Kingdom Hearts: Chaos Angel
Episode 13: The Judas Contract
"Uhhh…" Tenchi blinked, looking on the quiet standstill of his house. Although the house itself was fine, Rob noticed many craters on the earth.
"Looks like there was a struggle out here," Rob said.
"I don't like the looks of this," Tenchi added. "Ken said that the chaos went inside, right?"
"Yeah… speaking of that, where IS Ken?" Rob looked around. "I don't see his face anywhere."
Washu made a mysterious laptop appear, and she typed on it quickly. "Hmm... he's inside already. And so are a whole lot of other people!"
"I don't remember having that many people in my house! That sounds like trouble!" Tenchi exclaimed.
"Better believe it!" Washu said. "I'd advise keeping Sasami out here, it's safer."
"In that case, please guard Sasami, Ryoko. I'm going inside," Tenchi readied his light sword.
"You forget about me? That's my FAMILY in there!" Rob also conjured his Keyblade, and Maya hopped out as well.
"That's fine," Tenchi nodded, and he led the way into his own house, with Rob and Maya flanking his rear. Once inside, they slowed down and looked about the halls cautiously. "I don't see anyone yet. They must be gathered all in one place."
"Most likely the living room," Rob muttered. "Speaking of which…" Rob snarled, held his Keyblade up, and muttered, "We have company."
Eight strange people had gathered in the living room. Apparently, they had been the ones to wreak havoc outside, and they had tied up, Ash, Sonic, Ayeka, and even Tenchi's dad. They collectively stared at the dark boy with his even darker Keyblade. Maya came in next. "Oh my gosh! That's the H.I.V.E!"
"These guys are the H.I.V.E?" Rob blinked before returning to his angry stance. Tenchi walked in and blinked in confusion before following Rob's suit.
"Yep!" Maya pointed at each one of them. "The short green one's Gizmo, the pink-haired one's Jinx, the big guy is Mammoth…" The first three she named immediately tried to rush the two, but Rob reacted faster. Flooding his Keyblade with feelings of his rage, Rob created a Dark Wave that knocked the three of them down. Jinx quickly recovered and was about to launch some words of rage, but Maya screamed, "DON'T INTERRUPT ME!" The meek members of the H.I.V.E went back to staring, except for one. This teen ran towards Maya as she continued, "That one's Kim Possible, that one's Ron Stoppable…"
POW The teenager sent Maya crashing to the wall.
"Never seen him before." Maya slurred before falling over.
Tenchi, however, did. "YUSUKE URAMESHI!"
"Miss me?" Yusuke answered. "I'd thought you'd join the club, what with these damn Heartless running around your house. Besides, we have the better Keyblade master," Yusuke jerked his thumb towards Blondie, who calmly regarded Tenchi and Rob with a friendly nod. "My offer still stands, you know."
"What!" Tenchi answered, flabbergasted. "You're sided with those Light creatures!"
"Exactly. What better way to kill the stupid Heartless than with our own Light Army."
"You tied up my dad!"
"He's a hostage. Duh."
"You knocked out my SISTER, damn you!" Rob bellowed.
"SHE WAS ANNOYING!" Yusuke shot back. He then regained his composure. "Anyway, as ringleader of this damn operation, I came here for one reason! You have to give up your Keyblade."
"No."
"Should've known you wouldn't see it my way," Yusuke charged once again. Unlike his sister, however, Rob was ready. He dodged the resulting punch and skated away, holding out his Keyblade defensively as Yusuke blurred and attempted to punch him again. Rob skated back and swung his Keyblade in a wide arc to strike down the teenager.
Yusuke caught it.
A malicious grin crossed Yusuke's face as he began, "They don't wet their pants at the sound of my name for nothing." Yusuke reared back his fist and socked Rob hard in the stomach. The dark child promptly released the Keyblade from shock.
But it wasn't in Yusuke's hands for more than a second before it disappeared and reappeared back in Rob's hands. Rob returned a dark and toothy grin. "It ain't yours to take."
