Gar and Inu-Yasha: Backdated to 6/27
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ax_mainGar and Inu-yasha meet for the first time. Gar's invitation to be his friend is thoroughly rebuffed.
Inu-yasha was NOT in a good mood. Hours and hours of tests, just to tell him how stupid he was? Argh, what the fuck was wrong with this damn place?!
He stormed outside, and found a place away from the main areas other people went, eventually settling against one of the mansion's far walls. He dropped to the ground, back to the wall and legs crossed under him, still swearing under his breath as he took off his hood to free his ears. This was definitely a fucking mistake - he'd never wanted to go back to school anyway. School wasn't for people like him. Now it was only a matter of time before they threw him out for sure.
"Keh." He punched the ground, hard, biting his lip with a fang. He didn't need this place anyway.
Some people might have thought that being able to turn into a monkey wasn't particularly fun, but those people would be wrong, as far as Gar was concerned. Having a tail, especially a prehensile one, was quite fun, and he was clambering around a nearby tree when he saw one kid sitting outside. Figuring he'd see what was up, Gar swung down from the tree, monkey-walking across the lawn briefly to sit down in front of him, letting out a brief yawn.
Suddenly on alert, Inu-yasha yanked his hood back up as soon as he smelled the other kid. When he looked up, though, it wasn't a kid stepping forward at all.
"...the fuck?" Hell, he even smelled like a monkey. Inu-yasha scowled as the green monkey in question yawned at him. This had to be what going crazy felt like. "You're no monkey. You're that green kid."
The monkey in question immediately shifted back to reveal Gar, in sweatpants and a purple-and-grey striped shirt, sitting on the lawn and grinning at him. "Guilty," he said, grinning. "Though, I mean, we're all monkeys. Technically. Ish," he said.
"The hell does that mean?" Inu-yasha asked rudely, though he honestly didn't know what the other kid meant. Might be one of those translation things. It didn't seem like an insult, from how he'd said it, but...
"Humans evolved from apes," Gar said, wondering why he'd taken offense to the blanket statement since it had included Gar himself. "I mean, we're ... biologically very similar," he said, trying to remember if they were in the same family or genus or... His parents had told him plenty of times, but he could never keep all that stuff straight. "It's evolution."
Inu-yasha's head actually tilted to one side as he raised an eyebrow. Why was this kid talking to him about evolution? "We're not monkeys," he replied, pointing out the obvious.
"Well, right, but we were. And we still technically are. I mean, DNA-wise, we're not that far off. It's actually really neat," he said. "Oh, I'm Gar, by the way," he said, figuring he should make an introduction.
Inu-yasha just stared at the green boy for a moment, trying to figure out how he'd ended up having this conversation. After a contemplative pause, he offered, "Inu-yasha."
"That's a neat name," Gar replied, nodding and giving him a smile. "Is that..." Gar thought about it. "Japanese?" His parents had met with other biologists from several different nationalities, and Gar had gotten decent at picking out phonemes specific to certain languages and such.
Instead of answering, Inu-yasha narrowed his eyes and asked a question of his own. "Why're you talking to me?"
"Because you're around," Gar replied, blinking at him. "And... it seemed like you were by yourself. And that maybe you wanted someone to talk to."
That answer left Inu-yasha a little stunned. '...wanted someone to talk to?' What planet did this kid come from? He leaned back against the wall, falling into his most arrogant attitude. "Keh. Why would I want to talk to some green monkey kid?"
"Because you've never met one?" Gar asked, frowning a bit. "Just like I've never met a Japanese kid. So I thought maybe we could... I dunno. Be friends or something."
Inu-yasha's lip curled in a cold sneer, revealing one fang. "You think I'm some kind of weakling? I don't need friends."
Gar frowned, and crossed his arms. "I don't think you're anything except, well, maybe just a bit of a jerk, now," Gar said, frankly. "I don't know about you, but I don't think having friends makes someone weak." And he didn't like the implication that it did. "I grew up without any friends, and it sucked. So I can't wait to have plenty of friends."
"Friends either use you or make you weak," Inu-yasha replied flatly. He didn't care what this kid thought about him. "Better to be strong on your own."
Clearly, this guy had been through a lot. But so had Gar, and that hadn't broken him. Whatever this guy had been through was much worse. "Better to be strong with your friends," Gar said, flatly. "Friends don't use you or make you weak. Friends make you strong. They bring out the best in you," he said. "And if you ever want to be my friend, then... we can be friends. Maybe you just need a good friend, instead of whatever you've had in the past," he said. "Just... I know what it's like, to be alone and to be hurt. Nobody should hurt alone."
Inu-yasha was staring at the green boy with an expression akin to horror. "The hell?!" He pushed himself to standing, not caring that it left him towering over Gar as he shouted. "Who said anything about being hurt?! No one can hurt me, I'm not some pathetic idiot like you!"
That got Gar a bit riled up, himself. "Fine! But I'm not pathetic, and I'm not an idiot!" He felt himself getting angry, but he reminded himself that this kid was clearly messed up, and that his words meant, at their core, nothing. So instead of doing what he wanted to do, which was transforming into something big and mean and nasty to scare him, he instead transformed abruptly into a sparrow and took off flying, away from Inu-yasha. He needed to have a good fly, to let the anger out. Maybe he'd transform into a woodpecker and take it out on a tree.
Inu-yasha had been planning to storm off, but Gar's quick get away made that unnecessary, so he threw himself back onto the ground in a huff. The hell did that kid know anyway? He was weak, all he could do was run - hell, that was all that most of these school kids would be able to do if real trouble showed up. See how far friends got them then...
