The Failed Attack
Chapter 1
"Are you in there, Ansem?!" Haku yelled into the cave. Ed, Al, Sora, and Roxas were part amazed and part terrified that Haku could break through a dark barrier.
"Heh, clever. Actually, you're both right and wrong. For starters, this is not me. This voice is just a little portion of my soul. And secondly, this is the exact replica of the real land that I rule over," Ansem's voice told everyone. Sora could still picture Ansem clearly; tall, Heartless emblem on his chest, long metallic hair, and creepy goldish orange eyes.
"Hmph. Too scared to fight me, Ansem?" Haku said evilly into the cave.
"Oh, no. I simply wish to bide my time, only to get my body back, and let me tell you, I've nearly got it! MUA HA HA HA HA HA!!"
Haku didn't want to wait for Ansem to say anything else, so he charged into the cave, leaving his party behind.
"Aarg!! Wait for us, Haku!!" Sora called after him. Sora began to run forwards, but Roxas pulled him back.
"What's up, Roxas?"
"I was just thinking; do we really want to get involved in this? I mean, I know Ansem's your worst enemy, but-"
"No buts! Ansem and those hamancoli thingees are down there! So are those two demons that control space and time! They're the ones who brought us here in the first place!" Sora explained exasperatedly.
"I agree with Sora! I just want to kill those damned homunculi and go home!" Ed said heatedly, "We should kill Ansem, the homunculi, and the demons and leave!"
"Have you actually thought that far ahead? Even if we do defeat Ansem and friends, how the hell do we get out of here?" Roxas asked crossly. Again, Ed was caught off guard and just stayed quiet.
"We just need to follow Haku at the moment. Then we'll figure out a way to leave later." Al finally spoke up. He started running into the cave. Sora followed the suite. Ed soon started to run in as well.
Roxas sighed, "Oh man, what've I let these guys drag me into? Please, God, see me through this." With that, he ran after his friends.
Chapter 2
Sora tried to look around, but he couldn't even see his own fingers in the immense darkness that seemed to swallow him and the others.
"Crap…..I can't see anything….." That HAD to have been Ed.
"Oh, your eyes will adjust as we go along." That was probably Haku.
"I think I'm actually starting to see now!" The next voice Sora identified was most likely Al.
"Sora? I can't see you….Ow! Dammit….at least I can FEEL my FEET tripping over each other, and I felt the floor pretty good too…..ow…." Sora automatically knew that the only one clumsy enough to trip over his own feet was Roxas.
"Alright, everyone, stick together. That's the only way into the cave." Haku again.
"Grrrrr….Haku? Can't you just create some light so we can actually see where we're going?" Presumably Ed.
"Hrmm…..I….guess I didn't think of that…." Ed snorted rudely as Haku created an orb light in his hand. "Ok, is that better, Your Whiny-ness?"
Ed now scowled at Haku as they began to continue walking through the cave. Roxas tripped again.
Eventually though, they came to a small dimly lit clearing.
"Hunh? It's nighttime already?" Al wondered out loud. Everyone looked up at the sky and saw a solar eclipse. Haku took a short intake of breath, spun around, and ran away.
"Wait! Haku! Jeez, what's gotten into him?" Ed turned around and saw the young man with wild hair, Oroboros tattoos on each leg, and terrifying silvery eyes sitting calmly on a rock. He gasped in shock like Haku had at the eclipse.
"Hey, Fullmetal Runt! Did ya miss me much? Sorry I didn't write!" Envy said nastily. Leaping from his perch, he instantly went for Roxas, much to Ed's surprise. Envy lashed out with a swift kick to Roxas's jaw, sending the poor blonde flying.
"Roxas!" Sora, Ed, and Al shouted as Roxas hit the ground heavily.
"Dammit Envy! Don't you EVER do that again! If you wanna attack someone, then attack me!!" Ed snarled viciously.
"Heh, you know what they say! 'Take out the weaker troops first!'" Then Envy laughed maliciously.
