Chapter 16: A dangerous encounter Kairi vs Aeon

Name: Kairi

Age: 15

Location: Realm of in Between

World: Twilight Town

Status: Princess of Light

Kairi woke up from the warm grassy ground she laid on and was aching all over. Kairi looks up to see the sunset orange sky and clouds passing through. She took in her surroundings, she was in front of an abandon old brown mansion and white pillars some broken line up on the path. A wall was around the mansion and the only exit was a large locked gate.

"Is this Twilight Town?" Kairi questions looking up at the comforting orange sky. "The sunset looks so familiar."

"Oh you are right this is Twilight Town. Isn't the sunset beautiful?"

Kairi looks at the door of the mansion where a young man was leaning against it arms folded. The young man appear to be in his early twenties.

He had white short hair which was enough to cover his ears. He had blue eyes and a light tan skin toned. He wore a long navy blue coat with a white out line. He also wore a white shirt, navy blue pants and black boots. The boy smiled at Kairi.

"So why don't you come with me beautiful lost one." He held his hand out at Kairi, his voice sound prince like.

Kairi study the stranger in front of her. Thoughts were racing through her mind. She didn't know what to do or where Sora and Riku was. She had a feeling that this man wouldn't lead her to them or any familiar places, that's when it hit her.

"You!" Kairi exclaim. "Your the guy who caught me."

Flashback

Kairi was running away from the monsters that attack the island. She tested her keyblade against the fiends but it didn't work for some unknown reason. Avoiding the monsters and staying out of Sora and Riku's way was all she can do, was then the man held her wrists behind her back. Kairi was shocked and didn't notice the man near nor what to do. He wore a black coat but she saw his eyes his blue eyes studying her with triumph. It was then she heard Sora in front of her calling for her.

"Sora, help!" Was all she said before the darkness swept her away.

End Flashback

The man walk to Kairi who was now only a few steps away. Kairi panic she never faced an enemy besides the heartless and only trained her fighting abilities with Sora and Riku on the weekends do to school and homework. Only spells she knew were fire and thunder and had limited combat abilities. Both Sora and Riku said they were impress but she her self wasn't so sure. Kairi knew she had to do something and stood up summoning the keyblade she receive from Riku, Hana Blossom.

"Stay back." She bravely said holding the keyblade in front of her.

"Oh you didn't even let me introduce myself and your ready to fight." The man said innocently.

"Where is Sora and Riku!?" Kairi questioned.

"Oh, how am I suppose to know. Besides are you going to risk your life saving them by challenging me Aeon the ever lasting storm of darkness." Aeon smirk.

Kairi couldn't put her finger on it but Aeon's voice was so prince like. Every word he said was soothing and perfect. If wasn't for Kairi recognizing for the one who caught her she would have been fooled. Kairi bit her lip and ran to Aeon trying to strike him first before he strikes. She attempt to swipe at him but Aeon vanish in a bolt of lighting and appear behind her arms out.

"Don't risk your life Kairi after all we been through hell and back searching for you again." Aeon pleaded.

Kairi look back at him curiously. "Again, what does that mean? Are they after the seven princesses and who is they?" Kairi thought.

"Are you after all seven princesses of light?" Kairi faced him trying to sound brave even thought on the inside she was trembling.

"Princesses of light? Kairi aren't you a dark princess." Aeon blink twice confused.

"No, I'm Kairi the princess of light!" Kairi spoke with more confidence almost demanding.

"Kairi the princess of light? Did I attack the wrong world? Now that I'm taking in more of her scent I can't find any trace of darkness. She's not camouflaging herself. This is the real deal. King-Sama going to be pissed but if I bring this other Kairi back I'll probably can make up for it." Aeon thought.

"If you don't mind your majesty my plans have change and I'll proceed to escort you to headquarters." A deviant smirk grew on Aeon's face and the once princely tone became dark and threatening.

Kairi study the sudden change in demeanor and bravely held her keyblade in front. "C come on!" Kairi gulp nervously.

Aeon shot a bolt of lighting at Kairi with beginners luck she was able to dodge and dash toward him raising the keyblade.

Aeon snickers and clapped his hands together. "Cloud Alpha!"

Large thick gray clouds erupted from his hands blinding Kairi and surrounding the area of the mansion. The clouds stretch from top to bottom blocking out the sunlight. Kairi open her eyes and look around her in awe and worry for nothing can be seen but clouds.

"Tell me Kairi. Do you know why you and your friends keyblades didn't work?" Aeon mock in hiding.

Kairi looks in front of her where she assumed the voice was residing and cautiously approach in the thick clouds but nothing.

"In nature clouds are frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above surface of a world." Aeon said.

"Your point." Kairi responded cutting one of the clouds where she thought the voice was from.

"The clouds that are surrounding you absorb energy of any kind an turn it to those frozen crystals making it self more...thicker. Kairi I have no intention to kill you but if you refuse to come with me these clouds will suck up every ounce of energy from you including that weak keyblade of yours. That is why the weapons weren't working before, when I attack the island the clouds I use over head and ones I created and scatter in to tiny frozen crystals I use to still energy."

