A Life to Lead ^_^

Luxord looked at the one eyed nobody giving him an reassuring smile for a few moments. "dear free shooter the plan well procisly happen when the correct moment present itself" The Gambler of Fate said to the superior member with his arms close to his sides. "its better to be effecient not foolish for it to gracefully benefit our goal" Luxord said to Xigbar. The Gambler of Fate looked at the sky seeing it was morning "time goes by without us noticing" Luxord said to the free shooter before he yawned.

Xeol was walking down an alley thinking about things after an few moments the fog wielder looked up at the sky. Noticing the stars Xeol admired the shine each star gave then he started walking again before he fell asleep in an alley.Xeol yawned and stood up slowly rubbing his eyes as he noticed it was morning. An grin appeard on the fog wielder's face cause he knew there was fog still in the house he left so he could listen to what the people would say.With that in mind Xeol made an small bit of fog fallow Demyx and Cloud. The fog wielder made sure the fog was so thin that it was invisible and made it stay close to the ground to avoid detection.

 

Tifa nodded, slightly adjusting her bag. "She left us. Her name was Namine, but she's gone now." She murmured softly. "I have my own kids back at Edge, where I come from, but I can't go to them now. Rufus...Rufus destroyed my earlier life, but I got to thinking, if he hadn't...what would I have now? I still require some time to set some things right, but I might take the job."

 

"I understand.." again, he couldn't comment on what Rufus did seeing as he didn't know everything that happened between Shinra and Tifa.All he knew was that Rufus was trying to make up for it daily."..I was meant to help you and watch over the kids you have, regardless of the deal ..is there anything you'd like me to do around here?" he wasn't gonna cook and clean, that was for sure. Maybe Tifa just needed someone to talk to.He'd be more than willing if that was the case.

 

Tifa smiled, then shook her head. "Not at the moment, but thank you for offering. There are a few other people who live here, I don't know ifyou need pictures or not. Roxas, Cloud, Axel, and Demyx. We'll shift out. There's one name you shouldn't mention...Aerith. She...recently passed away, and...it's causing problems."

 

"Well, my only concern is you and the kids you take care of ..that's the only reason I'm here, so don't worry about me mentioning this 'Aerith' person." Nero assured her, wondering how Xion got by with so many grown folk in the house.Then again ..it wasn't his concern on who lived here either.His objective still stood."If you don't need my help then I could keep you company if you want it ..or I could just go watch Xion."

 

Tifa smiled again. "You may do whatever you please while here, but all I ask is that you protect Xion. That being said, you may stay in this room, or go watch her. She should be okay in the garden." Tifa sat back on the bed, wearily pushing her hair back.

 

"Thanks ..I'll ..go talk with Xion for a while.I'll probably be back to talk to you ..feel free to sleep, alright?" Nero smiled at her and unfolded his arms.The cast was becoming a pain, and he was sure it looked ridiculous when he folded his arms with it.Ah well ..she was a nice lady anyway.He turned and left the room, heading out towards the garden to where Xion was."Xion..you busy?" he asked

 

Tifa slowly leaned back, her eyes on the ceiling. She did have things to do, but she was still so tired....she let her eyes shut as she drifted off, mentally promising that she would do it before the day was over.

Xion looked up, smiling still. "I'm not." She gestured to the space beside her. "I'm only tending the flowers. You can speak if you want. I just enjoy the work." She bent back over a flower, gently pulling off the dead leaves.

 

"All right ..well, I was sent to protect you ..and I hear your going to be a mother in half a year.." seeing her gesture for him to take a seat beside her, Nero moved over willingly, careful not to move his cast around too much.Tifa didn't say anything, so maybe he was in the clear on that.Stopping beside her, he crouched down and examined her picking dead leaves while he waited for a response.

 

Xion smiled, her eyes bright as she let the flower go, patting the dirt around it gently. "Less then that, actually. It seems to go faster for Nobodies then it does for humans." She looked up, her blue eyes looking through him and around him. He seemed good at heart, but his future was so confused...she smiled up at him, then looked back down at the ground, pulling up a weed. "What happened to your arm?"

 

..Nobodies?

Nero narrowed his eyes at the ground she patted, trying to hide his more serious look.Nobodies were the people that caused the deaths here reently, and this girl was a part of them? Couldn't be ..she was too kind, but then again, appearances can be deceiving.Still, Rufus didn't know about this, did he?

When the subject came to why his arm was in a cast, and a sling as well, he straightened and looked at her, expression going normal.As i the large blade on his back wasn't an eye catcher enough."My arm? Oh ..I broke my hand and the cracks went down my arm a little, so that explains why most of it is bound up ..and you said your a Nobody?...so your part of the group who killed all those people then?" he asked, left hand twitching.

