The Keyblade of the Fox 2

Ages:

Sora and Kairi: 18

Riku: 19

A/N: Thanks for the two reviews LilMoonyLouie and RoxasRoxOutloud. And Roxas no this isn't a crossover story. If you've read any of my other works my main female characters are fox demons. And no I'm not laughing at you at all. I purposely left out whether or not the fox was a male or female. It serves a purpose later in the story. You'll meet the fox in this chapter.

Sora was sleeping soundly as soon as they headed towards Mt. Olympus. Donald and Goofy looked at each other worriedly. The teen had grown up while they were separated. He was eighteen now. The teen still looked the same but his personality had some what softened from the up beat child he use to be. They wondered if it was the shock of finding out about Kairi and Riku's relationship.

"Do you think he's all right?" Goofy wondered aloud.

"Kairi and Riku together must have hurt him badly."

"He seems to be takin' it well though," Goofy said.

"That's Sora though. He won't let anyone know when he's sad about something."

"Do you think she can help him?"

"King Mickey seems to think so."

"Then we'll just have to wait and see."

The two of them faced forward hoping their King was right about what he suspected. It didn't take that long for them to get to the familiar tall pillars the lead them into the Colosseum. Hercules and Phil were standing around talking about something as the trio approached them.

"Hey guys," Hercules called and waved as he saw them.

"Did you hear about Hade's tournament?" Sora asked as he approached the man.

"Yeah, I did. Why do you ask?"

"I was sent here to get someone."

"I hope you're not entering the tournament to win that slave Hades has up for the prize."

Sora looked at his companions suspiciously. There was something going on. Hercules wondered briefly if Sora knew he was fighting for the rights to a specific kind of slave. He had heard rumors about this informant of the King's.

"Sora don't get the wrong idea King Mickey didn't know that Hades turned his informant into a slave."

"This keeps getting more and more complicated as I stand here," Sora said tiredly.

"Let's get going then. This tournament won't wait forever," Donald said impatiently.

Sora rolled his eyes as he followed his friends into the underworld to fight for something he wasn't even sure he should be fighting for. Of course the King requested to save this informant. So he'd help the King out. Before too long he was standing before Hade's arena. With a heavy sigh he moved forward towards Pain and Panic.

"You!" Panic hissed.

"Yeah me, I want to sign up for the tournament," Sora said without hesitation.

The two of them remembered how easily Sora had put a beating on the minions of the underworld so they quickly decided to allow him entrance. The teen had to smile for a moment. Walking back through these gates brought back memories. For a moment he wondered where Auron was and if the big red wearing man was okay.

"Okay, okay," Panic said as he scribbled Sora's name down.

The teenager moved towards the board to see who he'd have to face in combat in order to get this informant out of trouble. He noticed a few familiar names on the board. Cloud and Sephiroth had joined the fray. Even Leon was in this battle too. Sora wondered why they would join in this battle. He figured Cloud was determined to put an end to Sephiroth, but that didn't explain why Leon was here to battle. When he reached the waiting area he found his friends speaking together.

"Leon! Cloud!"

The two of them turned to look at the one who called him. Sora stopped in front of them. He plastered a big grin on his face as he faced his friends.

"Hey guys why are you here?"

"King Mickey asked me here," Leon told the teen.

"Sephiroth," Cloud said easily. "I want to know why he's after the King's informant."

"Does anyone know anything about him?" Sora asked calmly.

Both shook their heads but they saw the guilty looks on Goofy and Donald's faces. They knew but weren't going to tell them. Before Sora could interrogate them on what they knew Hades was calling for the attention of the fighters. There were about twenty fighters in the running for this informant of the Kings.

"This informant must be something special if everyone's fighting for him."

"Her," Goofy corrected.

"What?" Sora asked.

Donald elbowed his companion in the stomach. The duck glared at Goofy in reproach.

"Sorry Donald but they need to know what they're fighting for. It's a woman. I personally don't know much about her considering the fact that she's so allusive. I just know she's different."

