Chapter 48: Black Xeti in Carona!
Pax, Ken, Banjo and Kazooie, Grace, Espio, Cream and Cheese, Knuckles, Carmelita, Alibaba, Aang, Katara, and Zuko leave Hyrule and return to the space area and Fulgur and Oswald are back in the space area as well.
"The more Black Xetis we defeat, the more stronger one we'll encounter." Pax said.
"Yeah, but the more Black Xetis we encounter, the more crap we get to beat out of." Ken said.
"And the more we defeat, the more cocky and stupid you get." Kazooie said.
"Let's focus. There's bound to be more left. We won't stop until that dark barrier surrounding Bygone Fortress disappears." Zuko said.
"Agreed. Let's find another world." Morgiana said.
"Right." Pax said as he finds another world until he finds one. "C'mon. I think I see another world to investigate." Pax said as he uses Way to Peace to create a light trail and a light portal and the group enter the light portal into the next world.
The light portal appears in a town and the group fly out of the light portal and they look around the town.
"I know where we are. This is Carona!" Aang said.
"Guess it's a bit empty since Dewprism and Valen are outta the picture." Alibaba said.
"The next Black Xeti has to be here somewhere. Let's take a look around." Espio said.
"Right. It might not even be in town." Fulgur said.
"We'll investigate outside the town." Carmelita said.
The group go for the big door and leave the town of Carona and are now in Carona Forest and they go through the whole forest and they arrive at the ruined area and while looking around they find what look like black prints on the ground.
"Someone's been here." Katara said.
"Or someTHING." Oswald said.
"This has to be a powerful Black Xeti we're looking for." Pax said.
"Let's follow those prints and see where they'll lead us to." Banjo said.
The group follow the black prints through the ruined area and go through the next part of the forest and later on the black prints lead the group to the same hill where Noel and her friends met Klaus, Mira, and Rue and then they see the black prints leading to the edge of the hill.
"Ya gotta be crappin' me! There's no prints left." Ken said.
"Not true. Remember when we were talking to Klaus and Rue about the Dewprism, and about the ateliers. We followed Rue down that path for the first atelier." Zuko said.
"Right." Knuckles said.
"So we have to jump again?" Cream asked.
"Jump?" Pax asked.
"Just follow us." Alibaba said and the group jump down from the hill and Pax, Fulgur, and Oswald follow them.
The group land on the area from before and they look around and the group find more black prints and so the group follow them throughout the area and later on the black prints lead the group to the other ruined area that led the group to the first atelier and they see a giant black print.
"Is this like the end of the print following?" Ken asked.
"A Black Xeti could appear ANY moment. Be on guard!" Pax said as he takes out Way to Peace and everyone else prepares to fight.
Just then the group hear a loud roar and the group see something coming down from the air and landing in front of the group and it's a giant black chimera with the lion head being black with crimson stripes while the goat horns are crimson and the goat body is black while the snake tail is both black and crimson and the Black Xeti symbol is ob the chimera's goat body.
"Another Black Xeti in another world. Not surprising." Pax said.
"It thinks coming for us will try to kill us. Too bad they don't think wisely." Fulgur said and the chimera Black Xeti roars and fires a blue fireball at the group who dodge the blue fireball.
"Guess ya want some of this, huh? You got it!" Ken said.
"Don't get cocky. Let's just try to avoid the flames." Pax said.
The Black Xeti known as Fimera breathes a jet of blue fire at the group who avoid the blue flames and Zuko bends the blue fire and uses it to strike at Fimera who roars in pain but uses its snake tail to attack the group but Grace tail whips back at Fimera while Morgiana delivers a leap kick at Fimera but Fimera stands on its hind legs and then slams its front legs on the ground and creates shockwaves but the group avoid the shockwaves and Banjo has Kazooie shoot eggs while Alibaba slashes with his knife but Fimera breathes more blue flames at the group but Katara gets rid of the flames with her water and then throws ice daggers but Fimera slashes at the group with its lion claws but Knuckles triple punches and then uses Uppercut while Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol but Fimera delivers a bite at the group with its sharp teeth but Espio delivers palm strikes while Ken casts Thunder and then shoots magic music waves but Fimera breathes another stream of blue fire but Aang unleashes whirlwinds while Cream sends Cheese to attack but Fimera uses its snake tail to attack at the group again but Fulgur slashes at Fimera's head with Sky's Volt and then attacks with Tai Chi style and combines with Blizzard magic and strikes while Oswald slashes with his sword and then shoots light pearls from his rod while Pax transforms Way to Peace into a lance and strikes with it.
