KZD: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or anything Naruto related.
Speech: "Normal"
"Normal/Human thinking."
"Kyuubi talking."
"Kyuubi thinking."
"Aqua! Hey are you alright?" Sora was by the female keybearers side shaking her awake. She stirred quickly slowly standing while shaking her head to throw the sleep off.
"What happened?" She mumbled.
"You tell us." Riku cut in, " There was just a bright light and next thing we knew you were on the ground."
The women looked around her surroundings and noticed that her Lingering Sentiment was no where to be seen. She noticed that her arms felt a little heavier then usual and looked too see that her armor guards were back in their proper place. She held out her hand and her old keyblade, Stormfall, appeared.
Aqua gave a soft smile at the sight of the once missing weapon. She could already feel her lost power returning to her and felt stronger once more.
"Welcome back." Her thoughts to the blade.
"So that's your keyblade." Aqua nodded her head to the spiky haired boy.
"The reason why it was going on a rampage with my armor was because it believed that my heart and beliefs had falter. I was able to prove it wrong though and won it back."
Sora smiled at her and laughed while putting his arms behind his head.
"Goes to show not to mess with keyblade masters." She laughed along with him.
"I'm still a little rusty so I wouldn't say that yet."
"Well its still great that you were able to get your keyblade back. But what exactly is with the armor?" Riku asked and received a smile from Aqua.
"Don't worry you'll see soon enough along with both of you getting you own. But first we just need to find a wide open area."
"We can go to the Great Maw. Plenty of space there."
"Lead the way." They made there way out of the Room of Sleep. Aqua lingered for a moment still suspicious about the rooms architecture but brushed it off and went to catch up to the boys.
"Hey where are you guys going?" When they exited the room Yuffie was the first to greet them.
"Were going train for a little while then we'll be leaving. All of you can come watch if you want." Sora said. Leon mumbled something about seeing Merlin first to get his wound closer examined and that he would try to follow them later.
Most of the group stated to walk on ahead but the salt haired apprentice that was with Ansem stayed back. He had been staring at Aqua hard, studying her movements. She felt like someone was watching her and caught the boy staring.
"Can I help you?"
"Your scent…The smell of blood is all around you." She was taken aback by the younger teens comment.
"Is he bothering you Aqua?" Riku showed up from behind the blue haired women and glared at the apprentice. "Back off Zexion."
"That's Ienzo to you. And I would show more caution to her then me." He stalked away slowly to catch up with the others leaving the two keybearers alone.
"Don't listen to anything he says. He use to be an Organization member. Even if he isn't planning anything I still don't trust him. We better catch up to the others, don't want Sora getting the others lost."
As they left side by side Riku couldn't help but notice that their was a faint smell of copper lingering around the older keybearer. He silently cursed his dark powers and tried to get the evil feeling out of his body but to little success.
"Alright, from here on we will not be using one of those gummy ships again."
The three keybearers made it to the Great Maw with minimal problems. Some soldiers along with morning star heatless got in their way, but both were quickly dealt with. The blue haired maiden noticed that they were considerably watered down from the heartless back in the dark realm. She wasn't complaining though.
From up above, the Restoration Committee was watching the three wielders. They were thankful that Aqua was able to get her armor under control before it wreaked the town.
"No more gummy ship?" Sora asked in mild confusion.
"It's not like either Sora and I can summon Corridors of Darkness to travel in between worlds."
"Just watch you two." Aqua said with a slight smirk. "Lesson number one from the old days." She summoned Stormfall in her grasp in a bright light and it glowed oddly. The women tossed the weapon up into the air and the two expression of the boys couldn't have been more puzzled as they squinted there eyes trying to track where the keyblade went into the sky.
A light flashed in the sky and something stated to come hurdling down towards them.
"What in the worlds is…Oh boy, Sora Get Down!" Riku jumped to the side, and Sora followed suit just barley dodging a flying metal mass that went soaring pass them before circling and hovered over to Aqua's side. The female of the group couldn't help but laugh at the scene.
