People, this one is….I have no idea how to describe…but it gave me hell as well…the deeper I go, the harder it is to write!! It sucks! I really have no idea what to write from here! I have an idea, but not the specifics! Anyways, hope to have the next chapter up soon! Luv ya! Review please!
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PS. My BETA had an accident!!! Shaddie can't go over my stuff that fast, that is the reason why this is taking so long! Hope Shaddie gets better soon!
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THANKS TO ALL YOU WHO REVIEW!!
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Summary: Apparently, the darkness is gaining speed and heading to Twilight Town, but Hollow Bastion is in its way! Every one has to evacuate!
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Notes: this is just to add more info on the guardians as well as spark Selphie's comeback! And I was not sure how to bring in the evil people, or who the evil people are actually…. so here it is! This chappy is for that!
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Arrival
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"It's Twilight Town!" Quistis snapped. Her hair was mussed up, falling all over the place not like her usual style. Her eyes were hollow and her skin looked pale and sick.
"What do you mean?" Demyx asked, getting up from the bed and rushing over to her.
"The…the….darkness!!" Quistis cried out, tone laced with fury.
"How do you know?" Axel asked, clearly not believing it.
"It's heading this way! It's been taking up all the worlds in front of Twilight Town." Quistis informed them, claming down a bit.
"Wait….." Demyx paled, and turned to look at Axel.
"Radiant Garden!" Axel cursed under his breath, realizing that Radiant Garden was the last stop before the darkness reached Twilight Town.
"We have to warn every one! Radiant Garden is in danger!" Demyx was close to hyperventilating.
"Look, you two head towards Radiant Garden, I'll gather the others and meet you guys soon." Quistis's tone became cold and strict once again, all traces of her panic and anguish were lost.
"Be safe," Demyx muttered, before Quistis disappeared.
"Let's go. Time to play heroes." Axel grinned, before lacing his fingers with Demyx' and vanishing.
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"Irvine?" Quistis looked around, trying to pin point the location of the gunman.
"Quistis?" Quistis whirled around and smiled at Irvine. This darkness deal was taking more from them. Irvine's emerald eyes were now dull and his once cocky smile was just a shadow now.
"We're needed in Radiant Garden. The darkness will be heading there next." Quistis explained to Irvine. Irvine shot one last look around, before nodding and vanishing along with Quistis.
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"Zell? I know you're here!" Irvine called out to the energetic blond.
"Irvine?! Run!" Zell came rushing towards him. Irvine cursed, noticing the darkness following behind Zell.
"How do you always get into these situations?" Irvine got in pace with Zell as they ran for their lives.
"What's up? What are you doing here?" Zell asked Irvine.
"Radiant Garden, we're needed there." Irvine took Zell's arm and disappeared.
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"Rinoa!" Quistis rushed over to Rinoa, who was sitting tiredly on a log.
"Are you okay?" Quistis kneeled down, next to her.
"Just tired of every thing." Rinoa sighed, looking down at her hands.
"I know…I know….but come on! We need to go to Radiant Garden." Quistis stood up and helped Rinoa up.
"SeeD's back in action then?" Rinoa grinned.
"Yep, back in action!" Quistis winked before vanishing.
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Leon frowned and looked out of his window. He had retired early, having felt weak. He could feel the darkness, the tendrils closing in. However, he could also feel the comforting darkness from Cloud, who tried to keep as much darkness away as possible.
Leon knew he needed to talk to Cloud and settle some things. He was just stalling, not wanting to face Cloud at the moment. He had no idea what to expect from him. He had no idea what was going in Cloud's head.
"LEON!"
"CLOUD!"
Leon cursed under his breath before rushing down to the living room.
"What's wrong?" Leon snapped, gunblade in hand.
"It's coming…to Radiant Garden…." Demyx looked at Leon, worriedly.
"Are you sure?" Cloud frowned.
"Would you risk it?" Axel scoffed. Cloud sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"I think its time to evacuate the town." Demyx whispered, looking at the daunting faces of the others.
"There are too many people around….how can we evacuate in time….? Besides, where would we take them?" Sora asked, keyblades appearing in his hands. Roxas stood up, his keyblades appearing as well.
