Episode 7: Keen Titans
(Disclaimer: No ownage of the Teen Titans (Cartoon version)! No ownage of the Four either--they're a group of four chaps in dedication to my online friend. Chill out and enjoy the show)
"Why Earth again?" Asked Sora as he watched Samus put the ship on auto-pilot.
"That's where all the action is. You mean you haven't heard?" Samus stared at Sora incredulously.
"No... I haven't paid any attention to the Universe News lately, Sara and I have been too busy searching for lost friends," Sora sighed. He missed Kairi. He could only imagine how much Sara missed Mary. Yeah, that's the name of that girl Sara talked about. Hopefully we'll find them soon, Sora thought.
"I think it's time you learned, then. The Heartless are all over the place down there. It's a wonder the planet hasn't been destroyed already, but people have managed to put up a resistance, thanks to the mysterious notes being left by a man named Ansem."
"ANSEM?!" Sora gasped. "THAT GUY IS THE SOURCE OF THE HEARTLESS! IS HE ALIVE DOWN THERE?!"
"Keep your voice down!" Sara snapped. "Some people need sleep between planets."
"Some people report than Ansem is alive, but Sara's right! Keep quiet!" Samus added tersely.
Sora began to babble in panic, " I CAN'T PIPE DOWN WHEN THE SOURCE OF THE HEARTLESS IS STILL ALIVE TO BRING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLANETS IN THE UNIVERSE!"
"Wait a minute, why do you say he's so evil?" Samus asked.
"If you answer her question, will you stop yelling?" Sara grumbled.
"YES!" Sora cheered, simply doing so to get on Sara's nerves. He cleared his throat and spoke seriously. "Ansem wasn't evil before I met him. Back on his home planet, he was a kind king who craved knowledge. However, when he did research on the Heartless, they corrupted him. To this day he is still evil, although I thought the Door to the Light killed him."
(That was a plot device!) Yelled a Heartless who somehow wound up on the ship.
"SHUT UPPPPP!" Sora yelled, killing it with a Keyblade stab.
Suddenly, Samus heard an intercom beep. "Samus, incoming transmission!" An automated voice alerted.
Samus rushed to the cockpit to see a screen of a man in a leather jacket, undershirt and jeans. "Well, well. Ms. Aran. What brings you to these parts, darlin'?"
"Marshall James Raynor...," Samus said slyly, "You bastard. Where the hell have you been?" She laughed a bit.
"In Traverse Town," Raynor replied. "And that's Commander Raynor now, sweetheart."
"Don't even start with that, James," said Samus, quickly losing her jovialness.
"Aww, c'mon now, lighten up," replied Raynor, "Anyways, we were shootin' a couple of those things you call Heartless. Damn, those little bastards are more annoying than the Zerg! Siege is collecting data so when we find 'em anywhere else, we know what kills them. Say, darlin', have you heard anything about a so-called 'Keyblade of Darkness'?"
"You're risking it with the 'darlin'' thing," Samus replied. "And no, I haven't."
"Hey!" Sora dashed in. "I have! I think it's this weapon of evil that's used by the Heartless! The one who wields it is probably possessed by it, and could be tearing apart planets right now."
"Hey, you look familiar, kid!" Raynor said. "I think we saw you in Traverse Town!"
"Name's Sora," Sora pouted, having been referred to as a kid again.
"Well, Sora, I think we can help you track this thing down. Siege just found a hell of a lot of dark energy", Raynor said, "Strange thing is that its all in one place. Accordin' to him, its heading towards Earth. Jump City, to be exact."
"Hey, how about we meet in Jump City and talk about it when we get there?" Sora said.
"Good idea. Meet us there at 1900 hours." Raynor signed off.
"Umm...what time is that?" Sora asked, confused.
"7:00 P.M, moron," Sara snarled before she went back to sleep. It was 3:00 where they were, so they had plenty of time, as they just arrived near Traverse Square.
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"Okay, so what's next?" Rob asked as he sat down in one of the seats.
"Whoa...
get this," Tails answered, pointing to a map of the U.S/Kanto. (Kanto
is in essence, the U.S) "A serious source of... light. Ever heard of
Jump City?"
