Chapter CCXCIII: The Final Battle Part XIX
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Seeing the giant Heartless come flying their way, Riku instantly acted, "Guys scatter!" With that they all quickly dove out of the way as-!
SWOOSH!
They all just barely missed being struck by the hideous monster! As they all descended down, the dark monster circled overhead. Then they all landed upon the snowy platform, near Hana's giant flowers. They all looked up and saw the Heartless sail through the darkness; its movements like a gigantic eel as it trailed creepily.
Though this sight was discomforting, what was more so, was the one terrible fact, "We've messed up haven't we?"
Hearing Kairi say this, Nozomi looked to the Princess of heart and saw that regret was on her face, as she added, "We've left a Vessel behind and now-!"
"Yeah," Riku replied clearly feeling much the same as his friend. Then looking at the cocooned form, their Arch-nemesis had taken, he added gripping his Alliance Blade tightly, "Xehanort's planning on using them for something horrible no doubt."
Nozomi feeling pain spread in her heart, looked back to the monstrous man and uttered sadly, "Wairu..." For again, she'd let him down. He was trapped now within that man, and what were they going to do? What-!
"Aww man!" Hearing Sora's voice, she looked back to him and saw he was as troubled as everyone else, then she heard him say as he gazed down at his hands, "If I just counted better or paid attention this wouldn't have happened!"
Then Riku hearing him said with a sigh, "Sora, your bad counting isn't what caused this." For looking back to Xehanort again, he explained, "We were all in a rush to get out, the thorns inside that dark space were overwhelming."
Both Sora and Kairi looked at their friend in surprise as he said this, then remembering what they had escaped from, Kairi replied sadly, "Yeah, that's true."
Riku was quiet as he turned away from her and looked back in Nozomi's direction, he saw the pained expression on her face, as she held her hands over her surely aching heart. Seeing her expression tormented him, but he had to admit with great reluctance, "Also, I don't think the three of us would have been able to save that person."
Shocked hearing this, Nozomi turned to look at him and asked, "Why would you say that?"
As his blue eyes looked at her, the female Keyblader then heard him say, "Because we don't have that emotional connection to them, Nozomi." Then as she stared at him with worried eyes, he continued, "We each did to the one's we did rescue, and thankfully, they each had a connection to the other three that were held in hostage in Xehanort, so we were just lucky then."
Hearing him say this, Nozomi felt tears begin to brim and she asked, "So you mean... there's no hope for him, for Wairu at all?"
No-one said anything, the heavy dread of the situation was really weighing heavily on them now. However before they could sink into despair, Riku spoke up and said, "No, that's not true."
It was then, Nozomi opened her eyes and as she did Riku was directly in front of her now. As he was, she saw him smiling down at her gently, as she did she was puzzled, but she didn't have to ask for clarification as Riku quickly explained, "Because you're the one who has that has connection, Nozomi."
Surprised, she hadn't realised that. She then asked, "I do?"
Riku chuckled and then told her, "Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be crying for them right now, would you?"
Hearing the obvious being stated so easily, Nozomi was quiet for a moment. Then she couldn't help but release a sad little chuckle, as she replied trying to wipe away her tears, "Yeah, that's true...!" Then she added as she was near finishing, "Man, I'm so dumb for not realising that!"
Sora and Kairi hearing her say this, were quiet. However they both couldn't help but smile themselves, as the small light of hope shone then. As it did, the Princess of Heart enquired, "So, who is the last Vessel we need to save?"
Hearing her, Nozomi now in a better state replied, "Wairu! My first friend," then with a hand to her heart, she added, "My best friend! Someone who was going to be an amazing wizard, who I wanted to help succeed in attaining that dream, but...I could never really help him in the end, and I just wanted to..."
As pain began to enter her voice again, Sora became determined and so gripping his right hand, he told her, "Don't worry, we'll help you save him!"
Pleased for his optimism, Kairi nodded and added, "Yeah! We'll support you all the way!"
Amazed hearing this, Nozomi uttered, "You guys..."
Hold...
It was then with surprise, she felt an armoured hand hold her own left one. As she did, she looked to see it was Riku who said gently with a smile still gracing his face, "You see, you're not alone, we can all do something together!"
As he said this, Nozomi was speechless. She was so happy for the support, but she could never express it fully with just words. So instead she smiled brightly and nodded, then-!
"Well said there fella's!"
Immediately hearing this voice, everyone turned and there they saw approaching them from all sides, were their comrades. But leading them, it was none other than, "King Mickey!"
The mouse king nodding happily at Sora's call, came to a standstill as Goofy, Donald and Pete stood close to him.
Seeing him, Nozomi then saw everyone standing ready behind them too. The ARCS, Ody and the other friendly Nobodies, Leon along with the Restoration Commitee, Balthier and his pirates, then finally Irma and Gandrake.
As they stood all ready, Nozomi was quiet as she then heard her leading comrade say, "We'll support you all here too, we need to finish this once and for all!"
"You got that right!" Pete said in agreement, for once!
"Yeah!" Snow said happily.
Then Leon, keeping his feet on the ground, then stated, "Well we better start formulating, because I don't think-!"
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
It was then they all heard again the terrible roar of the EnsoBoros Heartless, as it was getting ready to attack them!
Seeing him, gripping her sharp nailed hands, Irma then said, "Well if you idiots are gonna cook up something, make it fast!" For with those words-!
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
The monster grew in violent purple power, as it prepared to release its terrible wrath upon them all!
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VOOM!
"Haa...Haa...Haa...!"
Breathing in and out hard, Xehanort appeared from a portal of darkness. The mortal form he still held, that was Terra's body. Had incurred tremendous damage from being linked to the enormous Heartless guise, that he had chosen for the battle.
He hadn't anticipated that the enemy forces he'd encounter, would be this strong. Also the fact he'd now lost seven of the Fragments, now put him at a severe disadvantage!
However looking up, he saw the one thing that would grant him, his second chance!
TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST!
TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST!
TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST!
TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST!
After reaching his aching right hand out, as his left stayed upon his damaged chest, the thorns of darkness all parted back, and there was revealed-!
GLOW!
The pod of the Second Fragment. Its Vessel was unmoving like the others he had once held captive, his arms were held up by dark tendrils and the Fragment that supplied him with life lay before his chest.
Seeing its dark blue shine, Xehanort was quiet, when he heard-!
HISS!
Looking above the pod, he saw then the creature that he had designed to be the Guardian of the Second Fragment.
It was a black long serpentine, like creature created from the thorns of darkness. Octopedal, its sharp long talons held tightly onto the roof of the pod, as it furled and unfurled its tongue at him. As its red eyes concentrated on him, it's leathery dark blue hood was spread open, showing its deadly intent!
However Xehanort was unconcerned and commanded, "Stand down, Basilisk!" Then hearing the beckoning of his Master,
Slither, Slither, Slither...
The monster slithered back and allowed Xehanort access to his captive, looking on with sinister curiosity with red eyes as he approached. Looking to the dark-skinned unconscious boy within the domains of the pod, the Master of darkness was silent. However after a moment he smirked as he knew what he needed to do, "You will grant me access to the Fragment's hidden potential!"
With that he closed his eyes and concentrated his dark powers, then quickly-!
GLOW!
A dark blue light began to shine out brightly, as he enacted the Fragment's power to move!
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Seeing the Monster coming down fast to attack them all, it was then that Vincent acted, "Looks like there's no choice!" With that he ran forwards away from the group.
As he left, in worry the ARC Summoner, Alania cried out, "Vincent!?"
However the red clad warrior ignored her, then as he ran. He again actiavted his dark powers, and decreed, "Come forth, Chaos!"
VOOM!
Once more he was quickly absorbed into a darkened orb, but racing fast out from its depths he-!
FWOOSH!
Flew straight into the air, in his demonic guise! As the monster came forwards, the two quickly engaged!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
The Heartless unleashed a huge devastating blast of purple power, that sparked and crackled in the air!
However moving faster-!
FWOOSH!
Vincent avoided the attack and quickly brought out his gun, 'Cerberus' which he quickly used to-!
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Fire straight into the monster!
"Whoa!" Sora cried out amazed, but as he did-!
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
The giant blast of power was coming straight their way! Unnerved in seconds, Pete cried out in alarm, "Oh, amscray!"
Quickly everyone did just that, getting out of the way of the attack that-!
KABOOM!
Made a huge explosion that sent everyone off of their feet! As it did and they all rolled over and over, Alania's summon Valefor protected her with its tall wings. Coughing, the summoner got up from under her creature uttering mad, "Oh for pete's sake!"
"Urgh...!" Then with alarm hearing this groan of pain, she turned and saw her adopted sister by her side, flat on the floor with Valefor trying to gently coax her awake.
Worried for her immediately, Alania cried out, "Shrima!?" With that she asked her, "Are you okay?"
Hearing this question, the pink haired Summoner replied, "Just...about!" Though as she grimaced, it was clear she ached as she added, "You'd think...I'd be stronger than this by now, huh?"
Worried for her, Alania revealed a sad smile of her own. Then as she lifted her up by a helping hand, she was about to say more, when-!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Hearing the sounds of this fierce battle on high, she looked up and there saw Vincent and the EnsoBoros still going head to head. Seeing this, she was quiet, then becoming mad, she knew, "That idiot Vincent, there's no way he's gonna be able to keep this up on his own!" Then she added as she held her pink Summon wand in her gloved hands, "Plus he won't be able to stop any runaway blows with just a gun!"
Seeing what she was going to do, Shirma protested, "Alania, you can't just-!"
"C'mon, let's go Valefor!"
The summon nodded and quickly Alania climbed back on top of it, then as it floated back on high into the air with it's huge wings, Alania stroked its side pleased at its faithfulness and strength.
Seeing her do this, the pink haired white mage was about to tell her not to go, when-!
"So you wanna c'mon up?"
It was then she saw her sister, reaching her hand down to her from Valefor. As she did, Shirma was shocked, she then asked, "You want me to go with you?"
Shirma laughed and said, "Obviously, otherwise I wouldn't have asked!" Then again she repeated the question, "So you coming on up, little sis?"
Quiet, Shirma then seeing the viscous battle that was occurring on high, knew it would be dangerous, and she wasn't sure of her abilities. But she knew she couldn't let Alania go alone, so replied, "Of course, I can't rely on either of you to heal yourselves!"
Shirma grinned and replied, "Okay then!" With that she pulled up Shirma with a hard tug. Then as they became ready, she commanded, "Okay, Valefor! Let's go!"
