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Prelude to Another Voyage

Oct 28, 2010 03:10

Title: Prelude to Another Voyage
Characters: oath2oblivion & YOU~
When: Midday (Some length of time after this thread)
Where: Kilika Village
Warnings: Maybe Days spoilers depending? That's about it though.
Summary: He had to admit. The calm sea was much more alluring than all the chaos from before. Where was Kairi though? He hoped she was safe. Now to try to figure ( Read more... )

*setting: kilika island, kh: kairi, kh: roxas

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hime_no_kokoro October 28 2010, 07:16:08 UTC

It was the lack of metal beneath her legs that made Kairi realize Roxas wasn't beside her anymore. One moment, they had been talking on that hidden walkway, away from the soldiers and creatures running around, the next...she'd been here. A small village on the sea that made her heart ache for home. The golden sunset, the calming sound of the waves, the sea birds and the wooden walkways beneath her feet. Even the sea breeze was the same.

It made her smile as she walked around the village, trying to get a feel for the place and maybe find Roxas. Could he be here? It was possible, wasn't it? It had to be. The idea of him being blind and alone back at that place...it didn't sit right with her. So lost in her thoughts that she barely watched where she put her own feet, she didn't notice that she'd come nearly to the entrance to the woods beyond the vullage, until she caught sight of a familiar blond head. She sighed in relief, jogging over to crouch beside him.

"Roxas?"

oath2oblivion October 28 2010, 07:29:00 UTC

A soft moan came in response to her inquiry as he shifted against the back of one of the many trees. He was still in the process of getting a foothold back in reality, but then... the voice itself hit him. It was-- His eyes shot open, this time sharp and bold, those same brilliant blue ones that mirrored his Other's. And he found himself focusing on the familiar red head from some of the strange dreams he had been having for so long... only was it really her? She looked different. A little taller. Her hair, longer. A change in attire as well. Older. She was older, he was realizing, and that caused him to stare at her simply in shock for a while... His voice only managing to cautiously croak out.

"...Kairi?"

hime_no_kokoro October 28 2010, 07:33:40 UTC

Those eyes...so much like Soras. It made her smile again, and she nodded as she brought herself down from her crouch to sit beside him.

"Yes. It's me." Still, there was concern in her voice. That hadn't changed, even if he could see and they were safer now.

"Are you all right? What happened to you?"

oath2oblivion October 28 2010, 07:50:37 UTC

This was... so surreal to him. It was one thing back at... wherever they were. When he could just hear her voice. But another entirely to see her. To see her so... changed, especially. That smile alone looked older. But still very much like Kairi. Very much indeed. He shifted a little unsteadily as she sat, feeling awkward, but his tension fell away bit by bit. He heard that worry in her voice... and he didn't want to trouble her.

At her questions, he realized that might be a little more difficult to do than he thought. He slowly reached back to scratch his head mildly, looking very Sora-like as he did so. That awkwardness sinking into his expression.

"I'm okay, I think. I was looking for you. I remember that much." And then the sunset and the sudden wretched headache. But he figured sparing those details might be better off for her. He didn't want her to worry, after all. Especially if he seemed to be alright then. Although... seeing himself watching that sunset on the islands instead of being himself? That was a little... well.

hime_no_kokoro October 28 2010, 07:56:42 UTC

How many times had she seen Sora use that same gesture; give either her or Riku that same look? As different as they were from one another, they were the same, as well. From the way Roxas used his keyblade, to the way he acted when he was awkward. It gave her pause, and his next words made her stop and think.

He'd been looking for her...like he'd been concerned for her wellbeing. It made her smile turn softer; fonder.

"Well, I think we found eachother."

oath2oblivion October 28 2010, 08:27:20 UTC

It was probably a really good thing that he wasn't a mind reader at that point. Because all those Sora comparisons. Well, he wouldn't have exactly been comfortable with it. And that was putting it lightly. Instead though, he was continuing to spiral down in a little bit of uncertainty because that smile was so reassuring and he couldn't help but smile back just a little-- but he didn't quite understand why. And that was why it was so vexing to him.

For the moment though, he just amounted it to the memories he had seen. Maybe they were the cause of this effect on him... although after their close encounter with... whatever thing that had been back in the other world, and her leading him around as she had? Well... So perhaps it was more than the memories that were making him feel so relieved to see her. Despite all the questions jamming up his head. He chuckled just a bit.

"Yeah... I guess we did."

Question was. Where were they now?

hime_no_kokoro October 28 2010, 08:35:37 UTC

Kairi shook her head lightly, even as she shifted her legs. Comparisons were just that. Comparisons. He wasn't Sora; he was Roxas. His own person. Just like Namine wasn't her, and she wasn't Namine. They were seperate people. More like siblings than two parts of the same people, really. ...she was thinking too much again.

She laced her hands in her lap, clasping them together. Her palms tingled a little from where she'd clutched at Oathkeeper's hilt, and she could feel soreness creeping up her arms and legs from deflecting the creature. But she hadn't seen anything like that on her walk around the village, so maybe they were safe....

