I updated twice in one day. I put the first chapter up, 1, 2 hours at the most, its on the net. A few hours later I put the second chapter up. 4, 5 hours later, still hasn't shown…. WTF! 'Its just the way things are.' I hate you…
Sora took the stairs two by two as he raced to the Chapel. It was time to get some answers, and he had no idea how long he had to get them. Goofy having longer legs, (and the enormous shield) was ahead, and Donald, being the shortest, was far behind.
They entered a lift stop and crowed in one of those strange elevators. It took them up, around, and right in front of the door they wanted. Goofy tried to open it. The door wouldn't budge.
Sora tried to unlock it with the Keyblade, and Goofy tried it again. Still nothing. "They've welded the doors shut!" Called a feminine voice from the other side of the door. One of the Princesses no doubt. Sora couldn't remember which one. He only really knew Belle and Jasmine.
The Keyblade Master took a moment to think. Magic wouldn't work here, and the Keyblade obviously couldn't un-weld things. Which only left brute force. Sora grinned, thinking back to the ancient rules of video games he used to play. When one was stuck, blow things up!
"Stand back from the door!"
Sora slipped on the Metal Chobocco and watched as the Keyblade swiftly transformed. Sora hefted the heavier Keyblade to his shoulder, then still with a slight grin and a battle cry, smashed the blade across the door.
The wood crashed in and splintered leaving bits and pieces of the door all over the floor on either side of the doorway, as well as throwing a cloud of dust into the air. Through it all, Sora could see several figures moving within and behind it. The Princesses.
Sora stepped into the chapel and noticed Alice, Belle and Aurora standing alone. "Where are all the other Princesses?" Goofy asked.
"They haven't been summoned yet. We're still busy in the process of what this all means." Aurora answered. Sora raised an eyebrow. "Could somebody just tell me what's going on?"
Belle stepped up to answer. "We're not entirely sure, Sora. The problem is, that we aren't just facing the Heartless anymore. Some new force is at work here."
Sora had a vague memory of himself racing down an alleyway, trying to keep up…. "Wait! Could you be talking about those white things?"
"Possibly, Keyblade Master." Aurora said. "All we really know is that its powerful, and we can't stop it." Belle continued. "If it were Darkness, we might be able to hold it back a little." Alice said.
"But it isn't, Princess Alice." Sora whirled, a new person had entered the room unnoticed. He wore a long red cloak with bandages covering the majority of his face. "And you are nearly helpless to do anything about it." He laughed.
"You know Light, you live with Darkness surrounding you all…yet now is the arrival of a new breed. Light, Darkness, and the third power." Sora switched back to Kingdom Key and took on a defensive stance. "Who are you! And what's this power everyone keeps talking about!"
"What is the third power? Ha! As if you could understand." Something was nagging Sora. Where had he heard that voice before…? "But I'll humor you" Red Coat drew a gleaming circle in the air, with Light at the top, Darkness near the bottom and the third power in the middle. Red Coat read what the diagram showed. "Between the Light and Darkness, there exists a third power. The third power equals nobody. Who are the nobodies? They are the Non-Existent Ones."
"Oh no…" Sora muttered. "Not this crap again…Look, that didn't help! I don't even care who the nobodies are! So just stop talking and stay out of my way!" Aurora placed a restraining hand on Sora's shoulder. He winced. It was still aching. "Hold Keyblade Master."
"What is the power after? What are you after?" Belle asked. Red Coat locked his visibly eye on Belle. "I am Diz, leader of this Organization. The most of our members were born of the nobodies. However we have been able to raise above their level and have started to make way for a new existence.
"As we have regained the ability to plan ahead, we have uncovered the truth. We will use our power to save humanity! With the control of the Heartless, the nobody, and our own talents, not even the Keyblade Master will stand in our way." The eye drifted to Sora as he spoke.
"What truth have you discovered?" Aurora asked, her grip tightening on Sora's shoulder. The air around Diz was filled with mounting tension. "The truth about the Door."
"The Door of Light!" Sora demanded. "What about it?"
"Its true nature and what it brings, has been forever concealed in darkness, but no longer."
"Stop stalling!" Sora shouted. "What are you talking about!"
"The Door of Light. Brings the apocalypse." Sora didn't understand what he was hearing. "What?"
"In opening the Door, you shall bring about the destruction of all worlds."
BHK threw himself inside a room just as the hallway celing collapsed behind him, sealing his exit. 'This place is coming down. I need to find Sora now!' BHK stood and dusted himself off while checking his surroundings to see if he still knew where he was.
He didn't. He was in a large, dark, circular room with one door on the other side. "Great. So now I'm lost in a castle that's about to come down on my head. Beautiful." BHK started across the room, but was stopped by a pillar of flame that erupted in the middle of the floor.
The searing heat forced BHK back against the wall, with his arms across his face in protection. He squinted under his arms to see a figure in the midst of the flame. And, just as suddenly as the pillar appeared, it was gone.
Another Unknown seemed to be the cause of it. He stood and removed his hood. BHK's jaw clenched. He had seen this one before. The only unknown so far to remove his hood. This was the guy who had taken Kairi.
"So, you're the one. The strange presence that the Master had sensed." Axel looked him over and smiled. "You don't seem like much. Its actually pretty impressive that you made it this far without any help." Axel's smiling stopped. "But your journey ends here."
BHK checked his watch. 15 minutes were left, meaning he had about 5 minutes to deal with this guy. "Oh don't bother." Axel said to him. "The castle's condition shouldn't worry you. You've got all the time in the world. Do you want to know why?" Axel received no response. "It rather simple really. It's the fact that you won't be leaving this room alive." Axel smiled again. "None of your friends will either. The Keyblade Master might escape if the Master is inclined to allow it, but the blonde fool with the big sword? He's about to meet who he's been looking for."
Axel rose slowly into the air until he hovered at twenty feet above BHK. "But now back to the moment at hand. I am Axel, second in command of the Organization. Second only to the Master." Axel threw his arms wide and circular blades appeared in his hands. "I control the awesome powers of the Elements themselves. Water, Earth, Fire, and Lightning. Along with the primary Elements, I control the secondary that were born from them; Ice, Wind, Gravity, etc, etc. You have no hope."
A ring of fire surrounded them, and blocked the open door. "None shall stand in the way of the Organization!" BHK whipped out his Keyblades. The five minutes were about to begin.
Sephiroth laughed from his perch, one leg dangling freely off the edge of the balcony. The blonde below him looked up and drew his sword. "So you were the occupant of the third ship. I should have known, you always have been rather persistent." Sephiroth called.
"Let's finish this Sephiroth!" Cloud yelled from below. Sephiroth's hair waved in the breeze and for a moment, he looked at peace. But then he stretched his black wing and yawned. "Why not? I've got a little time to spare." He threw himself over the balcony and landed softly a moment later.
He rested his right hand on the hilt of his Mursame. "Are you ready?"
"Cloud!" Auron yelled, having finally caught up with the warrior. He drew his sword and stood next to him. "You weren't going to start the fun with out me were you?"
"The pieces are in place! The Organization shall save humanity from destruction. And you, Keyblade Master, are helpless to stop it." Diz spat.
Sora's Keyblade pulsed, ready for action. "We'll see about that! I don't know what the heck you're talking about, I don't care! All I know is that you're going down!"
Yes! I'm feeling it! The energy is rising. The tension is so great…! Get ready! Next Chapter: Clash! Part 2! Tri-Battle!
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