Blade of Light: Nights of the Cursed
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Author's note:
Oh my, the hotness continues. Let us commence the parade of sexyness. I've become awfully attached to Roxas since I replayed Kingdom Hearts II and its lovely 3 hour tutorial (even if he is Jesse Macartney). He's one of those people you hate to love (both Roxas and Jesse I guess). Thank you for all of your lovely (as always) reviews. To Aesura, thank you for pointing out the typo of Roxas's hair color, I'll get around to changing it eventually...But yes, it is blond.
So please read, enjoy and review!
um...for some reason the ruler tool isn't working, so I'm sorry for the odd seperations between parts.
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Roxas and Riku both peered into the empty cell where Axel had once been.
"Who was on guard when this happened?" Roxas demanded, turning to Saïx.
"Demyx," Saïx said smirking, "bumbling idiot that he is, he was jumped by Axel as he brought in his meal."
"Fool," Riku said coldly, leaning against the wall, "We should eliminate him, he's screwed up to many times."
"Hmm, yes, I will talk to Lord Xemnas." Roxas said, turning away from the empty cell. "Well as fascinating as this all is, I'm going back to bed," Roxas said, shooting Riku a significant look. "Unless theres some other bad news you would like to tell me Saïx?"
"No, no, only that the key bearer seems to be missing." Saïx said in a sing-song voice.
"OH LOVELY," Roxas said, grabbing Riku's hand and leading him out of the dungeon.
"What now Roxas?" Riku asked, trying to stifle a yawn.
"We go see Lord Xemnas and see what he has to say." Roxas replied leading the yawning Riku down a long hall. Stopping at the familiar study door, Roxas knocked.
"What do you want?" Came an annoyed voice from beyond the door.
"Sir, its an emergency." Roxas said impatiently.
"Fine, come in."
Roxas opened the door and dragged Riku into the room. They both bowed and then Roxas started talking.
"Sir, the key bearer's gone missing."
"I'm well aware of that, did you have to interrupt me?" Xemnas asked, irritably.
"Well sir, I was wondering what your plan of action was."
"It's already been taken care of," Xemnas said, preoccupied with the papers that sat in front of him. "We located him again, don't worry. Luxord has everything under control, I promise you."
Roxas stood there dumbstruck, his eyes flashing angrily.
"Is that all you wanted?" Xemnas said, looking up at the fuming Roxas.
"Roxas," Riku nudged the other boy.
Roxas seemed to snap out of it, "Yes sir, sorry to bother you."
Roxas and Riku both bowed again before Roxas stormed out of the room, still dragging Riku along with him.
"Can we go back to bed now?" Riku whined, yawning again.
"And what? Leave everything to Luxord?" Roxas asked angrily.
"Well...yes, Lord Xemnas did say that he had it under control didn't he?"
Roxas grabbed the front of Riku's cloak and slammed him against the wall, "Are you suggesting that we ignore the key bearer? Do you want to let him win! Don't you want a heart!" Roxas screamed in Riku's face.
"Roxas...it's not that...it's just..." Riku stammered.
"It's just what! You just don't want to hurt him anymore? Is that it?" Roxas screamed, still grasping the front of Riku's cloak.
"No, its just that Lord Xemnas said that it was under control, don't you think that we should wait and let him give the orders?"
"So now he's the one in charge of this operation! I suppose you think that everything has been his plan, right!"
"No, no," Riku said, trying to calm Roxas down, "I know that you're the mastermind behind all this, but don't you think it's a good idea to let him believe he's in charge? If he figures out that you're using him, it will be the end of your plan."
Riku could feel Roxas's grip relax, and breathed a sigh of relief as the younger boy leaned against him.
"You're right," he mumbled into Riku's chest, still gently clutching Riku's cloak, "I'm sorry, I didn't hurt you did I?" he asked, looking up into Riku's eyes.
"No, not at all," Riku said, smiling down at the younger boy.
"Good," mumbled Roxas quietly, yawning and closing his eyes.
Riku chuckled and picked up the sleeping Roxas. "Just like Sora," he thought smiling, "He has a short fuse, and wears out quickly." Riku carried Roxas down a dimly lit corridor, "Oh Sora, what trouble have you gotten into now?" Riku thought, opening the door to their room, "Did you run away from Radiant Garden, or are you traveling the worlds with you new friends trying to stop us?"
