Noble Hearts

Chapter 2: Training?

I had another dream. I was, again, on the pillar of stained glass, surrounded by darkness. I looked at the picture of the boy I now knew was Sora. I walked around the pillar for a while, nothing stopping me, and then a flash of light nearly blinded me. When I regained my sight, I found myself standing on air above a town bathed in twilight. Something hit me on the back of my head. I rubbed the bump on the back of my head, and then I turned around to see a man in a black coat. I suddenly saw that he was wielding two Keyblades! One was as white as fresh snow, the other black as a starless night. "What the hell?" I asked the guy. He responded by charging at me. I summoned my Keyblade, which is named Kingdom Key, and tried dodging him, but I couldn't compete with him. He overpowered me and slammed my head on the clock tower, knocking me out cold. This is a dream, right?

I found myself at the glass tower again, but it had a different picture. It had an older Sora on one side and had another boy on the other. The other boy had dirty-blonde hair, white clothes, and was wielding the same Keyblades that the coated guy had. Is this the same guy? My curiosity got cut short when Shadow Heartless started gathering on the side Sora was on, and a bunch of the white creatures on the other side. They seemed to form together, the Shadows forming a giant Heartless with a heart-shaped hole in its chest, and the white creatures forming a giant white monster. Darkside and Twilight Thorn.

The Darkside and the Twilight Thorn started clashing, with the Thorn overpowering the Darkside. I wanted to run, thinking about the weight of two monsters on top of a pure glass pillar, but there was nowhere to run to. The Thorn started releasing vines, and I saw my chance. I started running along the vines to a second pillar nearby. The second pillar also had a fight going on also, but it wasn't what I expected. I saw two people, and I felt a strange connection between them. I got closer and saw Sora fighting against the coated guy. Roxas. Roxas was overpowering Sora with his two Keyblades, slamming them against Sora's. I looked back at the two monsters, but they were gone.

"Who are you?"

I turned around to see the two boys looking at me and my Kingdom Key. We gave each other strange looks. I went the ominous way. "Go to Hollow Bastion and meet me at Merlin's." Everything went black.

~Noble Hearts~

"Yo, kid! Wake up!"

I squirmed in the bed. Was that my dad? I opened my eyes. "Oh… crap… this isn't a dream is it?"

Cid stared at me. "Whatcha think? You have to go meet Leon, he has sumthin' for you." Cid walked out.

I yawned, got up, and went to the bathroom to wash my face. "This has to be a dream. This could never happen."

"Denial huh?"

I whipped around and saw Yuffie smiling at me. "You have got to be kidding… what time is it?"

"11:37, why do you ask?"

I sighed and washed my face. I saw Yuffie in the mirror and for a second there, she looked like her. "Forget it, where is Leon?"

"He's in The Great Maw. Do I have to take you there?"

"Well, duh! I have no idea where that is!" I sighed again. "Lead the way…"

After walking for what seemed like forever, we came to a giant opening. Leon was standing there, Gunblade drawn.

"See ya fresh meat!" Yuffie disappeared.

I walked toward Leon. "Hey, Cid said you have something for me." He tossed a keychain that had a golden sun emblem. It landed between my feet.

"Found that a few weeks ago. I was going to give it to Sora, but he's never here."

"What is it?" I stared dumbfounded at the keychain.

"It's a Keyblade."

I picked up the chain. "This is a Keyblade? Looks more like an accessory."

Leon face-palmed. "Hold it and summon your Keyblade."

I did that, and when my Keyblade was summoned, it looked different. It was orange with a golden hilt. There was a light emitting between the teeth. "That's amazing!"

"Now, time to test your skills…" Leon ran at me.

I grinned, "Let's do this!" He swung his Gunblade, which was at extreme speed. I held up my new Keyblade to block it, but Leon was strong. When it collided, sparks flew. I could see the name of my Keyblade in my mind. "Solar Storm!" My Keyblade glowed and sent heat waves at Leon, which set off his Gunblade. The Gunblade recoiled and almost hit Leon in the face. "Whoa! That would've left another scar!" But then I noticed my right shoulder was bleeding. "Crap! How did that happen?"

"When you set off my Gunblade, one of the bullets shot your shoulder," Leon explained with an emotionless look. I think he thought I could withstand more.

"Why in the hell did you load the damn thing?" I yelled at him, covering my shoulder. I saw Aerith running towards me in the corner of my eye.

"Leon! Why did you overpower him like you did with Sora?" She asked him while she tended to my shoulder. Leon just walked way, unimpressed.

"He did the same thing with Sora?" I questioned the former flower girl.

"Long story. Don't worry about it." She replied.

