Whassup readers. Hope you guys are having a great summer so far. Always happy to see that you guys are liking my story so far. On with the story.
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Chapter 8: Haven Lost
Terra, Xion, and Ventus were walking through the First District with Neku leading them around. He showed them the inside of the item shop, the accessory shop, and the synthesis shops. The trio were amazed by the feeling of comfort and safety that came from the town. They were soon standing in front of a big woodened door that lead to the second district.
"This town feels really homey; this must be a great home to live in, Neku," Xion said.
"Oh, this isn't my home. Me and my friends lived in this town called Shibuya, but it was overcome by the darkness. My friends and I were the only ones who made it," he said sadly.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"She said sadly, but was interrupted.
"It's alright. It's something we don't talk about most of the time," He said with his head down.
Terra walked over and patted Neku on the shoulder with his hand in order to comfort the boy. Neku looked up at the Keyblader and nodded as a show of thanks. Terra nodded back.
"All right, lets head to the hotel. The rest of my friends are there resting," Neku said before pushing on the doors open for everyone to enter. On the other side of the door was a big courtyard that had multiple stores off to the right, a small fountain underneath the door, a gizmo shop with a bell on the roof, and a hotel on the left.
"Wow, this place is big," Ventus said with excitement.
"Yeah, but it is also the most Heartless infested area of the town," Neku replied. A few minutes after he said that, seven Solider Heartless appeared in front of them. The trio summoned their Keyblades while Neku used his Flowmotion techniques. Xion charged in between two of them before charging up her Keyblades before swinging them back, releasing a big circle of light energy, destroying the two. Terra used his Zantetsuken move, slicing through two of the Heartless with ease. Ventus started to charge up a lot of light energy before releasing it in a giant circle, destroying two, while healing everyone. Neku bounced off the wall, while surrounded in a pink aura, before charging through the last Heartless with a flying kick. However, no one noticed a Shadow watching from the darkness before disappearing. Everyone then regrouped, while the trio de-summoned their Keyblades. (A/N: Sorry guys, I'm not good with fight scenes, yet. Hopefully, I'll get better so you guys can enjoy it)
"Neku!" A voice shouted. The group turned towards the voice, which was near the hotel, to see a group of people, made up of two boys and two girls, making their way towards them.
"What happened? Are you okay?" One of the girls asked. She was holding a stuffed cat toy and had maroon colored hair.
"I'm fine, Shiki. Just ran into some Heartless, while trying to get back here. Would have been a problem if it weren't for these three," he said while gesturing to the Keyblade trio.
The boy with ash-blond hair walked up to them. "Well it's nice to meet you three. My name is Joshua. You already know Neku and Shiki. The boy with the skull beanie is Beat and the little girl is Rhyme," he said while the other two waved to say hi.
"It's nice to meet you all. My name is Xion and this is Terra and Ventus," She said while gesturing to the other two. Upon seeing them, Joshua started to think about something. The three of them were giving off something that reminded her of what happened when the Dream Eaters arrived. However, after Sora and Riku helped out, the town has been returned to its normal state and the Dream Eaters stopped invading.
"Do you guys happen to know a boy named Sora?" He asked to the trio. They immediately tensed up by the mention of the name.
"Y-yeah we know him quite well actually," Ventus replied.
"I thought so. Once you meet him, it's hard to forget about him. He and his friend Riku helped us out when we had to participate in some sort of Game, but they helped us get out of it," Joshua said.
Terra noted in his head that since they are mentioning past events with Sora, that they only know the past Sora, not the present, dark Sora.
"But what about the Heartless? They still seem to be a problem here, right?" Xion asked.
Joshua looked at the group before nodding, "We should head inside, we'll be safe in there," he said. Everyone agreed and headed into the hotel. They entered the green room, which was colored brown and green and had a table and a bed.
"The Heartless have been appearing as they normally do. Sure, we have encountered the big and strong ones and we run as we normally do, but it is the smaller ones that have actually been the problem," Neku stated.
"Why is that? We just destroyed those others ones without any problems," Terra said.
"True, but he didn't mean that they were getting stronger. They are actually getting smarter and more coordinated somehow. A small Heartless would have us chase it around until it leads us to a certain area. Then a bunch of stronger Heartless would surround us and make it near impossible for us to escape," Joshua said.
