HnH: This is the ninth chapter! Whoohoo! And...Roxas and Reno are STILL fighting...-sigh-
Riku: -gives nethernity(gorgeous username by the way) Chukobher, BlueChihuahuaCrimsonFlame, and Oathkeepera a ticket, doesn't give Numina-Namine one because Reno and Roxas will just be goggling over her instead of fighting- Numina-Namine, have a...signed autograph of me instead! -smiles and gives her a signed autograph-
Roxas: RENO'S NOT EVEN IN KINGDOM HEARTS!! Why does he have to be apart of the disclaimer crew? -hopes to get HnH sued for putting Reno on the disclaimer crew because he hates Reno- YOU OWN EVERYTHING, ANYWAY!!!
Naminé: -doesn't want her 'beloved' Reno to go away- No, she doesn't! HnH owns nothing! Technically, though, she owns one millionth of Disney so she DOES own something.
Kairi: Seriously?
HnH: Uh-huh. -shows them certificate-
All Kingdom Hearts Cast besides Roxas(who is arguing with Reno((again))): Ooooohhh...aaaaahhhh...
Riku: -looks at the munny he made- I'm rich! -looks at crowd, then at Reno and Roxas, then at Naminé- Time to spice things up a bit...I'll be back...-leave room with evil laugh-
HnH: Oh, and, I'm sorry this is so late...Xenosaga III is SO SAD! Gaignun Kukai/Nigredo dies(oh my gosh he's the shiznic too!), Kevin/Red Testament dies(I hated him anyway), T-elos dies,(she was a decked-out version of KOS-MOS), Virgil,(When he went up there with Febronia I was crying my heart out. THAT WAS SOOOOOOO SAD!), Jin,(why did he have to goooo?!? I hated him, but it was so sad! I cried when he left on the Asher), Wilhelm, and that's about it.
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 9: Of Glass Wings and Paper Hearts
(Naminé's POV)
"Ow..." I woke up feeling a lot of pain. Of course I would, I got shot in the back three times and the wound I had there from Roxas' Oblivion didn't make me feel any better. I looked down and saw that I was all bandaged up. I looked up, and the first thing I thought was 'Thank you, thank you, thank you...'
I realized I was laying on my side on a bed, and Roxas was laying right next to me. So, naturally, the second thing I thought was, 'How'd we get like THIS?' But I felt his arms wrapped around me securely, and then I noticed his wings. Plural. Not one, but two. The second one wasn't white, either. It was a sparkling silver, and it was very pretty. I wondered where it came from, because I knew it was impossible for him to manifest his wings again...right? I decided to leave Roxas alone and explore a little. I wanted to know where I was, why I was here, and how I got here. So, making sure that I didn't wake him, I got out of bed.
It was a pretty room, I'll give it that. The walls were painted like the sky. One wall was blue with clouds and a rainbow and the sun, one wall was painted like the sunset, one wall was painted like the nightime and the stars and moon. The last wall wasn't a wall. It was stained glass. All of it was. I looked up and I saw a dome-shaped ceiling that was just white. It was a peculiar room, but pretty at the same time. The door was on the wall that depicted the moon and stars, so I opened it.
It looked like a fortuneteller's house. There were celestial designs everywhere, decorations of the moon and stars, and a table with a crystal ball on it. I still didn't see anybody. "Hello...?" I called out. I then heard a shuffling and a lady with white hair and a rather...revealing outfit came in.
"Hello. I am Yunalesca." She smiled at me, and I felt something was wrong here. That this lady - Yunalesca - wasn't as sweet as she appeared to be. "Byakuya Yunalesca."
"W-Wait a minute! That's impossible! Are we in the Byakuya Kingdom?" I asked, panicking. Was she Queen? Then she would know who I am! She would probably kill me! "A-Are you the Queen?" I know how disrespectful that question was, but I wanted - I needed to know. Yunalesca laughed and shook her head.
