NOW WITH 80% LESS SWARING!
And a happy Thanksgiving to the readers. Also on a side note, the joke with Reijin doesn't come from Justin Law from, Soul Eater. It's actually something that happens to me a lot in real life.
Note: Nek-Jin and any other race names belong to Makuhari-Fan01. Who has given me permission to use them. Thanks Again Maku!XD The terms are used from Makuhari-Fan01's story, Ala Alba in the World of Magic. A very good story that I highly recommend to any one who reads this. Urashima Tarou is the story where the hero saves a turtle and follows him to an undersea kingdom. There he spends time and celebrates with them, and is given a box to take back to the surface, but he must never open it. However, his curiosity gets the better of him. And when he opens the box he age's because 1000 years have passed in reality. The spells used in this chapter are all made up. And the first one used by him holds a biblical reference.
Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura & Negima belongs to Ken Akamatsu.
Warning: This story will contain Violence, Language, and Adult Content.
Chapter 12: The Water Mage! Sora's Training Battle Start!
It was two hours until midnight. Sora after all the excitement and had fallen out like a light, once he was allowed back in to his dorm with Negi, Uindo, and Kumogiri. He was wrapped comfortably in his futon. With Negi not to far from him in another futon. Sora was shaken up by a foot near by.
"Uh! Huh!" Sora grunted as he was forced awake. He looked to his side and saw Kumogiri standing on his side. He was dressed in a brown hoodie jacket that seemed to have a fur like material on the inside. Kumogiri also wore dark jeans with a pair of gray shoes. "Dang it is it already time...?" Sora sighed.
"Hey your the one who asked to train with us..." Kumogiri told him. "Get ready and wake up."
"What about Negi-kun, and Uindo-san?" Sora asked as he yawned.
"Sempai has an afternoon training session later today, and Negi-sensei has classes to teach, so leave them be, I've already set an alarm for them..." He told them.
"Well all right then..." Sora said as he looked over at Negi who was sound asleep. Uindo snored softly in his bed. After they where allowed back inside Uindo simply put on some underwear before falling into his bed. "At lest he's not naked anymore..." Sora thought.
"By the way I'd recommend wearing your own cloths, the ones you had before you came here." Kumogiri told him.
"Oh? OK then..." Sora said as he got to his feet. He dug for his clothes in his drawer. Sora quickly dressed himself. "It's been a while since I wore this stuff, I kinda miss it."
"Then do me a favor and go to Mundus Magicus...you can ware whatever you want there..." Kumogiri whispered. Sora was able to hear him though just barley.
"Jeeze...What is his problem?" Sora thought. "He's not a bad guy but compared to Cloud-sensei, Kumogiri-san is just a very unappealing person. And I'm Comparing Him To A Man That Broods Twenty-Four-Seven!"
"Hey come one or we'll be late!" Kumogiri said. He and Sora walked out the door.
"Take care guys..." Sora said as he closed the door behind him. He followed Kumogiri to the outside of the Fantaji House. "So where are we heading? Where do you guys have your training?"
"Just follow me and you'll see for your self..."Kumogiri told him. "And try to keep up..."
Kumogiri suddenly then leaped to the top of a nearby building. He began to dart from rooftop to rooftop at a blinding speed. Kumogiri speeded across about three of four miles from Sora in about a half a second. Kumogiri looked behind him as he continued running. Sora was nowhere in sight.
"Oh dear seems like he can't keep up!" Kumogiri thought as he smirked.
"Hey whoa! Your pretty fast Kumogiri-san!" He heard from his side. Kumogiri was shocked to see Sora keeping up with him.
"Oh! This is nothing!" Kumogiri exclaimed as he increased his speed. Kumogiri's feet began to glow with a white light as he disappeared from Sora's sight. All that he left was a trail of light. "Humph! I'm a mage of the wind, there is no way that he can keep up with my full speed."
"Wow he is fast...if I want to keep up..." Sora said. "...Warp!" Sora disappeared from regular sight as well. Soon he was right next to Kumogiri again. "So...? Are we almost there...?"
"What The Hell!" Kumogiri said as he tripped and fell to the streets. He grinded on the ground a little and had a nose bleed from the impact of his fall. Sora ran back and to his side.
"Ah! Hey you OK!" Sora asked.
"Damn it! Are you telling me can run as fast as that!" Kumogiri said as he wiped his nose.
"Well no..." Sora told him. "I can go faster..."
"WHAT!" Kumogiri exclaimed.
"Well yeah, I can't go faster then you though...your leading the way remember..." Sora said bluntly. Kumogiri began to grind his teeth in frustration. "So are we close or not...?" Kumogiri got to his feet and wiped away the blood on his face.
"Hump! Yeah we are..." He told him.
They continued on by foot. Kumogiri lead Sora down the streets until they came to a shop. It was a large building and had the words "Closed Till Farther Notice" written on the windows. Kumogiri approached the door and rang a bell seven times and waited. Soon the door opened. Sora saw a girl that looked like the young woman who was a Keyblade warrior before him, Aqua. Her hair was darker then the girl Sora remembered, and her hair seemed to come to her mid-back. She wore shirt was a large black sweater that seemed to barely contain her large chest, caramel colored pants, and long black boots.
"Kumo-kun, It's about time!" She said. "I wouldn't have thought that you would nearly be late..."
"Don't patronize me Nami-sempai!" Kumogiri said. The girls eyes turned to Sora.
"Oh so this must be the much talked about Sora-san, eh?" She asked. Sora tensed up and was kind of nervous.
"Oh yeah I'm Sora ma'ma." He told her.
"My name is Mamizu Nami, I've heard much about you already." She told him.
"Hey, enough with the introductions I don't want Kataragi-sensei to get on to me about being late." Kumogiri said.
