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[She's been seeing a lot of spiders and spiderwebs lately, but that definitely tops all of them. Riku comes up the sidewalk curiously, eying the mess and wondering if one of Red's pets has gotten loose... or hungry. She's trying to sense who is inside, and that makes her move closer. She summons her Keyblade, glancing around up high to try and find what made it. When she doesn't see it, she slashes at the web.]

[The groan of wood bending under a heavy weight echoes through the area, a relatively small tree a dozen feet away suddenly being snapped clean to the ground halfway down the trunk. A leg (warning: large spider image! click at own risk!!) is what pressed it down, an incredibly large wolf spider emerging from behind it. Venom drips from its massive fangs as it slowly makes its way toward Riku and its prey.

Said prey isn't really visible despite the attack on the web holding it, though a patch of red fabric can be seen.]

[Riku whirls around to face the tree and freezes, Keyblade automatically coming up in defense. This really isn't something she's up for right now, with her side still hurting from too much strain and how downcast she's been the last few weeks. She stares at the spider for a few seconds then whirls back around and fires several dark firagas across the web.]

[The spider's pedipalps rub together in an almost eager manner as it rushes forward with a bone-rattling and entirely unnatural screech. Two prey for the price of one? Sounds good to it!

The web catches fire, spreading quickly along the silk until even the webbing surrounding the victim - quite obviously an unconscious Red at this point - is aflame.]

[She's only waiting for the web to weaken enough that she can slash through it easily. If she can catch him when that happens, that would be fantastic, but if the spider reaches her before that then it's going to get a face full of dark aura.]

[It will screech again, this time in pain, raising back so it looks even more massive. Of course, this gives off an easy shot at its belly, but it's that or catch Red.]

[The last thing she needs is for him to come back and get a concussion. She steps back to catch him with her left arm, and will grit her teeth against any pain that causes in her side. Hopefully she didn't just rip her stitches open. She holds her Keyblade out in front of her to reinforce a shield, but that's the best she can do right now.]

[Red is still blissfully unconscious, and the spider is going to slam against the shield. Hopefully it will hold under all that pressure, or she'll at least get some distance between them and the spider before she gets too hurt.]

[Are you kidding? As soon as she's sure the shield will at least stall it for a moment, she's readjusting her grip on Red so he's over her shoulder and breaking into a run.]

[He is quite unfortunately dead weight, and the spider is awfully fast, what with that big size advantage and all those legs.]

[The first opening she finds, she's going to throw Red into it. A door, an open window, anything that the spider wouldn't be able to easily get into. Once that's done, she turns around to face it.]

[He'll still be unconscious when she gets back to him, laying awkwardly on the floor just inside a window, in a position that would probably be painful for most people. The spider seems pretty angry now, and completely ignores Red to try and sink its fangs into Riku.]

[Oh no you don't. She's had enough of teeth and claws and injuries for the rest of the year. She brings Way to Dawn up to block that, firing another dark aura at close range.]

[Aside from being incredibly large, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly odd about it. It'll go down pretty easily once she's got her attention entirely on it!]

[Good, because her side is already bleeding a little from catching Red before. If she gets another opportunity to go for a good stab right in the middle, she will. Otherwise it'll be all combos.]

[And it will be downed easily, collapsing with a groundshaking thud. Red is still unconscious in that building she tossed him in.]

[Stupid spiders. Well, she'd better go wake him up, he might be interested in the corpse. She'll just casually dismiss her keyblade and then turn around and run back to the window at top speed like his life depends on it. It's too late for that, anyway. But she makes it into the building and then over to Red, who will be rolled fully onto his back and removed of any leftover webbing that may have stuck around.]

[He seems entirely unharmed, though still unconscious for whatever reason!]

[She's going to check his pulse and settle down beside him, wondering what she should do. She settles on reaching out and shaking his shoulders, an action that will progress from gentle to almost violent the longer he stays unconscious.]

Wake up.

[Careful there, Riku, you're going to give him whiplash! Perhaps there's more to this than meets the eye.

You've rescued your damsel, so what comes next?]

[She doesn't know. She can't explain why he won't wake up unless he's been bitten by that spider, which he certainly doesn't seem to be, or if something's wrong with his Heart. That doesn't seem to be the case either, so she waits. She waits several minutes, in fact, then leans down and presses her lips against his.]

[There's a moment where it seems like it's not going to work, but then his eyes slowly open and he blinks up at her in confusion for a moment.]

[She jerks back up in surprise, because she didn't actually think that would do anything, but then she's down again to kiss him properly, her hands going to his face. This one is a better kiss, a real kiss, and hopefully he enjoys it because she's going to kick his ass once it's over.]

[He is quite surprised as well, but returns the kiss readily. This is quite the welcome back!]

[Aaaand it's over when Riku pulls away, hands on the floor on either side of him and an absolute scowl on her face.]

What the hell were you thinking?