Kingdom Hearts II: Shadows of Hearts Chapter 11: A Signal of Victory, a kingdom hearts fanfic

Akurei-Shinzo: Hi! I've just watched Twin Signal on Saturday and guess what! I've decided to dump my previous two bishonen crushes for Signal! He's so cute when he's chibified! But those were only the OVAs I watched, I need to read the manga! I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any other anime/manga that appear in here, except for a few characters from some of my own series which I hope to get published! So please R&R! Enjoy! Oh, and that previous chapter was put up as a Happy B-day announcement to one of my best friends!

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Kingdom Hearts II: Shadow of Hearts

Chapter 8: A Signal of Victory

The Liger Zero struck the Berserk Fury with another Strike Laser Claw, only to be thrown backwards into the desert sand. The Shadow Fox charged at it with it's own Strike Laser Claw, it succeeded in hitting it's target, but it too was thrown backwards into the dust. The Gun Sniper in the background was firing a barrage of missiles, but the Fury didn't seem to want to have a Command Freeze.

"He's a lot stronger than the last time we've fought him, Liger," said Bit. He paused and looked at the Ultrasuarus ruin. "I hope Riku and the others are doing a lot better then the rest of us…"

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"Don't they ever run out of ammunition?" asked Yami, both him and Riku took refuge behind a piece of broken machinery. Zeero on the other hand was busy dodging the shots.

"Damn!" said Riku. "I wish I was stronger! Then we wouldn't have this problem!"

"Guys! A little help!" yelped Zeero as a bullet zoomed past him, taking off a centimeter of his hair. "Whine…."

"Riku," said Yami. "Look for the Keyhole, me and Zeero will try to hold them off."

"Alright…" agreed Riku.

"Hey! Can't I go look for it and you two stay and fight?" asked Zeero still dodging the gunfire.

"No," answered Yami. "Riku needs to seal the Keyhole up, so it's best that he goes."

"Well, if you're staying can't you at least help me out?!" yelled Zeero as bullets skimmed past him.

"Riku! Go!" shouted Yami rushing to Zeero's aid.

"Right," said Riku. He rushed down the hallway and into the shadows.

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"Where's that Keyhole!?" asked Riku to himself desperately. He ran through the halls and corridors, but no luck. "This is the last door…" Riku slowly turned the knob.

"Look out!" yelled a voice. Riku just barely avoided getting hit with an object. When the dust settled he realized that it was a boy! He was about sixteen years old, with turquoise hair and angry sapphire eyes. The strange thing about him was that part of his body was made out of metal.

"Are you alright?" asked Riku.

"I will be as soon as I kill that thing for destroying my world!"

"What?" Riku turned to face a gigantic metal spider towering over them. "What kind of Heartless is that?"

"Screw what kind it is! I'm going to kill it!"

Riku noticed that the boy's hair had turned silver and his jacket had changed color too. The boy, or whatever he was charged at the Heartless, jumped into the air and came down on the spider with a powerful punch. He forced the spider backwards into the wall, but it still got up on all eight legs.

"What does it take to kill this thing!" he yelled getting real annoyed. The spider then began to shoot out thread, he managed to dodge most of them, but one managed to make a clean cute on his jacket.

"Those threads are like blades!" shouted Riku who was very surprised. The spider then took notice of him and began shooting it's threads at Riku. "Oh crud!"

"We're not finished!" yelled the other guy. Then he gave a good whack to the spider's head, it didn't really do much except make a dent in it's head. He landed next to Riku. "Great! Nothing works!"

"Maybe if we hit it multiple times it will eventually die…"

"Tried that, didn't work!"

"Then what?"

"I don't know about you, but I'm going to keep on fighting!" With that he took off, ready to attack the spider once more. Riku hesitated, then he too charged to the Heartless Spider.

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"Do you think Riku's okay?" asked Zeero as his blade sliced through a Heartless. He and Yami were back to back fighting off the Heartless which were surrounding them.

"I don't know! But I hope he and the Blitz Team are having better luck than us!"

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"Strike Laser Claw!" shouted Bit as he and the Liger Zero charged at the Fury. They nailed it before it managed to use the Charged Particle Beam, it was the same move they had used to defeat the Fury in the Royal Cup battle. "Come on Liger! Stay focused! If we let go of it now, we're goners!"

Both Leena and Brad's Zoids were out of commission, so all they could do was watch.

"This looks bad," said Leena.

"I hope the others are in betters situations then we are," muttered Brad. "I'd better get paid for this…"

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""You're mine!" shouted the android. Riku had just recently learned that the boy he was fighting with was not human, the reason that part of him was metal was that he was a robot! An android. The Spider leapt out of the way before the what-would-have-been fatal blow hit it. "Is it just me, or is that thing getting smarter?!"

"Either it's getting smarter or we're both going crazy."

