Hey guys! Been too long hasnt it? But this chapter is longer than the last few so, it should be worth it. Anyway, we get into the beginning of the next few character arcs, as well as a date between Kya, and Violet. The place they go to is from a current cartoon show. I do not own it, or any characters featured in this chapter. Though it would be great if I did. So, enjoy guys!
-Aftermath-
"Oh fuck!" Violet yelled as she fell on her floor, her left foot had a blanket twisted around it. "Ow…" Violet moaned, Kya just looked down at the blonde from the bed, with a raised eyebrow.
"How did you manage to fall down?" Kya asked her, Violet shook her head as she pushed herself up.
"No, don't ask if I'm hurt or anything, just question why I fell… What a good girlfriend." Violet said dryly, Kya just smiled a bit and shook her head. "The blanket twisted around my foot. I don't fully understand how it happened either." Violet admitted, once she was back on her feet.
"Well, be careful." Kya told her before she stood up, and stretched a bit. "Let's go take a shower." Kya said, Violet nodded, and skipped towards the door, before she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"What?" Violet asked as Kya stopped her from leaving the room.
"You need clothes on."
"My parents have seen everything." Violet said simply. "They have everything!"
"Do you really want to risk an awkward scenario where your mom sees you and me dashing to the shower, your bare ass shaking as you run to the bathroom?" Kya asked, Violet turned pink, and sighed.
"I guess you're right… I'll get a shirt." Violet said as she moved to her closet to get a shirt. Kya just shook her head.
-Aftermath- Golde Park-
"No… This isn't… It cant be…" Jamora muttered, holding his head in his hands. "I have to control it, this cant happen…" He said, before letting out a sigh, and leaning against the bench he was currently seated at. Jamora closed his eyes, trying to think of a way to fix this, when two teenagers walked in front of him, a boy, and a girl.
"You seem upset, are you okay?" The girl asked, looking down at Jamora, with a raised brow. The boy and girl both shared strawberry blonde hair, and light green eyes. The girl's hair was to her shoulders, and neat, parted to the left. While the boys was medium length, and fashionably messy.
The boy had a bit of a tan to him, while the girl was pale, and had freckles across her face. Both of them looked to have been training slightly, the girl had slight curves, and was slightly shorter than the boy.
"Huh? Oh, yeah I'm fine." Jamora answered, looking up at the two, seemingly identical teens. "Are you two twins?" Jamora asked, the girl shook her head.
"Nope, we just happen to look similar. He's older than me by a year." The girl answered, with a smile. "I'm Gwen, and my brother is Lawrence." Gwen told Jamora, who smiled.
"Jamora." Jamora told them, Gwen nodded, and looked to Lawrence as he tugged on her hand.
"Come on sis, let's go. We have somewhere to be." He told her, but she rolled her eyes.
"That somewhere is the Park. Which we are at, and I see no problem with talking to Jamora here." Gwen told him, Lawrence rolled his eyes, and gave her a pitiful look.
"Gwennie…" He said, Gwen frowned and looked down at the ground, shaking her head, and letting out a sigh.
"Fine, let's go then." She said, with a smile, looking to Jamora. "We'll see you later then, maybe… probably not though. Ciao!" She said, before she pulled Lawrence away, Jamora waved slightly as the two siblings walked off.
Jamora just shook his head, and leaned back, pulling his phone from his pocket, Andre had sent him several messages, and he hadn't responded to him yet. He was too freaked out over his Balance being well… Unbalanced. He had more Darkness in his heart then Light, and was trying to fix it, somehow.
"And fighting with Andre wont help things… There's just nothing I can do." Jamora said before he sighed again, and ran a hand through his pink hair. His phone went off, and he looked at it to see a message from his mother, telling him to come home. "Guess I'll go then…"
"Talking to myself isn't crazy, not at all. Completely normal thing I'm doing right now…" Jamora muttered, as he stood up, and began walking out of the park.
-Aftermath- An Hour or so later- Hart Residence-
"Do you ever get uncomfortable around Yuri?" Violet asked, Kya looked at her, and shrugged.
