Of Fairytales and Blood Bonds

[Reno]

OOC: IZZY! MY LOVE! I found... a BBS leaked trailer!!!
youtube.com/watch?v=eqvnKkgprKo
horrible quality but hey they're talking and moving XD
oh but I bet you've already seen it huh?

Demyx covered his head in fear, but when he felt something weighted being draped over him, a warm body coming close he glanced up, smiling at Saix, the beams harmlessly going away. Just as Saix stood- Demyx jumped up, throwing his arms around the bluette's neck and giving him a big kiss on the cheek. Well what else was he supposed to do?! He saved him TWICE now.

"Thanks" he said cheerfully, before letting go and glancing off the side of the balcony at the continuing feud below. Roxas had moved forward... and the dark shadowy person was... gone?

Mickey wasn;t surprised as the silverette came to their side and he glanced over, nodding slowly. "Yep yep we're fine."

Aqua didn't answer. She was still royally pissed and looking for vengeance after all. She wasn;t going to 'be okay' until that happened.

Sora jumped a little as Roxas flew over him and literally blasted the doppleganger away. He could taste the power in the air. He was shocked - what was it about them that... made them this strong?

Donald's eyes narrowed knowing exactly what was going on. He was a mage after all - he;d studied everything he ever needed to know about magicology. It was the fact they LACKED experience and restraint that they just sort of... blew things up so to speak.

Roxas tensed uncertainly as the eyes of the man became even more vicious - something was amiss here... His eyes widened suddenly as the man suddenly insulted both his parents, hearing Sora giving a cry of indignition behind him. "Why you son of - ACK!" A hand closed around his throat unexpectedly, tightening like it was made of steel. He gaged, flailing his legs, wings beating on his back as he held onto the man;s arm.

"Roxas!!!" Sora cried, his eyes wide as he watched his brother struggle, his voice only one of many that echoed in horror.

Demyx held onto the railing of the balcony, his eyes wide as he looked down at the scene and he called out for the singer as well. He didn;t understand how it was possible - wasn;t Roxas like the most pwoerful of all beings?

But what happened next... was even worse.

Roxas heard Axel screaming for him to be let go - and then... the most disturbing noise of flesh being cut through a gurgly gasp and he knew something bad had happened. "Axel!" He cried, his voice sounded choked.

"Axel!!" Sora cried as well, eyes widened with horror. The soft sound of blood hitting the floor... Axel's quiet gasps for air... Roxas squirming body - Sora snapped. He spread his wings and took off.

Roxas grit his teeth, seeing that... fucking satisfied smirk on the other's face. Roxas was seeing red. He created a second blast and slammed it into Xehanort's stomach, throwing him off and backwards. The blonde fell to his knees, not even noticing as Sora soared over him. He gasped in much needed air, before turning, eyes wideneing when he saw all the red around Axel... and for once it wasn't his hair. "Ax!!" He cried, crawling forward to the red-head's side.

As Xehanort was flying back, Sora was flying after him. His eyes were blazing as he flapped the blue wings hard. "You!" He snapped power radiating off his wings. He held out a hand a little stram of energy flowed out, coiling again and again in his hand like the length of rope. He snapped his hand out, the coil snapping forward like a spring and straightened out like a whip, catching the man around the middle.

The Shee's wings beat hard and he straightened out and yanked the 'whip' back, both hands joining as he held onto the magical rope. Xehanort's body yanked with it and suddenly the brunette but all his muscle behind it as he threw his arms to the side, throwing his captive into a wall. For such a little guy... Sora sure had some physical prowess if he could do that.

The brunette panted hard, his eyes blazing as he looked at the figure laying against the wall. "Stop this! You have nothing to gain from it!!!" of coruse he didn't realize he was making a grevious error - he and Xehanort were still connected by that little length of magic rope.


He looked at the hole queitly, sighing softly. "Ven... my race isn't like yours remember? Family... isn't the same either. It's more like those dolphins you learned about in biology - you know the ones that kill their young?" Ven knew what he meant hopefully - he had listened to that lesson as well, eharing how these strange water creature not only raped and beat their females, but killed their young... strange animals dolphins were for something so intelligent. They were as ruthless as Atterians.

But Ven and school had never mixed well...

He sighed softly though, reaching up to run his fingers soothingly through the blonde's hair before he got to his feet. He tettered on his feet a little, feeling the fatique of the bloodloss but the pain, thankfully, was gone. Ven's tears and blood, and Axel's strength had done wonders for him - and being an Atterian he had soaked up that power with ease. He was alright enough to fight again.

He carefully and quietly walked towards the hole and steadied his breath before finally...

He looked inside.

His father was laying again a wall that had cracks in it from his impact. The leopard was badly mangled, his spine was especally odd looking - broken perhaps. His tongue was lolling out of his jaw and drinking in the blood that spilt over the floor. His eyes were wide and oddly red...

Terra shut his eyes, gaining his courage, and climbed into the hole, walking over to the fallen figure. He bravely looked down at his father and he leant down, reaching a hand to run it through the other's matted and dirty fur. He frowned, slowly reaching out to close the other's eyes.

"Please, please, pleaaaaase?!" The four-year old child cried, tugging onto his mother's dress. "We'll be extra speacial careful I swear!"
"Terra-"
"Come on darling, entertain the boy. He'd not a cub anymore." The leopard spoke, grinning because afterall this had been his idea. What the boy needed to stop being coddled.
"Hatori... PROMISE you won't go too fast?"
"Swear."
"Alright... okay Terra go ahead."
The small boy cheered before rushing over to his father who was already laying down, excitedly scrambling up the other's back. He reached around holding onto the scuffy fur of the leopard's neck as the other rasied up, winked at his wife and suddenly took off.
"Don't let go!" His father warned, grinning.
"I won't!!" Terra called back, laughing at the thrill of it all.
And in the background a shrill, womanly voice shrieked, "TOO FAST!!!"