"Maybe, but it won't hurt to try," Yusuke lunged again, and Rob backed away as the older teen launched a flurry of punches. Rob continued to dance backwards, unable to launch an attack. Snarling, Rob shoved his hand forward.
"Understand DARKNESS!" Rob bellowed as a radical burst of darkness sent Yusuke sprawling. However, the teen surprisingly recovered with a hand spring. Twirling expertly, Yusuke pointed his finger, drawing out spirit energy.
"How about you understand my SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke shouted as he fired the searing energy like a gun. Rob put forth his Keyblade to block, but the Spirit Gun easily blew him away. Rob crashed painfully into the ground. Barely able to move, the dark boy convulsed as he tried to recover. "Looks like I win," Yusuke grinned.
Tenchi snarled and readied his blade. He wasn't in the mood to take down Yusuke, but rational reasoning seemed beyond the kid. He was about to retort when a voice rang out, "No, you don't!"
Ken Mira's signature Light Ray shot down Yusuke with relative ease. The preacher's boy himself landed. He gave a reassuring nod towards Rob and Tenchi before turning back to Yusuke. "You're finished!"
"Says you," Yusuke brought back a spirit-charged fist and aimed at Ken. He shot out the punch, but Ken easily dodged and smashed him with one of his own. As Yusuke bit the dust a second time, Rob finally managed to stand up.
"Ken… you're a real lifesaver, you know that?" Rob smiled.
"Yeah," Ken smiled back, before dropping the smile to take down the other members of the H.I.V.E. "But we've still got these clowns to deal with."
"Crap!" Rob swore. "How are we gonna deal with this many people? We're outnumbered and likely outclassed!"
Ken, however, seemed irrationally calm. "I can finish this… just hand me the Keyblade."
-
Riku could only laugh at the hospital wing.
So many people were recovering there, and all of them he knew.
After Riku and Sara beat Taz and Sora to a pulp, the latter two were sent here. Beelzemon, once he had found his Heartless doppelganger, challenged him to a match.
He had failed spectacularly.
Peter Pan simply checked himself in to make sure Hook didn't leave any lasting wounds on him. And then Beelzemon's buddies showed up, and Buu's Anti single-handedly beat all of them to chewing gum, no pun intended against Buu.
"WHY? Why the hell did I have to get beaten? I'd think a copy of me would be my equal, but a three-on-one ain't fair! Nobody told me Antis could do that" Beelzemon complained.
"I was TRYING to warn you of that," Taz snarled. "But NOOOO… RIKU had to show up and BEAT ME TO A PULP!"
"Grrr…He beat me…He makes me mad! Just like Vegito! No one beats Buu! RAAAAAAGGHH" Buu growled in fury, remembering back to when he was beaten by Vegito, the Potara earring fusion of Goku and Vegeta.
"Wow! The data intake I'm getting from the previous fight is going faster than I can read" Siege said as he typed furiously on his arm computer"It's astonishing!
"So… how's the hospital wing, guys?" Riku smiled.
"Shut up, Riku," Everyone responded. Sara giggled.
-
Some time later, Riku stood in front of the large door that led to his home paradise, Destiny Islands. He removed his blindfold and looked at the door. It looked just like the door he saw in the secret place. "Oh man…" he sighed. "I never knew how much I'd miss this place…"
"Riku!" The silver-haired teen whirled back to see Sora calling him. The Keyblade Master himself grew a smirk once Riku saw him. "You're gonna leave me and go back home all by yourself?"
Riku just raised an eyebrow.
"Guess not," Sora replied, voice layered with guilt, as he walked beside Riku.
"Calm down, boys" Jim Raynor walked outside. "I could use a nice place to stay. But it's hard to relax with you kids going at it."
Both sighed and turned to Jim. "Oh, come on..." added Riku"Don't ruin the reunion!"
"Whatever you say, kid," Jim said, smirking.
Sora walked outside. This place hadn't changed. Not in three years. There was still the giant tree house, in all of its vibrant wood colors, and there was still the dusty shed. There were still the vibrant waterfalls. And at the edge of the island, there were still the only Paopu Trees on the island.
