Hello everyone! Always happy to write for you guys. So, this chapter will focus on Sora and a little on his backstory. I plan to do more things for Sora in later chapters, so don't worry you'll see Organization 13 and Xehanort soon. With that said, let's get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Teen Titans.
Chapter 10: Heartless
"Darn it. So close," Sora said as he put the toy gun back in the arcade slot. He was in the city's local arcade and playing a shooter game called Terminator. He was close to finishing the game when a small enemy managed to kill him while he was reloading. He walked over to where snacks and drinks were bought.
"Hey, Sora," the man who ran the arcade and shop said.
"How are you doing, Sam?" Sora asked.
"Eh, same old day: you and a bunch of kids come in and play games. At least you know when to throw your trash away; those kids don't know any manners," Sam said.
"I can stay and help you clean up if you need help," Sora offered.
"I appreciate the offer Sora but it's nothing I can't handle," Sam said as he cleaned up the counter with a blue towel. "So, the usual?" Sam asked. Sora nodded and Sam took out a soda and six ice-cream bars.
"4 dollars," Sam said. Sora reached into his pocket and pulled out 4-dollar bills and placed them on the counter.
"Thanks Sam. I'll see ya next time," Sora said.
"Take it easy Sora," Sam said as they both waved goodbye to each other. Sora opened his soda and took a drink while he held the ice-cream bars in a white bag. This was another fun thing he liked to do when there was nothing going on at the tower and he's collected enough seashells, he just liked to walk around the city and see what was going on or just hang around too. He was making his way back to the tower when he heard some screaming from a nearby grocery store. He ran in and set his soda and the bag down. He looked to see most of the lights were flickering out and some of the food aisles were knocked over.
"Hello," Sora said aloud. He walked around when he heard some whimpering behind a nearby register. He looked behind it to see a teenaged girl cowering on her knees and holding her head.
"Ma'am, what is going on?" Sora asked. The girl simply pointed towards one of the aisles and Sora heard a giant crash come from it.
"Call the police. I'll contact the other Titans," Sora said as he summoned his keyblade. He pulled out his communicator and contacted Robin, who said that they'll be there soon. Sora continued to walk closer towards the aisle with keyblade at the ready.
"Whoever you are, you might as well give up. The other Titans are on their way," Sora said. He continued to walk closer when he was suddenly tackled by something int a nearby aisle, knocking it over. The thing that tackled Sora pinned him down and started to scratch at him with sharp claws until he finally managed to kick it away. He got up but what he saw froze him in terror: He saw six pitch black creatures with humanoid bodies and glowing yellow eyes stalking towards him. They had long, crooked antennae that went down to their backs and had large five clawed fingers.
"N-no! N-not here! They c-can't be here," Sora said to himself. He was so lost in thought that he didn't see one of the creature's leap at him, ready to strike when it was suddenly blasted away by a blue beam of energy.
"Titans go!" Sora hears and he sees the other Titans engage the creatures. The Titans try to defeat the creatures but they kept reforming and attacking again and the Titans started getting overwhelmed. Robin kicked one creature away but it got back up and tackled him into another aisle. Cyborg blasted at the creatures with his sonic cannon but they seemed to sink into the ground and suddenly sprang up and kicked him away. Starfire blasted one away and it seemed to disappear when it suddenly reformed and tackled her to the ground. Raven and Beast Boy were standing their ground when Raven was suddenly grabbed by the ankle. She looked down to see one of the creatures dragging her to the ground. Raven looked over and saw Sora still standing where he was frozen in shock.
"Sora snap out of it!" Raven yelled. Sora shook his head and charged at the creatures. The creatures turned their attention back on him and charged at him. Sora dodged their attacks and easily destroyed them with a swing from his keyblade. Sora looked around to make sure that they were gone and made his keyblade disappear.
"What were those things?" Beast Boy asked. The rest of the Titans shrugged in confusion but Robin saw that Sora was looking at the ground in thought.
"Sora?" Robin asked and the rest of the Titans looked at the keyblade wielder. "Do you know what those things were?" Robin asked.
"I didn't want them to come here. I thought it would be safe," Sora said to himself again before looking up at his fellow Titans. "I'll explain everything when we get back to the tower. For now, let's help clean this place up," Sora said as he walked away.
"Wonder what's eating him?" Cyborg asked.
"We'll find out, for now let's help," Raven said as she went to help Sora.
(Later, back at the Tower)
Sora walked over to the computer and brought up security footage of the creatures as the other Titans gathered around.
