HELLO EVERYBODY! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
So, I decided I was going to start this new year off right by giving my readers something EVERYONE has been asking about... You guessed it! Divinity II, my sequel to my FFVII and KH crossover!
Now, for all of you that don't know this already, this story will follow the storyline of Dirge of Cerberus, Vincent Valentine's spin off game, with several changes to fit the KH universe. Now, for all of you that are new, this story is part of a KH series I wrote, so if you really want to read this story, I recommend you read the others first in an order that is featured on my profile.
So I have never played Dirge of Cerberus before (even though Vincent is my favorite FF character) because of two reasons: my PS2 does not have that much memory left and I really hate shooting games... The only one I really loved was the Last of Us but besides that... I really just don't like the gameplay and think they are SO overrated. So, I just decided that I am going to watch a walkthrough on YouTube instead. I am almost done with it, so I decided to start writing now so I would not forget the overflow of ideas :p But if I do make a mistake, please tell me so I can fix it!
Keep in mind that this is a preface too, so that is why it is on the short side. The other chapters will be longer, promise!
I do not own Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy VII Dirge of Cerberus/etc. If I did, there would have been a FFVII remake, Kingdom Hearts 3 would have been out already, FFXV would have been out already... etc, etc, ramble, etc. I own nothing except for OCS and original worlds!
Also, please make sure that you guys keep in mind that I do have another story I am currently working on, so if I don't update in awhile, it is because I am probably working on that. I am probably going to update this more frequently since I try to have 4000+ words in the other per chapter, but still!
Ug I rambled so much during this authors note... Let's just get onto the story, shall we? So please hold onto your gummi ships, keyblade riders, bahamuts, and enjoy the ride...
"Too much hope is the opposite of despair… an overpowering love may consume you in the end." ~Vincent Valentine
(The Encounter – Kingdom Hearts II) Vincent Valentine took in a much needed breath as he fired another round of bullets straight at an oncoming heartless, hardly even looking in the direction before he let the bullets fly. Over these past few years, shooting heartless until they exploded into the darkness they were became a routine for him, and it didn't help that he lived on Midgar either. But even Vincent didn't expect to be in the middle of war once again, one year after the battle that determined the worlds' fate.
No one really expected Xehanort and his lackeys to come back as lingering wills, but he admitted that he should have had. He should have expected it for two reasons: they had strong wills when they were human and they never gave them a break anyway. And he nearly slapped himself in the face when he found out Xehanort's will had taken Sora's body so he could open the Door to Darkness to release the god of discord himself…
As of how stopping Xehanort was going, Vincent was not sure. Most of the keybladers, aside from Mickey, Cloud, and Avner (who weren't with the others in the first place), lost all contact with those on the ground not long after they entered the Castle that Never Was. As Vincent reloaded his guns and fired them at another wave of heartless, he could only imagine what they must have been going through in there.
"Vincent!" He heard his name be called by a voice he knew better than anyone, and it only made him sigh in irritation. Quickly, Vincent reloaded his guns, knowing that he would most likely have to use them in a short amount of time. "Vincent!" The voice was louder this time, and when Vincent turned around, he saw her, jogging over to him, with her black hair bouncing as she did so.
Before Yuffie could say anything, Vincent noticed the familiar black blobs behind her, and immediately went into action. "Duck!" He yelled at her, which she surprisingly listened to. When she ducked, Vincent brought his hand forward and fired it at the round of heartless that would have jumped on top of Yuffie if she did not duck in time. Vincent then took his time to kill the other heartless around them so they could have a break.
When it was all over, Yuffie stood back up. "Thanks for that," she breathed. For a moment, Vincent thought that she only called out his name because she didn't want to be alone. But then something clicked in her eyes, like she suddenly remembered something that needed to be said. "Oh man! I almost forgot with all that action going on!"
"Forgot what?" Vincent asked.
"There's a darkside!" She yelled, pointing her finger in the direction of one of the tallest towers in the World that Never Was. "He's on top of there snipping us with darkness attacks like some Call of Duty camper! If someone doesn't take him down, there's no way we can get to the castle to help the others!"
Vincent looked up at the top of the tower, just noticing the darkside's body blending in with the pitch black sky. "So you come to me to dispose of it…" Vincent trailed off.
"Well yeah, I mean I can't go up there! You know how I get with motion sickness and that is the only way I can get up there!" Yuffie replied.
