Velveteen Rabbits and Red Reapers.
I. Am. Sorry. It has been forever since my last chapter. I have just been busy. What with three AP classes, a thirteen page essay for the AP Lit class, being in tech for our musical (I'm typing this backstage actually), working, and getting college applications done, I've had my hands tied. But here's the chapter.
Also I have very little to go off in relation to the fighting styles of Xion and Velvet. I have maybe 5-10 minutes of RWBY and a crappy video of 358/2 Days gameplay for reference here. If anyone has any better reference, please tell me.
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We finally have the fight between Xion and Velvet along with Sora and Ruby's duel… but with a surprise twist. We also have another flashback to the downfall of a Darkness or two. But let's get on with the show shall we?
I do not own Kingdom Hearts or RWBY. The belong to Square Enix and Rooster Teeth, respectfully.
Unspecified Beacon Hallway
Sora was walking along, heading down to the Beacon Training and Sim room. It was his free period and he was bored. He had his hands behind his head, looking relaxed and content with the world. He was even humming and singing a tune stuck in his head, he was surprisingly good at it too.
"Hmm hmm hmmm... When you walk away
You don't hear me say please Oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight. It's hard to let it go. Hold me. Whatever lies beyond this morning. Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before!"
He kept on singing and walking, ignoring the stares he was getting. He also didn't notice how he caught the attention of a brunette girl with rabbit ears, who turned to look at him, then decided to follow him.
Beacon Simulation and Training Room.
Arriving at the simulation area, Sora summoned his Kingdom Key and booted up a medium level program as a warmup.
Sora did some simple attacks on some of the bots that charged him. Nothing too flashy or noticeable, just some of his regular moves. Sure, there MAY have been a Zantetsuken, but he would deny it if there was an accusation made. Sora saw two bots coming from his left and three from his right, so he did a quick spin, slicing all five before sliding into an attack on a lone bot, before using his Guardbreak finisher to tear through another. He knocked a few more into the air, before following them with his aerial arsenal of attacks.
After knocking the final one into the air, he let it fall to the ground with a clatter. He hadn't moved his Keyblade from where the swing had ended, displaying it a little above and behind his back as he stayed in his low bent over crouch. A flash caught his attention.
Sora pivoted around to see a girl in the standard uniform, with brown hair and small, cute features. But the most startling thing was her set of rabbit ears on the top of her head. She was holding a camera that she slipped back into what Sora assumed was it's carrying case.
The girl looked sheepishly and waved at him. "Sorry." The girl had an accent apparently. "I just wanted to get a picture or two of you."
"Nah it's fine." Sora waved off the apology with his trademark warm smile. "Not that bad a thing. I'm Sora. And you are?"
"Oh right. Sorry. I'm Velvet. Velvet Scarletina. Ruby told me and my team about you and your group. On behalf of Team CVFY, welcome to Beacon."
"Thanks. And Ruby told us about you too. So, you're a Faunus huh?" As per usual, Sora is too blunt for his own good.
Velvet started to look a little uncomfortable and self-conscious. "Yeeesss…" She started to back up a bit, hugging herself.
"Must be cool." Sora. You lovable idiot.
"HUH?!" Velvet was shocked. She was sure he said it must be cool to be a Faunus. Was he going to trick her, only to bully her later?
"Well, you get all these awesome abilities. Night-vision, enhanced hearing and eyesight, plus you get these neat animal features." Sora prattled on, completely oblivious to Velvet's dumbfounded look.
"So… you're NOT going to tease me about being a Faunus."
Sora laughed a little and shook his head. "Please, I have a few friends that are WAY more animal looking than any Faunus on this world. How hypocritical would that be?" Velvet smiled and giggled a little.
The two talked for a little longer before the bell rang for next class. Realizing they had the same class with Goodwitch, they laughed a little before setting off their separate ways to find their teams.
Beacon Combat Arena
The class was rather uneventful at the start. The faceless students squaring off with familiar faces. Sora winced as a student was splattered on the part of the force field he was viewing from.
"Nora, please refrain from breaking your fellow students' legs please." Goodwitch rubbed her temple, soothing the headache somewhat.
"Sorry!" Nora exclaimed with a smile. "I forgot!"
"As usual," The teacher quipped with a sigh. "I'll contact the nurse's office. But for now pay attention to the screen for our next bout."
The randomizer spun again before stopping on Velvet's picture, then Xion's. The room was filled with "oohs" of excitement. One of the best fighters of Beacon versus a new student whose teammates dominated their fights. This would be a great fight.