"The creatures we fought tonight are called Heartless. These creatures are born from the darkness in people's hearts and have been around for many years. They are entirely devoid of emotion and their only purpose is to destroy worlds," Sora explained.
"Sounds pretty generic," Beast Boy said.
"Generic but very real. Many worlds have been destroyed because of them," Sora said.
"Why have they not come here and attacked yet?" Starfire asked.
"My master told me that this place is a safe place for me to train and that my friends will take care of the other worlds but now they're here. My only guess could be is that they've been looking for me and finally caught up," Sora said.
"So how do we stop them?" Cyborg asked.
"You guys can't, only I can," Sora said.
"What do you mean?" Robin asked.
"Did you guys notice when you were fighting the Heartless, that they would just reform and continue fighting while when I fought them, they were defeated them with a single strike?" Sora asked.
"Yeah," Raven said.
"That is because the keyblade was made to protect the worlds from the darkness. The Heartless are afraid of the keyblade, so it's up to me to stop them," Sora said as he turned off the computer and made his way to the door.
"So, what are we supposed to do? Just sit around while you go fight these things?" Cyborg asked.
"As long as a crime doesn't go on while I'm gone, pretty much," Sora said as the door closed behind him. He hated to put his friends of to the side right now but he was only one who could do this and he didn't want them getting hurt over something he had to do. But most importantly he didn't want this world to be destroyed like his own was long ago. He was about to open the elevator when he heard footsteps behind him and he turned to see Robin running to him.
"Sora, are you sure you have to do this by yourself?" Robin asked.
"Robin, I appreciate you wanting to help but you can't do much in this situation," Sora said.
"Are you sure?" Robin asked. Sora sighed and rubbed his nose.
"Look, if you really want to help, go into my room, there's a red flash drive attached to my computer. That has all the information that I have about the Heartless. You guys can look over it while I'm gone," Sora said as he entered the elevator.
"Be safe, alright?" Robin said.
"You got it," Sora said with a smile as the door closed.
(Later, in the middle of the city)
Sora was walking down the street looking for any sign of the Heartless but he could not find any. He's been looking for a couple of hours but couldn't find anything and he was starting to get tired.
"Maybe I'll find something at a higher point," Sora said as he jumped to one roof of a building and then jumped on top of another one, getting a good viewpoint over the city. Sora looked around when he saw a flock of dark creatures flying over the city.
"There!" Sora said as he glided into the air and flew after the winged Heartless. He unleashed a Thunder spell over them, which brought them down to the ground. Sora then froze them and quickly defeated them all.
"Those were new," Sora said. Suddenly, four dark bursts of flames appeared around him and big, winged, sword-wielding Heartless surrounded him. He remembered from the notes he took that these Heartless were called Invisibles.
"You guys I definitely remember," Sora said as he readied his keyblade. The Invisible's attacked Sora at the same time with their swords but Sora quickly put up a Reflect shield, protecting himself and knocking the Heartless back. One Invisible charged at him while the others released blasts of dark energy at him. Sora dodged the charging Heartless but was immediately bombarded by the energy blasts, knocking him to the ground. Sora got up to see three Invisible's surrounding him while the other one charged at some nearby citizens.
"No!" Sora said as he threw his keyblade at the Invisible, nailing it in the head. However, this left him open and one of the Invisible's struck him in the chest with its sword knocking him into the wall. Sora backflipped onto the wall and dove away from the Invisible's cornering him, while freezing them in the process. Sora brought his keyblade back and struck the Invisible threatening the citizens, making it disappear. Sora then turned around and fired three powerful blasts of fire at the three frozen Heartless, destroying them.
"Those things always gave me trouble," Sora said to himself. The citizens clapped and thanked him for saving them. Sora acknowledged them and jumped back on top of a nearby building and cast Cure on himself.
"That was close. Better get back to patrolling," Sora said.
"You really think you can stop us all by yourself?" a voice said. Sora looked around and saw the owner of the voice. It was a shadow copy of himself, only it had yellow eyes and a shadow version of the keyblade.
"You!" Sora said in anger. He charged at the shadow copy and swung at it but it suddenly disappeared.
"You seriously think that you can defeat us all by yourself? Your friends were willing to help you and yet you turned them down," the copy said.
"I'm the only one who could this! They don't need to get themselves hurt over something that is my responsibility," Sora yelled.
