Chapter 18: A promise to keep
(S.S naked sol)
"Whoa hold on guys. You should hang back for this." Sora advised.
"Are you sure, kid?" Aikuro asked.
"If it's Ragyo, Nui, or worse, Vanitas. I don't want you guys getting hurt. I'm properly the only one left to take them on." Sora said as Aikuro and Tsumugu looked at each other with an agreeing look.
"Okay fine. But we're going in if shit hits the fan." Tsumugu said.
"Don't worry about that right now." Sora said as he approached the cater and immediately got a bad feeling when he saw the eyes of Junketsu staring at him out of the smoke as he summoned kingdom key for battle. "Looks like Ragyo decided to take care of things herself."
"Now that I got your attention…" A familiar voice that shocked Sora as the smoke cleared away to reveal the one that was wearing Junkestu was not Ragyo, but Ryuko instead. "It's time to bust some heads!" Ryuko exclaimed with hostility. Junketsu's transformed state had been greatly altered by being worn by Ryuko, her torso was covered in body armor while her legs were covered by baggy leggings. But the most dramatic change is that Ryuko's eyes that were now full of bloodlust with orange circles around them.
"...R-Ryuko?" Sora questioned with surprise as Ryuko responded by drawing her scissor blade.
"Hahahahaha!" Ryuko laughed madly as she swung her scissor blade around to create a powerful gust of wind that knocked Sora down.
"Ahh!" Sora yelped as the wind blew him away from the crater while Ryuko steeped out of it. While Sora picked himself up, Tsumugu sped by in his DTR. "Wait! Don't!"
"Sorry, kid! But we told you we jump in if we have to!" Tsumugu said as he shot needles from his DTR at Ryuko, only for the projectiles to bounce off her and then waved her scissor blade in response to launch another burst of wind that knocked Tsumugu's DTR down.
"Look at , driving with his ass hanging out. Time to die." Ryuko said grinning with the intention of killing Tsumugu as she prepared her scissor blade
"Ryuko, stop!" Sora pleaded as he grabbed her arm to stop her. "We're your friends, Ryuko! You don't need to fight us! Ragyo did something to you, fight it!" He tried calling out for her, only for Ryuko to turn her head towards him with a cold, blank stare.
"Do I know you?" Ryuko questioned which shocked Sora.
"W-what?"
"Get lost." Ryuko said bluntly as an aura of darkness waved off her that made Sora jump back.
"Darkness? Vanitas.." Sora guessed where Ryuko suddenly got that power from. "Ryuko! You fight it! You gotta remember!"
"I said get lost!" Ryuko repeated as she waved her scissor blade again and a wave of darkness knocked Sora down.
"Where did Matoi get that power?!" Gamagori questioned as the elite four looked down from the crow's nest, terrified over Ryuko's dark powers.
"Her dark scent. It's even worse when that power was possessing lady Satsuki." Sanageyama said as his sense of smell was overwhelmed by the dark power emanating from Ryuko.
"Its that bad?!" Nonon questioned.
"It gets worse!" Inumuta said as he tapped away at his laptop, which was recording Ryuko's data. "That darkness is getting stronger by the moment. And somehow, Junketsu is amplifying it!"
"Satsuki! What do we do?" Nonon asked the former student council president, only to see Satsuki had a look of anger on her face. "Satsuki?"
"How dare they do this…" Satsuki growled with her fists clenched. Even though Satsuki had just found out Ryuko was her sister, she still felt rage when she saw Ryuko possessed by darkness, just like her herself not too long ago. After a moment of anger, Satsuki turned to leave the crow' nest.
"Lady Satsuki, where are you going?" Gamagori asked.
"I am going to retrieve something that can even the odds. I cannot stand by and allow this!" Satsuki answered as she stepped off the tower while Sora was defending himself from Ryuko's aggressive attacks.
"Ryuko, stop! I don't wanna fight you!" Sora pleaded as he fended off Ryuko's blows.
"I don't care how you know me. But you better fight, because I am gonna kill you!" Ryuko exclaimed as she swung her scissor blade hard enough to knock Sora back a few feet.
"I know deep down you won't! The real Ryuko is still in there!" Sora said which Ryuko smiled at.
"Looks I need to convince you to fight." Ryuko said as darkness erupted from her again and her own shadow stretched out behind her. A pair of dark red hands started emerging out of Ryuko's shadow, like the shadow was coming to life as a being rose out to reveal itself. A guardian heartless, just like the one Ansem once had control of, only its appearance was different with its frame being more femine and colored dark red with its eyes and mouth binded.
"Oh no…" Sora said in horror when he realized how powerful the darkness in Ryuko was as the guardian lunged at Sora and punched him hard enough to send him skidding across the ship's deck.
"Whoa! Where did Ryuko get a pet monster?" Mako questioned as she watched the fight from a window.
"Either something has been done to that kamui, or something has been done to Ryuko!" Senketsu said.
It's like Juju's strange journey came to life!" Mataro said.
"I don't think that was the name of the show." Mako said as she and her family heard the door open behind them and looked to see Satsuki enter. "Lady Satsuki." she exclaimed in surprise as Satsuki turned her attention to Senketsu.
"I know you don't see a reason to trust me. But please hear me out." Satsuki asked Senketsu while the kamui looked confused. Back in the middle of the battle, Sora was running at the guardian when it took a swing at Sora with its powerful arm, only for the keyblade wielder to duck under it and continue straight towards Ryuko as she smiled and clashed her scissor blade against the keyblade.
"Ryuko, please! Let us help you!" Sora begged as sparks formed from the clash between the kingdom key and the scissor blade.
"You must be dumber than I thought if you think I still know you. Now do me a favor, and just die!" Ryuko said as she overpowered Sora and knocked the keyblade out of his hand before the guardian reappeared behind him and tossed him a few feet away. "Don't worry though. I still got a little gift for ya." She said as a dark energy formed in the heart shaped hole of the guardian and then released it in the form of a dark orb that flew at Sora and detonated in a black and purple explosion. "Now that's some good fireworks!" Ryuko laughed as the guardian was dismissed. As the smoke from the explosion cleared away, any sign of Sora seemed to be gone with no body present. "Hey, what gives?!" She questioned with annoyance as she looked around for Sora and found him some distance away from the fire.
"Here, you'll need this." Sora heard a familiar voice as he felt the effects of an elixir being used on him and then looked up to see his savior.
"Ugg, Satsuki?" Sora questioned as she looked up to see the former student council president standing over him, but her attre was what caught him off guard. "Satsuki, either I hit my head too hard, or are you wearing Senketsu?" He noted as he looked over Satsuki to see that she was indeed wearing Ryuko's kamui.
"Actually, Yes. I am wearing Matoi's kamui." Satsuki answered as she drew bakuzan and as well as the black knife Nonon was wielding before.
"Senketsu. You went along with this?" Sora questioned the kamui.
"Yes I have. I know it's strange, but It might be the only way to save Ryuko." Senketsu answered as the scene froze and Sora looked at the screen.
"I really hope this doesn't turn into sisters stealing each other's clothes. Because I am not getting in the middle of that one." Sora commented.
"But, Sora!" Mako said as she appeared onscreen. "Sisters wearing each other's clothes is a strong sign of siblinghood! It's also another way of knowing which sister is sexier!"
"Mako, get out of here. You're not here until the next scene!" Sora reminded her.
"Whoops! My bad!" Mako apologized as she left and the scene resumed.
"So, teaming up against me, huh? You just made my day." Ryuko said with a smile.
"Satsuki, are sure you can fight her? You're still hurt, and she got the power of darkness now. Just leave this to me." Sora said as Satsuki looked annoyed.
"You're doing it again you fool." Satsuki said.
"Huh?"
"Back when she lost control and went berserk! You went soft on her back then, and now you're doing once more! She's not going to just calm down like before, and right now, she's not my sister and not your friend. Even her memory of you has been erased!" Satsuki scolded the keyblade wielder.
"You're playing the sister card? Don't make me puke. It's a little too late." Ryuko said as she entered a battle stance, which Sora noticed was a little similar to Terra's. "So,which one of you wants to step up and die first?"
"Sora. I know you want to save her. But we are the only ones who can stop her." Satsuki said as Sora looked at the ground for a few moments before he clenched his hands in determination and stood up next to Satsuki.
