Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
No matter what I tried, I just couldn't seem to get this chapter to come out right. *sigh. The power will probably go out tonight, so I wanted to get this up before my computer dies.
Please review! Thank you those who have!
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Sora stared blankly out the window, his usual cheerful attitude replaced with a deep feeling of dread. He couldn't understand how Ansem could have returned, he should have been destroyed by the light from Kingdom Hearts. Why had Ansem sent the Heartless after them? What had he been hoping to gain? Could it possibly have been a distraction? But if so, then a distraction from what?
"Damn!" He slammed his fist into the wall. All around the ship people turned their attention away from their own arguments to stare at him.
"Sora?" Selphie whimpered, frightened to see her usually bright and happy friend suddenly so realistic.
"This doesn't make any sense!" He cried, "What the hell is he doing?!" He sank down and rested his back against the wall, sighing.
A tense silence settled over the ship, previous arguments abandoned.
"Kairi, what was it you said about Ansem on the way to Traverse Town?" Sora asked, his head resting against his knees. When he received no answer, he looked up, "Kairi?"
Startled, he leapt to his feet, searching around the ship. "Kairi!?" He cried frantically. "Where is she?!" He looked around at his startled companions, increasing the tension on board.
"Where did you see her last? Did she get on board?" Riku asked, rushing to check if she was on the ship.
"She's not here!" He cried, returning a few minutes later.
"Shit! She must be back at Hollow Bastion!" Sora cried, dashing to the controls.
"What!?!" Yuffie, Aerith, Selphie, Donald, and Tidus cried in unison.
"Gwarsh, Kairi's back there with that Ansem?" Goofy asked worriedly.
"Sora! She was with you! How could you forget about her like that?!" Riku accused, holding his head in his hands and groaning.
Sora ignored him, "Cid, we have to go back!" He demanded, urgency rising in his voice.
"Sorry, kid. We barely have enough fuel to get back to the castle." He said, examining the controls.
Sora howled in anger, spinning around and dropping to the floor. He crouched there on all fours, staring blankly towards the ground. Yuffie let out a choked sob, imagining what horrible things her friend must be going through.
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Sora was the first to break the uncomfortable silence, uttering a startled gasp and flinging himself up against the wall.
"Sora?" Riku called softly, alarm on his face.
Sora cried out in pain, doubling up. Everyone stared in bewilderment as he held up his left arm, Oathkeeper in hand. "Kairi!" He shouted. The Oathkeeper slowly began glowing, finally breaking apart in a blaze of white sparks. Sora sighed in relief as he collapsed on the floor.
"Whoa! What just happened?" Tidus cried, looking around at his astonished friends.
"Sora! Are you alright? Hey!" Selphie called, shaking him. "He passed out..."
"Crap! What do we do?!" Yuffie groaned, pacing around Sora's limp form.
"First off, we need to stay calm." Riku said forcefully, looking purposefully at Yuffie, " We will continue on and return to King Mickey, we'll figure the rest out from there. Try to rest, guys, I get the feeling the real battle hasn't begun yet."
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"Gosh! What happened?" Mickey asked as Squall and Cloud carried Sora's body into the garden.
"It's a rather puzzling story, your highness, we were hoping perhaps you could explain it." Riku said, standing next to the King. "As soon as Sora wakes up, I'll ask him to tell us exactly what happened."
Mickey looked puzzled and worried, but nodded as he followed Riku.
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Sora groaned softly, rolling over and snuggling into the grass. Grass? "Huh?" He sat up, disoriented. "Riku? Where are we?" He asked his silver-haired friend.
Riku snorted, "We're in the castle garden, stupid. Thought you were gonna sleep all day." He laughed. "Get up, King Mickey would like you to explain what happened to the Oathkeeper."
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Sora sipped at a hot mug of tea as he finished telling the King of what took place in the library and afterward.
