[He could laugh at this terrible irony. How many times has he seen this nightmare and had that very question directed at him again, and again, and again. But this wasn't a dream; damn did he wish it was though. Because it would be around now that he would wake up from it and just try to shove it to the back of his mind.]
[But there would be no escape, now he would have to answer the man in front of him and answer himself. He had plenty of reason too, and it honestly wasn't a matter of can or cannot. Toshio has already proven himself a highly resourceful man and capable of taking out anything that got in his way. It was really a matter of, does he want too?]
[Since Seishin caught him digging into graves he knew a cavern had started to grow between them, and this cavern only seemed to grow deeper and darker as time went on. And he knew there was a good chance that this would be the path the other would choose.]
[And if this conversation was happening during that time, as the world they grew up in burned to the ground, he would say yes and even make an attempt at the action.]
[The brunette lowered his eyes and slowly reached a hand into his pocket, bringing out a pack of cigarettes and grabbing one out with his teeth. He needed to buy some time, to think of what he wanted now.]
[At first he was just upholding his word and his promise to the villagers to protect them from harm. But then the incident with Tatsumi happened, and everything changed. It became more then duty, he truly despised them for what they had done and for making him feel like an ant beneath their designer shoes. And when he went so far as to allow his own wife to die, well there was no turning back after that.]
[But now that it's done, he was left with a question. Should he continue with his thirst for vengeance, or just try to leave it all behind him?]
...I don't know.
[He lights the cigarette and looks back up at his friend. And he has to smile at that, the fact that even now he still thought of Seishin as a friend.]
Are you my enemy?
[Are you going to hunt him down, even though your charge is nowhere to be found? Will you throw everything away? Or is there a chance they can mend things between them?]
Fine, but you gotta like..come back with him...okay?
[But there would be no escape, now he would have to answer the man in front of him and answer himself. He had plenty of reason too, and it honestly wasn't a matter of can or cannot. Toshio has already proven himself a highly resourceful man and capable of taking out anything that got in his way. It was really a matter of, does he want too?]
[Since Seishin caught him digging into graves he knew a cavern had started to grow between them, and this cavern only seemed to grow deeper and darker as time went on. And he knew there was a good chance that this would be the path the other would choose.]
[And if this conversation was happening during that time, as the world they grew up in burned to the ground, he would say yes and even make an attempt at the action.]
[The brunette lowered his eyes and slowly reached a hand into his pocket, bringing out a pack of cigarettes and grabbing one out with his teeth. He needed to buy some time, to think of what he wanted now.]
[At first he was just upholding his word and his promise to the villagers to protect them from harm. But then the incident with Tatsumi happened, and everything changed. It became more then duty, he truly despised them for what they had done and for making him feel like an ant beneath their designer shoes. And when he went so far as to allow his own wife to die, well there was no turning back after that.]
[But now that it's done, he was left with a question. Should he continue with his thirst for vengeance, or just try to leave it all behind him?]
...I don't know.
[He lights the cigarette and looks back up at his friend. And he has to smile at that, the fact that even now he still thought of Seishin as a friend.]
Are you my enemy?
[Are you going to hunt him down, even though your charge is nowhere to be found? Will you throw everything away? Or is there a chance they can mend things between them?]