Hello everyone and welcome back to Kingdom Hearts III!
Man, I seem to be on a roll with this story! Though I did have a lot of time on my hands over March Break to do some writing, but still, when ideas are flowing, it's good to get them out there.
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CHAPTER 2
The stars above The Mysterious Tower shined brightly as Riku and Kairi walked out and down the staircase onto the green grass. Kairi looked around at the tower's surroundings as Riku stepped out in front of her.
"Alright," Riku started lecturing, "If you're to become part of the seven lights, then we will have to begin your training immediately."
"Of course." Kairi said, semi-cheerful, though her expression quickly reversed to one of deep thought.
Riku immediately took notice. "Hey, are you ok?" He asked.
"Hmm," Kairi snapped out of it, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Let's get going!" She then hopped up and down in mock excitement.
"Ok then," Riku said, going about his business, "let's start with the basics." He then hopped away from Kairi and summoned his keyblade, Way to the Dawn, entering his battle stance.
(Future Masters ~ KHBBS)
Seeing her friend jump into battle formation, Kairi, too jumped back and flicked her wrist back. As light formed into her hand, she took grasp as her keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, appeared in her hand. Kairi, now in her own battle stance, prepared for Riku's first lesson.
(A/N: This will serve as the tutorial for the game. I will try and keep it as brief as I can to prevent me from boring you guys to death, so without further ado, let us continue on…)
Riku and Kairi stood each other down, until Riku began to lecture. "Ok, let's see what you already know." He called out, holding his ground.
(Press X to attack)
Kairi ran across the grass towards Riku, attacking him with her basic attacks, as Riku merely blocked them all. After a few combo moves, Kairi hopped back into her battle stance.
"Not bad," Riku said, standing back in his own battle stance, "Now, let's see if you know how to defend yourself."
(This is your HP, or health. Taking damage will decrease your HP. Press [] to block attacks)
This time, it was Riku who ran toward Kairi, and bombarded her with attacks. Surprisingly, Kairi managed to block the attacks, as after a while, Riku stopped and jumped back into his battle stance.
(On some occasions, some attacks cannot be blocked. Be mindful of how to go about these situations.)
"Impressive." Riku said, still in his battle stance. "Alright, last one. You ready?"
Quickly, both teens ran at each other quickly, both throwing all they had at each other. Though Riku was definitely holding back, he had to admit, for as little battle experience Kairi had, she still knew how to put up a decent fight. After the two sparred for a while, they jumped back and into their battle stances, concluding Riku's lesson.
(End Future Masters)
Both Riku and Kairi dropped their battle stances, Kairi breathing a little hard, as Riku calmly walked up to her. "I'm impressed, Kairi." He said, stopping before her, "In no time, you'll almost be as good as me and Sora."
Kairi, slowly regaining her composure, nodded, "Thank you, Riku. You're actually a pretty good teacher."
As Kairi talked however, Riku noticed that she was a bit off again, like something was bothering her. Riku then crossed his arms, "Are you sure you're ok?" He asked, "You just don't seem yourself at the moment."
"It's ok, Riku, I'm fine." Kairi insisted, trying to put on a happier face.
Riku, however, sighed in disbelief. "It's about Sora, isn't it?" He asked. Kairi stopped in her tracks. This was not something she really wanted to talk about right now, but looking at Riku's concerned expression, she knew she had to face it at some point.
Looking down, Kairi simply nodded, indicating to Riku what this was about. "I know you're worried about him. Heck, it scared me too to see him go through that." Riku said, as the two sat down at the tower steps, "To see him almost fall into darkness like that. It almost reminded me of me."
(Friends in My Heart ~ KH2)
Kairi looked over to Riku, noticing the infliction in his voice. "But if I was able to overcome my darkness, then knowing Sora, he wouldn't dare go down without a fight." Riku then turned over to Kairi. "And neither will we." He concluded, as Kairi simply smiled. He was right. Even though things might not be looking so good at the moment, they couldn't give up on each other, even after all the three of them had to go through.
Slowly, Kairi put her hand over top of Riku's, looking at him. "We'll all go together." She said, "Right? Master Riku?" She emphasised the 'master' part with a smile.
Riku managed to grin, noticing how far the three of them had come. "Right." He answered. Riku then stood from his spot. "Well, I think that concludes are lesson for today." He said.
(End Friends in My Heart)
As the two began to walk back into the tower, they noticed a small dark figure looming in the bushes. Curious, Kairi pointed it out. "Riku, look." She said. As Riku turned around to see what it was, he immediately noticed the familiar figure, with its beady yellow eyes giving it away.
"Heartless!" He cried out, as he re-drew his keyblade, jumping back down onto the grass.
