The Crossroad of Twilight: The Awakening
Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own DBZ or Kingdom Hearts or Disney or Final Fantasy. So there!
SPOLIER ALERT! This story contains spoilers to Kingdom Hearts 2! If you don't want any spoilers, then don't read. Thank you!
A/N: This is a Kingdom Hearts/ Dragonball Z cross. Set in KH2 time and Post Buu Saga. This the time in-between KH:CoM and KH2, and yes, I have created OCs so BEWARE! Also, there will be no Space Paranoids, Pride Lands, Atlantica or 100 Acre Wood- mainly because they are just sidequests…. And I hate Space Paranoids XP
Enjoy!
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Vegeta stepped closer to the spot where Goku disappeared. "Are you sure this is where he vanished?" asked Vegeta, staring at the black ashes that were embedded in the dirt.
"Yea, he didn't instant transmission because he didn't put his hand to his head!" said Goten, slightly worried that his father had suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. "And he's been gone for 5 weeks?" asked Vegeta, slightly irritated at the fact that Goten had woken him from his sleep and dragged him into the forest with only his boxers on.
"Yea!", confirmed Goten. "Have you considered that maybe Kakarotto had just decided to do something on his own and just not told anybody?" asked Vegeta, who was starting to get annoyed. "No no no! He looked REALLY surprised before he vanished! Gohan saw it too!" replied Goten determinedly.
Slowly standing up, Vegeta looked at the surroundings. 'So Kakarotto disappeared 5 weeks ago in the middle of the forest near a large rock. Great. Just what I need early in the morning. Why the hell did I even come here, it's not like I care about Kakarotto's whereabouts. Stupid brats, it's probably one of their tricks to humiliate me again." Vegeta snarled, 'well if they do then they are not going to enjoy the punishment!'
Vegeta's eyes laid on the large rock on his left and he decided to go and look at it, since large rocks are not usually found in forests. It was taller than himself, 'no surprise there,' Vegeta thought sourly, and it was slightly rounded at the top. As Vegeta looked closer at it and saw, what seemed to be, scratches from a smaller rock. More scrutanisation showed that the scratches were not random but formed to look like a strange door. "What is this...?" Vegeta murmured curiously, placing his hand on a circle drawn around about where the door handle would be.
The rock creaked loudly and Vegeta jumped back startled. Goten ran behind Vegeta, "Wow! What is that?!" "I don't know, but it might just have something to do with your father…" replied Vegeta as the rock suddenly opened up to reveal a dark void, a white path leading straight into it. "Is daddy in there?" asked Goten, frightened by the never-ending darkness inside the rock. "I don't know. But I'm going to find out!" and with that, Vegeta ran into the void, the rock closing behind him. Goten sat down in wonder as he watched Vegeta disappear. "Oh man, I hope Trunks doesn't get mad at me!"
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The doors closed and Vegeta looked around in surprise, for he could still see the luminescent path in front of him. 'Kakarotto better be in here, otherwise I might be stuck in this place for a while….' The path went on for a very long time, until Vegeta stood on the edge of where the path ended, the darkness in front of him laughed silently. "Argh!!!" yelled Vegeta in rage, 'what the hell?! It just ends? That's insane!' He looked over the path carefully, and saw a small glint of light. 'There's something down there!' Vegeta thought in excitement. 'Finally, something that isn't darkness…' Grinning, he launched himself off the path, and realized that he couldn't fly. "FUUUUUUUCK!"
As he fell, the light grew and started to take the shape of a large circle, which seemed to have pictures of people, including Goku. 'Kakarotto?' thought Vegeta, in awe of the stained glass circle. 'What the hell is he doing there? Wait a minute, am I going to actually hit…"
THUD
Vegeta stood up, slightly dazed at the impact. 'Tch, ok, it's not an illusion….' he thought to himself as he looked around. There were three trapezoid stones, a sword, a staff and a shield appearing with them. 'Hn, weapons. How pathetic' thought Vegeta as he walked to the center. Suddenly, a voice boomed out.
'If you give it form… It will give you strength. Choose well,' Vegeta quickly looked around, "Whose there? Show yourself you coward!" With no reply, he snarled and walked towards the sword, picking it up.
