Love Across Worlds - Chappie 6: The Aerial Aeon
Disclaimer: I don't own it so stop being bakas! -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- means dream sequence (nightmares in some cases) or memories.
Glor: WAH!
Ghost Girl: *covers ears* What is it!?
Glor: *holds pocket chain in hands with the tag detached*
Ghost Girl: So? You shouldn't have hit your friend with it!
Glor: He was being a baka! And it was all I had in my reach...
Ghost Girl: *shakes head*
Glor: *ignores Ghost Girl* And to isis2k2, After I started this fic I pieced together everything about Kairi and went to sites and I know that Ansem actually is the one that sent her to the island... *sighs* But just pretend none of that happened... You could probably beat Kingdom Hearts and still not know too much about Kairi's past so it doesn't matter too much... And it is a fanfic and I'm the fan so it goes how I want it... On with the fic... (And I'll try and make the chappies longer cause I know my Author Notes take up most of the fic...)
Ghost Girl: She forgot to thank Viper113... She gave her Vincent's age and and estimate of Cid's age. Viper113 said that Vincent is 27 and Cid is somewhere between 35 and 45.
Glor: So in my fic it makes Vincent 30 and Cid about 45. Now on with the fic!
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"This is Hollow Bastion, huh?" Amaya said looking around the outside of the castle heading towards the enterence, "It's pretty nice..."
"I didn't think that the last time I was here but it sorta is without the Heartless roaming around..." Sora said as he walked towards the front door and pushed the doors open.
Above the group on the balcony of the entrance room, there was a fast human- shaped blur passing by overhead. No one had noticed the presence of the figure except Vincent and Riku.
Riku had stopped and looked up to where the figure had been, 'Is it the Heartless?' Riku thought, 'No, it can't be... It's not a dark presence... It's harmless...'
"Riku?"
Riku shook his head and looked to the person who had said his name, "Sorry... Did you say something, Amaya?"
"No... You just stopped for some odd..." Amaya said but stopped when she saw an outline of a person in the shadows, "...reason..." she finished.
The figure stepped forward in the shadows and began to speak, "Hand it over..." the voice said with its left hand outstretched into the light.
"Hand what over?" Sora answered as he took out his Oathkeeper Keyblade, "What do you want?"
"I wasn't talking to you... I was talking to her..." the voice said as it's outstretched hand pointed to Amaya, "Now hand over the katana or I shall take it by force..."
Amaya looked down to the katana and kept both her hands gripped to it, "No... Your not getting it!" she said taking a few steps forward and moved into a fighting stance, "Try and take it by force! You won't take it from me!"
The figure just laughed, "You can't even use the damned katana! But since you're going to be stubborn, I'll just take it by force..." the figured said as it moved out of the shadows for a split second and pulled the katana and it's sheathe from Amaya's waist then returned to the shadows.
Amaya looked down to see the katana was gone, "How did you..."
"Easily, imouto... I've always been faster then you... And you've never been able to handle a katana..."
"Wait, what do you mean by imouto?" Amaya said with disbelief.
Kairi stood in shock, "Leiko...?"
The figure came out of the darkness, "Hello, Kairi, I didn't expect you to be with our pitiful excuse for a sister..." Leiko said as she attached the katana to her waist.
Amaya glared at Leiko, "Why are you here anyway!? I thought that you were dead and all our conflicts had died with you when the Heartless came!" Amaya yelled.
"Guess you're not that lucky, imouto..." Leiko said but then noticed the present of the Heartless surrounding them so she unsheathe her sword with her left hand, "The shadows are surrounding us... If any of you want to leave here alive I suggest you draw out your weapons..."
"Huh?" Amaya then saw some Wyverns flying above ready to attack, "Thundaga!" she yelled as bolts of lightening destroyed the Wyverns but as they were destroyed more Heartless began to replace them.
Leiko sighed, "For now we're going to work together to save our hearts from the shadows but once they're destroyed, you're going with them, imouto..." she said directing it towards Amaya.
Heartless began multiply more but Leiko had performed a strike raid around the perimeter of the room destroying most of the flying Heartless. It was amazing how Leiko fought considering she wasn't using her right arm.
Kairi cracked her whip and destroyed about three Wizards while Sora was destroying the Large Body Heartless that we're heading towards Kairi. Amaya, Riku, and Vincent had jumped up on the platform and had gotten onto the higher level of the entrance hall.
"Blizzaga!" Amaya casted her spell freezing the enemies in front of her and the scythes from her armlets sliced though the remaining enemies that didn't fall to her first assault.
Vincent had gone into his overdrive, Hellmasker, and used his chainsaw to slash through the enemies. Also, to the enemies that didn't get destroyed at first, fell into a slumber or was affected by another negative affect.
While Riku fought off the Defender and Neo-Heartless type Heartless with his Oblivion Keyblade, he was amazed by Vincent's transformation.
After a long while of fighting the group started to tire and the amount of Heartless hadn't decreased by much, "All of you! We're not doing much damage... For every one we kill atleast one more comes up! We gotta get outta here!" Leiko said as she fought a few more Heartless.
Everyone agreed and all headed for the closest door to them. The lower level group ran into the Library from the downstairs entrance while the others went in through the upstairs entrance to the Library.
Amaya saw that the Heartless we're beginning to get through the door, "Hope this works... AEROGA!" She yelled as she casted an Aeroga spell upon the whole Library so the Heartless couldn't get in.
But in a matter of seconds after she had casted the spell, she had collapsed about to fall to the ground but a pair of strong arms caught her in time.
"What's going on?" a voice said from behind Riku, Vincent, and the unconscious Amaya.
Riku and Vincent turned to see young ninja standing there with a huge Shuriken resting on her shoulder, "Vincent? How did you get to this world?"
"Long story..." Vincent replied and then motioned to the unconscious girl in Riku's arms, "But she needs to be laid down somewhere, Yuffie"
"Oh!" Yuffie exclaimed as she noticed the girl and she cleared of the desk, "Lay her here..."
