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My bones.. feel like they're..

The blue-haired teen ( well, as he looked ) had collapsed in the middle of the area. The circling and inching bricks that made a pattern on the ground, supporting Hero's body, was blotched with an unknown substance that would have been mistaken for blood if it was not a deep shade of jet-black.

..melting..

The sky held no stars in this portion of Traverse Town. Just an endless black, the moon only dimly shining through the thick clouds that showered it in darkness. Through the openings of alleyways and buildings started to poke up with small, black creatures, staring maliciously at the collapsed boy.

I can't hold on for much longer.. My body is..

Hero made an attempt to stand,but only suceeded in falling back down to the brick pavement with an uncomfortable thud. He didn't mean to get stuck here. He had gotten lost that day on his job shift, and the wind carried his map of the town someplace else. Even when he was so used to his way home, he got lost. He then ended up here, and that's when he felt it. The sensation of gravity weighing down on him, his mind and vision clouding with dark mist, the constant pressuring sensation stricking at him. His body was naturally weak against high levels of darkness, so the thired district he definetly, always wanted to avoid. But this was Hero at his worst..

..succumbing to.. ..darkness..[/i]

His eyes were flickering red.

(( For those joining, be prepared for a fight. ))

[ariana]

It was so very comfortable being back in the town one was familiar in. Ariana strolled along the streets happily. Visited her parents house, check. Visited her friends house, check. Walk around the first district, check. Walk around the second district, check. Explore the dreaded third district....uncheck. Bleh.

She walked to the door and looked around. No one was around this particular area - who wanted to be? Unless you were really strong or really freaking stupid, not a single person from Traverse Town wanted to take a romantic stroll down Third District, unless you wanted your heart eaten out - in a bad and considerably painful manner.

As soon as she stepped through the threshold a shiver went down her spine. "Active Heartless today. Charming." she muttered. She was on the verge of turning around and running back screaming to the first district, but she heard a scuffling sound from the middle of the district. Whipping out Grace from behind her back, she walked slowly and deliberately to the staircase.

Hero was in the middle of the area - he was twitching and something horrible was obviously happening to him. Grabbing the ledge, she hurled herself up and easily leaped over the stair, landing with a thump on the ground. She ran over to him and bent down - his body build was unmistakeably his. She would know, considering she, er, groped him once. Something that looked like Heartless essence was over him and the bricks under him, it was these kinds of times when she wished she wasn't alone.

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Rage Awakened
Beware the Dark

Hero stiffened. He heard footsteps. At first, he felt relieved, but suddenly, a sensation told him it wasn't good for him to be near anyone at the time. He managed to make a glance up. He could barely distinguish a woman.. one he had seen before.

"Miss Ariana.. ?"

Gathering strength, he tried to support himself with his arms, but it was futile. His body felt like it was burning up from the pressure and heat, Hero did his best to stifle the constant groaning and grunts of pain. He didn't know wether he was dying or not.

"Something.. bad is about to happen.."

He felt his consciousness slipping..

"You have to get away from this pla.. plac.."

Suddenly, Hero's body was no longer his own, nor was his mind for that matter. His face suddenly filled with anguish and suffering - a bloodcurling scream of pain echoed throughout his throat. Hero had only one last look at Ariana's face before he blacked out. A flash of brilliant red light enveloped him, completely obscuring vision of his body, wind and turbulence spinning around the area. It lasted only a moment before everything was clear once more. Where Hero's dissolving figure once lay, there was another, only standing, and robed with a black cloak. A malevolent and blood-thirsty look embraced his features, and a wide, abnormal grin stretched across his face. The most notable change was the lazy, easygoing violet in his eyes were now an alert red.

"Hey there, pretty lady.." said he, in a sadistic voice very much unlike the regular Hero's. HE slowly reached within his cloak and eqiupped Hero's crowbar. However, upon it's retreival, it morphed and twisted itself into what looked like a very dull broadsword. He only wielded it with one hand. Slightly spinning it, he pointed the tip at Ariana.

".. feel like being a victim tonight?"[/font]

(( TIME. TO. GET. DANGEROUS. ))

[ariana]

Her eyes trailed from his rather limp body attempting to hoist himself up to trying to shoo her away. "Bullshit." she said, before he shrieked and a burst of wild energy surrounded him. "Well fuc-" she began, and the energy turned into a massive burst of wind and red bolts, blasting Ariana to the wall.

She quickly got up and regained her posture, and she stared at the now-standing as well person in front of her. "Hey there pretty lady....feel like being a victim tonight?" he hissed. It was more of a statement then a question, and Ariana raised Grace to shoulder level. Hero's crowbar had morphed as well, into a rather unfriendly looking broadsword.