"Daddy's home! Daddy's home!" The wolf pup said excitedly, jumping all over the couch.
"Terra get down."
"Yes mother." The wolf jumped down, still hopping around excitedly. Even his mother could not stay mad for long and laughed, affectionately petting him before going to open the door. The two greeted each other with an affectionate nuzzle and Terra barked, sitting down and wagging his tail expectantly. The leopard walked over to him, grinning fiercely as he bent down, licking the young creature on the nose. "Have I got stories for you."
"Really?!" The pup yipped, racing inbetween his father's legs, incredibly hyper. "Tell me!"


"Mom... when's dad coming home?" the wolf asked, sitting in front of the wndow, his paw against the glass. Outside the swirls of sand were beign raisied by a soft breeze, painting the blue sky orange.
"He's not Terra."
"Not?" The brunette asked, as if they word were alien to him. A soft hand came down, petting him affectionately.
"No son, He's never coming back. Again."
"Mom... why are you crying?"

That night Terra spent the night on the roof, howling as loud as his young voice could - wishing his father would by some chance hear it, come back and bring mom's smile back.

"Goodbye... dad." Terra whispered softly, his eyes melancholy as he stood turning his head away from the ghastly sight. He crawled back out of the hole, seeing Ven still silently waiting for him. He looked at the other, offering him the best smile he could muster and walked over to him. "Look at you your a mess. How are we supposed to go help the others when you look like that?" He mumbled, seeing all the blood - mostly his - that was smeared along the other boy. He reached out, carefully grabbing a piece of glass and tore it out, looking at it with a frown. "What'd you do? Smash your face into a mirror?"

[Rikugurl]

Saix's eyes went wide when he felt the kiss. He... never received a kiss before... and.... definitely not from another male.
A small smile rose from his face though and glanced at the other.

His eyes went back to the fight though when he heard a horrible cry. He saw the red head on the ground, sitting in a pool of blood. His golden eyes narrowed and he growled. He wouldn't be too much help up here now.

But he would be even less help down there.


Axel fell to the ground when the sword left his stomach. Blood continued to pour out of his mouth as his body hit the cold, wet floor. His green eyes narrowed more as his hand slowly reached for the hole in his stomach. He heard muffled cries of the Shee and smiled, his teeth red from the blood.

"It-...I'll be....o-ok. We--- we imps are...."
His eyes widened a bit. He... wasn't an imp any more. His... invincibilities were gone. He was human for the first time in his life. Shit... So this pain wasn't going to go away... was it? Now he knew why Mickey said he would cure them AFTER.


Riku's eyes widened as he saw the scene. "AXEL!" He cried but it was too late. His eyes became dark as he was about to dash out... but the Shee he was suppose to guard was shooting out at the Master. "SORA!"

Xehanort went flying into the wall and scuffled as some of the wall fell on him. He shifted as he stared back at the angry Shee. His expression wasn't the same though. His eyes were still strong and bright with power... and hunger.
"Nothing to gain?" A small chuckle came from him as he shook his head. "You obviously don't listen boy." He explained. "With you and your brothers dead... I will be the most powerful being in the universe. I have everything to gain..."

He snapped his wrist as and was about and yank the Shee over when the force suddenly broke.
Xehanort's eyes widened as he saw a shadow rush through the 'whip'.
It was Riku.

He growled, his patients becoming short. A ball of energy formed in his hand and he pulled it up, about to shoot it out at Riku when suddenly something grasped his wrist.


Ven looked up at the other, a bit confused about the dolphin thing. If dolphins were hot air balloons... he wouldn't know anything about them.

His blue eyes glistened when the other ran his fingers through his hair and looked down as Terra stood up. He was... still.... naked after all.
He looked down at the pool of blood and shook his head. This wasn't going as he had hoped. He never meant to.... kill anyone. His parents would be so ashamed. They wanted to bring peace and now...

He winced when he felt something get pulled from his flesh. He looked back to see Terra and slowly stood. "That doesn't matter now..." He said softly but his eyes suddenly went golden. His brothers... they were in trouble.
"Find something to cover yourself with! They need our help!"

He suddenly pulled his palm up, a quick portal opening. His fire wings flapped as he dashed into it and out the other side. His yellow eyes widened as he took in everything.
"XEHANORT!"
He growled and grabbed the man's wrist before he could shoot a ball of energy off at Sora's guardian.

His hand glowed around the wrist and suddenly THREW the Master across the room. The old man slammed into another wall and winced, falling to the floor.

The elder stood and growled, some blood coming from his mouth as he gazed at all three of the Shee. All three he was hunting all these years.

[Reno]

Demyx gripped onto the railing of the balcony, staring down wordlessly as Axel was covering in more red then he'd ever seen the imp. He looked away shaking his head. How was this happening... or even possible? No one should legally be THAT strong. And now... one of his friends was...

And there was NNOTHING he could do about it. He wasn't a healer - sure gypsies had their medicines and methods but he... had no idea how they worked. That was a woman's forte since well.. male gypsies were considered bad luck.


Roxas looked down at him, shaking his head. "Idiot!" He murmured softly, a little panicked. He was... magic right!? A sudden green light and a squack of cure made him look up at Donald frantically. It wasn't enough... not strong enough Axel was still losing blood...

