Shish-Kabob Heartless Pt2 (Xemnas, Sephiroth)

[Xemnas]

( Continued from Part 1: exodusofsilence.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=homeofthenobodies&thread=193&page=1 )

<BlindTaleTeller>Hiro: *laughs, following* Let him try, he's not likely to enjoy the result. >3

<BlindTaleTeller>Hiro: But.. *stepping ahead a bit he stretched, the hunting ground in front of them familiar to him as he practised here often* Have you any idea what to get him? *meaning Saix*

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: Ah...I do not know...*there's that neutral expression again* I suppose I should ask Marluxia for some recommendation, he would probably have some sort of idea.

<BlindTaleTeller>Hiro: I know he likes sake, but I pitched in for the crate last year.. *drawing his blade before they came to the edge of the theater's entrance, he looked to Xemnas and finally said something* You realize I know you well enough to know something's not steady when I mention him, don't you? *again, meaning Saix* Have you spoken to him yet?

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: *sighs, running a hand through his hair* I tried to when he brought Vexen back...but he left so quickly I did not get a chance to...*slips his hands into his pockets, grimacing* I think I effectively made him loathe me at the time of Axel's return.

<BlindTaleTeller>Hiro: *turned to one side watching him as he spoke, and shook his head* With the way you received Axel, after having accepted Marluxia and even Larxene back; I think it's more likely he thinks that you loathe him, my love. And if that were the case, it's likely only been supported by the fact you haven't said a word to or visited him once through the entirety of his separation from this place.. *turning, he looked over the familiar spot again* Likely though, he simply couldn't stay. He was in severe pain months ago when here, according to Xaldin. If it's been increasing with the rest of the symptoms monthly; it's likely he left because it was unbearable. Which would explain why he hasn't visited in a few weeks as well.

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: *grimaces still, head bowed a little as he considers his fiancee's answer* ...I do not...really want to say it, Sephiroth...

<BlindTaleTeller>Hiro: *glances back over his shoulder, a brow raising* Say what, Jewel?

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: That...I am afraid...to find out whether it is you or I that is right about how he feels. *meets his eyes finally* I can barely even think of facing him...

<BlindTaleTeller>Hiro: *takes a breath, and simply says it, lifting his gaze up* You can't hide from it forever.. and the more time passes, the more damage I can guarantee is done. if you wait for him to make his own assumptions and say nothing, it's a message in it's own. *another glance back* You're telling him: 'it's easy for me to write you off, you were and are nothing: not even worth my words.' Is that what you mean to say to him instead?

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: I know...I know...*reaches out and takes Hiro's hand, squeezing it for a second* Its just hard...*looks over the other man's face* Maybe...we could go see him after going to a few worlds? Or would this not be a good time...? *that is said mostly in regard to what Hiro felt like doing with his day more than anything else*

[Sephiroth]

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *squeezes back and leans to kiss his lips* Just.. don't leave it until the end of the year. You may find your suspicions really are truth then, hm? *and bringing his fingers up he brushed a kiss to his knuckles* Shall we stop stalling? *nodding out to the clearing in front of the matinee*

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *kisses back, humming a little as his mood perked up somewhat* Alright...*flushes a little at the additional affection* Ah, yes, I think we should. *slides his hand out of Hiro's, walking out into the aformentioned area, the Neo Shadows wobbling to life around him as his aerial blades came into being*

<anime-oujo> ...*facepalms; forgot to put an attack in thar*)

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *stabs one of the red blades into the nearest one, dispatching it with relative ease*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *takes up a position further along, at first not minding those that popped up: positioning himself further away -- due to the length of his sword-- and taking it into position he drew back and swept them forward: careful not to finish the job, weakening them enough so that his fiancee could finish them with little effort*

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *casts out a hand toward the ones Sephiroth has already weakened, a series of short ones imbedding themselves into the heartless, taking them out all in a row, the First turning with his remaining weapon and slicing one clean in half*

[Sephiroth]

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *swipes his blade out to his left, sidestepping with it ready and pulling up a few more; again swiping into them in arcs hard enough to weaken them and knock them back to his lover* Six more!

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *it comes down to him practically shooting them at the rate he's expelling the mini-aerial blades, the full size one carving up the ones that were too close to bother shooting, dispatching the last one as he realized he'd somehow managed to work his way over to the other man during his work* There...

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *a single downswipe to the side and he smiled* There's more ahead. the alleys are rife with them you know. *a soft chuckle* Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever gone too far here..

[Sephiroth]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: Well there are several more interesting things that lie above in the castle...its not as if you would really need to wander around this place~....*grins slightly at his lover, brushing past him; the brush more contact than Hiro would have obviously gotten if it hadn't been intentional~, heading for the nearest alleyway*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *smirks and leans to bite at the air near his ear, catching a swat to his rear as he went by; grinning himself and following.. the next group popped up around the corner, a smaller lot* I've wandered, just not far.. is there anything interesting out here?

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *clicks his tongue in response to the smack, actually leering teasingly over his shoulder at the other man* Not particularly since this world is uninhabited save for heartless, lessers and our fold...*picks off a few with those shots again, shrugging a little* Just an empty city down here...

