Disclaimer: The name Selene is the name of the Moon Goddess who is the daughter of Zeus, according to Greek legends.
Author's note: So, we're heading into the great big battles, where fates have been decided, and it links into the true future.
I only own the rights of Jason, Lyla, and Chancellor. The rest belong rightfully to Square Enix, Disney, Nintendo and Toei.
CHAPTER 35: Battles of Destiny-1.
In the fated barren world which, group by group at four arrivals in timing, Terra, Aqua and Serenity, Ven and Grovyle, and finally, Jason and Mickey, all know knew was the Keyblade Graveyard, the name of the world some of them came to before through out their journey, knowing that the great battle that would decide their fate, each of them made their own thoughts and vows.
For Terra, what he would do, he would do for friendship.
For Aqua, she knew that she, Terra and Ven would always be one.
For Serenity, as long as she and those she loved always thought of each other, even in both live and death, they would always be one.
For Grovyle, what he would do was for both friendship and for the future of everyone of the past.
For Ven, he knew that frienship is forever.
For Mickey, he believed that, as he gazed at his Keyblade, that this would be the final time they would be a team.
And finally, for Jason, as he gazed at both his Keyblade and his goodluck wristband, what he was doing, was for the future of the friends he made here in the past.
With that, they all ventured through the wastelands of the Keyblade Graveyard, not knowing what they were about to really face against and it would possibily spell the end of most of them...or perhaps just cruel fates where they would have to be the ones to be saved.
And only one of them would survive to pass this memory on into a future that is struggling to return to the light.
As Terra had passed through the dangers of the canyons while taking out the Unversed, he eventually found himself in a clearing where, in all four directions as he stood in the middle of a crossed fork in the road, was a vast field strewn with keyblades. They stick in the ground, pointing downward, lifeless and unending.
As he stood in the middle of it all, he then sense movement to his right coming towards him.
It was both Serenity and Aqua, with faces of sterness, questioning and yet kinds of sorrow, their eyes pierching at Terra's soul. The moment the two stopped just a few steps from him, the three of them were silent. The last time they gathered was back in Radiant Garden. Since then, who knew what happened. Terra mentally struggled on how to break the news of Eraqus's death to Aqua.
He didn't need to say anything, though. Because Aqua eventually broke the silence, saying lowly, "I was told...the Master was struck down."
While gasping, Terra then realised how his friend knew and sighed, before looking away, admitting in guilt and self-disgust, "Yes...that's right. I was stupid and helped Xehanort do it."
"Tell us what happened, Terra." Serenity gestured as carefully as she could after Aqua gasped in shock.
"The Master-he tried to hurt Ven." Terra began, continuing, "I only fought because I wanted to protect him." which made Aqua sigh and wonder why their master would do such a thing.
"Oh no." Serenity whispered, shocked.
"But I was tricked. Xehanort set the whole thing up-" Terra grunted, almost angrily, which only confirmed Serenity's fears, while she allowed him to continue, "-all so he could awaken the darkness inside me."
Sighing again, Terra turned to Aqua, finally realising it was all his fault, "You were right, Aqua-and so was the Master. I did need to be watched. I went astray-but no more."
Despite this, Serenity and Aqua could only doubt the last part of Terra's sentence, while Serenity stated with grave worry, which had her two friends of the future gaze at her, "What else is darkness but hate and rage? It almost seems as though Xehanort is granted the power to decide the fate of all life-through out light and time. To decide a future of nothing."
Whoever or whatever gave Xehanort the right for all of this must have utter hatred for life in all of the Realm of Light. Could it be the define beasts of the past a little over thousand of years before Serenity's birth? Before the Silver Crystal was created? Mentally shaking those thoughts away, the Moon Queen then gazed up at Terra, questioning, "Tell me; what has Xehanort said to you?"
When Terra didn't answer, and Aqua only muttered to Serenity, "Sailor Moon...", the female Keyblade wielder then turned to her other friend, saying gravely, "Xehanort is feeding the dark fires within you-making you fight. You'll go astray again. Tell me-how does that honor our Master's memory, Terra?"
Again, Terra didn't answer. He didn't know how to.
(~Ventus's Theme-KH:BBS~)
Then all three of them heard more footsteps and looked at the same direction, seeing both Grovyle and Ven approach them. While Terra was relieved that both of them were alright, he, Serenity and Aqua all held concerned and questioning expressions as to why Grovyle and Ven held...somber expressions that was more than what happened to Eraqus.
Once they all gathered in a group, Grovyle sighed. He knew, the time has come for them to know the truth of his mission as well as the fate of what would happen in just one decade, "I know that none of you know of Temporal Tower, the very tower that keeps Time itself in check and located somewhere in my world...but in the future, it is destroyed and Time has stopped. Without time, then the world is doomed to live in darkness."
