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Part 3

Series: Dan Machi

Main character of series: Bell

"Friend of yours?"

Noctis and Sora currently panting as they fought against a Minotaur as Asterious, seeing the creature covered in darkness.

Sora realized that Asterius might transform into a Heartless boss soon, and that's not good for either of them.

"Not really."

The creature chuckled as he raised his axe towards them.

"How about you fight me for real, children."

Noctis gritted his teeth.

'Damn it. It's already frustrating enough that I'm weakened thanks to Ardyn somehow cursed me the last time we met. I'm not sure if this curse will ever come off.'

As Noctis was about to tame a step forward, he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder.

He turned and saw Sora with a serious look.

"Go find Liliruca, I have to do this."

Noctis frowned at that.

"Why?"

"For Bell."

Noctis looked at Sora as he knew his secret as a wielder of the Keyblade, and knowing that his body wasn't his originally.

The only other person who knew about him being Sora is Mog.

Sighing, Noctis gave Sora a small smile.

"Don't die on us."

Noctis ran toward where Liliruca headed to get help.

The two fighters remaining readied for round two.

"Let's see what you'll do next, rival."

Narrowing his eyes, he concentrated and summoned forth his Keyblade. He knew Bell honestly might not return, but... this was the least he could do.

Sora knew he had to end this fight quickly.

"Ready or not, here I come!"

Later...

"Man, this cave sucks."

Sora couldn't help but sweatdrop as he's carrying Liliruca, due to her having an injured leg.

The group are trying to reach 18th floor due to having difficulties returning to the surface. They decided to seek help there and ask for assistance on that floor.

"You've said that five minutes ago."

"Well what else am am I suppose to say? You know we're not having fun."

"You gotta look on the bright side more. At least we didn't get seperated, right?"

She couldn't help but give him a small smile, knowing that his positivity is hard to get rid of.

"You're not wrong."

As two were making small talk, Welf decided to speak to speak with Noctis.

"So... what was your home like?"

Noctis raised an eyebrow as the group continue the cave.

Wasn't sure about the newcomer Welf when he decided decided to join the group at the last minute. He was interested in the similarities between the two.

Each one is usually known for famous families.

Unlike Noctis who had close allies on his homeworld, it appeared that Welf simply stopped using his abilities in making weapons due to people being corrupt using them. He wonders if he could convince him on why it is necessary to have his abilities and to help those in need.

While Sora was fine if he didn't want to make weapons anymore Noctis wasn't.

"Your asking me now?"

He sighed while Welf chuckled nervously, knowing that they need to reach the floor before the boss comes back.

"Look, I'll explain everything when we reach the rest point."

Despite nodding, Welf mentally frowned at their current destination.

'Hopefully we will reach the rest point before the boss respawns.'

As they reached the area, they come upon a sight that were a... mixed bag to say the least.

The bad news is that the boss already return from its last defeat, meaning that they were to late.

The good news however, is that it was currently fighting three other adventures.

One of the adventures was knocked onto the ground by the boss, resulting in the adventurer to rub his sore head as he got up.

"Geez, that thing really-"

The person blinked upon seeing someone he never expected to see again.

"Noctis!?"

"...Prompto?"

Later...

"All right, let it out!"

The adventurers, Loki's Familia, and even the thugs that resides there, are currently working together to take out the enemy boss and the other enemy minion that just appeared before them.

Sadly, the magic users combination of spells were ineffective against the giant titan.

Elsewhere, Bell's group decided to focus on the lesser enemies so that they can give the others more time to beat the boss. Prompto panicked at the ineffective combination of spell being used.

"Where the heck is Bell?"

"He'll be here."

Noctis said, knowing that he needs to change into his other outfit so that he can help out without others realizing on what he is.

Noctis deep down was... thankful in seeing that his friend are with him.

Noctis response didn't help calm Prompto sadly.

"How do you know!?"

Before anything else was said, they heard animal cry and looked up at the sky and noticed...

"...Am I seeing a flying baby Elephant right now?"

Everyone else couldn't help but blink at the bizarre turn of events, save for Noctis, Liliruca, and Hestia, who already saw what the elephant can do.

Flying at the boss, Light, also known as Sora, use his Keyblade to summon a spell.

"Fire!"

The boss was hit with fire, resulting in the boss to swat at the annoyance.

Sadly for the boss, the Keyblade user was currently slashing and cutting up on the boss as he rode on the flying elephant.

It ended when the titan finally knocked the two out of the sky.

"Gahh!"

With Sora falling and eventually landing on the ground, Dumbo wasn't lucky, as he was caught in the sky and is currently being crushed by the boss.

Getting up, Sora couldn't help but stare in horror at seeing his friend getting crushed.

"DUMBO!"

Sora pulled all of his current mana on his next spell.

"Cataclysm!"

Sora, with all his might, gripped his Keyblade and slammed the sharp edge onto the ground. Seconds later, a jagged earth like sword sprung to life from the ground and punctured the creatures stomach, having it tummbled down and letting go of Dumbo.

The spectators couldn't help but look in awe at the magnitude at the spell

"Holy..."

"What the..."

"I'm not the only one who saw that, right?"

Sora ran and was able to catch Dumbo in time as the boss finally fell onto the ground.

Sora thought about what Syr gave him and couldn't really believe this is the result upon the gift

'Didn't expect that Grimoire I found to be powerful.'

Sora eventually put Dumbo down as the Elephant whimpered from its injuries.

"You okay Dumbo?"

The elephant whimpered and nodded slowly, knowing that he'll need some rest since his time to help is over today.

"Rrrrrrrrraaaaaaggggghhhhh!"

Sora frowned and released his summon so that Dumbo could rest.

He has a boss to finish.

