Chapter 16: The grand festival
(Honnouji academy:Ragyo stadium)
"People do not live for the sake of clothing! I,Satsuki Kiryuin, am rising up to overthrow the life fibers!" Satsuki announced as she pointed bakuzan at Ragyo. "I did not create honnouji academy for you, but to destroy you. Remember that, Ragyo Kiryuin!"
*Heel click*
"For years, I've waited for this day,pretending to obey you. Fear is freedom. Subjugation is liberation. Contradiction is truth. Those are the facts of this world. And you will surrender to them! You pig who fawns over clothing!" Satsuki said as Ragyo gave her a look of anger.
"Nonsense! You won't get away with this!" Rei Hououmaru said as the sleeves of her suit morphed and lashed out at Satsuki, only to be blocked by a shield bearing the insignia of the academy.
"Wrong!" Gamagori said as he came out from behind the shield as the stars on his uniform flashed and he was covered in a yellow light,transforming into his upgraded goku uniform.
"Shackle regalia, mark two!" Gamagori called out as members of his disciplinary committee appeared and trapped Rei in a line of red tape.
"Inumuta, release everyone at once." Satsuki ordered as Inumuta tapped away on his PDA.
"Will do!" Inumuta responded as turrets came out of the stadium walls and fired needles at the life fiber cocoons containing the people and the cocoons fell off everyone, including the Mankanshoku family as they continued eating food like nothing happened.
What happened?" Mako's mother asked cluelessly.
"Guts!" Guts barked as Mataro came in crying.
"Mom,Dad,Guts! You're back!" He cried.
"What did you do?" Rei questioned.
"Oh, I just fired off some jamming rounds that neutralized life fibers. It's nudist beach tech that I modified myself." Inumuta answered as Ragyo gave him an annoyed look.
"You damn teenage scum." Ragyo cursed.
You shouldn't underestimate them." Satsuki said as the honnouji students tossed off their REVOCS suits to reveal their gold goku uniforms. "We are neither scum, nor are we weak. No. Every student here is a warrior trained to fight life fibers. This is honnouji academy. This is our power!"
"Okay, I'm lost. What the hell is going on?!" Ryuko said as she powered down and turned back to normal.
"Well, by the looks of things, Satsuki was actually rebelling against her mother this whole time and has the same goals as us."
"You really think so?"
"Either that, or this is how the Kiryuins hold sports events."
"Wait, hold up. If Ragyo is up there. Where's Nui?" Sora questioned while the grand couturier and the dark figure were watching from the top of the walls.
"So that was her plan! Good one, Satsuki. I'm impressed." Nui said as she turned her attention to the dark figure. "Hey, Satsuki's backstabbing didn't interfere with your little feast did it?"
"No, but I didn't get out as much energy from the people as I wanted." The figure said as a stream of darkness continued flowing into the ball of life fibers in his hand. "But it doesn't change a thing. I'm already getting back my power and when I'm finished, that's when we'll have some fun."
"I'm looking forward to that! Just don't hog all the fun when you come down." Nui said as she hopped off the wall and down into the arena only to be stopped when a wooden sword crashed in front of her, with a certain green haired warrior standing on it.
"We got unfinished business. Don't we?!" Sanageyama announced while the stars on his uniform flashed and became enveloped in a green light as his goku uniform transformed into a more slimmer version of its previous transformations, only white and green.
"Blade regalia,mark three!" Uzu called out while Nui gave him an obvious look.
"Do I know you?" Nui asked while tilting her head, unable to recall where she met Sanageyama, even though it wasn't even a long time ago.
"I'm Uzu Sanageyama of the elite four! Get ready. Because it's payback time!" Uzu yelled as he charged forward to engage in battle with Nui while Sora and Ryuko were still watching Satsuki stare down her trapped mother.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Tsumugu yelled with confusion.
"Don't know. I'm confused as everyone else." Aikuro admitted while the image of Gamagori appeared on the jumbo screen on the stadium walls.
Sora, Matoi. Lady Satsuki was planning to rise up against the life fibers from the start. She put on a false front because it was the only way to make sure director Ragyo didn't find out." Gamagori explained which made Ryuko a little irritated.
"If that's true,then how come you guys were trying to kill me, Sora and the nudist beach dorks?" Ryuko asked.
"Yeah, how come you guys were picking fights with us if we're on the same side?" Sora asked while the image of Satsuki replaced Gamagori's.
"I have no need for half-baked allies. If anything, you are more of a worthy ally than Matoi and nudist beach put together, Sora. The only way to find out if you were both capable of winning the war against life fibers was to put you up against my finest." Satsuki answered.
"Now that's just a plain asshole thing to say." Ryuko said.
"Yeah, we're a package deal, Satsuki. You were getting both of us no matter what." Sora agreed while Satsuki paid his statement no mind.
"What's done is done,and if you don't like it, then I'll fight you after. But as of right now, if you want to protect the freedom of humans everywhere from this tyranny, then you will join us and fight!" Satsuki said.
"You know, I outa-!" Ryuko said when Sora put his arm in front of her.
"Let's take that as Satsuki's way of asking for our help." Sora said while Ragyo chuckled in amusement at Satsuki's declaration of war.
I admire your ambition. You have no problem stabbing your mother in the back to get what you want do you?" Ragyo asked while her rainbow light shined brightly.
"Of course not. If what I have done today makes me a villain, then I embrace it gladly." Satsuki responded as her own light pushed back Ragyo's. "I'll use any means necessary to bring down a monster like you."
"Really, now? You'd call your own mother a monster?" Ragyo said as her light clashed with Satsuki's.
"After being stabbed through the heart, you remain unfazed. What else could you be?" Satsuki asked while Ragyo's wounds were being healed by the life fibers that could be seen within her body. "You're a monster because you merged with the life fibers and gave up your humanity."
"I am no monster. I am the ultimate life form." Ragyo said as she raised her right hand away from the spike it was impaled on to wipe the blood from her mouth. "I am enlightened."
"I think not." Satsuki said as she pressed a button as a hook from the spike Ragyo's hand was on and grabbed it back into imprisonment.
"The hell was that?! Wasn't Satsuki's mom all messed up a second ago?" Ryuko asked after being surprised by Ragyo's regeneration.
"She's just like Nui." Sora said.
"Huh?"
"Satsuki told me Nui isn't even human. I've seen her own wounds heal by themselves because of life fibers in her body. Looks like Ragyo's the same." Sora explained.
"That just ain't right. You mean to tell me,she did that to herself?" Ryuko said, a little disgusted.
"Do you two see now? This is the true nature of life fibers. This is why we must destroy Ragyo here and now!" Satsuki while Uzu and Nui were clashing in the stadium below the runway.
"Payback for what? Did I lend you something?" Nui asked while blocking a strike from Sanageyama while still unable to remember when she and Uzu met.
Don't tell me you forgot about your little sneak attack on me." Uzu asked as he took another swing at Nui.
"Oops. Guess I did." Nui said, now remembering when she threw Uzu over a cliff at the king of the hill battle and didn't even really care.
"So, who's your friend?" Uzu asked as he sidestepped a swipe from Nui.
"What friend?" Nui asked while she attempted a multi stab attack on Sanageyama.
"Don't play dumb! I'm talking about the person watching from high up right now. And don't pretend no one's up there. I sense his presence right now!" Sanageyama accused.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about him for a moment. He was supposed to be a surprise guest for today, and you went ahead and spoiled the surprise." Nui pouted while Sanageyama kept his senses focused on the dark figure's presence.
(Whoever that is up there, their gathering power. I should take this freak out as fast as I can and maybe get Sora's help before that person gets too strong.) Uzu thought to himself while Nui slammed her scissor blade against his wooden sword.
"Don't take your eyes off me now. You might regret it later." Nui said gleefully as Uzu pushed her away. "You really didn't think a new suit would beat me, did ya?"
"Yes, I did!" Uzu said as his arms vanished in a blur as Nui looked on in confusion and then found herself defending against invisible strikes. "You like that? I traded my sight for the power to move faster than light."
"Exaggerating, are we? It's impossible for a human to move faster than light, not without falling apart." Inumuta stated appearing in his transformed probe regalia mark two which made him appear as his normal self, only blue and made of data.
"But it is possible to appear like you can." Inumuta said as multiple copies of himself appeared around Nui to surround her while she was being attacked by Uzu. Only for her to shock the original Inumuta by suddenly popping up in front of him.
"Look at the computer nerd. Sneaking around and pushing buttons, you're creepier than me." Nui said when she was suddenly smacked away by one of Gamagori's whips as they coiled around her.
"Let's see you get out of that bind." Gamagori said as Nui sliced away his whips to free herself.
"Oh, three againest one, huh?" Nui chuckled as Nonon flew up behind her in her transformed symphony regalia mark two.
"Did you forget? There's four of us!" Nonon said as she blasted Nui into the wall with a pink sound blast from her woofers and grin in satisfaction. "Looks like we don't need spikes help after all."
"Sure you don't want him down here at all?" Gamagori asked as Nonon's smile was replaced by an angry blush.
"Oh shut up!"
"Hey, Inumuta. Could you check your scanners? I think someone's on top of the wall." Uzu asked as Inumuta started rapidly typing on a holo keyboard until an image of the dark figure was brought up on a screen.
"Your instincts were right as usual. Someone is up there, whoever it is is gathering an immense amount of energy for something." Inumuta answered.
"What should we do?"
"Stop them as soon as possible of course." Inumuta said.
"Hello?" Nui spoke up as she suddenly appeared behind the elite four.
"I think you got other problems to worry about." Nui said as she flashed her scissor blade while Ragyo was observing the battle from the runway.
"So, when did you turn against me?" Ragyo asked as she looked down at her daughter.
"I've been against you from the start. For as long as I remember, my life has been spent preparing for this moment." Satsuki answered with her back turned to Ragyo.
"Has it,now? And what tell, started all this?" Ragyo asked as Satsuki gripped her sword in anger.
"...You know why. It's because of my father, and my baby sister!" Satsuki answered as she turned to Ragyo with burning anger on her face.
"Oh, please. Soichiro was a hack, a hack with a small mind who couldn't fathom the truth of the universe. And it's not my fault his other child was so weak." Ragyo said without any remorse in her voice.
"And yet he was intelligent enough to know you would silence him. That is why he trusted me with the truth about you." Satsuki said as she pointed her sword at Ragyo. "And he knew his other child, the one you killed was the straw for him! And now I have inherited his anger!"
"You're good at monologues. I'll give you that. Have you been practicing for this? Well, even if you can defeat me, life fibers will continue on regardless." Ragyo said with a smile, only for Satsuki to respond with a smile of her own.
"Do you mean the primordial life fiber? I have already taken that into account." Satsuki said as the image of Iori appeared on the giant screen.
"Milady, we've rendered the primordial life fiber dormant as ordered." Iori announced as Ragyo scowled.
"How did those rats get beneath my mansion?" Ragyo said.
"It was simple, really. Kuroido and the rest of your servants have disappeared on the night I stayed over. There was really no effort at all." Satsuki answered.
"What?!"
"It would seem you have enemies outside of nudist beach. After I tracked down Kuroido to a secret lab underneath the mansion, I have found that he was gone along with whatever research data you had down there. Whoever took both his life and the data, I must thank, if I ever find them." Satsuki explained while Ragyo looked on in anger.
(Who would dare have the gall to steal from me? Was it Maleficent? No, I promised her the data, she had no reason to take it.) Ragyo thought to herself as Satsuki held Bakuzan to her side and covered the blade in ice magic.
"RAGYO! IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY, I HEREBY SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH!" Satsuki announced as she leaped towards Ragyo.
"Lady Ragyo!" Hoomaru yelled as she broke free of her bindings and jumped in Satsuki's path.
