A Dream In The End ((Saffron/OPEN))

[Shun]

"Grenth, bring death to my enemies! Gravity!"

A single orb of darkness was launched, hitting the Large Body square in the back. It fell to the ground, comically bouncing around with its belly. The hunter glanced at his prey, slowly opening his hand, turning to face the rather big Heartless. He didn't have to mutter the incantation. A single fireball escaped his palm and soon found its way to the Large Body's head, ceasing its existence.

"Well, that was a tad to easy." Mikael muttered, a small smirk gracing his features. For the last two months, he had cut all his social ties to only focus on his training. He knew that a dark era was comming to threat the universe, and he had to be ready to face it. Before going to seek Jadis once again to show her the mastered Gravity and Magnet spells, the man had decided to train a bit in the Third District. While Shadows didn't bother him at all, Soldiers and Large Bodies approached him warily. Oh well, he had to teach them a lesson.

He glanced around, looking for an occassional lurking Heartless. Good, he was alone. Mikael started to hum a tune, sitting beside the small fountain. The words began to come to him, resulting in a beautiful song:

"...So wide the world
Can love remember how to get me home to you
Someday

We'll be together again
All just a dream in the end
We'll be together again

So many fears were swimming around and around in my mind
Who would have dreamed the secrets we would find..."

He suddenly stopped as the district door opened, quickly adopting a defensive stance. If the Heartless had decided to bother him again, they were going to get a hell of a fight.

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

(i sowwy i tooked so longedly and my posty is short, great english i know XD)

Saffron peered into the third district, she had been here once before, but not for very long, so she decided to try and expore it agian. She quietly walked into the district, there didn't seem to be any heartless... yet, and maybe if she kept quiet they'd stay away?
Saffron looked down the street a little, and noticed there was a guy there, and he seemed very defensive. she walked over to him and smiled

" What's with you? I won't hurt ya!" She said and placed one of her hands on her hip.

For some reson Saffron was in an unusually good mood, which is why she was willing to approuch this person, unlike usual when she would have avoided it.

[Shun]

((Don't worry about it, dry spells often attach themselves to my muse))

Mikael's eyes narrowed as a woman made herself known. She was probably the newcomer. He was about to lower his guard when he remembered the existence of human forme Heartless. "I have to check her..." he thought, closing his eyes for a moment. Her level of darkness was normal, and her aura seemed pretty much human. A small spark of flames could be sensed, but it was hardly noticed. This woman appearantly had some affinity for fire.

"Sorry about that, thought that maybe you were a Heartless. I have been running into a few of them lately."

He politely smiled to her and extended his hand for her to shake. "Mikael, nice to meet you..." Even though she was older, Mikael was a few inches taller than her. His face didn't resemble a boy's anymore. He had been forced to grow up at a young age. The man crossed his arms over his chest, not sure of what to say next.

"So, what brings you to the lovely Third District? It better not be the Heartless, I already sweeped clean most of the area."

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

" Me a heartless?" she said as if it was a crazy idea.
" I don't think I am small, black, and yellow eyed...." she paused for a molment, realizing.. all of that was a lie. She was infact small-ish, 1/2 black haired and had a yellow eye.
"scratch that..." she said and laughed agian.
"My names Saffron, nice you meet you too Mikael." she said happily.
"As for what I am doing, I'm just exploreing, thats acctually fantasic that you wiped out the heartless, makes getting around mmuuchh easyier."
"B-but I can handle them!" she quickly added, she didn't want to seem like a weaking right off the bat.

[Shun]

Mikael slightly chuckled at her self-description. He really laughed for the first time in months. "Well, don't worry about that. You look quite human to me. Besides, if you were a Heartless, I would already have known." In fact, if Saffron had been a Heartless, she would have met her end in a Firaga sphere.

Mikael raised an eyebrow as she spoke, and he noticed her brief moment of nervousness. "I never said you couldn't handle them. You probably found a couple of them in the Second District. Your victory over them made it possible for us to have this conversation.

Hehe, he had to stop all the formal talk.

((Shortness, sowwy))

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

"I guess you right" She said and sighed.
"People here just seem to be underestimating me a lot more here. and that kind of gets on my nervs since I am acctually pretty strong." she said confidently.

"What are you doing here? just beating up heartless?" she asked curiously then she though more about somthing he had acctually said earlyier, How could he tell if she was a heartless before hand? that was an odd ability..
Saffron decided to mess with her hair while waiting for a reply, it often got out of place while running around, she she was putting it back.

