Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy so those characters are not mine!!
I'm pretty sure I would tell people if I owned those two! Hehehe…Vincent :3
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Once they were face to face, Vincent, still in the Chaos form, asked, "Where's Sora?"
His voice dripped with menace.
"No longer with us," Xemnas calmly replied.
Vincent growled and stepped even closer to the Superior. "You know what I said. Where is he?"
"His heartless is roaming the halls of Castle Infinity like a wild beast."
Vincent snapped and withdrew Death Penalty, aiming point blank at Xemnas's face. The superior laughed and drew out his weapons. The two quickly fell into a duel, both evenly matched.
Roxas watched as Vincent fought hard against Xemnas. Anger built itself up inside of Roxas to the breaking point, and he pounced. The boy leaped into the fray full force.
"Roxas!" Axel called, surprised at his reactions. Immediately, the remaining staff of the Organization leaped forward, all armed, except Zexion, to stop Roxas and Vincent and aid Xemnas. "Enough!" Axel bellowed, throwing out both hands to the side. Walls of fire burst from the ground and encircled the brawl of Vincent, Xemnas, and Roxas. "You cowards!" Axel yelled towards Xemnas's followers. "If you're going to fight, do it with some honor!"
Axel charged his first opponent, Luxord, with flaming chackrams drawn back. They were thrown forward and each flew in towards Luxord's head at a speed of which was nearly impossible to see. The gambler drew up a shield of cards for protection, but he wasn't quick enough. Both chackrams drew themselves diagonally across the man's neck, cleanly slicing off the man's head. The body fell to the floor.
Axel called back the chackrams and looked up to see two men running at him: Marluxia and Lexaeus. Marluxia had his scythe out and threw it at Axel, the weapon spinning madly towards its intended target. Lexaeus drew out his tomahawk and sent it careening towards Axel's at an alarming speed.
Axel looked up and held the two chackrams out, deflecting the oncoming weapons with a flick of his wrists. Marluxia and Lexaeus stood a scythe's distance from Axel and called back their weapons. A poisonous smirk came to Axel's face as he charged the enemies.
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The Gummi Ship burst through the skies of The World That Never Was and soared to the ground, landing roughly and dumping its occupants out. Once they touched the ground, an ear-splitting cry rang out. Leon, Cloud, and Vincent hurtled themselves towards the castle, hoping to make it on time.
At the front entrance, which had been blown in, Vincent broke away from the other two. "I'm going to head up and see if I can stop them from advancing." The man suddenly turned into Chaos, protomateria in his chest shining brightly, and leapt into the air, heading for the uppermost roof.
Cloud and Leon turned and entered the castle. It was completely deserted. Both dismissed this factor and took the stairs, three at a time, towards the roof, careful to avoid any doors.
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Zexion, standing off towards the sidelines, watched the battles unfold. He watch Roxas and Axel fight, learning their style, when a familiar scent caught his nose. He turned towards the Stairwell and saw two figures emerge, swords drawn. "More company," the schemer mused, signaling Xigbar and Xaldin attention.
The two Organization members turned at the intruders and lunged for them, craving a fight. Xigbar leapt in front of Cloud and drew out his guns He began to rapidly fire on Cloud with the pink bullets. Cloud deflected all of them with a diagonal slant of his sword.
"Having fun yet?" Xigbar asked, stepping closer.
"I never have fun," Cloud responded, charging the enemy. Cloud's sword crashed against one of Xigbar's guns, crumpling it to a pile of useless metal.
"That's not cool," Xigbar huffed, disappearing into a portal. He reappeared in the sky, hanging above Cloud. Xigbar led on an assault of bullets from all angles of the sky, continually changing places, until Cloud jumped back and rammed his sword into Xigbar's stomach.
"Are you having fun?"
"Damn…you…" Xigbar mumbled, falling to the floor and ceasing all movement.
Meanwhile, Leon was ferociously attacking Xaldin. Leon pulled an uppercut with his sword, driving the blade between Xaldin's blockade of lances and himself. The man pulled back and watched his enemy recover.
"I will not allow you to disrupt our plans," Xaldin shouted, calling up 7 lances and throwing them all at Leon. Leon jumped past some of them and deflected the rest, coming out with a few minor scratches on his face.
