Well here's chapter 5. I think at this point I will try to make the chapters longer. I have this weird habit of condensing the chapters I write even though I like them longer. So I'll see if I can make this longer.

I'm not thinking of making chapters that are over 50 pages long! Just something longer than 2 pages...

Now we can get to the parts I love writing most of all, the combat!

Chapter V: Destiny Island (Part 3)

Living on a tropical Island all your life, you would've seen your fair share of storms. There are some that just leave a light drizzle, then there are those that leave a big mess. This wasn't a normal storm.

Koga and Sora realized that as they rowed to the island. It was storming right over them and the waves were choppy, but there was no rain in sight. Beside the water from the sea, there was not a single drop of seawater in sight. The sky flashed a sinister shade of purple. And the strangest thing of all was the giant dark red orb in the sky.

It felt like hours before they reached the docks, but they weren't the only boats here.

"Sora!" Koga pointed. "It's Riku and Kairi's boat!"

"What are they doing here!?" Sora exclaimed.

"Probably the same reason we are." Koga said. He shivered from the blowing wind. He wished he dressed more warmly but he only had time to grab his bag and that's it. Sora only was able to bring his wooden sword.

Lighting suddenly struck the island. It wasn't too far from where the two are.

"We gotta get to the Raft before it's too late!" Sora screamed. He started to run forward but then he saw a dark puddle appear on the edge of the docks. Out of these puddles came this dark shadowy creature.

Sora and Koga froze in fright, these were the same creature as in their dreams.

The Shadow suddenly lunged at Koga and he toppled onto the ground. It tried to claw at him but Koga screamed and grabbed it's wrists midway. The Shadow was much stronger than those lanky arms would lead you to believe.

"Koga! Hey get off of him!" Sora yelled as he pulled out his wooden sword and swung at the creature. The Staggered staggered from the blow as Koga kicked it off of him. Sora quickly helped his brother up. He looked unharmed except a little shaken up.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked. Koga looked like he was in a daze. Sora shook his brother slightly so he can snap out of it. "Hey, I said are you okay?!"

"T-t-those were the same monsters from my dream!" Koga sputtered out.

Sora nodded trying to look calm but in truth he was just as terrified as him. "I know. They were in my dream to."

Koga suddenly looked around frantically. "W-we have to f-find Kairi, and Riku! We gotta get them out of here!" His eyes widened as he saw more Shadows appear. There was about a dozen of them, maybe two dozen, and they're were still more coming out of the ground. Some were even rising out of the water.

"Oh crap." Was all Sora chuckled out nervously.

"Run for it!" Koga pulled Sora forward as they dashed past the Shadows. The Shadows were knocked back but kept advancing toward them. The twins ran across the beach until they reached a hut that let to a higher part of the island. They crashed against the door but it didn't budge.

"Oh no, it's locked!" Sora said fumbling with the door. Koga turned around and saw the swarm of Shadows coming towards them. Koga pulled his trusty slingshot and tried to fire at them. His harmless pellets just bounced off of them. He wished he got something more effective, like a cannon.

He looked around him and found a small and sharp rock. If he used this then it will definitely do more than leave a boo-boo. He put it in his slingshot and let it loose on one of the nearest Shadows as it hit it straight in the head.

Now Koga isn't a person who likes gore and death. But when he shot the sharp and pointy rock straight at the monster's eye he expected the monster to die like it was a zombie or something.

Yet it didn't...

The rock was just lodged into it's eye and black mist spilled out. Yet the Shadow looked unfazed. It kept walking towards them, calmly pulling the rock out as it crawled towards them. The eye didn't even look damaged!

"Nope, we're getting out of here!" Koga shouted. He pushed Sora aside and gave the door a mighty kick. The door got knocked open and the two of them stumbled in.

"Close it quick!"

Sora nodded and shut it, putting a plank of wood against it to hold it closed. The Shadows slammed against the wooden door.

"Ow.." Koga groaned as he clutched his leg. Sora grabbed his shoulder with concern. "I'm okay, I don't think it's sprained. It just aches, let's get moving quick."

They went up the stairs and made it back outside. The two of them had a great view of their home from here. But something wasn't right. The Island Town's light was out.

"You don't think those Shadows are attacking home are they?" Koga asked.

"I don't know..." Sora murmured. He hoped everyone at home is alright. He looked at the island across the bridge that was in front of them. He saw a figure with silver hair. Sora's eyes widened.

