I don't know if I said this or not but I just figured out that Sora and Riku are SUPOSE TO BE TOGETHER. The ABC's P Q R S …. It is a fact Riku seme and Sora uke. God I have no life :(
OH!! And I am sorry for not updating sooner but skool has been getting in the way. Finals and all, have 8 days left, so I will be able to get back into the rhythm of the writing world every weekend once more.
Chapter 14
The Truth Is Always Bitter
To Those Who Fear It
Radiant Garden
"So is everyone here?" Sora asked as he looked around the large living room of Cloud and Leon's home. "Yes" Aerith said, as she sat near Sora, while Riku occupied his other side.
Cloud was stand near the stairs, ready to dash upstairs incase he smelt any of the darkness and would run to Leon. Namine, Kairi and Yuffie were near the fire place, waiting. Axel and Roxas were on the love seat next to Riku's and Sora's chairs. Tifa sat next to Aerith. Mickey was next to Goofy and Donald, who were near Kairi and Namine. The Gullwings were with Leon as precaution.
"We need to find WHERE this world is." Cloud started out the 'meeting'. "The world is probably hidden by our sonar's." "We have done every scan of all the worlds encountered and we have even sent out MS Satellites (Mickey starlight) to every corner of space." Chip and Dale said from Kairi and Namine's lap.
"But that does not include the world of Darkness" Riku said frustrated. "We need to find one of the Nobodies and work backwards." Cloud added, not moving from his place near the stairs. "The Nobodies have the only link to THIS realm and the OTHER one." Cloud stated in a matter of fact voice.
"They must be found!" Yuffie shouted as she slammed her foot on the coffee table. Her arm raised and her smile, both determine to make things a little better. "OR" Tifa said before Yuffie could make herself into another clown. "WE let them come to US" Aerith finished for Tifa, while the woman tried to get the deranged ninja of the coffee table.
"How do you propose that we come about that plan?" Riku said cooling down. "We know how to kill them, but can't get them here." Sora said running over the facts aloud. "The only one who could really help us is the caterpillar, being that he could see into the future to some amount" Goofy said scratching his head.
"But we can't sense the caterpillar is still an egg." Donald said depressed. "Maybe Merlin could take a look into the future and see where the Nobodies will be next." Namine said hopefully. "Maybe that would work, but" a voice said, emanating behind Kairi. A puff of blue and gray clouds appeared and parted to reveal Merlin.
"I would require some help to finds that specific point of information." Merlin said smiling at the surprise on Tifa and Yuffie's face as he stood on the still women. Merlin hopped off before he continued.
"I would need master Yen Sid's help, Sora, ah Maleficent and ah oh what was it, OH and Leon, plus a place to hold back any unforeseen attacks." Merlin rambled on. "HOW, do you think that will all happen so quickly?" Archimedes said, sitting on top of Merlin's hat, annoyed at the wizard.
"With some help of course" Another voice said, this one filling the house. Before anyone could move, the felt smoke cover their bodies. After the smoke cleared Sora could see that everyone was in an oval chair around a huge table with half in sun and clouds the other in moonlight and star. Leon was on a long couch with Cloud seating near him and the Gullwings sitting on Leon. Cloud glared at the three grown women sitting on Leon. "Hey, it a'nt our fault we turned back to normal." Rikku shouted, before Cloud could chop their heads off and the three jumped off.
"So let's see if everyone is accounted for." Master Yen Sid said, standing next to Mickey's chair. "We seem to be missing Maleficent." Yen Sid said before there was another puff and Maleficent appeared with Pete. "You MORON, I should just turn you into a Heartless. MAYBE THEN YOU JUST MIGHT BE MORE USEFULL!!" Maleficent shouted at the large man.
"Cloud you two maybe save your 'troubles in bed' at 'home'" Riku said at the witch. "Why, I do believe that is Riku." Maleficent said in her sickly calm voice. Turning the witch saw the young man. "Why, it is" The horn woman's yellow eyes, grew.
"Where, how, who, what???" Pete asked as he looked around at the gray room. "Madame" Merlin said. "I will be blunt, we need your help" Merlin said as Archimedes flew over to Leon. "Move him to the table boy" The highly educated owl said, addressing Cloud and pointing his feathers at the man on the couch.
"Why shoul-" Maleficent started but stopped when Yen Sid spoke. "Because the act will not only help us but you as well." The grand wizard said, his eyes menacing. "Fine" Maleficent said hear own yellow eyes glaring back at the wizard.
Cloud carried Leon bridal style over to the table. "Oh, good, lay him in the center," Merlin said as Maleficent moved to stand across from Yen Sid. "Now Sora," Yen Sid said waving his arm to the empty point between Yen Sid and Maleficent. North Yen Sid, South Maleficent, East Sora and Merlin West, each of the points were filled and Leon in the centre.
Everyone else was automatically place into a circle around the five. The Gullwings and the Hallow Bastion Restoration committee stood as their oval chairs melted into a pattern around the points were each stood.
