A/N: Hello everyone! Welcome back to Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Memories! This is where we end the Chain of Memories arc of the story and move onto 358/2 Days in the next part.
That doesn't mean 358/2 Days will be uploaded quickly, however.
Anyway, like usual, I own nothing but Penelope.
And now…
We begin!
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Chapter 9: Finale
In Penelope's current pain and the fact that Marluxia just happened to decide to focus on Sora instead of his current battle with Axel, Axel, after getting his chakram back from the hit he landed on Penelope, went to attacking Marluxia once again.
With Axel saying to him, "Hey! We're not finished yet!" and proceeding to attack Marluxia. However, Marluxia just happened to respond with a "Heh" and…
He teleported behind Naminé and covered her mouth, holding the scythe's blade to her neck, and told them, "Don't move!"
"I'm already not." Penelope breathed weakly. She had issues getting up, only to collapse again and was barely able to roll on her back.
"Naminé!" Sora cried.
"Ha…Look's like your brain has gotten pretty rusty too." Axel told Marluxia. With a grin, he said to him, "You think cowering behind Naminé will stop me? Think again."
Axel nearly hit Marluxia and Naminé. Nearly.
Why? Well, he just happened to teleport away. "Oh, did you see that Sora?" Marluxia asked him.
"You want to keep Naminé safe, don't you? So, which of us is more dangerous?"
Penelope was bitter about this situation. It only gave her bad memories and reminded her that Sora didn't care about her.
That wasn't exactly true, as Penelope wasn't noticed, but it was fairly easy to see someone in black in a white room.
The light spirit appeared in a completely solid form (you heard me right) and her boots of her armor clicked on the floor as she approached Penelope while Marluxia suggested to Sora, "If you want to protect Naminé, I suggest you deal with Axel first."
Then Marluxia teleported away with Naminé. The lady who is the light spirit helped Penelope up and had her sit up against a column.
"Tatl? Is that you?" Penelope asked quietly. The light spirit didn't reply to her.
"Aw man, would you look at that? You let him get away." Axel told Sora, noticing the light spirit, confused about how she got there.
Sora got in his fighting stance and glared at Axel. "Listen Sora, you aren't going to fall for Mister Flower Petals' stupid little trick, are you? He just wants us to go at it to buy himself time." Axel explained to her.
Sora was confused when Axel dismissed his Chakrams. "Hey, I just wanted to get rid of Marluxia. If you want to do it, be my guest. Go." Axel ordered Sora, motioning to the door.
Sora didn't move. "I said, go! Do you want to fight me that much?" Axel asked Sora. "You don't want to see me get serious. I might actually destroy you."
"Sh-Shut up!" Sora shouted at Axel, stuttering a bit.
"That's the spirit. Don't let him beat you." Axel responded back to Sora as he vanished. "I need you alive. Good luck."
"What's with him?" Sora asked in confusion before Donald shouted, "WAK!" in surprise.
"Sora, look!" Donald shouted, pointing at the door.
"Gawrsh, are we back in the story?" Goofy asked, reading what appeared to be a manuscript.
Well, the door was going all Sleeping Beauty style. "Hurry inside!" Jiminy shouted.
That didn't exactly happen. As they attempted to get to the door, someone stopped them, and Sora recognized her.
"Huh? Aren't you…"
"You shall not pass until you apologize to the Guardian." The light spirit said to Sora very sternly.
"You mean Penelope? She's not in the castle, is she? Besides, we need to save Naminé."
Her Ultima Weapon knocked them back. "She isn't a figment of your memory, Sora. If you didn't notice, and I know you didn't, she got injured."
"Yes, but Naminé is in danger!" Sora argued.
"Light Storm." Multiple beams of light fired down, and Sora was caught off guard when the light spirit flew and him and hit him with her Keyblade again before going back in front of the door.
Sora fell back and noticed Penelope, but he got up. "Listen, we need to save Naminé…"
"Look. It's not like you're on a time limit. If you had time to do things before the final boss last time, you still have time to do things now. Apologize!" The light spirit ordered.
"I'm sure Penelope is a figment of my…" The light spirit rose her Keyblade and Sora gulped.