"Relax Tanehana-chan, and Awai-chan arrived and told Shade-Beard about what happened earlier and why you were thrown out of your own dorm. I full detail I might add..." Nami giggled. "You boy's and your perverted antics..."
"W-Wait! That Stuff Wasn't On Purpose!" Sora told her.
"Shade-bead was content with letting you guy's rest for a bit after you get to the training grounds." Nami told Kumogiri.
"That is good then, I guess we could have brought Sempai, and Negi-sensei." He said.
"Huh? They still have to get up at around four or five at the morning though!" Sora added.
"I'll explain in a minute." Kumogiri said as he and Sora came inside. Nami closed the door behind them. In the center of the room was a orb that seemed to have a miniature building inside of it. "Place your hand on the glass..." Sora was told.
He did as he was instructed and the moment Sora touched the orb a glowing light engulf him. Within a moment Sora found himself out of the dark room and standing in a bright area. Under his feet was a magic pentagram. In front of him was what looked like a castle of marble. And the surrounding area was some kind of forest.
"Huh!" Sora exclaimed. "What is this!" As he spoke Kumogiri and Nami appeared next to him.
"Cool huh?" Nami asked.
"This place is a sealed away area." Kumogiri told him. "There is a powerful witch here on the campus, this castle is one of her vacation homes from what I'm told."
"Whoa! So you guys all train here!" Sora exclaimed.
"Only when we find the time." Nami told him.
"How do you guys leave?" He asked her.
"I'll show you later, when we can." She told him. "Once you enter one of these "villa's", you can't leave for twenty-four hours."
"Huh? A Whole Day!" Sora exclaimed.
"Relax." Kumogiri told him. "Do you know that folk story of Urashima Tarou*? Well it's the opposite of that."
"I don't know this world's lure..." Sora told them.
"Right...well I'll explain the story some other time..." Kumogiri said. "But what you need to know is that once you come in here, you can't leave for twenty-four hours. But, twenty-four hours in here, is only about one hour out side."
"Ah...!" Sora said as he wrapped his head around the situation.
"The important thing is that we now have a bit of time to rest up." He told Sora. "Come on..."
Nami lead Sora and Kumogiri to the castle and into a bed chamber. There were multiple beds all over the large room. They where all roughly medium queen sized beds with white bed sheets and blankets. The pillows were made of cotton and wrapped in silk. Sora made his way to the closest bed and collapsed onto it.
"Rest well boy's." Nami told them. "I'm going to inform Shade-beard that your here, Then I'll get some sleep as well..." She said with a yawn. She looked over to Sora and smiled. "I hope you can put on a good show later Sora-san..." She said as she closed the door.
"Say is Nami-san a student of Shade-beard as well?" Sora asked.
"No..." He told him. "She isn't a student of Kataragi-sensei. She is another teacher's student. She also attends classes at the university."
"What is she doing here if she's not with us?" Sora asked.
"Well Seizen-sensei, Takahata-sensei, and Kataragi-sensei have been talking about you to the other magic teachers and their students..." Kumogiri told him. "Saying how much promise you show...and how much you seem like Nagi Springfield..."
"Springfield...? Is that Negi-kun's old man!" Sora asked.
"Yeah...the Thousand Master..." He told him. "Anyway the reason that Nami-sempai, and other students are here, are just to see your strength for themselves..."
"I see..." Sora said.
"Man I'm glad we can sleep, I figured Sensei would have us train as soon as we got here..." Kumogiri added.
Sora looked down into the room to notice several other lumps in beds. One was Tanehana, another was Lee. And there was about five or six others farther on that he couldn't tell who they where. Sora and Kumogiri changed into some sleep cloths in a near by shelf. Sora slept soundly for a little bit. He was comfortable in the bed, but it was cold seeing as how it hadn't been slept in for a while. Sora felt some rustling and suddenly felt warmer on his side. While under a warmer bed covering, Sora fell into a sweet slumber. And after a few hours of sleep, he then suddenly heard an alarm. The buzzing sound slowly awoke Sora from his sleep. As his vision retuned he saw at his side the source of the warmth that filled his bed. Wearing a green camisole and matching green pajama pants with a design of waves on them. And from what he saw from the edge of her hips was the side of a pink thong. Sora was looking at Nami's peaceful sleeping face.
"DA-!" Sora was about to shout. Before Nami seemed to pull him into her chest while still asleep.
Sora passed out with his face in her chest, form the marshmallow hell he experienced. That is until Nami woke up from the alarm as well. She lifted herself up and rubbed her eyes as she shook Sora to reawake him. Kumogiri had woken up as well and was just as shocked at the sight as Sora had been.
"Hey time to get up Sora-kun..." She said.
"W-why did you get in the same bed as me!" He asked.
"Huh? Well it was the closest to the door...besides, these beds are pretty cold and two people are warmer then one!" She told him. Nami got up from the bed. "Hey now come on! We have to meet Shade-beard and the others..."
Nami had her back to Sora, and then quickly removed her pants and lifted her camisole to show she had no bra on underneath. Sora was thrown from the bed and onto the floor from the force of his nose bleed. He laid there for a moment with his eyes twitching. Within moments Nami was fully dressed and Kumogiri was holding Sora by the back of his head.
"S-she dose realize I'm a guy right?" Sora questioned still haft dazed.
"Sorry I didn't tell you before, but it didn't come up..." Kumogiri told him. "Nami-sempai is probably the most non-body shy girl I've ever meet. She has even joined me and Sempai in the baths, even though she had known we were in there..."
"Damn, I never knew Aqua-san every well, but I'm sure she wasn't that opened up to others..." Sora thought.
"Get dressed now..." Kumogiri said. "We do have to meet with Kataragi-sensei as she says."
