Kingdom Hearts - Blades of Three Realms

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth actually held a finger up, shaking his head "actually, i was -not- planning to go chase down the Heartless Generals at the moment, given what Axel had mentioned and i know Shiro heard it despite yelling at full blast at Riku, they're not ready to re-ramp up their campaign across the realm of Light just yet, so we still have time to deal with other things, like training and possibly getting more allies up to snuff." he said, looking to Roxas a bit "especially if i know you're going to follow us the moment we -do- get word from her dimension grid or from Wolfwood that they're on the move in full swing again." he said calmly enough, while at least walking off a bit lightly towards where Aqua and Mickey were "i hope your majesty has filled you in Aqua, if he has, then i'd like to offer my help for getting through Castle Oblivion, as my card magics will be unaffected and may even over-impose the castle's effects for the most part, when we go to awaken the one within the castle." he said with a smile.

Shiro meanwhile twitched an eyebrow, hearing Roveth say what he said, he'd still make plans, drop them, so on, before sighing, and rubbing his hair a bit while his prismatic eyes at least slow from their constant changing at rapid pace to a much more calmer slow hue change at the moment ".. fine, i get it, i won't go charging into the fray just yet..." he said, while getting up as Zoro popped out from his tablet, yawning lightly while in spirit ball form "mmh... training huh? sounds good, given myself and dartboard brow need to get you started on your regimens as well, bozu." he said, while of course, Gilgamesh had finally made himself known as well, putting a hand on Shiro's shoulder "don't worry about these fool generals, Shiro... they aren't the biggest threat at this very moment, right?" Shiro blinked at the Ei Yu Ou a moment, then looked to Zoro's spirit orb, who nodded in agreement, before sighing and shrugging with a 'what can i do' motion before looking to Crystal "looks like your idea of a world should be our next destination then."

Axel chuckled a bit, seeing Shiro actually acknowledging that going out would be pointless, while he shrugged a bit himself and summoned a frisbee, one of his older ones that seemed to be much larger now, probably due to some looking into finding new ones to use when not fighting with his chakrams "so why don't we relax here for the day, then head out to the new world in the morning? obviously without Roveth again as he seems to like to keep himself busy." he said with a bit of amusement and an 'Oi!' coming from Roveth's direction as well as a shaking fist at Axel  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"It's a lot to take in," was all Aqua would say to Roveth at first. She had been trapped in the Realm of Darkness for close to around twelve years and she had no idea what that might mean for Ventus upon waking him. He'd probably be devastated to learn what had become of Terra. "I was the one who activated Castle Oblivion's defenses so I should be able to get through no problem as long as I have this Keyblade," she would continue after a slight pause and summoning Master's Defender into hand. "Still, considering what we might be up against and how you handled yourself in the Realm of Darkness, I suppose we might benefit from the extra help. Mickey told me that Sora is still recovering from the loss of his powers at the hands of Master Xehanort so even if the training he's undergone to regain the power of waking was successful he's probably still not back at full power just yet."

Sora might have pouted at that if he'd actually been listening in on the conversation, but he was naturally preoccupied with getting caught up with Riku and Kairi. Since Aqua seemed to more or less understand the situation Mickey was dedicating most of his efforts to filling in Ansem the Wise with the hopes of jogging his memory.

"Well, we were kind of planning to take some time off here anyway," Crystal pointed out when Axel suggested it. "The last world we were on we would have just been getting ready for bed, but here it's basically time for lunch. And besides that I don't think Shiro could tolerate the world I have in mind in the mood that he's in right now. It's a good place to get in some training, that much is true at least, but it tends to be a little hectic around there and I don't mean because of Heartless problems."

"Huh, so what kind of a world is it?" Roxas was genuinely curious now.

"The world is called Nerima and I guess you could say it's also where I've done most of my martial arts training," Crystal explained. "The locals are all very skilled at what they do, but they can also be a little bit crazy."

"Then I take it the atmosphere won't be as relaxed as where we just were," Xion suggested.

"Probably not," Crystal nodded. "I mean, there's a reason the resident martial artists are sometimes referred to as the Nerima wrecking crew. They take their rivalries a little too seriously."

Once they had settled on what they were going to do going forward things finally started to wind down a little as those who were inclined to do so would don swimsuits while hitting the beach, even Crystal with her dreaded silver bikini that she had yet to find a suitable replacement for. Sora's usual air of overconfidence was in full effect as he simply assumed he was ready to tackle Castle Oblivion without any more preparation being necessary so he was totally comfortable with spending the afternoon goofing off with his friends like he wasn't about to undertake another potentially very dangerous endeavor. That was probably for the best, however, as Aqua and Roveth were probably worrying and taking enough precautions for all three of them.

While the others were mostly hitting the beach, Roxas decided to hang back with Axel for a little while, mainly because of a certain question that had been nagging at him since the time he had spent at Funbari Onsen. "Hey Axel, so the girl running the inn on that world we were just at said something to Shiro that I've been wondering about. She said he'd make a fine husband and then he got all embarrassed about it. What's that even supposed to mean?"  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth would nod, taking a seat at the moment as he looked off to the distance of the oceans as he thought about his words "it's understandable, being overwhelmed with a lot of information at once can be a bit, well.. intense, for lack of a better term." he said, while looking down to his deck which he had pulled out of his deck box, and started shuffling it, before drawing a card, revealing it to be the Magician's Valkyria card as he hummed lightly "as for dealing with the heartless and nobodies in Castle Oblivion, leave that to me... you and Sora focus on handling reviving Ventus." he said, while noticing the the others about to start playing, he chuckled a bit, and drew his next card, and tossed it into the air, revealing himself summoning Kuriboh who landed on Roveth's head cooing cutely "hai hai Kuriboh, you can watch the others play Volleyball, just stay safe on my head, okay?" Kuriboh cooed once more with a nod, and settled down in Roveth's hair with him chuckling a bit, relaxing a lot more now that he was at least not planning to go charging after the Heartless Generals.

