I don't own Kingdom Hearts franchise or Sleepung Beauty.
This chapter contains battle scene based on Birth By Sleep final battle at the Keyblade Graveyard, with some little change.
Special guest star: Vanitas
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The three Keyblade Masters teleported to The World That Never Was. "Such a sad empty modern town." That was Ventus's first comment about the world.
Aqua took out a bottle with a 'Drink Me' label and gave it to Ventus. "You drink this first," she said.
Ventus removed the bottle cork and smelled it. "What is this?" he asked.
Aqua rolled her eyes. "Just drink it."
Ventus then looked at Terra who only shrugged. The boy then took a sip.
"How's it taste?" asked Terra.
"Hmm…" Ventus licked his lips. "It tastes like… cherry tart."
Terra's eyes widened while as Ventus suddenly shrunk down a size. The boy didn't seem to notice as he was still thinking of the flavors.
"…custard…"
This time, Aqua whistled as Ventus shrunk down another size.
"…pineapple… roast turkey…"
Ventus was downsized again. But this time, he had noticed. He could barely hold the bottle anymore as it was almost as big as him. "W-Whoa!"
"Shrinking potion," said Aqua as she bent down to pick up the bottle. "From Princess Alice of Wonderland Kingdom."
Aqua took a sip, then gave the bottle to Terra who drank it too. In a second, the two of them shrunk.
The Keyblade Master snuck around the castle, almost getting spotted by guards who just so happen to be guarding the castle. However, they still manage to sneak into the castle unnoticed. They quickly and silently searched the castle, soon finding a window to a room where they spotted Xehanort, sitting on his throne, enjoying a feast while some of his "servants" danced around the fire.
What gained their attention is the person who stood beside Xehanort throne. His/Her outfit were all black and he/she wore a black helmet, so they couldn't see his/her face.
"Who's that guy (or gal)?" Ventus asked in a very low voice. "I don't remember him (or her) last time we saw Xehanort." He looked around and noticed something weird. "And where's his crow?"
"Maybe that guy (or gal) is the crow," Terra whispered. Aqua hushed them.
"Well, isn't this such fun." Xehanort laughed with satisfaction.
"Shame that the princess can't join the party," said the person, sounded like a young boy.
"Indeed, Vanitas." Xehanort stood up. "What a pity she can't take part of the celebration. Come, we must go to the dungeon and cheer her up." The person, Vanitas, followed him.
Terra, Ventus, and Aqua looked at each other, hearing the conversation. They nodded and stealthily followed Xehanort and Vanitas.
Finally, Xehanort stood in dront of a cell door. He unlocked it, then entered the cell, where Princess Kairi, who sat on the cold floor and wrists chained to the wall above her head.
"Come now, Princess Kairi, why such melancholy?" Xehanort grinned. Kairi just rolled her eyes.
The dark Keyblade Master continued, "A wondrous future awaits you, you, the destined heroine of typically happy ending."
"What's your problem?!" Kairi shouted. "Let me go!"
"Apologies, but I simply can't have you ruin my plans. Or you want a little story, perhaps?"
The dark Keyblade Master summoned his keyblade then tapped it to the ground. A black smoke came up from the ground and made a circle of smoke. A picture of a heart shaped moon appeared in the circle.
"Behold," said Xehanort. "The magnificent Kingdom Hearts! The strongest power in the worlds." The clouds around the moon started to coved the moon."Unfortunately, that power is locked for everybody... Except for one person. The Prince of Kingdom Hearts."
The picture broke apart and reformed to show a castle. "The Kingdom of Destiny." The picture moved to the highest turret. "And in the topmost tower, here lies the Prince Sora." The picture broke apart and then reformed to show the bed chamber.
Kairi saw the teenage boy sleeping and recognised him immediately. Xehanort continued, "Not only he's King Cloud's and Queen Aerith's only son, but also the Prince of Kingdom Hearts!"
"But isn't this ironic? It's the forest boy you fell in love with only hours ago. Handsome boy, isn't he?" Xehanort observed as Kairi stared at the image of Sora. "Peacefully asleep. Waiting for the heroine of the fairytale." An image of Kairi came into the room and sat beside Sora. "That's when you came in, Princess Kairi. Only True Love Kiss can break the spell, according to Ventus."
