Chapter XXXIX: Raphael: Mysterious Warrior of Light?

Nightshroud: Yeah I felt bad for Riku Replica and Demyx too. But especially for Axel. So sad. :( Oh and I didn't describe Raphael's outfit because in this fight he is wearing his cloak. Just an F. Y. I. Oh missed two entries! Here they are:
Dr. Veinslay-

Number X in the Org. He created Voldo to get rid of Kai, but when his creation took off, he was forced to fight himself. He wielded extraoridnary medical abilities in battle, but he defeated himself but straining his body too far.

Voldo-

A Heartless created by Dr. Veinslay. It sought to defeat Kai by Veinsaly's wishes, but when it could not, it went crazy and hid itself. When he saw his master defeated, he resolved to kill Kai once and for all. In the end, Kai's resolve was stronger, and he willingly faded into darkness again. He wielded thunder and darkness elements in battle.

"You want to see the kind of power I can wield, with the light on my side?" said Raphael.

Tyson frowned and looked at the others. "So who wants to take him?"

Raphael laughed. "I'll take all four of you on."

"What?!" they said in shock. He smirked and fingered his Kronos Stone.

"And as an added bonus, I have no intention of activating the Seal of Kronos. But don't think that makes you safe. Not by a long shot."

"Enough talk. Let's do this!" said Tyson.

"If you think you can face the light," said Raphael with a confident smile.

"We are light!" said Tyson.

"There are none so blind as those who refuse to see," he said. Tyson growled and ran at him.

"Tyson, wait!" shouted Reyna. Tyson ran onto the bridge and slashed at him with Lionheart. Raphael blocked with his Angel Sword and grabbed Tyson by the collar.

"Pathetic."

His glowed with light and he blasted Tyson back across the bridge. Reyna helped him sit up.

"If you hope to have any chance of winning, you'd best work together."

Maria nodded and Fayt. Fayt charged his symbology and said, "Fire Bolt!"

Raphael watched as the fireball came flying at him, when suddenly Maria used her geomancy to pick up a boulder and hurl it at Raphael. Without taking a pause to think, he agilely leaped backward over the fireball, then summoned energy to his hand in the form of a ball of light.

"Light Grenade!"

He threw it at the boulder, causing a large explosion that destroyed the boulder. Maria and Fayt frowned as Raphael crossed his arms.

"Good start. Try a little hard next time and maybe I'll have to think my moves over."

Cliff punched through a Tornado Step and sighed.

"How many more of these things are there? They just keep coming!"

Mirage slammed an Emerald Blue with her fists. "What's wrong? You're not tiring out, are you, Cliff?" she said with a little grin.

Cliff finished off a Shadow and gave her a fake "hurt" look. "I'm hurt you think so little of me, Mirage. I could take on at least a hundred more!"

Mirage laughed and shook her head. She back kicked a Tornado Step and punched a Shadow.

Sophia knocked away some Shadows with her staff and held it up for a summon.

"Fenrir!"

A large wolf, silver with fur that looked like ice crystals, appeared. It opened its mouth and shot a blast of wind and ice needles that tore through the Heartless. Then it leaped forward and pounced on some more, the impact sending large icicles shooting up from the ground.

"Glad she's on our side," Cliff whispered to Mirage as Fenrir disappeared.

"We'd better pull out our special techniques too," said Mirage. Cliff nodded. He leaped into the air and slammed his fists together, sending off a large shockwave that blasted the Heartless.

"Hammer of Might!"

Mirage kicked upward, sending off a shockwave that ripped through the Heartless.

"Crescent Locus!"

Having used their ultimate moves, Cliff and Mirage were a bit worn. Seeing this, Sophia cast another summon.

"Gremlins!"

Cliff and Mirage backed away as a portal opened and a swarm of gremlins ran out, biting, clawing, and ripping through the Heartless.

"You are scary..." said Cliff with big eyes. The two girls sighed and rolled their eyes.

"No more takers?"

Raphael stepped off the bridge as Reyna charged at him and flung her whip. He caught it around his arm, and Reyna was amazed that it didn't hurt him at all. Before she knew it, he yanked on it, pulling her off her feet and threw her into Tyson. Fayt ran up and unleashed a flurry of combos on Raphael, but he easily blocked them all. He kicked Fayt in the jaw and sent him tumbling back. Tyson quickly ran at Raphael while he was distracted and slashed with the keyblade. Raphael jumped back onto the bridge to avoid the attack. Tyson summoned Diamond Dust to his left hand, now duel wielding.

"Think you can handle this?" he asked. Raphael grabbed his hilt with two hands and detached his sword into two blade, one wing and half a blade on each.

"If you couldn't handle using one, I doubt you'll be much of a threat with two."

Tyson growled and leapt at him. Raphael blocked Tyson's wild slashes with his two blades. Tyson jumped into the air and beat his keyblades down on Raphael's blade, but Raphael never faltered. He pulled moved one of his blades and stabbed up at Tyson, but he jumped back and swung Diamond Dust.

"Adamant Blizzard!"

He shot a blast of diamond shards at Raphael. Angel wings suddenly appeared and shielded Raphael from the attack. Once it had ended, he floated into the air and extended his wings.

"Quilltip Cascade!"

