shiva_dancing_backup | Time to Bust Some Heads

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Time to Bust Some Heads

Who: Vanitas, open
What: Beating up a poor wall...and wrecking people because he's bored
Where: Midgar's Plate
When: 10pm
Rating: Knowing Vani...PG-13 at the least

Unfortunately for Vanitas, he hadn't been allowed to go after Kairi. Why, he didn't know, but the Lavoid inside him tried to convince him to find a better prey than the Princess of Heart. She couldn't be swayed, her heart was too pure to harbor any darkness. Naturally, Vanitas had refused to give up on the idea of tainting her. In retaliation for his refusal, it seemed he could no longer remember he could simply use a Dark Corridor to reach Destiny Islands. It was frustrating...sitting there and knowing he could take her any time he wanted, but unable to recall just how to make the damned door. To say he was angry would be an understatement of the highest degree. No, he was royally pissed off. The building he was taking his aggression out on didn't seem to appreciate his troubles either, if only because it was getting pummeled thanks to them. He would have felt pain of some sort, but thanks to the crystalline armor covering his body he felt nothing other than the impact of his knuckles against brick. Vanitas backed away as the wall suddenly split and crumbled right before him.

"Tch...what do they make these out of? Plastic?" she mumbled. He turned his helmeted head to look around his location. It seemed his destruction of the wall had drawn the attention of a construction crew that had come up to work on the Plate. 'What the fuck are they looking at?' he wondered, snarling.

As he started walking toward the crewmen, who shouted at him, Vanitas' crystal armor began to cover his body more in preparation for the fight to come. The armor covered him much like his previous armor from Xehanort did. In fact, the only sign that his armor was different at all was the many yellow eyes that covered his more "feathered" coverings.

"Guess fucking you guys up will do just fine." he laughed.

Before the men could protest, he ran at one in the blink of an eye. His fist flew out at the front of the man's chest, and there was a sickening crack and squishing noise as his fist punched straight through his spine. Blood coated Vanitas' armored fist, and he smirked behind his mask as he saw the blood coating his formerly pitch black gauntlet. Shocked looks dawned on the faces of the man's comrades, and immediately they ran at Vanitas. Well, a few of them did. Half of them charged to fight him, and the other half just stood there wetting their pants.

It didn't matter. They were all dead at that point anyway.

Vanitas backed away from his first victim and turned toward the others. He summoned his keyblade to his hands before meeting the forward charge of the other men. The three that came at him were downed in seconds. Two were cut down by the twisted keyblade, and the third suffered the same fate as his deceased friend. Vanitas turned toward the remaining three, who immediately began running. Weaklings. Their flight woke the hunger for the chase that rested in his blood, and the black-armored fiend chased after them much like a great dog pursuing a fleeing animal. The keyblade stabbed through the back of one, then another, and the third was thrown headfirst into a brick wall not too far away.

He grumbled as he stared at the corpses piled at his feet. No challenge at all...what a waste of time.

"What I wouldn't give for a decent fight. Boring fuckers..."

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Everything about this fight, her advantage, her confidence, and even her own faith, had been shattered as her weapon struck the shield…and was stuck. Eyes widened in shock. Her weapon, the very one her own sister Lucca had invented, even modified by the Al-Bhed, was useless? Impossible! The stake should have pierced through, and yet here it was, stopped so easily. She tried to move back, but the Lavoid allowed her no joy of freedom. Swearing under her breath, she pulled again, earning the same lack of response.

Her fears took a turn for the worse, and the machine on her arm arm collapsed, breaking in half under the slam of the keyblade, circuitry tangling with the edges and electricity flaring about. An angry and pain filled scream came from her, for the machine wasn’t the only thing to have been crushed from the impact. Her eyes shut on instinct from the blow, trying to hold back the screech.

Bowing her, kneeling on one knee while trying to fight back the pain, and using the last of her strength her arm had, she pressed the trigger once again. “I’m sorry…sis…”

The device unhooked from her, and with another pain filled scream, she threw herself back. An explosion forced its way from the machine, unleashing the giant flare pent up within. It was something she never wished to do, for now she had nothing to remind her of her sister anymore. The pain had already begun, and anger took over, her eyes glowing a violent crimson. The summon orb within her shined maliciously, begging to be summoned. Though weak on energy, she was more than willing to oblige, if it meant taking down the scum that cost her a precious memory.

With one arm dangling by her side, unable to even cast a spell now with it unable to channel even a spec of flame, she held her dagger in her free hand, staring Vanitas down while trying to regain her lost breath. A claw may have been cut, but that left her with the fangs.

