Kingdom Hearts: The Heartless' Revenge
By: Cassie Sterling
Chapter 1: The Highland Chocobo Eater
It was another ordinary day on Besaid Island... Well, it would be had there not been one thing going on. That was Sora trying to learn to ride a Chocobo so he could race Riku on his Chocobo, Destiny.
"Are you sure this is how I'm supposed to be riding this?" asked Sora. He was having a doozy trying to control the big yellow bird.
"That's the way," said Riku, "but you need to loosen up a bit on the reign."
"Like this?" Sora asked as he loosened up his grip on the reign. The Chocobo didn't seem so edgy under him now.
"Just like that!" said Riku. "See? You're getting the hang of it!"
"Yea, I am," laughed Sora. "Looks like we'll get to have that race after all this afternoon."
"Yup," smirked Riku.
The two laughed as they got ready to take their Chocobos for a little ride before the race.
Watching the two boys laugh and have a good time were Riku's two friends that he'd met up with during his last adventure: Cloud Strife and Squall "Leon" Leonhart. Both of them had lost their worlds and their friends to the Heartless, but with Riku's help, they had at least gotten their friends back, and all of them had gotten a home on Besaid Island, the place Riku had found his friends Tidus and Wakka at. Little did they all know that the darkness would be returning with a new King of the Shadows... one that wanted revenge on the Keyblade master that had taken the life of the ones who were his parents.
Squall looked at Cloud. "Those two sure look like they're having fun," said Squall.
"Yea," said Cloud. "Yet, they're so competitive as well..."
"That's how they've always been," said a young girl's voice.
Cloud and Squall looked behind them and saw Kairi.
Kairi continued, "Even before I came to their island, they were like this, but watching them work together was always amazing as well."
"I bet it was," said Cloud.
Kairi nods. "Yes," said Kairi. There seemed to be a bit of worry in her voice now. "Even tho the Heartless are gone, I still feel their presense somewhere..."
"Yea," said Squall, "but even if they are still around, they can't get back into the worlds. The Keyholes to each of the worlds were locked by Riku shortly after we defeated Ansem to make sure if there was another Heartless threat that they couldn't get back into the worlds through the Keyholes. Even if they did return, they still fear they Keyblade and Riku."
"I hope you're right... I really hope so," said Kairi.
"You're not the only one," said Cloud. There was a definate hint of worry in his voice, tho it was hard to tell it.
Meanwhile, Tidus was showing Riku and Sora the best place for racing.
"Just stay within the flags, and you'll be okay," said Tidus.
"What happens if we get outside the flags?" asked Sora.
"Well, that's where the Chocobo Eater is," said Tidus.
"Chocobo Eater?" asked Riku. "I've never heard of such a beast."
"Well, believe me, Yuna, myself, and Wakku saw the thing first hand while trecking in the highlands around Wakka's village. We came to this area when there was a lot of Chocobos that could be ridden, and all of the sudden, we heard this terrible noise. The next the we know, this huge monster came running out of the woods and started chasing the Chocobos before catching one of the Chocobos. Tho the Chocobo struggled to get free from the grip of the monster, it couldn't, and in one gulp, the monster ate the poor thing. Wakka, myself, and Yuna knew that if we were going to get a ride, we were going to have to scare off the beast before it ate all of the Chocobos," said Tidus.
"So, did you?" asked Sora.
"Yea, but it took a a long time. Still, you wouldn't want to come across it riding on a Chocobo. Man, can that thing run fast!" said Tidus.
"Yikes," said Sora.
"Eh," said Riku. "I doubt it's nearly as bad as some of the things that Squall, Cloud, and myself came across during our journey to stop the Heartless from taking over all of the worlds."
"You never know," said Tidus. "Well, have fun, you two. I'll come back with the others once you two are set for the race, okay?"
"Gotcha," said Sora. "See you in a bit, Tidus!"
Tidus waved and ran back to where the others were. Sora and Riku got at the starting line.
"We'll have three pratice runs before the race, okay?" said Riku.
"Gotcha," said Sora.