"Now let's begin," Yen Sid said as he raised his arms. "You will all need to move to the portal as quick as possible. Sora must be the last one in, Merlin, Maleficent and I will hold the portal and wait to open it again. Do you all understand?" Yen Sid asked as his figure tips began to glow. A resounding "Yes" and "Yep" filled the room.
"And so it is done," Yen Sid said, as the lights from the end of his fingers covered Leon's limp body. Sora called Ultima and aimed the key at Leon's now hovering body. Merlin waved his wand sending a sparkling cloud around and above Leon. Maleficent stroked the top of her staff before burst into her black and green fire. The flames seeped into the clouds; Maleficent raised her staff and hurled a bolt of lighting to the clouds.
The gray and black clouds swirled before opening to reveal and desert, that seemed to resemble a chess board and a huge castle in the center, raised high above the ground. The castle looked to be a huge chandelier, with its many window and lights on the out side and red crystal pillars. No on gasped or said anything in awe of the great castle, each afraid of distracting the magic and power of the wizards and witch.
"GO!" Yen Sid shouted as he raised his hands and sent a burst of magic to the image. The clouds and picture were suddenly swallowed into Darkness. No on wasted any time before jumping to the black portal. Once Riku jumped through Sora fallowed, the portal fading behind him and Leon along with it.
Darkness
It was as if they were swimming in heavy water, and in that water there were hands and figure tips trying to either move them or pull them in it the abyss that was the everlasting darkness. A gust of wind filled was hurled into Sora face as his body was slow oozed out of the portal.
Prepared to feel the hard gravel of sand hit him, he was instead hit will the soft chest of his husbands. "Alright?" Riku asked as Sora did not open his eyes. Blinking the boy turned to look at the worn out bodies of his friends. Sora turned to look at the odd desert, with black squares that were made of cooled lave, another gust of wind, carrying with it san, pushed at Sora. Sora turned to hide his eyes and watch the sand disappear as it a black tile
Redd's Domicile (Castle)
"Oh good we have friends," Redd said. The observation tower's magnifying glass zoomed in on Sora and the others once the dark portal was open over a sand tile. "What to do first" The human form Cat said from his spot on the couch. "The knights or the quick kill, my dear," The Cat continued as he played with his yarn.
"A game of Solitaire I think," Redd said smiling. A table grew in front of Redd's chair as she looked at the magnifying glass. The small circular table top was that of the chessboard desert and her castle in the middle.
"Deal the first hand" Redd spoke to the model of the chessboard. Little cards flipped out of the sand in the model, folded forms of her card army.
Chessboard Desert
"What is that?" Rikku shouted as she saw the sand and stone move, as something stood up. Cards, large metallic cards, they were 20 spade cards around them. "Get ready!" Pain shouted as she pulled out her sword.
Everyone fallowed suit as the cards folded into the robot shape, each had AD-52's attached to their wrist and either a sword or spear at hand. None moved, waiting for the other to strike first. 'Everyone' Sora said speaking to their hearts. Eyes widened but no one changed their stance. 'Yuna, Rikku, Paine, and Yuffie, stay out here and take care of the army. I will give the Aeons to Yuna while the rest of us will go in. All Right?' Sora asked.
'We can take em!' Rikku shouted back. 'No problem!' Yuna said. 'Time to have some fun!' Paine said as she raised her sword. "NOW!" Yuffie shouted as she hurled her shuriken and Yuna went trigger happy on the card soldiers.
As Yuna shot down the cards in front of her Sora shouted "GO!" as he raised his keyblade as released all the Aeons. "Valefor" Sora shouted to the sky Aeon as it flew to the ground.
Sora started to run with the others as Valefor flew above them to blast any of the cards that were popping around them with her energy ray. As the beam cut down the cards it passed through others moved only to be hit with the explosion of rocks that fallowed the ray.
As they neared the castle Sora looked at Valefor before saying 'Aim for the gates then fall back with the others to help them out'. Valefor flew closer to Sora. ' Alright but have everyone stand clear.' 'Right'
"STOP!" Sora shouted, causing everyone to halt as the circle appeared in front of the Aeon. Valefor released a burst of energy, the huge blast shattered any card solders that folded out of the sand as the tried to make a card wall against the enormous red doors.
"GO!" Sora shouted to everyone and Valefor as the Aeon flew back to the girls and sent another energy ray.
Observation Tower
"YOU INSELINET LITTLE WORMS!" Redd shouted as she felt Sora enter her castle with Riku. Redd turn to her magnifying glasses to the group walking through her halls, the grouped had separated. Cloud, another magnifying glass showed, was running to the dining hall where she placed Kadaji. Riku and Sora, Donald and Goofy, moved to her and the entrance hall's ballroom. Roxas and Axel moved to her gardens while Tifa moved to her library.
"CAT!" Redd shouted to the animal next to her. "GO! And place the knights at the locations where they will meet their challengers. I will take care of the little girls that are destroying my army and take the Aeons."