"Temporal Tower?" Aqua questioned, confused. She and Serenity both heard Jason mutter about it's name when they found him and Mickey in the Lanes Between, but neither of the two young women knew what it was...until now. It was more astonding of what was going to happen, because both Grovyle and Jason...came from a future of darkness, yet still held light within their hearts.
"Jason and I have made a goal to restore Time in the future...but, well, the only way to do it is to prevent the Tower from being destroyed, which means...if Jason and I were to prevent it's collaspe, then history will change." Grovyle explained, shrugging a little.
Ven, also stunned by what he was hearing, couldn't help but ask, "Is that why...is that why you came here?"
"No." Grovyle shook his head, "We didn't intend to travel back in time, because there are those who seek to continue living in the world of darkness. Three who had forced Jason and I back here so they could destroy us, but, well, it didn't end will for them." referring to Zoroark, Slaking and Dusknoir, while also thinking about...how the said Ghost Pokemon told him of their futures and fates; Grovyle's own son, along with Jason's son, would most likely be the ones to change the future, but they would also have to face against Dusknoir's son who would replace him as Primal Dialga's Agent.
Hearing this made Serenity realise what Sailor Pluto had told her in the Moon Kingdom. This here and now, was the Time Paradox, and Serenity herself was part of it, because she was within it. She then knew, there and now, the time has come for her friends of the future to know her true idenity, as she spoke up, "Then perhaps we can help you in preventing Temporal Tower's collaspe. For you see...I travelled through time myself."
At the shocked gasps from Aqua, Terra, Ven, and Grovyle, Serenity nodded as she continued, "I come from a distant past, a bit under 1,000 years ago. I must ask all of you to keep this a secret. "Sailor Moon" is my disguise to hide my real idenity;" fully introducing herself, "I am Serenity, newly crowned Queen of Silver Millinum."
"Serenity..." Grovyle repeated, now knowing how it was mixed up. This was somewhat a training Sailor Moon for the real Sailor Moon to one day arrive and protect the Realm of Light, to become Neo-Queen Serenity. "I knew I recongised you. I've read legends about you...but..."
"I know. I am aware what might happen." Serenity nodded softly. "I was sent into the future as a test to prove myself to my people, and to prove that whether or not I am ready to bear the power to wield the Imperium Silver Crystal."
Grovyle mentally sighed, knowing that Serenity was only half-correct. She wasn't aware that she would have not one but two daughters on the Moon. One of them being Neo-Queen Serenity and the other...he only had vague readings of the other Princess. But he felt that he couldn't tell the younger self of their mother about this, or the future on Earth.
Aqua, shocked that she'd been friends with a young Queen all this time, stuttered apologetically while understanding why Serenity had kept her idenity a secret, "Sailor Moon...Serenity...I-"
"It's alright, Aqua." Serenity told her friend. "I understand your confusion." then requested to the rest of the group, "Besides, I ask you to continue to refer me as "Sailor Moon" anyway. It's best kept secret."
Knowing that it was best, the group nodded in agreement, before Ven sighed and took his turn to explain the situation on what he heard, "Xehanort wants me and Vanitas to fight, and make some kind of "X-blade." But the Master said we can't let that happen...and he tried to destroy me for it."
"X-Blade?" Serenity asked, confused yet feeling that...this X-Blade sounded very dangerous.
"I still don't know exactly what it is." Ven muttered, shuddering as he placed a hand to his chest, continuing, "But...it scares me to death. Even just the thought of it."
Seeing how scared Ven looked, Terra appoached him and placed a comforting hand onto the boy's right shoulder, saying, "Relax, Ven. We're here and we're gonna take care of you." with Aqua nodding in agreement.
Despite this, Ven knew that his friends can't look after him anymore, as he told them, in request, "I may have to fight Vanitas after all. If I do, guys... I want you to-"
"The three of us can never be torn apart, all right?" Terra cuts him off with determination, gently squeezing his friend's shoulder, "I'll always find a way." a Aqua bend down and placed a hand to cup Ven's left cheek. (~End Ventus's Theme~)
Even so, Ven wanted his friends to be protected more than asking for their protection. So, in sadness in a form of goodbye, knowing that he would miss the two of them who had become more than just his best friends; they were his older brother and sister. So as he gently removed their hands, he said for the last time, "I'm asking you, as a friend... Just...put an end to me."
This statement alone was enough to cause both Terra and Aqua gasp in horror and sorrow, while the latter placed her hands onto her chest, and both Serenity and Grovyle gazed at Ven with horrified expressions. Ven was willing to sacrifice himself for the worlds? To prevent himself from being used to create the X-Blade? How could they even do as much as put an end to him? It was horrible enough to have lost Master Eraqus...now Terra and Aqua had to face the possible reality of losing their younger best friend as well?
