paixaorpg | Figures! [Complete]

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Figures! [Complete]

Character(s): Kairi, Lucifer, Sora, Riku
Content: Kairi's trying to find a safe place. Or at least a safe person...
Setting: In the Nifnif-area.
Time: Late afternoon
Warnings: -

It scared her that things just couldn't ever settle down. It scared her that no one seemed to ever be safe. But these creatures that were suddenly filing into streets didn't seem bent on sucking up this world into darkness.

Kairi knew they weren't Heartless. She had seen plenty of Heartless - by far not as many as Sora, but she had her handful. These things didn't fit the part. And so... she wasn't sure how to react.

Which wasn't all true either. Her reaction after getting over the stunned one was to run. Hide. Find safety. Shelter. Something to get her away from these things!

At least they didn't seem to be picking out specific targets; that made her feel a bit more secure. Hopefully these enemies knew nothing of the Princesses of Heart or Kingdom Hearts or anything like that that could pull her into danger. And hopefully that also kept her two friends safe, too.

Kairi's hands held tightly to her journal. She looked around her, eyes scanning over her surroundings, taking in quick clips of scenery to try and find one place - any place - that she could stay.

But she couldn't even finish doing that! Everything just was spinning out around her and she bolted, on the run down the street, no longer paying attention to things like scenery. She... ... she needed help!

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Lucifer was not the most pleasent of people. In general, he wasn't, that is. At the moment he was rather rude, annoyed and having had a conversation with Death (http://atsehaske.livejournal.com/575.html) not looking forward to what the day was going to bring.

So far the day had brought white things. They weren't exactly the souls of the damned, or an army of Lilim, but they were certainly vexing. He had at first thought them to be about as annoying as ugly lawn gnomes. His opinion quickly elevated when they attacked. (Which, he had been mildly amused by their lack of tactics and overall lack of power as they headed towards him and he merely had to... well, he was the Lightbringer for a reason).

A young running girl caught his eye. He supposed, if he were her, he might he running around looking for a way to escape the white attackers as well. Hm. Glad he wasn't her, then.

Kairi, of course, was messing with her journal all the while until she finally unzipped a pocket and shoved it in. Sora better get his butt over here then! Surely he'd catch that emergency in her panic.

On a normal basis, Kairi could tell the mood of other's. This wasn't quite a normal basis and so when she saw this man as she ran passed, she quickly stumbled as she skidded to a stop and turned towards him. Why wasn't he running? Or in panic? Or fighting? "How can you just be standing there?" she called out to him and then her eyes went wide. "Can't you do anything about these?! Please!"

... joy. She decided to address him. And then make lots of babbling sort of nonsense sort of questions. Lucifer took a few steps in her direction, eyeing the white attackers. They were hardly terrifying looking, but he supposed that they may have some hidden attributes of some kind.

"I find it quite easy to 'just' stand here," Lucifer comment dryly. When a group of the creatures raised their heads and headed towards him he gave them a condescending look. They seemed to be mindless, which meant annihilation was just a better tactic. "Begone, pests."

He was the Lightbringer for a reason. The white attackers were engulfed in flame, and he made sure it was hot enough to melt iron before he let them fade. Then he turned his gaze to Kairi, almost expectant.

"I don't think standing around is going to -" she blinked when the flames overtook the white creatures, no longer working her mouth for a few moments. Now she was 'just' standing there, watching the last of the flames lick over the strange bodies.

Sora didn't know what they were... But just because he didn't know, didn't mean they were unbeatable.

She stared back at the man and smiled, just a bit. Just a sign that the time of panic was fading. What, really, did running around screaming ever do for anyone, anyway?

"Thank you."

He resisted the urge to smirk, he really did. Instead, Lucifer settled on a patentedly amused and collected smile. Really. He supposed that it wasn't her fault that she was unable to protect herself, but it seemed stupid for her to run around without an escort then.

"...you're welcome," he replied, dryly. Why was she smiling at him? It wasn't as if he had gone out of his way to defend her. The things would have bothered him had he not gotten to them first. This situation was annoying, and the comment Death had made... that he'd find it nostalgic. As if these things were anything like the souls of the damned. Hardly.

