paixaorpg | Lean on me. (Active/Closed)

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Lean on me. (Active/Closed)

Characters: Sora, Kovu, Kairi, possibly Kiara? (with a small cameo by Woody)
Content: Sora and Kairi go to talk to Kovu.
Setting: Palazzo Townhomes, then Jogo da Crianca
Time: Dusk
Warnings: Emo lion?

After Kovu's last reply to him, Sora closed his journal, and hopped of his bed. He wanted to get to the park as soon as possible. "Later, Woody!" He yelled as he ran out of the room, and slammed the door behind him, though he had ran out way too fast to give Woody a chance to answer.

He ran across the hall to where Kairi was staying and started knocking on her door. He thought she could probably be of help in a situation like this, because she was always the best listener of the group and she always knew what to say when people were upset.

"Hey, Kairi!"

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Woody was barely paying attention to who was Sora talking to. He’s use to people talking on the phone, or texting before while he was still in the same room. Woody was just resting across Sora’s bed, his hat covering his eyes. Woody bounced awake though once Sora jumped out of the room, off to God who knows where.

Blinking, Woody’s mouth kinda hanged open, in surprise. Sora didn’t even say where he was going. He stared for a bit, then grumbled. “Ok… I think I’m considering a beeper for that kid,” Woody sighed as he flopped back onto the bed.

Edited 2010-12-22 07:31 (UTC)

Kairi wasn’t busy; she had actually just been laying on her bed day-dreaming for the most part. But she answered the knock on her door quickly, peeking out into the hall to see Sora standing there. She smiled at him, opening the door the rest of the way, “Hi Sora.” He looked ready to get going somewhere... what was he up to?

"What is it?"

"Kovu's feeling kinda down, Kairi, and I thought maybe you could help me cheer him up?"

Sora cut right to the chase, he wanted to get over to the park as soon as he could.

"Kovu?" The smile she had a moment ago faded quickly. Kairi had only spoken to him once, and somehow had managed to get on the lion's bad side very quickly. She hadn't meant to of course, but it seemed like the more she had tried to help and understand what Kovu's distress, the worse she had made the situation. Eventually, she had just stopped talking, hoping to keep his opinion of her from degrading further. He had been pretty mad, if she remembered correctly.

Shaking her head slightly, Kairi stepped back into her room, "I don't think you're going to want me to come along. Kovu.... doesn't really like me very much."

"How could he not like you, Kairi?" Sora replied, maybe Sora was a little biased, but he couldn't imagine anyone not liking Kairi. There must have been some mistake, or misunderstanding.

"Besides, you're a lot better listener than I am"

Having made Kovu angry at her had been bothering Kairi since the time it had happened. But she'd thought it best to stay out of his way rather than confront him on the issue. "I made him mad the first time I spoke to him... I think I pried a little too much into his business." She started to play with her hair at this point, a sure sign she felt bad about it.

"That's not true, you'll do fine." Sorry Sora, she's going to need a little more convincing in order to actually go with you for this one. Kovu was a lion... she wasn't quite sure if lions ate the people who ticked them off.

"But, Kairi!" Sora started pouting at her, maybe he would do fine on his own, but Kairi would make it go a whole lot better, and besides, "He can't stay mad at you forever, Kairi, no one can!"

Oh no, not a pout. Kairi bit her lip and tried to refuse again, but there really wasn't any way for her to say no when Sora gave her that look. Heaving a sigh, as she knew she'd lost this one, she stepped back outside and shut the door to her room. "All right... lead the way."

Sora did have a point, hopefully Kovu couldn't stay mad at her forever. She would have to cross her fingers that that was actually the case.

Edited 2010-12-22 08:23 (UTC)

Kovu's journal sat in the grass, still open to the post that Mufasa had made. As for the lion himself, he was pacing back and forth, back and forth, through the thick fog that was slowly collecting around the park. Nervous, agitated, scared, angry, guilty...everything! Of all the lions who could have possibly shown up after Scar, why did it have to be MUFASA?! His tail flicked, he gritted his teeth, every time he turned around his paws hit the ground harder and harder. Even having Kiara here was hardly helping any...though he couldn't imagine what this would be like without her.

What in the world was he supposed to do?

Kiara just wasn't sure what to do or say. Everything had happened so... suddenly. First Mufasa and now Zira was here and here she was still the only one who truly knew everything. The truth sat heavy on her shoulders.

Should she tell Mufasa about what Scar did? Or was it best she keep quiet. She just didn't know.

And then there was Zira. To say that could be a bad thing was an understatement. Who knows what Zira and Scar could plan together.

Pressing a little closer to Kovu's side, she was gaining strength from his presence as much as s he was trying desperately to give him support. He needed it more, after all. She hadn't seen her father speak up yet, but he would see all that eventually. What would she say? What could either of them?

