Chapter 14: Radiant Garden.
Everyone was excited about visiting Radiant Garden; Terra, Aqua and Ventus as they had a lot of cathching up to do and the others as it was a beautiful world to visit.
After leaving Disney Castle Sora had regained his Monochrome Keychain which was worse than his Guardian Bell Keyblade so he left his Keyblade the way it was.
Mark and Phillipa however obtained the Counter Pont Keyblade which was slightly better than their Hero's Crest Keyblade so they attached the Keychains to their respective weapons and tested them out slightly.
When the gang reached Radiant Garden they landed gracefully in front of Merlin's house. The twon had changed drastically since Sora had visited it last, no longer where there any building equipment or broken parts: the restoration of Radiant Garden was complete.
When the gang entered Merlin's house they soon found themselves on the business end of various weapons. The gang all put their hands up in surrender. "Prove it is you and we won't kill you." Leon ordered.
"At the final keyhole you said 'we may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other.'" Sora quoted.
"Aqua, Ven and I were here ten years ago and defeated a giant Unversed for you." Terra reported.
"Roxas and I are remnants of Sora, so we have his memories. When Sora first fought you in Traverse Town he thrashed you. Yet fainted afterwards." Xion told the tall man.
Roxas was about to talk when a plume of white smoke appeared, when it dissipated it deposited an old man with long white hair, a long white beards, long blue robes and a long stick. "Ah, Sora it is good you are here there is this new Heartless that is going around Radiant Garden and impersonating various people, now I can tell who's who because of the spells I cast over this world, however I am just one man, and an old one as well, so I need you and your friends to slay this creature before it causes chaos." Merlin explained to a slightly swaying Sora.
Mark came forward and steadied Sora saying. "Of course sir, where was it last seen."
"The last time I saw it, it was heading towards the castle in the guise of Lea, and since Lea isn't here it would be east to access."
"Aye, that be true." Xion laughed smiling at the old man.
"Indeed dear, now I must warn you, you must make haste as the Keyhole of this world has not been locked yet (Sora opened his mouth to speak) yes you locked a Keyhole, but not the Keyhole itself, hurry before it reached the Keyhole." Merlin warned the gang thrusting his wand forwards and accidently teleporting half the gang to…
~The Bailey~
the Bailey. The Bailey was quite this time of day except for the continuous whirring of the strengthening machine. However the peace was disturbed when out of nowhere five people appeared. They went by the names of Sora, Riku, Terra, Ventus and Aqua. "Where to now? It looks like the middle of the Town Square." Terra told Sora.
"It does look beautiful." Sora commented before walking towards the big golden gates. "Come on."
"Hold it!" A voice said behind the gang who turned around to see a familiar figure.
"Lea?" RIku asked the red headed man in front of him.
"That's me, commit it to memory." The man said. Immediately Sora and Riku knew this wasn't Lea, Lea says "Got it memorised?" not "Commit it to memory." Sure it meant the same but it wasn't his catchphrase.
However, to make the enemy underestimate them Riku commented casually. "How you been Lea? Last I saw you were in Twilight Town hunting heartless with me."
"Yup I remember that too." 'Lea' replied in a fluctuating voice.
Now Sora and Riku may have wanted to make the Shape-shifter underestimate them but Ven would have nothing of it. "Reveal yourself you git!" Ven ground out at the 'man' who burst into laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Suddenly the figure of Lea melted away leaving a small heartless with mismatching colours all over its Chameleon-like body, the Heartless sigil on its forehead. However the shape shifter changed again into the Riku Replica. "Now, 'real thing', let's see if you've truly overcome the darkness!" Riku Replica (Shape Shifter) yelled at Riku summoning a colour switched version of Soul Eater while raising an invisible shield around him and Riku.
"Agreed." Riku replied lazily summoning his Keyblade which had taken the look of Oblivion.
Riku vs. RIku Replica (Shape Shifter) (RRSS)
Riku ran towards RRSS and attempted to slash straight through him only for RRSS to Block and counter causing Riku to lose a bit of health. However RRSS didn't account for the Dark Firaga Ball RIku had just shot at him hitting him in the face.
However a few minutes into the fight things were looking bad for RIku as he was well low on health so he activated Dark Aura which allowed him to teleport around RRSS and attack him from all sides ten times before slamming into the causing plumes of darkness to leave the ground which caused RRSS to go down to a fifth of its health where he took no more damage from Riku.
End Fight.
Suddenly RIku found himself in Sora's place looking into the arena where the Shape Shifter replaced its appearance with that of Kairi. What made what Kairi (Shape Shifter) say next even worse was the soft tone she used. "So Sora, you thought you could travel with hussies and I wouldn't find out? You're gonna di-ie." Kairi sang slightly summoning a dark version of Destiny's embrace.
