Zexion: -is the only one not depressed over Riku, Sora, or Axel's death- Thanks to Roxine27-TheBlingGalsRock4eva, BlueRose151, Ellie, Deliahgirl, Random, White Simplicity(love your changed name!), True Heaven(love the penname!), Mr.Who2123, Not saying...l, marie(Thank you!!!)?(Well, you see, you've only reviewed thrice and it would be unfair for me to put you in the story whereas Lebrezie or Mr.Who for example deserve it more. But I LOVE your reviews though, and FURTHERMORE, I can't really act out OPOC's(Other People's Original Characters) because, well, I'll get their personality messed up)O.K.A, and lebrezie(ok screw it blow everything up; that made me ROFLMAO so hard my sister slapped me across the face. One of my lines near the ending of the chapter is inspired from that line. Thank you for providing me with a really long review, I enjoy those. And for writing that sentence. :) )
Marluxia: -skips around pleasantly- LALALALALA! TODAY IS MONDAY, TODAY IS MONDAY! TODAY IS MONDAY ALL DAY LONG! TOMORROW IS-
Axel Fangirls who are depressed: -shoot Marluxia- IT'S NOT EVEN FREAKIN' MONDAY!
Marluxia: -is shot-
Marluxia's Fangirls: -shoot random KH character in their sadness-
Hayner: -is shot-
Hayner's Fangirl-grabs machine gun and loads it- Hehehehe...-maniacal laugh-
Zexion: TAKE COVER!
Sora's Ghost: WHY HAS THERE BEEN A KILLING SPREE GOING ON FOR THE PAST THREE CHAPTERS?!?
Roxas: It's because- -cut off by sound of shots- FIRE IN THE HOLE! -tackles Nai-Nai to the floor-
Larxene: Alright, STOP IT!
-record break as Larxene's theme song, 'Don't Cha' plays-
All excluding Riku, Sora, and Marluxia: o.0
Larxene: Time for me to sing! -is in center stage as spotlight shines on her- -screeches- DON'T YOU WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME! DON'T YOU WISH YOUR GIRL-
Demyx: -clutches ears- Me duele las orejas...No quiero oir Rakushiinu. No quiero oir...
Roxas: I don't know what he's saying, but I'm sure I agree with him at this point!
Tensei no Houka: Fire of the Heavenly Voice
Note: NO. THERE IS NO FRIGGIN' YAOI IN THIS. Got it? Get it? Good. I'm sorry if you're a Roxas/Sora shipper but they're friggin' brothers in this story and they love each other in the BROTHERLY way. Ever been to Philadelphia? No? Yeah, well, take a visit there sometime. Maybe the CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE needs a visit or two. That IS Philadelphia, right?...
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 26: The Return to Tomorrow
(Naminé's POV)
We all turned around to the speaker. It turned out to be...Sora, with Kairi behind him! "Kairi! Let go of her!" Roxas shouted. I gasped. He was showing emotion...for her? I turned around, not wanting to cry in front of them.
"Aw, look what you did to poor Naminé, making her cry like that." Sora snickered, coming over to me and grasping my chin, forcing me to look at him. "Aw. Poor, poor, Naminé."
"Hey, Brownie. Back off." Axel said, stepping between us. I whispered words of gratitude and he said Your Welcome by nodding his head.
"Roxas, why do you care about Kairi?" I asked Roxas, but it was Sora answered me. However, I didn't pay attention to what he said. "I'm talking to Roxas, not you, Sora."
"But I am Roxas." Sora said. I held my head in confusion. That was way too confusing. I wanted them to go back to their own bodies! I started to get a headache...this wasn't the way it was supposed to be! I want a...I need a...
DO OVER!
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Flash
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"What?" Roxas looked at himself. "I'm...in my own body?" He asked, then looked at his brother, who nodded. I was delighted that Roxas had a personality again, I don't know if it was his personality or not, but he was him!
"You're back!" I shouted happily, hugging the blonde I loved so much. However, he pushed me off of him.
"Get off of me!" He snarled, glaring at me as he stalked off angrily. I ran after him, but Axel and Sora held me back.
"Let go of me!" I screamed, struggling, but they were just too strong. "I want to be with Roxas! Let me see him! Let GO!!!" I shrieked, and they let go of me so suddenly I crashed into Roxas(who had come back). "Roxas, are you alright?"
