My Teeth and Ambitions Are Bared! [Active]

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Character(s): Scar and Vexen, closed
Content: HEARTLESS POKEMON BATTLE GO!
Setting: Destiny Islands
Time: Mid-day
Warnings: ...Um.



Following that human who reeked of the Heartless had proven just as fruitless as Scar had expected. The man had not done anything interesting for the rest of that night, but he had entered a rather curious building covered in thorns after a jaunt around the city. Scar could only assume that building was City Hall, and its inhabitants were those the other residents had spoken of with such disdain.

He had been waiting since that day to be contacted again, but had not yet heard anything. His impatience had led to a post on the journals, and a most unpleasant situation involving his nephew and that human brat with the key. It had been dealt with, and now Simba was rather angry at the boy, but Scar was still rather annoyed. If he hadn't been so quick, he may have had Simba breathing down his neck about Mufasa...which was a less than desirable situation.

Boredom led him back to the islands where he had first encountered the Heartless, though he was far less concerned with them now than he had been before. The ones who appeared to stand in his way were simply dismissed. He paid careful attention to them, though, and noted which ones might prove the most useful against his adversaries. The strongest he had encountered so far were still quite weak, it seemed, but in large numbers eliminating them would still be very taxing for one individual. The ones who continually made ice, fire, and lightning he cataloged for their particular merit in exploiting weaknesses.

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So, the lion was appearing to become a good subject for study. After the conversation they had been having on the journals, and the wonderful information the keyblader had blurted out, Vexen had decided to see what more he could find out about this creature, and how he could be put to use in the Organization's plans.

The lion had gone to Destiny Islands, and he had carefully followed him there, observing what he was doing as he wandered. It seemed that the heartless weren't really attacking him, but if one did decide to do so, it was as if the creature had the power to dismiss them back to the darkness.

...Interesting. He would have to do more research into the world this lion came from when he returned to the labs. He made a mental note and stayed above where the lion was, watching from where he had used a portal to enter the world.

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Scar decided to try something different now. He had yet to summon any Heartless himself, even though he believed he knew how to accomplish this feat, and hadn't seen if he would be able to do so and control their actions. He was also very curious as to which Heartless he could control, and how powerful they would be.

So with some force of his will, a handful of Heartless appeared in the air in front of him. They were shaped like flowers, red and a whitish blue. With a gesture of his paw, the red one shot fire at the white one, and it disappeared. Another white plant was summoned, and then dismissed after destroying the red one.

Then he got a different idea. He thought of the Pridelands for a moment. What if there were Heartless that had come from a similar place? He tried to summon something of the sort, and a brown baboon-like creature with a white face appeared from a sphere of darkness. It held a small rod with its tail, and looked left and right rapidly. He summoned weaker shadows for it to destroy, and it did so by simply disappearing and becoming just the mask it wore. It flew through the shadows like they were nothing, and Scar grinned to himself. Heartless from his world seemed to be rather powerful. He summoned a couple small, bird-like Heartless as well, and it took only a moment for them too to dispose of more shadows.

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So....he can summon them too. This was a surprising development. A very good development though, if the lion could be turned to help the Organization in any manner. And, if it was anything to go on, it looked like the heartless he was summoning were from a similar world to the lion's.

They were somewhat powerful too.

He decided to just observe for the moment, gathering information for the Superior. And, he really didn't want a fight at the moment unless his hand was forced. He watched as one of the heartless birds flew up at him, aiming one of it's arms to attack him. An annoyance really, he had nothing it wanted.

He waved his hand, casting an ice spell and encasing the heartless in ice, sending it crashing down to the ground.

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Scar's gaze quickly followed the bird Heartless, and looked surprised for a moment when it suddenly was encased in ice. It shattered as it hit the ground, the bits of darkness scattering as the heart it had stolen escaped. A hooded figure in black stood above the lion, and Scar, as he had just done moments before, summoned the fire plants. This time, there were five of them, surrounding the cloaked biped. He willed them all to attack at once, intending the flames to engulf the one his Heartless had noticed.

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Vexen sighed. Well, the creature was smarter than he had given him credit, attacking with fire against his ice. But, he could fend that off well enough. He waved his hand again, bringing up a large chunk of ice to send at some of them, giving him enough time to summon his shield and defend himself from the others.

"Was that necessary?" He muttered, not sure if it was loud enough for the lion to hear or not, now just frustrated at him.

