Chapter 65: Proven
Max wouldn't have thought that he would be thrown into this situation at any time in his life. The thought didn't even cross his mind; he would have never thought that he would be the only hope for his father to stay alive. He felt that he was going to mess up and lose his dad forever and would properly know how it feels to be Brian. Max looked towards his dad as Link held him in place using his gravity ability and held his scythe where the blade was inches from Goofy's neck. Max knew he couldn't do anything for the time being so he went with the only reasonable thing, "What are you doing here, Link!" Max demanded.
Link, having his helmet taken off, smirked as he watched Goofy suffer from the tight grip that he was creating from his claw, "Why looking for helpless people who want their suffering to end. This world is like a kid in a candy store for me with all those suffering people from Nottingham."
"You keep away from the people of Nottingham!!" Robin warned him, pointing his sword at him. Max took this time to notice that coming to this world had affected Link's appearance as he now had the face of a wolf like the Sheriff of Nottingham only that his right ear and part of his fur was purple while the rest was silver. Max could tell that the changes for a normal Endless had finally reached him despite being an Endless for so many years.
"You're just an outlaw. You have no purpose with me." Link looked at the two of them before looking at Max again, "Where's your silver-headed friend? Enjoying his memories?" Link chuckled. Max growled at this and was about to charge forward when Link reminded him that Goofy was in his grasp, making Max freeze his actions.
"Max!" Robin called him. Max turned to him and noticed Robin pointing to Prince John, who had begun to glow brightly from the strong light that was in the arrow. Max also noticed that Pete had fled the world after Link appeared. He also noticed that the Sheriff was nowhere to be found. "You can only do one." Max and Robin turned back to Link, who started to crush Goofy which made him gasped for air. "Save your father or the item." Link told him. "Without that item, you can never cure the virus but do you want to live with the guilt that you could have saved your father." Max gripped onto his bow tightly, feeling the pressure hit him.
"Max!" Goofy called him. Max looked up at his father, looking for the answer. "Get the item. Don't worry about me."
"Dad..."
"I've had my adventures. My life has been great. Don't sacrifice millions for one." Goofy said to his son.
"MAX! Prince John!" Robin reminded him, not noticing that Max didn't even move to response. He was still looking at his dad in disbelief.
Goofy winced as Link slammed him down to the floor and could feel his body getting weaker from the strong force of the gravity. "What matters is that whatever decision that you chose, me and your mother will be proud of you, no matter what happens Maxie. I'll always love you." Goofy groaned from the pain.
"DAD!" Max tried to grab his dad's attention.
"Are you going to let millions of people either die or join us just to save your dad?" Link questioned as he lowered his scythe down to Goofy's back. "Which regret would you want to haunt you more?"
"I—" Max's breath started to quickly started to panic about the situation. The fear of being in control of people's lives was making him freeze and drop his bow.
"MAX!! WE NEED TO HURRY!!" Robin turned around to see that Max was frozen with fear.
"Well..." Link slowly began to close his claw, causing Goofy to lose contact with his breathing and looked at Max sadly as he felt that this was his end. "Time seems to be against you."
"I—" Max repeated.
The barrier shattered into millions of shards, freeing Max and Robin from being trapped by Link. Link seemed to be surprised by this, giving Robin the chance to grab Max's bow and one of his arrows. With Robin's speed, he was able to shoot at Link before the Endless even realised what was going on. Link staggered back, releasing Goofy from both his gravity grip and the threat of being stabbed by his scythe. Max broke out of his state and began to run towards his dad. Link growled that his plan had failed; his plans had never failed before. Link got up and grabbed Robin, who was charging towards him, with his gravity ability and threw him in one of the targets. The Remorse Endless grabbed his scythe and started to slam his blade down at the distracted Max.
Max turned around and gasped as he saw that Link's scythe was mere inches away from his chest but saw that a huge sliver axe blade was holding the scythe in place. "Link, this isn't your style. You normally convince them to die." The wielder of the axe said to the Endless. Max looked straight at the wielder's face when hearing the familiar voice to see that the wielder had took the form of a lion with a dark brown main that was covered with a red bandana following by the light weight version of Little Devon's solider uniform.
