"I hear the world is going to end," Kid grinned down at the gathered members of Snake's gang. "Think that's true? Because I figure if rumours of a stone that cries whenever there's a comet that comes around once every ten thousand years is good enough for a gang to go around trying to kill people so that they can have a better chance of finding it, the world should really end."
"Give us the Senbonzakura!" a bullet shot directly next to his head backed that demand.
Kid grinned his trademark smirk at them, and slowly, deliberately, lifted it up to the light of the moon, letting the pink gem flare up. No red light, but plenty of pink the shade of cherry blossoms, all filtered by the many facets on the jewel, dotting its surroundings like thousands of falling, scattering cherry blossoms.
"What?" he lifted his hand to his heart with mock surprise. "The Senbonzakura doesn't contain Pandora! Maybe the world really won't end!"
"Hand it over," Snake ordered. "You could have switched it with a fake."
Kid placed it back in the velvet jewelry box and tossed it down. "By the way, there's quite a few trackers on that," he warned, mantle fluttering slightly in the wind. "I wouldn't keep it if I were you."
Snake ran a calculating glance over the gem, and decided that it was the real thing. That being said. . . .
"Not this one either. Retreat!"
The newly discovered and named pink diamond was abandoned in the snow for Inspector Nakamori to find ten minutes later.
Name of jewel comes from the song, 'Senbonzakura'. Highly recommend Mi-Chan's cover of it.
Posted: 21/12/2012