Shiro would give off a wince, given the stories he heard of Nerima and the wrecking crew... "you're just wanting to make things truely chaotic aren't you Crystal, a place like that would have my Danger magnetism going off like a blasted Super-magnet!" he whined, with Gilgamesh laughing, up until at least Shiro and such started winding down and playing, volleyball, of course this meant the makeshift net was re-made, with Gilgamesh's disapproval and whining over enkidu being used as a glorified net and all, then he got lambasted in the face by said volley-ball by Shiro as a response, leading to things going from there.

Axel would, once everyone was doing their own thing and Roxas came to ask him that question, he actually had to look at Roxas a moment with a clear 'what the heck?' look on his face, before shaking his head and at least returning his normal gaze "hmm... i don't really know how to put this well, Roxas. not my forte in general when it comes to comments, so you might be best served asking Crystal, as she seems to know the residents at that world." he said, mostly innocently, and partly to see if he could embarrass crystal a bit while Roveth was still there.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Look Shiro, the most evil person on that world is probably Nabiki so just don't borrow any munny from her you'll probably be just fine," Crystal insisted. "Also, if you see a cute pig-tailed girl, that's Ranma and don't flirt with him. Avoid that and 90% of the world's problems will leave you alone. We're just going to be passing through anyway so nothing too bad should happen to any of us."

Once the makeshift net was in place it naturally drew Sora and Riku over both wanting to compete as was typical for them so they could size up each other's progress since they had been separated. Kairi and Namine were there to cheer for them and it was possible that Xion was maybe watching Shiro because it looked like he was having fun getting to mess with Gilgamesh in such a casual atmosphere. Of course, in Xion's case she also noticed the look on Axel's face as he seemed to be talking to Roxas about something and then pointing him in Crystal's direction so she kind of anticipated that Axel was up to something that was going to embarrass one or both of them so she was kind of side-stepping being too close to that little bomb going off too.

Roxas would very briefly seem disappointed that Axel didn't have an answer for him, but then he'd nod and continue on his way. "Thanks anyway Axel," he added to show there were no hard feelings. At least nowadays Roxas was actually well informed enough to understand that Axel didn't necessarily have all the answers. When Roxas then posed his question to Crystal she immediately went very red in the face looking all flustered and embarrassed as she shot a look at Axel that seemed to say 'Really Axel, really?' because she knew Roxas had asked him first. She calmed down after that though and started to seriously think about how she was going to answer without leaving Roxas all confused.

"Geez, I guess you must have been wondering about that this whole time," Crystal mentioned with a sigh. "Okay, so Yoh and Anna, whom you met during our stay at Funbari Onsen, they're engaged to be married once they're older to carry on the Asakura family line. To put it simply, it's a contract people enter into when they decide they want to spend their lives together and maybe even start a family together. And what Anna meant with what she said about Shiro and Ryu is that they'd both make any girl they decide to marry happy with their cooking talents. That's basically all there is to it."

Crystal's face was still red from before, but now Roxas was blushing pretty brightly too. Because, of course as soon as Crystal was done trying to explain it to him, Roxas wondered if that was something that could maybe apply to them too, but given he hadn't even really tried his hand at cooking and also had no idea of his own talents beyond his abilities with the Keyblade or his studying habits, something like that was probably a long way off.

"No wonder Shiro got so embarrassed," Roxas finally spoke again after being quiet for a little while trying to process what Crystal had told him. "And I'm guessing that isn't quite what you meant when you said you want to stay with me once this whole mess with Master Xehanort gets resolved either."

"Yeah, don't think too much into that," Crystal insisted. "We still haven't even figured out the whole 'dating' thing."

And then they were both laughing because it was every bit as true as it was embarrassing to think about. Xion smiled watching them because it seemed like everything was going to be okay in that department at least.

"It really is strange though," Aqua was speaking to Roveth as she watched the others amuse themselves in one way or another on the beach. "I mean, that boy Roxas looks practically identical Ven and Mickey already explained to me how that must have happened because Roxas came from Sora, but watching them both it's a bit hard to believe. They just seem so different and it's funny because Sora is the one who actually reminds me more of Ven. Although, thinking back, I know I thought the same thing the first time I met him and Riku here on the island because I guess Sora just has that same sort of innocence to him."  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth had hummed in thought, looking over to Roxas and then to Sora, before gently reaching up to pet Kuriboh a bit with a coo "a portion of Sora's innocence... is a mask. he hides away his pain well, but speaking from someone who is half of a distorted individual's psyche, he masks the pain and anger, his darker emotions, with the smiles he makes, it's a bit commendable that he's lasted as long as he has in doing so..." he said, sighing a bit "don't get me wrong, but with Sora on the mend now thanks to Crystal, it was his own insecurities and doubts that were keeping his powers suppressed. don't know what exactly plagued his mind like i would immediately know Shiro's mind... but i would say Roxas is a bit of a jaded fusion of sora's emotions and personality with Ventus's face." he said, while humming a bit lightly "either way, Roxas is his own person now, just like Xion... and for that, i thank the goddess of light Cosmos." he said, smiling serenely, while the triangle still in his pocket's pulsed slightly, as if resonating with Roveth's actual heartfelt emotions. of course when he saw Axel's little deflection he knew the man really didn't have a decent answer to Roxas's question whatever it was, however when he saw the embarrassment Crystal and Roxas both had, he actually grinned a bit in his own amused way with a chuckle, even as the cute furball Kurboh tilted itself cutely in confusion.