"I remember feeling.. Helpless. Like there was nothing I could do against Ansem. And then I felt this horrible, wrenching pain, right in my chest. The Oathkeeper appeared, right in my hand. I don't know how, I didn't bring it up. Then I saw Kairi, and she was so sad. She said she was sorry, that she had given me something that she needed back. Then the Oathkeeper disappeared, like mine did when Squall tried to wield it. I don't remember anything after that." He finished, looking up at the King and waiting.
Mickey thought for a moment, "Riku was right, you weren't supposed to have the Oathkeeper in the first place. You were simply holding it until it's true wielder was ready for it." He said, rather satisfied with something.
"True wielder? So someone else has a fourth keyblade?" Yuffie asked, confused. "Who then?"
Mickey, Sora and Riku looked at her in surprise before exchanging glances. Sora fought back laughter and Riku tried to hide a smile.
"Oh, sorry, we figured you would have caught on by now. Kairi has claimed the fourth keyblade, currently known as Oathkeeper." Mickey stated happily.
"Oh, well I suppose that makes sense." Yuffie decided.
"However," Mickey continued, "One thing still remains to be discovered. We still don't know what type of keyblade the Oathkeeper is, or what it can do." he said, happy mood dampened slightly.
"Then we need to go get her before Ansem gets a hold of her keyblade!" Sora exclaimed. "Come on! The gummi ship has got to be refueled by now." he looked around at the blank stares.
"Sora, you can't just go rushing off blindly into battle. Look at what happened the last few times we tried that. Kairi's rescue has to be thought out and timed carefully. The Heartless will have to be distracted, and then there's the task of finding her once we get into Hollow Bastion, not to mention Ansem himself. You might as well relax, because it's going to be awhile before we're actually ready." Riku explained, trying not to show how much he really did want to rush off to help her.
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Ansem stared in disbelief as the Heartless hissed and backed away from the new keyblade. Kairi held it defensively before her, twirling it in graceful circles as the Heartless retreated from its light. Slowly, the last of the Heartless vanished into the shadows, leaving the library in silence.
She turned and faced Ansem, keyblade relaxed. "Ansem, I want you to tell me what's going on."
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No matter what I tried, I just couldn't seem to get this chapter to come out right. *sigh. The power will probably go out tonight, so I wanted to get this up before my computer dies.
Please review! Thank you those who have!
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Sora stared blankly out the window, his usual cheerful attitude replaced with a deep feeling of dread. He couldn't understand how Ansem could have returned, he should have been destroyed by the light from Kingdom Hearts. Why had Ansem sent the Heartless after them? What had he been hoping to gain? Could it possibly have been a distraction? But if so, then a distraction from what?
"Damn!" He slammed his fist into the wall. All around the ship people turned their attention away from their own arguments to stare at him.
"Sora?" Selphie whimpered, frightened to see her usually bright and happy friend suddenly so realistic.
"This doesn't make any sense!" He cried, "What the hell is he doing?!" He sank down and rested his back against the wall, sighing.
A tense silence settled over the ship, previous arguments abandoned.
"Kairi, what was it you said about Ansem on the way to Traverse Town?" Sora asked, his head resting against his knees. When he received no answer, he looked up, "Kairi?"
Startled, he leapt to his feet, searching around the ship. "Kairi!?" He cried frantically. "Where is she?!" He looked around at his startled companions, increasing the tension on board.
"Where did you see her last? Did she get on board?" Riku asked, rushing to check if she was on the ship.
"She's not here!" He cried, returning a few minutes later.
"Shit! She must be back at Hollow Bastion!" Sora cried, dashing to the controls.
"What!?!" Yuffie, Aerith, Selphie, Donald, and Tidus cried in unison.
"Gwarsh, Kairi's back there with that Ansem?" Goofy asked worriedly.
"Sora! She was with you! How could you forget about her like that?!" Riku accused, holding his head in his hands and groaning.
Sora ignored him, "Cid, we have to go back!" He demanded, urgency rising in his voice.
"Sorry, kid. We barely have enough fuel to get back to the castle." He said, examining the controls.