That's when Grovyle realised the truth in Dusknoir's words. Ven's future was to be sacrificed. It seemed that this friendship had to be torn apart for the sake of the worlds. He then sighed and said as well in sadness, while hating to sent more sorrow into his friends but knew there was no choice, "Then I must request for you all to keep Jason and I in your memories. If we prevent Temporal Tower from being destroyed, then the future where Jason and I come from will never happen. We must find the clues and answers to save Time. But it also means...the two of us will disappear."
Realising what Grovyle meant really did send shock and more sorrow into Serenity, Aqua, Ven and Terra. Five of the most important people in their lives, three that had just become recently, were all being forced to be lost. Serenity nearly bursted into tears of sorrow. Her mother, Aqua, Terra and Ven's master, and now...not only Ven himself, but also...both Grovyle and Jason...were going to be lost as well. It wasn't fair. Why did Xehanort have such cruel rights to destroy their friendship and peace? Why was fate so cruel to them?
Suddenly, the winds pick up and then all of them quickly felt the familiar evil pressence, coming towards them from the left of the Graveyard, blowing dirt and debris into the air.
(~Xehanort's Theme-KH:BBS~)
When Serenity and her group turned, their expressions turned into glares as the very man who had caused such destruction, was approaching them with his hands behind his back. Vanitas then suddenly appeared and walked alongside him. The two smirked evilly at the group of five, stopping just a few yards away. Serenity, Terra, Grovyle, Ven and Aqua said nothing, as they glared at Xehanort who caused so much hurt and destruction and he wasn't even sorry about it.
And he wasn't even done yet either.
"Behold." Xehanort began, gesturing at the lifeless Keyblades, "These lifeless keys used to be full of power-united with the hearts of their masters. On this barren soil, Keyblades of light and darkness were locked in combat...as a great Keyblade War raged. Countless Keyblade wielders gave up their lives, all in search of one, ultimate key. And it will soon belong to me..." (~End Xehanort's Theme~)
He then pointed at Ven, concluding, "X-Blade."
Serenity and her friends grunted angrily, with determination to never allow Xehanort to do such a thing now that they knew the truth; he wanted to recreate a war that would spell the end of Realm of Light. They were not going to allow this to happen. Not ever.
So, as Serenity summoned her Scepter and Grovyle powered up Over-Grow to increase his strength, Terra, Ven and Aqua immediately tapped their armor pads and engaged their armors to protect themselves from the evil darkness. The five of them were ready.
(~Black Powder-KH:BBS~)
Ven made to move to attack, but Terra held him back and made the move himself, with Grovyle growling through his throat as he followed the Keyblade wielder to attack Xehanort full on to give him a piece of their minds. However, Xehanort saw this coming as he raised his hand, causing the earth to move and a wall of rock surges forth from the ground underneath both Grovyle and Terra who both stumbled before they slide across the elevated soil. As the two recovered, they gazed up as another wall of rock burst through, carrying Master Xehanort and Vanitas upward.
While Grovyle and Terra both grunted and dodged another rock burst, the two then began to race up to reach Xehanort who in the meanwhile, laughed evilly as he held an arm out, causing a great wind that bursted from the earth, sending Keyblades flying. The sky grew dark and cloudy, blanketing everything in it's path. At Xehanort's command, the trail of a twister of Keyblades flew across the area below towards Serenity, Aqua and Ven who were busy now briefly fighting against Vanitas.
Aqua then noticed the snake-trail of Keyblades coming towards them and she cried out a warning to her two other friends, "Ven! Sailor Moon!"
Vanitas, eying on Ventus, immediately jumps onto it as part of the snake moves toward the later like a surf-board and succeeds in knocking Ven down, causing the blonde-haired boy to cry out in alarm. Random keyblades then shot out towards both Serenity and Aqua who blocked and knocked them away to avoid in getting stabbed, though one keyblade managed to knock Aqua's helmet off. Vanitas in the meantime, goes after Terra who is forced to fight his way through against him and Grovyle who is knocked off of one of the cliffs by the Keyblade cyclone which is slamming into him as he cried out while being caught in the cyclone.
Serenity gasped as she saw what was happening, only to scream out when another snake-cyclone of Keyblades came bursting from the ground, attacking her before lifting her into the air before she crashes into the ground, her Scepter landing beside her.
"Sailor Moon!" Ven cried out worriedly as he and Aqua both raced to her side.
Pushing herself up, Serenity then came a desperate idea while taking out her Cresent Moon Wand with the Silver Crystal, chanting an inner magic in order to save Grovyle, calling out to him, "Grovyle!" shooting a beam of light towards him.
The light flies past the snake of blades and covered Grovyle in a barrier nd stops the Keyblades from hitting him. The barrier then explodes as Xehanort watched, laughing to himself evilly at the battle that was happening. Down below, Serenity, Aqua and Ven gasped before the latter then raced forward as Grovyle is thrown across the plateau's ground after the explosion where he lands in front of Xehanort, who readies his Keyblade, switching it to his left hand.