Chapter 3
Elsewhere, in his own world, Riku heard from Leon that Sora and Roxas never returned from their mission to defeat the Stealth Sneak.
Maybe they were kidnapped, or perhaps they're……no way, they can't be dead. Can they? Hmph, Sora wouldn't have died THAT easily…I'm just thinking too hard, Riku thought. He traveled to the place where Sora and Roxas were last, before mysteriously disappearing. He saw a black cloaked figure with a weird hairstyle and a mullet. Suddenly, the man whipped around, revealing his face.
"Back off, man! I know kung fu!!" Demyx said loudly while throwing his hands into a funky position.
"Hey….hey you're part of Organization XIII, aren't you?!" Riku summoned his Way to the Dawn in his hand. Demyx backed down a little.
"Heh, you're lookin' lively. Anyway, I'm not part of Organization XIII anymore; I quit."
"But…..didn't Sora, you know, kill you? At Hollow Bastion, Leon and Cloud told me all about it."
Demyx wagged a finger. "Oh, no way, man! I just used some killer 'Demyx-jitsu' to run away. I went back to the castle a long time later and saw that no one was there; they'd all been defeated by Sora and Pals. After Mansex went, I figured that I should actually start doing something good! Normally, it'd be called a 'change of heart,' but since I don't have a heart, I'm just calling it 'switching sides.'"
Riku de-summoned Way to the Dawn, and changed the subject to 'Missing: Sora and Roxas.' "So, where do you think they went?"
"Who knows, could be anywhere for all I know," Demyx pondered.
"Were they kidnapped?"
"Not likely. The only sign of struggle was against the Heartless."
"Were they killed?"
"Nope. We could find them if they were killed. Aah….man, my brain hurts…."
"Well, this sounds crazy, but….what if they were pulled to another dimension?"
Chapter 4
"WHAAAAAT?!? Of all the stupid things I've heard, even when I was a somebody, that has got to be THE dumbest thing ever!! EVER!!!" Demyx was completely baffled by the fact Riku, an intellectual with a clear mind, could actually think of something that ridiculous.
"Well…lots of crazy crap happens to us. You never know what'll happen," Riku said meekly.
Demyx sighed exasperatedly. "Sigh………ok, IF your wild and very unlikely idea WAS true, how d'you get to this 'other dimension?'"
"Erm…..well….I hadn't really thought that far…." Riku mumbled.
Demyx let out another sigh. A long period of silence ensued. Finally, Riku thought of another crazy idea.
"Hmmm…..you think that something they said made them go to the other world?"
"Pffft….how d'you figure that?" Demyx asked mildly.
"Weeelll…..er…..let's see, I'm thinking of a darker realm. S-somewhere evil. Somewhere with…..Ansem. How did he die?.....oh right, he faded into the light….." Riku continued to mutter to himself, leaving Demyx to gaze on absentmindedly. Riku carried on talking softly. Finally, he came to a solid conclusion and Demyx had nearly fallen completely asleep of boredom at this point.
"I think I've got, Demyx."
"Zzzzzhuh? Oh, really? That's good, I s'pose…"
"Ok, so I'm guessing that Sora and Roxas said something with fading into darkness…." The gate opened once again, pulling Riku through the golden light. Demyx stared in astonishment where Riku was just standing.
"R-Riku? Where'd you go? RIKU!!!" Demyx shouted out Riku's name, but to no avail.
"Damn…..well I guess I have to say that junk, too….AAAARG!!! What the hell am I thinking?! I hate getting involved with this crap……urg….."
Demyx took a deep breath and yelled, "Let me fade into darkness!!"
Chapter 5
Back in The World, Ed had begun to fight Envy. That attacked failed pretty bad as Envy proceeded to beat the ever-loving crap out of Ed. Al tried to intervene, but Envy beat him off with one hand (the other hand was holding Ed by the braid). Sora and Roxas were having enough of a good time as Pride, Wrath, Lust and Gluttony arrived. Lust and Gluttony went straight for Sora while Pride and Wrath decided to go for Roxas. Both the somebody and the nobody had their Keyblades drawn, ready to fight the charging homunculi.