"Miss Scarletina, Miss Hikari, please report to your locker bays."
The two girls nodded and rose from their desks. They gave each other a shy smile and walked out into the side rooms.
Teams JNPR, RWBY, SVRX, and CVFY gathered around each other, discussing the nature of this fight.
Sora spoke up. "Velvet will probably have powerful kicks to keep Xion at bay. But I'm not sure about her weapon though. I didn't see her carrying one."
Coco Adel smiled and chuckled. "Oh trust me, you did."
"Your right about the kicks though," Ruby intervened. "Velvet's rabbit heritage keeps her kicks powerful and her leaps high." Pyrrha and Jaune nodded to this.
"Xion fights almost exactly like me," Roxas butted in with a grin. "She can handle herself."
"I saw your fight," Yatsuhashi interjected. "You may be fast and strong, but Velvet's weapon can be… unpredictable at times."
Ven smirked. "But Xion is also get her own trump card now." The cryptic message hung in the air, until the entrance of the two fighters broke the atmosphere.
"Cute outfit," Coco looked truly impressed with Xion's style, even for her fashionista tastes. "What's with the pauldrons though?"
"You'll see," Ven had the biggest 'I know something you don't' look on his face. It frustrated those who were not in Team SVRX to no end. What could that be?
Yang guessed first. After all, she saw the effects firsthand. "You're kidding."
Roxas spoke up, shushing her as well. "Nope. Spent half the day two days ago building it and a couple days before that designing it."
Sora went next. "Don't spoil it for them though." He gestured with his thumb to the others around them who looked annoyed now.
The competitors gave shy waves, Velvet speaking up first. "Good luck to ya."
"Thanks. You too," Xion responded quietly.
The buzzer rang and Velvet charged Xion. The latter lifted her Keyblade and deflected the flying kick aimed for her torso, throwing off the rabbit girl. Velvet landed gracefully with a backflip and charged again. This repeated a couple more times before Xion's blade became bathed in light. She dashed swiftly at Velvet, going through her guard and repeating the Sonic Rave till the finisher. Velvet recovered well, but her aura had taken a hit. She was down to seventy percent.
Coco chuckled. "Well, here comes her weapon."
Velvet reached behind her, as if grabbing something. What shocked Team SVRX was when a light blue outline of Sora's Kingdom Key materialized in her hands. Taking advantage of her opponent's surprise, Velvet struck out at Xion a couple times before leaping into her guard, copy Key in hand.
"How…" Sora started to ask as the fight continued after the pause. He stopped himself as he figured it out. "The camera."
Fox nodded, full attention on Velvet's onslaught of attacks. "Whatever Velvet takes a picture of, the case can create a hard light projection of it for her to wield."
"Handy," Roxas admitted.
"Won't be enough though." Ven still was confident in Xion. "Xion only needs to use her trump card now."
Xion backed up from Velvet's barrage and touched her shoulder. Her armor and hood all sprang to her body. While Roxas covered his bleeding nose, the others stood stunned.
"That's not the gear she was in at the exam," Blake noted. "You built her a new one?"
Ven merely nodded, grinning ear to ear.
Coco sighed exasperatedly. Even their armor was chic. "Still won't be enough. Velvet has other attacks.
True to her word, Velvet summoned a minigun and sprayed countless rounds into the armored girl, but a barrier surrounded her, deflected almost every shot back to Velvet.
"Reflega enchantment. For three seconds, all incoming damage is deflected to its dealer." Ven recited to those gathered around him. Even Sora and Roxas were surprised by this development. Why weren't they told? "Not even the coolest part. Wait for it."
The others looked back, to see Xion vanish into thin air. That was the last straw for the onlookers. Some were cheering loudly for Xion, a few dropped their jaws to the floor, others muttered how that armor needed to be nerfed, what ever that meant.
"Active Camouflage enhancement. My pride and joy. Since Xion is quieter and a little weaker than us, thought she use something to give her an edge."
"Can I get one?!" Nora asked starry eyed. Ren pulled her back. "No. You may not be allowed a magical armor set."
"Awwwwww."
Velvet fired her minigun, spraying 360 degrees and hitting nothing. A shadow appeared over her. Looking up, she saw Xion, floating above her, her Keyblade wreathed in golden light.
"Ragnarok!"
