Kingdom Hearts II
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Namine looks at the cloaked figure as the person takes off his hood, making the blond gasps.
"You…! No…No…you can't…!"
二人の約束
The Promise Between the Two of Us
Chapter 18:
The World that Never Was
Sora and group exit Beast's Castle and board the Gummi Ship. They receive message from Chip and Dale that Twilight Town has a huge energy reading. It is coming from someplace near the town. Sensing big trouble brewing around Twilight Town, Sora, Donald, and Goofy travel through the Assault of the Dreadnought to get to Twilight Town.
They arrive at the train station as Sora halts in his path and takes out the photo. He turns to the others. "C'mon, let's go find this mansion!"
They search their way through the town and fight some Nobodies. When they reach the Old Mansion, they see the gate open as Pence, Hayner, and Olette lying on the ground. Sora runs to Hayner.
"Hey, are you all right? What happened?"
Hayner starts to get up. "We came here looking for Kairi. Then those white things attacked us..."
"You guys didn't have to go and do that."
"Of course we did. Kairi's our friend, too, ya know."
Sora helps the blond up on his feet as he grins. "You're right... You know, I never thought of it like that before."
Hayner looks from him to the mansion. "Word is, this mansion gets a lot of really strange visitors. We thought this place might be the gateway to some kind of alternate Twilight Town."
"What do you mean by...alternate Twilight Town?"
Pence looks towards Goofy. "Hey, Goofy, do you think we could see that crystal of yours?" Goofy nods and takes out the crystal and the munny pouch.
Olette takes out her own pouch. "I made that pouch myself, and I still have it. So there shouldn't be two of them here."
Hayner holds up the Four Crystal Trophy. "And this is the trophy Seifer gave to you. You left it behind, remember? It's the only one of its kind. Same for the crystals…red, blue, yellow, green…only one of each color. But you've got your own! So...where'd you get it?"
Sora thinks. "The pouch is from the King. When he gave us munny for the train ride, the crystal is inside the pouch."
"But then...where did the KING get it?"
Hayner clasps his hands together. "See? There's gotta be another town out there like this one. That would explain how the King got that pouch and the crystal. Everything makes sense. That other town must be where whatever's missing from here went! Like Kairi."
A few Dusks appear out of nowhere when King Mickey swoops down and slices them. "Watch out!" They fight alongside Mickey to defeat the Nobodies.
Mickey turns to Sora. "I got somethin' to tell ya. I found out where Ansem is…Ansem the Wise! The real Ansem! He snuck into Organization XIII's stronghold."
"And we've figured out where Kairi is! I'm pretty sure we're right."
"But why'd you all come here?"
"Someone gave us a clue." Sora shrugs his shoulder.
"Who?"
"Well, Your Majesty, Sora thinks it might been Riku."
"It's just a feeling I had."
Mickey steps forth into the mansion. "Well, if that's what ya think, then it's probably right."
Sora crosses his arms. "I've waited long enough, Your Majesty! Tell me what you know!"
"It's not for me to say."
"But Your Majesty! Why?"
Mickey sighs. "I don't wanna break my promise."
Sora gasps. "You made a promise to Riku!? So he's okay! I can see him again!" Mickey jumps in surprise as he covers his mouth.
Olette squats down beside Mickey. "Your Majesty? You got the pouch with the crystal from Riku, didn't you? And you promised not to tell, right?"
Mickey rubs the back of his head. "Gosh, guys..."
Sora turns to face the mansion. "Kairi, Riku……and Roxas…We're on our way!" They all enter the Mansion Foyer.
Mickey turns to them. "There's gotta be a computer somewhere."
"A computer... Do you think it's connected to that other Twilight Town?"
"It might be. And there should be a way into the Realm of Darkness there."
Through the Library, they walk into the Computer Room. They see a desk with several monitors. "There! We found it! But…How does it work?"
"I can handle it." Pence sits down at the computer and starts pressing buttons. "Okay... Here we go... Ah!"
"What's wrong?"
"I can't go any further without a password."
Mickey folds his arms. "Do ya have any idea what the password might be?"
Sora thinks. "Well, we only got this photo..." He takes out the photo. "And a salty-sweet ice cream bar that Donald had eaten. It was in the box right next to the photo."
Mickey jumps. "Hey, that's it! Ansem the Wise loved ice cream! It's the Sea-salt ice cream."
Pence types it in. "It worked!" An odd machine near the wall buzzes to life. "Let's go!"
Hayner looks at the group. "We'll be here to hold down the fort. Say hi to Kairi!"
Sora, Donald, Goofy and Mickey enter the machine and are turned to data. They reemerge in the Computer Room. "Huh? Are we back in the same place?"
"Look!" Donald points to the same computer that Pence is using before, except that it is completely totaled. Sora brushes a hand over it. "This is the other Twilight Town. Roxas's Twilight Town." A vision flashes through his mind showing Roxas smashing the computer to pieces.
