Ren growled at the three students. "You shouldn't be here. Take Gena with you and head back the way you came." He didn't want to deal with Gena's infatuation nor any student disobeying rules. The freezing process had taken all his energy and then trying to make amends with Kaila, which he was positive hadn't happened at all.
Jo yawned and cracked her knuckles. "I don't have time to argue with all of you. I've come to accept what I am."
Yes it's fine.
Riku sighed quietly in relief that the girl was okay. His blue eyes flicked from Sora and back to Kirra, "Riku." He didn't like long greetings and the girl obviously had something kept secret. He wouldn't pry. "Listen, we were just about to leave actually... We have some buisness to conduct with the outside worlds." Xenree sighed, "I have no desire to tolerate idiots with hearts that make decisions based on their emotions." Her silver eyes hardend the longer she looked at the boy, "Do not waste my time, boy!" Sei nodded, his silver eyes brightening a bit. "Yeah." He hugged Carrie's arm and smiled a bit. "You're warm...mom was too....are all mom's warm?"
Jo snarled, "So just because he takes out one little group of soldiers, he's the all-powerful one of you all? Pathetic... I've taken out seven cities worth of armies. I didn't think I was powerful or scary after that...I thought I was a murderer..." She frowned at her hands and then pulled her pistols out, checking them and rubbing off the ash on them. "I still am a murderer... Nothing's changed." She shoved them away and blinked up at her new friend. "Ariana, right?"
ooc: Gummie Ship, Keyblade and Armor...Dark Corridor. bic: Xenree hesitated at Rat's words and turned back towards him, "You would gain unimaginable powers." she simply said and grinned. "Of course...the price to pay is your heart and sanity." Sei wandered behind Carrie and into her home. He sniffed the air and blinked, "At least it doesn't smell always like flowers like Aerith's...and it's cleaner than Yuffie's or Squall's and Merlin combined.... It's small...mom....used to have a big home."
Jo's sleep shattered and she opened her eyes slowly, adjusting to the dim light of the tunnels. She noticed Ulrich standing over her and growled, "Touch me and I'll break your hands." She stomach growled at her and she slapped a hand to her bare midrif. Her clothes weren't suited to anything but the heat of a volcanoe. Her red shirt didn't even bother extending past her ribs and her red shorts ended at her thighs. Her jacket was the only thing that kept her covered up, but that was no where to be found. Her plain white scarf tied around her neck hung limply down her back. Sliding up the wall, Jo stood unsteadily for a few moments before her balance came back. "Where are we? What happened to the soldiers?"
Sei stood and nodded, "Squall...will you tell Merlin, I took this with me?" He looked down at the music box clutched to his chest and back up to Leon's face. Leon couldn't help but nod to the little boy. "Sure. We'll meet again, soon, Sei." Sei took his farewell and removed one hand from the box to hold onto Carrie's sleeve.
Leon crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "Lea? Most likely...but I wouldn't know." He looked sorry that he couldn't help her. ooc: Sei's 12
Everything in Jo's mind faded to black and the simple image of her Master turned backwards into memories of him teaching her her magic. "Remember...everything you do from now on with this magic, affects all Fire Dragons. Don't let us down, Jo. We're putting our faith in you to keep our names untarnished by human slander." She'd nodded and vowed to keep them safe. She'd failed...and everyone in her home had paid for it. She'd killed them...and then the government came to investigate. A single girl, living alone in a burnt down town didn't look good to them and she was forced to kill them too.
Sei was hardly in a position to argue. He had no home. Living with Yuffie wasn't making things better. He picked himself up, rubbing at his eyes. Leon stared at Carrie, waiting for her to speak. "What is it?"
Sei gripped the box tightly to his chest like a shield from the pain and slid to his knees. For a boy who could defeat Heartless so easily, he had so much trouble with memories. He gathered himself enough to look at the picture. "Akira...and my mother. Mom..." he started to cry again and Leon tucked the picture into his pocket. "If you're going to do that...then I suggest following his feelings of the Heartless. The most we know about his family...is that they're connected to the Heartless that've been showing up lately." Xenree grinned, "You'll do fine then. Come then...we have many people to find before I set off for a new world." She opened a dark corridor, letting the World Heart disappear back where it was inside the world, though the sky changed back to it's normal orange, the shadows were alive with Darkness. Xenree's mind was set, she wouldn't miss a single person for her new army of the dark.
