-1 Chapter 14: Shadows ahoy!

(Last time)

"Aros was just captured….we have to find him!" he looked to Donald knowing he was going to say something to try and talk him out of it…but what came out instead slightly shocked him. "Point the way Sora!" he hopped into the driver seat. Sora blinked "what?!…" Goofy took the weaponry "we are with you Sora" Donald gave a thumbs up "and we mean BOTH of you!" Sora smiled "thanks guys…" He smirked with a determined look "Okay…lets go!"
---------(now the real chapter!)---------------------------

Aros was thrown into the cabin, out cold and bound heavily with rope. Riku walked away smirking "Maleficent will be delighted to finally tear you apart" his voice was two toned and darker than before. Aros started to wake up long after Riku left -grrr…that no good- He struggled against the ropes -dirty over confident- he bit the gag in his mouth -TRATOR!- after a few minutes of struggling he stopped -this is going nowhere…I cant believe I'm thinking this….but I actually need Sora to save my butt now…- He arched his head back and it hit the wall painfully -ow…- he had a blank look, then arched his neck again -ow- and again -ow- after a minute of doing that he finally sighed -Sora where are you?!- he closed his eyes, seeing a fleck of light in the darkness of his mind -Sora?…-

///Gummiship///

Sora leaned back in a chair "Aros where are you?…" he closed his eyes -Sora?…- Sora saw the inside of a ship materialize into his vision -Aros?…what's going on?- Aros opened his eyes, seeing the inside of the Gummiship -Sora…I think you're in my head…- Aros blinked -okay…lets get down to the point…WHERE ARE YOU?!…- Sora winced -trying to find you…where are you by the way?- Aros rolled his eyes -where do you THINK I am?…- Sora looked around -sip cabin?- Aros rolled his eyes again -DING! DING! DING!, we have a winner- Sora sighed -okay…hang on…ill get there as soon as I can- the connection dropped.

///ship cabin///

Aros glared as the connection dropped -not going anywhere- he huffed. Looking at the floor. At least five minutes passed before he felt the gag around his face loosen and fall away "Sora?" Aros blinked "huh?" he looked up to a boy dressed in green, holding the cloth that was once tied around his face.

The boy moved to eye level with Aros "you look…different…Sora" Aros blinked "I'm not Sora…my name is Aros….do you mind cutting me out of these ropes?!" the boy withdrew a dagger slicing the ropes away "you look familiar though…like Sora but…the opposite" Aros blinked standing up "well Peter…" He smirked as Peter blinked confused "how do you know my name?" Aros leaned against the bunk beds in the room "does the name Antisora ring a bell?" suddenly the dagger was held at his thought "please don't kill me…I'm on your side!" Peter raised an eyebrow "really?" Aros nodded "cross my non existent heart and hope not to be cut into little pieces" he smiled nervous.

A light appeared near Peter and he looked to it as if they where having a conversation "I guess we can give you a chance" Aros blinked "we?" the light danced around Aros "this is Tinkerbelle, she is a fairy" Aros blinked again "oh…." Peter folded his arms "now what say we get outta here." Aros nodded "just give me a minute" he backed up and charged at the door, and hit not making a dent "Ow…." He slid to the floor. Peter and Tinkerbelle where laughing. Aros got up glaring "well what do YOU suggest?!" Peter looked to Tink "do your thing" Tinkerbelle nodded flying around Aros, covering him in pixie dust, but all it made Aros do was sneeze "what is this stu-stu-stAAAAACHOO!!!" Aros sneezed again "Pixie dust…now you can fly" Peter demonstrated.

Aros blinked, nervous "I prefer my feet on good solid ground…"he pointed to the floor. Peter laughed again "its easy…just think of something good" Aros almost laughed "Happy?….yeah right…." Peter started talking about what Aros could think about, half of them made Aros's eye twitch. Eventually Aros rose of the ground "You did it!" Aros blinked "I Peter pointed to a hole in the net covering the tope of the cabin "we can leave through here…what was your thought" Aros blinked "you shutting up for five seconds…." Aros mumbled under his breath "nothing important" he covered up, floating through the hole "Oh snap…" he looked up to see multiple Shadow Sora's cracking their knuckles "this is going to be a long day" Aros sighed "GET THEM!!" One of them shouted, Aros's head jerked up "You can talk?!" a few of the Shadow Sora's charged, Aros cringed, then blinked not feeling any impact "huh?"

