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Ch.11 Leaving the Garden
Vanitas slowly walked forward, Keyblade in hand, and I decided to take the fight to him. I ran towards him and used Blizzaga, but he dodged and said "Too slow." That's when Aqua cast Triple Firaga, my attack having distracted him. He fell back from the trio of fireballs, and I was waiting with Mine Square. The instant he stepped on one of the magical traps it exploded, sending him up into the air. Before we could attack again though he dived down into the ground.
He came towards me and erupted upwards, but I managed to roll out of the way. He dived down again, only this time heading for Aqua. She tried cartwheeling out of the way, but wasn't fast enough and ended up being hit. Quickly she cast Cura on herself, following it up with Slot Edge. She hit Vanitas once, twice, but when she hit him the third time he froze before reappearing above me slamming down. I blocked the assault and dodged back, thinking.
I had beaten Vanitas last time because of the strange powers I had in me. But I hadn't used them since that fight; would they awaken again? "Aqua, keep him distracted!" I called. She nodded and cast another Triple Firaga, effectively sending him back while I concentrated. Vanitas said my powers came from my heart, and I was also told my heart neither darkness nor light. But something greater.
I could feel something within my spirit stirring, and slowly it rose to the surface. I opened my eyes and charged forward, stilling my mind and allowing my power to run through me. My Keyblade erupted in golden flame, and I used Blitz. Vanitas dodged a Thundara spell from Aqua and didn't see me, that is until I hit him from behind, leaving a shallow cut across the length of his back. He grunted in pain and jumped away from my second strike, launching a fireball.
The fireball split into three and they all flew towards me, stopping my third strike. Then Vanitas jumped up and unleashed a wave of lightning before diving into the ground. He came up tried to hit Aqua, who dodged this time, and he dived again to hit me. I wasn't so lucky and ended up with a long slash from my stomach to my shoulder, which I hurriedly fixed with Curaga.
Aqua cast Zero Gravira and the effect working, leaving Vanitas shouting and fumbling in the air. I smiled and used Spark Raid, throwing Ultimatum at him with it being covered in electricity. He jerked and spasmed, before falling back to the ground onto another Mine Square, this time left by Aqua. Vanitas shouted in pain and jumped back. "I've had just about enough!" he said, diving for the third time into the ground.
I blocked his attack but he immediately cast another fireball, and at this close proximity I couldn't block. The trio of fireballs sent me flying, and when Aqua tried using her own Triple Firaga he used a decoy, striking her from above. She blocked his attack and their blades locked, while I tried to focus on my powers once more; they might be the only thing that could help us win this fight.
They emerged once more, but this time I focused and channeled them, my Keyblade beginning to glow with energy. I opened my eyes, which had turned gold, and yelled "Hey Vanitas!" Hey jumped back out of his blade lock with Aqua, and yelled "What do you want?" I smiled and said "Take this!" I pointed my Keyblade at him and released all my energy at once. It blasted from my Keyblade in the form of a huge beam, the force of the impact so large I had to take a step back to hold my ground.
Vanitas saw the beam coming and tried to dodge, but it came too fast and hit him straight on. For a few seconds he was enveloped in pure energy, battered and beaten on all sides by the force of the beam. Then the energy detonated in a golden explosion, sending Vanitas flying until he flipped over and landed on his feet, just in front of Aqua who stabbed him in the chest with her Keyblade.
She pulled it out and Vanitas stumbled, taking a few steps back before falling, landing on his back with his arms spread. The two of us were breathing heavily; Vanitas didn't make a fight easy. Slowly Aqua walked over to him. "Who are you?" she asked, reaching out for his mask. He laughed and jumped up to his feet, while a corridor of darkness appeared behind him.
"Not bad at all. Congratulations; I'll keep you around. Never hurts to have a back-up. And Dexal, make sure to make good use of those powers. It'd be a same to let them go to waste," he said, before backing into corridor, which closed and disappeared. Aqua looked at me. "We have to stop him, before anything else happens to Terra and Ven." I nodded in agreement, and I heard Ven's voice called "Aqua! Dexal!" We both turned to see the owner of that voice running towards us.
"Ven! Did you find him?" Aqua asked. He shook his head sadly and said "Yeah but... he's gone." I hung my head as well. "Then I have to go," I said. "We can't stay here," Aqua told him. "Let me go with you guys," he requested hopefully. "No Ven. Do as we say and go home," she said firmly, and I nodded. Ven's expression fell and he hung his head again. "Why won't you let me?" he asked. I faltered; hating to see him upset. Aqua lowered down to look into his eyes and said "I don;t want to put you in harm's way." She placed a hand on his shoulder. "You understand?"
