Animeverse: Kingdom Hearts Aftermath
By: Jonathan "ThunderFox JT" Santos nadiaja@bellsouth.net tfjt_2000@yahoo.com
Time for a disclaimer:
This fan fic is a mega crossover of Squaresoft and Disney's Kingdom Hearts with various anime series and video game characters. Their owners copyright kingdom Hearts and other anime/video game series, so I don't mean to harm them. I also included my original characters in the fan fic, so they're copyrighted by me. I'm only using the characters for my crossover parody fan fic. I'm only making this fan fic more interesting. SO PLEASE DON'T SUE ME! Thank you for your support.
Jonathan "ThunderFox JT" Santos
Chapter 2: Welcome to Neo Traverse Town
Sora and the gang are stuck in hyperspace and only 15 seconds before the engine blows up. Their last resort is to shut down the engine at the last second and activating the air brakes in reverse to make it through the wormhole. It's either blowing up or hurled in hyperspace forever.
"15 seconds, Sora. Just say the word." Cried Donald.
With a serious look, Sora lifted his hand to signal. "On my mark!"
Red lights flashed, and warning alarms sounded off as everyone were standing back in the heat of the moment.
Wakka held tight on his blitzball and a sweatdrop ran down his cheek. "Oh man, Sora! I hope you know what ya' doin', ya?"
"Come on, Wakka! Don't tell me you're losing hope already." Shouted Tidus at his best friend. "He saved our island for crying out loud, and I say we're behind him all the way."
"Tidus, you're right! What was I thinking?" Wakka knocked his head for not realizing. "Sora's our brudda', and we can't let that happen to him, ya?"
Donald: "10 seconds. . ."
Sora: "Steady!"
At the engine room, the Haste2-gummi engine began to grow into a red color and electrical streams surged out of its battery plugs.
Kairi (thought): "Come on, Sora! You can do it!"
Donald: "5. . .4. . .3. . .2. . ."
Sora (quickly lowered his hand): "NOWWWWW!"
Donald: "Commencing engine shut down!"
Donald quickly pushed the emergency shut down button, causing the engine to go offline and cool down. Sora quickly flicked the switches, rotating the air brakes in reverse. With one last push of the button, he activated the air brakes, making them act like emergency thrusters.
Goofy: "Well whadda' you know, we're moving! A hyuck!"
Donald: "Yeah, but barely. Now the only thing to worry about is how long will the air brakes can handle in this situation."
Sora: "Look on the bright side, at least we're still alive, for now."
Suddenly, the ship started to tilt over again.
Selphie: "What was that?"
Donald: "The Kingdom is starting to tilt again, it must be the air brakes. They're too weak to hold up the ship in balance."
Selphie (holding tight): "Now I know why they call this a "bumpy ride"."
Sora: "Hey, I think we're almost there!"
Closer and closer, the Kingdom is only meters away from the end of the wormhole. Without warning, one of the rocket boosters of the air brakes exploded. "BOOM!"
Sora: "Spoke too soon."
Donald: "AB booster 1 has exploded, if booster 2 explodes, we're done for."
Goofy: "Walt Disney, don't fail me now!"
Goofy tries steer back on course, but the wormhole is too strong to keep it balanced. "Come on, buddy, work with me!" Shouted Goofy. At the end of the wormhole, the Kingdom's nose cone slowly made it through, then cockpit, and finally the tail.
Goofy: "YAHOOHOOHOO! WE MADE IT!"
Sora: "Great work, Goofy! We finally made it to Animeverse!
Kairi: "Thank goodness."
Selphie: "Oh Goofy, you're my hero!"
Selphie then kissed Goofy on the cheek. Goofy was feeling. . . well "goofy", and his face turned red.
Goofy (blush): "A hyuck! Gawrsh, twart' nothin'! Thanks to good ol' Kingdom here."
With one slap on the control deck, Goofy accidentally caused the last booster to explode.
Donald: "GOOFY!!!!"
Goofy: "Oops! Sorry."
Wakka: "Don't just stand there, man! Grab the controls!"
Goofy: "Oh, right!"
Goofy quickly grabbed the controls and tries to steer the Kingdom, but it steered off course to an unknown world that looks like a giant asteroid.
Sora: "Goofy! You gotta steer the ship to that planet, it's our only way to survive."
Goofy: "Sure thing, Sora! I'll give it all I got!"
Donald: "I'll try to contact for help!"
Donald grabs the communicator and calls for help.
Donald: "MAYDAY! MAYDAY! CAN ANYONE HERE ME! HELLO? HELLO? OVER!"
No one was able to answer Donald's cry for help. "No answer, it's hopeless!" Cried Donald. But in a stroke of luck, a man's voice can be heard from the speaker.
"This is NTT spaceport reporting, we just received your distress call. Do you copy? Over." Responded the man.
Donald: "Just in the nick of time!"
Sora: "Donald, give me the radio."
Donald hands over Sora the communicator.
Sora: "Copy that, sir! This is Sora of the gummi ship, Kingdom. Our engine is offline, the air brakes exploded, and we're critically falling to your world's atmosphere, we need help. Over."
NTT spaceport navigator: "Affirmative, Kingdom. We've been expecting your arrival. We will prepare the emergency landing procedures as soon as possible."
Bright yellow lights appeared in front of the spaceport, forming a path to guide the Kingdom.
NTT spaceport navigator: "Beacons online, we're now activating the tractor beam. Over."
The spaceport gate opened and the tractor beam safely pulled the Kingdom inside.
"Phew, now that was a close one." Sighed Sora in relief. "For a second there, I thought my plan would never work."
Wakka: "Ya! That ride was more wicked than riding my first shoopuf!" (Note: Shoopuf are those elephant-like creatures from FFX.)
Selphie (looking through the cockpit window): "Hey guys, look!"
Everyone heard Selphie and looked through the window like she said. The spaceport is filled with space cruisers, airships, grappler ships, GXP patrol cruisers, and all sorts of vehicles from every single world. Sora and the gang were amazed of their advanced technology.