"Madam, I suggest you shove off before I boot your posterior." Ariana said sweetly. She stared at his rather....fierce feature. "Suave, aren't you? I see that you're a person that can only be subdued with force...oh boy." she hissed, the last two words particularly silent. She gently moved Grace to her chest, opened. "Let him display his powers first." she thought, and stared at him in that defensive position.

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"Heh, you sure do know your way with words, don't you? Asking for a fight, you are."[/color] said Hero. He narrowed his eyes for a second, letting the sword droop a bit in his hands. Suddenly, he started to laugh in a maniacal fasion, mirthless and almost shrieking.

"Now I recognize you. That Ariana woman, hm?" he said, a playful, but provocative tone in his voice. "Yes . . you are held in a very dear place in Hero's heart . ."

Seeing her, he set himself into a fighting pose also.

"I wonder what would happen to that place of heart . . if I erased you? Lots of more space for me to fill in, then . ."[/font]

Without warning, suddenly, he lunged at her, the broadsword carelessly at his side. He made a move to strike, but quickly move sideways on the ground using the tip of his toes and struck horizontally at her from behind.

(( Blah post is blah. ))

[ariana]

Ariana's eyes met Hero's and she wondered what happened to that sweet innocent boy. He stared at him and then burst into wild laughter. "Losing your mind so quickly?" she said dryly. "Now I recognize you. That Ariana woman, hm? Yes . . you are held in a very dear place in Hero's heart . ." She stared at him, her fan drooping a little. "Wait what?" she thought, before he hefted up his sword.

"I wonder what would happen to that place of heart . . if I erased you? Lots of more space for me to fill in, then . ." Ariana stared at him again. "You are in love? With He-" she started, before he leapt at her, sword in hand. Betraying all instincts to turn and run, she eyed him as he lifted his sword, and she lifted Grace. The angle of his body however - it was easy to guess. Gently turning, she forcefully slammed Grace downwards into the broadsword attempting to thrust a hole in her back. She was lifted slightly off the ground, and she pulled back before jumping far back, putting distance between them.

She could tell she was going to have to utilise her wind magic a lot here to actually put oomph in her strikes and help her move further and faster. She eyed the vile person that was "Hero". "Who exactly are you?" she said, loud enough for him to hear. She moved Grace to a more defensive position.


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((Hope you don't mind if Xaldin joins, he has been itching to play all night.))

"Girl, stand down, unless you wish to get hurt."

A figure in black dropped down from a rooftop, hooded and holding several lances. He had watched the events unfold, and wascurious about this boy. and this much darkness was a threat to the Lancer's work, so it had to be stopped. By pointing his finger, 2 Dragoons appeared, on either side of him. They grabbed their lances in serpentine hands, awaiting an order from Xaldin.

"That power you hold in you right now...typical that a mere human would be so influenced by it. But, I am afraid you could affect the Organization's goals, so I will give you this chance to stand down. If you do not..."

At this, the Lancer began to float, and a slight wind grew, causing his dreadlocks to move slightly in it.

"Then get ready."

[jimmydalad]

((I just want to join in here. Seems fun))

Legato decided to investigate the third district. Though he had been warned about the dangers of the third district, he decided that he wanted a change of atmosphere and wanted to learn more about Traverse Town. Having no idea what awaited him and relishing in the adventure, he ventured into the third district.

When he arrived, he saw three people looking intensely at each other. One of them had scarlet red hair and a ridiculously over-sized fan. Meh, seen weirder. Legato thought. Being around Helena and Anil got you used to it. He then saw a boy with blue hair and intense red eyes. Legato also noticed the cat-eared headphones that he wore. However, there was something about him that made him worry, but Legato couldn't put his finger on it. Finally, he noticed a man with black dreadlocks wearing a long, black hood. He could sense something ominous from him. Not only was he floating on wind and wielding an assortment of spears, he also saw 2 weird white beings. They held spears and seemed ready for combat.

Why do I always find myself in these situations? Legato thought jokingly. He seemed to attract the strangest people and this time was no exception. He felt the tension in the air and could sense that there was a chance at conflict. He did not want to be involved in yet another fight. Hoping to decrease the tension, he began to talk.

"What's going on here? Did I miss something?" He said lightly. "I haven't seen any of you around. Let me introduce myself. My name is Legato, how is everyone?" He was hoping that they could just chat and that conflict didn't have to happen.