“Kid!” shouted a familiar voice.

Her eyes reverted back to normal upon hearing that voice. There was only one person who could ever make her heart skip a beat like that, even when hurt in the most dire of circumstances.

And as if the gods had listened to her, the roof opened up, revealing the moonlight, and in its bask stood the one man darkness knew to fear: Serge. Though no keyblade master, his body radiated with light as he glared at Vanitas. Taking the Mastermune from behind his back, the white aura intensified. He took a quick glance at Kid.

The girl had calmed down, and bowed her head again at her boyfriend. “I’m sorry…mate.”

Serge said nothing at that, but his eyes betrayed the glare he continued to have. Of course he was worried about her, but his attention was now on the being before him…

And wiping him out forever!

The success of the attack brought a malicious smirk to Vanitas' mug. He had her now. With an arm broken and her magic reserves hopefully near empty, his prey had nothing left but a fiery will to live. And that, like her arm, could also be shattered if he so much as put effort into the process.

Vanitas advanced like a dark cloud, taking his sweet time to savor the moment. His shield dropped away to hang on his bad arm, and his keyblade hand raised the weapon up over his shoulder.

"Game ov-" He was cut off as Serge bounded down from the rooftop. Vanitas, and the Lavoid within his chest, wanted to vomit from the sheer aura of good that was pouring from every inch of the blue-haired would-be hero. He was the exact opposite of him, and his instincts demanded he destroy this affront to his own existence.

But he would toy with him first, like he had with Kid. These mice were but the finest of playthings for this pitch black cat, and he intended to enjoy them and their squeaks to the end.

"Hah! So you're man's come to save you? Good! I wouldn't want to send Sweetie-kinds there alone into the darkness." he mocked. The shield on his ruined arm came up in front of him again, but now sans the gigantic spear. Again he raised his keyblade in preparation for the surely anger-veiled assault he was due for. "C'mon, make this fun so I can leave satisfied!"

Whoever this guy was, he reeked of blood, and it showed. Bodies had already laid about in the other rooms, no doubt his dirty work. Serge had already been in a foul mood when Kid had run off, but now this!? Taking one last look behind him, Kid was too focused on Vanitas with an angry glare. He had never seen anyone trump her so to this extent, not since Lynx. His gaze falling back on Vanitas, he saw the ruined machine, the very one Lucca had created for Kid. It wasn’t the wound that hurt her the most, but the fact the last reminder of Lucca was now gone from her life.

Closing his eyes, the white aura intensified around him. The debris around him floated in the air from the power radiating within. The monster that dared hurt his princess had crossed the line long ago, and he’d be damned if he would allow him to cross the finish line. Raising his hands, several lights formed on his arms, each the size of a bullet.

“Serge…” Kid looked up, worried about her lover.

Closing his eyes, Serge smirked. “It’s alright. Considering the amount of damage this guy has, he won’t last long against me.” Opening his eyes suddenly, he raised his voice, running towards Vanitas…

And he vanished in a blink. Kid gasped at her boyfriend’s sudden speed. Even Loz could not match him in a foot race now.

Reappearing by Vanitas’ side within a blink, the glowing lights shining brighter than before. This technique might have been new, but with such a foe as Vanitas, he’d be the perfect test dummy. “Shooting Stars!”

One by one the lights shot in rapid succession from his body, aiming straight towards Vanitas from all angles. No matter where Vanitas goes, he’d make sure the energy would follow him to the ends of the earth if need be.

Vanitas hissed as the white aura came around Serge. The light was a threat to the young man since he was an Unversed, a creature of the darkest black. The precursors to the Heartless despised the light and did everything they could to get as far away from it as possible and return to the shadows.

His kill instinct kicked into overdrive, eager to destroy he who was shining so brightly. His dark armor covered all of his exposed flesh, not wanting to let any inside where it could do damage to the dark being's core.

"I'll kill you!!" he growled, keyblade raised as he took off toward Serge. His blind rage threw him right into the midst of Shooting Stars, and he let out a yowl of pain as each light slammed into him. The crystal armor did its best to block the magic, but most got through and ate at his skin like acid. Vanitas fell backward onto his knees and shielded his face from the brightness of the lights as they hit him.

He couldn't win, he realized. He couldn't be victorious while that bastard had use of a light element. While the young monster didn't seem to know what to do in the confusion, the parasite conjoined to his mind did. It screamed at him to run away, and before he knew it, Vanitas was scrambling backward to do just that.

