Chapter 63: Rush
In the Castle of Nottingham, a thin-body lion sat in the throne while wearing the royal robe and the golden crown. The lion was currently counting the mummy that he had managed to get off the poor so far with a large wolf by the side of the throne. The lion started to giggle as he started to throw the golden coins up in the air, making the wolf cover his head. "Look at all the mummy we've managed to get so far, Sheriff." The lion cheered.
"Steal from the poor to feed the rich." The Sheriff laughed along.
The lion stopped laughing and tried to claw the Sheriff. "That's my line." The lion growled.
"My apologises, Prince John." The Sheriff of Nottingham bowed. The doors opened to reveal two archer heartless that appeared to be hurt. Sheriff looked at the creatures in shock, "What happened?" The two heartless used the remainder of their strength to create a shadow sphere that allowed the Sheriff and Prince John what happened. They were surprise that it wasn't done by the troubles of Robin Hood but rather by two dog-man beings. The vision vanished as the Heartless faded away from their lack of strength.
The Prince was now outraged, "Who are those rouges? It's enough that I have to deal with Robin Hood but now I have to deal with these two." Prince John then looked back at the Sheriff, "You said these creatures couldn't be killed."
"I never said that. I said that they can't truly be destroyed." Sheriff corrected him, "At least, that's what that Pete guy said." he muttered to himself.
"Well you better hope you're right otherwise you'll suddenly feel light headed." Prince John threatened.
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Goofy and Little John were sitting on the grass in the middle of the forest as Robin appeared Max for the next test. The two have been asking each other questions so that they knew each other better. So far, Goofy told John about the Heartless and that they follow a witch called Maleficent. Little John had told Goofy about how him and Robin met and how he doesn't like the water anymore. "So Goofy, where do you and Max really come from?"
"Erm...I can't really tell you, John. It would affect the order." Goofy said with hesitation.
"Order?" Little John questioned, "You mean the group you mentioned?"
"Border!" Max corrected his dad sub-consciously, "World border!" Max didn't realise that he just gave away where they were from.
Both Robin and Little John looked at the two with surprise and shock from the sudden discovery, "No wonder these boys know so much about the so-called Heartless, there from another world." Robin chuckled.
"No we're not." Max quickly denied.
Goofy looked at Max, signalling him to give up, "There's no point in hiding it now, Maxie." Goofy looked at Robin and Little John, "We've been caught out."
"How about you start explaining where you come from before we-" Little John demanded. Robin quickly went to Little John to quiet him down.
"Easy Johnny, no matter where they are from, they are here to help the poor and reunite us with..." Robin paused as he entered a dreamlike state, "Maid Marian." Little John seemed to calm down a bit but still looked at Max and Goofy for answers. Max and Goofy thought that it would be best to explain the situation that their quest had lead them. They told them about the capture of their King and the troubles that the Endless and the Unbirths have been doing with the virus. After telling the story, Robin and Little John were shocked in what was going on in other worlds.
BEEP BEEP
"Max, This is Donald. Can you hear me?"
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Donald patted his foot impatiently as he waited for either Max or Goofy to reply. Donald was starting to lose his temper as he had caught Vivi go through all of his black magic as well as messing with the rooms, the newly born Chocobo started to go wild as it needed more specialised care and Riona couldn't see if Riku had woken up yet since she was trying to deal with a crazy new born chocobo. After waiting for around five minutes, someone answered.
"Ah-yuck! This is Goofy."
Donald raised the communicator up to his beck and yelled from his impatient attitude, "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR AGES!" Donald heard Goofy whine on the other line, guessing that Goofy was holding the communicator to his ear again. Donald felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Riona and Vivi giving him the signal to be quiet since they just managed to get the chocobo to sleep. Donald's temper seemed to calm down as he chuckled sheepishly from embarrassment. Donald placed the communicator back into the computer to bring the image of Goofy up in the main screen. Donald could see that Goofy had just recovered from the ear attack.
"Sorry Donald, we're busy telling." Goofy replied.
Donald didn't like the sound of that, "Busy doing what?" He questioned
"Err.."
"They know about the worlds, don't they?" Donald guessed.
"They are helping us, Donald and..." Donald noticed the paused, unusual on Goofy's part, "I though it would be good for Robin and Little John to know more about us so that they can trust me and Maxie."
"Goofy." Donald started, "You better not be taking the blame for Max again. You remember the last time you took the blame for him, it nearly cost you your captain status."
All of the happiness that is normally seen in Goofy's face vanished as soon as Donald mentioned the memory. "Maxie isn't to blame for this, Donald." Goofy responded seriously.
