Uh..Yeah, as you can see I moved the rating up to "T". There's a little violence in this chapter and there'll be more, that's why I made the decision to change the rating (in case you didn't read the last chapter's notes).
21XXI
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Release..
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Let Your Destiny
Gift You WithRelease
Let theChains ofF a t e Be Broken,
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Don'tHoldBack Any Longer...
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For a while, the battle between the trio and the horde of Shadow Heartless was going well...
UntiL...:
Sora fell to his knees when six Shadow Heartless tackled him to the cold cement ground. He tried to scream but one of the Heartless clasped its cold clawed hand over his mouth. He tried to flail but the Heartless pinned him down, three sat on his legs while the other three held his clenching fists down. The brunet went wide-eyed when he saw a Heartless, bigger then the rest approaching him. When he tried to squirm under their grasp, the creatures just smiled toothily. The Big Heartless stood on his chest then, as he winced under its coldness, darkness, and weight. Sora panicked when the beast pointed a long sharp claw towards his heart. The Beasts of Darkness writhed in excitement, sensing the Wielder's fear. His breath became labored and ragged as the Heartless's claw came closer and closer to his heart. Sora's heart raced when he saw Riku and Kairi didn't even notice he needed help. Then in a flash, the beast's claw made its mark in his chest. Sora moaned in agony as pain ripped through his body. His back arched as the Heartless carved around his heart with its knife- like claw. Tears and dizziness blurred his vision as the Heartless twitched excitedly.
Sora weakly stifled a sob as a puddle of crimson formed around him. He couldn't move, and the Heartless was slowly trying to carve his heart out. He knew if he wasn't dieing, he was close to it. The brunet shifted slightly under the Heartless's gaze before slowly giving in to unconsciousness. He used the rest of his quickly draining strength to let out the loudest muffled scream he could manage as the Heartless's claw dug deeper. And he succeeded.
"Sora?" Kairi turned to the direction of Sora's cry for help and let out a piercing scream at what she saw.
"Sora!!!!Get away from him you monsters!!" She shouted as hot tears of sorrow and anger cascaded from her eyes. She ran to the brunet's side and ripped the Heartless off of him, slashing them with her blade in the process. "Sora? Sora, look at me!" she whispered brokenly as she cradled the boy's head in her arms. The Wielder's eyes slowly fluttered closed. "Sora, NO!!!! R-Riku come quick!!!" she called into the cold air as the horde of heartless drew closer. She turned towards the Heartless, holding on tight to Sora as they grinned evilly, sensing her vulnerableness.
"Get away from us!" Kairi cried above the boom of thunder and the start of pouring rain. She sobbed before whimpering and flinching as one leaped at her. She slowly opened her eyes, noticing the attack never came. Riku stood in front of her and Sora, holding the Heartless back.
"Kairi, get him to the castle," Riku pointed to the castle, only yards away.
"B-but, what about you?" she asked as Riku looked down at her tear and rain stained face.
"I'll hold them off," he reassured her. "Take him and go!"
The Princess slung Sora's arm over her shoulder and staggered towards the snow white castle, occasionally slipping and sliding in the blinding rain.
"And don't look back!" Riku called after her. When Kairi reached the castle door she bit her lip and did turn back.
The thousands of Heartless slowly crept toward Riku who bravely kept his ground. When the Shadows were fairly close, Riku lifted his hands to the sky and tall roaring flickering black flames rose from the ground, barricading the Heartless behind its heat. He looked up at the sky, letting the icy rain meet his face as the blaze grew higher and waved in the slight breeze. Riku then quickly turned on his heel and ran towards Kairi. The Princess pushed the door open, and dragged Sora inside across the white marble floor, with Riku as her heels. With a sigh, the Dawn Wielder slammed the door behind him and pushed his weight against it.
"The Dark Flames won't hold the Heartless much longer. You've gotta wake Sora up. We've gotta seal the door," he blurted out. With a nod, Kairi gently laid Sora down on the floor and knelt beside him.
"Sora? Wake up," she shook him gently but desperately. The boy moaned as his head lolled to the side in response. Kairi jumped as castle's door rumbled beneath Riku's wavering grip.
"I can't hold it much longer!" Riku growled through clenched teeth.
"Sora please! Wake up!"' the Princess shivered with fright and coldness.
Sora awoke with a gasp, and a sharp throb of pain in his chest. He felt cold marble floor beneath his back, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the face of a certain red haired angel calling out to him.
"Sora!" Kairi hugged him tight. "Are you okay?" The brunet winced as his hand flew to his chest. He'd never felt pain like that before.
"I'll live...I hope," he murmured.
"Sora, Kairi! Hurry we've gotta seal the door now!" Riku shouted as the door shook again. The Oblivion appeared in Sora's palm as Riku and Kairi summoned their blades. A blast of crimson gray and white emitted from the bases of their blades and joined together before shooting into the tall white door. With a click it was locked and the furious Heartless could be heard fumbling about behind it. Riku collapsed to the floor in exhaustion before fumbling through his pocket and tossing a Mega-Potion into the air. It's emerald green contents floated down open the trio and then vanished, taking their pain away with it. Sora inhaled sharply as he felt the pain in his chest subside.
"T-that was close," he stammered, clearly shaken. "Way too close." Riku nodded and huffed his silver bangs out of his face.
