Up, Up, and Away

[Reno]

Aqua's eyes narrowed as she looked down at the red-head, frowning faintly. The young moomba was quick to join his side, howling loudly.

She jumped from the tooth, walking voer to the redhead, looking down at the green eyes that say nothing. "this whole think had been on the basis of what? retrieveing our keyblades." She looked down at the redhead. "you were just unfortunate enough get involved."

She lifted her foot, nudging his head to the side, then looked at the moomba, chuckling. "doesn;t it just suck to be the good guys these days?"

She frowned again. she used to be a keyblader - she was suppsoed to be a savoir...

Now she was a chaser. But did that mean she had to be a murderer? Especally of those who had nothing to do with this? She groaned, then slipped to her knees. "Concsience is a nasty thing. She tilted his head up, then took a deep breath, placing her lips over his and breathing into him. CPR - she;s never really used it but hell...


Jeez this Roxas had a language problem! Sora looked up, holding on for dear life as he was pushed down by the other - but his grip couldn;t hold and he fell.

"oof!" He fell on his backside, hissing as his head smacked into the ground, disorienting him for a few moments. His vision blurred a bit and he blinked rapidly, sitting up slowly. He heard it though, the sound of cracking. It mad ehis ehart stop because he recognized the noise well.

The land above him was breaking apart - and he was right under it. He looked up, his suspicions coming true before his eyes. He jumped to his feet. "That;s IT!" He yelled, before he bent his knees and then jumped, the lands lack of gravity not bringing him down. He used his pwoer of flight right behind the kick, and he soared upwards, slicing through the pieces as they came fr him with ease. Whnever he needed extra lift, he would kick off from the land he sliced through.

It wasn;t long before he was shooting through the air, his path clear - straight for Ven. His blade glew red and he sliced at the other in a powerful strike. "Zentensuken!"


Roxas...I love you... the words rang in his head. Roxas eyes were wide, but he was too winded to raise his arm to even protect himself. For a split second he though he would be joining his lover.

Imagine his surprise when Riku itnervened.

Terra grit his teeth, the blast sending him backwards. He slid in the ground, but was quick to get up. He chuckled, walking forward, swinging his weapon with idle fingers. "i see..."

Roxas sat up, but suddenly the ground before him and riku was swallowed by darkness and they were dragged under.

The blonde grunted hard when he landed on a rough, rocky surface. He struggled to his feet, shaking his head and looked at his surrondings. It was all desert. Nothing else. The sun was hotter on his back then he could imagine. But the ground underneath him was hard as rock. At certain patches there were breaks in the hard rock - and he could see swirls of sand, continiously moving like a whirlpool almost. Quicksand? If either he or Riku fell into that - they wouldn;t escape.

"Welcome to Atterris - the world of shifting lands." Terra said from farther off.

[Rikugurl]

When Xio heard the steps, he arched on his hind legs, growling at the woman. No, he wasn't able to protect his master before... but he would protect his remains as long as possible. However... no matter how much he wanted to protect Axel's body, he was too weak to attack her and he knew it. All he could do was growl.

He growled more when he saw her push her boot against the pyro's head, he head limp at the touch. Her chuckle made him growl more and just watched her as she looked down at Axel. When she came down to him on her knees, he stopped, a bit confused. What was she doing now? And then... a kiss? Only Roxas was suppose to do that!

He was about to start growling more when he noticed her start to push on his chest and then back to the odd kiss. What was she doing? His golden eyes watched closely then literally jumped out of his fur when he saw what happened next. Water poured out of Axel's mouth and into the shallow water below him. Then... coughing. Lots and lots of coughing. More water poured out of his mouth and suddenly his arm flew up, grabbing the earth across from him, turning his whole, naked body around.

He started to grovel, coughing more as more water poured out of his lungs. His body was wet and pasty looking, his spine showing easily as the water around him splashed a bit. His body quivered, the 'VIII' on his lower back dark in color.

Xio's eyes widened. He... he was alive! Did... did the woman save him?
"Roxas... Xio..." The moomba's eyes grew happy as he heard his master's whisper. He walked over, nudging the now alive body. His golden eyes moved to Aqua. Slowly he left his master's side and walked to her, slowly licking her face in thanks. He didn't know what he nor Roxas would do without their loved one.