Vincent placed his hand on his forehead. "Yuffie, even back in my time there was this great invention called stairs." Vincent sighed.
"Ha! Me walking up hundreds of flights of stairs? Vincent! You really do have a sense of humor!" Yuffie patted him on the back before she ran off, going to assist a group of several other people from the Radiant Garden Restoration Committee. Vincent could only sigh again, Yuffie always managed to sign him up for things he never approved of.
But he somehow always ended up doing them anyway.
And so, clearing out the heartless and nobodies around him, Vincent ran to the building with the darkside and bust the door down with his foot. He briefly glanced inside the building, his eyes instantly darting to the door that had a 'stairs' sign above it. Go figure, no sign of an elevator… Great. Sighing to himself, Vincent ran towards the stairs and began running up them.
It seemed like forever, but Vincent finally managed to make it to the top of the stairs and get onto the roof. The darkside was still there, thankfully, with its back turned to Vincent, only continuing to fire darkness attacks from the top of the building. He sighed as he calmly walked closer to the darkside, who had only just noticed Vincent when the gunman was only a few steps away from it. The monster let out a loud growl as soon as its yellow eyes glared down at Vincent, and it immediately turned to face him instead of snipping the others.
Reloading his gun, Vincent quickly noticed that the darkside's hand was coming right towards him as an attempt to grab him. Right before the hand was about to grab him, Vincent jumped out of the way, jumping backwards to avoid the attack. Once he regained his footing, Vincent fired multiple bullets at the monster's hand, each bullet wound causing the hand to bleed what looked like darkness. The creature let out another growl before he retracted his hand, and glared at Vincent, ready for another attack.
Sighing to himself once more, Vincent quickly charged for the monster once more, who was clearly not giving the man any chance to attack him. The darkside tried to prevent Vincent from getting any closer to him by slamming his fist into the ground, but Vincent jumped out of the way and landed back on the creature's arm. Acting quickly, Vincent managed to run up the darkside's arm, trying to get to the head where he could make a clear shot. However, as soon as he got where he needed to be, the monster brought his hand up and swatted Vincent off his arm, sending the gunman flying off and falling to the top of the building, landing face down.
Once it noticed Vincent was not going to get up for a while, the darkside turned around and continued to fire darkness attacks at the soldiers below. However, with its back turned, the darkside did not notice Vincent let out a groan, and he slowly began to get back up with a red aura surrounding his body, which got so thick that Vincent could not be seen within it. The aura slowly faded to show that Vincent (who was now standing) had huge, red and black wings that spanned at least a few feet. His black hair seemed to defy gravity, sticking up in several directions along with his headband. His black clothes even seemed to become more raged then they were before and he had long, sharp claws to match his new appearance.
Before the darkside even had time to notice Vincent was up, the new form of the gunman few directly at the darkside, his thick claws slicing through the creature. The darkside immediately began to screech out in pain and panicked so much that it lost its footing and fell off the side of the building, its body transforming into the darkness that made it up before it even hit the ground.
Just as the darkside faded from existence, Vincent's new form also faded and, with no wings to keep him up any longer, he began to fall to the ground. Of course it had to disappear now. But just when Vincent thought he was done for, a hand grabbed onto his and pulled him up onto a flying platform, saving his life. Confused, Vincent looked to the pilot of the flyer, and to be honest, he was not surprised.
"Ug! You owe me one big time!" Yuffie yelled as she coughed from the motion sickness. Vincent sighed at her, questioning how she even got the rider in the first place, but then he remembered: this is Yuffie he's talking about.
"Never mind that," Vincent quickly changed the subject. "Are the others going to the castle now?"
"Some of them are, but there are still a bunch of heartless!" Yuffie replied to him. "Until we kill most of them, we are never all going to get…"
Yuffie suddenly stopped talking, staring off upward without saying a word. "Yuffie, watch where you're steering this thing!" Vincent yelled at her.
"Vincent…" She muttered. "Look!"
He didn't know why he listened to her, but Vincent turned his head to look. He had to squint his eyes to finally see it, but his red eyes finally found the Door to Darkness sitting on the top of the Castle that Never Was.
TWI1IGHTMAST3R Presents…
The much waited edition to the Reconnect Series and sequel to Divinity…
Divinity II
I hope you guys enjoyed the preface! Short, I know, but other chapters will be longer, promise! So, please R&R and look out for the next chapter!
SHADOWS ASSEMBLE!