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Chapter Nine: Isles and Lucifer
Kairi watched as her Keyblade was flung into the air, the metallic luster was glinting a bit as the sun's rays gleamed across the area. At that point she felt something razor-sharp touch her neck, her blue eyes stared at the edge of the Keyblade, and she let out a small whimper, as would anyone who had something dangerously close to them.
Her Keyblade fell with a heavy metallic thud, and Riku stopped in the middle of his attack, thinking that Kairi had fallen or something. Yomigami took his chance and knocked Riku down. Yomigami's blade lightly touched Riku's shoulder, and Riku could feel a dark presence in his attacker.
"I told you not to get distracted…" he told the fallen boy. "My sister won't hurt anyone… But I one the other hand have a difficult time following that…"
"Don't you dare…!" Amaterasu said in a rather cold tone to her oldest sibling. She had Kairi in a corner all to herself. "That's enough…"
"Just one little piercing… I mean I'll heal it all up, I just want to see if he bleeds black blood, I mean he did once become the darkness, did he not?" Yomigami pushed his Keyblade a bit further, breaking the skin, and Riku winced slightly at the pain.
"Brother…" she said in a commanding tone.
Riku took the chance and slowly pushed the Keyblade away using both of his hands, and it was a rather risky move, anyone could admit to that. Yomigami one the other hand pretended not to notice as he watched his sister carefully, she in return did the same.
"Kairi, call your Keyblade back!" Riku said straining to push the blade away from his shoulder.
Kairi's mind wasn't focusing at all on her weapon, but rather the dangerous weapon that hovered close to her. Her mind went blank, and she forgot how to call her weapon back to her side. Amaterasu on the other hand just let out a small side, and drew her weapon back down to her side. Yomigami continued to have Riku pinned down, nudging his weapon against his shoulder, the turquoise eyed teen cried out in pain as the Keyblade broke a millimeter of skin.
"Stop!" Amaterasu cried out to her brother, somehow Kairi could sense that the girl was feeling concerned for his well being.
Riku held his Keyblade in his right hand, and strained to raise the weapon up, close to Yomigami's leg. The eldest brother just looked at Riku and laughed slightly, and then smiled at him for a moment.
"I guess your blood bleeds red… Shame I thought the darkness would still be in you…" Yomigami said pulling out his weapon. Riku's shoulder was soon beginning to ache in pain as he could feel blood slowly run down his arm.
At the same time Amaterasu felt a sharp pain pierce her should as well, but she managed to hide her reaction. Her heart was starting to twist a bit, as she could feel Riku's pain. Such was the fate the paopu fruit had instilled on her. She could feel his pain, but to a minimum, where it would just be just like a little stab, and nothing more.
"Let's go…" the girl said looking back at her big brother, his gaze was still on Riku as he casted a Cure on the boy's bleeding shoulder.
"I told you I'd fix…" Yomigami said grabbing Riku roughly by his collared shirt. "You're really lucky my sister has pity for you." With that Riku was on his feet, with his Keyblade still in his possession.
Kairi on the other hand managed to call her weapon back, but it was too late now. The Shadow Hound was standing next to the girl with the wicked Keyblade, and Sora's Keyblade was still in Yomigami's position.
"Give this to Sora…" the blood lusting fighter said, throwing the metallic weapon to Kairi. "Tell him we said 'hi'." And with that he smiled happily at the two individuals.
"We'll see you guys again someday…" Amaterasu said directing the Shadow Hound where to go. "Until then, Kairi… Get some offense please…"
Two weeks after…
Port Royal, believe it or not, the place has been opened back up somehow. Sora and the gang noticed that they didn't need to clear the pathway, since something, or someone had already banished the Heartless gummi ships from the area.
Upon arriving to Port Royal Sora, Donald, and Goofy along with Riku and Kairi, discovered that the darkness had been slightly diminished thanks to the Sun Goddess and her children.
"Sun Goddess?" Sora asked Captain Jack Sparrow.
"Aye…" Jack said feeling a bit rather detached from the whole conversation. He was contemplating on the events the unfolded before. Sora stared at the captain for a moment trying to figure out why he was acting so distant. "That lass, she sure could fray mighty well against those Heartless…"
"Was she the one who helped?" the young Keyblade wielder asked.
