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[Joe: Hawaii: Clearing]

The male frowned as Kyle bolted past him. Damn it all, he was supposed to be the first one in the fight!

Joe simply shrugged it off, though, having to dodge a missile by veering to the right before continuing on his straight path to the enemies. He shot past Seymour and Bobbi, not even acknowledging them before stopping in the middle of a group of heartless, spinning on the ball of his foot before thrusting his staff into the ground and climbing on it, spinning rapidly around the pole weapon as he attacked at the group that leaped at him. It didn't take long, however, till a delayed wind blade shot out of the male in a circle, slicing into the heartless that were close enough before hopping off his staff, shaking his head at the heartless that were no more, and the sudden absence of Terra.

"Well...f***. That's not fun."



[Az: Hawaii: Sky]

The replica frowned at the puff of blue smoke that appeared in the distance. Well, that didn't seem very evil looking, which meant it was something the good guys did. Had to be.

Standing on his Wyvern mount, the male clicked his tongue, then looked up to the oncoming fleet of airships.

"...Looks like it's all about to start, soon." Azrael was torn. A war was great for fighting, letting out anger and killing with no repercussions. But it was also a time where doing your own thing got you reprimanded, many of the people were so stupid, and many of the fighters could just be total newbies not worth the time or effort on the battlefield.

"..."

Bal-Hur moved closer to the Replica, and Azrael seemed to snap out of his thoughts. "Welp, time to make the best of a s*** situation. Let's have some fun." And Azrael's Wyvern started a downward dive, the replica approaching the battle slightly faster as he drew his weapon, his ranger suit activating out of instinct from the world he was on(not that anyone could see it in the dark, of course, let alone see him in the air at all). He'd get there soon enough....

((sorry in advance if this seems like speed hacking, trying to catch up here.))
{Leon : Hawaii : Clearing}

Leon continued to swing his gunblade wildly, not caring whatever it hit was friend or foe. That was, until Cloud gave him a hard hit with the blunt side of his Buster Sword, the blow strong enough to knock him back and knock him down. When the gunblader managed to return to his feet, it had all gone away. The disorientation, the ringing, he could focus once again on the battle.

He felt the Mighty Guard from Quina take effect, the wards effects immediately apparent as the Heartless and Tengu that continued to attack. Any hits that did land seemed to do less than they normally would. They would soon regret it though as the gunblade made short work of any who got the close.

{{Cue: Maybe I'm a Lion

He raised his left hand, clenching it into a fist. He charged energy into it, causing it to glow a burning red. He then brought it down, palm open.

"Fira!" He yelled, the ball of fire erupting from his hand and blasting away a Heartless.

He then charged forward deeper into the battlefield, gunblade slashing at any enemy that moved. He noted that that was about all that remained, the great majority of the tengu falling quickly. Still he remembered well the battle at Hollow Bastion two years ago, just how many Heartless there could be, this situation was reminding him a lot of that one. He dug his gunblade into the ground, dragging it through the sand and earth of the clearing. As he did, a trail of energy was building up behind it. As he pulled the gunblade out of the ground he leaped high into the air, an explosion emanating from the ground, blasting many of the surrounding Heartless. As the explosion from the Rough Divide concluded, Leon came back down, immediately going back to hacking at the Heartless. He had noted that Beatrix, Terra, and the other allies that had been controlled had made a retreat.

'That will simply things... for now.'

[Dani :: Hawaii :: Path to the Clearing>Clearing]

“Alright!” Dani thought to herself as Beatrix got hit with both lightning and water. “This could go as-“ Dani got cut off as she saw two red chakrams intercept her two blue chakrams.

“Darn!” Dani thought to herself. “How could that happen? I guess I had better try again.”

Dani made her two chakrams return to her before suddenly feeling the worst pain she had ever felt in her back as she felt something slash deep across it. Dani winced at the pain and suddenly lost her footing on the tree she was standing on. She fell but managed to land on her feet. "OW!" Dani shouted as she rubbed her back. When she returned her hand to her side, blood was dripping a little bit off of her fingers.

Sheesh. Honestly, how had they survived this long just running headfirst into things? Sayrike had a sneaking suspicion that being in a video game-influenced world brought a certain degree of luck to situations, rendering her usual caution and practicality a little bit obsolete. She stood stone-faced as Dawn vented at her. Was Sayrike mad at Dawn? Not really. She understood Dawn's frustration perfectly. How could one blame a girl for wanting to rush in to help her friends? If anything, it was clear that Dawn was extremely loyal, and she'd do anything for people she loved. Sayrike just hoped that this wouldn't get her (or the rest of them) killed one day. She didn't have enough time to explain to Joe what she had meant---maybe getting a bird's eye view of things while here in the Cove, and seeing if there was a free person somewhere who they could safely talk to so they could get a handle on the situation. Of course she didn't mean just interrupting someone while they were in the middle of attacking or something like that.

