No remorse - Backdated

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[[Warnings? Backdated about three weeks, and the usual coarse language, along with some nonsexual use of nakedness. Typical Kira and Setsuna stuff - questionable and suggestive, but not quite worrisome.]]

A few days after Katou's attempt to sleep in peace, Setsuna no longer angry at both Kira and Katou at all, and finally felt like getting Kira back. Marker in hand, Setsuna looked over at Sara and Kira to make certain both were fast asleep. Sara might sleep through the whole process, but Kira...not likely. Setsuna just had to hope.


Luckily for him Katou wasn't there. Not that Setsuna thought Katou would impede his attempt, but there was always a chance. Carefully, Setsuna started on Kira's head, drew a slightly girlie heart on one of Kira's cheeks, then got uncertain what to put on Kira's chest, so he wrote on his arms instead. Then he went a bit lower and started to blush at Kira's boxers. He wasn't going to take those off.... If Sara woke up, he'd be a dead man. Never mind Kira would probably think Setsuna pulled one hell of a damn good prank, Sara wouldn't care about that part.

Nervously, he looked over at her to see Sara was still out, but found his cheeks too hot to manage it; he decided to move on to something else instead when he started to lose control of the situation. Apparently, Alexiel felt she was better suited to complete the task, or perhaps it was just bad timing.

What the reasoning, Alexiel had no qualms slipping Kira's boxers off, it was just a long task as he seemed to twitch and be waking up a few times. Maybe his dreams were starting to work with her, though, because he seemed to shift in order to make it easier. Curious, Alexiel looked up at Kira's face and wondered if he was dreaming of her. No time to find out, either way.

A few words around his groin, then came to the troubling matter of getting him to roll over on his stomach, without waking him up. Alexiel leaned over and lightly breathed on Kira's face, which seemed to bother him and started the process of Kira turning over in his sleep, on his own. Once he was done, though, Alexiel hoped the marker had dried already; it wouldn't look good smeared.

Next came his back, with a pair of black angel wings, and a tail starting at his tailbone and wrapping around one bottom cheek. And on the other bottom cheek, more writing.

When she was finished, Alexiel snapped a couple of pictures on a camera, checked on Sara once again, then left a note and headed outside in calm strides.

The letter read:

This is what happens when you try to help a tormentor further torment your kouhai.

It was pretty clear who it was for and who it was from, so Alexiel left it without signatures - she was certain Setsuna intended to leave it.

Then there were the writings: "I ♥ Alexiel" on his forehead, "Setsuna's bitch" on the outside of one arm, "Owned" pointing down to his crotch and "Property of Setsuna and Alexiel" on his bottom.

Feeling accomplished, Alexiel went outside by the lake to watch the ducks and wait. She wasn't sure if Kira would catch the writing change, but it was Kira, he probably would. Just in case, she'd be waiting for him; or maybe not, if Setsuna had his way.

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Slowly, Alexiel turned to him, eyes with the usual fathomless look that signaled her presence. Her eyes looked at Kira's head, then, nonchalantly, she asked, "Why are you covering up Setsuna's art work?" Maybe there was a hint of a smile breaking over her lips, but most people would miss it.

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"Oh, I did help him," Alexiel confirmed as she started to rise from the ground. When she was standing up, she reached over to grab the cap as she explained, "But the bit on your forehead was his work. And I thought it was fitting for you."

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Seeing as he dodged her attempt, Alexiel aimed to move her (Setsuna's) hand to his arm, lightly, almost affectionately as she asked, "You don't think so? Why not?"

A light smile, then she asked, almost sweetly, "If this was my body, I'd let you draw on it. You wouldn't like that chance?" Part of her thought he wouldn't mind getting the chance to draw on Setsuna, but Alexiel didn't feel like compromising the kid like that.

