Okay, we are back people. Got some fighting in this chapter, and... The official introduction of a new OC. Been a long time since the last one, think it was around the time when Violet got tortured. Anyway, this chapter marks the end of the Broken World, Two Broken Hearts Arc. Next chapter we will be moving five months into the future, a year into the adventures of Violet, Jesse, and Damon. Perhaps we'll see other characters gain new power around that time as well? I'm talking about Kya, official Keyblade Master Ceremony time for her in the next mini Arc, so, please be excited for that, and enjoy this chapter guys!
-Aftermath-
~A Broken World - Two Broken Hearts~
"The Children of Darkness… Is this what they do to the worlds they conquer?" Damon asked, as the four examined a dead looking world. The sky clouded over, the grass burnt, the landscape barren of life. It was silent around them.
"What are you doing here?" The four turned at an unknown voice.
"Who are you?" Violet asked, as she summoned Oathkeeper, Damon summoned Fenrir, and Jesse readied his magic. The girl just stood behind Violet. The boy was a year or two younger than Violet, he had spiked brown hair, and hazel eyes, with a slightly built body type. He was dressed in a black shirt, with a flak jacket over it, and a red scarf around his neck, with dark jeans, and a leather strap going from his right shoulder to his left hip.
"Names Blaze, now what are you three doing here? Do you work for the Darkness?" Blaze asked, Violet lowered her weapon, and smirked at him.
"The Darkness wishes it had me working for it. Anyway kid, you should get out of here before you get hurt." Violet told him, Blaze glared at her, Damon chuckled a bit.
"Blaze huh? More like Rho Farren." Damon remarked, Violet looked over at him, with a raised brow.
"How do you still know everyone?"
"He was technically in your class. Came into school same time you did. Flew under the radar though. But no one escapes me knowing them in that school, I got connections." Damon told her, Violet nodded, with a smile.
"Well, now I'm not so concerned about him being here now, other than him getting hurt." Violet said, waving dismissively at Blaze. He glared at her, and raised his hand, shooting a fireball at her. Violet simply smirked, and raised her own hand, a bright blue flame erupted from it, and consumed Blaze's flame.
"How did you do that?" Blaze demanded, Violet smirked.
"Because, my numbers are bigger than yours, at least… If we were in an RPG that is. Point is, you're not intimidating in the slightest, now, what are you doing here?" Violet asked, as she summoned Oathkeeper, and formed it into a Spear, the blade nearly poking Blaze in the next, causing him to lean back.
"Trying to fight them!" Blaze yelled, Violet shook her head.
"Wait… How long has this world been controlled by the Children of Darkness?" Damon wondered, looking back at the girl, who looked like she was about to run. Violet turned and glared at the girl, reaching out for her, before the girl dashed off, down a hill.
"Jesse shut your fucking mouth!" Violet yelled, as she chased after the girl, Jesse shook his head and followed behind her. Damon looked to Blaze.
"Come help us, or leave, or at least stay out of our way." Damon told Blaze before he followed after Violet, Jesse, and the girl, Blaze huffed, and ran after him. Violet banished Oathkeeper, and simply clutched the Keychain in her hand as she chased the girl.
"Violet, she's leading us somewhere!" Jesse yelled, as he caught up with Violet, she nodded, and summoned Oathkeeper once again, in it's usual shape, before she threw it towards the girl, once it flew past the girls head, Violet warped to it, and slammed her shoulder into the girl, knocking her on her back.
"Is this really a trap, are you serious? What the hell, I let you sleep in my bed!" Violet yelled, the girl glared at her, and Jesse shook his head as he caught up with them, fixing his scarf, so it wouldn't fall off.
"Not important right now Violet." Jesse said, with a slight smile, as he prepared to pull the girl up, Damon, and Blaze arrived moments later, as orange embers filled the air, shining in the darkened world, as someone appeared behind Violet.
"So, you did manage to bring her here, nice job." A deep and commanding voice spoke, Violet squeaked, and turned around, pointing Oathkeeper at him, before she stopped, her eyes widening, as she saw ZaZick.