"But too bad you'll never see him again when I unlock the power inside him to rule the worlds!" Kairi in the image disappeared and Xehanort appeared. He raised his keyblade and struck it to Sora's chest. The sleeping prince didn't let out a scream when a heart shaped light came out from his chest and float into Xehanort hands.
Xehanort laughed maniacally as Kairi struggled. So loud, he didn't hear somebody yelled, "Why, I oughta-!"
Vanitas flinched, looking behind him but seeing nothing.
Xehanorth turned to Vanitas, and walked towards the door. "Come Vanitas, let us leave our little heroine with her happy thoughts." They head out the door as Kairi continued to struggle.
"For the first time in sixteen years, I can finally sleep well before moving on to the next phase," Xehanort sighed as he made his way through the halls, Vanitas still looking around suspicously.
When they tought the coast is clear, the three Keyblade Master jumped to the ground. Aqua took out another potion with an 'Eat Me' label and drank it. She then gave it to Ventus, who drank it, then gave it to Terra who drank it too. Slowly their body started to grow bigger, alarming the princess.
"Shh…there is no time to explain," whispered Aqua as Terra on the chain while and Ventus worked on the door.
Once she was chain free, Kairi about to darted out of the cell, but Aqua stopped her. "Princess Kairi! Wait!"
The blue haired lady stood in front of her. "You can't go out unprepared," she warned. "There are many obstacles in your way so you'll need one of these." She held out her keyblade at her. Kairi looked at her still confused what to do. "Touch it," said Aqua. Kairi nodded and touched the keyblade. Light came out from Aqua's keyblade.
Aqua softly said, "In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend—no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love."
The light dimmed and Aqua lowered her keyblade. "Try to summon it," she said to Kairi, who still looking at her hand.
The princess stretched out her hand. Lights gathered in her hand.
A keyblade appeared in her hand.
The Destiny's Embrace.
Kairi looked at her keyblade the looked at Aqua who nodded, signaling that it's time to go. Terra, Aqua, Kairi, and Ventus left the cell and moved up the stairs, making as little noise as they could and finally out of the dungeons.
Where they ran straight into the masked boy!
"I knew it!" muttered Vanitas. He raised his keyblade and summoned as many unverse as he can and ordered them to attack the four.
Terra, Aqua, Kairi, and Ventus ran for the outside but some of the heartless and nobodies were already coming for them.
The four of them fought the nobodies and heartless, but they still managed to pushed them back against a glassless window. With nowhere left to go, Ventus leapt from the window first, followed by Kairi, then Aqua, then Terra. They began to slide down a slippery road below.
They totally forgot about Vanitas who already reached Xehanort's chamber. Without knocking first, he slammed open the big door.
"The princess escaped!" shouted Vanitas to Xehanort who was sleeping (still in his clothes, but without his cape). "Along with the Keyblade Masters!"
Xehanort eyes snapped opened. "WHAT?". He immediately wear his cape again. He and Vanitas teleported to the highest tower of the castle. He looked down into the courtyard and saw Kairi running out of the modern city, followed by the Keyblade Masters.
"Looks like we have to take matters in our own hands," he said in a low voice. He opened a dark corridor. He entered it, followed by Vanitas.
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The four people ran from The World That Never Was as they can. "This is easier that I thought," said Ventus. But then, Xehanort and Vanitas appeared in front of them.
"You have to said that," muttered Terra in annoyance. The trio wasted no time in transforming into their armors and getting ready to attack, though Terra was the first to go for the attack. Xehanort, however, avoided the attack by raising the ground where he and Vanitas were, raising a few plateaus close to it.
The sky turned black as Xehanort created a cyclone to give Kairi, Aqua and Ventus a surprise attack.
Kairi turned and saw the cyclone coming towards them. "Guys, a cyclone!" she shouted. Aqua and Ventus looked behind them, and saw the cyclone, so they started to run from it. While they did that, Vanitas got on the cyclone on his keyblade and knocked down Ventus, going after Terra afterwards.
"Ven!" shouted Aqua. "You have to take Kairi to the kingdom! Hurry!"