He flapped his wings forward and sent off a blast of angel feathers that sliced through the heroes and blasted Tyson back off the bridge. Raphael descended and the wings disappeared.

"So much for the great keyblade wielder."

"Graviga!"

Namé crushed the Heartless in front of Roger, allowing him to easily hack them with his axe. Nel sliced her daggers through a Shadow, then snapped a Tornado Steps neck with her legs before using her Ice Needle symbol to pierce through some more Heartless.

Roger leaped through the air and dug his axe into an Emerald Blue, the tossed it into a Tornado Step.

"Spell Impact!"

Namé slammed her Crescent Moon Staff down, sending off a shockwave that blasted through the Heartless.

"Namé, behind you!"

She turned as a Shadow leaped and swiped its claws at her.

"Stopga!"

The Shadow froze in midair, and Nel sliced through its neck with her daggers.

"Nice magic usage, Namé."

"Thanks, Nel. Your fighting skills are really impressive."

"Hey, what about me?!"

"Shut up, rat tail."

"Haha, you too, Roger."

More Heartless emerged around them. The people had already been evacuated into a shelter, so there was no fear of losing any people.

"Well, I think we'd better go all out now," said Roger. He ran forward on his small legs and tossed his helmet into the air.

"Energy Rain!"

Laser blasts began to shoot out of the helmet, blasting through all the Heartless nearby. Once it had finished, it landed back on Roger's head, and then Roger licked his thumb and put it to his butt, making a hissing sound. Nel rolled her eyes and charged up her daggers, the silver runes glowing on the black blades.

"Mirror Slice!"

She began slicing through the air, sending shockwaves ripping through the Heartless. Then she jumped into the air and shot a blast of lightning ripping through them before dashing forward and slicing through the remaining ones.

"Wow, Nel, that was hot," said Roger, a lecherous grin creeping onto his face.

"I know, but that doesn't mean you can look up my skirt."

"Aww..."

Both girls shook their heads before smacking him.

Raphael stepped off the bridge and stood in the courtyard. Maria lifted to slabs of rock up and tried to snadwich Raphael between them, but he stopped each of them with an arm, and then charged himself with light, causing them to shatter.

"Pathetic. Those other members deserved to have their weak hearts taken, if they managed to lose to you."

"Shut up! We won because we are the warrior of light, and though the odds may be against us, we will defeat the darkness."

Raphael laughed and crossed his arms.

"Warriors of light? You really think you represent light? Look at all of you." He turned to Fayt.

"You are full of yourself, and are always trying to take the lead. You pretend to care about saving the worlds, but your interests lie only in yourself." Fayt looked away, and Raphael's gaze turned to Maria.

"You are full of jealousy for those being happy around you, and you are bitter towards you parents for dying in the first Heartless invasion." Lastly he turned to Tyson.

"You are full of self doubt and anger, towards those who feel like your not worthwile. And you envy your best friend for getting the attention you crave." Tyson hung his head and Raphael tsked.

"You see? You think your the guardians of the light realm, but you have darkness in you hearts. What makes you so worhty, that you have the right to look down on those of darkness?"

Reyna stood up. "We may not be perfect, but at least we know what's right, and in the end, no matter how we may feel, we do what's best for others. That's what makes us heroes."

"Think what youu want, but in the end it's pointless. We will supply the Seal of Kronos with enough hearts. And when we do, all the evil, weak hearted people will be destroyed, and life can begin anew, without tainted hearts."

"How blind are you? Don't you see that your on the evil side?"

"How can you possbily see the truth, when you can't even keep sight of the light? At least I know now tha we have nothing to worry about."

Raphael's sword disappeared in a flash of light, and he turned his back to them before disappearing in a flash of light and feathers. Reyna sighed and helped the other three up.

"C'mon, we still have a job to do."

Cliff, Mirage, Sophia, Nel, Roger, and Namé were releaved when the Heartless disappeared, a sign that Reyna and Tyson had sealed the keyhole. The ten met up at the hanger. The four seemed to be in better spirits, since they had resolved to prove Raphael wrong.

"I took the initiative of repairing you ship," said Mirage.

"Thanks, Mirage," said Reyna with a smile.

"Don't forget to visit," offered Cliff. They nodded.

"Guys, I've decided to stay here. This is where I'm needed most," said Fayt.

"We understand," said Reyna. He hugged her and Namé goodbye, before shaking hands with Tyson.

"Sorry if I was a little rough with you," he said. Tyson laughed.

"No problem, I wasn't that great to you either."

"Friends?"

"Friends."

"We'll see you guys again!" they said as they climbed aboard the Highwind.

"See ya!"

"Come soon!"

Bye!"

"Safe travels!"

"We'll miss you!"

"Adios!"

"Bye, you guys! I'll never forget you."

The three waved from the gummi ship and blasted off.

"Where to now?" asked Namé

"That place looks promising," said Tyson.

"What's it called?" Reyna asked.

"Twilight Town."

Nightshroud: An inconclusive battle with Raphael. Hmm his light is strong, but is it misguided? I'm sad to leave the Kingdom in the Clouds. Maybe I'll do some more with them later. We'll definitely see Fayt again, but the others...we'll see. Ah, and now we go to Kai's finale!! Wahoo! Oh this on is going to be good! I think I'll please. :) Review and wish me luck.

Next chapter: Kai's Inner Conflict: Darkness Resolved