"I'm ready. I'm willing to do whatever it takes!" Sora said as he called back his keyblade and entered his own battle stance.
"Just what I like to hear. Let's begin, Senketsu." Satsuki said as she lifted her blade up to the pin on the seki tekko.
"Right!" Senketsu said in agreement as Satsuki used bakuzan to pull the pin and was enveloped in a red light. Once the light died down, Satsuki was now wearing the transformed Senketsu, who had gone unchanged when Ryuko wore him transformed.
(Music: Rage awakened-Kh3 ver)
"Life fiber synchronize. Kamui Senketsu!" Satsuki called out as she prepared both bakuzan and her knife while Ryuko reared herself back.
"Here I come,Satsuki!" Ryuko shouted as she suddenly dashed across the ground at a high speed and charged at Satsuki and Sora as they used their respective weapons to block the incoming scissor blade which caused a shockwave from the impact. A moment after, Ryuko pushed Sora and Satsuki back while the three exchanged blows with their blades, and despite being outnumbered, Ryuko was fighting off Sora's and Satsuki's attacks. "That's the best you got? You'll wish you had more of you!" She taunted as she kicked Sora away and summoned the guardian to punch Satsuki back.
"Sora. You handle Matoi. I'll take the shadow when it reemerges." Satsuki said.
"Okay!" Sora agreed as he ran at Ryuko.
"Idiot!" Ryuko said as the guardian prepared electrical energy in its hands and sent forward a vertical shockwave at Sora which he was to avoid by dodge rolling to the side while Satsuki jumped into the air.
"Senketsu Senjin!" Satsuki commanded as blades erupted from Senketsu and struck the guardian, but didn't pierce since the guardian was invulnerable, but it was able to keep it in place. "Now, Sora!" She shouted as Sora rushed at Ryuko again.
"Want some more, huh?" Ryuko questioned as she pointed the scissor blade at Sora and shot out multiple dark projectiles at him that he was able to avoid by blocking with his keyblade as he ran until he struck a single shot that bounced back towards Ryuko that forced her to stop attacking to deflect the shot as Sora closed the gap.
"Sorry about this, Ryuko!" Sora said as he began a combo string with an upward strike that knocked Ryuko's hand off balance before he was able to continue with more attacks. "Eat this!" He said as he hopped backwards and reared his keyblade back before thrusting forward with a powerful lunge that knocked Ryuko back hard enough to send her flying through some debris as the guardian disappeared from the grasp of Senketsu's blades.
"Did you stop her-Ahh!" Satsuki yelled as she was suddenly blasted away when Ryuko appeared behind her.
"Now we're having some fun!" Ryuko said with a sadistic smile while Sora caught Satsuki in midair before she crashed onto anything.
"Together?" Sora asked Satsuki as he set her down.
"Sounds like a good option." Satsuki agreed as she and Sora both pointed their weapons forward with the tips glowing a blue color.
"FREEZE!" The two of them shouted as the two released two blizzaza spells at the same time straight at Ryuko.
"What a joke." Ryuko said with a bored face as a fiery dark energy formed in her hand and aimed it forward and launched a dark fireball at the blizzard spells and collide in between and cause a large explosion of fire and ice that forced Sora and Satsuki rear back from the force of the explosion while Ryuko smiled in amusement, and once the explosion settled down, the deck of the ship was either covered in fire or ice. "Now that was a nice little show, wasn't it?" Ryuko questioned as she vanished in a dark blur.
"What?" Satsuki questioned in confusion as she and Sora looked around for Ryuko.
"Let's amp it up, can we?" Ryuko voice said from behind as the two looked to see her rearing the scissor blade back with one hand in decapitation mode and Sora recognized the ready stance for ars solum.
"Ryuko, don't!" Sora said as he got between Ryuko and Satsuki as the former unleashed a fast flurry of swings on Sora as he took every blow.
"You!" Ryuko said as she performed a spinning slash. "Don't stand!" She continued with another slash. "A chance in hell!" She finished as she slammed the scissor blade down that created a shockwave that blasted Sora and Satsuki away.
"I think this is the part where you start fighting more seriously!" Satsuki said.
"I know. And I'm putting a stop to this!" Sora said as he twirled his keyblade and turned into second form.
"A color change isn't gonna save you!" Ryuko said as she dashed forward at high speed again at Sora only for her to be blocked by a wall of ice made by Satsuki that slowed her crazed sister down as she crashed through the ice as Sora used explosion to summon a ring of orbs that caught Ryuko.
"Take this!" Sora shouted as he charged forward with another lunge and rammed into Ryuko as he charged her through some debris and then knocked Ryuko upwards with an arching uppercut and did further damage by releasing a sphere of red energy.
"Bastard!" Ryuko shouted in anger as she teleported back to the ground and summoned the guardian again in front of Sora as it took a swing of its arm at him, only for him to dodge the attack and then blocked another attack when the guardian swung both arms at him. "Hold still!" She said in frustration as the guardian disappeared and a pool of darkness formed under Sora as he jumped out of the way when the guardian shot upwards out from the pool. "Would you sit still for a moment, so I can bash your brains in!"
"Senketsu shippu!" Satsuki called out which caught Ryuko's attention as she turned to see Satsuki flying at her in Senketsu's flight configuration and was unable to dodge or teleport in time as Satsuki grabbed her and dragged her into the air in a choke hold.
"Let me go!"
"Hit her now, Sora!" Satsuki said as the guardian vanished.
"On it!" Sora said as he pointed the keyblade in front of himself as energy started gathering at the tip as he charged up ragnarok and released a cluster of energy bolts that flew at Ryuko.
"Piss off!" Ryuko shouted as she broke free of Satsuki's grasp by elbowing her in the stomach and then kicked her down to the ship deck and then turned her attention back to Sora, only to be surprised see the energy bolts flying at her and get barraged by them in a firework like explosion. After the explosion, the smoke blew away to reveal an angered Ryuko.
"Now you've gone and done it!" Ryuko shouted as she flew at Sora with her scissor blade as she clashed it against the keyblade as the two exchanged blows until Sora ducked underneath a swing.
"Back at cha!" Sora said as he retaliated with counter slash and knocked Ryuko into the air and followed up by teleporting in front of her and continued the combo with a few more slashes.
"Little bastard!" Ryuko growled in frustration as she took another slash at Sora, only for him to counter when he performed hurricane winder to block the attack and also catch Ryuko in its spin as Sora followed up with aerial finish and performed a series of slashes that knocked Ryuko back to the ground and then quickly recovered. "You're pushing your luck here. But I gotta admit, this is a little fun."
"Ryuko, just snap out of it! This isn't you!" Sora pleaded.
"What about this instead? I rip you apart!" Ryuko countered as she switched the scissor blade into decapitation mode and prepared for ars solum while Sora's keyblade admitted a golden glow as he prepared for ars arcanum the two clashed in their assault of attacks, exchanging blows of their weapons. "Give up yet, ya little shit?" She questioned without slowing down her attacks while Sora did the same.
"Not by a long shot!" Sora shouted back as he sped up his attacks faster than Ryuko's which started to knock her off balance which made an opening for Sora to unleash a slam attack on Ryuko that created a small crater as Sora returned to normal. "Let's see what Vanitas and Ragyo did to you." He said as he reached down towards the seemingly unconscious Ryuko.
"Sora! Don't!" Satsuki warned him as Ryuko's eyes shot open and the guardian appeared to grab Sora.
"You should actually make sure I'm dead next time!" Ryuko said as Satsuki rushed at her with her sword and knife, only for Ryuko to block her without even looking.
"That weak ass rag out of my face. You can't even synchronize with it right." Ryuko taunted as she ignited her left fist in dark flames as she punched Satsuki away and turned her attention back to Sora. "Now back to you!" She said as she had the guardian slam Sora into the ground and began punching him repeatedly as he bounced off the ground. "You think I'm some damsel in distress you have to save, don't cha?" She questioned as she wailed on Sora. "Well you got the wrong girl you jackass!" Ryuko finished as she stopped punching and kicked Sora away.
"Ahhh!" Sora grunted in pain as he stumbled away.
"Now how about you stay down there and die why don't cha?" Ryuko as she slowly walked over to Sora and ignited in dark flames with intention to finish him off.