"This here is a keyblade glider. We will using it for now on to travel in-between worlds."
"Maybe a little warning next time." Riku said with a small cough from the picked up dirt.
"Guess my keyblade still has a mind of its own.
"Wait that's your keyblade." Sora went around the bow shaped vehicle to inspect it.
"That's right. Keyblades can actually change their shape and form depending on their owners needs and the amount of forms that they have is dependent on the owners own imagination. As for right now you are going to learn how to change your keyblade into one of these as it is the most useful. Any other form you're going to learn for yourselves." Aqua explained as briefly as she could and the two boys nodded.
"Now you two, take out your keyblade and imagine in your head some sort or vehicle or any kind of transportation. The toss it into the air so that it can transform. But before tossing it make sure there's plenty of distance between the two of you. We don't need any accidental injuries from misguided keyblades."
A small smirk crept on her lips as she vaguely remember Ventus messing up his toss and hitting Terra square in the back of the head when she and the two boys were learning from their master, whose keyblade had actually resembled a horse in vehicle form.
Sora and Riku gave a good fifty feet distance between them while Aqua got on her glider and got a safe distance away so she wouldn't be possibly misfired at.
"Alright, just get a clear image in your heads and throw your keyblade into the air!" She yelled within ear shot of the two.
The two male keybearers closed their eyes getting an image of some sort of vehicle into there heads. When they open their eyes, the Kingdom Key and Way to Dawn gave an odd glow before being tossed into the air and burst into light as they transformed.
"What is that fucking racket Vixen? I'm trying to sleep!" She never answered the sleep deprived demon.
Aqua long had to land before she fell off on her own glider from laughter. But now she was starting to have second thoughts about teaching anything to the two youngers.
"Quick, get out of the way!" Aqua side stepped out of the way before Sora could run her over with his keyblade glider.
Sora's raider was similar to Ven's as far as Aqua could tell. Flat like a skateboard, the only difference was the coloring with it being gold and silver. And like Ven, the spiky haired teen had a hard time controlling his raider for the first time mainly with keeping his balance and speed.
Riku on the other hand was having an easier time then his friend. His looked like sail boat with the black and red teeth of his keyblade acting as the sail and the wings acting like the platform for him to stand on.
No, Riku's main problem wasn't keeping his balance since he would grab on to the sail to keep his footing, it was the steering he was having main complications with.
Aqua stood and watched the two boys struggled with their new gliders and wondered if it actually took her and her friends as long to figure out how to use their glider. She scrambled through her memories to remember any tricks that her master had taught her. She snapped her fingers at a thought.
"What these two need is an obstacle coarse." In both her hands two large balls of fire formed in her hands. With her old power restored, Aqua has a better manipulation for spells and was finding that her fire magic has greatly increased in its effectiveness.
The flames swirled around her hands into rings and fired one by one in multiple succession into the air where they expanded.
"Alright you two listen up! I want both of you to fly through each and everyone the rings I set up. It will help you both concentrate better."
"Are you nuts! What if we get burned?" Sora yelled while struggling to get back on his keyblade glider, agitated from the crashing failures.
"Well then, your just going to have to be extra careful now." There was a slight smirk on her lips when she said this and even surprised her.
"That's weird. Why would I ever want to see them hurt?" In the back of her mind she can hear the fox chuckle darkly. She mentally frowned at the demon. Aqua just knew that the Kyuubi is somehow responsible for her small emotional and nature changes.
While trying to get a hold of the Kitsune who refused to respond, the two boys had finished the obstacle coarse and were flying better then they had stated. The circled above her.
"Hey we finally got it." Sora said with cheer as he decided to do a few tricks on his glider. Riku shook his head and let out a light laugh at his friend.
"Your such a show off."
"If you two are done fooling around there is still one more thing I have to show the both of you before we leave."
With the boys on the ground now Aqua was able to continue on with the short lesson.
"There's only one more thing missing before we can get Ven. Even with the with a glider you wouldn't be able to maneuver within open space without protection. That's were armor comes in." with a hand gesture she beckoned both if them to come closer to her.
