The second final fight is soon. Can you have a second final?

Wandering the Darkness

Chapter 26

New Tricks against Old Enemies

"Here we are. The Darkened Ascended," Riku said. They looked out of the window to see the new world. It was a circular base with a tower in the centre. Around the top of the tower were clouds all dark and gloomy as if about to strike with thunder. At the base of the tower was a small town which was split into 3 sections each with their own distinct features. The whole place seemed to be a cross between a dark castle and steam-punk. "What do you think?"

"I don't care," Sora said. "We're just here to defeat those guys, stop their master plan and go back home. We've missed so much of school."

"Who cares about school," smiled Kairi. "This is the most fun I've ever had. Come on Riku. Fly us down there." Riku did as he was told and directed the ship towards the new world, all three of them ready for the fight ahead."

Welcome to the Darkened Ascended

The trio walked through the first area which gave off a kind of blue aura from each of the buildings. Large pipes were stuck out of the ground and going into the buildings presumably providing them with power. "Draw your weapons guys," said Sora as the Keyblade appeared in his hands. Kairi and Riku drew their weapons too, the Springs Despair and the Way to the Dawn. "We don't know when our first fight will happen."

They walked into the next area, a large one at that, where they saw a hooded figure standing holding a metallic staff.

"So you finally arrived," said Zurox. "And here we thought you'd die on us."

"Not a chance in hell Zurox," Sora yelled.

"Chance? I plan to bet on those odds." Zurox lifted his staff and it formed into a two handed sword. He ran forwards weapon held behind him about to strike. Sora ran forwards followed by Kairi and then Riku. Zurox ducked under Sora slashing him in the back, continuing on to hit Kairi in the stomach then uppercut into Riku knocking all three of them down. "Is that all you've got?"

Sora regained himself and ran full pelt at Zurox. He managed to slash him in the back then followed it up with an uppercut into his arm and a downward smash into Zurox's side. Zurox used a corridor of darkness to regain himself and opened up a few more. Neo shadows flew out and attacked the trio. Riku slashed at them and defeated them with ease which also increased his energy gauge. Sora and Kairi also defeated them with ease and their energy gauges increased also. Eventually, the trio started to glow with power.

"What's going on?" Zurox complained.

"Ready guys?" Sora asked. Kairi and Riku nodded. "Ok Defence form!" The trio held their arms forwards and then crossed them across their chests. The light seeped towards their hands and making them glow with energy. In three flashes of light, they had changed their appearance dramatically. Sora was covered in an armour of thorns which were electrified with the power of Thunder. The armour on his arms and legs were bulkier than the rest seeming to give him more agility. Kairi has her arms and legs encased in Blizzard magic with shield extensions on them. Her dress had also formed into ice but was still waving around as if made of fabric. They were easily the coldest thing there yet Kairi still felt as warm as ever. Riku had formed into a human fireball with every part of him ablaze. Due to the heat, he was able to float above the ground and able to move quicker. Like Kairi, he was still the same temperature even though covered in the flames.

"Damn it!" Zurox complained. He transformed his sword into sharpshooter guns and fired multiple shots straight for the trio. Kairi stepped forwards and spun around creating a barrier of ice which stopped the bullets. Riku then burst through the barrier and swooped in smashing into the ground creating a burst of fire sending Zurox into the air. Sora followed up by doing the same by creating an electric blast as Zurox hit the ground sending him up even higher. Zurox then came down with a blast into the ground while Sora and Riku jumped back in line with Kairi.

"Let's end this," Sora said. They swung their arms sideways unleashing a blast of each of their elements. A wave of fire, ice and lightning blasted over Zurox knocking down and out. The trio reverted back into their original forms and watched as Zurox started to fade.

"It seems my legacy has ended," he complained. "Don't you think?"

"You had no legacy to begin with," Riku said.

"I had more of a legacy than you will ever get," Zurox laughed. He continued to fade away into the darkness and eventually disappeared completely leaving nothing but his black coat which Kairi went and then picked up.

"Keep it as a souvenir?" Kairi asked.

"Yeah why not," Sora laughed. He looked ahead into the next area. It looked the same except instead of a blue aura, a red aura was emitted. "Onto the next one."

Sora walked over the border of the Blue area into the red one and felt a shiver up his spine. He looked down at himself and saw that his clothes were covered in the white thorns and lightning as if he were ready to change forms. "Hey guys. Check this out," he exclaimed.

"Whoa, that's cool," Kairi said. "I wonder why that is?"

"I have a feeling it might have something to do with the darkness in the area. We must be absorbing it as we go on," Riku explained. "We really have to go back to that clothing store and thank those holograms." Kairi and Riku walked over the border and they too were fully charged, Kairi with her pink dress and Riku with his black tattoos on his arms.

They walked on into another open area; the buildings were crumbling away as if attacked at. They then saw a hooded figure hitting a building with a couple of battle-axe's.

"Mawlix!" Sora yelled. "What are you doing?" The hooded figure turned around to reveal the face of the brute Mawlix.

"Im building up my rage!" he yelled. "Rage for a fight."

"What?" Riku whispered to Sora. Mawlix then stopped hitting the building and it crumbled down to the ground.

"Ok. Done," he smiled. He dashed towards the group at full force with his fist shooting upwards. He punched Sora up in the jaw and launched him up into the air. Mawlix jumped up and hit him even higher with his dual battle-axe. So high in fact that a fall like that would surely kill him.