"Stay out of this!" Satsuki yelled as she seemingly cut through Hoomaru, only to hit an afterimage. Once the afterimage disappeared, Satsuki was shocked to find Ragyo had vanished from the runway as Sora hopped up next to Satsuki. "Did you see she went?!"
"No, I came up here if she attacked." Sora said as they heard an evil laugh echoing through the stadium.
"Hahahahaha. Oh, Satsuki! Nicely done." Ragyo said as she appeared from within the crowd of one stars.
"Your troops are mine now." Ragyo said as she released waves of life fibers into the air and stuck themselves into the students, turning them completely white and revealing their own brains covered in life fibers.
"Oh crap! She turned all the kids into zombies!" Ryuko said in horror as the one stars lined up in front of Ragyo.
"This is mind stitching. I've sewn my basting thread right into their brains." Ragyo explained."But, I think my little army here could gain a few more numbers." Ragyo said as she snapped her fingers. Soon the ground started shaking the whole arena as everyone looked up to see a massive amount of heartless appearing on top of the stadium walls. Among the numerous monsters were shadows, neoshadows, flutterings, armored knights, surveillance robots, and the new black COVERS heartless Ragyo and Nui had created, all jumping down into the arena below.
(Music: Kh 2.5 sinister shadows)
"That's a lot more than I was expecting!" Aikuro said as he, Ryuko and Tsumugu looked on at the approaching army.
"Get them, my puppets." Ragyo ordered as the army of heartless and brainwashed one stars marched forward.
"Ryuko! Let's go!" Sora shouted towards her as he jumped down into the arena below.
"On it!" Ryuko responded as she jumped down with him. "Life fiber synchronize, kamui Senketsu!" Ryuko called out as Senketsu transformed and they landed next to Sora as he drew the shooting star keyblade. "Think you're ready for all this action, Senketsu?"
"I'm actually looking to see how many we can take down!" Senketsu answered with excitement.
"Okay, here we go!" Sora said as he was about to charge in before he noticed a blue light above him.
"Life fiber override, kamui Junketsu!" Satsuki's voice called out as she crashed in front of Sora with her kamui transformed.
"Satsuki?"
"The hell are you doing down here?!" Ryuko asked angrily.
"I have tolerated these creatures long enough in my city. And now that Ragyo has taken control of my troops, this has become personal for me!" Satsuki said as she gripped her sword ready for battle.
"Oh, so when an army of monsters are right at your front door is when you decide to fight them." Ryuko said with annoyance.
"Ryuko, let's just take the help." Sora said as he got into his battle stance as Ryuko grunted in frustration and then gave a sigh.
"Oh, fine." Ryuko said, accepting Satsuki's help as she got herself ready to fight.
"Rahhhhh!" Satsuki shouted as she plowled right into a group of heartless and one stars and sent many of them flying. "Stay sharp! Consider all who attack your enemy." Satsuki advised the elite four as she blocked a sword swing from an armored knight and then proceeded to cut it down along with some other knights. "Until we defeat Ragyo, you must turn your hearts to steel." She continued as she dodged laser bolts from a few surveillance robots.
"That damn showoff!" Ryuko grunted as she sliced a few heartless away. "We've been doing this longer than her! She could at least let us take the lead!" She complained as she grabbed a fluttering and tossed it at a neoshadow while Sora casted a thundaga spell to clear out a small group.
"Well, with three of us, it feels like I'm with Donald and Goofy again." Sora said as he used speed slash to knock away some heartless with three wide slashes and was then dog piled by multiple shadows and one stars. "Get off!" Sora shouted underneath the pile as a burst of light shined to knock the pile away with magic flash with his keyblade up in the air, and then his keyblade transformed into the double arrow guns and aimed the weapons in every direction he could to blast away any enemies he could.
"Eat this!" Aikuro shouted as he shot needles from his DTR's gatling gun that disabled any one stars and destroyed the smaller heartless while seemingly also slowing down the larger ones.
"Still having a hard time believing Satsuki Kiryuin planned this." Tsumugu grunted as he shot at any enemies from a distance while also using a green three bladed knife to cut anything that got close to him.
"I know, right? But at this point, I don't care who brings Ragyo down." Aikuro agreed as he continued firing at the heartless.
Damn it! What did we even come here for?" Tsumugu questioned as he continued fighting while Sora was firing magic bullet and spells at the heartless while moving back and forth to avoid any enemies that got too close until his back bumped into something and turned around quickly to aim his arrow guns at what turned out to Sanageyama who had his wooden sword ready as well.
"Oh, just you." Uzu said as he lowered his sword for a moment until a neoshadow attempted a leap attack on the swordsman only to be destroyed by a swipe of his wooden sword.
"Is that you Uzu?" Sora asked when he didn't recognize him at first because of the new goku uniform. "I gotta say, that's your best looking one yet. Don't wreck it too soon." Sora said as fired off an aeroga spell off into a group of armored knights.
"Save the compliments and advise for later when we get out of this." Sanageyama said as he dodged a dive attack from some armored knights and countered with a powerful swing. "Have you ever fought this many before?"
"At least twice!" Sora answered as he sidestepped away from a neoshadow and then shot it with a magic bullet to destroy it and thought for a quick second about something that crossed his mind. "Satsuki told you who I am, didn't she?"
"Of course she did." Sanageyama said as he swung his sword above himself at some surveillance robots and smacked them down. "I don't exactly get this talk about other worlds and that life fibers don't exist in other places. But I do get that it's a bigger picture than I thought." He said as he smashed a neoshadow.
"What bigger picture?" Sora asked as he shoulder charged a one star, unaware of the three surveillance robots floating behind him, charging up their lasers. But were unable to fire when Gamagori's whip entrapped them and was pulled to be destroyed by a punch from his large fist.
"The bigger picture is that it's not just our world we're fighting for." Gamagori said as a group of one stars encircled him and rushed at him, only to be sent flying away by a swipe of his whip. "But apparently, you have violated many rules of a world order, do you cause trouble wherever you go?!"
"That's what's important to you right now?" Sora asked with a sweatdrop as Inumuta suddenly appeared behind him.
"Speaking of what's important.." Inumuta spoke.
"Ahh!" Sora yelped in surprise by Inumuta's sudden appearance.
"Think you can share any information about other worlds you've been to? I'm quite fascinated to hear what makes them different from this one." Inumuta requested.
"I really don't think so." Sora shot him down, not really trusting Inumuta with that kind of information. As he was about to turn his attention back to the battle, a rock troll manifested itself in the middle of the battlefield and slammed it's battle axe into the ground and send rubble towards Sora and Inumuta, only to miss when when keyblade wielder dodged and the rubble struck only one of Inumuta's afterimage. Before the heartless could swing it's axe again, it was grabbed by Gamagori's whips and the three star pulled with all his might in an attempt to take the weapon away.
"You are no match for me, monster! Surrender now and I'll give you an easy destruction!" Gamagori said as the rock troll pulled it's axe out from Gamagori's grasp and placed the weapon on its face and started glowing a red aura. "Tch." Gamagori spat as he dodged a volley of flying boulders from the heartless's mouth and was about to continue its attack by charging forward until the rock troll was blown off its feet by a barrage of missiles, which also knocked the axe off its face as Nonon hovered above the fallen monster.
"Ha! You like that?" Nonon taunted as the rock troll attempted to pick itself off the ground until Sora jumped above it with the magic launcher aimed at it.
"Here you go!" Sora said as the magic launcher charged up and fired a powerful shot into the rock troll's face in a powerful explosion that destroyed the heartless as Sora landed some distance away with Nonon behind him. "You know, I think we make a pretty good team." Sora said to Nonon as she turned her head away.
"Oh bite me." She said hiding a blush as Sora suddenly jumped in front of her to block a barrage of laser bolts from the surveillance robot as they and many armored knights surrounded Sora and the elite four. "Oh come on! Don't these things give up!"
"I got them!" Sora said as he switched the shooting star to a keyblade that resembled both scissor blades combined together, colored red and black with Senketsu's single eye as the weapons teeth and Ryuko's glove pin serving as the keychain token. After switching Keyblades, the heartless jumped at Sora, only to be blown away when he performed a spinning attack and then used a thundaga spell to clear a group of heartless out.
"Ahhh! Come on, I just got home! Can't I have a nice meal with my family?" A voice familiar to Sora shouted as he looked through the crowd of heartless to see Mako and her family in the stands surrounded by the heartless.
"Mako! Hang on!" Sora said as he turned into strike form and held the fiber cutter keyblade in front of him and separated the two halves into a pair of scissor blades and started running towards where Mako was and then disappeared in a blur and suddenly every heartless that were close to Mako and her family were slashed by an invisible force and were then destroyed when Sora reappeared next to Mako.
"Mako, what are you doing in here? I thought me and Ryuko told you to stay outside the stadium." Sora questioned.
"Oh, hi Sora. Are you copying Ryuko now?" Mako asked, referring to Sora holding the copies of the scissor blades in his hands as an armored knight appeared behind Sora, only to be pulled away by one of Gamagori's whips.
"He's right Makanshoku. What are you still doing here? I thought I told you to evacuate the bystanders!" Gamagori said.
"I was! Then suddenly all the exits were being blocked off by these invisible barriers." Mako explained as she quickly zipped over to an exit and tapped on a barrier that was only visible when she touched it. "So when we saw we couldn't leave, me and my family decided to go back to eating." Mako said as she sat over to her family who were chowing down on the food she brought back from the kansai region.
"Totally useless right now." Mataro said with a stuffed mouth.
"Nothing we can do." Barazo agreed.
"Guts!" Guts barked.
"Then you could at least find proper cover instead of having a picnic!" Gamagori shouted as he was busy pushing back a group of heartless away from the Mankanshokus while Sora slammed both scissor blades into the ground as a shockwave slammed through the heartless Gamagori was holding back. "Thank you for the assist. But I believe you could be of more use elsewhere."
"You got it. Keep Mako safe!" Sora said as he went back to the main battle and tore through many heartless with a combo of slashes and zip from one heartless to the next after destroying them and then performed a wide spinning attack that cleared out many more enemies, allowing Sora to see Ryuko and Satsuki surrounded by the new COVERS heartless.
"What the hell, these damn monkey suits are annoying as hell!" Ryuko said as she took a swing at a heartless COVER only for her scissor blade to be easily evaded by the suit shaped monster.
"Struggling,Matoi? I thought you would have a handle on the situation since you fought more heartless than myself." Satsuki commented as she also made an attempt to strike the heartless as threads of life fibers suddenly lashed out from a hole that opened up from the chest in an attempt to attack Satsuki while fended the threads off.
"You were saying?!" Ryuko growled as the COVER heartless she was fighting caught her arms in its life fiber threads and started dragging her towards it's opening.
"I don't like the looks of this!" Senketsu cried as he and Ryuko were dragged closer to the swirling dark hole in the middle of the heartless, but were saved when the heartless was cut in half from behind, releasing life fibers as the heart it was carrying by none other than Sora.
"Need help?" Sora said as the COVERS heartless turned their attention to him and floated towards him.
"The hell were you?" Ryuko said as she noticed Sora using copies of both scissor blades. "You copying me now or something?"
"Is it flattering?" Sora said as he sliced away any life fibers threads that attempted to grab him.
"Nah, you actually make it look great." Ryuko said as she sliced away an armored knight.
"Save your lover's talk for after the battle!" Satsuki said as she kicked a neoshadow across the face as Ryuko angrily blushed.
"Oh shut up!" She shouted as she was suddenly struck behind by a laser projectile. "Yeow! The hell!" Ryuko yelled as she looked up to see many surveillance robots above her about to attack her again when suddenly Sora jumped at them to deliver a series of wild cross slashes with his dual scissors and destroyed many of the heartless.
