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Roveth gave off a silent hum of agreement, stepping backwards before turning and heading for the door, motioning for Sora to follow so they can let Aqua ans Ven have their time together unhindered by the two of them for their being there and all. once they were out of the room to let Aqua and Ven have their quiet reunion and all he'd gently close the door behind Sora and crossed his arms a bit, looking to the keyblade wielder "now then... on the topic of comrades... i know Aqua probably feels the same way but if Donald or Goofy continue this train of not aiding you when they physically are capable of it, i want you to contact either me, Shiro, or Crystal, okay? i'm sure you'll probably be teamed with your friends Riku and Kairi soon when Kairi finishes her training as a Keyblade wielder." he said, humming in thought. if he knew that omniscient old man Yen-Sid he wouldn't put it past him to at least let the three be together. "let's see..." he'd mumble, digging in his pockets a moment, before going 'ah ha!' silently and pulled out what looked to be a cell phone, and flicked it open to check something, before pressing a few buttons, and a red one with the crown symbol on it's cover popped into Roveth's hand, a copy, which he'd give to Sora "there we go... use this to contact me or the others in case you need our help or need in contact with us for some reason.. our phone numbers are in the contact list." he'd instruct, making sure to go slow to show Sora how to use the phone for calling him or Crystal or even Axel, so on.

Shiro's training with Cologne would be intense, but nothing he couldn't handle. There was one thing, however, that could disrupt everyone's training and it was also the single greatest nuisance to ever grace Nerima.

"WHAT A HAUL!!! WHAT A HAUL!!!" Happosai's voice carried all across the city as he began one of his infamous panty raids.

"What in the world?" Roxas paused mid-swing while practicing with one of his bokutos to stare as the strange old man bounced off of the clothes lines to fling himself onto an adjacent rooftop and took off running.

"Sounds like Happosai," Crystal sighed and brought her palm to her forehead as she stepped out from the dojo. Training was off for the moment as Akane had to go fetch Ranma to join the angry mob of girls that would be chasing the old man across town until they managed to catch up with him.

"What exactly is a Happosai?" Xion had to ask.

"A dirty old martial arts master who is always looking for trouble," Crystal answered with a shrug. "He likes to collect women's underwear. And by collect, I mean steal."

"Seriously?" Roxas wondered in disbelief. "What a creep."

"You're telling me," Crystal sighed again. "But this happens around here more often than you'd think."

"Maybe we should help catch him," Roxas suggested.

"I mean, we could, but if you get too close to him he might try to pin some of the blame onto you instead," Crystal pointed out with a slight frown. "The girls around here don't always wait for an explanation before beating guys up over a misunderstanding."

"Even so, we can't just let a creep like that do what he wants, right?" Roxas persisted and seeing him look so determined Crystal honestly couldn't argue with him.

"When you're right, you're right," Crystal finally agreed.

"And if anything goes wrong we've got your back, Roxas, so don't worry," Xion added.

"Right then, I guess we might as well look at this as more training," Crystal nodded. "A little bit of hands-on practical application."

Naturally, by the time angry mob caught up with Happosai he was already being beaten into the pavement by Shiro. Not long after Crystal arrived with Roxas and Xion. But, of course, it was Ranma who would quip about how Shiro's efforts were in vain.

"Sorry to be the one to break it to you, Shiro, but the old lech is practically immortal," Ranma casually informed him. "You're not gonna be able to kill him with something like that."

"You do realize that now that you've told him that he might actually try to kill him, right?" Crystal frowned very hard at Ranma.

"I'm just saying, he wouldn't be the first to have tried," Ranma answered with a shrug. "Besides, the old man deserves it for the all the trouble he's caused."

"Well then, I guess we can just leave this to Shiro," Roxas definitely knew better than to butt in when Shiro's presence was in full effect like this. It was best to just stay the hell out of his way when he got like this.