"I'm the Aeon that inhabitants the Byakuya; the White Night. To answer your question, no, I am not the Queen, and no, we are in the Tsugare Kingdom. The outskirts of it." She answered.
"But why are you here? I thought the spirits of the relics only come out when the Queen summons them." That's what I thought. That when you become Queen of your country, the land kind of bestows you with the power to summon the spirit of a relic. Only the Queens, though, so if the Queen died or if there isn't one, then I guess it's tough luck.
"I am here because I am supposed to guide Lucifer's minions." Yunalesca said, and I saw an evil shine in her eyes. "I am an evil spirit myself, so if it will bring this world to oblivion then why not help the Devil?"
"What are you talking about? His 'minions'? What do you mean?" I asked, not understanding what she said. The Devil was going to send demons on Earth? Why would he want to do that?
"The Authority wants to punish Roxas for all the crimes he's committed. So now, Authority is allowing Lucifer to send his Heartless to Earth. Of course, the Authority knows that once these Heartless are out here, they loose their sense of control and just go attacking everybody. He sent me to take control of them, because no one prays to me so I tend to have a lot of time on my hands, you could say. " Yunalesca said, and I felt myself get very defensive.
"Heartless? What are they? So you're out to kill Roxas?" I asked, ready to dash back to him, but Yunalesca just shook her head. Still, I remained tense because I didn't trust her.
"It doesn't matter anyway...he won't be waking up for a long time. It's already been three days." She replied, then smiled. "The Authority knows that Roxas won't die because of the Heartless, but He's going to try anyway..."
"Huh? I-I'm not too sure I know what you mean." I didn't understand what she was saying! Yunalesca was talking in circles! Heartless? Weren't Lucifer's minions supposed to be demons with horns and all that? Unless they had a funky name like G-oh, the Authority did.
"Oh, did I say that? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Why don't you go along and skip back to your little kingdom? I'll take care of him." She said, and I narrowed my eyes.
"Take care of him? You're going to kill him!" I ran in front of the door I just came from and stood in front of it protectively. Yunalesca laughed and crossed her arms.
"Oh, so you're the girl that loves him?" She asked. I nodded. "Oh, you poor child..." Yunalesca reached forward to place her hand on my cheek in a sympathetic manner, but I wouldn't let her.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" I yelled, pushing her away. I didn't want anything to do with her! If she wanted to hurt Roxas...she was certainly my enemy! "Just go away! Why can't you all leave us alone?!? It's not his fault he's a weapon! Do you think he WANTS to kill? Do you think he WANTS to be a weapon?!? I'm sick and tired of you people misunderstanding him! H-How would you feel like it...to be a weapon? To not have a heart? To feel lonely and unloved all the time?"
"If that's the case, then why don't I put him out of his misery? I think it would be better for the both of you if I just killed him now. You don't have any idea what you're doing, falling in love with a weapon." Yunalesca sighed, shaking her head. "Such a troublesome child. Move."
"I won't! You don't have any place telling me how I should or shouldn't love!" I said, backing up a little because Yunalesca looked mad, and her hands were glowing white.
"Then I guess I'll kill you too. It's not in the Authority's little plan, but it'll be better if you're not here. It'll be easier to kill him if he has nothing to live for anymore. I don't know if you realized this, but you're a main component of why he lives with himself. It's because, in the end, he thinks your love will actually be worth something even though he has no heart." Yunalesca said. I knew there was no way to defend myself against the Byakuya itself. But I would protect him!
"You know, girl, it's a shame I have to kill you..." She started, the glow from her hands disappearing. She smiled, the floor turning black. I turned around and opened the door and ran right over to Roxas. I was scared. I didn't like the floor turning to darkness. I just hugged him, but I knew he was still unconscious. I didn't even know what was going on. It kind of clicked right then and there. Roxas must have flown here, ran out of energy, and crash-landed in this town. Yunalesca must have found us and volunteered to take us in, and no one probably knew she was the Byakuya relic. They probably thought she was some type of fortuneteller, she probably had that stuff to pass off for one.
