Two chapters in a row! Inconceivable!
but yeah this is the chapter I talked about last time, so make sure to review and enjoy!
Thanks again to Beta Atma Stand (for all you Darksouls Fans he's got a great new story check it out)
I do not own Kingdom Hearts, if I did that would be awesome and I would have every keyblade made and have doors that only opened by using them so I can keep my snacks safe...
Enjoy
Chapter 3
Once upon a Dream
'Master Yen-Sid is going to kill Sora'
Kairi couldn't believe what Merryweather was saying (more like she wouldn't believe it) but something in the looks the fairies were giving each other made her believe that this was really happening.
She barely registered hitting Axel or heard him tumble down the stairs as she ran through the tower following the glowing fairies to their destination. It didn't make any sense but it certainly explained a lot that happened over the past few months.
Yen-Sid wasn't teaching her or leaving his office because he was trying to find a way to stop the darkness that she could understand. But sacrificing Sora of all people to stop Xeahanort?
Now that was a stupid idea…
But that only made her worry more about Sora and Yen-Sid's plan. He was getting desperate and nothing good ever comes out of the actions of a desperate man. Not that she was one to talk, she was more desperate than ever to try and save Sora. 'I've already lost him twice.' She thought as turned the next corner in the hall 'I'm not going to lose him a third time…not yet.' Before she could round the next corner a loud boom echoed throughout the hallway accompanied by an equally loud voice from behind them.
"KAIRI!" The fairies stopped at Riku's monstrous yell, she on the other hand didn't. It took a few seconds for the fairies to catch up to her while she ran. Flora flew next to her face and was motioning to the large double doors at the end of the hall Kairi couldn't hear her over the sound of her erratic heartbeat ringing in her ears but she got the idea.
"Get to the door. Summon your Keyblade. And lock it."
A series of flashing lights whizzed by her and she ended up tripping as she dodged one light that came too close for comfort to her face. Looking back she saw Riku, Keyblade in hand, readying another spell.
He looked just as upset as she was about what was going on but right now it didn't matter. Riku might be one of her closest friends in all of the worlds but right now he was trying to stop her and that made him her enemy.
And after his little light show she was pissed…Really. Fucking. Pissed.
Kairi summoned her Keyblade the second Riku tried to move towards her; with a flick of her wrist the tip of the blade grew bright red as she shouted. "FIRAGA!" however what should have been a colossal fireball was instead little more than the size of her head. Riku stood calmly as he waited for her spell to reach him and without breaking a sweat he batted the spell away with his Keyblade igniting the tapestry on the wall as he did so.
"You have to listen to me Kairi" he said lowering his Keyblade "Master Yen-Sid's spell can't be stopped there's nothing we can do about it so just stop this please…I'm trying to help you."
"Help me?" Kairi whispered as she started to shake in rage her eyes filled with a mixture of sadness and hate. "How is trying to stop me from saving Sora even come close to being called help?!" Kairi shouted as she thrust her Keyblade forward launching a bolt of lightning towards Riku hoping that the attack would catch him off guard and give her enough time to escape.
Her hopes were quickly dashed as Riku snapped his fingers creating a shell of magic around himself as he did so. "Protect" he said as he flicked the dust from the spell off of his jacket "It's one of the more useful spells I've learned to use without tapping into the darkness, although against your pathetic excuse for a thunder spell it was probably overkill."
'Did…did he just insult me?!' Riku's jab at her threw her for a moment distracting her as another volley of spells rushed by her she barely dodged one spell aimed at her legs. Upon closer inspection the carpet where here feet once were was slowly turning grey and cracking 'Stone? Why would Riku try and turn me to stone?' It didn't take that long for her to figure out what Riku was up to. She took a moment to think of a way around his plan and when he paused to charge up another spell Kairi saw the opening and lunged forward.
Only to be blasted backwards and slammed into the wall a few feet away from him. 'What the fuck was THAT!' she thought to herself as she slowly got up off the ground. Her head hurt and her vision in her left eye was hazy quickly touching her face she realized that she was bleeding from a cut above her eye. Merryweather shouted at her to duck and without thinking she listened Kairi managed to duck and roll away from a pretty decent sized blizzard spell. "What the hell is wrong with you Riku?!" She shouted as she parried another blizzard attack, this time aimed at her left leg, "You and Sora have been friends for as long as I've known you. So why are you just standing around here when he's in trouble?"
