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War on My World
Chapter 13: Fullmetal Rage
"So, what I'm saying is, you have a connection to every single world. Your power is to open that connection individually, or united with our sister. However, once you open that connection, it remains open. This might sound really strange, but the nature of each worlds have feelings." Carmaine said, waiting for the snickers to come.
They came from the guys(obviously, they weren't mature enough to hold in laughter except Haku, after all, he's a spirit and what-not) and their female counterparts clocked 'em across the head.(except the lucky ones who haven't found their lady friends yet)
"That's true. The digital world we're in now has 'feelings'. It can deteriorate and such." JetSilphymon said, after finishing smacking Beowulfmon across the head with her windmill. Carmaine coughed so everyone stopped chattering and turned their attention to him.
"Anyways, Gray's destroying, or, aiming to destroy the worlds. So, the worlds are sending out distressed signals. Since Leona is a secondary person, a 'co-pilot', if you will, it won't affect her much, but before I drag on about her, the distress signals are going on a one-way street to Chihiro. So, the signals tap into her unknown power, and when she's truly angry, it just gives a boost and ring, ring, ring, Banana Phone you get Chihiro in rage-mode!" Carmaine finished.
"Sooo...you're saying since I open up worlds, the worlds are calling out to me and giving me other powers?" Chihiro asked. Carmaine nodded.
"Yup! That'd be about right!" He said. Everyone was kinda staring at him, either in disbelief, shock, or that they thought that the story he told was so ridiculous he deserved to be hit over the head with a piano.
"Question!" Chihiro said, raising her hand, like she did in school. Carmaine nodded. "If I open up portals to other worlds and their connection remains open, then I can open a portal to a world I've opened up before just as easily?" Carmaine nodded.
"Absolutely right!" Carmaine said. Chihiro's face held pure determination.
"We're going back to Radiata. Whatever happened there, we need to go back and help out!" Chihiro said.
"Alright, all you need to do to get back to that world is just close your eyes and think where all of your emotions are coming from. I know it sounds strange, but you'll know what I'm talking about when you see for yourself." Carmaine said.
"Hey, I have a question. How come you know all this stuff, Car?" Chihiro asked, trying out a new nickname.
"Are you gonna call Leona Lee, Chi?" Carmaine asked. Chihiro elbowed him.
"Don't avoid the question, Car." Chihiro asked again. Carmaine coughed.
"Just get going! We don't have much time left!" Carmaine said hastily. Chihiro glared at him.
"Alright, fine. But I'll get it out of you one of these days." She muttered, then closed her eyes. 'Alright, he said to think on where my emotions are coming from. Laura said emotions come from your brain, but that anger I was feeling...it wasn't generated from my brain. It wasn't coming from my heart, either. It was like...an outside feeling. Maybe that's what Car meant.' She thought.
Suddenly, she found herself in a black void. However, there were all types of doors in front of her, the doors that were open held an image of a world she had been to before. "There's Radiata!" She said, and ran over to the door that held an image of Radiata. She touched the knob, and, suddenly, she was back in the world she had been in before going into her memories.
"Chi, ya did it! You opened a portal to Radiata! Now, let's get going!" Carmaine said, teleporting them to the world of Radiata.
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"So, they're coming to the Radiata world? No matter, it's all destroyed anyway." Gray said. He was in the white castle, with Maleficent by his side and a bruised and beat-up looking Xemnas was on the floor, bowing down. Sesshoumaru and Rin were standing in the sidelines, near the other Organization members.
"Y-Yes, sir, what should my subordinates do about it?" Xemnas asked. He had refused to lift up his head because they would snicker and such. Saix and Axel already had a bad case of giggles. And when Axel and Saix giggle, you know that something really funny is going on.
"Tell me what you're going to do about it. Your appearance makes me think that your purpose is to just lead the other 11 members of your little Organization." Maleficent said.
"Amen." Agreed the Organization members.
"I'll...I'll...send my subordinates out and order them to kill the Princesses of Gate." Xemnas said. Gray arched an eyebrow.
"So, Maleficent was right. You do not hold a true purpose, just ordering around your so-called 'subordinates'. Is that your power? Allowing other people to do the work for you?" Gray asked, his voice having a mocking tone.