"You're… ZaZick… Zack said that you… that you… You killed my parents!" Violet yelled as tears welled in her eyes, she rushed at ZaZick, who simply smirked, and raised his hand blocking her strike with his forearm before he grabbed her throat, and gripped it tightly, glaring down at the girl.
"You're so pathetic girl. You're quite lucky I want you to live, or this would be where I kill you." ZaZick told her, as he pushed her back, Damon leaped forwards, placing himself between Violet, and ZaZick, as he summoned Fenrir. ZaZick shook his head as his servant, the girl who had brought the Trio here returned to her feet, and circled around, so she would be next to ZaZick, Jesse was too busy holding Violet's shoulders, and making sure she was okay to notice.
"Why not just kill us?" Damon asked, ZaZick simply raised an eyebrow.
"Because killing you now would be way too easy, and I have plans for you three, and the worlds." ZaZick told him, Violet glared at him.
"What kind of plans?" Violet asked him, ZaZick simply smirked at her.
"The worlds began as one, I plan to bring it back to the way it was meant to be. The worlds were also engulfed in Chaos, and as such, I plan to bring that back as well, however, if the worlds existed in pure Chaos they would surely destroy themselves without supervision, so I shall rule as the God of this new World. The natural order must be restored." ZaZick told them, Jesse glared at him.
"You really think combining the worlds and throwing them into Chaos is the right path? You're insane!" Jesse yelled at him, ZaZick huffed.
"I do not expect you to understand, I'm simply telling you what is going to happen, because no one is strong enough to stop me. If you three miraculously manage to become strong enough to try, I welcome such a challenge. It is rather boring existing unchallenged."
"You're an arrogant prick." Violet spat at him, ZaZick huffed at her.
"Perhaps, but you said you spoke to Zack, but I never saw him speak to you, and tell you about me. How is this possible." ZaZick asked, glaring at Violet, searching her eyes for any lies.
"It's because a part of him lives on. Out of your reach, you failed." Violet told him, as she stood up on her own, and smirked as ZaZick, he simply glared at her.
"I'm going to find whatever remains of that pathetic fool, and crush it. Now, I believe I've wasted enough time on you, I merely wanted to draw you here, to get a read on your power, and tell you what I'm going to do to the worlds, a healthy challenge, if you will. Killing you would bring me no satisfaction, but if you were to get strong enough to challenge me, and I would crush you then… I would be satisfied, while I murder all of those pathetic friends you've gathered." ZaZick told them, before he simply vanished in a swirl of Darkness, the orange embers faded.
"Thought you were a badass." Blaze taunted Violet, who glared at him, as she snorted.
"Thought you would have enough balls to fight him." Violet replied, as several corridors of Darkness opened up behind the girl, who simply glared at the Trio, and Blaze.
"I don't care if it's against my God's orders, I'm killing you three now!" The girl that led them here yelled, as she summoned a pair of spears, one in each hand.
"You got a name, so I can shout it if we end up rushing each other anime style? Mine's Violet, in case you didn't know." Violet said, with a lopsided smile, Jesse let out an exasperated sigh, as Damon chucked a bit, as he rotated Fenrir in his hands.
"Brie." The girl said, with a glare, as several Children of Darkness members came from the Corridors behind her, each summoning a weapon of their own from the Darkness. Violet smirked, as Jesse prepared his magic, stepping up next to her, Damon stood guard at Violet's other side, and Blaze placed himself beside Damon, summoning an Odachi from a swirl of flames.
"Really living up to the nickname huh?" Violet asked, with a smirk, Jesse simply coughed, while still looking at the enemy, as the magical power flowed through him, nearly ready to burst.
"Focus Violet. Strategy: Stop and Drop." Jesse said, Violet glared at him.
"Use my name for it!" Violet exclaimed angrily, before Brie let out an irritated noise, and leaped at her. Violet, Jesse, and Damon jumped away from each other, while Blaze ran towards a Child of Darkness.