Flora, Fauna and Merryweather launched various magic blasts at Riku, the combined power was enough to break his protect spell and left him wide open as he tried to regain his balance. Kairi lunged forward once more diving to the floor as soon as she got within Riku's strike range and swung her Keyblade directly into Riku's stomach.
With the wind successfully knocked out of him Kairi began her assault. She managed to get a few good hits in before Riku caught his breath; however he was still at a disadvantage with Kairi so close to him. Riku couldn't help but smile through the pain she was inflicting on him, what she was doing was actually one of the tricks Sora had taught them back when they played soldiers on Destiny Island.
-Flashback-
'Okay guys get ready because I've come up with the ultimate move against the big kids!' Sora's spikey brown hair bobbed up and down as he shook in excitement his deep blue eyes sparkling at the chance to show everyone how he managed to take down one of the big kids from the main island.
At the time a couple of teenagers from the main island had been using the play island as their official hang out. They would smoke, drink, and kick anyone else who was on the island out when they wanted to have a little 'fun' behind the waterfall or in the secret place. That's actually why Sora kept picking fights with them in the first place.
Kairi had spent weeks drawing all of their friends on the walls of the secret place and she couldn't have been happier when she brought everyone to see it…
Only to find out that one of the big kids thought it would be an improvement to draw a bunch of dicks over the entire thing. Needless to say Kairi was crying and Sora went to find the guys responsible. Sora got a black eye the first time he tried to fight them, the second time they broke his wooden sword over his head, the third time he got thrown off of the little bridge connecting the play island to the Papou trees, broke his arm in two places and fractured both his legs.
The fourth time however, Sora shattered the guys jaw and broke his nose so bad that the bone was sticking out. Naturally after getting his ass handed to him by a 9 year old the older kids never returned again and everything went back to normal.
'The big kids think that just because we're smaller than them and not really strong that we can't do anything to stop them but that's where they're wrong.' By this point Sora had drawn a crowd, Tidus, Wakka and Selphie were standing around Sora laughing at his antics while Kairi sat on the sandy beach and listened to everything he said. 'Hey Riku, can you come over here for a second? I need your help with something.'
By help he had meant fight and be something he had meant show off his 'ultimate' attack.
'The trick is' Sora said as he clashed his wooden sword against Riku's 'To get in close to the guy right after he swings at you.' Sora surprised Riku as he quickly dashed forward as he swung his sword leaving him wide open for his attack. Instead of a wooden sword hitting his face Sora simply flicked him on his nose and pushed him backwards into the sand as everyone applauded at the surprise victory. 'Since they're bigger than you they have a larger reach but that means whatever they're trying to hit you with is farther away from them. So if you get in really close you can do whatever you want, you can even hit 'em in the face!'
That was one of the only times Sora ever beat him in anything and it was also one of the only times that Sora showed any skill with a sword. However when they were kids Riku was always better at playing soldier and because of that he figured out how to stop Sora's 'ultimate' attack almost immediately afterwards.
'Sorry Kairi but this is gonna hurt' He thought as he parried another strike from the redhead, as soon as she moved out of his striking range and closed in for her attack Riku drove his fist into her stomach causing her to double over gasping for air. Riku grabbed Kairi by the hair and lifted her up as he readied a sleeping spell but before he could finish Fauna flew right into his face blasting magic randomly until one spell hit him in the eye. Flora and Merryweather rushed to Kairi's prone form and quickly dragged her to her feet and down the hall to their destination Fauna flying right behind them.
"I don't want to hurt you Kairi but you're not giving me a choice." Riku growled as the fairy's spell began to wear off. Whatever she hit him with had fucked with the vision in his right eye making it impossible to distinguish Kairi and the fairies from the rest of the hallway. However having spent months blindfolded in order to fight his inner darkness this didn't limit his combat abilities in the slightest.
In fact it seemed to give him his second wind as he charged up one of his highest powered spells in a matter of seconds. "You're a princess of heart Kairi and a guardian of light you can't just throw your life away chasing after Sora."
Riku hung his head so his eyes were blocked by his hair his spell crackled on the tip of his blade shooting arcs of black lightning across it. "I don't want Sora to die either but if it stops Xeahanort from destroying everything in existence I won't stop it… Same goes for you; if it means stopping that old bastard then I'll have to stop you by any means necessary!" Riku shifted his aim to her retreating form and focused all his magic into a pinpoint blast.
"Now face the power of conquered darkness DARK THUNDAGA!" The beam of condensed dark magic fired with the sound of cannon from Riku's Keyblade. The knockback from the spell tore his injured arm from its socket causing him to grasp onto his shoulder in pain as the limb dangled off his side.
