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Chapter 13: Split
Kairi, Sora, Riku, Roxas, Naminé, and Yen Sid stood around the wizard's desk debating what should be done about Sol and Luna's abduction. The teenagers wanted to go and rescue there friends but as Yen Sid kept pointing out they had no clue what world they were on. Even if they did know what world it was most likely the base for the Celestial Warriors and they had no idea how many where left. The five wouldn't hear of abandoning their friends though. Kairi pointed out that if it wasn't for Luna she be practically useless in the fights that they had been in. Naminé and Roxas told Yen Sid that they had a debt to repay to the two. Riku and Sora simply wanted their friends back.
"Regardless of how you feel about it there is nothing that can be done form them" Yen Sid told them once again. "It'd be best if you continued your journey. No doubt you'll run into more of the Celestial Warriors."
"Then we'll beat the location of their base out of them." Roxas supplied
"Yeah" the others chorused.
The sounds of a train whistle caused everyone in the room to go silent. Who had climbed aboard the train? More importantly how had the train gone back to the station to pick people up? All six of the people inside the tower looked out the windows down to the train.
A very bloody looking Sol walked out of the train followed by Luna. While Sol's clothes where torn, burned, and frosted in some places along with the spots of crimson blood Luna looked like she had just come back from the a day out on the town. The two were grinning as they walked towards the door leading into the tower.
"How did they get back here?" Roxas asked the first one able to speak.
"Truly a wonder" Yen Sid supplied.
Everyone waited for the two to make their way up the stairs towards the room. As the door opened the two entering figures were attacked by two four blurs. From with the jumble of limbs Sol and Luna let out a cry. Roxas and Naminé had ended up on Luna while Kairi and Sora were on Sol. The two warriors were being squeezed to death by the two couples.
"Roxas. Naminé. Need. Air." Luna managed to get out. Sol said the same things but the names fit the two hugging him. The four let go allowing their prey to breath.
"How did you get back here?" Riku voiced asking the same question Roxas did earlier.
"I'd like to know that myself. Last thing I remember was fighting Virgo and she reflected a spell back at me and then… nothing." Sol said rubbing his head as if willing the memories to come back.
"Let's all sit down it's going to be quite a story for you all to hear." Luna told them as she walked over to the couch and sat down. Sol and Naminé took the seat beside her with Roxas sitting on the arm of the couch next to Naminé. Kairi and Sora sat on the floor in front on the couch like it was story time. Riku just leaned against a wall while Yen Sid took his seat behind the desk.
Luna gave her companion a look that told him to start. He then launched into the story about how Virgo wanted to fight him one on one without any distractions. She had taken Luna only to make sure he would fight. He described the forming of the Helix Sword and his battle against the masked woman. Luna thought that some parts might have been exaggerated like when he told them of his Fire Curtain spell. She'd never seen him perform such a high level fire spell before. She had a hard time doing it. The spell did come from his mind though and he had the power of the Helix Sword. Alright he probably did cast it. Once Sol got to the point where he used his Blizzaja Shot and it reflected back at him and everything went dark Luna took over.
"I woke up right as Sol's spell was shot back at him. I actually witnessed the ice tearing a hole in him. It wasn't a great thing to witness that's for sure. After that M-Virgo let me out of my chains and I rushed over to his side to see what I could do."
The group was horrified at the thought that their friend had a hole punched in his shoulder and they hadn't been there to lend any aid. Luna continued on with the story.
"I tried to heal him but the flesh wouldn't knit together. There was just too much missing for magic to rebuild. It was then that Virgo came over and handed me a very rare item. She gave me a Phoenix Down. It can heal a person on the brink of death and make them like new. At first I wasn't sure what her motives were but in the end I used the item and as you can see it healed Sol."
It was at this point that Sol moved his shirt so that everyone could see the hole in it and the magically healed spot.
"Afterwards Virgo told me a story that she made very clear she doesn't want repeated. It convinced me that she was on our side. Now remember she was the one that just practically killed Sol and she made me truly believe her and that she'd help us from the inside. Virgo told me that of all the Celestial Warriors we have to face there should be only three that we have to look out for. Eclipse, Aries and Capricorn are their names."
There was a silence in the room as the information sunk in. Even though Sol had lost in a fight against their enemy they had gained a new ally. Someone who was on the inside was going to be helping them. When they finally arrived at the bade of the Warriors they'd have someone there to help them.
"Sol Luna did either of you get a good look at the world Virgo had taken you to?" Yen Sid asked breaking the silence.
"Yeah it was completely barren with a clear blue sky. Brown rock was the only thing I could see" Sol informed the wizard.
"I will glance through the skies to see what a can and hopefully find this world by the time you need it. For now though it would be best if you continued to fight the Heartless and seal the Keyholes."
"That'd be great but we only have the one gummi ship with four rooms. Almost everyone would be bunking with someone else." Roxas pointed out.
"I believe I'll be able to help with that" Yen Sid told them. Outside his window sat the Highwind just like it had a year ago when Sora first visited the wizard.
"The Highwind" Sora shouted a grin on his face as he saw his old ship.