The two of them jumped out of the way of the steal thread that came shooting out of it. Riku didn't know what to do, that thing seemed invincible! When he brought down both Keyblades on it, both blades just bounced off! It was like fighting a brick wall without any weapons! 'Wait! If it's outsides are tough then…'

"Hey!" yelled Riku.

"What?!"

"I have an idea! Keep it distracted for a moment would you?!"

"What?! Alright, but I hope you know what you're doing!"

As the robot kept on punching and kicking the spider Riku climbed up an antique-like computer so he was at eye-level with the spider. Then it opened it's mouth for another round of shooting steel-like thread.

"Got you!" shouted Riku as he flung both Keyblades into the monster's mouth. With a cry the thing began to spark, Riku quickly jumped down and took cover. Just in time, the Heartless exploded, leaving only the Keyblades.

"What did you do?" asked the robot.

"I figured that the Heartless's insides weren't as strong as the outside armor."

Behind them the Keyhole, dark, yet bright, glittered in an eerie way. Riku raised his silver Keyblade and a beam of light shot forth at the Keyhole. Erasing any trace of it once being there.

"What was that all about?" asked the robot. Riku had to explain the whole Keyblade story once again. "So that's why all those things showed up. Why didn't you come sooner! You could've saved my world!"

"Well…as soon as I defeat the source of the Heartless then everything and everyone will be restored…"

"Oh well, I guess that's good enough… My name's Signal."

"I'm Riku."

"Hey!" yelled a familiar voice. Yami and Zeero broke through the door and seemed exhausted. It was Yami that had yelled out to them. "Are you alright? Who's he?"

"His name is Signal," said Riku.

"You sealed the Keyhole already?" asked Zeero. "Aw man! Missed it!"

"Let's get back to the Blitz Team."

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"Thanks to you our world is safe!" said the Doctor. Luckily Bit and the Liger Zero managed to take down the Berserk Fury so they all managed to get back in one piece. "The Zoid you saw earlier, the Konig Wolf. It's yours, I've programmed it to allow you to travel the worlds and fight off enemy Heartless. I've also installed a map into the Zoid, but you'll have to complete it yourself. It will only show you the world that you're closest to."

"Here," said Jamie. "These are for you guys. I hope they will help."

Riku receive a new pair of Keyblades, one was shaped like the Berserk Fury's Buster Claw, while the other was in the shape of a Blade Liger's blade. Zeero receive a new sword which resembled the Storm Sworder's curved blade that was at the tip of each wing. Yami receive a pair of metal bracers.

"Thanks," said Riku.

"Don't thank us," said the Doc. "You've saved our world, it's the least we can do."

"What about the you guys?" asked Zeero to the Outlaw Star crew.

"We'll be hanging out here for a while," said Gene.

"This world's pretty peaceful and the food here is great!" said Aisha.

"And you?" asked Riku. Signal had been quiet since they'd gotten to the Blitz Team's base.

"Don't really know…"

"I know!" exclaimed Zeero. "You can help us on our journey to defeat the Heartless!"

"I don't think there's enough space on the Zoid…" pointed out Signal.

"No! I mean when Riku needs your help he can summon you!" said Zeero.

"What?" asked Yami and Signal.

"I remember Sora had summons…" said Riku slowly.

"Exactly! You see, magic never fades away from a Keyblade, but summons do! This Keyblade was created from Sora's Keyblade so all of the magic and abilities that he got with his Keyblade are in these. The only thing gone are the summons!"

"So I can get up to six summons too?"

"Yup!"

"Alright, why not?" muttered Signal.

"I guess we'll head back towards Shin City…ah…ah…achoo!" said Zeero.

"Uh, Signal?" asked Yami. The gang turned to face Signal, but learned that he'd shrunk into a chibi form of himself.

"I guess that whenever someone sneezes," said the Doctor. "Signal transforms himself…"

"Hi! Anyone have chocolate?" squeaked Chibi Signal.

"I'll make sure to ask Signal about this when we change him back…" said Riku. With that they got into the Konig Wolf and waved farewell to the Blitz Team and the Outlaw Star crew. The Zoids gave a howl and ran through the Dimension Door which opened automatically and let them through into the galaxy that held many adventures for them.

"Hey! That's my chocolate!" yelled Zeero.

"Mine!" yelled Chibi Signal.

"Mine!"

"This is going to be a long ride," muttered Yami.

Riku said nothing, but smiled as he piloted the Zoid through the invisible road that lead towards Shin City. Looks like this journey won't be dull.

Remember this advice, Keybearer. Sometimes to find the light, you must look within the deepest part of the darkness…

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Akurei-Shinzo: So did you like it? I just love Chibi Signal! But the grown up Signal is cute too ^_^! So please R&R! I bet you're still wondering about that other character from the last chapter! One clue, he's not Shiro, Ryu, or Katsu! To find out who he is, stay tuned and keep reading and reviewing!