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Eclipse stopped and looked at Izzy. "Are you sure? Whatever is there is sure to be powerful. Think you can handle it?" He asked.

"Glad you see it that way." He tossed Izzy a gauntlet and nodded. "Might come in handy." He said as he walked on toward the mansion. (exit)

Niyu and Xi find the usual hole in the wall that leads into the woods. They both cautiously walk through the woods since it's not really a "safe zone". Niyu holds their bag full of supplies they bought with one hand, and Xi's hand with the other.
Xi, of course, lets her hold her hand, as she thinks to herself about everything that's happened to her, such as losing her memories.

"U-Um, if you feel uncomfortable holding my hand, then, just say so. I just have a feeling I might lose you in the woods if I don't pay attention to you" Niyu says, looking forward.

Xi doesn't mind, so she holds onto Niyu's hand for her sake. She then looks around, aware that they're pretty much being watched...but by what.

"These woods...always gave me a nervous feeling, even when I'm with someone...it's like something might jump out at me and attack me. You must think I'm crazy but...I'm not, I'm just aware of the dangers that are around me." Niyu said in depression. "I don't expect you to reply to that, so, it's ok if you don't"

Xi doesn't say anything to Niyu, since Xi rarely talks. Holding Niyu's hand, she thinks about what Niyu said, about being aware of dangers that are around. What kind of danger could she mean, danger of reality, or something a little more than that. Throughout their "journey through the woods", they were quiet, eventually reaching a mansion, which neither of them have seen before. [EXIT]

Sophia walked out of a portal that immediatly closed once she came thru.

She looked around and sighed
"at least the mansion is up ahead."

She slowely walked towards the gates being causious.

Some nameless beings in black cloaks leaped out of nowhere and surrounded Sophia

"where do you think your going Sophixa? The superior and Xavior wants a word with you."

"Go to hell" she said as her keyblade appeared in her hands. It was giving off negative vibes as she held onto it but she knew it was her nobody side trying to break thru

She knew she couldnt fight all of them at once, so she decided to make a mad dash to the castle

Each of them attacked her with their own elements

Sophia fell hitting the ground hard. She looked extremely beaten up now.

"gotta....keep going.."

she got back up and started to run again only to fall back down by being attacked again.

She heard her guarding arm bones break and she screamed in pain.

She surrounded herself in a huge flower and attacked all of the attacking members at once.

Most of them dodged out of the way and the fire elemental of teh group set her on fire.
"burn baby burn."

She screamed and started to make her way towards the mansion again.

Yuri had reached The Woods and had what other might have called a feast sitting before him, the various scents of his food making his ((and let's be honest,mine too)) mouth water in anticipation as he settled hmself down against one of the biggest trees. Said feast consisted of the following:

4 foot long hotdogs
2 "Ultimeatums" with extra "Himalayan ketchup"
10 pounds of cheese fries
2 cups the length of Yuri's forearm and as big around as his head....filled with "extra strength" root beer and for the love of all that is good and decent NO GODDAMN ICE!

As he proceeded to dig in, it would be worth noting that not a single drop or crumb was out of place as each food item disappeared down his gullet with frightening swiftness. Clearly this man did not half-a** ANYTHING.


((No kidding, I got heartburn just from making that post lmfao))

Yuri was already done with his hotdogs, one of his clearly heart-attack-inducing burgers, most of one root beer, and a handful or three of his fries....and was partway through his second burger when the girl from eariler that day walked up to him. Too much for one guy? Not likely, seeing as he ate this much quite regularly. How else could he maintain the metabolism to fight as much and as hard as he did? Anyway, the first thing she said did not at all match the quiet demeanor with which she had watched him and Renton. The second one was even more confusing and as he swallowed a bite of Ultimeatum without even a single drop of ketchup touching anything, he came up with his responses:

"Huh. Thanks, I guess. I call the move I won with.....well, I call it losing even though I threw the fight in favor of my stomach." After a quick draught of root beer to rinse his mouth between sentences, he followed up with, "If ya don't mind me asking, what about that little scuffle back there was so interesting? You were watching us as if you knew something."

Yuri's grin as the girl prattled on was as wide as it was one of genuine amusement. He took a long drink of root beer as she spoke, and turned her words over in his mind the same way one might turn a particular taste over in one's mouth. She was hiding something, and the way she held herself coupled with the roundabout s**t-shooting was giving her away badly. "If you must know, I knew you were watching almost from the start. One must be observant at all times, especially in battle...or else one will not battle for long. It was a teaching of my old master before....well, before the shadow crawlers came." He didn't call them heartless because he didn't know the name for them. But after a quick handful of fries vanished down his gullet, he went on to say, "Having said that, you paid extra close attention to my weapon, once I drew it. You gave the same attention to Renton's. The intent look on your face as you watched, though only seen for an instant, told me everything. The way you're standing, the way you followed the man who was clearly the more skilled in using the same weapon, the way you're choosing to attempt, quite poorly might I add, to make small talk and beat around the bush. All those things have given you away. You're curious about it....aren't you?" Then he wasn't grinning. It was much more of a smug smirk plus eyebrow lift that said quite obviously without words that he knew he'd hit all the nails on the head and furthermore knew that the girl hadn't expected him to be able to do so. As he launched that smarmy look at her, he started chowing down on his other massive burger-inside-a-burger-with-two-burgers-for-the-buns.

As before, Yuri took a swig of root beer before responding while she sat, so as to have a clear mouth, "I suppose you're right. I am curious as to how I came by my sword, but truth be told I accept that it is mine and as my weapon, I use it as such. To me, there's little need for much else. There's little else that matters. The creatures I kill, I do so because it's personal. If I could tell them apart, I would surely make sure that the ones specifically responsible for the destruction of my home were given extra close attention by me." Another sip, and another bite of burger, then another sip, "More directly though, I care not what they are. They are my enemy, therefore I make sure to kill them where I find them, and that's all that matters. Where they came from is equally insignificant for the same reason. And while I may be curious as to how I got my sword, it doesn't matter because it's just another weapon. A tool that came to me, even though I rarely use it. It's less satisfying than using my own two hands." The way he spoke so plainly about it, one might have expected anyone else to get animated, or even angry with memories of past wrongs. No, Yuri was as impassive as ever, despite this being the first time he'd mentioned that his homeworld had been destroyed by the heartless. For all the emotion he showed, he might have been commenting on something as trivial as the tree they sat under. "I am curious however, what makes me so intriguing to you?"