"Not really. Should I be?"
"I mean, he's in love with me. So, I don't know, just wondering." Violet told her, Kya shrugged.
"You know who you are with, and you're not an idiot. Neither is he. Emma still loves you, Ruby still has a crush, but as long as you remember who you belong to, everything will be fine." Kya said simply, Violet gave her a look.
"Belong to? I don't belong to anyone!" Violet protested, Kya chuckled, and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her against her.
"You know full well I didn't mean it exactly like that. I just meant that you're my girl, and you wont cheat. If you do, you, and whoever you cheat with will have to pray I never see you again."
"I don't like cheaters. My mom got her heart broken by a cheater, so I'll never do that…" Violet told her, Kya smiled at her.
"Good. Now, let's stop focusing on the negative, today's our date day." Kya said, Violet smiled, and nodded. Yuri walked down the sidewalk and stopped, turning to look at the couple.
"You two ready to get going?" Yuri asked, as he held out his hand, preparing to summon a Corridor of Light. Violet and Kya nodded, going over to him as he summoned the portal. "I'll leave you two alone. We'll meet on the beach in front of the statue at midnight." Yuri clarified, Kya, and Violet nodded.
"Statue?" Violet asked, he smiled at her, and walked through the portal. Kya and Violet exchanged a look before following him. They came out on a beach, with a statue overlooking it, and a beach house.
"Oh… He must've meant that one… Where did he go?" Violet asked, looking around, Kya shrugged.
"Who cares? You know I've never been to a beach before. Well, not when I wasn't on a mission." Kya said, Violet smiled, as her stomach growled.
"Oops… I guess I'm hungry, wanna go see if we can find some food?" Violet asked, Kya smiled at her and nodded. Kya took Violet's hand and the two walked off towards the town by the beach. A few minutes later, they were on the pier, Violet looking out to the ocean, and Kya getting her some fries.
"Hi!" A little boy said, Violet looked down at him, he was smiling at her widely. He had curly brown hair, and black eyes. He was wearing a pink shirt with a yellow star in the center, jeans, and pink sandals.
"Hi!" Violet replied, with a smile.
"You look like a pirate. Is that weird for me to say?" He asked her, Violet hummed.
"Never heard that before, but awesome! So, what's your name kid?" Violet asked him, he laughed.
"I'm Steven! Steven Universe, at your service." Steven told her, Violet chuckled.
"I'm Violet Alexandria Hart. And I could use some service. You see, me and my girlfriend aren't really from here. Would you mind showing us around Steven?" Violet asked, Steven shrugged.
"I don't mind, but it'll cost ya." He told her, Violet raised an eyebrow.
"Cost me what?"
"Well, do you know how to fight? You look like you can, but I don't want to assume." He told her, Violet smiled, and pulled Oathkeeper's Key-Chain from her a belt loop on her jean short shorts. Summoning the Keyblade in a flash of light, Steven looked at her in awe.
"Of course, and I can use magic." Violet told him, holding her right hand out, and summoning a blue flame in it. Kya came back, and glared at her, holding a paper tray of fries in one hand, the other holding a drink.
"Violet, don't do that." Kya told her, Violet smiled, and dismissed Oathkeeper, clipping the Key-Chain back onto one of her belt loops, and dismissing the fire before she took the food.
"Can I have the bits when you're done with the fries?" Steven asked her, Violet gave him a look.
"But I love the bits…" Violet muttered, before smiling. "How's sharing them sound?" Violet asked, Steven smiled.
"Works for me! But anyway, I was wondering if you could oversee some of my training, maybe give me some pointers?" Steven asked, Violet shrugged.
"I guess. Though, I'm still in training myself." Violet told him. Kya glared at her.
"Violet…" Kya said in a warning tone, before looking to Steven. "Can you even fight kid?" Kya asked, Steven shrugged, in a so-so manner.
"I'm mostly defensive. See!" Steven said, before he summoned a pink shield on his arm, Violet and Kya exchanged a look. The shield had a blue lining around it, and a lighter pink rose swirling around it to the center, which held a rose in the center.