"You okay?" Sora asked as he quickly cast a curaga spell on Ryuko and then helped her out.
"Yeah! But I'm getting sick of this!" Ryuko said as another surveillance robot tried flying away from them. "Oh no you don't, come here!" She commanded as she grabbed the heartless. "I'm gonna see what makes you tick! So hold sti-" Ryuko threatened when suddenly the surveillance robot fired a large laser beam into a crowd of heartless,leaving Ryuko very surprised. "...The hell?"
"Yeah, that's what happens when you grab one of those." Sora said as he destroyed the surveillance robot while it was still in Ryuko's hands as she shook herself out of her confusion. Soon more COVERS heartless appeared and started shooting out balls of life fibers as projectiles at Sora and Ryuko which they blocked with their weapons. "Time for you guys to go!" Sora said as he held the two scissors in front of him they tripled in size and caught the heartless in between the scissors. "Eat this!" Sora said as he crossed the scissor blades and cut all the heartless in half, destroying them as his keyblade and clothes turned back to normal."How did you like that!"
"Wanna do some real damage?" Ryuko asked with a smile.
"You read my mind!" Sora agreed as he and Ryuko fistbumped each other and turned into red energy orbs for their teamwork limit attack and started flying around, slamming into any heartless that crossed their paths and destroying them until the orbs flew up into the air with Sora and Ryuko with their weapons raised above until they dove down into a large crowd of heartless and destroyed most of them with a powerful shockwave.
"Hell yeah! I like to see Satsuki do that!" Ryuko boasted.
"Speaking of Satsuki, where did she go?" Sora asked as he looked around for the young Kiryuin. While being looked, Satsuki was currently cutting down any heartless and her own brainwashed troops until she finally caught sight of her target, Ragyo and her assistant Rei Hoomaru.
(Music stops)
"You won't escape me, Ragyo Kiryuin!" Satsuki announced as she pointed her sword at her mother.
"Even though you betrayed me, I'm impressed. But I'm afraid you've made one gigantic mistake." Ragyo said as she raised her hand and sent forth another thread of life fibers into the battle, making its way around the heartless towards Sora who was too busy fighting off enemies to notice the thread as Ryuko felt that something was wrong and looked to see the life fiber sneaking up on Sora.
"Sora! Move it!" Ryuko warned him as she dashed over to the keyblade wielder.
"Huh?" Sora said as he was pushed away from the life fiber thread and binded Ryuko. "Oh no, Ryuko!" He cried out as the thread made its way up Ryuko's head and then pierced itself into her brain, turning Ryuko completely white.
(Music:Apprehension)
"Oh well, I was going to perform the mind stitching on the Matoi girl after the boy. But either way, bringing them here was a bad move on your part,Satsuki." Ragyo said as the brainwashed Ryuko started twitching, unable to control her actions.
"Grrrr…." Ryuko growled.
"Ryuko, don't let her get into your head, you can fight this off." Sora said, hoping Ryuko would hear him, only for her to suddenly dash off in Satsuki's direction. "Ryuko!"
"Rrraaaahhh!" Ryuko roared as she smashed her scissor blade against Satsuki's bakuzan.
"It's quite the tragic turn. You thought Matoi would fight for after a little mind stitching, she's my pawn now, it makes a perfect show." Ragyo said as back on top of the runway, sitting on the throne, watching Satsuki and the brainwashed Ryuko fight. "It is strange though, despite the girl is in synchronization, she seems to have something hidden underneath the surface."
"Damn it Matoi. Control yourself!" Satsuki said as she pushed Ryuko away. As Ryuko was about to rush at Satsuki again, her arms were grabbed from behind by Sora in an attempt to stop her.
"Ryuko, enough!" Sora pleaded.
"Dah!" Ryuko growled as she forced Sora away. "Rah!" Ryuko grunted as she brought her scissor blade down as Sora brought up his keyblade instinctively to block the attack, and held it up as Ryuko repeatedly kept attacking until her weapon was intercepted by bakuzan.
"Matoi, snap out of it!" Satsuki said as she held back Ryuko.
"I'm sorry, but your little friend will never break free of my control. I have her nervous system tied up good and tight." Ragyo said with a smile as Sora stared angrily at her.
Then you're gonna fix it!" Sora said as he was covered in a blue glow and used airstep to launch himself into the air at Ragyo, only for Rei Hououmaru to leap into his path.
"You will not demand anything from lady Ragyo!" Rei said as her sleeves turned into blades.
"Out of my way!" Sora demanded as he flipped over Rei and smacked her to the ground with his keyblade and continued on his path towards Ragyo, only for him to be suddenly smacked back down into the battle below. "Ahh, what the?" Sora groaned as Nui Harime had suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Hello! Did ya miss me?" Nui greeted with a casual smile as Rei joined next to her.
"Oh great." Sora said as he prepared himself ready to fight both Nui and Rei Hououmaru while Satsuki was still holding back Ryuko's scissor blade until the two pushed their weapons out of each other's hands.
"Rahhhhhhhh!" Ryuko growled as she prepared to use her bare hands to attack Satsuki.
"I said, control yourself!" Satsuki repeated as she was also prepared to use her bare hands to fight Ryuko as the two charged at each other until suddenly the two stopped when they were face to face. Not because they struck each other, but because Ryuko had punched herself in the face.
(Music stops)
"Don't...screw...with...me!" Ryuko got out as her body slowly regained color, and her single highlight streak started glowing for a brief second.
"What's this?" Ragyo said confused at Ryuko's sudden ability to resist her brainwashing.
"We ain't your puppets." Ryuko continued as she reached towards her head and started pulling out the life fiber that had control of her brain. "I won't let you tie us down with some goddamn string!" Ryuko shouted as she was able to take out the thread and fell to one knee with her head bleeding.
But that's impossible! How could anyone break free of lady Ragyo's mind stitching?" Rei asked in disbelief as Sora pointed his keyblade at her.
"You heard her! She's not letting anyone just take control of her and her heart!" Sora said while Nui put an amused smile.
"Oh, what a human answer, so annoying." Nui said while Ragyo was trying to think of how Ryuko was able to break free of her control.
"This feeling, it can't be." Ragyo said as she got an idea in her head.
"It seems your annoying personality has saved you yet again." Satsuki scoffed.
"I got serious bones to pick with you after this, but till then, would you quit razzing on me?" Ryuko said as she picked up her scissor blade pointed up at Ragyo. "Bitch is going down, hard!" She vowed as Ragyo smiled in amusement.
"La vie est juste drôle. Life is so truly..amusing" Ragyo quoted as Nui appeared in front of Ryuko before she could fight Ragyo.
"Huh? Hey!" Sora said when he noticed Nui had slipped past him while his attention was on Ryuko.
"Long time no see, Ryuko." Nui said a cheery and mocking tone.
"Nui...Harime!" Ryuko growled in anger at the sight of her father's killer.
You know how Satsuki telling you the whole killing your daddy thing was her idea? It wasn't. No,no,no,no,no! It was a lie, lady Ragyo and I were behind it." Nui said as she brought her half of the scissor blade. "You still want to get your hands on the scissor blade? Then come on. Avenge you dear daddy right no-AAK!" Nui grunted as she was suddenly sent crashing towards the stadium walls and Ryuko's anger quickly disappeared.
"The hell?" Ryuko said in confusion when she noticed Sora walking towards.
"Sorry, I just couldn't take her rambling anymore. Someone had to do it." Sora said, rubbing the back of his head as Ryuko sighed.
"I should thank you anyway. I might've taken her bait again if it wasn't for you." Ryuko said.
"Then how about it, I watch your back while you get the scissor blade back?" Sora offered with a smile as Ryuko smiled back.
"Yeah, why not?" Ryuko said.
"Uh, hello?" Nui said as she suddenly appeared in the same position as before Sora knocked her away. "That was rude you know? I have half a mind to do the same to you. Only, you wouldn't survive." Nui said in a threatening tone with a smile as Rei Hououmaru joined her.
"You will not escape lady Ragyo's judgement." Rei said as her sleeves shifted into blades again.
(Music: Davy jones/dark Baymax theme)
"Bring it on!" Sora said as he and Ryuko got into their battle stances as Rei leaped at Sora and Nui did the same at Ryuko.
"Hey! Kiryuin,Ragyo's all yours!" Ryuko shouted towards Satsuki as She traded blows with Nui
"She was never anyone else's to begin with. Defeating her has been my life's ambition." Satsuki responded as she walked towards the runway and performed a simple swipe at a neoshadow that tried attacking her. In the battle, Sora was defending himself from Rei's blades with his keyblade until he ducked under another swipe and performed a counter slash to get some distance away from her and then dashed in to unleash a string of combos and knocked her away with a hard downward slash.
"Rah!" Hououmaru growled in anger as she lashed out with her sleeves like whips only for Sora to sidestep the attack and guarded when Rei launched herself forward in an attempt to kick him with both her feet, only to be easily pushed away. While Sora's attention was on Hououmaru, Nui had appeared behind Sora with her scissor blade aimed at his head.
"Focus up, bitch!" Ryuko said as she punched Nui away before she could attack Sora. "I'm the one fighting you!"
"Oh,Ryuko. Don't have plenty of attention for the both of you." Nui said as she brought out her umbrella and opened it up as small dolls fell out and once they touched the ground, became perfect lookalikes of Nui. "Mon-mignon pret-a-porter!" She said as many clones surrounded the original Nui. "What do you think of my cute little doppelgangers?
"Okay. You were creepy to begin with, that just makes even worse." Sora commented as The Nui clones charged in at Sora and Ryuko with scissor blade swings or spin kicks or even attacks from their umbrellas which Sora and Ryuko guarded or dodged until one clone carrying an orange energy orb rushed in.
"Get down!" Sora warned as he ran towards Ryuko to grab her away and down to the ground when the orb held by the clone detonated in an explosion that wiped out some of the Nui clones."You okay?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Ryuko answered as she got back up and a few Nui clones dove in with their scissor blades aimed at Sora and Ryuko. "Shit!"
"I got them!" Senketsu claimed when suddenly multiple blades shot out from various parts of his fabric to pierce the Nui clones and disperse them into life fibers.
"Whoa! What was that, Senketsu?" Ryuko asked with amazement as the blades retracted.
"Satsuki did the same thing when I last fought her." Sora said, remembering back to their fight in Osaka when Junketsu suddenly produced blades and was able to fly.
"It would appear after Satsuki Kiryuin took the seki-tekko, some of her blood unlocked the ability for me to change forms like her own kamui. I like to call myself "Senketsu senjin" in this form." Senketsu explained.
"When were you gonna tell me about this kick ass feature?" Ryuko said as she looked over a blade claw that formed on her hand and then used it to slice away a Nui clone as what seemed to be the real Nui popped in front of Ryuko.
"Are you really gonna talk to your kamui in the middle of the fight?" Nui said as she swung her scissor blade at Ryuko only for Sora to block her with his keyblade. "Are you still playing the hero? Well, we better do something about that." She said as her clones rushed in to attack.
"Don't think so!" Sora said as he knocked Nui and her clones away with a blast of air to gain some breathing room. After he used counter impact, it would seem that all of Nui doppelgangers were destroyed.
"Aw, you broke them all. You didn't have to do that." Nui pouted.
"I think you're a little too old to be playing with dolls anyway." Sora said as he switched to the kingdom key.
"Well, I think you should take a break" Nui said as Sora was suddenly wrapped up by Rei Hououmaru's living sleeves and was pulled away.
"Sora!" Ryuko shouted as she made an attempt to chase after him until Nui hopped in front of her and swung her scissor blade into Ryuko's.