I looked at the floor. It was no longer dark, but these little ant-like creatures with glowing yellow eyes took it's place. They moved closer and closer and I screamed. "Roxas! Roxas! Wake up! Please, please, wake up!!!" I yelled, starting to shake him. I felt so bad for waking him up, I knew he needed his rest, but I didn't want him to get hurt! Besides, I know he'd feel horrible if I died and he could have done something. I wasn't trying to wake him up for selfish purposes - my life was at stake here! And so was his! But he still wasn't awake and those things were getting closer!
I did the only thing I knew would wake him up - or at least make his sensors a little more lively - I kissed him on the lips. I knew that would do it! He shot up immediately. I couldn't help but laugh at how red his face was. He looked so cute, because he looked so confused! But that cuteness soon washed away when he saw the things behind me.
"Naminé! Watch out!" His wings transformed into the Kingdom Key and Oblivion as he jumped off the bed and started to hack away at them. "Where did the Heartless come from?" He asked. So they were Heartless; the ones Yunalesca could control. I really couldn't explain to him, and I think that question was rhetorical anyways. After he was done, he turned back to me and I quickly summarized what just happened what with Yunalesca and all. "Then...we need to get out of here..."
"Not so fast! You both aren't going anywhere!" She appeared in front of us. Roxas sighed. When I looked at him, he seemed to look so tired.
"You've got to be kidding." He moaned. I didn't blame him for not wanting to fight. "I can't fight anymore..." I didn't blame him if he couldn't fight. He already did enough of that. Yunalesca smiled.
"Makes my job easier. Why don't you sit down and close your eyes? This won't hurt at all...I promise." She smiled, and Roxas looked at me and then back at her.
"Fine..." He said, and I swear I dented the floor when I fell down on my knees like that. Was he saying...did he...what was he thinking?!? Roxas kneeled down beside me and looked at the floor and closed his eyes. He placed his hand over mine. I convinced myself that he knew what he was doing. So I closed my eyes too.
"This might take a little while so relax and stay calm...I must say, I never thought you would be willing to give yourself and your little princess up that easily. Maybe if you go out this way, though, the Authority won't be too harsh on you two." Yunalesca snickered, then added after a series of chuckles, "That was a smart decision to do. Now, almost done...just a little while longer..."
I looked up at her to see what she was doing that was taking so long. Not that I minded that she was taking so long, but...Well, I didn't see something very pleasant. She was transforming herself into some kind of demented Medusa thing. Then, she completed her transformation, but she was rooted to the ground. "Any last words?" Roxas looked up and smiled.
"Yeah, I do, actually..."He then hugged me as I felt wings wrap around my line of vision so I couldn't see what was going on. "You fell for it!" Then, I felt...nothing. Just very floaty and light and happy. Like I was flying. I liked the feeling, but I still couldn't see a thing except for a barrage of white and black feathers. "Close your eyes until I tell you to open them. I'm going to remove my wings now...promise not to look?"
I nodded and squeezed my eyes shut as I heard the ruffling of feathers. "W-Why? Is there something I'm not allowed to see? Or a surprise?" I didn't know what surprise Roxas could possibly have for me. Maybe he killed Yunalesca for me while my eyes were closed? I don't know, I just liked the idea of Roxas giving me something.
"Sure, Naminé...It's a surprise. Just...don't open your eyes, okay? You'll ruin it. And it's a very secret surprise, so absolutely do not open your eyes unless I tell you. Promise you'll do that for me?" I nodded, but I couldn't wait! What was the surprise?
"Okay, I promise, Roxas!" I think we landed somewhere. Well, it sounded like we did. I made sure I didn't check, because for some odd reason, he didn't want me to open me eyes. I didn't even know if we had been flying or anything, because I couldn't see, and even when I could I still couldn't. But if I wasn't allowed to open my eyes, I wouldn't open my eyes. I trusted him with my life.
