Glances Into the Heart's Connections - Family
Title: Glances Into the Heart's Connections - Family
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters/pairings: Ensemble
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A series of oneshots about any and possibly all of the Kingdom Hearts cast.
Warnings: n/a
Notes: Old writing, from way back in the day, in it's mostly original format (very minor corrections may have been made)
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Theme: 46. Family
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Ienzo strode down the city streets, the hem of his coat flapping around his ankles. His lips moved in a silent litany, testing conversation scraps and dismissing them, planning for the confrontation to come. Not that his opponent would know it as a confrontation, but she had always been able to read him like few others could, and could usually see through his lies. Normally, he wouldn't even try to lie to her, but in this case, he didn't want to worry her unnecessarily, and if she knew what kind of trouble would befall the world if they failed, she would find a way to stop him. No, it was best if she didn't know.
Frowning absently, he crossed the street and mounted the porch of a particular house. He opened the door without knocking, and immediately ducked a flying frisbee aimed at his head. The frisbee sailed out the door as Ienzo straightened, looking down at his tiny assailant.
The girl looked up at him, pale hair falling over her face. "'Zo." She said simply, her lips curving in the tiniest of smiles.
"Hello, Fuu." Ienzo replied. "Do you try to kill everyone who walks in the door nowadays?"
"Didn't knock." Fuu replied, walking up to him and holding up her arms.
Ienzo smiled and scooped the girl into his arms. "I'll remember that next time." He said.
"Ienzo?" Came another voice from around the corner. A woman appeared, with the same pale hair as the other two. "Well," she said. "What brings to you to this part of town?"
"An opportunity of a life time, mama." Ienzo replied. "For you and Fuu."
His mother raised an eloquent brow and turned, leading the way into the front room. Ienzo followed, sitting on the couch with Fuu in his lap. Their mother sat in her armchair and waited her son to continue.
Ienzo sighed mentally. This would be the hard part, hiding his true intentions. "There's a ship, going to a nearby world." He said, as Fuu determinedly yanked at his tie, undoing the precise knot. "It's a mission of good faith, between this world and that one, and Lord Ansem has told us that several citizens would go, as ambassadors of a sort. He asked us for suggestions, and I thought that maybe you'd like to go." It was a lie, all of it. Ansem had no idea what his assistants were planning to do, to him, to the world, and to themselves. If everything went as they planned, they would gain an immeasurable amount of knowledge and power - but the tiniest mistake, and their world was finished. Those of them with families - Dilan's young wife, Braig's brother and children - were sending them away, just in case.
She looked at him for a long moment, assessing his words. "How long?"
"Just a couple weeks." Ienzo replied. That, at least, was truth, as long as they didn't screw up. "It'll take a few days to get to Twilight Town, and you'll spend about ten days there, learning about their way of life, and the Lord would like a report on your experience when you return." Not that Ansem would be there when - if - she came back, but no sense telling her that.
Fuu twisted around in his lap, now wearing his abused tie around her neck. "You?"
Ienzo shook his head. "I'm needed here." He said. "But you can tell me all about it when you get back."
Fuu shook her head, almost violently. "No."
He sighed through his nose. "Fuu-"
"No." She said again, with all the determination a five year old could muster. "You go, too."
He looked at her. "Do you even want to go?" He hadn't counted on this. So unlike him, to miss something so important. He had concentrated only on convincing his mother, not his sister as well.
She bit her lip, then nodded. "With you."
"Fuu, I can't."
"Why?"
"Because we're working on something very important." He said. "And I need to be here to do my part." She gave him a look that clearly said 'more important than me?' and he sighed again. "How about this, Fuu," He said. "You do this for Lord Ansem, for me, and if you like the place, we'll all go on a nice long vacation, just the three of us." He looked up at his mother, smiling. "Assuming mama wants to go, too."
The woman smiled at her children. "It is quite the opportunity, as you said, Ienzo." She looked at Fuu. "Well, love? Shall we go scout out this possible vacation spot?"
Fuu looked back at Ienzo. "Promise?"
Ienzo nodded. "Promise.”
Fuu nodded back, then looked at her mother. “Let’s go.”
