Slight warning for everyone. I didn't want to drag out the fight for too long, because I wanted to achieve a few goals I had in mind with it. There are phases that are missing like the Gigas (Hate those things), but apart from that, I hope I did well.
Regarding lemons, I dunno. I plan on doing the same level of ecchi that DxD has, but still unknown if I would add full-blown lemons.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Highschool DxD, or any of its characters...
"Buchou, I'm sure if we wait, Sora will come back eventually."
"But we have no idea what could be happening to him. Hell knows what this card can do to the people trapped inside it!"
As soon as Rias returned to the villa, she immediately informed her whole peerage about what happened to Sora all of a sudden. Needless to say, all of them were taken aback that their brown-haired friend had such an item with him all the time, yet it was confusing why it only activated now and trapped Sora inside it. All of them also looked worried, as they had no clue about what was happening to the keyblade wielder inside it.
Everyone was gathered in the lounge, with the card placed on top of the small table in the middle of the room. The members of the Gremory peerage sat on the couches except for Kiba [who opted to stand instead], their full attention directed towards the card that captured Sora inside of it.
"Buchou, panicking might only lead to something worse." Kiba said out of concern. Despite being worried, he assured himself that Sora will come back safe like he always does. His fight against the fallen angel Raynare alone proved that. "As you said, we have no idea what is happening to him right now, and the only thing we can do is put our faith in him that he will return."
"You can't expect me to to just sit here and be calm, Yuuto." Rias said sadly, shaking her head. "One of my servants is trapped inside a card, and we have no idea if he can even come back safely. If only I can do something about that damn card, we can bring him back. Maybe if I destroy it with my Power of Destruction, it will release Sora from within it?"
"I don't think that would work, Buchou. That card is something that is not from our universe, so we have no idea how it works. The worst thing that could happen is if we end up destroying the card, it might kill Sora as well." Yuuto stated with no ounce of hesitation in his voice.
Rias sighed in defeat. "You have a point."
"Ara, but didn't you read those two lines, Rias?" Akeno said, pointing to the card on the table. For once, she didn't have her usual smile nor her sweet tone. She was also worried for Sora, of course. "It says there that if you win the game, you earn your freedom. If you lose, then you basically die. It must be talking about Sora-kun. He's going through something while he's trapped."
"Then that makes me worry even more. What if Sora loses said game? I won't be able to forgive myself if it's his dead body that returns to his worldline! The Rating Game can go to hell for all I care, I just don't want Sora to die…" Rias looked down, tears welling up in her eyes.
All of them had grim looks on their faces with that in mind. If Sora loses whatever game that card had in store for him, it would basically be the end for him. Heck, worst case scenario would be his body doesn't even return at all and be trapped inside that card forever! He wouldn't even be able to return home to his own universe…
But in the midst of their sadness, somebody found the strength to speak up with a smile on her face.
"Ano… I don't know what Sora-san is going through right now…" Asia voiced out her thoughts, fondly remembering the promise he made to her when he came to save her from the fallen angels. He had promised her that everything will be alright, and he stayed true to his words until the end.
Everyone else began to slowly look at Asia in wonder and surprise, while the blonde girl put her hand over her chest as she smiled.
"...but I believe that he will win and come back to us."
(Play - "Nachtflügel")
"Let's do this."
Yozora immediately took into the air and fired a laser from his crossbow towards Sora, who quickly rolled away to avoid it. The boy was then forced to block two other lasers that fired from either side of Yozora before rolling away to evade the last one. Sora barely avoided that, mainly because he was caught off guard with how fast his enemy was. He quickly raised his keyblade to deflect four more lasers, before that first barrage of attacks finally ended.
"This guy is in control of this place… he can throw his lasers at me even without using that gun. How can he even do that?" Sora thought, narrowing his eyes at Yozora before shaking his head. "I'll think about it later, he might attack if I let my guard down!"
"You won't go anywhere with simply dodging my attacks," Yozora stated coldly.
Another round of lasers headed towards Sora, who now stood his ground and blocked all of the incoming beams with a serious look on his face. After the last one, he quickly flew towards Yozora with his Flowmotion and bounced off the silver-haired teenager upon reaching him.
"Nope." Yozora quickly leaped back so that Sora won't reach him, but was surprised when the boy followed him using his Air Step. Without hesitation, the keybearer unleashed his own barrage of attacks consisting of various slashes and pummels, ending with Sora raising his weapon high into the air.
"Haha!" Sora chuckled, blowing Yozora away with Last Charge. Not wanting to give his opponent any time to recover, he jumped into the air and descended with a multitude of slashes. He was successful for a bit until Yozora recovered from his stunned state, blocking any further attacks with his own sword.
"Nice try."
Before Sora could do anything else, Yozora teleported to a distance before disappearing in a bunch of orange-colored data. "He can do that…?" the boy's eyes widened as kept a sharp eye on where his enemy might even show up. A few seconds later, Yozora appeared at a distance from behind him and Sora instantly raised his keyblade to block his intended attack. But to his surprise, Yozora seemed to be charging up his weapon instead.