"Wow, isn't that that umm... part of a really big
connection of cities up in New York and Maryland and all that Kanto
region?" Maya racked her brain for the knowledge of that area.
"Yeah, think so," Rob looked up, as if he were thinking. "But that source of light... could it be the Soulless?"
"Beats me." Sonic checked his palm and then hopped in a chair. "We've got ourselves a situation, then!"
"I bet..." Rob rolled his eyes.
"In
that case, we might have another challenge on our hands then, eh?"
Sonic slapped Rob's back. "Chill out. If it comes to that, we need the
experience, there's probably a lot more stronger bad guys elsewhere!"
"You're right," Rob gripped his Keyblade. "But I hope that whatever's here isn't too much to handle."
"I guess we're going in then?" Tifa said.
"Of course we are!" Eggman boomed in response as he put the ship at a slower rate to prepare for arrival.
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"Some answers..." Ansem smiled, staring into the night sky with his neon orange eyes. "I can meet this Keyblade master at last."
"That's good," The red echidna next to him had his arms crossed and his eyes closed, as if he were trying to focus. He was not even half Ansem's height, although his large namesake knuckles gave him a tougher appearance. "And knowing Sonic, he's probably right with him."
"Don't you want to meet your old friend, Knuckles?" Ansem asked. "He's probably unaware you're even alive..."
"I wish, but I've got business to attend to. FINDING the Master Emerald at this rate could be near impossible," Knuckles opened his eyes and punched his fists together. "I'm going to keep searching. Let him find me," Knuckles shrugged. "He always does anyway. Good luck with that other Keyblade person." Knuckles took a leap and glided off into the red night sky, leaving Ansem alone on the building. The former king sighed and shook his head.
"At least he's easier to deal with than my degenerate son..."
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"Here we are. Jump City!" Tails announced as the ship came to a stop on a flat building.
Rob hopped out the ship first. "Reminds me of home," he said, looking at the cityscape before him. "Except bigger."
"You
came from a city? Didn't say," Sonic hopped out next, looking at Rob
first before he also looked around the mess of buildings.
"COOOOOOL,
this DOES look like Chicago, doesn't it?" Maya chirped, taking a sharp
look to her left and seeing an ocean. "But in the Windy City, you don't
see the ocean, now do ya?"
"Never seen a city like this before, aside from Traverse Square..." Tifa leapt out the ship.
"We've been promised some UPGRADES," Dr. Robotnik said with a trademark evil grin. "We'll be back when they're finished."
"All
right," Rob wearily nodded as Dr. Robotnik closed the hatch and the
ship rocketed away. Rob stared at where the ship left for a moment
before turning to see his friends, but they were oddly in fighting
stances.
"What?!" Rob looked from Maya to Sonic and Tifa, noting
that they kept leering at something. Rob turned around to see a
familiar face.
"Charlotte?" Rob asked.
The girl in
question wore a Heartless uniform (A/N: What Riku wore when Ansem
possessed him.), but the white Soulless crest was on her chest as well.
A pair of angelic white wings and another pair of black wings extended
and flapped slowly behind her. Her blond, almost white hair blew in the
wind.
Charlotte spoke, or rather thought. It appeared like she
had two voices. (I'm more than Charlotte now, Bob. You can call me Oni.
I am combined form of Charlotte and a soul long forgotten in the realms
of existence. You could say our merger didn't take any persuasion.) She
grinned deviously.
"What?!" Rob blinked, this thing not making sense. "Let Charlotte go!"
(You're SAD, Bob,) Charlotte mocked, pretending to weep.
"YOU WILL NOT CALL ME BOB!" Rob beat his chest in fury like an ape.
(Are
you thick? She cooperates with me,) her wings spread out, making her
look even more threatening and elegant. (She willingly gave me this
body... the two of us are fated to battle you. You want to know why?)
"Is it the same reason you want my blood?!" Rob shot back.
Charlotte
pretended to think. (Maybe... maybe not...) She tilted her head and
wagged her finger. (But alas, I'd crush you with ease without the other
Keyblade master, so I'll call up one of my friends instead,) Her white
wings quivered and a flash of white appeared below her.
Like a white nightmare, a large white being had emerged. It looked like a giant version of the Dusk, but it lacked its thin visage. It looked more akin to a large, armored knight with a broad chest. The Soulless crest stood boldly where its face should've been. Its sharp claws had increased in size.
