meganbmoore | yes, MORE Samurai Deeper Kyo

to compensate for the work drama and trauma, I went looking at more SDK stuff.

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I've been a Kyo/Yuya shipper for...uhm...ever(in my manga reading) the scenes in the other posts sent me over the edge. A few other things I came across but didn't post about in the last few days gave me shippy bouncies. But this? This almost had me squeeing(loudly) at work.

note: no pics

sanada's translations here. If you don't know the series(even up to the US releases) this will be confusing, but basically, Kyo and Kyoshiro are back their own bodies(about time) and Kyoshiro just revealed that he saw EVERYTHING Kyo did in his body, and is giving his version of certain events with Yuya, which he's blowing out of proportion and the rest of the gang is blowing even further out of proportion with their imaginations.) But basically, Kyo is rather like a 5 year old with a sex drive trying to convince the other kids on the playground(and himself) that he doesn't like the girl...you know, the "if I liked her would I do THIS?" mentality, and he has...uhm...grabby hands.

Yuya: ....What!?
Yukimura: ...But while Kyo's soul was in Kyoushirou's body...
Yukimura: Kyo would be able to see everything Kyoushirou was doing...
Yuya handwritten: N... no, stop...
Yukimura: [So he saw all the things Kyoushirou got to experience...!?]
(Kamijyo's Note: This is a fantasy, so it differs a bit from what actually happened)
Yukimura: Nice! *heart*
Kyoushirou: Oh no... I never... I never did anything like thaaaaaaat...
Yuya: Tch... what the...!!
Large black text: All hell breaks loose!!
Yuya: I don't remember any of that... that never...
Kyo: Don't worry, dog-face...
Kyo: Now that I'm back in my own body, I'll show you what a real man is like!!

Megan again: real...a real *snort* Kyo, what've you been trying to do the whole series, huh? *shakes head* Actually, if I were Yuya, I'd be worried...I mean, sure, maybe he hasn't done anything more than grabby hands until now(actually, I've always figured that the thought of doing certain things in Kyoshiro's body was just a lil too odd for him) but girl, the horny guy hasn't gotten any in over 4 years and is in his own body...

Anyway, Yuya's up on a balcony with lots of rubble or something and she dumps a TON of it on them as her reaction to all this...

Yuya: NO WAY, YOU IDIOT!!!
Bon: Scary... she's strong...!!
Yuya: I don't want anything to do with you, Kyo!! Idiot!! Pervert!!
Kyoushirou: ...Wh... why me too...?
Kyoushirou: Y... Yuya-san, let me tell you one thing.
Kyoushirou: Kyo does perverted things and is always teasing you and calling you a "dog-face", but...
Kyoushirou: The one who screamed your name, "Yuya", before wasn't me... it was Kyo.
Yuya: ...Huh?
Kyoushirou: What kind of man teases a girl like that? Kyo has the mind of a three-year-old brat in that body...
Kyoushirou: ...KYAA!! (True red eyes!?)

Megan: Ok, Yuya gets hurt...Kyoshiro goes "oh no...let me be condescending for a whilethen get the poor girl off to a healer." Kyo? Goes insane-death-carnage-maim-annihilate. I...don't think anyone really had any doubts about who was screaming her name at the top of their lungs. But I guess Kyo didn't really like havingt hat pointed out to him...

Kyo: [I'll kill you!!]
Kyoushirou: [Waaahh!! Maybe you're a four-year-old?]
Bon: ...They're like two bratty kids... (It's the first time I've seen Kyo act so silly!)
Sakuya: ...I'm glad.
Bon: What!?
Sakuya: They're back to the way they used to be...
Bon: ...They've always been like that...?
Bon: Really?
Sakuya: ...But I'm surprised too.
Sakuya: For someone as awkward with words as Kyo... to say that...
Kyo: I don't want to fight a man who can't even protect a woman!
Kyo: Who do you think she's wanted to be with all along...!?
Sakuya: Maybe Kyo also feels that way about a woman?
Sakuya: [We're always looking for...]
Sakuya: [A sense of belonging...]