But the damage had already been done right before the thunder spell had found its mark one of the floating orbs flew right into Kairi knocking her out of the spell's range. Before she had time to react Fauna the fairy in her miniscule form was erased from existence within seconds, her wand falling to the ground beneath her.
"FAUNA!" Kairi shouted in fear as she saw the little fairy turn to ashes. A sharp burning pain overtook her as another dark thundaga spell hit her in her side throwing her backwards until she rolled to a stop… right before the double doors that marked their escape. She could smell her skin burning and could feel the remnants of the electricity coursing through her body.
"You SON OF A BITCH!" she shouted through gritted teeth as the remaining fairies flew in front of her parrying the dark magic as best they could "What the hell's the matter with you Riku! Ever since you brought me here you've changed…" Kairi could barely stand due to the pain; her wound began bleeding profusely staining her pink outfit a vibrant crimson. "You, the king, even Master Yen-Sid…you've all changed…"
Riku's barrage of spells stopped as he began to move forward his footsteps echoing in the quiet hall. Suddenly he knelt down and picked something off the ground, the object seemed to sparkle for moment before Riku crushed it between his fingers.
As it fell to the floor the object returned to its original size and with sudden gasps from Flora and Merryweather, the remnants of Fauna's magic wand clattered against the cold stone floor.
"We haven't changed…" Riku said as he stood up and faced them a cold look on his face "Look around Kairi" he said gesturing to the stars outside "You've seen them go out we all have… but do you know which worlds have vanished? Do you know each and every person who's died because of the darkness?" "Because Yen-Sid, the King, all of us we all fucking know!" Riku reached into his vest and pulled out a black notebook and began to read aloud.
"The Land of Dragons, confirmed deaths: Mulan, Shang, Po, Mushu…total deaths 1000, survivors 11…Camelot, total deaths 15,000, survivors none…Beasts Castle, confirmed deaths: Cogsworth, Lumiere, the Beast…total deaths 300, survivors Belle..." Riku's body started shaking in rage as he started ripping pages out one by one "Deep Jungle…gone…Toon Town…gone…The City of Bells…THEY ARE ALL GONE!"
"IN THREE MONTHS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WORLDS AND EVERYONE ON THEM HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY ONE MAN!" "AND WE CAN'T STOP HIM, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO OR HOW HARD WE FIGHT BACK WE CAN'T STOP HIM!" Tears fell from Riku's eyes as his rant came to an end, after a few choked sobs he looked towards Kairi.
"We haven't changed Kairi…we just happened to realize how screwed we are." "We have a chance to stop Xeahanort from destroying everything, if we don't do this then what's the point of fighting back?" "If the three strongest Keyblade masters in universe aren't able to stop Xeahanort from destroying one world, then who can stop him from destroying everything?"
Kairi's words were hardly more than a whisper but he could hear them clear as day.
"You know damn well who can stop him Riku… You, Yen-Sid, even the king you're all just too blind to see it."
"Since you've forgot let me refresh your memory. His name is Sora he's a warrior of light with a heart of gold filled to the point of bursting with love for everyone he calls a friend. He has faced the darkness twice and won…he has beaten back the darkness at every turn even when he was lost to it. He is and always will be the light in the darkness for all of us since he picked up the Keyblade all those years ago…and I have been his friend since I was seven years old…"
Ignoring her bleeding side Kairi raised her Keyblade towards Riku and with a look of fierce determination in her eyes that he had never seen before made him to stop in his tracks. Sensing the growing magic coming from the girl Merryweather and Flora quickly opened the doors behind Kairi and took cover behind them. "So if you think for one second that I will let you get away with any of this then you've got another thing coming you emo haired asshole!"
"I'm not going to let you throw your life away!" Riku shouted worriedly, as he too sensed her growing magic, "What would Sora say if he were here?"
If Riku had super hearing he would have sworn at that moment that he heard a loud *snap* coming from Kairi as soon as those words had left his mouth.
"If he were here... he would tell you to GO. TO. HELL!" and with a flick of her wrist all of her magic gathered towards the tip of her blade.
"FIRAGA!"
"PROTEGA!"
The blast of magical energy was too intense for a normal Firaga spell for whatever the blinding light touched was gone in an instant. Even Riku's crystalline shield had begun to crack apart and within seconds his spell shattered blasting him across the hall through the tower's outer wall.
"Quickly, get inside!" Merryweather shouted as she pulled Kairi into the room as Flora bolted the double doors. "Flora do you remember where you saw it last?" Merryweather asked over her shoulder as busied herself with tending to Kairi's injuries.
