Chapter XXIV: The town of twilight final part III
Ody watched from a distance behind a wall along with Pence and Olette, Cait sith on the ground as he had his arms folded his tail swaying back in forth in serious concentration.
As Ody watched Scriptium he then felt another surge of memories.
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-Scriptium came up to him as it stroked its head affectionately against Ody's arm and shoulder.
He looked at her surprised slightly but he felt comforted by her as he moved his hand up to her and stroked her metallic nib head.
She wavered too and fro slightly, as she was pleased at his reaction as she then made something like a purr like noise.
Ody smiled at her more, as he knew he had one true friend but then suddenly-
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The bottle monster's had already began their onslaught as they charged back and forth running around as they spilled their ink everywhere all over the clean red brick road.
Nozomi and the others barely managed to keep out of the way of the monsters and the ink as they continued to battle against them. Nozomi parried back against an incoming monster with the starseeker but then she noticed another puddle of horrible ink.
"Oh darn!" She spoke loudly as she barley managed to stay away from the stuff the monster still continuing its onslaught.
As she looked at the monster and it's painted toothed grin she got really annoyed, "I'm not in the mood for creeps like you!" She cried loudly as she then struck it hard.
Riku and Mickey were a lot more used to this situation then she was as they leapt back and forth between the monsters as they then struck them each down at a time.
Thrashing another one of the bottle with his keyblade, Riku then grit his teeth as he felt a pain within his heart as he gasped slightly holding onto his chest slightly.
The King seeing this, his eyes widened slightly but then another one of the creatures came charging towards him and so had to dodge out of the way, then leaping he then turned and landed it hard with a couple of strong blows as it then staggered back slightly. Then taking the initiative he finished it smashing it to pieces with a powerful head blow.
He immediately ran over to Riku as he saw him struggling with his hand still on his chest.
"Riku what's wrong are you okay?" He asked him worried.
He looked up at the king his one of his eyes clenched shut as he looked at him; "I'm finding it hard to…" He gasped again as he shuddered.
Mickey looked at him really worried as he waited for Riku to continue, but then distracting them they then saw another monster charging towards them.
But this one's ink had run out and it was clear from the way is glowing blazingly that it was going to explode upon enemy contact.
There was no time for either of them to retreat or defend as the monster was now practically upon them.
Then suddenly as the creature suddenly leaped strong beams of light in the shape of stars then suddenly struck it as it was then destroyed in seconds turning to white dust that blew away in the wind.
The king and Riku looked on with widened eyes as they saw it had been Nozomi who had used her new technique "swift star rays."
Her Keyblade glowing slightly for a few moments then stopped, as she looked at the two of them as she smiled at them relieved, "that was a close one huh?"
Riku still stared at her as he couldn't believe what she had done and with such ease!
Nozomi looking at their faces was a bit puzzled as she then began to make her way over to them but not until a familiar roar came down from above again.
It was then that everyone looked up and saw Scriptium once more as she floating above them, but then suddenly she came back down once more as she rushed towards Nozomi.
Seeing this she then quickly jumped and dodged out of the way as she then made her way over to the king and Riku.
Continuing to stare at Scriptium Nozomi then asked his majesty and old snowball, "how're you guys holdin up?"
Riku breathing heavily couldn't speak as the king spoke for him, "Not well Riku's gotta rest! It's urgent!"
Nozomi's eyes widened as she then turned and saw Riku struggling terribly, she looked at him worried as she then turned back to look at Scriptium.
She was silent for a few moments as she then started to think of a way to distract it long enough for the two of them to make an exit.
It was then as she stared at it and it's angry eyes that she got a very quick idea, she then decided to act on her impulse.
"Well looks like you're finished aren't ya!?" She asked it mockingly and boldly.
Riku and the king looked at her dumbstruck at the way she was acting, 'what is she doing?' Riku wondered to himself furiously.
Watching from where they were hiding Olette, Ody and Pence looked at her too confused as Cait sith was the only one who wasn't deterred by her outburst.
"You haven't got anymore of your ink pals! So it's only you mean now isn't it? I can take you down way easily!" She said as she smirked mockingly as she waved her keyblade to and throw in her clenched hands.