"No...but I thought...I thought I could heal here while my subordinates..."Xemnas started. Yes, he was strong, no doubt about that. But he thought his abilities were useless because a little girl beat him! A little girl!
"There you go again! Your subordinates! I will not allow you to order these 11 people around anymore. They are now under my command." Gray said angrily. "Now, if you truly want to prove your worth, kill the unconscious Gate Princess. Surely you can manage that." He said.
"But, but wait! I have some useful information!" Xemnas shouted. He didn't want to go back there again. If he had stayed any longer, he'd be a bloody pulp by now.
"And what might that be?" Maleficent asked impatiently, crossing her arms. Xemnas now looked up. All 11 members burst out into laughter, but after it had died out, Xemnas started.
"Her true power has been unlocked." Xemnas said. Gray's eyebrow quirked with interest. Xemnas smiled. Maybe he would be saved, after all. "Her rage of us killing her soldiers has provoked her powers."
"And what might those 'powers' be?" Gray asked. Xemnas took a deep breath. And winced in remembering.
"Her whole body was incredibly heated. She burned the back of my cloak by just touching it. She might have some pyro powers like Axel." Xemnas said, pointing to Axel. Gray and Maleficent turned to Axel.
"Do you have any information? Or, could you tell us something more useful?" Gray asked. Axel nodded, as he and Saix stepped forward to tell their tale.
"This is how Saix and I saw it..."
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"I-It's destroyed...a-all of it...they destroyed ALL OF IT!" Chihiro yelled. They were standing in ruins. It was terrible. The floor was gray, the sky was bloodshot, like it knew how many people died. There were skeletons and pieces of clothing littering the ground from the explosion. Lily put her hand on Chihiro's shoulder.
"Chihiro, I know how you feel. This was my homeworld." Lily said, tears leaking out of her eyes. Haku put his hand on Chihiro's other shoulder.
"Chihiro, you didn't know. It's alright." Haku reassured her. Chihiro shook her head.
"No, it's NOT alright! I'll NEVER forgive them!" She screamed. She was so angry right now...she just wanted to get revenge! She couldn't believe how many people died...for following her. Was what she did so wrong? Her anger turned into sadness as Chihiro fell to her knees, buried face in her hands and started to cry. "I...I'm not fit to be a leader..."
"Don't say that, Chihiro! You're a fine leader. After all, it was on behalf of all of our decisions that made you our leader." Said Carmaine. Chihiro looked up and smiled.
"Let's just go the next world. I want to destroy them as quick as possible. I don't want them all to die in vain." Chihiro said, then turned to Kairi, Roxas, Sora and Naminé. "Do you guys happen to know where Gray and the rest are?"
"I have a vague idea. It might not be exactly correct, but I think it's in a place called Castle Oblivion. That's where the Organization members hung out, anyways." Roxas said, then shrugged. "They might've switched locations, though. We might as well give it a shot." Chihiro nodded.
"Thanks, Roxas." She said. Roxas nodded.
"No problem." He said, as Naminé smiled at him and said, "Great thinking, Roxas."
Chihiro closed her eyes and thought of a place called Castle Oblivion. With that thought in mind, a gray, red and yellow portal opened up. Chihiro opened her eyes just in time for Carmaine to teleport them.
"...Um...is this the place?" Chihiro asked, looking at Roxas. Roxas and Naminé both shook their heads.
"This is definitely NOT Castle Oblivion." Roxas said.
"Does...anyone know where this is?" Chihiro asked. They all shook their heads. All of a sudden, some big guy in silver almost ran her over.
"Sorry, sorry!" He shouted, continuing to run, a really short blonde kid racing behind him, and another taller blonde-haired girl running after the short kid.
Chihiro glanced at the gang. Her tears had dried within minutes, and now a smile was plastered on her face. "C'mon, guys!" She said, running after the three in front. Carmaine shook his head.
"She's really bipolar..."He said to himself, but accidently said it aloud.
"You're bipolar, too." Haku replied. Carmaine looked at him, and sighed.
"I guess you're right." Carmaine said, and shrugged, following everyone else who had already taken chase. Haku looked at him.
'I hope this bipolar stuff has nothing to do with that personality remodification. I love her just the way she is...'
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Their chase had eventually lead them to a building where the three people had taken refuge. The short blonde kid was Ed, the taller blonde girl was Winry, and the silver dude was Al.(did I get their names right? I haven't seen FMA in a long time)
"So...you're telling us there was a man in a black cloak chasing you?" Sora asked the three. They nodded simultaneously.
