Two Hearts Beating

[vanityunbcoming]

Who: vanityunbcoming and soracles
What: Follow up to this post.
When: Evening of Saturday, June 11th.
Where: Cherry Blossom Tree Hill.
Summary: Vanitas challenges Sora to another fight; Sora accepts.
Rating: G FOR GOOD FRIENDS WHO DO THINGS TOGETHER PG-13 for violence. Lots of violence.

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[soracles]

For all of the resting from the draft and gathering his strength as much as he could, Sora was still... the tension gathered in his shoulders, made his back and limbs throb, his fist clench.

Stress wasn't exactly something Sora hid well, which was why he'd sought to fetch something to eat this evening-- it didn't seem like Vanitas to forget their little agreement, but he hadn't heard anything in a few days, either. Maybe he got caught up in something else, and he would have more time to be ready.

He was halfway through the plaza when he spotted the Prize Pod, and his stomach nearly dropped to his feet. That... Sora didn't know what it was, but he'd seen other monsters associated with Vanitas, fought them- whatever it was, he couldn't help but see it as a bad omen.

With the hair at the nape of his neck prickling, he gathered his nerves, summoned his Keyblade, and lifted the weapon to sweep harshly at the Prize Pod. Eliminate the thing as quickly as possible, and there would be less chance of him being caught off guard like lat

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The Pod wasn't going anywhere, though, until it was sure it had Sora following it. Zipping to the side, the Unversed dodged Sora's first swing and hovered a foot higher, quickly circling around to his other side.

It couldn't attack back, but that was the point. It's mission was to catch Sora's undivided attention, and to do that it needed to lead him on for as long as it could.

[soracles]

"-- Hey!"

Because yelling at it would get it to stop, Sora. He whirled around and took a wild swing at the creature, just trying to get a hit in at all. Undivided attention? The Prize Pod had it-- he wasn't about to let it escape, not when he didn't know what it was capable of, and when they were smack in the middle of town.

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--But it still wasn't going to let him get it, that easily. Sora was strong enough that just a few hits would deplete it's strength, entirely. Dodging the second attack by a hair, it then took off down the center of the plaza, flying high enough that it easily bypassed any other villagers who were out and about.

And it seemed to be headed north.