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Scar didn't respond to the biped, instead summoning more of the fire plants and three of the baboon Heartless to attack him. The lion had no interest in or time for the shenanigans of this lesser creature, and wanted to see if the Heartless would be of use to rid Scar of his presence quickly.

The baboons quickly started attacking with spells, while the fire plants again aimed for the worthless black-coated vermin.

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So, no response. Just another wave of the heartless attacking him. This was the way he wanted to negotiate. Whatever he wanted.

He summoned a group of lower nobodies, dusks and creepers, and sent them at the fire plants. Sure, they may not be able to destroy the baboon creatures, Vexen could take them out with either an ice spell, or on of his stronger attacks.

But, to be completely honest. He was getting bored with all of this. If the lion kept it up, he would just leave. He did have enough information to start searching for information.

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More of the bird Heartless attacked the small silver creatures that suddenly appeared. Scar noticed that their scent was akin to the Heartless in a way, though strangely lacking in much of anything at all. The biped was the same mostly, but a strong stench of darkness surrounded him.

Then Scar thought of the Pridelands again, and of the much stronger creatures there. And of what a powerful Heartless they would make. With that thought, a tremendous Heartless crashed out of a portal toward the cloaked figure. It had a head much like a rhinocerous, with a green body and only two legs. Wicked fangs lined its mouth, and sharp claws tore at the ground as it stomped ever nearer to its target.

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Well, that was an outcome Vexen didn't expect. A lion of that one's appearance, being strong enough to summon forth a heartless like the one stomping towards him.

He sighed, knowing that he really didn't have much to counter such a foe, and summoned a dark portal, disappearing into it for a moment...

...Only to appear a bit behind the lion himself, far enough away to not be in attack range, but still close enough.

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The sudden rise in the strength of the scent made Scar whip around, teeth bared in a snarl.

"Persistent, aren't we?" he asked of the concealed face in the hood, expecting little in the way of an answer. The fact that the creature had run away from that Heartless instead of facing it head on like the others gave Scar more confidence, and he stood with his head held high and proud. After all, he had the upper hand now.

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Vexen said nothing, smirking under his hood. He had plenty of information on this creature now, from watching and 'fighting' with him. He had a wonderful amount of darkness in his heart, from what his ability to summon the heartless showed. And, he was strong enough to summon them, and control them, and they were in shapes that had to have come from his world.

Interesting... He thought, still staring down at the lion, still unafraid (not that he could feel fear anyway...). The Organization could have use for a creature such as this one.

Vexen still had a few tricks up his sleeve if he needed to use them.

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Three of the enormous Heartless crashed onto the ground around the black-clad figure, converging on that single spot. It would make the creature disappear again, Scar was certain. The only question was, how far away?

With barely a thought, he summoned numerous fire plants all over the area, ready to blanket the entire beach in a swath of flame. He made ready to begin leaping over the spitting fires, as there was simply no way he had time to arrange them to all avoid him specifically and still eliminate his adversary.

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Vexen sighed. The lion was trying to force his hand. But, it really wouldn't work. He did exactly as Scar planned, forming another portal, but this time landing on the ledge he had started on, physically above the beach, and watching as the fire plants searched for him on the beach. They'd find him eventually, and start shooting fire at him, but he could create an ice wall and leave.

He had gathered the data that he needed so far, but he wondered what the creature would do now. Why he had only used the heartless to attack, and not himself made Vexen wonder about his true physical strength, or if the lion was now going to rely on the darkness in his control for all fights.

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The fire proved slightly harder to dodge than Scar had been expecting, leaving him rather uncomfortably close to many of the flames. It took a moment, once he was standing still, to notice where the black-hooded figure had moved to.

Scar chuckled to himself. The reaction had been just what he expected. Not only was the figure easily forced to retreat, but the location of the retreat was quite predictable. That was enough for him.

He took his time going back to the door that would lead him again to the city, quite done with the little "battle." He had learned quite a bit about the Heartless, and was returning to Paixao with a devilish smirk.

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Vexen shook his head slightly as he watched the lion walk away. It seems that this 'battle' was over for both of them, as he was planning on leaving after seeing the solution to this portal. Possibly predictable, but he really wasn't worried about that at the moment.

Watching as the lion stalked off, Vexen opened another portal, this one with a destination of his lab, to muse over what he had learned about one of the citizens of this city.