Donald sighed as he knew that he shouldn't have said that, "I'm sorry, Goofy. I just don't like beings knowing that we serve the king. Even when we travelled with Sora, we didn't let people know where we were from. Only Leon and the others know." Donald could see that Goofy was checking on Max on the communicator so he decided to talk to him on the subject in hand, "I called to tell you that we need to head to Radiant Garden urgently. We don't know what else we can do to help the new born chocobo and we're starting to worry about Riku, he hasn't even shown any signs of waking up."
"You go to Radiant Garden, Donald. Just contact us when ya back." Donald was about to response when Goofy hanged up on the communicator. Donald wished that he didn't mention it now as he has obviously hurt his friend's feelings. Donald tried to contact Goofy again but the communicator had been switched off.
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Goofy hanged up on the communicator before turning it off and placing it in his pocket. Goofy sighed sadly as the memory flashed back in his mind. This memory was the reason he properly agreed to letting Max head off to Little Devon. He was hoping that no one would remind him, looks like he was wrong about that. Goofy shook the though away before going over to Robin and Max while Little John was setting up targets at different ranges.
Max looked at his father with a worried expression, he could tell that something wasn't right. He saw his father gave him an encouraging smile, making Max's though float away. Max looked at Robin before looking at the targets that Little John had one. Robin began to explain the next test, "This, Max, is the test of skill. You have to hit the targets at the different ranges. The closest one is at 100 metres..." Robin pointed to the red and white target on the left, "The next one is at 250 metres..." He pointed to the right target, "...and the furthest target is at 500 metres." Robin pointed to the target right in the middle of the other two with Little John standing next to it. Robin pulled out his hand made bow and fired an arrow at each of the targets, all landing at the bull-eye. "The key to this test is to see if you can match the arrows to mine." Robin looked back at Max, "This would allow use to see your archery skills in action and can hopefully see if I be able to help in any way."
Max nodded nervously at the instructions before he summoned his bow. From the look of Robin's face, it seems that he was impressed with the look of the bow. Max got one of his arrows from his holder and placed the clip in the bow string before lifting up the bow and quickly shot at the first target, hitting it at the bull-eye. Robin seemed to be impressed by the speed of the shot. Max shot at the second target and the arrow hit the bull-eye yet again. Max looked at the third target before gulping and taking his shot. Robin noticed that the arrow seemed to tilt slightly to the left, making the arrow hitting the side of the target.
Robin approached Max as he hung his head low from the failed shot. He placed his hand on Max's shoulder as comfort, "Don't worry, Max. You just need to be more confident then you will be as good as me." Robin looked at Little John, signalling him to place the targets down. Robin looked back at Max, "Good job, Max. You passed the second test." This managed to bring Max's grin back on his face.
"Robin! Little John! Are you there?"
Goofy looked at the direction of the voice to see a badger coming into the campsite, wearing a brown rope. Goofy had returned to his happy self after watching Max succeeded in the test so he gladly approach the bagder with a kind nature. Robin, Little John and Max soon joined the two, "How things in Nottingham, Friar?" Little John asked him.
"Well..." The badger hesitated, "It seems that you two are not the only rogues." The four seemed confused by this until Friar Tuck pulled out a huge poster, revealing pictures of Goofy and Max wanted for the price of 50,000 mummy. Max gasped at this and grabbed the poster off of the Friar.
"How is this even possible?" Max complained, "We haven't even been in Nottingham yet."
"Hmm, it looks like those heartless reported back to the Sheriff." Little John guessed.
Max sighed, this means that they have to stay in the forest. Max turned to his father, "Hey Dad, have you got the communicator?" he asked.
Goofy shook his head at his son, "Donald has gone to Radiant Garden. We can't contact them." He informed his son.
"What? Why?" Max questioned.
"They said that needed to help Riku and the chocobo." Goofy answered, "Don't worry, son. Donald said he would come back for us."
"Yeah." Max huffed, "He also said that he was going to stop having Oreo cookies but that hasn't happened yet, has it?" Max groaned as the outcome of the situation ran through his head. "We could be stuck here for days, weeks, maybe months while our friends need help and you said okay to this?" It seems that the blame had turned right back around to Goofy.
"No, that's not what I-"
"Save it, dad. I don't need to hear it." Max glared at him.
"Woah oh, you two!" Friar Tuck seemed to magically appear in between them, either that or they didn't notice him walk up to them, trying to get their attention for the last minute. "The good lord doesn't want father and son to fight against each other." He said to them, "You should use this troubling time to get to know each other more."
"Yeah and the two of you are more then welcome to stay here at our camp." Robin told them. Max sighed in agreement and went with Little John to do some more combat training while Friar Tuck went back to Nottingham.
