(NYC) Field: Times Square

[OverDrive]

"Hey Alexander, it's good that you were able to make it." he said, with a smile.

Tsubasa looked around him....as the music was playing , everyone entranced in that moment, it was as if at that moment we had all finished a stage in our lives all of us transcending in our own ways.

"...I wish this moment would last forever...." he said, uncontrollably. "...I'm glad I met you all."

He turns to see Neu's dress shining in the moonlight alongside the song, and begins to smile as the song was slowly coming to a close.

He kneels down near Neu, touches her hand, and says,"..Thank you for being here....you look amazing."

[NeoBuster]

Hey ALexander, Im Neo nice to meet you" Neo said to him

Neo then flashbacked to all the moments he had went through. ALl the fights, memories and moments, he was going through it all.

"I wonder what destiny has in store for us when we all go home" Neo said outloud.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer continued to quietly watch the concert, trying not to think about what would happen when he returned home. It bothered him a great deal more than it should of but there wasn't much he could do about it. "Whatever it is, we gotta accept it and push through." He hesitated for a moment. He knew the concert wasn't over yet, but he wanted to do something at the very least. Sticking his hand out in a fist he kept his eyes shut halfway, looking at everyone that was still around him, Alexander included. "Whatever happens... Let's try to stay friends, yeah?"

[Jello]

Haruka opened his mouth, as if he had something important to say. Quite frankly the only thing running through his head is how to deal with the current situation. How would he even approach her if he saw her? Could he look at her the same the way he is now? Without some real form of closure to what happened at New York, Haruka had no idea how to feel about anything. With Overlord wiped from his life and his girlfriend slowly slipping from his grasp, things didn't seem to be going well at all.

"Hmm... I'll be out there in a minute. Wait for me." Haruka clicks his cell phone shut and starts to dash out front of the hall. Normally this would be normal for him, running around for what felt like an aimless purpose. But he wanted to fix things. Sera was completely against the act and even attempted a forced takeover to stop him, but Haruka wanted to at least try to fix things. This is the first time the two experienced a disconnect, it wouldn't be fair to not give her a chance.

Outside the hall, stands a hotdog guy... What?

Oh, and Yukino. Standing behind him. Ughhh.

[Cherry]

The owner of said hotdog stand has his black hair covering his eyes, but they still conveyed a dark, focused gazed on a potential new customer.

Before he could speak, Yukino walked past him, acting as a barrier between the men.

She longed to see Haruka for so long. The problem was that now her beloved was in range of direct contact, she wasn't sure how to go about it. Words didn't come out each time her mouth opened.

[AlwaysAwake]

"Ah wow, you guys are quite the crowd. Think I saw some of your fights even. Oh, wait aren't you..." He would blink as he turned to face Neu, eyeing them for a moment unsure what to make of the situation though being able to piece the puzzle soon after. "Well, I guess Seifer was right about saying you were their friend at least." Speaking this out loud even when he was the rather obvious outlier of the group, humming as he stroked his chin lightly.

Moments passed as he heard Seifer, Tsubasa and Neo speak. A tiny wave to them as two of them spoke their names, and a nod given go Alexander with a content look on his face. "Say, Haruka seemed pretty tense. Guess he got a call from his g-. Ah, right, a iffy topic." Stopping himself from speaking as he remained silent for a few moments, answering the words of Neo and Seifer.

"Destiny's a bit tricky you know." A teasing tone to Neo, his next words to the rest of the group. "Say uh, I only got Harukas number but if any of you feel comfortable swapping numbers that'd be neat."

[Hope]

The crowd was roaring in applause after the magical voices had taken the stage. It was like they just met their inner conscience. They actually weren't on the list of people scheduled to perform, yet there was a spot reserved for them in the schedule, it was weird. Hana saw then run off after their turn and assumed that they were on their way back to the sea of everyone's subconscious. True heroes.

Next up was Drake and Rhianna, preforming together on the stage. On his way out, Drake removed his hat and gave it to Hana. She was honored.

