Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Days
By: Karma's Slave
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, in any shape or form.
Note: Castle Oblivion comes to a close in Ch18
Sora and Aqua leave Twilight Town and enters the 11th Floor Exit Hall with, Goofy and Donald returning to sides of Aqua and Sora.
"I can feel it. I'm getting closer to chamber" thought Aqua, as the layout of the Castle Oblivion, was imprinted on her mind, "I wonder, is Ven is ready to wake up again I sure could use the help" she thought in her mind. "I hope so," she whispered to herself.
but alas the foursome is greeted by Riku as they entered the twelfth hallway.
"Riku!" Sora calling out to his friend.
"You'll only hurt Naminé if you go any further." Riku warned Sora as the foursome came closer to the other boy.
Sora was sullen by this point. "You still want to fight? But Vexen's gone, so now you're free!" Sora then said, hoping the news would bring Riku to his senses.
Riku shook his head "It doesn't matter what happens to him. I'm protecting Naminé from you. That's what's in my heart. Sora, I made a promise to Naminé. I promised to...keep her safe."
"You did?" Sora quirking an eyebrow. Something wasn't adding up in Sora's mind. Aqua though keeping her eyes on this imposter. "Now with Vexen gone, could this fake be more out of control?" she wondered.
Riku raising his head, looking from Sora to Aqua and then back to Sora. "There was a meteor shower...this one night when she and I were little...Naminé got scared and said, "What if a shooting star hits the islands?" So I told her: "If a shooting star comes this way, I will protect you!" explained Riku.
Aqua's eyes widened, "that's that same story, Sora told us" Aqua wasn't the only to catch to the similarly of that story. "You made a promise didn't you; With a toy sword!" Sora then said. furthermore Aqua couldn't be more pleased with Sora; as he now was finally noticing what was going on...or at least had a good idea.
Riku picking up his head as if he awoken from a dream "What!... How do you know about that?"
Sora sighing, "Because...that was the same promise I made to her that night! I would protect her! I said it!" he then explained to Riku.
"Don't lie! You weren't the one there that night!" screamed the imposter. Sora shook his head at Riku, "You're the one who wasn't there! That was when she gave her good luck charm to ME!"
"Her what?" the imposter then shouted, Sora takes out the charm. "See?" Sora answered him. Riku gasps; "Tell me... Where did you get that?" out of nowhere Riku begins holding his head in pain. "Riku!" Sora seeing his friend in pain. "Sora...good try." Spoke the counterfeit Riku.
"What is wrong with this imposter, he's acting more oblivious then Sora, could the castle affect this fake as well? Then again it could be the outside force causing this. I'd almost forgotten about that" Aqua thinking to herself. that these new enemies were really something else, she had to keep an open mind o what the abilities they could posses.
Sora looking as his child hood friend with confusion "Huh?"
Riku scoffing at Sora, "That must be a fake. I've got the real one right here!" Riku then taking out a similar charm. Holding it out for all to see. Aqua raised an eyebrow at the imposter, "So didn't see that one coming." She muttered to herself.
"What..." Sora mumbled out his eyes were seeing the charm but his head wouldn't let him believe it. "TWO of them?" he then said.
"Fakes should be destroyed!" Riku suddenly shouted, as he summoned Soul Eater while Sora summoned his own keyblade as well. Then taking a lunge towards Sora, preparing for another battle with him. Sora holds out his keyblade ready to brace himself for the lunge, closing his eyes; he awaited for the impact of Keyblade against Keyblade but it Sora didn't feel it.
Sora opened his eyes to see, Master Aqua in front of him; blocking Riku's keyblade with her own. She looked right into the imposter's teal eyes and said, "This ends now!" she screamed. The Riku replica stared at the woman before him; his copy of Riku's memories told him that this was someone the true Riku respected deeply.
The memories were also telling him, he would stand no chance against her. "Students of mine, do not behave this way." She then said, keeping up with her façade. "Your both fighting for the same friend, there is no reason for you to be behaving like toddlers" she then said still yelling. "It's time you stopped and work together. your friend is here rotting in this 'prison' and you two are wasting time having a macho pissing a contest." She then yelled.
Sora wore a pleading look onto his face, "Riku..." the brown haired boy hoping to reason with his long time friend. Riku pulls Soul Eater away from Aqua's keyblade and then runs away from the foursome leaving his good luck charm behind, as he dropped from when Aqua, blocked his attack on Sora.