Riku lay Roxas down on the bed, and went to sit down in his favorite chair. Sighing, he leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling, "I wonder, who's nobody am I? Who's soul am I a part of?"
"You have a heart, I know it."
"I wish..." Riku mumbled, starting to drift into a troubled sleep, "I wish I was part of yours..."
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"Oi get up you mangy git, the captain's wanting to have a word with you."
Sora looked up at the nameless crew member that had been sent to get him. Glaring up at him, he said "You can tell your captain that I am disinclined to acquiesce to his request."
"Well...I...what?" the crew member growled at Sora.
"It means no," Sora said, giving the pirate a annoyed look.
"Arr, you'll be going to see the captain whether you like it or not." Said the crew member angrily, opening the cell door and grabbing Sora by the arm.
Sora tried to pull lose of the pirates grip, but a week without food had weakened him. Following the crew member dejectedly, Sora stumbled up several stair cases and was lead onto the main deck of the ship. Looking around he saw that they were moored behind a cliff, and beyond the cliff he could see a small harbor town.
"In 'ere," the pirate said, pulling Sora gruffly through a door and into a large cabin, "I've brought the boy, jus' like you asked captain.
"Very good, very good, you can return to you duty's." Said the Captain.
"Aye sir," the crew member said, and left the cabin, leaving Sora and the captain alone.
"Well...er...hello there," said the captain, giving the grime covered Sora a sideway's glance.
"What do you want?" Sora asked, glaring angrily at the man, summoning his keyblade and brandishing at him, "No, more importantly, why did you leave me in the cell for a week with no food? I thought you said that we would be in Port Royal in two days!"
"Yes, well, about that," he said, leaning back away from Sora, "We ran into a spot of trouble on our way here. But we're here now! And I bet you're quite ready to get of this ship, and er...take a bath...or something..." He was interrupted by a knock on the door. Standing up from his seat behind his desk, he walked over to the door trying to stay as far away from Sora as possible and opened the door.
"Yes!" he yelled, at a young man standing outside of the door. "Ah, young William, you got my message I presume?"
"Yes, but I still don't understand what all this is about Jack," the young man said, stepping into the cabin and shutting the door behind him. Noticing the very angry and filth covered Sora still holding the keyblade standing in front of him, he gave Jack a questioning look, "Who's this Jack?"
"A stowaway, Gibbs found him hiding between some crates."
Sora glared at the young man, who looked at Sora with interest. "And what might your name be?"
"Sora, but you still haven't introduced yourself yet sir," Sora said, sarcastically.
"William Turner," said the young man, holding out his hand, which Sora ignored.
"And you, captain?"
"Jack Sparrow," said the strange man, still trying to stay as far away from Sora as he could, "And may I inquire as to what that thing is you're holding?"
Noticing that he was still brandishing the keyblade, Sora hastily put it away, "It's...just uh...special sword...thing..."
"Right..." Jack said, not sounding totally convinced. "Will you excuse us for a moment?" He asked, grabbing Will and pulling him to the far corner of the room.
"See, didn't I tell you?" Jack whispered to Will so that Sora wouldn't over hear them.
"Yes he does look a lot like the other stranger, but honestly Jack, he's just a boy. Are you sure that he's the one who the stranger asked about?"
"You saw that...sword thingy he's got!" Jack hissed, giving Sora another sideway's glance, "Thats not like any weapon I've ever seen, but you're the blacksmith, you tell me."
"I have to admit it is rather odd," Will said, also looking at Sora, "But do you really think that he's the chosen one that stranger talked about? I mean look at him, he doesn't look very strong, he's a bit on the thin side too."
"Yes, well so are you, but that doesn't stop you from trying to win dear Elizabeth's affection."
At this Will turned red, "Well...I...whats you point then?" he asked flustered.
"You take him back with you to Port Royal, get him...er...cleaned up," Jack said, "And er...get to know each other, he may prove to be useful later."
"You called me all the way out here so I could take care of some kid?"
"Precisely!" Jack said, grinning at Will, "Just think about it dear William, you introduce him to Elizabeth, and she sees how sensitive and helpful you are. Bob's your uncle, Fanny's you aunt, you've won her over from the dear Commodore, savvy?"
