Episode One: The Beginning
Part 1-2
"Ok," Arkanin started, "Keyblade Masters are exactly what the name implies. Masters of Keyblades. Every Keyblade Master attain their powers differently. I gained mine by being hit by a ray of light during training. Anyway, every Keyblade Master has the following: a Keyblade, an ability deep within, the ability to cast spells, and a "Master Mode", which you won't have to worry about for the time being."
"Any questions so far?" Arkanin asked, remembering to make breaks in her lectures.
"Apart from Master Mode and the other abilities? No," Ame answered, shaking her head. She continued to walk next to Arkanin, waiting for her to continue.
"Ok." Arkanin smiled.
"Well, there are only three different Modes. Velocity, Chaotic, and Prismic. I'm a Prismic. When I'm wounded near death, I can absorb knowledge from my surroundings. I suspect you're a Prismic, too, but I could be wrong." Arkanin explained. Arkanin stretched a bit and then continued, "Every Master has an ability or two. For example, I can form ice on my skin."
Arkanin made ice form on her arm, allowing it to harden to the point where her arm looked dark blue. Then, the ice dissolved as fast as it formed.
"I can also channel psychic waves when the moon is out. Too bad it's only the afternoon." Arkanin smiled. Arkanin put her arm out and winked, bringing out her Keyblade.
Arkanin gripped the Keyblade and stated, "Show me some of your skills. I won't use spells or abilities. Don't hold back." Arkanin smirked.
"Y-You mean a fight?" asked Ame in shock. She hadn't been expecting this. Sighing, she called out the Key of Pages and jumped back to put some space in between them. "Alright then... I'll try my best!"
Her eyes narrowed as she charged at Arkanin with her Keyblade. A running start had always helped her increase the force behind the Keyblade when she was in battle. When she was about a foot away from the girl, she leaped into the air and started to bring her Keyblade down, aiming it at Arkanin's head.
Arkanin easily dodge rolled out of harm's way. Arkanin smirked and then barrel rolled further away from Ame. When she was about a few yards away, she jumped onto her feet.
"Pretty impressive start. Lets see if you can continue." Arkanin smiled. With that said, Arkanin dashed towards Ame in the same manner that Ame had attempted, but instead of jumping she slid across the ground, pushed off the ground with her left hand, and went for a horizontal slash which was aimed for her stomach area.
Ame tried to dodge, but wasn't fast enough. The Keyblade made contact with the side of her stomach instead of the center, where it was aimed. "Ow," she mumbled before bringing her Keyblade up to prevent a whole string of attacks during her moment of weakness.
Arkanin backed away after attempting to land a few blows. She smiled and then sighed, "You're pretty good. But. . . You could use a lot more training."
Arkanin walked towards Ame, when all of a sudden a chill shot through Arkanin's spine.
"Damn. . . Heartless. . ." Arkanin growled, gripping her Keyblade tightly. Soon, Arkanin was surrounded by Shadow Heartless. With more Shadow Heartless starting to form around Ame.
"Eeeeep!" Ame cried, staring at the heartless. "I hate these things!"
With that, she began to swing her Keyblade, aiming at the closest heartless. She focused on that one until it had disappeared into a puff of smoke. She backed away from the growing crowd. "There's a lot..." she stated, worriedly.
"Okie dokie. . ." Arkanin pouted, becoming worried herself. Arkanin looked over at Ame and yelled, "Ame, think you're good enough to handle my back?" Arkanin slashed horizontally, killing off three Shadows at once. Unfortunately, six more took their place.
"Yeah!" Ame called, leaping over her crowd of shadows to deal with the ones that were sneaking up behind Arkanin. Grunting, she whacked a few with her Keyblade, abandoning the strategy of focusing on killing one. Finally, a few of them disappeared, but with each one she destroyed, more would reappear.
The novice Keyblade wielder gulped and glanced at Arkanin. "I'm starting to have a little trouble over here!"
Arkanin struggled against her swarm, but leaped in front of Ame to take care of a line of them. Arkanin threw a bag at Ame and yelled, "There are 6 potions in that bag! Only take them if you need them, they will make you feel better and healthy, but they will make you loopy."
Arkanin chugged one down and then continued slashing. After she finished a combo, she threw her hand in front of her with her palms facing the Shadows, and yelled, "Blizzard!"
A bolt of ice shot out, destroying a swarm of Shadows. Arkanin lost her balance and fell onto her back, jumping back up quickly and gripping her Keyblade even more tightly.
