The Fall Apart
They have been fighting and training. They wanted to get stronger. People were being kidnapped. The theory of simple disappearances was too empty and illogic. Isa and Lea noticed that something strange about that castle after people simply stopped seeing King Ansem on the city. And that apprentice of him was really strange.
They were two friends around 18 years old. Lea fights with chakrams and Isa incredible was skilled with fighting and wields a claymore. They decided to infiltrate the castle and discover what has been happened.
So when they finished their ice cream, they looked at the sky.
-The moon is perfect today. I have never seen her so big…-Isa said.
-Ready? - Lea asked and Isa didn't answered. Just summoned his weapon, Lunatic and Lea summoned Eternal Flames and they proceeded. They didn't want to fight the guardians of the castle's entrance but today they had to go though them even if that meant fight Aeleus and Dilan…
Xehanort, no… Ansem just walked between the two bodies on the floor. They tried to escape but just when they realized what he was about to do and then it was too late.
The fading bodies of Dilan and Aeleus were on the floor. He believed according his discovery that the body of someone with a strong heart doesn't simply fades away when the heart falls to darkness. But now he knew if this someone's heart is very strong it will keep its human form and also the memories.
He unsummoned the Keyblade and entered the castle. The night would be long. Things had to be done. Work was not finished yet…
They arrived at the entrance and didn't find the guardians. And the more strange of this all, the gate was open. They unsummoned their weapon and entered and walked through the castle during many hours until they got to a secret laboratory. There was a big computer and Isa started to check it out.
-You know how to work this out!?
-Why don't speak louder, genius? - Isa spit it out – Yes, I know but seems like it needs a passwords.
-You must be kidding me! All that preparation for nothing!
-Not for nothing yet. We just need to think. So if you could stop screaming and start thinking we can find out.
-I guess I don't get a choice…
-Good now let's see – And they started thinking of what could it be for hours or minutes. That place had nothing different taking out the hugeness. There would be a night of much work…
Ansem walked through the corridors. He was getting the castle ready and working while the apprentices would be gone. He was ready to finally unlock the hearts of Even, Ienzo and …Braig.
That man was an enigma. Which side is he? He seems so loyal but yet he has his own secrets and reasons. He completed agreed with his plans even not knowing the entire plot and what role he would play.
Having him on his side is great and yet …dangerous. Ansem didn't trust entirely on him… Some noise came from the laboratory. No, it was a voice. He had to check it out. No one would destroy his plans…
-I GIVE UP! – Lea screams and takes his hand out of his face. He heads to the computer and punches it with rage.
-LEA, STOP! –Isa screams back and pushes him from the computer. The machine starts charging and appears "PASSWORD CORRECT, LOADING DATA", Isa's mouth falls to the floor-Unbelievable…
-HELL YEAH! You owe me one, baby!
-Quit the screaming, Lea. – He starts typing and many profiles people that have been gone appear. They keep scrolling the page and there is no end to the list. It was not a list of just the disappeared people; it was of patients, victims of experiments.
-No way… - That incredibly made Lea silent.
-Lea, you know what this means, right?
-That we gotta kick the butt of those heck of apprentices of Ansem!
-No, it means… - But he cuts in the middle of the conversation. "Clap, clap, clap" they look around searching for the source of the claps.
-Show yourself, you coward! –Lea screams and summons his chakrams and Isa gets up and also summons his weapon.
-I will do as you wish… -A man runs from the shadows of the laboratory and makes some extremely skilled and fast punches on Lea.
He is hit at all moves and thrown to the floor, so the man jumps to the air and comes back ready to steps with his weight on Lea's head but Isa gets in the way and protects his friend with his arms.
-Hmpf…-The man exclaims and retreats -So the kids decided to come in and play. What are you two doing? –His voice turns creepily serious.
-People started to disappear. Our leader was one of them. You apprentices did nothing. Someone had to move –Isa answers staring deeply at the man eyes. Now that they could see him just standing and not attacking; the man had silver hair, golden eyes, pointed ears and wore a lab white coat. Of course he was one of the apprentices.
-And who are you, exactly?
-Just civilians worried with our home town. The name's Lea, got it memorized? –He said while he was getting up.
-And you? –The man turns to Isa.
-Let's just skip the formalities, shall we? – Isa runs to him and moves with precision but carefully his claymore. The man evaded it all. Lea jumps and slashes horizontally the air since the man makes a "Matrix" evade so Isa comes and tries to smash his head with the claymore but he makes an acrobatic and ends up on the top of the handle of the claymore now craved on the floor and jumps to the computer.