Serge withheld the surprise effectiveness his attack had as it tore Vanitas asunder. Even with the Lavoid, creatures such as Vanitas, the light sought to punish all that opposed it. The Chrono Trigger was certainly thankful for his training. He hadn’t even pushed his power to the limit, and already Vanitas was cowering. But he would be lying if he said Kid had nothing to do with this. She had done her job well weakening him, and it was only a matter of time before this being was gone from his sight.

The onslaught of small lights stopped, but that was not the end for the likes of Vanitas. Eying him trying to run, Serge held back the Mastermune, spinning it by his side with intense light, forming what appeared to be a glowing, bladed halo. All he needed was one shot, and this fight was over. This technique had worked well in the hunt, so hopefully it could serve him well against an injured Lavoid.

“Halo Strike!” he shouted, hurling the large weapon towards his prey. With such intense light heading towards Vanitas, the only option left was to run and leave, immediately!

His legs carried him as fast as possible thanks to the fear that was pumping throughout his body. Before the infection, Vanitas would have just dodged the attack and attacked Serge when he least expected it. But now...like an animal, all he cared about was running as far away as he could. His hunt was unsuccessful, and now he had to evade an even greater predator. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to be quite fast enough. Vanitas resisted a hiss as his back began to burn from the massive "halo" that was gaining on him. More fear spread through him. He was going to die there.

He shot his hand out and formed a dark corridor to take him anywhere but there. He hit the ground rolling and fell straight through the pathway, which shut quickly behind him to prevent the accursed light from following. For several long minutes, all he could do was just lay there and try to comprehend what exactly had happened. When the realization kicked in, he growled and thrashed about the ground in a fury.

How could he have let such weaklings attack him!? She was prey! She was weak! He would have stood over here with blood on his face and hands if that accursed blue-haired tool hadn't shown up! His frustration over his missed kill was ignored by the Lavoid within his mind. The parasite was too busy calculating its next move to care what its host did. However, Vanitas and his aggression was beginning to become a problem. The Lavoid hadn't bonded with him fully, so all it had been as of late was someone in the backseat, giving occasional hints and pointers.

Well it had had enough of that. It was time to take control.

All at once, Vanitas stopped moving and just stared at the blue sky above, his eyes unblinking. He had no idea what was going on, and normally would have panicked, but the voice of the parasite was soothing and gentle. As it melded into his mind completely in the moment of peace, it whispered honeyed words to keep the Unversed from resisting.

When Vanitas awoke, he seemed to be the same as before. His instincts were still strong and told him to be wary of this change, but the Lavoid joined with him was nothing to fear. He felt the same as he had before the infection; calculating, cunning, and thinking all on his own. No...he felt even better! He was even better than he had been before death, his mind even sharper and his senses more finely tuned.

But strongest of all was desire. Vanitas felt the incredible need to create more Lavoids like himself since there were so few in existence. His sister, weak as she was, was unfit to do such a thing. So it was up to him to create more.

He sat up and looked around, trying to get a feel for his surroundings. Wherever he was, it was incredibly strange. The buildings had the appearance of seashells, and there was a downright spiritual feel everywhere, from the aforementioned houses to the eerie glowing white trees. This was once a holy land, he thought with disdain. Holy, yet now long forgotten.

'Perhaps I can settle here with the new race,' he thought with a smirk. 'My new brothers and sisters will live here...and slowly we will branch out.'

Vanitas started walking toward the midst of the capital, a smirk on his face.

Loz growled again, louder than before. For the past hour, he had walked back and forth on top of the strange building overseeing the Forgotten City, a scowl ever present on his face. Faded drops of water had splashed onto the ground as well, past tears he had shed because of what had happened. His mother…the one he had looked up to for so long, was just using them!? No, he didn’t want to believe that! All his life he had been looking to her for guidance, and no she was…

And the worst part was Sephiroth had egged him on for so long. They all had. NOW they decided to tell him? Not good enough, no, not even close. He could have ended up as a puppet. No, he WAS the puppet all this time. How could Sephiroth know he did not being used as such? They were the same, despite being different. Loz was Sephiroth’s rage, his confidence. Of course Loz had the same feelings as Sephiroth. Only difference was he acted on them more.

Being here did not help things either. Darkness flared in his nostrils, a familiar scent catching his attention. Damaged they were, the aura of light painfully hissing away the darkness, though brief. Wiping his eyes clean, he slipped on the Dual Hound and readied his gun, just to be safe. For all he knew, the other target might have wandered into his now home.