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Immediately the Summoned creature took them both higher into the air! They quickly flew up! As they did, they saw the others who were all just beginning to get up! Quickly, Alania told them all, "Guys, we're gonna assist Vincent, you all hurry up with your planning!"
Then as they flew on higher, Shrima called back, "Good luck you guys!"
However, worried for them, Mickey cried out, "Wait you two!" But it was too late, they were gone!
Seeing them leave, Snow having got up. Walked over to Mickey and told him, "Hey, don't worry your majesty, they can look after themselves!" Then looking behind he added, "Now c'mon, Leon, Ody, Irma we got gotta cook up something together!"
No-one was in disagreement, but Irma still complained saying, "Don't boss me around, you bleach head!"
With that the discussions began properly, as the summoner, white mage and demonic gunner did their best, to give them all the time they needed to prepare.
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GLOW!
Watching on, Xehanort smiled as he saw the Second Fragment before its Vessel's body, was being returned to its origin point. The tendrils inside of the prison assisted it and quickly as the power came to lie within its host,
"Urgh..."
He released an utter of life, showing that his consciousness was being returned. However as he moved so slowly in his recovery, Xehanort clearly had no patience and uttered, "We have no time for this." With that he gestured with his free hand and-!
FLASH!
The tendrils hanging onto the dark-skinned boy's body flashed angrily with fierce dark power, then as they coursed over his form-!
"AAAGGGGHHH!"
Immediately the Vessel was awakened rudely with pain. As he was, Xehanort smirked and then he ceased the dreadful charges against him. Doing this, he then asked, "My apologies, did I wake you?"
The dark-skinned boy within the dark blue pod, was breathless. Though he was unable to move, he grimaced as he looked to Xehanort, he was clearly displeased as he enquired, "You...what are you...going to do...with me?"
Continuing to smile, Xehanort then told his hostage, "I am simply going to use you, to your full potential, and make sure that those of the Light, will never gain their victory!"
Angered by his words, the boy then told him with pained difficulty, "I'm not something... for you to use!" Then as he tried weakly to pull himself free from the dark tendrils, he proceeded on to add, "I'm-!"
"You have no worth," Xehanort told him coldly.
The boy was shocked, it was clear he was troubled by those words, as he uttered, "What?"
"Don't you understand?" Xehanort told him, with that continuing to smile he then approached the pod and placed his right hand upon it. As he did, he informed the concerned looking boy, "You've been utterly abandoned, Second Fragment."
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Nozomi listening closely to the plan that was brewing, could feel her anxiety growing inside. For looking at the dark cocoon that Xehanort had hid himself within, she couldn't help but fret. For she'd left Wairu behind again. He was being hurt surely, and she wasn't there to ease the pain. Her heart hurting, she remembered before in the past of their childhood, when he'd been hurt by the bullies, Rufus, Reno and Rude and various others in the town of Bamboo. But also, she hadn't been there to stop Maleficent from twisting him into the monster he became, and she'd-!
CLICK!
"Why...?"
Remembering the moment she had Unlocked him, she shivered from the pain of the guilt. For throughout all of this, she'd done nothing but-!
"Nozomi?"
Pulled out of her pained thoughts, she looked up to her right and saw Riku looking at her with concerned eyes.
Seeing him do this, she was quiet for a moment before she replied looking away, "Oh, sorry... I'm just..." However she couldn't think of what to say, for Riku didn't remember Wairu. She knew no-one else would know him either. But even if they did, they would have only have known the dark identity he'd taken on, as Uriax.
Thinking of that devastating night where their fate had changed forever, it was awful and so terrifying, but that persona wasn't the friend she'd known. That person was the monster that had formed from being exposed to the darkness, like what had happened to Riku. As she remembered what he had described to her what he'd been through back in Simba's domain, she then finally admitted, "I'm scared for Wairu and... I know I haven't done enough for him all this time, I just want to-!"
Hold...
Feeling his warm hand grip hers with reassurance, she looked back to him again. Doing this, she saw him smiling down to her gently. Then she heard him say, "Don't worry, from now on, we'll do everything we need to do, to save him."
Surprised to hear this, Nozomi was quiet. However quickly she smiled and nodded, with tears brimming, she was so fortunate then to have help like this on her side from him and all their allies. She then told him, "Thanks, Riku." Then looking up to the cocoon again, she made her declaration, "I'll make sure to get Wairu out of this, then when I do, I'll never leave him behind like that again!"
Riku couldn't know nor remember what she meant by those words, however he nodded and told her feeling her strength, "Good answer."
To which she smiled again when-!
"Okay fella's, this is it!"
Hearing the King again, it was clear the plan had been formulated, as it had she and the others who'd been listening on. Then heard the Mouse King tell them all, "Now this is how we're gonna arrange things!"
With that everyone listened, to hear what roles they'd been assigned, so that they could take out the horrible monster Xehanort had created to try and thwart them!
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"Abandoned?" As he repeated this word. The boy in the pod didn't understand what his captor meant and asked baffled, "By who...what do you mean?"
As he winced from his pain again, he heard the evil man release another sadistic chuckle. Immediately he was angered, as he looked back at him, however the long white haired man, didn't care for his disapproval as he told him, "By your fellow Vessels, but most specifically, the girl who evaded my grasp when I tried to use your image to lure her back into my custody."
"The girl?" It was then he remembered who the man meant, as he thought of her, he remembered her words,
"No! Wairu, that's not true! I never wanted that to happen to you, I-!"
As they came back to him, he repeated, "Wait, that name she used before, 'Wairu' that was-!"
BA BUMP!
Deep within the realms of his heart, he knew it. That name, it was-!
"Correct!" Then looking to the man as he interrupted him, Wairu heard him then say, "That was once your name, Vessel of the Second Fragment."
Puzzled as he heard this term, Wairu still didn't have much back in terms of memory. He didn't understand this malicious man, and asked him, "Why are you...calling me that?" Then becoming chilled, as he realised he was speaking in the past tense, he then had to know, "What do you mean...by was?"
"It means that you are now nothing but my property," the man told him. Then as Wairu looked at him with shocked eyes, he revealed, "You are but a pathetic soul, that is simply a container, for the power that is rightfully mine."
"Power?" Wairu asked him, for still he didn't understand what he meant? What did he-!
SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER!
SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER!
SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER!
SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER! SLITHER!
Suddenly before he could ask more, the awful tendrils around him, began to move! "Hey!" As they did, they tightened their hold over him and stopped him from speaking more. He still didn't understand, what was this. What was going on!?
Xehanort looking at his confusion with amusement, then informed him, "I'm going to be making some adjustments now! So there will be no chance, that you will be stolen next from me!"
Grimacing fiercely in pain, Wairu tried again to ask, "What the hell...are you-!"
GRIP!
"Agh!" Quickly something sharp bound onto his head tightly! As it did, he saw to his horror, that some remainders of the tendrils, had formed a sharpened crown of thorns that immediately fixed onto him! As they did, the pain was unspeakable as the fierce points dug into his skin.
As he struggled against the awful grip of this thing, he then heard his captor say, "Now, let us delve in! I'm going to reveal the darkness that lies within your memories and access the forbidden power, that lies within the depths of your Broken Heart and Fragment!"
Hating this invasive pain, as he felt the thorns continue to bite into him, Wairu uttered, "Stop...it!"
FLASH!
"STOP IT!"
But there was nothing he could do, as Xehanort did as he pleased and quickly began the intrusive memory delving...
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BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Firing away at the EnsoBoros Heartless, Vincent was determined to stop this creature! Then as he twisted about in the air, it quickly aimed at him and opened it's mouth-!
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
It released a huge blast of purple power from its mouth! Seeing it coming, Vincent immediately went to defend himself when-!
SHINE!
Suddenly in front of him, appeared a huge glass panel! But looking at it, he recognised it as, "A Reflect spell?" Then-!
SHINE! SHINE! SHINE! SHINE!
Some more appeared, and quickly the destructive spell came into contact with the first panel and then-!
SHING!
The attack was quickly bounced back and then-!
SHING! SHING! SHING! SHING!
The attack was sent up the chain of panels! Then it returned back to its source, which-!
KABOOM!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
As the Heartless screeched in pain, Vincent at first couldn't register what had happened when-!
"You gotta watch out better for yourself Vincent!"
Hearing this voice, the red clad man saw it was none other than, "Alania!"
The blue haired Summoner was clearly pleased, as she replied from atop her mighty summon Valefor, "The one and only!" Then she continued on with her critique telling Vincent, "Honestly, you're so lucky, that I've got Shirma with me, otherwise I'd never been able to get Carbuncle to help you!"
Puzzled, Vincent asked, "Carbuncle?"
"Mew!"
Quickly the blue/green rabbit like summon with its many tails, came to rest upon its Summoner's right shoulder. As he did, Alania smiled and petted his head gently.
Seeing her do this, it was then Vincent saw standing up, holding Carbuncle's Summon gem in both of her hands, "Hi Vincent!" It was none other than Shirma.
Seeing that the white mage was assisting now in her sister's summoning, Vincent couldn't help but remark, "Interesting strategy?" Then-!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
Gripping 'Cerberus' tightly in his hands again, Vincent knew this was no time for hesitation! So quickly he flew up higher and aiming, he declared his attack,
"Chaos Blasting Saber!"
SHINE!
Immediately numerous beams of dark light raced ahead, then as they whirled around the Heartless-!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
It hit it all over! It was struck badly, then as it fell backwards in the air, bathed in smoky cinders-!
GLOW! GLOW! GLOW! GLOW! GLOW! GLOW! GLOW! GLOW!
Within the grips of each of its long creepy red insectile legs, were treacherous orbs of darkness! That were glowing and ready to attack, seeing this the group was shocked when-!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
An arching barrage of lasers was quickly fired back at them! Seeing this with alarm, Shirma cried out, "Watch out!"
Immediately Valefor flew out of the way of the attack, while Vincent-!
FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!
Was avoiding the majority of the blows, then he aimed 'Cerberus' and-!
BLAST!
He unleashed a powerful blow against it! However the monster quickly moved out of the way, making it miss completely and opening its mouth again-!
SHINE!
It was going to unleash its hideous power against him again!
Tightening his grip, he got ready to release another barrage when-!
"Meixeng! Release it now!"
Shocked, Vincent asked hearing this announcement, "Meixeng?" Then-!
"Aye! Aye! Honey!"
FFFWWWIIISSSHHH!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
Suddenly Vincent saw the monster was blasted in its left side by a blast of high water pressure! Then he saw riding high into the air, was the exotic Nobody, using her ape Dusk to blast into the Heartless. Seeing she'd caught his eye, she winked to him before blowing a gentle kiss at him, as the heroes all began their counter attack against Xehanort's monster!