"There's gotta be an entrance into the dark realm somewhere. Let's split up."
Mickey runs into the Basement Hall and they follow him. Inside, they see a black and green portal of light. "There..." They enter the portal and find themselves in Betwixt and Between. Nobody symbols float everywhere in all directions.
"What is this place, which way should we go?"
Suddenly, they are surrounded by Nobodies. They try to fight, but they just keep coming. "It's no use!"
"Don't stop moving, or the darkness will overtake you!"
Axel jumps in and slices at a few Nobodies with his chakram in front of Sora. He turns to the brunette. "Get goin'!"
"Why?"
"Don't ask. Just do it!"
Two Nobodies pull Axel to the ground. Sora runs over and knocks the Nobodies away. "You okay?"
Axel slams his fist to the ground. "I kidnapped Kairi, but she got away from me. After that, Saïx caught her. He's a member of Organization XIII. Saïx. Got it memorized? Now go save her!"
A Dusk appears, flying at Sora and Axel. Sora whirls around and knocks it out. "Leave us alone!" Sora and Axel fight the Nobodies, but the horde shows no signs of slowing down. The two stand back to back as the Nobodies surround them.
Axel snicks. "I think I liked it better when they were on my side."
Sora twitches an eyebrow. "Feeling a little...regret?"
"Nah...I can handle these punks. Watch this!" Axel jumps into the center and focuses his energy. His chakram spin around his spouting fire. He screams, creating a gigantic torrent of flames which obliterate the Nobody horde.
Sora looks around, to see that the whole place is empty. "Whoa!" Seeing Axel lying on the floor, Sora rushes over to him. His body is fading off. "You're...fading away..."
Axel chuckles. "Well, that's what happens when you put your whole being into an attack. You know what I mean? Not that Nobodies actually HAVE beings...right? Anyway, I digress. Go, find Kairi. Oh, almost forgot... Sorry for what I did to her."
"When we find her, you can tell her that yourself."
"Think I'll pass. My heart just wouldn't be in it, you know? Haven't got one." Axel laughs weakly.
"Axel, what were you trying to do?"
"I wanted to see Roxas. He...was the only one I liked... He made me feel...like I had a heart. It's kind of...funny… But I know that you are the one he held precious to. He will do anything…just to be with you…Roxas and Kairi are in the castle dungeon. Now go."
He holds up his hand and opens a portal.
"Axel..."
The red haired turns to him. "Find Roxas…be happy…And tell him…I'm glad that I've met a friend like him…" Axel fades away completely. Sora stands up as he, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy stand before the portal. "Let's get going!"
Sora walks through the portal, and exits with Donald, Goofy, and Mickey in the alley of a dark city. Mickey walks back to the street and looks up at the sky. Sora, Donald, and Goofy run to see what he's looking at, a giant flying fortress almost covering a heart-shaped moon. It seems a haunting welcome to The World That Never Was.
Sora turns to Mickey. "Axel said Kairi's in the dungeon." He do not wish to mention Roxas in front of Mickey.
Then we better find a way to get to that castle!"
They leave the Alley to 'Between' and travel through 'Fragment Crossing'. Along the way, they fight countless of Heartless as they reach 'Memory's Skyscraper' and it starts to rain. Sora raises his head as the cold rain hits against him. He is about to move on when he hear clashing of swords and his comrades calling to him. He turns around to see two Samurai Nobdies holding Donald and Goofy back. "Sora! Behind you!"
Sora turns around to a cloacked figure stepping out from a dark portal. Sora summons out his keyblade immediately. The figure steps forth a little before halting in his steps. He raises his hand and slowly pulls the hood off, revealing blond hair as a familiar pair of sapphire eyes look at the keybearer.
Sora's eyes widen as the keyblade disappears from his hand. "It's…you…But…I…you…" Tears start to wind up in his eyes as he dashes forth to the figure and throw his arms around the person's neck. "Roxas!!"
The brunette weeps onto Roxas's cloak as the blond raises his hand and caresses the crying boy. "Yeah, it's me."
Sora chokes a little as he snuggles his face deeper into the damp clothing. "But...why? I thought Saix…."
"Because I wanted to see you…"
"Roxas…I…" Sora pauses when he feels a sharp and great pain through his torso. He looks down to see Roxas holding onto Oblivion, that is piercing through into his torso and out from his back, blood is rapidly flowing out from the wound. Sora trembles as he looks back up to see two cold abyss eyes staring at him. "R…Ro..xas…?"
"I wanted to see you…in order… to kill you…"
With that, he pulls Oblivion out from Sora in a fast swing, causing blood to splash everywhere.
THE END!!
LoLx, ooo, bad roxas, lolx.
You all will be wondering I skip all the other worlds, hehex, because I got some very interesting plots for them later at the back!
Stay tuned for the next chapter!!!
