Chapter 2: The Great Escape

Passage Two - Sora -

Xemnas, a king from a distant country, seeks the Heavenly Sword. He seeks it as a symbol of dominance over my clan and with it, as dominance over the land. He has relentlessly hunted us for months. My clan is made of great warriors but we cannot run forever. And he know's this very well.

-Night Attack-

'All my life, I've had a recurring dream… In my dream I see my father… He is standing above me. He raises the Heavenly Sword above his head. I try to call out to him, tell him to stop. But the sword strikes down! …But this night… It wasn't a dream."

Men had been issued into shifts to keep watch as the rest of the clan would sleep, then take turns. The moon was high above the mountains when Squall awoke. Sensing unease, the men on the fort towers turned and watched him stand. He walked into the chamber that all knew so well but were never allowed to go into. He walked out carrying the sword. He unwrapped the ribbons around it and it's polished metal gleamed sinisterly in the light of the lavender moon.

Riku awoke to the sound of very soft footsteps. Riku was thankful he was such a light sleeper. It kept him alert to the world around him. As he cracked his sleepy teal eyes open, he looked upon the sight of Squall holding the Heavenly Sword above his head, his eyes set for the kill.

He looked at the target and his brain completely clicked into place. He grabbed his blade and was about to jump up and protect Sora's sleeping form. But it was too late. The sword struck down… but was lodged into the ground.

Sora gasped frightfully and jumped up from his sleep. Squall turned and walked away, leaving the Sword with Sora. Riku sighed with relief and put his blade down. But as he watched Sora stare into his own reflection within the shining mirror that was the Heavenly Sword, both he and the brunette thought the same thing at the same time. It was now his to protect and that his life would change forever.

4 Days Ago

-The Escape-

"Sora! We need you!" Sora's head shot up from his meditative state. He turned and hopped to his feet to see his father at the top of the fort. "Sora!" The brunette sprung into action.

He patted the Heavenly Sword on his back which he had wrapped individually when he found that it split into two seperate blades and fell with long chain attachments to hold it together. "Get up here!" Sora raced to the ladder on the side of the fort and launched himself up. He ran towards the next one, and just as gracefully pulled himself up to the top of the fort.

"Sora!"

It was screamed loudly, desperately. Sora joined his father and Riku at the top of the fort.

"Xemnas has reinforced his troops with catapults! We've found a working canon! Cover us while we stage a retreat to the west. Then make a break for it to the eastern cliffs and above all, keep the sword safe!"

Squall said this with a desperate look in his eyes. He then grabbed Riku's shoulder and began to pull him away. Riku turned towards sora and tried to find something to say, his mouth opening and closing. But Sora was the one to react. "Go!" Riku hesitated before a look of absolute determination took his features. "I'll find you again. I promise."

Sora nodded and turned towards the army in the great and far distance, catapults trailing after them. Sora scanned the catapults, found their weak points and estimated his time. He had a little less than four minutes.

He picked up the canon and began to unleash his cannonball wrath. He aimed with unmatched precision and struck each gem on the catapults, three per one. as each exploded a piece fell away. Much to his dismay, he saw that they didnt have three but four, one final one located after three had been taken down. He shot those as well but it was harder since they were so small.

He cursed inwardly and when the final catapult was down, he noticed he had plenty of amo. So he decided, why waste it? He licked his lips and counted his time. 2 minutes till they invaded.

Trying to buy the clan more time, he shot at the army, slaughtering in the thousands. when he ran out he cursed and jumped down the ladders. He exited the fort on the east side and slid down the the hill of snow. He jumped from it and kicked his legs into gear. As he sped through the snow with ease, men on their way through the bridge to the fort saw him.

They jumped and intercepted him but as all do when they encountered Sora, blood spattered and bones were crushed. Sora pulled his blades out and ran forward. He noticed he was being chased, hid in some brush and leapt out, emptying his sharpened and silver wrath into the vulnerable necks of those who got in his way. As

Sora ran and slaughtered all these men he whispered under his breath, "Fucking hell. What are they feeding these men! They're huge!" He saw a detour and ran towards hit. He sped faster towards the gate and lept up, his hand griping the tall rail. He let go and spun into the air in a long back flip and landing on his feet with ease.

It was a trap.

There, stood a tall general with long black hair and scars littering his face. Sora noticed the eyepatch and the bright amber eye that glittered hungrily. "Why, if it isn't the underdressed angel who thinks he can take on Xemnas' army all by his little lonesome."

The man snickered and men jumped from other sides of the gate and surrounded him. Sora kept his disgust to himself as the general licked his lips and eyes his lithe and toned body. "Quite the tempting creature for a boy."