"My Queen" The Cat said before leaping through the mirror, to the knights. "I must move my plans a little" The venomous woman said as her other walked to her side. "I will go fight with Kadaji and pull Leon's strings, to make sure we get Kin- Queendom Hearts, I mean" Rosso said snickering at her own pun. "Fine" Redd said as she opened a portal for Rosso, leading to the dining hall.
Redd walked out to the balcony over looking the war field, seeing her cards continue to rise and fall.
Redd raised her scepter above her head, the blood stained crystal glowed a blinding light. As if the light was living, the red glow flew toward the blue moon of kingdom hearts over looking the castle and the now war zone chessboard desert.
Kingdom Hearts became covered in the red light, bathing the gray sky with red, and the gray clouds to black and covering the land with a bloody glow. The chessboard desert seemed to be covered with tiny red stars as the moon of Queendom Hearts bathed them.
"NOW ALL WILL BOW TO THERE QUEEN! And THE GLORAY OF QUEENDOM HEARTS!" Redd shouted, her voice echoing to the desert. As she said this, Heartless of all kind and Nobodies, crawled out of the shadows.
"RIKKU!" Yuan shouted as Rikku cut down a soldier with her daggers but a Neo shadow slash her back. Yuna shifted into her Warrior Dressphere and jumped out the Neo shadow and hacked her sword as she landed.
"So I chop things and we win, right? I think I can handle that!" Riku shouted as she changed to her own Warrior dress and jumped over Yuna and sliced through the row of cards and Heartless. Yuna shifted to her Alchemist Dress and hurled a bomb at the cards and Heartless that ran at Rikku. "Need some items tossed around? I'm your girl" Yuna said as she hurled a nova bomb.
"We can't keep this up!" Yuffie said; Aerith sent a wave of petals and a green flash as she said "Curaga" in a song form. "Everyone" Kairi and Namine said together, as they opened their joined hands and, what looked like fireflies flew to everyone including the Aeons.
As the fireflies touched the skin, they burst into a tiled shield around the person or creature and then a sphere of gold string covered them and faded with the panels. Not only the protection spells came from the fireflies but their wounds, both inside and out were mended.
A blinding light came from the top of one of the towers in the castle. The light zipped over the war zone and into the clouds. As the light parted the clouds, the heart shaped moon of kingdom hearts bathed the still fighting soldiers.
Everything stopped. As the once blue and white light they fought in was slowly drowned into a red mist. Yuffie screamed to everyone, "TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME!!!" the ninja scream as she spun around. As she spun she hurled every star she brought or made, the star either chopped the cards and Heartless heads off as they gazed at the point where the light emanated from. Yuffie held onto her shuriken as she spun and slashed at the cards in front of her.
Aerith sang "Blizzaga" over and over as huge waves of ice spikes and orbs of ice impaled or crushed the soldiers they touched. Kairi and Namine held hands again closing their eyes and made dozen of lights around them.
As they continued to make their lights a voice rang through out the desert shouting "NOW ALL WILL BOW TO THERE QUEEN! And THE GLORAY OF QUEENDOM HEARTS!", make all the cards and Heartless regain the ability to move and attack
As the voice died the two girls sent spheres of their lights into the sky. Like fireworks the orbs shattered and released the lights they held captive. As the lights fell, when they touched a Heartless the black skin or armor was incinerated, but as the lights touch everyone's skin their cut and bourses were mended or sown back.
"Ready?" Yuna asked as she changed to her Berserk dress and back flipped, her foot chopping the Heartless head of and her claws ripping the cards metal armor as she used them a spring bored. The rain of lights seemed to never end as she finished the cards that were unaffected by the stunning lights.
"Yup!" Rikku said as she changed to her Lady Luck dress, and cut the card soldiers down with her own deck of cards and rolled dice to stab the Heartless with invisible knives. "52 pickup is a staple of juvenile humor. But when the deck slices and dices, it's no laughing matter" Rikku said as her cards shattered the androids gears and hidden flesh.
"Set!" Paine shouted as she changed to her Samurai dress. "I think this blade could use a new sheath. Any volunteers?" Paine said as she dragged her sword across the ground before she swung the long blade and sliced all the cards and Heartless around her in one stroke.
"Y" Yuna said as she changed in mid flip and changed into her Gunner dress and fire at the cards under her and the Heartless that jumped at her.
"R" Rikku running low to the ground, cutting the cards legs, and cutting the Heartless head off as they crawled out of the fall cards shadows, as she skidded to a halt next to Yuna she changed to her Thief dress.
"P" Paine said with one final slash through the cards and Heartless as she changed to her Warrior dress and stood next to the others.
"Y, R, P" All three girls shouted before they burst into light.
As the light faded Yuna was in a white flowing dress with a pure white sphere law at her feet, and three disks floated with her body above her, and a purple five petal flower flowed behind her. "Power too strong to be contained can only be set free!" Yuna shouted as she raised her arms and swung them down.
A light shined over the groups of cards and heartless to her left and right before a beam dropped down before exploding, disintegrated those under the light an those near it pushed aside.
Yuna then raised her hands, making a white light bloom in her hands, as the three disks whirled in front of her in a circle, creating a diamond. Yuna pushed the light into the spinning diamond, send streams of the light out of the diamond crashing into the cards.