Leon watched and waited for Xaldin to move, waiting for the last strike. The two faced each other, waiting for the other to strike, when Xaldin lunged forward, 3 lances in hand. He threw them a body's length from Leon, aiming for the abdomen. Leon tensed and sprang forward, over the oncoming lances and towards Xaldin. His sword came forward and struck the man through the chest.
Xaldin's eyes went wide as he saw the blade pierce his chest, felt the weapon being pulled out, the blood pooling out, and dropped to the floor. "N-no…" Leon turned from his opponent, who was no more, and saw Cloud finish Xigbar, the man, too, falling.
From a distance, Saix watched as both Xigbar and Xaldin fell to their opponents. "Weaklings," he muttered, approaching Xemnas and his enemies.
Vincent and Roxas were fighting Xemnas, using a battle plan that had to be coordinated perfectly. While one was on offense, the other was on defense, both positions switching often. Out of the corner of his eye, Vincent saw Saix approach, raise his claymore, and bring it down towards Roxas.
"No!" Vincent shouted as he threw out Death Penalty to block the attack.
Roxas swung his head around at Vincent's yell, and saw Lunatic come to him and dig into his back, scratching the spine. He screamed out as loud as ever and crumpled to the floor, blood pouring from his back. The two keys disappeared from the boy's grasp.
"Roxas!" Vincent yelled, throwing a well-aimed punch to Saix's face and dropping to the boy's side.
Axel had just finished almost cleaving Marluxia in half and scorching Lexaeus to death when he heard Vincent's shouts. He turned…and saw Roxas fall, blood flying everywhere. Too speechless for words, Axel leapt up and charged towards his comrade, but another being intercepted him. It was Zexion.
"Get out of my way!" Axel shouted, trying to push Zexion away.
"But why would I?"
Axel looked back down at Zexion, and saw Roxas, armed with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. The man looked back to his friend, lying helpless on the ground, and then to the imposter in front of him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Axel bellowed, throwing a chackram at the imitation.
The fake Roxas, Zexion, deflected the weapon and charged Axel. "It's much easier to fight in this body, don't you think so?"
"No, I don't!" Axel screamed, regaining both of his weapons and lunging towards Zexion. He threw the chackrams and each hit Zexion on his upper arms, on the taught muscles.
Zexion screamed and dropped the keyblades, turning himself back into his original form. His arms were dripping with blood, hanging useless at his sides. He looked back up into Axel's eyes and saw the man right in front of him.
"Go to hell," Axel seethed, holding both chackrams in one hand, driving them into Zexion's abdomen. Slowly, Axel dragged the weapons up Zexion's body. The chackrams were silently splitting the man's torso until they got stuck in the middle of his rib cage, but by then, Zexion was dead, hanging only by Axel's weapons. Axel pulled the chackrams out from Zexion's body and the man collapsed onto the floor.
"You filthy bastard," Axel said, his voice laced with menace. He turned from Zexion's body and ran to aid Vincent.
Vincent, still in his Chaos form, crouched by Roxas. He held a hand in front of the boy's mouth, and was relieved to feel some air being exhaled, however shallow it was. Vincent stood back up and lunged at Saix, anger leading the pursuit.
Saix ricocheted Death Penalty's bullet by way of his claymore, Lunatic, and slung the huge thing at Vincent. He jumped into the air to avoid the attack and hovered some 50 feet up. He looked back over to his comrades and yelled out their names. "Cloud! Leon!"
The two looked up and saw Vincent in the air. He was pointing down. They followed his line of vision and saw Roxas lying on the ground, covered in his own blood. "Get him and the heart and go!" Vincent yelled, motioning towards the glass jar, too.
Cloud raced towards Roxas as Leon took off for the heart. Vincent looked back down and saw Axel fighting Saix and Xemnas. He dropped back down to the ground and joined the quarrel while protecting Roxas. Cloud rushed in and grabbed Roxas as Vincent protected them. Cloud bolted back out, carrying Roxas like a baby, trying not to disturb the back wound.
Leon reached the glass jar, and in it, the heart. He picked up the object and ran for the stairwell, shortly followed by Cloud.