"I see...," Terra replied in thought.
"Well, we should get to sleep. Tomorrow, we'll show you guys the rest of the town; it's bigger than it looks. We are down the hall in the Red Room if you need us. Goodnight guys," Neku replied while walking out with everybody.
"Goodnight Neku. Nice to meet you guys," Xion said while waving goodbye.
"They seem nice," Ventus replied.
"Yeah, they sure do know how to handle themselves," Terra responded.
"Well, we should get to bed. We haven't slept for a while. I'll take first watch outside, while you guys sleep," Xion stated.
"Are you sure Xion?" Terra asked.
"Yeah, Ventus needs actual rest, instead of comatose sleep, while you haven't slept for who knows how long in the Realm of Darkness, so now it is my turn to take watch," she replied confidently.
"Alright, well wake either of one of us when it is our turn to take watch," Terra said.
"You got it," Xion said while waking to the door that lead to the alleyway.
"Goodnight Xion," Ventus said. "Goodnight Ventus," she replied before opening the door and walking outside.
Terra and Ventus then turned to see one bed in the corner. "Dibs on the bed," Ventus said first.
Terra sighed, "I got the couch,"
(In the Realm of Darkness)
"AHA, I found you daddy!" Ava said, while tackling her father from his hiding place.
"Oh, how did you find me, dear?" Sora said while laughing.
"We looked through the entire castle and then I saw the little reflection that comes from invisibility. You know the rules, Daddy, no using dark powers to turn invisible," Ava said. She then turned towards the open door.
"Mommy! Scarlett! I found him!" She yelled. He eventually heard two sets of footsteps heading toward the Library and Kairi and Scarlett entered.
"Daddy there you are. How come we didn't find you in here? I thought we checked," Scarlett asked.
"It's because he used an invisibility spell without telling us," Ava responded.
Scarlett looked at her father with surprise. "Daddy, you can't use an invisibility spell while playing hide and seek. That's cheating," She stated.
Kairi quietly chuckled to herself due to the scolding Sora was receiving from the two young girls. If she didn't know any better, they would've sounded like a mom and an older sister lecturing a younger brother.
Sora kneeled down to the two girls level and placed his hands on their shoulders. "I'm sorry girls, but I wanted to give you both a better challenge. You both can easily find me now without using your senses, so I didn't tell you guys about the spell. Now you can be ready if I do use the spell since Ava saw through the reflection of the invisibility," he stated before hugging them both.
"That is why you should be prepared for anything. Your enemies will use anything they have at their disposal in order to get an edge over you. Know how to overcome those edges or never give your opponent the opportunity and the battle will be yours," Kairi stated before joining the hug.
"We are so happy to have you guys as our Mommy and Daddy," Scarlett said with Ava nodding in agreement.
"And we are happy to call you two our children," Sora and Kairi said in unison.
However, their family moment was interrupted by a Shadow Heartless spawn next to them, alerting Sora to it.
"What is it, have you found them?" Sora asked. He sent recon Shadows to all of the worlds in order to find the Keyblade trio. But many of them have come up empty or were destroyed. (A/N: I'm going to have the Heartless speak in telepathy, so it will be bold and Italic)
"Yes, Your Majesty, I spotted them in the refuge world, Traverse Town. They were fighting some of the native Heartless already there, Your Highness. They also allied themselves with the small group there as well," it stated in everyone's head so they can all hear it.
"I see, that will make it a bit tougher to get to them. Keep an eye on them, I'll make sure to draw them out and then we can get rid of them," Sora ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll report to you when you arrive," The Shadow replied before disappearing into the ground.
"Kairi, I want you to stay here with the kids. I'll deal with Traverse Town," Sora said while standing up from them.
"What?! But what happens if they capture you? What if they take you away from us?" Kairi said while bear hugging him. Scarlett and Ava grabbed him by the legs in order to stop him as well.
"Daddy please don't leave us! Please!" The two girls pleaded.
"Girls, don't worry. I'm not going anywhere, but if I let Terra, Ventus, and Xion live, they are just going to get in the way of our conquest. Not only that, they would just keep trying to bring us back to the light. I'm not going to let that happen. Besides I won't be alone, the Heartless will be there to help me as well" Sora said as he hugged his family.