"How'd you do that?!" He cried at the duck. He was still new at all this magic and honestly... he had no idea how he conjured half the spells he did... and didn;t know how to use the ones he wanted when he needed.

Donald jumped at the sudden cru from the blonde Shee - and remembered had they of had more time he would have been the one teaching all three of them how to control and use their magic... seeing as that never happened it looks like he'd have to give a quick overview of it. "Just uh transfer your magical energy to him where the wound is and uh concentrate it through your palms."

Roxas frowned a little but nodded glancing down at the redhead. "Hold on you idiot..." He whispered softly as he placed both his hands over Axel's, blood already beginning to trickle against his skin and the pool coloring his pants. He shut his eyes, wings fluttering as he concentrating. His hands started to glow a soft green, warning the other's hands.

Was this a heal spell?


Sora's eyes widened in disbelief as Xehanort revealed exactly why he wanted them dead. "THAT'S IT!?" The brunette raged. What kind of life goal is THAT?! Someone needed a fucking hobby!!!

The brunette's eyes widened suddenly as Riku snapped the connection and he blinked, confused - before reliaizng heh... that was a minor detail he overlooked. "Riku!!" He cried in terror as the balll of ernegy was aimed towards him... A sudden yell made him jump and his eyes widened as he watched Xehanort get thrown away. "Ven!!!"


Terra blinked as Ven ordered him to cover himself up. The Atterian blinked dully looking around. "Where's a leaf when you need it?" He grumbled sarcastically. Back to the wolf he went~ He didn;t even know how to fight like this anyways.

He placed his palms on the floor as he concentrated, letting the change overtake him once more before he shot through the portal as well. Seconds after Ventus had thrown the master and he had stumbled back to his feet, the Atterian wolf ;eft the portal, tail curled up behind him.

He could smell blood - Axel's. and... someone elses. An Atterian's. He looked around monentarily, seeing the youngest Shee, hunched over the former imp, an odd green glow eminting from his palms. A healing spell...

His senses sharpened as he looked for the Atterian and looked up towards a tower... and saw a familar duel-colored haired man laying there, motionless. Dead.

His uncle...

He had a strong feeling it wasn't anyone on his side who had killed him either. The wolf pulled his lips back growling fiercely and he looked towards Xehanort, seeing him looking from Roxas... to Sora... to Ven, his eyes power-lustful. He knew the look well, his own kind had it as well...

He snarled some, and suddenly charged across the damaged floor. This had to end now. He jumped for the yellow- eyed man, teeth gleaming as he went fr his throat.

[Rikugurl]

Axel couldn't really do much. His mind and body were in total shock. He tried his best not to choke on his own blood as he felt hands on his wound. SHIT. It was so painful. He winced but calmed down as the blood flow in his mouth was calming and the pain was starting to numb. His green eyes slowly moved to looked at Roxas and smiled softly.
"T...thanks lover boy~"

Riku growled as he saw the ball of energy. He was ready for it but stopped as he suddenly saw the Master go.... flying? His watched then quickly looked back, seeing Ven. His eyes were a fierce yellow and his fire wings glowed with power. He was covered in blood and looked... pretty fierce.
Note: Don't mess with an angry Shee.

Xehanort straightened and before he could think, something large and black was coming at him. He pulled his arm over his throat and felt teeth since in his arm. "BASTARD!" He growled and threw the Atterian away violently. Terra happened to take a good chunk of his arm with him.

Ven dashed out, quickly catching Terra with ease. His wings fluttered as they stopped and he let the large creature down before glaring at Xehanort. "SORA! ROXAS!" He called, hoping that his brother's knew what they should do. With their powers combined... they might just be able... to stop this.

[Reno]

Terra tasted blood almost instantly - but it wasn;t as satisfing since he knew it wasn;t the other's windpipe. He snarled at the man as he insulted him, clamping his jaw down tight, but even he couldn't hold on as the elder man yanked his arm around. His fangs slipped biting off a good amount of flesh as his body went sailing.

He didn't even have time to think about how much it would hurt once he hit the ground because Ven was there. Arms caught him surprisingly easily - when did Ven get so strong - and the Shee let him down gently. The wolf spit out the flesh, disgusted by the taste of it, and shook his head. He walking around Ven, standing by his side as he called for his brothers.


Roxas smirked a bit. "Lover boy?" He repeated with a half-hearted chuckle. "Jeez half-dead and your still trying to charm me?" He leant over, pressing their lips together momentarily, tasting blood.

He chuckled, moving away some but looked up when he heard the call of his name. His eyes glowed some and he looked back at Axel, making sure he was comfortable. the red-head looked drowsy so he guessed that meant the pain was fading. "I'll be back." He murmured softly, brushing their lips against before hesitantly pulling away his hands, satisfied to see the blood flow had stopped.

He stood, spreading his wings wide and with a might flap took off over towards his twin.


Sora hovered there momentarily, glancing towards Riku who thankfully was still okay. A call from his brother made him look over and he understood just as Roxas did. They were triplets after all - if they didn't understand each other worldessly then what would be the point? He glanced at Riku before he beat his blue wings and flew closer.


Roxas fluttered his wings and touched down at the area to Xehanort's front. Ventus was over by the man's right with Terra. Sora soon joined them as well, landing to the left of the yellow-eyed villian. They had surronded him.

The blonde prince scoffed, looking at the man evenly as the Shee wings on his back began to pulse with energy, black and white swirls resonating from them. The X-charm around his neck was also glowing. The sign of balance.

