Battle for the Pearl.
A/N: Hello again. Last chapter of port royal, yay! Aww, I made myself sad… Thanks Shadow of Malice and AsoenixKristian. Thanks morbid333. As for the trivia question, the ability that allows you to use the limit was treasure isle, but the limit itself is called bluff. I updated quickly as I promised. Kingdom Hearts belongs to Square Enix. All characters belong to their respective owners. Plot and OCs belong to me. Enjoy
'Fire!' Will's voice shouted. The sound of cannons firing filled Riku's eardrums. The smell of gunpowder filled the air. The beast growled as a single tentacle rose from the water. The Keybearer charged forward and slashed. It pulled back before lunging at him; however, a thunderbolt struck it.
'Take that!' Donald squealed.
Another tentacle appeared this one on the other side of the ship.
'Gworsh Donald, I think ya made it mad.' Goofy observed.
'You take care of that one,' Riku said as he nodded to the new tentacle. This one's mine.' Riku charged as the first tentacle, which was descending. Riku quickly jumped and grabbed a hold of it. He stabbed at it with his Keyblade as he was quickly brought down to the water. Quickly, Riku took a breath of air before being pulled under.
Riku stabbed at the Kraken's tentacle until it finally released him. Now free, the Keybearer began to swim forward, towards the beasts face.
Ugly bastard, aren't you?
The beast swung one of its tentacles at Riku, who swam under it and continued to propel himself forward. As he closed in, he forced Way to the dawn forward into the side of the creature's face. Its growl ruptured the water, but that didn't stop Riku. Again and again, Riku would stab the beast. One more strike, and Riku imbedded his blade in the creature's face. With one more ferocious roar, the Kraken swung its tentacle and struck Riku, sending him away, and making him lose his oxygen supply. He would have to move quickly. He swiftly recalled his blade and began to swim to the surface, but the Kraken would have none of that. It quickly wrapped a tentacle around the boy's body. He needed to get away. He struggled, but it was no use. There was only one way…
Tekido-youshiki
A dark aura surrounded Riku, and burnt at the creature. It growled in pain as it quickly lunged the boy away. He hurled out of the ocean and back onto the Pearl. As he landed, he sent a look towards the remaining tentacle. He gather the dark energy into a single attack, and released it, which slammed into the beast's appendage. Slowly, it retracted and returned to the ocean.
Panting, Riku deactivated the ability, returning to his Kihonteki-Youshiki state.
'That should buy us some time.' Riku stated aloud.
'Sora!' Riku froze. That was Kairi's voice. He turned to the deck in horror. Sora was on the ground, clutching his head, and whimpering in pain. Kefka was laughing, having the time of his life. Riku's face contorted in rage as he charged.
'Sora!' Donald and Goofy both cried as they followed the silver haired Keybearer into battle.
Finally, after what felt like hours, the siren ceased and Sora slowly opened his eyes. It was silent. Dreadfully silent. Agonizingly silent.
He hated it.
He looked about himself. The ship rocked about the water. He looked up. The sky was red as blood. Where were the crew? Where were his friends? He looked down, and stopped suddenly. A still body lay there. It was Jack's.
'Jack!' Sora called out. No response. The boy quickly jumped up and rushed over to the man who was lying face down. He quickly pushed him over, and froze. The man's dull eyes looked up at him. It didn't take a genius to realize that he was dead. By the look of him, he must have died some time ago. Sora slowly closed the captain's eyes before jumping up. The muscles of his face were tight, and his throat burnt, but he couldn't stop here. He looked around again. Finally, he stopped at Sam. He would have run to him, if only his body had not locked up in horror. His eyes widened as he finally forced his body to move backwards. The boy's head had been completely removed, and he lay against the railing, a pool of his own blood surrounding him. He had to find someone. Anyone! Someone had to be alive. He ran about the ghost ship. Every one of his friends were dead. Brutally and inhumanly butchered. Donald. Goofy. Shadow. Relm and Interceptor. Elizabeth. Will.
Sora fell to his knees as his hands came to his face. 'This isn't happening. This can't be happening.' He mumbled to himself. 'Kairi. Riku. Where are you!'
'Sora…'
He quickly jumped and turned around. Riku was there, descending the steps. He was clutching his side in pain, and using his Keyblade as a walking aid. Sora could easily see blood coming from his friend's wound. Riku slowly made it to the deck before fainting, however, Sora was there to catch him.
'Riku! Are you…' Sora stopped. Of course, he wouldn't be alright.
