Chapter 40: Noel vs. Odium
In a dark room that is a laboratory Porky is playing various inventions and is chuckling evilly as the Fearmonger's victory is nearing because of all the Heart Crystals are collected and Mental is with him.
"Hehehehehehehehehehe...! This is the best day EVER! The Heart Crystals are finally collected. The Keyhole is nearing completion. Now all it has to be unsealed by the Black Xetis and the Heartless and then this world will be plunged into darkness!" Porky said and just then a Phantom Black Xeti appears. "What do you want? I'm busy enjoying our nearing victory." Porky said.
"iNtRuDeRs ArE gOiNg ThRoUgH tHe CaStLe." The Phantom Black Xeti informed.
"What?! Gather and army of Black Xetis and Heartless! Destroy them all! Send Vergil and Tora!" Porky ordered.
"vErGiL hAs BeTrAyEd Us AlL. tOrA hAs DiEd At ThE hAnDs Of MiLlIa." The Phantom Black Xeti said.
"What?! Fine! Stop ANYONE from going through this castle! That includes Noel!" Porky said.
"vErY wElL." The Phantom Black Xeti said as it disappears.
"We're almost completing our goal and NO ONE is ruining this! Mental! Find and destroy anyone who tries to stop us!" Porky ordered and Mental leaves the laboratory. "It can't be those three pests. They should be ANNIHILATED! If they survived, then they'll die anyway." Porky said.
Meanwhile Siegfried is making his way through the castle of Bygone Fortress and Paula, Jeff, and Poo are with him and they are outside of the castle and are fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in their way and later on they arrive at a room with many contraptions and gears and they fight off more Black Xetis and Heartless and they arrive at another room and they see two people fighting against the Black Xetis and the Heartless and so Siegfried slashes with his sword while Paula uses PK Fire while Jeff shoots from his blaster while Poo uses PK Starstorm while one of the figures attacked with a key shaped sword that has a pink edge, a crown for the teeth, a yellow hilt, red handle, and a pink chain with a mushroom at the end as a keychain while the other figure shoots fireballs and they all defeat the Black Xetis and the Heartless.
"That's it for them." Paula said.
"Who are you two and why are you here?" Siegfried asked the two figures.
One figure who is carrying the key sword is a woman with long blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a pink and red dress with a blue jewel at the center, white gloves, heeled shoes, blue earrings, and a gold crown.
The other figure is a man with brown hair and black mustache, blue eyes, wearing a red long sleeved shirt with blue overalls, white gloves, brown shoes, and a red hat with a letter M on the center of the hat.
"We're here to stop Nightmare and Rixla from trying to plunge this world into darkness." The woman answered.
"So you're after Nightmare as well." Siegfried said.
"Whatever purpose you have for stopping Nightmare and Rixla, we might as well work together. We're nearing the Chapel of Heart. That's where the Heart Crystals, Nightmare, and Rixla are." The woman said and the man nods.
"If we have a same goal, then I suppose teaming up would be a good idea." Jeff said.
"I agree." Poo said.
"Then I guess it's settled. Let's go for the Chapel of Heart." Paula said.
"Soul Edge, your time will come." Siegfried said and they leave the room and continue through the castle
Meanwhile back at the foyer Shadow Imp Odium charges at the group and tries to attack with his claws but the group dodge.
"Something tells me Odium's form is gonna be tough." Ken said.
"That may be trie, but I'm not letting him win this time." Noel said.
"You're right, Noel. Let's not give up and keep going at him." Aang said.
"yOu CaN't DeFeAt A dEmOn As StRoNg AnD aWeSoMe As mE!" Shadow Imp Odium said.
"You keep thinking that, Odium, but I know we will defeat you!" Noel said.
