Last time, Sora and his friends learned how Usagi and her friends became the Sailor Senshi. At the same time, Nikolai and Professor Tomoe witnessed the accidental creation of something most foul and unnatural. 'Nuff said, on with the show!
Chapter 4: Emancipation of the Darkness
The top of the box then flew off. Dark purple smoke rose from the box. When the smoke cleared, a female humanoid with dark skin and clawed limbs stood before the Villains. It, she, had antenna and glowing yellow eyes like a Shadow, but wore a black dress and had long black hair down to her waist. A black pentagram adorned both palms of her hands.
She looked around at the lab and saw Tomoe, Eugeal, Mimete and Nikolai. She then spoke, "I am Kurayami. I am a Heartless/Diamon hybrid. I exist!"
"Amazing," said Nikolai.
"Fantastic!" said Tomoe. "She is displaying intelligence," he looked at Nikolai, "you said that Heartless were creatures of instinct," he looked at Kurayami again, "but this marvelous creature is beyond anything I ever imagined."
"She is incredible," said an amazed Nikolai, "worthy of serving the mistress of all evil. Yes, this creature will serve Maleficent well."
"I beg your pardon?" Tomoe asked.
"This creature is exactly what Maleficent has been searching for," said Nikolai, "an advanced form of Heartless, combined with the obvious maliciousness of a Villain. She must be brought before the mistress of all evil, at once!"
"Are you saying that we should just hand over our new Diamon?" Eugeal asked, "because she already has her duty her, as my new bodyguard. She's gonna protect me from those meddling Sailor Senshi as I take the pure heart crystals from the humans we think have the talismans in them."
"You simpleminded fools," said an irate Nikolai, "do you honestly think that I will allow this perfect manifestation of the darkness to be wasted as a lowly bodyguard? I think not!"
"Well we're not handing her over," said Mimete as she pulled out a long wooden staff that had a black pentagram charm at the top.
"The hell we will!" said Eugeal as she ran to a nearby wall bracket and strapped on a white flamethrower unit.
"Don't even try," said Nikolai as he held up his staff, "I am a certified Adapt in the dark arts. I could kill all of you with a word."
"You'll be barbecue before you open your mouth, pal!" said Eugeal as she pointed the flamethrower at Nikolai.
"Ladies! Gentleman!" snapped Tomoe, "if you're going to fight, do so away from my lab!"
"I'm willing to take this outside," said Mimete.
"At least we agree on that," said Eugeal.
"I'll be sure to make your demises as long and agonizing as possible," said Nikolai.
"Excuse me," said Kurayami, "but I will not be going with either of you."
"What are you talking about," said Mimete, "of course you're coming with us."
"You're my new bodyguard," said Eugeal.
"She is not!" snapped Nikolai, "she is coming with me to New Hollow Bastion, where she will submit to the will of Maleficent!"
"I will not!" said Kurayami, "I will submit to no one!"
"Oh yes you will!" said Eugeal, "you may have a brain, but all Diamons can think somewhat. And all Diamons are grunts to be ordered around."
"She is a Heartless to be commanded to spread the darkness!" said Nikolai.
"Oh I'll spread the darkness alright," said an irate Kurayami, "but I will do it my way," she then looked at Tomoe, Eugeal, Mimete and Nikolai in an apprising manner, "you four are already immersed in the darkness, but to turn you into Heartless would be a waste of my time. No, there are others more worthy to be corrupted, and I'll find them as soon as I've taken care of you."
"Taken care of us?" Mimete asked.
"Of course," said Kurayami as she gave a disarming smile. Before anyone could react, the hybrid creature ran over, her movements were like a blur, and with one hand grabbed Mimete by the throat and proceeded to strangle her.
"You think your silence is superior to the darkness," said Kurayami, "all things are born from darkness; life, light, all of the universe, even silence. All came from the darkness, and unto darkness shall all return."
Mimete was seconds away from dieing, but then something caught Kurayami's attention, something from far away.
"Keyblades," said Kurayami in a distant tone. She released Mimete, who fell to the floor coughing and gasping for breath. The hybrid creature then teleported out.
"What the hell just happened?" Eugeal asked as she helped Mimete up.
"It would seem that we have created something beyond anything either of us could ever bargain for," said Tomoe to Nikolai.
"Indeed," said the Hakonian warlock, "and it would appear that the enemies of my mistress, The Keyblade Wielders, are on this world."
