Chapter 142: Jealously
Yells and strikes were heard from the other side of the vine filled room, the grey clouds blocking the skylight growled from above. The only form of light in the room was the low lit flames that were placed around the room, highlighting only parts of the fighters. The light orbs hovering behind Brian lit his features up but only by a little. Sky focused his power on the orbs, making sure that they didn't produce too much light. If he was to put too much power in the orbs, the Colonel could easily re-activate his regeneration ability.
With Ultimate Oath in hand, Brian stood his ground as the Colonel rushed towards, Satin Aid in hand, slamming in the keyblade at a fast speed. The force of the attack had caught the Aversion Endless by surprise, where had this speed come from?! The Colonel's large double edged sword swung in every direction as if he was waving a whip, after a couple of blocks, the Colonel broke through Brian's defence and began to slash at him at a fast rate before kicking him in the midsection, sending him back. "Is this all you've got?!" He voiced filled with rage as he raised his claw into the air. "How about we make this more fun!" He smirked as his claw glowed.
The ground rumbled from below the ground, Sky knelled beside Kairi as he tried to keep his support. Brian only grasped at the ground shock and jumped as fast as he could, watching as forms of leaves and bark emerged from the ground, shooting up into the room as if the room was turning into a forest. As branches formed, Brian quickly jumped from them, as if he was a little grasshopper; the orbs of light had trouble following him due to this. He halted on one of the trees once there was a thick enough branch to deal with his weight. In an amount of seconds, he slammed his flame bursting claw into a hole within that tree and blasts his Outburst attack into it, nearly setting the entire tree on fire.
A hand formed out of the branch itself and gripped onto Brian's ankle, glowing green as soon as it had a grasp. The Aversion Endless' ability cut off as he began to feel the light drain for him, he looked down at the end and broke the branch off the burning tree, freeing him from the absorb ability but sent him falling down the tree. As he fell down, the orbs of light were the only form of energy that allowed him to see around him, aiming himself as he fell between the trees. The wooden arms were shooting from the trees, trying to grab him or fast thrones tried to pierce though him. He could dodge most of the attacks while the orbs broke attacks that the Endless couldn't defend himself against.
As he reached the bottom, the Colonel merged out of one of the trees and tackled Brian to the ground, creating a huge impact into the now converted muddy ground. He stood up and blast his adoptive son across the room with his leaf blast, leading him to crash into the base of one of the trees. He went to slam his blade down on Brian, smirking at the easy win, only for the orbs of light to blind his view, taking his attention away from the injured Endless.
"Owww." Brian groaned as he pushed himself up, aiming his keyblade up as he aimed his claw towards the distracted Colonel. "You like shiny?! Try this! METEOR!" He shot his keyblade forward, getting a huge meteor from his keyblade and claw, striking the Colonel head on as the meteor crashed through to the other side of the room, leaving circle edged burns within trees that was in its path, the trees falling once they were unable to support the weight of themselves. "Yeah!" He cheered before looking over to Sky, seeing that a couple of tree hid him and Kairi slightly. He can't waste time. The longer the two are here, the less chance they have of fully recovering.
He shot down the burn trails that he meteor attack had made, only to be shot back by a green blast. His shoulder shot back from the attack, nearly losing his balance as he looked back at the Colonel. He was clearly heavily damaged from the attack but he had only managed to grab one of the orbs of light that aided Brian and consumed it in whole, healing his injuries completely. "Tasty." He chuckled darkly.
"Brian! Keep the orbs away from him!" Sky grunted into a shout. "I don't exactly have the ability to make more!"
"You think I don't know-" While Brian was shouting back a reply, the Colonel took his chance as he slammed Brian into the vine wall once more before he had crashed his pulsing green claw hard into his chest. "AAhhhhAAHhh!" Brian yelled in pain as the Colonel's claw dug into his chest; absorb the light out of him once more, his eyes turning violet again.