Shiro had stopped a moment, using his heavy boot to slam down on one of Happosai's arms to hold him down a moment while he addresses Crystal and the others, when he looked up, the feral bloodlust was still there going strong, despite the calm, and almost freezing demeanour of the rest of his face "Oh.. so an immortal pervert huh... unfortunately Crystal is right, because now i -am- curious as to how far his immortality extends, is it just the body... or is it down to his very soul?" he spoke in an almost dual layered tone of voice, as if Apocalypse and Shiro's voices were joining, before Shiro raised an arm, and proceeded to twitch a bit "Bloody Crescent." he intoned, causing crescent like blades to suddenly shoot out of his shoulders, leaving deep gashes which didn't hurt, as the black blood began to physically manifest now in a bit of a rush, moving down to quickly encapsulate and encoat his arms and beefing them up, even sending the blood to coat the two Torashinai's in hand before the blood hardened, sealing off the wounds and healing it over leaving two very powerful looking black arms "Scream Resonance." he'd intone with cold deadly precision as Apocalypse's mouth appeared on Shiro's shoulders, doing the silent version screech, but the vibrations and raw purple-black aura around both arms were extremely palpable, before he shifted his footwork to flip happosai into the air, and crossed both kendo sticks with raw cold malice shining in his eyes "infinite Screech Starburst... Stream." he'd intone, before once more he would -Move-, literally vanishing and reappearing right in front of Happosai, starting to literally beat the s**t out of him with combo after combo after combo of the twin copies of Torashinai, strength enhanced, and the vibration effect slamming into his soul as well ringing it around horribly much like a tuning fork to the spine if not worse, and Shiro did -not- let up for a second, even making it to where his hands were unpredictable blurs even for the martial artists, the only ones who could probably see his speed would be Roxas, or Crystal. thankfully said brutatlity would last for only about 20 minutes, though for the old letch it'd probably feel like an eternity of pain and suffering, when Shiro was done, he'd let the now probably unidentifiable lump of flesh land on the ground, with Shiro landing after, absorbing the black blood back into his arms and body, taking a breath, and restraining his presence once more with a neutral gaze downwards, before stepping over and past Happosai "... right then, i have a little bit more of training to finish up before the day's done." he'd said to Ranma and the others, before returning back to the nekohanten to resume his training, and pick up his 'weights' and all.

Roveth had chuckled a bit, waving off the apology with a dismissive stance "not a problem Ven... name's Roveth." he'd state, smiling a bit with his white and amber colored eyes, though he'd look to Aqua and Sora when it was mentioned for Radiant Garden he'd chuckle, getting off the wall and putting his hands in his pockets "that actually is true, we tend to hide out at a bar called the 7th Heaven, run by Tifa, and usually Leon, Cloud, and Yuffie are frequently there, though if Cloud's not there then Tifa's typically absent looking for him so it'd be Leon temporarily running it, but it has been a well respected place to rest, recover, and in general relax as a safehouse, even moreso with Cid having built that security system to keep the heartless out of town." he'd explain, with his hands behind his head somewhat in a similar style to how sora would do it in an innocent way "only other place i -could- suggest is Twilight Town at my mansion, but at the moment it's probably not a good idea given Ienzo is probably still studying in the basement on the tech i've aquired and all." he said, humming in thought "so i'd say Radiant Garden's the best choice, plus if i know Shiro and the others, they'll be heading in that direction soon too, so you'll get to meet them as well." he would finish off with, before turning, looking off towards the entrance of Castle Oblivion with a small smile, secretly glad that Aqua and Ventus were alright, in his own worrisome way, even if he usually hides it deep down like he hides everything else he can.

