Yves pushed himself up again and set his hand on the officer's head, "Thank you for your assistance. I can take it from here." Instantly nodding, the officer started to leave and Yves motioned for Tristan to meet him at the front door. Starting to limp around the house, Yves flicked his golden eyes upwards and scowled, "Kadaj...leave the boy alone."
After a good twenty minutes passed, the squad car from the police parked outside Tristan's house and Kadaj sighed, "Oh, but police won't help you against me, Tristan. I own you mortals." But for now, he'd let them be, since he'd already messed up Tristan's homeroom teacher. Ah, that was a fun time. That woman didn't know what hit her...literally. Taking a nice, new fire axe and the shop equipment for a spin with her had been interesting. To learn that much about the human anatomy. Yves exhausted himself mentally battling Lulu and then blocking a few of her blows until she'd fled and was making slow progress to Tristan's house. Resting a hand on the window to the living room, Yves wasn't paying attention to Tristan still awake. He panted hard and touched his shoulder. Blood came off on his hand and he felt the after effects of Lulu's knives. His body started to feel heavy. "Damn you, Lulu...I can't spend two days as a mortal...Tori... Father help me..." His hand slid down the window, making a long squealing noise and he started to slump to the ground.
Berry scratched his chin, shifting Ulrich to a more comfortable position and laughed a long, loud, laugh, "Why? Cause she's still Jo. I've known her since she was a baby, and never has she raised her voice to me, let alone shown any aggression in town. I'm sure the fire changed her..she lost everything. Casting out little Jo just seems like a crime to me, she's like my daughter, y'know? Even if she isn't my blood. She may have a fire dragon's temper and power, but she still has the heart of a young girl." He shuffled himself and Andrew into the inn and set Ulrich down on a couch before lowering his voice, "Normally I'd say yes, but the Church got their hands on all the books here in town and in order to see them...you gotta be a member. Unfortunately, since I live here, I have to be a member, but that book...sure is somethin' else. Bunch of lies." he growled and snorted, "Stop by the bar sometime tomorrow and I'll tell ya all about the town's history. The true history."
Lynne's eyes opened briefly, "You have to be kidding me...back in the hospital. Thanks Alex. Oh...where's Mya?" Ryku crushed his foot into the metal covering of the bomb and put all his weight on it, crushing it flat. He felt pissed now and was positive that Demitri would feel the same when he told him about their father's actions. "Pandora...lovely, just lovely. Dem's not gonna like this even if his small brain can't comprehend it." Pocketing the vial, Ryku glanced behind him, nearly believing his paranoia that the Runners had followed him before setting off down the street again, heading for home.
Berry stopped for a moment, "I wasn't in town when the village originally burnt down. Jo didn't have much family before, so I ended up taking care of her most days. When she started rambling on about learning fire magic, I figured it was good she'd finally found a way to channel her anger and not hurt someone. When the village burned...and I came back, Jo was gone, there were dragon bones being hauled into a cave and old family had started to gather wood and rebuild. I couldn't imagine Jo burning down the village..." he sighed, "But, I've kept her secret ever since. But I couldn't stop any of the rumors. In the library, there's a book called the History of El and the Silver Fire."
Kadaj took the lack of the sound of breathing that the boy had dropped his phone. "Good, you're scared. I'll be calling every Wednesday night. You'd best pick up and do as I say or more people like your little girlfriend will turn up dead. Have a good night, Tristan." Flipping his cell shut, Kadaj leaned back on Tristan's roof and grinned to himself. He did love what he did, even if it made Sanya angry. He loved a firey girl anyways.
Nova rolled her eyes and set her katana back in it's sheath. "It's a good mantra, just be sure to stick to it in the hard times."
Kadaj grinned, it was time for fun. He mimicked an Indian person and continued, "Hello, I'm selling life-insurance. Would you please fill out the following survey. Have any trees fallen around or near you? Are power lines suddenly snapping off in your path? Has a bus hit you recently?" He let the obvious questions sink in for a moment, "Do people go missing in your neighborhood and return dead?" Resisting the urge to laugh was almost unbearable. Naturally, Kadaj snapped, and started laughing into the reciever. "Ah...are you scared yet, little boy? Say...is that show you're watching any good? I've been meaning to get a new tv but I couldn't fathom something fun to watch on it."
