*Ok, finaly I'm back! Took me a while, but I have three stories up on this
site now so...Well anyway, here ya go for all you patient people!*
Chapter seven, Sora's Demon, and A Mother's Decision:
Usagi, Donald, and Goofy had gotten through the hole and were sitting down on a balcony over looking the Third District, finally able to get some rest.
"That was too close..." Usagi said as she fingered her new bow.
"Yeah, but why are they after us?" Goofy asked looking at the two.
"Goofy they're after everybody!" Donald yelled, and then covered his mouth to quiet himself.
"Donald, be quiet!" Usagi and Goofy whispered hotly.
"Sorry..." Donald whispered, looking to the ground.
"They have to be here somewhere..." A voice said from down below. Usagi immediately perked up at the sound of the voice and quickly moved over to the side to see who it belonged to.
"Usagi, you ok?" Goofy asked as Usagi moved. Usagi turned to Goofy and put her finger to her lips, gesturing for him to be quiet.
"Shhhh..." Usagi moved her head over the edge of the railing to see the Third District. This District was easily the smallest. With only two doorways out, one to the second, and one to the first, and one building, there was nothing here to truly look at. But besides that fact, the building and walls were truly breathtaking. With its many colors, and its medieval look, it was beautiful. The middle of the square was completely blank, nothing stood there except for a fountain that had two dogs eating spaghetti on it in the far corner. One balcony stood at the far corner, above the fountain, that was just another walkway to anyone else. Two figures stood underneath the balcony that Usagi and the others were on. There, just below them, stood both Sora and Leon.
"I don't see anything Leon..." Sora said looking around.
"Who's that Usagi?" Goofy asked. Both he and Donald had moved over to the wall to look down at the two men.
"Sora..." Usagi whispered looking at him again. 'No! Usagi girl! We went over this! You can't fall for him, never ever ever!!!!! But...' Inside Usagi was fighting a losing battle while Donald and Goofy looked at her strangely.
"Leon, I feel something..." Sora said looking around.
"Yeah...me too..." Leon said looking around as well. At that point the ground began to shake and dust was being thrown in random directions. Usagi fell onto her backside from the shaking and Donald and Goofy fell on top of her. Sora looked around and saw the floor near the exits of the district shaking more violently then the rest of the district. Then, the floor itself rose in front of each exit from the square, creating a pillar that didn't allow anyone in or out.
"Crap!" Leon yelled. Sora looked to Leon to see that he was looking up; Sora followed his gaze, and saw what he was looking at. Around them all, at the highest parts of the square, and on top or the risen floor, stood hundreds of soldier heartless...Leon and Sora were trapped.
"Ah!" A voice yelled from the top. Sora looked to where the voice had come from, what he saw filled him with dread. Usagi was being held be a pair of soldier heartless, as she tried to escape there grasp. Suddenly a ball of fire hit one of the heartless, destroying it, and the other fell to the ground, but from what, Sora could not see.
*Up with the others*
Donald had hit the first heartless with a fire spell, and Goofy, still on the ground, knocked the other down with his shield.
"Thanks guys" Usagi said as she stood up and pulled out her bow, "Ok, let's see if this really works". Usagi took hold of the string and began to pull it back, then in her hand, ready to be shot, an arrow of pure light formed as she aimed for the heartless that Goofy had knocked down. Usagi closed her eyes and let the arrow go; the arrow flew forward and missed the heartless by an inch. Goofy, seeing she missed ran at the heartless and smashed it with his shield.
"Um...looks like I need practice...heh heh heh" She laughed nervously rubbing the back of her neck.
"Look!" Donald yelled pointing to the square. Inside, Leon was being overtaken by the heartless, and Sora was trying his best to fight them off of him.
"We have to help them!" Usagi yelled, running to the edge of the balcony.
"First we have to help us! It's the heartless guys!" Goofy said getting his shield ready again. The other heartless had found them, now there were three heartless.
"Let's get em guys!" Donald yelled, pointing his staff at the heartless, wow, that didn't last long. An explosion knocked each of them off of the balcony, sending them flying through the air, and landing...right on top of Sora.
"Ack!" Sora yelled as he was flattened by the three people.
"Oh! Sora! I'm so sorry!" Usagi said getting off quickly. Donald and Goofy opened there eyes and saw the thing in Sora's hand.
"The Key!" They yelled at the same time. Usagi, though, wasn't looking at them, but at Leon. To her, Leon looked different, not in his looks, just, when he fought. He fought with such force and skill, that it hardly seemed human. Leon slashed another heartless away from his body, as he took a step back. His blade began to glow a strange, red glow, a lot darker then the reddish orange that the Keyblade glowed. This red was darker, almost...blood red. Leon looked at all the heartless, his eyes burning. Leon raised his gunblade high, and shouted out in a strong voice.
"Renzokuken!" Leon yelled as he ran to the heartless. Slash, slash, crash, bam, the sound of his gunblade hitting and firing over and over again could be heard throughout the Third District. Leon moved at lightning speed, like a blur to the human eye. After it was over though, he took a step back and jumped in the air. Glairing, he swung his sword behind him and swung his whole body around, making a full circle.
