Kingdom Hearts

The Wandering Keyblade Master

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Chapter 5: Pegasus Cup, attack, and Amara?

It was a good 30 minutes till Yuffie and Zero could get a hold of themselves. After doing so, they just sat on the balcony railing, staring at the stars.

Yuffie: "…Hey, do you hear something?"

Zero: "Yeah, it sounds like it's coming from Cid's house. Let's hide." They both crouch under the railing on the balcony, and Zero takes something from his watch from his watch and places it on the balcony side toward Cid's house. He activates his watch and a holographic image appears, showing what was happening by Cid's house.

Yuffie: Whispers. "Well aren't you a regular James Bond."

Zero: Whispers back. "Not exactly, I don't 'sleep sleep' with every girl I see."

Yuffie: "…Hey, something's happening down there." The door opened and Cid, along with some woman came out. Cid was fiddling with his pants belt and the woman was straightening her skirt. Yuffie's and Zero's eyes widened as they put two and two together. The woman says something to Cid, and with a quick peck on the cheek, went into the second district. Cid stood there for a moment and then went into the first district. Yuffie and Zero looked at each other for a second, and then Yuffie said "…This is big. Very big. No, this is huge. I've waited years for this kind of dirt on him. Now I can finally pay him back for that dirty trick he played on me."

Zero: "I would say not to use this on him to soon, but I would like to know what that trick he pulled on you was."

Yuffie: "It was when I was 10. He was being really mean to me, so I wanted revenge. I went to the item shop and got a bottle of instant diarrhea liquid. When Aerith asked me to bring something to drink, I read the instructions and put in enough to last for two weeks. I took the beer to him and, well, long story short it…um…backfired." She blushes.

Zero: "Ouch."

Yuffie: "Yeah. The end result is everyone around here treating me like a kid. Those two weeks were the most humiliating part of my life ever."

Zero: "…We really need to think of some way to pay them back then. The footage is a start, but we need something more."

Yuffie: "I got it. For Aerith, I'll just take her cloths and dye them red. Nothing that can't be fixed too badly. For Cid though, we need something else, not as dirty though."

Zero: "Or maybe even dirtier. After he closes shop, we rig a trap on the door. Who ever enter it first will be covered in blue paint. What do ya think of that, huh?"

Yuffie: Smiles evilly. "Perfect." Zero grins evilly as well.

Zero: "Wow, look at the time. It's almost 8:30. Time flies when you're coming up with pranks and telling stories."

Yuffie: "Yeah, really. Let's get over to the cafe before anyone starts suspecting anything." Yuffie and Zero proceeded to jump of the balcony and enter the first district. They notice Leon and Cid were there, and walked over.

Yuffie: "Hey guys, what's up?"

Leon: Dully "Me..."

Zero: "You don't look so good. You get enough sleep or did those two keep you up?"

Leon: "Those two. And Sora left a whoopee cushion under my pillow didn't help out any either."

Cid: "Sounds like something Yuffie would do."

Leon: "My first thought. But Yuffie isn't a good artist, and there's no other place she could have gotten that cushion except the king's castle. It has his kingdom's crest on it."

Yuffie: "See, I'm not the only one around here who can pull a prank."

Zero: "Why don't you pay him back at the Coliseum? The Pegasus Cup will be starting soon, so you can get revenge and check on everyone's progress."

Leon: "Perhaps we should go. You and Cloud can protect the town easily enough, I guess." He said while fingering his gunblade.

Yuffie: "Alright, I can't wait." About 3 hours later, Aerith and Cloud finally got up and went to the cafe. They got there just as Leon and Yuffie were leaving.

Aerith: "Hey wait, where are you two going?"

Yuffie: "We're heading over to the Coliseum to win the Pegasus Cup. We'll be back either later tonight or tomorrow morning. See ya then." Yuffie then ran out the town's exit.

Aerith: "...I guess we have the day to ourselves Cloud."

Zero: "Don't let me stop you from having your fun." He said walking up behind them.

Aerith: Jumps in surprise. "Don't do that!"

Zero: "Sorry, it's just in my nature to sneak up on people. Been doing it for years so I can't help it."

Aerith: "Fine. Care to join us for an early lunch?"

Zero: "Sure, why not." They sit down at a table and order their meals. Soon their drinks come and the three of them begin to chat.

Cloud: "Chocolate milk huh, never would have expected that from a guy like you."

