Chapter Three- Fighting Spirit
Sora shrieked as a large black thing popped onto his shoulder, stuck on like glue. He started shaking, trying to get it off, but nothing would work.
Chaos: Erm, don't you think that looks sort of familiar?
Sora shrugged, but then remembered his dream. "Oh yeah! I beat them all up then!" Then, picking up his wooden sword, smacked at it with all his might… except for the fact that it jumped off a mili-second before he smacked it, making a noticeably bulge on his shoulder, as he yelled out in pain: "Holy fudgeballs! Owww!"
Rubedo sighed, exasperated, until he found a remedy for the situation, just as Sora spotted more of the same creature.
Rubedo: Let me take over then. You are a horrible excuse for a warrior.
And with that, Sora took in mind what Rubedo had just said and started fighting the force with all his might, but he was too late. Sora was sucked back into his mind.
Albedo-smirks- Maybe next time….
Trowa was now, asleep on the couch, oblivious of what was going on. Most of them couldn't even tell he was there.
Chaos: Sorry Sora, but maybe, Rubedo probably did the right thing there.
Sora wasn't even listening, but, clutching the area of the wound, still. Yes, it really did hurt that much be whacked by a wooden stick.
As for Sora's body, his hair had a more reddish color, as well, it was longer. His outfit changed a bit, with his shirt going down to his knees, giving a cape-like appearance. The wooden sword now long discarded, Rubedo started shooting at the heartless with his two miniature guns. It took a few shots, but afterwards, they exploded into bits and pieces of darkness.
Chaos: Well, you can see that his attacks are more effective…
That's what made Sora glare. Chaos immediately pretended as though he didn't say anything, and shifted towards the wall, watching Rubedo go on a killing spree.
"Erm, so, according to the script, where do I go now?" he asked in confusion. Albedo didn't even bother, so it was up to chaos.
Sora: Script?
Chaos: Well, we told you that we helped you out on an adventure, so we decided to cheat!
Sora slapped his forehead, the expression on his face showing that he was definitely "weirded out".
Chaos: Where did I put that damn thing!
After countless seconds of looking around Sora's mind, chaos gave up with a sigh, and banged his head against the glass wall.
Chaos: Rubedo? Just do what you think is right….
After more time spent scratching his head, Rubedo started wandering around the area. "I seriously need to know where to go!" he yelled out, and frantically looked all over the place. Destiny Islands was swarmed with more of those small, black things. But, Rubedo wasn't their only target.
Sora: Just let me take over!
Again, Rubedo denied the offer, and started looking around. "Hey, who's that guy?" he asked, pointing towards the large piece of land sticking up from the island.
Sora: Me and Riku used to play there…
"Hey, he looks like one of those bigger things! But, why is he blue?" Rubedo curiously asked out, but shook the thought as he targeted Riku with his two guns.
Sora: No you moron! That's my friend!
Chaos: Still no sign of the script…
"Well, if he's your friend, maybe he'll know what's going on!" Rubedo spoke, and started rushing towards him, dodging the beasts coming from left and right.
Sora: I'm still confused… what script? My life!
Chaos: Your journey, I presume. It's way better to know what to do ahead of time…
Many of the black monsters started forming together in front of Rubedo, making a larger one. He readied a grenade in hand, and prepared to launch it.
Sora: Well, then, let me rewrite this script! If it's a journey, I don't want anything to do with- AHHH!
As soon as Rubedo tossed the grenade, he remembered he was too close, but it was too late, as the black creatures exploded, along with him being launched a metre back to the sand.
Chaos: Don't try to take over Sora!
Chaos said that ahead of time, as Sora was already about to try, scrunched up, looking like a freak show when concentrating his energy. Sora groaned when told to quite, and started pouting.
"Argh… Damn…" Rubedo spoke, groaning. Sora thought of it as the perfect opportunity, but was excessively "shushed" by chaos.
Albedo: Hurry up with it Rubedo!
Rubedo, hearing anger from his arch-nemesis, immediately jumped up, and started rushing forward, trying to soothe a few wounds without Albedo noticing. Eventually, after jumping over countless crawlers, he arrived at his destination point. Riku stood there, his hand reaching out. Rubedo stared at the hand, confusedly.
"Well, Sora?"
"Hmm?" Rubedo replied back. For a few seconds, Riku looked at Sora's new hairstyle, which was a tad longer, as well, red.
"We can finally leave this island… this prison…" Rubedo still stared confusedly, but it was the real Sora, residing in his own mind, who was listening.
Sora: Riku…
"Why would you want to go?" Rubedo asked confusedly, and in Sora and chaos' minds, moronically.
Sora: Once again, stupid, that's why I wish I was the one controlling this body!
"Because… we've always talked about leaving Destiny Islands, and going somewhere else.. didn't we!"
chaos: Oh boy, I can guess this is going to turn out horrible.
"Yeah, I guess…" Rubedo replied, still thinking in his mind what this conversation was all about.
"Well then, the darkness is now opening a portal. These dark creatures, these heartless, they're all opening a door to freedom! And I'm not afraid…" And with those words, Riku stepped into the portal of darkness under him, and held out his hand for Rubedo, who was about to graciously accept the offer, until chaos reminded him of a little thing called "common sense".
