is that you've loved that bracelet ever since you were small! Whenever you didn't have it or you lost it...you would always get really upset. Once, you lost it and you cried all night until we eventually found it."
"That's..." Yuzu scratched her head. She...vaguely recalled something like that. She remembered her dad turning the house upside down...and she remembered being really relieved when he had found it. But why would she be so attached to a simple piece of jewelry?! Only one thing occurred to her that made sense. "...is it..." She looked at the silver bracelet on her wrist.
"Dad...is this...did this bracelet belong to my mom?"
Silence hung on the line for a long, long time after that.
"Yuzu..." On the other end of the line, Shuzo's eyes quietly shut.
"I-I know...you don't. Remember."
"I wish I did, Yuzu. I really do."
They'd had this conversation a lot of times before. Neither of them remembered anything about the woman that was Yuzu's mother and might've been Shuzo's wife. It didn't make even a little bit of sense, but...it was what they'd had to live with and they tried not to think about it too hard. It was a huge part of both of them that just felt like it. Wasn't there. Thinking about that kinda thing too much was just a little bit too painful.
"Don't suppose you know anything my twin sister, either," Yuzu said sardonically. That actually got a laugh out of Shuzo.
"If I did, don't you think I'dve told everybody about it by now!? Even if she is apparently a troublemaker!"
"A really bad troublemaker! She keeps doing stuff and I keep getting blamed for it!" She said with a huff. A moment after she spoke, she let out a breath. "...dad," she said, nervously. "...some weird stuff's been happening around me lately. Not like. The normal weird stuff that always happens here and at school, but I think, stuff that might...actually. Directly involve me."
"...because of your bracelet, right?" Shuzo asked.
"M-mmn." Yuzu sounded nervous. "...I-I've known about magic and spirits and stuff for a while now, but I just. I thought...that stuff only happened to others and I was totally normal. But I'm starting to think." She looked at the gem in her bracelet. "...m-maybe there might be some weird stuff about me too." She hesitated for a good moment or so before pushing forward. "What if. What if there's a good reason that I don't remember anything about my mom? And what if...it has something to do with my bracelet?"
"Yuzu..." Shuzo could tell where she was going with this. He wanted to encourage Yuzu, always...but he didn't want her to get her hopes up, only to be disappointed later.
"I-I know, dad," Yuzu said, catching herself. "I was just. Thinking out loud, I guess." She let out a sigh. "The truth is, I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring out what's up with my bracelet."
"Ahhh, well, you should be able to do something with that, at least!" Shuzo said, not wanting his daughter to get discouraged. "You told me about those psychics you helped, and those Barian guys and your teachers...one of them has to know something about it! Right?!"
"...mmn! You're right!" Yuzu nodded. "I'll ask my teachers! And Jeanette! And the Barians! And Juudai-san! I'm sure at least one of them can help me figure out what it really is!"
"THAT'S RIGHT, YUZU! SHOW THEM YOUR RESOLVE! MOERO! NEKKETSU DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Yuzu had to hold the phone back from her ear whenever he did that.
---
Soooooooo.
Who here knows stuff about magic.
Specifically, like. Magic items? That do magic stuff?
Just. Curious, not really asking for any specific reason here.
Also, um. Yuya and Sora. Sorry for running away from you guys like that! I was just a little...freaked out. By some stuff.
"O-of course...what is it, Yuzu?" Shuzo asked. He and Yuzu usually talked on the phone about once a week. But that was just about school, how she was doing in the Super Junior League, that kinda stuff. This time, she'd called him out of the blue demanding answers about something.
"My bracelet...where did it come from?! Did you get it for me from somewhere? Where is it from!?"
"Ah, well..." Shuzo rubbed his head, nervously. "Near as I can remember, you've always had it, even when you were a baby..." He said, kinda knowing that wasn't a good answer even as it came out of his mouth.
"Wh-who ever heard of a baby coming out with a bracelet?!" Yuzu snapped.
"L-look, all I know is that you've loved that bracelet ever since you were small! Whenever you didn't have it or you lost it...you would always get really upset. Once, you lost it and you cried all night until we eventually found it."
