Riku, Kairi, Xion and Sora and Vanitas's wills ran to the next room of the castle, getting closer and closer to the top. Surprisingly, after their little run in with Ultron, the five hadn't really run into anything that could slow them down, but all of them knew that wasn't going to last for long.
Vanitas, who was in front of the group, was being followed directly by Sora's will with the others not too far behind, stopped in the middle of the room. "Right there!" He pointed to the huge white door on the other side of the room, "That I'll take us up to one more room then after that one we'll be at the top of the castle!"
When Vanitas's will took that one step forward however, a huge reflect shield appeared in the room, locking Vanitas and Sora's will on the inside while Riku, Kairi, and Xion were on the outside. "No!" Riku pounded his fists against the barrier in an attempt to break it, but he knew nothing would work.
When they noticed the barrier appearing, Sora and Vanitas's wills ran up to it, Sora's will immediately placing his hand on it right where Kairi was. Kairi, who was frowning slightly, put her hand up to his, the only thing separating them being the stupid barrier.
Before anyone could attempt anything else to try and lower the barrier, Vanitas suddenly felt a tight pain in the place where his chest should be. The other four only looked at Vanitas in horror as he slowly began to rise into the air, grunting in pain as he did so. The four then looked over at the other side of the room to see Xehanort, still possessing Sora's body rising his darkness covered hand higher into the air. And, as he did that, Vanitas only began to rise higher.
Riku looked at the lingering will slowly rising in the air with sympathy on his face; Xehanort was using the same thing on Vanitas that he did to him back at Yen Sid's tower, right when he stole Sora's body. He still remembered the pain, how it felt like you were being killed from the inside out, and he wouldn't wish that upon anyone, even Vanitas.
Xehanort-Sora laughed as Vanitas's grunts of pain got higher as he rose into the air. "You have made a big mistake betraying me, Vanitas," he said as he flipped his hand to the side, causing Vanitas's 'body' to be thrown across the room into a wall.
"Vanitas!" Kairi cried out, but she knew Xehanort was not going to let him get away he betrayed him.
When Vanitas landed back on the ground, coughing slightly, he tried to get back up only to be pinned to the wall by Xehanort, who had teleported towards him. "Surely you know what the penalty is for betraying me, correct?" Xehanort-Sora asked.
Vanitas growled at his former leader as he glanced over to the other four, who were standing on the sidelines watching, Sora's will looking like he was ready to try and get Xehanort away from him. "Yeah, death I know; you only announced it ten thousand times after you came up with those dumb rules." Vanitas replied.
The other four looked at Vanitas shocked as he admitted this. He didn't help them knowing he would be killed by Xehanort for betraying him, right?
"Correct," Xehanort-Sora replied, "However, I never thought that you would be the one to betray me, even if you were the only one out of all of us that had light within you."
The whole room gasped at Xehanort's announcement, even the smallest gasp coming from Sora's will. Vanitas admitted himself that he had no light within him, so how did he have light in him?!
"What—what are you talking about?" Vanitas sounded despite at this point.
Xehanort-Sora let out another laugh before asking, "You mean even you don't know?" He wrapped his hands around the will's throat, "It's because she made you to damn soft!"
Xehanort pointed his finger right at Xion, who was still stuck on the other side of the barrier. "What?!" She questioned.
"That's right, there was so much light within Xion that when you two began to grow feelings for each other, you unknowingly gave him some of your light! I knew I should have killed Vanitas off the second I found out, but I didn't because I thought if you didn't know you had light within you, you wouldn't pull any tricks. But of course, here I am regretting my choices because you in fact did pull those tricks." Xehanort ranted.
Xion placed her hand over her heart when Xehanort said those words; they couldn't be true, could they?
"But still, I cannot believe you decided to betray me, light or no light, you were still the one I trusted the most," Xehanort-Sora continued.
Vanitas glanced right into the yellow eyes and said words he knew he was going to regret. "Sorry, I started doing this new thing were I join the side that is actually going to win."
And at that moment Vanitas had joined the side of the lights; those revelations were enough. Knowing that he had light within him was enough to convince him to join the light side.
(Enter the Darkness – Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep) However, Xehanort did not look as trilled and shocked as the others did and summoned his keyblade, raising it higher into the air to bring down on the will. Vanitas only turned his head to look away, only hoping that he would end him quick. But before Xehanort's keyblade could come down on him, Sora's will came from behind Xehanort and grabbed a hole of his keyblade, stopping it in midair. Xehanort tried to pull it away from Sora's will, but the will would not let go, and held onto the keyblade long enough for Vanitas to summon his keyblade and hit Xehanort, sending him flying across the room.
Once Xehanort was away from him, Sora's will turned to Vanitas's and moved his head in the direction of the man that had stolen his body as if to say let's get him! Nodding in agreement, Vanitas got into his battle stance as Sora's will summoned his keyblade just in time for Xehanort-Sora to stand up, laughing once again. "Oh, so you both believe you can stop me," he mocked, "Well I hate to tell you this, but nothing is going to stop me from killing Vanitas!"
And at that moment, Xehanort ran towards the two lingering wills, who were both ready to stop at nothing to defeat Xehanort before he could open the Door to Darkness. When Xehanort came towards them, the two jumped out of the way quickly, jumping on opposite sides for a better chance of actually attacking him. Sora's will then looked over to Vanitas, who pointed his keyblade and nodded back, both of them having the same idea. Sora and Vanitas's wills then pointed their keyblades right at Xehanort, both of them firing blizzard right at the old man in Sora's body. Xehanort-Sora managed to jump into the air and avoid the attack before he landed back on the ground, growling at the two wills.