"Hey, Ryuko. Did you stop to think that maybe Satsuki might've been holding back?" Sora asked while Ryuko looked confused and suddenly felt a chilling sensation and looked at her arm holding the scissor blade frozen and looked behind to see Satsuki who shot the ice spell at her.
"He's right about me holding back. Senjin Shippu!" Satsuki called out.
"Interesting. Senjin shippu!" Senketsu responded as he created a new configuration of both his blade and flight forms and Satsuki flew straight at Ryuko and started spinning to become a buzz saw of energy.
"What?!" Ryuko said in surprise as she used her scissor blade to block against Senjin shippu. After a moment of guarding the attack, Ryuko deflected the energy saw and sent it right towards Sora. "See ya when you're split in two!" She said as Sora didn't even flinch at the incoming projectile.
""Sorry, not today!" Sora said as he used his keyblade like a baseball bat to deflect the energy saw back in Ryuko's direction.
"Oh,you clever little bastard!" Ryuko growled as she moved to the side to avoid the energy saw.
"You wish you were getting off that easy!" Satsuki said from inside the swirling energy and redirected herself back at Ryuko that forced her to dodge the saw again as it went back towards Sora for him to redirect it at Ryuko again.
"Knock that shit off!" Ryuko shouted as she summoned the guardian so it could grab the energy saw with its bare hands and then toss it into the air.
"Big mistake!" Sora announced as a cable of light shot out from his keyblade and attached itself to the energy saw much to Ryuko's surprise as Sora pulled the cable and brought the energy saw back down on her in a mighty blow that ripped apart the ground until the attack let up and Satsuki jumped away from the crater she just made.
"You alright?" Sora asked.
"I"m fine. I'm quite impressed that you figured out I wanted to use me as a weapon." Satsuki said as Sora had a confused look on his face.
"I actually didn't." Sora admitted as Ryuko teleported out of the crater with an annoyed expression on her.
"Now you're just pissing me off!" Ryuko said in anger as darkness opened up under her and the guardian reappeared with a silent roar.
"That doesn't look good!" Sora said as a wall of darkness surrounded the deck area with dark electricity sparking everywhere.
"Send them to hell!" Ryuko ordered the guardian as she vanished from sight and the guardian started sending shockwaves from every direction in the dark dome at Sora and Satsuki as they did their best to dodge the attacks until the guardian teleported and punched Sora into the center.
"What the? Ahh!" Sora grunted as a ring of dark lightning kept from escaping the center.
"Sora!" Satsuki cried out as the guardian appeared behind and grabbed her by the neck before tossing into the ring of thunder alongside Sora.
"Join the shadows!" Ryuko's voice called out as the guardian lifted both its arms and shrouded its fists in dark energy and brought them onto the ground and energy pillars of darkness enveloped the area and did major damage to Sora and Satsuki as they were sent flying from the attack.
"LADY SATSUKI!" The elite four shouted in horror as they watched Sora and Satsuki have the battle turned around on them.
"That's it! We're going down there!" Uzu exclaimed.
"It doesn't matter what dark powers Matoi has now! We can't let them die!" Gamagori agreed.
"What! Hold on!" Mako said as she came out of nowhere to stop the elite four.
"Makanshoku! Get back below deck with your family! Matoi could kill you too if given the chance!" Gamagori said.
"I know! Which is why Satsuki told me, to tell you guys to wait!" Mako said as the elite four stopped to listen to her.
"Okay, slacker. What did you wanna say?" Nonon asked as the elite four was willing to listen to what Mako's plan was while down on the ship's deck the battle was continuing as Sora and Satsuki struggled to recover from the guardian's attack as Ryuko reappeared and grabbed Satsuki by her hair and lifted her up to eye level.
"Look how the high and mighty have fallen. You're just a sad little princess now, standing on a sand castle, and I'm a big ass wave that's gonna wash it all away." Ryuko taunted.
"Stop it, Ryuko!" Senketsu begged as Ryuko turned her attention to the kamui's single eye. "Satsuki may be able to hear, and our synchronization is flimsy at best. But our hearts are as one. Just like Sora's heart is trying to reach out to yours!" He said as Ryuko looked behind her to see Sora struggling to get up.
"Don't do it...Ryuko." Sora begged weakly as he tried to stand himself up with his keyblade.
"Sora? Agh!" Ryuko grunted in pain as she gripped the side of her head much to Sora's surprise until she let go of her head. "Why the hell are you still trying to say I know you? You loser!" She said as she tossed Satsuki away and switched her scissor blade to decapitation mode. "After I'm done chopping you up, Satsuki. That annoying pest is gonna be next!" Ryuko threatened as she slowly walked over to Satsuki, who had a look of confidence on her face.
"You won't get the chance!" Satsuki said as Ryuko was suddenly blasted by a exposilve projectile that came from Nonon holding a pair of rocket launchers.
"Don't you dare mock Satsuki!" Nonon yelled as she fired a barrage of rockets at Ryuko. "Her castle is made of steel, and no matter what you do, it won't collapse-not now, not ever!" She shouted as she continued firing rockets that Ryuko sliced up.
"Butt the hell out!" Ryuko shouted back as the guardian appeared in front of Nonon and grabbed the rocket launchers from her before smashing them together.
"Damn!" Nonon swore as the guardian was about to bring its fist down on her, but was blocked by Sanageyama as he held back the monster with tailor's daggers.
"If you can't see what she's going through to save your ass, you're blind!" Uzu shouted as he barely held back the guardian.
"Just die already, human!" Ryuko shouted as the guardian was slowly overpowering Uzu.
"Sorry about this, Ryuko!" Sora's voice shouted from above which grabbed Ryuko's attention as she looked up to see the keyblade wielder right above with the shooting star keyblade he switched to after using curaga on himself and transformed it into the double arrow guns and started raining down magical bullets on Ryuko and forming a dust cloud as the guardian disappeared, letting Uzu go as Sora landed back on the ground and looking back where Ryuko once was before the dust cloud cleared away to reveal her unscratched.
"You really those peashooters were gonna do anything to me?!" Ryuko said about to attack until she heard a sound behind her and looked to see the ship's main cannon aimed right at her with Inumuta at the controls.
"You have a point. He lured you into firing range, though." Inumuta said as he pressed a button and unleashed the cannon's fiery blast into Ryuko and created a large explosion that made Sora shield his eyes from. Out of the fire, Ryuko emerged, still uninjured.
"Cannons can't do shit to Junketsu." Ryuko said, but was caught off guard when she was suddenly binded by a red whip.
"You're right, but they got you closer to me!" Gamagori said as he held his whips as strongly as he could to keep Ryuko from escaping. "Now, Sora! Take her down!"
"I'm on it!" Sora responded as he ran towards the trapped Ryuko as he channeled energy into his keyblade. "Sorry about this, Ryuko. But this is to help you!" He said as he unleashed last charge upon Ryuko and enveloped her in a slightly larger magic pillar than usual.
"Aaahhhhhhh!" Ryuko shouted in pain as she was blasted by the pillar, draining her of strength until she went limp and Gamagori placed the COVERS removal device on her back.
(Music ends)
"Say goodbye to Junketsu. Because it's coming off!" Gamagori announced as the device started powering up.
"Damn humans! You set me up!" Ryuko growled in anger as she glared daggers straight at Sora and Satsuki walked up next to him.
"Indeed we have." Satsuki admitted while Sora looked unsure.
(This is too easy. Ragyo wouldn't have sent Ryuko here with the chance to use the machine on her to get Junketsu off. Unless...she knew we would!) Sora thought to himself with realization of Ragyo's plan.
"Now to pull you out of Junketsu. And make you come to your senses!" Gamagori said as the device on his arm seemed to be pulling Junketsu off of Ryuko, only for the machine to suddenly jam. "What-It's not working! Something's jamming it up!" He said as Satsuki came to the same realization as Sora.
"No, Gamagori! Run!" Satsuki warned.
"Hahahaaha!" A familiar mocking laugh was heard as Nui appeared from above to sever the removal device in half with her scissor blade which forced Sora, Satsuki and Gamagori to step back as the machine exploded while Nui held on to Ryuko.
"Get your hands off her!" Satsuki demanded.
"I got this one!" Tsumugu announced as he came riding on his DTR and started shooting at Nui, but to no avail.