It was Scott.
"What are you doing here?" Link questioned, "An idiot like you." Link looked behind them before kicking Scott in the mid-section and quickly created a portal. Link looked over at Max as he started to check on his dad again, "You've made your choice." Link said darkly to him, "Good luck curing the worlds now." Link quickly fled into the purple portal as he saw that Scott began to charge towards him again.
Scoot swung at Link but only hit thin air as Link made his escape; Scott quickly gained his balance from wielding the over-weight weapon before looking over at Max, "Is it just you and Goofy here?" Max nodded before turning back to his father as he heard him groan from the pain of the attack as he woke up.
"I hate to burst this reunion gentlemen but—" Scott and Max looked at Robin, only to see him pointing at Prince John who had transformed from the amounts of light that he absorbed from the golden arrow. Prince John had a transparent Unbirth covering him. The Unbirth was three times the size of Prince John, had light blue medieval armour and wielded two huge swords in both of its hands. Prince John, who remained in the middle of the Unbirth, held the Golden Arrow in his hands.
"You think that you would notice a huge Unbirth while coming to the rescue." Scott looked at Prince John with confusion and disbelief.
Max turned back to his father and saw that he was getting up. "Dad, are you alright?" Max rested his hand on his shoulder as he checked if Goofy was alright.
"Don't worry, son." Goofy said to him, "I'll be fine." Goofy quickly knelled down and picked up both his shield. "Let's take care of his Unbirth." Max nodded and went to grab his bow only to find that it wasn't placed on his back. He soon started to look at his surroundings for his bow. Robin looked back at Max and quickly called out his name before throwing back his bow. Max struggled to keep balance when the bow was thrown at him but quickly recovered and readied himself for battle.
"We don't have much time to remove the item." Scott said as he stared at the Unbirth, "If we don't do it before Daniel seals the Keyhole from disbalance then the light will forever be in Prince John and the last thing we need is to drag another being on the way back." Scott placed his 'Axe of freedom' by his side, ready for battle.
"How long do we have?" Robin asked, not bothered by Scott's sudden appearance.
"Round about two minutes." Scott replied before looking at the Unbirth guard again.
"So long I have this arrow!" Prince John began to say as his voice was turned deeper inside the Unbirth. "I shall be King and forever wear the crown."
"That crown belongs to King Richard!" Robin protested, "Long live King Richard." Robin quickly was battled back by one of the huge swords. A number of Archer and Solider Heartless appeared and started to charge towards the three travellers. Scott and Goofy held the Heartless back with Goofy pushing them back and Scott cutting them in half when they got too close. Robin quickly recovered and joined Max as the two readied themselves with blades and began to take out the Heartless. The Heartless vanished again and Prince John begun to strike against him. Scott quickly dove in and blocked the huge silver blade with his axe, leaving Prince John distracted.
"Max!" Goofy quickly skidded his shield over to Max. Max smirked as he quickly jumped on his father's shield and used the blades to change the direction that the shield was heading. As Max headed straight into Prince John, he steered himself towards a table and shot the front legs of the table so it would turned into a ramp. The shield went up the ramp and led Max right into the chest of the Unbirth. Max begun his combo of attacks while inside the Unbirth with both of his swords swinging rapidly in every direction. When he came out of the other side, max flipped the shield in front of him and started to spin the shield at a rapid rate before bashing the shield back into the Unbirth at a fast speed.
The shield speeded out of the Unbirth and Goofy managed to catch his shield without any problems. The Unbirth faded away for the time, trying to gather more energy, leaving the Prince defenceless. "Please! Don't hurt me!" Prince John pleaded as he summoned more Heartless.
Scott closed his eyes before dashing towards the Heartless and took them out within one shot. He ran towards Prince John, looking as if he was going to unleash the Unbirth against, when he slashed vertically at Prince John, releasing the arrow. The Golden Arrow skidded across the floor just as a bright light shone from the distance. Scott disposed of his axe and quickly caught up with his breathe before going over to the world's item and placed it in his pocket.