Shiro would undoubtedly be frowning the moment he saw Leon in charge of the tavern, as he knew exactly what that meant, of course, he would close one eye and started hyper-focusing, extending his senses of signatures, thankfully he had much more increased his range ten-fold due to the training he had done and all, and when he picked up on Cloud, he also picked up on an all too familiar Darkness in the area as well "... of all the.. even if Sephiroth did show up here this time he could've called me first instead of go charging off like a bull whose seen red..." he'd continue to mutter and grumble, keeping his words at least hidden cause one could probably tell if he wasn't around impressionable kids like Sora (or Ven) he'd probably be cursing like a sailor. thankfully though, once he triangulated the position of the signatures he'd turn and walk in that direction, though as he passed crystal he discreetly handed her his guardian ghost tablets, so that they wouldn't get harmed in this, his eyes starting to hollow out as he walked past, and worked to becoming the emotionless machine once more, given he felt he'd need to be to keep from responding to any taunts from Sephiroth in his normal snarky manner.

Roveth had been with Sora and Ven, mostly to keep a helpful eye on the two while Aqua had been busy getting acquainted with the other locals and all, when they saw Crystal's group back, though he did raise an eyebrow when he saw a lack of Shiro, but when he checked his own senses he found Shiro's signature and sighed, having a good guess as to why he went in a different direction "sea salt ice cream sounds like a good idea." he'd say with a smile on his face to at least avoid revealing where Shiro had gotten off to, but the worry was quite clear in his eyes when he gazed to Crystal even though he knew he couldn't do anything to help Shiro against -that- monster.

Axel of course had hung in the back of the group, mainly because he didn't want to be seen just yet by Ven, but also because he wanted to get a look from a distance before actually saying hi and all. was Axel being a bit shy and nervous? yes, but not in the way people think, his mind won't change, Roxas was still his best friend, even if Ven was his second friend after Isa and all. of course, at the mention of ice cream he did agree that was a good idea, given that he glanced in the direction Shiro was heading, and he knew it'd be best to stay away from A: the nuke that was Shiro, and the fact getting caught up against Sephiroth is -NOT- a good idea...

Axel would raise an eyebrow at Ven's comment, and just grinned his Axel style grin and all "yeah well you're still small yourself Ven, at least it means we have a pint and a half with you, Roxas and Xion now." he'd say cheekily in return while they continued to walk along as Axel at least was getting into things and returning to his normal self despite his own nervousness "but anyway... i go by Axel nowadays more-so than Lea, due to some... stupid choices i've done in my life." he'd finally say, humming a bit as he looked up to the skies a bit.

Roveth would notice Xion's own concern for the one not there at the moment he would move to step in time to Xion and hum a bit "don't worry too much about Shiro, first off Cloud's gonna be there on hand to help out, and if i know Tifa, she's probably not too far behind either, so she'd be able to patch up Cloud or Shiro one enough to carry the other if they get bad off injured against him." he'd say, smiling a bit lightly while he himself was worried, because even if he knew that Shiro was much stronger since the last time he fought Sephiroth... he wouldn't be surprised if the b*****d was toying with them as much as before...

Shiro meanwhile had seen the two clashing at the fun ravine cliff overlooking Maleficent's old tower he would take in a deep breath before summoning Kanshou and Bakuya, narrowing his eyes, before flinging them much like boomerangs to send them in an arc that'd head straight for Sephiroth while avoiding Cloud entirely before Shiro summoned twin longswords and moved to get ready and join in on the fight, his dead eyes glowing in their prismatic fashion and getting as much info as he could in the area so he'd be ready at a moment's notice.

"Okay, Axel then," Ventus nodded as he processed this new piece of information. It was nice to see another familiar face besides just Aqua.

"Hey, what about the rest of us?" Sora protested with an audible pout. "There's a lot more than a pint and a half with all of us here."

"Yeah, with all of us it's really more like three pints and a half," Crystal had to agree with a slight chuckle. And yes, she was totally including Roveth in that measurement just now.

Roxas couldn't help but smile. It would have seemed ridiculous if it had just been Sora complaining about not being included in Axel's measurement, but the fact that Crystal got on board so quickly was what really sold it. It was a silly argument to be having for sure, but it did kind of make sense. Even if Shiro and Roveth were a bit more ambiguous about their feelings, they were all part of the same team and Crystal, especially, always seemed to be with them now.

