Title – The Final Battle
Author- Brittany
Disclaimer – I don't own anything… sadly. I would like to own Axel, Sora, and Riku, oh and Xemnas…. Okay anyways my point is, I don't own anything or anybody. Squaresoft and Disney do. Lara Croft belongs to …. Enix? Yeah I think it's them anyways I don't own her either!
Author's Note – Thank you guys once again for the reviews! Sorry it took so long for another update! I have ants on my computer so I put an ant trap for them and it took a few days for them to get in it, stupid ants! They keep crawling on my fingers and my toes tickling me! And I get used to the tickling that I constantly pick at my skin urrrggh! God damn ants! Kill 'em all!
Oh and on another note, I've been really down lately too because I graduated High School and yeah I never received a single congratulations or a stupid card from my family. Except from my grandparents…. So I'm really bummed about that….. Anyways on to story!
The sun was barely beginning to wake up. The dewy fog still lingered in the sky as they continued to walk along the familiar roads. Kairi kept muttering about her hair beginning to frizz as they walked along the dreary alleys. People were no where to be seen, not even early bird regulars. The streets were deserted. Not a soul in sight. And when they passed by they'd sometimes see a face that quickly disappeared behind boarded windows.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy all walked along keeping an eye out for any unnatural things going on. King Mickey stayed behind keeping a watch on other things at the Castle. He left in the opposite way while the rest of them went towards Hollow Bastion, Er… Radiant Garden.
"Wow… look how grey it is." Sora said quietly from the front of their group. They were all walking in a straight line keeping watch. Kairi stayed in the back, lagging. She was in shock. This once beautiful radiant town was now in dumps. Its grey walls now matched the sky. She had only been here for a short time and felt a certain connection to it. Her heart had fused with Sora here. Their hearts merged and had all been freed, setting loose not only her other half Namine, but Roxas also.
She fell back a little not paying attention to where the others were going. She heard a little girl's voice giggle. But when she turned around nobody was there.
The red head raised an eyebrow wondering what was going on in this town. She looked ahead and saw that Sora and the gang have turned a corner…. She would just have to catch up with them later.
She bit her lip and thrust her hand into her pocket. She pulled out a hair tie and quickly yet sloppy braided her long red hair into a simple long braid. That way she could keep her hair out of the way.
She had to admit that she felt like that game character Lara Croft as she jumped the long wall that led into a garden… or what was once a garden. The dirt was no longer a dark brown, but a light dusty brown, almost as if it hadn't had water in a very long… long time. The fruits were dried up and mushy bugs lived in this mush and the branches were almost black from decay. The smell was horrendous. She looked ahead a little bit and saw a decaying small cottage.
The child's voice was heard giggling once more.
"Hmm…." Kairi said and jumped off of the wall into the decaying garden. Her boots were almost knee length and tied all the way to the hilt making it easy to balance her feet. She wore tight jeans that made it also easy to move around in. Her shirt was a simple green tank top. Something that was light and didn't make it hard for her to move around in.
She knew that she was going to get it for wandering off, but her curiosity was begging her to play with fire. She looked around for any signs of a small girl, but all she saw was that this whole area was barricaded by a large grey wall. A small gate stood on the other side leading back out to the town.
She looked back towards the house and began to step over the rotting fruit and vegetables and step over the threshold up to the porch. It creaked hauntingly as each step she took. The house was cold... a little too cold…
"H… Hello?" She called. She didn't expect an answer but it didn't hurt to try. She pushed the door open making it creak louder then ever, she was surprised Sora hasn't come looking for her yet. She stepped into the house rising untouched dust up into the air. The house was dark and filled with dust. She coughed softly trying to rid her lungs of the dust.
"Anybody here?" She called once again.
The little girl giggled, she spun around looking outside. It sounded so close, yet so far away. It had to be coming from outside. Yet, her curiosity called her into the house for a reason.
She stepped over a broken dusty chair and looked into a room that looked like a small living room, on the other side is a sink and a small table, must be a kitchen.
"Have you come to play with my sister and I?" A small little voice said from behind Kairi.
She gasped and spun around. A small little girl with dirty blonde hair and dull blue eyes stood in front of her. She was wearing a night gown that was disgustingly dirty with dirt smudges and rips.