Talking about Sora jogged my memory. "Uh, I will probably need to talk to everybody. I had a weird dream last night. I think it was a dream." Then, it happened. Hundreds of Heartless appeared out of nowhere. "Shit…"

~Noble Hearts~

I was exhausted. After fighting off wave after wave of Heartless, I felt weak, but they just wouldn't stop coming! I feel like I could pass out right at that instant. I looked at all those Heartless, flipped them off, and leaned against Solar Storm like it was a cane. "Damn, if only more people were here." I looked at Aerith, who was in a worse condition. I guess she was mentally exhausted from casting Cure on me so much. "Aerith, got any fight left in you?"

"I don't feel any; magic really puts a strain on your brain. I'm just wondering where the rest of our group is," Aerith practically panted like an exhausted puppy. See looked at me, or past me, and smiled. I with the last of my strength, I turned my head and saw a giant dust cloud heading right at us!

"Holy Shi-!" I was cut off when a Shadow jumped onto the top of my head.

Free me!

I stood there, hearing the thoughts of that Shadow. It wasn't attacking me though. The dust cloud was getting closer and closer, so I turned back to Aerith. "What the hell is that?"

Aerith smiled bigger, which looked like it hurt, and replied, "Our backup."

The dust cloud plowed through the crowd of Heartless like butter. I closed my eyes and heard something like tires screeching. I opened my eyes and saw a motorcycle-like vehicle. There was a blond-haired man wearing sunglasses holstering a giant sword. The bike had a name engraved on the side, Fenrir.

"Thank Holy you're here Cloud!" Aerith said to the man.

"I won't let you die due to a bunch of pathetic Shadows Aerith," Cloud replied, unsheathing his sword. He turned to the massive group of Heartless and swung his sword. His sword glowed and released 5 other swords, which wiped-out all the Heartless. I looked in amazement at Cloud, started opening my mouth, and then passed out.

I started dreaming again. I tried to move, but it seemed that I didn't have control of my body. I was on a ship, moving through space. I started pacing around.

"Roxas!"

I turned and saw myself looking at Sora. "What Sora?" What the heck? Why was Sora calling me Roxas? Why did I reply in a different voice? It hit me; I was in Roxas' body!

"We're almost at Hollow Bastion, are you ready to meet that guy?" Sora asked Roxas.

"Whatever, I don't care."

~Noble Hearts~

Sora and Roxas stared at the boy who just appeared out of nowhere, holding a Kingdom Key. "Who are you?" Sora asked the boy. He turned around and with an ominous voice he replied, "to Hollow Bastion and meet me at Merlin's," and then vanished. Sora looked at Roxas, who returned the look. Roxas went back into his battle stance, but Sora started pondering, "Another Keyblader?"

"So what! We were in a middle of a battle!" Roxas yelled.

"I don't care, didn't you feel it?" Sora replied. He was talking about the strange connection he felt dissipate when the boy vanished. Roxas lowered his stance.

"Yeah, I felt that happen before, when she left," Roxas replied. Roxas thought about Xion again, which was weird, since he didn't remember her until the boy vanished.

Sora wondered who Roxas meant, but he quickly thought it didn't matter. "Was it the Keyblade that made the connection?"

"Probably," Roxas replied.

Sora looked at the former Organization Member and an idea hit him. "You want to meet him?"

Roxas thought about it, "Why not?"

~Noble Hearts~

I woke up in a bed. I sat up, but it was painful.

"Don't try to get up, you're pretty badly wounded."

I turned my head and saw Leon standing there. "You bastard, if you were there instead of abandoning me and Aerith, I wouldn't be in this condition."

Leon just looked at me in the only expression he apparently knows. "Be glad that Cloud saved your guys' asses. He's usually obsessed with searching for Sephiroth."

I just returned his look and rolled my eyes. "Whatever." I closed my eyes and then it hit me. "Wait a second! Sora is coming to Hollow Bastion!"

Leon looked back at me, "How the hell do you know?" I tried to reply, but I heard a door opening.

"It's you."

I looked at the open door and saw Sora. "Yo, how's it going?"

"You never told me who you are," Sora looked at my bandages. Leon just walked out the room.

"I'm Sesu, nice to meet you."

"Same. So, you're another Keyblader. I thought only me, Roxas, King Mickey, and Riku were the only ones," Sora explained. I heard a crash.

"Get off my back!" Roxas appeared in the door, "Sora, these guys won't stop bothering me."

Sora sighed. "Hey guys! I'll explain everything, just calm down!"

"I already know," I whispered.

Roxas looked at me, "Hey, what's your name?"

"Sesu, nice to meet you Roxas," My voice got weak and I felt myself passing out again.

"Sora, he's passing out," Roxas informed.

"Look at his injuries, he needs the rest," Sora replied. I blacked out at that moment.