Riku waited for Rubedo to accept his hand, almost yearningly. But sighed, and let it down, right before he vanished into thin air.
Sora: RIKU!
Sora yelled that out on the verge of tears, that none of the others would even start to question, let alone, understand. Sora, in fact was thinking that he lost his friend, and amidst his anger, he quickly took over his body.
"Where is he!" he yelled out to the sky. A tear slipped yet again, and collided against the ground, which now had disappearing darkness. Rubedo looked down, feeling somewhat guilty, and responsible, although he really didn't know why.
While Sora was looking up, he felt some pressure on his right hand. 'What!' he asked himself, as that pressure started turning into weight, and a little bit of pain. He immediately glanced down, and saw particles forming something coming from his hands. He tried to move, but nothing. All he could do was blink, breathe, and watch.
Chaos: Sora, erm, what's going on?
Sora didn't reply. He tried moving his lips, but nothing came up but a light hissing sound, and when he tried to let something come up some more, it felt like a croak.
"Gah..Gah…AHHHH!" Sora yelled out, as a long sword releasing two blades at the end appeared in his hands.
Albedo turned over, hearing all the shrieks, and saw it appear in his hands.
Albedo: What… in the world… is…that…
He let out those words slowly, as it was still forming a bit, although everyone could see the main idea.
Chaos: From what I remember… this was never in the script.
Trowa turned over in his sleeps, all the sounds being nothing but disturbing for him. Finally, Sora could start speaking, but he didn't need to, as nothing could explain the expression of awe he had on his face, as the last particles of the blade finally came together.
"Wh…what is this?" he asked out, and in his mind, he could hear those words echo.
'You are the one who has the key…'
"You were in my dreams…who are you?" Sora asked out.
'The key to your future!"
"Tell me, stop avoiding the question!"
'The Keyblade… and my name is… John, from Disney. I do the voice for this guy, who you never get to know much or-'
Sora slapped his forehead, thinking that this adventure was truly something that was going to scar his life- permanently.
"Geesh Donald, don't you think this ship is goin' a bit too fast there?" Goofy asked, scratching his head, as a few fleas fell to the ground.
"Quiet Goofy… we have to get there quick, or we'll never find the key!" Donald spoke, in his scrunched up and strange voice. In front of them, they could see countless objects in space go by right in front of their eyes.
"But it hurts my head…" Goofy went into complaining mode, at least that's what he thought it was, and felt raring to go. Donald turned around, tired of hearing all this racket from his moronic friend, and sat a seat back from him. He completely forgot about Jiminy Cricket, jumping excitedly on his shoulder. In fact, that was what he had been doing for the remainder of the trip, ever since they departed from the castle, and when they met him.
"Oh boy, I'm worried about Pinocchio!" he jumped and shouted out, although Donald didn't even hear him, or care for that matter. Jiminy Cricket stopped for his breath, then, getting annoyed at all those who weren't even listening to him, jumped off the Duck sitting lazily in the chair, and onto the one beside him.
"How much more do we have to go?" Goofy asked. Donald thought back to when they left, and to how fast they were going.
"Only a few more hours…"
"Keyblade?" Sora asked himself, looking at the strange, yet powerful looking blade. Light started shimmering off of it, and a strange tingle appeared at the very end. He swooshed it in the air, pretending to hit someone, and a quick sound could be heard, like he neatly chopped through an enemy.
Rubedo: Perhaps you should be more careful, hmm? You don't have that much experience.
Sora laughed, ignoring what Rubedo had just said. 'I Could destroy anyone with this…' Then, remembering that since he spoke that in his mind, that the others would hear, he quickly "shushed up" as chaos told him to.
Chaos: You'd better not be thinking of using it like that. Since we have no idea of what you're going to do know, I suggest you leave Destiny Islands first.
Then, that's when something clicked to Sora.
"Where's Kairi!" he looked around. Noticing that she wasn't anywhere on the field of heartless, he looked inside her house. 'Not even her parents are here!' he said, gasping for breath. He checked some of the obvious places as well, being told off by either Albedo or Rubedo, them telling him to just advance with the adventure, although, with him and his feelings, he partly didn't want to.
Rubedo: Quit it already, Sora!
"But… I still need to know where she is!" he cried out desperately.
Chaos: I say find her… we know that we wouldn't ever want her in danger. Rubedo gave him a strange look, but all they saw in his eyes was caring, so indeed, they let it pass- for now, anyways. Rubedo was questioning talking to him about it later.
'Wait… the secret place… our secret place…' Immediately, Sora rushed to one of the large trees on Destiny Islands. Beside it, there was a lake, and a separate passage, leading to where Sora, Riku, and Kairi would play as children.
Chaos: Of all places…
Sora tried crawling through the little hole, and after a bit of struggle, he got through. He looked around. Drawings on the wall that they made as children. A few plants growing in the corner, and a door that he had never noticed before.
"Kairi!" he yelled out, as he spotted the tired Red-Haired girl right in front of him.
"Sora…." She spoke gently, looking as though she was about to pass out. Suddenly, the door behind her immediately flung open, as she was launched into Sora. She hit him hard by crashing into him, then, disappeared.