'Sora.' Riku began. 'Kefka, he took her. He took Kairi. She's alive, but…'
'Don't talk!' Sora pleaded. 'We'll get her back, together. You'll be alright. I can heal you.'
'It's too late for me.' His voice was weak. Too weak. So weak that it was barely audible. 'Sora. I'm sorry…' And just like that, he died. Gently, Sora put his body against the deck, a single tear rolling down his cheek and falling on Riku's still face.
'This isn't happening…This isn't happening.' His voice shook.
VRAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Sora quickly stood, his face contorted in rage, and summoned his Keyblade.
'This isn't happening. This isn't happening.'Kefka's voice mocked.
'Show yourself!' Sora growled as tears ran down his face, 'And you better do it now!'
'What's wrong. Is the little baby upset. It's your fault they're dead.'
Sora trembled. 'Shut up!'
'If you were awake, they would still be alive. But you weren't, were you. Because of you, they're just a bunch of rotting corpses! Food for the maggots!'
'This isn't real.' Sora mumbled to himself.
Wake up.
'This isn't real!'
Wake up!
A sudden cold liquid splashed against his face, and suddenly, the world around him vanished.
Sora's eyes suddenly jerked open as he quickly sat up, breathing heavily. He looked around quickly, and then up into the sky. It was blue. His heart began to slow as he looked in front of him. Jack was standing there, paying more attention to a bottle in his hand than to him.
'What a waste of perfectly good rum.'
'Captain?' Sora questioned. 'I've never been so happy to see you!'
'I see you're awake.' A third individual observed. Sora turned as Sam limped towards him, finally dropping to his knees. His face was covered in blood, and his body was littered with cuts. Slowly, he lit up in a green aura, as he began to mend his own body. Slowly, the cuts began to close.
'How long was I out?' Sora questioned.
'Not long.' Sam answered, 'A few minutes.'
'Is that all?' Sora questioned as he ran a hand though his spiky hair. It sure as hell felt longer than that 'where's Kairi?'
'Your young lass went bonkers when she saw you curled up on the floor,' Jack replied. Now that he paid more attention, the sound of battle could be heard. He looked ahead. Jack was right. She had gone ballistic, striking at the clown with speed and power he never knew she possessed. The same went with Riku, whose blade had taken the shape of a Key.
'Is that the-'
Kihonteki? Yes.' Sam answered.
'When did she…' Sora stopped himself. Now he remembered. Sam taught her one of the methods to reach that level the same time he taught him, didn't he. Sora stood.
'Let's help.' Sora said, 'Let's use our Kihonteki.'
'I usually switch between my base, and that. But perhaps for now, I should not hold back.'
'In that case, go all the way.' Sora recommended. 'To the final form
'No!' Sam answered faster and louder than he intended, 'I would use that only when necessary.'
'Alright then. If you say so.'
Kihonteki-Youshiki.
Both Keybearers were enveloped in an aura of their own power, which slowly retracted into their bodies. Jack watched with mild-interest as the two swung their Keyblades, testing their movement.
'Magic does not seem to work on him. That includes any of my techniques.' Sam stated.
'Seriously?' Sora asked in astonishment.
'According to Shadow, he was never able to do that before, so I can only assume that his powers were enhanced.'
'Okay. Should we just charge in?'
'He's too unpredictable for any tactics to be effective. As much as I hate to admit it, a head on attack seems to be our only choice.'
'Then let's go.' Sora concluded. Without another word the three charged into the flurry. He'd make that damn clown pay for making him go through that. He would make him pay.
Sora jumped at Kefka and brought his Keyblade down at him with incredible speed, however the clown managed to jump back with a level of ease. He grinned as he blasted a fire attack their way. With great, yet unnatural speed, the four Keybearers evaded the strike. It looked as though the attack would fly away from the ship, but suddenly, it changed its destination, and lunged at Goofy. He only had enough time to block it with his shield.
'Sora! You're okay!' Goofy jovially called.
'Never better!' Sora replied with a grin as he jumped over an icicle, which Goofy smashed as it came his way.
Kefka evaded the fast-paced strikes of the Keybearers before summoning a barrier and pushing them away. Donald let lose a 'Wak' before blasting the clown with a storm of thunder. It had no effect other than to amuse Kefka, who turned to the duck. Before he could roast him, a kunai came hurling towards his head. He moved it just in time for the weapon the fly past. Without time to react, Shadow had speed behind him, and slashed his blades at the man's neck. Kefka jumped and back-flipped over him. The assassin quickly spun around, only to be struck by a blast of lightning, which sent him across the deck. He groaned as electricity flickered over his body, and his chest smocked. Slowly, he began to stager to his feet.
