Sorry for the delay, guys. Here's a nice, long(er) chapter to make up for it. Now, Larxene?
Larxene: If you expect me to do this, you're stupider than you look. Here's a little tip: Get a haircut, a girlfriend, and a life.
(backs away slowly)......Um, I don't own anything...
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Chapter 42: Battle of Mount Olympus
Sora, Hercules, Kairi, and Riku sprinted towards the doors to the colliseum. They did not like what Nessus had told them, not at all. His last words echoed in all their minds, urging them forward at top speed.
"Zeus'd make a good Heartless."
Time was a factor. If the gods couldn't hold up against the titans, then this world was doomed. And of course, the King, Donald, Goofy, and Axel were still up there.
The instant that they had burst through the front doors, Hercules brought his fingers to his lips, and whistled sharply. In a few seconds, Pegasus swooped out of the sky and landed in front of them. They skidded to a halt in front of him, and Hercules leapt onto his back.
"We gotta get to Olympus." He told him. "Hope you're ready for a fight."
The responding whinny sounded like an affirmative.
"C'mon!" Herc told the rest. Riku jumped on behind him, but Sora stayed put.
"Thanks, but I'll fly myself." The Keyblade flew out of his hand, and transformed into the Keyboard. Sora stepped onto it and summoned Sleeping Lion.
"Angels in flight!" Kairi held out her hands, and with a burst of light entered Angelic form. Oathkeeper appeared in her hands.
"Let's do this!"
With a huge beat of his wings, Pegasus lifted off the ground. Sora and Kairi moved to either side of him, and flew with him like an honor guard. Hercules led them from the nearby mountain the colliseum sat on, to Mount Olympus. It was a magnificent sight, so tall that the very tip was hidden by clouds. The side was marked with craters where the titans had dug in with their massive hands and feet to climb up.
Then, there was a shout from below them, "Sora! Herc! Guys!"
They looked down, and saw four tiny specks that were getting larger by the second. As they got closer, they realized that Nehrut was the one who had called out to them. He was flying, and using his mind to keep Bariss and Yuffie floating on either side of him. The fourth was a small man with blue skin.
"Guys!" Sora and Kairi floated down to meet them while Pegasus somehow hovered in the air above. "We were getting worried."
"With good reason." Nehrut admitted. "Hades and Ruxik siced Larxene on us. Unfortunately, she got away."
"Ruxik and Larxene?" Riku said. "Must have been unpleasant."
"Especially when they were making out in front of us." Yuffie interjected.
"EWWWW!"
"Why didn't anybody tell me about this?" Nehrut asked. "I'm unconscious for a few minutes and I missed that?"
"Consider yourself lucky." They all shared a good laugh.
Then, slightly impatiently, Hercules called to them, "Titans! Remember?"
"Things weren't looking good when I was up there, Herc." Hermes said. "I don't know how well the big boys are faring against them."
"Don't worry Hermes." Hercules replied, placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "I need you to do me a favor, okay? Go back to the collisseum, and make sure that Meg stays safe."
"Can do, babe." He saluted. "Good luck up there." He shot off back toward the opposite mountain as fast as his winged sandals could carry him.
The rest all took off as fast as they could to the mountain. They reached the side, and then rocketed upward, getting a little wet as they broke the cloud cover. They received a very unfriendly welcome.
Larxene had obviously warned Hades of their approach. The Rock Titan and Lava Titan were peering over the edge of the mountain above them. Standing on the shoulder of the former was a man that looked absolutely tiny in comparison: Ruxik. "NOW!" he shouted.
The Lava Titan started belching huge glops of lava toward them, and they were accompanied by huge chunks of rock thrown by the other titan. Ruxik chipped in by blasting dark energy down at them.
They did their best to weave around the projectiles, still flying up as fast as possible. Lava passed so close to them that they could feel its heat. But they were good in the air, and avoided almost everything. Those they couldn't, they smashed through.
A huge rock descended toward Nehrut and Bariss (Yuffie had gotten on Pegasus's back with Riku). Drawing his sword, Nehrut shot forward like a bullet, and speared completely through the rock. It burst to pieces when he reached the other side, the glowing chunks falling to the ground without hurting anyone.