"How? You can hardly stand on your own two feet when you're by yourself. Always having to rely on your friends to help you when the situation is dire," Sora heard in his ear. He turned around again but there was nothing there. "And this is what will happen to your precious city when you fail," the shadow said. Sora looked at Jump City and saw dark clouds in the sky, all the buildings were destroyed, the streets were barren, and Titans Tower was destroyed. Sora looked down at the streets to see nothing but Heartless roaming the city.
"You. Will. Fail," The shadow said. Sora screamed in rage and once again swung at the shadow, this time hitting it and making it disappear and the illusion of the destroyed city vanished.
"Not while I'm still here," Sora said, taking heavy breathes. He was about to take sit down when he heard another commotion down below.
"Can't catch a break, can I?" He said to himself as he jumped from the building and glided over to a building that had smoke billowing out of it. He landed next to the building and saw people running.
"What's going on?" Sora asked one of the people. The person simply pointed to the building and ran away. Suddenly, the ground shook and the front of the building exploded, revealing a giant dog like Heartless. It had a dark purple and black body along with dark purple spikes on its back and around its head. It had yellow eyes, jagged teeth, magenta claws and chains wrapped around its legs, and a dark, spiked tail. The Heartless roared at Sora in response to seeing him.
"Your new," Sora said. The Heartless roared at him again and charged at him. Sora charged as well but when he was about to attack, the Heartless launched its chains to the sides of Sora and spun like a saw at him, knocking Sora into the ground. He looked up to see the Heartless running down the street, causing more destruction.
"Oh no you don't," Sora said as he ran after the Heartless.
(Meanwhile, back at the tower)
"Looks like Sora was right, there is no way to fight Heartless without the keyblade," Cyborg said as he and the other Titans looked over the info Sora had on the Heartless.
"There must be some way to help. I do not wish for friend Sora to carry this burden alone," Starfire said.
"Neither do I Star but Sora said it himself and he has more experience with these things than we do," Robin said, sitting at the computer seat.
"So, what can we do? We can make some Tofu and watch a movie and wait for him to come back," Beast Boy asked sheepishly and everyone glared at him.
"Just a joke," Beast Boy said.
"I may have an idea," Raven said speaking up with one of her books in her hands.
"You guys know that Sora's keyblade is a magic based weapon made from light and he said that the only weapon that can stop them is the keyblade," Raven said.
"Where are you going with this?" Robin asked.
"I think that the Heartless can be defeated by any magic based weapon. Any weapon could work, it just has to be infused with magic too," Raven said. All the Titans smiled in response, understanding what Raven was implying.
(Jump City Forest)
Sora tracked the Heartless all the way to the forest but he lost sight of it. He was walking past the trees looking for any sight of the Heartless but could not find it anywhere.
"Where did you go?" Sora asked. He kept looking around when he suddenly giant footsteps behind him. He looked around but didn't see anything. Darkness covered the entire forest, making it harder to see.
"Out of all times, it had to be night time," Sora said. He suddenly heard another noise but when he turned around, he saw a huge shadow with red, soul-piercing eyes rushing at him and knocking him into a nearby tree. He slowly got back up due to exhaustion but when he looked up, the Heartless was gone. He tried to get back up but the Heartless continuously assaulted him with sneak attacks. Sora eventually found himself pinned under the Heartless's claws.
"Pathetic," Sora heard and he looked to see his Shadow copy walking up to him. "Still think you can do this by yourself," it asked. Sora tried to free himself but was unable to.
"Now you'll learn, you can't stop the darkness alone," The Shadow said. Suddenly, a red birdarang with a black aura around it came flying in and hit the Shadow copy in the head, making it disappear, while a giant Raven claw pushed the big Heartless off of Sora and into some trees. Sora looked up to see the Titans standing before him at the ready.
"He's not alone," Raven said. Raven and Robin ran to help Sora up while the others fought the Heartless.
"Guys...what are... you doing here?" Sora asked, exhausted.
"We wanted to help and telling us to stay home isn't something we do well," Robin said.
"But...only I could...beat them," Sora said.
"The keyblade is a magical weapon, so anything imbued with magic can hurt them," Raven said. Sora looked at the others to see that they were in fact hurting the Heartless.
"Why didn't I see that?" Sora asked himself.
"So how do we stop this thing?" Robin said, pulling out his bo-staff. Sora cast a cure spell on himself and all of his wounds disappeared.
