HnH: I'd like to thank lebrezie–
Riku: I better be in this story. Or else you'll forget to put the disclaimer. Because you don't own anything right now, not even Freddy Cougar, Alive by P.O.D.(I swear, it matches Roxas perfectly) or Wolverine...-growl-
HnH: But it's great that Nami-chan has a personality flaw that's noticeable. Even Tidus notices it. xD I don't want her to be all mary-sueish and turn Roxas into a Gary-sue(...Well, he kinda is. Oh well, he's an angel. Close to God, right). Anyway, I'd also love to thank KtD–
Roxas: Yeah, KtD has my back. -high five- SO GET OFF OF MINE, KAIRI. -glare-
HnH: And I'd like to thank kinmoku2(aw, you flatter me too much), nami-hime.loves you, roxas-kh, Namine78256, White Simplicity(I can't get over the freakin' awesomeness of your username. It's so...awesome), Special Case(your penname intrigues me), KasperLassie(Well...), Mr.Who, Random(I lol'd so hard at your review. But...hot is definitely better than cute. xD) MiracleXofXlight–
Sora and Roxas: THANK YOU MIRACLEXOFXLIGHT! Thinking we're bad boys...-girlish giggle-
Riku: -raises eyebrow at the giggle- Proof that I am the only bad boy in Kingdom Hearts.
Axel:-growl- What about me?!?
Riku: In your dreams.
Both:-begin to fight it out-
HnH: ...-watches as fangirls flock to cheer on their favorite bishie- I'd also like to thank apoetcreatesmagic(I never really said that there'll be a love triangle IN the story...), SagaLight, Unknown Alixia(aw, thanks), Winged Serenity(I L.O.V.E. your penname! It's so...pretty!) and Ellie! You know, I love reading you guys' speculations. I feel bad, now, though, because it could've gone on more and now I feel as if you all will be disappointed in the ending. Oh well, the story must go on!
Angels in Flight: Towa no Shirube
Chapter 33: Difference Between Sora and Roxas (Round 2)
(Purity of the Heart vs. Nobility of the Soul Finale)
Look at what two months had did to them. The three of them looked terrible. The three who had protected the capital of Tsugare with their lives. Roxas, Ienzo, and Axel. They had guarded the entrance of Tsugare and they had succeeded. Not one enemy had gotten inside. At least to their knowledge.
Maybe that was the reason why the three of them were sitting down, resting against a wall. They were tired. Of course, who wouldn't be? Out of the three of them, I had to say Roxas looked the best. The trio didn't have their armor on, just their regular Organization cloaks, so it was easy to tell were the wounds were.
Ienzo had one eye, the one that wasn't covered by his hair, bandaged. Since he couldn't see out of his other eye(he had kept that a secret from everyone. Not even Roxas nor Axel knew he had been completely blind in that eye until he started to walk into walls when he got shot(it was obvious that his database had crashed and his central processing unit had been severely damaged from the bullet in his other eye) he was totally blind. Ienzo's helmet rested in his lap, and you could see that the visor had been cracked by the bullet that most likely rendered his other eye useless. He was holding onto his helmet with one hand, the other clutching a wound on his arm. His wrists, his knees, and his knuckles were all sparking badly. The skin had worn away completely on his knees, revealing the mechanics and blood underneath.
Axel, however, looked completely dysfunctional. You could tell because half of his face was completely ripped off. You couldn't see his eye or anything, just broken wires which were sparking dangerously as if a mini thunderstorm was going on. You could also tell that Axel was completely 'offline' because his memory chip was popped out of the place in his right wrist where he had been barcoded. So that meant that practically all the flesh was torn off of his right hand was torn off. As a matter of fact, the wires around what looked like a lighter(it wasn't like he was programmed to make fire pop out of nowhere) were sliced and it looked like the lighter where he generated his flames from was broken.
