Chapter 6: Sora and the Crimson Tide
Pronubius hovered over the broken puppet then turned his attention back to the sea. A meteor type object flew towards the water from the sky. "That isn't a meteor," Pronubius whispered to himself as he ran to the edge of a cliff to get a better view of the mysterious object. "Sora," he whispered to himself as the meteor impacted the sea with a gargantuan force. The silver-hair Halfling watched as the now sixteen-year-old Sora paddled his way towards the coast. Sora stepped up onto dry land and gazed at the surroundings. "Sora! I'll come to meet you, stay there!" Pronubius yelled.
Sora waved, "Okay!" Sora stared as the Halfling launched off the cliff into the air. "Do I know this guy?" he whispered to himself. Pronubius flung down his spears to help guide him down to the ground. Sora stared in disbelief as the creature landed on the earth. "Wow, that was awesome, you kinda remind me of Sephiroth. I actually think you have more strength then him, though."
"Sephitoth is a wimp compared to me. But listen, we don't have much time, you have to lock the door to darkness in this world," Pronubius waited for Sora's response.
"Well…I actually thought that I already closed the door to darkness. How could there be one here?"
Pronubius laughed, "Of course, key-bearer, you haven't known about the other realms of worlds yet, have you?"
Sora raised an eyebrow, "Other… realms of worlds?"
Pronubius sighed, "Listen, kid, you aren't even half-way done with your destiny. In fact, it has just started. There are other realms in this universe and for each realm, there's a door to the darkness. But a door to light also exists within those realms."
Sora sighed. Pronubius turned towards the wilderness and spotted something headed this way. The key-bearer pointed to the object, "What do you think that is?"
Pronubius shook his head in disgust, "Naraku made a puppet of Rorikon. Now we have to deal with, yet, another distraction; however, you can get some practice in. Go, Sora, destroy Rorikon's puppet."
The key-bearer ran towards the oncoming crimson-tide and slashed at the creature. The creature jumped, though, and Sora's attack missed. Pronubius stood back and watched as Sora began to struggle with Rorikon's puppet and shook his head. "Sora, you've been out of practice for way too long," Pronubius yelled from a few yards back.
After a few minutes of back and forth dodging and slashing, Pronubius jumped in. "Allow me to finish this," Pronubius grabbed the puppet from the back of the neck and sliced its body in half. The puppet vanished. "That was nothing compared to what you have to face next. So, Sora, you've been busy chasing after that girl instead of keeping yourself fit. It seems I called the wrong person for the job," Pronubius shook his head in disappointment.
"Wait! Do you really think I'm that bad," Sora called off to Pronubius who proceeded in walking away.
"You beat Sephiroth, didn't you?" Pronubius swung a glare from his left eye back towards the key-bearer. Sora hung his head. "Cheer up, kid, you just need more practice," Pronubius started to lead Sora into the wilderness, "Sora… prepare for an evil much greater than you have fought before."