The Young Nemesis
Three of Sora's enemies have appeared during his mission in Death City, now the only thing the boy has to do is wait for the last one, the Darkness he had to fight, but this time it wasn't for the Heartless since after Maleficent left, the Heartless activity, according to Azusa, has decreased significantly. However, Sora didn't leave since the deal was to pass Xehanort's test and the Heartless would disappear, so he thought that if he leaves, it will aggravate the situation and endanger the city more than before.
Sora was worried about the city, but there were other people that were more worried about him, particularly Kid. The shinigami went to talk with his father about Sora the day after the team returned to Death City.
"So, he said that he felt sick," said Shinigami-sama.
"Yes," replied Kid. "I thought that the madness wouldn't affect him, but it seems that even Keyblade wielders can be influenced by it."
"It's normal," said Shinigami. "As you know, there is madness in everyone, even gods of death like us have it, but we're very resistant to it. Let me ask you something, did Sora get sad, angry or something like that?"
"No, he was pretty calm during the mission," answered the boy.
"All of you have been at his side, right?" asked the headmaster again. "He has ever been alone during the mission, hasn't he?"
"There was a time when we split up, but Sora was still with Kim and Jacqueline, so he was always with someone," said Kid who started to suspect that his father was hiding something.
"Very good then!" said Shinigami-sama with a funny voice. "We'll just need to keep an eye on him to make sure that he's doing alright!"
Something was wrong, but Kid decided to not ask his father about it since the boy knew that he'd only avoid the question. Meanwhile Sora was walking around Shibusen, he passed near the cafeteria and saw Black*Star and Kilik telling some students about certain with who could transform into a dragon and how they defeated her. Sora laughed at the scene and then he continued his walk and he ran across with Maka's father who has a cup of coffee in his hand.
"Hey Sora, how are you doing?" said Spirit. "I've been told that the mission wasn't very successful."
"More or less," replied Sora after returning the greeting. "At least now the Heartless are gone, that's taking a burden off my shoulders."
"That's true," affirmed the man. "Listen, I would like to ask you a favor if you're not busy at the moment."
"Sure, what is it?" said Sora.
"Shinigami-sama is waiting for me right now," explained Spirit, "so I'd like you to give this coffee to a man called Joe Buttataki."
"Of course," said Sora as he grabbed the coffee, "but who is…"
Spirit was already gone when Sora was asking him something; it looks like he was in a hurry since he left as soon as Sora grabbed the coffee.
"…Joe Buttataki," finished Sora and sighed.
While the Keybearer tried to find out who was Joe Buttataki, Maka and Soul were in the library, the girl wanted to return the book about Keyblade wielders since she didn't need it anymore and because Sora was more informative than any book, as long as you could get the answers out of him. As the Scythe Meister exited the library, followed by her partner, she looked at a paper that he grabbed from her pocket; it was a photo of Crona.
"Where are you?" thought Maka.
"It has been a while since Crona disappeared," said Soul who saw Maka looking at the photo. "Maybe we should start looking for him on our own."
Maka put the photo in her pocket again. "That would be a good idea," she said. "You know, we should take a picture with Sora, a group one with the others."
"How so?" asked Soul.
"We don't know how long it will be until we meet again," she said. "It would be nice that we all had something to remember him, right?"
Soul chuckled. "That was really corny," said him which made Maka felt a bit embarrassed. "But you're right, it would be nice and he will also have something to not forget about us."
"Hello Maka-chan, Soul-kun," said Tsubaki who just crossed a door and saw the two walking to her. The meister and her partner returned the greeting and suddenly they started to hear some noises that came from outside the academy.
"What is going on?" asked Soul.
"Well, you see…" began Tsubaki, "Black*Star and Kilik were telling the people at the cafeteria about the fight against the witch and they ended up arguing about who was the one who did more damage to her."
"And I guess that the arguing became a fight," said Maka and Tsubaki nodded.
"Now that you mentioned, yesterday was an interesting day, huh? I totally didn't expect to find a witch," commented Soul. "And I thought that it was going to be Sora's last mission here."
"Yeah, a lot of things happened," said Maka. "Black*Star got what he wanted, he did a Chain Resonance with Sora, although it was a normal one. How it felt, Tsubaki?"
The black-haired girl thought for a moment, trying to remember the Soul Resonance they did when Pete made a Behemoth appear.
