(Le-Koro)
Jaller, Takua and Pewku continued their journey to find the seventh Toa. By now, the path that the mask of light has pointed them to has let them to the jungles of the Le-Wahi region and their now heading for Le-Koro, the village of air.
However, Takua wasn't quite happy about the environment they had entered. "I hate the jungle." He complained, "It's all sticky, and full of-" he then swiped a mosquito that flew on his arm, "-bugs."
"How can you say that?" Jaller asked as if the chronicler was crazy, "The jungle is incredible! Is there any place on Mata Nui where you do feel at home?"
"I don't complain about Ta-Koro." Said Takua.
"But you wander of every chance you get looking for stories." Said Jaller, then he teases, "What about your story?"
"I don't have a story." Said Takua dismissively.
"Only because you won't stand still long enough to make one." Said Jaller, "We all have a destiny you know."
"You know me, always different." Said Takua.
As the two Matoran continued their conversation, they were suddenly ambushed by a Ash Bear, these Rahi were basically large, burnt orange, robotic bears with long, brownish-red claws on its front paws. The bear roared in their faces, causing the two Matoran and Ussal crab to scream as it swung it's claws at them. Pewku quickly run away from the Ash bear, but it soon managed to corner them against a large tree.
A idea came to Jaller's mind as he put the mask of light back in his backpack. "Keep him busy," he says as he began to climb the tree, "I'm-"
"Running away and leaving me!" Takua cutoff in fear.
"Just watch!" said Jaller.
Not too far away, Tim was still rushing down the path the two Matoran had followed. Even though the world around him was still blurry, the changing colors of the environment and the better sight his new powers gave him told him that he was in the right place.
"Well, this must be the Le-Wahi region," Tim thought, "but where could they be?" he then heard a roar and looked in the direction it came from. Tim then saw Takua and Pewku being cornered by the Ash Bear and Jaller climbing up the tree behind them. "oh..."
Tim made a sharp turn and rushed towards the scene, turning his right shoulder to perform a shoulder dash towards the Ash bear. The young Keyblade wielder slammed against the robotic bears side with so much force the they both tumbled to the ground and rolled a few feet away from the surprised Matoran. Tim soon skipped to a stop against a tree on the opposite side, he groaned as he rose back on his feet before stretching his hand and summoned Toa's Spirit in a flash of light.
"Looks like I came here just in time." Said Tim.
"Indeed." Said Takua with a sigh of relief.
Tim noticed the Ash Bear rose back to its feet and growled at him.
"Hey! If you want something to eat, go look for some honey or something!" Tim challenged, getting in a fighting position as the Ash Bear walked toward him.
Jaller had managed to climb up to the nearest branch, he looked down too see Tim facing the robotic bear. "Tim!" he called, getting the young Keyblade wielder's attention, "Keep it distracted!"
"Why?" Tim called back.
"Trust me, oké?" Jaller called as he climbed onto the branch.
Tim didn't knew what Jaller was planning, but he decided to go with the flow and turned his attention back to the Ash Bear. When the bear got close enough, it rose on its hind legs and let out a lout roar before swinging its claw at Tim. Tim quickly leaned to the side to dodge the attack, the bear tried again with its other claw, only for Tim to lean in the other direction. Tim then swung his Keyblade in a horizontal slice across the bears head, causing it to take a step back with a grown of pain. The ash Bear then swung both claws down, Tim quickly preformed a back flip, dodging the attack, he landed with his feet against a tree and jumped over the Ash bear, barely avoiding its claws, and landed before Takua and Pewku.
"Hey, I don't know what your plan is-" Tim called to Jaller, before ducking the incoming claw of the Ash Bear, "but you better do it now!"
"Don't worry," Jaller called down, "Toa Tahu does this all the time." He then jumped off the branch and landed straight onto the Ash Bears back.
The large, robotic bear felt the Ta-Matoran on its back and roared before beginning to buck, kick, spin and twist like an angry bull during a Rodeo, all in an effort to throw the Matoran off, but Jaller held on to two black cables on the bears shoulders. Tim cautiously walked back from the creature, standing next to Takua and Pewku.
Suddenly, a thick vine shot from the trees and wrapped around the bears front paws, then a second vine wrapped its hind legs and both pulled the bear off its feet and leaving it hang upside down above the ground, throwing Jaller from the bears back in the process. They then noticed a figure appear from the trees with the other end of the vines in his hand.