"What is with that imposter? And then his 'Fakes should be destroyed'" Aqua said in her mind really thinking on it; putting her hand to her head as her fingers began to run through the long blue locks of hair. "Oh! I get it now. So he knows does he's a fake and so no doubt he'll try to kill the real Riku and attempt to take his place; looks to me, he isn't handling that information well." Aqua coming to this conclusion. "Poor Kid, fake or not" she whispered.
The fallen charm had caught Sora's attention. "Huh?" went Sora, going over to pick up Riku's promise charm. He sees the charm. Donald and Goofy appear by Sora's side as Aqua remained in her thoughts.
"Isn't that Naminé's good luck charm?" Said Donald.
"Yeah and it's just like mine." He answered Donald. Sora kept examining the charm. "How'd he get this? After all I have the real one and Naminé's been gone so long, no way she'd have time make another and give it to him at least before," something then occurred to Sora. "the only logical answer could be, is that he just got this from her but it's impossible since we're looking for her in this castle" said the boy.
The charm glows and gives off a strong light, "Whoa!" Sora, Donald and Goofy share a mutual Whoa; while this breaks Aqua of her concentration. The charm turns into a card of Destiny Islands.
"It turned into a card!" Goofy pointed out.
Sora walks toward the entrance to the next floor. Aqua eventually joins him, while Donald and Goofy stay back, thinking about what's happened.
"Aww...I don't understand what's going on..." Donald suddenly said.
Sora looking towards Donald "Let's just keep moving, okay? It doesn't matter." He said to the easily tempered duck.
Donald shook his head no, "It DOES matter. How can two of you have the same memory? You can't both be right." The mage said to keyblade apprentice.
That stopped Sora in his tracks "I'm wrong? Fine, then don't believe me!" Sora then said, throwing his arms into the air.
Goofy butting in "That's not what he meant. We're just kinda worried." Goofy trying to explain it to Sora.
"Uh-oh, this isn't how Imagined, things would go." Aqua watching the verbal fight; as it was clear to her, that Donald and Goofy were finally questioning what was going on.
Sora: Then let's ask Naminé! That should clear it up. Look, we don't have time to sit around. So let's GO." Demanded Sora. Donald and Goofy exchange looks.
"Sora, what happened to ya?" asked Goofy
"What's THAT mean?" retorted the boy, Aqua was surprised at Sora; in all the years she has known him, he had never once acted like this. "Well, ya always get real touchy when it comes to stuff about Naminé...But before we came to this castle, you didn't even remember what her name was." Explained Goofy.
"Now Naminé is the only thing you talk about." Donald finished for his friend.
Goofy shrugged his shoulders. "It doesn't make sense. Maybe you should just slow down and think ahead about some of these things." Spoke Goofy. though Aqua wasn't saying anything at the moment. She had to agree with Goofy. things were beyond out of hand and Sora was barely acknowledging it.
Perhaps, it was the right time to tell them everything. After all Sora clearly didn't remember the things about this place before the entered the castle and that actually did hurt Aqua however she shouldn't let a minor detail such as that get in the way of the truth.
Now Sora was really getting upset, "Think ahead? What is the matter with you guys? Do you want me to abandon her?" Donald shaking his arms and head, "No, that's not it!" he tried to say before Sora cut him off, "Then do whatever you want! You can lay back and take a nap for all I care! I'M going to find Naminé!" Sora snapped at them.
"Sora!" Aqua said to him, trying to calm the boy down. "they're not saying that. Yes we have to save her but don't you think it's weird how this all started out?" Aqua asked him
Sora runs ahead into the next floor, leaving Donald and Goofy behind.
"I'm going after him" Aqua said as she took off. The animal duo nodded their heads both exchanging worried glances to one another, the team was splitting up. Had this been a wise choice, Goofy wondered this.
"Sora!" Aqua called out to him as she followed. Ready to give that student of hers a piece of her mind.
Axel and Naminé are in the Organization's meeting room. Axel looks to the young nobody before talking to Naminé. He turned so he couldn't face her "You're all that he's got left. So then, if you don't stop this, no one will." spoke Axel as he wore a smile on his face though the girl couldn't see it.
Naminé gasps as she set down the drawing pad on her lap. Naminé nearly stuttered as she tried to speak to Axel. "But I... It's too late."
"You shouldn't give up just yet. Say, Naminé. Have you noticed?" Naminé tried to ignore the red head as he was teasing her with this opportune moment. "Marluxia doesn't seem to be around." Axel then said.
Now that certainly caught Naminé's attention. "What are you...saying?" as she softly picked up her head.
Axel again smiling a smile that she couldn't see "Just that there's no one here who would want to get in your way." Naminé doesn't even think it over as gets up from the chair and running out of the room.