It was then that Scriptium then truly got enraged as it's slithering had got faster in it's pulse and it's eyes focused only on her.
Nozomi then took a step back as she was preparing her plan.
Riku and the king continued to stare at her and what was about to unfold.
Then suddenly it was then that Scriptium then reacted as it then dipped itself into one of the ink puddles nearby as it did the whole stream suddenly flared up with blue fire! Nozomi was shocked as she then suddenly saw that Scriptium was emitting blue flames as it then took on the shape of dragon-like creature.
It was armless but it long legs and giant blazing wings, within the blue flames the same angry red eyes gazed at her hatefully, the white insignia of the nobodies upon it's chest.
Nozomi her own eyes in shock watched as the blue-flamed creature then took flight and started to speed towards her. Seeing this Nozomi then made her move as she then quickly summoned up her own wings on her feet she then suddenly took off into the air.
Scriptium its attention fully focused on her chased after her upwards as it completely ignored Riku and the king. The two of them watched as the creature chased Nozomi.
Nozomi running upon the glowing orbs looked behind her and saw that Scriptium was very close behind her, she looked on shocked as she saw it coming but then she decided that just running was useless. Taking her keyblade she then focused as a couple of the small orbs entered her keyblade as she then concentrated her attack.
Then feeling fully energised she then released it, "Swift star rays!" She shouted. Then from her keyblade the shooting stars of light pelted out all at once as they headed straight towards Scriptium.
However the blue blazed monster dodged each blow as it weaved it's way through each oncoming beam. It then bellowed angrily as it was upon its target. Nozomi's eyes widened as she then tried to defend herself with the keyblade.
Scriptium smashed into her as it grated itself against her keyblade, Nozomi struggled as she felt the intense heat from the fire that wrapped itself around Scriptium's body.
The king and Riku looking at Nozomi's struggling form then saw that she looked at them as she then gestured with her head for them to go on and leave.
The king seeing and realising what she was doing then looked behind him and saw that the barrier had completely gone. So taking his chance he then urged Riku, "come on while we've still got the chance!"
Looking at the king still struggling he then turned and looked back at Nozomi as she still parried back against Scriptium and it's blue dragon fire form.
He then bowed his head in pain and regret as he let the king help him move his way out of the danger zone as they went over to where Cait sith and the others were.
Nozomi seeing that Riku and the king had finally got out of the way she sighed in relief but then this then led to the big downfall in her plan, 'how do I stop it now!' She thought desperately to herself.
Scriptium as though sensing these thoughts suddenly flew up as it then flung it's long flaming tail at her, Nozomi's eyes widened as she was struck by the fiery blow as she was sent plummeting to the ground.
Olette and the others watched as the king dragged Riku towards them, they immediately ran to their assistance.
"Are you okay?!" Olette asked very alarmed.
Riku looked up at them as he then shook his head, the king still holding then spoke, "he's struggling very badly, and we don't know what the cause is."
Hearing this Olette, Ody and Pence looked very worried as they all tried to think of a way to solve this dilemma. It was then that Cait sith intervened, "give Mr Slushy over to me, I think I'll be able to handle it!"
The king looking at him as well the others with baffled eyes, but the realising that they had nothing to lose, king Mickey let Cait sith take a closer look at him.
Cait sith looking at Riku saw his hand clenching his chest and so taking this into thought then held his hands over his chest a light flowed from his hands.
It entered Riku's body as it made him feel warm inside and then suddenly soothed as his pain then all at once died away.
His hand then unclenched from his chest as he felt soothed though still a little weak, getting up on his knees he looked at the others who looked at him with relief.
But then Riku looked at Cait sith who looked back up at him his arms folded, "well it's go to see the all technique works!" He spoke confidently as he jumped and made a sign of victory.
Riku couldn't believe that such a small little cat creature like him had the ability to heal damage like that! But then this led to "how did you-"
But he was interrupted as Cait sith spoke instead, " well it wasn't easy! The damage that ya got there was quite bad it seems as though ya've had somethin cut within yer heart… though it ain't fatal, I'm afraid ya won't be able to use the same powers ya might have had."