Shiro just sweatdropped a bit, and deadpanned at Crystal's mention of flirting "oi oi... i'm not like some of the perverts and flirts we've come across in our travels thank you!" he said without any real bite to his words, as Zoro spoke up "don't be fused with Dartboard brow then when around this Ranma character, otherwise he might overimpose on you and actually do the flirting for you. damn horndog..." Shiro sweatdropped even more hearing that from Zoro, while Gilgamesh laughed a bit lightly at Shiro's predicament and suddenly trying to deny and argue with Zoro about Sanji and all, though Gilgamesh -did- pout somem ore over the fact of how the traced Enkidu was treated and all.

Axel of course just smiled, not a cheeky smile of 'got ya!' at Crystal, but a simple smile of 'thanks for taking the bullet, i had NO idea how to handle that loaded question.' before proceeding over to the shade to sit down himself and watch the goings on in a relaxing fashion since he was staying as -far- away from the water as physically possible.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Aqua nodded to what Roveth was saying. "I guess I can't really say I'm surprised. After everything Ven went through and the fact that Sora took his heart into himself to help him heal while still growing up and struggling with his own life and also having to look out for his friends, Sora has become a much stronger person than I could have ever imagined. It's good to know that he's had all of you here to help him too. He's really lucky to have so many amazing friends." She glanced over to where Roxas was with Crystal to see the two laughing together, even if they did still look pretty embarrassed by whatever the two of them had been talking about. Aqua really couldn't imagine Ven in the same situation, being in a serious relationship, be it with a girl or otherwise. He was a good friend, but he was also very naive and had that presence of childlike helplessness like someone should be taking care of him. Physically, he had seemed barely younger than her and Terra, but his personality just made him feel so much younger than that. "It looks like those two must be really close."

Sora and Riku were still going at it, not really paying much attention to what was going on around them since as far as they were concerned this game of volleyball had become a serious competition. Kairi decided she wasn't really satisfied with just watching and joined the game, managing to startle Sora pretty spectacularly with how hard she could spike the ball when it narrowly missed him and impacted with the sand leaving an impressive indentation. Sora picked up the ball to serve it again, glancing at Riku only to have Riku shrug at him.

"Don't forget, you two aren't the only ones who have been training," Kairi reminded them both rather pointedly.

"Believe me, no one here is going to doubt that," Riku waved her off lightly.

"Come on, Shiro, we can still take them!" Sora chimed in as he served the ball back into play.

"And those three too," Aqua would add while watching them. "To think that little girl I met in Radiant Garden would be transported here of all places, but I suppose that makes sense with Sora and Riku being here. Between the two of them there's certainly always someone to protect her."

Still embarrassed by that whole conversation with Roxas, Crystal had half a mind to hit the water, maybe swim around and scare away some fish or something. Roxas was inclined to follow, but first he had to actually go and change into his swim trunks, but once he did that it wasn't exactly difficult to find Crystal again because she was sticking to the shallows.

"It's really something, how patient she is with him even when she gets so embarrassed so easily," Namine was chatting with Xion while they were kind of just watching everyone else doing their own thing.

"It's funny because she can also get so upset when she gets embarrassed like that, but I guess she really has been working to reign in her anger to keep that promise she made to Roveth," Xion pointed out. "I mean, she was always patient with Roxas even before that, but she would still snap at anyone else for teasing them, but now she tends not to do that either."

"Well, I'm sure finally opening up and accepting all those feelings must have helped enormously too," Namine considered. "And it seems like it must be working out well for Shiro too. He seems much more relaxed than the last time I saw him."

"I don't know if the one has anything to do with the other, but it does seem like the training he received while the rest of us were at Olympus Coliseum must have taken some of the edge off him," Xion admitted.

"Yes, he definitely seems a bit more approachable now," Namine agreed.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth had hummed a bit with a chuckle as he as he brought a a hand to look at while watching as Shiro got into the game now since it would make things even again "those three make a great team on their own, add in Namine as Riku's significant other and it's quite a good group they have going." he said, while looking to the embarrassed duo of Crystal and Roxas with a smile "yeah... they're trying to be a couple but given how they both don't really know how to go about dating or being in such a relationship it can be awkward at times, but the feelings they have for each other are undeniably true." he commented while chuckling a bit "as for protecting Sora, and the others.. we did it in the background, well, Shiro and Crystal did, given we faced much stronger enemies than he did, you've seen what we had to face." he sad with a sigh, before smiling "truth be told, it wasn't until recently before Shiro and Crystal became more active in the forefront withSora and his friends, when Cosmos revived Xion ,Roxas, and namine, as Crystal was more wanting to find Roxas herself, Shiro... was just along for the ride, at the time he was a wanderer, still is technically, he's just found friends he wants to stay with and help." he said while reaching up to pet Kuriboh once more with an amused smile.

Shiro of course just raised an eyebrow at Sora pulling him into this match, with gilgamesh scoffing and Zoro disappearing back into his memorial tablet for now after a helpful hand for Shiro to keep the soul from wandering off via the issue of his sense of direction, before reacting to Sora's serve by hopping up and bopped the ball into the air and over the net in particular fashion so as to keep the game going instead of trying to spike the ball like most people would. "hai hai~" he'd say in a sing-song tone of voice, thankfully he wasn't going to do anything too crazy and just keep the game going, maybe score a few points without at least spiking the ball, unless they spike it first...

