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Fatal Frame Parthenon Claim, 6/10
Title: Pretend Loyalty
Prompt: War
Muse: Hinasaki Mafuyu
Fandom: Fatal Frame/Zero
Length: 621
Summary: Kirie and Mafuyu hunt for the missing camera that could destroy them.
Disclaimer: Mafuyu, Kirie, and everyone else belong to Tecmo.
Notes: Part 6 of a Fatal Frame AU.
Mafuyu watched Kirie coast angrily down the pathway. She had reluctantly allowed him to come with her, and he wasn't sure he should. But he had to find where Kirie-that-was had thought to put the camera.
"Something in me tells me I shouldn't trust you," Kirie had said, and Mafuyu had to think quickly to convince her that he was loyal to her.
He didn't know if she could destroy him, but she could probably make him regret coming down. Other ghosts still suffered from the Rope Curse, and she seemed to think she could inflict it on him and Miku as well. At least the Malice hadn't touched him, seemingly content to cause pain instead of infecting him.
Mafuyu had no doubt that when it got bored with causing pain, it would touch him and he'd be as Kirie was.
"Where do we start looking?" he asked, trying to keep Kirie focused. The sooner they found the Camera, Kirie might calm down. Getting the camera to someone who could use it was a good idea, but it had to wait until Kirie wasn't so sensitive about it.
Until she forgot, it wasn't safe to take the real camera anywhere.
"Upstairs, most likely," Kirie growled.
Mafuyu nodded, catching up with her. "Then let's find it. Together."
Her grimace lightened into a grim smile. "Yes."
"I don't want to be destroyed either," he said. "I love my camera, but...."
"I'm going to destroy it," she said. "It needs to be, Mafuyu, before it can hurt you."
"And Miku," he reminded her. His sister hadn't rematerialized yet, but he was sure from Kirie's reaction that she would. Or, he hoped, she wouldn't, but that wasn't likely to happen.
"Yes. You'd miss Miku." Her tone told him that she had more on her mind than Miku's continued existance.
Which was good, in a way. It wasn't quite a war yet, but he and Kirie-that-was would do anything to fix Kirie. And the Malice would do anything to keep Kirie causing havoc.
"We're going to be together forever, aren't we?" he asked. Unless he could figure out how to curie Kirie. "Can I become strong enough to protect you, too?"
"I almost absorbed you," she said, ignoring his second question. "Maybe I should have, just to keep you safe."
Mafuyu had to shiver at that. "I'd rather be able to touch you." He didn't want her to get the idea to do that; he couldn't save her stuck inside her.
She'd stopped at that, turning to him and suddenly embracing him. "I like that, too." But after a moment, she stepped away. "But I don't want to lose you."
"So you'd absorb me."
"If I needed to." She looked up at him. "I'd rather have you inside me than lose you."
"And Miku?" he asked. He hoped she couldn't absorb both of them and if she'd absorb Miku if she had a choice.
Kirie turned to him with a sudden bright smile. "Of course! I should absorb you, and be with Miku. That way I can make sure we both have our family all the time."
She ran a hand gently through his hair as he stiffened. "Of course," she said, "Maybe I should wait until you're in danger. I'd rather look at you longer. But I'll keep you safe, no matter what. Nobody is allowed to take you from me."
The Malice, he noticed, seemed to approve. It could hardly torment him if he'd been absorbed into her, could it? Or use him.
"Let's go find the camera. I don't want you to worry."
"Of course." She let go of him. "I knew you were loyal to me, Mafuyu."
Mafuyu only wished he was.
Prompt: War
Muse: Hinasaki Mafuyu
Fandom: Fatal Frame/Zero
Length: 621
Summary: Kirie and Mafuyu hunt for the missing camera that could destroy them.
Disclaimer: Mafuyu, Kirie, and everyone else belong to Tecmo.
Notes: Part 6 of a Fatal Frame AU.
Mafuyu watched Kirie coast angrily down the pathway. She had reluctantly allowed him to come with her, and he wasn't sure he should. But he had to find where Kirie-that-was had thought to put the camera.
"Something in me tells me I shouldn't trust you," Kirie had said, and Mafuyu had to think quickly to convince her that he was loyal to her.
He didn't know if she could destroy him, but she could probably make him regret coming down. Other ghosts still suffered from the Rope Curse, and she seemed to think she could inflict it on him and Miku as well. At least the Malice hadn't touched him, seemingly content to cause pain instead of infecting him.
Mafuyu had no doubt that when it got bored with causing pain, it would touch him and he'd be as Kirie was.
"Where do we start looking?" he asked, trying to keep Kirie focused. The sooner they found the Camera, Kirie might calm down. Getting the camera to someone who could use it was a good idea, but it had to wait until Kirie wasn't so sensitive about it.
Until she forgot, it wasn't safe to take the real camera anywhere.
"Upstairs, most likely," Kirie growled.
Mafuyu nodded, catching up with her. "Then let's find it. Together."
Her grimace lightened into a grim smile. "Yes."
"I don't want to be destroyed either," he said. "I love my camera, but...."
"I'm going to destroy it," she said. "It needs to be, Mafuyu, before it can hurt you."
"And Miku," he reminded her. His sister hadn't rematerialized yet, but he was sure from Kirie's reaction that she would. Or, he hoped, she wouldn't, but that wasn't likely to happen.
"Yes. You'd miss Miku." Her tone told him that she had more on her mind than Miku's continued existance.
Which was good, in a way. It wasn't quite a war yet, but he and Kirie-that-was would do anything to fix Kirie. And the Malice would do anything to keep Kirie causing havoc.
"We're going to be together forever, aren't we?" he asked. Unless he could figure out how to curie Kirie. "Can I become strong enough to protect you, too?"
"I almost absorbed you," she said, ignoring his second question. "Maybe I should have, just to keep you safe."
Mafuyu had to shiver at that. "I'd rather be able to touch you." He didn't want her to get the idea to do that; he couldn't save her stuck inside her.
She'd stopped at that, turning to him and suddenly embracing him. "I like that, too." But after a moment, she stepped away. "But I don't want to lose you."
"So you'd absorb me."
"If I needed to." She looked up at him. "I'd rather have you inside me than lose you."
"And Miku?" he asked. He hoped she couldn't absorb both of them and if she'd absorb Miku if she had a choice.
Kirie turned to him with a sudden bright smile. "Of course! I should absorb you, and be with Miku. That way I can make sure we both have our family all the time."
She ran a hand gently through his hair as he stiffened. "Of course," she said, "Maybe I should wait until you're in danger. I'd rather look at you longer. But I'll keep you safe, no matter what. Nobody is allowed to take you from me."
The Malice, he noticed, seemed to approve. It could hardly torment him if he'd been absorbed into her, could it? Or use him.
"Let's go find the camera. I don't want you to worry."
"Of course." She let go of him. "I knew you were loyal to me, Mafuyu."
Mafuyu only wished he was.