Ame took one of the potions out and gulped it down. Then she too continued to fight the heartless. She began to swing her Keyblade faster and a lot more wildly, trying to hit as many at once as possible. She succeeded in killing four more when she saw Arkanin's spell out of the corner of her. She would've slapped her hand against her forehead if she wasn't so busy dealing with the heartless.
"Magic! Now there's an idea. Why didn't I think of that?" she groaned. Aiming her Keyblade at the heartless, she focused on the only spell she knew. "Water!" she shouted, as a wave of water shot from the Keyblade's tip and onto the Shadows.
The Shadows that were targeted by Ame's spell were destroyed. Arkanin looked at her in surprise.
I thought she didn't know any spells? Oh well, she didn't seem to have any questions about the spells. . . Arkanin thought.
Arkanin cleared a wave of Shadows and waited a moment. No more spawned. Arkanin turned to help Ame, but stopped herself. Arkanin simply watched Ame, Keyblade ready.
Ame finished off the few heartless that weren't targeted by the spell with her Keyblade. Breathing heavily, she waited for more to appear. She turned to look over at Arkanin and noticed that she had been watching her. "Er... Hi?" she asked, blinking a few times. "Are they all gone?"
Arkanin smiled and then said, "Yeah. . . Seems like it. Kudos, I think you're progressing very fast." Feeling another chill, Arkanin rushed to the end of the alleyway. She turned away to call for Ame.
"Ame, c'mon, I feel the Heartless gathering here. Let's move on." Arkanin ran through the alley and turned at the corner.
"Alright," Ame groaned, rushing over to follow her.
"There sure are a lot out today," she thought grimly, dragging the Key of Pages behind her.
Arkanin stopped at the end of the corner and noticed a dead end. Arkanin thought for a moment, and then asked Ame, "Hey, how good are you at jumping? Or anything acrobatic?"
Ame skid to a stop and stared up at the wall of the alley way. She glanced at Arkanin.
"Good enough, I suppose. Why? Don't tell me we need to jump over that," Ame asked, trying to keep her voice even, so that it didn't sound like she was whining.
"Nah. . . We're not jumping over it. We're going to jump to the roof of the building to our right and then drop down to a different alleyway." Arkanin grinned.
Arkanin took a few steps back and then ran towards the wall in front of her, jumping at just the right time so that her toes hit the wall at the correct angle. Then, as soon as she impacted the wall, she pushed off of the wall and continued up, bouncing off the walls in a systemic fashion. Then, she did a back flip and landed on the building to the right.
"Holy snap," Ame muttered, watching Arkanin's performance with wide, blue eyes. "Alright."
Arkanin sat down on the edge and then looked over at where Ame was. Arkanin shouted, "Ame, c'mon, we don't have all day. Our energies are attracting Heartless. We don't want to start fighting Nobodies or Legendaries. . ."
Ame took a deep breath and tried to follow the suit. She raced towards the wall and leaped up, hoping she wouldn't fall. A burst of relief ran through her when she felt her toes connect with the hard surface. She pushed off again, and another rush of fear shot through her. Did she even know how to do a back flip? She twisted around in midair, and somehow managed to get her foot to touch the other wall again. She, too, continued her strange, slightly awkward acrobatic act before she reached the roof, landing on her stomach.
"Definitely not Legendaries. . . " Arkanin shivered, talking aloud.
"Ow..." she muttered. Her light blue bangs had once again fallen over her eyes. "Yes... Those are creatures we most definitely don't want to attract."
All of a sudden, a smirk wound it's way onto Ame's face. Then she started to giggle. Finally, the giggles erupted into all-out laughter.
Arkanin stared at Ame, a chill shooting through her spine. Although the chill was disturbing, it was not because of Heartless. Arkanin shook the startled expression off of her face and jumped to her feet.
Ame abruptly stopped laughing and shook her head. "Ah. I apologize. I don't know what came over me."
"Alrighty, let's go. . . This alley seems safe. Let's drop here. . ." Arkanin stated, analyzing the drop, which looked somewhat painful. There was no boxes, no pipes, absolutely nothing to help with their descent. And the wall wasn't good enough for any kind of grip. Arkanin backed away and then grinned, "I'm going to try to get down, to see if it's safe."
Without waiting for a reply, Arkanin leaned forward and dove towards the ground. Arkanin glowed blue and formed an ice shield around her body, completely turning to ice.
Unfortunately, the impact was very hard, and smashed her arm's ice shield.
"OWIE!!!" Arkanin cried out, after she made the shield diminished. Holding back tears, she yelled at Ame, "Use a spell to break the fall. I'll be right here to catch you or to break your fall."
"Whichever one comes first. . ." Arkanin whimpered to herself.
