Kingdom Hearts II
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"Well, then…" Sora tightens his seat belts as he puts his hands on the wheel.
"Let's go then!"
二人の約束
The Promise Between the Two of Us
Chapter 7:
The XIII Organization
Stepping out from the Gummi Ship, Sora and accompanies look around the place. It was a small town, stationed on a cliff. Seeing the structure that used to be the Hollow Bastion Castle, Sora looks at his comrades.
"This is Hollow Bastion, right? It seems better than before."
"Wonder how's Leon and the others were doing."
"AH!" Donald quackes as he points to one of the rooftop, where three Soldier Shadows were lurking around and disappear.
"Looks like we got more work to do. Come on, guys."
Hollow Bastion
The three of them chase the Heartless as they ended up in Borough, where some odd light pedestals appear and disappear, as if scanning for something.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"That's the town's defense mechanism!"
They turn to the source of the voice, to see a familiar face standing on a high ground grinning down at them.
"Yuffie!"
The ninja girl was about to answer back when she notices shadows start to appear around the trio. "Look out!"
Sora's Keyblade flashes into his hands as some Dusk and Heartless swoop in to hit him. They are quickly surrounded by the enemies. After a while, they manage to dispose off them, and they notice the defense mechanism also helps them.
"Hey, you guys!" Jumping down from the top, Yuffie lands in front of Sora trio, grinning widely. "I see that you're still in top form."
Sora pats his chest and grins, "What do you expect? Looks like you are doing fine too, Yuffie."
"What do YOU expect?" Said Yuffie as she mimicks his words.
"How are the others?" Donald comes forth. "Great!" Came the answer.
"Hey, Yuffie! Have you seen the King and Riku?" Sora asks but Yuffie replys with a straight "Nope!", making him frown. "But I had a feeling that I will see you guys again!"
Hearing this, Sora holds up his hand in front of his face and with a deep voice, he imitates Leon's words. "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other."
"Is that supposed to be Leon?" The trio starts to laugh.
"Everybody's working on stuff over at Merlin's house. C'mon!" Yuffie runs around the corner as the others follow her. They enter Merlin's House, to see Cid working on a computer, while Aerith and Leon watch.
Yuffie turns to the trio behind her. "Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!"
Hearing the noise, Leon and the others turn around. "It's been a while!" Aerith smiles at them. "Well, if you ain't in top shape." Cid smirks, while Leon did it as well. "I knew it."
"Knew what?" Sora asked as they procced into the house.
"A while back, everyone suddenly remembered you guys, all at the same time."
"You...remembered?" Sora thought for a while. "Wait! Does that mean you forgot about us!?"
"Thanks!" Donald quacks.
"So where've you guys been all this time?"
Goofy scratches his head. "We were sleepin'."
"Where? In cold storage?"
Sora, Donald, and Goofy act nervously as Aerith smiles at the trio. "It doesn't matter. This is great. Everyone's together again!"
"So, um...we're trying to find Riku and the King. Have you seen them?"
All of them shake their head as Sora slumps in disappointment.
"Sorry. But let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Okay?" Hearing the pink-dress girl's worried voice, Sora smiles back at her. "Okay. Thanks."
Cid suddenly came in front of Sora while rubbing his hands together. "Now, now, don't go thanking us just yet."
"Hollow Bastion's got a problem. A big problem."
"You mean, like Nobodies? And Heartless?"
"That's right!"
Sora grins at he places his hands at his hips. "Sounds like you could use our help."
Leon smirks at this. "Then let's cut to the chase. Sora, Donald, Goofy. We were hoping the three of you might give us a hand around here."
Sora pats his chest proudly. "Like we're gonna say, no?"
"...I forgot who I'm dealing with."
Donald stomps his feet. "Hey...what do you mean by that?" Aerith giggles. "Just think of it as a sort of 'Leon compliment'."
Leon went past them and opens the door. "Follow me to the bailey, there's something you need to see."
The moment he leaves, Merlin appears. "Oh! I thought it was you. Right on time!"
"It's Merlin! Long time no see!"
Yuffie looks at the old wizard. "Sora and the gang said they're gonna help out!"
"Splendid! We'll count on you!" The trio nod their heads. "Ah, yes. Did you give them the cards, dear?" Merlin turns to Aerith.
"Oh!" She takes out three cards from her pocket and hands it each to the trio. "Here...they're presents for you. Leon thought you might like to have them."
Sora takes the card and flips it so he can read it. "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member!"
"It's a membership card!" Donald holds his card high up.
"A-hyuk! Kinda cool, huh?"
"Hey, thanks, Leahhh...huh?" Sora turns around to the door and sees that Leon is already gone, it was then he remembers. "Oh no! We're supposed to be at the bailey!"
"Just a moment, Sora. What about your magic?"
"Huh? Oh, that's right..." Sora crosses his arms, trying to recall.
Yuffie chuckles. "Maybe you forgot it while you were asleep!"
Merlin sighs and smiles at the blushing boy in front of him. "Now, what am I to do with you? I suppose I'll have to lend you a few spells. But be careful with them!"
"Thanks, Merlin!"
Donald pats Sora. "To the bailey, and fast!"
Bailey
Sora and company reach the bailey, as they see Leon looking over the edge at the dark castle far ahead in the distance.
"Look at that." Sora looks at where he was pointing and gasps. "We want to restore Hollow Bastion to what it used to be. Who knows, maybe even something better. There's still a lot to do, but I'm sure we can handle everything. Except...for that..."