"And you're not?" Cloud asked.

"Hey," Donald snapped.

"Don't get your feathers ruffled Donald," Cloud amended. "How different can she be?"

"You have no idea," a familiar silky poison filled voice said from behind them.

"Sephiroth," Cloud growled towards the silver haired man.

He just smirked and flapped his wing a few times before landing in front of the small group. They all took a defensive stance but a familiar annoying voice stopped the battle before it could even start. A barrier rose in-between them.

"As much as I would love for you all to slaughter each other right here and now I want to see your action in the arena."

Sephiroth smirked and backed away from the group. The fighting didn't take long to commence. When it came down to the last four Sora, Cloud, Sephiroth, and Leon had made it. (Obviously) Sora was facing off against Leon and Cloud against Sephiroth. Sephiroth and Cloud were up first.

"So my little Cloud has interest in this prize Hades promised."

"What do you know about it?"

"She's a fox demon or so I'm told."

Cloud wondered for a second if Sephiroth was telling the truth. Animal demons were a really rare dying breed. "I hear she's quiet the looker too."

The blonde didn't care about the slave. He wanted to beat Sephiroth once and for all so he could go back to Aeris. This slave girl didn't mean anything to him. The blonde just glared at the silver haired man.

"The prize for me is your absence from any world. I want you to remain a memory."

Cloud leapt forward and the two of them clashed in combat. Before to long, the silver haired man fell. Sephiroth vanished in a flurry of black feathers. Cloud landed heavily outside of the ring.

"Sephiroth and Cloud are both out of the tournament," Hades yelled. "Cloud landed outside of the ring."

Cloud didn't care. He beat Sephiroth and that was all that mattered. The blonde heaved the buster sword over his shoulder so it rested in its place in the sheath on his back. He turned with a small smile on his face to face his friends. His blue eyes glittered in the torch light.

"It's all yours Sora," Cloud said. "And good luck."

Sora just nodded. Cloud turned away from them to head back home. He stopped when he heard Sora speak.

"See you around Cloud."

The blonde just nodded his head and walked away. Sora turned to say something to Leon, but he wasn't anywhere around. The teen was seriously confused and looked around cautiously. He knew Leon wouldn't stab him in the back but the older man was a fierce fighter.

"Leon?" he asked.

"Up here Sora."

The man was standing in the ring his gun sword resting on his shoulder. Sora just smiled as he scrambled up onto the platform. He summoned his 'Bond of Flame' Keyblade in memory of Axel. Sora, every once in awhile, would use the fiery man's Keyblade. Sora took a familiar stance ready to battle.

"Calm down Sora," Leon said with a grin.

"Huh?" Sora asked clearly confused.

Sora got out of the familiar stance to look at the man. Leon never grinned at anything and Sora was wary.

"Battle begin," Hades yelled.

Before Sora could do anything Leon stepped off the platform and landed with a light thud on the ground. He heaved the gun sword over his shoulder.

"Leon what…" Sora began.

Leon just smirked and turned his back on the teen and walked away. The King had told him to drop out if Sora and he were the last two standing. He knew all about the King's plan to show Sora a new world that the woman presented. The older man hadn't believed the King when he said that Sora had changed greatly because of Riku and Kairi's relationship, but he saw the sadness that lingered in the boys deep blue gaze. He even acted defiantly even though it was a subdued change in him. Then he was willing to give the King's idea to try to help the boy that saved the worlds.

"Sora is the winner," Hades yelled.

Sora stood there dumbfounded. For the life of him he couldn't fathom what exactly just happened there. Hades clapped Sora on the back startling the boy. The god snapped his fingers and Pain and Panic rushed to get the slave for Sora. When they came back they were leading a horse sized fox. The majority of its fur was black except for patch at the end of its tail and the tip of its ears. There was also a white band that traveled from her throat to the underside of her back legs. Her ears were laid back. Slowly her head rose her veiled eyes slowly came open and met Sora's. The teen could actually see the heartbreak in the beast's eyes.