[heaven]

Traverse Town. So, this is where she was now, courtesy of her new friend, Basch, former Knight of Dalmasca. She needed to get away from Radiant Gardens due becoming quite tired of its surroundings, also that she wanted, no, had to find those most dear to her, those who had been spirited away from her. Looking for your friend who could've been dead and several greater beings known as Aeons was proving to become quite a struggle for the Summoner.

Lady Kyrie Fallen, now known as 'Heaven', sighed whilst looking around. Great, more people in simple clothing, oh joyus of joys, she really knew how to stand out. "I should really aquire less attractive clothing," she shook her head whilst crossing her arms, she didn't appreciate being stared at, though she guessed these people were curious.

She rubbed her cheek, a habit of hers when she was nervous, and just walked away from the crowd, surely they could find something better to do. "So...this is First District...hmh?" she then stopped, gazing up at the large door before her "I wonder where this leads..." she murmured, pushing open the large door, it only opened slightly and she managed to squeeze in, once on the other side, it shut behind her, causing her to jump.

She looked around at her new surroundings. "This is...different," she mused, she walked further into the plaza "I wonder if anyone's here..."

She stood directly in the middle of the plaza, her hood covering her gentle features. This place seemed somewhat similar to Radiant Gardens...yet...different.

[Shun]

"Some people can be quite mean at times... telling you you're weak or not strong enough to do this or that. I usually stand up to them and shout "Don't tell -me- what -I- can't do!"." Mikael chuckled, remembering the many times he had done that back home at Elona. Another trait that he had lost by traveling all over the place. Even though he didn't admit it, the man was quite a nomad. He rarely stayed in one place for a long time... Traverse Town had really been an exception.

The reason? Antique. Mikael had found her quite intriguing, sometimes amusing. He thought protecting her was his duty; she was so innocent, so naive... people could take advantage of her. And even if he didn't like to admit... he kinda loved her. He had this dumb, stupid fascination with her and he couldn't make it fade away. That was one of the main reasons that pushed him into remaining in the dark for two months. He wouldn't be able to get stronger if he kept blabbling over her all day long.

"What are you doing here? just beating up heartless?"

Oh? Well, I'm actually training. The Heartless keep me in shape, and they are a great source of income. They release money upon disappearing." He had just met Saffron, so telling her about his dark powers wouldn't be any good. He was just starting to control them, to be the master instead of the slave.

Suddenly, another being made herself known. Mikael was sure of her status as a female since her voice sounded very feminine. He closed his eyes, looking for the newcomers aura. It seemed quite human, all right, but there was something unusual about it. She was... different. Also, it's magical energies were new to Mikael, as he had never sensed a summoner's aura before. Elona had lacked summoners.

"It's all right, we're on the same side." he said, opening his eyes in the process.

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

(sorreh crap posty, my mom says i have to clean my room, so i have to write fast, or take 4 evar.. i picked fast XD)

Saffron simply smiled, Mikael seemed pretty nice.
" I guess that would be a good reason for fighting them." she said and though of somthing else to say.
"I've had a pretty bad experience with them so far, so I try my best to avoid fighting them." she said and then examined her bangs, and the strands of hair following them, which still had a blood colored tint to them.

Then she also turned her attention to the new comer, but decided to keep quiet this time. She also watched Mikael close his eyes and seem to focus on somthing for a molment... what was he doing?

[heaven]

Heaven sighed, at first, there seemed to be no one around, this area in particular was beginning to give her the creeps. She guessed why many people didn't wander around here, she could sense that it was dangerous. "I wonder if-..." she cut herself off, finally noticing the two before her, sitting near a fountain of some kind, how very peculiar, though many could say the same about her.

She decided not to approach them just yet, it wasn't that she was afraid, why would she be? No, she figured that they were talking and didn't want to intrude until called. So, what else could she do? Just stand there and stare at the sky, her hood still remained over her.

[Shun]

Slightly tilting his head, Mikael gazed at the newcomer, his brow slightly quirking in confusion. Had she not heard him? Was she afraid of them? He couldn´t be too sure about either thing, as her expression remained hidden by a hood. "Talk about mysterious with capital M..." He glanced sideways twice, looking for any Heartless intruders before slowly walking toward the newcomer. His expression was kind, yet somewhat blank. He was curious about her aura, and wondered if it was dangerous.

