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[The first thing that Ikki does upon finding himself on Isla Empieza is to throw up. It may be due the feeling of being pulled back and forth through a diminute hole at the speed of light, or it may be due the way his brain is drained and then explodes with memories. It takes him a bit to clear his mind, to get a hold of his surroundings, the memories that had been taken and then returned.

As he recovers, he casts a glance around if only to confirm that this isn't his home. He was sent back only to be returned to this world right away. And that's not the worst part of it. The worst part is that he doesn't know how long has it been here. He remembers from others that months here could have been just a few hours for them back in their worlds, and he wouldn't put it past Davy Jones and Chronos to make it be centuries here while it was just a second for him.

The second thing that Ikki does upon returning is to open his journal and snarl at it.]

How fucking long has it been?!

[Even if that's the first thing that he asks, it's not really what he cares for the most.]

Are the Spades still active? [Do people even know them yet? If they vanished and enough time passed it's possible people wouldn't have heard of them.]

Is Selphie Tilmitt still here?!

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Ikki.

[Warning whistle. But only because he laughed at that. HE MISSED YOU.]

Marco.

[What. He did nothing wrong.]

Talk to Leanne about it. Girl things.

You're also getting a lecture from everyone's favorite shark-bro, most likely. But only because he's still missing Haruta, and at least he knows we actually have her when we get back.

[Sorry Rose, all of that was in avian.]

You say that as if Rose wasn't a girl. Last time I checked she had boobs and didn't seem the type to pee while standing.

[He wants to talk to Leanne, though. And hug her too.]

Lectures, kicks, hugs... You guys make awesome welcome wagons. Now comes the part where you tell me the next island we visit is Serenes.

[Bitterly amusement here, he doesn't really mind those lectures and kicks. He kind of wants to tear himself apart so that's nothing.]

Why not get in all the torture at once, aye?

Rose is a woman, of course, but she's also more secluded than you still, and working on it. Leanne has insights you need.

Being secluded doesn't mean being blind. And one may see more from within the shadows than out under the light.

[It was just a question anyway, leave him alone.]

[Hesitates, and finally:]

I'm not saying you shouldn't ask, or know. I'm saying if you're going to ask that, you need to know even more than you think.

Rose can tell you about other men, aye, but she can't tell you about your own heart. Leanne can, if you let her.

Take it from one phoenix in love to another, eh.

[So that's what this was about.]

That's not what I need right now.

[Nor what he wants. He just wants to get there and hug Selphie and lock himself and her in her bedroom if just to stay hugging for days. And then hug Marco and Rose and Namur and everyone else... And blame it to being drunk later, of course.]

Too fucking bad, little bro.

You don't get to decide that sometimes. Only your friends and those who love you do. Catch my drift?

[Lately he hasn't got to decide things about his own life way too much, more specifically the part of leaving this place. And he really, really doesn't need this now. He doesn't need, nor want, Marco meddling again on his relationship with Selphie. Or anyone else for that matter, no matter how great their intentions are.

So he's just going to ignore that and focus on getting back to the Sun.]