Thread: Key to The Heart (SilentProtagonist x SweetMarie)

It's not too dangerous. Harik insists. I can handle myself. You know that. I'm the best fighter back on the island. I won't get beaten so easily. Everything will be fine. He assures Ree with a broad grin, confident in his own skill. Okay, he may not be the best ever at the island. Rather, the best among the trainees. Harik still has his doubts as to how he'd do against Master Xine. He gets the feeling that while he'd be able to at least stand against him for a while, he still would end up losing in an even match. Either way, the young man would love the chance to test his skill against him some day. Ree's quick denial actually brings a smirk to Harik's face. He had just been teasing about the whole getting chased around thing, and Ree's overassertion that they aren't mates seems to be a bit much for something she insists is true. So it seems likely to him that the girl is just an incredibly bad liar who at best is being dishonest to herself. He just chuckles about it. Now isn't the time to push for how she really feels, after all. There are more important things to deal with than potential romance, after all. The question brings Harik out of his stance as he looks to the ground. Would he go back? I... probably... That's the most he can give right now, not wanting to promise anymore. Would he even be accepted back? That isn't something he really wants to consider right now. The potential punishment of not showing back up right away. Well, maybe it doesn't even matter anymore. He's broken a pretty big rule just by coming to this world. The interaction took it further, and straight up fighting a creature of the world kind of went against preserving the balance, at least, that's how the masters would see it. He nods to Ree. Fine, Ill go with you for now. He mutters in agreement. If things don't go as planned, well, he'd find some way out of it. All he has to do is get some distance between them to ride away. Harik figures that won't be too difficult to pull off on its own. Turning to walk away, he nods again at Ree's plan. Alright yeah, let's go after Sabor so we can find out what the hey is this?! He shouts in surpise as the cuff appears on his wrist. He tries to shake it off before hitting it with his palm. Lets you find me, huh? Harik asks, clearly digruntled. Still, at least it won't be tethering them together or something. He can work with this and find some way out of it. Maybe his keyblade could unlock it? Or if he put enough distance between them... well either way, this isn't something he can worry over now. For now, it's just a trinket on his wrist and a cute girl chasing after him. Both are things he doesn't particularly mind too much. Alright, fine then, let's go. The cat ran off that way! He shouts with excitement before running ahead of the other two. He leaps over the river, using a burst of flame to carry him across. Landing on the other side, Harik doesn't take a moment to pause as he runs into the jungle. The leapord's footprints start to space out, but they at least give Harik enough of something to follow. A gut feeling tells him that Sabor wouldn't hide from a fight anyways. No, she'll probably try to meet him for a rematch soon enough. Harik figures he's gotten a good head start over Ree and Tarzan to where they'd have to struggle to catch up. So when the tall feral man swings past him on a vine, the keyblade wielder is caught by surprise. Well fine then, that doesn't matter too much. The important thing to Harik right now is finding the leapord and figuring out exactly what's going on with her. The animals going missing comes after that. Was it really so odd though? In the wild, with so many dangerous things lurking around, isn't dissapearance and death common? No, he's sure it's something other than that, just like Sabor's aggressiveness.