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Disorientated, Wairu blinking his eyes open discovered somehow, that he was not covered in the tendrils anymore! But why was that? How could he be-?
"Don't cry, Mother!"
Shocked hearing this young male voice, he turned around. It was then, emerging from the darkness, he saw an image come into focus somehow?
It was late into the night, the stars were shining outside a long wooden panelled window. Then there in an old chair, was a long braided, pale blue-haired woman, dressed in a long light blue and pink dress. Her skin was dark coloured like his, then as he got closer looking at the image. He was shaken, for he realised he knew this woman, she was someone that he had known all his life. For he had the same blue irises as her, that wept with sorrowful tears. This woman... it was his mother, Pritha Raindra.
Looking at the scene, he realised then. That this was the past. And the boy who was gazing up at her, was his younger self. Staring on with wide eyes, he heard his worried voice say, "Please don't cry!" However his innocent way of comforting, was doing very little for her, as the woman tensed her hands against her knees and she gasped in clear emotional pain.
Wairu watching on, could feel her turmoil, it was awful! Like his past self, he wanted to know what he could do to fix it. However the next words from his younger self surprised him, as he heard him ask, "Father will join us soon, won't he? When he does, you won't have to cry anymore! You can-!"
"That can't...happen now!" As his mother struggled to get the words out, the younger him was stilled into silence. Wairu watched on with widened eyes and heard his mother say heartbroken, "He can never... come back, because they-! They-!"
"They? They who?" The little boy asked.
Shaking her head, his mother didn't want to say. However as she looked to her son, despite her pain, she was trying so hard to smile. Then putting her right hand to his left cheek, Wairu heard her say,"Bad men, they took your father... because they wanted you!"
Shocked hearing this, Wairu couldn't believe it! His younger self couldn't either. He heard his younger self ask with widened eyes, "Me?"
"Yes..." Then hugging her son tightly with trembling arms, the woman then explained, "They wanted to use you... for something horrible, so your father... he stopped them, but now he-!" It was clearly too much though for the mother, as she apologised profusely, "I'm sorry, Wairu! I'm so sorry! That I couldn't-!"
Seeing his younger self being held this way, it shook Wairu to the core inside. He then remembered, he and his mother. Long ago, they fled the country they both knew as home. They were trying to escape someone, someone terrifying who wanted to use him, and the power he contained! Both of his parents, they'd-!
As she continued to sob, Wairu wanted to comfort her somehow. He moved his older hand forwards, uttering gently, "Mother, I-!" When-!
Dim...
The imagery faded away quickly into the shadows. As it all did, with alarm, Wairu cried out, "Wait no!" But there was nothing he could do, as-!
"How unfortunate, suffering loss at such an early age,"
Hearing his captors voice in the same space as him, Wairu looked around himself in alarm. Then anger rising, he demanded, "What did you do here!?"
"I simply revealed to you the past, in which you caused so much grief for others."
As these words were uttered, Wairu felt himself shake inside. For then he remembered what his mother had said,
"Bad men, they took your father... because they wanted you!"
In his heart, he then remembered an unspeakable pain that he'd never been able to speak about with anyone. For that was right, it was because of him, that he and his mother... they'd always been on the run, that someone awful and unknown had been after them. After his power, the magic he contained. He was the reason that his mother, always had such a sad smile on her face, full of pain and regret.
He shivered as flashes of those moments returned to his mind. Was he really-?
"You're beginning to realise the truth, aren't you?"
It was then hearing that man's voice again. That Wairu was drawn out of his realisation. His anger quickly returning, he told him, "Just shut up! What do you think you know about me anyway!?"
"I know the essence of darkness when I see it, you practically reek of it!"
"Darkness?" Wairu asked, not understanding him at all.
"That's right! And you will soon learn, like all who belong to it, that you have no place in the realms of light!"
Wairu was about to ask for clarification, but he was given no time as-!
FLASH!
"Ah!"
That intrusive light shone once again, as another memory was brought swiftly back to him...
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Seeing the EnsoBoros Heartless screech in pain, Meixeng flying in the air with the pixie dust like her other comrades, then cried out, "Saria honey! You're up!"
"Yes, thank you!" The violinist Nobody cried back, then she put her bow to her violin and quickly she activated her own power,
"Come and flee, come and flee! Water dance and be free!"
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
Immediately from all around her, floods of water came forth and became one wave that-!
SURGE!
Struck straight into the monster's right side!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
As it screeched in pain, "Nice shot partner!" Ori, then sang Saria's praises as he flew with her.
She nodded to him happily, when-!
GGGGRRRR!
Quickly the monster set its sights on them both! Saria seeing it's rage filled eyes shook inside, however Ori smirking away said, "Okay, now its time for the long range!" With that he brought out his white bow! Then quickly, he cried out, "Time to get to work you guys!"
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
Immediately their Dusks rose out of the waves of water! Then the Agile Archers took aim, Ori locked onto his target and announced, "Alright fire!"
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
In seconds, the arrows all struck the Heartless's body! Hitting all of the segments of its long grotesque red legged trunk!
Vincent watching on from a far distance, along with Alania and Shirma. Couldn't help but comment, "Impressive!"
"You said it!" The Summoner replied with a smile, when-!
"This is no time to be awestruck!"
Surprised, the group turned and then saw, "Lightning!"
As Shirma cried this out, there indeed was the strong pink-haired solider, she nodded simply as she rode once more on Odin's back. But before she could say anything-!
"Hey! I'm here too!" It was then Hope spoke up, riding behind his instructor.
Seeing the white haired Boomerang spell caster, Shirma then said simply, "Oh, sorry!"
As he pouted with annoyance, Lightning then said, "You stay back, Hope!"
"Huh?" Shocked hearing this, he started to protest, "But why? I need to stay with you, I-!"
"It's not your time yet!" Lightning told him, with that as she looked back at him, she added, "You'll know when its your turn," then with a gesture from her head, she finished, "Now c'mon stand back!"
It was clear that her apprentice didn't want to, but after a little he sighed and replied, "Fine!" With that he hopped off Odin, however he told her before she left to join Vincent's side, "You just be careful, Light!"
To which she simply revealed a small smile and nodded, before she made it to the red clad Gunner. She asked him, "You ready to strike?"
"Always!" Came the instant response, and then-!
SHINE!
The Heartless opened its massive jaws again, ready to try and attack the water casting Nobodies! Seeing it was time, the warriors charged on ahead to engage!
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Keeping his eyes tightly closed, Wairu couldn't tell what was happening. For what was going to be revealed this time? What-?
"I'm here!"
"Huh?" Hearing this young female voice, he recognised it! But how though, who was this person?
Feeling the light dim, he opened his eyes, and there standing before the front door of what he recognised was his original home, it was none other than-!
"Aww, hi Nozomi!"
Looking behind himself, it was then he saw his own mother. Standing within the doorway that led to the kitchen.
Seeing her, Wairu looked to the young girl and asked, "Nozomi?"
For looking at the young girl, dressed in her orange cardigan and pink dress, he realised it. He knew her, she was-!
"Hi, Mrs Raindra!"
Distracted, Wairu watched the scene unfold as the young girl walked in and as she did, his younger self followed suite as he closed the door behind them.
As they both made it inside, his mother now wearing her white work coat walked out to meet them. As they made it over, the smiling woman asked, "So what're you two up to now?"
Smiling brightly, Nozomi then said, "Wairu's gonna show me more of the storybooks you own!" With that looking pleased she added looking back to him, "He told me he's gonna read me the story of a detective called Curly Gnomes!"
Sighing Wairu then corrected her and said, "Its Sherlock Holmes!"
"Whatever!" The little girl laughed.
His mother laughed too, just as happy. But she couldn't help but add, "Now that will be some advanced reading!" However she told her son, "Now don't you go and read a too scary tale of his, Auron told me the last time you did, she wasn't able to get any sleep that night!"
"It's not my fault if she's cowardly!" Wairu retorted turning his head away with annoyance.
"Hey!" Nozomi protested mad.
His mother laughed again, however she told them both, "Now c'mon be nice! She's the only friend you have around here, isn't she? You don't wanna lose her do you?"
Hearing these words, the little boy looked quickly uncomfortable. However keeping his face still turned away, all he uttered simply was, "No..."
"Well you better do as I say!" His mother told him, then-!
RING! RING! RING!
The phone interrupted their moment, as it did Wairu's mother sighed and said, "Well, looks like I'll need to catch that," with that she went to go and get the call. However before fully leaving, she said, "I'll have dinner ready for you two, in an hour so, so don't make a mess upstairs, okay?"
"We won't!" Nozomi smiled, and with that. Mrs Raindra left with a smile, then quickly the dark haired girl took his young hand and said, "C'mon Wairu! Lets go read!"
"Nozomi don't pull me forwards so, ah-!" But he couldn't do anything against her energy, and quickly the two of them raced upstairs to play.
As the two children both ran up stairs, the older Wairu paused in amazement. Then quickly his intrigue got the best of him and he went to catch up to them.
As he climbed each wooden stair, various images of their childhood days came back to him. They were filled with light, both of them doing various odd, fun and crazy adventures together. They'd been so warm and bright, that they'd almost drowned out, the deep-seated guilt he'd felt about his missing father. And the pain of sorrow that he'd caused his mother, along with their permanent exile... As long as he had the warmth of that light, he-!
"Urgh!"
Puzzled, suddenly hearing this annoyed sigh. Wairu suddenly saw the door to his room was at the top of the stairs, right in front of him. This didn't make sense, "This isn't how the layout was?"
"I sped up the passage of time, just a little bit!"
Shocked hearing his captor's awful voice again, Wairu was quiet briefly before he asked, "Why?"
"Because I have no interest in wasting time in frivolous play."
Annoyed, Wairu went to speak his mind, but quickly stopped, sighing instead. For what time he could spend with this girl, was important than his captor's thoughts anyway, with that he opened the door to see what would next play out...
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SHINE!
Seeing the Heartless was aiming its wide ferocious mouth straight at them, Ori did but one thing, "Yikes!" Then quickly he grabbed his partner and told her, "Saria, we gotta leg it!"
"Whoa!" Quickly he pulled her with him to get out of the way and-!
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
It unleashed its attack!
Looking behind, Saria seeing it coming for them cried out terrified, "Ori!"
The usually mischievous Nobody, had no liners to give out! They'd been too slow! The Heartless was going to-!
"Hang on!"
