Kingdom of Heartless -REDUX RP

[SquareEnix]

Karuki took in what Kiyoshi said and stood there for a moment. Luna shot Benito?? WHAT...? And I thought Taki was cruel... "Well, shall we return to the others and plan our next move?" Luna asked, as she began walking towards Benito. Karuki observed Ito. Well he looks fine... maybe I shouldn't comment for the sake of Luna's well-being... Karuki snickered as they hugged, then Ito headed back into the hospital dragging Luna along with him. Regardless if Ki decided to stay outside or not, Karuki followed Benito to the mysterious building. The building that he thought had nasty food... which was actually a health center. Walking in he ignored the doctor and looked around. "Huh... it smells like old people in here! Sheesh, that could spoil anyone's appetite," Karuki's face hinted a bit of disgust. He stepped out of the way of the senior rush hour in the hall consisting of 3 old ladies and 2 men with walkers/canes. While Ruki watched them inch along to go get their diapers changed, he had finally registered Ito's inspirational question of...... 'What now?'

"I don't know, but I'm kind of tired. And I think the smell of these old people is making me high or something..." He mentioned as he staggered backwards a little. A smile appeared on his face when he realized he heard Taki's voice earlier, and he turned to see her lounging on a couple chairs. "Oh hi there." Karuki grinned. "My, this place is boring..." he decided to amuse himself by helping an older lady use her new walker as he waited for the others to come to a conclusion. "What a polite, caring young boy!" a nurse commented, smiling. Karuki chuckled in acknowledgement, before telling the older woman to take care. Then he watched her make her way towards her room... inch by.. inch....

"Maybe getting high off of the smell of old people is a good thing after all..." He thought, before sitting down beside Taki. "Doesn't it get annoying when you don't wear shoes...? Isn't it painful or something?" Karuki asked her, before gently tickling the top of her feet. "Yor' feet ticklish?" He asked, hoping for at least a giggle to come out of the viscous redhead.

[Fenix250]

Kiyoshi happily walked inside the building with everyone else. Reassuring people seem to come natually to him, which should mean his human life was a good one right? Unfountuently, the joy of his good deed came to an end at Taki's smug attitude, "Someone barf over all the niceness is a small price if it makes someone stop beating themselves up over something they couldn't control."
The guy in red was the one in control of the wind, so of course the bullet would be redirected at someone else.

Kiyoshi watched with slight amusement as Ruki helped out one of the old people here and a nurse commented on him being such a nice boy. Just to our luck however, the same nurse walks up to the faceless guy in the red cloak, "Sorry, but I need to ask you to take your hood off; you're starting to scare some of our patents."
Kiyoshi looks around and sure enough, some people were looking at him with a worried expression. He sighs and looks at the nurse again, "...Well, it's better they see a faceless man than a man with more scars then he can count. Trust me; the 'faceless man' look is a lot less scarier then my scar riddled ugly face which is bad enough that it causes little kids to look under their beds and in their closets to make sure I'm not around..."
He leans back on the nearby wall and carefully looks at her to keep his face hidden. Hopefully the load of BS he told her will be enough to keep her away, "Of course; if it's still an issue, then I'll just wait outside. I believe we're about to leave anyways."

[Darkrougenin]

Ito looked at Taki's facial expression to see that she seemed a bit uneasy. I've never seen her like this before. It's probably something to do with the building we're in. Ito turned around and took a few steps towards the exit to see the weather. It's slowly becoming night. I guess we should go gets some rest. Benito looked at his side Yeah I could use some rest. Benito turned around again, facing towards the group. He noticed Kiyoshi telling the nurse that they were going to leave soon so he added on to it. "Yeah we're about to go. Sorry for any trouble." He said to the nurse. She nodded and started to leave. Ito turned back to everyone. "Let's Go!" Ito said with a cheesy smile and started to walk out of the hospital.

Walking with the rest of the group with his head down, Ito started thinking about where they would sleep. We never really checked out at the Hotel so if we go back our rooms should still be under our names. Benito lifted up his head, "Our hotel rooms should still be ours. We're gonna have to walk past the destroyed Joe Potts." Ito smiled at the name of the store as they continued to walk in the direction of the store. They started walking on familiar territory when they realized the area's law enforcement were inspecting what happened at the store. Benito noticed the little girl that he saved before talking to her mother. "This big tall scary man in red was kicking up the sands and stuff!" The little girl seemed frustrated that no one was believing her. "I'm telling the truth mom! And another man with a sword saved me from him!" The mother hugged her daughter. "I'm just glad that you're safe, no matter how crazy the story." Ito continued to walk to the hotel with a smile on his face.