Saix watched as Cloud escaped with Roxas, Leon with the heart. "NO!" he screamed. Axel ceased his fight as he saw Saix's structure change. His ears elongated a little more and his hair grew and spiked out, like he was just shot with electricity. His claymore grew in width, the eight white spikes doubling in size. His face exhibited fierceness like no other; he was a Berserker.
Vincent landed in front of the Berserker and shot a beam of energy from his hand, hitting the demon square in the chest.
Axel backed up and turned towards Xemnas, who was going to secretly attack Vincent. Axel threw a chackram and deflected Xemnas's attack, also driving the man's attention to himself.
"It's you and me, now," Axel said to his used-to-be-superior.
"So it would seem." Xemnas charged forward with his aerial blades out. Axel leapt up, at the last second, and landed on the blades, forcing them to the ground. He swung his chackram towards Xemnas's head, but the man disappeared.
Axel whipped around just in time to block Xemnas's attack. "Coward! Attacking behind people's back!" Axel spat, pushing away the blades. Axel threw both chackrams at Xemnas, flaming. The Superior blocked again, only this time the chackrams weren't deflected. They continued to push against the Xemnas's blades, forcing Xemnas to flee, right into a trap.
Axel had predicted Xemnas fleeing, so when the man appeared again, a dome of fire covered the man, slowly closing in.
Axel watched as the fire consumed Xemnas, enjoying every bit. Then something appeared, between Xemnas and the fire. It spread out to cover the man's body, isolating him in it. The substance enlarged itself, dispersing the flames.
Xemnas was standing under an energy shield.
"Tch," Axel grunted, readying his chackrams yet again.
Meanwhile, Vincent and Saix were dueling it out, beast versus demon. Saix roared and flew towards Vincent, who ducked and rolled to avoid the swinging claymore. He turned back around and fired off from Death Penalty. Saix deflected the bullets and charged again, leaving no room for dodging.
Vincent flew up into the sky, avoiding the fatal attack. Saix followed him, but Vincent beat him to it. He surged forward and delivered a roundhouse kick to Saix's chest, sending the man back down to the ground. The sky was his turf, and everyone else's limit.
Saix braced himself from the attack, landing before crashing. He looked back up and saw Vincent hurtling towards him, the gun aside. Saix readied himself, but Vincent was too quick for him. He rolled under the claymore again and sprang up, snatching on to Saix's hood. He leapt up into the air, dragging Saix along, until he was aligned with Kingdom Hearts. The claymore had fallen when Vincent had stolen Saix.
Vincent pulled Saix up and then launched him back to the castle. The Berserker was sent tumbling towards the ground, crashing into it with such a force that a normal human would have been killed, instantly.
Before Saix could recover, Vincent followed up with a high-energy beam, sending it shooting towards the man at incredible speeds. The beam reached its target and obliterated it on the spot, spewing smoke and rubble everywhere.
Once the smoke had cleared, all that was left was a scorch mark and a hole where Saix had stood.
Vincent landed and marched towards Xemnas, ready to finish things. He approached Axel and Xemnas to see a tragedy. Axel was breathing heavily and bleeding from several wounds. One of the chackrams had been cleanly sliced in half and discarded.
Xemnas stood tall and seemingly confident, eyeing up Vincent and Axel.
"I'm surprised you've made it this far, Number VIII," the Superior spoke aloud.
"Same to you," Axel retorted.
Vincent stood beside Axel, slowly drawing out Death Penalty. "It's over. You're men are dead."
"That may be so, but I can still activate Kingdom Hearts."
"Suck it up!" Axel shouted, stepping forward. "You're not gonna win! Everyone else is dead. That heart is safe and you're not gonna get your hands on it or Roxas!"
Xemnas stepped up, a few feet from Axel's face. "My, my, Number VIII. So much anger. Take that rage and direct it at the Heartless manifesting the worlds."
"No! You're finished!" Axel thundered, charging the man. The chackram burst into flame as its wielder launched it at Xemnas. The man jumped to the side at the last second and vanished in a portal.
"Damn it," Axel seethed.
"Come on," Vincent said, approaching the other man. "We need to go help Roxas."
Axel nodded and vanished in a portal. Vincent walked to the edge of the roof and plummeted over, landing gracefully on the ground. He reached the ship just as Axel appeared.