"Keep it busy. You guys can hurt it but you can't destroy it. Once it's weakened, I'll finish it. Let's go!" Sora said as he charged in with Raven and Robin behind him. Sora, Robin, and Beast Boy attacked the Heartless's legs, while Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg attacked it with their long-range attacks. Suddenly, The Heartless spun around, using its tail to knock Sora, Robin, and Beast Boy away. It then shot a giant dark blue ball of energy at the others, knocking them away as well. It suddenly started running superfast around the Titans and suddenly some of its after-images went after them.
"Everyone get close to me!" Sora said as he put up a reflect spell around them, protecting them from the attack. When the attack ended, the Heartless started bounding around, shooting fireballs and striking at them with its claws. Sora tried to attack it again but it turned out to be another after-image and the Heartless blasted him with a fireball and he fell to the ground. Robin threw some disc grenades at it but it dodged and spun at him like a saw, though he managed to dodge. Sora got up and saw his friends doing their best to keep its attention.
"Raven hold it down!" Sora yelled. Raven nodded and summoned a giant claw to hold the creature in one place. Sora covered his keyblade with light and leapt into the air. With one final scream, he brought the keyblade down onto the Heartless. With one final flash of light, the Heartless dissipated until all that was left was the Shadow copy of Sora. Sora walked up to it while the other Titans recovered.
"This isn't over. Darkness will always exist. You cannot get rid of it," The Shadow said.
"I know but if you ever threaten this world or any other world again; I, no, we will be there to stop you. That's a promise," Sora said as he once again struck down the copy making it disappear. Making his keyblade disappear, Sora collapsed to his knees but the other Titans caught him before he fell to the ground.
"You alright?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah, I will be. Thank you guys and I'm sorry," Sora said.
"Sorry for what?" Starfire asked.
"For pushing you guys away when you offered to help. I shouldn't have done that, I mean you guys are my friends and my teammates but I just took all the responsibility onto myself," Sora said.
"Why did you do that?" Raven asked.
"Because... the Heartless were the ones who destroyed my home when I first got the keyblade," Sora said and the others looked at him in shock. "And when I saw the Heartless here, I was afraid that this place would be lost as well and I didn't want to lose another home," Sora said with his head down. Raven walked up to him and surprisingly hugged him. All of the Titan's eyes widened in response.
"Am I seeing things or is Raven hugging someone?" Beast Boy asked but Cyborg shut him up.
Sora, though wide-eyed as well, hugged Raven back.
(Later)
The Titans were now back at the Tower after a very long night. Sora was limping due to hurting his leg during the fight and Robin was helping him. As the Titans were about to enter, a bright light appeared on the front of the tower.
"What is that?" Beast Boy asked. Sora looked at the light and saw the shape of a keyhole on the tower.
"I know what that is," Sora said as he walked closer to the keyhole and summoned the keyblade. He pointed the keyblade at the tower and a bright light beam shot at the keyhole. A loud sound of something closing broke the silence and the keyhole slowly disappeared.
"What was that?" Cyborg asked.
"That was the keyhole to this world. You see, every world has a heart and if the darkness were to get to it, then the world will be destroyed. But if a keyblade wielder manages to lock it, then the world will forever be safe from them. The Heartless will still be around but not on a scale such as tonight," Sora said.
"We'll set up a system that tracks any Heartless sightings here in the city," Robin said.
"Good but for now I'm ready for some sleep," Sora said and the Titans nodded in response as they entered the Tower.
And that is it. I hope you guys enjoyed Sora's story in this. So, I just wanted to introduce the Heartless and how much of an effect they have on him but don't worry, this is only scratching the surface of Sora in this story. You'll learn more about him in later chapters. Also, yes I only added the pureblood Heartless and had Sora meet the Dark Hide Heartless, the one Aqua fought in the Realm of Darkness. Now onto the reviews:
Caliban Super Saiyan 0: Sora is paired with Raven in this. You'll see at the end of this season.
Soulofnone911: I'll think about it and see who I can add. Also, thanks. Glad you're enjoying it.
Guest1: Then you're going to have a blast in the next chapter my friend.
SonicMax: Hope you had fun with this chapter then. No, he's still training.
Dcraus: That will basically be summed up in Sora's season that I will make, since every season is made for a certain character.
Guest2: No but good guess my friend. Kinda wish I was though so I could spread happiness to the world. Thanks man.
Guest3: That is a crazy idea...I like it! I'll think about which anime to put him in.
I hope you guys have a great day, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thanks for the reviews, the favors, the advice, and for following me. I'll see you guys in the next chapter. Peace.