As Riku heard the synopsis of his condition his thoughts then switched as he then said, "I can't use any of my own powers! How can that have-"
But then he suddenly remembered why as he remembered Hari's words. "You will be disabled from the powers you had before they would have proved a nuisance in future events."
Riku remembering the memory then growled angrily as he then spoke, "so it was her!"
Pence hearing him was about to ask what he was talking about when suddenly he was distracted as he and the others heard a yell of pain.
Turning they then saw Nozomi as she was struggling badly against the monster. Nozomi was slightly charred as she had barely managed to avoid most of Scriptium's attacks.
As she ran in the battle zone though Scriptium chased after her as it ignited more of the streams of ink as they all linked together boxing her more and more until she was then surrounded.
She looked around in panic as she then saw her dire situation as she now couldn't run around anymore and then she was suddenly left no chance to run as then, Scriptium then flew into the sky as it then lifted it's wings out and then the fire all lit up at once as it lit up the whole zone.
Nozomi's eyes widened as the fire enclosed on her and she then tried to dodge as she ran to escape the flood, but she wasn't quite fast enough as a blast of fire struck her back. She screamed in pain as she was flung out of the burning circle burned incredibly badly.
Hayner awoke from the recesses of the unconsciousness he had been as he heard a scream he blearily opened his eyes, "what happened?" He asked himself. He then looked around himself wondering where he was and then he saw that he was stuck as his arms and his legs were strapped to the side of the clock tower.
His eyes opened wide as he then remembered what had happened to him and then looking around he then saw the fire below and then Nozomi on the ground as he saw the slight traces of smoke coming from indicating that she had been burned.
He looked on horrified as he then shouted out her name, "Nozomi!!!"
Ody looked at the horrific things that Scriptium was doing and couldn't believe she was capable of these types of monstrosities. He then felt the last surge of his memories as he remembered what had caused this horrible change in her.
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From behind him a few shadows leaned over him, he turned around and faced them as there was, Seifer and his gang.
"And what we got here?" He asked as he looked at Ody with an expression of mockery and cockiness.
Ody felt a little nervous as he stepped back slightly.
"Weirdo" spoke the girl with lilac white hair and revealed red eye.
Hearing this Ody didn't know what he was supposed to say back but then suddenly before he could react Scriptium had detached itself from him as it then looked at them with an angry growl.
"It's a weird monster y'know!" The big lug cried out with surprise as he looked at Scriptium.
Ody looked at Scriptium as he knew from instinct that she was protecting him from these guys.
"Ah! I see then so he must be one of them then!" Seifer spoke as he then started to proceed towards Ody.
"One of them?" Ody asked nervously as he then stepped back dreading the negativity in the air.
Scriptium's growling was getting worse as Seifer came closer to them, " yeah you're one of those nobody freaks! Those guys that cause all that trouble a few weeks back!"
"Nobodies?" Ody mouthed as he felt a horrible dread in his being at the very mention of that one word.
It was then that Scriptium reacted as she then suddenly struck Seifer back away from her master with her long feather tail.
Seifer gasped in pain as he was flung back towards his gang who all crowded around him worried.
However Scriptium wasn't finished with them as she then she leaned over tall over them ready to begin a total onslaught. Ody saw what she was going to do though and then ran ahead and blocked her path, "stop it right now Scriptium!"
However even after hearing the words from her master she still looked at her prey frighteningly as she then started to dive over towards them.
Ody then panicked as he then shouted out before he could even think, "STOP IT RIGHT NOW YOU MONSTER!!!"
It was then that Scriptium looked at him and paused in an awful silence as the words registered in her mind. She looked at Ody it's first in shock and then suddenly a great sadness.
Ody looked back at her shaken and then in shock as she then suddenly slithered and flew away in the air and out of sight.
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Ody then finally understood why Scriptium had suddenly changed into what she, it was because of deep sadness and also more then likely rage at him. All she did was try to protect him but things had gotten too over board.
He had to put a stop to this right now!
Looking at her he then went over to put an end to it.
