Skyline: I'm BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEED!!!!
Roan: o.O
D.M.: So that's why you're updating?
Skyline: Yes. That, and I wanted to get this out of the way…
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VIII
Danny shot up into the air, thinking he might have a vantage point from above.
Unfortunately for him though, Xehanort summoned flying creatures as soon as he noticed the boy flying.
"Dammit!" He cursed, turning to fly backwards and shoot at the things. The disappeared into black dust almost instantly.
Okay… that was weird. What ARE these things… they're not ghosts… Danny's thought trailed off when he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye.
Sora and Sam were in the midst of a bunch of Neosouls also. And floating a little above them? Xehanort.
"Wha…?" Danny was REALLY confused now. He looked between the Xehanort that had confronted him and Mickey to the one near Sora and Sam.
How the heck…? Wait… "Clones…" Danny muttered out loud to himself.
"Correct." Xehanort's voice came from behind him. Danny spun around, his hands glowing. Floating there was yet another Xehanort, and in an orb of dark light floating right next to him was Riku.
Knocked out.
"Wh-what's going on!?" Danny demanded.
"I just came to give you a little gift, boy." Xehanort twisted his fingers, and Danny felt a rushing, painful power flow through him.
"Wh-what did you do!?" He gasped.
"I just tampered with the darkness in your heart. If you wish to use it or not is your choice." With that, darkness surrounded him.
"Wait! What do you mean!?" Danny yelled, but when the darkness disappeared, both Xehanort and Riku were gone. Danny looked down at his hand.
"Darkness?" He muttered, confused.
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Sora stood in front of Sam, looking ready to collapse.
"My, my, we've gotten soft." Xehanort smirked, about to raise his hand to summon more Neosouls.
"I don't think so!" Mickey came out of no where, slashing Xehanort across the back.
"Ahahahaha…" Xehanort's laughter echoed in the air even after he disappeared.
"Your Majesty?" Sora asked, bewildered, as he allowed himself to slump onto the ground.
"Are you okay?" Kairi ran over to him, throwing herself into Sora's arms, and surprising him all the more. Sam looked about ready to dash off to find Danny when the ghost boy landed a bit in front of her.
"Danny!" She dashed forward and threw his arms around his shoulders. "I'm sorry, Riku said he want to talk, and next thing I knew, he was kissing me!" She quickly explained.
"It's okay." He murmured, rubbing circles into her back. Then he held her out at arms length. "Are you okay? Where you hurt?" He demanded.
"No, I'm fine. Sora didn't let them touch me." She said.
"How did you defeat Xehanort so easily?" Sora asked, looking up at Mickey.
"It was just a clone. There was at least two of them. One fighting you, the other fighting us." The mouse explained. Sora nodded.
"Um, Sora?" Danny said, seemingly reluctant.
"Huh?"
"I faced who I think was the real Xehanort."
That had everyone's attention.
"Did he hurt you!?" Sam demanded.
"No, he…" Danny hesitated here, then shook his head. "He had Riku in an orb of some kind of… dark purple light? I don't know, but when I confronted him, he disappeared, taking Riku with him.
"WHAT!?" Not only did Sora and Kairi demand, but also Mickey. Danny simply nodded. Sora opened his mouth, about to say something, but Kairi was quicker.
"We need to go find him!" She said.
"No, you're not coming too!" Sora said quickly, a hint of over-protectiveness entering his voice.
"Uh-uh, you are NOT leaving me behind again!" Kairi said fiercely.
"But~!" Sora started, but the look on Kairi's face was BEYOND stubborn. "Fine…" He sighed.
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Skyline: I am SO getting shot for this…
Roan: Yep.
Skyline: But it was YOUR idea!
Roan: But you're the one typing : )
Skyline: Gee… thanks…