"I guess that's one down," Mawlix smiled. He teleported to the ground with a corridor of darkness and waited for the thud of a dead body. He heard the massive crash as Sora hit the ground. But as he turned around, his glee turned to rage as he saw Sora had changed his appearance to his Magic form. His hands and feet surrounded in thunder magic. "Magic form," he said. "Great for high falls." Kairi and Riku looked at each other, nodded and copied him, changing into their magic forms. Kairi's hands and foot were sealed in balls of ice while Rikus hands and feet were set alight with fire. Sora jumped up into the air and drop kicked towards Mawlix who then dodged the attack. Sora however rebounded from the ground and shot forwards punching Mawlix in the chest. Riku run forwards too and circled Mawlix keeping him in a circle of fire. Riku ran out of the circle and left it to swirl around Mawlix. The fire grew around him like some sort of tornado. Kairi then skated over to Mawlix and cast Blizzaga on the swirling fire freezing it around him and sealing him into a red crystal. The trio then used Firaga, Thundaga and Blizzaga respectively. The Firaga melted the Blizzaga turning it into water which then amplified the Thundaga. The powered up Thundaga hit the giant red crystal and it exploded creating a solid casing around Mawlix, a cocoon of light. The light burned Mawlix up as he tried to escape from his prison of light. A crack appeared and Mawlix managed to break through, but it was too late. His face was already burning up and was starting to disappear.

"No. This can't be," Mawlix cried. "It was only the start of our lord's master plan. I guess this is the end." With one last whimper, he disappeared into the darkness, he too leaving his black coat which Kairi then picked up and stored away.

"That's two down," she smiled. "Now only Pronex." Sora looked ahead towards the next area and saw that it gave off a white aura. A flash of light and they all reverted back into their original forms. They all walked through to the next district and again, their form gauges were filled, this time a little brighter than last time.

"Must be the darkness again," said Sora. "Ahh well, who's to complain?"

"Yeah I guess," Riku said. "We need all the help we can get for the fight against Pronex."

"Oh and speak of the devil," Sora smiled. They walked into yet another open area with a path at the far end. Guarding the path was a hooded figure. The figure pulled down his hood to reveal Pronex, the final one of the trio.

"I see you managed to defeat Zurox and Mawlix," Pronex said.

"Not only that but they wont be coming back anytime soon," said Sora.

"Well that's quite an achievement," Pronex said. "Tell you what. I'll let you past if you can beat my, lets say, little game." Pronex gave a little smile in a sort of taunting manner.

"Fine. What are the conditions?" Sora said.

"It's simple enough," Pronex smiled. "Reach the other side of the arena, and don't die." Pronex drew his Scimitars and smashed them into the ground. The far end of the arena rose up and became a very steep hill with Pronex standing at the top. Sora tried to run up the hill but it was too steep and so started to slip back down. Sora back flipped and landed back on the ground to avoid hurting himself. "I guess we have no choice but to use our forms," Riku said. He held his weapon forwards and controlled his energy into his weapon. It burst into flames and it formed into a scimitar of fire was formed. Sora and Kairi did the same and their weapons also went under transformation. Sora's Keyblade was bound in thorns and electrified. Kairi's was encased in ice and daggers of frost were shot along the shaft and at the top.

Riku started the attack by slicing at the base of the wall which then split down the centre. Sora launched himself through the crack in the wall by hitting his keyblade into the ground. He however couldn't make it the way through because Riku hadn't made a large enough gap at the end. Sora then decided to go up by wall jumping between the broken roads. Kairi too followed by creating ice platforms underneath her and leaping from platform to platform. Riku meanwhile used those ice platforms to get to the top, melting each one as he went. The trio then reach the top where Pronex stood with his Scimitars in each hand.

"I'm giving you a chance to go on without a fight," said Pronex. "Why must you be so violent?"

"So you can join Zurox and Mawlix," Riku said.

"What! They're gone!" Pronex questioned.

"Yeah and guess who's going to join them?" Sora smiled. He dashed forwards with his enhanced Keyblade aloft. With each and every hit made, Pronex managed to block all them. Sora jumped back out of fatigue and Riku and Kairi took over hacking and slashing one after another. Again Pronex managed to block every attack that came at him. When an opening appeared, Pronex hit them both away over the cavern they had climbed. Riku however hit the edge and fell down the cavern and back to the ground while Kairi had managed to drop Zurox's black coat with him. Pronex then smashed the two Scimitars into the ground shattering the rock platforms and collapsing them to the ground with Sora and Kairi still on top and Riku buried underneath.

"Riku!" Kairi and Sora yelled. They ran towards where Riku was buried but were halted when a bright bronze light shone from the rubble. The rocks flew away and Riku burst out in Zurox's coat carrying the flame scimitar. When he landed, he held the weapon to his chest and swiped it down to his side and it formed into a new weapon. It resembled Riku's Way to the Dawn yet there were two and crossed over each other. Darkness had joined at the centre and created a blade of dark energy.

"What?" Pronex wondered. Riku dashed forwards and slashed at Pronex blasting him into the wall. Pronex dropped his Scimitars and collapsed to the ground. Riku then leapt into the air and stabbed down on Pronex who then exploded into darkness leaving nothing but his coat.

"Whoa Riku. That was brutal even for you," Sora said.

"Yeah it's kind of scary," Kairi said. "What exactly happened to you?"

"New powers," Riku responded. "The coat must have been a reactant. Put it on."

"Huh?" Sora asked. He did as he was told anyway and put on Pronex's coat while Kairi put on Mawlix's. They didn't quite fit but that wasn't the unusual thing. 2 bright lights of silver and gold shone just as brightly as the bronze one before and there they stood in newly fitting coats and a new weapon at hand.

A bit of an unusual chapter. I mean yeah I killed off the 3 enemies that have been annoying us the whole time and we have new powers. Stay tuned.