Okay, this is a plot setting chapter. Oh, if you're wondering why I was yelling about Sephiroth being beaten with the Kingdom Key, it's because I included instructions on how to do it my way in here. First step: Be level 100 or high 90's, (I only did it at this level, so that's my suggestion. I only did it then because it's the only time I thought of it) If you chose the sword and sacrificed the shield, then have two master earrings and a holy circlet. If not, then make sure to have high defense and attack anyway. You must have second chance on. If you don't, you are dead, completely.
Sora: "Can we get on with it?"
Riku: "Sora, quit showing off."
Sora: "This is coming from the guy who made sure to give me a humiliating defeat in front of Kairi every time before I began to train?"
Riku: "(blushes slightly) Shut up."
Sora: "Make me!"
Riku: "Gladly!" (They fight)
Oh boy, this'll take a while.
Sora: "Ars Arcanum!"
Or not.
Riku: "I'm stronger than before, don't think that's it!"
Sora: "Hiyah!"
Geez… Hmm, how to… Fangirls!
Riku & Sora: "Ahh! Where!?"
Attacking you if you don't stop.
Riku & Sora: "Gulp, we'll be good."
Haha! That's what I thought! Anyway, just skip a bit into this if you want to read about Sephiroth. Oh yeah, before I forget, I have mainly Final Fantasy pairings here, if you like Leon/Yuffie or hate Sephiroth/Aerith, sorry. Don't flame me! On second thought, I could use a good laugh; hit me with all you got! (Is encased in burning box and flung into the hottest star in the universe)
Acronos: "Geez, that'll hurt. Um, read the story already."
Narrator: "One last thing."
Acronos: "Who the hell are you?!"
Narrator: "I'm a narrator. Here's a note: 'Staying in the realm inside a Door and only learning can drive someone's spirit to do some very strange and interesting things.' Now, read already!"
Sora's Story
After managing to catch Pluto, we have tried to decipher what the letter says. We've been searching through a library for some time now, but it's been for naught. I still wish I was with my best friend's Kairi and Riku, but no matter what my desires are, I am the keyblade master, the worlds come first. Anyway, it's been two weeks since the sealing of Kingdom Hearts and the supposed defeat of Ansem. I say supposed because he survived without a body before, he may be able to do it again. It was weird getting here, though. When most of my energy was spent on reviving the worlds destroyed by the heartless I woke up on this strange world. Donald and Goofy were there too, but they didn't know anything about how we got here either. There is a town, but it's entirely empty, abandoned. Really abandoned, as in there are still supplies out, fresh food included, really weird. Well, right now, we're just searching this library. It's been like this for the entire time we've been here.
With that Sora shut the journal and preceded to continue reading, but there was really nothing there.
Sora: "Donald, you find anything at all?"
Donald: "(add the accent) Something good on magic spells is all, but that's it."
Sora: "Goofy?"
Goofy: "(with accent now and forever) Nope, but don't worry, we're bound to find something."
???? : "Perhaps I may be of some assistance?"
Sora: "(jumps back and draws keyblade) Who are you?"
???? : "Just a rather bored spirit. I'm doing something right now, and it's really boring when you don't have sorrow to contend with. Call me Bahumat. (Extends hand)"
Sora: "Uhh, nice to meet you. (Shakes hand) So, you said you could help us?"
Bahumat: "What exactly are you looking for? I only sought you out because you're the keyblade master and I was curious as to what happened after Kingdom Hearts."
Sora: "Well, Pluto gave us this letter with the king's seal on it. It's in some weird language and we're trying to decipher it."
Bahumat: "May I see? (Takes it) Hmm, strange language, it looks a bit like elfin tongue. Then again, a bit of Latin's here too. Many mixed and jumbled words. What could possibly be the rule to this chaos? Sora, hand me a sheet of paper please."
Sora: "I never told you my name, how'd you know it?"
Bahumat: "How did I also know that you were the keyblade master, aside from you wielding it in my face? I'm a spirit; I'm supposed to know odd things. Now, the paper?"
Sora: "Uhh, sure. (Hands it over)" While Acronos' spirit, (Yami for the moment) wrote on the paper, thinking it over for a while, Sora and the others kept looking through books.
