Soru: Hey Yamu? Why are we doing this? Aren't there enough of these? At least I thought there were!
Yamu: Relax this shouldn't be too hard! If we can work together like we did for Beware the Sphinx, we should be able to crank one of these out!
Soru: But, how is this going to work? I mean, we are two different action types! Different worlds even! How can we-oooohhhh you sly neoshadow!
Yamu: See it's easy! We can even keep Riku nice even though he has shadow powers!
Soru: YES! Okay I guess we can do this. Here is A Neoshadow in Toontown!
This had to be one of the weirdest towns Sora had ever been in. Everything was colored in pastel, and to be quite honest, looked a little grotesque. Buildings defied gravity, and seemed to bend inwards upon themselves, even the streets looked deformed. It was always dark, which reminded him of Twilight Town, and the street lights cast eerie shadows on the pale grey sidewalks lining the streets.
"Great, a perfect place for shadows to pop out and attack random pedestrians just for shits and giggles." Sora muttered while kept on walking. Normally he would be in a good mood, but in order to blend in with this world Sora had to turn into what he hated most. A Neoshadow. Those things were harder to kill than a Bouncywild after its banana was taken away. Goofy had learned that the hard way. Neoshadows were tall pitch black beings, with long zigzag antennae, and even longer claws. They had sharp glowing yellow pupil free eyes and loved to hide in shadows and slash unsuspecting victims in the back when they weren't looking.
As of right now Sora looked like a mix between a Neoshadow and his normal form. He still maintained his human form and clothes but instead of his variety of blacks, yellows, silvers, and reds, he looked like he had been dunked in black ink. His skin, clothes, even his hair was some shade of black. Instead of sky blue eyes, he now had glowing yellow orbs equipped with night vision. His long fingers now tapered off into sharp pointed pitch black nails built for slashing. But the worst part for Sora was the vapors. Even in the dark of night, one could see the thick vapors that lifted from his skin in wisps. These wisps prevented him from using the light powers bestowed upon him from Kingdom Hearts. This included his various Keyblades.
"Master Yen Sid, How am I supposed to fight now?" Sora had asked Yen Sid before he left for the new world. There had to be some other form Sora could take instead of one that made everything he worked for seem like it had been for nothing. Sora had felt like he was betraying himself, and everyone he had worked so hard to protect.
"Sora, do not tell me that in all of your travels, you have not learned how to fight without a Keyblade. All of your comrades fought without them. Some were animals that weren't even able to hold a weapon, but they still defeated innumerable amounts of heartless" Replied Yen Sid. Even though he was all knowing, it was still difficult to stay calm when a teenager started complaining.
"Master, I am a Keyblade warrior! Taking away my weapons is like taking away my title. How do you expect me to-"
"Are you saying that there is nothing more to being a Keyblade Master than the weapons he is given?" By now Yen Sid could feel a headache coming on. He decided to deal a low blow to hurry up and end this conversation. "Does that mean that instead of looking for your long lost friends, and protecting world from devastation, you were only looking for a way to earn new weapons? That you actually didn't care about the millions of lives that were lost in order to create a heartless army? Or about how Riku was possessed by Xehanort, and yet he still fought, just to stay by your side? Or how about-"
"ENOUGH, PLEASE!" Sora half shouted. Yen Sid you see how his words had struck a chord in the boy's heart. His head was down, making his chocolate brown bangs cover his face, his hands clenched and unclenched as he was forced to remember all the pain and suffering he endured to find his friends. His next words made Yen Sid think that he went too far.
"I have never lied about how I felt when I went to those worlds. I have never forgotten about the millions of people that I was too late to protect, and later had to end, because they were transformed into killing machines. And I have NEVER, EVER lied about how important my friends were and still are to me. I lost my family," by now Sora was staring straight at Yen Sid, all the wizard could see was a kaleidoscope of pain, misery, suffering, and cold calm, swirling around in Sora's blue eyes," I lost my home, my friends, my LIFE to the Heartless. And even after I brought it all back, I STILL couldn't go home. So how the Hell is it that you honestly think that I'm complaining for my own sake? I can't protect anyone without something that can hurt Heartless, and that's a Keyblade. Fine, I'll wear the stupid costume, I will go to the stupid town, and try my damned hardest to protect that world, but please, at least tell me how!"
Yen Sid had to admit, he was a little shocked. What happened to the young boy who loved playing, and dreaming, and always had his hands behind his head in his own gesture of laziness? Gone was the small 13 year old child who was constantly looking for adventure, instead was a teen, almost an adult who had seen more than his fair share of death, a man whose past haunted him and tortured his mind. His seriousness reminded the wizard of a man who had lost his fear of death, welcomed it in fact. But behind this matured Keyblade warrior, was still a child who simply wanted to go home and get his life back, and that was something that Yen Sid couldn't help but pity.
"Alright Sora, listen up, this is a new experience for me too…." The memory faded away as Sora continued to walk down the silent alleys of the new world. There wasn't a person in sight. Sora could only hope that he wasn't too late. Suddenly he could hear the sounds of battle a few blocks over. Feeling his adrenaline pumping, He leapt up to the top of the building and glided over to the general area of the sounds. What he found in the back of an alley completely surprised him.
"Are those cards?"
Yamu: Hmmmm this is a first eh Soru?
Soru: Well not really, there are plenty of other stories that make me look like a mature, angst filled adult.
Yamu: I guess that's true….well at least we competed the first chapter! And it wasn't really that difficult! Now, everyone, please read and review or else I will be forced to mind crush you! The next chapter will be coming soon!