Out of the three, you could only hear heavy breathing from Roxas. With one hand, he was gripping onto the handle of the Oathkeeper, which was stuck in the ground. With the other, he was clutching a wound right into his vitals. There were scratches all over his face, as if some beast had ripped right through his skin with vicious, unforgiving claws. It looked like Freddy Cougar or Wolverine had attacked him, because there were also rip marks straight through his cloak right onto his flesh. Roxas opened his bright azure eyes, and gazed over at his comrades. "Dammit..." He huffed, "Taking...those shots...for me...because...Naminé...made them.." He coughed, then continued, "Promise...they'd...protect...me."
Roxas' grip on the Oathkeeper tightened, and he shifted uncomfortably, taking in a sharp gasp of air as he did so. He closed his eyes again, remembering what had happened. What had gotten them here, here resting on this wall instead of inside the castle gates where they were officially stationed. He remembered what had taken the enemy's lives. 'As soon as I get enough energy, I've got to go see her. As soon...' Roxas loosened his grip on the Oathkeeper, managing to stifle a yawn. 'Going to sleep for a little won't be so bad...no, not that bad at all...' With that thought, he managed to fall asleep.
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"Kupo? Hey, Roxas, kupo!"
Roxas opened his blue eyes to see that thing in front of him. That thing would be... "What...is it...furball?" He asked, feeling much better. The sun had been shining upon his face, therefore regenerating his holy power. He felt revitalized, but not as good as normal.
The 'thing' he was addressing puffed up it's fluffy cheeks. "I am not a furball, kupo!" The 'thing' said. The 'thing' was very robust and round, and fluffy tan fur covered it's whole body. It had a red pom-pom on it's head, and on it's back were tiny purple demon wings, resembling that of a bat's. "I am a Moogle, kupo!"
Roxas rolled his eyes. "What...ever." He said. He should have been respectful to the moogle, as it was the 'messenger' Her Highness Naminé had sent to him. It would give him her letters, and he would reply on the back of it. It gave him happiness, and although they were usually very well-thought out and sometimes not very characteristic of her, sometimes they contained bits and pieces of laughter Roxas would chuckle at. Like, that one letter where she wrote that she talked to his brother daily. She had written about three pages of assurance to him that she was not doing anything bad with Sora or cheating on Roxas or anything. "What's...the news?"
"Sing me a song, kupo!" The moogle demanded. Roxas glared at it.
"Do I...look like...I'm...in a...condition," He coughed to further support his point, "...to sing?" The moogle puffed up it's cheeks again.
"But you were, kupo, in a condition to be mean to me, kupo! So you must sing to repent, kupo!" The moogle said, holding out a letter to Roxas, "Or else you, kupo, won't get this, kupo!"
Roxas tried to grab the letter, but the moogle dodged his hand. Using the tiny wings on it's back, it somehow flew to rest at the top of the Oathkeeper. "Why?" He asked, letting go of the Oathkeeper. It didn't fall because it was stuck firmly in the ground.
"Lady Naminé, kupo, said that you had a pretty voice, kupo! Of the angels, kupo!" The moogle said, sounding excited. Roxas sighed and closed his eyes once more.
"Fine." He said, only receiving a 'kupo' as a reply. Roxas took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
"Everyday is a new day
I'm thankful for
Every breath I take
I won't take it for granted
I won't take it for granted
So I learn from my mistakes
It's beyond my control
Sometimes it's best to let go
Whatever happens
In this lifetime
So I trust in love
So I trust in love
You have given me
Peace of mind..." He took a very deep breath and continued,
"I feel so alive
For the very first time
I can't deny you
I feel so alive
For the very first time
And I think I can fly
Sunshine upon my face
Sunshine upon my face
A new song for me to sing
Tell the world
How I feel inside
Even though it might
Cost me everything
Now that I know this
So beyond, I can't hold this
I can never
Turn my back away
Now that I've seen you
I can never look away..." He took another deep breath and glanced at the Moogle. It seemed to be very content with his song; it was rocking back and forth.