"How serious a threat are these Keyblade Wielders?" Tomoe asked.
"Serious enough to have destroyed countless thousands of Heartless already," said Nikolai, "If they are here, then the part of Kurayami that is Heartless is being driven by instinct to find the Keyblade Wielders and destroy them.
"However, Kurayami has the intelligence of a Diamon, and who knows what abilities that go with it. Perhaps she would be the one to do what so many others have failed; destroy Sora and his companions."
"And perhaps Kurayami can destroy the Sailor Senshi as well," said Tomoe, "perhaps we can both get what we desire. With both our enemies destroyed, our respective sides can pursue our goals without further interference."
"That is what Maleficent truly desires," said Nikolai, "very well. I say we allow Kurayami her freedom, freedom to seek out and destroy our enemies."
"We should observe her in action," said Tomoe, "to acquire data as to how a Heartless/Diamon hybrid can perform in the field. And should she prove effective against both the Sailor Senshi and the Keyblade Wielders, then we can use the data gathered to improve future hybrids."
"An army of hybrids to cover all of existence in darkness and silence," said Nikolai in a comtemplative manner, "yes, such a future would be pleasing to the mistress of all evil. Yes, yes it could work! It will work!"
"Then let's get out into the city so we can watch the creature in action," said Eugeal.
"Can we track her?" Nikolai asked.
"All of the earlier Diamons had tracking spells on them," said Tomoe, "said spells transmitted telemetry to the lab computers to be analyzed later. Kurayami should have the same spell on her."
"I do not wish to wait for a primitive human computer to analyze data," said Nikolai impatiently, "I wish to see the creature destroy Sora. I want to be there when the young fool and his friends finally succumb to the darkness."
"It shouldn't be a problem to use a portable tracing device to find Kurayami," said Eugeal, "and I just happen to have one at my disposal. It's in my minivan, and it's a very fast one at that. We'll find and catch up with Kurayami in no time."
"Good luck with that," said Mimete.
"You can wish us luck on the way," said Eugeal, "you're coming with us."
"Excuse me?" Mimete asked.
"You're the one who turned the machine on," said Eudail, "so you're responsible for creating Kurayami. In fact," she then smirked, "you're her mother."
"Say what?" exclaimed a shocked Mimete.
"That's right," said a smug Eugeal, "now you'd better come along and make sure your baby doesn't get into too much trouble." With that she grabbed Mimete by the lab coat and dragged her out of the room.
"I should go as well," said Nikolai, "Maleficent would want an eyewitness account." With that he followed the two Witches.
"That boy had better not interfere any more than he already has," said Tomoe once Nikolai was out of earshot, "or else he will face his beloved darkness sooner than he thinks.
"But this situation is proving to be most enjoyable. Perhaps this hybrid of Diamon and Heartless may indeed destroy the Sailor Senshi and find the heart crystal containing the talismans. Perhaps today will be the day of the awakening of the messiah of silence. Perhaps…."
Nikolai followed Eugeal and Mimete to a garage where a white minivan with the black pentagram logo of The Death Busters on it waited.
"Get in, Mimete," said Eugeal as she unlocked the van, "but not up front." she saw Nikolai, "our guest from another world gets to ride shotgun with me."
"You'll pay for this, Eugeal!" said an irate Mimete as she soot outside of the unlocked car door, "I don't know when, I don't know where, I don't know how, but someday I'll make you suffer for this humiliation!"
"You're starting to get really annoying, Mimete," said Eudail as she opened the driver side door.
"You will pay!" said Mimete, "I'll make you pay with your life!"
At that Eugeal laughed cruelly, "you, kill me? I think not! Now get in already."
"We should be going," said Nikolai as he got into the font passenger seat, "before the creature is finished with our enemies."
"You will pay," said Mimete as she got into the back seat, glaring death at Eugeal.
"Whatever," said Eugeal as she got into the van, buckled her seatbelt and started the motor. It moved on a conveyer belt to a tunnel that rose upwards to the city above, "these multidimensional access tunnels can take us anywhere in the city," she activated the tracking device, "oh, Kurayami is in the Juban district. That's where we've been concentrating most of the search for the talismans in."
"Perhaps Kurayami has found a potential target as well as the Keyblade Wielders," said Nikolai.
"Then there isn't a moment to waste," said Eugeal. She floored the accelerator of the van, which raced up the access tunnel and exited out onto the streets of Tokyo, the multidimensional tunnel happening to be exiting from a loading dock of a supermarket.
