Chapter 5: Ivalice Renforcements
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any other series mentioned or used in this story. All I own are my OCs.
The man who threw the was named Vaan. He was born in a far away world named Ivalice. The world had a varied climate and had many powerful people. About a month before Inako met with Sora and Kairi Ivalice was attacked by a group of powerful evil warriors and masterminds. The leader of the attack was Zemus, the original form of Zeromus. Zemus and his army started destroying everything Vaan and his friends held dear.
(Flashback)
"Vaan! Where are you? Please Vaan we need to get back to Rabanastre now!" a young woman in a yellow, black, and brown body suit . She had blonde pigtails and light skin. She was carrying around an ancient spear with a black tip which was named the Zodiac Spear. The weapon was known for being the most powerful spear to ever exist. Penelo had obtained it during the journey she had with Vaan 2 years back.
Currently she was looking for Vaan outside of the city which they lived in from time to time. The city was named Rabanastre in the kingdom of Dalmasca. The current ruler was a friend of theirs named Ashe. Another one of their allies named Basch is under the guise of his dead twin brother Garbranth. The other 2 friends they had that were still alive at least as far as they can learn are the viera (think of rabbit eared women) Fran and the sky pirate Balthier. The reason why Vaan was running around outside the town was that he thought he saw Zemus. She was trying to make sure he doesn't get himself killed like the "man" who raised them.
His name was Migelo. He was of the species Bangaa. They are human sized reptilian humanoids. Migelo owned a shop that sold sunderies and was like a foster father to Vaan and Penelo after their relatives perished in the war against the Arcadian Empire. When the invasion had begun Migelo had tried to keep Vaan and Penelo out of the fighting. Then Zemus attacked and almost destroyed the town with Meteors. He was repelled but so many had died. Migelo had tried to evacuate everyone from Lowtown (the underground slums district of Rabanastre) but got caught in it when a large chunk of the city fell down and destroyed about a 5th of Lowtown and Rabanastre. Since then Vaan and Penelo have been wanting revenge on Zemus however Vaan is more reckless and needs Penelo watching him so he doesn't get himself killed.
As Penelo looked in the abandoned Giza Plains she heard a voice that she never expected to hear again after her adventure with her friends. The voice sounded just like Basch's twin brother Garbranth. She ran to a nearby rock and hid behind it. She noticed behind another nearby rock was Vaan. He made some gestures at her that indicated to stay quiet and out of sight. As she did so Garbranth's voice got closer and she heard a second voice filled with evil argueing with Garbranth. The second voice was Zemus.
"You will leave this world and never return. I won't explain myself again to you," Garbranth said.
"I apologize but you honestly have me mistaken for a fool. You have no power over me and we both know it. I am going to give you one last chance to leave before I destroy you for your insolence," Zemus said.
"I will make you leave no matter what," Garbranth said getting into a battle stance.
"You will die unless you stand down maggot," Zemus said as his hands started glowing with magical power.
"I will never surrender to you Zemus," Garbranth said taking out his sword staff and split it into 2 swords.
Zemus fired a fire spell at Garbranth which ignited his armor and cooked him to death within a minute. Zemus looked at the body and kicked it in the side. He then walked away leaving the body on the ground to rot. When he was out of sight Vaan and Penelo ran out of their cover and ran back towards Rabanastre. Once they made it back to the city they started speaking about what transpired.
"That can't have happened. Garbranth is dead already," Penelo said hysterically.
"I think Zemus might have revived him for some purpose in this war. Possibly to replace Basch. We need to get to the palace now," Vaan said.
They started running through the city and made it near the castle when the sky turned black. They both started looking around when a voice behind them spoke in a low tone.
"Your world is doomed to The Void. I know this and soon you will as well. However I can offer a way to save the entire universe. You must meet with Queen Ashe and tell her that I wish to speak to her," the voice said in an icey tone.
Both Vaan and Penelo where paralyzed with fear and couldn't bring themselves to turn around look at the person behind them.
"Who are you?" Both Vaan and Penelo asked the voice.
"My name is Inako," the person behind them said before leaving them.
As they let out a breath in relief a shadow passed by them without either of them noticing it. After that incident they made it to the palace and got confronted by a guard.
"Where were you two? Queen Ashe has called a meeting of all our strongest warriors and you were missing. Get to the throne room now before she gets you get sent to prison," the guard said.
"Alright," Vaan and Penelo said.
Vaan and Penelo ran quickly through the confusing hallways of the palace until they reached the throne room.
"Vaan, Penelo you are ok. Good. Now come here we need to plan and get ready for an assault on Zemus's forces," Ashe said while sitting at a small table with their other friends at it.
"Ashe there was a thing that wanted us to say that he wanted to meet you. He said his name was Inako," Penelo said.
Before anybody could say anything the palace shook with incredible force and Zemus's voice boomed through the hallways.
"Queen Ashe surrender your kingdom to the Void now or else we will slaughter everyone and consume your world into the Void anyway," Zemus said.
Author's note: Hopefully this helps introduce charecters better and is better than how it was before. Please review.