Disclaimer: I don't and 99.9999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999 9999% sure I'll never own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, or Square Enix. (There are 60 nines after the decimal point)
Also I hope everyone likes my dirty Naminé, it's really fun to write. She always seems innocent and sweet in the games, but who knows what goes on in that mind of hers. Also I'm using the Final Fantasy version of Reflect which reflects spells back at the caster.
Chapter 9: Libra
Virgo found herself once again back in The Valley of the Lost sitting at the table with the other Celestial Warriors. She had her elbow on the table and her head resting in her hand barely listening to what the leader was saying. Virgo caught the gist of it, Keybearers were the enemy, don't fight them unless you have, destroy more worlds. The leader, Eclipse as she called herself, was a mysterious person. One day she had just appeared in this world wearing a black coat that covered her entire body, very unflattering, with the hood pulled up. The only thing you could see under the hood was a mask like the one Virgo was wearing.
Virgo let out a sigh. It was so peaceful in this world before the others had shown up. She had lost her own world to the darkness long ago and found herself here in the Valley. Then about two, three years ago the other members of the group showed up. They had all lost their worlds to the darkness like she had. At first Virgo was happy to have someone else to talk to. Living alone with NO ONE to talk to was driving her insane. But they didn't care to listen to her they were to upset about the loss of their worlds. The last to appear was Eclipse and she rallied the others to her saying that if they lost their worlds to the darkness why should all the other worlds remain in light? Virgo didn't want to smother the other worlds in darkness, but she had no choice in the matter. It was a be destroyed or join choice. Virgo's favorite choice was cake or death, it was so easy to pick. So for the years they trained in the use of darkness. Soon the Heartless appeared in the Valley and they obeyed the warriors. That's when the shit really hit the fan.
"Libra" Eclipse said staring at male "I want you to head to the world of Princess Belle and kill her husband. The intense emotion the princess of heart will release should show you the way to the keyhole of that world."
Libra stood up and left in hurry eager to please the leader. Everyone else got orders to look for worlds that would easily succumb to the darkness. Everyone but Virgo, no she got to go and deal with more Nobodies. Their rival in darkness Maleficent who was holed up in The Castle That Never Was seemed to be sending an endless army of Nobodies trying to halt the Celestial Warriors progress. Virgo was the strongest spellcaster which for some reason, unknown to her, made it her job to clear them out. She didn't mind, it simply meant she didn't have to plunge worlds into darkness. Virgo just wanted to go home but it wasn't there anymore.
Kairi was laying down on her giant double king sized bed. Seriously you could fit the entire group onto this bed, if she tried to fit it into her room on the Gummi ship there wouldn't be a floor, just bed. Ok so she was exaggerating but it was huge, and SOFT! It was the softest thing she had ever felt. Despite the insanely comfortable bed she couldn't sleep. She sat up, crisscross applesauce, and tried the breathing exercises that Luna had her do when she first started to learn magic. She mentally went over the day. Right after lunch Luna she tracked down Luna and asked her to teach her more magic. Once they were done with that Bell and Alan had come back from visiting Belle's dad. They all talked, mostly about what everyone had done over the past year and why they were here now. Alan was grateful that they had come to seal his world off so it'd cut down the risk of Heartless. Then they went to dinner, Luna had managed to drag Sol to the dining room this time. Then after dinner they talked more and went to bed when they saw how late it was.
About twenty minutes or so passed and she wasn't any feel like she was sleepier, in fact she felt more awake then before. Kairi then decided to practice her magic. She had spent some time with Luna earlier that day and learned how to cast Fire, Aero, Quake (after going far away from the castle), and Water giving her a spell in each of the six basic elements. Kairi extended her arm out and put her hand palm up. Drawing from her mana pool she created orbs for each element. She felt accomplished in Earth magic, even Luna couldn't create a sphere of rock like the one floating above Kairi's hand. Kairi twirled her fingers causing the orbs to float in an intricate pattern. With a sigh she dismissed the orbs and headed out of her room. Maybe all she needed was a glass of water or a midnight snack. She walked out of her room in her pink PJs that were covered in her favorite animal, the noble chocobo. Kairi could spend hours talking about the giant yellow birds. She often did with Selphie back home on Destiny Islands. As Kairi came to the door to Sora's room she felt the sudden urge to check on her spikey haired hero. She silently opened the door and peered into the room. There was a single candle burning on the bedside table casting shadows onto the sleepy boy. Kairi's first thought was that he looked so cute sleeping. Her second thought was that he was an idiot for leaving a candle burning. Taking this as an opportunity to practice her magic some more Kairi unleashed a small water spell at the flame. Well she had meant for it to be a small spell. A geyser rushed out of her hand towards the small fire. She had succeeded in putting the dangerous flame out, and waking up her sleeping boyfriend. Sora shot up from underneath the soaking wet covers. He looked around and spotted her standing in his doorway.
