OH MY HOLY, GODLY, FUCKIN' SHIIIIIITTTT! ALL OF THESE NEW KINGDOM HEARTS 3 TRAILERS! THE GREAT HYYYYYPES!
I'm sorry guys, but I am just so excited with the new Kingdom Hearts game that is coming out soon. After watching all these trailers of the game, with more questions being asked, more mysteries being revealed, it is hard to contain all this excitement! All you Kingdom Hearts fans out there know how I feel, right?! Right?! They make it impossible to wait! All these trailers are not helping at all! UGH! It just gets me more excited and sad! Excited because I'm a Kingdom Hearts fan! Sad because I do not have the console to play the game in! UUUUUGGGGHHHHHH! Why does life have to be so mean?!
Ahem. Anyway, with that out of the way and out of my system, let us start this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or Kingdom Hearts. I do not own Guthrie and Allen. Well, actually I kind of do own him.
*OPENING*
Let's fly to the sky
(The sun rises as Merry sails across the ocean)
There's not a single cloud in the sky
(All the current Straw Hats watched the sun rises, Luffy on the figurehead)
Let's fly to the sky. (It's time to fly around) Catch the perfect breeze for you
(The camera faces the sky as the title appears on the screen)
Paint the sky with (Let's go to the wonder world) imagination that no one's ever seen
(Camera faces back to the Going Merry as everyone went on with their peaceful business)
OH! OH! Even if it's too dazzling (Come on)
(Xion looked up and saw Marines ahead of them and warned everyone)
OH! OH! under the sun
(They all prepared themselves for battle. Marines fired cannon balls at them)
OH! OH! If it's you, you can make it! Throw away your pride and FLY!
(Luffy, Zoro and Sanji sent the cannons back at them. Usopp fired a cannon of their own with Xion, in her Wisdom Form, unleashed Triple Firaga at them, followed by a Thundaga, clearing their path)
Everyday is plain!
Real talent makes the world go round
(Going Merry sailed through the smoke. Everyone looked content as they enjoyed the sea breeze)
Deceit won't work anymore.
(Scene changed to Jaya in Mock Town, as camera faced each of the Blackbeard Pirates.)
Mayday, the red light is stopping you too
(Scene changed to Cricket's home, showing Cricket with Masira and Shojo side by side.)
Lend me an ear! And I'm gonna stick on my RAP! Wussup!
(Guthrie fights against some pirates and Heartless. One tried to sneak up on him and Chirithy knocked it away.)
"From tomorrow on I'll get serious!"- seriously cut it out with excuses like that
(Allen danced as he dodged the attacks of the pirates and attacked them at the same time)
Increase your money with your dream! Time is money like NASDAQ!
(The Straw Hats looked at Cricket's gold and searched for the South Bird)
When will you do it boy? It's now or never man! This is the moment, right?
(The crew then arrived at the Knock Up Stream and went to the skies.)
Everybody put ya hands in the air and clap ya hands like this like that
Clap ya hands everybody! Everybody just clap ya hands!
(Scenes quickly changed to different scenes. Xion and Guthrie crossed blades, Luffy's one-hit KO on Bellamy, the group trying to catch the South Bird, then finally their first encounter with the Shandia Warriors)
Let's fly to the sky (It's time to fly around) Catch the perfect breeze for you
(The Straw Hat Pirates arrived on Skypiea and were approached by the White Berets and fought them)
Paint the sky with (Let's go to the wonder world) imagination that no one's ever seen
(Scene changed to the group in the Upper Yard fighting against Heartless, Shandians and Priests)
OH! OH! Even if it's too dazzling (Come on)
(Scene changed to Xion fighting against Larxene)
OH! OH! under the sun
(Changed to Guthrie and Allen teaming up against the Nobodies)
OH! OH! If it's you, you can make it! Throw away your pride and FLY!
(Changed to Luffy battling Eneru. In a flash of light, opening ends with all of Straw Hats on Merry, facing the camera)
Last time:
"You damn puppet... You're asking for it now!" She summoned out her Me Me Bunny and fused with it.
If her being cloaked in electricity earlier didn't seem frightening, it did now. Especially with this demonic aura surrounding Larxene, her antenna-like strands of hair growing much longer, that it reached the ground. Not only that, her eyes glowed dangerously red and her nails turned into claws and poked out of her gloves.
"You won't... get away this time!" Her antennae strands all stretched to some branches, as she slingshotted her towards Xion.
Recalling Desert Nakama, she placed both arms behind her and shouted, "Firaga and Aeroga!" With a mix of her strongest fire and wind magic, she was rocketed all the way to the beanstalk at high speed.