Tidus: "Whoa! This place is 10 times better than my hometown."
Goofy: "Gawrsh, I never seen soo many spaceships."
Selphie: "I wonder if they got a shopping district?"
Wakka: "They gotta' have a Blitzball Stadium at least!"
Kairi (turns toward Sora): "Sora, do you think Riku could be hiding in this world?"
Sora: "I don't know, but all I know is that mysterious man back on Destiny Island might have seen Riku. Which means Riku might be lost in any of these worlds."
Donald: "Quit fooling around, guys. We're almost at the terminal gate."
As the Kingdom reached their gate, two large grappler claws grabbed the ship on both ends to secure. Then some cables flew out of a large screen in front of the Kingdom and connected to its mainframe. A holographic computer projected in front of the controls, and on the screen, it appeared Neo Traverse Town's homepage and a cute female guide.
NTT homepage guide: "Konichiwa! Welcome to Neo Traverse Town, Animeverse's haven and border town to all worlds. Please enter your name and password for registration.
Kairi: "Come on, Sora! Try it."
Sora: "Well okay, Kairi. Here goes."
Sora went near the holographic keyboard and typed in his name and password.
Name: Sora Password: Excalibur
Sora pressed the ENTER button.
NTT homepage guide: "Please wait one moment while we load your registration and verify the ship's mainframe.
****************Now loading.*****************
NTT homepage guide: "Registration and ship verification complete! You and your fellow crew are now registered citizens of Neo Traverse Town. You may enter through the terminal gate. If you need any information and tutorial about NTT, use any of the tutorial computers located throughout the city to log in to our homepage. Have a nice day!"
The holographic computer faded and then the cockpit hatch opened automatically.
"Guess it's okay to check this place out. Huh, guys?" Said Sora in a confident look.
Everyone agreed, and so they left the Kingdom at the spaceport and into the terminal gate. At the terminal, they find themselves in front of a crowd of people from all over the universe, walking around or just managing the spaceport. There were different kinds of races other than humans: youkais, androids, aliens, elves, lyncanthropes, and even other races from both the Disney and Square Universe.
After leaving the terminal, they arrived at the monorail station, which is connected to not only the spaceport, but the entire city as well. They decided to ride one of the monorails that stop at NTT Square so they can start the search, which it was monorail A345. As they rode to NTT Square, Sora began to wonder about their new mission.
Sora: "I still don't understand why our worlds have been connected again?"
Tidus: "Whadda ya' mean, Sora?"
Sora: "Remember when Goofy, Donald and me closed the Door of Darkness?"
Kairi: "I remember that, so what's the point?"
Sora: "It's just a hunch, but I think this mission has to do something about both the Door of Darkness and the Door of Light, what else could be causing it?"
Goofy: "Uh, you mean some fella is trying open both doors?"
Sora: "Exactly! Whoever's behind this, he's got a lot of nerve trying fuse every single world into his own playground."
The monorail started to slow down.
Wakka: "Hey, guys! I think we're slowing down."
Selphie: "That must be our stop. Come on, let's go!"
The monorail slowly stopped at NTT Station Square, and everyone left the monorail. As they left the station, they finally arrived at the Center of NTT Square. They were amazed of the splendid scenery of this highly advanced haven; with its souring buildings and populated streets. Even thought they're inside a giant asteroid, the artificial climate and sunlight look so real.
Tidus: "Wow. . ."
Wakka: "This is so cool, ya?"
Selphie: "I've never seen anything like it!"
As the Destiny Island gang continues to gaze at the city, Donald gave a loud shout for attention.
Donald: "QUIET! Everyone heard Donald What do you think this is, a field trip? We're in a middle of an important mission."
Goofy: "Lighten up, Donald? They're just kids, this is their first time visiting a new world."
Sora: "Yeah, Donald, why you're always so temperamental?"
Donald's face turns boiling red and gave out his traditional, fist wavin' tantrum act.
Donald: "BAAHHHHHHH! For the last time, I don't have a short temper!"
"Well, well, if it isn't the new generation Key Bearer himself, Sora." Said a familiar voice, interrupting Donald's tantrum.
Sora: "That voice. . ."
"You got that right, bro'! I knew we find him around NTT Square." Recalled another voice.
Everyone turned around to see who said that, including Donald. Revealing themselves from hiding behind a lamppost, two teenage brothers walked toward Sora and the gang, whom Sora gives a confused look.
Goofy: "What's the matter, Sora? You like you seen a pair of ghosts."
Sora: "Those two. . .I think I seen them somewhere."
Indeed, Sora did meet them before. They were the same guys who appeared in Sora's dream; the long, spiky, black haired fighter and his sword wieldin' twin brother.
Sora: "Ah, I remember! You're the same guys from my dream!"
Fighter (smirked): "Yup, you caught us. Looks like you got a good memory there. Ain't that right, JT?"
JT: "Indeed, AD. Cid's dream-scene machine, Aya, worked on him pretty good."
Donald: "Enough with the chit-chat, who are you, guys?"
AD & JT (unison): "What did he said?"
Sora: "He's said, who are you guys?"
Both of them looked at each other and scratched their heads with sweatdrops.
JT: "Oh, I knew that. I almost couldn't understand a word he's saying."
Tidus: "No one does."
Donald was furious and grits his teeth.
AD (laughs): "Oh how rude of us, we forgot to introduce ourselves. My name's Adrian Santos, the Twin Warrior of the Fire of Power. (cracks his fists) But you can call me AD, GreatDragon AD"
JT (unsheathes his sword and posed it in front of his face): "And my name's Jonathan Santos, the Twin Warrior of the Thunder of Courage. (spins his sword in the air and sheaths it) But you can call me JT, ThunderFox JT."
Then the posed themselves together, back-to-back.
JT & AD (unison): "And together, we are the Twin Warriors!"
Goofy looks puzzled and scratched his head under his hat.
Goofy: "Uh, that's great, but what is a Twin Warrior?"
Everyone facevaults over from Goofy's question, anime style.
