[Isabella]

Bruise-like shadows under her eyes, the work of nightmares, Isabella had stepped out of the house; with some difficulty shoving Ryn back in. The once small cub, or rather, near-adult, was getting bigger and stronger, and Isabella with her (if not bigger, for she’d thinned down due to being rather miserable). The walk to the hospital wasn’t really a walk, and she appreciated that, for she wanted and needed to see Suka. Suka. Her big brother, and the person she considered closest to her in Elysia. Jade was gone, and Suka would understand why Bella was feeling slightly down.


Isabella took baby steps from the portal toward the hospital, huddled up in her knee-length jacket to keep warm. She shied away from the cold naturally, somehow due to her personality. Or at least, she thought so. The events of the past few weeks flashed through her head, and she sighed. Bella loved her new family. She’d taken to Zendera and Suka like a fish to water, and decided that she was going to take it one step further. She wanted to know who her Mother was. If only Jade could see how happy she was now… if only she were here with the angel.


Her pace hurrying, enthusiastic to get into the warmth, Bella stepped inside, as a young man held the door open for her. She gave him a small smile of thanks, and unzipped her jacket before hurrying in direction of Suka’s ward. The nurses glanced at her with expectant looks that said ‘can I help you?’, but she simply ignored them and quickened her pace even more. The feathers on her wings ruffled as she now jogged into the ward, blinking with surprise at the door of its hinges, but slowed to agile, quick steps and began to look for Suka. The first sign she caught of him was a pair of black-feathered wings not unlike her own, but bigger. She walked past him and back-tracked to see his familiar form and face, and smiled at him, the most genuine she’d given for a long time. "Suka!" she said, her voice slightly musical-like in the happiness of seeing him. "I thought I’d find you here. I came to see you." She held up her left fist, and smiled once again, but only faintly. "Look, I got a tattoo. It’s the Chinese symbol for fire. Do you like it?"

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[Suka]

"Suka!"

Startling, the dagger in his hand slicing through his flesh, Suka winced, then cursed. Bringing a towel to his palm, he applied pressure, trying to stop the bleeding. Looking up at Bella through watery eyes, her bubbly attitude causing his brow to rise, he looked at the fist that was showed to him. Blinking slightly, nodding in approval, he looked back down to his hand. "Fire eh? Any specific meaning?" He said, half distracted.

Pulling the towel from his hand, a good part of it tinted crimson, Suka let it fall to the counter as he placed his other hand over the wound. Within moments, the cut was sealed, leaving nothing but drying blood on his skin. Picking up the towel, he headed toward the skin, dumping it in the hazard bin before placing his hands under the warm stream of water. As he cleaned off his own blood, he spoke over the sound of the tap. "Ever think of getting our emblem tattooed instead?" Sure, he was once for tattoos. He had the emblem on his arm, as all the men in his family had done, while the women wore a pendant. Of course, now with women getting tattooed just as much a men, it seemed fitting for his spunky younger half sister to get it done to her as well. His other tattoos had meaning of course. The swan on his face a tribute to the family. While the dragon upon his chest was... a daily reminder that Dazadi didn't belong to him. Thanks to Xanth.

Wiping his now clean hands on a clean dry towel, he walked back to the dagger, and wiped off the blood before putting it away. He'd been sharpening it, for... just in case.

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[Isabella]

Isabella, of course, didn’t notice that he’d cut his hand until she saw the stained towel being throwing away. She was happy to see her brother and that was all that currently mattered. Taking her mind off her gloomy misery. To his question, she thought about it for a moment. "Well," she began, then paused. Quietly, she mused it over, then with a small smile on her face, told him. "I think because… like… you know, some nymphs choose their element according to their personality. I chose my tattoo judging by mine." She beamed at him happily, then went on. "I was just starting small - to see how I fared with the pain. And it was okay, it really was. So maybe I could get it on my back, huh? Or, I dunno. I wouldn’t get it where you have one, I mean, on your face - that’s some pain I could do without. But, maybe up my thigh." She went quiet again, and suddenly found the wall fascinating.She hadn’t come here to chat with him happily about tattoos. Hell had she. She’d came because she felt she was ready to know who her Mother was, and wanted to strike while the iron was hot - or at least while she felt warm with confidence. Bella didn’t want to hurt Suka. But she felt he had just as much right to know who his Father had had an affair with - but she could easily go it alone if he didn’t want to do it. After all, he just had to say. He’d already done enough for Isabella - like welcoming her with open arms. He’d seemed happy enough to admit that she was his sister, and love her as if he had all of his life. For that, she warmed up to him even more uncertainly. Living for years without knowing who she had been borne to, and why she wasn’t with her parents. And then, finding Suka. He was… too loving. Too welcoming. Finally finding the courage to speak, Isabella decided to bite the bullet. "I’d like to know who my Mother is, and I wanted… you to come," she murmured gently, surveying him with deep, brown eyes. "But you don’t have to if you don’t want to. You really don’t. I just…" She hung her head and allowed a small tear to trickle out from her tear ducts, and did not look back up. She felt so shameful. She should never have come - it had probably been the last thing on Suka’s mind. Piper's Boutique x Obsidian Dawn x Kyuusho x Google

