Raid#109 [GROUP #2]

[Valerius]

It seemed that some of the denizens of the Light had given up before the real fun could even begin - well, that was quite a disappointment. Valerius preferred battles to be epic and violent, but it seemed that the Darkness severely outnumbered their opponents this time. That also meant that he would have to share the glory for defeating the remaining two opponents with far too many people, and he would doubtfully be able to take any of them out on his own because of the unbalance. He scowled at the thought before actually pouting a bit. This was very displeasing.

However, amongst the arrival of a few others, Mara had also appeared, which settled him a bit - she was the only one who was able to do that. He glanced sideways at her with a grin, though he said nothing; there was nothing that needed to be said. With the two of them present, he could not see how it would be possible for the Darkness to lose this battle - plus, he would fight until his last dying breath if need be, though as he scanned the two opponents, he did not think that would be the case. Although, the one did have some strange features - wings, for one thing, and she was also a keybearer. He would have to keep that in mind, at least somewhat.

Meanwhile, the other opponent was another one of those Nobodies - Valerius could tell even from a distance that the blonde girl lacked a heart. She also did not have the outward appearance of a fighter....what was she doing here? But he assumed she did have some sort of hidden power - all the other Nobodies seemed to, after all, so why would this little girl be any different? He would just have to wait and see.

But his patience was growing very thin.

Valerius yawned then, an over-dramatic action to show his boredom with the lack of general fighting that had occurred thus far. "Is this it? We're all just going to stare at each other?" he then called out to everyone, his tone having a very sharp edge to it, "What a waste of my time!" With that, the heartless decided that he was going to get this battle started himself and just throw himself into the fighting - anything to escape this monotony. Amber eyes flicked between his two targets as he weighed them up, and finally decided to go for the Nobody - she didn't have a keyblade, so quite frankly, she seemed like the better choice.

The heartless dashed towards the blonde girl, a grin plastered across his face as he changed his katana from its regular form into one of two smaller daggers linked by a crimson chain. He quickly darted so that he was behind the girl and attempted to throw the chain over her small frame to crush her backwards against himself, the final move if it landed being one of the daggers pressed against her throat. If she had some sort of hidden power, he hoped that would draw it out so he could find out exactly what he was dealing with - and have a bit of fun, of course.

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'Artemis' briefly glanced at each newcomer that arrived at 'Kingdom Hearts' from the elder man who seemed to be the only keybearer fighting against them to the young girl calling out to 'Roxas' but her gaze had lasted a few seconds longer on Maurelle and Namine. With Maurelle, the dark keybearer had caught the smirk aimed at the half-masked man and the thought that there was a relationship between the two briefly crossed her mind. If anything, Selena's subtle ability to observe and nitpick out the smallest of habits was a much more dangerous weapon than her own posionous keyblade.

Namine's appearance had briefly stunned the winged woman because she somehow reminded her of her younger twin sister. Selena mentally scolded herself, 'Her eyes are the wrong color and she's too short....[/i]' Her ears listened to Master Xehanort's short speech and after realizing that Eraqus wasn't going to respond, the dark keybearer found herself 'tching' at him. "The light is what casts the shadow, sir. There can't be darkness without light."replied Selena with a dark, determined expression on her face, "And we won't fail."

The winged keybearer turned to Kadaj as he demanded why she was here. "I promised a friend that I would help fight against the Horsemen and I intend to keep it."answered 'Artemis' calmly, the memory of when she had first met Sora briefly entering her own mind. We will win...We won't lose![/color]

Artemis glanced at her side where she had thought Ventus and Eraqus were and found that they were simply gone. Vanished. Woosh. As if they weren't ever there. Did they just leave us alone to fight?![/i] wondered the winged woman in a panic. Selena had noticed that Namine did not have a weapon and became worried that the girl couldn't defend herself. However with the corner of her eye and adrenaline entering her system, the winged keybearer quickly pushed the girl away with her free hand and moved to block the fira with her keyblade.