AD (gets up with frustration): "Originated as Dream Warriors, Twin Warriors is a group of young heroes from present day Earth, crossing over worlds and fighting against the forces of evil."
JT: "In other words, we're kinda like an all-around type of power rangers, except without the colorful uniforms and the giant animal zords."
Sora: "Now wait just a minute! I know this is all so sudden, but what are you two doing here?"
JT: "Well, for your information, Sora, me and my bro' were assigned as special agents for your arrival, assigned by my alternate dimensional self, the Emperor."
Tidus: "What!? You mean to tell us that you were the Emperor?"
JT (bonks Tidus's head): "Helloooo! I said dimensional self, as in another "me" from another dimension, and his name is Tenko Saishu."
Tidus (holds his bruised head): "Ouch! You don't have to hit me THAT hard!"
Everyone (except Tidus, JT, and AD) was psyched out with sweatdrops.
Kairi: "You think these twins are really the Emperor's agents?"
Sora: "I don't know, but I got a feeling that is gonna' be one of those days."
AD: "Well, Sora, if you don't believe us, we'll prove it. Meet us at the bar of 7th Heaven Hotel, we'll explain everything about the mission."
JT: "Who knows, we might even give you a little tip about your "gray haired friend"."
Sora: "Gray haired friend? You mean you know something about Riku?"
AD: "7th Heaven Hotel, remember that."
The two brothers left NTT Square and the gang began to wonder about the situation.
Selphie: "Are you sure we should trust them, Sora?"
Sora: "I guess we have no choice, they're the only guys who know about me, Riku, and the mission."
Kairi: "I agree."
Sora and the gang began their journey through Neo Traverse Town. Along the way, they've followed the traces of the twins and with the helping aid of NTT computer guides; they gained close distance to 7th Heaven. Meanwhile at the hotel entrance, another pair of teenagers was in the middle of a conversation.
1st teenager: "Hey cuz', you think you're up for this? I mean JT and AD did mentioned the Key Bearer had beaten Leon countless times at the Greek Coliseum."
2nd teenager: "Don't sweat it, Zack. I can beat that kid with my eyes closed, and who cares what my stupid psudo-pops said about how bogus that so-called Lionheart lost to him, I'll save my payback on Leon much later."
Zack: "I don't know. . ."
The ignorant teenager unsheathes his gunblade and polishes the blade with a waistcloth.
2nd teenager: "And if I ever meet that guy soon enough, he will regret the day he messes with the Winged Fox."
He points the gunblade to a poster of Leon on a tree.
2nd teenager: "Bang! (turns around) Huh?"
He then sees Sora and the gang heading their way.
2nd teenager (pulls the loading trigger): "And so it begins. . ."
He sets his gunblade to gun mode, and aims at our reluctant heroes. As he sets his eyes at Sora, he gave a wily smirk and pulled the trigger, launching a large, explosive red orb of energy, with the smell of fire and gunpowder. Suddenly, Sora sensed the upcoming attack and shouted; "DUCK!" Exclaimed Sora as he quickly pulled Kairi away from the energy ball, as well as the Destiny Island gang, except Goofy.
Goofy: "Duck? But Donald's right here."
Donald: "No, Goofy, "duck"!"
Donald quickly pulls down Goofy and the energy ball misses its targets. That caused the energy ball to blast through a row of trees and instantly explodes.
2nd teenager (lowers his weapon to his shoulder): "That was just a warning shot, kid!"
Sora (gets up and held Kairi): "Kairi! Are you okay?"
Kairi: "I'm alright, Sora. Thank you."
Sora: "I'm so relieved, is everyone else okay?"
Selphie: "I think so."
Tidus: "Same here."
Wakka: "Ditto, ya."
Goofy: "Gawrsh."
Donald: "Me too."
Sora was furious from that last attack. His shaken fist started to grip tightly and he stared straight at their attacker.
Sora (shout): "Hey! What's the big idea? Shooting at us in broad daylight!"
2nd teenager (smirks): "Feh! Just to get your attention, Key Bearer."
He taunts Sora by giving that "get over here" wave. Sora looks frustrated, so he jumped and glided toward him. He notices the teenager has a scar over his forehead, and light brown longhair, in a fetish loose hairstyle with the longhair tied into a ponytail. He wore a black leather jacket with short sleeves and metal shoulder pads, with a patch on its back that looks like a fierce light brown fox with wings. He also wore a silver necklace with a fox head as an emblem, a white tanktop, a pair of black strapped street gloves, black pants with several brown and silver belts, and a pair of black shoes with silver straps. His gunblade was a double- edge long blade attached to an 8-winged hilt, with the handle similar to a magnum.
The other teenager was a bull cut blonde hair boy with a black tattoo printed from the left side of his forehead to the front of his left ear. He was wearing an orange red short parker with orange short sleeves, a black tanktop, orange short pants, red street gloves, and a pair of red sneakers.
Sora: "For a guy who shoots people without warning, you remind me of Leon, even the looks."
2nd teenager (serious): "Believe me, kid, I got nothing on him, yet."
He was right, Sora then notices that his eyes are jade green, and his scar was a mirror image of Leon's, it was scarred from above his left eyebrow to the right side of his nose diagonally (think of it as Seifer's scar). His face does resemble one of the twins from earlier. Sora holds his chin in acceptation of his unique characteristics.
Sora: "I can see why you're much different than Leon, what's your name?"
2nd teenager: "The name's Kayin, Kayin the Winged Fox, age 17. I'm from the Lost Dimension of the year 2026, one of the top MEED members of Furinkan Garden, and back there they call me SkyFox Kay.
Zack: "Not the way I heard of, most of your enemies called you LoneFox or DemonFox on a count you fight seriously on your own without anyone's help."
Kayin (sweatdrop): "Please don't mention that. -_-; Anywho, the reason I got your attention because I wanted to ask you one question: Where's Leon?"
Sora: "What?"
Kayin (points his gunblade at Sora): "You heard me! Either tell me where Leon is, or else I'm gonna fight it out."
