Chapter 2
The Unknown Encounter
As Dash caught his breath he got up and walked around the room. There was a table in the center of the room, which Dash sat at, Sora followed and also sat down at the table. "What is going on here?" Dash asked as he stared at the spiked hair young man sitting in front of him. The guy pulled out a cloth and started to rub down the blade of his weapon. Dash looked over the weapon. "And what kind of weapon is that it was mauling those creatures and it even came back to you like a boomerang?"
After wiping the blade down a bit he place the weapon on the table propped up his feet and looked me eye to eye. "Those creature, they are called the Heartless. They prey on peoples hearts because they do not possess one of there own. They seemed very interested in you; you must have a really big heart." Dash looked at the guy with a little confusion. "What do you mean they prey on our hearts?" Sora leaned in towards Dash. "I mean they rip it out and crush it in their palms."
Dash jumped up out of the chair. "They wanted to do that to me but why?" "Like I said cause they wished to possess your heart. They wanted it bad too you must be a potential master." Sora said smirking. Dash was enraged by his little smile Dash snatched the weapon off the table and held it to the guys face. "Tell me what I want to hear now!" Dash yelled at the guy who now had an even bigger smile.
He got up and walked over to a window. "Alright calm down I'll tell you everything." He pointed toward the weapon. "The weapon you hold in your hand is the Keyblade. The keyblade is a powerful weapon used to fight the heartless. Only those with a strong heart can wield the keyblade as you have just proven to me." Dash looked down at the keyblade as it sparkled in his hand. "You mean I am meant to fight with this thing?"
Sora walked up and put his hand on Dash's shoulder. "It's yours keep it. Dash tried to force the Keyblade back into the guy's hand. "I couldn't then you would have no way to fight." The guy backed up and in a flash of light two more blades were in his hands. "I think I'll manage." He said as he headed for the door. "Wait you're just gonna leave me here?" Dash yelled running after him. The guy stopped in front of the door. "You don't need protection now. You hold the mightiest weapon of them all, the Keyblade. I'll watch over you but I am not a sitter." He started out the door. "But who are you?" Dash asked before he left. "I am Sora," he said as he left. "Sora wait!" Dash said as he ran outside after him. "He's gone..."
As he stood there in the street the clouds began to part as a massive meteor shower could be seen. "Whoa what is going on here," Dash asked as he stared at the sky. The ground began to shake first just a little but then a lot. Dash couldn't hold his footing and fell to the ground. "What is happening? Why is this happening?" Dash remembered the conversation he had with Sora. "Those creature, they are called the Heartless. They prey on peoples hearts because they do not possess one of there own. They seemed very interested in you; you must have a really big heart." "If its me they want," Dash said as he got to his feet. "Then come and get me!!!!!" Dash yelled at the top of his lunges.
The ground stopped shaking and the air grew still throughout the city. A vortex of darkness appeared above the city, which pored out what seemed to be an ever-flowing stream of heartless. "No that is way too much I can't fight that." Dash stated to back away. "
Where are you going?" "S, Sora where did you come from?" Sora stepped out in front of Dash. "So I see the heartless came in full force. The last time I saw this was on Destiny Island." "What's going happen?" Dash asked watching the street ahead of them fill with heartless. "They are going to destroy this world unless we fight them here and now." "So we have to fight them all?" Dash was a bit puzzled about the fighting part. "No we just have to get to that vortex." Dash looked at how far away the vortex was. "We might as well fight them all." Sora looked at him in annoyance. Just shut up and fight your way through," he said as he rushed at the heartless. "Well I don't have much of a choice," Dash said as he followed behind Sora.
As they slashed there way through the hordes of heartless they began to get bigger and bigger. "Hey Sora what's up with these heartless?" Sora cut down a few and turned to Dash. "They are Neo Shadows. They're much stronger then your regular Shadows." "Yeah I figured that much out." "It's because we are close to the vortex Dash now come on!" They fought their way into the square where they found themselves surrounded on all sides.
"Crap, they always have to make things harder for me." "Sora there is no way out what do we do?" "Dash there is always a way out. Either we destroy that vortex or it destroys this world either way we will survive." "Either way we will survive how is that?" "That's the power of the Keyblade now lets go." Sora charged head on into the crowd of heartless obliterating three to four in every swing. Dash followed behind him watching his back.
The ground began to rumble again and you could here the sound of breaking stone and metal. "Dash we have to hurry the vortex has already begun sucking up this world." You could see tops of buildings and loose objects being sucked into the sky. "Sora how are we supposed to get up too it?" Dash yelled as he cut down more Neo's in his path. Sora kept running and slashing. "We will have to hitch a ride." Sora was headed for a giant building at the end of the street. "Hitch a ride on what?" Dash questioned.
The building began to lean backwards and get sucked into the vortex. "Sora there's our ride you better run like hell up this building." "Run up the building?" "Yeah as long as you keep moving there should be no problem." "Are you sure about this?" "Yeah it should be easier since we will be getting sucked upwards anyway." "If you say so."