"This part his simple just try not to move must. This may sting a little." She brought her hands to the boys chest just hovering where their hearts would be. Her hands soon wrapped in a yellow light and before the Sora and Riku could object, she stabbed her hands into their chest.
There was a look of surprise on their faces but no pain. It only lasted for a few seconds before Aqua removed her hands from their hearts and a glowing orb hovered over both.
"Take them." Tentative at first, Sora was the first one to grab the orb. The moment he touched it the light curled and traveled up and settled on his shoulder. When it faded a metal red and gold shoulder guard remained.
Riku soon followed when he saw the armor pieces on his friend. When he grabbed his orb it constricted around his arm. When its light dissipated a menacing black and purple claw armor the went up to his forearm. The silveret was amused by his new armored clawed hand as he continuously to flex his fingers getting use to the new weight.
"If you haven't guessed that's your new armor. It will protect you from any treat light or darkness and will allow you to pass in the Lanes in Between when traveling from world to world. It's almost like wearing your heart on the outside."
Sora smiled brightly as he adjusted his shoulder piece to fit more comfortably. He wasn't to concerned about the new weight since it sat on his left shoulder and not his right.
"So does it become a full body suit like yours ore are they're more parts that have to be found?"
"Thankfully no. Just push the button in the center and it will transform into a full body suite. Lets get going, the faster we can wake up Ven the better." She pushed the switch on her armor and it transformed in a light into the full set.
The boys did the same and pressed the switch on their armor pieces and were also engulfed with light. When it faded both were covered in head to toe in their own specialized gear.
Sora's had a regal appearance. The main plating was made of gold with crimson lining, and a crown symbol embedded into his chest area. Riku on the other hand…
"Ah, Riku?"
"Don't say it."
"But you look like one of those demons Yen Sid warned us about."
"I Do Not look like one of those fur balls! Besides I feel more like a heartless…again." Riku's armor looked to be on the demonic side. It was black with violet spikes sticking out from the shoulder and the helm resembled some sort of dragons mouth.
"You look fine. Besides Its kind of heard to tell the difference between a heartless and a demon." Aqua said to calm Riku down.
"Oh, so I'm one of those petty heartless now am I?"
"Hey I never used the word petty nor was I specifically comparing you to one."
"But you were implying it Vixen. I'm getting tired of these insults!" Kyuubi snarled while snapping is jaw violently. Aqua took in a deep breath. She didn't want to start an argument with the demon.
"I never meant to mistake you for a heartless, but I never knew what I demon truly was until I met you. Besides I would bet all of my munny that there is some demon species out there that looks exactly like a heartless, and the only way to tell the difference is that one of them talks." She received a hiss in response from the demon king and internally grinned at the small victory.
"Alright you two ready to set out." She received a nod from both and they quickly mounted their keyblade gliders.
From the flying vehicle, Aqua shot out a portal to the outside world. Before they left Sora waved to their spectators yelling that they would be back to visit later.
A once benevolent place filled with light and hopes for the future, now only darkness and despair remains. And within all the loneliness was a broken white castle. It may have been beautiful once but it now lays abandoned and desolate. Pieces were falling apart and the stability of the place was questionable. All that remains of this place is just a nightmare, and Aqua's reality.
"This place…its familiar." Sora mumbled. He jumped off his glider with like the others and it and his armor disappeared from his body and back on his shoulder. Riku's eyes were wide in surprise at where they were.
"This is Castle Oblivion." He never expected to return to the place where he came to terms with the darkness inside of him and Sora nearly getting his memories erased.
"You've been here before?" Aqua walked ahead of the boys. To come to a place like Castle Oblivion is nearly impossible since it lies in between both the realms of light and darkness.
"It use to be the Organization second base. It was more or less random that Sora and I ended up here."
"Wait, so were here once?" Sora was beyond confused. Sure the place seemed familiar but it only seemed like a dream.