"We have to try, or at least warn them." Aerith looked at them, hope in her eyes.
"Pack up! Head to the gummi ship!" Leon snapped at them.
"Leon?" Sora looked at Leon, confused.
"I won't let you all get taken by the darkness. So hurry it up and head to the gummi ship," Leon growled.
"What about the rest of the town?" Namine asked, fearful for the lives of the others.
"I'll help them as best I can, but I don't want to risk you all," Leon explained.
"No, we're all in this together," Sora said, glaring at Leon.
"No, we're not Sora. I want you in the gummi ship, where it's safe." Leon glared back.
"Look, arguing won't solve anything." Cloud stepped in.
"Cid, get the ship ready. We'll talk to the closest people around, and only until we're not able to anymore. The darkness gets here, we're leaving." Cloud looked at them all, making sure they understood.
"Don't go and do anything stupid," Cid barked, making his way out and towards the gummi ship.
"We'll split up into teams, that way none of us are alone." Leon looked at the others.
"Count me out. I'll wait for you all here," Sephiroth drawled.
"How did I know you were going to do that?" Leon said dryly.
"Roxas, Riku, Kairi and Namine and me will take care of the Marketplace!" Sora grinned, nodding towards the others before running out.
Leon was amazed how easy Roxas and Namine fit into the group. It was as if every one had known them for ages. They did not doubt what was going on. Leon knew he would have thought every one had gone crazy if they had told him about the prophecy.
"Tifa, Yuffie, Selphie and I will go to the Bailey and tell the workers." Aerith smiled at the girls before heading out.
"We'll head to the castle, since there are a number of people reconstructing it," Cloud said softly, making his way out.
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"Umm, moogle!" Sora ran up the cute moogle. The moogle turned and looked at Sora, expectantly.
"You need to get out of Radiant Garden!" Sora came close to shaking the poor moogle.
"Uncle Scrooge!" Kairi made his way towards the stingy duck.
"Want to buy some sea salt ice cream, my dear?" Scrooge pushed some Popsicles up in Kairi's face. Kairi shook her head and pulled back.
"Umm, no! You need to get out of here!" Kairi said, urgently.
"What?" Scrooge frowned.
"It is dangerous! You have to leave!"
"Hey! Loui!" Riku ran over to the lil duck.
"Dewey!" Roxas made his way over to the brother.
"Umm, you need to get out of Radiant Garden." Namine talked to the last duck.
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"Hey! Every one, time for a break!!" Yuffie hollered as she rushed into the bailey.
"You all need to hurry and find shelter, there is some wickedness coming!" Aerith went to some of the workers.
"What are you girls babbling about?" A gruff, drawling voice broke in.
"Reno! You need to take every one away from here!" Tifa snapped.
"A vacation? Sweet! Got to tell the boss! I sure don't mind it!" Reno smirked, flipping his hair behind him.
"A vacation? Leon agreed with this?" Rude grunted as he came up next to Reno.
"Cloud's order I believe, more likely." Rufus made himself known.
"YO! Every one! PACK IT UP!!!!" Reno hollered, making his way around the construction site and ordering people.
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"Cloud, I need some space." Leon stopped and snapped at Cloud.
"Look, if the darkness is approaching then you will be weakened. You still need to be trained on how to deal with the darkness." Cloud stopped right in front of Leon, eyes boring down into Leon's.
"What makes you so much better to deal?!" Leon snapped, clearly angry at being thought weaker. He had grown and trained himself to be strong, to not depend on anyone, and having Cloud protect him was…..annoying, nice but annoying.
"May be the fact that I'm not completely human and I am darkness," Cloud snarled as something snapped and a wing sprouted up from his back. Leon flinched but backed down; Cloud had a point.
"Just….don't stand so close, at least not yet. It's enough with my fainting all the time, no need to make it worst," Leon muttered, stepping around Cloud and walking on, ignoring the looks that Axel and Demyx were shooting at him. Cloud sighed, but understood Leon's predicament. Leon had grown to be independent, and having to depend on someone all of a sudden was annoying, if not painful. It hurt Cloud that Leon seemed hesitant to be near him. Cloud placed it all on Leon's uneasiness of being taken care off.
