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9.
"Were glad you could make it." Sora and Riku both whipped their heads round to come face to face with their older doubles. "Fa….I mean Cloud! Its you guys!" "Its ok Sora. I know now who I am to you….son."
Riku looked Sephiroth up and down with a slight scowl etched across his beautiful features. "You still don't trust me do you boy?" "What was your first clue?" "The fact that you keep eyeballing me is clue enough. Im sorry I attacked you boy but I didn't want anything getting in the way of my destiny." "Which is?" "Which was you mean. I don't know what it was but I guess all those lies that Cloud and my selves head was filled with made us believe destroying each other would fulfil our destinies….we were wrong." Riku still glared at Sephiroth. "Give him a chance Riku. We need their help." Sora whispered in Riku's ear while lightly squeezing his hand. He looked over at the smaller male shook his head and smiled slightly. "Very well Sephiroth I will give you a chance but im watching you." "I hope you not watching me all the time." He said while grinning at Cloud. "Give me a break." Riku mumbled. "Ok everyone. Gather round!" The King shouted.
Everyone formed a circle around Mickey. Sora glanced around at all the faces. Most he knew but he few he did not. "Ok first we have to get to know each other a bit to find out what powers we all share and which we can learn from each other. I will begin! I specialise in protecting my allies but can also shoot around the battle field inflicting damage with my dark Keyblade. Moves such as V-Spin Swing, Ascending Spin and Pearl are devastating to heartless. Next!"
"Donald and Goofy here! We aid Sora and act as back up fighters on the battle field. We attack close quarters and from far away!" "Yeh, Whirly Goof gets them all eh Sora?" Sora simply smiled at his friends.
The woman called Rinoa stepped forwards. "My name is Rinoa Heartilly Leonhart. As you all know I am a sorceress. I am a master in both White, Blue and Black magic. I have the ability of flight and my most devastating attack Apocalypse will wipe out anything in its radius." "Next!"
Leon stepped forward next. "Its Leon or Squall Leonhart depending on how much I like you. I am a gun blade specialist. Ideal in close combat situations using techniques such as Mow Down and Consecutive Blade. I can also aid from afar with Firaga and unleash Blasting Zone to obliterate all in my path."
Yuffie lept forwards "Hey! The Great Ninja Yuffie Kisaragi! Apart from being a Ninja which just about says it all. I have lightning fast reflexes and can attack with Ill Wind, Quick Thunder and Forest Silk, 10,000 Elephants! Nothing cans stop me….well except Seph's temper!"
Merlin and Aerith both stepped forwards. " Merlin and Aerith Gainsborough. We specialise in aiding from out with the battle field using both Black and White magic's"
Tifa was next to speak. "I am Tifa Lockhart. I specialise in martial arts and close combat. My attacks Smash, Horizontal Kick and Seventh Heaven will knock Heartless back to where they came from. My Final Heaven attack is utterly devastating eh Sephiroth?" She smirked while glaring at the sliver haired male. He ignored her.
The man in red spoke next. His voice so deep and smooth it made Sora cringe slightly. "I am Vincent Valentine. Ex Turks. There is nothing you need to know except in my most deadly form Chaos nothing will stop me. With Death Penalty in my hand anyone in my path ceases to exist." Sora cringed even more. "Remind me to stay away from him Riku."
Cid stepped forwards. "Cid Highwind. Mechanics and technical genius. I can also fight. Using my spear I fight from the air leaping around and impaling enemies. My final attack Highwind summons my ship to blast the Heartless away to fuck!"
"I am Barret Wallace. I shoot guns. Close combat or from a distance. Ungar Max and Catastrophe are my most devastating attacks but take a while to prepare. Your next spiky junior!" He shouted pointing at Sora.
Sora jumped forwards enthusiastically "Well I guess its Sora….Strife?" Cloud nodded. "You all know how I fight. I rush in head first. I took on 1, 000 Heartless single-handedly and won! I have 5 fighting forms. The first is just me. The second is Valour. Third is Wisdom. Forth is Master and the fifth is Final Form. I wield two Keyblades in all my forms except normal and Wisdom but im gonna train so I can wield two normally and three during final form. Ummmm, what else. I have Mako infused in my body from my father. I can grow a single wing on my left shoulder to give me flight….once I work on it and extra strength. That's all!"
Riku lightly squeezed Sora's hand and stepped forwards. "Im Riku….?" "Valentine." Sephiroth added. "Yeh, Riku Valentine. I can fight using both darkness and light. I fight using both Air and Ground Combo. I protect my allies using Dark Shield. I blow them away using Dark Aura when fighting alongside Sora. I can also cure my allies in close range. Sora and mines attack Eternal Session defeated Xemnas so it's a killer! I also have Mako in my body and have a wing from my right shoulder. That's about it."
Cloud stepped forwards. "Cloud Strife. Ex ShinRa. Infused with Mako. Flight, close quarter fighting and magic. Ku Strike, Sonic Rave and Warriors Spirit beat Sora into the ground two years ago so they are pretty powerful."