"Why wouldn't I be? Look, girlie, I don't know the reasons of your infatuation with me, but I'm telling you right now: You're making the wrong choice getting involved with me. Why don't you go and marry some Prince Charming that will sweep you off your feet? I'll knock you over." Roxas said, the warmth returning to his eyes. I don't know why...but he still felt so cold.
"It's alright. I know you can never love me, but I want to stay be your side, always!" I chirped happily. He stared at me for a moment before pushing me away less roughly than before. He started to trudge away again when I grabbed his shoulder.
"C-Can I come along?" I asked sheepishly, feeling my face heat up, "Because I can give you support while you're getting ready and even during the fight I can cheer for you but I have to come along because I don't know if I should cheer for you because for some people cheering is a distraction and being a distraction to you is the last thing I want because I want you to win against Sora as much as you probably do although I don't want you two to fight because you're brothers and I know brothers are supposed to fight but not in life/death situations like this because you're family and when family members fight aga-" I said, all incredibly fast. However, Roxas cut me off before I got into my full-blown lecture sessions.
"Fine. You can tag along IF you shut the hell up." He said, then stared at my hand that was still on his arm. He shrugged it off and started to walk away. "And don't touch me, either." I nodded, and followed him about three steps when I felt someone grab my shoulder. I turned around to look, and it was Sora(who, in his other arm, was holding a faint Kairi).
"Look. I know you loved the other Roxas - but that's not the other Roxas. That's the one who killed Kairi. Honestly, I think he is good deep down inside, but I believe he got misguided somewhere along the line. I'm warning you to be on your toes, okay? He's going to try to kill you later on, after we clash. I think you should hi - "Before Sora could finish his 'My-brother's-a-killer-but-a-good-person' speech, I spun around and marched towards Roxas. I didn't want to hear that he was going to kill me! I mean, how would you like it if this person who never lied's father came to you and said, 'Look, I don't think you should be hanging out with (insert name of inexplicably hot guy here). He's going to kill you. Watch out'.
I've died once by Roxas' hand, and I'm sure I'm prepared for it this time around! Once I caught up with him, I took one of his hands and clasped it. He looked at the union for a moment before glaring at me. "Didn't I say 'Don't touch me'?" He snapped.
"Don't be so anti-social, Roxas! It'll be like you're closing yourself off from everyone else AND life!" I said, and I honestly had no idea where he was taking me. I hope he didn't know where we were going. We could be lost together! That would FORCE us to talk to each other.
"I want to die. I never asked for life. I never wanted to be in this world. I always..." Roxas trailed off, stopping for a moment. He looked like he was experiencing a painful memory.
"You always...?" I asked, tilting my head. He shook his head and snatched his hand away from mine.
"Forget it. You shouldn't be shoving your nose into my personal life anyway." Roxas said, and I edged closer to him. He noticed, and looked at me again. "Haven't you ever heard of 'private bubble?'" I shook my head and he sighed, "Well, you're invading it."
"What happens when I invade your private bubble, Roxas?" I asked, and he stopped again. This time, he stopped for a very long time, and his face turned pale. "W--What's wrong? Did I say something?"
"Shh." He said, and held out his hand as if to silence me. Then, he took out his dogtag and stared at it for a moment. "But whose memory is this?" He asked quietly, probably thinking I couldn't hear him. But I did. Then he looked at me and the color returned to his face. "He...he killed you." Roxas continued walking, this time at a faster rate. I matched his pace.
"What about it?" I asked. I assumed this was Past Roxas speaking, and the other Roxas was the Robo-Roxas that had called me Master before.
"Why are you not scared?" He asked, walking even FASTER than before. He gave fast-walking a bad name. I had to jog just to keep up with him.
"Why would I be scared? I trust him with my life!" I said, and Roxas started to run. Why was he running away from me? Did he...did he see the moment when 'he' killed me? Is that why?
"But you shouldn't! What if he kills you again?" He asked, but it sounded like a shout. Now he was running faster. I had trouble keeping up with him, and my insides screamed. I was so out of shape compared to him.
"He won't! He's under control now!" I yelled back, and I heard him laugh.
"You really believe that?" He suddenly turned around and held a keyblade out. Since I was not expecting his sudden stop and I had been running right behind him, I did not have enough time to order myself to stop running. I didn't notice that he was holding the keyblade the reverse way, so when I rammed myself into the keyblade, it was the handle that caught me and made me fall to the ground. "See? I could have easily killed you." He said, walking over to me and throwing me over his shoulder.