Sora's eyes widened at what this meant and as soon as the flash of red on Yozora, an energy slash threatened to hit him at point-blank range. He quickly rolled away to hit the first one, before blocking the next two that followed. After this, Yozora stopped to charge up his sword, and Sora saw this as an opening to attack.
However, as soon as he unleashed a quick strike, Yozora immediately sent an energy slash at Sora that he wasn't able to block. Yozora followed this up with four slashes that launched Sora into the air before teleporting towards him and delivered two more attacks that sent the boy back to the ground.
"GAH!" Sora cried out, before quickly picking himself off the ground. He was able to recover just in time to see Yozora charging up his sword once again and unleashing another batch of energy slashes at him.
"Break."
As soon as he noticed that Yozora directly teleported towards him to deliver the attack, Sora braced himself to counter. "Back 'atcha!" He delivered a quick slash that sent the silver-haired man into the air. He didn't waste time and followed it up with his own combination of slashes, before ending it by leaping back and pointing his keyblade at Yozora. "Firaga!" He sent a massive fireball towards his opponent out of the tip of his weapon.
"I don't think so." Yozora frowned and summoned a ball of water of equal size, before sending it against the fireball that Sora created. The two attacks collided and created a cloud of steam as a result of the stalemate. As soon as the steam disappeared, the two young men were shown glaring at one another.
"He can use magic too… and just as strong as me. I need to be more careful, that sword he's using packs a lot. No more charging in recklessly!" Sora thought to himself, gripping his keyblade tight.
"Shall we continue?"
With a smirk on his face, Yozora created four pyramid-looking machines out of orange data before teleporting away. Sora looked confused with this until he saw the four machines surrounding him; three were around him while the fourth one hovered above. The moment he saw them glowing, he immediately rolled away to prevent him from getting caught.
Just as he predicted, the machines were about to encase him in a larger pyramid made up of orange energy. Sora barely turned his head at the right moment to see Yozora 'riding' his sword towards him with an aura of orange data around him, and he quickly raised his keyblade to block. It was then followed with two teleporting slashes which Sora also blocked as the pyramid machines surrounded him again. Sora rolled away and was able to catch Yozora about to do the same attacks once again.
"Thundaga!" Sora raised his keyblade into the air and summoned down lightning strikes towards Yozora, stunning him enough to interrupt the silver-haired man's attack. He used his Flowmotion to close the distance between them, but Yozora quickly recovered and dashed back while firing a blue laser from his crossbow.
Sora gritted his teeth and raised his weapon to block it, only for his eyes to widen when the laser hit him dead in the chest, knocking him out of the air and back into the ground, where Yozora followed up with a barrage of teleporting slashes. By the end of it, Sora was sent rolling across on the ground on the metal rooftop before pulling himself back to his feet.
"Can't block that blue laser… I have to avoid it instead." Grunting in pain, Sora raised his keyblade as green light glowed around his body. "Curaga." Feeling his strength returning, he turned back towards Yozora, who was looking at him in interest.
"So you are capable of healing yourself… interesting." Yozora then smirked and walked slowly towards Sora, his sword glowing brightly in his hand. "However, it won't help you achieve victory over me if you continue to fight like this. If you want to win, show me the power that he told me about… the power of your Longinus."
Sora frowned in confusion. "What are you talking about? I told you that I don't have one, why do you keep on saying that I do?" he gritted his teeth in frustration, while Yozora only smirked. "And why are you even doing this? Aren't you stuck in this place too? Don't you want to get out of here?"
"I suppose I can enlighten you to give you some motivation. Perhaps then, you'll be forced to tap into your power." Yozora began, while the keybearer made sure to listen. "Whoever said I wanted to leave this place? Weren't you listening to me earlier? I was simply waiting for your arrival so I can see if you are truly a Longinus wielder. Once that is over with, I am able to leave whenever I want." Yozora had a smug look on his face, while Sora didn't like where this was going. "It's you who must be worried about leaving alive."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked with a frown.
"The only way you can leave is if you defeat me in battle. That is the purpose of this game. But should you lose against me, then you die. You can never return to the real world afterwards." Yozora's smug grin only widened when he saw the look of fear pass through Sora's face.
"Are you the one behind this?" Shaking off his doubts, Sora asked his next question through narrowed eyes. Now that he knew what would happen should this battle end, the boy knew that he can't lose this. One could say that it's foolish of him to easily believe his enemy's words, but Sora knew better than to doubt Luxord and his games.
"You are close, but I'm afraid not. As I said, an old friend brought me here so that I can personally see if you are one of the wielders of the lost Longinus of this world. My old friend is the one who created this 'game' for you, and that you were 'born for these', he says. However, everything doesn't seem to be going well for you right now."
"This guy… knows Luxord…?" Sora thought in confusion, now wondering who exactly is this man that is pretending to be Yozora. "Who could he be? And does this mean that Luxord is from—" He was able to snap out of his thoughts just in time to block Yozora's sword as the two attempted to outdo one another in a battle of strength.
Yozora had a small grin, before chuckling at the look of struggle on Sora's face. "My friend speaks highly of you. He praises your strength and unwavering courage, but it won't help you in this battle. I have all the power here, and you cannot defeat me while being like this. Show me the power he speaks of, and you might just earn your freedom."
