Finally I finished Chapter 25! Exams are over for the next few weeks and i have time to write again!
So, anybody interrested in the Ski World Championship? I am so close and still can't go watch it live, only in TV... that kind of sucks...
Anyways, Shout outs!
Legionary Prime: Best. Chapter. ever. YET!
The Unknowing Herald: It can happen... And you will see in what way I include Ezio. Wow I unintentionaly made a Mortal Kombat reverence... Nice ^^
TerraKH: Yup, ACIII is lame, but he was the first to came to my mind and he was just the youngest, so he couldn't recognize SKR cause he is "younger" than the newest KH game.
HyruleHearts1123: Lol as I'm writing this, its 02:36 too ^^
TheEightLight: I think Sonic is a celebrety in Wreck-it Ralph and wouldn't make his hands dirty with stuff like that...
khheroxasoray: Wow, that sounds bad...
I don't own anything of the things that appear in this chapter! (except a few objects i more or less created)
Riku watched in horror as Kairi hugged the pitch black person that used to be Sora. Suddenly, tentacles of darkness emerged from Sora's back and wrapped around both. Within seconds, they were completely covered in darkness.
"No!" Riku yelled and ran over to the two.
Before he even reached them, an explosion of light within the tentacles threw him to the ground. When he looked up again, he saw that Sora turned back to his normal, sane, form.
"Are you alright?" Kairi asked the spikey haired teen.
Sora backed off and looked surprised at her "Wha- What happened?"
"You turned Anti, Sora." Riku answered with a sigh "Worse than ever as far as I can say…"
"What? How?" Sora asked shocked.
"I have no idea, but it seems like your darkness grew over the four months you were on your own…" Riku sighed.
"Or- or Anti used more of my power than usual to gather more darkness from the heartless around me…" Sora started to stutter.
"He could be right Riku!" Kairi suddenly said "He was covered with Heartless moments before he lost it. What if Anti absorbed their darkness? I mean he was powerful enough to control them!"
Riku sighed "I hope you are right…"
"So, we came here for nothing? Great!" The blond woman asked angry and put her rifle away.
"At least you came! These guys in John's world just said no and continued their stupid fight! They even said red and blue would never work together!" Ralph said annoyed.
"Well, looks like I have helluva lot work to do now…" the man in the blue overall sighed and pulled out a golden hammer.
"Still, we came for nothing…" the blond woman muttered angry "Ralph! You own us a move night!"
Ralph raised his hands defending "Whoa calm down Tamora! It's not like you do this every day, right "Sergeant" Calhoun?"
Sora was sure that Ralph was this close to be beaten to death by the woman.
"Sometimes… you play with your life…" the blond woman snarled and clenched her fist.
The man in the blue overall stepped between the two "Hey, stop arguing! At least everybody is alright! Now everybody can return to their world in peace!"
Calhoun sighed "You're right Felix… That's the most important…"
Ralph nodded "Yeah, I think we have to thank Sora, Kairi and Riku for it."
All three teens looked surprised at Ralph.
"Actually it was your heroes that defeated those guys!" Kairi explained.
The men that helped to defeat the villains, except Ghost who seemed to have left already, and the two alien came over to them.
"Connor?" Calhoun asked surprised "Ezio or Altair, yes… but you? How? Are they dead now?"
"They… are back at home…" Connor growled angry.
"At home? Being lazy? That's like Shepard would have to choose between red, green and blue!" Calhoun said and pointed at said soldier.
"Who are those two?" Sora asked and pointed at the two aliens.
Riku hit him on the head "Idiot. Sorry, sometimes he is… straight forward… and with no respect… But would you introduce you to your friends?"
The alien in the medieval like armor stepped forward and bowed slightly to the three teens "I am Thel'Vadam, Arbiter of the Sangheili."
The other alien in the blue armor with the visor now introduced himself too "Garrus Vakarian, Shepard's best friend, nice to meet you."
The three teens all shook the hands of the two alien men.
"Garrus, why are you even here?" Shepard asked as he put his rifle on his back.
"Well, your best friend missed you of course! And I want to make a few "calibrations" with you!" Garrus said jokingly "No seriously, your girlfriend wants something from you…" he added.
"What is it this time?" Shepard groaned annoyed.
Garrus shrugged "Don't know, only told me to get you home… And I don't really want to know it either…"
Shepard sighed again and then turned to Sora "You are a powerful fighter. If you ever need support in battle, Garrus and I will come and lend our help!"