The limit struck Velvet fully, the finisher blasting her out of the ring. The buzzer rang, and the crowd went wild. There were cheers to both sides. Coco was shaken. 'This team, how can they be so powerful?'
Xion helped Velvet up, now out of her armor. The latter congratulated the former, and a hug between friends ensued. The two walked off, chatting like they'd known each other for years.
"That match was excellent. Truly remarkable." The Glynda Goodwitch openly applauded the two as the girls retreated into the locker bays. "Always take into account class: your opponent may have another trick up their sleeve. We have one final match."
The randomizer selected. The collective gulp from the audience was heard by Xion and Velvet in the next room.
Ruby Rose versus Sora Leonheart.
Perhaps two of the most powerful students or people on campus were squaring off. There was a lot of muttering and simpering could be heard around the room.
"He's going against Ruby 'Red Reaper' Rose?"
"Someone's going to die."
"Isn't Sora the new team's leader?"
"If he is, then that means he's the strongest, right?"
"I've got fifty Lien on Rose."
"I'll take that action."
The two got up, smiled, waved, and went their separate ways, crossing one another's path to get to their respective lockers.
When Sora had exited the ready station, he had to blink. 'How'd they get those banners, mini flags, tombstones and other merchandise with mine and Ruby's names on them. And where'd the gift shop come from. Wait… ' He choked on air. 'TOMBSTONES!?'
Ruby had her weapon out. It looked like a giant gun with a scope on it. 'Knowing this world, it probably has a melee function to it.' Sora drew Ultima Weapon out for this fight.
As the countdown timer begun, Ruby unfolded her weapon, revealing a long scythe about two feet taller than her, with a blade the length of her admittedly long and slender legs… 'Snap out of it!' Sora shook the thought from his head. 'Man, that scythe is big. But she needs me at a distance. If I get in her guard, I can take her.' Sora stopped for a moment. 'Not in THAT way. Ugh, why does she have to look so cute. It's distracting me.'
Ruby was having the same issue. 'He's mainly up close and personal in his fighting style from what I've seen. But when he changes clothes, that could be a problem.' Her ears burned at the thought. 'N-not like that. He's pretty lean; he's got a swimmer's body build with the arms of a sword fighter. Hmm, I wonder if he's done much swimming in his life.' The thought of wet, shirtless Sora crossed her mind; she almost squealed right there. 'Not helping brain!'
The buzzer sounded and Ruby took a couple of test pot shots at Sora; he deflected each of them easily off his blade. Ruby took off at Sora, using her Semblance to close the distance between the two. Sora's senses were overloaded by Rose petals as she attacked.
Sora was annoyed and amused.'So. Wait, her power is FLOWERS? Flower powers, huge scythe, and a hooded cloak. Geez, she's like Marluxia almost exactly.' Sora thought back to the second fight with the flowery man after they caught up with him(?)
Flashback-Radiant Garden-The Great Maw
When Sora, and the rest of the Keybearers heard that Terra-Xehanort had led an assault on Radiant Garden with three other Darknesses, Larxene, Marluxia, and Luxord, in command of an army of Nobodies, Heartless, and Unversed, they were beyond angry. They had forced Leon and the Restoration Committee into hiding, captured the other former Nobody Organization XIII members who now served the castle once again (Even, Aeleus, Dilan, and Ienzo), killed Cloud, Sephiroth (who had made his peace with Cloud), and Yuffie, ransacked the castle, and destroyed Ansem's computer.
Sora, Lea, Riku, and Mickey volunteered to go. Aqua and Kairi stayed behind, determined to find a way to rescue Terra from Xehanort's hold on him.
When the four arrived, accompanied by their companions Ïsa, Donald, Goofy, and Pete, Terranort and Ansem the Wise's closest allies were already gone. The leader left his underlings and army to mop up any resistance.
The Darknesses had Hell to pay for the deaths and captures of the Keybearers' friends and allies.
Mickey and the rest from Disney Castle were tasked with finding the Restoration Committee and wiping out the small fry.
Lea and Ïsa, who worked together like clockwork, dealt with Larxene, who had a score to settle with the ones who brought upon her defeat. The bitch was once again eliminated. This time, for real.
Luxord, poor bastard. He found himself facing off Mickey, but it was his companions who he had to worry about. Leon and Aerith, who had thought of Cloud as a brother and Yuffie a younger sister, had no patience for Luxord's games and punished him severely.