And there was still Kairi…
She stood alone, gazing into the orange sunset. Her hair was longer now. Much longer, Sora noted. Her attire had changed; she now wore what looked like a school uniform. Her skirt blew in the wind, and Sora blushed when he noticed this. She sat on a low-lying Paopu tree.
"I… I don't know what to say!" Sora whispered to Riku in a panic.
"Go on! All she needs to know about me is that I'm alive, well, and got a new girlfriend. So take it anyway you wish. She'll be too happy to care you're a gibbering mess!" Riku whispered back.
Sora sighed. This was going to be hard... This would be the first time he's reunited with Kairi, and already he was going to make an absolute fool of himself.
Sora walked softly to the ridge where Kairi relaxed. Hoping God Himself answered his prayers and this was no illusion, Sora called out, "Kairi… Kairi!"
She turned around. "Sora? SORA!" In about the span of one second, Sora was having his lungs squeezed out, and Kairi's tears of happiness fell onto him. Sora's face went several shades of red. "Oh thank GOODNESS, Sora! It's REAL! You're BACK!" She kissed him on the mouth.
Hard.
Sora blushed even harder.
"Augh! Get a room, you two" Riku shouted jokingly.
"Riku!" Kairi gasped.
"Oh boy…" in less than one second, Riku also lost his air supply. Luckily, she didn't kiss him.
"Sora… Riku… you're finally back…" Kairi wiped her tears. She looked at both of them, noting the changes in each. "Riku! You know it's too hot to be wearing that thing," she pointed to his Chaos Saint overcoat. "He we joined a cult?"
"As a matter of fact… yeeesss," Riku grinned a bit nervously, although Kairi couldn't tell. "It's a long story, so I'll have to explain to you later."
Kairi then went back to Sora. "Wow, Sora… you haven't grown much in three years…" She was in fact, taller than Sora, although only by one inch.
"Me? I was in King Mickey's Kingdom for two years, so I didn't age…" Sora sighed.
Kairi giggled a bit. "Figured as much, you lazy bum. You're so lazy, you don't even age right!"
"HEY!" An indignant Sora flared as Kairi giggled and Riku laughed his head off. "I TRAINED during those years!"
"Don't worry, Sora. I heard that from Snow White," Kairi stopped giggling. "She said that you said something along the lines of 'To keep my promise, I won't stop getting stronger until this is over!'"
"Umm… yeah," Sora rubbed his neck. He did remember a visit from Snow White that one year… "How are the princesses doing anyway?"
"They've been doing alright, mostly…" She let Sora go from yet another hug and stood back. "Recently, it hasn't been so well…"
"What do you mean?" Riku asked.
"Princess Aurora… she's… gone."
"Gone!" Riku and Sora gasped.
"Yes… more specifically murdered…"
"WHAT!" Sora's jaw smashed the ground. "Even the villains had SOME sort of respect for the princesses… Who would… do such a thing!"
"I don't know… the princesses are worried, not for their own lives but they fear something wicked may become of this…" She took out a small charm, one that looked like a heart. She gave one to Sora and another to Riku. She was already wearing hers. "It was so I could always know where you are. Sora," she kissed him again. "If you've been in King Mickey's Castle for two years, where were you for the last?"
"As you probably know, there's still war on the Heartless," Sora answered. "We've been fighting."
"There's more to this story than Ansem," Riku said.
"The princesses told me that the war wasn't over…" Kairi sighed. Before she could say anything else, however, she spotted Jim. "Who's he?"
"Jim Raynor's… a buddy of mine," Sora said. "He found this place to be a vacation spot…"
"Not for long…" Kairi noted, as Tidus and Wakka appeared. Spotting Jim, they attacked… with pillows.
"HEY! That was OUR spot!" Tidus shouted. Sora noticed the boy had grown much older, and his normal attire expanded to fit him, as Wakka. Their voices were deeper as well.
"Whoa! For God's sake, calm down!" Jim shouted, dodging the pillows.
