Chapter Two: Maybe Waiting Isn't Good Enough

"Maybe…" whispered a voice. "Maybe waiting isn't good enough. You have to take action to actually have some fun."

"No you don't!" responded a harsher one, desperation choked in it. "Why are you leaving? Why are you leaving us – me – here? WHY?" The speaker was a brunette with long hair, tears streaking her pale cheeks. She grabbed hold of the boy's shirt, refusing to let go.

"Let go, Rhythm!" he cried, jerking away from her grasp to jump backwards, weapon at ready.

"Why are you using Savage Thunder? You were never like this before, Brendan!" gasped Rhythm, drawing back at the sight of the magnificent weapon. It was a golden-yellow color, lightning bolts protruding from the handle to form the hilt. The blade was shaped like a lightning bolt as well as a key, colored an ethereal shade of amber. It was held threateningly in the boy's grasp.

Brendan shook his head, turning his heel and leaving Rhythm there in the cold rain as soggy footsteps splashed through the puddles.

"I knew it…" sighed Rhythm, sliding to her knees. "That phrase… "Maybe waiting isn't good enough…" He said it again. I guess this is what happens when you want to go and see the other worlds too much…" She stood up, eyes hardening with a cold stare. "You got what you wanted!" She too turned and left the area. Nobody could tell whether or not she was still crying or not because of the rain.

Brendan didn't look back as he walked, confidently navigating through the streets. His mother was a skilled gummi ship creator. He was positive that he would be able to smuggle one of them away and leave when something caught his eye. He cursed.

"Heartless! Damn it!" Getting into his battle stance, Brendan ran forward at inhuman speed, movements fluid and nimble, as he sliced through the heartless, one after another. It was easy, but they were so annoying. He wasn't hit once by the end of the battle. Brendan smirked, sheathing the Keyblade. "There we go."

He ran through the rain again, killing Heartless as he went. Eventually, the brunette was surrounded. With a flash, he teleported out of the ring, and without moving a muscle, tapped into one of his powers, telekinesis, to send every single one of the heartless flying into random buildings. They were all killed. Those two abilities were classified as electric ones, allowing him to use them. He didn't know who did the classification, but he sure wasn't complaining.

Once all the heartless were killed, a girl that was his age approached Brendan, holding an umbrella. "Excuse me, sir, but are you okay?" She was flirting with him, he could tell. Fluttering eyelashes? Check. Seductive pose? Check. Sweet voice? Check. He almost smirked. He knew he was handsome, even when he was soaked to the bone.

"No thanks," he answered coolly, turning around to leave. He could imagine the look of horror on her face. Ouch, rejected.

"What is this place?" asked Sora, staring out the window at the world before them. "I don't think I've ever seen one like this… so dark and gloomy…"

"Well, we won't know until we look, will we?" asked Riku, stepping forward into the world transport. "C'mon!" As Sora and Kairi joined them, they disappeared in a flash of light.

Appearing in some strange place, they looked around. The room was filled with… gummi blocks. It was so crammed they were barely able to make their way to the counter.

"Hey, is-" Sora began, when he heard a noise that was a half choke, half gasp. "Who's there?" he then demanded, leaping over the counter to pull open the backdoor, walking through.

There, paralyzed in his tracks, was a boy.

"What do you want?" he yelled, jumping forward at them. Appearing in a flash of light was his golden Keyblade. Sparks flew as it collided into the Kingdom Key. Riku and Kairi quickly joined the fray.

Brendan gritted his teeth. Not so good. Three against one, and all three of those weirdoes had Keyblades as well. Shaking his head, he dodged a slice from Kairi and teleported behind her, whacking her with the hilt of the Keyblade hard. Groaning, she fell over, unconscious.

"Watch who you bring in your party, idiots!" he shouted, whirling around to counter Sora's blow. Pulling away, he ducked underneath it, whamming the blunt side of his Keyblade into Sora's side. The boy gnawed at his lip and elbowed Brendan on the head.

Stumbling backwards, he ran towards Riku, intending to slash at him, but the blow was parried. Riku knocked his Keyblade away, smirking as he stepped forward to deliver the finishing blow. Brendan sneered and teleported to his fallen Keyblade, snatching it from the ground. Pointing it at the two stunned boys, he smirked.

A stream of electricity issued from the end of the blade, sizzling as it made its way towards them. Suddenly, as though snapping out of a trance, Sora ducked while Riku deflected most of the stream with his Keyblade. However, both were still stricken by the electricity. Brendan leered when the acrid smell of burnt flesh hit his senses.

"Bring it on!" he yelled, charging forward in a brutal attack.

"Well, what do you expect, Number Three?"

The Sub-Zero Calamity scowled, turning away from the taller being. Crossing her arms, she responded coldly, "Heh. Manipulation is the key aspect in battle? You expect us to crawl onto our knees and beg like pathetic idiots?" She snorted. "I should wring your neck for stating the obvious, Sherlock."

