So, here we are. I apologise for the wait, I've been trying to finish this chapter for a couple days now, and finally got to a point I was happy with it. So, I hope you guys enjoy, and sorry for the wait, once again. I'll do better, it's just... Persona 5, been playing that, and loving the shit out of it. So, that's all just wanted to put that in, and without any further delay enjoy the chapter guys!
-Aftermath-
~Shadows of Light~
"Violet!" Jesse exclaimed, Violet turned to look at him, with Oathkeeper in her left hand, Jesse pointed up at the castle, towards Mitsuha's window. "Princess Mitsuha just screamed."
"Right. You two take care of things here." Violet said, as she transformed Oathkeeper into a pair of daggers. "Be careful."
"You be careful Violet." Damon told her, Violet nodded, and turned, throwing a dagger at the castle, before she warped to it, as soon as she did, she threw the other dagger, and warped to that. She kept this up until she was able to throw the dagger into Mitsuha's window, shattering it, before she warped to it, grabbing it in her hand, before she reverted Oathkeeper into it's normal shape.
Two guards were in the room, Violet glared at them, before she shot Lightning at them, and dashed forwards, gathering the lingering electricity around her blade, before killing both guards swiftly. She ran out of the room, seeing the King run with Mitsuha over his shoulder, Violet glared at them, and chased after him.
Violet saw the remaining two guards ready to face off against her, she groaned at them, and used Earth magic to pull a stone from the wall, crushing both Guards against the opposite wall. Violet threw Oathkeeper at the King, and warped to it, firing off a blast of wind magic at him, just as he turned a corner.
"Fucking shit." Violet muttered, as she chased after the King, she looked at the walls. "I wonder if this'll work, come on training…" Violet said, as she jumped up, and planted her feet against the wall, attempting to leap off of it, she glowed pink for a moment, before falling rather unceremoniously on the ground. "Fuck."
"Let's learn Flowmotion, my names Jesse, I'm a shit teacher." Violet complained in a low voice, before she growled and ran after the King once again. She rounded a corner to see a wall opening, and five guards waiting for her, as the King scurried off, into the wall, Violet scoffed, before she twisted Oathkeeper in her hands.
Violet threw Oathkeeper in a Strike raid, the Keyblade angling itself into the secret passage in the wall. Violet smirked, and took a wide stance, putting both her arms behind her, as a bright blue flame began crackling inside her palms, she brought her hands in front of her, and snapped her fingers on both hands, causing the blue flames to envelop her hands, and cling to her skin, she smirked.
One guard ran up to her, swinging his sword at her, Violet simply ducked, and tripped him, using the momentum to turn back around, and deliver an uppercut to the guards chest, sending him flying up into the ceiling, the armor she punched having melted completely.
"Guess they really are empty husks…" Violet muttered, as she observed the armor, no person inside. Before she could look at it further, a blade came down upon her. Violet shrieked, and jumped at the last second, the blade grazing her arm, and cutting her sleeve, drawing a bit of blood. "Asshole!"
Violet punched a hole through the guards chest piece, with her right hand, while she used her left to grab his sword, and engulf it in blue flames, she then threw the blade at another guard, and pierced his helmet, knocking him down. The two remaining guards rushed her at the same time, Violet ran forwards to meet them, jumping out of the way to dodge a swipe from one's sword, only for a shield to slam painfully into her side, sending her flying into the opposite wall.
Before Violet could recover a hand wrapped around her throat, she grit her teeth. "No!" Violet screamed, before she gripped the arm, and increased the intensity of her flames, separating the gauntlet from the suit of armor, she removed the gauntlet from her throat, and used it to tear through the Guards helmet, before she shot a large fireball at the remaining guard, melting down the armor almost instantly.
Violet scoffed, and shook her hands free of flames, observing that the wall had closed, and the secret entrance was no longer visible. She smirked, and warped to Oathkeeper, which was embedded in a wall, just beyond the sealed entrance to the secret hall. Violet shook her head, and ran after the King once again, the torches on the wall lighting the way for her.
Violet came up to a large room, where Princess Mitsuha was tied to a table, next to a machine, the King was tinkering with. Violet saw that Mitsuha was unconscious, and glared at the King. Violet needed to get Mitsuha off of there, and get the King away from that machine as fast as she could. Whatever he was doing… it wasn't good.
"Get away from her!" Violet exclaimed, glaring at the King, who growled at her, and looked up.
"You aren't supposed to be here Inheritor." He told her, as he stopped whatever he was doing, Violet simply glared at him.