Ven then appeared in an attempt to attack from behind, but missed as Xehanort sensed him while teleporting...right behind him before grasping him by the helmet. The teenaged wielder wiggled and squirmed while trying to escape but was unable to do so, as his helmet starts to crack from the pressure, much to Grovyle's horror.
"Ven!" Grovyle exclaimed.
But as Grovyle attempted to try and save his friend, the whirling Keyblade return and knocked him away, slamming him into Terra who had just made it only to be thrown violently back down while Vanitas landed beside Xehanort. Grovyle screamed in pain and as the keyblade cyclone knocked Terra to the ground, Grovyle is repeatedly pummelted by the countless Keyblades all the way to the ground where he collasped, briefly unmoving.
As Aqua helped Serenity stand, the two of them gazed up and gasped in horror when they saw Ven captured by Xehanort.
"Ven!" Aqua gasped.
Just as Ven gazed at his two other friends, Xehanort wasted no time as he then covered the boy's body in dark flames that then turned into dark ice, freezing Ven into complete ice, before dropping him o the ground below. Unable to move, he hits several edges of the rockface, knocking off his helmet and would've died by being shattered. Fortunately, both Serenity and Aqua managed to catch him before he hit the ground, the trio sliding roughly on the ground until they stopped. The two women both cradled the frozen Ven on both sides of him, only his eyes being able to move as he tried to thaw himself out.
"Ventus, are you all right?" Serenity asked, concerned.
High above them, Xehanort dismissed his Keyblade as he then materialized a large blue orb giving off electric purple fire, holding it up skyward and it shoots into the sky. A great wind picks up and pushes the clouds aside. A blue light streams out from between the parting clouds. The clouds move away revealing a blue heart shaped moon. Serenity and Aqua both watched on in disbelief was they watched it appear in the heavens and gasped, while Xehanort smirked darkly, very pleased at the results.
A little distance away from the epic battle and destruction that was happening, Jason and Mickey, having already summoned their Keyblades, both rushed over when they saw the sky going dark and having heard loud clashes, only to stop when they too saw the heart-shaped moon appear in the sky and gasped in shock.
"What's that heart-shaped moon?" Jason exclaimed, never having seen or heard of it...yet he suddenly had a feeling a second later that he did know. No moon was the shape of a heart, except for that one.
"Kingdom Hearts?" Mickey exclaimed in disbelief and fear. Were they already too late? Did Xehanort managed to summon it through Ven already? Where were the others?
However, before the two could even make another step, all of the sudden, a large giant red part-ape-part dinosaur-Unversed suddenly appeared in front of Jason and Mickey who were both forced to leap back a few steps while the monster roared at them. Grunting, the two companions held a tight grip on their keyblades, with Jason yelling at the Unversed, "Out of the way!"
He and Mickey then fought against it.
At the bottom of the rock platform, Grovyle grunted as he slowly pushed himself up, panting as he shook off the dizziness that formed, before he managed to stand up, only to find himself surrounded by a horde of Unversed that trapped him in a circle and made him realise that he had no choice but to fight his way through in order to reach his friends who need his help quickly.
"I have no time for you!" Grovyle growled, preparing himself for battle.
About fifteen yards away, Terra picks himself up. He takes off his helmet, anger coursing through him. He then glowed brightly and summoned his glider, riding it to
the top of the mountain. He jumps down and dispels his armor and stares at Master Xehanort with his blue eyes for revenge and a stand off. (~End Black Powder~)
Meanwhile, Serenity and Aqua both layed on the ground with Ven in their arms while trying to thaw him out, Serenity by Ven's left, while Aqua by his right.
"How 'bout you ladies leave the popsicle with me, so you can go have your little fight with Terra." An unfamiliar, obnoxious and cocky voice spoke up in a suggestion, causing all three of them to look up as behind Aqua, was a man in some kind of uniform, red scarf, an eye-patch, and to their disbelief and suspicion, a single yellow eye and pointy ears that matched Xehanort's.
It was Braig who had arrived as part of Xehanort's plan.
"You can't be too happy about him deep-sixing your Master." Braig continued to Aqua, before chuckling darkly. (~Another Side, Another Story-KH:BBS~)
Serenity and her friends narrowed their eyes in growing anger, as the Moon Queen demanded, "Who are you?"
Braig didn't answer, instead, continuing to mock the three of them, "You think your two friends have got some grand role to play, Sailor Girl. As if. You're only here so that when I finish you off...Terra will succumb to the darkness, and you and lizard-boy and that other kid disappear."
This only made Serenity and her two friends glare harder, while Ven shook in both the cold and in anger, while Braig questioned, "So... who wants to go first?"
"Shut up!" Ven shouted furiously.