"You can't escape from me!" Larxene shouted, as she suddenly became lightning and shot towards Xion at lightning fast speed.
*MEANWHILE, WAYS AWAY FROM THEM*
"Nami, get going!" Guthrie repeated to the navigator.
"Okay. Stay alive, all of you!" she shouted. And with that, she drove the waver up the vine, after Luffy.
"Is Xion-nee okay?!" Chopper questioned, looking about.
"She's got her own fight to take care of," Allen answered, turning away from Wyper and readying himself for battle. "We got our own to handle!"
"Let's show God and the Organization who they are dealing with!" Guthrie roared.
With that, they took off at both directions to fight their enemies. Guthrie, Ussop and Chopper went after the Heartless, while Allen, Robin and Zoro challenged the Dusks. Pierre and Sanji were still unconscious. Chirithy stuck close to Aisa and Ganfall, the Shandian girl looking at Wyper as he watched lightning fall onto his land, destroying anything it struck.
Up above, Nami raced along the vine, while Luffy was far ahead, only thinking about taking out Eneru before he gets his hands on the golden bell.
Heading over to the beanstalk, Xion was now trying to avoid all the lightning that was raining down from above, while Larxene gladly welcomed the strikes, getting more and more powerful and shooting herself towards Xion at a faster rate than before. Eneru was cackling as he watched his work destroying the land.
"Strike Raid/Exploding Star!" Guthrie and Ussop's combined attacks destroyed a few Heartless, but more came in their place.
"Heavy Gong!" Chopper shouted, in his Heavy Point form as he slammed his fist into a Large Body, sending it bowling into ten Shadows, destroying them all.
"Strike!" Chirithy cheered.
"Santouryuu: Tatsu Maki!" Zoro unleashed a tornado of energy that sent several Dusk into the air, destroying them at the peak.
Several more came at Zoro from all around, but suddenly, hands formed on their bodies, binding them in midair. "... and Twist!" Robin called out, and she made her arms twists the bodies of the Dusks far beyond their usual flexible ranges, causing cracking noises and killing them on the spot. Zoro looked back at the archeologist of the crew, who smirked back at him, knowing he would say that he could've taken care of it.
Meanwhile, Allen, whose Dials were reloaded thanks to Guthrie, was using his dance moves and his lightning sword to take down the Dusks, but more and more just kept coming out in their place. There were even new ones that took forms of weapons, which Chirithy explained were called 'Creepers'.
"They just keep coming, one after another!" Allen panted, going back to back with Guthrie at one point.
"True, but look there," Guthrie pointed out a scene to one side of them. Allen looked and saw a Yellow Opera strike a bolt down at a Dusk, only for it to spin around the attack and whip the Heartless out of existence. "Seems like Heartless and those other beings don't get along, do they?"
"No, but that doesn't change the fact that we're their prime target!" Allen stated, ducking as a Creeper transformed into a spear and jabbed at him, only for him to use a Flame Dial to burn it away.
Ganfall was trying to protect Aisa with his lance, which Guthrie did bring up with them before. A Shadow tried to get at him from behind, but Chirithy head-butted it out of existence. "I may not be able to fight like a normal Dream Eater, but I'll do whatever I can!" he declared.
Aisa looked to Wyper, who still stood in one place amongst all the chaos ensuing around him. He had not made any movement since he stood up.
"Wyper, what are you doing?!" she demanded. "You should be fighting with Allen and everyone! Please, Wyper!"
"Eneru..." Wyper growled. "What gives you the right to take away everything we know?"
"Why don't you just stop getting angry at him for the moment and help us out?!" Allen demanded, doing a breakdance spin with Axe Dials on his skates. "For goodness sake, you're a warrior of Shandia! The descendant of Calgara! For once in your life, I'm asking you to act like him!"
Suddenly, a couple blasts of lightning came in very close to where the team fought, slamming on the clouds and on the ruins below. They were fortunate to avoid the head-on blast, unlike several of the Heartless and Nobodies. However, the shockwaves definitely cause them trouble, making Chopper, Chirithy and Ussop tumble, while Ganfall used his own body to block the shockwave from Aisa, who held onto his leg in a panic. Everyone else endured the shockwaves while staying on their feet. Eneru was seriously dealing some heavy damage.
Robin regained her footing and looked up at the Ark Maxim in the sky. "He's far above, now. It's only a matter of time before his ship reaches the top of the vine."
"It's only a matter of time before he reaches the golden bell," Guthrie muttered, using Aeroga to blast away the Heartless all about him.
"A bell?" Ganfall echoed, confused by this. This caught Wyper's attention.
