Sora and Kairi have been reunited for reasons yet unknown
Garland and Sephiroth seem to have been defeated, but Gabranth and Kefka are still causing havoc.
What are Yuffie and Cids' connection to the gunman called Vincent?
And who will get Kefka the candy he so desires?
Kingdom Hearts
Shattered Unity
Chapter 12
Reign of Chaos
"ZANTETSUKEN!" shouted Sora as the knight Garland was cleaved in two, the huge man roaring in pain and rage as he faded into darkness. Sora took a look around and extended his senses, soon coming to the conclusion that he and Kairi were alone. He turned to face her, a sad smile gracing their features.
"Sora," she said walking up to him and taking his hands in hers. "It's been so long…"
"Kairi," he whispered, touching her face with shaking hands. Now that he looked at her more carefully he saw how thin she had become in just two months. Her skin was slightly paler. "What happened to you?"
"They didn't hurt me," she said, cupping his cheek in her hand. "He wouldn't let them."
"Who wouldn't?"
She smiled sadly.
"Riku."
Sora's eye widened before he remembered Riku's effect on Xehanort's subconscious. He smiled and nodded. He then drew her towards him and he kissed her gently. After they broke the kiss she touched his eyepatch and looked to him questioningly. He explained to her his cursed yellow eye, and everything that had passed since they had parted.
Her eyes widened at his tale and tears began to run down her cheeks.
"Oh Sora," she cried, kissing him as passionately as she had when Xehanort had been revived, and he kissed her back just as much.
BOOM!
An explosion sounded from the city and Sora broke the kiss, looking towards the chaos in the distance. Kairi put a hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go," she said. Sora nodded and called forth his rider and X-blade. She hopped on the back and they flew towards the city.
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Cid and Yuffie had to carry the unconscious Vincent through the streets until they reached Merlin's house where Ayumi, Pence, Ollete, and Aerith were waiting. Aerith had Warrior of light mostly healed and drinking a glass of water while the elixir he had taken settled.
"Where is Merlin?" asked Yuffie, carrying Vincent to the bed, the kids staring wide eyed, and the Warrior of Light watching coldly.
"He's looking for Sora," said Aerith, looking at the person they held.
They laid Vincent on the bed and Aerith rushed over, gasping when she saw who it was.
"How?" she asked.
"Those evil keybladers got him," said Cid, as Yuffie kneeled next to Vincent rubbing his shoulder gently. "They must have been the ones who took him when Malificent took over eleven years ago. And here I thought he died protecting us while we escaped…"
"I can't believe it's been that long," whispered Aerith, lightly touching the hole over his heart. "If I want to fix this I'll have to use my ultimate healing magic. We need to take him outside."
They dragged him outside and laid him on the ground, as was Aerith's command. She took a deep breath. Warrior of Light and the kids watched warily.
"What is she doing?" Ayumi asked Warrior of Light.
"She is healing that man, though I'd rather she didn't personally," he replied quietly.
"Why do you say that?" asked Pence.
"I can feel a powerful, sentient darkness within his heart. It's unnerving."
"Heavens above," called Aerith. "I call this prayer for you to play the song of healing and holy life! Great Gospel!"
Rain began to fall over the ruined city, and it caused many of the Heartbourne to weaken, as those fighting noticed. The hole over Vincent's chest closed and his eyes shot open, blazing red.
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Seifer and his crew made their way to Merlin's house gradually taking out any Heartbourne along the way. On their path they saw a large group of men and women in uniforms battling the dark creatures as they went. They assumed that this was SeeD.
The battle had become quite large, hundreds taking part.
"Let's join 'em!" yelled Seifer, holding up his struggle bat.
"You'll need something better than that little club," said Squall, who walked up to them, striking down a few Heartbourne as he went.
"What do you want?" Seifer asked coldly.
"Here," said Squall, tossing him what appeared to be a long gunblade. "You may be a little punk, but you've got some skill."
"Who're you calling a punk, chickenwuss?"
Squall brushed some hair out of his face and chose to ignore that remark, rejoining the battle. Seifer glared at him and looked at the new weapon.
"Hey!" Yuffie ran up to them. "I noticed that your friends have been fighting bare handed this entire time, so I borrowed some weapons from Aerith and I got some from my own stores."
She tossed Rai a wighted bo-staff and Fuu some chakrams.
"Hope they come in handy!"