Sora vs. Kairi (shape shifter) KSS.
KSS ran towards Sora and leapt into the air bring the dark 'Keyblade' down only to be stopped mid-flight by a large tornado that Sora had just summoned, at the end of the command move KSS was down on her knees which allowed Sora to try out Shot lock again. When he reached maximum locks he released the power. Sora discovered his Shot-lock had changed, it now allowed him to send 18 zigzagging white lines at KSS who took the full brunt of the attack and more from the follow on attack.
When KSS was down to 3/5 health Sora approached her, and spitting on her he said. "How dare you take her appearance?"
End fight.
This time it was Terra who was transported into the arena. KSS melted to be replaced by Master Eraqus who summoned a completely black version of Master Keeper "You were like a son to me Terra, yet you followed MX in his quest for superiority over the worlds, I hereby declare you unfit to be my student so therefore you must be taken care of." Master Eraqus (Shape Shifter) told Terra smirking evilly.
Terra vs. Master Eraqus (Shape Shifter) (MESS) (I just realised what that spells)
"Obey your Master!" MESS yelled throwing balls of darkness at Terra who blocked them and sent them back at MESS who dodged out of the way and started attacking Terra relentlessly.
When MESS finished Terra yelled. "How dare you!?" before rushing at MESS and activated Transcendence which caused MESS to bounce around the local area nono-stop. When Terra's attack was finished he used Ultima Cannon on Mess depleting him to 2/5 health.
End Fight.
Next it was Aqua's turn and she faced Ventus (Shape shifter) who smirked and asked in Ven's voice "You thought I loved you? You mistaken idiot, I don't love you, I never did, in fact I hate you."
Aqua looked at Ventus (Shape shifter) with burning blue eyes. "You are going down!" she yelled summoning her Keyblade which had taken a new form, the Keyblade was dominated in green the teeth at the top spiralled outwards and the Keychain was a green Wayfinder.
Aqua vs Ventus (Shape Shifter) VSS.
Aqua rushed at VSS holding Stormrage in a threatening manner completely befitting her status as a Keyblade Master. When Aqua reached VSS he didn't even have time to block the four Firaga's Aqua had fired at point-blank range at him.
When the smoke cleared VSS was running full tilt at Aqua who blocked the proceeding strike with Renewal Barrier, she immediately countered Counter Blast sending VSS backwards ten paces. When VSS stood up he was extremely angry so in retaliation he sent an unblock able Fission Firaga at Aqua which exploded on contact depleting most of her health. When Aqua managed to stand up she quickly healed herself with a Curaga and slashed at VSS as he ran at her the hit caused one of the Heartless's hands to fall off.
End Fight.
VSS fell to his knees and the barrier dropped allowing everyone to approached and kill him with their respective weapons. "That was fun." Aqua told the others grinning.
Terra and Ven laughed "Sure was, never before has an enemy been so challenging." Ven said to the others.
"Anyway, we need to lock the Keyhole, right?" Terra asked the others who nodded and walked towards the castle.
Unfortunately the walk was uneventful. However when they reached the castle they nearly ran straight into Even who was just leaving for whatever reason. "Ah, the Keyblade wielders and, if I am correct, which incidentally I always am, then two Keyblade masters." When Evens' eyes scanned over the small group he spotted Ventus. "Ah, Ventus I haven't seen you in ten years, I am pretty sure your return is a tale worth telling, however I am actually in a rush it seems we have run out of Arsenic for the Laboratory, so I wish you good luck and again thank you again for you noble action." With that Even, former nu. IV of the Organisation walked off in search of Arsenic leaving behind a very confused group.
"Huh." Ventus exclaimed. "You don't see that everyday."
"No, you don't." Riku sighed. "Come on then." And so the group proceeded through the castle defeating the low-level Heartless got in their way easily. When they reached Ansem the Wise's study they were surprised to see a Dark Portal appeared.
Inside a voice was rambling. "Why, must I do this again? That's right Mr. Master Yen Sid wants me to lock the f****** Keyhole, I really wish Sora was here." From the Dark Portal a man with a womanly figure, green eyes and spiky red hair stepped out and looked at the group. "YES, the worlds' are smiling down on me today!" Lea exclaimed. "Where's the others?"
~Earlier~
Merlin had just accidentally teleported the little group to the Town Square. "Oops." Merlin said. "Ah well, happens to everyone." He then looked at who was left. "Phillipa, I want you to follow me and practise your magic." Merlin told Phillipa who nodded. "Mark, I want you to go outside and practice summoning your Glider."
"Will do." Mark said stepping outside and summoning his Keyblade.