Sora felt his crown charm also reacting, the heat a comforting feeling on his chest. The sign of peace. His wings twitched a little as they glew as well, a comforting blue color.


Besides Ven, Terra backed up several steps, slipping down onto his belly as the power began to consume the area. His ears flattened on his head, just trying to bear with it. For him it probably wasn't as bad as it was for the others, considering he was closer in power to them then per say Riku or Axel.

Demyx grunted a bit, feeling as if a weight had been set on his shoulders. He had no idea it was due to the shee's combined energies. He slipped too his knees, looking through the bars of the balcony, breathing a little unsteadily.

Donald squacked nervously as the pressure came down onto them as well, and he placed his staff on the ground, holding onto it like it was a walking stick. It was probably the only thing from keeping him from falling over.

Aqua winced a bit feeling as if she had just dived deep underwater without any chance to prepare for it. She, like donald, placed her spear into the ground to help keep her balance. She took deep breathes, staring with awe at the three Shee.

Mickey braced himself, gritting his teeth and hunching over a bit as the pressure got to him as well. The disadvanatges of being small. "Hurry!!! Do it now!" He called to the Shee.

[Rikugurl]

Ven glanced down at Terra but then back at Xehanort. The Atterian had done an excellent job at distracting the Master.

The elder growled as he looked down at his arm. Half of his forearm was gone! "You bastard Atterian!" He knew he couldn't fight like this!

Axel's eyes dipped as he felt the soft kiss. Yet again, there was no water between them this time. He looked up at the Shee as he heard Ven's call. "Rox---" He felt the lips on him once again and replied. Before he could continue, the boy was gone from his side.

He sighed and shook his head, his body still weak to move much but he groaned as he felt the pressure. His blood on the floor was actually... moving from the power. What... was going on?

Riku's eyes widened as he watched Sora fly off. "Sora! Wait!" But it was too late, he was already across the room with the other two. He looked at Mickey but got a reassuring nod.
That was when pressure fell over him. "Ah..." He grit his teeth as his hair started to flow around. He slowly leaned over, and onto his knees. His eyes narrowed as he watched the power push off the three.

Goofy flailed as he fell on his bum as was pushed into a wall. "GWARSH!"

Saix growled and ducked as well next to Demyx. Unlike the blonde, he didn't watch. The power of the Shee... was too much for a Shadow being like him. He held his head and shut his eyes tight.


Ventus's eyes glowed a bright yellow as he stared the Master down. He felt the warm glowing of his own charm. The broken cross of passion. His fire colored wings beat proudly as his brother's warmth came close. For a moment... he could almost... hear his real mother's voice... Little did he know, it was actually Mickey's.

Xehanort stopped fussing over his arm as he felt the pressure. He slowly looked up, and instead of power hungry eyes, they became a bit scared. "Wha.... What is this!?"

The blonde raised his hand and suddenly a spear made of light formed. It had been the same weapon that the Shee had used when the invasion happened. "This is for our race." He grasped onto it as if it was solid, and with a powerful and passion throw, the spear when soaring towards the elder.

[Reno]

Terra grinned maliciously as he heard the master continue to curse him. It was what he desereved! He was going to eel the venagance of the Shee and atterian race - it was all his fault they ever found a compromise...

He shut his eyes as the pressure continued to increase, flexing his claws against he ground steadily. He looked up as heard Ven make the first move.

Donald glanced back. "Goofy!" The little duck,dstracted momentarily los his conversation - and that was all that was needed. He went squacking and quacking into the wal beside Goofy.

Aqua coughed a bit, her spear suddenly snapping and she made a cry of surprise as she went spirling into the ground. She grunted, lifting her head slowly. She wondered if this would be what it felt like if Regole was laying down on top of her...

Mickey breathed unsteadily, seeing that Ven was making a move and he mled a little. Runa and Jet would of been proud to see how far their children had grown... both internally and externally. Even though they had been highly objected to their little adventure afround the worlds... they probabl still didnt realize how much they had grown simply from the experience. hey were so much... older and wiser now.

Demyx heard a soft noise of complaint beside him, and glanced over at the lue-hairdwolf, only to be lighty confused. Saix seemed to be curling up into himself as if... as if the power was hurting him. Wait...maybe it WAS. "Saix..." Demyx called, reaching out enveloping the other in a hug. It was te least he could do after all the wolf had done for him. Their combined weight and the pressure ent them to the ground, laying close together like when they used to sleep together in the ove of Atlantica.


Roxas spread his wings as far as they would go, crossing his hands in front of him. "This... is for our friends!" He said, powerful raw magic swirling at his finger tips, redelectricity seeming to spark within as it formed into a ball. He rasied it high and threw it like a baseball.

Sora held out both his hands, an invisible wind seeming to blow his clothes and hair about as something strange appeared in his hand - at first it seemed like a weapon, possibly a blade, but upon closer inspection it seemed to resemble... a key. Later, when he was asked why he chose a key of all things, he would respone 'Well keys open things right? And I'm the Shee of peace right? So therefore my job would be sort of like... opening the minds of people to new things and opening the worlds to other worlds.'

"And this is for the universe!" A light formed at the tip of the key before shooting outwards, joining his brothers' attack. All three met together at once - crashing into Xehanort without pause. And then the explosion of the combined attacks ricochated outwards, making the whole world shake.

[Rikugurl]

"Tch...." Riku's hair was whipping violently around him as the majick poured out. Slowly he started to slide back towards the wall that Donald and Goofy had been pushed into. His eyes were on Sora, seeing only his wings from the light that generated from the three Shee. So... beautiful.