Bahumat: "Aha! I got it!"
Sora: "What?!"
Bahumat: "It's very complex and intricate, it definitely had to pass some sort of inspection. First off, the letter is written backwards. Second, the letters are inverted perfectly into another language. Third, it's a bit dark, so I'm guessing heartless took a look at it. It's also very confusing. It reads as follows:
Dear key wielder,
Darkness continues as it isn't withheld. The door in the deep darkness is a key within itself. The other wielder escaped, but whereabouts are unknown. Strongest power being awakened, will be free in one year. Am trying flight, may have chance. Too much defense here, do not attempt anything. Deepest darkness, world's beginning, opposite resides there. Sense supreme darkness being formed. Sins of darkness approaches, guard are suggested. Never forget why you fight. Sins of darkness arrive in 16 days from letter's arrival. Run. Ultimate power might help, but cannot stop. Will try everything. Good luck.
Mickey"
Sora: "Whoa. Did anyone understand that in any way?"
Bahumat: "Yeah, I mostly did. Here are the important bits: a place called 'beginning of the world' is where the door of light is. It's within the deepest darkness. Mickey's gonna try and escape. In 2 days something big is going to happen. Oh yeah, Riku escaped."
Sora: "That's great! But, how did you understand all that?"
Bahumat: "I translated it, didn't I? Now, do you understand the letter?"
Sora: "What you explained, yes. Well, only a bit."
Donald: "How big is this thing going to be?"
Bahumat: "Forgive the cliché, but this is going to be the challenge of your lives."
Goofy: "Oh. Well, we'll be okay."
Bahumat: "I am not sure. Maybe we should pack for leaving."
Donald: "Leave where? The worlds are sealed."
Bahumat: "Oh yeah, forgot about that, and I can't unseal them unless I'm physically there."
Sora: "What do you mean, 'unseal'? Forgive my lack of trust, but after fighting for as long as I have, it takes a bit to get used to someone."
Bahumat: "Same effect happens if your parents die in front of you. Now, I simply would unseal the barrier, not the heart. The heartless would still be blocked, but not humans."
Sora: "Oh. Well then, what do we do?"
Bahumat: "I would suggest looking for a natural door, but it's unlikely we'll find anything. We could also try looking for a warp spell, I can probably do it."
Sora: "Back to the books?"
Donald: "Looks like it."
Yami reads fast, so it only took until the next day to find the spell. While in the middle of it, the sky darkened.
Sora: "What the?"
Bahumat: "I guess Mickey's not perfect. I'll try and get you all to Disney castle!"
Donald: "That spell said two at a time!"
Bahumat: "Crap. Well, who then? Quickly!"
Sora: "I'll go last."
Goofy: "But Sora!"
Bahumat: "He has a point. You're the keyblade master, you're needed most."
Sora: "Didn't you say you had a keyblade?"
Bahumat: "Well… (Pulls out his keyblade) Yeah, I did. But, uh..."
Sora: "Just do it before that thing comes!"
Bahumat: "Alright already, give me a minute!"
Sora: "I'll hold them off." A swarm of heartless appeared, some new. Sora charged. He wasn't going to let the heartless hurt his friends.
Bahumat: "Damn, he has a really strong heart."
Donald: "I know, that's why the keyblade chose him, now move!!"
Bahumat: "See you at the castle!" The spell finished, he ran in to do what he could to help Sora. There were about 2000 heartless between him and Sora. Since he wasn't transformed, he used his agility more than his blade to get to Sora, as in, more dodging then attacking. It took a minute to get there and 100 heartless as well. Yami felt some power growing within him; he realized it was the knowledge of how to create techniques from the door.
Inwardly he thanked God for the perfect timing, and then used this timing by creating Sonic Blade. His was a bit different then Sora's, he gathers energy in his keyblade, extending it to three times its length, then charges in leaps at any heartless. This looks a bit like Riku's version of it, except that there is a shadow or two going in the other directions. The finishing touch of the technique is to jump into the air and plummet into the ground, creating a huge explosion of flames that followed several targets, like the finishing part of Riku's Sonic Blade. Say goodbye to about 7000 heartless, their swarms again acting against them.