He blinked, Peter shrugged "what just happened…?" Aros blinked "Talk?…of course we can talk…if you can" One shadow Sora shrugged "just found out we could…actually" Aros turned to see Pirate heartless bound tightly by rope "Oh…you meant get THEM! Not us…" Aros pointed. A shadow Sora with a small black wing walked forward, nodding slowly "uh…duh!…that was the IDIEA!…" Peter blinked "friends of yours Aros?" Aros shrugged "Might of seen them once or twice…but no…" a second Shadow Sora, slightly shorter than the first, walked up "No manners…then again…we really didn't use any ourselves…I'm S.S02, the heartless next to me with the wing is S.S01...and the one who is on all fours-" he pointed to another Shadow Sora, sitting like a cat next to the bound heartless "Is S.S03..." Aros nodded "I'm-" S.S01 held up a hand "we know…Antisora…the one and only…how great for you…to be one of a kind…to have your own real identity…like I did once…" Aros blinked "actually my name is Aros now…" S.S03 rolled his eyes "okay then…so you need help" Aros nodded "how did you know?" S.S01 smirked "well…seeing you tied up in the ship cabins was a clue…" Aros sulked "Thanks…" S.S02 blinked "so…you flying out of here?" Aros folded his arms, looking sarcastic "no I'm waiting for my ride…."

Suddenly a large crash was herd followed by a large amount of shaking and a large hole appearing in the wall "WHAT WAS THAT?!" all three shadow Sora's jumped, Aros's acute hearing picked up the sound of someone squawking, and another person apologizing repeatively. Aros sulked again "My ride…ladies and gentlemen…." he slapped his forehead. "idiots…" the shadow Sora's disappeared.

Sora walked from the hole in the side of the ship "I'm sorry…Donald I'm SORRY!" Donald walked out red in the face "YOU SHOULD BE!….WHY DID WE GO AFTER THAT STUPID-" Aros walked over "ah-hem! Care to finish that sentence…while I'M in the r- " Sora tackled him from behind "YOURE OKAY!" Aros's eye twitched "you're….touching….me" the shadow Sora's all looked at Aros with raised eyebrows, Donald and Goofy raised their weaponry "No…don't'….SORA STOP HUGGING ME! EW!" the Emo, finally had his fill of happy, and shoved Sora away "I know your glad to see me…but have some dignity!…." he smirked "or did you loose that alongside your sanity?" Sora beamed "No one on earth would insult me like that! and be able to stand me at the same time!" Aros rolled his eyes "yeah….you got that right…now lets blow this shipwreck…" Sora: blinked "we cant…" Aros almost fell over "WHY THE HELL NOT!?".

//meanwhile//

Riku glared at the two boys "he wont give up…well…" He clutched a black stone in his hand "this will take care of Sora's cheer…and prove for some good entertainment…" he tossed the stone into a black hole in the floor.

///back to the heroes///

A small piece of black stone rolled on the floor, and started smoking near Aros and Sora, a red type of smoke "we have a hole in the ship….and I don't mean the door…" Aros looked up "you hate me don't you" he glared at the ceiling. Sora blinked "so we need to patch it…any ideas or are you going to stand there and talk to yourself like an idiot!" Sora's eyes glowed Red, his voce going from gentle and naive, to fierce and angry. Aros blinked, then growled "FINE…ill patch it with your head!" Sora got up also growling, suddenly very angry "MY head…HAVE YOU LOOKED IN A MIRROR…we could use YOUR head INSTEAD!" Aros growled "Watch it Island Boy! don't make me bring the pain!" Sora glared "well 'ding dong!', delivery for Aros…ITS BROUGHT!" he shoved Aros into the wall "why you little-" Sora smirked "what?…out of a good name to call me?" Aros growled "no…this is in the open….if we where alone I would of called you something your tiny brain cant even decipher!" He shoved Sora back "The only thing smaller than my brain is YOUR vocabulary! Heartless" Aros growled "Key BRAT!" Donald and Goofy blinked "what's up with them?" the black rock disintegrated, its spell already working on Sora…