Having a bit of fun, Kadaj's mood died a little as the boy remained awake, "Oh man...doesn't this kid ever sleep like a normal human?" he mumbled quietly. Pulling out his cell, Kadaj figured a bit of motivation was in order. But what did he know about order, his job was chaos. Touching the eight with his thumb, it speed-dialed Tristan's home phone. Since angelic numbers couldn't be traced and wouldn't show up on caller ID, he was just going to keep calling. Lulu swished out of the forest, her black dress moving delicately. She stopped when she saw Yves. "Ammittai-sensei..." His golden eyes glared at her. Though the woman wasn't an angel, she wasn't human. "Leave the girl alone, Lulu." Light swirled into his hand and formed into a slick cutlass. Lulu didn't move. Her gray eyes fixed on his hooded face, "You're cruel, Ammittai-sensei. I mearly act on orders. I won't disobey Kadaj-kun and let him be disappointed in me." She pulled out a fan, but when she opened it's black folds, sharp knives glittered in the moonlight.
Sei closed his eyes and nodded off. He was, after all, still a child. Yen Sid waved them to the window and summoned the Gummi Ship. "The Gateways to the worlds are open still, but very faintly. Already there is an unbalance in the forces of dark and light. But you musn't dwell on what's lost already and keep moving forward. The first world, that's closest to us, is Agrabah. Take the Gummi Ship and hasten to it's side and protect it's light. The darkness is moving quickly, you must be faster."
Yen Sid glared at Sora, obviously peeved he wasn't getting it. Mickey chuckled in that adorable way of his and gestured widely, "You gotta go out and find the new darkness and destroy it, Sora. We're all counting on you! I can't leave...I've been away from the castle for a long time and now a lot of work has piled up. We both have to take responsibility and save our worlds." Akii wiggled fron Yen Sid's lap and rubbed her cheek on Mickey's head, "Soft... I can take care of the Twisted. Momma created them...so Momma can un-create them."
Kadaj touched down lightly on top of Tristan's house. He chuckled to himself at how much more fun it was now that the Acadamy had students again. Messing with Zadkiel and finally seeing Sanya again had him in a good mood...despite being caught off guard during his fight with the boy without wings. With Lulu watching the gir and Nero on the anti-social boy, he'd taken it upon himself to destroy this boy, the boy named Tristan. Tomorrow was a new day, and he'd get a fresh start on messing up his days for eternity if that's what it took to kill him and make it into an accident that couldn't be avoided. Yves watched the forest behind Giselle's house. He'd noticed Lulu's trademark signs; the fallen trees, the suddenly savage animals...but the worst was yet to come and he couldn't place every animal in the forest in his Court. The Seraphim were tired, protecting their Father was one thing, protecting humans was another. Human's sapped Seraphim's energy and light, if they stayed any longer, they'd all turn into dull husks of angels. Only rejuvinated by their Father that they had sworn to protect and carry out his deeds on the human world so he wouldn't be in danger. "My life has become so very difficult... I just pray Tori and the others will heed my pleas and take this burden off this old Seraph's shoulders." He'd have to make sure classes tomorrow centered around offensive and defensive magic.
Xenree happily smiled again, softer than before. "Yes, lets. Report!" Again, the small Twisted scuttled out of it's hiding spot somewhere under her chair and sat at her feet, "Um...reports indicate that the brown haired one and his friends have arrived at the Mysterious Tower...a place we haven't been able to successfully go into. The Tower seems to be bared by magic, Your Grace. Also...we've picked up a sure sign of Lady Akira in Twilight Town, but she had vanished." Xenree's face seemed to pull into a pout for a moment before waving the small Twisted on. "Um...at your request, my Queen, demolition has begun in Agrabah. We've detected a large mass approaching the city along with a vauge sighting of a boy that appeared to be Master Seiren." Xenree perked back up and turned on her heel, pointing rather rudely at Larxene, "You will come with Nikolai and myself. I've no need for anyone else. To Agrabah, we go, to claim the World Heart...and reclaim Seiren." Genie didn't stop to address their qualms but Sei hopped up onto a seat and scoffed in his quiet voice, "What's the fun in traveling to a new world if you just warp around by magic? Even if it's nothing but sand dunes...you should appreciate the view while it lasts. If you're not careful, the only thing you'll be looking at here will be endless darkness."