"Uh…Penelope?" Penelope stared at Sora. "I'm sorry. I didn't see you. Are you the real Penelope?"
"If I weren't, then you would've seen me in the Destiny Islands area." Penelope answered.
"Right. Can I pass now? Please? I really need to save Naminé." Sora explained to her.
"I understand that you are desperate, but you don't care about your friend enough to heal her? Really? You pulled this in your last adventure multiple times and allowed her to get hurt in your utter ignorance."
Donald cast a healing spell on Penelope and they frowned at the light spirit, who stepped aside, allowing Sora to unlock the door and they ran in. Penelope felt much better, but still had some problems getting up.
"Why'd you do that, Tatl?" Penelope asked her.
The light spirit frowned. "I told you, my name isn't Tatl."
"Then what is it? You never told me." Penelope asked her tiredly.
"Well…I didn't tell you since it didn't seem to be a good time, and I didn't want to tell you when anyone was around. However, if you want to know my name that badly, it's Zia."
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When Sora, Donald and Goofy were finally able to get to Marluxia and Naminé, they found that Marluxia had chained Naminé up with vines in a disaster of roses.
Really, Marluxia. I couldn't take you seriously before and I still can't take you seriously now.
And then Marluxia came down from this…
I don't know what they are exactly called, you see. But he came down from one of those circular balcony-like things that come down on stage during some musicals and plays.
Oh, and guess what? Marluxia just happened to have a rose and rose petals fluttered around him as he came down. "Oh, that was fast."
Then Marluxia appeared in front of Naminé on that balcony thingy. "Welcome to my garden."
Penelope quietly crept in, with the light spirit, her name revealed to be Zia, who had to revert into her form of being a ball of light, following her.
And the scent of roses was killing her at this point. Zia hit her in the shadows, though it was pretty close to the roses. "OH MY FREAKING… Why? Why is he obsessed with roses?! I mean, I like the scent of roses…but TOO MANY IS TOO MUCH."
"Shh…I get it. Quiet." Zia told Penelope very gently.
"You might say that the roses here represent the strength of Naminé's feelings. She didn't want to hurt you anymore. And this is what she got."
As the pink-headed rose-obsessed man said the last part, he plucked a rose from the vine and put it into Naminé's hair.
"Isn't it nice to feel loved?" Marluxia asked. I can understand why Sora was mad, I mean, he took Naminé away when nobody (well, I can't say that, but that's basically it) was looking.
However, Sora then jumped up and shouted, "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"
"It was just a rose, Sora. JUST A ROSE!" Penelope shouted at him. Donald and Goofy went to helping Naminé, and tried to free her from her prison, with Goofy asking her, "Naminé, are you okay?"
Marluxia had blocked Sora's attack and told him, "Sora. I have no reason to fight you. All I want is your help."
And then Venus Flytraps appeared and trapped, Donald, Goofy and Jiminy, and Penelope was forced to help.
"Let's do this." Penelope told Zia before rolling out of the shadows and asking Zia to borrow her Keyblade.
"Why do you need to?" She asked.
"Because I need to use your Keyblade as a Javelin." Penelope answered. Zia's Ultima Weapon appeared in Penelope's hand and Penelope swung it around before chucking it above the imprisoned Donald, Goofy and Naminé.
Luckily, Marluxia didn't see, but Donald and Goofy were confused to see a Keyblade up there all of the sudden.
Then Penelope began to use something similar to flowmotion (with Zia's assistance) and had to hop up on the Venus Flytraps, which nearly got her, but she was able to get onto the Keyblade, and despite it was thin (considering she didn't make it a platform that was easy to stand on), she could keep near perfect balance on it.
"Shut up!" Sora shouted at him.
Then acid from the Venus Flytraps began to drip on Donald and Goofy. "Yikes! Something's dripping on me!" Goofy cried.
For whatever reason, despite she had no clue what it was, Penelope was reminded of a similar situation in one anime*, and the characters were fighting these executioners who used magic that specialized in killing people.
Oh, and Sora happened to notice what was happening too. "Your answer will determine their fate. Do you want to be a hero that can't protect anyone?"