(This is a giant version of the Dusk known as 'Lightside.' Quite like your father, no?) Charlotte giggled.
"What do YOU know of my father?!" Rob shot back.
But Oni didn't answer. Lightside spoke for her by landing a large claw right in the middle of the group, forcing our heroes to scatter.
"Oh CRAP, she's lost it!" Maya shouted, using a Thunder attack. Lightside flinched before retaliating with a direct blast of Light to Maya's stomach. She flew back and crashed into the rooftop."Maya!" Rob shouted, dodging a claw swipe.
"Eat this! Sonic Wind!" Sonic shouted, as the whirling blue tornado in the face of the creature. Rob flipped Sonic in the air and the blue hedgehog slammed into Lightside with perfect form. Sonic made a face as he taunted, "You've been royally owned, ugly!"
"Allow me to try something new I learned..." Tifa pumped her fist and aimed. "Meteor Punch!" Tifa's move hit Lightside dead on, causing it to jump back at bit and shake the earth. The creature countered with a swipe that stretched to smash Tifa to the rooftop, kicking up bits of the concrete into a fine dust. Sonic snarled and used another homing attack, but the creature just shrugged off the attack. Sonic backflipped several times to avoid the steady blasts of light."AUGH!" Rob's jaw hit the floor as Tifa struggled to recover. He clenched a free fist as he held the Keyblade; his blood was boiling..."Wait for me!" Maya finally recovered and unleashed a Blizzard spell. Lightside barely felt the attack, but it was enough to distract it. Maya kept grinning. That's when Rob made his move.
Rob began to pick up speed, skating towards the monster with increasing speed. He hopped up and sliced upward twice in quick succession, his body flipping with the Keyblade. The Slicer technique, as he dubbed it from then on, smacked Lightside in the face, wounding it and obviously pissing it off. It recovered and smashed Rob away with a hand slap. "Arrrgghhh..." Rob growled, growing angrier.
Sonic shook himself and used a homing attack to counter a blast of a holy ray. He whipped around and used another Sonic Wind, but the creature took the attack and smashed Sonic away. Sonic recovered and spat blood to the side. "Ugh... it's pretty strong..."
Lightside reared back and fired a holy ray at the group.
"Not
that again!" Sonic sneered and grabbing Tifa's hand, he swung her to
deliver a smash kick to its face. Rob leapt in to attack, but Lightside
simply slashed him, causing him to spiral into the ground.
"Let's
try that again!" Rob bellowed, whipping around to fight again. He used
another Slicer to Lightside's face. Sonic used another homing attack
and missed again, being rewarded with a slash to the stomach.
"Again
and again!" Maya cheered, using a Thunder spell over and over. Tifa
grumbled something under her breath about again being used AGAIN and
dodged a holy judgment onslaught.
By now Rob had reached a boiling point. The white-hot anger gnawed inside, and a new kind of darkness began to make itself known. He roared, "It's OVER! Understand DARKNESS!" Rob's neon orange eyes glowed and he shoved his hand forward. A sudden blast of Darkness rocked Lightside, and it curled in deep pain.
Rob reeled back in shock. "How... how did I do that?"
(...Truly fascinating... This is going to be enjoyable.) Oni/Charlotte suddenly flew back in, and our heroes stopped. Lightside began shake uncontrollably. (The Darkness awakens within you, Bob.)"What? Have enough fun?" Rob's anger abated; he taunted the seraph-like Charlotte.
(No. Someone else has come to crash the party...) Oni/Charlotte flapped her wings steadily as they heard "Titans, let's move!" The mystic angel flew up at the last second as they heard a small chant of "Azarath... Metrion... ZINTHOS!" and a wicked blast of Darkness far superior to Rob's smashed into Darkside with ruthless abandon, killing it instantly."It's you again..." Rob turned to see Cloud, walking slowly unlike the rest of the people charging in. His cape blew in the wind.
Tifa, recognizing the voice whirled to Cloud. "Cloud?"
"Nice to see you, Tifa, but I wasn't talking to you," He acknowledged her as he walked past, until he was beside Rob. "I've seen this girl before."