Her sister shook her head as she went from pile to pile in the room searching for something in the archaic chests. Now that she had a minute to look around Kairi saw that they were in a storage room, a long abandoned storage room if the amount of cobwebs and dust were any indication, filled with old crates and furniture from what seemed like centuries ago.
A sharp stinging sensation brought her back to the real world as Merryweather finished placing bandages on Kairi's wound. "I'm sorry dearie; even with both our magic combined we wouldn't be able to heal this in time." She said sadly and with a sharp tug the bandages on Kairi's midsection were secured.
"I FOUND IT!" Flora's shout of joy echoed in the small room as she appeared from under a pile of old tapestries piled in the far corner. Flora rushed towards them, both her hands clutching a small burlap sack with the Disney castle emblem near the top. "Leave it to Donald to hide something so important under a pile of dusty rags" she said as she rummaged through the contents of the bag counting off items on her fingers as she went.
"Hang on…" Kairi said confusedly "I thought that King Mickey agreed with Yen-Sid's plan. Why is he helping us now?"
Suddenly the double doors where thrust inwards with such a force that the bar keeping them closed had begun to crack. Merryweather quickly pulled out her wand and began piling boxes and crates in front of the door, desperately trying to keep whatever was assaulting the door on the other side.
"While it is true that the King has agreed to Yen-Sid's idiotic plan, that doesn't mean that the same could be said for all of his subjects." The doors once again were thrust forward this time with more force further cracking the wooden bar and knocking part of the barricade over.
"Donald and Goofy are still in Yen-Sid's office keeping both him and the King busy. If it wasn't for them we would've been attacked by two Keyblade masters instead of just Riku, hopefully they can keep them occupied for a little bit longer."
"Now listen here Kairi" Flora's stern tone caught her full attention as she turned towards the fairy. Quickly rummaging through the bag Flora pulled out a small star shaped crystal and handed it to Kairi. "This" Flora said pointing to the crystal in her hands "Is what is known as a 'Star Shard', a piece of the barrier between worlds that can be used to travel in between worlds." Flora shoved the bag into Kairi's arms and backed away joining her sister in holding the intruder at bay "Master Yen-Sid's spell is almost done charging so Merryweather and I will create a barrier around the Tower as soon as you leave." "However" she said grimly "without Fauna to help cast the spell we can only guarantee you an hour at most before he can release his magic."
"But what about you two?" Kairi shouted over the sound of the door, "If Master Yen-Sid catches you who knows what he'll do to you? There has to be a way!"
"I'm sorry dearie but that's it…The star shard is very old and it only has enough magic left in it for two trips on or off a world" Merryweather said as she strained against the barricade "Once you land in Traverse Town find Sora and get off world immediately, do you understand Kairi?!" "Please make sure Fauna didn't sacrifice herself for nothing and go save the boy you love"
Kairi's face turned redder than her hair as tears fell from her eyes at the sight of the fairies and the loss of Fauna. Slinging the bag across her shoulder and summoning her Keyblade Kairi clutched the star shard close to her heart and focused on Traverse Town, and on the bright light that was Sora. "Flora, Fauna, Merryweather…Thank you…"And with that Kairi vanished…
"Hey Merryweather" Flora asked as the door lurched forward again, this time breaking the wooden bar in two "Do you think Fauna's watching us right now? That maybe she's out there, somewhere wondering what we'll do next."
Merryweather was silent for what felt to Flora like hours before she began laughing hysterically catching her off guard. Soon a smile crept onto Flora's face and she began laughing as well the sound reverberating in the closed quarters only adding to the effect.
"Maybe she is watching us Flora." Merryweather said as she straightened out her gown and righted her hat, "And if that is the case then we wouldn't want to disappoint her now would we?"
Flora's smile only grew wider at her sister's words and picked up her own hat that had fallen to the floor and placed it back on her head where it belonged. "No, no we wouldn't."
The doors blew apart like leaves in a hurricane taking the makeshift barrier down with them the dark form of the intruder looming in the doorway. And in the center of the room stood the two proud fairies hand in hand with smiles on their faces as they let the magic they had been gathering for centuries go.
In a bright flash of light the Mysterious tower and all its inhabitants were trapped inside a dome of magic. The halls that echoed with the sounds of battle a short time ago were suddenly silent and all was still.
Save for the sounds of a wand clattering on the dusty ground beside two brightly colored hats and a pile of ash.
Chapter 3 End
Yup that just happened...
