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Chapter 44: Return of the Superior
Luckily, it didn't take Sora long to explain the situation to the rest of his team and they seemed to understand the urgency in their expressions and voices. He told them everything about Even and Myde not being evil anymore, the return of a Roxas, Naminé and Xion and the important task at hand.
"Alright, we need to move quickly to find Xion." Sora finished. "Lea said he has a good idea on where she might be so me, Mickey, Kyra, Rusty and Kairi will go with him."
Mickey stepped forward to address the other members of the team. "West, Donald, Max, I want you three to stay with Even, Naminé and Myde in the lab and help them out as much as you can with the potion and Roxas. Lydia, Riku and Goofy guard the mansion; make sure no nobodies or heartless get in."
"You got it, your majesty!" Goofy saluted.
Mickey turned to Olette, Pence, Rai, Fuu, Vivi, Dragon, Seifer and Hayner. "The rest of you, can you search the rest of Twilight Town for any sign of Xion just in case Lea's wrong about where she is?"
While the majority of the Twilight Town group seemed ready to take on the job they were given, Hayner and Dragon looked disappointed and Seifer looked extremely ticked off.
"I don't think so, mouse!" Seifer huffed. "I'm not wandering aimlessly around this stupid town!"
"Me neither!" Hayner agreed. "I want to help you guys!"
"Same here!" Added Dragon. "I can't just wander around when I know you might be in trouble."
"Face it." Continued Seifer. "You're going to need all the help you can get."
"He's got a point." Lea said to Mickey. "There's a bigger chance we'll run into more heartless and nobodies if we're on Xion's trail. We could use more help."
Mickey thought it over for a moment until he finally came to a decision. "Alright, but if the three of you are coming, you'll need better weapons than struggle bats." The king turned to Donald. "Do your stuff, Donald!"
Without hesitation, the duck wizard raised his staff and waved it around. His staff began to glow as three new weapons appeared above him and flew into Hayner, Seifer and Dragon's hands.
Hayner was given an orange, curved blade with a dark green handle and hilt and a round red crystal on the top. The Twilight Blade.
In Seifer's hands was a gunblade similar to the once Sora had seen Squall use. Only this one looked slightly deadlier and was made of a darker, almost black, metal. Hyperion.
Lastly, Dragon received a long and thin samurai sword. the blade was a light silver and the hilt was black with a yellow handle. Steel Slayer.
"Alright! Now this is more like it!" Seifer smirked, swinging his new weapon around.
"You can brag about your new weapon later." Kyra said. "Right now we need to get moving!"
"Right!" Sora agreed. Kingdom Key appearing in his hands as he and Mickey led their new team back to town. "Where to, Lea?"
"The Station Clock Tower." The former nobody replied, thinking back to happier times spent there.
~*KHIII*~
Lea's suspicions were soon proven correct; no matter which way they turned the entire group had been swamped by heartless and nobodies of all shapes and sizes.
Hayner, Dragon and Seifer were quickly learning how to handle their new weapons, being able to get rid of a fair amount of heartless. Kyra acted as their support, using her arrows to eliminate oncoming enemies with extreme precision.
Kairi was their main healer at the moment, and she clearly had her work cut out for her. Luckily, Rusty helped her out with a few cure and support spells, to which Kairi was grateful.
Sora used his Keyblade to help his allies in all ways imaginable. From healing spells to quickly killing off heartless and nobodies, he was all over the plac. trying to protect all his friends. Mickey used his own Keyblade in a similar fashion, but he had put more focus on using his light magic to get rid of a bunch of enemies at once.
Lea had taken the lead of the group, slashing and burning through heartless and nobodies and trying to move as quickly as possible through the streets.
He had no idea why he forgot about Xion, but the moment he remembered, enormous feelings of guilt had flooded his heart. He was responsible for breaking the friendship between them, he chose to stay instead of leaving with them. He screwed up, and now was the time to set things right.
Before long, they had made it to the Twilight Town Station. But, the sight of a familiar face on top of the clock tower made them all stop in their tracks.
"Xemnas?!" Mickey gasped. The former superior looked down at them with disgust. As Lea looked closer, he could see a familiar unconscious figure being held under his arm.
"Xion?!" He exclaimed. "What did you do to her?!" The former nobody raised his chackrams, preparing for a fight as he glared in anger.
"So I see you still care for the puppet, Axel." Scoffed Xemnas. Gracefully, the Superior jumped down in front of them with Xion still in tow. "I have to admit, I was quite surprised to learn that she returned to us. However, I'm afraid we can't have that."
"What the heck are you talking about?" Demanded Sora, not liking where this was going. "What are you even doing here?"
"Xion was never meant to exist in the first place. She was a mistake; I never should have ordered Vexen to create her." With a snarl on his lips, Xemnas held out his hand as one of his red Etheral Blades appeared in his hand. "I'm here to dispose of a worthless piece of trash!"