"Just where did you get your driver's license anyway?" Mimete asked as she and Nikolai held on for dear life, while Eugeal recklessly weaved her way through traffic with little regard for any pedestrians in her way. It was a miracle that nobody got hurt.
"What drivers license?" Eugeal asked as she narrowly avoided hitting a group of schoolchildren. Mimete and Nikolai yelped in surprise at another sharp turn as the minivan speed on towards their destination.
"I just talked with Mamo-chan," said Usagi as she came back from using the restaurant payphone, "he'll be here soon, and he's bringing Luna and Artemis."
"Who's Artemis?" Aiden asked.
"My cat," said Mina, "and he can talk as well."
"Two talking cats," said Riku, "okay."
Just then Rei tensed as if sensing something terrible. A split second later, Sora and his friends also tensed, sensing the same terrible thing, or was it the same?
"There's a really strong Heartless coming," said Kairi.
"I'm sensing a Diamon," said Rei. With that they all rushed outside.
"A Heartless and a Diamon?" Sora asked.
"Both actually, Keyblade Wielder!" there in the street stood the hybrid creature. "I am Kurayami. I am here to destroy you and your friends," she then saw Usagi and her friends, "and to corrupt the pure hearts of these pathetic humans."
"The hell you will!" snapped Aiden as he, Sora, Riku and Kairi got in front of Usagi and her friends.
"We can fight this thing," whispered Ami to Sora and the others, "but we need to distract it first."
"One distraction coming up," said Aiden. He then spoke boldly to Kurayami, "you think you're so tough?"
"I know I am," said Kurayami, "I was created with the powers of darkness and silence, but I am mostly of the former. My foolish creators, The Death Busters, they seek to plunge the world into silence, but I seek a grander future where all light has been purged from existence."
"I can think of one thing wrong with that plan," said Aiden. He suddenly looked terrified and pointed to something behind Kurayami, "what the hell is that!"
"What?" Kurayami asked as she turned around, only to see nothing but an empty street. She looked forward again and saw that Sora, Usagi and their friends had vanished.
"You can run, human fools," said an irate Kurayami, "but you can't hide!" she teleported out.
Two seconds later the white minivan screeched to a halt. Eugeal stuck her head out the window and looked around, "she was here, but she's gone."
"She must have teleported again," said Nikolai.
"Then we'll just have to find her again," said Eugeal.
"I think there's something wrong with the tracking thing," said Mimete, "it's beeping and flashing like crazy."
"Let me see that," said Eugeal. She looked at the tracking device, "the machine is working. It's Kurayami. She's teleporting all over the city, searching for her targets. The only thing we can do is keep moving, and hope we're near her when she finds the targets again." With that she stepped on the accelerator and the van took off again.
"I can't believe that worked!" said Mako as our heroes ran with Usagi and her friends ran down a side alley.
"That thing is part Heartless," said Riku, "and they can be fooled."
"Remind me why I did that?" Aiden asked, "It was cool that I fooled it, but why?"
"We were out in the open," said Rei, "we really don't want anyone else knowing our secret."
"This looks like a good place," said Mina as they reached an abandoned lot.
"A good place for what?" Sora asked.
"Just stand back," said a smiling Usagi, "and prepare to be amazed." She and her friends stood in the middle of the lot. She took out a jeweled encrusted heart shaped locket from around her neck, while her friends raised their right hands.
"Moon Cosmic Power…!"
"Mercury Star Power…!"
"Mars Star Power…!"
"Jupiter Star Power…!"
"Venus Star Power…!"
Usagi's locket opened, revealing a crystal, while the nails on the fingers of Ami, Rei, Mako and Mina turned, respectively blue, red, green and yellow. A pen like object with their respective colors appeared in their hands, each with their planetary symbols.
"Make Up!" shouted the five of them. Sora, Riku, Kairi and Aiden were momentarily blinded by the bright lights that emanated from Usagi and her friends.
Just then a very angry Kurayami teleported into the lot, "you Keyblade Wielders think you can outsmart me? We'll you're wrong! I'm going to skin you alive!"
"I happen to like my skin where it is, thank you very much," said Kairi as she, Sora, Riku and Aiden faced the Diamon/Heartless hybrid and summoned their Keyblades.