Goofy blinked as he saw the bird come flying at him, feathers and all. "DONALD!" He cried and quickly put his shield to the left, catching the bird so the wall wouldn't hurt the little thing on impact.

Saix whimpered as the power became even more demanding. He looked up at the blonde as he felt arms around them and soon they were on the floor, holding each other. The blue haired man buried his face into the man's chest as darkness seemed to... peel off him. As it did, a wolf body was revealed again. This time, it wasn't a shadowy black... just a normal black. His fur pressed against the other's body as he continued to hide.


Ven's hair blew back as their attacks combined. All they could see was white... and then the explosion pushed through all of them. His fire wings beat to keep him standing, his feet pushed into the floor. The broken cross of passion waved in the blast as his yellow eyes still watched the spot where Xehanort was.

When the explosion calmed, dust and crumbling off the wall filled the air. The pressure of the Shee's majick was gone.
Riku closed his eyes for a moment before looking out, seeing that there was actually a body left. He slowly stood, stumbling a bit. He didn't move though as the Trinity peered down at the Master.

Goofy rubbed his eyes and quickly stood. He rushed to the Kings side and looked him up and down, making sure he was ok.

Xehanort leaned against the wall. His body looked as if everything was drained from it. All the worlds he had drained... all the people he had drained... all the hopes and dreams... gone.
His golden eyes had no spark in them and only wheezing came from his lips.

Ven blinked slowly and turned slightly, looking at Terra. He nodded softly and smiled.

[Reno]

The minute the pressure was gone, it was like everyone could take a nice deep breath of air again, as if they had been underwater for far too long.

Demyx ran his hands through the wolves fur, taking gulping gasps of air. "Saix-puppy... are you alright?" He continued to run soothing hands through the wolf's fur even as he didn't immedittely get a response. He didn't understand why the Shee's power had hurt him so badly.

Donald made a soft sigh as tghe pressure was relieved, laying in his friends arms. It was a good thing the other had caught him - otherwise that would have hurt... a lot. He blinked though as the other let him go and quickly left his side - the King! The duck jumped too his feet, rushing after and ran up beside the dog.

Mickey rubbed his head, watching with silent amazement at the three Shee. He shook his head, before an odd... lumbering met his ears. He glanced over and chuckled, seeing a large dog and a small duck racing over to him, giving him a once over. "I'm fine. Don;t worry fellas."

Aqua sat up as the pressure left. She looked silently at the dying form of Xehanort, but without much of a care she brushed him off, standing. The two halves of her spear tinkled against the ground, but that was irrelavant as well. She slowly walked away and back towards the tower...


The minute the pressure was off, Terra got to his feet, shaking his whole body to erase the stiff feeling his limbs had gathered. He looked up when Ven glanced back at him, the look in his eyes and the silent order easy to understand. He nodded, walking over, brushing his body comfortingly against the other's leg before trotting over to the fallen man.

He stared into the dull yellow eyes quietly for a moment, seeing no life at all within... yet somehow this sturbborn, egotistical man was still breathing. He leaned forward, mouth gaping wide, fangs gleaming as they closed around the man's neck. He clamped down skillfully, just like he would when killing a rabbit or deer, and with a resounding snap, he broke the other's neck.


Sora stumbled against the explosion, tripping over his too large feet and landing on his bum. "Ouch," He complained, reaching back to rub it. He glanced over at what was left of Xehanort, then towards Terra who was slowly approaching and shuddering. He didn;t want to see this... He turned away, shutting his eyes - but nothing blocked out that sickening crunch.

Roxas was also thrown back some by the blast, fluttering his wings frantically to keep on his feet. He, like Sora, was a bit shy at watching what was about to happen next. He looked away, grimancing in disgust, and flapped his wings again to fly over towards where Axel lay. Even though the air streams were right in his ears though - he still heard it as Terra broke the man's neck. He couldn;t help but turn a little pale.

[Rikugurl]

When the blast was over, the wolf whimpered again in the man's arms. Slowly he pulled away and sniffed the air. The pure darkness in this world was gone. He looked back at Demyx and his golden eyes brightened a bit. He was safe and ok... and the fingers through his fur made him relax. He nuzzled his wet nose against Demyx's and licked his face.

His own curse was gone.
He was once a man... however, he chose his wolf form over his human. Because... he was 'Puppy' after all. He also supposed that he and Demyx would get along much better in this form.
He wanted to be Demyx's loyal best friend.


Goofy smiled and suddenly hugged the mouse. "GWARSH! I'm so happy you're ok!" He smiled happily and nuzzled the king.


Riku slowly walked over to Sora, his face twisting as he heard the Atterian's bite. He had heard it before when Terra was hunting... but this time... it was a human.
No.
Master Xehanort was no human. No human could be that cruel. He was a monster.

Before he reached the Shee, he stopped and looked over, seeing the woman who went by Aqua going to the tall pillar. He frowned and looked up, seeing the long hair flowing off the edge. He reached up, and dark majick whirled around his hand. Slowly the pillar came down until it no longer was one and was level to the ground. He grimaced as he saw the mangled body that the pillar had held and looked away.

He slowly knelt down, his jacket swirling around the boy, minding his wings. His fingers ran down the wings softly, feeling how fragile they were. His fingers then found their way to the boy's brunette hair and ran through that too. "Sora..." He leaned over and tropical eyes met beautiful, deep sky blue.