"She be the one who caused this disturbance…" a voice said sitting next to Sparrow.
This woman's name is Tia Dalma. A voodoo priestess who traded Captain Jack Sparrow his famous compass seven years prior for a bag of gold. Apparently this voodoo priestess knew Jack Sparrow even before, possibly during his childhood, but that's best remained unsaid.
Captain Jack Sparrow spoke of how once the fight with the East India Trading Company and the Brethren of the Coast, things started to go rather peaceful. It wasn't until two weeks ago that the attack of those Heartless started to worry the people around the area. With Will and Elizabeth off in another part of the world, Jack was left with his crew and the Black Pearl. He, believe it or not, was still bent on mastering the Keyblade, he remembered that he'd be the one to take Sora's weapon away from him. Donal and Goofy laughed at Sora seeing as how he was getting defensive about Jack beating him.
"That's besides the point…" Jack said continuing with his story. Kairi and Riku, along with Donald and Goofy were entranced by the captain's story. "That lass ended up taking something from this heart, I suppose one could call it…"
"A heart?" Sora asked.
Jack Sparrow nodded, "It's interesting, she pulled something out of that heart, a rather big heart at that too…"
"Her name be that of the fabled sun goddess, but she don't act like one at all…" Tia said recounting what she had seen. "She pulled something out from that heart, something that was as black as night…"
"The darkness from the heart of the world…?" Kairi asked looking at the voodoo priestess. Tia nodded in agreement to her assumption.
"Sun Goddess did look a tad upset, she seemed rather sorry," Jack said. "That's when the Heartless came, trying to reclaim that darkness…"
"And everything after that has been calm?" Riku asked, still finding it hard to believe.
"Heartless here and there, but nothing Cap-" as Jack was going to finish his line a familiar monkey jumped on him, causing his hat to come off. The monkey screeched happily and perched himself on Tia's shoulder. Donald and Goofy jumped at the noise the monkey made.
"Don't tell me…" Jack fixed his hat and looked back trying to find that familiar person. Somehow the little are they were sitting in was a very open place where people could find them, and by people it was probably just Jack the monkey. Captain Sparrow didn't find the person he was looking for and went back on to talking again, before Tia interrupted him.
"Take it, by how much you've been speaking about this goddess, you've been smitten by her swordplay?" Tia asked Jack, noticing how much he rambled on about Sun Goddess. Tia Dalma knew her true name, but of course she wasn't speaking, no one asked her so she did not answer.
Jack was about to answer when he heard someone come from in back of them. There was Captain Barbossa in the flesh once more. He still was and is the same captain he was before. Both he and Jack did still argue about who would be captain of the Black Pearl, it was still a confusing argument that never once was settled.
He still had rings on his finger, and cared very much for his appearance. His hat revealed feathers, in fact they were blue ostrich feathers, and the buttons on his coat were made from Incan silver. The weapon he had, his pistol, was taken from a Spanish pirate, which he had won in a duel that the Spanish pirate lost.
Jack, the monkey took his leave from Tia's shoulder to that of his preferred owner, Captain Hector Barbossa. That's when he spoke, "There be more of them foul creatures on that isle…" Barbossa said, his voice not missing a beat.
Sora decided that is was best to ask, but he still was a bit apprehensive in asking Barbossa.
"That same one the goddess was on, Barbossa?" Sora asked, forgetting formalities with this captain.
Captain Barbossa nodded, telling them that the isle was called Isla Cruces, which meant Crosses Island. Barbossa and Sparrow looked in back of them to witness the scene. Past the shores their eyes wandered down the horizon, the winds were starting to pick up. The howling signaled that something was aggravating the area, and that's where the storm was settling in, in the same area around that isle.
The others started to notice the scene, as it obviously had some meaning to the whole predicament.
"Something tells me a big one just came out…" Kairi said, feeling something stir up within her soul, a Heartless of this magnitude was waiting on that island.
"I wouldn't doubt it lass…" Hector Barbossa said, watching Jack Sparrow adjust his hat as it was going to fly away any second from now.
Riku felt something on his stomach, like a small twitch or something, but it was enough to make him blink in surprise. His heart, it had stopped hurting for two weeks, but the pain came back, though this time it was dull.
