A/N
Sooooo Yeah… I know this is a long time coming, but work has kept me busy and I finally had time to get back into this and crack down… Slow as it was, but please forgive me for the long awaited chapter and dumb Author's Note chapter and enjoy the legit new chapter in the Valiant Hearts story. As always please review and let me know what you think. Also I would like to ask if anyone would be interested in making a Commissioned Cover for this story. PM me if interested. Any who! Please enjoy my work.
Valiant Hearts III
Chapter 4
Bringing Down a Goliath – Broken Chains
Xigbar smiled wickedly as he watched the Twilight Thorn shift and fold into itself before entering the tunnel it created to join the rest of the Organization's forces down where the Rats fled to.
He heard, and felt, the first attempts of the vermin's resistance as the ground he stood on shook slightly from whatever attack they used on the first wave of his forces. But it was useless of them to resist; sooner or later they would be overwhelmed and then they would die.
Xigbar laughed as he floated over the tunnel itself before he himself descended into the passageway to watch, and maybe cause, the carnage.
The still smiling sharpshooter floated down and down as he heard the sounds of battle grow louder as he got closer to the Rats nest; and his smile grew wider as he finally entered the caver where the insects took shelter, thinking they were safe, and seeing the chaos his army brought into this pathetic little hole… He was right.
Xigbar watched the fighting from his elevated position above the battle as he floated over it all.
He saw the defenders spread throughout the cavern with their futile attempts of resistance. He saw four figures paired off in front what looked to be a defensive line of their forces just under where Xigbar floated.
One of the pairs were a woman and a man, the woman with a sword and buckler and the man with a spear, fighting back-to-back, working in perfect unison against his Nobodies, but they were slowly being overwhelmed; and in front of the defensive line that was flanking the other side of the breach was the other pair of swordsmen.
Xigbar watched as the two swordsmen wiped out Nobodies with every swing of their swords. He would have been concerned with how quickly they cut through his forces but the fact that they appeared to be tiring and that they too were about to be surrounded and overcome by the sheer amount of his Nobodies; this just showing that no matter how good of a fighter you were… you could still be overrun by a larger force of weaker beings.
Suddenly an explosion off to his left on the other end of the cave got his attention briefly as he glanced over catch a glimpse of leather wings before smoke from the abrupt explosion concealed it from view.
But what got his attention most was the massive grey from that was the Twilight Thorn as it floated over the chaos under him before it suddenly shot forward towards four lone figures up against the cavern wall.
Thanks to his sharpened sniper eyes, he saw exactly what got his Twilight Thorn's attention.
It was them, those damn Keybladers…all three of them; two he would understand, but all three; how? He saw the redhead die when they failed the transfer to his experiment…And behind them…was that…?
Xigbar caught a glimpse of black hair behind the three Keybladers before the Twilight Thorn moved into his line of sight, blocking his view of the Keybladers; and leaving him with a strange feeling of familiarity as the Twilight Thorn's elongated arm reach passed the Keybladers towards the slumped figure behind them, was that…?
-Valiant Hearts III-
Kairi braced with Naminé and Olette for an impact that never came, but instead they felt the air around them shift as the giant Nobody's hand shot passed them, causing all three of them to look back in time to see the massive gray mitten close around a still chained Xion.
A sudden rush of overwhelming rage took control of Kairi as she moved faster than she thought possible while feeling a rush of cold tighten her chest.
Naminé watched in horror as the giant Nobody's hand closed around the chained girl next to her; but before she or Olette could react, Kairi turned into a blur of movement and in the next moment… the Nobody's hand fell limply to the floor next to the chained girl as a wail of pain from the Nobody echoed off the cavern walls to join the chorus of the sounds of battle as it retracted it's now stump of a hand to inspect it.
The blond mage looked passed the severed hand to see a furious looking Kairi lowering her Oathkeeper after she cut the appendage clean off and the young sorceress thought she saw small tendrils of darkness coming off her girlfriend, but it was gone an instant later; leaving Naminé to wonder if she actually saw them at all.
