Hello fellow Fanfictions, I'm back with another chapter of Maybe it's for the best. I worked really hard on this chapter and for a very long time. I was stuck for a pretty long time, but I can always count on Warrior of Six Blades to help me out when I need it. Now for the acknowledgement of the reviewers, thanks for your review and I hope that this fanfiction will keep you and everyone else entertained. To rookie124, I want to say that I actually check this fanfiction at least twice a day and I read over it and think of ways for it to be better, in fact I've even edited almost every previous chapter. And thanks to all my reviewers, all of you are my motivation. Also, I've accepted a request from Zackstone13 to make a Generator Rex and Secret Saturdays crossover, but the thing is that I haven't watched either show in a very long time, I'm doing research on them but if there are fans of either show, I'd appreciate some help and you WILL get credit for your help. And I know it's a bit late, but I wanted to pay my respects to the creator of RWBY, rest in peace Monty Oum, you were a great man that brought joy to millions, you'll never be forgotten. Anyways, let's get this started!
Chapter 10
Destiny Islands
Riku arrived at the beach and saw that all of his friends were waiting for him.
"Kairi? Shouldn't you be at school right now?" Riku asked curiously.
"I talked to the principal and told him I was going on a small vacation for a week. He told me it was fine, I told you it pays to be a star student." Kairi said with a smile.
"A week huh? Let's just hope we get Sora before then." Goofy said as he finished loading their supplies onto the new Gummi ship.
"King Mickey are you going to help us bring back Sora?" Riku asked his royal friend.
"Sorry everyone, but I'm needed at Disney Castle, Queen Minnie can't rule the kingdom all by herself forever. I only came to see your departure. Good luck everyone, we're all counting on you." King Mickey said with a sad smile. Riku smiled and kneeled to hug the King.
"Thanks Mickey, we'll try not to be gone long." Riku said before he stood up and put his stuff in the Gummi Ship.
"We should get going everyone, the sooner the better." Donald said as he and Goody got into the ship. Riku and Kairi took one last look at all their friends before waving goodbye. However, before they could walk into the ship, they heard someone call their names.
"Riku!" A man shouted as he walked towards the Gummi ship.
"Kairi!" An elderly woman called out to the red head.
"Oh uh...Hey mom, dad...Shouldn't you two be at work?" Riku asked as he walked up to his parents.
"We're on our break. We heard you were leaving...again..." Riku's mother responded.
"Wow...news really does travel fast..." Riku said with a small chuckle. He looked at his dad, who had a serious expression and silenced him immediately.
"Riku...Did you even think about how we would feel if we came home and you were gone again? We know you're needed all over the place, but we need to know where you are son..." His dad explained.
"Sorry dad...I forget sometimes..." Riku said with his head down.
"Don't be so hard on him dear, he's just worried about his friend Sora. We all are, but your father's right Riku, you should tell us where you go before you blast off." Riku's mom said and he tilted Riku's head up to face his parents.
"Sorry sweetie, you're right. After all, he and Sora have been close friends ever since..." Riku's dad said before he stopped talking as everyone began to remember something.
"We found him on the beach..." Riku said, finishing his dad's sentence.
"...Anyways, Kairi, you know how worried I get when you come home late, imagine how scared I must be when you vanish to go on some adventure." Kairi's grandmother said.
"Sorry Grandma...but you know I always make it back safe, especially when Riku, Sora, Donald, Goofy and the King are with me." Kairi explained.
"I know, I know...I just worry about my precious grand daughter..." Her grandmother explained as she hugged Kairi.
"I love you Grandma..." Kairi said as she returned the hug. Riku looked at his dad.
"Dad I..." Riku started but was stopped by his father.
"No need to explain anymore son, I understand, just make sure you don't make us worry like that again. And bring your little friend back safely." His dad said with a small smile. Riku smiled back and hugged his parents.
"Don't worry, I will. Love you mom, love you dad." Riku said as he held Kairi's hand before they walked into the Gummi ship.
"We love you too son..." Riku's parents said before walking back to their car and back to work.
"Take care dear." Kairi's grandmother said as they walked back to her home only about a block away.
"That...went better than I thought." Riku said with a chuckle before getting into his seat in the ship and buckle up.
"I agree." Kairi said as she buckled up too and saw that Goofy and Donald were locating Sora's coordinates and typed them into the Gummi ship's navigation system.
"We're ready to take off, is everyone ready?" Goofy asked.
"Yeah." Riku said with a thumbs up.
"Yup." Kairi said simply.
"Ready." Donald said as he started the engine and the Gummi ship began to rise and took off.
"King Mickey told us to be careful, he said that because it's another dimension, they most likely won't know anything about the Keyblade, Heartless, and could possibly become hostile." Riku explained.
