A Stroll Through Radiant Garden [OPEN!!]

[Mikey]

As it may seem, the day was bright, and things seemed calm. With triumph and delight, a figure may be seen walking through the world of which is called Hollow Bastion, or as some may call it, Radiant Garden. His brown light-weight boots, clicked at the sound of each step, as he walked, swaying his arms softly back and forth. A happy fellow he seemed indeed.

His black, spiky, medium length hair bounced lightly with every step he took. His bright blue eyes, gazing into the distance, contemplating his mind on how everything works as usual. That's just how Zane is.

You could hear the sound of his chains moving, as he walked, along with the sound of cloth rubbing against cloth. Zane wore a black checkered shirt, that was not checkers on the sleeves. All but the biceps that is. Along with red plaid pants, that seemed as though they are skinny jeans. They had belts and chains on them, that fluttered as he walked.

"Quite a nice day out. I wonder what adventurous things I could do today." The 19 year old, child at heart male spoke.

[Auron]

Auron walked through the streets of radient gardens, looking for something interesting to do. It had been almost an eternity since he had last seen civilization. Life in the Farplanes was nothing too interesting. Now that he could see civilization, he noticed that nothing was too interesting here either. He continued to walk down the streets, as he noticed an irritating sound of chains scrapping against cement. He was irritated, but his facial expression changed none so ever.

He picked his arms up out of his sleeve, picking up his bottle of Sake that swung by his side. He opened the bottle, and took a big gulp out of it. Oh how long he had waited to taste the savory, burning sensation of Sake. He let the the jug fall back by his side, and slid his arm back into his sleeve partially. Allowing it to hang like a sling. He continued walking, as he thought to himself...
'..There is someone around here with chains. And chains mean that its either some weapon, or someone on a job. Either way, its entertainment for me..'

Auron decided to mimic the sound. He took his large blade from his back, and placed the tip on the ground. We continued walking, the blade scrapping across the ground. He was hoping it was someone with a weapon. He looked forward to action...

[Vanitas]

Stepping through the darkness portal, he left Twilight Town behind. If Ventus was there his Unversed should find him anyway, he'd go back later on. Vanitas blinked realizing where he was now, at least this area was some what familiar to him. Of course it had changed over the years, it looked broken. Like it had seen battles, and just now the people were rebuilding.

He recalled fighting Ventus' blue haired friend here, right that magic user. She used to be his 'back up plan'. Although the way things went, he should've just just ended her life right then and there when he had the chance.

The sounds stopped his train of thought, Vanitas tilted his head to the side to get a look. Some old man nearby dragging around his sword. The scraping sound was very irritating and Vanitas grew sick of it almost right away. "What, are you to weak to carry it?" Vanitas asked, tauntly. Then there was another sound not to far away, a similar scraping noise, chains or something.

[Mikey]

Walking throughout the streets, Zane could hear a loud scraping noise in the distance. It was a very unpleasant sound, and it made shivers go down his spine. He looked around, and in the distance, an old man scraping his sword against the ground, as if he couldn't pick it up off the ground. Next to the old man, was a sort of dark looking figure. One of which has black hair, and some sort of suit made of darkness.

Zane knew this was bad news. He called out to the old man, making an act to get him away from this dark figure, just in case the old man couldn't handle him. "Yo dad! Hurry up!" He shouted, pretending to be the old man's son, just to get him away from the dark fellow. He glared at this figure.

[Auron]

The male looked at one next to him and replied "..Too weak? No, I just heard an irritating noise in the distance, so I thought i'd mimic it. You dont look very strong yourself young one. I think you should just continue walking.." With that Auron continued walking, swiftly putting the dull end to his shoulder, lifting it like it was nothing with his left hand. Auron continued walking. He then heard something in the distance, near the chain noise. He looked in the direciton of the noise, and noticed a middle aged child yelling in his direction. He seemed to be calling Auron dad. Auron was puzzled at this and decided to walk over to the child. As he got closer, he noticed that he wasnt a young child, but a teenager. He looked at him, .."Were you talking to me? Are you lost?.."

[Vanitas]

After the darkness portal closed, Vanitas paid the other teen no mind, he was used to this sort of thing. The weird looks and glares from being a creature of darkness, plus his dark outfit was usually a dead give away. Honestly though he didn't really care, in his eyes he was better than all of them. Good hearted people or beings of light were worthless like Ventus to him.

Well great, this old man was this teens 'Dad' apparently. Though he still wondered why he was carrying around a huge sword like that, what a waste if he wasn't going to use it.

"You don't look very strong yourself young one. I think you should just continue walking.."