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Ven finally managed to catch up to Pluto, who had one of his ears up searching for something. While the king's loyal pet searched for what he was looking for, Ven took this time to see where the King's loyal pet had taken him to where he had met Mickey for the first time. The badlands. He thought. Ven's mind flashed back to when he had the battle with Master Xeranort's apprentice for the first time, the first time going against another keyblader not knowing at the time what possible dangers that could be created just by fighting him. He doesn't matter now. He thought to himself. It can never be formed with what he has become.
An energy sourced past through Ven's body, making him shiver like a winter cold. making Pluto stop looking at his surroundings and growl at this mysterious appearance. The keyblader turned around to see that a cloud of sand brew strongly past in front of him, he summoned his back held style keyblade as he waited for the cloud of sand and dust to pass by to reveal who was holding such a strong energy.
As soon the miniature sandstorm passed, Ven gasped in shock at the appearance of the figure that lurk behind the cloud. The figure that kneeled in front of him was head to toe in armour, mostly in shades of dark brown, gold, and red. There were notable additions to his armour which included upturned, sharp red hooks on the backs of his boots, a navy blue cape, and a dark-vision helmet. This helmet sports two tall, red prongs on either side of the helmet. Ven disposed of his keyblade, annoying Pluto's growls, as he went to step towards the Lingering Sentiment while reaching his arm out, "Terra..." Ven gasped, "Is that really...you?"
The Lingering Sentiment didn't answer; it remained in place, having its hand placed on its keyblade that remained in the ground. He halted his actions when he noticed the solider not responding to his questions. He started to here quiet breathing that was coming from the figure, with their own form of words as well, "Ventus...Ven...Is that you?"
Ven watched curiously as the solider spoke again, "No...You can't...you were..." Ven annoyed Pluto's growling at the figure. "History will...repeat...repeat...my actions...and yours towards worlds will be repeated."
"Terra, you don't belong in the darkness." Ven said to him, "You're still you."
"Just...reminder...of what's left. I...lost myself...long ago." The solider lifted his head to face Ven. "Find out...about me and Aqua...stop the Keyblade War returning...before the Chaos of Light...the purest of light...is created." The Lingering Sentiment's head suddenly drop, shocking Ven slightly as the cloud of dust appears to mask the remainder of Terra. When the dust disappeared, Terra was gone.
Ven looked sadly at where Terra stood. "Terra..." Ven said sadly, "Why did it come to this?" Pluto calmed down after the absents of Terra and began to sniff the surroundings. He continued to sniff the sense of the ground when his animal's senses kicked in, making him turned around and bark at Ven. Ven was confused at first but then turned around to see Terra heading straight for him on his Keyblade.
Ven quickly changed in his armour and enlarged his keyblade before jumping on the keyblade to dodge the speeding attack. Both Terra and Ven flew in the air on their keyblade, facing each other. Ven looked at Terra angrily, "What are you doing?" he shouted at him.
"Xeha—Xehanort...XEHANORT!" Ven gasped in surprise as Terra began to charge at him.
Ven grabbed the edge of the Keyblade, which he was currently riding, to block the charge attack that Terra attempted. Both of the Keyblade wielders charged at each other at high speed to knock each other off of their keyblades. Clash after clash after clash, both of the decade wielders managed to stay on their Keyblades. Ven dashed towards Terra again, only this time he tilted to the right and blasted Terra with a wind orb. The orb forced the unexpected Terra off his keyblade, making him fall 100 feet in the air before hitting the ground hard, following his Keyblade striking deep in the ground. Ven approached the crash site and hoped off his Keyblade as well as reverting back to his casual wear. Ven breathed heavily as he pointed his normal sized Keyblade at his old friend.
Terra looked up at Ven, not making any effect of getting up. "You...You are...My friend." He breathed. "The other has much...to...learn."
Ven was confused by this, " Who?" he asked.
Terra didn't answer the question as the darkness began to break his body apart. Ven looked grimly down at Terra as he watched him fade to nothing. Before the remainders of Terra faded for the rest of eternity, Terra instructed Ven, "Go...to...Room...of...Remorse..." This time, Terra was truly gone.
Terra...I will bring you back. Ven promised, You and Aqua...I promise.
A/N: Will Ven find the Room of Remorse? Will Max and Goofy ever be on good terms? Will Riku ever be active again? Tune in next time for Kingdom Hearts: Balance of Worlds.
Hey guys, sorry for the late and short update but as some of you know, I'm having trouble on this part. I've decided as you can see that I'm still doing Sherwood Forest but have shorten it down slightly by five chapters and will go straight into the Radiant garden chapters after it. I will be working on Third Sign and onwards at College while Working on Sherwood forest and Radiant Garden at home so when I finish the last Radiant Garden, I can just post lots of chapters so that I can get the story done quicker. I would like to finish before I enter University.
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