"Yeah. It's what us, Shandians, have been after for centuries," Allen explained, taking a moment as Zoro was chopping down the remaining Dusks and Creepers. "The Fire of Shandia. The golden bell we've been searching for is at the top of the vine. And Eneru is trying to get to it."
Aisa and Wyper looked shocked at this.
"Are you certain of this?" the latter demanded. "Is what our ancestors been looking for actually up at the top of Giant Jack?"
Allen nodded in response. "Guthrie and Robin have confirmed its whereabouts."
"Are you guys seriously having this conversation while we're fighting for our lives here?!" Ussop demanded, then seeing a bunch of Heartless approaching him, screamed in panic as he sent a flurry of Exploding Stars at them.
"The ruins of Shandia are on the layer directly beneath us," Robin explained. "The giant beanstalk pierces the very center of the city."
"Right. That's where the gold bell was suppose to be at, right?" Chirithy asked, racing to the edge the hole separating them from Giant Jack, looking at the ruins below. "Holy cow! Those lightning bolts did a number down there!"
"In the ruins, I found a map of the city that showed the location of the grand belfry that holds the golden bell," Robin continued. "It indicated that it could be found at the heart of the ancient city. To put it simply, the force of the impact with the vine must've sent the bell skyward to its present location."
Guthrie and Chopper had just cleared out the last of the Heartless that were remaining after the lightning, as the former added, "And based on the stories, it became the singing voice that everyone heard four hundred years ago. The one that started the war between the Skypieans and Shandians for Upper Yard." He looked at Ganfall, Aisa, Wyper and Allen, as he finished, "And Eneru is going to grab it before either party could."
Wyper growled as he looked to Giant Jack. He started to walk over to it when he stumbled and fell to his hands and knees. He coughed up some blood as Aisa and Allen quickly went to him. "Wyper, are you alright?!" Aisa asked him.
"Wyper, I know what you are planning, but you are in no condition to climb up Giant Jack!" Allen told him off. "Luffy and Xion are already close to the top themselves. Let them handle things!"
Ussop suddenly looked up and, using his head binoculars to get a better look at what was coming, shouted, "Everyone! Get away from the beanstalk! Something's falling!" Everyone looked up and ran just as a part of the top of the beanstalk suddenly fell down towards where they stood. It sank head-first into the cloud, almost hitting the Ussop and Chirithy in the process.
"What is that?!" Chopper asked, seeing what was in the cloud.
"The top of the stalk!" Robin gasped. "What's happening up there?!"
"Looks to me like someone doesn't want us to get to the original top of the stalk!" Guthrie assumed, looking about. "I don't see Luffy, Xion or Nami fall with it. Hopefully they're still okay."
"Wyper!" Aisa cried, and the team looked to see him rise back up again, grasping his bandaged arm. "No, you can't go! Not in this condition!"
"She's right," Allen agreed. "Look at yourself! Even though Guthrie healed you twice, you are still in bad condition. You have to let it go and leave it to those who are still up there!"
Wyper seemed to refuse to listen as he looked up the stalk. "The bell..." he moaned, sweat pouring down his face. "It's directly above us... Great warrior Calgara... longed to hear its sound!"
"Great warrior Calgara?" Aisa echoed, confused.
"Right. The stories..." Allen muttered, recalling the day when he and Wyper once heard the story about their ancestor, the great warrior Calgara and a friend he had. "He was trying to light the fire of Shandora. That was what we were meant to do..."
"Eneru, I swear to you that you will never take the bell!" Wyper barked, slumping to his knees as they gave way.
There was a moment's pause as they looked to Wyper, a man desperate to fulfill a goal that was set four hundred years ago by his ancestor. A goal that was also shared by all Shandorians. Yet, even now, they were helpless to do anything to get to the bell compared to those who were in the sky.
*BACK TO XION*
'Just a little further...' the Keyblade wielder thought, as she closed in on the beanstalk, all while avoiding the pursuing Larxene. When the blonde seemed to be able to reach her, Xion adjusted her arms to avoid her somehow. 'If I can just get to that ring of cloud around that beanstalk, I can fight Larxene with everything I got! No holding back! But that is if that ring of cloud is walkable, like Cloud Beach. It's a huge gamble, but it's one that I will take!'
Xion then noticed Eneru's ark raising to the ring of cloud she was heading towards. A lightning bolt rained down on it and struck through the cloud, hitting the City of Gold down below. 'That guy really wants to destroy Sky Island, doesn't he?!' she thought. 'But even though, at least that confirmed my thoughts. Other than that though, Luffy, what the hell are you doing? Hurry up and beat that bastard Eneru already!'