"It was really easy," replied Tsubaki. "But I didn't feel anything different, it was just like being with him, it felt natural. Besides I already sensed his soul when he grabbed me during the fight he had with Black*Star the day we met."
"Ah, that's true," remembered Maka. "He left us open-mouthed when he did that."
"He also did a Soul Resonance with Kim," mentioned Soul which surprised the two girls.
"How do you know that?" asked Maka.
"I saw Kim telling that to Sora's fangirls just to annoy them," said Soul. "I admit that it was really funny."
"Fangirls?" said Maka confused. "Since when does Sora have fangirls?"
"You didn't know? I thought you were a member of his fan club," bantered Soul and he received a Maka-Chop right in the head.
After Sid guided him kindly, Sora arrived at a door that led to where Joe Buttataki were, he opened the door, but instead of Joe, the woman known as Marie Mjölnir was inside the room.
"Umm, excuse me, Ms. Marie," said Sora awkwardly since he didn't want to disturb her.
The young woman saw him and a smile appeared on her face. "Oh, it's you Sora, come in," she said and the boy entered the room. She walked to him, put her hands on his shoulder and looked closely at him.
"Tell me, how are you?" asked her with a kind expression on her face. "Are you feeling alright?"
Sora was surprised and nervous, he found strange that she suddenly started to ask if he was fine but it wasn't something that bothered him either, he knew that Marie was really friendly and kind so maybe she was just being herself, but what he didn't know is that there was a good reason for her concern.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking," Sora told her. "And you?"
The blonde didn't expect him to return the question, but they had similar personalities so it was normal that Sora also asked about it.
"I'm great," replied her still showing a warm smile. "So, what do you need? Are you looking for someone and you got lost?"
"Spirit told me to give this coffee to a man called Joe Buttataki," answered Sora. "Is he here?"
"Oh, he just left," Marie said. "But don't worry about the coffee; he doesn't like the coffee of Shibusen. Would you like to meet him? I can help you find him."
"I don't want to bother you…" said Sora but Marie started to push him out of the room.
"Don't be silly, let's go," said the woman as they exited the room. "Besides I'd like to stretch my legs."
The Keybearer walked with the young woman around Shibusen, at first she was a bit lost, but Sora knew the way so they could arrive at the main hallway of the academy. Sora didn't know why, but he felt calmer around Marie and actually that's the reason he's with her.
Those who know Marie are aware that her soul wavelength is peculiar in that it's noted to have a calming effect upon other people, which can be used to quiet the madness that resides within them and Shinigami told Spirit to lure Sora to her so he can be more relaxed until his next fight, nobody wanted him to be consumed by madness and Marie was someone who could be a great help for that.
Now Spirit was in the Death Room, telling Shinigami-sama that Sora should be with Marie by now.
"Good, I hope that helps the boy," said Shinigami.
"You know that he'll end up finding it out, right?" said Stein who was also in the room. "And probably it'll be too late when that happens. I don't think that we should keep hiding the truth."
"Come on, don't be like that," said Spirit. "The boy has already a lot of things in his head…"
"Now, now, let's change the subject," said the headmaster. "How is the investigation going?"
"Joe hasn't found the spy infiltrated in Shibusen yet," said the Death Scythe. "He decided to interrogate some students to see if they have seen someone suspicious."
Marie and Sora were still walking around the academy, he felt like if they were just wandering in circles. After half an hour of walking they arrived at the Class Crescent Moon, Sora could hear how someone was in the class. Marie opened the door and the Keybearer saw Maka, Soul and Tsubaki talking with a man. He had close-cut hair and wore a white shirt that has rolled up sleeves and a black waistcoat with black shorts.
"I hope we're not interrupting," said Marie.
"Marie…don't worry I've already finished here," said Joe.
"Hey Sora, where have you been?" asked Soul.
"I was having a walk with Ms. Marie," replied the Keybearer and then he felt a hand on his shoulder. Sora turned his head to see Joe looking at him.
"Excuse me, you're Sora, right? The Keyblade wielder who is helping Shibusen," said the man.
"Yes, that's me," replied Sora.
"If you don't mind I have to check something," said Joe and then he put his fist on Sora's chest. The boy was confused, he didn't know why Joe was doing this, but the other people in the room did.
