The Keyblade Nutcracker
Chapter 3
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"Assemble the troops!" Sora exclaimed, raising his key to charge into the fray, the other three toys following close behind.
With that, Namine was the only one left in the room. As such, she headed out; trying to see what was going on.
Every last toy soldier was fighting an army of black mice and rats with yellow eyes. Namine searched out for her friends and saw an interesting sight. Yuffie was using a regular human's mallet, striking fast and painfully with her deadly weapon, taking several mice and rats with each blow. Riku stood at the entrance, cleaving the mice, which somehow made each one that he struck vanish. Kairi was nearby, striking at each one with her crossbow.
Sora, meanwhile was leading a charge of several troops as they followed him to take on the Mouse King and those of his troops who were holding back. In response, the Mouse King led his own troops into combat. Seeing this Namine joined the fray, grabbing a dead mouse's sword. She may not have been trained to use them, but she knew that the sharp end needs to get into your opponent. As such, she ran at the troops around Kairi, who were getting to close to the doll for comfort. Namine quickly mowed them down, striking as quickly as she could while Kairi aimed to the Mouse King's charging forces, releasing bolt after deadly bolt, until there were none left in the dollhouse.
Eventually, both troops were in dwindling numbers, with both leaders preparing to face off head to head while their armies retreated back to give their leaders the large amount of room that their battle would require.
The Mouse King began, lunging for Sora with his sword. Sora leapt away, dodging the blow. He attempted to try lunge with his key, but was met with a parry, which was followed by the Mouse King rolling back. The King tried again, this time with a swing, but he missed, as Sora leaned away.
Sora then attempted to strike again, slashing at the Mouse King's had, but was met by the blade of the Mouse King, which spun Sora's key away from the nutcracker's hand. He prepared to strike, but Sora rolled away, trying to reach the key. Then, the Mouse King kicked the nutcracker hard, causing him to be knocked further away from his key. The Mouse King lunged, causing Sora to back up, attempting once more to get to his key. The Mouse King followed him, slashing at him again and again, until the Nutcracker was merely inches away from his key. Then, the Mouse King backed him into the corner.
As the Mouse King prepared to strike his opponent, Namine panicked and forcibly took Kairi's crossbow from the doll and took aim. Just when the Mouse King lunged at the trapped nutcracker, Namine unleashed the bolt, striking him in the shoulder. He dropped the sword, grasping his wound in pain. This gave Sora just the distraction that he needed, as he leapt away from the King and grabbed his key, lunging at the Mouse King, striking his chest. Suddenly, the Mouse King began to fade as darkness engulfed him, until it vanished, leaving no trace of the evil ruler.
When the Mouse King fell, much to the surprise of those present, the mouse and rats vanished as if they weren't ever really there. A great cheer resounded as the army of toy soldiers realized that this was the end of the battle.
Sora joined his friends in the celebration, going so far as to take Namine in his arms and spin her in the air before promptly setting her down. Afterwards, he turned to look at the troops and thank them for their service.
"Okay," Yuffie said seriously, "Now, there's only one thing left to do."
"What's that?" Namine asked curiously.
"Have a ball!" the toy soldier responded cheerily.
Suddenly, every last one of the toy soldiers, save Riku and Yuffie froze, having turned back to mere tin figurines.
Sora seemed to be very surprised to see the soldiers suddenly stop moving and felt for his lever. Feeling nothing he turned to Namine. The girl was surprised to see that his jaw was no longer a hinged object, but an actual jaw with lips and varying degrees of motion.
"I'm free," Sora said softly. Then, a broad grin covered his face as he shouted, "I'm free!"
"Thank you!" he cheered, hugging Namine.
"For what?" she asked, confused.
"If you hadn't shot him, I would have still been a nutcracker," Sora responded, kissing her upon her reddening cheeks.