"Nah, uh, uh. You still got me to worry about Ryuko." Nui said while Sora forced on his back while still trapped in Rei's sleeves as she put her foot on his chest to keep him from getting up.
"Lady Ragyo has requested your presence!" Rei demanded.
"I'll deal with your boss after I take you and Nui down!" Sora said as a sudden shockwave forced Rei back and to let go of Sora as he got back up in his second form.
"Tch, won't you just summit!" Rei shouted as she lunged at Sora with her sleeve blades, only for him to deflect the attack with his keyblade and cut off the sleeves of her suit in the process.
"Because I just don't!" Sora responded as he held his keyblade in front of him and lunged forward with a thrust attack that smashed into Rei and was then knocked into the air by an arcing uppercut with a finish to the combo as Sora swung his keyblade into the air to summon sphere of energy that forced Rei to one knee.
"No, not yet!" Rei grunted as she struggled to keep herself up.
"Time for you to stay down." Sora said as he stomped his foot and released a burst of electrical energy that shocked Rei.
"Ahhh!" Rei shouted in pain as she fell to her back,unconscious as Sora transformed back to normal.
"Sorry about that." Sora said as he rushed over to assist Ryuko. Meanwhile, Ryuko was using her new blade transformation to fend off Nui on an even level, which confused the high order tailor a bit as she traded blows with Ryuko's scissor and Senketsu's blades.
"Hmm, somethings really off here. I swear you're more annoying than before." Nui pondered as she continued clashing with Ryuko.
"Maybe I just got better then before!" Ryuko said as she deflected a swipe from Nui and flipped to handstand as her blades and legs were replaced by a jet vent as she switched to her new flight form, with the jets aimed at Nui head. "Eat this, asshole!" Ryuko yelled as flames shot from the vents to engulf Nui completely as Ryuko smiled in satisfaction. "I like to call this one, "Senketsu shippu!" Ryuko said as she converted out of her flight form and stood back on her legs.
"Wow, that's awesome, Ryuko!" Nui's voice said from the smoke as it faded away to reveal Nui unharmed, except for her being covered in soot as Ryuko looked in disbelief. "You really have gotten stronger! This has actually gotten fun now!" Nui said as she took out a handkerchief and quickly wiped off all the soot off herself.
"Crazy bitch." Ryuko said as Sora ran back up next to her.
"Sorry I'm late. Had to finish up some unfinished business." Sora said as he got back into his battle stance.
"Oh hey! I was actually hoping you come back. You could make this even more fun! After all I still have to cut you open after what you did to me the other day." Nui said.
"I like to see you talk shit when you got both of us to fight now!" Ryuko said as Sora was prepared to fight Nui. At least until he noticed how well Ryuko seemed to be fending off the grand couturier and then eased up as he dismissed his keyblade, much to Ryuko's and Nui's confusion.
(Music ends)
"Hmm? What are you doing? Nui asked.
"Sora, the hell are you thinking?" Ryuko said.
"I'm leaving Nui to you. This isn't my fight because I know you can handle her now." Sora answered.
"What do you mean?"
"Maybe before I had to help. But you're much stronger now then before, I know you beat her."
"You really wanna take the chance and roll the dice? If you leave Ryuko by herself, she could lose control again and might die." Nui said.
"No way, Ryuko can take you down and her dad's scissor back from you." Sora disagreed as he turned to walk away. "Now if you don't mind. I have lives to save. Ryuko, she's all yours."
"Don't mind if I do." Ryuko said grinning as Nui ignored her and watched Sora walk away towards the runaway.
"Hey! Get back here! I am gonna kill Ryuko if you help her." Nui demanded as Sora ignored her as he walked away and Nui's annoyed look was quickly replaced by an insane look of anger. "I SAID GET BACK HERE!" Nui shouted as she transformed her scissor blade into a double edged scythe and rushed forward at Sora at blinding speed and kicked up an explosion of dust once she seemingly crashed into him. When the dust cleared away, it was revealed Ryuko had intercepted Nui's path before she strike Sora.
"That's weird, I don't remember you being that slow." Ryuko taunted as she held back Nui's scythe while the lines on Senketsu were glowing a brighter shade of red then before.
"No way. How can an ordinary human have this much power?" Nui asked herself in disbelief as she took a look behind Ryuko to see Sora staring right at her before running off to join the main battle before Ryuko pushed her away.
"Ryuko.." Senketsu spoke up to get her attention.
"You're not gonna give me crap about getting fired up again, are you?" Ryuko responded to her kamui.
"No. The opposite." Senketsu said. "We've never been so in sync before. Right now, you and I are behaving as one. This is what life fiber synchronization truly is!"
"All right! Damn, this feels awesome!" Ryuko said as Nui started to look worried. Meanwhile, Satsuki had finally made her way back to the top of the runway where multiple neoshadows stood in her way.
"Stand adside!" Satsuki commanded as she plowed through the heartless to gain sight of Ragyo, who was standing on the opposite side of the runway, waiting for her daughter. "Ragyo Kiryuin, you'll pay for taking the life of my father, Soichiro Kiryuin...and for the life of my baby sister!" She said as she dashed forward at Ragyo with bakuzan ready to strike.
"Really? All this over some vendetta? How awfully trivial of you." Ragyo taunted as she simply watched Satsuki run towards her.
"You gave your humanity to life fibers, so who are you to judge? Only a human would understand a noble cause." Satsuki countered.
"Killing me won't be so easy."
"I doubt even a monster like you could survive…" Satsuki said as she suddenly stopped in place to swing her sword at Ragyo's feet as a mist formed around her and froze her legs in place.
"Without a head!" Satsuki shouted as she swift rushed by Ragyo, where the ceo stood in place for a moment until her head suddenly fell off her shoulders and spurted blood like a fountain as her decapitated head fell to the ground.
"It is done." Satsuki said to herself as she heard Ragyo's body behind her, fall with a thud. But unbeknownst to her, the dark figure was watching as he chuckled to himself in amusement as he continued to absorb power from the ball of life fibers.
"If only it was that easy. The game is far from over." The figure said as Satsuki suddenly felt a wave of uneasiness.
"What was that?" Satsuki asked herself and then suddenly realized that Iori had not reported since he called from the Kiryuin mansion.
"It is you who are done, Satsuki." A voice spoke up that surprised Satsuki as she turned around to see Ragyo's head, still speaking and alive as her mother's headless body punched her down the runway and then recovered to see Ragyo's body pick up her head, which the two were connected to by a string of life fibers.
"Finish what you start...for as long as a strand of thread connects my head to my body, I can always regenerate myself." Ragyo explained as she reattached her head to her body, good as new. "And it appears your bakuzan cannot sever all the connecting threads."
"Impossible." Satsuki said in disbelief as she was grabbed by the throat by Ragyo.
"Dear, what we have here is a case of misunderstanding. The fact is, you only think you're wearing Junketsu properly. If you did, you might actually have stood a chance of defeating me. But in the end, you're still an ordinary human. And nothing is uglier than a person wearing clothes that don't fit them." Ragyo said as she tightened her grip on Satsuki's neck, only for her to chuckle in amusement. "Does something amuse you?"
"Actually, yes. I always thought that in the end, I would be the one to destroy you. But it seems I have to face reality, that's I thought of another way." Satsuki got out as Ragyo raised an eyebrow in interest.
"Oh? And what would that be?"
"I made sure that someone else, much more capable than me was here today to annihilate you! And he's right behind you." Satsuki said as Ragyo looked behind her to see Sora rearing his keyblade back and brought it forward for a heavy slash that sent her flying into the stadium screen while releasing Satsuki from her grip while Sora cast a cure spell on her.
"You okay?" Sora asked as he offered his hand to Satsuki, only for her to ignore it as she got up on her own and turned away. "Is something wrong?"
"...No, I honestly expected it to be this way."
"For what to go what way?"
"My mother said that I'm unable to draw out junkestu's full power, because I have forced it upon myself." Satsuki said as she put a hand over her kamui, only for it to seemingly growl at her. "I guess I was in denial when I didn't consider you an ally."
"So that's why you wanted a keyblade. Because you don't get along with your kamui like Ryuko does with Senketsu." Sora guessed, thinking back to his and Satsuki's first fight when she integrated him over the location of master Xehanort's keyblade, and then attacked him with the intent to claim his.
"I knew it was the only way to make up for my weakness."
"There's nothing weak about you Satsuki. And you don't need a keyblade to prove it, you got so many people to fight with you because they know it. Even though you tricked me and Ryuko into doing the same." Sora said.
"To be honest, I'd do it again if I had to." Satsuki remarked.
"Seriously? All you have to do is ask." Sora said with a sweatdrop.
"Oh, but Satsuki is too proud to ask for anyone's help directly." Ragyo's voice said, which alarmed Sora and Satsuki as they turned to see the ceo of REVOCS standing in front of her throne completely unharmed from Sora's attack. "That was quite impressive boy, I was honestly surprised by your strength."
"It's Sora! Not "boy"!" Sora shouted as he switched to the oblivion keyblade and got into his battle stance. The reason Sora was angered by Ragyo's comment was because of the fact that the last one to call him boy was Xehanort himself.
"Feisty one aren't you? Exactly what I was pitureing when Satsuki's mentor told me all about you." Ragyo said which took Sora and Satsuki by surprise.
"Xehanort, told you about me?"
"After he made his return, after being gone for over a decade." Ragyo explained as she eyed Sora's keyblade. "He told you were very different from others that weapon has chosen. That you were an abnormality. Even though he gave up on recruiting you, I can still see the plan ahead for you." Ragyo said with a sinister smile. "It will be you boy, who will be my Vergil throughout the cosmos!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Sora asked, confused.
"She wants you to bring life fibers to other worlds." Satsuki answered.
"What?! Forget it! I'm not doing for you!" Sora exclaimed.
"Oh you foolish child, I'm not asking." Ragyo said while a life fiber thread crawled up Sora's back very quietly until he felt it on the back of his neck.
"Huh? Ack!" Sora shouted as the thread went into his head and he fell to his knees.
"No!" Satsuki reeled in horror when she saw Sora's color start to drain and Ragyo smiled yet again.
"Hahahaha! It seems he's not immune to the mind stitching after all! Now, you are mine!" Ragyo said. But her smile soon faded when she saw the images of two blond boys that were identical to each other and a girl with black hair, appear around Sora, staring angrily at Ragyo while Sora stood back up and regaining his color.
"Get..out..of..my..head!" Sora shouted as he pulled thread away from him and sliced it with his keyblade and then pointed at Ragyo, who was taken back by the images of the children that suddenly disappeared as quickly they came."Okay, that was the last straw!" He said as Ragyo's shocked expression changed to an amused smile.
"It would seem you have guardian angels watching over you. Now I can see for myself what makes you so special, and that makes me want you more. I must have you!" Ragyo said.
"You can try." Satsuki said as she and Sora took their battle stances
(Music: The encounter- San Fransokyo version)
"Oh, I will." Ragyo said as her rainbow light appeared to blind Sora and Satsuki as Ragyo rushed forward to send Satsuki flying with a haymaker punch.
"Satsuki!" Sora shouted in concern as he was also hit hard by a punch from Ragyo that knocked him back a few feet before he recovered and shot a firaga spell at Ragyo, only for her to simply knock the fireball away with her hand.
"Cute effort." Ragyo commented before she waved her hand and a wave of life fibers emerged out of the ground, heading towards Sora before he dodged away from the threads before he rushed in at Ragyo before she could summon more life fibers. But just as soon Sora took a swing at Ragyo with his keyblade, she caught it in her hand and punched Sora in the stomach before tossing him away. As Sora recovered in midair, he took Ragyo by surprise when he spun around and attacked with a few diagonal slashes that forced Ragyo back a few feet before Sora followed up with a dashing upwards slash and then a spinning slash before Ragyo broke free of his combo and was slightly annoyed as she summoned orange projectiles in the air.