"Joe, that's not necessary," exclaimed Marie, but BJ continued what he was doing.
"There are evidences that confirm the presence of a spy in Shibusen," said Joe without moving his fist away from Sora's chest. "Have you seen someone suspicious in the academy during your mission here?"
It was true that Sora has seen Xigbar and Maleficent, and he also saw one figure with a black coat during one of his patrols although that could have been an illusion. However none of them were in Shibusen so his answer was clear.
"No," he said, "I haven't seen anyone suspicious."
Sora expected that the interrogation was over, but Joe had one more question.
"Are you a spy?" asked him. The others started to get nervous; it was obvious that Sora wasn't a spy sent by Arachnophobia or Medusa, but Joe was called to investigate so he was just doing what he was asked to.
"Of course not," Sora answered and Joe removed his fist from the boy's chest.
"You didn't have to do that," Marie told Joe.
"Marie, you know what is my job here," said BJ. "Time ago, there was a lot Keyblade wielders who worked in the shadows and they know how to go unnoticed. However after seeing his soul, I can tell that he's not like them."
"Are you okay, Sora?" asked Maka who saw that the boy was nervous.
"Sorry if I startled you with those questions," said Joe. "I hope you understand the situation."
"Yeah, don't worry, you did well," said Sora and Joe's face turned serious which confused the people in the class.
"What happen?" asked Marie.
"A soul just appeared from nowhere," he said. "There's someone climbing the stairs that led to Shibusen's entrance. How come I haven't sensed it before?"
Joe has earned the reputation of having the most advanced Soul Perception in all of Shibusen, so he found strange that a soul just appeared from nowhere.
"Hey," said Soul and everyone looked at him. "Sora's gone."
Black*Star and Kilik were having a duel without weapons in the courtyard, Kid, the Thompson sister, Fire and Thunder were watching them along with Sid who was the witness.
"Those two don't give up," said Liz. "Shouldn't we stop them?"
"We can't interfere in a duel," said Sid. "Especially when Black*Star is one of the fighters."
Kid watched the fight half-interested, he was still thinking about the madness and his father. He knew that something was off and he wanted to ask him about it, but he didn't know how since Shinigami-sama can be very secretive and dodgy. Suddenly he felt the presence of someone and then he saw that someone just climbed the stairs that led to where they were. It was a boy who was the same age as Sora, maybe a year older but it was difficult to tell. He had dark skin and silver hair, but what Kid noticed the most was the black coat he was wearing.
"There's someone there," said Sid.
"Kid…" Liz said nervously. "That coat…"
"Yeah, he's the one," said Kid. "It seems that the time has come."
Black*Star and Kilik were still fighting but when the person in black coat approached them, the boys stopped.
"Hey man, where having a duel here," said Kilik.
"Are you acquaintances of Sora?" asked the boy. "If so, tell him to come here."
"Are you a friend of Sora?" asked Black*Star. "Then I'll introduce myself, I'm the great Black*Star."
The boy in black didn't look interested in the two students, he just wanted to see Sora so he didn't answer Kilik's question.
"I have no interest in you," said the boy. "Just tell Sora that I'm waiting for him."
"What did you say?!" said an annoyed Black*Star who was about to punch the person in the face, but suddenly he was sent flying to where Kid and the others were. Kilik tried to defend the blue-haired boy but he received the same attack.
"Kilik, Black*Star, are you okay?" asked Sid who helped them to stand up.
"Who the hell is that guy?" asked the Pot Meister.
"I'm going to kill him," said Black*Star but someone put a hand on his shoulder and he stopped to look behind him.
It was Sora the one who stopped Black*Star from attacking the boy with silver hair. The Keybearer was followed by the people who were with him in the class. Kim and Jacqueline were also there since they saw them and the girls wanted to know what was going on.
"Sora, he is…" Kid began but didn't finish since it seems that the Keybearer wanted to say something to everyone.
"Don't interfere," he said bluntly and with an expression on his face that the others have never seen. It was clear that Sora had to fight alone so everyone stood where they were while the Keybearer walked to the boy with the black coat.
"Have they started already?" asked Stein who just arrived along with Spirit.
"How did you know that…" said Marie but Spirit interrupted her.
"We saw it through Shinigami-sama's mirror," he said. "Black*Star, Kilik, are you two hurt?"