Sora (confused): "Honestly, I don't what you're talking about, you sound like you have a grudge against him."
Kayin: "Enough talk, IKUZE!!!"
Kayin dashed toward Sora with tremendous speed, preparing his next attack with a downward slash. In a blink of an eye, Sora quickly pulled out his KeyBlade and deflected his attack. Everyone was surprised that Sora defended in an instant, including Kayin.
Kayin: "Strange, no one was able to block my first attack, except a rival I know of back at my world."
Sora: "I've been through worse situations than this."
Sora tightens his grip and tries to push through Kayin's gunblade, but Kayin tries to use more force as well. The continued to force themselves in the gridlock, but not one of them budge an inch. They both knew they couldn't keep their swords crossed forever, so they sway back and glared at each other.
Kayin (tapping his shoulder with his gunblade): "Hmm, you're pretty strong for a 16 year old, I'm impressed."
Sora: "Same to you pal, your speed and strength is unmeasurable, I thought I'd never keep my guard up."
Kayin: "Ha! You ain't seen nothing yet, I was going easy on ya'. Let me take off this "heavy" jacket and you'll see what I mean."
Zack: "This fight is getting too good for my cousin. You're in for it now, Sora!"
Kayin put down his gunblade and took off his jacket. As he carelessly threw it away, it made a large thud sound after it landed on the pavement, leaving large cracks around.
Goofy: "Did you see that!?"
Tidus: "That must be one HEAVY jacket."
Kairi: "How could that guy wear it?"
Selphie: "It probably weighs a ton!"
Wakka: "I got a bad feeling about this."
Kayin stretches his arms and tilts his neck around as he warms up.
Kayin: "Surprised? You didn't know I was wearing a weighted jacket. I've been training with it for a long time, and now you know why I'm so strong. Now that I'm not wearing it, my body is now lighter and faster than ever."
Sora (thinking): "He's right, I can sense his speed is much faster than before, it might even match the speed of my Sonic Blade technique."
Kayin: "So, Sora, are you ready?"
Sora: "Even if you're are much faster, I'm not gonna' give up that easy. Give me your best shot!"
Kayin: "I hate to say this, but you're asking for it! I'm gonna finish you off with my signature technique."
Once again, Kayin dashed toward Sora, but this time much faster than last time. He smirked seriously and turned his gunblade horizontally, preparing his ultimate technique. Sora quickly aimed his KeyBlade and prepared his next move as well.
Kayin: "RAIJIN-BATSU-KEN!!! (Thunder God Striker Slash)"
Sora: "SONIC BLADE!!!"
Both of their attacks have collided in a bright flash of light and a streaming surge of energy and lighting. They were fighting so fast that no one was able to see their movements. One attack after another, their weapons clashed and deflected at each other. Sora tries to strike him, but misses on a count of his movement were too fast. Kayin tries another downward slash, but Sora quickly dodges at the last second. The outcome was shocking; neither of them was able to penetrate the other's defenses.
Sora (thinking): "God! This guy fights fast, too fast. If I don't time and connect the Sonic Blade right, I won't be able to phase him."
Kayin (thinking): "Damn it! This kid keeps dodging and blocking my attacks, it's like he's almost reading my movements. Better stick to plan B."
With that, Kayin left battle and the light suddenly disappeared.
Sora (gasping deeply): "What? Is he running away? Wait a minute, why is he just standing there with his eyes closed?"
Kayin was standing there in a strange pose, wielding his gunblade in front of him and his left hand behind the back of the blade.
Kayin: "You got a lot of guts there, Sora. You're the first one able to defend from my Raijin-Batsu-Ken. I'm impressed, (opens his eyes in a demonic look) BUT PLAYTIME IS OVER!"
Suddenly, Kayin's gunblade started to glow and surge with an electrical charge and swirling gusts of wind.
Kayin: "Behold the true power of my gunblade, Seraphim Saber, and the final attack of the Raijin-Batsu-Ken!"
A strong windstorm blew into the battle, blowing away signs, trashcans, and other useless junk. A blanket of dark clouds formed above the domed city, giving away small rays of light.
Donald: "What's goin' on?"
Zack: "He's unleashing his final attack, you friend is done for!"
Kairi (gasps): "Sora! NOOOOO!!!"
Kairi pushed aside from the others and tried to warn Sora, but it was too late.
Kayin: "Heavens above the clouds, heed my word, let my blade be your tool. Lend me your blessing and awesome power, and send all enemies higher and higher. CELESTIAL STORM OF THE SKY DRAGON!!!"
With his final chants, he threw his gunblade high above the clouds, turning the clouds into tornado storm. And as Fate would've happen, the dark clouds opened up a gigantic ray of light over Sora. As Sora looked up the light, he sees the gunblade being merge with a gigantic white gray dragon with four angelic wings, diving towards Sora in a form of a gigantic tornado beam.
Then tornado beam finally caught Sora, hurling inside the "eye of the tornado".
All (except Zack and Kayin): "SORAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
Kayin (laughs): "Ha ha ha! Give it up, Sora! Once you're caught inside the Celestial Storm, there's no escape. Now then, tell me where Leon is, or breathe your last breath."
Will Sora ever escape the clutches of Kayin's Ultimate Attack or will it be his final hour? Find out next time on next exciting conclusion of Animeverse: Kingdom Hearts Aftermath.
Preview: ThunderFox JT: Yo! It's me again! In the next story! Somehow, Sora was able to survive the Celestial Storm by "yours truly", and finds out the reason why Kayin has a grudge against Leon. Later, Sora and the gang meet up with the rest of the Twin Warriors and discuss about the mission, involving with a genetically evolved breed of Heartless, Sintinels. And without warning, Neo Traverse Town in attacked by Sintinels and Leon, who reveals himself to be an imposter. But who is this imposter? Can he be the one trying to open all the Keyholes? Find out on the next chapter of Animverse: Kingdom Hearts Aftermath, Chapter 3: Darkest Before Dawn, Enter the Demonic Jackal. See Ya'!
