Hey guys!
Yeah, I know what you're thinking. I should be working on the Star of Fairy Tail.
But I got bored, and I started firing ideas back and forth with Moonrose221.
And thus, this epic brainchild was born after nearly a year of planning!
There are not enough Kingdom Hearts/Power Rangers crossovers!
I have decided to remedy that tragic wrong!
As always, I own nothing but the Lightning Academy, the Fire Academy, and their respective morphers. The Power Rangers belong to Haim Saban, and Kingdom Hearts belongs to Square Enix!
The screen of the computer blinked on, showing a black background.
"The Heart...
A mystery that people have been trying to understand throughout recorded history...
As strong as steel, and as fragile as glass at the same time...
...Yet it can do unimaginable things at the most impossible times."
A glowing bright red heart pulsed on screen for a moment, before it faded back to into the blackness.
"My story is one of pain, fear, loss, strength, love, happiness, war, and most of all Power. This is the story of how I accepted my own inner Darkness, found my birth world, and lived the stuff of Legends."
The black background abruptly shifted into color, showing two young men standing and sitting in front of the camera. One with spikey black hair and mischievous golden-yellow eyes that was leaning up against the chair that the speaker was sitting in and smiling softly, and the other with windswept spikey blond hair and bright blue eyes smiled roguishly at the camera as he continued speaking.
"My name is Ventus McCormack-Oliver, and this is my story.
To tell it though, I have to tell you how I first came back to my birth world...
...Even if I didn't know it at the time."
The Keyblade Graveyard, a shattered spit of land that is too small to be considered a true world, peppered and scared with ancient craters and ravines from attacks so powerful that they reshaped the very landscape. Legend tells that it was a shattered fragment of the original world At it's heart, hundreds of rusted lifeless Keyblades are driven into the ground. A normally silent, if somber, monument and gravesite to the wielders that fell in the Original Keyblade War, and warning to Keyblader Wielders about the consequences of war for centuries.
However, that somber peace was shattered in a rather spectacular way...
The manipulations of a Keyblade Master that delved too deeply into the darkness had desecrated the ancient battlefield, ripping new scars into the land as he and his minion battled against the latest generation of Keyblade Wielders. Aqua, a skilled mage and the newest Keyblade Master, Terra, her peer and sparing partner that had been denied the title because of his inability to control his own darkness, and Ventus, the youngest of the three and the one who had the most to learn in regards to light and darkness. All three were not only there to fight and hopefully prevent the opening battle of a new Keyblade War, but to avenge the orchestrated death their fallen Master, Eraqus, as well.
But while Terra had jumped straight into the fight, challenging Xehanort himself, Aqua and Ventus had been occupied with dodging the hundreds of Keyblades that the age master manipulated to attack them. At least, until Ventus managed to get too close to Xehanort, ended up half frozen for his efforts, and was dropped off the cliff.
As he fell, Aqua dove forwards, intercepting his fall just as he was about to hit the ground, and together they watched in fear as Kingdom Heart was revealed, before their attention was diverted by Briag, a castle guard from Radiant Garden that had been corrupted by Xehanort's promises of power and grandeur. Aqua had fought him, and sent him running, only to be struck down from behind as Vanitas finally joined the fray.
Vanitas was lifting his Keyblade, ready to drive it into Aqua's chest execution style, when Ventus broke out of the ice. "NO!" He yelled as he raced forwards, intercepting the blade as Wayward Wind, Ventus' own Keyblade, flashed into his hand.
Not wasting any time, Ventus unleashed one of his shot lock's, 'Absolute Zero', on the student of his former master, utilizing his superior speed to his advantage as he blitz attacked him. When the shot lock faded, he narrowly danced around the dark minion's attacks and fired off a symphony of damaging spells between blocking the few strikes that came close to leaving their mark on him.
"You've gotten better since the last time we fought." Vanitas said mockingly as they locked blades. "But not good enough!" He levered more strength into his blade, forcing Ven down on one knee.
Vents didn't respond to his taunting as he broke away, setting of an Explosion spell at the same time that blew Vanitas back and slammed him into the cliffside. Ventus was quick to pursue him and Vantias found himself desperately defending against a Sonic Blade combination with his back against the cliffside, cornered as Ventus unleashed the never ending salvo of reversal slashes on him. That's when he got an idea.
At the last second Ven dove out of the way of a Dark Frigira, giving Vanitas the opening he needed. A wave of Keyblades surged out of the ground and Vantias leapt onto the lead one, riding it like a surf board back and forth past Ven, relentlessly hitting him multiple times with the wave of blades. Vanitas laughed, a deep cruel sound, at least, he was laughing until Ven had enough and used his Keyblade to rip through the wave in a move of pure strength and willpower.
Ventus was outright snarling as he channeled his power into his shot lock, unleashing it one last time and knocking Vantias onto his back.