"Chase him!" Ragyo commanded the projectiles as they flew towards Sora he dodged a few of them until he put up his guard for one, only for it to burst into life fibers that trapped him before Ragyo went in to punch Sora and knock him away. "A gift, for you!" She said as she summoned another projectile that was larger than the others and sent it at the downed Sora until it was stopped by a blizzaga spell that came from behind the keyblade wielder.
"Ragyo! You forget that I am still out for your life!" Satsuki announced as she dashed past Sora to bring her sword down on Ragyo, only for the ceo to easily deflect any blows with her bare hands.
"I'm aware of Satsuki. But could you even do it?" Ragyo said as a pillar of energy erupted from underneath Satsuki and forced her away as Ragyo summoned more projectiles and sent them at her daughter only to be intercepted by dark blade projectiles that came from Sora as he was spinning his keyblade to launch more blades at Ragyo as simply leaned to dodge the incoming projectiles, but a few managed to scratch her as she put her hand up to her cheek to see the blood from her small wound. "I'll give you that one."
"More where that came from!" Sora said as he rushed at Ragyo to attack her with his keyblade again which she deflected with a punch that knocked Sora off balance for a moment as Ragyo took the chance to aim her hand at the keyblade wielder to attack him with threads of life fibers, only for him to disappear in a flash.
"What?!" Ragyo said, surprised.
"Over here!" Sora shouted as he reappeared behind Ragyo to attack her with two downwards slashes and then continued with his attack with a powerful downwards slash. "Eat this!" Sora said as he delivered another slash that created a pillar of light that knocked Ragyo a few feet into the air before she recovered.
"Now you're starting to annoy me." Ragyo said as she raised her hand upwards as a pillar of energy shot out from the ground.
"Whoa!" Sora yelped as he dodged from the pillar in time, only to be blown back by another energy pillar.
"Turn to ash!" Ragyo commanded as she sent out more pillars of energy to chase after Sora and Satsuki as they dodged to avoid being caught by the pillars before Ragyo let up the attack.
"That's it! My turn!" Sora said as he twirled his keyblade and transformed into dark form.
"Maybe now, you'll give me a more interesting dance!" Ragyo said as she waved her hand to summon more life fibers that emerged from the ground that Sora evaded by transforming into a ball of dark energy that easily avoided the life fibers while Satsuki sliced the threads with bakuzan.
"Your mine!" Satsuki shouted as she swung her sword to release a wave of energy that cut through the life fibers towards Ragyo which she dissipated by smacking her hand into the energy wave, which was actually a distraction for Sora to use as he appeared in front of Ragyo.
"Caught ya!" Sora said as he unleashed a string of combos before turning his keyblade backwards and lunging forward with a powerful slash that knocked Ragyo off balance before Sora plunged his keyblade into the ground that released a burst of energy that sent the ceo back even further.
"Pest!" Ragyo snapped as she fired another projectile at Sora that bursted into threads of life fibers upon reaching him, only to miss when he disappeared again.
"Think again!" Sora shouted from above when he crashed down with a diving plunge that released some dark energy and sent Ragyo reeling back again.
"Are you done, boy?" Ragyo questioned in annoyance as she recovered and summoned more energy pillars than before as Sora guarded the attacks with a barrier with chains on it while Ragyo started charging a powerful energy in front of her. "Bring down the curtain!" Ragyo shouted as she fired a large laser that collided with Sora's barrier before it started cracking and gave away as Sora was knocked back by the blast as he skidded along the ground before being caught by Satsuki. "Now you see, submitting to the life fibers is inevitable!"
"She's stronger then she looks." Sora groaned as he took out a hi-potion and tossed it over himself to heal him.
"And you know what the worst part is, she may be toying with you." Satsuki said.
"You gotta be kidding me! I thought I might be doing some damage." Sora said as he looked at Ragyo who smiled at his comment.
"I think you did injure her some. But Ragyo is testing your abilities, so you're giving her what she wants." Satsuki explained as she got up ready to fight again as she became covered in blades as she transformed into Junketsu zenkan. "Let me take over for now." She said as she dashed forward at Ragyo to attack her with her body blades, only for Ragyo to easily avoid the rapid attacks.
"Really,Satsuki? You're still trying to fight me with Junketsu? It won't gift you with its full power." Ragyo said, chuckling in amusement as she dodged Satsuki's attacks.
"I told you, I am still out for your life! And I will take any means necessary to see it through!" Satsuki responded as she thrusted the blade claw on her hand at Ragyo's head, only for it to be easily caught.
"And that is why you are not worthy of Junketsu's power." Ragyo said as she uppercutted Satsuki in the stomach, but failed to notice Sora faze in front of her from a dark haze of energy.
"Gotcha!" Sora said as he surprised Ragyo with a rising attack that forced her into the air as Sora followed and unleashed a barrage of horizontal and vertical slashes and finished the combo with a charging thrust that sent Ragyo hurling towards the other side of the runway.
"Not bad, child." Ragyo commented as she put her hand over the chest wound that came from Sora's charging attack and noticed it was healing at a slower speed then before and only smiled in amusement. "So I take it you are getting serious now?"
"You know what? Yeah, I am!" Sora answered as he switched oblivion to his left hand and summoned oathkeeper in his right hand as he transformed into double form as Ragyo smiled wider sinsterly.
"Yes. Show me your full strength. Show me the power of the weapon that chose you! The one the life fibers demand must become a part of them!" Ragyo said as Sora ran towards her with both keyblades dragging along the ground behind him and creating sparks as he got closer. "Show me your worth!" Ragyo said excitedly as Sora jumped at her, only for him to vanish in a blur to reveal Satsuki flying at Ragyo in her combined flight and blade configuration. "What?!"
"You can wait!" Satsuki said as she spun in a forward somersault and became a flying buzzsaw and slammed into Ragyo and pushed her forward into the throne, destroying it and creating a pile of rubble that Satsuki jumped out of in her normal configuration. "I will make it my mission to assure the power of the keyblade stays out of your hands,Ragyo!" She vowed as the rubble exploded to reveal an unfazed Ragyo with an annoyed expression as she dusted herself off.
"It's funny that you are saying that." Ragyo said as she summoned an energy pillar underneath Satsuki.
"Ahh!" Satsuki groaned in pain as she stumbled along the ground.
"Last I checked, you wanted one of your own,Satsuki. Even Junketsu's dormant form is modeled after the robes of the ancient keyblade masters because your father knew how much you loved those childhood stories of yours." Ragyo said as she was suddenly knocked back when Sora reappeared in a blur where she was standing.
"How's that for a story?" Sora said as Ragyo recovered from his attack.
"Well, for one, you properly couldn't measure up to the ancient masters, despite the powers you have you now."
"Says the woman who wants that power while dressed like a clown and needing some serious tanning spray!" Sora said as he rushed forward at Ragyo while she summoned more energy pillars while the keyblade wielder dodged the attacks in fast blurs and jumped into the air as Ragyo fired another laser at him, only for Sora to cut through the attack by holding both keyblades in front of him while traveling down the beam until he reached Ragyo and smashed into her with both keyblades. "You're through!" Sora shouted as he delivered a series of vicious slashes that cut Ragyo all over as marks were created along the ground as he attacked.
"As you fight me, you show me more of the power that even the life fibers are envious of! They've waited so long for some worthy of being their herald while I was their voice and the one searched for someone like you!" Ragyo said as she summoned projectiles that flew at Sora, only for him to charge through them with oathkeeper and knock Ragyo back.
"Then tell them to look for someone else!" Sora counter as he pointed both keyblades at Ragyo as rays of light and darkness pierced her from all directions until Sora pointed his keyblades towards the sky as the scenery changed into a dawn filled sky. "Light!" He commanded as pillars of light that struck Ragyo back and forth until the scene turned back to normal as well as Sora did when double form expired as Ragyo kneeled on one knee.
"Magnificent.." Ragyo smiled as Satsuki joined Sora's side.
"Let's not give her the chance to regenerate!" Satsuki as she held bakuzan to her side.
"Gotcha." Sora agreed as he held oblivion in the same manner as Satsuki and energy surrounded the two of them. "Take this!" Sora shouted as he and Satsuki swung their weapons at the same time to release a powerful shockwave that flew at Ragyo and struck her in a large explosion.
(Music ends)
"N-no way...They have beaten her." Nui said in disbelief as she looked up at the runway to see the explosion.
"Hey! Pay attention, we're still fighting!" Ryuko said to get Nui's attention back to her while the dark figure was watching the event unfold as the ball of life fibers in his hands stopped glowing and turned to dust in his hands.
"Now it really begins…" The figure said as he clenched his hand.
"We won, it's over Satsuki." Sora said as he looked to Satsuki, who ignored what he said as she looked up towards the sky. "Is something wrong?"
I can't help but acknowledge this feeling something horrible is about to happen." Satsuki said as the feeling she got after cutting Ragyo's head off earlier had not gone away. "We should evacuate the stadium now, in case I am right."
"That won't do, Satsuki." A voice from behind them said as Sora and Satsuki looked behind them to see Ragyo still alive, although she had slow healing cuts and her dress was damaged with her hair slightly undone.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Sora exclaimed at the sight of Ragyo still standing after all the damage done to her.
"What do you mean, Ragyo?!" Satsuki demanded.
"What I mean is, it is too, too late!" Ragyo said as she pointed up at the sky as it turned red.
"What the hell?!" Ryuko said as her attention was turned away from Nui to look at the changed sky.
"Something is coming down!" Senketsu said as balls of life fibers dropped from the red sky as it turned back to normal and the balls transformed into white suits floating in the air.
"Those aren't the heartless from before, are they?" Sora asked.
"No. Behold, those are the true COVERS!" Ragyo answered as the living suits descended upon the stadium and started snatching people in the stands up with threads of life fibers, after taking the people, the COVERS opened up to absorb their victims and became slightly more muscular as the people in the stands became horrified and started running away from the suits as more civilians were snatched up and absorbed.
"Not good! We're in serious trouble now!" Aikuro said.
"Just when things were going our way, those damn things had to show up!" Tsumugu cursed as he reloaded his needle rifle and Aikuro revved up his DTR and started firing their weapons at any COVERS that came into range. In the middle of the fight,Ryuko was watching the chaos unfold as the elite four also did their best to save as many people as they could from the living suits that descended.
"Ryuko! What do we do?" Senketsu asked.
"Looks like you're in a bit of a jam!" Nui said, smiling. "Looks like you have the choice of either finishing things with me, or..try to save the naked apes with the chance of me getting away from you again.
"Damn!" Ryuko cursed as she thought about her decision, and then looked down at her kamui. "Senketsu, we're gonna do what Sora would do, and try and help out anyone we can."
"I like that answer. Let's go!" Senketsu agreed as Ryuko dashed off to fight the COVERS and left a disappointed looking Nui behind.
"Aww, now that's just a mood killer." Nui pouted.
"Make them stop, Ragyo!" Sora demanded as the ceo looked at him in amusement.
"What makes you think I can or will? The primordial life fiber itself guides the COVERS. Since they are here, it only means you failed." Ragyo said as Sora bared his teeth in anger.
"Sora, forget about Ragyo for now. Stop the COVERS." Satsuki advised.
"And leave her with you? Are you sure you can take her on by yourself?" Sora asked, unsure.
"Maybe not. The least I could do is buy time." Satsuki said as Sora stood still trying to think of the best solution.
"Ahhhh!" A familiar voice screamed as Sora looked at the stands to see Mako among the COVERS' many victims being pulled up into the air by threads. "I'm being pulled up!"
