Chapter five: Here is me at the Great Wall of China
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"A very strange occurrence, but I think I've seen those two before," mused Shan Yu as he looked down at the crash of the strange vessel that seemed to hold people in it. "It's like a rocket, but it seems to be able to hold people in it. And I could swear I've set eyes on that boy before, but all the others seem unfamiliar to me. What do you make of it, Legat?"
"That boy would be the one named Sora," replied a man with cold grey eyes and long white hair that was combed into a mullet. He had a very quiet voice that was, at the same time, very deep and powerful, enough to make his presence a thing of ill omen. "I guess you cannot remember him because he has not his two friends about him, Donald and goofy. They were the three who helped Mulan to defeat you and prevent your conquering of the Emperor."
"It is very fortunate that they are here then, especially when I have so many heartless at my beck and call," said Shan Yu with a grin as he stepped forward and held his sword up.
"That may be a bit too hasty an action my friend," said Legat as he put his hand on Shan Yu's arm and signaled for him to put it down. "The army has seen your army and the others are certain to come here to give battle so sending your army out would divide it and give them a wedge to set their armies in. On the other hand, if you wait, you can run over the Imperial army and get your revenge on all your enemies in one felled swoop."
"What a marvelous idea," exclaimed Shan Yu as he trudged through the snow, his large black boots making a sound similar to eating and apple as he moved to get a better look at the boy who was helping his friends out of the wreck of the ship. "But I think I should send some light troops just to welcome them and keep them in one place."
"Yes, it would be terrible to ask them to wait without someone to entertain them," said Legat as he peered over the ridge before walking towards a portal that he had just created. "I'll watch from afar and provide assistance if you need it."
"Perfect, Legat," replied Shany Yu as he turned his hawk eyes onto his ally.
It always seemed to happen when they woke up, or it seemed that way to Yuffie as she jumped up from the snow and took her large shuriken in her hand, letting it spin around in her hand. As soon as one of the soldier heartless jumped at her, she let it fly, the blades of death cutting through every heartless that got in its path, like some wind of death. There was something with the way she looked as she threw the shuriken that made Riku look at her so differently than he had before. For the split second that he saw her, he thought, she looks like a goddess when she throws that thing with grace. Why is that I never noticed it but for now? It was in that split second that something inside of him started to accelerate and it wouldn't let him go until he went back to worrying about the other heartless that were quickly surrounding him. With leap, he sliced a blizzard heartless in half to create the opening he needed to escape through and then he could take one after the other. He closed the distance between him and horseback heartless by using a dash thrust that he had developed after looking at the way Cloud did his omni-slash. What it did was use a bit of magic to push Riku forward since he had neither the training nor the time that Cloud had to come up with his move, and he would push his own feet in a thrust while having his keyblade target one of the heartless. The result was a hand move that had saved his life a few times and the life of Sora who tried to do Cloud's omni-slash with a bit of success, but still nothing like what RIku could do.
After the horseback was down, Riku rushed a group of soldier heartless and was surprised when he saw another horseback heartless fly in and knock him back into the belly of one of the heartless that he called "Al Rocker" heartless. He knew he was only two seconds away from being hit with a large fist, but before it could hit him, the heartless was destroyed by Sora, who stuck his keyblade into its back and used it as a catalyst to jump over the fat heartless and called his keyblade back. He turned around and grinned at Riku while giving a peace sign.
"Beat that move, Riku," said Sora like a little kid before he felt a burst of fire shoot past his head and hit the horseback heartless that was about to hit him.
"Does that satisfy the competition or do you need more," asked Riku as he walked on with his keyblade out and pointing at another soldier heartless, but before he could even rush to attack it, the heartless was cut in half with jian that was held by none other than the raven haired beauty that Sora had met on his journey before.
"Hello Sora, it's good to see that you can still hold your own," said Mulan as she got off the back of her horse to hug her old friend.
"What will the captain say were he to see us like this," laughed Sora as he hugged back and then heard the sound of another horse trotting in the snow. When he heard this sound, he turned to give a salute to his onetime captain. "Captain Shang, it's good to see you, sir!"
"Yes it is good to see you again, Sora, but you need not bow to me after what you did," said Shang as he held out his hand for Sora to shake. "And it's General now, actually."
"Roger," said Sora as he snapped another salute before the three burst out into laughter, much to the curiosity of the others around them. "Anyway, we came here to take you along with us to Disney Castle for Christmas, along with a few other friends. Let me introduce you to all my friends, since I know you've already seen Riku because he's been here before when he helped me out with the problem with the heartless that came here. The one in black with blonde hair is Cloud and the woman in black with long black hair is Tifa. The crazy ninja who has ADD is Yuffie, but watch out because she could be a handful if you're not careful. Then we have the other guy with the blue coat, Leon, and then the cutey in pink, Aerith. Then we have the old ship builder, Cid, along with two other guys I brought along, the mullet guy, Demyx, and Axel, the red headed guy."