"Fated Circle!" He yelled as a beam of energy came out of his blade in the form of a circle, hitting the heartless full on, making them disappear on contact. Leon landed to the ground with a thump. As he landed he fell to his left knee and began breathing heavily.
"Leon!" Sora and Usagi yelled as they ran to him.
"Are you alright?" Sora asked as he got down on one knee as he got beside Leon.
"Yeah...yeah I'm fine" Leon said in-between breaths, "Just a little worn out."
"What was that?" Usagi asked as Donald and Goofy came up behind them.
"That's called my Limit...It comes to me when I'm in intense physical or mental pain" Leon said as he began to catch his breath.
"Could we do that?" Sora asked.
"Maybe, who knows?" Leon said, "But now's not the time for that, we have to get out of here." The word hardly left Leon's mouth as a loud clang was heard above them. Each member of the small group looked up, and above them, a giant purple armor type heartless loomed. Its arms and legs were hanging below and next to it, and its head was floating just above its shoulders. The main body had purple strips going from the top to the bottom, with one plain metal strip went down the middle with the mark that all heartless held upon it.
"What...What the hell is that!" Sora yelled (An. I know, oh my god! Sora swore, but...well...)
"Oh...my...God...Guard Armor!" Leon yelled as he quickly stood up, gunblade in hand.
"What's Guard Armor!?" Donald asked.
"It's what's been controlling the heartless here, if we can beat it, then..."
"The Heartless will leave!" Usagi yelled catching on to what Leon was saying.
"Exactly" Leon said as he stared up at the heartless.
"You truly think it's that easy..." A voice spoke that made Usagi gasp. Above them to the left stood Mamoru, an evil grin on his face that would make even the Devil jealous.
"Mamoru!? What are you doing here!?" Usagi asked which in turn gave her looks from each person around her.
"Usagi...You know him?" Goofy asked looking back between Usagi and Mamoru.
"Sadly, yes...he used to be my...boyfriend" Usagi said the last part quietly, but everyone still heard it loud and clear, if not what she said, then the pain in her voice was good enough. Sora looked up to Mamoru, who still held his grin, and began to feel a feeling of pure hatred run through him. Sora looked to the ground; his body began to shake slightly and his grip on the Keyblade grew tighter.
"Sora...are you alright?" Leon asked looking to the young man, worry in his eyes, and the vision of what Sora had done before still fresh in his mind. Sora again looked at Mamoru, his face grim and glairing.
"Sora...what's wrong..."Usagi asked, fear in her voice. Sora then again, spoke in a cold voice that was again, not his own as the Keyblade once again changed.
"Go after the heartless...The bastard is mine!" Sora yelled as he jumped a height that was humanly impossible, landing next to Mamoru.
"What now...?" Donald asked. Usagi looked at Sora and Mamoru one last time, Sora looked over and there eyes met, giving Usagi a reassured feeling, and then turned to Donald.
"You heard him, let's go!" Usagi yelled as she griped her bow tightly, and took of toward the Guard Armor. Donald and Goofy following. Leon looked up at Sora.
"Good luck Sora...you'll need it" Leon whispered then took off in the direction that Usagi and the others ran.
*Sora & Mamoru*
"So the Child has a couple tricks" Mamoru said mockingly as Sora landed next to him.
"Cut your crap" Sora said in his cold voice.
"Oh, such a harsh tong" Mamoru again mocked him. Sora looked toward the group to see Usagi looking at him. Sora just stared at her until she looked away to tell the others something and run toward the Guard Armor. Mamoru noticed it as well.
"What? What is she doing! Maleficent told me she would be safe!" Mamoru yelled looking at Usagi run to the giant heartless, his coldness once again growing soft as her saw that Usagi might get hurt.
"I think you have to worry about yourself more then her right now" Sora said as he held out his Dark Keyblade. Sora began to walk over to Mamoru, who was now looking at him again.
"You think so...fine, then come and make me worry" Mamoru said, regaining the way he was before as he moved over to Sora. Mamoru removed a sword from the sheath that hung on his belt. The sword hilt looked like that of a black dragon with its mouth open. Where the mouth was open, came the blade. It looked like a bluish green flame spurting out and curving out at the end. "Now...we begin" Mamoru said as he got into a fighting stance.
"Yes...so we do" Sora said as well getting into his fighting stance. They both stood there, waiting for the other to move. Then in one quick movement, they were on each other, Sword meeting Keyblade.
*Usagi & the others*
The battle hadn't been going very well. Though Leon was a skilled fighter, and very powerful, he was still weak from the use of his limit, making him slower, and not able to attack much. But Donald and Goofy were proving themselves. Donald mostly stayed at a distance, but still fired random spells in the Guard Armor's direction, which proved to be effective. And Goofy, though only having a shield, still caused major damage if he truly tried. Yet...Usagi...
"DAMN IT!" Usagi yelled as she missed for the thirteenth time in a row, "How come I can't get this right!"
"Usagi! You have to aim!" Leon yelled as he dodged a blow from the hand of the Guard Armor.