Will looked at Jack, not seeming completely convinced.
"Plus it gives you an excuse to drop by her house, because honestly dear William," Jack said, giving Will a sideways glance, "I don't think you're exactly equipped to support two people, am I right? What does a blacksmith get paid these days?"
Will glared at Jack and turned to Sora, "Come, we must get back to Port Royal before the navy sees this ship, they don't act kindly towards pirates."
"Farewell young William," said Jack, waving merrily, "and to you Sora, try not to die!"
Jack slammed the door in their faces and they were left standing on the ships deck, where it had begun to rain.
"What does he mean, 'try not to die'?" Sora asked, giving Will a perplexed look and following him over to the side of the ship where a small boat had been tied.
"Theres something you need to know about Jack Sparrow," Will said, climbing down into the boat, "He's not to be trusted, just like all pirates. He'll use you for his needs and then drop you like an old boot, understand?"
Sora nodded as he followed Will into the boat and helped him untie it from the ship.
"So what does he want with me?" Sora asked, as they rowed away from the ship, which proved to be difficult as the storm proceeded to get worse.
"Leverage, most likely," Will yelled over the wind, "He wants the Black Pearl back in a bad way, and he'll do anything it takes to get it back, even sell out his friends. So, its best that you keep an eye on Jack when ever you're around him."
A large wave swept over the small boat, leaving both Sora and Will soaked to the bone. By the time they had arrived in the harbor, Sora was no longer covered in the worst of the filth from the cell, but instead sopping wet and freezing. Tying the boat to the dock, Sora followed Will into the small town and to a small mansion that sat on a hill overlooking the town.
"You live here!" Sora asked, surprised that Will was able to afford such a large house.
"No, but I thought that you might like a proper bath." Will said, leading Sora around the back to what seemed to be the servants entrance and knocking, "I live above the blacksmith shop where I work, but I just have a wash basin, and no offense mate, but you need better then that."
The door opened and a short, plump looking woman poked her head out.
"Mr. Turner! What 're you doing calling at this time of th' night? And soaking wet at that!" the woman noticed Sora, who at this point looked like a drowned rat. "And 'o's this? Poor thing, looks like he hasn't had a proper meal in weeks! Come in, come in!" she said, opening the door wider and ushering them both in.
"Is Miss. Swan here?" Will asked, looking eagerly at the plump woman as she fussed over Sora.
"She's up stairs resting," said the woman, "I'll tell her you're here, but first lets get you a bath dear, shall we?" she said, examining the grime that covered Sora.
"Yes please!" said Sora, rather enthusiastically.
Twenty minutes later, a much cleaner and warmer Sora was sitting and scarfing down his sixth helping of stew. He had ditched his wet, grime covered clothes for a pair of clothes that Will had brought him. He wore a white button up shirt, with long flowing sleeves and over that was a brown vest. He also wore a pair of knee length pants, that gave way to knee socks and a brown pair of shoes.
As Sora finished his sixth bowl, a pretty young woman entered the kitchen wearing a dressing gown.
"Will? What are you doing here at this time of night?" She asked, eying Will's wet clothes, "What were you doing, swimming in the harbor?"
"Well...I...uh..." Will stuttered, struggling to string two words together.
Luckily, the young woman noticed Sora, who was starting in on his seventh bowl of stew.
"Who's this?" She asked, looking concerned, "Will, what have you been doing? Starving the boy? Look how thin he is!" she said, giving Sora a piteous look. "Whats your name?"
"Sora," Sora said through a mouth full of stew, "and Will wasn't the one starving me, it was Jack Sparrow."
"Jack found him hiding away on the Interceptor." Will said quickly at the livid look on the young woman's face.
"I wasn't hiding away, I just woke up on his ship, honest!" Sora said.
"Jack Sparrow!" the young woman said angrily, "Just you wait, when I get my hands on him, I'll...I'll...Does that man have no morals! Honestly, all he's worried about is how to get back the Black Pearl!"
"It's ok, I've suffered worse," Sora said, putting down his bowl and yawning.
"I swear, one day he's going to have the chance to do the right thing, and he'll just wave at it as it passes by."
"Try and calm down Miss. Swann," Will said, rubbing his eyes, "The boy's fine now, right Sora?"
Will and Elizabeth both looked back at Sora, who had fallen asleep at the table.