Axel of course would hear Namine and Xion gossip in general, and when mentioning that Shiro was much more approachable now than he was when they first met.. he honestly agreed to himself, given when he first met Shiro so long ago even when injured by Sephiroth.. he always had just this cold exterior around himself and of course those hollow eyes that looked dead inside... yeah, hard to stay near him.. now? hell, hes' fought side by side with Shiro and he was not gonna let the kid down, same with Roveth and Crystal, and -definitely- not gonna let his two best buds down most of all... "heh... i must be getting quite sentimental... Isa would have an i told you so moment about this..." he said to himself, chuckling a bit shaking his head, but smiled regardless.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Well, if the feelings they have for each other are true, then I'm sure they can figure out how to make it work for them," Aqua nodded while smiling thoughtfully. "It's surprising though, that you mention the Goddess of Light so casually, almost like you know her. I always thought that Cosmos was just a myth left behind by the old world."

The volleyball game went on for a good while longer after that, with Sora being the most competitive at it by far even if the competition did include Kairi. Riku eventually lost interest in the game when something he deemed to be much more entertaining caught his eye. You see, after spending some time out in the water chasing away fish to cool off and get over the embarrassment of that whole conversation earlier, Crystal and Roxas had eventually come back on shore and fallen asleep on the beach. As such, they were now snoozing on the sand partially covered by a towel that was being utilized as a blanket with Roxas just reflexively having his arm around Crystal. Well, it had been nighttime back on Funbari Onsen so it really surprising to see that the two were tired, but that didn't mean Riku wasn't going to smirk at the arrangement.

"Okay, that's really too cute," Riku commented while seeing the pair like that.

"Huh, what's cute?" Sora twisted around because naturally the place Riku was looking was somewhere off behind him. Not paying attention to where Kairi was hitting the ball meant that Sora was inevitably slammed in the back of the head before face-planting into the sand from the impact. "Ack! Ow!"

"Oops, sorry Sora!" Kairi quickly apologized as she rushed over to make sure Sora was okay. He popped back up off the sand almost instantly so clearly he must have been fine.

"That's okay, Kairi, it's my fault for letting Riku distract me," Sora looked embarrassed, but clearly he wasn't upset about it either.

"Well, Riku isn't wrong," Kairi pointed to the spot that Riku had been talking about so that Sora could finally have a chance to see. "It is pretty cute."

"Huh, yeah, I guess it is," Sora blinked for a second and then smiled. "I guess after all that training and stuff they must have been pretty exhausted."

"It's probably not just the training," Xion mentioned. "You know they were both really worried about you too."

"Worried about me?" Sora was confused again, but only for a second. "Well, I guess you kinda have a point. I don't really remember a whole lot of the actual 'dream training', but I do know that I've been feeling a lot better since we started working on that."


Sometime later in the afternoon while the others were either resting or were simply busy entertaining themselves, Sora and Riku would head back to the main island for a little while to pick up some supplies to make camping out a bit easier on everyone and also to properly visit their parents to show that they aren't completely irresponsible and thoughtless about their families on the Destiny Islands. Once they got back the rest of the group would have collected some firewood from around the island for a small bonfire that was most likely being tended enthusiastically by Axel. By that time Crystal and Roxas would have woken up again and gotten changed back into their regular clothes to prepare for the approaching evening. Mickey had also left with Donald and Goofy to help get Ansem the Wise situated back in his laboratory in Radiant Garden. Aqua had been getting better acquainted with the girls as well as with Roxas, Axel, and Shiro in the meantime, and Gilgamesh too if he felt like getting in on the conversation at all.

"It seems you all are leading very complicated lives right now," Aqua had to admit once she had heard some of their stories.

"It's complicated, but it has it's fun points too," Crystal commented while gesturing to the bonfire where they were gradually frying up some fish to go along with some of the other food and drinks that Sora and Riku had brought back with them from the main island.

"This is pretty nice," Roxas readily agreed.

"You've certainly made yourselves at home," Riku was certainly amused as he set down his share of the supplies and sat down by Namine to just relax for a while now.

"Wow Axel, that's an awesome fire!" Sora was clearly more impressed than was absolutely necessary.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth actually nodded with a hum "she's just as real as Lord Chaos is. haven't met Lord Chaos yet, but Lady Cosmos was residing within Crystal working to regain her power after utilizing it to close Kingdom Hearts after it was revealed in the Keyblade War... but recently, when Shiro went and found a special divine artifact on a world Crystal was familiar with and got himself healed, and strengthened, Cosmos had enough energy to leave Crystal and is probably now looking for Lord Chaos and working with him towards making a better future for both sides.. because the balance has to be kept... Light cannot exist without Darkness, and Darkness cannot exist without Light." he then looked to Shiro as they were playing volleyball "it's interesting, really, how the last Vessel and chosen of Lady Cosmos, is best friends with the 'Last Hero' and the 'Counter Guardian' of Lord Chaos... and the one who inevitably ended the Keyblade War in his future, but in Crystal's past." he said finally with a bit of Shiro's hollowness coming through slightly in Roveth's tone, before he looked back to Crystal, and noticed the cuteness, which made him chuckle, and pull out a couple of cameras, he'd hand one to Kuriboh and motion to Aqua to keep quiet a moment and for Kuriboh to go take the camera to Axel, and then the two would sneak over and take flashless noiseless pictures of the cute moment between Roxas and Crystal.