"Where's Selphie?" Riku asked.
"She went to some place called 'Balamb Garden'… or something like that…" Kairi said. "It's been just me, Tidus, and Wakka, and they've grown homicidal in their days," the three watched as Tidus challenged Jim to a sword fight with red poles. Jim accepted, and they now started fighting, with Wakka yelling on the sidelines. "How'd you get here?"
"We… uhhh…" Sora and Riku looked at each other. If she found out there was a door to a huge mansion that led to millions of worlds, there's no TELLING where'd she go…
"I hope you realize that there's a large door in that cave over there that leads to Kingdom Hearts" The three turned to the voice of another stranger that appeared on the island. Sora jumped back when he saw that it was one of the Chaos Saints. "Hello Sora. I told you we would meet again very soon."
"Vexen?" Riku blinked. He then clenched his teeth in anger. "Just because I joined your little club doesn't mean that you get to go waltzing in my home! OUR home!"
Vexen laughed his high-pitched laugh. "MY club! Miss Oni would be offended! No, this is an experiment. The Keyblade Master. At home, reunited with one he loves after three years. You can imagine how happy, how much healing, the heart has just received. It is my goal as a Chaos Saint to understand the true power of the Keyblade master, but most of all, the Heart."
"Understand THIS… you Chaos freaks can fight me, you can confuse me, you can even try to make me do your bidding," Sora snarled. "Bt one thing you DON'T do is MESS WITH MY FRIENDS!" Sora charged, whipping out his Keyblade to strike down Vexen.
"You want to fight me?" Vexen blinked in mock surprise. "This might work even better for my experiment." Vexen conjured a large blue shield layered with spikes on its edges. Vexen blocked the attack, then swung his shield, smashing Sora back into the sand. Sora recovered quickly and leapt to the side to smash down Vexen, but he blocked this attack as well. Vexen began to draw from the air, and suddenly Sora was faced with fierce rush of a Blizzaga. Sora fired his own to avoid being struck with the attack.
"I warned you about this, Vexen!" Riku bellowed before he pulled out the Soul Eater and donned his blindfold. "This is OUR house, and you're not invited!" Riku swung and smashed Vexen's side. The teen then leapt into the air, but Vexen summoned a blast of ice, forcing Riku out of the air. Riku simply snarled, Soul Eater still ready.
"Don't worry, Riku!" Sora shouted back. "I'll play Vexen's game and raise him!" Sora shot his free hand and shouted, "Force!" bringing Vexen down with a burst of Graviga. Sora leapt up and slashed Vexen from above, then landed…
…only to have Vexen cruelly blast his back with Blizzaga.
"Sorry, kid, you can't just leave me out of this fight!" Jim Raynor pulled out his Gauss rifle and took aim at Vexen. He shot a round, but Vexen blocked the bullets with his shield.
"Amusing, but you are not part of this experiment. Don't interfere," Vexen conjured a giant ice wall, splitting him, Tidus, and Wakka from the others. Vexen turned back to Sora…
…only to receive a Keyblade to the face! Sora grinned as Vexen stumbled and was forced to block the rest of a furious Ars Arcanum. Vexen attempted to swat Sora away with his shield, but Sora ducked the attack and continued to press a frontal assault despite Vexen's sturdy shield. "How do you like THEM apples!" Sora taunted.
Vexen suddenly jumped back and grinned. "Not bad in the least. But can you withstand this?" With a rush of power, Vexen conjured a blast of ice right below Sora, freezing him solid.
"SORA!" Riku shouted. Growling, the teen decided to take matters into his own hands, but Kairi suddenly stopped him.
"Riku… I got this," She said softly.
"Kairi! But… you can't fight!"
Kairi answered him by putting her hands above and summoning… a Keyblade. A stunned Riku could only blink in shock. However, that wasn't all. She took its hilt and easily split them apart, becoming TWO Keyblades. The Divine Roses Kairi had glistened in the evening light. Riku dropped his jaw in shock and fainted instantly.