Riku managed to catch a bit of Ruxik's dark energy and held it in his hand for a few seconds, before launching it at a rock that nearly crushed them. Hercules leaned forward in his seat and smashed what was left away from them.
Kairi swerved expertly around the projectiles, sometimes covering over a dozen feet with just one beat of her angelic wings. Whenever she couldn't get away fast enough, she'd cast an impressive spell. A lightning bolt that broke rocks to tiny fragments, or a blizzard spell that froze lava. She'd spear through these, and come out unharmed.
Sora easily sliced through boulders with the Keyblade, surfing on air as easily as he had once surfed the waves on Destiny Islands. There had been an incredible day where the biggest waves topped seventy feet (and there had been the added perk of seeing Kairi in a bathing suit). (1)Sleeping Lion easily cleared a path for him through the projectiles raining down on them.
As they reached the peak of the mountain, the Rock Titan swung a giant fist at Pegasus. The flying horse shot into the air just before impact, and amazingly, Riku jumped off. He landed on its still outstretched arm, and sprinted up it, calling Way to Dawn to his hand. Ruxik growled at him and called Way to Dusk. They collided on the titan's shoulder and jumped off together. Yuffie lept off the horse and followed them down.
Kairi flew circles around the Lava Titan's head, blasting its face with blizzard spells. It bellowed and swiped at her like a particularly annoying fly. Sora entered the picture and blasted from the opposite direction. It got angry, and stretched out its arms. Huge gouts of lava burst from both hands.
The two swerved out of the way toward the ground, just avoiding a punch from the other titan. They landed, and Kairi changed forms. Oblivion went back to Sora's hand. They stared down the two massive behemoths in front of them. Sora turned his head to Kairi, and said, deadpan, "I'll take the ugly one."
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While Sora and Kairi faced down two titans, Nehrut and Bariss were facing two of their own. Together, the Ice and Wind Titans were the equivalant of the worst possible blizzard on the top of Mt. Everest (which only actually existed on a total of eighteen worlds). And they made for a chilling sight at any time.
The Wind Titan came toward them, the air around it swirling dangerously. Any rubble it passed was immediately sucked up into its depths, and was eventually crushed by the pure speed it attained spinning around inside. Its deep red eyes displayed a horrible desire to destroy. Its voice sounded like the rushing wind that composed it. "Blow them AWAY!"
Insanely, Nehrut took to the air and charged right into the titan. Literally, INTO.
This shocked the titan as much as it did Bariss. The wind didn't seem to have any effect on him, he just shot right through the gale into the swirling mass just below those horrible eyes and couldn't be seen from the inside. The titan let out a howl of pain.
In the heart of the storm, Nehrut floated. His hair billowed all around him, obscuring his vision for a moment. He had a theory on how to bring this thing down quickly; He just hoped it would prove true. He closed his eyes, and breathed deeply.
He began to rotate on the spot, slowly at first but gradually picking up speed. He spun in the opposite direction of the gale around him. Faster, faster, faster, faster, so fast he would appear a blur if anyone could have seen him.
I'm going to throw up.
The Wind Titan was in serious distress. Its own speed was being dwarfed by the speed of the teen inside it. The force of its wind was slowing down, its equilibrium was being thrown off. And to everyone's astonishment, it began to dissipate. Howling about how impossible it was (indeed, Nehrut wasn't sure if the laws of physics would allow it) it faded away. Its eyes were the last to go, and it became dust in the wind.
Bariss's mouth fell open in shock.
Nehrut came to something of a halt in the air. He was incredibly disoriented. He thought he could see the Ice Titan, but when he tried to fly toward it, he ended up going in a completely different direction. He crashed into the side of a ruined building and slid down it like a bug on a windshield.
Bariss ran up to him as he started coming out of his daze. "Are you alright?" She asked, helping him to his feet. He staggered a bit and looked at her cross-eyed.
"Fine, thanks for asking." He pulled out his sword. "Let's get him."
