Kairi looked out the window and grinned. "We found them!" --- Jeffrey couldn't help but laugh at Valerie's accidental spell. "You ought to be more careful," he joked. "But finally!"
"Oh," Kairi said. She could feel the heat as her face turned bright red. "Alright." She walked up and started rubbing Sora's stomach, slowly becoming less embarrassed about it. --- Jeffrey thought he saw something red out of the corner of his eye. "Is that what I think it is?" he asked.
"So do I," Jeffrey replied. "It'll be nice to get a small rest on the way to South America." --- "Of course!" Kairi smiled. "What is it?"
Kairi smiled and turned back to the windows. "Well, I don't see anything but hills and a river so far." --- "Well..." Jeffrey said in embarrassment, "we can always learn, can't we?"
Jeffrey grabbed the wakizashi from his back. "Well, I kinda grabbed this a backup..." He remembered that he had dismissed his katana; the first, and only, magic he had used so far. I wonder if I can just... A rod of light appeared in his hand, fading into the katana. "Ni~ce." --- "We seem to be getting close," Kairi told Sora, looking at the map on the navigation screen. "Do you think they've given us some sort of signal?"
"Ri~ght..." Kairi replied, rolling her eyes a bit. --- "I guess I'll go next," Jeffrey told the Keyblader, stepping up to where Valerie had stood. "Allons-y!"
"'Course, we have no clue about where the Keyhole is," Jeffrey said. "Maybe Eden might know?" --- "Okie dokie," Kairi replied. She typed 'China' into the navigation screen. The computer set coordinates to Beijing. "I'm sure they won't be too far from a city." Turning back to Sora, she saw him gathering ingredients. "Blueberries and tuna...?" OOC: Totally had to resist putting "okie dokie Loki".
Jeffrey waked beside Valerie. "So, that means Sora sealed Africa's Keyhole," he said, "which leaves... South America's, right?" Unless the penguins are hiding one, he thought jokingly.
"Well, now that that's done, back to the Ship!" Kairi hopped a bit, relieved that they would be able to reunite with the others. --- "That's a good question..." Jeffrey said, looking up. "Doesn't seem to be any way to climb."
"Ah! Sora, watch out!" Kairi shouted, seeing the remaining creature heading towards the Keyblade Wielder. She cast another Blizzards spell, this time aiming for the ground. The creature slipped and fell before it could make an attack. She slashed at its underbelly, leaving its body limp. She walked over to Sora, her breathing shallow and her heart pounding. "That was close..."
"Wind!" Kairi cast an Aero spell, creating a shield of wind around her body. "Just in case you try to do the same to me." Charging forward, she shattered the other's wings. Like the other, it roared. However, seeing how Sora had reflected the other's fire, it narrowed its eyes and roared. The ground beneath Kairi's feet shook, and it ran towards her, attempting to attack her with its sharp fang. However, the protective wind prevented it from coming into contact, leaving pink marks temporarily around its muzzle.
"Right!" Kairi replied, quickly dodging the first's claws. She slashed its side, but she couldn't even make a dent in its scaly hide. "Alright then." You've got a lizard's body, right? And lizards are cold-blooded. "Blizzard!" A spike of ice shot towards the creature, quickly breaking into many, smaller shards. Kairi could see the tips of its feathered wings covered in frost.
"I guess we spoke too soon," Kairi muttered. She held Destiny's Embrace out towards the monster closest to her. Come on, Kairi, you've been practicing ever since we got that letter... She closed her eyes, and concentrated for a split second. "Water!" An orb of liquid, glowing blue in the dim light, shot out of the Keyblade, hitting the creature point blank between the eyes. It roared in pain, but it was hardly close to being defeated.
"A little too easy," Kairi replied. "You'd think there would be some sort of booby traps or something. Not that I'm complaining."
Kairi helped Sora back up onto his feet. "Clumsy as ever," she giggled. She looked through the entranced, but saw nothing but black. "We're going to need a light."
"Well, I agree that Riku could have put in more nicely," Jeffrey said grimly, "but unless he found someway to survive on his own, that's probably what happened." --- "Well, if we're gonna meet the others, we better get started!" Kairi replied. "Uh... where's the entrance...?"
Kairi walked up beside him. "Are you okay?" She felt relieved when he got back to his feet. Raising her hand, Destiny's Embrace appeared in her hand in a flash of glowing, white petals. "I'll handle the fighting while you look for the Keyhole. Just be careful, okay?" She winked at him.
"Well, that seems like a good place to check," Kairi replied. "Earth seems a lot older than the Islands, doesn't it?" --- "We met up back on the outside," Jeffrey told Eden. "He says his name is Nexas."
"Is she okay?" Jeffrey asked, staying away form the pool. --- Kairi walked in as Sora was talking to himself. "It's not that I didn't take it well, it's just... kind of shocking, you know?" She smiled. "Anyway, any clue on where this continent's Keyhole is?"
I see Ishinomori has risen from the dead and become the new character designer for the Persona series.