"Just make it count." Axel said after her, "Now THIS should be interesting. Try and make it enjoyable, Sora. It's the least you can do for me, you know." He then said before he had a laugh. He then notices something and clutches his chest "Hey, wait. I'm enjoying this. You guys ARE something else!" Axel then said with clear disbelief.
Sora enters the Twelfth Floor with Aqua running up behind him. He takes out the Destiny Islands card and looks at it.
"Sora," Aqua shouted at him "That was no way to behave to..." Sora turned to her, cutting her off "Keep it to yourself!" he screamed. His eyes widen, when he realized what he just done and to who; not only he mouth off Donald and Goofy but he bad mouthed his mentor who acted like a second mother to him and Riku. He tried apologize quickly
Aqua looking to her student, there was no expressions of shock or surprise written on her face. "Sora" she said in a eerie calm voice. "I hope you know what you're playing at cause the moment you lose sight of it. you'll lose" she said to him.
Sora was a afraid to do anything or even say something to her. So without a second to lose, Sora holds up the card to the door and he enters Destiny Islands; with a silent Master right behind him.
The duo entered into the new world, "I'm not going crazy, am I?" started off Sora, "I know exactly where this is... Yeah! This is our island! Where Naminé and I used to play together!" Aqua looked to him still without speaking to him; she made a face that spoke, "No Duh"
"Hey!" the island kids, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie appear and run over to Sora and Aqua.
"What's up Sora, Aqua!" in his thick accent. Aqua gave Wakka a nod of acknowledgement. Aqua looking around the island, it looked just the way it did the day before it overcame with darkness. She could see her home. As tempting as it was to go inside of it. she didn't. knowing it wasn't real.
"I wonder where the memory based Kairi and Riku are at this very moment" she thought in her mind, as he look around the island with the breezes of wind hitting her face.
"So, what'cha wanna do today?" asked Selphie as stepped up to Sora.
Sora was glad to not only see the island but as well as his friends. But there was something off about it he just couldn't remember their names. "Hey, guys! Am I glad to see you, uh..."
"Uh what?" said Tidus.
Wakka putting his hands to his face, "We got food on our faces?" he then asked Sora.
Selphie rolling her eyes at her friend. "Please, Wakka. Only you could be dumb enough to not notice food stuck to your face." She said with a bit of an attitude.
"Hey, whoa! That's a low blow, ya?" replied Wakka.
Tidus adding in his own two cents. "I don't know, Wakka. I think Selphie's on the mark" "Aw, not you too, Tidus!" Wakka then said.
And then it suddenly all came back to Sora. "Oh, yeah. You're Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus, that's who you are!" he said out loud. Aqua turning her attention back to Sora, "He'd even forgotten, the people back home" thought Aqua. "Those monsters will pay for what they have done" her mind added.
"You hit your head?" Wakka asking with much concern.
Sora wasn't sure how to answer he's recently remembered friends "No, uh...just thinking aloud."
"It's actually a new spell; that I showed him." Aqua covering for Sora. "that he'll need to train for to handle it better." Aqua added on.
Selphie almost look disappointed at that response, "Oh and here I thought thinking about HER again!" said the brunette dressed in a very ugly shade of yellow. Tidus catching to where Selphie was going with this "Oh, I get it. Yeah, he's a total zombie when she's on his mind."
"That would explain why he's acting' all funny towards us." Wakka adding his own two cents.
Aqua dead panned at the island kids, "Yes, that must be it" she said with no emotion whatsoever. Aqua was tired of these worlds that were only mere reflections of events that hadn't happened. Aqua now looking back only Traverse Town and Wonderland had been close to the real thing.
"I bet you want us to take a hike so you two can be ALONE, huh?" said Selphie, Aqua looked at the girl. "What is with these kids? Memory based or not"
Sora merely shrugging his shoulders, "um...I guess" he said, his hands hitting the side of his red shorts.
Selphie smiled, " All right, all right. We'll disappear for awhile. Go find her, cowboy." "Yeah and We'll try to be quiet while we SPY on you! Added on Tidus.
Aqua rolling her eyes; clearly the keyblade master was tolerance for annoyance was thinning.
Wakka intercepting on Sora's behalf. "Hey, Sora's serious. Give the guy some room."
Tidus turning to Sora "I'm only kidding!"
"See you later, Sora!" Selphie said, as she grabbed Wakka and Tidus with her.
"And now, we can get back to business" Said Aqua.
Aqua and Sora encounter Riku near the Paopu tree on a tiny island "Hey, Sora, Master Aqua. What's the big rush?"