"Don't underestimate me," spat Kurayami, "I'll destroy you and all your pathetic friends!"
"There's no such thing as a pathetic friend!" shouted Usagi.
Sora and the others turned around and were amazed by the transformation Usagi and her friends had undergone. All five girls were wearing a stylized variation of their school uniforms, but very different and much more colorful, and short pleated skirts. Their tops were white with a different color bow and broach. All of them wore white gloves with colored ends at the elbow, and they wore earrings and tiaras with their symbols on them.
Usagi wore blue and red with dark red boots. A gold choker with a heart shaped jewel adorned her neck. Her earrings were gold crescent moons, while a similar crescent moon adorned her tiara . Her hair buns were adorned with red jewels
Ami now wore white and various shades of blue. A blue choker with a yellow star adorned her neck and she had blue boots. She wore sapphire earrings and a blue stone adorned her tiara.
Rei wore red, white and purple. She wore a red choker with a yellow star, while her earrings were red starts and a ruby adorned her tiara. She also wore red high heals.
Mako wore white, green and pink. She wore a green choker with a yellow star and wore rose earrings, while her tiara had an emerald. She also wore green, lace-up boots.
Mina white, orange and navy blue. She wore an orange choker with a yellow star and had no earrings. Her tiara had a topaz. She wore orange high heals. Her hair still had her red ribbon bow.
"Friendship is the most important thing in the world," said Usagi in a highly confident tone, "anyone who says it's pathetic has never had any friends at all, so they wouldn't know what it was anyway."
"Just who the hell are you brats?" Kurayami demanded.
"It's rude to ask someone else's name before giving yours first," said Rei, "but we'll introduce ourselves all the same."
Usagi then spoke, "Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice! Sailor Moon!"
"Pretty Soldier of Water and Wisdom! Sailor Mercury!" said Ami.
"Pretty Soldier of Flame and Passion! Sailor Mars!" said Rei.
"Pretty Soldier of Thunder and Courage! Sailor Jupiter!" said Mako
"Pretty Soldier of Hope and Beauty! Sailor Venus!" said Mina.
"We are the Sailor Senshi!" said Usagi, now Sailor Moon, "and in the name of The Moon…"
All five girls then spoke as one, "We'll punish you!"
At that Kurayami started laughing cruelly, "you, punish me? That has to be the most moronic thing I have ever heard! Come to think of it, I really haven't heard all that much since I was only created less than an hour ago, but that's beside the point! I'm still going to kill you all!"
"You're dumber than you look," said Riku, "you're outnumbered 9 to 1."
"Then permit me to even the odds!" said Kurayami. She snapped her fingers, (insert finger snapping sound) and several Neo Shadows appeared.
"Ugh!" said a disgusted and slightly nervous Sailor Moon, "they're creepier in real life!"
"As you can see," said a smug Kurayami, "I do have friends," she then directed the New Shadows, "get them!"
The Neo Shadows attacked. Sora and the other Keyblade Wielders easily destroyed the ones that attacked them, but a handful got past them and attacked Sailor Moon and the other Senshi.
But then Sora and his friends quickly realized that the Sailor Senshi were perfectly capable of handling themselves in a fight with The Heartless.
Two Neo Shadows rushed at Sailor Mars. She charged up a ringt of flames around her and condensed it into her hands, "Burning Mandala!" She shot the condensed flames at the Neo Shadows and incinerated them.
Sailor Jupiter then charged up a bolt of lightning in her hands and condensed it into a sphere, "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" she threw the lightning sphere at three Neo Shadows and shocked them into oblivion.
Sailor Venus aimed her fingers at a Neo Shadow and fired an energy blast at it, "Crescent Beam!" it destroyed the offending Heartless. She then ensnared three Neo Shadows with a rope made of small shining hearts, "Venus Love-Me Chain!"
Sailor Mercury then shot a wave of mist at the ensnared Neo Shadows, "Shine Aqua Illusion!" that destroyed the trapped heartless.
The only one of the Sailor Senshi that was seriously in trouble was Sailor Moon. She was being chased by four Neo Shadows, a terrified look on her face as she ran around the lot, "Get away from me! Get away from me!"
"She really is a dingbat," said an astonished Riku.
"Yeah," sighed Sailor Jupiter, "but she's our dingbat."
"We've gotten used to her," said Sailor Mars. She sighed at the sight of Sailor Moon being chased by Neo Shadows, "I got this."