"Oni/Charlotte?" Rob looked at Cloud, recognizing him from his meeting in the Heart of Darkness.
"Yes, if that's her name. I believe she might be a member of the H.I.V.E, the source of the Soulless attacks on the city," Cloud said.
"Just as Tails suspected..." Rob said, but Oni, after barely blocking a HUGE blue beam sent to her by a cyborg-looking teenager, flew up out of range.
(I am not of the H.I.V.E... they are a waste of my time...) Oni/Charlette boomed. Rob then heard Charlotte's voice alone. "Did you ever wonder why we just fought you?" She laughed as she began to levitate into the sky and disappear.
"Wait! Why...?" Rob asked.
He then heard the other voice, the voice of the mysterious 'other half' alone. (You... you and Sora... are the main keys to unlock... the Chaos Angel...)
"YOU WHAT?!" Rob shouted to the sky, but nothing came back.
"Is she a schizo or something?" A green bird landed and formed into a green-haired kid with green skin, elf-like ears and a thin body decked in black and purple. "That girl is weirder than any villain we've ever faced!"
"I think Mad Mod takes the cake on that one, Beast Boy," the group's apparent leader spoke. He was the one who shouted the first lines they heard. He had slick black hair, a thick black cape, a black eye mask, and green tights with a red shirt with a yellow utility belt and small matching "R" on his shirt.
"Mad Mod is stealing pastries? But I thought he was in jail!" A red-haired girl piped in, floating in the air. Her innocent face made her green eyes and pale-yellow skin shine even brighter.
"It's a figure of speech, Star," Beast Boy said. "Where he is, cake sure ain't on the menu!"
"I couldn't catch that angel-like girl, whoever she was," the tall android said. "I get a feeling she's unrelated to the H.I.V.E. But how did she summon that giant thing?"
"That's something we can figure out
later," A monotone voice answered. It belonged to a gothic girl, draped
in a blue cape and hood. She turned to Rob. "Right now, my question is
who are you guys?"
Rob blinked at this odd team. Personally, he
was also confused. Who were they? What was going on with the Soulless?
How'd Cloud wind up here? He was about to ask these questions when Maya
hopped up and roared, "I'M HUNGRY!"
The leader snickered. "All
right then, why don't we head to the pizza place and get to know each
other there while we get some food, huh?"
"Yes!" Maya bellowed.
"Fine with me," Rob said, glaring at his twin sister.
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It
was 7:00, and Sora and friends sat in the pizza place. Samus had
arrived without her suit, dressed casually yet nicely. After getting
over the initial shock that Samus was in fact a girl (funny, everyone
seems to do that. Although Sora even heard her true voice.), Sora
calmly asked who were the five guys that Samus knew.
"Heh, these are friends of mine. ," Samus began. "They're a mercenary-bounty hunter group called 'The Four.'"
"Four? But there are five of them." observed Sora.
"Oh,
this guy?" Jim said, looking over to the tall, pink, alien-like
creature, "This is Majin Buu. He's with us. I'm Commander James Raynor,
captain of the battlecruiser Hyperion and leader of this little group."
The
Blastoise with the cybernetic arm introduced himself. "Master Sergeant
Siege Mortar. It's a pleasure." He and Sora shook hands.
"The
name's Beelzemon," said the tall, pale, demonic person dressed in black
with a small black leather jacket with a fur collar, resembling a
biker. "I'm a Mega level Demon Lord-type Digimon."
"Not sure if they understand that, buddy," said Raynor.
"Eh, let 'em figure it out," retorted Beelzemon, shrugging.
"Ehhh...Hi,"
said the innocent-looking red squirrel, shifting his eyes left and
right. "I'm Conker. Any of you kids over 21? 'Cause I wanna head to a
tavern if this place don't sell any pints."
Raynor smacked Conker upside the head. "Your not goin' no where, shorty. Beer or no beer."
"Argh! Stop introducing! We're in a pizza place and I'm hungry!," Majin Buu said. (This is SUPER Buu, by the way)
"What the hell? You just ate a moment ago!" said Raynor.
"It was a small lunch. I ate it too quick!"
"You were eating it fairly slow, Buu," said Siege.
"Not slow enough!" replied Buu angrily.