Sora socked Aros "Is that all you got?" Aros grabbed the side of his face "THAT'S IT!" He tripped Sora, but Sora grabbed him by the hood on his way down and threw him into the wall "SORA THAT'S ENOUGH!" Donald tried to Hold Sora back as Aros got up confused "Sora what's gotten into you?!" Sora glared "I just got to my senses…I fly all around space looking to save you're ungrateful hide and you insult me!…I HAVE HAD IT! You can save your own sorry butt…I'm tired of being around you, I don't need you at all!…I can barely stand having THOSE TWO around!" He pointed to Donald and Goofy "He wont ever shut up, and If I hear one more ah-huck I'm gonna loose it!" Donald and Goofy stared mouths open.

Sora turned back to the ship, his back to Aros "Like I said I'm sick of you!, All of you, But Aros the most…So get out of my face and my life, Heartless filth-ACK!" Aros Grabbed Sora by the thought "you don't mean that…" he let go "do you?" Sora turned "Of course I do!…now get out of my sight before I kill you! Like I should of done a long while back" Aros blinked, hurt and confused "that's how you feel?" Sora glared "EXACTLY! How I feel!" He shoved Aros back "Not get out of my spotlight! there is only ONE keyblade master!" Aros backed up arms extended "I can't…you want me out of your life…you have to take mine…" his face was straight, Sora smirked raising his keyblade "fine…where do you want to feel the pain." Aros blinked "surprise me…" he closed his eyes "Aros don't do this!" Goofy called "I have to…there is no other place for me…" he held his arms at his sides "Go ahead Sora…I'm ready to die…" Sora raised his keyblade, so it was level with Aros's chest "AHH!" Sora charged, Aros cringed "goodbye" Aros whispered, Sora thrusts his keyblade infront of him, but it stops as soon as it touches Aros's chest. "what?" Sora's arms where frozen "What am I doing?!" Aros smirked "just what I knew you would do…" Sora tried to move his arms, but he just couldn't. Aros walked past Sora "don't take what he said personally…" he looked to a trace of black powder on the floor "Rage amplifying smoke…makes a heartless stronger…but turns a human's emotions into pure rage…thankfully it only works the first time its used…he should be back to normal very soon…"Sora glared "Its your fault…all your fault…If It wasn't for your kind I would still be home!…If you hadn't shown up I would be with Riku and Kairi!….ITS YOUR FAULT IM STILL HERE!…I HATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR! DO YOU HEAR ME!? I HATE YOU!" Aros's eyes opened wider, those three words did what Sora's keyblade failed to do…his chest hurt, but Aros didn't know why "if that's the way you feel…"he walked into the ship, walking back out with his blade "I don't need you….not now…not ever…" he walked up the steps to the ships deck, unable to fly Sora glared after Aros, soon able to move his arms, and also…feel a ton of guilt on his shoulders "I…didn't think before I said anything…did I?" Donald and Goofy shook their heads "No…you didn't" Peter folded his arms.

///Aros///

Aros walked up onto the deck "So he hates me…I shouldn't feel this way…I should be hating him back…like I would of done long ago…" he tried a glare…but it ended up a pitiful glance. "He Hates me…I knew by now he might not like me…but Hate?…" He sighed, then slapped himself "GET IT TOGETHER!"