"Be more attentive!" Jesse yelled at her, Violet growled as she dodged several of Brie's strikes, it was rather tough however, considering the girl was primarily stabbing at her with spears. Violet was ducking an weaving, seeing no opening to attack. Damon was clashing with two Children of Darkness, having drawn one away from Jesse to fight with him instead.
Damon jumped up in the air, and kicked one Child of Darkness in the head, he landed on the ground, and rolled towards the other, swinging at his leg, only to have his attack blocked by his blade. The Child of Darkness behind him leaped up, and attempted to bring his hammer down on Damon.
Blaze was fighting with a Child of Darkness, remaining on even ground, the Child of Darkness launched a powerful Blizzaga from her hand, Blaze sliced through it, as he engulfed his blade in bright orange flames, he stabbed at her, only to meet her own blade, knocking his aside before she spun and slammed her foot into his stomach, sending him flying, hitting the Child of Darkness that was about to smash Damon with the Hammer, and knocking him off his target. Damon chuckled as he stood up and swung at his enemy once again.
"Jesse!" Violet yelled in frustration, this was starting to wear on her, her foot slipped, and a spear slid past her defense, the edge of the blade, slicing her ribs, not too deep, but it was still a hit. "And you better use my fucking name for it!" Violet yelled at him in pure anger, as she jumped at Brie, dodging another spear thrust, Brie just hopped back, and extended her second spear, it impaled Violet's foot, and the blonde screamed in pain.
"Stop! Violet-Time! Stopga!" Jesse yelled as he raised his hands in the air, a translucent clock face appearing, with the hands stopped at 2:14. This same clock appeared above the heads of each Child of Darkness, stopping them in their tracks. Jesse, without wasting another moment rushed to Violet's side, and pulled her foot off the spear. "Heal my friends wounds. Curaga!" Jesse yelled, as a Bell, and two leaves appeared above Violet, Jesse, Damon, and Blaze, healing them from any damage they might have taken.
"You used my name." Violet laughed at him, Jesse simply glared at her, and shook his head, pointing to Brie.
"Finish that before anything else." Jesse told her, as he prepared another spell just in case. Violet nodded, and strode towards Brie, who was frozen completely. Damon walked up behind a Child of Darkness, and hit them hard in the back of the head with the guard of the Keyblade, surely knocking them out once they unfroze, he went over to do the same to another Child, Blaze simply impaled the Child of Darkness he had slammed into, not caring as much about sparing them.
"You cut me, bitch." Violet muttered, as Oathkeeper transformed into the Engine Blade shape she had learned from Noctis, she slammed the bottom of the handle into the back of Brie's head, knocking her out once she was unfrozen. Damon finished his work, and walked up to Jesse, and Violet, with a smile. Jesse raised his fingers, and snapped them, unfreezing the group, three of them felling unconscious on the ground, and the other already dead from when Blaze impaled him.
"Well, I'd say that's a good workout for today…" Blaze said, Violet turned to him with a glare, he raised an eyebrow at her. "What?"
"You were nearly killed moron. Get out of here… Though I suppose you did fight well enough… Wait, why were you even here, surely you know that you cant beat all of them on your own." Violet said, Blaze huffed.
"I come here sometimes… Whenever night falls, or when I want a workout. Cant get battle experience without being in battle you know?" Blaze asked, Jesse shook his head.
"It's still wildly irresponsible. Which faction are you from?" Jesse asked, Blaze glared at him.
"New Guardians of Light."
"Right. Well, I'll contact Kya, and let he know you've been doing this. At least then if you don't come back, she'll know what happened."
"Wait, wait, wait… You're gonna contact Kya? Don't tell her about me! Not a word! Also, it sounds like you're kind of letting him off the hook, why him and not me?" Violet asked, Jesse simply smiled a bit at her.
"I'm 'letting him off the hook' because I do not care for him like I do you. If it is his wish to come here and risk his life, it's his right to do so. It's still incredibly stupid, but if he were to die, I would feel very little, because he put himself in this situation, if he's stupid enough to die, then he deserves to."
"Wow, Jesse being straight up savage! I like it, never do that to me, because we love each other. Me, you, 'n Damon." Violet said, as she wrapped an arm around both boys necks, pulling them closer to her, with a smile. Damon chuckled, and Jesse smiled a bit himself. Blaze just scratched his cheek.