"Hey! I'm perfectly fine! I can walk you know!" I yelled, and he looked at me again. He dropped me right on the floor. I landed with a loud 'thump'.
"Is that so, Little Miss Princess? I was just trying to up my good deed count but I guess not..."He trailed off and I got up, rubbing the area that contained my heart. If I had rammed right into the blade, that thing would've gone right through me and I'd be dead.
"Well excuse me Mr. I-am-not-Roxas-and-so-very-RUDE! Wait...what's a good deed count?" I asked, tilting my head. He kneeled down in such a way that his face right above mine. I could feel his breath on my face. 'Oh. My. God.' I kept repeating those three words as my face heated up. I was frozen--if he kissed me... 'Oh my God! What if this new Roxas kisses me? Who knows what he'll do-- and I'm on the floor, too!' I let my mind wander, and my thinking got so far that I began to wonder if a daughter would be better to handle than a son...until he cleared his throat loudly. I noticed he had helped me up but I obviously forgot because I was thinking about the possibilities...
"A good deed count, for the third time," Roxas started loudly, "Is when a person does something unforgivable and...well, let's use me and my reincarnation, for example. Killing people we love dearly. So, now I'm dead."
"Wait, how did you die? And why is it called 'good deed' if you're committing a sin?" I asked. He held out his hand as if to say 'Talk to the hand!' and continued.
"Does it matter?" He asked, then saw my face and said, "I got shot."
"Is that how you REALLY died?" I inquired, tilting my head.
"No. Now, SHUT. UP! Okay, so I'm dead now and I'm in the Purgatory, a place between Heaven and Hell. Okay, so I'm floatin' around for a couple hundred years or so, y'know, just chillin', when my time to get judged is up! So I be real with God and I say, 'Yo, I killed Kairi because I was jealous that my brother had a love and mine already died-"
"Your love died?" I asked, looking at him sadly. Then it was no wonder...
"...so He says, 'Alright, Roxas. When you get reincarnated you have to do ten thousand 'good deeds'. It could be something as simple as watering a flower. However, I can only do the same type of good deed once. The 'good deed' count is just the number that's in my dreams every night telling me how many good deeds I've done. HOWEVER, if I don't do all 10,000 good deeds in this life, it carries over to the next life and the next and the next. I can't go to Heaven until I do all 10,000 good deeds." Roxas said, and he turned around again.
I followed, and we were quiet for awhile, until two mechanics came up the stairs we were going to go down on. I heard them whisper something as they were looking at Roxas. Spreading rumors, were they?
"Hey! You two!" I yelled, pointing at the two. They both turned around and pointed at themselves. I nodded. "Yeah, you! What gives you two the right to be gossiping about Roxas?"
"He's a machine. Not human. What does he care? Oh, that's right. He can't! Now, little girl, why don't you be on your way to go take him to the slaughterho--oops, I mean the place where our machine is so totally going to kick his face in." Said the one with the obvious attitude problem. They had to come from Destiny.
"Excuse me? I'm not going to argue with you because I don't think your nut-sized brain is going to be able to comprehend anything I'm saying. But Roxas can, and will beat Sora so badly, that he'll be crying!" I snapped. If people push the wrong buttons, I can fly off the handle.
"Oh really?" The other one retorted, glancing at the feisty one who first spoke, "Then why don't we make this a little more interesting? If Sora wins, then we--"
" Can keep Roxas as your pet. Forever and ever. Is Roxas wins, which he will, then you two-- "
"Will repair him so he can actually feel emotion." Said the girls, giggling as they looked over at Roxas, who stopped, his mouth dropped open in shock. The shock wore away into anger. He clenched his fist and I grabbed his arm to make sure he didn't go ballistic(for the third time).
"So it WAS possible for me to feel emotion the whole freakin' time!" He yelled, anger seeping out of every word. The one with the attitude problem laughed.
"No...well, yes, technically. If the King and Queen really cared about you, they would have borrowed the parts from another Kingdom. Tsugare is so technologically slow, that they can't even install machines with emotions! Don't worry, you'll wish you didn't have any when you get handed over to us! He'd make the perfect victim for our experiments, wouldn't he?" Said the other girl, pinching his cheek. They both giggled, waved, and skipped away. He glared at their backs, and I saw his knuckles turn white.