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"I bring up bodies, and you bring up angles," Alexiel told him, staring right at his eyes. Maybe he didn't understand, she thought; Setsuna's body held her back. Setsuna meant more to her than she could possibly explain to Kira, and to so recklessly use it the way she would have used her was out of the question.

She leaned in close to him and asked, "Why must you assume there must be an angle here? I already left you marked for the world to see."

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She wouldn't deny his words, but the lack of words was neither an admittance or argument with her. For Alexiel, it was simply ignoring what was unimportant. She could flirt and tempt, but she was unable to do what she really wanted here. Her warnings would be meaningless, her attempt too transparent, though it would be transparent enough, normally.

Later, Alexiel reminded herself. Later.

For now, she responded to the last thing he said, coldly, her innate sadness washing over her and seeping into her voice, "Why would I waste time on a sword in a man's body?"

When Kira didn't pull away, she reached up to try to knock the hat off, again, and aimed to turn around after and leave.

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With Setsuna's arm grabbed, Alexiel did turn around and stopped, but she shot a warning glare at Kira, her stare frosted over and in icy tones she flatly told him, "But I'm not in my body. I'm in Setsuna's. Let. Go. Now."

Setsuna probably would have allowed for it, and in her own body Alexiel might have just aimed to hit Kira first - so he could react and retaliate - but in Setsuna's body, it was a whole other story.

Whatever Kira's regret was, Alexiel didn't share in it.

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As Kira hadn't released Setsuna's arm, Alexiel raised his other hand and ordered Kira again, "Let go of Setsuna," using the boy's name in hopes it would make Kira realize what he was doing.

"I won't leave now. But you had better let go, or I will." She would force it if she had to.

But poor, poor silly Nanatsusaya. No, he wasn't a waste of time, but he was a source of great conflict for her. Though painful decisions would have to be made, and Alexiel couldn't run from those forever. She was learning.

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As soon as the arm was released, Alexiel pulled it back, closer to Setsuna's body, and stayed watching Kira, coldly. ...there was a chance she would just lose control any second, even if she wasn't leaving entirely. And if only Setsuna had been there instead, he would have been laughing at Kira's forehead right then. The differences between the two were highlighted as Alexiel just looked.

When Kira asked why, Alexiel could only ask, "Why what?" attempt to extract a more specific question, not that she would answer it.

Of course, part of it was to be cruel, and another part was to remind Kira of what was more important. To push him away...not unlike Kira did to his father.

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"Nice?" Alexiel asked with clear confusion before shaking her head. "Having pictures of you, what was done.... I'm uncertain how you see that as nice, or teasing or flirting. Although, are you going to complain that I'm flirting now?"

One of Setsuna's eyebrows raised a little as Alexiel pointed out, "I thought you'd like that. Not complain about it.

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She wasn't confused, in the slightest - she just wanted him to think about what he was saying, and to who he was saying it to. When he went on about teasing and flirting, though, Alexiel coldly told him, "Is that you being delusional, or ignoring the fact this was Setsuna's idea, and Setsuna that was all over you. All I did was carry out the rest of his plans when he couldn't."

And that was, oddly enough, the truth. Though, because it was her telling the truth, Alexiel suspected Kira would doubt most of it, or some of it, but at least be thrown off by it for a while.

"If you're looking for an angle, you'd have to ask Setsuna about it."

Then there was him finally noticing the pictures bit and Alexiel just nodded her head with an added, "Also his idea."

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Alexiel breathed in calmly and stared at Kira like he wasn't even there, but in truth, she was a bit surprised Kira didn't seem to believe her. Then there was his last comment, which made Setsuna's lips curve up just a tiny bit on one-side; not quite a crooked smile.

"You would not bow down to me. Nor would you ever admit defeat," that's what she had always loved about him, ironically, "so why would I try for it?" Alexiel aimed for things she knew she could get, after all. Or what was the point of manipulation? And at that, she was even more tempted to leave. What else did they possibly have left to say to each other in the absence of sex, a sword, or sudden death?

