Kingdom Hearts: World Keeper [Re:Joined]

The Child

"Look at you. How pathetic!"

"Stay away from me."

"I believe it is quite the coincidence to meet here. The others have enough of you? Did you run away? Aw, don't give me the silent treatment now!"

"I made a mistake."

"Really? An old, experienced Keyblade 'master' as yourself?"

"Shut up."

"Oh, no need to be rude now. If they have enough, where will you go? We are recruiting. You could be useful to us."

"Never will I join you."

"I thought you'd want to meet my newest best friend!"

"Shut up!"

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"Is she ok?", Xehanort calls out to Braig, who scratches the back of his head before turning around. Braig doesn't respond at first, but at least he straightens his back.
"Longer and my spine wouldn't be in shape anymore.", he says and stands up now, casually walks over to the window and leans on the wall next to it, the others stare at him since they wait for an answer. "What-? Oh, yeah you asked a question."

Xehanort hesitantly bends down to take a better look at Viola, immediately sulking right after. Her breath is calm, she seems at peace. "What now?", he asks.

How else are they supposed to save Master? He can't just be left behind in the Realm of Darkness. Especially not in his current state. That's too much of a risk. Showing a big grin, Braig clears his throat: "Don't worry about Coot.", he points at Viola. "She moved her fingers."

The other three doubt the man with the red scarf.
"Then she must be sleeping normally from now on?", Ansem claims, anger growing inside of him. Stepping closer to her, he stretches his hand to shake her, however Xehanort telling him off. Unlike the other two, Xemnas remains calm. No frustration. No anger. His other selves turn to him, unintentionally pushing him against a vanity table.

Ansem's face shows many emotions, which seems uncommon for him. "I understand you do not want Master to meet his end as a darkling. Xehanort, we must hurry and wake her."
"Uh, guys?", Braig is heard.
Xehanort is keeping his head down: "I'm not sure how good of an idea this is."

A weak, panicked scream let's them widen their eyes. Xehanort turns around. She's staring at him too, with an expression of fear. She sits there, breathing heavily and holding her shoulder.

"It's ok, they changed sides.", Braig laughs.
"You're ok.", Xehanort mumbles, soon awkwardly chuckling. Ansem still seems angry: "Finally, we can get Master."

Viola of course is justifiably confused, looking around and notices that she's not in her former room. Kairi's bed was supposed to be next to the wardrobe, but it is a desk instead. Where La Vérité is placed. A faint scratching on the door. Taro is alarmed and keeps barking until he gains access to the room. He jumps high, making it onto the bed, giving Viola a lot of kisses. "Glad to see you too."

"You almost fell off your bed! Be a bit more careful when freaking out, alright?", Braig throws in. "Yeah, you probably have a lot of questions right now-" He gets cut off by Xemnas however: "This needs to wait."

Xehanort signals both of them to be quiet, finally approaching Viola as carefully as possible: "Viola, we need your help."
"Hm?", her faint voice answers. Now he notices that she sounds like her throat hurts.

"A lot has happened since you were attacked.", Xemnas begins to explain, hesitating as she gets worked up over his missing arm. "Do not worry. I haven't killed Azal. Yet.", he calmly says before he keeps on explaining the situation, disregarding everyone else. Including her. "Since you've been gone, Master was not acting like himself. He... He ran."