She peered over the side of the roof and into the alleyway below. She winced, seeing the pain on Arkanin's face even after she had used the ice shield. Water probably wouldn't stand any chance against the fall, especially if ice hadn't. "Er... Are you sure about this?" Ame questioned, uncertainty blatant on her face. "The only spell I know is water, and if you try to catch me, you might get hurt."
"Are you kidding me!? I won't get hurt! I'm a ninja like that!" Arkanin yelled, letting a tear fall down her cheek.
Ame raised an eyebrow and looked at her skeptically. "You're 'a ninja like that'?" she quoted the phrase, smirking. "That's a nice way of putting it."
Stupidly, Arkanin looked over at the wall and noticed a ladder. Anger apparent in her voice, she yelled at Ame, "Hey, Ame, I found a ladder! You can use that!"
Ame caught sight of the ladder she was talking about. "That's great! Can you bring it over here?" she asked, smiling apologetically. "I'm sorry you couldn't have used it."
Arkanin rolled her eyes and approached the ladder with an angry expression on her face. She moved the ladder, so that Ame could easily climb down.
"Alrighty, here you go." Arkanin yelled to Ame, as she held the ladder in place.
"Thank you so much!" Ame exclaimed, happily climbing down it.
"Sorry. I'm a little bit afraid of heights," she explained, once her foot touched solid ground. She turned around to look at Arkanin. "Where do we go now?"
"I don't know. . . This place seems awfully familiar. . ." Arkanin stated, as she observed the dark alleyway around her.
Out of nowhere, a voice yelled, "Arkanin! I thought I told you to stay off my streets, didn't I?"
The voice came from a young teenaged girl. The girl had sort of short hair, which was black with blonde and pink highlights. Her eyes were dark brown, and she had a skull tattoo on her left cheek. She wore a blue halter top, with a blue jacket over it. She was also wearing dark blue capris, with a black, spiky belt. She had black strapped high heels on, with a charm anklet on her ankles. She had bracelets on both of her wrists, and on her right hand she has a weird symbol that was part of her skin. It resembled a key in a way.
The girl walked up to Arkanin, "Arkanin! If you take one step into my alleyway, then I'll rip you to shreds! Remember that!? That's exactly what I said to you when you came last!" The girl glared at Arkanin.
"OH!" Arkanin laughed, "That's why this alleyway seems so familiar. . . Oh well, get lost Mikayla. We're just passing by anyway. . ."
Arkanin walked past Mikayla, motioning Ame to follow.
Ame blinked a few times at the new girl who had arrived, mostly due to confusion. "You two... Know each other?" she questioned, quickly looking between the two. She shrugged it off and started to follow Arkanin.
"That was just a tad odd..." she thought to herself, frowning.
Arkanin turned to face Ame and then smiled, "Heh, don't worry. This is Mikayla, some girl who thinks she can do whatever she wants. . . Mikayla, this is Ame, my new buddy. . . Now that introductions are over, we'll be on our way."
"Oh, hell no!" Mikayla growled furiously, stomping over to Arkanin. Mikayla hit Arkanin across her face and yelled, "That's what you get for crossing my streets! Now beat it, or do you want to fight!?"
Ame stepped between the two, bangs hiding her eyes again and a creepy little smirk playing on her lips. "You two shouldn't fight. It isn't good... It could cause one of you to die."
Arkanin hit the ground hard. Unable to use her arm to break her fall, she landed head first, which caused her to be knocked out.
She looked over at Arkanin and realized that she had been knocked out. "Oh no! I was just kidding!" she cried, rushing over to her newly made friend and dropping her creepy exterior. She glared up at Mikayla. "Now look what you've done. She said we were just passing through!"
"She knew she wasn't allowed to pass through here because of what she did last time, and I told her the next time that I saw her that I will kill her." Mikayla started to growl at Ame. "It meant a lot for what she did to me and my soul mate Kellen, so that's why I did this to her." Mikayla frowned.
"Gee whizz... What did she do to tick you off so much?" Ame asked, turning her head towards Mikayla briefly. She then focused her gaze back on Arkanin, trying to wake her up. Shaking her shoulders, she whispered, "Arkanin? Arkanin? Are you alright? Come on! Wake up."
"She killed him. Very upsetting, though I have to get over it. Mikayla helped Ame with trying to get Arkanin awake. "Sorry Ame, for being like this. I have very bad anger issue." Mikayla slapped Arkanin in attempt to wake her up.
Arkanin gave no response. Suddenly, Shadow Heartless Spawned. They made three groups and surrounded Arkanin, Ame, and Mikayla.