Yuffie and Aerith pulled Merlin away and mumbled something about leaving the two of them alone. Sei hiccuped and held the music box in his hands for a long time, until the song stopped and still he cried on. Shutting the box, Sei shut his eyes and sobbed just like the child he was. Once he was done, Leon banged the door open and closed. He held out a hand-drawn picture to Carrie. "This is what he doesn't remember. He drew it once when he was staying at my place. It caused quite an uproar when he left and couldn't find it." Though the picture was simple, it held obvious meaning. In the center a woman dressed in black with long black hair held the hands of a little girl in a dark purple dress with silver hair and a slightly taller boy that looked like Sei.
ooc: I've been watching a lot of Fairy Tail lately...I can't help it. bic: Jo's dream turned into a nightmare as the burning village turned into the simple image of her Master burning inside it. She screamed and cried until her throat closed and her eyes were swollen shut.
Merlin held up a brown box and flipped it's lid open and a song poured out. [video=youtube;o_SChDmSedM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_SChDmSedM[/video] Sei's eyes widened and he grabbed onto his head again. He didn't double over like before, instead he stood trembling, staring at the music box. "Akira..." he whispered, his silver eyes wide as tears spilled onto his cheeks. Merlin frowned, "Sei? Are you alright? What did you say?"
Jo snored as she slept. Her body needing to recharge. Her stomach growled persistently and her tanned face scrunched up in her sleep. Jo's dream consisted of her hometown. The flowers of spring were in full bloom. Pinks, whites and blues popped out at her from every direction and she smiled. Back then, she'd worn a nice short yellow sundress and sandles. Her Master, one Mr. Igneel, lived in a cave along the mountain she was going to. The problem, her Master was a real Fire Dragon. She adored him. It was this faithful day when she was returning from a rather disappointing appointment with her Master to home that she found Igneel speared and being hacked apart in the middle of her town. Her red eyes widened with anger and grief. "What have you done!? IGNEEL!!" No one listened to her and her emotions controlled her magic, setting the entire town on fire. Before her eyes, friends, family and neighbors burnt to crisps and she mourned only for Igneel.
"Are you alright?" Riku asked, worried for the girl's health as she obviously was very tired. He stepped forward with Sora and even a few steps further than him so he could hear every word the girl said. "Where did you come from?" His innate curiosity got the better of him and again his heart beat faster at the thought of a new world or a new problem with the worlds. Any excuse to be on the go again and see new people. A crash sounded from inside the house and Yuffie and Aerith cringed. "That musta hurt." Yuffie joked. Merlin's head poked out the doorway again and grinned at them under his white mustache and beard, "I found it! Come, come, inside." he beckoned them inside and the three of them followed his orders. Sei tugging Carrie along by her sleeve.
Jo's vision blurred breifly and she stumbled near Ariana. Blinking her eyes rapidly, Jo hauled herself up and growled like some sort of dragon. "I won't...lose! Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Again, fire covered her fists and she launched herself at a group of soldiers, demolishing them and creating a large hole in the ground from her attack. Jo wobbled and fell over, her lack of food, drink and rest exhausting her. Her magic wasn't as charged as she thought and her attacks depleting it faster than normal spells. Fire Dragon spells took a large amount of magic to use and a lot of stamina from her.
Xenree's silver eyes lighted on Poke and three vines of pure darkness surged out of the ground around him, each thrashing about wildly,"I'd do you well not to insult me. For I hold this world in th palm of my hand." Returning her gaze to Nikolai, she lifted her chin, "No. I will not return this world to the state it was. But...I will keep the residents from further harm by the darkness. One member...one favor." She held up one slender finger as she spoke, ignoring the newcomer. She was growing tired of the constant interuptions and wanted to go home for the day. She missed the little boy in the Room of Awakening. He was so sweet, so innocent, so...untouched by darkness, that she felt compelled to be beside him. Sei blushed again and struggled out of Aerith's embrace. Aerith smiled warmly at Carrie and gestured to Merlin. "Oh, yes, that's right! I wanted to show you something quite peculiar. I stumbled across it when I was searching the Realms of Darkness." Merlin headed into his house and started rummaging around in the piles of junk. "Oh, blast...where'd I put the silly thing. I could've sworn I just had it a minute ago..." Leon sighed and set a hand on Carrie's shoulder, "You did good, Carrie." was all he said before turning and stalking off. Cid lit a cigarette and huffed, "I bet the old feller ain't got nothin' to show us. Leon says it ain't nothin' special, but the old coot thinks it's somethin' spectacular."
Jo was about to growl something more and chuckled at Ariana's words. "Who could ever forget. My partner in crime." she gave the girl a kind smile and snarled to Jellal, "I don't need help. I'm perfectly capable on my own." Jo let her magic slowly recharge from the fire's warmth around her and shot off a few more bullets at soldiers trying to stand after Ariana's assult.