Then he staggered off in the completely opposite direction and tripped over himself five feet later. "Give me a minute..."
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Riku and Ruxik's blades met in a flash of light. Sparks flew from the impact. They both leapt from the shoulder of the Rock Titan, and landed easily on their feet. Ruxik brought his blade down at Riku's head. He brought up his blade quickly to stop it. He parried the attack and stabbed forward.
Ruxik weaved out of the way, and struck at Riku's head. He ducked and sent a blast of dark fire at his face. The Nobody staggered backward, stunned. Riku charged at him, with his blade ready to strike.
Ruxik growled and took flight. Riku shot more fire at him, but he was able to catch every shot with his Keyblade. The fire gathered around the blade, and Riku only realized what he planned to do after it was totally engulfed in fire.
He pointed the tip of his blade at Riku, and his own fire blasted back at him. He jumped out of the way and the fire exploded behind him. The force of it was enough to send Riku flying across the battlefield to land fifteen feet away. He landed on the half-destroyed steps of a building, sprawled on his back.
Rubbing his aching back, he got to his feet. Suddenly, two arms were thrown around him from behind. One of them was holding a dagger to his throat. "Hello, kiddo." Larxene said.
Riku mentally glared at her. He just hated that smug quality in her voice.
Ruxik strode slowly toward them, with a smile that would have made Larxene proud (it did). Both hands blazed with dark energy. He held one of those burning fists up to Riku's face. "Let's take a trip back to base."
"Stay away from my man!" A voice shouted. And suddenly the dagger in Larxene's hand was knocked away by a much different throwing knife. She recoiled, and during that brief window of opportunity where they were distracted, Riku kicked his Nobody in the chest, sending him staggering backward. As Ruxik fell, Riku reached behind him and grabbed Larxene by the wrist, tossing her over his shoulder at him. They collided painfully.
The two eventually skidded to a stop ten feet away.
Yuffie dashed up to Riku with her shuriken in hand, clearly ready to tear them apart if they got too close to him again. The silver-headed Keybearer couldn't help himself, and pressed his lips against hers.
They parted in a few seconds, "Thanks."
"You owe me." She smiled coyly. "Tonight. Lounge. You. Me."
His face split into a grin.
"Ohhh, that just makes me want to puke." Larxene said, getting back to her feet with Ruxik.
"Well, this is certainly interesting." Ruxik said, smirking, "I'm really going to enjoy ripping her away from you, Riku."
Way to Dawn appeared. "Try it and I'll take your head off."
The two Keybearers charged at each other across the debris strewn ground, seeming to float above the ground, they were so fast. Their girlfriends were right behind them, rushing at each other. Weapons met with a resounding clang.
Ruxik went at Riku relentlessly, blade coming from every direction. Riku met every one of them, and matched his ferocity. It was impossible to tell who had the upper hand, their Keyblades moved too fast to see clearly, and they moved all over the battlefield.
Yuffie and Larxene battled ferociously as well. Their daggers clashed against each other with blinding speed. Small bolts of electricity flew from Larxene's with every impact. Yuffie leapt away from a punch aimed at her face, and tossed her shuriken.
Larxene ducked under it, and threw a pair of daggers. Yuffie displayed her amazing flexibility and bent over backwards to avoid them. She then lept into the air, and caught her shuriken as it boomeranged back to her. In a puff of smoke, she vanished. She reappeared behind the Nobody. She sent a devastating kick into the back of her head, and she fell flat on her face.
"How's that?" She spat out.
Larxene let out something sounding like a cat's angry hiss, and sprang back up, swiping at her with a fist full of knives. Yuffie blocked it with her own oversized weapon.
Meanwhile, Riku and Ruxik had somehow gotten on top of the roof of a crumbling building. Riku was gradually pressing his Nobody across the roof toward the edge. When they got there, Riku sent one horizontal slash at his waist, but he jumped over the blade, and it's wielder. He landed on the other side, and struck out at his neck.