She ran to join SeeD and Seifer looked at his friends with a devious grin.
"Let's do this!" he yelled, and they nodded. Then they joined SeeD in the battle against the Heartbourne.
Seifer sliced down a few, Rai taking some down with his bo-staff and Fuu slicing through them easily. Seifer caught three with a fire spell shot from the tip of his gunblade.
Fuu was almost caught up in a swarm of Heartbourne, but with a few loud gunblasts, they had been destroyed. She looked to see Vincent twirling his gun in his hand and nodding at her before gunning a few more down.
Then the rest of the committee joined the battle and they gained an extreme advantage. Warrior of Light had recovered completely and was using amazing light spells and waves to take down Heartbourne in large numbers. Cloud and Genesis were eliminating them quickly and skillfully, and Aerith was healing injured SeeD members in droves with her amazing healing powers. Tifa was pounding them one by one and Cid was giving directions to the newer members.
"Yo! Seifer!" called Hayner, appearing with Vivi. "How's it going?"
"Not too bad," said Seifer. "I think we just might win this one."
"Hey!" a SeeD member called to them. He tossed Hayner a short sword and Vivi a short staff. "Use these! Orders from commander Squall!"
Vivi started blasting spells with much better control and accuracy than before. Hayner joined in and took down the Heartbourne alongside the others.
"Begone creatures!" shouted none other than Golbez, as he used Genesis Rock to destroy a large group of Heartbourne. "I finally arrive and the war has already begun. Some welcome this has become."
"Who are you?" demanded Squall, looking up at the floating hulk.
"I am a friend of Sora. I apologize for arriving so abruptly, but it seems we have more pressing matters to deal with."
He pointed to something, and Squall turned, his eye's widening.
"Look out!" shouted a member of SeeD, but his words were drowned out by a meteor spell that took out a large group from both sides, from none other than Cauldishek, flanked by his nine companions, all standing atop a burning building. The committee turned their attention to the Lucid Key Elite.
"Who the hell-?" started Cid, but was cut off when Cauldishek raised his hand and the Heartbourne ceased their attacks.
"HOLD!" boomed Squall from the center of the battlefield. All of SeeD stopped their attacks. He then turned on the Elites. "Who are you and why do you attack our world?"
"Our great Lord and Master Xehanort sends his regards!" shouted Cauldishek back at Squall. "All we want is the Princess of Soul and the Keyblade Master known as Sora! Give them to us and we will withdraw from this pitiful world!"
"You hear that?" shouted Cid from his spot on the battlefield. "This old fool wants us to give them the ones who have saved our world in the first place! And why? Because when they get what they want they'll destroy this place, as well as all the worlds! What do you think of that?"
SeeD, who heard every word shouted and jeered at Cauldishek.
"LET'S SHOW THESE PUNKS WHAT IT MEANS TO TRAMPLE OUR GARDEN!"
With a resounding battle cry, SeeD resumed its attacks on the Heartbourne. Cauldishek was enraged.
"WHERE ARE THE THREE?"
"Two of them have fallen Master," said Kamui.
"Where's the other guy?" asked Kigara, looking at Kain, who merely shrugged.
"FEEL THIS PAIN!" screamed Gabranth, as Kefka was launched through a nearby building by a black beam of energy, cackling madly as it went. Gabranth landed next to Cauldishek and brushed off his armor.
The Committee lined up to face the Luicid Key Elite and their allies (and Kefka).
"So," said Vincent to Cloud. "Where is this Keyblade Master everyone seems to be talking about?"
"I'm here," said Sora as he stepped forward in full armor, sans the helmet, his eyepatch cast aside to reveal his yellow eye, X-blade in hand. "Kairi is with Merlin. It's good to see you Golbez."
The sorcerer nodded.
"I apologize for not being able to save your master," he replied.
"No worries, so let's do this!" shouted Sora, taking a ready stance. "I'll take the leader, and whoever else I have to! The rest of you fight who you will!"
(recommended song: Nightwish- 10th Man Down)
Sora, Squall, Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Cid, Vincent, Genesis, Warrior of Light, and Golbez stood on one side of the battlefield.
Cauldishek, Kigara, Feratu, Azulong, Kajime, Kamui, Trix, Kain, Krynys, Sakaki, Gabranth and Kefka stood on the other side. They all slapped various parts of their bodies and were suddenly wearing armor similar to Sora's, but like him, kept their helmet's off.