"Yes I figured with the addition of Roxas and Naminé you might want to split up to cover more ground so while you were in Twilight Town I had Mickey send this over." The old wizard said.
"That means we have to pick who goes with what ship." Sol said from his spot on the couch. "And I'm not giving up my ship. Sora and Kairi are dating they can share a cabin on the Highwind."
"Solaris" Luna exclaimed "they've been dating for what three months and most of that was spent traveling through space. I don't think they're up for that quite yet."
"Two words for you Luna." Sol said holding out his hand to count of each word, "Heaven's Pass."
If looks could kill everyone in the room would be dead. A black hole would appear with its center being were Sol was standing that would just suck everyone into it ending their existence. That is the amount of rage that was behind Luna's golden orbs.
"We would have died otherwise! You know that better than anyone Sol. You also promised never to say a word about it!"
"Right forget I mentioned anything guys." Sol said to the group with a mischievous grin. Luna looked mortified and embarrassed.
"So who is going with whom? The easiest way I see it is if Roxas and Naminé come with use and Riku goes with Sora and Kairi on the Highwind." Luna said not wanting to split any couples. Though no one was exactly sure if Naminé and Roxas was a couple, not even them.
"But we just got Roxas and Naminé back" Sora half whined half said. "I don't want to part with them so soon." Both Roxas and Naminé agreed to this statement.
"That'll balance out the team anyway. Sora and Kairi can handle themselves pretty well so they can cover for any mistakes Roxas makes." Riku said with a smirk.
"Hey I can handle myself!" Roxas shout at his rival.
"Right chocobo head. See I remember beating you and dragging you back to DiZ where he stuffed your sorry ass into the virtual Twilight Town."
"That's only because you used the darkness. Before that I kicked your sorry ass"
Before either of them could continue bubbles appeared over their heads. Kairi had been the one to place the enchantment on the two boys. "I really don't want to listen to you two argue." She told the two and dismissed the bubble.
Luna beamed at Kairi. "Been practicing have we?" the apprentice nodded her head.
"I guess we should get going then. The worlds won't be sealing themselves." Sora said going into his signature pose, hands behind his head. With agreements from around the room Sora's team went to leave the tower.
"Sora since I won't be going with you it'll be up to you and Roxas to teach the girls more magic. It looks like Kairi might be teaching you soon though." Luna told the retreating figures. The two boys agreed to take up the mantle of magic teachers. The poor girls didn't know what was coming.
The group of Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Naminé made their way outside and stood before Sora's old Gummi ship. A door on the side opened up letting its owners climb aboard. Kairi followed behind Sora with Naminé behind her and Roxas bringing up the rear. In the cabin room they found suitcases with their names written on them. A note was placed on the table.
Thought you might want these.
Yen Sid
Kairi was thankful that at least someone had the mind to transfer all their stuff onto the new ship. Sora led them around the ship showing them everything that the Highwind had to offer. They did have cards, board games, and books (that weren't hidden by Sol) to keep the occupied though. What Kairi did notice however was that the gadgets in the kitchen were a better quality then the other ship. When Sora led them back into the cabin to go to the bedrooms they saw a light appearing on top of Kairi's suitcase. It was a book with a note attached to it, this one read.
This is a copy of a spellbook that I created a while back. In it are both battle spells and domestic spells. I think you'll find the fourth spell down on page 37 useful.
Sol
Kairi opened the book to the page and looked at the fourth spell down. It was a domestic spell, able to change the colors of objects. A side note told her that Luna had used this spell to paint the walls in her room. The only thing the spell couldn't seem to effect was natural things such as plants and rocks. Kairi showed the spell to Naminé who thought the spell was nice but told Kairi that she'd rather physically paint. Sora continued his tour with the bedrooms. They came to a circular room with three doors. The door on the right had "Goofy" written on it while the one and the left said "Donald" and the middle room had "Sora" sloppily written. Sora's defense was that it was hard to write with spray paint.
"Good thing you and Kairi are going to share a room" Naminé pointed out. The two stared at the girl.
"And who said we were going to do that?!" Kairi cried. "Why would I share a room with Sora?"
"Ouch Kairi" Sora said in mock hurt.
"Well I can't share a room with Roxas." Naminé told them. "And Kairi while I love you like a sister and want to travel with you. Sharing a room would be too much like living in your mind again."
"I kinda feel the same way about sharing a room with Sora. Sorry Kairi looks like you're stuck sharing a room with your boyfriend" Roxas added.
"I guess I'll take Donald's room." Naminé said ending the conversation as she walked over to the door and it whooshed open and a pile of old pizza boxes and dirty clothes fell out onto the petit blonde girl. The other three laughed as Naminé let out a cry.
"I hope Goofy's room isn't that bad" Roxas said as he approached the door. When it came open he peered in and noticed that it was completely spotless. "Looks like you chose the wrong room Naminé, Goofy kept his room nice and neat.
Getting out of the pile of garbage and clothes Naminé pleaded with Roxas to switch rooms with her, there was no way she could deal with all that garbage even to clean the room. Roxas told her that she was crazy and there was no way that he was taking the messy room simply because she "couldn't handle" cleaning it. While Naminé and Roxas were arguing over who gets what room Sora and Kairi were trying to figure out how exactly they were going to share a room. Or if they even were going to share one.