"I'm trying!" She yelled as she took hold of the bow, and pointed it at the armor again. She pulled back on the string, creating another arrow of light. As she began to try and aim she felt something...like a presence around her. Usagi could feel hands touching her own, as if someone was helping her.
"Just trust your instincts Usa, you'll do fine, trust me" a voice in her head said, and right away Usagi remembered it. It was Rei; she was talking to her, and helping her. Usagi looked at the Guard Armor once again, this time she felt two eyes watching for her, she felt stronger...more confident then before. Usagi let herself feel Rei's help, let her body begin to fill with the spirit of the fire priestess. Usagi aimed at the heartless, and let loose the arrow...directly hitting the heartless in the chest. The heartless reared back in pain as the arrow struck it leaving it open for attack. Goofy, seeing the opening, called over to Donald, who had resorted to physical attacks due to his lack of magic power.
"Donald, get Leon, we need to attack now! While it's preoccupied with the arrow!" Goofy yelled as Donald nodded, as he ran to Leon. Though it may not seem like it, Goofy was skilled at finding weaknesses. Hey, he didn't get to be Captain of the Royal Guard for nothing you know. Goofy held onto his shield and ran towards the Guard Armor. He and his shield began to glow a radiant green light. Goofy jumped high into the air and put his shield above his head, as if to do a dive. As his body came toward the Guard Armor, the light began to grow.
"Shield...Rocket!" Goofy yelled as the shield hit the Guard Armor. Donald looked at Goofy amazed...Goofy had just used his limit. Goofy landed behind the Guard Armor and turned around to look up at it. The Guard Armor had taken the abuse; though it was split into its many pieces lying on the ground. At first they had thought they won, but, one of the Guard Armor's hands began to move.
"Crap!" Leon yelled as he moved over to Goofy.
"Looks like we got a while to go..." Goofy said as the Guard Armor began to put it's self back together.
"Where's Usagi?!" Donald asked as he looked around, and then spotted something golden on the ground about a yard in front of him. Usagi lay on the ground in front of him, unconscious and a small block of metal lay beside her. A piece of metal must have hit her after Goofy completed his Limit.
"Usagi!" Goofy and Donald yelled at the same time. Leon saw what they were looking at and silently cursed.
"Listen you two, I want you to hold off the Guard Armor for a while, and I'll get Usagi out of here, alright?" Leon quickly explained, for there wasn't much time.
"Right" They said at the same time again, and looked to the Guard Armor, fire in there eyes for what it had done to there new friend. Leon ran over to Usagi and, noticing the cut on her forehead was bleeding badly, used his jacket to clean it up.
"Drink it" Leon said as he tried to make the unconscious girl drink one of his potions. After it was somehow taken in, Leon then picked Usagi up in his arms and ran to the far corner of the third district.
"You should wake up soon..." Leon began to move, but heard a noise above him. He looked up and saw Sora and Mamoru in heated battle above the square.
*Sora & Mamoru*
Clash, the two blades met in rapid succession as they ran, jumped, and swerved around the balconies and pillars of the third district. Sora stopped on a pillar just across from Mamoru. Sora was loosing breath quickly, and getting weaker, while Mamoru seemed unaffected by the continuous fighting.
"Aw, what's wrong, it was just getting interesting" Mamoru taunted with his evil grin once again on his face.
"Come-Come and get it!" Sora said in-between breaths; his dark voice seemed to be shifting back to his normal voice. Sora jumped over to Mamoru, his Keyblade ready for the kill. Mamoru just shifted to the side and held his blade up to stop Sora's swing.
"Pathetic..." Mamoru murmured as Sora fell to the ground. Sora looked up at Mamoru with glairing eyes, but the ware of the battle has finally taken its toil. Sora's eyes closed and his body once again went limp on the ground, letting him fall into peaceful slumber. Mamoru smiled and held his blade up high, as he prepared to end the boy's life. He swung the blade............
The sword was stopped three inches above the boy by an unseen force as Mamoru tried as hard as he could to push his blade forward to finish what he started.
"What are you planning to do, once this is over" A sweet voice said behind him. Mamoru stopped and turned around to face a woman in a beautiful dress. Her hair like Usagi's except in two hearts instead of two buns on the side of her head.
"Selenity...So you are protecting the boy..." He said as he held his blade protectively.
"Yes...now if you don't mind, I want you to leave, I'm sure my daughter does not wish to see you." She said simply. Mamoru chuckled as he shook his head.
"You have it wrong Selenity, Usagi will love me again, I will see to that" Mamoru said, his grin again coming to his face.
"Hm, well then, tell me Mamoru, why do you think I let everything that happened, happen...yes that's right Mamoru, I knew it was going to happen, do you call me a fool, well don't" Selenity said as looked as Mamoru's face grew from the grin he wore, to a face of horror, what was she talking about...how could she..."You see Mamoru, I knew for a while, but I never stopped it, why...so that things could play to the way they're supposed to. Yes, you were always meant to do what you've done, and now that it's happened, she can be happy, and find what she's wanted far more than anything else, even if she didn't know it"
"And that would be..." Mamoru said cautiously. Selenity just smiled and pointed to something behind Mamoru. Mamoru turned around and saw that she was pointing at...Sora.