But all too quickly, things moved on, Kyle's explanation flashing through her head (Ugh, God, Power Rangers?) and it was hardly another few moments before they suddenly appeared in a slice of paradise---or that's what it would be, if there wasn't a small war going on. In the leftover dusk it was hard to see, but at least it wasn't as bad as being thrown into complete black, an experience Sayrike wasn't too keen to repeat. The alien ship in the distance cast an odd illumination on things, shadows and lights flicking furiously around one another in hypnotizing dance.

Immediately Kyle and Joe rushed off along with Dawn, and almost as immediately Dawn yelled out a word of caution. So much for having time to "gauge our surroundings for a few moments with ease." Along with Sora, Sayrike threw up the hand that wasn't holding Louis' and summoned her mirrors to block the oncoming missile. Sora took the brunt of it; Sayrike just supported in this case. Of course, she too became encased in a Ranger suit, hers looking like glass, or maybe water---clear, with a hint of light blue. Her helmet just had a simple black visor with two white almond-shaped spots that mirrored the eyespots on her mask, and her chest sported no emblem. She moaned, dreading the thought of what she must look like.

The young woman joked to Louis, "Be glad you're blind, so you can't see me in this ridiculous outfit." But then she felt his grip tighten apprehensively, and she realized how lost he must be, especially without a Trinity Charm. At that moment, Sora came over and offered Louis the safety of the ship. Sayrike looked at her partner with a worried look that couldn't be seen under the helmet, and she returned the tightened grip. "It's up to you, Louis. No one would think any less of you if you sat this one out. But if you wanted to stay...I'd be here by your side, and you wouldn't be in my way in the least." She tried to give a small comforting grin, even if he couldn't see it. "Though if you stay with me, I'd make sure you're kept busy. If you hang out with someone as awesome as me, you have to work for it!" In either case, she'd be sure to explain what was going on to Louis.

[ Kyle ; Sora ; Riku ; Seymour ; Cloud : Hawaii : Clearing ]

As Kyle reached the apex of his leap, he looked down toward the ground, toward his allies, and realized... he couldn't see a damned thing. It was a wonder how that had, actually, in this small forest clearing with no light to speak of. He did know, however, that there were still a few Heartless milling about... but with the shadows so dense, how would they know where to find them?

Well, let's make this a starry sky, then.

Instead of worrying about striking a direct enemy below (they hardly had any to worry about now, with the main threats leaving), Kyle began to throw out Starlights as he descended. One after another in quick succession as he fell, uninterrupted; they lit up the sky like small moons themselves, and as their numbers grew to more than half a dozen, those below could easily see around them, as though they were fighting on a lit-up city street.

He landed easily enough, spinning his swallow-spear around to make quick work of any nearby Shadows; that's when he heard Jon's shout. "No, wait! Let's regroup, we have a few minutes to spare!" he shouted, and he relayed the message over the charms as well (though not to the same volume). "We just got here, we barely know the full situation! The ships still have half a mile or so and whatever that is coming out the mountain will take time to get the the village anyway."

"He's got a point- I wasn't able to give every piece of info in the transmission," Riku said, Strike Raiding a Shadow that had decided to come his way; it was much easier to see now. "Let's take a second to analyze the issue. Some of them might not even be able to access their summons yet."

[[Louis : Hawaii : Just Outside The Clearing]]

With a nod of his head, Louis responded with his voice wavering slightly before taking a deep breath that collected his courage once more, "I won't hide. I will do everything I can to help. Lead the way and point me in the right direction." With some forced enthusiasm, Louis flipped the rifle from hanging on his shoulder and threw it across the back of his neck, "Let's show them what a team like ours can do!" The arcanist smiled and gave Sayrike one last firm shake of his hand, before clenching his teeth and putting his mind in the right place for the situation, I will protect everyone. No amount of set backs will stop me.

((catch up post with Auron finally))

{Auron : Hawai : Shipwreck Cove -> Clearing}

If Auron had been annoyed with the earthlings's debating, he didn't show it. He had long gotten used it. To him, it seemed as though this group never fully saw eye to eye. However, eventually something would move things in the right direction. In this case, it was Merlin, whisking them away in a puff of smoke. Auron's senses soon focused on their new surroundings, the war zone, as not too far away a mass of Heartless and tengu were fighting the other group. Though at first glance, Auron couldn't tell it was them due to their strange suits. Until that is, the ones who had just arrived changed into the same kind of suits as soon as they drew their weapons, Sora included.

Auron only smirked as he realized that it was just like the mermaid tails that the group gained where they had come from. some strange quirk of the world where their battle now took place. He paid it no further mind as he charged forward into the battle, his katana resting on his shoulder as he charged. The unsent samurai was ready for battle. No sooner did he plunge into the horde of heartless did he dispatch three of them with a horizontal sweep of his katana. Then back again, taking out a Tengu. He more than less ignored the other human fighters, focusing on taking out the heartless and tengu like a wrecking machine.

He barely made a note that for some reason, the human combatants they were fighting against made a sudden retreat, leaving nothing but the Heartless and Tengu, the latter of which were soon completely destroyed. That was when he heard the yelling, both from Kyle and Kichi to gather together to regroup and strategize, the bright lights from Kyle's "stars" sufficient to allow the samurai to see where everyone was.