Drake did the rapping, Rhianna did the singing. "Take Care"

Rhianna's voice carried through the night, its mystique, filling the the night with a tone of mystery and chill complimented by the moonlight. Drake was thinking of his ex-girlfriend so it was pretty deep when he started rapping too. Hana saw him crying some time after the song started.

"It'll be alright man..." She whispered to herself hoping that it would somehow reach him, "Just do your best... you only live once..."


"O-Of course I look beautiful! Man, what are you talking about, yeah thanks for the compliment and all, but OH GOD WHY ARE YOU LEANING DOWN TOWARDS ME LIKE THAT JIWENGINGIENWIGNI. Uh, Yeah I'll. Oh. Drake. Right. Man, ok yeah." Her face turned red, and she averted her eyes in order to avoid eye contact with him, "...Yeah thanks for being here too, taking someone like me with you.."

She was flustered. This sure frightened and made her heart pump more than playing in the national finals, RNGesus Christ.

[Jello]

Haruka gulped, taking in the scenery. Yukino looked beautiful as normal, but different things were happening in his head then what he saw.

The sound of Take Care resounded through the hallway they were in, bass booming off the walls. Haruka pulls his hands out of his pockets, and walks up to Yukino, centimeters apart. There was two ways he could go about this. The easy way, and the fun way. Both of which he was okay with, but neither of those were the good way to go about it.

"What happened... These past days, what happened...?" Haruka was simply shaking his head at her, unsure of what was happening anymore. Maybe Yukino knew about Overlord's disappearance or about the whole Cray portal or just, something. He needed something at this point.

On an off-note, Drake was bumping it up on stage. Nice. Rhianna sounded good as always as well. Haruka needed to update his playlist soon.

[OverDrive]

Neu's reaction made Tsubasa smile, if anything he was enjoying every minute he spent with her, due to the circumstances. He heard the guys chatting about destiny on the side and felt like he should step in and maybe collect the phone number's he's missing.

"..Destiny you say..." he says, as he walks up to them.

"..In all honesty...if this game has taught me anything it's that you can make your own destiny...but yes it is tricky..a few days ago this girl and all of you guys were my rivals..but now we are more than that..." he said, trying not to sound super cheesy, but he never once regretted letting them know how much they all mean to him.

"..Speaking of creating your own destiny...want to exchange numbers everyone?" he asked, taking out his phone.

[AlwaysAwake]

Alexander would whip his phone out, ready to collect numbers like a mad man. He never knew where his mom might relocate for work, and the opportunity to stop by other peoples areas always proved present, having a few contacts to call wouldn't hurt in the least at that point.

"My mom tends to move from time to time for her work, so maybe I'd end up meeting you guys if I ever drop by your cities or towns. We could play a few games." His words at the end said with a smirk, he seemed rather happy about the chance to play against the people around him, having seen their skills either on screen or while watching from the crowd.

"So, my phone number is..." Speaking the number for everyone to heard, awaiting to type his in as he typed theirs.

[Cherry]

"... I... don't know, but..." Yukino began, completely unaware of Haruka's situation with being unable to speak with Overlord. She certainly hasn't heard a single word about it, and simply assumed the Dragon Empire was busy getting back to their usual militarism plannings. So, she decided on talking of her upcoming departure.

"I spoke with Ezel for awhile when I fell in the rift... He invited me to Cray to become a knight after this war was over, to live in the Sanctuary... I didn't tell anyone, because I wasn't sure how to... I was scared of how everyone would react... I guess you weren't talking to me because of that...?" Yukino was saddened by the thought another person's feelings being hurt by her choices.

"I'm trying to say that staying home won't help me change into someone better for everyone - someone better for you... But that's an excuse. I just... kind of want to run away in a hole somewhere... Being here knowing how I acted is painful... I still didn't consider how you felt about it... I didn't consider how anyone felt, I never do...

I'm sorry, Haruka."