When she got to the cloud, the least she expected were destroyed debris on top of it and...
"LUFFY?!" she gasped in shock, watching as her captain rushed up the bean stalk above her to the ark, with a huge, golden ball attached to one of his arms.
Next she knew, lightning struck the top part of the stalk. Luffy leapt higher and managed to avoid it. But that didn't save him from the fall he was going to experience, for the lightning struck and destroyed part of the plant and caused it to timber.
Xion just stood there on the cloud, not knowing how to take in what she had just seen.
'What the hell happened while I was gone... again?' she wondered.
'I hope you realize you don't really have the time or luxury to be dumbfounded, correct?' Voice asked her.
Almost on cue, Larxene appeared behind her and smacked her away with her hair at great force, sending her flying into what was left of a building.
"Too bad for you. Looks like this little game of cat and mouse comes to an end now," the blonde said. "Especially thanks to all this boost I got when Eneru was busy destroying this whole place." With a flick of her wrist, her hand was covered in electricity, which formed into claws.
Xion got up from the debris she crashed into, rubbing her head as she did so. "Okay... New form, same or less defense. Noted," she muttered to herself. Xion looked up just in time to see Larxene about to attack her with her lightning claw. The ravenette quickly leaned back and casted an Aeroga spell to blow her opponent away. The moment she had some breathing room, she called out her Keyblade and started shooting out some more of her magic bullets. Unlike before however, Larxene disappeared before the shots could hit her.
The Keyblade wielder quickly glided away from her spot, not knowing when and where Larxene would appear. That proved to be futile, when she felt something punched her in the face, knocking down.
'What?!' Holding her bruised cheek, she looked around and saw no one with her. She then felt something kick her hard in the gut, causing her to be sent flying into the bean stalk. It was then she realized Larxene didn't disappear; she just got too fast for her to follow.
"What happened to all that big talk?" she heard around her. "In the end, a bluff is a bluff! You're coming back with me one way or another!"
A crash was then heard and Xion turned, guard up, only to see her captain there. "Yosh! My plan worked!"
"What the hell are you doing here?!" she couldn't help but ask.
Noticing her for the first time, Luffy himself asked, "Xion! Why are you here?! Did you finish that electric girl?! And what's with those clothes?!"
Before the vice captain could say anything in response, something else popped out of the cloud. Or rather, someone else, as they knocked Luffy down. "Luffy! I finally caught up to you!"
"Nami? Why are you here?" the Straw Hat captain asked.
"I came to get you!" To Xion, the navigator said, "Xion! You're here, too?"
"Yes, I'm here. And no, I didn't finish my fight with Larxene yet. But other than that, you two, get out of here now! It's too dangerous up here!" Xion exclaimed.
"How come?" Luffy asked.
"Because Larxene's here! And she's more dangerous than before! You both have to get away from this area or she'll kill you before you even notice it!"
"Wait! She's here? As in on this cloud here?!" Nami asked in a panicked tone.
"Where?! We'll help you fight her!" Luffy insisted.
"You have your own fight to get to! And like I said, she's too dangerous now! She can-" Xion cut herself off, when she noticed something was off. "Wait. She can kill you both at any time now. Where is she?"
"Geff off," came a muffled voice. "Ou supid boy..." All of a sudden, the gold on Luffy's arm was knocked in the air, revealing Larxene underneath it. "You're dead!"
"Sparkga!" Xion called upon multiple rings of revolving light crystals, blocking Larxene's path and damaging her.
Next thing they knew, they heard some rumbling and turned to where it came from. "What is that?" Nami asked. "The thunderclouds are changing shape."
True to those words, some of the thunderclouds were coming together into what seemed like a big sphere and was descending.
"I've a bad feeling about this," Nami said. "The inside of that sphere of thundercloud is filled with incredible air currents and electrical discharges!"
Xion's eyes widened at the information. "But if that's true than a hit from something like that...!"
Down below, the remaining heroes looked up in shock at the sight of the giant thunderhead that had parted through the clouds, descending down to the town beyond Upper Yard.
"What the heck is that thing?!" Chirithy shouted as he and Chopper hugged each other in a panic.
"It's... right above Angel Island!" Aisa noticed.
"And it's descending down towards it!" Allen added.
"A thundercloud shaped like a sphere," Robin described.
"This has got to be a nightmare!" Ussop whimpered.
"I'm afraid we're all wide awake to see this," Guthrie pointed out.
"What is this?" Ganfall questioned. "What new horrors could he unleash?"
After a few seconds of it slowly descending onto Angel Island, it finally consumed the place, as the words of Eneru finally echoed all about Skypiea.