Everyone took Jack's example, no not the monkey, the pirate, they all walked with him to the pier where the Black Pearl was stationed at. Tia would accompany them again, this being her second time on the Black Pearl. She explained to Sora that she could help find the lock since she had a general idea of what it looked like, and that he had the key that could unlock it, thus obliterating the Heartless from the isle.
"Pray tell Barbossa, how did you know there were Heartless on the isle?" Sparrow asked once they were on board the ship.
"I used my ship of course…" Barbossa answered the man.
"You're ship?" Sparrow asked curiously. "It better not have been mine…"
"The Black Pearl doesn't belong to you, Sparrow…"
"Oh brother…" Goofy and Donald said in unison hearing Sparrow and Barbossa bicker like children.
"Don't be starting this again you two…" Tia warned them.
R i k u
'They're everywhere!' I thought to myself as I pulled out my Keyblade for the, who-the-hell-knows-how-many times. It was really starting to get on my nerves. I brought my weapon down on one of the Heartless. It disappeared from my view, and noticed that three more took its place.
The only thing that processed in my mind were Pureblood Heartless, they were far stronger than the artificial Heartless, which meant that something stronger was controlling, probably that thing that escaped deeper into the abandoned island.
"Sora!" my mind snapped back into reality as I saw Sora disappear from my sight.
This place was dark as night, but I could faintly see within the shadows, but not as much as I once did. I could hear Kairi, she was pretty close by, and Tia was reciting an incantation for our health, or whatever she was trying to chant out, somehow it gave me some relief in my heart.
"Right here!" Sora said. I heard something collided with his Keyblade. "We need some light!" Donald was firing his Fira spells and Goofy was trying his best not to throw his weapon across the room.
I felt the breath of a Heartless by my arm, and I froze, it stopped breathing and I moved back a bit. Kairi yelled out a Fire spell and the area was lit for a small moment in time as the ball of fire collided with a thick body of Pureblood Heartless.
Jack Sparrow and Barbossa seemed like they had no problem fighting against them, but there some points where the two of them got to cocky. I felt something going for my leg, and I jumped back, it was really starting to get annoying all right, and I was having enough of it all.
"Get. Away!" I yelled in-between slashes from my weapon, the Heartless were listening, as more of its comrades were starting to fall down. Pureblood Heartless listen to those who are stronger, but I think that's only with other Heartless, but they do fear the Keyblade, so I guess that makes sense.
Something dug its claws onto my back, and an icy cold sensation swept down my back as I felt as though the claws were freezing. I reached behind furiously and flung the thing down onto to ground. It hissed, and it came back up again, I think, I heard something flap so it probably had wings.
I heard Goofy smack something close by me, and I think it was that Heartless, and Donald performed another Fira spell, and I thanked both of them.
"I see an opening, let's go!" Jack called out. I could hear him close by.
At last after finally kicking a couple of Heartless to the side, I could see the light at the end of the area. Tia was ahead of us, she had no problem finding her way through the dark, and she let her sixth sense lead the way. We all were out of breath, panting a bit trying to get our muscles to relax once more. Everyone still had their weapons out just in case they decided to ambush us.
"I hope that's all of them…" Kairi said panting more than the rest of us. Her magic was beginning to take its toll.
That girl Amaterasu, the one with the wicked Keyblade, she was right, Kairi did lack in offense and magic would end up being a double-edged sword for her. Tia recited Healing Wind, and or health came back. I was feeling woozy from when that Heartless dug its claws into me, the pain was going away, but I felt that blood was still soaking through my shirt.
Donald carried some of those strength enhancers and gave some to Kairi, because she really needed it, and Goofy gave me some of the defense enhancers.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked, his blue eyes holding his emotion of concern in them. I nodded to him and he still didn't believe me. "Are you sure? You're still bleeding…"
"At least it's not that serious anymore…" I said smiling a bit, leaning against my Keyblade for support. "I'm just a bit tired…"
"We all are…" Sparrow said as Tia checked Sparrow's arm for a moment. She frowned and Sparrow laughed a bit as she placed her hand on his arm, and with a gentle blue glow the flesh that was cut on his arm started to rapidly close back together.
