Chapter 5: Understanding in a Death
"YOU SHALL DIE HERE, FOOLS!" Seymour then hovered to the ground, and touched the ground with his wand, and everything turned black. The rest braced themselves for the battle, none of them sure if this would be the end.
Sora stepped forward a bit, and then looked to Auron.
"Hi!" Sora forced a smile, as Auron chuckled, his blade still resting on his shoulder.
"Hello." Auron replied. Nothing else was said, as something in the ground started to shake. Seymour laughed all the while, when a beast began to rear it's head. It seemed to have bandages on it's face, or something, but it's face was really disfigured. It had some sort of mohawk. It had not even come out to it's stomach yet, and it already towered above the rest of them. Sora grew weary, as he glared at the monster they were about to fight.
"Hmph." Auron seemed displeased with the way the battle was going.
"Do you know what that...THING is?!" Sora questioned Auron, who was slipping into his attack stance.
"It's name is Anima. It's a summon. I'll explain later. We must destroy it now."
Cloud and Squall were not making wagers this time, as they slipped into their attack stance as well. Donald and Goofy's knees were bucking, but they didn't run. Cid was just glaring at Seymour, gripping the shotgun tighter.
Suddenly, the monster, Anima, let out a scream. Everyone covered there ears, as they watched the rocks and gravel around them crumble. Buildings began to crack, the road itself was opening up. Seymour seemed immune to the noise.
"It ends here." Seymour blurted. Somehow, his voice was heard through the screaming, and even though they all had their ears covered.
"LET'S GO!" Sora commanded, and they all advanced on the beast. Auron was the first to strike a blow. He did not see any legs, for the monster was still half way in the black ground. He wasn't even sure if it had legs. It screamed in agony as Auron continued to hack away. Although it was monstorous, it still could be hurt. Cloud jumped into the air, as his wing's sprouted.
"Let us end this, Sora." Cloud flew at the face of Anima, and jammed the buster sword in the eye of Anima, as it was still screaming, it then pulled it's head back as Cloud pulled his sword out and try to get another hit. It then slammed it forward into Cloud. Cloud shattered under the force, being thrown back into the Gummi ship. He hit it hard, scaring Tifa and Aerith. He lay still, breathing heavily.
Sora decided it was best to summon as well. Sora put his keyblade out, as if there was an invisible lock. He twisted it quickly, and a click was heard, then a blinding light occured, Seymour's eyes burning for that moment, as he screamed in pain. Then a mighty lion was seen next to Sora, it's eyes set on Anime.
"Let's do this Simba!" Sora put his blade into the air, and concentrated, and energy surged in, and around the lion. Sora then opened his eyes calmly, and Simba took off, an onslaught of fast attacks coming at both Seymour and his monster. Anima was screaming, as Simba continually slashed at it. Simba then lunged into the air, scaling the side of Anime, who was bent over from the pain. In then executed the mightiest blow, and Anima was then destroyed. It was sucked back into the vortex from whence it came.
Cloud moaned a bit, and then rolled to his stomach. Squall and Yuffie were already at Seymour. Yuffie flipped back as Seymour met her eyes, and she threw a shuriken at him. The shuriken punctured his right cheek, and he screamed again. He lifted the wand, and casted a fire spell towards Yuffie. Squall grabbed her by the arm, and jumped away as the ground exploded into hell fire. They dashed around Seymour, as the ground was set on fire wherever they stepped. Squall then threw Yuffie towards the rest, as he lunged towards Seymour. The blow was another mighty one as he brought the Gun Blade across Seymour's neck, and severed his head. Seymour seemed a bit suprised at first. He then slammed Squall down to his knees, and brought a wall of fire around him. The wound on his neck somehow healed up quite nicely.
"You think you can defeat me... WELL DO YOU?! I got news for you, "hero". You can't win. The darkness shall prevail."