Riku complied and laid Amaya on the desk, "I'll be right back... I'm pretty sure Aerith is in the Library so I'll get her to heal the girl," she said as she sprinted down the stairs.
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"Those fucking shadows don't give up..." Leiko said as she dropped to the ground unceremoniously and sat cross-legged.
"Shadows?" a voice asked from behind the group, "You don't mean the Heartless, do u?"
"Who are you?" Sora asked has he held up his Keyblade in the fighting position.
"That voice sounds sorta familiar..." Kairi said as she tried to see whom the person was.
The person came into sight, followed by another, "Aerith! Cloud!" Sora exclaimed as he lowered his Keyblade.
Cloud looked over and saw Leiko, "Why did you leave your room? Although it doesn't surprise me... I knew you were up to something," Leiko rolled her eyes.
"If you knew so much you shoulda strapped me down, baka,"
"Leiko, how you know Aerith and Cloud?" Kairi asked her elder sister.
"When I crashed landed on this world they tried to heal my wound..." Leiko said holding out her arm as the blood ran down it, "It didn't work very well, now did it?"
"Oh my gosh! I didn't notice you were bleeding, Leiko! You shouldn't have been fighting!" Kairi said with concern as she tried a Curaga spell on Leiko.
"Don't waste your time and magic power... Curaga won't work, just have to let heal on it's own, neesan," Leiko said with a sort of warmness that was the exact opposite of how she spoke to Amaya.
"Aerith! Cloud!"
Both Aerith and Cloud turned to see Yuffie running down the steps to them, "What's wrong Yuffie?" Cloud asked.
"The Heartless are back!"
"I coulda told you that..." Leiko muttered under her breath.
Yuffie continued, " And Vincent's here and he has two other people with him one of which needs Aerith to heal her..."
"Alright," Aerith answered as she followed Yuffie upstairs, "You guys should just stay down here. I'll come back to heal you guy right after I heal this person Yuffie's talking about..."
The group complied and sat down on the floor.
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"Nice to see you again Vincent," Aerith said as she got upstairs, " Where's the person that needs help?"
"Over there, on the desk..." Vincent answered.
Aerith walked over to the desk and sat in the chair, "She's fine... She just exhausted all her magic power in one shot... But why would she use so much magic power on one spell?"
"She used Aeroga on the Library to keep the Heartless out before she collapsed..." Riku answered.
"Wow... She's powerful..." Yuffie murmured.
"Even though she used all her magic power to cast Aeroga to keep the Heartless out, I'm afraid it will wear off soon..." Aerith said and then something clicked in Yuffie's mind.
"Oh no!"
"What is it, Yuffie?" Aerith asked the strickened ninja.
"Cid and Squall are all alone in the waterways with the Heartless!" Yuffie exclaimed as she tried to get out of the Library but couldn't, "Why can't I get out?!"
"It's because of the spell the girl used to keep to Heartless out... It may be keeping then but it also is keeping us in..." Aerith said.
"The spell's gonna fade any time now so ready yourselves for battle..." Leiko said as she rewrapped her tourniquet tighter to keep any blood from flowing from her wound.
After Leiko finished her sentence the door blew open and the Heartless began to fill the room. More of them started to gather around Amaya but Riku slashed them away, but Riku couldn't keep her safe forever.
"Riku! Grab Amaya and get out of here!" Vincent yelled to him as he shot down a few more Heartless, "I'll distract the Heartless you were fighting so you can escape and get Amaya to a safe place,"
Riku nodded reluctantly, "Ok, but everyone better come out alive," Riku told Vincent as he scooped Amaya into his arms.
"They will..." Vincent then went into overdrive again but used his Chaos overdrive to distract all the Heartless, as he became a huge, winged demon.
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"Okasan!"
A eight-year-old girl with dark red hair and blue eyes ran to a woman dressed in a white Kimono that had blue and red rose designs on it, "What is it, Amaya-chan?"
"Leiko left and took Otosan's katana with her! I told her not to go but she said something mean and left!" little Amaya said with a few tears running down her cheeks.
"Don't worry, Amaya-chan... She'll be fine..." Amaya's mother said calmly as she wiped away the child's tears, "Go play with Kairi, ok, Amaya-chan?"
"Yes, okasan!" the girl said as she ran off.
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A teenage girl with short red hair and piercing green eyes looked up at the darkening sky to see a large black orb, "Leiko!"
The teenager turned towards the direction from which the voice had screamed her name to see Amaya, "What do you want, imouto?" Leiko said coldly.
"I can't find Kairi! And it's getting dark..." Amaya said but then noticed the dark orb in the sky, "What is that...?"
Shadows began to emerge from the ground, "Go! Find Kairi and keep her safe!" Leiko yelled as she unsheathed her katana.
Amaya nodded and ran to find her younger sister.
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"Kairi! Kairi, where are you!?" Amaya yelled as she ran along the beach that was lied next to the palace, 'This is her favorite place! She should be here...' Amaya thought a she ran down the dark beach.
Thunder rumbled through the sky and it made Amaya look to the sky. She saw comets going across the sky. Along with the meteor shower she saw her sister among the comets in the sky, going to different worlds.
"Kairi, No!"
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"No!" Amaya yelled as she sat up quickly and eyes wide open but she grasped her head in pain, "Ow!"
Amaya felt herself being pushed gently back down by someone, "You shouldn't sit up so suddenly... Or yell for that matter... The Heartless will find us we're too loud..." a voice said softly.
Amaya moaned and looked towards where the voice came from, "Is that you Riku...?"
"Yes, it's me, Amaya," Riku answered, "Now you should rest then we can get moving so we can help the others..."
"Where are the others?"
"Fighting the Heartless,"
"What!? Then why aren't we helping!?" Amaya yelled.
"Hush, they'll be fine... Vincent wanted me to keep you safe and let you rest then we can go back and help..."
"I'm not tired... I'm fine..." Amaya said as she tried to get up but winced in pain and lie back down.
"You're not fine, just rest, everyone will be fine," Riku said comfortingly.