"Now that I know you
I could never
Turn my back away
Now that I see you
I could never look away
Now that I know you
I could never
Turn my back away
Now that I see you
I believe no matter
What they say..."
He finished, breathing more heavily then he had before. "Gre...edy...puff...ball!" He managed to breath out."Kupo." The moogle said. "Here, kupo." It threw the letter at Roxas, who caught it. Before opening it, he wondered what Naminé could've written to him. It was the end of his service, he could go back home 'officially' now. But what if it was the Admiral's orders to stay another month? No, it had to be Naminé's letter. He was convinced it was, what had ever compelled him to think it was an Admiral's orders? That was just plain silly, right?
Wrong. Roxas opened the letter and it was not signed by Naminé. It was signed by some 'Vayne Solidor'. "What...is...this?" He asked, not even bothering to read it. It wasn't from his one and only, so why did he care?
"Kupo..." The moogle said. It seemed to be sad. It then said, "Read it, kupo..."
Roxas sighed, looking down at the letter. He had a very bad feeling about this letter. Well, dwelling over what COULD be is not the same as knowing what WILL be. So, he read the letter.
'Dear Citizens of Tsugare,
I would like to inform you that Their Imperial Majesties King Tidus and Queen Yuna are deceased. The heir to the throne, Her Royal Highness Princess Naminé has also been found dead. I have assumed the throne for the time being. I may not seem a likely candidate to the throne, but I am the third cousin of His Imperial Majesty King Tidus. Do not fret, my people, as I will...'
Roxas stopped reading right there and then. He blinked, and looked slowly to the moogle. "How?" He roared, narrowing his eyes into a menacing glare directed at the poor moogle, "Tell me how!" He yelled with such ferocity that the moogle felt as if a rhinoceros were trying to bulldoze it down.
"Ask the Vayne guy, kupo. He just told me, kupo, to give you this letter, kupo." The moogle said.
Roxas crumpled the letter and threw it as far away as he could possibly throw. He then closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down. He could already see his sensors going down, and if they went down, he would surely go berserk again. 'This Vayne guy could just have Naminé in captivity. She could have escaped. I don't know the details. Furball's right, I need to talk to Vayne. I'll force him to tell me what happened to her.' He said, dismissing the possibilities of her being dead. She could not be dead. It was impossible, because unless she died today, she would have become an angel. Unless...No, he would not think of that other option. After all, she wasn't even dead so that was completely out of the question!
He stood up and grabbed onto the Oathkeeper, letting another gasp of pain pass through his lips. He then grabbed Axel and Ienzo, and threw them both over one of his shoulders. The moogle flew to his other shoulder.
"You can leave them here, kupo. Wouldn't it be easier to leave them behind, kupo?" The moogle asked. Roxas shook his head as he began to walk toward the entrance the three had so faithfully protected.
"It won't be easy on my conscience." He huffed. It was surprising that he was no longer gasping for air, but he must have turned off the ability to breathe, "And besides, a soldier never leaves his comrades behind. It is probably the one sole rule you'll get killed for if you don't follow."
"I see, kupo." The moogle said,watching as Roxas used the Oathkeeper as a cane to help him walk. His steps were slow, as if he were apart of the elderly population, but he was getting there.
After he actually entered the place, he stopped and took a look around. Every citizen he saw was wearing black. Mourning colors. Some were even crying. Roxas looked at the castle, and then back at where he was. It was going to take a long time to get there. As soon as he took another step, a lady wearing a witch hat and a cloak(not the Organizaton's kind, thank goodness) burst out into the area. She began running around and shaking people's shoulders.
"Princess Naminé! I saw her with my own very two eyes!" The lady exclaimed. The regular people blinked and just dismissed her, continuing with their own business. "Why will no one believe me?!? I'm telling you, Vayne killed the royal family himself! It's treason! TREASON!" The lady exclaimed.
