Hey…remember when I said I'd definitely make one story a month? …Now, remember how it's been like…three months without a new one? Well, I know now that the internet hates me, what with all the shutting down and not working for weeks. However, I still apologize for the delay. Also, I'd like to thank T.C.O. for pointing out the problem on the fourth chapter (it should be fixed now).
Oh, you might notice how this one's a little more serious, um…yeah…Enjoy!
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The Adventures of Leon and Yuffie
Episode #7: Beauty and the Beast .o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o..o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.
"We now return to Taxicab Confessions."
"Hey, get me to Old McDonald's."
"Sure thing. Hey, aren't you Clarabelle Cow?"
"Yeah."
"Do you do anything wacky?"
"Real smooth." Leon was curled into his favorite chair, in his favorite blanket, doing his favorite after-patrol activity: nothing. He had just come back from one of the worst nights of heartless attacks he'd ever seen.
"Well…sniff when I'm alone at night…I wear leather!"
"Yowza, that's weird."
Leon's mind kept wandering back to the night's attacks. Why had there been so many? There have been more and more every night I've gone out this week…
At that point, Yuffie burst into the apartment. "Leon! Trouble at the old Moogle place!"
Leon stood. "What is it?"
"Some moogle got attacked by the heartless on the way to Traverse Town."
Leon grabbed his gunblade and followed the ninja to the synthesis shop.
Inside the shop, Leon found a purple and pink striped moogle lying on the ground. He was coated in cuts and bruises and being tended to by Aerith and the Fairy Godmother. Cid sat at the table and Mogricka and Moorock fluttered about, trying to help the healers.
Leon went to the wounded moogle. "What happened?"
Mosh looked up. "This is Art. He was attacked on the way to town."
Leon looked over the injuries with a trained eye. "You were chased. If this was one attack, they would have finished you off…"
Art nodded. "They chased me all the way here."
Leon frowned. "The heartless aren't usually that aggressive… Why were you coming here?"
The moogle glanced at Mosh, who nodded. He then spoke up. "I deliver for Mognet."
Leon had heard the of Mognet, the moogle-run mail system. He had even seen some of the mail. It was about a tea party… a three year long tea party… hardly worthy of the Heartless' attention.
"Who were you delivering to?"
Art hesitated, but was spoke up when he saw Mosh nod again. "The King."
"Well, that explains it," Yuffie spoke up from her spot by on the table, she jumped down and started to pace. "But how would the Heartless know it was for the King?"
"The King has asked that we keep an eye out for heartless activity," Mosh explained. "If they found out, all traveling moogles could be targeted."
"Or they knew you had an important message," Aerith said as she finished bandaging the purple moogle's wounds.
"Either one isn't good," Leon figured. "What was the message?"
"I don't know," Art said, holding the envelope in his hands. "I can't open it until it's delivered. I need to finish my duty." He tried to stand.
The fairy godmother had just finished putting her wand away when she frowned at the moogle's movements. She pushed him back down. "You aren't going anywhere for a few days."
"What? I need to deliver my message!" Art squirmed under the unrelenting fairy's firm grip.
The old woman frowned further at his continued squirming and spoke. "Can't one of you do it?" she asked, looking at the other moogles.
The three looked at each other.
"Inventory tonight," Mosh said a little too quickly, "We can't leave until everything's accounted for." The others nodding in agreement. Then they all looked at Leon.
The SeeD groaned. "I'll go."
"Maybe I should go as well," Aerith said, standing from the ground and gathering up her supplies.
"Oh! Me too!" Yuffie hopped up and down a few times and waved her arms.
Leon frowned. The last thing he wanted was Yuffie tagging along. "Someone needs to take care of the town… The heartless are getting worse here."
The Fairy Godmother spoke up, "Merlin and I can watch over things here."
Yuffie grinned. Leon scowled.
"Fine. We'll leave as soon as you're all ready."
. o . o .
Leon piloted the Ragnarok towards the landing pad of the castle. The SeeD looked at the large building. It jutted into the sky, bright and shining and surrounded by gardens and chirping birds. The towers were all slightly crooked, an architectural quirk Leon had never inquired about. Next to him, Aerith sat at the communications panel, dealing with the protocol associated with approaching the well-guarded planet. Yuffie milled around, turning over the letter that the injured moogle had given her in her hand.
Soon they had landed. Leon and the others walked off the ramp. Leon made a face and stepped over a few mops carrying buckets as they headed towards the gates. When they got there, they were met by the captain of the guard and the court magician.