"So… Violet, you single?" Blaze asked, Violet's smile fell from her face instantly, and she looked over at him.
"Good question… But don't hit on me." Violet deadpanned, as she released Damon and Jesse, turned on her heel and waked back in the direction of the Gummi ship. Jesse, and Damon followed after her without looking back at Blaze, who scratched the back of his neck.
"So… Is that a yes?" Blaze asked, the Trio simply ignored him, as they made their way back to the ship.
"I still wonder if Ardyn was in on it…" Jesse wondered, Violet shrugged.
"Let's go ask him…" Damon suggested, Violet smirked, with a slight smile.
"Yeah… Let's go pay him a visit."
-Aftermath- Emma's Apartment, Virtuoso City-
"This was a really bad idea…" Emma muttered, Ruby glared at her.
"You're just scared…" Ruby taunted the older girl, who glared at her, Ruby then smirked, and threw flour at Emma's face, hitting the girl, and making her giggle a bit, as she tossed some flour of her own at Ruby.
The two girls giggled, as they continued their flour war for a few more minutes, until the kitchen was utterly coated in flour, and the two girls were sitting on the flour laughing at their own stupidity.
"You got flour in my hair!" Ruby complained, in a girlish tone, Emma rolled her eyes, and grabbed a bit of her own hair.
"Cries the girl who coated me in flour!" Emma shot back, Ruby pouted at her.
"Yeah, but you started it!" Ruby exclaimed childishly, Emma pouted at her.
"I just got out the flour!" Emma exclaimed, Ruby nodded, crossing her arms, and shutting her eyes.
"Exactly! It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't done that!"
"You wanted to make cookies!" Emma exclaimed, Ruby nodded, as she stood up, nearly slipping as she attempted to push herself up. She walked over to Emma, and extended a hand. Emma took her hand with a smile, attempting to stand up, when Ruby brought her other hand around and lightly tossed some flour at Emma's face, causing the older girl to shut her eyes.
"Ha! Ruby wins!" Ruby exclaimed childishly, as she took off, into the living room of the small apartment, Emma shook her head, and she chased after the red head.
"You're gonna get it now Ruby!" Emma exclaimed, and she chased after the red head, who laughed. Emma glared at her, and stopped jumping across the Coffee table, sending the two of them to the ground. Ruby lying on her back, while Emma was straddling her, and pinning her arms down beside her head.
Ruby simply shut her mouth, any laughter she had dying in her throat as a curtain of Emma's hair blocked out the rest of the world, while her own spilled out behind her. Ruby's entire world was dedicated to studying Emma's face, as a blush slowly made it's way to both their cheeks.
Emma stared down at Ruby, her grip on the girls wrists was limp, Ruby could get at any time, she could get up at any time, but she couldn't help but stay on top of the redhead, staring down at her pale face, which seemed to be getting closer, and closer, as the redheads eyes closed. Emma leaned down, and gently kissed Ruby, as her own eyes closed.
The two stayed like that for what seemed like hours to the two of them, just kissing, before Ruby's eyes shot open as she felt something brush against her lips, and pushed Emma off of her, Emma looked down at her in concern, feeling ashamed at having possibly gone too far.
"My… First kiss…" Ruby spoke quietly, Emma frowned at her, and was about to say something when Ruby got up in a hurry, Emma falling to the side, sitting on the ground as she watched Ruby get on her feet, and run to the door, opening it quickly, and running off down the hall. Emma groaned and held her face in her hands, as she fell back on the floor.
-Aftermath- Insomnia, Citadel, World of Eos- The Next Day-
"There you are, we've been looking for you!" Violet exclaimed to Ardyn who simply smiled at her. Noctis, and the others were due to arrive for their meeting with the kind any minute now, Ardyn happened to be outside the Citadel, seemingly waiting for something, and out of view.
"Ah, what do you three want?" He asked simply, Violet glared at him.