Fimera roars and then unleashes blue fireballs all around it and sends it at the group but Fulgur casts Reflega to make the blue fireballs go right back at Fimera but Fimera slashes at Fulgur with its lion claws but Grace uses Tackle while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb and it explodes but Fimera stomps on the ground and unleashes shockwaves at the group but Ken casts Earth while Alibaba roundhouse slashes with his knife but Fimera bites at the group with its sharp teeth but Oswald bashes at Fimera's head with his shield but Fimera unleashes more blue fireballs around it and sends it at the group again but Zuko unleashes a barrage of fireballs while Banjo has Kazooie charge but Fimera stands on its hind legs again and then slams its front legs on the ground and unleashes a huge shockwave but Carmelita pistol whips while Espio throws four shurikens but Fimera uses its snake tail to spread a jet of poison on the group but Morgiana delivers a somersault kick while Knuckles delivers a glide punch but Fimera bites at the group again with its sharp teeth but Katara water whips at Fimera's head but Fimera slashes with its lion claws but Aang unleashes rocks and throws them but Fimera uses its snake tail to bite at the group but Pax horizontal slashes with Way to Peace and then delivers a diagonal slash and then casts Blizzaga but Fimera breathes a huge stream of blue fire while its snake tail unleashes a jet of poison at the group.
The group dodge the stream of blue fire and the jet of poison and Pax transforms Way to Peace into a katana and slashes Fimera while Fulgur aerial slashes at Fimera with Sky's Volt and then casts Triple Blizzaga but Fimera stomps on the ground and creates more shockwaves but Alibaba aerial slashes with his knife while Katara throws water discs but Fimera uses its snake tail to bite at the group and unleash poison but Espio uses Leaf Swirl while Banjo has Kazooie triple peck but Fimera slashes with its lion claws and then breathes more jets of blue flames but Carmelita delivers a spin kick while Grace uses Bite but Fimera bites with its sharp teeth and then unleashes blue fireballs around it and sends them at the group but Aang blows the blue fireballs away and then unleashes air slashes while Knuckles uses Drill Punch but Fimera stands on its hind legs and then slams its front legs on the ground and creates a huge shock wave but Ken unleashes magic music waves while Oswald bashes with his shield but Fimera uses its snake tail to strike at the group but Morgiana uses Battle Cry but Fimera stands on its hind legs and breathes a jet of fire at the group but Zuko lashes with his flame whips while Cream and Cheese spin together and strike but Fimera roars in rage and then charges at the group with its horns.
Pax transforms Way to Peace into a hooksword and slides under the charging Fimera and grabs of the legs with the hooksword and trips Fimera making it skid across the ground and is on the ground not moving.
"Now's our chance to strike at it." Pax said.
While Fimera is stunned Pax vertical slashes with Way to Peace and then delivers an upper slash while Fulgur diagonal slashes with Sky's Volt and then strikes with Southern Praying Mantis style while Oswald slashes with his sword while Ken bashes with his guitar and then casts Thunder while Banjo and Kazooie roll while Grace tail whips while Espio slashes with his shuriken while Cream sends Cheese to attack while Knuckles double punches and delivers a headbutt while Carmelita pistol whips while Alibaba slashes with his knife while Morgiana delivers two strong punches while Aang throws air balls while Katara unleashes a stream of water while Zuko slashes with his broadswords but after a few attacks Fimera recovers itself and then stands on its hind legs and uses its snake tail to spew poison and then breathes blue fire at the group who dodge but Fimera stomps on the ground and unleashes more shockwaves but Pax transforms Way to Peace into a bazooka and fires a giant light shot and strikes at Fimera.
Fimera roars in pain and then slashes at the group with its lion claws and then bites at the group with its sharp teeth but Oswald bashes at its head with his shield and the shoots light pearls from his rod while Ken throws magic music bombs but Fimera uses its snake tail to bite at the group tries to poison them but Katara uses her Waterbending to heal the group and then throws ice needles while Alibaba somersault slashes with his knife but Fimera spews blue fires at the group but Carmelita shoots electric shots from her shock pistol while Banjo has Kazooie triple peck but Fimera stands on its hind legs and breathes more jets of blue flames and then unleashes blue fireballs around it and sends it at the group but Espio multi ninja kicks while Morgiana delivers a strong somersault kick but Fimera strikes at the group with its goat horns and then slams its front legs on the ground and unleashes huge shockwaves but Aang unleashes two tornadoes while Knuckles digs underground and then rises from the ground and upper punches but Fimera pounces at the group who dodges but Fimera keeps pouncing at the group while attacking with its horns but Grace uses Growl while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb and it explodes but Fimera uses its snake tail to attack the group and then unleash spews of poison but Zuko unleashes a jet of fire but Fimera stomps on the ground and creates more shockwaves and then breathes jets of blue fire but Fulgur aerial spin slashes with Sky's Volt and then casts Earthaga while Pax transforms Way to Peace into an ax and delivers a powerful swing and strikes but Fimera pounces on a ruined wall over the group.