However, her protective gesture had left 'Artemis' wide open to Valerius' attack meant for Namine. Before she could blink, Selena found herself bound with the chain and the dagger against her own throat. "...Do you always keep your women this cloe to you?"asked Selena with a purr as she dropped her own keyblade to her left foot and kicks it toward Namine in hope that she could make better use of it. Allowing her darkness to show, the winged keybeaerer stared straight at Maurelle with a dangerous glint in her eyes and hoped that her possibly suicidal plan to sabatoge an exsiting relationship would work along with getting her out of the situation. "You know, your girlfriend over there is probably older than the both of us put together..."continued 'Artemis', her tone suggestive with a dark sexy smirk, but her mind, nervous. I really hope this works....Otherwise... I'm dead before my next birthday.[/color]

((OOC: *lmao, facedesk* I think I had too much fun with this post.))

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[Naminé]

Naminé’s eyes wouldn’t let the other lady out of her sight. This woman was driving the young Nobody crazy. What was it about her that caught the girl in white’s attention? Naminé felt like they had something in common. When the other woman spoke to the man in the mask, the Nobodies ears perked up. She felt like she somewhat knew a little about her. The little girl thought harder. “How could I possible know this person?” She thought.

The voice of the young silver haired man broke Naminé’s concentration. She allowed her eyes to leave the other woman and turn to see who the teen was talking to. He was talking to the woman on her right, the girl with the wings. The man had his hand on his sword and wanted to know who side she was on. Had this lady changed sides? Did she once fight for the Darkness? When the winged lady spoke of a promise to a friend, Naminé knew the friend she had spoke of, Sora was the boy to the promise. His memories all the sudden played out in front of her and she now knew the girl’s name. “Artemis.” The young Nobody whispered gentle as if she was touched by the women’s kept promise.

Naminé looked pasted the Sliver haired guy to see what the others were doing. She gasped because the place where the other members of their party had once stood was now empty. The other members were nowhere in sight. “Had they vanished? Did the turn tail and run?” The artist Nobody thought to herself. All that was left in her group was Artemis and herself. “Does this happen often during a fight? Do people just disappear?” Somewhere in the same world, deep within the darkness Naminé felt a heart vanish. “Kairi!” She cried out loud. Kairi was fighting in a group not far away and now she too was gone. The young Nobody wasn’t use to this kind of thing, she was not use to battles period. Even though Kairi was gone, and her comrade and she were badly outnumbered, she still felt like she had to stay and fight. She had to see this through to the very end, no matter what. It was strange thing. Feelings weren’t in a Nobodies make-up but most of the time Naminé could almost swear that she could feel.

Before Naminé knew what was happing she found herself on the ground. She had been pushed be Artemis who was now deflecting a Fira with her Keyblade. The young Nobody was so engulfed in thought that she complete wasn’t paying attention to what was going on around her. She had an inkling that the Fira was meant for her. She looked over to see that some kind of snake women had appeared and stared the battle. The Nobody saw the male Horsemen race towards her but once again Artemis saved her. Now the winged Angel was ensnared by the masked Heartless. Naminé watched in horror was her only ally was sacrificing herself for the Nobody. “Why would she do such a thing for a Nobody?” The little girl thought as she watched the Keyblader and the horseman. “What! The other horseman!” Naminé mind panicked as she turned her head around to where the other Horseman was standing. “She is gone!” the Nobody thought with a sigh of relief. She didn’t think that anyone notice the sudden disappearance of the female horseman. She looked quickly around before turning her eyes back to the captive and the captor. Xehanort had gone as well. Now the odds seemed to be more even. Now it was three against two.

The other Female horseman was still running through Naminé’s mind but she had to keep focus on what was going on. Artemis had kicked her Keyblade towards the little girl. The Nobodies blue eyes looked at it. She was almost afraid to touch it. If she were to grab it would it vanish on her? She looked up at the Angel.

"You know, your girlfriend over there is probably older than the both of us put together..." the angel said to the horsemen.

Naminé looked at Artemis rather confused. Didn’t she know that the other Horseman was gone? The Nobody looked behind her to see what the Angel was talking about but just as before there was nothing there, the women that the little girl thought she knew but didn’t know why wasn’t there. Then it hit her, Sora must be the reason she knows her. Sora must have met her. It was all coming back to the Nobody now. It was a small memory, a quick one. It had something to do with an invite to Disney’s Castle and a ceasefire. It was a meeting that the guy in the mask and female Heartless must have been at, A Meeting Of Utter Importance. Sora had laid eyes on her Horsemen, he knows who she is, and this gave Naminé an idea.