Vincent released his Chaos form before entering the ship, followed by a very anxious Axel. The two entered the back room of the ship and saw Cloud and Leon bent over a bed, which was occupied with a blonde teen.
"How is he?" Axel asked as he approached his friend.
"We've got him stable, but it won't last long. He needs more help," Leon answered, dressing the last bit of the wound on Roxas's back.
Axel gazed at his companion, lying in a near death state. The boy was resting on his stomach, the back of his shirts destroyed. Blood had stained the back of his jacket and shirt and some of his hair. His face wore an expression of permanent pain and misery.
"That damn Xemnas," Axel muttered, pacing the room. Then he stopped abruptly and spun to face Vincent. "Sora!"
Vincent's face fell into astonishment at the fact that they had momentarily forgotten the boy. He scooped up the jar of heart pieces and raced from the ship. Axel followed.
The two stormed the castle and bounded towards the stairs. "Do you have any idea where he could be?" Vincent asked, starting up the stairs.
"Well, I don't know. We can try floors 8, 23, and 30."
"Let's go."
Axel opened a portal and the two jumped in, landing back on floor 8. The hall consisted of several doors, some actually a part of the wall and others just randomly placed.
"Which door?" Vincent asked.
"Doesn't matter. They all lead to the same room." Axel pulled open a door and walked in. When Vincent entered, he found the room completely void of people, Nobodies, and Heartless. Instead, the room featured several rows of counters, each equipped with 5 sinks and every hair product, from shampoo to combs to styling gel.
Vincent eyed Axel warily. "Well, how do you think we get our hair to look so great?" the man defended.
"Nevermind. Where is he?"
Axel shrugged his shoulders and opened another portal. "Let's try floor 23."
Once again, the two were dropped off at their destination. The corridor looked exactly the same as the previous, as did every other floor. Axel opened a door and allowed Vincent the pleasure of entering first.
The room consisted of 13 go-karts, lined up against the far wall, and a narrow but long racing track.
"Are you serious?!" Vincent yelled, pointing to the track.
"We can have fun sometimes, too."
"Whatever. Next floor."
Axel nodded and the two were swallowed in yet another portal. They were dumped out on the thirtieth floor. The room was littered with every video game you could imagine. It was a mini arcade.
Vincent scanned the room for Anti-Sora. The room was dark, save for one lit up game, which was being used.
The cloaked men approached the boy playing Tetris and Vincent snagged his collar from behind. He yanked the boy from the game and threw him to the floor. Anti-Sora landed on his back and Vincent quickly swooped down on him, pinning his arms to his side.
The Heartless boy squirmed around, trying to free his arms, when Vincent shouted to Axel, "Get the heart!"
Axel picked up the jar Vincent dropped when grabbing the boy and opened it. The pieces of the heart floated out, almost poetically. The pieces drifted towards Anti-Sora's chest and slowly began to unite, forming the original heart.
The newly born heart fell into the boy's chest and an animal like howl resounded from his throat. Vincent held the boy firmly, with the aid of Axel, and waited out the spasms. The screams slowly melded with those of a human's until they were human. The boy's skin color began to reside into a normal shade. The clothes' dark colors soon turned back to their original state.
The screams finally subsided and the boy went limp. His breathing was irregular, but soon returned to normal.
Axel stood and retreated from the boy, gratefully opening a portal. Vincent leaned over the boy and picked him up, bridal style. The two men exited the portal.
The room was left in an eerie state. A glass jar lay in pieces on the floor, having been dropped and shattered. The Tetris game Anti-Sora had been playing now read "Game Over."
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On the castle's front lawn, if it could be called that, a portal erected itself from the ground and unloaded three passengers. Axel and Vincent, carrying Sora, made their way towards the Gummi Ship.
Axel cupped his hands over his mouth and sucked in a deep breath. "Cloud! Leon! We've-."
The man was cut off as another portal erupted from the ground. A man stepped out and nearly Time itself stopped. It was Xemnas.
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AN: Alright, well I lied a little. There is to be another chapter! And it shall definitely be the last. *pouts*
I've had fun with this story and hope all of you faithful readers have, too! Wait…what am I saying? There's one more chapter!!
Thanks for all who have read and I will hopefully have the next chapter up soon!
Until next time,
aMa