Sorry I haven't replied to the reviews like I usually do. Time kind of got away from me. But I would like everybody to know just how much I appreciate you guys' feedback. It keeps me going on this thing.
So, I'm back, and with a new chapter for you. This is another character development stage of the fic, but you know what? I like it.
Bariss: "It's certainly an interesting setting to do it in. DarthKingdom doesn't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Square Enix, or Dreamworks."
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Chapter 114: Days in Paradise
"No, three days in not fine." Tulio muttered to himself, whilst tossing a pair of square, golden earrings between his hands.
It had been about twenty minutes since their meeting with Chief Tannabok. The whole group was lounging about in the temple.
"This is a real-" He promptly handed the earrings he had been holding to Chel, who had been rummaging for a new pair amongst the treasures in the temple (which Sora now realized was looking a little like the Cave of Wonders). "These are the ones."
She smiled flirtatiously at him as she took them. "Thank you."
"Problem." Tulio finished his previous statement. He looked at Miguel, who was lying in a large pile of treasure, relaxing. "Miguel, how are we going to keep this up for another three days?"
"You worry too much." Miguel replied casually, sliding out of the gold and walking to the main entrance of the temple to gaze across the city.
Tulio suddenly sprinted through the mounds of gold to grab his partner by the shoulders and shake him. "No, I worry exactly the right amount! You can never worry too much." He released him from his grip. "We just have to lie low."
Miguel smirked at him, and looked back out of the entrance. "But Tulio, this place is amazing! I mean, I wonder what's in the-"
"NO!" Tulio interrupted, pointing a finger at him. "Don't even move!"
Miguel chuckled. "Aw, Tulio-"
"You're moving!"
"But let me ju-"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"C'mon-"
"Ah!"
"I gotta-"
"STAY!"
"I just want to-"
"Just... stand there."
Miguel had been in mid-step when Tulio gave his last order. "For three days?" He fell over.
"Yes! Exactly. For three days. Don't even breath." Tulio confirmed. "Alright?"
Miguel stood back up, brushing the dirt from his shirt. "Alright. We lie low."
Tulio was apparently unconvinced. "Promise?"
"Yeah, yeah."
"Great." Tulio was visibly relieved. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to gloat over my gold." As he passed by Chel, he tapped the earring dangling from her right ear, eliciting a small giggle from the native woman.
Sora rolled his eyes. Tulio may have had a bit of control over his old partner, but not over him or the others. He was just as eager to explore the magnificent city as Miguel was, and he wasn't about to let him stop him from sightseeing.
He got to his feet, and stretched. He walked over to Nehrut, who was sitting on an ornamental stool that had been part of the massive tribute. He tapped him on the shoulder.
"Any way you could make him a little more 'understanding?'"
The telepath grinned mischievously, and got to his feet. "Short of threatening him? Yeah, maybe."
He walked over to Tulio (who was kissing a small golden statue), and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey, big guy?"
"Hmm?" He muttered distractedly, without turning around.
Nehrut extended his hand toward the back of Tulio's head. "The guys and I are going to go check up on Tannabok's guys, and oversee the early construction of the boat. You don't mind that, right?"
"Na-ah." Tulio muttered, before going back to the gold.
"Awesome! You're a great guy, you know that?"
"Ah-huh."
Nehrut grinned, and turned to face the group, who were all staring at him with pleasant surprise.
"You can control minds?" Goofy asked.
"I didn't control his mind. I don't think anyone can do that successfully. All I did was make him pay a little less attention to what I was saying, got him more focused on the gold, and made him a tad bit more sympathetic toward us."
The room's occupants clapped softly, as they made their way slowly toward the exit.
Everyone but Donald and Chel left the room before Tulio turned around. But before Tulio could notice the absence of most of the people in the chamber, Mickey and Goofy ran back in, and pried the duck away from the heaps of treasure inside.
"Come on Donald," The King said, "This is for your own good."
"Ya need a little fresh air, buddy." Goofy added.
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It didn't take Sora long to realize that El Dorado was as close a place to paradise as any he had ever seen.
The beautiful, colorful architecture that Sora had first thought unique to the gods' temples could be seen all over. All of it was built among the jungle, forming a magnificent combination of humanity and nature everywhere. The river was always in sight somewhere.
