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Chapter 3 Maximus to the Rescue: Ahts Flute has Healing Powers?

Granorg B and B

The clown aimed its party popper and prepared to fire, laughing hysterically, she shut her yes and held onto Sora. "Why did this happen? I feel so helpless!" she screamed in her head.

It aimed and fired "Sora!" she yelled and held on tightly. Then there was a flash of light and the clown was sent flying backwards.

She looked up to see a man in his early twenty's standing next to her, he had short wild brown hair, golden eyes and was dressed in a biker outfit with bladed fingers that looked sharper than razors.

The clown picked itself up, its outfit was charged and the mask had melted making it look even more grotesque, it looked at the man head twitching.

He looked down at Kairi, she gasped, she knew who this was!

"Could it be the number one meister that ever graduated from the academy Maximus the Claw meister?!" she said her head as he kneeled down next to Sora.

He looked at her "Kairi, my name's Maximus I was sent here by King Mickey to assist you" he said. She kept looking at him, not sure what to say "Please Sir, Sora's hurt, can you do anything?" he nodded and his claws flashed into light before forming into a young girl with long teal colored hair, she wore a long cloth that covered her entire body apart from her legs which were covered in fur and instead of feet she had hooves.

The girl knelt down next to Sora and put her hand on his head, Maximus turned to her "Aht is he gonna be ok?" she looked up and nodded "Yeah I think so, good thing he was in his keyblade form so he didn't take any internal damage" Maximus looked back at Kairi "Kairi I need you to take Sora somewhere safe, once we're done with this thing, I'll get Sora out of here ok?"

She nodded, not wanting to argue with the older meister and picked up Sora and pulled him away from the garden and into the house, she sat him down on a seat in the kitchen, there was burn marks on his hoodie and there were several cuts and bruises on his face, she felt horrible "How could I be so weak!" she said as she held Sora's hand and bowed her head "Sora I'm sorry" she said her eyes tearing up.

Maximus approached the clown until they were standing about ten feet from one another, "Aht claw mode" he said to his partner, she nodded and transformed into his claws. He went into his battle stance and awaited the clowns attack.

It aimed and fired one of its party poppers, sending the killer confetti straight towards him, he turned and dodged and charged forward, he kneed the clown hard in the gut before round house kicking it in the face, sending it flying.

"Come on! I know that's not all your capable of, Awakened Demon!" he said as the clown picked itself up, it laughed "You have no idea who your fucking with" it said in a deep demonic voice, Maximus looked surprised.

"Wow you actually can talk, I guess not all you demons are stupid pieces of shit" he said grinning "Come on then and show me what you've got!" said Maximus as he prepared to attack again.

The clown started to shudder and grow, its body becoming twisted and its legs becoming long and thin, one of its arms grew into a large pointed spike and its neck extended, its head becoming a mash of pipes and wires, its mouth became vertical and its eyes became wider and yellow.

"That's more like it" said Maximus as he charged towards the clown, he tried to slash it with his claws but it was blocked by its spike like arm, the clown then tried to kick him but Maximus back flipped to avoid the attack and then leapt forward flipping over the clown and grabbing it by the head and pulling it down roughly, throwing it down into the ground, it then turned round a smashed its arm into Maximus sending him flying.

"Ah shit!" said Maximus as he picked himself up, "Max are you ok?" said Aht concerned as he flexed his shoulder "Yeah I'm good" he said before charging forward and slashing upwards at the clowns face tearing through its face but not dealing any serious damage, he leapt back before it could hit him.

"Damn this guy's tougher than he looks" he said and then he grinned "What do yah say we step things up a notch eh Aht?" she giggled "Yay!"

He stopped and stood still before he shouted in unison with her "Let's go Soul Resonance!"

Kairi looked out into the field, wanting to see what was going on and stopped in awe as Maximus became surrounded in light, he was surrounded by a purple aura that flashed so bright Kairi had to cover her eyes.

Then it was over in a second and when Kairi looked again she was amazed at what she saw.

Maximus had changed completely, his usual flat hair was now wild and spiky and dark purple, his eyes had become yellow with black slits, like that of a reptile, his body had become far more muscular and his outfit had become like armour, dark black with sharp blades at the elbows.

"Trance Activate" he said calmly before charging forward at break neck speed and punching straight through the clown's waist. It bed over spitting out blood "You're not an ordinary human are you boy? Being this close I can practically smell the demon blood that flows through you, trust me my brethren will make you death a painful one Schinsiser"

He looked up at the clown sneering face before muttering "Are those your last words, oh well too bad" he then poured his energy into his hand and shouted "Final Flash!" before the clown exploded from the inside disintegrating into black dust.

Maximus looked round before reverting to his normal form, Aht transforming back into human, she started jumping up and down and twirling around "Yay! We stopped that meanie clown Max! Hey that was so awesome when you blew it up! It was lik.." he grabbed her by the head and lifted her up so that they were eye level.