"Do we?" Garrus asked.
"Yes we do!" Shepard said with a smirk.
Sora nodded as Shepard saluted to him, while Garrus just looked surprised at the commander.
The two men leaved immediately after and Sora looked back to the others.
Meanwhile Kairi saw something lying on the ground where Shepard stood. She walked over and picked it up. It was a small metal plate on a chain.
"Wait you dropped something!" She called after Shepard, but he and Garrus were already gone.
"A dog tag…" John said as he saw the chain and the small piece of metal.
Kairi grabbed the dog tag with her other hand and as soon as her glove touched it, the metal started to flow. The dog tag on the chain liquefied and melted with her gloves like the pin from Santa did before.
"Sora look!" She gasped surprised.
"What is it?" Sora asked confused.
Kairi held out her hand where the dog tag used to be.
Sora examined the hand and then raised an eyebrow "A new form? Interesting. You definitely should try it on the Shera!"
Kairi nodded and Sora turned back to the other heroes.
"We have a war going on against the people who control these creatures. And we would be very happy if anyone of you could join us in our fight!" Sora explained.
John removed his helmet and looked at Sora "I'm sorry kid, but my own world is currently in the state of war."
The Arbiter nodded "But we would be happy to help when you need us. Like Shepard and Garrus, we will come when you call us."
"We thankfully take your offer, Thel'Vadam." Riku said and shook the sangheili's hand.
"By the nine, if they offer help, I'll come to your aid too!" The Dragonborn said and pated Sora on the shoulder "On that day, my sword will be yours. Farewell!"
"You can count on my support too!" Link said as the Dragonborn walked away.
"Thank you, Link!" Kairi said and hugged the elven like young man.
"And you can count on our support!" Calhoun said and pointed at Ralph and Felix.
"I bet Vanelope would like to help too…" Ralph suggested,
Felix looked surprised and shocked at his big friend "She's still a child, Ralph! A war is something she should never see! Nobody should ever see it!"
"You are right Felix and that's why we need to end it!" Riku said and then turned to Sora "I think it's time to head back to the ship, don't you think too?"
Sora nodded and pulled the transporter device out of his pocket.
"Good bye, I hope we see soon!" Sora said as he activated it.
Ralph, Felix and Calhoun waved them good bye as they disappeared in a flash.
"Now you going to pay our drinks for tonight and tomorrow too!" Calhoun said to Ralph, who only nodded "And I'm going to get really wasted!"
Both Ralph and Felix groaned.
Sora, Riku and Kairi stepped out of the transporter.
"Kairi, how about you try your new form? Riku and I will go to the Command Central and discuss our next move with Cid and Cloud." Sora suggested.
Riku and Kairi both nodded in agreement.
Sora turned around and walked to the door. In the moment he wanted to leave, he crashed into someone else who wanted to enter. Both fell to the ground and then looked at each other.
"What's the matter Zack?" Sora asked the spikey haired SOLDIER.
Zack jumped back to his feet and then helped Sora up "Actually Cid send me to get the three of you to the Command Central. Said he has something important to tell you guys!"
"We wanted to go there anyway! Riku, Kairi, let's go!" Sora said and followed Zack to the Command Central.
As they entered, Cid, Cloud, Aqua and Lea already waited for them.
"Ah good, you are here!" Cid said as he saw the four enter.
"What is it Cid?" Sora asked curious as he walked to his usual spot at the information table.
"You remember what I told you about what Shera is working on?" Cid asked and put his cigarette in a nearby ashtray.
"No." Sora only answered.
"She works on a weapon to effectively kill Heartless and Nobodies that everybody can use…" Cid sighed as he brought up a blueprint of what looked like an arrow gun up on the table.
Sora looked at it for a moment "So, that's the weapon?"
"No, it's just a damn blueprint that came out of nowhere!" Cid said sarcastic "Of course it is!"
"Hey, no need to get rude!" Sora said offended.
Cid sighed again and took his cigarette again "Sorry… Anyways Shera wants you and the others to see the prototype before Radiant Garden starts with mass production for militias to defend the worlds. We are already on course to Radiant Garden, so we have to go."
"Then how long until we reach Radiant Garden?" Riku sighed.
Cid looked for a moment on his data pad "Two hours…"
"Great…" Riku sighed again "Anybody cares to play cards?"
"Sure, Cloud and I gonna get all your money within moments!" Zack said with a big grin.