“Twilight Town it is, then.”
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters/pairings: Ensemble
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A series of oneshots about any and possibly all of the Kingdom Hearts cast.
Warnings: n/a
Notes: Old writing, from way back in the day, in it's mostly original format (very minor corrections may have been made)
o o o
Theme: 46. Family
o o o
Ienzo strode down the city streets, the hem of his coat flapping around his ankles. His lips moved in a silent litany, testing conversation scraps and dismissing them, planning for the confrontation to come. Not that his opponent would know it as a confrontation, but she had always been able to read him like few others could, and could usually see through his lies. Normally, he wouldn't even try to lie to her, but in this case, he didn't want to worry her unnecessarily, and if she knew what kind of trouble would befall the world if they failed, she would find a way to stop him. No, it was best if she didn't know.
Frowning absently, he crossed the street and mounted the porch of a particular house. He opened the door without knocking, and immediately ducked a flying frisbee aimed at his head. The frisbee sailed out the door as Ienzo straightened, looking down at his tiny assailant.
The girl looked up at him, pale hair falling over her face. "'Zo." She said simply, her lips curving in the tiniest of smiles.
"Hello, Fuu." Ienzo replied. "Do you try to kill everyone who walks in the door nowadays?"
"Didn't knock." Fuu replied, walking up to him and holding up her arms.
Ienzo smiled and scooped the girl into his arms. "I'll remember that next time." He said.
"Ienzo?" Came another voice from around the corner. A woman appeared, with the same pale hair as the other two. "Well," she said. "What brings to you to this part of town?"
"An opportunity of a life time, mama." Ienzo replied. "For you and Fuu."
His mother raised an eloquent brow and turned, leading the way into the front room. Ienzo followed, sitting on the couch with Fuu in his lap. Their mother sat in her armchair and waited her son to continue.
Ienzo sighed mentally. This would be the hard part, hiding his true intentions. "There's a ship, going to a nearby world." He said, as Fuu determinedly yanked at his tie, undoing the precise knot. "It's a mission of good faith, between this world and that one, and Lord Ansem has told us that several citizens would go, as ambassadors of a sort. He asked us for suggestions, and I thought that maybe you'd like to go." It was a lie, all of it. Ansem had no idea what his assistants were planning to do, to him, to the world, and to themselves. If everything went as they planned, they would gain an immeasurable amount of knowledge and power - but the tiniest mistake, and their world was finished. Those of them with families - Dilan's young wife, Braig's brother and children - were sending them away, just in case.
She looked at him for a long moment, assessing his words. "How long?"
"Just a couple weeks." Ienzo replied. That, at least, was truth, as long as they didn't screw up. "It'll take a few days to get to Twilight Town, and you'll spend about ten days there, learning about their way of life, and the Lord would like a report on your experience when you return." Not that Ansem would be there when - if - she came back, but no sense telling her that.
Fuu twisted around in his lap, now wearing his abused tie around her neck. "You?"
Ienzo shook his head. "I'm needed here." He said. "But you can tell me all about it when you get back."
Fuu shook her head, almost violently. "No."
He sighed through his nose. "Fuu-"
"No." She said again, with all the determination a five year old could muster. "You go, too."
He looked at her. "Do you even want to go?" He hadn't counted on this. So unlike him, to miss something so important. He had concentrated only on convincing his mother, not his sister as well.
She bit her lip, then nodded. "With you."
"Fuu, I can't."
"Why?"
"Because we're working on something very important." He said. "And I need to be here to do my part." She gave him a look that clearly said 'more important than me?' and he sighed again. "How about this, Fuu," He said. "You do this for Lord Ansem, for me, and if you like the place, we'll all go on a nice long vacation, just the three of us." He looked up at his mother, smiling. "Assuming mama wants to go, too."
The woman smiled at her children. "It is quite the opportunity, as you said, Ienzo." She looked at Fuu. "Well, love? Shall we go scout out this possible vacation spot?"
Fuu looked back at Ienzo. "Promise?"
Ienzo nodded. "Promise.”
Fuu nodded back, then looked at her mother. “Let’s go.”
“Twilight Town it is, then.”