This only made Braig mock teasingly, "Oh, so this kiddo thinks he's a full-fledged Keyblade wielder? He's got the angry look down."
"Go ahead if you want to waste your time. Keep trying to drive us apart with your mind games. It'll never work!" Aqua told him angrily, before she and Serenity gently set Ven onto the ground while he struggles to move.
As Serenity summoned her Scepter while Aqua summoned her Keyblade, the Moon Queen declared to the man before them with determination, "Terra and us will prove you wrong!" before she and her friend rushed towards Braig who then summoned his Arrow Guns, ready to fight.
"Aqua! Sailor Moon!" Ven cried out, struggling to move while two of his friends fought against Braigh in a heavy battle.
Back on the platform...
"Admirably done." Xehanort declared with a grin, "I knew this was a journey you could make-over the unseen wall that divides darkness and light. And I was not wrong, Terra!"
Terra could only glare at the man who lied to him all this time, used him for evil purposes and even before then, hurt Ven. In growing while Xehanort gave him a wide-wided smile, Terra demanded as he summoned his Keyblade once again, "My friend Ven-you tell me, Xehanort-what did you do to him?"
"Why, I did him a favor and freed the darkness inside him." Xehanort answered, "Alas, poor Ventus never had the fortitude for such strenuous trials."
"XEHANORT!" Terra screamed in anger, then rushed in to fight both Xehanort and Vanitas who took most of the attacks.
Thus several battles were on.
With Grovyle...
"Energy Ball!" Grovyle chanted as he tossed several spheres of green light at the Unversed who fell victum to his attack, before leaping out of the way while dodging unexpected attacks from rather more vicious Unversed that had taken form of Dark Beings that he'd never seen before but didn't care at the moment. They blasted dark energy at him in an attempt to destroy him. However, Grovyle counterattacked with Bullet-Seed, causing several explosions all around him, then clashed and slashed and sliced through many that attempted to knock or stab him with their sharp sword-like arms only fall into oblivion by Grovyle's Leaf-Blade attack while the Gecko-Pokemon avoided their attacks.
He then leaped up into the air as one with wings swooped down in an attempt to grasp at him, but he then used Pound Attack to knock it crashing into the dirt, finishing it off with another Bullet-Seed attack before landing safely. He grunted in pain as one had managed to knock him over, then another knocked him around, sending him crashing into the wall of the Rock Wall. However, he did manage to jump out of the way before they could attack him again, where he then used Energy Ball again to destroy them in a single hit, before moving on to attack more that appeared.
With Jason and Mickey...
Jason and Mickey both leaped out of the way when the Giant Unversed attempted to crush them with a punch, but only ended up punching the ground and creating a crater that looked more like a small pond sized Meteorite Crater. Jason then launched forward and thrusted and slashed at the Unversed's arm which caused it to roar in pain, giving Mickey and opening as he chanted Firaga at the giant Monster's face, leaving a severe burn which forced it to lean back and away from the two Keyblade wielders.
However, it then blasted a massive Meteor Spell towards the two as Mickey cried out, "Watch out!" before he and Jason were forced to leap out of the way to avoid in getting hit by the powerful spell the Unversed was able to cast which was very unusual, but the two didn't have time to worry about that now.
But as they did, Jason was knocked a few yards by the Unversed who whacked him like a fly, causing him to scream out before crashing into the ground painfully, much to Mickey's horror, before the mouse was then grasped in a crushing grip by the Unversed who began to raise him to it's head while squeezing him so tightly that it made Mickey feel like he was being crushed by two tree trunks, starting to run out of air as he struggled to free himself. Mickey then gasped in horror when he saw that he was being raised towards the Unversed's mouth.
It was going to eat him!
"Let me go!" Mickey screamed out. He didn't want to get eaten. It was one of his biggest fears that he tried to avoid in his life, and had come close in being eaten once five years ago, precisly one month before he became an Apprentince.
Jason, who pushed himself up as quickly as he could, saw what was happening and gasped in horror, screaming out his friend's name before quickly tossed his Keyblade at the Unversed's head, perfectly hitting it right into it's left eye, causing it to roar in agony while it unconsciously freed Mickey who then began to fall as he screamed, about to hit the ground.
"I gotcha, Mickey!" Jason cried out as he ran before jumping at the last few feet before catching his friend in his arms before sliding hard on the dirt soil while the Unversed was busy holding it's eye in agony to pay attention to the loss of it's meal.
Recovering, Jason asked to Mickey after setting him down to the ground, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, Jason." Mickey replied, "Gosh, that's the third time I almost got eaten by a giant."
Jason laughed a little, before asking in confusion, "Wait, what?"
Before Mickey could answer, he and Jason both heard the Unversed roar again as it glared at the two of them with it's remaining eye, reminding them that they were not out of the woods yet. Nodding in agreement, the two then leaped out of the way before continuing their first against the giant monster.