Riku got Destiny ready to run. "On three, we race," said Riku. "One... two... three!"
They take off, and soon, the run was over, and Riku had won it with Sora not too far behind him.
"Not bad, Sora," said Riku. "You almost had me that time."
"Yea," said Sora. "I bet I'll have you in this next run!"
"Maybe," laughed Riku, "but you can never tell can you?"
Sora nodded. "Yea."
They headed back to the starting line and got ready to race again unaware that they were being watched by something... the same thing that Tidus had warned them about: the Chocobo Eater.
Sometime later, the second run was done, and this time it had been Sora that had won. Riku was definately impressed by his friend's control over his Chocobo.
"Wow, Sora... You managed to beat me that time!" said a very surprised and impressed Riku. "You've really gotten better over these last few times."
"Yea," said Sora. "And just think... after this final run, we can go get our friends to watch us race!"
"Yea!" said Riku.
Just then, their Chocobos started getting nervous... and then there was a terrible noise as a huge monster burst from the trees and started running at them. Riku and Sora couldn't believe their eyes.
"The Chocobo Eater!" exclaimed Sora. "Riku, what are we going to do?"
"You're going to go get help. I'll distract it while you get Tidus, Cloud, and Squall."
"Okay, but be careful!" Sora said as he spurred his Chocobo and raced back to the village.
Riku got off of his Chocobo and sent it back to the village as well. The Chocobo Eater started to chase after it, but Riku used a Thundaga spell on the creature. "Hey, ugly!" Riku shouted. "Over here!" The Chocobo Eater turned back in Riku's direction. Riku's Keyblade returned back to its normal size, and he clutched it tightly as he stared the beast down.
-Sora, hurry up... I don't know how long I'll be able to hold this thing off without help!- Riku thought desperately.
Squall and the others were waiting for when it would be time for Riku and Sora to race against one another when they saw a Chocobo kicking up dust as it ran back to the village at top speed. It was Sora on his Chocobo. Another Chocobo, this one riderless, soon followed him. Tidus, Wakka, Squall, and Cloud ran over to where Sora was at.
"Sora, what's happened? Where's Riku?" asked Tidus.
"It appeared... The Chocobo Eater! Riku distracted it while I came to get help!" Sora said desparately.
Tidus frowned. "Oh, damn," said Tidus. "That thing is tough. We'd better hurry because Riku won't be able to hold it off by himself for much longer!"
Cloud and Squall nodded. "Let's get there before that happens!" said Cloud. "We're still a team, remember?"
"Right!" said Tidus. "Let's go!"
With that, they headed on to help Riku take down the Chocobo Eater before it had its first taste of human flesh.
"So Mr. Big, Dumb and Two-Tongued, have you said your prayers yet?"
Riku, ready for anything, looked up at the horrific, brown scaled beast. The fiend pounded its two gigantic fists into the ground in a fit of rage much like an ape or gorilla. He roared at Riku trying to intimidate him or at least kill him with bad breath. Riku, trying to fan the smell, waved his hand in front of his face as he gagged.
"Whoa! That REEKS, ugly! Ever heard of a breath mint?" asked Riku.
The Chocobo Eater took offense and slammed down a fist where Riku's head was. Yet, the quick boy from Destiny Islands easily dodged the attack and took a few rounds out of the Chocobo Eater's hand.
The burly monster kept swinging back and forth with an array of hooks, jabs, and very fierce punches, but Riku was too swift for the fiend. The chosen one kept swinging in combo after combo at the monster and doing some serious damage.
Riku slashed at the Chocobo Eater fiercely and dropped it to the ground on his back. For a bipedal fiend, it had a hard time getting back up onto its legs. Riku thought that this would be a great chance to retreat back the way Sora went to go get the others and to finish the fiend off. He was strong, but the Chocobo Eater was a resilient creature. He turned to run.
Suddenly, the Chocobo Eater pointed at Riku when his back was turned. Riku's back became red hot as the fiend's Firaga spell damaged him greatly along with the forest trees. Riku turned around to see the Chocobo Eater, still on its back, but still not out of attacks....