Suddenly a wail of rage overwhelmed the sounds of batter as the monstrous Nobody roared in anger at the loss of its appendage before it looked back in their direction before rushing at them with another shout of rage, but this time it didn't going for the chained girl with its massive fist… it went for Kairi.
Realizing the Nobody's intent; Naminé responded first.
"Mirror of Jewel's, protect us and repel our attacker!"
Kairi hear those words before she could even think how to counter the Nobody's attack as a wall of glass looking energy surrounded them, and when the Nobody's fist made contact with the barrier; a wave of energy matching the power of the attack was reflected back at it and pushed the Nobody back slightly, giving Olette her chance.
As the Nobody flinched back and the barrier fell, Olette leapt forward straight for the monsters head.
"RAID OF THE LIOJN!"
With the boost of magic; Olette shot forward faster before slamming into the Nobody's head. Burying both of her Keyblades down to the hilts into the beasts head, and to the brunette's satisfaction, causing it to wail in pain.
"GOT YA THAT TIME YOU BIG BASTRD!" Olette yelled out before she gripped her Keyblades tighter as the Nobody continued to swung its head in pain for a moment before it stopped and moved its hand up to grab at Olette.
Seeing it's hand coming, the dual-wielder released her keyblades to fall just past the Nobody's neck before she re-summoned them into her hands and stabbed them into the grey flesh that was the monster's chest while she fell and attempted to cut the beast from chest to end by dragging her blades through the creature's body.
But before she could drop to the ground and get away, one of the tendrils on its back wrapped around Olette's waist and yanked her from its chest before slamming her into the nearest wall and leaving her stuck in it with cracks webbing out around her.
The impact caused Olette to let out a cry of pain, only no scream came, only blood and a wave of pain shot through her so fierce it nearly caused her black out; but by sheer will she stayed conscious. She needed to protect them… she needed to fight!
Kairi felt a new wave of rage shoot into her veins as she saw this monster slam Olette into the wall, and before she knew it, she was in the air and bringing her Oathkeeper down towards the Nobody's body without thinking, but before her attack connected; the Nobody's massive mitten hand wrapped around the redhead's body, jostling her roughly and causing her to us the momentum from her attack to slam her keyblade into the Nobody's flesh as she began to attack it's hand in her fit of rage.
Then seemingly out of nowhere, a large crystal of ice slammed into the Nobody's body, causing it to release Kairi. Whom of which dropped down and landed hard on her side producing a groan of pain from the redhead as she got to her feet and looked back over her shoulder to see Naminé… a very angry Naminé.
If it was possible for the mage to look angelic and furious at the same time, she was doing it… like an avenging angel as she glared up at the monster before her that had just hurt her loved ones. She would make it pay.
"Lord of fire…lend me your power to burn away my enemies and protect what I love." She swung her keyblade in the direction of the Nobody.
Out of the ground sprouted a roar of fire that engulfed the Nobody completely, making it wail in pain as it was burning and stumbled back away from the group for a moment.
Olette took that time to pull herself out of the wall and drop down to the floor shakily with new cuts and gashes up and down her bruised arms and legs before she moved as quickly as she could, cutting down two or three lesser Nobodies along her way, to stand with Kairi; who gave the brunette a somewhat irritated look before destroying a few Nobodies foolish enough to attack.
"What was that earlier about not being reckless?"
Olette could only tsk and rolled her eyes at those words, which cause a slight pain in her still healing eye; she ignored the pain with a grimace.
"Whatever. We gotta kill this thing before it hurts anyone else. So shut up and back me up will ya!" Olette said as she stepped forward and readied her keyblades.
Kairi gave a tired smile at hearing the brawler's words before moving to stand at her side with her keyblade at the ready as well.
"….be a blessing for our bodies." Was heard before a sudden glow of warm healing light surrounded Kairi and Olette, relieving some of their body's aches and pains as some of their cuts and bruises were healed.
Looking back they saw Naminé gesturing her keyblade at them before she moved forward to stand with them and readied her keyblade.
And both Kairi and Olette had one thought at how she looked in that awkward serious stance.
'So cute' They both thought simultaneously.