FLAP! FLAP! FLAP! FLAP! FLAP!
Suddenly flying in out of nowhere, both Saria and Ori were pulled onto a big feathery warm body, just in the nick of time! They missed getting fried out of the air!
It was then they both saw it was, "Zidane! Hana! Aerith! You saved us!?"
Smiling as she continued to ride their reliable partner Ruby, Aerith, told them, "Of course! You'd never have us sleeping on the job!"
"Yeah, we'd need to be knocked out first!" Zidane laughed.
"Don't Jinx us! I only just got out of that state a bit ago, you know!" Ruby protested.
Laughing, his princess then told him, "Don't worry Ruby, I won't let that happen to you again!"
The red robin smiled at this comment, but before he could reply-!
SWOOSH!
SWOOSH!
Quickly two shapes went over them, and looking on, the retreating group saw that flying straight towards the Heartless was "Lightning! Vincent!" However the two of them didn't respond to Aerith's cry, and instead went to take down the ferocious monster!
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"What's your problem?" Wairu asked Nozomi, sitting on his favourite big purple and yellow starry patterned beanie bag.
Nozomi lying flat on the white furry mat, told him with a sigh, "Its taking too long! When's he gonna fight the bad guy?"
Sighing, Wairu then told her, "He doesn't do that straight away, he needs to find out who he is first! And then he needs to-!"
"Urgh...!" Rolling over, it was clear Nozomi was getting bored. As she stared straight up at the ceiling.
Wairu was quiet, he was only following what his mother requested, and sadly he wasn't allowed to read the one he really wanted to read to her. But, he could tell this 'safer' one, wasn't suiting her.
So putting the book to one side, he asked her, "If you don't like it, why don't you choose one yourself!"
"Hm?" Surprised Nozomi turned back to look at him, doing this she asked, "You'll let me do that?"
"Yeah, as long as its not a magic book, I can let you read anything I've got in here!" Wairu told her.
Quiet, Nozomi then after a moment replied with a smile, "Okay!" With that she got up fast and went to look through the bookshelves.
The older Wairu, then watched the two younger versions of himself and his childhood friend look through the books. As he did, he remembered as Nozomi looked through his collections, the look of wonder and intrigue she had whenever they searched together.
It always brought a smile to his face, because she always liked searching out things and she never considered books boring, unless the plot was too drawn out. But, she never hated him or chastised him for his taste in them like the other kids did, these warm memories made him hold a hand to his happy heart.
For that was precious to him, to know there were people other than his mother, who could treasure such things, even his magic she was never scared of. In fact she-!
"This one looks good!"
Distracted out of his thoughts, Wairu then saw and remembered the book that Nozomi had picked that day, his younger self looking at it, recited the title, "The Tale of the...Bamboo Cutter?"
Nodding Nozomi replied, "Yeah!"
Wairu's younger self then asked her, "Why would you wanna read this one?"
"Cause the picture's look pretty!" She replied happily, then looking at the book she added, "Also cause we live in Bamboo Town, I thought it might be about here and my Master, since he's so amazing at cutting things with a sword!"
Wairu's younger self laughed at this idea, and replied, "I doubt that!" However as Nozomi began to pout, he told her, "But okay, let's read it! I haven't got to this one yet."
"Yay!" Nozomi replied happily, with that Wairu and her read the book together, to discover the tale it held inside...
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RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
Seeing it was enraged as it used up its powerful charged attack, Vincent nodded to Lightning and told her, "Let's go!"
"Right!" She replied.
With that Vincent raced on straight ahead, his claws at the ready, he put away his weapon away for a moment and proclaimed his other attack,
"Devil's Slash!"
SLASH!
Then he sliced straight into the monster! Covering it in red blazing damaging lines as he flew in and around it!
"My turn!" Lightning said, then taking her two long Wingblades, in both hands she proclaimed, "Let's go, Odin!" Her Summon nodded, and then it glowed brightly with power, before Lightning announced her own technique,
"Arising Storm!"
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!
She cut straight through the middle of it, riding with Odin! The air was filled with countless red rose petals that fluttered in the wind! Then she cried out, "Noel! Raiyana! Now!"
"RIGHT!"
As they both cried this out together, the Heartless was falling through the air, and quickly both hunter and Nobody saw their chance!
Immediately they charged straight at the monster's head! As they did, quickly it turned and-!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
It released lines of purple laser fire from its many legs, these all went to hit them both and everything in a wide expanding circle!
"I better move!" Raiayna decreed, with that she raced on ahead.
Noel worried for her cried out, "You be careful!"
To which she gave him a thumbs up and-!
FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!
She kept up her evasion tactics, as her body began to glow all over with golden light, she began to transition into one of her battle modes!
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"And the princess Kaguya, returned to the moon and left those who had been her family in tears..."
Hearing the end of how the princess had been taken to the palace of the moon, both of the children were quiet. Neither of them knew, what to say to each other...
Then after a little bit, Nozomi couldn't help but utter, "Wow... that's so sad." Holding her knees, she couldn't help but add, "She had to go back like that, because those bad men wouldn't leave her alone. And she wasn't even allowed to remember her mama or papa or even cry, that's really bad."
"Yeah..." Wairu replied, he didn't know what to say either. He had no idea, that the story would take such a bad turn like that. What was he supposed to say about this book now, should he-?
"I wonder?" Hearing her, Wairu turned to look at Nozomi. As he did, he then saw that she had taken out her moon pendant, that contained the picture of her mother. As she opened it and stared at it quietly for a little bit, he heard her say, "Did my Mama go back to the moon?"
"Huh?" Wairu didn't understand where this thought had come from, so asked her, "Why'd you say that? Didn't you say she went to heaven?"
"Yeah," Nozomi replied, however as she looked at the pendant she continued on to say, "But, Master told me, that my Papa loved her because she was gentle like the moonlight and the princess in the picture reminded me of her, so... I couldn't help but think that."
Laughing at this he told her, "You would."
Nozomi looked annoyed at him for this, then looking outside she saw it was getting dark as the sun began to set. As she did, she then asked, "If my mama was like that princess, maybe I'll go to the moon one day?"
Shocked to hear this, he asked, "You'll go to the moon?"
"If she was from that kingdom, then those moon people came for her, so that mean they'll come for me and I'll-!"
Clutch...
Stopping her in her tracks, Wairu had taken a hold of her orange cardigan sleeve. He became terribly upset at the very idea of it, of Nozomi being taken and so he told her, "I won't let them!"
"Huh?" Nozomi looked surprised both at his words and action.
Wairu then told her again, "I won't let them take you away!" Then as the images of terrible ghostly white moon men emerged in his mind, who would take his best friend away, he told her, "I'll get better at magic, so no-one will take you away! I don't want you to go away, I don't...want...!" However upset further by the idea, he started to break down into tears. He couldn't hold it in, and did his best to rub his tears away, this was so embarrassing now! It was-!
Pat! Pat! Pat! Pat!
Spooked, he then saw Nozomi was patting his head. Pausing as he felt this, he then heard her say, "Don't worry! I won't go with them, even if they did come!" Then moving closer to him, she hugged him and added with a smile, "I'd never wanna leave you behind, Wairu!"
Surprised she said this, Wairu then sniffling asked her, "You...promise?"
"Yeah, I do!" He heard her say, clearly still smiling he could tell from her happy tone.
Wairu nodded, and with that he enjoyed feeling her gentle warmth, before finally she detached from him. This done, Nozomi went and picked another book that was more happy in tone, then as soon as the sadness had come, it just as quickly left as the two engaged in innocent play once more.
Watching this scene, Wairu couldn't help but smile. As he knew and finally remembered, those moments truly were some of the happiest that he'd ever known in his life.
Dim...
"But she never kept her word, did she?"
Spooked hearing his captor's words, Wairu turned as the darkness amassed around him again. As it did, it became deeper and more stagnant, he felt a horrible unease settle into the depths of his racing heart.
Feeling this, he didn't understand what could be causing this, what-!
SHINE!
It was then he saw Nozomi again, however the image he saw stilled him into total shock. For there before him, he saw his treasured friend, being wrapped in a warm embrace. She was being held in the arms of someone with light hair, that shone gently like white moonlight...
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"HHHAAA!"
Glowing golden all over, Raiyana had transformed into her Solar Fury form, she then rushed straight at the creature! Making it to its head, she then told it mad, "Time to shed some light on this situation!"
With that her golden skin shimmered more brightly, and her warm hair, glowed vibrantly more and more, until-!
FLASH!
The monster was completely blinded by light!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
As it screeched in hate at this illumination, Raiyana then quickly pulled back and brought forth her long double scythe, then as she got ready-!
"You ready to do this!?"
It was then that Noel appeared right by her side! As he did, she smiled and said, "Always!" With that they both moved back and-!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!SLASH!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!SLASH!
The two of them together released their combined attacks against the monster's face!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
It was in agony! But because of the blinding light, it couldn't see its attackers, so all it could do was writhe and twist in the air!
Seeing it twitch and flinch, from each blow they unleashed, it was clear they were near to winning! Feeling it was time for the final blow, he turned and said, "Raiyana let's back up now!"
"Okay!" She replied, with that they both flew quickly back!
As they did, Noel turned and cried out, "Okay, Balthier its all yours!"
It was then finally that the leader of the pirates rose into the air, flying with the pixie dust with Fran by his side, he smirked and replied, "I'll enjoy this curtain close!" With that he pulled up his powerful rifle, that was filled with pulsating power, taking aim, he then asked, "Fran, are they ready on their side of the stage?"
Fran with her bow at the ready replied, "Aye! Both the white duck and mouse king are in position!"
"Good to hear!" Then before he could say anything else-!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The monster outraged released countless blows of laser fire, here and everywhere! Quickly the long ranged heroes all immediately darted in and out to avoid the chaotic barrage!
Doing his best not to get hit, Balthier then heard his partner say, "Desperation has given rise to agitation!"
"Clearly!" He laughed, however taking aim. He then said with a keen eye, "However, the audience does not care for sloppy acts," with that pulling the trigger back, he declared, "Let's go!" With that he released his barrage of fire, along with Fran!
BLAST! BLAST! BLAST! BLAST! BLAST!
ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!
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Seeing Nozomi being held by this unknown person, Wairu felt a horrible sting in his heart, as his eyes widened. Shaking, he asked, "Who...is that?"
"One of the Warriors of the Keyblade."
As his captor said this, Wairu paused and then repeated, "Keyblade?" Then-!
FLASH!
"Agh!"
He felt an aggressive pain strike him within, then as it did he heard-!