Xenree tsked him, "It's Queen Xenree to all my subjects. As your Dark Queen, I shall lead this universe into a new age. An age of darkness!" She glanced around at the Organization and grinned. Genie puffed up his chest, "My, my, you're all not very talkative. BUT! I'm sure you'll all feel much better when we get to Agrabah. ALL ABOARD!" he transformed into a giant blue train and winked at Carrie. Sei reuctantly climbed on, "Is this safe?" Mickey marched up to stand in front of Yen Sid's desk, "Welp...we felt a strange pulse from a word that Master Yen Sid says used to be an old friend's homeworld...but nothing lies there now." Yen Sid nodded slowly and patted Akii's silver hair, "Indeed. This pulse...carried with it a strong aura of darkness and malevolence. I'm starting to think this little girl is apart of that pulse. She carries a pure heart, but something is hidden inside her heart. What it is, I cannot know." Akii grinned and fixed her violet eyes on Sora as Yen Sid continued. "Heartless have reappeared in the worlds, along with an old enemy that I have not seen in ten years. The Unversed...creatures of evil emotion manifested into creature's forms. The last time they had arrived, a masked boy named Vanitas was behind their appearance. I cannot sense Vanitas' presence...and thus, he must not be behind them this time. Also..." he waved a hand and a light shone into the room, creating the image of a twitching bug-like creature covered in thick scales of gray armor. One of its arms was a large scythe. "The creatures, young Akii has explained to me are called Twisted. These creatures are nothing like the Heartless and Unversed. They hold no hearts within them and thus, the Keyblade will be of little use against them." Riku stood and clenched his hands, "Then what do we do against them?"
Sanya glanced out into the darkness, "We'll have to look for them in the morning... Ammittai will be here tomorrow, I'm sure if you asked him he'd gratefully go look for them." She nervously bit her lip, "But...let's head back to bed for now... It'd dangerous to be out here at this time of night." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A man with ragged black hair leaned back against the hard, cold stone of the apartment building where his current target was staying. He'd successfully frightened the boy until he'd moved in with his cleptomaniac aunt. "What a day...too bad he's moved here...no one's attempted to build things here in soooo long. But...plenty more things to do. I love my job." He laughed aloud and a stray cat skittered off a trashcan, knocking it over and causing the man to jump. "Jeez...unstable neighborhood." A swish of black and just the barest twinkle of red sparks hidden by the movement of leaves in the forest. "Unite the earth and the skies~ Bring the light back unto the people~" a soft voice sang out of the darkness.
Xenree cast her gaze down to Nikolai and smirked, "Heh...persistent, aren't you? Well...really I don't care what you look like. The black cloak thing is the Organization's thing. I just happen to have one because it was the..." she trailed off and glowered at the empty air. "It was the first thing I found...left in the remnants of my home...Zu...Vendis..." She dropped her head to her chest for a moment and jumped up. Slowly walking down until she stood in front of Nikolai. Her silver eyes held cat-like pupils as she grinned a fanged smile at him, "Nikolai...I promised you something." Circling him until she stood behind him, Xenree wrapped her arm around his shoulders, "So cute...so fresh..." she mumbled, "Come now...one little drink and you'll have enough power to match those silly little children that hunt me now and much more than those amatures in Twilight Town." She bit her wrist and held it in front of his mouth, black blood dripping from the puncture wounds. "Drink, and all will be fixed." Sei coughed and started trudging through the sand. Instinct told him the town wasn't far off. Clambering up a dune, he looked down on Agrabah's town and gave a self satisfied smile. "Look." he pointed and a large blue puff of smoke appeared in front of him. "Well HELLO there! You must be new around here, I'm Genie, of the Lamp! And you are? Oh, what does it matter, you look like a cute little cream puff! Speaking of cream puffs, are you hungry, because I'M STARVED! Let's go find Al. He should be at the Royal Palace by now hitting it off with Jasmine." Sei stared, wide eyed at the Genie as he yammered on and on. Riku nearly raced Shinji to the top and barrelled into Yen Sid's office. He tripped over something and landed face first into the carpet. Glancing behind him, he noticed the thing he'd tripped on was in fact King Mickey. "Your Majesty!" Mickey smiled and stood, "Sorry about that, Riku. I was lookin' for our little guest. She's hiding somewhere..." He looked confused and Riku glanced forward to meet Yen Sid's eyes. "Master Yen Sid...ah...Akii!" Yen Sid turned and snatched Akii from a mound of books and set her on his lap. "I trust you've come with Sora to finally speak with us about the new darkness setting in?" He nodded.