How could such a bad situation have become so much worse so suddenly?

Sometime later, they had made it to the park, and it was starting to get really dark. Sora had hoped he would have made it before it got dark, but that didn't matter in the long run.

Sora looked around the park, trying to spot Kovu. It shouldn't be that hard, right? He was probably the only lion around at the moment. "Hey, Kovu? You there?" The stuff Mufasa had mentioned was weighing heavily on Sora's mind, but he had to push it away for now. Just like he had told Mufasa too, Sora also had to give Kovu a chance.

Kairi was right at Sora's side as they entered the park. She had been listening to everything unfold over the journals, and trying to make sure she understood everything that was going on. Sora had told her enough about Simba and Scar when he had told her about the worlds he'd traveled to during his journey, but she now had to piece that together with what was happening with Kovu here in Paixao. She'd also listened in on Sora's conversation with Mufasa, so she also knew about Kiara's presence in the picture as well.

Despite not knowing exactly what Kovu looked like, Kairi didn't think it would be too hard to spot a lion in the park. Eventually the sound of the crinkling grass under Kovu's paws arrived at her ears, and she pointed in the general direction of where it was coming from. "Over there..."

Kovu looked at Kiara, and gently set his muzzle against her neck. He felt so much more calm with her there, even though she didn't make everything right just by being there, she definitely was the only reason he hadn't gone crazy yet. Between Scar, Mufasa, Simba, and his own mother, things had definitely turned out far worse here than they'd ever been in the Pride Lands.

"Sora?" Kovu called out when he the familiar voice. He lifted his head to scan the area, but all he could see was the fog. He heard Sora, and he caught Kairi just barely too, but he they were barely visible.

She relaxed a little at Kovu's touch, sighing softly. She was so glad he was here. Kiara just wished he wasn't suffering so much.

The lioness' ears pricked up at the sound of voices. Ah, was this who they had been expecting?

"We're over here!" Kiara called out, hoping their voices could help lead the humans this way. The fog was so thick, it was making things very difficult.

Sora followed the sound of the voices calling out to him until he came upon a pair of lions that weren't ones he had seen in person before.

He waved nervously at the lions, "Uh, hey." He looked back at Kairi for a bit before turning back to the lions, he wasn't really sure what to say, "So you wanted someone to talk to?"

Kairi trailed along just behind Sora, her hands clasped in front of her as she walked. She caught sight of the lions through the fog finally, and only hesitated for the briefest of moments, before adopting a friendlier expression. It wouldn't due to look scared when they were supposed to be here cheering someone up.

"Hi," she said gently, glancing from Kovu and Kiara, to Sora, and back to the lions. She waited to say anything more and let Kovu answer Sora's question.

Kovu couldn't even look Sora in the eyes.

"I guess...you heard everything, didn't you?" His breath caught, and he choked back something of a sob as he spoke. There was so much guilt, and so much rage, and so much fear. Kovu didn't know what he could do about any of it. What could he possibly do to fix any of this? Mufasa didn't want Kiara or Simba anywhere near him...and...he had good reason.

Kovu's head just fell even further. He couldn't hold it up, not with...not with all of this happening, all at once.

At first Kiara offered the friendliest look she could to Kairi and Sora before returning her gaze to Kovu, looking very, very worried about him. He was hurting so much, and she just couldn't seem to help him. Not enough.

Kiara was really at a loss at how to fix everything.

"Yeah... I did." Sora replied.

"Mufasa said you were supposed to kill Simba..." He also had said that Kovu didn't want to, and he was inclined to believe that. Though troubled, Kovu seemed like a decent enough person to Sora, and if he wanted to change his ways, well, Sora would give him the benefit of the doubt. That's just how Sora did things.

Edited 2011-03-26 02:56 (UTC)

"I heard too," she said softly, though in all reality the entire time she had been trying to put together what she knew about the lions with what she was just learning. Sora's stories were great and all, but she hadn't even been here that long, so she needed a moment or two more to catch up with everyone else.

Now she decided the best thing to do was sit down in the grass, and make this as comfortable an environment as they possibly could. Continuing from where Sora had trailed off and deciding to voice what he was most likely thinking, Kairi spoke. "We do know that you refused to do it too, and we... believe you of course."

To her, Kovu's words and actions were speaking quite clearly right now. He didn't want to hurt anyone.

Kovu exhaled slowly, but he sounded hurt. The words his mother and Mufasa had said were echoing in his mind, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop thinking about their stern voices, their roared commands. He hadn't even done anything!

He found it hard to think of words to say. They believed him, great. But what about everyone else? And now that everyone knew what he'd been raised to do...how could he face any of them?

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