"I have to win." The keybearer narrowed his eyes further before he rolled away, ending the stalemate as he switched the Kingdom Key for Oblivion. "Time to put this keyblade to use," he thought to himself as Yozora let out a dry chuckle.
"So you have more than one of those 'keyblades' I keep hearing about. Interesting…" Yozora smirked and slowly walked towards Sora once again. "...however, it won't be enough for you to defeat me. You're better off using the power of your Longinus to gain an advantage." Yozora then disappeared out of sight before delivering a flurry of teleporting slashes towards the boy, who blocked all of them before jumping back into the air and delivering a flying kick straight to his chest.
Yozora was slightly surprised at the innovative counter before he teleported away to avoid Sora's next attack. However, he wouldn't get the chance to be away for long when the brunette raised his keyblade into the air.
"Aeroga!" With his wind spell cast, Yozora was pulled into its powerful vortex and was unable to teleport away. Sora saw this and used his Flowmotion to dash towards his opponent and began his attack again. Despite being able to raise his sword to block the keyblade, Yozora's eyes widened when Sora cut through his defense with more power than before and became the victim of the keyblade wielder's powerful swings.
"So long!" Sora spun in the air once before summoning an invisible energy field around him that knocked Yozora back for a bit, an attack known as Magic Flash. As soon as there was some distance between them, he twirled Oblivion in his hand as light covered his body for a brief moment.
[BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!]
"Haaghhh!" Sora yelled out as his clothes turned into a darker shade, transforming into his Dark Form. Yozora's eyes widened considerably at this, and thus making him unable to defend himself against a new set of slashes from the keyblade wielder. To add to that, all of Sora's attacks were became stronger than before due to the power of darkness channeling in him through Oblivion.
However, Yozora only had a savage grin on his face, even while he was getting pummeled by the boy. In fact, it seemed as though he was letting himself get attacked, not even bothering to raise his sword to block. Sora was unaware of this and only pressed on with his onslaught, filled with the drive to win in order to leave this place.
"It's over!" Sora reared his arm back, channeling dark energy into his keyblade before driving it straight into Yozora's chest that sent him crashing back to the ground, seemingly knocked out. The moment he landed, Sora quickly rushed in to continue his assault, only to be surprised when the silver-haired teenager disappeared out of sight. "I'm starting to hate it when he does that," he thought while gritting his teeth in frustration.
While Sora kept his guard up for a possible ambush, he then heard Yozora's voice echoing around the place, and from how he was laughing it was clear that he was very pleased with this.
"It seems that he was right then. You truly are a Longinus wielder, Sora. You are the host of the Boosted Gear, one of the six lost Longinus that have been missing since the creation of Sacred Gears… the one destined to be my rival."
Sora furrowed his eyebrows as soon as he heard that last word from Yozora, and immediately thought of Riku before he shook his head. "I have no idea what you're talking about! How can I even have a Sacred Gear when I'm not from around here? Seriously, why does everybody say that?!" he shouted in confusion.
"I see. Perhaps, you may be strong, but you're as dumb as a brick. How annoying." Yozora said in a disappointed tone, earning an indignant "Hey!" from Sora before he continued. "Are you saying you don't hear an intimidating voice inside of you when you tap into your true power? Even I heard it earlier."
That got Sora to stop and widen his eyes. Yozora was exactly right; he actually heard that monstrous voice once again while he transformed into his Dark Form, but he just brushed it off simply because he was focusing on the battle at hand. Now that he thought about it, the voice uttered the same words while he drew on the power of his keyblade, which was exactly the case when he used his Second Form in the past as well.
"I don't understand…" Sora murmured to himself, before looking around him to call out to Yozora, wherever he was at the moment. "How do you know about this? I didn't tell anyone about that voice I keep hearing! Does it happen to you too, or something?"
"It doesn't matter. You'll know soon enough."
Hearing footsteps behind him, Sora turned his head to see Yozora reappearing with that smug look on his face. Unfortunately, the keybearer wasn't going to have any of it as he pointed his weapon at his opponent while scowling. "You're the one who's saying I have a Sacred Gear, so answer me! Does that have anything to do with that voice I keep hearing?"
"You're pretty close, but it doesn't matter right now." Yozora took satisfaction at the look of anger on Sora's face. "You should be focusing on using your power to achieve victory over me. If you lose this battle, you will die and everything you've been through will be for nothing. It won't matter even if I tell you." The spiky brunette could only grit his teeth and clench his fists as Yozora continued. "Unfortunately for you, I don't plan on losing either."
Yozora then raised his weapon into the air, creating an invisible dome around the rooftop as well as a massive red sphere that shone light in all directions, which gave the landscape the appearance of a galaxy. Sora frowned deeply at this, realizing that his enemy was literally controlling the battlefield at this point, but he knew that he couldn't allow himself to lose either.
The red sphere then began to spin wildly, which apparently caused the gravity to lessen as Sora floated into the air. "What…?" he muttered in confusion, reacting just in time to see Yozora firing a new round of laser towards him. He quickly activated his Dark Barrier to protect himself before using Air Step to dodge two blue lasers that would've broken through his defenses.
