Just: ... You contradicted me.
Kris: *shrug* Yeah.
Just: And did you just dis your own character?
Kris: Yeah, but that's their relationship.
Just: *evil grin*
Kris: Oh no. What are you gonna do?
Just: What?
Kris: The last time you grinned like that, you made my character a LESBIAN!
Just: ...So?
Kris: JUSTIN!!
Rashi looked on with wonder. He saw what seemed to be Sidniel walk into the cave. He smiled.
"Doppelganger." and drew his sword. "Well...looks like its time to re-meet, Iñaki...." Rashi jumped from his ledge and headed into the cave. "Iñaki, WAIT!" Rashi stood in the doorway, holding his sword, his cloak flowing in the wind. "He’s not Sidniel. He's a doppelganger." Iñaki’s eyes widened as ‘Sidneil’s'’ narrowed. "I'm sorry, Iñaki--but Sidneil is DEAD no matter how much you want to deny it! And, you are under my guidance and I will NOT LET YOU BE HARMED!" Rashi jumped forward and threw his sword through the fake, causing its true form to be revealed.
***
an hour later
****
"So, you see Iñaki--I have not been killing good, I have been killing evil. This realm has been merged with the mirrored realm. Most things are reversed now.” He looked at Xantus. “This is not the same realm you came from. It has changed." He turned back to Iñaki. "The unicorn's horn was to protect you from the vampire I sensed in the area." he withdrew another unicorn horn from his messenger bag and grinded it up. He mixed it with some herbs and oils, then poured it into a cup. "Here, drink this--it will remove the vampiric part from you.” Iñaki took it, and hesitantly drank it, then fell to the ground, clutching her stomach. Rashi leaned against the wall and lit up a cigarette and watched as a dark spirit fled from Iñaki’s body. "Xantus, heal her again." Xantus did as asked, and Iñaki stood up, smiling.
"I--I’m ok now..." She smiled at Rashi, and walked towards him.
**SLAP**
"What the hell was that for, Iñaki?!" Rashi was in awe.
"How DARE YOU!!!YOU HAD ME THINK YOU WERE TOTALY OFF YOUR ROCKER!" Rashi smiled at Iñaki and sighed.
"I couldn’t get a hold of you right away. I did keep an eye on you, however. I've been watching you this whole ti--" Rashi felt a tingling in the back of his mind. "I must go, Iñaki. I will rejoin you soon. Forgive me for leaving you again." he pulled Iñaki close and hugged her, then turned and ran off in the opposite direction, disappearing into the darkness....
Kris: Wow. Inaki slaps him a lot...
Inaki watched as Rashi took off. As soon as he'd left, she fell to her knees, all strenght leaving her. Xan knelt by her side, a bit worried.
"Inaki?"
"Damnit. Damnitdamnitdamnit!!" She pounded her fists into the ground, anger filling her voice. "I HATE THIS PLACE!!" She threw herself to the ground, dry sobs wracking her throat. "I hate this place. I just... I want to go home. I want to forget everything!" She sat up and tore the band from her arm, pulling back to toss it, but stopped. She brought it back down, examining it. She shivered slightly and finally tossed the band to the ground. "I give up," she said quietly. "Sid's gone. Our love wasn't strong enough." She sighed. "I guess I'll just have to look...somewhere else..." Inaki fell to the ground beside the arm band, falling into a dreamless sleep, the first since meeting Xantus. And she welcomed it graciously.
Xantus quietly sat down against the wall, watching quietly over the
sleeping Inaki. He reached out and picked up the discarded arm band,
twirling it in his hand. He removed the glove from his left hand,
allowing his black flesh to touch the band. A flood of memories
familiar to him washed over him, and he closed his eyes. He
concentrated, and the gold of the band began to wash off and mix with
his skin, giving his hand a golden shimmer. A single word echoed
through his head, and he smiled.
He stood up and put the band and his glove into his pocket, as he
knew he would need them later. He then picked up the sleeping Inaki,
careful as to not let his exposed hand touch her. He carried her out
of the cave, and, unfurling his wings, into the black sky. As he
cradled her carefully, he touched his left hand to her forehead, and
felt the single word seem to melt from him to her. . .
"Sleep tight, little one," Xantus said, "You will need it where we
are going."
Just: Yeah, I've noticed...