"What's your compass say, Jack?" Barbossa said as Jack pulled out his second prized possession.
"Hold on…" he handed it to Tia and the voodoo priestess pointed to what she believed was north. "It says, that way…" Jack Sparrow pointed to whatever direction that compass pointed.
"Are you sure that's the right way?" Donald asked trying to catch up with Jack.
"It's never failed me once…" Jack said feeling confident.
"Tia, you know where it is?" Goofy asked looking at the voodoo priestess, and she nodded. Somehow Goofy felt that the compass was right.
We followed the bewitched compass, the further we went into the area the narrower the path became, and we all ended up squeezing together, I unfortunately got stuck, more like sandwiched in-between Tia and Jack Sparrow, I know any other female would've loved to be in my position, well sort of anyway.
"Riku, I'll traded places with you next time, savvy?" Jack said, and yet I wish he could understand the meaning of personal hygiene.
Deeper in the area…
"This thing is huge!" the younger sibling cried out. A messy of spiky orange hair was visible from the sibling as he ran down the opposite path of the area. He was wearing baggy shorts and a light blue shirt.
"Ammi is fighting that thing!" the other twin called out. Both Moegami and Kazegami had laid their eyes to the battle that was still ensuing with their young sister and the gargantuan Heartless.
Yomigami was the first to make a mad dash to the area. Of course since this was an island all there was, was in fact, sand, and the Shadow Hound known as Chico picked up the scent of his owner's sibling within a second.
The others went behind their big brother, with their own Keyblades, ready to lend a hand to their sibling if she did in fact need it. 'Please, I'm praying don't let her die…' Yomigami prayed in his mind over and over again as he ran down the area, finally seeing the shore.
He could see that there was a Heartless that was roughly the size of a Behemoth, or rather probably close to one of the Pureblood Heartless called Darkside, that was the first Heartless to touch the ground of Destiny Islands, and the others worlds that were first touched by the evil darkness.
Amaterasu pulled out her second Keyblade, to block the enormous fist of the Heartless, and a small crater formed in the sand as the impact was very strong. She was breaking a sweat yet, but the Heartless was very persistent.
Yomigami was going to jump in when Tachigami pulled her male twin back. She shook her head, and at that point Yomigami would've just cussed her out because he felt helpless watching his sister fight that Heartless.
"But…I…" Yomigami tried to pull his arm away from his twin.
Amaterasu did a two step move she had learned when she was younger, and it kept the Heartless confused for a moment. She took the chance to run up its arm and she raced frantically and with her wicked looking Keyblade struck the enemy dead on, but as it was falling backward, it managed to grab her with his other hand.
She cried out as she could feel her bones slowly crack as the Heartless finally landed with a thud on the ground. She was trying to wriggle out, just so that she could just escape with a broken shoulder, but it wasn't working.
This Heartless' name was called 'Deadly Detonation' due to the fact that once it was destroyed that the victor had about 30 seconds to escape from the area, since it would most likely explode.
To everyone's surprise however the Heartless stood up, still holding the girl in its grasp. The wicked Keyblade was pined in-between the eyes and it picked it off with some ease. Yomigami couldn't stand it anymore and he rushed forward, pulling out his own Keyblade. He watched his sister Keyblade fall to the floor, and her strength was running out from the pain, since she didn't call it back to her.
Amaterasu turned her head slightly in pain as she heard her name being called out. Yomigami, Tachigami, and the others were speeding up with their weapons. Multiple Firaga spells were targeted on the hand that held their sister.
With that Amaterasu was free of the grasp, but she felt that she could no longer respire that well, feeling woozy from moving so much, and as she made her decent to the sand her eyes caught one small glimpse of silver hair.
'So close… Yet so far away, Riku please don't be angry with me…' she thought to herself before she ended up in her big brother's arms. Sora and the others had arrived to the area, hearing Amaterasu cry out in pain.
'What the?! They're here?!' it was the same thing Riku and Kairi were thinking when they say the familiar boy and girl. Sora's group advanced forward and noticed that one of the other group's members was down. There was a pain in Riku's shoulder and he twitched slightly groaning for a moment.
Riku rushed forward with his Keyblade the Road to Dawn and Sora with his version of Oblivion. Kairi ran forward with her own Keyblade, while Donald went with his Save the Queen staff and Goofy with his Save the King shield.