"Sephiroth Valentine. Ex ShinRa General. Walking mako factory. Flight and close fighting. My Meteor Shower, Wall of Fire and Dark Orbs will grind the Heartless into dust!"
Last but not least Kairi stepped forwards. "Im Kairi. I wield a Keyblade but am knew to fighting so I will be watching all of you to expand my powers and gain new fighting moves. I also want to learn White magic."
The introductions were aside and everyone stood in silence. Sora looked around quite bored. "I suppose you all know why I have summoned you here?" Mickey piped up. Everyone nodded except Sora, Riku, Cloud, Sephiroth and Kairi. "Well, Xehanort lives. We do not know how he is still alive after becoming a Heartless but….Sora? You lived so the same thing must have happened to him. A powerful emotion must be keeping his original body alive. He is constructing his army." "Where is the location?" Vincent asked. "We do not know however, my sources tell me that it could be in The World That Never Was. If that's the case we cannot enter. It has become extremely dangerous since the two of you defeated Xemnas. His army will be around 1, 000, 000 Heartless but I am not talking your run of the mill Heartless. I am talking about shadow Heartless of every one of you!" Everyone gasped and looked around. "How?" Rinoa questioned with uneasiness etched in her voice. "He has had contact with every one of you. You may not have even known it was happening but he stole a tiny part of your hearts essence. So small it couldn't be noticed. In the same sort of way in which Sora and Riku were created he has made thousands and thousands of clone shadows each containing all your fighting moves. That is why we must learn as much as we can about each other fighting styles. Copy and master them. it's the only way to even have a shot at surviving this impending battle." Sora and Riku shifted nervously. "I know the two of you have had visions about the battle and from what I know they were not pleasant." "You can say that again. But I have decided that if we cannot win I will offer my body, hear and soul to the darkness to overcome the evil coming our way." Riku boldly stated. Sora looked at him with fear in his eyes but refrained from saying anything. "It will take much more than darkness. It will take all of us working together, training together and banishing the darkness from our hearts. Light is the only true weapon that can be used against this army. They feed on darkness….or so Xehanort's studies would lead us to believe. If any one of us has even an iota of darkness within our bodies they will continue to grow and thrive. I am aiming this at you Cloud, Sephiroth, Vincent and Riku!"
Slowly everyone began to disperse back around the Great Maw. "Let the training begin I guess?" Sora whispered to Riku. Riku nodded at Sora. Leaned down and quickly kissed his petite lover on the lips.
Each fighter took it in turn to stand up and present their techniques that could make a difference to the war. All other fighters took not of the powers they used. If any elements were included which ones and the preparation time needed fro each of the techniques. Sora sat with a somewhat bored air about him. Sephiroth leaned in and whispered into his ear. "I know how you feel Sora. It's the five of us who will make a difference in this battle." He said motioning to himself, Sora, Riku, Cloud and Vincent. "The others are all powerful fighters but lack the Mako enhancements we have. I say after dark, me, you, Riku, Cloud and Vincent should train together. What do you say boy?" Sora looked at the other four males sitting around him. Looked to Riku for reassurance and nodded to Sephiroth. "Ok….we shall train together." "Excellent. Here after dark." In the blink of an eye both him and Cloud vanished into thin air.
Sora and Riku sat side by side at the Great maw waiting on the other men arrive. "Im so worried Riku. When will the Heartless attack us?" "Im guessing we have a while to train. I can still sense things in the dark world and I can sense the army slowly growing. It is far too weal to attack us now. We have I would say….a few years." "I hope your right." Sora turned and looked away from Riku into the night sky. Stars streaked across the sky like tiny fairy lights. The moon hung majestically like a silver pendant against the black sky. Riku glanced at Sora. Sensing his fear he reached up and took his younger lovers chin between his thumb and forefinger. He pulled his head gently round to meet his. His lips descended onto the brunettes slowly at first. The kiss was warm and loving. Nothing too heavy. Sora felt heat build up and pulled Riku further towards him. He ran his tongue along Riku's bottom lip demanding access to the silver haired youths mouth. Riku complied. Their tongues touched slowly. Slowly dancing around each other. Sora still wanted more. He pushed into the kiss violently wrestling Riku's tongue with his own. His hands snaked their way up Riku's back, shoulders and neck only to come to a stop in the silky, soft silver hair.. Riku's hands remained planted on Sora's tiny waist. After a while they slowly moved round to Sora's stomach. Creeping ever so slightly lower. Sora's breath hitched as he felt long fingers ghost over his covered arousal. Slowly Sora felt himself being pushed back onto the ground. "Hope we are not disturbing anything?"
