Chapter 89- Losing you
The brown haired pupil slowly walked deep within Endless territory, feeling the thousand of pure blood red eyes share into her soul as she travelled down the cold mountain trail that leaded its way to the Keyhole. She slowly wandered across the wooden bridge as the grey clouds began to move on closer, covering the night sky as a black raven flew above the mountain path. "I have to prove to Fa Mulan." She repeated to herself as she continued through the path, a fire lit torch in hand, not realising the path getting darker as she walked. She gasped slightly as she halted to the sound of small amount of pebbles falling down the mountain side, crumbling onto the path. The pupil sighed in relief as she felt as if someone was watching her, beginning to step backwards lightly, "What am I doing? No matter what I do, the general won't happy dance with me." She sighed as she turned her body to head back. "I don't even know why Ying, Yang and the balance will ever be important..."
Rejected from comrades
"Huh?" The girl shot back around to look for the sound of the mysterious voice, using the fire torch as her source of light, to cast a shadow of a bird on the wall, sitting on a branch. "Awwwww a birdie!" She looked away from the shadow to its creator to see that the bird was actually a black feathered raven, sitting on a dead branch as it glared deadly at Jun, "A creepy bird." She gulped with fear, beginning to fear for her life.
Selfish to take charge
"Selfish?" She repeated, shooting behind her to find that they was nothing behind her before she unconscious began to walk backwards, "I don't know—what you mean..." She responded back nervously, her thoughts on returning to camp safely.
Regrets!
She screamed as the darkness that was set into front of her consumed her before seeing a purple flash.
BOWBOWBOW
A yawn echoed through the mountain pass the next morning as the group began to cut through the mountain pass to get to the keyhole as quickly as possible. Shang had objected against the shortcut but the number of votes and Brian's short temper had quickly changed the general's mind, the quicker they find the keyhole and secure the balance levels within the world's heart, the quicken they can set off to find Jun.
Brian rubbed his eyes tiredly as him and the others watched the heartbreaking tension between Mulan and Shang as they looked at each other sadly before taking separate paths as the mountain split the path in two. He stood there with Sora and Kairi as Donald and Goofy quickly looked at each other before nodding to each other and separating themselves, Goofy following Shang while Donald followed Mulan. "This is stupid!" The red tiger growled, mainly because Sora's sleep talking and content moving had kept him up during the night. "We're breaking up as a team itself because of him."
Sora sighed at this, worried about his friends, "I wish there was something we could do." Sora said sadly, feeling guilt built in him as he felt part responsible for their break-up for not staying at the camp.
"Maybe I can talk to the general." Kairi suggested, only hearing Brian huff at the idea, earning her to glare at the tiger, "I don't see you coming with any ideas to help them." She commented.
"Mulan would only be upset with Shang." Brian answered as he turned to the two paths, "Mulan and Shang are too different to even work together and why set Mulan up with someone who doesn't care about his soldiers? The mountain shows it all."
"Everyone has their fights." Sora pointed out, his mind flashing back to the recent fight that he and Kairi had shared. "That's what happens in a relationship."
Brian tilted his head to the side to give Sora a questionable look, "Don't speak as if you have experience, Sora." He growled before turning back, "You don't even know the meaning of a relationship-"
"Brian!" Kairi warned him, giving him a deadly glare. The tiger turned around to face his two friends, feeling his angry pulse through him, when his angry expression was wiped off his face. "This is not the time to turn on each other, we need to concentrate on finding Jun—" The Aversion Endless didn't seem to catch the rest of what Kairi was saying to him as a familiar Endless pointed his glowing claw at him, unnoticed by Sora and Kairi. "Are you even listening to me?" Kairi grabbed him by the shoulders.
"Run." Brian simply said, feeling his angry from memories that he had built up inside him, his glowing claw giving off random flares of fire as he stood.
