Eternal Hope (A Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts 2 fic)

Disc.: I do not own 'Kingdom Hearts 2' or 'Final Fantasy' in any way at all- they belong to their respective creators, this is just a harmless story!

A/N: Here's Ch.2! If you read the first chapter, then you know that Sora has to find a new weapon to use or risk being killed! For those who don't get the title name, it's a play on Serah and Snow's theme from FF13 called 'Eternal Love' by Sugawara Sayuri…please give it a listen- it's absolutely gorgeous! Now then, time to keep calm and flutter on! Here's the next chapter!

Ch.2- New World, New Tactics

To say that everyone was shocked at this particular moment in time would be the understatement of the century. Lightning had no idea what the hell Keyblades were, Vincent had to think of a way to help his mate, and Sora was without a weapon to use…until Lightning found a sword that looked a little worn, but it was still better than leaving the kid defenseless. She approached Sora and literally pushed the sword into his face, a serious expression settling onto her own features.

"Can you use a sword?"

"Y-Yeah."

"That's good to hear. And this way, at least you can defend yourself; now, let's go help those people!"

The three of them then ran across the bridge, weapons at the ready and hoping beyond anything that the people would trust them long enough to let them save their lives.

Sora stayed behind between Vincent and Lightning in the back as they all jumped the gaps and pillars that were in the way, Lightning and Vincent each taking on a PSICOM Warden and their Enforcers while Sora took on a Soldier to test if he could still use a sword.

After taking them out, 2 more Soldiers and what looked to be a robotic panther showed up…and it looked ready to kill.

"That's a Pantheron, be careful you two!" Lightning told them as she moved to block its' attack. After knocking it away from them, Vincent fired off three bullets from Cerberus and easily took it out while Sora took out the Soldiers behind it. When the path became clear again, Lightning pointed to the right and they all headed in that direction as she opened the sliding door; they then headed inside a tunnel, the door locking up behind them.

From what they could see, the tunnel opened onto a platform that was connected by steel cables and had a control panel at the end. Lightning cautiously made her way toward the control panel and began hacking into the system while her companions kept an eye out for anymore enemies that might be heading their way.

After a few minutes, the pink haired woman had secured a route for them to follow and motioned for them to take the stairs nearby. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, more PSICOM Soldiers and 2 more Pantherons showed up to stand in their way, weapons and fangs bared at them as they took them out fairly quickly and continued across the bridge they were on.

At the end of the short bridge, there was a staircase that also had a conduit with a lever. Lightning, Sora, and Vincent carefully made their way up the stairs and the pinkette pulled the lever, which made the platform extend to another bridge with a door.

After opening the door and coming out onto a platform, three PSICOM Wardens, 5 Pantherons, and 8 Soldiers awaited them. The odds were not in their favor, causing Vincent to growl angrily as he cursed their horrible luck.

"Shit, this is not gonna end well for anyone." The raven haired Vessel cursed loudly, the brunette Keyblade Master squeezing his hand briefly before letting go.

"We'll worry about that later; right now, they're coming at us!" Sora said trying to reassure his husband as they got ready for battle, while telling himself that everything would work out in their favor.

(With Snow)

Snow had found himself in many situations before today where he'd either liked the odds or cursed Pulse for being such a fickle bitch. Today just so happened to be one of those days where he hated his life for being thrown into madness without even so much as a heads up.

After jumping over a few small piles of debris, Snow ran across the bridge and right past some Soldiers and Pantherons who didn't even particularly care about him at the moment until he came across a group of survivors who were outnumbered and not faring so well. Snow knew that he couldn't leave them so he decided to lend them a hand.

"Hey guys, need any help?"

One of the survivors looked at the blonde male running towards them, a sigh of relief escaping his lips as he saw that help had finally arrived.

"Hells yeah, you have no idea how much we could use it!"

"Alright, so what's the plan?"