"You're funny. Your bullets will never hit me. You humans sure like to waste time on things that won't work." Nui taunted as she smacked the DTR away with a simple swipe of her scissor blade. "Another thing that won't work is getting Ryuko out of Junketsu."
"Why's that?" Satsuki questioned.
"'Cause Junketsu's life fibers are connected to the ones inside li'l ol' Ryuko's li'l ol' body. That's why. You can try all you want, but if you do, they'll snap, and she'll die from the shock." Nui explained as she moved the neck piece on Ryuko to show her's and the kamui's life fibers attached to her skin.
"What?!" Senketsu said.
"Damn you!" Satsuki cursed while Sora was angry.
"What about her memories of me?!" Sora questioned.
"What's that now?" Nui questioned.
"For some reason, Ryuko can't remember me. Why did you and Ragyo erase her memories of me?"
"Oh yeah, that!" Nui said, remembering. "We thought your relationship with Ryuko might get in the way, so wiped every memory of you so she doesn't stop fighting. So every experience she might've had with you, no longer exists to her." She explained as Sora trembled with anger.
"Those were her memories, you had no right to take them away!" Sora shouted as he got back into his battle stance until he was quickly snapped out of his anger when he looked up and noticed Mako sliding down the ship's crows nest and flew into the air. "Mako?!"
"Haaaaaaaahhh!" Mako cried out as she glided through the air until gravity took over and she crashed into a pile of debris.
"The hell was that?" Ryuko questioned as Mako came out of the rubble unscathed.
Hallelujah!
"I totally know why you're mad, Ryuko! I do! I mean, think about it-if you can't change out of your clothes, you can't jump in the bath and get washed up. And if you have a date and you wanted to wear something nice, you couldn't. And having a monster following you around too will totally scare off your date! I know it sucks, but that doesn't mean it's okay to give up and flip out like this!" Mako finished her rant while Ryuko stared at her coldly.
"I got no idea what you're talking about. And I have no plan to find out!" Ryuko said as she summoned the guardian as it gathered energy in its fist.
"Uh oh.." Mako said as fear made her freeze up.
"Mako!" Sora shouted as he ran over.
(Music: Kh3 rouge pawn cutscene)
"Die!" Ryuko said as Sora managed to grab Mako out of the way on time as the guardian crashed its fist into the ground and created a powerful shockwave that blew the two a distance away.
"Enough! Ryuko!" Satsuki demanded as she rushed at Ryuko and attacked with her sword and knife, only to be easily deflected by Ryuko's scissor blade and knocked down.
"Hahaha! That was fun to watch! Looks like Satsuki is out of steam!" Nui laughed as Satsuki glared at her.
"I think it's her to go." Ryuko said as she raised her scissor blade above herself to finish Satsuki while she gritted her teeth for the incoming blow, but Ryuko stopped when a corridor of darkness opened up behind her and Nui as Vanitas walked out of it.
"Vanitas!" Sora said as he and Mako were recovering from the shockwave.
"You!" Satsuki hissed at the sight of the one who inflicted her sister with darkness.
"There would've been a time where our shared master would've given the opportunity to gain your own keyblade. But seeing you now, Xehanort would've changed his mind when he realized he put his time and effort into you, only for it to be a waste of time. So, what final words do you have to say to a more successful classmate?" Vanitas asked.
"I'll say this. A student takes on his master's teachings. It's only a matter of time before you join him." Satsuki responded.
"Stubborn to the end, huh? Guess you're more like your sister then we all thought, both are ready to jump over the edge, regardless of what you'll do on the way, just as long you achieve your goal."
"I will admit, I've done questionable things to achieve my goal of destroying the life fibers. But if I stop now, it will be in vain. Even if I fall, my allies will continue fighting in my place, who are the positive outcome in my quest. Now I must do all I can to make sure they survive!" Satsuki announced as she leaped off the ground and thrusted both bakuzan and her knife forward at Vanitas, only for both to be easily caught with a single hand.
"Are these supposed to be your compromise for a keyblade?" Vanitas taunted as he flicked his hand to knock Satsuki's weapons out of her hands as they landed on the ground behind her. "Here, a little gift for you!" He said as he stretched his hand outwards and a portal opened up in front of Vanitas as rusted keyblades flew out at Satsuki.
"AHHHHHHH!" Satsuki screamed in pain as the ancient keyblades slashed every part of her as they flew by her until Vanitas dismissed the portal and Satsuki fell on her back.
(Music stops)
"LADY SATSUKI!" The elite four shouted they watched her fall to the ground.
"As much as I would want to do it. I think this is something sisters should settle." Vanitas said as he gestured to Ryuko.
"Don't mind if I do." Ryuko said with an evil grin as she raised a finger and the guardian emerged from underneath Satsuki and held in the air by her arm while Ryuko switched her scissor blade to decapitation mode. "Now let's open you up." She said about to attack until Sora ran up from behind as he grabbed Ryuko's arms to try and stop her.
"Ryuko! Don't do it! She's your sister!" Sora pleaded, only to be easily shoved away before Ryuko continued her advance on Satsuki and Mako jumped on her back to try and stop her as well.
"Please don't do it,Ryuko!" Mako begged with tears in her eyes.
"Get away!" Ryuko shouted as she picked up Mako by the collar of her shirt and tossed her away, "The two of you can wait your turns." She said as he readied her scissor blade to kill Satsuki while Sora looked on in horror and powerless.
"No, please." Sora begged as he pleaded for some miracle to happen. Just when he did, he felt a familiar sensation, deep within his heart, along with a familiar presence he felt. (Could it be?) He asked himself as he looked upwards towards the sky while back on the crows nest, Inumuta was picking up something incoming on his computer.
"Huh? Another bougie?" Inumuta questioned as he watched a dot on his computer inch closer towards the S.S naked sol.
"More company? It couldn't be Ragyo, could it?" Aikuro asked while Inumuta shook his head.
"No. Unlike Matoi, I'm detecting any life fibers along with it." He said as a light shined in the sky, grabbing everyone's attention on the main deck.
"The hell?" Ryuko questioned as she stopped advancing on Satsuki to look up towards the sky.
"What's that?" Nui asked with curiosity.
"What?!" Vanitas questioned as the light was actually an object flying downwards towards the ship as it crashed down between Ryuko and Satsuki, forcing the former to back away to dismiss the guardian and letting Satsuki drop to the floor.
"What?" Satsuki questioned and was surprised to see herself free and looked up to see the silhouette of a figure in a dust cloud, holding a weapon in both their hands.
"Hands off." A voice said from inside the dust cloud, which Sora and Vanitas immediately recognized.
(Music: Roxas returns cutscene)
"It can't be!" Vanitas said with shock and disbelief as the dust cloud cleared away to reveal a boy with blond, the same age as Sora and holding a pair of keyblades in each hand, one red orange in his right hand, the twilight blaze and a silver one in his left, the rejection of fate.
"Roxas…" Sora said, smiling.
"Another one.." Satsuki said in disbelief at the sight of another keyblade wielder.
"What are you doing here Ven- Roxas?!" Vanitas corrected himself. "There's no way you could've found this world, It's too far!"
"Easy answer. I was called. A heart from this world called out to me, and I just followed the path to here." Roxas answered as Vanitas put together the answer of who called Roxas, and she was right next to him.
"Her.." Vanitas said as he turned to Ryuko and Roxas pointed the twilight blaze at him.
"You're just like Xehanort and Xemnas, you're not as good at winning over other people's hearts like you think."
"Nuh uh. You're wrong about that new guy. Ryuko doesn't want to go back to her old self, she's much happier with us. Right, Ryuko?" Nui asked.
"Yeah. Get lost blondie." Ryuko snarled.
"Really? Maybe brainwashing that girl helped a little. But why go the extra mile to have Vanitas inflect her with darkness? It's because you knew she'd fight it." Roxas accused which made Vanitas and Nui share a look that confirmed the suspicion.
"He's right. Ryuko is still in there, fighting your control. And now you're gonna let her go!" Sora demanded as he walked up next to Roxas.
(Music ends)
"How about this?" Vanitas said as dark electricity built up over his hand. "No one gets her at all!" He announced as he aimed his hand at Ryuko which surprised her and Nui as he was about to fire a stream of dark thunder.