"Geeze!" Riku, smarting, said. "Doesn't this thing ever know when to quit? I just hope that Sora's found the others soon!"
The Chocobo Eater casts another Firaga at Riku, and Riku dodges. He doesn't see the second one coming and gets hit.
"Ouch!" Riku cries out in pain as he collasped to his knees. He was too weak to do anything. "Darnit! I won't be able to get out of the way of his next attack! I'm a goner now!"
The Chocobo Eater casts yet another Firaga at Riku, and he closed his eyes preparing for the worst...
"Shield!" Cloud called out just in time.
Riku opened his eyes and saw that the Chocobo Eater's attack had hit a shimmering barrier.
"Riku, are you okay?" asked Cloud.
"Yea," said Riku. "Just a bit weakened from all those Firagas that Chocobo Eater has been firing at me."
"I've got just the thing," said Squall. "Catch!" He tosses Riku an Elixer.
"Thanks, Squall!" Riku said as he caught it. He quickly drank the liquid and was healed. Riku looked at Tidus. "How do we beat this thing?"
"You'll have to use your summons," said Tidus. "That's the only way to kill it really fast."
"Gotcha!" said Riku. He looked at his two friends. "Let's do it!" Cloud and Squall nodded.
Riku went first. He held the purple summon jem and called out, "Ixion!" It began to shine a bright violet. From the gem, a horse's whinny erupted from the jewel. As soon as the neigh was emitted, a gigantic portal emerged behind Riku emitting a thunderbolt that caught onto his Keyblade. Riku held on as he could feel something on the other end of the lightning bolt. Something wanted out from the portal. He heaved forward as hard as he could, and a white horse with a golden horn leaped out from the portal. Ixion, wanting to to protect the group, landed in front of Riku.
Cloud went next. Drawing his hand across his blade, a glowing ring encircled him before he thrust his sword up high. The jewel shone red, and with a wave of water from the nearby lake, Leviathan appeared behind the group. He was too large to be in front of the party.
Squall brought his Gunblade in front of him and began to concentrate. When he felt the presence of the Guardian Force near him, Squall brought his blade downwards and whipped his hand out in front of him as if to call something to him. From above the Highlands, something was coming down from high above. Then suddenly, a large dragon broke through the clouds and headed to the Highlands. Dust was kicked up behind Squall as the Guardian Force landed behind him ready to attack.
The Chocobo Eater prepared to attack the party once again with Firaga. Ixion took the advantage and unleashed a rain of lightning bolts onto the monster lighting it up. Levithan followed the attack up by unleashing a tidal wave powering up Ixion's attack and harming the monster some more, but it wasn't enough. Now, it was Bahamut's turn to unleash his attack, Mega Flare. Bahamut flew up high and unleashed a massive beam at the monster causing a massive explosion. The party and the other two summons were protected because Bahamut had put a shield around them before the attack had began. The Chocobo Eater was still standing but barely. Now was the time for the final attack. The three summons combined their attacks to unleash the Giga Flare which KO'ed the Chocobo Eater.
After the Chocobo Eater fell, Cloud and Squall looked at Riku who was still a bit shaken.
"Riku, are you all right?" asked Squall.
"Yea..." said Riku. "I'm glad Sora was able to tell you guys in time. I was going to head on with Sora to where you guys were, but the thing was too fast. If I hadn't have caused it to turn around, it would've chased after Sora and Destiny and eaten them as well..."
"It's okay," said Cloud. "At least you thought of a plan before rushing into battle which shows you're definately growing up."
"Yea," said Riku. "Think Sora can bring Destiny up here? I think it's time for a Chocobo Race!"
"I'll go get the others and tell Sora to bring your Chocobo up here!" said Tidus. He took off leaving the three heroes standing alone for a little bit.
Sora and the others came on back to the race area, and Riku got onto his Chocobo. Then Tidus started the race, and the two took off. By the time they got to the finish line, it was hard to tell who won, but Vincent could see that it was clearly a tie. But it was getting late in the day, so the heroes decided to turn in unaware of what was about to happen that very night...
