(BGM: Brave Fencer Musashi – Corona Jumper)
"Damn…what are these things?"
What? Where am I?
"So many lines…so little time…"
She heard herself speaking…but in a male voice. She felt herself moving. A grotesque humanoid figure lunging at her. She brought a rune covered blade up and through the creature's own sword. Within the blink of an eye, her body delivered three lightning quick slashes, the first, horizontally from left to right, the second diagonally down from right to left and the third again, horizontally from left to right. The creature, which looked like little more than a flesh covered skeleton with a strange hat, fell to pieces.
Eww! What was that thing?!
"They look like the bastards that took out my home…and left me in darkness…"
She felt her insides begin to burn. "Well then…let's see how you like a little BURNINATING!"
As the voice said that, She saw tendrils of darkness swirl around her arm and burst into a bright orange-red ball of flame. A ring of fire surrounded the glowing sphere, just before she felt herself slam it into the ground in front of her, summoning a massive wall of flame that surrounded her and then rocketed away, engulfing the creatures.
Yet they still came.
"Wait what?" Oh no…it didn't work! Not that I know what's going on…
"Tch, fine then…"
The air around her glowed blue, as her body swung her hands into the air. Seemingly from nowhere a gigantic wave of water slammed down on the flaming beasts, shoving them back…but doing little else.
"Not done yet!"
From below, six glowing iron lances shot from the ground. She watched herself raise her arms into the air, swirling green energy gathering above her palms and then slam her hands into the ground. As the body did that, the lances impaled themselves on the wet ground. The energy dispersed and she was flung into the sky.
"I wonder what's going to happen next…"
With a crackle, came small sparks of yellow lightning between her fingertips. It condensed into a sphere, which she launched into the sky. Moments after, there was a brilliant flash as a torrent of lightning raced towards her body.
AAAAHHH!
The lightning forked six ways, striking the lances and electrifying the water on the ground. The sheer magnitude of the combination of elements reduced the creatures to atoms.
"They just kept coming…"
She landed.
"I don't like this…I don't like this at all…these things weren't around last time I was here. Something's happened…and I'm gonna find out…"
Find out what?! What were those things? Hey! Answer me!
She felt the body walking over to pick up the discarded sword.
"That took too much…I need a partner…someone strong…"
Wh-what? I'm…
As she gazed into the sword…she saw the reflection…it wasn't her. It was the face of a brown skinned young man.
Who…what's…happening…?
The last thing she saw before blackness engulfed her…were his eyes, once glowing silver…returning to a dark brown…
The Thirteenth Order
Chapter II: Brand New World, Same Old Friends
(BGM: Kingdom Hearts Complete – Dive into the Heart Destati)
…ai…i…airi…Kairi…Kairi! Kairi wake up! Uhh…ow…my head… You ok? Yeah…just…hey wait! Naminé? Yeah. What was that? Wait you saw it too? Was I not supposed to? No…yes…I don't know…
The red-haired girl looked around.
Um…where are we? Inside your mind. After that guy…did whatever it was he did…we both were knocked unconscious. You're still out. But at least now your mind is active again. I guess it's my fault, normally people aren't supposed to be able to go into a place like this…but since we're two separate halves of the same soul, I was able to pull you here and wake you up.
So…you live here? Basically. Kairi…who was that? I don't know…but…I think it was the guy who…Took over your body? Yeah…he could see the lines…I've never heard of such a power…Well…wouldn't that be because you're a Nobody? You'd think…but Marluxia and the others, and especially Diz…I mean Ansem and Riku too…they talked a LOT. And always about unusual things. It just surprises me that they didn't know of such a power…
Well, they're all smart…but…maybe they just never encountered a world that had it? That's possible…but…that one attack…almost looked like one of Axel's. Axel? What do you mean? He had a habit of throwing giant walls of fire at his enemies when they started annoying him. Goofy weirdo aside, he was very strong…and a master of the flame…yeah, Sora told me about what he did to open the way…
Oh hey, I think you're starting to wake up! Everything's starting to flicker…yeah, I think you're right. I'll still be here…so I should be able to still talk to you. Good…can you…only see through my eyes? Yes…but I do have a decent perception range. Don't worry, I've got you covered. Thanks Naminé. No problem. Now go on, wake up!
"Hey! Riku! She's waking up!"