"But shouldn't you or Crystal be there to back him up?" Xion had to ask as she addressed Roveth. When he mentioned Cloud and Tifa it wasn't hard to guess who Shiro was after even though Xion hadn't actually sensed what was going on herself. Crystal and Roveth had certainly done an impressive job of using this detour for sea-salt ice cream as a diversion to keep Sora from noticing that Shiro was missing from the group.


Meanwhile, out over the ravine, Sephiroth would nimbly dodge and deflect the two blades thrown by Shiro to draw his attention. "Well now, I didn't expect to see you here today," Sephiroth greeted him with amusement. He glanced back to Cloud who was still seething and swinging wildly at him. "I'm afraid you've lost your edge, Cloud, but perhaps this new arrival can at least make this dance a little more interesting." He would make a series of very rapid swings with the Masamune to unleash razor-sharp shockwave projectiles to launch at Shiro before diving down to strike him at close range.

Cloud, meanwhile, became agitated at being ignored by Sephiroth and would attempt to dive bomb him with a powerful downward stabbing strike.


And finally, back at 7th Heaven, Aqua took notice of the young woman who had joined them from upstairs. It seemed to take a moment for her to even notice Aqua sitting there at the bar where she had, in fact, been chatting with Leon trying to get a sense of what was going on around this particular world since he seemed to be the guy to ask about that sort of thing. When Kailah finally addressed her Aqua smiled and nodded, "Yes, Leon has been very helpful. By the way, my name is Aqua. Myself and Ven are going to be staying awhile, but he's out exploring the town with some other Keyblade wielders right now. And you are?" Aqua couldn't quite place it, but there was definitely something not quite completely human about this young woman she was speaking to. She seemed nice enough though so Aqua wasn't really too worried about it.

Roveth of course would shake his head a bit as he kept moving forward and all "do you really want to alert Sora of the fact that he's not here?" he'd whisper to Xion, as he frowned a bit in thought "we're doing this to keep everyone from panic'ing and going to save him when it'd only put everyone else in danger, besides... Shiro is much stronger than the last time they fought, so if anyone's gonna be in for a surprise, it's not Shiro." he'd finish, while speaking up more loudly with an indignant 'Oi!' "i'll have you know i constitute as three-quarters a pint!" he'd snark in return, smiling regardless while of course reaching and pulling out his munny bag to make sure he had enough for at least one for everyone, even pass one along to Aqua later in fact.

Axel just laughed hearing the argument while looking over the crowd "okay okay, i meant the pint and a half because of Xion, Roxas, and Ven here, got it memorized?" he'd mention while idly summoning one of his chakrams to spin lazily on his fingers "besides, i consider you, Roveth, and Sora full pints in of themselves, well Roveth a gallon maybe, due to how big of an ego he gets after one of his shows." he'd quip, only to get an explosive furball known as Kuriboh to the face, leaving him with the cartoonish soot face and whited out eyes blinking at sudden explosion "... okay, i totally deserved that." he said, puffing out a cloud of smoke from his mouth.

Shiro had expected his blades to be deflected, so he had already caused them to shatter, and when Sephiroth sent the razor blade energy slashes, he would clench his arms, and intone out "I am the Bone of my Sword." he would state, before he -moved- and literally slashed into the energy blades from the side, destroying them like glass before moving to guard against Sephiroth's incoming close range attack by crossing the longswords he traced to block it. of course when he saw Cloud he would focus a bit of his presence and use it in a controlled burst to blast it in his face to snap him out of his rage before speaking "that depends, Sephiroth..." he would say, disappearing, leaving a solid after image for the one winged angel to cleave through while Shiro reappeared on his left, with Durandal in hand next, aiming for a downwards slash at the unguarded side if he could "can you keep up with me?" he'd state in his glacial cold tone of voice.