"What's the big deal?" Donald Duck asked as they approached.
"We've got a message for the king from Mognet," Yuffie said, holding up the letter.
"Mognet?" Goofy said, looking at Donald, "The King said to send in any Mognet messages right away."
The magician nodded, "Come on." The duck and the dog led the three humans into the throne room.
. o . o .
"Ho Ho! I didn't know you delivered for Mognet."
The king sat up in his throne, accepting the letter Yuffie handed him.
"The moogle who was going to deliver it was ambushed by heartless," Leon explained, arms crossing over his chest. "He's recovering in Traverse Town."
The king's smile faded as he listened. He opened the letter and began reading. A frown grew on his face.
"Well, what does it say?" Yuffie asked.
"It's from Stiltzkin."
"What did he say?" Aerith asked.
"He's come into some trouble on the world he's been watching lately," the king frowned further, "He was supposed to be sending information on heartless movements in the area. It troubles me that he couldn't get the message to me himself." The king frowned, then looked at the three before him. "Leon, can I ask you to retrieve him? The moogles have been an invaluable source of information and I don't want one to be lost."
The SeeD held back a scowl and nodded. "We'll get him out."
The king nodded. "The planet, France, is a primitive world. You all know about the Prime Directive of course. Do not spread technology or knowledge of other planets to the locals." The king was answered with a chorus of nodding heads. "Stiltzkin being trapped troubles me. Get him out, but be wary that this world itself may be in danger."
"We'll do what we can," Aerith spoke up, causing the king to give her a grim smile.
"Thank you. Chip and Dale will program the coordinates into your ship."
Leon uncrossed his arms and nodded. "We'll leave right away."
. o . o .
Aerith stared out the cockpit nervously at the stars zooming by. She looked down at her hands and frowned. She had absentmindedly undone her braid. Re-braiding it, she heard a beeping alarm and looked at her console. "Leon, we're approaching the coordinates."
Leon looked at the screen to see the planet come into focus ahead of them.
Planet France hung in the sky as it was supposed to, however it was blocked off by a fleet of heartless ships. They all seemed to turn at the Ragnarok at the same time. Leon could see the guns on the ships start to charge, and the SeeD snapped into action.
"Yuffie, strap yourself in and stay out of the way. Aerith, power up the weapons." Leon wasted no time as he jumped into the pilot seat. He set the ship into a dive as the heartless guns all spilled their lasers at them. The SeeD managed to avoid major damage, but the rear of the ship sputtered as it took a volley of hits.
Yuffie clung to her seat as the ship shook. "We're not gonna make it!"
Ignoring her, Leon dodged and swerved past a few intercepting ships. Turning his attention toward the rest of the fleet, he set a course directly through it toward the planet at top speed.
"Open fire!"
Aerith responded quickly, and the Ragnarok's guns tore through the ships directly in front of it. Leon piloted through the hole they had opened up in the blockade. They were once again pelted with laser fire as more heartless turned to pursue them. Leon grimaced at the damage to his ship.
They had nearly made it through the fleet when a single ship rammed them from below. Warning sirens blared as the ship was rocked by the impact.
The planet came into view ahead.
"Leon, we're coming in too fast!" Aerith yelped.
"The controls are damaged. I can't slow down!" Leon struggled with the steering as the ground rushed up toward them.
"Hold on to something!" Aerith yelled.
The ship hit a line of trees and something exploded.
. o . o .
Aerith let out a groan, sitting up. She found herself still strapped to her seat. Shaking her head she looked around and found her companions where she had last seen them. Detecting the smell of smoke, Aerith unbuckled herself and stood to check on Yuffie, and found she was waking up as well.
The younger girl rubbed her head and looked up. "Hey…we're not dead?"
"No, we're not," Aerith replied, helping the unsteady ninja to unfasten herself from her seat. "Are you hurt?"
"Not badly." Yuffie stood and stretched. She only had a few bruises, but the Ancient cast a quick Cure spell anyway. "What about Leon?"
"I'm okay," The SeeD called from where he had landed. He ran a hand through his hair, found no blood and stood. Seeing that the other two were unhurt, he headed for the door. "Come on. We need to see how bad the damage is."
Searching the ship, they found no serious damage until they reached the engine room, where the other ship had torn through the hull. Leon made a face at the mess of gears and gummi littering the room.
