Chapter 2: Bad Time , Bad Place...

There was a lot of noise, mainly from people discussing about what the announcement could be. Yen over heard the word "war" at least four times. A few feet away from them was the entrance to the skyscraper, since it was a few feet above the ground Yen assumed that's where the announcement would be given from.

The bell tolled once more and everything went silent, except for the slight noise coming out of the nearby Keyblade gliders hovering at all looked around, it was certainly a huge crowd. A light portal opened at the entrance of the skyscraper and the well known Master Galleon stepped out. The crowd remained silent.

"Good day to you all", he began to speak,"I'm sure there have been many rumours about the ongoing war and I will admit, Galanort's forces are stronger than we anticipated, but fear not. The Guardians of the Realm Of Light will not let this magnificent world fall into the wrong hands". He became quiet, staring at the crowd as if expecting a question.
"Still think they won't make this far, Yen?', Saito asked in a low voice. Yen didn't reply.
"However", Galleon continued,"one can not be too careful. We Guardians have decided that a curfew will be enforced and that NO ONE will leave the Realm until the war is either over or Galanort's men have been pushed back. The curfew will begin by dusk, that means eeryone must be inside by nightfall. Anyone caught violating the curfew will be apprehended. Also, the glider and the light portals are going to be watched to ensure that nobody leaves. These are being done for your own safety. I bid you all farewell now". A light portal opened and he was gone.

The noise returned as everyone exchanged worried looks and discussions. The three decided to walk away.
"How much time left till dusk?", Yen asked.
"We've still got some time", Anna replied.
"It would be sort of interesting to find out what's happening out there", Saito spoke. Yen immediately stopped.
"NO. I know exactly what you're thinking and it's a terrible idea", Yen told Saito.
"Oh come on, it's not like it's gonna be like last time", Saito tried to assure Yen.
"That's what you said about the last time", Yen replied and continued walking.
"Fair point", Saito shrugged and walked along with them.
"Well they're watching all the portals so I don't think we'd get very far anyways", Anna suggested.
"Don't!", Yen immediately yelled putting his hand on Anna's shoulder.
"Uh..what's wrong?", Anna asked, confused.
"You're going to give him ideas!", Yen warned.
"Actually Yen, YOU just gave me an idea!", Saito chuckled,"meet me near the dojo after nightfall!". Saito quickly turned around and ran off.
"What the?", Yen was confused. Anna sighed.
"He's finally lost it", Anna commented.
"Agh, you know i'm gonna have to go after him. That idiot's gonna get himself killed", Yen told Anna.
"Yeah but then he'll get both of you killed", Anna replied. Yen thought about this for a moment.
"Look..I know it's dangerous..but he's been there for me plenty of times and i can't just let him go do something stupid on his own. He's clever but sometimes he behaves like a moron so I..yeah I'm gonna go with him. Besides, what's the harm in checking out a few things?".
"Fine then," Anna sighed,"but I'm coming with you".
"What?!", Yen was a bit surprised.
"If you guys are gonna do something stupid you'll need at least one smart person with you", Anna spoke firmly.
"But-"
"No 'buts'".
"Fine", Yen mumbled.

Yen left his house late at night. Sneaking past the guards on patrol, he made his way towards the dojo.
"Saito, you there?", he whispered.
"Yep. Anna's here too", came the words from behind him as Saito and Anna walked over to Yen. Yen noticed they were both wearing piece of armor on their arms and that Saito was holding one which was clearly for Yen. Yen took the armor and put it on.
"Now how do we plan on going?", Yen asked.
"With this", Saito replied pulling out a strange, glowing blue object.
"Is this even safe?", Anna asked looking slightly worried.
"Yeah..kinda", Saito replied as he held out the object.
"Out your hand on this", he said and both of them did so. A large flash of light and they disappeared into a small, blue orb that flew around wildly as it went into the air and disappeared.