Amaya sighed, "Alright... I'll rest..."
"Good"
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"We can't keep this up this up much longer, Cid," Leon said as he fought of the Heartless.
"What I'd like to know is how they got so fuckin' strong from the last time!" Cid said fighting off the Heartless to but not faring too well.
Cid wasn't young anymore so fighting off Heartless wasn't easy especially considering how strong they had gotten. Soon Cid fell to the Heartless. When a Heartless was about to swallow Cid's heart the Heartless was slashed to ribbons by a huge claw.
Cid looked up to see a huge winged demon had saved him but he wasn't afraid of the demon, as most would be, "Vincent!?"
The demon nodded and killed off the rest of the Heartless in the Waterway. After he finished Vincent promptly collapsed in his human state.
"Vincent! Are you alright?" Yuffie yelled running over to the fallen gunman followed by Aerith.
"He'll be fine, he's just unconscious from fighting off so many Heartless in his overdrive form but it'd be a good idea if we could get him somewhere to rest..." Aerith said but was interrupted by some coughs and a voice.
"I'll be fine..." Vincent said sitting up with a few coughs, "We all should get to where the Keyhole is and meet Amaya and Riku there..."
As everyone agreed with Vincent, Cloud noticed Leiko was struggling to stay standing up. Cloud walked over to her and draped her arm of his shoulder and wrapped his arm around her waist.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Leiko yelled as she pushed Cloud away and fell out of his grasp.
"I'm trying to help you, Leiko. You've lost so much blood that you can't even walk by yourself," Cloud said as he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"I don't need help, spikey!" Leiko stated but Cloud had started walking ahead of the others to the Grand Hall and Leiko started kicking and pounding her fists on his back, "Are you listening to me!?"
Cloud just kept walking ignoring Leiko's kicking, fists, and complaints. Leiko then stopped kicking and pounding. She saw that in her state it was futile to fight.
'Damn him...' Leiko cursed to herself, "I hate you!"
Cloud just smirked and kept going.
Vincent laughed a bit, "That Leiko is more stubborn then her sister and it looks like Cloud hasn't changed a bit..." He said as Aerith helped him walk.
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"Riku, why are you siding with the Heartless?" Sora asked.
"The Heartless obey me now, Sora. Now I have nothing to fear," Riku stated calmly.
"You're stupid! Sooner or later they'll swallow your heart!" Sora exclaimed.
"Not a chance. My heart's too strong,"
"Riku..."
"I've picked up a few other tricks as well. Like this, for instance," Riku then created a shadow Sora, "You can go see your friends now," Riku said as an invisible hatch opened and caused Sora to fall into the Hold.
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The scene changed with a bright light from a pirate ship to the front of a castle surrounded by rocks and rising waterfalls.
"Stop!" Sora yelled to Riku.
"So, you finally made it. About time. I've been waiting for you. We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me as I've always pushed you" Riku said.
"Riku..."
Riku continued, "But it all ends here. There can't be two Keyblade masters,"
"What are you talking about?" Sora asked.
"Let the Keyblade choose...its true master," Riku said holding out his hand the Keyblade disappeared from Sora's hand and materialized into Riku's hand.
"Huh?" Donald questioned.
Goofy followed, "What!?"
"Maleficent was right. You don't have what it takes to save Kairi. It's up to me. Only the Keyblade master can open the secret door...and change the world," Riku said pleased examining the Keyblade.
"But that's impossible. How did this happen? I'm the one who fought my way here with the Keyblade!" Sora exclaimed angrily.
"You were just the delivery boy. Sorry, your part's over now. Here, go play hero with this," Riku tossed a wooden sword to the ground next to Sora and left. Sora knelt to the ground in disappointment.
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Another bright light revealed a hall inside of the castle. Riku has transformed into a more powerful form.
"The darkness will destroy you," Riku said confidentially.
"You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!" Sora told to Riku.
"Really... Well, we'll just see about that!"
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Another bright light flashed changing the scene again. Now Riku is running after Sora defeated him in the entrance hall.
"Why? It was mine," Riku said to himself.
While Riku ran a voice is heard, "Know this," Then the source of the voice appears as a hooded man, "The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade"
"What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his?" Riku asked angrily.
"For that instant, it was. However, you can become stronger. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunger deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger,"
"What should I do?" Riku looked down as he questioned himself.
"It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself," the hooded man out stretched his arms and a blue glow surrounded Riku, giving him more power.
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Riku's eyes shot open and he looked around the room. He saw Amaya lying down with her hands behind her head. Her head was turned to Riku who was in a chair next to the bed.
"Are you ok, Riku? You seemed to be having a nightmare..." Amaya stated worriedly.
'I wish it were all a just a nightmare... But it happened... And it just won't stop replaying in my head...' Riku thought then answered Amaya in his normal calm and collected manner, "It was nothing... Don't worry about it,"
Amaya didn't believe him but felt that she shouldn't push the subject, "Alright... Whatever you say Riku..." Amaya answered as she began to get up, "I'm feeling better... We should get going before the others send a search party"
Riku nodded in agreement and helped Amaya out of the room. Once outside the bedroom Heartless began to appear. Riku took out his Keyblade and prepared to fight.
"Amaya, go ahead! I'll take care of these," Riku told her as he charged towards the Heartless.
Amaya wouldn't move, "I'm staying, Stopga!" the Heartless froze in place, "Riku, you can destroy them while they're frozen!"
Riku nodded and used multiple Sonic Blade attacks in a row, destroying the Heartless blocking their path.
But only a few second after those Heartless were defeated, 2 times the amount appeared. They were all just Shadow Heartless but their power seemed to have increased exponentially from the ones that Riku had first seen on Destiny Island.
"How...?" Amaya questioned as she got backed into a wall, "I don't get how they can come back twice as many as before!"
'This makes no sense... Unless, someone is controlling them...' Riku thought.
/Your right Riku/ a voice said among the Heartless.
Riku looked around searching for the source of the voice and he saw a hooded figure. With one wave of the hooded figure's hand the Heartless disappeared.