Olette, Pence, King Mickey, Riku and Cait sith watched as Ody started to walk over the awful scene. Olette tried to intervene, "no you can't go there it's-"
Ody interrupted her, "I gotta take responsibility for this… I'm not going to runaway anymore!"
With that his walk turned into a run.
Nozomi woke up blearily as she heard someone calling out her name, looking up she then saw that Hayner was awake and was now struggling against his bonds as he was trying to get free.
"Hayner!" Nozomi gasped as she found newfound strength in the wish to rescue her dear friend. Getting up she got on her legs, though she ached from all the burns she still had strength!
However Scriptium had seen this and was now heading in her direction still in her blazing dragon form, she swooped down towards Nozomi.
Seeing Scriptium coming toward her she then called on wings again as they appeared on her feet she kicked off and flew into the air.
Hayner on the other hand was beginning to manage to get himself out of his bonds as he had luckily with him his penknife that he used to cut through the bindings. He managed now to get his arms free and one of his legs as he then worked extra hard to get the last one off.
As he worked he turned to see what was happening down below and he saw much to his relief that Nozomi was all right though she was still stuck in battle as he saw that she still was fighting against Scriptium.
Watching them he then suddenly saw the moon pendant was still on the end of Scriptium's tail though in its fiery form, he then saw it was nearly coming off of its tail.
Nozomi still fighting on against Scriptium smashed her keyblade against Scriptium as it grated grate against it once again.
But then again Scriptium did something that she wasn't prepared for as it suddenly swung forward and struck her with its tail. Sending Nozomi once more towards the ground.
As it flew back and flipped its tail though it sent the locket flying off of its tail into Hayner's direction. Losing all other thoughts that was on his mind he instinctively reached for the pendant forgetting about his surroundings.
Reaching as far as he was enabled to it seemed as though time had slowed down as it then with his fingers he caught the chain of the necklace finally retrieving it!
He smiled at his success but then unfortunately he became aware things again and saw with horror that he had leaped off the edge having broken the last bond on his leg on own.
He then started to fall in the air as he too, Scriptium seeing this then started to charge towards him in her fiery form to smote another insect down.
"SCRIPTIUM!!!!"
It was then it froze in the air as it heard the angry commanding voice of its master.
Hayner still falling yelled loudly as he knew death would seize him at any moment but then suddenly on his back and under his legs he suddenly felt someone holding him. Opening his eyes in shock he suddenly saw it was Nozomi!
She smiled at him as he looked at her a gasp as she was charred slightly, "looks like I've become a knight in shining armour huh?" She laughed.
Hayner silent for a moment then suddenly said aloud annoyed, "and what does that make me the damsel in distress?!"
Nozomi blinked as she then replied with a smile still there, "I guess! It's kinda fun to swap roles don't you think?"
Hayner couldn't reply to this but then a though suddenly made him wonder how she'd caught him and then saw that they were flying in the air! He was so amazed he didn't say anything more until they had landed upon the ground.
Scriptium though on the other hand still in it's fiery form had flown to it's master Ody as it looked at him it's eyes in fierce hate still as he looked back at her unchanging.
It was then she was about to bellow again but then Ody intervened, " Scriptium! Be quiet!"
It was then was halted immediately as then it stopped in it's tracks as Ody walked over to her, through the blue flames he then touched her true form as he then told her holding her metallic nib head, "that's enough now…"
With that the fire dispersed from her and the area as she then stood in her feather form once more. Ody still touching her head then moved his hands as he then moved to hold her body as he then told her, "I'm sorry… I'm sorry I called you a monster… I know that you were only trying to protect me and everything… but you've got to listen to me more."
Scriptium hearing these words from her master then turned it's head as it looked at him with sadness and concern and some essence of regret.
Ody looked back at her as he then stroked her head, "all right?" He asked.
Scriptium bowed its head as it acknowledged her masters words and then it's eyes smiled as it was gratefully stroked.
Nozomi landing with Hayner seeing that Scriptium then sighed in relief, "well I'm glad that it's control now… anymore and I'd been ashes!"
Hey guys here's another one done! Sorry if it might have ended too easily or whatever, anyway see you next time for the final part of the twilight saga ^^