lucetilogs | Confronting pure darkness

Who: Naoto and Vanitas
What: Naoto confronting Vanitas
When: Early in the afternoon - June 20th
Where: In the forest to the west of the village
Summary: Naoto's still pretty upset and isn't going to let the whole attacking Sora thing slide. She can't just let someone like that walk around, so she's made the (reckless) choice to confront Vanitas, alone.
Rating: PG-13 to R for violence

Ever since the night Sora was found gravely injured, Naoto has been unable to rest peacefully knowing that Vanitas is still walking around. In a sense, he reminds her of Adachi but Vanitas actually isn't afraid to show what a monster he is. He even sounded like he was proud of what he did! There's no way she let him just get away with it, she wants answers, she wants him to pay.

She's heard enough about him from Ven and Roxas, that he's "pure darkness" but that isn't stopping her from finding him. If she had told the others her intentions, there's no doubt they would have stopped her, especially Souji. So gun loaded and ready, she's out in the forest to look for him, alone.

What gives away that she's getting closer are the strange creatures that are lurking about though she does her best to avoid them. They must be the unversed Ven told her about. Once she maneuvers her way through the trees and unversed, she comes across a dark figure, it has to be him.

"Vanitas." To make her presence known.

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"That's two questions," Well, technically it'd be her third, but he'd let the other one slide. "First, you owe me an answer to mine."

Damn...A deal is a deal, right? "It's called a persona. Only special individuals are able to summon them."

"I meant the one in your hand." Strange? Probably, but Vanitas honestly didn't know what it was. But her response was going to be his next question anyway.

"It's a revolver" It is a strange thing to ask about, she thought he knew what it was already.

"Hn." Interesting name. Naoto should probably be worried that he's more fascinated by the gun than he is her persona; after all, guns are a weapon that can be picked up and used by just about anyone.

That does confuse her a little, she thought he would be more interested in her persona than a normal gun. Even back in her own world (or TV world), the most valuable thing were their personas. But if he's planning on using a gun then that's not good.

"Why so curious about it? You've encountered one before have you not?"

"Once." But at the time, he hadn't been sure what it was, or even if anyone else carried one.

Only once? Well that would explain why he seemed more wary of it than a normal person. "I see." After she says that, she takes a quiet deep breath, her eyes losing focus again.

That breath and the glassy look to her eyes doesn't pass by his notice. Vanitas continues to watch her, his own eyes narrowing as he focuses in on how close she is to passing out. She has to at least be close, at this point.

--Too late though, he realizes his spell has powered down with a faint, electric crackle. The beam jumping across his Keyblade disappears, and he can't take the risk of her noticing that.

One second, he's rooted to the ground, and in the next he suddenly moves, coming at her from the inside of her arm in an attempt to shove it and the barrel of her gun wide outward with his Keyblade.

Normally she probably would have been passed out by now, but she's too stubborn to give into her body's commands. Vanitas is her main concern at the present, not her well being.

Luckily for him though, she doesn't catch the spell's final crackle but his sudden movement does catch her attention. As soon as he begins to shove her arm out of the way, she pulls the trigger in hopes of hitting him and tries to push against the keyblade but the lack of energy prevents her from doing so.

The shot goes wide, but Naoto's trigger finger is quick. Even though the bullet doesn't hit him, Vanitas hears it pass by his ear, and even feels it travel through his hair on the way by. It's startling, but he doesn't pause from it... he's too focused on trying to immobilize her before she can bring her aim back.

Coming forward, he brings his knee up towards her stomach, and tries to knock her over onto her back. And if she falls, his weapon is going to follow her down, pressing against her arm in an attempt to trap it against the ground.

His knee hits her stomach and she goes down all too quickly, gasping out for air. If she had the strength she would have only stumbled back, but in her current condition, she's fairly easy to knock back. It acts as a small wake up call and as the keyblade holds her arm down, she reaches over with her free hand and tries to pry it off but to no avail.

Following her, Vanitas kneels astride her and keeps his Keyblade firmly in place with one hand. And his other, he places it against her throat and squeezes on either side of her jaw. He's not actually trying to cut off her air--he's going for the pressure points there, which will hopefully cause her to pass out.

Her first thought to his hand resting on her throat is that he's going to try and choke her. So Naoto's hand flies to his wrist, trying to peal it away but as soon as he squeezes her pressure points, she lets out a small cry. Hurts like hell.

"N-No..." Is pretty much all she manages to say as her grip on his wrist starts to lessen. Though she tries to squirm under him a little in some kind of attempt to get him off but it's probably useless.

Her plead goes unanswered, as Vanitas calmly and coldly continues to put the pressure on, even squeezing a little harder to speed up the process.

Slowly, her movements start to slow down and soon enough, her hand slips from his wrist and her eyes close, passing out. Not from just the pain of her pressure points being squeezed roughly but from her energy just fading away entirely.

After she's stopped moving, the dark-haired youth waits a few extra seconds to make sure she's out, before he releases his grip and stands back to his feet.

Afterward, he barely gives Naoto, herself, a second thought. No, his attention is on the revolver that's resting in her slackened grip. His own weapon vanishes in a curl of Darkness, before he takes a few steps around Naoto's fallen form and bends down to retrieve the gun. It's... strange, how such a small thing can pack so much power.

Adjusting it in his hand, he extends his forearm and looks down it's sight towards a tree several yards away. And for a moment, it seems like he might fire--but instead, he relaxes his stance, and after one final glance towards the other's body, simply walks away.

Confronting pure darkness

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