Amaya was amazed, "Wow! You must be real strong to have done that!" Amaya exclaimed as she walked over to the figure.
"Amaya! Stay away from him!" Riku yelled as he got in front of Amaya with his arms outstretched and glaring at the hooded figure.
"Ah, so you remember me Riku," the hooded figure said as he removed his hood revealing his long silver hair, tan skin, and his piercing cat-like eyes.
"How could I forget a bastard like you?" Riku said angrily.
"Riku? He defeated those Heartless, he can't be that bad..." Amaya said as she walked over to man, "Thank you... Um... Who are you?"
"Amaya, stay away from him!" Riku shouted.
Amaya turned to Riku and gave him a questioning look. But when she had her back turned to the man he stuck her down with the hilt of something and whispered, "Your so naïve, princess,"
Amaya slammed into a wall only half-conscious as a something fell out her pocket. Riku looked back at Amaya and then looked back to the man, "Damn you, Ansem!"
Ansem smirked and began to walk over to Amaya but Riku blocked the way, "You're not going to hurt her again!" Riku said taking out the Oblivion Keyblade.
"Hm... Now you've gotten a Keyblade. Bravo, but it will do nothing against me," Ansem said with a smirk.
"Wanna bet?" Riku charged at Ansem but went right through him, 'How...?'
"I thought you would be able to tell..." Ansem turned to Riku, "I'm non- existent in this world, I am a mere shell of my former self... It is quite the dilemma... But a dilemma easily overcome with the power of the three purest souls and this girl is one of them"
"You're not... getting to Amaya... without getting... through me first..." Riku said slowly as he got up and prepared to slice Ansem in half.
Ansem laughed, "It is futile. You're Keyblade alone shall not stop me,"
Riku glared and tried slashing at him but his slashes went right through him, "You're a foolish one, Riku," Ansem said as he took out a sword.
Amaya watched from the corner, 'Riku... I want to help... But I can't stand...' then Amaya noticed the stone that the Fairy Godmother had given her, 'Maybe...if I cast a defense spell on the stone...it might help Riku... Worth a try...' Amaya then casted the spell quietly, "Aeroga,"
The stone began to glow and strange multicolored light appeared under Amaya. Four circles huge circles on each side of her with a different sign in each circle. Suddenly the light brightened filling the area where Amaya sat. Then cloud appeared above her and a huge winged beast came landing in font of Amaya. And all of a sudden Amaya was compelled to get up and pet the beast.
"Valefor... Please help, Riku..." Amaya said in a sort of trance.
Riku was taken aback by the aeon's entrance but felt gentleness and knew it was here to help him. Valefor flew to Riku's side and screeched at Ansem.
"An aeon... Very resourceful girl you are..." Ansem said to Amaya, "I will seize you another time, farewell," Ansem then disappeared into the darkness.
Riku gave relieved sigh and then ran over to Amaya, "Amaya, are you alright?"
Amaya nodded and walked over to Valefor, "Thank you, Valefor," Amaya hugged Valefor, "Valefor can you fly carrying me and Riku?" she asked the aeon.
Valefor screeched then nodded. He bent down so Riku and Amaya could climb on, "C'mon, Riku, get on!" Amaya said as she climbed and outstretched a hand to him.
Riku nodded and took her hand. When they were both ready Valefor took off down the hall towards the Grand Hall.
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Sora raised his Keyblade in front of the keyhole to lock the world but nothing happened, "Huh?" Sora lowered his Keyblade and examined it.
"Sora? Why won't it work?" Kairi asked as she walked over to him.
"I dunno, Kairi"
"Maybe you need the other boy with the Keyblade as well to close the keyholes now," Vincent stated sitting on the steps.
"Vincent's probably right, kid," Cid added.
"Where are they? Shouldn't they be here?" Yuffie asked.
"Something must be wrong..." Aerith said as she healed some of the others wounds.
Leiko, who had been silent for a while spoke up, "Something's coming... Something big..." she said with her eyes closed as she sat leaning against a wall.
Leon and Cloud had their hands on the hilt of their weapons. Soon the Grand Hall doors flew open and a winged beast with rings hanging from the curved horn type things on the beast right side. The beast was peach, purple, red and orange.
"A Heartless?" Leon asked Cloud.
"Dunno... It seems tamed," Cloud answered.
The aeon flew to the platform and landed. He bent down and let his two passengers off his back.
Amaya hopped off Valefor and hugged him, "Thanks, Valefor," Amaya said to the aeon and it screeched happily.
Riku got off of Valefor too and thanked the aeon silently, "What is that?" Sora asked walking up to Valefor.
"He's an aeon... I used Aeroga on that stone that the Fairy Godmother gave me and it summoned Valefor..." then Amaya turned to Valefor, "Right, Valefor?"
Valefor screeched meaning yes, "Sorry to interrupt but we need Riku to help Sora close the Keyhole now," Leon said.
"Oh yeah! C'mon, Riku, let's seal this world," Sora exclaimed as he pulled Riku to the keyhole.
Riku stumbled a little and then summoned his Keyblade. Sora and Riku held their Keyblades high and then a locking sound was heard.
All the Heartless in Hollow Bastion disappeared, never to return.
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Glor: Done! And it's 14 pages!
Ghost Girl: *rolls eyes*
Glor: *ignores Ghost Girl* Well... Finally! Must get them out of Hollow Bastion! Now it's fan choice! Suggest an anime, manga, video game, or Disney world you would like the group to visit in the upcoming chapters! I've made plans for them to definitely go to Final Fantasy X world, Inuyasha world, and Yu Yu Hakusho world... If there's any other world you want, suggest them in a review! I was even thinking of them going to my world... My world being my summer camp since I haven't started High School yet... (Teacher strikes; they're a beautiful thing).
Ghost Girl: *sighs* *twitches* Please review... *gags* I hate you, Gloria!