Sora howled in anger, spinning around and dropping to the floor. He crouched there on all fours, staring blankly towards the ground. Yuffie let out a choked sob, imagining what horrible things her friend must be going through.
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Sora was the first to break the uncomfortable silence, uttering a startled gasp and flinging himself up against the wall.
"Sora?" Riku called softly, alarm on his face.
Sora cried out in pain, doubling up. Everyone stared in bewilderment as he held up his left arm, Oathkeeper in hand. "Kairi!" He shouted. The Oathkeeper slowly began glowing, finally breaking apart in a blaze of white sparks. Sora sighed in relief as he collapsed on the floor.
"Whoa! What just happened?" Tidus cried, looking around at his astonished friends.
"Sora! Are you alright? Hey!" Selphie called, shaking him. "He passed out..."
"Crap! What do we do?!" Yuffie groaned, pacing around Sora's limp form.
"First off, we need to stay calm." Riku said forcefully, looking purposefully at Yuffie, " We will continue on and return to King Mickey, we'll figure the rest out from there. Try to rest, guys, I get the feeling the real battle hasn't begun yet."
~*~
"Gosh! What happened?" Mickey asked as Squall and Cloud carried Sora's body into the garden.
"It's a rather puzzling story, your highness, we were hoping perhaps you could explain it." Riku said, standing next to the King. "As soon as Sora wakes up, I'll ask him to tell us exactly what happened."
Mickey looked puzzled and worried, but nodded as he followed Riku.
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Sora groaned softly, rolling over and snuggling into the grass. Grass? "Huh?" He sat up, disoriented. "Riku? Where are we?" He asked his silver-haired friend.
Riku snorted, "We're in the castle garden, stupid. Thought you were gonna sleep all day." He laughed. "Get up, King Mickey would like you to explain what happened to the Oathkeeper."
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Sora sipped at a hot mug of tea as he finished telling the King of what took place in the library and afterward.
"I remember feeling.. Helpless. Like there was nothing I could do against Ansem. And then I felt this horrible, wrenching pain, right in my chest. The Oathkeeper appeared, right in my hand. I don't know how, I didn't bring it up. Then I saw Kairi, and she was so sad. She said she was sorry, that she had given me something that she needed back. Then the Oathkeeper disappeared, like mine did when Squall tried to wield it. I don't remember anything after that." He finished, looking up at the King and waiting.
Mickey thought for a moment, "Riku was right, you weren't supposed to have the Oathkeeper in the first place. You were simply holding it until it's true wielder was ready for it." He said, rather satisfied with something.
"True wielder? So someone else has a fourth keyblade?" Yuffie asked, confused. "Who then?"
Mickey, Sora and Riku looked at her in surprise before exchanging glances. Sora fought back laughter and Riku tried to hide a smile.
"Oh, sorry, we figured you would have caught on by now. Kairi has claimed the fourth keyblade, currently known as Oathkeeper." Mickey stated happily.
"Oh, well I suppose that makes sense." Yuffie decided.
"However," Mickey continued, "One thing still remains to be discovered. We still don't know what type of keyblade the Oathkeeper is, or what it can do." he said, happy mood dampened slightly.
"Then we need to go get her before Ansem gets a hold of her keyblade!" Sora exclaimed. "Come on! The gummi ship has got to be refueled by now." he looked around at the blank stares.
"Sora, you can't just go rushing off blindly into battle. Look at what happened the last few times we tried that. Kairi's rescue has to be thought out and timed carefully. The Heartless will have to be distracted, and then there's the task of finding her once we get into Hollow Bastion, not to mention Ansem himself. You might as well relax, because it's going to be awhile before we're actually ready." Riku explained, trying not to show how much he really did want to rush off to help her.
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Ansem stared in disbelief as the Heartless hissed and backed away from the new keyblade. Kairi held it defensively before her, twirling it in graceful circles as the Heartless retreated from its light. Slowly, the last of the Heartless vanished into the shadows, leaving the library in silence.
She turned and faced Ansem, keyblade relaxed. "Ansem, I want you to tell me what's going on."
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