Kairi panic, the keyblade was all she had if her weapon would become useless what else was their.

"For example." Aeon spoke.

A cloud stretch down over head and wrapped around Kairi's waist. The cloud pull her up and Kairi tried to free herself by slicing it but no cut.

"Let me go!" Kairi groan hitting her fist and keyblade against the cloud that was growing thicker.

"Don't try so hard the more energy you give off the more that's absorb." Aeon emerged from one of the clouds in front of Kairi who was so far cover from the waist down.

"Princess, last chance I really hate to watch a damsel in distress." Aeon smile.

"Let go of me!" Kairi said the clouds growing close to her breast.

Kairi body was being squeezed and Aeon enjoy every moment of it Kairi kept hitting the cloud with her keyblade until an idea came to mind.

"FIRE!" She pointed at the long tendril that held her casting the spell twice before it release her falling to the ground which a cloud soften her fall.

Aeon look down at her. "Took you long enough." He hover to her.

"Stay back!" Kairi shouted pointing her keyblade in the air now standing.

Aeon hauled hearing a cracking sound over head. Aeon looks up and see around spear of electricity.

"Thunder!" Kairi cast the spell.

Aeon nonchalantly held his hand up an absorb the lighting in an open palm. "Idiot, I not just use clouds but also have the power of what they can create. Lighting, precipitation and I can even control the temperature to summon such storms like hail or rain. All these abilities I possess make me a weather man."

"Yes, but heated particles evaporate the cold ones just look up." Kairi said.

Aeon did an saw that a hole was above shining the sunset sky penetrating through the cloud fortress. The hole was created from the fire and thunder particles which still lingers in the air evaporating some of the clouds.

"That won't be enough what do you take me for?" Aeon said as the clouds began to form covering the hole.

The clouds surrounding them have began to ascend into the air wind began to pick up blowing Kairi's dress which she desperately held down. The temperature decrease drastically, clouds became gray, and Kairi once the wind ceased look above her at Aeon and griped her keyblade.

"Sleet trap." Aeon pointed to Kairi and sleet fell from the sky.

Kairi held her keyblade up horizontal one hand on the handle and other on the shaft near the blade. "No way I have to be brave for Sora and Riku I can't let this stop me." A light grew around Kairi.

A light shield grew in front of Kairi and the Sleet needle's struck it melting as soon they touch the shield of light. Kairi smiled with triumph as she effortlessly guard the attack.

"Why go through all this trouble." Aeon thought. "Sleet Trap is just use to capture just like Alpha cloud I wouldn't expect her to know that but still. Putting up a shield is pointless sense the ice will eventually grow off it consuming it. Unless..."

Aeon's thoughts were interrupted due to a flash of light blinding him. He shielded his eyes with his arms but peep through a small parting of both arms.

"Light!" Aeon shouted seeing a large beam of light shoot to him.

Aeon dodge landing on the ground watching the light pass like a meteor. "That would of killed me."

Another flash of light nearly blinded Aeon but this wasn't from a second beam of light but Kairi herself was shining pure white.

Aeon looks in awe. "Is this a princesses power?" The pure light almost memorizing.

Kairi ran to Aeon keyblade raise and without fear. "I can do this. I'm not afraid." Kairi thought.

"She's coming. Okay time to get serious if I don't take this opportunity now I might loose everything." Aeon thought.

Aeon has his arms bent and two blue lighting spheres one in each hand. "Alright princess let's see what you got!"

Both Aeon and Kairi dash fiercely toward each other and was only a second away from striking which they did. Aeon lighting spheres and Kairi's keyblade collided the both of them forcing against each other. A barrier of lighting spinning around Aeon press against a barrier of light spinning around Kairi.

"Man, this will be a lot easier if I could kill her." Aeon thought. "The power of the keyblade mix with the princess of light power is a deadly combination especially when it's not tamed."

Aeon felt Kairi's power against it's own. Her power to him was surprisingly unruly and uncontrollable which he assume was probably due to lack of combat experience on her part. She was doing good to control some of power on her own.

"Even so with this power if theirs no control when release it'll just scatters meaning..."

Aeon's thoughts were interrupted as a barrier was broken creating a massive explosion. The question was whose barrier was broken? A large light shine then faded, the clouds were gone and the sunset shine again. The yard of the old Mansion was in ruins from holes in the ground, a broken wall and unlock and fallen gate but the mansion it self was intact.

Aeon casually walk up to Kairi's unconscious body. He study the girl who hair was a mess, wore a tatter sun dress, and laid on her back. Kairi's arm's had bruises and the rest of her body was numb from the pain.

"Meaning that the more I force my darkness against your light the weaker it'll be." Aeon said finishing his thought and pick her up carefully bridal style.

"Let's go." Aeon said summoning a corridor of darkness and took their leave from Twilight Town.

Name: Kairi

Age: 15

Location: Realm of in Between

World: Twilight Town

Status: Princess of Light (Capture)