"Raigo."
All of a sudden, the thunderhead exploded with electric force that was similar to a nuclear blast. It blasted more than just Angel Island, but so much more. It was so powerful, that its shockwaves reached the heroes, both above and below, in Upper Yard. They were all completely bewildered at an attack that only lasted a few seconds after it exploded. When it finally ceased and the smoke cleared, what was left was nothing but a gaping hole towards the White Sea. Everything, and everyone on it, was gone.
For a moment, no one said anything. What could they say to exclaim the horror of what they just witnessed? Ussop, with his whole body quivering and his face petrified, was the first to try.
"Wha-wha-what kind of explosion was that?!" he stammered. "Not to mention... those lightning bolts are still coming down like rain! I don't think any of us have a chance of getting out of here alive!"
Ganfall, petrified and pale in the face, questioned, "Angel Island's gone! How could you, Eneru?!" He slumped to his knees, placing his hands over his head, unable to comprehend the sight. "What cruelty. What monstrous cruelty..." Everyone looked to him, seeing the expression of complete horror come across his face. This was beyond belief to him. Even the Shandians had some slight pity for the former god. After all, Eneru didn't just steal away the Skypieans homeland; he obliterated it.
Just then, Guthrie sense a powerful dark presence behind him. "What... is that?" he questioned, slowly turning around. He saw a large black shadow on the ground behind him, and something came out of it. It was large, muscular, and had wild hair. It was as black as a Shadow Heartless, and had the same yellow eyes as one. It even had a heart-shaped hole on its body.
"GAAAAAH! WHAT NOW?!" Ussop exclaimed, getting tired of being scared by these threats popping out of everywhere.
"Darkside! It's a Darkside!" Chirithy identified. "This thing's the strongest Pureblood Heartless out there!"
The Heartless looked down at the group, particularly at Guthrie, who was sweating at the sight of it. This was beyond any level of Heartless he had ever faced before. He gripped his Keyblade tightly as he went into a fighter's stance.
"Wait, wait, what are you doing?!" Ussop demanded. "You aren't planning to fight that thing, are you?! It's WAY too big for us, let alone scary and strong-looking!"
"But we have no choice, do we?!" Chirithy questioned. "It's not like we can run away from this fight!"
"Of course we can! We can just rush back to the Merry, and leave," the sniper pleaded.
"Then go on ahead!" Zoro barked at him through the sword in his mouth. "We can handle this monster ourselves!" Robin and Allen also had expressions saying they wouldn't run from this fight as well.
Ussop was shocked at what they were doing, then turned to his fellow coward and asked, "Chopper, what about you? Wanna get the heck outta here?"
"I... I want to, but..." Chopper muttered, shaking all over. However, he regained himself as he barked, "But I can't leave until Xion-nee returns. I'm staying!"
"You, too?" Ussop muttered in surprise, terrified to see that everyone else was wanting to stay behind but him.
Suddenly, there were more footsteps from behind, and Ussop turned. His mouth almost extended to the ground as he saw another horrible being approaching them. This was just as large as the Darkside behind them, but it was white, rather than black. It looked like it was in a white bodysuit, what with the zipper on it. It had spiked shoulders, toes, and heels. it had short legs, long, muscular arms, and what looked like four blue tentacles flying off behind from its' neck, almost like a quartet of scarves. Its' face also had a symbol similar to the ones on the Dusks and Creepers.
Ussop screamed in panic, getting everyone's attention.
"Another one?!" Allen exclaimed.
"Another Nobody, like those other things?!" Guthrie questioned.
"A Twilight Thorn! The most powerful lesser Nobody there is!" Chirithy exclaimed, while Chopper went into a further panic.
"Great, so we have two of these monsters breathing down our necks!" Zoro growled. "It's like they don't want us to leave alive!"
"I bet Larxene sent that thing at us to finish us off!" Guthrie assumed. "Whatever. We have to pull ourselves together and fight these things, now! Anyone who can't fight, get back!" Aisa helped Wyper back off, as he was too injured to fight. Ganfall was still in horror of what happened. Pierre suddenly woke up, looking about, wondering where he was, but Sanji was still unconscious. This left Zoro, Ussop, Chopper, Robin, Guthrie, Chirithy, and Allen to fight.
"Guthrie, I don't have to tell you this, but I will anyway. This is a battle you have to win, no matter what!" Chirithy demanded. "No matter what you do, you'd better not lose!"
"That was not my intention!" Guthrie answered, glaring up at the Darkside in front of him, then back at the Twilight Thorn behind him. "Though, this might be a bit of a challenge, what with two of these big guys around."