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Sora shouted, blocking Xemnas's glowing blade.
The surprise of the swift movement caused the Superior to drop Xion. Lea didn't waste any time in rushing up, grabbing Xion and cradling her limp body in his arms, pressing her close to his chest so he wouldn't loose her again.
Xemnas's expression changed to one of anger when he realized what had happened. "Insolent pests!" He snarled, summoning both Ethereal Blades to his hands. "First my beautiful Kingdom Hearts and now this. Why must you always insist on meddling in my affairs?!"
"Because you're hurting innocent people to get what you want!" Kairi retorted. "That's not something I'm too crazy about."
"As head of the Disciplinary Comitee, it's my job to protect my town!" Seifer smirked, pointing Hyperion in a threatening manner. "You've caused enough damage already. Now it's time to face your punishment."
"As much as I hate the guy, Seifer's right." Hayner agreed, getting into his battle stance. "I think it's time you left our town alone!"
"Yeah!" Nodded Dragon, nervously holding up Steel Slayer. "I may not be the best fighter around, but I'll do my best to protect this place."
Kyra only snarled dangerously, readying her bow and arrow. Rusty stood by her side, growing and ready to strike.
"So, what now, Xemnas?" Mickey asked, Star Seeker in his hand. "It's nine against one. Will you leave Twilight Town or will we have a fight on our hands?"
Xemnas raised an eyebrow at the King's question before he burst out laughing. "Your majesty, I believe you need to recalculate your odds." With a snap of his fingers, the group instantly became surrounded by at least thirty sorcerers and dusks.
"Looks like it's a fight!" Kyra growled, firing an arrow at a Sorcerer before it could attack Rusty who counter attacked with a powerful reflect spell. The battle was on.
Seifer and Hayner found themselves back-to-back as the Dusks lunged at them. Using Twilight Blade in a similar style to his struggle bat, Hayner released a powerful swing against a nobody.
"All right, no more playing around!" The teen exclaimed. Hayner moved quickly, slashing and kicking as many heartless as he could within a manner of seconds. "I'll show ya!" Hayner raised his sword in the air as it began to glow a warm sunset orange. When he knew he was at his maximum potential, Hayner charged towards the nobodies, and sliced through an entire group of Dusks. Leaving behind a ribbon of orange light. (1)
Kairi used her magic skills to their full advantage both on the offensive and the defensive. Cure spells were dispersed to her allies while she attacked with fire, blizzard and thunder magic. Mickey and Sora used their Keyblades by moving quickly around the battlefield, blocking as many attacks as they could.
"Kneel, loser!" Seifer raised his new gunblade, firing a blast of fire magic at a nearby group of Sorcerers. Then, he began spinning his gunblade around, focusing energy into it. "Isn't this ROMANTIC!" And then, in an upward slash-motion, he launched circular blades of energy at the nobodies, destroying them instantly. (2)
Lea was having a hard time fighting off the nobodies using only one chackram and trying to hold of to Xion's still lifeless body. As he fought against the nobodies, he saw Xemnas out of the corner of his eye. The Superior smirked with satisfaction before he started to walk away.
No! Thought Lea angrily, You're not getting away! You need to pay for everything you put us through! He turned his head in Mickey's direction. The mouse king had paused for a moment to catch his breath. "Mickey, protect Xion for me!"
Lea didn't say anything else as he left Xion beside the confused mouse king, her body slowly flickering away just like Roxas. He rushed towards his former superior as his second chackram appeared, Barely noticing Sora running beside him.
"Need a hand?" The young Keyblade Master asked. "And don't you dare say something cheesy like 'I can handle him on my own!'"
Lea only granted Sora a smile of confidence. "I thought you'd never ask." Both Lea and Sora stood in front of Xemnas as their opponent raised an eyebrow.
Xemnas smirked down at the two before him, releasing a condescending laugh. "You truly think the two of you stand any chance against me?"
"I beat you once, I can do it again!" Retorted Sora with full confidence.
"That was only because Riku saved you. If it weren't for him, I would have easily killed you." Xemnas scoffed, twirling his ethereal blades in his hands.
Without any hesitation, Lea and Sora dove into battle. Sora made a move to slash at The Nobody before him. But, Xemnas responded quickly, using one of his glowing blades to block Sora's keyblade. Thinking that Xemnas was distracted, Lea jumped up with his chackrams ready. Then at the last second, the superior pushed Sora down to the ground and swung his Ethereal blades in Lea's direction.
The two red blades slammed into Lea's chest as he collapsed to the ground. Sora quickly pushed himself back up, casting Firaga in Xemnas's direction. He effortlessly dodged the spell and rushed to attack. There wasn't even any time for Sora to blink before one of the Ethereal blades slammed into his chest. Sora gasped out in pain as he collapsed to his knees in pain. Then, Xemnas slammed his Ethereal blade into the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.