Megan: Yes Sakuya, Kyo loves Yuya, shush. Also? Kyo darling, get over that idea she loves Kyoshiro. She got over that long, long ago. (Though it is kinda cutethat he's still convinced she loves the "better man"

Anyways, at this point, the Big Bad shows up and drags Yuya off, convinced that she's a seer and can seethe future because of her conviction that Kyo will win(stupid Aka no Ou...she doesn't have psychic powers, she has OTP faith powers, and those are better) and puts her in that silly little outfit(which is actually kinda cute in a way, just...kinda silly...) Kyo doesn't react well, of course.

Here's some of the text during the whisking off:

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Kyoushirou: Kyo!!
Bon: He... he stopped the arrow with his hand...!!
Sasuke: W... wicked...
Kyoushirou: Kyo...
Kyo?: A demon...
Kyo: ...You bastard...

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Kyo: I swear I will kill you!!
Aka-chan: What an amusing thing to say...

Megan: Kyo, quit saying it and just do it...

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Yuya: ...Kyo!!
Yuya: Kyaa!!
Aka-chan: ...But doesn't the future belong to me?
Yuya: N... no!! You've got it all wrong!! I can't see the future or anything.....
Kyo: FUCK!!

Megan: Kyo doesn't care for others touching Yuya much. Just an observation...

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Kyo: Just wait.
Kyo: I'm coming.
Yuya: ...Okay.
Aka-chan: ...Well now, I don't really need that woman anymore, do I?
Sakuya: Ah... ah...
Kyoushirou: S... Sakuya...!!

Megan: Lets focus more on Kyo getting there and less on Sakuya...

Then Aka whisks Yuya off:

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Yuya: B... But... I don't have the power to see the future...
Yuya: ...I just can't...!!
Aka-chan: If that is not the case... then why do I feel this light? You have the same light as the seer Sakuya...
Aka-chan: One light which shines upon this doomed, hopeless world...
Yuya: ...Let me go!
Yuya: Let me go back to Kyo... and the others.....
Aka-chan: ...Soon you will no longer feel that way...
Aka-chan: ...Look.
Aka-chan: I can give you everything you could ever desire......
Aka-chan: ...That outfit suits you well, but is there anything else I can give to you? All you need do is ask.

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Yuya: I... I don't need any of this stuff...!!
Yuya: I only want one thing... and that's to be with Kyo!!
Aka-chan: I think you should be a good girl and stop lying to me... humans are disgusting creatures, motivated by greed...
Aka-chan: Don't you see it's pointless to defy me? Your heart is now linked to mine... As long as you are of use to me, it seems that we'll be spending a very, very long time together...
Yuya: Ah!!

Megan: All she needs is to be with Kyo...I think cute fluffy things were born with that line...(why couldn't Kyo hear that?)

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Aka-chan: Now tell me...
Aka-chan: My future...
Yuya: Wh... what...?
Aka-chan: ...That was fast.

That was fast was Kyo getting there...(well, Kyo and the rest of the gang, who, while beloved, aren't as important because they aren't in borderline psychotic OTP rescue mode) Kyo also gets in an awesome punch on Aka
that got it's own two page spread...and then...and then...

I don't understand ALL the details(I'm missing chapters before this) but, to beat Aka no Ou, Kyo essentially gives in to his demon side, which makes him go nuts and attack EVERYTHING. Yuya throws herself at him to try to stop him but psycho!Kyo throws her off and is about to stab her and good!Kyo STABS HIMSELF IN THE ARM to protect her. Then there's(extremely demonic) face stroking and hugging and what looks to be a kiss... *screams and flails like a rabid fangirl*

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Yuya patrol is a concept that never ceases to amuse me. It's funny because it's TRUE.

Not to mention there's no dramatic "I'll always protect you with my life!" declarations. There's "Stay beside me or get out of the way!", not said exactly like that, but with the same idea.

Kyo has his own brand of "sweet" I think. It's assholish when compared to your average guy, but sweet where he's concerned. Then again, the most romantic thing I've ever seen in an anime was the scene in....episode 13 of Inu Yasha after he's been poisoned in his human form and has his head in Kagome's lap. All he says is "You smell nice." and I melted. One of those very silly things.

Yeah...having any ONE of that group bearing down on you is recipe for a good old fashioned pants soiling. Having a whole GROUP of them wanting to kill you...*twitch*

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Yeah, definately agreed on the lack of mushy...Kyo has his own odd brand of sweet...like getting her gun back for her. Then there's the scene in the anime where he went to her room(I've never decided if he made a habit of watching her sleep then fell asleep waiting, or if he just felt more comfortable there and fell asleep...course, he tried to distract her by claiming she was invading his personal space, but hey...)

