A/N: Some how I actually found time to write this. It's quite long but that's because I normally make longer chapters as I start to get near the end of writing a fic. Please read and review.
The battle was over before Sora woke up but no-one blamed him as they knew he'd been through a lot. In reality the events which occurred after Sora fell unconscious were. . . confusing to say the least. Shuyin took care of the few heartless and nobodies that dared to go anywhere near Sora. LWN and his army were celebrating their victory down below when the towers doors smashed open and thousands of heartless poured out. LWN's army fought them for a while but it was obviously a losing battle until suddenly out of the blue, thousands of followers of both light and darkness came charging into the crater, all bearing various keyblades. When LWN's army saw that many of them threw away their weapons and summoned their own keyblades. The younger ones including Alexa didn't have a keyblade (no copy was made as she was born in the endless abyss). Alexa was lucky as she still had her ninja skills and weapons. The heartless were defeated quickly after that. LWN entered the tower with a few men and they found that the nobodies were not conspiring against them. They were infact sealed in crystal cases. LWN tried breaking them but there was no chance of anything breaking those. After looking around through the tower it became clear that some of the dusks that had been killed must have belonged to some of his army as there was no where near enough of them. Shuyin opened a portal to the ground below the tower and shoved Sora through it where he was immediately siezed by one of LWNs army.
Then he stood up and muttered, " I won't do your dirty work anymore Hades! You can take care of it yourself."
Instantly the fiery lord of the underworld appeared on top of the tower.
"A deal is a deal," Hades said. "You will do as you were told. Unless. . ." Hades snapped his fingers and a girl with brownish hair and beautiful brown eyes who was wearing a songstress's dress sphere appeared in his arms. She was tied and gagged.
"Lenne!" Shuyin yelled.
"These people have been hiding from me for far too long. You will do your job, or she will die."
"Please, don't hurt her!"
Hades waved and with a cruel grin disappeared.
"ARGHHHH!"Shuyin slammed his fists into the roof of the tower in anger. He hadn't known Hades would be able to find Lenne that easily. Now he had no choice but to do what Hades wanted him to do.
Sora opened his eyes and found that he was lying down on a fancy bed which he knew was definitely not his. He rolled over, confused at what had happened. Shuyin must of fought of those heartless, Sora thought. But then that still doesn't answer why I'm here. "Hello?" Sora called. When no-one answered he called again. "Hello?" Still there was no answer. He slowly got to his feet and walked to the slowly to the door of the room. Every muscle in his body ached and every step he took sent ripping pain surging through his body. Sora wouldn't have bothered moving at all if he didn't have the impression that something big was about to happen and if he stayed still he would miss it. He pushed the door open as far as he could (which wasn't that much) and stumbled out the door and into a large hallway which felt vaguely familiar. As he struggled his way through the hallway memories of what he had done. . . Roxas was no more. . . gone, killed by his other half. . .
As if that wasn't enough there was also what Roxas had said, the reason Sora had had to fight him. . . "Sorry Sora, He showed me the future and you're responsible for her death and everything else. I have to change it. . . have. . . to. . ."
Who exactly is it who I'm going to kill? Sora asked himself. Which one of my friends is going to die because of me?
Sora didn't really notice where he was going – his feet were automatically carrying him forward. He didn't even notice the growing noise as he went – his mind was too caught up in thoughts of death, death he was responsible for. Even the physical pain running rampant through his body seemed like nothing compared with the idea of what he was fated to do in the future.
Suddenly Sora found himself in blinding light and he had to blink several times before his eyes got used to it and he realised he was in a dining hall of sorts. LWNs army were scattered about everywhere. A few large, rectangular tables filled the room and those tables were laden with almost any sort of food you could think of. It was then that Sora realised this was a celebration. At one of the tables up the front of all the rest, all the people Sora knew in the Endless Abyss were there.
LWN was sitting in the centre while Shuyin was on his right. Elchanan was sitting next to Shuyin with Alexa next to him. There were 2 empty seats to Alexa's right and on LWNs left there were 5 empty seats. When Sora started to walk forward to them, everyone else in the room turned white as if they had just seen a ghost.
"You shouldn't be up Sora," LWN said as Sora got near the table.
"I got the feeling something important was happening and . . ." Sora was forced to take a deep breathe to avoid screaming in pain. ". . .and I didn't want to miss it," Sora finished.
"Well you're right Sora, something important is happening and it affects you directly."
"Well?" Sora said in a tone that suggested he would not leave until he had found out what he wanted to know.
LWN laughed. "You are already becoming the man we need you to be or I should say they need you to be."
"What?" Sora asked.
"I'm dying Sora, my time's almost up and I'm not going to stick around here much longer." Sora was about to say something but LWN interrupted him. "Sorry Sora, like I said my times running out."
"Oh," Sora said. "Well what do you mean I'm becoming the man they need me to be?"
"Well Sora you're going to be their leader."
"I am?" he said mystified.
"Yeah," said LWN. "They'll need you in the coming years."