It was an absolutely beautiful day, with barely a single cloud in the bright blue sky. He and Kairi were walking amongst the city's locals, and it was clear from the looks that they were getting as they walked along hand-in-hand that they were curious, and slightly scared.
"They act as if they've never seen beings from another world before." Sora joked.
"I don't like this. We should let them know we're their friends." Kairi suggested. "After all, judging from the sacrifice Tzekel-Khan was supposed to give the gods, it seems that they were expecting something a bit different."
"We're here in peace!" Sora suddenly called. "We're just here to visit."
At first, his words didn't seem to have much of an effect. But then, a child wandered away from her mother and older brother. This little girl, who couldn't have been more than three years old, took a few tentative steps toward the two Keybearers.
Sora saw her first, and bent down to her level to get a better look at her. She continued cautiously toward him, until she was just about one foot away. He put on a friendly face. She slowly reached up...
And tugged on one of Sora's spiky locks. He grinned at her, and she giggled.
With that one simple act, the tension that had been on the street disappeared, and some of the locals began to approach them. Sora scooped the child up into his arms, and stood up straight, while she continued playing with his unusual hair.
"I think she likes you, Sora." Kairi observed with a smile.
"You really think so?" Sora laughed when the little girl grabbed two locks of his hair and pulled lightly on them.
"I'm terribly sorry." Her mother apologized.
"Nah, she's cute." Sora smiled, and handed the girl over toward Kairi's open arms. She took her lightly, and smiled at her.
"You're pretty!" The girl observed innocently.
"I think so, too." Sora agreed.
Kairi grinned, and hoisted the girl up so that she could sit piggy-back on her shoulders. The child giggled, and now started playing with Kairi's dark red hair.
"What's your name?" She asked the girl.
"My name is Tanni!" She replied. "What's yours?"
"I'm Kairi, and this is Sora. It's nice to meet you, Tanni."
"How old are you two, exactly?" One of the local men asked.
"We're sixteen." Sora answered. "Though I'm about a month older than Kairi."
"Only sixteen?" One woman looked shocked. "Only sixteen, and entrusted with so much responsibility!"
For just a moment, he thought she was talking about them being Keybearers. But then he remembered that they were supposed to be...
"The gods' executive staff, and official representatives of the spirit world." Roxas reminded.
Thanks.
"Well, it is a big job." Kairi agreed. "But we've gotten used to it, and Lords Miguel and Tulio are excellent bosses."
"Plus, they pay well." Sora joked. Even though the natives didn't seem to get it, Kairi stifled a laugh.
"What brings you down here, Lords Sora and Kairi?" One of the men asked.
"We just thought we'd sightsee a little. You know, have some fun before we head back to the spirit world."
"There are lots of ways to have fun here!" Tanni exclaimed cheerfully from on Kairi's shoulders.
"You don't say? We'd love to see!" Kairi said.
So, the small group of locals led them down a few streets. Before them was what looked slightly like something from a modern amusement park. It was a large, spinning wooden pole fixed into the ground. About eight people were spinning around it from ropes attached to their ankles from the top.
Sora and Kairi were immediately excited.
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Roxas watched the scene from one of the nearest rooftops. He was in his transparent form, which he usually took whenever he wanted some time to himself. They had gotten on the ride with a few of the locals, one of which had been Tanni's eight year-old brother.
After nearly ten straight minutes on the ride, when everybody had gotten off, the child had promptly released the contents of his stomach into a bush, and Sora and Kairi immediately moved to console him.
Looking at them from above, they looked a bit like a very young family. Roxas decided that it was a cute picture, and his thoughts drifted to the future that he may or may not have like that with Namine.
"Aw..." Said girl said, appearing behind him, also transparent. "I didn't know you thought about things like that..."
He felt her place her soft hands on his shoulders, and he sighed contentedly. "That, among other things."
"Like me in Chel's outfit?" She muttered slyly.
Roxas blushed. "You saw that one daydream, huh?"
"Now Roxas you adorable little pervert, you should know that you can't hide things from me." She replied cheekily.
"You're not angry, then?"
"No." She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Just behave yourself, and maybe it'll happen eventually."
The only response Roxas could muster was an unusual sort of wheeze in the face of her out-of-character moment, and Namine laughed. She hugged him tightly from behind, and kissed the side of his face.