Siege cocked a non-existant eyebrow, "You're still eating it." Siege pointed out the half-eaten sandwich in Buu's hand.
Buu
quickly shoved it in his mouth and swallowed, "Graaaah! I don't care!
I'm hungry! Let's get some food already!" Buu began to pound his foot
on the ground, causing an earthquake from the force of the pounding,
"Come...on!"
Everybody started screaming at the quake until Jim calmed Buu down.
"Buu! Cool it!" he exclaimed, "You'll get your food." He went aside to Sora.
"Sorry
about that. Buu...err...likes food too much, and he's also strong as
hell, so he gets a little out of control sometimes. You're ok, though,
right?"
Sora gave a big nervous smile and nodded. Sara simply raised an eyebrow.
"So... what have you heard about the Keyblade of Darkness?" Sora asked.
"It's
puzzling, actually," Siege said. "They say the Keyblade of Darkness is
in truth the key to unlocking the balance between light and darkness.
If the wielder is evil, they can mess up this balance at will... if
they're good, however... they are the key to restoring it."
"We wanna find this guy and turn him in. Wonder if there's a large bounty on him..." Conker contemplated.
"I bet we'll probably get some action along the way, too!" Beelzemon said.
"All I want out of it is food..." Buu muttered. With some luck, their pizzas arrived just as he said this... all ten of them.
"We ordered ten pizzas?" Sora asked, blinking.
Buu then picked up about eight of them and ate them whole. Siege muttered, "Knew he was gonna do that."
Sora
could only stare in shock as Buu rubbed his belly contently. He looked,
however, as the door burst open and a strange cast of characters zoomed
right upstairs. However, what caught Sora's attention is that one of
them held a Keyblade. And he could've sworn he also saw Cloud among
them.
As everyone bickered amongst themselves Sora meekly said, "Guys... hey guys... I just saw another Keyblade."
"What, where?!" The whole table asked collectively.
"They just went upstairs... I wasn't sure but I think that was the Keyblade of Darkness!"
"We'll go check it out... Let's move, boys!" Raynor instructed as the eight of them moved their stuff out.
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"We're the Teen Titans," the leader introduced. "My name is Robin."
"I'm
Beast Boy," Beast Boy crowed. "I can change into any animal. I'm also
very popular with the ladies," he grinned, raising his eyebrows. Maya
giggled maniacally.
"I'm Cyborg," The biggest of the group stood
up and shook hands with Rob. He had a huge body, with half of it being
robotic and clear blue. His left eye was completely red.
"Raven..."
a dark-haired girl spoke in soft monotone. In stark contrast to Cyborg
she was very small and frail looking. A blue cape covered most of her
body and a red jewel shone on her forehead.
"My name is
Starfire, I am very pleased to meet you," Starfire gushed loudly as she
shook hands with Rob. "I like to fly and recite poetry. Perhaps I shall
sing a Tamaranian song of new friendship!" All the rest of the Titans
shook their heads furiously at this suggestion, so she backed off.
However, her eyes became fully green and her smile wide and innocent as
she got into Rob's face. "Will all of you be our new friends?"
Rob
nodded furiously, not sure whether to be afraid of this strange girl or
be infatuated. She was very attractive looking. "Of course!" A HUGE
sweat-drop formed on his head.
"Glorious!" Starfire happily
backed away and sat down again as about eight people appeared on the
rooftop and sat down not too far away from them.
"My name is Maya!" Maya chirped. "I like to sing THE DOOM SONG!"
"You will NOT torture me with that infernal 'Invader Zim' song!" Rob shook before she could start singing.
"Dude! Invader Zim rules!" Beast Boy added.
"I'm
Sonic the Hedgehog," Sonic said, "You probably know about me, due to
the fact that I saved the world...twice." Sonic gave a proud grin.
Robin smirked.
"Yeah, I saw you on T.V once!" Robin added.
Sonic just kept grinning. "My name is Tifa. Some of you already know me..." she looked at Cloud.
Rob
recovered, "My name is Rob. My sister and I hail from Chicago..." He
bowed, then took another look at the city. "Not even a week ago I was
just an ordinary church kid," he turned to face the rest of them. "But
then destiny came a-knockin' and here I am... I wield the Keyblade of
Darkness," He materialized the weapon and held it up high for all to
see. Realizing he was killing the good mood around him, Rob quickly
changed subjects. "So, uhhhh... how did y'all meet Cloud?"