Grabbing Ariana's hand, Jo grinned and pulled her away from the cave with renewed vigor.
Jo looked up at Ariana and sighed, "I'm alright. We...should go back to the others. It's not yet time..." She stood and glanced back at the cave.
Sanya started pushing at Tori, shoving her under the ledge of the entrance, "Oh my...um...how can I explain this... Tori...Kadaj used to be a teacher here. He was a good man, I swear. It was such a long time ago, before Kaila came and Uriel took over the school. Kadaj was the headmaster before Uriel... I never chose to like him...it just kinda happened." Sanya lowered her head, "I promised Uriel my feelings wouldn't get in the way of my job. Oh! You can't tell anyone else about this, Tori!" Her metal arm morphed back into it's normal shape and clutched at Tori's clothes. Enan's hand hesitated at Kaila's door. "You'd best stay away from her if you want to keep that hand." He stopped and turned his head, "And if I don't? You'll take my hand? Ren, you shouldn't overstep your bounds. Kaila is still a free angel and thus she is anyone's game." Ren growled, he was so glad he'd put on a shirt to hide the still healing wounds on his back, "Kaila is not a pawn in your games, Enan. She's an angel, a higher being, and more or less a human being. She isn't yours to mess with!" Enan's light blue eyes narrowed, "Oh...and is she yours?" Ren's anger dissipated and he lost the train of argument. "Well...no, but..." Pushing, Enan stepped into Ren's personal bubble and sniffed at his neck, "You don't even carry her scent. Either you go to great lengths to hide her scent on your body, or....she's not even into you. At all." Ren revisited his memory of being in Kaila's room, but the fact that he woud carry her scent would mean he'd have to... Ren blushed and Enan grinned, "In many ways you're still a cherub. I'll leave Kaila for the night, but tomorrow, classes resume and Ammittai will be here to oversee everything. He has more interest in the student Tori than Kaila, but soon our plans will be pulling ahead." Ren watched him fade away into a chilly mist and manuver through the halls. OOC: I've updated the first post. Please check it and respond accordingly. (weird thing to say but I do need more humans)
Jo closed her eyes and took a moment to calm her racing heart. "You're not real...you're a figment of my imagination." She sat on in the grass and mulled over her actions. Ulrich had been reasonable, offering compensation for the money, but...when the woman had spoke of the cave, she couldn't help but snap. The new villagers didn't know anything about it, so it wasn't there problem. Asking another foreigner to deal with something that they had no right in bothered Jo. Barkeep lifted a bushy eyebrow. His large mass blocked the view of Ulrich from the passing people. He, on the other hand, saw plenty. Picking Ulrich up and setting him over his shoulder, Barkeep snorted, "You kids get into any more trouble and I'll have to be setting folks straight. Now ya'll owe me for helpin' you out, kay?" he carried Ulrich into the inn and waved for the others to follow. Any more magic users in this town and I might have another fiasco on my hands. he thought with a slight tinge of humor before repeating it aloud. "If there are any more magic users coming to town, you'd best tell me now. I can't have another fiasco on my hands. Those that survived are obvious here, and they probably could spot another fire mage from a mile away."
