[ RELATIONSHIPS ]

[moveslikedate]

Notable relationships that Date has, and some of his thoughts about them in a nutshell. Will be updated as necessary and when I am not being lazy. Redone from the last version again, this time using the profile ganked from here and edited to make things look prettier. Now also split into four different sections on four different posts because of LJ limits. B|

[ canon | shibusen | watch | guests ]

character relationships.

dogs and the watch ☈ fellow co-workers.
Dante Sparda PARTNERED WEAPON ☇ DEMON CLAYMORE (REBELLION)
"Are you ready? There's no holding back, coz' its time to party!"
His partner, now well-meaning and well-secured. Their beginnings were forced at best, with Date pretty much forcing himself onto the other because of the fact that well, Dante was a pretty awesome Weapon to use. What had started as a relationship of necessity turned into something much more deeper and meaningful in ways Date didn't even realize until a lot later, when the two of them had an ensuing fallout over a number of little things that decided to pile up on them altogether. It look a lot of soul-searching and a few more rather painful experiences (thank you, Koujurou) before Date finally got it into his head, and once he did the samurai finally made it his work to properly fix things up with Dante. Now they've managed to resolve the biggest part of their issues, and though there'll be a good number of loose ends to work on, they can do it in the times to come. For now though, they're pretty chill with each other and work most excellently as a team - of course its still going to be a while before they can manage anything fantastic, but at least they're done with their cold war and have gone back to their own ways of failing and facepalming about each other's antics. As his partner, Dante is rowdy and wild - a wild beast that somehow is only ever controllable by Date (and even that is debatable). For Date the other's a good comrade and a fine partner who he's glad to have chosen - and after all their ups and downs, he's more certain of that fact than ever. Sure he may be exasperating and irritating and a bit annoying at times, but in the end he's still the partner who Date has chosen, and he does intend to stick through to their partnership until the very end - no matter what may happen in the future. They've already been through quite a bit, and Date's confident that they can survive through a hell lot more with what they have going on now.

	Vergil Sparda PARTNERED MEISTER (★) ☇ SOUL ADRENALINE
	"Mmn."
Books can never be judged by their cover, and this is a lesson that Date is reminded of now in regards to Vergil. Having been informed somewhat of the deeds he did back in his own world, now Date is made to contemplate over his thoughts over how he should view the other. On one hand, Date strongly disapproves of the actions Vergil has taken back in his world, but on the other hand he's not going to say that Vergil is evil. Those sort of definitions isn't Date's style at all, and he's not that hot-headed to make instant judgements because of what others have told him. It's going to be a bit before Date does manage to come to any sort of conclusion, and until he does he'll be keeping an eye on Vergil while maintaining a distance from him, just to truly judge and see exactly how he should handle all of this. Recently now Vergil has been partnered to Koujurou of all people, an act which Date is a bit cautious about - as much as he trusts his retainer to do what is right, he can't help but worry a little if this was the best thing to do. He hasn't really quite resolved his own issues with Vergil yet, and as much as he does regard Vergil as a close comrade he is still wary about this. For now he'll let things run on their own course, but he's still going to keep an eye and see how things develop in time. Should anything start going out of place, you can bet that Date will be there in a heartbeat.

Genesis Rhapsodos PARTNERED WEAPON ☇ DEMON BROADSWORD (RAPIER)
"To spare the sands, the seas, the skies - I offer thee this silent sacrifice."
A person Date doesn't mind hanging around by all means, and he does like Genesis's company quite a fair bit. They haven't managed to talk that all much these days due to things happening left and right, but still its nice to see that they're still able to work together and get along well. He's a good friend with Dante too - something which does make Date glad, at the very least. It's a bit of a loss that he and Vergil weren't able to patch things up and had their partnership broken at the end, but Date supposes that's just how things so; besides they each have their own partners already, so perhaps that was all for the best. He's glad that Genesis managed to find a new partner, of course, although a part of him can't help but just wonder about her...

	Roy Mustang PARTNERED MEISTER (★) ☇ SCORCHING SOUL
	"You really are a fighter."
Head of DOGS and the Watch which Date works in now. Now that he has had more chances to talk with the man ever since he joined, its easy to see the leadership that he commands - and Date respects him for that and everything he's been doing so far. However, sometimes things just don't seem to be that all simple with Roy - Date can tell that the other's a soldier who has seen his fair share of war and battle. Perhaps that is what is affecting him? Date's interested, but he's not going to pry unless this haunting affects Roy too obviously. But its clear he has a good head and is somebody who's used to leading - and it shows especially during the Michigan mission, when Date (and Dante soon after) went batshit after seeing Rin dead and it was pretty much Roy and his partner who saved his ass from getting kicked by Giriko. Date still kind of owes him for that.