"Sora! Don't worry about us! Wipe the floor with that guy!
"Sorry guys, but Sora isn't the only hero around here." They heard Penelope's voice and looked up.
And Marluxia was shocked. "What the…? Where did you?"
Penelope frowned. "You really didn't see much? That's a shame, Rosey. Now allow me to give you a present."
Marluxia had no clue what she was doing until Penelope began to swing in a circle on the Ultima Weapon (she managed to use the Keyblade as a handle too) before getting up again flipping and summoning Oathkeeper and hitting Marluxia with an Aerial Firaga spell.
Then he tried to use that Pick-up attack on her, which worked on Sora, as his cards blew away and Sora freaked out and went to getting them, but it had no effect on Penelope.
"Sorry, but I didn't get any trading cards, and I don't plan to." Penelope answered before jumping up in the air and Zia, in her form of her light figure got Penelope and helped her up to the top of the weapon again before she became a ball of light again.
Marluxia had that expression from earlier. "You mad, bro?" Penelope asked all casually.
"Why you little…" Marluxia growled. "Just how did you get in here?"
"I came in before Sora and have been doing my James Bond work through the Castle, pretty much completely undetected." Penelope answered with pride, watching Sora collect his cards momentarily.
Marluxia was shocked. "I'm assuming that Naminé didn't mention me? Just before you try and make her, my memories can't be changed."
Marluxia looked really mad at this point. "Also, what is wrong with your hair? Are you sure you aren't a girl?" Penelope mocked Marluxia.
That had done it. Marluxia was about to go for Penelope until Sora took him off guard once he had got all his cards back and he proceeded to attack Marluxia.
Marluxia forgot what he was going to say to Sora, but he asked him if he cared about Donald and Goofy upon remembering.
"I believe in Donald and Goofy!" Sora answered. Zia was healing Donald and Goofy when they needed it to keep them from dying.
"Have I angered you?" Marluxia asked Sora as he blocked yet another attack from him.
"Don't ask…dumb questions!" Sora managed to hit Marluxia in the face.
"Ugh…" He teleported to Naminé and asked him with anger, "THEN WHAT ABOUT NAMINE?! AREN'T YOU GOING TO PROTECT HER?!"
Penelope frowned at him. "If I did whatever you said…"
Sora whacked Marluxia and defeated him as well as saved Naminé at the same time, finishing his sentence, "…Then I wouldn't be protecting her!"
And thus, Marluxia died, leaving behind a rose, Donald and Goofy were saved, and they all lived happily ever after!
The end.
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You seriously think I'm ending this story like that? You must be joking.
What really happened was that when Naminé was released, Sora was checking on her while Donald smashed those plants.
"Sora…Thank you…" Naminé began until Zia's Keyblade vanished and Penelope fell, but then vanished into the shadows to check on Riku with Zia's help.
"Sorry for being such a pathetic hero." Sora apologized.
I don't feel as if I need to end Sora's part with tons of dialogue.
What happened is that Naminé decided to fix Sora's memories as well as Donald and Goofy's, but the catch is that it meant they had to go to sleep until she was able to fix them.
And when Sora went to sleep, he said goodbye to Naminé and saw her crying, but said, "Don't cry…I'll come back to you. I promise."
Sora's Story
-FIN-
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A/N: Hey guys! I'm giving you a little note before the end of Riku's part. You see, the battle with Zexion is going to be based on the game, not the manga. The reason is because Riku is the one who defeats Zexion in the manga, but that isn't the case for this.
The reason is because of how Penelope's story is supposed to end.
So, I'm done speaking. Here's the battle with Zexion.
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Riku was panting exhaustedly from a previous battle as he now saw that Destiny Islands was in the state when darkness took over and began to swallow the Island when he looked around.
And when he saw someone, his panting was changed to a gasp.
There he saw Sora, staring out to the dark sky and the sea of darkness. "Sora?!" He called out to him in surprise.
No reply. Riku decided to try again.
"Sora!"