'The power of the Warrior. Invincible Courage. As sword of terrible destruction. Is this the power you seek?'
"Yes," said Vegeta confidently. 'I'll go along with this for now. I can't use my ki so I have to be wary…' The sword disappears from his hand.
'Your path is set. Now, what will you give up in exchange?'
'Give up?' thought Vegeta as he looked around at the other stones. He stared at the staff. 'Well, I don't know what the hell it does so I don't need it…' He goes to the staff and holds it.
'The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin.. You give up this power?'
Vegeta thought for a moment. 'Inner strength…. Maybe it can channel my ki! Hm, I'll get rid of the shield..' Putting the staff down, Vegeta walks over to the shield and picks it up.
'The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all. You give up this power?'
"Yes", replied Vegeta, knowing which one Goku would have chosen for power. 'It sickens me with all of the 'friendship' and 'love' business. I'ld much rather be rid of it..'
The trapezoid stones sink into the ground and a stairway appears. Vegeta, as he has nowhere else to go, walks up them. 'God I hope these stairs don't end the same way the path did…'
Fortunately, the stairs revealed another circular platform, with different faces to which Vegeta could not recognize.
'There will be times where you have to fight. Keep your light burning strong.'
Suddenly, small black creatures appeared in front of Vegeta. "What the hell?" exclaimed Vegeta, stepping back. The creatures scurried in small twitches towards Vegeta, one jumping up and scratching his chest. "Hey!" yelled Vegeta as he tried to dodge the attacks, becoming more worried when he was taking many hits by them. "Grrr, take that! Hah!" Vegeta threw a punch at the creature, but recoiled in shock as his fist passed right through it. 'What the hell am I meant to do if I can't hit the blasted thing?!' The creatures were pushing Vegeta slowly towards the edge of the platform.
'There's no way in hell that I'm going to jump again… shit, I don't know what to do!' At that moment a sword appeared conveniently in his hand. 'Thank god!'Vegeta thought as he destroyed the creatures.
Confidant at his newfound weapon handling skills, Vegeta walked to the middle of the platform. "Alright. I have played your game! Now tell me where Kakarotto is!" he yelled into the darkness.
'There comes a time when you must leave your old self to begin a new life. What happens to you old shell when you leave it behind?'
"Quit talking in riddles!" yelled Vegeta, annoyed that it ignored his question. "TELL. ME. WHERE. KAKARO----" there was a large rumbling and Vegeta fell back as he watched a large white creature loom above him. "Shit…" Vegeta barely had time to dodge as the creature sprayed massive amounts of small electric bolts towards him. 'This….this is insane! What is this creature?! Why is he fighting me?' Vegeta traveled along the electric bolts, dodging when possible, and attacked the head with his sword.
'This is futile! How could I possibly weaken this creature with a blasted sword? Is… is it a test?" Not having much time to ponder, Vegeta swiftly dodged the creature's arms. He then followed the lightning again to the head, where he continued to smack at it. Vegeta fell to the ground, unable to defy gravity anymore, and was knocked down by it's arms. 'Fuck…' thought Vegeta as he tried to get up, weak from the blow, and watched as smaller white creatures appeared. Vegeta attacked them, ignoring his pain, and watched their flexible bodies dissipate into the air. He was, again, knocked down by the large white creature's arms.
Spitting the blood from his mouth, Vegeta looked at the creature, the creature looked back. 'It's pointless, I need to fight with my fists, not with this heap of junk!' He ran up to the creature in rage, "Go to hell!" The creature started to create black lightning, which Vegeta easily dodged as he made his way to the head again. "Take this!!!" yelled Vegeta as he stabbed the sword right in the center of it's face. The creature fell, slowly dissolving into nothingness as Vegeta fell to the ground, no able to even break his fall, and closed his eyes. 'Haha, I did it!' he thought triumphantly as he relaxed his tired muscles.
'You will see him again…'
Vegeta slowly blacked out, knowing that at least Kakarotto was somewhere here, and that it wasn't all futile.
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A/N: So yea! The first chapter! Look forward to seeing some of Goku's POV in the next chapter! And please review! It's my first story since, like, 6 years so I need to know if I'm doing ok! Critique is welcomed, as long as it's not flaming :)