"Wanna explain yourself, Crazy?" Violet asked, the King shook his head.
"I was trying to save her! She has Darkness in her Heart, my daughter will not be corrupted. She summoned you to kill me, didn't she? I will not allow such behavior."
"Removing something so vital to a person never turns out well. I cant allow you to do that." Violet said as she threw Oathkeeper at him, he backed away, as Violet warped to her Keyblade, landing, perched on top of the machine he was fiddling with moments before. Violet kicked at him, causing him to grab her foot, and use a Blizzard spell, encasing her foot in ice, Violet grit her teeth, and grabbed onto the machine she was perched on, swinging her other foot at him, the King grabbed it as well, and encased it in ice too.
Violet smirked, as both her feet were incased in ice, she threw Oathkeeper into the air, and lunged at the King, with both her hands, the King rushed, letting go of both her feet, and reaching for her hands. Violet smirked, and brought her legs together slamming both her feet against his neck, on each side, he coughed, and fell down, as Violet landed on the ground, the ice around her feet shattering.
Oathkeeper fell from the ceiling, and Violet caught it in her left hand effortlessly, before placing it at the King's throat. He gulped, and leaned back, placing his arms up, by his head, and staring up at her glare.
"You wouldn't kill me!"
"I promised Mitsuha I would do whatever I had to." Violet told him, coldly, before her glare deepened, and she lowered her blade. "Corruptio optimi pessima. It's only fair." Violet told him, the King took in a deep breath, before letting it out, and standing back up.
"You are a very honorable girl." The King told her, as he held out his hand, summoning a large sword in his hand, before he extended his other hand, summoning a large shield in his other hand. "And very stupid!" The King exclaimed, as he lunged at her, Violet glared at him, and blocked his strike, using all her strength to push his blade back, before she hit him with a strong gust of wind, sending him flying into the far wall.
"Idiot." Violet muttered, before she looked back at Mitsuha, and shook her head, before walking away from the girl, and towards the King. She didn't want the Princess to get hurt in the fight, so she had to keep her major destructive magic to a minimum, and keep the King away from her, he would no doubt take her as hostage to get ahead.
The King stood up, and glared at Violet, before he rushed at her, Violet engulfed her Keyblade in Light, and transformed it into a short blade, and small diamond shaped shield. She blocked the King's blade, and ducked, tripping the King, before she spun on her heel, and slammed her shield into his stomach, knocking him into the ground, before she kicked him in the ribs, sending him flying away from her.
"Man, this is just bad form. Really underwhelming fight." Violet muttered, before she shook her head, blinking, when she opened her eyes once again, the King was nowhere to be seen. Violet widened her eyes, before a blade was driven through her side, Violet screamed in pain, and unleashed a blue flame around herself, knocking the King away from her.
"Stupid girl. You're going to die here." The King taunted her, as he got back up, and marched towards her. Violet was on the ground wincing in pain, and holding her side, as it gushed blood.
"Cure!" Violet managed a small healing spell, managing to seal the wound, however too much activity, or movement could easily rip it back open. She had to beat this guy quick, and without moving too much. Violet transformed Oathkeeper back into it's normal shape, and used it to push herself up, glaring at the King, as she turned around, her whole body shaking, and her lower left side covered in blood, along with her right hand.
"It is impressive you can still manage to stand, but your resistance is meaningless. Once I kill you, I'll rip the darkness away from Mitsuha, then kill your friends." The King taunted her, Violet's glare deepened.
"Don't you ever threaten my friends." Violet said simply, as she tried to calm herself down, the King just moved in, rushing her, preparing a strike. Violet used Earth magic to make the ground behind her rise, she leaned against it, and transformed Oathkeeper into a large round shield, blocking the King's strike, however the force of it was enough to knock her back through the stone wall, a sharp piece of stone embedding itself in her barely mended wound, Violet screamed in pain.
"You're pathetic!" The King yelled at her, seeing the blond girl struggling to hold herself up, the pain becoming nearly too much for her. It hurt so fucking bad, it was almost unbearable, and she still had to fight. Violet angled her head to look up at him, a fire in her eyes, he simply smirked at her.
"Get away!" Violet screamed, as she attempted to stand, holding her hand out, and sending a pillar of Light towards the King, which he dodged easily, Violet's feet just went out from under her, causing her to fall back, and onto her back, lodging the rock further into her wound. Violet shook her head, as she grit her teeth, tears coming to her eyes, as she watched the King approach her.
"Violet…" Zack's concerned voice echoed through her head, she just shook her head, shutting her eyes tightly. The King simpled smiled at her and raised his sword into the air, charging it with more, and more Light, until it was blinding.