"Now what is it doing?" Aang asked and Fimera breathes huge jets of blue fire from the ruined wall.
"Out of the way!" Pax said as the group dodge the blue fire but Fimera unleashes giant blue fireballs and sends them at the group from the ruined wall.
The group dodge the giant blue fireballs but Fimera pounces to the next ruined wall and breathes jets of blue fire at the group while using its snake tail to shoot poison shots at the group but Fulgur casts Thundaga Shot and brings Fimera down but Fimera gets up and pounces at the group and attacks with its goat horns but Banjo has Kazooie shoot eggs while Morgiana delivers a strong flip kick but Fimera stands on its hind legs and breathes a huge amount of blue fire at the group and then slams its front legs down at the group but Zuko unleashes a barrage of fireballs while Espio slashes with his shuriken but Fimera bites at the group with its sharp teeth and then slashes with its lion claws but Alibaba roundhouse slashes with his knife while Carmelita delivers a spin kick but Fimera uses its snake tail to bite at the group while spewing poison but Grace tail whips while Cream sends Cheese to attack but Fimera pounces on the ruined wall again and unleashes giant blue fireballs and sends them at the group but Ken casts Blizzard while Oswald delivers a flip slash with his sword but Fimera leaps to another ruined wall and breathes huge jets of blue fire but Katara throws water discs while Knuckles climbs up the ruined wall and delivers a giant punch and strikes but Fimera slams its front legs on the ground and creates shockwaves but Aang unleashes rocks and throws them while Pax aerial slashes with Way to Peace and then delivers an aerial spin slash with Way to Peace and then casts Earthaga.
Fimera roars in pain and unleashes giant blue fireballs and sends them at the group who dodge but the giant blue fireballs home at the group but Pax casts a light barrier around the group and then unleashes light orbs around him and sends them at Fimera while Fulgur delivers a powerful diagonal slash with Sky's Volt but Fimera stands on its hind legs and breathes another huge amount of blue fire but Katara gets rid of the fire and then unleashes a stream of water while Carmelita pistol whips but Fimera uses its snake tail to poison the group but Morgiana uses Battle Cry while Knuckles delivers a glide punch but Fimera bites at the group with its giant teeth but Oswald bashes at its head with his shield while Grace uses Tackle but Fimera charges to attack with its horns but Aang unleashes whirlwinds while Alibaba triple slashes with his knife but Fimera pounces at the ruined wall and unleashes more giant blue fireballs at the group but Banjo has Kazooie charge while Ken throws magic music bombs but Fimera stomps on the ground at the group who dodge but Fimera slashes with its lion claws but Espio uses Leaf Swirl while Cream and Cheese spin together to strike but Fimera breathes more jets of blue fire but Zuko slashes with his broadswords and then lashes with his flame whips but Fimera bites at the group and then uses its snake tail to poison the group but Fulgur slashes with Sky's Volt and then strikes with Baguazhang style while Oswald shoots light pearls from his rod while Zuko delivers a flame kick while Katara throws ice daggers while Aang throws air balls while Morgiana delivers a strong leap kick while Alibaba slashes with his knife while Carmelita shoots five electric shots while Knuckles uses Drill Punch while Cream unleashes Omochao Bomb and it explodes while Espio multi ninja kicks while Grace uses Bite while Banjo and Kazooie roll while Ken casts Thunder while Pax transforms Way to Peace into a hammer and delivers a huge swing and the group finish off Fimera.
Fimera struggles to regain its balance and then it loses its stability and then falls to the ground not moving and Fimera disappears in dark mist and is destroyed.
"Ha! You lose, Black Xeti scum!" Ken said.
"And like I said, the more we defeat, the more cocky and stupid he gets." Kazooie said.
"Screw off, Birdbrain!" Ken snapped.
"Finally, but this isn't over. More Black Xetis will be encountered and we have to destroy them." Pax said.
"Then let's go. We can't afford to waste time around here. Let's get to the next world and find the next Black Xeti." Fulgur said.
"Okay. There's no telling how many there are, but I know we can deal with them together." Knuckles said.
"Right. Now let's go." Pax said as he uses Way to Peace to create a light portal and the group enter the light portal while Fulgur uses Sky's Volt to create his light portal and he and Oswald enter the light portal and they leave Carona.
Meanwhile in Wisdom City at the house May is still attempting to treat the dormant Noel and while she's still healing someone comes in the room and it's Luke and with him are Ruby and Ness.
"May, how's Noel? Please tell me she's recovered." Luke said.
"I'm sorry, Luke. I've tried everything. I attempted to heal her wounds and tried to wake her up, but most of her injuries remain on her and she hasn't been awake since. I fear that Noel is…" May stops talking.