"Give up, Brian!" Colonel dug harder, making the teen scream in pain. "Your life isn't to save theirs." He told him. "You could have had a greater purpose. You could have rule after me. You could have had the power the rule all the worlds!" He stepped back slightly as he dodged Brian's attempt to fireslash him with the keyblade. He struck the keyblade out of his hands and struck him hard in the chest again. "You have wasted your life away!" Another strike. "You are nothing but scum!" Another strike. "I took you in and this is how you repay me?!" His strikes became more vicious.
The orbs of light struck the Colonel once more, beaming away from him to prevent getting grabbed like the first one did. The Colonel halted his attacks and looked at the lights once more. A smirk grew across his face as he turned to Brian and aimed his claw towards him. "Silence." He cast, destroying any form of fire upon the Aversion Endless.
"Brian!" Sky shouted, hearing the silence within the woods themselves, the echoes of the Colonel's laugh and his heavy strikes that made the trees shake. "BRIAN!" He shouted again. Without his help, they won't be any way for him to get him and Kairi out alive. He could only grasp in shock as he watched the Colonel slowly merge out of the tree in front of him. Dropping his support for Brian, he summoned his keyblade in his shaken claw and aimed it at the Colonel. "Stay back." He kept his voice firm but the back of his mind was telling him to run.
"Why should I?" The Colonel rested against the tree he had come through as he smirked at the Light Endless in front of him. "Why do you fight?" He asked him. "You want her dead just as much as I. So, are you here just so you don't lose control of that heart you had just claimed?"
"It's my job!" Sky spoke sharply. "Not yours!"
The Colonel waved his hand to him, gesturing to Kairi. "Do it." He smirked. "If you don't care then do my job for me."
Sky looked back at the unconscious Kairi, his heart strained from the sight of her fallen state. "Will—will I keep control?" He asked him.
The Colonel hummed in response. "The reason you had lost your power in the first place is because the virus…you hadn't fully consumed the heart of its control. Sora was still in control when the deed was done." He explained. "You do this now and you won't become broken."
"HE'S LYING!" Brian yelled, not believing that Sky is turning back on his deal in the middle of the battle. He looked over to Ultimate Oath on the floor. Without Sky's support and with silence cast on him, he had no way to free himself from the vines and remained weaponless. "Right! What's my destiny?" He asked himself as he continued to figure the puzzle out. Thinking of the riddle, he began to come out with answers. "Errrr, I'm the sun, my purpose is golden." Nothing happened. "I have to save the sea so the sky doesn't fall!" Nothing happened. "Damn it!"
The Colonel stood with patience. "What's a matter, Sky?" He mocked. "Can't you do it?"
Sky looked back at Kairi. Sure, now that he had near on full control, he could very well try killing the Princess but the fact that the Colonel was promoting him to do it didn't sit right with him. Besides, he isn't in the best shape to fight if the Colonel wanted to get rid of him afterwards. With his thoughts collected, he spoke. "I'm not following your orders." He spoke darkly as he turned to face him, keyblade rose. "I'm taking you down first!"
The Colonel growled at this. "I see…" He huffed. "You haven't claimed all of Sora's heart." He pointed his claw glow at him, glowing brightly. The intense glow sent Sky back to his feets, his heart aching, his infection flashing. "I can see that you seek freedom!" He spoke, stepping closer to him as he dropped his keyblade. "I can see that the memory in your mind. Of her and him."
Sky grunted at the pain. "That's Sora's pain, not mine. I couldn't give a care in the world." He looked up to see the Colonel approaching him, his sword in hand. He smirked at this.
"A weakness for you so long as you fight for his heart." The Colonel laughed as he lifted his sword above him as he readied himself to strike down. "His jealousy will be the beginning and end of you, Chaos of Light!"
"Like hell it will!" He spat as the blade swung down at him.
The orbs of light returned and struck the Colonel at the side of the head, making him miss his close strike. Taking the opening, Sky dug his keyblade into the Colonel's claw and stuck it in the tree, diming the claw completely and then slammed his own claw into the Colonel's chest. "Heal me!" He spoke darkly as he begun to absorb the Colonel's light and parts of his ability. As he absorbed the light, the deep wound in his chest slowly began to heal, his energy returning to him.