Jack stabbed at him, but the colourful man evaded each of his attempts before blasting him across the ground with a powerful telepathic blast. Kairi lunged forward, dodging an icicle that came her way, and slashed up. Kefka dodged with a backwards jump, and readied to counter, but Sora and Riku quickly lunged forward from behind. He jumped, evading their strikes, followed by Sam who attacked his left flank. The clown quickly spun and blasted him with a Firaga spell. Seeing it coming, Sam quickly summoned a reflect barrier, however, the force of the attack was still enough to send the boy down to the deck.
As Kefka came down, he created a power-wave that pushed them all away stumbling. As Sora got to his feet, the clown smirked and sent a blast of pure power his way. He had no time to react. It was moving far too fast, and he couldn't block it. He was sure it would strike him, but someone jumped in front of the strike. It was Shadow.
'Shadow?' Sora mouthed with concern, and shortly after, the ninja fell face-forward onto the wooden deck. The brunet wasted no time in pointing his Keyblade at the injured man and casting a Cura spell. He was instantly covered in a green aura. The man in black groaned. 'Don't move. I'll be back.' He quickly looked up at Kefka. His friends had him surrounded, and had managed to get a few strikes in, but nothing to do significant damage. Sora quickly jumped over the man and charged. You'll pay for all of this!'
'I'm quivering!' Kefka retorted as he jumped into the air and sent a variety of his magic at the boy who evaded all of them. Sora was about to jump, but a shuriken flying towards the man quickly stopped him.
I told him to stay there
Sora turned to see Shadow yet again on his feet.
'Behind you!' Riku quickly called. Sora turned quickly to see a ball of fire hurling his way. He wasted no time before sending a Blizzara to cancel it out, before charging forward.
Jack could do little but look on. There was nothing he could do. He sheathed his sword, knowing perfectly well he wouldn't be of much use in a battle like this. As for Donald and Goofy, they were completely exhausted. Too much so to keep fighting. Shadow was also out, as he fell to his knees. That last strike had done more damage than he originally thought. He had to keep going. If Sora were to die, then Relm… He looked on up, seeing the four Keybearers, and even Interceptor, were still fighting strong. How long it would last was another question entirely.
Kairi jumped and brought her weapon down on Kefka, but he quickly evaded the strike. She pursued. Interceptor jumped from the left, but the man easily took to the air. Suddenly, he was struck at the side and sent back to the ground. Sora landed behind him. Now it was Riku's turn. The silver haired Keybearer charged and stabbed. Kefka back stepped and fired an icicle. He had anticipated this, and easily shattered it in a single strike. The mage prepared for another attack; however not all went to plan. Sam appeared from behind and performed a leg-sweep with Outcast. Kefka's feet were pulled from underneath him, and Riku moved in, ready to stab his weapon into him. He acted quickly and created a magical barrier around himself. This action served two purposes. The first pushed his enemies away. The second was to propel him into the air. He landed on his feet gracefully before looking at his enemies. Rather than being frustrated, or enraged at how close they came to finishing him. In fact, he was happy, ecstatic even.
'Wow!' Kefka grinned from ear to ear, 'this is the most fun I've had in a long time!'
'He's having the time of his life!' Riku growled.
'I can't wait to wipe that smirk off his face.' Sora replied. He readied his Keyblade again and prepared for another attack. Yet, before he could even move, the pearl shook violently, more so than ever before. Kefka's smile quickly vanished.
'Time's up already? I wanted to play more!' his smirk returned. 'Oh well. This ships about to be seafood. I guess there is always next time. See ya then.'
'Wait!' Sora growled as he charged forwards towards Kefka.
'ta-ta!' the clown fare welled as a dark corridor opened underneath him, and he fell through. Sora stopped as the portal closed
'Well now, that was anti-climactic.' Jack stated.
'Yet lucky,' Sam answered as he turned to ascend the stairs
The crew emerged from the cannons in a panic. 'The kraken's going to pull us under.' Mr. Gibbs called 'Captain! Orders!'
'Abandon ship.' Jack answered. 'Into the longboat.'
'Jack! The Pearl.' Gibbs was sceptical to say the least.
'She's only a ship, mate.' Had Sora heard him right? He was really going to abandon the Pearl? Who knew he had it in him? Then again, by the sound of his downtrodden voice, it clearly tore him apart to give that order.
'He's right.' Elizabeth stated as she and Will emerged and walked on deck. 'We have to head for land.'