"Would it really be that bad?" Sora asked slightly pleading. "You already lived in my heart."
Kairi hung her head at his over the top yet accurate cheesiness. "I guess if we set up some ground rules it won't matter to much. First off when I go to take a shower you are on the other side of the ship and don't come anywhere near the room till I come and get you."
"Vice versa and agreed."
"No stealing covers during the night and all clothes must be kept on"
"No promises about stealing covers but I will wear PJs that have a shirt and pants."
"Respect the spots that I claim as my own. We still need some personal space."
"Alright then I think we can do this" Sora said with a grin.
Kairi leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. "Just remember to be good and everything will be fine."
They then turned their attention back to the other two members of the ship. That's when Naminé broke out the puppy dog pout. Roxas tried not to look at the blonde girl in hopes of resisting the pout.
"I give him a minute" Sora whispered to Kairi
"As if, he'll cave in less than thirty seconds." She replied.
To prove Kairi's point Naminé started to add a little whimper and a tear to her pout. Roxas couldn't stand it anymore. He caved.
"Alright I give, I'll take Donald's room just stop pouting" Roxas pleaded.
Naminé's face changed instantly into one of joy. Not a trace of the pout was left, not even the tear. She giggled as she hugged Roxas and called him a good boy.
"Dang Roxas, you two aren't even going out and she has you wrapped around her finger. I'm at least going out with Kairi." Sora pointed out. The defeated warrior just shrugged and headed over to the ducks room.
Roxas stood before the pile of garbage and just gazed at the mess before him. Not even Axel was this messy. That's when an idea struck him. He'd get rid of this garbage in a very Axel-like fashion. Roxas called the Kingdom Key and pointed it at the mess. "Magnet" he called and all the garbage flew out of the room and started to swirl. "Firaga" he said launching a hug ball of flame towards the floating mess. In a nice sized explosion the garbage was incinerated leaving only a small pile of ashes on the ground. Roxas went into the room to see what was left. There were still stains on the floor and bed along with a few white feathers but the garbage itself was gone. Kairi walked in behind him and plugged her nose when she got to the door. Roxas watched her raise her hand a blue mist came out of it. Taking a deep breath of the stuff Roxas smelled a sea breeze instead of the stink that had filled the room seconds ago. Sora came in next holding a keychain and he offered it to Roxas. Without looking at it, he snapped it onto the Keyblade. It took on a likeness to Axel's Chakrams. It was the Bond of Flame Keyblade. Roxas smiled at his Keyblade and Sora. It was perfect for him it felt like Axel was there with him. Dismissing the Keyblade they headed to the bridge.
"Unlike Sol's ship we don't have an autopilot that's fully functional. Donald spilled his drink on it and ever since it works for about six hours before it needs to recharge so it should only be used for when we need to sleep. On the bright side we have a warp gummi."
"So we should leave the new worlds to the other group while we hit the worlds you forgot to seal?" Roxas said half insultingly.
"Pretty much." Sora said ignoring the insult.
"So then the question is where to? Hey Sora didn't you tell me of a place that you changed into a lion cub?"
"Oh yeah the Pride Lands, that'd be a fun place to go to. I wonder how Simba and Nala are doing."
"We get to be lions?" Naminé squealed. "Oh Roxas I bet you'd make the cutest little lion."
Roxas grumbled saying that he'd be the toughest lion.
Beep beep. Beep beep.
"Oh Kairi hit that green button on the top there will you?" Sora asked pointing to said button that was behind Kairi. She turned around and pressed it which caused a screen to drop down from the ceiling. On the screen was Riku with Sol.
"Hey guys. Just wanted to call to figure out where you guys were going so we don't end up on the same world" Riku said
"We just decided to go to the Pride Lands. I get to see Sora as a lion cub Riku!" Kairi informed him with a giggle.
"Alright we'll head to that Experiment's Paradise world we spotted before."
"Good luck Riku," Sora said as he shut the link down.
Sora started the Highwind up. Kairi noticed that the engines weren't as loud as the other ship. She figured it was because they didn't need as much power for the smaller ship. Sora took them up into space. Once they had gotten far enough away from the Mysterious Tower Roxas took the chair to the right of Sora's while Naminé took the left leaving Kairi nowhere to sit but on Sora. She plopped down on him. His arms wrapped around her as he grabbed the wheel. Roxas was pressing buttons at his station. He looked over at Sora and gave him a thumbs up. Before Kairi could ask why she saw a wormhole appear in front of the ship. Sora gave the Gummi ship some "gas" and they flew into wormhole. Stars flew by in a blur and in a matter of a few minutes they exited the wormhole and Kairi could see a world below them. They had arrived at the Pride Lands.
(A/N): Apparently in Tales of Symphonia there is something quite like my Helix Sword. For the record I have never played those games so the fact that Flamberge and Icebrand make the Helix sword is just an eerie coincidence. It's only thanks to The Unknowing Herald that I learned of the similarities.