*Donald and Goofy*
Donald had just about given up on this battle. Even with his replenished magic, he and Goofy were in no way going to be able to win. He looked over to his companion and saw Goofy was as tired as he was. Goofy struck it again with his shield causing it to fall to the ground in its many pieces again. Donald ran over to him, to speak before the Heartless returned for another round.
"What do we do Goofy...?" He asked. He was willing to take any idea, any at all.
"Gee...I don't know, I don't think we can do this..." Goofy said worry clear in his voice. The Guard Armor was now fully put back together, its face or what ever it was, looked at the two and began to walk over to them.
"Uh oh..." Donald said, now shaking. The Guard Armor was just about on top of them, until a shiny arrow of light flew into its back. They both looked over to there left, and saw Leon running to them, gunblade drawn, and Usagi behind him, preparing another arrow.
"Geez, you guys are worthless with out me" Leon said jokingly and he got to them. Donald and Goofy finally realized that they had the chance to win now, and they looked at the Guard Armor. Goofy and Leon ran forward, shield and gunblade drawn and ready to attack. Donald chanted a fire spell, which sped toward the Guard Armor at full speed. Leon took a slash at its right arm, and, because it was already weak, completely ripped it in two, rending it useless. Goofy was working on tangling the feet up, so that they wouldn't cause too much trouble. Each person gave there all, even Usagi who now seemed to be able to aim, for some unknown reason (but we know what it is!). Finally, after many of each warrior's attacks, it seemed that the Guard Armor was weakening.
"We're doing it!" Goofy said happily after he destroyed the other of the Guard Armor's arms.
"Just keep going!" Leon yelled as he took more strikes at the main body. With each blow it seemed that the Guard Armor was beginning to give in as it had almost stopped attacking completely. Usagi began to once again pull back on the bow, to strike again, but as she let go she realized something shocking...she wasn't making anymore arrows.
"Why isn't it working?!" She yelled frustrated. Leon looked over and saw what she meant.
"Usagi, get back!" He yelled over to her, "You can't do anything more! Get as far away as you can!" Usagi did as she was told and ran to the far corner of the square. As she got there she looked up and thought to herself, 'Sora...where are you...?'
"I end this now!" She heard Leon yell. Usagi looked over to see Leon running up to the Guard Armor, and slashed the body full force. In what seemed like an instant, the body of the commander heartless began to shine a bright light. Each person, animal or not, looked at it in aw as it vaporized into nothing, and a shining ruby red heart flew out of it. Each warrior seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as they saw the beast fall dead. Usagi ran to them as the all congregated in the center of the square.
"Leon! You did it!" Usagi yelled as she jumped on him, giving him a hug. Leon just chuckled as patted her on the back. As Usagi got down, she ran over and hugged Donald and Goofy too. Leon was smiling brightly as he saw the happy girl, but suddenly came to a realization as he looked around...
"Where's Sora?" Leon asked looking around.
*Back to Sora & Mamoru*
Mamoru glared at Selenity. 'How dare she...' he thought, 'How dare she make this happen...'
"You will pay..." he said quietly.
"What, I did not hear you Mamoru, please repeat yourself" She said with a small hint of giddiness to her voice. Mamoru looked to the ground, his sword held tightly in his hand. His body began to shake with the rage he felt as he looked to the woman, fire burning in his eyes.
"GRAHHH! YOU WILL PAY!!!!" Mamoru yelled as loud as his lungs would let him go. Mamoru began to not run, but fly over to Selenity, his sword held high, ready for the strike. Mamoru's blade swung, but it never hit. As if she were a ghost, the blade passed right through her. Mamoru, now truly frustrated, stormed off into the air screaming.
"YOU'LL SEE! NO MATER WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN! SHE WILL BE MINE! I SWEAR IT! SHE WILL ME MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mamoru yelled as he took off into the sky, leaving a smiling Selenity and a confused Usagi down below. After Mamoru's body disappeared from view, Selenity moved over a picked up the young boy's body. As she picked him up, the column she was standing on began to move back down to its original place in the ground. As Selenity looked to the group, her smile grew in size as she began to walk over to them. Usagi saw her, and stared, speechless.
"Who...are you?" Goofy asked quietly. Selenity just looked to him, still smiling, and continued to walk over to Leon.
"Take him" She said simply. Leon, too dumbfounded to talk, just did as he was told, and took Sora from her. Selenity, now with no Sora in her arms, walk over to Usagi and bent over to whisper in her ear. As she finished, Usagi just looked at her. Selenity stood and began to walk away. She turned quickly, to look at each of them, and her body began to disappear. She smiled once more at Sora, and then Usagi, and then she was gone.
"...Well, that was interesting" Donald said as he stared at the place where Selenity was standing. Usagi just keep quiet, and looked to the ground. What her mother had said to her still running through her ears.