The Keyblade Master looked down at Brian's claw, seeing that it that his claw markings were glowing dangerously, making him summon Kingdom Key. "I think it's time to catch up with the others." Sora announced as he grabbed Kairi from behind.
"Sora! What are you-" Kairi questioned before feeling Sora push her to the side as the red tiger in front of them charged at them, roaring angrily at them as he automatically turned his element, scratching his metal claws into the ground.
The red armoured Endless that controlled their friend began to walk towards the Princess and the Keyblade Master, "Such a strong control I have with the outcast because of his behaviour growing up." The Anger Endless said with amusement, "The Colonel will be please when I not only bring his son but the Princess of Heart as well." He clicked his fingers, giving Brian command to unleash his anger on his friends as he charged towards them.
"AIR! PROTECT US!" Sora shouted determinedly as he stood in front of Kairi, swinging his keyblade clockwise to create a gust of wind to push the tiger off balance, allowing Sora to quickly enlarge his keyblade slightly and ride off above the mountain with Kairi in his arms.
The Anger Endless smirked at this, crushing his glowing claw to keep the tiger under his control by forcing him to the ground, "Watch destiny take place, Brian." Skullo told the tiger, who used all of his strength just to look up to see Sora and Kairi flee. "Soon the Princess will belong to use and you will be back where you belong after all these years."
BOWBOWBOW
"Mushu! What did you do?" Mulan demanded as her and Donald integrated the small guardian dragon, who had revealed his previous actions for yesterday's incidents by guilt.
"Yeah Mushu! What did you do?" The duck repeated, watching the dragon shake nervously.
After a while of getting glared at by Donald, the dragon cried as it told the truth, "You were getting married!" He explained, "I was going to lose you-and my pedestal!"
"You done all of this to keep your job!" Donald said angrily to him. "That's low even for you."
Mulan looked at her guardian with a mix of anger and confusion, "How do you even know that? Shang and I kept that secret." She questioned. "But what you did was unforgiveable." She said with anger before she turned the other way, refusing to face the dragon that rested on her shoulders.
Donald approached the dragon as he jumped off of Mulan to look at her, "Was the wagon your doing?" he asked him.
"Now that was an accident!" Mushu quickly defended himself.
"Wait!" Mulan said with realisation, grabbing Donald and Mushu's attention, "All those problems...they weren't us, they were you." Mulan glared back at Mushu, making the dragon hang his head in shame. "If I just explain...we can search for Jun...none of the incidents were her doing." Mulan quickly grabbed Mushu and began to head towards the split's end to reunite with her love with Donald trailing from behind.
"Hey!" Donald called from behind, "Wait up!"
"Shang!" She called out to him, catching up with him and Goofy. "Shang!" She called out again, grabbing his attention, only to save him getting slashed by an Unbirth that appeared in front of him, "It's an ambush!"
BOWBOWBOW
The Keyblade Master rode through the clouds with Kairi holding on to him tightly as he tried to find his friends within the mountain trails, "I can't see them." Sora said out loud, "The Order must have some sort of darkness covering some of the trails." They looked down to see a dark purple and red cloud cover most of the mountain paths.
"What happened to him, Sora?" She asked with fear, she didn't what to lose a friend.
"I'm not sure." He said as he flew above some rain clouds, "But I know that the only way to free Skullo's control over Brian is to defeat Skullo himself and with Brian in his control, me and you will have to combine our skills to fight him." He planned out.
"Sora." She said with her mind in her thoughts, "Do you remember what the emperor had said?" She asked him, her sight on looking for her friends as the two came out of the clouds, passing a wooden bridge. "I can stop him."
"Kairi—"Sora stopped himself as he suddenly saw movement speeding up from towards them. "We have trouble. Hold on to me." He told her as the two watched two dark purple ghost Unbirths appear in front of them with their red eyes staring at the princess.