(Working Together ~ KH2)
As Riku touched the ground again, a small swarm of shadow heartless appeared on the ground, semi-circling around the tower. Seeing this threat, Kairi too jumped down beside Riku, summoning her keyblade back as well, as the two looked on at the swarm.
"Well, Kairi, let's see what've learned." Riku said to her as they both entered their battle stances, ready to fight.
(OBJECTIVE: Defeat the Heartless!)
As Riku jumped right into the fight, Kairi still looked around, planning her attack.
(Press R1 to lock onto a nearby enemy or object. Press R2 or L2 to cycle between targets)
As a few shadow heartless began to close in on her, Kairi swung her keyblade, swiping the dark creatures away. Using the techniques Riku had just taught her, Kairi managed to fight off as many as she could, while Riku occasionally came to her aid. The shadow heartless began to become fewer, however, solider heartless were starting to appear, making things a little harder for Kairi. Even Riku was starting to become a little overwhelmed by them.
(End Working Together)
As Kairi fought, a lucky heartless managed to sneak up on her, get in a lucky hit and knocking the princess of heart onto her back. As Kairi sat up a bit, trying to shake off the attack, she noticed the amount of heartless around her starting to double. In short, it wasn't looking good for her.
As one of the solider heartless dove toward her, ready to use his cyclone attack on her, she Kairi raised her keyblade, ready to block, only for the heartless to erupt into black clouds. Kairi, easing her block, looks to see a keyblade swung, and the wielder to be someone she had seen in a while…
"Sora!" Kairi shouted excitedly.
The spiky haired brunette looked up from his stance to see his childhood friend, glancing a small smile toward her. "Are you ok?" Sora asked, helping Kairi to her feet.
"Yeah," She said, turning her attention to Riku, who was slashing through the horde with ease.
"Sora." Riku took notice of his friend, and hacked through the heartless toward Sora.
"I see you guys have been doing well while I was gone." Sora smartly remarked.
"Yeah, peachy." Riku sarcastically replied.
"We need to get inside and tell the others." Kairi stated.
"You guys go ahead. I'll hold them off." Sora said, as Riku and Kairi nodded and headed for the door.
(Rowdy Rumble ~ KH2)
As his friends made it inside, Sora turned his attention toward the swarm in front of him. He jumped into his battle stance as he mocked the swarm with small grin on his face, "Ok, who's first?"
(OBJECTIVE: Defeat the Heartless!)
Sora starred at his opponents, putting together his plan of attack.
(This is your MP. Casting Magic will decrease your MP. Scroll through the Command Menu using the directional buttons. Press X to use Magic.)
Quickly, Sora leaped into the swarm, hacking at the heartless in front of him. As two began to sneak up behind him, Sora immediately turned on his heel and fired Blizzard at his opponent. Sora continued to slice through the dark beings, not once letting up from his attacks. The swarm however, started to build, as large bodies appeared out of nowhere, and rammed at Sora. After not being able to block their attacks, Sora managed to get behind them and slash away, managing to redirect their attacks into their own comrades. Sora then finished off what was left of the group with a cast of thunder, leaving behind nothing but orbs and munny.
(Certain orbs will prove helpful. Collect them to increase either munny or health)
(End Rowdy Rumble)
Sora looked around, seeing that the heartless have seemed to have retreated. Seeing that they were now gone, he decided he should head in and see Yen Sid. However, as he went for the stairs, he turned back to see the heartless beginning to come back again. Sora, annoyed, jumped back into his battle stance. "Ugh, come on. How many of you guys are there?" He groaned.
However, before he could make a move, a sudden wall of fire appeared in front of Sora, startling him. As Sora jumped back, he watched also as thundaga was being constantly called down, as the heartless were disappearing in chunks of groups, one by one, until they were all gone. Once the heartless finally disappeared, the fire wall slowly faded away and Sora looked on at the empty grass.
"Whoa" He uttered, as he then looked to his side to see Yen Sid bringing his arms back down to his sides, for he had summoned all of that magic. Also beside him, Sora noticed Riku, Kairi, King Mickey, Donald and Goofy standing beside Yen Sid, also looking at the now cleared area.
Sora immediately bowed humbly, "Master Yen Sid." He stated, as the elder looked down at the young boy.
"It seems your arrival as brought much excitement with you." Yen Sid said with a sarcastic but slightly playful tone as he gave Sora a small smile. Sora looked up to Yen Sid, then back down as he sheepishly laughed, scratching the back of his head, embarrassed. I guess it was a good thing he came back…
The gang's back together!
Well, ok, they didn't actually fight together or anything epic like that, but hey, we've got a while to go, it'll happen...eventually...
So, yes, Sora has returned to The Mysterious Tower, and now it's time to debrief the team and put events into motion. What will happen then? I dunno, you'll just have to wait and see, as this concludes today's chapter!
Until the next time, feel free to comment (No Trolling!) and I'll see you guys in the next chapter!