"Alright, but you better promise to come back to us," Kairi said reluctantly. She then kissed him very softly for a minute before ending it.
"I promise," Sora said before ending the hug and walking to the door.
"Yuffie, you can come in now," Sora said. Yuffie walked in with her hood up. She was outside the door in case anything came their way, but also to give the family some privacy. She put her hood down and bowed before Sora.
"Forgive me, Your Majesty. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I simply wanted to respect you and your families' privacy," She said with her head down.
"No worries, Yuffie. I know you were just doing your job. But I called you here to tell you that I'm leaving for a while. I want you to continue to protect Kairi and the kids while I'm gone," Sora said. Yuffie nodded her head in agreement.
Sora then created a corridor of darkness and was about to enter it before turning to see his family and Yuffie standing together.
"I'll be back soon. I promise," Sora said before putting his hood up and entering the corridor. The corridor soon disappeared.
"Alright girls, why don't we get something to eat. Yuffie you can lead the way. I will be right behind you," Kairi said. The two girls cheered before grabbing Yuffie by the arms and leading her out of the Library. She then looked back at where the corridor was. She could only hope that Sora comes back safe. "See ya soon, Sora," she said before walking out, closing the door behind her.
(Traverse Town)
Sora appeared outside the front of the hotel, where Terra, Ventus, and Xion were sleeping in. He knew he couldn't attack them straight on, he needed to draw them out. The Shadow messenger appeared near his feet and then lightly scratched at his ankles to get his attention. Sora looked down to see it and kneeled down.
"Has anything happened recently?" He asked.
"No, my Lord. One of them did leave the hotel towards the First District, but for reasons I do not know," it replied.
"Who was it?" Sora asked.
"One of the residents, here. A little girl by the name of Rhyme," The Shadow answered.
"Rhyme. She is one of the weaker ones. She could be perfect to draw everyone out. Track her down and keep an eye on her. Then, when I give the order, let yourself be noticed. She will chase after you no doubt," Sora ordered.
"Yes, Master, but what will you do in the meantime?" The Shadow asked.
"I will unlock the Keyhole here. This world will become more vulnerable to us," Sora replied. The Shadow nodded it's head before disappearing. Sora then teleported to the roof of the gizmo shop to the bell tower and destroyed the boards covering the bell. He then rang it three times and saw the fountain wall change into the Keyhole.
"Soon this world will fall," Sora said before jumping down to the Keyhole.
(First District)
Rhyme just exited the item shop after buying a candy bar. She wanted to get a midnight snack before going to bed, so after everyone went to bed first, she snuck out to go buy something. It didn't take long to find the candy that she wanted and she bought it and quickly left. Now she was walking back to hotel when she heard the town bell go off three times.
"That's odd, I thought the bell was boarded up. No one can get in," She said to herself. However, before she could continue, she saw a Shadow Heartless head down the street that lead to the Alleyway. Not wanting the Shadow to get away to harm anyone, she decided to follow it. It soon led her to where boxes were stacked up to where she couldn't jump over there.
"Great, now that is I call a wild goose chase," She said.
"Hello Rhyme," a dark voice said. She didn't have time to turn around until she felt something hard hit the back of her head.
(Morning, Green Room)
Ventus was the last one to take watch outside. Last night he felt he felt some darkness somewhere, but as soon as he sensed it, it was gone. He didn't want to think that he was here chasing them. He walked back into the room to see Xion and Terra waking up as well.
"Morning guys," Ventus said, getting the first word of the day.
"Morning Ven. Anything happen for you?" Terra asked groggily.
"No not really. I did sense darkness somewhere, but it quickly went away as fast as it came. It must have been a small Heartless or something," he answered.
"Hopefully, it's not Sora. He would be the last thing the people here needed," Xion replied. Before anything else happened, Beat came barging in suddenly. He looked frantic, like something scared the daylights out of him.
"RHYME! Where are you?! Rhymeee!" Beat yelled. Seeing that the girl in question was not in the room, Beat ran out and down the hall still screaming. Neku, Joshua, and Shiki were also following him, all looked just as destressed as Beat.
"Neku?! What happened?" Terra asked.
"We can't find our friend, Rhyme. We remember that she was with us when we went to sleep, but when we woke up, she was gone. We already checked the other rooms, but she wasn't there. It looks like she isn't in this room either. Can you help us find her?" Neku said in one breath.