Naminé looked over at her girlfriends as they just stared at her with odd expressions.
"Wha-"
Before she could finish her question; a roar of outrage filled the cavern as the burning Nobody rushed them with its large stump of a hand outstretched to strike them.
Suddenly the sound of shattering and shattering chains filled the air and a streak of white shot passed the three Keybladers into the massive burning fist and buried itself deep in the grey flesh, causing the monster to rear back and roar yet again as it was cut into once more.
This sudden event caused Kairi, Olette, and Naminé to look back behind them to see who stopped the Nobody's attack dead.
-Valiant Heart III-
She had watched how these three fought and protected one another… And as they fought a feeling of… rage filled her being.
She needed to act.
Needed to help them… to help her…
Kairi.
That name sent a wave of energy into the Girl as she ripped through what was left of the chains that bound her with what felt like little effort as she saw the monster, no… This Nobody, rushed at the three Keybladers and when she pulled one of her arms free she willed her keyblade into existence and threw it full force into the grey creatures incoming arm, burying it deep.
The beast roared back in pain.
Twilight Thorn was beginning to hate, if it could in fact hate, this whole thing; these little pests and their stinging blades and fire… what a pain… why won't they just die.
JUST DIE YOU LITTE PESTS!
The Nobody roared once more in outrage and pain.
-Valiant Heart III-
Kairi Naminé and Olette all looked back over their shoulders to see that the chained girl had ripped her arm free of her bonds and had, it would seem, thrown her keyblade at the Nobody's attacking appendage… to protect them?
"Xio-"
That name was caught in Kairi's throat as the sound of pure rage was let out in the form of a blood chilling roar as the giant Nobody lunged for them, intending to crush them, but a certain blond mage was ready for it.
"-divine anger and turn them to ash! Thundaja!"
A massive lightning bolt slammed into the beast's chest, but this time it didn't even flinch as it came at them when it moved to crush them under its massive fist; causing the three Keybladers to separate out of the way as the large fist crashed into the floor where they were only seconds ago, sending stone and dust in all directions like shrapnel while leaving a crater in the ground.
Along with the sound of crushing stone and battle was the sound a feminine cry of pain.
"AHH! DAMMIT!" Looking down at the now tattered remains of her shoulder and coat, Kairi saw blood seep out of the tears of the fabric after a shared of stone shrapnel cut through her shoulder from the impact the Nobody's attack when she jumped out of the way.
'Ugh! That stings!' Kairi thought to herself before having to dodge once more away from the Nobody's attack appendage as it swung both its arms in a wide circle around itself in an attempt to attack all of them in one move.
It was somewhat successful.
Naminé had not fully caught herself when she and the others dodged the first time, and this second attack caught her hard across the chest and sent her tumbling through the air and into the dirt, causing her to let out a pained cry and staining her new white clothes with dirt and mud.
"NAMINÉ!" Olette yelled as she regained her balance after just sliding under the Monsters attacking arms only to see her blond love go flying into the dirt.
"YOU BASTARD!" Olette let out another yell as Kairi watched her leap up to assault the giant nobody once again.
"OLETTE DON'T!" Kairi shouted in warning over the sounds of battle, but the brunette was already in motion…as was the Nobody's hand; before the dual-wielder could connect her attack, she was snatched out of the air, but not before she threw her Hero's Crest into the beasts head, to no effect.
The monster didn't even flinch as it yanked and flung the brunette to the ground close to where Naminé was as she was just beginning to get back on her feet when Olette hit the ground hard next to her, leaving cracks in the stone beneath her as she let out a silent cry of pain and blood.
Naminé saw this as she began a curative incantation through gritted teeth as her body throbbed in pain from the hit she took across her chest moments ago as quickly and clearly as she could.
"B…Blessing of the Moon, shine down upon us."
A glow of green light surrounded both Naminé and Olette as they felt their bodies heal and mend painfully quick as the giant Nobody raised its massive fist to finish them as they lay vulnerable' or so it thought.