The mans words struck a nerve since he was just brushing him off like that.
Vanitas arrogance was taking over now, no longer caring if the man was a father or not. He was almost ready to summon Void Gear, just to prove him wrong. He narrowed his gold eyes before stating "I don't? Well you'd be mistaken, old man."

[Mikey]

Zane looked toward to old man, who seemed confused as to why he called him dad. Zane motioned him to hush, and just go with it. "Shh, just go with it, this guy seems dangerous." Zane stated in a quiet whisper. He looked over at the other male.

"Sorry about my dad, he's a bit crazy in the head." Zane said as he tried to move things along, seeming friendly, but pushy to leave at the same time. He could sense this man as being someone who would want to fight. It's not that Zane was afraid, it was more or less, the fact that this old man didn't seem much of a fighter. From just looking at him once, it looks like he's lived his days of fighting, and he just carries around a sword for the memories. Of course, that's just from a first glance point of view.

"We'll be off then!" Zane stated, as he turned to his "father". "Come on dad, we got work to do."

[Auron]

Auron walked over toward his "son". He looked at him with a expressionless face. "..Dangerous? I've beaten bigger and tougher enemies than him. I am not afraid of some little kid.." Auron continued walking as he shrugged his shoulders, holding his large blade over his shoulder. With each step, the sound of his boots made loud thud upon the floor. He stopped for a minute. Looked toward the dark figure that called him lazy earlier. .."By the way. Im not lazy. You should respect your elders. Especially a former Guardian, and someone he beat Sin.." He continued walking, as he turned toward his "son"and nodded to him to follow him along. He wanted to know what the boy was talking about when he said that this young and dark person was "dangerous". He decided to have a little fun first. He looked back at the dark male. He picked his sword up off his shoulder with both hands, and swung it at a nearby building. With one swift motion he uttered the word .."BUSHIDO!.." With that the blade hit the building, creating a loud crash and a cloud of smoke. As the smoke cleared, it was noticable that building was destroyed. Auron picked his blade back up onto his shoulder. He grabbed his jug of Sake, and took a quick drink of it, before looking back toward his "son". "..Lets go son, we have work to do like you said.."

[Vanitas]

So the man was some sort of guardian who also defeated 'Sin'. That didn't ring any bells for him, though he'd been gone for years. Vanitas probably missed a lot. "..Sin?" Whatever it was, it didn't matter. After all the older male had stated he had defeated it. It was probably long gone by now.


'Respect your elders? Yeah, right.' Vanitas thought, respect wasn't something Vanitas knew. Sure, he demanded it but never actually gave it. Even his Ex-Master, Xehanort. Vanitas brushed off any sort of order that old man had given him and never hesitated to break a rule.

"BUSHIDO!"


The man wearing the red coat certainly proved himself as a fighter. Vanitas glanced at the building before looking back at the two people. "Not bad." The raven haired boy clapped dulling for a few seconds as the building crumbled down. Crazy or not, that man proved himself as a worthy opponent. Vanitas reached out his right hand, a flickered of darkness flashed and soon Void Gear appeared in his fist. He stood in a fighting stance before stating, "Let's see what else you can do."

[Mikey]

Being very surprised by what the old man has shown him, Zane also noticed that the darker figure was in a fighting stance. "Uh oh.." Zane said to himself. He moved the old man to the side, even though he proved himself a good fighter. "My turn.." He said seriously.

With that, a glow appeared in his hand, and very quickly after that a black sword appeared in his hand. The blade itself was four feet long, where as the handle was one foot. He held the sword with two hands, and made a fighting pose. Glaring at the dark figure, Zane spoke. "Let's dance."

With that, Zane jumped from where he was standing, and trailed his sword along the air, focusing an attack at the dark figure's right shoulder, across. Whether or not his attack met the figure, he would land, then jump back about six feet and stand at his fighting stance once again.

[Auron]

Auron would look at the two figures in thier fighting stance. Although he had just demolished someones house (teehee), he was in no shape at the moment to fight, he could hold his own, but by the looks of it, the dark figure looked like a tough opponent, not backing down and all. He also looked over at the boy who called him dad. He watched as the male leaped into the air and swung towards the other figure. He smiled, although it was concealed in his collar. Auron walked over to a nearby wall, still in viewing distance of the two that seemed to begin fighting. He pulled up his jug of Sake, and took a good size swig of it. It seared his throat, and also put his fighting spirit on fire. He knew he would need it. By the looks of it, the dark figure looked like he was coming after him. Auron wasn't scared, he had been killed 3 times before. Its not like it really mattered to him. He was more worried about getting caught up with the world, than he was fighting. But one thing caught his eye. As the dark figure pulled his stance, he noticed a sort of key-shaped sword. He knew he saw it before, and seemed as if he once had battled with a boy with a key shaped sword. His name was...Soka? Soba? Soda? Something of the sort. He knew that that blade was nothing to mess with. But he also knew that Masamune was nothing to mess with either. Instead of releasing Masamune then, he decided to wait. Unless he was close to dying, which he highly doubted by the looks of the dark figure, then he would bring forth his ultimate weapon. Until then, he leaned up against the wall, and watched the males go at it.