Rikku was in a blue suit, lying on her stomach on a great machine that looked to be a frog. "Activate mega-ultra, super-duper assault mode!" Rikku shouted as the machine jumped into the air, a cannon formed at the machines front.
A white and gray light formed a the spikes in front of the cannon, as Rikku slammed the fire button on the machine's back she and her frog were pushed back with the force. As the white orb, passed through the cards and hit the ground and huge explosion of cards and Heartless filled the sky.
As the last light faded, Paine appeared in a huge armor bird like suite cover with bladed and sharp ends. "Beg, vermin!" Paine said as some of the cards and Heartless moved back a step as the saw the blade. Paine slammed her blades on her side, which were arranged into a wing shape, into the ground.
As she slammed the blades into the earth, each of the 16 blades appeared at different places around her. Once her blades reattached after slashing or chopping the cards and Heartless she jumped up and slammed her leg blades into the ground, sending a wave of black robs and yellow fire at the cards feet and slicing the machines into scrap.
As the last card fell along with it's others, the desert was filed with gears, flesh and black pools of blood that were slowly fading. The last of the lights fell to the ground.
"Sorry we had to win" Paine said still in her suite, as she walked over to Kairi and Namine. "I'm not!" Rikku and Yuffie shouted together as Aerith and Yuna arrived. "We're not done yet." Namine said face hard, hearing the sound of foot steps eco in the empty war zone as they walked on the metal and the blood was splashed.
Yuna turned her Floral dress still on with Aerith next to her. Pain turned to the sound and Rikku jumped with her maw in front of Kairi and Namine as they prepared another orb of lights.
Two figures walked into sight as another gust of wind moved the sand. "Play with us now, won't you please?" Loz said as she tilted his head, his Dual Hound charged and ready. "I think you will find us to be a little more amusing." Yazoo said as he pulled one of the Velvet Nightmares he had, the other left on his leg.
"Let's see if my aim has improved?" Redd said as she hurled her scepter and separated in mind air into nine as they fly to the Aeons. Her power was tripled as Queendom Hearts fused with her body, making her Imagination stronger and giving her more abilities than she thought.
"Time to go wait for my guests" Redd said as she made more scepters, making the scepters wait to hurl themselves until she left the room.
The Aeons turned to look at the scepters that appeared in a burst of red light around the Nobodies. Before the girls to move the scepters were thrust at the Aeons. The panels appeared in front of each Aeon as the scepter tried to reach its target only inches away.
Pain swung her wing blades and shattered the scepters as the panels started to crack. Rikku shouted "TAKE THIS!" as she fired a borage of missiles and Yuffie sent her star spinning at the brothers.
Kairi and Namine tossed their orbs into the sky and let their lights fall, this time random colors fell. As the lights touch the skin again the wounds were healed as before but as they touch the Nobodies, a hiss was heard, as their skin and cloths were melted by the acid.
"This is the best they can do?" Yazoo asked as he fired at the missiles, his hand and finger moved like lighting, the missiles exploded as the bullets smashed against the missiles. Loz slammed his Dual Hound into the sand sending a wave of blue sparks and sand, shattering the ninja stars and moved to the group.
"Leave NOW!" Aerith shouted to the Aeons as she saw more scepters move towards them. Bahamut fly towards the scepters sending four of his black orbs into the cloud of scepters. As the orbs shattered the sharp scepters, Bahamut's wheel spun, and his released his blast of white energy into the still oncoming scepters.
As the shards of the scepters fell, they pulled them selves back together and moved with more velocity. Five of the spear like scepters imbedded themselves into the protective panels around Bahamut; the panels shattered into nothing and pierced the Aeon. As the scepters sank into Bahamut, a red scorched hole formed on his chest.
Bahamut glowed red before his body was forced into a heart crystal and hurled into the moon of Queendom Hearts. The rest of the scepters moved at full speed at the rest of the Aeons. Before they could reach them, Yuna glided in front of the scepter and summoned her diamond again and pushed the light in a sent the ribbon of lights at the scepters.
"GO!!!" Yuna shouted as the scepters started to remake themselves. Shiva and the Magus Sisters were the first to retreat back to Sora. Before Ixion ran he looked over to see Rikku and Yuffie fighting Yazoo and Paine and Aerith fighting Loz.
Ixion sent a bolt of lighting at Loz as he was about to smash his Dual Hound into Aerith's chest. The bolt slammed into the Dual Hound into the ground and sent a shock through Loz's body before he could hit Aerith; Ixion saw none of this as the scepter stabbed into his side and he floated to Queendom Hearts.
Valefor and Ifrit weren't able to make it before the scepters pierced them and sent them into Queendom Hearts, as Yojimbo sent his daggers into Yazoo's arm and jumped away as Daigoro crushed the scepters that tried to harm his master.
Yuna turned to his her friends join Queendom Hearts. "No" Yuan said as she sent her pistils at Yazoo and Loz before. The lights made everyone jump back so they would not get hit with the blast. Before Loz could move with his after affect and Yazoo could jump back, the red light dripped to the ground and sent them into bits.