"No…NO! I refuse to think this! She has to be ALIVE! This can't be right! You have to keep trying everything you can!" Luke yelled but Ruby places her hand on Luke's shoulder to calm him down.
"I'm sorry. I think it's best we'd leave her alone for now and I'll see if I can try again later." May said as she leaves the room.
"Noel…if this didn't happen, she wouldn't have to go through all this! I should have been there for here, like I always have been before our home was gone! This should've been me!" Luke said looking down sadly at Noel. "I remember when I first found her at that beach, and brought her home…" Luke said.
Flashback:
A four-year-old Luke is at the beach of Shine City and is playing around the beach with a beach ball while his grandmother is watching him but then when Young Luke is playing with his beach ball he throws it a little too far through the beach and so he runs after the beach ball.
"Luke? Come back! Luke!" Luke's grandmother called but Luke is still going for the beach ball.
Young Luke keeps following his beach ball through the beach and he finds the beach ball near an entrance to a cave and so Young Luke walks over to his ball and picks it up and starts to walk away but then he hears a cry making Young Luke turn around and he thinks it's coming from the cave.
"Hello? Who's there? Are you a monster?" Young Luke asked and he hears another cry. "That better not be you pulling a mean prank, Odium, you mean jerk!" Young Luke said and he hears another cry. "Okay. I'm coming in. I'll see who's in there. I'm not afraid of you!" Young Luke said as he enters the cave.
Young Luke explores the cave and it's really dark and Young Luke is a bit scared but he is still going through the cave and he's still hearing the same cry and later on Young Luke reaches the end of the cave and the crying gets louder and Young Luke looks around to see where the crying is coming from.
"Okay! Show yourself! I'm not scared!" Young Luke said and the crying continues. "Where is that crying coming from? Just show yourself!" Young Luke said and another crying is heard. "That's it! When I find you, you'll be sorry that you…" Young Luke cuts himself off as he looks down and then notices a basket covered by a blanket on the ground. "Huh?" Young Luke asked and he walks toward the blanket covered basket and the crying is getting closer and so he uncovers the blanket and the crying is closer and louder. "What's in this?" Young Luke asked as he keeps uncovering the blanket and then he sees something in the basket.
Young Luke sees something in the basket and what's crying and it's a little two-year-old girl with short pink hair and blue eyes and she's crying really loud that her face is nearly red.
"A little baby? In a basket in a cave? So you were the one crying? What're you doing here all by yourself? Don't you have a family or someone to take care of you?" Young Luke asked and the two-year-old girl keeps crying. "I guess not. I can't just leave you in here. I know! I'll take you to Grandma! She'll know what to do!" Young Luke said as he carries the basket and leaves the cave.
Young Luke is back outside and makes his way through the beach to find his grandmother while carrying the basket and then he finds his grandmother.
"Grandma! Grandma!" Young Luke called.
"Luke, there you are. I told you not to wander off by yourself, child." Luke's grandmother said.
"I know, but I found something while I was getting' my ball. Actually, it's someone. Lookit!" Young Luke said as he uncovers the blanket and shows the two-year-old girl still crying.
"Oh, my! Where did you find this little one?" Luke's grandmother asked.
"In a cave when I was getting' my ball back. She was all alone and she was crying, probably afraid of the dark and no one is with her." Young Luke answered.
"The poor dear. She has no one to take care of her and she's all by herself. Does she have a name?" Luke's grandmother asked.
"I dunno." Young Luke said and then he finds something next to the girl and it's a little paper and so Young Luke takes out the paper. "'Noel'." Luke reads the paper. "I think her name is Noel, Grandma." Young Luke said.
"Well, in that case, I suppose we can take care of her until we find out about where she came from. I think it's a lovely name. Noel." Luke's grandmother said as she carries the basket.
"So, we can keep her? Is she gonna be my new little sister?!" Young Luke asked excited.
"We'll take care of her until she can handle herself, dearie." Luke's grandmother said.
"Yay! I get a new sister!" Young Luke cheered. "You and I will get along great, Noel! We'll be best friends forever!" Young Luke said.
Flashback End.
"Rixla will pay for this! If I see her again, I'll kill her!" Luke said as he leaves the room.
"Noel…" Ruby said as she leaves and Ness follows.
Outside the house the white cloaked figure that encountered Rixla is watching Noel through the window.
"A love for another touches the heart. This girl, though not expected, she has potential of a Keyblade wielder just like Virtus. Therefore, she must remain alive to protect what matters to her." The white cloaked figure said as he takes out his Keyblade and casts a light spell.
Inside the room a flash of light surrounds Noel's body until it's gone and the white cloaked figure disappears and then Noel's blue eyes start to open.
To be continued...