Aqua turning to the memory based Riku, "Oh nothing to important, just making sure, Sora isn't falling behind in skill" she easily lied to the memory based Riku. The other boy nodded his head while Sora took a second to be applaud.
Sora looked at the silver haired boy, "I know you..."He thinks for a moment. "You're Riku!" he then said.
Riku crossing his arms over his chest. "Gee, thanks for remembering me. It's been, what, a couple of hours?" Riku replied sarcastically, Sora realizing how horrible that must of sounded to Riku. "Err... Never mind. Are you okay? Are you still under his control?" Sora then asked Riku.
Aqua slapped her hand to her forehead, "What! He can't tell the difference; I mean this Riku isn't attempting to kill him" sometimes Aqua just couldn't believe the things that came out of Sora's mouth however she wouldn't hold it against him, considering their current situation.
Riku stared at Sora, not saying a word until he broke his own silence "What are you TALKING about?"
"Oh I get it now... You must be the Riku from my memories." Said Sora.
Riku raised an eyebrow to him. "The Riku from my memories"? Sounds like you're stuck in the land of make-believe Sora."
Sora shrugged "Yeah, I guess I kind of am."
Riku shook his head as he began laughing. " Ha-ha, you're such a kid Sora. How are you gonna take care of HER if you act like that?" Aqua watched the two boys honestly it was a case of deja'vu it made her feel like she was with Terra and Ven all over again and it was a nice one that she missed desperately. Raising a hand to the two charms around her neck.
"I miss you guys, so much...I can't keep doing this to myself; it's distracting me." Aqua getting lost into her thoughts. Which was becoming quite an occurrence for herself.
Sora putting his hands behind his head, "Hey, speaking of her..." Sora began to say. There is a great shaking sound "What's happening?" he then said
"What is that an earthquake?" Aqua asked randomly as she tried to compose her own balance.
Riku whom was also trying to keep standing, "How should I know! Whatever it is, it can't be good! I'm gonna go warn the others!" Riku runs off,
"Sora, then we should go check it out." Aqua said to the boy. Sora nodded.
Riku turned around to say one more to thing to Sora, "I know, It's your job to look after her. Go, Sora!"
"Okay!" said Sora, So Master and pupils both run off, in where they needed to be.
A great dark sphere hovers in the sky. The islands have been destroyed and reduced to a single landmass. Sora and Aqua are on the single island. "The Island" he cried.
"it's just like last time" Aqua indirectly speaking to Sora, as she summoning her keyblade; preparing herself for any heartless about to appear. "Sora," calling out to him, "Prepare yourself." She said gesturing to her keyblade in hand. As the shadow heartless begun to appear surrounding the Keyblade master. She lunged the keyblade forward taking out the first three heartless and then moving on the others but alas soon those destroyed Heartless were replaced with more shadow heartless.
Aqua raised her keyblade upright, "Fire" she yelled. As she planted seeker mines on to the sand of the falling apart island. Aqua turned her head to check on Sora; there aqua see's something beginning to form behind Sora.
Sora summons the kingdom key before running to the edge and looking down. A Darkside Heartless appears behind him. "Sora behind you," Aqua screamed at the top o her lungs.
Sora immediately turns around to see the darkside heartless rising with its large fist ready to take out the island boy. Aqua came as fast as she could as she hit the darkside with a very damaging attack, while Sora was the one to finish off the large heartless.
"Okay, I have to keep her safe" Sora said to himself "Naminé! Can you hear me?" Sora said out loud. Aqua's sapphire colored eyes widen as she sees a young girl who isn't Kairi, behind Sora. "What? But...I thought they made her up!" Looking at the girl, making her do a double take.
Naminé is behind Sora. Sora notices her "Naminé..." he calls out to her.
Sora runs to Naminé and she smiles at him "Sora... You really came for me." He nods and smiles; he takes her hand. "It's you... It's really you. I've been through so much just to see you." Sora confessed to her.
Naminé again smiled at the boy, "Yes. I wanted to see you, too. But this isn't right. I messed up. I wanted to see you... But this isn't the right way." Confessed Naminé.
Aqua not knowing how to process this moment as she really hadn't excepted to see a girl around Kairi's age. "Wait, what did she just say." Naminé's confession breaking Aqua's shock.
"Naminé?" Sora questioned her.
Naminé sighing, "I was lonely for so long. I just couldn't bear it anymore. So I called out to your heart and had you come all the way out to this place. You came for me and I'm so...so happy, but...but to your heart I had to..." Naminé voice began to crack as the young girl was getting upset.
