[center] [color=f49ac2]Sakura Level 10: 96/100[/color] Location: Fields of Gold Word Count: 1225 Points Gained: 2 +3 New EXP Balance--- [color=f49ac2]Level 11: 001/110 [/color] [/center] [color=f49ac2]”You’re paying, Terry-san! Haha, awesome! I won’t turn that down, ever. Thank you!”[/color] Sakura said greedily. Terry went on to ask Sakura about Ryu and Ken after she mentioned she had perhaps too eagerly joined up with the World Warriors again. She had no idea what a ‘katera fella’ was but it was probably Ryu. [color=f49ac2]”I saw Ryu-san just a few days ago, actually, after I left Esaka. He’s still out and about, y’know, doing his Ryu thing. I’d still be with him but…I had to join up with the Seekers and, well-”[/color] Damn, she felt bad. While she was Galeeming in the fight with Ryu-san, he had held back, and she was incapable of doing so, and so she injured him so much he had to stay behind. She hadn’t seen him since… what a waste! Speaking of Gleaming the friendly Wolf himself was still under Galeem’s control. The good news is, all they had to do was get Terry down to half or so vitality before the Friend Heart could take affect. So if Sakura decided to throw down with him, she wouldn’t have to win. Not that Sakura wasn’t confident that she could beat Terry or anything, but for her money he had to be one of the toughest customers around. [color=f49ac2]”-well, you know how he is. He’s a wanderer. Not super social.”[/color] Sakura smiled sheepishly. Fortunately, Terry had to take off to go register, so he wouldn’t be confused as the Seekers started to talk shop about the stuff Galeem would prevent him from knowing. Sakura looked at Harry, and felt bad immediately for what she said about Dan Hibiki. [color=f49ac2]”N-no, that’s not what I mean! He wasn’t lying, it’s just- he’s- he’s a real character! I just- you’ll be okay.”[/color] Sakura said. [color=f49ac2]”Kitsuragi-san is right! Hibiki-san is a good guy, I’m sure he won’t steer you wrong.”[/color] She said. At the very least, neither of the two normal guys weren’t going into Mortal Kombat. Speaking of which, Sakura was shocked that Pit chose Mortal Kombat. It made sense for Nadia because of her get-out-jail-free card. From what Sakura could tell, it was pretty much impossible to kill her. And at the very least, she could fake her death more convincingly than anyone on the planet. But Pit was just a friendly Cupid looking guy! She was sure he could handle himself, but…still! [color=f49ac2]”Sheesh, alright, well…just be careful, Pit-kun- Pit-san.”[/color] Sakura said. [color=f49ac2]”Those guys mean business. And you’re the leader!”[/color] Sakura said. Suddenly, a member of Organization 13 made his appearance. It was hard to tell them apart- was it the same person as in the Deep Blue? The voice was different. Still, he mentioned recognizing some of them from a description. [color=f49ac2]"Is it me? Do you recognize me? I'm Sakura. What's your name?"[/color] "No, Ramaxi was the one who met you all in the Deep Blue Seaside. If she is to be believed." Despite the stranger's lack of hesitation to namedrop his comrade, he seemed less willing to let slip his own identity. [color=f49ac2]"I remember her. I don't know if there were any alternatives, but her idea was...kinda not so good. I didn't like it."[/color] She admitted. She noticed, though, that he didn’t say his own name. Was he just trying to be mysterious? No skin off her back, Sakura thought. Then again… [color=f49ac2] "I guess you don't have to tell me your name if you don't want to. Would make it a lot easier, though. Because if we meet up with someone else from the Org it's gonna be kinda inconvenient to try and describe you based only on your voice."[/color] Sakura reasoned. Still, it turned out he had a pretty big bombshell of information to drop. Sakura had no reason to distrust that Organization from what she could tell, though from what she remembered Roxas-kun had a distaste for them. They were slinking and sleuthing around, looking for clues and dropping hints. Even if Sakura didn’t always like their ideas, such as the shady methods the last lady wanted them to employ, all to get into the Maw, which turned out to be the worst day of Sakura’s entire life. Still, the information was solid. And in this case, it was all about the Guardian. Or rather, Guardians. As the conversation went on, the food began to arrive. [color=f49ac2]”That’s…super weird. I didn’t think any of those guys would be down for teamwork. I guess Galeem is the biggest boss of all, though…”[/color] Sakura said. [color=f49ac2]”We gotta take ‘em all out at once, huh? Kinda wish Juri-san was here to hear that.”[/color] Sakura sat back and crossed her arms. When Sakura’s food arrived, she rubbed her hands together and stuck out her tongue. [color=f49ac2]”Oh my- thank you!!”[/color] Before she dug in, she heard the Organization member complain about the lack of Japanese food…and he was eating a slice of pizza with a fork and knife! [color=f49ac2]"You're just gonna eat a kids pizza with a fork?! At Pao Pao cafe?! Are you crazy?! There's more great food in this world than just Japanese, you know! Here, try this!"[/color] She leaned across the table and thrust one of her kebabs towards him, before even taking a bite herself. The Organization member held up a black-gloved hand in a 'stop' gesture. "Unnecessary. To tell you the truth, not even Japanese food brings me joy nowadays. I wish I could say that saddens me, but I cannot even say that. Still, it's not too heavy a price." He sniffed in a somewhat disdainful manner. "At least I have the decency to not pretend otherwise. Unlike some of the others." Sakura wiggled the kebab around. Eventually, she relented. [color=f49ac2]"Wow. That's too sad."[/color] Sakura sat back down with a frown. [color=f49ac2]"I guess you've been around a while, huh? Can I ask...what are you fighting for, then? Freedom? Some kind of obligation?"[/color] As a fighter, the reasons she fought were deeply personal, and sometimes hard to describe. She was really curious what his were, if he couldn’t even enjoy something as simple as good food. The Organization member put his utensils down as he considered Sakura's words. "The same thing as you all: putting an end to Galeem, and setting the worlds straight. Which is why it would behoove both of us if you Seekers heeded my advice, and dispensed with the demonstrative skepticism." He crossed his arms, thinking for a moment. "I suppose you have a point about the names. I have no reason to hinder communications with or within Organization XIII. If required, you can refer to me as 'Xilgrev'." Sakura nodded thoughtfully, and raised her fingers away from her kebab passively. [color=f49ac2] "Hey, I believe you. I'm heeding. I'm behooved."[/color] Sakura looked down at her kebab, getting ready to take a bite. [color=f49ac2]"Xilgrev. Cool name. Ramaxi and Xilgrev. Well, pleased to meet you, Xilgrev-san."[/color] She smiled. [color=f49ac2]"Once we win this thing you can have a dozen kebabs."[/color] Xilgrev issued a dry, fake-sounding chuckle, but at least it was something. "When this is over, I'll have much better things to eat." As he said that, Sakura took a bite of the first meat cube on the end of the kebab. Her eyes drifted upward and she sank into her seat like jelly. [color=f49ac2]"That’s impossible…"[/color] She answered dreamily. Nothing was much better to eat than this.