"Who did you say has ADD, you baka," asked Yuffie as she started to pull his cheeks out, which he did in turn.
"I'm saying you have ADD," replied Sora and eventually the two had to be pulled apart from each other before they permanently stretched each other's lips out.
"Would you two stop acting like children, we have a job to do," said Leon as he walked to get the gummi ship fixed, but was having just as much luck as Cid, which was basically snake eyes. "Great, it looks like we might be stuck here unless we find someone who can hand us the part needed and fly this thing at the same time."
"I believe you have more pressing matters at hand," said a very scary voice behind them which belonged to the infamous leader of the Hun army, Shan Yu, with falcon on shoulder. "What a perfect day, I get to crush the army and get my revenge on those who took away my victory those years ago."
"I don't know who Mr. Scary is but he looks like trouble," said Yuffie as she shifted into a fighting stance and prepared for combat.
Oddly enough, on a hill not that far from the two opposing armies was the mysterious Legat with two hired mercenaries who were hired for their skills with explosives and other things, but mainly because they were cheap. One had short blonde hair that was a bit curly and had the texture of cotton and with him was his apprentice who was learning from him, even though she would often have some accidents. Their names were Ban, short for Bandit, and Neko, which was Japanese for cat, a reference to her love for cats. Right now Neko was the one targeting the Imperial army with a rocket.
"Are you sure you she should be the one doing that," asked Legat as he watched the girl set the rocket into the ground at an angle. "I mean, it would be better if you were to get it."
"She has to learn these things and this is not even part of our contract, just something extra," replied Ban coolly as he cleaned his sunglasses and put them back on. "Anyway, you have nothing to worry about, she is a natural."
The rocket fired off and instead of hitting the Imperial army, it hit a mountain formation, which caused snow to slide down the hill and lay waste to the armies of Shan Yu.
"A natural idiot," shouted Legat as he stormed off, not noticing the thumbs up that Ban gave his apprentice.
"What are still doing here, Shan yu? You're plans to conquer this empire will never work!" Sora cried in fury at the man standing not too far from them. Two sets of bird eyes crept upon him with a sense of wicked intentions, enough to send a tiny chill down the boy's back. His brother-like friend stood beside him, ready to fight at any given moment.
"DANCE WATER DANCE!!"
"Chakram!"
The double calls of the former Organization XII members broke through Sora's thoughts, drawing his attention and Riku's to the fullest. Surrounding their friends were numerous heartless, too many to count, all of which were leaping like frogs at each person individually. Water and fire swirled and broke through many, but the more elements shot, the more heartless would attack the users when they were unable to resist.
"Yuffie!!" Riku cried out when he saw the girl slashed deeply in the shoulder by a heartless. He snarled and ran forward, only to get knocked back by an invisible force field of some sort. The boy landed hard on his side, but thankfully he landed on snow.
"Riku!" Sora called out, only to have his name yelled as a sword missed his head by mere inches. In seconds, forced to ignore the cries of his fellow teammates in vain, Sora leaped to the side with his keyblade armed. The sword of Shan Yu and the legendary keyblade clashed with loud pangs and clanks.
"Sora! Get out of the way!" Riku suddenly yelled, rushing over just as the sword of Shan yu was about to strike Sora full on and yanked him out of the dagger's path. Rikue dragged Sora all the way to the other side of the force field, where heartless of all kinds were escaping like mad. Shan yu paid no attention, his eyes frozen on Riku and Sora only. From nowhere, Cloud reached forward to where Riku was leaning against the invisible wall, gripping his shoulder tightly and pulling him in.
"What's going on?!?!" Sora yelled out, getting hauled along with Riku and stuffed in the middle of the group. A roar silenced him, the next moment snow flying down from the top of the mountain like water. Shan yu looked up at exactly the wrong moment, his body getting once again buried in the snow while the force field protected the members of the gummy ship.
It had been a rough time getting through all the snow, but after an enraged Axel got his face stepped on for the first and last time, he made sure everyone got the clear message with the help of his trusty chakrams. Shan Yu was nowhere in sight when the snow was cleared away, bringing curiosity and fear in everyone there.
"Where..." Captain Shang began, looking around the wintery wonderland in awe. He was soon answered by a small hand popping out of the snow, followed by more hands and then the bodies of the heroes themselves, all until they were all free. "But what happened to Shan Yu?"
That question was also answered as soon as it was spoken as a hand popped out of the snow, a black gloved hand followed by another similar hand with a sword in it and they were followed by the Hun leader, who stood menacingly over the group with a glare. As he raised his sword, however, Demyx used his water to surround him while Sora cast a blizzard spell to render the terror known as Shan Yu into nothing more than an ice sculpture on a lawn.