Inu-yasha was NOT in a good mood. Hours and hours of tests, just to tell him how stupid he was? Argh, what the fuck was wrong with this damn place?!
He stormed outside, and found a place away from the main areas other people went, eventually settling against one of the mansion's far walls. He dropped to the ground, back to the wall and legs crossed under him, still swearing under his breath as he took off his hood to free his ears. This was definitely a fucking mistake - he'd never wanted to go back to school anyway. School wasn't for people like him. Now it was only a matter of time before they threw him out for sure.
"Keh." He punched the ground, hard, biting his lip with a fang. He didn't need this place anyway.
Some people might have thought that being able to turn into a monkey wasn't particularly fun, but those people would be wrong, as far as Gar was concerned. Having a tail, especially a prehensile one, was quite fun, and he was clambering around a nearby tree when he saw one kid sitting outside. Figuring he'd see what was up, Gar swung down from the tree, monkey-walking across the lawn briefly to sit down in front of him, letting out a brief yawn.
Suddenly on alert, Inu-yasha yanked his hood back up as soon as he smelled the other kid. When he looked up, though, it wasn't a kid stepping forward at all.
"...the fuck?" Hell, he even smelled like a monkey. Inu-yasha scowled as the green monkey in question yawned at him. This had to be what going crazy felt like. "You're no monkey. You're that green kid."
The monkey in question immediately shifted back to reveal Gar, in sweatpants and a purple-and-grey striped shirt, sitting on the lawn and grinning at him. "Guilty," he said, grinning. "Though, I mean, we're all monkeys. Technically. Ish," he said.
"The hell does that mean?" Inu-yasha asked rudely, though he honestly didn't know what the other kid meant. Might be one of those translation things. It didn't seem like an insult, from how he'd said it, but...
"Humans evolved from apes," Gar said, wondering why he'd taken offense to the blanket statement since it had included Gar himself. "I mean, we're ... biologically very similar," he said, trying to remember if they were in the same family or genus or... His parents had told him plenty of times, but he could never keep all that stuff straight. "It's evolution."
Inu-yasha's head actually tilted to one side as he raised an eyebrow. Why was this kid talking to him about evolution? "We're not monkeys," he replied, pointing out the obvious.
"Well, right, but we were. And we still technically are. I mean, DNA-wise, we're not that far off. It's actually really neat," he said. "Oh, I'm Gar, by the way," he said, figuring he should make an introduction.
Inu-yasha just stared at the green boy for a moment, trying to figure out how he'd ended up having this conversation. After a contemplative pause, he offered, "Inu-yasha."
"That's a neat name," Gar replied, nodding and giving him a smile. "Is that..." Gar thought about it. "Japanese?" His parents had met with other biologists from several different nationalities, and Gar had gotten decent at picking out phonemes specific to certain languages and such.
Instead of answering, Inu-yasha narrowed his eyes and asked a question of his own. "Why're you talking to me?"
"Because you're around," Gar replied, blinking at him. "And... it seemed like you were by yourself. And that maybe you wanted someone to talk to."
That answer left Inu-yasha a little stunned. '...wanted someone to talk to?' What planet did this kid come from? He leaned back against the wall, falling into his most arrogant attitude. "Keh. Why would I want to talk to some green monkey kid?"
"Because you've never met one?" Gar asked, frowning a bit. "Just like I've never met a Japanese kid. So I thought maybe we could... I dunno. Be friends or something."
Inu-yasha's lip curled in a cold sneer, revealing one fang. "You think I'm some kind of weakling? I don't need friends."
Gar frowned, and crossed his arms. "I don't think you're anything except, well, maybe just a bit of a jerk, now," Gar said, frankly. "I don't know about you, but I don't think having friends makes someone weak." And he didn't like the implication that it did. "I grew up without any friends, and it sucked. So I can't wait to have plenty of friends."
"Friends either use you or make you weak," Inu-yasha replied flatly. He didn't care what this kid thought about him. "Better to be strong on your own."
Clearly, this guy had been through a lot. But so had Gar, and that hadn't broken him. Whatever this guy had been through was much worse. "Better to be strong with your friends," Gar said, flatly. "Friends don't use you or make you weak. Friends make you strong. They bring out the best in you," he said. "And if you ever want to be my friend, then... we can be friends. Maybe you just need a good friend, instead of whatever you've had in the past," he said. "Just... I know what it's like, to be alone and to be hurt. Nobody should hurt alone."
Inu-yasha was staring at the green boy with an expression akin to horror. "The hell?!" He pushed himself to standing, not caring that it left him towering over Gar as he shouted. "Who said anything about being hurt?! No one can hurt me, I'm not some pathetic idiot like you!"
That got Gar a bit riled up, himself. "Fine! But I'm not pathetic, and I'm not an idiot!" He felt himself getting angry, but he reminded himself that this kid was clearly messed up, and that his words meant, at their core, nothing. So instead of doing what he wanted to do, which was transforming into something big and mean and nasty to scare him, he instead transformed abruptly into a sparrow and took off flying, away from Inu-yasha. He needed to have a good fly, to let the anger out. Maybe he'd transform into a woodpecker and take it out on a tree.
Inu-yasha had been planning to storm off, but Gar's quick get away made that unnecessary, so he threw himself back onto the ground in a huff. The hell did that kid know anyway? He was weak, all he could do was run - hell, that was all that most of these school kids would be able to do if real trouble showed up. See how far friends got them then...