"Hahaha." He fake-laughed, making his shoulders shrug, "They're going to be laughing when they find out what Tsugare really installed me with."
"No! You're not doing that ever again! Never, ever!" I said, and once the girls were gone(after we shook on it), we continued heading towards our destination.
"What are you talking about? I am the virus. When the other Roxas--the one that has control all the time, loses control, I'm in command. Of course, I didn't know what I was doing at the time...it's all hazy for even me to remember." He said, and we reached the end of a hallway. I was quiet, thinking for a moment...so it was he who killed Umiri? So it was...
He turned right, where there was a door, and he opened it. It was the repairing room for Tsugare. I could tell because Tifa was down here and somehow Axel got here too, and then there were my parents talking to them.
"...so if you could, Axel, we'd appreciate it if you'd join t--" Mother noticed the door open, and she cut herself off when she saw us--well, namely me.
"Ready for the big fight, Rox?" Axel asked, and he shrugged in reply and slightly glared at me.
"I've got to win." He said, his glare deepening as my face reddened. I knew what he was talking about, but everyone else had puzzled looks on their faces. "You see, Your Highness over here decided to make a bet. Oh, and not just any bet--I'm two girls' personal pet if I lose."
"Naminé! Why'd you do something like that? You know better than to bet Roxas' life away! Did you shake on it?" Father asked, and I nodded. He opened his mouth and I could tell he was about to yell at me by how red his face was, when Roxas stepped in front of me.
"Look, it was on an impulse. I'm going to win so there's no need to worry about it anyway. And besides--" He looked back at me and hesitated, "She's the only person who stood up for me in my entire life. So don't make such a big deal about it. And you," He glanced at me again, noticing my happy face, "You too. Don't go hugging me and saying 'Thank you!' in that high-pitched, annoying voice of yours."
"But what do you get in return? Surely you're not THAT stupid, right?" Axel asked, crossing his arms.
"Emotion." I answered, placing my hands on my hips, "Roxas will finally be able to feel. It's all he ever wanted."
"No!" Father shouted, and I almost jumped because I've never heard him sound so angry, "No! He cannot, under any circumstances, be able to feel! That is out of the question!"
"What?" Axel, Roxas and I asked simultaneously.
"Why not?" I asked. Alright. There was definitely something they were keeping from me.
-Later-
"This is where we're watching the fight?" I asked. There were three levels. One level was where Roxas and Sora would fight, and then there was another level that had rows of empty seats(and the commentator's booth), and then the third level, which was a little box jutting out of the wall, covered with glass so we wouldn't get hurt(but we WOULD get hurt if Roxas or Sora crashed into the glass anyway). We were in the little box as were everyone else. There were rows of seats in the little box, and we had the perfect view of the fight that was going to happen. Kairi, however, was the only one not present. And I didn't think she'd come anytime soon.
"So, ready to see him die?" The female mechanics asked, coming over to me and sitting on either side of me.
"Get real. Sora will be incinerated before you blink!" I replied, and one of them huffed.
"We'll see about that." I tried to move, but I realized I had nowhere to sit. I didn't want to sit next to the mechanics, and sitting next to my parents was clearly out of the question...Axel and Tifa were busy talking about whether Roxas' hair was blonde or dirty blonde, Ashe and Rasler were having a in-depth conversation about who they thought was better and going to win, Cid was sitting with the rest of the mechanics, talking about what kind of technology and products they used or something, and Roxas and Sora themselves were already down there(no one could see them, but I'm sure they were), the fight hadn't been announced yet. I noticed my parents glance at me so I decided to annoy them: I walked over to King Zidane and Queen Garnet and sat next to them.
"Hello, Naminé." Queen Garnet greeted, and I bowed my head.
"Good evening, Your Majesties." I said, and King Zidane looked at me for a moment and glanced back at Garnet who smiled.
"No need to be so formal. You know, now that I think about it, Garnet, isn't our son-" Zidane started, and I couldn't help but cut him off. I know that was rude of me...
"You have a son? I didn't know there was an heir to Destiny! Mother and Father never told me that! In fact, they never told me anything...or maybe I forgot everything?" I said, and quickly apologized for not letting him finish. Queen Garnet was about to say something, when the commentator(I guess Destiny must have brought one along) spoke.