The two not-quite-Nobodies sat together for a moment, watching their Others mingling with the natives in the street below.
"Do you think we'll ever be our own selves again?" Roxas asked out of the blue.
"Who knows?" Namine placed her head on his shoulder. "Probably only if they both become Heartless. But that's not likely to happen, and I know neither of us want that, right?"
"Of course not." Roxas nodded. "Besides, we'd probably be normal Nobodies if that happened. No hearts."
"And I wouldn't be able to go on not loving you." Namine squeezed him.
Roxas twisted around in her arms, and placed his hands on the small of her back, and smiled softly. "Me neither." And he kissed her.
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Axel walked casually down the street, arms folded behind his head. He wasn't one to get very sentimental, but he couldn't help but admire the beauty all around him.
After about ten minutes of aimlessly walking, he came across a wide, flat, stone-floored area bordered by a low wooden fence. Two very bulky men were sparring inside with a pair of the deadly macuahuitl like he had seen Tzekel-Khan holding. Just over a dozen of their fellow guards were milling around watching them.
Realizing that he had stumbled across a training session, Axel smiled and walked up to the fence. He leaned against it in between two other men.
"They look good." He noted.
One of the other men nodded. "Yes, they're two of Chief Tannabok's finest."
"Really? I call winner."
The two men looked at him in total shock. "Are you sure that's wise, my Lord? They're both highly skilled."
Axel snorted. "So am I."
As he spoke, one of them slapped the flat end of his opponent's weapon aside with his own, knocking it from his grasp completely. He then held his own weapon to the man's throat, indicating the end of the fight.
"Looks like I'm up." Axel said. Amidst the admiring clapping of the other men, he vaulted over the fence, and into the training ring.
The two men who had been fighting before looked at him in surprise. "Think either of you can take me on?"
They chuckled slightly, and exchanged grins. "My Lord, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Trying to chicken out of a fight?" Axel goaded with a raised eyebrow.
The two men laughed, as the loser of the last bout exited the ring. "If you insist, my Lord." His friend said, leveling his weapon at his face, then he noted the fact that Axel was unarmed. "Would you like to borrow someone's weapon? It's no problem."
Axel smiled, and raised his hands to the air, palm up. Embers formed in the space around his hands, and he shot them out to the sides, looking down. Flames swirled in the space before his hands, before his chakrams finally appeared, and he grabbed them out of thin air.
He raised his head with a smirk, relishing the shocked look his opponent now wore. Intimidation had its place in combat, and he had used that to his advantage against both Sora and Roxas merely by summoning his weapons.
Still, he allowed the man to make the first move, coming in high with a powerful overhead blow. Axel brought both of his weapons up to catch the attack, and turned it aside casually, taking two steps backward to put some distance between them.
The man attacked again, this time with a wide horizontal strike, which Axel parried. He then leapt completely over the man's head. Rather than ending the fight then, he dismissed his weapons, and tapped the man on the shoulder.
He spun around, and struck at his head. Axel ducked under his weapon, and as it passed overhead, he drove his fist into his stomach with force that one wouldn't guess he could summon, looking at his thin frame.
The man collapsed to the ground, clutching his stomach, and Axel called one of his chakrams back to his hand. He held it to his throat, and just like that, the fight was over.
It had barely taken one minute.
"Who's next?" Axel invited. "Feel free to pair up, if you like!"
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"Why'd you have to take me away from the gold?" Donald grumbled yet again.
"Donald, we've been over this." Mickey reprimanded. "It's not healthy. Just try to focus on something else."
"Yeah, Donald!" Goofy agreed cheerfully. "Just try to cheer up. Look at where we are!"
It was true, El Dorado was beautiful, as all of them had discovered by now. The three animal-people had stumbled upon a small area of the city which seemed to be more jungle than city. The lush, colorful foliage was all around them, and the sounds of various small animals were present, too.
Not far away, they spotted a small group of people; each of them carrying bowls filled to the brim with seeds. They periodically sprinkled it onto the ground in handfuls to feed the birds that were milling around them. The only way Mickey could describe them was that they looked like very colorful roosters.
"Excuse us?" Mickey said, walking up to the nearest of the people. "Ya mind if we tried that?"