"No!" Sora said as he rushed over to Vanitas and grabbed his arm with his bare hand as the dark electricity traveled throughout Sora's body as he held on. While bearing through the pain, Sora summoned his keyblade to his free hand and the dark electricity flowed towards it and Sora quickly dismissed his keyblade while it turned into a ball of electricity and was then released towards the ocean in a lightning blast with a loud thunderous boom.
"What the hell was that?! You trying to kill me?!" Ryuko questioned with anger.
"You know lady Ragyo won't like that!" Nui said as Sora jumped away from Vanitas.
"Whatever. It's not like you or this world has anything to offer for me anyway. I'm done with this place and you. Later!" Vanitas said as he vanished into a corridor of darkness.
"Vanitas!" Sora said as he watched the darkness disappear, but was stopped by Roxas from going any further.
"Forget it, Sora. He's gone, we may wanna focus on saving your friend." Roxas suggested while Sora felt frustrated and Satsuki recovered to join the keyblade wielder and the former nobody.
"Count me in too! I am not done yet!" Satsuki announced.
"Aw, look at that, Ryuko. They think just because they got one extra guy, they believe they have a chance now. Isn't that cute?" Nui asked as she pulled out her scissor blade.
"Just one more face to smash into a bloody pulp!" Ryuko said as Sora, Roxas and Satsuki got ready for battle.
(Music: The other promise-kh3 ver)
"It's my turn!" Roxas announced as he prepared both his keyblades.
R2-Sora
→L2-Roxas
"Roxas! Satsuki! Let's go!" Sora said as he charged in with Roxas and Satsuki following behind him.
"I think it's time we stopped playing with them and just kill them." Nui gave an order to Ryuko.
"About damn time! They were getting on my last nerve!" Ryuko said as she charged at her opponents with Roxas about to collide with her first.
"Over here!" Roxas said as he suddenly slided behind Ryuko with reversal and unleashed a whirlwind of light and darkness that staggered her.
"Now!" Sora shouted as he and Satsuki took advantage and performed a combo together before attacking with a joined powerful dual swing that sent Ryuko flying towards Nui while the grand couturier simply ducked underneath her.
"Well we're gonna have to do something about this, are we?" Nui said with a smile as she raised her scissor blade into the air. "Mon-Mignon pret-a-porter!" She called out as a horde of her clones appeared and rushed at the trio.
"Don't think so!" Roxas said as he began slashing through the clones one by one with his keyblades in a series of wild slashes and then held his weapons at his side while they glowed before charging forward and leaving a shockwave behind to destroy the rest of the hoard, which surprised Nui, but also impressing her a bit.
"Hmm, not bad. But too bad you're annoying me already." Nui said as Sora and Roxas charged at her together and clashed their keyblades against her scissor blade while Ryuko reappeared with anger on her face.
"You're really pissing me off!" Ryuko shouted as Roxas broke away from Nui to notice her and formed a spiral with his keyblades.
"Let's go!" Roxas called out as a twin beam of energy shot out from the spiral and flew at Ryuko and struck her.
"Ahhh!" Ryuko grunted in pain as she staggered in the air.
"Force!" Satsuki called out as she casted a gravity spell on Ryuko that forced her to the ground with a hard slam.
"Wind!" Sora shouted as he produced a miniature tornado that forced Ryuko and Nui away while Sora jumped into the whirlwind to propel himself into the air and activating flowmotion in the process.
"Quit flying around!" Ryuko shouted as she flew up at Sora and tried to strike him, only for the keyblade wielder to dash away towards a piece of rubble and launch off it to use the monteum to deliver a powerful slash that knocked Ryuko back to the ground. "Now you're asking for it!" She said in anger as she summoned the guardian to send at the group.
"Roxas!" Sora called out to his former nobody.
"Gotcha!" Roxas responded.
"STREAM!" The two keyblade wielders shouted at the same time as they both casted waterza spells at the guardian and hit it with a torrent of water that forced it to retreat.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Ryuko vented her frustration.
"About to get worse!" Roxas said as he rushed in and unleashed a combo of left and right swings on Ryuko before stepping back and unleashing his powerful charge attack on her and knocking into the air as Sora smacked her down with a downward strike.
"Here's a little something for ya!" Nui announced happily as she conjured up a clone that was carrying a life fiber bomb and jumped at Sora.
"Keep the thing for yourself!" Sora said as he tossed another aeroga spell at the clone and kept it close to the ground near the orignal Nui before he shot a firaga spell at the clone's bomb and denoted it in a large explosion. However, after the dust blew away, Nui was revealed to be unharmed.
"You really think that would've worked on little old me?" Nui said smiling, but was then surprised when Roxas appeared in front of her.
"No. But he was setting you up for me!" Roxas said as he swung his keyblades at Nui that she countered with her scissor blade.
"All you humans think alike. You think your numbers can-" Nui said until she felt her counterattacks being easily overpowered by Roxas. "What the?! What's going on?!"
"Give up yet?" Roxas said as he continued attacking, which greatly annoyed Nui as she managed to break away from him.
"Don't get so cocky!" She said as she changed her scissor blade into it's double edged scythe form and started swinging with spinning slashes that forced Roxas to dodge the attacks. "Now how's this for a dance!"
"Nope!" Roxas said as he slipped around the scythe attacks and behind Nui before unleashing a combo on her before knocking her into the air with his charge attack.
"You're getting on my nerves real fast!" Nui said with anger as she recovered and started spinning her scythe real fast before throwing it at Roxas like a boomerang only for him to easily dodge by moving with a burst of air. "Hold still!" She shouted as she threw her scythe again at him, only to once again miss when Roxas moved to the side with another burst of air, with a flash of light shining over him, which became brighter as Roxas continued dodging Nui's attacks and becoming faster in the process, until he because a stream of light that was too fast for Nui to keep her eye on. "No way! How can a human be this fast?!" She questioned in panic as the stream of light that flew around her at insanely fast speeds until it traveled behind her with Roxas appearing out of it with both his keyblades reared back.
"It's over!" Roxas announced as he performed a powerful cross slash that was strong enough to create a small shake that could be felt, and the pain of the blow greatly upset Nui.
"Now you're really dead!" She shouted with anger and smashed her scissor blade into the ground which created a slash wave that Roxas easily dodged as he joined Sora and Satsuki who both had Ryuko worn down.
"Damn humans!" Ryuko hissed as Nui joined her with an equal amount of anger on her face.
"Why can't you just die!?" Nui shouted.
"We must take them down now!" Satsuki said.
"Right, and I got just the plan. Sora!" Roxas called to the keyblade wielder.
"What's up?" Sora responded.
"Remember the attack we did with Axel?" Roxas asked as Sora nodded in response.
"Yeah! Let's do it! Satsuki! Go with Roxas!" Sora said as Satuki nodded in agreement.
"I'm on it!" Satsuki agreed as she and Roxas charged forward.
"Bring it on you weaklings!" Ryuko said as she and Nui waited for Roxas and Satsuki to get close enough, but failed to notice jumping into the air as he charged energy into his keyblade.
"Here goes!" Sora shouted as he unleashed the power from his keyblade as it shot at Ryuko and Nui and turned into a magic circle underneath them.
"The hell?!" Ryuko questioned.
"Let's us out, now!" Nui demanded as she tried to leave the circle, only to find they were unable to.
"Now!" Sora shouted as he started shooting bolts of light at Ryuko and Nui while Roxas and Satsuki were attacking with quick slashes and continued doing so for a few moments while leaving behind slash marks on the ground. "Let's end this!"
"Hahhhhhh!" Roxas shouted as he charged forward and both his keyblades dragging behind him.
"Hahhhhhhh!" Satsuki yelled as she charged forward as well as she and Roxas both performed a dual slash.
"Damn it!" Ryuko swore.
"Ryuko!" Sora's voice called out to her as she and Nui looked up to see him diving downwards. "Time to wake up!" He shouted as he delivered a powerful downward slash that unleashed a powerful explosion of light.
"Rahhh!" Ryuko shouted as she and Nui were knocked back from the explosion.
"Satsuki. Me and Roxas will take it from here!" Sora said as Satsuki nodded.
"I leave Ryuko in your hands." Satsuki said as the two keyblade wielders charged forward at Ryuko and Nui while Sora transformed his keyblade into the double arrow guns.