Still no reply. Then, with a flash of light, a door appeared behind Riku. However, Riku chose to not enter the door, and approached Sora, telling him from behind, "Sora, it's me…"
However, Riku had to jump back to avoid a sudden swing of Sora's Keyblade as Penelope came in.
The brunette kind of had to sit atop of a tree, as there was practically no ceiling in this area, but she got a nice view of what was about to go down.
She also was technically in the shadows but wasn't. She wasn't visible and only Zia could hear her, but she wasn't exactly in the shadows.
It's hard to explain. Very, very hard to explain.
Back to Riku now. Well, after Riku jumped back, saying, "What?!" in confusion, Sora charged at him.
And it was like Sora was trying to kill him now, but Riku just barely defended against an attack, trying to remind his friend who he was. "Stop it, Sora! Don't you recognize me?"
Sora actually spoke, but he wasn't exactly showing mercy to Riku. "Yeah, I recognize you. I can see exactly what you've become!"
"Do you mean a hedgehog or an earth pony?" Penelope asked. There were cricket noises and Zia stared at Penelope before face palming.
"Really, Guardian?"
Penelope shushed Zia when Sora jumped back and fired a beam of light at Riku, making Riku fly back…
…Though Penelope didn't approve. However, Sora walked closer, and asked, "How can the light hurt you? Riku…have you really become a creature of the dark?"
Riku began to move his head and open his eyes as Sora said, "You're not Riku anymore…you're just a pawn of the darkness." Riku was trying to get up though his eyes widened at what Sora said.
Penelope was completely disagreeing and under her breath, she spat, "Idiot. It'd be bluntly obvious if Riku were a creature of the dark."
"But you are more than aware enough that Sora is asleep now, right?" Penelope frowned at Zia.
"Yeah, I do. I was there. If you don't approve of my commentary, just walk away." Penelope told Zia until she saw "Sora" engulf Riku with light, and Riku was in pain from in.
Penelope was now enraged. "HEY!" Penelope just nearly ruined it, but Zia stopped her.
"Calm down! You never get mad at me when I use light-based attacks." Penelope frowned at this before saying, "Touché."
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Instead of falling into the dark like Sora did, Riku was falling into light instead of darkness.
"I'm…fading…" Riku said to himself. "Fading away…into the light."
"You won't fade." A voice told Riku and Kairi suddenly appeared.
"You can't fade. There's no power that can defeat you- not the light, not the dark." She told Riku. "So don't run from the light and don't fear the darkness, because both will make you stronger."
In other words, she is kind of saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!"
Oh wait, she had more to say? Oh. Sorry.
But she was kind of saying that too.
So…
"Make me stronger? Darkness too?" Riku asked Kairi.
"Yeah, strength that's yours." Kairi told him with a nod. "The darkness that's inside your heart- it's vast and it's deep...but if you truly can stare into it and never try to look away, you won't be afraid of anything again."
Riku realized something important and he said to her, "All this time, I've tried to push the darkness away…"
Interrupting, Kairi advised Riku, "You've gotta just remember to be brave. Know that the darkness is there and don't give in. If you do that, you'll gain strength- the kind that's unlike any other."
Kairi continued speaking to Riku. "You'll be able to escape the deepest darkness…"
"…and I'll be able to see through the brightest light…" Riku finished.
"Follow the darkness. You'll be able to find your friends."
"Can I face them?" Riku asked Kairi.
"You don't want to?" I would've pointed something out, but it was revealed that Naminé was the one who was advising Riku.
"You know I do. Of course." From that response, "Kairi" smiled before vanishing into the light.
"And I will! With my strength- my dark strength!" Riku wasn't falling or fading anymore. He appeared to be standing.
"Darkness!" Riku shouted.
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He said it. Well, now Riku was in his dark mode and he broke through the illusion.
Also, Penelope heard him yell darkness. "Great. Now he's doing it too. Sooner or later, you'll be yelling, "Light!""
Zia blinked. "Yet Sora and some others do that."
Penelope sighed. "Once again, touché."
"Impossible…" "Sora" groaned. Then it was revealed that "Sora" was really Zexion in disguise when he collapsed on the ground.
Getting up, he asked a bit weakly, "How is it that you found me when you were there in the light?"