'That's a lot of open water.' Pintel stated as he and the rest of the crew stepped on deck. The man steeped to the rail and looked out at the water.
'That's a lot of water.' Ragetti repeated.
'We have to try.' Will concluded, 'We can get away as it takes down the Pearl.'
Mr. Gibbs was silent for a few seconds. 'Aye, abandon ship.' He finally agreed, 'Abandon ship or abandon hope.' The crew rushed about, making the preparations.
Sam bent down in front of Relm as she sat alone, before wiping a strand of hair away from her face.
'I'm sorry.' She weakly said, 'I wanted to help but I...I just froze.'
'It doesn't matter,' he answered, 'Come. We're leaving.' Slowly, the blonde stood, and Sam reached into his pocket, and pulled out the communication device. 'Squall. Lock onto our position. We need to go soon.'
'All right, get ready.'
Sam returned the device to his pocket as the two returned to the deck. Again, the ship shock violently.
'It's not going to let us go, is it?' Kairi asked.
'I don't think so,' Riku answered before turning to Jack, 'not with him, at least.'
The crew began to file into the longboat. As Will and Elizabeth entered, Sora approached them.
'Go on.' He stated.
'What about you.' Elizabeth urged.
'We'll stay and give you guys a chance.'
Will understood and nodded. 'Good luck.'
'How noble of you, mate.' Jack said as he began to enter the boat, 'now if you don't mind…'
Sora quickly grabbed him by the sleeve and pulled him back. 'Where do you think you're going? You're staying right here.' He stated, 'besides, you're the one it's after.' The boat lowered and began to float away.
Again, the Pearl shock, and this time Began to tilt. Tentacles emerged from the water and wrapped around the ship's hull.
Your position's locked. Leon's voice came over the communication device attached to Sam's waste
The boy breathed in, and exhaled. 'If we stay, we die.' Sam stated. Sora quickly turned to him.
'You're not going to…' he shook his head. He knew what he wanted to do. Captain Jack Sparrow wasn't perfect, he was far from it. Nevertheless, he couldn't abandon him to die.
'There has to be another way.' Kairi protested.
'No, I cannot let you risk it. There will be a time for sacrifices. But not here. Our journey must continue no matter the cost.' Sam answered as he pulled out the device, 'bring us up immediately!'
'Wait!'
'I'm sorry, Sora,' he turned to the pirate captain, 'Jack.'
'Pirate.' Jack snorted.
The off-worlders began to glow. Sora looked over himself, and then to Jack. 'Jack, I'm sorry!' That was all he could say before they were converted into pure energy and shot upwards. Those aboard the longboat would have seen a bright light fired into the sky, before quickly dissipating.
They were gone, and now Jack was alone. The water began to part, and slowly, the beast rose. Jack turned to face the hideous creature as it fully ascended, and when he did, it unleashed a ferocious roar. Its breath smelled of a thousand corpses.
'Hello beastie.' Jack drew his blade, and with strange confidents, charged head on.
'No!' Sora exclaimed as they re-materialised aboard the Highwind. They were in the familiar grey teleportation room. 'Why? Why couldn't we have stayed?' Sora questioned.
'We would have died.' Sam answered.
'He's got a point,' Riku added with a sigh. 'It was too big.'
Kairi approached and knelt down by him. She put a hand on his shoulder, before wrapping her arms around him, and bringing his head to rest on her shoulder. 'I'm sorry we couldn't do anything to help.'
'I just can't believe he's gone.'
Donald sighed dejectedly, 'Don't worry, Sora.'
'Yeah, I'm sure captain Jack got away ta safety.' Goofy added, hopping to cheer his friend up. 'Yup. I just know it!'
The Black Pearl had been ripped in half, and as it sunk to the bottom of the sea, Davey Jones watched on through a spyglass. He compacted it and returned the mechanism to his coat pocket. 'Jack Sparrow, our debt is settled.'
'The captain goes down with his ship.' One of the crew stated.
'Turns out not even Jack Sparrow can best the Devil.' Another added.
'Open the chest .' Jones turned to his crew. 'Open the chest, I need to see it!' The crew parted and let one through, this one holding a familiar chest. He quickly snatched it away. The key was in its keyhole. He unlocked it, and opened the object.
It was empty.
He slammed it closed, and his lip trembled in utter fury. 'Damn you Jack SPARROW!'
A/N: That fight scene wasn't too good, was it. I'm not good at choreographing multiple people at a time. Well, that's the end of that, I guess. Trivia time! On KH2, what summon can you find on Port Royal, and no morbid333, it is not Pinocchio.