Twilight Thorn raised its fist to crush these two insects once and for all…Only…Its arm fell to the floor… severed from its body completely. Then came the pain, or at least what would have signaled pain for a Nobody as a punishing surge of agony erupted from the clean cut wound that was now its shoulder as it wailed in pain.
Looking down at it's detached limb… it saw what had so easily unarmed it.
Kairi moved to stand straight up and turned to face the now one armed Nobody while wisps of shadows and darkness floated off her body as she glared up at the monster.
"You will not touch them again…" She leveled her Keyblade at the Nobody.
Olette had gotten back on her feet and was now standing next to Naminé and could hardly believe her eye.
"K-Kairi… How?" Olette stuttered as she and Naminé moved on trembling legs to stand with the redhead as their bodies were still under the influence and pain of the blonde mage's healing incantation, all the while looking at Kairi with expressions mixed with awe and shock at what they witnessed her do.
The strategist hadn't even taken her eyes off the one armed Nobody as it still roared in agony from its missing limb; all the while small tendrils of darkness wavered around her body still, only these ones were slightly smaller than what they were moments ago.
"We need to kill this thing. Here and now; we will talk later. Olette, take out its legs, don't even let it move again; Naminé, I want you to hit its chest with whatever you can without overexerting yourself in anyway and if needed provide support to us if you can." Kairi was giving her orders, like she always did, and both Naminé and Olette new this was the best course of action to defeat this enemy.
Both the brunette and blond smiled at the tactician's words and nodded before they both moved to stand ready with their girlfriend to finish off this Monster and then help fight off the rest of the Organization's forces.
The three Keybladers stood ready to fight when the giant Nobody had pushed back its pain and stopped its wailing and, or so it appeared, seemed to be glaring down at the three warriors of light as its scarf like tentacles shot out around it as it stood full height before it readied itself to kill the three insects before it.
Kairi could feel adrenaline surge through her body as she stood tense and prepared to fight, even as tired as she, Olette and Naminé were, they were going to take this monster down and protect their home and each other.
But just as they were preparing to launch themselves at the Nobody, something highly unexpected happened before the Keyblader or even the Nobody could attempt an attack. The monster's head and scarf tendrils were cut clean off, causing it's body to swell up before exploding into a sliver like mist; as is how all Nobodies die… only on a much larger scale.
The three warriors of Light stood shocked at what had just happened, whatever it is that happened; as the remains of the Nobody shifted through the air and began to clear… They saw what, or rather who, brought the giant nobody down so effortlessly, and what they saw astonished them even further, especially the redheaded tactician.
Standing in the now dispersed silver mist was Xion in her black coat flowing around her with her white keyblade in hand, all the while the chains that once restrained her wrapped around her body and dangled off of her small frame.
The raven haired girl stood there staring at Kairi through the mist before she began walking slowly towards the trio of Keybladers on bare feet; her eye's still trained on the redhead as she calmly approached them, all the while her movements causing the chains wrapped around her to jingle lightly at her advanced.
Naminé and Olette stepped forward in front of Kairi, prepared to fight, and after seeing what this girl did the Ashe, Basch and their men… they weren't going to let her near Kairi if she had any intentions of harming her. Not after all they had gone through to finally be reunited.
But to their surprise; Kairi reached out and gripped each of their shoulders in either hand and gently pushed passed them, ignoring both Naminé and Olette's protests, as she approached the black clad girl… the girl Kairi had called…
"Xion…?" The redhead asked cautiously as she slowly approached her sister while clinching Oathkeeper in her hand tight and at the ready, just in case Xion became hostile, and the sudden strong grip pulling on her shoulder didn't help ease the tension as her head snapped back to see a very anxious Olette holding her back. E
An emerald green gaze met sea blue irises briefly before they broke eye contact and Kairi pulled away from the brunette's grip to meet the gaze of identical blue eyes as she now looked at Xion, who was now standing a mere few feet from the redhead, only now with a faint light in her eyes as their gazes met … a faint light that wasn't there when Kairi had looked into them before.
That gave Kairi hope.
Hope that her sister was still in there somewhere.
As for the brunette and blonde… their minds were elsewhere.