"Hello, Ladies and Gentleman!" It was none other than Selphie! Believe me, I can recognize her voice from anywhere, "It's your commentator, Selphie, along with fellow broadcast partner Irvine," we heard a moan which was probably from Irvine, "And we're here to make this fight between Tsugare's Roxas and Destiny's Sora a whole heck of a lot more interesting! Now, introducing the fighters! From this corner, weighing in at...uh..." We heard Selphie whisper to Irvine, "Irvine, how much does he weigh?"
"You're pathetic, Selphie." Was the reply. "Oops! Was that thing on? Didn't mean that...sorry...Anyway, this is Irvine broadcasting with commentator Selphie, and we're going to spice up the fight between Roxas and Sora! Okay, from this corner, hailing from the Destiny Kingdom, Sora!"
Sora did not appear. "Uh...Sora? You there?" Selphie asked. Everyone in the little box immediately rushed to the glass 'window', looking for Sora. I was the only one who didn't and made my way to the exit so I could investigate. I heard the sound of metal on metal, but no one else looked like they noticed. I opened the door to see none other than the two Hikari twins battling it out right here. 'Why are they here?' I thought to myself.
"Stop it! This isn't the place to take a fight!" I yelled, closing the door so no one would see and grabbing Sora's arm. They still continued to fight, and I stepped on the brunette's foot. No response. "You're going to hurt Roxas, Sora! Stop it!"
"Get out of here!" Was Sora's only reply, and he pushed me away. I didn't want them to fight! At least not up here, where an innocent bystander could be caught in the crossfire! I caught Sora off guard with my sudden appearance and Roxas knocked him into a wall with a powerful slash of Oblivion. He looked at me and wiped the blood off of the corner of his mouth.
Roxas looked at me and shook his head. He said, "I don't think I'm going to win..."
"Roxas! Don't say that! You're going to win..." I replied, and he shook his head.
"Sora is ten percent stronger than I am, his reaction time is twenty percent faster than me, he's nine percent faster overall than me, and he is 30.719 percent more tougher than me. I don't have a chance unless my experience and street smarts will win. I didn't want..." He started, but Sora got up, "...Damn. Naminé, go back inside!"
Before I got the chance to protest he opened the door, shoved me inside, and closed it. Somehow he had blocked it, because I could not get it back open, and frowned. I turned around because I could tell everyone was staring at me. I was about to say something when we heard a crash. We ran to the glass and saw Roxas and Sora fighting! Roxas or Sora must have pushed the other down two floors.
'Well, they got busy quickly.' I thought to myself, as it was just a second ago they had been out there, and now...
"And we're back! So Roxas and Sora are trading blows, a right by Roxas, a left by Sora, an amazing right hook by Roxas! Wow, look at that sucker punch! Remind me to never get in a bar fight with that twin, Irvine!" Selphie yelled. Roxas' 'sucker punch' knocked his brother down in a second flat. You could hear the impact, though. And if Sora was stronger... Before the blonde could follow-up, the brunette got up with amazing speed that I have never even dreamed about. Now they were going at it so fast you could only see the sparks fly from the keyblades' collision.
"Wow. Now I can't even tell WHAT'S going on! They're fighting at the speed of light! Oh...oh...oh wait! Everything stopped! Let's wait for the dust to clear..." Selphie yelled excitedly. She obviously liked to comment on fights. It was the job that fit her bubbly and perky personality.
We all gasped when the dust cleared. "No!" I wailed, but Queen Garnet shushed me. The scene was...absolutely horrible! In my opinion. Sora had struck Roxas in the shoulder with the keyblade, but it was embedded in it very deeply. He also had various cuts on his body, and it made my inner fangirl ecstatic when I realized almost all of the top half of his cloak was gone. But it looked like Roxas had tried to strike his brother, but he missed, and you could tell because the Oblivion was resting on the brunette's shoulder. At least he made an effort.
"...Oh that's GOTTA hurt!" Selphie yelled, and we heard Irvine mumble something incoherent. "Looks like Sora is way out of Roxas' league! I don't think Roxas is ready to play with the big boys!" I am going to shoot Selphie later. Someone please remind me if it wouldn't be too much trouble? Thanks.
Sora took out his keyblade of his brother's shoulder, but a chunk of bloody flesh came along with it. "EEEWWWW!" All of us females squealed, "THAT'S DISGUSTING!"
