Chapter 15 Meisters and Weapons can Love: Enter the Cell Games

Kairi opened her eyes slowly, she felt like she had been sleeping forever. She was in a room she didn't recognise, it was wooden and although it was very basic in design it made her feel cosy, it was better than waking up in a hospital bed. She tried to sit up but gasped in pain as she felt a stabbing pain in her abdomen.

She sat up slowly and looked around, the room only had one bed and she wondered where Sora was until she heard snoring, from underneath her? She looked confused and she carefully and slowly moved and peeked her head underneath the bed and there he was, snuggled up against a single pillow and with his clothes still on. He looked very uncomfortable which she imagined was the case seeing as how he was sleeping underneath the bed.

"Sora?" she said, he stirred and then awoke to see her confused face "Haha you look like a bat" he said as he crawled out from underneath the bed and stood up, stretching, he had huge bags under his eyes which made her realise he probably hadn't slept well. She continued to watch him, amused, until he noticed her "What?" he said like nothing had happened. "Why were you sleeping underneath the bed?" she asked.

He looked embarrassed and scratched the back of his head "Errrm well, I wanted to make sure you were ok, you were cut up pretty bad from your fight with that Novashadow dude" he said. She tried to sit up higher but gasped in pain as the stabbing sensation came back to her. He darted over and before she could ask lifted her covers down lifted her top up, on her midriff was bandages that went around her stomach.

He placed his hand on her wound and closed his eyes muttering something under his breath, the pain left her and she relaxed. "What was that?" she asked as he rolled her shirt back down and sat on the edge of the bed. "Something Aht taught me while I was training in the chamber" he said, she nodded and then noticed something she hadn't seen before, there was a small scar above his right eye.

She leaned forward ignoring his warnings and cupped his face, "Kairi?" he said confused, "I can't believe how much you've changed" she said as she ran her thumb over his scar gently. Seeing him this close she noticed how much thinner he was, he had lost all that adorable baby fat on his cheeks and his usual puppy dog face had been replaced with a face of focus and yet that same kindness she was used to from him.

He took her hand and guided it away from his face before looking down, he started casually playing with her fingers as he spoke out "I know you once made me promise not to change, but even with this new appearance I'm still the same person underneath" he said. She kept staring at him as he spoke, she found herself mesmerised by his eyes, "Have they always been that blue?" she said in her mind.

"Kairi, I think you should take a break for now" he said, she snapped out from her trance. She looked at him confused as he gently placed his hand on her wound. "Until your fully healed" he said gently, there was some emotion in his eyes as he looked at her, something she saw whenever Xion and Riku looked at each other. Then he closed his eyes and shook his head before standing up, "I'm gonna go get us some coffee, be back in a minute" he said quickly.

She grabbed his hand as he tried to leave, "Sora?" she whispered, he looked away from her, she couldn't see that his eyes had become amber, "I have to go!" he said loudly before tearing away from her. She folded her arms, she suddenly felt very alone and she felt like tearing up. "Sora" she said and frowned, she wasn't going to let him get away with that petty excuse and she climbed out of her bed, ignoring the stabbing pains in her abdomen and went after him.

KHROS

"You're not real!" said Sora, he was in the bathroom, and his reflection had jet black hair and amber eyes. The reflection laughed and pressed himself against the glass, "Our union is like a window and now the cracks are beginning to take form" said Vanitas as small cracks began to appear on the mirror.

"No, I'm in control" said Sora, then the image warped into a naked Kairi, she was pressed up against the mirror and started to moan in pleasure as Vanitas appeared behind her, naked as well "Are you really? Then why are such dark thoughts accumulating in your mind? You wanted to make Kairi yours did you not? Why not go for it? She's clearly wet for you so give it a shot" Vanitas taunted as he grabbed her by the hair and brought her down to his knees.

"She certainly knows how to obey her weapon" he said as she took his cock and put it in her mouth, Sora clenched his fist "Stop it! I don't want to see her in your fucked up fantasies, now stop it!" he shouted, Vanitas grinned and through his head groaning loudly "But Sora she's so good" he purred as she deep throated him. "Fuck off!" Sora shouted and blasted the mirror and the wall to pieces with a mana attack.

It left behind a huge hole in the wall as the energy beam shot out onto the street, Sora could feel his energy and anger increase, "Calm down" he said over and over again as Kairi came running in. She was still in her bed ware which didn't help with what Sora had just seen. She rushed up behind him and grabbed his shoulders, he was glowing and there was a huge black aura surrounding him.

"Sora! Stop it, clam down!" she screamed as he felt that force rising again. "Fuck off!" he shouted, he had to get away from her it was driving him crazy, if he wasn't careful Vanitas would do god know what to her, she shook her head and embraced him from behind, she placed hand over his heart and whispered into his ear "I love you"

The aura stopped and he collapsed to the ground on his knees, she quickly moved round so that she was sitting in front of him, then she moaned painfully as her injury started to hurt badly, she felt like she was going to pass out "You might have a point about you taking charge for a while" she said weakly before collapsing in his arms.