"I… I'm here to help you and your town… are you here alone? Do you live here?"
But before the girl could answer she spun around at the sound of Sora's urgent calling.
"KAIRI! WHERE ARE YOU!"
"I'm in here!" She called back to him. She tilted her head back towards the little girl….. but she was gone. "Wha?"
Sora and Goofy were at the entrance of the decaying house. "What the hell are you doing over here?" Sora asked. He sounded furious.
"I.. I saw someone…."
"Come on Riku and Donald are already there! We saw that you weren't here and came looking for you!" Sora grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the dusty house. Kairi kept looking back for the girl, but all she saw was the decaying fruit and vegetables rotting away.
"We were worried about you Kairi." Goofy said smiling. Kairi smiled back and followed them both this time not letting her curiosity take her away. She still had chills running up and down her spin from the girl. Was she a ghost? Or was she real? Did she live there?
She tried to get over the fact that she just could have seen a ghost and followed Sora over the wall. He looked livid so she stayed silent and followed him.
"There you guys are! Kairi what happened?" Riku asked from the stairs that lead to Leon and the gang.
"I… I saw someone."
"It looks pretty deserted here…" Riku shrugged and knocked on the door once Sora, Kairi, and Goofy caught up.
The door opened up immediately by a pretty brunette with stunning emerald green eyes. She had a sincere smile on her face and wore a pink dress that made her look all the more innocent. Her long brown hair was thrown up into a pony tail letting too long pieces free for bangs.
"Hello Sora, Donald, Goofy, and you must be Riku," She said nodding to the silver haired man. "And yes, you must be Kairi." She smiled and took Kairi's hand smiling. "Please! Please come in all of you, Squall and everyone are inside. I'm Aerith by the way." She stepped out of the way so everyone could walk in.
"That's Leon." A voice huffed over from the corner.
"Leon!" Sora smiled holding out his hand for the other man to shake.
"Why if it isn't the old Keyblade wielder." Leon looked the same, almost exactly the same. It was strange, you could tell he was older yet he looked just as he did when they left.
Yuffie laughed and jumped off of the bed into Sora's arms making Kairi jealous.
"Hiya Sora!" She said cheerfully. Her hair was longer almost shoulder length and she too looked a little older.
Cid growled a hello over from the computer; he couldn't really give a proper greeting with a cigarette in his mouth. He had more lines on his face, but probably from smoking. Grays were starting to show at the side of his side burns.
"Hello hello my boy, hello everyone else. Oh my how you've all grown, I'm just getting older…." Merlin chuckled stalking into the small house with books piled to the top almost reaching his tall wizard hat.
Sora was waving in all directions, so was Donald and Goofy, but Kairi and Riku stayed more towards the door feeling rather uncomfortable.
"Tifa and Cloud will be back, they went to scout the perimeter once more for more heartless. It seems that the more we scout them out, they just keep coming back. That's when we realized that something was very wrong. That and the sky is no longer blue…" Aerith sounded depressed as she said this. She walked up to everyone and handed them a cup of tea.
"Have you been to Ansem's lab lately?" Sora spoke taking a sip of his chamomile tea, "I mean remember his lab creates heartless?"
"We've already been there… the place is destroyed." Leon said coming out of the corner, "we're not sure who did it but whoever did it, did it for a reason. We think it's because we got a lot of useful information out of that computer…. I'm sorry Sora, I haven't been able to get into contact with Tron." Leon sighed.
"Oh no… Who could have done this…" Sora said softly and crossed the room to join Aerith and Yuffie on the bed.
"We think we know who did it…" Leon said sitting down on the chair across from the bed facing Sora.
"You do?"
"We got the source from someone you know."
"Who?"
"me." A voice spoke out in the other side of the room in the dark. He slid out of complete darkness and into the light. Everyone on Sora's gang gasped.
"You!"
"We thought…"
"Holy smokes…."
"Oh that's right King Mickey…."
"Told me!"
Sora, Kairi, Riku, Donald, and Goofy all shouted in unison making a jumble of words.
Axel just sat there with a smirk on his face. "Nice to see you guys too… I think I met you guys…."
"Are you serious!" Kairi spoke up with her hands on her hips.
"Duh! I forgot everything, but it's coming back." He shook his head in disbelief.