"MAKO!" Sora yelled as he jumped off the runway towards the air.
"Oh shit! Mako!" Ryuko said, noticing Mako in trouble.
"Cut the thread, Mankanshoku!" Gamagori shouted as he tried to jump to help Mako, only to be dog piled by a few COVERS. As Sora was flying through the air, he sliced through a few COVERS that tried to stop him as he got closer to Mako.
"Mako! Grab my hand!" Sora shouted as he stretched his arm out towards her and everything seemed to move slower for him. As Mako reached out for Sora's hand, she glanced to her side and noticed something flying towards Sora.
"Sora, look out!" Mako warned as Sora looked to his left to see a dark fireball hit strike him and knock him back all the way down to the runway to look back up to see Mako get swallowed up by the COVERS as it muscled up as Sora and the Mankanshokus looked on in horror.
"No…" Sora said in melancholy, which then turned to rage as he looked towards Ragyo.
"It's not her you want to be angry at." A voice from behind stopped Sora as he stopped completely in his tracks, totally frozen as his face turned to a shocked expression. The dark figure walked by him,cloaked completely in a dark aura.
"Looks like your recharge is complete." Ragyo stated as the figure stood in front of Sora.
"Who are you?! Identify yourself!" Satsuki demanded as she pointed her sword at the figure.
"He knows who I am." The figure answered as he pointed at Sora who stared at him completely shocked.
"...Vanitas.." Sora said as the aura faded around the figure to reveal his appearance. Vanitas was wearing an organic bodysuit colored black and white in appearance with a battle skirt around his waist with his hair, white as a ghost. But the most shocking thing about his appearance was that he had a wicked smile with a face resembling Sora's as surprise came over Satsuki's and most of the people in the stadium.
"What the?" Satsuki said in confusion.
"Did I get hit in the head too hard?" Ryuko asked in disbelief as she looked at the giant screen where the image of Vanitas was.
"I don't think so. Whoever that is, looks exactly like Sora." Senketsu said.
"What the hell is going on here? There's two spikes!" Nonon said.
"As if one isn't trouble enough, it seems like the second one of working Ragyo." Gamagori noticed as Inumuta tried scanning Vanitas, but was unable to as his computer kept showing an "error" message.
"I can't read his data! It keeps coming up as corrupted! There's something about him that interferes with my scans!" Inumuta said as Sanageyama stared at Vanitas silently.
(No doubt about it. It was this new guy I sensed earlier, and the one the grand courtier warned me about too. And I can see why, he's dangerous.) Sanageyama thought to himself as Sora was still down on his knees in disbelief at Vanitas' sudden appearance.
"W-why are you here?" Sora asked.
"Seriously? I'm here because of you, you idiot!" Vanitas said as he kicked Sora and knocked him on his back. "After I fought you and Ventus at the keyblade graveyard and defeated me, I almost faded from existence. But, luckily, a great deal of negative energy along with my master opening kingdom hearts opened the door for a second chance for me. And I think you know where that negative energy came from. Lose someone?" He asked with a smile as Sora realized what his twin meant. The grief and despair Sora felt when he watched Xehanort strike down Kairi.
"But why did you come to this world? What could be here for you?" Sora asked.
"You properly already know by now that Xehanort trained queen eyebrows over there. But did you know that the only reason he agreed is because he made a deal with Ragyo." Vanitas answered.
"The replicas." Sora groaned as he recovered from Vanitas' kick.
"That's right. I was there when he made that deal twelve years ago." Vanitas said as his eyes shifted towards the stadium grounds where Aikuro and Tsumugu were standing as they slightly shivered in fear when they realized Vanitas was the same masked boy with Xehanort when they turned many of their members into heartless over a decade ago.
"Oh shit, that's the masked freak we tried to capture with that old man all those years ago." Tsumugu cursed.
"Yeah, he's got a new look since then. But It's definitely that same guy." Aikuro said.
"So because of that deal, we knew exactly what Ragyo's plan to turn the people of this into food for those life fibers. A good source for negative energy when fear is overcoming everyone while they're being absorbed." Vanitas explained.
"And that power made you look that?" Sora asked about Vanitas' change to monochrome colors.
"No, I was gathering power because I look like this!" Vanitas answered angrily as he grabbed Sora by the shirt, but then quickly calmed down. "But I guess it had some benefits. I've never felt better."
"Enough of this." Satsuki spoke up to get Vanitas' attention. "You've used the life fibers to take advantage of human beings to get what you want. You are clearly as much of a threat as Ragyo!" She said as Vanitas simply smiled.
"Says you. You've also taken advantage of people to kill one person. And that's not going so well, is it?" Vanitas shot back. "Looks like you've ruined many people's lives for nothing."
"I will pay for my sins when humanity is safe from the life fibers. If I must play the villain until then, so be it!" Satsuki argued as she dashed at Vanitas.
"Satsuki! Don't!" Sora warned her, only to fall on deaf ears as Satsuki brought her sword down on Vanitas who simply raised his hand as a spark of darkness formed that blocked bakuzan and turned into his keyblade, void gear, only it was had turned black and white just like it's wielder.
"Should've listened." Vanitas said as a burst of darkness erupted from him and knocked Satsuki away as she rolled along the ground.
"Satsuki!" Sora shouted in concern.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure my daughter is all right." Ragyo said as she walked passed Sora and Vanitas towards Satsuki as she stood back up to fight her mother, but was clearly in a weakened state after the prolonged fighting as she struggled to lift her sword.
"Don't you dare!" Sora said as he ran towards Ragyo in an attempt to stop her, only for a barrier to cut him off when it appeared.
"Sorry, but it's just you and me now." Vanitas said as Sora turned to face him.
"Vanitas!" Sora growled as he got into his battle stance and Vanitas did the same.
(Music: Kh3 enter the darkness)
"I've been waiting for this!" Vanitas said as he suddenly jumped high into the air with his keyblade reared back as it glowed in a dark aura. "Rrrahhh!" Vanitas growled as he swung his weapon and violent bolts of dark lighting were flung at Sora as he dodged to avoid the attack only to be struck when Vanitas flung a second fling of lighting at him and then teleported in from him to strike him with a downwards slash and then knocked back by an upper somersault slash.
"That looked like it hurt!" Vanitas taunted as Sora recovered from the attack and rushed towards Vantias with his keyblade as he exchanged swings and blows with his dark twin's keyblade until he was pushed back.
"Freeze!" Sora shouted as he shot out a blizzaga spell at Vanitas.
"Destroy!" Vanitas shouted as he also shot out a dark firaga spell at Sora's blizzaga spell and the two collided and canceled each other out as Vanitas spot a second and quick dark firaga that Sora managed to block in time as Vanitas warped above him and dove in with his keyblade coated in ice which missed as Sora performed a slide around the attack and counter with a flipping slash that caught Vanitas off guard.
"Gotcha now!" Sora said as he caught Vanitas in a string of combos and knocked him back with three trusting attacks and was about to end the attack with a downward slash when it missed and Vanitas had warped away.
"Too slow!" Vanitas said as he reappeared behind Sora to slice at him and teleported again to attack him again from another side and repeated the attack one more time before kicking Sora away.
"My turn!" Sora said as he turned into dark form in a burst of light and rushed at Vanitas in a stream of dark energy and flew around his twin until Vanitas suddenly reached out with his free hand and grabbed Sora out of the dark trail.
"Nice try!" Vanitas said as he tossed Sora forward and swiped his keyblade to launch multiple crescent waves at him.
"Defend!" Sora called out as a barrier of light appeared around him, unlike the one he normally uses in dark form, as the energy waves collided with the shield and bounced back towards Vanitas.
"What?!" Vanitas said as his attack came back at him and jumped into the air to avoid the waves when they crashed into where he once stood, only it was what Sora was hoping for when he hop up towards Vanitas and unleashed an aerial barrage upon him and knocked him back to the ground with a hard downwards slash. "Annoying…" Vanitas commented as he recovered off the ground and guarded against Sora's next attempted attack and the two locked keyblades. "Ha...I think I like this anger of yours. I knew you were holding yourself back the last time we fought."
"Shut it!" Sora shot as he jumped back from Vanitas with his keyblade held backwards and charged forward with Zantetsuken as Vanitas held his keyblade in a dark aura and charged forwards as well and the two were about to clash until Sora teleported above Vanitas. "How's this?" He said as he dove into Vanitas with a diving attack that cracked the runway beneath them as Sora jumped away from the spot where he dove into. "How do you like that?!"
"Not good enough." Vanitas said as he reappeared behind Sora and shot a dark firaga into his back and sent him a few feet away by the force of the resulting explosion and pointed his keyblade into the air. "No escape!" He said as his keyblade charged up with energy and charged at Sora with a slash that he dodged, only to be hit by a shockwave when Vanitas slammed into the ground and then jumped backwards into the air. "See ya!" He said as he launched an X-shaped energy wave at Sora that collided into a chained barrier that he put to block the attack in time.
"I've had just about enough,Vanitas!" Sora said as he switched oblivion to his left hand and summoned oathkeeper to his right as he shifted into double form while Vanitas smirked in response.
"Good, I want to destroy you at your best." Vanitas responded as Sora charged at him with both keyblades as exchanged blows with each other's weapons until Sora blocked a swing from Vanitas with both keyblades and counter with crossing rays of light that knocked Vanitas back while Sora followed up slamming both his keyblades into the ground and released two shockwaves of light and darkness that lifted his twin into the air.
"I got ya!" Sora said as he flew forward with both weapons pointed at Vanitas and struck him in the chest in a devastating blow. But it was short-lived when Vanitas' body turned dark and disbursed into dark particles. "Wha-?!" He questioned as Vanitas reappeared behind Sora.
"What do you think of that?" Vanitas asked as he slammed his keyblade into Sora and brought him down into the ground and made him stumble back from the blow.
"I'll tell you after you see this!" Sora said as he planted his keyblades into the ground on each side of him as a small galaxy appeared around him as a cluster of small stars flew at Vanitas as three dark crystals formed in front of him.
"Not impressed." Vanitas said as he trusted his keyblade in between the crystals and fired a dark laser that overpowered the stars that struck Sora and was a strong enough blow that knocked him out of double form. "Not your day, is it?" He remarked as Sora used his keyblade to pick himself off the ground.
"I'm not done yet,Vanitas!" Sora said as he switched to the missing ache keyblade which caught Vanitas by surprise.
(Haven't seen one like that in a long time..) Vanitas thought to himself. The last time he'd seen anything like the keyblade Sora was currently wielding, was before Xehanort had found Ventus. While Vanitas was deep in his thoughts, Sora engaged in battle with him again while down below, Ryuko was watching the showdown unfold.
"Damn it. I hate just sitting and watch Sora struggle with this guy." Ryuko cursed.
"This is his fight, Ryuko. If need be, we'll jump in if he truly needs us." Senketsu said as COVERS that had absorbed people gathered around the two of them. "I think we should focus on our own survival first!" He advised as Ryuko grunted in frustration. While Ryuko was dealing with the COVERS, Sora casted an aeroga spell in an attempt to knock Vanitas into the air, only for his dark twin to use the winds to gain altitude and then dove at the ground and melted into the ground as a pool of darkness that homed in on Sora and reemerged to launch a dozen fireballs at Sora.
"AEROZA!" Sora shouted as he summoned another tornado, much larger than the one from before as it canceled out the fireballs and caught Vanitas in the tornado as Sora jumped in to use the winds to launch himself into the air to activate flowmotion and used the momentum and used a powerful forward slash to knocked Vanitas back to the ground and then lifted his keyblade over himself and dove downwards with a slam attack that Vanitas back flipped away from.