"I WILL protect Sora… as he has protected me…" Kairi got in a battle stance. She flipped over her frozen friend and faced a very shocked Vexen.
"Yeah, Kairi! Show 'im how it's done!" Tidus cheered.
"A princess of Heart… a Keyblade master! Not possible!" Vexen blinked.
"It IS, and YOU'RE DEAD," Kairi performed a scissors slice which Vexen could barely block. She followed with a fierce combo, continuing to smash Vexen away with a raw fury never unearthed from the young princess. Vexen finally stumbled before teleporting back a good distance.
"So… Sora's strength lies within his friends. Doubtless this and the discovery of a new Keyblade with definitely aid the Chaos Saints." Vexen smiled.
"Kairi…" Sora had finally gotten free of the ice that had imprisoned him. Riku stood as well. Their eyes had tears flowing like a river, and they smiled. They both hugged Kairi. "How'd you DO that!"
"Sora…" Kairi whispered. "As I said earlier, Tidus and Wakka grew sorta homicidal in three years. Guess it rubbed off on me. After Aurora's death the princesses decided not to take our weakness lying down. So Belle forged us a collective Keyblade." Kairi joined the Keyblade and dismissed it. "From there Tidus was more than happy to teach me how to fight with it."
The group suddenly turned to see Vexen chuckle. "Not going down without a fight, are you? Wouldn't have expected less. The group of villains you know of is heading towards Japan on Earth. They have detected the world's true keyhole. You will need to move fast if you're going to stop them."
"Japan…" Sora said.
"Doubtless we will meet again. Riku," Vexen turned to a now scowling Riku. "As my witness and fellow Chaos Saint, you'll be sure to testify today's events with me in our next meeting, won't you?"
Riku dropped his scowl and replaced it with a snide grin. "Sure, why not? Kairi kicked your ass, anyway!"
Vexen growled before disappearing.
"Japan, eh?" Sora turned to Jim. "Well, if that Vexen guy is right, we'll need to get there fast."
"Right," Sora agreed.
"Hey, lazy bum! You're gonna leave me?" Kairi sucker-punched Sora.
"Well, I… uhhh…"
"Don't worry about it, I'm not ready to leave my home just yet," Kairi dug in Sora's baggy shorts and grabbed the charm she gave him. She clasped it, pressing it to Sora's chest. She whispered into his ear, "Besides, when I'm ready, I know where to find you."
"Okay!" Sora happily took his charm back and put it in his pocket. He turned to the other islanders. "Tidus? Wakka?" Sora asked.
"Someone's gotta stay here and protect this island, might as well be us!" Tidus said. "And besides… there's more to this world than our home," Tidus winked.
"That reminds me… Riku! You still haven't explained why you're with the Chaos Saints." Sora looked at Riku.
"Long story short: King Mickey's in it, and he said he and I are some sort of prophecy. I'll give you the whole story when we get back," Riku quickly answered.
"PROPHECY!"
"Yeah, the Chaos Angel has to be awakened, the same stuff Axel and Vexen just shot at you, that sorta thing."
"Oh. I thought it was important."
"Well, it's about time we headed back." Jim walked in the cave. "It's too bad, though. This place was pretty nice."
"You've only been here for 20 minutes!" Riku yelled.
"Yeah…must mean it's good, now, I'n't it?"
-
"What?" Rob blinked.
"Hand over the Keyblade… I can save you!" Ken paced towards Rob.
"Why do… YOU want the Keyblade?" Rob asked, backing away from Ken, detecting something wrong. His Keyblade shook slightly. Rob also noticed that the rest of the H.I.V.E backed down and kept all their eyes on the two of them.
"Rob… listen to me," Ken began. "Don't take this personally, but I've got something you don't. I've got light on my side."
"What's that supposed to mean!" Rob gripped his Keyblade and grimaced like a cornered animal.
"What do you think?" Yusuke hopped back up, his grin wider than ever. "You think he just magically learned those light powers? That Light Ray is a variation of my Spirit Gun. I taught him everything he knows, including how to pretend to beat me."