"I must say, I am meeting the most interesting people around here, makes me sorta glad that I managed to make it here." He said in a joking manner. "What a large fan, isn't it hard to use?" He asked the Scaret-haired girl.

"And you, cloak guy, what are those things, I've never seen them before, are they heartless?" He curiously asked the man.

"And you! I love the headphones and what's up with your eyes? They're really red, are you okay?" He asked the other guy. Maybe if I get them to talk, we wouldn't need to fight. Was what Legato was thinking when he was doing this. He was hoping that it would work.

((Sorry if it annoys ))

[lunardevian]

(You know we can't let a Nobody have all the fun)

Lea had seen it all. Cat Phones being eaten up by the darkness, Fan Girl walking in and challenging Cat Phones, Windbag showing up and trying to ruin the fun for everyone, and little Mr. Questions running in and asking all these questions left and right. It just made Lea laugh out loud. Man, theres no way I can just sit this party out.

From the rooftops where he stood he opened a black portal behind him and walked through, scratching his eyes a little while going through. Glad my eyes are better, would not want to miss a second of this. He reappeared at the ground level where everyone was, he also had brought along some friends of his, two of his little Lionblazes pets.

"Well I'd say this is an interesting little party here, wouldn't you say so Windbags?" He said addressing the Nobody from that dumb Organization XIII, "And do ya really think asking questions is the right thing to do here? He gave the kid with questions an amuzing look, "'Side's, I kinda like Cat Phones there, so I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to him. Lea took out his frisbees and his Lionblazes took up defensive stances and growled at the Nobodies.

(Did anyone seriously think no Heartless would show up?)

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( DAMNNN YOUUUU ALLLLLLL.
Just kidding. Want to let you know, though, that my posts are going to be a bit.. rambling-y or have components that are confusing due to the amount of people I have to address. )

The boy resembling Hero took a step back, and also, took a small moment to facepalm. Did this woman understand a single word he had just said? Well, she didn't need to know. If he damaged Hero's mental condition enough, he was pretty sure he would have unlimited control over this vessel. He then adressed the man in the black coat.

"Stand down? Very happily I would. To render your legs disabled if that's what you mean."[/color] said he in a painfully sarcastic tone.

Coming into stride with the comical mood the two newcomers created, he spoke to them as well.

"On the contrary, I want many misfortunes to fall upon you. By the way, don't any of you think this black cloak of mind is kind of dull?"

As if no one cared, he leisurely strolled over to an abandoned trashcan a few meters away. He picked up a shard of broken glass and studied it profoundly.

"I'd say we need some contrast in there as well, don't you think?"

He gave a sideways glance to Legato, a sinister grin forming around his lips.

"Perhaps.. red?"

Upon the word red, he quickly spun and routed the bullet-like glass towards him. Using Kinesis, it went twice as fast as usual - there was no way he could miss. Hero didn't bother to check wether he hit or not, he moved on to the next target.

Within seconds, he threw another object, this time, the heavy broadsword, it missed, but using the time it took for the broadsword to land at the red-haired boy's feet, Hero was inches away from his face. His grin grew wider, his spiny hand quickly grasped the boy's head before a loud explosion blanketed whatever Hero might have done at that moment. The dust from the blast was dark red, which made it even harder to see wether one of them still stood.

( Sorry if it seems god-moddy, just make your post to not being very hurt if you're unsure. )

[ariana]

(Wow, holy.)

Ariana glared at the man with lances circling him. "Girl, you say?" she huffed, offended. She felt slight wind circling him, and felt even more annoyed. She lightly swung Grace, and her own brand of wind circled her lightly. Suddenly, another boy waltzed in from the back. She blinked several times - was this boy freaking serious? Yet another man came in - she noticed the rather noticeable abundance in females here. This man took Hero's side - with two blazing chakrams. "Oh for the love of God. Just...knock him out, I can deal with him after that." she hissed to the man with lances, motioning towards "Hero".

She kept the corner of her eye on Hero - he picked up a glass shard. The boy didn't seem to notice anything, and Hero hurled it at him. Swiftly moving, she deflected the bullet-like shard with Grace, but Hero hurled his broadsword this time, and she had to move backwards to dodge it. She looked up to be met with a massive explosion, and she quickly flipped off one of the lances the hooded figure held to avoid being speared nastily. Dust was surrounding the boy and "Hero", and she strained her eyes to try and see what was happening.