"And Sora just took a chunk out of Roxas' shoulder. Like fellow commentator Selphie said, that will definitely leave you sore in the morning. Especially since..." Irvine started to elaborate on the disgusting sight when we heard a 'smack' resonate throughout the whole building. At first, I thought it was Selphie slapping Irvine. But it was not.
Roxas had slapped Sora across the face. Wow was the only word that could fit my thoughts, before I burst into a giggle fit along with everyone else. I mean, ROXAS slapping someone? I thought guys punched!
"Catfight!" Selphie shouted, adding a 'meow' as Sora whacked his twin on top of the head with his keyblade. The humourous moment did not last for long as Roxas jumped back and stuck both of his keyblades in the ground and summoned the Bond of Flame. They charged at each other, and ended up in a stalemate. Roxas jumped up and tried an aerial assault, but Sora blocked it.
Now Sora was on the side where his brother had placed the two keyblades. I looked around at the audience and saw Axel smirking. Something was gonna happen. I knew it. I had no chance to ask him, because Selphie's booming voice came over the loudspeaker again.
"It looks like Sora is winning! But don't worry, folks, the tides might turn any time now! We have yet to see Roxas' trump card!" She yelled, then mumbled, "Heaven knows he has one..."
Then the brothers started to talk. I couldn't read lips so I couldn't hear what they were saying. Selphie verbalized that, "Okay, now they're talking...can anyone translate? I CAN'T HEAR! Oh no...WHAT IF MY EARS ARE BROKEN?!? AAAAHHH! AAAAHHHH! AAAAHHH!" She began screaming. If you know anything about Selphie it's that her shriek is so incredibly loud and IRRITATING, it makes you want to pull your hair out.
"SHUT UP!" Irvine yelled, and Selphie stopped. The Hikari brothers stopped talking to each other and then they shook hands. While shaking hands, Roxas took a cheap shot. He kneed Sora in the gut and while he was doubled over, he twisted his brother's arm and then he smashed the Bond of Flame down onto the twisted arm.
"Ooohhh..." Selphie said, as if she herself had been the victim, "Roxas is going a little old school right here tonight! Twisting his brother's arm and then trying to break it! You can't get any more traditional than that, folks!" While Sora was quite literally rolling around in pain Roxas looked up right at Axel and mouthed something to him. We all looked at Axel and he nodded, the biggest grin on his face.
"Hey, no outside interference!" King Zidane yelled, glaring at the redhead who glared right back.
"He's not cheating! He was just asking me a question and I was answering it." Axel said, then added, "I wasn't cheating, Your Majesty. Got it memorized?"
"How dare you imply that my husband have memory problems!" Queen Garnet snapped, and Axel apologized and turned back to watch the fight, as did we all. We saw Roxas knocking back Sora to try to get his brother inbetween the two keyblades, but somehow he kept on avoiding them.
"It seems as if Roxas is about show us his trump card! Hold onto your seats people, and hopefully you won't die!" Selphie chirped. Anyone have a handgun on them? Or a rifle? A rifle would be good...though I think a handgun would be easier to use. Really, I want to shoot Selphie. Making a joke at a time like this...
Somehow, Roxas finally got Sora inbetween the two keyblades. Roxas jumped back and Sora tried to move, but we saw him get shocked. He stuck the Bond of Flame into the ground in front of Sora, just a couple of feet away form the actual person. The blonde jumped back and continually shot 'Fire' spells at the keyblade, the artifact soaking in the spells and glowing a darker and darker red.
Then Roxas glanced at Axel, who kneeled down on the floor and touched it. "Guys, get down." The redhead warned, looking at us all, who were still standing. "Alright. You wanna die? Be my guest." We all took no time to kneel down close to the floor.
After, Roxas grabbed Bond of Flame and turned it as if he were unlocking a door. Two cracks leading to the Oathkeeper and Ultima appeared. "Tensei no Houka!" Roxas screamed so loud, that we all heard it. Then he cut off a lock of his sandy hair and four of his wings and his halo appeared. He pointed towards Sora and then the ground shook. All I saw after was my vision being obscured by red and orange...and then...nothing more. But I liked it that way.
-
A few moments later, I came to again. When I did, I knocked my head against a seat. That was probably what had knocked me out for a short period of time. "Owww..." I whined, but no one was paying attention to me. Everyone was at the window again, and I realized Kairi was there as well.
