Well, sorry for the typos in the last chapter. I typed that up really late at night and didn't realize that I forgot to finish those sentences till after I posted it. I am going to fix those mistakes and repost the chapter later.
This chapter introduces us to the keyblades of Kairi and Riku. Kairi's is mine, all MINE!!!! … and Riku's is not. Along with the rest of Kingdom Hearts. Or Final Fantasy. Or Mario.
Chapter 14: The Keys to the Kingdom
"So… why does this complicate things?" asked Demyx, strumming his new sitar with the contained excitement of a hunter that had sighted its injured prey making a fatal mistake.
"Because we have no idea what form these key blades will take in your hands. The fact that Sora's remained as the Oathkeeper was a bit of a surprise, actually." Said Raine.
"That was just a cheap dodge for his question. If this was some 2 bit fanfic out on the internet, I'd say you did that because the author forgot what he meant when he wrote that in the last chapter featuring us. Thank Kingdom Hearts that this isn't one." Said Kairi in a demanding tone.
"Nah, it's an 8 bit fanfic, like the original Mario and Final Fantasy!!" remarked Sora, a silly grin on his face.
"You are not helping." Replied Kairi in an exasperated tone of voice.
"Well… it complicates things as these weapons are legendary among keyblade wielders and the Nobodies, as well as the Heartless. If your weapon's change forms, some might consider it sacrilege and attempt to kill you. Others might see it as a sign that the weapons are not legendary, and start to question their entire belief system, causing them to lose hope. And still others might wonder why you guys get to wield them and start resenting you and us, causing strife within our ranks that we cannot afford." Explained Gabriel in a soft, quiet voice. Everybody just looked at him, shocked.
"What?? Just because I am Sora's son doesn't mean I have to be naïve and think that everyone is going to be just fine with whatever the hell I or somebody else does!! No offense, Sora." Gabriel exclaimed.
"None taken. I guess my counterpart must have been the cliché hero type then. Wonderful." Sora said in a contemplative voice.
"Yah… pretty much." Said Virgil.
"So, what about these weapons?" interrupted Riku. He was still scared of Sora and wanted something with which he could defend himself from his madly in love best friend.
"Ah, yes, onto the topic at hand. Ok… wait. Chaucer, you're our resident expert on keyblades, having read the most about them among us. Does it matter which keyblade we give them now considering that they will change the moment they get them?" asked Virgil, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Hmm… an interesting question. I don't think it matters. I mean, the form of the keyblade relies on the keychain attached, right? And keychains have a personal meaning to the wielder, and usually only the wielder and a few other people, right? Thus, when the wielder dies, the keychain loses meaning, right? So, when a new wielder picks up the keyblade, the keychain will have to change to something that means something to the wielder, which would change the keyblade." Chaucer pondered, scratching his chin.
"What about Sora and the Oathkeeper? The keychain didn't change with him when he picked it up and threatened Riku with it." pointed out Sam.
"Actually… it changed about five minutes ago, during the entire explanation of the history of this war and stuff. I just didn't say anything about it. Sorry." Said Sora in an apologetic voice as he held up his keyblade
The blade itself was unchanged. What had changed was the keychain. Instead of the paopu charm that had been on there, there was now a small blue green coral earring. Kairi had given it to him for his tenth birthday. He usually wore it when he was in his pirate get up, such as New Years Eve. It was one of his most prized possessions.
Kairi gasped when she saw that. She was perhaps the only person who hadn't known that that had meant so much to Sora. The fact that she meant that much to him came as a complete surprise as well. Her heart soared.
"Ok then. So, if you didn't get a weapon, grab a keyblade. Except for those two keyblades on that pedestal over there. Those are Roxas's. He and your Naminé should be here shortly." Announced Virgil.
That took a moment to sink in. Roxas and Naminé. They will get to see them again. It was still a sock to them that they were still technically "alive", if Nobodies. Nobody said anything for a moment. Instead, they were thinking about Naminé and Roxas.
After a moment, Kairi wiped the tears that formed from her eyes and walked up to a pedestal. She grabbed the keyblade that lay on its gleaming surface. A burst of light filled the air, momentarily blinding everybody. When their vision had cleared, their eyes immediately turned towards the keyblade in Kairi's hand.