Zero: "It's one of my favorite drinks. Besides, it reminds me of the good old days when I still had a family."

Cloud: "Taken by the heartless?"

Zero: "I wish. Everyone in my family has been murdered at one point or another, long before the heartless invaded my world."

Aerith: "No, that's terrible!"

Zero: "You have no idea. My family was rich, therefore making my sister, Amara, and I targets to a certain crime lord. He kidnapped us, but by using what our parents taught us we managed to get away. My mother was a ninja while my father was a samurai. When that bastard found out we escaped, he used all his resources to kill everyone in our family. Our parents, Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents, and cousins, we were the only ones left." Takes a long sip from his glass. "I was 7 at the time, Amara was 6 and1/2. Stupid Social services had us shipped from family to family. We were always returned. We finally found a family that agreed to keep us for good about a year later."

Aerith: "Finally some good news."

Zero: "Wrong. They treated us like dirt and tried to take our money. Social services didn't believe our story, so Amara and I ran away. We grabbed some food, money, cloths, our family heirlooms, and ran away. You know what our foster family did?" Aerith and Cloud shook their heads. "They went and killed two kids who looked like us, and said it was us. Social services didn't even test the bodies; they legally gave our fortune to them."

Cloud: "Those bastards."

Zero: "My thoughts exactly. Amara and I spent the next 3 years on the streets, stealing to get by. One day, Amara didn't come back. I searched for days until I found her naked body covered in cuts, bruises, and blood. Her sword was stabbed through her chest into the ally wall. She was dead. I took her things, dropped her body off at the police station and went to find her killers."

Cloud: "Did you find them?"

Zero: "Yeah, about 3 days after I found her body. Just one look at those guys and you could tell they were rung through the ringer by Amara, before they… They bragged about how they raped and tortured her before…killing her. They paid with their lives. Funny enough, not an hour had passed since I killed those guys, that the heartless invaded my city. I defended the city for 6 months. Then Maleficent personally came to Earth and knocked me out. She took me to Hollow Bastion and, after casting obedience spells on me, made me her apprentice."

Aerith: "You were Maleficent's apprentice?"

Zero: "Yes, but not by choice, mind you. I spent about 3 years with Maleficent. The first year was the only year she personally taught me anything. She taught me all 3 levels of the spells Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Cure, Aero, Gravity, Time, Aqua, Flare, Barrier, and Teleportation. After that, she let me do as I pleased. I studied magic a little longer and learned how to upgrade to levels 4 and element master. I call it master because it's just that, having mastery over an element."

Cloud: "Sounds difficult to do."

Aerith: "I didn't even know about those levels."

Zero: "Had to turn the library upside down to find those books. Maleficent wasn't exactly pleased with the mess, though." He cringed. "I have mastery over Thunder, Wind, Gravity, and Time. I had to use my mastery of time to rewind and tidy up the place. From then on I went about studying the heartless, and even training with them. Over time, I began to understand them, who they were, what language they spoke… they trusted me and I trusted them."

Aerith: "You can understand the heartless?"

Zero: Nods. "I have a wizard to thank for that. He was unusual from the others, that's why the other wizards tended to beat on him." He takes out the heartless index, flips through till he gets a picture of a Wizard. "You see how its outfit is different shades of purple? Well change the dark purple to a shiny silver and the same with its wand. We were what you'd call best friends."

Cloud: "How can a heartless change their color?"

Zero: "Can't really say for sure. Who knows, we might see a pink soldier soon as well." They all laugh. "But now that I think, Silver might have fused with the Shiny Crystal that Wizards are said to carry. That could explain his looks, strengths and abilities are increasingly better than any of the others. But like I said, I can't be certain."

Aerith: "Who's Silver?"

Zero: "I named that silver Wizard Silver. It was either that or Freddy." Cloud chuckles. "But seriously, I named him to tell the difference from the other Wizards, obvious or not. Silver really was different from other heartless. He actually experienced emotion, he had feelings, but above all he didn't like taking innocent people's hearts.

Cloud: "A heartless with a heart, eh." He musses.

Zero: "Well put. Silver did take hearts from wicked and evil people, but besides that, he wasn't interested in causing mayhem, death, and destruction." It was at this time that their meals arrived. They all had lunch, paid for their meals, and went their separate ways. Zero went to second district to train, while Cloud and Aerith went to help Cid and Moogles set up their synthesized item exhibit.