Ven watched the act, seeing Sora jump from one piece of land to another. It was pretty entertaining though. He grinned, seeing Sora getting close. No wonder he was a keyblade master. Too bad he would have to change that. Terra was the rightful keyblade master. His blue eyes changed though as he saw the clear path between him and Sora and then...

Zantetsuken

His eyes widened in horror. Sora... had that kind of power. It could kill a person in one blow! He didn't even think the attack was real! There was no way he was getting in between that attack! "AERO!" A sudden and quick just of wind sent the blonde flying to the side, making Sora miss by seconds.

As he was dodging death, he pointed his keyblade up, making it beam towards the island that Sora was headed towards. That island too suddenly broke apart, making its remains fall down onto the hero.


"Wha?" Riku could feel the ground beneath them break, darkness under them. It wasn't the Darkness that Riku knew... something different. A portal.
He suddenly fell besides Roxas and groaned, slowly getting on his feet too.

His silver hair whipped in the wind as he looked around. The sun was hot and beating down on them.
Atterris? He had never heard of that world. Then again, he didn't know half the worlds Sora knew. Sora....

Riku growled, looking at the man.
"If you were smart, you would know better than to pick a fight with us!" He gritted his teeth as he got into stance, the sign of black shadows at his feet.

[Reno]

Aqua went through the motions, knowing them well. she had once trained to be a life guard when she was younger - she never got the job though. She had been too young. It looked like the training would come in handy for once.

She pulled away for the fifth time when he started to cough. She watched him silently, then chuckled when he turned himself around - her eyes catching sight of the tattoo. It was hard to miss against the pale skin. She took note of the number - that was right. Former Organization member. Was that a guild thing - to tattoo one's self or did Axel just do it cause he thought it would be fun?

She blinked when a rough tongue suddenly licked across her cheek. she chuckled, reaching up to pet the moomba. "Well aren't you sweet." Good people were strange to so easily thank those who previously were trying to kill you. she supposed that was unimportant.

She reached up, pulling off the cape she wore before draping it across Axel's shoulders. "Cover yourself boy. You aren't too pretty." she joked.


Sora cursed under his breath as his attack missed by mere millimeters. His eyes narrowed, watching the other as he continued to soar upwards.

He watched the beam, seeing that island above break to pieces too. He growled twisting and catching himself on one of the pieces, falling with it. He wasn't in danger as long as it was all falling - everything fell at the same rate. He had learned at least that much in science.

"What, going to let the land do all the fighting for you?!" He taunted, though angry at the other's actions. People should respect every world - especally the ones that had gone through such tramua - like this one. "Hasn't this world been through enough?! Leave it alone!"

Whether the Chasers had known it or not, he DID know how to fight alone. He beat Sephiroth alone. He beat Tifa, Cloud, Yuffie AND Leon alone! He practically ran through all of Castle Oblivion alone! His friends were his strength that there was no doubt - but their strength was also just knowing they were out there someone waiting for him, counting on him and possibly fighting too.

He wouldn't lose this fight.

He jumped up again, but spun, bracing his feet on the edge of one of the pieces, before kicking off, using his gliding abilty to shoot towards the left - straight for Ven. "Bring it on COWARD!" He wrapped both hands around the hilt of his keyblade, and swung at the other, "Take this! Ars Arcanum!" He started to swing at the other wildly and quickly. He would knock him out of the sky if he had to!


Roxas growled, stepping up besides Riku, holding his keyblades aloft. His eyes went distant for a moment - feeling a twinge of hope then life bursting through his soul. Axel...? He grinned then. Axel was alive!

His grin turned into a smirk, eyes suddenly dangerous as they looked at his and Riku's opponent, "you're a dead man."

Terra looked from one to the other, smirking brillantly. He might actually be at a disadvantage here. Riku and Roxas werre strong even if they had no teamwork. "We'll see now won't we?"

He slammed his mallet into the ground, the earth underneath Roxas and Riku's feet breaking apart - energy chasing towards them like serpants.