By: Jonathan "ThunderFox JT" Santos nadiaja@bellsouth.net tfjt_2000@yahoo.com
Time for a disclaimer:
This fan fic is a mega crossover of Squaresoft and Disney's Kingdom Hearts with various anime series and video game characters. Their owners copyright kingdom Hearts and other anime/video game series, so I don't mean to harm them. I also included my original characters in the fan fic, so they're copyrighted by me. I'm only using the characters for my crossover parody fan fic. I'm only making this fan fic more interesting. SO PLEASE DON'T SUE ME! Thank you for your support.
Jonathan "ThunderFox JT" Santos
Chapter 2: Welcome to Neo Traverse Town
Sora and the gang are stuck in hyperspace and only 15 seconds before the engine blows up. Their last resort is to shut down the engine at the last second and activating the air brakes in reverse to make it through the wormhole. It's either blowing up or hurled in hyperspace forever.
"15 seconds, Sora. Just say the word." Cried Donald.
With a serious look, Sora lifted his hand to signal. "On my mark!"
Red lights flashed, and warning alarms sounded off as everyone were standing back in the heat of the moment.
Wakka held tight on his blitzball and a sweatdrop ran down his cheek. "Oh man, Sora! I hope you know what ya' doin', ya?"
"Come on, Wakka! Don't tell me you're losing hope already." Shouted Tidus at his best friend. "He saved our island for crying out loud, and I say we're behind him all the way."
"Tidus, you're right! What was I thinking?" Wakka knocked his head for not realizing. "Sora's our brudda', and we can't let that happen to him, ya?"
Donald: "10 seconds. . ."
Sora: "Steady!"
At the engine room, the Haste2-gummi engine began to grow into a red color and electrical streams surged out of its battery plugs.
Kairi (thought): "Come on, Sora! You can do it!"
Donald: "5. . .4. . .3. . .2. . ."
Sora (quickly lowered his hand): "NOWWWWW!"
Donald: "Commencing engine shut down!"
Donald quickly pushed the emergency shut down button, causing the engine to go offline and cool down. Sora quickly flicked the switches, rotating the air brakes in reverse. With one last push of the button, he activated the air brakes, making them act like emergency thrusters.
Goofy: "Well whadda' you know, we're moving! A hyuck!"
Donald: "Yeah, but barely. Now the only thing to worry about is how long will the air brakes can handle in this situation."
Sora: "Look on the bright side, at least we're still alive, for now."
Suddenly, the ship started to tilt over again.
Selphie: "What was that?"
Donald: "The Kingdom is starting to tilt again, it must be the air brakes. They're too weak to hold up the ship in balance."
Selphie (holding tight): "Now I know why they call this a "bumpy ride"."
Sora: "Hey, I think we're almost there!"
Closer and closer, the Kingdom is only meters away from the end of the wormhole. Without warning, one of the rocket boosters of the air brakes exploded. "BOOM!"
Sora: "Spoke too soon."
Donald: "AB booster 1 has exploded, if booster 2 explodes, we're done for."
Goofy: "Walt Disney, don't fail me now!"
Goofy tries steer back on course, but the wormhole is too strong to keep it balanced. "Come on, buddy, work with me!" Shouted Goofy. At the end of the wormhole, the Kingdom's nose cone slowly made it through, then cockpit, and finally the tail.
Goofy: "YAHOOHOOHOO! WE MADE IT!"
Sora: "Great work, Goofy! We finally made it to Animeverse!
Kairi: "Thank goodness."
Selphie: "Oh Goofy, you're my hero!"
Selphie then kissed Goofy on the cheek. Goofy was feeling. . . well "goofy", and his face turned red.
Goofy (blush): "A hyuck! Gawrsh, twart' nothin'! Thanks to good ol' Kingdom here."
With one slap on the control deck, Goofy accidentally caused the last booster to explode.
Donald: "GOOFY!!!!"
Goofy: "Oops! Sorry."
Wakka: "Don't just stand there, man! Grab the controls!"
Goofy: "Oh, right!"
Goofy quickly grabbed the controls and tries to steer the Kingdom, but it steered off course to an unknown world that looks like a giant asteroid.
Sora: "Goofy! You gotta steer the ship to that planet, it's our only way to survive."
Goofy: "Sure thing, Sora! I'll give it all I got!"
Donald: "I'll try to contact for help!"
Donald grabs the communicator and calls for help.
Donald: "MAYDAY! MAYDAY! CAN ANYONE HERE ME! HELLO? HELLO? OVER!"
No one was able to answer Donald's cry for help. "No answer, it's hopeless!" Cried Donald. But in a stroke of luck, a man's voice can be heard from the speaker.
"This is NTT spaceport reporting, we just received your distress call. Do you copy? Over." Responded the man.
Donald: "Just in the nick of time!"
Sora: "Donald, give me the radio."
Donald hands over Sora the communicator.
Sora: "Copy that, sir! This is Sora of the gummi ship, Kingdom. Our engine is offline, the air brakes exploded, and we're critically falling to your world's atmosphere, we need help. Over."
NTT spaceport navigator: "Affirmative, Kingdom. We've been expecting your arrival. We will prepare the emergency landing procedures as soon as possible."
Bright yellow lights appeared in front of the spaceport, forming a path to guide the Kingdom.
NTT spaceport navigator: "Beacons online, we're now activating the tractor beam. Over."
The spaceport gate opened and the tractor beam safely pulled the Kingdom inside.
"Phew, now that was a close one." Sighed Sora in relief. "For a second there, I thought my plan would never work."
Wakka: "Ya! That ride was more wicked than riding my first shoopuf!" (Note: Shoopuf are those elephant-like creatures from FFX.)
Selphie (looking through the cockpit window): "Hey guys, look!"
Everyone heard Selphie and looked through the window like she said. The spaceport is filled with space cruisers, airships, grappler ships, GXP patrol cruisers, and all sorts of vehicles from every single world. Sora and the gang were amazed of their advanced technology.