"Riku!" Sora ran ahead.

"Sora, where are you goi-" Koga felt something grab his leg. He looked and saw a Shadow peering over the ledge with it's hand wrapped around Koga's leg. Koga squeaked and kicked the Shadow off of him. He looked over the ledge and saw the swarm of Shadows crawling up the wall. "Wait for me Sora!"

Sora ran towards Riku and his friend turned towards him with a ghostly look on his face.

"Riku!" Sora looked overjoyed to see another friendly face during all this chaos. Koga ran up right behind him.

Koga looked around confused. "Where's Kairi? I thought she was with you?"

"The door has opened..." Riku said.

The twins didn't expect that answer and doubled back. "What?" They said in unison.

"The door has opened guys, now we can go to the outside worlds!" He said excited.

"Door? What are you talking about!" Sora said confused.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Koga shouted. "Look, there's monsters coming out of the ground and the sky is storming, we gotta find Kairi and get out of here!"

"Kairi is coming with us!" Riku said giving a slightly unnerving smile. He looked towards the darkened sky. "Once we step through we might not be able to come back. But we have to do this now!" He looked to the two of them. "Isn't this what you want Koga, to see the outside worlds?"

"Not if it means we'll never come back! I can't just abandon my mom and my home!" Koga cried."

"This may be our only chance, it's now or never! If we let fear get in the way then we'll never leave. But I'm not afraid of the darkness!" He put his hand out to them. "Are you with me?"

Sora hesitated for a second. He didn't know what was going on. Before he could even make a decision a pool of darkness opened up beneath them. Riku stayed in his place unflinching but Sora cried in surprise and tried to reach Riku. They were slowly sinking into the ground.

"Sora!" Koga cried. He ran to his brother's aid but was immediately tackled by a Shadow that caught up to them.

"Get off me!" Koga screamed as he pulled the Shadow off of him and threw it off the Island. He saw another one jumping towards him and dodge rolled it's attack. He dodged another Shadow, then another, but soon he faltered and the Shadows all dog piled on him, burying him with their small bodies.

"Koga?" Sora murmured. His brother was laying right next to them sinking in his own pool of darkness. They couldn't see anything in front of them as the two brothers flailed around desperately.

"Sora, Riku, Kairi! Someone help me!" Koga screamed but nobody heard his call. In his flailing he felt his body slowly grow cold, deathly cold. His right hand then had a strange warming sensation emanate from it. The warmth then quickly spread through his body. The warmth filled him with a new sense of strength.

Sora felt the same sensation course through him, even greater than his twin. From the two pools of darkness, two bright light exploded from it. When the light faded Sora and Koga stood side by side perfectly fine, not a speck of darkness in a ten foot radius.

Sora and Koga looked at each other and noticed each of them holding something.

Sora was holding some sort of sword in his hand. Although it's shaped more like a key. The shaft was silver with key-like teeth at the end. Said blade was not sharp at all, more blunt and hard like a club. The grip was colored yellow and covered by a metal guard. At the bottom of the weapon was a keychain with a weird symbol that looked kinda like mouse ears?...

Kingdom Key

Koga was holding a weapon like Sora's but designed very differently. The blade itself looks like a shooting star with the star making the teeth and the streaks making the shaft. It's colored blue, yellow, and silver with the colors mixing together to purple as it get's closer to the hilt. The keychain has a star pendant at the end of it.

Shooting Star

Keyblade

Keyblade

Keyblade

They both looked between their weapons curiously. The blade was light and heavy at the same time. They can feel a power come from the blade.

"What the heck was that?!" Koga shouted, confused. So much just happened in the last several minutes and he wanted answers.

"I don't know but get ready!" Sora got into a fighting stance as more Shadows approached. Koga followed Sora's lead and put up a slightly awkward stance with his weapon. They swung at the Shadows, the creatures vanishing in a puff of dark mist as they are defeated. Sora fought them easily, his training from all those sparing matches paying off. Koga stumbled with each swipe, he isn't as familiar with the sword as Sora and friends.

As much as it looked like they were winning, many more Shadows appeared.

The twins retreated into the Secret Place. Running into the cave they found none other than Kairi staring at the Door.

"Kairi!" Sora and Koga said in unison.

"Sora... Koga..." Kairi murmured as she turned to them. She had a empty and far-off look in her eyes. Koga took a step further but then the Door that was always shut suddenly opened.