"Of course, we'll help. Let's go," Ventus said while running out. The others followed.
Once everyone was outside, they looked everywhere in the Second District, but they couldn't find her.
"Maybe she's in the other districts," Joshua said.
"You better hope she is, yo,"Beat said angrily.
"Beat, calm down okay. We will find her," Joshua replied.
"We should split up. Me, Terra, and Xion will check the First District, while, you guys can check the Third District. If we don't find anything, we'll regroup and check the other Districts. Sound like a plan?" Ventus proposed. Everyone agreed and split up.
(First District)
The Keyblade trio were looking through every nook and cranny of the First District. They checked the Moogle shop, the Accessory Shop, and the Café. They didn't get any answers until they got to the Item shop.
"Excuse me sir, we are looking for a little girl named Rhyme. Did you happen to see her last night?" Xion asked.
"Oh yeah, she came in here last night to get some candy. She didn't stay long though, she just got her treats, payed for them, and left. May I ask what happened to her?" The clerk said
"We're not entirely sure ourselves. But at least we know that she was here first. Thank you, sir," Terra said. The clerk nodded his head. The trio then walked outside.
"Well, at least we got a clue of what she was doing last night. We should head to the Third District and tell Neku and his friends," Ventus said.
"Agreed, let's go," Xion replied.
As soon as they entered the Second District, however, they encountered a group of Invisible Heartless, led by a blue colored Orcus Heartless.
While Terra and Ventus dealt with the other Heartless, Xion clashed blades with the Orcus. But as soon as their blades clashed, memories of Riku and her started going through her head. She then realized who's Heartless she was fighting.
"Riku?!" She asked terrified to see what Sora did to his friend. The Heartless didn't respond to her comment and pushed her back into a wall. She slid down from where she impacted the wall and looked up to see the Orcus tower over her.
(Third District)
Neku, Joshua, Shiki, and Beat entered the Third District and quickly started looking around. Neku and Shiki checked the empty house, while Joshua and Beat checked the old house that Merlin lived in. They didn't find anything. They all met up in the middle of the courtyard.
"Where can she be?" Shiki asked, worried for the little girl.
"I don't know, but I hope we find her soon," Joshua said.
"Me too, yo," Beat angered and worried for losing his sister.
"Beeeaatt" a soft quiet voice said. Everyone looked to where the voice came from to see Rhyme standing in front of the door that lead to the First District. Beat quickly rain over to where she was standing and hugged her.
"Rhyme, I'm so happy to see that you are okay. What happened?" Beat asked. He then noticed that her normal blue eyes are now yellow.
"What happened to your eyes?" He asked. He didn't notice someone come from behind Rhyme, nor did he see that person punch him all the way back to where Neku and the others were. Everyone looked up to a figure wearing a dark grey colored cloak with the hood up standing behind Rhyme. Rhyme however, didn't seem bothered by the figure, she actually looked happy.
"Who are you? What did you do to Rhyme?" Neku asked in a battle stance along with the others.
"Oh, what a shame Rhyme. Your friends don't seem to remember me," the figure said, while softly placing his hand on Rhyme's head.
"Well, why don't you show them," Rhyme said while looking up at the figure. The figure nodded then removed the hood shocking the group. It was Sora, but it wasn't Sora. Suddenly, five Opposite Armors appeared surrounding the group. There was nowhere to run, they were trapped.
"Sora what happened to you?" Joshua asked.
"I have become the King of Darkness and on a mission to destroy the Realm of Light. But right now, I'm chasing after a group of Keyblade Wielders that were taking refuge here. I had to draw them and you out. Rhyme here did her job beautifully, having you all come out and split up. Right now, my personal guard is dealing with them so I can deal with you," Sora explained. Hearing what he is planning to do with all the worlds, Neku quickly used Flowmotion to jump off of one of the Armors and due a flying kick to Sora. Sora moved Rhyme behind him to protect her and grabbed Neku's leg and slammed him onto the ground. Joshua summoned his wings and charged at Sora. Hearing this, Sora teleported behind Joshua and kicked him into the wall. Sora landed in a crouch and dodged a punch thrown by Beat. He kept dodging before catching Beat's hand and started crush it, bringing him to his knees and then kicked him away. Shiki threw her cat toy into the air and it mutated into giant feral cat creature. Sora ordered one of the Opposite Armors to deal with the Cat while he sent chains of darkness to hold Shiki. Sora then quickly back flipped over Joshua who tried again, to charge him only for Sora to land on his back. Sora then slowly stated to pull Joshua's wings off, before tearing them both off. Joshua landed in a crumpled mess, with his torn off wings next to him. Sora then was forced to block Neku's kick. Neku then backflipped again and went for a charged punch, however, Sora easily caught it and threw Neku to the ground. Sora then walked up to him and stomped on Neku's arm and leg, breaking them. He then saw one the Armors punch a hole through the creature, making it drop to the ground and transform back into a toy.
