#kaseki

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It has been months since Senku woke up from his petrified coma and reunited with his friends. Months that went by with so much work to do, that he almost didn't notice the aching feeling in his chest or the stinging sensation of tears in his eyes, whenever he thought about you. These kind of moments only really crept up when he was alone, mostly late at night when his body gave out from exhaustion and sleep forced him to take a break from his experiments and inventions. Between wonky looking beakers, powder-like substances and the dim lighting of a small but controlled fire, Senku's thoughts kept drifting off to you. When was the last time he saw you? Not just looking at you through sheer happenstance, but really taking you in, your eyes and laughter, the way your hair was put up that day or the tone of your voice?

Grief filled his chest, whenever those thoughts were chasing him and it felt like he couldn't breathe properly. He wouldn't ever admit it to anyone, but Senku was scared. Scared of forgetting the sound of your voice, the colour of your eyes or your favourite food. Between bringing humanity back, fighting a war and modernizing the Ishigami Village, he spent his time jotting down little remembrances in one of his make-shift Notebooks Kaseki made for him. Your favourite flower, sunflowers he remembered, when he encountered them with Suika. Your favourite food, he wrote down, when him and Chrome worked on their own Ramen. Each and every little thing he did for his people somehow found their way back to you. It was a way of keeping you close to him.

The day your statue was found was one of the most exhilirating for Senku, only being rivaled by his old man's record player. Taiju was the one who found you actually, when he was out and about with Chrome picking up possible ingredients and fire wood for everyone. There, beneath a fallen tree, stuck in a small river bank stood your statue, now overgrown with vines and leaves. Small birds had made it their mission to build their nest on your shoulders, and a group of squirrels were chasing each other between your legs.

,,Chrome look! It's Y/N!", Taiju called out, completely overlooking the fact that Chrome was none the wiser about who you were or what you looked like. Taiju let go of the stack of firewood he carried within his arms, and began running, with Chrome following close behind.

,,Wait, who?", but the brunette scientist didn't get his answer. The only thing being on Taijus mind right now was bringing you back home to his dear friend, who was missing you terribly. Taiju always loved you two together, Senku being the ever so stoic and logical scientist and you, the emotionally driven, passionate and optimistic cheerleader. It was you who drove people to do their best, to give it their all and push their limits, which is why you've fit so well into their little group. Whenever Yuzuriya was down in the dumps, you aquired whatever crafting material you could get your hands on and pulled all nighter's with her in support of her skills.

,,Don't give up Yuzu!", you'd say, ,,sure it might not look how you wanted it to, but work with what you've got instead! Every artist has to work with their mistakes, not against them!".

It was you who gave countless pep-talks to Taiju and finally convinced him on that one fated day to actually pull through. Taiju remembers your little speech all too well.

,,Taiju, just do it! You've got absolutely nothing to lose! Either this will be your biggest summer teen romance or another small rejection blip in the nick of time. But you will regret not telling her, those feelings want to be let out. Love isn't something to be stored away, it's meant to be shared!". Those were the last words you ever said to him and Taiju had to agree. Ever since Senku and him reunited, it was their platonic bond as brothers and the love they shared between them, that kept them going. It was the love Byakuya had for his son that pushed him to make that record and it was the love Kohaku had for her sister Ruri, that pushed her to the edge of the jungle to collect hot steaming water, so she could feel better.

Love is meant to be shared, he thought, and grinned to himself when he ripped off the vines and leaves, careful to not destroy the bird's nest in the process and hurling your statue over his shoulder, with Chrome shooting him amazed and equally worried glances the entire time.

,,Taiju..I don't think she's supposed to look like that, is she?", he prodded carefully, inspecting your right leg and seeing a sort of stump at the end of it. Taiju, being familiar with you and ever so oblivious, didn't quite understand what Chrome was getting at.

,,The-the stump..I mean, did she have that before? It doesn't look like her foot was broken off or anything so ..what happened?", Chrome asked, looking ever so slightly curious.

,,Oh!", Taijus face lit up, ,,yeah! Y/n used to have a prosthesis! As far as I remember, she always had one, maybe it's still lying around somewhere? Let's take a look!".

Though Chrome still wanted to ask some more questions about your mysterious condition, he felt like that could wait until they brought you home. However, no matter how much tthe two of them looked for this so called "prosthesis", they didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Moreover, cause Chrome didn't even know what exactly he should be looking out for. After about 20 minutes of searching both of them decided it would be better to just bring you home, maybe Senku can help.

By the time they arrived at the Ishigami village, people were already hard at work to flesh out and begin the work at the Perseus. The village was quiet so far, except for a few kids playing around with Suika and her little dog companion, who instantly noticed Chrome and Taiju from a mile away. She hurried over excidetly, wanting to see and learn more about the mysterious young woman that Taiju had gathered up. The three of them came to the conclusion to carefully position your statue in Senku's lab, before going to look for him and showing him the surprise.

,,He's gonna be so excidet I can feel it!", said Suika, fist bumping Taiju and running off.

,,You sure, she's the one he's been looking for?", asked Chrome.

,,Oh believe me, there's no doubt about it", Taiju said honestly and for the first time in his life, he felt like he could finally give Senku something back, for the work he does for all of them.