With Serenity and Aqua...
"Take this!" Braig shouted as he somehow hanged upside down in mid-air before he began firing laser-arrows all over the place in an attempt to hit both Serenity and Aqua who both raced out of the way to avoid in getting hit which was becoming more and more difficult due to the man somehow having the power to wrap and use against gravity at his own will which was good to his advantage.
Eventually Serenity found an opening and tossed her Moon Tiara Magic at Braig who for once didn't see this coming and was hit hard by the Tiara which caused him to fall and collaspe to the ground which gave Serenity and Aqua the chance to clash and thrust at him while he did managed to recover quickly and blocked their attacks with his own weapons, grinning along the way though he was starting to get frustrated. He then teleported away and reappeared a few yards from them before clampsing his arrow-guns together before firing a large dark laser towards them.
Serenity counterattacked by chanting Moon, Scepter, Activation and her Moon-Light power clashed against Braig's attack halfway in meeting each other, both attacks creating sparks as one tried to over-power the other, the two of them grunting as they struggled against one another. Aqua then upgraded her power-surge before lasting a ghostly-orb of light towards Braig who didn't see this coming, having been too focused on over-powering Serenity before he was hit hard by Aqua's attack before becoming engulfed by Serenity's attack after he lost focus of his own attack.
However, Braig managed to teleport despite the heavy blow and once again fired several laser-arrows at the two women who blocked his attacks as hard as they could, until Serenity leaped up before using her Scepter's power again, but Braig managed to teleport away while dodging, only to get an ice-burn from Aqua who combined her Ice and Fire spells to knock the eye-patched man back into the wall, crating a wall-crater as he grunted in agony. Though he did managed to blast a dark laser at the two who cried out in pain, both Serenity and Aqua crashing into the ground painfully, before the latter healed herself and her friend before Braig could finish them off.
As they all recovered, Serenity and Aqua both charged at Braig who charged at them again in an attempt to finish off this fight.
With Terra...
"Pathetic!" Vanitas exclaimed as he easily leaped out of the way to avoid Terra's hits, causing Terra to turn his attention on Xehanort who was easily teleporting in incredible speed which knocked Terra back and forth before the Keyblade wielder of light then blasted Firaga at Vantias who was thrown back across the platform before blasting a Dark Firaga at Xehanort who grunted in pain which, due to his age, made things worse since his body was old. But that didn't stop him from gaining what he wanted.
Eventually, Terra made an attempt to slice Xehanort into two bits, only for the latter to easily block this attack with his Keyblade, before deciding that it was time to finish business. He gazed at Vanitas who stood in position, ordering his apprentince evilly as this would be the final time he would see him in his mask, "Go take what Ventus owes you. Take Aqua's life. And kill Queen Serenity, Grovyle, Jason and that Mickey Mouse!" since he knew that the latter three were still alive.
Terra, shocked by this into realising that Vantias, who nodded as he too knew that the time has come and raced towards the edge, that he was going to kill Terra's best friends and new friends, as well as Jason's new friend King Mickey who were possibly still alive. On top of that, Xehanort seemed to have already known of Serenity's true idenity.
Terra had to stop Vanitas and fast. So as he shoved Xehanort back roughly, Terra turned and raced to stop the boy. Vanitas jumps down the mountain. Before
Terra reaches the edge, Xehanort teleports before him. Terra, stunned, jumped back, blocked from reaching his friends and unable to do anything.
"You see how powerless you are to save them? Savor that rage and despair. Let it empower you!" Xehanort taunted with an evil grin.
Unable to hold back his anger as his body once again began to pour darkness out, Terra grunted furiously in greatest anger in his life, "You will pay, Xehanort! Was my Master," correcting himself on what he remembered Eraqus calling him earlier, and now accepted the opposite, "-no, my father, Eraqus not enough for you? Leave my friends alone!" as the darkness grew stronger and stronger, beginning to overpower him.
Much to Xehanort's delight.
"Yes, boy, that's it! More! Let your whole heart blacken with anger!" Xehanort encouraged evilly, laughing as though he had claimed victory for this small war that he created.
Unable to hold it back anymore, Terra could feel energy coursing through him, the darkness growing deeper. Finally, he lets out a roaring scream of anger as darkness explodes out of his body, before he then leaped foward and clashed even more heavilly at Xehanort who teleported all over the place while using both his own dark powers as well as the Keyblade Cyclone to attack Terra who now easily blocked these and thrusted and slashed against Xehanort who, while pleased by this display of anger, was admittedly shocked that he was starting to grow even more exhausted.
At this moment, even Xehanort was starting to get a bit worried.
With Jason and Mickey...
As the Unversed was now losing the fight against Jason and Mickey, it made the final attempt to destroy the two of them with a massive punch to crush them. Unfortunately for it, the two wielders knew how to finish this fight off once and for all.