"Well, that was mediocre, wouldn't you agree Rhyme?" Sora said. Rhyme came out of her hiding place and nodded happily. Sora rounded up Neku and his friends in a line and summoned his Keyblade.
"They should be here any second," Sora said to himself. He then heard three sets of footsteps coming from the entrance to the Third District. He looked over to the stairs to see Ventus, Terra, and Xion appear, making him smile. They were all battered and bruised from the fight with his personal guard and judging from the looks on their faces, they didn't even defeat one of them.
"Glad to see you guys make it to the show and now the grand finale can begin," Sora said before slashing Neku, Joshua, Beat, and Shiki across the chest, all at once, making them all disappear into pieces of light.
"Noooo!" Terra screamed, before falling to his knees. Xion had tears in her eyes and covered her mouth with her eyes, and Ventus was on the ground, quietly whimpering to himself.
"Look at that Rhyme. They are the last heroes and already they are losing hope," Sora said. However, he was interrupted by a light that erupted from Xion. When the light ceased, everyone was amazed, Xion was now dressed in her armor from when she battled Roxas in Twilight Town with Oathkeeper and Oblivion in her hands. With new found ferocity, she charged at Sora and unleashed a barrage of swings with her keyblades, though Sora quickly put up his guard and blocked them all. The two combatants then found themselves in a blade lock.
"Impressive, you've managed to awaken your full powers. But it won't save you from my wrath," Sora commented, though it looked like he was barely pushing and Xion was pushing with everything she had.
"You'll pay for everything you done, especially to Riku and Roxas!" Xion said with anger in her voice.
"Oh, so you've met my personal bodyguard, huh. He does his job very well, making sure no harm comes to me or my family," Sora said before pushing her back and striking her across the chest three times, sending her back to where Terra and Ventus. Ventus quickly kneeled down to her.
"Xion are you okay?" He asked.
"No, I feel so much power, but my body can't handle it right now. I'm too tired," she said exhausted her helmet disappearing, leaving her in only her armor.
"We can't fight him now, we have to leave," Terra said, creating a portal. He and Ventus then summoned their armor then quickly stood up with Ventus holding Xion and started towards the portal.
"No, you are staying here!" Sora said shooting dark chains to get them, but they quickly jumped in and the portal closed, making the chains impact the wall.
"Argghh" Sora growled before cutting a nearby streetlamp. He was getting tired of those three escaping his grasp, especially when he had them right where he wanted them.
"Doesn't matter, at least I'll be killing two birds with one stone. Going after three needles in my side and destroying the worlds in the process," Sora remarked. He made the Opposite Armors go destroy the rest of the town and then he summoned the blue Orcus and a corridor of darkness. He then kneeled down to Rhyme.
"Rhyme, I want you to follow this Heartless into the corridor. He will take you back to my castle to meet my family. They are very nice and my girls will be happy to have another person to play with," Sora said.
Rhyme nodded her head in understanding, "Okay, Sora. Be safe okay?" She said.
"I will be. Now go," Sora said. Rhyme then took the Orcus hand and it lead her into the corridor. The corridor then closed behind her. Sora then summoned a vortex in the sky to fully destroy Traverse Town. He then created another corridor, put his hood up and entered.
That is the end of this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed. In the next chapter, the keyblade trio end up in another world with Sora hot on their trail. Can they save him or will he destroy them and the Realm of Light? Stay tuned. Hope you guys are enjoying your summer and I'll see you guys next time. Peace.
P.S. I plan to make a story about the Teen Titans. I won't tell you what it is about, but I think you guys will like it.