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Xion [AU] ([personal profile] whereibelong) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2012-11-18 12:10 am
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There were skies that burst open

Who: Xion and Lea [personal profile] travelsthefarthest
Where: Kitchen area of Lea's apartment, then Xion's apartment so as to avoid waking the bitty
Summary: Xion and Lea have a lot of things to talk about still, things they couldn't talk about while a certain too-young-to-understand someone was awake.
Warnings: Standard Kingdom Hearts is Suffering disclaimer - possible mentions of being speared by Heartless and nearly self-sacrificial tendencies

There'd been several clues that not all was as it seemed. In addition to all the things they hadn't talked about simply because Roxas was too young and knew too little to understand - her not being a Nobody least among them, there was also the factor of the name change Ax- Lea had requested. Xion knew as well as he did that the "because I left the Organization" reasoning was more for Roxas' benefit than either of theirs. It made for a good excuse, but something else was going on here. He hadn't changed his name in all the time they'd been fugitives. Why start now?

Had something happened when they'd found Aqua?

There was also the matter of certain things they just... hadn't been able to discuss with Roxas there. Things that... would really be too much for him right now, having just arrived in Hinoto-Ri, having just found out Ax- Lea was still alive... She didn't want to burden him with all the knowledge of things that were going to happen - of what she was, what might happen... especially with what Riku remembered.

She hadn't found a chance to bring it up though, even though she was thinking about it. They were jammed all together in Lea's room, her and Roxas curled up on the bed and Lea taking a corner of the bedroom - maybe not the smartest of ideas, but... they'd figure something out soon. She could sleep in her room if they really needed to work something out. For now though, they were sleeping, or at least trying to in her's and Lea's case. Roxas had already clearly dropped off a while ago, if his slow, steady breathing was anything to go by.

Lea had gone to do... something out in the kitchen area, and he wasn't back yet. Hm...

Careful not to disturb Roxas, Xion slipped out from under the covers and tiptoed to the door out into the kitchen area, slipping out and shutting it behind her. That done, she turned around, looking for her friend.

"Ax- Lea?" she called out quietly, silently berating herself for the slip-up. This was going to take some getting used to...
travelsthefarthest: (excuse me wtf r u doin?)

[personal profile] travelsthefarthest 2012-11-19 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Well he hadn't expected that reaction from her. Waving his hands frantically for a second, he then reached out and grabbed her shoulders.

"Xi--Xion, stop," he said with a helpless sound that wasn't quite a laugh. Shaking his head and looking her straight in the eye he blew a sigh up toward his hairline. "Sheesh, you act like everything that has ever gone wrong is your fault somehow..."

That's my gig.

He released her shoulders and shook his head again.

"You... you didn't mess up, okay?" He wanted to make sure she understood that. "During the trip to the dark realm when we managed to find Aqua, we... kinda got ambushed."

He hesitated, then shifted where he sat, folding his legs up and putting his hands over his ankles. There was really no easy or painless way to tell her what had happened: they'd been ambushed, and ultimately he hadn't survived the impact. The fact that he'd taken the hit for her was only going to make this harder--she already thought they'd done something wrong.

"So you know how Nobodies are created," he said, because he knew she knew this. "I guess it never really occurred to anyone to attempt reverse-engineering. As it turns out, when both the Nobody and the Heartless are destroyed, the, ah... the original person is restored."

Again, he expected the dots to be connected quickly.

He found himself bracing for it.