"Not at all, my Lord." The man said, bending down to his level, and handing him his bowl. Two of his friends gave theirs to Donald and Goofy (though Donald took his grudgingly). The three of them mimicked the others in the group, dropping seed to the ground at the feet of the multicolored birds.
Mickey found feeding the colorful creatures unusually relaxing. When one of them came right up to his feet to peck at a bit of seed he had spilled on his shoes, he bent down just a bit, and stroked its feathery head. Surprisingly, he received no objection from the bird.
As they unwound in the simple act of feeding the birds, Donald let out a shriek of surprise.
Four brightly-colored, twelve-feet tall, flamingo-like birds had entered the area. They resembled something straight out of a Mardi-Gras parade, and almost didn't look real because of this.
The largest of them (a bright purple one that was coming up on thirteen feet) had crept up behind Donald, and plunged its large, pointed beak into the depths of his bowl of seed.
Panicking, the court magician cried out in shock, and immediately ran away from the massive bird. He wasn't thinking clearly enough to realize that taking the bowl with him as he ran was a bad idea.
The bird –not quite finished with the meal- chased after him with long, fast strides. Its three friends became excited by the activity, and followed suit immediately.
In a few minutes, several people in El Dorado's streets were both confused and amused to see the duck running down the street in a panic, being chased by four large birds, a mouse and dog-person, and a pair of the local guard carrying nets.
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Riku was laughing his lungs sore. He was sitting near the bank of the river, on the side of one of the lesser-traveled streets that was built alongside it. This particular one dropped directly into a small branch of the river from a one-foot drop.
Yuffie was crouched over next to him, with her face just inches from the water's surface. His girlfriend -Master Ninja Yuffie Kisaragi- was making faces at a koi fish.
He had no idea why, but apparently this particular specimen (a bright blue one about the size of her arm) had offended her in some way. So, for the past five minutes she had sat hunched over the river, returning its unchanging, blank gaze with several increasingly childish and hilarious faces –most of which came with unusual hand gestures.
After another two minutes, the koi seemed to have gotten bored with whatever it was that Yuffie was doing. So, he quickly turned around, and swam down into the depths of the river.
But in the process of turning, he sent a spout of the river water into Yuffie's face.
Riku immediately went into hysterics, doubling over in laughter. Yuffie was silent for a moment, gazing sourly at the space where the koi had been. She turned her head slowly to fix Riku with an irritated look.
"So this is funny to you?"
"Yes. Yes it is." Riku caught his breath just long enough to ask. "What did he do to annoy you, anyway?"
"...He splashed me."
Riku went right back to laughing, and Yuffie scowled. That was when she realized how perilously close her silver-headed boyfriend was to the water. A smirk appeared on her face, but she swapped it out for her most seductive smile. She leaned in very close to him.
"Oh, Riku?"
Riku shut up immediately, noting how close she suddenly was, and looking apprehensive. Yuffie cupped his face in her hands, and began to pull him toward her...
Before she caught him completely off-guard by throwing him into the river head-first.
He resurfaced a few seconds later, spluttering water from his mouth and wiping his soaked hair from his eyes. Now Yuffie was the one who was laughing uncontrollably. A moment later, he smirked. And before she could do anything about it, he had grabbed her ankle and pulled her in after him.
She squealed in surprise just before she hit the water. She kicked her way back to the surface, and found Riku treading water and smirking at her from two feet away.
"There. We're even." He proclaimed smugly.
"Not even close." Yuffie said. She splashed him directly in the face. He retaliated a moment later, laughing as he did so.
The splash fight continued for nearly ten straight minutes, with their laughter interspersed all throughout it. Finally, Yuffie jumped on top of Riku, dunking him beneath the water.
He wasn't willing to do the same thing to her, so he merely wormed his way out of her grasp, and surfaced, coughing and spluttering while Yuffie giggled.
Eventually, the two made their way back to the street. Riku hoisted himself up onto dry ground first, then extended his hand to help Yuffie back out.
He fell back onto the street, and she laid down next to him. Both of them were breathing heavily, and they were drenched to the bone, but neither of them cared. Their soft laughter was evidence of this.
After a few minutes, Yuffie propped herself up on her elbows, and kissed Riku softly on the lips. They parted a moment later, and Riku looked at her curiously. "What was that for?"
"Just because." She shrugged, smiling softly. "Why? Want me to stop?"
"No, no! Please continue."
