Alright I'm sorry about the really long wait, but this week has been busy. Plus this is was the greatest labor day weekend ever. Why because Bleach: Memories of Nobody came on yesterday and I saw Inglorious Basterds. Also I have recently got into reading manga online...mostly Pokemon Adventures, but hey that's not the point. I hope you enjoy this chapter and I really hope I got Vexen right for you guys. So review as well.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Fullmetal Alchemist they are both trademarked properties of Square Enix/Disney and FUNmation/Aniplex.
Heir to Darkness
Chapter XII: Sora's Fate
World: Land of Dragons
Screams shrilled through the sky as Anti-Sora went on rampage through out the Grand Capital. Vexen stood up top the Emperors Palace watching silently. He couldn't lie and say that watching the savior of the worlds destroying a world wasn't amusing. It was briefly two years ago when Sora and his friends defeated him in Castle Oblivion and then Axel came to finish the job.
Vexen cringed at the name of that red haired demon. "If Xemnas would even contemplate returning that traitor to his proper form I would kill him myself. Axel was the fool who led us all to fail in the end. He is one the one who led to the fall of the once great Organization XIII. The Superior should have never allowed Roxas into the Organization, he and that girl...Xemnas's creation, Xion, were only the begining of the end."
A loud crash made Vexen turn his attention back towards Sora who was scaling up the buildings. The older Organization member tightened his guard and summoned his sheild. He knew that the Anti-Sora was looking for him. The heartless fed off of Sora's emotions and right now it was furious.
Guards rushed into the city streets trying to subdue the heartless from climbing the tower. Its yellow eyes were locked onto the Chilly Academic. Vexen pulled out the pocket watch and checked the time. Only 15 minutes remained before Vexen would destroy Sora. But as the Anti-Sora grew closer the Nobody's paitence grew thin. "I might as well get started now."
Vexen bent down and touched the roof of the palace. Soon it began to turn to ice and with the hit of his sheild collasped into an avalanche on ice. The ice fell quickly and consumed Anti-Sora and the soldiers below in the courtyard. Vexen landed lightly on one of the ice bergs and scanned the yard for his foe. "Come now Keybearer, I hope you haven't given up just yet!!"
A dark snarl came from beneath Vexen. Anti-Sora's hand burst up and grabbed his ankle. Immediatly Vexen blasted it with a Blizzaga and jumped away.
Anti-Sora burst from benath the ice and charged at Vexen releasing a chain of dark clawed attacks. Vexen grunted with pain as the Anti-Sora dug its razor sharp claws into the old mans shoulders and pinned him into the ground. A deep scarlet mixed in with his robe threads and the Nobody knew that it was time to stop playing games with the Keybearer.
Vexen grabbed onto Sora's chest and dug his hand into its torso. "Freeze!!"
Anti-Sora gasped for air. Looking down the heartless saw its whole body being consumed by the ice. Quickly his torso was consumed followed by his legs. Sora's last gasp for air escaped his mouth, but it was to let for him to breathe. The Anti-Sora along with the real one had been consumed by Number Four's ice.
Vexen noticed the claws still piercing into his arms. He grabbing the claws and pulled them from his shoulders causing him to wince in pain. He stood up and began to trail away from the frozen lifeless body of the Keybearer. He removed the watch from his pocket and looked at the golden hands clicking on the 12 hour. "Such a shame Sora, you didn't make it in time."
Vexen let a cackle returing his gaze to Anti-Sora. "I was expecting more of a challenge Sora!! Two years ago you may have defeated me, but I told you...you have no control. And now its time to go take care of Roxas."
'Crack!!!' The sound echoed throughout the courtyard making Number Four tense. A blidning white light shone from the frozen Anti-Sora. Cracks began to form on the frozen ice and the white light pushed them out of place. The frozen body exploded causing Vexen to cover his face.
The smoke began to clear and from its depths appeared a smirking young teenager. Sora had his Keyblade held on his shoulder and hand on his hip. "Now Vexen its time for answers."
Vexen took a step back. Uncertainty set in as he stared at the Keyblade Master "Impossible, I killed him. I froze him solid and he survived!? I underestimated him."