'Never Let Him Out Of Your Sight Again'
*GEEZ! I'm SOOOOOO sorry everyone! I started to write it, but I just.stopped, I don't know why! But I just started it again and it's my longest one yet! So anyway, I hope u enjoyed it! TTFN!*
Chapter seven, Sora's Demon, and A Mother's Decision:
Usagi, Donald, and Goofy had gotten through the hole and were sitting down on a balcony over looking the Third District, finally able to get some rest.
"That was too close..." Usagi said as she fingered her new bow.
"Yeah, but why are they after us?" Goofy asked looking at the two.
"Goofy they're after everybody!" Donald yelled, and then covered his mouth to quiet himself.
"Donald, be quiet!" Usagi and Goofy whispered hotly.
"Sorry..." Donald whispered, looking to the ground.
"They have to be here somewhere..." A voice said from down below. Usagi immediately perked up at the sound of the voice and quickly moved over to the side to see who it belonged to.
"Usagi, you ok?" Goofy asked as Usagi moved. Usagi turned to Goofy and put her finger to her lips, gesturing for him to be quiet.
"Shhhh..." Usagi moved her head over the edge of the railing to see the Third District. This District was easily the smallest. With only two doorways out, one to the second, and one to the first, and one building, there was nothing here to truly look at. But besides that fact, the building and walls were truly breathtaking. With its many colors, and its medieval look, it was beautiful. The middle of the square was completely blank, nothing stood there except for a fountain that had two dogs eating spaghetti on it in the far corner. One balcony stood at the far corner, above the fountain, that was just another walkway to anyone else. Two figures stood underneath the balcony that Usagi and the others were on. There, just below them, stood both Sora and Leon.
"I don't see anything Leon..." Sora said looking around.
"Who's that Usagi?" Goofy asked. Both he and Donald had moved over to the wall to look down at the two men.
"Sora..." Usagi whispered looking at him again. 'No! Usagi girl! We went over this! You can't fall for him, never ever ever!!!!! But...' Inside Usagi was fighting a losing battle while Donald and Goofy looked at her strangely.
"Leon, I feel something..." Sora said looking around.
"Yeah...me too..." Leon said looking around as well. At that point the ground began to shake and dust was being thrown in random directions. Usagi fell onto her backside from the shaking and Donald and Goofy fell on top of her. Sora looked around and saw the floor near the exits of the district shaking more violently then the rest of the district. Then, the floor itself rose in front of each exit from the square, creating a pillar that didn't allow anyone in or out.
"Crap!" Leon yelled. Sora looked to Leon to see that he was looking up; Sora followed his gaze, and saw what he was looking at. Around them all, at the highest parts of the square, and on top or the risen floor, stood hundreds of soldier heartless...Leon and Sora were trapped.
"Ah!" A voice yelled from the top. Sora looked to where the voice had come from, what he saw filled him with dread. Usagi was being held be a pair of soldier heartless, as she tried to escape there grasp. Suddenly a ball of fire hit one of the heartless, destroying it, and the other fell to the ground, but from what, Sora could not see.
*Up with the others*
Donald had hit the first heartless with a fire spell, and Goofy, still on the ground, knocked the other down with his shield.
"Thanks guys" Usagi said as she stood up and pulled out her bow, "Ok, let's see if this really works". Usagi took hold of the string and began to pull it back, then in her hand, ready to be shot, an arrow of pure light formed as she aimed for the heartless that Goofy had knocked down. Usagi closed her eyes and let the arrow go; the arrow flew forward and missed the heartless by an inch. Goofy, seeing she missed ran at the heartless and smashed it with his shield.
"Um...looks like I need practice...heh heh heh" She laughed nervously rubbing the back of her neck.
"Look!" Donald yelled pointing to the square. Inside, Leon was being overtaken by the heartless, and Sora was trying his best to fight them off of him.
"We have to help them!" Usagi yelled, running to the edge of the balcony.
"First we have to help us! It's the heartless guys!" Goofy said getting his shield ready again. The other heartless had found them, now there were three heartless.
"Let's get em guys!" Donald yelled, pointing his staff at the heartless, wow, that didn't last long. An explosion knocked each of them off of the balcony, sending them flying through the air, and landing...right on top of Sora.
"Ack!" Sora yelled as he was flattened by the three people.
"Oh! Sora! I'm so sorry!" Usagi said getting off quickly. Donald and Goofy opened there eyes and saw the thing in Sora's hand.
"The Key!" They yelled at the same time. Usagi, though, wasn't looking at them, but at Leon. To her, Leon looked different, not in his looks, just, when he fought. He fought with such force and skill, that it hardly seemed human. Leon slashed another heartless away from his body, as he took a step back. His blade began to glow a strange, red glow, a lot darker then the reddish orange that the Keyblade glowed. This red was darker, almost...blood red. Leon looked at all the heartless, his eyes burning. Leon raised his gunblade high, and shouted out in a strong voice.
"Renzokuken!" Leon yelled as he ran to the heartless. Slash, slash, crash, bam, the sound of his gunblade hitting and firing over and over again could be heard throughout the Third District. Leon moved at lightning speed, like a blur to the human eye. After it was over though, he took a step back and jumped in the air. Glairing, he swung his sword behind him and swung his whole body around, making a full circle.