"Then I can handle this Twilight guy!" Allen told him. "Focus on the big, black monster!"
"You sure you can handle it?"
"I got this!" he answered.
"Might as well join in on the fun," Zoro muttered as he stood by Allen's side. "If we have nothing better to do here, then we might as well handle things here until Luffy, Xion and Nami return."
"Besides, it's not like our captain will return without doing what he intended," Robin pointed out, coming next to Guthrie to fight with him. "He did plan to do 'that'."
"Huh? What do you mean 'that'?" Ussop asked, confused.
"Oh, yeah!" Chopper recalled, realizing what she meant. After all, this did happen early this morning, with the team that went to find the gold together.
*FLASHBACK*
As the team ventured through the forest, Luffy asked, "Hey, the city of gold's got a huge bell in it, right?"
"According to Noland's journal, yeah, it does," Guthrie answered. "There was a big bell in the city of gold."
"Why do you ask, Luffy?" Zoro asked.
"It better not be to do something stupid," Xion warned him.
Luffy snickered as he stopped and answered, "I got a really great idea."
"Well, tell us!" Chopper asked.
"If we give that ginormous bell a good ringing, I'd bet that old timer and those monkeys down below would hear it, don't you think?" Xion and Zoro both found the idea a bit puzzling, but didn't deny the idea. Everyone else did like the idea, especially one of them.
"I bet they could hear that sound," Guthrie agreed, grinning eagerly. "Bet that'll stop old man Cricket from continuously diving into the sea for something that is really up here. I'm all for that idea!"
"Then it's settled! I'm gonna ring that bell, no matter what!" Luffy declared, fully intending to fulfill this goal.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
"... When he says he's gonna do something, he does it," Zoro finished, much to Ussop's shock.
"Yes. He did say that, but given the situation..." Robin stated, looking at the state of Skypiea.
Just then, the Twilight Thorn and Darkside both raised fists and hammered the heroes, who dodged out of the way.
"Until he does that, we'll just have to hold the fort by fighting these guys off! Ice Dash!" Guthrie shouted, as he launched himself at the Heartless, encased in ice energy, and slammed into it hard. However, it wasn't enough to even make the giant falter.
Guthrie was falling back when noticed that from the place Darkside created a void where three Shadow Heartless suddenly popped out and tried to attack him.
"Special Attack: Triple Exploding Star!" Ussop shouted, destroying all three Shadows with his shots.
"Thanks for the backup!" Guthrie shouted to him. "Chopper, go help Allen and Zoro! Robin and Ussop are with me!"
"Right!" Chopper answered, getting into his Heavy Point and charging at the Twilight Thorn.
Guthrie readied his Keyblade as Robin, Ussop and Chirithy stood behind him. "Let's do this thing..." the Keyblade wielder muttered, charging at the Heartless.
The Twilight Thorn suddenly turned towards Allen. Suddenly, it felt like the dancer was being surrounded with a mysterious energy. "What the hell is going on?!" he demanded, looking at himself. Suddenly, there was a flash of light and he suddenly found himself in the air, with his arms and legs spread out and bound in place by the same energy. He could barely move as he hung there.
"Allen?!" Aisa cried out, shocked to see him in the state he was in.
The dancing Shandorian didn't know how he happened to be in this mess as he struggled to break free. However, things got worse when the Twilight Thorn suddenly appeared in his face, shocking him. It then pulled back a fist, ready to punch him while he was defenseless.
"No... you... don't!" he growled. He pivoted on one of his bound hands, using the Axe Dial on his skates to counter the oncoming punch, making the Nobody falter. However, it was surprisingly flexible for its size as it spiraled into recovery, stretching its arms out like Luffy's rubbery arms, and grasping him in both hands. He was then sent flying upwards, free of the binds, but unable to control his decent as the Nobody readied itself to slam Allen back to the ground.
"Santouryuu: Oni Giri!" Zoro shouted, slashing at the waste of the Nobody, injuring it enough to make it miss its target, thus allowing Allen to land safely back to the ground.
"That was a close call..." he muttered, wiping his forehead. Allen then pulled out his lightning sword to fight the monster.
Back with the watchers of the fight, Wyper was still thinking on what the Straw Hat captain was really planning. "He's going to ring the bell?" he questioned, getting Aisa's attention. He looked up at the top of the beanstalk, wondering why he would do that, when it should be a Shandian who should really ring the bell.
Meanwhile, up above them, Luffy, Nami and Xion were speechless with what they had seen, especially the navigator. Despite the shock, the Keyblade wielder still managed to keep her Sparkga magic going, preventing Larxene from doing anything to them.