[I "STOP HURTING YOURSELF!" [/I

Aros blinked "what?…" he chuckled "Oh right…I promised So-…..I don't care…I do not care" he sighed "now where is that keyhole…" A familiar laugh echoed across the deck "well well well…once again you escape from your safe little cage?" Aros turned seeing a familiar silver haired boy "Oh wonderful…" Aros sulked "look I'm really not in the mood to fight…" Aros and Riku looked shocked "Not want to FIGHT?!" Aros and Riku shouted at the same time, then Riku smirked "well…if you aren't, hold still and Ill make your death quick" He charged with inhuman speed, and Aros barely had time to block. Riku jumped back, and Aros looked at his blade in horror as it started to crack "WHAT?!" Riku laughed "without your power, your blade is just a piece of black metal" Aros backed up "you're really starting to disappoint me Antisora…so weak…so pitiful…kinda like So-" Aros growled "SHUT UP!" Riku touched his chin "Oh did I hit a SORA spot?" Aros stepped forward "I said shut up…." Riku raised an eyebrow "why do you care?…remember?…Sora hates you so you stopped caring what happens to him" Aros charged, Riku ducked out of the way "oh…So you do care?" he smirked, Aros felt his own anger burning "FINE! I CARE OKAY! YOU CALL ME A TRAITOR TO YOUR TEAM! YOURE THE TRATOR!AND IF YOU WONDER WHY THE HELL I PROTECT HIM FROM YOUR LACKEYS IS GUILT!…GUILT AND HOPE! HOPE TO ACTUALY SEE THE BETTER HALF OF LIFE…THE BETTER HALF OF EVERYTHING! HE WAS YOUR FRIEND AND YOU MAKE HIM SUFFER BECAUSE YOU CREATE THOSE MONSTERS THAT FIGHT HIM!"

Riku blinked "Like you?" the anger flickered out like a candle "like me?" Aros blinked, then glared "no…not like me…" He charged, Riku charged, both blades hit with a force that sent sparks in the air "what will you do when this is over and the worlds are in darkness!?…you wont survive…Sora wont stop the darkness" both Riku and Aros disappeared multiple times, only reappearing when their blades made contact, sending black and blue sparks all over the deck and a few in some barrels, that started smoking. Riku walked backwards up the stairs onto a higher level of the deck, having to move when Aros struck "Running away?…come-on Riku you taught me better than that" Riku preformed a sweep kick, making Aros flail and grab a rope, a large sail fell to the deck and Aros was pulled up onto the air, swinging by one hand "don't underestimate me…kid" Riku smirked, looking up to see Aros was gone "what?!" A loud creek made Riku turn "HEY RIKU!…COMING AT YA!" Aros was standing on the bottom board of the sail, He jumped using the rope to gain momentum and slammed into Riku, knocking him off the higher level of the deck and slamming onto the deck.

Aros landed and grabbed the chain of his keyblade, spinning in a circle and hitting Riku twice, then slicing upward, knocking the blade from Riku's hands and startling the platinum haired teenager "Now listen and listen good you Neanderthal, Sora will make it and he WILL stop the heartless…how do I know this? Because I'm going to protect him until then! Like I always had…and always will…" he picked Riku up by the collar "you cant stop us, no matter how powerful you get" He tossed Riku aside and walked away, about to open the cabin door, when he turned around "Oh and by the way" He made a gun with his hand (index finger and thump extended) "Boom!" he bent his thumb and a barrel near Riku exploded, Making Riku jump "I'm no fire-ologist…but you might wanna put that out"…though instead Riku ran into a dark portal "Or ill do it…" He hit the barrel and it flew into the water below. "that takes care of that…" Aros slapped his hands together, then brought up his blade. Looking at the crack "maybe I can patch it?" suddenly the crack spread covering the entire keyblade, and it shattered like glass "no…" Aros watched as the pieces fell to the floor only the keychain was left whole. Aros picked up the keychain like he was picking up something precious.

It was quiet, and the ship was still moving "might as well see where it goes…" he sat on the edge of the ship, watching the stars pass, then looked back to the black Mickey charm "oh well…it wasn't that important…just the only thing I know how to use….and my destiny" he looked to his reflection in the calm waters and sighed, he was going to drop it into the water but herd a soft mumble behind him "Aros?" Sora walked up beside him.

