Sworn to the Sword

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SWORN TO THE SWORD shipping meme It's textbook, really. Or, more accurately, parchment, because you've either found yourself or always been in a time (it doesn't necessarily have to be medieval) where swords - and possibly sorcery - are the weapons and the mindset of the day; at the very least, the rough and tumble attitude that comes with a knife's edge permeates the land. And you know how to wield a weapon, be it a blade, your own body, or something else entirely, so you've put it to good use. You've become a sworn sword to protect someone. It could be out of the goodness of your heart, out of heritage, or stemmed from a desire for compensation or power. No matter what the cause, however, one fact remains the same, and that's how you cannot let emotions cloud your judgement. Of course, that may be a little easier said than done. When you're so close to a person, in order to keep them safe, and when you put your very life on the line... ...ah, but you must persevere. Your duty does not allow you to falter. Comment with your character, role, and preferences. I forgot to mention, feel free to AU. Reply to others. Thread.

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[sharktrash]

Who knows. He would technically be the boss then, but of course that's not the same as having Vongola under their power. And Yamamoto would be the one to kill him if Xanxus didn't do it first, though that was starting to look less likely with passing years. Still, Squalo would be proud of that resolve if he knew of it. Don't you dare ever get defeated again, boy. And if you do... well, then that means that you weren't worthy of living on.

"Shouldn't that guy have graduated by now?" Squalo's just gonna go for the obvious. Hibari's love life (heh) doesn't interest him, but he'd lie if he said he wasn't curious about that kid. He was strong.

"Gross," Squalo retorts to that admission of liking, and hands Yamamoto a piece of bloody hog skin.

[rainandswallows]

"Probably, but you know Hibari, no one can make him do anything he doesn't want to."

Hibari's obsessed with Namimori in general, but the middle school holds a special place in the prefects heart. Yamamoto's beginning to suspect that the school is the thing Hibari loves most.

Yamamoto just laughs when Squalo said gross. It wasn't like he expecting anything else.

He holds up the hog skin, looking at it curiously. "Can we tan this out here?" he asked. "Otherwise what am I supposed to do with it?"

[sharktrash]

Squalo barks a laughter. "Amazing. A kid takes over a school and nobody bats an eye. Authorities truly are blind." At least Varia actually had to bribe officials sometimes to continue their free reign, but then he supposed it wasn't impossible Hibari's family did, too.

"Dunno, I'm not a craftsman," he retorts blankly and works on the meat. He'd hoped holding a bloody anything would shut the kid up, but of course he'd underestimated him. Again. He had no plans for anything that wasn't becoming bbq (and wild animal bait), so really, Yamamoto could do whatever, he didn't care.

[rainandswallows]

"Hibari bites them all to death otherwise," Yamamoto said cheerfully as he went to throw the skin away. He chucked it far into the forest, so when it started to smell it would get to them. He had no idea what Hibari's parents did. Or if Hibari even had parents.

That was kind of a scary thought.

He walked back to the camp, poured a small amount of water on his hands and then wiped them on a tree.

"Okay, that's taken care off."

[sharktrash]

Clearly Varia should try to recruit that guy.

He makes a non-commital sound at that - good, that surely will draw wild animals' attention - and continues working. Soon enough, the boar's turning over the fire, and Squalo's cleaning his hands, grumbling something about getting grease off leather.

"And now," he says happily, once he's reached an acceptable level of cleanliness, "we fight."

[rainandswallows]

He won't join. He barely tolerates being one of Tsuna's Guardians. Put him under Xanxus and that's asking for trouble in Yamamoto's opinion.

He smiled and lunged for his sword, already getting into a defensive stance and pulling out the Necklace of the Rain in case needed to summon Jirou and Koujirou.

"Ready!" he chirped.

[sharktrash]

But trouble is fun! He'd fit right in with that appetite for destruction. Ah well. Unlike the tenth gen, Varia doesn't need a Cloud. They're perfectly capable with just the six of them.

Squalo doesn't wait for a confirmation, already circling the boy like a bloodthirsty shark to try and strike at him from behind. It's not unlike their very first fight, really; time to see how much you've grown, etc.