Barbossa and Jack stayed behind for a moment playing rock, paper, and scissors to determine who would still the glory of running down first. The voodoo priestess beat the two pirates to it, preparing another incantation.
Tia noticed that the fallen girl was the sun goddess, Amaterasu, and her children, the children were in fact the siblings, though the names of the children stemmed back from ancient folklore. 'She'll wake up in a few moments if it is in fact the same girl from decades ago…' Tia thought as she drew up a complicated symbol in the sand.
"It's Sun Goddess!" Jack said brandishing his weapon.
"Her?!" Riku and Kairi asked looking back at the captain.
The Heartless became enraged having more people gang up on it, and the siblings were more than happy to fight along side them, but with what Riku and Kairi had told the others, the siblings had made enemies pretty fast.
"Riku…!" Sora cried out the Heartless was bringing its arm around, and Riku was in his path. Donald would've tried to caste Stop spell but it would've been too late. The abandoned Keyblade that was on the ground no longer was underneath the Heartless' feet.
At that moment Riku braced himself just hoping that he could face the pain quickly, but he felt something in front of him, and the girl sighed in relief, looking back a moment to face Riku. She smiled slightly, and pushed back the Heartless' arm, keeping it away from Riku at any cost.
"What are…?" Riku felt the pain come back into his heart, and it was beating slowly, as if it was trying to be in synch with something.
"You can thank me later…" she said jumping onto the Heartless' arm and continued what she had started.
He noticed the older brother and he mimicked the same action as his sister, both of them were tag-teaming the Heartless, and Sora wanted to do the same. Jack and Barbossa took the rear while Donald and Goofy covered Kairi; since her offense left her open now. The siblings took turns casting spells at the Heartless feet, to get it to fall faster.
Donald threw his staff as it was burning with flames, blocking a n attack that was coming towards Sora, and Goofy threw his shield to parry alongside it.
Riku tossed Sora into the air, and Amaterasu was within reach to pull him along and she did, throwing him straight ahead towards the Heartless' head, and Sora braced himself as he could feel his blade push through the dark massed creature.
'Down for the count…' Amaterasu thought as her brother sliced through its left arm. She looked back and noticed the voodoo priestess, a feeling of nostalgia swept through her mind as she gently landed on the ground.
Tia Dalma muttered a silent prayer and the Heartless was enveloped in a black mist, to keep it from exploding, it simply started to fade away like the other Pureblood Heartless would.
Amaterasu sighed, and looked back at Riku feeling a sense of joy knowing that she had saved him, but she knew Riku was thinking the complete opposite. She didn't blame him, if she had been in his shoes she probably would've been thinking the same thing.
A m a t e r a s u
'Riku, I'm so glad I could protect you, but you're getting slow! Geez, I'm not going to be saving your behind 24/7, and neither can your friends, you seriously would've gotten a concussion or something…I'm glad you're doing all right though…' I thought looking at the turquoise eyed teen. I had missed the sight of silver hair for quite some time.
"Sun Goddess!" I turned around looking at Captain Jack Sparrow. The last time I paid a visit to this world I was probably about 15, that was about two decades ago. I, like Tia Dalma, don't age that fast, thanks to something that happened a long time ago.
He'd grown up so much, but I can see why Tia treats him like a child still, he still does act like a child at some points. Captain Barbossa, he joined Sparrow's crew as first mate while he had run way from home.
I noticed the look on Goofy's face, and if he'd recognized my Keyblade, and my appearance then this meeting would turn rather sour and confusing. Lucky I just heard him say I looked awfully familiar and I sighed in relief. I have a though that something else was going to come since the other Chasers probably would've caught scent of this whole fight.
The Pureblood Heartless was strong, which was my own fault for trying to collect the darkness that was stored in the heart of this world. The energy, I can't forget holding that in my hands just thinking about all the memories it held within it.
Jack Sparrow had caught sight of me and Heartless seeped out from the shadows to protect the ball of darkness, I was in charge of them, but they quickly turned on me when a previous chaser member found me.
"Well, well, well…" my heart began to race. 'That voice… I know that voice…' I thought to myself withdrawing both of my Keyblades. "Come on now little one, you won't look at me right away?"