"Kairi!" I shouted, carefully getting out from under the chair and squeezing between her and Tifa. The auburn-haired girl looked at me and sighed happily.
"You don't have to worry about it anymore." She said, giggling. I tilted my head in confusion. I was about to ask what she was talking about, but Kairi explained, "It's over! Roxas has already lost."
"What?" I gasped, and pressed my face against the window. How long was I out for?!? No, wait a minute... "They're still fighting! Roxas hasn't lost yet!"
"Look closer. Roxas is in his Final Form(It made my inner fangirl depressed to realize that he was no longer 'shirtless'), and used up most of his power causing that firey attack. Sora has not even used any of his 'special attacks' yet." She said, shaking her head.
"How do you know?" I asked, but upon closer inspection I could see him floating and his Organization cloak was silver. Roxas looked like he would drop dead any second, and Sora looked like that had just been a warm-up. He didn't even get affected by the firey blast.
"I managed to extract some information from Sora when he kidnapped me. Roxas--the evil one--is much more tougher and can take a lot more than Sora can, and when Roxas - " Kairi started, but I cut her off.
"He kidnapped you?" I asked, frowning. She nodded, and shrugged.
"I didn't mind. I could tell that Sora wasn't the one I had loved. But now...now he's back in his own body. I know Sora is more gentle than Roxas, and I can't believe Roxas is losing, but...but as much as I hate to say it, Sora knows that if he loses, Roxas is gonna come and get you. As much as I want Sora to myself, he always helps out a girl in need." Kairi said, and sighed dreamily. Soon, she was lost in her own little fantasies.
"I didn't know girls were so crazy over my sons." Tifa chuckled softly, and I looked at her. She was turned away from the window. I was about to ask her why, but she saw my face and must've known what I was going to ask. "I can't watch my own two sons fight against each other. Especially after hearing what your sister said..."
"I see." I said, and nodded. I understood that. Well, not from a mother's perspective but I could kind of see how she wouldn't want to see her own flesh and blood fight. Like how I wouldn't want to fight Umiri.
"Well, Selphie is out so I'll have to do the commentaries from now on, folks, "Irvine said, then added, "Oh yes, we're back online! We figured out the problem a--oh, look at that! After being in his silvery form, Roxas reverts back to his normal form! And now, what's this?!? Sora has a silvery form, too?"
My eyes bugged open after I saw Roxas revert back to his regular form. For, as soon as he did that, SORA completely VIOLATED Roxas' copyright and went into Final Form! Of course, not with the Organization cloak, but, still... Roxas looked as surprised as we all were. I glared at King Zidane and Queen Garnet who looked pretty smug themselves.
And then...I had to close my eyes for this part, because I'm sure Roxas was getting his teeth kicked in at this point. "Ooohhh..." I whined, "Tell me when it's over!"
In a minute flat, I could tell it was over because everything was DEADLY silent. I was afraid to move. But I did because I had to see. I opened my eyes and I looked at everyone first. I would be able to tell by their expressions. Axel looked like he was going to get sick, Kairi was faint on the floor(at this point I knew I was screwed), my parents were so pale they looked like their souls were going to leave their bodies, Ashe and Rasler were covering each other's eyes, and everyone else was mortified.
I gathered up the courage to look at the scene. Nothing too bad. Roxas was all bloody(I assumed that), and he was kneeling down. Sora was standing, looking down at his brother. They seemed to be speaking. I wish I knew what they were saying...
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(Third Person POV )
"...Please. You promised that if..." Roxas coughed out even more blood. He was not even in a condition to stand up, "...if I lost to you...you'd..."
"I can't kill my own brother." The brunette, who only had a couple of scratches and one profusely bleeding gash(on his arm) said, shaking his head. He looked down at his younger brother in pity--asking to die. That was no way to be.
"You've got...too. I don't want...want...What do I want? I want...I want...I want her. No, no, you want her death. I thought I wanted...I wanted her to live? You want her to die..." By the way the blonde spoke in two different tones, Sora knew his brother was having a battle within himself. Somehow the good Roxas' personality resurfaced, and the Roxases(YAY for multiple Roxases. -cough-) were now battling it out. The brunette couldn't stand seeing his brother like this.