By: Cassie Sterling
Chapter 1: The Highland Chocobo Eater
It was another ordinary day on Besaid Island... Well, it would be had there not been one thing going on. That was Sora trying to learn to ride a Chocobo so he could race Riku on his Chocobo, Destiny.
"Are you sure this is how I'm supposed to be riding this?" asked Sora. He was having a doozy trying to control the big yellow bird.
"That's the way," said Riku, "but you need to loosen up a bit on the reign."
"Like this?" Sora asked as he loosened up his grip on the reign. The Chocobo didn't seem so edgy under him now.
"Just like that!" said Riku. "See? You're getting the hang of it!"
"Yea, I am," laughed Sora. "Looks like we'll get to have that race after all this afternoon."
"Yup," smirked Riku.
The two laughed as they got ready to take their Chocobos for a little ride before the race.
Watching the two boys laugh and have a good time were Riku's two friends that he'd met up with during his last adventure: Cloud Strife and Squall "Leon" Leonhart. Both of them had lost their worlds and their friends to the Heartless, but with Riku's help, they had at least gotten their friends back, and all of them had gotten a home on Besaid Island, the place Riku had found his friends Tidus and Wakka at. Little did they all know that the darkness would be returning with a new King of the Shadows... one that wanted revenge on the Keyblade master that had taken the life of the ones who were his parents.
Squall looked at Cloud. "Those two sure look like they're having fun," said Squall.
"Yea," said Cloud. "Yet, they're so competitive as well..."
"That's how they've always been," said a young girl's voice.
Cloud and Squall looked behind them and saw Kairi.
Kairi continued, "Even before I came to their island, they were like this, but watching them work together was always amazing as well."
"I bet it was," said Cloud.
Kairi nods. "Yes," said Kairi. There seemed to be a bit of worry in her voice now. "Even tho the Heartless are gone, I still feel their presense somewhere..."
"Yea," said Squall, "but even if they are still around, they can't get back into the worlds. The Keyholes to each of the worlds were locked by Riku shortly after we defeated Ansem to make sure if there was another Heartless threat that they couldn't get back into the worlds through the Keyholes. Even if they did return, they still fear they Keyblade and Riku."
"I hope you're right... I really hope so," said Kairi.
"You're not the only one," said Cloud. There was a definate hint of worry in his voice, tho it was hard to tell it.
Meanwhile, Tidus was showing Riku and Sora the best place for racing.
"Just stay within the flags, and you'll be okay," said Tidus.
"What happens if we get outside the flags?" asked Sora.
"Well, that's where the Chocobo Eater is," said Tidus.
"Chocobo Eater?" asked Riku. "I've never heard of such a beast."
"Well, believe me, Yuna, myself, and Wakku saw the thing first hand while trecking in the highlands around Wakka's village. We came to this area when there was a lot of Chocobos that could be ridden, and all of the sudden, we heard this terrible noise. The next the we know, this huge monster came running out of the woods and started chasing the Chocobos before catching one of the Chocobos. Tho the Chocobo struggled to get free from the grip of the monster, it couldn't, and in one gulp, the monster ate the poor thing. Wakka, myself, and Yuna knew that if we were going to get a ride, we were going to have to scare off the beast before it ate all of the Chocobos," said Tidus.
"So, did you?" asked Sora.
"Yea, but it took a a long time. Still, you wouldn't want to come across it riding on a Chocobo. Man, can that thing run fast!" said Tidus.
"Yikes," said Sora.
"Eh," said Riku. "I doubt it's nearly as bad as some of the things that Squall, Cloud, and myself came across during our journey to stop the Heartless from taking over all of the worlds."
"You never know," said Tidus. "Well, have fun, you two. I'll come back with the others once you two are set for the race, okay?"
"Gotcha," said Sora. "See you in a bit, Tidus!"
Tidus waved and ran back to where the others were. Sora and Riku got at the starting line.
"We'll have three pratice runs before the race, okay?" said Riku.
"Gotcha," said Sora.