The keyblade tilted upwards, rising above the clouds again as the 'Grimers' shot purple blades shaped energy towards the two before shooting after them. As they rose above the clouds, the wielders that rode on the enlarged keyblade spun it to face the Grimers as their shadow formed swords appeared from the purple mist that trailed them. The two first tried firing magic towards them, the princess casting water and light while the Keyblade Master kept balance of the keyblade with aero, only for the Grimers to absorb the spells that was fired. "Sora! The spells are getting absorbed." Kairi looked back at him.
"Maybe I can lose them." He quickly responded as he quickly sped past the two Grimers and casted Aeroga to bring the clouds that was behind them to keep the two in cover. The Grimers didn't follow but a number of blade energy blasts headed straight towards the two, changing the current inside of the clouds as well as they flew through. Sora quickly tilted the keyblade to dodge the attacks, only to make the Keyblade spin rapidly in place, "Wooaahhh!"
"Ahhhh! Soooorrrraaa." Kairi screamed as she held on to Sora for dear life as the Keyblade shot out of the clouds and collided with one of the Grimers, making them disappear. Kairi managed to see a glimpse of the Unbirth's disappearance as the Keyblade began to slow down and come to a halt, placing them outside of the clouds once more. "Ram the Unbirth." Kairi told him.
Sora balanced the Keyblade their stood on before looking at her in disbelief, "With what?" he questioned her. She tapped on the enlarged keyblade, making him smile in realisation, "I have a better idea. Whatever you do, don't let go." He told her once more as he flew towards the Grimer, dodging its attacks at a fast rate as they approached it. Sora quickly turned the Keyblade sideways as they flew above the Unbirth, holding on the centre of the blade as the crown shaded end pointed down at the Grimer. The two held on tightly as the Kingdom Key slammed down on the Grimer, destroying it before the Keyblade spanned itself back into balance. A few seconds of holding tightly to each other and the keyblade, Sora opened his eyes to see that the two were still alive, making him sign in relief as well as chuckle slightly, "That was fun!" He grinned.
Kairi couldn't help but chuckle slightly, "Yeah." He said before looking up at him, "We better get to the others." She suggested as Sora turned the keyblade rider around across the wooden bridge once more.
"We need to think of a pl-" Sora gasped as his claw ached as it glowed, "Oh no."
"What's wrong?" Kairi looked up at him, only to watch him point one of his hands over to the rain clouds, bringing them over them, soaking them completely. "Sora, what are you-"
"The Keyblade will disappear." Sora told her, "Use the rain to help yourself to your safety."
"What?" she gasped. "How do you know this?"
"Because I remember the feeling from Agarbah." He quickly answered as the Keyblade began to shake, nearly throwing Kairi off if Sora didn't grab her to look at her with a passionate look, "If we get separated, our hearts will help find each other again right?" He asked her.
"I won't lose you." She told him.
The Keyblade disappeared from under their feet, sending the two free falling from the storming sky, losing grip of each other as they fell. While Kairi quickly changed into her water element and used the rain to slow down her falling, Sora continued to fall at a fast rate as he couldn't summon his keyblade again. "SORA!" Kairi called out in horror as she walked him fall through the clouds. She quickly used the rain to let her control her way through the sky, falling faster through the clouds once more in an attempt to save her friend.
All I have is you, it is all that I am craving for
All I need is you.
"SORA!" She sped towards her falling friend and grabbed his hand, preventing him to land in one of the Order's army camps where many Endless and Unbirth stood. As soon as she grabbed his hand, she screamed in surprise as she began to lose control of the rain, the rain wasn't enough water to hold the both of them. "Hang on!"
"It won't hold us both!" He said as he looked up at her sadly, "You need to defeat Skullo to free Brian."
"The rain will hold us." Kairi cried slightly, hidden within the rain, as she could tell what was going through Sora's mind. "I can make it work."
"I'm sorry-" He let go of Kairi's hand, "-for everything." He slipped out of her hold while looking up at her sadly.