Then, in a flash, they were all in the air.
Sora instantly clashed blades with Cauldishek, who was in shock at the increase in power he was feeling, and called for Kigara and Feratu to help him. The two tried to take Sora out from both sides, but he warped away and they passed through empty air.
"TWILIGHT EDGE!" Sora took his Form and appeared above them, entering an elaborate sword dance with the three. The battle grew fiercer and more intense. Sora's X-blade collided with the elite's keyblades over and over again, sparks flying every time.
"Where did this boy gain such power?" Feratu shouted as he fought. The action of even talking took his concentration away for a split second though, and Sora struck his weapon with enough power to hit Feratu in the face by the back of his own keyblade, sending him flying several meters. Kigara noticed the difference in ability too. Sora continued to cross keyblades with the other two, and the battle raged on around them. Off to the side, Cloud and Sakaki swung their massive blades, each just missing each other by centimeters with each strike.
"What's wrong? Put some passion into your strikes!" Sakaki egged Cloud on as they fought. Cloud attacked using his Cross Slash in response.
"Shut it, your attitude irritates me." He said as he brought his buster sword down, only for Sakaki to block with his equally large keyblade. Nearby Tifa was locked in battle with Trix, treading cautiously to avoid being hit by magic off-guard.
"Seeing a woman like you just gets my blood boiling!" Trix yelled as she made short, quick movements with a thunder spell firing here and there. She tried to juke Tifa out, and strike when she wouldn't be able to evade. Unfortunately for her, Tifa managed to see the lightning strike shoot just by her face as she rushed in, slamming her fist into Trix's abdomen. Just when it seemed like Tifa could send her flying, Trix kicked Tifa in the jaw and landed on her feet.
"As if. You're a fool for coming at me bare-handed!" She taunted. Tifa slid back a bit, but quickly regained composure as she readied herself to attack again. She tensed her fists and started to run, when Kefka was sent flying right through the middle of their battle.
The clown laughed as he continued to disrupt the battles left and right, with Vincent hot on his trail. Kamui was following Vincent, curious to see how he broke out of her control. To keep up the chase further, Yuffie was hot on Kamui's heels with her massive shuriken in tow. As they passed, Kefka threw rather...oddly shaped magic attacks while laughing like an insane idiot. Vincent passed through the explosions relatively unharmed as he opened fire on the clown. He pulled the trigger, shooting rapidly at Kefka. As each bullet approached, quick magic shots rang out from a distance, knocking every one of Vincent's shots off-course.
He looked around to find the sniper, and Kain smiled in the distance. He fired another shot as a quick firefight erupted and Kefka danced off. Kamui was finally starting to catch up to Vincent when a large shuriken flew in front of her, causing her to stop. She spun around to see Yuffie in midair, catching the large weapon that just flew in front of her.
"You've got guts to pick a fight with me, little girl." Kamui said, licking her lips as she brandished her keyblade.
"I'll make sure you pay you back for what you did to Vincent!" Yuffie yelled back as she flew upward, throwing several shuriken that spun around with the wind before converging on Kamui. The reaction wasn't quite what Yuffie expected, as Kamui raised her keyblade and a dark aura wave shot out, rendering her attacks ineffective. Yuffie looked on in surprise that her enemy had such power.
"Why do you care so much about my little experiment?" Kamui asked as she thrust her keyblade torward Yuffie. Her movement was by no means slow, if she'd been fighting someone other than a ninja. Yuffie jumped above Kamui and threw her super shuriken at her from near point-blank range. Kamui vanished into a burst of darkness upon impact, and then reappeared a few meters away.
"He's not your experiment! He's our...he's my..." Yuffie cried tears of rage as she landed and retrieved her weapon. Kamui's face lit up with excitement.
"I see, you love him just like the disgusting keyblade master and girl we captured! How repulsive." Kamui spat at Yuffie with a nasty glare to her eyes. Yuffie gripped her shuriken tightly and made a blinding dash torward Kamui, only for them both to be sent flying as the ground beneath them shattered. Golbez fired off another Genesis Rock, knocking Cauldishek out of Sora's way. Sora was able to put his attention back to Kigara, and the two locked blades. Each roared at the other as the poured their strength into every strike. Sparks flew as the two battled intensely. Left, right, up down every direction was an attack or parry from one or the other. Cauldishek shook his head as he tried to get back into the intense battle, but was cut off by Squall as he tried to re-enter the duel between Sora and Kigara.
