The Final Fantasy
The End of Radiant Garden
"The castle is almost completely restored!" said the black-clad woman, giving her trademark grin and thumbs-up. The brown-haired man stood silent for a moment.
"I know. I'm the one who told Aerith to tell you, Yuffie," the man replied.
"Oh." Yuffie was silent for a moment. "It's not MY fault, Leon! You should have-"
"At any rate," Leon replied, ignoring her, "I'll be glad when this whole reconstruction is over. This has been hard on all of us." Just then, a man with long, black hair and a crimson cape burst in.
"Vincent!" Yuffie exclaimed, running forward, arms spread. "Where have you been? We've been worried sick about-"
"Now's not the time!" Vincent interrupted, pushing her away. "Something's happening at the castle. Strange creatures are attacking and-"
"Heartless?" Leon asked, straightening up and looking stern.
"No, not heartless. OR nobodies. They're some dark blue creatures, and they're VERY fast. I'll explain along the way. Just come on!" Vincent ran out the door, Leon and Yuffie in close pursuit.
MEANWHILE…
An odd assortment of people was taking up the fight at the castle.
A woman who fought with her fists (Tifa), a man with a gun for an arm (Barret), a woman dressed in pink and white (Aerith), a man with a black mark on his face (Zell), and a blonde old guy (Cid), were all fighting a horde of dark clue creatures at the front door to stop them from leaving the castle.
The creatures themselves were odd. They were about four feet tall and strongly resembled the grim reaper. It looked like they were wearing dark blue cloaks with hoods up. They had dark blue scythes that were about as tall as they were. And they were incredibly fast. And there were a LOT of them.
"A-a-a-a-agh! I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Barret said, firing powerful shots rapidly from his gun arm.
"Come ON, man!" Zell shouted, swinging his fists. "You get a gun and I gotta fight with my fists!"
"You're not the only one!" Tifa shouted, barely dodging a slash made by a creature.
"Shut up, Ti- UGH!" he yelled, his hands suddenly going to his abs, crouching. A creature had gotten him across the gut.
"Zell!" Cid shouted, jumping in front of the injured man and bringing his spear down onto the creatures. Just then, Leon, Vincent, and Yuffie arrived, running to the door. Zell crawled away from the doors. Leon stopped.
"Zell! You alright!" he yelled, running toward him. Vincent stopped him.
"Aerith! Come tend to Zell! Leon, let's go!" Vincent said grabbing Leon by the arm and running to the doors. Aerith dragged Zell a good distance away and started attempting to heal him. A dark portal opened and a young man stepped out of it.
The young man was something to look at. His long, spiky, silver hair fell down halfway down his back. His hair fell just below his startlingly blue eyes. He was about average height and was wearing a dark blue cloak, streaked with black marks all over. Leon spotted him and ran at him.
The man was quick. He jumped to dodge Leon's slash and kicked Leon in the face. Leon stumbled back, which gave the man just enough time to plant his feet solidly on the ground and summon two dark keyblades- Oblivion and Lost Heart. Leon charged again, but the man deftly used his keyblades to knock Leon's gunblade from his hand and knock Leon down. The man put the tip of Oblivion right under Leon's chin. Leon glared at the man, panting. Leon took a gasp of air and said:
"Who are you? Sora? Riku? Xehanort?"