"Hey Sora! Haven't seen you in a long time! How's your brother, and what about t- OH AUTHORITY ALMIGHTY!" I heard a girl with a really cheerful voice shout. "You know you can't bring a mortal in here! It's dangerous! Besides, Sephiroth won't grant her Divine Sight!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Rikku, stop worrying. I think I know what I'm doing. Sephiroth hates me anyway. He won't do any favors that'll help me out." I really had no idea what was going on. Really, I didn't. "He'll have to take care of her for awhile, I just used up a bunch of my holy power teleporting us and I need to sunbathe for a while."
"Yunalesca came after all of us. He was mad at us at one point in time. Don't worry, Sora, it'll pass. So, what are you going to do with your girlfriend? She can't not see forever and ever!" The girl I thought was named Rikku said.
"Yeah...Roxas, why can't I see?" I didn't mean it like I couldn't see at all, like I was blind, I just meant why I wasn't allowed to look.
"Roxas? What kind of name is that? Oh...is she one of those people treating you like a dog?" I jumped up and I opened my eyes. Oh screw whatever I couldn't see! I was going to wring that girl's neck!
"N-Naminé!" I heard Roxas shout, but I didn't pay attention and I lunged forward. I missed, though, because all I could see was a bright white light. It was so blinding, I think I could've been blinded by it's brightness. So I closed my eyes. "Calm down, Naminé, calm down..." I felt Roxas place a hand on my back.
"I-I'm sorry! Oh, I didn't mean that! I'm so sorry!" I heard Rikku say. "Sora, will she be okay? I mean, I don't know if someone like her can handle something like that..."
"No...it's my fault...I should've listened to Roxas...or Sora..." I said. I didn't know what to do, what to say anymore. I was just so confused. I felt someone pick me up and carry me somewhere. It better have been Roxas, but I didn't want to open my eyes again. Ugh, that light was terrible!
"Tenshi no Masayume's that way, Sora." Rikku said, and I could loosely translate that. 'Heaven's Dream Will Come True'? Or something like that. I don't really know that language well. I know Al Bhed and the native language mostly everyone speaks. There's not too much diversity in the world.
"Got it. Could you stop calling me 'Sora'? It bring back memories I'd rather not reminiscence on." Roxas said, then he set me down somewhere. "Alright, Naminé, you can open your eyes again." I nodded and did so. Roxas looked like plain old Roxas without his wings, and Rikku was a pale blonde-haired girl. She had blonder hair than Roxas did. I had blonder hair than both of them.
"I-I'm so sorry for making you upset. I didn't mean to say it like that. It's just, when we learned that Sora, well, turned into a machine, we kind of got really mad. But, you're right. You don't even look like a Sora. Your brother looks like one, though." Rikku said, stepping back and inspecting Roxas. I took this moment to take in my surroundings. We were in some kind of room. Whitewashed walls, and a regular old ceiling. There was a table with little trinkets I couldn't even begin to describe on it.
"It's okay..."I said, still staring at the desk and the...things on them, until I could no longer look at them. I looked at the floor instead and rubbed my still-sore eyes. "Oh...my eyes..." I moaned, "They hurt so much..."
"It's all my fault! I'm sorry, so, so sorry! I should never have provoked you like that! I take the blame if your eyesight is damaged!" Rikku said, and I could tell she felt bad for saying that about me. "Oh, please forgive me!"
"Hey, Roxas," I placed my hands on my knees, and looked up at him, "why couldn't I open my eyes before? I mean, I know why...because of that blinding light...but why didn't it blind you either?" He sighed, but smiled.