"I won't let you lay a hand on Sora," Squall said coolly to Cauldishek. "You really shouldn't interfere in your apprentice's battles you know."
"Fool! You believe that an insect such as you is worth my time?" Caldishek replied with fury in his voice. Squall left little time for conversation as he lifted his hand and lightning bolts blasted towards his foe. Cauldishek blocked, but was struck by a subsequent strike from Golbez, who was offering a hand in this fight, and was flung towards Squall in a bit of a daze. Cauldishek was about to be attacked by Golbez, who was emanating a powerful sense of pure rage towards him, but he was suddenly hit by magical blasts from Kefka and crescent arcs from Gabranth, forcing him to fall back and fend them off. Squall struck at Cauldishek with a varying attack, quick enough to appear as though he were attacking from all directions.
As Cauldishek was caught in the combination attack, Feratu fully recovered from his earlier mishap, and rushed to Caulishek's aid. Feratu flew in with a magnificent thrust attack, forcing Squall to back off from attacking Cauldishek or else he would be mortally wounded. Just as the battle started to look grim for Squall at two versus one, Cauldishek was tackled down by Genesis, who had just arrived on the battlefield.
The two rolled as they fought, eventually falling off the edge of a cliff. They landed down on top of Kajime and Aerith, both of whom had done their best to avoid getting directly involved in the conflict. Cauldishek and Genesis stood and faced each other, both seething in anger. Kajime and Aerith watched in awe and horror as the two of them locked blades in vicious combat. Cauldishek called Kajime for assistance. She nodded towards Aerith and joined in the fight and Genesis was forced to defend himself from their strikes.
Sora and Kigara each glowed with frightening auras as their battle raged all over the battlefield, avoiding magical attacks and gunfire from both sides and massive boulders shot from Golbez at his own foes. Soon they were in the center of it all, blades locked and their faces inches from each other's.
"I see we've both gotten stronger," grunted Sora, pushing him away, and they began to circle each other threateningly.
"You and I never have had a fair fight have we?" growled Kigara. "There's always someone to get in the middle of it."
"Well here we are." Sora shot back.
Then they pounced on each other like wild animals, taking to the air as their blades struck eachother viciously, then separated and landed on the ground. They each charged more and more magical power into their blades, until they reached Bladecharge, Kigara's a dark purple and Sora's a bright blue. The blades buzzed and hummed as they flew through the air at unmatched intensity.
They charged each other and when their blades met, there was a blinding flash, and a wave of pure magic and energy shot out in all directions, killing several SeeD and Heartbourne. The combatants on both sides turned their attention to the blast, only to see Kigara fly out of it screaming.
When the smoke cleared Sora stood victorious, though sporting a minor wound on his abdomen.
Kigara suddenly warped in behind him, his face a picture of pure rage and Sora warped in turn, Kigara's strike hitting thin air. Sora appeared across from him, his stance defensive.
"You are holding back Kigara," said Sora.
"As are you Light boy," replied Kigara, a violet aura erupting around him.
"So I am," said Sora, a silver aura erupting around him.
"EARTHBOUND FIST!" screamed Kigara, a wave of purple energy shooting towards Sora.
"TWILIGHT EDGE!" Sora shouted back, making two diagonal swipes in the air and launching the golden X at his enemy.
The two attacks met at the center, and in a bright flash they exploded and were replaced with Sora and Kigara in the middle, blades locked, both bleeding from various wounds. Then they were back in the air, only a silver and purple streaks flying through the air and meeting with a flash of light at a few points. Then gravity took effect and they landed on the ground panting slightly.
"I see," said Sora. "Our command forms are the same in that they can only increase our power in short bursts."
"I am not as weak as you!" hissed Kigara.
"Can it," said Sora, standing straight. "Our powers are equal."
"No!" screamed Kigara, digging around in his armor. "NO NO NO! YOU ARE A WEAK LIGHT BOY!"
He then pulled out his prized card and laughed insanely.
"KYAAHAAHAHAHA!" he cackled madly. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?"
"It looks like a card," said Sora, raising his guard.
"NOT JUST ANY CARD LIGHT BOY! THIS IS A SUMMON CHARM!"
"What?"
"By chanting a secret prayer and sacrificing the souls of everyone here, human and Heartbourne alike, I can summon the ultimate Earthbound God Ccpac Apu!"