Before the clouds could part, a shoot was heard as Yuna's left pistil was cracked. Another shot was fired at Rikku's right blaster as a burst of blue lighting numbed Paine's left wing.
"We can't die that easily and we can easily regenerate faster than before. Thanks to our Queen." Yazoo said as the last of his cuts were sown back together and Loz's arm was melted back into one instead of pieces.
Yuna's dress folded as she changed back to her Gunner dress, Rikku and Paine fallow suit as their dresses were too damaged and they did not want to waist their energy. Yuna ran next to Paine as Aerith jumped back to Kairi and Namine.
"Ready!?" Yuna shouted reading herself. "YES!" Everyone shouted back. "Don't forget, we have to cut straight down the center of the heart" Aerith said, he voice carrying to everyone's here. "RIGHT!" They all shouted as they ran at the bothers once more.
Redd's Domicile (Hallway to Ballroom)
Sora stopped as he felt the Aeons return to him. "What is it!?" Riku asked worried his Way to Dawn flashed into his hand. "Sora?" Donald asked worriedly. "The Aeons are back. But some did not make it, they say that Redd has claimed Kingdom Heart and has deemed it Queendom Hearts" Sora said as he call Ultima.
"What are we going to do?" Riku asked as he tightened his grip on Way to Dawn, waiting for SOMETHING the come at them. "I will send what Aeons I have to the others. They need them more then I do." Sora said as five lights left his body. 'Help and listen to them' Sora told the Aeons as the disappeared into their next hosts.
Redd's Domicile (Dinning hall)
Cloud stopped as he felt the warmth enter his body. 'What the?' Cloud thought as the pulled out his buster blade. Relax as female voice told him. Sora has asked that I help you. I am Shiva, Shiva said as she went quite again.
Redd's Domicile (Garden)
Roxas stopped as he felt the familiar warmth. "What?" Axel asked as he felt Roxas relax. "Yojimbo is back to help us" Roxas said reading himself again as they walked past the black roses.
Redd's Library
"So I get some help after all" Tifa said as she walked through the massive library. "Stupid ass kissing CLOUD!" Tifa shouted as she kicked the large bookshelves.
Redd's Domicile, Sora and Riku
"And Donald and Goofy will go with you." Sora said as the three light floated into the distance. "NO" Riku, Donald and Goofy said in unison. "You need them" Riku said as he looked at the pair. Not doubting their capability but only wanted to keep Sora safe. "No, I have a plan to fighting Redd and I want you safe" Sora said before continuing his walk. "Fine" Riku, Donald and Goofy said fallowing Sora through the doors into the room before the ballroom.
Redd's Dinning room
"Well, well. We meet again. This is perfect. I so wanted to see you, my love." Rosso said sitting on a ledge as Cloud walked into the empty room, save for some pillars and stairs lead leading up to a portrait. Kadaji leaned against the top railing of the stairs, opposite to Rosso as she sat on the top railing.
"Can I kill him now?" Kadaji asked as he looked at Cloud like a lion not feed in months would at its first meal. "I don't know. And to be honest, I don't care." Rosso said smirking as Kadaji moved to towards Cloud in a blur.
Cloud predicted this and met Kadaji halfway. "THIS WILL BE FUN!!" Kadaji shouted, holding back the Buster blade with one arm. "Just don't cry when I beat you." Cloud smirked and pushed Kadaji back into the stairs, standing with his Buster blade raised. "Why would I cry?" His smirk became somewhat sadistic as he jumped and slashed only to gouge the marble stair case as Kadaji back flipped out of reach.
Kadaji pushed forward, his Souba ready as he came in close to Cloud, with a quick vertical slash. "You think you can stop me?" Kadaji said as Cloud's cheek was slashed open by his attack. Cloud raised his Buster blade and slashed Kadaji's stomach open and pushed him to the pillar to his side.
Kadaji moved to the side before the blade ripped his stomach open and slammed him ton the pillar. Before Kadaji could heal, Cloud unclipped one of his blades and flip forward. "Hnph!" Kadaji grunted as he clutched his still healing stomach and he jumped over Cloud as he scissored the point were Kadaji's head would have been.
Kadaji quickly ran forward throwing a horizontal slash, cutting Cloud's back before as Cloud stabbed his blade backward, his extra blade cutting Kadaji's stomach again. Kadaji quickly back flipped out of range as Cloud pulled the blade back and was about the slash down.
Cloud turned, jumping forward and sliced down at Kadaji's face, before Kadaji could jump again. He sliced Kadaji's left eye and down, leaving his body in different half's. As he sliced down his blade imbedded into the stone floor and a resounding crack filled the room.
Slowly one of the three lights fell out of Kadaji's crystal. "Your next" Cloud said sneering at the smug looking woman. "Ah! How can you say that, darling?" Rosso said as Cloud's side was slice open with Kadaji's Souba. "What" Cloud said as he jumped back.