"NNOOOOO!" Kairi screamed as she tried to grab him again but the amount of weight that had been reduced from losing Sora's grip had made the rain push her upwards, away from him.
I am losing you forever
I am leaving ground forever
The Chinese hero quickly drank a potion, to heal her wounds from the battle against the Unbirths. She had just barely made it out of the mountain path from the attack, the only one that made it across the wooden bridge before the Unbirths cut it, leaving Donald, Goofy and Shang on the other side to get captured by one of the Order members. With her guardian dragon on her shoulders, she ran out of the mountain path as she searched for any sign of Sora and Kairi, seeing the two falling from the sky moments again. Her breathe quicken in a rush to find her friends, she wanted to save Shang, Jun and the others but needed Sora and Kairi's help. She came to a halt as saw the red haired princess collapsed on the floor. "Kairi!"
As Mulan knelled down to Kairi's side, Mushu jumped off of Mulan to look at the two, "Maybe I can help." He offered.
"Forget it!" Mulan told him as she reached for her last potion in her bag, "You've helped enough." She said, referring to Mushu's interference with her, Shang and even Jun. Their attention turned back to Kairi as she began to open her eyes, "Kairi, are you ok?" Mulan asked her.
All I have is you
She groaned in pain, placing her hand on her forehead as her imagined herself flying within the clouds once more, riding on the keyblade as they took out the Grimers only for her mind to flash back on Sora's expression before he let go off her hand, "SORA!" She shot up quickly, making Mulan back away slightly as she looked around hastily, "Where's Sora?"
"Spiky?" Mushu looked at Kairi with a questionable look, "He fell further away. We're not sure where though." The small dragon looked around for another before facing the princess once more, "Um...what happened to your guardian?" he asked.
Kairi turned to look at the dragon in shock from what he had said before looking away dully, "Skullo." She answered before noticing the short number of them, "Where are the others?"
"Captured by Skullo's partner." Mulan sighed sadly, "He took them to the camp, saying that they will meet the same fate as Jun."
"Well, I'm sure that the two of you can save the day." Mushu said with confidence, only for Kairi to lower her head in sorrow as she summoned Oathkeeper.
"Kairi?" Mulan looked at her with worry, not understanding why the item at the end of the keychain seemed to have so much importance.
All I need is you
"We find Skullo." Kairi said with determination, knowing for a fact that Sora would have been captured the minute he fell into the enemy base. She looked up at Mulan and Mushu, "We find the others."
"It's not as easy as you seem to make it." The female warriors shot around to see none other but Skullo facing the horizon within his helmet at the dark storming clouds that shot thunder dangerous out of them. The first thing that the Anger Endless did was move out of the way of Kairi's strike as she began to strike him, he chuckled as he simply stepped back, tripping Kairi up as she went to strike, sending her to the floor once more. "Such anger in the both of you, idiotic to think you can strike me." He chuckled.
"Where are our friends?" Mulan demanded from the Endless as Kairi regained her footing and stood up once more.
"A base near the keyhole." He answered, "Ready to be transported back to another Endless world. I'm sure that the Dark Master will make great us of them." He didn't seem to bothered about revealing there location.
"What about Sora and Brian?" Kairi asked him darkly, pointing Oathkeeper at him.
Skullo chuckled at this, knowing that she was getting more outraged, "Can you feel the burn, Princess?" He asked her, avoiding the question. "Can you feel your blood boil from the mere sight of me? Can you feel anger's power?" She didn't answer but only glared at the solider, making him chuckle louder.
"Where's Jun?" Mulan demanded off of him.
The Anger Endless turned away from the Princess of Heart to speak to Mulan with a confused tone in his voice, "She's not with you?" he questioned. "Our actions have nothing to do with your pupil." He quickly answered before looking at Kairi, "I can inform you though that a simple action from you, Princess, can assure your friends' freedom."
"What do you want from her?" Mushu glared at him from behind Mulan.