"Roxas and Xion, I want you two to go on an actual date. I suggest the fountains which are to the left from here. Just follow the path until you reach the Fountains." Merlin told Roxas and Xion who nodded, held hands and walked off towards the Fountains, nearly getting clobbered on the head by Mark's Keyblade as he tried and failed to summon a Glider.
Roxas pulled out Keyblade uses for Dummies and handed it to Mark saying. "That should help." Before intertwining his hand with Xion's and walking towards the Fountains.
~With Phillipa~
Phillipa meanwhile was in Merin's attic practising her magic on moving and stationary targets.
By the time she finished she was completely knackered.
~With Mark~
Meanwhile Mark read through the chapter of Keyblade uses for Dummies that explained how to summon a Glider, the next time he threw his Keyblade into the air it turned into a Glider, the Glider was a mixture or red & green, it had a long shaft which had a mount on it that held a one man machine gun with never ending bullets. Where the others had to stand Mark had an armchair, so it was like flying a dog-fighter, it even looked like one.
~With Roxas and Xion~
UNSUITABLE FOR UNDERAGE AUDIENCE!
KINGDOM HEARTS IS A CHILDRENS GAME, SO ALL WHO MAKE CHARACTERS PERFORM THE HORIZONTAL CHARLESTON ARE DISTURNED IN THE HEAD, I AM NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE!
Trust me, you do not want to know what they are doing, I'll just say that without that condom, they would have had a little girl.
~Back with the rest of the gang~
By now the gang, now with Lea had entered the Computer Room. Lea approached the Computer and typed in the required passwords. Below the Keyblade wielders a large rumbling started. When the gang looked down they saw that the floor had slid open. "Wow!" Terra and Ven gasped.
Overall it took nearly half an hour to reach the bottom. At the end of a long corridor adorned with with white cell doors was a large door (I'm sorry I don't know what the chanber of Repose looks like) entering the room Aqua immediately rushed to a Keyblade stuck in the ground. "Ugh." Aqua grunted pulling it out of the ground. As if on cue a Keyhole appeared in front of her everyone including Lea raised their Keyblades and pointed them at the Keyhole sending five white beams of light at it and one red light at it.
When the lightshow of locking the Keyhole died down Lea summoned a Corridor of…Light? Yes instead of the normal Dark corridor this one was made completely out of light. "That happens when you used to be in the Darkness meaning you can create a corridor, but once you have proven you are a protector, then it is a light corridor and not a Dark one. I think that was our first lesson." Aqua explained to the group who nodded.
"Well, enough chin-wagg…" However Lea didn't continue as he spotted Ventus. "Well, if it ain't Ventus, hey there mate."
"Alright, I suppose Lea, and yes I got it memorised." Ven replied grinning.
"Excellent, let's go."
So the Keybladers walked through the Corridor of Light and appeared in Merlin's house.
~In Merlin's house~
The other members of the gang were currently sitting in the living room in different states: Phillipa was exhausted so she slept in Merlin's bed which had beard hairs. Mark was bleeding slightly after crashing when he tried to fly his Glider, but he got the hang of it in the end. However, on completely the other end of the scale Roxas and Xion were just sitting down whispering to each other and laughing every now and then.
The mood was ruined when a white light in the same style as a corridor of Darkness appeared. Stepping out first was a very excited Sora, followed by the rest of the gang who were being more sensible. "Hey guys, how have you been?"
"Brilliant." Roxas and Xion replied in unison before continuing their snogging session, only to be broken apart when Cid physically pulled them apart muttering 'bloody kids.'
"Alright I guess, I managed to summon my Glider, but I crashed until I got the hang of it. I even told the girl whose room I crashed into it was an accident." Mark said murmuring the last part.
"Exhausted." Phillipa replied. "I hurt all over."
Riku smiled kindly at the girl giving her a potion returning her to full health. "We need to go guys." Lea told them, "at least I am joining you this time." Despite grinning everyone looked at each other as if the world was coming to an end, they could have sworn they heard a woman scream in the distance. Unknown to them the woman who screamed had just dropped her favourite mug, it was the one with the Radiant Garden Football Club signatures on them.
Everyone stood up with a 'goodbye' to the others who replied. "Come back soon!"
"We will!" Everyone replied summoning their glider, however Lea had to go with Terra since he didn't have a Glider and Terra's was he only one who could take his weight.
~Meanwhile~
MX was furious, he had made that shape-shifter from scratch to not only demoralise the Keybladers but to make them easier to read and yet it had failed him.
So MX, went to the Area the Releaves stress (AKA is bedroom) and performed 'surgery' on him self, in other words he cut himself like a depressed person would.
End chapter
Current party: Sora, Riku, Roxas, Xion, Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Mark, Phillipa and Lean
MUCH LONGER! 2765 words! That's over 1000 longer than my last chapter.
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