If it's inhis power, he's not going to let her get hurt, period(ditto for the rest of his case) but it would be stupid of him to stick beside her...I like that he trusts her to take care of herself in the fights, and that she's generally smart enough to just stay out of the way, even without her usual bodyguard(usually Benitora, Bon, Akira or Sasuke)

And very much agreed aboutthe Kagome/Inu Yasha scene...though I think one of the cutest things is in the manga when Miroku refers to an unconscious Sango as "the woman I love" and then is worried that she heard...then in one of the movies, when he's all babbling about how much he missed being slapped by her.

Have you read vol 29 yet? Now THAT is a recipe for having your pants soiled. *scary*

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I think it was a matter of comfort. Though weren't the others lurking around in his room initially? I think he'd just have rather been near Yuya at that point! Though claiming SHE was invading HIS space, aah, defensive boyo!

*nods* The one I remember is after Ieyasu's tournament and all the gunmen pop up. I THINK Kyo tells her to get out of the road, she yells at him for ordering her around (I like that she seems to feel safe enough around them to arugue with Kyo when there's a whooole lot of guns pointed their way) and he says "Then stay beside me" quite seriously. Obviously a different scenario to the later chapters though. Yuya flashes back to that one a lot.

Aww, I'll read the manga for Inu Yasha one day. :/ I refuse to buy it until I've finished some of my other series. I need to watch it again though, same with the movies. (Oh how I nearly fell out of my chair in joy when Inu Yasha and Kagome kissed in movie...2? "Finally! *fangirl joy* I've waited over 260 episodes for this!" Sango and Miroku are...way too cute sometimes. XD

Yes! That's what I was thinking as I read it, Kyo just SCREAMED and you know any unfortunate random person within several square miles soiled themselves. Nobunaga walks the thin line between very, very brave and very, very stupid. Kyo was rather frightening there.

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The defensiveness just goes back to Kyo being a kid at heart.

I'm the reverse in Inu Yasha, aside from scattered episodes, I've only seen the first 50~ episodes and the 4 movies...I MUST catch up. All the Kikyo wallowing made my InuYasha/Kagome shipping take second place to Sango/Miroku, though I do still love them. Have you ever seen Spiral? It's another great example of a guy who, on the surface, doesn't seem to be all that sweet a love interest but Ayumu actually probably deserves the "best anime boyfrien ever" award.

I think in my comments, I mentioned that sane bad guys would be wetting themselves and headed for another time zone when Kyo did the screaming and body jumping, not being like Nobunaga and basically going "hunh, shoulda sliced her open sooner...then I could have had a REAL fight..."

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Yeah, the Kikyo thing was offputting for a while. though supposedly it's clearer Kagome/Inu Yasha in the manga. I've never seen that, though now I'm intrigued! (Yet another thing for me to watch!)

I was just "...*smacks fist onto flat palm* So THAT'S it. He's suicidal." Really, there's no other explanation. @_- Saying that to Kyo was a veeeery foolish thing.

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My Spiral tag will take you to my babblings about it. It is much awesomeness. Actually, give Ayumu a sword and he'd fit in concerningly well with the SDK cast.

Yeah, it's pretty clearly Inu Yasha/Kagome in the manga...in the anime, too, from what I've seen. And the storyline itself is good, they just wallow in it too much. i'm actually extremely fond of Priestess Kikyo, but don't like Zombie Kikyo until she gets over the hatehatehate and starts acting like Priestess Kikyo.

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And now I have something else to read!

*nods* The anime always was to me, but apparently there is debate where the anime is concerned. I've never been FOND of Kikyo, but I don't mind her once she comes back to herself rather than being all "RARGHHATE". Kagome was always a favourite of the two. ^^

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Heh. Spiral posts shouldn't take you as long as SDK posts.

In general, as a character, I prefer Kagome myself, but Priestess Kikyo is one of the few anime heroines who's just flat out cool and perfectly capable(Sango is another) I would have loved stories about her and Inu Yasha's adventures in the past because of that, and because I love the dynamic between them then.

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*nods* There is, later in the anime I think, a good few scenes from the past between them...including a collage of how they met and such. It was fun to watch, since they do fit together well. Inu Yasha is a huge softie. >_>;