The two half's of Kadaji's body slowly sowed its self back into one. As Kadaji stood his head was slowly melded back together. "Nice shot" Kadaji said cracking his neck. Kadaji jumped forward and brought his sword over his head. While Shiva jumped out of Cloud.
Redd's Gardens
Roxas and Axel slowly walked through the garden's maze. The green bushes seemed black under the red moon, and the black roses watched and waited. "This is getting creepy" Roxas said, his keyblades ready for something to come at them.
Axel gave a nod before he accidentally brushed against of the walls. The roses one the wall opened their petals to show their white teeth, before Axel or Roxas could move, the roses moved out of their resting places and moved for Axel.
"OUCH!" Axel shouted as he felt the teeth sink into his back. Roxas turned in time to slash the rose that launched at him. Axel burst into flames, incinerating the roses that leached themselves onto his back. As the flames licked the bush, the bush absorbed the fire.
"What?" Axel said as his fire was eaten, as he hacked at the planet lusting for his flesh and blood. "We need to keep moving to the center" Roxas said as the roses moved out the bushes like snakes.
Axel sent his chakrams into his burning yo-yo while Roxas pun his keys and cut the roses in front of them. The roses starched out to make a wall to block Roxas and Axel from continuing any further as they chopped the plants.
"Can't we just jump?" Roxas asked as the roses behind them made another wall and slowly moved towards them. "There are roses on top and spires, I don't think so" Axel said smirking as he hurled his chakrams again, severing the first layer of thorns and rose heads only to have them grow back just as fast as he cut them down.
"Fine" Roxas said as summoned his Nobody symbols and launched five of the laser towers through the wall of thorns and roses in front of him. The light of his spires interstated the blood thirsty plants.
"Move it!" Roxas shouted as he ran through the path now open to them. Axel on his heals the pair made it to the middle of the maze. At the center of the maze lay a huge pavilion and a red brick fountain. "Now what" Axel said heaving. "You get to be punished for being such knotty boys" A voice said to the two boys looking for the owner of the voice.
The water in the fountain slowly pooled out, Sloth stood solid and smiling at her prey. "You're suppose to be dead!" Roxas shouted as the woman sat on the edge of the fountain. "But I can be stubborn." Sloth said as she turned her arms to water and she swung one at Roxas as he jumped back.
He got up quickly and ran back. Axel dodged her other on slot of water. Sloth swung but Roxas dodged and jumped over them, but one managed to make him trip. Axel jumped in front of Roxas and made a shield, but a tentacle shattered the magic defense.
Roxas summoned three more around them consecutively but each one was broken. Axel was able to jump as the last shield disappeared and sent a wall of fire at Sloth, stopping the next assault of tentacles. Roxas rolled to Axels' side ran at Sloth, jumping high in the air.
Roxas slashed down at her with the Oblivion as Sloth made herself water, making the slash useless, only to have he solid half ripped open by Oathkeeper. Roxas slid his keyblades out of their new sheathes and kicked off of Sloth.
Sloth put herself together and swung at him but was turned to steam as Axel zoomed around Roxas whirled his chakrams in a burst of fire. She swung down, breaking the hold of Axel's chakrams and she moved to the side. She extended two tentacles of liquid and pushed Axel back. Roxas used is spires spell, and impaled her with the ray of light through her stomach. Sloth stood there, as blood pooled at her feet. Then she smiled.
"I am not as easy to 'kill' as I was the last time we meet" she said changing to liquid state, destroying the white spears. She made herself solid and looked at Roxas. She swung at him with her water arm and only to have him duck. She jumped in the air and made herself into a blob and landed right on him.
She recoiled when another hissing sound was made as Axel stabbed into her bubble of water; she was forced to make her body solid from the sting of fire. Roxas slashed and thrust but she only liquefies her body with each attack. Axel ran at her when Sloth made one tentacle and shoved him back into Roxas knocking them to the ground.
Before Axel or Roxas could recover Sloth reach out to form another blob around Roxas and pulled to his feet but keep him at a distance in the liquid prison. Roxas was unable send is spears with the water in his mouth. Suddenly the line of liquid connecting Sloth to Roxas was severed by a fire slash.
The prison around Roxas diminished and Axel tossed Roxas a high potion. Roxas moved out of the way as a wave of water was sent at them. Axel tried to move as well when suddenly, 6 water ropes held him back. He struggled to send a burst of fire only to find his spells washed out each time he started. Then a slash came at the water ropes, breaking them apart. He ran off helping Roxas up as he was shoved back. "This will be easy we just have to hack her heart in two" Roxas said as Axel readied himself again.
"Oh, no you won't" Sloth said ready to send her tentacles when the Oblivion keyblade came at her. Axel slashed sideways sending a blaze of fire at her. Sloth moved to the side then liquefied herself and slithered to Axel and then she punched him in the gut. As he fell back, Roxas jumped in the air and slashed down.
She moved aside as Roxas tried to impale her with one of his keyblades. Axel did a cartwheel and pushed himself off with his hands as Roxas ducked to avoid him as Axel landed on her. She turned her chest to water and absorbed him inside of her.