The woman looked down, avoiding eye contact with her boyfriend as proof of the anxiety that developed. Maybe everything she said had no merit, and cowardice was a form of overreacting. Perhaps Haruka was bothered by a different matter entirely, and was busy because of it. He might not have wanted to hear any of this. Once again, she spoke without thinking, feeling the need to have answered his "what happened?" questioning.

[Hope]

The Chief Nurse pushed through the crowd, holding bags upon bags of Isabella Hope merchandise that she made herself using Hana's old photos, which was probably really embarrassing. "I must see my daughter at once!!" She yelled as she passed nudged past the crowd, putting herself at the front, past the excited crowd. All the while, they were staring at her as if she was some loon, but a bunch recognized her as the famous "Chief Nurse Espoir," who travels all over the world healing all sorts of disease. Still, she was completely out of place.

"Is that Drake?!" She asked upon realization.
"Calm down," Shamsiel commented with a deep frustration in her voice.
"No???" Mother Espoir retorted.

Then they argued.

[Jello]

Haruka stands there dumbfounded. He wasn't sure whether or not to hit the poor girl and snap her out of it or to pull her into him and embrace her. There were so many things he couldn't even process the fact that any of them could happen in the first place. Yukino was terrified by the fact people might be angry at her for leaving, as an act of cowardice. That sparked Haruka a little, considering he always looked to Yukino when he thought 'bravery,' But she didn't seem to feel that way...

"Yukino..." He tried to bring out the right words but nothing happened. But not this time. No not this time, Haruka was going to say it right this time. He was going to say what he had to say from the start.

"I want you to stay here. With me. But I can't ask you to do that... And I'm not going to be happy about you up and leaving for a whole year..." Haruka pocketed his right hand, pinching the bridge of his nose. His shell was cracked. Everything inside felt like it was going to spill right out of him. There wasn't much he could tell her at this point. In fact, there wasn't anything else he wanted to speak on the manner. They were wasting time talking about terrible matters he didn't want to think about anyways when her sister was about to be singing up on stage in front of Yukino, in front of everyone. New York. The world?

He grabbed her hand, vacant glare on his face.

He leaned in for one small kiss, lasting only a few seconds.

"You can make it up to me by enjoying tonight with me." Haruka's impish simper shows through, as he is suddenly dashing off towards the music where Tsubasa, Neu and the rest of the friends were all settled up with Yukino in tow. This was a night Haruka wanted to remember, and only in a good way.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer watched the group of friends he had with a soft smile on his face, giving his number to Alexander in return while recording the other male's in his phone. As Haruka returned with one Yukino in tow though he grinned a bit waving. He didn't have much to say, but the sight before him was pretty humorous.

[Cherry]

Dad Espoir had a good idea of what his wife was doing and slammed his head into the nearest wall.

Now that he thought about it, Yukino was more like him, but Hana was more like Mother Espoir. And that woman drove him up a million walls and vice versa. Oh how he loved her and wanted to maybe get the Chief Nurse some medical attention in most of their arguments.

"You're makin' it big Hana... so don't make it like your mother..."

If only his little princess could stay his little princess, and if his betrothed wasn't so crazy. Then again, he can't call her crazy without being a hypocrite.


Yukino figured he wouldn't be happy with this arrangement, but she simply felt she needed to go away to come back as someone who isn't a weakling. Still, that's more thinking about herself than others. When he grabbed her hand, she was a bit surprised. When he was leaning in, the woman actually expected to get hit and flinched. It was a pleasant surprised to be kissed instead, even if it wasn't long enough. It never was long enough with her. Yukino leaned toward him a bit to show that before he talked about making it up to him. That was the queen's way of showing that if they didn't have to breathe she'd likely just stay on his lips for an eternity.

Maybe that was a bit of an obsessive, creepy thing to convey, but she wanted them.

They're just so tasty... And she just melts with him...

Before having a chance to speak, she was suddenly yanked as Haruka dashed to the concert, running with him to not fall face-first into the pavement.