This figure was clearly a Toa, he has a silver chest plate and pauldrons and green armor, the mask on his face is known as a green Kanohi Miru Nuva.
"Wow, how is that?!" Tim asked, with an amazed expression on his face.
"That's Toa Lewa, the spirit of air." Said Takua with relief in his voice.
Lewa landed right next to Jaller with a impressed expression on his mask. "Mata Nui! Where did you learn to bear-fight like that, little one?" he asked.
"Right here, just now." Jaller groaned as he rose back to his feet, rubbing the back of his head.
"Well, I'd say you're a natural, brave fire-spitter." Said Lewa with amusement.
"Well, Better finish what we started." Said Jaller with Tim giving him an agreeable nod.
Jaller grabbed a Matoran sword, which is a weapon used by every guard from every village, from his back to finish the Ash Bear off.
"Now, now! What's that for?" Lewa asked, stopping Jaller before he could stab the Ash Bear.
"Haven't you seen that this creature attacking these Matoran?" Tim asked, pointing his Keyblade to the Ash Bear.
"Oh, but you and ash-bear further got no wrong-quarrel, she's just doing her duty." Said Lewa, petting the bear on its head. "If this was your home-realm, you'd do the same." Lewa then loosened his grip on the vines and set the Ash Bear down, the bear then rose back on its feet. "Go now, sister bear." The bear let a moan as if it wanted to say 'thank you' and walked back into the jungle.
"What is that way he speaks?" Tim asked to Takua as he de-summoned his Keyblade, "It sound so… weird."
"It's called Treespeak." Said Takua, "Everyone Le-Matoran speaks that way."
"Oh." Said Tim in understanding.
After the Ash Bear had vanished within the vegetation, Lewa turned toward them. "Word is deep-wood about a 'visitor from beyond the stars', as well that you two seek the seventh Toa."
"Technically, he seeks, and I follow." Takua corrected, "He's the herald, I'm just his biographer."
Jaller then looked to Tim with a confused expression on his mask. "But Tim, I thought you were supposed to be in Ta-Koro, why are you here?" he asked.
"Yeah, and how did you get here so fast?" Takua asked.
"Oh, well you see," Tim began, "Turaga Vakama has told me that I have the powers of an Toa, and it seems that he was right." Tim then began to explain about the vision he had, from how he met de future incarnation of the great spirit, about the Heartless, the Keyblade, and finally about the mission that was given to him.
"Wow," said Takua after some uncomfortable silence, "that mission really thus sound serious."
Tim nodded, then his expression turned serious, "As for way why I'm here, I came to warn you. There's a Dark Keyblade wielder on the loose, who has gained the allegiance of Makuta."
"So, you're here to defend us from this Dark Keyblade wielder." Said Jaller, realizing what was going on.
"And to Protect the mask of light." Said Tim with a nod, "Makuta want her to get the mask, and has given her the command over his forces." Tim then looked up to the canopy, "This Dark Keyblade wielder, named Lady Chaos had come to this world to find me, so I decided to go after you to keep the other Matoran save."
"Warry Noble of you." Said Lewa.
"And we are very happy that you decided to travel with us." Said Takua, with Jaller giving an agreeable nod.
"And if Toa Lewa helped on your search as well, might he also be a spirit-lift?" Lewa asked.
"You?" Takua asked, pointing his finger to Lewa, "With us?"
Lewa nodded.
"We'd be honored to have you walk with us as well." Said Jaller.
"Walk? Ha, not-never." Said Lewa, disapproving about the idea.
Tim looked at the Toa of air with a confused expression on his face, "But, if we're not going to walk, how do you expect us to find the seventh Toa?" he asked.
"Simple," said Lewa, "If you ride with me there be no foot-walking, just air-flying!" he then whistled to the trees.
Then, a large bird-like Rahi, known as a Gukko bird appeared from the canopy above them. Gukko birds have a long body made of silvery-grey and brown metal, it has a long beak, green eyes and four large, thin wings that flapped in the same speed as a humming bird. Tim then noticed two handles on its back, meaning that this bird is tamed.
"Ever wind-fly, a Gukko bird?" Lewa asked Jaller and Takua, gesturing with his hand to the Gukko bird, which let out a friendly chirp when mentioned.
"I've been a second," said Takua, admittedly, "but I've never flown one myself."
"Then today is for quick-learning." Said Lewa as he picked up the two Matoran and placed them on the Gukko bird's back. The Toa of air then turned his attention to Tim, "Word is deep-wood that your Keyblade can change-shift into a Toa-heroes weapon, is the correct?"