"I haven't run into anything, so I think we're safe here."

Wherever here was. Because it wasn't that last place, and it wasn't home. But it was close to that. She...well, she liked it here. A little.

oath2oblivion October 29 2010, 05:59:47 UTC

She wasn't the only one feeling that fight from before. Roxas wasn't in the worst shape by far, but he was definitely not in as top form as he had been. One couldn't blame him though, all things considered. He had been stranded in a parallel Twilight Town for months. In a place where Heartless and Nobodies alike hadn't even existed. He had had no reason to fight there. And that might explain the aches here and there. If she had spared a glance though, she might have noticed that her handkerchief had vanished from his now healed arm.

To her comment, he nodded himself. "Yeah... I haven't either. Looks like we got lucky. ...--Oh, hey."

He reached into his pocket and drew out the missing piece of cloth she had lent to him with a shy smile. Holding it out to her. "Here. I figured you would want it back, so."

hime_no_kokoro October 29 2010, 06:08:41 UTC

Kairi smiled as Roxas held out her hankerchief, and she nodded she returned it to her pouch. It wasn't anything really important or special; it was just a piece of cloth. But the fact that he'd held onto it..well, it meant something. He really was a nice person, after all.

"Thank you."

oath2oblivion October 29 2010, 06:51:41 UTC

His smile turned a little more bashful at the sight of her own appreciative one and he glanced away. No need to thank him, he thought to himself. Ah, why was he feeling silly around her anyway? Those memories, probably. He shook his head and just sat there in thought for a bit. And then something seemed to occur to him.

"Are you? Alright, I mean." He had never asked her, he realized. Just kind of assumed that she was. She was the one that had found him, after all. ...That and perhaps it was partly because it delayed getting into other things. Now that they were together again, and that he could see especially, he was starting to second guess if he really wanted to know or not.

hime_no_kokoro October 29 2010, 07:11:11 UTC

"Yes, I'm alright." She was, really. Just the lingering soreness from that fight, and very confused, but she was alright otherwise. Maybe a little tired, and...not wanting to move now. She just wanted to sit here for a while, enjoying the distant sound of the waves and the sun on her skin.

...provided her now growling stomach wanted to let her. She could feel her cheeks color with embarrasment, too.

oath2oblivion October 29 2010, 08:00:59 UTC

He had to... stifle laughter at that sound. At least he tried. It kind of came out anyway as a choked snort and then he was sitting there a moment, feeling awkward himself... before he just let out a loud chuckle. Roxas shifted a little where he was, smiling at her cheekily.

"Sounds like someone's hungry." Then searching around the area a moment with his eyes. (And was he ever glad that curse was lifted.) "Wonder if there's any place where we could get something to eat..."

hime_no_kokoro October 29 2010, 08:22:38 UTC

Kairi looked down at her lap, suddenly finding her laced hands very interesting. Oh, how embarrasing that had been...but she was hungry. Which was why she moved to stand up, dusting off her dress as she got to her feet. Was there anywhere? Maybe. It couldn't hurt to look around, anyway.

"Do you want to come with me to look?"

oath2oblivion October 30 2010, 08:41:00 UTC

He hadn't exactly the slightly clue himself if there was any sort of place like that. Especially after their encounter with that first world. Still, this one seemed a lot calmer. ...Actually, that was probably the understatement of the year. Regardless, there was that and then there was even a village this time. And a village meant people and people meant food. So.

Carefully, he followed suit, slowly rising to his own feet. He couldn't help the peculiar look he gave her when she made that inquiry. "Huh? Yeah, sure." The 'Why wouldn't I?' implication there a little more than obvious. He wasn't about to let her out of his sight, feeling compelled to return the favor, especially after all the trouble she went through to help him out before.

"Come on." He waved to her with a small smile. Silly Kairi being all embarrassed.

hime_no_kokoro October 30 2010, 08:57:32 UTC

Kairi smiled again, walking after him, vaguely wondering how he would have reacted if it had been his stomach that had suddenly developed an attitude and a loud mouth like hers had. ...it wouldn't have really mattered, though. Food was kind of more important now.

With her hands laced behind her back, Kairi looked towards the water. It felt like Home here. If they couldn't find anyone who would help out a pair of hungry teens, well, she knew how to fish.

"Roxas, can you fish?"

oath2oblivion November 6 2010, 08:39:50 UTC

Probably just as well as she had. And by that, just as awkward. Either or, it seemed that his attention had fallen away from that short episode, his eyes trained on their surroundings. Particularly the water at the mention of fishing as he took easy steps into the outskirts of the village itself. Glancing at her only when she inquired again. He held an inquisitive expression for just a split second, thinking.

"Well, I've never done it before. But I'm up for trying." He gave a goofy grin, feeling a little excited about the prospect actually. It was something different, something he had never had a chance to do before. And it would provide as a great distraction to how crazy this all was turning out to be.

"What, you want to?"

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