Tidus: "Whoa! This place is 10 times better than my hometown."
Goofy: "Gawrsh, I never seen soo many spaceships."
Selphie: "I wonder if they got a shopping district?"
Wakka: "They gotta' have a Blitzball Stadium at least!"
Kairi (turns toward Sora): "Sora, do you think Riku could be hiding in this world?"
Sora: "I don't know, but all I know is that mysterious man back on Destiny Island might have seen Riku. Which means Riku might be lost in any of these worlds."
Donald: "Quit fooling around, guys. We're almost at the terminal gate."
As the Kingdom reached their gate, two large grappler claws grabbed the ship on both ends to secure. Then some cables flew out of a large screen in front of the Kingdom and connected to its mainframe. A holographic computer projected in front of the controls, and on the screen, it appeared Neo Traverse Town's homepage and a cute female guide.
NTT homepage guide: "Konichiwa! Welcome to Neo Traverse Town, Animeverse's haven and border town to all worlds. Please enter your name and password for registration.
Kairi: "Come on, Sora! Try it."
Sora: "Well okay, Kairi. Here goes."
Sora went near the holographic keyboard and typed in his name and password.
Name: Sora Password: Excalibur
Sora pressed the ENTER button.
NTT homepage guide: "Please wait one moment while we load your registration and verify the ship's mainframe.
****************Now loading.*****************
NTT homepage guide: "Registration and ship verification complete! You and your fellow crew are now registered citizens of Neo Traverse Town. You may enter through the terminal gate. If you need any information and tutorial about NTT, use any of the tutorial computers located throughout the city to log in to our homepage. Have a nice day!"
The holographic computer faded and then the cockpit hatch opened automatically.
"Guess it's okay to check this place out. Huh, guys?" Said Sora in a confident look.
Everyone agreed, and so they left the Kingdom at the spaceport and into the terminal gate. At the terminal, they find themselves in front of a crowd of people from all over the universe, walking around or just managing the spaceport. There were different kinds of races other than humans: youkais, androids, aliens, elves, lyncanthropes, and even other races from both the Disney and Square Universe.
After leaving the terminal, they arrived at the monorail station, which is connected to not only the spaceport, but the entire city as well. They decided to ride one of the monorails that stop at NTT Square so they can start the search, which it was monorail A345. As they rode to NTT Square, Sora began to wonder about their new mission.
Sora: "I still don't understand why our worlds have been connected again?"
Tidus: "Whadda ya' mean, Sora?"
Sora: "Remember when Goofy, Donald and me closed the Door of Darkness?"
Kairi: "I remember that, so what's the point?"
Sora: "It's just a hunch, but I think this mission has to do something about both the Door of Darkness and the Door of Light, what else could be causing it?"
Goofy: "Uh, you mean some fella is trying open both doors?"
Sora: "Exactly! Whoever's behind this, he's got a lot of nerve trying fuse every single world into his own playground."
The monorail started to slow down.
Wakka: "Hey, guys! I think we're slowing down."
Selphie: "That must be our stop. Come on, let's go!"
The monorail slowly stopped at NTT Station Square, and everyone left the monorail. As they left the station, they finally arrived at the Center of NTT Square. They were amazed of the splendid scenery of this highly advanced haven; with its souring buildings and populated streets. Even thought they're inside a giant asteroid, the artificial climate and sunlight look so real.
Tidus: "Wow. . ."
Wakka: "This is so cool, ya?"
Selphie: "I've never seen anything like it!"
As the Destiny Island gang continues to gaze at the city, Donald gave a loud shout for attention.
Donald: "QUIET! Everyone heard Donald What do you think this is, a field trip? We're in a middle of an important mission."
Goofy: "Lighten up, Donald? They're just kids, this is their first time visiting a new world."
Sora: "Yeah, Donald, why you're always so temperamental?"
Donald's face turns boiling red and gave out his traditional, fist wavin' tantrum act.
Donald: "BAAHHHHHHH! For the last time, I don't have a short temper!"
"Well, well, if it isn't the new generation Key Bearer himself, Sora." Said a familiar voice, interrupting Donald's tantrum.
Sora: "That voice. . ."
"You got that right, bro'! I knew we find him around NTT Square." Recalled another voice.
Everyone turned around to see who said that, including Donald. Revealing themselves from hiding behind a lamppost, two teenage brothers walked toward Sora and the gang, whom Sora gives a confused look.
Goofy: "What's the matter, Sora? You like you seen a pair of ghosts."
Sora: "Those two. . .I think I seen them somewhere."
Indeed, Sora did meet them before. They were the same guys who appeared in Sora's dream; the long, spiky, black haired fighter and his sword wieldin' twin brother.
Sora: "Ah, I remember! You're the same guys from my dream!"
Fighter (smirked): "Yup, you caught us. Looks like you got a good memory there. Ain't that right, JT?"
JT: "Indeed, AD. Cid's dream-scene machine, Aya, worked on him pretty good."
Donald: "Enough with the chit-chat, who are you, guys?"
AD & JT (unison): "What did he said?"
Sora: "He's said, who are you guys?"
Both of them looked at each other and scratched their heads with sweatdrops.
JT: "Oh, I knew that. I almost couldn't understand a word he's saying."
Tidus: "No one does."
Donald was furious and grits his teeth.
AD (laughs): "Oh how rude of us, we forgot to introduce ourselves. My name's Adrian Santos, the Twin Warrior of the Fire of Power. (cracks his fists) But you can call me AD, GreatDragon AD"
JT (unsheathes his sword and posed it in front of his face): "And my name's Jonathan Santos, the Twin Warrior of the Thunder of Courage. (spins his sword in the air and sheaths it) But you can call me JT, ThunderFox JT."
Then the posed themselves together, back-to-back.
JT & AD (unison): "And together, we are the Twin Warriors!"
Goofy looks puzzled and scratched his head under his hat.
Goofy: "Uh, that's great, but what is a Twin Warrior?"
Everyone facevaults over from Goofy's question, anime style.