Cloud started to laugh "More like I'm going to get the money of both of you."
"I won't be that sure!" Zack and Riku said almost in unison.
"Whatever…" Cloud said and left, followed by Riku and Zack.
"Is there anything I can do in these two hours?" Aqua asked Cid.
"Well you could help in the kitchen…" Cid whispered and soon was slapped over the face by Aqua "Sorry…" he muttered as he rubbed his cheek.
"You better are!" Aqua growled angry as she walked out of the room too.
"And I'm going to sleep a bit…" Lea said with a yawn and left too.
Kairi tapped Sora on the shoulder and he turned around "How about we test my new Drive-form now?" She asked with a smile.
Sora looked surprised at her "Uhm… yes… sure!"
"Then let's go, we have only two hours!" Kairi said and grabbed Sora's hand to pull him towards the Simulation Room.
As soon as they entered it, Sora looked around "Has it even been fixed since, you know… you broke it?"
Kairi looked offended at him "I? Why should I break it?"
"Your arrows, remember?" Sora asked.
"Oh…"
Sora shrugged and then clapped his hands once "Okay, then try the new form!"
Kairi nodded and closed her eyes.
With a flash, her cloths changed into cameo pants, military boots and an olive green top. Around Kairi's head was now a gray bandana that stopped her hair from falling in her face.
"You look as if you raided Jack's cloth…" Sora said amused as he looked at Kairi.
With a flash, Kairi summoned her Keyblade and pointed it straight at Sora's face "Don't joke too much…"
Sora realized another change "Hey, your Keyblade…"
Kairi lowered her Keyblade and looked surprised at it. It wasn't Destiny's Embrace anymore.
It was a long, gray Keyblade. The hilt was black with many edges and the dog tag Kairi found was the Keychain for it. The blade was thin and had saw-like teeth on the back. The teeth of the key was a dog tag with parts broken out of it.
"What do you call it?" Sora asked curious after he eyed the blade.
"Something tells me the name of the Keyblade is Fallen's Memory…" Kairi muttered as she looked at her new Keyblade.
Sora summoned Oblivion "Let's see how strong you are in this form!"
Kairi's new form was definitely good for fighting. She became much stronger than usual while in her new "Spec-ops Form", as she called it now, and almost beat Sora if he wasn't fast enough to dodge most of her heavy blows.
They now were in the Transporter Room after showering and waited for Cid.
"As far as I know, we already reached Radiant Garden half an hour ago…" Riku sighed and leaned against a wall.
"You are right! Where is he?" Zack asked and started doing squats.
Cid entered the Transporter Room "Don't worry, I'm already here! Just head business to do!"
"Took you time…" Cloud said while they all stepped on the transporter.
"Man it's been quite a time since I last was at home…" Lea said, eager to see his home again.
"Yeah, but the garden lost much of his former glory…" Aqua said sad to the spikey redhead.
"But they still have Sea-Salt Ice-cream, right?"
Aqua started to laugh "I don't know…"
"At least I know nobody in my own homeworld…" Lightning said to herself
With a flash, the group of nine appeared in Merlin's home.
The surprised magician dropped the tea can he was carrying and it shattered on the ground.
"What are you doing in my house?" Merlin asked angry.
"Sorry Merlin, we thought this was the fastest way to get to the Restoration Committee." Cid excused them and then looked around "By the way, where is everybody?"
"They are at the Great Maw… Shera is showing her newest toy." Merlin said while he magically cleaned the floor.
"Thanks ol' man. Follow me!" Cid said and then left the building, followed by the others.
"As bad as Yuffie…" Merlin muttered angry as soon as the door closed again.
In the Great Maw, most of the Restoration Committee watched as Shera presented the prototype of her arrow gun.
Under the members where a few that Sora didn't remember to have met yet.
There was a blond man in black vest with red designing along the zipper, black beater, baggy jean shorts, and black and red tennis shoes, a blond woman in an orange zipped vest and another man with a long trench coat.
"Ah, you finally came!" Shera said as she saw the group walking over to them.
"Sorry, we are a bit late…" Cid said and scratched the back of his head.
"Not so bad, I waited for you to come…" Shera said.
"Lightning?" Serah asked surprised as she saw her sister.
"Serah!" Lightning called out and hugged her little sister "I'm so glad you are alright!"
"I am glad you are alright too!" Serah said happy "I want you to meet someone!"
Serah pulled her sister over to the man in the trench coat "Snow, that's Lightning, my sister. Lightning, that's Snow, my fiancée.