Mickey held out his hand to Jason, calling out, "C'mon!"
"Let's go!" Jason agreed while joining hands with Mickey and once again the two formed a circle their backs touching and then held out their Keyblade which created the swirling circle of light, spreading the area as the Unversed tried to crush them, but was hit repeatedly by their power of light, growing weaker and weaker to the point of finally collasping to the ground with a small tremor.
Once the two finished their ability, Jason and Mickey then raced forward and with battle-cries, they leaped up into the air and preformed a new attack that they memorized from when they fought alongside Zack against Cerberus at Olympus Coliseum. They thrusted their Keyblades downward, delivering a devastating blow against the giant monster who saw this too late and was thrusted so hard that it nearly split in half before Jason and Mickey landed on the ground safely, while the Unversed behind them faded into nothing, defeated and destroyed.
As the two stood up, Jason and Mickey both realised that they still couldn't find any signs of their friends, with the former asking, "Where are the others?"
Mickey glanced around before spotting an unfamiliar green fella about six yards away, fighting against the horde of more Unversed, which caused him to point out, "Look! Over there!"
Jason glanced at where Mickey was pointing and gasped, immediately recongising the green Pokemon, exclaiming in both worry and relief, "It's Grovyle!"
He finally found him.
"We gotta help him!" Mickey quickly said.
"Yeah! C'mon!" Jason agreed, taking the lead with Mickey quickly following to help and reunite with Grovyle.
None of them knowing that the cruel fates were just about to start.
With Serenity, Aqua and Ven...
Just as Braig thrusted Serenity and Aqua back again, the latter than had an idea as Braig made to attempt to attack again, before she casted, "Stopza!" which froze Braig temporarely in time.
"I don't know how it happened, but we have to finish him off!" Serenity declared, deciding to question the kind of spell later.
"Right!" Aqua nodded in agreement, before she and Serenity both delivered thrusts and slashes against the frozen man who would be feeling the effects shortly after they stopped, twirling around together with a combined Moon-Ocean-Light Weaver ability that was like a mini-tornado of light that then trapped Braig who then recovered and was now repeatedly being hit by the time attacks, causing him to scream out in agony by the devastating blows.
Once the two women finished and Braig collasped to the ground, Serenity then delivered the finishing blow, chanting, "Moon, Scepter, Activation!" the power of the Moon-Light shooting out at Braig who screamed before being in engulfed by the light, where a small explosion occured. (~End Another Side, Another Story~)
When the smoke cleared, Braig, while still alive, was exhausted as he struggled to keep his balance. Serenity and Aqua both glared at him before he then jumped back a little, knowing that he lost this fight. But at the same time...this was also good news.
Breathing heavily, Braig admitted at first, "I keep forgetting-don't mess with Keyblade wielders, and better not mess with Sailor Scouts either." before standing up straight, as he continued, slightly recovering, "But you know what? That just means I made the right choice!"
Realising that he was still capable of fighting, both Serenity and Aqua charged to continue the fight, but Braig had no intentions, coming to accept that his job here was done, concluding with a shrug, "Well...he wanted me to buy time, and I'd say he got it."
With that, he then turned and ran away, prompting to return home to Radiant Garden to wait for the next part of the regieme.
"What?" Serenity asked as she and Aqua both stopped once they both realised that Braig was retreating. What was he talking about? Was he also the league of Xehanort? Most likely if the man had mocked and fought against them.
The two then remembered Ven and turned around, with Aqua speaking his name.
However, just as Ven gazed up, his eyes widened in shock as he screamed out to warn both Serenity and Aqua, "Aqua! Sailor Moon!"
But was too late. Ven was helpless as Vanitas fly down the cliff, and while he struck Aqua down on the head that made her gasp before collasping the ground, losing her Keyblade which dismissed itself, before he knocked away Serenity into the stomach were she screamed before landing so hard on the ground that she too was losing consciousness. Serenity looked up, her strength having left her so quickly that she was helpless along with Ven, as Vanitas stood, holding his Keyblade over Aqua's body.
(~Enter the Darkness-KH:BBS~)
"No!..." Serenity cried out weakly, hissing in pain as she tried to reach out to her friend, "Aqua..."
Unfortunately, she lost her battle to stay consciousness before falling limp on the ground, and her world went black.
Ven in the meantime, realising that Vanitas was going to kill Aqua first and then kill Serenity, summons all his strength and the ice around him begins to evaporate. Vanitas grasped the hilt of his Keyblade with both hands. Ven's body glistens as the ice crystals disappear. Just as Vanitas was about to stab Aqua right into her heart...
"NO!" Ven's scream caused Vanitas to stop and look up, to see Ven having thawed himself out, his Keyblade in hand as his body steamed from the thawed ice, snarling under his breath. Right there and then, there was no choice but to fight Vanitas if Ven wanted to save both Aqua and Serenity.