Goofy and Donald ran up behind him, Donald casting his own spell on Seymour, Blizzaga. It seemed to just absorb into Seymour, as he turned around to look at the rest. Goofy then pulled the shield back and lunged forward, smashing it into Seymour face with great force. Seymour stumbled back a bit as his nose was broken. Squall then jumped up, and slammed the edge of the Gunblade into the back of Seymour's head, and Seymour's eyes opened in pain, and shock as he felt the blood trickle down the back of his head.
"Wha?!" He was in shock, because he thought he could not be hurt. He finally felt the pain he had caused so many others.
Sora then dashed at Seymour, exploding into the air, his own Blade lifted. He then landed at Seymour's feet, as Seymour looked down.
"Hmph." Seymour seemed amused one so small could be the end of him.
"Sora..Use what I taught you." Riku voice blurted out in Sora's head. "Ragnarok... It shall end this."
"Riku?" Sora questioned the talking in his head. He then shook it off, and nodded.
"Right! This ends now Seymour." Sora then jumped, thrusting the blade upward into Seymour's chin. Seymour jumped up a bit as Sora was already bringing it back down onto Seymour's stomach. Seymour then cringed, feeling the blood trickling out of his mouth. The others were silent as they watched Sora finally destroy Seymour. Seymour was falling towards the ground, his red and black eyes glaring at Sora with pure hatred, as Sora aimed the Keyblade at him. Suddenly, Sora shot back as waved of energy exploding out of the Keyblade, all swirling at Seymour. Seymour closed his eyes, as he knew this was the end. He felt the energy of light puncture his whole body, and he exploded, throwing everyone back with a lot of force. Sora was thrown into the Gummi ship, landing close to Cloud, Squall and Yuffie were slammed into a nearby building, both being knocked out immediately. Donald and Goofy also were slammed into the ground, as they were knocked out. Auron and Cid had tried to get out the way, but they were only knocked behind the ship. Seymour's explosion was insanely big. Not one person remained conscious. Aerith and Tifa finally peered out at the giant crater in the ground, and gasped.. Then, out of the crater, a small illumination occured, in the shape of a Keyhole.
"Oh no.." Aerith said.
"..." Tifa was silent. Then they ran out to meet everyone who had fallen.
"Cloud!" Aerith ran to his side, as Tifa looked on, not wanting to watch Aerith and Cloud together. She walked over to Sora, and kicked him in the ribs.
"Hey. Wake up. You have a world to save." She joked.
Sora looked at her, his face bruised, and blood escaping his lips and nose.
"I think I broke my arm..." He moaned slightly.
Tifa took on a look of concern as she knelt down, catering to his arm.
"Ouch. It looks so. I'll fix you up. Stay here. DON'T MOVE." The last two words were commanded, not requested. She ran off to wake the others, with the same strategy. A swift kick to the ribs. Soon, everyone was awake, and holding their ribs in pain. No one spoke, just moaned. Cloud finally got up after a bit, his wings receeding now.
"Aerith..." He touched her face, and she helped him back up into the ship.
Goofy and Donald rushed to Sora.
"SHORA!" Donald shouted, aiming his wand towards Sora and casting a healing spell. Sora's arm began to crack, as the bone mended, and he screamed as the pain took over his whole body. The blood quickly dried up, and minutes later, he was fully healed, but too tired to move. Everyone sat down around Sora, and they all just remained quiet. The town of Zanarkand had been in disarray, all due to those heartless...
Hours later they finally thought they were ready to move. Sora sat up slowly, rubbing his head. Tifa smiling sweetly towards him. Sora then quirked a brow towards her, and realized he had never seen her before, or even talked to her.
"Uh? Guys... Where did she come from?" He was looking at Tifa.
"I brought her with us." Cloud said.
"She's from Hallow Bastion as well, she could be a great help to us."
"Mm." Sora nodded. Then he looked to Auron.
"You must be Auron! I've heard a bit about you from Cid!" Sora smiled again.
"And you are?" Auron was motioning towards Sora.
Donald and Goofy both cut in.
"He's Sora!"
Then Donald continued. "He shaved thish here planet, and many othersh. Heesh the Keyblade Mashter!"
"Hm.." Auron smiled, and then patted Sora on the head.