"How the fu- Ow!" Violet yelped as Kya stomped her foot.
"My mom was a Gem. She gave up her physical form so I could live. See!" Steven said, pulling up his shirt, to show that where his belly button should be, there was a pink quartz gemstone.
"Gem?" Violet asked, Kya nodded.
"Master Aqua told me about this. On another world, there's this sentient race of Gemstones. They've been traveling to other worlds for thousands of years, using technology. Not Gummi's mind you, actual technology unique to their race." Kya explained.
"How have I never heard of them before now?" Violet asked, Kya shrugged.
"They aren't in our quadrant of worlds. We're from the north quadrant, and they're from the south. So normally they stay away, and I believe that Ansem the Wise had a form of truce with them. Which is odd, considering they generally destroy, or conquer the worlds they encounter."
"Those are the home world gems. But us Crystal Gems protect the earth!" Steven told them, Violet smiled at him and nodded.
"Good… But, you're half gem, half human, I'm assuming?" Violet asked, Steven nodded.
"That's me!" Steven said happily, Violet smiled. "Think we could go get some doughnuts first?" Steven asked, Violet nodded, and yawned.
"Tired?" Kya asked, Violet shrugged as they followed Steven to the Big Doughnut. Steven walked inside, followed by Violet, and Kya. The two teens behind the counter looked at them. The boy was tall and lanky, with a tan, and a orange puffy mohawk. The girl was short and stocky with blonde hair, and pale skin.
"Hey, Steven, new friends I assume?" The girl asked, Steven nodded.
"Yup! This is Violet, and… I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name." Steven said apologetically to Kya, she smiled at him.
"It's Kya, Steven." Kya told him, with a gentle smile.
"Right. Kya. Anyway, Violet, Kya, this is Sadie, and Lars." Steven introduced them, Violet nodded. Lars was blushing looking at Violet, and Kya.
"Would either of you um… Want a doughnut by chance?" Lars asked, Violet nodded, and bounded over to the counter, with Steven. Kya just shook her head, and folded her arms.
"Do you use a Munny system here?" Violet asked, Sadie shrugged.
"I think so." Sadie said, Violet nodded, and looked over to Kya.
"Can I have my Munny card?" Violet asked, Kya nodded, and walked towards the counter, handing Violet the card.
"It's a bad idea to eat a doughnut before training Violet." Kya said, with a slight smile, Violet shrugged.
"She can do what she wants." Lars said, Violet shrugged.
"No, Kya's right. But… I'm going to get one anyway." Violet said, Kya smiled, and ran a hand through Violet's hair.
"That's a weird thing for friends to do." Lars said, Sadie glared at him.
"But not a weird things for girlfriends to do." Violet told him. "So, what do you think babe? Should I get the pink one, or the brown one, which do you want me to eat?" Violet asked in a husky voice, wiggling her eyebrows up and down suggestively, Kya flushed pink and shook her head at Violet's implication, and innuendo.
"I'd say Pink. Because I know that pink frosted sprinkled doughnuts are your favorite." Kya told her, Violet nodded.
"Yeah, but chocolate's always nice, and it's a change from my usual." Violet told her, in a serious voice.
"Then get whichever you want babe…"
"Why didn't we bring Tsubaki?" Violet asked out of the blue, Kya shrugged.
"We were going to the beach, she'd probably get too hot, plus she's a frost ferret. She hates being hot." Kya said, Violet nodded, and looked back to Sadie, and Lars, holding out her Munny card.
"Give me the pink frosted sprinkled one, and get Steven whatever he wants." Violet told them, Sadie nodded, and took the card swiping it on the register, before handing it back, before getting the doughnuts.
"You two are dating… Each other?" Lars asked, Violet looked at him, and nodded.
"Delayed reaction much, but yes." Violet told him, before smirking. "You never had a chance anyway, plus don't you like Sadie?"
"What?" Lars screeched, before Violet giggled.