"It wasn't much," said Kilik while Black*Star just watched how Sora approached his enemy. "But we couldn't even see his attack, he was just standing there and then we flew away."
"That guy," began Kim, "has something that is similar to Sora, but I don't know what."
"It seems that Sora knows that boy," said Sid. "I wonder if they had fought before."
Meanwhile Sora looked at his enemy, remembering what he did during his Mark of Mastery Exam and how he almost turned into one of them. He started to feel that sensation of sickness but he just ignored it, he needed to be more focused on Xehanort's young self.
"Fancy meeting you here," said Sora sarcastically.
"You knew I'd be the one coming here," said Xehanort without changing the expression on his face.
"And I'm glad," replied Sora. "You and I have a score to settle."
"I see that you're still upset because of what happened during your test," said Xehanort. "But that made you more cautious and therefore stronger."
"I hope you're not expecting me to thank you," said Sora still with that sick sensation. He wondered why now that Xehanort is here, that feeling returned since he was feeling fine the whole day.
"What I'm expecting are good results," replied the dark Keybearer, "you still have to gather more Lights to…"
"Save it, I've already heard enough speeches about the balance between light and darkness and what you call "tyranny" of light by now," interrupted Sora. "Let's get this over with."
Sora summoned the Kingdom Key and grabbed it tightly, he was still feeling light-headed but he couldn't let that sensation distract him now.
"As you wish," said Xehanort and he summoned his Keyblade, the one that he used to fight against Riku.
When Xehanort summoned a Keyblade, the people who were at the entrance of the academy had astonished expression on their faces since they couldn't believe what they were looking at.
"This has to be a joke…" said Soul.
"Hey, is that...a Keyblade?" asked Kilik who was starting to feel worried.
"Who could that person be?" said Kid intrigued.
"Xehanort," said Spirit without beating around the bush and the students looked at him with wide eyes.
"Wait, wasn't that the name of…" said Kim.
"Sora's main enemy," finished Stein.
"But that doesn't make sense," said Kid. "According to what Sora told us, Xehanort is an old man."
"I've been investigation about him a little and I had a private conversation with Sora this morning," said Stein. "He told me that his friend Riku fought against that person during a test they were having."
"That guy mentioned that Sora was still upset about the test…" said Ox.
"The boy who is now in front of Sora is Xehanort when he was a teenager," explained Stein. "Sora told me that Riku explained him something about time travel and how the young Xehanort traveled to the future to help his older self."
"Is that even possible?" asked Liz. "Time travel seems too unrealistic."
"Even Sora found difficult to believe when he was explaining me about it," said Stein.
"But according to Shinigami-sama," continued Spirit, "that's the way Xehanort looked when he was young, plus he has a Keyblade so it must be true. The only thing we can do now is to wish him luck."
Sora looked at Xehanort who was prepared to battle; he hoped that he could win since he wasn't feeling fine so he was going to try to end the fight as soon as possible. He grabbed his Keyblade tightly and then ran to his opponent.
Xehanort didn't move when Sora started running, he just waited for him. When Sora jumped to hit him from above, he teleported just before Sora could land his attack. He appeared behind the spiky boy and used his Keyblade to hit Sora's back.
Sora recovered from the attack and ran again to his enemy, both of them started to attack the other with their own Keyblade. Every time Sora saw an opening to hurt Xehanort, the dark Keybearer just dodge his sword and counterattacked. Sora intercepted Xehanort's blows but he was finding difficult to keep up with him. He was even more powerful than he thought, but he wasn't going to give up.
The Kingdom Key started to glow and transformed into a large blade made of light, Sora was going to use his technique known as Ars Arcanum; it was one of his most powerful attacks it might work. Sora started to perform several strikes with an amazing speed, however Xehanort blocked every blow and when Sora was doing the last attack, Xehanort used his Keyblade to trap Sora's and that left the boy immobile.
While Sora tried to free his sword, Xehanort used his free hand to use a Blizzard spell that froze Sora's right arm and sent him away. Sora retrieved his Keyblade with his left hand and used a Fire spell to unfreeze his limb. Before Sora could attack, Xehanort started to throw dark energy waves to him. Sora dodged the energy waves and Xehanort took advantage and ran to him, he started to swing his Keyblade and Sora tried to block him and one of Xehanort's attacks disarmed him. Sora looked how his Keyblade flew away and when he looked at Xehanort again he started to receive powerful blows from him. You could see how dark energy came out from Xehanort's Keyblade and that Sora was being seriously damaged by it.