"Everything and person that has died, even demons and fallens and everything that's nor mortal is granted with Divine Sight. It allows us to see the Authority and angels and ghosts and things like that. People who can die, however, do not have Divine Sight. Some people, though, are. But they call it 'ESP' - or Extra Sensory Perception; the sixth sense. In actuality, some people just can contain more holy power than other people, which is why they see ghosts and stuff." Roxas explained, and I nodded, understanding. So the things about psychics...it was all just a matter of being in tune with Heaven? To me, that made perfect sense.
"And on Earth, where the Authority banishes Fallen angels, they made a city for themselves. Regular people cannot see this city and what's inside of it. If they happen to walk inside by accident, they'll be greeted by a blinding light that pushes them out of the city. The city itself, named 'Mizu no Akashi', is located somewhere off of one of the Faraway Kingdoms. I think...the Destiny Kingdom...?" Roxas guessed, then shrugged. "My mother was not the only fallen angel. There were many others, like Rikku here. The person who established 'Mizu no Akashi' was Sephiroth, the One-Winged Angel."
"Oh...so this is kind of a Haven for angels cursed to live on Earth forever?" I asked, and Rikku nodded. "I'm not allowed to be in here?" Roxas shook his head.
"You're not, but we're staying here. At least for a little while. Yunalesca and the Heartless can enter here, but I don't they're going to follow us in here because Sephiroth can be damn scary." He then laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "Too bad I'm on his bad side! Sephiroth hates me for some reason I can't really explain. Since he's actually an angel with one wing, and not a fallen angel, he can freely expend his holy power and use his divinity to do things I, and the other fallen or half angels can't; like granting you Divine Sight."
"Ya see, Nami-chan," Rikku said, using a nickname for me that I really didn't mind. But it reminded me of Umiri, "everything has some sort of divinity. Even you do. There's a scale on how much everything has. The Authority is 200 percent Divine. He's immortal, can't die, never, ever, ever. He can only create souls and watch them from afar. He can create miracles, and He has great powers that even we don't know of. Next on the list is his Son, who is 100 percent Human, 100 percent Divine. Create miracles, healing the blind and sick, that's what he can do...then comes the highest chorus of angels, Seraphims." A scroll appeared on a wall and a ruler appeared in Rikku's hand as she slapped the pictures with it. Each picture had a line in it, and on one side of the line it said how much you were human, and on the other, how much you were divine.
"They are 90 percent Divine, 110 percent Human. They still feel human emotions, make mistakes, aren't perfect, but they specialize in healing. After that are Guardian Angels. 80 percent Divine, 120 percent Human! They need to be more Human than Divine because they need to know why the people they're 'guarding' are doing the actions they're doing! They can appear invisible on Earth, and take control of a human's body and also even materialize in the mortal world. Though that is very rare. Then comes regular angels! They're 70 percent Divine, 130 percent humans." Rikku cleared her throat, and tapped the picture of some white-haired guy's face.
"They are so close to humans, they often go down to Earth to see what it's like. The most powerful angel is even more powerful than a Seraphim. That's Sephiroth. The whiter an angel's hair, the more holy power they have. He has pure white hair, though he only has one wing. Then there's half-angels!" Rikku pointed to Roxas' face on the chart. "They're 50 percent Divine, 50 percent Human! Only very rarely can they revive the dead and perform miracles. They can teleport, too, which is an ability most Celestial beings don't have, it's kind of odd, though. For Roxas to use all his holy power to revive you and your family, and then use it to teleport you both here? I don't think he'll ever be able to perform a miracle again..." She said, looking a little downcast. Roxas snatched the ruler from her and pointed it to the picture of my face on the chart.
"Last on the list is mortals. They are 99 percent human, 1 percent Divine. There have been cases where a mortal such as yourself has performed a miracle like reviving the dead. However, they died instantly and were cast away into Hell. Any questions?" Roxas asked, and I nodded.
"You're immortal?" I asked. Yeah, sure, he was a machine and divine and all that - Oh! That brought up another question! "What about fallen angels? They're not on the list!" Roxas cleared his throat.
"That's another story..."