"You reek of darkness. Even the light can't block the smell." Riku answered.
Zexion gasped.
Penelope sighed. "Just when is darkness a scent?" She asked Zia.
"I dunno. They keep treating it like it is. Darkness must smell like smoke or something." Penelope blinked.
"Then what does light smell like?" Penelope asked out of complete curiosity. Zia frowned.
"Light…? It doesn't smell like anything." She answered.
"Then how is darkness a smell?"
The two started arguing, though it eventually blew Penelope's cover. So, Riku and Zexion had to ignore them.
"I guess I followed the darkness right to you."
Zexion's fist was shaking. "This is absurd…Then I shall make you see… that your hopes are nothing—nothing but a pure illusion! Also, will you quiet down and quit arguing with air?"
Penelope stopped and looked at Zexion and Riku. "Dammit! Just pretend I'm not here okay?" She asked them.
The two sighed before commencing battle. Zexion was really somewhat of a pain.
However, the two paused at some point since Penelope wouldn't quit it. And one of Zexion's books that he had created hit her in the head.
"What the hell was that?!" Penelope asked as she turned to look at the two, upset.
"Quiet down! We're trying to have a battle here." Zexion pointed out.
"And you two are being hypocrites. Just ignore me! And don't make me come down there."
Groans came from Riku and Zexion before they continued battle… where Zexion was taking Riku's cards. Convenient.
However, Riku managed to defeat Zexion at some point, making him whimper, "I've been…defeated?"
"Yep." Penelope answered. Well, now Zexion was on his knees, panting from exhaustion from the battle. "After all your protests, you're still like us- on the side of darkness."
"I know who I am." Riku said with a fist pump.
Zexion managed to get up, questioning Riku, "When did that happen? You were always terrified of the dark before."
Riku shouted at Zexion, "Not anymore!" Before going to finish him off. Zexion's eyes widened and Riku managed to hit Zexion before he teleported.
"You finally got a nightlight, didn't you?" Penelope asked before she was preparing to go after Zexion. That was the time Riku went out of Dark Mode.
"What?" Penelope frowned at Riku. "You forgot about the nightlight talk, didn't you?" She boredly asked Riku.
"Nightlight? Penelope, you know I'm too old for that." He pointed out. Riku then noticed something odd about Penelope.
"Not really. Now if you excuse me, I need to go do my James Bond work." Penelope now looked like she was in a suit for some reason and she vanished before Riku could say a word.
"Well. That means I can't catch up with her." Riku sighed.
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Penelope went into a dimmer white room where she found Zexion. Now, she was visible, but she wasn't noticed.
Zexion weakly went over to the wall closest to him and used it as a support to hold him up. "What IS he?" Zexion questioned himself about Riku. "No one's EVER wore the darkness the way he does! It's impossible!" During the beginning of that, Riku whacked the wall.
Then Axel and Repliku teleported in and Zexion was really scared now. With a gasp, he went up against the wall. But he realized it was only Repliku, as the Replica smirked at him. "Oh…oh yes. The replica, of course. We can use this Riku to defeat the real one."
Axel didn't reply. "Axel?" Zexion asked, tilting his head to the side.
"Wouldn't you like to be real?" The pyro asked Repliku, who answered with a nod.
"All you need is the kind of power the real Riku doesn't have. If you can get that, you can be a new person. Not Riku—not anyone else." Penelope gasped. She had an idea of what Axel was leading onto.
"You won't be a copy of someone- you will be unique, your OWN self."
"Axel! What are you leading him onto?" Zexion asked.
"I don't think it's a good thing! You need to get out of here!" Penelope shouted at Zexion.
Zexion didn't quite get it, and he was confused when he saw Penelope, but Axel kept speaking. "You know, he's as a good place to start as any."
Zexion tried to protest. "You can't do this!" Repliku gripped onto Zexion and lifted him up, and Zexion tried to struggle, but as Silver the Hedgehog says, "It's no use!" and it really was no use.
Repliku took Zexion's power, and Axel told him, "So sorry, Zexion." Penelope was horrified. He was the reason she was watching someone die in front of her.