The Keyblade returned to Sora's hand, but he was starting to feel even worse, those attacks affected him in a strange way. He looked at his opponent and then he threw his Keyblade to him. Xehanort parried the Keyblade, but what he didn't expect was to see Sora running to him without a weapon. Sora punched the young Xehanort in the face and then he retrieved his Keyblade and sent him into the air. Xehanort recovered in the air and looked for Sora, but he was now above him.
Sora sent a light blast from his Keyblade that sent Xehanort to the ground, however the silver-haired boy stopped his fall before landing and then he transformed his Keyblade in a whip that he used to grab Sora's wrist. Sora tried to free himself but it was no use, Xehanort started to make him crash to the ground several times. When Sora tried to use a spell to hit Xehanort, the dark Keybearer just moved his transformed Keyblade to make Sora hit the ground again.
Before Xehanort could use the same move again, Sora stuck his Keyblade in the ground and used his own strength to make Xehanort move from his position. Both of them struggled and Sora managed to free himself from his enemy's Keyblade. This time the one using an Arcanum technique was Xehanort; Sora was being hit several times by Xehanort's Keyblade that was wrapped in darkness and he could even react. The sensation of sickness was a lot worse than before and now his chest was aching. Xehanort grabbed Sora's head and slammed him to the ground, Sora tried to stand up and Xehanort shot a Dark Firaga with his hand and burned Sora's back and made him stay on the floor.
When Xehanort was about to thrust his sword into Sora, the spiky boy used a Firaga that hit Xehanort's face and made him move back. Sora slowly got up and started to cough and he was dumbfounded when he looked at his hand. He saw blood, but instead of red, it was black. He wondered why his blood had that color and then he remembered the day when he ate at Maka's house and his friends told him what happened in the city before his arrival.
Xehanort started to use a powerful ice spell. Huge blocks of ice appeared around Xehanort and then it was Sora the one surrounded by them. Sora could avoid being crushed by them, but then the ice blocks started to pursue him and each block hit him in his body. After that, Xehanort created a tornado using an Aero spell and Sora was trapped in it. The boy was sent into the air by the tornado and suddenly a lot of black orbs appeared near to him. Sora used Reflega to cover when the orbs created lasers that were directed to him, however the lasers could break the spell and went through Sora and the boy fell to the ground.
Sora couldn't believe the beating he was receiving from Xehanort, Riku could win against him so he didn't understand why he couldn't, it wasn't normal that he was weaker than before. He started to stand up; his body was covered with bruises and cuts, besides he was feeling like if someone was hitting his head with a bat and he started to cough again. He spat more black blood, he wondered how did he get that thing but now he was too tired to think. Sora saw how Xehanort walked toward him; he couldn't even look at the people who were watching the fight, they put their hope in him and he barely hit Xehanort more than once. He felt useless and now he was going to die because of it.
Now Xehanort was just in front of Sora and the spiky boy swung his Keyblade really slow, trying to fight back but he was drained and Xehanort just turned sideways to dodge the sword. The dark Keybearer used his sword to attack Sora who didn't even try to block and the spiky boy slid across the floor. A normal boy would have given up, but Sora wasn't like that, he tried to get up, but Xehanort put his foot on Sora's head and pushed him hard to the ground again, Sora tried again but Xehanort did the same thing to stop him from getting up.
Xehanort grabbed the hood on Sora's jacket and threw the boy away. The people watching the fight had to look away every time Xehanort hit Sora, the brown-haired boy didn't fight back anymore and it was difficult to tell if he was still conscious.
"H-He's trashing him…" said Marie with watery eyes from seeing the fight. Spirit hugged her with one arm, trying to calm her, but he was also astonished at the result of the fight.
"I…I can't keep watching this…" said Soul who was now looking at the floor, unable to see his friend suffering like that.
Maka was speechless, she saw the heart wavelength of Xehanort and the different between Sora's and his was overwhelming. She couldn't look at Sora either; it was too much for her to bear.
Kim was leaning on Jackie's shoulder, not wanting to see the boy who accepted her as a witch die, it was too much for her and Jackie tried to comfort her but she was also looking away from the battle that turned into a beating.