"Time for the two of you to die!" Ryuko shouted as she charged forward.
"Skin them alive!" Nui said as she rushed forward as well.
"Roxas!" Sora shouted as he tossed one of his arrow guns at his former nobody.
"Here you go!" Roxas responded as he tossed his rejection of fate towards Sora and the two caught their passed weapons as they engaged in battle and Satsuki watched.
"They're really amazing, aren't they lady Satsuki?" Mako's voice caught Satsuki's attention as she turned towards her. "Sora's gone through alot of trouble just to help us, and even called a friend to help." She said as Sora and Roxas shot magical bullets at Ryuko and Nui while defending against their scissor blades with their keyblades.
"He seems to care about everyone he meets." Satsuki added as Sora shoot a thunderga bullet at Ryuko that stunned her before getting smack away by his keyblade while Roxas Deflected an attack from Nui and kicked her away.
"That's what makes Sora so great!" Mako said as Sora passed the rejection of fate back to Roxas and had his second arrow gun passed back to him and combined them into the magic launcher.
"It does." Satsuki agreed with a smile.
"Hey, Nui!" Sora shouted to get the grand courtier's attention as he charged at her as he smacked her with the cannon twice before pushing it onto her and releasing a burst of energy and then charged up the launcher. "Get lost!" He said as he released the projectile at Nui and caused an explosion.
"Ahhhhh!" Nui screeched as the explosion knocked her away onto a wall of rubble, making it collapse on her.
"Roxas! Together!" Sora called out as he joined his former nobody.
"Right!" Roxas responded as he began spiraling his keyblades again and Sora added his own keyblade into the spiral, adding more power and making the spiral spin faster then dual shot would.
"What the?!" Ryuko said in fear as she watched the keyblade wielders gather power.
"Ryuko! This is for your own good!" Sora shouted as the keyblades shot out in a triple stream of light and struck Ryuko in a bright explosion. A moment later, a pillar of darkness shot from where Ryuko was standing into the sky with her looking weak and dropping her scissor blade and falling to the ground defeated.
(Music stops)
"She's down. You think she's alright?" Roxas asked Sora.
"Knowing Ryuko. She's definitely tough enough." Sora noted as Satsuki deactivated Senketsu and rushed over to Ryuko with Mako by her side.
"Ryuko!" Mako shouted out as she and Satsuki lifted Ryuko off the ground.
"Ryuko!" Senketsu called out.
"Senketsu...Mako...Satsuki?" Ryuko responded with her normal voice instead of her crazed persona's. Her mind was slowly returning to normal.
"Snap out of it, Ryuko!" Satsuki said.
"Please come back, Ryuko!" Mako pleaded as Ryuko gripped her head in pain.
"I don't like the looks of that." Nonon said with worry as she watched Ryuko struggle with herself.
"Is she fighting back?" Gamagori asked.
"She is, but I think Matoi is losing." Uzu noted.
"Ryuko! We're all here for you!" Sora called out to her as Ryuko kept gripping her head in pain, until she could no longer hold herself back.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ryuko screamed as a pool of darkness opened up under her and chains of darkness emerged to wrap up Mako and Satsuki and lift them into the air.
"Ahhh!" Mako screamed in terror as the chains lifted her higher.
Ahh!" Satsuki yelled as she also lifted into the air while Sora and Roxas looked on in horror.
"Oh no!" Sora said terrified as the chains of darkness wrapped around the keyblade wielders and rose them into the air as well. "Wah!"
"What the hell!" Tsumugu shouted as he watched the chains flying everywhere.
"Ryuko! Enough!" Aikuro pleaded only for the chains to grab him and his partner. "Uh oh." He said as the chains pulled him and Tsumugu out of their DTRs.
"Not good!" Inumuta said in panic as the chains rose up to the crow's nest to grab him and even grabbed Soroi.
"My word!" Soroi Said in panic as the chains pulled him away while some went towards the Mankanshoku family.
"Not this crap again!" Mataro cursed as the chains pulled him and his parents away.
"I don't think we're insured for this!" Barazo said as they and everyone else were held above the ship's main deck by the chains of darkness.
(Music: From chains to bonds cutscene: Dismiss)
"Ryuko!" Senketsu called out.
"Ryuko!" Mako called out as well.
"You have to fight the darkness!" Sora pleaded, only for his possessed friend to chuckle.
"Hahaha. You're calling out to the wrong person." Ryuko said as she looked upwards at her victims with eyes looking exactly like Junkestu's which surprised Satsuki.
"Junkestu has taken her over!" Satsuki gasped.
"That's right!" Nui said as she suddenly appeared next to Ryuko. "Now Junketsu is in complete control, it's no longer the Kamui now, Ryuko is as good as gone!" She said as Junketsu started swinging the chains holding Satsuki and Mako around to demonstrate its newfound control.
"You humans have no power over me anymore! Hahahaha!" Junketsu laughed as it tossed Satsuki and Mako around, much to everyone's terror.
"You need to stop!" Roxas pleaded.
"Stop, Ryuko!" Sora pleaded as well, only to be ignored. "Please stop it!" He begged as the chains stopped swinging around while Satsuki and Mako had gone limp and unmoving.
"Goodbye." Junkestu taunted as the chains lifted Satsuki and Mako higher into the air to be dropped.
"No!" Sora shouted as he watched.
(Music ends)
"Ryuko, please come back…" Mako said with tears as the chains were released and she along with Satsuki plumted towards the ground with their fates seemingly sealed. Until the guardian suddenly dove out of the ground to catch Satsuki and Mako and grabbed the chains of darkness.
(Music: From chains to bonds cutscene:Terra's theme)
"What?!" Junkestu shouted with confusion since it didn't summon the guardian.
"What's going on?!" Nui said as the guardian crushed the chains of darkness and released everyone captive while gently placing Satsuki and Mako on the ground.
"How?!" Junkestu called out the attention of the guardian as it looked at the body snatching kamui and Nui. "You were supposed to be-" It said as it was suddenly interrupted when the guardian teleported behind Junketsu and grabbed it by the head.
"It can't be!" Nui said as she was punched away by the guardians fist.
"Ugh..Ugh!" The guardian grunted as it reached towards the bandages on its mouth, which surprised Sora.
"I know this.." Sora said as the guardian tore off the bandages and took a deep breath.
"I..I..I told you. You can't..Tie me..Down!" The guardian spoke with Ryuko's voice and held Junketsu in front of itself. "And to hell with you!" It said as Junketsu was seeing the image of Ryuko in place of the guardian. "I won't let you hurt them!" It finished as the heart shaped hole in its chest started shining and Sora responded by summoning his keyblade.
"Ryuko! Now!" Sora called out as a beam of light shot from his keyblade and struck Junketsu.
"Gahh!" Junketsu screamed as the beam of light paralayed it and an orb of light flew out of the guardian and into Ryuko's body as the shadowy figure vanished while a powerful light shined and blinded everyone until it died down, leaving Ryuko's body on its knees.
(Music ends)
"Did that work?" Roxas asked as he rushed up next to Sora while Nui returned to look over the unmoving Ryuko.
"Whatever you did, didn't seem to work. I have a great idea! How about I sink this tugboat." Nui said as she transformed her scissor blade into its scythe form. But before Sora and Roxas could stop her themselves, a sharp object impaled her from behind and sent her flying towards a wall and was stuck on it. "What the-" Nui said confused as she looked back to see the object was the red scissor blade, and the one who threw it was none other than Ryuko, with her in control of herself again.
"I'm sick and tired of your yapping!" Ryuko shouted which everyone but Nui was happy to see.
"Ryuko!" Sora said,happily.
"No way." Nui said in disbelief.
"How dare you bastards make me wear this?!" Ryuko screamed as she started tearing Junketsu off herself. "Get this thing off of me!"
"Ryuko! Stop it!" Aikuro pleaded, only to be ignored.
"I want it off!" Ryuko said as blood started spurting out of Junketsu as she tore it.
"Ryuko! Don't do it!" Sora shouted as he was about to stop her, only to be blocked by Roxas.
"I think she's made up her mind, Sora!" Roxas said.
"Stop it, Matoi! You'll die if you tear it off!" Satsuki pleaded as she recovered, only to be ignored as well.