"But if Sora's there, doesn't that mean that the Heartless will be too?" Goofy asked.
"Probably, so we might have to fight our way through here and there." Kairi said.
"Unless Sora's already taken care of them." Donald included.
"True, let's just hope-" Riku stopped mid sentence as he saw a wormhole open up nearby. "Stay sharp everyone, these things are unpredictable." Everyone prepared themselves for the worst as they were sucked in and began to shake wildly.
Sora's Dream
Sora opened his eyes and saw that he was in a forest, but what was strange was that everything seemed abit hazy. He began to walk around to see if he could find anyone to tell him where he was. He heard a child giggling. Sora looked around and began to run to the sound and saw a toddler with black hair with a red tint.
"That looks like..." Sora started as he squinted abit to make sure he wasn't crazy.
"Ruby!" A woman called from nearby. Sora looked at the woman and saw that she was tall, had similar hair to the little girl, she wore a familiar red cloak, a light blue blouse, black pants and had bright silver eyes. She also carried what appeared to be some kind of small metal pipe.
"Mommy! Mommy! Look what I found!" The young Ruby shouted as she ran up to her mother with her hands covering something.
"What is it dear?" The woman said as she crouched down to her daughter's eye level.
"I found a butterfly!" Ruby said as she opened her hands and watched as the butterfly fluttered away. "Aw! Come back pwease!" Ruby said as she jumped up to try to catch it again but failed multiple times. Her mother chuckled softly as she picked up Ruby.
"It's time to come home Ruby, you know it's not safe to be out this late." Her mother warned as they began to walk down a path in the forest with Sora silently following.
"Sorry mommy, I was just playin." Ruby said while moving a hand to her mouth and grabbing a tooth and wiggling it abit. "Ooh! Mommy, another tooth is feeling um...loose!" Ruby shouted excitedly.
"That's what happens when you eat nothing but cookies all day." Her mother explained.
"But mom! You make the BEST cookies ever!" Ruby shouted as she stopped messing with a tooth. Sora smiled abit and tried not to laugh too loud.
"Thanks my little Ruby, but you shouldn't always eat them." Ruby's mother said.
"Ok mommy, I promise." Ruby said with her fingers crossed behind her back as they finally arrived in an old fashion log cabin in the middle of the woods. Before Ruby's mom could say anything else, she heard a slight buzzing noise coming from her Scroll. Sora walked closer to hear what she was saying.
"Hold on sweetie, I have to check this, get ready for bed." The woman said as she put Ruby down and watched as she skipped inside and smiled abit. Her smile fadded and became serious as she opened her scroll. "What's the mission this time?" Ruby's mother asked.
"Summer, we have a problem. Mountain Glenn city is under attack, it's a big attack this time." A man said as he appeared on the scroll's screen.
"What? Why would they attack it? It's not even completely built yet. They have no reason to bother anyone there. We have to get down there soon Qrow." Summer responded.
"We'll meet you there, just hurry." Qrow finished as he ended their call. Summer walked inside calmly and packed a bag of emergency supplies if needed.
"What is it this time mommy? A big bad Beowolf? A cuckoo Nevermore? Are you gonna teach them a lesson?" Ruby said as she began to jump up and down with excitement. Summer laughed abit.
"Something like that...Your father and I will be gone for abit, do you want me to drop you off at Yang's friend's sleepover party?" Summer asked. Ruby nodded her head quickly.
"Sure! Yang and her friends are SO much fun!" Ruby shouted happily. "Hey mommy...?"
"Yes my precious little Ruby?" Summer asked, trying not to seem too rushed.
"Can I wear your cloak again...? I always feel safe with it." Ruby asked with hopeful eyes. Summer smiled and took off her red cloak and gave it to her daughter, who quickly put it on and gave a toothy smile.
"Now I should drop you off soon or I won't be able to have teach those big bad Beowolves a lesson or two." Summer joked as she picked up Ruby.
"Yay! Mommy, will you read my favorite bedtime story when you get home?" Ruby asked.
"Sure sweetie." Summer said as they walked out the house and to Yang's friend's house. Sora followed them with the same questions always popping up.
'Why am I seeing this? Why is Ruby a kid? Isn't Ruby's mother...in a better place? Am I in the past, or is this some sort of flash back.' Sora thought while maintaining a good distance. The three arrived at the sleepover party, Summer knocked on the door and was greeted by a woman.
"Summer, so good to see you, oh! And little Ruby too, what can I do for you?" The woman asked with a smile.
"It's good to see you too Anna. I was called to report for a mission, and I don't want to leave Ruby all alone, so I was wondering if-" Summer explained but was cut off.
"Of course I'll look after little Ruby, everyone is in the living room, and I'm making popcorn for them." Anna explained as she took Ruby from Summer's arms and gently set her down on her feet and watched as she ran happily to look for Yang.
