Semi-hunting Sabertooth
(The posteh explaining where Kichi is during the Co thingy happening at the mansion. The posteh explaining why she wasn't captured too xD)
Kichi hesitated, pausing on the sidewalk right outside of the door of the bar. She wasn’t too keen on going in the smoky loud place but she figured it was one of the only places she had even a chance of bumping into Sabertooth at. She had been thinking about Mr. Coal-eyes’ words a lot lately, remembering the day when she had first gone to the mansion, the day she had gotten caught on the job by the man with black and red eyes. His words to her had stuck with her, his telling her that she could come back but as someone who belonged there…
The first day that she had been there, she hadn’t known anyone and the friendship she had made with Icarus had been quick but still something new enough not to be overly attached to… But now, after having been there for a few days, she found she couldn’t go through with the job Sabertooth had given her on that day she had first encountered him while trying to clean up the trial to her ties in the city… Sure he had threatened her but so had coal-eyes.. and with almost the exact same things said: ‘I can find you anywhere’.
It wasn’t even the threats that helped with her decision. She had been threatened plenty of times. Kichi wasn’t even really thinking about the coal-eye’s threat to her when she told herself that she would pull herself out of the job she took up. It was her friends that she had made while at that mansion. Jay was the closest of them but she had two others there. Although she still had the capability to betray them and forget about any sort of bond that had developed with them, she couldn’t do that with Jay.
That first day when he was showing her around the mansion and when they had talked, it had peeled back a few layers and both of them had shown something to each other, something that was painful… There had been no laughing at expenses. There had been understanding… She knew Jay was hurting and that smiles came hard for him already, she couldn’t bring herself to be the cause of him hurting more. Kichi just couldn’t bring herself to bring him into danger by sticking to the job Sabertooth had given her in spying for him.
At first, the thought of the job had been exciting, it causing her to be filled with the sense of adventure and entertainment but after a while of thinking about it to herself while living at the mansion, the job started to get under her skin. It was an uncomfortable topic for her now… It was the second time this had happened. The second time that she had found herself unable to go with an agreement she had previously made. Both was involving that one place. Maybe it was a sign… Maybe it was telling her that she had finally found someplace she could really think of belonging at…
“Okay….. Hmm… Ok Mr. big blonde and scary, I resign… No… That’s not going to work…. Hello Mr. kitty cat! I changed my mind about the whole thingy and now it’s time for me to go~!…. No, that won’t word either…. I’ve thought things over and I just don’t think it’s working out….. No, that sounds like the classic break-up line used on TV…” She muttered in Japanese, trying to figure out how she was going to withdraw from the job once she did find the man who gave it to her. “Maybe I should just let him figure it out himself…. I mean, if he can track me anywhere like he says he can then he can definitely put things together in his head when he does look for me and finds I’m not doing anything…” She commented to herself, still in Japanese.
“Yea! That’s it!~~~ So I won’t have to talk to him~~” She sang out before turning her back to the bar and starting to walk away.
Sabretooth often found himself stereotyped. All too often, others would pass him off as nothing more than a dumb brute. It was a stereotype far from the truth really. His malevolent use of mind games and mental torture tactics have been well documented. Further more, Victor Creed was a man of the world. Most of his life spent traveling culture to culture, providing his services to clients of countless ethnicities. It was almost essential for him to know atleast the basics of the more frequent languages. Japanese was one of those many languages.
As promised, Sabretooth had tracked her down. There was an earlier attempt the previous day, but her scent never seemed to stray from the schools grounds. Not that he couldn't likely get to the girl while she was there, it just wasn't very wise. Creed was fairly versed in avoiding surveillance if need be, and did have first hand experience when it came escaping the property. Their only real anti-Sabretooth security device was in fact Wolverine. Gambit too knew a bunch of Creed's tricks, but he couldn't pick a scent from the another side of the mansion. Were Sabretooth willing to face the possibility of confrontation, then he could have caught the girl earlier. Fortunately for Kichi, he wasn't looking for a victim just yet.
The girl eccentric babbling was actually humoring the feral assassin slightly, as he overheard from the rooftop ledge over her. Sabretooth was planning on dropping down next to her, but now his plan was starting to change mid thought. "Kowaii??" Sabretooth spoke loudly, peering down at the girl, As if he didn't tower over her already. "Iie.." Came an additional to his questioning. Sabretooth wasn't sure if he wanted her to know just how familiar he was with her native tongue. But, he settled with just that small amount. It should be enough for her to realize he understand some of what she says, but he'd let her think it to be a minimal amount of understanding. Although, the the kitty cat part was going to be very hard to let go.