"I don't care! I'm taking it off, even if it kills me!" Ryuko shouted as she tore Junketsu into pieces and a geyser of her own blood covered her from head to toe. "I got to. 'Cause it's the only way I can wear Senketsu again."
"Ryuko!" Mako shouted.
"Are you alright?!" Senketsu asked, since the kamui was concerned that tearing Junketsu off may have greatly injured his wearer.
"Are you kidding? That friggin' hurt!" Ryuko complained.
"Uh, Sora? Did that uniform just talk?" Roxas asked.
"Yup." Sora answered.
"But I guess I had it coming after acting like such a dumbass." Ryuko said.
"I have no idea what's happening here. First that girl tried to kill you, now we got a talking uniform and she's standing there without any clothes." Roxas said as Sora simply put his hand on his shoulder.
"Welcome to Honnouji, Roxas. Get used to it." Sora said while Nui was pulling on the scissor blade that impaled her.
"I can't believe it. She should be dead after snapping her life fibers after that." Nui said as she removed the scissor blade from her back and her wound regenerated. "Hehe, that tickles." She giggled as she lowered to the ground and held both the red and purple scissor blades in her hands. "Throwing your scissor blade at me was a bad move. You can't defeat me so easily, you big silly."
"So round two with her, Sora?" Roxas asked as he readied his keyblades for Nui.
"Ryuko, wanna finish things with Nui?" Sora called out to her.
"Bet your ass! Senketsu!" Ryuko called out to her kamui.
Right! Here I come!" Senketsu answered as Satsuki removed the kamui off her to reveal she was wearing the nudist beach uniform underneath.
"Matoi! Here!" Satsuki shouted as she tossed Senketsu as Nui got into his path.
"Goodie. I get to shred that dumb ol' Senketsu again." Nui said as she was about to slice Senketsu, only for Roxas to block the scissor blades with his keyblades. "Can't you mind your own business new guy?"
"Too late now!" Roxas said as Senketsu flew towards Ryuko.
(Music: Before my body is dry~Orchestra~)
"Here we go, Ryuko!" Senketsu said as he placed himself over her body. Life fiber synchronize!" He called out as the kamui transformed itself ready for battle.
"HARIME!" Ryuko screamed in anger as Nui chuckled nervously.
"Looks like she's finally rattled Harime." Satsuki said and noticed the torn pieces of Junketsu trying to crawl away before Satsuki threw her sword and knife on it. "Don;t you even think about leaving."
"This won't do at all. I tailored Junketsu just for you, you know. I can't let you wear that horrid thing. Nope, nope, nope!" Nui said as she swung the scissor blades to shoot an x-shaped projectile at Ryuko, only for her to easily block the attack.
"Don't even try. I ain't gonna take Senketsu off ever again. He feels way better- and way warmer than that monster Junketsu ever did!" Ryuko said which made Senketsu start crying out of his single eye.
"Oh, thank you, Ryuko!" Senketsu bawled.
"Dude! Don't start crying!" Ryuko said.
"This is getting weird." Roxas said.
"I know, and that's coming from us." Sora agreed while Nui swung the scissor blades at Ryuko.
"All this icky friend nonsense-Gah! I think I'm gonna hurl!" Nui said as Ryuko shifted into Senketsu's blade configuration to fend off Nui.
"Sora! Should we help?" Roxas asked while his other half shook his head.
"No, Ryuko has this one." Sora said.
"Who cares what you think? You don't even know what friends are! These guys are something else-Something better! I'm surrounded by people that all care about me. And they're all bat-shit-crazy! I don't know if I deserve them, But I sure as hell ain't gonna let them down!" Ryuko said as an explosion of air separated her and Nui. "You assholes just wanna give up the planet to the life fibers, you want to make it so everyone's cut from the same cloth. Guess what? I won't let it happen!"
"Geez louise. I really hate humans. Kiss all your bat-shit-crazy friends goodbye!" Nui said as she charged at Ryuko with the scissor blades, only to be deflected and get headbutted by her and then kicked away before Ryuko grabbed the scissor blades.
"I got dad's scissor blades back." Ryuko said proudly while the one Nui wielded turned from purple to red. "Now you guys are really screwed!" She said while Nui simply looked amused.
Hehe. Then how about we make things more interesting? Your friends can attack you for a change." Nui said as life fibers emerged from her fingertips and went towards everyone other than Sora, Roxas and Ryuko. "Get ready, humans! It's mind stitching time!" She announced excitingly but was stopped when something sliced up the life fibers she was controlling.
"Like hell it is!" Ryuko announced as she cut apart all the life fibers while Nui managed to get behind her.
"Aww. Poor thing. I totally faked you out. Nui said as she shoved a sewing needle into Ryuko's neck. "It's all over, Ryuko." She said with certain victory, until Ryuko disappeared, revealing Nui had actually struck an afterimage.
(Music stops)
"Yeah- For you." Ryuko countered as she reappeared behind Nui and swung both scissor blades at an extremely fast speed, where nothing had happened for a moment, until Nui's arms popped right off.
"MY ARMS!" Nui shouted as blood spurted from where her arms used to be. "OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD! MY ARMS!" She screamed with panic. "Do you have any idea how valuable my arms are?! I'm the grand couturier!"
That's why I chopped them off, dipshit." Ryuko said as Nui started smiling again like nothing happened.
"I'm kidding. It's just a scratch for me." Nui said.
"A scratch?! Your arms are off!" Sora said as he pointed at her sliced off limbs.
"I had worse."
"You're a liar!" Roxas added.
"I'm not joking! If you chop them off, they'll just pop right back on again." Nui said as she looked at her severed arms moving around, until they suddenly went limp and lifeless, much to the grand couturier's shock. "Ahh!"
"Oops!" Ryuko said as she purposely stepped on one of the severed arms, making Nui freak out more. "Oops again." She said as she stepped on the other arm.
AHHHHH!" Nui screamed as she watched her arms disintegrate into life fibers and be absorbed by Senketsu.
(Ability learned, Ryuko: Scissor toss)
"The scissors can keep life fibers from regenerating? If I'd only known, it would've changed everything." Satsuki said to herself.
"Give up already. It's over." Ryuko demanded as she pointed one of the scissor blades at Nui, who was quickly losing her mind over being defeated.
"This isn't happening-Not to me! Now I'm really angry. Like, really super-angry!" Nui said as her face became overwhelmed by crazed anger. "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you all!" She rambled as multiple COVERS landed in front of Nui.
"What are those guys? Heartless?" Roxas asked.
"No. But their still trouble!" Sora answered as he prepared to fight while a REVOCS helicopter was flying in with Rei Hououmaru hanging from it to grab Nui off the S.S naked sol.
"She's getting away!" Satsuki shouted as Inumuta quickly took the ship's controls and fired the main cannons at the helicopter, only for the shots to be blocked by a group of COVERS.
"That little-Senketsu shippu!" Ryuko called out to activate Senketsu's flight form and jump into the air, only to fall down with a thud. "What the hell!?"
"We better not, Ryuko." Senketsu advised.
"Why?"
"You've lost a great deal of blood. It would be very dangerous." Senketsu said while Sora and Roxas joined her.
"You okay?" Sora asked while Ryuko nodded.
"Yeah, what should we do now?" She asked.
"I think we should fight our way out of this." Roxas advised as the COVERS closed in on them.
"Yeah, really to clean this place up, Ryuko?" Sora asked.
"Yeah. I'm still itching to fight!" Ryuko answered as she got ready.
(REVOCS helicopter)
Like before when Sora forced her to retreat earlier before the raid trip. Nui was upset as she kicked Hououmaru to the helicopter and sprayed blood from her wounds over Rei.
"LET ME OUT! What's your problem? I didn't ask for your help! I haven't been beaten yet! You hear?!" Nui said in a crazed manner while Hououmaru remained unfazed, even with the blood being splashed on her.
"Please, grand couturier, calm down. What could you hope to achieve in your present condition? Right now, completing Shinra-Kouketsu takes priority over anything and everything else." Rei reminded Nui of her mission.
"We got just as important things going back there too! Vanitas betrayed us, and now there's another one just like that boy that's been getting in the way! They have the ability to destroy Shinra-Kouketsu with those keys along with the scissor blades!" Nui agured.
