Kingdom Come 16

The plants were metal. They were not merely encased in metal, as Sora had thought at first, but realized that they were completely metal. Some small animals, snakes and rabbits to be specific, scurried by. They too were metal, machines to be exact. Even the ground they stood on was artificial. The air smelled of burning oil. The sky was overcast with a brown haze. Sora did not like it at all. This place, Phyrexia, frightened him. He had never seen anything so unnatural.

Inuyasha did not care for the place either, but for reasons besides Sora's uneasiness. Being a half-demon gave him certain abilities normal humans did not have. Enhanced healing, strength and in this case his enhance sense of smell played a role in his judgment. In the air, he not only smelled oil, but blood as well.

Luke Skywalker felt uncomfortable well. Being a Jedi he could sense things other people could never see even if it was right in front of them. The Force screamed to him as he looked around. He continued to probe and justified what he felt. This world felt evil.

"Sid, why are we here?" Sora asked

"The Legion was going to overpower us, so I brought us here, where we would be safe."

"And this place is safe?" Inuyasha said.

"Of course, this world is the safest place in all the worlds." Sid smiled. "This is where I brought Sora's friends, and Ed's shell of a brother."

"Kairi and Riku are here?" Sora said. "Can we see them?"

"Soon, very soon Sora you will be with them." Sid said. "But now that our plan of attack has been ruined we must take a new approach."

"Which are?" Luke said.

"How are you sure your plan will work this time, after it failed so horribly last time?" Naraku said suddenly. "You cost us some of our allies already, how are you sure whatever you plan will work now?"
"Why would you care about the lives of others, Naraku?" Inuyasha said.

"You misunderstand Inuyasha, I do not care about others, merely myself, and I don't want to place my life in someone who would send me to die."

"He's right in a way, Inuyasha," Luke agreed. "How do we know you're plan will work Sid? We can't take anymore losses."

Sid smiled. "This time we will have something more powerful than the Legion on our side. We shall have my allies from this world, the Phyrexians, who have been watching over Sora's friends since their arrival."

"Why did we not use them sooner?" Luke said. "We could have used them before."

"Because they were only to be used as a last resort against the demons, once we had destroyed the majority of them," Sid said. "Unfortunately, that plan failed, to block them from escaping, so now we must enlist their help."

"Do you take me for a fool?" Naraku said, surprising the others. "What are you hiding from us?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about Naraku." Sid said calmly.

"If I have felt the aura around this place, then surely the others feel it as well," Naraku said. "There is a taint on this world, a dark aura surrounding it." He transformed his hand into a spear and shot it through Sid. It burst through him, though Sid did not move an inch. "Tell us what is really happening?"

Naraku's arm burned off and he winced back in pain. "Never touch me again, you miserable demon. How dare you say my Phyrexia is tainted. This is the most wondrous place in all the worlds. This world is the most advanced, most perfect place in all of the worlds."

"Sid, you're not making any sense." Sora said.

"Quiet, Keyblade master," Sid said. "You understand so little. You wanted to see your friends? Here they are." He snapped his fingers.

Two figures stood in front of Sora. He started to smile when he saw his friends but stopped and his eyes opened wide in horror and he gasped. Inuyasha, Luke and even Naraku were taken aback by the sight in front of them. One figure stood fairly tall. Where his legs had been were now four mechanical legs, from the waist down. His arms had been replaced with black machine arms, ending in pincer claws. The head was misshapen and part metal but part remained of the original face of the owner. From his left eye, Riku stared back at Sora.

The other figure was shorter compared to the other. This figure had two mechanical legs and two machine arms. Most of the upper chest down to the midsection had been replaced by a machine body painted black. Two long metal wings came from the back of the creature. It looked like a mask covered the creature's face, until Sora realized that was the creatures face. It was completely black and rather small, with slick back black hair, though there were still some spots missed revealing red hair underneath the metal coat. It uttered one single word that shook Sora to his core.

"Sora," The creature spoke.

Sora dropped to his knees. It could not be them. It was impossible.