Shadow Imp Odium charges at the group and attacks with his claws again and then delivers a tail whip but the group dodge and Noel triple slashes with Radiant Salvation and then uses Blitz while Ken bashes with his guitar and unleashes magic music waves but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes a shadow beam from his mouth at the group but Grace uses Tackle to strike while Cream sends Cheese to attack but Shadow Imp Odium dashes all over the foyer and attacks the group like a wild animal with his claws and then slams his claws to the ground and unleashes shadow spikes but Alibaba roundhouse slashes with his knife and then uses Amon's fire to strike while Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol but Shadow Imp Odium jumps into the air and then delivers a claw dive at the group who dodge but Shadow Imp Odium delivers a spin tail whip but Banjo has Kazooie shoot eggs while Aang unleashes whirlwinds but Shadow Imp Odium delivers a somersault claw attack at the group but Morgiana delivers a strong flip kick and sends Shadow Imp Odium to the air while Knuckles uses Uppercut but Shadow Imp Odium recovers himself and unleashes another shadow beam but Espio throws four shurikens while Zuko unleashes a barrage of fireballs but Shadow Imp Odium keeps attacking with his claws like a wild animal again but Katara uses Freeze allowing Noel to coat Radiant Salvation with Fire and then uses Fire Edge and strikes at Shadow Imp Odium but Shadow Imp Odium retaliates with a huge tail whip at the group and then delivers another somersault claw attack.
The group dodge the somersault claw attack but Shadow Imp Odium leaps all over the foyer and delivers a claw pounce at the group but Banjo has Kazooie charge at Shadow Imp Odium while Morgiana uses Battle Cry but Shadow Imp Odium jumps into the air and delivers another claw dive at the group who dodge but Shadow Imp Odium double slashes with his claws and then delivers a claw slam but Carmelita delivers a spin kick while Aang throws four air balls getting Shadow Imp Odium but Shadow Imp Odium fires a volley of shadow shots at the group who dodge and Grace uses Bite to strike at Shadow Imp Odium while Katara throws ice needles but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes a dark roar at the group and then dashes all over and slashes like a wild animal but Alibaba slashes with his knife while Knuckles uses Drill Punch but Shadow Imp Odium slashes at the group with his claws and then delivers another tail whip but Espio delivers multi ninja kicks and then slashes with his shuriken and then delivers palm strikes while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb and it explodes but Shadow Imp Odium slashes with his claws and then delivers a spiral claw kick and then dash slashes with his claws but Zuko slashes with his broadswords and then delivers a flame kick while Ken casts Thunder and then casts Blizzard but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes another shadow beam and then unleashes another volley of shadow shots but Noel vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation and then delivers a swing slash and casts Earth but Shadow Imp Odium slashes at Noel with his claws but Noel triple slashes with Radiant Salvation and then uses Spin Slash.
Shadow Imp Odium strikes back with his claws and then unleashes shadow spikes from the ground at the group who avoid the shadow spikes but Shadow Imp Odium dash slashes with his claws and then delivers an upper claw attack but Cream unleashes Aero on the group for protection while Aang unleashes rocks and throws them at Shadow Imp Odium but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes another volley of shadow shots at the group and then fires shadow beams at the group but Banjo and Kazooie roll at Shadow Imp Odium while Grace tail whips but Shadow Imp Odium attacks back with his claws like a wild animal and then delivers another tail whip at the group but Ken throws magic music bombs and then casts Fire while Alibaba triple slashes with his knife but Shadow Imp Odium delivers a somersault claw attack and delivers a claw kick but Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol while Zuko unleashes a jet of fire but Shadow Imp Odium teleports all over the foyer and delivers slashes with his claws and then fires a volley of shadow shots at the group who avoid the shadow shots and Espio slashes with his shuriken while Knuckles double punches and then delivers a headbutt but Shadow Imp Odium jumps in the air and delivers a claw dive at the group who dodge and Katara throws water discs while Morgiana delivers strong punches and then delivers a strong spin kick but Shadow Imp Odium delivers another tail whip and then delivers a drill claw attack and strikes at the group but Noel casts Cure on her friends and then uses Strike Raid to strike at Shadow Imp Odium but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes a huge dark roar.