"Oh Yeah!" Sora exclaimed snapping back to his usual self. He and Kumogiri quickly redressed and began to walk to the forest outside the castle. "I can't wait to start my new training...! Shade-beard says that he thinks I show a lot of potential right!"
"Yeah..." Kumogiri sighed.
He began to think back to when he had first started his training. And how much Kataragi had praised him. Kumogiri had, even from a young age been called talented at magic. He tried to stay humble about it but a strong pride began to work it's way into his heart. He had done his best to try to except Sora as he adjusted to his presence. But Kataragi had allowed him so many freedoms for simply testing him then Kumogiri had ever had. Sora had been to allowed to do almost anything he wanted while at Mahora. He seemed to also attract many young women, including his own crush Tanehana, while the only girl that seemed to like him was a girl that Kumogiri had no romantic feelings for. And from what he had seen, Sora's magical powers was greater then his. And the fact that he had heard what Kataragi had decided for Sora's first training exercise, was the last straw. He had heard from Tanehana the other night. That Sora would face Reijin today. Something that Kataragi had denied him the chance, because it was too dangerous.
"Just what was it about that kid that was so damn special?" He thought. Sora annoyed his so much, but at the same time he knew none of it was Sora's fault. "I just don't know how much more I can take..."
They arrived in the forest and walked to a wide clearing. The tree's surrounding them where large evergreen pine trees and the forest seemed to be full of them. To the far right Sora could see what seemed to be a lake in the distance. Standing in the field was Tanehana, Lee, Kataragi, Nami, Awai, Shurako, Setsuna and a boy Sora had not met before.
The guy was Sora's height and age but looked like Snow Villiers. He wasn't as buff as Snow, but had the same cocky smile as him. He even dressed similar to Snow. The young man wore a large white trench coat that seemed a size to big for him. He had a black under shirt, pants, and commando boots. He also had a blue scarf raped around his neck.
"YO, YO!" The boy called. "NEE-SAN! THAT'S THE GUY RIGHT-AISU*!" Awai nodded her head. He held out his fist to Sora. "OK THEN SORA! I CHALLENGE YOU-AISU!" He was then backhanded by Awai.
"Don't act like a fool now Kesshi-san!" She told him. "You aren't his opponent!"
"I don't care! I may never meet some one as strong as the Thousand Master-aisu!" He said.
"Umm...Man this guy seems worse then Snow-san." Sora thought.
"I wouldn't say he's Nagi level exactly Kesshi-kun, but Sora-kun maybe a notch or two below him in my opinion." Kataragi told him. He turn his attention to Sora and called out. "Sora-kun come here! So that I can properly introduce you!" Sora and Kumogiri approached the group of students.
"This here..." Awai said as she pushed the Snow doppelganger closer to Sora. "Is Kousetsu Kesshi."
"Yo!" He said. "Look Here Sora-kun! Since I'm Not Your Opponent Now, I'll Just Fight You Later Today-Aisu!"
"You will have to leave and go to school later!" Awai told him.
"Are you guys really brother and sister too?" Sora asked.
"No!" Awai said. "He's just a brat I have to take care of. I have a feeling the two of you will get along."
"Now then Sora-kun come here!" Kataragi said. Sora approached him. "Today before you are instructed in how to perform our magic, I'd like to see your strength with my own eyes..."
"So I'm going to fight someone...?" Sora asked.
"You will participate in a battle against my strongest student..." He told Sora. "He is already considered a graduate student of magic, and is also been given the tile of Magister Magi."
"Huh? If he's already a master mage, then why is he still your student here?" Sora asked him.
"He has exceptional skills in combat, and spell casting, but he still has a few things he needs to learn from me before I acknowledge him as a Magister Magi..." Kataragi told him. "Shurako-san, could you retrieve Reijin-kun?"
"Hey Loser!" Shurako called. "Get Down Here!" There was no response. Sora turned to the direction that she was facing. He noticed a leg hanging up of the trees. The person in the tress seemed to be sleeping on a limb. "Wake Up You Baka!" Still no response. She picked up a staff from the ground and held it with her left hand. She raised her right hand in the direction that person was. "Laedo ledo Permo..." She chanted. "Spiritus fulminis coactus et verberatus deorsus mea inimicus(Spirits of lightning gather and strike down my foe)! Sagita Magika(Magic Arrow)!" A bolt of lightning shot from her hand a struck the man in the tree. He fell to the ground yelling in a dazed voice. The man was as old as Lee and Shurako. He wore a white and blue jacket, a pair of dark pants, and a dark shirt. He got to his feet and rubbed the top of his head.
"Damn it! Time to go already?" He said. Sora looked closely at his face as he lowered his hood. He was missing his Mullet but his face and voice sounded just like Demyx of the Organization. His hair was wild, messy, and a light brown color. Wrapped around his head was a pair of purple headphones, and he had three silver rings on his hand. One on his left ring finger and two on his right index and middle fingers.
"Hey haven't you been sleeping this whole time!" Shurako asked. Reijin didn't respond. "You said that you came here to have some extra rest before the match so have you been sleeping for three days!" She asked. Once again he didn't answer. "What are you doing! Answer Someone When They're Speaking To You!" Reijin pulled down his headphones, and the area was filled with blaring rock music.
"Huh? Did you say something Shu-chan?" He asked her with a super deformed face.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Shurako exclaimed as she tried to charge at Reijin and tear him to pieces, only to be held back by Tanehana.
"How can he sleep with such loud music playing in his ears..." Sora thought.
"Oh! Hey there!" Reijin said as he approached Sora. "Sora-kun...Nice to finally meet you! My name is Seisui Reijin."
"Damn! He get's to fight Reijin-kun!" Kesshi thought. "This will be awesome!"