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: Ah.. *following, he smiled* well, if only for the goal, perhaps we could go a little further than I had before..? *stepping ahead around the next corner he chuckled a bit and readied his blade again before charging through past the heartless as they appeared, and swinging around to push them in Xemnas' direction*

[Xemnas]

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: That would be fine with me. *walks forward after him, slashing through each that comes his way, seeming to be enjoying himself in some small way*

[Sephiroth]

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *they just kept coming from that point on; movement of any kind gathering their attention. Hiro baited them out as often as he could; lining them up and throwing them back at his fiancee. He was enjoying himself as well.. though more in watching Xemnas move than anything else. He waited at the end of the next section near the corner as he watched steadily* ..beautiful..

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *slicing through them with great sweeping motions of his arms, going through the entire crowd before ending up just in front of his love again, his hair slightly out of place from the movements he had made, just stopping in time to hear the comment* ...care to repeat that~? *smirks at him, a slight mischievous glint to his eyes for once*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *an instant grin, his wing spread out and hooked around Xemnas' back to curl him in towards him* I said.. *leaning in close to his lips* You are beautiful, my Jewel. *and catching a kiss, his sword hand slipped around to swipe at the few that popped up in that moment and wipe them away entirely; not wanting that kiss interrupted for just that moment* Mm.~

[Sephiroth]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *flushes a little as they kiss, practically purring into it as he slid his arms around the other man's neck, barely noticing Sephiroth doing anything outside of their liplock* Mmmn...

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *tugged that same arm up against the small of his back to press them together; a near purr of his own* ...we'll end up having a portion of the honeymoon out here well before we're even wed at this rate... *softly tugging him back his hold loosened though* We should do more before we settle in some distant dark corner.~ *that look, familiar; the same look in his eyes as when he'd pinned him to the hallway wall their second time*

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *chuckles a little, rubbing his nose against Hiro's softly* It is very hard to concentrate on the task at hand with you so close...but you are right...perhaps we should even wait until we clear enough away on a secondary world? *he hummed a bit, seeming to be teasing Sephiroth, knowing the look he received all too well* Oh and that visit to Saix too...

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: Hmm.. *his eyes slipped back towards the next corner; he hadn't been that far and there didn't seem to be much light if any. He was curious; but* Perhaps in the process I can work what he wants out of him when we do, or we may find something on our own..

[Sephiroth]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: Indeed...*slides his hands down over Hiro's chest, giving him a brief kiss before slipping out of his arms and resummoning his weapons* Let us destroy a few more and then move onto some different scenery...*looks over his shoulder at his fiancee, smiling at him*

04:09:38 <BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *following with his chin dipped, he smiled wide, as if chasing Xemnas more than the idea of hunting further: or rather, stalking him* ....wine, creme and syrup comes to mind...

04:22:43 <anime-oujo> Xemnas: *shakes his head a little, smirking as he looks back again* The view from behind that enticing, Seraph? *there was the sound of heartless manifesting again, a small group bounding toward them out of the shadows, the First stopping to wait for them to come near*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *knowing a good measure of his strength, stood back a moment.. just watching him* oh.. it most definitely is... *making his way to the next corner he threw a few more his way when they popped up to greet him gicing Xemnas a wide berth*

[Sephiroth]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *destroys the group that reaches him before dispatching the ones Hiro throws to him, bringing his gaze over to glide over Hiro's form with a matched appreciation, his amber eyes seeming aglow with his affectionate and more lust-driven thoughts*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *almost smirking, his posture might have improved with that look if it wasn't already spot on.. his chin raising a bit before he noted the swirl of violet and black to his right* Hm? *and turning his attention to the permanent portal there at the end of the alley, brow quirking*

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *blinks, gaze drawn to the strange portal as well, expression turning to a vague frown as he moved to stand beside Hiro* I do not believe that was there before...

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *stepping a little closer he couldn't help but note* It looks like one of yours..

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: ...but this should not be here if it is the same one that I created. Its purpose was served...*tilts his head a bit*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: Hm. It looks fairly stable by comparison ... *sticks one hand in and pulls it back out to wiggle his fingers* ..where does it go?

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: To a digitized version of Twilight Town if it is still in tact...and to the real version as well.

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *blinked softly and looked at the portal in curiosity* ..digital? As in housed in a computer?

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: Yes...it was a creation of Master Ansem's to keep Roxas contained.

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *seemed to be trying to recall something with that, rubbing at the back of his neck* Hmmmm.....

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *studies him a moment before speaking* Is there something on your mind, Hiro?

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *rubbed a little lower; though his brows shot up as it finally came to him; and he asked to confirm* Yes! Ansem.. the Wise? As in .. DiZ?

[Sephiroth]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *furrows his brow a little as he stared at the other man* Yes, why do you ask?

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *waves a hand at it* This is probably a part of what Axel was talking about in that letter. Somewhere on the other side --there's likely something that he intended to use: or similar to it at least-- once he'd retrieved that item. We should look into this more later..

[Xemnas]

<anime-oujo>Xemnas: I see...perhaps this should be posted as a mission as well...*he was really just thinking aloud with that part* Lets continue, mm?

[Saix]

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: *nods* I think so too.. but, perhaps once teh current problems have been dealt with. If they can't even handle what they already have on their plate after all.. *and he shrugged to end that sentence* But yes, lets... anywhere in particular?

[Saix]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: ...Indeed...*sighs a little, rubbing the back of his neck* Hmmm...Radiant Garden maybe? Marluxia and I harvested hearts there a little while ago in the Maw...*glances again to that portal*

<BlindTaleTeller> Hiro: Ah. Familiar territory. *a smile, and he opened the portal himself, opposite of the one they were in front of already, stepping that way: easy to leave it behind... for now* Lets go.. we can investigate that later. There are hearts that need capturing now, no?