"You've done it Ventus." Vanitas muttered, staggering to his feet as he panted in exhaustion. Inky black darkness poured out of his body as his outline wavered between solid and transparent and his Keyblade disappeared. The visor of his helmet melted away, revealing spikey black hair, and malicious golden-yellow eyes. "Now that my body is about to perish, you and I will have to join together!" His face split into a vicious smile. "The X-Blade will be forged!"
Ventus reeled back in shock as the darkness around Vanitas surged and created a ring of black around the two of them. He tried to leap out of it, only to be stopped as several Unversed lunged out of the shadows and latched onto him, their efforts stopping him even as he struggled. "The Unversed...come from you?!" He demanded as they pinned his arms behind his back and forced him to drop his Keyblade.
Vanitas just chuckled for a second as he nodded. "It happened when you and I were split into two." The darkness around him expanded as it condensed into several familiar monsters. Four Floods, a Sonic Blaster, a Belly Balloon, and a Trinity Armor. "The negativity took shape as these monsters. They are what I feel, a hoard of fledgling emotions under my control." His smirk turned dark as he slowly stalked forwards. "I released them in all the worlds I could, hoping to lure you away from home and isolate you from your Master." He stopped right before Ventus, and looked down at his struggling other half with distain. "We needed to make you stronger. The Unversed were perfect opponents. And better yet, no matter how many times you defeat them," He took in a deep breath as the excess darkness flowed back into him, taking the Unversed with it. "Their negativity flows right back into me." He viciously smiled down at the helpless blond. "You never stood a chance against us Ventus!" Letting out a burst of wild evil laughter, Vantias walked forwards, his dark aura engulfing them both for a moment, before a pillar of light exploded outwards and Ventus' scream of pain echoed out.
When the light died down, Ventus was still standing, but as Aqua rushed his eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed bonelessly into her arms.
When Ventus blinked awake, he was standing on a somewhat familiar platform, with Vanitas standing not far away. "Our union was not finished. The X-Blade shouldn't stay broken like this. Join me now, and we can complete the X-Blade!" He said in a monotone as he pointed his new weapon at Ventus.
The legendary blade was much bigger than a normal Keyblade, and seemed to be made up of two crossed ones. A longer blade extended from the crossed shafts, while ordinate filigree stuck out from either side of it. The elegant effect of it was shattered however, because of the several nicks and missing pieces of it, and the dark melisma that covered it. Instinctively, even without Vanitas telling him what it was, Ventus knew without a doubt it was a nearly perfect recreation of the legendary X-Blade.
Ventus shook his head in defiance, before summoning Wayward Wind. "I've got a better idea." He said fiercely. "How 'bout I destroy you both?!"
Vanitas just started laughing. "The X-Blade is made of your heart too, idiot!" He said, amused at the very idea. "If you destroy it, your heart will vanish forever!"
Ventus just stared him down, his harsh gaze unwavering. "Whatever it takes." He vowed, light starting to surround him. "Anything to save Terra and Aqua."
Vantias smirked. "Humph. It's always about your friends, isn't it?" He asked sarcastically as darkness started to surround him.
"At least I have some!" Ven shot back angrily. "I've become a part of their hearts, just as they've become a part of mine! My friends are my power, and I'm theirs!"
With that, Ven shot a fire spell at his evil half, forcing Vanitas to dive out of the way, before darting forwards and slashing him across his unguarded back. Vanitas yelled in pain, before he let out a low animalistic growl as he sank into the ground like a shadow and raced towards the wary Ventus before popping back out and trying to stab him through the chest in retaliation.
Ventus was already on guard however and blocked Vanitas' attempt by catching the blade with his own.
They battled back and forth, neither gaining any quarter as they both weakened.
"This isn't a battle you can win Ventus!" Vanitas snarled as they locked blades again and strained against one another. "In here, I'm just as strong as you are!"
"That's what I'm counting on!" Ventus shot back, a knowing smirk on his face as he grabbed Vanitas' wrist. A new power surged through him as the world around them started to break down.
"What have you done?!" Vanitas yelled, panic seeping into his voice as he tried to pull away.
"I tried something else." Ventus said grimly, his hold never breaking as his eyes shined with conviction and he grabbed Vanitas' blade. "You're a part of my heart, albeit the dark part. Your power is my power, even if I fear it, and our link activated from that."
"You can't do this!" Vanitas yelled as Ventus pulled him closer. "You'll destroy us both!"
"If it protects my friends and stops you, then it's worth it!" Ventus yelled back.
Light tinged with trundles of darkness surged around him in a bright aurora, engulfing the both of them in it's light as the world around them shattered alongside the X-Blade...
In the real world, light surged around Ventus' prone body as Aqua scrambled back in alarm. The blunnett Keyblade Master had to avert her eyes as the light turned blinding, but looked back immediately once it died back down. What greeted her eyes, had her sinking to her knees in shocked disbelief and screaming to the sky in angry, agony-filled, denial as Terra and Xehanort paused momentarily in their battle to listen.
Driven into the ground, rusted and lifeless like all the other Keyblades in the Graveyard, side by side like a silent testimony to their wielder's struggle for dominance...
...were Void Gear, and Wayward Wind.