Lea throws his chakram and the man repels to the wall above him so Isa throws his claymore that the man holds in the middle of the air with difficult, Lea is gone. But soon he appears with chakram on the wall and he rotates creating a spark barrage.
Xehanort throws the claymore behind and runs, Isa is already there to take his weapon and with professional skills tries to slash horizontally Xehanort fast like a lightning but he jumps to the air. Lea was waiting for this and throws both his chakram in a cross position.
The apprentice reflects and hits his back on the wall, Isa use this against him and smashes his claymore with the just summoned weapon of the man in white. The whole wall cracks and he flies to the front of the gate.
Xehanort gets to the floor and waits his enemies. They were quite formidable; they could be of his use later. Nothing comes so he just decides to finish them for good and proceed on his plan. He summons darkness on his hand and shots a Dark Volley and a Dark Cannon.
Right before the explosion on the whole laboratory and probably a big part of the construction which was already unstable due an accident years ago, they jumps from the hole on the wall and gets to the floor.
-Who…What are you? –Isa asks.
-I'm Ansem!
-You're lying, the old man is already gone for a while! –Lea exclaims.
-Hmpf…Very perceptive –Ansem says –But you are invading too much of my privacy. Now be gone you both! –He dashes at them. They are barely able to evade all the attacks but they get out from that frenzy in one piece.
-You're good –Isa says and Lea throws his chakram at him, missing him for a little and suddenly disappears and Isa uses the distraction and attacks the man. He gets concentrated on the battle and Lea reappears behind him screaming about to kill him but he simply disappears.
-Not bad… -In a second he is already holding Lea on the air by the back of his neck –But it is not enough! – And he throws the boy on the floor. His Keyblade turns into two big curved blades and he cross-slashes him on the air but Isa gets on the way and gets a cross shaped cut right on the face.
-ISA! –Lea screams and explodes on rampage and runs to Ansem. The man is barely able to survive but he summons a strange darkness that creates a big dark hand that sends the boy flying. When he touches the floor the man is already there to finish him off with his blades but again Isa gets in the way.
Blood falls on Lea' s face. He looks at his friend's chest now stabbed by two enourmous mean blades. He yells and throws both his chakrams from both sides of his friend. Ansem is almost not able to escape but the chakrams pass by him.
Lea suddenly appears and cross-cuts his back but ignoring the pain, turns around and stabs him with the Keyblade. Lea feels the life going away from his existence.
Before disappearing he listen a whisper: "Lea…" Isa was still alive …
The night has just gotten to sky above them. "These boys can be useful for us." Lea just disappeared as did his heart. He turns around to stab Isa and gets shocked. The blue haired boy's wounds are cured. He is standing in the middle of red blood moon reflecting the real moon from the sky.
The hair of the boy is messy, his nails are longer, the new scar on the face bigger, the claymore is bigger and sharper and he is covered by a blue aura.
-That's interesting, huh!? –Xehanort exclaims.
-You dare laugh at my face after killing my friend. You're gonna die. I'm gonna rip you off alive! –Isa runs almost flies to him and his fighting style changes and increases dramatically. He is wild.
They clash many times. The battle is extremely equal. Every clash produces various huge cracks on the floor.
So in a pause between two clashes, Xehanort summons all his inner darkness and the Guardian appears behind him. It takes Isa on his hand from the middle of his attempt to kill Xehanort.
Isa screams and a huge explosion occurs from him, freeing him from the dark creature. Xehanort commands it to throw a dark ball of energy which Isa reflects to the floor using his claymore. The explosion creates a distraction and Xehanort uses to run to Isa and finish him off.
But his enemy thought the same and they clash stronger than all the previous times. The floor finally submits by the power from their battle and falls down revealing waterfalls around and beyond the castle.
When they are about to hit the floor, Xehanort stabs himself. Isa is staring him standing on the flying island.
-Appreciate my power, child! –The man screams and his images flashes to one of an old man. A heart appears on the air and it flies to Isa's chest. Isa stares his own chest when he feels the metal of the Keyblade. He was stabbed…
-Our hearts fused and you are going to become a new person, one of my creations. You were already chosen to hold one piece of my heart. Together we will conquer the world. You are going to be a big help for me, I see.
The last thing Isa sees after falling on a little pool of water at his feet and before disappearing is his reflection. His eyes are golden…
This was so heartbreaking to write. I wanted to explain when and why was already norted when he was in the Org.