Staring from on top of a nearby, he saw Vanitas of all people, and damaged as well. Even more surprising, a new change had developed within him, one he had not recognized. “The hell are you doing here?” he asked. “Shouldn’t you be in a little maid and bowing down in front of the old man?”

Vanitas was limping as he made his way to the lost capital. His body was slowly beginning to mend itself thanks to the armor covering him, but it was still a slow process. It would take at least a full two days, maybe even more, before he would reach 100% again.

Oh, how he would pay those fuckers back when he got the chance. They were just lucky his primary goal now was to repopulate.

His thoughts were jerked to a halt as a voice, definitely male, called out from somewhere nearby. His head turned in Loz's direction, and he raised an eyebrow. This guy looked familiar, he thought, and it took him a moment to figure out why. He bore an uncanny resemblance to that silver-haired guy his old master knew. What was his name? Sephiroth? Yeah, that was it. He didn't know the swordsman even had a brother.

A brother who had the tendency to sniffle, if his reddened eyes were anything to say about it. Had he been crying? The guy looked to be in his twenties; what the hell was he doing crying? He wanted to laugh at him, but it wouldn't have been wise given the current state of his own body. Vanitas would hardly be a good match for the Remnant with so much damage ruining him. Instead, he opted to just answer his questions.

"That crotchety old git? Pfft, don't be stupid." he said with a laugh. The action sent pain searing through his chest thanks to a broken rib or two. Vanitas made a mental note to not laugh too much. A chuckle was fine. A laugh? No. "Who the hell are you?"

Vanitas did not know him? Ah, that was right, the two never met face-to-face; Loz recalled only meeting the old man, and seeing Vanitas by borrowing the vids from Lynx's machine.

While Loz may not have been the smartest of his brothers, or former ones, he knew when something was off. Vanitas was apparently created to obey the orders of the old man, and yet here he was, acting on his own accord. It was far too odd, and even earned his attention. Even a hint of envy was present; not having to listen to others was quite the talent he wanted.

Of course he had known nothing of Lavos, having lost Xion's trail long ago. Without a proper motorcycle, things had become difficult as of late. He may have had Bahamut SIN, sure, but he was more of a man of style. Slobbering dragons in the sky would be a dead giveaway anyway.

"Name's Loz, a remnant of my--I mean Sephiroth..." he explained, still not used to calling his former brothers by just their names. "You at least met Kadaj, haven't you? Anyway, how'd you get off your leash? Had to do a few tricks or something?"

"Kadaj" was a name that sounded familiar. Had he seen him before? He just shrugged, not knowing how to even answer that. As the Remnant sensed something amiss about the Lavoid, so too did Vanitas sense something peculiar going on with this wall of a man. He was tense, insecure, doubting...

He was weak.

Inside, Vanitas was smirking to himself. It seemed he found a new brother-to-be, and not a moment too soon. The man was clearly simple in mind, and even moreso with whatever turmoil was making him so skittish, but he radiated raw power as well. It would be so easy a thing to change him and make him into one of the superior race. But that was all in good time. First, he had to make sure the big lout trusted him at least a little.

"It's Vanitas...and I got free of the git by running into the wounds. It's a long-ass story, you'd be out cold before it ended."

Loz chuckled, though was not amused as usual. His own emotions from before continued to plague him, and he was tired of it. "Heh, good for you. Now get lost! This is my private playground, and I prefer to be alone."

That was not always the case. Sometimes he welcomed others to play with him...violently of course. The lot usually consisted of travelers or WRO members, and for the most part, they were interesting to smack around. But fighting others on the so-called team he was on would only prove to be problematic; Sephiroth and Lynx's lectures bored him, and becoming physical with either was hardly an option.

"Awww, need some more time alone to cry?" he asked, smirking still. His better instincts told him to stop pestering the man and trying what surely must be a short temper, but dammit if he didn't have a plan going. It might work, he told himself. All he had to do was stay on this guy's good side...well, stay relatively close to his good side.

Before Loz could react in a most negative fashion, the Lavoid spoke up again. He stood a little straighter as he did thanks to his body healing itself ever so gradually as time went on. "What if I told you there was a way to always be strong? To never feel weak or used by anyone again? Would you buy it or kick my ass?"

Loz was close to simply summoning Bahamut SIN to finish off this insect. Just one mega flare might have worked, but doing so would alert Sephiroth or Lynx, two people he never even wanted to see again. Thinking about them was enough to drive him insane...or more insane, if that were possible.