"Let's go!"
Sora put up his barrier once again, blocking and absorbing Yozora's teleporting slashes before he saw the right opportunity to strike back, raising his keyblade as soon as the silver-haired man got close. "Take this!" The Dark Barrier exploded in a burst of dark energy, stunning Yozora enough for the keybearer to retaliate. A multitude of dark sharp-looking blade projectiles appeared behind Sora before he sent all of them towards the enemy with one motion of his palm.
"Bladefury Eclipse!"
The dark blades made a direct hit and apparently began to slash and cut in all directions, incapacitating Yozora for the moment while Sora switched to a reverse grip with Oblivion. With blinding speed, Sora dashed towards Yozora using one of his signature attacks.
"I'm going to win!" Sora exclaimed, slashing through Yozora's chest with Zantetsuken. A look of shock flashed on the silver-haired teen's face for a moment, which made the boy think that he had won this battle as he landed back on the ground. However, his face quickly turned into one of frustration when he heard Yozora speak before teleporting away.
"What a pain."
Before Sora knew it, the entire dome became white as the red orb from above him broke apart. Yozora then appeared from afar, creating four copies of himself out of orange data that sped towards the keyblade wielder with their swords drawn. Sora activated his barrier to shield himself from the clones, before teleporting away using his dark energy to avoid a flurry of blue lasers from Yozora's crossbow. The dome then returned to its galaxy appearance as the lasers chased the boy all over the place.
"Oh, come on!" Sora thought with a small groan, putting up his barrier the moment he saw Yozora's copies delivering multiple teleporting slashes in almost all directions. Knowing that he had to make an opening, he took notice of Yozora's unmoving form from afar, which meant that that was his original body. He quickly used his Flowmotion to dash towards Yozora, who looked surprised at the fact that he didn't even put away his barrier first. This allowed Sora to deliver another of onslaught of attacks to his opponent, ending it by jumping into the air and slamming Oblivion to the ground, creating a magic circle filled with dark energy that sent Yozora flying back into the air.
"Back off!" Sora pointed his keyblade at the silver-haired man, about to cast a spell only to widen his eyes in surprise when the dome suddenly returned to its white color. Because of this, he was unable to see Yozora disappearing and it was too late for him to notice a total of ten clones flipping into the air behind him with their swords drawn.
"Now!" Yozora's voice rang out as his copies closed the distance.
"Aghhh!" Sora screamed in pain as he got launched into the air after getting overwhelmed by the clones, before making a quick recovery and using his Air Step to create some distance between himself and them. That was when he saw another copy about to hit him with a teleporting slash, forcing him to put up his barrier until he disappeared. Sora then saw another one but instead of blocking it, he teleported away with Dark Roll instead. Now understanding the pattern, he correctly predicted Yozora's clones coming towards him with their swords and evaded each of them perfectly.
It was then that the white dome finally disappeared and the landscape was back to its original appearance. Apparently, Sora found himself standing at the edge of the rooftop before feeling himself getting pulled by an unknown force into the center. He looked back and his eyes slowly widened upon seeing a giant red orb acting with a suction ability, which is similar to that of a black hole.
"That doesn't look good! I need to fight it!" Sora thought in alarm, running away from the orb to keep himself away. He then gritted his teeth at the sight of Yozora's clones teleporting towards him in an attempt to cut through his defenses and force him to fall victim to the red orb in the center. Sora made sure to teleport away each time before the clones could get to him, all while making sure he stays away from the black hole-like sphere in the middle of the rooftop.
Because of this, the keyblade wielder was unable to see the real Yozora directly beside the red orb, who smirked before raising his sword high and cutting the sphere in half, causing it to explode.
As soon as Sora felt that he wasn't getting pulled into the center anymore, the clones also disappeared, making the boy take a few deep breaths to recompose himself. "That was… too much…" He had been forced to evade the Yozora copies that came after him one after the other and at the same time, keep himself away from that red sphere that sucked him in like a black hole.
...However, it was because of this very action that Sora may have costed himself the victory.
"You're done."
Hearing Yozora's voice from behind him caused Sora's eyes to widen instantly, before the sound of his crossbow flaring up took over. Thinking that his enemy will fire his lasers at him at point-blank range, he quickly brought up his barrier to block it, only for him to get encased in an orange field of energy.
A look of fear flashed through Sora's face as he could see Yozora smirking outside. "No… w-what's… happening… to…" He didn't know why, but the boy suddenly felt the urge to sleep as he leaned back and closed his eyes, hovering in the middle of the energy field.
"Your power is mine."
As soon as he said those words, Yozora jumped into the air and slammed his sword on top of the energy field where Sora was, causing it to explode in a bright light.
When the keybearer was finally able to open his eyes, he immediately noticed that he wasn't encased in an energy field anymore and Yozora was nowhere to be found as well. Regaining his composure, he quickly took a look around him to watch out for his opponent, careful not to get blindsided once again. This also led to Sora noticing that his keyblade was also missing, and for some reason, he couldn't summon it. His clothes have also returned to normal as a result.
