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A/N: Alrighty, so that little plot point is taken care of, so now what? Don't worry there is plenty more what left in this story! Sorry that it took so long to get this written. I've had so much homework to do that it's not even ridiculous. Anyway enough about my life, here we go for the rest of the story. Logan likes to go unconscious doesn't he? Oh well, hopefully Sora knows how to wake him back up! Please read and review! Thanks! And special thanks to Narwhalsrsmexy for her reviews! I'm glad you liked the music! And I hoped you'd like that last chapter!
Chapter XXIX: Brothers?
"What?! You can't be serious…I don't have a brother…my parents haven't…"
"Sora, what we say to you is the truth. Logan is your older twin brother. At around the age of three, just before the princess was brought to your world, we took your brother away to this world. We saw that something was transpiring, and this was the sole option."
"Your parents presumed that he had died through some manner or other, and they did not tell you about him. It was early enough in your life that your memories could be overridden by new ones." I look down over to Logan's still motionless form. Even after all of this, he looks strangely peaceful.
"Your life progressed without any side-effects. Once made aware of the circumstances beginning to be set in motion, we brought you and the others to this world to help him." I don't take my eyes off him, but Yen Sid's words are sorta sinking in.
"So you weren't going to tell me about my twin brother?!" I spin around to stare at them both.
"There was not a need. After this journey was complete, his life was supposed to return to normal and you were all supposed to return home. However, with the present circumstances I do not believe that normal will be possible for him." I kneel down beside Lo…my…brother…twin brother, as Merlin finishes.
"See Sora, I told you! I knew it!"
"Kinda not the time Ven, but yeah you were right." I manage a little smile despite everything. I watch Logan for a minute. He's breathing, which I guess is a good thing, given other possibilities, but I still have no idea what I'm going to do. "So what uh…"
"You must enter his heart in the same manner as other worlds. As the two of you share a connection of this caliber, his heart will allow you to enter. There you must find what it is that caused his heart to enter this state. From there you should be able to release it and cause him to awake." I stand up and nod without looking to Yen Sid. I take a few steps back from Logan and take out my Keyblade. With a look toward the others, I hold up the Keyblade toward Logan's still form. Hunh…it's actually doing something. A Keyhole's appeared and the Keyblade is unlocking it…whoa!
That was really weird. It felt like something stretched out my body and then dragged me along after. Weird. Why am I always falling toward things like these? Anyway, I'm definitely in the right place…I think. I mean there's one of those stained glass things below me and it looks as though that's Logan on it. In the glass I mean. The strange thing is though, there's someone else too, on the other side. I've never seen him before.
My feet are the first thing to touch down on the glass. There's nothing but blackness around me. The only light is coming from the glass itself. Well…actually…now that I look at it…there is this other…light. I take a couple of steps closer to it. Okay, just move away then! It's headed for the edge. Hmn…it's…a staircase? And now there's another of these platforms. I hope to find something up there, so I start heading that way. Whew…made it, they were longer than they looked.
"Bout time you showed up." Wha…Logan? What happened to your voice? It sorta sounded like him, but, when I turn around it's not him. It's…that other guy from the glass…
"Who are you?" His face looks like Logan's, well I guess mine too, but…his hair is different and his clothes are mostly red and black. Why is he smirking at me?
"Oh Sora that hurts. You don't recognize your own brother?" Why is this thing still smiling?
"You're…not Logan…" I take a step back from this…person or thing or whatever he is.
"No, I'm not, but 'Logan,'" why'd he put air quotes around Logan? "isn't your brother either." What? But… "No, Logan's just what became of your brother, but I'm what your brother actually is. I'm what's in his heart." I really want to punch that smirk off this things face.
"Sora don't listen to him!" What?! More voices? I mean come on! I spin around to look at this new voice's person. It's…Logan…or at least the Logan in the glass. He's being held in the air. How'd I not notice him before? "He's not your brother or whatever he called himself! You have to trust me!" I don't know why, but I'm feeling like I should trust this guy more than that guy. And by that guy I mean the one on the glass with me.