"Jeeze, are your memories still all jumbled up? I'd though Naminé would of put the memories of the castle somewhere in you heart." The younger scratched his head trying to find the answer for himself but continued to draw up blanks and Riku sighed from his friends ignorance.
"The truth about Castle Oblivion is that this place use to be my friends and myslef home. It use to be called the Land of Departure, where keyblade apprentices would come and train to become masters. It didn't use to look like this."
"If that's the case then what happened?" Aqua stopped in her tracks and clenched her fist. The Kyuubi softly growled as he felt her anger start to rise.
"Xehanort happened. He tricked Terra into helping him kill our master and ruin this world. The reason why we are here is because Ven's body is here." She sighed as she said the last part. She had to find away to let go of her hate. She can't change the past.
"His body would be safest here because of a certain trick that was meant to keep this world safe from those who would want to abuse it." They finally made it to the front door. Sora was about to open the door when Aqua stopped him by holding her hand out in front of him.
"Wait a second." The Masters Keeper appeared in her open hand. A beam of light shot from the time of the keyblade at the large doors. An earthquake shook the small world as the castle it self started to change itself from the inside. Different parts of rubble fell off the construction as it changed. Suddenly it went quiet.
"Any one who visits this world are condemned to be forever lost in oblivion. Basically the castle is just one big forever maze. That is the trick of this world. The only one who can navigate through it is the one who sealed it."
"Meaning you." Aqua nodded to Riku who let out a soft hum.
"Then what ever reason the Organization was here for they weren't able to find."
"Lets hope not."
When they entered they were greeted but nothing but crumbling never ending white. There were no stairs leading to any direction as white chain paintings on the floor and wall glowed down the single narrow hallway. At the end of the single room was a large glowing door that rivaled the door to Kingdom Hearts.
"Just beyond door is Ven." She was excited. After so long she was going to be able to wake one of her best friends. Aqua wondered if his physical appearance had ever change since its been technically twelve years since the last seen each other. All she wanted to do was just run over to the chamber of sleep and practically make Sora cough up the blonds heart. She mentally laughed at the thought and kept her composure.
"You seem happy." Sora said noticing the smile plastered on her face.
"Its been so long since I last saw him. Guess I'm just excited."
"No reason why you shouldn't be."
The finally reached the enormous door and the blue haired women now could barley contain herself. She lifted the Masters Keeper that was still in her grasp to undo the final seal that was on the door. The door pulsated a few times before the chain markings that sealed it faded away unlocking the door. With hopes held high, Aqua moved to open the door when the fox in her head growled ominously.
"Something's not right."
"How so?" She was just about to open the door before everyone became alert when a hallow sound rung through the hall in all directions.
"From above."
"Get Back!"
From up above something came crashing down before the three intersecting itself between them and the door. It came crashing down hard and the others jumped back slightly shaken.
"Oh God not another one of these things." Riku moaned as he saw what the enemy was.
"Come on, we never fought one before so it can't be that bad." When Aqua looked up at there enemy her face faltered as she felt her throat went dry.
"No he's right to be worried." What stood before them was the Armor of the Master. Eraqus Sentiment.
"So, who does it belong to?"
"The armor belongs to my master, Eraqus." As if on cue the samurai like armor trusted its hand forward beckoning over the keyblade that was in Aqua's grasp. It obeyed instantly disappearing from the women's hold an reappeared in the armors gloved hand.
"This is bad. Why is it here?"
"Maybe it's part of the trick you mentioned. Maybe a final defense to protect the castle."
"Your probably right Sora." Her eyes hardened on the living piece of metal as Stormfall appeared in her hands. "But still…"
The armor did not spoke as it got into a fighting position. It pointed its keyblade forward and the tip of it began to glow. Aqua knew what was coming.
"Start moving!" Chains of light shot out of the keyblade striking at every direction. The chains of light that came from the keyblade struck with deadly accuracy as it they nearly impaled the three keybearers. Riku use a quick step ability to move before the attacked could stab him and was running towards the armor. Sora dodged rolled out of the way but not before getting part of his clothes clipped narrowly missing his skin.