He stuck his blade over his shoulder and caught the blow. He twisted around and swept at his legs. He jumped over it, and kicked at his face. Riku simply caught the kick, grabbed the ankle firmly, and tossed him over the side of the roof.
Ruxik fell over twenty feet, but landed squarely on his feet. He looked up just in time to dodge away from Riku's blade. He had jumped off the roof with his blade pointed down. Riku dislodged his Keyblade from the ground and blocked a vertical strike from his enemy while still crouched on the ground.
He tossed the blade off of his and threw dark fire at him. Ruxik blocked the strike with his blade and brought it down hard on Riku's. Riku gathered all the strength he could muster and pushed him back, while getting to his feet.
These two separate duels eventually crossed paths, and Riku and Yuffie were soon back-to-back, staring down the other's opponent. Spontaneously, they leapt into action again, switching opponents. (2)
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Sora's blizzard spell went crashing into the Lava Titan with little effect. A large billow of steam rose from its chest where it had been hit. The lava there cooled, and hardened, though only for a second. Then the surrounding lava would move in on it and melt the hardened rock again.
To his left, Kairi was on top of the Rock Titan's left head, smashing down into its forehead with all the force she could muster. She seemed to be having some luck, he could see cracks on its forehead where she had been striking relentlessly for the past few minutes. The behemoth hadn't quite been able to shake her off yet, though it had come close several times.
He only saw this briefly before his titan attacked him again. Huge gouts of lava spewed from its mouth at him. Sora ran as fast as he could out of its path, casting blizzard spells at the stream approaching him. His magic was powerful to freeze it, but the titan just kept doing it, and he was getting tired.
His magic only had a limited effect on it, and he couldn't get too close. The heat radiating off its body was nearly enough to barbeque an ordinary human –Keybearer or not.
Then an idea came to him. And it was so simple, he wondered why it had taken him so long to think of it. "Wisdom!"
His clothes let off a flash of light. When it faded away, they were blue and black. On the sleeves and pant legs were patterns of light blue and white flames. His Keyblade had changed as well. It was the Star Seeker Keyblade. He had received the keychain (a golden crescent moon) from Master Yen Sid near the beginning of his last journey. The shaft was long and blue, and dotted with white stars. At the end was a large, five-pointed golden star. The guard was a section of grey on either side.
Sora's feet floated just above the ground as if he were standing on something slippery. The space between his shoes and the ground seemed to sparkle.
Immediately after taking on Wisdom Form, Sora dashed around the titan, easily avoiding its lava attacks, and firing off energy bullets from the tip of the blade. Those small attacks (oddly enough) had more of an effect than Sora's original blizzard spells. They got under its 'skin' instead of just blasting at it.
Sora went back around the titan and pointed his Keyblade at its face. He thought of the icy peaks of the Land of Dragons, and the harsh blasts of the titan not far away. "Blizzora!" He cried. (3)
A huge burst of ice-cold air came from the Keyblade, freezing the water in the air around it. This resulted in a huge, freezing shard of ice shooting at the Lava Titan's face. It smashed into it with devastating effects.
It practically exploded against the titan's face, sending bits of ice and blobs of rapidly cooling lava all over the place. The titan howled in pain, its massive hands coming up to its face. Sora didn't let up, he cast the spell again, this time at it's chest. It howled again, moving one hand from its messy face to the wound in its chest.
It's face was steaming, the lava had been frozen on it, and resulted in a strange, frosty hole in it's face. It's mouth could not be seen clearly, and it's glowing eyes were now lopsided. It wasn't a pretty picture. Steam rose between it's fingers from the similar wound in it's chest.
He did it again, and again. One spell hit its shoulder, causing its left arm to fall off altogether, cooled at the end where the spell had hit. That left its chest uncovered, and Sora fired there again. The spell was powerful enough to go all the way through its chest to the other side. Its wailing was deafening.
The next few shots of ice enlarged the hole in its chest, nearly caved it's face in, and blew off the other arm.
The Lava Titan writhed in agony. Chunks of rock, frost, and lava fell from its mutilated body, covering the ground around it with over twenty feet of debris. It let out a huge bellow that sounded decisively final, and collapsed in on itself. It fell, and became a huge puddle of lava on the ground. It was slowly spreading, but it was somehow beginning to cool at the same time.