He didn't say anything, he was still shocked at what she said before. He picked her up in his arms and carried her out of the hotel, ignoring the angry shouts of the owners and other guests, he held onto her tightly and focused on Disney Castle, he used Instant Transmission and they were gone from Airhaven.

KHROS

Riku and Xion stood shocked and confused, one second they had been fighting the demons called Yoma alongside Claire, their new claymore friend and next they were in Master Yen Sid's office, they were covered in purple blood and both looked like they had been through hell. Mickey was there as was Donald and Goofy. "What the fuck is going on!" shouted Riku, Xion looked shocked "Riku!" she said shocked at how he had spoken to his teacher.

"Xion, Claire's all by herself now, she could be dead for all we know! I want to know how the fuck we ended up here!" he shouted loudly, Mickey jumped with surprise "Riku" he said frowning, Riku looked at him then sighed and calmed down, he bowed "Forgive me Master Yen Sid, me and Xion were in the middle of assisting someone with fighting some demons called Yoma and well there were lots of them and…."

"I'am sorry for the abrupt transport back to the academy but we have a crisis of incredible proportions on our hands" said Yen Sid, Riku gasped "A crisis? What is it?"

Yen Sid waved his hands and a cloud appeared on the desk it manifested into a familiar face "Cell!" shouted Riku slamming his hand down on the desk. "Greetings pathetic creatures of the universe, your boring lives are about to get a whole lot more interesting. For those of you who don't know I'am Cell and I have come to make a special announcement, I will be holding a fighting tournament on the world of Hollow Bastion and I want every strong warrior from this side of the universe to have a chance to save their own world from extermination, my allies and myself will be attending and I hope to see as many of you as possible so that I may test out my new power, this tournament will be called the Cell Games and will start in one day, all warriors are welcome and I and my associates will face them one by one in a contest of strength. If your warrior wins any match then their world will be sparred and if they lose, well I hope you've said your prayers for I will destroy it personally. I look forward to seeing you all there, train hard and say goodbye to your loved ones, See you there" said the apparition of Cell before grinning.

Riku stood with his mouth open as the cloud disappeared, "He cannot be serious" he said as he clenched his fists, "He'll destroy the entire west side of the universe if he's not stopped" said Donald in alarm. "We have to do something!" shouted Mickey. Yen Sid nodded "This is why I brought you here Riku, I want you and Sora along with Zidane and Maximus to enter the Cell Games, you are our strongest warriors and I believe we might have a chance"

Mickey and the other yelled in surprise "You cannot be serious Master! Riku and Sora are only one star meisters!" shouted Mickey wondering what an earth Yen Sid was thinking. "They'll be killed!" shouted Donald and Xion. "I don't know fellas, I think Yen Sid has a point" said Goofy, something Mickey thought he would never hear from him. "Goofy you want to put Riku and the others in danger!" he said angrily.

Riku slammed his hand against the desk "It's all right! I'll enter" he said breaking off everyone's cries of protest. "No Riku" whispered Xion placing her hands over her heart "You'll be killed!" she screamed in distress, he turned to her and grabbed her shoulders "No I won't, I'm not just going to stand here and let him destroy our home, I have to do this Xion with or without you"

Xion shook her head, tears in her eyes "Riku, I can't" she said weakly, he nodded he respected her decision "It ok" he said hugging her, she looked up at him "Please don't" she said. He was about to speak when the door opened Maximus and Zidane walked in with their respective partners, they both looked serious and their partners looked worried "We're entering" they said in unison. "I'm going to tear that son of a bitch apart" growled Maximus, Zidane placed his hand on his own chest and a scar that had been there for years "I'll get back at him" he said teeth clenching.

Riku was glad to see them but then he looked around for Sora, "Where's Sora?" he said looking around. "Right here" came the voice of his friend and in he came with Kairi, unconscious, in his arms. "Kairi!" said Riku and Xion in alarm as they ran forward to see their friend. "What happened" said Riku standing up to integrate Sora, "She picked a fight with a nasty Shadow, she can't fight right now so I'll have to enter the tournament without her"

"Same with us" said Maximus and Zidane and Riku nodded with him, their partners shouted out in protest "No Zidane! Are you crazy? Do you have any idea what you're thinking!" shouted Garnet in distress, Zidane kept on a brave face "I want you to go home Dagger" he said, she stopped shouting and cupped her hands over her mouth as she felt herself tear up, "Zidane please" she whimpered.

Aht grabbed Maximus hand and started shaking her head and yelling hysterically "No! Max please don't fight Cell, you'll die and I don't want you to die! Please stay here, you don't need to fight him. The others can handle it please don't go!" she wailed, tears running down her face.

Maximus ignored her pleas and turned to Sora, Riku and Zidane "I'm going back to the Chamber to prepare for the games, you wanna join me?" he said, Zidane grinned and slapped him on the back "Hell yeah, let's kick Cell's ass!" Garnet and Xion looked on hopelessly "You guys are being stupid!" shouted Xion.