Ventus nodded, then threw his keyblade to the air and came back, but changed in to his Keyblade Glider. He jumped on the glider.
"Kairi, come on!" he shouted as he stretched out his hand to the princess. Kairi nodded and accepted Ventus's hand. She clumbed on the glider and both of the flew toward the Kingdom of Destiny.
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Terra, who was on top of one of the cliff, was running away from the cyclone before Vanitas knocked him off the cliff. Aqua, who watched that, got hit by another cyclone that came from under the ground.
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Ventus kept flying with Kairi holding his waist from behind. They almost reached the castle, when a cyclone came from under them and knocked them apart.
"Ventus!" exclaimed Kairi.
Ventus looked behind him toward the battlefield. He turned to Kairi again. "Just go! You're almost there!"
Kairi about to shout back, but when she saw the stern look on Ventus' face, she knew she have to go. She nodded and ran toward the castle.
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Aqua, who had lost her helmet, pointed her keyblade high and shot a magic blast while shouting Terra's name. The blast went to Terra, who was being raised in the air by the cyclone, and formed a barrier around him, the cyclone stopping when said barrier was made and before it exploded. Xehanort watched all that with a big, evil smile on his face.
Aqua looked up before the latter went to Terra's place, which was on top of the plateau Xehanort and Vanitas were in. Terra jumped up to Xehanort the two man exchanged keyblade clash. Just then, Xenahort froze Terra's left arm, sending him backward.
Suddenly, Ventus appeared and tried to attack from the back, but Xehanort teleported and grabbed him by the back of his helmet.
"Ven!" exclaimed Terra.
He tried to go help Ventus, but yet another cyclone knocked him off the plateau, this time being one sent by Vanitas. As Terra started to fall, the cyclone continued and attacked the young man before he hit the ground.
Just then, Aqua looked up and saw Xehanort holding Ventus. His helmet crack a bit, and she could saw his terrified eye. "Ven!" shouted Aqua in a horrified tone.
Without hesitation, Xehanort froze Ventus' whole body, throwing the teen boy of the plateau afterwards. Luckily, Ventus was saved by Aqua just as he was about to collide on the ground.
"Ven, are you alright?" asked Aqua with intense worry.
Ventus, however, was unable to answer since the only thing that apparently wasn't frozen were his eyes.
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Kairi entered the outer courtyard of Kingdom of Destiny, her eyes wide at all the people scattering around, sleeping. She went inside the castle, winding her way through passages, stepping over sleeping guards, servants and guests, to the highest tower.
She made her way to the chamber with the hidden staircase and Kairi ran up the steps, two at a time.
Kairi began to climb the stairs to the bed chamber, feeling rather nervous. She reached the top of the stairs and stepped into the bed chamber.
There she saw him.
Peacefully sleeping on the bed, covered ny a dark blue blanket from his chest to feet.
Xehanort was right about one thing. Sora is a handsome, young man.
"Prince Sora..." Kairi whispered. She suddenly saw his body started to glow in dark color from his chest.
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At the top of the plateau Xehanort, now holding a dark energy ball in his hand, shot it straight into the sky, causing some of the clouds to move apart, revealing a moon-like heart on the sky that shined upon the plateau.
"Kingdom Hearts... is finaly mine!"
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Kairi sat beside him and ran her fingers down the soft, smooth skin of Sora's cheek. She brushed a few strands of hair from his tanned face. Slowly, she leant down and softly pressed her lips to Sora's.
Like magic, Sora's body started to glow in golden light, starting from his lips, hair until his feet. But Kairi didn't disconnect her lips from his.
Sora's body shone brighter...
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Suddenly, the clouds surronded the heart shaped moon started to moved again.
And covered the moon.
"What?!" exclaimed Xehanort. He glanced toward the Kingdom of Destiny and saw the hightest tower glowing.
"It cannot be!" he growled. He summoned up a dark corridor and walked toward it.
Terra about to follow the old man, but Vanitas stopped him. "You have to go through me, big boy."
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Slowly, one by one, everybody in the Kingdom of Destiny woke up. From the kings, queens, royal guests, soldiers, servants, animals, even candles.
The curse has broken!
But the battle only has begun!
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To be continue...
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