"Fated Circle!" He yelled as a beam of energy came out of his blade in the form of a circle, hitting the heartless full on, making them disappear on contact. Leon landed to the ground with a thump. As he landed he fell to his left knee and began breathing heavily.
"Leon!" Sora and Usagi yelled as they ran to him.
"Are you alright?" Sora asked as he got down on one knee as he got beside Leon.
"Yeah...yeah I'm fine" Leon said in-between breaths, "Just a little worn out."
"What was that?" Usagi asked as Donald and Goofy came up behind them.
"That's called my Limit...It comes to me when I'm in intense physical or mental pain" Leon said as he began to catch his breath.
"Could we do that?" Sora asked.
"Maybe, who knows?" Leon said, "But now's not the time for that, we have to get out of here." The word hardly left Leon's mouth as a loud clang was heard above them. Each member of the small group looked up, and above them, a giant purple armor type heartless loomed. Its arms and legs were hanging below and next to it, and its head was floating just above its shoulders. The main body had purple strips going from the top to the bottom, with one plain metal strip went down the middle with the mark that all heartless held upon it.
"What...What the hell is that!" Sora yelled (An. I know, oh my god! Sora swore, but...well...)
"Oh...my...God...Guard Armor!" Leon yelled as he quickly stood up, gunblade in hand.
"What's Guard Armor!?" Donald asked.
"It's what's been controlling the heartless here, if we can beat it, then..."
"The Heartless will leave!" Usagi yelled catching on to what Leon was saying.
"Exactly" Leon said as he stared up at the heartless.
"You truly think it's that easy..." A voice spoke that made Usagi gasp. Above them to the left stood Mamoru, an evil grin on his face that would make even the Devil jealous.
"Mamoru!? What are you doing here!?" Usagi asked which in turn gave her looks from each person around her.
"Usagi...You know him?" Goofy asked looking back between Usagi and Mamoru.
"Sadly, yes...he used to be my...boyfriend" Usagi said the last part quietly, but everyone still heard it loud and clear, if not what she said, then the pain in her voice was good enough. Sora looked up to Mamoru, who still held his grin, and began to feel a feeling of pure hatred run through him. Sora looked to the ground; his body began to shake slightly and his grip on the Keyblade grew tighter.
"Sora...are you alright?" Leon asked looking to the young man, worry in his eyes, and the vision of what Sora had done before still fresh in his mind. Sora again looked at Mamoru, his face grim and glairing.
"Sora...what's wrong..."Usagi asked, fear in her voice. Sora then again, spoke in a cold voice that was again, not his own as the Keyblade once again changed.
"Go after the heartless...The bastard is mine!" Sora yelled as he jumped a height that was humanly impossible, landing next to Mamoru.
"What now...?" Donald asked. Usagi looked at Sora and Mamoru one last time, Sora looked over and there eyes met, giving Usagi a reassured feeling, and then turned to Donald.
"You heard him, let's go!" Usagi yelled as she griped her bow tightly, and took of toward the Guard Armor. Donald and Goofy following. Leon looked up at Sora.
"Good luck Sora...you'll need it" Leon whispered then took off in the direction that Usagi and the others ran.
*Sora & Mamoru*
"So the Child has a couple tricks" Mamoru said mockingly as Sora landed next to him.
"Cut your crap" Sora said in his cold voice.
"Oh, such a harsh tong" Mamoru again mocked him. Sora looked toward the group to see Usagi looking at him. Sora just stared at her until she looked away to tell the others something and run toward the Guard Armor. Mamoru noticed it as well.
"What? What is she doing! Maleficent told me she would be safe!" Mamoru yelled looking at Usagi run to the giant heartless, his coldness once again growing soft as her saw that Usagi might get hurt.
"I think you have to worry about yourself more then her right now" Sora said as he held out his Dark Keyblade. Sora began to walk over to Mamoru, who was now looking at him again.
"You think so...fine, then come and make me worry" Mamoru said, regaining the way he was before as he moved over to Sora. Mamoru removed a sword from the sheath that hung on his belt. The sword hilt looked like that of a black dragon with its mouth open. Where the mouth was open, came the blade. It looked like a bluish green flame spurting out and curving out at the end. "Now...we begin" Mamoru said as he got into a fighting stance.
"Yes...so we do" Sora said as well getting into his fighting stance. They both stood there, waiting for the other to move. Then in one quick movement, they were on each other, Sword meeting Keyblade.
*Usagi & the others*
The battle hadn't been going very well. Though Leon was a skilled fighter, and very powerful, he was still weak from the use of his limit, making him slower, and not able to attack much. But Donald and Goofy were proving themselves. Donald mostly stayed at a distance, but still fired random spells in the Guard Armor's direction, which proved to be effective. And Goofy, though only having a shield, still caused major damage if he truly tried. Yet...Usagi...
"DAMN IT!" Usagi yelled as she missed for the thirteenth time in a row, "How come I can't get this right!"
"Usagi! You have to aim!" Leon yelled as he dodged a blow from the hand of the Guard Armor.
