Chapter XXXV: The Kingdom in the Clouds

Nightshroud: Haha, I got EVERYTHING wrong, Mr. Fipp? Lol, I guess my first instinct was right. "I haven't got a clue..." haha. Yes, Lauracroft55, I did that chapter right after fighting Ansem/Xehanort in KH1 for inspiration. Glad you enjoyed! And yes...those new shadow moves are very reminiscent of Shikamaru's moves, but with my own spice to them hehe. Well, as I said, all you Fayt fans will love this one. Care to guess why now? Well, here we go! Oh, and on a side note, I've forgotten a few journal entries, so here they are.

Sommelier-

Number IX in the Org. He is very much the gentleman, and a connoisseur of fine wine. He is an basement member, along with Dr. Veinslay and Renkotsu, taking part in the revolt plans before Kai became a problem. He had an unmistakable advantage against Kai in battle, but this made him careless, and Kai managed to pull off a close win. He wielded a tuning fork staff and the element of sound in battle.

Renkotsu-

Number VI in the Org. He is Bankotsu's older brother, and deeply hates his brother for his mother's death. He is a very clever person, and staged a revolt against his brother with Sommelier, Veinslay, and Albel. His plans were thrown off, and he was forced into battle against his brother. His heart was taken when he lost to Bankotsu, but his body remained, since Lerena believes he found a spark of light before the end. He wielded steel wires and the element of fire in battle.

Lerena-

Number XI in the Org. She was in a relationship with Bankotsu, but began to doubt her feelings when Renkotsu revealed his plans to her. She turned away from helping Renkotsu when he was about to lose his heart, bu seeing her put a smile on his face and seemed to keep his body from fading. She was attacked and lost her heart when Bankotsu turned on her, but her body remains behind as well. She wielded two tonfas (the Wind Guides) and the element of wind in battle.

Bankotsu-

Number VII in the Org. and the leader of Twilight Impasse. His cold and power-hungry personality has cuased him many enemies, including his older brother Renkotsu. He crushed the revolt by defeating Renkotsu, and turned on his only loyal "love" Lerena. He faced Tyson and had the upper hand, but Tyson's undefeatable spirit helped him pull through in the end, defeating the tyrant Bankotsu for good. He wielded a large halberd (Banryu) and the element of fire in battle.

The gummi ship had left Twilight Impasse behind. After placing Renkotsu and Lerena's bodies in a spare room, Tyson joined the other three in the cockpit.

"So, where to next?" asked Tyson. Fayt shrugged.

"I dunno. The first world we come to, I guess."

Tyson leaned back in his chair and put his arms behind his head. "It's all one to me."

Namé pointed outward and said, "Hey, I see something!"

They all leaned forward and looked out the windshield. Reyna saw Fayt's face change, his eyes go wide and his mouth drop slightly.

"Fayt, umm...something wrong?"

"That's...that's the Kingdom in the Clouds..."

"So?" interrupted Tyson.

"If you'd let him finish!" said Namé with a scowl.

"Go on, Fayt," said Reyna.

"It's my home world."

"It seems that members of Twilight Impasse, with the exception of Dr. Veinslay, have all been defeated, master."

"And Kai has deserted us...where are the chosen ones heading now?"

"The Kingdom in the Clouds, sir."

"Hmm...I'd like you to give them a taste of how powerless they really are."

"Of course, Master Amnael."

"Your home?" they all asked in astonishment. He nodded like a zombie.

"B-but I thought it was destroyed..." he mumbled. He suddenly blinked back to reality as the ship veered towards the world.

"What are you doing?" he asked Tyson, who had grabbed the controls from him.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

He hit the fuel thrusters and the ship shot towards the new world.

Mirage made funny faces with her tongue as she tried to get machine to work.

"I don't think that's how you do it," said a deep voice from behind her. She smiled and brushed her strawberry blond hair away from her face as her periwinkle blue eyes glistened with mischief.

"Is that so, Cliff? Then why don't you show me?" He laughed and walked next to her as she stood up. He had messy gold colored hair and stood few inches taller than her. She was eighteen, and he was twenty

"Let a real man do the work," he said with a grin, flexing his muscles. She rolled her eyes and stepped back while he tinkered with it. She adjusted her outfit, a navy blue jacket with a brown leather collar, a black shirt (hard to see since her jacket was almost zipped to the top), a navy blue skirt, navy blue fingerless gloves, thin black socks covering her legs up to her skirt, and black boots. Cliff suddenly coughed, bringing her out of her thoughts. His face was covered in black soot as he grinned sheepishly at her.

"So much for a real man doing the work, huh?" she said playfully. He frowned and kicked the machine.

"Bloody hell! What's wrong with this thing?" he said annoyed. She laughed and switched a circuit. The machine began to light up and make sounds. He crossed his arms as she smiled cutely at him.

"See? That's why I'm the technical genius around here."

He stuck out his tongue and turned around. She laughed as a red haired girl walked into the hanger.

"Cliff mess up a machine again?" she asked, then burst out in laughter as she saw Cliff's soot-covered face.

"Nice to see you too, Nel," he said irritated. She waved him off and walked over to Mirage. Nel, her best friend, was sixteen, and a constant annoyance to Cliff due to her saracastic nature. She had forest green eyes and wore high black boots, black combat gloves, a black vest with tan outlines, and red shorts.

"So, what brings you here, Nel?" asked Mirage. Nel rolled her eyes.

