Chapter 10: The test

"So let me get this straight," Sora said,"if I defeat whatever is in that card, you'll let me go?"

"Correct," Cherubimon replied. He then threw the card onto the ground and shouted,"Wendigomon! Prepare to battle!"

(Battle music-Desire for all that is lost-Kingdom Hearts II)

The card then began to glow in a white light as the sound of moaning, like someone waking up, was heard. When the light faded, a figure was seen.

It was a tall beast-man like figure that looked half asleep. It had brown fur on its forearms, while its hands were red and it had its left wrist bandaged up. It had red dinosaur feet, with brown fur going from up its large legs to its waist. The chest and back were covered in brown fur with two horns protruding from the back. It wore a hat that depicted a grinning face with horns coming out of that too. It had yellow fur hanging rom the side of its red face that looked like drooping ears.

Everyone looked at the creature in shock, having never seen anything like it before. Sora just gripped his Keyblade tighter waiting for the creature to make a move.

"Wendigomon," Cherubimon called out,"That boy with the giant key is your enemy."

Wendigomon looked over at Cherubimon and asked in a distorted voice,"Playtime?"

The dark being grinned and said,"Yes, playtime."

Wendigomon began to jump around happily before he set his sights on Sora and glared at him. The beast then jumped up and began to fall on Sora. Sora began to run away from the falling beast, but the mini earthquake caused him to fall down.

Sora got up just in time to duck down to avoid one of Wendigomon's giant arms that was trying to knock him aside. Sora then swung his Keyblade at the red part connecting Wendigomon's arms to the rest of its body. Wendigomon cried out in pain at this.

"All you've done is make him angry," Cherubimon said while smirking.

"Do you think he can win?" Kairi asked worryingly.

"That creature seems to have a low intelligence," Even analyzed,"If Sora can fight it with a plan he might have a chance."

"This is still going to be a tough fight," Lea said.

"Man! This thing doesn't stop!" Sora said while dodging Wendigomon's wild attacks.

Sors then jumped up and fired a Blizzaga spell at the beasts face. Wendigomon cried out in pain and grabbed its semi-frozen face. Sora landed on his feet and ran towards the beast and slashed at its chest. Wendigomon then broke the ice on its face and began to growl angrily.

"Playtime over!" Wendigomon cried out revealing hidden cannons on its chest. Sora stepped back in surprise upon seeing the hidden weapons.

"Koko Crusher!" Wendigomon yelled out. A stream of bullets erupted from the cannons which Sora blocked with a Reflect spell. Wendigomon didn't let up his assault until he ran out. He retracted the cannons and waited for Sora to come out from behind the shield.

'Man this thing is tough!' Sora thought,' How in the world am I going to beat this thing? It didn't seem to like Ice magic to much so I should probably keep hitting it with that.'

Sora dropped the shield and ran toward the beast. Wendigomon stretched its arms out and yelled,"Cable Crusher!" Wendigomon's arms extended and went to crush Sora. Sora jumped to the side to avoid the flailing arms. Sora jumped toward the creature, but was caught by one of the arms. Wendigomon brought Sora close to its face to examine then teen. Sora struggled but couldn't escape the beasts grasp.

"Sora!" Kairi cried.

"Come on man! You can't lose to this thing!" Lea yelled.

Sora then stopped struggling, closed his eyes and focused. He began to glow a white light. Wendigomon used his other hand to cover Sora before his hands were blown away by a bright light. When the light dissapeard Sora was in his Final Form with the Oblivion and Oathkeeper Keyblades floating behind him.

"Well this is an interesting development," Cherubimon said while observing the match.

"Here I go!" Sora cried as he began to fly towards Wendigomon. The beast threw his arms around to try and knock Sora out of the sky. The Keyblades began to fly toward Wendigomon and start slashing at him. The beast cried out in pain as the Keyblades began to cut him. While Wendigomon was distracted by the Keyblades, Sora flew up above him and began to gather Ice magic in his hands. The more he focused, the more intense the energy became.

Wendigomon finally knocked away the Keyblades and began to look around for Sora. Upon seeing some snow fall, he looked up and saw Sora with a large amount of Ice magicbin his hand. The beast began to jump up to him, but it was to late.

"Freeze!" Sora cried out throwing the energy at Wendigomon. Upon contact a bright blue light erupted and a chilling wind flew outward making everyone cold. Aqua and Kairi wished they had heavier clothes at the moment. When the light died down, everyone was shocked by what they saw. Sora was floating in the air with his Keyblades orbiting him, but underneath him Wendigomon was frozen in a mini glacier along with most of the floor.

(Music end)

Cherubimon looked at the frozen beast in surprise as he tried to register what happened in his mind. He lost his focus and the force field lowered, allowing the spectators to approach Sora. Sora reverted back to normal just in time to receive a hug from Kairi. When Kairi released him Lea walked up to him and patted him on the back.

"You had me worried there kid," Lea said.

"What? Don't you have any faith in me?" Sora asked.

"Very impressive," Cherubimon said as he used a pickax to try and free Wendigomon,"You're more powerful than the data says."