[Rikugurl]

The golden eyes became soft as he was softly pet. It was also strange that bad people easily saved those who they were previously trying to kill. With the DNA he collected and with the way she was acting, the moomba could tell that this woman use to be... well, on their side.
What had changed her?

Axel shivered from the cold water but it grew a bit warmer as he felt the cape over him. Of course it was on the smaller side, Axel was quite taller than her... but still, it did it's job well.
He coughed a bit more, slowly turning around to face the two. His body was weak, making him lay on his back.

Green eyes peered up at the woman and his pet. His head was spinning and he tried to fill his lungs as much as possible.
"Why...?"


"You're defending the ground now too!? What a pussy!" The blonde called as he watched the brunette. His anger levels were raising, he could see it in his eyes. He grinned but blinked when he saw Sora move fast again at him. They had under estimated Sora's speed.

He was then hit, over and over, being pushed down hard into the piece of land underneath him. He finally blocked one of Sora's swings, pushing him back with the larger keyblade. He quickly stood and glared at the other.

"My name is Ven... and I was born on this world. When I was a kid, it was ripped to pieces by a powerful keyblader named Xehanort. Not the Xehanort you know. Unlike you... all I knew was that the keyblade was a dangerous and evil thing. Somehow I escaped when some other worlds became connected along with some other survivors. I decided to dedicate my entire life to stop the evil power that the keyblade possesses.

"I started to get into computers learning how to hack through them and found the connections between the worlds. I was finally able to learn how to transport to them through computer technology. I also learned that there was more than one keyblade... but... hundreds. I need to collect them all... so no world had to be destroyed again... so that people's lives wouldn't be ruined.

"I started my travels, convincing those who possessed the keyblades would hand them over before a keyblader got a hold of it and use it for evil. On my travels, I had a brutal battle and... a keyblade chose me as its wielder. It saved my life." He frowned as he looked at the keyblade in his hand. "There was no way I could get rid of it. I threw it away millions of times... but every time I needed to fight Heartless, it appeared in my hand.

"I finally arrived at a world called Hollow Bastion. I knew I'd find Xehanort there and I was right... he had an apprentice who I fought... but I lost. I thought I was going to die... but someone saved me. I owed him my life and I found out that he too was on a quest for Xehanort and that he too was a keyblade wielder. So we traveled together, collecting keyblades and trying to find this madman. We came across a female keyblader and had her join us.

"We kept fighting and found Xehanort again... but he had grown much more powerful. All three of us fought a brutal battle. My fight was cut short... Xehanort had frozen me in a power attack, breaking the armor I used to protect me. Then....then he called the power of Kingdom Hearts... and all the keyblade we swore to protect...gone. My friend, Aqua came to my aid... but... it was too late... they had lost their keyblades in the fight. I was the only one who had one still."

He stopped as he looked at the brunette. "My friend, who saved my life... Terra... he told me that when he was world hopping, he came across a world called Destiny... and that he saw two children playing on the beach. He knew the moment he saw them... that they would have an incredible story. Guess he was right."

He suddenly got into stance. "Now we, the Chasers, have to get the keyblades back... with or without force! That keyblade in your hand, that's your death sentence!" A powerful wind blew again at Sora but this time, Ven charged at him too.


Ocean eyes watched at the incoming attack... but he only smirked. This was going to be a sinch. Him and Roxas were the most powerful, ruthless fighters (on the good side) that he knew... besides the King himself. Even if they didn't get along the best or had any sort of special attack together, it was easy to establish teamwork in a battle... and seeing that they were powerful in different ways, they could easily just use this power as an underhand.

Whoever this guy was... didn't plan this fight well. Totally bit of more than he could chew.

When the waves came as close as they possibly could to pushing Riku off his feet, he jumped high in the air, swinging the Way to Dawn before pointing it at their attacker. His silver hair blew wildly from the attackers attack but a dark energy started to glow at the end of his keyblade.

"RAGNAROK!"

Suddenly powerful balls of black and purple energy flew from the end of Riku's keyblade, swirling and looping fast towards Terra, some missing deliberately to explode around him.