The group brace themselves on the dark roar but Shadow Imp Odium teleports all over the foyer again and slashes at the group with his claws and then delivers a crazy claw dance and then delivers a claw slam to the ground at the group but Noel delivers a dive slash at Shadow Imp Odium with Radiant Salvation multiple times and then delivers a final dive slash with Radiant Salvation while Ken casts Earth and then unleashes magic music notes but Shadow Imp Odium dash slashes at the group with his claws and then delivers a spin tail whip but Grace uses Growl while Morgiana delivers a somersault kick but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes volley shadow shots but Espio delivers multi ninja kicks while Banjo has Kazooie charge but Shadow Imp Odium jumps into the air and fires shadow beams at the group but Knuckles digs underground and then delivers a rising uppercut while Katara unleashes a stream of water but Shadow Imp Odium slashes with his claws like a wild animal and then delivers a hammer claw attack but Alibaba uses Amon's fire to strike while Zuko lashes with his flame whips but Shadow Imp Odium unleashes shadow spikes from the ground to get the group but Carmelita delivers a pistol whip while Cream and Cheese spin together to strike at Shadow Imp Odium but Shadow Imp Odium slams his claws on the ground at the group but Aang delivers air slashes but Shadow Imp Odium teleports and slashes at the group again with his claws and then unleashes a wild animal dance but Zuko unleashes a jet of fire while Katara throws ice daggers while Aang unleashes whirlwinds while Morgiana uses Battle Cry while Alibaba roundhouse slashes with his knife while Carmelita shoots four electric shots from her shock pistol while Knuckles uses Drill Punch while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb while Espio throws four shurikens while Grace uses Tackle while Banjo has Kazooie triple peck while Ken bashes with his guitar and casts Thunder while Noel uses Blitz and the group finish off Shadow Imp Odium reverts back to his normal form and kneels down.
"No way! How the hell did you defeat my imp form?! NO ONE'S survived that!" Odium yelled.
"Even inf your powerful form, you can't stop us." Noel said.
"What?! I kicked your sorry butt back at that damn factory! I'll do it again and KILL you!" Odium yelled as he stands back up and takes out his butterfly knives.
"You serious? This idiot just doesn't know when to quit." Ken said.
"If it's another fight he wants, then we'll give him one." Kazooie said.
"You really should just quit, Odium. You can't defeat us." Katara said.
"Shuddup! Don't tell me who I can and can't defeat! I'll defeat ANYONE!" Odium shouted.
"Fine, Odium. Let's end this already..." Noel said.
Odium charges at the group and slashes at them with his butterfly knives like a maniac and then delivers a shadow kick at the group but Noel triple slashes with Radiant Salvation and then horizontal slashes with the Keyblade and then uses Edge Slash while Ken casts Blizzard and then casts Fire but Odium unleashes shadow tentacles and then lashes at the group but the group dodge the shadow tentacles and Banjo and Kazooie roll at Odium while Grace uses Growl but Odium unleashes a shadow fist and punches at the group but Espio delivers palm strikes and then slashes with his shuriken while Cream sends Cheese to attack while Knuckles delivers a glide punch but Odium slashes with a shadow blade and then unleashes shadow drills to try and get the group but the group avoid the shadow drills and Carmelita delivers a pistol whip and strikes Odium while Alibaba roundhouse slashes with his knife while Morgiana delivers a strong flip kick but Odium unleashes black fireballs to get the group but Aang blows the black fireballs away with his wind and then unleashes whirlwinds while Katara water whips at Odium while Zuko lashes with his flame whips but Odium backs off and then dash slashes at the group with his butterfly knives and then slashes with his shadow blade and then shoots many shadow shots.