And then she hard Axel chuckle. "You just found out way too much."
When Zexion perished from the absorption, Axel turned around to see a shaking Penelope. "You…you monster…" She called Axel.
"Great. It's you. You probably know more than he did." Axel pointed out with a sigh. Repliku had no clue who Axel was talking to, and he saw the brunette.
"You have no idea what happened here. You have no right to say a word." She hissed at him.
"You're one to talk. You just keep sneaking around here, eavesdropping on everyone." Axel replied to Penelope.
"Tch. Everyone as in a few people. A life for a life." Axel frowned.
"I don't have time for this. She'll be a good warm-up." He told Repliku before vanishing.
Penelope narrowed her eyes. "Get back here, you damned Pyro!" She shouted after Axel. She saw Repliku get into his fighting stance.
She sighed. "I guess its no use. Though I've only fought twice in this castle, and I got my butt handed to me the first time." She mumbled to herself.
"That must mean you're going to be easy." Penelope huffed.
"Oh really." Penelope taunted him before summoning Oathkeeper. "Then bring it on, Replica."
Penelope got in her battle stance and the two began to battle.
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After finishing up some stuff, Riku had been wondering to himself about what he was supposed to be fighting. But then he reminded himself, "What I should be fighting is the part of my heart that gives into darkness."
And then it turned pitch black upon that being said. He heard Ansem chuckle. "Ha ha ha. I've been waiting for this moment." Riku seemed a bit annoyed. "Show yourself. Let's finish this once and for all." Riku ordered.
Ansem emerged from the darkness. "Well then. Does that mean you're ready to give up your body to me?" Riku had this pissed off expression upon seeing Ansem.
"We're both men guided by darkness. We should be friends, don't you think?" He asked Riku.
"I'm nothing like you!" Riku told Ansem before turning to face him. "You lost to the darkness, but I won't."
"I see you're still afraid of the dark." Ansem pointed out before his Guardian appeared.
The battle between the two commenced.
In the end, as Riku was avoiding attacks, Ansem laughed at Riku rather manically. "I have risen from the dead because you have let the darkness in! Be mine once again. I will fill you with my power."
You really think Riku was stupid enough to do that again? All sorts of bad stuff happened, and Riku wasn't going to repeat events.
Despite that Ansem wouldn't shut up. "You shall have your every desire. Let me help you, Riku."
"What I desire is to make you disappear!" Riku finished Ansem off (though he'll come back again.) and the Seeker of Darkness' parting words were, "Finished…? There is no end…you will never…escape…me."
And then Ansem vanished yet again.
To finish Riku's part up, Riku finally met up with Mickey after all this time, met DiZ and found that Sora is asleep.
Naminé suggested that he could sleep in a capsule like Sora to help him, but Riku passed on that and decided he wasn't going to slack off.
And that would've been the end…
However.
"Hey Riku, did Penelope come with you?" Mickey asked. DiZ raised an eyebrow.
"Penelope?"
Riku said, "I think she'll be coming pretty soon. She might've had something that she needed to get done."
"Then I guess we'll wait for her." Mickey said to her, admiring the new Dawn outside.
Riku's Story
-FIN- …In a way.
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Penelope had managed to defeat Repliku, except she let him go, as she wasn't intending to fight him and went off to find Axel in the halls of the castle.
"Zia. Where is he?" She asked him.
"I can't exactly teleport to him if that's what you mean." Zia told her, as at the moment, Axel was on the move.
"Dammit. I guess I'll have to find him and finish our battle manually." She said to Zia. Zia frowned.
"A battle? You know you got your butt handed to you last time." Zia pointed out. Penelope frowned at her.
"Still. I chickened out last time, and I don't want to leave a fight unfinished. That just wouldn't feel right to me." Penelope explained to Zia.
The light spirit sighed before going into her form of a ball of light and zooming around Penelope.
"Allow me to heal you." The girl felt refreshed before thanking Zia politely and looking around.
"Where will we find that pyromaniac?" Penelope asked out loud, looking around. She heard the sound of a portal and turned around, only to see exactly who she was wanting to find.