"No!" The Colonel kicked Sky away from him, seeing what he was trying to do. He pulled the keyblade out of his claw, only to be slammed by Sky's claw once more, his energy disappearing. "Away you lynch!" He yelled before disappearing in the tree itself.
"You can't hide now!" Sky smirked darkly, the adrenaline rushing through him. As he was about to rush into battle, he looked back at the comatose Princess of Heart. If he left her side unguarded then the Colonel could past both him and Brian and end the battle right at that spot. It was only then that he heard the yells and swings from the other side of the vines. "That's it." He spoke as he turned to face the vines. He created another orb of light and quickly sent them towards the battle while he picked his spiked kingdom key up and began to slice through the vines himself.
"-I have to-correct the past?" Brian continued with his guests to try and summon the keyblade, only to see that Ultimate Oath remained in place. "What do I do? What do I do?" He began to ask himself, becoming distress as to why he couldn't summon the keyblade to him. "If it's something stupid like make Sora a sandwich then—" In an amount of seconds, the keyblade had returned to his hand. He could only glare at the weapon in his hand before one of the lights floated above the weapon. "Oh thank god!" He gasped in relief before cutting himself free.
The forest shook, the Colonel's laugh echoed throughout the room, making the Aversion Endless shake in place. "That laugh always creeps me out." One of the orbs of light cast 'Esuna' on him, allowing the flames to be lit again upon his body. "Sora!" He shouted. "What happened?!"
Sky halted his movements, seeing that his attack is making some affect in making a doorway. "I absorbed some of his light and he disappeared." He explained. "Now get over here and switch with me. I'll distract the Colonel while you open the doorway again."
"Right!" Brian nodded in agree as he turned to make his way over to Sky.
"You're not going anywhere!"
The Aversion Endless was forced forward from the strikes of the leaf blasts that hit his back. He looked back to see the Colonel in a different yet familiar form. The Colonel's sharp claws dug into the ground from the broken caps of his shoes, his entire skin had turned into a scaly form, in the colours of green and white, his eyes glowed with envy as huge horns had form to protect the side of his face while darken bone form from his forearms, the leaves blew rapidly as they closed in near him, his sword gone, his claws as his weapons. "It can't be…." Brian groaned, memories feeling his head once more. Despite the nature, the form looked identical to Daniel's Outburst mode.
The Colonel chuckled at this as he stepped forward. "To go in this form to deal with kids, oh how it disguises me." He spat as he forced a sharpen bark out of the ground, forcing Brian to lose balance and fall over. "You seemed shocked." He smirked.
Brian remained silent. All of those times Daniel had picked on him, started fights with him in the Order, the reason Angel and the other Devon brothers took him in as if he was their own, the Devil's story….Why didn't he connect it before?" "You're…" He was too shocked to even speak.
The Colonel grunted in shock as he was suddenly attacked by Sky before kicking the Jealously Endless against the tree, where he quickly disappeared. Sky quickly turned to Brian, forcing him off the ground by picking him up with his shirt. "Stop being useless and open the damn path!" He roared at him before teleporting into the trees.
With fast speed, Sky managed to get high in the trees, his corrupted keyblade in hand as he looked around the woods. With his orbs of light supporting Brian's ability to summon the keyblade, he didn't have much to use to provide him sight, only hoping that he would spot the Colonel's Endless energy before he struck. He shot off the branch as a number of spears began to shot at him from within the trees themselves.
I hate feeling like this
I'm so tired of trying to fight this
Hopping from branch to branch, Sky tilted to the side just in time to dodge the Colonel's strike as he emerged from the tree. The infected Keyblade Master slammed his keyblade down that the Endless as their swords began to clash at a rapid speed, keeping each other in pace. Sky felt a vine grab his foot as it pulled his foot slightly, disbursing his balance on the branch itself.
I'm asleep and all I dream of
Is waking to you
Taking his chance, the Colonel slammed the Chaos of Light into the tree, using the vines to trap him, before raising his claw up. "Absorb!" He grinned.