"And here I thought I finally had you shut up." Why does he sigh like that? I don't get this guy. "Alright, fine, I'm the darkness in your brother's heart. When he finally caved in, I was able to trap that part of his heart away." Gahhh…that smirk! I'm gonna kill him!
"You're a real piece of work you know that!" The one above me shouts down at him. This is so confusing.
"Wait…if…you're his…then who are you?" I turn to look at the person behind me.
"I'm Tobi…well I guess actually Logan, but still…anyway, I'm his memories of being your twin. After we were separated, Logan, whose real name is Tobi by the way, his memories of those years took shape as me. I'm him if he hadn't been taken from the Islands, so I guess, I'm sort of your real brother." Wagh! I stumble down. I managed to move just before that other one got to me. He's coming at me with a Keyblade! Watch out! Jeez, this guy's fast, and no offense, but way better than Logan. Yikes! Man, I can't seem to keep track of him. Every few seconds he moves! It's almost like fighting…Vanitas used to. Ha! I managed to get a good hit on him! Here we go, I've got this. I get a bunch of quick hits on him now.
"Not bad, but just you wait."
My eyes widen as I slide under the massive light wave he just sent out at me. He fast, but I'm still keeping away from him. He must be getting desperate because these attacks are getting more dangerous. They're sloppy though now. Okay, now's a problem. We've gotten into…a…argh…full on…Keyblade lock. Agh, wow, he's strong. Come on Sora…get back up, push back…alright that's not working. I let myself fall to the ground and sweep out his feet. It worked!
"Take that!" I push my Keyblade toward his throat pinning him to the ground.
"Should've killed me when you had the…chance!" Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap! He used the same move on me. Gotta get up. Hurry…get up! Let's go! I swing my Keyblade out from under me. I rush toward him. I've got to get rid of this thing. It's the only way to save him. You can do it Sora. I swing my blade forward and let it fly toward him. It worked! It got him coming back too! Eww…he's started groaning and saying something I can't understand. Why don't these things ever just die? His body is…wow…it's being consumed by light, weird. I turn as I hear feet touch down on the ground.
"You did it!" I look at…Tobi, right? Whoa, his body is start to get taken over by light too… "He must be waking up. Thanks Sora." He smiles just as his body totally vanishes. What are…those? Both of them left something behind. They look like the same thing, but mirrored pieces. One's red and the other blue…They look like halves of a heart. I wonder if…I bring the two pieces together. Wow, that was bright. There was this flash of purplish light from the pieces. It sort of faded away now, but they aren't two pieces anymore. I still have two things in my hands, but they're complete hearts now. Each has a red half and a blue half, and a chain attached to them. Are they…Keychains? They have the little loops and everything. Let's see, I clip one of them onto my Keyblade. Wow! Now that's a cool Keyblade! It looks sort of like that weapon I had to give all that stuff to Moogles for at the end of my adventure with Organization XIII. You know the one with all of the shapes and lines around it. These lines are blue and red too and they wrap around the whole Keyblade. They look like glass, which is cool.
Wow, I'm back...
"Ah good Sora, you made it back. Logan is just beginning to wake."
"That's great Merlin." I offer him a smile, "But, his name isn't Logan, is it?"
"Well…uh…no…no it's not. At least not if you are talking about his real name. The one your parents gave him. No, that would be Tobi if I remember correctly." I love how Merlin always seems a bit scatterbrained even though I know he really has everything put together in his head. Oop, he's sitting up.
"Tobi! You're awake!" I rush over to be beside him.
"Wow, Sora, I thought I was the one in trouble, but I guess not."
"No Logan, neither of you are crazy in this case. I guess that's your real name." Roxas steps up to be near us.
"Okay, I'm not even going to pretend. What's going on? Did I fall and hit my head or something?" Tobi/Logan stands up with a confused look.
"I imagine we'll have to help with that." Yen Sid gives a kind and welcoming smile as everyone collects near Tobi.
A/N: There we go, that brings everyone up to speed now, and hooray Logan or I guess Tobi's awake! Maybe he'll faint less :D Anyway, please review! Thanks!
