Chapter 3: A gathering of Good and Evil.
The Gummi ship had slowly landed on to the blue, hard earth of Radiant Garden. Aqua was the first to exit the ship. She had looked at the once beautiful world, which now looked like it was slowly recovering. She had heard some of the details from Sora, and Riku ; however seeing it with her own eyes made her feel, a tad responsible for what had happened to the world.
"Terra, please tell me you were able to get that monster out of your body!" She begged.
Her thoughts were interrupted by L, who quickly ran out of the ship, Aqua's eyes grew bigger as she could have sworn she saw drops of blood coming from one of his arms.
"L, are you alright?" She asked concerned for her ally.
His only response to her was the sound of his vomiting near a far away rock. She couldn't see him, but the violent sounds told her everything she needed to hear. Riku quickly got out of the ship.
"Oh boy, it's been a while since I've been here. Okay, as long as no one remembers what you did, there won't be angry mob after you. Think positive, oh great, Sora's rubbing off on me." Riku thought with a small chuck coming from his mouth.
Speaking of Sora. Riku looked toward the ship.
"Hey, love birds! You're going to have to stop, and come up for air sometime!" Riku yelled.
Aqua looked at him.
"Riku, you don't have to tease them." His soon to be master muttered, while shaking her head.
Riku looked at her and gave a small grin.
"Master Aqua, as their best friend, I have a God given right to tease them, but I see what you mean." He muttered.
Sora and Kairi came out of the ship. Both were holding hands, looking at each other. The two were glowing. They both smiled while looking at their best friend, and soon to be master. Sora then gave Kairi a large smile, as he said.
"Kairi, welcome. to Radiant Garden!" He said, sounding like a tour guide.
However they could only see the blue barren mountain land. The only other thing they could see was a tumble weed casually rolling past them.
"Nice first date you got with your girlfriend." Riku snarked.
Kairi then socked him in the arm.
"Hush, it's just fine!" Kairi said.
"Alright, lets get going. Oh Sora, Kairi..I don't mind you two dating. Hugging, holding hands, kissing that's fine. However I don't want to catch you two doing anything naughty..are we clear?" Aqua asked in a firm manner.
"Crystal ma'am." Both said, while blushing.
L had rejoined the keyblade wielders, while wiping some blood off his mask with one of his sleeves. Everyone was a bit creeped out by it.
"I'm not even gonna ask." Riku muttered.
"Good." L said.
They started to walk to the town, that was close by. However they were greeted by large amount of Heartless.
"At least it's not a thousand." Sora thought as he summoned his Keyblade. It was now in it's normal Kingdom Key. However, Sora felt something was wrong with his body. He just stood there, his eyes no longer focusing on the battle, or even his friends. Roxas was in pain, his heart felt like it was beating faster than normal. He could even hear a girl screaming. Still all Sora could look at where those two large, crimson, angry eyes.
Riku, Kairi, and Aqua quickly caught on to Sora's problem. Kairi, and Riku grabbed a hold of him, while Aqua started to attack the heartless that would try to come near her students. L quickly pulled something from his sleeves. He threw six small kunai blades with tags tied to the bottom. When they made contact with the Heartless, they were blown to bits.
"Whoa!" Everyone thought.
"Sora are you okay? What's wrong?" Kairi asked.
"Argh!" Sora muttered.
L quickly tapped Sora's stomach harshly, causing a disruption in his magic network. He then yanked out a headband. Before anyone could react, it was tightly placed on Sora's head. Sora was now breathing better.
"Sora!" Kairi said holding on to her sweetheart.
"What happened to him, what did you do?" Riku asked L.
"Sora's body had a hard time in the Realm of Darkness. You, and Aqua have built an immunity to the darkness, while Kairi..is a Princess of Heart, do the math." L explained.
"Oh well, at least I got a free headband out of it." Sora muttered as he was about to touch it .
"Just don't touch it!" L warned as he smacked Sora's hand away from his head.
The five kept walking, however, L was keeping a faster pace ahead of them.
"Sora, you're sure you don't feel off?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." Sora protested.
"You sure?" Riku questioned.
"Yes Riku, we gotta focus on getting Aqua's Keyblade. By the way, how are we gonna do that?" He asked.
Everyone stopped walking, since all of them, expect for L; was now wondering the same thing. They all turned to Aqua. She was thinking on her feet.
"Well hopefully, once I am in range, I can try to summon my own keyblade, and it will return to me." Aqua theorized.