Axel opened his eyes slowly but his face twisted too as he heard the sound. "Ew..." But another sound made him look up and saw... Roxas floating above him. "Mmmm... an angel?" He smiled as he reached up. "My angel." An impish grin ran over his face as his green eyes shown.


Ven didn't look away. He watched as his guardian snapped the man's neck. He needed to see it. To know that Master Xehanort was no more. He got his proof when the lifeless body fell to the floor. His blue eyes looked down as his wings flapped one more time before lowering.

He slowly fell to his knees and looked at his hands. He didn't know if his real parents would be proud. They both wanted peace... but... that was a dream that was far out of reach.

There was a dream... that wasn't. The dream of their children surviving and being raised by people who loved them.

And... the dream of one day... Atterians and Shee would be at peace.
He looked up, his blue eyes seeing the beast before him, and slowly he reach out, a smile on his face.

[Reno]

Demyx laughed at the licks, grinning. "Hey puppy!" He nuzzled the wolf back affectionately. "It's all over now isn;t that great?" He could hear the soft voices from over the balcony, sounding much calmer then before. They were too far away to hear the resounding noise...


"Goofy!" The duck chastised as the sog picked up their leader and smothering him in a hug.

Mickey only laughed good-natured, knowing hpw Goofy tended to overract about things. He couldn;t of asked for a better or more loyal knight though.


Sora was shaking a little when he heard the flutter of a coat and warm hands ran down his wings - it was a strange feeling... almost nonexistent abut just enough to feel ticklish and strangely... calming. He looked up some, feeling warm hands as they ran through his hair and met the squarmarine eyes that reminded him so much of a world he had never seen - something beautful and exotic, just like the man before him.

"Riku..." The Shee breathed, reaching up to wrap his arms around the other's neck, and brought him close so that their foreheads touched and all they could see were each other's eyes. "It's over." He murmured, their lips brushing with each word.


Roxas chuckled half-heartedly, hovering down until his feet touched the ground and he laid out beside the red-head, wings spreading out over the ground. "I thought your impish qualities were gone." He said, reaching out to run his fingers through the other's spiky hair.


Terra let the man fall to the ground and he licked his chops carefully to rid himself off the blood. He turned away, walking back over to his Shee. The minute they were in front of oen another, Ven met his eyes, smiling reassuringly.

Terra reached over, nuzzling the other carefully, minding his horns. However an odd noise made his ears perk and glanced around - one he was now deeply familar with thanks to Ven.

He found her easily, and his ears flattened, seeing the figure of his uncle even better now thanks to Riku...

But what made the scene heart-breaking was the woman sitting beside him her knees curled up to her chest like a little kid were do as she cried into her knees.

Out of everyone who had something to lose - it had to be the one who had only accidently stumbled into this mess. She hadn't been prepared for death... and now there was no way they could replace... a friend.

[Rikugurl]

The wolf barked happily and quickly got to his feet. His golden eyes seemed to smile as he panted and wagged his tail. He stopped though as he heard something in the distance. Not everything ended with a happy end. His head lowered and he slowly trotted back down the stairs and into the room where everyone was.

He looked over, seeing two familiar bodies on the floor. His master... Master Xehanort... and a friend.... Xigbar.


Goofy placed Mickey down carefully and bit his finger. "Gwarsh, I was just happy that the King was alright." He nodded but stopped as he looked over, seeing the sad sight. Slowly he pulled his green hat off and placed it over his chest.


Riku smiled and nodded, closing his eyes as he felt the other's lips on his. Sora's hair tickled his cheeks... and he was sure his was doing the same to the other. He was glad... that Mickey had taken him off that island... so he could meet this boy. The one that showed him the light in people.

He pressed their lips together softly before pulling away. However, muffled cries caught his attention, and slowly he looked over to see a sad sight. "Xigbar..."


Axel grinned as he looked up at Roxas. "I was born an imp~~ you can take a human out of an imp, but never an imp out of a human." He slowly leaned up and nuzzled the Shee. "Besides... I think you liked some of my impish ways." He teased. He was about to kiss the other when he stopped, looking back to only frown at he scene.

Guilt ran over him again. He didn't think it was fair... that everyone got a happy ending... but her.


Ven smiled as the Atterian nuzzled him, but frowned as he left his side. He looked out, seeing why Terra was reacting. Slowly the Shee stood, his wings still low as he started to walk towards the two.
He slowly knelt down and looked down at the badly burned body. He reached out and closed his eyes, remembering what he had heard Donald say in the chaos.

A green glow wrapped around the fallen Atterian, and slowly his burns and cuts healed. This was.... his fault too. He didn't....
He breathed out as Xigbar's body was back to the way it was, his old scars less dominate than his new. At least... he was recognizable...

He blinked when something glowing caught his eye. Slowly he reached out and into a pant pocket where the glowing was. He blinked as he pulled out a stone. What... was it?

[Reno]

Demyx looked up as well as he heard the cries. He frowned sadly, glancing over the edge, then heard claws clicking behind him. He turned and hurried after.

When they reached the bottom once more, he took in the sight silently, a little sickened by all the blood. This was one of the main reasons he hated fighting so much - it was way too messy!

He glanced at Xigbar, a man he had only seen through a relfection before, and his eyes grew sad. It was also... really dangerous...


Donald glanced over as well as he heard the cries, and like Goofy, he took off his little blue hat, bowing his head. The Atterian had saved that woman's life, they had seen it. But at the cost of his own...

Mickey blinked as he was let down, but his sharp ears quickly caught why. He looked over quietly seeing the fallen form of the gunman, and then Aqua's huddled body and felt incredibly terrible. He had dragged them into this... and even though he had had their consent... he hadn't planned on actually losing one of them.