"What?" Lightning asked shocked.
Meanwhile Cloud and Zack walked over to Aerith and Tifa.
"Uhm… Aerith, there is someone who wants to see you…" Cloud said, not sure if it was the right thing to do.
Aerith and Tifa both turned around and looked at Cloud.
"Who wants to talk to me?" Aerith asked curious.
Without answering, Cloud stepped away and revealed Zack standing behind him.
"Hi." Zack said with a smile and waved to Aerith.
Aerith walked closer to Zack, a look of disbelieve in her eyes, while Cloud walked over to Tifa and laid an arm around her. He was sure it would end with him getting beaten up by someone, so he wanted to stand behind the person with the hardest punch.
As Aerith stood right in front of Zack, she waited for a few seconds and then slapped him in the face. After he looked back from the slap, she grabbed Zack's collar and pulled him down in a kiss.
Zack smiled at her as she let go of his lips again "So you-" but he was interrupted by another slap to the face.
"You let me believe you were dead!" she yelled at him and slapped him once again "You can't even imagine what I was going through!"
Zack caught Aerith's hand and stopped her from slapping her again "I know… but now I'm back. And I don't plan to leave you again."
Aerith calmed down and lowered her hand "Promise?"
"Promise! Now we can spend all the time together you always wanted…" Zack said with a warm smile and kissed her again.
Cloud and Tifa watched the two from a short distance.
"You gave him hell, right?" Tifa asked Cloud, who held her in his arms
Cloud shook his head "I figured Aerith would be enough, even though everything I went through cause of him…"
"Some friend you are…" Tifa muttered and then kissed Cloud.
The presentation of the prototype was soon over and the Restoration Committee decided to produce more of Shera's arrow guns to make at least a militia for Radiant Garden and Traverse Town.
They were now all sitting in the hall of the unfinished Restoration Committee HQ.
Leon introduced his two friends, Zell and Quistis, to Sora, Riku and Kairi.
Suddenly, Merlin came running into the building and ran to Sora.
"Sora! Yen Sid just called me! He said he needs to talk to you and Aqua!" the old man said out of breath.
Aqua and Sora looked surprised at him, but as he signaled them to follow, they did.
Merlin lead them to a separate room and with the wave of his hand summoned a cloud. In the cloud was Yen Sid, who looked at them.
"I'm going to let you alone." Merlin said and left the room again.
"Master, you wish to talk to us?" Sora asked.
Yen Sid nodded "Indeed, I think I now have a clue on where Ventus' heart is."
"Really, where?" Aqua asked happy.
"I think it is in Sora. After reading Riku's report of the events in Sora's heart again, I think Ventus inhabits Sora. His heart should be completely healed again within the eleven years that passed since…" Yen Sid explained to them.
"And if this is right, how are we going to remove Ven's heart from Sora without killing him?" Aqua asked worried.
"Don't worry Aqua, we'll find a way when we need it!" Sora tried to cheer the blue haired woman up.
"Actually, I'm searching for an effective and save method to do so. As soon as it is ready, you should get Ventus." Yen Sid said "I'm going to continue my work now, good bye."
"So, we need to get to Castle Oblivion…" Aqua muttered as the Cloud disappeared
"And there will be Xehanort for sure… we need someone to check out how bad it is there…" Sora muttered.
"Someone who can be like shadows would be perfect…" Aqua added.
Suddenly, Sora's hand slipped into his red pocket and he pulled out a rose shaped card.
"I think I have an idea…" Sora muttered as he looked at the card.
"The assassin?" Aqua asked surprised.
Suddenly, Lea came into the room "Hey! You know he is far too young for you, right?"
"Shut up and close the door!" Aqua snarled.
"We really need him… And he said he would do anything if the payment is right…" Sora muttered as he turned the card in his hand.
"But he killed Maik…" Aqua muttered.
"Who?" Lea asked confused.
Sora nodded "You are right Aqua, we can't trust him… Lea, can you burn this card please?"
Lea shrugged and took the rose shaped card. He tossed it on the ground and set it ablaze with a fire spell.
Suddenly, rose pedals appeared in the air and started to create a portal.
"That was a Great idea…" Aqua muttered as someone stepped out of the portal.
"I knew you would need me someday…" the assassin, now without mask said with a smirk.
Lea looked in disbelieve at the man "No way!"
So, hope you liked it!
I'm very tired and only say till then at this point!