"Well, the engine's busted…" Yuffie gave Leon an apologetic grin when he glared at her. "Can you fix it?"
"No," the SeeD grumbled, wishing for Zell. The surprisingly apt mechanic could have easily pieced the engine back together, gummi or not.
Aerith poked a wiggling engine piece. "We'll need to find help."
"There's a village a couple hundred yards away to the west," Yuffie said.
"Let's go," Leon said, heading back to the cockpit for his gunblade.
. o . o .
The three started into the village. As they walked, the townspeople stopped what they were doing and stared at them. Leon's eyes widened. He knew the look they were giving him meant; they were about to sing…
Strangers to town are here.
They seem nothing to fear.
What style of clothing do they wear?
And my what odd hair.
Leon tried very hard to ignore the singing people around him as he looked for a place to hide. He passed by three blonde girls who appeared to be triplets. They all looked at each other, then back at Leon.
Who is this new one in town?
What mystery is behind that frown?
So cute and full of class.
And my what a nice ass.
Gaston the hunter had been watching the three enter town. He had been admiring the two girls until he heard the triplets singing about the man. He frowned and looked at Leon, then at the gaggle of people surrounding him. That was his crowd!
This stranger is suspicious and no good.
Things aren't as the should.
I won't stand for it near my home.
I'll cap him in his dome!
"Crazy town full of singing people, out of my way!" Leon pushed through the crowd, desperately looking for a place to hide. He saw a sign over one of the doorways with a book on it and ducked under the triplet women, jumping through the door. He slammed it closed behind him as the women started to reach for him.
The old shop keeper looked up from the pile of books he was putting away as Leon entered.
"Hello there, son. What can I do for you?"
The SeeD frowned. "Get me away from the townspeople."
The shop keep laughed, picking up a few books and putting them on the shelf. "That won't be a problem here. Not too many venture into this store. Is there something you're looking for?" The older man had said the last part in an odd way, causing Leon to turn.
"What?"
The old man grinned. "We don't get too many strangers around here. There was on a little bit ago, a short fellow who came here a few weeks ago. He didn't stay too long. I haven't seen him in a while."
Leon's frown grew. "What did he look like?"
"Two feet tall, white and fuzzy, answered to the name Stiltzkin." The old man grinned again.
"Do you know where he is?"
The shop clerk frowned at that. "I'm afraid not. You may be able to find out more about him around town, he was kind of hard to miss…"
Leon frowned at the prospect of questioning the other villagers. "Do you know where I could get damages to my…vessel repaired? I've had a little trouble…"
The book keeper grinned oddly again. "You may want to talk to old Maurice, the inventor. He can help you with your problem."
Leon went back to the door, still slightly confused. "Thank you."
The bookstore owner nodded as he left.
. o . o .
"Now where did Leon get to?" Aerith said, looking around now that the townspeople had finished their song and gone off to there business. The two girls had been left alone and quickly realized they were missing their moody leader.
Gaston, seeing the two young women alone, was about to make his move on them when he was knocked into by their companion leaving the book store.
"What brings you here, stranger?" He asked, pretending to be civil.
"…" Leon merely glared at the man.
"We don't get many travelers here, especially with such lovely companions," he said, glancing at the women. "So what are you? Their brother? Servant?"
"…" Leon started to walk away when the woodsman stopped him.
"Answer me when I talk to you!"
Yuffie and Aerith noticed the two nearly coming blows further away. The younger woman got a good look at Gaston and smiled, rushing up to them.
"Boys, boys, there's no need to fight." The ninja stepped between them, facing Gaston. "Hey there, handsome. I'm Yuffie. How about a tour of town?"
Gaston smiled, flashing his perfect teeth and forgetting about Leon's rude behavior. "Why of course." He linked his arm in Yuffie's and walked away with her.
Leon watched them leave, frown spreading on his face.
"What was that about?" Aerith asked, walking up to the SeeD. "Is Yuffie going to be safe with that guy?"
Leon watched the ninja walk of, arms linked with the hunter who had just threatened him. "She knows what she's doing."
Aerith nodded after a moment, satisfied. Leon stopped a man passing by carrying a tray of bread. "Where's the inventor's house?"
"Maurice? Over there." The baker pointed an elbow towards a house just out of town. "Good luck with that loon." He laughed as he walked off
"Come on Aerith," Leon said. "That 'loon' may be able to help us."
. o . o .
