A night in his new boathouse courtesy of his summoner, Sayuri, turns into a night of insanity as Sora found Ikaruga in the same bed as him! The class rep is apparently still feeling strong guilt over her earlier assumption of him being an enemy, so she assumed a night of intimacy with Sora will make things square between them, but Sora was generous, and said that her friendship was enough.
Sora then allowed her to sleep in the same bed as him, just not as close as she intended earlier...
...But when Sora woke up, he found a half-naked Ikaruga latched onto him in her sleep while dreaming of their life together!
At class, Kiriya assigns a new mission for his students, especially Sora...
"We will be hunting the Heartless today."
As the teacher debriefed the class, he also had the chance to tell the class about the suspected masters of the Heartless, the Four Fiends. A serpent-like woman, a sea monster, a multi-headed dragon and one who Sora may have encountered before...
The Lich who tried to seize the hearts of the Guardians of Light during Sora's last adventure!
Kagura Hearts
Chapter 11 ~ The Flames of Homura
Throughout the day, the Hanzo Students would search throughout the city of Kabukicho for Heartless and eliminate every group of them…
Sora however couldn't focus, as what Kiriya said troubled him still, that one of the Four Fiends was the grim reaper himself, and not just any reaper, but the Lich he faced a long time ago when he was alive!
A few hours have passed, and Sora has already destroyed more than 200 Heartless enemies. He had some time to think and chow down on some Futomaki Asuka prepared for him. As he ate, he contemplated the Lich's reason for being in the same world as him…
"So…Death is here. Master Sayuri probably knew he'd come after me…maybe she trusted me to find out on my own. Makes plenty of sense though, I died, now I'm fighting for a world to gain my life back, and as always, this Halo will hover over me, reminding me I'm living on borrowed time. And with my life somewhat restored, Death will try and take me back to the Afterlife…to disappear." Sora said as he ate.
"Emo much, dude?"
Sora was shaken by the voice of a girl standing near him without warning!
Sora forced himself to smile and say, "E-Emo? I wouldn't say that, I'm just…kinda lost in my own thoughts. I-I was just…looking back on a funny…joke, yeah, NOW I get it! WOW, what a punchline!" The girl then tapped on Sora's shoulder, getting him to look at her, and so he looked and saw a tall girl with tanned skin and emerald-blue eyes, wearing a unique uniform that looked like a cross between a schoolgirl's uniform and a lone samurai's garb, cape and armor alike.
The girl then said, "A 'punchline', huh? Must've been a brain-teaser if you were THAT deep in thought. Then again, I find it hard for ANYTHING to fly over that head, I mean, can you SEE the spiky hair and Halo in the mirror?" Sora nodded, "How could I-...not? W-wait a minute…you can…y-you can see my-?!"
"Summons can't escape a Ninja's eyes, 'angel-boy'. And like Ryoki, you're tagged with a Halo. So, wanna explain why a cute, spiky-haired boy in clown shoes is talking about death in a serious tone while throwing a Nerf Club at black kids?" The girl asked.
"...I…can tell you…yet I CAN'T tell you. Your assumption is making me question my job." Sora admitted. The girl then laughed and said, "You're weird, I'm guessing Asuka had her reasons for befriending you, other than your goofy fashion tastes."
"W-wait, you know Asuka?!" Sora asked. The girl smiled and answered, "Of course I do, the name's Homura, and I'm who you'd call her Archri-."
"-BESTIE, IT'S YOU!" Asuka suddenly jumped on Homura's side and gave her a bearhug!
"...Archrival? Nah, I've seen this before, and this right here is pure Buddy-Buddy. YOU'RE the Homura Asuka told me about!" Sora said as Homura tried to shake her best friend off.
Minutes later, Homura spoke to Asuka in private while Sora waited a few steps away…
Homura looked away, trying to take all of what Asuka told her slowly, until she said, "...a REAL Keyblade Master…you're telling me your hag-mother of a necromancer, reached into limbo, and made a deal with an actual Keyblade Master for another chance at life in HIS realm?! AND SHE TRANSFERRED HER SIDE OF THE DEAL TO YOU?!" Asuka nodded, "Yeah, what can I say? Things happened…" Homura then asked, "So…can we play with your pet?" Asuka shook her head and said, "He's not a pet, Homura, he's a boy trying to reach his friends, especially one lady friend…who may or may NOT be his girlfriend." Homura then asked, "OK, OK, sorry…but just curious, did you…get him to…well…"
As Asuka waited for Homura to finish, Homura abruptly said, "-Well come ON, Asuka, he's adorable! I mean, your own pet hunk? I'm surprised YOU didn't make a move on him!" Asuka then said, "You think I DIDN'T want to?! I wanted to ask him out since he rescued me, but he's really focused on his friends, I wouldn't know if he'd say 'yes' or flat-out reject me entirely! But this…this deal is important to him. He cares about his loved ones from the other realm SO much, he's not willing to keep his virginity! And that's saying a lot after Ikaruga-!"