"Did you send that girl after us? Are you working with ZaZick?" Violet demanded, Ardyn frowned at her, with a raised eyebrow.
"The girl asked me if she had seen anyone by your description. I pointed her in the right direction, I have no idea who that ZaZick you mentioned is. I have no desire to harm you three, if something terrible happened to you due to that girl, then you have my deepest, sincerest apologies." Ardyn told them, with a simple truth to his voice. He sounded genuinely sincere.
"Well, thanks Mister. Glad to know you don't want to hurt us. Anyway, that should be Noct, and the others. Let's go talk to them Jesse, Damon." Violet said, as she walked away from Ardyn, Jesse, and Damon followed her, with a final warning glare sent Ardyns way, as a car pulled up to the Citadel.
"Hey Violet!" Prompto shouted as he popped his head out a window, along with an arm, to wave at them, and half his torso.
"Prompto, we're literally about to pull up! You can wait to greet them." Gladio's voice emerged from the car, a slight agitation from being pushed against while Prompto had wildly tried to push himself out the window to greet them.
"I just wanted to say hi." Prompto complained, as the car stopped. He slipped back inside, and opened up the door, getting out of the car, Gladio followed behind him, as Ignis opened the door from the other side, and Noctis opened the passenger side door, stepping out.
"Hey guys, is that Nyx driving?" Violet asked as she walked up to Noctis, and looked in the window, seeing an older man, he looked at her and chuckled a bit.
"No, I'm not. Names Cor, you must be Violet. Prompto hasn't stopped talking about you." Cor revealed, Violet raised an eyebrow, and smiled at Cor.
"Really now? Well, it was nice meeting you Cor!"
"Same to you Violet." Cor said, as Violet backed away from the window. The four boys had come to stand next to the Trio, as Violet smirked, and Prompto looked uncomfortable, Noctis had a slight smirk, Ignis simply held no expression, while Gladio smiled a bit.
"You haven't stopped talking about me huh?" Violet teased Prompto, who blushed slightly.
"I- I mean, yeah, I mentioned you like once."
"Per hour. You wouldn't shut up about her last night either." Gladio said, Prompto glared at him.
"Oh come on man."
"I think it's cute you've got a crush on me. It I wasn't… Shit, am I even in a relationship anymore? I mean, haven't talked to her for five months, but we never broke up, but I still care about her…" Violet stopped, as she got lost in her own thoughts. Damon rolled his eyes, and brought his hands down, gripping her shoulders, with a knowing smile, as the blonde looked up at her friend.
"You know you're still together. At least until you break up, because she makes you happy." Damon reminded her, Violet smiled at him a bit, and nodded.
"Right. Thanks Damon. Anyway, havent we got to go see your dad Noct?" Violet asked, Noctis smiled and nodded.
"Yup. Come on guys, don't want to keep his majesty waiting." Noctis said, as he began up the stairs. Ignis, and Gladio followed after him, Violet, and Prompto after them, with Jesse and Damon behind them.
"Cant believe you just got here, and you're already getting into the throne room." Prompto said, Violet tilted her head at him. "I've never even been inside, and I've lived here my whole life!"
"Well, maybe it's just because I'm a pretty girl? You know, a flip of my hair, and most guys, and girls do anything I want." Violet said, conceitedly, Prompto laughed a bit, as Jesse simply shook his head. The group made their way to the elevators, having to take two just to get up there.
Prompto, Violet, and Damon marveled at the large murals adorning the walls of the room leading to the throne room. Jesse simply gave them a once over appreciatively. Noctis, Ignis, and Gladio weren't impressed because they had seen it all before. In fact Noctis seemed to have a slight frown on his face, that appeared as soon as they entered the room.
"Violet…" Jesse spoke up, just before they were about to enter the throne room, Violet turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow, as a simple smirk formed on his face. "I told you so."
-Aftermath-
Blaze, or Rho Farren- Blaze457X
So, I hope you guys enjoyed, next time we'll see a new setting for VDJ as they go about helping people. Kya will attempt a Keyblade Master Ceremony, other characters will be doing other things. So, I'll officially see you in the next chapter of Aftermath.