Aqua was able to get out of the way by doing a cartwheel but in her hast something fell out of her coat pocket. The red wayfinder fell to the ground and she never noticed with the new excitement. Kyuubi tried to yell for her to pick him up but the mental connection was broken now that they were separated.
Sora noticed the little crimson charm lying helplessly on the ground and moved towards it while avoiding the striking chains and quickly scooped it up. Riku made it up to the armor locked keyblades with it getting the sentiment to stop its chain attack.
"Sora! You're the only one who can wake up Ven. Get to the door, Riku and I will distract it for you."
Before he could object, Riku was blown back by the sentiment and landed with a large thud as he hissed in mild pain. A sphere of light formed and fired off the opponents keyblade and hurdled to the silver haired boy. He was able to put up a dark shield that bounced the dangerous orb back at its summoned who dismissed it before it could cause any harm to it.
He nodded his head as he frowned at the armor. They were going to need as much help as they can possibly get to take it down.
Sora dashed though the spells that the armor was firing off at him, at times being guarded with a reflect spell from Aqua. When he got near the guarded door he ducked and slid from the skeleton key like blade from making its mark.
The Armor of the Master wasn't to happy that the boy made it past him and jumped back and readied its chains once more. Aqua quickly teleported the short distance to the spiky haired brunet and intercepted the attack with her own blade with the chains curling around it.
"Get going!"
"Right." He was just going to have to return the charm back to her later.
When she heard the door shut behind her, Aqua smiled. Her friend would be awake soon and they would be able to leave and find Terra. And as she promised find a new body for Kyuubi.
She fired a bizzara spell at her former master to make him let go of her keyblade and it worked.
Speaking of the fox, the tailed beast has been awful quiet so far during the coarse of the fight. It was unnerving almost like he wasn't even there. But she couldn't be distracted now and guess the demon decided to be quiet so she could focus.
"Riku, its to narrow to fight him here. Lets lead him outside."
"Already on it."
"Looks like the Chamber of Sleep." Sora looked around the Chamber of Awakening and how it resembled the one back in Radiant Garden. The only difference was that instead of chains printed on the walls and floors, there was some sort of heart shaped emblem similar to the one Aqua is wearing.
Smack dab in the center of it all was a white throne suitable for a king. The keybearer walked around amazed at the white room until he finally reached to the front of the throne he let out a small gasp at the figure sleeping peacefully away.
"Rox-no. So your Ventus." Sora couldn't believe it. The one who he has been sheltering in is own heart, the one who helped awaken the power for him to use the keyblade, looked just like his Nobody. Twelve years has done nothing for the sleeping boy. He still appeared only to be the same age as Sora, fifteen or sixteen.
Even though he looked like Roxas, Sora could tell that Ven was defiantly different. When they first met the brunet was just a new born heart and helped the blond complete his broken heart once. Then the second time was five years later when the blond had to go back to sleep, and over the years Sora had forgotten about Ven inhabiting his heart until now.
It was strange but nice seeing Ven physically for the first time. It was like meeting a long lost brother.
"Alright Ven, time to wake up." Sora summoned the Kingdom Key and pointed it at his chest. "Hope this works." Late time he tried this he turned in a heartless.
He turned the blade and a bumbling light came poring out. A small orb came out from it and floated to the comatose body before seeping into it and disappearing.
Sora fell to his knees and breathed heavily as he clutched his chest. Unlocking his heart was more painful then he remember. He looked up to check on Ven who was still continued to sleep.
He got back up with a small frown. Shouldn't he be waking up. Sora waited a few seconds to see if Ven would wake up on his own. With each moment that pass felt like days as the boy still remained motionless.
The spiky haired brunet was becoming anxious as nothing happened. He placed a hand on the sleeping boys shoulder and shook him. "Common Ven, open your eyes." But nothing happened.
"Damn, Aqua's going to kill me." His head shot up from a distinct crashing sound from outside. "Scratch that, if she isn't dead herself."