"Hello..." Sora said.
"Well then, if there is nothing more you'd like to say..." Kataragi said. "We can start."
"Right now?...OK" Reijin said. "If it's OK with Sora-kun..."
"Yeah sure..." Sora said.
"Stand twenty paces from each other, and the two of you will start on my word." Kataragi said. Sora and Reijin began walking to make sure that they where the right distance from each other. "I want you both to fight at full strength. If it goes too far I'll intervene..." Sora looked back and saw Reijin slowly looking back. Sora couldn't sense much of anything from him really.
"This guy doesn't seem as strong as the others have been making him out to be." Sora told him self. He and Reijin reached their starting points. "But...that's what I thought about Demyx until I fought him at Radiant Garden..." Sora faced him with a serious face. "I'll have to take this seriously..." He summoned his Keyblade in his right hand. Some of the other students gasped at seeing Sora's weapon for the first time. Sora reached into a pocket on his jacket-vest. He then pulled out a keychain, that's token was that of a lion cub's head. Sora quickly replaced the Kingdom Key's chain with the one in his hand. The Keyblade was engulfed by light and reformed into a different shape. It appeared as if it was made out of wood. The top of the guard became a male lion's head, the blade seemed as if it was a log with spicks for it's teeth. And the chain itself had become a small green vine. "Sakuru obu Raifu(Circle of Life)..." Sora said aloud as he stared at Reijin.
"Oh come on...What's with the serious face there Sora-kun?" Reijin asked. He pulled down his headphones and turned of the music. "It's a bit scary..." He added as the tone in his voice changed. His eyes lost their shining glow, and it felt as if Sora was all of a sudden staring at a demon.
"I'm scary...?" Sora thought. "Well with the Sakuru obu Raifu, I can quickly regain the magic power I lose during the fight...but I don't know if the rate I lose and gain will be evened out."
"Reijin-san really plans to fight seriously, doesn't he?" Awai asked. Kumogiri looked over to Tanehana. He noticed her usual sweet face was filled with worry.
"Tanehana-chan? Are you OK?" He asked.
"Just a little nervous for Sora..." She told him.
"You know that Kataragi-sensei won't let things too far." He said.
"I know but..." Tanehana added.
"If things get out of control and go too far, I promise that I'll step in myself to stop it if I have to." He said to help reassure her.
"I understand, thank you Kumogiri-kun..." She said. "But...how far will too far be..." she continued in thought.
"Are you both prepared?" Kataragi asked.
"Sure..." Reijin said.
"As I'll ever be." Sora said.
"Then on my mark..." Kataragi began. Sora took his battle pose.
"I won't be caught off guard." He thought. Reijin pulled his right hand from his pocket.
"START NOW!" Kataragi called.
Before Sora could even move he suddenly felt a sharp pain. Sora's vision blurred for a second as he all of a sudden spit out blood. Tanehana closed her eyes and covered her mouth at the site. Sora looked down to see, that the damp ground's water had be come ice and jettisoned up as thick icicles to stab him. Two from behind, and two from the front.
"WHAT THE-!" Sora thought.
"Whoa man! I thought he was supposed to be as strong as The Thousand Master?" Reijin asked calmly. "Maybe it was all hype after all..." Sora grabbed the two icicles in front of him after dropping his Keyblade, and spiting out more blood.
"Damn it! Reijin! You Went Too Far!" Kumogiri shouted as he and Awai began to run towards them.
"Wait!" Kataragi called as he held out his arm.
The onlookers noticed that Sora was griping the ice in front of him and cased them to crack. Sora then began to laughed.
"Ice magic, huh?" He said. "I guess you can manipulate water too...That's such a relief..."
"Oh? How so?" Reijin asked.
"You fight like the you I knew..." Sora told him. "And here I was worried..." Sora crushed to two icicles in front of him. He pulled out the pieces stuck in his front and walked away from the ones in his back. Leaving four gaping holes in his torso. "...Worried that I might have to come up with a new way to kick your ass!"
"Ha, ha, ha!" Reijin laughed. "You have some real cohunes Sora-kun! It isn't a bad thing, though. I like guys like that! Your alright Bozu!" As Reijin was laughing though. Sora began to dash with all his speed towards him.
"We've Got Plenty Of Time For Fun And Games Later Jerk!" Sora called as he resummoned the Sakuru oba Raifu. He slashed at Reijin but he was lifted by a wave of water. Witch he steered it back to where Sora was standing.
"Well, well. Looks like he's really ready to play..." Reijin thought. He raised both his hands and held them in front of him. "Guess it would be insulting to not bring my A-game, eh?" Three large icy crystals began to form. "Fundo gelo subo..." He began to chant. "Bellua De Glacaile Altum, Seco Illa Uter Obstaculi! Cetus( Beast of the icy deep sea, cut down that which stands in my opposition! Cetus!)!*"
The three ice crystals formed into a blast that headed straight for Sora. The blast took the shape of a giant whale that opened it's great mouth. Sora was about to be swallowed by the attack until he leaped to the right and grazed around the whale. Sora continued to try and close the gap, between him and Reijin.
"I can already see his strategy..." Sora thought. "He fights just like Demyx...trying to keep me at a distance and lashing out with powerful attacks...If I can just close the gap...!" He raised his weapon, and pointed it to his opponent. "Firaga!" He shouted sending a massive fire ball towards Reijin.
Sora winced in pain, the stress of using a third level spell and the pain from his wounds where adding up. But if he could just get in a good combo, Sora would have an opening to heal. Reijin raised a shield of water with little effort. As the fire and water meet a large blast of steam covered the area. Seeing what Sora was planning by creating this concealment around them, He closed his eyes and calmed himself.
