The Blue Wayfinder
This is a just a quick recap to of the battle of the Final Episode in Birth by Sleep.
Chapter 1: The Fight for a Friend
Aqua had just left the comatose Ventus protected in the newly transformed Land of Departure which is later to be known as Castle Oblivion. She continued to walk away from the Castle when she heard someone.
"Aqua... put an end to me." A familiar voice spoke out.
Aqua turned in the direction of the voice to address it.
"Terra, tell me where to find you." Aqua responded as she left Castle Oblivion.
Aqua had sensed a powerful force coming from Radiant Garden so she dismounted her keyblade glider and landed near the central square in town. She looked up to see that the sky was blanketed with dark clouds; she also heard distant thunder...
"I thought this was the city of light..." Aqua examined the dark clouds. "Could Terra be here...?"
She walked toward the town square to find a man that had to be Terra! Excited and hopeful, she ran toward him in a hurry, only to be slightly confused when he didn't return a reaction to her presence. The man seemed in a daze staring at the dark sky...
"Terra?" Aqua addressed the man when she stopped right in front of him.
The man looked just like Terra, but he had silver-gray hair instead of brown and golden eyes instead of blue. He finally responded to Aqua by meeting her gaze and raising a hand to reach out to her.
But, his hand met Aqua's neck and he grabbed ahold of it as he slowly lifted her whole body off the ground, strangling her. Aqua tried to escape but it was no use.
"Who... am I?" The man asked as a dark aura steamed off his body.
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"Such a terrible...darkness..." Aqua struggled to say. "Fight it. Terra, please!"
"Terra...you say?" Xehanort questioned still in a daze.
Then suddenly, Xehanort released Aqua and she dropped to the ground as he began to clutch his head with his hands in clear agony. Some sort of internal struggle must be taking place... Xehanort continued to hold his head in distress as he groaned and winced at the pain until he stopped and smiled.
"Terra's heart has been extinguished, smothered by the darkness within him!" Xehanort asserted as he summoned his keyblade to strike Aqua. "Yeeerrgghh!"
Aqua was quick to dodge his attack so she regains her composure and realized what she had to do.
"My name is Master Aqua." She summoned her own keyblade. "Now return my friend's heart or pay the price!"
Xehanort smirked as he dashed at Aqua with incredible speed brandishing his keyblade, but Aqua was barely able to dodge his attack. She conjured a triple fire spell attack, and they all hit their marks. Faltering, Xehanort fired multiple balls of darkness from his keyblade at the blue-haired keyblade master. She wisely used her barrier to protect herself from all sides and reflect most of the shots back at him. He batted away and deflected most of the attacks, but he took some more damage as some of his own attack hurt him. Feeling weak, Xehanort conjured a cure spell to heal himself, and Aqua cursed this, knowing this might be a long battle.
She then lurched at him to take him on directly: this was a mistake. He easily blocked and countered Aqua, leaving her off-guard. Xehanort then did a powerful series of combo moves, and Aqua was unable to defend herself. At the end of the combo, Xehanort summoned a dark hand to reach out and slash at Aqua which unfortunately worked. Xehanort smirked at himself as he disappeared into the ground into a puddle of darkness. The puddle quickly moved underneath Aqua's feet, and he emerged with the same dark hand trying to attack her from below. Aqua could only take the onslaught of this attack as she slammed into the ground. She conjured a heal spell and got back up ready to fight.
She then conjured another spell which made her keyblade glow with light; it has grown in length giving her longer reach. Xehanort and Aqua both dashed at one another and collided with their keyblades. Holding each other in place, neither of them giving an inch, they were almost matched in power. But then Aqua did something to turn the tide.
"Thunder!" Aqua conjured and struck Xehanort from the help of the storm above them both.
Shocked and his guard wide-open, Aqua pushed him off and swung her keyblade to strike him multiple times. Aqua then did a powerful uppercut move which sent Xehanort flying upward. He landed back on his feet then fell on one knee, but then he got back up.
He was frustrated... unable to defeat this woman. He dismissed his keyblade and summoned barriers around the entire Town Square, entrapping them.