Sora's eyes rolled with disgust. He couldn't help it. "Capture him but keep him alive. I think I'll keep him as a pet." The men launched and the general grinned triumphantly. It was a great shock when blood spattered across his clothes and face as his men were launched back in bloodied heeps.

He still licked his lips. What a messy creature he had encountered. Feisty. He liked it. "Ready to die with your men," Sora asked as he licked the blood that trailed down his lips. "As if."

Sora ran out of the exit gate and through the trail, smirking at the image of the man he had left in his wake reaching out, having been impaled through the chest by his own blade-shooter.

As Sora ran through the ruins of a village quite close to the fort, he saw a man on the trail. The man turned and his eyes widened with fear. "No! Not him! I ain't stickin' around here!"

Sora was quite amused as the mans knees shuddered and he ran towards the bridge. He shut the gate and slammed his blade against a gong and ran away. Sora cursed as the gong locked the doors. He looked around and found a discarded shield. He picked it up, hoping despite it's lightness, that it would hit the gong hard enough that the gate would unlock.

To his fortune, as he threw it, it slammed hard enough to unlock the gate which he opted to run his foot against to slam it open. Sora scanned around as he ran the over the bridge and back onto the trail.

It was silent.

Too silent.

He continued on anyway and rounded the bend and saw his destination.

The next bridge was old and quite broken in most of its form. But if he could get across from it then he would be home free after he severed the ropes. But fate had something different in store.

As he made his way over to it, the bridge suddenly decided to collapse anyway. He yelled out in protest, just barely missing the cliff that led down into the ravine. He stopped and tried to think of a way around. Was there?

He was panicking and thinking at the same time. Then he pulled out of his thoughts. He could hear men cheering and the sound of heavy chains. Wish great hesitation he turned and saw an army behind him. And amongst them, standing tall and proud was Xemnas himself.

The man's silver hair was braided with gold and trailing down his left shoulder and he wore an obnoxiously large crown on his head that despite its size, was quite intimidating. His armor was great and thick but it revealed that the man beneath it was powerfully built and could smash skulls with his palm. He pulled a chain and men behind him made room.

Squall was pulled out. He had been beaten quite brutally. His lip was split and his face was bruised. "Oh my." The voice was a rich deep baritone. It gave off a thick and pooling feeling like his fire-deep golden eyes.

"Such a large sword for… such a fragile creature. Come to me. Let me relieve you of your burden."

"Never!" Sora bit out his words and filled them with enough venom to brutally poison a basilisk. "Leave Sora! Run! Get the Sword away! The line must not be broken!" Squall's voice fell on deaf ears but he was pulled by the chain to his knees. "Perhaps… you didnt hear me correctly. I have something of yours… And you have something that rightfully belongs to me."

Squall laughed out hoarsely. "You have always wanted things you have no comprehension of. I see the years that we studied together have taught you nothing." This came to Sora as a surprise and if his father lived and should he see him again after what would happen after this, he'd have many questions. Xemnas smiled softly as Squall, something more unnerving than gentle.

He thrust his iron boot into Squalls stomach and the man yelped out in pain, coughing up blood as he fell from his knees. "Silence."

He looked at Sora and smiled grimly. "In fact, my studies have taught me that good things come to he who waits but quicker to he who takes." As this was said he eyed Sora with an unreadable gaze but Sora had a pretty good idea as to what it might possibly be.

"Run Sora! Run!" THe king chuckled. "No, that wouldnt be wise, not wise at all." Sora stared at Xemnas, his eyes unreadable and yet quite fierce to the king. It was then, the smile on his face dropped slowly into one of astonishment as the sound of metal being scrapped pulled his eyes to attention at Sora drawing the Heavenly Sword.

'Every life has one.. moment. You stand alone and you see it all so clearly."

As Sora lifted the sword and pulled it infront of him, holding its weight with both hands and aiming it at Xemnas.

'To save my father's life...'

Sora's knees began to buckle as pain shot through his entire body. His mouth opened in a silent scream and his eyes squinted in pain.

"I betray his whole reason for living. I know it is death that I hold in my grip now. But did I ever have a choice?"

Sora stood tall. The weight of the sword had vanished and he held it with ease in one hand. He let off a soft ethereal and ephemeral glow. His eyes opened and a rich unworldly blue left Xemnas almost staggering back.

"What have you done Sora… What have you done!" Squalls voice never entered Sora's mind as he cocked his head lightly and his eyes became half lidded with what could be called pure ecstasy.

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