"I told you that I don't plan on losing, even if that means taking your own power." Yozora's voice rang out in Sora's ears, causing the boy to roll away from a possible attack before facing the silver-haired man.
Sora was taken aback when he saw Yozora holding the Oblivion keyblade in his right hand before letting it hover into the air along with his sword as both weapons got covered in orange data. His eyes widened in alarm, not having a good feeling about this at all. "Yozora, what are you doing? Give it back!" Sora asked loudly, having a look of both confusion and anger on his face.
"Let's see how you deal with it when your own keyblade is used against you, Sora. Remember that in order to return to the real world, you have to defeat me. Now show me your resolve, Red Dragon Emperor." Yozora smirked as the data covering the two weapons disappeared, revealing his orange sword that now bore the design of the Oblivion keyblade as its blade. Yozora
"No way… he… stole it…" Sora said to himself in complete shock, almost as if he was going to admit defeat then and there. But the moment he saw dozens of copies of Oblivion rising up from the ground like pillars, Sora was forced to run away to avoid them. However, that wouldn't be enough as more keyblades began to surround him, causing him to roll along the ground just to prevent himself from getting caught in Yozora's attacks.
"As I said, running away won't help. Why don't you stand your ground and defend yourself, instead?" Yozora shook his head in disappointment as Sora was only limited to running away and dodging the data-keyblades. "Maybe he was wrong about you. Perhaps… you aren't everything I hoped to see in a rival. To think that you only rely on your keyblade to fight, how disappointing."
Yozora then moved from his place and rushed towards Sora with the intent to kill, aiming to finish this once and for all.
The Gremory peerage spent the next thirty minutes just remaining in their places and waiting for Sora to somehow make it back from being trapped inside the card. Asia's words earlier encouraged them enough to have faith that their beloved bum would return.
But nothing can last forever.
For the first time since Asia spoke up earlier about believing in Sora, Yuuto turned his head to look at the card in hopes of getting a clue on how they could help. Because honestly, even though he had faith in his friend to return to them in one piece, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing. And that was when he noticed something strange about the appearance of the card.
The green bar beside Sora's portrait was diminishing, causing his eyes to slowly widen. It didn't take him long to figure it out, mostly because of the context behind it.
"Everyone, please look at the card."
Hearing Kiba's voice snapped everyone else out of their little trance as they turned towards the card on the table. All of them also noticed the green bar was becoming smaller and smaller as the seconds passed.
"W-What's happening? Why is it becoming smaller? Is Sora coming back?" Rias asked curiously. She had thought that the green bar was a time limit and now that it was decreasing, it must mean that her pawn was about to return.
"Buchou, please don't panic when I tell you this." Kiba said, already gulping out of nervousness that made Akeno, Koneko, and Asia expect the worst. As much as he hated it, the blonde Knight pointed to the card as he continued. "But I believe that green gauge beside Sora's picture… it represents his condition, his well-being."
The look of horror on everyone's faces was enough to show that panic indeed fill their bodies, and they quickly realized what Kiba meant in his words. As soon as he spoke, the young man immediately regretted it as he too felt like panicking over the fact that Sora was going to die.
"T-Then… Sora-san… he's…" Asia covered her mouth with her hands, tears already flowing from her eyes as the green bar on the card continued to decrease by the moment.
"GAAAAHHH!" Sora was once again sent rolling across the rooftop in pain, overwhelmed from Yozora's continuous onslaught at this point. After a few minutes of avoiding certain defeat from the data-keyblades that Yozora sent towards him, the silver-haired man himself charged in with his Oblivion-powered sword and there was no chance for Sora to dodge him this time.
After suffering flurry after flurry of slashes, Sora was surprised to see his keyblade reappearing in his hand, while Yozora's sword turned back into normal. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough for the keybearer to retaliate and make a comeback, because Yozora literally prevented him from doing so due to how fast his opponent was attacking. It reached the point where Sora couldn't keep up anymore and got blown away with Yozora's blue lasers.
"I… have to fight back… I can't lose…!" Resisting the pain he felt, Sora slowly picked himself off the ground and reached out to grab Oblivion which was just in front of him, only for it to get kicked away. He quickly turned his head and saw Yozora standing over him in triumph, with a victorious smirk on his face.
"It looks like this is the end for you. What a shame. I expected more from someone who is supposed to be my rival, but I should've known that you'd be like this. You're only a child, after all. I wonder what the Welsh Dragon even saw in you to make you his host." Yozora spoke in a tone of disappointment.
If he wasn't in a desperate situation right now, Sora would've asked what he was referring to. "Please… don't do this…" he said with pleading eyes, while breathing heavily from all the wounds he had received. The boy looked down sadly, tears forming at the corner of his eyes. "I… have to go back… I made a promise… that I'll return… to my friends… and Kairi… I… can't…"
"You can't die here? How unfortunate, then. You can't even beat me, Sora. The rules are the rules, and I'm afraid this is the end for you. Perhaps the next host of the Boosted Gear will give me a battle worthy of my respect. After all, you have finally returned to your home world." Yozora spoke with no ounce of sympathy in his voice, as he raised his sword high above his head. "Farewell, Red Dragon Emperor."
With one swing, Yozora brought his blade down.