"It
was weird!" Beast Boy said. "We were fighting off a round of those
Soulless things and he just pops out of the sky, swinging his sword. We
at first thought he was with them because of that mark on his
forehead," Cloud cleared his bangs, and sure enough, there was the
Soulless crest. "But we saw he was fighting the Soulless and not
sending them to kill us!"
"I emerged from Hollow Bastion on that
portal... That girl Charlotte severed my soul, and took one of my
friends," he looked at Tifa, as if to silently say you know who she is.
"But I couldn't find her. I exhausted myself defeating a wave of those
monsters, so that's how I fell asleep and met you at the Heart of
Darkness..." he looked at Rob. "Your mother was kind enough to give me
my soul, or at least my self-awareness back."
"Whoa, wait a second, "Cyborg interjected. "Did you say, 'Keyblade of Darkness?' 'Heart of Darkness?'"
"Yes...
As far as I know, it's the key to stopping both the Heartless and the
Soulless," Rob said. "I'm pretty sure Keyblade of Darkness sounds
really evil, but I assure you, I'm not!"
"No man, that's good!
You might have better luck beating those elastic creatures than we do!"
Cyborg said. Their pizza arrived. He began to eat. "So far, only
Raven's managed to beat 'em with ease!" Raven slightly blushed at this
comment.
"Yeah," Robin agreed, as he stuffed his face full of
pizza. "Those guys at the H.I.V.E have been using these white monsters
to lead attacks on the city lately. We've been busy trying to counter
them..."
"The H.I.V.E?" Rob asked, raising his eyebrow. "Sounds like a school of evil hornets."
"They're just as annoying," Cyborg snarled. "They're a school of superpowered teenagers like us, except they're evil. Apparently they've gotten a new headmaster, and he's been the one who taught them how to use those Soulless monsters in the first place."
"Surely you guys have heard of the Heartless, right?" Sonic asked as he scarfed down a piece of pizza. He looked around to see general agreement.
"We've heard about 'em but we've never seen any in the city..." Beast Boy answered.
"If it's one thing the H.I.V.E is good for, is that they hate the Heartless with a passion," Raven had taken her nose out of a book she was reading to add in. "We've responded to calls against Heartless, but the H.I.V.E always beats us to it."
"Lately, we've seen that girl you call Charlotte hanging around," Robin added. "How do you know her?"
"She was... a friend of mine..." Rob answered. "Apparently, she's possessed by something, or someone, hence the double-voice and the apparent schizophrenia...""I wish to speak about that later," Starfire kindly interjected. "All I want now is to have this delicious pizza!" She poured mustard on her slice and began to eat.
"M-mustard?" Rob's eye began to twitch.
"Don't ask," Robin answered.
"COOOOOOL!"
Maya dumped mustard on her pizza and began to eat ravenously, much to
the delight of Starfire. Everyone else grew silent as they began to eat
as well.
"I eat this with them every day and I still can't get
it right..." Cloud muttered as he tried to clean the cheese that fell
on his shirt.
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"So that IS the Keyblade of
Darkness..." Sora said. "But he says he's not evil." He destroyed the
last of his crust and stood up. "I'll wait for him outside... if we
wind up fighting anyway, I'd rather not have it on this rooftop." He
went back downstairs.
"Suit yourself," Sara said she got up.
"He's surrounded by friends, and someone I recognize... I think you
might need help." She left after him.
"We'll all wait outside, then, huh?" Samus stood up. The rest of the crew left the table, and Siege left the check.
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Beast Boy rubbed his stomach. "That was sweet!" he sighed happily as the three left the building.
"Yeah... Loved it," Rob added. "But when's the last time you guys saw a Soulless?"
"We fought some just this morning..." Raven answered in her smooth, monotone voice. "They're getting stronger."
"Not good!" Sonic's eyes bugged out.
"But
that's only just the beginning," a voice added, and everyone whirled to
see a silver-haired man with tri-spiked hair and dressed in black, with
gray gloves. "They say the sky is darkest just before dawn."
"Who are you?" Rob asked, feeling a sense of newfound benevolence from this man.