"Get away from here, Lucifer!" Tachigami called out summoning her Keyblade. It was a black and green coated blade. It looked like an abstract version of Kingdom Key. "You have no right being here!"
Lucifer Soble, a low ranking Chaser but since we lost our position he's higher than us, but only because of the system. He wore a black shirt with matching black pants, and apparently he had taken off his soldier armor, since he had his black coat on top of his clothing. Along his pants were noticeable red seams and black boots, he had short blonde hair with an earring on his left ear.
"Last time I check Tachigami… You no longer have any business here, or anywhere else for that matter, you're all banished, remember?!" he said pulling out a black and white Keyblade. "I'm giving you guys three seconds…"
"Go fu-" I wanted to yell it out to him, but Yomigami placed his hand over my mouth.
"One…"
"Get lost Lucifer, go running to Gabriel…" Moegami said holding his Keyblade ready.
"Two…" Lucifer said starting to lose his patience with the younger sibling.
"Would someone care to explain as to what is going on?!" it was none other than Jack as he fired his pistol to grab our attention for the moment.
That was by far the worse thing someone could ever do to Lucifer, make him explain himself, we would rather die by his Keyblade then hear him go on and on and on, he loved to talk, and maybe Jack could be the fellow we need to distract Lucifer while we roshambow him in the nuts or something, it's a pretty fun game, well my brothers like playing that anway…
Only the deity's know what kind of person decided that kicking a guy in his sack was a fun way to entertain themselves that they made a game out of it. I'd really love to meet the fellow who invented this.
"They're ex-Chasers, and I'm a Chaser…" Lucifer said trying to explain it to Jack and the others. "It's a hard concept…"
"I bet it is lad…" Jack said making simple gesture that got Lucifer upset.
"I'm not crazy!" Lucifer said pointing his blade close to Jack's neck.
"I beg to differ!" I shouted out finally letting Yomigami to let me go. "What the hell are you doing here? You don't like this place…" I said standing up to face him.
"You finally decide to speak, little experiment…" Lucifer said I could feel his gloved hand gently touch my cheek. "Heh, you still haven't changed a bit…" I felt his hand squish my cheeks together. "Little, little girl…"
"Go fush yoshelf…" I said trying to make the words audible to him.
"Let go of the lass…" I heard Jack's pistol click, it was aimed for the back of Lucifer's head.
I pulled away from Lucifer, and brought one Keyblade close to the middle of his eyes, and he gulped slightly, he wasn't much of fighter, he was just all talk. I how I resisted roshambowing him, it was very tempting, and how I wanted him to fall, so I could put him out of his misery, but I can't, which is horrible to my whole being…
"I won't fight you today…" Lucifer said reappearing behind me as I felt his arms around my neck. "Aw, reminds me of the good old days…"
"Yeah well fucking creep, keep your hands off of my sister!" Gekigami said bring Lucifer down with a kick to the back. "That's sick you freak!" Geki yelled at him, this time he was mad, which probably was a bad thing for Lucifer
Lucifer coughed up some sand, and the others, meaning Sora and the gang just stared feeling confused about the whole thing, well Tia the voodoo priestess knew what was going on.
Lucifer got up and faced me with his weapon, and I pulled out my other blade, slashing one side down and the other to the side. Lucifer blocked them, but he barely had anytime. 'Come on Riku, if you can hear this from your heart, help me out…' I wanted him to hear what my heart wanted to badly, but maybe I was asking too much already. At that point Riku stepped forward with the familiar looking Keyblade.
"I'm going to be the one that gets her, not you Lucifer…" Riku said standing next to me with his weapon drawn.
"Don't go killing the lass just yet… I want to see her fight once more…" Jack said hoping to get another glimpse of my fighting skills he did like watching me fight as a kid. And from what Tia told me earlier before he fancied someone who could fight almost as well, her name was Elizabeth, so I guess he just liked me for my sword work, and because I remind him of Elizabeth when it came to fighting, oh the joy, well not really but you get the point…
Sora stood next to Riku, he probably thought that he owed us since I saved Riku for that small moment in time, which is a good thing, because Lucifer is horrible against 3-on-1 battles.
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