[Vanitas]

So the other teen was going to fight as well. Vanitas wanted to target the older male but whatever, having two opponents instead of one was fine. He felt like he could handle it, more for him to destroy in his eyes. Plus he needed a 'warm up' of sorts, being gone for so long and just getting his power back. Having a few battles before he fought Ventus was alright.



Looked like he wasn't fighting the older warrior, not yet anyway. He ripped his eyes off the man in red to focus on his current opponent. Vanitas leaped to the left just in time to avoid the edge of the chained blade. Vanitas scowled towards the other boy in annoyance. That slash got a little to close for his liking, it almost hit him. However as much as he hated it, this wasn't such a horrible thing. This meant the other boy was a decent fighter, Vanitas didn't want to waste time with a couple of weaklings. He tightened his grip on his keyblade then jumped up a few feet in the air, trying to slam down his new enemy.

[Mikey]

Raising his sword swiftly, he caught the enemy's attack. Sparks flew from the edge of the blade. In mid block, Zane pushed off the ground backwards, landing about five feet back, maintaining a fighting position. Zane smiled. He knew this would be fun.

With that, he jumped once again, and flipped over the darker fellow, while slashing his blade at the same time. If the attack came through, Zane would land at his feet behind the dark fellow, while spinning making a second attack at his left side. He then turned, facing his enemy, so that his back wasn't turned.

"My name is Zane. Thought I would be honorable, and throw it out there." The male, Zane stated, hoping to get a name from the male. "Oh, and this old man here being my dad was an act." He figured it didn't really matter anymore if he kept the act going, so he just let it go. He was fighting this guy anyway, he might as well be honorable and truthful. With that, he waited.

[Vanitas]

Slamming down the two clashed their weapons side by side, Vanitas pushed down with most of his strength. As the other teen jumped backwards, Vanitas raised his weapon up again, returning to his battle stance.

The whole father-son thing was an act and it soon all clicked together. Did this guy really think that if someone had a family, they'd be safe? Vanitas couldn't care less if someone had a family to take care of or not. An enemy was an enemy no matter what.

Honor this, honor that. This guy almost sounded like Ventus' master, who always rambled about the light and such. "Vanitas." Still he might as well make his return known, maybe Ventus or his friends would get word of it. "..Tell me, do you know of anyone by the name Ventus?" Vanitas figured his lighter half couldn't be to far behind.

Vanitas didn't have enough time to dodge that attack, his teeth gritted from pain as he felt the chain blade slash down. The last second the keyblader turned his head to the side, seeing Zane right behind him, about to attack again. Vanitas was aware there wasn't enough time to block with his keyblade, so he'd to teleport out of way. He left behind an empty image of himself as the real one appeared behind the other male, swinging his keyblade towards him. "Suffer!"

(After image, 3 post cooldown.)

[Auron]

Auron continued to lean against the wall, watching the two go at it. This Zane fellow was a good fighter. Almost resembled Tidus in a way. This Vanitas fellow also reminded him of Maester Seymoure, who cared about nothing but power. Auron pulled up his jug of Sake, and noticed that it was empty. This irritated him. He wanted to get a good buzz on before he entered this fight. With that, he set his jug down. He noticed how Zane had already hit the Vanitas fellow. Now Vanitas had teleported leaving behind a copy of himself. He knew it was a copy, because the other one had moved behind Zane and was starting to swing. He knew that if he didnt get in quick, Zane was going to get hit hard. With that, Auron yelled out "..MASAMUNE!.."

With all in a matter of 2 seconds, he had changed his blade into a black cleaver like sword, the end with a sharp, moon like prong at the end, and had charged at Vanitas. He stepped quickly, kicking up dust as he went. Auron leaped, grabbing Zane by the back of his shirt, and threw his sword down at Vanitas's blade. He threw Zane behind Vanitas at least 15 yards, and hoped that Vanitas wouldnt be quick enough, and Masamune would pin his key like sword to the ground. Auron would then land on the ground in between the two.

OOC: I should of mentioned this when I was creating my character, but when i speak of Masamune, please refer to this. i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh64/Balthier_Bunanza/Figureren_Masamune.jpg