Naminé took the pencil from her ear and with almost lighting fast speed drew the female horsemen and 4 dusks. “Mind Manipulating.” She whispered to the sketchbook. The name Maurelle was now written on the top of the drawing, Naminé had appeared to vanish (which didn’t seem that odd since many people vanished already) and where the female horsemen once stood, she stood again. Naminé had managed to turn herself in to the horsemen. Now when the masked guy would look up, he would see his comrade.

Naminé/Maurelle decided to look rather insulted by Artemis’ last statement. She gathered by Artemis’ voice that the two horsemen must have some kind of twisted relationship to each other. If the Nobody and the angel could manage to get the Darkness to turn on each other they might stand a chance. "I can hear what you're saying! I don't like it." Naminé/Maurelle said with a rather displeased ton. She walked towards the man in the mask and the angel. As she came back up on the sketchbook she kicked it out of sight with her foot. She made sure that she seen where it went in case she need it later. With a smirk on her face she kneeled down to pick up the Keyblade. It didn’t disappear like she thought it would.

The disguised Nobody made her way to the Keyblader and horsemen. She held the Keyblade right at Artemis’ heart. Naminé/Maurelle wasn’t sure that the winged women had seen her change and knew that it wasn’t really Maurelle standing before her. She need to find away to let her know without giving away who she really was. "I'd watch your pretty little tongue there." She stated to the angel. “You once fought on the Darkness’ side but now you fight for the light. It is such a shame. You once had such great potential. You can have it again. ‘So...what say you, Keyblader of the light? We help you, if you help us?’" Naminé/Maurelle had finished saying. The first part of what she said was improv but that last two sentences were from when Artemis and Sora first met. A ghost of some sort had told them that and she had hoped that the angel had caught on that Maurelle was really Naminé.

Naminé/Maurelle inconspicuously snapped her fingers and the 4 Dusk that she had drawn on the Sketchbook earlier had appeared. 2 of them want after the snake thing and two went after the silver haired boy. The two that went after the boy contorted their bodies and attempted to weave in and out of his legs. The Dusks that went after the snake use their abnormally long, sharp fingers to scratch and cut any part of it that they could get. Naminé/Maurelle looked over her shoulder as if to see what all the ruckus was about. She pretended to look rather annoyed at the sight of the lesser Nobodies. She lowered the Keyblade with her head still turned towards all the commotion hoping that Artemis would grab for her blade and use it against the masked horsemen.

Naminé/Maurelle wasn’t sure who long her charade would last but as long as the horsemen didn’t see her transform that was all that matter. If she was right in thinking that the two people had a relationship then if anyone else attacked her, the other guy would most likely save her. This was going to be Naminé’s hardest performance yet.

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OOC:

Mind Manipulating: Draws in book to change her appearance into another female from Sora's memories. (Messes with people’s heads.)

Dusk: Up to 4 Dusks come to my aid per battle.
Attack: Hitting enemies by slithering between their legs
(Dusks will die the moment after they are hit.)
[Duration: until enemy eliminates all 4 Dusks. ]

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[Kadaj]

((OOC: I've not RPed in a while, so this might be a lil poo cuz I'm rusty ^^;;;; *Bows* Sorry!))

What was going on? The entire party seemed to die out leaving the warriors of the Light severely out-numbered. Obviously those who left must have known that victory was impossible to obtain, but it was almost as if a strange, contagious virus was airborne, and was infecting any and all it came across, for now the Darkness too had begun to vanish one after another. The only people left now were the winged female, the 'time witch', the Human Heartless Valerius and himself, Kadaj, Leader of the Remnants. What was happening? Wasn't this supposed to be a big battle for the deciding future of Kingdom Hearts, and it had merely whittled down to these three measly fighters? One of which didn't even have any combat experience as far as the Remnant knew. So what was happening? The disappearance of the others didn't seem to falter the Human Heartless however as Kadaj watched him attack Naminé, only to catch 'Artemis' instead.

Kadaj sighed and shook his head from side to side slightly. Now there REALLY wasn't anyone left who posed a threat. The silver-haired boy actually turned his attention towards Valerius and pondered a moment, wondering if he'd get a decent fight out of attacking him as well as provoking 'Artemis' and Naminé as well? A subtle tilt of his head later and Kadaj actually seemed in agreement of the idea. That was however until the Time Witch seemed to vanish into thin air, before the female Human Heartless returned to the scene of battle, Maurelle. Not caring much for Selena at the moment, Kadaj's eyes moved away from her and onto 'Maurelle'. What was she doing back here? And was what the winged female said true? Was Maurelle in a relationship with Valerius? A dangerous smirk spread across the Remnant's lips as he tighened his grip on his Souba, his eyes lingering on 'Maurelle' for a moment longer before casting a quickly glance at Valerius himself. Prehaps the death of his 'girlfriend' would provoke the Heartless to release the winged keybarer and attack him instead?