Sora took a moment to admire his handiwork, and 'ran' to assist Kairi with her titan.
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On the other side of the mountain, Nehrut and Bariss were battling the Ice Titan.
Nehrut buzzed around its head, avoiding its icy breath and swiping claws by inches. His sword struck at its face whenever possible. His blade Presul was strong, and it was strong enough to cut through most materials easy enough, but this icy giant had some kind of magic protection.
He swept low and caught Bariss's outstretched hand. He gave her a toss up toward the titan's face, and Rose Thorn uncurled. She flipped in the air and landed on its snout. She lashed out and struck the behemoth right between the eyes. It howled, and brought up its claw-like hand to swipe her away.
Nehrut came out of nowhere again and snatched her away before impact. The two flew just over the ground, and streaked away from any icy blast that completely froze the ground behind them. The two of them flew back into the air, and ran their weapons across its ribbed chest as they went up. Bits of ice and frost fell to the ground.
There was a crack in between the Ice Titan's eyes where Bariss's whip had struck. She pulled out her sai, and he got an idea. "Hey Frosty! Catch the pretty girl!" He shouted. He spun her around in the air, and then tossed her at that crack between its eyes. The girl dug her sai in up to the hilt into that crack, enlarging it. The titan howled in pain.
Nehrut flew back in and picked her up. They decided to put a bit of distance between the enraged being. As it turns out, this was something of a mistake. It was injured, but not incapacitated. Its hand stretched out, and huge sharp shards of ice burst from its fingers. They came within inches of the two in the air.
Nehrut reached out with his mind and caught one of them. Gathering as much strength as he could, he altered its trajectory. The ice bullet spun around and streaked back at its source.
"NO!" The titan cried as it crashed through its ribs and into it's spine. It shattered into tiny pieces, and broke the titan messily in half. Its legs and most of its torso crashed to the ground, useless.
It's upper chest and everything up fell with a huge slam that sounded almost like breaking glass. They walked over to the seemingly defeated titan...
And were almost crushed by a giant fist.
They retreated away, and watched in amazement as the Ice Titan's top half pushed itself up on its two remaining limbs, and glared at them with those cold, empty eyes.
"Oh..."
The titan let out a shriek, and from its maw came a huge blast of arctic temperature air. Nehrut threw out his hands, putting an invisible barrier between them and the icy air. The ice and sleet pounded relentlessly against the shield. There was no end in sight, but Nehrut could hold on as long as it needed to take.
Hopefully.
The half-titan was approaching them now, dragging what was left of its body across the ground. All the while it was still spraying them with icy breath. Apparently, it didn't really need to catch its breath.
Bariss was crouched down by Nehrut, she saw his face change. Before it had been filled with confidence. Now he just looked like he had a headache. Beads of sweat were dripping off his face despite the cold, and his eyes had a pained look about them.
"Nehrut..."
"I don't think I can hold it much longer, Bariss." He said. "Just not strong enough. Get out of here. Not to use the cliché but, save yourself. I'll buy you some time."
"Oh stop being so stupidly noble." She rolled her eyes. "You can do this. I'm not going to leave you alone against that thing."
Nehrut looked at her, a curious light in his eyes. Then he looked back outside his shield at the titan. Its massive face was right in front of the shield, glaring at them and spewing ice. Amazingly, he smiled.
"Noble, huh? I must be hanging around Sora too much. He's the one with the hero complex..." (4) He glared at the titan. "Okay Frosty. You'll be seeing your friend real soon in whatever afterlife you freaks go to."
He mustered every ounce of mental strength he had. His hair and clothes billowed around him as if he were underwater. The air around him rippled as if in a heat haze. And to Bariss's delight, the confidence had returned to his face. The shield bulged, became thicker.
With a shout, Nehrut thrusted his hands forward. His shield blasted forward, and collided with the titan. Its face smashed against it, and Nehrut knew it would be one of his most cherished memories. Its face cracked and splintered in several places, eliciting pained howls from it.