Then some strange dark blur flew by, landing a quick strike on Sora, leaving him on the floor gasping for air, then jumping into the air and tried a downward slash on Yami. Unfortunately for it, Yami and Acronos are one, and they both have reaction times way too good for anyone they're fighting. So, in short, he blocked. The blur then jumped off and spun behind him, planning on a quick, decisive blow, which was again blocked. It then attempted several really quick martial arts/sword combos which should have decimated anyone, but only got in one or two decent blows on Yami, which he didn't really feel because he was just a spirit, not physically there, aside from the keyblade.
Bahumat/Yami: "Who or what the hell are you!"
??? : "I was about to ask the same thing. I'm Blasphemy. I'm here to kill the keyblade masters."
Sora: "Not in this lifetime!" He charged and rolled, just as Blasphemy spun around in a slash, Sora then countered with a stab. Yami then blocked Blasphemy's counter, and allowed Sora to hit him with Ars Arcanum. Blasphemy then punched Sora in the face, jumped behind him and made to hit them both with one slash. He didn't expect that Sora fell to the ground and hit him with Riku's spring-kick as soon as he was in range. Yami then put his blade under Blasphemy and let him fall into a whole lot of pain.
Yami then jumped back and began chanting, a shield that blocked anything from entering or leaving surrounded the area around the keyblade. He started the warp spell on Sora, but only got to the middle when Blasphemy began to tear through. In a brief adrenalin jump, he made some modifications to the spell and cast the new spell on Sora, which allowed him to travel to worlds that he knew the location of, even if they were sealed. Yami summoned his keyblade immediately after that and charged. Both his and Sora's keyblade hit Blasphemy's sword, followed by a double kick to the stomach.
Blasphemy: "Argh! Damn you to the darkest hells imaginable! Heartless, take out Sora, the powerful one's mine."
Yami: "Damning people to the darkest hells imaginable is my line! I'll kick your ass!"
Sora: "I'm not weak! I'll take you out personally!"
Yami: "I'll let you have the final blow."
Sora: "Thanks!" They both went to their respective battles. Here's Sora's:
He tore through any heartless foolish enough to some near him, and for those too cowardly, he charged and attacked. At one point, defenders, large bodies, fat bandits, and the newer golems, (imagine a body builder in thick armor made of stone with a club) surrounded him. He just used Sonic Blade to get rid of them all. It wasn't long, even with his even more improved skills, that Sora was wearing down, his hp getting low, and he became tired. Then he remembered Never Land and summoned Tinker Bell to heal him.
Nothing stood in his way long after that. Anything that required a strategy to beat was saved for a bit later, or had another heartless kill it. There were no magic-casting ones, so Sora just focused on his attacks and blocks. After about twenty minutes, all of them had been destroyed. Sora then looked for Blasphemy and Yami, found them and…
Now Yami's: He charged at Blasphemy, spinning his blade in front of him, then doing a vortex in mid-air. This was blocked, but not a resounding double-footed kick to the stomach. Again reeling, Blasphemy was greeted with a really quick round of slashing and kicking. Pressing the advantage even further, Yami gave Blasphemy a good blast of energy to the face, (Yami improved his energy and magic attacks). Then Blasphemy got really mad and executed a perfect horizontal slash that sent Yami flying into what heartless were waiting to get Sora, one of them looked a little bit odd, though.
Blasphemy pressed the advantage by jumping into the air and prepared to stab Yami in the stomach, but was stopped when a shadow clawed his face. Yami recognized Dev's door with scythes in front of a black Kingdom Hearts symbol that had a red crown on top. He realized this was one of the heartless that he could summon, so, before Blasphemy tore through it with his sword, Yami yelled: "Summoned heartless: Shadow Umbra! (I speak a different language as well as English and that means shadow in it)" This caused the shadow to become energy and enter his heart, where his entire summons would lye. Then he did the spring kick and sent Blasphemy's finishing move plan down the drain.
They both continued to slash and attack each other, but neither could get a decent move in. This continued for twenty minutes until Yami grabbed Blasphemy's sword in his hand, with the cutting edge nearly on his palm, and flung him with a strong kick a few yards away. As Blasphemy got up and charged, Yami was doing the same. Their blades clashed together and both tried to throw the other. This continued for ten seconds until Sora's keyblade tore into Blasphemy's back.