"Where will he come form?" He thought. "From the sides...Above...Behind?...Surely he wouldn't try-!" Reijin suddenly felt a force directly in front of him. "A Frontal Attack!" Sora readied himself.
"I've got you..." He said as he was about to strike.
"Too bad..." Reijin said as he kneed Sora in one of his stomach wounds. Sora gasped at the sudden strike. "This would have worked if you had been more sneaky about your attack..." He added as Sora was still stunned. He then punched Sora in his back. "Your real mistake though..." he added as he began to rapidly strike Sora with a fury of physical attacks. "Was believing that the reason I kept my distance, was that I was no good at close combat..." The steam fog began to fade away, and the others could now see Sora getting pummeled by Reijin. Tanehana closed her eyes and winced as she heard each blow land. He grabbed Sora by the collar of his shirt. "In truth though, the reason I choose to fight at a distance with magic, is simply because I don't like having to move around so much...It's so tiring!"
"You've got to be kidding..." Sora thought.
"Such powers..." Setsuna said as she watched from the sidelines.
"Oh yes..." Nami said. "This is the first time you've seen Reijin-sempai in a battle, isn't it Sakurazaki-san?"
"Yes it is." She told her.
"The key to Reijin-sempai's magic is his rings." Nami told her.
"The rings...?" Setsuna questioned.
"Yes those silver rings that he wears are used to amplify his magic..." Nami said. "The first one is to act as a replacement for a staff or wand, that also amplify his magic over the temperature. The second ring is called the Khione Lacrima(Khione Tear), which he uses to dominate the snow and ice elements. And the last ring, called Poseidon Corona(Poseidon Crown), which allows him to dominate the water and steam. With those three rings he really doesn't even need to chant spells if he wanted. However, the level of concentration that would require is so immense! It's no wonder that he still chants them so that the strain on his body and spirit are lessoned."
"On top of that Reijin-kun has also trained his body to the peak of perfection." Nami added to the explanation. "He hasn't practiced any martial arts or anything, but his strength, even before increasing it with magic, is about three or four times that of a regular mundane." Mei turned her attention back to the fight.
"Reijin-san has such a kind face, yet he seems so ruthless..." Setsuna added
"That really can't be helped..." Nami said to them.
Shurako watched as Reijin continued to beat on Sora. Everyone else where just about at there limit at watching such a one-sided fight. Even the one's who didn't like Sora much hated seeing him like this.
"Reijin..." Shurako thought. "Your never going to be a true Magister Magi, if you always stay like this...baka..."
Reijin stared at Sora's motionless body and dropped him on the ground. He began to walk back to Kataragi and the others. Sora quickly saw his chance and leapt towards Reijin. He raised the Keyblade and sliced through Reijin. Thinking he finally landed a hit on his opponent, Sora smiled. But it faded as he saw that Reijin's body fell apart into water. It floated above Sora and reformed into Reijin, whom delivered a drop kick to Sora. Now with his face in to mud Sora could feel Reijin's left foot pushing on his back.
"Come on now this has gone on long enough Sora-kun..." Reijin said to him as he got down on his right knee. "No one expects you to win this fight...Surrender now so you can have Tane-chan heal, you and I can go take another nap."
"You can turn your own body into water..." Sora uttered.
"Yep...even ice, and occasionally steam too!" Reijin told him. His face super deformed as he thought back. "Ah! I remember the first time that I learned how! I turned into the steam in the ladies bath house, and just rested there in heaven for the rest of the day..."
"Another pervert opponent..." Sora sighed. Then Sora looked over to his audience an a evil little scheme formed in his mind. "That's it!" He thought. "Now I just have to create the opening!" Sora looked up to Reijin.
"What's up Sora-kun? Do you give up?" He asked.
"Tell you what..." Sora said. "You really want to end this so soon and take a nap, well...If I cant land a hit with my next big move then I'll throw in the towel, is it a deal?"
"You really are a cocky one aren't you?" Reijin said. As he lifted his foot off of Sora's back. "Let's see then but if it fails then I'm going to have to counter you again. So you might get hurt again..." Reijin leapt back a few meters. He raised his arms and began to chant. "Fundo gelo subo..." Sora leaped back even closer to the audience. "What's this dose he think I won't attack because he is so close to them?" He thought.
"Curaga!" Sora shouted.
A flower bloomed above his head the pedals the scattered and covered his wounds causing them to disappear. However the strain of two level three spells was really showing. Sora panted even after he was healed. As Reijin continued to chant Sora pulled from his pocket another keychain. The pendent at the end of the chain was that of a small chakram. Sora replaced the chain and had his Keyblade change once again. His Keyblade was now made of two large chakram. One as a the key's teeth and the other as the guard. Connecting the two was a skinny metal eight.
"Cuspis Ex Coeil Cado Ac Occidi Omne!(Blades of the sky fall down and kill all before me!)" Reijin chanted.
"BONDO OBU FUREIMU(Bond Of Flames)!" Sora shouted.
"Carnuficis Imbris(Deathly Rain)!" Reijin called as rain descended.
The rain was fixated on Sora. It poured down and began to pierce Sora like knives. Tanehana looked horrified. Blood began to stream from all over Sora as he screamed in agony. Kumogiri was grinding his teeth. Sora raised his right arm over his face for a meager defense. As the rain stopped, Sora was standing there covered in blood and still held his right arm above his head. His eyes where glazed over and looked like there was no color within them. And his mouth was gaped open as if he was still trying to let out a scream.
"Damn it! Maybe I went to far with that one..." Reijin though.
"Ah! SORA!" Tanehana shouted.
"Hey Shade-Beard! Enough Is Enough! Call This Off Already!" Lee yelled.
"Urgh...ah..." Sora uttered. His gaping mouth slowly moved. "...ah...Hee, hee, hee" He began as he started to smile.
