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{Ignorance is bliss... until reality throws a Heartless siege at you.}

[Traverse Town : Second District Cafe]

"Great! In that case, I suggest we finish our lunch and reserve some Hotel rooms for the night," he responded, smiling toward the twins, while his eyes glanced every so often at Souzourou and Nomaa. He half-wondered what Alexandra had decided. "This way, we can stock up this evening and be ready to set out in the morning-"

At that moment, the miniature bodyguard self-titled 'Shugotenshi' stepped into the Café, issuing a challenge to him. He resisted scoffing and instead merely rolled his eyes, giving a bored look toward Suzuran, as if question whether or not all the guards on her planet were as annoying.

Taking his spear in hand, he stepped outside, locking his eyes on the child-like protector starting to move out into the middle of the courtyard, where they would likely begin their duel. He only agreed to satisfy the 'man's superiority complex so he'd leave him alone.

"I'll meet your condition if you meet one of my own," he spoke, keeping his spear tightly in his grip. He tried to remember the battle with the strange Heartless in the First District- the way he leapt from the rooftop and lithely hopped around the Heartless, the way he literally gripped the male heir and commanded him to stay back, the way he insisted on being older than him.

If it was false, and he was just a kid, then there was no real danger.

If it was true, however, then the fact that he was a member of the royal guard (like Soryuju himself) was definitely not to be taken lightly. And if he knew anything...

"No weapons, and no abnormal abilities. No magic, nothing at all. If you want to fight with just our bodies, then so be it," he declared, holding his ground with an odd seriousness. On his world, such declarations of challenge were taken very seriously, especially as a Wyvern Knight. "You want to duel, then those are my terms. Considering how desperate you are to be taken seriously, I'll grant you just that. It's either nothing or everything."

[Shade : Second District Cafe]

Shade had just finished her meal, with most of it still left on her plate. Just as she had finished paying for her tab, another male, a young boy, yelled out demanding a duel with one of the young men at the table she had been eavesdropping on. The ninja's eyes narrowed as the duel was accepted and the kid with the spear went outside to meet the challenge.

"What do you think Fang?" she whispered to the wolf.

The animal let out a small sound that could only be identified as a grunt, if wolves grunted. An answer that clearly meant a no, but she ignored him as she too stepped outside.

Normally, Shade wouldn't bother with activity such as this, but she was bored, and watching a couple of people duke it out seemed like a way to get rid of unwanted boredom.

Shade and the wolf went into one of the dark allies. She called forth her Shadowmeld ability to blend in, and watch without the worry of drawing attention to herself. Fang, with his dark coloring was hard to see on his own. And if he was seen most people would just get scared away by his massive size and his look.

[∫ ʋ ʓ ʋ ʁ ᾲ ɳ]
{You look like you fell down a tree and hit every possible branch on the way down.}

[Traverse Town :: Second District Cafe]

Suzu flushed a bright red, partly due to embarrassment and partly due to anger, especially after Soryuju looked towards her regarding Mitsudo. She stood quickly, unintentionally slamming the palms of her hands on the table as she did so. Stalking out after both of them she couldn't help but feel the emotions churning in her. Her violet eyes flashed towards Maru, looking for his reaction.

"Shugotenshi!" Suzuran shouted out, unable to hold the anger from her voice. How could- How dare he disgrace the entire royal family with the pompous display of... his pride! She was fuming, what an embarrassment! "I will NOT allow you to disgrace the royal family this way!" Any trace of a previous smile was now wiped from her face and the voice of authority now rang strong as she stared at Mitsudo in utter disbelief. She had briefly heard stories about someone who though looked like a child, possessed an impressive ability in swordsmanship. But that did not make her any less angry.

Haruko soon opened her eyes to the sight before her. There was Verefor who was talking to Tsurumi and Aiko about the punishment of death. Haruko's mouth water over the fact of an almost execution. She loved to do it herself.

However she saddened when he said they were let go. "Aww!" Haruko said now making her presence known, "I wanted more blood!" She then turned her attention to the Corridor of Darkness that had popped up. That usually meant that someone was joining them. She was suprized when a new man stepped out looking for Vereor.

"Cool fresh meat!!" she said and looked at him closely. "I am guessing he is the new number in our organization, Number XIV. That or he is taking the position over the man I last killed. What was his name?" she giggled and sat at her table smiling once again.

Kuu was very weary of joining such a large group, but Suzu seemed to be very accepting of it all. He knew he wouldn't be able to tell her that he disagreed, so he decided it was better to embrace it. They did just fight together, so as a prince and warrior he felt that they had earned his trust; however, it meant only on the battlefield. He still did not trust any of the males getting near Suzu.

In one of the conversations, he heard word of a haste gummi that they could possibly use from Soryuju. Well this definitely makes it all worth it, he thought to himself almost drooling over the thought of having a faster ship. Suddenly, after things were looking to work out in the end, the midget guard appeared and challenged Sory.

"I don't like a single thing about this at all," he finished with a long sigh. He then listened to his sister's explosion towards Mitsudo, and felt that her words alone should be enough to call of the challenge.

Tsurumi

I'd prefer if you were to just...

...disappear

{Castle Oblivion ~ Commons Area}

Tsurumi was rather annoyed at the moment, especially since the vacuum didn't seem to be working. It usually worked well. Debating on widening the area of the vacuum, everything suddenly changed. The burning clone was no longer in existence, Aiko was sitting where she had previously been, and everybody else was simply moving around or sitting at the table.

Then, instantly, she was suddenly encased in a crystal prison. She had no doubts that it was not the work of the whore, but rather of Vereor. It helped to reinforce it that he began speaking. Listening to his speech, she hoped to find some clues about the whore's power. Alas, there was nothing revealing there. She tossed the idea around in her head to try to build up the air pressure and break her way out of the prison, but decided to simply nod and agree. There would be later chances. Possibly. "Very well Vereor. I understand." She said, glancing towards where Aiko sat. Instead of the child or the clone, she instead found another woman, pale as snow. Now how does she do that? It has to have something to do with her skills and how she could create a burning copy of me. Just what is she? She thought to herself, before she turned back and ignored the girl.

[Traverse Town :: Cafe]

Window had never been in such an awkward situation for such a prolonged period. Of course, he could not know that both he and Nalo were berating themselves for actions that did not require apology. Well, someone had to change that (he couldn't stand the uncomfortableness for long), and so Window sat up straighter and tried to regain a more confident, business-like tone. "There is nothing to apologize about; indeed, I must seem more like a child to you than you to me. Why would you feel such a way? But did you order anything? You should eat something sustaining. Who knows when the next adventure might sweep us off to some unknown land?" It was at this moment when a boy stormed into the dining establishment and demanded some kind of fight with the young blonde man he had just studied. "Hmm, I wonder what is causing the rift between these two?" Window wondered with a hint of amusement. "Too much of a waste of energy." But, seeing the large group of people following the young man outside, Window felt he had to restate his previously mumbled question out loud--"But, if I may as to once again assume that you might know more than me due to your increased exposure to other worlds, why is there such a varied group of people in this town? Is there a native group that we have displaced?"