As they entered Benito noticed people looking through windows to see the, now destroyed, convenience store. He started to slowly walk up the stairs with the rest of the group, getting no help from his side. When he made it to the top he took a few breaths as the small amount of pain subsided and everyone walked passed him. Taki then walked passed him last and when he looked at her face and hair color his head started to hurt. "Hey. She looks familiar.. Why are you here!? Leave! Now! Calm down, man. I'm just saying I've seen her before. I think before I was sealed up in your injured ass. I'll show you. Every time the darkness talked it made It's head hurt and his ears ring. He fell on one knee as the darkness tried to show him something.

Through Benito's eyes, the darkness showed a part of it's memory. It showed a village burning down, dead bodies everywhere and people fleeing the village. A few of the town's Protector's attempted to attack the darkness, but it easily took down the people coming towards it. After no one came after the darkness, it started to look for more enemies to kill when it noticed a 16-year-old girl getting ready to approach him. AH ANOTHER EASY KILL FOR ME. The darkness spat out with it's high-low pitched evil voice. The darkness started to run after Taki, but then a man came out of a nearby destroyed house and punched the darkness, not doing that much damage. The darkness slid back and kept it's balance. Hiroah turned around to address his daughter "TAKI, RUN!" Then the darkness quickly looked at the red head and scanned her face, then started to grow. AAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH! The darkness screamed as he grew 3x his size and grabbed the man with one hand and only the man's head was showing and the rest of his body was tightly held in his fist in his palm. The darkness started to crush the man, making him scream in agony. The girl had already started to run and the darkness didn't want to go after her since she was already so far. Ria....My time has come. I shall see you soon. The man was crushed more by the darkness and then thrown at a nearby village hut that was on fire. (Thanks for the info in your CS Manga )

Yeah I know I've seen her somewhere! The darkness showed Ito the memory that it had years ago. "You can't...be serious.."Ito said under his breath. Taki had already went into her room and Ito got back up. Benito went into his and Luna's room and closed the door. He took a quick shower then got dressed and went into they're bed. He was fast asleep as he went into the all white room with the darkness again. It was a blob and then it took Ito's form. "Thanks for the new clothes. It fits me, hahaha! The Darkness twirled around in Ito's new clothes. "You....." Ito started. "You destroyed Taki's village?" The angry Benito started to huff and puff. "Don't get all mad now. It's my first time seeing her face and I just noticed the similarity. You think since your in your mind your wound wont hurt? The Darkness pointed at Ito's wound and then it reappeared, with all it's pain. "Damn! Gah!" Ito held his side and fell to one knee. He covered the wound with his hand and then when he removed it, it was gone. "This is our world. We can do what we want here. But it's getting a bit boring here ya know? Let me out. The Darkness had an evil smile on it's face. "Nice try. I'm not letting your out of here, never." Ito got up and started to walk closer. "I'm not afraid of you. The only day you'll come out, is when I die. And I don't plan on dieing anytime soon." Ito got in The Darkness' face. "Let's see how you feel about your opinion tomorrow." The Darkness said and he pushed Ito out of the all white room. He fell through a black hole and then his eyes opened up quick in the real world.

Ito woke up in the middle of the night. "Tomorrow?" He said with a low voice so he wouldn't wake up Luna next to him. He laid his head back down on his pillow and looked at Luna. Whatever happens tomorrow. I will protect you. Ito continued to look at Luna then he closed his eyes, ready for whatever will happen tomorrow.

[Empath Wolf]

Luna smile only grew bigger when Benito hugged her. He obviously was putting it behind him, so she could too. She let Ito lead her back into the hospital. As Ito went to get his sword, Luna stood just to the right of the door. As she glanced around the room, Looking from one friend to the next, She felt happier than she has in a while. She never had many friends back home and now she has some of the best. Even Taki has her good moments. Hearing Kiyoshi and Benito announce the group was leave, Luna snapped out of her thoughts and followed them outside.

As they got closer to the wreckage that was once Joe Potts, Luna got a little nervous. The law enforcement was investigating the damage and someone was bound to recognize one of them. Luckly though, other than a little girl, no one being questioned right now seemed to know anything. Walking into the hotel Luna noticed a crowd gathered at the window. With their backs turned like this, the group should be able to make it up the stair without being noticed.