"Huh?" Reijin said as he noticed a sly smirk appear on Sora's face.
"AEROGA!" Sora shouted as he slammed his hand to the ground.
Suddenly everyone was caught off guard by a large tornado that formed where Sora was standing. The winds where so powerful that everyone covered their eyes. Reijin moved his arms in front of him. He summoned all his might and used the water to tear a hole into the tornado and ceased it's rotation.
"That did caught me off guard, but I'd hardly call that an attack!" He thought. "Sorry there Sora-kun, but it looks like...uh...looks like..." As he noticed that the girls that where all close to Sora had all lost one thing or another. Tanehana, Awai, and Setsuna all had there skirts blown away. While Shurako, and Nami had lost their tops. Reijin's face turned a deep red at the large flash of the beautiful young women's underwear. "AH! HA HEE!" He called.
"Amatsutou-Ryu, Ougi..." Sora said as he held his Keyblade with both hands in front of him. The next thing anybody could see Sora was behind Reijin. His right leg was ahead of the left and Sora held the Keyblade straight ahead of him, with his arms fully stretched out as if he had already cut something. "...Zantetsuken(Iron-Cutting Sword)!"
Sora had instantly cut Reijin. The real Reijin. Blood shot from his wound. Sora pleased that his strategy had worked turned back to see. Reijin as well was tuning to face him. But the look in Reijin's eyes wasn't the same as before. They where darker. As if he wasn't staring at a person anymore, but at his pray. Sora felt the air around him grow colder, and colder. Until he realized he could see his breath.
"OH NO!" Kataragi shouted recognizing the look in Reijin's eyes. "LEE! QUICKLY!" Sora turned his attention to Kataragi's shouting, but before he could realize what was happening he was frozen in a large chunk of ice.
"DAMN IT!" Lee called out as he rushed to Sora. Reijin's eyes returned to how they where before. Then they where filled with horror as he saw the young man he had been fighting in a block of ice about three meters thick.
"Oh no..." He said with grief. "Not again..."
Suddenly Kumogiri, Awai, Shurako, and Nami all held him down. Awai had him by the neck, while Kumogiri, and Nami had both his arms. And for good measure Shurako stepped on his back."BAKA WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!" Shurako yelled.
"...I'm sorry..." he cried.
"ADEAT(Come Forth)! ENSHOKU!(Flame Scarlet)" Lee shouted as he pulled from his pocket a card. With a glow of light the card turned into a katana. It was contained in a ash black scabbard. As Lee drew the sword, the sparks from it shined as if the blade had just been on fire. Lee stabbed the ice with the sword. "IGNITE!" He yelled as the block was engulfed in flames. A pillar of fire surrounded Sora and melted the ice. The girls all recovered their skirts, and tops as everyone rushed to see if Sora was still breathing. "Faia Aka Ryu,... Spiritus de Ventus et Violae, Ac Abluo Vulnero, Curae!(Spirits of the wind and flowers, blow away this pain, Curaga!)" Lee he chanted as held his hand over Sora. The cuts and lacerations all over his body faded away, and the blood seemed to evaporate.
"How long did his heart stop for!" Kesshi asked.
"Not long..." Lee said as he grabbed Sora's unconscious body. The flames disappeared from sight. "I think he'll be fine..."
"He's All Right! Oh Thank God!" Tanehana said.
"I didn't ever expect Sora-kun to actually wound Reijin-kun like that..." Kataragi said.
"I'm so sorry sensei..." Reijin cried again.
"It's all right, Such a thing is why I wanted Lee-kun around..." Kataragi said. The ones that had been holding Reijin down released him so they could all check on Sora. He then finally come to. Sora's face first looked calm, but then suddenly it looked freaked out.
"W-WHY T-THE H-H-ELL IS IT S-SO D-DAMN C-C-COLD!" Sora yelled.
"Your Still Cold!" Setsuna yelled. Awai immediately punched Sora in to face.
"Now that we know your alive, you should be punished for your little perverted trick!" She said as she reattached her skirt.
"OH! I THOUGHT WE HAD LOST YOU LITTLE BROTHER!" Tanehana shouted.
"You Where Awesome Man-Aisu!" Kesshi added.
"What are you talking about guys!" Sora asked.
"You where nearly frozen to death by Reijin-san's last spell." Awai told him. "Then Lee-san thawed you out!"
"What am I? A damn turkey!" Sora said. "Well at least I know why I'm freezing..."
"Your taking the whole "You Where Almost Killed" thing pretty well..." Kumogiri told him.
"I'm just a little used to it is all..." Sora told him.
"Hey there! Are you sure your fine!" Reijin asked.
"Yeah, but..." Sora said in a depressed tone. "I still lost...!"
"Ha, ha! Well you should take some pride that you injured Reijin-kun, most other mages can't make that claim." Lee said.
"Well you may have lost the match, but I never expected you to win this one Sora-kun..." Kataragi told him. "As I told you earlier, I wanted to see the height of your current skills with my own eyes. I knew Reijin-kun would be able to draw it out of you, but who would have thought that you'd do the same..."
"So...dose this mean I can officially start my training?" Sora asked.
"All ways eager aren't you? Alright! Alright! Today you'll receive your first lesson, after you've rested up." He told Sora.
"You kidding! All I need is to warm up! I'm ready to go now!" Sora said with his eyes sparkling. "Hey Lee warm me up a bit!"
"Only if you want to be well-done..." He told him.
"Uhh...Never mind, I'll bare the chills..." He added.
"Well then, Kumogiri-kun, since Sora-kun is going to be back up and at it in a few minutes. You can go ahead and teach him while I tend to the other students." Kataragi said.
"WHAT!" Kumogiri and Sora exclaimed.
