Cold as Steel

[Serenity]

Alena looked back once more. "Haku," She moaned silently. She had came all the way out there, with her whole body half frozen and she had fainted all so she could find him and kill him. She didn't even want to kill him, he might of been annoying but he didn't deserve it. She stared at him, seeking his eyes for an answer. She did not want to stay in that place anymore. Too many people that stared. She loved to be around people but when they stared, she just wished she was gone. She tilted her head and waited. She smelt the food, which made her hungry but she completely ignored that.

[Naminé /admin/]

Acier stood up straigh, looking down at his half eaten rice, frowning and shoving it in Alena's hands. He had no idea who Haku was and, once again, he did not care. He took a moment to inspec his gloves, looking for snags in the material. Sure enough, there was one–it revealed a glint of metal. Acier knew that that metal would be gone in less than a day, revealing slightly tanned skin that was as deadly as the sword he carried. After a moment, he stepped forward, clothes rustling in the wind. Everything seemed to pause at this movement, staring for a moment before going back to their daily lives. His hair jutted out around his head, covering the left side of his face. He walked towards the opposite entrance.

[Serenity]

Alena looked down at the food and then followed Acier, eating away at the food he had let her have. She ate pleanty of it, not caring if it was "unlady like". The people who said that were always men so Alena would tell them they wouldn't know, they weren't ladies. She put the bowl down and stood next to him, smiling warmly, even if she felt cold. She looked around, never being in a place like that one. She pulled the loose string tied to her ring lightly, afraid to break it once more.

[Naminé /admin/]

Acier sped up a bit, putting Alena behind him. He did not like a presence beside him. He did not know why, but he did know that he favored solitude. He wondered why this girl was following him. After a moment, he turned his palm upwards, pulling at the glove located over it with his other hand so that it entirley covered his palm. He winced at the glint of metal. The two came to a river, which Acier bluntly splashed through, sending droplets of water skywards. It was warmer here–snow did not plague the ground. Grass grew. On the other side of the small river, Acier stopped, his gaze pausing on the plants. Then, he walked towards the Imperial City.

[Serenity]

Alena walked through the water with a smile on her face. She really was having fun with this boy. He seemed to dislike her very much but she didn't care so much. She was actually only three feet behind him. "Thanks for the food," She said," I really needed something to eat." She hadn't felt food in her stomach for quite the while. She was not pale any more and her whole body had regained it's color. She was actually feeling much better and was sure those tears that fell would not return. Atleast, she hoped.

[Naminé /admin/]

Acier gave the girl at his side a sideways glance, his frown presnt once more. He then looked ahead to the city, sighing and peeling the glove off. It was about to rip anyways, he decided, so why not take it off. He peeled the black glove off, revealing a shining layer of steel. After a moment, he peeled that off too and watched as it melted into air. He then looked down at his open palm. A circle was etched into it, long turned into a scar. A heart lay in the center. Soon it was hidden by his fingers as Acier balled his hand into a fist, giving it an icy glare.

"Uhhuh," he grunted, scowling at his hand. He took the glove off of his other hand, fitting it over his other hand. It turned to steel immediately after making contact with his skin.

[Serenity]

Alena tilted her head. "What's wrong?" She asked walking next to him. She felt something tell her she shouldn't be there. She should leave. Well, they were just voices inside her head and she was having pleanty of fun. She put her hands behind her back and missed what he had just done, but felt something was wrong. She looked up at him, with a concerned look on her face. She stared down for a moment, then back to him. She seeked his face for an answer.

[Naminé /admin/]

Acier snapped out of his reverie, looking at Alena for a moment. His gaze was clouded, but it cleared when he realized that yes, she was there. He brought his hands up, palms facing the sky, and turned his gaze to them. His eyes became cold and angry as memories flooded his mind. Memories he had tried to store away for years...yet they always surfaced the minute he thought they were gone...and he hated them. The metal gleamed in the sunlight and Acier peeled on of the gloves off for a moment, revealing a scar in the shape of a circle with a heart within it. His rings remained undisturbed.

[Serenity]

Alena stared at his hands, not moving but only confused. She saw nothing wrong with it. She simply saw a scar that looked like a heart. She had one shaped strangely on her stomach but she had gotten that from the first person who owned the chain-whip before she did. She looked at him. "What's wrong?" She repeated, except with a really soft tone in her voice. She wanted him to answer, it would annoy her if he didn't. "Your hand?" She asked, with a simple stare. She was only up to his shoulder she realized. God I'm short She thought, with a sigh. After that thought, she completely concentrated on his hand and what he would say.

[Naminé /admin/]

Acier glared at her, then switched the leer back to his hands. Her voice was muffled, as if it didn't really exist. His focus was not on the present, buut on the past and how he had come to receive that curse. Damn old man, he thought, balling the cursed things into fists. Even then they would wreak havoc upon victims of contact. Even then they cut Acier off from the world. It's nothing, his mind told him to say, yet his mouth refused. He would not speak. Not of this.

[Serenity]

Alena sighed, seeing as he would not answer her. She layed her hand on his arm and looked up at him. "You gonna be okay?" She asked looking up at him. She combed her hair back and simply stared. She knew he did not care so why did she? She was supposed to be the one who hated everything but she didn't. She didn't. She stared at him, not realizing keeping her hand on his arm like she did was a bad choice, but she couldn't help it. When she cared, she really did care. She was a strange one, but it was good that way. She was better the way she was. Strong when it was called for, was all. She was weak, very weak.

[Naminé /admin/]

Before Acier knew what she was doing, Alena had laid her hand on his arm. He quickly stepped away from her touch, glaring at her and looking very angry. "Don't touch me," he said venemously, voice laden with anger. If he could not touch people, he had decided, they could not touch him. It was as simple as that.

[*short*]

[Serenity]

Alena stared back at him, with an angry look as well. She hated it when she searched for friends who did not like her, which is why she hated some people. Not everything, like everyone was told, just some people. She turned her head, and acted as if she did not care. Why ofcourse she did but she acted as if she did not care. Ofcourse she cared, but she just ignored it, promising herself not to make him more annoyed than he already was. "Sorry," She said with no expression. She sighed and smiled, walking behind him a bit. She poked his back and giggled. She then held her finger out, about an inch from his face. "I'm not touching you," She giggled into his ear. How annoying she was. She took back her promise, it was just too fun.

((OOC: Please don't turn her into metal xD! She's just annoying like that.))

[Naminé /admin/]

Acier did not greet her with a look of amusment. Instead, his gaze became that of a death glare and he resisted the urge to put his hand over her arm so as to move it. He found himself taking a deep breath and walking onwards, away from her. His hands were fisted by his sides.

[*SHORT AGAIN*]

[Serenity]

((OOC: xD tis okay ))

Alena giggled and walked next to him, trotting along happily. She looked about with a curious expression. "So where are we going again?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips. She almost laughed out when he walked away but thought it best not to. She began to hum a song she loved to hear, eventually beginning to sing. "Good eyes. Sniper. I shoot. You run," She began happily," The words you scribble on the wall are the lives of friends you didn't have. I call you when the time is right. Are you in or are you out?" Then she began to hum it until she found her favorite part. "Bye bye beautiful..." She giggled, as she remembered dancing around with one of the Organization members to that song, which made her laugh so much. His name was Demyx. She shook her head, "What? Oh...where are we going?" She repeated.