"Agh…not so loud Sora! My head hurts enough already…"
"Ah, sorry…"
"You alright there Kairi? You were out for a while."
"Yeah…I'm fine…um…hey, where are we?" I'm saying that a lot lately aren't I? Yes, you definitely are.
The red-haired teen looked around. Behind her was a cliff, leading to a ravine. Around her were beautiful trees and flowers, until a certain point where it became dirt path between two big hills.
"I don't know. We were waiting for you before we went anywhere…"
"Well, I'm alright now…let's go!"
The other two nodded and set off. Quickly, they reached a fork in the road.
"Which way?"
"Well…I hear water to the right…so let's check it out."
"Alright. Sora, take point. I'll follow next to Kairi. We don't know what to expect here."
"Got it. Let's go guys."
They climbed up the small hill in the path and continued on. Soon they reached the location where the sound of water was coming from.
"Wow…"
"Whoa…
"Beautiful…"
The three stared open mouthed at the pathway that was underneath a series of waterfalls.
"I don't know where we are, but I'm liking this place already!"
The three continued on their way, along the path behind the waterfalls. They stopped to take a look at the view on a bridge suspended over the raging waters.
"Amazing…"
"I don't believe it!"
A voice called out from along the bridge. The three of them turned.
"Sora! Kairi! Riku!"
A blonde haired man wearing an unusual outfit ran up to them. The three looked at each other.
"Umm…do we…know you?"
"Oh come on man! I'm hurt, I really am. It's me! Tidus!"
(BGM: Final Fantasy X – Bisaido Island)
Their eyes widened comically.
"Oh…"
"My…"
"God…"
"Oh come on guys, I know I look good, but not that good."
They turned to each other and Sora spoke. "Yep, that's definitely Tidus."
"HEY!"
"Huh?"
Three women ran up to Tidus. The one on the right was blonde and wore little more than a bikini and a brown skirt, and for some reason a long orange scarf with yellow 'tails'. The one on the left had short dark silver hair, it looked almost black and wore a completely black outfit consisting of a pair of tight shorts, nearly thigh length leggings and a pair of black boots. Not to mention the extremely frigid look in her eyes.
The middle one had short brown hair which seemed to be negated by the ridiculously long ponytail down her back. She wore a white top that looked like someone took a knife to the center and split it in two, and then decided to bind the two halves together with a strange black symbol. Shorts so small it makes one question why she bothered wearing pants in the first place, black boots laced with white strings and a strange, almost wing like skirt flowing down her left leg.
Sora blinked. Now why do they look so familiar…?
"Why'd you run off like that?!"
"Ahh, sorry you three…I just saw some old friends of mine."
"Old friends?"
"Ladies, I'd like you to meet my childhood friends, Sora, Riku and Kairi."
All three women blinked and spoke at the same time.
"SORA?!"
"You mean the kid from Hollow Bastion?!"
"THAT's why you look so familiar! You three were those weird fairy girls who tried to hit me up for all my items!"
The middle one pouted, putting her hands on her hips.
"Hey, you're the one that lied to us in the first place about Leon having treasure!"
"No Donald lied to you. He's a slippery one. I just didn't agree or disagree with what he was saying, cause honestly I didn't know either way."
"Wait, so you've all met?"
Riku shook his head. "Sora's the one who met those three. I was…somewhere else…and Kairi was back on the island."
"Oh yeah, I meant to thank you for opening that hole in Radiant Garden."
"Ahh…hole? Wait, that actually led somewhere?"
"Yep. Boatload of caverns. And a room that was used by Organization Thirteen. It was a good place to train…and would have been a bit more useful had most of the Organization members not been dead already…"
The group began walking back the way Tidus and the others came.
"So guys, what's been going on since I've been here?"
"Well…"
Suddenly Rikku called out.
(BGM: FFX – Normal Battle)
"Aaah…Guys?"
"Rikku, what's wrong?"
"Look behind you!"
They all turned to where Rikku was pointing. Flying right at them was a gigantic birdlike creature. Beneath it were three wolf like creatures.
Before Tidus or the girls could draw their weapons, Sora, Kairi, and Riku's Keyblades all flashed into existence.
"Sora! You take the flier! Kairi and I'll handle the wolves!"
Sora nodded.
"Go!"