"No, I got it!" insisted Sora. He prepared to shoot several Fireballs at the Neo Shadows, but Sailor Mars burned them first, "oh, I was going to do that."
"Next time," said Kairi.
By now all the attacking Neo Shadows had been destroyed, the last one had been transmuted into dust by Aiden, "Is that all you got?" he asked Kurayami.
"That was just a warm-up," said the Diamon/Heartless hybrid, "I just wanted to see what you brats are made of, and I'm not impressed," she glared at Sailor Moon, "especially the blonde brat."
"And just what's wrong with being blond?" asked an irate Sailor Moon.
"Yeah!" said Sailor Venus, flicking her hand through her golden locks.
"Nothing," said a viciously smiling Kurayami, "it won't matter when you're dead!"
"You'll have to go through us if you want to kill our friend!" said Sailor Jupiter as she, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus, got in front of Sailor Moon.
"And you've got us to deal with too," said Aiden as he, Riku, Sora and Kairi also got in front of Sailor Moon.
"I was hoping you'd say that," said a grinning Kurayami. She then summoned a sword made of solidified darkness and took up a fighting stance, "shall we dance?"
"Only if I get to lead!" said Riku as he rushed at the Diamon/Heartless hybrid and attacked. But Kurayami proved to be a highly skilled sword master, easily countering every strike Riku aimed at her.
"Is that all, little boy?" Kurayami asked in a disappointed tone as she dueled Riku with one hand, "well?"
"I'm just getting started!" said Riku. He jumped back and shot a Dark Aura blast at Kurayami, who merely swatted it into the air with the back of her hand.
"Oh, you want to play ball now?" Kurayami asked. She then formed a sphere of dark magic, "let's play ball!" she threw the sphere at Riku. He raised his Dark Shield just in time to block the attack, but the dark sphere detonated on impact, knocking him to the ground.
"You're out!" said Kurayami.
"Speak for yourself, bitch!" said Aiden. He aimed his Keyblade at the Diamon/Heartless hybrid and shot a bolt of Alchemic energy, intending to transmute the ground under Kurayami into mud, then solidify it again, trapping the creature.
But Kurayami shot a bolt of dark magic, negating Aiden's attack before it got near her.
"Impossible!" said a dumbfounded Aiden.
"Nope," said Kurayami, "just improbable." Before Aiden could react, the Diamon/Heartless ran over to him and punched him in the stomach, forcing him to the ground hard.
"Two down," said Kurayami as she eyed Sora and Kairi, "and two to go!"
"You still have us to deal with!" said Sailor Mars as she, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus took up fighting stances.
"Ah yes," said Kurayami, "so many enemies to destroy, whatever am I to do? Oh wait, kill! That's what!" She shot several dark magic spheres at the Sailor Senshi, all of whom dodged the attacks. Admittedly, Sailor Moon dodged them with far less grace than her fellow Senshi.
"Watch where you're throwing those things!" shouted Sailor Moon as she landed hard on her rear end, "you could hurt someone!"
"That's the idea!" shouted Kurayami as she threw more spheres at Sailor Moon, whom kept dodging them with inches to spare.
"That's right!" exclaimed a viciously laughing Kurayami, "run! Run all you want! You'll still succumb to the darkness in the end!"
"Crescent Beam!" shouted Sailor Venus. Her attack took the Diamon/Heartless hybrid by surprise, hitting her between the eyes and knocking her to the ground.
"I did it!" shouted Sailor Venus, "I got her!"
"Awesome!" said Sailor Moon.
Kairi and Sora meanwhile were helping Riku and Aiden up, "I'm alright," Riku insisted, "just tired."
"I think I cracked a rib or two," said Aiden as he clutched at his side.
"That's easily taken care of," said Kairi as she prepared to use her healing magic. But then something terrible caught her eye, "oh you have got to be kidding me!"
An irate and nearly undamaged Kurayami was getting back up.
"No way!" said both Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus.
"You'll have to do better than that, little girl," said Kurayami as she glared at Sailor Venus.
"How about us!" shouted Sailor Mars, "Burning Mandala!"
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" shouted Sailor Jupiter. The twin attacks of fire and lightning shot towards Kurayami, whom dodged them like they were nothing.
"She's faster than she looks!" shouted Sailor Mercury as she torched the side of her tiara, causing a Heads Up Display visor to appear in front of her eyes. The visor was liked to her PDA-like computer, "Try to slow her down, I'll see if I can find her weakness!"
