Battle two
Shinjiruiji felt dark fog lift from him as he opens his eyes and realizes he is in a different place and on the floor. As he got up he looked around and saw dark skyscrapers everywhere, In fact he was on one. The entire path ahead was an elongated skyscraper on its side that formed the makeshift road with its body. He suddenly looked behind him and saw the cloaked man standing on a raised section of the skyscraper, his black cloak almost fading away from vision in the dark purple sky. The man spoke.
"So you have awoken, or rather, finally succumbed to sleep."
"What do you mean this time?" Said Shinjiruiji while trying to wipe weariness from his eyes.
"We are in the world of the subconscious, the world of dreams and nightmares. Here is where your training will begin."
"You mean I'm dreaming?"
"Yes"
"And I'm being trained, for what? Fighting the darkness?"
"Yes, and now allow me to silence any further questions you must have by saying that you are, in fact, sleeping. And now that you have been donned a keyblade you are given access to the expansive reaches of your heart and mind; your dreams. But be forewarned, the darkness will try to attack you here in the form of monsters called nightmares."
"So nightmares are the result of darkness attacking me in my dreams?"
"That is correct. For you see the darkness attacks in both the physical plane and the subconscious one for the darkness is trying to get one thing; your heart. Now that you are aware of the struggle of light and darkness you must help protect the balance for if you fail the darkness shall come after you, for while a keyblade is a weapon that can repel the darkness and destroy it, it is also a target for the darkness to destroy as well. I'm telling you this in your dreams as it is easier to fight of the darkness in your dreams for it is close to your strongest weapon and asset…"
"My heart?"
"That is right. In your dreams you are stronger than if you are in the real world. You can do all that your mind can dream of. And what's better is that you can harness this power to become stronger in the real world."
"What do you mean?"
"Think of the strength of your heart and your body as two sides of land and what divides them is a river. Your keyblade is a bridge over that river that allows the strength of your heart, mind, and soul be transferred into your body, albeit it may take some time. In short what you can learn to do in this dream world you can transfer that power to the real world be it a physical ability or even magic."
"So I can imagine doing things in my dreams, and then I can do those things in the real world?"
"Correct. However, now is a time that you should train..." As the man finished his words he pointed his finger straight ahead and as Shinjiruiji turned his head he saw a dark shadow come out of the ground and it took the form of the same drug dealer that had killed all of his friends.
"Is that…?"
"A nightmare, do not fear Shinjiruiji for it is only the darkness."
"You mean it's a heartless?"
"Heartless? No, Dream-eater? Yes."
"Dream… eater?"
"It is a nightmare, an evil dream eater created by the power of darkness in the subconscious mind and heart. Use your keyblade and fight." As the man finished his words he disappeared into the purple sky swallowed by the surrounding darkness creating a smoke allowing him to disappear out of sight.
Shinjiruiji summoned his keyblade and ran toward the nightmare. The nightmare pulled out a gun and began shooting at Shinjiruiji. Shinjuruiji then jumped high into the air and as he did skyscrapers appeared around the fallen one creating a wall that he then jumped off of again and again pushing himself closer to the nightmare while still dodging the bullets. As he jumped he noticed that light was surrounding him and that on his shoulder appeared a metal pad. He recognized it as what the characters in Kingdom Hearts used to summon their own armor. But just as he made his last jump towards his foe he hit the metal pad with his right hand and his armor as donned onto him as a bullet hit him in the chest. The armor absorbed the damage of the blast but the force caused him to spin backwards as he was falling towards the nightmare, Shinjiruiji however then flipped himself right-side up and slammed his keyblade down onto the nightmare causing it to fade away leaving a purple crystal that then too faded away. Shinjiruiji then heard a man clapping from behind him.
"Well done," The man in the black cloak complemented. "I am impressed with how well you have adapted to the dream world and how you used your mind and willpower to overcome your adversity. However, do not think that this is all there is to fighting the darkness."
"What do you mean?" Shinjiruiji asked while he turned around to face the man.
"While the world of dreams in still dangerous it holds no weight when compared to the dangers you will face in the real world."
"Real world? You mean I will actually go out and fight the darkness in the real world? How? I mean how will I avoid being noticed?" as he said this his armor turned once more into light.
"Those are questions to save for another time. First you must pass your test."
"Test?"
"Yes, a test. You must prove yourself worthy to don the keyblade and fight alongside this organization. When you awake you will be tested by a fight in the real world in our arena. There you will fight a member of the organization who has been tasked with fighting you until you either win or die in the fight."
"Die? Isn't that too extreme?"
"The darkness will not hesitate to destroy you, so we are only preparing you for your fight ahead. If you pass, that is." The man turned around to leave.
"Wait!"
"Yes?" the man turned his head to his right to look back.
"I don't want to leave yet, if I can train here and get stronger then I will, until I awake."
"Good luck then, I leave your training up to you." The man turned his head straight forward and light surrounded him until he was no longer in the world of slumber.
"Alright… time to train." As he finished his words he turned around and looked at various dream eaters, all nightmares. Some looked like the thugs, others like bizarre animals that looked like they were straight out of dream drop distance. He then donned his armor and summoned his keyblade and ran head first into the growing swarm that awaited him. As they were about to attack he tried using magic, his first spell;
Fire.