Aerith hadn't finished the second rap on the cottage door when it was flung open. A short, round man with maps sticking out of his coat started leaving the house.
"Excuse me, I have to go!"
Leon and Aerith looked at each other.
"Wait a minute," Aerith said, what's going on, sir?"
The man stopped only a moment. "It's my daughter. She's been locked up by a beast in a castle! I've got to save her!"
"We don't have time for this," Leon muttered, turning to leave.
"Wait, maybe we can help." Aerith frowned at the face she got from Leon in return for her suggestion, "If we help you, can you fix our ship?"
Maurice made a face. "Ship?" His mouth hung slack as Aerith pointed to the spaceship, visible all the way across town. "I uh… I guess I could take a look at it."
Aerith looked at Leon.
He frowned, but nodded. "Fine."
Maurice jumped. "Oh thank you. Thank you!" He went back the house and grabbed a tool box. He soon was heading for the ship and still sputtering thanks.
"Wait!" Aerith called after him, "Where's the castle?"
"Over there," the old man pointed beyond his house.
Leon and Aerith looked out past the dark woods outside the house. In the distance, a lightning strike illuminated an ominous castle on a hill.
"Oh, there it is," Aerith said.
Leon sighed. "Come on."
. o . o .
Aerith ran through the old gate, followed by Leon, who quickly closed it behind them. They stood there for a moment catching their breaths. Those wolves had almost gotten them…
Leon looked up at the ancient, forsaken castle. The windows were dark and empty. Everything was quiet. "I don't think anyone's here…"
"You may be right," Aerith sighed. "Maybe this is the wrong place."
Leon turned and started to open the gate, then closed it quickly as a snarling wolf jumped at it, clawing through the bars.
"Okay," Aerith said, taking a few steps back. "Let's go check out the castle."
Leon nodded, and the two started up the path. At the door, Aerith used the knocker. After a few moments of silence, she looked at Leon, who shrugged. She tried the doorknob, which opened to a dark hallway. Leon stopped Aerith from stepping in and went in himself, drawing his gunblade.
The SeeD signaled for Aerith to stay and crept into the darkness. He paused a moment, absorbing the noises from the creaky mansion before he moved on. Once he was certain that the hall was empty, he turned to give Aerith the "all-clear" signal, only to find her standing right behind him.
"I told you to stay at the door," the man grumbled.
Aerith gave him a look. "No you didn't, you waved at me."
Leon nearly slapped his forehead. He had forgot Aerith wasn't a SeeD. He bit back a grumble. That was a foolish mistake, one that could have killed him or Aerith. He took a breath and looked at the woman. "Okay, follow me."
She nodded and readied her staff. They walked further into the castle. As they passed a table, Leon heard a whisper and quickly turned. All he saw was a candelabra and a clock on a table. He kept moving and heard the whisper again. He looked and found the same sight greeting him. He walked to the table and picked up the candelabra, blowing out the flames.
"No need to be rude, Monsieur," the candle said, causing Leon to drop it. It blinked and relit the flames on its head and arms. "I am Lumiere, and this is -"
"That's enough, Lumiere!" the clock said, hopping angrily. "The master won't tolerate any more intruders!"
"Master?" Aerith said, having approached the table. "Can we talk to him?"
"But of course, Mademoiselle," Lumiere said, pointing towards one of the doors. "If you wait in here, we will fetch him."
Leon and Aerith went into the sitting room as the candelabra dragged the sputtering clock off to find their master. Leon looked around the richly adorned room and settled on standing by the fireplace. "What do you think?"
Aerith sat at the chair by the fire. "This is an impressive castle. Maybe its master can give us some information."
The SeeD nodded, staring into the fire. He heard a creak and a growl and turned, drawing his gunblade. In the doorway a shadow loomed. It pounced, heading directly for Leon. The SeeD held his gunblade straight out. Had his attacker not dodged a moment sooner, he would have been impaled. The shadow jumped away and swiped a clawed hand out, which Leon ducked under.
Swinging out, Leon nearly caught the attacker's side, but instead entangled his gunblade in its cape. The SeeD let go and rolled under another swing. He grabbed his weapon from the ground and swung at the shadowy figure's legs. Jumping back, the figure landed by the fireplace.
The SeeD heard Aerith gasp, and saw his attacker as the fire illuminated his face. To Leon, it looked like a furry behemoth. It stood on its hind legs and wore clothing, and its eyes were intelligent. The SeeD lowered his blade.