Olette was terrified… something she hadn't felt since she thought Kairi was dead, and seeing her approaching the mysterious girl she called Xion, a person who singlehandedly came close to killing two of Hollow Bastions best back-to-back fighters, and the image of this girl suddenly going after the subject of her affection brought that fear back full force as she watched her girlfriend slowly approach the shorter girl, and the dual-wielder was ready to spring into action at a moment's notice to protect the redhead if she spotted even the smallest indications of hostility.
Naminé stood next to the brawler in stunned silence as she was conflicted on whether to stop her girlfriend from her advance or to trust her and let her continue; she knew that the redhead wouldn't be approaching this Xion if she wasn't confident that she wouldn't be hostile… but the blonde learned some time ago from this war that it was better to be safe rather than sorry; so the young mage was already mentally preparing quick and short incantations ranging from offensive spells to defensive barriers at the ready in case of even a hint of aggression towards Kairi.
Both Olette and Naminé were on edge and only went further over the brink as the distance between Kairi and the raven haired girl named Xion diminished more and more.
Kairi finally stopped her advance towards her sister once there was only a foot separating the two from making physical contact, and the tactician couldn't be more anxious as she was so close to her Xion; close enough to touch, but as much as Kairi wanted to hug and comfort her sister, as sister she thought would never exist in reality but only in her false memories, she restrained herself to not startle or provoke Xion in anyway.
Although along with her tension, Kairi could feel the pressure that was currently emanating behind her…
The redhead may have had her back to her two companions, but she could feel the tense aura the brawler and mage gave off as Kairi closed the distance between herself and Xion; and it warmed her heart even more to know that Olette and Naminé were, as always, there to back her up incase things were to go wrong, and that thought brought a small tired smile to her lips before she refocused her attention back on the girl in front of her.
"Xion?..." Kairi repeated slowly as she now stood before her sister who seemed to tilt her head slightly at hearing her name… a name she may not even have memory of having, but saying her name seemed to be having some effect on the shorter girl; so Kairi would use it and hope that it would help remind Xion who she was.
"Xion…?" The redhead repeated again, "It's me, Kairi. Do you remember me Xion?"
She has to remember me…Please remember... Kairi pleaded to herself as she spoke those words to her sister in hopes of causing something to click with Xion's mind.
-Valiant Heart III-
Xion…?
A name?...
Whose name?...
The Girl's mind whirled with that one word.
No…
That name…
Something in her mind and the growing light within it told the Girl that the name she was hearing was very important to her, that it was it a part of her being somehow?
"Xion…? It's me, Kairi. Do you remember me Xion?" The crimson haired girl spoke again.
There it was again, that name; along with another.
'Xion? Kairi?'
And that other name she already knew even before she heard it told to her. The Girl already had the name etched in nearly all aspect her newly acquired memories. It belonged to the girl in front of her. This was Kairi, this girl with fierce red hair...she was someone important. By now the Girl knew that by how their minds seemed to be connected.
'Kairi…? Xion…?' The raven haired girl thought to herself over and over again in her head for a moment. Her mind seemed to put all focus on those two little words as she repeated them again and again, all the while just staring at the girl in front of her.
'No… not just a girl…'
'Kairi… her name is Kairi.' The Girl corrected herself.
Still in the unfeeling cold, the Girl stood looking into blue eyes that were unknowingly the same as her own before she mentally put all her focus on that one name, and with each time she sent the name through her mind the more the word became easier and more comfortable to hear… to say…
'Kairi…Kairi…Kairi…'
-Valiant Heart III-
"K..Kai..Kairi…"
Kairi's body stiffened, if that was even possible with how tense she already was, when she heard that single word said so quietly and raspy as her eyes went wide while she still stared at Xion in astonishment.
'Did she just…'
'She did! She said my name!' The redhead mentally cheered.
Kairi barely stopped herself as she very nearly rushed the smaller girl, intent on embracing her, but do to not wanting to startle her sister she restrained the urge of overwhelming affection and remained where she stood as a wide grin spread across her tired face as joy practically radiated off her, even after all she had been through, Kairi was still able to smile.