For Sora, Gluttony wanted to eat him (like usual) so he lunged to grab Sora to crush his bones, but Sora smashed Gluttony's face in with the Keyblade. Sora believed that he had killed the fat homunculus. All of sudden, Gluttony reached around and grabbed Sora's left arm, snapping it. Sora howled in agony as he slashed again at the homunculus's head. Lust interrupted his killing blow by using her claw like fingers to shield Gluttony from the Kingdom Key.
As for Roxas, Pride and Wrath had him stuck in a corner with no way to get out. He swore as Pride aimed another stab at his heart, the attack missing him and cutting his shoulder as he blocked. The perfect opportunity for Wrath; he leaped onto Roxas and chomped hard on his neck. Roxas gritted his teeth as he tried not to yell. He jabbed his Keyblade into Wrath's throat causing him to let go of the painfully hard grip he had. Roxas half fell, half rolled away from Pride's next attack.
"Dammit……losing…too much blood…." Roxas muttered weakly. He looked at Sora, Ed, and Al. They weren't looking their finest, either.
"Pay attention to your enemies!" Pride shouted as he smacked Roxas with the butt of his sword. Roxas let out a small gasp, all the air he had left immediately was forced out of him, and he keeled over onto the ground.
This is it. I'm gonna die. Well, I had a fine life while it lasted……
Out of nowhere, a blur of silvery green hair and sharp golden horns flew towards Pride, splitting him in half. Roxas's gaze drifted up to see Haku, covered in his foe's blood. Except he didn't have that wise, knowing gaze. His eyes were solid red, his fangs and claws looked much sharper from Roxas's perspective, he had strange markings on his face, and he didn't even take notice Roxas lying on the ground bleeding his life out. Haku looked at the body of Pride as it was putting itself back together. He didn't let this happen; he slashed at Pride cutting him in two again. Roxas then realized before blacking out that Haku had turned into a blood-thirsty demon.
"That was fun, Pride. Let's do it again sometime! Keh heh heh heh….." Haku didn't sound like himself either; his voice was deep and rough. Evil. Pure evil.
Chapter 6
Ed wasn't in very good shape. Envy had broken more than one bone in Ed's body, nearly snapped his auto-mail, and Ed was on his last legs.
"Grrrr…dammit, Envy…." Ed almost swayed off balance. He was struggling to stay conscience.
"Keh. Is the fearsome 'Fullmetal Runt' actually gonna lose to the big, bad homunculus? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! That's absoulutly hilarious. Your alias isn't what I thought," Envy sneered at Ed. Al was still there. Envy completely forgot that he was still alive even.
This is my only chance! Al thought as he picked up a rock and smashed Envy in the back of the head. Ed was stunned that his little brother actually tried to kill something. He doesn't usually do that.
"Take that, Envy! That's for my brother!" Al hissed at the fallen body of Envy. Envy's body twitched, and then he jumped up and kicked Al in the stomach.
"Awwww….how cute….the younger sibling trying to save his older brother! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!" Envy laughed brutally as Al slumped to the floor.
"AL!!!" Ed shouted at the seemingly lifeless body of his brother. Envy whipped around at punched Ed upside the head.
"Just shut it, you little runt that's shorter than the bean of an ant! There's no one to save y-"
SLAAAASH!!! Haku had turned on Envy and ripped him open just like Pride and Wrath behind him. He simply loved the idea of making mince-meat out of his opponents. That's all Ed could see up to that point for he passed out.
Meanwhile, with Sora, Gluttony had him pinned to the ground, ready to eat him alive. The homunculi's huge mouth opened to swallow Sora whole. Sora braced himself, ready to die.