"Ughh…" Sonic began to stir. He opened his eyes and immediately saw what he had feared happening. "Rob! ROB!" Sonic started shouting. "Don't give him anything! KEN MIRA IS A TRAITOR!" However, just as he completed his sentence, He got Kim Possible's foot to his face. "You're gonna pay for that…" He hissed under his breath.
Rob hung his jaw in shock, and nearly dropped the Keyblade. Rob knew Ken had holy powers, but would those powers somehow influence him to think Rob was evil?
"I think this is Ken's show, now," Yusuke backed away.
Ken's face expression changed to that of a mixture of sadness and anger, but to Rob, he looked more menacing. "I didn't want to do this… but you leave me no choice…" Pointing a single finger, Ken shot a thin, direct blast of light… right at Rob's Heart.
Rob fell over, not from the pain, but from the utter shock of Ken's actions. Ken was one of Rob's best friends… why… why would he do this? He struggled to get up, but the foreign light in his heart was eating away at him.
"ROB!" Sonic screamed. In a furious rage, the hedgehog immediately sprung free from his ropes. Grabbing Kim's leg, he slung her against the rest of the H.I.V.E, then bolted for Ken and smashed him with a flying kick.
Sonic was immediately at Rob's side. "You okay?"
The teen strained as the poisonous light faded away. He rose. "Yeah…" As Rob didn't hold his Keyblade anymore, he searched for it in his heart…
And couldn't find it.
"Looking for this?" Ken twirled Rob's Keyblade. "I managed it to plant it in my heart while you were distracted…" Rob noticed, much to his horror that his Keyblade now had turned completely white; so white that the rest of the room seemed to fade into darkness. "Now hold still… this will only take a minute…"
"NO!" Rob bellowed, dodging the lunge Ken made at him. "The light you wield is of great evil!" Ken nevertheless kept trying to slash him. Sonic growled and prepared another flying kick, but Ken blocked the attack.
"I don't think that's gonna stop me…" Ken threw off Sonic and lunged to attack him, but suddenly Tenchi moved in and blocked the attack.
"You don't have to do this! Tenchi yelled, straining against Ken's attack.
"Yes… I do," Ken shoved Tenchi away, and rushed towards his original target.
This time, Rob was ready. "CURSE YOU!" Rob shook Ken with an explosion of Darkness. Ken staggered back, but the Keyblade grew brighter, and his vitality returned. "No…!"
"Nice one, but you won't win this time…" Ken slashed at Rob again, and Rob dodged out of the way. Sonic and Tenchi appeared at his side.
"He's got way too much juice!" Sonic pointed out. "You've got to get your Keyblade back!"
"But how am I supposed to do that!" Rob shot desperately.
"Think of something! We'll hold him off!" Tenchi answered. He and Sonic rushed Ken, but the light-driven teen easily blew them away with a Keyblade attack. Sonic recovered first and blurred towards Ken, trying to land any sort of attack in. Unfortunately, with the Keyblade, Ken could easily fend off the hedgehog's attacks and smash him away.
Yusuke walked a bit closer to the fight. "We've got this far, we're not about to lose now!" He aimed his finger once again. "SPIRIT GUN!"
The shot rang out… and collided with its target with a violent explosion of spirit energy.
Tenchi and Sonic fell, unconscious.
Ken, seeing as his opponents were gone, let the Keyblade hang loosely from his grip. He looked at Yusuke. "Was that necessary!"
"You think I was heartless and stupid enough to kill them?" Yusuke raised an eyebrow.
Ken walked towards Sonic. Touching his neck, he felt for a pulse. Finding one in satisfaction, he answered, "Guess not…"
Seeing his friends in a defeated heap, Rob silently quailed in desperate fear. They all had failed, and he was the only one who could set things right. Suddenly he had a grim idea that just might work… "We can end this now…" Rob said softly, and everyone stopped. Ken walked over to Rob slowly, wondering just why he stopped.
"Have you truly come to your senses?" Ken asked with concern.