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Of course, she never wanted to actually have any control over him, or lord over him. The whole appeal to him, in any form, was his sense of self and independence, yet dependency on her. Something about it both appalled and interested Alexiel, like now. She might have frowned at his words, but instead Alexiel's expression just remained frozen at something like neutral. There were always lies between them, even to themselves.

Finally, she responded to Kira. "No, I wouldn't. You know that." Oh, but to trick him half-way there, to have him on his knees? Alexiel wouldn't mind that for a moment, not at all.

But also, she had to tell him.... Alexiel leaned down, putting her lips mere inches away from Kira's, one hand going to his cheek to hold his face lightly, and she added, "You've always been foolish when it comes to me. Even from the beginning."

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Alexiel didn't have to be told the turmoil Kira was suffering then.

"You should act with some intelligence," she told him, a bit closer now, close enough her hot breath would caress Kira's lips if she let out a sigh, which she did. "You shouldn't hope I'll love you one day."

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Instead of answering, Alexiel refreshed his memory, bringing up, "I was always looking beyond you," in a low, cold tone as her hand slid along his face, aiming for Kira's hair where it would her nails would dig into his scalp and fingers would pull on strands. "And in the fight against Rosiel, I let you be shattered. I wasn't thinking of you then, was I?" Or maybe she just liked to inflict pain on him.

She continued to stare at him, blankly, with that fathomless stare that could cause people to question themselves and soul search, or find themselves naked in the depths. Still, Alexiel didn't directly answer; "All of my reincarnations were in love with other people. And even just now I put Setsuna's selfish, petty revenge before keeping you from humiliation. And you still think I could possibly love you?"

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"No," Alexiel corrected him. "Setsuna was playing. It was a game to him. I simply didn't care about your feelings." All the same, Kira's hurt brought no sadistic to her lips, simply no reaction followed.

"Just like I don't care for them now."

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"No way," Setsuna told Kira with a grin as he started to back away.

"You want it? Come get it." And with that, the blond slipped the hat on his own head and started to run.

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Laughing, Setsuna turned to shout back, "WHAT, SENPAI?" even as he ran, clearly enjoying himself. Even if Kira had cleverly covered his forehead, Setsuna thought anyone seeing him would find it ridiculous, and that would mean Setsuna's job here was done - the job of a wayward little brother.

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"But if you never catch me, you won't do anything!" Setsuna shouted back to him, grinning and laughing the whole way. He wasn't sure where he was running to, though....

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"I'm not gonna tell you!" Setsuna shouted back while he could still be heard. Sadly, he was already headed straight to the theatre because he couldn't think of anywhere else to run to that would be fun, especially if Kira stopped chasing him.

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"ACK!" This time, Setsuna didn't get far before he as tackled, and Kira had him. Blushing at being caught, and a little winded from hitting the ground, Setsuna tried to get on top of the hat so Kira couldn't get to it right away, and said, "Aren't you exposing your forehead right now. What if someone walks by and sees you?"

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"No way!" Setsuna insisted at once. "If someone walks by, you'll just have to deal with it then." He wasn't giving up the hat, no matter what.

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Pouting a bit, Setsuna tried to look around at Kira and whined out, "You wouldn't do that," even as he shivered a little at the thought. Once Kira's fingers started to pry, though, Setsuna reached back with one hand and aimed for Kira's ribs - he wasn't giving up the hat so easily.

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Setsuna stopped at that, but only to say, "Then hitting me for besting you is cheating too!" trying to secure promise Kira wouldn't strike him for this - he wasn't too sure where he stood with Kira on the matter, and Setsuna wasn't going to take chances after his, hopefully, joke.

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Reassurance gained, Setsuna looked back at Kira with a relieved smile and finally relented on his game, handing back the hat.

"'kay, you can have this, then."

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Hair ruffle noted and cherished, Setsuna nodded his head and started to head back towards the theatre. "Yeah, let's go."

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