Sora's eyes slid shut as Riku's lips pressed against his, but the minute the other moved away, they caught the noise of soft sobs. He glanced over suddenly and his eyes grew sad instantly. Poor Aqua... why was it her that.. had to lose someone? It wasn'y fair... and he couldn;t help but feel like it was all his fault. If he hadn;t of been a Shee... then Xehanort enevr would have been after them... then Ven and Terra never would of gone to Dragoon and then... none of the death would of happened.


Roxas was close to shutting his eyes and greeting the kiss - when a sudden noise cut them short. Both of them looked over too see the horrible sight. Roxas frowned seeing his brother walking over along with Terra and suddenly sat up, his wings twitching. He like Sora felt... pretty guilty about it all.


Terra's ears flatttened further as he followed after Ven, keeping his head down as they reached his uncle. He watched as Ven started to heal what was left of the man, restoring him to his former self at least...

Interesting pwoer Shee's had - able to heal the dead even though their were no cells left to mutate the skin...

He sat down next to Aqua, a little akwardly at first but he felt the pain of the loss too. He'd lost his father and uncle both in one day... heh and he never even got to know the second.

Unfortunetly he was still an Atterian - he held no strong emotional ties like other races did. A flaw he supposed... yet he still found himself oddly missing the crazy gunman who had wanted to kill him at first fight. He wondered... if Xigbar had even known him then...

He looked at Aqua, who had yet to raise her head, even though He and Ventus had come over, and he leaned close, nundging her ear with his nose.

Aqua, who had been lost in her grief, gasped a bit as something cold and wet meshed in her hair and tickled her ear. She looked up suddenly, seeing a strange sight. Ventus was healing him... restoring his skin somehow - and Terra... was looking at her. She should have been mad at them - pissed to no end... this was all their fault If they hadn;t of come to her world -

Yet she didn't have the heart to be mad. She just hurt - she lost a friend today and she was scared to go back home alone. To be in that empty home, no longer hearing Xigbar bitching and whining and sneaking into her room like the perverted old man he was... no more 'as if's... no more fighting over the shower...

She threw her arms around Terra suddenly, unexpectedly, and buried her face into the wolf's fur, sobbing into his neck. Terra blinked awkwardly not used to getting this treatement by anyone else but Ven. What was up - did he have a sign hanging from his tail that said 'sob on me because I understand human emotions SO well'. Insert a bucketful of sarcasm there. He sighed, licking her forehead affectionately, trying to cheer her up.


Sora suddenly left Riku;s side hurrying over as well. Even though the fight was over and they could all go home... - they couldn;t just leave her like this. Mickey wasn;t cruel enough to say, 'okay thanks for your help now go back home' and just dump her to wallow in her self-misery right? There had to be SOMETHING they could do...

He fluttered his wings a bit as he came by Aqua's other side and he sat down, his wings giving off a faint warm glow that, for some strange reason, seemed to calm the sobbing bluette and ease some of Terra's uncomfortableness. The brunette reached out, placing a hand on her shoulder but said nothing, just letting her rest against the Atterian.


Roxas was sitting up, his wings fluttering indecisively. He wanted to join his brothers... but he didn;t want to leave Axel to lay on the ground all by himself.

Mickey's ears flattened some, and started to walk forward as well, knowing he had one hell of an apology to give. But there was nothing that he could say to make this better - or even right. He had dragged so many people into this, and though he KNEW all the dangers that were there... he was a fool to think everything was gonna be alright.

Terra caught sight of Ven pulling something glowing from Xigbar's pocket. Eh? His ears twitched. "Ven?" He asked softly, his deep voice rumbling pleasantly against the calming girl's body.

[Rikugurl]

Riku watched Sora walk over and sighed. Everyone had guilt run through them. Even if they knew the dangers... they never thought anything would happen to them.
He was even close to death once...

He slowly stood and was about to join then when he stopped, hearing some clicking on the floor. He looked back, seeing a black wolf and a blonde. They were the other guardians. They must of been the help from above.
He slowly moved towards them and stopped when he got close enough.
"Are you two alright?"

The black wolf looked up, the faint 'X' on his face apparent. He nodded in understanding... but he had lost his ability to talk.


Axel frowned as he saw Roxas stay by his side. He reached over and patted the boy's shoulder. "It's ok... I think she needs you more that I do right now."
Axel's impish thoughts were quite.... gone.


Goofy followed the King as a loyal knight would do. He knew everyone felt pretty guilty about all this. He also knew that Terra had lost his father and his uncle... but he ALSO knew the faint ties between the Atterians...


Ven looked at the stone and slowly pulled it up, closing one eye and looking closely with the other. The shinning was bright but he could see something inside the stone.
"A dragon?"

"What is he looking at?"
"Tch, the hell if I know."
"He's looking at a Dragon stone you morons." The blue haired female rolled her eyes and hit them both over the head.
"Ouch! Well what the HELL are those?"
"THOSE are special, rare stones that can be found all over Dragoon. If someone finds them... and sees a dragon in them... they become the guardian of the dragon they see. The ugly, old man just likes to look at it now and then."
The blonde hair boy blinked then nodded, looking back over at the man sitting on a rock next to the ocean, looking down at a stone in his hand.

He smiled softly and looked at the woman who was wrapped around the Atterian. "Aqua... I think this is for you."
He slowly held out the stone for her to take.
He was a Shee of passion... and that was something that Xigbar had a lot being a Atterian and all.