"NO!" screamed Sora as he charged at Kigara desperately, but Kigara grinned cruelly and began his chant.
"I sacrifice these souls to you! Advent! Earthbound God Ccpac A-guh!"
Kigara was suddenly interrupted by a fist to the face thrown from Kain, who had heard Kigara's chant from his post high above. Sora stopped his charge and took a stance.
"IDIOT!" Kain roared at Kigara, who was staggering to his feet. "CAULDISHEK TOLD YOU TO NEVER USE THAT THING!"
Kigara began to glow an ominous purple and grabbed the far weaker Kain by the throat.
"Never touch me," he hissed quietly. Kain only wretched in response. Kigara was prepared to snap his neck but was forced to drop him to block an attack from Sora, who threw a ball of fire in his face, causing him to fall down.
"Are you okay?" demanded Sora. Kain rubbed his throat for a second and attempted to attack Sora, who blocked his strikes much more easily than he could Kigara, Cauldishek or Feratu.
"You are kinda new at this aren't you?" Sora asked. Kain growled in response which Sora took as a "yes".
They continued to trade strikes, Sora taking note of Kain's speed, but lack of power, concluding that Kain was a marksman, or mage type, not a direct fighter. He sensed a presence behind him and blocked a strike from Krysnis, who had come to the rescue of her crush. The three of them began fighting viciously. Sora also took note of Krysnys' power, and realized that, while also fairly new to this, she was actually quite skilled. They both tried for a simultaneous blow to his head, but with his most powerful Aereoga spell, he was able to send them flying. Before the pair could retaliate, they were blocked by Vincent, who fought them with his amazing hand to hand skills.
Sora turned to see Kigara on his feet again. Sora looked and saw that he had not been able to prevent the fireball he had been struck with from harming him, evident from the huge burns over his right eye.
"Y-you have…" hissed Kigara. "Marked me…"
"Marked you?" asked Sora.
"Like your golden eye…. You have marked me…. I will kill you for this…."
Kigara's dark aura grew.
"I'LL KILL YOOOOU!" he screamed as loud as he could, rushing at Sora at top speeds. Sora braced himself to block, but suddenly heard the swishing of a cloak and wretching noises. Standing in front of Sora with Kigara's throat in his hand was Feratu. Sora was in awe of Feratu's true strength.
"Sorry Kigara,"he said. "But Master has already claimed him."
He dropped Kigara to the ground and turned to face Sora, raising his Grisly Wing keyblade. Sora raised the X-blade cautiously.
"Unlike this fool," said the masked man. "I do not aim to kill, merely capture. Kigara, return to the ship. Cauldishek's orders."
Kigara spat at Feratu, who ignored him, and glared at Sora.
"I don't care what they say," he hissed. "I swear I will track you down no matter where you go and I will kill you myself!"
He then summoned his rider and flew towards the mothership. In the bridge, Xehanort was watching with interest. Perhaps he could use Kigara's rage to his advantage.
Back in the battle, neither side was gaining ground and with one member down, Cauldishek ordered a full retreat of his forces.
Feratu recalled his Keyblade before he and Sora could start their fight.
"My master calls," said Feratu. "We will finish this later."
He then vanished in a puff of black smoke, as did the remaining Elites, Gabranth, Kefka and the Heartbourne. The SeeD members were prepared to cry out in victory but Sora's voice rang out, amplified magically.
"We haven't won yet!" he called. "They are planning something!"
The committee and its allies, including the Twilight Town kids that fought Heartbourne gathered to him.
"What next?" asked Hayner.
"Order a full retreat," said Squall. "We need to get our remaining troops somewhere safe in case something happens."
"FALL BACK TO THE CASTLE!" roared Cid. "LET'S GO!"
The SeeDs followed unquestioningly and began their full retreat.
"Sora should use this opportunity to get out of here with the kids," said Squall. "We'll keep fighting until you get back."
"All right," said Sora. "My ship isn't far from here. I'm just hoping everyone is all right. Let's go!"
"I'm coming with you," said Vincent, stepping forward. "I'll scout from above and watch your back."
Sora nodded at him and motioned for the TT gang to follow them. Vincent loaded his gun and took to the rooftops. The others went to organize their defenses. When they got there Merlin and the kids were waiting, Ayumi had yet to set Mokona down.