"He had silver hair and a black eye. We laughed at him, but then he started to chase us. I would've fought, but Winry wanted to get away." Ed said. Winry nodded.
"He had all these lasery-things floating around him!" Winry said, and shivered. " I bet he could beat us in a heartbeat! Good thing you guys aren't after us, too, right?"
Chihiro nodded. "Yeah. We're actually after that silver-haired person. I have a feeling it's Xemnas." She said, clenching her fists and saying his name with pure hatred.
"So...how did Xemnas start chasing after you, anyhow? You just laughed at him?" Sora asked. Winry nodded. She seemed to be the talkative one of the group.
"Well, we saw this guy in black walking around town. He looked really ridiculous, all beat up and stuff. I couldn't help it- Ed and I laughed. Al, being the gentleman he is, went up to-er, Xemnas? Well, he went up to Xemnas and apologized. Xemnas just took out these two lasery-things and I started to run away. Ed and Al followed me." Winry explained. "And Xemnas started chasing us. That's when all of you came in."
"I see. I have a question...if you wouldn't mind...how come you have a metal arm?" Chihiro asked, pointing to Ed's metal arm. Ed looked at his arm. You couldn't even tell it was metal because there was a sleeve covering it. But not to Chihiro.
"How did you know?" Ed asked. Chihiro stared at him.
"Um...I can see it." She said. "What, you're telling me you have a sleeve over that arm or something?" She asked. Ed nodded.
"Yeah...I do." He said, looking at her strangely. "Maybe you're a type of Alchemist." He suggested.
"It's possible." Al said.
"An...alchemist?" Chihiro asked in confusion. Ed nodded.
"Watch." He said, and put his hands together as his metal arm became a blade.
"Wow! Cool! How'd you do that?" Everyone asked in their own way. The digimon had returned to their human forms so it would be more convenient to travel, and more comfortable.
"I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist. I used alchemy. You might be an alchemist. No one I've ever known can see through...wa-WAIT! You can't see through anything else, right?" Ed asked, jumping back from Chihiro, who smiled and shook her head.
"No, but I can see a little boy in that armor." She said, pointing over to Al.
"Carmaine, why do you think she can do that?" Haku asked. Carmaine shrugged.
"I think, depending on the world she's in, her power will change. Right now it's...well, I'm not too sure what it is, but in the other world it was having excessive rage and the ability to heat up. In another world it might be creating ice or something. Each world is different, so in each world Chihiro's Connection Wing allows the power that is already unlocked to change." Carmaine explained. Haku nodded.
"So it's because she's Princess of Gate that allowed all of this?" He asked. Carmaine nodded.
"Exactly." Carmaine said. "The eldest Princess of Gate always has a special power, which is the Connection Wing. If there were any other Princesses of Gate, they would have it, too, but not as strong as the eldest. The Connection Wing is what allows all this, hence it's name. It 'connects' every world to Chihiro. It's just her job to open the connection and you're all set." Carmaine explained. Haku nodded once more.
"I see." Haku said. Chihiro smiled.
"So, you think Leona has some sort of special power, too, Car?" Chihiro asked. Carmaine nodded.
"Her power's weak, though. Yours is a lot stronger. Maybe even stronger than Mother's. I don't know, though I wish you would stop calling me that." He said in a ticked-off manner.
"Is that all you can do? I'm not sure if you can even be registered as an alchemist for that." Ed said. Chihiro shrugged.
"I'm not sure yet." She said. Suddenly, the door bust open, and it revealed an angry(and quite funny) Xemnas. They all burst out laughter, even Haku.
"HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME!" Xemnas bellowed. They all immediately shut up and stared at him. "I'M GOING TO KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" The group got ready, and Chihiro stood up and clenched her fist.
"Oh, I'm going to make sure it's the last thing you do!" She yelled. The others stood back. This time, she glowed a bright blue. "DEEP FREEZE!" She shouted with all her might, holding out her hands. A blizzard shoot out from them, encasing Xemnas in ice.
Then, she started to glow red. Carmaine's jaw about touched the floor.
"No Princess of Gate has ever retained a power they've gained from another world. Chihiro's got to be special." Carmaine said. Haku nodded.