"Thanks Anna, we'll try to deal with the Grimm as soon as possible." Summer said as she watched her daughter disappear behind a corner.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure they're all right. And they know their bed time is at nine." Anna said. Summer nodded with a smile and ran towards Mountain Glenn city. Sora watched as Ruby's mother ran to her destination.
"...I think I should help, Ruby seems fine, but if there's a big attack somewhere, they might need all the help they can get." Sora said as he ran silently after Summer. Summer pulled out her Scroll and contacted Qrow.
"Has anything new happened since the last time we talked?" Summer asked.
"Nothing, just a few new Grimm appear every now and then, but Taiyang seems to have it handled here." Qrow said with a chuckle.
"That's my husband..." Summer said with a smile as she was closer to her destination.
"I'll see you when you get here, just be careful, there's a-" Qrow's connection was lost. Summer groaned and put her Scroll away. She finally arrived and saw her husband and Qrow fighting off two Nevermores but were about to be ambushed by a group of Beowolves and a Death Stalker. Summer ran as fast as she could towards them, she pull out what had appeared to be a simple metallic pipe, but when she twisted it and pushed a small button on the side, it extended to about her height and had a sharp spear end. It resembled a combination of a javelin and a bow staff.
Sora tried his best to keep up but he was falling behind due to the fact he wasn't feeling 100% anymore. He finally caught up and dropped his jaw as he saw the biggest swarm of Grimm ever. He wasnt sure if he would be much help especially in his condition. But he had to at least try, so he summoned his Oblivion Keyblade and ran towards an unsuspecting Ursa, Sora jumped up high and struck down, only to...miss? Sora couldn't believe what he just saw, he went through the Ursa, he slowly walked infront of it and saw that it seemed to look right through him.
"I'm...invisible? Or some kind of ghost?" Sora said as he looked at his hands to see they were still solid, but he still passed through everything else.
Summer jumped off the back of the Death Stalker and stabbed her javelin staff into the ground and turned around and pulled back and let go, causing the staff to slam into the Death Stalker's face, stunning it. Summer pulled her staff out of the ground and lunged forward and stabbed the Death Stalker in the eye. It shrieked loudly and flailed to remove it but eventually collapsed and died. Sora was speechless, he could see where Ruby had gotten her amazing combat skills from.
Summer took her weapon out from the dead Grimm and saw she was surrounded by Grimm. She grinned and jumped high. She twisted her javelin staff and spun it above her head and watched as red Dust poured out of the dull end and twisted it again to stop the flow of Dust. The Dust landed on the Grimm but continued to advance towards Summer.
"Get down!" A voice shouted. Summer ducked and cover her head as she heard the Dust explode, sending all the Grimm flat on their backs and saw that they were torched. She smiled and looked over and saw her husband Taiyang smiling back proudly. His weapons of choice were a combination of a pair of brass knuckles, daggers hidden in the palms that were faced down away from the thumb, but when needed, they can be held to use to dagger, and fired Dust infused bullets.
Taiyang blew the smoke away from the smoking gauntlet and walked to his wife and helped her up.
"Are you ok dear?" He asked as he made sure no other Grimm were nearby.
"I'm fine, thanks sweetie." Summer said as she saw a building in the distance reduced to rubble. Sora looked at the building and saw giant Grimm creatures that looked alot like a giant more sinister version of Dumbo.
"Not good...Goliaths..." Taiyang said as he reloaded his gauntlets and saw that there was about three Goliaths rampaging.
"Taiyang, we have to find Qrow first, if we're going to take down these creatures, we'll need his help." Summer reasoned. Sora had looked around to try to find Qrow, even though he knew he couldn't do anything to help.
"...Ok." Taiyang said when he finally gave in to his wife's suggestion.
"Let's split up. After...five minutes we return to the center of town. Good luck." Summer said before she kissed Taiyang's cheek and ran in the opposite direction to look for Qrow. He was found running across the rubble of a destroyed skyscraper and jumped ontop of a Goliath and began to throw large cartridges of Dust at the eyes of the Goliath. The Grimm flails and crashes into another Goliath, causing them both to fall on their sides, unable to get up.
"Summer! Taiyang!" Qrow called out.
"Qrow!" The two teammates called back as they arrived in the center of the city. Qrow jumped off the Goliath and ran towards his teammates.
"Good to see you could join the party." Qrow said with a smile.
"Wouldn't have missed it." Summer replied and noticed a Goliath's trunk swinging towards Qrow. "Look out!" Summer pushed Qrow out of the way but was hit and flew a few feet into a building, and left her defenseless as her weapon rolled far from her reach and out of sight from a creature that picks it up.
"Summer!" Taiyang calls out then get angry and glares at the Goliath. "You're gonna pay...Qrow, two Dust cartridges please..."