Riku got Destiny ready to run. "On three, we race," said Riku. "One... two... three!"
They take off, and soon, the run was over, and Riku had won it with Sora not too far behind him.
"Not bad, Sora," said Riku. "You almost had me that time."
"Yea," said Sora. "I bet I'll have you in this next run!"
"Maybe," laughed Riku, "but you can never tell can you?"
Sora nodded. "Yea."
They headed back to the starting line and got ready to race again unaware that they were being watched by something... the same thing that Tidus had warned them about: the Chocobo Eater.
Sometime later, the second run was done, and this time it had been Sora that had won. Riku was definately impressed by his friend's control over his Chocobo.
"Wow, Sora... You managed to beat me that time!" said a very surprised and impressed Riku. "You've really gotten better over these last few times."
"Yea," said Sora. "And just think... after this final run, we can go get our friends to watch us race!"
"Yea!" said Riku.
Just then, their Chocobos started getting nervous... and then there was a terrible noise as a huge monster burst from the trees and started running at them. Riku and Sora couldn't believe their eyes.
"The Chocobo Eater!" exclaimed Sora. "Riku, what are we going to do?"
"You're going to go get help. I'll distract it while you get Tidus, Cloud, and Squall."
"Okay, but be careful!" Sora said as he spurred his Chocobo and raced back to the village.
Riku got off of his Chocobo and sent it back to the village as well. The Chocobo Eater started to chase after it, but Riku used a Thundaga spell on the creature. "Hey, ugly!" Riku shouted. "Over here!" The Chocobo Eater turned back in Riku's direction. Riku's Keyblade returned back to its normal size, and he clutched it tightly as he stared the beast down.
-Sora, hurry up... I don't know how long I'll be able to hold this thing off without help!- Riku thought desperately.
Squall and the others were waiting for when it would be time for Riku and Sora to race against one another when they saw a Chocobo kicking up dust as it ran back to the village at top speed. It was Sora on his Chocobo. Another Chocobo, this one riderless, soon followed him. Tidus, Wakka, Squall, and Cloud ran over to where Sora was at.
"Sora, what's happened? Where's Riku?" asked Tidus.
"It appeared... The Chocobo Eater! Riku distracted it while I came to get help!" Sora said desparately.
Tidus frowned. "Oh, damn," said Tidus. "That thing is tough. We'd better hurry because Riku won't be able to hold it off by himself for much longer!"
Cloud and Squall nodded. "Let's get there before that happens!" said Cloud. "We're still a team, remember?"
"Right!" said Tidus. "Let's go!"
With that, they headed on to help Riku take down the Chocobo Eater before it had its first taste of human flesh.
"So Mr. Big, Dumb and Two-Tongued, have you said your prayers yet?"
Riku, ready for anything, looked up at the horrific, brown scaled beast. The fiend pounded its two gigantic fists into the ground in a fit of rage much like an ape or gorilla. He roared at Riku trying to intimidate him or at least kill him with bad breath. Riku, trying to fan the smell, waved his hand in front of his face as he gagged.
"Whoa! That REEKS, ugly! Ever heard of a breath mint?" asked Riku.
The Chocobo Eater took offense and slammed down a fist where Riku's head was. Yet, the quick boy from Destiny Islands easily dodged the attack and took a few rounds out of the Chocobo Eater's hand.
The burly monster kept swinging back and forth with an array of hooks, jabs, and very fierce punches, but Riku was too swift for the fiend. The chosen one kept swinging in combo after combo at the monster and doing some serious damage.
Riku slashed at the Chocobo Eater fiercely and dropped it to the ground on his back. For a bipedal fiend, it had a hard time getting back up onto its legs. Riku thought that this would be a great chance to retreat back the way Sora went to go get the others and to finish the fiend off. He was strong, but the Chocobo Eater was a resilient creature. He turned to run.
Suddenly, the Chocobo Eater pointed at Riku when his back was turned. Riku's back became red hot as the fiend's Firaga spell damaged him greatly along with the forest trees. Riku turned around to see the Chocobo Eater, still on its back, but still not out of attacks....