"Axel… King Mickey told me that you reincarnated, he also told me that you lost your memory. When we met up again yesterday he told me you joined the Restoration Committee," Sora said coming next to Kairi. Donald and Goofy stood looking at each other while Riku looked like he was checking Yuffie out.
"That's right, I met up with this pretty lady," He signaled Aerith who smiled and blushed lightly, "She told me about the group she was in and that she'd like to help. I had no where to go and seeing as I'm remembering stuff I did… I want to make it better." He picked at his hair looking down at his shoes.
"How do you want to make it better Axel?" Sora asked walking away from Kairi and standing next to Axel who was still sitting down.
"I know who is creating and bringing back the Heartless and the nobodies."
"Wha!" Everyone in the room shouted except for Riku and Kairi.
"You probably don't remember her, but she fought you in Castle Oblivion Sora. You defeated her. Larxene But her anger is so strong that… well she's back. But something isn't right about her, I don't think she has anymore thoughts, except revenge. You have to stop her to stop the creation that the heartless and the nobodies are creating. Stop her you stop the destruction on the worlds. Everything will be okay. This is war, are you ready?"
Sora nodded and he demonstrated it by holding out his arm and cast the Keyblade. Riku nodded too and made his keyblade appear also.
"Are you ready for this Riku?" Sora teased.
"Anything you can do, I can do better."
"Good luck." Sora said smiling at Riku.
"Hey good luck to you too. We can do this Sora. With all of this help, we can do it." Riku let his keyblade disappear and held his hand out for Sora to shake.
Sora nodded and looked around. Donald and Goofy were smiling at them. Kairi had her head tilted to the side standing next to Aerith who was holding her two hands together almost as if in prayer. Yuffie had her ninja stars out hopping up and down. Merlin and Cid were arguing about something quietly and Axel was standing behind Sora and Riku.
"We're with you all the way Sora, Riku." Kairi spoke from towards the back.
"Yeah, we'll always be in your hearts. And you'll be in ours." Aerith smiled.
"I'm fighting with you of course, without me you'll be goners!" Axel said smiling smugly.
Sora turned to Leon, "So what is the plan right now?"
"You have to tell everything to King Mickey."
"I already know." Everyone gasped and twirled around at the sound of King Mickey's voice. He had just arrived and shut the front door.
"Your Majesty!" Donald and Goofy shouted.
"Geez! Don't ever do that again!" Sora shouted his chest heaving.
"Sorry guys…but I was listening the whole time, didn't want to interrupt so I stood outside listening. SO I was right… the dark powers are too strong now… it brought back one of the Organization members.
If this is correct then I must be correct in saying this. She will bring back other Organization members. We must not let this happen! This means we have to start here, kill all of the heartless and the nobodies. Starting with the crater down there. Sora, Riku? You have to track down the Organization member that is here. I know there's one here I can sense it."
"Hold it! Their not going anywhere without me! I'm tracking that son of a bitch down too!" Axel shouted running up to stand next to them.
King Mickey looked around and saw Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Leon, Merlin, Yuffie, Cid, and Aerith standing there all looking with confident looks on their faces.
"Alright, so it'll be just you guys fighting the heartless and the Nobodies right? Oh and Cloud and Tifa will be joining in soon!"
"Yup! We can do it, we did it before right?" Yuffie said swinging her Ninja stars once more.
"YEHEY!" Cid shouted when he got poked in the butt from her stars.
"Oops! Sorry!" Yuffie laughed putting her weapon away.
"Alright we will rest for today but in the morning we will all head out. I have to do something right now, but I will be here when you need me. I promise. Good luck to everyone." King Mickey gave one final nod and began to leave.
"Goodbye your highness!" Goofy said waving,
"We'll see you again!" Donald smiled.
"Goodbye you too, take care of them as the best you can." And he was gone. The door shut behind him.
"Well… since we have free time… why don't we parrrtay!" Sora shouted jumping on a chair shaking his waist. Kairi shook her head and slapped the palm of her hand on her face in embarrassment. Everyone laughed at Sora's still playful attitude.
"Promiscuous Girl!" Sora sung laughing on top of his chair.
Welp! Another chapter done…. Hope you guys like this chapter! It's all explaining time that's what these two chapters are about. Well it's time to get started on practicing action scenes! Review Please and I'll sing for you:D