"Riku…Kairi…" Sora said, not wanting to believe.

"Behold them Sora, for they are now perfection," Sid said. "I brought them here to be safe, protected by the Phyrexians and my master. But they were weak, they had to be fixed. As necessary they were fixed making them more complete, able to protect themselves. They have taken part in the wondrous Phyrexian creation process. Now they too are Phyrexians. Perfect in every way.

"You monster." Sora said, tears streaming down his face.

"Do not feel sad Sora," Sid said. "They know that they are perfection as well. Soon everyone shall be perfect." He laughed and reached toward the sky and shouted. "Lord Yawgmoth, I have done as you commanded! Now Kingdom Hearts can be yours!" He laughed while the others watched on.

"He's gone mad." Inuyasha said,

Sid stopped laughing and regained his composure. "It did not matter if we destroyed the Burning Legion. All that mattered was that we at least wounded them and I made sure the Keyblade master survive. Though the Legion may no longer need him, I still do. Kaj must have told Sargeras everything we both had learned. Oh, I forgot Naraku you wanted me to tell you the entire story.

My people, the Phyrexians, were one of the few civilizations to know of the Burning Legion. For centuries, the Phyrexians have been fighting a hidden war against the Legion for control over all worlds. But while the Legion only wants to destroy, we want to make everyone perfect. Once the great Lord Yawgmoth defeats the Legion everyone shall reach the true perfections of the Phyrexian race. And now with the Keyblade master in our possession, we can reach Kingdom Hearts and use it to control everything. And of course the power from the Philosopher's Stone will help as well. The power from the stone will help make Lord Yawgmoth even more power and glorious than he already is."

"Why draw everything out, when you could have captured Sora from the beginning?" Luke said.

"Master Skywalker, I would never expect a mere Jedi to understand the goals of Yawgmoth." Sid said. "A Sith perhaps, but never a Jedi. The Legion first had to be weakened and so not only was I given the task of finding the Keyblade master but also getting other warriors to help as well. Though as Sora knew I was not sure where to go so I went to the goddesses of Fate. It was difficult to mask my true intentions from them but I succeeded. The power Lord Yawgmoth gave to me increased my power tremendously, giving me the power to do nearly anything. So then used the information to find all of you and bring you to my side. Of course, win or lose against the Legion, we all would have still ended up here and together you will all help the Phyrexians rule all."

"We'll never help you." Inuyasha said.

"You seem to think you have a choice in the matter." Sid said. "You have no idea the power of Lord Yawgmoth. Even as we speak Phyrexians are entering your worlds and taking complete control. Soon all those that will not bend to Yawgmoth's will shall be eradicated and the rest shall be made whole."

"Enough of this," Naraku said. "I don't care who your Yawgmoth is, but no one uses me as their tool." He shot out his tentacle spear again.

"Naraku, how I have longed to kill you." He held out his hand as the spear approached. He blast of dark energy erupted from his palm. It blasted Naraku's tentacle away, dissolving it into nothing, and then continued on toward Naraku. He tried to get away. The blast hit him full force, blowing him slightly black. He yelled out as the energy engulfed him and dissolved him into nothing. When the blast disappeared there was a single item remaining, floating where Naraku had been. It was a small black jewel.

"Ah, the Shikon jewel." Sid said. He reached out and summoned it towards him. He held it in his hand. "With this, along with the power of the Philosopher's stone, we shall be unbeatable. Now, I offer the rest of you a choice. Join with me, or perish."

"You bastard." Inyuyasha said and swung his Tessaig. Hundreds of diamond shards hurtled towards Sid.

"You choose death, then." Sid said. He waved his hands at the shards, which suddenly flew in the other direction, right toward Inuyasha. Right before they hit, Luke jumped in the way and performed a Force push sending them away though accidentally towards Sora.

"Sora, look out." Luke said but both he and Inuyasha were too far away to do anything. The shards went right for Sora, who was still on the ground barely aware of what was going on. They shards hurtled toward him and hit. But what they hit was not him. What had been his two friends jumped in the way at the last minute and took the blow. Blood oil leaked from their wounds. What had been Riku had a large shard in the middle of his forehead, while what had been Kairi had several sticking in her chest. They both then slumped over and fell to the ground.