"I think I know why. In the Spirit World, some people made a special ribbon for her. I didn't know the purposes then, but now I know. Whenever she wears that ribbon, the hearts and memories of the people who made that are with her, which grants her a retaining ability. Maybe that's why?..."Haku suggested.
"That may be it, but I don't want Chihiro to be too powerful." Carmaine said. Haku nodded. He understood why. After being Yubaba's personal slave, he knew all too well what power could do to people, and greed.
Chihiro then placed her hand on the ice case. It immediately melted and she grabbed Xemnas' throat. Xemnas choked, but his lasers shot at Chihiro. Both of them made her arms have a nice, long, deep gashes. Multiple ones, too. Chihiro screamed out with pain, but she just tightened her hold on Xemnas.
"This is for everyone that died there!" She shouted. Haku had immediately turned into dragon form to fend the lasers off of Chihiro, but he could only do so much before he was seriously hurt himself. Then, everyone joined in the laser fight. More and more lasers kept generating after the two were destroyed, so it was a continuous battle, until they all heard something snap, and the lasers disappeared.
They all looked at Chihiro, whose face was etched in pure horror. Her red aura had gone now. She took a step back. Another Xemnas stepped out of the shadows of the room they were in as the Xemnas Chihiro was choking disappeared. The Xemnas-out-of-the-shadows clapped.
"Bravo, lovely Princess. Who knew you could defeat my imposter so easily? You see, I had this all planned out. Your little friends aren't dead. I just made it seem like they were. The Xemnas that you were beating up? It wasn't the real me. It was just a fake so I could unlock your power. Now that I have, I want it for myself." Xemnas said.
Suddenly, a black portal appeared and in came Maleficent.
"Xemnas!" She hissed as dangerous as her namesake, "You are ruining our plan!"
"Oh boo-hoo. I have my own intentions. Use my subordinates if you want. They'll just die all over again." Xemnas said, crossing his arms.
"Where the people from the world we destroyed, Xemnas? We knew that they were not dead, but where did you take them?" Maleficent asked, a hand on her staff and in a battle position.
"The likes of you won't ruin my plan." Xemnas stated. Maleficent sneered at him, but it didn't intimidate Xemnas like she had hoped.
"Gray and I will kill you." She said. Xemnas laughed at this comment.
"I could defeat both you and Gray single-handedly." Xemnas said, cracking his neck. Chihiro's gang cringed, but it was turn Maleficent's turn to laugh.
"Your cockiness will be your end. I am giving you one chance to redeem yourself. Will you take it?" She asked.
"No." Xemnas said. Maleficent 'hmphed'.
"Very well." She said, and disappeared. Xemnas stepped toward Chihiro, but Haku blocked his path. Crossing his arms again, Xemnas sighed.
"I'm not in the killing mood today. You better be grateful." Xemnas said, then disappeared.
"WAIT!" Chihiro shouted, but it was too late. He was gone. She couldn't believe it! Her friends were all alive, and they were all captured by Xemnas! She would get him. She would get him and he would regret the day he was ever born!
"At least we know they're safe." Lily reassured. Chihiro nodded as Haku transformed back into his human form, and got bandages(he took them from some random place, they were in a storage-room like building) and started to wrap Chihiro's arms up. She smiled warmly at him and said a 'thanks'.
"Yeah, I guess so. Oh, we forgot to properly introduce ourselves and tell you why we're here!" Chihiro said, turning around and telling their tale.
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"So, whaddaya say, Ed? How about joining up with them? Who knows? We may find a way to bring back your mother!" Winry said optimistically. Ed shrugged.
"I guess...only if you're up to it, Al." He said. They had told their story, also. Although it had it's collection of 'No ways!' laughter and, at times, tears, they had gone through with everything.
"Of course. I'd like to help these people out." Al said, nodding. Ed clapped his hands together.
"Alright! Let's go!" He said.
"Um...before that...do you think we could have a bite to eat?I haven't eaten in awhile..."Chihiro said. Everyone sweatdropped, but Ed took them to a nice café where they could all eat.
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"Wow! Geez, you're eating like a pig!" Ed exclaimed. He had his full of food a long time ago. But a lot of people were still eating, because they haven't in a long time. But when Ed said this, Chihiro and Haku's faces immediately shot up.