The hilt for the keyblade was made of a gleaming silver metal, possibly mythril. The left side of the hand guard, which curved from the bottom of the hilt to where it met the blade of the keyblade, was the color of the sea on a clear day. The right guard shared a color with a fluffy white cloud on a summers day. The blade itself was two pronged, like Sora's Oathkeeper, with a hollow space inbetween the prongs. The left prong was the gentle glimmer of the first light of a new dawn, while the right prong was the glorious brand of fire of sunset. Every nine inches or so between them lay a fine twist of wire that sloped up into a peak in the exact center between the two prongs, and then sloped back down to its original height upon reaching the other side. The first wire was the deep blue-black of midnight. The second twist was the soft inferno of the distant stars. The third, and final, wire was transparent, sharing its appearance with its surroundings.
The outer edge of these prongs were extremely sharp, yet only to those that meant harm to its wielder. The prongs met about three feet from where they separated at the hilt. The teeth, which came out of the left prong, contained a twisting wire outline of a heart, one strand of twisting metal being pearl white, the other being jet black, overlaid with the Japanese kanji for dream in the same color as Kairi's eyes. The keychain was formed from the locket that Sora had given her… was it truly only yesterday?
The entire group stood with their mouths agape, gazing at the keyblade.
"Its name is Radical Dreamer." Kairi announced in a voice that was somehow young and old, wise and foolish, light and dark. Everybody present there stared at Kairi, except one person standing some distance away, leaning against the sandstone walls of the amphitheatre. A woman of about thirty, she had delicate blond hair and large blue eyes. She wore a simple white dress and sandals. Her name was Naminé and she was the only survivor of the original group of heroes. When she heard that voice, she smiled. It seems as if Kingdom Hearts must have a lot at stake in this girl to just willy nilly possess her like that. She began to walk over to the group.
"Kairi… you all right?" said Sora in a concerned voice. Kairi blinked, shook her head, then responded.
"Whoa… what just happened? I remember getting this keyblade, and then my memory just… blanks out. I wonder what it's called?" Kairi said in a confused voice, observing the keyblade with interest.
"… but… you just said that the keyblade was called Radical Dreamer a few seconds… oh… I see. You must have been possessed by a spirit of some sort." Sora said in a confused then relieved voice. For all his antics, Sora was one smart cookie when it came to figuring out crap like this. Playing a marathon run of Final Fantasy games every summer would do that to you.
As this was going on, Riku went up to a keyblade and picked it up. Another flash of light filled the air, and once again everybody was blinded. When their eyes were done being impaired by magical light that appeared from nowhere, they saw that Riku was wielding Oblivion, except with a pure white infinity symbol as its keychain. Since I am too lazy to describe it to you guys, you're going to have to Google it if you forget what it looks like.
"Wicked…" said Riku under his breath, his eyes feasting at the sight of his new found weapon with which he can fend off Sora's berserk attacks when he insults Kairi. Oh, and it would be pretty effective against those Heartless, too.
"That is the Oblivion. One of the more famous keyblades out there." Said Virgil in an oddly emotional voice.
"Crap… its not an original one?"said Riku in a disappointed voice
"Wait… so Sora and Riku get cliché non original keyblades, yet Kairi gets one that nobody has ever seen before? Are you sure this isn't badly written fan fiction with a lazy author?" asked Xemnas.
"If it was, then explain my keyblade?"said Kairi in a triumphant voice, the arm not holding her keyblade wrapped around Sora's shoulders.
"Maybe the author has a crush on you or something? I don't know. I was just saying." Said Xemnas in a defensive voice.
Suddenly, a huge bolt of blue lightning came down from the heavens and struck Xemnas. A couple of seconds later all that remained of him were a smoldering pair of scorched leather boots and a pile of ashes. An intense gust of wind flared up and blew away the ashes, which somehow caused the boots to catch on fire and explode into thousands of pieces of cow remains.
A voice shouted out from the heavens, "THIS IS NOT THE AUTHOR SPEAKING. HE DOES NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON KAIRI THAT HE WOULLD LIKE TO ADMIT AT THIS TIME. NAMINÉ, HOWEVER…"
The voice was cut off by the sound of a scuffle, along with what sounded like ,"Damn it Thor, I only hired you to turn Xemnas into a pile of ash, not to reveal the inner workings of my mind!!! WHAT IF MY GIRLFRIEND READS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" then there was silence.
"Obviously, that proves that Xemnas was wrong and that that topic should never be brought up again." Said Gabriel in an ironic voice. Everybody sagely nodded in agreement with him, including a pale faced Kairi and a furious Sora.
I am going to end this chapter here. I do have original keyblades designed for Sora and Riku, though I don't think it is appropriate to reveal those at this point in time. I am sorry this is so short, but I still have to plan out the next part and keeping you guys waiting is hurting me on the inside. Please review. And breaking the fourth wall is fun!!!! Should I continue to do so? Or does it ruin the story? Hmm… HELP ME!!! I CAN'T DECIDE!!!