So Close, So Far
A collection of Pyron/Jun vignettes by JSF
Quotable quotes: "A samurai is nothing without his sword. My Bailong has no equal!!!"-Tao Jun, in the U.S.A. Shonen Jump issue # 9
JSF: As you may have guessed already, the quotes are going to be focusing on the couple or from those close to them.
Pyron: Why is my name spelled differently in the U.S.A. version?
JSF: I don't know. Hell, I'm not even spelling your name right in my fics. I'm just spelling it by how it sounds in the Japanese version even though it's "Pailong."
Author's note: This vignette takes place during episode #23. Also, "itai" is a Japanese way of saying "ouch."
Vignette # 3: Discipline
Ugh…What day is it? Where am I? Did…did I protect her? Is she, my Jun, alive and well? What's going on?
"Pyron!" my dao-shi exclaims. Oh thank God! Everything is okay. I am being cradled in her arms as though I was made of glass and she gazes at me with the relief of a doctor who has just saved a small child from the edge of death. I crane my neck in her direction, murmur her name, and rise to a sitting position.
"…Itai…" I mutter, but nothing actually hurts. Yet I know that something strange has happened to me and I have been fighting someone or something. Don't ask me how I know; it's just instinct. Then, as if she can read my mind, Jun answers the hurricane of questions swirling inside of it.
"You were under the control of my father," she tells me in a feather-soft voice. BAM! All of the horrifying memories hit me at once like a bolt of lightning. Yes…Jun had called upon me when her father, that damn soul-sucking maggot, had summoned those two kyonshi to take her away…then I was slammed into something…her crystal voice shouted my name…and then one motive was placed into my mind: Annihilate Tao Ren and the roaches that have allied with him. Oh God…if Daodan-do hadn't taught me to be so disciplined I would throw myself at this angel's feet right now, sob, and beg for her forgiveness.
No! Calm down Lee Pyron. Do not upset Jun in any way. Collect yourself…
"Really?" I ask her. Maybe this is just a bad dream. However, her silence says all. My soul shakes like an earthquake with guilt. I couldn't protect her. I want to scream, but years of discipline force me to stay quiet.
"Pyron…I hope you can give me a hand," Jun says with brave eyes. I stare at her for a minute longer, and then understand. How very funny. She thinks she has to request my help.
"Of course, Tao Jun. I became your mochirei with my own free will," I reply. Doesn't this silly young lady know I will follow her everywhere?
"Pyron…" she says happily. "Okay. Let's go." So we do.
It's amazing how she can command me with anything she wants to…
JSF: That is probably one of my favorite scenes in all of Mankin. It's just so sweet when Jun stays with Pyron until he wakes up. (blows her nose) * sniffle * Sorry…read and review please!