He knew... that Xigbar didn't want Aqua to know he was an Atterian though. Obviously he had made up that story... and she hated Atterians for the most part.
"Maybe... he wasn't just Regole's guardian. Maybe... he was yours too. He did... just fall out of the sky right? And... he wasn't a native to Dragoon." He looked down and smiled. "Maybe... it was his fate to meet you. You were a little girl when he arrived right? The townspeople brought him in and brought him to health... and... you two started to live together. It was real obvious that he liked you." He giggled slightly.

He leaned back and looked at Sora and the others. "He was old... a lot older than you. He had to make a decision. It was either you... or him...." He looked down at the man and sighed. "I know that... it's hard... but... he wanted you to live... to live out the life you have so much left of. And this stone... someone else might be able to see the Dragoon back in Regole. And when you find this person... you can be their guardian too... just like Xigbar. I'm sure that's what he wanted. And... we'll come with you until you find the new guardian. I know it won't be the same... but... all guardians have to risk their life to protect something they love. Xigbar did his job to the very end. Your guardianship just begun."

[Reno]

Demyx, who had been paying close attention to the dragoonian and her atterian friend, hadn;t realized Riku had approached until the silverette was in front of them and talking. The blonde jumped a little looking over and smiled a tad nervously. "Y-Yeah we;re fine!" He reassured.

He scratched the back of his head, a little embaressed. He wasn't a shy person - but he GOT shy sometimes when he felt... oblivious. And yes, he was smart enough to realize when he wasn't always completely in touch with the world. Axel had figured that little qurik in his personality out really quickly - and back when they hadnt particularily liked each other, Axel would expose his 'obliviousness' as often as possible just to see the blonde sitarist squirm.

And well he hadn;t to say it but he got distracted way too often for his own good... Roxas had told him once he was a lot like Sora in that respect... something about ADD - whatever that meant.


Roxas blinked as he heard Axel's words and smiled softly. Wow... that was one of the most unselfish things Axel had ever said - he really wasn;t an imp anymore.

"I would but..." the blonde chuckled bitterly. "I usually make things WORSE before I make them better..." Cheering people up was solely Sora's forte - and ever so rarely Ven's. It was not his... and this is why he didn;t udnerstand why he was chosen as king. He would of been a sucky king...

After all - during the short time Axel and Demyx hated each other - he spurred on the imps jealousy and ignored the little imp before he apologize - anytime he tried to cheer up one of his brother's he said stuff in the crudest of ways that only made them feel worse before he found the right words to make them feel better. And the day they left home... He had only gotten more and more stubborn before he finally agreed that leaving would be the best option - heh... he was such a brat


Donald - not really having much of the choice in the matter, followed after his two friends. He really didn't know what could be done here - well except that of a funeral.


Aqua looked up at Ven's beckoning, her eyes red and swollen from crying. She blinked confused, as he held out the dragoon stone towards her and she noted that it was... glowing oddly. She was quiet as she reached out, taking the stone from him. The glow faded the minute it touched her palm. She knew though the minute she gave it back to Ven... it would start glowing again.

She wondered idly if it was just because of the Shee's insane power levels that made it react - or... if it meant what she thought it did. 'There's a dragon in there?' She heard Sora murmur, sounding confused. She glanced at the brunette Shee, idly handing it to him to inspect while Ven spoke, the move casual. The minute it was in Sora's hand... it did nothing. Un-fucking-believable.

Terra's warmth, Sora's wings and, most importantly, Ven's encouraging words all worked wonders for the woman - her cheeks even started flushing a little embaressedly when Ven mentioned how much Xigbar had 'liked' her. It had been sort of obvious to HER too. Then again she was the one getting mentally molested every few minutes... and physically haressed that fucking one-eyed pervert!

But the thought that he fell out of the sky... just to be her guardian... was a nice thought. She had been really young when chosen to be Dragoon - and just recently before THAT time... she had lost what was left of her family to a plague outbreak. She had been all alone - until Xigbar stepped into her life, and in some weird way he did... start taking care of her.

Her eyes got meoncholy again as Ven continued however, frowning a bit. Of course it was hard to deal with. Why did it have to be EITHER of them...?

Terra's ears twitched at those lines as well but he made no comment, keeping his thoughts to himself.

When Ven mentioned the stone again, Aqua took it back from Sora, who was STILL tinspecting it to find said 'dragon within' and rolled it between her palms. "That's very kind of you... but Regole already decided who else she wanted to watch her." She threw the stone back at Ven, watching him flop around a bit to catch it. The minute he had a good hold on it, it started to glow once more. She chuckled bitterly. "I guess she really likes outsiders with bad hairdos."

Terra's ears twitched, trying to take in that piece of information. "Wait... what?" she couldn't be saying what he thought she meant. And Ven's hairdo was not bad!! Now Sora's was a nightmare and Roxas' looked like something that came out of a toilet - But Ven had style... ok the pony tail was kinda lame.

Sora blinked, not objecting to Ven's volunteetism of going to Dragoon to help find a new guardian - he had wanted to help cheer her up to begin with - however he didn't quite understand what she meant by 'Regole already found someone'.

"I see."

Everyone jumped a little and turned around, seeing Mickey standing near a contemplative look on his face. Well this was an unexpected turn of events... The mouse frowned contemplatively. "Before we make things more complicated then they need to be... Aqua, what would you like to do about Xigbar?"

The blue-haired woman blinked then her eyes strayed to her friend and she took a deep breath. "... In Dragoon we have a big ritual for guardians who had passed after we bury them..." She looked down, murmuring softly, "I guess I have to go and get that prepared..."