Blasphemy: "Argh! That's it! You all die NOW!!" He raised his hands to the darkened sky and summoned a blast of dark energy that consumed the field and then the world. Yami wasn't affected, (being a spirit has its advantages), but Sora seemed to be on the verge of loosing his heart. Yami then focused his creative powers and searched for Kairi's mind, when he found her to be dreaming, he connected their minds. They drew strength from each other and Sora managed to pull off the warping spell. Unfortunately, the only nearby world was the End of The World, but it was better than dying.
Sora's POV
After drawing some strength from Kairi, I'm not too sure if it was real or not, but I landed in End of The World. My energy is starting to fade, so I searched for anyone who I knew on a nearby world. My senses locked onto a really close world and I warped there. This took nearly all my energy, but for some reason I ended up in, a library? I feel so tired, but falling onto the floor really took it out of me, knocking me out.
I woke up to someone saying that I should be okay. The voices sounded really familiar, one sounding like, Kairi?! No, I've been fooled before, so I opened my eyes to look around. It definitely didn't look like Destiny Islands, but Kairi was still there. To avoid acting like a complete fool, I asked where was I and who they were.
Kairi said that I was in Hollow Bastion and asked if I had amnesia. I simply responded by saying that I'd hit my head, that I didn't have amnesia, and I asked if it was Yuffie. Lucky me, it was and I didn't look like a moron for asking. After a minute or two to get my bearings, and get over the splitting headache I had, I asked what's been happening. Yuffie told me that everyone was happy, aside from nearly everyone not finding his or her true loves, and that Leon's now Squall.
She also explained that Cloud and Cid were still searching, too. She mentioned that Aerith and Sephiroth had hooked up again. At that I gaped and asked: "Sephiroth? The Sephiroth who I had to be level 100 to beat with my Kingdom Key? The guy with the one black wing?" Yuffie looked at me like I was nuts and asked if I still wasn't hallucinating from the fall. When I asked why, she said that nobody in the castle could beat Sephiroth, aside from Aerith, who was his girlfriend, and that there was no way in hell that I could've possibly beaten him with my weak-ass Kingdom Key.
I responded by saying I'd show her. I immediately ran downstairs and yelled to see Sephiroth. After I ran into Cloud, literally, he told me that Sephiroth was in the garden, still training. I ran outside and saw him, still practicing in front of Aerith, and her giving him happy looks. I then sneaked up and scared them both, and had to block Sephiroth's Masamune from decapitating me.
Sephiroth's POV
I saw him, the kid with the key, the keyblade master, and the child who had unmercifully kicked my ass with his weakest weapon. I'd never told anyone about all those painful losses, I had a reputation to uphold. I did say that Sora beat me once or twice by luck, just because I am no liar by nature, but I still need to maintain an image. Unfortunately, here he was, not only had he blocked a powerful slash, but he was challenging me to a duel with his weakest weapon. This, as Yuffie would say, really sucks!
How was I supposed to keep my reputation as a badass if Sora beat me senseless with his weak-ass keyblade? I thought of declining, but with Aerith looking at me, I couldn't say no. I then said that we'd have to discuss the rules first. I then asked him to do me the favors of using his Ultima Weapon and letting the battle at least look in my favor for a bit. He looked surprised and asked why, I was very surprised with his innocence, I then responded by telling him that with Aerith watching, I really wanted to impress her, or at least be defeated with honor, he responded by agreeing and saying he'd carry Elixirs on him and would let me get a Sin Harvest Angel in.
Regular POV
Sora: "Hey, did Aerith ever find out about my keyblade's increasing in power by changing shape?"
Sephiroth: "I do not know."
Sora: "Let's ask Le, um, Squall and Yuffie."
Sephiroth: "Sure." After a bit they met up with the two practicing in the yard.
Squall: "Hello, what's up?"
Sora: "Did you ever tell Aerith about the keyblade's changing shape and strength?"
Yuffie: "You mean about the key chains? I didn't, did you Squall?"
