Defying Gravity (Shiro/PM to Join)

A strange phone call in the morning was something Shiro did not expect. Oh well... The person on the phone told him it was very important. Normally, we wouldn't follow a stranger's orders, but he knew if it was a evil person or anything like that, he could defend himself.

As he was walking to the café, leaving V's side worried him. V could've been attacked by the heartless or something, and he wasn't there to help her. But then again, Shira could probably handle it. Though, he was still a little worried.

When he finally got to the café, he saw a figure sitting on with his arms folded. He looked like he was waiting for someone. Maybe he was the one who called him? Who knew? Well, he was about to find out. Though, he was thirsty, so he decided to enter the cafe and buy some tea. When he walked out the café doors with his tea, he walked over to the man he saw. He stood infront of him, and then he took a sip out of his tea. "You called?" he asked while setting his tea down on a small table outside the café.

(Darkness? Now I'm confused... Could you explain to me about the darkness in Shiro?)

What had he forgotten...? The comment puzzled him. Though, he did not think about it much, since the man talked again...

A group? It did seem interesting, since this group would be used for, as the guy said it, "a chance to make a difference in these times." So it was group of fighters who battled darkness. Though, he would pass on the offer. He had nothing in his life. No happiness. No anger. Nothing. Until a girl came into his life and changed that. He belonged with her. Not a fighting group.

His destiny? He never really thought about it before. Hmm...

"I don't have a destiny. I also do not plan on joining your group," he told the man with his calm tone. "Its not that I want to. Its just that I belong somewhere else."

He could have left right then, but something in his mind told him to stay. Oh well, he would leave soon, unless this guy had something else to say.

"Or maybe I decided not to tell some stranger my destiny," Shiro instantly replied after Mikhail finished speaking the first thing. Sure, he knew Mikhail's name, but they were still strangers to each other. He had only seen him at Halloween Town and that heartless infested hotel.

If he meant this world when he said "place", that was false. He didn't love this world, but he did love someone on it. And he wasn't planning on leaving her.

After listening to Mikhail speak, Shiro nodded. He did have a point, but he still wasn't convinced on joining his little group. "I agree, but I wonder... What is the enemy? Is it just the heartless?" he asked with his usual calm tone. When Shiro finished speaking, his words sparked an interesting question in his mind. "Who are the figures in the black coats?" he asked, adding on to the questions.

The gravity controller observed as Mikhail created flames in his hands. He wasn't impressed or anything, but he was interested in what he was going to do. When he showed the heartless, he simply nodded, since he knew what it was. But then, he showed the mysterious creature known as a "nobody". He had gained knowledge as he spoke. He never knew what would happen if his heart was to be consumed by the heartless. Though, that would only happen with the beings with strong hearts. A puzzling question appeared in his mind, "What would happen to me if that happened? Would I become a being of nothingness? More importantly, do I have a strong heart?"

Though, he said nothing, since Mikhail couldn't answer the question. Shiro knew that himself was the only one who could answer his question. Though, he decided not to think about it. If he did, he would only confuse himself, plus ignore Mikhail's words.

Then, his other question was answered. So they did look human, the first thought appeared in his mind when he saw the one with the messy red hair. Interesting...

So they were an Organization... So there were more of them? He sighed with relief when the man told him that they weren't a threat at the moment. But then he introduced him to the Dark XII. So they were a threat, not the Organization XIII. Damn.

"How powerful are they?" he asked with his calm tone. Though, he wanted to make it more specific. "Do you think I could defeat one?" He finished his question. That answer that Mikhail had was one Shiro really wanted. The gravity controller wanted to know if he could protect someone from them.

"Another question, probably not important, but why is there thirteen members in the Organization XIII, but only twelve in the Dark XII?" he spoke to add onto the series of questions.

(I probably should have made it a little more clear, but Shiro never asked the first question, he simply thought it. Thats why it says he said nothing.)

Makoto watched and listened in a corner what the two men had to stay. Standing rather attentive as she served some orders to their clients, not that it mattered, everyone's attention seemed distraught by the vaguely fascinating but also, terrifying possibility that a greater evil force than the slain Organization XIII was at work. After all, to the common folk, all was set and right except for the occasional heartless and nobody attack. Or rather, that's what Makoto thought the public opinion was.

Breaking out of the trance from which she had been incited, she pushed her palms outward and sent the trolley filled with empty plates,straight towards the kitchen. The chef would deal with the rest, just as he always had. Catching the Manager step out and glare at her from Café's entrance, she knew what she asked to do. After all, she was the only one that knew how to fight.

Moving her hands behind her back, she lied to the world and smiled innocently. Straightening out her dress and preparing her hair as quickly as she could before she had to make her gambit.