Later...

"Hermès, what a surprise."

Hermès chuckled as he secretly visited Zeus for an... interesting development happening.

"Oh, you know, a bit of adventure on one end, and a surprise on the other."

Zeus raised an eyebrow as he was currently in a thinking pose.

"Your here for something else, aren't you?"

Hermès Knew that it wouldn't be jolly with what he was about to deliver to him.

"A Keybearer is on this world."

Hermès saw Zeus closed his eyes a bit at that.

However, that wasn't what was unnerving.

It became unnerving when he was trying to control his breathing, along with the small amounts of sparks that surrounded his body.

Finally calming down, Zeus opened his eyes, wanting to know the current development of the world. He did not want another one to ruin this world again.

"Do you know who?"

Hermès shook his head in negativity.

"Few suspicions, but nothing else. He calls himself Light funnily enough and wears a mask."

Zeus hummed to himself at that.

"As for for Bell?"

"Bell has heterochromia eyes that recently appeared a few months ago. Doing good on his journey so far."

Zesus closed his eyes as he crossed arms and tilted his head downwards.

"Lets hope this bearer is different than the last. Keep an eye out for him, for both our sakes."

Elsewhere, in the Babel tower, a pact is form.

"I'm suprise you want a civil war within the familia's."

Adryn raised an eyebrow at Freya's plan for the future.

Divided and conquer against the adventures and Gods.

Despite having nothing to do with each other, Freya couldn't help but be... quizzical with Adryn. A human that's not from her world, yet gained influence in a small amount of time.

Adryn waited for Freya's response before she complied.

"You have your ideals, I have mine. Make sure you follow through your promise."

"Oh sweetheart, I assure you all is going to plan. Afterall, it's a rich man's war in a poors man fight."

Adryn pulled out a photo of a woman.

A person... named Ais Wallenstein.

"And I know a lovely dear of the Loki familia that will be the kickstarter."

Later...

"Welf? What are you doing here? It's already midnight, Kupo."

Welf paused as looked on onto the Moogle and the sleeping Dumbo, knowing that they wanted a quiter place to sleep after Noctis founded his friends.

"Can help me with designing a sword for Bell?"

Mog mentally frowned at that, knowing that Sora has a weapon that couldn't really be destroyed before realizing that this will be when he can't use it.

Mog sighed, knowing that his confidence gotten a lot better with as time went on, and is still surprised more member joining in on the familia.

Heck, despite being most likely kill on sight, he was still surprised how Hestia's familia were either calm or enthusiastic about him.

"We can create it tomorrow, Kupo. Not. Now."

"C-Can you at least make up the name for me? I promise this is the last thing i'll ask tonight. I'm... not really good at naming weapons, from what I've heard."

Mog paused on that, thinking on a name that would be fitting before finding his answer. It was... a good thing that Welf wanted to use his talents again, however small it might be.

"Fine. Hmmm... how about 'Notung'. The meaning is something like 'came to me when I needed it' or 'releaser'. That fits Bell in his fighting style."

Before Welf could say anything else, a unknown stranger spoke.

"Sleep."

And just like that, Welf was on the ground asleep as Mog turned to the man.

What surprised him the most was his weapon.

And also... the eye that was on it.

"Hello there. Never knew a being like you would... be here."

Mog panicked, shivering at who the person was.

"Y-You-"

The Master of Masters put a finger on his lips, trying to hush the creature.

"Shhhhh. We don't need to wake them up, do we?"

Understanding the situation, and knowing that the Master of Masters might kill Dumbo and Welf if he didn't comply, he slowly nodded.

Seeing the Moogle nodded, his weapon vanished as hecrossed his arms.

"Now, you help me and all will be fine. Don't? Well... you know..."

"What d-do you want, kupo?"

Despite not seeing his face due to the hood, the Moogle could tell that the man was smirking.

"Let's just say that I need something from this World. If you don't help? Well... you know the rest."

Later...

"Uuuuuhhhhh..."

Sora couldn't but stare at two people who are currently inside his Station of Awakening.

The girl looked curious as the boy chuckled uncomfortably.

"Hey, it's... Yeah, it's awkward."

Sora couldn't help but pull his hair out as he realized he's in the same situation as last time.

"How the heck do I have more than my own heart again!?"

The boy tilted his head in confusion while the stared owlishly.

"Again?"

Sora sighed as he tried to calm himself down.

"It's complicated. Anyway, who's the other person? And... I never got your name."

The boy blinked as realized this was the same boy he helped during the Keyblade War.

"Oh, my name is Ephemer. Her names Chi. As for who we are, well, I think you know the story."

Sora crossed his arms as he started speaking.

"So both of you are past Keyblade wielders."

Ephemer nodded at that.

"I was a union leader back then. Essentially, I we were tasked to protect the darkness as well as taking on an acting role for inexperienced wielders."

Sora then turned to see if the girl is going to say anything.

All she gave him was a thumbs up, resulting in Sora to sweatdrop.

"Is she going to say anything?"

"She's not much of a talker anymore compared to the last time we saw each other."

Sora softly mumbled to himself.

"Does this mean I can wield more than one Keyblade? Like I was after finding and defeating the first Organization Thirteen?"

"What was that?"

Sora shook his head as got back on track. He wanted to at least get things on track before getting ahead of himself.

"N-Nothing. Anyways, I guess we have a lot to talk about."

Chi turned to Ephemer as he got into a think pose.

"So... where do you wanna start at?

Later...

Hope this wasn't to bad.

Dan Machi will be done with one more chapter, I assure you. I guess I'm finding this one having... a lot more stuff put into it.

The magic 'Cataclysm' Sora used was from Battle Fantasy. Seemed like a good area for magic to use.