"W-wait, your Class Rep?! SHE tried to make a move on him?!" Homura asked. Asuka nervously answered, "...well…she was close…she literally had him in the same bed. But her reasons were because she felt dishonored for trying to kill him earlier yesterday, so she tried to make amends by-."
"-making out with him?" Homura asked.
Asuka nodded, making Homura smirk, "DAYUM Girl, she's hungry for that man." Asuka then begged, "Please, just drop it! He wants only friendship and nothing more than that! Ikaruga hasn't been the same since she wrapped herself around him in her sleep, and I have no clue what Sora thinks of us anymore! We set a bad example…and now…I'm worried he might reject us entirely…" Homura then patted her friend on the head and said, "He's not a kid anymore, Asuka, I'm pretty sure he understands what Ikaruga wanted to do with him, the real question is if he can forgive and forget? He might actually be aware of the same possibility as YOU, 'will they think less of me' or 'will they never see me as a friend', those kinds of questions will haunt him until the day he dies, so…you and Ikaruga will have to convince him you cherish him as a fellow Ninja."
Suddenly, a scream was heard near the river, forcing Sora to hurry ahead while Asuka and Homura ran after him…
Minus later, Sora saw an enormous Toad-like Heartless, gobbling up anyone it can reach! Sora then surprised Homura, who gazed in awe at the Keyblade, materializing in his hand, and cutting down the approaching Heartless minions!
Asuka then noticed the Heartless and said, "Ugh, a Heatless themed after a frog, what are the odds?" Asuka then noticed Homura looking at Sora, who stood ready against the approaching Ribbitoad Heartless…
"The legends are true…the 7 Samurai's sacred weapon, the bane of Darkness, and the strength of Light…the Excalibur, the Holy Sword…the Keyblade." Homura, described as Sora, defeated the Polliwog Heartless that charged at him, while the Ribbitoad lunged towards Sora in a last ditch attempt to eat him…
Only to get sliced in half in a matter of seconds!
Sora stood tall as he looked around the area for more enemies, but before he knew it-.
"SORA, LOOK OUT!"
A serpent-like Heartless chomped into Sora and threw him into the river, where it proceeded to wrap itself around Sora and squeeze the life out of him…
Homura then asked, "Hey Asuka, you two team up already, right?" Asuka answered, "Against an entirely different Heartless, yes." Homura grinned and said, "Then I guess it's MY turn to help the Keyblade Master…"
The serpent opened its mouth widely as it prepared to devour Sora in one gulp…
"CHARGE!"
Homura surprised Sora by slicing and slashing every angle and thorn on the Heartless' body! The multi-slash technique forces the serpent to release Sora and collapse.
Homura then caught Sora and as she let him down, she explained, "I remember this prick, the Heartless is a Thorned Snake, it's body is decorated with thorns like a rose, and heads like a hydra. This'll take a few minutes, so stand back and watch the fun." Sora however said, "It's my job though, I can't just let a friend-!"
"Ooh, we're friends now?" Homura snickered. Sora blushed for a second, but Homura changed her mean looking smirk into a happy smile as she patted his head. Sora was nervous as this strange new girl just freely pets his hair. She then said, "I'm surprised, the spiky due on that thick skull of yours…feels really soft."
After Homura stopped, the Thorned Snake recovered from it's injuries and attacked, forcing Sora to guard against it while Homura slid her sword through the monster from the mouth, through the neck, and to the Emblem!
Sora then smacked the Thorned Snake and hit it multiple times with a Strike Raid attack!
The Thorned Snake became annoyed and launched some of it's thorns at the group, like missiles, and as the area lit up in explosive bursts of fire, Asuka, Homura, and Sora ran out of the missiles' way and proceeded to end the creature's life!
First, Asuka used her Dual Slash to knock two of the thorns back at the Thorned Snake, injuring and blinding it at the same time, while Homura called out, "MY LEAD, SORA!" As the two charged, the Thorned Snake released several blasts of crackling lightning from it's mouth, trying to incinerate the approaching foes! But Homura and Sora lept and dodged every attack that came their way, and after the monster released a tail whip, Sora and Homura jumped over it…
"-RESONATE!"
"-ARS ARCANUM!"
The two then released their multi-slash attacks, and in seconds, beheaded the Heartless serpent!
As the battle ended, Sora and Homura stood on opposite sides while the Thorned Snake was enveloped in flame, releasing it's heart as it disappeared.
As Sora and Homura glanced at each other with smug looks on their faces, Asuka squeals for a lengthy amount of time, ecstatic at the epic sight of her friends defeating a Heartless, while taking a photo of them from her phone…
"...THIS IS THE MOST EPIC TEAM UP I'VE WITNESSED TO DATE…"
End of Chapter 11
Next Chapter...
Homura's aid helps Sora and Asuka, until the true enemy makes her presence known...