Squall: "Not as far as I remember."
Sora: "Great! That means I'm dueling you with the Kingdom Key!"
Sephiroth: "Don't get so excited, I may still beat you."
Sora: "I beat you twice with this weak keyblade, I can do it again."
Sephiroth: "We'll see." So the next day they set up an arena the shape and size of Olympus Coliseum. They both got ready, Sora stretching, Sephiroth testing his skills.
Sora: "You ready?"
Sephiroth: "Yes, are you?"
Sora: "Yeah, same as always?"
Sephiroth: "Of course."
So Sora ran into the arena, looked around, Sephiroth appeared in a show of lights, etc. Sora got into battle position and so did Sephiroth.
Yuffie: "On my count! Ready? 3, 2, 1, GO! (runs like hell)"
Sora jumped into the air and super glided back until he bumped into the barrier and then cast Aeroga in mid air. He then waited a bit until Sephy swung, jumped and landed three normal hits followed by a finishing blow. Sephiroth disappeared and reappeared behind Sora, planning on hitting him, but Sora Dodge Rolled out of the way and countered with three slashes and the blitz finishing strike, (jumps, yells "Take that!"?). Sephiroth teleported and did the same thing, but caught Sora off guard somewhat and hit him. This same basic way of fighting continued with occasional pauses for Sora to cure himself until Sephiroth caught him with the inferno attack, but Sora countered within the blaze with the attack Ars Arcanum, landing in only the beginning before Sephy teleported and stopping there.
Sephiroth then jumped far away and taunted Sora. Sora knew from experience not to follow Sephy and let him come to you. Then Sephy ran in and teleported before he hit Sora, then used Sin Harvest Angel, or tried to before Sora hit him with a combo after Super Gliding there. Sephiroth then ran around and teleported behind Sora , intending to hit him, but Sora Dodge Rolled again and hit Sephy. Sephy then kept up running and attacking, while Sora jumped and slashed when he could and got in some good attacks.
Sephy then got a bit peeved and yelled; "Prepare yourself!" before launching into a flurry of cuts and slashes that would've killed Sora, (playing by expert mode here, folks). Sora also knew how to counter this, and he did Strike Raid, knowing that it wouldn't hurt Sephy, but also knowing that Sephy couldn't hurt him, he took as long as he could with the attack, making sure Sephy finished with it before he stopped. After finishing the combo, Sephy teleported away and used Sin Harvest, which Sora could've stopped, but landed the strike after the attack, so Sora was left with 1 hp and Sephy started the inferno. Sora planned this, and used an elixir to restore his health before Sephy finished the blast. Then Sora winked at Sephy, the signal that Sephy could attack freely for a bit, to make them both look good.
Sephiroth took this advantage by teleporting behind Sora, striking him into the air, doing a slash or two, and then sending him to the ground. Sora healed and ran at Sephiroth who just used a horizontal slash, but Sora guarded and both locked swords, Sephiroth whispered and asked why Sora guarded, Sora said that it couldn't look fake, Sephiroth nodded, then threw Sora a few feet away. He then landed a few more strikes and slashes before Sora returned to his regular strategy of fighting Sephiroth. This included a Sonic Blade or two, which Cloud commented on teaching to Sora when he first did it. Eventually Sephy had to resort to the big guns where he powered up into a glowing blue form.
After powering up, Sephiroth charged up the meteor attack. Cloud and Squall mentioned that this attack had beaten both of them separately. Sora merely let the falling meteors' shock waves hit him and restore his mp due to mp rage, then he cast Aeroga and Curaga. After Dodge Rolling around the edges of the arena to not get hit with the meteors, Sora saw that Sephiroth detonated the meteors, signifying that he was going to use the attack. When Sephiroth threw the ball of energy, Sora kept on running until it hit the ground and exploded, then he Dodge Rolled, which (if done right) made the attack miss completely.