"Why!? Why won't it-!"
Hearing her voice, Wairu asked, "Nozomi?" Then quickly the imagery changed and he saw Nozomi was trying desperately to open a locked door, using a sword that looked like a key.
As he stared at it, he asked, "Is that...a Keyblade?"
"Yes, your dear treasured friend and fellow Vessel, she happened to gain one for herself, though only because she held a certain favourable Fragment."
Wairu didn't understand, nearly all of what his captor was talking about. Then before he could ask for clarification, he heard another voice that chilled him inside and out,
"Because I sealed it!"
Turning around, he then saw the person who spoke so viscously, it was none other than himself! Looking on, seeing him say this, he was quiet with shock as he heard his past self, then tell Nozomi with a snarl,
"You're not getting away from me! And I'll hold you down in whatever way necessary!"
He couldn't believe the words that were coming out of his mouth! Shaking he uttered, "No! Why would I ever say that! Why would I-!"
"Because you never wanted her to leave you."
Hearing his captor say this, Wairu felt a horrible cold icy feeling flood his heart. He couldn't think of a word to say, as the terrible man continued on to explain,
"Afterall, everyone other than your mother had rejected you, they never wanted you, simply because you were an Outsider and one who practised magic."
As Wairu heard these words, he then heard other voices taunting voices echo in his mind,
"Look at that wuss of a wizard!" Nobody cares for magic losers like you!" "Pathetic wimp!"
Hearing those voices, Wairu then remembered all the bullying that had happened to him! Rufus and his gang, then the others in the town too... it was all so horrible! Shivering as each painful memory came back, he heard his captor again,
"Your mother was already gone, lost to the Heartless by then and without her the Seventh, you would have been all alone, no-one wanted you, in all the worlds, you would be left with utterly nothing!"
Each awful word from the man, felt like a stab to the heart. Wairu couldn't think of what to do or say at all! He-!
"And that's why you forcibly tried to take your friend for yourself! You wanted to rid her, of her memories that contained anything to do with those of the Light, so she'd never have a reason to leave you behind!"
Shaking his head, Wairu didn't believe this! He uttered, "No! No that can't be true!"
"But it is! For didn't you desire her? Didn't you want her to love you? With the same intensity you held, like the princess Kaguya's suitors?"
Still for a moment, Wairu then remembered the special warmth he had within his heart for Nozomi. However, he told the man, "I was nothing like them!" Then holding his pained chest he admitted remembering the pain Nozomi went through too, "I mean, Yeah I do love her, but I'd never want hurt her! I just wanted to protect her, to not let her be hurt and abandoned again! I'd never want to-!"
"But that's what you did!"
Wairu felt himself falter, as he did it was then he heard,
"Nozomi..."
Chilled hearing this awful tone, Wairu saw his memories had been advanced again, and his past self was on the floor. His hand was upon Nozomi's left cheek as he smiled over like a maniac and he told her, "You have no idea how long I've wanted this, just a night between you and I alone... where finally I can express my love, and have you return my feelings, don't you think this is so wonderful?"
Seeing himself do this, Wairu then said with alarm, "No, stop it!"
But it didn't end. And he saw, his precious friend tell him with tears beginning to brim in her eyes, "No! Wairu stop! I don't want you to do this! Please snap out of it!"
SHINE!
"Agh!"
Hearing her cry out in pain like this, Wairu shouted, "Stop it! You're hurting her!"
But his past self wouldn't listen, as Nozomi pleaded to him, "Did I do something wrong to you? Did I hurt you in some way to make you be overtaken by the darkness like this? Wairu please tell me! Why're you doing this?"
"Indeed? How could you do that, to your precious childhood friend no less?"
Wairu was silent in horror, ignoring the voice he simply shouted again at his past self, "Stop it right now!"
SHINE!
But it didn't end, and instead the passage of time was hastened on and it stopped at another horrible moment. where he saw the flower of darkness he had implanted within Nozomi bloom from her chest!
He then saw and remembered its purpose, which was to rob her of all her memories. Feeling horrified at the spell, no curse he'd created, he asked, "I really...did this?"
Then he heard himself utter in a chilling tone, "Beautiful, and with just one final kiss, you'll belong to me... and only me!"
Then simultaneously, in horror he shouted out terrified at the same time as Nozomi did,
"NO! STOP IT!"
Dim...
Then as the memory quickly darkened, his captor then told him the awful truth,
"The reason, you could act so heartlessly like that, is because you truly are a monster! One that belongs to the darkness!"
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Mickey hearing Balthier and Fran release their blows, then looked to his pal Donald and said, "Okay, its out turn!"
"You said it!" The royal mage agreed.
With that avoiding the barrage of laser fire from the monster, they both reached out their weapons and cried out,
"Pearl Shot!"
"Lightning Blast!"
SHINE! SHINE! SHINE! SHINE! SHINE!
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
Immediately they struck the EnsoBoros Heartless's other side! As they did-!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
It roared in agony, and quickly its red shimmering sides darkened and seeing this, the King realised, "It's time!" Then looking back, he cried out, "Ody! Irma! Its both your turns!"
"You got it!"
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Then arriving, flying on high with the Keybladers, Goofy and Pete along with Irma and her henchman Gandrake, was Ody riding upon his fully restored Dragon Dusk, Scriptium!
Seeing they'd arrived, Mickey then nodded pleased and quickly he called out, "Balthier, Fran! Fly out of the way!" With that he and Donald retreated, as did the pirate duo!
Then the Master of the Dragon, turned to look behind and asked, "Are you ready on your end, Irma?"
Annoyed the red haired sorceress told him, "Of course! Who do you think I am!?"
"An annoying show off?" Sora uttered beside her. To which Irma looked at him with fierce irritation, as he looked away to the side pretending to whistle innocently.
Ody laughed, as did the others when-!
GGGGRRRR!
They heard the EnsoBoros! Its sights were now set on them, and quickly it opened its wide jaws and-!
SHINE!
It was getting ready to unleash its purple charged attack again!
"Alright, no time for games now!" Riku said, then with that he said, "Now c'mon lets blast this thing out of the way!"
"You got it!" Ody replied, then patting his beloved Dragon, he told her, "Let's go, Scriptium!" She nodded and quickly, she pulled her head back and-!
BLAZE!
She opened her own mouth, as her powerful fire began to burn as they prepared their counter attack!
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Hearing these words, Wairu shaking asked, "I'm a monster?"
"Of course! For look what you did next!"
Wairu had no time to ask anything more as-!
"YOU!"
It was then hearing this voice, that Wairu saw the pale haired young man from before. Seeing him, he saw that he was there to stop his past self, he couldn't help but feel relieved to see this, when-!
SPLASH!
He saw the arrival was ensnared within a bubble of water, that he had created! Seeing this in horror, he then saw that the man who would save Nozomi, was being drowned by his own power!
Shivering he uttered, "No stop!"
"But you didn't!"
SHINE!
The imagery changed again, he saw they were elsewhere and then he saw with some relief, that the white-haired boy had been released. But quickly-!
"However, I will not show you any mercy!"
He then saw his past self begin to burn with dark blue flames! As he did, he saw his shape began to morph and change, he grew longer, sleeker and darker in form! His hands and feet twisted becoming long sharp claws, with a long furry tail that swung behind him and immediately as the dark transformation was completed-!
"RRRROOOOOOAAAARRRRRRR!"
Wairu saw the monster he had become! Then he watched the attacks he made against the white-haired boy, with those sharp claws. He didn't want to believe this was him! But seeing the pearled earring that hung from one of its long ears.
He realised the awful truth, the monster was truly him and again. He was causing more pain to others, he was-!
"You see its like I said, you only cause pain and misery to all who you come into contact with!"
Hearing his captor again, Wairu shaking asked, "How did I do that? How-!"
"You used the Second Fragment's power, to release the Darkness inside of your heart, that beast you see right now, is the true form you hold within!"
"My... true form?" Wairu asked.
"That's right, in your heart you're nothing but a jealous, bitter and controlling monster!"
His heart breaking hearing this, Wairu saw again the hideous form he'd taken in the past, that was continuing to fight and harm the white-haired boy. He slowly remembered then everything truly that happened...the loneliness, his self-hate, at being unable to protect the girl who'd befriended him, despite him being a failure. He'd only wanted to help her in kind, to be able to help her for a change. But instead... all that he'd become was-!
SQUEEZE...
"GAGH!"
It was then he saw that his past self was then on the verge of doing it. Killing the boy of moonlight, who was the threat that had come to take his princess away...
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ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
The EnsoBoros released its furious blast of purple lightning!
Seeing it coming, Gandrake then told his partner in crime, "Okay, Irma its your turn!"
"About time!" The arrogant sorceress proclaimed, then moving her hands-!
CLAP!
She smacked them together and cried out, "Blazing Firaga Crystal!"
SHINE!
With that in seconds, a huge burning red crystal came to shine in the air! As it did, Irma told him, "Okay, Ody let her rip!"
"Right!" The Nobody replied, then manoeuvring with Scriptium, the Dragon Dusk threw its head forwards and immediately-!
BLAZE!
Her white fires were unleashed from the depths of her throat! Immediately the fire struck into the crystal as the purple lightning from the Heartless struck against it too, then-!
FLARE!
The crystal fired up and taking the force of Scripium's fire and that of the monster-!
BLAST!
It instantly projected all the firepower straight at the monster who had no time to move and-!
KABOOM!
RRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!
It screamed from all the impact of power! Seeing this, Pete then yelled, "Boom ya!That's how ya do it!"
Everyone couldn't help but pleased! Smiling Kairi then said, "That was amazing!"
"Yeah!" Goofy replied with a smile, "We didn't even need you fella's to swoop on in there!"
"Which is a relief, we need to save what strength we have!" Riku stated with a smile.
Nozomi smiled too, but before she could say anything-!
GLOW!
Suddenly an eerie purple light began to glow all around the monster's body! As it did, in worry she asked, "What is-?" But there was no time to ask more as-!
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Watching on, Wairu coudln't believe the violence he was capable of. For of course, he wanted in the past to get back at those who'd hurt him and Nozomi, to throw punches against them. But kill...?
He just couldn't believe that monster was himself, he stepped forwards shouting, "What're you doing!? Stop!"
"WAIRU STOP IT!"
It was then he heard and saw quickly appearing was, "Nozomi!" He couldn't help but smile in relief.
"So you broke yourself free, did you?" Hearing his past self say this, as he continued to choke that boy, that warm expression was quickly wiped away.