Roxas raised an eyebrow and was about to speak up when the lady noticed him. "Oh, my lord. You have finally come!" The lady said, bowing down to him. Roxas rose an eyebrow and glanced at the moogle, who shrugged as well. "Please, my lord," the lady grabbed onto his cloak, "You must tell these people the truth! Tell them that what I am saying is the truth!"
"Um..." He looked around, not knowing what to do. It was odd that she had called him 'my lord'. He was a wounded soldier with two comrades over his shoulder, using a giant white key as a cane, and a pom-pom-esque creature on his other shoulder. Roxas was certain that was not the picture of royalty. Royalty was so pretty and sweet it sparkled, like rock candy. Naminé looked like royalty, Roxas did not.
"Do you not recognize yourself, my lord? Do you not see your shining soul?" The lady asked. Roxas blinked again, opening his mouth and then closing it. The lady seemed to want an answer. He shook his head slowly.
Roxas thought, sighing to himself. After all, he knew he would get out of hand and threaten Vayne if he didn't tell him what happened to Naminé. He would probably throttle the man half to death if--
"Now, isn't this a shame. My lord cannot even see his own wings. You have six of them, my lord. Six beautifully glittering wings." The lady said. As much as Roxas hated to have his wings be called something so feminine, this lady said it as if it were a compliment. He then wondered why she could see his wings. Normal humans would not be able to see them. Naminé had been granted Divine Sight by Sephiroth so it was a different story. "My lord, in answer to your thoughts, I do know something. I doubt that wicked Vayne Solidor would tell you the truth."
Now that made Roxas curious. 'A mindreader?' He asked himself, before remembering his thoughts weren't safe. The lady chuckled.
"Kind of. Please, my lord, come with me if you want your questions answered." The lady said, walking off at an abnormally fast rate. Roxas did not follow, but waited to see where she was going. It seemed as if she were going into the Organization's Headquarters. That place had been destroyed...
Roxas looked around. No one was even staring at him. Closing his eyes, he teleported to the Orgainzation's ex-home. What he saw surprised him. It had a complete makeover, but the kind he liked. It had crosses hanging from every corner and the windows were of stained glass. "A church?" He asked himself aloud.
"Ah, my lord! This is my home! Please, go in!" The lady said, pushing him in. The inside was like a church, with bottles of holy water and lit candles everywhere. She dragged him all the way to the end of the church, where there was a golden door. She opened it, and inside was what looked like a normal home. The lady then pushed him to the couch, where he sat down. "Before I tell you anything, my lord, you need to be healed. Place your friends down, I will get to them as well." Then the lady exited the room.
"Kupo, this lady is really kooky, kupo!" The moogle said as Roxas shrugged his friends off of his shoulder. He placed Axel and Ienzo next to him and sighed.
"I don't think 'kooky' would be the word for her," Roxas said, staring at the door and then shaking his head, "More like 'Random'." The random lady came back into the room with a bowl of water. Roxas could sense it was holy water; there was power emanating from it.
"Oh divine embrace that fosters soothing light..." The random lady chanted, holding the bowl over Roxas' head. The blonde started to panic. He couldn't handle water no matter what kind it was! Before he could say anything, the lady said, "Heal his noble soul!" She then dumped the bowl over his head.
Roxas blinked, flexing his hands. He was still functional? Come to think of it, he didn't FEEL wet. He took a glove off and felt his hair. Not an ounce of wetness. Roxas looked back at his wounds, they were all completely healed. "W-What did you do?" He asked, looking down at himself.
"I called for your soul to be healed, therefore causing any fatal injuries that would have wounded your ability to regenerate--" The lady started, but Roxas cut her off.
"What are you talking about? And just who are you, anyway? Why are you helping me?" Roxas asked, and looked back at the bowl the lady had dumped over his head. It was full. Roxas didn't know any kind of holy technique that did that.
