Hey! I hope you like my comeback chapter. I've been planning this chapter for A WHILE now and could not wait to write it. It may seem completely out of place, but this is my first major alteration to the original Kingdom Hearts storyline. Things should be picking up from here :) Also, bear with me for what I introduce in this chapter.
Anyways, the long awaited Chapter 28!
Sora was taking the long way back to the hotel. He wanted to walk off the embarrassment of what just happened with Kairi. He blushed at the thought for a moment, but quickly corrected himself as he heard Miyu laugh internally at the feeling of his face getting warmer.
He didn't know what to do about the voice inside of his head. He sighed, grateful that he couldn't hear any of Sora's thoughts. It wasn't that he wasn't thankful for Miyu's help for saving his friends or all the pointers he gave Sora as he trained. He was a tremendous help; Sora no longer felt he was a burden to the group with all the training he's been getting, up close and personal, with Miyu.
He could say it was the lack of privacy, but Sora didn't feel like that was the reason why Miyu irked him.
It was the fact that Sora didn't know Miyu's intentions.
Sora knew Miyu was a good person; he had no doubt that he would take Sora's body for his own benefit. Not like he could anyways; Sora had to give up control for Miyu to intervene, and even then, Sora had no trouble at all regaining control whenever he wanted to.
Sora couldn't help but pity Miyu too. He didn't have a body, nor could he voice any opinion to the world other than through Sora. More so, Miyu was some sort of genius in retrospect to the many people Sora met. The only one who even compared to Miyu's genius was perhaps Emiri, and they still were radically different. Emiri was more of a strategist, attacking the enemy with movements suited to the weakness of her opponent and taking advantage of any resource she possessed. She made adaptations to the enemy and managed to keep up with any adjustments she needed to make, like cascading water.
But Miyu was different. He didn't preplan when he jumped into battle. Instead, he would still seek the enemy's weakness, but suit his moves to his strengths and find a way to use his own raw skill to take down the enemy. One would say he didn't adapt to the enemy, but made the enemy adapt to him. His trump cards were played without wasting any extra energy, something only a veteran was capable of. He was more like a raw fire to Emiri's water.
His train of thought was interrupted when he heard a gasp from Miyu. Sora jumped out of his thoughts to see the horror that presented itself in front of him.
Emiri was passed out on the ground, darkness radiating from her body like wisps of smoke.
Sora ran up to her immediately, but hesitated as he approached the darkness cocooning around her body. Sora hesitated as he kneeled closer to her body, examining her. Her eyes were open, but they stared out blankly in the distance, void of consciousness. Sora tingled even more as she realized Emiri's eyes were golden.
"W-what's happening to Emiri?!" Sora panicked.
She has been overtaken by shadowed light! Miyu gasped.
"What do you mean shadowed light?" Sora asked, frantic, "That's obviously darkness surrounding her!"
"No," Miyu's voice penetrated the air suddenly as Sora heard him out loud for the first time ever, "Darkness in the worlds no longer exist, Sora. What you see here is commonly referred to as darkness. Darkness is neutrality, the embodiment of the universe itself; you can't see darkness, only the distortion of space around darkness, like a black hole. No, this is shadowed light, light's opposition and the all consuming force that poses a threat to the Worlds. The Heartless, your enemies, they fight with the shadowed light."
"The shadowed light…" Sora whispered, "Then what do we do to help Emiri?!" Sora began to panic once again. He didn't understand what this shadowed light was and what is happening to his friend, gut he wanted to help in any way possible.
"Sora, you Keyblade, draw it out," Miyu instructed. Sora did as he was instructed and summoned his keyblade. A flash of light appeared as his Keyblade was summoned.
"Now, Sora," Miyu continued, "I need control of your body once more."
"Understood," Sora gave control to Miyu. Miyu lifted the Key to All Worlds into the sky.
"What I am about to show you is an ability only available to a certain few. A wielder of the Key to All Worlds is capable of performing the ability. You see, all Worlds possess light in their innermost core. All energy comes from this natural light; it is a visible entity that radiates life into people and allows energy to flow properly. Only places like the Inbetween, devoid of light, do not have this natural light, unless the 'Lanes Inbetween' are opened."
"This ability is known as Core Channeling, the Core being the World's shard of light and Channeling referring to the natural light radiating from the Core. Now, watch. Feel the energy; allow it to move through you, Sora."
Miyu swung the keyblade and slammed the tip into the ground. Sora, at first, felt nothing, but soo enough, the energy began shooting up like a geyser, into his Keyblade, and into him, coursing through his veins like his own blood. Sora felt radiating light come from him as Miyu began shifting the light, crawling through the ground like shadows. The light found itself nearing Emiri's body, penetrating through the darkness, no, shadowed light, surrounding her like glass and began enveloping her into a natural light. The light glowed like a supernova, making Sora have to shield his eyes. The light subsided to a faint glow as Emiri's body was covered in a veil of light.