"Well, I have changed it twice into Tahu's fire swords to use as a lava board." Said Tim.
"Then how about change-shift it into Toa Lewa's weapons." Lewa suggested, pulling out his weapons, which were known as air katana.
"It's worth a shot." Said Tim with a shrug. He then extended his right arm and re-summoned Toa's Spirit, he then closes his eyes and began to concentrate, a piece of the Keyblade began to glow green and in a green flash, his Keyblade changed into two air katana similar to Lewa's. "Well, I guess it worked."
Lewa gave a approving nod, he then looked at all three of them. "Now than, stay sharp, and follow well." He instructed. Lewa then took a few dashed steps forward, than used his blades to launch himself in the air.
Tim watched as Lewa placed his blades under need his arms to use them as wings before he vanished in the canopy. Tim then followed Lewa's example and launched himself after the Toa of air. At first, he found it difficult to keep himself steady in the wind, but he soon got the hang of it and he began to laugh from excitement as he flew past Lewa. The Toa of air had a amused smile on his mask and flew after the young Keyblade wielder above the trees.
Takua urged the Gukko bird to follow them, but was stopped when he heard Pewku called out to him as she tried to follow. "Sorry Pewku, no room." The Matoran called out, "Go on home." The Gukko bird then flew away, leaving the upset Ussal crab behind. As they close in on the open sky, Jaller grabbed the mask of light so it could point the direction Takua must steer to.
Far ahead of the Matoran, Tim and Lewa flew through the clouds as they got higher and higher. "This is amazing!" Tim exclaimed, he had never felt so free before. Tim then noticed how high he was, "If I go any higher, I might see the entire island."
"Let me promise-tell you, it's quite a sight-view." Said Lewa as he flew next to Tim, "If you got free-time from your mission-quest, You should see-look the island during sunset."
"Sounds good." Said Tim.
As the group began to fly up the side of a mountain cliff, the lush jungles of the Le-Wahi region turned into icy cold snowy tundra's of the next region known as the Ko-Wahi region. The Gukko bird wasn't used to the cold, causing it to crash land into the snow, kicking Jaller and Takua off its back and face down in the snow.
Tim noticed and winced. "Not quite a smooth landing, isn't it?" he asked as he slowly descend to the snowy ground.
"Not exactly." Said Takua as he lifted himself back to his feet.
What he didn't know was that he accidentally pushed Jaller's face deeper in the snow. "Get off of me!" shouted the red and yellow Matoran with a muffled voice.
Once back on his feet, Takua fixed is mask and brushed himself from the snow. Jaller soon rose back to his feet as well with an angry look at Takua. Jaller was also covered in snow, so, Takua began brushing his friend, causing Jaller to grunt before pushing him away.
"What? We're here." Said Takua, pointing toward the snowy plains.
Tim looked around his surroundings, it became clear to him that the region was located on a mountain ridge, making the snow covered terrain rocky, and the only vegetation around were frozen trees with snow and icicles on them.
Jaller noticed that de mask of light was glowing brighter, "Hey, not bad." He says to Takua with impressed tone in his voice, "You even kept us on the right path."
The group then heard the sound of beating drums and clacking sticks. "What's that sound?" Tim asked.
"Those are the drums of Le-Koro," said Lewa as he walked to the edge of the mountain.
"The Le-Wahi region stretches over 2/4 of the island and the Le-Matoran are scattered all over, that is why they communicate each other this way." Takua explained when he noticed Tim giving them a questioned look, Tim gave a nod in understanding.
"And right now, they bring a sorry-bad story." Said Lewa as he listened to the drums, which echoed through the entire jungle down below. Lewa then turned to Jaller and Takua with a expression of shock and sadness on his mask. "Ta-Koro has fallen, to a dark warrior, shadow-monsters, and, Rahkshi, the Makuta's sons."
Jaller and Takua were shocked by the news, they then looked to Tim, "Is this true?" Takua asked, hoping that it isn't, but the expression on Tim's Face told them otherwise.
"It is." said Tim with a sad sigh, "Lady Chaos, the Heartless and the Rahkshi came out of nowhere and attacked the village in Search for the mask, and me. Toa Gali had managed to get the villagers out of Ta-Koro while Tahu and I faced the enemy, but they were just to powerful." He then looked to the two Ta-Matoran, "When we discovered what they were looking for, I decided to go with you to protect you and keep the other Matoran from harm."