"Viper, cease your verbal persecution on Zane," ordered a new voice, another male entering the room. "You waste too much time bickering with Number Seven."

Viper spun around to face them, eyes narrowed in a glower. "Heh, Ichiro. You interrupt yet again. Do you not realize that you are a lower rank than I?"

Ichiro's lip curled smugly. "That does not give you the ability to issue me commands, nor does it force me to respect you."

"He's got you there," sniggered Zane, body shaking with silent laughter while Viper mentally seethed and fumed. The Savage Crusader leaned against the wall, soon silent and unmoving. Viper glared at them both.

"Silence, fools."

"Ah, having another fight again?" chortled another voice, a teenager, younger than them all, twirled into the room, blonde hair dancing around as she did so. "Viper, you in another argument with Zane?" The girl burst into laughter.

Viper grimaced. "Be quiet, Mizuki." The others continued to laugh.

"How is progress, Ivy?" questioned the girl, whirling around to look at the other blonde.

"I am sending my minions after the girl. Do not pressure me," hissed Ivy, who was illustrating in her sketchpad at an inhuman pace. "Everything is accurately planned. All shall work out, and we will reign victorious!"

"If you insist," shrugged Mizuki, turning back to the others and following them out of the room. She guffawed. Viper and Zane were still bickering.

"Shut up!" she shouted at the two. They both winced at the volume of her voice before silencing themselves. She smiled. Good. They knew how dangerous she could get when her temper was high. Mizuki didn't like getting ticked anyway.

"No!"

Brendan was hit with such a force that he began skidding backwards, eventually slamming into the other wall. Panting heavily for breath, he slowly looked up to see Riku coming in for another attack.

He held up the Keyblade, effectively parrying the attack, before shoving it out of Riku's grip with sudden force. He took this time to begin attacking Riku.

"Thundaga Onslaught!"

Brendan sliced repeatedly at Riku at an inhuman rate, the assault unbearably painful. The platinum haired boy winced with every attack, but did not cry out. Electricity crackled and hissed as it was released from the Keyblade.

"Hey, eat this! Blizzaga!"

He turned to meet end up with a face full of ice, numbing and freezing his skin. Shards of ice dug into his eyes, making the brunette yell in pain, collapsing to his knees, eyes held over his eyes. Tears of blood escaped.

"Riku!" yelled Sora frantically, throwing the Way to Dawn to Riku, who caught it just in time to parry Brendan. His eyes widened in horror when he caught sight of the other boy's. They were red, bloody tears streaking his face.

"Freaky?" whispered Brendan, anger evident in his tone, and he sent Riku colliding into the opposite wall, the cracking of bones snapping at their ears. Sora, angered that his friend had been hurt so badly, shouted, "Firaga!"

"Thundaga!"

A fireball had erupted from the end of Sora's Keyblade, rushing towards Brendan, only to be destroyed when lightning thundered down from the sky, breaking through the ceiling to destroy it. Seconds later, they were attacking each other, head on.

Brendan wasn't sure what had triggered the fight, but he knew it was getting bad. They had all done a decent amount of damage to each other… now what was going to happen? Shaking his head, the boy slammed his Keyblade into Sora's, sending it flying feet away from where they stood, through a hole in the wall that had been created by the stream of electricity Brendan had summoned.

"Why are you doing this?" yelled Sora. "We haven't even done anything!"

"Shut up!"

At a hit, Sora was knocked over. Stepping over to him, Brendan pointed the end of his Keyblade at the other brunette's neck.

"I win," he breathed. "Checkmate."

Not knowing that there was another presence behind him, they smacked him with the blunt side of their Keyblade harshly, knocking Brendan out. She reached out a hand to Sora.

"Thanks, Kairi," said Sora gratefully. "I don't think he would have held back in killing me."

"No problem," she said, smiling. "I got the least damage though… he knocked me out in the beginning of the battle. At least I proved some use…"

"So, we found the key of thunder, right? One of the keys?" came Riku's voice. He looked slightly dazed and battered, but other than that, he was okay.

"Y-"

"HOW DARE YOU! ENTERING MY GUMMI SHIP SHOP AND DESTROYING IT? I'LL HAVE YOUR NECKS FOR THIS, I TELL YOU! HOW DARE YOU!"

They winced from the high volume and shrillness, before turning around to see a woman, red in the face with anger, glowering at them. If looks could kill, the three would all be dead. They exchanged looks of nervousness.

"Uh-oh…"

Waaaaaaaaah... This chapter sucked like -insert rather colorful word-. I'm sorry to you fellow readers, but if you got a bad impression from this chapter, continue reading anyway! I promise that future chapters will be better than this junky one! Thanks. REVIEW!