"WIND!" Sky countered.
With strong winds, the Colonel was held in place, preventing him to attack. He could only let the winds push him back into the trees before Sky had a chance to strike once he freed himself.
Tell me that you will listen
Your touch is what I'm missing
"Time to do some trimming." Sky smirked darkly as he increased the winds within the forest. The winds turned sharp, cutting through most of the trees into little pieces, clearly the area slightly. Though he could clearly see that the Colonel was blocking or dodging the attacks, his huge wind attack allowed him to see as the vines were cut and the light from the dim lit flames reflected against the white walls that began to show. It was due to the attack that Brian, along with multiple Meteor strikes, was able to clear the way of the vines, finally allowing Riku and Mickey into the room.
And the more I hide I realize
I'm slowly losing you
As soon as Riku and Mickey had entered the room, it didn't take them long to get involved in the battle as the Colonel tried to absorb their light to heal his wounds. Brian quickly fireslashs him back, freeing the two and blasts him with another Meteor Spell. The Colonel takes the spell but rushes towards the three like an angered bull, spearing the three out of the way. His sighs were on Kairi as he quickly ran over to her to try and finish the job. "DIE!" He growled like a beast.
Comatose
I'll never wake up without an overdose of you
"WIND!" Sky appeared in front of him as blasted him strongly with his cutting blades, sending him back as he dashed into a fast parry once more. After checking on the Princess, the Keyblade Master raced forward as his moves became more aggressive against the Colonel, slamming him into the ground and against the walls.
I don't wanna live
I don't wanna breathe
less I feel you next to me
you take the pain I feel
waking up to you never felt so real
"Get back!" The Colonel roared as he tried to battle the keybearers away from him. Despite all of the years of being an Endless, he hasn't had to deal with hardly any Keybearers as the Order managed to destroy most of them in the future. The sight of Riku and King Mickey battling him against the wall was hard enough as the Wielder of Dawn was supposed to be trapped and the King dead. With Brian in the mix, his heart raged at the disadvantage given, the energy force from him blasting all four away from him.
I don't wanna sleep
I don't wanna dream
'cause my dreams don't comfort me
The way you make me feel
Waking up to you never felt so real
"WHAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL, SORA?!" He raged, his infection glowing rapidly, looking at the others for the answer. "WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL?!" He demanded once more. "You're just a kid. You have your whole life to experience. I HAD A FAMILY! I WAS A LEADER!" He yelled, sounding hurt in his voice. "WHAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL THAT THE VIRUS HASN'T TAKEN YOU WHOLE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE LOSES EVERY THINK THEY HOLD DEAR?!"
Sky remained silent as he raised his keyblade directly at the distressed Colonel. "I don't know." He spoke with honestly, his eyes turning blue. "I'm sorry for what you have lost. I wished they were a way to bring them back…." He spoke with sympathy, though he kept his guard up.
Breathing life
Waking up
My eyes
Open up
The Colonel roared at his comment. "Don't you DARE give me sympathy! I don't want it!" He charged as he dove straight at the Light Heart-struck, his claw tilted as he dove his hand into the injury he had caused beforehand with his sword.
"SORA!" Riku aim the Kingdom Key at the Endless and shot the beam at the Colonel, making him grasp but not enough as he began to drain Sky's light, healing his wounds. "We need to balance him!" He told the others.
"Right!" Mickey nodded as he quickly joined into the attack; the Colonel dropped to his knees but dragged Sky down with him, as he continued to drain him down to the bone. "Riku! The King called out.
"Brian!" Riku shouted over to, the corner of his eye seeing the keyblade in his hands.
Oh how I adore you
Waking up to you never felt so real
"Right!" Brian aimed Ultimate Oath at the Colonel and charged the beam. As he was about to fire, the keyblade disappeared from his hands, along with the orbs of light that were supporting him summoning the weapon. "NNOOO!" Brian quickly rushed in, his claw covered in flames as he tried to free his friend.