"We should be going," Will said, picking up Sora and swinging him over his shoulder, "Thank you for everything." Will said, turning to the plump woman.
Elizabeth walked Will and the sleeping Sora to the back door to bid them good night.
"Good night Miss. Swann," Will said.
"Will, how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?" asked Elizabeth, annoyed.
"At least once more Miss. Swann, as always." Will said nervously.
"Good evening, Mr. Turner," Elizabeth said coldly, closing the door in Will's face.
Will sighed and started to walked back to the blacksmith shop, Sora still fast asleep. The storm had passed, and there was a full moon shining down on the small harbor town. Walking up the stairs that sat to the side of the blacksmith shop, Will noticed an odd black ship lingering outside of the harbor, but paid it no mind as he unlocked the door and entered the small room that he called home.
Lying Sora down on the bed, Will walked over to the small window that over looked the harbor. He saw that the black ship had started to approach the harbor. As he stood watching, the ship fired its cannons at the fort where the navy was stationed.
"What the— Pirates?" he muttered, still trying to figure out what was going on.
Another shot was fired, it hit a chimney in the lower part of town. Will looked down to see people appearing at their doorway's in dressing gowns to see what all the commotion was about. Suddenly small, dark things with glowing eyes started appearing out of the ground. The people in their doorways started screaming and trying to escape the strange creatures but their efforts were in vain.
Will looked back towards the ship to see three small long boats overflowing with pirates making their way to shore. Turning away from the window, Will grabbed his sword and barreled out of the door.
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Sora awoke in the morning to find the apartment empty. Yawning and stretching, Sora swung his legs over the side of the bed, and walked over to the window. Sora gasped at the sight that met his eyes. The small harbor town had been mostly destroyed, smoke was rising from several buildings below and there was rubbled lying everywhere. The towns folk who were left were gloomily cleaning up what was left of their town.
"Oh, no...Will!" Sora said, turning away from the window, wrenching open the door and running down the steps. He weaved his way between the down trodden towns folk, searching desperately for any sign of Will. Stopping a tired looking man, Sora asked, "Have you seen Will Turner?"
"Will Turner? Yeah, I saw 'im. Been arrested by the gov'ner 'asn't 'e?"
"Arrested! Why?"
"Suspected of conspiring wif the pirates that attacked the port last night."
"What!"
"'s true, an' they say 'e had a partner, but them navy types haven't caught 'im yet." said the man, starting to push his cart down the street, leaving Sora standing alone.
"Hey! You!"
Sora looked up to see two red coated men running towards him.
"You're under arrest by the order of Governor Swann."
"Oh great, now they think I'm a pirate." Sora muttered turning to run, but running into someone and falling to the ground. Looking up, Sora saw a severe looking man in a white wig and blue coat.
"Going somewhere? Pirate," the man said, sneering down at Sora.
"Not any more?" Sora said nervously.
"See to it that he is locked up," the man said, to the two red coated men, who had caught up to them.
"Yes sir Commodore!" the two men said, clamping a crude pair of handcuffs on Sora and dragged him off.
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"Sora!" Will gasped, as the two guards dragged Sora towards the cell where Will sat. The two guards tossed Sora into the cell next to Will's and stocked off.
"Will, whats going on?" Sora asked, standing up and walking over to the bars that separated the two cells, "Why are we suspected for conspiring with pirates? And what happened last night?"
"The Black Pearl attacked the port last night, the navy thinks that we helped them slip into port. They apparently saw us coming back from the Interceptor last night."
"No..."
"Yeah, thats not the worst of it either. There were these strange creatures that showed up and attacked the towns people."
"Strange...creatures?"
"They were black and had glowing yellow eyes," Will said.
"Heartless!" Sora muttered angrily, "Were there others?"
"Yes, many others. I tried to stop them, but they attacked the governor's mansion." Will slammed his fist against the bars, "They took Miss. Swann!"
"Oh, good, so we're all on the same page then?" Came a familiar voice from behind Sora.
Turning around, they saw Jack Sparrow standing in front of the cell, swinging a keyring around his finger.
"Jack!" they both yelled.
"Thought you could use a bit of help," Jack said, unlocking the cells, "Of course, help comes at a price these days."
"What price?" Sora asked, following Jack up the stairs and out onto the ruined battlements of the fort.