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Riku stood in a dark void. He had no idea where he was. Images of his past started replaying in front of him. His island, quality time with Kairi, building the raft, Kairi and Sora, sparring matches, races, it suddenly stopped. An image of Kairi walked up to him.

Kairi: "Riku, I could never love you. Just looking at you makes me sick."

Riku: Shocked. "Kairi, why?"

Kairi: "Look at yourself. Your lost in darkness. Only someone with the Keyblade can see the light, and win my love. That's Sora."

Riku: Falls to his knees. "Please Kairi, give me a chance! I can get the Keyblade from Sora! Please!"

Kairi: "So your just going to steal it, huh? Mayb-" She suddenly disappears.

Riku: "Kairi!" He suddenly appears on Destiny Island. Looking up from the beach, he sees a girl sitting in his place on the mini-island. He rushes up to her. "Who are you?" The girl stands up and turns to face him. She has violet eyes, and sea green hair tied back into a pony-tail, wore a blue headband to keep all but two pieces of her hair to hang down her pale, heart shaped face. She was about as tall as Riku, and wore an emerald green shirt without sleeves, and a matching colored pair of sweat pants. (Think Mariam from the Beyblade V-force, but in Zero's outfit.)

Girl: "My name is Amara. Right bow we're in a dream of your's. The only things real are you and me."

Riku: "Ok Amara, what's this all about?"

Amara: "You're being manipulated. Maleficent is just using you to get what she wants."

Riku: "…I don't care. As long as I get Kairi, I don't care what happens."

Amara: "Stupid. But, then again you don't know. Kairi is one of the seven princesses of heart, one of the people Maleficent intends to sacrifice."

Riku: "What?"

Amara: "It's true. Maleficent only helps those that she can benefit from. She… she used my brother that way. I helped him escape, but it took a lot out of me. In stead of coming back to life then, I'll be back tomorrow, several year difference."

Riku: "You mean you're…"

Amara: "Yes, I'm dead for the time being, just a spirit. It's thanks to this," she holds out her hand and a green Keyblade appears, "That I'll come back."

Riku: "A Keyblade? But how? I mean, I thought that Sora had the only one."

Amara: Smiles. "To each their own. As of now, my brother, Zero, myself, and you are the only Keyblade Masters. You've yet to get your real Keyblade. Soon though." She walks over to the paopu tree and takes a paopu off. "On a different note, I've heard there was something special about this fruit. Mind telling me what it does?"

Riku: Smirks. "What, the all knowing Keyblade Master doesn't know the legend? Not al-" He gets cut off as Amara throws the paopu in his face. "Oww! You got quite an arm for a girl." She glares at him. "Right…um, the legend is that if two people, who really care about each other, share a paopu, their destinies become intertwine with one another… what's with the evil grin?"

Amara: Still grinning evilly. "Nothing, I just have some plans for some friends of mine." She then takes several paopu fruits from the tree and puts them in a bag.

Riku: "Can you take the paopu fruit with you, even if this is a dream?"

Amara: Kind smile. "Yes." The area around them starts flashing. "Seems like you're waking up. Guess it's time to say goodbye." She starts walking away.

Riku: "Wait!" She stops and turns to face him. "Will I ever see you again?"

Amara: Walks up to him. "Not here. But I get the feeling we'll meet in person real soon. Until then," She leans forward and gives him a gentle kiss on the cheek, "See ya." A white flash of light emits and Riku finds himself in a bed on Captain Hook's ship.

Riku: "…Was that for real?"

Maleficent: "Something vexes thee, child?" Riku jumps. He notices Maleficent is on the other side of the room. Lying on the couch next to her was…

Riku: "Kairi!" He runs over to her. When she doesn't wake up, he knows something is wrong. He thinks for a moment before saying, "So, Kairi's like a lifeless puppet now?"

Maleficent: "Yes."

Riku: "And her hearts been…"

Maleficent: "Taken by the heartless, no doubt."

Riku: "Is there anyway to get it back?"

Maleficent: "Yes, there is a door. It requires the 7 princesses of heart to open. Behind it lies untold wisdom. There you are sure to find a way to get her heart back. Now allow me to bestow upon you a wonderful gift. The power to control the heartless!"

Riku: Flashes green for a few second. He then turns around and says, "Soon Kairi, soon."

Maleficent: Notices something on Riku's face. "What's on your face, boy?" She twirls a finger in the air, and a small mirror appears.