Shiro of course had caught the volleyball once it bounced off Sora's head, and just glanced behind him towards the two sleeping ones with a small smile, but then he sweatdropped when Axel and Roveth snuck over and started taking pictures of the two asleep and all ".... nope." he finally said, before glancing to Gilgamesh, and proceeded to spike the ball at his head, and thus the two started up a new game between each other once Riku and Sora were going collecting for resources.

Axel of course looked to Sora and Riku with a bit of a puffed chest, before smirking "thank you, thank you, if you ever need something burned or set on fire, i'm your guy, got it memorized?" he'd say, before settling back down and taking up a cooked fish to eat, before realizing a strange lack of Roveth in the area, and groaned a bit, before looking towards the ocean where he saw a boat of peculiar design (one of the Yomi boat cards from the YGO games, can't remember the name.) with Roveth seeming to be setting something up once more. "oh dear, looks like your dark half is at it again Shiro." Shiro glanced over to the beach, and then to the ocean to see the boat and the setting up Roveth "... he just can't resist can he?" he said a bit exasperated smile and all, before looking to the confused Gilgamesh "you'll see in a moment Ei Yu Ou, someone who is a bigger ham for entertainment than you are for attention." of course he'd get a goblet chucked at his head, but he'd catch it and pass it back with amusement in general.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"What in the world is he up to?" Aqua had only been treated to a small sampling of Roveth's summoning abilities while in the Realm of Darkness whereas almost everyone else present had been there for the over-the-top spectacle Roveth had put on for the party at Opassa Beach on the world of El Nido just a few months back during the summer.

"Roveth likes being the theatrical type with his magic," Crystal explained as simply as she knew how. "And if we let him get away with it he can put on a really impressive show with it."

"We usually let him get away with it," Xion added with some amusement as she also watched while Roveth was making his preparations.

"Not that we'd really want to stop him anyway," Roxas pointed out. "These shows of his are pretty cool."

"Especially if it's anything like last time," Sora chimed in while grinning widely, although he hadn't been there for the performance in Atlantica so the last time for him would have been the fireworks spectacular at Opassa Beach. Naturally, since he was going to be leaving again to go with Roveth and Aqua to Castle Oblivion, Kairi and Riku were sitting on either side of him with Namine sitting on the other side of Riku, just so they could all be together for the night before he had to set off again.

So, of course, while Roveth was making his preparations the others would be eating and chatting amongst themselves until Roveth eventually gave the signal that his show was ready to begin and then they would all go quiet so they could appreciate his handiwork.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth of course would take a while to prepare, as he had to get everything right with the help of the shadow realm denziens and of course, give fair warning to the 'stars' of the show this time, given a couple were grumpy at him for using them without telling them ahead of time for fireworks shows, once he got the permission and go-ahead, he would grin, and finish up his own fish sandwich he had made to bring out here before he stood up on the boat, grinning a bit in his own fanged style, not in any fashion of his insane 'Rape Face' that had shown during the Soul-Eater verse, but a genuine excited grin as he brought his hands up while using his magic to reinforce his vocal chords and his voice box to magnify/amplify his voice to be heard as he took a bit of a mild cough to adjust his throat for his long winded words during this "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN~! welcome one and all to Roveth's Fireworks and Entertainment extravaganza!~" he would say, before taking a bow, and then grinning "now then! i'm sure some among our audience tonight has been to a few of my previous shows, so they know what to expect, but for our newcomers, i bid you all a warming and heartfelt welcome!" he grinned, pulling out two cards first, with orange and green borders on them "so, without further ado, allow me to bring forth the start of the show! With the Scale One Stargazer Magician, and the Scale 12 Entermate Five-Rainbow Magician... i shall now set the Pendulum Scale!" he called out, flinging the two cards into the air, as they quickly twisted, and transformed into their appropriate monster forms, with the number 1 and 12 formed underneath them as they spread out to an even distance, and behind and between the two a crystalline holographic looking pendulum begun swinging in the background "with the scales set, i can now summon monsters from levels 2 through 11 simultaneously!" he would say, pulling out 7 cards, and flinging them in the air as they begun to shine and give off golden sparkles "Sway, pendulum of my very soul! draw an arc of light across the Aether! PENDULUM SUMMON!now come on out, my very partners!" he called out, during the chant the Pendulum would sway, drawing an arc across the background, before swinging above the area, creating a large hole which the cards flew into, and out came multiple streaks of light to cause small bursts of fireworks like sparkles when the monsters appeared "first we have the beautiful dragon with Dichromatic eyes filled with wonder and happiness... Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" he called out, with the dragon roaring in kind as he was introduced. of course, Roveth smiled a bit and raised his hand next "next, we have the fierce but protective defender of smiles... two Entermate Silver Claws!" of course, when they appeared in their own way they let off a resonating howl before settling down on their haunches. "our next two are quite interesting in their own right... Entermate Fugolem and Red-Eyes Retro Dragon!" of course, the mini Red-Eyes Black Dragon would pop out, giving off a hiss-like roar of it's own while Fugolem would give off a somewhat low hum of a rumbling voice as Roveth motioned to the last two falling lights "and finally we have a bit of a change of pace in the Tuner Monster Red Resonator and the luminous warrior of the light... Photon Slasher!" of course, Red Resonator would appear in a small fiery plume of red sparkles, and Photon Slasher created light slash blades up into the sky for extra sparkles as it appeared with its own cry. "of course, this is not the end of things just yet.. because... the fun here is just getting started!" he responded, swinging his arms wide smiling all the same.