Her sister! Her Xion was in there somewhere and this was the first sliver of proof. Now all Kairi had to do was pull her out.
"Y-yes, that it! That's my name, and your name; your name is Xion… Do you remember?" She asked tentatively.
Kairi took a small step closer to her sister, her gaze; hopeful and pleading; while the gaze that now looked back at her was of confusion, and is the redhead was being honest with herself, that was a step up from the blank emotionless expression she had up until moments ago.
Then she heard it, a quiet hoarse voice just like before…
"X…Xi...Xio-"
"-of the Holy, protect me!" "KAIRI!" Olette's loud shout and Naminé's words cut through the air.
Before she could even react, Kairi was tackled to the ground by a ball of brown leather, and as she, and who she assumed was Olette, landed in a heap on the floor with pained cries, stunning her for a moment before she got her barring again.
Kairi now lay on her back pressed somewhat painfully in the cavern floor while Olette sat atop her, straddling her hips with her legs while her waist up was leaning over the redhead with her arms braced on either side of her head. They were close enough that their breathing tickled each other's faces, a fact that was not lost on either of them by how quickly their eyes went wide and how fast both their faces heated up.
In this brief moment of pause, Olette quickly remembered their situation was and immediately jumped up to her feet, and as she rose she pulled Kairi along with her and as they both got their footing back, both of their faces still ablaze, the redhead noticed what caused her the brunette girl to do what she did; and what she saw gave her a grim reminder of something every important.
They were still in the middle of a battlefield.
The scene before her made her feel like a fool for overlooking her surroundings as much as she did; and what Kairi saw over Olette's shoulder left her slightly dazed.
Naminé stood where Kairi was moments ago, in front of Xion, with Monochrome raised high in front of her as she maintained a barrier of energy around all four of them; and she held the barrier strong as another wave of dozens of small projectiles of energy in the form of needles slammed into the sorceress's protective spell.
If it wasn't for the quick thinking and efforts of Olette and Naminé, Kairi either would be seriously injured or dead.
'Dammit! I let my guard down… Get it together Kairi!' The redhead mentally scolded herself just as another, much larger, wave of energy needles slammed into the blonde's barrier; and just as the barrage of needles ceased a voice that could only be described as pure rage and malice rose up over the sounds of battle.
"YOU MISERABLE LITTLE RATS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY CREATIONN?!"
Another wave of needles recoiled against the magic shield once more.
Kairi, Naminé, and Olette looked to where the enemy missiles originated from; which was high up above them close to the breach in the caver ceiling, and what or rather who they saw only made their situation worse.
Xigbar had enough!
Bad enough he allowed himself to do nothing as he witnessed his Twilight Thorn get destroyed, but having been so stunned at seeing his Creation be the one to finish the giant Nobody that he just watched as the three Keybladers approach the girl slowly, more specifically the redheaded one… the one that should be dead.
As that thought went through his head it snapped the sniper out of his daze and a sudden wave of what felt like rage swept through him; and before he knew it he had his Arrowguns in his hands before quickly combined them into his rifle, Sharpshooter, and taking aim for the leader of the Keyblader's head.
But as Xigbar fired of a wave of energy bolts, intending to kill the redhead for the second time, it seem the other two Keybladers were not as distracted as their foolish leader, as the two leapt into action as soon as they saw the attack coming. The brute of the three that wielded two keyblades dropped her blades and tackled their leader to the ground and practically sat on top of her, and at the same time their little witch summoned a barrier of magic around them to block his needles completely. And that only pissed him off even more.
The sniper was in an unfamiliar rage as he let loose a vicious shout of fury and another way of energy needles, then another, then another! Yet the barrier held firm and blocked his attacks.
"I don't know how much longer this shield will hold." Naminé said within the barrier, a slight quiver in her voice as she continued to push magical energy into the protective energy dome she created. "I hope you two have a plan?" The blonde asked as she glanced over her shoulder at her girlfriends.
Kairi gave one more blushing glance at Olette before moving to look up at their assailant, whom continued to shout in rage and fire more bolts of energy into the barrier around them.