AD (gets up with frustration): "Originated as Dream Warriors, Twin Warriors is a group of young heroes from present day Earth, crossing over worlds and fighting against the forces of evil."
JT: "In other words, we're kinda like an all-around type of power rangers, except without the colorful uniforms and the giant animal zords."
Sora: "Now wait just a minute! I know this is all so sudden, but what are you two doing here?"
JT: "Well, for your information, Sora, me and my bro' were assigned as special agents for your arrival, assigned by my alternate dimensional self, the Emperor."
Tidus: "What!? You mean to tell us that you were the Emperor?"
JT (bonks Tidus's head): "Helloooo! I said dimensional self, as in another "me" from another dimension, and his name is Tenko Saishu."
Tidus (holds his bruised head): "Ouch! You don't have to hit me THAT hard!"
Everyone (except Tidus, JT, and AD) was psyched out with sweatdrops.
Kairi: "You think these twins are really the Emperor's agents?"
Sora: "I don't know, but I got a feeling that is gonna' be one of those days."
AD: "Well, Sora, if you don't believe us, we'll prove it. Meet us at the bar of 7th Heaven Hotel, we'll explain everything about the mission."
JT: "Who knows, we might even give you a little tip about your "gray haired friend"."
Sora: "Gray haired friend? You mean you know something about Riku?"
AD: "7th Heaven Hotel, remember that."
The two brothers left NTT Square and the gang began to wonder about the situation.
Selphie: "Are you sure we should trust them, Sora?"
Sora: "I guess we have no choice, they're the only guys who know about me, Riku, and the mission."
Kairi: "I agree."
Sora and the gang began their journey through Neo Traverse Town. Along the way, they've followed the traces of the twins and with the helping aid of NTT computer guides; they gained close distance to 7th Heaven. Meanwhile at the hotel entrance, another pair of teenagers was in the middle of a conversation.
1st teenager: "Hey cuz', you think you're up for this? I mean JT and AD did mentioned the Key Bearer had beaten Leon countless times at the Greek Coliseum."
2nd teenager: "Don't sweat it, Zack. I can beat that kid with my eyes closed, and who cares what my stupid psudo-pops said about how bogus that so-called Lionheart lost to him, I'll save my payback on Leon much later."
Zack: "I don't know. . ."
The ignorant teenager unsheathes his gunblade and polishes the blade with a waistcloth.
2nd teenager: "And if I ever meet that guy soon enough, he will regret the day he messes with the Winged Fox."
He points the gunblade to a poster of Leon on a tree.
2nd teenager: "Bang! (turns around) Huh?"
He then sees Sora and the gang heading their way.
2nd teenager (pulls the loading trigger): "And so it begins. . ."
He sets his gunblade to gun mode, and aims at our reluctant heroes. As he sets his eyes at Sora, he gave a wily smirk and pulled the trigger, launching a large, explosive red orb of energy, with the smell of fire and gunpowder. Suddenly, Sora sensed the upcoming attack and shouted; "DUCK!" Exclaimed Sora as he quickly pulled Kairi away from the energy ball, as well as the Destiny Island gang, except Goofy.
Goofy: "Duck? But Donald's right here."
Donald: "No, Goofy, "duck"!"
Donald quickly pulls down Goofy and the energy ball misses its targets. That caused the energy ball to blast through a row of trees and instantly explodes.
2nd teenager (lowers his weapon to his shoulder): "That was just a warning shot, kid!"
Sora (gets up and held Kairi): "Kairi! Are you okay?"
Kairi: "I'm alright, Sora. Thank you."
Sora: "I'm so relieved, is everyone else okay?"
Selphie: "I think so."
Tidus: "Same here."
Wakka: "Ditto, ya."
Goofy: "Gawrsh."
Donald: "Me too."
Sora was furious from that last attack. His shaken fist started to grip tightly and he stared straight at their attacker.
Sora (shout): "Hey! What's the big idea? Shooting at us in broad daylight!"
2nd teenager (smirks): "Feh! Just to get your attention, Key Bearer."
He taunts Sora by giving that "get over here" wave. Sora looks frustrated, so he jumped and glided toward him. He notices the teenager has a scar over his forehead, and light brown longhair, in a fetish loose hairstyle with the longhair tied into a ponytail. He wore a black leather jacket with short sleeves and metal shoulder pads, with a patch on its back that looks like a fierce light brown fox with wings. He also wore a silver necklace with a fox head as an emblem, a white tanktop, a pair of black strapped street gloves, black pants with several brown and silver belts, and a pair of black shoes with silver straps. His gunblade was a double- edge long blade attached to an 8-winged hilt, with the handle similar to a magnum.
The other teenager was a bull cut blonde hair boy with a black tattoo printed from the left side of his forehead to the front of his left ear. He was wearing an orange red short parker with orange short sleeves, a black tanktop, orange short pants, red street gloves, and a pair of red sneakers.
Sora: "For a guy who shoots people without warning, you remind me of Leon, even the looks."
2nd teenager (serious): "Believe me, kid, I got nothing on him, yet."
He was right, Sora then notices that his eyes are jade green, and his scar was a mirror image of Leon's, it was scarred from above his left eyebrow to the right side of his nose diagonally (think of it as Seifer's scar). His face does resemble one of the twins from earlier. Sora holds his chin in acceptation of his unique characteristics.
Sora: "I can see why you're much different than Leon, what's your name?"
2nd teenager: "The name's Kayin, Kayin the Winged Fox, age 17. I'm from the Lost Dimension of the year 2026, one of the top MEED members of Furinkan Garden, and back there they call me SkyFox Kay.
Zack: "Not the way I heard of, most of your enemies called you LoneFox or DemonFox on a count you fight seriously on your own without anyone's help."
Kayin (sweatdrop): "Please don't mention that. -_-; Anywho, the reason I got your attention because I wanted to ask you one question: Where's Leon?"
Sora: "What?"
Kayin (points his gunblade at Sora): "You heard me! Either tell me where Leon is, or else I'm gonna fight it out."