"Cloud! Get a move on, I swear if I faint and I end up with a bump!" Leon hollered out, snapping Cloud out of his thoughts. Cloud realized that Leon and them where already far off. It then hit him what Leon said, and he could not help but grin and run up to catch up.
"Hey! What brings you around here, boss?" A blond dropped down, tail wiggling behind him.
"Zidane! Stop fooling around!" A raven haired girl scowled as she made her way over.
"Garnet! Zidane! Got news for you two, there is some evil coming along, and we need you to get the others and evacuate." Leon easily got into the role of leader, and Cloud was amazed how naturally it came to him.
"Vacation! Yes!" Zidane grinned, grabbing Garnet and taking off.
"He better take it seriously," Demyx muttered.
"It seemed like he didn't, but he did." Cloud smirked as Zidane rushed around telling the others.
"How is it that you two can command every one?" Axel asked, voicing the one question that every one had thought at least once.
"We're born natural leaders, besides, people don't like taking the responsibility so it just ends up falling on us." Leon shrugged.
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"Come on, boss. Time to get you out of here." Reno tugged on Rufus's hand. Rufus shot a look at the girls.
"We'll be seeing each other again soon."
"Take care, yo!" Reno smirked, waving at the girls.
"I think it's cute how they hold hands," Aerith mused as Reno and Rufus walked off. People were still gathering things all around them.
"Well, I believe our job here is done!" Selphie chirped, when all of the sudden the ground shook. Yuffie frowned, hands wailing around to keep her balance.
A sudden darkness swept over before it disappeared just as fast as it had come. Tifa snarled, fists raised up in a defensive position. Aerith hugged herself, magic ready for healing when needed. Yuffie had her batarang ready in her hands. Selphie stood her ground, finding this sudden courage inside of her. She was willing to fight and defend her friends, just like she'd done before.
Maniacal laughter rang out through the bailey.
"You girls think you can defeat me?"
The girls shuddered, the voice was cold and pure evil.
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Leon couldn't help but jump as a sudden shock ran through his body. Cloud whirled around, looking towards the bailey.
"The girls!" Demyx called, desperately.
"We have to go!" Axel took off flying followed by Demyx. Leon brought his gunblade up and looked at Cloud, hesitantly.
"Come on, we're needed. Just…stay close." Cloud offered his hand to Leon. Leon wanted to slap it away; he wanted to show Cloud he did not need him. The truth was, Leon did need Cloud. Leon did not take Cloud's hand, but he did step closer to Cloud.
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"Sora! You felt that?!" Riku whirled around and shot a look at Sora.
"Something's wrong," Namine murmured, stepping back, looking towards the bailey.
"I think we're needed in the Bailey." Roxas took hold of Namine's hand and squeezed it. They smiled at each other, giving the other strength.
"We have to go help!" Kairi raced over to them, motioning worriedly to the bailey. They all nodded and took off.
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"We don't think, we know," Selphie snapped, as all of the sudden a set of nunchucks appeared in her hands. The other three looked at her in surprised. Selphie looked down, eyes widening as she held the nunchucks up. She ran her hands over them, remembering every scratch and crook. She held them tightly, before bringing them up into a familiar position, a position that just felt so right.
"Stupid child, you cannot do anything to us." A deep chuckled resounded through the bailey. This was a different voice.
"Are you girls alright?" Riku asked as he stopped right next to them.
"What's going on?" Roxas asked, eyes looking around searchingly.
"Is every one okay?" Leon asked as he and Cloud made their way into the bailey. Axel and Demyx landed right next to their charges.
"It would seem they have arrived," Sephiroth hissed, as he and Xehanort landed next to the keyblade wielder.
A sinister laugh echoed through out Radiant Garden.
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To Be Continue!
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Well, there it is! The darkness has arrived! Yayuh! Finally! Took me nine chapters! Blah! Not sure if that is good! May be if the chapters were longer huh? I just don't like writing them too long! Anyways, hope this is good! Review and tell me, kay? Luv ya!