The three charged. Sora leapt into the air with a backwards flip, and then twisted his body, somehow jumping a second time. He slammed Fenrir right between the bird's eyes, and used the rebound to flip over it. Spinning horizontally, he repeatedly sliced into the creature's back. He started flipping, holding his Keyblade in front of him as his body curled up into a ball, again, repeatedly cutting into the enemy.
"Back off!"
He slashed once, diagonally down from right to left, again, diagonally down from left to right, spun and slashed horizontally from right to left and after the first rotation, righted himself while flipping his Keyblade around backwards to gather energy and then did a final full body overhead swing which sliced the beast in two.
Riku jumped and slammed the point of his Keyblade into the center wolf's face, causing it to yelp in pain. He then spun backwards and kicked it into the air, where he launched his weapon and it pierced the monster, ending it.
Kairi bashed her Keyblade into the face of the left most wolf. Ducking as the right one tried to leap at her. She slammed her weapon into its side, a blow strong enough to shatter its ribcage, thus ending it. She flipped the blade around in her hand and held it like a dagger, striking the third underneath its maw, knocking it into the air where Riku caught his own Keyblade and delivered a series of rapid slashes to its body. Finally Sora came down, still flipping and slammed his own weapon into it, ending the monster. All four beasts vanished in a wave of glowing spheres with shimmering multicolored wisps of energy trailing after them.
The three of them panted heavily. Kairi was first to ask. "Were those…Heartless?"
Paine piped up. "Fiends." The three Keyblade wielders turned to her.
"They're the souls of the Unsent, their rage, hatred and envy of the living condensing their spiritual energy into the form of monsters. Unlike the Heartless, they're native to this world and this world alone."
"Those are some crazy weapons you have there…"
"Keyblades."
"Huh? What's a…Key…blade?"
Before anyone could answer, Kairi's Keyblade began glowing.
(BGM FFX – Song of Prayer)
"What the-
The Keyblade began floating in the air. Suddenly the world seemed to distort as everyone's color perception inverted. The Keyblade released a shockwave of power, knocking everyone on their backs. It began spinning in place as the souls of the defeated monsters; the few hundred pyreflies began spiraling towards the glowing weapon. There was a blinding flash.
Everyone uncovered their eyes as a glowing white orb floated down to Kairi. She reached up and placed her hand in the center. The orb extended and formed a shape. The white light surrounding the shape vanished in a wave of glowing particles. In her hands sat a brand new Keyblade.
Its form was much like the Oblivion. Only instead of black and dark blue, the blade portion was white with strange symbols in sky blue along it. The crest of the keyblade was the unusual "J" symbol that was on the brown haired woman's, Yuna's shirt, and worn around Tidus' neck. The hand guard was white, as was the handle. The chain reached down and held the "J" symbol.
"Was that…supposed to happen?"
"Kairi! You got your first Keychain!"
"Keychain?"
"Yeah, the thing that allows you to change the form and powers of your Keyblade!"
"It's…lighter…and thinner too…"
"Looks like a holy version of your Oblivion."
"It does…"
"That was crazy!"
"Way cool!"
"Impressive."
"So guys, how about that explanation."
"Sure thing."
"Let's head to the town."
Kairi…we can't stay too much longer. Why not? Normally, when he got a Keychain, Sora moved on to the next world. But…I haven't seen Tidus in years! I know, I'm not saying now, but we should go soon. Where? We don't really have anything that can get us off the world…
I can open a Dark Corridor…but only to Twilight Town…it's the only place I know how to reach. Besides, there's someone in Twilight Town who can contact King Mickey. We need to speak with him. Alright…just…let us spend some time with Tidus before we leave ok?
Alright…but be careful…I have a bad feeling…
And so, another chapter is complete. I'd have continued, but I think it's a decent place to leave off. Plus, it would be annoying to jump straight to the next event…which will be big. Kairi received her first Keychain…and she's having strange dreams…
Next chapter, Spira ends, but with a bang! Kairi finds something new about herself, and everyone learns what happened after the last fight with Xemnas! Emotions run high as we lead into the next two worlds!
D&S Master: Next chapter will show an interesting side effect of Kairi sharing a body with an active spirit. I'm glad you don't mind the end of Destiny Islands too…I was afraid people would hate that.
Plot, Plot, and MORE Plot next chapter!