"Enjoying the stars, huh? Why don´t you come and join us? It´ll be safer in case more Heartless showed up."

He jerked his head toward the fountain, having stopped a few feet away from the summoner. A soft smile graced his features before turning around, heading back to the fountain to continue his conversation with Saffron City and now mysterious girl. "Oh, forgot to introduce myself. Mikael." Nodding politely, he sat down once again.¨

"So, where are you from?"

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

Saffron was geting a little confused if Mikael was talking to her, or the newcomer, so she wasn't nesecarily sure if she was suposed to answer his question or not.
She did however also look up at the sky for a molment, then she remembered somthing she had been told earlier. each of those starts was a diffrent world.. and one of them was her own. she couldn't help but smile. and after a few seconds of spaceing out, she turned her attention back to Mikael.

"I'm not exactly sure if you asking me... but I'm from Toya City." She said and sat down as well, and pulled up one of her lengs and leaned her chi on it.

[heaven]

Heaven jolted out of her daydream and noticed the young man approach her, the Summoner's instincts told her not to panic, she could feel a gentleness coming from the polite man.

"It's quite alright, the Heartless do not scare me," only a smile could be seen on her lips, she reached up to her hood and pulled it down, shaking her hair loose, she looked at him kindly.

Noticing that he had gone back to sitting down, she walked closer to where they were sitting, but did not sit herself. Gracefully, she placed one hand over the other, as if holding a sphere, and bowed to them. "Lady Kyrie Fallen, a Summoner of Spira, it's a pleasure to meet you both" she said politely "but, Heaven would suffice, if you don't mind, that is".

She figured that Mikael was presumably talking to the girl next to him, who had made no attempt to introduce herself, Heaven didn't mind though. She decided to answer him also...

"My world is Spira, it's named that for many reasons, if there's anything else you wish to know, please ask..."

[Shun]

"A Summoner... of Spira?"

This Heaven character was really unusual. Her aura was quite unique and her appearance suited a priestress´. Mikael tilted his head, noticing the small moon-shaped scar riight above her eyebrow. The "woman-in-silver" shined under the moonlight, adding more mystery to her character. He closed his eyes, trying to study Heaven´s aura a bit more closely. Instead, he sensed many dark auras, quickly marching towards the group of humes.

"Hmm, I had never heard of those worlds. My homeworld was called Elona, but it´s sadly gone now." he said, eyes still closed. Where was this small band of Heartless, anyway? Some auras were different, meaning that they didn´t belong to one kind of Heartless.

"It seems we got some company." Cyan eyes glared at the incomming army, where five Air Soldiers, three Defenders, six Wizards and ten Sniperwilds made their stand. "God dammit!" he whispered upon seeing the party of Sniperwilds. Those bitches were able to call even more monkeys to help them. Quite annoying, he would say.

"Sounds like we need to split them," he said as the Air Soldiers and Defenders went first in the Heartless formation. "The monkeys are mine. We need to get rid of them before they call more of their friends to the feast." He stood up, flames spinning around his body as he multiplied the element. Mikael could trap the Defenders, but their shields could cast Blizzard, letting them free a bit too quickly. Same with the Wizards.

"Balthazar, give me your strength!" The flames went up into the sky as he shouted the pray, taking the forme of a firestorm as they fell upon the Sniperwilds, putting their tales on fire. He charged toward them, summoning Flame´s End and Path to Mana to his hands as he tried to avoid colliding with the Defenders.

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

(meehh.. for once I have zero insparation for a post o.o)

Seeing that Mikeal was infact speaking too Kyrie person, she decided it would be best to keep her mouth shut until she was welcomed back into the conversation.

Saffrons eyes shot up however when it was noticable that the heartless where agian starting to apppear. she moved her hand to her dagger, ready to pull it out and attack if needed. But, she wanted to wait and see what the others would do first before she jumped in there herself.

She watched as Mikeal stood up, being surrounded by flames.
"Another fire user hmm?" she though to herself. Saffron could you simpilar fire tricks, but she hadn't shown that ability to anyone in this town yet.
Saffon purked her head up as the fire show was getting more intesnse. She sat in disbalif at the amount of power that Mikeal must have.
She decided to Stand out and take out her dagger.

" Is my assistance needed or you got it handled?" she asked while spinning it around in her hand. She didn't ant either of these people to get mad at her later for howing no effort in fighting.