"Don't worry. I'm here because I promised that I would protect you." said Sora.
"Sora...I want to thank you. But I'm so sorry. I'm not supposed to be in this picture." Another image of Naminé appears behind Sora except this Naminé is looking at Aqua. "That's true." She said to the bluenette wielder.
Sora was growing confused. "Huh? Naminé?"
Naminé still looking to Aqua as she confessed. "That isn't me. I'm not there. I don't really exist inside your heart. I don't exist in anyone's heart. I never have existed anywhere." She explained hoping the older woman could understand.
Sora staring back and forth between the two Naminé's "What...What are you saying? What's gotten into you? Weren't we inseparable, always together? But then you had to go away... I came here so I'd never lose you again!" he swore at her.
Aqua ran a hand through her hair. "This is bigger than I thought it was" she said aloud.
Naminé sighing once more, "Was it really me you wanted to see?"
Sora still confused as he was a bit slow in answering her Naminé's question "Of course it was! I know I've forgotten a lot of things in this castle, but never anything about you!" He takes out Naminé's good luck charm.
"Look! You gave this to me, didn't you?" he added.
The Naminé in front of Sora "You have it! My good luck charm."
"No, Sora! You can't believe me!" the other Naminé cried out.
"What am I supposed to do?" Sora asked as the memory based destiny islands were falling apart.
"What is this girl playing at?" Aqua wondered
Naminé: Think, Sora. Think just one more time. About who's most special to you. Call out to that piece of memory that glimmers faintly deep inside your heart. No matter how far away the light gets, your heart's voice will always reach it.
"Who's most special to me? That's an easy one. It's you, Nami.." Sora being cut off as the good luck charm glows and gives off a light. It changes into Kairi's good luck charm. Sora sees the Naminé in front of him and she changes into Kairi. The islands are restored to their normal state.
"Whoa" Said Aqua as looked around the islands. It looked as if it never even happened.
Sora now feeling more confused than he was before. "Who... Who was that? I can't remember her, but she feels so...familiar. Naminé? Naminé!" Aqua and Sora both saw that the two Namine's were gone.
"Come on, Sora, let's go, we'll see her again" Spoke Aqua.
Sora and Aqua; take this moment to leave Destiny Islands.
Riku entering a new hallway just as he was going over to the door. " Just one card left. If I get through this, can I finally rid myself of the dark?" Riku questioned himself. Before Riku could venture any further. A corroder of darkness opens in the middle of the room.
Riku sees Lexaeus upon entering the hallway. The silver haired boy taking a few steps backwards "That scent... You're another "nobody."" Riku said to the strong built man.
"You've done well to make it this far, Riku." Spoke the larger man. "Your reputation is well deserved. But to be scared of the darkness... What a waste." Lexaeus then added.
Riku stood his ground with the man that easily towered over him. "I'm not scared." he said to the nobody.
"I can see that you are. You have the potential to control it" spoke the silent hero. "Cast away the fear that weakens you. Unbind your heart, and take hold of the darkness within." Instructed Lexaeus.
Riku took a stance, "And if I say no?" he replied.
Lexaeus wasn't looking pleased with Riku's reply. "Then you end here; light, darkness, and all!" Lexaeus uses a dark energy blast. That surrounds his body; the dark energy is lying all over the white room. Riku wasn't expecting them as they came closer to him so out of instinct he raised his arms as if he was blocking them. "Urgh!" he cried out.
Lexaeus summoning his weapon which to Riku appeared to look like an over sized, tomahawk. "See the power of darkness! I, Lexaeus, will not yield to a frail-hearted craven! Now, end your resistance, and let the darkness in!" demanded the organization member.
Riku now being left without a choice but to fight. So the silver haired fifteen year old summoned Soul Eater.
Aqua and Sora entered into the exit hall; where they meet with Namine once again and this time there is only one of her. "So your Namine" Aqua said the girl. The blonde girl nodding her head yes, "I won't lie, I had doubted your existence." Aqua told the girl.
Sora went to the blonde girl "Naminé! It isn't you. The person most special to me it's not you...Right?" Sora asked her. Aqua could hear the sadness in his voice.
Naminé, she smiled sadly "No. The girl you really care about. The one who was always with you isn't me. It's her." Namine said to Sora.
Aqua wasn't going to butt on this on; Sora needs to figure this one for himself. "But then who is she? Because I can't think of her name. If she's so special to me, then why can't I remember?" Sora asked her. Aqua was wondering this herself, just how did Namine do all this to Sora?
Naminé looking down to the floor before she picked up her head. "Because I went into your memories and..."The girl was being cut off.