Knowing that he had to try and get Xehanort away from Vanitas, since he was the only one Xehanort wanted to kill right now, Sora ran towards the man that had taken his body in an attempt to prevent him from going near the other will. The two's keyblades clashed instantly, and they both tried to preform combos on each other but each attack was blocked by the other. Eventually, while he did not manage to attack Xehanort, Sora's will managed to push the man back several feet by pushing his keyblade against his. However, right when he stopped himself from sliding back any further, Xehanort quickly brought up his keyblade and used thunder on Sora, hitting the will dead on and paralyzing him for a short time.
When he noticed this, Vanitas decided to intervene immediately and ran towards Xehanort, trying to stop him from getting to Sora's will. Vanitas's keyblade quickly made contact with Xehanort's, the two face to face as their keyblade clashed with one another. Xehanort-Sora grinned before he pushed Vanitas's keyblade down so hard that Vanitas went down with it, crashing onto the ground and landing on his back. Xehanort grinned even wider when he towered over Vanitas, pointing his keyblade right at the will appearing as if he was going to bring it down on his head. Vanitas's will did manage to move out of the way just in time before the keyblade came down and impaled the floor, leaving a crack in it. Vanitas then looked back up to see Xehanort trying to bring his keyblade down on him again, but before he could, a blast of light came and hit the old man dead on, sending him flying back and away from Vanitas.
Vanitas quickly got back up off the ground as soon as the light attack sent Xehanort flying back, knowing that Sora's will was the one that fired it. Right when he got up however, Sora's will ran right past him, running towards Xehanort again, who did not look very happy at the moment. When he made it right in front of Xehanort, Sora's will brought his keyblade up in an attempt to hit the man that had taken his body, but Xehanort brought his keyblade up to block it quickly. The old man then took his keyblade and stabbed it towards Sora, trying to impale him right through the center, but Sora's will jumped back just in time. Vanitas, knowing that Sora could not do this forever, quickly ran on the other side of Xehanort while he and Sora's will were clashing, both of them trying to get a hit on one another. Vanitas then charged at Xehanort, but right when Xehanort had brought his keyblade to block Sora's attack, the old man took one hand off his keyblade and pointed it towards Vanitas. The will knew what was coming and quickly felt the pain that burned up inside him when Xehanort used the same attack he had on Riku and on Vanitas just moments before.
Xehanort laughed in between the two wills, Vanitas being unable to battle due to Xehanort's strange darkness attack, and Sora being blocked by Xehanort's keyblade. "You two are both so idiotic," he chuckled, "You should both know that I am stronger in this new, younger body, therefore three times a threat."
Right after he said that, Xehanort quickly pushed Sora's will back with his keyblade and then turned around even faster to blast a fire attack right at Vanitas, who was still floating in midair from Xehanort's darkness attack. This blizzard attack however, managed to push Vanitas's will out of that attack, but left him to fall to the ground hard. Vanitas then looked over to Xehanort, who was slowly walking towards him, but then saw Sora's will coming up from behind the man. He stood up quickly when he saw Sora almost bring his keyblade down on the old man, but Xehanort had noticed Sora's presence before he could to so and the two were once again in a heated clash between their keyblades. Vanitas ran over to the two before he saw Xehanort knock Sora down by slicing his keyblade at the will's ankles, leaving him vulnerable.
"Hey grandpa!" Vanitas yelled to try and gain Xehanort's attention before he could go to Sora. This plan worked in Vanitas's favor perfectly because Xehanort turned around to fight Vanitas instead of attacking Sora, who was slowly getting up from Xehanort's attack. Vanitas and Xehanort engaged in a battle of clashing keyblades soon after Xehanort noticed Vanitas coming towards him, and both were determined to strike each other down at any cost. It wasn't long before Xehanort-Sora and Vanitas's keyblades clashed and caused the two to look at each other face to face, both of them trying to push down each other's keyblades in order to gain the advantage. Unfortunately, Xehanort proved he really was stronger when he pushed Vanitas's keyblade down, making the will himself stumble downwards, hunching over from the attack. Vanitas looked up just in time to see Xehanort bringing his keyblade down towards his left side, avoiding the attack.
Wait, did he dodge the attack?
It was in that spilt second when Vanitas knew there was something wrong. He did avoid Xehanort-Sora's attack, didn't he? But if he did, why did he suddenly feel lighter?
It was then when Vanitas glanced down at the left side of his body and noticed that his whole left arm was missing.
Yikes! Well that's not good...
For all of you who were a little confused with the whole 'Vanitas does have light within him' thing, Xion basically, unknowingly, gave him some of her light when she was still good, thus making him have light. It just seems logical, doesn't it?
You guys hear this rumor that Kingdom Hearts III could be coming next year? Ha ha, very funny, I know. Its just a dumb rumor, and I know for a fact that is not going to happen!
Oh and by the way, Minecraft Daily episode 300 was awesome, for all of you wondering my opnion...
And what is this whole SOPA thing possibly making a comeback?! Even if it doesn't affect Fanfiction, I will still be pissed to see its ugly face come around the corner again!
So please R&R and look out for the next chapter! I have some of it done so I am hoping it will be released sooner!