Riku: Turns around and sees lipstick in the form of a kiss on his face. 'What the… wait a second didn't Amara kiss me there? Does that mean the dream was real?' "It looks like a kiss mark. But I didn't have this when I fell asleep."

Maleficent: "It was probably Hook. That pervert, must have gone through my make-up kit again."

Hook: Walks in. "Did I hear my name? Did you need anything milady?" He kneels down and kisses the back of Maleficent's hand. Maleficent growls at him, and with a wave of her hand, sets the back of Hooks pants on fire.

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About a week had passed by. Leon and Yuffie had beaten Sora and co. 5 times before they beat them 3 times, 1 in each tournament mode. When Leon confirmed this, Zero gave Donald a Wizard's Relic, Goofy a Defender's Shield, and Sora an Ultima Weapon. Sora was currently off in Atlantica. Meanwhile at Traverse Town…

Zero: "Ok Yuffie. I'm going to teach you a magic spell that will allow you to change the colors of any type of clothing."

Yuffie: Holding a Wizard's Relic. "Why am I doing this again?"

Zero: "You wanted to dye Aerith's cloths red, right? I'll help, but I'm not going anywhere near her dresser. I'd rather not be seen as a pervert."

Yuffie: "Wow, I didn't think anything could scare the great Keyblade Master." Smirks.

Zero: "…Repeat after me. 'Repon Mador'."

Yuffie: Pouts for a moment. "… Repon Mador." The wand begins to glow.

Zero: Takes out a blue cloth. "Good. After saying Repon Mador, you simply say the color you want to change the object to. Now say red." Drops the cloth. It starts fluttering to the ground.

Yuffie: Aims at cloth. "Red." A small red flash emits and the cloth lands on the ground, now red.

Zero: "Perfect. Now all we need is to figure out a way to get you in Aerith's room without being seen or interrupted."

Yuffie: "I'm one step ahead of ya. We're all going to diner together tonight, right? Well I'll just say that I have a stomach ache and that I would rather rest for the night. You can bring me something to eat later."

Zero: "Beautiful. Just wait 15 minutes after everyone leaves. Just incase someone forgot something."

Yuffie: "Alright then. Let's do it." The plan went off without a hitch. Aerith fell for the fake stomach ache and let Yuffie stay in Zero's room, while everyone else went to diner. Once everyone finished up, Zero took some leftovers and put them in a to go bag. He then started walking back to the hotel the long way, through the third district. His senses were telling him something was not right, and he wanted to find out what it was. When he entered the third district, at first he didn't see anything. Then he noticed a figure to his right, hidden in the shadows.

Zero: Puts the bag down and readies his swords. "Who's there?" The figure walked out of the shadows to reveal herself as Yuffie. Zero gave a sigh of relief, and got into a relaxed position. "You made me nervous Yuffie. What are you doing here? If you're not at the hotel when the others get back, they'll be suspicious." Yuffie only smiled and walked up to Zero seducivelly. Zero began to sweat.

Yuffie: "…I don't care. There's something I need to tell you." She then closed the distance between them and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Zero: "Y-Yuffie?" Yuffie moves her head closer to Zero's until their foreheads are resting against each other.

Yuffie: Looks Zero straight in the eyes. "Midesmalite." No sooner had the words left her mouth, a green and black fire-ish beam of light shot out of her eyes and straight into Zero's eyes.

Zero: "AAAARRRRGGGHHH!" Zero screams out in pain as the light burns his eyes. Yuffie lets him drop to the ground and watches him squirm in pain. She laughs a wicked laugh that slowly changes to a voice Zero knew all to well. Zero's head shoots up and he struggle to stand. He tries opening his eyes, but only sees green and black fire while feeling immense pain. He quickly closes them and pulls out his swords. "MALEFICENT! You Witch! What have you done to my eyes!"

Maleficent: "Simple revenge my sweet child. After I saved your life from that world, trained you into the warrior you are now, and took care of you when you were ill, how do you repay me? You run away and disrupt all of my plans for galactic domination! Your sight is only the first of many punishments I have in store for you BOY!" With that said, she lifts Zero into the air with her magic and sends him crashing through the brick wall into first district. The people there start screaming and running to find some where to hide but, to their horror, Defenders, Darkballs, Wizards, Wyverns, and Invisibles block their way and start stealing all the hearts they can get. Yuffie, Cloud, Leon, and Aerith arrive and see the chaos. Aerith has her hands over her mouth, looking terrified at the scene before her. She takes a step back. Leon, Cloud and Yuffie stare in shock at what was happening. Cloud is the first to snap out of the transe. He powers up into his demon form, a black devil wing emerging from his left shoulder, black and gold sparks appear all over his body. Cloud the charges into the chaos with a battle cry. Yuffie and Leon follow shortly after. By the café, a mount of ruble is blown away revealing a shirtless Zero, swords in hand.