"Kairi what'd you do that for?" he hissed at her.
"You'd left the candle burning on her bedside table and I went to put it out with the water spell I learned today, but I put too much power into it so you got…" Kairi couldn't finish her sentence. The blanket that Sora had plastered to his chest had fallen down revealing his soaking wet, shirtless, incredibly hot torso. Even in only moonlight the water glistened off his bare chest. He was definitely a skinny boy despite how much he ate, but he was well muscled. Sora shifted uncomfortably under her gaze.
"Uh Kairi" Sora said waving his arms trying to call her attention to his face.
Earth to Kairi, answer the boy.
Huh, what?
The hunk of man sitting in front of you is trying to get your attention.
Crap, thanks Naminé.
"Yes Sora?"
"Could you go stand outside or something so I can change?"
"Oh" she squealed and bolted out the room. Kairi stood outside the closed door trying to regain her composer. When did Sora get that good looking? Sure she knew he had muscles and she had even seen him shirtless and wet before. It wasn't that long ago they had gone to the beach. Something about him shirtless, wet, and in bed though sent Kairi's heart into overdrive. The door opened and out walked Sora still slightly wet and in a pair of blue pajama bottoms with silver stars.
"Now that you've soaked my bed, where am I going to sleep?"
"I'm sure you can find some place to sleep, Riku and Sol are just down the hall"
Sora nodded in agreement and headed towards Riku's room. Completely forgetting the reason she had gotten up in the first place Kairi headed back to bed. Lying back down on her bed Kairi finally found sleep.
The morning sun had found its way into the room of the sleeping princess of heart. The golden rays lit the room waking the young girl up. As she stretched in her bed a rumbling came from outside. It had felt let an earthquake had hit the castle. Kairi got up and looked outside to see if any damage had been done to the castle. When she got to the window down in the courtyard was a mass group of Heartless. Standing near the center was a man in a mask, just like that of Gemini and Virgo. Shaggy orange hair sat atop his head. He wore a vest colored brown and white baggy pants that made him look like he belonged in Agrabah. Sora burst into her room holding a black Keyblade and wearing only a pair of black pants, it seemed the earthquake had happened while he was changing. Kairi remembered seeing him use the Keyblade before it was the Oblivion Keyblade.
"Kairi, do you have your good luck charm with you?" he quickly asked her. Kairi told him that she did indeed have it. She went over to her bed side table and fished it out of the drawer. "Call you Keyblade and attach that to the key chain." Sora instructed her. Her Keyblade leapt into her hands in the same white light that Sora's had. She attached her charm to the keychain like Sora had instructed her and it changed into a white angelic looking Keyblade, the Oathkeeper. She instantly felt a new power flow through her.
"Oathkeeper should help provide your spells with a little more oomph." He told her pointing at her new weapon. Kairi saw that Sora had another keychain in his hand and was going to question him about it when Riku burst through the door, fully clothed in his normal attire, Way to the Dawn in his hand.
"Riku take this" Sora said handing him the keychain that was in his hand. Riku looked at the object and attached it to his Keyblade without hesitation. It changed into the bandage looking Keyblade, the Fenrir. Another explosion rocked the castle shattering the windows. Wyvern, Wizards, and Invisibles poured in through the opening. Sora and Riku jumped into action going after the stronger Invisibles first. Kairi made a promise to herself that she was going to be more useful in this battle then she was back at Agrabah. Clutching Oathkeeper in her hands she stared at a Wyvern Heartless. It was a flying Heartless so it stand to reason it'd be a Wind element Heartless. "Boulder" Kairi shouted pointing her Keyblade at the flying denizen of darkness. A cluster of rocks gathered at the tip of the blade and rocketed forth. It tore through the Heartless with ease destroying another two behind it before the spell lost its strength. Feeling accomplished in her spellcasting she swung her Oathkeeper at a nearby Wizard. She wasn't foolish enough to try a magic attack on a Heartless called Wizard. It took a few slashes and some tricky dodges but she soon reduced the Wizard to nothing in a matter of seconds. With the three warriors the room was cleared in less than five minutes.
Sora and Riku ran to the shattered windows looking down at the courtyard below them. They then looked at each other and shared a quick nod before jumping out the window. They were only on the second floor of the castle, it wasn't a long drop. When they landed they saw Sol to the left his Icebrand a blur in his hands as it sent wave after wave of ice magic off its blade. Luna was straight in front of them ducking the blades of more Invisibles as she lashed out with her Flamberge. A Wizard cast a fireball from behind Sol. Without even looking the golden eyes mage raised his hand in the air and shouted "Reflect". The fireball hit the shield and bounced back towards the Wizard but a Large Body had gotten in the way and met its end. Sora heard a soft thump next to him. It was Kairi she had jumped from the window like he had with Riku.
