Kingdom Hearts: Faith in the Heart
Taking place two months before Final Fantasy XIII-3: An Unexpected Adventure of a Lifetime and after Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance and after Kingdom Hearts 3. This story will explain how Justin is familiar to the armor he acquired in Final Fantasy XIII-3, the name Cometfire, and his memory flashes. Will contain characters from the Kingdom Hearts series and the Big Bang Theory. WILL contain Sora-Kairi and Aqua-Terra, Roxas-Namine, and Riku-Xion. (I do not own the characters, Copyright belongs to their respective owners.)
Background: After a difficult Mark of Mastery exam, Sora and Riku both become Keyblade Masters. After traveling across other worlds, and making new friends, the two defeat the newly returned and original Xehanort. After a month of peace, Xehanort returns, and Sora and his friends rise to stop him, eventually doing so for a second time. Along the way, their friend Kairi passes the Mark of Mastery exam to become a Keyblade Master in her own right. They were also able to save Roxas, Naminé, Xion, and Lea in the process. During over the next month, Sora, Riku, and Kairi prepare to find and rescue Terra, Aqua and Ventus. Meanwhile on Earth, Justin Durante, now 21, has traveled to California for a job as a simple clerk. During his breaks and days off, Justin has also taken part in some activates, and voluntary assisted the military to aid in relief efforts, gaining military training as a result. Justin's actions had the unfortunate side-effect of attracting the attention of Sheldon and his friends. Seeing a threat in Justin, they proceed to attempt to outdo him at every turn, only for their plans to backfire in their faces, and earning some of their respect. Justin's new personality has earned him some new friends, as well old ones, including his best friend, Olivia Courtney. Despite the new friends, Justin feels like he is missing something, and has been having strange dreams. In addition that, he is somewhat closed off due to the airplane crash that left his parents dead, but he survived, Olivia is the only one to get through his exterior. When a competition is issued by the Ghost Adventures crew, Justin decides to take part. Unbeknownst to him, Sheldon and his friends have signed up as well, and a spirit is watching and guarding him. Also unknown to Justin, as well as Sheldon and his friends, events have been set in motion that will change them forever in ways they could never imagine.
Characters:
Justin Durante: A friendly, bright, mature, curious, if somewhat reserved 21 year old man, Justin has always wondered if the worlds created in fiction such as Mass Effect and Final Fantasy ever exist in other realities. Always see room for improvement, he has participated in a couple of indoor activities to stay fit, and while a video game designer and tester by profession, has started show a mastery in different forms of combat, including sword combat, hand to hand, and gun fighting as well as a natural talent in dancing and music. While serious, Justin is also honest and caring, willing to help. Despite being mostly calm, Justin has transformed his frustration problems that plagued him in his teens into a tough, no-nonsense side. Although mental sound, Justin is bothered by strange dreams and memories. While friendly, the death of his parents have left him closed off. While knowing fighting is not the answer, Justin will fight when pressed, and will fight with his all. Video games and movies had a major influence on Justin, taking cues from multiple characters to help mold him into the person he is. While he loves science fiction, Justin is also drawn to the concepts in fantasy games. While careful, Justin is not afraid to take risks, and is quick to react. While having a fair share of friends, Justin is a little nervous around people he really likes, but doesn't know, and when around women, he prefers to be honest. Unknown to him, his personality and natural talents will serve him well, and he will learn how powerful friendship can be.
Fighting Style: High impact, and mobile, Justin prefers a perfect balance of speed, agility, strength and skill. Knowing a mixture of offense and defense suits him, Justin mixes real world military combat tactics with practical techniques from video games and movies. Justin has also taken cues from animals, such as dinosaurs. This results in a fighting style that is graceful and brutal at the same time, combing agile dodges and the usage of shadows for stealth with devastating slams and throws. Equally skilled with a sword and shield as with a sniper rifle or a improvised weapon, Justin can flow from one from of combat to another with ease. He still relatively unskilled and inexperienced, even Justin doesn't know how he can even fight. Unknown to him, his combat skills will improve and expand dramatically over the course of his adventure, to the point of making him a equal with a group of people with a certain weapon.
The Big Bang Theory:
Sheldon Cooper: A brainy Caltech theoretical physicist, Sheldon is a little too intellectual for his own good. With a strict adherence to routine, a understanding of sarcasm and irony, and a very vocal admiration of his intellect, Sheldon is frequently at odds with his own friends, and especially Justin. Sheldon is especially envious of Justin's skills in gaming, social interaction, and combat. While intelligent, Sheldon is inept in social interaction. A big fan of Star Trek, Sheldon molds himself somewhat to the character Spock's image. The adventure to come will drive Sheldon to his limits and bring him into a fatal confrontation with Justin.