"Roger claims there's a falling star headed this way, and it's going to level the whole Kingdom. Maria didn't believe it either, but Sophia told me to tell you to check it out."

"Well, we know how excitable Roger can be, but I guess we should check it out. C'mon, Cliff."

She pulled at his arm and the three headed outside.

"See? See!" said Roger, running up. He had short brown hair tucked under a strange tan helmet with spike on top and goggles attached, wore a green shirt, tan overalls, and little brown shoes. He stood about three feet tall, had furry little ears on the side of his head, and furry brown tail comign out of his overalls. He was eleven.

"This better not be a prank, Roger," scolded Mirage.

"Or I'll hang you by that little rat tail of yours!" said Cliff. Roger kicked him in the shin before running behind Nel...and looking up her shorts...

SLAP!

"Owww!" he wailed. Nel rolled her eyes and looked at Mirage.

"So, what do you think?"

Mirage crossed her arms and placed a hand to her chin thoughfully. "It looks like...a gummi ship to me."

"A gummi ship?" asked Roger.

"Haven't seen one of those in a while..." said Cliff. The ship drew closer, until Mirage drew back in alarm.

"Uh, guys, I think its headed right at us!"

They all took a look and scrambled out of the way. The gummi ship just barely missed their heads before they ducked and crashed into the roof of the hanger. The cockpit opened and four people fell out.

"Tyson, you moron! Look what you did!" said Fayt, a vein popping out of his forehead in frustration. Tyson crossed his arms and stuck his head up in the air.

"I was only trying to get us here."

"And a fine job you did, too!" Namé scolded, punching him in the arm. She looked over to see Reyna lying dazed on the ground, her eyes swirling...

"Now look what you did!" said Fayt. He was about to thump Tyson on the head when they all heard collective gasps from nearby.

"Fayt?"

He looked and drew back in surprise. "You...guys..."

"It's Fayt!" shouted Roger. He ran up and hugged one of Fayt's legs as Mirage, Cliff, and Nel ran up.

"Fayt, it's so great to see you!" Mirage.

"What's up, buddy?" asked Cliff with a thump to his back.

"We missed you!" said Nel.

"I missed you all so much," said Fayt, hugging them all.

"Won't she be happy?" asked Cliff teasingly. Fayt blushed. Tyson, Namé, and Reyna watched with interest. Suddenly they all stopped as two more figures showed up. The one was a girl, fifteen, with long black hair in a ponytail and blue eyes. She wore high black boots, a long grey flight jacket, brown armor/vest, and black fingerless gloves. The other was girl, fourteen, with long straight bown hair and brown eyes. She had a pink jacket, white shirt, blue skirt, black socks, and pink shoes.

"Hey, Fayt, long time no see!" said the black-haired girl.

"Hey, Maria!" said Fayt. The other girl ran up and hugged Fayt, tears slipping from her eyes.

"Fayt, it's been so long..." she said quietly.

"Hey, don't cry, Sophia. I'm here now, okay?" He wiped her tears away, and she smiled brightly. Nel looked over and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah, who are your friends?"

Fayt turned around to the other three. "Oh, I'd almost forgotten. This is Reyna, Namé, and the moron's Tyson."

"Hey!"

"Nice to meet you," said Sophia sweetly.

"Welcome to the Kingdom in the Clouds!" said Mirage.

The three looked about them. They seemed to be very high up, since all they could see below were clouds. They were resting on top of a large mountain. The world seemed to be one huge temple or castle. The walls and roads were all a sand color, while the roofs were a dark green tile. The huge temple was divided into several parts, connected by huge bridges. One was the town, where the markets and houses were. Then there was the hanger, where they were standing. The last was walled up, and had high towers, called the Temple Sector.

"So, what happened? I thought that after the invasion this world had been destroyed."

"So did we," said Maria, "We ended up in some place called Traverse Town. We stayed there a while, till we decided to go see what had happened to this place. We came back to find back in place. Maybe a little wrecked, but none the worse for wear."

"So we fixed it up. and now we're a thriving world again!" said Cliff.

"This is great," said Fayt, so shocked to be home after all this time.

"I'm glad Fayt finally found his home," said Reyna quietly. Namé nodded. Reyna something furry brush her, and looked down to see Roger peering up her skirt. Roger suddenly felt a heel in his cheek and fell backward in a daze.

"Little perv," said Nel with a twitch of her eyebrow. The othes sighed.

"Hey, we better find the keyhole and seal it!" said Reyna. Fayt nodded.

"C'mon, we'd better get there before anything happens."

"We'll go with you," said Mirage. The ten of them ran from the hanger and made their way to the Temple Sector.

A cloacked figure looked down from his spot on the roof of a temple tower.

"Right on schedule..."

Nightshroud: Wow, long chapter! I originally had this world in two chapters, but I'm going to have to make it into three. That was a lot of OC's huh? I hope you like them all. I couldn't help myself. I kept thinking of them until U was like, "Woah, six is the limit!" Lol well I know anxious you are to hear more about the Kingdom in the Clouds, but we must now turn to Kai! Will he be able to defeat Dr. Veinslay? And what mysterious abilities does he have (I know, but I won't tell hehe). Hope you enjoyed! review and I'll put out a new chapter ASAP. Oh and try to guess who the last person to break a seal on Kai's heart will be. Keep in mind too that after that someone will have to purify the darkness in his heart. I'd love to see your answers!

Next chapter: Lament of the Creator