"I'm trying!" She yelled as she took hold of the bow, and pointed it at the armor again. She pulled back on the string, creating another arrow of light. As she began to try and aim she felt something...like a presence around her. Usagi could feel hands touching her own, as if someone was helping her.
"Just trust your instincts Usa, you'll do fine, trust me" a voice in her head said, and right away Usagi remembered it. It was Rei; she was talking to her, and helping her. Usagi looked at the Guard Armor once again, this time she felt two eyes watching for her, she felt stronger...more confident then before. Usagi let herself feel Rei's help, let her body begin to fill with the spirit of the fire priestess. Usagi aimed at the heartless, and let loose the arrow...directly hitting the heartless in the chest. The heartless reared back in pain as the arrow struck it leaving it open for attack. Goofy, seeing the opening, called over to Donald, who had resorted to physical attacks due to his lack of magic power.
"Donald, get Leon, we need to attack now! While it's preoccupied with the arrow!" Goofy yelled as Donald nodded, as he ran to Leon. Though it may not seem like it, Goofy was skilled at finding weaknesses. Hey, he didn't get to be Captain of the Royal Guard for nothing you know. Goofy held onto his shield and ran towards the Guard Armor. He and his shield began to glow a radiant green light. Goofy jumped high into the air and put his shield above his head, as if to do a dive. As his body came toward the Guard Armor, the light began to grow.
"Shield...Rocket!" Goofy yelled as the shield hit the Guard Armor. Donald looked at Goofy amazed...Goofy had just used his limit. Goofy landed behind the Guard Armor and turned around to look up at it. The Guard Armor had taken the abuse; though it was split into its many pieces lying on the ground. At first they had thought they won, but, one of the Guard Armor's hands began to move.
"Crap!" Leon yelled as he moved over to Goofy.
"Looks like we got a while to go..." Goofy said as the Guard Armor began to put it's self back together.
"Where's Usagi?!" Donald asked as he looked around, and then spotted something golden on the ground about a yard in front of him. Usagi lay on the ground in front of him, unconscious and a small block of metal lay beside her. A piece of metal must have hit her after Goofy completed his Limit.
"Usagi!" Goofy and Donald yelled at the same time. Leon saw what they were looking at and silently cursed.
"Listen you two, I want you to hold off the Guard Armor for a while, and I'll get Usagi out of here, alright?" Leon quickly explained, for there wasn't much time.
"Right" They said at the same time again, and looked to the Guard Armor, fire in there eyes for what it had done to there new friend. Leon ran over to Usagi and, noticing the cut on her forehead was bleeding badly, used his jacket to clean it up.
"Drink it" Leon said as he tried to make the unconscious girl drink one of his potions. After it was somehow taken in, Leon then picked Usagi up in his arms and ran to the far corner of the third district.
"You should wake up soon..." Leon began to move, but heard a noise above him. He looked up and saw Sora and Mamoru in heated battle above the square.
*Sora & Mamoru*
Clash, the two blades met in rapid succession as they ran, jumped, and swerved around the balconies and pillars of the third district. Sora stopped on a pillar just across from Mamoru. Sora was loosing breath quickly, and getting weaker, while Mamoru seemed unaffected by the continuous fighting.
"Aw, what's wrong, it was just getting interesting" Mamoru taunted with his evil grin once again on his face.
"Come-Come and get it!" Sora said in-between breaths; his dark voice seemed to be shifting back to his normal voice. Sora jumped over to Mamoru, his Keyblade ready for the kill. Mamoru just shifted to the side and held his blade up to stop Sora's swing.
"Pathetic..." Mamoru murmured as Sora fell to the ground. Sora looked up at Mamoru with glairing eyes, but the ware of the battle has finally taken its toil. Sora's eyes closed and his body once again went limp on the ground, letting him fall into peaceful slumber. Mamoru smiled and held his blade up high, as he prepared to end the boy's life. He swung the blade............
The sword was stopped three inches above the boy by an unseen force as Mamoru tried as hard as he could to push his blade forward to finish what he started.
"What are you planning to do, once this is over" A sweet voice said behind him. Mamoru stopped and turned around to face a woman in a beautiful dress. Her hair like Usagi's except in two hearts instead of two buns on the side of her head.
"Selenity...So you are protecting the boy..." He said as he held his blade protectively.
"Yes...now if you don't mind, I want you to leave, I'm sure my daughter does not wish to see you." She said simply. Mamoru chuckled as he shook his head.
"You have it wrong Selenity, Usagi will love me again, I will see to that" Mamoru said, his grin again coming to his face.
"Hm, well then, tell me Mamoru, why do you think I let everything that happened, happen...yes that's right Mamoru, I knew it was going to happen, do you call me a fool, well don't" Selenity said as looked as Mamoru's face grew from the grin he wore, to a face of horror, what was she talking about...how could she..."You see Mamoru, I knew for a while, but I never stopped it, why...so that things could play to the way they're supposed to. Yes, you were always meant to do what you've done, and now that it's happened, she can be happy, and find what she's wanted far more than anything else, even if she didn't know it"
"And that would be..." Mamoru said cautiously. Selenity just smiled and pointed to something behind Mamoru. Mamoru turned around and saw that she was pointing at...Sora.