"Let me explain this!" entered a boy's voice. the imposter Riku appears. "Plain and simple. Your memory is a train wreck. You're not the one who's meant to protect Naminé. It's supposed to be me! But you and your messed-up memories are always in the way, Sora!" shouted the replica.
"Riku!" Aqua said to the fake, "this isn't the way it should be; Look Namine is here, we can all go and leave together now." Aqua said
Riku ignoring the keyblade master. "Want some more Sora?" Riku fires a blast at Sora, the younger boy trying to block it with his keyblade. Aqua was letting Sora handle this won; Sora needed to learn to fight on his own without her always stepping in, so in a harsh way it was lesson for them both.
Naminé gasping "Sora!" she cried out to the Island boy. Riku has a smile on his face as he walks to Sora. "Riku" he spoke out to the silver haired boy, "I don't want to fight with you, not anymore" Sora said to him.
Riku smiled "Looks like I win then Sora" as he raised Soul Eater.
"Riku, stop it!" yelled the small girl.
"You are through!" said Riku raising that keyblade more as he was ready to make that harmful attack.
Naminé couldn't take it anymore as she screamed out "I said STOP!" Aqua watches as the Riku imposter begins to spark in the middle of his forehead. Riku stops and falls to the ground.
"Riku...? Riku! RIKU!" Sora called out to him as he turned to Naminé, whom was now looking spooked. "What did you do? What did you do to him?" he asked her.
Soon enough a dark corridor appears in the middle of the room and Larxene appears and then steps out of said corridor. "Oh great the bitch is back" thought Aqua.
"Broke his heart." Said the menacing woman. "I'd say more like she smashed it, really." Larxene then said.
Aqua sighed at the sight of the blonde, "What the fuck are you talking about?" she said to her.
"Smashed his heart? Then what's gonna... What's gonna happen to Riku?" demanded Sora. Larxene begins to laugh at Sora. "Oh, you're so much fun to watch. If it's Riku you're worried about, then don't. Because Riku was never really here." Spoke Larxene as she placed her hand on her hips.
Sora quirked an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Larxene smiled at them all. "Do you really think I'm just gonna say it? That's too easy! Oh, what to do?" she said in a mocking taunt.
"Quit the games!" shouted Sora as he lunges towards Larxene and tries to attack Larxene but she is prepared to kick him away. her kick is blocked as Aqua once again uses her teleportation technique. Aqua is holding herself up on a one handed handstand to block the kick however Aqua begins to move her body as she bounced off her hand and once off the ground she shifted one of her legs and then making the boot covered foot connect with Larxene's face sending the evil blonde backwards.
With Aqua interrupting like that the surprise of that movement sent Sora falling backwards to the floor. Meanwhile Aqua landed on the ground in a crouching position.
Larxene felt something wet on her face; bring her gloved hand to her face and then bringing it back down Larxene could see blood on the dark glove. Aqua had busted her mouth. "All right, have it your way, then. I know it'll kill you to hear this, but I think I can live with that. That thing lying there is just a puppet that Vexen made as an experiment. No more than a toy. It's laughable, really. It called you a fake, but IT was a fabrication all along." She said angrily but surprisingly she held some composure though Aqua was waiting for the blonde's next move.
"Not Riku? A fake?" Sora had troubling processing this. "I knew it" Aqua said aloud as she stood up.
Larxene sneered at the keyblade wielders "Fake in every possible way. It was only finished recently. How could it remember anything?" she said, as she walked over to Repliku. She picks up the fake Riku. "You get it?" The comment being directed at Sora "Its memories with Naminé were just planted, not real." Said Larxene, she throws the fake near the wall. "Yup. That means, all this time, it's been picking fights with you over memories; that were counterfeit, trumped up, and completely bogus. Isn't that the truth, Naminé?" spoke the twisted Woman as she walked over to the small girl She picks Naminé's head up, with an index finger.
"Oh, so cute" she taunted the others... "But behind this little face, you do awful things." She then told the girl. Naminé looks away.
"Naminé..." Sora spoke softly.
Larxene rolling her eyes. "You're so stupid. Don't you get it now?" Larxene said to him "That's what Naminé's powers are about! She can enter, rearrange, and even create new memories of anything, even things that never happened. The girl you've been trying to protect all this time; is really a manipulative witch who shackles people's hearts!" said number eleven.
Sora putting a hand over his heart. " Then...my memories...are all.."