The lady smiled brightly and kneeled down next to his friends and did the same process. "You know you have a noble soul. Your wings are the manifestation of that soul, another reason why you have six wings. You're the reincarnation of the Past Roxas, so you both share the same soul. Since he had a noble soul he has the ability to reincarnate...or come back as different people. He--You also need to fulfill all of your 10,000 deeds before the Gates of Heaven open up to you. The only thing that is different between you two is your heart. They were both tainted by death, yet yours still holds purity due to your lineage. It's fascinating how you both are so different yet share the same soul." After she healed Axel and Ienzo's wounds, she sighed and took off her hat, revealing curly hair that seemed to have stole sunshine.
"How do you know this?" Roxas asked, crossing his arms. He remembered Sephiroth saying something about him having a special soul, too. So that's what he meant.
"I'm your Guardian Angel." The lady said, placing her hand upon her heart and bowing down. "I came down here to prevent you going berserk by the princess' death. I saw your future...it is not a happy one. I'm here solely to change that."
"All this? For me? Why?" Roxas asked, although he already knew. It was this lady's obligation.
"Because in your future..." The random lady sighed heavily and shook her head, "You kill yourself. Heaven does not want to lose it's cherished child."
"I kill myself, huh?" Roxas blinked, wondering how he could die. Angels can't die, much less by their own hand. Before the random lady could answer his rhetorical question, he asked another, "What's your name?"
The lady chuckled slightly. "I have many a name, so many that my true one has been buried underneath my many faces. People of this world just call me 'Random'...I heard your conversation with the moogle...yes, most mortals think I am kooky and random. Really, you may call me whatever you like." Random said. Roxas nodded. 'Random' sounded like a name for the ostracized.
"So, tell me what happened to her." Roxas said, telling himself to calm down and stay peaceful. Maybe he wouldn't overreact--maybe he'd just get a little mad. 'Who am I kidding? I can't even imagine me not wanting vengeance for Naminé!' He thought, shaking his head.
"Vayne murdered her. He murdered her in cold blood in the church." Random said, and Roxas stood up, his eyes narrowed into a vicious glare no one could stare at. "I know, I know, my lord. It's low, I know. He's pure ev--" Random stopped when Roxas pushed past her. The moogle and Random exchanged glances, before the moogle flew to Roxsas' shoulder. "W-Wait, my lord! Where are you going?!?"
Roxas did not even answer. He ignored everyone he saw, and everyone who saw that mad, gleaming look in his eyes...well, it was safe to say they ran inside their homes. "Roxas, kupo! What are you doing, kupo?!?" The moogle asked, not liking the crazed expression in his eyes.
Roxas laughed maniacally, causing the moogle to jump, "Sixteen years into my life and already I am covered in blood. Will a couple more lives really make my burden any heavier than it already is?" He asked. The moogle blinked, surprised at his change of attitude. Roxas' eyes were really dark, as if someone whom was insane had taken residence in his head.
"You're an angel, kupo! You can't kill, kupo!" The moogle tried to reason Roxas out of it, but nothing would do.
"I am also human. Me being half-mortal is my license for my angel side to kill." He replied, smiling maliciously. It looked like he really wanted to do something evil. When Roxas got to his destination(the cathedral) he opened the door(more like 'knocking it down') with a powerful blast. He walked towards the alter but stopped halfway. A group of people were surrounding something. Roxas could hear the people(they looked like bandits)'s conversation, so he just listened to find out what was going on.
"Ooohhh, her tiara will fetch for a nice price! I call dibs on that!" He heard one person say.
"No fair! We all split the price! We're all taking a risk in stealing this stuff, after all!" Another replied. The moogle looked at Roxas, then at the people, then back at him.
"Kupo, they're ransacking Her Highness' belongings, kupo! Are you going, kupo, to let them get away with that, kupo?!?" The moogle whispered, and Roxas shook his head. Two of his wings--the Oblivion and Oathkeeper--appeared. He disappeared and reappeared ontop of the alter, the moogle still on his shoulder.