*Donald and Goofy*
Donald had just about given up on this battle. Even with his replenished magic, he and Goofy were in no way going to be able to win. He looked over to his companion and saw Goofy was as tired as he was. Goofy struck it again with his shield causing it to fall to the ground in its many pieces again. Donald ran over to him, to speak before the Heartless returned for another round.
"What do we do Goofy...?" He asked. He was willing to take any idea, any at all.
"Gee...I don't know, I don't think we can do this..." Goofy said worry clear in his voice. The Guard Armor was now fully put back together, its face or what ever it was, looked at the two and began to walk over to them.
"Uh oh..." Donald said, now shaking. The Guard Armor was just about on top of them, until a shiny arrow of light flew into its back. They both looked over to there left, and saw Leon running to them, gunblade drawn, and Usagi behind him, preparing another arrow.
"Geez, you guys are worthless with out me" Leon said jokingly and he got to them. Donald and Goofy finally realized that they had the chance to win now, and they looked at the Guard Armor. Goofy and Leon ran forward, shield and gunblade drawn and ready to attack. Donald chanted a fire spell, which sped toward the Guard Armor at full speed. Leon took a slash at its right arm, and, because it was already weak, completely ripped it in two, rending it useless. Goofy was working on tangling the feet up, so that they wouldn't cause too much trouble. Each person gave there all, even Usagi who now seemed to be able to aim, for some unknown reason (but we know what it is!). Finally, after many of each warrior's attacks, it seemed that the Guard Armor was weakening.
"We're doing it!" Goofy said happily after he destroyed the other of the Guard Armor's arms.
"Just keep going!" Leon yelled as he took more strikes at the main body. With each blow it seemed that the Guard Armor was beginning to give in as it had almost stopped attacking completely. Usagi began to once again pull back on the bow, to strike again, but as she let go she realized something shocking...she wasn't making anymore arrows.
"Why isn't it working?!" She yelled frustrated. Leon looked over and saw what she meant.
"Usagi, get back!" He yelled over to her, "You can't do anything more! Get as far away as you can!" Usagi did as she was told and ran to the far corner of the square. As she got there she looked up and thought to herself, 'Sora...where are you...?'
"I end this now!" She heard Leon yell. Usagi looked over to see Leon running up to the Guard Armor, and slashed the body full force. In what seemed like an instant, the body of the commander heartless began to shine a bright light. Each person, animal or not, looked at it in aw as it vaporized into nothing, and a shining ruby red heart flew out of it. Each warrior seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as they saw the beast fall dead. Usagi ran to them as the all congregated in the center of the square.
"Leon! You did it!" Usagi yelled as she jumped on him, giving him a hug. Leon just chuckled as patted her on the back. As Usagi got down, she ran over and hugged Donald and Goofy too. Leon was smiling brightly as he saw the happy girl, but suddenly came to a realization as he looked around...
"Where's Sora?" Leon asked looking around.
*Back to Sora & Mamoru*
Mamoru glared at Selenity. 'How dare she...' he thought, 'How dare she make this happen...'
"You will pay..." he said quietly.
"What, I did not hear you Mamoru, please repeat yourself" She said with a small hint of giddiness to her voice. Mamoru looked to the ground, his sword held tightly in his hand. His body began to shake with the rage he felt as he looked to the woman, fire burning in his eyes.
"GRAHHH! YOU WILL PAY!!!!" Mamoru yelled as loud as his lungs would let him go. Mamoru began to not run, but fly over to Selenity, his sword held high, ready for the strike. Mamoru's blade swung, but it never hit. As if she were a ghost, the blade passed right through her. Mamoru, now truly frustrated, stormed off into the air screaming.
"YOU'LL SEE! NO MATER WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN! SHE WILL BE MINE! I SWEAR IT! SHE WILL ME MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mamoru yelled as he took off into the sky, leaving a smiling Selenity and a confused Usagi down below. After Mamoru's body disappeared from view, Selenity moved over a picked up the young boy's body. As she picked him up, the column she was standing on began to move back down to its original place in the ground. As Selenity looked to the group, her smile grew in size as she began to walk over to them. Usagi saw her, and stared, speechless.
"Who...are you?" Goofy asked quietly. Selenity just looked to him, still smiling, and continued to walk over to Leon.
"Take him" She said simply. Leon, too dumbfounded to talk, just did as he was told, and took Sora from her. Selenity, now with no Sora in her arms, walk over to Usagi and bent over to whisper in her ear. As she finished, Usagi just looked at her. Selenity stood and began to walk away. She turned quickly, to look at each of them, and her body began to disappear. She smiled once more at Sora, and then Usagi, and then she was gone.
"...Well, that was interesting" Donald said as he stared at the place where Selenity was standing. Usagi just keep quiet, and looked to the ground. What her mother had said to her still running through her ears.
'Never Let Him Out Of Your Sight Again'
*GEEZ! I'm SOOOOOO sorry everyone! I started to write it, but I just.stopped, I don't know why! But I just started it again and it's my longest one yet! So anyway, I hope u enjoyed it! TTFN!*