VS: Last Friday was awesome, I hung out with musician/comedian/actor Hal Sparks. We sang a duet of Stayin' live by the Beegies, saw a movie, and went to a few stores. In other news, I'm out of school, but there will be at least two weeks when I can't update.
Chapter 15,
Sora, Kairi, and Riku all walked through separate hallways of Omega's enormous ship, looking for the girl that Omega had kidnapped, and for each other. Sora, was walking by a wooden wall, unknown to him this was where the other part of the ship had fallen off earlier, and that part of the ship had been the closest to their Gummi Ship.
"Sora!?" A familiar voice shouted from behind Sora.
Sora turned around to see Kairi running towards him, and when she was close enough they hugged each other.
After a few moments they realized what happened and pulled back, both blushing.
"I have a lot to tell you, but we should find Riku first." Kairi said.
"Alright, I have no idea where he might have gone, and this ship is huge." Sora said.
They walked around, searching for Riku, but with no luck. They climbed the stairs to get higher, and looked around, but saw no one.
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Meanwhile, Riku was searching on a higher floor for Kairi and Sora, but since they weren't on the same floor as he was, so he climbed up another set of stairs. Unknown to him, he was right below the deck, although he did hear moving feet. Riku looked around, opening doors and shouting names, going through every hallway, but didn't see his friends. He prepared to approach the final door, but someone fell out of it, then landed face first on the floor. It appeared to be a girl, with long, messy brown hair, wearing a simple gray dress. She wasn't wearing shoes or socks, and her skin looked very dirty.
"You must be the girl Omega kidnapped." Riku spoke out loud.
Riku picked up the girl, then slung her over his back. He walked around, but before he could go anywhere he saw a fireball shoot through the floor. He looked up, and saw space above him, until the heads of several Abyss, Nobodies, and Heartless blocked his view. He looked below, and saw Sora holding his Keyblade up. Riku jumped through the hole until he was on the floor Sora and Kairi were standing on.
"Looks like we found you." Sora said jokingly.
"Yeah, but we have problems, the enemies see us." Riku informed his friends.
You're idea worked Sora…That's a first." Kairi said jokingly.
Riku saw that Kairi was standing a few inches away with her Keyblade pointing into a hole that went to a hole in the bottom of the ship.
"Wait! You found her!?" Sora asked incredulously when he saw the girl on Riku's back.
"Yeah, but we have to hurry, I have an idea." And with that Riku ran up the stairs, followed by Sora and Kairi.
The group of three ran up the next few flight of stairs until they reached the deck of the ship. Meanwhile, a large group of Abyss, Nobodies, and Heartless had jumped down the hole, only to see that there was no one in the hallway. Despite the group of monsters that had jumped down the hole, there was still hundreds of the three species on the deck, primarily Purebloods, Berserkers, and Elemental Abyss, although there were a few Executioners. The three summoned their Keyblades and prepared to fight. The deck was almost completely flat, except for a cabin,* which Omega walked out of, and there was a faintly purple dome around the deck of the ship that allowed everyone to breathe normally.
"Well now, it would seem you're outnumbered, it's time for your pathetic existences to end." Omega said calmly, before snapping his fingers.
The enemies sprung at the trio, but instead of fighting vainly, they deflected some enemies and began walking towards where they thought the Gummi Ship was, keeping their backs to each other and forming a small triangle. When they reached the side of the ship, they looked over to see the Gummi Ship.
"What's it doing all the way over there?" Sora asked, confused.
Somehow, the Gummi Ship had moved from the side of the ship to a farther away, floating in space. Sora remembered that part of the ship had fallen off earlier, but decided not to mention it.
"Well, no time to think about it, just jump." Riku said, and before Sora or Kairi could object, Riku jumped over the edge.
Sora and Kairi jumped over the edge, and the group of three began to glide towards the Gummi Ship, now that they were out of the air bubble they had to hold their breathe. They grabbed the edge of the Gummi Ship and hung there, Kairi was closest to the door.
"I can't hold on…" Sora said, then he fell off.
"Looks like you owe me one." Riku said, he had caught Sora with one of his hands.
Kairi tried pulling herself up, and turned the handle of the Gummi Ship door, then pulled her self up and went inside the Gummi Ship. Riku swung Sora up into the Gummi Ship, then Kairi and Sora pulled him up into the Gummi Ship, and shut the door. Riku set the girl down on his bed, then walked into the cockpit of the Gummi Ship where Sora and Kairi were sitting.