[Suka]

Suka smiled as she spoke more of her tattoo. He could have pointed out the fact that she wasn't a nymph, but left well enough alone. When she spoke of her personality however, he had to take a moment, looking up into her eyes. Smiling, Suka reached up, nicking her chin softly as he spoke. "Fiery personality? How can someone as sweet as you be fiery?" Letting her go as he slid the dagger into its sheathe, then strapped it onto his belt, he continued to listen to her speak. Although she talked of, rather insignificant things, it was nice to have it in his life. Although he was sure she'd easily be able to annoy him should she stay to long, and visit to often.

Lifting a brow as she spoke of where to get her next tattoo, Suka looked out of the corner of his eyes, finding his gaze rest on her thigh. Ripping his eyes from her body, he looked forward again, quietly muttering a dull response. He was used to having a sister, although not one as... developed as Bella. Zendera was older than Bella was, but she'd grown rather lanky than curvy. It was because of her Anyeli heritage, and that her mothers side of the family was all pretty lean. But also because of the months of torture she was put through. Isabella... she was different. Her body type was not the same as any of the women in his family, a sure sign that she was only half related. Her face, looked exactly like Zandera, but her body...

Trying to push out the thoughts, knowing it was sick to think of her in such a way, Suka strapped the belt to his waist, the made his way around his sister, reaching for his black jacket. Just as he got one arm into the sleeve, Bella's sudden words caused him to pause and turn to meet her gaze. He'd offered it to her before, and she'd already met with their father... but they'd both been too nervous to make anything of it. Bella wanted to know now.. and he didn't blame her. Suka, although weary before, felt he should probably know as well. Besides... being there for his sister meant a lot to him.

Moving toward her, Suka tilted her head with his finger under her chin, then wiped away her tear with his thumb. "Of course I'll come with you." Pulling her into a hug, he released her, and put his jacket on the rest of the way. Walking toward the door, he flicked off the lights, and held it open for her to pass through.

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[Isabella]

Isabella had never considered herself sweet before. Talkative when she wanted to be, yes. Nice on some occasions. Loving, yes. But never sweet. And it’d made her quite warm inside, for compliments were welcomed confidently with Bella. She liked hearing positive things about herself; it raised her self-confidence just that little bit higher, and made her ego slightly larger. Especially when it was something she had never even thought that she could be before. Encouragement was something she’d rarely had given to her, maybe all dragons were like that; her adopted parents, before they were murdered, had been rather arrogant. True, they had been caring, and kind. But she’d not really heard things said about her, like when most mothers tell their daughters how beautiful they are, or fathers tell their sons how good they are at football or something like that.As he lifted her face up, Bella just stood there, arms dangling uselessly by her sides. She allowed the contact, and then blinked as she was pulled into his arms, but hugged him back gently. She made sure that she was gentle; her new strength meant that sometimes, she was intending to be gentle, but ended up crushing something. Like the other day, she’d had a glass of water, and - because she hadn’t been focusing and was in a small state of angst - had cracked the glass accidentally. It was hard to cope when you were restless with all these powers and didn’t really know how to handle them. She was sure that the returned hug would have seemed a little bit rougher than most people’s would have been - but he wouldn’t be hurt. Isabella faced him for a moment and then following him out of the door, chewing her lip slightly. Her fingers seemed to find the bottom of her coat intriguing in her nervousness, and she stopped to wait for him outside of the door. "Thankyou," she murmured, keeping her eyes to the floor.Piper's Boutique x Obsidian Dawn x Kyuusho x Google