Sora tried to keep a straight composure, but he was exhausted from the ordeal he had to go through to regain control over his body. Every minute he was getting pulled deeper and deeper into the darkness. "Kairi." he murmured. He saw her face before everything went black...and then light.
"Vexen its over!"
"So you think." Vexen hissed. The Chilly Academic knew that he didn't attempt to destroy him at full power, but he had crossed the deal. "The answers that you want Sora. From you lost memories that were destroyed by Namine. The ones that you surrendered to return you real memories."
"Namine...?" Sora recalled Kairi's Nobody and the note that had been left in Jimminy's Journal by her 'Thank Namine'. But what did the Nobody have to do with his memories?
"I expect nothing less of you, but to be confused. That witch worked for the Organization and wielded incredible powers to change the memory of anyone conected to you. You entered Castle Oblivion two years ago right after you defeated Xehanort's Heartless on a search for that annoying mouse King. Marluxia was kind enough to lead you into our grasp so we could attempt to eliminate you once and for all. But I guess you could say things didn't go as planned and they're were traitors admist. Long story short, you were put to sleep for a year and you when you woke up destroyed the Organization and everything we strived for."
"Sora!!" a voice trailed from across the courtyard.
Vexen turned around to see Mulan, Al, and Rikku running towards the two.
Mulan stopped when she saw the front of the palace in ruins. "Who are you?" she demanded.
Vexen didn't respond. But coolly opened a dark pathway and dissapeared. Sora in relief of no immeidiate danger dropped to his knee's. Mulan ran over to aid him from collapsing any futher. "Sora are you alright?"
Sora wearily nodded. He couldn't bring himself to tell Mulan that he was the one that had demolished the palace and almost half of the city. His heartless form was more dangerous than the brunette could have ever imagined. If they had ever saw what destruction it could cause would he be considered a threat to his friends as well? "I'm fine. Where's everyone else?"
"Well...we don't know. We haven't seen Donald and Goofy or Ed and Kairi, they could be anywhere!!" Rikku wailed.
Mulan helped Sora to his feet wrapping his arm around her neck. "Were going to see the Emperor, he'll know what to do. These hooded men are more dangerous than I could have ever imagined. Their liked no foe that I've ever faced before."
"Organization XIII, their stronger and even more powerful than ever before." Sora muttered. "They just won't stop until they have their hearts."
Kairi moaned as she trailed behind Ed. They had been walking for hours and still had no sign of civilization. Ed muttered something under his breathe that seemed to catch the red heads attention. "What you say Ed?"
"Nothing." he muttered. But he knew that the red head was annoying him immensly. More importantly Melody said that the locals could get pretty hostile to unfamilair faces, but thay hadn't seen any yet.
A rustling came from the tree's which made both of them alert. Kairi summoned her Oathkeeper while Ed created the blade on his automail using alchemy. Five Nobodies fell from the trees and began to moved in rythms circling the two. "What are these things!" Ed demanded trying to cut one in half. The Dusk slide from under the attack and attacked Ed. Fullmetal stumbled back holding his heart. The pain didn't leave any physical damage, but left his heart in a lot of pain.
"Nobodies and heartless are different!" Kairi yelled. "Their not like heartless, they won't hurt you physically, but internally." the princess blocked and attack and cast a stop spell on the Nobodies. She grabbed Ed's arm. "In this enviorment they have the advantage."
Fullmetal wanted to object, but he knew in this bamboo forest they stood no chance of fighting. The two arrived in an open field surrounded by bamboo. Nobodies sprung from out of the woods and surrounded the two once more. This time they're were more than twenty. "What now?" Kairi asked.
"We'll fight." yelled a voice coming out of the bamboo. A familair yellow jacket passed Ed's eyes and a scimitar slashed through a Nobody. "Aye Edward."
Ed was in total disbilief. The Xing Prince gave a cheesy smile making the Alchemist nod in return. "Its good to see you, Ling Yao."
Okay, okay I know that I rushed the last part and I'm sorry about not updating sooner. But I hoped you guys enjoyed the chapter. I know I'm getting lazy and I came back and spellchecked, so the next chapter is going to be a long one for you guys. Anyway rundown for the next chapter, another Homonculus appears and Ed, Kairi, and Ling Yao are thrown into a battle for there lives. Review please, every one counts.