The bandits gasped and grabbed onto each other. "Holy...Holy..." One of them started, "Yo, I'm sorry, dude!" The guy suddenly bowed down to Roxas, "I was just doing this 'cause I'm broke! I have a family, p-please don't kill me!" The other bandits nodded their heads and started bowing down and spouting random crap about how they were broke and what-not.
Roxas looked down to see his beloved princess laying on the floor with her eyes closed. "Naminé!" He called, jumping down from the alter. He immediately felt her pulse to see if she was alive. No go. "I'm sorry, Naminé. I'm sorry I failed..." He noticed that there were strangulation marks on her neck as well.
"How terrible, kupo..." The moogle said sadly, flying down to her. "Hey, Roxas, kupo!" The moogle shouted, trying to get Roxas' attention away from killing the jerks(which he was already attempting), "She's holding something in her right hand, kupo!"
Roxas knelt down and tried to pry the object from her cold, lifeless fingers. He stopped when he heard the voice of one of the bandits, "We tried to see what she was holding, dude. But her grip on it is really, really, strong."
"Oh, so you didn't kill her?" Roxas said with a disturbingly sweet tone. "This is all a misunderstanding then!" He started to laugh. After awhile, the other bandits started to laugh along too. Then Roxas suddenly stopped laughing as a keyblade appeared in his hand. With one quick swing the poor guy's head was sent rolling. "Anyone else care to share?" He asked, and they all shook their heads. "That's what I thought."
He looked back down at her and managed to pry her hand open. "What's she holding, kupo?" The moogle asked. The little furball was surprised when it saw Roxas shake, "Roxas, kupo? Something the matter, kupo?"
Roxas held up two dogtags. One the standard silver, the other golden. "Her dying breath and she still kept her promise. Where as I..." He glared at the bandits who were too paralyzed with fear to move. "Since I'm so merciful," He stood up and cracked his knuckles, "one of you will go free. Who's the lucky person?"
Everyone began to spout reasons why they should go free, except one girl. She pointed to another one of the guys. When Roxas asked her why she was willing to sacrifice herself at the expense of her greedy friends, she replied, "I am willing to take responsibility for my actions. I have done a terrible deed to the late Princess. If this is how I must atone for my sin, then that is how I must atone."
Roxas blinked, contemplating this. This girl's iron will and loyalty for her friends only meant one thing, the only thing that Roxas would ever be able to tell about a girl--'She's a Princess of Heart.' He thought, the title bringing back thoughts of his beloved. The moogle next to the corpse(What a terrible way to refer to Naminé as!) saw how his eyes flickered with emotion and sadness as he affectionately stroked the deceased's hair. Then the emotion froze into ice again. "I have made my decision." Roxas snapped his fingers, and columns of fire ate up the bandits, only sparing the selfless girl.
"No!" The girl gasped, looking at the charred remains of her friends. None of them have survived; they had all been obliterated into piles of ash. The girl looked back up at Roxas, thinking, 'If he can do that with one snap of his fingers...'
"Go back." Roxas commanded, his keyblades disappearing as he scooped up Naminé in his arms. "Go and tell Vayne that his people have died because of his selfish actions. Go and tell him--" Roxas' eyes flickered an uncanny golden before reverting back to their eerie blue, "What I have done. Dare him to stop me..." He trailed off, watching the girl run out of the church. Roxas saw Random run toward the cathedral, it was likely to tell him not to kill. Roxas snorted at the thought, not wanting anymore of that annoying chick, so he just snapped his fingers again and the door replaced itself on it's hinges, locking itself shut. "...There is only one person who could stop me if he tried..."
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"Your Majesty!" Yelled the girl whom Roxas had let go. Pushing past the guards, she burst into the throne room. Quickly bowing, "Your Majesty, I have a very important message to relay..."