Sora and Riku froze mid kiss come shoving Sora onto the ground. They broke apart blushing. Sephiroth, Cloud and Vincent stood with somewhat amused looks on their faces. "Sorry about that its just…." "You haven't screwed in a few hours correct?" Sephiroth cut in. Both boys glared at the silver haired man. "Ok, lets get down to business. We begin!" "Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Riku shouted. "How did the three of you get here?" "The Life stream carried us here." Cloud simple stated as if it was common knowledge. "Life what?" Sora questioned scratching his head. "The Life stream. It runs through the planet we used to live on. Basically it wad the planets life. Aerith managed to summon the life stream to save Sephiroth and myself….and the others before the planet was overcome by darkness." "Your world was destroyed?" Riku piped in. "Yes….right after the two of you vanished. It was unreal. It came after us. Swallowing everything in its path. It almost got us but the Life stream saved us just in time. We landed here back in Hollow Bastion." Small talk aside, the men stood in a circle around Sephiroth in the middle and watched him fight the air.
Sparring was the first thing to be taught. Hand to hand combat incase of dropping sword, gun or Keyblade. Sora was put up against his father. Riku against Vincent. Sephiroth watched their moves. Cloud aimed a punch at Sora's jaw. He ducked under it and landed a sweeping front kick to Clouds ankles rendering him to the ground. Sora pounced on top of Cloud and pinned his arms and legs to the rough ground using his own body weight. "How did you do that Sora?" Sephiroth asked inquisitively. "I don't know….I just seem to know how to fist fight like this."
Riku flew at Vincent screaming at the top of his lungs. The two locked hands and pushed at each other willing the other to fall over under the pressure. A dark Aura surrounded the two males as they remained intertwined. Riku's jacket began to raise off his back. The stitches snapped off. The jacket tore in two as his bloody, feathery wing shot out from his shoulder. With an almighty roar and surge of dark energy he pushed Vincent back towards the cliff edge. "Come on old man! Surely you can beat me? A mere 17 year old boy?!" Riku's eyes glowed brightly with rage. Vincent glared at the impudent child. His eyes started blazing flames. His cloak lifted and split into two huge ripped wings. His leather outfit and armour distorted around his body. His skin turned a deathly blue. Claws pierced the skin on Riku's hands. He growled at Riku sending shivers down the younger males spine. His canines lengthened and sharpened. His hair grew to the length of Sephiroth's and whipped all around the two like black rain. "No boy speaks to me like that!" He let go of one of Riku's hands, drew his own back and launched a black bolt of energy straight to the teen. He drew his wing infront of his body to try and curb the impact. It hit.
Just as Sora got off Cloud and helped him up a blur if silver and black shot past them and straight into Sephiroth. "Riku!?" Sora shouted looking both at his fallen lover and the man who sent him flying. Vincent slowly stalked up to the fallen Riku. He grabbed his hand and pulled him up. Next he pulled Sephiroth up who had almost been winded by Riku crashing into him. "Well done father." Sephiroth exclaimed. "I knew Riku was to cocky for his own good. He can learn a great deal from you."
Riku picked himself up and dusted himself down. "You old asshole!" He yelled at Vincent. "That's your first and biggest downfall. Its that temper that will get you killed on the battle field. You must never attack an enemy blinded by anger. Your fighting will become sloppy and erratic. Any enemy with a bit of combat knowledge will see straight through your attack. The same goes for you Sora. I have seen you fight. Although you are quick, sharp, fast and unusually powerful for one your age you lose your temper far too easily." Vincent stopped speaking. Let out a breath he never knew he was holding and transformed back into his original state. He levitated into the air and vanished from sight.
Riku concentrated hard. He could do this. He must learn how to do this. Still he concentrated. "Damn wing wont move!" It only came out when he needed it and then refused to vanish. He felt two strong hands on his shoulders. He looked up and into his fathers eyes. His wing too was protruding from his shoulder. "Let me show you. Sora? You may wish to try this too." Cloud moved and stood infront of Sora his wing appearing with gentle grace and ease. Sora concentrated. He could feel it inside. He willed it outside. Pain tore through his skin. He could feel every feather hit off his ripped torn flesh. "Why does it hurt so much!?" "It will go with time now listen." Cloud whispered to Sora.
"The wing is a part of your being but in order to control it you must become one with it. Accept it for what it is and feel it dig its way deep inside your bodies. It doesn't control you. It enhances your strength and reflexes. It does not hinder them. However, if you do not accept it, it will hinder your abilities. Shut you eyes boys and feel its power. Can you feel it deep inside?" Both boys nodded. "Get a grip of that power with your mind. Grab it tight and push it down. See?" Both boys watched as Sephiroth's wing shrunk in size until it completely vanished. They looked at Cloud to see his doing the same thing. Sora shut his eyes. He grabbed the power source and pushed it deep inside him. Slowly his wing retracted into his flesh. Riku done the same thing. His fathers hands on his shoulders soothed him, calmed him and almost gave him the energy he needed to banish the alien appendage.
Sora and Riku collapsed onto the ground shattered. They looked at each other and shook their heads. There was still much more to do before the Heartless attacked. "Enough rest! Next we move onto close quarter combat!" Cloud shouted. "Oh man." Both Sora and Riku whined.
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