"Any specific dust?" Qrow asks, just as angry at the Goliath.
"Heh...Surprise me..." Taiyang said as he held out his hands and recieved two Dust catridges.
"Fire and lighting Dust." Qrow says as he rushes to see if Summer is still breathing.
"Smile you freak of nature..." Taiyang said as he stepped closer to the Grimm. The Goliath roared and got ready to trample Taiyang. He grinned and threw the two cartridges of Dust in its mouth as it roared and quickly shot one of the cartridges and ducked as it exploded, causing the Goliath to burst into flames and exploded as it was also electrocuted. Taiyang stood up and saw that there was no traced of the Goliath left and ran to his wife and brother.
"Is she ok?" Taiyang asked as he crouched next to Qrow and looked at his wife.
"I'm fine...just a little disoriented..." Summer said as she stood up and looked past her two teammates and saw that the battle had only just begun. She looked closer and saw a green haired child was in the middle between two Beowolves. She gasped and rushed towards the child.
"Summer wait! Your unarmed!" Qrow called out and ran after her with Taiyang.
"But that child needs help!" Summer replied as she jumped on the wall of a building and ran horizontally along the wall and jumped again and kicked one of the Beowolves and backflipped and kicked the head of the other Beowolf, knocking them both to the ground and watched as they ran away. "Are you ok dear?" Summer asked the child as she crouched down and looked at the boy who began to grin wickedly and pulled out Summer's discarded weapon.
"Summer look out!" Sora called out, forgetting that she could not hear him. The boy thrust Summer's weapon through her chest and watched as her bright silver eyes faded into a dull gray and watched her fall to the ground.
"Summer!" Qrow and Taiyang called out. Taiyang prayed that she would survive, that little boy would pay. Qrow knelt down next to Summer and called Prof. Ozpin.
"Ozpin, Summer's been injured, she doesn't look like she'll survive..." Qrow reported.
"A team has just been notified, get her somewhere safe before more Grimm appear." The younger Prof. Ozpin responded. Taiyang grabbed the child by his collar and lifted him up to eye level.
"Ok you little brat, you've got five seconds to tell me why you did that or else." Taiyang threatened. The child grinned.
"Because it's fun to make others suffer." The child responded as he faded in a cloud of darkness. Taiyang growled then ran to Summer. "Summer? Please stay with us, we need you...Ruby and Yang need you...I need you..." Tears began forming in his eyes as he heard thunder booming in the distance.
"Tai...I'm not going to make it...I need you to be strong...for both of us. Take care of Ruby and Yang...Please...I love you and the kids so much..." Summer said as she slowly closed her eyes. Taiyang and Qrow knelt there in silence, they were truly upset. It began to rain and caused the Grimm to seek shelter underground just as another team from Beacon arrived.
Sora stood there, he felt so upset after watching Ruby's mother die before his eyes. He was so focused on what he had just seen, he didn't notice that he was beginning to wake up.
With Team RWBY
The four members of team RWBY began to slowly move through the forest where they last saw the teenager carry Sora into.
"Are you sure we shouldn't have called for back up before we decided to waltz on in here Dolt?" Weiss asked her leader.
"We don't need them Weiss, the boy who took Sora in here COULD be friendly if he was willing to fight an Ursa and take him away from the canyon." Ruby explained, hoping she was right.
"So we're just going in blindly, hoping he'll be friendly?" Yang asked. Before Ruby could answer, they heard a crunching sound from behind them. The four of them pulled their weapons out and began firing at the source of the sound. When the smoke cleared, they saw that a deer had stepped on a twig and began to run away unharmed. "Well...that was a thing..."
"What are you four doing here?" Someone said from nearby. Team RWBY turned around but didn't see the source of the voice.
"We're here to find our friend Sora. Are you the boy who saved him?" Blake asked, trying to find the person she was having a conversation with.
"Well that all depends, is that the only reason you're here? No funny business? Because if I find out that you're working for that Roman character, I'll activate my defence systems and you'll only be memories." The voice said, beginning to sound hostile.
"He's bluffing..." Yang said, looking around and not seeing any defence systems.
"Oh really?" The voice asked as a beeping sound was heard. Blasters popped out of the trees, from under rocks, crossbows came out from the bushes, and lasers were all pointed at the four girls' foreheads.
"Wait!" Ruby shouted. "Just hear us out, please, we're not working for Roman, we're students at Beacon."
"Hmmm...Huntresses huh...Does that mean that 'Sora' is also a student?" The voice asked, his voice softening a bit.
"No, he's from another world, but he's our friend. We could never forgive ourselves if we didn't help him find his friends like we promised." Ruby said, hoping that she and her team would live to see another day. The voice said nothing, silence filled the forest. Ruby and her team held their breaths. The defences deactivated and a boy jumped down from a nearby tree with a handful of firewood.