Max, Goofy and Robin quickly went over to the ruined stand where Prince John was sitting to see him hugging his knees and sucking his thump, asking for his mother. The three seemed to chuckle about this. Scott quickly joined the three, ready to ask Goofy and Max something when Prince John looked at him with wide eyes. "Brother! Please don't punish me. It was all Robin Hood's fault." Prince John begged Scott as he held his armour trousers.
Scott looked at Robin, "Brother?" He asked.
"He must be still delusional from the fight." Robin took a proper look at Scott, "With a crown and a cape, you would look like King Richard."
"Ha! Like I ever be King." Scott laughed at this, "C'mon guys, we have to head back to Little Devon." Scott said to Max and Goofy.
"But-" Max looked at Robin, "You still need help here. We still need to help."
"It's alright, Max." Robin turned him down, "You and your father have done enough. Remember to visit us forest folk after saving the worlds."
"We will Robin. Don't you worry." Goofy said as he stood behind his son, "We'll bring our friends as well to let them know how fun it was to be with an outlaw." Robin smiled at this before placing something in Max's hand and started to head back to Sherwood Forest where he assumed that where he would find Little John and Maid Marian.
"He seems nice." Scott commented, "I'm in the mood for some Nacho Cheese. Let's head to the gummi." Scott began to head into another part of the forest.
Goofy began to follow when he noticed that his son wasn't following. Goofy turned back to Scott, "Could you give us a minute, Scott?" Goofy asked him.
"Sure. I be by the treeline when you're ready." Scott replied happily as he went off to leave them alone.
Max looked at the hat that were placed in his hands, it was the same type of hat and colour as Robin and Little John's. Goofy came over to see his son placing the green hat over his hat and turned to face him, "Hey Dad, look what I got." Max said proudly.
"You deserve it, son." Goofy then said softy, "You really do."
Max smiled at his father before a frown appeared on his face as he took off his archer hat, "Dad?" He asked emotionally, "What was mom like?"
"Your mother?" Max nodded, "Well, your mother was just as brave as you were and I miss her everyday." Max noticed that his father smiled sombrely as both good and bad memories flashed through his mind. Goofy looked back at Max, "Like I said, your mother will always be proud at you." Goofy jumped as he didn't expect to get glomped by his son, so long since his son had given him a hugged him.
Goofy looked down at his dad just as he said, "I love you too, Dad." Goofy smiled at his son and hugged him back. Max knew that his dad was right; he knew that his mom will always be proud of him and that his dad will always care about him. Today's events had proven that well enough....he did wonder why Pete fled thought...
BOWBOWBOW
The hill breezes blew past his skin and had his tied hair more around as he looked down at the view. The figure looked down at the village where he could see a villager wearing a green cotton shirt and brown farm trousers running through the village with another man that looked rather afraid tailing him as they tried to reach the top of the hill as fast as their could. He watched as the first village was jumping with joy while his friend was trying to avoid the llamas that were used for carrying luggage. The figure sighed at this, watching the happiness remain in his hometown before looking at his claw and growled as bad memories past through him. The figure took a deep breathe as he continued to watch the village, "I know that you're there, boy." He sighed, "No point in hiding."
He didn't turn around as he heard a cold, familiar voice, "I could kill you now and my life will be fulfilled." The voice said darkly.
"Now Daniel, what will that solve?" The Endless turned around to face the leader of Little Devon. He could see that he had his Keyblade, 'Devon's Soul' on the ready, "I see you got control of the Keyblade again." He chuckled at this.
"Why are you here?" Daniel demanded him.
"Memories, of course." The Endless looked back at the village to see the villager reach his hut where he was bundled by two of his children. "It's nice to visit it for old times."
"Yeah, until you and Abroc decided to burn it down." Daniel shot at him. The Endless growled at him, "Why are you really here, Devil?"
Devil chuckled as he raised himself from the grass that he was sitting on and faced his enemy, "The question is, why are you here? Collecting items and sealing keyholes? I thought that was my son's job."
"It is and he's not your son." Daniel said to him, "It wouldn't make sense anyway; you became an Endless before he was born."
"I still took him in. That still counts." Devil replied, "Let me ask you something." Devil changed the subject, "What do you achieve from stopping me? Sure, you stop the Endless and rebalance the worlds but you still don't see the worst fate that I'm trying to save us from."