"Both of you get on! We have to get down!" she told them. "Everyone's gone back to the ship already! We have to go to!"
"No," Luffy denied, surprising the panicking girl.
"What do you mean 'no'? What are you saying?"
"Even if I don't have to save you, I still have something to do!"
"Something to do? What could you have to do up there? Are you planning to have a rematch with Eneru?"
"The Golden Bell is here! In the sky!"
That response confused Nami even more. "Gold? But... Our lives are more important! Look at that! Even if lightning doesn't affect you, he can still destroy everything else! If you want gold, look! You've got a whole load of it on your hand! Give up on the Golden Bell! You'll only be killed!" To Xion, she requested the vice-captain, "Xion! You agree with me, right?! Say something to him!"
And that she did. "Luffy... When I cancel my magic, I expect you to be on the waver." Hearing those words brought a smile on the navigator's face. "And Nami, the moment I bring it down, you better get Luffy to Eneru's ship." Huh?
"Wait, what?" Nami asked.
"Did I stutter? Get Luffy up to Eneru!"
Nami couldn't believe what she was hearing. "What are you saying?! We have to get off-!"
"And then what?!" Xion interrupted, glaring at her. The navigator flinched at the glare. "If we were to leave this island now, what will happen to everyone else?! And I don't just mean the survivors of Angel Island. Gan Fall said it himself, didn't he? There are other Sky Islands out there! What do you think will happen if we leave things as they are now?! With how Eneru is destroying Skypiea like he is now, what do you think will happen to the other islands that he'll encounter?! If you want to run, Nami, that's fine! But I'm not just going to leave, knowing that there's a monster that we could've stopped! And besides that, we're in the middle of a fight ourselves! If we leave, if I just leave, Larxene will still keep coming after me! Worse, she'll kill you all before she gets to me! And furthermore, Luffy! You have a promise to make, don't you?! Or was what you said earlier nothing but talk?!"
"Of course it isn't!" Luffy shouted. "The City of Gold is here in the sky! Ossan and the monkeys down there have to know! If I ring that bell, those guys will hear it! Otherwise, that Ossan and those guys will keep searching the ocean floor until they die! The ringing of that huge bell will be loud enough to be heard from anywhere! That's why I'm going to ring that bell!"
As they both said that, Nami just stood speechless. She couldn't believe the length her captain and vice-captain would go for other people. Yes, she remembered of Xion's habit, but still. To bring up those good points, she felt a bit guilty for suggesting they should leave.
"Xion! Bring down that spell!" the male pirate commanded.
"Aye aye, captain! Nami, stay behind my Dream Eater! Summon: Iceguin Ace, Majik Lapin!" Xion ceased the Sparkga magic and summoned out two of her Dream Eaters. Almost on cue, Larxene shot towards her. The Keyblade wielder managed to block her claws with her Keyblade. "You two! Protect Luffy and Nami!" At that command, both Ace and Lapin stood by the two pirates' side.
"Okay, Penguin! With me then!" With those words, Luffy climbed up the bean stalk again, with Ace following him.
"Heh. The fool. It's already too late; you all have lost!" Larxene shouted, disappearing from the pirates' sight.
"It's not over just yet!" Xion retorted, gliding through the cloud in an attempt to avoid wherever Larxene will attack next. But it proved to be futile, as the blonde girl knocked her down once more.
"Just give it up. Looking at you like this, it's just so pitiful~" Larxene said, slamming a foot on Xion's back, keeping her down.
"I'll give up... when I die! Aeroga!" Xion used her strong wind magic once more, getting her opponent off her back. Doing so, however, she noticed that the magic wasn't as strong as it should be in her Wisdom Form. Looking down at herself, she realized that the form was starting to fade.
'Damn it! I stayed in this form for too long!' she thought. Looking up, she noticed Larxene disappear again and quickly conjured up a Reflect spell, putting up a barrier between her and her speedy assailant. 'I don't have much longer! Out of all my forms, the Wisdom Form was the only thing that gave me the advantage against Larxene! Now that she fused with a Dream Eater, she's making this impossible to beat!' Xion heard the sound of something cracking and looked to see the spell weakening from the assault. 'Shit! Think, Xion! How do you beat a fast opponent?! Especially one as fast as lightning! Think... Think...! Think!' Another cracking sound was heard, causing Xion to flinch slightly, as she looked to the newly formed crack. Through it, though, she found herself looking at Lapin, who was standing protectively by Nami's side, in case Larxene decided to go after the navigator instead. And it was then, a new idea came to her. 'This is my one shot! Let's hope it won't be for nothing!' Just as she reached in her pocket, the Reflect barrier broke and Larxene slammed her electrical claws into the Keyblade wielder, sending her flying into some remaining debris.