"Ok then, I believe you. Sorry about nearly destroying you guys, I need to always keep my guard up, otherwise I'll be an easy target." The boy explained.
"It's uh...cool...Don't worry about it." Yang said while exhaling.
"Follow me, I'll take you to Sora." The boy said as he turned around and began to walk. Team RWBY followed behind him in silence. Ruby didn't like silence and decided to speak up.
"So uh...I'm Ruby, this my partner Weiss, that's my sister Yang and her partner Blake." Ruby introduced herself and her friends. "What's your name?"
"Oswald Railand." The boy said simply. "It's nice to meet you all. Your weapons look fascinating."
"Oh! Thanks! I built Crescent Rose all by myself, it's a-" Ruby began but was interrupted.
"High-caliber sniper-scythe, correct?" Oswald asked, surprising Ruby.
"Yeah...How'd you know?" Ruby asked.
"Believe it or not, but I study and learn as much as I can about every weapon. It's kind of fun too." Oswald said, chuckling a bit, setting the team more at ease.
"So what kind of weapons do you use?" Yang asked as she only noticed two swords and a bow with arrows.
"I use two steel swords that release Dust from the hilt, the Dust can either condense around the blade, thus increasing the width and length of my swords, or will be sent out in a wave of Dust after I slice in the direction of my target. I also use a silver bow with metal arrows, the tips of the arrows are dipped in Dust and become much more efficient when I pull back on the bow and fire. And yes Ruby, I did make them myself." Oswald said as he also answered Ruby's next question before she even asked it.
"That's so cool...C-can I hold one of them...?" Ruby asked with wide eyes.
"Knock yourself out, just be careful not to pull out the trigger that releases the Dust." Oswald said as he leaned to one side so Ruby could inspect the sword. She carefully took out one of the swords and noticed that it was incredibly light, and was so sharp that she could accidently cut herself if she wasn't careful.
"So cool..." Ruby said as she put back the sword.
"Thanks, it's incredibly light weight but I do have swords that are extremely heavy, so it's a bit of a work out when I fight any stray Grimm." Oswald explained.
"I can tell that you work out..." Yang mumbled to herself with a sly grin.
"We're here." Oswald said, choosing to ignore Yang's embarassing comment. The four girls saw only an empty field.
"Um...What exactly are we looking at?" Weiss asked.
"My home." Oswald said simply as he walked a few paces forward and lifted a carpet of grass to reveal a hidden entrance. "I prefer to live in secrecy."
"Woah...nice." Yang said as they began to enter Oswald's underground home. Their jaws hit the ground as they saw that it was huge, and looked like a modern home. Oswald walked past the sleeping Sora on the couch and placed the firewood near the fireplace.
"Sora." Ruby said as she saw her friend begin to stir in his sleep and slowly get up, rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"Where...where am I?" Sora said as he looked around and saw an unfamiliar boy, but four familiar girls. "Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang!"
"Sora!" The four teenagers said as they approached him and hugged him tightly. "You're alive."
"By some miracle." Sora said with a smile.
"Actually, it was Oswald, he saved you from an Ursa, we saw him beat it easily, it was awesome!" Yang exclaimed. Sora looked at the boy and smiled.
"Thanks Oswald." Sora said as he tried to stand up and shake his hand but groaned in pain. "My body is killing me..."
"It was nothing, but you might want to take it easy, I examined you earlier, you're in really bad shape." Oswald warned the Keyblade master.
"That's right...Roman! He stole my Anti-form, and has an army of Heartless!" Sora exclaimed.
"What!?" Everyone else shouted but Oswald and Sora.
"What about your other Drives?" Blake asked.
"I think they're gone too..." Sora said softly.
"But...where have they gone?" Ruby asked just as Weiss' and Yang's scrolls began to ring.
"Winter...? What is it?" Weiss asked as she opened her scroll to see her older sister.
"Some kid broke into White Castle and activated all the Giant Armors and now they're on a rampage." Winter explained and saw Sora. "YOU! You did it, what do you have to say for yourself?"
"I...I've never heard of White Castle before...?" Sora said with a really confused expression.
"Hmph! Well either way, YOU have to fix this mess immediately. And just so you know, dying your hair won't confuse us, we can recognize your face." Winter said before hanging up.
"What's up Neptune?" Yang asked as she answered Neptune's call.
"Yang, you're not gonna believe this. Some kid showed up in Junior's club and trashed the place single handedly. You should have been there!" Neptune said while laughing at how funny he thought it was.
"What? Really? That's...so COOL!" Yang said laughing too.
"Did...did he look like me?" Sora asked as he showed Neptune his face.
"Yeah! Dude, nice one, hey, did you dye your hair or something?" Neptune asked before Yang hung up.