"Just causing my daily dose of havoc." Violet told him, as Sadie handed her the doughnut she bought with a blush on her cheeks. "Thanks cutie." Violet said, before she skipped out of the Big Doughnut. Kya gave the two an apologetic smile, and followed after her.
"Bye Sadie, bye Lars!" Steven said before he followed the two girls, Sadie and Lars just waved as he left the building. He saw Violet licking her fingers happily, with Kya staring at the ocean.
"So… training?" Violet asked, Steven nodded, and ate his doughnut as they walked towards the beach. "So, what exactly did you mean when you said your mother gave up her physical form so you could live?"
"Exactly that. Gem's bodies are made out of Light. I think, it's light, but you can touch it still? It's confusing, and I don't quite understand it myself. But, basically I have her Gemstone, which means she cant form her body around it… So… She's gone."
"That's so sad. I've got a mom, and a mother, and I couldn't imagine life without them." Violet told him, he looked up at her.
"You have two moms?" Steven asked, Violet giggled, and shrugged.
"Yes, and no. I do, but I only call one of them my mom, I call the other my mother. It's my own special way of telling them apart." Violet told him, he nodded.
"I get it. I mean, I don't have my biological mom around, but I have Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and my dad." Steven said brightly, Violet smiled, and the three continued walking, until they were under the statue, and the beach house, which Steven explained was where he lived.
"Okay Steven, show me what you've got." Violet said, as she summoned Oathkeeper, and ran her hand along the blade, a bright light flashing around her, when it cleared she was holding a sword and shield, though the shield was smaller than Steven's.
"Don't go easy on me, I can take it!" Steven told her, before he summoned his shield, Violet smiled and dashed towards him. Kya watched the two with her arms folded. Violet jumped up, and dashed at Steven in midair, slamming her sword against his shield.
Violet pushed harder on Steven's shield, pushing herself to flip over him. She landed on her feet and turned on her heel, aiming a knee at Steven's face, he made a noise of fear and summoned a protective pink bubble around himself, pushing Violet back when her knee collided with it.
"You weren't lying about your moves being defensive Steven." Violet told him, he laughed a bit, and let the bubble dissolve. The second he did, Violet smirked, and tapped the sand beneath her feet. She used Earth magic to manipulate the sand, and pull Steven in a bit, locking his legs in place.
"Wow!"
"Forgot about my magic didn't you?" Violet asked, as she recalled Oathkeeper back into it's original shape, and pointed it up in the air. "Thunder!" Violet called, a bolt of Lighting came from the sky, and Steven made a noise of fear once again, summoning the pink bubble around himself, the bolt stuck the bubble, making it vibrate intensely.
"Pretty much, yeah!" Steven replied before he dissolved the pink bubble, and jumped high into the air, he seemed to be very slowly floating to the ground. He summoned a shield, and turned spun, before throwing it at Violet, once he did, he summoned a second shield, spun, and threw that one as well.
"Hafta try harder than that Steven!" Violet told him, spinning Oathkeeper in her hands, knocking both shields away, Violet laughed before Oathkeeper was enveloped in a bright light. She merely stared at it as the light got brighter, and brighter. The light engulfed Violet for a moment, before disappearing a few seconds later.
"Wow!" Steven said, as he quickly descended to the ground, and ran towards Violet. Who was holding a large predominately white shield, with yellow lines going from the edges, and swirling around until they formed a blue heart in the center of it. Violet looked at the handle she was holding to see the Key-Chain hanging from it. Kya rushed over to her.
"Kya? What is this, and how did I do it?" Violet asked, Kya hummed, and examined the shield.
"It's obviously a Keyblade transformation. But none I've ever seen. Not one that you know. It doesn't match your other shield." Kya remarked, Violet nodded with an unsure, and confused look.
"Right, the other one's like a diamond shape, this one's bigger, and a circle… How did this happen?" Violet asked, Kya just shook her head, Steven summoned his shield, and offered it to Kya, who looked at it.
"It kinda looks like mine in a way." Steven pointed out, Kya hummed and took Steven's shield. She held it next to Violet's and examined them alongside one another, before making a noise of understanding.