"I am Ansem..." the man bowed. "So you are the one who wields the Keyblade of Darkness."
"So YOU'RE Ansem?" Rob and Ansem shook hands. "You're the one who does all the research on the Heartless and Soulless?"
"That's Ansem, all right," Sora whispered in malice.
"He looks kind to me," Samus rolled her eyes.
Sora
sighed and shook his head. "Yeah, but I just can't believe he'd change
sides so quickly. I mean... what is he really up to? And what's Cloud
doing there?!"
"Yeah, that's him, all right," Raynor said. "We
don't know if he's good or evil. He's either being honest or he's
deceiving them. Want to go find out?"
"Yeah," Sora answered, pulling out his Keyblade. "Why don't we go see..."
"I'm ready," Beelzemon said, holding his arm out as a large arm gun materialized on it.
"Let's go, then," Sara pulled out her sword. She whispered, "En guarde, fools..."
"So I see... You seek to redeem yourself from the crimes you committed, right?" Robin asked Ansem.
"That
is true," Ansem said. "There is still more to be done, and in fact I
feel I can't do enough to repay for my sins. If what you say is true,
this Oni person can only complicate things. Still, there's a lot to
learn and figure out. I never knew that my greatest motto would come
back to haunt me. Remember, those who know nothing understand nothing."
"I
understand. I know this won't be the last time we meet. I look forward
to your next research entry," Rob shook hands with Ansem again.
"Farewell."
"So long!" Sonic happily waved as Ansem left. "Did he seem like a former villain to you?" he asked to the group.
"Nah, I think that feeling comes from the silver hair," Beast Boy chuckled.
Everyone seemed to pick up his or her pace except for Rob. He slowed down and suddenly stopped, pulling out his Keyblade.
"What is wrong, friend Robert?" Starfire asked.
Rob whipped around to see an intimidating group of eight leering at him. The kid in the front, however, held a Keyblade.
"Where's Ansem?" the lead kid with spiky hair (Sora) asked. "Tell me... is he truly not evil anymore?"
"What
do you want?" Rob stalked bravely towards the eight. An
unexplainable... hatred began to rise within him at this Keyblade
wielder "I feel that way... why don't you?
"Because not too long ago," answered Sora. "Ansem nearly destroyed us all. And I feel that same aura from him now."
"That's
too bad," Rob smirked. "I don't feel any sort of aura like that... in
fact, NONE of us do... Right?" He looked at his team.
They shook their heads. Cloud said, "People change, Sora."
"Yeah,
I thought it was you, Cloud..." Sora answered. "And yes, they do... but
with a heart so evil, how could that have happened?"
"I honestly don't know... the fact is, it did," Rob said.
A crash was heard somewhere in the distance. Something beeped on Robin.
"The H.I.V.E!" Robin cried. "Let's move!"
"How
about this... Many people have tested me to see if I was worthy of my
Keyblade; allow me to test if you are still worthy of yours," Rob got
into a fighting stance.
"Rob, this isn't the time to pick a fight!" Maya almost pleaded with her brother.
"Maya, stand back," Rob calmly but firmly reprimanded. "Go on, everyone, I have this.""All right then, Titans! Go!" Robin dashed away, followed by everyone except Rob and Sora. The two stared at each other as the wind blew. Those who witnessed this battle could've SWORN they saw tumbleweeds go by and the music "Dance of Death" (A/N: Think that's the title of the music that plays when you fight Magus in Chrono Trigger) played.
They each took fighting stances.
"You're MINE," Rob growled.
"I hope you like the taste of justice, because you're getting A FULL COURSE MEAL!" (Lame-o-meter: 5.0) Sora roared and the two Keyblades clashed. Rob and Sora struck with everything they had, with Sora having a slight advantage due to experience.
"I just ATE, you friggin' monkey!" (Lame-o-meter: Perfect 10) Rob countered as he dealt another blow blocked by the Keyblade. "And I can take my OWN medicine, thank you!" (Lame-o-meter: 8.0)
"I don't see YOU in the doctor's office of justice!" (Lame-o-meter: 8.5) Sora quipped as he swung the Keyblade in a might arc, nearly knocking Rob's out of his hands.