Yuffie giggled as Riku cupped her cheek, and lifted his head up to engage her in a longer kiss.
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Nehrut was watching Bariss. He couldn't seem to take his eyes off of her.
She wasn't doing anything particularly unusual, not for her, anyway. She was in a slightly isolated part of the city behind the gods' temple, practicing her combat drills yet again.
Her whip twisted and wrapped around her form several times before extending, and cracking the air before her. She repeated similarly deadly actions with it over and over again, before finally returning it to her belt, and switching to her sai.
Okay. This won't be too bad. Just walk up to her when there's a pause and ask her.
For the past several days, he had been trying to work out how he should go about his feelings for Bariss. He was no longer denying that they were there, but he'd yet to admit as much to anybody else.
He'd finally settled on a plan: That he would ask her on a 'kind-of-date' the next time the opportunity arose, and see where that led them. Now was as good a time as any, but in the fashion of most teenage boys, his nerves were getting the better of him, and holding him back.
Walk up to her already you coward!
Before he could change his mind, he stood from his sitting position, and forced himself forward. "Hey, Bariss."
Could your voice have gone up any higher!
She turned at the sound of his voice, stopping in mid-strike with her sai. She casually twirled it between her fingers, and smiled. "Hey, Nehrut. What's up?"
"Wow, 'what's up', that's a phrase you've never used before!" He said, admiringly.
"Well, congratulations." She replied with a smile. "You've finally corrupted me."
The telepath made a cliched fist pumping gesture. "Anyway. Have you um... got some spare time?"
"Sure. Why do you ask?"
Okay, here's the tough part. But you can do it… DO IT!
"Would you like to uh... maybe walk around the city a bit?"
"Sure. It's a date." She replied, sheathing her blade, and walking in the direction he had come from with a small smile.
Nehrut didn't realize that his legs weren't moving until Bariss yanked his cloak, and pulled him half-stumbling after her. He also didn't realize that he was grinning broadly enough for it to hurt his face until Bariss laughed at him.
She was the one who said 'date!'
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"Woah!" Xyran exclaimed. "When the big guy sent us here... this wasn't exactly what I was expecting."
Xyran and Cossex stood on the highest rooftop in El Dorado, which just happened to be that of the gods' temple. At this altitude, the wind was great enough to blow their hair into their faces, but there was definitely nothing wrong with their vision.
"A city of gold..." Cossex sounded awed, which was a rarity. "It's magnificent."
"Could I please-" Xyran began.
"No."
"You don't even know what I was going to say."
"You're not taking any gold. That's not what we're here for."
"Alright, so you did know. How long have you been the only telepathic Nobody?"
"Your expression says it all, Xyran."
"And she's right in saying that that's not the reason you're here." Came a voice from behind them.
The two Nobodies weren't surprised when a corridor of Darkness opened behind them. They barely turned to see Andmox standing behind them. The big man had them fixed with a suspicious look.
"So sorry, muscle-head." Xyran replied in a bored tone. "Would you like to do this? After all, you've never fought the Keybearers yourself."
"I'll pass. For now." Andmox's eyes glinted with battle fever for a moment, but then it was gone, and he was under control. "But we're going to make sure that there aren't any 'slip-ups' for you, this time."
It was a thinly veiled threat, and they all knew it. Serndask was already suspicious of them regarding the incident with the Resistance. He just didn't have any concrete proof that they had enabled their escape. So now, he was making sure that the two of them didn't get any ideas about going soft on the Brotherhood's enemies.
"Don't worry." Cossex said, never having even turned to face him. "There won't be."
"We should all hope so." Andmox warned. And then he was gone.
Xyran waited for a minute to be sure he was gone, before letting out a sigh of frustration. "We're going to actually have to fight them, aren't we?"
"I'm afraid so." Cossex nodded. "And they'll know if we hold back."
"For the first time in my life, I'm actually hoping I get my face beat in." He considered his own words for a second. "Actually, scratch that. I'm hoping I get knocked out and taken prisoner."
"Little chance of that, unfortunately."
"Or fortunately."
"Whichever." Cossex scowled to herself. How she longed for a simple good vs. evil fight like the old days. Everything was complicated now. "We can probably stall for a while before we actually try anything, at least."