"Alright, now what?" Riku asked them.
"We could go back to Radiant Garden." Sora suggested.
"I think we should destroy Omega's ship first, he might come after us again." Kairi said firmly.
"Alright, well while you do that I'm going to take some time to rest, that Phoenix thing that I fought just wouldn't die." Sora said while yawning.
"Didn't you have something to tell us?" Riku asked Kairi.
"Oh yeah….Where's Sora?" Kairi looked around, Sora had already stood in the doorway of the shared bedroom.
"People don't usually glow do they?" Sora asked them.
He was standing in the doorway, looking at the unconscious girl, she was now glowing bright green, and starting to fade away and bits of her body were falling apart.
"What are you talking about you idi-Whoah!" Riku had walked up next to Sora, and saw that he was right.
Finally, the girl just turned into fragments of glowing green light, then the fragments became bigger, and pieced together into the form of a large bear standing on its hind legs. A grey mask appeared on its face, it was square and looked like it was made of stone, and its eyeholes glowed red. It had an open mouth with jagged teeth.
"What the hell are you?" Riku asked.
"My name is unimportant, the only thing you need to know is that I have come to kill you." The glowing monster said, when it spoke it sounded like several voices talking at once.
The monster's fingers turned into claws, and it swiped at Riku. Riku managed to jump over the monster's claw, then brought his Keyblade down on its mask. His Keyblade bounced off of the mask, and Riku fell to the ground. Sora pointed his Keyblade at the monster and used a Gravity spell, however, it didn't affect the monster. It slashed at Sora, sending him into a wall. Kairi walked into the room, then pointed her Keyblade at the monster, Sora and Riku saw that her heart was glowing, which was weird, but nothing happened to the monster. The monster charged at Kairi, but Sora jumped on its back and covered its eyes. It kept charging, and smacked Kairi into the cockpit. Sora stood on its shoulders, his head touching the ceiling, and hit his Keyblade on the monster's head. It bucked backwards, throwing him to the floor.
"Come on, show me how to use that power." Riku said to himself, trying to bring out his dark side again, with no success.
The monster turned around, then walked towards Riku, who was standing again, stepping on Sora while it walked.
"Dammit." Riku said, realizing he couldn't bring out his dark side.
Riku pointed his Keyblade at the oncoming monster, then used a Dark Aura, making the monster flinch a little. It kneed Riku in the face, causing him to fall to the floor. It picked him up by the throat, then began to choke him. Riku tried struggling to break free, but found that he couldn't escape the monster's grasp.
"Kairi, I have an idea." Sora said.
Sora began to glow, and he touched Kairi's shoulder, and she disappeared. Sora stopped glowing, he was now wearing pink clothes, with a heart design on them. He was now holding Kairi's Keyblade in one hand, and the Kingdom Key in the other. He ran towards the monster, and began to hit it rapidly, making it drop Riku. He then jumped backwards when the monster tried to claw him, then point his Keyblade at the monster, shooting a large ball of light at the monster, knocking it towards the door of the Gummi Ship.
"Riku." Sora said, then nodded his head towards the door.
Riku ran towards the door, then opened the door and ran from the monster. Sora raised his Keyblade so that they formed a large V, then a large, glowing, silver heart appeared between his Keyblades. The heart shot towards the monster, smacking it the chest and knocking it out the door. Riku ran towards the door and slammed it shut again, and Sora and Kairi's Drive ended.
"That was…Strange." Kairi said to Sora.
"Yeah, I've never umm…Done a Drive with a girl before." Sora said.
"What the hell was that thing anyways?" Riku asked.
"I don't know." Sora replied. "But we better fly away before it comes back." He said.
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The large, glowing monster floated towards the deck of Omega's ship.
"You failed." Omega said.
The monster growled in response, then began to fade into a large ball of glowing green light.
"I'll summon another window." It informed Omega.
VS: And that ends that. Next chapter there will be an aerial battle, and Donald and Goofy will join the group. That was Kairi's Pure Heart Drive.
Mystery Monster
A shapeshifting monster that appeared as the girl Omega kidnapped. It was hired by Omega to kill Sora, Kairi, and Riku, but was unable to. It's true form is unknown.