For everyone that was bummed about "I See The Light" not being in the game; your wish is about to be granted!
Axel: "gamePsycho11 doesn't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney or Square Enix. Got it memorized?"
Chapter 8: Kingdom of Corona Part III:
I See The Light
Everyone went to the docks, where Rapunzel, Eugene and Pascal boarded a boat and rowed out.
Maximus stayed with the off-worlders.
"Hey Max?" Axel put a sack of apples in front of him. "From Eugene." But Max looked away, angrily.
"Come on! He bought them!"
Maximus nodded in approval before he began to eat the apples.
"Most of them!" Eugene added, causing Maximus to stop before he looked down at the apples.
"Something tells me that won't stop him for long," Terra muttered. And he was right, Maximus went back to eating them.
The off-worlders sat at the edge of the dock, waiting for the lanterns.
"Her dream's about to come true," Goofy said happily.
"Yep, it sure is," Mickey agreed.
"What will she do after this?" Aqua wondered.
"That's the best part," Sora responded. "She gets to find a new dream."
"Yeah," Kairi replied as she glanced at Sora, who looked back at her, smiling.
Night eventually fell, and then...
"Look!" Aqua pointed at the first lantern, which floated from the castle.
At the boat, Rapunzel gasped at it.
"All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been~"
Rapunzel soon ran to the bow of the boat, holding onto it and knocking Eugene over (but thankfully not tipping the boat over) as she got a closer look.
"Now I'm here blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here and suddenly I see
Standing here, it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be~!"
Soon, many lanterns began to fill the sky!
"And at last I see the light~!
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light~!
And it's like the sky is new~"
As Rapunzel watched, she had this misty-eyed look, like she was about to cry as she watched the lanterns fly through the sky while Pascal had a happy smile on his face.
"And it's warm and real and bright~!
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you~"
She turned to Eugene, who was holding two lanterns, for them to send off together.
She moved back over to sit in front of him,
"I have something for you, too." She brought out his satchel. "I should've given it to you before, but I was just scared. And the thing is, I'm not scared anymore. You know what I mean?"
Eugene took the satchel, but put it down, looking at her the whole time,
"I'm starting to."
He handed her one of the lanterns, then they sent them flying.
"All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things, the way they were~"
As Rapunzel watched the lanterns, one of them floated toward her...the one that had a sun symbol.
"Now she's here, shining in the starlight,
Now she's here and suddenly I know~"
Rapunzel reached out toward the lantern before she gently sent it back up into the air before Eugene smiled at her and took her by the hand.
"If she's here, it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go~!"
Soon, they both began to sing.
"And at last I see the light~!"
Eugene,
"And it's like the fog has lifted."
Both,
"And at last I see the light~!"
Rapunzel,
"And it's like the sky is new~!"
Both,
"And it's warm and real and bright~!
And the world has somehow shifted~!
All at once, everything is different,
Now that I see you~!"
Pascal's whole body turned red and he covered his eyes, but he smiled as he took a peak.
"Now that I see you~"
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The off-worlders watched the lanterns in awe.
"It's beautiful...!" Aqua whispered.
"Yeah," Terra agreed.
"...You think Ven would've liked to see this?" asked Aqua.
"Definitely," Terra responded.
Kairi leaned on Sora's shoulder, causing him to blush before he smiled and chuckled sheepishly.
Then, they heard the familiar sound of Nobodies appearing behind them.
Axel groaned in annoyance, "Seriously?!"
"Couldn't have picked a worse time!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Well, you guys know the drill," said Riku. "Let's get these wet blankets!"
Everyone summoned their weapons and charged at the Reapers.
But, instead of attacking; all the Reapers did was dodge their attacks.
"Hey! Hold still!" Donald shouted as he tried to shoot them with his Fire Magic.
But again, a Reaper avoided it.
"Okay, why aren't they fighting back?" Axel questioned.
Kairi was perplexed as well, but then she remembered: Nobodies were different from Heartless. Heartless attacked on instinct, but Nobodies could actually think and plan.
She turned back to the lake and saw Rapunzel and Eugene's boat was now by the forest, and the blonde girl was standing there, and she looked...heartbroken?
Then she saw Eugene on another boat, heading away from her. But, he was tied up and unconscious.
Kairi gasped in realization: Rapunzel thought he was abandoning her, but she couldn't see that he was tied up.
Then, Marluxia appeared next to the blond, along with a couple more Reapers.
"Guys, they're just trying to distract us!" Kairi exclaimed.
"What?!" Sora questioned.
"It's Marluxia!" Kairi called. "Look!"
Everyone saw Rapunzel run away from him.
"Come on!" Mickey led the way as they sprinted over to her location.
The Reapers got in their way, but Terra easily cut them down, then continued onward.