"What did you say?" Chihiro asked in a squeaky voice, looking up. Her hands were shaking as she dropped her fork. She still hadn't gotten over the experience of her 'parents' turning into pigs, and, quite frankly, she didn't like the expression 'eating like a pig'.
"Um...I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that!" Ed said, on the impulse that Chihiro thought he said that she was fat. He knew how girls got all crazy over that.
"I-It's ok..."She said, then slowly began to finish her meal, looking up now and then.
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"Wow, I'm stuffed!" Chihiro said, walking out of the store after the three from this world kindly payed the bill, though it was a lot of money, anyways.
"Sorry for that comment back there." Ed said. Chihiro shook her head.
"Nah, don't worry about it!" She said, waving her hand carelessly. Suddenly, a black portalappeared.
"Not again!" Everyone moaned. Larxene and Demyx made theirselves known once more as they stepped out of the portal.
"We're not here to fight!" Demyx said, holding up his hands and shaking his head. Larxene smacked him across the head for the ridiculous posture, but she nodded.
"As much as I hate to say it, we're not here to fight. We want to help you defeat Xemnas." Larxene said. Chihiro glared at her.
"Who said our goal was defeating Xemnas? We want to defeat Gray, first!" She said. Although she wanted to beat Xemnas into oblivion, she wanted to make sure the galaxy was safe, first. Larxene sighed.
"Ok, we want you to help us defeat Xemnas. Happy now?" She asked. Chihiro nodded.
"More or less. But how do we know this isn't just another one of your traps?" She asked. The rest of them nodded.
"...You're just going to have to trust us, I guess." Larxene said, and shrugged. "But what we're saying is the truth."
The whole gang then shifted their glances to Roxas, who looked around in confusion to why everyone was staring at him.
"What?" He asked. Everyone sweatdropped, including Larxene and Demyx.
"Do you think we can trust them?" Haku asked. Roxas thought on that for a moment. He had most of his pre-Twilight Town memories back. Finally, he made up his decision and nodded.
"Like Naminé said, the Organization can't really be personified as good or bad. They were just people trying to get hearts. I think if we met under different circumstances, they'd be good people. I had a lot of fun times with them. Especially prank-calling with Axel. That was the best." Roxas said as he remembered the good times.
"I'm glad ya feel that way, little bro. 'Cause we did not want to mess up our addition, you know?" Demyx said. Since Demyx was of a higher rank than Roxas in the Organization(although Roxas wasn't really apart of it anymore) he had gotten stuck to calling Roxas 'little bro'. In fact, he called him 'little bro' so many times that everyone eventually started to call him 'little bro', even Xemnas. (Though that was only once)
"Yeah, I know. So, you know where Xemnas is, then?" He asked. Larxene nodded.
"Yeah, we do. The others didn't want to help out, in fact, we didn't either, but Gray told us too." Larxene said. Chihiro nodded.
"Alright, where's the place?" She asked. Larxene thought for a moment.
"Um...it's in this place called 'Heart's Rhapsody'. Right, Demyx?" Larxene asked Demyx, and he nodded.
"Yeah, that's right! That sounds like such a radical place!" He said, playing the air guitar for a moment before he realized everyone was staring. "Yeah...that was the place..." Before Chihiro thought of Heart's Rhapsody, they all heard a yawn, so they all turned around. Leona was awake!
"Hey, Leona, how ya doing? A lot had happened since you left." Chihiro said to her twin. Leona nodded, then gasped and pointed to Larxene and Demyx.
"They're here!" She said. Chihiro shook her head.
"They're friends now. Here, let me explain..."She said, and explained the whole thing to her.
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Now Leona and Chihiro were holding hands and eyes closed.
So...this place is called Heart's Rhapsody?
'Yeah. I hope we go to the right place!'
Well, we're both doing it together, so we should be ok.
A blood-red portal opened at the thoughts of the twins. Carmaine, with a gulp, teleported them into the world called Heart's Rhapsody. Little did they all know that what was coming was much more than they hoped for.
I already know what world they're going to, well...actually, it's a made-up world, but, anyways, could you guys give me more suggestions? Sometimes I know stuff but I don't put it up because I don't know if you guys like it or not! So, pretty please, give me suggestions in your reviews!
And, special thanks to Masked, hanjuu, and the loyal readers out there! I owe you my upmost gratitude!