He didn't say anything, and I added "Once this is all over though, I give you my word we'll go look at the worlds together." Both Aqua and I summoned our armors, and before I left I looked at Ven, who was still staring at the ground. I sighed and summoned my glider, flying through the portal and into the Lanes Between.
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Once I was back in the Lanes Between I sighed again, pulling out my Wayfinder. "A separation like this... can we even fix it?" I wondered aloud. I was thinking this when I feel something in my pocket shimmer, and when I pulled that out I saw that it was my pass to Disneytown. "What in the world...?" I said, before light enveloped me and I realized I was entering another world.
The light around me faded and my feet touched the ground, my armor already disappearing. I looked around to see I was in the square of a town. Decorations covered the area, with everything being colorful and vibrant. I looked down at my pass and confirmed it. This was Disneytown. I looked around, trying to find out what it was I could do here. That guy, Scrooge McDuck, said that this place was for absolute fun.
Trying to find any rides of sorts, I looked around until I saw a huge guy in a while outfit with a cape and a J on his head run towards me. "What do I see here? Another citizen with a problem for me to solve!" he announced. "Uh, that's not really why I'm here," I said. "No need to be intimidated. Just say the word and Captain Justice here will take care of all your troubles!" he told me. I thought about it and asked "Well, this one guy said Disneytown was loads of fun. What is there I can do?"
"Huh? That's all you need help with?" he asked, and I nodded. "Well, there's a race track not far from here, where I myself hold the track record. Then these three fellows- Huey, Dewey, and Louie- have a machine set up so you can make your ice cream. And then old Horace has always got his Fruitball stand set up," he said, before leaning in. "But just between us, I got myself the best thing to do yet. I got my own huge rec room underground, where I built a pinball machine in which you yourself are the pinball. You could get a couple prizes from there, if your smart enough."
The pinball idea sounded pretty food to me, but then a small chipmunk jumped out of man whole leading underground. He ran over to us and said "Pete, we got a problem! Monsters are swarming all through the underground area, and players can't even make it to your pinball machine!" Captain Justices eyes widened, and he said "Oh this is great. Now what am I going do to do?" "Shouldn't you get rid of them?" I asked. "But I wouldn't stand a chance of survive... I-I mean fitting it into my schedule," Captain Justice said, before turning around.
"Huh? I think Horace is having trouble with the Fruitball. Don't worry I am on my way!" he said, running off. The chipmunk, Chip, jumped up and down saying "I knew you weren't good for anything Pete! Why'd I even ask?" "I'm certainly no Captain Justice, but I can help you with those monsters," I offered. "Really? Thanks a whole bunch. They're just down in the underground, all you have to do I climb down the ladder near that manhole," he said, pointing. I nodded and walked over, swinging myself onto the ladder and climbing down.
The minute I reached the bottom Unversed appeared, and I groaned at the prospect of another fight. Still, I had said I would take care of them and that's what I was going to do. I summoned my Keyblade and threw it, using Spark Raid and taking care of a pair of Scrappers. That attack spurred the other Unversed, three more Scrappers and a trio of Tank Topplers, into action.
The Topplers began jumping around bouncing while the Scrapers ran towards me. I cast Mine Square and stopped them dead in their tracks. Following it up with Blizzaga, I destroyed the Scrappers but was hit from behind by a blast of steam, courtesy of one of the Topplers. I used Payback Fang to spin and counterattack, but I accidentally hit its front, causing it to swell and change into bomb form. Quickly I ran sway and got behind another Toppler and used Blitz, hitting the valve on its back to prevent it from changing.
Three times I hit the Unversed on the back, and by then the other Topplers had reached me and exploded, destroying its brethren and damaging me at the same time. I cast Curaga and focused on the last Toppler, using Blizzaga and Blitz to finish it off. I stood there, glad that I had dealt with that pack of Unversed, but when I took only half a dozen steps forward more appeared. I groaned and summoned my Keyblade after I had just dismissed it. If this many Unversed were down here, I was in for a long fight.
This wave consisted of a Chrono Twister, two Bruisers and five Vile Phials. I ran into the middle of them and cast Mine square, knocking them all off-balance before I used Blitz on the Chrono Twister, breaking the glass of its hourglass and causing the sand to spin out. Before it could retaliate I cast Blizzaga and finished it off. The two Bruisers came forward and tried to punch me, but I quick Spark Raid took care of them, leaving me with the Vile Phials.
Not even considering them worth a command use, I focused before using my Shotlock, finishing them off with one move. Once they were gone I kept running forward, straight into further waves of Unversed.
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