"We should have thought this through a bit better." Riku admitted.
"Oh for crying out loud!" L thought.
With a few hand signs the Keyblade wielders were sent into another wormhole.
"That'll get them to town, now I need to get those two out of Sora, or he's a ticking bomb." The masked man thought.
He then felt around his coat pockets, to find a DVD disc. Which was then taken by a bird.
"Ah NO! Oh wait, she made a copy." L said out loud, as he pulled out another disc.
That copy however was taken by oddly, another bird.
"SON OF A-"
"AAAHHH!" Everyone yelled as they landed on the cold hard ground. Each on top of each other.
"Ow my head." Sora yelled.
"That was rough to say the least." Aqua mumbled.
"Hey guys I think we are in town." Kairi said cheerfully.
"GET OFF!" Riku yelled.
"Aw can I get in on the dog pile too?" A familiar voice to Sora asked.
Sora looked up to find one grinning Yuffie.
"Yuffie, hey, how ya doing?" Sora said as everyone got off of Riku.
"Guys this is Yuffie. Yuffie, this is my best buddy Riku, my soon to be Keyblade Master Aqua, and my girlfriend Kairi." Sora introduced.
"Nice you meet ya, and by the way it's the Great Ninja Yuffie to you all. Even you Miss Master." Yuffie declared.
"I'll keep that in mind." Aqua said.
"So what brings you here?" The ninja girl asked.
"We are looking for our Master's Keyblade." Kairi stated.
"I'm guessing you haven't seen a lone keyblade or a suit of armor?" Sora asked.
"Nope." Yuffie said.
"Well, what did you expect Sora?" Riku snarked.
"Would anyone happen to know how to cast a tracking spell?" Aqua asked.
"Oh Merlin can totally do that! I'll show him to you. Better then getting yelled at by the new girl. She should be called Thunder then Lightning." Yuffie muttered.
"Huh?" Everyone asked.
"Never mind, you'll meet her as soon as she's done getting info from those Organization XIII guys we found." Yuffie explained.
"Axel!" Both Namine and Roxas thought.
"Wait, Yuffie could you take us to them first? We also might need to get some info on their boss. If that's alright with you Master Aqua?" Riku asked not wanting to overstep his bounds.
Aqua thought about this for a bit.
"I need my keyblade, however since these Organization XIII people were, or are still with Xehanort, finding out what he's planning would be beneficial to us." She thought.
"Sora, Kairi: Go with Yuffie. Just tell Riku, and myself, where Merlin is and we will find him." Aqua said.
Yuffie then grinned at them all. She did a few hand signs, and in a puff of smoke another Yuffie was formed.
"Whoa cool!" Both Sora and Roxas yelled.
"Huh?" Aqua, Namine and Kairi said.
"Two of them?" Riku thought.
"Like my shadow clone spell? This way I can totally help you out." One Yuffie stated to Riku, and Aqua.
"While the other can escort the Princess and her dim knight." The second Yuffie said poking fun at her friend.
"Hey!" Sora snapped, while Kairi giggled.
"Actually I'd like to follow Sora and Kairi forgive me." He thought.
The wicked looking man whispered in Isa's ear.
"Welcome back, Saix." Xehanort calmly said.
All of the castle's noise was Isa's screams. Screams, of pure terror and agony.
Aqua sneezed, she had been sitting by the blue robbed, white bearded wizard. Sadly his cluttered home was a bit dusty for her sensitive nose. He had blasted a spell on her Keyblade, and Aqua could now see a small arrow pointing west.
"Now Master Aqua, that should do the trick, in all my years of magic, I must say I have never used a hunting spell on a Keyblade, so I hope this will work properly. " Merlin stated.
Aqua stood up while Yuffie was playing with something in the background.
"Merlin, sir, you have been very helpful, and I truly am thankful for your help." She said while bowed.
"Think nothing of it Master Aqua, I'm just doing my duty. OH CONFOUND IT, YUFFIE WHAT DID YOU BREAK!?" The old wizard snapped hearing something break.
"Nothing; but we better run fast!" The ninja yelled as she grabbed both of them, and ran out the door as fast as she could.
The old wizard's house was set on fire, as the Yuffie clone took the dismayed Aqua where the first Yuffie was,along with her students.
Speaking of her students. Sora, Kairi, Riku, and the first Yuffie were in a newly made building, one that reminded Sora of an army base.