Glor: Ooo! *adds Ghost Girl to list of people who hate her* Heheh... As Ghost Girl said, please review! And I hope this chappie satisfied you reviewers! Bye-e!~
Disclaimer: I don't own it so stop being bakas! -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- means dream sequence (nightmares in some cases) or memories.
Glor: WAH!
Ghost Girl: *covers ears* What is it!?
Glor: *holds pocket chain in hands with the tag detached*
Ghost Girl: So? You shouldn't have hit your friend with it!
Glor: He was being a baka! And it was all I had in my reach...
Ghost Girl: *shakes head*
Glor: *ignores Ghost Girl* And to isis2k2, After I started this fic I pieced together everything about Kairi and went to sites and I know that Ansem actually is the one that sent her to the island... *sighs* But just pretend none of that happened... You could probably beat Kingdom Hearts and still not know too much about Kairi's past so it doesn't matter too much... And it is a fanfic and I'm the fan so it goes how I want it... On with the fic... (And I'll try and make the chappies longer cause I know my Author Notes take up most of the fic...)
Ghost Girl: She forgot to thank Viper113... She gave her Vincent's age and and estimate of Cid's age. Viper113 said that Vincent is 27 and Cid is somewhere between 35 and 45.
Glor: So in my fic it makes Vincent 30 and Cid about 45. Now on with the fic!
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"This is Hollow Bastion, huh?" Amaya said looking around the outside of the castle heading towards the enterence, "It's pretty nice..."
"I didn't think that the last time I was here but it sorta is without the Heartless roaming around..." Sora said as he walked towards the front door and pushed the doors open.
Above the group on the balcony of the entrance room, there was a fast human- shaped blur passing by overhead. No one had noticed the presence of the figure except Vincent and Riku.
Riku had stopped and looked up to where the figure had been, 'Is it the Heartless?' Riku thought, 'No, it can't be... It's not a dark presence... It's harmless...'
"Riku?"
Riku shook his head and looked to the person who had said his name, "Sorry... Did you say something, Amaya?"
"No... You just stopped for some odd..." Amaya said but stopped when she saw an outline of a person in the shadows, "...reason..." she finished.
The figure stepped forward in the shadows and began to speak, "Hand it over..." the voice said with its left hand outstretched into the light.
"Hand what over?" Sora answered as he took out his Oathkeeper Keyblade, "What do you want?"
"I wasn't talking to you... I was talking to her..." the voice said as it's outstretched hand pointed to Amaya, "Now hand over the katana or I shall take it by force..."
Amaya looked down to the katana and kept both her hands gripped to it, "No... Your not getting it!" she said taking a few steps forward and moved into a fighting stance, "Try and take it by force! You won't take it from me!"
The figure just laughed, "You can't even use the damned katana! But since you're going to be stubborn, I'll just take it by force..." the figured said as it moved out of the shadows for a split second and pulled the katana and it's sheathe from Amaya's waist then returned to the shadows.
Amaya looked down to see the katana was gone, "How did you..."
"Easily, imouto... I've always been faster then you... And you've never been able to handle a katana..."
"Wait, what do you mean by imouto?" Amaya said with disbelief.
Kairi stood in shock, "Leiko...?"
The figure came out of the darkness, "Hello, Kairi, I didn't expect you to be with our pitiful excuse for a sister..." Leiko said as she attached the katana to her waist.
Amaya glared at Leiko, "Why are you here anyway!? I thought that you were dead and all our conflicts had died with you when the Heartless came!" Amaya yelled.
"Guess you're not that lucky, imouto..." Leiko said but then noticed the present of the Heartless surrounding them so she unsheathe her sword with her left hand, "The shadows are surrounding us... If any of you want to leave here alive I suggest you draw out your weapons..."
"Huh?" Amaya then saw some Wyverns flying above ready to attack, "Thundaga!" she yelled as bolts of lightening destroyed the Wyverns but as they were destroyed more Heartless began to replace them.
Leiko sighed, "For now we're going to work together to save our hearts from the shadows but once they're destroyed, you're going with them, imouto..." she said directing it towards Amaya.
Heartless began multiply more but Leiko had performed a strike raid around the perimeter of the room destroying most of the flying Heartless. It was amazing how Leiko fought considering she wasn't using her right arm.
Kairi cracked her whip and destroyed about three Wizards while Sora was destroying the Large Body Heartless that we're heading towards Kairi. Amaya, Riku, and Vincent had jumped up on the platform and had gotten onto the higher level of the entrance hall.
"Blizzaga!" Amaya casted her spell freezing the enemies in front of her and the scythes from her armlets sliced though the remaining enemies that didn't fall to her first assault.
Vincent had gone into his overdrive, Hellmasker, and used his chainsaw to slash through the enemies. Also, to the enemies that didn't get destroyed at first, fell into a slumber or was affected by another negative affect.
While Riku fought off the Defender and Neo-Heartless type Heartless with his Oblivion Keyblade, he was amazed by Vincent's transformation.
After a long while of fighting the group started to tire and the amount of Heartless hadn't decreased by much, "All of you! We're not doing much damage... For every one we kill atleast one more comes up! We gotta get outta here!" Leiko said as she fought a few more Heartless.
Everyone agreed and all headed for the closest door to them. The lower level group ran into the Library from the downstairs entrance while the others went in through the upstairs entrance to the Library.
Amaya saw that the Heartless we're beginning to get through the door, "Hope this works... AEROGA!" She yelled as she casted an Aeroga spell upon the whole Library so the Heartless couldn't get in.
But in a matter of seconds after she had casted the spell, she had collapsed about to fall to the ground but a pair of strong arms caught her in time.
"What's going on?" a voice said from behind Riku, Vincent, and the unconscious Amaya.
Riku and Vincent turned to see young ninja standing there with a huge Shuriken resting on her shoulder, "Vincent? How did you get to this world?"
"Long story..." Vincent replied and then motioned to the unconscious girl in Riku's arms, "But she needs to be laid down somewhere, Yuffie"
"Oh!" Yuffie exclaimed as she noticed the girl and she cleared of the desk, "Lay her here..."