Kairi was like that. She displayed a certain... Kairi-ness, even to strangers. Words like 'thank you' didn't just need to express for her satisfaction... they were just something that needed to be said. Like 'hello'. Even though this man didn't seem like he was a very hello-orientated person. But he did acknowledge her with a response, and that was really something. But his overall attitude didn't frazzle Kairi one bit.

Her 'escorts' were on their way, apparently. She knew Sora wouldn't leave her hanging. And in the time that it seemed she was safe, even if this man walked off on her, she quickly checked her journal, nodded, and looked over to him. "My friend Riku says they're called Nobodies." She tucked the journal back away. She needed to stay in the Niflheim area. But she didn't exactly trust being alone... "I don't suppose you would let me walk with you?" She didn't ask if he minded. Of course he would mind. She's find a way though.

Sora and Riku were coming, after all.

Lucifer swept his eyes around for any other annoyances. He wasn't looking forward to being surprised by anything today. Not like he was any day, but especially now. Vaguely he wondered if Death came for the likes of these... what had the girl just said? Nobodies. Interesting name choice, and probably significant of something.

"...if you wish to walk with me."

He wasn't cold and uncaring so much as plainly uncaring. She wouldn't hinder him much. If anything it might prove useful since she had mentioned that one of her friends knew what these Nobodies were. "...you mentioned that your friend knew what these Nobodies are?"

By default, he supposed, he was protecting her.

Kairi nodded. Good. She had protection until the others came, and really... Riku gave that protection to her; he gave her a name. A word. He knew what these things were - which worried Kairi imensily, but she would deal with that later - and for that she had knowledge that many people didn't seem to have.

So Kairi would walk with him.

"Oh yes... I don't know how he knows, and he seemed in a rush, so I don't have much more information other than that they're called Nobodies. Still, it's something. It could help in the long run." Anything could help.

Sora hadn't realized it at first, but he was quickly learning that the area covered under the description "Niflheim" was actually quite large. As such, it was taking frustratingly longer than he'd anticipated to find Kairi after they teleported there. In his mind, he'd envisioned finding her immediately upon arrival, or maybe after a quick 50-yard dash. Obviously, such was not going to be the case.

As he paused in the middle of an intersection, Sora looked left and right for any sign of his friend. There! He spotted a flash of reddish hair and immediately knew it was her. "Kairi!!" he yelled, bolting down the street towards her. Finally! Now he and Riku could get her out of this place and somewhere safe!

When Riku stepped out of the portal, his eyes were heavily lidded for a moment. He was glad Sora went running off ahead of him, because he had to take a moment to gain back some form of strength. He rubbed at his eyes, before standing fully upright and staring ahead. The orange was evidently there, and stayed there as he followed after Sora before he ran out of sight. He was using his powers far too much in this Paixao place, and it was starting to get taxing.

He nearly ran into Sora when he paused, but slowed enough to skid to a stop and only partially bump chest-to-back. Stepping around him, he turned his head away to look in another direction and force himself to calm, the orange fading just in time for him to look at Sora as he yelled Kairi's name.

And there she was. Riku didn't move for a moment, unsure of how Kairi would react to seeing him again. He'd done a lot of shit when they were last together, and he wasn't sure about what she'd thought of him. But after a moment of standing there, he stuck a hand in his pocket and casually followed after Sora, the other hand holding his Keyblade as he prepared to fend off any Nobodies that might want to attack them spontaneously. "Long time no see, Kairi."

He didn't know why he had been expecting her friends to be older. Or, at least, less child-like. There was something about the brunette that screamed 'young' and not innocent (as Lucifer didn't believe in innocence) but close to it. The other one, though. The ex-devil let his gaze linger on the silver haired boy. Interesting.

Leaving seemed like a good option, as the girl had her friends and all of that. But there was the information that the children might bring (out of the mouths of babes, was it?) something like that. He didn't have anything better to do with his time, so he may as well linger.

Kairi had been lingering around Lucifer, feeling safe and protected just by his presence. It almost kept the creatures - the Nobodies - away from her. Well, them, anyway.

And when she heard an odd sound of energy she jumped and tensed, thinking it might be more Nobodies coming to attack her from behind. It wasn't very loud, or even immediately close, but she still heard it - and then she heard his voice, her mind reeled, calculated, tried to figure if it was really hearing -

Sora! She spun around, her eyes as wide as they had been when she remembered his name on the island and Selphie had been so confused... There he was... running for her, looking strange with new clothes and a bit older, but still radient with his youth. Kairi must have looked strange herself; her outfit was indeed just as different as his from way back when. ... Had it only been a year?