"And you would've lost more than your arms because you were fighting instead of working. I hope you have a good apology lined up for lady Ragyo." Rei said as Nui calmed down.
"You think I should apologize? You're kidding." Nui said as she started sewing up her arms wounds to stop the blood. "Run along to Honnouji academy. I'll put the finishing touches on Shinra-Kouketsu. And after I'm done, I'll teach you what happens when you mouth off to me."
"As long as you finish Shinra-Kouketsu, what happens to me is of no concern." Rei responded as Nui started walking away.
"Whatever. What will happen to you later will still be quite horrible." Nui threatened as an aura of darkness waved off her, which she failed to notice while it caught the attention of Hououmaru.
"Hmm, interesting."
(Later, back on the S.S naked sol)
Well, that was a huge mess we made." Roxas commented as he and Sora watched the setting sun. After Nui and Hououmaru retreated, they battled the COVERS which freed the captured people they had, and gathered up the life fibers they were made of as well, even the torn pieces of Junketsu was gathered.
"What are you doing here, Roxas? I figured you might be back in twilight town." Sora asked.
"Oh, Right! Well, I'm here because everyone's worried about you." Roxas answered, much to Sora's confusion. "No one could get in touch with you. Everyone's been trying the gummi phone trying to find out where you are."
"Yeah, I've been trying to talk to everyone else too so I could tell them I'm okay. And to see If I could get help here. Maybe this world is too far away." Sora guessed.
"And another reason. We've been trying to help find Kairi." Roxas added which took Sora by surprise, but before he could say anything, the sounds of yelling caught the two keyblade wielders as he turned to see Ryuko argue with Satsuki and the elite four. "Wonder what that's about? Aren't those two girls sisters?"
"Yeah. But Ryuko and Satsuki weren't the best of friends before we found out they were sisters." Sora answered.
"Oh. We should properly stop them just in case." Roxas said as they walked over when Ryuko deactivated her transformation.
"Ryuko, what's going on?" Sora asked as Ryuko simply smiled.
"I just realized Satsuki has bat-shit-crazy friends too. And her apologies are cranked up to eleven, I don't even feel like hitting her anymore." Ryuko said.
"Satsuki, what are you apologizing for?" Sora asked.
"For using the two of you. What I did was no better than what Ragyo would've have done. I thought I could use Ryuko's anger against Ragyo, now I realize it wouldn't have been necessary. I was harsh on you because I thought you weren't capable of being worthy of the keyblade. But to be honest...I think I was jealous of you." Satsuki admitted which surprised everyone.
"You? Jealous?"
"Your everything I wished I could be. You can actually follow your heart, unlike me. I can't find peace in my own heart." Satsuki as Sora smiled.
"I get it, Satsuki. My best friend, Riku felt the same way about me for the same reason. But, there are some things you could never Imitate too." Sora said.
"Heh." Ryuko laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"You're saying wanna be like Satsuki? Kinda creepy if you ask me." Ryuko said.
"It's not like that!" Sora said.
"Haha!" Roxas laughed which caught everyone's attention.
"Something funny?"
"Nothing. You just always seem to know how to find friends." Roxas said as Ryuko stared at him.
"Ryuko, is something wrong?" Sora asked.
"I've seen this guy before. In the dreams I had about you." Ryuko said.
"You did?"
"Him along with some girl."
"You also saw Xion?" Sora said.
"Oh! I thought there was something familiar about your friend. Before I left, me and Xion felt someone watching us, guess it was Ryuko here." Roxas said.
"Sora, just who is this guy?" Ryuko asked.
"Roxas, well it's hard to explain, but Roxas is my nobody." Sora answered which earned him a lot of stares.
"Huh?"
"Remember when I told you about the nobodies? Roxas was born when I turned into a heartless myself." Sora explained.
"Oh yeah. Now I remember." Ryuko said as she remembered when they fought the nobodies in the ruins of her home and how she saw the memory of him turning into a heartless.
"I figured it out straight away." Satsuki spoke up. "Roxas' name is just Sora's with an x added to it."
"Of course my smart ass big sister figures it out first." Ryuko joked.
"Hey." Sora spoke up to get Ryuko's attention. "You called Satsuki your sister." He said as Ryuko realized what she said.
"Heh..Guess I did." Ryuko chuckled as she scratched her cheek and then noticed something odd. "Hey, Sora. Is that normal?" She said as she pointed to his wayfinder charm as it floated out of his pocket.
"Huh?" Sora questioned as he watched the charm float in front of him with a pink glow to it.
"Sora. What's happening?" Roxas asked.
"I think...I can feel Kairi." Sora answered which surprised everyone as Sora put together what was happening. "This is what Chirithy meant. Roxas. I need your help!" He requested as Roxas nodded.
"Okay!" Roxas said as he summoned his keyblades and Sora summoned his and pointed their weapons to the ground.
"Whoa! Ryuko! You're getting all sparkly!" Mako said.
"Say what?" Ryuko questioned as a pink light glowed over where her heart would be. As Sora and Roxas had their keyblades pointed at the ground, the tips of their weapons shined as a glowing crown of light shined under them while they raised the keyblades towards the wayfinder charm and releashed small beams of light at it which refracted at Ryuko. "Whoa!" She yelped as the beam shined on her chest as something emerged out of her. A pink crystal in the shape of a petal that went towards Sora's hand.
"This is..Kairi's heart?" Sora questioned as he watched the piece float in his hand. "Chirithy! Where are you?" He called out as the spirit appeared in a puff of smoke at his feet.
"No need to yell. I haven't really gone far-oh!" Chirithy said surprise as Roxas leaned in to take a closer look at the spirit.
"Is this little guy one of those dream eaters you had with you during that test?" Roxas asked.
"Yeah, but Chirithy is kinda different." Sora said as he noticed the spirit seemed distracted and staring at Roxas. "Chirithy, is something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Anyway, what is it?" Chirithy asked.
"This crystal, is it a piece of Kairi's heart?" Sora asked as he presented it to the spirit.
"Seems like it, where did you get it?" Chirithy asked.
"From Ryuko." Sora said.
"But why me?" Ryuko asked.
"Well, Chirithy told me the pieces of Kairi might be in hearts similar to her." Sora answered.
"But where are the rest?" Roxas asked.
"Properly in other worlds. But like you, Roxas. I need the other guardians of light to find them." Sora explained as everyone grew silent.
"So, you're gonna leave, aren't you?" Ryuko asked.
"No. I can't yet. I'm not leaving you guys here on your own. I'll stay with you until we defeat Ragyo!" Sora vowed.
"Glad to hear you're still on board, kid." Aikuro said.
"It will be an honor to have you still fight by Lady Satsuki's side!" Gamagori said.
"Uh, is anyone gonna talk about the fact spikes has a living stuffed animal talking to us?" Nonon asked.
"I don't think so." Uzu said.
"Well, now that everyone's made up and happy. Let's sit down and have some dinner." Sukyuko said as she held up a plate of her croquettes.
"Sweet! Croquettes!" Ryuko said, excitedly.
"Yup, and they're filled to the gills with all kinds of chopped-up mysterious things.
"Uh, what kind of mysterious things?" Roxas asked.
"It's best you don't know." Sora answered.
Journal update
Roxas:Sora's nobody and the thirteenth member of the previous organization Xlll. After the battle for kingdom hearts and Sora's departure, Roxas and the other guardians of light set across the worlds to help him find Kairi. Evenully, Roxas was called to Honnouji by Ryuko's heart where he joins his other half to defeat Ragyo and the life fibers.
Keyblades: Twilight blaze and rejection of fate. (Roxas now wields these keyblades because I thought he could use something more personal and original for him)
Junketsu Ryuko: A vicious personality that was made when Ragyo and Nui sewed Junketsu into Ryuko's body. Even though Ryuko was fighting back against the mind control, her mind was slowly being replaced by Junketsu's.
Crimson guardian: A brand new guardian that was formed when Ryuko was taken over by Junketsu. Like the one Xehanort used, this shadowy creature protected Ryuko and attacked for her. But like Terra before her, Ryuko's heart used the guardian to regain control of her body.
Satsuki's second team attack, blue reaper: Satsuki turns herself into a weapon in her combined blade and flight form for Sora to use.
Abilities learned
Ryuko, Scissor toss: Throw the scissor blade at enemies.