"Aw, I should have been there." Said Jaller to himself, he then began to ponder before declaring, "I-I must return!"
"I'm sorry Jaller, but it's too late, the entire village is destroyed." Said Tim with a regretful tone in his voice, "All you can do now, is finding the seventh Toa."
"I agree," said Lewa, "The mask most needs you now."
"Then, Tim will continue in my place." Said Jaller, handing Tim the mask of light.
"Wow, wow, wow, easy their 'Captain of the guard'," said Tim as he pushed the mask back, "I'm only here to act as a bodyguard, you were given this task, even though you weren't the one who found the mask in the first place."
"Yeah, your right," said Jaller in a thoughtful way, "Takua was the one who found it, so it makes sense that he should have it." Jaller then handed the mask to Takua.
"Uh-uh, No way!" said Takua pushing the mask back, "You accepted this duty."
"I accepted your duty!" said Jaller.
"Stop! what is this duty-quarrel?" said Lewa, stopping the argument, "We all have a duty to Mata Nui, no time to in-fight." Lewa then approaches the Matoran, "I must go be with the Toa," he then placed a hand on Jaller's shoulder, "but then I'll go to your village Jaller, heart-promise."
"Assuming it's still there." Tim thought.
"I- I can't thank you enough Toa." Said Jaller, a tone of gratitude in his voice.
Lewa looked to Tim, "Protect them." He says. Tim gave him a understanding nod. Lewa then walked up to the edge, grabbed his Air katana, and jumped into the air.
After they watched Lewa flew away to the Ta-Wahi region, Tim turned towards the two Matoran with a sad look on his face. "I'm really sorry that I wasn't able to save you village." He says.
"Well," Jaller started as he looked back at Tim, "at least je saved my people, that's more important."
A relieved smile appeared on Tim's face, his expression then turned into a determent one as he looked at both Matoran. "Well then, let's find the Seventh Toa." He said. Jaller and Takua nodded in agreement and the trio continued the journey.
(Ko-Wahi)
Tim, Jaller and Takua had been walking for a hour through the snowy tundra of the Ko-Wahi region. Jaller was walking on the front with Takua at the back and Tim behind both of them. Jaller was holding the mask of light, its glow showing them the way, which wasn't easy cause they had walked straight into a blizzard. Tim had wrapped his arms around himself to keep warm, sins he had grown up on an island he wasn't used to the cold.
"Does anything here look, familiar to you, guys?" Tim asked as he looked around their surroundings.
"Well maybe our path would be straighter if the real herald had the mask." Said Jaller as he turned his head to the two, looking particular to Takua.
"The real herald 'has' the mask!" Said Takua, "I couldn't find water if I fell out of a canoe."
"Well what do you think I can find?" Jaller asked.
Suddenly, Jaller bumped into something that caused him to tumble against Takua, both Matoran then stumbled against Tim's legs, causing him to fall face down into the snow. Tim lifted himself up while shaking the snow off his face, he then lifted his head and his eyes widened when he came face to face with a creature.
Tim yelped as he jumped back, he quickly shot back on his feet and summoned Toa's Spirit in his hand. Tim noticed that the creature looked identical to the Saw roller Heartless he fought in Ta-Koro, except these were more robotic and didn't have the Heartless symbol on its head. He also noticed that there were more than one creature in front of them.
"What are those things?!" Tim shouted in shock.
"BOHROK!" Jaller and Takua screamed in fear as they jumped behind Tim's legs.
Tim took a defensive stands, ready to confront the dark creatures. But the Bohrok didn't move a inch, upon closer inspection Tim noticed that the creatures were covered in ice.
"Their… frozen." Said Tim in a slowly and confused tone.
"Frozen?" Takua asked as he peeked his head from Tim's right side.
"What could do this to them?" Jaller asked as he peeked his head from Tim's left side.
The sound of crunching snow can be heard as the siloed of a tall being approached the trio. The figure lifted a weapon with icy blue glowing blades and swung it to the side. The blizzard was swallowed by the weapon and the figures identity was revealed. It was another Toa.
This Toa has a silver chest plate and pauldrons, his armor was colored white, and he wore a white Kanohi Akaku Nuva. The weapon he used to vanquish the storm was a double bladed sword known as a ice blade, and in his other hand was a shield.
"Kopaka!" said Jaller as he and Takua gave a respectful bow to the Toa, with Tim following there example. "Toa of ice."