"Well, would you look at that… I think your Keyblade did that because of Steven, and his shield. I would imagine you could do it with any weapon you fought against…" Kya said thoughtfully, handing Steven's shield back to him, he smiled and dismissed it. Violet hummed and reverted Oathkeeper back to it's original form.
"I did that by spinning it, I was thinking that no attacks would hit me… I could probably do it again that way." Violet said, dismissing Oathkeeper entirely, and clipping the Key-Chain to her belt loop once again.
"That was so cool! I wish I had a cool weapon like that!" Steven exclaimed, Violet laughed a bit, and placed a hand on his head.
"Maybe someday, you will get one of your own." Violet told him honestly, with a smile. To be honest Steven had all the makings of being a Keyblade Wielder eventually, once he was older at least.
"Violet…" Kya told her in a warning tone, Violet nodded, with a smile.
"I know, we cant… But a part of me wants to…" Violet admitted, with a small chuckle, before she looked to Kya. "We had a date though… I wasn't supposed to get in a fight…"
"Oh… Did I ruin your guys' date? I'm sorry about that." Steven told them, Violet, and Kya smiled at the boy.
"Oh, it's fine. We discovered something new about Violet's powers, and the day is still young." Kya told him, Violet nodded, and looked towards the water.
"Kya, can we go swimming?" Violet asked, Kya nodded, and looked to Steven.
"Are you going to be joining us Steven?" Kya asked, he shrugged.
"Nah, I'll let you two have some privacy. I'll just be in that house up there if you guys need anything though." Steven told them, Violet laughed and nodded before Steven ran off towards the steps that led up to the beach house.
"I know you wanted to pass it on to him." Kya said, Violet smiled, and nodded.
"If only I knew how to do that… How do you do that?" Violet asked, Kya shrugged.
"Different ways. I inherited Rainfell from just playing with it after I met Master Aqua." Kya said, Violet nodded.
"I guess that makes sense… I just touched Oathkeeper, and then, it was my Keyblade. It was the first one I remember seeing." Violet said, before shaking her head. "Anyway, let's go swimming." Violet said, before she pulled her loose shirt off, revealing a pink bikini top.
"Right." Kya agreed, with a smile as she pulled off her summer dress, to reveal a white bikini. Violet smiled at her.
"You look hot babe." Violet told her, Kya rolled her eyes with a slight tinge of pink to her cheeks. The next thing Violet knew Kya was running at her, Violet yelled and ran the other way, towards the water.
-Aftermath- Several Hours Later- 1:45 A.M.- Virtuoso City-
"Okay, it should be this way." A man said, he had on a black duster, with a black shirt underneath, and jeans, with boots. He had an eye patch over one eye, and the other was a dull blue color. Short dark brown hair, and slight stubble.
"Keep up Zephyr." A woman said, she had short purple hair, and matching eyes. Pale skin, and red lips. Curves in all the right places, and wore a black shirt, that left her midriff exposed, and skinny jeans.
"Right Laura." Zephyr said, adjusting his beanie, and looking around while the man opened up what looked like the entrance to an underground cellar.
"Heartless should be in there… Somewhere." The man said, before descending some stairs. Laura and Zephyr followed after him.
"If this get's us killed Reeve, I'm haunting your family." Laura said, Zephyr cracked a small smile, and turned, closing the door behind them.
"I was gonna say… Get that." Reeve said, before shaking his head. "We weren't the only one's with this contract, so there's a slim chance someone else got it ahead of us. If that's the case, then we're gonna be wasting our time down here." Reeve told his two companions.
"That supposed to make us feel better?" Zephyr asked dryly, Reeve shrugged.
"Feel however you want." He said indifferently, before moving forwards through the tunnels. Laura let out a quiet sigh, and twisted uncomfortably.
"This sucks, I'm claustrophobic you know." Laura said, Reeve chuckled.
"I'll tell you what, just see this through and you'll get- Wait you hear that?" Reeve asked as a sound of something scraping against a metal pipe was heard.
"Yeah, but what would I get?"