The group avoid the shadow shots but Odium unleashes shadow spikes from the ground to get the group who avoid the shadow spikes and Grace uses Tackle to strike at Odium while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb and it explodes but Odium retaliates with maniacal slashes with his butterfly knives and then lashes with his shadow tentacles but Katara throws water discs while Morgiana delivers a leap kick and then delivers a stomp kick but Odium jumps into the air and delivers a dive shadow blade slash at the group but the group dodge the dive slash but Odium unleashes shadow drills to get the group but Banjo has Kazooie shoot eggs while Knuckles double punches and then uses Uppercut but Odium sinks into shadows and then rises up and delivers an upper shadow kick at the group and then slashes with his shadow blade but Alibaba uses Amon's fire to strike at Odium while Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol but Odium strikes back with four shadow fists and they delivers punches at the group and then Odium delivers a shadow kick to strike but Zuko delivers a flame kick while Ken bashes with his guitar and then throws magic music bombs but Odium dash slashes at the group with his butterfly knives and then spin slashes with them like a maniac and then delivers a shadow kick but Espio delivers multi ninja kicks while Aang unleashes rocks and throws them at Odium but Odium unleashes shadow shots to get the group who avoid the shadow shots and Noel uses Strike Raid to get Odium striking him.
"Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT! Why won't you DIE?!" Odium demanded.
"I'm not giving up." Noel said.
Odium sinks into the shadows and slithers to Noel and then tries to upper slash her with his shadow blade but Noel dodges and Ken casts Earth to strike at Odium and then casts Thunder but Odium unleashes shadow drills to get the group but they dodge the shadow drills and Alibaba slashes with his knife while Espio uses Leaf Swirl but Odium unleashes shadow needles and throws them at the group who avoid the throwing shadow needles but Odium shoots more shadow shots but Katara throws ice daggers while Cream and Cheese spin together to strike at Odium but Odium delivers another shadow kick and then delivers one slash with one of his butterfly knives and then slashes with the other but Banjo has Kazooie triple peck at Odium while Morgiana uses Battle Cry but Odium unleashes a giant shadow hand and tries to grab at the group but they avoid the giant shadow hand and Grace uses Growl while Knuckles uses Drill Punch but Odium sinks into his shadows again and then unleashes more shadow tentacles to lash at the group but Zuko slashes at the shadow tentacles with his broadswords and then unleashes a barrage of fireballs while Carmelita delivers a spin kick but Odium jumps into the air again and delivers another shadow blade dive slash but the group avoid the dive slash and Aang throws air balls but Odium slashes with his butterfly knives and then spin slashes with his shadow blade but Noel counters with Radiant Salvation and then triple slashes with the Keyblade and then delivers a diagonal slash and then casts Fire but Odium keeps slashing like a maniac and then unleashes more shadow tentacles but Zuko unleashes a jet of fire while Katara throws a stream of water while Aang unleashes whirlwinds while Morgiana delivers a somersault kick while Alibaba delivers a flip slash with his knife while Carmelite shoots five electric shots from her shock pistol while Knuckles delivers a headbutt while Cream sends Cheese to attack while Espio slashes with his shuriken while Grace tail whips while Banjo has Kazooie shoot eggs while Ken unleashes magic music waves while Noel horizontal slashes and then uses Edge Slash and the group finish off Odium who stumbles back and kneels to the ground again in defeat.
"Dammit! This is...a load of BULL! I can't LOSE to a freakin', stupid, weak, worthless CRYBABY!" Odium shouted with rage.
"Now you know it's over, Odium." Noel said.
"Over...over...OVER?! LIKE HELL! THIS ISN'T RIGHT! A little scrawny crybaby like YOU beatin' a strong awesome demon like ME?! HOW THE HELL DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?!" Odium shouted.
"Odium, just stop this." Noel said as she walks over to Odium.
"STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME, YOU FILTHY SACK OF CRAP WHORE! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE YOU! YOU'LL PAY FOR BEING ALIVE! I WON'T FORGET THIS!" Odium shouted as he runs and leaves the foyer.
"Wow. What a sore loser." Ken said.
"Well, you finally put Odium in his place." Knuckles said.
"..." Noel doesn't say anything.
"Noel, are you okay?" Alibaba asked.
"Y-Yeah..." Noel answered.
"What's wrong? Why do you look sad?" Zuko asked.
"I-I'm...I'm just glad to see you all are still okay after what Odium did to you. I was worried about you all. Being with you all made me realize how lucky I am to have friends like you..." Noel said.