"Now die!" He screamed, as he brought the full force of his power down upon her. Violet saw flashes of everyone who meant the most to her, who had helped her, guided her…
She saw a younger version of herself climbing up onto the roof, and raising her arms into the air, laughing loudly, before the roof tile slipped out from underneath her, younger Violet's eyes widened, as she fell, and screamed for her Momma, and Mommy, before she fell off the roof. As she screamed and fell to the ground, she suddenly stopped, as she was wrapped in a pair of strong arms, and nearly crushed against a woman.
"Never do that again, Kid. Your mother would kill me if you got hurt…" Toni had said, in a quiet voice, Violet just cried, and wrapped her arms around her Momma's neck, before Toni started shaking too, and Violet felt drops of water on her shoulder. "I… couldn't bear losing you…" Toni whispered through a tear filled embrace.
Violet raised hand into the air, as she King's blade came down upon her, she cast a powerful barrier around herself, blocking his strike, he just laughed at her.
"Cant keep it up forever!" He exclaimed, as he kept bringing his blade down upon it, charged with Light, eager to break the barrier and kill the girl.
"Reflect." Violet whispered, before she pushed out her hand, the barrier turned dark, before unleashing a powerful series of explosions made of Light from it, each one of them hitting the King, causing him to scream as he was ripped apart by them, his own power fueling their strength. When all the chaos stopped, nothing was left of the King, and Violet was left panting, as she tried to stand up.
"That… could've gone better." Violet muttered, as she used Earth magic to summon a wall, she used to help support her, as she made her way over to Mitsuha, and the machine. Violet let out a shuddering breath, and shut her eyes, reaching back, and grabbing the stone that was protruding from her back, she grabbed it, and yanked it out, nearly screaming before she used a small cure spell once again.
"Now to get Mitsuha out of there…" Violet muttered, as she made it to the machine. Looking it over, she sighed. "I don't know what any of this means…"
"I do. Pull the left lever, it should release the bonds." Zack chimed in, Violet huffed, and reached for the lever.
"How do you know that?" Violet asked him, however, as she pulled the lever, he didn't respond to her. The bonds holding Mitsuha released, and Violet smiled, as she moved over to the Princess, lightly tapping her on the shoulder. "Princess. Enough with the beauty sleep, we gotta go." Violet said, smiling a bit.
-Aftermath- Virtuoso City, A Different Outcome-
Tanner walked alongside Violet, well, not the Violet he was assigned to, a different, alternate Violet, from a separate reality. She seemed happy, her hair being even shorter than it usually was. They were on their way to her house.
"Haven't seen you around much these days Tanner, how longs it been? A year now?" Violet said, Tanner simply nodded.
"I've been busy with things, as usual, and it has been closer to a year and six months." He simply replied, it was enough for Violet, because she simply shrugged in response, as they came up to the door to her home. She opened the door, and immediately heard yelling.
"I can manage Kels! I've walked my whole life!" Toni shouted, Violet let out a smile, as she rushed to the living room, Tanner closed the door behind him, following her calmly. Toni was trying to walk using some magical railing that Kelsi was making.
"Mom! You're walking!" Violet exclaimed happily, as she rushed up to her parents, Toni simply grit her teeth, this wasn't easy to do.
"I noticed." Toni grunted at her, Violet just smiled, before Toni's legs gave out, and she fell, only for Violet to catch her quickly, wrapping her arms around her Mom. "I'm fine."
"I know, I just didn't want you to get hurt Mom… Got enough of that already." Violet said, Toni simply smiled at her daughter, as she helped her back into her wheelchair. As soon as she was back in her chair, she smiled at Violet, and ruffled her hair, Violet giggled.
"I'm glad you've become so strong Violet… My little Hero." Toni said, Tanner simply hummed, as he looked upon the scene before him.
"Violet saved you?" Tanner asked, Toni smiled, and nodded.
"Yup, my little girl's a badass now." Toni said, Kelsi came up behind her, and smacked her on the shoulder. "Sorry babe."
"It's fine." Kelsi smiled at her wife, Toni smirked, and chuckled.
"It wasn't just me Mom… Kya… she helped too, and Jesse, and Damon…" Violet said, as her shoulders slumped. Toni frowned at her daughter.
"How is Kya doing anyway?"
"Hasn't woken up yet… It's been over a year now… What if she doesn't…" Violet stopped as tears came to her eyes, Tanner frowned at her.