Riku complied and laid Amaya on the desk, "I'll be right back... I'm pretty sure Aerith is in the Library so I'll get her to heal the girl," she said as she sprinted down the stairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Those fucking shadows don't give up..." Leiko said as she dropped to the ground unceremoniously and sat cross-legged.
"Shadows?" a voice asked from behind the group, "You don't mean the Heartless, do u?"
"Who are you?" Sora asked has he held up his Keyblade in the fighting position.
"That voice sounds sorta familiar..." Kairi said as she tried to see whom the person was.
The person came into sight, followed by another, "Aerith! Cloud!" Sora exclaimed as he lowered his Keyblade.
Cloud looked over and saw Leiko, "Why did you leave your room? Although it doesn't surprise me... I knew you were up to something," Leiko rolled her eyes.
"If you knew so much you shoulda strapped me down, baka,"
"Leiko, how you know Aerith and Cloud?" Kairi asked her elder sister.
"When I crashed landed on this world they tried to heal my wound..." Leiko said holding out her arm as the blood ran down it, "It didn't work very well, now did it?"
"Oh my gosh! I didn't notice you were bleeding, Leiko! You shouldn't have been fighting!" Kairi said with concern as she tried a Curaga spell on Leiko.
"Don't waste your time and magic power... Curaga won't work, just have to let heal on it's own, neesan," Leiko said with a sort of warmness that was the exact opposite of how she spoke to Amaya.
"Aerith! Cloud!"
Both Aerith and Cloud turned to see Yuffie running down the steps to them, "What's wrong Yuffie?" Cloud asked.
"The Heartless are back!"
"I coulda told you that..." Leiko muttered under her breath.
Yuffie continued, " And Vincent's here and he has two other people with him one of which needs Aerith to heal her..."
"Alright," Aerith answered as she followed Yuffie upstairs, "You guys should just stay down here. I'll come back to heal you guy right after I heal this person Yuffie's talking about..."
The group complied and sat down on the floor.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Nice to see you again Vincent," Aerith said as she got upstairs, " Where's the person that needs help?"
"Over there, on the desk..." Vincent answered.
Aerith walked over to the desk and sat in the chair, "She's fine... She just exhausted all her magic power in one shot... But why would she use so much magic power on one spell?"
"She used Aeroga on the Library to keep the Heartless out before she collapsed..." Riku answered.
"Wow... She's powerful..." Yuffie murmured.
"Even though she used all her magic power to cast Aeroga to keep the Heartless out, I'm afraid it will wear off soon..." Aerith said and then something clicked in Yuffie's mind.
"Oh no!"
"What is it, Yuffie?" Aerith asked the strickened ninja.
"Cid and Squall are all alone in the waterways with the Heartless!" Yuffie exclaimed as she tried to get out of the Library but couldn't, "Why can't I get out?!"
"It's because of the spell the girl used to keep to Heartless out... It may be keeping then but it also is keeping us in..." Aerith said.
"The spell's gonna fade any time now so ready yourselves for battle..." Leiko said as she rewrapped her tourniquet tighter to keep any blood from flowing from her wound.
After Leiko finished her sentence the door blew open and the Heartless began to fill the room. More of them started to gather around Amaya but Riku slashed them away, but Riku couldn't keep her safe forever.
"Riku! Grab Amaya and get out of here!" Vincent yelled to him as he shot down a few more Heartless, "I'll distract the Heartless you were fighting so you can escape and get Amaya to a safe place,"
Riku nodded reluctantly, "Ok, but everyone better come out alive," Riku told Vincent as he scooped Amaya into his arms.
"They will..." Vincent then went into overdrive again but used his Chaos overdrive to distract all the Heartless, as he became a huge, winged demon.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Okasan!"
A eight-year-old girl with dark red hair and blue eyes ran to a woman dressed in a white Kimono that had blue and red rose designs on it, "What is it, Amaya-chan?"
"Leiko left and took Otosan's katana with her! I told her not to go but she said something mean and left!" little Amaya said with a few tears running down her cheeks.
"Don't worry, Amaya-chan... She'll be fine..." Amaya's mother said calmly as she wiped away the child's tears, "Go play with Kairi, ok, Amaya-chan?"
"Yes, okasan!" the girl said as she ran off.
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A teenage girl with short red hair and piercing green eyes looked up at the darkening sky to see a large black orb, "Leiko!"
The teenager turned towards the direction from which the voice had screamed her name to see Amaya, "What do you want, imouto?" Leiko said coldly.
"I can't find Kairi! And it's getting dark..." Amaya said but then noticed the dark orb in the sky, "What is that...?"
Shadows began to emerge from the ground, "Go! Find Kairi and keep her safe!" Leiko yelled as she unsheathed her katana.
Amaya nodded and ran to find her younger sister.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
"Kairi! Kairi, where are you!?" Amaya yelled as she ran along the beach that was lied next to the palace, 'This is her favorite place! She should be here...' Amaya thought a she ran down the dark beach.
Thunder rumbled through the sky and it made Amaya look to the sky. She saw comets going across the sky. Along with the meteor shower she saw her sister among the comets in the sky, going to different worlds.
"Kairi, No!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
"No!" Amaya yelled as she sat up quickly and eyes wide open but she grasped her head in pain, "Ow!"
Amaya felt herself being pushed gently back down by someone, "You shouldn't sit up so suddenly... Or yell for that matter... The Heartless will find us we're too loud..." a voice said softly.
Amaya moaned and looked towards where the voice came from, "Is that you Riku...?"
"Yes, it's me, Amaya," Riku answered, "Now you should rest then we can get moving so we can help the others..."
"Where are the others?"
"Fighting the Heartless,"
"What!? Then why aren't we helping!?" Amaya yelled.
"Hush, they'll be fine... Vincent wanted me to keep you safe and let you rest then we can go back and help..."
"I'm not tired... I'm fine..." Amaya said as she tried to get up but winced in pain and lie back down.
"You're not fine, just rest, everyone will be fine," Riku said comfortingly.
Amaya sighed, "Alright... I'll rest..."