"You fight well," the creature grunted.
"…You too."
Aerith stood, seemingly unconcerned by the fight the men had, "You must be the master of this castle. I'm Aerith, this is Leon."
"…They call me Beast."
. o . o .
Yuffie looked around Gaston's house, making a face a all the rough leather and antler décor. The hunter had offered to buy her dinner later today, but the foolish man had left his door unlocked. Yuffie had let herself in to 'borrow' a few things.
The ninja peeked around the corner and found Gaston speaking to a figure in a black cloak. The huntsman seemed very interested in what the hissing, whispering voice was saying.
"Belle? What does she have to do with this?" the hunter asked. He was answered by more whispers.
"So that's where she's been hiding." More whispering. "Fine. I'll lead you to the castle. But Belle is mine."
Yuffie leaned in closer to get a better look at the mysterious figure. Its face was shrouded by its hood, but the symbol on its robe was all too familiar.
"Heartless!" Yuffie whispered. "I need to tell the guys!" She started for the door, then paused to grab a few expensive-looking items and hurried off.
. o . o .
Leon kept a grumble to himself as a coat hanger presented him a soup in a bowl that smiled at him. Aerith had spoken first when they were asked to dinner, accepting before he could refuse. Their host had been joined by his other 'guest' , Belle.
Aerith had been quick to find out that Belle was Maurice's daughter. After hearing their situation, Aerith promised to make sure Belle's father was updated when they left.
The SeeD held back another grumble. Aerith was getting too good as guessing his actions. The former flower girl treated him just as Quistis did. Irritating as it was, it was somewhat comforting. Leon looked up as the Lumiere cleared his throat and started to dance.
"Be, our gu-"
"Stop!" Beast and Leon said at the same time. They looked at each other as Belle and Aerith giggled. Lumiere grumbled and the plates made unhappy noises as they went back to dinner.
"Have there been any attacks or strange occurrences lately?" Aerith asked as the main course was served.
"Actually, there have been strange creatures lurking in the woods," Belle said, looking at Beast, who nodded.
Leon and Aerith looked at each other. That didn't sound good.
"Oh," Aerith looked up. "I forgot, we've been looking for-"
As she spoke, one of the doors opened and a moogle came into the room. He sat at an extra spot at the table and picked up his fork and knife.
"Am I late for dinner?"
Aerith and Leon looked at each other again.
"Stiltzkin?" Aerith asked, the moogle looked at her.
"Yes? Oh, are you guys my ride?"
"Yes, we are. I see you're not in such dire condition as your letter implied," Aerith pointed out. At that, the moogle's ears twitched.
"Perhaps we can discuss that after dinner."
Something in his tone made Leon frown. He didn't like the sound of that…
. o . o .
"What's going on here?" Leon asked. He, Aerith, and Stiltzkin stood in an empty corridor. Belle had taken the hint and asked the Beast to accompany her for a moment away from the others.
"The heartless are getting more numerous and more powerful each day," the little moogle answered grimly.
"Just how bad is it?" Aerith asked.
"This world is going to fall just as soon as they find the keyhole."
Leon's jaw tightened. The keyhole. Every world had a heart, the king had told him, and every heart had a keyhole. Until it was locked, the world was in danger. But only the keyblade could do that.
"Do you know where it is?"
Stiltzkin shook his head. "I haven't been able to find it. I thought it might be in this castle. It's hard to search without something watching here…"
Leon pushed himself off the door. "We need to find it and protect it…"
"We don't even know where to look-" Aerith gasped as she heard a crash for a floor down. A moment later, Leon detected the distinct chattering noise of Shadows, heartless soldiers.
"Looks like they know." Leon drew his gunblade and ran. By the time he got to the bottom of the stairs, heartless were pouring in from the main doors. He jumped off the banister and came down on a wizard. He discharged the gunblade as he struck. The mid-sized heartless let out a screech and disappeared in a plume of smoke, heart shadow flying out of its body.
Leon turned and found a Defender bearing down on him. He ducked as it lunged its shield at him. He kept dodging as the shield was thrust out to him. Jumping and rolling, the SeeD managed to get around to the other side of the creature. He swung down, cutting into the monster but hardly effecting it.
King Mickey had once told Leon that the heartless were different from ordinary monsters. These creatures were stronger and better guarded due to their nature. Only one weapon was meant to fight them, therefore others weren't as effective. Leon's search for the Keyblade had thus far been empty-handed. However, he had grown stronger and more able to deal with the attackers with brute force. He unleashed a flurry of blows which knocked the defender down, then finished it off.