[Reno]

Aqua looked at huim evenly. "Why?" she smirked. "You didn;t hit me for it but i guess i'll answer anyways." she crossed her legs, sitting contently in the water - even if it was freezing her butt.

"You're just a variable to this and - believe it or not - i didn;t have any intention of killing you. I never has that 'murderer' gene that Terra or Ven seem to share." she chuckled. She wasn;t making much sense to the red-head especally in the state he was in but she didn;t care. "We just want to keep the universe safe - and to do that we need to get the keyblades destroyed."


Sora scowled. "I'm defending the world!" he shot back, trembling with misguided loathing. How dare this other...

Sora eyes narrowed, a bit baffled as the story ran through his mind. He couldn;t believe half of it. Xehanort? Terra?! Aqua?! jesus they counded like some bad imatation of him, Kairi and Riku. that made him snort - they all had names with common meanings. How gay was that?

As the story came to a conclusion, the brunette master was still attemtping to let it all wrap into his mind. It was so much information... He;d heard it all before from King Triton - the story of e vil keybladers - ones that destroyed worlds and created havoc. He had no doubt - ever since the day he had held the dark keyblade in his hands - the same one that he rpped his own ehart out with - that those stories were true. Hell, almost ANYONE wielding a keyblade - sans Kairi who was pure of heart and could not be tainted - had been seeped into darkness at some point. Roxas as a nobody working with the organization, Riku with Ansem. Mickey with the door to darkness. And even he and anti-form. The keyblade was light, it was meant to help!, but it brought out the worst of darkness in people and only those with a strong will could fight of the urges even he had dreamed of.

Yet - still something was greatly amiss.

He didn;t get to ponder long before the wind was back and he was sliding backwards- this time he had a new problem to delay with. This fake Roxas was coming with it.

He brought his keyblade up, but the force of the wind and the parry sent him spiraling backwards. He had always been a slight person - never heavy, never muscly never tall. And it was now working against him. The winds were strong, blwoing him around like a feather!

"How can you say that?!" He yelled suddenly, slamming his keyblade into the ground so he would stop flying backwards. the wind whipped at his clothes harshly, his spikes and crown necklace blowing in a disarray. "If anyone is evil here it;s you and your two friends! I felt one of mine nearly die just minutes ago and he doesn;t even have one! The keyblade only corrupts those who let it!!" He grit his teeth. "And how came you say that you want to protect anything... when you can't even sympathize with the pain of the heart of a world like this one? How can you call yourself ANY sort of keyblader when you don;t care about ANYONE AT ALL?!"


Roxas started to Quick run - his feet and form flying so fast across the ground that he seemed almost to vibrate into many Roxases. The beams weren;t hard tp get away from. As he was making his rounds across the desert, avoiding the spiraling sands of doom, he heard riku make his move.

He did as well.

Terra grit his teeth, Swining his mallet left and right, smacking into the energy that came for him, and it richoteted away. The ones that fell into the ground made the earth made and and dust rise but Terra remebered unflinching to the quakes.

Unfortuneatly, he was so concentrated on Riku he forgot the little firecracker coming from behind.

"YIAH!" Roxas yelled, his blades coming for the other. The voice was the only thing to give Terra warning. He managed to duck the swing aimed for his head, but Oathkeeper's sharp ehaed, dagger-like points dug into the skin of his thighs.

Terra griamnced, but rather then jumping away and taking a defensive stance, he held his ground. Both Roxas' sarms and splayed in the attack, leaving him wide open. The mallet came up and caught the other in the hip the power enough to send the blonde spiraling until he hit hard ground. Roxas groaned, but rolled to his feet just as the mallet came down for a second swing, cracking the ground where his head had just previously been.

Roxas stood, limping somewhat as he got into a stance, his whole leg hurting terrible as the nerves sparked and the skin swelled almost instantly. That was gonna be one ugly ass bruise tommorrow! Close combat was actually appearing to be a bad idea at this point!

[Rikugurl]

Axel tried to listen the best he could... however just trying to breath was what he cared about the most. His body shivered, without even realizing it, the water playing with his long hair.
"Didn't want to kill me? Since when did pouring tons of water on someone didn't mark their death certificate?"