Roxas ran up from behind her and used the keyblades and slashed into her. There was a resounding crack heard as Roxas fallowed through with the swing and Sloth melted as Axel pushed back.
"Axel, are you okay?" asked Roxas.
"Yeah. You saved my ass." said Axel.
"You are my stupid love, why wouldn't I?" asked Roxas
"HEY!" Axel yelled as the cracked crystal melted back together leaving only two red orbs in the heart. "I told you I was not that easy to kill. You boys don't listen well to MOMMY!" Sloth shouted as she sent a burst of water at them.
Redd's Library
Tifa walked along the selves off tall and seemingly endless bookshelves. Tifa ran her hand over some of the odd covers of the leather bound books. "So, we do you want to fight?" Tifa said as she turned a corner to see Tira sitting on a table reading a copy of Dante's Inferno and a mess of what seemed to be vampire novels at her swing feet.
"I didn't think you would get here" Tira said as she continued to read her book. "I would only want to play with really fun toys" Tira paused as she dropped Dante and pick up her Aiselne Drossel. "Let's get started, okay? No point in dragging it out, right?" Tira said cheerily, whirling her ringblade on her wrist.
Tifa was ready with her leather gloves set. Tira had charged with the ring blade horizontally. Tifa managed the jump out of the way in time, but Tira just changed direction. Tifa continued to dodge back and forth while Tira simply continued to change direction. Tira wasn't getting anywhere, but neither was Tifa.
Grabbing on to the bookshelf binder Tifa back flipped as she used the bookshelf as a base. As Tifa raised her feet, she missed the ring blade and uppercut Tifa with her feet. Tifa fallowed through with her flip and landed on a blank space on the shelf as Tira's body smashed into the bookshelf behind her.
Tira pushed her body out of the pile of books that feel on her and spit out a mouth full of blood. "A nuisance... you are such a nuisance." Tira said as she glared at the smirking woman. "If I'M the nuisance, then why are you still a live.
Tira gave a growl before she sent her Aiselne Drossel flying at Tifa. Tifa grabbed four of the books under her and hurled them at the gleaming blade. As the blade shredded through the books, Tifa launched herself over the blade and kick off the ring and moved to Tira.
Tifa raised her left hand, and smashed the palm of her hand into Tira stomach, turning her wrist still in her stomach and shoved Tira through the tow bookshelves. As Tira fell, Tira's Aiselne Drossel whirled and slashed through Tifa's back ripping the skin open. Aiselne Drossel moved through the holes and landed in front of Tira as did a front flip.
As Tifa readied her self for the blade against her skin, Tira kick her in the stomach before slamming the blade on her skull and slashed the blade up the side of her face and propelled the abused Tifa into one of the many table lining the center of the library.
"That's it? That's all? How lame!" Tira said smugly as she watched the blood drip from Tifa face. Tifa pulled out a high potion before she smashed the bottle over her head. As the glass melted with the liquid and drenched her body her wound were sown back together and her inner wounds were mended.
Tifa got into a stance quickly and ran forward quickly, front flipping to a summer salt and kicked Tira's head. Tira reached a hand up grabbing Tifa's over leg quickly, pushing forward to push her back.
"Over already? Come on, I want more!" "You haven't even seen what I can do!" Tifa smirked, just barely landing back on her feet from the force of Tira's burst on her legs. She used this push to hop forward and back flip a kick to Tira's head; Tira jumped back dodging with ease.
Tira disappeared behind the books and appeared behind Tifa, leaving a black and purple trail of light behind her, stabbed the ringblade to Tifa's back, shooting the wings forward to push her forward and making her nearly fall to the ground on her face. Tira grabbed her arm and spun once, leaving slashes on her back.
With a jump kick to Tifa's scared back, shoving her into the shelves in front of Tifa. Tifa turned around as she muttered a cure spell. Tira licked the red liquid covering her blade.
Tifa smirked before jumping forward from the bookshelf, like a spring at Tira throwing a fist to her face, smashing into her nose, she grabbed Tira's arm and threw her up jumping with Tira's flying body. Tifa kicked Tira three times, once in the leg, the rib and the arm, taking her arm and pulling back as she grabbed Tira's blades as she kick the hand open.
Flinging her to the table below smashing them, as Tifa landed she took Aiselne Drossel in both hands Tifa slashed through Tira's right half. Tira's body shock before going limp, "Hurt much? Oh, I guess you can't hear me anymore." Tifa said imitating Tira's voice.
As the crystal slowly melted as the light flew out of Tira chest Tifa, swung the blade again before the heart could reformat again. Another light flew out before the heart pulled back together. Before Tifa could hit again, the heart pulsed, shoving Tifa into the book shelves behind her.
"YOU DESERVE THE MOST PAINFUL DEATH IMAGINABLE!" Tira shouted as she sent another wave of darkness, burning some of the books on the floor and her ringblade was bathed in black and purple flames.
Redd's ballroom hall
"So good to see you again" Xemnas said as walked from his spot behind a pillar. "I was hoping to see you suffer at my hands." Lust said, smirking as the keyblades flashed in front of her. A mew was heard as Lust placed the cat she was holding onto the steps to the ballroom where she sat.