Fighting style: In a effort to outclass Justin, Sheldon has studied lightsaber combat from Star Wars extensively, combing the defensive nature of Form III with the power of Form V.
Leonard Hofstader: An experimental physicist, Leonard, while a geek, is the least socially awkward of the group, excluding Justin and Penny. While the main love interest of Penny, their relationship has been very rocky, and Leonard is shy around women. Leonard admires Justin's social skills, and loves to compete against him, despite losing the majority of the time on video games, and every time in the sparring matches. Knowing Sheldon the best, Leonard is often the mediator for him. The adventure to come will test Leonard's loyalites to his friends.
Fighting style: More down to earth than the others, Leonard is cautious and practical when it comes to fighting.
Howard Wolowitz: The only person without a doctor's degree, Howard is an Aerospace engineer. Living with his overbearing mother, Howard also knows many languages, real and fictional. A self-claim ladies man, Howard's outrageous pick-up lines have been called is disgusting by Penny. The adventure to come will force Howard to confront women who are resistant to his so-called "charm"
Fighting style: Howard loves to throw quips, but is a capable combatant.
Rajesh Kootrappali: A shy astrophysicist, Raj is unable to speak to women unless impaired. While despising Indian food, Raj fully believes in Hinduism and reincarnation. Raj can't handle stress well, and is known for using the word 'dude'. The adventure to come will force Raj to confront his problems in extreme ways.
Fighting style: While not the best under stress, Raj can and will defend himself.
Penny: A waitress and aspiring actress, Penny gets along best with Justin out of the group, despite the two clashing over certain things. While Penny fully believes in horoscopes, Justin believes that except for certain circumstances, fate is something people create for themselves. While kind and outgoing, Penny has a bad temper, which scares most of her friends, but Justin is brave enough to risk getting in her way to calm her down, earning her respect. The adventure to come might just drive Penny nuts
Fighting style: Like Leonard, Penny is down to earth when it comes to fighting, but also very aggressive when angered.
Bernadette Rostenkowski: A waitress and co-worker of Penny, Bernadette is the girlfriend of Howard. Having recently earned a PhD in microbiology, Bernadette is smart, but girly. She likes Justin's confidence, but is put off by his blunt honesty. The adventure to come will force her to be extremely cautious
Fighting Style: Girly but capable, Bernadette can defend herself in a fight.
Amy Folwer: A neurobiologist, Amy is as intelligent as Sheldon, but is more grounded in reality. She respects Justin for his honesty, but like Sheldon, despises his intelligence and skills. While Sheldon and Amy don't see themselves as a couple, they do care for each other. The adventure to come will force Amy to use all her knowledge to survive
Fighting Style: Deterimined to exceed Justin, Amy has taken fencing classes.
Kingdom Hearts:
Heroes
Sora: A brave and heroic teenager, Sora is also very loyal to his friends. Tempered by his adventures and experiences, Sora is not as simple minded or as gullible as he used to be, but is still upbeat and optimistic. While still competitive, Sora has gotten over his impulsive nature, his anger whenever he is confused, and his disrespectfulness that has caused problems. While forgiving, Sora has little tolerance to cowardice and selfishness.
Fighting Style: A Keyblade Master, Sora is skilled in combat and in magic usage, and is able to cut down scores of enemies without rest, but will get slightly exhausted afterwards. Sora is also able take on different drive forms, and is able to wield two Keyblades.
Riku: Cool, calm and collected, Riku is also very loyal and caring to his friends. While once jealous of Sora's talents, which had lead to being consumed by his own darkness, he has left his unfortunate traits behind. While much more mature, Riku is still competitive and still has his sense of humor.
Fighting Style: A Keyblade master, Riku is just as skilled as Sora in combat and magic usage. Riku is also more competent in hand to hand fighting and has begun to teach Sora in that form of combat.
Kairi: Caring and kindhearted, Kairi is also not afraid to speak her mind, and is determined and courageous. Wise and charismatic, she is also cheerful, upbeat, a bit tomboyish. She and Sora are quite close.
Fighting Style: While once limited in combat, training from Sora and Riku have greatly enhanced her skills with a Keyblade to the point of earning the title Keyblade Master. Being a Princess of Heart, her magic abilities are considerable, easily surpassing those of her two friends.
Terra: A Keyblade user before Sora, Terra was tricked by Xehanort into submitting to his own darkness. This cost him to lose his body to Xehanort, and his will and soul traveled to his armor, becoming the Lingering Will. While angry for what Xehanort has done, he is also sadden by his failure to protect his friends. After Xehanort's two incarnation that used Terra's body were destroyed, Terra's essence that was in their bodies returned to the Lingering Will. Now he waits for his heart to return so he can be restored, promising to not let his friends down again. He still holds the bond with his friends, Aqua and Ventus, in high regard. More recently, he has learned about Riku, as well as light and darkness being interdependent with each other. This news has caused him to shed his over trusting nature, and accepting the darkness in himself, but also allowed him to overcome it. Terra is calm and cool, but will fight for his friends.
