Lulu notices that Kou is starting to settle in as a shin, and teases him about his new bond to Shirogane.
Kou didn’t realize he was humming until Lulu leaned over the back of the couch, positively smirking. "You’re looking more like yourself lately, Chibi. Did something good happen?"
After Homurabi is defeated, Kou and Shirogane have to reach some understanding of what they are to each other.
The shadow world could be kind of boring, Kou had decided. At least now that there weren’t any crazy kings around stirring it up. And he certainly didn’t wish Homurabi back, but with only two people around to talk to, and neither of them Akira, he was definitely feeling out of sorts.
Fortunately there was a solution.
To win the battle, Kou needs a king’s power to back his. There’s really only one king available… Picks up post-35.
Kou hauled himself up from the bed, wincing a little. "You’re a real bastard, you know that?"
"A fine way to talk to someone who just finished healing the wounds your own idiocy bought you," Shirogane observed, pulling his gloves back on.
Kengo convinces Shirogane to let him help with work.
"I’ll take care of it. Watch what I do, so you can learn it."
Now Kengo frowned, stubborn. "I should do more than that. I can do more than that, I know it."
Echoes of the past twitched at Shirogane’s nerves and he told himself firmly that Kengo was nothing like Homurabi had ever been. "In time."
Kou thinks he’s figured out who the next king of shadow is. Now they have to convince Akira to let him go.
"All right, you said you found something," Lulu said, settling on Kou’s best chair. "So what is it?"
Kou blew out a stream of smoke. "Think it’s the king you want. You’ll never believe who it is, though." He certainly hadn’t.
A year or so later, life is going on. Two moments, one from light and one from shadow.
"Hah! Take that!"
The screen flashed with colorful explosions and Akira tossed his controller down in disgust. "You’re even a demon in games."
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