"Now it's getting interesting!" Vanitas said with a smirk as he jumped over the side of the runway, seemingly down into the grounds below. But when Sora looked over the side, he saw a dark portal open up where Vanitas should've landed and jumped back when he came back out riding a flying twister, made of,what to everyone's shock,was keyblades from the keyblade graveyard. "Here! A gift for your efforts!" He shouted as he shot out several projectiles of ice at Sora which he guarded against as Vanitas turned the keyblade twister towards him in an effort to ram him only Sora to dodge out of the way and then threw his keyblade at Vanitas in a attempt to knock him off the twister, only for it to be countered when a shadow of Vanitas emerged from him and took the blow as Sora had no choice to call back his keyblade as more ice was shot at him that forced Sora to block them, While Vanitas dismounted the keyblade twister and send at Sora which knocked him down in the process while the ancient keyblades disappeared in a dark portal. "This is getting boring. I'll give you one more chance before I decide If I should finish you off."
"Alright, Vanitas. I'll take the biggest shot I have!" Sora responded as he flipped his keyblade into a reverse position and then released a shockwave as he turned into wayward form and rushed at Vanitas as the two clashed keyblades again. As attacked with his changed fighting style that was similar to Ventus', Vanitas countered almost every swing perfectly since he recognized the style.
"You're seriously fighting me with how Ventus fights? What made you think that would work?!" Vanitas said as he and Sora swung their weapons at each other again, seemingly about to counter the latter's attack again when Sora suddenly switched his keyblade back to a forwards position and slid around Vanitas' keyblade. "What?!"
"Gotcha now!" Sora exclaimed as he uppercutted Vanitas into the air and then switched the keyblade back to a backhanded position as he jumped after Vanitas and unleashed a flurry of spinning slashes that did major damage.
"Huh..Guess you're still playing around!" Vanitas said as he recovered and sent out a series of sword beams at Sora, only to be deflected as he ran at him and knocked the beams anyway with his keyblade and struck Vanitas with a strong horizontal slash that knocked him back as Sora jumped into the air as he pointed his keyblade forward and charged up energy at the tip and shot out a cluster of green energy shots with a trail of green lighting as they flew at Vanitas and struck him all over.
"Arrggh!" Vanitas groaned in pain as all the bolts sent him sliding back along the ground as he recovered with an annoyed look. "Now it's really on!" He said as he warped away and Sora looked around for his twin, when suddenly another keyblade twister had struck him from the side and caught him as Vanitas picked him up by the shirt. "Time to go!" Vanitas said as he raised his keyblade to finish Sora off, only for his keyblade and neck to be grabbed by red whips from behind which forced him to let go of Sora.
"The only one here to disappear will be you!" Gamagori said, standing from the other side of the keyblade twister, trying to keep Vanitas incapaitated.
"Gamagori, don't!" Sora pleaded as he tried to keep his balance on the twister.
"Stay out of this!" Vanitas said as he warp out of Gamagori's whips.
"What?! AHH!" Gamagori shouted in pain after Vanitas reappeared behind him to slice him across the back and forced him off the twister and forced his goku uniform to deactivate in a yellow flash and fell to the ground in his normal state.
"Where were we?" Vanitas said. But before he could engage with Sora again, Inumuta appeared in a flash of data to kick Vanitas in the face.
"Even though I have no current strategy to fight you. I think all I need is this!" Inumuta said as multiple clones of himself surrounded Vanitas and all rushed to attack him all at once.
"You'll need more than that!" Vanitas said as he simply kicked the clones away instead of using his keyblade as they all disbursed into data. After destroying the clones, Vanitas swiped a sword beam in Inumuta's direction.
"Ack!" Inumuta grunted as the attack cut him in his left arm and forced him to jump off the twister as he turned back to his normal form.
"Vanitas, stop!" Sora begged as he tried to walk on the keyblade twister.
"Then maybe your pals should stop getting in the way!" Vanitas said as he heard something fire and looked to his left and saw a barrage of missiles head in his direction while he teleported out of the way of the missles.
"Maybe you should just take a break, emo spikes!" Nonon said as she flew alongside the twister, keeping a look for Vanitas until he suddenly appeared above her and shot out bolts of dark lighting at her.
"Ahhhhh!" Nonon screamed in pain as the lighting struck her and then Vanitas followed up by smacking her to the ground with his keyblade, making her crash as her uniform returned to normal in a pink flash.
"No!" Sora shouted as he watched the elite four fall one by one.
"Just remember. That's their own fault!" Vanitas said as he teleported back to the twister and a large shadow casted over him.
"Then I guess this one's your own." Sanageyama said as he swung his wooden sword downwards at Vanitas. "MEN!" He shouted as he brought his sword down, only for it to be blocked by Vanitas' keyblade.
"I've had just about enough of you." Vanitas said as he pushed Uzu's sword away and then pointed his free hand at his chest and unleashed a point blank dark firaga on Sanageyama and knocked him down to the ground in a large explosion.
"That's enough!" Sora shouted as he leaped at Vanitas as both their keyblades clashed.
"About time!" Vanitas said as he exchanged blows while the twister flew above the stadium, flying and slicing through any COVERS in its path. As the two clashed, Sora managed to push Vanitas away with a well aimed slash towards his chest that was protected by his keyblade, after recovering from the blow, Vanitas waved his hand upwards and the keyblades that Sora was standing on emerged from the twister at him and forced Sora back, leaving an opening for Vanitas as he dashed forward and brought his keyblade down on Sora's, forcing him close to the edge of the twister. "Got any more tricks? Or are you going to rely on more friends?"
"How about both, asshole!" Ryuko's voice shouted from behind as Vanitas looked to see her flying at him in her new flight formation about to ram him, only for Vanitas to jump into the air and Ryuko rammed Sora instead as the two of fell to the ground and crashed as Ryuko shifted out of her flight configuration.
"Wrong guy." Ryuko groaned as she rubbed her head while Sora stood back on his feet.
"He's coming back!" Sora warned as Vanitas guided the keyblade twister high above the two of them and the keyblades surrounded him in a sphere.
"YOU'RE NOTHING!" Vanitas shouted as the keyblades flew out at Sora and Ryuko in groups that forced the two to evade as the ancient weapons flew by them and kept dodging as more keyblades were sent at them. "Here's more!" He said as he sent forth shadowy clones of him that sought out Sora and Ryuko and slashed at them with copies of the void gear that forced them to block the clones attack while avoid the flying keyblades until Vanitas ran out of keyblades that returned to the graveyard where they rested.
"Aw, what's the matter? You all out?" Ryuko taunted.
"I don't need them for this!" Vanitas said as he charged up another dark laser and fired it along the ground and aimed it towards Sora and Ryuko, forcing the two of them to dodge in different directions. Right now, Vanitas' current target was Ryuko as he turned the laser in her direction.
"Ryuko!" Sora shouted as he watched the laser chase after her.
"Shit!" Ryuko cursed as she ran as fast as she could from the laser until she was stopped by the wall of the stadium and leaving no place for Ryuko to go as she turned around to see the laser slowly approaching her. "This is gonna suck!" She said as she watched the laser get closer and Vanitas smiled at her situation.
"You shouldn't have gotten in the middle of this! Now you're about to pay the price!" Vanitas said.
"Vanitas! Enough!" Sora yelled as he jumped into the air behind Vanitas as he covered his keyblade in a giant sword of light and lifted it above his head and swung it down on Vanitas as it smacked him down and stopping his laser from reaching Ryuko and the impact sent him flying hard enough into the ground that it created a small crater.
(Music ends)
(Ability learned: Guard break)
"Do I feel sorry for you, Vanitas. You still understand that you can't go after my friends." Sora said as he looked at Vanitas' seemingly unconscious form in the crater as Ryuko approached from the other side.
'Hey! Is he down?" Ryuko asked from the other side of the crater. Then suddenly Vanitas' eyes shot open.
"Nope!" Vanitas said, much to Sora's and Ryuko's surprise as he twisted himself back up on his feet.
"The hell.." Ryuko said as she took a few steps back in fear.
"Just stop, Vanitas! It's over for you!" Sora said.
"Heh, you really think so?" Vanitas said as he pointed his thumb towards the runway, where Sora looked up to see a shocking sight.
"He's right. It's not over." Ragyo said, fully healed from her battle with Sora. Only now, she was wearing Junketsu now, and Satsuki was bruised and beaten and only in her underwear while in her mother's grasp.
(Music: Blumenkranz)
"SATSUKI!" Sora shouted as he watched Ragyo toss aside her daughter towards the stadium wall
You are a disgrace, Satsuki Kiryuin. Anyone who dares oppose me-no, the life fibers-will suffer the same fate!" Ragyo said.
"That bitch!" Ryuko spat.
"Satsuki was never a worthy host for the life fibers. I, on the other hand, am." Ragyo said as she closed the clasps on Junketsu's sleeve and in a blue flash of light, the kamui transformed. Once the light died down, Junketsu's transformed appearance was much different than when Satsuki would wear it and Ragyo's hair had reverted to its normal style. "Life fiber override. Kamui Junketsu."
"She can use Junketsu, too?" Sora questioned since he thought only one person would be able to use a kamui.
"No way." Ryuko said in disbelief, unaware that Ragyo had slipped behind her.
"Thanks to that fool of a daughter, I met the last person I ever expected to." Ragyo said, as Ryuko.
(Music ends)
"Ryuko! Look ou-" Warned Sora, but it was too late as Ryuko turned around and Ragyo plunged her hand into Ryuko's chest, right where her heart should be. Leaving Sora's face in an expression of pure shock and despair. "...A-ah, ah. No.." He trembled as he watched Ragyo pull Ryuko's beating heart out of her chest, but the appearance of her heart was abnormal, it seemed to be covered in life fiber, which made Ragyo smile in delight while Satsuki and Nui looked on in surprise.
"You're kidding." Nui said in disbelief.
"It can't be.." Satsuki groaned weakly.
"Huh, what do you know." Vanitas said with interest and a raised eyebrow.
"Ryuko Matoi, don't you see? Your body is one with the life fibers, like mine. I thought you were dead, but now I know..You are my daughter!" Ragyo announced which made Ryuko gasp.
"RAHHHHHHHHHH!" Sora screamed in anger as he leaped towards Ragyo as he brought his keyblade down and severed Ragyo's hand and let go of Ryuko's heart as she fell to her back towards the ground. "Ryuko!" Sora said as he went over to her as he watched her own heart simply place itself back in her chest by itself and heal up the hole in her chest like the injury never existed, despite that Ryuko seemed to have fallen unconscious.
"Ryuko! Wake up!" Senketsu yelled, trying to get his wearer awake, but nothing seemed to work. As Sora looked at Ryuko unconscious, he was being heavily breathing as he was starting to see the image of Kairi in Ryuko's place and the memory of her being struck down by Xehanort kept replaying in his mind.
(Music: Fate of the unknown)
"Don't look glum, child." Ragyo spoke as she picked her severed hand back up and placed it on her arm stump and used life fibers to hold it in place until it fully healed. "She'll be fine, she is just like me, she won't die."
"Yeah, don't you see? Ryuko is very special. You and her just need time to realize it." Nui said as she popped in, while Sora started trembling.
"Shut..up. Get away." Sora said as he looked at Ryuko with his eyes unseen.
"Don't be like that. I can promise you this. I'll help her recover if you show me the doorway to other worlds." Ragyo offered as Sora had enough.
"I said…" Sora said as he looked up at Ragyo with rage filled glowing red eyes. "GET AWAAAAAAYYYY!" He shouted as a violent aura of darkness exploded from him that forced Ragyo and Nui to take a step away.
"Oh, what's now?" Ragyo said with curiosity as the aura faded away to reveal Sora completely covered in a deep black color with swirling white patterns on his jacket with his eyes still glowing red from anger, and even his missing ache keyblade was enveloped in darkness.