"Hooray for procrastination!" Xyran exclaimed, leaping completely off the roof down to the city below, to kill some time.
Cossex walked to the edge, and followed his progress down the side of the pyramid to fall directly into the river, unnoticed by anyone else. She sighed again, but this time there was a slight smile on her face. That boy reminded her too much of Queran and Eliar sometimes.
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Sora and Kairi had separated themselves from the group of locals that they had been hanging out with. Tanni had looked sad to see them go, but they assured her that they would see her around later.
Right now however, they needed a little alone time with each other. Apart from their nights alone, they hadn't had too much of it without the rest of their party around. Not that they had let that stop them from being sappy and romantic, of course.
So now, they were walking arm-in-arm along a lesser-travelled side street with colorful walls to either side of them. Sora was grinning widely, as Kairi frequently leaned up to him, and kissed him on the cheek or neck. She had also wrapped an arm around his waist whenever she did so.
Sora had had enough of the teasing, though. He finally came to a halt, and wrapped both arms around her waist. He planted his lips firmly onto hers in a passionate kiss. She responded in kind, putting both palms on his chest, and pushing him back into the wall.
His tongue probed for entrance through her lips, and she granted it. They were reluctant as always to part, so when they came up for air, it was only for one second, and then they resumed right where they left off.
They continued this for nearly ten wondrous minutes straight, thankful for the lack of foot traffic, before they had to take a break. Kairi was breathing heavily as she leaned her head on Sora's shoulder. He smiled widely, and ran his fingers through her hair. His knees felt weak.
"Have I ever told you that you taste fantastic?" He asked her in a slightly hoarse voice.
She laughed, and replied, "Real smooth. You're pretty tasty yourself."
He chuckled, and nuzzled his head into the crook of her neck. She hummed in contentment, and buried her hands into his hair. "I love you so much." She breathed.
"I love you, too." He whispered into her ear, briefly emerging from her neck. In fact, there was so much love in the air at the moment that it was electric. Both of them suddenly felt the need to sit down.
"Aww..."
Nehrut and Bariss were above them on the opposite wall. They had stumbled upon the scene by accident, and though Bariss had been just loud enough for the two to hear, they didn't seem to have noticed.
She was grinning down at the two, eyes twinkling. Nehrut was remembering when he had 'dropped' in on them at the World That Never Was. He had told them that they should feel free to express their love publicly, and he still felt that way... Though it did tend to get a little uncomfortable on occasion.
He looked at Bariss, who had her hand over her mouth in a vain attempt to hide her grin. "I want that." She said.
Nehrut's heart sank. "You mean... Sora?"
"No!" She exclaimed (though Sora and Kairi still didn't hear her). "Not quite my type. I was just referring to, you know... love."
"We'll both find it." Nehrut answered, feeling very relieved, but not showing it.
"Think so?" She asked, looking at him.
He looked her in the eye. "Yeah, I do."
Thinking that it might just be the right time, Nehrut took a small step toward her. To his immense happiness, she didn't draw away, and the tiny smile she had been wearing began to grow.
That was when something hit him the back of his head, and he knocked his forehead ungraciously against Bariss's.
"Sorry!" He heard Miguel shout.
Nehrut turned around, scowling. A reddish brown ball was lying at his feet where it had fallen after getting acquainted with his head. Several feet away, in a small square that branched off into the side street in which Sora and Kairi now stood, Miguel was standing with a small group of children who all appeared to be under ten. His look was apologetic, and it seemed he realized only too late what he had interrupted.
Sora and Kairi had caught sight of the whole situation, and they were blushing at the odd looks the children were giving them.
Nehrut picked up the ball, and threw it back to Miguel. He caught it, and beckoned to them. "Sorry for killing the moment. Come on, join in the fun over here!"
Sora and Kairi shrugged, and ran over to the square, to the excitement of the children. Nehrut was still brooding, until he felt a pair of slender arms wrap around his waist from behind. His eyes widened in shock when he felt Bariss's breath in his ear.
"Come on, it'll be fun."
She released him, and leapt to the street below, and ran off to join the game. This left Nehrut behind for a moment to wonder if Bariss had actually just been flirting with him… when had she learned to do that?
Then, he grinned ear-to-ear and ran after her.
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If you've followed the story this long, you know it's not a proper world arc if I don't throw in a bunch of fluffy junk.
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