"Giving up already? I thought you were stronger than THAT!" The voice of Riku echoed through-out the cave. Gluttony's weight suddenly lifted off Sora, and he stood up unsteadily and looked to his left. He saw the familiar person with silver hair and lightning blue eyes towering over the cowering figure of Gluttony. The homunculus sprang up, ready to kill Sora's friend, but he pulled out his unique Keyblade, sidestepped Gluttony, slashing at his side. Gluttony hit the floor of the cave, blood pouring out of him. Riku had saved Sora.
Chapter 7
"Riku!" Sora cried happily. He tried to run over to his friend, but toppled over when he remembered that he was really worn out.
"Sora! Don't push it, that big guy squished you pretty good." Riku's sharp gaze met Sora's air headed one.
"Heh, I was hoping someone would come rescue me….." Sora was slipping into unconsciousness. Riku thought he was going to die.
"Sora! Please, stay with me, man!" Riku said urgently to his fading friend. Lust, enraged at Riku for killing Gluttony, lunged at him with her scary claw-like fingers outstretched. Riku whipped around at the last minute, thinking HE was going to die.
"Pay attention, Riku!" A blue sitar swung out of no where, hitting Lust out of the way.
"Dude, you gotta work on your timing," Demyx said agitatedly.
"Sorry."
Sora was still barely awake, but he still managed to say, "Demyx? I….thought I killed you…"
"No, no, no. I used my 'Demyx-jitsu' to escape at the last minute." Demyx explained quickly as Lust attacked him. She managed to graze his right arm while he dodged out the way. He snorted and sent columns of water at Lust.
"Ow…..we gotta get outta here, man!" Demyx said urgently to Riku. Haku leaped towards Lust, claws outstretched. He was able to kill her, as well.
"Ok, that's scary!" Demyx exclaimed when he saw the demon kill the homunculus. A blob of water appeared behind Demyx and struck him in the back. He fell on one knee cursing. Sloth loomed over him.
"Well now, we can't have you getting to Master Ansem, can we?" Sloth said calmly as Demyx got up slowly. He yelled angrily as he swung at Sloth with his sitar. She easily moved away from the incoming weapon and knocked Demyx away, sending him straight to the floor.
"Dammit……how do we get out of this?" Demyx muttered angrily. Riku was wondering the same thing as he stood up, drawing his Way to the Dawn.
Chapter 8
Riku didn't get a chance to attack Sloth; Haku already took care of that. Slashing her in two like he did the others, Haku now turned towards Riku. Swallowing hard, Riku lifted his Keyblade bravely. Haku sneered at him while he lunged at Riku. Riku dodged, barely.
"Hmph. Stop resisting and DIE!" Haku roared at Riku. He charged again, successfully clawing Riku's chest. Riku held his chest trying to stop the bleeding. Before he got to react, Haku punched Riku in the face.
"Keh…..well, I'm about to deliver you to hell myself!" Haku said harshly. Riku was ready to die. Just then, the solar eclipse ended causing Haku to revert back to his usual self. He looked at Riku, and then looked at his claws. He sank to the floor.
"Wh-what have I done?!" Haku cried. He wasn't paying attention to Demyx who came up behind him and thwacked him in the back of the head.
"Serves you right, you damned demon," Demyx hissed at Haku's unmoving body. He sighed and said, "Riku? Are you still alive?"
Riku coughed a little and replied back, "I'll live. We gotta get everyone out of this cave."
With that, Riku picked up Sora and walked out of the cave. Demyx sighed again and dragged Roxas out of the cave. Riku came back in another trip and got Ed while Demyx slung Al over his shoulder. Riku finally came back in to get Haku.
"I know you tried to kill me, but I saw your change before Demyx got you….I know you weren't yourself." Riku began to carry-drag Haku out of the cave.
"You brought HIM with you?!" Demyx loudly and heatedly said to Riku.
"He's not a bad guy….."
"He tried to KILL you, cryin' out loud!!!"
"I know….but…."
Demyx slapped Riku hard across the face. Riku was stunned when Demyx said, "But nothing! If he tried to brutally murder you, the least you can do is kill him back!"