"What? What are you talking about?" Reeve asked, with a raised eyebrow, Laura rolled her eyes.
"You said I'd get, and then you just stopped. What would I get?" Laura asked him, Reeve chuckled.
"Oh, that. I don't know, I was talking out of my ass. We should just kill this thing and leave." Reeve said, Laura gave him the finger.
"Asshole." She said under her breath, Zephyr just smiled and shook his head. The three made their way through the tunnels until they came to a clearing. A large Pureblood heartless was scratching at the brick walls surrounding it. It looked to be canine in a way, like an oversized wolf.
"Okay, there it is. Now, time to kill this thing." Reeve said, pulling two pistols from his jacket, Laura nodded, and used light to summon two large shuriken. Zephyr reached behind him, to the holster for his collapsible gun spear.
The three prepared to rush the Heartless when someone ran out from the other side of the room, dressed in a standard organization cloak, and holding a katana in their hand. They jumped up, and pointed their katana at the Heartless' head, before pulling a trigger that lay on the hilt. A shotgun blast was heard, and they rocketed towards the Heartless, decapitating it instantly.
"The fuck! That was our kill." Reeve yelled, as the person pulled out a phone and took a picture of the target, sending it to whoever they got the contract from, before they looked at the group of three.
"My kill. My payment." The figure told them in a deep, and gravelly voice. Before they looked to a valve controlling the steam flow in several pipes. The figure pointed a finger at it, and launched a Firga at it. Destroying the valve, making the steam build up for a few seconds before a pipe on the walls exploded, sending shards of metal across the room, and filling it with steam.
"Zephyr, go after them." Reeve ordered, while tending to a wound on his shoulder, Zephyr looked worriedly at Laura, who had jumped in front of him as soon as the pipe exploded, and had a shard of metal in her back.
"But…" Zephyr said, looking to Laura's face contorted in pain, he was holding her up at the moment, Reeve glared at him.
"I'll get her out of here, just fucking go." Reeve told him, Zephyr let out a sigh, and nodded, running off, wincing in pain each step, a shard of metal had embedded itself in his left leg. He exited the room, and looked around left, or right… Left, he guessed running down the left pathway, it was a straight path from here, and he could see the figure.
"Hey stop!" Zephyr yelled, the figure turned, and shook their head. Zephyr let out an exhausted sigh, and kept running, despite his large stature he was faster than the person he was chasing. He ended up catching up to them after thirty seconds or so of running, he tackled them to the ground.
"Get off." The figure demanded, their voice sounding panicked under that deep, gravelly tone. They kicked Zephyr in the stomach with more force than he was anticipating, and got up, dusting their cloak off, and pulling their katana from the sheath on their belt.
"You hurt my friend." Zephyr said, as he pushed himself up, and readied his weapon, making it extend to it's full size. He rushed towards the figure, pointing his spear at them, and pulling a trigger, launching himself even faster towards them. The figure pulled a trigger on their katana, and it shot quickly to the side, blocking the spear, and pushing Zephyr off balance.
"You should've just let me go." The figure said, before rushing forwards, and pulling the trigger on the katana, sending it shooting in the other direction, the butt of the handle slamming into Zephyr's head, knocking him to the ground. The figure then kicked him in the ribs making him topple over, before shaking their head and running off towards a nearby ladder.
"Sorry." They told him, before they sheathed their katana, and climbed up the ladder, leaving Zephyr lying there holding the side of his head. Who was that, and how did they best him so easily… He wasn't a novice at fighting, but whoever that was, they were something different. They beat him out of pure skill, that was something he could respect, but he also vowed to find them, and win the next time they fought.
-Aftermath-
Well, there we are folks. Zephyr found a rival, who will be featured heavily in his character arcs. Jamora is having troubles with the Balance of Light, and Darkness in his heart, and will have to fix that. Violet, and Kya met Steven from Steven Universe. Love that show. Lawrence and Gwen made an entrance. They were actually some of Violet's friends from her school before Apex, so it will be fun bringing them into the mix... They're like... Emily, in that they're relatively normal teenagers. Anyway, see you guys in the next one!