"I DON'T BELIEVE THAT!" Rias shouted, shocking everybody else inside the room with her sudden outburst. Until now, she had been staring at the floor with her hair hiding her face, and there was no way to tell what expression she had on her face.
The Gremory girl had tears running down her face, her fists were clenched near her chest, and yet her expression showed defiance. She was unwilling to accept Kiba's words about the fate of her pawn, which was completely different to how she was acting earlier.
"B-Buchou… there's no other way we can look at this…" Yuuto spoke in a sad tone, looking at the green gauge of the card that only had half of it remaining. "If that bar fully disappears, then it's the end. As much as I don't want to admit it, Sora will—"
"Sora won't die!" Rias cut him off before he could finish his sentence. She shook her head in denial, not wanting to think of the worst. "I don't believe it… I won't! He'll come back to us, I'm sure of it! We can't lose hope in Sora, because it will only make things worse!" she said, looking at all the members of her peerage.
"Buchou… that's basically his health becoming weaker and weaker." Yuuto pointed to the card and furrowed his eyebrows, and he saw that the green bar was nearly depleted. "How can we not lose hope that our friend may be wiped out of existence at any moment?"
"It's like what Asia said earlier…" Rias began.
Sora could only look down and close his eyes, feeling as if there was no hope left for him.
"We have no idea what he's going through right now, and it's true that Sora might be in danger…"
Yozora grinned evilly as his sword was almost upon Sora, while the keybearer clenched his fists, unable to do anything while he was in this state.
"...but we have to believe in him! Because that's how Sora is! He gets his strength from his friends! And as his friends, we can't lose hope!" Rias scowled and gritted her teeth, while the rest of her peerage had wide eyes as they listened to her.
At the same time, the green gauge on the card stopped decreasing within inches of fully being depleted.
Time seemed to slow down, Sora's eyes snapped open, feeling a strong voice calling out to him from inside his heart. The voice felt familiar, and it was someone that he held very dear.
"Don't give up now, Sora. You still have to keep your promise to me, right?"
Rias slammed her fist into her chest. "Now believe in him!"
Moving out of instinct, just as Yozora's sword was about to hit him, Sora raised his hand as a white keyblade appeared and blocked the attack that was intended to end his life.
"What?!" Yozora exclaimed out of shock, his eyes widening before he glared at the keybearer down below. He tried pushing in more strength, but Sora already held the Oathkeeper keyblade with both hands to defend himself. "Impossible… how are you still able to move?!"
Sora raised his head slowly, looking up at Yozora with a fierce glare of his own. "I can't lose here. I'm going back to my friends." he murmured, standing up from his kneeling position as the two opponents were in a deadlock, their weapons clashing against one another in a battle of strength.
Yozora's eyes widened when Sora suddenly disappeared in front of him in a blur. Still taken over by shock, he was unable to sense the boy's presence from behind him as Sora slammed Oathkeeper into the ground and grabbed onto its handle, before spinning around with his feet managing to hit Yozora from the side, sending him skidding across the ground.
"You still have some fight left in you…" Yozora scoffed as he quickly recovered and narrowed his eyes at the brunette. "But it's futile. You can't hope to defeat me, you're but a child."
"Then let's try this!" Sora twirled the Oathkeeper in his hand, before being covered in bright light.
[BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!]
"Haaaaghh!" As the light disappeared, Sora's clothes changed into a mixture of white and black with the kanji for 'Light' and 'Dark' on each of his pant leg. However, the most prominent change in his overall look was the black keyblade that he held in his left hand.
Yozora looked mildly surprised at the fact that Sora now had two keyblades in each of his hands. "Two at the same time… how interesting. Let's see if you are capable of using both!"
He took to the air and fired his lasers at Sora, who raised his keyblades in an X-formation to block all of them. As soon as his blue lasers appeared, the boy dashed towards him with his Flowmotion without being harmed, but Yozora leaped back to avoid it.
"Not a chance." Yozora was about to send his clones to attack Sora again, only for his eyes to widen when the keyblade wielder began his attack, which apparently had a wide range to the point that it reached him easily. The silver-haired man had no way of dodging it.
"Got you now!" Sora thought as he swung his light and dark keyblades in many directions, even twirling around in the air and cartwheeling with his slashes. He then pushed his chest out, summoning a big aura of light energy that sent Yozora flying back. "This is it!" The boy shouted, pointing his keyblades towards Yozora as multiple homing beams of light pierced through his enemy.
"Nope."
Midway through the attack, Yozora teleported away and sent his clones to keep Sora occupied. Unfortunately for him, the spiky boy also avoided his copies by teleporting through each one. Compared to the defeated expression he had earlier, Sora now had a grin that showed his determination to win.
"Tch! I don't plan on losing this battle, Red Dragon Emperor!" Yozora shouted, raising his sword into the air in an attempt to summon the galaxy dome again, only to be stopped when Sora directly teleported towards him with a quick slash.
Not wasting any time, the keyblade wielder began his barrage of slashes again, this time ending with him slamming his keyblades into the ground, creating four pillars of light and darkness each that sent Yozora into the air. This attack had also disarmed Yozora of his sword, causing his enemy to grit his teeth in anger.