Oh how I thirst for you
Waking up to you never felt so real
The Colonel smirked as he used his spare hand to bounce Brian back with his barrier, laughing at the Aversion Endless' attempt of recuse. "There is nothing you can do."
Oh how I adore you
(Comatose)
Riku and Mickey watched in despair as the Colonel stood up from his attack, completely healed yet fidgeting from the beams from the keyblades. He held the unconscious Sky in his claw before he dropped him to the ground, watching him fall like a ragdoll. The Colonel only laughed at the sight. "One down….." He smirked.
"SORA!" Riku, Mickey and Brian yelled in unison. Frightened on how pale and still their friend was becoming.
Ohhhhhhhh
The way you make me feel
Waking up to you never felt so real
The Colonel could only laugh as he felt one more beam strike him, sending him to his knees as he looked back at the culprit in hand. "You woke up too late, Princess. Just like last time." He laughed madly as the sight of Kairi, leaning against the wall for support for her to aim her keyblade at him with the little strength she has left. The three keybearers dropped their beams as they started to see signs that the Colonel's powers had faded.
Riku was the first to rush by Sky's side, leaning the teen up as he gave his friend a phoenix down and mega elixir. "Sora! Wake up! SORA!" He shook his friend, hoping to gain a response.
Brian quickly opened the portal to Little Devon before looking at the King. "This will take us to my brother's world, your majesty." He explained to him as he handed the small mouse King a pair of magically cuffs. "We need to hurry."
From the sight of the cuffs, the Colonel raised a brow, one that was changing back to its original colour. "Do you really think that taking me to Little Devon is a bright idea?" He questioned.
Brian continued to walk over to Kairi as he responded. "You have a lot of answers to give me." He simply said before turning his attention towards the Princess of Heart, seeing that she was dropping out of consciousness once more. "C'mon Kairi." He lifted her into his arms, supporting her head against his chest. "It's over."
Kairi only muttered 'Sora' before she fell unconscious.
BOWBOWBOW
When the team had returned to Little Devon, everything had happened so fast. Due to the state of Sora and Kairi, Kyle had to quickly take to two in as quickly as possible to heal them, gain a status report and to supply the now readied cure. Daniel had quickly secured the balanced Colonel into a secure room before being taken away by King Mickey to have a few words.
Everyone else was in the front room, waiting for the news that their friends were going to be alright. Hikari stood by Riku, watching him pace around the room impatiently, Donald and Goofy waited quietly for news, Max could only give Brian a tap of support on the shoulder before he was sent out with Zidane. Brian leaned against the wall, his heart worrying for Sora and Kairi but his mind set on the Colonel's room, so many questions…
The medical door from upstairs opens, the sounds of heavy footsteps followed as Kyle emerged from the shadows, removing the latex gloves and covered his eyes from the tiredness. "Hey…" He grabbed everyone's attention.
"Are they alright?!" Riku literally jumped over the multiple sofas and projector to get close to Kyle, awaiting the news.
Kyle took a deep breath before answering. "Kairi has fallen into a deep sleep. I'm not sure when she will wake up."
Brian only shook his head at the news, such news was something they were trying to avoid in the first place. They wanted to save Kairi but all they did was to give her the step above death. "Damn it!" He cursed, slamming his fist into the wall.
"Riku…" Hikari looked at the silver head in concern, feeling his body was slightly shaken from the news.
Riku took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions as he looked back at Kyle. "What about Sora?" He asked, more with an upset and angered tone. "Did the cure work? Do I get my friend back?" He asked.
Kyle shook his head. "No….you don't."
Everyone froze from those words, the words that everyone hoped they didn't hear.
Everyone's journey has all has been for nothing.
A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter. Damn uni work and damn battles ¬¬ Sorry this chapter is late once more. Next chapters should be interesting though. But I want to know from you guys before I post the next chapter…..the Balances series is supposed to be two stories, this one and the prelude. Due to Dream Drop Distance, I could try and place another story after this one. Lemme me know what you think?
Have a good time guys
Name: Devil
Emotion: Jealously
Ability: Cure, Absorb
Theme: Comatose by Skillet
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