"I'll have to attend to Tanehana-chan, Lee-kun, Reijin-kun, and the other students for today already." Kataragi told them. "Just show him the basics for now, OK?"
"Yes sensei..." Kumogiri sighed.
"Abeat..." Lee said as his katana returned into a card.
"Are you sure your fine?" Tanehana asked as the others walked away.
"I'm fine Nee-san!" Sora said.
"Alright though, If you need any thing tell Kumogiri-kun, and he'll call me..." She told him. She turned to Kumogiri. "You got that Kumogiri-kun?"
"Yes ma'ma..." He told her.
"Hey! I'll Let You Off Today But Next Training Session It's Me Versus You!" Kesshi yelled as he was dragged away by Awai.
"That really was impressive Sora-kun." Setsuna told him. "I've been told that Reijin-san, is almost never injured."
"Oh yeah?" He said as he smiled confidently. "I may have lost now, but just wait! Once I've trained a bit I'll kick his butt!"
"Sure you will..." Kumogiri said sarcastically.
"Hey then I'll see you around Setsuna-san!" Sora told her. "And can you tell Kesshi-san that I'll fight him next time!"
"I'll inform him, good luck in your training." She said as she went to join the others.
"Hey Then Let's Go!" Sora said. "What do I do first..."
"Humm..." Kumogiri thought for a moment. "Well, you already know how to summon forth your magic powers, and your ki...so I guess we can skip that part..."
"So then what is there?" Sora asked.
"Do you know what an activation Key is then?" He asked. Sora's bewildered look answered for him. Kumogiri sighed at how simple he was. "I guess I'll explain...An Activation Key is a key word or phrase that we mages use to unlock our magical pathways..."
"Magical pathways..." Sora repeated. "I think Merlin once told me about them..." he thought.
"Think of the network of veins that carry your blood through your body...They also carry your ki and magic in a way..." Kumogiri explained. "An Activation Key releases the magic in a controlled way...with out one only simple spells can be done, like barriers...If a spell of larger scale is used without one, it could either not work, harm the user, or possibly damage the caster's magical pathways..."
"So if I have an Activation Key, then I can use my magic no problem!" Sora said.
"If it was that easy anyone could perform Antiquus Veneficus..." He told him.
"Huh?" Sora said.
"The incantations direct and help maintain the flow of magic as well. The best bet you have here is to learn our spells..." Kumogiri said. "You can't half-ass this and think things will work..."
"Ok so what kind of Activation Key do I use?" Sora asked.
"Mages eventually chose there own...It can mean something personal to the caster, or it can be utter nonsense." He told him. "It would take time and there are lots of things that Kataragi-sensei must prepare before we can give you your own Sora-san. So for now you should use this "Practe Bigi Nar".
"Practe Bigi Nar..." Sora repeated to him self.
"Here take this..." Kumogiri added as he pulled from his pocket two small wands. He handed Sora a wand with a tip that was shaped like a star, while he held a wand with a tip that looked like Saturn. "It's a tool for beginners and is a decent for channeling magic. Now try this spell here...Practe Bigi Nar, Lux(Light)!" He said as he pointed the wand. The tip began to shine with a bright light.
"Cool...OK then...ahem!" Sora said. He pointed his wand the same as Kumogiri. "Practe Bigi Nar, Lux!" The tip began to shine for a moment, but it didn't last long. The light dimmed until it vanished completely. Kumogiri's was still lit and Sora was wandering what he did wrong. "Huh? Did I mess this up?"
"Actually that was better then most..." Kumogiri told him. "Practically no one can make it light up on their first time..."
"Humm..." Sora said as he stared angrily at the wand. "Alright then, lets try again!" Sora repeated the spell and the effect was still the same. He frustratingly tried again, and again, and again.
"Well this is a fat waste of my time..." Kumogiri sighed. "Look I'm going to go grab some books from the castle...That way I can at least review over some martial and practice on my own."
"PRACTE BIGI NAR, LUX!" Sora shouted. The wand glowed bright for a moment, but then faded away in seconds. "Huff...huff..." Kumogiri looked at him and rubbed the back of his head.
"You know...It could help if you visualize the light..." He told him.
"Huh...?" Sora asked.
"Well..." Kumogiri sighed. He raised his hand to the sky. "When I was learning these beginner spells...I would close my eyes and think of what I could draw energy from to make what I need to happen, happen...For the spell your doing, I thought of holding a star on the tip of my wand." He closed his hand into a fist. "Give it a shot and maybe you could make the glowing last more then five minutes." He began to walk to the castle. "And if you can do that then, we can move to the next step..." Sora looked at his wand.
"Visualize...eh?" Sora said. He raised the wand and closed his eyes.
Kumogiri grabbed a backpack from the castle library. He found about seven books and stuffed them inside. He also located three books on basic attack and simple magic for Sora. Kumogiri trotted back to the sight where he left Sora. As soon as he stepped outside he noticed a large bright light coming from the training field.
"HUH!" He exclaimed as he ran to the site. Sora was holding a wand that seemed to be a small star in front of him. "Damn!" Kumogiri said as he ran up to him. He pulled out the wand from before and pointed it to the source of the light. "FLANS EXARMATIO(Blow Forth And Disarm)!" The wand was blown away from Sora's hand, and the glove on his hand turned into flower petals. "You Baka! What The Hell Are You Doing!"
"Hey I was just doing what you said! Visualizing a star in my hand..." He said.
"Not Literally! Figuratively! Like Holding A Tiny Night Time Star In Your Hand!" Kumogiri yelled. "You Need To Exercise, And Learn To Keep, Control!...You don't do that and you could end up like Reijin-sempai..."