It threw its head back,howling, and the shield crashed into its chest and arms. They shattered into pieces, littering the ground with chunks of ice. For a brief moment, hail pelted against the shield, then it all came crashing down.
The Ice Titan's cracked head crashed to the ground fifty feet away, its mouth hanging open in a permanent silent scream. The other pieces of its body were scattered around in a heap in varying shapes and sizes.
"You did it!" Bariss cheered, pumping her fist into the air and slapping the telepath on the back. He fell to his knees, exhausted and panting. She knelt down next to him. To his delight, she pecked him on the cheek quickly. It turned red. "Rest, you've earned it. The others can finish things up from here."
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While the Keybearers and their off-world allies fought the titans, Hercules sprinted through the crumbling buildings of Olympus. There was just a smattering of Heartless left around. They leapt at him whenever they saw him, only to be met with a crushing fist. He only had a vague idea what he was looking for.
He came across a huge mound of cooled rock that looked as if it was covering something. If it was, it was a much bigger barrier than necessary. Herc ran toward it, smashing a Neoshadow into the ground by merely stepping on it, and batting a Shadow away with the back of his hand like a fly.
He reached it, and drove his hands into the rock. He dug through the layers of cooling rock and ice, clawing his way to the center. After about three feet, he hit something interesting: a face. He felt around for a second, and shifted some rock out of the way, and found a head of spiky hair. Grabbing it, he gave a firm tug.
"Aaagh!" Axel cried out in pain as he was pulled out of the lava by his hair. He landed on the ground hard, rubbing the top of his head. He was amazed that the guy hadn't ripped any out.
"Is my father in there?" Herc asked him, hauling him up by his arm.
"Yeah... And dude, never touch my hair again. Got it memorized?" He rubbed his head again.
Herc turned back around and dug his fists into the lava again. In the next two minutes, he found Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, and yanked them out unceremoniously.
Finally, he found a bushy beard with his searching hands, and lifted up with all his might. A big orange head burst from the top of the rock beard first. Hercules released Zeus's beard from his grasp. Zeus beamed at his son, and shouldered the rest of the way out. He gave his son a firm pat on the back.
"Let's go!" Mickey said, summoning Kingdom Crown.
"And do what exactly?" Axel asked.
"First," Herc said, "We free the other gods. Then we take the fight to Hades."
The six of them sprinted off toward Olympus, in the opposite direction of the remaining titans. Nehrut and Bariss were just finishing off the Ice Titan. While this may have seemed cowardly, it was anything but. They found the gods on the other side of the mountain. They were in a straight line, being marched down the side of the mountain by the remaining Heartless (this amounted to about seventy-five).
Then, at the end of the line Hades appeared in a burst of fire and smoke. "That's it! Half of you," He shouted, adressing the Heartless, his 'hair' turning red, "Go after those brats back there. And the rest of you get these snobs to the Underworld PRONTO!"
The shouting wasn't necessary, but the Heartless obeyed. Thirty-eight slipped into the ground and slunk off, and the remaining thirty-seven picked up the speed with their prisoners. Hades vanished again, presumably to oversee the battle with the Keybearers and titans.
"That makes things much easier." Mickey said, and aimed with his Keyblade. A beam of light shot from the tip. It streaked toward the last god in line, the purple-skinned Apollo, wearing dark red armor. It struck the shackles binding his wrists. There was a flash of golden light, and they disappeared, along with every other chain on the prisoners.
Everyone stared at the empty space between their hands for a split second of shock. And then they pummeled the Heartless adjacent to them.
Their rescuers shot down the mountainside to join them, picking off the Heartless three-by-three as they went. By the time they reached them, there wasn't a single Heartless left around.
"Boys!" Zeus called. "Down to the Underworld! Drive out every last Heartless! We're gonna make them sorry they ever messed with the gods!"
The gods let out a great battle cry, and ran down the mountain to the gates that would take them below the earth to Hades's domain. One of them tossed a large bundle of lightning bolts to Zeus, and caught them easily. He flashed them all a grin, and took off in the other direction. "Now!" He said to Herc, "Watch your old man work!"