"This process will take some time," Miyu explained, "we shouldn't move her while she is still touching the Earth, so we should stay here."
"Got it," Sora regained control of his body, but his mind was racing.
How does he know all of this? This shadowed light, Core Channeling, this "Darkness" he speaks of now gone from our world.
I need to know.
"I know what you're about to ask me, Sora," Miyu spoke suddenly, "No, I can't read your mind, but I can guess."
Sora remained quiet for a beat. Then, gathering courage, he spoke.
"Who are you?"
Miyu sighed, "I guess it's time you learned. If Emiri is in this state, then I have nothing to lose.
"Sora, I am from the future."
Sora gasped. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
A man from the future?! This has to be some cruel joke.
"I didn't think you'd believe me," Miyu spoke again, "So instead of trying to convince you, I'll show you."Sora felt himself losing control of his body again, a larger presence filling his body than before. The pressure was immense, like a power kept hidden until just then.
"I could have taken control of your body whenever I wanted. Sorry, Sora," Miyu sighed, "I never wanted to, but it is necessary."
Miyu summoned his own blade, the Ultima, but right then, smashed his keyblade into fragments. A rainbow of shards exploded from his hand, falling into the ground, but never touched as they faded away into light. In his hand was another keyblade, a royal purple colored one that sung as it glowed. The Keyblade encompassed his hand with little spikes appearing from the hilt like the markings of a clock, marking each hour from 1 to 11. At the 12 O' clock mark, a blade split into two like the Oathkeeper, extending upward to meet at a razor sharp point. The split blade was also engraved with pulsing blue and green veins that went from tip to hilt. Hovering over the pointed tip was a blue and green gear, which was engraved with ancient markings. The gear held in place four green and blue clock hands inside a large disc of blue and green energy; from one very long and moving constantly to an incredibly short one that dead still, like it hasn't moved in centuries. Around the gear encircled eleven diamond shards, as thin as glass, but radiating a beautiful blue green color. The shards started small at the base near the tip of the keyblade itself, but grew increasingly larger on both sides, the 12 O' clock shard the largest. At the 6 O' clock mark on the hilt, there also extended a chain that was made of the same materials as the glass blades, which came to a key charm that was a large dodecahedron crystal the size of a golf ball, as clear blue as the sky. At the center of the keyblade, before it extended upward, an hourglass was engraved into the blade filled at the top with blue green sand, seemingly struggling to fall to the bottom of the hourglass.
The one thing Sora noticed above all else was, even though he was not in control of his body, he still felt the incredible weight of the keyblade and noticed that Miyu took it in both hands, wielding the keyblade like a proper double edged sword.
"This is known as Kronos Blade, or the Keyblade of Time as it is sometimes referred to as," Miyu looked at his Keyblade in awe, "This allows me to jump to any point in time in which the Key of All Worlds exists."
"W-what do you mean?" Sora was awe struck.
"You see, the Key to All Worlds is the Keyblade of Material Space, as few refer to it as. As long as it exists in a time period, I can use the Kronos Blade to jump to that period of time. But time travel is difficult. First, something you have possessed or you have come from must exist in the time period for you to jump there. As you may have guessed, I am the future wielder to the Key of All Worlds."
My successor?! Sora wondered in shock, No wonder he knew so much!
"Next, you must be able to inhabit a body in order to function in the past. It's not enough for the Key to All Worlds to simply exist in a time period for me to jump to that time period. There also must be a wielder who possesses the Keyblade, or I couldn't live as a normal human being. That body is you Sora."
So that is why he suddenly came to my body!
"Now, Sora, I will show you how I did it," Miyu turned Sora's gaze up to directly in front of his body.
Miyu raised the keyblade in front of him and a charge began surrounding the keyblade. When the keyblade finished gathering energy, he took the power and swung it into the ground in front of him, a blue and green light forming an arc that ripped the ground apart. From that crack formed a portal of absolute darkness, like a flat back hole, waiting patiently for someone to approach it.
"The Temporal Fissure" Miyu spoke, "A sight that not many people knew existed, much less seen. I will take you to somewhere you should remember fondly."
Sora tried to yell at Miyu, tell him not to take him, that he was insane. But he couldn't speak.
And with that, Miyu leapt into the Temporal Fissure.
Sora blanked out.
MWHAHAHAHA The evil cliffhanger! Don't worry, everything is cleared up in Chapter 29.
Oh, and yes, I did base the Kronos Blade off of the Time Gears in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2. I thought if anyone should travel time, let it be with the keyblade that looks the most epic way imaginable.
I know what you're your thinking, Miyu is from the freaking FUTURE?! Now, bear with me, this is incredibly important, and you'll just have to wait to the next chapter as to WHY I would add a time traveler to the group. You won't be left questioning it long. And no, this wasn't some random idea I just threw in; I planned this for months and it'll fit into the story I've envisioned perfectly.
Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW!