Nataku PPARTNERED WEAPON ☇ DEMON RIBBON
"Understood, Date Masamune, head of Oshu."
Date first met him/her/whatever during one of the first training sessions he was him, sparring against him and his partner Tassadar. It was quite the nice fight, though he never really talked to either of them until a while later. Nataku is... well, he's certainly strange, and he's really quite different than everyone else he's met. There's a great deal about Nataku that Date's intrigued in, but he isn't going to push it since the other doesn't seem at all comfortable with it. He does hope to be on better terms with Nataku though, and hopefully understand him better. Is apparently two years old from what he heard from Dante, which makes things a bit more... strange. At least Date's used to strange by now.

	Katsura Kotaro PARTNERED MEISTER (★) ☇ SOUL LEADER
	"Zura ja nai! Katsura da!"
Date is not quite sure what to make of Katsura for the most part. Sure he seems fine enough most of the time, but there are just some times when there is just that something about him that goes totally... off. Not in the bad sense, but it just kind of makes Date think twice about associating with him at times and the fact that he sounds like Takenaka Hanbei does not help. That aside though, Katsura seems to be a pretty okay person for the most part and does do his work well when the time comes, so he'll just leave it at that and simply see where things can go from there.

Lady WEAPON ☇ DEMON ROCKET LAUNCHER (KALINA ANN)
"White hair? Loud and stupid? Red coat? ...yeah, I know him."
A person from Dante and Vergil's world, and somebody who apparently worked with Dante to put a stop to... Vergil. Needless to say, Date's pretty interested to know what exactly happened, but he isn't going to push it since its clear that Lady has her share of things as well. Still, Date is curious to know better about Lady's massive inner drive - it takes a lot to kill one's own parent, and that's a fact that Date knows well; for all of Yoshihime's own deeds, Date couldn't put a proper end to her. Hearing that Lady finished her own father makes him a bit intrigued, because certainly there must be something really strong going on between her and him for Lady to actually gather up that strength to kill him like this. But he supposes he can put that all aside for now, and just take his time in knowing Lady better - she's quite the character, alright.

	Yuna PARTNERED MEISTER (★) ☇ SOUL SUMMON
	"It would be nice to be able to understand where everyone came from."
A nice lady by all means, though Date isn't still quite sure how Vergil and Yuna really fit together in his eyes even though they seem to be together these days (and heck, they even live together now); still he's not one to pry, so he supposes if it works then it works. That aside though, she does seem like the kind of woman who he wouldn't mind himself, and there's nothing about Yuna to suggest to Date that she's bad or anything. Date may be bad with women for the most part, but at least she seems okay enough to talk to and everything and that's good enough for Date himself. Unfortunately though, he's long since unconsciously filed her as 'Vergil's woman' in his mind, and even though he's been corrected his mind will always eternally default her back as 'Vergil's woman'.

Carmine Zuigiber (War) PARTNERED MEISTER (★) ☇ SOUL MYEYESAREUPHERE
"Quote TBA"
...to be honest, Date isn't that all sure what to make of this woman. On one hand she's Genesis partner, and she's proven to be a rather capable one too - but on the other hand there's just something about her which just doesn't sit right for Date (maybe its the few things he's managed to hear about her, but he isn't sure). The samurai's always been one to trust his instincts, and with this woman those instincts tell him that something is just not right - but he isn't sure why or how. As much as he can see she's pretty okay, albeit with a rather strong liking for fighting; then again, he likes fighting too so he's not exactly one to judge people on that factor. Still his intuition is telling him to keep an eye on her, so that's what he'll do as much as he can. For now she seems alright, but Date will keep watch and see what his senses are trying to tell him.

	Heiwajima Shizuo PARTNERED WEAPON ☇ DEMON STOP SIGN
	"I wouldn't have a damn clue how to counter depth perception issues anyway."
Motochika's partner, and a pretty interesting guy from the looks of it. He hails from the future Hi-No-Moto, which makes things kind of interesting when Date talks to him. From what he can see so far Shizuo's a nice guy to talk to - albeit with some strange reactions at times - but overall he isn't too bad at all. He isn't too sure exactly why Motochika decided to partner with a guy like him, but Date supposes he'll find out in time. As it is though, he and Motochika seem to get along quite well, and Date's glad that they managed to find a partner in each other since he knows that Motochika has been trying to find a partner for the longest time. He wouldn't mind getting to know Shizuo better himself in later days as well, if he can manage it.