-(Third Person POV)-
"So...you're willing to give yourself up for that girl? That's an interesting choice, to choose darkness over light." Said a mysterious figure shrouded in darkness. The other figure had his/her face shielded by a creepy fog.
"I told you before, I'm not choosing anything! I don't want to 'choose' darkness, I want to BECOME darkness! After all, that's power! Power is what I want...it's what I need for her..."Said the other figure.
"Ooohhh...so you want to be the understudy of Lucifer? Sorry, kid, you're gonna have to ask the Devil himself. Let me tell you something: He's a nasty person so you better reword your story. I'm not to sure he's gonna buy the whole 'with power I'm going to get my love back' thing." Replied the first figure. The other figure held out the Eien no Tobira.
"I found this. It has twelve spirits of the powerful Nobodies within it. The thirteenth one, Roxas...or...Sora, is still alive out there. But I think if I give Lucifer this little thing, he'll let me become darkness itself. With power, I know I can bring her back...That's all I want to do..." The other figure looked at the floor, and I'm sure if a fog weren't covering his/her face, he/she would've looked extremely sad and depressed.
"Oh? The Eien no Tobira? That alone is a powerful antique. I'm sure Lucifer could somehow revive the spirits of the Nobodies and use them somehow. It's a good idea. For a price, I can send you directly to him...but if he doesn't accept your little gift don't go blaming me. I already have a job to do." Said the first figure, and the other figure put back the Eien no Tobira.
"I can...I don't know if I have anything to pay you with." Shrugged the other figure, then thought for a moment. "Here...how about this? This is all I have that I think may be of use to you." He/She hesitated for a minute or two, but then handed something over. The first figure laughed maniacally.
"Perfect...perfect...away with you!" The first figure snapped his/her fingers and the other figure vanished. The first figure started to walk away from the spot he/she had been. "Exactly what I needed...I have a feeling that kid knew more than that kid was letting on. How else would the brat know this is what I needed to accomplish?" He/she laughed, and it wasn't a crazy laugh. It was a laugh of pure amusement.
"I have a feeling this is going to amuse me greatly..."
HnH: -gasp- Who's the other and first figure?!?
Sora: Duh, that's easy! They're me and Kairi!
HnH: You two aren't in the story, dipstick!
Kairi: -snatches away script HnH is supposed to type- Uh...yeah we are! Well, if you think about it technically, we are.
HnH: Great you gave away a major component to the story away!
Riku: -comes back with razor-sharp weapons and dangerous stuff like nuclear bombs- HnH, how is changing Umiri and Utsuho's names to Kairi and Sora a vital component to the story? They looked like them to start with...-gives dangerous stuff to Roxas and Reno- FIGHT!
Roxas: -throws a hatchet at Reno- I will kill you! SPECIAL ATTACK: SPARKLING TWIRLING GLITTERY PIROUETTE OF DOOM!
Kingdom Hearts Cast Except Roxas: -start to laugh- Sparkling Twirling Glittery Pirouette of Doom?
Reno: Yeah, real manly, Rox, bud.
Roxas: HOW DARE YOU CALL ME MARLUXIA?!?
Marluxia: Hey! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME GIRLY?!?
HnH:...Why oh why did Reno have to be a ladies' man?
Reno: Why do you have to be an author? Exxxxxactly.
All KH Cast: Those x's in a row looked deadly cool.
HnH:...-sigh- We'll get back to this everlasting Roxas vs. Reno fight in a few moments...for now, review and enjoy the atmosphere!
Kairi: Nice atmosphere? What's nice about violence?!?
Riku: -sigh- Girls will never understand the beauty in this! -points to the R&R fight- This right here, should go down in history! MARK IT DOWN, ALL YE READERS!
HnH: Please, Riku, stop talking like an old man. Just because you look like one-
Riku's Fangirls: -appear-
HnH:...Oh, dear...-fangirls chase HnH with bombs and sharp weapons- REVIEEEEWWWW!...-voice fades away-