"I have no weakness!" shouted Kurayami as she prepared to throw a dark sphere at Sailor Mercury.
"Venus Love-Me Chain!"
Kurayami's throwing arm was then ensnared by Sailor Venus' heart shaped rope.
"Nice lassoing, Sailor Venus!" said Sailor Jupiter, "Sailor Mars! Let's do it!"
"Right!" said Sailor Mars. They both shot their attacks again.
"Burning Mandala!"
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
Kurayami was hit by both thunder and fire attacks, getting doubly burned. But the Diamon/Heartless hybrid shook off the attacks, "enough fooling around!" she then grabbed the heart rope and pulled Sailor Venus to the ground.
Kurayami then swung the rope around, forcing Sailor Venus to collide with Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter, knocking them all to the ground.
"Girls!" shouted both Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury.
Just then Kurayami appeared in front of Sailor Mercury, "wouldn't want you finding out anything you're not supposed to," said the Diamon/Heartless hybrid. She then backhanded Sailor Mercury, knocking her to the ground.
"And now it's down to you, princess," said Kurayami as she stalked towards a terrified Sailor Moon.
"You leave her alone!" shouted Kairi as she and Sora got between Kurayami and Sailor Moon. Riku and Aiden were able to stand up on their own, but they were still drained from their injuries to help.
"If you want to hurt Sailor Moon," said Sora, "You'll have to go through us first!"
"It will be my pleasure!" said a viciously grinning Kurayami. She aimed her hands at Sora and Kairi, the black pentagrams glowing with dark magic.
"Sora! Kairi!" shouted Sailor Moon, "look out!"
"Too late!" exclaimed Kurayami, "their heart crystals are mine!" she then shot twin beams of dark magic at Sora and Kairi, hitting them both in the chest. They shouted in unparallel agony, then fainted.
From both of them emerged a multi-pointed crystal that shined brightly. Kurayami then grabbed the crystals and placed them into a black purse that she summoned.
"Two heart crystals at once," said Kurayami, "not bad, not bad at all." she then glared at Sailor Moon, "and now for you, princess."
"Stay away from me!" exclaimed Sailor Moon as she looked around, seeing that Riku and Aiden were still too hurt to fight, while the other Sailor Senshi were still pulling themselves together.
"It'll only hurt for a second, little girl," said Kurayami as she aimed her left hand at Sailor Moon, "but boy will it hurt." She advanced on Sailor Moon.
"I already know how much having your heart crystal taken hurts!" said Sailor Moon as she realized she was backing into a corner, "I don't want to feel that ever again!"
"Then you know what comes after," said Kurayami, "the sweet oblivion of the darkness."
"No!" shouted a terrified Sailor Moon, "I don't want to go into the darkness! Not again!"
"You don't have a choice!" snapped Kurayami, "all shall succumb to the darkness! And you'll be going there right now!"
Just then a rose with a razor-sharp stem shot out of nowhere and slashed Kurayami across the arm, causing her to flinch and jump back. "What the hell! Who did that?"
"I did!" shouted a strong, male voice. Standing on the roof of a nearby building was a young man wearing a black tuxedo, complete with a cape, top hat and white gloves. In one gloved hand was a black cane. His eyes were concealed behind a white mask, "The darkness will never triumph, for in everyone's hearts, there is a light that will never go out!"
"Tuxedo Kamen-sama!" said a joyful Sailor Moon as the man in black, Tuxedo Kamen, jumped down and landed beside her.
"Are you alright, Sailor Moon?" Tuxedo Kamen asked.
"I'm fine," said a very happy Sailor Moon, "I'll always be fine when you're around, Tuxedo Kamen-sama."
"Oh please," said a disgusted Kurayami, "cut that crap out! You're going to make me vomit!"
"Well maybe you wouldn't be sick if you had someone you cared about!" said Sailor Moon.
Just then Riku and Aiden were back in the fight, having remembered that they still had plenty of recovery items. They both downed High-potions and took up fighting positions next to Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen.
"Friends of yours?" the masked man, Tuxedo Kamen, asked.
"Just met them today," said Sailor Moon.
"So this is your reincarnated prince," said Riku, "forgive me for not introducing myself, we've still got a monster to destroy."
"We're back for round 2, bitch!" Aiden shouted at Kurayami.