"Wairu! Let Riku go! Stop hurting him!" As Nozomi said this desperately, he felt his current self tremble.
Then quickly he tried to call out to her, "Nozomi that's not me! I didn't want this! Please I-!"
"You fool!"
Hearing the voice of his captor again, Wairu was struck into silence as he heard him say,
"This is all in the past, there is nothing you can do to change this!"
"No!" Shaking his head, he didn't want any of this to be true! He didn't want her to witness this ugly side of him, he didn't want to see it anymore either! This was-!
"Hurting him?"
But quickly, he heard the devastating voice of his past self, that then decreed with a manic smile on his monstrous face,"I'm not doing something so nearly as nice as that..." with that turning back to his victim, he continued on to say, "I'm killing him!"
Nozomi then looked absolutely heartbroken, as she cried out, "No, you can't!"
"Nozomi!?" However quickly-!
SHINE!
The imagery began to fluctuate and change again! As it did, Wairu was shaking from the horror of the past. As he was, he then heard his captor say tauntingly,
"You see? You really are a monster!"
Looking around himself, to try and see where his captor was, all Wairu could do was listen on in silence, as his disembodied voice continued,
"A pathetic, desperate one, that wanted to hold on tightly to a light that could never be theirs..."
Wairu could feel his heart pulse painfully with each and every word that came out of the man's mouth. He just wanted to deny this... however he realised, he knew it was all true. The monster truly was him, he remembered how he'd gained that form, from practising hurting and abusing others. Under Maleficent's command, and using the Heartless, he'd hurt so many people in different worlds, just so he could-!
"And what's even more sad..."
It was then finally the imagery settled into place again, to reveal the final truth to him. As it came into focus, the evil man snickered as he finished,
"Is that same light ended you!"
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SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!
SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!
Suddenly the trunk of the Heartless all fully detached itself, becoming separate ominous dark spheres that started to fly about the space!
Seeing this happen, Sora cried out, "What the heck!? Why's it-!"
FLASH!
Then quickly everyone saw that the remainder of the Heartless that was its head, quickly transformed itself. Folding itself over and over again, it finally became-!
HISS!
Humanoid in shape, covered in purple and red coloured armour, with two pairs of long spindly arms that held a long black sceptre in its claws.
Seeing it, as it flew in the air with its newly unfolded dragonfly wings appearing from behind it. Nozomi, then saw its helmet slide into place and it looked down at them hatefully with it's two pairs of enraged red eyes! "What is that!?" She cried out.
Becoming agitated, Riku replied, "It's true form!" Then gripping his Alliance Blade, he added, "I knew it was too good to be true, that we'd win easily!"
Annoyed Irma then uttered mad, "Urgh! This is so irritating!" However before anyone could do anything-!
SCREECH!
It released its monstrous roar, then quickly it raised its menacing sceptre into the air that quickly-!
GLOW!
Released that same eerie purple light into the air! Then quickly the spheres that were once its long winding body, moved fast and spread about all across the field, making a huge surrounding circle!
Seeing them all spin about, Kairi asked, "What's it doing?"
"I dunno?" Then Goofy thinking to himself, began to say, "Maybe he's-!"
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
Then suddenly the surrounding spheres, all released a purple electric charge, that quickly all connected to each other! It was vicious and deadly, no one knew what to think when-!
FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!
FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!
The objects all flew up higher, then they all raced faster and faster aggressively in a winding ring, creating-!
VVVVOOOOMMMM!
A pulsating ring, that unveiled a massive ominous swarming black mass! It morphed and moved chillingly, making everyone's blood turn cold, then-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
Everyone felt a horrible powerful force begin to pull upon them all! It was defying gravity itself, and immediately Irma realised what it was, "Its a black hole!?"
"A what!?" Pete cried out panicked.
"That's a magical black hole! That thing's trying to-!"
FLASH!
Then suddenly the nightmarish monster moved and its staff quickly transformed, becoming a deadly wide blade that resembled its centipede body, with jagged red sides that-!
VVVVRRRR!
Quickly began to move like a saw! As it did, it was then it moved in to attack the heroes, that all were quickly trying to escape the pull of the horrible black hole that wanted to pull them all into oblivion!
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"Ended me?" Wairu almost couldn't compute this, for-!
"After all I promised, that I'd never let anyone hurt us ever again! I'll destroy everyone who threatens us! I'll-!"
It was then that Wairu saw that his past self was human again, however he still hadn't stopped in trying to kill the white-haired boy. Seeing this, he didn't know what to think. He knew he hated this, but if he cried out again, what good would that do? If this was just a nightmare then he could-!
"SHUT UP!"
But it wasn't, it was the past and quickly he saw the one memory he didn't want to ever remember!
"I don't care about that dumb childhood promise now! I can never be happy with someone who destroys others like you! All you've done till now is hurt me!"
Hearing those painful words, Wairu felt his eyes begin to brim with tears. Looking at Nozomi, he tried weakly to tell her, "Nozomi..." However as she flew into the air, her back turned to him, he didn't hear his past self. Instead he tried to speak again, "Look, I'm sorry! I never meant for this, I didn't want to-!"
"I HATE YOU WAIRU! I JUST WANT YOU TO-!"
The past version of his friend though could never hear the apologies he wanted to say. It was too late now, and quickly, the truth of his fate became evident as he finally remembered how he met his end!
"TO JUST DISAPPEAR!"
SHINE!
"AAAAGGGGHHHH!"
It was then he remembered the pain, of his body disintegrating and turning to nothing but glass shards as he was absorbed into the Fragment, as he uttered in disbelief, "Why...?"
However his current self, free from the madness he'd been poisoned with. He understood all too well why. All he could do was say, "I did this... its all my fault, I caused all this."
"Indeed you did!"
Hearing the voice of his tormentor, Wairu was quiet and then-!
SHINE!
Something new was shown to him, something that he'd never seen, it was-!
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Kairi seeing the monster coming for them, quickly acted and reaching her right hand up, she cried out, "Don't you dare!"
SHINE!
Immediately the shielding light of the Fifth Fragment came forth, and quickly stopped the attack from the monster from making contact with them!
VVVVRRRR!
SPARK! SPARK! SPARK! SPARK! SPARK!
As the monster's attack caused a sea of sparks, to fill the air. Sora then cried out, "Kairi you're doing it! You're stopping it from-!"
SCREECH!
Sora's cheers were immediately interrupted as the creature acted and-!
FLASH!
It glowed all over with burning purple electricity! As it did, everyone was caught off guard, "What's it doing!?" Nozomi cried.
"I don't know, maybe-!?" Riku never got a chance to finish his words though as-!
VOOM!
Quickly the shield they were in, was bathed in a malicious purple spell and looking at the darkness that now surrounded them, Pete cried out, "What's this 'ere!?"
Irma recognised it, "Gravity, the spell! But it's drenched in-!"
ZZZZAAAAPPPP!
Suddenly the shield was hacked straight into and-!
"AAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Everyone including Scriptium herself was subjected to the monster's wrath, as its powerful dark empowered gravity spell, quickly sent them all hurtling down!
Seeing this happen from the distance he was at, Mickey cried out worried, "Fella's!?"
Then quickly the insectile knight, turned its gaze upon the remaining heroes who were in the air. Drawing its blade up, it was then it went to attack them all too!
VVVVRRRR!
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"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Wairu looking on, then saw a new scene. There he saw before him, Nozomi with the white-haired boy and two others he'd never seen before. A spiky caramel haired young boy and a red-haired girl, all of them laughing together with his friend dressed in armour.
She raced to each of them, hugging and laughing happily with them.
He couldn't remember the last time, she'd looked like that, seeing her smiling face. It was then, he felt something inside of his heart break apart.
Collapsing onto his knees, looking at the group of four. He couldn't think of anything to say... there was nothing whatsoever for him to say.
"You see, she never needed you at all, she belongs in that warm light provided by the moon she found... your princess has fled from your shadow, never to return."
Hearing this, Wairu remained quiet. Then looking down at his hands, he saw the remains of darkness that stained his hands, when he'd transformed into the beast so long ago. As he did, he then remembered the pain and strife he'd caused during his training with Maleficent. All those innocent people, lost to the Heartless, his best friend gone, the loss of his mother and father... he couldn't help but smile sadly, remembering all the grief his existence caused. He then admitted, "I can't blame her for that..."
"Hmm? What's that?"
"I'm a failure, a pathetic mistake... it's all as you've said." Then with those words, Wairu pulled up his legs and held his knees, hugging onto them tightly.
Doing this act, he then said, "All I ever wanted, was to be strong, just so I could ease my Mother's suffering, and Nozomi's too... I just wanted to be better than the weakling I was, but now-!" Then he felt the overwhelming weight from the grief and guilt, and as it built up and up with each beat of his aching heart, the pain overflowed from within him as tears, which began to spill from his blue eyes, for he admitted sorrowfully, "I'm not needed anymore... No-one's waiting for me now."
SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL!
Then quickly threads of darkness wrapped themselves around his body tightly, then quickly they started to obscure his vision. As it did, he then uttered sadly, "I really am just a monster now, I can't be near anyone anymore...and I'll never be forgiven, I don't deserve it."
He couldn't fight it, the past was set in stone and he couldn't change anything now. There was nothing he could do, to repair the damage of what he'd done. He didn't deserve forgiveness, he knew now it was true. He didn't belong in the light, the only place that he truly belonged in, was the darkness itself.
However despite realising that, he couldn't help but admit sorrowfully "Father, Mother...Nozomi...I'm sorry, that I wasn't...strong enough for you all!" Then finally the shadows devoured him, binding him tightly down into the darkness, where surely no light could ever reach him...
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"AAAAGGGHHHH!"
BLAST! BLAST! BLAST! BLAST! BLAST!
BLAST! BLAST! BLAST! BLAST! BLAST!
Trying to blast into the newly formed monster, as his allies were sent hurtling down being swiftly recovered by Leon and Snow's remaining groups, Vincent discovered much to his dismay that it was evading him faster then he could shoot it and-!
VOOM!
Again it tried to attack him, with its gravity spell! However moving faster he avoided it, but-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
He unfortunately was being pulled in by the force of the black hole above them all! Feeling it he became agitated, he knew though he couldn't just do nothing! For the others had already been hit! If he did nothing then-!
"Vincent!"
"Huh?" Turning he went to see who called him but-!
GRAB!
"Whoa!"
Immediately he was caught by a strong grasping hand, then he felt himself be pulled onto something! Looking he then saw, "Lightning!"
For descending down with him, upon her summoned steed Odin, it was indeed the brave female soldier! Seeing that she'd got his attention, she said, "We need to retreat!"