"Strange...Do you think it's possible that Sora's Drive forms had taken forms of their own?" Oswald asked.
"It's...not likely...but I guess that's the case, we need to find them and make sure they don't cause anymore trouble." Sora said as he stood up and shook a little.
"But Sora, aren't you still hurt?" Ruby asked, getting ready to catch Sora if he fell.
"I'll manage, we need to move fast, who knows what kind of trouble they'll get into..." Sora said as he began walking to the door. "Thanks for saving me Oswald, do you think you could help us?"
"...I'll think about it, my sister and I will have to discuss it before we do." Oswald said.
"Sister? I thought you said you lived alone?" Yang asked.
"I never said that, I said I prefer to live in secrecy, now you should get going before it gets dark." Oswald explained.
"Let's split up, Ruby, Sora and I will go to White Castle, while Blake and Yang go to Junior's club." Weiss suggested.
"Sounds like a plan, let's go!" Ruby said as they rushed out of Oswald's house and split up.
"I just hope my Drive forms aren't getting into too much trouble." Sora said to himself as they ran towards White Castle.
"Good luck everyone..." Oswald said as he looked down at a picture of himself and his sister and smiled slightly.
Secret Warehouse
Vlad was awoken by the sound of a loud shrieking sound and saw that he was surrounded by strange looking Heartless that looked like spiders.
"What the...?" Vlad said as he tried to move but was stopped by chains. "You freaks have five seconds before I pound you to a pulp." Vlad threatened and recieved multiple angry growls. The spiders looked like they were about to attack.
"Stand down." A voice said from the shadows. Vlad looked up to see Roman swinging his cane as if he had accomplished something.
" 'Well well well.' Did I guess your first sentence right? Did I win the grand prize?" Vlad said sarcastically.
"Why yes, you do. You get to be the first test subject to be possessed by this new Heartless we found recently. I've called them, the Mind Jackers!" Roman exclaimed.
"Aw, so their like your babies? Yeesh..." Vlad said pretending to puke. A nerve began to twitch on Roman's head but he took a deep breath and grinned wickedly.
"I'm sick of your babbling. He's all yours Mind Jackers." Roman said as he left the room. The Mind Jackers glared at Vlad and slowly began to move closer.
"Stay back before I find a big can of bug spray!" Vlad foolishly threatened as one of the Heartless jumped on Vlad's head and stuck two of its legs in his ears and turned invisible. "Get...! Off...! Me...!" Vlad's bright red eyes began to darken and he grinned villainously. He looked up at his chains and tugged a bit and ripped the chains off the wall and began to walk after Roman.
"Reporting for duty sir..." Vlad said as he left the room.
White Castle
"That was a close one..." William said as he tried to catch his breath. He was resting on the roof top of a building far from White Castle. "I should keep going though, I'm sure there are a lot of people looking for the me. I need to hide somewhere... Aha! Beacon is most likely the last place they would suspect." William stood up and began to jump from roof to roof until he got close to the outer edge of the city. "Almost there..." William was on the last roof and was about to jump down but was stopped but a giant metal fist destroying the ledge he was about to stand on.
"Oh come on!" William shouted as he manuevered past its fist and landed on the ground and saw he was surrounded.
"Halt!" Shouted a voice from behind the army of robots. Two moved out of the way to reveal a man dressed in a military uniform. "You're surrounded, your under arrest for the destruction caused by the Giant Armors."
"You mean the ones right here?" William asked as he pointed at the robotic army.
"We managed to stop their rampage in time, now, come quietly before I give them the order to rip you to pieces." The man said.
"I'd love to see these tin cans even TRY to lay a finger on me." William said as he summoned his Photon Debugger Keyblade once again and got into a battle ready stance.
"Have it your way, Giant Armors. Eliminate the-" The man attempted to order but was cut off by a familiar voice.
"Commander Riley stand down!" A girl ordered. The Giant Armors moved to reveal Weiss, Sora and Ruby.
"M-ms. Schnee!? Uh, r-return to White Castle Giant Armors." Commander Riley stuttered. The army left and returned to their charging stations and deactivated until the next time they were reactivated. The commander kneeled to Weiss. "What brings you here Ms. Schnee?"
"I am here with my companions Sora and Ruby Rose," Weiss explained. "We have come to retrieve that boy over there." Weiss said as she pointed at William.
"B-but Ms. Schnee! He is responsible for-" Commander Riley tried to say but was once interrupted.
"I'm sorry. Are you defying a Schnee?" Weiss asked glaring at the commander.
"...Of course not. Forgive me." Commander Riley said in defeat.
"Return to White Castle, all is forgiven." Weiss said with a small smile.
"Yes Ms. Schnee." The commander said as he walked back to White Castle.
