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[godofhearts]

Who: Kairi lucis_fatum, Xemnas godofhearts
When: April 27th, after this
Where: Xem's place
Rating: TBA
Warnings: TBA
Summary: A slightly worried Xemnas lures Kairi to his home in an attempt to help her.

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[lucis_fatum]

Kairi honestly didn't know whether to be upset, confused, or surprised. The other Xemnas, her Xemnas' reflection, had upset her on more than one ocassion, and she had thought that he was only telling lies to get to her. But this one last time, she realized that everything he had said to her was right. That Houndour that followed her home had done so because of the growing darkness in her heart, and she had even tried denying that it was even there, despite the proof residing with her new pet. Maybe she wasn't good enough to be called a Princess of Heart anymore.

She remembered how Xemnas had wanted her to keep her distance from him. He even told her so that night, but when the other Xemnas started talking to her again, he seemed to have changed his mind and actually ordered her to come see him. That's what confused her.

Of course, Kairi knew why she was coming; Xemnas was going to try to help her, which was the surprising part. But if it was being offered, who was she to turn it down when she needed it? So when he commanded her to come, she left her home right away to make her way to him. Sure, she hadn't been one to listen to him before, but Xemnas had seemed... eager almost. Or maybe just overly demanding or protective.

Anyway, maybe this would prove to him that she trusted him enough, and maybe he would stop pushing her away--that was one of the things that bothered her sometimes when she had time to think about things. Kairi could never get it off her chest, though. She was sure that no matter how much she locked her journal, that someone would end up hacking it if they tried hard enough (she wasn't that good at locking things when a lot was on her mind), and Riku or Baralai certainly wouldn't approve of her talking about it at all, she was sure.

Sighing softly, Kairi knocked gently on the door before entering. Manners counted, even in the most dire situations.

[godofhearts]

Overly demanding was definitely something he could pull off. And if Kairi was alluding herself that badly about him, he could write it off as being overprotective as well. Why the Princess had been so eager to give him a second chance would probably never make itself fully clear to him, but if she and her friends weren't chasing him down with their keyblades, then he wasn't going to complain. Take what you can get, but never give back.

Besides, first and foremost, he was a Nobody. A creature born of darkness. Born of his own selfish needs and desires, his own foolishness and pride. He didn't think anyone would ever be able to forget that he--or rather, his Somebody- had been the cause of all this.

Maybe somewhere deep down inside, he really did want to repent for every last thing he'd done wrong. There was a small pang of guilt that he felt every now and then for the past few days, but it all could have easily been an act; his subconscious taking over in a moment of weakness and forcing him to go about his business as usual. He'd always been sneaky and manipulative. That's what had allowed him to continue Ansem's research without a second though, what had allowed him to drag the other scientists into this scheme with him. It was how he'd somehow convinced the other to give up their hearts to the darkness.

And now he was doing exactly what his other wanted; helping to fuel the doubt inside Kairi. Inside a Princess of Heart. He knew it was impossible to engulf her heart in darkness, but that didn't stop his inner drive from using it to possibly manipulate her. For what reason, he wasn't sure, but the urge was there.

As lost in thought as he was, he didn't even hear the knock on the door and just continued to sit there, blankly staring at the wall as these thoughts continued to plague him.

[lucis_fatum]

As she poked her head into the doorway, Kairi noticed him staring blankly at the wall--either he was zoning out or deep in thought. She figured it was the latter and stepped quietly into the room, closing the door behind her and almost flinching at the squeaking and the click of the door shutting. She didn't want to disturb Xemnas in case he happened to be creeping towards having an epiphany. Hey, anything could happen in this place.

She leaned back against the door and watched him, biting her lip in thought. She couldn't help but be reminded of that one little time when she had been taken around the castle in the World That Never Was (Saix had told her it would be her first and last time seeing the castle as a whole and that she should enjoy the brief moment of pseudo-freedom while she could), and a wave of sympathy washed over her.

When she had seen Xemnas for the first time on the Altar of Naught, he had been wearing almost the same expression on his face as he was now, one of deep thought and as close to sorrow as a Nobody could get, and the memories it brought up... she didn't want to have to live through that moment again. In reality, that moment back then had only lasted a few seconds, but she swore it stretched on for hours as almost every negative emotion swelled inside of her, sans anything to do with anger.

She remembered earlier addressing the issue of defeating the Organization semi-publicly after a conversation with Misa about how actions don't necessarily justify the means. That, of course, led to a rocky path when it came to discussing it with Sora and Riku, but that wasn't what she had intended it for at all.

Either way, Kairi had a feeling that this was going to be an interesting end to her night. A woman's intuition, more like it. She took a few steps forward, her hands folded in front of her. She was still watching him, though, and honestly seeing him didn't make her shudder or look away. No, she was only drawn closer to him. Maybe it was because of what Xaldin had told her earlier that night, but she couldn't help the wistful smile that adorned her features.