"Sora!!" she yelled out when she finally could get around the shock of seeing him.

... seeing ... them ... - Riku stepped out of the odd energy a bit after Sora. Her mouth fell open. Do people really grow up when they're apart? It didn't seem fair! They were supposed to have grown up together... and then the Heartless divided them!

Kairi bolted forward, forgetting about Lucifer - could anyone blame her? - and running towards the two. "Sora! Riku!" She had made it to Sora first, but with her arms spread wide, she was able to hook one around his neck and then drag him a bit to the side so that she could get her other arm around Riku's neck, pulling them towards her in a tight group-hug. "I've missed you both so much!"

"Gwah!" Sora yelped as Kairi practically clotheslined him in her exuberance. Once he regained some semblance of balance, however, he smiled and wrapped his arms around Kairi. "I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi!" he said, laughing. As he hugged her, though, he noticed not only the different clothes, but that the shape of her body beneath the fabric was quite different. It was another jolting reminder that, though it had only seemed like a few days to him, a whole year had passed. He kept forgetting that.

"You're not hurt, are you?" he asked.

Riku looked genuinely surprised when he was roped in, and hesitated for a moment--long enough for Sora's balance, luckily, so he didn't seem too awkward--before he lifted up the hand that had been in his pocket, placing it to Kairi's lower back under Sora's own arm. He had his reunion with his friends, and they still accepted him after everything he had done. He felt strangely emotional, but realized that he hadn't had a need for emotion for most of the year, and this was probably the best he could have once the need came up again. His Keyblade disapeared in a swirl of black energy, moving the now-vacant hand to Kairi's arm about Sora's neck, seeming to include him as well.

He had taken notice of Kairi's change once they'd seen her, and now it aws even more obvious. She was a little taller, and it seemed about Sora's height almost. He was still the tallest, and probably the more mature out of them as always, but... The most troubled. "Yeah, are you okay?" Riku pulled back a little now, turquoise-blue eyes examining her closely to inspect and see any form of damage.

Her smile was brighter than it had been in... ages. So strong and true. She closed her eyes, trying to hold back, but a tear or two managed to slip through. "I'm fine," she whispered, "I'm not hurt."

Kairi was so happy and yet sad at the same time. She hated that sliver of sadness; it made her squeeze the two tighter before pulling back, her arms down at her sides. "Now." She sniffed and wiped the tears out of her eyes and stared at them. "What took you boys so long? Sheesh! You shouldn't keep a girl waiting!" And it wasn't Paixao she was referring to - it was in general. Though she couldn't be mad. At either of them. But she really couldn't express how much she missed them. She had to restrain herself from launching at them and dragging them into another hug.

Sora grinned and scuffed his foot sheepishly at Kairi's mild scolding. "Gee, I'm sorry Kairi. I didn't mean to be gone for so long - I guess I fell asleep and lost track of the time...?" Okay, so it wasn't the greatest explaination, but it was the best that Sora could come up with.

But anyway. That wasn't important. What was important was getting Kairi... wait a minute. Sora blinked and looked Kairi up and down, then chuckled. "Hey, I know you think I'm cool and all, but don't you think dressing like me is a little much?" he joked. Though his cheerfulness seemed inappropriate for the situation, Sora didn't consciously consider it. Now that he was with his friends again, he couldn't help but relax. After all, they could do anything as long as they were together!

One couldn't blame Riku if he felt extremely awkward being in that hug, but he felt at ease at the same time. The awkward likely came from Ansem's interest in Kairi being there; the seventh Princess of Heart was here, did that mean that there were other things here? The Door to Darkness? Kingdom Hearts? Riku blocked him out, restraining a snarl at the man being in his mind. Though Riku had to admit that he wanted to know if he could summon Heartless here... They were the opposites of Nobodies, of course.

He dismissed Kairi's wardrobe easily, since neither of them had ever dressed similarly to him even at childhood to their near adulthood. "We should probably move, before the Nobodies decide they like the idea of attacking us." Riku pressed, suddenly, summoning his Keyblade in swirling darkness again and turning to examine a nearby crowd of them. "As glad as I am to be with both of you, this isn't safe."