"Stab me and find out…" Rob simply answered.
Ken reared back with the Keyblade…
… Maya came to, and seeing this new chaos unfold, shouted, "ROB, NOO!"
… Rob braced himself…
… and Ken stabbed him in his heart.
Rob could feel the foreign light destroying him, but he remembered the Darkness still in his Heart. He grabbed the Keyblade, trying to flood it with all of the power he had…
"What… what're you DOING!" Ken cried.
The painful light stopped, and Rob held his familiar Keyblade once more. "This… is MY Keyblade. MY FAMILY'S Keyblade. You can't have it. I cannot allow for… your light of evil to terrorize this planet anymore…" He turned to the rest of the H.I.V.E. "For the corruption of my friend, my older brother, I'LL ANNIHILATE EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!" Rob's newly returned Keyblade began to exude a powerful dark aura.
Yusuke and the others grimaced and got into fighting stances. "Then we'll take you down with everything we are!"
"Hold it." The room fell into silence, so the only thing that was heard was the growing power of Rob's aura. Blondie had spoken, and he walked slowly towards the angry Dark Keyblade Master. "Cygnus, right?"
"Cygnus?" Rob blinked at the use of his real name. "WHO TOLD YOU THAT NAME!" Rob's Keyblade drew in all the power that it collected as he attempted to slay Blondie on the spot. However, the more experienced Keyblade Master merely whipped out the white Keyblade Oathkeeper and smashed Rob in his chest.
As a result, Rob lost the aura, and not only that, but the power dispersed, causing the house to crack and quake form the sheer power. Even Maya and Blondie could barely shield from the released darkness. Rob crumpled to the ground in painful shock.
When the aura no longer threatened to blow them into oblivion, the H.I.V.E recovered. Naminé slowly walked towards the fallen boy until she was even with Blondie. "Please understand. If you keep going, you're going to destroy the world with the very darkness you wield."
"You can't control your powers," Blondie added. "That's why we came for your Keyblade. Please don't take this personally."
"I've no CHOICE but to take this personally!" Rob struggled to recover.
"You made our big bro all mean!" Maya took out her daggers and tried her best to look menacing.
"I don't appreciate forced understandings. You're gonna pay for that," Having recovered, Sonic rushed back down and leered at the H.I.V.E.
"You're all uninvited guests here," Tenchi walked down until he was even with the group, and readied his sword. "Leave, or I'll have to use real force."
The H.I.V.E backed away wearily. Ken, seeing that his plan failed, sighed. "I've… failed. Not just my mission… but my friendship too…"
"No worries," Jinx spoke. "These fools know who they're messing with now."
"Brother Blood will destroy all of you crudsniffers!" Gizmo bellowed, earning him the stares of the rest of his group. "What!"
"I wish we could've met under different circumstances," Naminé added sadly. "We want the same thing you do."
Sonic blinked, but shook it off and shot, "Sure you do!"
With that, the H.I.V.E disappeared in a flash of light.
"Ken…" Rob breathed sadly. With the madness over, Ryoko, Sasami, and Washu came in.
"Are you all right?" Washu asked. "You don't look so good." Her black computer appeared before her. She typed a couple of commands and the computer scanned Rob. "Your vital signs say you're under some considerable pain and angst right now."
"I just lost my best friend to the light… Of course I'm not okay," Rob answered monotonously.
The others who had been knocked out finally recovered. As our standing heroes helped them all up, Ash spoke. "What happened? What'd I miss?"
"Extreme. Betrayal." Sonic and Rob hissed in harmony.
An awkward silence filled the room. Everyone stared at each other for a short while, until Sasami piped up. "Tea?" she asked.