"Sora!" cried Kairi and Ollette simultaneously running towards him, but stopped and looked at each other, Ollette embarrassedly, Kairi questioningly. Sora kissed Kairi and hugged a disappointed looking Ollette. He also hugged a surprised looking Ayumi.
"We're leaving," he said bluntly. "We need to get out of here before Xehanort gets tired of waiting for his lackeys to capture us."
Everyone voiced their agreement and Sora, X-blade in hand and Vincent above ran to the alleyway where he had landed the Gummi ship. When they got to the market, Sora saw Vincent raise his gauntleted right hand. He stopped running and reached out with his senses.
"THE CASTLE!" he shouted. "VINCENT, GUARD THEM!"
He immediately flared his silver aura and shot towards the castle, warping in and out of view every few hundred yards.
"What was that about?" muttered Pence.
"Something tells me it has something to do with that," said Hayner, pointing to a black funnel cloud forming over the top of the castle.
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Xehanort himself stood at the highest spire of the castle holding Gabranth by the throat.
"W-what is th-this?" choked the judge, his helmet cast aside to reveal a handsome blonde man with short hair.
"You shall be judged for your own sins Judge Magister," replied the Dark Master.
Xehanort, gripping Gabranth's throat with his left hand, reached into the hole in Gabranth's chest and slowly pulled out a pink orb: Gabranth's heart.
"By using the overwhelming darkness in your heart," he said, letting Gabranth's corpse fall to vanish in a golden light. "And combining it with that of the ones called Sephiroth and Garland…"
In his other hand, two more pink orbs seemed to revolve around each other. When he let Gabranth's heart join them they seemed to rotate faster and faster.
"I can summon a beast of untold power, just by using the darkness of the three disgraced generals."
He raised his hand and the hearts shot into the heart of the funnel cloud.
"And with a touch of my own personal darkness…"
He raised his keyblade and a violet beam hit the three hearts. Then, the black clouds took shape around them and began to take shape. The form was basically humanoid, but was huge, easily three times the size of the six and a half foot Xehanort. While the creature was still taking shape, Xehanort turned his attention to something speeding towards him.
He raised his Keyblade and blocked a strike from an enraged Sora.
"So you've sought me out boy, is it for revenge now?" Xehanort chuckled to himself as his creation was still forming. He broke off Sora's attack and knocked him back. Sora did a backflip and landed on the balcony of a lower spire.
"Sorry, but whatever you're planning, I can't let you get away with it," Sora replied with a smirk. He jumped forward while launching a blade beam at Xehanort, which was easily dispelled by the Dark Master. The cloud seemed to finally take on a form, but then dispersed. Xehanort laughed madly.
"What's so funny?" Sora asked.
"It has already begun." Xehanort said as he vanished.
"What?" Sora looked frantically for Xehanort. Off in the distance he heard a scream. Sora tried to run in that direction but Xehanort reappeared in front of him and they clashed blades. They pushed off of each other and leapt to the ground far below.
"Get out of my way!" hissed Sora, brandishing the X-blade at his arch foe.
"Or what?" scoffed Xehanort. "You'll kill me?"
"Shut up!"
"You and I both know that if you fight me here, you will die."
"I'm stronger than I was before!"
Sora let out a deep roar and entered Twilight edge form, his armor glowing brightly.
"So be it," grinned Xehanort, raising his keyblade. Then they both warped away.
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Back in town, buildings were being destroyed left and right. The townspeople ran about amidst the chaos. A large demonic being with four arms and large wings was running rampant in the streets, crushing nearly everything in sight. It turned its head to see a large number of SeeD as well as Squall and Genesis rushing to battle the oversized beast. The monster roared and repelled a large number of people, as they flew back through various homes and shops. Kairi, Ayumi and the others watched as their friends faced a creature more frightening then they had ever seen before. It was a muscular four-armed fiend in dark and red hues, with large wings sprouting from his back and demonic faces on his knees. He had a long tail and several horns, the most prominent of which are two red horns that curve into the air. It wore a loincloth with another face on it, and a red amulet.
"Who has summoned me?" It boomed in a deep voice, ignoring the gunfire, arrows and projectiles striking its skin. " I, the god Chaos am not one to be called upon at a whim!"
He then let out an earth shattering roar before attacking the forces shooting at him. He inhaled deeply and shot a massive fireball from his mouth, decimating a few building and wiping out some of SeeD. Squall flew in above Chaos from the top of a still-standing building as he swung his gunblade down on Chaos's head. Genesis flew upward from below, hoping to strike at Chaos's legs as he went up. Chaos roared and sent both warriors flying back as he continued his rampage. Squall landed next to Genesis, his landing being cushioned by a half-burnt couch that sat atop a pile of rubble.
