Chapter 2
"What!" yelled Yuffie. "How can this be..." said Aeirth quietly. Leon looked down at the ground and said nothing.
"That's an exact quote from the book. And there's even worse news..." Kaden said. "What, will someone just come tumbling out of there, with us having no idea who they are?" said Leon sarcastically. "Exactly. For all we know, a five-headed dragon could come jumping out of there, and that's not even beginning to scratch the surface on what damage a time gate could do..." said Kaden, seeming to not notice Leon's sarcasm. They all gaped at Kaden, realizing what could happen.
"We have to get rid of it!" shouted Yuffie.
"Hmm... Ah, here we go, 'How to repair a time gate'... "A time gate cannot be repaired unless the continuum returns to the origin, and all is well..." Well, that makes one thing clear. We have to find whoever did this and kill them... or it. So until we can find out who this someone/thing, we can't do... anything." Kaden concluded.
Yuffie yawned. "Can I go now, Kaden? I tire of your endless lecture." Kaden waved them off, still distracted by the gate, and they went back to their former business.
Kaden pulled out a small device from his bag, and set it near the black orb. "This'll measure the time waves emanating from the gate..." he explained to himself. He sat down and started reading his book, until the device started beeping crazily. He got up and readied himself for anything...
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Rebecca ran, as far as she could, clutching a long, black cloak around her neck. She took the wooden rose she had gained as a present and used it as a clasp for the cloak. She made her staff materialize, not knowing what may lie beyond the gate.
When the elder had reported a strange disturbance near the north cape, Rebecca had leaped at the chance to leave everyone behind, and her disturbing dreams. She knew it was a five-day hike up there. She didn't care. All she cared about now was if Alie lived or not. If she ever was to die, Rebecca didn't want to be the one doing the evil act.
She wore her normal turquoise spaghetti-strap tank top with black edging, and a pair of older navy jeans. Under her tank top, she wore a sea-colored long sleeved top with the sleeves draping down from the elbow on. Her teal hair was in a low ponytail, showing off her slightly pointed ears. A pitch-black cloak draped over her body. She had a dagger hanging on her belt, with a piece of turquoise embedded in the hilt. Her orchid colored eyes shone with fierce determination.
As she approached the north cape, the wind billowed out from behind her. A small opal blew out of Rebecca's hand and flew into the time gate on the edge of the cliff. She dematerialized her staff and slowly walked toward the gate...
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"A stone...?"
Kaden picked it up and examined it. He turned and walked away while flipping pages in his book. He stopped, read the passage, and put the stone in a pocket in his coat. The wind started to pick up in the third district, and Kaden turned around slowly. The gate opened, and out stepped a omnious figure.
Upon seeing Kaden, the figure pulled out a deck of cards.
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Rebecca felt threatened by this person. They didn't look threatening, but somehow, they were different. Her senses were scrambled, and the likely culprit was him. As a safety measure, she pulled out her runes.
He immediately pulled out a sword, and charged at her. She quickly dodged to the left, narrowly missing being skewered on the end of his blade. Rebecca quickly materialized her staff, and blocked another hit from the man. He then kicked her, and knocked her into a streetlight. She winced from the pain, but got up. As a countermeasure, she created a fireball in her hand, but hid it from view.
When he came charging at her once again, she threw the fireball at him, stunning him temporarily. She ran a few meters from him, then faced him. He charged again, but Rebecca jumped over him and pulled out a random card from the stack.
"I'm done playing this game! With the power in this card, I summon!" She threw the card up into the air, and it burned. "Fire dragon!" she said, not realizing that she had said that.
Nothing happened at first, but then the sky turned feiry red. She raised her hands and a blood red dragon flew down from the sky. She triumphantly smiled as the person looked on in fear...
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Kaden had never seen this type of power before. He hadn't even known that dragons had existed. He knew there was no point in running, so he assumed guard position, hoping that it might soften the blow that the dragon was going to inflict.
"What do you hope to accomplish?" asked the figure.
Instead of staying dutifully by it's master, the dragon flew off. "No..." whispered the figure. It was Kaden's turn to be triumphant. But the dragon soon returned, and whooshed over their heads, blowing the other's hood off.
It was only a teenage girl causing all this havoc. Not a Heartless as he had originally expected, but just a creepy looking girl, with teal hair and bright orchid eyes. She turned to look at the dragon, and Kaden could see her pointed ears.
Suddenly, the dragon sent out a stream of energy, and it latched onto the girl.
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Her life seemed to be leaving her, her magic being drained. Worse than any pain she had experienced.
Soon, very soon. It'll all be over...
The draining of her energy stopped, right when it was down to it's last. The dragon disappeared, leaving her alone, so alone...
She fell to her knees, admitting defeat.
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When the dragon left, the girl fell to her knees, loosing the only support that had kept her standing. Her energy was gone, along with the dragon. Kaden rushed over to her, concern readable on his face.
She kept her head down, and muttered, "I..." before collapsing on the ground. Kaden pulled out a sparkling ball and called in Aeirth, just as the time gate disappeared among all the chaos...
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Author's notes and disclaimer: Okay, heres chapter no. 2. I know it isn't an epic battle between the two, but it's the best I can manage right now. I should tell you, there is going to be almost no Sora in this story. So if you're reading this cause you're hoping for that, you are utterly wrong. Anyway, KH is owned by Square Enix. Review!