"Just for you to gain an audience with the Colonel." He told them, receiving a confused and worried expression from the princess, "If you allow me to transport to Ultimate Castle for one audience with the Colonel, your friends will be freed." He simply explained to them, his claw twitching slightly.
"Everyone?" Kairi asked him, not wanting to be tricked out of losing a friend.
Skullo chuckled once more at the question, "You're smarter than I thought, Princess." He smirked, "Brian will be returning to where he truly belongs but everyone else will be freed and we will leave this world at piece."
"Then the answer is no!" Kairi pointed Oathkeeper at him once more, "I'm not going to let you take him away!"
"Why?" Skullo questioned her, "He's just an Endless!"
"HE'S NOT JUST AN ENDLESS!" She shouted, making Skullo laugh evilly once more. "STOP LAUGHING!"
Skullo commanded the princess before creating a dark red portal behind him, "I see that you have made your decision. If you're that naïve and idiotic to face me for their freedom then by all means follow me through this portal, follow me to the keyhole." Skullo told them angrily, losing his patience. "But let me tell you this, Princess." He growled, "Will you fight with the calmness of the sea at your side or will you burn like the raging flame that is lit within your heart." He questioned her as he walked through the portal. "Your end will come soon either way." He said as he disappeared.
Kairi stared at the portal that would lead them to the keyhole, lead them to Skullo, before facing Mulan, "Are you ready?"
"As much as I want to free Shang and the others as much as you do, are you sure that we can beat him?" Mulan asked her with worry, "We struggled with mere Unbirths and now we have to go against one of their commanders."
"We can do it." Kairi nodded with confidence, "Brian will be under his control, we free him from Skullo's control and we can take him." She watched as Mulan pulled her sword out and smiled back at her, with Mushu giving thumbs up. With that, Kairi and Mulan stepped through the portal to face the anger in one's inflected soul.
A/N: Hey guys! Bit of writer block but I can assure you, more writer block is to come because of the battle. Also sorting stuff for uni so haven't had time. Time for messages:
Lizard Valis: It would be cool if they done it in the game. I would still laugh though if they didn't hehehehe
Ultima- Owner: I like your reviews. ^^ makes me giggle. Ignore the Aqua's kairi mum bit, I'm going through corrections.
Van Pat: Hahahahaha looks like his planned worked though.
Grey vs Ale: That's why Shang is really mad, the wagon was his ice cream wagon lol.
Soragirl4ever: Nooo, don't kill Jun! She's important! Besides, it's fun to prevent them being together. Heheheh. Yep, Nomura will properly do this, if he had set Sora and Kairi together in the first game, we wouldn't really play the game that might cus we wouldn't be waiting for something to happen. Random evil is fun to place in and I'm sure that Nomura would agree heheheh. I just want to get to 100 to be honest ^^ thanks for the review.
Kisdota- The Freak Gamer: I'm sorry for not reviewing, I've been busy lately but I have reviewed your last two chapters. The whole SoraXKairi thing works randomally, if i think of a random moment they could have without ruining the main plot then BAM! It's there.
Necrophiliac666: Glad you are enjoying it so far.
Artism: That will be funny if he did say that. Heheheh
Island-style-girl: Don't worry, my laptop broke last summer and I still haven't got it fixed hehehe glad to hear from you again though ^^
LozzyBoo93: I have faith in it too, just hope that the greed that Square Enix have gathered these last couple of years don't destroy the last thing that is still pure. This is true, if the secrets were given away straight away then the magic will fade away, which is why it's good not to get spoilers. It's a game to grow up with ^^ The final cut scene in KH2 is magically, even if I did watch it the first time at two o'clock in the morning lol. Yep, the kingdom hearts crew are the best...the crew from Demyx time can be alright at times, Zexion still needs to give me my laptop, most of us are cool with each other. Hopfully you can make it, anything can happen at the Excel centre...seriously anything good!
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