"Geeze!" Riku, smarting, said. "Doesn't this thing ever know when to quit? I just hope that Sora's found the others soon!"
The Chocobo Eater casts another Firaga at Riku, and Riku dodges. He doesn't see the second one coming and gets hit.
"Ouch!" Riku cries out in pain as he collasped to his knees. He was too weak to do anything. "Darnit! I won't be able to get out of the way of his next attack! I'm a goner now!"
The Chocobo Eater casts yet another Firaga at Riku, and he closed his eyes preparing for the worst...
"Shield!" Cloud called out just in time.
Riku opened his eyes and saw that the Chocobo Eater's attack had hit a shimmering barrier.
"Riku, are you okay?" asked Cloud.
"Yea," said Riku. "Just a bit weakened from all those Firagas that Chocobo Eater has been firing at me."
"I've got just the thing," said Squall. "Catch!" He tosses Riku an Elixer.
"Thanks, Squall!" Riku said as he caught it. He quickly drank the liquid and was healed. Riku looked at Tidus. "How do we beat this thing?"
"You'll have to use your summons," said Tidus. "That's the only way to kill it really fast."
"Gotcha!" said Riku. He looked at his two friends. "Let's do it!" Cloud and Squall nodded.
Riku went first. He held the purple summon jem and called out, "Ixion!" It began to shine a bright violet. From the gem, a horse's whinny erupted from the jewel. As soon as the neigh was emitted, a gigantic portal emerged behind Riku emitting a thunderbolt that caught onto his Keyblade. Riku held on as he could feel something on the other end of the lightning bolt. Something wanted out from the portal. He heaved forward as hard as he could, and a white horse with a golden horn leaped out from the portal. Ixion, wanting to to protect the group, landed in front of Riku.
Cloud went next. Drawing his hand across his blade, a glowing ring encircled him before he thrust his sword up high. The jewel shone red, and with a wave of water from the nearby lake, Leviathan appeared behind the group. He was too large to be in front of the party.
Squall brought his Gunblade in front of him and began to concentrate. When he felt the presence of the Guardian Force near him, Squall brought his blade downwards and whipped his hand out in front of him as if to call something to him. From above the Highlands, something was coming down from high above. Then suddenly, a large dragon broke through the clouds and headed to the Highlands. Dust was kicked up behind Squall as the Guardian Force landed behind him ready to attack.
The Chocobo Eater prepared to attack the party once again with Firaga. Ixion took the advantage and unleashed a rain of lightning bolts onto the monster lighting it up. Levithan followed the attack up by unleashing a tidal wave powering up Ixion's attack and harming the monster some more, but it wasn't enough. Now, it was Bahamut's turn to unleash his attack, Mega Flare. Bahamut flew up high and unleashed a massive beam at the monster causing a massive explosion. The party and the other two summons were protected because Bahamut had put a shield around them before the attack had began. The Chocobo Eater was still standing but barely. Now was the time for the final attack. The three summons combined their attacks to unleash the Giga Flare which KO'ed the Chocobo Eater.
After the Chocobo Eater fell, Cloud and Squall looked at Riku who was still a bit shaken.
"Riku, are you all right?" asked Squall.
"Yea..." said Riku. "I'm glad Sora was able to tell you guys in time. I was going to head on with Sora to where you guys were, but the thing was too fast. If I hadn't have caused it to turn around, it would've chased after Sora and Destiny and eaten them as well..."
"It's okay," said Cloud. "At least you thought of a plan before rushing into battle which shows you're definately growing up."
"Yea," said Riku. "Think Sora can bring Destiny up here? I think it's time for a Chocobo Race!"
"I'll go get the others and tell Sora to bring your Chocobo up here!" said Tidus. He took off leaving the three heroes standing alone for a little bit.
Sora and the others came on back to the race area, and Riku got onto his Chocobo. Then Tidus started the race, and the two took off. By the time they got to the finish line, it was hard to tell who won, but Vincent could see that it was clearly a tie. But it was getting late in the day, so the heroes decided to turn in unaware of what was about to happen that very night...