"What?" Vayne asked boredly, inspecting his fingernails and then flipping his shoulder-length-ish black hair. For a guy, he sure cared a lot about his personal appearance, "Make it snappy."
"An angel has taken residence in the cathedral. My friends and I were ravaging the late Princess' belongings, and he killed all of my friends! He told me to dare you to stop him. I don't know what he is going to do that someone needs to stop him for...but I fear for all of Tsugare!"
"Angel, huh?" Vayne laughed, "Angels do not exist." Vayne rang a little bell that was on his armrest. Soldiers came to his side in numerous numbers, "Deal with the heretic in the church. Arrest him and bring him to me. I will teach that barbarian not to believe in angels, much less go prancing around like one. You are dismissed, little girl." He said, waving his hand and crossing his legs. The girl nodded and quickly rushed off.
The numerous soldiers that had gathered around the throne at Vayne's summons saluted and rushed off. A sigh was heard from behind the throne.
"In all due respect, Your Majesty, that will not work. They will all be killed."
Vayne turned his head to see whom had spoken. A black-haired woman with eerie red eyes had just spoken. Her hands were on the shoulders of a brunette whose hair spiked in ridiculous directions. "Who are you two?" He asked boredly, not really caring that he sent all those people to their deathbeds.
"I am Tifa, and this is my son, Sora. He is the only one who can stop his brother in the church." Tifa answered, letting go of Sora. Vayne rolled his eyes and snorted.
"You're telling me that those army of heavily armored soldiers will not be able to take down some freak dressed as an angel? Is this country really that pathetic?" Vayne asked, sighing and sinking in his comfy throne, "This was the wrong country to take over."
"You're not really the late King's relative, are you?" Tifa asked, crossing her arms. Sora yawned and rubbed his eyes as if he had just woken up. Which he probably had, so that assumption wasn't too far off it's mark.
Vayne snorted again and waved his hand around, "Of course not. Those people are so blind they'll follow anyone's orders. I'm actually a General from Byakuya, but I heard that Elle Ciel was being guarded by a trio. So I took a bunch of my men and busted the back wall of the city open, where it was not guarded. And now, here I am, ready to enjoy the cushy life of sweet gourmet foods."
"..." Neither Tifa nor Sora said anything. They were both waiting for something to happen, for Vayne to accept that Sora needed to get his butt down to that cathedral to stop Roxas as soon as possible. They were awaiting orders from their new King.
"Oh yeah, by the way..." Vayne glanced back at the two, "If you're related to that costume-wearing freak, you both must be heretics. Guards, arrest them and lock them in a room somewhere." He said, ringing the bell on his armrest again. A couple of guards came and led Tifa and Sora away.
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"Oh no..." Tifa gasped. Sora, still feeling sleepy(Tifa had returned his wings to him some time ago, but he was still unusually tired), yawned and sat on a comfy chair, slowly falling back asleep. "Sora! Look!"
"Huh...?" He blinked, eyes half-closed, "Uh-huh, Mom...that's nice..." He mumbled, not paying attention.
"SORA!" Tifa yelled, shaking his son. That woke him up(almost fully). He blinked in rapid succession and looked around quickly.
"Wha-What?" He asked, realizing it was his mother whom had woken him up. People didn't usually wake him up. Roxas and Cid both understood that he needed his beauty rest. That, and, well, once he woke up he usually downed galloons of sugar to stay that way, and no one wanted to deal with a hyperactive Sora.
"Look at the sky. The weather is not natural." Tifa grabbed Sora's arm and pulled him over to the balcony. The sky was really dark and lightning was flashing frighteningly close to them, so close it made them both jump back to avoid being hit. While it was thundering and lightning, it was also snowing. Then the snow changed to hail(Sora's bountiful amounts of hair kept him safe from damage), and then it turned to rain, then to sleet, then back to snow. It went around in a cycle along with the temperature. It was below zero with the snow, then rose to ninety until it rained, then the temperature went back down. But what was really disturbing was that the sky was dark, yes, but there no clouds in the sky. At all.