"I don't plan on being here that long," Sora said.
"Well sorry," LWN said. "I don't think you have much choice."
"I'll open a portal of light and escape," said Sora.
"It's not that easy," LWN said.
"Why not?"
"This place is all that's keeping you alive," LWN said. (CoughLIARCough)
"From what I've learnt about you Sora the keyblade of yours that was broken wasn't whole in the first place. It must have been switched to your nobody."
"Well then I'l go and get it," Sora said.
"Not the one down here," said LWN. "The real one."
Sora felt his heart swell with sadness he had for a moment forgotten. "He didn't have it."
LWN stared thoughtfully at Sora and hen said, "That was him you fought on the roof wasn't it?"
"Yeah," said Sora. "He's dead because of me."
"This place does strange things to people Sora," he said.
"Yeah but Roxas seemed like he's been trying to kill me for years."
"Don't worry Sora. Walk the path of light without wavering and I promise you things will work out."
"Well that still puts us back to nothing," Sora said.
"Listen to me Sora," LWN said. "These people have a prophecy that an unknowing light wielder will lead them out of the darkness and back to the light."
"I'm not a light wielder," Sora said.
"I think you will be one day Sora."
"Really?"
"Yeah," LWN said. "Let me tell you something. I've survived far longer then I should have since I got my heart back years ago. The light has kept me alive, in my belief so that I could find the new Light wielder."
"I can't be. . ." Sora said in disbelief.
"Before you came here I had the power to protect these people but that power is leaving me. Soon you will not only be able to protect these people – you will be able to free them."
"But my friends. . ." Sora stopped. Maybe it was better he was down here. That was the best way to ensure none of them were killed anyway. "Ok, I'll do it."
"DO YOU HEAR THAT!" Elchanan yelled to the crowd "HE HAS AGREED! THE PROPHECY WILL BE FULFILLED!"
Everyone cheered and Sora blushed. He got to his feet to say something but fell to his knees. Shuyin was immediately by his side, helping him up.
"Thanks Shuyin."
"No problem your majesty."
"Don't call me that," Sora said. "I don't care what my title is now. Just call me Sora."
"If you want." Shuyin turned to make sure no-one was watching and then grabbed Sora's arm and shook it desperately. "I need your help Sora!"
Sora looked at him. His eyes were opened extremely wide. "What?" Sora asked.
"We must talk privately," Shuyin said.
"Ok let's go to the roof," Sora said. The two climbed the stairs to the top of what Sora knew now to be the ancient fortress he had been in before.
"Hades has Lenne!"
"Hades? Why would Hades have Lenne?" Then Sora caught on. "You made a deal with him didn't you?"
"Yes," said Shuyin. "I'll do anything to save her."
"What was the deal?" Sora asked.
"I'm supposed to wake the dark beast which resides under the dark tower."
"Dark beast?"
"It's like that three headed dog he's got except it's older and more blood thirsty."
"And you agreed!"
"I had to Sora, I had no choice!"
"So what one life is worth thousands?"
"I won't be responsible for her death!" Shuyin yelled.
Was this the death I'm supposed to be responsible for? Sora asked himself. Then he sighed. "If there is anything I can do then it will be done!"
"Thank you Sora." Shuyin bowed down low.
"Don't thank me yet," Sora said. "Hades would have made a binding contract with you. . . did you shake his hand?"
"He made the bargain as he pulled me out of the river styx."
Sora sighed. "Then there is only one way we can end this."
"How?" Shuyin asked.
"You must bring him here and then I'll fight him."
"He's a god," Shuyin said. "Are you sure you can defeat him?"
"No problem," Sora replied. He summoned the dream sword and the weight of it (although it was the same as usual) pushed him down to the ground.
"You are in no shape to fight anyone," Shuyin said.
All I'm asking for is a little more strength, Sora thought, partially to himself, partially to any gods who might have been listening. Suddenly an orange man with grey curled hair, wearing a purple toga with the symbol of thunder appeared in front of Sora and Shuyin.
"Foolish mortal," he said. "Never make any deals with that evil minded brother of mine." Shuyin bowed his head in shame.
"Zeus?" Sora asked.
"Yes," said Zeus. "And you must be Sora. Hercules has told me all about you. Now I gather you wish to defeat Hades, would that be right?"
"Yes," Sora said. "Please sir could you help me regain my strength?"
"Absolutely," Zeus said with a grin. He clicked his fingers and it was done. Sora felt strength flowing into his body and felt like he was on top of the world. "I'll even do you one better," said Zeus. Zeus floated up to the green clouds which covered the sky and grabbed some of them, crafting them into some sort of device. Then he floated back down to the ground and gave it to Sora.
"What is it?" Sora asked.
"It's an extra transformation for your drive form."
"Alright!" Sora cheered.
"It's called God form and it will only work once. After you've finished with Hades the stone will shatter and you will revert back to your normal self. The best thing is that you will not be drained of your energy after you're done – that part is done by the stone."