How... touching. Lucifer did not roll his eyes, but rather observed. Nobodies, then, that was what the white things were called. That made enough sense, ah... his eyes fell on the weapon that one of the boys summoned. Interesting. It hardly looked effective, but it had one of those glows to it, like a hero's sword. Improbably, but useful.

He could have burned the nearby Nobodies to a crisp. Or, less than a crisp, had he been so inclined. However, like in all things, Lucifer was not one to go showing off. His supremacy was already established, no need to try and primp in front of mere children. Besides, it would be interesting to see if the key looking weapon would actually do anything (for all its size, shape and general unwieldy appearance).

((ooc: I hath returneth! So sorry x.x But but... I'm not going to fail all my courses now! x.x;;))

Oh brother. Leave it to Sora to be sleeping on a job, again. It really made Kairi remember back to the old days on the island and she couldn't help but chuckle a little. And then at his comment she looked over herself then crossed her arms in a 'hmph' sort of gesture and looked back at him. "You can blame that on Paixao! I came here and my clothes changed. But maybe I could just blame it on you anyway," she joked right back at him, a bit more on the playful-side.

She blinked at Riku; tried not to eep at the summoned keyblade and then she looked away from their little group with a small nod. "That's right... this place is kind of a mess... and I've barely even been here for long." She edged almost between the two to use them as shields. She wanted to go out and say "Go get 'em boys!" but managed to restrain herself and hang back. Even if it wasn't exactly safe, she was sure she would be enough with them.

Sora nodded at Riku's remarks. He was right, of course - they couldn't get distracted when things weren't safe yet. Sora summoned his keyblade with a thought and looked around, trying to determine the best course of action. It was then he saw the distinguished-looking man standing off to the side. "Oh!" he said, a little embarassed that they'd been ignoring the man up to this point. "Uh... thanks for looking out for Kairi! It really means a lot to us." He flashed another of his grins. "...Will you be all right on your own, or do you want to stick with us?" After all, it wouldn't do to abandon someone in danger.

"I think he can handle himself, Sora..." Riku said idly about the man that Kairi had been with, turning turquoise-blue eyes his way. The gears turned in his head, and he seemed about as reactive to him as Lucifer was to he. But that was more of Ansem speaking; this man was not a normal one. He could tell almost immediately that was how it was. He easily handled them, he had to of if Kairi stuck around him. Sliding a shoe across the ground, he turned so that his back was to Sora and Kairi, eyes falling off Lucifer and turning towards the Nobodies.

More memories, and Riku lifted up his hand to his temple to rub at it a little. The Nobodies were of an interesting kind... especially the Organization one's. For now, however, his attention was on the lesser one's that weren't in a human's body. He calmly lifted his keyblade, tilting his head to get silvery white hair from his eyes as he considered what his plan might actually be. They should probably get back to the hotel, but he had to conserve a bit of his energy... unless there was a threat to Sora and Kairi, he didn't feel the urge to use the portals.

Oh? Lucifer wasn't surprised by the boy's response that he could look out for himself. It was just interesting, because the earlier assumption that there was something else about him was right. Something more than just knowing the names of the attackers. If anything, Lucifer might accuse the boy of knowing far more than he should.

"...you're welcome, she's quite the young lady," Lucifer nodded to Sora, deciding to ignore the other boy. He wasn't a threat, even though he was certainly interesting. "...I believe I will make my own way, I should check up on an acquaintance." Duma, the angel, perhaps. Or even that small loud 'Dib'.

Kairi had distantly remembered the man being there for some time now anyway. But he didn't seem like a guy that would be offended by being ignored... Still, Kairi temporarily stepped out from the shelter of her two friends and towards Lucifer, bowing lightly. "Yes... thank you for allowing me to stay near your safety." That seemed like the best way she could phrase it.

He could definately take care of himself, Riku had that down. "I hope your friends... er... acquaintances are safe. Good luck."

"Okay, then!" Sora replied, throwing a cheerful wave towards Lucifer. "I hope you find your friend! Be careful!" He smiled again, his hand still hovering around shoulder height. Gee, what a nice guy!

