daniel zandiora

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((Okay. I'm going to start.))

In the castle postern in Radiant Garden, Daniel woke up from his slumber after he fought Heartless all the way to up in the castle postern.

"*Yawns* Sigh. That was a long sleep. I think it's time to get going. I got to find Takumi." said Daniel, as he puts his sword, the Guardian Evoker, to the sword handle on his back, and then he stood up and stretched, and the he went down to the restoration site.

((Is it good?))

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((Ok, I'll do my best here. Here I go..))

Daniel walked slowly from the Postern to the Restoration Site, while he was looking where he's going. He was walking for a minute until he reached his desired location.

He stopped walking when he reached in the middle of his current location. And then he felt that someone is around, he started to look around, until he finally looked down on the ground.

He saw a large chocolate-colored mouse walking. And then he sat down to examine the mouse he just saw.

He was shocked, really shocked. The mouse he saw was walking with two legs, not like the mice he saw that walks with four legs, and the mouse was wearing a dark brown strap with a very small rapier on it.

"What the?! What's with this mouse? Umm, Mr. Mouse? Can you understand what I just said? Perhaps I should introduce myself. Hi, I'm Daniel. Daniel Zandiora. What's your name?" Daniel asked slowly and terrified. His hand was shaking, he was really freaked out from what he just saw.

Who could ever be surprised if they saw a weird mouse looking like what he just saw?

He waited for the little mouse to answer.

((How's that?))

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He haven't thought that the mouse would reply properly at him, he clenched his fist and he removed his nervousness.

"Er, Sorry for my rudeness. I'm actually here to look for my friend. Her name is Takumi Hidaki. She wears a red torn cloak and a long half skirt. Have you seen her?" He asked Reepicheep seriously.

Knowing that it may be confusing, Daniel really wanted to see Takumi in any way he can. And if perhaps the little mouse would see her around, it could really help him a lot. Suddenly, something messed up in his head, and he asked that to Reepicheep.

"And one more thing, what's your name again? Repichap? Reepichop? Reepechep? Ripecheap? Sorry, your name's so hard to pronounce!"

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Daniel smiled at the little mouse, though he's hiding some emotions inside him. But Reepicheep tried to help him, so he didn't want him to hurt his feelings.

"Nah, I'd better look the other places here in Radiant Garden. Haven't been around after those two years I last visited here. By the way, Reepicheep," he closed his eyes and gave a deep breath after he pronounced Reepicheep's name correctly, and he opened his eyes again to look at the little mouse. "What's your original world? I think you're not from here, though.."

Daniel thought that some mice have their own worlds, but he wanted to know if Reepicheep is a citizen there in Radiant Garden or he's from another world.

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"Hmm.. Narnia? That's a world that I haven't visited yet, though. My world? I'm from a world called Domino City. Not like your world, it's like a bustling city where many people enjoy their normal lives, without enjoying the outside world. So that's why I fled from there with my sister's Gummi Ship." Daniel told Reepicheep.

Daniel suddenly remembered a glimpse of the world he came from. Three years that he never returned in his home world, he felt the feeling he had earlier: sadness. But he smiled at Reepicheep, because he didn't wanted him to worry about him.

"Hmm, now that you mentioned it, I haven't been there for three long years."

As Daniel looked around the site, he gazed where Reepicheep is standing. Reepicheep was drawing some shapes in the dirt with his tail.

"YOU'RE SO CUTE!!! LEMME GIVE YOU A HUG!!" Daniel cried, and he carried the little mouse and hugged him. It was the cutest moment he had in his life.

((I watched a vid in YouTube to see what Reepicheep really looks like in the movie. SO CUTE!!!))

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((But Daniel had a funny side, but I forgot to type it there, sorry! It was a sudden impulse, I just thought that Daniel would see Reepicheep just as you posted earlier, the scene would be cute. Sorry about that. I just wanna make the scene happy..))

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[[It's fine. I've been waiting for days, but you have a reason why you're not always online lately. While I'm waiting, I've been editing my site, Kingdom Hearts: Shadow Frontier...]]

The rodent replied with a different tone. Daniel thought that no one realized that he's cute. "If my friends will gonna see you, they will tell that you're cute, too. I'm sure of it." He said with an encouraging tone, and he gazed at the shapes Reepicheep drew earlier. They looked like mountaintops, he thought that the rodent remembered something after he drew the shapes.

Daniel looked back where Reepicheep was standing. "By the way, does these drawings remembered you something? It's seems like you drew a group of mountaintops." He asked.

Daniel also remembered something when he looked at the rodent's drawings. It was the time when he and his friends fought a thousand rouges in a grassland in a distant world. Those rogues appeared from the mountains next to the grassland. And that was one of the greatest memories Daniel had, because when they were fighting those rouges, he finally mastered the Sword Storm Strike, one of his master skills he currently use.

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Daniel thought that the rodent misses his own world, he closed his eyes and planned what he will do to help the little mouse.

"I think Reepicheep misses his home. I must think how will I help him so he could return to his former world. Hmm.." He thought to himself.

Daniel pointed his finger above. "Aha! I know!" he said with a happy tone.

"How about we ride my sister's Gummi Ship in order for you to return to your own world? I'm thinking that I also wanted to visit there. How about it, Reepicheep?" Daniel asked happily to the rodent.

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The rodent declined the brunette's offer, Daniel thought that Narnia is hard to find. But the brunette hadn't lost hope because he wanted to encourage the mouse.