"The rage in his heart has awoken. I have to stop this." Satsuki groaned as she tried to walk, only to collapse to the ground because of her injured state.
"Look at that. Looks like you're not as much a saint as I thought you were." Nui laughed as Sora suddenly appeared in front of her and grabbed her by the face and tossed her towards a wall.
"Now this is interesting. Vanitas, do me a favor and interfere." Ragyo said towards Sora's twin.
"Don't have to tell me twice. I know not to mess with him when he's like that." Vanitas responded and disappeared into a corridor of darkness as Ragyo dashed towards Sora while he wasn't facing her, only for Sora to backflip over Ragyo and lunged at her back and smashed her into the ground and then launched a spinning slash that messed when Ragyo hopped out of the way.
"It seems you've abandoned all logic and replaced it with pure rage. Are even sure of what you're attack-" Ragyo said as she was cut off when Sora appeared above her and smacked her down with his dark covered keyblade. "Don't dare interrupt-" She tried to say before Sora smashed his fist into her face and sent her flying.
"When lady Ragyo says don't interrupt her, she means it!" Nui said as return and flew at Sora with her scissor blade pointed with the intent to impale him, only for Sora to hand and a dark shield stopped the scissor in place along with Nui as Sora teleported behind her and threw his keyblade at the grand couturier and then pungled his hand into the ground as a geyser of darkness emerged from underneath Nui and sent her into the air.
"You really have no regard for whatever comes out in this battle." Ragyo said as she reappeared from behind Sora and responded by recalling his keyblade and attacked with a twisting slash that cut a graze across Ragyo's chest. "I take that as a yes." She said annoyed as Sora jumped high into the air with Ragyo following him as he rushed at him, only to miss when he twisted away and kicked her down to the area on the runway where the throne once stood. After Sora landed on the runway, Ragyo recovered as she stood back and smiled.
"All that power, and you seem to be scared of it until someone you care about is already harmed. I can give a better purpose, rather than having you throw your talents around wastefully." Ragyo said as Nui joined her side.
"Aw, forget that. He's broken now, he's better off dead/" Nui commented.
"I agree. If you can't see how grand the life fibers are, then you are useless to me!" Ragyo decided as three glowing red orbs started orbiting around Sora.
"Hrrrrr…." Sora hissed as he lifted his keyblade and the three orbs were absorbed into it and the keyblade became enveloped in a red aura and became twice its normal size.
"No..I'm sorry, Sora. But we can't lose you to yourself." Satsuki said as she reached into her bra to take out a hidden switch.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Sora roared as he charged at Ragyo and jumped into the air and held his keyblade like javelin with the intent to throw it while Ragyo was charging up another laser.
"Forgive me.." Satsuki said as she pressed the button on the switch.
(Music ends)
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM*
(Kuryuin manor: Secret lab. The night before the festival)
"Hurry it up! Lady Ragyo wants that data decoded by the time the grand sports festival ends tomorrow!" Ragyo's steward Kuroido ordered the men at the large computer as they tapped away at the keyboards while the images on the computer showed strange symbols and a box.
"Sir, why does lady Ragyo need this data?" A man at the computer asked.
"Idiot!" Kuroido yelled as he smacked the back of the man's head. "You don't question lady Ragyo and you know it! What she asks for, we do!" He reminded the man as the computer made a beeping sound.
"Kuroido! We got something!" Another worker spoke up.
"What is it? Show me at once!" He ordered as the images on the computer changed to the image of a clock tower appeared on screen. "Why am I looking at a clock tower? Ragyo isn't looking for a vacation spot."
"We're not sure actually. But it seems to be the blueprint for the security system for where the data came from. Where did lady Ragyo get this data from?" A worker asked.
"Apparently from a client of Ragyo. They stole it from a threat to Ragyo and decided to use it against them." Kurido answered
"Ah, great. I was hoping to get here before you saw too much." A voice from behind said as Kurido and the workers looked to see a dark hooded figure standing at the lab door.
"What the?! Who are you? How did you get past the security system?" Kurido demanded answers.
"I don't need to tell you much except for the fact that data doesn't belong to you. Now that you seen daybreak town's clock tower, you're already too close. And now I have to get my hands dirty." The figure said while Kurido smiled devilishly.
"You think you threaten loyal servants of the life fibers? Guess again!" Kurido said as a lab worker pressed a button on the keyboard and gatling guns emerged out of the and started firing at the figure.
"*Sigh*" The figure groaned as he snapped his figures and many portals opened in front of him and swallowed the bullets shot at him until the guns ran out of ammo while Kurido and the lab workers started at the still living figure standing.
"W-what the…" Kurido stammered in fear.
"As if, pal." The figure said as he summoned a dark keyblade with an eye on the head and the emblem of a goat. "Say goodnight." The figure said as he walked towards Kurido first. Meanwhile outside the lab, Satsuki and her butler Soroi were approaching the lab to deal with Kurido and open the way for Iori and the sewing club.
"Are sure you want to do this now, milady. The sewing club will make quick of Kurido and his men when they arrive tomorrow." Soroi suggested.
"I need to do this myself,Soroi. It was by Kurido's hand my father was assassinated, and he will finally answer for it." Satsuki answered.
"Are you going to end his life?" Soroi asked.
"No, I stuff him into a closet first and make him wait for his death." Satsuki said as they got closer to the lab. When they got close to the lab doors, Satsuki noticed a purple light flashing inside. "Soroi, what are they working in there?"
"From what I know, all their doing is hacking the data your mother spoke of." Soroi answered.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurido's voice screamed in terror from the lab, much to Satsuki's and Soroi's surprise.
"That doesn't sound well." Soroi commented.
"Stay here, Soroi. For all we know, the heartless are down here." Satsuki said as she approached the lab doors slowly and noticed a gap in the door. Peeking inside, Satsuki saw the lab completely destroyed with no sign of Kurido or the lab workers, not even any bodies. As she guided her eyes through the lab, she came across the sight or the black hooded figure taking a computer disk out of the computer hard drive before aiming his hand at the console and shooting a dark projectile and destroying the device.
"Heh, so much for stealth." The figure chuckled as he looked around the destroyed room and disappeared into a dark corridor. After waiting a few moments to make sure the figure was gone, Satsuki forced the lab doors aside with the sheathed bakuzan and walked in the destroyed to find anything of note. There seemed to be no evidence what so ever.
(Who was that? That couldn't have been the man Sora claimed to Xehanort, even though he was wearing a coat just like him. His voice was different and it looked like he killed Kurido and the men that were in here.) Satsuki thought to herself.
"Lady Satsuki." Soroi said from behind her as he approached. "My word, what happened in here?"
"I don't know. But it looks like Ragyo or Maleficent aren't getting the data that was here." Satsuki explained as she took one more look around the room with hope to find something. "Tell Iori the path is open for him, tomorrow we destroy everything my mother worked for."
(Honnouji academy: Entrance)
"Come on! Move people!" Aikuro announced as he, Tsumugu and the elite four helped the people that weren't absorbed by the COVERS out of the stadium. After Sora turned into rage form and attacked Ragyo and Nui, the stadium exploded and brought down the barriers, allowing escape to be possible.
"Can someone tell me what the hell just happened?" Nonon asked while helping people get out.
"Well, a doppelganger of Sora showed, fought him and then beat the living hell out of us." Sanageyama said while helping evac.
"When that happened, our goku uniforms shut down on us, just like when Sora fought us and after Ragyo rips out Matoi's heart and claims she is her daughter." Gamagori continued.
"After that, Sora goes on a rampage and then Lady Satsuki activates the failsafe and now we're in our current positions." Inumuta finished while wrapping the arm Vanitas injured in bandages.
"Has anyone of you seen the kid, Matoi or Satsuki?" Tsumugu asked as he walked towards the elite four as they shook their heads for no. "Damn."
"Hey! Someone's coming out!" Mataro announced as he pointed at the school entrance and a figure could be seen in the smoke from the explosion.
"Get ready. It might be Ragyo!" Aikuro said as he prepared his DTR and Tsumugu pointed his needle rifle. After a moment of waiting, the figure was revealed to be Sora, back to his normal self, holding the unconscious Ryuko, holding tight to her scissor blade. "Oh thank god, it's the kid and Matoi. They're alright."
"Don't know about Matoi though." Tsumugu said as Sora laid Ryuko on her back on the ground.
"How's she doing Senketsu?" Sora asked the kamui.
"She's still alive thankfully. Any injuries she'd sustained seemed to be healing on their own. But I can't can't seem to wake her up." Senketsu answered while Sora was deep in thought.
(Could Ryuko really be Ragyo's daughter and Satsuki's sister?Maybe the shock is what's keeping her asleep.) Sora thought to himself.
"Sora!" Uzu's voice snapped him out of his thoughts as he looked up to see the elite four approaching him. "Where's Satsuki? Did you see her?" He asked as Sora shook his head.
"No, I only had enough time to grab Ryuko, and this." Sora answered as he reached behind himself to present Satsuki's sword, bakuzan, much to the elite four's disappointment.
"Ragyo, Ragyo must've taken her. Lady Satsuki would've found a way to survive that explosion." Gamagori insisted as Sora noticed Aikuro approach.
"Did you know that Ryuko was related to Ragyo?" Sora asked.
"No, this is a shock to me too. But it does answer a few things about Isshin." Aikuro said.
"So now what do we do? Run away? We got nowhere to go." Tsumugu said as Sora's sad face turned to one of determination.
(Music: Guardians of light: Yen sid's tower cutscene)
"No." Sora said, catching everyone's attention. "This isn't over. This world still needs us, we still have to fight. For Mako, for Satsuki, for Ryuko and everyone who needs our help. And I'm not going anywhere until we see this through."
"One hell of a speech there kid. But you're right, we can't stop now." Aikuro said.
"He's right. Lady Satsuki would continue without her. But I still believe we will find her, and Mankanshoku. " Gamagori said.
"With my goku uniform deactivated, I have no data on Ragyo or the COVERS. But I'll help in any way I can." Inumuta said.
"I made a promise to face Satsuki again, can't do that if the world ends. And I got some scores to settle, with that Sora look alike and the grand couturier.
"I stood with Satsuki the longest, I'm not stopping because I may have my goku uniform's powers. I'm still fighting for her because she's my best friend." Nonon said as Sora smiled at the elite four's determination.
"Thanks you guys. I'm glad you're sticking together, you're strong because of that. May your hearts be your guiding keys."
Save game?
-Yes
-No
Saving…
Save file created: The slums: Back Alley streets
Abilities learned:Guard break: (This would replace triple rush on the ground): Unleash a powerful finishing move that pierces guards and knocks the target forward.
Journal update
Ragyo Kiryuin: The CEO of REVOCS corporation. Ragyo's goal is to sacrifice human lives and use them to feed the life fibers to cover the world to them. Even going as far to experiment on her youngest child. Ragyo has taken an interest in Sora in an attempt to use his power to spread life fibers to other worlds.
Soichiro Kiryuin: Satsuki's father and the true identity of Isshin Matoi. After Ragyo experimented on an infant Ryuko and nearly killed her, Soichiro faked his death and changed his identity to raise Ryuko in secret and start a rebellion.
Vanitas: The pure darkness that master Xehanort extracted from Ventus' heart. Because of Ventus' connection to Sora, Vanitas had taken his appearance and nearly faded from existence during the clash for kingdom hearts. Because of Sora's grief over losing Kairi, the negative emotions were strong enough to bring Vanitas back from the brink of death, but not without his appearance changing as a result. Now Vanitas has absorbed the negative energy from the civilians of Honnouji to bring himself back to full strength to get his revenge on Sora and the guardians of light, and anyone associated with them.