"Oh, you do get it! Lies, lies, all lies! Just Naminé's illusions, nothing more. Binding you in the chains of your own memory was central to our trap. It makes me tingle to think how easily you were duped. So close to it; we were almost there. This was our only chance to turn the Keyblade master into our puppet, but That jerk Axel he used Naminé to betray us!" she yelled as she summons her kunai knives. Sora gasps "So now, I'm left with no choice but to eliminate you!" spoke the savage nymph.
"You'll pay..." begins to say but stops when Namine moves in front of him. Larxene walks to Sora. Naminé walks in between Sora and Larxene and spreads her arms out to protect him.
"Don't!" Namine pleaded with older girl. "Huh? It's a little late for the witch to grow a conscience. Last time I checked, YOU'RE the one who fooled around with his memories creating this mess."
Naminé looking desperate "I know, but"
Larxene making a fist with her kunai " and then I should tell you that I'm in an EXTREMELY foul mood. Thanks to you, all our plans are ruined!" Larxene knocks her away and by the Riku Replica.
"Bitch!" Aqua's mind said. in this short amount of time; Aqua already formulated a plan to destroy Larxene. Sora with an arm reaching out "Naminé!" Larxene turned to him "What's this? Are you upset? And you don't even actually know her!" said the evil woman.
Sora looking up at Larxene "Maybe not. But still...I made...a promise."
"What?" replied Larxene as I she heard the dumbest comment in the world. As Sora talks he starts to get up. "A promise I made to Naminé to keep her safe. Maybe my memories are fake. But the promise is real to me. That's why I'll keep it." said Sora as he got up on his knees.
Larxene towers over him "Hmph. You're such an idiot. There is no promise and there never was! You're just delusional. Must you insist on playing the hero? Whatever. If that's the way you want it... You're going down alone!" Goofy's shield appears and flies past Larxene and hitting her . Goofy appears and runs in front of Sora. Donald casts Curaga on Sora and runs in front of him.
"Not if we can stop you!" said Donald. Sora gets up "Huh?" Donald and Goofy have their weapons ready and they make a barrier in front of Sora "Donald! Goofy! You found me!"
"Of course we did. We were worried about you!" Goofy turned to Sora.
"And we promised! We promised that we would protect you!" Sora smiles. Donald and Goofy nod. "You won't ever be alone. It's always been the four of us and we stick together" added Goofy.
"And that is how it's going to stay!" spoke Donald.
Larxene was getting frustrated by this point. " Okay... Have it your way. More pain for you means more fun for me!"
"NO!" screamed Aqua, "You'll only be fighting with me" Larxene smiled as Aqua walked in front of Sora, Donald and Goofy. now standing before the blonde, "Just the person I wanted to kill. You've just made me a very happy woman"
"Hm" went Aqua, "Next, I'll make you a dead one" spoke the bluenette
"Your finished!" screamed Riku as he took to an Ariel attack.
"Don't mock me!" Lexaeus shouted as he waved his tomahawk connecting it to Riku's body sending the young boy into the ceiling the force of the hit knocked Riku out cold. Lexaeus watched as Riku's body crashed to the floor.
Lexaeus began to go over to the boy, he wondered if he should take the boy back to Zexion where they could persuade the young wielder in fighting against the traitors members of the organization. But before the larger man could even take another step, Riku's body began to enwrap it's self in darkness.
"What" Lexaeus questioned. As Riku's body was now wearing his old body suite. And within a fast movement Riku was off the floor gripping his keyblade as made a quick and fatal slash into Lexaeus. "Too Slow" spoke Riku in low voice but sounding deeper than it's ever been.
"What's wrong Lexaeus? Is that all darkness can do?" Mocked Riku.
Lexaeus drops his weapon as it landed with a loud thud. "I'm sorry Zexion, this was a battle I should not have started; this boy is the superior's... " "Well...It seems...I am beaten but the Organization shall triumph! I may perish, but all the darkness within me will billow forth and devour you!" Lexaeus shouting his final words.
Lexaeus disappears with a dark energy blast leaving Riku engulfed in darkness. "What the?" Riku said as he was lying in the darkness. "What...what happened? Where am I..."
"I can see clearly!" a familiar voice began to speak out.
Riku perked his head right up. "Lexaeus?" he said looking around for the nobody. "Riku, I can see your heart" Spoke the voice.
Riku shaking his head "No, it can't be darkness this foul could only belong to one person..." He said.
"That's it, remember me. Let me drift into your heart." Spoke the voice. "Ansem!" Riku called out in anger. "Mwa ha-ha. You called my name Riku, you're thinking about me. You're afraid of the darkness I command. Good; The more you think of me, the closer my return draws. And when I awaken..." Ansem appearing before Riku "Your heart will be mine!"