"Hmm, you're probably worried about the Gummi Ship. It's not practically like a gum that will stick to your fur, the name's just Gummi, AND it's not sticky. The vessel's kinda blocky, if you asked me." Daniel told the rodent with a smile and laughed, "Now that you mentioned it, I wonder who named it. Saying 'gummi' reminds me of those Gummi Bears in Domino City." After he told the rodent about what he thinks if he heard the word 'gummi', he closed his eyes, and thought of a plan that will make Reepicheep happy.

Daniel pointed his finger above again. "This should do it!" he said with a happy tone, "How about we have a practice match? I wanna know your fighting abilities with your rapier. How about it, Reepicheep?" The brunette asked happily to the mouse.

"If you win, I'll give you a reward. Or if I win..." Daniel looked up at the blue sky, and then he looked back at the rodent, "We'll ride my sis' Gummi Ship and look for your world!" The brunette gave a thumbs-up at the mouse.

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Challenging a mouse to a practice match? Most people find it weird, but for Daniel, it was an exciting experience. He was happy because the rodent accepted his challenge, and said with a chuckle. His plan actually worked, and it was exactly as he planned.

After the mouse drew its rapier and pointed at him, he leaped about 6 feet away from it, and drew his Guardian Evoker from its sheath tied behind his jacket.

"What if I use my rapier-style swordplay that I learned a year ago?" He told himself happily. Then he held his sword like holding a rapier and shouted, "En garde!"

But before making his move first, he quickly thought of a strategy to analyze the rodent's abilities. "This is the first time I'll fight a mouse wielding a small rapier. I think he's more skillful than he looks, so I'll wait for him to make the first move, and then I'll start analyzing him after that."

He waited for the mouse to make the first move.

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Zig-zag movement? Those were the most trickiest among all strategies because it could distract and prevent someone to predict the opponent's next move. But Daniel didn't became more nervous, but more excited on what will happen next. The brunet smiled and thought, "Good thinking, Reepicheep. But I already knew how to fight opponents who use that strategy."

But, he realized that his weapon was not compatible with the kind of swordplay that he uses. "Nah, I don't think my rapier-style swordplay would work in this fight. My Guardian Evoker's kinda heavy." He told to himself, and then he switched his hands' position from holding his sword like a rapier to a position holding it with two hands.

After changing his battle stance, he started to strafe slowly to his right while focusing his vision at the rodent, and he thought. "Let's see, he is kinda fast for a mouse, and also looks to move quickly. Maybe Sword Stalagmite would work if he'll charge quickly to me. And lastly, Reepicheep looks serious about this. Then I shall give what he wants to get!"

He waited to for the mouse to make the next move.

((Is it good?))

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((Hahaha... I was the one who replied first in that thread. Brunettes and Brunets, and Blondes and Blonds...))

When the mouse scurried from Daniel, his only chance of using his strongest attack failed. "That's odd.. Maybe he thought that I might give him a surprise.."

The mouse pointed his blade to the young man and mocked him about the participation in dueling.. "By both sides? I can't seem to remember. Can you tell me how to participate by both sides?" The brunet asked in a clueless manner and thought, "I think that the thing he says is the way how to fight in fencing. But I fight the way I used to do in a battle..."

Daniel thought it weird. And he suddenly thought that it was a difference between a human who lived in a world of modern technology and a rodent who lived in a world of medieval times.

After Reepicheep decided to defend first than to attack, Daniel quickly thought of an easy strategy for his next move. "Defending yourself? You're good. Let's see what you can do if I'll execute one of my combos that will strike you with my Sword Stalagmite!"

The brunet strafe farther from the mouse and unexpectedly, he threw his sword like a javelin towards it.

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"Seems that I'm disarmed? I don't think so.."

The mouse fell from the brunet's useful but a risky trap. "Even though I threw my sword doesn't mean I'm disarmed, my friend."

He quickly placed his hands onto the ground in front of Reepicheep, and surprisingly, a group of sharp swords, rapiers, and broadswords appeared from where Daniel placed his hands and where he stood.

Some of the swords striking to the mouse missed but there are some those who will slash him in a higher accuracy. But the brunet didn't noticed it, because his only problem to his strongest attack was that some of the swords will strike him, too.

Without hesitation, he quickly jumped to evade the incoming swords and performed a Reflect Spell to reflect them from coming through him.

After the swords were reflected, Daniel landed onto the ground, facing at the sky, and told the rodent one of the lessons he learned before. "Not all people who threw their weapons like a spear are 'disarmed'. Those people have their own 'trump card' when certain problems are met in a battle. Remember that well, my friend."

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((Sorry for the late reply, I got busy in schoolwork...))

"That was quick..."

After picking up the rapier and returned to its sheath, the rodent looked at the boy's eyes. Looking at him, Daniel bent down and looked back at the mouse.

Thinking of a quick expression for the duel they had, the boy smiled at the little mouse, and he stood up again and walked where his sword struck after he threw it within their duel. After plucking out the sword, he thought that their match might not end quickly as he expected, but still, he won. Now, he must do what they made in their deal in that battle.

While walking back where he stood before the mouse, Daniel told Reepicheep, "Now, my friend, the deal we spoke of. Perhaps, I'll let it slide for now. But, after I manage to locate Narnia's current location, I'll tell you about it so you can return home."

After saying those words, Daniel bent down in front of the mouse and poked him with his right index finger, and smiled. "Don't worry. I'll find it for you." He said in a joyful manner.

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After the mouse bowed at him, he told him happily, "Anytime. If you ever need my help, just give me a call, alright?"

The mouse went down the path, and Daniel looked at the path Reepicheep went. "It's the way to the borough, right? Perhaps it's time to go there and take a look."

Looking at the radiant sky, the brunet closed his eyes and smiled, and walked along the path that leads to the borough.

[[Exit Daniel Zandiora.]]

((Short post, sorry. Is our training done?))