"XION!" Nami cried out in worry.
Just then, Luffy fell and landed on the cloud near her. Nami jumped in surprise, for the golden ball was close to at least crushing her.
"Luffy! I told you not to try!" she said, as Ace appeared next to her.
The captain didn't care what she said, as he got out of the cloud and glared up at the ark. Or rather, the person on it. "That bastard!"
"What do you think, 'captain'?" Larxene asked, mocking Luffy. "The destruction of Angel Island, of course. Wasn't it a spectacular sight to see? Soon enough, that is what will happen to the rest of Skypiea! The fact that you two and your friends are still here makes me wonder if you really plan on surviving. Well, not like you can anyway, with the Dusks down there keeping your friends all occupied. And there's also the matter with the Heartless as well. Pesky little guys. But don't worry; soon you all will be in a better place. You and this unnatural land will be destroyed for the better!"
"Don't be so sure." The Organization member turned to the source of the voice and was suddenly struck in the face, hard enough to be sent flying. Larxene got up and was surprised to see Xion standing before her, in what seemed to be in a different form.
Xion's clothes was similar to her Wisdom Form, only green instead of blue. Where the blue flame emblems were, now there were emblems of green gusts of wind. Not only that, but there were also air currents under her feet, thus causing her to hover above the cloud.
"What now? Another form in an attempt to defeat me?" Larxene questioned. "Try all you want, but look at yourself. You look like you'll kneel over any minute now!"
True to her words, Xion was panting quite heavily. What with her lack of magic power and her struggle to keep her Wisdom Form active, not to mention the fact that she had performed a link while in the form for the first time, she didn't know what to expect now. She didn't even think that it was possible to do a link while in the Wisdom Form. But one thing she discovered, it was taking a lot more out of her than she had thought.
'If I want to end this... I have to do it now!' she thought. With a battlecry, she rushed at Larxene at great speed at swung Desert Nakama at her. Unfortunately, the speed she was going didn't match Larxene's, as the blonde avoided her strikes.
"As I said, it is useless!" she shouted, going in to run Xion through with her electric claws.
"AEROGA!" At that one shout, a mighty whirlwind suddenly appeared around Xion and dragged the unexpected Larxene high into the air, trapped within its vortex.
'What?! How is her magic still powerful?!' she wondered in shock.
"Now to finish this!" Xion declared, glaring intensely at Larxene, as she prepared her finisher. "Pulse Bomb!" She fired many balls of energy and fired series after series after series of them at Larxene, taking some recoil damage as she did so. The woman couldn't move well from the vortex and was hit by all the energy balls, all which exploded the second they came in contact with her. "Wind Sweep!" Wrapped in wind, with the support of the air currents under her feet, Xion leapt into the air and reached Larxene's level. She then did a spin attack in mid air, and landed one last hit on Larxene, sending her crashing into the beanstalk.
The second she was slammed into the plant, Larxene coughed out some blood, leaving a trail on the corner of her mouth.
Xion landed on the ground, hands on her knees as she panted slightly harder than before. She looked over at Larxene, hoping she had finished her for sure. Soon enough, a smile was brought to her face, as she saw Larxene fading away.
Despite the loss, the speedy, stealth, ninja-like fighter looked up at the Keyblade wielder, with a smirk on her face. "This isn't over," she said. "One way or another... you will come back..." With those words, Larxene was gone at last, leaving her weakened Dream Eater behind. What seemed like darkness was leaving its body, however, and it seemed to have changed from its light blue color to green and yellow.
Exhausted and thankful that the fight was finally over, Xion suddenly got to her knees and was reverting back to normal, as the Dream Eater she had formed with split and was revealed to be Pegasus. As soon as the split was done, both the winged Dream Eater and the Keyblade wielder lied on the cloud.
"Xion!" Nami called out, as she and Luffy rushed to her side.
"Are you okay?!" the captain asked, as he tried to turn her vice captain, Xion let out a scream in pain.
"My... My arms..." she managed to say.
The navigator, both worried and confused, gently rolled up Xion's sleeves. The two Straw Hats let out a loud gasp at the sight of what the Keyblade wielder's arms had become. Xion's arms were dark purple in color and covered in cuts, with blood leaking out of the cuts.
"What the hell...? You overdid it, didn't you, Xion?!" Nami questioned, as the two active Dream Eaters started to heal her master as best as they possibly could.
"I... had to... There wasn't... any other way..."