"Thanks," Sora said.
"You're welcome." Zeus disappeared as fast as he'd come. That left just Sora and Shuyin.
"Summon Hades," Sora said to Shuyin.
Shuyin held his hand up to the sky. "Come back to me!" he yelled. The green clouds were sucked down into Shuyin and the sky was plain black once again.
It wasn't long before Hades showed up in a raging inferno of flames.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Hades yelled. "This isn't part of the deal."
"The deal's over," Sora said.
'YOU! I'll get you ya little brat!" Hades yelled, all the time his hair was turning more and more red.
"I need time!" Sora said to Shuyin.
"I got it," he said, jumping at Hades.
"You're little friend won't live to see another day," Hades said with a cruel grin. Lenne appeared, still tied and gagged. Hades created a fireball and threw it at her.
"NO!" Shuyin yelled jumping in front of her and deflecting the fireball. "Fight me you coward!" Shuyinyelled.
"Fine I'll kill you first," Hades said. "Oh wait you're all ready dead. I wonder what will hapen if you die again?"
Shuyin started attacking Hades with his sword, all the while dodging fireballs sent at him and deflecting those sent at Lenne. It was tiring work and he didn't think he would be able to hold out much longer.
"Go to her," Sora said to Shuyin. "I've got it from here."
"You've got guts Sora. You might have beaten me before but you won't be as lucky this time."
"Light give me strength!" Sora said with the stone Zeus had given him in hand. Instantly he glowed a bright yellow as if a yellow light was shining behind him. The dream sword faded away and Sora's clothes were waving around his body as if a strong gust of wind was blowing towards him. Suddenly Sora's clothes turned purple around the body and white around the collar. The thunderbolt symbol appeared on both of his hands. Sora had no weapon but that was ok because he could feel a greater power within.
"So. . . you wanna play dirty eh?" Hades said. Then Hades floated into the air, higher and higher, lighting up the sky as if he was the sun. He slammed his fists together and the were instantly covered in a green energy. Hades threw that energy down to earth – not anywhere near the ancient fortress. Sora stared at where it was going and then realised. Hades was finishing the job he had sent Shuyin to do – he was trying to wake the beast.
"Dam," Sora said. He flew up to the sky and summoned a bolt of thunder into his hands. Hades didn't even turn to look at it so Sora took the chance and threw it at Hades back.
"Argh!" Hades yelled in pain. "What is that?"
"Gods Thunder," Sora said.
Hades grunted from the pain that was caused from the thunderbolt.
"You could just give up," Sora said with a grin.
"Don't look so smug kid, this is only just beggining." Hade's hair was even more intensly red then it had been before. "Panic! Pain!"
Instantly two little demons appeared, one blue and one pink, one fat and one thin.
"Yes boss," they said in unison.
"Remember what I told you before?"
"Y-y-yes," they said, shivering. "Y-y-you c-can't p-possibly w-want us t-"
"Do it NOW!"
Panic and Pain gradually stepped closer to each other until finally they were touching. Hades put one hand on each of their shoulders and pushed them closer and closer together until they glowed a dark grey colour and merged together. When the glowing stopped, Sora searched with his eyes for Panic and Pain but couldn't see them anywhere over the towering building. . .
"Oh no," Sora said. "Thats not a building." It wasn't a building. Panic and Pain had merged together to form a huge, fat monster. Sora had no idea what it was capeable of but he did know it had to be stopped.
"See you later you little brat," Hades said as he floated back into the sky and started once again to try and wake the beast. Sora summoned another bolt of thunder into his hands and prepared to throw it. Shuyin and Lenne were by Sora's side before he had a chance.
"Go and fight Hades," Shuyin said.
"Yes go," said Lenne. "We'll take care of this. It's the least we can do."
"Right," Sora said as he leapt back into the air and flew towards Hades.
"You can't beat me," Hades said. "No matter what you do I will always win."
"We'll see," Sora said as he gathered energy to summon a more powerful thunderbolt then he had before.
Hades turned for a second and threw a fireball in Sora's direction. Sora flew to his left and dodged. The light being created by Sora's new thunderbolt was even brighter then before, it was so bright in fact that Hades stopped what he was doing and faceds Sora to see if he'd be able to escape.
"Thunder Flash!" Sora yelled as he threw the thunderbolt at Hades. As the thunderbolt was heading towards Hades it split into three. Every second, each of the parts split into three again until there were so many sparks of thunder that it was impossible to count them all. Hades tried to deflect them by enveloping his arms in fire but it wasn't enough.
"Argh!" Hades fell to the ground but as he was falling he gave an evil laugh. Then he threw a large ball of green light in the direction the beast was supposed to be in.
"So long suckers!" Hades said as he disappeared.
Sora landed on the ground and turned to help Shuyin and Lenne but they were gone along with the monster. All that was left was a small, sealed envelope which Sora picked up.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF!"
Sora turned around and. . .
A/N: Guess what happens next chapter. Sorry this is so long but I couldn't help myself.