"How do we take out a god?" Genesis panted. Squall managed to lift himself up as he shook his head.
"We can't defeat it like this. We need our forces to retreat." Squall said. He jumped down and hid behind the pile of debris, Genesis kept close for survival.
"Cid, this is Squall. Do you read? Requesting a pickup immediately. We need a full retreat to the base furthest from here ASAP. Over." Squall said as he pinched a side of his jacket while talking. Genesis looked around, keeping an eye on Chaos's movements.
"You goddamned son of a bitch I can't wait to pay them back for destroying the Shera! Hang tight pretty boy and we'll swing by in the Highwind shortly." Cid yelled back through the receiver. Genesis's face turned sour as he turned to yell at Squall.
"He's coming this way! Let's move unless you want to die!" Genesis yelled as he pushed Squall and started running. Chaos roared as he stomped on the ground and spat large fireballs outward. Squall ran to catch up to Genesis as the fireballs exploded upon the debris pile they'd just hid behind. Metal, glass, and concrete were sent flying in various directions. The two turned themselves around to look at the pseudo-grenade blast as they tried their best to dodge and parry every shot that came their way. Shards whizzed past the two, and several made cuts here and there. Squall stepped back after the oncoming shots stopped and Chaos continued moving, having not noticed the two still alive. Genesis dropped to one knee as he breathed hard. Chaos turned its head as it readied itself to destroy the rest of the town. Squall angrily grabbed the commlink in his jacket and yelled into it.
"Cid, where the hell are you?" Squall shouted. A missile exploded in Chaos's face and both Squall and Genesis looked up.
"Yee-haw! Eat that, Ugly!" Cid shouted from the Highwind intercom as he swooped down for the pickup. A ladder dropped from the deck and Squall took hold while Genesis extended his wing and flew up to the deck Just as the smoke cleared from in front of Chaos's face, Cid took off at maximum speed as they broke off toward another base. Squall held on as tightly as he could, his grip slipping little by little as the ladder was pulled up by Tifa and Golbez. When Squall was finally up with everyone he lied down as Aerith ran over to heal him.
"Did the townspeople evacuate to the underground bases?" Squall asked.
"Yeah, SeeD went ahead and moved with them. They'll meet us at Balamb base on the other side of the world." Yuffie said. Genesis walked inside as he pulled out his book, still undamaged despite the battle he'd been in today. He walked off, reciting lines to himself.
Squall looked around. "Where's Vincent? I thought he would be with you." He asked Yuffie as though interrogating her.
"He was actually with Sora and the kids…but we haven't seen or heard from him since." Yuffie frowned and slouched as she sat in a corner.
Just then Sora's gummi ship whizzed by and dove downward. Cid nearly hit the smaller ship and within a minute his voice was booming over the intercom.
"Dammit kids if you can't fly on your own then DON'T !#$%^& DO IT!" Cid yelled out at the smaller ship.
"Sorry! We're doing our best!" Kairi replied. They went downward, leaving the Highwind be as they looked for Sora. Ayumi tapped Hayner on the shoulder and pointed to two small figures on their monitor.
"Isn't that him down there?" She asked. Hayner looked closely and nodded.
"Yup. Time for us to come in saving the day!" he shouted. Everyone on board except for Vincent got excited.
KHKHKHKHKHKH
Sora and Xehanort traded blows left and right, Sora striking with incredible precision and speed. Xehanort merely laughed as he continued to parry Sora's oncoming attacks with little effort.
"You're going to run out of steam eventually boy. When you stop attacking I'll take great pleasure in my turn for the offense." Xehanort taunted. Sora stepped back, panting. He knew that at his rate he was getting nowhere fast.
"I'm not going to let you destroy this world any further!" Sora yelled. He charged up the X-blade with the blue bladecharge as he flew at Xehanort, his strength pouring out from the magical charge in the X-blade. He thrust forward to try and stab Xehanort, but Xehanort raised his keyblade as he took the attack head on and blocked it. When the two clashed, the bladecharge shrank from its massive coating until it barely looked like an aura around the X-blade. Sora's eyes widened as his attack was overcome. Xehanort smiled.
"My turn." He chuckled.