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Sora landed on his feet and faced the Rock Titan. It had cracks all over its earthen body, including several on its left forehead where Kairi had struck it. It was nearly down, even as Sora thought this, a large chunk of its chest fell off, just barely missing Kairi. She dove out of the way to Sora's side.
"This guy is really getting on my nerves." She said, wiping a few beads of sweat from her forehead.
"Try fighting him in a cramped space."
"Crush them!" The titan bellowed, advancing. They took up fighting stances, when it suddenly stopped in its tracks. For the first time, it seemed to show fear. "Uh oh..."
A massive lightning bolt struck it in the left face, shattering it into hundreds of pieces. The right head turned to look in horror, before it was struck by an even larger bolt. The now headless titan flailed its arms around spastically, stumbling backwards. It backed up toward the edge of the mountain, waving its arms to try and keep its balance. One final bolt of lightning holed its chest, and it toppled backwards off the mountainside.
It hit the ground a full minute later, and broke into pieces.
Sora and Kairi spun around, and saw Zeus standing there, with his hands on his hips, looking triumphant. Hercules walked up to his side and gave the two of them a wave, and they were soon joined by Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Axel.
"Well, that was anti-climactic." Kairi said as she dismissed her Keyblade.
Over thirty Heartless materialized around them.
"Oh..."
Sora quickly dug in his pocket for the little charm he had found in Deep Jungle, one with the 'M' and the eyeball on it. He tossed it in the air and called out, "Sully!"
There was a long, tall room in a factory-like building. Lined along the walls were doors held in place by some sort of machines. One of the doors, which was painted white with little pink flowers on it, burst open.
Out charged a monster. He had light bluish-green hair with occasional purple patches covering his entire body. He had black claws on his fingers and toes. His head was topped with two bony horns that curved inward toward his head. He had two large orange canisters strapped to his back. He let out a loud roar, which startled Sora. But then they both smiled.
"Hey, Sora!" Sully said, showing a mouthful of white, pointy teeth. He rushed over to the Keybearer. "Let's go!"
Sully rushed at the nearest Neoshadow and immediately tore it apart with his razor-sharp claws. He grabbed another by it's head and tossed it at its fellow. Two more rushed at him with their claws slashing wildly. He glared at them and roared loudly. The intense soundwaves sent the two Heartless flying backwards.
Sora jumped behind him and cut two approaching Heartless in half with one swing. He jumped at another one, cutting it vertically in half. He turned around and blasted another one in midair with a fireball. He blocked a strike from one more and ran it through its stomach and out through the other side.
Sully smashed his hairy fist into a Heartless, destroying it, and twisted around to roar three more of them into submission. His claw flashed out, taking out another two.
Sora jumped over a Neoshadow, and sliced it in half from its other side. He stabbed backwards and caught another one in the gut. He pulled the blade away and lunged forward, destroying a third.
He and Sully then stood back to back. Sully pulled one of the canisters off his back, and held it in front of him like a bazooka. He turned the valve on the top. A loud, high-pitched child's scream burst from the end. The sound waves were enough to obliterate most of the Heartless in the area.
Once the sound faded away and the remaining Heartless began to charge again, Sora pulled the second, larger canister off Sully's back. He set it on the ground, and turned the valve on top. A louder, and much different sound issued from this one: Laughter.
A little girl's laughter burst from the end and destroyed all the remaining enemies almost instantly.
The sound died away slowly, and everything was peaceful again. Sora turned to look at Sully and smiled. They shook hands and he said, "Thanks, Sully."
He simply shrugged and smiled, "We scare because we care, buddy."
He vanished back to his home world.
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Okay, so everybody knew that Sully was the summon, but it was never intended as much of a secret, anyway. This chapter was really fun writing!
1) Before you say anything, I am not a pervert. I was just pointing out that Sora is a hormonal teenager, just like any other.
2) There you go, Shire. ;)
3) No, not 'Blizzara'
4) Kairi: "But that's why we love him."
Review please!