A bright blue light burst in an abandoned city and all three fell to the ground. Yen coughed as he got up and looked around. There was a strange dark fog everywhere that felt very uncomfortable. Around them there were broken keyblades scattered about along with pieces of armour, craters and what appeared to be bodies.
"I think we're in the wrong place guys", Anna spoke. Saito climbed a nearby boulder to get a better view. They were close to several damaged, abandoned buildings with armor, bodies and keyblades scattered in several places. The place was in ruins.
"I don't like the looks of this", Yen thought out loud.

Suddenly Saito jumped off and quickly grabbed Yen annd Anna, pulling them behind the boulder.
"What is it?", Yen asked, slightly irritated by being pulled like that. Saito immediately hushed him.
Yen heard some noises similar to that of keyblade gliders go over them. He moved forward to get a better look and saw that there were four gliders mounted by men wearing black armor. He knew for a fact that Galanort's men wore black armor as a symbol of their cause-darkness.
"We need to find some cover", Saito suggested, looking around.
"Better idea! Maybe we should just go back!", Yen insisted.
"We can't".
"Why not?".
Saito pulled out the object, it was dull and black now. "It needs sometime before we can use it again", he explained.
"Guys we should get to that building", Anna suggested, pointing to a tall building nearby.
"Good idea", Saito commented and the three ran towards the building. Unfortunately Yen tripped over a few rocks and, if they're luck wasn't bad enough, they had been spotted!

"Are you okay?", Anna asked, helping him up. Suddenly a large ball of flame hit the ground near them and they noticed the four gliders coming towards them as they shot three more fireballs towards them.
"Get down!", Saito yelled as he summoned a red and golden Keyblade and cast a large shield which successfully protected them.

The four gliders immediately jumped down and attacked. Each of them had the same, black Keyblade and armor.

Anna was quick and immediately fired several small, blue bolts at two of them while Yen and Saito fought the other two.

To Yen's surprise, the three successfully managed to overpower the attackers and ran before they got up. Nevertheless, they're luck got worse. A large flying ship nearby hovered over to their location. It fired two explosive rounds from it's cannons near the three, causing them to fall down. In the meantime the attackers got up and ran towards them.

Yen's ears were ringing and he could barely hear Saito asking him if he was okay, but he managed to hear another explosion behind them followed by men screaming the word 'ambush'. He turned around to see one side of the ship on fire as it went out of control and headed towards the ground. The number of men behind them were nearly tripled except there was a difference now, a difference that brought him relief. It seemed the men in black armor were being attacked by another group.
"Yen get up!", Saito yelled as he shook him,"we have to get to cover! Come on!".
Yen quickly got up, the ringing in his ears fading now and noticed that Anna was already up and ready to run. None of them looked back and immediately ran towards the building.

As they approached it three light portals opened up and an armored soldier stepped out of each of them, pointing their Keyblades at them. A bright orange orb at the tip of each of their Keyblades, indicating their readiness to fire a ball of flame at any time. Yen, Saito and Anna also pulled out their Keyblades and pointed at each of the soldiers with the same orange orb at the tips, except for Anna's keyblade which had a unique blue orb, instead.
"Don't move!", warned a woman's voice. Saito turned around to see at least eight more soldiers surrounding them.
They were all wearing the same bronze couloured armor, but their Keyblades were certainly different.

A large armored man walked over to them. He held a large, heavy kyblade capable of breaking down a wall, but he wasn't pointing it at them. In his other hand he held a black, half-broken helmet which still had a bit of smoke coming out of it. He dropped the helmet to the ground, causing Yen and Anna to quicklly turn around and then removed his own helmet to reveal a strong, serious man with short black hair. A blue piece of cloth tied to his arm made it clear that he was the leader of the group.
He glared at the three and for a moment his and Yen's eyes met, but Yen wasn't afraid, he glared back.
"Take them back to base", the leader finally spoke, in a deep, firm voice.