"No... Not yet!" Xehanort gritted. "I will guide you to the depths of darkness... Errreegghhaaahh!"
Xehanort convulsed, and suddenly a giant shadowy creature was summoned from the dark and it took its place behind him. It roared for a battle, roared for a worthy opponent. It seemed to be a Guardian of Darkness for Xehanort, whatever it was... it was now two on one.
Aqua conjured her triple fire spell again, but the Guardian easily moved Xehanort to dodge every one of them. It seemed like projectile attacks wouldn't work at all, she had to be more direct. They both came for her. Aqua was getting ready to attack, but the Guardian suddenly disappeared, then to her surprise, reappeared behind her. It grabbed both of her arms leaving her defenseless and at the mercy of Xehanort. He did another serious combo of damage on Aqua until the Guardian released her and they both kept their distance in case of a counterattack, but something happened...
Everything went white and then everything was surrounded with orange, like the whole place was aflame. Aqua could only see the Guardian, and behind it, Terra! She ran towards him, determined to save him, but the Guardian threw balls of darkness at her. She dodged every one of them and did a side-step around the creature to meet Terra, in a slight daze. The Guardian was about to attack them both when, by instinct, Terra and Aqua joined their keyblades together.
"Light!" They both shouted.
The Guardian was a creature of darkness; it could not handle such powerful light which inflected massive damage on it. Everything went white again, and they all came back to the entrapped Town Square. The Guardian was gone, but Xehanort was weak, struggling. Aqua decided to finish this and struck Xehanort over his heart with her keyblade which made him come back to his senses, and jump back.
Suddenly, he was surrounded by a golden aura. His body was at war, fighting Aqua on the outside and Terra, on the inside...
"Stop fighting back..." Xehanort commanded.
"Terra, I know you're in there." Aqua spoke out for her friend.
Xehanort scoffed at that remark, but he was still struggling within, he had to think of something to be rid of this nuisance. He came up with a desperate idea to stab himself in the heart with his keyblade.
"This'll teach you, get out of my heart!" Xehanort ordered as he stabbed himself.
"TERRA!" Aqua yelled in distress.
Xehanort dropped his keyblade and it disappeared and the Guardian reappeared behind Xehanort as it let out a low roar of defeat. The Guardian then began to dissolve in clumps of darkness which fell on the floor and opened a portal to the realm of darkness. Xehanort, now unconscious, fell into the muddy portal of darkness. Aqua ran to him hoping to pull him back out, but he sank too far and found herself diving in as well.
They were both falling in an endless abyss. Aqua reached out and quickly grabbed her friend and summoned her armor and glider in the process making her way back to the realm of light.
"I need to do something, or we'll both be lost..." She closed her eyes to make a decision. "NO! We can make it!"
The glider, miraculously, made it through just in time as the portal closed right behind them. The Town Square was back to normal, and the storm had passed leaving only sunshine. Still in the air, Aqua had to decide what to do next.
"I'll take him back to Master Yen Sid... he'll know what to do." Aqua confirmed with herself.
Her glider carried them both and they left Radiant Garden for the Lanes Between and then the Mysterious Tower.
A few minutes later, after they left, Braig led Ansem the Wise and Dilan to the Town Square.
"Right this way... wait, what?!" Braig fumbled with his words.
"What is it, Braig?" Ansem the Wise said stoic.
"Where is he...? He told me to find him here...?" Braig recalled confused.
"Is this some sort of joke?! Wasting the Master's time?!" Dilan accused.
"As if, there was just... maybe he's not here yet..." Braig said as he looked around.
"If you'll excuse me, I believe I shall return to my work." Ansem the Wise excused himself, followed by Dilan.
"No wait!" Braig begged, but they were both gone.
"Dammit! That old coot's plan must have messed up somewhere... Looks like I'll have to search this world and all the rest of them to bring him back!" Braig vowed as he teleported away to start his search.
A/N- I thought this "what if" is a pretty plausible story: how could Aqua have known they would not have made it. Did she take physics? Most likely... but still.:) Will she be able to save Terra with this second chance? What about Ventus? I'll keep this story going only if you guys comment, fav, and/or review. I really want the feedback.