"Pity, apparently they were not as complete as I thought." Sid said. "Anyway come along Sora, my master wishes to meet you. Then we shall be finished." He grabbed Sora by the arm.

He quickly pulled his hand away, it burning red hot. He looked surprised. Sora looked at him with fire in his eyes. He stood and a bright light aura surrounded him.

"You manipulated me, you used me, my friends, and the others, you lied to us," Sora said. "You don't deserve to live." He raised his Keyblade.

Sid laughed. "You think you can kill me?" He snapped his fingers. Behind him, hundreds of creatures appeared. They were Phyrexians, hulking creatures of metal and flesh. All had once been living beings now only slaves completely loyal to Yawgmoth. Loyal and deadly. "I still have need of you Keyblade Master. But if you try anything against me, I will kill Inuyasha and Luke immediately."

"Sora, don't listen to him." Inuyasha said as he brought up his sword. "I would rather take any death than be turned into one of those things."

"Same goes for me." Luke said, igniting his lightsaber. "We are not going to let you take Sora."

"You two think you can stop me?" Sid said. "I have the power of Yawgmoth on my side, I am a planeswalker, nothing you two do can stop me."

"Maybe they can't but I can." A voice said. Sid was suddenly blasted away by something. Someone materialized behind Sora. He had blonde hair and wore black clothes. He stood as tall as Sid.

"Kaj, you traitor, so you have returned." Sid said as he recovered.

"You are the traitor Sid." Kaj said. "Sora, come with me."

"No, you plan to use me for the Legion, like Sid said." Sora said.

"Can you really believe all that Sid told you?" Kaj said. "Please, trust me, I'm here to help you."

"You will not take the Key!" Sid yelled and signaled the Phyrexians to attack. They started to move but then a burning rip appeared. It opened up forming a portal. And from that portal poured the demons of the Burning Legion. At once, the Phyrexians turned and engaged the demons "You led the Legion here!"

"In a way," Kaj said. "More like they were trying to find me. Now, Sora, we must leave now."

"How can I be sure I can trust you?"

"If I had wanted to, I could have already taken you away." Kaj said. "But first you have to trust me."

"Die Kaj!" Sid said, not letting his prize leave. A blast of energy went right for Kaj, who raised his hand and sent his own energy blast back. His blast slammed into Sid's and overpowered it, combining the might of both blasts and sending both toward Sid. Sid screamed as the energy swallowed him up and was gone.

"We must leave now." Kaj said emphatically.

"You can trust him Sora." Luke said. "He is telling the truth."

"I will come, but only if Luke and Inuyasha can come with me."

Kaj hesitated. "Where we are going Sora, only you can go."

"But can't we take them away from here? We can't leave them here."

"No, there is no time. Sargeras is trying to capture me. Look, there's no time to explain. We must leave."

"Sora, its alright." Inuyasha said. "There is nothing else we can do anyway. The way it sounds, our worlds are already lost. Of course, that doesn't mean that we will let them win easily does it?"

"We will take as many of them down as we can." Luke said. "Sora the rest is up to you." He nodded toward Inuyasha and together the two of them walked toward the growing battle.

"Wait!" Sora called out to them before they got too far. "I'm sorry for everything. Its my fault-"

"No Sora its not." Luke said. "Don't worry about it."

"Just make sure you don't lose, okay?" Inuyasha said.

"Yeah." Sora said, crying. They walked into the battle, swinging their weapons.

"It is time to go, Sora." Kaj said.

"Yeah, sure. Where are we going now?" Sora said. "Where else can we possibly go?"

"Where do you think we can go now Sora? We have to go where you had to go all along." Kaj said, making Sora flinch slightly. "Kingdom Hearts."

They disappeared.

Author's Note

I hope everyone is enjoying this story. But please, please review it. I really want to know what everyone thinks of the story and how I can maybe make it better. I want some feedback on it. So please read and review.