"You hold tremendous power, Sora. I shall protect you at all costs. Now tell me about these 'Heartless'. I think that's what they are called."
Squall then walked up, seeming to know the most about the species.
"The Heartless. Those who lack the Heart. The most important asset in a caring being. They have no conscious, they have no soul, they only hunger hearts. Every world has a Heart at it's core. As soon as the Heartless find the core, they will devour it, and the world will be destroyed. But the worlds will all be restored if they are destroyed after the Door of Light is shut. It seems as though the door has been opened again. It hasn't even been a month yet, and it is opened again. That is why we left Hallow Bastion, and came for your help. The Heartless have gotten much stronger then what they used to be, new species are popping up, and it's just a big mess. We do not know who the "Lord of Darkness" or "Overlord" or whatever you want to call him, is, but he is the key to destroying the Heartless for good."
Auron then refered back to an earlier statement he had heard Squall say.
"ALL world's have a keyhole? Kind of like that?" He pointed to the Keyhole that had appeared in the bottom of the crater.
Everyone turned their heads, and Squall spoke.
"Oops. Didn't see that one. Sora, you know what to do."
Sora nodded, and stood up, stretching, walking to the crater. He then materialized the Keyblade in his hands, as he glared at the Keyhole. Materializing had become a useful trick he had learned. He then jumped over the crater aiming the Blade point at the hole, and a beam shot out, right into the Keyhole. It glowed for a moment, and then the sound of something locking occured. He landed on the other side of the deep crater. He then jumped, and glided back to the others as the hole vanished.
"Done!" he said with a smile on his face.
The others nodded to him. Then Cid spoke.
"Let us be off. We still have a few more people to pick up."
Everyone ran off to the Gummi ship, and Sora walked up second last, his head hung low. He mumbled a bit.
"Riku...Where are you?"
Auron looked at Sora for a moment, for he had stayed behind a bit. And then he felt sympathy, for bearing the Keyblade was a burden. He then followed in after, and the bay closed. They were off to somewhere new, which meant. New problems...
"YOU SHALL DIE HERE, FOOLS!" Seymour then hovered to the ground, and touched the ground with his wand, and everything turned black. The rest braced themselves for the battle, none of them sure if this would be the end.
Sora stepped forward a bit, and then looked to Auron.
"Hi!" Sora forced a smile, as Auron chuckled, his blade still resting on his shoulder.
"Hello." Auron replied. Nothing else was said, as something in the ground started to shake. Seymour laughed all the while, when a beast began to rear it's head. It seemed to have bandages on it's face, or something, but it's face was really disfigured. It had some sort of mohawk. It had not even come out to it's stomach yet, and it already towered above the rest of them. Sora grew weary, as he glared at the monster they were about to fight.
"Hmph." Auron seemed displeased with the way the battle was going.
"Do you know what that...THING is?!" Sora questioned Auron, who was slipping into his attack stance.
"It's name is Anima. It's a summon. I'll explain later. We must destroy it now."
Cloud and Squall were not making wagers this time, as they slipped into their attack stance as well. Donald and Goofy's knees were bucking, but they didn't run. Cid was just glaring at Seymour, gripping the shotgun tighter.
Suddenly, the monster, Anima, let out a scream. Everyone covered there ears, as they watched the rocks and gravel around them crumble. Buildings began to crack, the road itself was opening up. Seymour seemed immune to the noise.
"It ends here." Seymour blurted. Somehow, his voice was heard through the screaming, and even though they all had their ears covered.
"LET'S GO!" Sora commanded, and they all advanced on the beast. Auron was the first to strike a blow. He did not see any legs, for the monster was still half way in the black ground. He wasn't even sure if it had legs. It screamed in agony as Auron continued to hack away. Although it was monstorous, it still could be hurt. Cloud jumped into the air, as his wing's sprouted.