Unbeknownst to Sora, Kyuubi had been listening and reading the boys thoughts.
"So the brat still sleeps huh? This could be my chance." The demon still remembered the conversation that the Vixen and the old wizard had. Or at least the part that count. The boy had no darkness in his heart and that's why he can not awaken. The nine tailed Bijuu cunning laughed as an idea came to mind.
"Sora. Can you hear me?" That was the brats name wasn't it? He tried to heighten the pitch of his voice but was having a hard time with it.
"Who said that?" Sora jumped from the sound of the voice that suddenly crept into his mind. Something was burning a hole in his pockets and when he dug his hand into it, he brought out Aqua's red wayfinder.
"Can you hear me Sora? I am Ven."
"Your Ven?" He felt sort of sill talking to the object.
"Yes and No. Only half of my heart made it to you. My dark half. I'm the other light half that was sealed in this charm to keep safe." Sora fidget in his spot as the voice spoke. Something seemed off. It almost like an evil aura was wrapping around him.
"Your voice seems kind of weird." The Kyuubi froze. Even though he was a master trickster he wasn't the best at voice imitation. Hell, he didn't have anything to go on since he's never heard Ventus's voice before. There had to be some excuse that he could come up with. He raked his memories from being sealed into different jinchuuriki's. Then it him.
"I was going through puberty at the time when I was sealed." Not the best lie.
"Alright then." Wait he believed him? This was to could to be true. Kyuubi had to control himself from not laughing at how naïve the human was.
"Please Sora, I want to help fight. I want to be with my friends again."
"What do I have to do."
"Just put me around my neck, and I will return to my body." Sora did as he was told despite still being slightly apprehensive. But he knew he had no choice in the matter. He had to get to the others and help them fight and the faster he could wake Ven the better.
When he put the charm around Ven's neck he took a step back. Again nothing happened and wondered what was wrong this time. Suddenly a frightening chill ran down his spine as Ven's body glowed with a malicious red aura that bubbled around him.
Aqua was knocked down to the ground as her own armor took on most of the shock of the impact when the Masters Keeper slammed into her body. She had taken on heavy damage but not as much as Riku had. The boy was several feet away from her unconscious with his own demonic armor on him.
She breathed heavily as the Armor of the Master walked slowly to her with its keyblade drawn ready to finish her. She looked down not wanting to see her fate. She could barely move her body and made no indication in being able to defend herself any longer.
Defeated by the hollow hands of her own Master. Aqua never imagined this being her fate.
The metal being reached her and rose its keyblade ready to plunge it into her heart. All she hope was that Ven was alright. It was a shame that he was going to have to find her dead outside their home.
She closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow. She tried to find some sort of energy. Even the fox's but he was absent the whole fate. Did he want her dead? If that was the case the he will get his wish.
The sentiment swung the blade down and only met with the ground. It looked up confused at where its foe had disappeared to. Near the opposite end of the castle walls a blond haired man stood. His hair windswept and spiked. His clothes appeared two sizes to small and ripped in multiple areas, the only thing fitting was the shoulder guard on his left side.
In his arms was Aqua. He knelt down and put he gently up against the wall. He placed a clawed hand on her head and a red pulse went through it and into her body instantly healing the multiple cuts and burses on her body only leaving the dried blood remained that indicated any previous harm.
Aqua felt a soothing warmth coarse through out her body. She was almost afraid to open her eyes afraid what she might find. She slowly took a peek and realized someone was standing beside her.
The blue haired women smiled as a small sliver of blond caught her eyes.
"Ven your-" Her breathing hitched as she stared at the blond beside her and stared into his eyes. The once beautiful blue orbs of her friends were replaced by spiteful crimson ones.
"This is the third time I had to save you Vixen."
KZD: There we go another chapter out of the way. Listen carefully folks I need your help on what worlds should be visited. I have a few in mind but I want to hear some of your suggestions because I'm going to be watching a lot of disney movies just to figure out what I'm doing here. So please tell what what you think. It's greatly appreciated.