"This is a test, cookie one." - Talking
'This is a test, cookie two.' - Thinking
"This is a test, cookie three." – Magic/Jutsu
The Land of Cookies - Location shift
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kingdom Hearts or any of their elements/characters.
Land of Departure
Light shined through the decorative glass in the Great Hall of the Land of Departure. Today the individuals that were within it were to witness a special ceremony. The Mark of Mastery Exam.
Three tall throne like chairs were filled with the current Masters of the fabled weapon, the Keyblade.
On the rightmost seat sat a bald man with yellow gold eyes and slightly pointed ears. He also had thin eyebrows and a curled silver goatee. This man was Master Xehanort.
On the leftmost seat sat a man with black hair tied into a short, high topknot, with one bang falling off to the right side of the face. He had dark eyes and also had a short, triangular soul patch and a mustache. This man was Master Eraqus.
On the center seat sat a hooded individual. The man wore a full-length black coat with a hood and a waist-high slit going up the back. The coat had a large silver zipper that fastened at the top and zipped down to seal the coat. It had silver drawstrings for the hood decorated with a large silver bead hanging from the end and a silver chain ornament adorned with four large cylindrical silver beads that fastened to a loop on either side of the collarbone region. The coat shrouded the person's face in darkness with the only visible aspect shown being a white circle of sorts that could be considered an eye because of its position where one could guess the right eye socket was. This man was the Grand Master.
Eraqus stood from his seat and walked down the small stairs that separated the floor from the platform the tall chairs were. As he stood in front, he failed to see the glances given by his two fellow Masters to the blonde haired boy who stood at the side of the hall. Nor did he see the cloaked figure's white gaze sharply turn towards Xehanort.
Xehanort fidgeted as he felt as he was being watched but a look around told him no one was paying attention to him.
"Today you will be examined for the Mark of Mastery. Not one but two of the Keyblade's chosen stand here as candidates… but this is neither a competition nor a battle for supremacy - not a test of wills, but a test of heart. Both of you may prevail or neither."
Eraqus looked at both his students, Aqua and Terra, before he continued.
"But I am sure our guests, Master Xehanort and the Grand Master, did not travel all this way to see our youngest prospects in years fall short of the Mark."
Eraqus words were received by nods from both seated Masters.
"I trust you are ready." Eraqus asked of the both before him.
"Yes!" The pair chorused.
"Then let the examination begin!"
Summoning his Keyblade, Eraqus created several spheres of light at the end of the hall, behind his students. Behind Eraqus, Xehanort made a hand motion and suddenly darkness surrounded the spheres which made them move erratically. Eraqus leaned forward in confusion but let the apprentices to their test. Both apprentices began their assault on the spheres before a sphere went towards the blond haired youth, Ventus. Defending himself, the youth joined in and helped the two others complete the trial.
AN: For a more cleared image of the Grand Master just imagine the Anti Black Coat Nightmare from Dream Drop Distance, standard black coat instead of the one it has and remove it's left eye while keep the right eye but in white. I have no idea where I'll go story wise but this chapter will continue and then go into a time skip.