"How did you find us?" Takua asked as the trio lifted their heads back up.
"Simple, it was you who were following me." Said Kopaka with a cold and deadly serious tone in his voice.
"We were?" Takua asked, "We didn't mean to. We were lost."
Kopaka then turned his attention to Tim and the moment their eyes met, the young Keyblade wielder could feel shivers going down his spine.
"So, the rumors that I have been hearing are true." Said Kopaka as his right eye piece, which aloud him to see in x-ray, moved forward. Tim realized that the Toa of ice was scanning him. "A 'visitor from behind the stars' did come."
"Something like that," said Tim with a nerves tone in his voice, "did Pohatu told you about me?"
"Not too me directly, he visited my village and told the Matoran." said Kopaka, "Now, since Pohatu and the other Toa trust you, I shall trust you too." The Toa then leaned closer to Tim, a very serious expression on his mask. "But if you do anything suspicious, just know that I have my eye on you."
Tim gave a quick nerves nod, it was clear to him that this Toa wasn't one to mas with.
Kopaka then looked at the trio. "I shall bring you to my village," he says, turning around and walked away, "you'll be save there."
The Trio looked at one another, then rushed after Kopaka, trying to catch up to him.
"By the way, we're on a mission, I suppose you've heard of that too?" Jaller asked as they catch up with the Toa.
"No." said Kopaka, not even bordering to turn around.
"Well, we've been sent to find the seventh Toa." Said Jaller as he began explaining the situation, "You see, Takua here was in the tunnel where the Lava Break is, where he's not supposed to be by the way…"
(Ta-Koro)
After having said goodbye to Tim, Jaller and Takua, Lewa flew toward the central volcano were Ta-Koro was located. The Toa of air soon united with Tahu and Gali at the edge of the volcano, the Toa of water asked her green brother if he had seen the young Keyblade wielder, which Lewa said that he had found him with the two Matoran and had help them on their way.
"Oh, thank the great spirit." Said Gali with a relieved sigh, "At least we know now that he has found them."
"I air-flied with them for a time, but then the drums of Le-Koro told the sorry-bad story of Ta-Koro's destruction." Said Lewa, "So, I came to see-look the damage myself."
"Ta-Koro is gone Lewa." Said Tahu in saddened tone as he looked down to the lake of magma were the village once stood on. "Buried by the very lava that sustained it"
"Tahu." Said Gali with a gasp. The poisonous slice made by Lerahk had began to spread its effect across Tahu's body and the effect caused the left side of his mask to take an appearance that reminded Gali of the infected Kanohi masks that Makuta once created to control the Rahi and corrupt the Matoran.
Gali placed her hand on Tahu's mask for a better look, but the Toa of fire pushed it away. "You worry about scratches?" Tahu asked with disgust in his voice, "My village is gone!" Tahu's expression then softens as grief sets in once again. "Your power was nothing. My power… was nothing."
"We are same-hearted brother," said Lewa, placing a hand on Tahu's shoulder, "And that heart will quicken us to stop the evil-spread."
"First we must be united," said Gali, placing her arms around her two brothers shoulders, "together we are strong."
But Tahu didn't seem to be in the mood for it cause he pushed Gali's hand off his shoulder and walked away. Gali then looked back to Lewa.
"Do you know where they are now?" Gali asked.
"When I left them, they were going-traveling through Ko-Wahi region." Lewa answered.
"Then I guess their with Kopaka by now." Said Gali in a thoughtful tone.
"Well, joy-fun with that." Said Lewa with sarcasm in his voice.
Gali couldn't help but nod, she knew that Kopaka was way to serious for his own good.
(Ko-Wahi)
Tim, Jaller, Takua and Kopaka have been walking for one and a half hour through the snowy tundra in the direction of the ice village of Ko-Koro. Underway, Kopaka had asked Tim to tell a little more about himself, which Tim explained in full detail, from were he came from, how he got here, about the dark forces and finally about the mission that was given to him by the god of light.
"So, let me get this straight, you came from a different world in the future, but a dark deity known as the god of darkness has attack and destroyed your world with dark creatures known as Heartless," said Kopaka as he tried to take in what he was hearing, "then the great spirit's future incarnation brought you to this world and time, and the night before Ta-Koro's destruction, Mata Nui himself gave you this mission to find and lock Keyholes in order to save the universe?"
"Basically." Said Tim with a shrug.