"She's all yours kid," Hades said. "I hope you can handle her, if you know what I mean. If you can't then there will probably be someone that will want her."

He gave Sora this suggestive look. The fox moved until she was standing beside Sora. Her hackles slowly rose at Hade's suggestive comment.

"Anything I should know Hades?" Sora said suspiciously.

"To get her to change into her humanoid form you just have to remove the collar. You can name her anything you please."

The fox gave a un-fox like growl as he said the 'collar' part. Hades only smirked at the growl. Sora shook his head as he turned around. The other three followed in his wake. The fox carried her head down.

"What's her name?" Sora asked.

"Why don't you ask her yourself," Goofy said with a laugh.

"What's your name?" Sora asked.

She looked at him for a moment and then turned her head away.

"Her name is Destiny," Donald supplied to the teen.

"Are you all right Destiny?" Goofy asked.

The fox shook her head from side to side. Donald looked at Goofy worriedly. Something must have happened while she was in the care of Hades. But the two remained silent knowing that Sora had to deal with this now.

"Something must be wrong if she won't speak to us," Donald said.

"Maybe something happened to her and all that's left is the animal."

Before Sora could finish the sentence he was pinned down underneath seven hundred pounds of angry muscles, which also had claws and teeth. Her eyes were flashing dangerously.

'Watch what you say human,' he heard a voice growl into his mind. 'Next time you won't walk away alive.'

"Destiny that's enough," Goofy and Donald tried to pull the enraged fox demon off of their friend.

She easily shouldered the two of them aside and sat there carefully. Her ears trained forward a soft growl resonating through her chest. The fox looked every bit the threatening predator.

"You're vicious for a slave," Sora said dryly.

'You're not the Keyblade Wielder,' she shot back.

"Who says?" Sora demanded.

'The Keyblade Wielder was a kind hearted kid that took on the world despite the odds stacked against him. All I see is a bitter teenager that doesn't deserve the Keyblade.'

Sora's hand twitched and a familiar black blade appeared in his hands. He had to fight the urge to do something he would regret, like slaughter this fox. Then he realized what he was becoming because of this bitterness. He relaxed his grip on the blade and allowed it to vanish from his grasp.

"What would you know about it?" he said sadly.

'I've lived for three hundred years kid and I know more than you'll ever hope to know.'

He moved forward hurriedly and reached up to take the collar from her. Her head jerked back and she stepped backwards avoiding his touch. Her past still haunted her.

"Hold still I'm taking this collar off."

'Is my voice in your head unnerving you?'

There was this look in her eyes that told him she was smirking playfully at him. There was something underlying that smirking look, but Sora couldn't tell what it was.

"Something like that," he replied dully.

She noticed his demeanor change quickly as he reached for her again. Her eyes closed waiting for her new master to hit her for her insolence. His gentle yet soft hands ran through the fur on her neck making her shiver. The fox figured from working with the Keyblade that his hands would be callous but they weren't. He reached for the buckle on the collar and undid it. The collar slid to the ground. Sora backed up allowing the fox room to change. The fox easily shook herself as if there was dew on her fur. A white light enveloped her. Sora had to shield his sight but when the light died down a woman had taken the place of the fox demon. She was on her knees. Her black hair cascaded in waves down her shoulders and all around her. Her clawed hands came up and pushed her hair behind a very pointed ear. Two black slash marks adorned her left cheek. Her outfit consisted of black baggy pants and white kimono top. Her black fox tail flipped back and forth behind her.

"I am at your service master," she said softly.

"Come on Destiny," Sora said brightly as he held his hand out to her.

She looked up at him. Their eyes met. Her eyes were cat like and amethyst. She was at a loss at his emotional changes. One moment he was ready to fight and now he was happy go lucky again. He was worse than any woman when it came to mood swings. Reaching up she grabbed his hand wondering where this boy would take her in life.