As Benito made his way up the stairs, Luna stayed close behind him in case he needed help. When he stopped at the top, Luna walked past him to open the door to the room. Inside the room, Luna took her gunblade and dagger off and placed them on the floor, just under the bed, on her side. She walked into the bathroom and quickly washed the blood off her cheek and arm, both cuts only minor. Hearing the click of the hotel room door, Luna walked out of the bathroom and greeted Ito with a smile and wave. As he took his shower, Luna went to bed. Although she didn't feel tired, Luna fell asleep seconds after she crawled in.

[Fenix250]

Benito reinforces what Ki has said and he waves a covered hand at the nurse before leaving, "Sorry if I scared anyone."

Walking with the group, they come accross the ruined store with law enforcement and a little girl explaining that a 'man in red' caused all of this. Due to the color of his cloak, Kiyoshi completely and uttery ignored everything that was happening, for the last thing he needed was for people to notice him after the girl's explaination of that other guy in red. The hotel was filled with people who were looking at the store. Ki lets out a silent curse when he remembered that he let his hood come off during the fight; one of them might have noticed him. Thankfully, they were looking at the store, so he was able to get upstairs with little to no chance of interaction with the 'minor characters'.

Once they got upstairs and alone he looks at his group, "We might need to be a little more careful; the little girl told law enforcement that a 'guy in red' did it. Look at my cloak."
Once that had sunk in, he walks over to his room, "I should be able to make a plan in case they think it's me, but I'm letting you know now that this cloak might cause us some trouble tomorrow."
With that, he walks into his room.

In his room, he ensures the door was unlocked for Ri and the window was closed and covered. He takes his cloak off and takes the necklace out of the pocket, "What is it about you that makes my head hurt?"
His head was starting to feel fuzzy again, so he puts it on the nightstand to keep himself from going through another memery connection for now. He takes a shower, which he knows is purely for the feeling of the water on his 'skin'.

He was in there for about a half hour, mostly reflecting on what he was now before he turns off the water. After he waits for the water to slide off of him due to how his 'body' is made, he gets out and join Ri in the main part of the hotel room, "Some day huh? And tomorrow will only be more fun if they take the girl's description of 'a guy in red' seriously..."
He crawls into his own bed and with some thought, he puts the necklace on, "So, what will you tell me about my past?"
Already his head felt funny, so he gets comfortable and gets to sleep prepared for whatever he gets tonight.

[MangaMonster]

((I like how you did that whole destroyed-village-giant-heartless-taki-hiroah scene Darky!))

Taki was surely relieved to finally get going, although she didn't show it much except for the release of a small sigh. Before leaving with the others, she smacked away Karuki's hand from her bare feet while responding with an attitude-filled, "Noo," towards his question. The rest of the journey with the others was a silent one on her part, not that she was contemplating anything either. All the red-head was looking forward to was an uninterrupted, restful sleep. Just sleep. Once they reached the hotel she headed off to her room while ignoring the others, now heavily weighted by a growing exhaustion. After finally reaching her room, Taki got ready for bed with slow clumsy movements until finally sinking into the heavy covers. Her sleep was an uneventful black space of nothingness.

[SquareEnix]

Karuki followed the gang back to the hotel, taking note of the investigators interrogating witnesses of what happened at Joe Potts.

Upon entering the hotel, Karuki noticed the crowd of folks looking out the window, but continued on as if it was insignificant. Heading up the stairs, he made his way to his and Taki's room. Yawning and not taking much notice to Taki, he sat down on his bed and rubbed his eyes. I'm so tired now... too tired to shower... But I must. Sighing he went into the bathroom and showered.

After showering he washed his clothes in the sink and hung them to dry; putting on a pair of white boxers provided by the hotel.

Walking out to his bed, he quietly sneaked under the sheets. Relaxing, and thinking about the events of the day, Karuki glanced over at the sleeping Taki and sadly half smiled. His thoughts immediately detoured from the events of the day. A girl like you... to experience something like that.. Karuki thought, thinking of the time when they were in the gummi ship and when she had explained about her family and her village. Taki... she sleeps so sound--.... She copes.. so well. A subtle little tear trickled down his face. Karuki really had great admiration for the girl.

"Good night... beautiful angel." he whispered. Moments later he drifted drifted away to a peaceful oblivion.

[Empath Wolf]

*~MORNING~*

Luna woke up earlier than she normally does. She laid there for a while, not wanting to move yet, but not able to go back to sleep. Instead she stared at the ceiling thinking about whatever would cross her mind. After about half an hour, Luna crawled out of the bed and walked to the bathroom to brush her hair and pull it into a ponytail. Feeling a bit better now, she quietly left the room hoping that she didn't wake Benito since it was still a bit early. I must have slept good last night because I feel great, she thought to herself as she skipped down the stairs.