Everyone summoned their weapons upon remembering that the dark being was there, that included the apprentices summoning their old Nobody weapons.

"There is to much hostility here," Cherubimon commented as he began to swing again. As he swung again he still couldn't make a dent in the ice.

"Can I get a little help here?" he asked as he threw the pickax to the side.

"I got this," Aqua said as she stepped forward.

"Maybe I should handle this," Lea said,"after all, I control fire."

Aqua just looked at him, smiled at him, and continued walking toward the glacier. She pointed hre Keyblade at it and shouted,"Mega Flare!" Immediately, the room was filled with a blinding light that caused overwhelming heat. When everyone was able to look again they saw a thawed Wendigomon that was crying.

"No fun! No fun!" it cried out causing everyone a headache.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Cherubimon yelled causing the beast to stop crying.

"When we go back home I'll get you a new toy to play with, Ok?" Cherubimon told the sad beast.

"Yay!" Wendigomon cried as it claped its hands in joy before being engulfed by a white light. When the light faded, Cherubimon was pocketing a card.

"Why do I always get stuck with the crazy ones?" he muttered to himself before facing Sora.

"So now what?" Sora asked him.

"Now," Cherubimon began while pulling out a phone,"I make a call."

He dialed a number on his phone and put it up to his large ear. After several moments he began to speak.

"The boy passed my test, what do I give him?" he began,"Are you sure about that? Very well, I'll give it to him."

After he hung up he turned to Sora and told him,"Step forward so you may receive my gift. I shall not harm you in any way."

Sora reluctantly stepped forward standing between his group and Cherubimon. Cherubimon put his hands together and slowly brought them apart, dark energy forming between them. He began to chant a strange incantation beforehoming his hands so that they faced Sora.

"A separate being that can belong," he said as darkness began to gather around Sora.

"It accepts the fact that it can't live without you, however..." Darkness covered Sora as Cherubimon began to pull something away from the darkness.

"I shall give you another chance at existence!" the darkness left Sora and returned to Cherubimon as he held a shining orb in his hand.

"What happened?" Sora asked as he looked around.

"That mutant bunny covered you with darkness and just took something out of you," Dilan explained as he held his lances, Lindworm toward Cherubimon.

A tick mark appeared on Cherubimon's head as he said,"I'm going to ignore that comment. Anyway, this is a person that many people in this room know," he said as he held out the orb for Sora to take.

Once Sora took the orb Cherubimon said,"I'm afraid I must take my leave. See you next time." he turned to Sora and said,"Get stronger so I may test you myself one day."

Cherubimon then bowed and was enveloped by a Coridor of Darkness. Once he left, the orb in Sora's hand began to glow and float above the floor. Everyone except Lea who looked at the orb with a happy expression on his face.

"Lea what are you doing?" Sora asked.

Lea just grinned as the light grew brighter until it was to bright to look at. When the light died down everyone opened their eyes and saw someone they thought they wouldn't see.

Standing there was a teenage boy with spikey blond hair and bright blue eyes. He wore a black jacket with a X shaped zipper. Over that he wore an unzipped white jacket that had a black block designe. He wore dark green pants with beige attachments on the legs. He wore black shoes with red laces. On his left wrist he had a checkered band, and on his hand he had a black ring and white ring. Everyone stared in shock upon seeing the new arrival.

"Ven?" Aqua asked, stepping forward.

The teen looked at her confused and said,"Who's Ven? I'm Roxas."

-Memory Skyscraper-

A dark figure walked through the alleyways toward the tall building. He walked up the steps and stopped at the first landing. Lightning flashed through the sky, showing the figure to be a member of the new group.

"So much life has been drained from this place," the Emperor said to himself,"How long until things go back to how they were?"

He turned around to see a dark feather float down to the ground. He picked it up and saw it to be a black angel wing. The Emperor turned around again to see none other than the One Winged Angel, Sephiroth.

"Why is it that your darknesme makes me want to come here?" Sephiroth asked.

"You are the darkness of someone's heart. You are drawn to their darkness, like they are drawn to you. You felt my darkness and wanted to see if it was your other's," the Emperor explained.

"Absurd," Sephiroth said,"I am not drawn to anyone."

"You are," the Emperor replied,"You want to be a real existence, so you want to have your other become enveloped in darkness. You are just a small piece of you other's darkness and you want it all."

"Be silent!" Sephiroth said, becoming angry.

"Then prove me wrong. Show me that you are strong on your own," the Emperor challenged.

Sephiroth drew his Masamune and entered his battle stance. The Emperor stretched out his hand and waited. Darkness gathered around his hand as it began to form a blade. It looked like a standard sword, but with a large, black blade that was split down the middle. The hilt was housing a large red eye with a slit pupil, and the handle was curved like a "T" with the handles pointing towards the hilt. The Emperor then held the blade at his side in preparation.

The two combatants stood waiting for the time to charge at one another. Eventually a flash of lighting lit up the area again, and they both charged for each other and swung their swords.

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