Tear into the History

[lockandkeyblade]

Who: KH Lightsiders + Friends
When: June 2 - June 6
Where: City (patrols), Woods (training area), Lion's Gate, Riku's Apartment, Anywhere else
Summary:  Kingdom Hearts Light Siders meet and prepare for the upcoming confrontation with Master Xehanort, Training montage   sharpening their fighting skills and patrolling the darkness for heartless or

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[walkthedawn]

[He hasn't stopped training, hasn't stopped working since he first heard all of this was going on. It weighs heavy on his heart to know that Terra, his mentor and friend, can possibly be fully controlled. He has one condolence to this: Riku, himself, has been possessed before and he found a way free.

If he could, then so can Terra.

And so he's out in the woods today and practicing his hardest, training himself and schooling his Light and Dark to the standards he'll need to face Master Xehanort. If all else fails, he needs to weaken him enough for Sora to fight him and win.]

[Sora and Riku] I'm all over the place with this log DONT JUDGE ME. /reaches for bff

[lockandkeyblade]

[Sora's not far behind today, arriving some twenty minutes after Riku with something loosely slung over his shoulder. He steps up at the edge of the clearing, watching his best friend. Sora's always known how lucky he is to have Riku as a partner. As a fighter, his movements are always purposeful, precise and dangerous. He knows because he's been saved by it too many times to forget.]

[Riku's been driving himself pretty hard lately. A little too hard. Which is precisely why he's brought along the bag and its contents. And in a little bit, maybe he'll convince Riku to take a well deserved break. Even just a few minutes worth. For now...]

Hey Riku!

[Sora's keyblade is already hanging loosely from his fingers, keychain clanking lightly against the metal guard. The bag sits at his feet.]

Looks like you could use somebody at the other end of that keyblade.

/reaches fooooor

[walkthedawn]

[It's generally the same routine: agility, stamina, strength, magic. He needs to test them all. He's fought Terra once before and he knows how hard he can hit. He knows the magic he'll use. He also knows "Ansem" well and knows his attacks. He can only guess that it'll be some terrible combination of the two, as Aqua predicted.

He's careful to keep his practicing to a minimum so as not to alert passersby that there are people ripping up the woods. The last thing any of them need is bad publicity. (Especially him.)

Riku lifts his head when he hears Sora's voice, turning to him. He lowers the blade in his hand only slightly. With a nod and a smile, he lifts it up over his shoulder.]

Yeah, probably. No warm-ups?

[lockandkeyblade]

[Sora just shoots back a teasing grin, flipping the question on its head.]

Don't sweat it, Riku. I'll go easy on you.

But if you reeeeally wanna warm up first, I'll join you.

[walkthedawn]

[He half-smirks, looking back at him.]

Funny. I've been doing that for a while now, pal.

[lockandkeyblade]

[Sora moves out into the open, closer to Riku.]

What's it today? We doing exercises or easing into a spar?

[walkthedawn]

Sparring would be better. We should run some endurance exercises... Especially you.

[He almost loses his smile.]

We need to be sure you can handle any bit of Darkness he throws at you. You, Roxas, and Ven are the ones most connected to the Light. He'll try to snuff it out.

[lockandkeyblade]

huh? Says who? I've got plenty of endurance!

[He sounds indignant, even if he's going to take the advice anyway.]

And Xehanort can try all he likes- This light isn't going out any time soon. Especially when we're all together.

[He stops for a moment.]

You gotta be careful too.

[walkthedawn]

[He smiles.]

I know you do. But we just need to be careful. Even with Xemnas, we couldn't fight him one by one. We had to work together.

[And Xemnas had taken Sora and almost killed him.]

I'll be careful, trust me.

[lockandkeyblade]

All that stuff Xehanort said. About wars and and feeding darkness into your heart...

A lot's happened since I was gone. Hasn't it?

[walkthedawn]

[A pause.]

...Yeah.

[lockandkeyblade]

You gonna be okay?

[walkthedawn]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[Honestly, he is.]

It'll be okay. I'm not so weak that he can take me down.

[lockandkeyblade]

[He shakes his head. There's not a doubt in his mind that Riku is strong, that he'll get out of this just fine no matter how difficult things get.]

I know you're not, Riku.

But that's not the thing I'm talking about.

[walkthedawn]

Then what is it?

[lockandkeyblade]

I meant your heart.

[In familiar territory. This same conversation that's been getting more and more frequent of late.]