The Power of the Rainfall

Sora looked out of the window, at the torrential rain that had started falling almost ten minutes earlier. He knew, as the Keyblade Master, that he had a job to do, protecting Traverse Town. But in this weather he wouldn't even be able to see most of the Heartless attacking him.

Mind you, that was true for when he had fought Ansem too. He had had to fight groups of the things whilst saving Goofy and Donald from their prisons in the darkness. About twenty of each Heartless per cell, from Shadows, to Darkballs, to Invisibles.

The Shadows and Darkballs were easy enough, even on his own. But when it came to fighting Invisibles it was difficult, even with his companions. Now that they had gone back to the Disney Castle to protect the Queen and Daisy it was even more difficult.

He sighed, and went out to face the darkness awaiting him.

A wave of Shadows hit Leon as he stepped into the hallway outside of the library in Hollow Bastion. One sweep of his Gunblade got rid of them, but more were heading towards him, flanked by two Defenders and backed by a huge Behemoth.

He charged into the mass, dispatching the front row with a quick blast from the Gunblade and the second with an aerial sweep. The Shadows were persistent though, and four of them managed to trip him, taking a huge chunk of his health in the process. He leaped into the air and fired another blast at them, followed immediately by an aerial combo on the Behemoth. Running behind the huge beast, he managed to jump onto its back and fire from a safe position at the Defenders. These counterattacked with fire magic, but Leon blocked most of it, sending it hurtling back at them until they eventually collapsed, dropping elixirs as they disappeared. After hitting the Behemoth's horn several times, Leon hurled himself at the remaining Heartless and hit them with a Ragnarok technique, slaying them all. This left only the lumbering beast behind him. He turned to face it.

A bolt of pure energy hit him in the back of the head and he fell to the ground.

The Disney Castle was peaceful that day. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Donald hated it.

It was like this every day. The sun shone, the birds sung, and he had to stay inside and keep guard over the castle while the Queen played cards, or chattered noisily with Daisy. He wished he had stayed with Sora, actually fighting for the worlds instead of just standing on one side of a huge door all day, keeping watch for the invaders who never came.

Oh well. At least he got to talk to Goofy whenever he wanted to. This wasn't often, although they could recall memories easily when they were together. When he was alone, the adventures they'd had seemed so distant that he couldn't remember any of it. That was how dull his job was.

"Aw, phooey." Donald muttered, and went into a day-long sulk.

The last Heartless fell under Sora's Ultima Weapon Keyblade and rose into the air as a heart. He cast Curaga to make sure he was fully prepared for the next battalion to come his way.

He stepped into the well-lit Third District and was immediately confronted by a Defender. He slew it and walked forward, only to meet three others, with two Darkballs ready to bite at the first opportunity. Casting Thundaga killed the Darkballs and the Sonic Blade finished off the Defenders easily. Sora looked around and saw an item dropped by one of them.

A shield, with a black dog's face engraved into the metal. He looked at it for a while, remembering Goofy's antics throughout the adventure. He sighed again, and walked through the Fire Door leading to the house of his friend and advisor, Merlin.

The first thing he heard when he woke up was completely pointless, considering he obviously knew what was said was true.

"Squall, you're awake!"

He groaned and looked at a clock that was beside his bed. It read 22:47.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Yuffie? My name is Leon! Anyway, what happened? I was facing that Behemoth and then. wham!"

"It was one of those chameleonic Heartless! It was invisible." Yuffie seemed excited for some reason. Near-death experiences of her friends didn't seem to affect her at all. Leon groaned again and tried to get out of bed.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Aerith smiled at him. "You fell off the balcony and straight into that stone dragon fountain. Your spine was all weird. It scared me."

"My spine.?"

"Yeah, well we did think to twist it back into shape again before using Curaga, dopey" Yuffie grinned.

"Just count yourself lucky. You survived the attack. Barely." Leon rolled over to see Cloud leaning against the wall. "It's what you get for not equipping any cure magic to yourself. stupid junctioning system."

"It's better than that materia stuff!" Leon protested. He immediately realized what was going to happen. He waited for the reply.

"In case you haven't noticed, the only one who doesn't use materia is the one who nearly broke his back and died. That person just happens to be. you." Cloud smirked. The girls could hardly hold their giggles in after that. Leon decided to have the last word anyway.

"Whatever." He said. That did it. The girls had to leave the room before they burst from holding their laughter.

Goofy looked up at the sky. The clouds seemed to form a shape somewhat like Tarzan fighting against Sabor, the leopard. He remembered his time in the jungle.

"What are you looking at?" Donald appeared beside him, looking in the same general direction as he was.

"I was thinking, what if we found a way to join the worlds together again without muddling with the timelines of each world?"

"Meddling! Anyway, it's not possible." Donald looked upset.

"Do you think that cloud looks like Tarzan?" Goofy pointed.

"Cloud had yellow hair, Tarzan had brow."

"Not that Cloud! Those clouds!" He gestured. Donald saw this time.

"Yeah, I guess so. and that one looks like a Stealth Sneak!" Donald exclaimed sarcastically, pointing at a piece of empty sky.

"I don't see it, Donald."

"Never mind." Donald hadn't really expected him to get the joke. Goofy tended to miss the obvious ones. They walked to the castle in silence.