A collective gasp, aside from Sephy who knew that Sora always survived this, echoed through the arena when Sephy used the attack, and another when Sora came out unscathed. Sephy then ran around, creating orbs of dark energy behind him, then jumped and spun really quickly, making it impossible to hit him, but Sora dodged the attack and hit Sephy with one of his own, namely Sonic Blade. Sephy then used the slashes he'd used in the beginning of the fight. Sephiroth got hit with it and eventually went with his flurry of attacks, where Sora was left with no mp whatsoever after Sephiroth's attack. Sephy then teleported and used Sin Harvest, but didn't yell while doing it, but Sora saw it and hit him before he could.
Sephiroth then tried the giant meteor attack, but Sora just used the meteors to regain mp and hp as well as Aeroga. When Sora had whittled Sephy down to the hp level where one hit would kill him, Sephiroth decided to think for a bit.
Sephiroth (thinking): "There's no way to get at him! Every attack I've ever used on him he's found a counter attack for, one that gets him back to full health and magic! Curse that Cure spell! Wait, if I negate that, he won't be able to heal… But he does have elixirs, so it would be for naught. What could I do? Hmm, I can't use my materia, since I don't have those orbs. I can't use any of my Bizzaro attacks without transforming, which takes time. But what about my Seifer form? That takes time to transform into, or I'd have to go to Bizzaro, which could lead directly to it… Maybe I can still use Seifer's attacks, it was relatively human-like. Or I could use Stop on him? No, no materia. Dammit! Wait, what about Super Nova? No good, I need materia for that too, in fact, for anything but what I'm using right now, I'd need the Lifestream. (If you're confused, just let it go, it has no importance to the story as of now.) What about Pale Horse? That might just do it." So Sephiroth jumped into the air and stayed floating, which surprised Sora, he'd never seen Sephiroth do that before, so he became ready to dodge anything. Sephiroth sheathed the Masamune, and put his hands in front of him, then charged blue energy into them.
Sephiroth: "Are you ready Sora? This is a beam of fast-moving energy that will make you unable to tell who anyone is when it hits. It will also hurt. Cloud, I believe you're familiar with, Pale Horse! (I didn't make up the attack name, I'm just copying what I saw when I fought the final boss battle in Final Fantasy 7 Oh yeah, don't expect this attack when facing Sephiroth)" A beam of blue energy shot towards Sora, it was about as big as he was. He Dodge Rolled, but the beam kept following him very fast, so he Super Glided away, or at least tried. Eventually the beam ran out, but Sephiroth charged up an even bigger one, which Sora dodged, barely. Then Sephiroth charged the entire blue glow on him into the attack, and fired a huge ball of the energy. Sora looked at it and realized there was no way to dodge it, even though it was severely slowed by friction on the sides of the stadium.
He remembered Kairi's lucky charm/key chain still in his pocket, and put his hands up, a bit of a yellow glow appearing. The ball finally reached him, but it didn't explode on contact, Sora managed to hold on to it. Sora felt his arms growing weak under the strain put on them, but still kept the sphere of destruction at arms length. Finally, it's momentum stopped and Sora was able to keep it in place easily. Sephiroth just stared in awe as Sora kicked the sphere with all his might and sent it flying back to its source, (that means it's heading really fast, think about the size of Sora's shoes!).
Now, I could have a tennis match, but since I'm lazy, Sephiroth couldn't block it and was hit with a massive blast, followed by falling to the ground unconscious. Sora then cast Curaga on him. Sephiroth awakened and went over to Sora, then shook his hand. Afterwards, they both left the ring and Yuffie stared open-mouthed at Sora, while Squall and Cloud both just shook their heads. They both went for their respective water bottles, seeing as this was a good fight.
Aerith: "Wow, good fight, both of you."
Squall: "Now I see why the keyblade chose you."
Cloud: "I see you never lost sight of your light."
Yuffie: "Man, that was awesome! I never thought you could do that!"
Sora: "Ha, guess that's where training will get you! Anyway, I'm not the only one chosen by a keyblade, remember?"
Squall: "What?"
Sora: "My friend Riku, he could use a keyblade too, remember? King Mickey also had one. The guy who got me here, he called himself Bahumat, but he could use a really odd one too."
Sephiroth: "Strange. Well, for your victory, I must give you something."
Sora: "But you never gave me anything before when I beat you, why now?"
Sephiroth: "I used a new technique, plus, now I have something to give. It's a key chain."
Sora: "Cool!"