Twirling and dancing around the mostly empty tables, Luna grabbed herself an orange and a bottle of apple juice for breakfast. Picking a table near the wall opposite of the window, Luna happily ate her breakfast and tried making a picture with the shapes of the orange peel while people slowly trickled into the room to have something to eat themselves.

[Fenix250]

*Dreams*
The dreams were...unstable, however something wanted me to know these events that are happening within my dreams. It's like... watching an old tape; fuzzy picture, bad audio, simply corrupted data. I was able to make out bits and pieces of it, but there was one part that was clear enough to fully understand; It was her birthday. Me, her and that other guy who gave the 'best friend' vibe were happily walking around a store. He took off somewhere at some point...toys perhaps, while we found our way to a place that sold jewellery. There was this necklace that she really liked, so I bought it to go along with some other present I gave her earlier in the day after she begged for it. I didn't feel forced to do it, so maybe I had a lot of money back then from doing part time jobs? Anyways, the necklace I bought for her looked just like the one I, erm...stole from Joe Potts.
Did that mean anything? Was there something... more between us? Or was it simply me being really nice for a good friend? It's hard to tell when all of your memories, not to mention your real body gets thrown out the window. I tried to peer more into this segment of memories, but then an alarm goes off.

*morning...*
I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock going off. Did I set that? Either way, I slowly got up and turned the noisy thing off. The first thing I noticed was a nearby mirror reflecting once again what I am now; a big shadow with human details, what appeared to be clothes and yellow eyes. Those yellow, soulless, Heartless, eyes. I sighed and proceeded to put on my red cloak to disguise myself once again. I walked over to the other Heartless and nudged him a little, "Hey, time to wake up. Ri..."
Maybe I was too quiet, maybe he was deeply asleep, but he didn't bother to wake up. I didn't really cared since I was still getting used to being 'friends' with a Heartless despite the fact that I am one myself, so I simply set the alarm to go off fifteen minutes from now and placed it next to him. I ensured I was fully covered and proceeded down to where everyone should be right now.

*Breakfast time...*
I never bothered to look at the clock's hands from the alarm; it was still pretty early it seems. A quick look at a nearby clock proved this to be true. I shrugged and made my way over to the food to get one apple. I guess I didn't need to eat, but since I can still taste things, I might as well eat something to keep myself thinking that I am still human despite what I am now. I noticed Luna and made my way over to her, "Morning. The alarm in my room was set too early, couldn't get back to sleep after that..."
I sit down at the same table and watched her entertain herself by making things with the orange peels from an orange she must have ate recently, "How are you feeling today?"
It was a decent question; one of her bullets DID hit Benito yesterday. I'm just hoping that she has gotten over it, like everyone else did.

[SquareEnix]

Karuki was snoozing contently, twisted in the weirdest, most awkward position. He had a faint dream about his family; a vision. Very similar to previous ones he had. A sudden urgency to find a new comfortable position caused him to roll off his bed and hit the floor. THUMP.

He didn't really notice and continued snoozing. Then he attempted to roll over again, smacking his hand on the metal part of the bed frame. "OW," he exclaimed half-awake. Sitting up, he absent-mindedly kissed his hand better and got back up on his bed to continue sleeping. The small portion of his consciousness that had been awoken seemed to expand within him and soon he was wide awake. Unable to return to his peaceful slumber, the boy sat up and looked at himself. To his grief he noticed he had his morning wood. Frantically, he grabbed his bed sheets that were sitting in a big clump, and tried to hide it, embarrassed. He rushed off hastily to the bathroom holding the sheets in front of him, hoping Taki was still sleeping. After pissing a river, washing his hands, putting on his shorts and suspenders and whatever, he combed his hair. After brushing his teeth, he walked out putting his scimitar on his waist and he grabbed his large black sword that was leaning against the wall. Once he attached the large weapon to his back with a couple straps, he sneaked out onto the balcony.

Getting up on the rail, Ruki looked around to make sure there weren't witnesses before jumping down to another balcony, then jumping into a tree and climbing down to the ground. Entering the hotel from the front, he walked to the breakfast area and grabbed tons of food. Finding Luna and Ki, he happily walked over and sat down. Then he began stuffing his face without any greeting. He was very hungry this morning.



(EHAHHAHA morning wood. I hope that was amusing...)