"Back up the stairs!" Aerith shouted. The SeeD noticed there were too many enemies to deal with where they were. When they reached the top, they found Beast fighting off more attackers. Together, they fought off most of this first wave. A scream came from further down the corridor as more heartless poured in.
"Belle!" Beast roared. He turned to Leon. "Get out of here. I'll get Belle."
Leon frowned and nodded. "Get to the town. We'll meet you there." The Beast merely nodded and bounded off in the direction of Belle's scream.
. o . o .
Yuffie rushed through the open doors of the castle. "Leon, Aerith, there's heartless on planet!" She heard fighting further up into the castle. She ran up a set of stairs and found her comrades fighting a horde of heartless.
"Oh, never mind." She threw her shuriken at an oncoming shadow.
"Yuffie, where did you come from?" Aerith asked while dodging a Large Body.
"Town. I got you an antler lamp." the ninja hopped over a group of shadows and whacked a Soldier that was sneaking up on Leon. "Hey, do you guys know a 'Belle?'"
"Belle?" Aerith said, healing a wound on Leon. "Beast just went off to look for her."
"Beast?" Yuffie hopped off a defender's back and cast fire on him as she retreated, "Who's that?"
"The guy who owns the place." Leon chopped down on a group of Shadows. "What about Belle?"
"That jerk hunter guy's got some plan to nab her." The ninja jumped out of the way of an ice ball.
"Beast can take care of her." Leon bit back a curse as he got hit with the ice ball Yuffie had just dodged.
"Well, the thing is, he got the bright idea to go after her from some heartless guy." She grinned sheepishly at Leon as he brushed frost off his arm and popped open a potion bottle.
"What?" Leon nearly spit out the potion he just drank.
"I'm pretty sure he was either heartless or at least worked with them, I-" the ninja was cut off as more Shadows surrounded her. Aerith clubbed a few with her rod and stood back-to-back with her younger friend as more enemies poured in.
"We can't stay in here, there's too many. The town may be under attack as well," Aerith called after Leon. He nodded, face grim, and cut a way towards the stairs. The group ran for the door and Leon noticed Aerith shoving any of the living furniture she could grab into her bag as she went.
His face hardened to a grimace. Aerith's instincts were rarely wrong. She felt this world was coming to an end and she was trying to save as many lives as possible. As they reached the doors that left the building, Leon scooped up Lumiere, who was flailing about.
The SeeD pushed ahead of the girls and worked the flask out of his jacket. He opened the door. Beyond it were a dozen Darkballs. Taking a drink, he held up the candelabra and spit flame at the mob, who all screamed and dissipated
Leon handed the dazed candlestick to Aerith, who tucked him away. They continued on towards the town.
"What about Belle and Beast?" Stiltzkin yelled from Yuffie's bag, where he had jumped in as soon as the fighting started.
"We can't help them!" Leon shouted over his gunblade's discharge. "We can only hope they make it into town before it's too late!"
. o . o .
"Let her go!" The Beast roared at Gaston, who had been cornered by the former prince. The Huntsman had the unconscious Belle over his shoulder.
"She is mine!" The irate man held her tightly. "Nothing you can do will change that!" As he screamed at the beast, a swirl of darkness formed behind him. Gaston turned to see his ally, the Phantom, materialize.
"You? What are you doing here!"
"You have served your purpose," it hissed in reply.
The heartless circled him once and struck, grabbing Belle and shoving the huntsman away. Before Gaston or Beast could react, the Phantom disappeared with Belle in tow.
"NOOOOOO!" Beast roared into the ever darkening sky.
. o . o .
Leon paused a moment from his running, could have sworn he heard a cry. He was now starting to notice how dark the sky was and the smell of sulfur in the air. The SeeD wasn't going to admit to himself that the world was as good as gone yet. There were still signs that hadn't shown up.
"LEON!"
The man turned at Aerith's horrified cry. Both of his comrades were staring upwards. Leon felt his stomach do a flip as he looked up and saw the towering figure of a Darkside, the heartless' herald to a dying world.
To be continued…
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Two-parter? Hot damn!
the next installment should be out soon…as long as I get it done before episode 3 comes out…cough
Hope you enjoyed it, I know I did.
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Leon and Yuffie will return in:
Beauty and the Beast Part Two…Electric Boogaloo