"This had nothing to do with you Xion" said Riku softly; she clenched her fists angrily "It's everything to do with me! I love you! Doesn't that mean anything to you anymore? You go out there and you're going to get yourself killed!" she screamed before running out the door, Garnet went after her but not before slapping Zidane hard across the face "I thought you were better than this Zidane" she said before leaving, picking up Aht along the way who wouldn't look at Maximus.

"They're just emotional, they'll be fine" said Maximus as Zidane rubbed where Garnet had slapped him, "Yeah but did she have to hit me?" he said. Sora didn't say anything he picked up Kairi "I'm going to take her somewhere where she can rest and then we can go" he said and left without another word.

"Very well then, Riku, Maximus, Zidane and Sora, you will be our representatives at the Cell games, train hard, dismissed" he said. They left, Mickey turned to Yen Sid, upset, "How can you do this Master, those kids are no match for Cell!"

"Well that is kind of the point" said Goofy in a voice Mickey didn't recognise before his arm warped into a tentacle that wrapped around Mickey, he yelled in surprise before another wrapped around Donald, "You're not Goofy, who are you" Mickey shouted, Goofy transformed into a youth with long black wispy hair and purple eyes "Oh thank god I can stop imitating that thing now" he said as he cracked his neck.

"Master Yen Sid, do something" cried Donald, Mickey frowned "It's no use Donald, that's not the real Yen Sid either!" the Yen Sid doppelganger smiled and removed his disguise to reveal a man with silver and black hair and orange eyes "Correct, I'am not your former Master, I'am Pride" said Pride as the musical notes began to glow behind him. "Where the real Yen Sid and Goofy?" yelled Mickey as Envy's tentacles began to move him and Donald closer to the notes "Oh you'll find out soon enough" said Envy grinning.

"Why are you doing this!" shouted Mickey, "It's simple really, we wanted all of your best warriors to go to Cells little tournament, once he's disposed of them and all the other warriors there will be nothing to stop us from making the universe ours, now let's see how you last against good old Spellican?" said Envy before Mickey and Donald were transported into the notes and sealed away.

"Now that that's been taken care off, it's time to meet up with the rest of our brethren, Beezlemon had informed me that Cell is looking on to put on quite a show" said Pride as he rose from his chair. "You'd better seal this place off, in case those students come snooping around" said Envy as they left the building. "Do not worry I have placed a special guardian in case someone decides to come slithering around the old wizards tower" he opened a portal and a purple octopus with red eyes and teeth crawled through.

"Oh yeah don't tease the octopus kids!" said the octopus, "Now we're counting on you Ultros, you wouldn't want to fail us otherwise we'll turn you into calamari and feed you to Sloth" growled Envy, Ultros nodded and saluted with one of his tentacles "You got it girly boy!" said the octopus before scuttling off.

"What did you just call me!" shouted Envy morphing his hand into a blade. "Enough, we are expected, let's get a move on" said Pride. Envy groaned and they left the old home of Yen Sid to the octopus.

KHROS

Riku stood in front of the everlasting void that was the Hyper Bolic Time Chamber; they were all standing looking out into the void. "I'm afraid because there's so many of us that's our time in the chamber will be cut short" said Maximus. Zidane sighed before cracking his knuckles "No biggie, we'll have more than enough time to bash that creep into the ground"

"Let's hope so" said Sora as he looked down at the lucky charm Kairi had given him when they were kids "Kairi, I'm sorry but until I find out how to control this darkness inside me I should stay away from you" he said in his mind. "I need to focus" he said before stepping out onto the void, before the gravity would have brought him to his knees but now he barely felt it.

Riku wasn't so lucky and found himself on his knees, he refused Zidane's help "Its ok, I need to focus on using my own body as my weapon" he then pushed himself up, breathing loudly he started doing punches, "If you need a punching bag, there's plenty in the back" said Maximus as he stepped out onto the void. He transformed into Trance and flew up high into the sky "See you guys once Trainings done!" he shouted before flying off far into the chamber.

Zidane crossed his arms "There he goes again" he sighed before he jumped up and started doing pull ups. Riku took Maximus's advice and grabbed some punching bags and some weights, he also spent some time cutting his hair so that it was just over his ear. Sora sat down and began meditating, he became clouded by darkness, Vanitas manifested before him "You don't actually think you'll be able to beat Cell do you?" he said grinning. Sora smiled "Yeah, as a matter of a fact I do"

KHROS

"Do you think they will be able to beat Cell?" said Aht to Garnet as they watched over Kairi in the hospital, Xion sat with her eyes closed, she looked frustrated but she hadn't said anything since. "I don't know Aht, I mean their all strong but….I" she said, "Don't want to them get hurt?" finished Aht. Garnet nodded and looked down at Kairi "I just hope they have a plan or everything will be lost"

A/N Yeah new "arc" essentially, we're moving more into the actual concrete story. So yeah its kind of a cheap way to keep going as there won't really be any visits to other worlds with some exceptions. The next chapter will be the start of the Cell Games and the girls will get up to their own adventure. Oh btw Xemnas is Pride in case you couldn't figure it out.