"As are we!" shouted Sailor Venus as she, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter took up fighting positions around the Diamon/Heartless hybrid.
"Well isn't this turning out to be a fun party," said Kurayami, "but the time for games is over, or is it?" She then moved faster than anyone could react, got behind Sailor Jupiter and grabbed her.
"Let go of me!" shouted Sailor Jupiter as she tried to break free, but the creature's hold was too strong, "Don't mess with me, bitch! I'll rip you in half!"
Kurayami then grabbed Sailor Jupiter by the head, "how can you rip me in half if your neck is broken? Say goodbye, little girl!"
Just then someone came out of nowhere and kicked Kurayami in the back of the head, forcing the creature to let go of Sailor Jupiter. The someone turned out to be a 15 year old boy with spiky blond hair that was really messy. He wore a white shirt with black lines with an X shaped zipper and a red collar, as well as black and gray pants and black shoes with red laces. His most striking feature were his eyes, eyes the same color as Sora's.
"You really shouldn't try to hurt people like that," said the boy, "especially if the girl is someone really special, like a super hero."
"Who the hell are you, boy!" snapped Kurayami.
"Me?" the boy asked, "I'm nobody. Or rather, a Nobody that has a chance to be a somebody."
"Roxas!" said a dumbfounded Riku, "but…how…?"
Indeed it was Roxas, the Nobody created when Sora used the black Keyblade to unlock his heart and Kairi's heart back in the old Hollow Bastion. "I'll explain later, Riku," said Roxas, "but right now we've got work to do."
"Friend of yours?" Aiden asked Riku.
"Sort of," said Riku.
"You've signed your death warrant when you kicked me, boy!" snapped Kurayami. "I'm going to rip your heart out and eat it!"
"That's going to be really hard," said a soft, female voice, "since he and I don't have hearts, so to speak." At the other end of the lot stood a girl, about 15 years old, with shoulder length blond hair and wearing a white dress and sandals. Her most striking feature were her eyes, eyes the same shade as Kairi's.
"Naminé!" said an again dumbfounded Riku.
"Another friend?" a confused Aiden asked.
"You could say that," said Naminé, Kairi's Nobody, "we have a lot to talk about, but I'm needed elsewhere." she then hurried over to the unmoving Sora and Kairi and knelt down beside them.
"What happened to them?" Aiden asked, "they got hit by some kind of dark magic."
"I took their heart crystals!" Kurayami said triumphantly, "And I'll be taking yours next!"
"Not on my watch!" shouted Roxas as he summoned his two Keyblades. In one hand was the white and rainbow hued Oathkeeper, while the other hand held the all black Oblivion.
"Another time perhaps," said Kurayami, "I have my prizes!" she patted her purse, "until we meet again!" she then teleported out.
"What just happened here?" a confused Sailor Moon asked.
"We were nearly beaten today," said a depressed Sailor Mars, "that's what happened."
"Lucky that help showed up when it did," said Sailor Jupiter.
"But what about Sora and Kairi?" Aiden asked, "why won't they wake up?" He and Riku were next to their friends now, and were shocked that Sora and Kairi were completely comatose.
"There's nothing in there to wake them up," said Naminé, "this isn't like when someone loses their heart to the darkness and becomes a Heartless."
"She's right," said Riku, "it's like when Kairi lost her heart. They're alive, but their hearts are gone."
Just then Sora and Kairi both opened their eyes, both of which were heavily dilated and were without expression. They then began mumbling incoherent words.
"What are they saying?" Sailor Venus asked.
Aiden leaned close to Kairi to hear better, "I'm not sure, but something about newspaper taxies waiting to take her away."
"I definitely heard Sora say 'I am the Walrus.'" said Riku, "I had no idea he and Kairi were such fans of The Beatles."
"They won't be for much longer," said Sailor Mercury, "we have to find that creature and get the heart crystals back into Sora and Kairi. Otherwise…"
"How long do we have?" Roxas asked.
"We're not sure," said Sailor Mercury.
"We've always recovered a stolen heart crystal within an hour," said Tuxedo Kamen.
"A day," said Namine as she stood up, a grave look on her face, "Sora and Kairi will die in a day unless we recover their heart crystals."
The end of chapter 4.
Next chapter, as our heroes try to figure out what to do next, they learn more about a pair of star-crossed lovers. All the while other forces, both definitely dark and unknown, also plan their next moves. Reviews will be rewarded with cake and pie. See you next time!