He struggled to get up and with the held of Xio, he was able to sit up. He very weakly punched Aqua's shoulder.
"There... now answer my other question. My friends... are they in danger...?" Before she could answer, he continued. "Aqua... you have to stop your friends. We've already been through enough... we're good people who just want to make everyone safe too. Yes... I've killed two people in my life... but they were evil.. and greedy. I'm not proud of it and it hurts me everyday just knowing that I still have their lives on my hand... even if they were just souls."

He looked down and sighed. "I've turned millions of Nobodies into Somebodies... and Roxas and I have made a safe home for every single one... and Sora and Riku... they are the last people who should loose their lives. Sora especially... he the only person I know... who doesn't have an ounce of darkness in him. Please Aqua... stop your friends from hurting them. Are these keyblades really worth the lives of these good people?"


As Ven was running at the other keyblader, he listened to the deep words. He finally stopped the dash when he reached the other struggling in the wind. The wind too blew Ven's spiked blonde hair forwards with Roxas's mimic clothing and necklace.

His blue eyes became dark as he looked down at Sora... but a grin appeared. "Sorry Sora... but your heart filled speech won't get to me. I congratulate you though on really having speeches that touch people.... it touched me but... you'll have to understand... this isn't an option for me to let you go. Unfortunately my heart isn't as big as yours anymore... I lost it a long time ago."

As Ven talked, Sora could see the look in the blonde's eyes. Yes, this bad mouthed little prick was a protector, a boy with a large heart... but after the years of chasing Xehanort and dealing with everything that Xehanort had done to other people, the quest for keyblades had become cold and he'd do anything to get a keyblade back into possession... even if it meant killing the wielder. The ends... justified the means now to Ven. If he had to kill someone to save more people, he'd do it.

But... he too was like Aqua... he wasn't a murderer.
The winds stopped abruptly and the blonde held out his hand. "Give me the keyblade."


Riku's eyes widened as he saw the harsh blow. "Roxas!"
As the mallet came down onto the ground, trying to squish Roaxs's head, the older boy rushed towards Terra. Of course, with the grace of Darkness on his side, he was still the fastest dasher to the point that you couldn't even see him, he was so fast.
He got that ability when he had to fight Sora in Hollow Bastion for Ansem.

The back of his keyblade quickly went into the back of Terra's head, pushing him down and another black and purple ball of energy was pushed onto his body, blasting Terra away. This all happened in a matter of seconds.

"Roxas! Heal!" A circle of green circled around Roxas from head to toe.

[Reno]

Aqua laughed at Axel's bluntness. "sorry. I was just hoping you'd scream like a little girl." She grinned in an almost sadistic way.

But the 'humor' of the moment quickly left as Axel continued with his monologue. She bowed her head a bit ashamed. His friends probably were in danger - Terra was turhless and Ven could be almost maniacal to get what he wanted. they would both kill the keybladers if they didn't give up there keyblades willingly.

"I'm not sure if i can stop them." Aqua said truthfully. She lifted her hands, tappingone finger in the water on either side of her. The water rippled from her fingers, the rings meeting each other in the middle. On both side, a picture began to appear in the water. One showed a broken up world, wind whipping around a brunette as a blonde - almost idenetical to Roxas in every way, began to step towards Sora. Though the sound and words could not be passed through the spell the look on Sora's face was obvious - he was denying the other something, even as his feet started to slip. "You're wrong saying that he;s never had an ounce of darkness in him. Sora does - a little called anti-drive which turns him into a heartless for a certain amount of time - he is just the best at controlling it."

The other picture on the other side, showing a blonde - exactly like Ven, but more open with his emotions, narrowly escapsing death from a black-haired man. There was a few seconds in which Roxas began to struggle for his feet when Riku was suddenly in the picture, blasting Terra away. "the keyblades..." she began, "Are evil Axel. You think it coicedence that Riku fell to the dark? you think it just chance That Roxas became part of your organization? you think Sora has the anti-drive because he's LUCKY? The keyblades drive people into darkness - and ultimately they destroy worlds. Our purpose as Chasers is to take the keyblades no matter what it takes."