Turning his body fully to face Naminé in Maurelle's image, Kadaj's Souba was raised a fraction before his attention taken away. Two Dusks seemed to have spawned from somewhere and came straight for him. Did the Heartless have the ability to summon Nobodies? Kadaj's eyes narrowed a fraction as he believed only Nobodies themselves could summon Dusks. Shrugging the thought off, the Remnant Leader stepped forth as one of the Dusks contorted itself and zipped through his legs. Keeping his brightly glowing eyes locked on 'Maurelle', Kadaj swung his Souba around his back to try and slice the Dusk in half as it took his rear. Keeping the motion going, the silver-haired Remnant then stabbed his Souba hard into the ground, trying to pierce the second Dusk to the floor as it mimicked it's kin. Whether he hit both or neither, the twin-bladed Katana was tugged from the ground and brought back to the Remnant's side.

Suddenly, the silver-haired youth broke out into a fast sprint, quickly closing the distance between himself and 'Maurelle'. Seeing as her attention was fixed mostly on 'Artemis', Kadaj tried to take advantage of that and approached her flank. As he sprinted, the Remnant's Souba began to glow a subtle blue colour, the blade itself starting to hum with energy. Drawing nearer to his target, Kadaj shifted his weight so he moved around 'Maurelle' slightly, placing himself in a spot that lined up his three targets neatly: 'Maurelle', 'Artemis' and then Valerius. A dark smirk appearing on his lips once more, the Remnant Leader let loose and swung his Souba forth, launching out a Draw Slash aimed for the small of 'Maurelle's' back. Were she to dodge, that would then place 'Artemis' and Valerius directly in this deadly attack's path.
"Seeing as all the others have left, now is the perfect chance to kill you all and claim Kingdom Hearts for myself!!! DIE HEARTLESS BA**ARDS!!!!"
Kadaj screamed as he let the Draw Slash rip as quickly as he could.

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'Artemis' wasn't sure to be afraid of the Horsemen and their allies or whatever force that's making the warriors on both sides of the field to disappear from the battle ground. It had taken one blink for her to realize that the female Horsemen that had previously been in front of her was gone. The winged warrior was stunned at this development and wondered what was going on.

We're screwed.[/color]solemnly thought the dark keybearer as she tried to glance over at Namine to be sure that the 'force' didn't take her only other ally left from this fight. She didn't doubt for a second that the Heartless behind her won't hesitate to kill her now if Namine had disappeared also. The dark keybearer had barely glanced in time to witness Namine shift to Maurelle's form and she found herself sighing in relief. Good, she's catching on...mused Selena as she momentarily watched her kick the sketchbook away before glancing at the Remnant.

As the 'Horseman' spoke, 'Artemis' kept her expression neutral even when the 'Heartless' pointed her Heartsickness keyblade at her own heart. The winged woman didn't know how the girl knew exactly what Sora said at their first meeting but didn't really care at the moment. It wasn't until the keybearer unconsciously took a step back to get away from her own keyblade that she realized that Valerius, along with his weapon that had previously trapped her, disappeared. The winged woman didn't have to worry about him anymore and she now noticed that the snake woman had disappeared also which left Kadaj alone on the battlefield. However, one thought briefly crossed her mind that irritated the dark keybearer a bit before she shrugged it off. Does that mean that I fail at flirting if the guy just disappeared?

"I say MOVE!!!"shouted 'Artemis' as she recognized Kadaj's stance from over the 'Heartless' shoulders and quickly sidesteps to the 'Horseman's' right side to push her out of the way before jumping backwards. Before the dark keybearer landed in crouch, she resummons her keyblade to her hand and sends Wolf's Fang at the Remnant that would hopefully give him more trouble than those dusks. "Kadaj! Are you out of your mind?!"shouted 'Artemis' as she carefully watched him for his next move.

[Wolf's Fang: [Cool Down: 3 Posts] [Duration: 2 Posts]]

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