The leader of the band of survivors was about to answer when a rumbling could be felt by all of them. They looked up to see a rather large enemy heading their way, and all of them paled considerably.

"That's a Beta Behemoth!"

"Heh, these guys ain't messing around are they?" Snow asked almost a little too eagerly.

"No, or else they wouldn't have brought this thing out!"

"Good, all the more fun for us!" the blonde haired male yelled as he charged at the enemy, catching the Behemoth off guard when he slid under it and knocked it skywards with a kick. Snow then jumped up and brought a rather hard punch into the Behemoth's skull, cracking its' armor open with a sickening crunch as both landed on the ground before the rest of the survivors finished the beast off with a rain of gunfire.

(Back with Lightning, Sora and Vincent)

After taking out the last of the Soldiers in front of them, all of them stopped to catch their breath and rest for a moment. Apparently, a moment was all they had before a large Mech appeared, guns already aimed at them and ready to shoot. The pinkette held her sword up while Vincent lifted his gun and stood in front of Sora protectively, both of them ready to fight. A bullet hit the Mech causing it to stagger backwards for a moment, all three of them looking back to see a man walking towards them.

Sora thought this man to be rather interesting; he had very dark skin and black curly hair in a strange style and was toting a pair of pistols as he stopped in front of them.

"Thought you guys could use a hand; not that I'm calling you weak or anything, I just thought you needed help with big boy here."

"We appreciate the help, but it's not over yet…it's getting back up." The pinkette said as the Mech stood back up, the strange man stepping forward and looking ready to unload on the enemy.

"Why don't you two (motions towards Sora and Vincent) rest a minute while we take care of this guy here? The name's Sazh, by the way." The dark skinned male told them as he and Lightning charged the Mech, Vincent walking over to his lover and making sure that he was indeed alright.

(Back with Snow)

The blonde male had left his new friends after they'd insisted that they could handle the rest of the enemies by themselves; soon he found himself jumping over more rubble to land on a platform that, for once, was empty other than him. Snow found a junked vehicle that looked salvageable and tried to see what he could work with, thinking that maybe he could use what he found here to get out of this hellish mess that he had been thrown into.

(With Hope and Vanille)

Hope could count the number of times he hated his life on both hands easily. The same could not be said for his companion, who'd introduced herself to him as Vanille Di Oerba; she then dragged him along past a group of enemies who felt no need to waste their time on a couple of kids, and then they found themselves standing inside a Temple.

"I hope we find our way out of here soon." Vanille said, more to herself than the silverette. The two of them managed to sneak past the enemies nearby and soon found a way out.

"Hope, is there anything bothering you? You look like you're concerned about something." The young girl said, her silver haired companion looking at her with a concerned expression on his face.

"Yeah, we need to hurry…I'm worried about my mom." Hope said, making Vanille smile warmly as the boy spoke of his mother. It was almost along the lines of how she felt about Fang, and that was very assuring to her.

"Well, let's get going then!" Vanille said excitedly but quietly so as not to alert the Soldiers they'd snuck past as well as any other enemies lurking nearby.

(Back with Snow)

After salvaging a few grenades from the ruined vehicle, Snow found himself inside the same Temple where Hope and Vanille had just escaped from, beating the enemies he'd come across into a bloody pulp and then blowing the rest of them to kingdom come.

"Well, not much more I can do here…better keep moving."

(Back with Lightning and Co.)

After the Mech had been taken out, Lightning saw a path ahead of them and they all headed towards it, Vincent feeling that the worst was yet to come their way as he held back to keep an eye on Sora; he knew that the both of them were somewhat out of practice after a thousand years, but they'd gotten back into a familiar rhythm. Sora was nervous though, but luckily for him his husband was there to soothe it away as they headed towards what may very well be either a chance encounter or a hellish fight that they may or may not win.

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T.B.C.- I actually managed to squeeze in some more of the first chapter of the game! Hope u guys like it, read and review!