With that, the Both boys charged at each other, clashing their Keyblades in a loud CLANG, attempting to knock each other to finding openings, and Ven had just found one and striked when Vanitas instantly disappeared before reappearing behind him, tauning, "Too slow." before knocking Ven behind his back.
Ven quickly rolled out of the way before blocking his opponent's second attack when the latter casted a fire of darkness, before tossing his Keyblade like a Boomarang at Vanitas who teleported once again, just as Ven caught his weapon before rolling out of the way again before he was strike by surprise for the second time. Though this gave Ven a quick opening as he managed to at least strike with a couple of combos himself against Vanitas' chest, knocking him back as he cried out in alarm.
Ven attempted to use his Blizzard to lower Vanitas' defense, but once again, the latter teleported and reappeared right in front of him, hitting him several times in the stomach as the boy in the mask said in disappointment, "Pathetic!"
Grunting in surprise, Ven dodge-rolled out of the way of the Dark Lightning spell from Vanitas, before countering with Lightning himself, causing an electrical explosion in the middle that forced him to shield his eyes before dust could blind him and get grain stuck in his eyeballs. Unlike last time, however, Ven quickly rolled out of the way to avoid in Vanitas punching him like the first time they fought each other.
Vanitas in the meantime thrusted out multiple dark fires at Ven who leaped out of the way before the latter responded by using his own fire spell, upgrading it to Firaga right at the enemy who teleported out of the way before reappearing behind him to thrust him several times before Ven again rolled out of the way to avoid getting more damage while healing himself with Curaga before he could run out of energy. Ven tossed his Keyblade like before, this time succeeding in hitting him twice and hard, but despite this, Vanitas was still tough as he teleported once again before he thrusted a gust of wind at Ven who did his best to block it.
Ven was then forced to leap out the way when Vanitas went for a dive attack from the air after the latter sped up into the air with incredible speed, nearly knocking him over, though it did create a bit of a shock wave that cut a bit from their health, before Ven responded in healing himself again. However, Ven also then casted a mixture of Light, Fire and Thunder which attacked Vanitas who attempted to teleport again, which was what Ven had in mind. Close enough, the wielder of light then again tossed his Keyblade like a boomarang which hit home, causing Vanitas to cry out in pain and alarm twice before Keyblade returned to it's owner.
Seeing how Vanitas was actually getting weaker despite the risks, Ven then raced forward once his enemy was slowing down quite alot and managed to thrust and clash at him, blocked a few times and was getting exhausted himself, but Ven was actually starting to win on his own this time, before eventually knocked Vanitas back where the guy in the mask only managed to flip himself in the air while landing the ground, before collasping to his knee...
But this won battle wasn't without a losing price. (~End Enter the Darkness~)
Panting in exhaustion, while feeling himself fade out of existance, Vanitas actually laughed, much to Ven's shock, before the latter stood in defense to continue the fight.
"You've done it, Ventus." Vanitas smirked as he slowly stood, his Keyblade disappearing, and his helmet melting away, revealing startling yellow eyes and spiky
black hair, as he continued evilly, "Now that my body is about to perish...you and I will have to join together! The X-blade will be forged!"
He then spread out his arms and the dark energy forms along the ground, eminating from Vanitas's body. It surrounds Ventus in a semicircle. Three shapes jump from the dark and surround Ven. The three blue Unversed suddenly appeared and held Ventus in place as he struggles to move, trapped by the tight grip.
"The Unversed...come from you?" Ven asked, shocked at this realization.
Vanitas laughed to himself, as he explained while behind him, more Unversed emerge from the dark energy, "It happened when you and I were split into two. The negativity took shape as these monsters. They are what I feel-a horde of fledgling emotions under my control. I released them in all the worlds I could, hoping to lure you away from home and isolate you from your Master."
He then approached Ven while Serenity and Aqua both layed unconscious, as he continued, referring to himself and Xehanort, "We needed to make you stronger. The Unversed were the perfect opponents. And better yet, no matter how many times you defeat them...their negativity flows right back into me." as the dark energy floats from the Unversed into Vanitas and the Unversed disappear.
Once in front of the helpless Ven, Vanitas concluded for the final time, "You never stood a chance against us, Ventus."
Vanitas then walked into Ven, which instantly, created a large ball of wind that appeared around them, pressing outward on all sides. Serenity and Aqua's bodies in the meantime slid over a hill due the blast while the energy surges, getting brighter and stronger, making cracks in the ground. Ven, feeling Vanitas suddenly gaining control his body, struggled to contain it, but it unleashes a beam upward, a large orange pillar reaching into the sky as he screamed and lost his fight for control.
Only now had Xehanort truly won.
A/N: Don't worry, Xehanort hasn't won yet! The fight continues in the next chapter. Until it's posted, see you real soon.