"You cant give up Violet… Kya's gonna be up, and outta that coma in no time. Then you two will get married, and we'll have another Hart, hopefully two." Toni said, as Violet blushed.
"Mom! I'm too young for a kid!" Violet exclaimed, as Tanner looked, noticing an engagement ring on her finger. Seems she was closer with Kya in this universe.
"Well, better get ready, because I want at least one grandkid to spoil. Now that my little girl is a Hero, I don't have anyone." Toni said, Tanner simply frowned. This reality was… different. He just opened a portal, and ended up here. Things seemed… Different, he didn't know if it was better, or worse this way. Toni, and Kelsi were alive but… Kya was in a coma, and the world… well, there was no giant castle in the middle of Virtuoso City in his universe, and certainly not one from Radiant Garden.
-Aftermath- Radiant Garden, Our Reality-
"Chara! Just let me love you, my beautiful bird of mine!" Alex exclaimed as he tried to pet his birds crest, only for her to snap at him, and peck at his finger. Frisk sat in front of Andrew, sleeping peacefully as he pet her. Kya, and Ruby had yet to show up for the meeting.
"She's not the only one who doesn't like you." Andrew said, Alex gasped at him.
"I thought we were bros, bro."
"We are. Doesn't mean I have to like you, just tolerate you enough to make sure you don't kill yourself from stupidity." Andrew smirked, as Alex shook his head, the door to the restaurant opened, and Kya, and Ruby stepped inside, Kya having Tsubaki on her shoulder.
"So, who are these guys Kya?" Ruby asked, Kya smiled a bit.
"Friends. Me, and Violet met them on our trip to Radiant Garden way back when we first got Tsubaki." Kya answered her, Ruby nodded.
"Why's no one here?" Ruby asked, observing the empty restaurant as she and Kya approached the table Alex, and Andrew were seated at.
"We know the owners, arranged for it to be closed today." Alex told them, Andrew nodded.
"Our parents, specifically."
"Same place me and Violet had dinner when we came. Yuffie, and Master Kairi came and ate with us, with their Chocobo as well." Kya told her, as she motioned for Ruby to sit down, Ruby smiled, and got in the booth, sliding in, as Kya sat next to her, across from Andrew.
"Pretty good memory there." Alex teased her, Kya nodded.
"Aqua trained me well, but we aren't here to talk about that. What you got for me?" Kya asked, Ruby tilted her head, as Alex, and Andrew both reached into a bag next to them, and pulled out some papers.
"How do they know this?" Ruby asked.
"When you work in a place like this, in Radiant Garden no less, you hear a lot of chatter, and rumors." Andrew told her, as he presented Kya with some papers, along with Alex, Kya took them, and looked them over.
"Not much to talk about huh?" Kya asked, Andrew shook his head.
"Pretty much. Compared to most of our reports. However this one includes a page about different groups that go around helping people. Violet's is among them, though she never directly comes around here."
"I figured as much. Thank you for this information, I'll be back next week for more." Kya said as she began to stand up, Andrew let out a sigh.
"You don't gotta run off, you can stay. Free food, and drink if nothing else." Andrew told her, as he began to stand, rubbing Frisk's head with his finger.
"It's fine."
"Kya, come on, we're all friends. Alex, come on, help me prepare these ladies something. Anything you guys want?" Andrew asked, Kya let out an irritated sigh, and sat back down, this always happened when she visited these two, Tsubaki simply squeaked at her, as Kya reached up, grabbing the Frost Ferret, and petting her.
"Get me and Ruby my usual. Trust me Ruby, you'll enjoy this." Kya said, Ruby just nodded before she reached across the table, trying to pet Chara, before the Chocobo bit her finger, and Ruby recoiled.
"Ow! That hurt! Mean bird." Ruby complained, she could swear Chara was glaring at her, before the demented little bird went over to mess with Frisk, running at her, and warking loudly at her, waking the nice little bird up, as Chara came down on her Frisk just tried to avoid Chara's attacks.
"Are those two okay like that?" Kya asked, looking to Andrew, and Alex.
"Alex, control your bird." Andrew said, as he reached down petting Frisk. "Just relax, and maybe let Ruby hold you if Chara keeps bothering you, okay Frisk?" Andrew asked, Frisk nodded, before she marched proudly over to Ruby, who held out her hands, and jumped into them.
"Chara, you gotta be nice to Frisk, we've talked about this, I wont give you those special greens if you don't." Alex threatened, before Chara glared at him. Alex, and Andrew walked off, leaving the demented bird on the table, glaring at everyone, Tsubaki glared at her.