Chapter 80: The Graceful Assassin
Ky, Noel, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Elena, Ken, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Grace, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Zuko, Sly, Bentley, Murray, and Lucas begin to leave Beast's Castle but before they could leave Sora stops.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Noel asked.
"It's just that…what Demyx said about those Absent Silhouettes, and fighting to awaken the true me and the true Ky still kinda bothers me." Sora said.
"Now that you mention it, I'm starting to feel the same thing." Ky said.
"Do you wanna take a look, maybe?" Donald asked.
"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Tails asked.
"What if it's some sorta trap?" Murray asked.
"I'm sure we can handle it! I mean, what's one thing we've never handled?" Sora asked.
"I guess we'll give it a try. Guys?" Ky asked.
"I suppose we'll be on board too." Elena said.
"Let's take a look." Sly said.
"Great. It's settled. Let's go." Sora said.
"We saw one over at Beast's room. Let's go there." Bentley said.
The group make their way for Beast's room and they find the same scythe with the rose petals.
"This is it!" Sora said.
"Whatever lies beyond this, we'd better be careful." Ky said as the group touch the scythe and it transports the group from the room.
The group are now in what looks like a giant white area with pillars and a white rose is in the middle of the area.
"What's this place?" Goofy asked.
"Not sure. We should probably be careful." Noel said.
Just then they see the same scythe and it later reveals to be what looks like a young man with pink hair, blue eyes, and wearing the same black cloak.
"Organization?!" Sora asked taking out Kingdom Key.
"So, it IS a trap!" Ky said taking out Dawn of Hope.
The young man unleashes a small rose petal and then it transforms into what looks like a giant scythe with the handle being pale green while the scythe's blade is rose pink.
(Boss Theme: The 13th Reflection)
"Something tells me we're in for another fight." Blaze said.
"Just great." Lucas said.
The young man named Marluxia laughs and then disappears in rose petals and then reappears behind the Keybearers and whispers something in their ears and just then something appears over the three and it's a number.
"Huh? What's up with a number over our heads?" Ky asked.
"Not sure, but he's planning something." Sora said.
Marluxia starts swinging his scythe known as Graceful Dahlia at the group but Ky, Noel, and Sora block with their Keyblades and Sora starts vertical slashing with Kingdom Key followed by a spinning slash while Ky double horizontal slashes with Dawn of Hope and then casts Water but Marluxia disappears in rose petals and then reappears and attempts to deliver an upper slash with his scythe but the group manage to dodge and Noel aerial slashes at Marluxia with Radiant Salvation followed by casting Thunder but Marluxia uses a power to try and suck the group to him and then delivers a spinning attack with his scythe but the group manage to dodge.
(Reaction Command: Aerial Strike)
Sora runs for Marluxia who attempts to attack with his scythe but Sora dodges and gets on the scythe and then delivers an aerial horizontal slash with Kingdom Key striking Marluxia and then gets behind and delivers a wide slash at Marluxia's back.
Marluxia retaliates with slashing with his scythe again but Elena shoots magic concussive blasts while Ken unleashes magic music waves but Marluxia disappears in rose petals and then reappears and tries to upper slash but Tails shoots lasers from his blaster while Storm uses Volt Tackle but Marluxia attempts to aerial slash at the group again but Zuko slashes with his broadswords while Donald casts Blizzard but Marluxia tries to suck the group to him again and delivers another spinning attack with his scythe but Noel goes for Marluxia who tries to attack with his scythe but Noel dodges and gets on his scythe and delivers an aerial horizontal slash with Radiant Salvation and then gets behind and delivers a wide slash at Marluxia's back knocking him back allowing Grace to use Tackle while Goofy uses Goofy Turbo but Marluxia slashes with his scythe at the group but Lucas uses PK Fire while Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker but Marluxia disappears in rose petals and then tries to deliver another upper slash but Sly uses Cane Jump while Blaze uses Fire Tornado but Marluxia attempts to slash with his scythe but Lucky uses Egg Throw while Max uses Shield Boomerang but Marluxia retaliates with sending out rose petals to try and distract the group and then strikes with his scythe but Murray uses Turbo Charge while Shadow throws Chaos Spears but Marluxia disappears and then delivers an upper slash but T.J. uses Knife Throw while Bentley shoots electric darts but Marluxia attacks with his scythe but Ky blocks the attack and triple slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a roundhouse slash while Sora diagonal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a leaping slash but Marluxia retaliates with slashing both Ky and Sora and their numbers start to go down.
"Argh! So, that's what happens if he hits us. Our numbers go down!" Ky said.
"And if our numbers keep going down, then we lose…" Noel said.
"We need to be careful with this guy!" Sora said.
Marluxia uses his power to try and the suck the group to him again and then delivers another spinning strike with his scythe but the group dodge again.
(Reaction Command: Restore Count)
Sora takes the scythe from Marluxia and uses it to strike at Marluxia knocking him back and then Sora throws the scythe at Marluxia and his and Ky's numbers are restored.
"Our numbers are back to how they were!" Ky said.
"Okay. Let's settle this!" Sora said.