"Do you know what these 'Keyholes' are?" Kopaka asked.
"All I have been told was that the keyhole is a gateway to a worlds heart, if the Heartless find it before I do, then that world will plunge into darkness." Said Tim, "But I don't know where to find them or how to lock them."
"Maybe we'll figure it out underway." said Takua.
It didn't take them long before they saw the entrance of the village, a tall wall that jutted out between two massive glaciers with several windows along it and a large door at its base.
"Ko-Koro." Said Kopaka.
Even though he had seen the great architecture of Ta-Koro, Tim was still amazed by the way the Matoran could build these structures. But on closer inspection, Tim noticed something odd. "Is that crack supposed to be there?" he asked.
Kopaka noticed the crack on the structure's base and used the lance on his mask to get a closer few. Apart from the large crack, there where chunks of ice that had broken off its sides. "No." said Kopaka with a gasp of shock. his lance zoomed in on the door, which was burst open.
Suddenly, a beam of dark energy shoot from the entrance in their direction, particularly towards Jaller and Takua. Tim immediately recognized the blast.
"Watch out!" Tim shouted. He rushed over to the two Matoran, grabbed them under his arms and jumped out of the way just before the dark energy blast hit the ground, which exploded on contact.
The group run away from the source, but soon came to a cliff side. "Stop!" said Kopaka, holding his ice blade in front of Tim, Jaller and Takua, preventing them from falling off the ledge. The four heard a unnatural hiss behind them and turned around, approaching them were Lady Chaos, the Rahkshi and the Heartless.
"Who and What are they?" Takua asked.
"Are they the once who attacked Ta-Koro?" Jaller asked.
"Yeah, that's them alright." Said Tim with a glare on his face. He outstretched his right arm and summons Toa's Spirit in a flash of light, he then looked back at the Matoran. "You two must get out of here, Kopaka and I will distract them."
"I agree, go!" said Kopaka, dropping his shield.
"The captain of the guard never runs awa-" said Jaller in protest, but he was cut off by Tim.
"This is no time for discussion," said Tim, "Go! NOW!"
"Well, you heard the Keyblade wielder!" said Takua as he pushed Jaller and himself on the shield, using it as a sledge to slide off the mountain side.
Tim and Kopaka turned their attention back to the enemy and took a defensive stands.
Lady Chaos, who already had Makuta's Will in her hand, had an expression of surprise and amusement on her face when she noticed Tim. "You again?" she asked, "I thought our little dance at Ta-Koro had showed you how weak you are."
"I was training with Toa Tahu the moment you attacked Ta-Koro, so I was still exhausted from it during our fight." Said Tim, pointing his Keyblade at the dark Keyblade wielder, "But I am refreshed now. And for the recured, I'm not as weak as you think I am."
"Oh," said Lady Chaos with a amused tone in her double voice, "then let's put that theory to the test." She then glared at Kopaka, "But I suggest that you get out of here, Toa! You don't want those Matoran to get hurt, do you?!"
"Is that a threat?!" said Kopaka in a challenging tone. The Toa of ice then grabbed his ice blade and split the double bladed weapon into two swords.
Tim noticed this and his eyes lit up, "Didn't see that coming." He thought.
Lady Chaos didn't seem as surprised thought. "Panrahk! Get rid of the Toa!" she ordered.
The brown Rahkshi drove his staff into the ground and shot a beam of energy toward Kopaka, the Toa of ice crossed his blades to block the attack, but them moment the blast hits, he was blown of the edge.
Tim watched as Kopaka freefall down the cliff, then looked back and noticed Lady Chaos charging towards him, ready to slice at him. The moment she got close and swung her Keyblade, Tim jumped and preformed a backwards flip, dodging the attack went into a freefall over the edge himself. As he free dived down the sloop, he saw Kopaka throw his ice blades into the snow, landed on the with his feet and using then as skis. Tim closed his eyes and concentrated, a small piece of his Keyblade glow a icy blue and in a flash of light transformed into ice blades like Kopaka's. like Kopaka, Tim threw the ice blades into the snow and upon landing, used them as skis.
Lady Chaos looked on as her quarry slide away, she then turned to her forces. "What are you all waiting for?!" she asked, "Shoot them Down!"
The Claw wings, the Saw rollers and the Sting crawlers immediately rushed over to the edge and began shooting projectiles at the fleeing Keyblade wielder, Toa and Matoran. The Claw wings created dark energy orbs in their claws before catapulting them with their stinger-tails, the Saw rollers swung their arms and launched circle saws made from dark energy, and the Sting crawlers shot dark energy needles from their tails.
