Chapter 7:

New Allies New Hope?

"Oh...My...God" That was all anyone could mutter as the swarm of demons and suddenly

heartless began emerging from the woods. They were horribly out numbered. Hundreds to one

and there was no way they could fight them all off. But of course...they had no choice.

"How the hell are we suposed to beat them? We dont even have all 7 Captains due to

mine being depressed and all." Pyro said, the newest member of the 7 Key squad having

only been a member for a few months. He was Azula's first leautenant and very good with

his sword. Many people turned to look at him, apparently having been wondering the same

thing, but no one answered.

The 7 Captains were the only people left that they knew of who could weild keyblades.

Each had been chosen, and mastered a different element. Together, when all 7

Captains/Keyblade weilders were working together, their power was un beatable. But with

one Captain down, their joint powers were useless. Each person had to rely on their

individual skills. A risky business.

"Captain...B-Barex...Are we really going to have to figh-" Jeri began, with tears in

her eyes. She was the youngest of all the Captains.

She may seem small and weak, but dont let her youth fool you. Jeri had experienced

much pain and suffering through her life, as did every Captain and member of the squads.

Thats what brought them together. Most were orphans, their families having been destroyed

by heartless when their worlds were attacked. The 7 Captains were drawn together by the

power of their Keyblades, they realized it was fate, so they began a group of elite

fighters made up of those whose lives were destroyed by heartless and evil.

There used to be three key blade weilders who used their weapons against these vile

creatures and saved the universe, until their downfall. Then there was no one. Many years

later, our 7 heroes were the next to be chosen by the keyblade.

But their strength was about to be tested, as was Sora's, Kairi's and Riku's so many

years ago. Those three destroyed every heartless but at the cost of their own lives.

Would the 7 Key Squad suffer the same fate?

The forest no longer stood in front of the shadows on the roof. Instead, a vast mass

of moving darkness stretched out farther than the eye could see.

Everyone looked scared, even their leader looked wide eyed upon the ever growing mass

of demons and heartless.

"If we are gonna do something, we should do it soon" Shina said. Gearta and Gris were

standing behind him. Even the people who werent part of the squads were ready to fight.

Chlainamos stood hand in hand with Katilix as she leaned against him, her mouth hanging

open, staring into the mass.

The sun was setting, within half an hour it would be down making it extremely hard to

fight.

"Your right." Barex took a deep breath to calm himself. "Everyone, gather around."

Each person turned, only half aware of what was happening. "This...is going be difficult.

But a difficult task is not necesarilly an impossible one." He paused to take a deep

breath again. "We can do this, I have faith in each one of you and your abilities.

This...This war will be to protect this world and any others these demons may want to

destroy. We have to do this. If we go down...we do it fighting...we do it with

honor...and we do it together." Those who were previously zoned out snapped back to

reality at these heart felt words. A sudden surge of courage washed over them once they

realized that Barex was right. We were together, and when all of them were together,

nothing could stop them!

"So, count of three?" Yami suggested. Terrad reached over and grabbed her hand,

squeezing it tight. Barex and Ky-Kie did the same, as did Chlainamos and Katilix. Sakura

and Silver hugged eachother and Kage somehow ended up holding hands with both Jeri and

Rei. Everyone reached their hands into the middle of the group, one upon another.

"one..." Yami started.

"Two..." Barex and Ky-Kie added before every voice was heard rining out the word:

"THREE!" And with this word the bodies flew and teleported to the ground behind their

beloved home. The 6 Captains had all teleported down the ground. Their leautenants

landing like cats, gracfully upon the ground all around their captains.

Each person turned to either side of them, taking in the faces of their friends, loved

ones, and most of all, the people who had become their family. Some eyes were glistening,

others were kindly smiling upon the faces of the younger ones, silently assuring them

that everything was going to be alright. Then, with one collective lunge, they were all

off, with amazing speed, towards the ever growing swamp of monsters.

"I cant beleive it already started!" Amira said angrily as Kye and herself were spit

out of her portal. "Where the hell is everyone?"

"Yeah, Its quiet." Kye added, taking notice that the front of the building he used to

live in was strangly lifeless.

"Too quiet" Amira turned to Kye. "Are we sure its starting tonight?" She asked staring

up at the newly risen moon. The air was cut by the sound of a blade against hard metal.

"I guess this is the night" Kye said, he began running, Amira following closely

behind. They arrived on the other side of the building and what they saw caused Kye to

stop dead, causing Amira to slam into him, knocking him and herself to the ground.

"Why did you stop?" Amira asked, she didnt need an answer for she looked up to see a

massive battle going on with thousands...no easily millions of heartless attacking the 19

members of the 7 Key Squad who looked like tiny specks against the giant black mass.

"Where is Azula? I dont see her! Do you think she's..." Kye couldnt finish the

sentence, the thought of his ex girlfriend being dead was too much for him.

"No, I sense her inside. The whimp isnt even fighting." Amira said coldly. She was too

preocupied with watching the battle to care about Kye's feelings. "You ready to fight or

what?" Kye nodded and they set off into the battle. They were just within range of the

battle when the ground shot up and attacked them. Kye was tangled inside the roots of the

nearby tree. Amira dodged and blasted the rocks flying at her as much as she could, trying

to find the source of the attacks. There he was.

"BAREX!" She yelled. Putting up a forcefield, she began running at him, full force.

Barex mearly stood there waiting until she was right in front of him then caught her up

in the roots as well.

"What are you doing here-" He was cut off when a heartless jumped over Amira's head,

lunging straight at Barex. He summoned his Keyblade, ready to destory it when Amira

ripped away from the roots and killed it herself using her darkness blades which come

straight out of her hands. "what..." Barex began.

"Will you just shut up and take our help?" Amira flipped over his head slicing three

more heartless. Barex looked her straight in the eyes. "This war doesnt only affect this

world!" Amira yelled, dodged a demon which flew over barex and turning to slice it into

two, turning it to ash. "If you dont win, and this world is destroyed...all the realms

will dissolve with it." Amira said, stopping to look Barex in the eyes.

Unfortunatly, Barex's gut told him to trust her and Kye...for now. "Fine, but at the

first sign of you turning on us...Ill kill you personally." And with this he ran off to

help Ky-Kie who was being attacked by 10 large demons at once. Kye sliced through the

roots and ran to Amira.

"He is letting us help him?"

"For now. Lets go, Im not going to let my father down. But with any luck-" She

whispered into Kye's ear "Some of them will die during the battle". She turned and began

fighting again as did Kye.

Azula sat in her room, the door creaked open but she didnt notice. A demon had slipped

into her room and brought with him a deadly poison. Azula mearly lay under her blanket

with her face in her pillow. A war was raging...what should she do?

The demon snuck up behind her, a poison soaked knife in his hand. He raised it, the

blade glistening against the light from Azula's candles. He brought it down swift and

hard, plunging it straight into Azula's back.