"That's..." Yuzu scratched her head. She...vaguely recalled something like that. She remembered her dad turning the house upside down...and she remembered being really relieved when he had found it. But why would she be so attached to a simple piece of jewelry?! Only one thing occurred to her that made sense. "...is it..." She looked at the silver bracelet on her wrist.
"Dad...is this...did this bracelet belong to my mom?"
Silence hung on the line for a long, long time after that.
"Yuzu..." On the other end of the line, Shuzo's eyes quietly shut.
"I-I know...you don't. Remember."
"I wish I did, Yuzu. I really do."
They'd had this conversation a lot of times before. Neither of them remembered anything about the woman that was Yuzu's mother and might've been Shuzo's wife. It didn't make even a little bit of sense, but...it was what they'd had to live with and they tried not to think about it too hard. It was a huge part of both of them that just felt like it. Wasn't there. Thinking about that kinda thing too much was just a little bit too painful.
"Don't suppose you know anything my twin sister, either," Yuzu said sardonically. That actually got a laugh out of Shuzo.
"If I did, don't you think I'dve told everybody about it by now!? Even if she is apparently a troublemaker!"
"A really bad troublemaker! She keeps doing stuff and I keep getting blamed for it!" She said with a huff. A moment after she spoke, she let out a breath. "...dad," she said, nervously. "...some weird stuff's been happening around me lately. Not like. The normal weird stuff that always happens here and at school, but I think, stuff that might...actually. Directly involve me."
"...because of your bracelet, right?" Shuzo asked.
"M-mmn." Yuzu sounded nervous. "...I-I've known about magic and spirits and stuff for a while now, but I just. I thought...that stuff only happened to others and I was totally normal. But I'm starting to think." She looked at the gem in her bracelet. "...m-maybe there might be some weird stuff about me too." She hesitated for a good moment or so before pushing forward. "What if. What if there's a good reason that I don't remember anything about my mom? And what if...it has something to do with my bracelet?"
"Yuzu..." Shuzo could tell where she was going with this. He wanted to encourage Yuzu, always...but he didn't want her to get her hopes up, only to be disappointed later.
"I-I know, dad," Yuzu said, catching herself. "I was just. Thinking out loud, I guess." She let out a sigh. "The truth is, I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring out what's up with my bracelet."
"Ahhh, well, you should be able to do something with that, at least!" Shuzo said, not wanting his daughter to get discouraged. "You told me about those psychics you helped, and those Barian guys and your teachers...one of them has to know something about it! Right?!"
"...mmn! You're right!" Yuzu nodded. "I'll ask my teachers! And Jeanette! And the Barians! And Juudai-san! I'm sure at least one of them can help me figure out what it really is!"
"THAT'S RIGHT, YUZU! SHOW THEM YOUR RESOLVE! MOERO! NEKKETSU DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Yuzu had to hold the phone back from her ear whenever he did that.
---
Soooooooo.
Who here knows stuff about magic.
Specifically, like. Magic items? That do magic stuff?
Just. Curious, not really asking for any specific reason here.
Also, um. Yuya and Sora. Sorry for running away from you guys like that! I was just a little...freaked out. By some stuff.
Re: Event
Yuzu...
*Yuya's expression becomes more solemn when she brings that up.
Yuzu didn't talk about her mother often, but he knew it was a difficult subject for her to talk about. She didn't remember her mother, or knew anything about her.
No-one did.
He's silent for a moment, before replying hesitantly himself.*
Do you think they... might of known something...?
Re: Event
I just thought. What if. What if this bracelet belongs to my mom? What if that's why I've had it since I was a baby?
And your dad vanished before his duel with Strong Ishijima...and you discovered Pendulum Summoning a year later when you dueled Strong Ishijima. And since then, you've discovered your dragons as well...what if those are connected somehow?
I can't help but think about all of that stuff and then think maybe...maybe by figuring this stuff out...what if that would let us see the two of them again?
Re: Event
Everything is really confusing right now, for the both of us, but... if there's a chance that figuring all this out could lead to us finding them, then it's something I'd like to try. I'd really like to know what exactly is going on with the both of us too.
*Eventually he gives her a small smile.*
But, I know that we'll find a way to figure it out for sure and no matter where it leads, we'll face it together.