Walking towards them, she stepped besides their table and spoke with calming towards.

"Excuse me, could you two leave? If you didn't notice, you're getting everyone's attention and making our customers leave with all this 'Dark Thirteen','threat to the worlds' and 'human shaped heartless and nobodies' talk. If you want to do something involving your cult do it elsewhere."

Standing prepared for their coming actions, Makoto had proposed to herself that these men would require a bit of a "push" if she wanted them to leave. Closing her eyes for a brief moment, she concentrated herself fully on unraveling the mysteries of her crystal and the true nature of magic. Drawing herself closer to the answers, her mind grasped what it could and caused the Crystal embedded in her chest to glow brightly. Forced out from the world beyond her understanding, she opened her eyes and whispered...

"Crystal. Gravity."

Expelling her powers in a diameter around herself, she unleashed her Gravity powers on the two strangers and everything on the table. Manipulating gravity to an extent beyond normal means, she increased gravity's pull thirty-time folds. Keeping her composure, she eye'd the two and waited... even if she could only hold her spell for so long, if it brought down the two-men to their knees and forced them to leave, it was enough for her boss. Seeing as Makoto herself held no ill feelings, but rather, wished to inquire more. But perhaps,this is why she said this after she released her spell.

"The spell you're looking for is Holy, and the only known ways to cast it are to equip Fire Magicite and Life Magicite or to be a Crystal Bearer whom was born with the ability to cast such a spell. In my case however, I suspect I would only need to be attacked or exposed to the Light element for a long enough time for my Crystal to copy it's power. Even if my Expertise is with Gravity, I doubt it's unreasonable if I could use other magicks and master them in due time."

((Sorry for the delay... and expect a pissy Mikhail))

"Don't you think if the Organization XIII is disorganized, we would've tooken them out by now. You know, like take them out one by one. So my next question is... How long have they been here?"

Well, even though they were disorganized, the Organization members weren't idiots. They were aware of their current condition and were thus hiding from any potential threat. The realization of this fact now picked up Mikhail's interest; where exactly was the Organization XIII hiding? If he managed to get that single lining, the Guardians could remove them before they turned into a threat once more...

Suddenly, before the man could find a suitable answer, another one spoke. At first he thought it had been Shiro, throwing more questions around the air. However, he soon realized the voice was high pitched... a female's...

Rutherford looked up, his eyes meeting those of a deep blue sea as she stood before them, quite... calm. The girl was dressed like the rest of the cafe's waitresses and the fact that she worked there was quite easy to guess. For a moment, the pyromancer could sense the image of Saga Matsuda, the bunny-loving waitress/scientist, coming back to him.

The child's request was quite... strange at the least, mainly by the way she had stated it. Mikhail looked around, noticing that the people sitting near them had left. The shapeshifting flames had probably been what grasped their attention; oh well, the frightened humes had been less than ten and were possibly too terrified to speak about what Shiro and he had been stating. Plus, the rest of the people were too far away to know what they were talking about and the pyromancer hadn't been -exactly- shouting, had he?

However, when he noticed that Shiro had left his seat Rutherford decided to yield and do the same. There was no need for him to repeat what the other one had said. However, before he could grab his drink and leave, Mikhail noticed the faint glow emerging from the waitress's chest. When her aura changed its intensity, he knew it was time to get away...

..as soon as possible.

Reacting with haste, the man jumped away from the ground, focusing on the ground below him as he created a disk of hardened lava. Mikhail landed safely on the floating vehicle just as the girl unleashed the spell on them.

"Crystal. Gravity."

Making good use of his skills, Mikhail attempted to float away from the girl. Her spell's effect was almost immediate, however, and he started to feel the gravity pulling him down becoming stronger. Fortunately he was able to escape the spell's range, much to the amusement of the other civilians. Really... this had just ruined his day.

The man turned to look at Shiro, who had been saved by his own mastery of gravity. He launched a glare at the hostile waitress, angered by her rash action. Really... to strike without giving them a chance to fulfill her request... quite foolish.

"A single spell will not stop the Heartless, you should know that. True mastery of the light will be needed to actually stop their stroll throughout the universe. But of course, your abilities were unable to submit mere humes like us so I wouldn't be surprised if you ended up slain by one of them, hm?"

Rutherford looked back at Shiro, who seemed to be confused by the girl's magic. His question was quite unclear but the pyromancer decided to attempt answering it.

"While gravity isn't an element by itself, it is a living branch of the darkness, much like magnet. One can choose to either bond with the element and master it or just create weaker links with it via spells. Each method has its benefits, though."

"However I believe it would be best if we went back to my friend's first question, shall we Thumbellina? Why attack us before we had a chance to fulfill your request?"