Marluxia unleashes what looks like wisps of thorns around the group and then Marluxia uses his scythe to unleash three black circles with wisps of thorns around them and they all cause massive damage on the group but they heal each other but Marluxia goes for the group and slashes with his scythe but Lucas uses PK Thunder while Donald casts Earth but Marluxia disappears and then reappears and tries to upper slash with is scythe but Bentley uses his RC Chopper to shoot missiles while Tails throws ring bombs but Marluxia uses his scythe to unleash more three circles with wisps of thorns to cause more damage but Storm uses Quick Attack and then uses Skullbash while Grace uses Bite but Marluxia uses his power to suck the group to him and delivers another spinning slash with his scythe but Ky goes for Marluxia who tries to attack with his scythe but Ky aerial horizontal slashes with Dawn of Hope and then gets behind and delivers a wide slash at Marluxia's back sending him back allowing Kiyo to have Zatch use Zakeruga while Zuko unleashes barrages of fireballs but Marluxia unleashes more circles with wisps of thorns to cause more damage but Goofy uses Goofy Tornado while Max uses Cyclone but Marluxia disappears and then tries to aerial slash but Lucky uses Ground Pound while T.J. dash slashes with his knife but Marluxia unleashes wisps of thorns around the group to try and damage them but Elena unleashes magic blades and sends them to strike while Ken unleashes magic music fists and sends them to punch but Marluxia sends out a flurry of rose petals at the group but Blaze delivers a flaming ballet style kick while Sly uses Cane Spin but Marluxia slashes at the group with his scythe but Murray uses Flame Punch while Shadow slashes with Chaos daggers but Marluxia unleashes more circles of wisps of thorns but Noel vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by casting Thunder while Sora enters his Master form and slashes with Kingdom Key and Oathkeeper and delivers a cross slash but Marluxia goes for the ground while his scythe starts rolling around the ground.
The group dodge the rolling scythe attack but the scythe keeps rolling around the ground for them but they still manage to dodge but Marluxia teleports all over and starts slashing with his scythe and he keeps teleporting and slashing at the group but Shadow delivers teleport punches to strike while Zuko slashes with flame daggers but Marluxia unleashes more wisps of thorns to strike at the group but they dodge and Ken bashes with his guitar while Donald casts Fire but Marluxia delivers an aerial slash with his scythe to strike at the group but Grace uses Growl while T.J. multi slashes with his knife but Marluxia uses his scythe to roll around the ground again to try and strike at the group who dodge but the scythe keeps rolling around until Marluxia stops rolling but Kiyo has Zatch shoot several lightning bolts while Lucas uses PK Flash but Marluxia teleports all over the area and slashes with his scythe and keeps teleporting and slashing with his scythe but Elena casts Water followed by casting Blizzard while Max uses Shield Surf but Marluxia unleashes more wisps of thorns to try and damage the group but Storm delivers electric punches while Goofy uses Goofy Bash but Marluxia disappears and then delivers an aerial slash with his scythe but Sly attacks with his cane while Tails delivers a flying kick but Marluxia slashes with his scythe to strike but Murray uses Uppercut while Bentley throws bombs but Marluxia teleports and slashes with his scythe but Blaze shoots fireballs while Lucky uses Egg Roll but Marluxia uses his scythe to roll around again but Ky enters his Master form and slashes with Dawn of Hope and Holy Friendship and then delivers a spinning slash kick while Noel casts Aero followed by casting Gravity while Sora triple slashes with Kingdom Key.
Marluxia later levitates into the air while unleashing rose petals all over the area which gets dark and then Marluxia teleports away from the group and then reappears over the group and laughs and then starts unleashing pink pillars from the ground and all over the area but the group dodge the pillars which keep rising until later Marluxia throws his scythe at the group who try to dodge but Marluxia crashes down to the ground while unleashing shock waves but Goofy bashes with his shield while Sly uses Cane Push but Marluxia teleports all over the area and slashes with his scythe and then unleashes wisps of thorns around the group to damage them but Murray uses Tornado Punch while Max uses Shield Charge but Marluxia uses his scythe to roll around the area again at the group who dodge again but the scythe keeps rolling around until Marluxia stops rolling but Ken shoots magic music notes while Tails unleashes Magic Hand and it delivers a punch but Marluxia slashes at the group with his scythe but Zuko counters and delivers a flame kick while Blaze uses Fire Drill but Marluxia disappears and reappears and aerial slashes with his scythe but T.J. delivers an upper slash with his knife while Lucas uses PK Freeze but Marluxia disappears and then reappears and unleashes more pink pillars from the ground and all over the area but the group dodge the pillars but Marluxia throws his scythe and then slams to the ground unleashing shock waves but Donald casts Water while Bentley shoots explosive darts but Marluxia unleashes circles of wisps of thorns to damage the group but Storm uses Iron Tail to strike while Grace tail whips but Marluxia sends out rose petals to try and distract the group but Elena shoots magic bolts followed by casting Aero while Lucky uses Headbutt but Marluxia teleports all over and slashes while still teleporting and continues to slash but Shadow throws Chaos Lances while Kiyo has Zatch use Bao Zakeruga but Marluxia levitates and then disappears and then reappears and unleashes more pink pillars all over the area and then throws his scythe and then slams himself to the ground but Ky double diagonal slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a somersault slash while Noel triple slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by a flip slash while Sora enters his Valor form and slashes with Kingdom Key and Star Seeker and then delivers a slamming slash and the group finish off Marluxia who screams in defeat.
Marluxia withdraws his scythe and then disappears while his scythe symbol and the rose petals also disappear.
The group are later transported back to Beast's room.
"That was weird." T.J. said.
"And dangerous. Just what was that all about?" Zuko asked.
"I guess that's what it's like when we decide to deal with something like this." Ky said and the scythe and rose petals are now gone.
"Hmm, I guess that'll be the same thing with the other ones." Sora said.
"Well, with that finished, we should keep going." Kiyo said.
"Right. We still have more people to help." Noel said.
"C'mon! Let's continue on our journey." Ky said and the group make their way out of Beast's Castle.
To be continued...
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