Chapter Fourty One: Battle Preperations

The White Knight dragged me through most of the train before stopping. He then drew his purple broadsword and brandished it, pointing it at me.

"So... Sir Knight, is that it?" I asked.

The White Knight nodded his head.

"Okay. I'll play along," I muttered, summoning my Keyblade. The White Knight gave me a two-fingered 'bring it on' taunt.

I know that taunt...

"Very well. This won't be easy..." I snickered. "Not even for you."

I dashed at the White Knight...

THE NEXT DAY

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I woke up on the inside of one of the shipping boxes. I tried lifting my arms. They hurt. I tried lifting my legs. They hurt...

That White Knight... how can he be human? He's... he's so strong...

Standing the pain, I got to my feet, then opened the box. After coming to my senses and brushing aside some eye boogers, I stretched out on the way to the head of the train. Sora was still seated there, looking at a screen and pushing buttons.

"Hey... wha times' it?" I asked, yawning.

"About 2 A.M.," Sora said. "I guess you sparred for a while?"

"Well... 's not that..." I mumbled. "That knight's really..." I yawned again, "really strong."

"Of course. His armor's impenetrable to everything but Keyblades," Sora said. "It's divine, somehow."

"Oh... that's why I managed to scratch his armor," I said.

"You actually managed to hit the White Knight?" Sora asked. "Maybe you're stronger than I realized."

"Oh?" I asked.

"I've only managed to hit the White Knight once when we spar," he said. "His ability... it's inhuman, but with good reason."

"That is?" I asked.

"He's a Nobody," Sora said. "Ever notice how his armor clanks sometimes and how it's silent sometimes?"

"Yeah... come to think of it, normally his armor's really noisy," I muttered, scratching my head. "But when I followed him here, it was quiet. He must have some sort of control over sound."

"That's right," Sora said. "His ability has allowed us to go undetected when we otherwise would have been captured."

I yawned again.

"Hey, quit it. I can't sleep... not now," Sora said. "We're picking up a few agents soon, and I need to make sure they haven't turned on us."

This place... it's horrible. I better get back to my time and fix this as soon as possible!

The monorail train stopped, and a few agents got on, from what I could tell. I sat in the front for a few minutes while looking at all the glowing buttons as Sora went and checked on his agents. He came back, once again scorning me and telling me not to touch buttons.

I snoozed off, staring into the dark and starless realm, and woke up a few hours later. The sky was a tiny bit ligher, now a fog grey instead of pitch black.

"Hey... ready?" I asked Sora, wiping away more eye boogers.

"Yeah," Sora said. "We've got all our forces gathered... when we make the drop-off at the Dark Lord's manor, we'll surprise attack him."

I jumped when the White Knight made his presence known by hitting the floor with his sword.

"What the hell was that for?!" I shouted at the Knight.

The White Knight shook his head.

"All right. We're coming up on the drop-off point. Get ready," Sora said.

"Why? What's the best he's got?" I asked.

"Well... his guards, called 'death gods,' are nearly unbeatable... after all, they're his elite troops," Sora said. "Beyond that... is a beast of unimaginable horror."

"How unimaginable?" I asked, not amused.

"It has a vicious streak a mile wide!" Sora shouted.

"Whatever. I have to get back to my time... so let's go!" I shouted.

I know what they've lost here... it's not just thier friends and their land... it's hope...