estirose: Mio and Taiga in a garden (King and Queen - KR Kiva)
estirose ([personal profile] estirose) wrote2016-02-07 02:28 pm
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She saw the ones (Kamen Rider Ghost)

Fits in the same universe as Yelling Small Girl/Small Girl After All, but is futurefic featuring an original character, and some of my headcanon for the series. (Along with a darker take on Alain's relationship with the Fukami siblings, and assumptions that a certain character may not be redeemed as may happen in canon.)

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She saw them long before the rest of the world did.

Fukami Chiyo had seen the dark shapes slipping among the people. Occasionally saw monsters where others saw havoc. She asked her friends, but they didn't see either dark shapes or monsters.

Chiyo once let slip to her mother, who had grown thoughtful, and told her not to tell anybody else but family. So Chiyo didn't. Her uncle Makoto came by to her apartment one day, with her honorary uncle Takeru, and asked her about what she'd seen. She'd told them in full what she'd seen, did her best to give them locations and times, though she wasn't quite sure of some of them.

She thought about the meaning of her name. "Thousand Worlds", Chiyo knew, and she always assumed she'd been so named because her mother thought it pretty, not that her mother could have guessed what she could see.

Her uncles told her about the Ganma, how her uncle Makoto was essentially in a Ganma body with his human soul encased by a Ganma Eyecon. How the two of them had strengthened the walls between worlds so that no Ganma could come through anymore.

Except apparently they could once more.

And then her uncle Takeru had placed one hand on hers and gently explained why she could see. Her mother, like her uncle Makoto, had been trapped in the Ganma world. Chiyo had been conceived there, with a Ganma father. Nobody was quite sure how that had happened, even her honorary aunt Akari, but Chiyo had been born, and seemed so normal that it was easy to forget she was anything but human. Young-looking for her age, but human.

Her mother had given her that name to remind herself of Chiyo's origins. The identity of her father was a mystery, but she could tell from her uncle Makoto's expression that he had his suspicions.

Chiyo was to stay out of this, they both warned. Even though she seemed human for all intents and purposes, there was always the possibility that she might be recognized as or considered Ganma. Her mother and uncle Makoto were, despite human origins. And her uncle Makoto told her of the horror that was the Ganma world.

When the full Ganma invasion came, Chiyo stayed out of the way. But she did, upon seeing the higher level, human-looking Ganma, wonder which one was her father. She'd never ask, of course. Her mother had told her, one evening, that her Ganma parent would never regard her as his child, just another Ganma. It sounded like a life that she would never want, so she never looked for trouble.

She prayed each day that the trouble would never find her.
reka: Mutsuki looking downwards and closing his eyes. (Mutsuki)

[personal profile] reka 2016-02-09 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanon didn't tell him out of concern that he'd approach Chiyo when she was by herself? And did Kanon know about Chiyo's Eyecon, or did she think it was just the most likely answer?
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[personal profile] reka 2016-02-09 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Does Riko spend a lot of time at the temple? I'm sure she did when she was younger, but if she and Chiyo have different schedules it would be harder. Maybe her school is nearby? Or she could be trying really hard as of late to make sure Chiyo doesn't spend much time alone, which Chiyo's family would probably notice.

Poor Chiyo spends a lot of time freaking out. It must be really exhausting. It's really good for her sanity that she lives in a relatively secure and protected place.
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[personal profile] reka 2016-02-09 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Makoto would definitely do something like that. Is Alain particularly interested in Chiyo, or is she mostly a curiosity that he can use to get to her family? Regardless, taking Chiyo would probably not end well. Unless she freezes up, I doubt she'd go quietly, and between work, home, and just generally not being completely alone very often, it has the potential to make a real mess. I'm not sure Alain would be that concerned with most messes, but they'd still be there, and Chiyo might be able to take advantage of a messy kidnapping to escape. And if it's at the temple, he would have to keep most of the family away or there'd be fighting.
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[personal profile] reka 2016-02-10 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
So Chiyo is able to use the element of surprise to get away? That unfortunately probably won't work a second time, but at least she has communicated to Alain that she won't be pushed around. And I think he'll respect that, at least a bit. At least for her mother's sake. What does she do afterwards? She probably will want to get somewhere hard to find as soon as possible, if not somewhere safe.

Does Chiyo know that he's interested in her for her connection to Makoto? How close is she with him? I'm sure he loves her a lot, at least.

reka: An orange-haired girl sitting calmly on a bench. (Luna on the bench)

[personal profile] reka 2016-02-10 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes, of course Makoto would teach her to fight. It'd be both a bonding activity and a way to protect her.

I'm not sure enemy is the best word to use, but Chiyo might not realize that. Definitely not an ally, and she definitely didn't inspire any warm feelings, but I don't think Alain particularly wants anything terrible to happen to her. He quite possibly wouldn't lose sleep if something did happen to her, but it would definitely piss Makoto off.

Do you have a sense of what Alain wants from Makoto? Does Alain know himself? I have a sense personally that it's some kind of weird cross between friendship and a really interesting pet.
reka: A young man chewing on the lip of a milk bottle and thinking. (Thoughtful)

Re: And here's more, because muse won't shut up.

[personal profile] reka 2016-02-16 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I love how willing you are to write about really strange ideas in a pretty normal way. This AU is interesting! I like the implications that Alexis and Candide don't have human forms-- will they develop them with age/experience, or are they just not the right kind of Ganma? And since they're all in the human world, I assume that Alain cut his ties and sided against his brother? Ghost needs to give us some more information about what Alain's position in Ganma world is like. Or something.