 

Xion frowned slightly, gently cupping water in her hands from a barrel. "I haven't killed anyone. Aeri-A person important to me once said for every life I would take, I had to give something back. I have nothing to give, so I don't take." She gently let the water flow into the ground at the flower's roots, then looked back up at him. "Must have been something serious to cause that." she murmured.

 

"..Yeah, but at least I'm alive ..unlike the people your friends in that group killed ..I suggest you get rid of that cloak before anyone else mistakes you." Nero muttered, suddenly not interested in talking anymore.He looked over his shoulder, wishing Tifa would come out here and explain things for him.Did she even know about any of this?

"Are you still in that group or not?..if you are.." with his left hand, the good one, he eased his hand a little towards the inside of his coat.Who knew what he'd do?

 

Xion slowly eased herself off the ground. "Someone mistakes me? Would that person be you?" she asked, her blue eyes glimmering. "If I am...are you going to kill me?" She let her arms hang loosely at her sides, her face as calm as ever, eyes steady on the man before her. "I won't stop you if you want to. My friends killed people, and I watched as they did it." She looked away for a moment. "I do regret it."

 

Nero reached in his coat and stood up, placing a gun inches from Xion's head and clicking the safety off as well.Those twin barrels, one over the other, were going to send bullets straight through her brain.But in the eyes of the master, they went unsent.He stared at her, knowing with the mere action of pulling a trigger, he could end her.

But he didn't ..maybe it was her appearance, or the sense of regret she was displaying ..heck, maybe it was even how young she was.But he couldn't pull it. She didn't attack, she didn't run ..she was accepting this.He looked over his shoulder for a moment to see if Tifa was coming, but she wasn't. Good ..

He faced Xion again, eyes narrowed at her."..Where do you stand, then? ..will you change and restore, instead of remaining the girl who watched those people die? .."

 

Xion didn't flinch at the click, didn't move her eyes away from his. She refused to let herself cry, refused to show any emotion. She could later. "In any profession, like yours, you come to accept death. Come to terms with it. I was created god knows how, and I had come to accept I would be destroyed, one day. Then...I met someone, and we fell in love, and now I have a family." Her eyes turned darker, sadder. "I thought death was all that awaited me. Now I have a reason to try again, to try to redeem myself, to be perfect. You can take everything away, make it go the way it was supposed to. Make me disappear. Will you do it?"

 

"...Yeah, I think I will." Nero finished, pulling the trigger and sending the bullets flying out of the barrels.But instead of ending Xion's life, Nero turned his gun off to the side at the last possible second before firing, having let the bullets fly past her cheek.He didn't say much after the sound of the gun rang out.He slowly pulled it away from her face and placed it back in his coat pocket, where he holstered it and kept it hidden from view."I think I will ..if you ever go back on your current mindset ..I won't hesitate then, Xion ..just stay true to who you are now." he said, patting her shoulder with his good hand.

He expected Tifa to wake up, that shot was loud.He'd have to explain, unless Xion did it for him.

 

Xion didn't flinch, just shut her eyes. She opened them in surprise, looking up at the man with confusion. So much pain and hatred......hesitantly, she reached up, then stopped, dropping her hand.

Tifa poked her head out, alert. "What's going on?" she asked, her eyes narrowed at Nero. "Don't even try lying to me."

Xion turned, then smiled. "Nero just showed me how to fire his gun. He has a different type of trigger, and I was curious. I didn't know it was so loud, I'm sorry." She waited till Tifa was inside, then turned back to Nero. "I can't understand you." she finally said, slowly kneeling down.

 

OOC: Sorry Magick but I'm pulling out.It was fun playing the Turks but this environment isn't decent enough, and the lack of respect is being shown more and more lately.So, I'm out, I'll talk to you on MSN.

 

(OOC: No respect for my rules ever. You could have posted it in a pm or vm at least.)

Cloud heard a gunshot in the distance, fear coming over him for what if someone he knew was in trouble? Turning to Demyx he blurted out, "We'll have to get some food later. I heard a gun shot." He ran in the opposite direction back towards the place Tifa and Xion resided. Running into the entrance he glanced at Xion to see if she was all right. Spotting Xion he noticed her with a stranger standing in the room. Seeing the gun in his hand, he narrowed his eyes at him. "You have some nerve threatening a pregant woman. Who ever the hell you are leave or so help me, I'll slay you through."

Demyx watched Cloud run off and knowing he didn't have the speed the warrior had, he portaled to the location appearing in front of Xion. "Is everything okay?" He asked starring at the young girl. Raising his eyebrow at another stranger, he saw a weapon in his hand. "Did this strange guy hurt you Xion?" He asked the young girl.