Note1: Hello again Kingdom Hearts fans. KH0 Chapter 2 is here. You should read Chapter 1 first though since this is going to be at least an 8 chapter series.
Note2: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters, but I do own Ale and Nela.
Chapter 2-Keyblade
"Ale, I have an assignment for you." In the SOLDIER army's base at the conquest offices. "Sir, General Sephiroth Sir." replied Ale. "There's a new World Heart that has revealed itself." Ale sighed "Sir, which one Sir?" asked Ale. "The Land of the Dragons." Sephiroth answered "You must search that world, from the highest peak to the lowest valley. Open the Keyhole. Then seize the heart."
Ale paused "Sir…with all due respect Sir… how do we open the Keyhole?"
"If my plan is to succeed, not only do you need to have faith in me, but you also need to be smart enough to help me to find a way to open the Keyhole." Sephiroth replied.
"Sir, yes Sir." He replied
"Report to the docking bay immediately to board your Gummy ship. Now Captain."
"Yes Sir…"
He and everyone else in SOLDIER hated Sephiroth's plan. In fact no one even knew why he wanted all of these hearts. But everyone knew that no one in SOLDIER has yet to capture a World Heart. But Ale cooperated.
At the Gummy hanger Ale stepped on the large boarding platform. A tall man stepped up to Ale. "Hey Ale, ready to load?" Ale nodded his head "Hey Bill. Yep, I guess so. Whenever you're ready" Bill sighed "Another Keyhole goose chase right?" "How'd you know?" Ale said sarcastically. "The General's been really loadin' these assignments on ya' eh?" Ale turned towards the ship "Yeah, let's just get it over with." "Good idea." replied Bill.
Bill walked up a small flight of stairs to a desk covered in papers and coffee stains "Platform up on flight deck 'R'" said Bill into a microphone on his desk. Ale was elevated into his Gummy ship. An even larger platform lifted him and his ship up to a takeoff lane. It was barely wide enough for the Gummy ship to pass through. This helped the pilots to retain stability during immediate takeoff. In the cockpit on Ale's control panel a monitor flashed on. "Ale," said Bill "we're now opening the air gates." As the airlocked gates opened, trickles of light started to illuminate the pitch-dark alley Ale shielded his eyes.
"Main levitation blocks at the maximum, engine blocks initiated. We are go." said Ale dully, since this is beyond the hundredth time he's done this sequence this year alone.
The Gummy ship blasted out of the hangar, going from zero to three hundred miles per hour in mere seconds. But it didn't bother Ale like it used to, since, thanks to Sephiroth, he had experienced this many times again and again.
Despite the ship's extreme speed, it would take about an hour to get to the Land of the Dragons. This gave him some time to think. Why did Sephiroth keep giving out these pointless assignments? Even weirder, why did Ale get them most of the time? He was the youngest SOLDIER captain yet which also made him wonder. If he was so skilled, why was he always getting these pointless and impossible missions? Why? Why him?
He arrived in the Land of the Dragons earlier than expected. Great, now he could report defeat to Sephiroth earlier than planned. He landed in a small military encampment. There were about 30 men in the cramped area filled with tents and watch posts. He left the ship.
He said as his script told him to "By order of the SOLDIER regiment and the valiant General Sephiroth, there is to be an immediate search for vital causes. No search warrant is necessary."
The man who seemed to be the commander from the look of his cape and armor stepped up and said, "I guess you think you're pretty tough, just flying into our world like that huh?" "I don't think." Replied Ale. "I know." He held out one hand and in a flash, all 30 men besides the general blew away into the air. "The only reason I spared you is because I need information." The general remained poised "Never." Ale sighed and snapped his fingers. A ghost Heartless appeared next to Ale. "Go." He commanded. The ghost obediently flew into the commander's head. He clenched his head in pain "Aaaaaaah!" he screamed in a combination of pain and terror from having a spirit inhabit his head.
The ghost returned "What did you find?" the ghost whispered something to Ale. "Ah, good work. You will be handsomely rewarded." The Heartless happily disappeared into the darkness.
"Your usefulness has ended. See ya later ." He held out his left hand and the captain floated up a foot into the air. He conjured a yellow sphere in the same hand. It immediately penetrated the captain's body. Ale simply said "Good night". And with that the captain's body fell, the once proud man, now an unconscious and reluctant traitor to his world…
He had taken the Heartless' directions and headed to the large palace where the wise, all knowing Emperor was supposed to reside. "Excellent.". He walked across the large courtyard. What he encountered next was more surprising to anything he had seen in a while.
He turned around. What he saw almost scared him. An enormous Darkside Heartless was behind him. About ten times the size of a typical human, but made of darkness. He snapped his fingers in dismissal. The Darkside remained. He snapped again, no response. He did this several times until he finally commanded "Darkside, you must return to central command." Yet it wouldn't leave.
This was serious. The fact that he was the strongest sorcerer in SOLDIER didn't matter now; these kinds of Heartless were made to be unstoppable. Then he finally realized- why was a SOLDIER Heartless attacking him? The only one who could do this was… Sephiroth. No…no it couldn't. But it was too late. The Darkside smashed down with a dark fist. His heart was gone…wait…something happened. The process of heart removal was reversing… he became a whole human again…and…there was something else. There was a flash. A key like sword appeared in his hands. "Keyblade…" he said. Not noticing the Darkside attacking again. The Keyblade reacted by moving Ale's hand up and swiping at the hand. Now that Ale's attention was back on the fight, he was ready.
He quickly jumped up to the Darkside's waist level and conjured a flaming ball in his hand. Fire was after all, his best element. "Firagun." He calmly said and a mass of fire covered all of the Darkside. While it was stunned Ale made one finishing slash with the Keyblade, landing on the ground moments before the massive Heartless fell to the ground. He won.
"Incredible…" he said to himself "Wait! It all makes sense! Keyhole, Keyblade!" but he thought, wait, I'm not gonna do SOLDIER's dirty work anymore, not after this outrage. "But if opening the Keyhole will release the Heart, locking it will keep it there forever! Or at least for a while." He told himself. The Keyblade glowed with a bright yellow outline. A keyhole appeared in the sky; that was it. Finally he pointed the Keyblade at the Keyhole. A beam of light emitted from it and rushed into the Keyhole. The Keyhole disappeared and with that the job was done.
Ale knew SOLDIER was against him now. Not only did they send their most powerful and least numerous Heartless at him, but he defeated it. With that, something sparked in his mind. They're gonna attack another world! He ran back to the ship. Then he saw the commander, still unconscious. He pointed the Keyblade at him and the commander started to twitch and move. "This thing will never stop amazing me…" Ale said to himself.
He had to leave before the captain awakened. Ale quickly boarded the ship and took off.
He opened the SOLDIER invasion report on his control panel. It read the next world they were attacking was Agrabah. He had no time to lose. An entire world's fate rested in his hands…