"Give me strength!" Sora also jumped into the air and threw out his arms into each side, both the Oblivion and Oathkeeper keyblades floating beside him. The boy then summoned a miniature galaxy around him as thirteen orbs that bore a resemblance to stars appeared behind him.
"Stellar Inception!"
The star-like orbs flew towards Yozora, who was unable to teleport away, and each attack was a direct hit. The silver-haired man screamed in agony as he was sent back into the ground.
Yozora was now struggling to get back up on his feet, being forced to use his own crossbow for support. "How… am I losing…?" he thought to himself in frustration. When he finally stood up, he saw Sora running towards him with both keyblades on either side of him. Yozora narrowed his eyes, realizing how the boy retaliated and somehow grew stronger than he was earlier.
"Those two keyblades… made you more powerful than before… in that case…" Yozora gripped his crossbow tight as he fired the same energy field that allowed him to take Sora's keyblade earlier. He smirked deviously. "I'm taking them from you!"
But much to his shock, Sora had stopped in his tracks within inches of stepping inside the orange field as the boy raised his keyblades high, intent on dealing the finishing blow that would decide things.
"Here we go!" A giant magic circle appeared above and below the two rivals, before Sora backflipped into the air and thrusted his chest out. "Light!" Massive pillars of light began to shoot out of the magic circles and since Yozora was directly inside of it, he had nowhere else to go.
"I… messed up…" Yozora murmured to himself, as the last thing he could see was bright light engulfing him.
(Stop playing - "Nachtflügel")
Rias was breathing heavily as soon as she spoke those words, mainly because she was both worried and confident in her servant at the same time. As much as she tried to deny it, there was still a lingering pain in her heart that was telling her of the danger that Sora could be in right now.
But before anyone else could say anything, the card on the table began to glow, immediately getting everyone's attention.
"It's glowing… I guess the game is over." Yuuto remarked, quickly walking closer towards the table. Sora's picture and the green bar were already gone, and there was no particular sign on whether it was a victory or not.
"Did Sora-kun win, though? Does it say anything, Kiba-kun?" Akeno asked in a somber tone, looking at the card with a worried expression.
"Does this mean… S-Sora-san is coming back? He won, right…?" Asia spoke up, biting her lip out of nervousness. She had no idea what might have happened to her friend, but the blonde girl still chose to have faith in him.
"We have no idea for sure." Rias spoke, wiping her tears away as she stared at the glowing card intensely. Now was the moment of truth. She clenched her fist to fight back that horrible feeling of loneliness inside her heart, in favor of the faith she had in Sora. "But like I said… just believe in him."
After his last attack, Sora landed on the ground safely as his clothes returned to their original look. Keeping his eyes on Yozora, who was now lying on the ground in defeat, he then dismissed his keyblades. Yozora had remained motionless for more than a minute now, and that was all Sora needed to finally let out a sigh of relief.
"I guess it's over," he thought as he looked at his hand, and saw that it was glowing. He looked down at his own body, and saw that it was the same. In fact, his head was the only part of him that remained normal. "What's happening…?" he muttered cluelessly.
"Are you really that idiotic?"
Sora looked up in alarm and quickly scowled as he saw Yozora sitting up with a pained expression on his face. "Come on, you still haven't had enough? What's it gonna take to bring you down?" the boy nearly groaned in annoyance, while wondering how much longer will this take.
"There is no need to fill yourself with worry, Red Dragon Emperor." Yozora rolled his eyes in irritation. "You won. You defeated me in this game. You can return to your world now."
"Oh. Okay." Sora blinked, before realizing the name that the silver-haired man used to refer to him. "Wait, my name is Sora, not 'Red Dragon Emperor'. Hmm… it does sound like a cool nickname, though. I like it." The keybearer cupped his chin in deep thought, slowly smiling at the thought of such a nickname.
"I can't believe this kid is supposed to be my rival… what has gotten into the Welsh Dragon's mind…?" Yozora actually face-palmed in frustration, before sighing in defeat. "But I must say, I underestimated you a bit. You've shown me your strength in a worthy battle, but I warn you. The next time we meet, I will not go so easy on you. Make yourself stronger for when that happens."
"Huh?" Sora asked in confusion, just as the bright light finally began to spread across his face. "W-What do you mean…?"
Yozora looked up with a smirk, something that the spiky boy was barely able to catch. "You'll see soon enough… Sora."
And with that, Sora was fully covered in bright light as he disappeared out of sight.
A little orb with a yellow light in its center flew out of the card, causing the whole Gremory peerage to gasp and widen their eyes. The orb floated in front of the table and it began to give off a bright glow, forcing everyone to shield their eyes until it died down.
The moment the light disappeared, Sora Ishida stood in the orb's place, looking around him in confusion for a few moments. Wasn't he talking with Yozora just now? He remained oblivious for a bit before his mouth hung agape in realization.
To say that everyone else was shocked would be an understatement, as they literally took a step back in disbelief.
Rias was the first to break the silence with her weak voice. "S-Sora… is that you?" she stuttered, tears welling up in her eyes once again as she approached the keyblade wielder slowly.