"This can't be," said Kid, not wanting to accept Sora's defeat. "There has to be something wrong with Sora."
"Hey, we can just stay here looking how that bastard kills Sora!" exclaimed Kilik. "I'm going to help him!"
"I'm going too," said Ox. "This is not a duel or anything, we must interfere."
"Don't even think about it," said Black*Star who was sat on the floor without looking away from the courtyard.
"What are you saying?!" asked Kilik with disbelief and anger in his voice. "Are you going to stay here and let Sora die?"
"He's not going to die, it's too soon for that," said Black*Star. "Maybe you guys have lost your hopes, but I still trust in him. He'll be able to turn the tables somehow."
"But Black*Star…" Tsubaki didn't know what to say, she also wanted to help Sora, but after what her meister said she started to doubt.
"Shinigami-sama said that he was the Chosen One or something like that, he can do things that the other Keyblade wielders can't," continued Black*Star. "We won't interfere unless that Xehanort tries something funny."
Sora knelt on the ground, looking at his Keyblade that was in front of him, he wasn't able to continue and Xehanort was walking toward him.
"I expected much more from you," he said. "I don't know what happened to you, but I don't care anymore. Maybe I should pay a visit to Riku, he has always been stronger than you."
Sora didn't have the strength to say anything else; he just heard what Xehanort was saying, but when he mentioned his friends he started to feel something inside him.
"I've heard that the little princess is also training to become a Keyblade wielder," said Xehanort. "Too bad that we can't turn her into one of us, however I'll make sure to tell her that you died here."
When Xehanort mentioned Kairi, what was inside Sora started to move faster, he didn't know what was happening to him but it wasn't something good for him or anyone who was near him at the moment. He was in pain all the time and he ended up losing his consciousness.
"Someone so weak won't be necessary for our plans," said Xehanort. "Goodbye, Sora."
Xehanort was about to thrust Sora's heart, but suddenly Sora stopped the Keyblade with his hand when it was near his chest. Xehanort didn't expect that, he thought that he was unconscious but it turns out that he was awake. A sinister smile appeared on Sora's face and then he grabbed the Kingdom Key and used it to send Xehanort away with a really powerful blow.
Xehanort recovered and looked at the light Keybearer standing up like if he wasn't hurt at all, although Sora's body was still covered with the wounds of the previous battle. Sora was laughing like a maniac while he stood up.
"How can you be moving after all that?" asked Xehanort intrigued.
Sora was still laughing crazily which made Xehanort charge at him and nailed his Keyblade on Sora's shoulder. The spiky boy removed the sword from his shoulder using his hand and then he punched Xehanort in the face so hard that the silver-haired boy almost fell backwards; Xehanort couldn't believe the strength that now Sora had, it wasn't normal. Sora touched the wound that he just got and looked at his hand.
"Hey look, my blood is black," said Sora with a mocking voice. "Do you like it? It's dark like you."
The students looked at Sora with wide eyes, Maka and Soul couldn't believe what was happening, even Black*Star didn't expect this kind of change. They didn't know what was worse, Sora being tortured by Xehanort or him being possessed by madness.
"When did he get black blood?!" asked Soul. "How did he get it?! It's impossible!"
"You knew this, right?!" said Kid staring at the adults. "Why didn't you tell us anything?!"
"So that was the reason he wasn't at his full potential during the fight," said Ox who looked bewildered at the crazy Sora.
"It's my fault…" said Maka with a low voice. "The resonance we did, he got the black blood with the Heart-Soul Resonance, that's the only explanation."
"Then it's my fault, not yours," said Soul. "I'm the one who have black blood and…I…"
Soul didn't know what to say, he felt miserable, he infected Sora with the black blood he had in his body and now the madness has possessed him.
Spirit put his hand on her daughter's shoulder trying to calm her, he knew it was difficult to assume that Sora had black blood and he was sure that now she was feeling guilty.
"I know that you two now think that you have done something horrible to him, but that just saved his life," said Stein. "If it weren't for the black blood, Xehanort would have killed him."
"Let's hope that Sora can control it," said Kid. "Otherwise, we will be in big troubles."
Xehanort looked at the dancing Sora; the boy had a crazy expression on his face and was grabbing the Keyblade by the keychain and was making the sword spin.
"Okay," said Sora and then he grabbed the Keyblade correctly. "Let's play."