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Unfortunately, by the time they got to where Rapunzel was, they saw her leaving with someone.
"Hey, Rapunz-!" Sora was to call to her, but Marluxia appeared again.
"Show some decorum," he scolded him, smiling evilly. "The girl has found her dear mother, so let them be."
"That's bullshit, and you know it," Kairi argued. "I don't know who that woman really is, but I know for a fact that she's not Rapunzel's real mother!"
"I see it too," Riku added. "That woman's heart is full of darkness, and it's...older than usual..."
"What do you mean, older than usual?" Yuffie asked.
"Believe it or not," said Riku, "The darkness in her...it's gotta be decades old."
"Decades?!" Donald, and Goofy questioned.
"You've improved sensing darkness by more than just scent," Marluxia chuckled. "Impressive Riku. And Kairi, so perceptive, you already know the truth, don't you?"
"Yeah, Rapunzel's the lost princess," Kairi revealed. "But more than that, her heart is one of pure light, not a trace of darkness; just like mine."
"Yes, it's a very curious development," Marluxia said. "It seems you, and the other six Princesses of Heart are not the only ones with hearts of pure light. Apparently, there are more."
"What do you mean?" Mickey questioned.
"It seems we've had a few...new lights, so to speak," said Marluxia.
"Whatever, Rapunzel's not gonna be a prisoner any longer!" Kairi exclaimed, summoning her Keyblade. "Especially not to some old hag who's using her hair to keep herself young because she's afraid of dying!"
"Oh, must it all end in violence," Marluxia playfully groaned. "Very well, I'll play with you."
(Cue "Tension Rising" from KHII)
He pulled a rose petal from his pocket, where it glowed and transformed into his scythe, Graceful Dahlia.
Everyone else summoned their weapons.
Marluxia swung his scythe, making three small rose tornados appear, and they spun around the group.
"Sora, you fought him before, right?!" Kairi asked. "What do we do?!"
"Avoid those whirlwinds, and his slash attacks," Sora responded. "Anything flower related will hurt!"
Marluxia waved his left hand, making more than a dozen Reapers and Dusks appeared behind the group,
"Sorry, but ten against one is hardly fair."
A wall of thorns started to grow from the ground, to cut off Sora from the others. Luckily, Kairi and Axel rolled over to Sora's side before it was too late.
"Guys!" Sora exclaimed.
"We got this!" Riku told him. "You take care of pinky!"
"Right!" Sora said before he glared at Marluxia and charged at him, only for Marluxia to block him with the blade of his scythe.
He then disappeared in a flurry of rose petals, and reappeared in front of Axel.
He swung his scythe at him, but Axel jumped to the side to avoid it.
"You know, we never finished our fight from Castle Oblivion," Axel said. "And this time, you don't have Naminé to hide behind."
"So it seems," said Marluxia, "But do you think you can really take me on, Axel? You barely managed with two weapons, now you only have one."
Axel smirked, "Actually..." He gathered a ball of fire in his left hand, and another keyblade formed out of it.
The Bond of Flame.
An aura of fire swirled around him, Sora and Kairi could even feel the heat from it.
At the same time, a pink aura of rose petals swirled around Marluxia.
He stabbed his scythe into the ground, making three dark pink, giant circles appear in a triangle.
"Axel, get out of there!" Sora yelled.
But, Axel stabbed Bond of Flame into the ground, countering the rose thorn circles with a ground of magma,
"BURN BABY!"
"What?!" Marluxia questioned as he stepped back, dodging the magma.
"Whoa...!" whispered Sora in awe.
"Yes! Go Axel!" Kairi cheered.
Marluxia glared for a second, then glanced behind him, smirked and dismissed his weapon,
"That's enough for now."
"Running away?" Sora accused him.
"Hardly Sora," Marluxia replied.
Kairi gasped, "You were just stalling!"
"Very good, princess," Marluxia applauded her. "And now for one last parting gift."
He brought his left hand up to his mouth and blew some purple dust from it.
The dust hit Sora and Kairi in the face, but Axel protected himself with his flames.
Sora and Kairi ended up coughing, but then they suddenly collapsed, falling asleep.
(End "Tension Rising")
"Sora! Kairi!" Riku cried as he ran over to them.
"Are you two okay?!" asked Yuffie. "Wake up!"
"Sweet dreams, love-birds," Marluxia taunted before he disappeared through a portal of darkness.
"Shit!" Axel cursed. "I forgot to warn them! That's one of his tricks, even though he hardly ever uses it!"
"Sora! Kairi!" cried Goofy as he kept shaking them. "Come on, this is no time for sleeping!"
I know it's short...
That Sleep Powder was something I think Marluxia would use to make a quick getaway.
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