He points to the castle,"...and that." Then points to two Dusks walking in the direction of the castle
"We'll handle them!"
"Well, that's good to hear. So Sora, do you know what's going on, then?"
Sora crosses his arm. "There's this guy, Pete, who's been going around plotting with the Heartless. But he's not even smart enough to tie his own shoes. The ones we need to worry about are the Nobodies."
Goofy joins in. "And those Organization XIII guys in charge, too!"
"You called?"
All four of them look around and see no one taht the source of voice came from. Sora runs out into an open area.
"You're doing well."
Sora unleashes his Keyblade "Who's that!?"
"This calls for a celebration..."
Several Dusks appear. Leon readies his Gunblade while Sora chases the Dusks through the bailey. They closes the gate that leads into the town, preventing the Nobodies from entering. Sora and gang fights against the enemies as they defend the gate.
"The Keyblade...a truly marvelous weapon. Were it only in more...capable hands..."
Sora runs back to the open area. "Show yourselves!"
Six cloaked figures appear on top of the building.
"Organization XIII!"
Sora tighten his grip on his keyblade. "Good! Now we can settle this!"
"What a shame... And here I thought we could be friends."
They disappear in a laugh. "Stop!" Donald shouted as he was about to run to a set of stairs, a single cloaked man appears before them. "What's the big idea!?"
The man starts to laugh. "Oopsy-daisy!"
"Move!"
"Now, do you think that's polite, shutting me down like that?"
Sora starts to glare. "I said get outta the way!"
"As if! You can talk all you want, but that won't change a thing. If I were just any old dude. 'Cept I'm not. I'm with the Organization. Nothing "any old" about me."
Sora stands up straight. "Ha! Tough talk for someone who stood on the sidelines while his Nobody flunkeys did the fighting!"
The hooded man wags a finger at Sora "Oh, dear. I think you got the wrong impression."
"You gonna cry?"
"As if! Why don't I remind you how tough the crowd you're dealing with really is?"
Sora: Remind me?
The man starts to laugh out out suddenly. "That's RIGHT, he used to give me that same exact look."
"I guess you think you can psych me out by saying really random stuff!
"Gee... I just don't know. You might have just forget about it, about...the other you..."
The moment the phrase was said, Sora has a sudden blur vision of a blond boy looking him, follows by a pain in the chest and head, as he drops his key blade and clenches hard onto both of the areas. Donald and Goofy rushes to his side as Leon points his Gunblade at the hooded man. "What have you done?"
The man spreads his arms open as if challenging him to strike him. "I have done nothing, he might be...trying to remember something?" The man eyed Sora, who was currently panting hard. "Be a good boy now!"
"Wait!" He disappears as Donald tries to jump on him. "Nuts! He got away!"
"Gawrsh...Sora, are you alright?"
Sora slowly sits back up as the pains start to ease down slowly. "Yeah...I think so..."
"You have been acting strange lately, Sora...Are you really okay?" Donald looks at him while the teenage grins. "I'm alright, guys. Thanks. I wonder what he meant by those words..."
"Y'know, I think he was just trying to confuse ya."
"Yeah, you're right..." Sora tries to stand up by the previous pain made his legs weak. He was about to fell back when Leon catch hold of his arm. "Thanks, Leon."
When Sora gets back on his stance, he takes out his membership card and reads it out proudly. "The Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member..."
The card suddenly begins to glow. Sora gasps and lets go of it, as it floats in the air to everyone's amazement. The Keyblade glows as well.
"Huh?" Looking down at his keyblade to the card.
Leon looks from the items to them. "What's this?"
"Gawrsh, ya think...?"
The card flashes a light that reveals a Keyhole, while a crown symbol appears on the ground beneath Sora. Pointing the keyblade towards the keyhole as a light beamed from the tip of the blade into the large keyhole, a locked sound was heard after that.
"Ohh...now I get it. That must've been the gate Yen Sid talked about."
"Oh boy!"
Sora turns to Leon. "Sorry to run, Leon, but other worlds are calling."
Leon nods, "Organization XIII... They look tough. Be careful out there."
"See ya soon."
Leon gives them a wave as the group reboards the Gummi Ship and notices that their map has changed. The Twilight Town had disappeared from the map while a few new worlds appear. Sora was about to pilot the ship when Donald and Goofy stop him.
"Sora, you should go and take a rest, leave it to me and Goofy to pilot the ship."
"But..."
"A-hyuk, Donald's right, Sora. We will handle the ship."
Smiling at their concern, Sora gives the two a hug while moving to the back of the ship. Sitting on the back seat, Sora starts to recall the previous incident.
'What was that all about? Why am I having all this pain? Who...Who is that person in my vision...? Hmm...I...feel so...tired...'
Slowly, Sora drifts into sleep.
In Sora's dream
Opening his eyes, Sora realises he was standing on the beach of Destiny Island, as the familiar sound of the sea waves fills his mind.
"How I miss the island...Riku...Kairi...and..." Sora paused. 'And who? Why am I having a feeling like...there's someone else I miss other then Riku and Kairi?' Sora winces as he felt the similar pain coming back to him, as he sits on the sandy ground. "What the hell is wrong with me?"
"Are you alright?"
Sora looks up slowly to see a boy around his age, wearing a milky white shirt and pants in front of him. He has blond spiky hair and the similar pair of sapphire eyes as Sora's. For some reasons, Sora starts to feel his face getting hot when the blond smiles at him.
"You have finally came, Sora. I have been waiting for you..."
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