Shocked, Vincent though argued, "But if we do nothing, then-!"
"If we're foolish, we'll be crushed!" Lightning told him, then looking at the monstrous force above them, she added, "The true horror is that black hole we now have to deal with!"
Vincent was struck into silence by her wise words, but before he could make a reply-!
SCREECH!
It was then the Heartless came for them again, its blade ready to slice straight into them, when-!
"Oh, no you don't!"
It was then a couple of familiar faces appeared and-!
"Last Resort!"
SHINE! SHINE! SHINE! SHINE! SHINE! SHINE!
Quickly glowing spheres of light emerged and struck into the monster and then-!
"Energy Ray!"
BLAST!
Then quickly the monster was sent retreating back into the air by this powerful laser fire! As it was, the two saved heroes then saw who came to their rescue!
"Are you both alright!?"
It was Shrima, Alania and Hope who'd come.
Seeing them, Vincent then answered, "We're well."
"Thank goodness!" Shirma said with relief, as Carbuncle stroked into her cheek trying to give her some comfort.
Lightning nodded, and then looking to Hope, she told them, "That was good timing on your end, well done."
"Anytime!" Her apprentice told her with a smile, however before they could talk more-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
Feeling the awful pull of the black hole, Alania then told her friends, "Okay guys, c'mon! We gotta make tracks!" With that they were all on their way, back to the snowy platform below, so they could be healed by Hana's flowers and hopefully come up with a new plan!
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Smiling with satisfaction seeing the effects of his despair inducing crown of thorns, Xehanort was amused. For looking at the boy within the pod, who's empty eyes were wet with tears, he told him, "The roots of despair have finally ensnared you fully, but again, it didn't take too much work on my part, since they were already seeded within your heart."
Then reaching out his right hand-!
SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL!
An orb of terrible purple darkness emerged and as it did-!
BA BUMP!
From within Wairu's chest, emerged another source of dark power that resembled it greatly. Looking at it, he mused, "That witch Maleficent, she planted that seed within you a long time ago, so that you couldn't believe in anyone else, other than your own words and hers." Then as he analysed the spell, he concluded, "I suppose, she didn't want to lose another powerful pawn, like my former Vessel."
However Wairu couldn't answer him, and as he remained lifeless, Xehanort then said, "And that's why I assume you went mad as well, being influenced by her dark power warped your personality, making it similar to hers in obsession."
Then as the core of the spell continued to ebb and beat eerily within Wairu's chest, he finished saying, "But thanks to that witch, you are within the darkest depths of the purest despair, where you'll never be able to escape!"
VOOM!
BA BUMP! BA BUMP! BA BUMP! BA BUMP!
Quickly the orb in his right hand intensified in power! As it did and the boy's Broken Heart beat faster in response, he said victoriously, "And now thanks to you, I will gain the strength I need, to overthrow the tyranny of the Light!"
SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL!
SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL! SWIRL!
Then quickly as the Second Fragment activated in response to its Master, he commanded, "Now! Gift me my truth self! The true dark one that has always lay dormant within the depths of my heart!"
SHINE!
Immediately the dark blue power of the Second Fragment flowed over Xehanort's body! As it did, he could feel his power and strength grow immeasurably! It was beyond words of euphoria as he smiled manically feeling all his wounds be healed!
HISS!
Hearing the Basilisk, Xehanort smiling at it, told him, "Go! Join the Second Fragment's Vessel!" Then with amusement, he added, "I'm sure he'll enjoy your cold embrace immensely!" The massive reptile moved to this order and-!
VOOM!
It entered the pod and joined Wairu inside, and quickly the monster wrapped its long body around his helpless form, along with the tendrils, before-!
PIERCE!
The monster bit into the right side on Wairu's neck and shoulder!
"Agh!"
Though despite this loud cry of pain, it wasn't enough to break the curse that had been placed on him by the crown of thorns and the despair that lay in his heart!
Smirking at this act, Xehanort then said, "You poor boy! Don't worry, soon I will free you from all pain and heart break! The Darkness now will forever cradle you, and shield you from all suffering..."
TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST!
Then with those last words, Xehanort's transformation was fully underway as his physical body began to take on the true form that lay within the deepest pits of his Heart...
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SPARKLE! SPARKLE! SPARKLE!
Under the golden light of the flowers that grew along the edges of the snowy platforms, all the Keybladers along with their comrades were fully healed! Feeling this, Nozomi gasped saying, "Wow! That's a relief!"
"Yeah it is!" Then quickly looking above, Sora was annoyed as he saw the insectile knight. As he stared at it, he couldn't help but admit, "I want to send him flying into that hole!"
"Not a good idea!" Riku told his friend, stopping him in his tracks. As he did, he sadly knew the reality of things and said, "If we head up there now, then-!"
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
Suddenly the pull of the black hole had intensified! As it did, everyone was holding onto the plants and vines around them for dear life! Trying to stop it from sucking them in!
Riku grimacing as he held on tightly told them all, "We'll be crushed if we get too close!"
Shivering at the idea of that happening, Nozomi admitted, "That's not good!" Then looking up, she saw to her dread, "And its sucked in all the orbs up there! I can't even rely on those to stabilise us!"
"Darn!" Sora uttered, then quickly he tried to think of what they could do, when-!
"I'm sorry!" Turning everyone saw it was Kairi who was apologising, they were all confused, until she explained, "If I was stronger with the Fifth Fragment, I could have stopped that attack before, if I knew it was gonna use magic like that too I-!"
"Kairi don't apologise!" Sora interrupted, then as she looked to him in surprise, he told her, "You couldn't have known what was gonna happen, none of us did." Then with a smile, he told her reassuringly, "We'll get through this, don't worry! We'll think of something!"
Surprised at his words, Kairi then was quiet. However quickly she smiled and nodded saying, "Okay!"
Pete holding on tightly with Goofy nearby, with Ody and Scriptium, keeping them pinned with her shielding wings, he told them, "Well you mutts had better think of that something fast, otherwise we-!"
"AAAGGGHHH!"
It was then in alarm, the group saw that being pulled in by the gravity of the black hole was none other than, "Irma!?"
As Gandrake cried out for the sorceress, everyone was horrified! Nozomi then cried out, "Irma no!" But then-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
The black hole's pull intensified again! They couldn't let go themselves otherwise-!
"Oh, this is not fair!"
As Irma swam chaotically in the air trying to fight the pull of gravity, she couldn't think of any spells that would aid her! Looking above and seeing the hole and the Heartless that were going to crush her into oblivion, she cried out, "Why is this happening to me!? Someone do something! I-!"
SPIN! SPIN! SPIN! SPIN! SPIN!
Suddenly out of nowhere, white long bandages appeared and as they did, they wrapped themselves tightly around her middle! As this happened, she cried out, "Whoa! What the heck is-!?"
"You are most fortunate that you are within my reach!"
"Huh!?" it was then Irma hearing this voice, looked down and there saw hanging by a long a thread, it was none other than the Araxne!
She was holding onto her, using her own bandages that were coming out of her long sleeves! She in turn was also being held by the pull of her Dusk, Spidron! Seeing this, Irma cried out, "Of all things, I'm being saved by a giant spider!?"
"Are you making a complaint?" Araxne asked, irritation quickly entering her tone.
Hearing this, Irma became quiet then realising what might happen if she ticked off her saviour, she then replied awkwardly, "Uh, no...?"
Araxne narrowed her eyes, then without a word she turned and nodded her head and quickly-!
PULL!
The two of them were quickly being returned to safety! Irma was quickly feeling hugely relieved, that soon she'd be safe again, and-!
SCREECH!
Chilled hearing this monstrous cry, Irma and Araxne then both saw that the Heartless was coming straight for them! Seeing it, the red-haired Sorceress felts sweats of anxiety overflow as she saw-!
VVVVRRRR!
Its giant chainsaw blade, was aimed right at them, horrified seeing this, all Irma could do was one thing,
"AAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Everyone was horrified! There was nothing they could do! They couldn't-!
"¡La caballería está aquí!" "Huh!?" Hearing this familiar voice, Irma uttered, "What's-!" SHINE!
Then suddenly from up above, a pink light shone out widely everywhere and simultaneously-!
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM!
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! Suddenly explosions rained down from above that quickly struck into the monster and the ring of dark spheres and as they did-!
SCREECH!
The monster screeched in agony from the pain! As it did, everyone couldn't tell what the heck was going on, when-!
"Hey!"
"Huh!?"
GRAB! GRAB!
Suddenly both Irma and Araxne were grabbed by a pair of strong hands! Then looking on, the sorceress cried out, "Afro!?"
For there appearing on the scene it was none other than the expert green coated gunner, Sazh! Smiling at the greeting he told her, "Nice to see you too, you troublemaker!"
Irma didn't know what to think when-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
The pull from the black hole intensified yet again! Feeling this, holding onto the long trailing bandage of Araxne's, Sazh uttered mad, "Darn!" Then looking up, he cried out, "Juan! The bombs we launched weren't enough! Ya're gonna have to think of something else pal!"
In disbelief, Irma uttered, "Juan!?" Then-!
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
HISS!
The monster hissed in agitation, as its attacker descended! Then quickly as he made it onto the snowy floor, the mariachi gunner proclaimed, "I am the error that's come to ruin your fiesta! The add you can't block! I'm the artillero, Juan!" With that he finished with a keen sparkling grin, showing he was ready for a good time!
It was then that Irma, helped by Sazh and Araxne arrived back onto the solid snow! Holding on tightly to the vines, she uttered, "What's wrong with that idiot!?"
SCREECH!
The monster didn't care for this act, and quickly with its weapon at the ready it charged down to get him!
VVVVRRRR!
Seeing the dangerous saw blade that was coming his way, Juan acted swiftly! Bringing out his guns, he focused all his energy and smacked them together, making-!
SHINE!
His trademark weapon, his Boomstick! Holding it ready, he then announced, "Okay, Poncho! Let's do that old trick that we learned from Bee and Puppycat!"
Immediately his pink Axotol pal, flew from his right shoulder and landed onto the end of his rifle! As he did, it was then that he opened his mouth wide and Juan pulled on the trigger of his weapon and-!
BBBBLLLLAAAASSSSTTTT!
Suddenly the fiery rifle and creature produced a massive combined fiery red and pink beam of light that flashed straight into the air that-!
KABOOM!
Struck straight through the monster and-!
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM!
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! Hit all of the dark spheres! As this happened, the deadly objects light dimmed and out, showing they were hit badly, the pull of the black hole had weakened! Sora amazed by this sight, cried out, "That was awesome!"