While dodging the projectiles from the Heartless, as well as the energy blasts shoot from the Rahkshi, Tim and Kopaka managed to catch up to Jaller and Takua, who were now sledding throw a chasm.
"Dead end!" Takua shouted, pointing to a lake on the other side of the chasm.
Both Tim and Kopaka quickly grabbed a side of the shield, holding it steady as they tried to slow down.
Lady Chaos became frustrated by the constant miss-shots from the Rahkshi and Heartless. She spawned her wings and launched a few feet in the air, she then created a dark orb between her hands, pushed it away and unleashed a dark energy blast.
Tim, Jaller, Takua and Kopaka managed to get out of the chasm when the dark blast hit the ground only one feet behind them, causing the ground to explode and blew them of their feet. Kopaka bounced off snowy hills before landing face down in the snow, loosing consciousness in the process. Tim rolled sideways down a hill until he came to a halt on the shore of the lake, with the two Matoran landing next to him after being thrown off Kopaka's shield.
Lady Chaos smiled as she saw the heroes tumble. "Now, follow me." She says to her troops. She then swooped down the cliff toward the group, followed by the Claw wings and the Rahkshi, the Saw rollers turned into a rolling mode and rolled down and after their leader, while the Shadows and the Sting crawlers disappeared in dark portals.
Takua was the first to stand back on his feet, he then rushed over to see if the others were alright. "Tim, are you oké?!" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Said Tim as he rose to one knee.
Takua then went to Jaller, who was a little dazed. "Jaller?" he asked, but there was not response, "Jaller!" Takua began to shook Jaller until he got back to his senses.
The trio then noticed Lady Chaos, the Claw wing heartless and the Rahkshi flying street for them at high speed, even passing over the still unconscious Kopaka.
"The mask!" said Takua as a idee came in his mind. He grabbed the mask of light from Jaller's backpack, jumped on Kopaka's shield and began to row to the other side of the lake, using the mask as a paddle.
"He will never make it!" Tim thought as he looked between the fleeing Matoran and the approaching enemy. Then, something caught his attention. Thought they flew on top speed, the Rahkshi's speed was a little slower than Lady Chaos's and the Heartless, with the dark Keyblade wielder being faster than the dark creatures, putting some distance in-between them. Tim then looked to the water and a idee came to mind. He grabbed his ice blades and forces, in a flash of water-blue light the blades turned into water-axes, similar to Gali's weapons. He attached the axes to his feet and dove into the lake, not noticing that like before the crystal of his neckless began to glow.
Jaller had noticed and was wondering what Tim had in mind, but he was brought back from his thoughts when hen saw the dark beings coming closer. He quickly hold his arms before his face and closed his eyes, but to his surprise, the dark beings flew over him and began crossing the lake.
As Lady Chaos, the Heartless and the Rahkshi flew over the lake, Tim burst out of the water with a glowing transparent Keyblade in his hand and preformed a Barrel Roll, slicing the flying Heartless in half as he spin next to them before diving back underwater.
Lady Chaos heard the splashing sound and looked behind her, only to see the black smoke that was want's her Heartless. Not a second later, Tim jumped out of the water on the opposite side from were Lady Chaos was looking back, grabbed her left wing and went up and over her before diving back underwater, dragging the dark Keyblade wielder around and under with him.
On the shore, Jaller had seen Tim pull Lady Chaos under the water service. "Yeah!" he cheered as he rose his fists above his head in joy. But it was short lived when he heard the sound of portals opening up behind him. Jaller slowly turned around and saw the seven Shadow Heartless and two Sting crawler Heartless behind him, and the three Saw roller Heartless rolled to a stop between the two scorpion-like Heartless. "Uh-oh."
With Lady Chaos her wing still in hand, Tim dragged the dark Keyblade wielder 16 feet down underwater before pulling her forward, leaving her a few feet further down. He then charged are her with his transparent Keyblade, ready to slice at her. But Lady Chaos block his attack and pushed him away. Tim then swam around her like a hungry shark circling its prey, before charging again only to be blocked by her dark Keyblade. He then attacked again and again, this time trying to push Lady Chaos further down as she tried to block his quick attacks.