They cut down the last of the Neo's in their way and headed for the building. Sora ran up did a front flip onto the wall and began running toward the vortex. "Come on Dash just run up the wall." Dash backed up a bit then ran and jumped onto the wall. "Come on Dash catch up this is the worst place to get stuck in a fight." Dash began running to catch up with Sora. "We're almost there hurry up and grab on to a piece of debris." As the building began to break up under there feet Sora and Dash grabbed onto a piece and rode it up into the vortex.
"Sora I can't see a thing it's so dark." "Dash look for light there is always some light in the darkness." "I, I think I see it." "Good now lets go." The darkness began to fade and from the gleam of light came a shattered world. "Sora was this part of the plan?" "No this is different I've never seen this before." From the ruins of the torn world, white creatures started to appear. "Great Flailies." "Flailie?" They are the creatures born of ignorance they are all controlled by the Unknowns. But if they are here then he is close by.
"Come on Sora you gotta fill me in on these things who is he?" "The crimson haired Unknown known as Axel. He has been hunting me down for quite some time." "Hunting you down why?" Footsteps came from behind them. "Because he has something that I want." Both Sora and Dash spun around to encounter a hooded character. "Axel." "Well if it isn't the legendary Keyblade master himself. And I see you have an apprentice." "What do you want Axel?" "Sora, Sora, Sora you act as if it were you that I had come for."
"If it wasn't me you wanted then it was, Dash." "Exactly my little friend. Tell you the truth I didn't even know you were here. I guess I lucked out with a two for one sale." "Dash, prepare yourself." "Right." Axel raised his arms and two Fire Wheels appeared in them. "You won't get away this time I assure you." We might have some trouble being that I have lost all my key chains." "What good is a key chain?" "Depending on the one equipped it powers up your Keyblade." "Well it's two on one we might not need them." "You're right Dash lets get him."
Axel took up a fighting position and grinned at Sora and Dash. "You really think you can beat me in my own domain?" Sora and Dash began to charge. "The power of light will always win." Sora yelled as he charged for a magical attack. Axel surrounded him self in a wall of fire. "Axel you have gotten way to predictable." Sora yelled as he aimed his Keyblade towards the fire. "Aqua Splash!!" A jet stream of water blasted from Sora's Keyblade. "Dash strike now while the wall is down!" Dash leaped at Axel and went straight for a head blow. Clank Axel had blocked Dash's attack with one of his Fire Wheels. He was using the other to deflect the water.
"H, how can he do that?" Sora was beginning to lose his confidence. "What's wrong Sora, giving up?" Sora's face became serious once again. "I never give up." Sora charged in to join Dash in hand-to-hand combat. Axel blocked every attack they threw at him. "Just give it up Sora you're all mine this time." Sora knew this was true but couldn't just give up. Axel smacked them both to the ground in one broad swing.
"Sora look at you, how pathetic. You can't even defeat me and I am a lower class unknown." Sora staggered to his feet. "If I were complete you would stand no chance." Sora was breathing heavily as if he were about to faint. "Well isn't that too bad. Tell Hades I said hi when you get there!!" As Axel charged up for a fire attack Sora blanked out and began to fall backwards.
"Sora your time is now!!" Axel sent a direct blast towards Sora. Dash struggled to get to his feet but it was no use he had lost all his energy. "Sora no!!" As the Fire drew close to Sora a vortex opened up beneath him. Before the fire could strike him he was gone. "No I had him where did he go!?" Dash was just as bewildered as Axel was. "Sora?" Dash was looking around the whole area Sora was just gone.
"Axel why do you insist on taunting Sora?" "That voice? Not you again when will you ever give up?" From out of the shadows of a torn building a hooded character walked out. Dash noticed that the weapons in the person's hands resembled his in a way. "Tai you are half dark why don't you join us?" Tai walked up to Dash and cast Curaga on him. "You should stay back things might get a little rough." Dash went and took cover behind a large rock. "Axel the Keyblades tell me to walk along the path of light. Until the destiny I am meant to fulfill is completed I will stay on the light side.
Axel grinned at Tai evilly. "Well if that's the case then I will destroy you along with this shattered world." The world began to shake furiously as if it was being ripped in half. Fire started spurting from the ground in large geysers. "You shall all burn in the flames of hell!!" Axel along, with his army of Flailies that were on guard, slowly vanished into darkness.
"Tai we need to get out of here!" Dash yelled as he ran up beside him. "Tai looked down at Dash and then looked to the sky. "Yes we shall leave but we will walk a different path." Dash looked at him puzzled. "A different path?" Tai nodded his head. "Yes a different path. We are on separate journeys. You must go out and see the many worlds make new friends and new enemies. I must continue on my path to protect Sora." "But I don't know what to do or where to go." "Tai lifted back his hoody a bit so that Dash could see his smirk. "That's how all us Keyblade masters start but you will find your way." Another vortex appeared behind Dash with out him noticing. "Now then Keyblade master I bid you farewell." Tai pushed Dash back into the vortex and then opened up another in which he used to escape.