One Tower Three Sisters
"Its raining!" she whined mostly to point out that taking a shortcut might be one of the worst ideas he could come up with.
"You can swim!" he said that same sarcastic manner he uses to hide what he is really thinking.
"The streets is going to be flooded, its dark, and I'm not sure about you but I for one am not risking it!" Sora ended her statement with a glare in Riku's direction.
It wasn't that Riku wanted to take the shortcut but he didn't want to stay out in the open for long. The longer Sora was in the open the more chances they had of being discovered and they would never leave town if that was the case. The goal was made simple and Riku understood it well.
Vanish! That's what they had to do after visiting the tower, they had to Vanish. They had to find a way to use the Key Blade's form more then killing heartless and seeing gateways! If the legends were true they could potentially go anywhere they pleased so long as they hands to power to adapt to whatever world they may enter.
The Key Blades held many mysteries but one thing was for cretin they couldn't rely on them for defense. Riku had a sword similar to Soba, its brother, but Sora only has the Key Blade as far as he was concerned. Weapons would have to come later right now what was needed was a quick and efferent route to the tower that didn't involve any unnecessary surprises.
The rain was obviously going to be an issue as well, it was coming down in sheets and not showing any signs of letting up. Sora was about to kick his ass for dragon her around, and he could have sword Yuffie was trying to say they know where she is or there is a spy in town. As if that wasn't bad enough it appeared as if the storm was getting worse.
With a rough Yank Riku pulled Sora into a covered ally before the ran thundered down she looked at the sheets coming off the building and cringed! It would have been more believable to see hail but there was not just a devastating turret of water from the sky. The streets were already slippery and the rain seemed to chill its chosen victims to the bone. Riku just growled at the ungrateful weather and attempted to find a way further to their destination.
The shadows ebbed at them and every corner scared Sora, she had yet to recover form the shock of being someones target. She had known it was inevitable but there was little that could be done now. She didn't want to think this the work of Maleficent but the idea crossed her mind countless times before.
She had always known something was wrong, something about who she was now it was clear the seventh princess was not Kairi but Sora herself. The thought that sacrificing herself could have just as easily caused Maleficent's plan to succeed sent shivers down Sora's spine. Riku thought this was the cold and rushed their current pace when the tower came into view.
They entered the tower the water dripping from the dark cloaks that had kept them covered, Riku was not as foul mode as he was earlier. They had waited for the rain to subside, and yet as soon as they entered the welcoming shelter of the tower the rain seemed to pick up at a heated pace. As well as showering hail and the lanterns lights were blown clear out all over the city the only source of light the was came form the houses and even the rickety tower seemed to hate them with its foul darkness.
"Lets get moving Sora it doesn't… Sora? Come on this isn't funny? Sora!" Riku looked around fragrantly, but there was no sight of his friend. Her cloak was hanging but she seemed to have disappeared into the darkness. He rifled through his bag to see if he could use anything as a sore of light but all he managed to find was some ancient Fire Materia.
Since the end of Sephiroth the Matria had become useless, summons and magic became easy game along with other techniques. But he figured there was some purpose for it. He searched around and found supply and made a rather rough Lantern with the fire Materia shining a faint greenish light. It wasn't much but it would have to do.
He carefully searched the lower levels and when he didn't find Sora he continued upwards. Upon the upper levees he saw signs of someone having been there in the forum of dead heartless. They were obviously remaining of what they left behind when they defeated Ansem a while back. He kicked a few out of the path so they wouldn't have to trip over them in the dark and continued onward.
When he reached the top he saw Sora there and three Bugs? Riku's better half told him to stay where he was and not interrupt unless something strange started to happen.
"She has come!" A rather all one said.
"Her friend is here too." Said a sightly smaller one
"He is of no concern…" Said a rather portly one.
"Who are you?" asked Sora.
"We are Candy Sandy and Mindy, the Magus Sisters!" they said in unison.
"You are here because we called you here princess…" Said the tall one.
"We had to call you here because it became important…" Said the portly one.
"The things that hunt you found out our little plain so the curse became nothing but a glyph like scar left behind on the flesh!" said the smallest one handing Sora a stone.
"That stone contains our essence, there are others besides throws you found my dear…" said the round one.
"We give to you the power to make your inner demon a shell of her own, but this comes with a price, you see once awakened!" said the small one.
"Roxas will never sleep again!" finished the tall one, Sora nodded and the sisters vanished. As Sora got up she felt a strange power surrounding her walking forward she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Hay there!" That voice, Riku couldn't believe his eyes and Sora didn't know what to think of it. It was Roxas in the usual black organization XIII threads. "miss me?"