"Will you be quiet you annoying little goon!" he shouted, Aht put on the biggest puppy dog expression possible "You don't mean that" she said pouting and crossing her arms. He put her down and ruffled her hair "In all seriousness good job today" he said smiling.

They moved back over to where Kairi was, "Kairi are you ok?" as Aht brought out a small flute and began playing a soothing sounding song, she gasped as all of Sora wounds began to seal themselves. "We'll call someone and get you guys back to the academy as soon as possible" he said as he pulled out what looked like a cell phone and began to talk into it.

KHROS

Disney Castle

"Well its looks like everything went a bit out of hand didn't it" said Mickey turning to face Maximus who nodded.

"It's a good thing I arrived when I did, otherwise they wouldn't have made it" said Maximus looking at Kairi who had her head bowed in shame.

"I'm sorry Lord Mickey, I put Sora in danger and he's injured because of me" she said, Mickey smiled "It alight Kairi, the important thing is that you are both safe, that's all that matter to me"

She nodded and looked at Maximus "Sir, what was that thing?"

Maximus frowned "A creature of devastating power, it wasn't any normal demon either; it had clearly been sent there for some other purpose other than to kill those B and B owners"

Mickey nodded "Do you know what happened to the two students that were sent before or the missing student and his partner?"

Maximus shook his head "No, by the time Sora and Kairi had arrived, one of the student was already dead, the other I have no idea and the missing student and his partner were not among the pile of body's the clown had stashed away. It's possible the clown had nothing to do with his disappearance, never the less it had to be stopped"

Mickey seemed to agree, he looked over at Kairi "Kairi do you mind if you leave us alone for a minute?" she nodded "Ok I'll go see how Sora's doing" she said as she left the room, once she had shut the door Mickey turned back round to Maximus "You said you wanted to talk about them?"

Maximus nodded "Yeah, I think they both need extra training, especially Kairi she needs to learn how to wield a secondary weapon, so if she gets in trouble and loses her primary weapon she can still defend herself" he said, Mickey smiled.

"Sound like a good idea, I know I'll have her trained in marksmanship, I'll get into contact with the Hall of Justice and see if she can be taken out for lessons" said Mickey hopping back onto his chair "By the way there's something else I need to discuss with you Maximus"

Maximus frowned "Oh yeah and what's that? I imagine it's the reason you called me and Zidane back?" he said crossing his arms.

Mickey nodded "I need you and Zidane to teach Sora how to use trance" he said simply, Maximus looked surprised "Really? Isn't he a little a young to try and learn that technique? Besides me, Zidane, Garnet and Aht are the only ones who ever achieved that state and that took over a year of seriously intense training, I don't know if Sora could handle that"

Mickey frowned "Yes I know that but we need to try, we're losing the battle Maximus, no matter how many shadows or demons we destroy, the wrath of the Heartless continues to grow, even with our alliances with the DWMA, The Galactic Federation and The Hall of Justice we haven't been able to put a dent in the Heartless, we need stronger warriors and Trance might be our only option"

KHROS

Kairi sat in the hospital with Aht looking over Sora; he was sleeping peacefully the doctor saying he would make a full recovery.

Aht turned to Kairi "So how did you and Sora become partners" she asked watching Kairi who was holding Sora's hand, Kairi smiled "We've known each other since we were kids. Me, him and Riku we used to live in a place called the Destiny Islands, then one day it was attacked by monster and was consumed by darkness, we lost our home's and our family's"

Aht looked saddened "I know how you feel" she said sadly looking down at the ground, Kairi turned round to look at her "What happened?"

"As you can probably guess, I'm not from around here, I came from another world called Celestia, I'm what's called a Saytor and we all lived together in peace before our home was attacked by the Heartless, I'm all that's left" she said, tears forming in her eyes.

Kairi placed her hand on Aht's shoulder "I'm sorry" she murmured, Aht wiped her tears away and put a big smile on her face "Its ok, I got to meet Maximus and he's the most awesome person ever, wouldn't you agree"

Kairi couldn't help but smiled as the little girl kept going on about her meister, "Guess she's not the only one" she said to herself.

KHROS

"So where is Zidane anyway" said Maximus as he and Mickey sipped on some tea, "Well I sent him to assist two of my other student's, Riku and Xion, they have been tasked with taking down a very powerful demon but seeing what happed with Kairi and Sora, I've sent Zidane as a precaution "

"Oh ok then, well I suppose we can give it a go but I'm not sure if he can do it, but I need some training anyway so I'll give it a go" said Maximus, stretching his arms "We'll start training as soon as Zidane comes back"

A/N: Yeah kind of a short chapter, sorry about that. Thanks to those people who favourite or are following the story, reviews are appreciated, if you have any suggestions or character you want to appear just let me know (although I have to have seen the material in which the character comes from, so check out my profile to see what you like)

In the next chapter we see what Riku and Xion are up to in Chapter 4 Riku and Xion's Run in With Slenderman: Zidane's Thievery Is Useful?