With that business taken care of, he turned and faced Kairi and Riku. "Kairi, stay close to us, okay?" he said, his voice taking a more serious tone. "We'll keep you safe." Looking up at Riku, Sora continued, "Riku, how do you th - whoa!" The ground suddenly heaved under Sora's feet, causing him to flail in an effort to keep his balance. Another tremor wracked the earth, more violently this time, and Sora dropped to one knee. The ground continued to shake and heave like a stormy ocean, causing the cobblestones to crack and fake trees to groan and snap from the tension. "Magic?" Sora shouted over the dull roar of the earthquake. Man, of all the things to happen next!

Riku raised a brow at Sora somewhat to his enthusiasm, of sorts, before looking to Lucifer. "Good luck," was all he said, before turquoise-blue eyes turned towards his friends once again. He doubted Lucifer was purposefully keeping an eye on Kairi, for some reason he got the feeling he just let her stay nearby him since she wasn't that much of a bother.

He seemed like he was about to say something after Sora did to Kairi, and perhaps pause to listen to Sora as he said his name, however there was the conflict of his feet moving without him wanting them to as the earth began to shake. He turned his Keyblade and planted the end into the ground, holding onto it with one hand before reaching over and taking hold of Kairi's upper arm, just in case. "Don't know," was his response to Sora, and he narrowed his eyes a little. "It might be a result of the Organization..."

((AJ said I could post *didn't want to overstep her* :3))

Kairi nodded to them. She knew better than to slip away from them when there was danger about. But the sort of danger she was expecting - and even use to expecting - were Heartless and now Nobodies and whatnot. She hadn't even remotely been ready for the ground to almost come alive beneath her and send her stumbling.

A small blush creeped over her cheeks when Riku grabbed for her, but she was grateful that he had. She reached out towards him to steady herself even more and then looked towards them worriedly. "The Organization?" she eeped. When things settled down again they really needed to have a sit-down at some cafe and they needed to fill her in on everything!

At least they weren't in a building - she figured that would probably be even worse and that's the last thing they needed... "Well, I hope it stops soon!"

First Nobodies and now "the Organization?" What the heck had Sora missed out on while he'd been sleeping? His mouth set in a grim line, Sora lurched to his feet once again, his stance wide to keep his balance. The earthquake seemed to be coming in spurts or waves now; just when the ground had nearly settled down, an new burst of tremors would interrupt. "I guess you'll tell us later," Sora quipped at Riku as he flapped his arms to keep from falling. "But let's get out of here before we get squished by a building or something!" Not that the surrounding structures looked to be in any danger of collapse - yet. Still, the idea of being buried by a landslide of brick and mortar was not very pleasant, and Sora was somehow under the strange impression that they could leave the earthquake's range. They just had to start running.

No one ever said that Sora was smart when it came to earthquakes.

No one ever actually said Sora was smart with anything, but Riku wasn’t thinking that, rather an irritated Ansem was. Although one could say Riku was getting a little irritated himself. Shifting his hand from Kairi’s forearm to her farther shoulder, he kept hold of her in a defensive manner before frowning at Sora. He thought for a moment, looking a little agitated, before grabbing hold of Sora’s hood to keep him from falling over, stationing his foot against the Keyblade to keep his own balance. “Let’s get out of here. I don’t have enough energy to get us back to Actua Are, but I can at least get us out of the area of the earthquake, hopefully…” He looked to Sora, as though asking if this was a decent enough plan that he’d come up with.

Although still like the leader, Riku had fallen from the thought that his ideas were still ever perfect.

Getting out of there as fast as possible seemed like a really good idea. She nodded to Riku, but then wondered if with everything shaking around them if he could even notice, so she tossed out a, "Yeah, we should."

Sora had a point, even if it wasn't a completely intelligent one. Having them all die by being crushed by something didn't seem fair as a way they - at least Sora and Riku - went down after everything!

Sora tried to start running. The keyword being "tried," since as soon as he lifted one foot to run he was thrown off-balance and it took all his concentration just to keep from falling over. But with a little bit of arm-windmilling he was stable again, or at least relatively so.

Okay, let's try again.

This time, Sora made it a few steps before he was forced to stop and regain his footing. It wasn't much, but it was progress. He repeated the process: take a few shaky steps, stop, step, stop, step, stop.

It was kind of like trying to walk on a trampoline when other people were bouncing on it, he thought. When he looked at it that way, it was actually kind of fun.

Though he decided it was best not to share his thoughts with his companions.

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