"Riku. Kairi. Help Sol and Luna take out the Heartless. Make sure none get into the castle we can't let them attack our friends inside."
The two headed off without protest. Sora ran into the hoard of Heartless swing Oblivion back and forth felling even the stronger Heartless in only a few blows. He soon found what he was looking for, the man he had spotted from Kairi's room. He had a group of doglike Heartless that Sora had never seen before. They were black with yellow eyes much like a Shadow. Really Sora would have called them Giant Shadows if they didn't have a tail and walked on all four legs. Letting lose a battle cry Sora charged the new breed of Heartless, which he'd later dub Feral Shadows. The Feral Shadows launched themselves towards the threat. Sora used the Keyblade to prevent one of them from biting. He called on the power of fire and cloaked Oblivion in it. With a cry the Feral Shadow died from the fire. Sora then let lose a Flame Raid cutting down two more of the black creatures. As more of the pack died the other grew cautious as they tried to take down the killer boy. It wasn't long before each member of the pack died leaving an opening to the human warrior directing the Heartless.
"Now I got you" Sora shouted at the man.
"Hmm I know the boss told us not to engage in battle with the Keybearers but it's just one kid what's the harm?" the man muttered to himself. "So Sora, since I know who you are it is only common courtesy to introduce myself. I'm number seven of the Celestial Warriors and today is the day you die."
Faster than the human eye could see the blades on Libra's back came into his hands. They were both slightly curved and were both quite wide. Sora could see wind whipping around the two blades. With a slash of his left sword Libra sent a blade of energy at Sora. The Keybearer rolled out of the path only to find another blade flying at him. Sora blocked this one with Oblivion; he realized it was a mistake to late. Oblivion blocked only a small portion of the wind blade. Sora received a small cut on his chest and face. Sora didn't waste time worrying about the small cuts and charged his opponent hoping to close the distance so he wouldn't have to worry about more wind blades. Libra wasn't making it easy though. Blade after blade of wind came flying off his blades only to have Sora roll out of the way or jump over them at the last second.
Sora use my power change into Valor Form. Roxas advised from inside Sora's mind.
I'm not wearing the clothes that let me use drive form though, I'm fighting in my PJs.
The clothes just made it easier for you to access the forms. Together we have the power though.
Alright Roxas I believe you.
Sora jumped away from Libra as the man sent a small tornado towards him.
"Valor" Sora shouted holding out his empty handing waiting for the second Keyblade to appear. In his open hand the Rumbling Rose Keyblade appeared waiting for its master to grab ahold. Sora's blue PJs changed to the red of Valor Form. With a smirk on his face Sora leapt high into the air far above the tornado created by Libra. Sora positioned himself to that he fell with both Keyblades pointed at Libra. When he hit the ground a blast of energy erupted from the tips of the two blades. He had closed the gap between him and his prey. In a flurry of swings the two duel wielders fought neither one wanting to give ground. The combined strength of Sora and Roxas though was too much for Libra and his weapons to stand. Libra's left sword broke under a hit from Oblivion, and then with Rumbling Rose Sora knocked the other blade away.
"Now Sora, I was just joking, I wasn't going to kill you. I was just going to rough you up a bit."
"For some reason I don't believe you, but if what you say is true then take your Heartless and leave."
A look of relief went across Libra's face. Sora turned to leave the downed warrior.
Watch out! Roxas shouted.
Sora did a backflip as the broken edge Libra had went flying at him. During the backflip the half sword cut one of Sora's spikes. Grasping Oblivion in his hand Sora turned and stabbed Libra in the heart, finishing the man off. A gasp escaped Libra's mouth as he died. Sora looked at the man as the life left his eyes.
That was the first human I've ever killed. Sora realized looking at the corpse.
If you didn't it'd be you dead on the ground Sora.
I know Roxas. I know that his death was necessary. He would have killed many people and plunged this world and many others into darkness just like every enemy I've faced before.
That's right Sora, keep to the positive side of things. Remember who and what you fight for. But remember to only kill as a last resort.
Thanks Roxas, that was actually a good pep talk. Where did you learn it from?
Axel, he was the leader of the Assassin Nobodies for a reason.
With their leader gone and the threat of three Keyblades the remaining Heartless fled the area. A glowing light appeared between the two broken windows of Kairi's room. Without even looking Sora pointed Oblivion towards the light. Stars and white energy gathered at the tip of the blade and a beam of energy shot out. With a click Sora sealed the keyhole of this world. Sora then dismissed both his Keyblades and his pants returned to their normal blue. Sora turned to walk to his friends only to find them stand there. Kairi rushed over and hugged him tightly.
"It's alright, you did what you had to. No one thinks any less of you." She whispered into his chest. A wave a relief washed over Sora at her words. .
(A/N): I love chocobos they are the best mount ever.
Sol's Spellbook
(Original Spell) Boulder: Sends a large rock out from the caster generally ripping through multiple enemies.