"Good"
~*~*~*~*~*~
"We can't keep this up this up much longer, Cid," Leon said as he fought of the Heartless.
"What I'd like to know is how they got so fuckin' strong from the last time!" Cid said fighting off the Heartless to but not faring too well.
Cid wasn't young anymore so fighting off Heartless wasn't easy especially considering how strong they had gotten. Soon Cid fell to the Heartless. When a Heartless was about to swallow Cid's heart the Heartless was slashed to ribbons by a huge claw.
Cid looked up to see a huge winged demon had saved him but he wasn't afraid of the demon, as most would be, "Vincent!?"
The demon nodded and killed off the rest of the Heartless in the Waterway. After he finished Vincent promptly collapsed in his human state.
"Vincent! Are you alright?" Yuffie yelled running over to the fallen gunman followed by Aerith.
"He'll be fine, he's just unconscious from fighting off so many Heartless in his overdrive form but it'd be a good idea if we could get him somewhere to rest..." Aerith said but was interrupted by some coughs and a voice.
"I'll be fine..." Vincent said sitting up with a few coughs, "We all should get to where the Keyhole is and meet Amaya and Riku there..."
As everyone agreed with Vincent, Cloud noticed Leiko was struggling to stay standing up. Cloud walked over to her and draped her arm of his shoulder and wrapped his arm around her waist.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Leiko yelled as she pushed Cloud away and fell out of his grasp.
"I'm trying to help you, Leiko. You've lost so much blood that you can't even walk by yourself," Cloud said as he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"I don't need help, spikey!" Leiko stated but Cloud had started walking ahead of the others to the Grand Hall and Leiko started kicking and pounding her fists on his back, "Are you listening to me!?"
Cloud just kept walking ignoring Leiko's kicking, fists, and complaints. Leiko then stopped kicking and pounding. She saw that in her state it was futile to fight.
'Damn him...' Leiko cursed to herself, "I hate you!"
Cloud just smirked and kept going.
Vincent laughed a bit, "That Leiko is more stubborn then her sister and it looks like Cloud hasn't changed a bit..." He said as Aerith helped him walk.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Riku, why are you siding with the Heartless?" Sora asked.
"The Heartless obey me now, Sora. Now I have nothing to fear," Riku stated calmly.
"You're stupid! Sooner or later they'll swallow your heart!" Sora exclaimed.
"Not a chance. My heart's too strong,"
"Riku..."
"I've picked up a few other tricks as well. Like this, for instance," Riku then created a shadow Sora, "You can go see your friends now," Riku said as an invisible hatch opened and caused Sora to fall into the Hold.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
The scene changed with a bright light from a pirate ship to the front of a castle surrounded by rocks and rising waterfalls.
"Stop!" Sora yelled to Riku.
"So, you finally made it. About time. I've been waiting for you. We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me as I've always pushed you" Riku said.
"Riku..."
Riku continued, "But it all ends here. There can't be two Keyblade masters,"
"What are you talking about?" Sora asked.
"Let the Keyblade choose...its true master," Riku said holding out his hand the Keyblade disappeared from Sora's hand and materialized into Riku's hand.
"Huh?" Donald questioned.
Goofy followed, "What!?"
"Maleficent was right. You don't have what it takes to save Kairi. It's up to me. Only the Keyblade master can open the secret door...and change the world," Riku said pleased examining the Keyblade.
"But that's impossible. How did this happen? I'm the one who fought my way here with the Keyblade!" Sora exclaimed angrily.
"You were just the delivery boy. Sorry, your part's over now. Here, go play hero with this," Riku tossed a wooden sword to the ground next to Sora and left. Sora knelt to the ground in disappointment.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Another bright light revealed a hall inside of the castle. Riku has transformed into a more powerful form.
"The darkness will destroy you," Riku said confidentially.
"You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!" Sora told to Riku.
"Really... Well, we'll just see about that!"
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Another bright light flashed changing the scene again. Now Riku is running after Sora defeated him in the entrance hall.
"Why? It was mine," Riku said to himself.
While Riku ran a voice is heard, "Know this," Then the source of the voice appears as a hooded man, "The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade"
"What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his?" Riku asked angrily.
"For that instant, it was. However, you can become stronger. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunger deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger,"
"What should I do?" Riku looked down as he questioned himself.
"It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself," the hooded man out stretched his arms and a blue glow surrounded Riku, giving him more power.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Riku's eyes shot open and he looked around the room. He saw Amaya lying down with her hands behind her head. Her head was turned to Riku who was in a chair next to the bed.
"Are you ok, Riku? You seemed to be having a nightmare..." Amaya stated worriedly.
'I wish it were all a just a nightmare... But it happened... And it just won't stop replaying in my head...' Riku thought then answered Amaya in his normal calm and collected manner, "It was nothing... Don't worry about it,"
Amaya didn't believe him but felt that she shouldn't push the subject, "Alright... Whatever you say Riku..." Amaya answered as she began to get up, "I'm feeling better... We should get going before the others send a search party"
Riku nodded in agreement and helped Amaya out of the room. Once outside the bedroom Heartless began to appear. Riku took out his Keyblade and prepared to fight.
"Amaya, go ahead! I'll take care of these," Riku told her as he charged towards the Heartless.
Amaya wouldn't move, "I'm staying, Stopga!" the Heartless froze in place, "Riku, you can destroy them while they're frozen!"
Riku nodded and used multiple Sonic Blade attacks in a row, destroying the Heartless blocking their path.
But only a few second after those Heartless were defeated, 2 times the amount appeared. They were all just Shadow Heartless but their power seemed to have increased exponentially from the ones that Riku had first seen on Destiny Island.
"How...?" Amaya questioned as she got backed into a wall, "I don't get how they can come back twice as many as before!"
'This makes no sense... Unless, someone is controlling them...' Riku thought.
/Your right Riku/ a voice said among the Heartless.
Riku looked around searching for the source of the voice and he saw a hooded figure. With one wave of the hooded figure's hand the Heartless disappeared.