Sephiroth: "Here you go." Sephiroth handed Sora a key chain that was two wings coming out of a circle that looked like the sun. The wings were black and white, and in the center of the circle, where the wings met, there was a green crystal. Sora decided to try it on later so as not to bring shame to Sephiroth. When Sephiroth was about to ask why he didn't try it on, he remembered Sora's keyblade and why he had been so worried about this battle. Sora thanked him and asked if they had a place to stay for the night. Since Hollow Bastion is a castle, they obviously had room, so Sora slept there for the night. The next day he went out to go find worlds that needed help. Sephiroth and Squall both mentioned their worlds after hearing how Sora could travel, so Sora was off to the world of FFVII. The only reason that he hadn't gone directly to Destiny Islands was that he didn't know where they were in relation to any other world.
Riku's travels
Dear journal,
Life's hard these days, but then again, when has it not been? Even back on Destiny Islands it was still hard, guess some divine being's really pissed with me. I've gone through hoards of heartless, beaten many Ansem wannabes, and even survived an onslaught of creatures that I won't mention, (I still have nightmares about that one). Now I'm in this freaky city that they call Neo-Japan. It's just annoying to be here, but I've gotta find the keyhole. Why me? Well, my partner can seal an unsealed world, but I'm usually in charge of finding the keyhole. I still remember meeting her; it was right after the parasite incident. I'm still surprised that a world would be created to house those demons and all their fantasies, what a waste, I'd have them all killed if it were my choice. Oh well, I met my partner after that world; I was in a traumatic shock kind of state. She saw me, said that I must be the keyblade master, I kept on shivering and saying some odd stuff, (the shock did it!) until she punched me in the face and yelled to shut up, that as a keyblade master I couldn't be acting like such a baby and such forth. She was such a refreshing change from those demons that I went with her and we found the keyholes, one by one. It's been fun, and luckily neither of us has feelings, so no annoying loves getting in the way! I guess maybe life isn't so hard, or maybe it is and I still like it anyway. Who cares, the hotel's serving pizza in a half an hour, better get there before she does or there won't be any left! Still kicking heartless ass, Riku.
Hollow bastion(Happens before Sora and Sephiroth's fight)
Leon: "Yuffie, get back here!"
Yuffie: "Haha, never! It's mine now! I'm not giving it up until you tell me what it is!"
Aerith: "5, 4, 3, 2, 1… I thought so."
Leon: "How are you the greatest ninja if you can't even get away from me?"
Yuffie: "Aw, quit it."
Leon: "Sure, just hand over the locket."
Yuffie: "It's a locket?"
Leon: "Yeah, it has a picture of Rinoa in there."
Yuffie: "You mean the girl you love?"
Leon: "Yes, her."
Yuffie: "Oh, if I knew it meant so much to you…"
Leon: "You'd have taken it anyway, but returned it quicker. It doesn't matter."
Yuffie: "Yes it does! Well, okay, so you're right. Sigh. Hey gramps! Any luck getting off this world?"
Cid: "My name ain't gramps! And no, no luck whatsoever. There's no way anything's going through that barrier but magic."
Yuffie: "Crap. At this rate I'll never find Vincent!"
Leon: "I'll never find Rinoa!"
Cloud: "Be content with the fact that you have your friends about you. It's better then searching with nothing to draw strength from."
Yuffie: "Cloud, did you just speak optimistically? I thought that's Aerith's job."
Cloud: "On occasion I say things like this too. However, no travel means I'll never find Tifa. (I'm a supporter of Cloud/Tifa, Squall/Rinoa, and Yuffie/Vincent, play FF7 and 8 to know who I'm talking about)"
Aerith: "Why's everyone so down all of a sudden? We've got to keep up hope!"
Everyone: "Of course you're the cheerful one, and you have Sephiroth!"
Sephiroth: "Did someone call me?"
Aerith: "Hi Sephy!"
Sephiroth: "(cringes visibly)"
Aerith: "Still not used to the name, hmm?"
Sephiroth: "No, not really. But I will get over it in time."
Cid: "Well, back to work for me. I've gotta find Shera! (Did I mention Cid/Shera and Aerith[s]/Sephiroth?)"