"Aaaaagreed," Kairi sighed. Sora cautiously stood up before pulling Kairi up beside him. The brunet gazed around the Castle, it was different then the one in The World That Never Was that he remembered.
Tall stained glass windows were on the wall, decorated with golden eyed shadow Heartless and a mysterious emblem of a glowing blood red Keyblade that Sora felt like he'd seen before. The royal building of darkness was completely white, besides a black door in the back, a black set of stairs that led up to a balcony, and a black carpet that stretched down the length of it. A gigantic statue of Xemnas, Wielding a glowing blade bordered the hallway, as paintings of wicked looking Keyblades and Nobodies bordered the wall. Kairi cringed at the menacing grin on the life-like statue's face.
Sora cocked his head as his eyes locked on the ebony door at the castle's rear. He felt that sudden painful tug at his heart again, stronger then ever before, and he knew exactly why.
"He's out there," the brunet nonchalantly, barely above a whisper.
"X-Xeratiss?" Kairi stuttered in disbelief. Sora nodded and trudged towards the door. He delicately traced his gloved fingers across the cold door as Kairi and Riku watched amusedly. With a quick intake of breath Sora shoved the door open and stepped outside.
Seeing the brunet disappear, Kairi quickly snapped back into her senses and chased after him while dragging Riku along with her. The mysterious door led the trio back outside, bordered by a couple of lone skyscrapers. The Golden Heart glimmered above and sent a golden shadow upon the black cement ground. Sora's eyes searched furiously for the Midnight King.
"Wielder Sora..." A cold smooth voice made Sora snap around. Yards away he saw a tall man with blood red eyes, hair, and skin like the moonlight clad in a long black cloak labeled with an "X". A black crown with the Heartless insignia sat open the man's head and one black, and one glowing red Keyblade hung at his sides. The Heartless insignia was also etched on the man's forehead.
"The same blade on the stained glass window," Sora thought, staring at the wicked looking blade. "Xeratiss..." Sora hissed in disgust as the Midnight King grinned showing a mouth full of black pointed fangs.
"Aaah it looks like fate has brought us to fight after all, Wielder," Xeratiss hummed amusedly. The Midnight King's eyes glimmered black temporarily as a transparent silver barrier separated Riku and Kairi from him and Sora.
"Guess so," Sora said nonchalantly as a crack of lightning danced across the night sky, followed by the drum like boom of thunder.
"Are you sure you wish not to bow out? I will only crush you in the end..." Xeratiss trailed off as an insane cackle trembled up from his throat.
"You're the one who'll be crushed," Sora snapped back. "Light reigns over Dark. When will you people ever get it?" he smirked.
"That's where you're wrong!" Xeratiss roared as a black beam from the sky showered him, empowering him with an aura of darkness. Sora smirked.
It's my turn now.
A ruby colored blast of light engulfed Sora, lighting up the whole sky and city in the process. Xeratiss hissed and covered his eyes due to the brilliant flash. Sora closed his eyes as he let the breathtaking power rip through his body, and give him the strength to save the world once again. The King of Hearts Form.
When the red blast of light cleared, even Riku gasped at the sight of Sora.
Two Keyblades hovered before Sora's palms, one glowing pure white and the other pure gold. A snow white cape cascaded down his back and a red cloak with a Golden Heart on the back, similar to Organization 13's reached down to his feet. The hood slightly covered his cerulean eyes and a red flaming crown hovered above his head, immune to the pouring, bitter cold rain. His silver crown necklace was engulfed with a fiery ruby aura, set ablaze by his Heart's Fire. A dumbstruck Xeratiss stared at Sora speechlessly.
Sora grinned intimidatingly as he stepped towards Xeratiss, cracking red lightning dancing about him and blazing white and ruby flames erupting from the ground where he stepped.
"Brace yourself," Sora glared at Xeratiss amusedly. "I'll make sure you understand and always remember that Light reigns over Darkness. No matter what," he concluded.
"We'll see about that, Wielder,"
Xeratiss cackled, before taking his battle stance and charging wildly
at Sora. The brunet's blue eyes temporarily glimmered red as he
uttered a quick, "Firaga"and casted a devastating fire ball from
his outstretched gloved palm that blasted towards Xeratiss with a
sizzling howl.
For the first time in a while, Sora felt troubled
no more. He realized that this battle was fated to happen, and since
it was, Fate's painful iron hold seemed to disappear. This battle was
destined to be fought. He was born to fight it. But was he destined
to win? Maybe it didn't matter, Fate's chains were broken, and
Destiny gifted him with freedom and sweet, sweet release. His eyes
locked with Xeratiss's as the Evil King flipped into the air, dodging
the missile of flames as it crashed into the skyscraper behind him,
disintegrating it with a deafening splintering sound. Sora dashed
towards a neon lighted building and limberly propelled himself off
it before hurling the golden glowing Keyblade towards Xeratiss while
airborne. Xeratiss dodged the blade again so it obediently returned
to its assigned position, hovering at the base of Sora's palm, after
he hit the ground with another uproar of white flames.
As Sora charged at Xeratiss head on, Keyblades twirling with hissing cracks and sparks at his palms, Riku and Kairi looked on with hope in their hearts.
"C'mon Sora! I know you can do it," Kairi murmured. Riku smirked.
And maybe, just maybe he could do it. His Destiny, his purpose, had set him
f r e e. Nothing was holding him back.
Hmm...This chapter was pretty fun to write. I hope you guys liked it.
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