Riku said nothing. Demyx sighed again. "Aaaarg…..I've been sighing too much lately…..I don't get your logic Riku, but if you say he should stay, he'll stay.
Riku nodded. "Ok, we ought to get these guys wrapped up and let them rest plenty." Demyx also nodded.
"Right then. Let's get to work."
Chapter 9
Sora woke up finally to see Riku gazing at him intently.
"Riku? What're you doing….?"
"Erm……keeping an eye on you?"
"Were you watching me sleep?!"
"No…….just making sure you won't run off."
Sora snorted, "Right. Like someone in my condition could actually run anywhere. That's brilliant, Riku." Sora looked around to see Roxas, Ed, Al, and Haku in the same sort of state. Ed rolled over and looked at Sora.
"Oh, you're awake, too."
"Yup."
"Ok, then." Ed tried to get up, but that process was interrupted by a loud cracking sound. His right arm sagged. He swore loudly.
"Crap! My friggin auto-mail broke. Dammit…..Winry's gonna kill me……" That was a new one for Sora. He knew that Ed had a steel arm and a steel leg, but he was new to experience of Ed breaking his auto-mail. Haku was also awake, but Demyx was staring him down. Even with Demyx's nasty stare, he got up and gimped over to Ed.
"I can fix it, if you'd like….." Haku said quietly.
"How? You an auto-mail mechanic?" Ed inquired. Haku sighed and rolled up his right sleeve on his jacket revealing a steel sheen that could only be one thing; auto-mail. Ed's jaw dropped.
"H-how….?"
"Let's just say that I tried to do a human transmutation, and, well…..you can obviously see the results. Anyway, I'm used to fixing my own arm when it breaks. So, I could probably fix your own arm and maybe fine-tune your leg. Only if you want." Ed nodded slowly, still shocked that someone was as crazy as him to try a human transmutation. Haku created a wrench and all the other tools to fix Ed's arm. He began to work on the auto mail.
Guess we'll be here awhile. Oh well, at least we can rest and figure out a new attack plan, Sora thought as he drifted off to sleep.
Chapter 10
It had been at least a week since the failed attack on Ansem. Ed had started to get really antsy and growl-y. By this time, Demyx and Riku had figured out most of the things Sora and Pals had been going through.
Finally Ed wondered out loud really loudly, "When are we gonna go back and kick Ansem's sorry ass once and for all?!"
"We just have to wait a little longer, Ed. But really soon! I swear." Haku, like everyone else, was really startled by Ed's unnecessary outburst.
"But, I'm BORED!!!! I need to fight something! I can't take it easy forever, you know!"
"It's like fighting's an addiction for you or something…." Roxas joked. Unfortunately, it wasn't a very funny joke as Ed smacked the top of his head.
"Haku, did you ever figure out why we were brought here in the first place?" Sora asked.
Haku shook his head sadly. "Nope. I still don't get it. When I have a big realization or something, I'll tell you." Then he went back to thinking hard. Ed still was squirming where he was lying down.
"Really, big brother. You need to calm down." Al said curtly, "Just imagine what Colonel Mustang would say if he saw you now." That got Ed to stop wriggling around.
"Well, there has to be a good reason for Ansem bringing you guys here," Riku said. Demyx nodded.
"Yup. Not just Ansem wanting to get revenge on you, Sora, but remember that he got Ed dragged into this, too."
"Hmmmm……this is hurting my brains….and it's not 'cause of the punch Ed gave me…." Roxas murmured. Everyone was quiet for several minutes.
"Heh, a little lost are we?" a cold voice chuckled, and it wasn't Ansem. Ed immediately created his auto-mail sword.
"Hey, now is that very polite? I'm just tryin' to help you kill Ansem. Of course, if you want to completely shut me out, be my guest." Ed took another look at the man. He had a sleeveless jacket with white fur around the hood and scary looking silver eyes. It was Greed.