"Yeah, and you make the prescriptions," (Lame-o-meter: 6.5) Rob snarled in sarcasm as he dodged another Keyblade from Sora. Sora lunged, striking with a 3-hit combo. However, Rob blocked each attack, countering with a slash of his own
"BINGO!" (Lame-o-meter: Perfect 10) Sora lifted up his Keyblade, and Rob barely dodged the thunder that issued from it. Rob saw opportunity and dashed forward with incredible speed, smashing Sora in the stomach with a mighty strike from his Keyblade.
"I thought only old fogies played that game," (Lame-o-meter: 9.7) Rob quipped as he smashed into Sora again. Sora parried the attack and smashed Rob away with a long slash.
"Sure, but justice is a game for all ages!" (Lame-o-meter: Perfect 10) Sora shot a Firaga blast, but Rob dodged it. Rob whipped around and shot his own blast of Fire, but Sora easily deflected it with his Keyblade. Sora concentrated, and his Keyblade started to glow. With a new rush of speed, Sora performed a wicked Ars Arcanum combo. Rob crashed into the ground.
"Ungah..." Rob snarled, trying his best to recover. He gripped his Keyblade and stood.
"Had enough?" Sora taunted.
"Not
on your life!" (Lame-o-meter: ELEVEN) Rob charged, Darkness exuding
from his Keyblade. "RRRAAAUUUUGGHH!" A perfect Slicer attack smashed
Sora airborne before he plummeted into the asphalt, crashing painfully.
The
two continued to fight, shouting lame quips and comebacks in their
enraged fight for justice, completely oblivious to the redhead
spectator, draped in a Chaos Saint outfit. "The fate of all existence
depends on these two clowns?" He laughed. "They're fun to watch, to say
the least. Roxanne must've actually had an impact on the dark boy." He
stepped back a bit and continued to watch them fight.
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"We've got word that the Soulless are now launching an offensive at an art museum," Robin broadcasted over the Titan communicators as he sprinted and leaped form building to building. "They're a pretty big force, but with as many as us as there is, we can spilt up and take them down!"
"The largest number's just right of the museum place, Robin," Cyborg radioed. "The bounty hunters, Cloud, and I will take them down!"
"Holy CRAP!" Robin heard Beast Boy exclaim. "Robin! There's two really huge Dusk monsters right in front of the museum! We need Raven!"
Robin was about to respond back when he then heard Sonic's enraged voice. "It's YOU! You betrayed Station Square to the Heartless!"
"Um.. Robin? Nevermind..." Robin practically HEARD Beast Boy sweatdrop. "Sonic's got it."
Robin finally arrived at the front of the museum. Apparently, Beast Boy was right--Sonic was enraged enough to account for TWO Ravens. The hedgehog was currently in a shouting match with a red-haired girl and her blond partner. Robin blinked. "No way... It can't be--"
"Robin!" Starfire flew up, with Tifa in her grasp. "We need to evacuate the innocent people that may be trapped inside."
Raven emerged from a dark portal, with Maya clinging on to her back. "The strongest source of Soulless is inside. We need to get in there."
Robin nodded.
"Tifa and I will assist Beast Boy and provide a distraction," Starfire added, before flying towards the giant Soulless.
Robin tensed, getting ready for a sprint. "Now or never, Raven!" He burst off into a sprint, and Raven sank into another dark portal. Maya simply chased Robin. The Boy Wonder ducked the two stomping Soulless and dodged stray attacks from Beast Boy and Starfire. In one fell motion, he pulled out his bo staff, leapt, and rolled right into the doorway. He whipped his bo staff into a fighting stance...
... and saw only Siege Mortar, attempting to analyze something.
Robin blinked in confusion. "Umm... aren't you one of those bounty hunters?"
"As
a matter of fact, yes I am," Siege answered. "My sensors indicated that
the strongest wave of Soulless was in here... But I see absolutely
nothing."
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Raven and Maya appeared inside. "Tell me about it," she answered in monotone.(Episode 8 will be a far more dramatic edit. Enjoy the increasing tension, madness, and confusion! The red-haired guy is a Squaresoft character, and the red-haired girl is part of Disney, and you won't hear the identity of either until next episode... Oh well, what did YOU think was the lamest quote by Sora or Rob?)