"Riku, fight! Don't let Ansem take you!" The glowing energy ball appears. "That voice..." Riku spoke softly. Mickey appears between Riku and Ansem. "Your Majesty!" Riku cries out.
Ansem not looking pleased with the appearance of Mickey. "Meddlesome king!"
There is a flash of blinding light and Riku appears back in Castle Oblivion alone.
Riku awakens to find himself on the floor of the hallway. "Unnh..." getting up from the floor "The king protected me? Your Majesty, where are you? Please answer! You're with me...aren't you?"
"You must be pretty powerful" Aqua said as she took her stance. Keyblade in hand while the others were in a magically protective barrier casted by Donald.
"Oh, you have no Idea" retorted Larxene while taking a stance of her own. Aqua nodded her head to Larxene, "No, actually I do have an idea. I mean look at you; not a scar on you and you want to know that says about you, that you have no real skills in the art of battle as well it says that you haven't been doing this long and not to mention, it makes you look weak" Larxene really wasn't happy now as Aqua kept talking. "the going about and beating kids, doesn't help you either, granted one of those kids is an opponent. Still won't look good for you either way. So to cut this short story even shorter; you have no surviving chance against someone of my caliber." Aqua finished taking.
Larxene couldn't take it anymore as the final straw was now broken. Lunging at Aqua with Kunai in hand "I'll show you whose weak!" she screamed. Aqua teleported out of her leather trench coat as Larxene came closer. The coat working as giant blindfold giving Aqua major advantage in this battle.
"I thought you were going to show me whose weaker." taunted Aqua.
The blonde tossed the coat off of her face and then throwing it to the ground. Larxene growled as used her Kunai hand to shoot out lightening at Aqua.
"And here we go" thought Aqua. as she countered with thunder surge. Aqua continued to use thunder and lightening based attacks to so she could easily activate thunderbolt.
Larxene was falling right into Aqua's trap. "Go ahead, keep using those, it'll only make me more powerful as she leapt into the air, having several lighting strikes come down. two of them hit Aqua but it didn't throw off her game, in fact it was setting up for her grand attack.
The other could only watch as Aqua took on this sadist. For the first time, Sora was glad he wasn't the one fighting.
The bluenette keyblade master began to feel Thunderbolt activate as she felt it run throughout her body. Aqua thrusted the tip of her keyblade but only to have it caught by Larxene. "Looky-looky at what I've caught" mocked Larxene.
"Larxene" Aqua saying her name. "Do you know what happens to an electrical current such as yourself when in direct contact with too much electricity." Aqua said the blonde. Larxene's reaction was slow as she realized what Aqua had planned. "Thunder" Aqua now unleashing all that power with her keyblade acting as a conductor which made the transition of power easier.
The room was filled with Larxene's screaming for her life. "No... No! I refuse to lose to you" Aqua watched as Larxene's image began to blur like Vexen's had. She begins to fade away. "I think I'm...I'm fading? No, this isn't...the way I... I won't... ALLOW..." Larxene fades away into darkness.
"First Vexen, and now Lexaeus is gone as well. What's to become of the Organization?" The cloaked schemer asked himself aloud. Zexion wished he could feel some forum of grieving for his once caretakers, Vexen and Lexaeus. After the betrayal of his adopted father they were all Ienzo had. But now he had nothing just as he was nothing.
Axel comes into the lower basement. "Larxene's out of the picture, too. Naminé turned on her. Gee, I wonder who's next?" Axel speaking in mock tone.
Zexion picked his head up "Maybe you." Zexion said, though a part of him had wishful thinking. Zexion was once a child prodigy he certainly wasn't stupid. He knew Axel and Saix were bigger traitors then Marluxia and Larxene.
Axel shook his hand at Zexion "Me? Naah. I already took my pounding from Sora. He thinks I'm done for good. I don't plan on doing a repeat performance anytime soon. No, I think Marluxia's next in line to go." He said to number six.
"You think Sora will win. Because anyone who beats you is unbeatable. is that it?" Zexion figuring out what Axel was up to.
"That's the idea. Marluxia plotted to use Sora against the Organization...so it's fitting Sora should be his downfall." Axel schemed.
Zexion crossed his arms over his chest as he place his hand under his chin. "Then...we won't be needing Riku anymore." Spoke Zexion.
Axel made a noise with his tongue, "Good luck disposing of him. You want to take on someone who wasted Lexaeus?" asked Axel
Zexion glared at the red head. "That's not how I do things. Tell me, did you get the data on Riku's home?" he then said.
End