Sora (confused): "Honestly, I don't what you're talking about, you sound like you have a grudge against him."
Kayin: "Enough talk, IKUZE!!!"
Kayin dashed toward Sora with tremendous speed, preparing his next attack with a downward slash. In a blink of an eye, Sora quickly pulled out his KeyBlade and deflected his attack. Everyone was surprised that Sora defended in an instant, including Kayin.
Kayin: "Strange, no one was able to block my first attack, except a rival I know of back at my world."
Sora: "I've been through worse situations than this."
Sora tightens his grip and tries to push through Kayin's gunblade, but Kayin tries to use more force as well. The continued to force themselves in the gridlock, but not one of them budge an inch. They both knew they couldn't keep their swords crossed forever, so they sway back and glared at each other.
Kayin (tapping his shoulder with his gunblade): "Hmm, you're pretty strong for a 16 year old, I'm impressed."
Sora: "Same to you pal, your speed and strength is unmeasurable, I thought I'd never keep my guard up."
Kayin: "Ha! You ain't seen nothing yet, I was going easy on ya'. Let me take off this "heavy" jacket and you'll see what I mean."
Zack: "This fight is getting too good for my cousin. You're in for it now, Sora!"
Kayin put down his gunblade and took off his jacket. As he carelessly threw it away, it made a large thud sound after it landed on the pavement, leaving large cracks around.
Goofy: "Did you see that!?"
Tidus: "That must be one HEAVY jacket."
Kairi: "How could that guy wear it?"
Selphie: "It probably weighs a ton!"
Wakka: "I got a bad feeling about this."
Kayin stretches his arms and tilts his neck around as he warms up.
Kayin: "Surprised? You didn't know I was wearing a weighted jacket. I've been training with it for a long time, and now you know why I'm so strong. Now that I'm not wearing it, my body is now lighter and faster than ever."
Sora (thinking): "He's right, I can sense his speed is much faster than before, it might even match the speed of my Sonic Blade technique."
Kayin: "So, Sora, are you ready?"
Sora: "Even if you're are much faster, I'm not gonna' give up that easy. Give me your best shot!"
Kayin: "I hate to say this, but you're asking for it! I'm gonna finish you off with my signature technique."
Once again, Kayin dashed toward Sora, but this time much faster than last time. He smirked seriously and turned his gunblade horizontally, preparing his ultimate technique. Sora quickly aimed his KeyBlade and prepared his next move as well.
Kayin: "RAIJIN-BATSU-KEN!!! (Thunder God Striker Slash)"
Sora: "SONIC BLADE!!!"
Both of their attacks have collided in a bright flash of light and a streaming surge of energy and lighting. They were fighting so fast that no one was able to see their movements. One attack after another, their weapons clashed and deflected at each other. Sora tries to strike him, but misses on a count of his movement were too fast. Kayin tries another downward slash, but Sora quickly dodges at the last second. The outcome was shocking; neither of them was able to penetrate the other's defenses.
Sora (thinking): "God! This guy fights fast, too fast. If I don't time and connect the Sonic Blade right, I won't be able to phase him."
Kayin (thinking): "Damn it! This kid keeps dodging and blocking my attacks, it's like he's almost reading my movements. Better stick to plan B."
With that, Kayin left battle and the light suddenly disappeared.
Sora (gasping deeply): "What? Is he running away? Wait a minute, why is he just standing there with his eyes closed?"
Kayin was standing there in a strange pose, wielding his gunblade in front of him and his left hand behind the back of the blade.
Kayin: "You got a lot of guts there, Sora. You're the first one able to defend from my Raijin-Batsu-Ken. I'm impressed, (opens his eyes in a demonic look) BUT PLAYTIME IS OVER!"
Suddenly, Kayin's gunblade started to glow and surge with an electrical charge and swirling gusts of wind.
Kayin: "Behold the true power of my gunblade, Seraphim Saber, and the final attack of the Raijin-Batsu-Ken!"
A strong windstorm blew into the battle, blowing away signs, trashcans, and other useless junk. A blanket of dark clouds formed above the domed city, giving away small rays of light.
Donald: "What's goin' on?"
Zack: "He's unleashing his final attack, you friend is done for!"
Kairi (gasps): "Sora! NOOOOO!!!"
Kairi pushed aside from the others and tried to warn Sora, but it was too late.
Kayin: "Heavens above the clouds, heed my word, let my blade be your tool. Lend me your blessing and awesome power, and send all enemies higher and higher. CELESTIAL STORM OF THE SKY DRAGON!!!"
With his final chants, he threw his gunblade high above the clouds, turning the clouds into tornado storm. And as Fate would've happen, the dark clouds opened up a gigantic ray of light over Sora. As Sora looked up the light, he sees the gunblade being merge with a gigantic white gray dragon with four angelic wings, diving towards Sora in a form of a gigantic tornado beam.
Then tornado beam finally caught Sora, hurling inside the "eye of the tornado".
All (except Zack and Kayin): "SORAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
Kayin (laughs): "Ha ha ha! Give it up, Sora! Once you're caught inside the Celestial Storm, there's no escape. Now then, tell me where Leon is, or breathe your last breath."
Will Sora ever escape the clutches of Kayin's Ultimate Attack or will it be his final hour? Find out next time on next exciting conclusion of Animeverse: Kingdom Hearts Aftermath.
Preview: ThunderFox JT: Yo! It's me again! In the next story! Somehow, Sora was able to survive the Celestial Storm by "yours truly", and finds out the reason why Kayin has a grudge against Leon. Later, Sora and the gang meet up with the rest of the Twin Warriors and discuss about the mission, involving with a genetically evolved breed of Heartless, Sintinels. And without warning, Neo Traverse Town in attacked by Sintinels and Leon, who reveals himself to be an imposter. But who is this imposter? Can he be the one trying to open all the Keyholes? Find out on the next chapter of Animverse: Kingdom Hearts Aftermath, Chapter 3: Darkest Before Dawn, Enter the Demonic Jackal. See Ya'!