3A/N: This entire fic is dedicated to my dear friend, TTY7 for her birthday! Happy birthday and may you always be healthy and happy!
"We need it 2B! It's not just for fun!"
"I am aware, but it isn't a priority. Our weapons are in a fine condition."
"Yeah, but you heard what the seller said! We can do better ! Besides, I am not a model suited for close-ranged combat, so I could really use the boost, you know?"
"Very well. Once we are done, we will sweep the area for materials. Pod, download the list with the materials we will require."
"Affirmative, Unit 2B. It appears you will be requiring Beast Hides, Pristine Cables and two Eagle Eggs. They should be available within the Forest area."
"Let's go!"
Finding most of the materials needed was absolutely grueling for 9S, but he was almost completely certain that, for the first time since they met, 2B was truly enjoying herself. While he could vaguely understand why, he wasn't nearly into it as much as she seemed to be, but he supposed it was a good thing to see her having fun. It gave her a kind of glow that 9S found to be absolutely stunning on the older android, giving him, in turn what could only be described as an emotion- he couldn't quite put a name to what it was, but it was as if his entire being was flooded with pleasure, as he watched her being happy with the task at hand.
"Okay. We have the Pristine Cables and the Eagle Eggs. We just need the Beast Hides to complete the objective."
"Must you be so formal all the time 2B?"
"Yes. You should be as well."
"Yeah, yeah." he sighed, having long given up on her ever being informal with him. "Let's head over to the next location then"
The huge brown beasts were surprisingly difficult to hunt down in close quarters, with their main defense being to rush the androids as they got close, making many of their slashes barely graze their thick hides, while simultaneously buying time for many members of their pack to run towards safety. It seemed that one of the abandoned buildings was big enough that they had formed a sort of breeding ground in it, using the many floors available through the large staircases. The place positively stung too, but he supposed that, should they be able to pass through the animals rushing them, they should be able to enter the building and kill enough of the animals to gather as many hides as they needed.
"We should aim for the legs first. If we manage to immobilize them, then we can take care of it easily."
"I sure wish that mooses were hackable too…" 9S mumbled, while getting into position.
"Don't complain. Just be ready, it's coming!"
Once more, the animal lowered its head, aiming giant antlers at 2B. Taking her battle stance, the android ran at full speed towards the attacker. Right as the antlers were about to connect however, she used her momentum to grab the right one and use it to propel herself above the beast with a backflip, and slashing at its hind legs midair. With a pained screech, the moose fell and skidded across the ground, stopping a few centimeters in front of 9S, who in turn plunged his own sword in its head, killing it instantly.
"Good job. You take care of the hide; I will move into the nest."
"Roger that."
It was a good plan, for the most part, as 2B seemed to be finding less difficulties with the younger ones. Several were actually thrown out of the higher floors' windows, which made 9S chuckle- he supposed that 2B was trying to spare him the trouble of looking for each one while climbing after her.
He couldn't, once again, quite place what exactly it was about the action that gave him the soft sensation of warmth as he went on with his task of skinning the carcasses, but it made him feel… happy? He wasn't quite clear on the whole emotion situation yet, and while he wasn't exactly ignoring the "no emotions" rule that 2B seemed to consider absolute, he wasn't exactly going out of his way to comply either. Which could be argued to be ignoring the rules, but 9S was nothing if not very capable of rewording things that needed to be reworded.
And it was the fact that he was so deep in his head, trying to compare data and figuring out the exact name of the emotion he was experiencing that led to the sudden, terror-filled scream of 2B -Nines, she called me Nines- catching him completely off-guard, just in time for the warm stench of a breath behind his neck, then the feeling of hard-as-stone teeth snapping shut around his lower cranium and then-
"2…B…?"
-nothing.
"God-damned mooses!"
The heart-wrenching scream escaped 2B as she plunged her weapon into the animals skull so deep that the hilt was the only ting outside its eye-socket. Without missing a bit, she drew her second sword and slashed at its neck, cutting it off. Its teeth were embedded so deeply into 9S's head and her attack was delivered with such force, that as the head flew from its body, it actually dragged 9S's dead unit along with it.
2B screamed, completely out of breath, as she stabbed the already-dead animal again and again with her blade. Her violent sobs, combined with the fatigue of a hard battle soon overtook her, and she collapsed on her knees, tears falling onto her broken blade. "Why must it always… end like this…"
A/N: As I said,above, this fic is dedicated to TTY7, for her birthday. She is a very talented writer, well worth enjoying! Here is one of my personal favourites! Enjoy! And happy birthday buddy!
Mooses can be incredibly dangerous animals. f you ever find yourself attacked by a moose, please immediately contact the closest android with severe guilt issues.
Face My Fears
A short time has passed since the defeat of Master Xehanort. Though peace has returned to the worlds, Aqua has yet to find peace within herself. She expected her life and her heart to pick up where it left off, but nothing is the same. She's not the same and never would be again. It hurts knowing the man beside her isn't the person she longs to see anymore. (KH3 Spoilers inside)
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