Ch.4 Who are you?
Sora ran to the secret place, realizing it might have been a trap to lure him away somehow. He ran faster than he ever thought he could, for the thought of him losing everything again haunted him. Five feet before he reached the secret place, a giant man in a black & white suit with a red tie stood before him. The man must have been seven feet tall, and by the looks of it, he had to have worked out a lot since he looked overly buff.
"OUT OF THE WAY!" Sora shouted at the man, but all the man did was smile and say "Sorry kid, but I have orders not to let you into that cave."
"Who's and why?" Sora asked wondering who could be behind this.
"The person is none of your concern and as for why, because I was ordered not to let anyone in there, got it?" "Do you know why that person is making you block the entrance?" Sora asked hoping to get more information out of the person.
"Nope, and really I don't care why, now if you wish to proceed you have to get passed me, and trust me, you don't want do that."
The words angered Sora that he could not get any information out of the big lug and that he thought that he could beat him.
"Right and why not?" Sora overconfidently asked.
"Attack me and you'll find out." Sora dashed faster than a speeding bullet, jumped into the air and swung his keyblade at the man. But all the man did was block it with his knuckles, holding Sora in mid-air, and scold him with one word "Pathetic."
Suddenly, the man disappeared and reappeared right behind Sora. Sora turned his head just to see a giant fist hit him in the face.
Sora dove straight into the sand, which made a giant crater of sand. An explosion of pain swam all over Sora; the punch felt like someone hit him with a sledge hammer three times, even though the sand cushioned him, everything seemed to hurt like hell.
Sora attempted to get up, but than he heard a male voiced echoing, "GRAVARA!" Unexpectedly, Sora face went straight into the earth, his body felt like he weighed 500lb.
"I may not be known for using magic on someone, but I do know how to use it." Sora barely managed to move his head. He focus on the man, "Who is he?" Sora thought. Then, Sora saw something on the man. On his red tie there was a mark in black ink, it showed a heart with a diagonal cross over it. Suddenly, a brief flash of Ansem went through his mind. "The heartless symbol!" Sora thought," Is he related to Ansem, if so how?"
Sora again tried to get up, but he could still only move his head. He felt like he had 100lb on his back. Sora knew a bit about the spell, but he didn't know how to counter it. He did know that if the user loses concentration of the spell(s), it goes away.
"If I could point my keyblade at him, I would be able to cast a spell on him, too." All of a sudden, the ground moved and it seemed like the "Heartless" man was surprised by it. Either he didn't know about it or he did not know it would be this soon. But in that brief second it let Sora be able to break through the spell.
As soon as Sora stood up, the man started to caste another spell. Sora thought quickly, "What do I do, if I run toward him or away I'm sure I'll be caught in the spell, I would have to have super…" Suddenly, Sora remembered a technique Cloud had taught him; Sonic thrust. It enhances your speed by x3, but it uses a lot of magic and energy.
But Sora had little choice; he focused on what Cloud had told him. "Be calm, focus your magic at the souls of your feet, then release it, it helps saying a word or two to release it .This technique will launch you to the enemy, but it won't work forever." Sora did the exact same thing, and muttered to himself, "Sonic Thrust".
Sora launched himself at the enemy full force. The "Heartless" man blocked his attack, but Sora acted surprise when he disappeared right behind him. Sora took advantage of this, and slashed the Keyblade at the mysterious mans' back. The man screamed in agony and rage. Blood sprayed past Sora in a neat diagonal line. The man twisted around, flatted his right hand, and swiped it at Soras' neck. But Sora used rave to dodge the fatal blow and attacked the man's back again, but just before Sora was about swing another mighty blow the man said," I won't fall for the same trick twice!"
Unexpectedly, an explosion of energy and wind hit Sora. Needless to say that he was gusted away like a piece of paper in a thunderstorm. Just before Sora hit a palm tree near the seaside shack, Sora recovered in mid-air. He looked at the spot where the man blew him away, but the man was gone. Seemingly falling slowly in mid-air Sora looked around. Then in a split second, a flash of light appeared in front of Sora. Swiftly, the same man appeared out of the ball of light, but he looked a tad different. Instead of a black and white suit with a red tie, he wore black sweats, and an open black jacket showing his 6-pack and other layers of muscle and around his chest in black ink wear a heart with a diagonal cross in it.
For a while Sora stared in awe, but after five seconds went by, his head registered that the enemy was right in front of him! Sora lunged at the man while in mid-air, but in a brilliant flash of light, his keyblade was knocked out his hands. Sora was amazed and curious in how he did it. Then, Sora noticed that the man was holding something. He was holding something with a black handle, and a flat pole like object stretching out from it. Sora looked further down and saw crescent moon object stuck at the end of right side and at the very edge of the thing it was flat, no sharp edges, nothing.
It rarely took any time for Sora to realize what he was staring at… a keyblade! As soon as Sora hit the ground, he dashed for his keyblade. Just before he could even get in reach of it, the man appeared in front of him, and without hesitation, punched Sora in the guts. Sora instantly fell to the ground, drifting into unconsciousness.
But just before he fell unconsciousness, he heard a voice. A voice like his own, but colder, colder than ice itself, and it echoed in his head, "Hello Sora"
"Who are you?" Sora asked.
"I am the phoenix for when you fall."
"Who are you?" Sora asked again.
"Better question," it said in the same icy voice, "What am I?"