"I rather take my chances with this 'worst fate' then a lifetime of wars." Daniel replied.
"But you don't see...you're still too young to consider anything, think that you know everything." Devil tried to make him understand, "You know the stories and what happens in them. Have you ever stop to think what the worlds will be like if we're not around?"
"Safe." Daniel answered.
"Destroyed." Devil corrected him, making Daniel look at the Endless in confusion, "You know why the Unbirths appeared in the first place…the worlds are at a disbalance because light is being dominate. Our doing here is balancing the worlds at the moment. If you defeat us then darkness will just overtake the light and all that you will see is the darkness."
Daniel didn't seemed threatened by Devil's warning, "I'm sure that we can deal with Maleficent and her little Heartless."
"I wasn't talking about Maleficent." Devil said darkly. "You know, you may not have the signs but everything about you just screams 'Endless'."
"I am not an Endless." Daniel growled.
"True…but the way that you run your little playground makes you seem just like the other Endless." Devil sat on the grass as he began to feel the breeze of the countryside rush past him again.
Daniel watched the Endless for a while, holding his Keyblade with cautious, before asking him, "Why did you do it?"
"Do what?"
"Start the war." Daniel replied, "Why did you do it?"
Devil carried on relaxing as he felt the breeze past through him as his home will be in his heart, "One life saves a thousands." He simply replied before chuckling, "You said that you was going to kill me and yet you haven't even moved." Devil stood up again.
"Don't tempt me." Daniel warned him.
Devil ignored his warning as he summoned 'Satin's Aid', a huge two-wielder blade that had stone and vines as the handle. "Let's see what the leader of Little Devon has got." Devil's claw began to glow, allowing him to gain energy.
"Wind!" Daniel quickly casted, forcing the clouds near by to cover the sun. Covering the sun affected Devil's ability and stopped his claw from glowing.
Devil seemed to be impressed, "Not bad. At least you remembered this time." He said, "Let's see if your strength has improved." Devil quickly struck his blade into the ground, making vines appear from under Daniel and tied him up. Devil smirked as he disposed of his weapon and started to create his leaf orbs, "Let's see you escape this attack, boy."
A/N: What will happen to Daniel? Will Goofy and Max remain the way they are? Will I decide to write the Riku chapters? Tune in next time for Kingdom Hearts: Balance of worlds………….
Brian: Umm….what happened to the author?
Kairi: I'm not sure. Let me check. (Goes off)
Riku: are you sure that's a good idea?
Brian: Why wouldn't it?
Kairi: EVERYONE HIDE!!!!!!
Sora: Whhhyyy?
Mad: BRIAN!!!!!!!
Brian: What did I do? Don't hurt me.
Mad: Not you. Brian Klaus. I met Brian Klaus.
Brian: Brian Klaus??
Riku: Oh no.
Brian: What?
Kairi: She met Leo
Brian: Who's Leo???
Mad: He's a whitelighter from Charmed. He was really nice. I got a picture with him and- (knocked out)
Sora: Tidus take over.
Tidus: Damn it! Stupid Collectimania…
Mad had updated her profile to her video stories as well as correcting chapter one, two and three and has written Third Sign as well. Now for messages…
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Noami. G: Don't worry, Riku will be in the next chapter which has already has a bit done.
Razgriz1: lol. Love how Sora is known as a A** now. It's funny.
Celticskyedancer: Thanks! I wasn't sure whether to put the Goofy Movie link in there at first but I'm glad that I've done it. I thought that their should be at least one Disney character scene.
Artism: I've heard of 'The World ends with you' just haven't been bothered to get it really. It does look good though.
Grey vs Ale: I've been thinking of putting Sora and Kairi in a fight but not right now. I might do, depends how the story runs.
Future Keyblader: I made it random so it would be easier to guess who it would be and Demyx can be helpful…sometimes….maybe….okay, he's no use at all against Riku.
Tidus: The next chapter will be up soon since it's in Radiant Garden.
Mad: Owww! What happened?
Kairi: DIE!!!! (hits Mad with keyblade) That's for kidnapping me.
Brian: Kairi that was over a month ago.
Kairi: And?
Brian: (Signs)
Tidus: See you next time.
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