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Post by Kairi on Jun 4, 2008 21:23:54 GMT -5
Kairi nodded when Shadow sent his message. 'I see,' she called through the battle with her thoughts. 'Ishi will be fine, there are still heartless, but we can win.' she said to Shadow once more. She looked at the sky and it was still dark, yet... Kairi watched as a pink light came from the island again. "What the-?" she said as a powerful lighted magic hit the heartless around her, casting small hearts to fill the darkening sky. A small pixie, brown hair, and very pretty, came flying towards Kairi, fighting with all her might. "Who are you!?" Kairi called as the pixie stopped her fighting to look at her. She turned her head to where Ishi was traveling out of the mess of darkness. 'Shadow, where are you?' Kairi thought to herself, hoping he could read minds as well.
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Post by ishi on Jun 6, 2008 15:07:55 GMT -5
The heartless were growing in number. Despite the sudden assistance, they kept coming, more and more... It seemed that every time one was slain, two more took its place. Then, a couple of heartless jumped on Shadow's back, biting and clawing, and he went down.
An inner fire burned in Ishi. He turned feral, got down on all fours, but then something unexpected happened. Short, black hairs grew out of Ishi's body, and he got... bigger. He was... A bear.
Ishi jumped through, killing each heartless as though by the slightest touch they would fall, and it seemed that way. They all turned to dust, and finally, in a clearing of the storm, Ishi found the fallen body of Shadow. He put his head to Shadow's chest, though still a bear, and there was a heartbeat.
He was alive. Ishi turned back into a human, unconscious, and lay his head on Shadow. They had won, as far as he knew.
Yet still the battle raged on...
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Post by Kairi on Jun 7, 2008 11:39:42 GMT -5
Kairi breathed hard watching the two companions rest. She fell to her knees and her keyblade dissapeared. The pixie flew to her side and checked her quickly. "You are fine!" she said happily. Kairi nodded and then just watched her fly over to Ishi and Shadow. "Who are you?" she asked. "My name is Yuna. I've come from Twilight Town looking for you." she said saddly. "I'll tell you the rest later, for now, help me." she said as she lifted Ishi's body up off of Shadow and placed him in the sand. Kairi came over to Shadow and rubbed his back. "Will they be alright?" she asked warringly. Yuna nodded and then just sat down on the beach to rest; Kairi did the same.
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Post by ishi on Jun 11, 2008 17:03:11 GMT -5
It was midnight. Ishi awoke and stood up, staring at the countless stars in the sky. "What happened to me...?" he thought. "I, I turned, wh-what happened to me?" Ishi's hand had a sign on it in the shape of a bear. Slowly, as the moon rose, shining in the sky, the mark slowly faded, until it was gone completely. Though nothing was completely certain, one thing was clear: Ishi was afraid. Slowly he laid back down and fell asleep.
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Post by Kairi on Jun 11, 2008 19:26:32 GMT -5
Kairi and Yuna were talking softly between each other and saw Ishi muttering and fidgting in his sleep. They didn't dare wake him up only because he might have a fright. They went back to talking softly when he finally stopped and went into a more calm sleep.
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Post by ishi on Jun 13, 2008 20:06:28 GMT -5
Morning. "A red sun is rising..." thought Shadow. He looked around on the beach to see everyone still asleep. Shadow tried to move towards some fresh water, but found that his frame hurt far too much to even budge an inch. So, Shadow just laid back down onto the soft sand, awaiting everyone's awakening.
Ishi awoke. Shadow sat there, and started communicating with him. "Good morning." he said pleasantly. "As to you Shadow," Ishi replied. "How are you feeling? Can you move?" "I-I think so." Ishi said, while he stood up. "Good. I am too injured to move... It would seem that they finally got me..." "What do you mean Shadow?" "I don't know if I shall... recover fully this time." "Wait, you, you'll be fine! I'll go get you some water." Then Ishi ran off to the spring, a small bowl in his hand.
Shadow then thought solemnly to himself: "Oh Ishi, if only I was..." Shortly after, Kairi awoke.
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Post by Kairi on Jun 14, 2008 20:24:17 GMT -5
Kairi awoke and saw Ishi getting water with a bowl. She tilted her head and then turned to Yuna who was awakening too. "Good morning Yuna, Shadow, Ishi." Kairi said with a nod of her head. She got up and stretched for a while. "I'm quite stiff." she said, half to herself. She leaned down towards Shadow and scratched his ear. "Are you alright?" she aske with concern. Yuna stretched her wings and then fluttered up and went over to Kairi and Shadow. "Anything?" she asked, signaling that she had powers that could heal him if he were injured.
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Post by ishi on Jun 16, 2008 10:08:22 GMT -5
Ishi gave the small bowl of water to Shadow, who immediately began drinking it. "Those eyes..." Ishi thought to himself. "I've seen them before, in soldiers who had been wounded to the point where they were beyond healing, a true state of hopelessness..."
Shadow then stood up on all fours. He began speaking out loud, "Kairi... Ishi. This wound... I fear I may not recover from it... But I believe there is one who can heal it... His name is... Merlin." With that, Shadow fell to the ground, and closed his eyes. Then, Shadow's body disappeared from the spot on the sand, naught left but a black orb. Ishi bowed his head in sorrow. Then, with a small voice of reassurance, Ishi said "He is still alive."
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Post by Kairi on Jun 16, 2008 20:02:06 GMT -5
Kairi looked at the poor wolf and then felt pity for Ishi. She listened to Shadow speak of "Merlin". She looked at Yuna for a bit of help, anything that could save him.
Yuna looked at Shadow's dying body, and then she felt a spume of flutter in her wings. "I know Merlin! Well, I know Yuffie at least." she said confidently. "We can travel there. I know where we must go." she said excitedly.
Kairi shook her head and told Ishi what must happen. "Ishi, I can not come with you to find Merlin. We will meet again, but I can not leave just yet. According to Yuna, I must go to a town called Twilight Town, first. We will meet again though." she said confidently. She knew she must go with Yuna, but they needed the other one before they go any farther.
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Post by ishi on Jun 16, 2008 20:57:04 GMT -5
Ishi nodded his head, then picked up the black orb. Ishi then yelled, "Shadow! Let's go!" Then, as suddenly as Ishi had came, he disappeared.
Ishi had left something behind though. It was his pendant, secret to even Shadow, that had a picture of his parents on it. It wasn't until much, much later until Ishi realized it was gone...
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Post by ishi on Jun 16, 2008 21:15:16 GMT -5
In front of Kairi, a dark if not dramatic portal reopened, and a small black orb dropped into Kairi's hand. Just barely, Shadow's telepathic voice could be heard: "Kairi, take... take me to Merlin. Do not worry about Ishi, take me to him..." Then, the apparent swirling inside of the black orb seemed to stop, and the orb became still, oh so still...
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Post by Kairi on Jun 17, 2008 18:01:11 GMT -5
Kairi gasped in shock as the orb was left in her hand. She picked up the pendant and put it in her pocket to hold onto. She turned to Yuna and asked her the plan. "Where are we going? We have to get Shadow to Merlin." she said anxiously.
Yuna nodded, but fluttered around Kairi. "We have to go to Twilight Town." she said happily, and then took Kairi by the hand and flew higher, bringing Kairi off of the ground.
"Woah." gasped Kairi as she flew with Yuna, going towards the sunset. "Don't worry Shadow, we'll be there soon." she whispered and watched the sun set.
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