Aros didn't turn "yeah?…what the hell do you want…" His voice held plenty of sorrow… Sora knew it was more of a 'how can you stand to be near me?' kind of voice. He gestured to the side of the ship "mind if I sit?" Aros huffed "it's a free world…." the wood creaked as Sora sat down, both facing opposite directions, Aros toword the sea, and Sora toword the ship. Their was a long silence and finally Aros sighed "Are you okay…Sora?" Sora blinked "uh…yeah…I'm not upset anymore" Aros managed a weak smile "good…" Sora finally had the nerve to say something "I'm sorry…you must want to kill me" Aros started laughing, Sora blinked confused "Are YOU okay?" Aros calmed down "y-yeah….heheh…" Sora folded his arms, with normal anger "then what's so funny?! After everything I called you…after what I said about you I…I didn't mean it" Aros nodded "yes you did…the rage smoke amplifies rage you already have…and you had some toword me" Sora winced "but only alittle…." Aros raised an eyebrow "how much?" Sora pinched his index fingers really close together…making Aros chuckle again. Sora raised an eyebrow "how much anger do you have with me?" Aros was silent "How much" Sora asked teasingly, hands on his hips and eyebrow raised. Aros smiled guilty "More than you have toword me" Sora sighed "it's a start…"

Sora's eyes fell to the keychain "what happened?!" Aros sulked "My keyblade shattered….that's all" he looked to Sora "It is okay though…there is more to life than fighting" Sora blinked "Who are you and what have you don't with Aros!?" he poked Aros. "Its me Sora…I swear" Sora blinked "Cross my non existent heart" Aros demonstrated "Its you" Sora confirmed

There was a longer pause, then Aros spoke again "So you miss it?…" Sora blinked "miss what" Aros looked up to the sky "your home…Destiny Islands?" Sora blinked "How did you know about my home?" Aros shrugged "remember when I passed out…." Sora nodded "I saw it…when I passed out…" Sora didn't ask about it…"So what will you do without a keyblade?" Aros shrugged "I don't know-oh hey Tink!" a light swooped around the ship, waving to the two boys before continuing.

Aros turned around climbing back onto the boat "But whatever I do…" He held a hand to Sora "Fighting or Traveling…I am doing it alongside you, without fail" Sora blinked, raising an eyebrow "Who am I the King?…and what are you a Knight?" Aros smiled "your right…let me put what I said in normal English" he turned his hand to a fist "Friends?…" Sora stood up putting his fist ontop of Aros's "Best Friends"

The keychain in Aros's clenched fist started glowing "huh? Aros your keychain!" Sora pointed. Aros opened his hand and the keychain lifted into the air, violet, red, black, and white energy swirled around the Keychain, until a bright and colorful sphere hid the chain completely, the sphere grew in size and the colors faded, revealing a new keyblade. The blade was still black, but shined like it was actual metal, the band that connected the key to the handle was colored white, the bars outside the center handle was a dark purple and the band inside was red, the keychain was half a heartless symbol, half a blue heart. "whoa" Aros grabbed the key blade's handle "Cool!" Sora smiled "I guess your back in business!" Aros smirked "Dude, I never LEFT!" he twirled the blade, made it disappear and reappear "YES! NOW I WONT LOOSE IT!" Aros jumped up punching the air "Its your Real keyblade" Sora blinked "a very colorful one…" Aros twirled it again.

The ship started to lift from the water…soon infront of a large clock with a shining keyhole. Aros got up pointing the keyblade to the keyhole and locking it.

//obtained new keyblade: Shadow's bond//

///obtained the power over time: learned Stop///

///obtained Tinkerbelle as a summon///

///back on the Gummiship///

"Riku was a nice guy once…you know" Sora said, Aros blinked "really?…I always thought he was a snob" Aros glared "a very mean snob…and a few other things I cant say…." Sora and Aros had an argument over whether Riku was worth saving…lets just Say Sora got the bad side of Aros very quickly. Sora shrugged "you just haven't known him as long as I have" Aros sighed "fine…Ill give him a chance…ONE chance…after that he is on my MUST avoid list…" Sora blinked "you have a must avoid list?" Aros blinked "no…I was being sarcastic…." Sora laughed, Aros smirked "If I did you would of ben number one" Sora jerked up "HEY!" Aros smiled "Kidding…just kidding"