Not a second was spared before Xemnas attacked Lea. The redhead didn't have a chance to react as Xemnas rapidly spun his blades around, knocking Lea clean off his feet and down to the hard sidewalk.
"Sora! Lea!" Kairi screamed in fear just as another Dusk attacked her. The princess just barely managed to block the attack fro. The army of nobodies that seemed to grow every second. Mickey was even having a difficult time trying to protect the still Xion.
Lea tried to push himself back up to his feet, grunting in pain. But before he could, Xemnas stood over him, pointing one of his blades at Lea's throat.
"How pathetic." Huffed Xemnas. "You were such a valued member of the Organization, Axel. You had so much potential and you threw it all away for a puppet and a traitor!"
"They're my friends! Of course I'd choose them over your stupid Organization!" Lea snarled. "I'm not going to be used as a pawn any more!" Xemnas seemed a little shocked by Lea's sudden outburst, but it soon faded away.
"I see. It appears that I made a mistake in thinking you could be useful to us. A pity. Then, I will eliminate you!" Roared Xemnas. Lea closed his eyes, preparing for the worst.
But then, he heard the familiar sound of metal against metal. Lea looked up, finding the silhouette of a spiky-haired boy standing over him. He was blocking Xemnas's attack with...
A Keyblade?! Sora? Lea thought. No. Sora got knocked out. Then, who?
"Sorry it took me so long, Axel." Lea gasped at the familiar voice as he finally saw who his saviour was. Someone who had been in excruciating pain the last time he saw him not even half an hour ago.
"Roxas?!" Gasped Lea.
"They finished the potion just in time." The blond quickly replied, shoving Xemnas away with his Keyblade. It had taken a different form with sharp, silver and black edges. The handle held a checker pattern and the hilt was round and black. The nobody crest was present at the bottom of the hilt and the keychain was Roxas's nobody thorn charm. Two Become One.
Roxas raised his Keyblade in the air, casting a strong cure spell on Sora. His somebody released a small groan as he pushed himself up, smiling at the sight of the blond.
"Roxas! You're okay!" Sora beamed. The blond only gave a short nod before he pulled out another bottle of the same silvery liquid that had brought them back.
"Kairi!" Roxas shouted, grabbing the princess of heart's attention. He tossed the bottle to her, Kairi catching it without any problem. "Quick! Give it to Xion!"
"You got it!" She responded, running straight through the battle of nobodies to where Mickey was protecting Xion's unconscious form. Kneeling down beside her, Kairi moved quickly to uncork the bottle and pour it's contents down Xion's throat, followed by a cure spell.
Now back on their feet and fully healed, Lea, Sora and Roxas stood before Xemnas, ready to continue their battle.
"Roxas." Xemnas turned his nose up at the former Organization member. "It has been a long time, traitor." All he received in response was a dark glare as Roxas pointed Two Become One at his former superior.
"You guys mind if I join in on the fight?" He asked Sora and Lea, who both smiled in response.
"Don't let me stop you." Sora replied.
"Just like old times, huh, Roxas?" Laughed Lea. Xemnas's eyes narrowed at the trio before him, his glare focused on Roxas. And then, he just started laughing.
"One more Keyblade won't help in a battle against me, you fools!"
"Then, how about another one?!" A feminine voice exclaimed, just as the four males turned around to find another had joined their battle. This time, it was someone they had seen limp and lifeless mere minutes ago, a Keyblade ready in her hands.
"Xion?!" Gasped Roxas with a smile that his friend gladly returned. Like Roxas, her Keyblade had also taken a different form. It was now silver and ivory-colored. The teeth were a pair of uneven, silver wings framing a broken, red heart. The hilt was decorated by two uneven wings decorate. The Keychain was a miniature version of the Keyblade's teeth. Lost Memory.
Mickey's eyes widened at the sight of the weapon. That Keybade... Ven used it before. But, how?
Just then, Even, Myde, Riku, West, Donald, Goofy, Max, Lydia, Naminé and the other residents of Twilight Town rushed up towards the station, shock written across theif faces at the sight of the growing population of nobodies.
Xemnas snarled at the sight of the reinforcements. He snapped his fingers, allowing a magical barrier to appear around him, Sora, Lea, Roxas and Xion.
"What's the matter, boss?" Smirked Lea. "You aren't loosing your edge, are ya?"
"I decided I rather not have anyone interfering while I dispose of the traitors and steal one of the Keyblade Masters." Huffed Xemnas. "I'll have to deal with Even and Myde once I'm done here."
"I don't think we're going anywhere!" Sora said, holding his Keyblade out in front of him.
"You got that right!" Xion agreed.
"Now it's time to pay for everything you've done!" Added Roxas.
Xemnas smirked and raised his blades once more. "I accept your challenge."
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(1): Hayner's limit: Sunset Arc
(2): Seifer's limit: No Mercy