"Let us end this, Sora." Cloud flew at the face of Anima, and jammed the buster sword in the eye of Anima, as it was still screaming, it then pulled it's head back as Cloud pulled his sword out and try to get another hit. It then slammed it forward into Cloud. Cloud shattered under the force, being thrown back into the Gummi ship. He hit it hard, scaring Tifa and Aerith. He lay still, breathing heavily.
Sora decided it was best to summon as well. Sora put his keyblade out, as if there was an invisible lock. He twisted it quickly, and a click was heard, then a blinding light occured, Seymour's eyes burning for that moment, as he screamed in pain. Then a mighty lion was seen next to Sora, it's eyes set on Anime.
"Let's do this Simba!" Sora put his blade into the air, and concentrated, and energy surged in, and around the lion. Sora then opened his eyes calmly, and Simba took off, an onslaught of fast attacks coming at both Seymour and his monster. Anima was screaming, as Simba continually slashed at it. Simba then lunged into the air, scaling the side of Anime, who was bent over from the pain. In then executed the mightiest blow, and Anima was then destroyed. It was sucked back into the vortex from whence it came.
Cloud moaned a bit, and then rolled to his stomach. Squall and Yuffie were already at Seymour. Yuffie flipped back as Seymour met her eyes, and she threw a shuriken at him. The shuriken punctured his right cheek, and he screamed again. He lifted the wand, and casted a fire spell towards Yuffie. Squall grabbed her by the arm, and jumped away as the ground exploded into hell fire. They dashed around Seymour, as the ground was set on fire wherever they stepped. Squall then threw Yuffie towards the rest, as he lunged towards Seymour. The blow was another mighty one as he brought the Gun Blade across Seymour's neck, and severed his head. Seymour seemed a bit suprised at first. He then slammed Squall down to his knees, and brought a wall of fire around him. The wound on his neck somehow healed up quite nicely.
"You think you can defeat me... WELL DO YOU?! I got news for you, "hero". You can't win. The darkness shall prevail."
Goofy and Donald ran up behind him, Donald casting his own spell on Seymour, Blizzaga. It seemed to just absorb into Seymour, as he turned around to look at the rest. Goofy then pulled the shield back and lunged forward, smashing it into Seymour face with great force. Seymour stumbled back a bit as his nose was broken. Squall then jumped up, and slammed the edge of the Gunblade into the back of Seymour's head, and Seymour's eyes opened in pain, and shock as he felt the blood trickle down the back of his head.
"Wha?!" He was in shock, because he thought he could not be hurt. He finally felt the pain he had caused so many others.
Sora then dashed at Seymour, exploding into the air, his own Blade lifted. He then landed at Seymour's feet, as Seymour looked down.
"Hmph." Seymour seemed amused one so small could be the end of him.
"Sora..Use what I taught you." Riku voice blurted out in Sora's head. "Ragnarok... It shall end this."
"Riku?" Sora questioned the talking in his head. He then shook it off, and nodded.
"Right! This ends now Seymour." Sora then jumped, thrusting the blade upward into Seymour's chin. Seymour jumped up a bit as Sora was already bringing it back down onto Seymour's stomach. Seymour then cringed, feeling the blood trickling out of his mouth. The others were silent as they watched Sora finally destroy Seymour. Seymour was falling towards the ground, his red and black eyes glaring at Sora with pure hatred, as Sora aimed the Keyblade at him. Suddenly, Sora shot back as waved of energy exploding out of the Keyblade, all swirling at Seymour. Seymour closed his eyes, as he knew this was the end. He felt the energy of light puncture his whole body, and he exploded, throwing everyone back with a lot of force. Sora was thrown into the Gummi ship, landing close to Cloud, Squall and Yuffie were slammed into a nearby building, both being knocked out immediately. Donald and Goofy also were slammed into the ground, as they were knocked out. Auron and Cid had tried to get out the way, but they were only knocked behind the ship. Seymour's explosion was insanely big. Not one person remained conscious. Aerith and Tifa finally peered out at the giant crater in the ground, and gasped.. Then, out of the crater, a small illumination occured, in the shape of a Keyhole.
"Oh no.." Aerith said.
"..." Tifa was silent. Then they ran out to meet everyone who had fallen.