"Whoa Weiss, what was THAT?" Sora asked, astounded by how quickly the man had changed from barking orders to begging for forgiveness so quickly.
"He is the commander of defence in White Castle, he serves the Schnee family, he's been with us for years and has not once let intruders into White Castle." Weiss explained.
"That's so cool!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Now, back to our 'friend' here." Weiss said as she looked at William.
"He...looks just like you Sora..." Ruby said softly as she stepped closer to the former Drive form.
"Except my intellect far surpasses that of Sora's." William said as he brushed off some rubble from the destroyed roof.
"Hey! We're the same person, you can't talk down to me like that!" Sora argued.
"It appears I just did. What are you going to do about it?" William asked with a grin.
"Guys, don't start fighting, we have to look for the other Drive forms before they get into more trouble." Ruby said, trying to keep everyone calm.
"So it appears I wasn't the only one who escaped...hmmm..." William said as he stepped closer to Sora and examined him. "You're weaker now, much weaker." William said with a grin before shoving Sora to the ground. "That means that I am your superior."
"Hey! What's the matter with you!?" Ruby shouted as she quickly helped Sora up.
"He's right you know." Weiss said.
"What?" The others said at the same time.
"How can you say that Weiss?" Sora asked, shocked at what she just said.
"Well think about it. He's obviously the smartest of all your former Drive forms, he's faster as well if I remember from your explaination of your Drive forms, correct? Well that's all the proof we need." Weiss said as she stepped closer to William.
"I...Thank you. Clearly she knows what she's talking about." William said as he stepped closer to Sora and chuckled. "Face it Sora, you were just holding me back." Sora was about to say something back but was cut off by Weiss knocking out William with the hilt of her Myrtenaster.
"Weiss...did you just...?" Ruby said, not even able to finish her sentence by how shocked she was.
"His ego was his downfall," Weiss said with a smirk. "Sora, sorry about saying that you weren't superior, it was the only way to trick him into letting his guard down. You're the better part of all your Drive forms." Weiss said with a small smile.
"I...Thanks Weiss..." Sora said with a wide smile. "Let's go see if we can help the others." Ruby and Weiss nodded as they helped Sora carry the unconscious William to Beacon.
Outside Junior's Club
"Neptune said that he saw Sora's Drive form going in the direction of Beacon, so he shouldn't be too far." Yang said to her partner.
"Ok, let's split up and if one of us finds him, we contact the others." Blake explained her simple plan.
"You got it kitty." Yang said as she got on her motorcycle and sped off away from Blake. Blake began to walk down multiple streets but still couldn't find the missing Drive form. The only sound that filled the air was the sound of Yang's motorcycle.
"I swear...when I find that kid, he's gonna regret ever being born." A voice said from a nearby alley. Blake hid herself but made sure she was close enough to hear the man. She saw Junior sluggishly walking out of the alley. A different voice was heard chuckling from the rooftops.
"Aw, Junior that hurt my feelings. Don't you want to be my friend anymore?" The voice spoke, pretending to be hurt.
"W-what the? Show yourself you brat!" Junior shouted towards the sky.
"As tempting as that is...I'm gonna have to deny your kind offer." The voice responded.
"I'll crush you like a bug, Matthew!" Junior said, getting angry. Blake quietly climbed a nearby building and saw the boy Junior was having a conversation with.
'He looks so much like Sora.' Blake thought before activating her Scroll and messaging her teammates her location. 'Now I just need to keep an eye on the kid until they get here.'
"But Junior, how will you be able to do that if you don't have your precious bat?" Matthew taunted with a grin.
"I don't need it to rip you to shreds." Junior said, trying to look for the boy he was having an argument with.
"Is that a challenge?" Matthew asked.
"Yeah, and don't use that giant key of yours, that is, unless you don't think you're man enough." Junior said, hoping he would agree to his challenge.
"Hmm...alright, deal." Matthew agreed with a shrug.
"Great, now stop hiding and fight me!" Junior shouted out.
"Ok, but you literally asked for it!" The former Drive form said as he jumped off the roof and landed on Junior and jumped back and watched as Junior got back up slowly.
"Fool...Did you really think I would come looking for you without some back up?" Junior said, chuckling before whistling. Moments later ten henchmen surrounded Matthew. "What the...? Where is everyone else!?" Junior shouted.
"Did you really think I didn't notice about thirty henchmen searching the city? I took them down but was kind enough to leave you ten." Matthew said with a grin.
"Doesn't matter, get hi-" Junior was cut off by the sound of a motorcycle rumbling from behind Junior. He jumped out of the way but saw Yang crash into a few henchmen and parked her vehicle before climbing off and looked at Junior.
"Miss me Junior?" Yang said with a grin.
"Blondie..." Junior growled.
"Excuse me? I thought we established what you would call me." Yang said as she threatened Junior by taking one step forward.