"We'll talk about that later," Jack said, "I think someone misses you already!"
Sora and Will turned to see several groups of red coated guards running towards them.
"How are we going to escape?" Will asked, nervously as the guards surrounded them, closing off all escape routes.
"Lets see..." Jack said, looking around, "Ah here we are, you first Sora."
"Whaa—!" Sora yelled as Jack gave him a shove off the battlements.
"You next Mr. Turner!" Jack said merrily, giving a horrified Will a shove and turning to the guards, "Now gents, this will be the day that you will always remember as the day," Said Jack, backing towards the edge of the battlement, "that you, almost, caught, Captain, Ja—!" the back of Jack's boot hit a lose piece of stone and he fell backward off the edge.
Sora surfaced to see a flailing Jack Sparrow hit the water. Moments later, a sputtering Will surfaced and a few minutes after him a disgruntled looking Jack.
"What was that for!" Sora yelled at Jack.
"Well, you wanted to escape, and that just seemed to be the quickest way." Jack said, seeming to have difficulty treading water. "Come, we have much to talk about." Jack started swimming away towards a bend in the cliff. Sora and Will gave each other skeptical looks, but followed Jack around the bend.
As they rounded the bend, they could see a ship moored next to the cliff. They approached the ship, and Sora could see that the deck was bustling with activity. There were crew members scurrying around ever inch of the boat, all of them being directed by Mr. Gibbs.
They reached the side of the ship and climbed up a latter that had been thrown down.
"Ah, Captain!" Mr. Gibbs said, walking over to the three, "All the preparations are ready sir!"
"Excellent Mr. Gibbs," Jack said, ushering Sora and Will towards the cabin, "prepare to set sail..." Jack pulled out a battered looking compass and opened it, "That way," he said pointing to his right.
"Aye Captain," Mr. Gibbs said, stalking away and barking orders at the crew.
Jack lead Will and Sora into the cabin where they had met just yesterday. Jack sat down at a sea worn table and gestured for Sora and Will to do the same.
"Now, before you begin ranting on about saving Elizabeth," Jack said shooting Will a look, "I think you have some explaining to do, " Jack said, turning to Sora.
"Explaining? About what?" Sora asked, confused.
"About where you came from and why you're here." Jack said, "And I'll be asking the questions from here on, savvy?"
Sora sighed and nodded, "I came here from another world, I was...running away and my ship crash landed here."
"Another world?" Will asked, giving Sora an unbelieving look.
"Oi! I'm asking the questions here!" Jack said angrily, "Another world?"
"Yes, I know its hard to believe, I didn't believe it at first either, but there are other worlds out there. All of them are connected by their hearts," Sora said, "and of course, just like our hearts, they posses darkness. Thats why I'm here I guess, to bring light back to your world and lock the darkness out of its heart."
"You didn't mean to come here, but you ran away from your world and now that you're here your going to seal its heart away from the darkness?" Jack said, "Is that what your saying?"
"Yeah, I guess..." Sora said, looking sheepishly at his feet, "Look I know it sounds crazy but its true. A lot of people have been hurt in this fight between the dark and the light, including one of my best friends."
"So...this isn't the first time you've locked the heart of a world?" Jack asked, perplexed.
Sora shook his head, "Its my destiny, I'm the chosen wielder of the keyblade."
"Keyblade?" Will asked, ignoring a venomous look from Jack.
Sora sighed and held out his hand in front of him, summoning the keyblade. "The keyblade, it can open or close any lock. It chooses its own master, and can only be wielded by the one it chooses. It's said that the keyblade has the power to either save the universe or to unleash chaos upon it. Thats why I must fight the darkness I guess, to save the universe."
"So you really are the chosen one..." Jack said, giving Sora a look as if to size him up. "Now, one last question, whats your connection to Organization XIII?"
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Blabbing:
Yay for Pirates of the Carribean and Captain Jack Sparrow. Unfortunately, Axel didn't get to show up in this chapter, but he'll be in the next, I promise. I wonder why whenever the characters go to talk to Xemnas, its in his study. I guess I just see Xemnas as a very studious kind of guy. I don't really have much else to say, thank you to everyone who leaves constant reviews (I would list your names, but I'd be afraid I would forget one of you wonderful people). Hope you enjoyed the pirates!