"Move" Riku said calmly as Lust walked down the steps. "No" Sora said as Xemnas, in his coat of black swirls but red filling where the white was. "You need to go Sora" Donald said as he walked next to Riku's right. Goofy stood in front of Sora before saying "You need to save your energy to fight Redd. I will get you to the stairs". Goofy tightened his hold on his Save the King his back to Sora.
"All right" Sora said as Goofy charged at Lust while Donald sent a wave of lighting at Xemnas. Riku moved in a flash, appearing behind Xemnas before slashing at the Nobody as the lighting hit him.
Goofy slammed his shield into Lust and pinned the woman to the ground while Sora glided over them. Lust raised one of her hands and sent her nail spears at Sora trying in vain to hit the boy as Goofy pushed hard on her.
Before turned to leave through the large wooden doors he shouted "Curaga". Healing, Donald, Goofy and Riku. Lust rammed her nails at the shield, forcing Goofy back. Xemnas hurled two blue sparks from his hand, pushing Riku back and the other sent Donald flying as it exploded.
"Damn" Riku said as he stood. "You got stronger but so have I" Riku said as Xemnas smiled at his kneeling position Riku was in. "Looking like that, I find that very hard to believe" Xemnas said as he sent a stream on laser bullets at Riku. Before Riku could jump Goofy jumped in front of him, stopping the lasers with his shield.
Donald sent a burst of blizzaga spells, a few slicing a Xemans' body stopping him from charging his lasers again and another set hit Lust, piercing her arms and body, imbedding her to the stairs.
"Damn you" Xemnas got out before Riku stabbed him with his key before forcing him back with a string of black and red streaks. Donald and Goofy moved at Lust as she slashed at the icicles that were in here. As Lust stood, Goofy hurled his shield at the woman, only to have his weapon caught between her thumb and pointer nails.
"Firaga" Donald shouted, sending a ring of fire at Lust. Lust took the edge of the shield in her hand to stop the ring of fire. Then Lust flung the shield at Donald, just to have the weapon caught be Goofy.
Two of the laser bullets that Riku had deflected hit Donald and Goofy sending them flying, as another bullet hit Lust. "WATCH IT YOU IDIOTS!" Lust shouted as she stumbled from the shock of the beam.
As Xemnas opened his mouth to reply, Riku slashed through is chest, slicing the crystal where his heart would be.
Donald shouted "Curaga" as Riku and Goofy jumped next to him.
The Ballroom
Sora walked through the portal into a vast room. A huge golden chandelier hung above the floor, the walls were crimson and lined with pots of black roses. Redd stood in front of the chair standing at the end of the room.
"So we finally meet" Sora said as he tightened his grip on his key and glowering art the red woman in front of him. "So this may be the first but it will be the last. Are you sure you're prepared to stand against me?" Redd said smiling, before Sora could move a set of lances zoomed at him, appearing above him.
"Reflect!" Sora shouted, the lances hit the panels and flew back as the sphere pushed them back. Soras did a quick run as the panels moved apart and exploded. Redd stood seeming unaffected by the fact that Sora was charging at her. Without moving a muscle, a blue shield made of ice grew in front of her.
Sora slashed his keyblade hoping to strike at the calm woman only to have the key stop as in hit the shield that moved in his line of fire. Sora new the shield to be that of Vexen's, 'What!?' Sora thought as he leaped over the shield only to be hit with Xaldin's spears.
The jab of the spear and the burst of wind fallowing it sent Sora flying back to the doors. "I have more power than you can even hope to have. Even without tapping into Queendom Hearts." Redd said smiling at the kneeling key wielder.
The spears faded and the shield melted. "Don't even dare think that this will be easy." Redd said as she hurled a wall of daggers at Sora.
"Blizzaga!" Sora shouted as the wall of blood thirsty daggers neared him. The ice formed into missiles with pointed ends, as the ice and the steel met, they both shattered on impact. Redd raised one of her boney hands, as she lowered her hand huge stalactites of stone fell.
Sora expected this and dodged the heavy stones. As the stones smashed into the marble floor trying to hit Sora, were imbedded themselves into the ground. As the stalactites continued to fall, Redd sent bouquets of her black roses at Sora. The black flowers opened their mouths wide ready to sink their teeth into the tan skin.
Sora slashed the bouquets as he tired to move past the stones. 'I have to do something' Sora thought as he cut through another bouquet and the stones formed a prison around him. As the last stone fell, the biggest one ready to smash Sora fell into the ring, Sora jumped at the stone. Slashing the stone, Sora spun around colleting the stone shards before hurling them at Redd.
Without flinching Redd stopped the stones as Sora fell to the ground. "You have guts... I'm rather impressed." Redd smiled as she erased the stones and stalactites. "Do you really think you can defend yourself for so long." Redd said this time sending the spears at Sora fallowed by a horde of unmanned weaponry.
"This will be fun." Sora said smiling as he shattered the spears and moved into the horde of weapons.