"Yeah! I'm back, Rias. I just went through some game in that card, and I won!" Sora exclaimed with his signature grin, putting his arms behind his head.
Rias' heart melted at the sight of his smile. It honestly felt like she had not seen him for a long time, and she couldn't help but smile despite the tears that flowed down her cheeks.
"Sora!" Rias cried, launching herself towards the boy as she hugged him tightly, afraid that he might go again. "I'm so glad you're safe…"
"I… I guess I made everyone worry, didn't I…?" Sora felt uncomfortable at the sight of Rias' crying but he couldn't do anything about it when he was the reason why she shedding tears in the first place. He then felt someone put a hand on his shoulder, and he turned his head to see Kiba.
"Yes, you did. Now take responsibility, Sora." the blonde Knight said with a slight smirk, although he was truly glad to see his friend back in one piece.
"Huh…?" Sora turned his head again, only to see Asia diving towards his right arm and hugging him tightly as well. "Woah, Asia! Careful!"
"Sora-san! I was so worried about you!" The blonde girl looked up at him with tears flowing out of her eyes, and now the keybearer couldn't help but feel bad.
It was his disappearance that got them to be like this.
He then turned his head again, seeing Koneko hugging him as well. The white-haired loli buried her face into his shirt, before looking up with a sad look that made Sora want to slam his head against the wall repeatedly. Koneko didn't say anything, but from her expression alone, it was clear that she was also terribly worried for him.
"Sora-kun, you shouldn't have disappeared on us like that." A pair of arms wrapped around Sora from behind him, and from the voice alone, there was no doubt that it was Akeno. "You made us all worried for you… we had no idea if you were going to die… it's not acceptable if a man makes a lady cry, you know."
He didn't detect any sign of teasing in Akeno's voice, which could only mean that she was also worried for him.
At this point, Sora could only stand there in silence while being hugged by the girls. He felt like he was the worst person in the world for making all of his friends worry for him like this. If this was their reaction to him disappearing out of nowhere, them he could only imagine everyone else's reaction back home.
There was only person to blame for all of the group's worries and surprisingly, it wasn't himself. The boy only had one thought in mind, and he it dated back to the little game he played while he was in that card.
"Does Yozora know about Luxord?" he thought, piecing together the puzzle on why that silver-haired man was aware that he was inside a card and was basically in control of nearly everything there. "More importantly… who is Yozora?"
(Somewhere in Shibuya)
A white-haired teenager who looked to be in his early-20s slowly woke up from his slumber, opening his eyes and looking around for a bit. He was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt with matching pants and shoes, and he was currently inside a moving car.
"Impressive, is it not?" the man in front of him, who appeared to be the driver of the car, spoke in a proud voice as he clearly knew of what just transpired.
The white-haired teenager crossed his arms and turned his gaze out the window, recounting what happened, particularly when he met a certain brown-haired teenager for the first time. "It turns out you were right, Lurdo. That boy, Sora… he holds one of the lost Longinus of this world. He is the host of the Boosted Gear, the one who's supposed to be my rival."
The man named Lurdo let out a laugh, before smirking in triumph. "It seems my gamble has paid off well."
"...However, we have yet to see if his strength will give me a worthy battle. He has yet to see me in my real form, and I don't plan on holding back when we finally fight."
"You might be surprised. Sora has always been someone who manages to win even with the odds against him." Lurdo said, reminding himself of the keyblade wielder that always intrigued at every point.
"We shall see. In any case, I believe your mission is finally complete. You brought back one of the lost Longinus of this world, and it's only a matter of time before the rest will return too."
Lurdo then glanced behind him, showing his face; he had short platinum blonde hair styled in a Caesar cut, a goatee, and blue eyes. However, his most striking feature were the various piercings on his ears, which could only mean one thing: it was the same Luxord whom Sora had fought against in his original worldline, as a member of the Organization XIII.
"It was a pleasure and quite a fun game, the best I've played in years. It's a shame it doesn't have a sequel… yet." Flashing a smirk, he returned his attention to the road ahead while the teenager behind him closed his eyes. "What are your next orders… Master Vali?"
The teenager named Vali remained silent for a few seconds before opening his eyes.
"I'm heading back to Azazel. You keep an eye out for the 5 remaining Longinus and see if you can find out who are their hosts."
And there we go. Wow, what a chapter, huh? Sora vs Yozora just went down and our favorite keyblade wielder just added a new keyblade into his arsenal. Yep, Sora can now use Double Form now that he has both Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Like I said, I hope I did well with that boss fight. Please let me know what you think in a review.
And what's this? Revelations unfold in the end. Remember when I said another KH character is appearing in the story? Yes, it's Luxord. It turns out that he's Yozora's driver/butler/friend and the one behind that 'game', but that's not all. Yozora is Vali Lucifer all along. Yes, Vali and Luxord know each other. Boom big reveal. No wonder he's so eager to fight Sora. How did this came to be? Next chapter should be interesting.
Note: Luxord's real name is not revealed yet but I chose Lurdo because the Latin term for gamble is "Ludo".
Goodbye… and good nighy! BANG! *too sweet gesture*
-Lance