Sora and Riku elected to kill the man who had caused all their strife in Castle Oblivion. They had no trouble with him. The two worked in perfect synch. Sora's combos were punctuated by Riku's Dark Aura ability, Riku's attacks were finalized by a Strike Raid from Sora. Riku always found a Reflega around him when Marluxia lunged for him, and a Dark Shield kept the openings in Sora's defenses closed.
Soon, Marluxia found himself kneeling at Riku and Sora's feet. He had barely made a scratch on them. "You can't beat me… not again."
Sora shrugged callously. "Oh well. I guess you didn't learn your lesson the first time. You aren't getting any pity out of me, murderer." He spat the last word out with hatred.
Riku simply glared at the flower loving pinkette. "Your trial is now in Session."
"No… NOOOO!" Marluxia found his second wind and leapt at the two but it was too late. Their limit was already activated.
"Riku!" Sora called.
"You're gonna lose it ALL!" His best friend responded.
This Session was one of their most powerful ever, and Marluxia took the entire thing. By the time the two Lights fist-bumped, the sixth Darkness was already starting to fade.
"Now. We get Terra back." Riku furrowed his brow. "But how?"
Sora's face lit up. He had an idea. With a grin, he turned to his best friend. "Where there's a Will, there's a way."
End Flashback-Combat Arena
Ruby danced around Sora, striking from every angle with her huge weapon. She spun and twirled Crescent Rose around her body as easily as a giant hula hoop. Well, Oum's own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine would be a better way to describe it though. The boy could only block. His counter attacks only lead to him hitting a flowing rose petal shower.
'Hmm… only Wisdom Form can counter her speed,' Sora realized. 'Well, that and Final, but let's keep my trump card hidden for now.'
"Let's Go!" Sora powered up for the form… but instead of the feeling of mass knowledge radiate through his mind, a cold, dark, and familiar feeling gripped at his heart. The feeling strained at him, bringing to the surface all the pain and anguish he had experienced.
'No. Please.' The Keybearer pleaded inwardly. 'Please not in front of my friends, in front of HER!' He then gazed into Ruby's frightened eyes.
"Please…" Sora strained, sounding pained and distressed. "RUUUUNNNN!" Then he shut his eyes tightly.
An explosion of shadow erupted from Sora's clothing. When the cloud of darkness settled, he was on his hands and knees, staring down at the ground, his weapon gone. His whole body was covered in black shadow, even his hair and skin.
His team stared in horror. Roxas was especially concerned. 'Oh no…' he thought. 'Please, not that form. Not here! Not NOW!'
The dark Sora let out a violent cry that sent hate, sadness, jealousy, sorrow, frustration, regret, fear, stress, rage, greed, mourning, the list goes on. It was a cry of pure dark energy.
The Grimm throughout and surrounding Vale for miles sensed it. All looking to the same point, they felt the cry and basked in the negative emotions. It was too much, even for them.
Ruby approached carefully. "Sora? Are you ok?" A primal growl came from the boy.
"GET OUT OF THERE RUBY! SORA'S NOT IN CONTROL!" Roxas called out to the girl.
The boy in question tilted his head, listening. Then, slowly, Sora lifted his head… revealing a pair of pure yellowish-gold eyes, and a cruel, evil grimace. Anti Form had been unleashed.
Dunh. Dunh. DUNNNNNHHH! Anti Sora makes it's appearance. The most dangerous (and annoying) form Sora owns is loose. Now, unlike in game, Anti Form is uncontrollable, attacking friend or foe.
Next chapter: Defense Against Darkness- Can Sora's team keep his Anti Form at bay long enough for it to wear off? Also- fluff and flashbacks!
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Roxasstorm: Yeah. I did my homework for that one piece of information. Took some time too. The pairings I can confirm are SoraxRuby (I have dubbed it SoRu! There is no real ship name! I checked every story in the category!) , Arkos, Terqua, RiKai and RokuShi are for certain. I may put in YangxLea if I can get him to Remnant somehow; I'd call it Hot-head!
Czar Joseph: Yeah, I felt bad writing that part, but it needed to be done for the good of the story. Yes, Team SVRX is now scarred for life. And small world huh?
LightnigJack: Glad that entertained you.
Warrior of six blades: Thank you, I tried very hard on that fight. We wouldn't have to know that. The heat death of the universe would be too sudden. You couldn't even say "Well Shit!" before space and time was destroyed.
Cornholio4: Nah. Common dad thing is to scare the potential BF. And Torchwick's still dead.
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