Amaya was amazed, "Wow! You must be real strong to have done that!" Amaya exclaimed as she walked over to the figure.
"Amaya! Stay away from him!" Riku yelled as he got in front of Amaya with his arms outstretched and glaring at the hooded figure.
"Ah, so you remember me Riku," the hooded figure said as he removed his hood revealing his long silver hair, tan skin, and his piercing cat-like eyes.
"How could I forget a bastard like you?" Riku said angrily.
"Riku? He defeated those Heartless, he can't be that bad..." Amaya said as she walked over to man, "Thank you... Um... Who are you?"
"Amaya, stay away from him!" Riku shouted.
Amaya turned to Riku and gave him a questioning look. But when she had her back turned to the man he stuck her down with the hilt of something and whispered, "Your so naïve, princess,"
Amaya slammed into a wall only half-conscious as a something fell out her pocket. Riku looked back at Amaya and then looked back to the man, "Damn you, Ansem!"
Ansem smirked and began to walk over to Amaya but Riku blocked the way, "You're not going to hurt her again!" Riku said taking out the Oblivion Keyblade.
"Hm... Now you've gotten a Keyblade. Bravo, but it will do nothing against me," Ansem said with a smirk.
"Wanna bet?" Riku charged at Ansem but went right through him, 'How...?'
"I thought you would be able to tell..." Ansem turned to Riku, "I'm non- existent in this world, I am a mere shell of my former self... It is quite the dilemma... But a dilemma easily overcome with the power of the three purest souls and this girl is one of them"
"You're not... getting to Amaya... without getting... through me first..." Riku said slowly as he got up and prepared to slice Ansem in half.
Ansem laughed, "It is futile. You're Keyblade alone shall not stop me,"
Riku glared and tried slashing at him but his slashes went right through him, "You're a foolish one, Riku," Ansem said as he took out a sword.
Amaya watched from the corner, 'Riku... I want to help... But I can't stand...' then Amaya noticed the stone that the Fairy Godmother had given her, 'Maybe...if I cast a defense spell on the stone...it might help Riku... Worth a try...' Amaya then casted the spell quietly, "Aeroga,"
The stone began to glow and strange multicolored light appeared under Amaya. Four circles huge circles on each side of her with a different sign in each circle. Suddenly the light brightened filling the area where Amaya sat. Then cloud appeared above her and a huge winged beast came landing in font of Amaya. And all of a sudden Amaya was compelled to get up and pet the beast.
"Valefor... Please help, Riku..." Amaya said in a sort of trance.
Riku was taken aback by the aeon's entrance but felt gentleness and knew it was here to help him. Valefor flew to Riku's side and screeched at Ansem.
"An aeon... Very resourceful girl you are..." Ansem said to Amaya, "I will seize you another time, farewell," Ansem then disappeared into the darkness.
Riku gave relieved sigh and then ran over to Amaya, "Amaya, are you alright?"
Amaya nodded and walked over to Valefor, "Thank you, Valefor," Amaya hugged Valefor, "Valefor can you fly carrying me and Riku?" she asked the aeon.
Valefor screeched then nodded. He bent down so Riku and Amaya could climb on, "C'mon, Riku, get on!" Amaya said as she climbed and outstretched a hand to him.
Riku nodded and took her hand. When they were both ready Valefor took off down the hall towards the Grand Hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora raised his Keyblade in front of the keyhole to lock the world but nothing happened, "Huh?" Sora lowered his Keyblade and examined it.
"Sora? Why won't it work?" Kairi asked as she walked over to him.
"I dunno, Kairi"
"Maybe you need the other boy with the Keyblade as well to close the keyholes now," Vincent stated sitting on the steps.
"Vincent's probably right, kid," Cid added.
"Where are they? Shouldn't they be here?" Yuffie asked.
"Something must be wrong..." Aerith said as she healed some of the others wounds.
Leiko, who had been silent for a while spoke up, "Something's coming... Something big..." she said with her eyes closed as she sat leaning against a wall.
Leon and Cloud had their hands on the hilt of their weapons. Soon the Grand Hall doors flew open and a winged beast with rings hanging from the curved horn type things on the beast right side. The beast was peach, purple, red and orange.
"A Heartless?" Leon asked Cloud.
"Dunno... It seems tamed," Cloud answered.
The aeon flew to the platform and landed. He bent down and let his two passengers off his back.
Amaya hopped off Valefor and hugged him, "Thanks, Valefor," Amaya said to the aeon and it screeched happily.
Riku got off of Valefor too and thanked the aeon silently, "What is that?" Sora asked walking up to Valefor.
"He's an aeon... I used Aeroga on that stone that the Fairy Godmother gave me and it summoned Valefor..." then Amaya turned to Valefor, "Right, Valefor?"
Valefor screeched meaning yes, "Sorry to interrupt but we need Riku to help Sora close the Keyhole now," Leon said.
"Oh yeah! C'mon, Riku, let's seal this world," Sora exclaimed as he pulled Riku to the keyhole.
Riku stumbled a little and then summoned his Keyblade. Sora and Riku held their Keyblades high and then a locking sound was heard.
All the Heartless in Hollow Bastion disappeared, never to return.
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Glor: Done! And it's 14 pages!
Ghost Girl: *rolls eyes*
Glor: *ignores Ghost Girl* Well... Finally! Must get them out of Hollow Bastion! Now it's fan choice! Suggest an anime, manga, video game, or Disney world you would like the group to visit in the upcoming chapters! I've made plans for them to definitely go to Final Fantasy X world, Inuyasha world, and Yu Yu Hakusho world... If there's any other world you want, suggest them in a review! I was even thinking of them going to my world... My world being my summer camp since I haven't started High School yet... (Teacher strikes; they're a beautiful thing).
Ghost Girl: *sighs* *twitches* Please review... *gags* I hate you, Gloria!
Glor: Ooo! *adds Ghost Girl to list of people who hate her* Heheh... As Ghost Girl said, please review! And I hope this chappie satisfied you reviewers! Bye-e!~