Shiro of course raised an eyebrow, noticing that Roveth had not been planning to use the other dragons he had, but instead a myriad of other monsters, until he realized the methods of what was coming next, causing him to smile regardless of seeing the spectacle get started "yup, that's our resident ham alright." he said with a chuckle, while Gilgamesh hummed a bit, giving a soso wave of his hand "as you said earlier Shiro, and what Roveth said just now, the fun is just getting started.. though the performance so far is not bad." he said as Shiro rolled his eyes at Gilgamesh in amusement "just wait Gilgamesh, he's definitely worth the preparation time, even if it's starting out flashy."

Axel of course would be tending to the fire and passing food out as it was being made, of course, he'd also somehow produce marshmallows and even gram crackers and chocolate bars for some Smores, looking amused as well at Roveth's hamming it up again and all.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

It was certainly very interesting for everyone watching to see the spectacle unfold. For Aqua is was a fascinating first-time experience and quite different from how Roveth had handled himself and his monsters when she had first encountered them in the Realm of Darkness. For the others it was interesting to see how Roveth was mixing things up for this brand new performance.

Kairi took some initiative by resting her head on Sora's shoulder causing him to instantly blush an amusing shade of red before he quickly related again and simply shrugged slightly to himself before calmly placing his arm around her as she clearly wanted for Sora to pay at least some attention to her. Riku didn't need to be coerced as he did the same with Namine, although she herself was certainly quite a bit more timid about it. Crystal had already settled in next to Roxas to make herself comfortable and seeing no real reason to hold anything back even in Roveth's presence, in fact possibly even as a show of encouragement that he didn't have to worry about them while he was going away to Castle Oblivion with Sora and Aqua, Crystal leaned against Roxas and the two of them just seemed to be pretty happy in general as Roxas put his arm around her in a relaxed fashion.

Xion had been helping Axel to handout the food while occasionally glancing to Shiro wondering how he was doing knowing that Roveth would be leaving them again so soon.

"You go, Roveth!" Sora cheered enthusiastically to show that they were all ready for more. Honestly, with how far out Roveth was no one else's voice would have carried that far.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth of course knew himself that Shiro was probably just enjoying the show since once more they'll be separated again, but given that Shiro is going to train more and that Roveth is better served getting more battle experience directly compared to Shiro, it was alright, he didn't have to say his emotions, as Roveth could see them even as far away as he is that while Shiro is... well, somewhat worried for Roveth, he also knows that Roveth can handle himself if he could walk out of a fight with a Heartless General with a win. of course Roveth gave a bigger smile seeing the couples and individuals relaxing and giving him peace of mind about going with Aqua as he looked to his monster partners, of course, the shout of encouragement from Sora just made the entertainer bow gracefully even while her then once more would get to work "let's start things off with a little flashiness! Entermate Fugolem's monster effect allows me, when it is summoned, to use it and one other monster as materials for a fusion summon without the need of the magic card Polymerization!" of course, this led to Fugolem starting to glow and hum even more "with this effect activating, i will fuse Entermate Fugolem with Red-Eyes Retro Dragon!" he called out, with Five Rainbow Magician helping to create a rainbow path to lead upwards into the sky as the two hopped on and started turning into energy bolts which swirled around each other "the silent sentinel of smiles, walk forward with the black dragon whose red eyes speak of of bravery and courage onto a path towards a new beginning! FUSION SUMMON!" he called out, clapping his hands together in a prayer stance with a grin as the two lights merged together, growing bigger, and bigger, till out started showing a silhouette of a dragon that looked to be made partly of plants, or something venomous of the sorts "descend now from the rainbow path, Poisonous dragon with hungering fangs! Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" he called out, with the dragon roaring out much like Odd-eyes had, when it joined the field finally next to Odd-Eyes they both let out a harmonious roar which made Roveth twitch a bit before turning towards his partners "oi oi oi... i already said i won't combine the four of you into -that- form unless its absolutely needed, like going up against Kefka or someone of that caliber." he said with a sweatdrop, though given he fixed his voice to where it didn't carry out to the others when he said that, of course, after that he'd turn and continue on "now then, since we have our next player on the field it's time to bring out our next friend! i shall Tune with the level 2 Red Resonator, and the level 5 Photon Slasher!" of course, the resonator would follow the next spiraling rainbow path as it became tuning rings, and once Photon slasher joined up flying above, the tuning rings would fly down to start surrounding the warrior, revealing the five motes of light within, adding in two more before a bright pillar of light and energy could be seen "with the harmonious red fiend and the warrior of the galaxial light, drive forth and create a path towards tomorrow at the Speed of Light! SYNCHRO SUMMON!" he called out, the silhouette of a new dragon starting to emerge from the light "spread those wondrous and beautiful wings and appear here and now! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" he called out, the dragon descending down the rainbow path as it landed on Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's left, giving off a roar, which joined in with the other two as Roveth continued on, readying the last player he could without Pendulum Summoning once more "now then, for the final player of Act one... with the two level 4 Entermate Silver Claws... i shall construct the Overlay Network!" he called out, the two silvermate's being turned into purplish orbs of energy before shooting up into the sky like streaks of light towards a galaxy looking portal, when they went inside it, a massive pillar of light and energy poured forth "Fangs of Pitch-black Darkness... rise up against the foolish oppression! DESCEND NOW! XYZ SUMMON!" he called out, as the black dragon appeared next, giving off a hissing roar of his own "the Final Heavenly Dragon to appear has arrived! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" he called out, all four dragons out began shining bright and starting to let off their blast attacks into the sky to create large fun fireworks, adding in the rainbows from Five-Rainbow Magician as paths for the dragons to run/fly along to give the others a closer look while they did their thing, Roveth had actually jumped atop Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, and was actually riding on it's neck with no problems and a gentle smile on his face.