Zero: "MALEFICENT! IF YOU THINK TAKING MY SIGHT AWAY WILL MAKE THIS ANY EASIER ON YOU, THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING!" With that said, Zero used his mastery of Wind and Thunder to create a gold aura around himself, sparks of blue electricity emitting around his body. Zero then charged through the battle field, cutting down any heartless he came across, sensing them from his mastery of Wind. He finally fought his way to where Maleficent was standing and leaped towards her. To Maleficent's surprise, Zero sheathed his swords and made his Keyblade appear in his hands. Just a meter away from Maleficent, Zero switched the keychain to a gold star, which changed the key part of the Keyblade into a gold flaming plasma blade (Think Red Lotus Saber from Mega Man X Command Mission game). Zero takes his flaming blade and does a diagonal slash attack on Maleficent, who blocks it with her staff. As they strained to overpower each other, Zero's gold aura clashed with Maleficent's green and black aura.

Maleficent: "You surprise me, boy. I thought there was only one Keyblade in existence."

Zero: "Kinda like how I thought you smelled like dirty socks. You actually smell more like toe nails!" At this, Maleficent screeches out and overpowers Zero. Zero loses his aura and Maleficent's magic fire engulfs him. He cries out in pain as he is burned all over his body. He is then blasted across the battle field into the café wall, Maleficent following until she reached the café entrance. She smirks at Zero's now burnt and motionless body. The Keyblade in his hand sparkles gold before disappearing completely. Maleficent starts to walk towards Zero, until she is hit with a drop kick to the face from Yuffie. She staggers back holding her now bleeding nose.

Yuffie: "You want Zero, you got to go through me." Leon and Cloud see what's happening and try to help, but are forced back by the heartless. Then, much to everyone's surprise, Yuffie takes two magically charged shuriken and slams them together, forming a magic energy sword. Aerith and Leon's jaws drop, Cloud has a surprised look on his face. Yuffie smirks at everyone's reaction, that is, until she sees a giant meteor heading straight for her. She screams and tries to attack it, but the meteor breaks her magic sword and slams into her. She cries out in pain as she is flung into the wall. She slides down the wall, landing next to Zero.

Maleficent: "NO ONE TOUCHES MY FACE AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" She then launched a flaming meteor straight at Yuffie. Yuffie can't move. She closes her eyes and prepares for the pain, but instead hears someone else scream and feels a body land on top of her. Yuffie opens her eyes and sees Zero's broken body on top of her.

Yuffie: "NOOOO!" She, using the wall for support, flips Zero onto his back, and gently shakes him, trying to wake him up. She sees his eye lids move a little. He coughs up some blood. "WHY!" she yells, tears streaming down her face.

Zero: Almost a whisper, "It'll…leave a…mark……and scars……don't look good………on girls, heh heh…………" His body goes limp. Yuffie tries to wake him, but fails. Yuffie then holds Zero's broken body against herself, crying on his shoulder.

Maleficent: "………Damn it. He got away. I didn't want him to die yet." Suddenly, a sea green blur of light slams down in front of her, knocking her back a few steps. The green glow spreads throughout Traverse Town, incinerating any heartless in its path, and restoring the towns condition back to the way it was before the attack. Then, to everyone's shock, a sun began to rise over the horizon. Had anyone looked where the light came from, they would have seen a green hair girl swinging a Keyblade into Maleficent's face. Maleficent cried out in pain and fell over. The green hair girl was non other than Amara.

Amara: "I won't let you hurt them or this town anymore." With that, she raised her Keyblade in the air. A green aura surround Amara, Yuffie, and Zero. They started to faze in and out of view.

Maleficent: "NO! You won't escape me!" Maleficent tackled Amara just as Amara teleported herself, Yuffie, and Zero to another world, taking Maleficent with them.

Just then, the door to Traverse Town opened up, and Sora and co. walked in, looking up at the sunrise.

Sora: "Whoa, what happened?"

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Sorry it took so long to update. Blame it on the school regents and finals. I've got the whole story mapped out, it's just a matter of typing it, and how many reviews I get. Thanks.