Yuffie: "Hey Leon, why are you still calling yourself Leon and not Squall?"
Leon (Squall): "I don't know. I guess since we're all together, I'm going back to Squall."
Yuffie: "Wait, no! Now I have nothing to tease you about!"
Squall: "Hehehe."
Yuffie: "No! Well, I can still chase you!"
Squall: "Why would you? And why would I run?"
Yuffie: "Because I have this big shuriken, now start running!"
Squall: "Oh boy." He continues running.
Aerith: "Well, this is very pleasant, isn't it?"
Cloud: "I've not been this relaxed in ages."
Sephiroth: "Well, don't get too relaxed, I still plan on that duel we scheduled."Cloud: "Well then, lets go." So they left, and Aerith followed, for lack of anything better to do.
Back within the door
Jath: "Planning on sleeping until hell freezes over?"
Acronos: "ugh, what now? Do I have to go on another quest? I was just having a nice nap."
Jath: "You can continue later, your learning's done."
Acronos: "And I don't have amnesia, why?"
Jath: "It's a bit earlier then we expected…"
Acronos: "How much?"
Jath: "A week."
Acronos: "… Well, this is interesting. What are we gonna do? Hey, why don't I go down now? How am I going down anyway?"
Jath: "You can't go down, it would mess things up. Oh yeah, we'll be strapping you to a chunk of rock and send you hurtling thousands of miles an hour at the island."
Acronos: "You're kidding…"
Jath: "To an extent, no. Meteors can pass through barriers. But you'll be inside the meteor, not strapped on. Less burning that way."
Acronos: "Whoa-kay… Umm, so… Got cable?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "Computer?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "Battle arena?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "Plumbing in any sense?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "Showers?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "Food?"
Jath: "Yep." (Thank God for cut and paste)
Acronos: "Precious gems?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "PS2 and good games?"
Jath: "Yep."
Acronos: "Ravenous hamsters?"
Jath: "Hell no!"
Acronos: "Finally I found something! Well, lets party!"
Jath: "On the day you leave, for now… PS2!"
Acronos: "Yeah, ZOE 2! DMC! Other good games!" What happens next is pointless to describe, its just lots of fun and stuff, so I'll leave it to your imagination. On the night before he left there were some nice goodbyes, and the hunting of a heartless that had managed to penetrate the defenses of guns, wires, shocks, and rabid man-eating Chihuahuas. The next day started a bit early, what with Acronos having to be mind-wiped and all. This delicate process involved him, Dev, and a rather large hammer.
Destiny Islands
A woman in her early twenties watched as a purple meteor descended towards her peaceful island. This did not scare her, for she had seen one quite similar to it bringing a friend over to the Islands. She just watched and wondered what this would bring. After a while, the blazing streak in the sky had faded, but what came from the meteor had yet to arrive, and I don't mean a tsunami. It was late at night when some very small rocks floated to shore, and even later still when the body of a 15-year-old male washed up on shore.
His strength was leaving him, as well as his consciousness. Yet he still knew that his survival depended on getting out of the water. He managed to drag himself onto shore and out of the water before hypothermia set in. He then dug himself a bit of a hole to retain body heat. His last thought before passing out was: "Why did I let myself get dragged into this?"
Narrator: "Decent cliffhanger, eh? Not the best, it's kind of easy to guess, but it's still there."
Acronos: "That was fun."
Narrator: "Must have been. The next chapter is fun for you too."
Acronos: "It's in progress?"
Narrator: "Yes it is."
Acronos: "When will the author return?"
Narrator: "In two seconds"
(Arrives very burnt) Haha! I have returned from hell! Good thing I have author powers, or else I'd have died before even coming close!
Narrator: "Good to see that you're alive, or else I'd be out of a job."
Acronos: "Definitely!"
(Sarcastic) Great to see that you care.
Narrator & Acronos: " ^_^"
Geez, see you in the next chapter, hopefully. Umm, I'm not to sure on that Yami thing back in the beginning of the chapter, could someone tell me exactly what it means? I gathered that it meant some sort of spirit, but that's it. One final thing… FOR ALL THAT'S EXISTENT OR NONEXISTENT, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!