"Ok, we need to bring mister wanna-be-pirate down to our level. Naminé I want you to drop your shield when I say, then me and Olette willlll…" Kairi trailed off as she turned slightly and spotted Xion standing silently at the edge of the barrier with them while looking up and staring up at Xigbar with an open hand pressed up against Naminé's protective shield, and before Kairi could do or say anything else, the barrier shattered.
Looking up at the man who fired upon her, Xion… her name… had only one task now and target. The threat; and this barrier was in her way... She never removed her eyes from her target as she approached the wall of the barrier and pressed her open hand out against the solid form of energy and sent a small wave lightning magic into it.
The sudden shattering of the protective dome that Naminé was maintaining sent her sprawling to the ground as the shockwave of magic knocked her off her feet and to the ground, that is until Kairi and Olette leapt forward and caught the small blonde between themselves and kept her standing before she could hit the ground.
"Naminé! Are you ok?" Both Kairi and Olette asked simultaneously as they kept their girlfriend on her feet and looked at her expectantly.
Smiling at them both, Naminé nodded thankfully.
"Yes, thanks to-" She didn't get to finish her thanks as a rage filled voice bellowed.
"DIE!"
Once the barrier went down Xigbar took this as his opening to kill all three of these pests once and for all and take back what belonged to him!
"CRIMSON NEEDLE RAIN!" The sniper shouted as he began shooting off dozens upon dozens of energy bolts directed at the three Keybladers, and at this range and the sheer number of projectiles, it was nearly impossible to guard against it.
Kairi and Olette immediately moved Naminé behind them protectively, their instincts moving their bodies without them even thinking, as they both lifted their Keyblades in front of them in a hopeless attempt at blocking the oncoming wave of death. Both of them braced, ready for the coming onslaught.
…
….
Nothing happened… Then there was a quiet yet auditable gasp behind them, assumedly from Naminé.
Noticing this, both the strategist and the dual-wielder looked up past their guards, and what they saw stunned them once again.
Standing in front of the three of them with her white Keyblade held tight in one hand and her other hand opened palm gestured at what had once been a wall of deadly energy bolts; but what it was now was a tight compact ball of energy that was being held together by a powerful gravity spell in the very center of the energy sphere.
Her target hadn't moved, it still hovered up above. Its attack negated, now to counter-attack. Xion's mind seemed to know just what to do to counter nearly all attacks upon instinct, and now she knew just the right way to bring down this… what did the Kairi call her target? Wanna-be-pirate.
With a simple gesture of her hand, she pointed at the floating target; and in the next instance the ball of compact energy shot back in the direction it came from at an unbelievable speed.
Xigbar watched in total shock as his own large scale attack was neutralized so easily and sent flying right back at him in the form of a glowing sphere of death and as it erased any and all distance between him and it, he realized just was screwed he was.
Kairi, Naminé, and Olette watched as the attack that was once aimed for them moments ago now sail through the air and slam into the Organization Member high above and upon impact followed a massive explosion that rocked and shook Sanctuary to its core; drowning out all sounds of battle and it filled the cavern with dust and debris from the cavern ceiling as shards of stone rained down from being blowing off of the stone's surface.
"Those that dirty the world, Barrier, protect me!" Naminé's voice was barely heard as the shockwave from the explosion still bounced off the cavern walls as another dome of energy, somewhat weaker than the first, surrounded the four girls just as shards and other shrapnel fell all around them, destroying any lesser Nobodies that still lingered around them, tearing through them easily.
"Wow, she… Sh-she… that…Wow." Olette struggled to speak as she tried to express her thoughts as she just stared dumbfounded at the raven haired girl a few feet away from her, but to no avail. Kairi was about on the brunette's level of astonished and even Naminé stood with wide eyes at what she just witnessed.
A member of a group so powerful that even the combined skill and might of Hollow Bastion could barely hold its own against them; and here Xion stood completely unfazed by the massive explosion she caused and seemingly just one-shotted a member of Organization XIII.
'This is my sister… And she was possibly the most dangerous being present.' Kairi thought to herself as all she could only stare at her sister's back in amazement.
End of Chapter 4