Mission 4

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Characters: Xion, Lea, Isa.
Content: Lea and Isa learn what one possible future for them might be.
Location: Cafeteria
Time of day: Afternoon
Warnings: Spoilers for KH 358/2

It was one of those afternoons that hadn’t gone quite as planned. Xion had meant to have some downtime in her room. That was before Lea had found her and reminded her that she’d promised to get ice cream with him and Isa weeks ago. So it had been off to the cafeteria.

Little by little she dropped out of the conversation, simply watching the interaction between the two of them. Lea’s resemblance to Axel (or was it the other way around?) was so clear that it was almost painfully like talking with her best friend at times. Isa, on the other hand...

There were similarities to Saix: his serious attitude and cutting remarks that hinted at those she was used to. However, Isa had never been anything but polite to her. He saved his insults for Lea, who seemed more than capable of brushing them aside or coming back with one of his own. In fact, they seemed to act a lot like Roxas and Axel when they were joking around.

If Axel and Saix had been friends when they were Lea and Isa, why hadn’t Axel said anything? Had they been friends all along, or had something happened to change that? What could happen to make two people stop being friends, anyway?

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“So I totally would have had Ven on the floor, but heeeey, you know how it goes,” Lea boasted as he walked with the two, “Ya gotta let the kid have first couple of punches. Plus it looked like he needed someone to go easy on him that day, did him a favor really.” He then placed his hands behind his head, “Yup, I’m just that awesome.”

Lea then noticed they reached the kitchen, “Ahah~ Here we are! Time for some ice cream!” He said as sprinted out to dig out what’s in the freezer.

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Isa shook his head at Lea's story. "What he means is that he had no chance against him." He clarified, "He was way out of his league."

He glared at Lea for a moment, "Not that you would ever admit it."

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Xion nodded to show she was following the conversation, but looked a little confused. "He's not that good at fighting?

Axel had always seemed able to take care of himself against most Heartless. Maybe he'd just had a lot of practice?

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Lea gave a small sort of pout at Isa, as he pulled out the box of ice cream. “Heeey, no chance? What kinda lame talk is that?” He placed the box on the table and opened it, “I totally would have had the chance, I just decided to go easy on the kid. Man you gotta listen more closely Isa. You’re loosin’ your hearing at this age already? Not that I’m surprised but hey, I could have totally won. Get it memorized,” Lea smirked as he pulled out the Sea Salt Ice Cream and gave the two their own.

“I’m sure Xion here agrees that I can take on anyone if I tried hard enough,” Lea winked at her as he pulled out an ice cream bar for himself.

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"It's the truth, Lea," Isa deadpanned as he took the ice cream he was offered, "Maybe one of these days you'll get that ego of yours in check"

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Xion accepted the ice cream with a smile. She was used to Axel's self-confidence. "But you have to try hard enough, first."

She turned to Isa. "Or maybe get better with some practice? Axel was really good at..."

She trailed off as she realized what she'd said--or almost said.

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Not likely Isa, not likely. ‘Fraid this ego is gonna stay at bay, at least his knowledge it’s gonna be. Lea leaned in and with a small frown. Then lifted an eyebrow at the face she made, “Hey hey, I thought we went over this before.”

Putting a hand on his hip, Lea poked Xion on the nose with other hand. “Besides, it’s no big deal really. Whether I remind ya of him or not, point is I’m still me and that guy’s still Axel,” he a small smile, “Looks like you guys were good friends though. That must mean you’re gonna be good friends with me too, right?”

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Isa shot Xion a look when the topic of Axel came up again. It wasn't really a dirty look, but it wasn't all that nice either.

Lea wasn't able to put two and two together when it came to Axel, but, Isa supposed, it was better that way. Better for Lea to be in the dark about it than to know they were talking a future version of him, anyway. He might not have known anything about Lea's future but... he had an odd feeling about it.

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Xion blinked in confusion when Lea poked her nose, but mentally brushed it aside in favor of answering his question. "Maybe. I was best friends with him, and you two are a lot alike."

A glance over at Isa caused her to cut herself off there. Different from Saix as he was, she could guess what that look meant. Trying to think of what to say next, she took a bite of her ice cream. "I wonder if one of us will get a "winner" ice cream stick."

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Lea gave a smile about the best friends part. It’s at least reassuring that they’ll get along fine. Still, he’s sure there’s gotta be some differences with that Axel guy. He’ll probably figure it out later. Lea took a little bit of a bit of his ice cream as he leaned against the counter in interest of what Xion was talking about, “A ‘winner’ ice cream stick? Do they got a contest out or something now?”