Riku surprised then had to admit, "Well, Juan's always been able to put on one heck of a show!" "You said it!" Kairi laughed, forgetting her fear for a moment. Smiling, Nozomi was about to agree when-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
Sadly they all felt the pull of the black hole again. It hadn't stopped!
"Darn it!" Holding on fast to the vines again, Nozomi asked, "That wasn't enough!?"
SCREECH!
The insectile knight was outraged! Seeing this, Juan asked, "Huh? Not enough potencia de fuego?" Then quickly he saw the monster coming for him again! As it did, Juan thinking quickly realised, "Okay, only one thing for it!" With that he dug into his pockets!
Everyone then couldn't tell what he was doing! Nozomi worried for him as the monster charged down straight at him, cried out, "Juan! Hurry up!"
"I know! I know! Señorita, just give me a few segundos!" With that, he then finally found what he was looking for, "Ah, there you are!" Then-!
WWWWHHHHOOOOSSSSHHHH!
The pull of gravity was working against him! Immediately he was being lifted off his feet, making him unbalanced he cried out, "Oh no!" Then-!
VVVVRRRR!
The monster towered over him and went to strike him down! Juan feeling this shadow over him, he looked on terrified! However-!
"Shining Star Rays!"
Quickly the monster was struck into! As it was, Juan looked on with wide eyes as-!
SPARK! SPARK! SPARK! SPARK! SPARK!
Nozomi had arrived! Then with her Keyblade out, she barred the monster from attacking her friend, as she kept her weapon up as a barrier!
Surprised seeing this, he cried out, "Señorita Nozomi!"
"Nozomi!?"
Keeping up the defensive as everyone cried out for her, she called out, "It's okay! I can do this!" With that she turned and pushed back the monster quickly, unleashing another attack, "Glitter Spiral Kick!"
STRIKE!
With that she sent the monster hurtling back! As she did, she then moved again and quickly-!
"Luminous Sparking Tornado!"
She sent the monster back farther, she only hoped this would give them the time they would need and then-!
"Shimmering Sewing!"
Immediately, Nozomi's thread emerged and quickly it raced ahead to her fellow Keybladers who quickly, grabbed onto it! As they held it, she was relieved and said, "That's great! I can make my own threads now!" Then calling out to the others she told them, "Guys hold onto us!"
With that they all nodded to her, and they all held onto the thread as tightly as they could! Seeing this, Nozomi then held onto her comrade tight and told him, "Juan! C'mon, do what you need to!"
"At once Señorita!" He announced, then quickly he brought out the particular item he needed, which was... a playing card?
Perplexed seeing it, Nozomi looking at it read, "CopyCat?" Then quickly-!
"C'mon out my funky amigo, magic card CopyCat!"
SHINE!
BOING!
Shocked in seconds, Nozomi then saw emerging from the card was a long dark slinky looking cat like creature with crazy looking eyes that coiled around them both like a long snake! As it looked at them both, she heard-!
"Mwha! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
She didn't know what to think as she saw it! But as it looked on over at them both, she heard Juan say, "Good to see you amigo! I need you to do a especial for me!"
Nozomi was quiet, all she could do was stare as it continued to grin at them both manically amused. Its interest was clearly peaked though, as it stared at the mariachi gunner.
Juan then told him, "I need you to copy the good old Magia gun, from my pal Kaze! Think you can?"
"Mwha! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
The cat laughed loudly, then... it shook its head. The request was denied!
Unnerved, Nozomi didn't what they'd do, when-!
SCREECH!
The insectile knight quickly charged back down to attack them! Anxious, she cried out, "Juan!"
However, Juan relaxed told his pal, "C'mon amigo! Do this for me and-!"
GLITTER! GLITTER! GLITTER!
It was then he pulled out a big glittering golden fish from his pocket! As he did, the manic coiling cat's eyes became starstruck with hunger. Then smiling Juan continued to say, "I'll give you this chocolate dorado fish, I got at my last temp job at Cathead Planet!" Then as he let the mysterious cat stare at it for a moment more, he asked, "What do you say, amigo? Interesado?"
"Mwha! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
The cat nodded enthusiastically and with that-!
THROW!
Juan chucked it into the air and quickly-!
CHOMP!
The cat devoured it in one gulp and immeadiatley-!
SHINE!
His long body began to transform! Seeing this happen, Nozomi cried out, "What's he doing?!"
"Mwha! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
Quickly the cat sparkling with golden and purple light, swarmed around and around Juan's right arm that held his Boomstick! As it did, Poncho flew off and landed on his partners shoulder.
Seeing this, Nozomi then saw that the cat took on a mechanical form, with Juan's gun and became a new weapon altogether! The nuzzle took on the form of a smiling cat face, with three openings and behind it, was a twisting drill switch that buzzed with life along with a huge beat dark heart!
Nozomi couldn't believe it and then-!
FLASH!
The weapon was ready! As it was, Juan then announced proudly, "The Copy Magia Gun, is on stage!"
Perplexed, Nozomi repeated, "Magia Gun?!"
Juan though didn't answer her question, instead he decreed to the monster that approached, "The Tres Soil combo for you has been decided!"
With that out of his other pockets, he pulled a gold and sky blue bullet out and said, "¡Un infinito que sobrepasa los cielos, Cielo Azul!"
CLICK!
The golden back of the device opened up and swallowed the bullet whole! Then-!
"¡Una plenitud que pasa por tierra firme, Earth Brown!" Juan produced another gold bullet, but brown in colour!
CLICK!
It was swallowed into the gun too! Nozomi then saw-!
VVVVRRRR!
The monster was preparing its horrible attack again! Her anxiety was raising higher by the second, then-!
"¡El engaño para ahuecar una dimensión, Magic Violet!" With that Juan brought out another bullet, this one purple in it centre. He then slotted it in and-!
CLICK!
SHINE!
The gun was ready, as it burned brightly with purple power! Then Juan looking at the monster cried out, "Salir! Let's go, Typhoon!"
BLAST!
With that Juan fired and-!
SHINE! SHINE! SHINE!
Three glittering beams of purple, blue and yellow light came together that formed into one combined beam that quickly struck into the Heartless!
FLASH!
Everyone was mesmerised, however as the light cleared, Nozomi saw to her dismay, "It's still there!"
HISS!
For indeed it was, however-!
GLOW!
A small shape appeared before the baffled Heartless, looking at it. Nozomi saw a small pink shape, with something like a grey ring behind it. It looked like a tiny ship? Nozomi didn't understand it, when-!
SLOT!
Something popped down from the bottom of the odd shape and-!
GLOW!
GLOW!
GLOW!
As the three glowing lights emerged, Nozomi didn't understand what it was doing when-!
SHINE!
SCREECH!
The monster then suddenly screeched loudly, and was... ensnared within a huge glass prism box!?
"Huh!? What the heck is that!?" Nozomi didn't understand nor anyone else as-!
SHRINK!
SHRINK!
SHRINK!
The box was getting, smaller, smaller and smaller! It was shrinking! The monster was being crushed by the confining space!
Nozomi looking at the grinning gunner cried out, "Juan what is that thing?!"
"He's Typhoon! Señorita," With that smiling he explained with a pointing right hand, "He's a pop up, like Señorita Alania uses! He's a wind one that vanishes with the chico malo, who happens to meet up with him!"
"Huh!?" Nozomi still didn't understand, but then-!
SCREECH!
The monster screeched loudly in terror and agony once more before-!
SSSHHHIIINNNGGG...
It completely vanished into nothing! The EnsboBoros had been crushed into nothingness, leaving its huge Heart to float away into the darkness above! As this happened-!
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM!
KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM! The spheres too exploded into nothing with more Hearts vanishing, as their Master core had been erased. Then quickly as this happened! VOOM... The Black Hole that had tried to suck them all into oblivion, quickly vanished and as the pull of normal gravity returned-!
"WOO HOO!" Everyone was filled with relief and glee! Seeing this all happen, Nozomi still couldn't believe it! Looking to the Maraichi Gunner, she then asked him, "Juan, have you always been able to Summon?"
The gunner hearing her, as he petted Copycat for a job well done, then took his comrade back into his card form. Putting him back in his pocket, he then told her, "Oh no, Señorita, I can only do it when Copycat feels like it!" Then he added, looking sheepish somehow, "Plus I don't have too many of those especial kinda bullets, I can't use them too much cause of that."
Quiet hearing this, Nozomi though couldn't help but wonder, "Where did you get bullets that can summon though?" "From my good pal, Señor Kaze!" Juan smiled. Puzzled, Nozomi asked, "Kaze?" Juan nodded, then getting something else out of another pocket, he showed her an old photo and told her, "You see, I helped him with a big favour one time and he was really pleased, to lend me some spare bullets of his!" Nozomi then looking at the photo, saw Juan smiling making a peace sign with a tall grumpy man, dressed in a black raggedy coat, with long scraggily brown hair in a ponytail. However looking at him, she wondered, "Why's he wearing broken Sunglasses?" But before Juan could answer-! "Guys!" It was then arriving on the scene, that Nozomi saw, "Sora, guys! You're okay!" Nodding the spiky haired Keyblader told them, "Yeah, we're more than okay!" Then looking to their saviour, he told him, "What you did back there was just awesome!" Juan then laughed and said, "Aww it's nothin'! I do what I do, for my amigo's when they're in big problemas!" "I'll say!" Sazh laughed, then as he arrived with their other comrades, he couldn't help but say, "Though I'm gonna need answers about what you and I went through, Juan! It's gonna be real tough to explain to Dajh, how we got sucked literally out of the battlefield and into that weird cat place!" Juan then laughed and replied, "Oh, I'll try amigo!" Mickey smiling with the others as he finally arrived too, then looked towards their true foe hidden within the ominous cocoon. Staring at it with renewed determination, he said, "Okay fella's! We gotta do our best now!" Then drawing out his golden Keyblade, he declared, "Let's save the last Vessel from Xehanort and end this nightmare once and for all!" "Right!" Everyone cried out in unison! Then they all ran forwards to engage with the monster when-!
"HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!"
Manic laughter sounded and-! SHINE!
A dark blue light shone out everywhere, and as it did, Nozomi cried out, "What is this!? What's happening!?" No-one could tell her as then-! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! TWIST! The countless dark hands that had concealed the Master of Darkness, pulled themselves back. Then soon, the Warriors of Light would bear witness, to the true dark self that had always lay dormant within Xehanort's heart and had finally been given form, by the imprisoned powers of the Second Fragment...