The two sat down for a break and gathered up some food. Kumogiri gave Sora a few more pointers about how to make the wand glow longer, but all Sora wanted to talk about was how to do that spell that Kumogiri used to disarm him. And how to use their other magical attacks. After several hours in the site, almost a day and a half. Sora and Kumogiri had left the castle behind. And like they said, not much time had passed in the real world. The two began to walk back home. Sora still was asking all kinds of questions about magical combat of this world. He actually started to read a bit of one of the books and began to understand some of the material. Though he needed to have Kumogiri explain a lot.
"These spells seem to complex why is it my normal magic has to be so messed up!" Sora complained. "This kind of stuff never really happened to me before..."
"What do you mean...?" Kumogiri asked.
"I've been to lots of worlds before, and while some curses and laws from some worlds effected me, lots of others didn't. And none of them ever effected my magical abilities or stamina." Sora told him. "Just what's so special about this kind of magic and this world...?"
"The magic you use is a form of lost magic to the people of this world. And it seems that our world's laws are binding you to their will..."
"What do you mean...?" Sora asked.
"It's a theory that the Mage Teachers have been discussing for weeks now..." Kumogiri said. "Your machine that transports you to other worlds seemed to loss all power, and from what you've told us it is made from the remains of the barriers that separate the worlds. But seeing as Other-world travel isn't as common here as in your universe they believe that the borders of the worlds in our's are still holding strong and not falling apart into pieces like the one's in your's. And this could explain why your vehicle won't respond at all. But they believe that since you can't travel to other worlds that you your body is adapting to our world's law..."
"How do you know that much?" Sora asked.
"Kataragi-sensei has explained in all to me..." Kumogiri told him.
"Well I explained a lot to the head master and Shade-bead-sensei! And there was something I told them about that. Gummi-Ships are made out that materials, but the fact that I came here in the first place proves that his world's barrier isn't so sturdy, I mean the fact that there is a world of magic that is separate from this one is proof of that as well..." Sora explained.
"What are you sure!"
"Positive...Shade-beard was with the head master, Negi-kun, and Takahata-san when I explained it..." Sora told him.
"That's odd..." Kumogiri thought. "Why would sensei lie to me about the situation? Maybe it slipped his mind..."
"And even if that stuff was true, my body can't adapt completely to another world's laws. It would comply maybe, but not change my own or truth...It's more like this is a core world, one that excepts all truths, like Traveler's Town. But if that was the case then I wouldn't be in this situation as well either." Sora added.
"Really...? And...your absolutely sure you explained all of what you just told me to sensei?" Kumogiri asked.
"Yeah...I explained all of this kind of stuff when I told them about traveling throughout the worlds...is there a problem..." Sora asked.
"Oh! No nothing..." Kumogiri said. He began to continue in thought. "Sensei has always been honest with me and the others...Yet he told me and Tanehana theories that they where working on that he knows are not the case...Why would he do that?...Are the teachers trying to keep what they're doing to help Sora go home a secrete?...Are they even trying to find a way to help him!...No what am I saying! I'm just being paranoid...But..."
"Hey come on let's get back to the practicing later today too!" Sora exclaimed.
"Lets actually take a break today though...Jeez..." Kumogiri added. "I don't even think that I should train you...punk as little..."
"Ah! Come on it's pretty cool for me..." Sora told him. "It's like I'm training with Cloud-sensei again!"
"That other me huh?" Kumogiri said. He thought for a moment. "Tell you what..." Sora turned to look at him. "I'll make you a deal. I help you out with your training now...and once your done...you...teach me that spell...the one you used to keep up with me before..."
"Really No Problem! It's A Deal!" Sora exclaimed. He smiled to his roommate and turned back to the dorms. "Let's going! Negi-kun, and Uindo-san should still be asleep right!"
"Humph..." Kumogiri thought. "This kid's annoying...and he's just a little-Argh!...It frustrates me how strong he actually is...but deep down I don't hate him he's not a bad kid...I do want him to get back to his nakama, that's where he belong's after all...And my gut is telling me that the teachers aren't being completely honest about all this..."
"Finally then! Let's get home!" Sora said as he opened the dorm room. Both he and Kumogiri looked into the rooms and dropped their jaws. Across the room in Uindo's bed was not only he the way he left him but Negi as well. Both sound asleep and Negi snuggled close to Uindo for warmth.
"WHAT THE HELL!" They both exclaimed.
A Disturbing Sight To Be Sure...
The Only Thing More So Is Kumogiri's Discovery...!
Are The Teachers Truly Hiding Something...!
Next Time: Kokuu's Secrete Crush? An Unrequited Love And The Egirl Life!
Thanks for reading and please review.
Kokuu's character data will be in the next chapter.
Here is a list of the OCs and whom they look like:
Koikawa Asahi = Kairi
Souigiun Kumogiri = Cloud
Tanehana Silverberg = Aerith
Souchou Kouen a.k.a. Lee = Axel
Raionshin Uindo = Leon
Harouko Howaido = Namine
Kiridashi Aikuchi = Yuffie
Tsunzaku Shouiko = Paine
Fukuhon Tsubaki = Xion
Yurushi Yoru = Yuna
Hizashi Hinata = Olette
Mashin Fuujin = Fuu
Azuchi Kikyou = Rikku
Kashaku Amiai = Selphie
Nijuusei Kokuu = Roxas
Ryouken Tabaku = Hayner
Enten Hamashi = Tidus
Kairyuu Shizuku = Wakka
Uekumi Sechi = Pence
Hidama Seizen = Auron
Inabikari Awai = Lighting
Tetsubun Sukako = Tifa
Tenchijin Shurako = Larxene
Yuki no Toratou = Kimahri Ronso
Seisui Reijin = Demyx
Mamizu Nami = Aqua
Kousetsu Kesshi = Snow