Some spoilage here for KH2 if you look closely enough. Also, I'm back from Otakon. Yay!

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! is owned by Kazuki Takahashi. Kingdom Hearts is owned by Tetsuya Nomura and all that.

Duel Disks and Keyblades

By FlikFreak

Chapter Twenty-One: Sphinx Teleia

Jounouchi managed to open his eyes. The scent of burning wood was the first thing that came to him. He remembered someone telling him he was regretting what he was doing before slamming into him and knocking him out, but beyond that he didn't remember anything. As he gazed up, he saw several strange creatures surrounding him, keeping all others away from him, but they quickly vanished into white sparks as an enormous white paw slammed onto them. His senses still weak, Jounouchi began to drift off again.

"Wake up."

The voice was young and kind, but still stern. For a moment, Jounouchi thought Sora was the one talking to him, but as he opened his eyes, he saw something different: a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy wearing a dark pair of pants, a black pair of shoes, and a white vest. On one wrist was a checkered bracelet and two odd rings were on his fingers. What caught Jounouchi's attention most, however, was the fact that the boy was transparent.

Like a spirit.

"This isn't the time to space out," the boy said, pulling on Jounouchi's shoulder. "It's dangerous here. You've got to run somewhere safe before that thing stomps you flatter than a pancake."

Jounouchi decided that now wasn't the best time for questions and got up, looking for a quick escape. The boy before him quickly pointed down a familiar road which led to the Game Shop, nodding and running down it. He could thank the boy later.

The beast before them was beautiful, but Sora knew it was deadly. It didn't help that something within him suddenly jerked, and he felt empty somehow. It wasn't an easy feeling to shake off, but he knew he couldn't let such a thing distract him. "What is this thing?!" He cried, dodging a swipe of the creature's paw.

Axel was the first to respond. "It's called Sphinx Teleia! It was made by the Superior as a tool for Zexion! Got it memorized?" With that, he jumped into the air and hurled a flaming chakram at the beast's lovely face, catching it aflame for a moment as a screech of pain erupted from the beast's mouth.

As pretty as that face is, Sora groaned inwardly, She sounds absolutely horrifying…

But we've seen worse, right?

Sora paused indefinitely when he heard the voice. What the…

Foot incoming.

The keyblade master looked up just in time to dodge a snowy-white paw that attempted to stomp on him. Brandishing the keyblade, he fired off a thunder spell before casting a glance over to make sure Yugi was alright. Thankfully, he was, but he was having a difficult time dodging blows.

This thing is huge, he groaned. How are we supposed to beat it?!

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

At this point Sora would be rather annoyed at the additional voice in his head, but it didn't seem to be interested in bringing him harm, so he took the advice into account. He had fought an enemy before using the same principle in a previous endeavor, but things hadn't been easy. If he could use a similar maneuver on it, it would probably make things much easier, but it was risky. He needed a plan…

With quick and instinctive movements, Sora took off at full speed, racing around the battlefield and leaping out of harm's way multiple times as trees fell and bits of nearby buildings were hurled at him. The citizens thankfully had fled, but bits of trash and debris were scattered about in their wake. His eye instantly caught a familiar, flat object nearby one burning tree, and he raced over and salvaged it before the flames would catch it.

A skateboard, he thought, grinning. This could be useful…

Sora put the board on the street nearby and hopped on instinctively. The feeling of riding a skateboard was still alien to him; it had been Roxas and not himself that knew how to use one, but as long as the skill was there he made good use of it, and this fight was not an exception.

Pushing off, Sora headed straight for the giant Sphinx at top speed. "You may have a pretty face," he grumbled, "But you don't fool me!"

Apparently the monster heard; it bared its dangerously sharp teeth. Axel was left taking care of various white monsters surrounding the beast while Sora charged head-on towards it. Maneuvering past the beast's brandished and wildly slashing claws, Sora made his way underneath the monster, racing out the other side. With great expertise, he ducked the lashing, whip-like tail of the monster and swerved to grind up a nearby stairway rail. After coiling his legs, he leapt upward, discarding the skateboard into a crowd of Creeper nobodies (thereby smashing them) and running straight up a building just before reaching the top and crouching on it. From here, the beast was still huge, but atop a skyscraper it was still below him. He then leapt upward into the sky, taunting the beast, which leapt up and flew after him.

Right into Sora's trap.

The keyblade master grinned as Yugi fired off a spell from below: the ever-useful Swords of Revealing Light. It wasn't what Sora was counting on, but now it was perfect for his idea. Firing off a volley of thunder spells at Teleia, he flipped in midair with an Aerial Dodge and slashed each of the wings respectively. Following the assault, he landed a blizzard spell on each of them, and the swords faded, leaving Teleia free to move. Even with the restriction gone, however, the Sphinx found its wings useless, and fell to the ground with a loud smash, followed by Sora whom landed nimbly on his feet. "Your turn, Yugi!"

Yami nodded, summoning the Dark Magician in a swift movement. A single command from the duelist prompted the magician's action, and a blast of dark magic slammed into the sphinx, prompting a cry of agony and shattering it. The flames nearby vanished, and the nobodies with them.

The owner of the mysterious voice is showing up in the next chapter. Just so you know. Drive forms will be showing up soon. I hope.