But Vanitas had held some interesting words to him, enough to earn him a few more minutes of not having a fist rammed into that skull of his.

"I'm listening...."

Just as he expected. He knew he would listen to him now, so all he had to do was present his sugar-laden proposal and assume the best. And if that failed...well, he was at least strong enough to fight the guy off if need be.

"See, I just got my ass handed to me by this asshole with a weird sword back in Midgar. Bones were broken, I think one of my hands is shattered, and lots of other injuries I can't even imagine. I think one of my ribs is cracked." he explained, sounding like he actually won the battle. "And yet here I am, healing up as if they were just scrapes. Care to guess why that is?"

The Lavoid didn't give him the chance to answer. Instead, he just continued on as normal. "Because 'Mother' gave me this armor and all this power. She's a real doll. I didn't even ask and she just handed it to me!"

Wierd sword? His first guess had been Cloud, though no one had ever called it wierd to his knowledge; giant as hell or compensating for something, yes. but never wierd. Had it been Serge? That tainted smell of light made him think the latter was more correct. That blue-haired man had been nothing but trouble since day one, yet he acquired so much power so quickly, another thing that baffled him to no end.

At the word of Mother, Loz's face twisted in disgust. His mother...had been a fake, a decietful liar. This was something he could believe easily, not now. What being other than Jenova could possess such powers?

"And who exactly is this...Mother?" he asked. "Do you know what she looks like?"

"What she looks like? Tch, of course I do. Very pretty, white hair, red eyes, really gentle though she radiates power," he explained. Vanitas remembered his transformation in vivid detail even now. Schala had been comforting as she tended to both he and his sister, even as she forced them to die in order for the Lavoids to take root. He wasn't used to such gentleness from anyone, hence why he preferred the memory of Magus being cross with him. It was easier to deal with someone who was violent or angry at him. Schala's kindness about the whole thing just made him uneasy. "She's here on this world, rebuilding some lost kingdom of hers."

The description...It wasn't anyone he knew. Yet for reasons unknown, part of the description seemed familiar. The question in his mind was a longshot, but had no negative consequences to himself. Shrugging, he asked anyway.

"Her name...it wouldn't happened to be...Schala, would it?"

He raised an eyebrow at that. This guy knew Schala? How? The answer came to him after a moment when he remembered his old master's investigations. Sephiroth and his ilk had kidnapped Schala, and after she escaped, she must have gone and gotten infected with the original Lavoid.

"Yup, that's it. Congratulations," he clapped a little, a small smirk on his face. "She's way too nice though."

Surprise struck Loz so visibly, nearly falling from the news suddenly brought to him. Kadaj truly had dropped the ball if he allowed this to happen.

But...a new thought brewed in his head, one that made him grin like a mad man. If Schala was able to easily escape from Kadaj's grasp, and was spreading her power to enhance others' abilities...who knew how much his own powers would be enhanced? It was a long shot, but breaking free from Jenova would mean no more Sephiroth or Lynx.

"Heh, Kadaj's screw up is my gain..."

"Guess you're interested then." he stated rather than asked. It was quite the victory for him. Sure, he just got his behind handed to him by Serge and that insufferably bright aura of his, but today was still a good day. The Lavoids had one more person to add to their ranks, and surely more would come as well.

"Exactly. Now then, before I let you in on our 'club secrets,' you have to become one of us. Think you can handle it?"

This wasn't an easy decision, but the options left him little choice. Either be a pet for Lynx and Sephiroth, or become a 'son' to the very person who managed to escape Kadaj's grasp. He may have been just a remnant of Sephiroth, but he knew of a good offer when he heard it.

Smirking, he jumped down, meeting Vanitas on the ground before him. "That power...I want it!" he claimed. "So c'mon and hurry! Big Brother and my former mother need to pay for what they did!"

Perfect. His need for revenge was the best fuel, and with such a seed of hatred brewing in the man's chest, the Lavoid would surely have a great host. There was no better home for a parasite than in the body of a big, dumb powerhouse with a chip on his shoulder.

"Good...very good." he laughed a little. He looked around so a decent place they could go. Turning the man wasn't best done out in the open. "Let's go then. The process itself doesn't take very long, but a safe place to do it won't hurt."

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Time to Bust Some Heads

Here comes Serge to save the day! XD

Vanitas: FFFFFFFUUU-

Serge: Now you're my bitch! >:)

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Damn, it's been almost 5 months!? We are slow. XDDDDD

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