As the twelve Heartless closed in on Jaller, the Matoran held his hands before his mask to shield himself. But before the first Shadow Heartless could jump at his, a shard of ice burst out of the snow and impaled the black creature, turning it into a puff of black smoke. More shards of ice suddenly burst out of the ground and impaled three more Shadows, one Saw roller and one Sting crawler, turning them into puffs of black smoke as well.
The remaining Heartless turned around and saw Kopaka, who had already regained his consciousness, standing behind them. The Toa of Ice swung his ice blades and shot ice beams at the dark creatures, who completely froze in ice when hit. Kopaka the charged at the frozen creatures and shattered them with a single swing of his blades.
The duo then heard the unnatural hiss of the Rahkshi, who were now approaching Takua. Kopaka quickly swung his ice blade and shoot a beam of Ice at the Rahkshi, it hit the creatures just as Panrahk was about to grab Takua and the mask, causing them to fall into the lake.
"Rahkshi, washed, and chilled." Kopaka declared as he swung his now connected ice blades around before stabbing the water, which immediately froze and spread in rapid speed.
Tim and Lady Chaos clashed their Keyblades into a blade lock. Though Tim was able to breathe underwater thanks to his new powers, he noticed that Lady Chaos had trouble to keep her breath in. he hoped that she will surrender quickly. Suddenly, the two heard lout splashes above then and noticed the three Rahkshi had fallen in the water, then they heard the sound of cracking ice that gets louder by the second.
Tim turned in the direction the sound came from and his eyes widened as he saw the ice from Kopaka's blades approaching them at rapid speed. He quickly kick Lady Chaos in the stomach, pushing the air out of her lungs, and quickly made a mad dash to the surface. "Consider this a draw!" he shouted.
Lady Chaos quick placed a hand on her mouth to keep the remaining air in and turned to were Tim looked at. Her eyes widened and she quickly created a dark portal, vanishing before the ice could incase her.
Tim jumped out of the water before it froze under need him. Once he was in the air, he used the power of Levitation, leaving him floating in the air as he watched the water under need him to freeze.
Panrahk's hand burst out of the water to grab Takua, but to the Matorans relief, the ice incased it before it got even close. Takua jumped on to the ice, but soon found himself stuck in it and stumbled.
Kopaka pulled his blades out of the ice and began walking in Takua's direction. Jaller just stared for a moment before collecting himself and run after the Toa.
They then looked at Tim as he slowly hovered down to the ice, after his transparent Keyblade faded away, Tim grabbed the water axes on his feet and turned them back into his Keyblade before de-summoning it.
"I'm impressed." Said Kopaka, getting Tim's attention. "You fight with the heart and courage of a Toa. With proper training, we can make you one of us, if you want."
Tim smiled at the complement. "It will be a honor." He said.
Kopaka nodded, then the trio looked at Takua, who managed to free himself, but had dislocated his mask in the process.
"You've got good moves as well." Kopaka complemented.
"Ah, even i get lucky sometimes." Said Takua with a shrug.
"Not luck," said Kopaka as he rearranged Takua's mask, "it's what you do that makes a hero."
The four suddenly heard the sound of quick footsteps in the distance, the looked and saw Pewku rushing towards them, completely happy to see them.
"No, stop, Pewku!" said Jaller as he bagged out of the way.
"Pewku!" said Takua happily as he spread his arms to greet the Ussal Crab as she knock the Matoran down and bombarded him with licks on his mask, causing him to laugh, "Wow, she must have come all the way through the jungle."
"I am surprised that she had managed to climb that rock wall to get to us." Said Tim as he patted the happy Ussal Crab.
"Yeah, not bad." Said Jaller, "Maybe Pewku should be the herald eh Toa Kopak-" but he stopped when he noticed Kopaka leaving, "he just left us here."
"He must see to his village." Said Takua.
Tim looked at the two Matoran with a determent expression on his face. "I think we should continue and find the seventh Toa before other villages share the same fate." He says.
Jaller and Takua nodded and the four walked on.
What they didn't knew was that Lady Chaos was looking at them from the top of a nearby mountain. She had wrapped herself in her robe to dry from the cold water, she had totally underestimated the young Keyblade wielder. "You're not the only one who is impressed, Toa." She says with a interested expression on her face.
Author's note: Greetings everyone, Kornox speaking. Once again, sorry for the long wait. To tell the truth, I am working on other projects beside writing the chapters of this story, so it's getting a little chaotic in my head now and then. But I hope that you all can understand and still enjoyed the story. Tell me what you guys think, please no flames, don't forget to review and I will see you next time.