Shiro of course did show no worries on his face or even in his eyes, but it was at least obvious to those who know him somewhat well that he was worried for Roveth, given that he seems to be busying himself in business that was other than hiding in Twilight town researching tech from Chronopolis and all, but once the fireworks and dragons got started, Shiro was actually wide-eyed in surprise. Gilgamesh, was even smiling, seeing that apparently Roveth knew what he was doing with his dragons, he chuckled a bit to himself, but at least kept his own comments quiet this time around.

Axel of course actually clapped and chuckled at Roveth's spectacle, knowing all too well that he must be having fun with this and giving the other's a reason to smile probably made him feel all the more better and all. granted, he did notice Xion's glances towards Shiro, and having a feeling he knew why, he'd speak up a bit to her "i don't think he'd mind with you as company, to help him through the fact that Roveth's going to be leaving again soon." he said, being innocent and not even trying to play matchmaker, well he was, but it wasn't like he was trying to get them on a date, he just knew the two felt right being together, in his mind and all.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Right, that's a good point," Xion was finished helping to hand out the food anyway so she did end up sitting down over by Shiro, although at a bit more of a cute and respectful distance minding his personal space. It seemed like he was enjoying the performance that Roveth was putting on so that was good at least. Axel's matchmaking habits went entirely unnoticed, apparently, although given his approach was much more subtle than say, Yuffie, it really wasn't all that surprising that Xion was none the wiser to what he was playing at. Axel had done more or less the same thing with Roxas and Crystal, although in that case his support was mostly in the sense that he had casually beaten it into Roxas's head not to let Crystal get away from him if he could help it because Axel had known or at the very least suspected that she was going to have a positive influence on him. But beyond making sure the two didn't lose sight of each other, Axel never actually forced the issue and just let them come together on their own without making a big deal out of it until it actually became something more than the way it started out. And Xion had absolutely no idea. She only knew that Axel was very supportive of Roxas and Crystal being together, but she was totally clueless about how much work had actually gone into that even becoming a possibility. Roveth might have delivered the deciding forceful shove, but it was Axel's meddling in the background that had very likely enabled those feelings to blossom in the first place. As opposed to Riku whose meddling was both beneficial and disruptive to the whole process.

"You guys really have a thing for dragons don't you?" Riku was of course referring not only to Roveth, but also to Crystal and Shiro when he commented on this fact. Not that he minded, of course, given it was very cool and it did kind of explain how the three had gotten along so well as they clearly had quite a lot in common. Not just the dragons, of course, but it was definitely something that stood out. Especially with Roveth being so very theatrical with his.

"Dragons are cool," Sora chimed in with an amused look. Of course, the only dragon he'd ever gotten to summon was Mushu and that was rather unimpressive compared to the likes of these dragons summoned by Roveth or variants of Bahamut he had seen summoned by Crystal. Even so, Mushu did at least get the job done and brought plenty of firepower to the party.

"Not that any of us are surprised that you'd be this easy to impress," Riku shot back at him with an amused laugh. Far from being offended for being called out like that, Sora started laughing too. It was true after all. Kairi was laughing too and Namine was also giggling at how quickly that had escalated while they all continued watching Roveth's performance.

Crystal knew that these times of separation were hard on both Shiro and Roveth, being two sides of the same coin as they were, but it was also an opportunity for them to grow as individuals and in Crystal's mind that really wasn't such a bad thing. After all, in order to find himself, Roxas had first needed to distance himself from Sora so that he could stop comparing the two of them and discover the aspects of himself that were uniquely his own. It had taken a long time and many false starts for Roxas to really appreciate his own identity. In the same way, it made sense that Shiro should stand side-by-side at times, but also that sometimes they would need to walk their own respective paths to truly be themselves. And it seemed like they were realizing that for themselves so that was a good thing too.

Roxas was, for his part, unusually cheerful, but that had more to do with the fact that while he had been worried earlier with the thought that Crystal might leave alone with Shiro again to fight the Heartless Generals that had ended up not being the case at all. True to what she had said before, she wasn't going to stop him from going with her wherever it was she decided to go as long as that was his choice. Having that sentiment put into action like this really made Roxas happy even though he also knew it was dangerous and he also knew that Crystal really didn't want for him to get hurt, but he also knew now just how much she really wanted him there and Roxas didn't want for Crystal to get hurt either. The only other time Roxas had been that sure of where he wanted to be without anyone else telling him what to do or where to go had been when he'd sought out Axel in Twilight Town. It wasn't going to be easy, but it was something that actually felt real.