"Leon thought it would be better if we had some more muscle, after that big invasion. Luckily we managed to rope in some old army members. Cid's in there too." Yuffie said as she opened the door.
Following the ninja girl, they walked past a few rooms. Kairi wanted to ask so many questions, but she held her tongue. They walked by a dimly lit hallway. A door with a small window showed the six full cells, and one empty cell. Sora, and Riku, recognized them, having fought one of them in combat.
Roxas was looking around through Sora's eyes scanning for his best friend. He could only see a man with dreadlocks, an older looking man who was freaking out. A tall, short brown haired man with a deep scowl on his face, and finally a teenager with his gray hair covering most of his face.
"You three, what are you doing here!?" A woman's voice barked, making all three jump.
They looked to find a tall pink haired woman; her eyes were cold as ice. She wore a light white jacket, underneath a mostly black, and red battle suit. She was pointing a gunblade to their heads; however, unlike Leon's she had a more slim and sleeker looking model. Kairi couldn't take her eyes off this woman. Namine, had been trying to find her in her memories. Riku, and Sora; were a bit freaked out by her presence, Yuffie on the other hand was grinning from ear to ear.
"Jeez Lightning, ya really know how to make a girl feel welcome." Yuffie said, making the woman lower her weapon.
"She looks very familiar." Riku noted.
"Lightning, she looks a lot like Mom." Kairi thought.
"Does your mom have a sister?" Namine asked.
"Yuffie, why have your brought children civilians here?" Lightning growled.
"Uh, those children happen to be Keyblade wielders. Show her guys." Yuffie stated.
Sora, Riku, and Kairi summoned their Keyblades, making Lighting's eyes slightly widen a bit.
"Well now, this is different." Lightning said coolly.
"Miss Lighting, we heard that a few members of Organization XIII were here. Their leader is alive and we need to figure out what they know." Riku stated.
Lightning then gave a half smile.
"I'm ahead of you on that, I've been interrogating them since we found them. However, they are all lacking in memory; most of them I'd classify as insane. However there is one who I was about to interrogate.
"Does this person have red spiky hair, and can shoot fire out of his hands?" Sora asked.
Lighting then raised an eye brow.
"YesVilliers, do you happen to related to a Snow Villiers?" Lightning asked, as her heart was skipping a few beats.
"Oh yeah, he's my dad." Kairi stated with a smile.
"Serah is alive?! No, she can't be, then again if that idiot is alive.." Lightning thought to herself.
"What's your mother's first name?" Lightning asked.
"Um, this is getting a bit personal..." Kairi mumbled.
"Answer my question, and I might let your friend walk." Lightning ordered.
"Hey, I don't think you can do that!" Yuffie pointed out.
"Can it Yuffie!" Roxas yelled, despite no one being able to hear him.
"Her name's Serahcould this girl be Then I'll show you to your..friendsorry about the whole kidnapping thing, I'd make it up to you, but Pinky's got me tied up." Lea muttered.
Lightning smacked him upside the head.
"You wouldn't have had be detained if you had just cooperated." Lightning dryly stated.
"Hey! I didn't do anything wrong! You and your hot girlfriends just had me pinned to the wall!" Lea yelled.
The four could see sparks were about to fly. Kairi got Lightning away from Lea while, Sora and Riku unstrapped him. Lea felt his wrists, and shook them; he then looked at Sora, Riku, and Kairi.
"Guys, Xehanort's back..I mean everyone from the organization is back, and Xehanort's stronger than ever." Lea stated.
"We know, We have a teacher who's gonna help us out with that." Riku stated.
"Wait, wait, you know!?" Lea asked.
"That Xigbar guy, Master Yen-Sid, and some werido in a cat mask has been making that very clear." Riku said.
"Oh and L, the guy in the mask found a way to give Roxas and Namine their own bodies!"
Lea's eye's widened a bit.
"Really? That's great!" Lea said, holding back the urge to jump for joy.
"Oh, speaking that, they are both at the door." Yuffie said, coming back while she was eating a muffin.
"Where did you get that?" Sora asked, being rather hungry.
"Muffin spell." Yuffie said.
Outside of a new magic shop, L had a few bags in hand.
"Okay, I have all that I need for the spell, now I just need to find them. " L thought to himself.
"Huh..they are in Ansem's computer roomlet's put a wrench in their works." The taller hidden man said.
"After we mess with the man in the mask, honey?" She asked.
"Of course." The man said.
The two vanished while laughing.
End of chapter.