"Actually, Noel, it's us who are lucky. We met you in other worlds and we all agreed to go with you to find your brother and save other worlds from the darkness." Aang said.
"We're all happy to meet you and be with you, Noel." Banjo said.
"We were actually worried about you after what happened and we had to get to the castle to find you." Morgiana said.
"I realize something during our adventure together. My strength comes from all of you. You've all have been with me side by side and I know that as long as we're together, we can handle anything..." Noel said.
"Right! We're unstoppable! Hell, not Nightmare or Rixla would stand a chance!" Ken said.
"It wasn't the Keyblade that won the battle. My heart has. You've all made it stronger. Thank you..." Noel said.
"Now, what do we do?" Kazooie asked.
"We have to find and stop Nightmare and Rixla. They have all the Heart Crystals. We can't let them unseal the Keyhole." Noel said.
"Agreed. There should be a good chance your brother should be in this castle." Espio said.
"Let's find our way to get through here." Noel said.
Just then Noel feels a nudge on her leg and she looks down to see Rajin.
"Rajin..." Noel said picking up Rajin. "I'm sorry what happened to Tora..." Noel said.
"I guess he has nothing to do now that Tora is gone and no longer helping the Fearmongers." Aang said.
"Maybe Rajin should stay with us for a while." Katara said.
"I'd like that idea." Noel said and Rajin licks Noel's face.
Rajin then frees himself from Noel's arms and goes upstairs and purrs at the group to follow him.
"Where does he want to lead us?" Carmelita asked.
"I'm not sure. Let's follow him." Noel said.
The group follow Rajin upstairs and they go to a hallway and at the end they find a door that has a Black Xeti symbol on it and Noel tries to push the door but it's not budging.
"It's locked. Is there a way to unlock this?" Noel asked.
Rajin leaves the hallway and leads the group to a different room and it's what looks like a study and they see lots of books around the shelf and so the group explore around the study and Rajin leads the group through the study and they go upstairs of the study and they leave the study and are back at the upper part of the foyer where Noel fought Odium and the group see candles, stones, flames, and floating orbs around the upper foyer.
"What's with all this crap?" Ken asked.
"I think we need to solve something here." Noel said.
"Well, let's find out what we need to do here." Alibaba said.
Noel goes for the candles first and they're unlit and so she thinks they need to be lit and casts Fire on the candles lighting them with fire and just then something appears and it's a chest and so Noel uses Radiant Salvation to open the chest and something appears and it's a piece.
"What's with this piece?" Cream asked.
"I think it's something important." Noel said.
Noel goes for the stones next and they have a lightning bolt symbol on it and so Noel casts Thunder on the stones to electrify them and then another chest appears and Noel opens the chest and it reveals another piece and takes it.
Noel then goes for the flames and they are blocking another chest and so Noel casts Blizzard at the flames to get rid of them and they open the way to the chest and Noel goes to the chest and opens it and it reveals another piece.
Noel goes for the floating orbs next and figures they need to go down and so Noel casts Gravity on the floating orbs to make them go down and on one of the orbs is another chest and so Noel opens the chest and reveals another piece.
"Is that all the pieces?" Noel asked.
Rajin then leads the group back to the study area and Rajin then shows the group some bookshelves and Noel picks up a book and reads though it and just then another piece appears and Noel takes it and Rajin continues to lead the group through the study to find more books to look at and some reveal the pieces and Noel takes the pieces and later on Noel finds enough pieces from the books and Rajin leads the group back to the lower foyer area and they go back to the hallway and for the door at the end and Noel places each piece on the Black Xeti symbol on the door and after all the pieces are on the Black Xeti symbol the door starts to open.
"Okay. The door's opening." Knuckles said.
"Let's go through this castle and find the Heart Crystals and the Keyhole." Noel said.
Meanwhile in the dark room Odium is running in the room and is still angry about his defeat at the hands of Noel and he still refuses to accept that Noel is stronger than him and as he keeps running Odium trips and falls to the ground and lands on his face and he's completely angry.