"Cloud!" Aerith ran to his side, as Tifa looked on, not wanting to watch Aerith and Cloud together. She walked over to Sora, and kicked him in the ribs.
"Hey. Wake up. You have a world to save." She joked.
Sora looked at her, his face bruised, and blood escaping his lips and nose.
"I think I broke my arm..." He moaned slightly.
Tifa took on a look of concern as she knelt down, catering to his arm.
"Ouch. It looks so. I'll fix you up. Stay here. DON'T MOVE." The last two words were commanded, not requested. She ran off to wake the others, with the same strategy. A swift kick to the ribs. Soon, everyone was awake, and holding their ribs in pain. No one spoke, just moaned. Cloud finally got up after a bit, his wings receeding now.
"Aerith..." He touched her face, and she helped him back up into the ship.
Goofy and Donald rushed to Sora.
"SHORA!" Donald shouted, aiming his wand towards Sora and casting a healing spell. Sora's arm began to crack, as the bone mended, and he screamed as the pain took over his whole body. The blood quickly dried up, and minutes later, he was fully healed, but too tired to move. Everyone sat down around Sora, and they all just remained quiet. The town of Zanarkand had been in disarray, all due to those heartless...
Hours later they finally thought they were ready to move. Sora sat up slowly, rubbing his head. Tifa smiling sweetly towards him. Sora then quirked a brow towards her, and realized he had never seen her before, or even talked to her.
"Uh? Guys... Where did she come from?" He was looking at Tifa.
"I brought her with us." Cloud said.
"She's from Hallow Bastion as well, she could be a great help to us."
"Mm." Sora nodded. Then he looked to Auron.
"You must be Auron! I've heard a bit about you from Cid!" Sora smiled again.
"And you are?" Auron was motioning towards Sora.
Donald and Goofy both cut in.
"He's Sora!"
Then Donald continued. "He shaved thish here planet, and many othersh. Heesh the Keyblade Mashter!"
"Hm.." Auron smiled, and then patted Sora on the head.
"You hold tremendous power, Sora. I shall protect you at all costs. Now tell me about these 'Heartless'. I think that's what they are called."
Squall then walked up, seeming to know the most about the species.
"The Heartless. Those who lack the Heart. The most important asset in a caring being. They have no conscious, they have no soul, they only hunger hearts. Every world has a Heart at it's core. As soon as the Heartless find the core, they will devour it, and the world will be destroyed. But the worlds will all be restored if they are destroyed after the Door of Light is shut. It seems as though the door has been opened again. It hasn't even been a month yet, and it is opened again. That is why we left Hallow Bastion, and came for your help. The Heartless have gotten much stronger then what they used to be, new species are popping up, and it's just a big mess. We do not know who the "Lord of Darkness" or "Overlord" or whatever you want to call him, is, but he is the key to destroying the Heartless for good."
Auron then refered back to an earlier statement he had heard Squall say.
"ALL world's have a keyhole? Kind of like that?" He pointed to the Keyhole that had appeared in the bottom of the crater.
Everyone turned their heads, and Squall spoke.
"Oops. Didn't see that one. Sora, you know what to do."
Sora nodded, and stood up, stretching, walking to the crater. He then materialized the Keyblade in his hands, as he glared at the Keyhole. Materializing had become a useful trick he had learned. He then jumped over the crater aiming the Blade point at the hole, and a beam shot out, right into the Keyhole. It glowed for a moment, and then the sound of something locking occured. He landed on the other side of the deep crater. He then jumped, and glided back to the others as the hole vanished.
"Done!" he said with a smile on his face.
The others nodded to him. Then Cid spoke.
"Let us be off. We still have a few more people to pick up."
Everyone ran off to the Gummi ship, and Sora walked up second last, his head hung low. He mumbled a bit.
"Riku...Where are you?"
Auron looked at Sora for a moment, for he had stayed behind a bit. And then he felt sympathy, for bearing the Keyblade was a burden. He then followed in after, and the bay closed. They were off to somewhere new, which meant. New problems...