Hikaru looked down at her hand with a smile. After a moment, his own hand came up to hold hers, even as she held his hair. His fingers, like his lips, were warm and soft, except for the telltale callous of a swordsman. "As I should have done from the start." He said, flashing her a quick grin, wonde...

Wu Zhe wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:28 pm

The dragon stood up and returned the bow as best he could without waking up the panda

''I am Wu Zhe''

Hikaru nodded slowly. "I have met several of your fellow clansmen. Togashi-sama, Wu Ko-san, and Saru Yatsufusa. Each has impressed me, in their own way."

Hikaru nodded, smiling gently. "If nothing else, being able to draw and cut in one motion may be the distance between life and death in a situation that suddenly becomes deadly." He bowed to the one of the two that he didn't know. "My name is Doji Hikaru. May I know your name, Crab-san?" He asked po...

"Shu." Hikaru repeated. After a moment, he nodded.

Turning to the unfamiliar warrior, he bowed. "I am Doji Hikaru." He introduced himself.

"It's an interesting fighting style," Yoshitsune Chizu commented to whomever was nearby, tossing her bokken aside as she stepped back from the area that had been cleared for iaijutsu matches. "Does it work outside of court settings, though? It seems really specialized for one-on-one fights." Hikaru...

Hikaru too breathed a sigh of relief as Dojihime's life was spared. He looked at her, giving her a firm nod; he would serve the Doji family as best he could, as always.

Hikaru was silent for a few moments, his handsome features as thoughtful as ever. Now that he had the chance to speak what he felt, he suddenly couldn't find the words, just as he couldn't with the poetry. How, then, to express himself? As soon as the answer came to him, Hikaru knew it was the right...

''We can find them there for certain. Red pandas usually live in high altitudes where bamboo and some pine trees can be found...I wouldn't be surprised to find some of them across all the northern mountains.'' Hikaru tilted his head, watching the creature. "How intelligent is it? At a guess, I woul...

Hikaru groaned, his lips shifting between smile and grimace, back and forth for a few moments. "Fortunately, it seems that the demons in our midst was sufficient distraction to Doji-sama that she's been stopped from declaring any wars. I did not know that there would be so much fallout from a play.....

Zhe raised his head to meet the second host of the event and gave a nod ''We call them Red Pandas...even if they are very unlike regular pandas in nearly all aspects. They do share similar habitats, however'' "Red Pandas..." Hikaru echoed. He stared at the creature. He shook his head. "Where do the...

Once the panda had finished stealing the show, Zhe picked him up and rejoined the spectators. ''You really enjoy these kind of things, heh?'' he asked the panda A squeak and a yawn where his only answer before Shu closed his eyes for a nap Hikaru, drawn by spotting a fellow warrior, and not by a cu...

"It's..." Hikaru considered, "-a lot." That seemed like the best way to describe it. "The Crane have a lot of work to do. But I no longer quite feel as though I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. Companionably, he moved to join her beneath the tree. "Travel may yet occur. Clans will need ...

Hikaru's pale eyes watched that blush; he took a slow breath in response. But then she asked the question. Hikaru was silent a few moments as he considered. "I honestly don't know." He said in his soft voice. "It's been a very strange day. Revelation after revelation..." He sighed. "And while the Em...

Hikaru's chin tilted up when he heard that voice. But he wasn't surprised. Letting the paper fall from his hand, he turned, smiling gently at her. "Hello, Satsuki-sama. I somehow had a feeling that, if I saw someone here tonight, it would be you." The smile faded just the littlest bit. "I'm sorry, I...

(Closed; please do not approach) Hikaru was pensive. This was not new; Hikaru was often pensive. But this time was a little different. He stood in the garden, illuminated by the light of the just past full moon, his white lock seeming to gleam in the pale light. He was partially sheltered by a tree,...

Doji Dojihime wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 29, 2021 4:25 pm

I am fine with more explosions just not from the Crane....

Please not from the Crane.

Hulk out next court.

Puts the rest of the Oni dream team back in the box.

Bad news. Hikaru has secretly been made of chocolate this whole time!

In-between bouts, Hikaru would take a few minutes, sometimes standing around in a semi-relaxed pose, sometimes taking a few moments to splash his face with cold water. Even these more relaxed practice sessions were tiring, after all. Still, despite the many terrible revelations of the day, he seemed...

When Hadananzi had changed, Hikaru had been shocked. When Tsubaki changed, Hikaru was dismayed. What did this mean for Lady Doji that the Crane apparently harbored so many demons? Wordlessly gritting his teeth, he reached up with both hands. Carefully, he pulled the front of his kimono open, just a ...

As his superiors bowed to Kakita, Hikaru stepped back to a respectful distance.

He turned his head, looking in the direction that the demon had fled, his expression dark.

Does Shiba have magical means to get a message to Lady Doji/Lord Nanzi asap? Or, at least, faster than Hikaru?