Despite the fact that he toyed with her ever so slightly,her news seemed to be taken incredibly well. Sabretooth didn't appear to be angry, in fact, he was rather emotionless right now. "Get on up here.." Came his naturally harsh sound, but a still sounding more than reasonable. A small gesture was made with his gloved hands as sabes spoke. He had seen her walk on walls before, clearly it shouldn't be a problem reaching him. "Don't worry, I ain't gunna kill ya... n'less ya wanna' call me kitty cat again." Came some added reassurance just in case the girl had her doubts.
Re: Semi-hunting Sabertooth"Kowaii??" The question came from above, that already catching her off guard but then in recognizing the voice, a small “eep!” escaped her. "Iie.." The man answered himself. She looked up slowly, eyes widened and mouth slightly agape. Then came a small swallow. If he had been there long enough to have heard her talking to herself then he could have easily just killed her right then… Then, she realized that Sabertooth had been speaking in Japanese and for a moment, she lost her pigmentation. If he understood then he definitely knew what was going on….
But how much did he know exactly? The way he had spoken, it was in broken sentences. Him only using one-word replies like an Amerikajin tourist… But for some reason she doubted he only knew that little… Quickly, she regained her coloring and gave a sheepish grin along with a small nervous chuckle. She hoped he hadn’t understood the whole thing… With how violent he had made himself appear on their first meeting, she could only be led to believe that he would strike her for her comments or worse.
He didn’t seem angry though… She had seen angry plenty of times to recognize it when it was shown… He seemed to lack any emotion actually and that was even worse for her, her not knowing what she was dealing with. If Sabertooth had shown a hint of angry she would have been actually a little relieved. He made a gesture of summoning as he spoke his next words: "Get on up here.." The tone definitely had a touch of harshness to it and Kichi hesitated. It was less hostility than she had expected from him. "Don't worry, I ain't gunna kill ya... n'less ya wanna' call me kitty cat again." So, he had understood a good part of her talking if not all of it…
<Should I go up? What if he is telling me a lie?… Well, he hadn’t lied to me yet…> She thought. Kichi gave a shaky but silly grin as she decided to do as told then, swiftly slipping off her shoes, she ran up to the wall and rapidly climbed up it. Her speed was from the combination of not knowing when someone was going to come out and see her and from not wanting to push her luck by making Sabertooth wait. Once up to where the wall ended, she pulled herself over and stood up on her feet on the top of the roof. She didn’t stand too close to him though, watching him carefully even if she was rubbing the back of her neck and still grinning sheepishly like a kid who had just gotten caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
“Anatawa kowaii ii desu!” She exclaimed in Japanese before switching to English. “Ieee! I didn’t know you were here listening!” She exclaimed excitedly and nervously. Kichi took a small step away. “Well… You know why I came here looking for you then, right? Soooooooooooooo~~~~ I can go now~<3” She stated, throwing up a thumbs up. ‘Anatawa kowaii ii desu!’- quick translation would be that she’s saying ‘Yes you are scarey!’
Re: Semi-hunting Sabertooth“Well… You know why I came here looking for you then, right? Soooooooooooooo~~~~ I can go now~<3”
Aggravation was an understatement as of late. Very little was working just the way Creed was hoping. The Brotherhood members, Shalimar, why wouldn't this go wrong too? It was practically mandatory. By all means something like was expected. It just worth fighting it right now either. She wanted out? "Fine. Yer' Done." He spoke out in a rather unnerved tone. It was that simple.
Most probably would have expected a more anger driven response from Creed. Violence was usually the first action to come to mind when taking him in consideration. However, Sabretooth wasn't just going to kill one of the Institutes students. It'd only warn the X-men of his presence, something he wasn't willing give up just yet. Surprise could be a valuable ally, especially in his case. Cutting ties with the girl wasn't a big deal. He didn't really need her, and by cutting ties with her he'd be cutting back on the exposure risks. She was probably less likely to speak with one the staff members about the situation.
There was actually a bit of relief now. At least one annoying little pest was out of his live. Only about eighty more to go, and things would be looking up.
Turning away from it all, Sabretooth swiftly lept from the side of the two story building. It wasn't a hard fall, quite easy actually. Nothing he hadn't done before. From there, Sabretooth padded off in a rather difficult maze of back allies, yards, and poorly lit streets. It was a subconscious habit, Creed always seemed to move as if he were trying lose any followers. Although a good amount of the time, it generally does prove useful.
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