Meanwhile, Aqua was amazed by the spectacle of Roveth's dragons and the performance they were putting on. She was also quite amazed by the exceedingly warm welcome she had gotten from everyone here on the island.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth of course chuckled, having heard that comment from Riku, but he said nothing on it as he sometimes did some acrobatic acts to land on the other dragons to ride them as well, enjoying the night sky while watching things, before eventually landing back on the boat with the help from Clear Wing Synchro Dragon as he reached up to stroke on each of them getting pleased rumbles and hisses from each of them respectively, before he turned back to the crowd "now then, Act one is slowly coming to a close so i think it's time to bring out some new players in this game, however, we have to have our current four players bow out for the moment." he said, with the dragons all nodding, knowing what was coming next as Roveth pulled a card out, tossing it to where it went spinning high into the air "Spell Card Activate... Black Hole!" he called out, with a large black hole opening up, and sure enough, the four dragons jumped up to be pulled into the singularity that had spawned, which would then shrink, and explode much like a large mortar shell firework into a large plume of red and purple sparkles, before Roveth caught the card, smiling "do not worry everyone, my partners are professionals at this, i just needed them in a certain place to activate these next set of magic cards. first off Magic card: Odd-Eyes Fusion Gate shall now be Activated!" he called out, flinging the card into the air, which began shining appropriately "this card allows me to bring back one Fusion monster, which will be Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon from the extra deck. granted, being summoned this way means their effects will be negated, but it's the magic card's second effect is what i'm going for, as it allows me to use these two dragons i brought back as materials for a Fusion Summon!" he called out, raising his hand to the air as the two dragons would fly/jump upwards at his call, right into the glowing swirling hole there "Dragon with the dual-colored eyes, merge with the Venomus Dragon... and become the power that leads the way to Supremacy! FUSION SUMMON!" he called out, clapping his hands once more into a prayer stance before flinging his arm out in front of him "Come forth now, Level 10! the dragon whose gem-like eyes radiate with kindness in it's heart and soul! Supreme King Violet Dragon... Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon!" with that cry, the dragon spun around and roared out harmoniously, it's long wing-like appendages glowing and oddly enough, cherry petal-like fireworks and sparkles float down around it as Roveth smiled a bit lightly "beautiful in its own right, but i have at least two more beautiful dragons to go." he said as he brought out the next magic card after catching Odd-Eyes Fusion Gate to put away "next up, i shall activate this particular magic card... Odd-Eyes Synchro Gate!" he called out, the card flicking up into the air like the Fusion Gate had "this card allows me to bring back Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon from the Extra Deck once more, as well as a Synchro Monster sent to the graveyard, my choice being Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" he called out, the two dragons roaring in response to their return, of course Roveth held up a finger, grinning "also like the previous magic card... that effect is not all, as it allows me to treat Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon as a level 1 Tuner Monster and tune it to Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" he called out, Odd-eyes proceeding to turn into a mote of light, launching upwards with Clear Wing Synchro Dragon following as that one mote became a green tuning ring like before "Dragon with Dual-colored eyes, arm yourself with the clear wings of light... and soar forth to the apex of Supremacy! SYNCHRO SUMMON!" he called out, the next dragon beginning to appear in a flourish of mirror-like crystaline particles which would fade away like dying embers of sparkliness "Come forth now! level 8... the Dragon whose piercing eyes shine with a destructive Glint! Supreme King White Dragon - Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon!" he called out, as he caught the Synchro Gate card next, the dragon floating down to join Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon as well in the lineup as Roveth brought out the next card, taking a breath a moment to steady himself, before bringing the final card up "with this last card before i Pendulum Summon once more to bring out some older friends from the last fireworks entertainment... i activate the magic card Odd-eyes Xyz Gate here and now!" he called out, throwing the card into the air as it shined brightly "with this card i bring back one Xyz Monster in my Graveyard..." he motioned to the now reappearing Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon "as well as bring back Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon from the Extra Deck..." he said, with a plume of fire energy bringing back Odd-Eyes to the field "the second effect of this card treats the Xyz monster special summoned by this card to have a level equal to the other monster summoned, thus Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon has a level of 7 like its Pendulum Counterpart Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" of course, both dragons roared in response, harmonizing as Dark Rebellion gained the appropriate levels "now then! with my Level 7 Odd-eyes and Dark Rebellion... i shall construct the Overlay Network!" he called out, both dragons turning into purple energy bursts before flying up in a spiral just as a galaxy formed once more, with the two flying into it, causing a MASSIVE pillar of energy "Dragon of Dual-colored eyes... Eradicate all enemies who oppose you with your scale of Wrath! XYZ SUMMON!" he roared out, the last dragon bursting forth from a black cloud into a burst of purple flames and sparkles as it roared out in response "Descend here and now! Rank 7! Dragon with the Eyes of Rage! Supreme King Black Dragon - Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!" he roared out just as Odd-Eyes rebellion dragon let out its own roar, of course, both the dragon and Roveth calmed down from their emotional high, and nodded to each other, before pointing his finger upwards to the swaying pendulum once more "swing... more and more.. show us once more..." he whispered to himself, before calling out "Sway, Pendulum of Souls! draw an arc of light across the very Aether! PENDULUM SUMMON! now come forth... my monster partners!" he called out, releasing Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon once more into the world, as well as summoning a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, a Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and oddly enough two magicians.. Dark Magician and his apprentice: Dark Magician Girl. "now then... It's time for the Climax~!" with that, all the dragons raised their heads, with dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl raising their staffs, and using the rainbow paths of Five-Rainbow Magician, traversed those paths to show their brilliant wings, the fireworks firing off periodically, Roveth would find himself seated once more on Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon though he did do more acrobatics to sometimes take a seat on each of the Supreme Dragons he summoned as well.

Shiro had blinked a moment, only distracted from the even more impressive Summonings as he glanced to his side, seeing Xion sitting next to him he just smiled softly, and turned back to the show as he ooh'ed and Ahh'ed at the right places, and even clapped a bit as well. of course, he did give a small offer of letting Xion come closer to him if she wanted, given he wouldn't harm Xion at all for being so close to him and all. Gilgamesh of course whistled lightly, actually leaning his head back to actually admire the fact that Roveth seemed to be quite the summoner and entertainer, he definitely fit the bill of being a human that has become strong, in his eyes.

Axel of course smiled to himself, seeing his attempt work in it's own way, sure she was respecting his personal space, but he knew Shiro wouldn't harm Xion at all, it just wasn't in his nature. of course this also meant Axel could munch on some smores for himself for the moment while tending to the fire and enjoy the show, though he did keep an eye on Aqua to make sure she was okay as well, in a friendly manner of course, given it seemed Roveth may have actually had interest in Aqua, if he seems to be pulling out all the stops even moreso to make her smile.