"Only to put you out off your misery, Roxas. I'll...I'll boot you back up...when this is...all...over..." He trailed off. Sora turned his head, trying to wipe away gathering tears. 'I can't cry...' He thought miserably, '...I have to be strong for my brother. But, but maybe...since he can't cry...' When he turned back around, Roxas was gone. "Huh? Where'd he g--"
He was cut off when suddenly, his supply of oxygen came to a stop by an expertly applied chokehold. He tried to pull off his brother's arm, but it would not work.
"Do you really think I'm ready to give up yet? Not a chance. I hate you, Sora..." Roxas sneered, and Sora could tell this was 'evil' Roxas talking. The brunette glanced up at everyone, who were mostly pale. Then he looked at King Zidane and Queen Garnet and thought, 'When will they call off this fight? I don't want to battle my brother...'.
His thoughts did not last on that track for long, as Sora remembered he was in his 'Final' form and the strength obtained from that form was rapidly diminishing. Cheating(as the goody-goody two-shoed brunette thought of it as), he teleported behind Roxas, who took a second too long to figure out Sora had disappeared. Sora, wanting a quick finish to the fight, reached in Roxas' cloak, grabbed his dogtag, and ripped it from his neck.
"Cut it out! You don't want to do this, Roxas! Don't cave in to the machine inside of you!" Sora yelled, holding out the dogtag for the blonde to see, who did not realize Sora had it, and he felt around his neck. "You don't want to kill Naminé!"
"She...she switched our souls, Sora. Someone with that kind of power has to be executed." Roxas said, shaking his head. It was then that Sora knew the only way to stop his brother was to shut him off. There was one way to do that, but he had no idea how...
"You know what, Roxas? Screw this, I'll just beat your face in."
"That's my brother."
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(Naminé's POV)
"I'm going to stop them!" I boldly declared. I didn't know what those two were doing down there, but it was clear to me no one was going to stop the fight until one of them was down. But if Roxas got knocked down...he's not going to get back up again.
"Wait, Naminé!" I heard multiple people shout after me, but too late. The door was opened and closed in a blink of an eye and I was lost to the wind. Well, maybe not lost to the wind...but I was lost in a matter of minutes. I had no idea how to get to the first floor, but after going up and down a couple of staircases so many times that I lost track of WHICH floor I was even on, I made my way down to a hallway that looked eerily familiar.
"Isn't this...?" I asked myself, going down to the end of the hallway, which was not a dead end, but a door. I slightly remembered being here...wait. Wasn't this...? I opened the door and confirmed my suspicions. This was the room where they stored all defective products. Yes, I remember, Axel showed me this.
"Well, well, well..." A malicious voice spoke out, and I whipped around to see who it was. One of the female mechanics I placed a bet with earlier! I glared at her and she crossed her arms. "..If it isn't the wittle pwincess of the itty bitty Tsugare Kingdom?"
"Well, well, well," I mocked her, crossing my arms just as she had, "If it isn't the idiot from down the road?"
"I wouldn't be talking. YOU'RE the idiot." She said, and I looked at her in confusion. Wat did she mean? I patiently waited for her to explain like the good little girl I was, when, before I knew what had happened, I was in the room with defective products. I scrambled to the top of the pile, but it was virtually impossible for me to leap from the top to the door. "Sucker...oh, by the way, thanks for Roxas." She winked and closed the door.
"HEY!" I screamed, pounding my fist on a defective product, "LET ME--"
"All systems online."
I froze when I heard the sound of rebooting ring out. I turned my head to see what I had just done. Wow. She was right.
I am an idiot.
Sora's Ghost: I am so totally going to kick your BUTT, Roxas!
Roxas: Well, technically, if you kick my butt, you'll be kicking yours so, yeah.
Nai-Nai: -is wearing an army helmet because Roxas is paranoid- Roxas will win. I'm sure of it.
Sora's Ghost: Kairi, you're Nami's Somebody! You should be better than her in EVERY way!
Nami-hime:...-crys-
Roxas: -evil laughter as he hugs Nai-Nai - I cannot wait until next chapter.
HnH: ...
Riku's Ghost: ...
Axel: Moving on to more important things. Who is the defected product that Nai-Nai awoke? Will I appear double?!?
Organization XIII excluding Axel and Roxas' Somebodies: NO, IT'LL BE ME!
Riku's Ghost: Maybe it'll be NEITHER of you and it'll be ME.
HnH: -laugh- You guys'll never know. But maybe -turns to you- you guys will if you review!