Fighting Style: Originally using slow but powerful attacks, Terra trained himself to increase his speed without sacrificing power. He has also improved his magic abilities.
Aqua: Kind, serious, strong willed, responsible and reliable, Aqua was a Keyblade Master before Sora. Caring deeply for her friends, she sacrificed herself to save what was left of her friend Terra and placed Ventus in a safe place when the latter lost his heart and the former got possessed. Stuck in the realm of darkness, she met Ansem the Wise, who explained the events that had happened in her absence. She now waits for Sora to arrive and rescue her and her friends.
Fighting Style: A Keyblade Master, Aqua is a expert magic user, and her time in the Realm of Darkness increased her physical combat skills greatly. Aqua is also very agile.
Ventus: Mostly called "Ven", Ventus is a lot like Sora in many ways. Curious, brave, and cheerful, he hold his friendship to Aqua and Terra in high regards, seeing Terra as a older brother. Master Xehanort used him to create a doppelganger named Vanitas. While Ven was able to destroy his dark counterpart and make himself whole again, the battle damaged his heart. His body now rest in a safe place while his heart resides in Sora, both now ready to be reunited.
Fighting Style: Extremly fast and agile, Ventus can dodge attacks and retaliate in quick order. When his heart is reunited with his body, his combat capabilities will be greatly enhanced due to Sora's own skills.
Roxas: Formerly Sora's Nobody, Roxas is now a complete person in his own right. Roxas's personality is similar to Sora's but with some differences. While less impulsive than Sora, Roxas is easily much more aggressive. While once short tempered and arrogant, time spent with his own circle of friends as well as Sora and his friends has allowed him to overcome those short comings. Once not on the best of terms with Sora, they are now good friends, realizing that despite being completely separate individuals now, they still have a lot in common.
Fighting Style: Wielding two Keyblades, Roxas fights very aggressively. He has also has considerable magic abilities.
Namine: Formerly Kairi's Nobody, Namine is now living her own life. She and Roxas are in a happy relationship. While once having the power to manipulate memories, she added that power with the power to wield a Keyblade and use magic. Namine's personality is similar to Kairi, but has some differences. She is willing to help anyone in need.
Fighting Style: Able to wield a Keyblade, Namine is a capable combatant. She also has magic skills on par with Kairi.
Xion: Once a replica of Roxas, Xion is now a separate individual with a single appearance and a stable personality. While still a little shy, Xion is more open and friendly. Observant and having a strong sense of justice and generosity, Xion has adjusted to live a complete person quite well.
Fighting Style: Wielding a Keyblade with skill as well as magic, Xion is a powerful combatant.
Lea: Once known as the Nobody Axel, Lea has regained his heart, and is now a complete person, even going back to his original name. Laid back but caring, Lea was a brotherly figure to Roxas and Xion. He quickly readjusted to life as a complete person despite spending so much time as a Nobody.
Fighting Style: Wielding two Eternal Flame Keyblades, Lea can use then as throwing weapons, shields, and as melee weapons. While Roxas has trained him with additional magic attacks, fire is still Lea's specialty.
Villains
Xehanort: A cruel, cunning, manipulative person, Xehanort's sole goal is to merge with the Kingdom Hearts in order to rule the Kingdom Hearts universe. He cause just about everything catastrophic, such as Terra losing his body, the villains of the worlds attempting to search for the Kingdom Hearts, and much more. He has however, suffered constant defeat at the hands of Sora and his friends. Originally split into many incarnations, he is now whole. His newest attempt is his most desperate gamble as well as his most diabolical.
Fighting Style: Extremely skilled with a Keyblade and magic, Xehanort is a deadly opponent. He has lost his ability to posses others, but compensated this lose with stronger magic powers
Vanitas: Once the dark doppelganger of Ventus, Vanitas is now a separate individual. He is extremely arrogant, always seeing himself better than other, as well as cruel and calculating. He is extremely cunning, and is equally ruthless.
Fighting Style: Extremly cocky, but incredibly dangerous, Vanitas is extremely aggressive and ruthelss in a fight.
Pete: A portly, selfish, mean, sneaky, but cowardly cat, Pete was once the servant of Maleficent. However, Xehanort manage to earn his loyalty by promising power. A big mouth, Pete has a tendency to brag and insult, even when the presences of people in power.
Fighting Style: Able to use magic and possessing great strength, Pete can be dangerous in a fight.