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"Of course, I should have expected you to show up, Lea. But you're presence is unwanted, so go home and play with Isa. And as for you..." He watched as the boy threw the glass, watching as the girl deflected it. The next few events followed through, and after the explosion, which Xaldin was protected from by a shield of six lances, he went into action. His Dragoons warped to behind Lea and grabbed his arms, and more appeared and swarmed him. As for Xaldin, the wind got stronger, making several smaller, dark vortexes, which all fired at the hostile boy. He reached out and grabbed two of his lances, slashing them in an "X" shape and launching an air wave at the boy as well.

"Don't think the rest of you are off the hook just yet. Fight with me and you may be spared an untimely trip to Kingdom Hearts. Restrain him for me." The last words were for the three Dragoons now supporting Xaldin, and they darted off in the hostile's direction.

[jimmydalad]

As Legato was waiting for a reply, another person came in. He had ridiculously spiky hair and was commanding these weird Lion Heartless."And do ya really think asking questions is the right thing to do here? He heard him say mockingly. It was at this moment that he realized that this conflict would be inevitable. He now felt incredibly stupid for what he did before. He then noticed the blue haired boy talking.

"I'd say we need some contrast in there as well, don't you think?" Legato was getting confused. What the hell is he talking about? He wondered, he then heard him talking again."Perhaps.. red?" The boy said. Legato was not liking this one bit. The boy then launched a broken glass straight at him!

"What the!" Was all that he could say. It was hurtling towards him at a breakneck pace and he braced himself for the hit. However, it was stopped by the scarlet girl and her fan just in the nick of time. He was probably indebted to her cause she might of saved his life. The boy then grabbed the newcomer and exploded. Legato was confused as to what was going on, then he realized he needed to thank the girl.

"Thanks a lot, I guess I owe you." He quickly said to the mystery girl. "By the way, what's your name? I didn't catch it." He asked, just before he heard the cloak guy speak.

"Don't think the rest of you are off the hook just yet. Fight with me and you may be spared an untimely trip to Kingdom Hearts. Restrain him for me." He heard him call out ominously. What the hell is he talking about? Thought Legato. What's Kingdom Hearts? Is it something I should worry about?

He was now starting to worry. He wanted any opportunity to run, but it didn't look like there was any. Why me? He thought sadly. It looked like he was going to be sticking around for some time. He could only hope for a quick escape.

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Lea watched as Cat Phones threw his sword to his feet, "What were you trying to do-" His head was caught by Phones's hand and an explosion followed, "Auuggh, again? Seriously?" He pushed Phones off of him and stepped back, trying to get out of the dust cloud when his arms were grabbed by Xaldin's Dragoons.

"Hey hands off!" Lea's Lionblazes turned around and pounced at the Nobodies tearing them off of Lea, though the escape was short lived as a few more Dragoon's joined in. "Heh, that all you got?"

Lea snapped his fingers and three towers of fire surrounded him and taking out a few of the Nobodies. Lea managed to slip through a gap in the group of nothings and face Xaldin. "Don't think the rest of you are off the hook just yet. Fight with me and you may be spared an untimely trip to Kingdom Hearts. Restrain him for me."

"Threatening people to help? Have you guys really gone that low Windbag?" Lea jumped in front of Hero and blocked Xaldin's air missiles, although the final wave nearly knocked him down on his butt. "Hey Cat Phones, looks like you got some trouble here. Need any help?" The red head Heartless offered, if this kid was so deep in darkness he might be useful to the XII in someway.

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(( Order: Ariana, Chris, Dalad ( The lad, lol ), Lunar. Also, this next post is needed for my muse and plot to work effectively, so bear with me a bit, since the topic is pretty stuffed. ))

"I've had enough! If you're all so eager to die, then make it plain. In the mean time.."

Hero raised his palm quickly, a large amount of some unkown, blood-colored, wind-like substance gathered.

"WAIT IN LINE!"

Without hesitation, he quickly forced it into the ground. The explosion caused the bricks around everyone but Ariana to erode, springing them into the air and a distance away from the plaza. Through a quick flash of smoke and dust. Hero emerged, the broadsword dragged at his side. His sinister, red eyes narrowed towards the woman.

"Finishing you off first is a favorable choice, but be honored. You'll be the first, besides Hero, to hear my name."

"I would be Marik, but since I'm the split personality of a split personality, you can just call me 01. The other is Uni. If you're still wondering, she's the girl."[/b]

Hero brandished his broadsword in a dangerous fashion.

"And by heart, I meant his real heart, not the one with the emotion. Clearly, I can do him a lot of mental pain if I destroy you, and for an artificial human, this vessel is favorable, so I think I can exchange a pretty woman like you for this body."[/b]

He pointed the tip at Ariana, slightly playing with it in his hands.

"Need any more questions answered, or can I taste your blood now?"