Senku meanwhile, was busy delegating the tasks necesary to ensure a safe and efficient building process, he didn't notice Suika running through the crowds of people, trying to gain his attention. So instead of pushing herself through groups of muscular men, Suika decided to locate Gen instead and make him tell Senku. Finding Gen was as easy as ever, in his vibrant violet clothing and two-toned hair, making him stand out in whatever crowd he found himself in.

,,Gen! Gen!", said Suika, coming to a halt before said man and leaning on her knees to catch her breath. ,,I've got important news!".

,Oh?~ Do tell my dear Suika, I'm all ears!". The mentalist leaned down whilst Suika began whispering into his ear, his grin ever so widening with every piece and bit of information provided. ,,Oh my sweet Suika, those are indeed important news! I'll make sure they'll reach him in no time!", he grinned slyly and made his way through the crowds of people, toward the blonde scientist whose speech seemed to come to an end.

,,Oh Senku! I've got something you might want to hear~", Gen teased, letting his arm drape over the scientist's shoulder.

,,What is it mentalist? Can't you see I'm a bit preocupied right now? If you've got time to spread gossip, you've got time to work", Senku muttered unimpressed, not taking his eyes off the blueprints before him.

,,Senku, you're always so mean, you just don't know how to properly incentivise your people properly. I'm sure a certain someone could do a far better job at that".

Senku wasn't stupid, he knew what the mentalist was trying to imply. He also knew, that Gen could unfortunately see through his little charade of trying not to notice. He sighed and drove his fingers through his hair, not in the mood to keep this little game up any longer than they had to.

,,Mentalist, what are you getting at? What news are you talking about?".

Grinning devilishly about his success at gaining his attention, Gen instructed him to take a look at it for himself, advising him to check in his lab for answers. Not wanting to waste time on this, Senku made way, passing Suika and Taiju on the way, who were giggling like school girls. Yuzuriya, who was so preoccupied with sewing the sails for the Perseus didn't even notice what was going on, until Taiju took her aside. To say she was thrilled about your return was an understatement, with the amount of tears escaping her.

,,I'M-I'm so glad...she's-s okay" she hiccuped and smiled through it all, following Senku close behind, with Taiju and Suika running after her. The news of your discovery spread like a wildfire after that, with Kaseki, Chrome, Suika, Taiju, Yuzuriya, Gen, Kinro and Ginro all coming together to see your reunion with Senku, and if you really were, who they were told.

Senku was the first one to enter the lab, his breath catching dead in his throat. It's felt like millenia since he saw you, which it probably was, and now there you were, just simply standing there, in all your corroded, brick like glory. Your hair looking as beautiful as ever and that curious expression told him more than words ever could. He knew that you've waited on him.

Without hesitation he began scrambling through his shelving units, finding the one bottle of revival fluid he had saved and pouring it over your head. Within the span of a few minutes a cracking sound could be heard with multiple shards of rock flying off in various directions. Your body finally being able to move again, but your mind still unable to wake, yet. Senku's hands caught you, shielding you from the ever so prying eyes of onlookers and friends.

,,C'mon guys, let's give them some privacy", Yuzu said tearfully. She would have enough time to catch up with you later, for now she could tell that Senku needed a minute for himself. Ushering the crowd away, only Taiju remained for a second longer, looking at how carefully Senku draped his clothes over you and laying you down on some cot he had made for incidents like these. His tender hands stroking your hair out of your face and taking in a quiet, shaky breath.

After Taiju left and Senku was sure there were no more eyes on him, he drove his hands through his hair and across his face. Never in a million years did he think that he was going to find you this soon, he thought it would take him longer and yet here you were, in the flesh. His eyes raked over you, seeing if you had changed in some ways but thankfully finding you exactly as you were when you two got seperated. Slowly your eyes started to open, but shying away from the blinding daylight. Hissing against the stark contrast, you wanted to sit up, bracing yourself on the thin matress beneath you.

,,Took you long enough", Senku said and embracing you a bit more hasty than he intended to. ,,Seems like you've been through quite a lot".

,,What? Wait, Senku? Oh my god! Oh my god, it really is you!", you've called out, gripping his coat and holding him as tight as possible. ,,I can't believe it! What happened? Where are we? I only remember that green light coming at us and then-", you were rambling on and on before the scientist stopped you by nuzzling even closer. For all the time you've known him, Senku was never the one to be affectionate to anyone, rarely if ever, so him coming onto you like this and demanding your affection felt weird and foreign but not unpleasant. ,,Senku...", you whispered, the closeness making tears brim in your eyes, ,,I was so scared..I missed you I didn't know wether or not..". You didn't need to finish the sentence to know that Senku felt the same.

,,Yeah...", he answered low, pushing your head towards him and stroking your hair. ,,I'm glad you're okay. Taiju found you in the woods, everything else I'll explain later. For now, just take your time to get used to everything. I'll ask Yuzuriya about some clothes for you, for now my coat must suffice".

,,Wait, Yuzu and Taiju are here as well?! Did he finally confess? How did it go, what did she say?", you exclaimed excidetly looking Senku in the eye.

I love Kaseki, he's goated !! The Senku-Chrome-Kaseki trio is one of my favorite, I love seeing them together !

Regarding the dcst x pkmn thing, I thought Conkeldurr and Kaseki would make a nice duo ! Conkeldurr is able to carry heavy objects and excels at building large houses/machines while Kaseki can focus on the tedious tasks recquiring expert hands and a bit more precision. That way, the two of them can build near anything !!