It was meterological phenomenon. No one could figure out what had happened. The sun had been shining brightly...but now the weather had changed rapidly, and was still changing. Sora and Tifa could see people running inside their homes for any protection they could get.
Then, the worst happened. The wind started to pick up. It started to pick up rapidly, until boards of poorly constructed houses came flying off. Then the wind slowed to a gentle breeze, then changed into the ferocious tornado. Back and forth between a breeze and a hurricane... All atop of the precipitation that was already occuring, and the drastic temperature changes, it was a stormy mess.
"Sora, I fear that your brother is causing this. I have never heard of anyone who can cause the weather to act like this...if Roxas cna cause this, then surely you can counteract it. All these people are going to die due to the temperature changes, or they're going to get struck by lightning!" Tifa said worriedly. If one son was going to be the destroyer, then the other should surely be the savior?
"I'm going to do my best..." Sora said, scratching his head. He jumped down from the balcony, the wind being so strong that it blew him into the wall of a house before he composed himself. Sora could hardly move with the weather changing, first the wind was easy breezy, then it felt like a tornado. Along with the precipitation and the temperature changes, and the fear of being struck by lightning...
The brunette closed his eyes and teleported inside the cathedral. Surprisingly, all was calm inside the church. You couldn't even hear the lightning, and Sora's hair wasn't even moving because the wind inside this sanctuary was so still. It was also a very warm temperature, right between cold and hot. He looked around, seeing piles of ash that must represent the guards Vayne had sent. Then, the brunette finally laid his crystal blue eyes on his brother. Roxas had a twisted, maniacal expression on his face as he glanced around at the people he had killed.
Sora could see Naminé on top of the alter behind Roxas. Sora sighed, resting a hand on top of his head, wondering how to deal with this. If his brother was deranged enough to start making the weather all wacky, how was he going to handle this? The easiest thing to do was get Naminé and calmly explain to Roxas that clinging to people who have passed was not a good thing, BUT getting Naminé's body would be such a hard task.
It reminded Sora of Umiri and how she had died. He had gone depressed and became a machine in hopes of reviving her, like Roxas had done with the blonde before. But Sora had no hate for Roxas, it wasn't like it was his fault. Neither was Sora trying to cause the apocalypse. He had detached himself from the memory of her dying, and sure, it still hurt to think about Umiri, but Sora was not going to try to destroy the world because she died.
That was the difference between Roxas and himself.
'He can't let go...'
Part Three: Purity of the Heart vs. Nobility of the Soul End
The next chapter's going to be fun fun fun fuuuun. At least, for me to write. It might not be as easy on the eyes as it is on the hands. xD Just joking! Sorry if this chapter is a little weird, I'm on vacation, and I like, wrote a paragraph a day without scrolling back up to read the whole story. And I want to post this as soon as possible to make sure you guys know I'm alive, so it'll probably be riddled with spelling errors...
Anyway, I want to hear what you guys think the ending for this story is going to be like. If you think they'll all be obliterated and the sequel will take place on another planet with their reincarnations, or if you think Roxas revives Nami-chan and with all his holy powers sapped he lives as a normal human(after killing Vayne, of course) as the Prince of Tsugare with Nami as his Queen and the sequel will follow their kids, or if you think Sora kills Roxas and the sequel follows after him and how he fixes the world, or if Sora and Roxas collaborate and use half of their holy power each to revive Nami and Umiri and live happily ever after and the sequel follows their kids(again xD)... Or if you just want to be sur-prised, that's okay too. But if you have any ideas about how the ending will turn out, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know! I would absolutely love times 10 to hear it!
Only because, well...I'm wondering if the ending is totally obvious or if you guys are going to be really, really, really, REALLY surprised...