-
Everyone decided to set his or her stories straight. Back when Jurai was still standing, Ryoko had attacked it many years ago (700 in fact, causing our non-Juraian heroes to fall out in shock. "I was under the influence of Kagato! I SWEAR!" Ryoko said.), prompting Yosho to chase her down. During Ryoko's onslaught, Sasami, who was a mere 3 years old then, had fallen and NEARLY died, had it not been for Tsunami. Tsunami merged with her, and basically saved her life. Kagato had usurped her hidden power until Tenchi fried him and returned it. Ayeka spent nearly 700 years in cryogenic sleep while her ship looked for her brother (our non-Juraian heroes sighed in relief). Not too long ago, the Soulless had destroyed Jurai, which prompted the ship to wake her up… that, and she had detected Ryoko. The girls all met Tenchi, and Rob added, "We all know the story from there."
"But Ryoko… where were you before you showed up on the ship?" Maya asked.
"Let's just say I found the universe's best fighting tournament EVER," Ryoko said coyly. "I got a feeling you've got a long way to go, and could use all the help you can get." Ryoko conjured a small charm and tossed it to Rob, who caught it in his hands. "With that, you can give me a call, anytime, anywhere!"
"COOOOOOOOOLLLL!" Maya snatched it out of his hands. "I got a new summon!"
"That's MY summon, BRAT!" Rob attempted to snatch it back. "In case you didn't notice, I have the Keyblade!"
"But Ansem taught me how to summon, monkey brains! And I can wield the Keyblade just as easy as you can!" To prove her point, she conjured the blade as if she snatched it from Rob's pants.
"What!" Rob hopped over the table and began to stretch Maya's face. "GIVE ME MY KEYBLADE NOW!"
"Never, shrimp!" Maya cackled, and they began to mock-fight, much to the amusement of everyone else. The twins continued to fight, rolling right outside into the yard. As they fought, however, the keyhole to the Masaki shrine made its appearance.
They stopped fighting for about three seconds before trying to wrench the Keyblade from each other, making random shouts about who would seal the Keyhole.
An irritated Sonic dashed outside and looked at the warring twins with a twitching eye. Seeing the keyhole, Sonic put 2 and 2 together and got an idea. He wasn't sure it would work, but anything to get those two clowns to stop fighting! He snatched the Keyblade, and before it could teleport away, Sonic aimed it at the Keyhole and focused his heart. The familiar white beam shot out and sealed the area's heart and released its soul, much to the shock of the black twins fighting it out. The Keyblade disappeared out of Sonic's hands and back into Rob's.
"Cool!" Sonic grinned before running back inside.
The twins blinked in shock for about 10 seconds before resuming their battle, this time blaming each other for letting Sonic hog all the glory.
As usual.
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"Dr. Eggman!" Tails saw the familiar scientist in the Nevershadow. He didn't see the other two, however. "Where's everyone else? What took you so long? Don't tell me you turned them into your robotic slaves and plan to backstab us like Ken did!"
"I didn't do anything to them, foxboy!" Dr. Robotnik said in annoyance. "Everyone else, as you so delightfully refer to them, is at Tokyo. I'm glad to see that's you're all still alive."
"Staying alive's not the hard part," Ash said, with a "Pika!" from Pikachu, showing his agreement.
"Yeah, our adventure was exciting!" Maya chirped. "First this old guy comes and then there was a sword fight, and it was really cool, and…" Maya talked at about 100 words a second, up until she summed up Ken's betrayal. "AND WE WERE ALL DOOMED! HOORAY!"
"All it takes is ICE CREAM…" Rob shook his head and continued. "And my sister becomes a Grade A Psycho…" He turned back to say goodbye to the Masaki family. "Hey, where's Ryoko?"
"She's gone… again," Tenchi sighed.
"But at least she left Ryo-ohki!" Sasami chirped. The cabbit happily meowed as it sat in Sasami's hair.
"We enjoyed your visit…" Lord Katsuhito said. "Please come back some time."
"Don't worry, we'll be back!" Ash said as everyone went inside the ship.
"Farewell…" Rob said, giving Tenchi a small salute, as the Nevershadow took off and headed for Tokyo.
(Thus this chapter ends. Next time, Rob needs to get his confidence back as Black Ghost and Team Rocket launch their first collective attack on Tokyo city! But are Blondie's words about him coming true? Find out next time!)