"Dammit...dammit...DAMMIT! How the hell is THIS POSSIBLE! HOW COULD A CRYBABY DEFEAT ME?! I had EVERYTHING! Her keyblade! These awesome dark powers and still she thinks she beat ME?!" Odium shouted to himself.
"Odium, did you not succeed in killing Noel this time?" A voice asked and Odium turns to see Rixla.
"Shut up, Rixla! That baby's heart can't be stronger than MINE!" Odium snapped.
"She has said that her friends she had encountered in her journey has made her stronger." Rixla said.
"I don't give a DAMN! My powers make me strong! ME!" Odium snapped.
"Yes, but you still failed to kill Noel. You must know this. A heart that is strong and true can win back not only the Keyblade, but any battle and also restore the Keyblade to its original form." Rixla said.
"No! I won't ACCEPT that crap! Her heart is NOT strong!" Odium yelled.
"For that instant, it was, but you could become more stronger. You have steeped into darkness for too long and you show no fear for it. Plunge deeper into the darkness, and you can become more strong." Rixla said.
"Really?" Odium asked.
"Yes, but there is a price. As you embrace the darkness more into your heart, you will lose your emotions, your mind, your humanity, and even your heart. Do you still wish to accept this offer?" Rixla asked.
"I'm willing to do ANYTHING to destroy that crybaby and make her suffer and die!" Odium said.
"I see, so this is your answer?" Rixla asked.
"Yeah. Tell me what I have to do." Odium said.
"Simple. You must open yourself into the darkness. Allow your heart, your being, and your mind become darkness itself." Rixla said as she unleashes dark mist around Odium's body and then casts a dark spell and multiple shadows begin to cover Odium's entire body.
"Yes...this power...! Hahahahahahahahaha! Darkness...the TRUE dArKnEsS!" Odium said as the dark mist and the shadows completely cover him as he's laughing manically.
Meanwhile back at the foyer Noel and her friends start to move but then a shaking occurs in the castle.
"What the hell was that?" Ken asked.
"It's probably the power of the Heart Crystals." Espio said.
"Whatever it is, we have to hurry before Nightmare and Rixla actually accomplish their plan." Noel said as she goes through the hallway and her friends follow her.
Meanwhile outside the castle of Bygone Fortress someone is climbing up the walls of the castle and it's a hooded figure using sais to climb up the castle walls and later on the hooded figure reaches a window and goes into the window and arrives at a room that has a lift and so the hooded figure uses the lift to reach the upper part of the room and makes its way through the room but then Defender Heartless and Dark Knight Black Xetis appear and try to attack the hooded figure who delivers slashes with the sais and then delivers spin kicks but the Defender Heartless attack with their face shields while the Dark Knight Black Xetis slash with their swords but the hooded figure throws the sais at the Dark Knight Black Xetis and then delivers a spin kick behind the Defender Heartless and defeats every Dark Knight Black Xetis and Defender Heartless and picks up the sais.
"Just one Black Xeti after another and just one Heartless after another. I'm getting tired of this. This would have happened if the princess and her boyfriend had to go off on their own." The hooded figure said and it's a female voice. "Whatever. I need to find Rixla and Nightmare and stop them before those Heart Crystals reveal that Keyhole." The hooded girl said as she makes her way through the room.
This is gonna be another chapter end. Just so you know, NO! I'm NOT rushing these chapters! These are the best I can come up with. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and this world so far. Please let me know what you think of this story. How did you like Noel beating the carp out of Odium and humiliating that sick bastard? Let me know what you think of that. Anyway, next time, Noel, Ken, Banjo and Kazooie, Grace, Espio, Cream and Cheese, Knuckles, Carmelita, Alibaba, Morgiana, Aang, Katara, and Zuko begin to make their way through the castle of Bygone Fortress and fight off Black Xetis and Heartless in their way as they attempt to reach Nightmare and Rixla. I'll see you all in the next chapter. Take care. Goodbye for now. PLEASE review. If you want the next chapter, send me...say ten reviews and then I'll work on it. That's it. Bye.