Axel sighed. "What are you still doing here? I thought you left." He told her. Penelope smiled.
"I'm not leaving our battle unfinished." She replied boldly. Axel stared at her.
"But what's the point of finishing a fight you can't win?" Axel questioned Penelope. Penelope shook her head.
"I don't need to win. I just need to finish our fight. I admit I chickened out, but it doesn't mean I won't hesitate to…"
Penelope narrowly avoided a chakram from Axel and had to avoid one again.
"If you want to fight, quit talking so we can finish it. Besides, you're wasting my time here." Axel told her.
The two went to fighting it out and when Axel threw one of his Chakrams at Penelope, she had to Guard and it was a battle of will now.
Then she managed to reflect the chakram back at Axel, who caught it and used a fire spell on her.
"Freeze!" Penelope extinguished the fire spell with a blizzard spell, resulting in a water hazard.
"Lightning!" Axel had to avoid a few lighting strikes, and some electrified water when a Thundaga spell hit the water hazard.
"Radiance!" Beams of light fired at Axel, and he simply avoided, but Penelope caught him off guard when she cast Midnight.
Then they began dueling it out, but Penelope actually managed to overpower Axel at some point and landed the last strike on him before she stopped.
"Eh?" Axel was a bit confused on why she didn't finish him.
"There's no use killing you. It's stupid to kill one of the few people who actually acknowledged my existence. Besides, I need to end my story or we'll never get to the next part." She replied before vanishing into the shadows.
Axel brushed himself off and chuckled. "I probably would've escaped before you got me anyway." Axel proceeded to continue checking Castle Oblivion.
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Then Penelope teleported to Riku, some guy in robes and Mickey.
"Hey. Sorry if I made you wait. Who's the old guy?" Penelope asked, pointing at DiZ.
DiZ frowned at Penelope. "Show some respect, young lady." He ordered.
Penelope stared at him. "Are you trying to order me around, old man?" She questioned him. "Besides, just who are you?"
DiZ stared at Penelope questionably as Mickey introduced him. "Penelope, this is DiZ."
Penelope blinked at him. "Ah. That's a stupid name." DiZ frowned at Penelope.
"Anyway, I'm here. What are we doing?"
Riku shrugged. "We'll just have to wait and see. Here, put this on." Riku threw Penelope over a black cloak.
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Um…why?"
Riku slipped his black cloak on and didn't really answer her. "You'll understand later. You might need to put your hair up in order to wear the hood."
Penelope and Riku stared at each other before Penelope slipped the cloak on over her clothes and she was also given some black heeled boots. At first, she had to figure out what she had to do about her hair, but decided to allow it to stick out from outside of the cloak.
"Um…your boots?" Riku asked Penelope.
"I'll deal with it later. Anyway, let's go."
This time, without a fourth wall break, Penelope's story came to a close and their journey ended…
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No, not really. But what was going to happen next now that Sora was asleep?
Penelope's Story
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A/N: And there's Re: CoM! Honestly, I had no reason to make it take so long, but then again…
It was pretty long and it took a while. And school started during that time too.
However, like I ended Re: KH, I planned to save the reviews for last.
Auraheart: I know. I wonder how Axel can hold his Chakrams without accidentally poking himself with the blades. AND IT WAS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN.
Also, Javelin Penelope. Might use that again in the next part.
Silent Searcher: I tend to make a lot of references. Ones that make sense, unintentional ones and completely intentional ones. And Axel kind of did get his butt kicked, but Penelope gave him mercy. But overall, thank you!
Adonis1218: Or it could be called Guardian 013 too. I think I might make a Random Short about that.
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited and followed, despite the fact I took a bit long with updating the last few chapters.
The next part is going to be Re: 358/2 Days. I think I'll base it off the Game and Manga. It'll be more of a balance.
However, it won't be up as quickly as I want it to. I started writing the first chapter a while ago, but it will take a while to finish.
Hopefully, you guys can maybe be patient with me? Please?
Please review if you'd like, please don't flame, and please tell me how I can improve. I apologize if the ending was a bit rushed in a way.
I will see you in Re: 358/2 Days, everyone!
Ciao!