"B-blondie Sir!" Junior corrected himself before things got ugly.
"Good, now my team and I are going to escort this boy back to Beacon, got any problems with that?" Yang asked as she loaded her Ember Celicas. Blake jumped off the roof and landed next to Yang and pulled out her Gambol Shroud.
"...No...Come on boys, let's get out of here." Junior commanded and began walking back to his club with his henchmen close behind.
"Good." Yang said laughing a bit as she turned around to see Matthew simply standing in the street.
"That was pretty cool, I would kill to have that kind of effect on jerks like him." Matthew said with a smile.
"Thanks kid, now let's get you back to Sora." Yang said as she climbed back on her motorcycle.
"Uh, about that. I'm not returning to that kid ever again." Matthew said in defiance.
"Why not?" Blake asked.
"I love being in control for once, no more taking orders from anyone, I feel free and there's no way I'm giving this up." Matthew explained as he began to walk away from the two Beacon students. Yang turned on her motorcycle and drove infront of Matthew and blocked his path.
"Sorry kid, but we have to get you back." Yang said as she activated her Ember Celicas.
"Why?" Matthew said with a bored look on his face.
"Because! Well...uh...Blake why do we need to get him back?" Yang asked as she turned around to Blake.
"Because all of Sora's Drive forms weren't meant to roam freely. You have already proven that you can't control yourself when you destroyed Juniors Club. We also know that another Drive form had activated multiple Giant Armors in White Castle that destroyed a small portion of the area." Blake explained.
"What about the other two?" Matthew asked.
"We don't know, but we need to get you to Beacon before someone else finds you guys. Roman already has Sora's Anti-form and he's making an army of Heartless and Grimm." Yang explained. Matthew couldn't believe what he just heard. This was serious and he knew he had to help.
"Alright, I'll come along then." Matthew eventually agreed.
"Good, let's go!" Yang shouted as the three began their trip to Beacon.
Secret Warehouse
Felix slowly woke up and saw he was handcuffed to a wall.
"What the...?" He said confused and tried to break free but felt too worn out from his battle with Adam.
"Well well well...UGH! That brat..." Roman said angrily because of he had said what Vlad had guessed he would say.
"Roman? Is that you? Why do you look so...Anti?!" Felix exclaimed, realizing that Roman and Anti were one.
"Ah, so you've noticed. Me and the Anti form are working together, I get to control an army, and Anti gets to have his greatest wish. To control every Heartless." Roman explained.
"Where am I Roman?" Felix asked trying to think of a way to escape.
"Doesn't matter where you are. What does matter is what you're going to do to help me." Roman said with a wicked grin.
"I'd rather die than help you." Felix said with a glare.
"That COULD be arranged, but you're much more valuable to us alive." Roman said as a Mind Jacker slowly crawled into the room and glared at Felix and jumped towards Felix.
"Oh no you don't!" Felix shouted as he flicked his wrists upwards and watched as his Keyblades had appeared and cut through the Heartless and watched as a heart appeared, but instead of floating upwards, it flew out of the room.
"What a minute...Where is that heart going?" Felix asked with a worried expression on his face.
"That's for me to know, and for all of Remnant to find out." Roman said as he left the room and three more Mind Jackers crawled in.
"I'm not afraid of you." Felix said as he flicked his wrists again to break his handcuffs and got into his battle stance.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Someone in the hallway spoke before entering.
"Valor...?" Felix asked.
"It's Vlad now. And I work for Torchwick now. And soon you will too." Vlad said as he pulled out his Keyblades.
"You know you're no match for me Vlad." Felix said as he stepped closer to the only person standing in his way.
"Maybe before, but now you're no match for me." Vlad said as he jumped high into the air and turned upside down before landing on the ceiling and jumping back down even faster. Felix held his Keyblades in a defensive stance and cast Reflega. Vlad hit the shield but instead of being sent back, he shattered the shield and stuck Felix. The room was filled with smoke and when it cleared, only Vlad was left standing.
"How...how is that...how is that possible...?" Felix asked weakly as he tried to stand up but collapsed.
"He's all yours Mind Jackers." Vlad said before putting his Keyblades away and leaving the room. A Mind Jacker crawled its way to the blacking out Felix and jumped onto his head and stuck two of its legs into his ears and turned invisible. Felix closed his eyes tightly and slowly opened them once again, except his original bright silvery eyes were now much duller and his pupils became slits and he began to grow fangs. He stood up and followed where he saw Vlad go.
"Reporting for duty sir..." Felix said before the lights in the room he was just in went out.
That seems like a good place to stop. I hope you all liked this chapter and will continue to motivate me to keep making more. So last time my author's note was not exactly my most cheerful, but I want you all to know that I'm fine, things just aren't going as I would hope. Review!