A gust of wind blew from it and it knocked Kairi towards them. Koga tried to catch her but she then suddenly vanished. The force of the wind blew Sora and Koga right out of the cave when they blacked out.

When they came to, they found themselves at a horrific sight. They were on a patch of land that was floating in the sky, broken palm trees, barrels, and wood littered the area. Around them flew chunks of debris, some buildings from town. The dark orb hovered just barely over them. It felt like everything was being pulled towards it.

Their home was in absolute ruins!

"Sora." Koga whimpered. Sora turned to his brother, he looked like he was about to cry. "Our home..."

Sora didn't know what to say, he was as shocked as his brother.

They then felt a presence behind them. They whipped around and saw none other than the giant shadow from their dream.

Darkside

"Oh no..."

"What do we do now?" Koga asked.

Sora looked at his blade. "We fight him." He said.

Koga nodded and got ready to fight, albeit a little nervous. Darkside prepared to do a big punch that the two remembered vividly. This time the two knew to get out of the way. When it punched it embedded it's hand into the ground, creating a pool of darkness. They used this opportunity to attack the hand. They slammed their weapon into the hand over and over again. Just then several Shadows rose from the ground and crawled towards Sora. Koga noticed at the last second the Shadows about to lunge.

"Sora, look out!" He yelled, reaching his hand out.

Sora turned around and gasped as the Shadows were inches from his face. Then a burst of blue light crashed into the dark creatures, vanishing into a dark mist. Sora looked back to Koga and saw that his Keyblade has changed.

It had the same color scheme and design as before, but the weapon itself has changed into a strange looking gun. It looked like a mix between a crossbow and a pistol.

"Thanks for that Koga, how did you do that?"

"I don't know, one second it's a big key and now it's a gun!" Koga said just as confused as his brother, and a little nervous to be holding a gun at his age.

They turned their attention back to the Darkside who's chest was glowing. It then fired blasts of light. The two of them ducked, rolled, and dodged blast after blast. The Darkside was clearly growing irritated as it did another dark punch. As the Shadows came out of the ground Koga got an idea.

"Sora, listen, I'm going to distract the little guys. You will climb the big guy's arm and attack the head. That'll definitely take it down."

Sora gave a thumbs up and ran towards the creatures. Koga fired at the Shadows, drawing their attention. He noticed what he was firing looked like heart shaped needles of light. Fighting them with his new weapon felt more natural than using that big key. Just as the Darkside pulled it's hand out of the ground, Sora climbed onto it's arm. He leaped off the shoulder and did a downward slash as he fell.

The Darkside shuddered and groaned as it clutched it's face. It then started leaking dark mist from it's body as it was dragged upwards into the big orb.

"We did it!" Koga cheered.

"Nice thinking bro!" Sora slapped his back. Koga blushed and gave a sheepish grin, rubbing the back of his head.

Their celebration was cut short when they felt the wind suddenly pick up. Sora and Koga looked around and each grabbed onto a piece of wood that was embedded into the ground. The wind kept getting stronger and stronger till the two of them were floating in the air, hanging on to a plank of wood.

"Sora I wanna go home!" Koga cried, terrified.

"Don't let go Koga!" Sora commanded. "Whatever you do, don't let go!" He then saw something in the distance flying towards them. It was a broken plank of wood with a torn cloth hanging off of it. They quickly realized it was the raft! Or what's left of it...

And it was heading straight towards Koga!

"Oh, this is going to hurt..." Koga moaned as he shut his eyes. The raft crashed against him, wood splintering everywhere. Sora saw his brother get knocked unconscious. He tried to reach for him but he was an arms length away as he flew like a ragdoll.

"KOGA, NO!" Sora screamed. He could do nothing but watch as he flew into the unknown. The force of the wind was so strong that the remaining chunk of island began breaking apart. Soon Sora found the plank of wood breaking out of the ground as he was pulled upwards as well. He felt something hit his head as he fell unconscious as well as his limp body followed Koga's

And then, the light of their world went out.

And that's the end of the chapter.

For those that don't know, or do know, yes. The Keyblade Koga uses is indeed the Shooting Star keyblade from KH3, and the gun looks excatly like the double arrowguns except it's one arrowgun instead of two.

For things like enemy names that aren't directly labeled in game or told by the character I'll label them with This so you will know what they are called and I don't have to make the characters go "Oh look, it's #####!" every single time a new enemy appears.

Hopefully now it looks like the story is picking up. If you like the story, please favorite, follow, and review.

Until next time...

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