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Where Am I?
"Do you think that would stay true if I had used magic?" Utaro asked, raising an eyebrow. Riku couldn't reply. It was true; Utaro had only used magic to negate his own spells. He hadn't taken the offensive. He looked down. His inability to properly cast more advanced spells was a serious hindrance in his battles.
"I see that you've realized the truth. It lo-" Utaro began, when ...
A sudden change in the atmosphere turned both of their heads. "Seig ..." Utaro muttered. He turned to Riku. "It appears that our leaders have come to a conclusion."
Riku's eyes grew wide. "Sora!"
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Seig stood still as the shock of being hit took over. He put a hand to his chest before saying, "You hit me ..."
Sora, breathing hard, replied, "Get used to it."
Utaro and Leia immediately appeared at his side. Utaro asked, "Looks like Seig is hurt." Leia nodded. Utaro nodded. He began to mutter, "Sora - "
"Sora!" Riku and the King yelled as they ran up to him. Kairi was in front of them. "What happened?" They looked at Utaro and Leia. Then they turned to see a wounded Seig.
Utaro chuckled. "It appears that you
are far stronger then we expected. We will meet ... again ..." They
disappeared, leaving Sora, Riku, Kairi, and the King staring at
swirling leaves.
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Night had fallen upon the Radiant Garden, and King Mickey was pacing back and forth in the halls of the castle. Their encounter with the Chasers had not gone well at all. Riku had equalled the first one ... but he had been given a handicap.
King Mickey and Kairi would have been more then a match if Kairi had been more adept at sword-play. She was a natural magician, but her swordsmanship was atrocious and had become a hindrance. And King Mickey himself would have been able to hold his own, but he would have made the first mistake.
Their one true victory, today, was in Sora.
Sora had landed a hit on Seig and frankly, that was all the only thing that had given the Radiant Garden a chance to see another day. Despite that, Sora had been rather distracted since the battle that morning.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Kairi asked, walking up to him. She was really disturbed by Sora's mood; she was beginning to miss he "happy-go-lucky" boy who shared a Pappou fruit with her all those years ago.
Sora just shook his head, "Nothing Kairi." At her pout, he replied, pulling his hands behind his head, "Relax, Kairi. There's nothing to worry about. We won!" Kairi seemed somewhat happy with the answer but as Riku looked at Sora, it was clear that something was definately not right.
King Mickey stopped walking and cleared his throat. Everyone immediately turned to face him. Goofy and Donald were at his sides, while Riku, Sora, and Kairi were down below.
"Earlier this sad morning," Mickey began, "The Chasers attacked us today ... and it was not what we would call a victory ..." Everyone, except Sora, nodded. "Sora had faced Seig, while Riku faced Utaro, and Kairi and I faced Leia." He paused as Riku and Kairi looked down.
"As we all know, we all fared rather poorly against them," he continued. "Riku had been able to reach a draw, but as he has told us ... he was given a handicap." Riku stepped forward.
Riku began, "Utaro claims that he was using a weakened form of his keyblade. On top of that, he didn't use any offensive spells." He turned to Sora, who had an odd look on his face, as if he just realized something. "What is it, Sora?"
Sora shook his head slightly before saying, "It might be nothing but did you use your 'Explosion' spell?" Riku shook his head. Sora began to speak up, "The cast one right now."
Riku raised an eyebrow but proceeded to summon his Road to Dawn keyblade (From now on ... i'll just italicize the name of the keyblade ... so like ... The Road to Dawn will be a keyblade ..). Kairi looked at him and asked, "Sora? Why do you want Riku to cast a spell?"
Sora slowly replied, "I think King Mickey can fix whatever problem Riku's having with his spell. If Riku can complete the spell, he's going to have a spell all to his own, giving him an advantage over Utaro."
Everyone's eyes opened in shock. This was coming from ... Sora!
Goofy looked at Donald in shock. He asked (in his classic voice), "Donald ... don't you think that something's bothering Sora? I mean ... he's been quiet all day, and then he suddenly comes up with something like this!"
Donald shook his head before quacking, "I don't know anymore, Goofy ... During the battle with Seig ... while we were bonded with him-"
"His heart ... changed ...," Goofy interupted. "I know ... I felt it too." They looked at their long time companion. They couldn't help but feel worried for him.
Riku nodded as he extended The Road to Dawn. He cried, "Explosion!" A sphere three ft. in diameter sped off immediately towards his target, the pile of soup cans in the center of the dining hall, all the while glowing brighter. "Here it comes ..." he whispered.
pop...
Riku gasped, "WHAT THE HELL! ALL THAT ENERGY AND I STILL GET JUST A 'POP'! WT $$!" (ok ... that looks OCCISH but ... well ... he's pissed ...)
King Mickey however smiled before saying, "Now I know why Sora asked you to cast the spell. Your spell ... its very similar to a spell I once used during one of my journeys ... I must of told Sora about it casually ... but wait ..." He turned to look at Sora. "How do you remember that? It was more then three months ago!"
Sora just shrugged. Everyone looked at each other and shrugged uncertain of what was happening to their friend. Kairi could only think ...What's going on wiht Sora? Its as if ... his heart ... Kairi could have sworn she heard Namine curse in the back of her head as she stared at Sora.
"Anyways," Mickey began again, "Your spell ... the diameter of that spell is just way to big. Three feet! See if you can cut that down ... The smaller the sphere ... the more condensed the energy is. Condensing the energy will take a lot of practice, but with practice ... that spell will do wonders."
Riku immediately extended his keyblade yelling, "EXPLOSION!" This time, a sphere two feet in diameter sped off to the pile of cans. Sora sensed something was about to happen. His body tingled with dread.
BANG!
An explosion completely tore apart the cans, tearing them to shreads. Unfortunately for Kairi, however, the shreds were flying towards her. They could easily tear her apart. Her mind told her to move, but she couldn't. At the last second, Sora jumped in the way, pushing her out of the way, leaving him susceptible to the shards.
"SORA!" Kairi yelled. Almost immediately, Sora's body began to glow and the can shards disappeared into thin air.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGGGHGGHHG!" Sora yelled as the light began to consume his body. He found his vision fading as he sunk into the darknesss. He could barely hear Kairi crying out his name.
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He looked around as he realized that he was surrounded in darkness. "Where am I?" Looking at himself, he jumped up in complete shock. He was in his Final Form! And both Ultima Weapon and Fenrir were floating at his back. "Not bad ..." he muttered.
Suddenly, two of his greatest enemies appeared behind him, chuckling:
"Nice of you to join us Keyblade Master." they both spoke.- - - "That everlasting radiance of yours won't save you this time." - - - "Kingdom Hearts' light is not here to save you either."
Sora cursed and his two keyblades immediately shifted to attack positon as he jumped around to face ...
Ansem and Xemnas ...
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ok ... hi everyone ... lol ... well ... i consider that a pretty good cliffy ... lol ... just one chapter of break ... and once again ... more action! sweet! lol ... and I love all of you guys again ... lol ... well ... I'd really appreciate it if you guys reviewed again ... THANKS! yeah ... lol