Sora listened to the other silently, seeing the spark of something in Ven;s eyes. This other... he wasn;t as evil as he was thinking - but he was just... lost. He had been living with this purpose for far longer then his years let on - and it had driven so far into the core of his ehart that, like sora, could no longer distinguish between being able to help those he saw as evil and being able to kill them.

The winds suddenly stopped, and Sora stumbled a bit in surprise. He kept his distance from the other not trusting him still. If he did give another keyblader his keyblade he was pretty sure that would be that. His destiny would be done and over with and he could live a normal life. no more travel no more fighting the darkness no more danger...

And no more world hopping. No more making friends. No more... anything. He;d be breaking every promise he ever made to everyone he held dear to his ehart.

Sora shook his head. "I'm sorry I will not." His hand clenched around the hilt of his keyblade. He looked towards Ven. "I do know what the keyblade is capable of - both the good and bad. But i won;t just give it up. This keyblade has kept a lot of people i care about safe! And I won't... I won't break my promises." Sora took a deep breath, then sighed. "And even if I promise you that I would never destroy a world with this keyblade it won't stop you from trying to fight it from me - will it? 'Cause if that;s true... you'll be in for a long fight."


Terra grunted, falling back, his body smacking into the floor soundly. He rolled over, before struggling to his feet. He looked towards Riku. "You're the reason we do things like this!" Riku was a prime example - one who was seeped into darkness. One day that man would destroy worlds.

Roxas felt the healing magic cover him, and culd suddenly walk much easier. "thanks Riku." He etsted his leg - it still hurt but it would be easier to run on now. He looked towqards Terra, his eyes narrowing. "what are you talking about?"

[Rikugurl]

Axel watched as both Sora, Riku and his lover fought. His eyes widened, almost seeing Roxas's head get caved in. His body was no longer numb as emotions ran through him.
"No! No Aqua! You have it all wrong. Keyblades themselves might be evil but they look for people who have hearts. They choose people with powerful hearts as their wielders right? Well not everyone turns bad! No they're not perfect... but you know! You saw! Each one of their hearts were tested... and they over came it! Can't you see that!?"

His voice became weak but much power and heart was put behind it. "They've suffered enough! You have to do something!"


Ven frowned as he listened to Sora. He didn't know what promises the boy was talking about... but he could well guess. His friends from other worlds. Ven too had made friends and kept promises to come back and visit them when his quest was over... but it couldn't happen... this quest would never end, would it?

He took a deep breath and looked down but suddenly swung his keyblade. "Listen Sora, I don't care if you're good or bad. You don't need the keyblade to protect your friends. There are thousand more weapons out there. These keyblades.... they look for people with big hearts and destroy them! Nothing good has come out of them! If you don't hand over that keyblade for me to add to the others... I will kill you or turn you back into a Heartless."

His eyes grew cold again as he stared Sora down. "Think about Sora... think about your friends. Kairi, Tidus, Donald, Goofy, the King. Everyone. Think about your lover... Riku? Would you choose the keyblade over him? Would he choose his over you?" He reached his hand out once more.


Riku growled as he got back into stance, a dark aura circling around his spare hand. He was ready to jump into action again but was struck cold when he heard Terra's words.
"You're the reason we do things like this!"
It... was his fault? What could he of possibly of done now...? For years he put the blame of everything on himself... and now this man was blaming him for this?

He looked at Roxas slightly, pulling the question right out of his mouth. "Yea... what do you mean? Why am I the reason!?"

[Reno]

Aqua looked at Axel, seeing the desperation in his heart and in his eyes. she sighed, looking down, watching the two fights play out before her. "I... I don;t if I can..."


Sora jumped farther away from Ven when the other swung his keyblade. he gripped onto his keyblade - listening to him. "No... I'd never choose the keyblade over Riku." He bowed his head. "but I'm not an idiot Ven." He growled. "It;s not like the minute i give you mind you won;t go attacking him too. He has his as well!" he pointed his keyblade towards him. "And i'm not going to remain weaponless if you continue to try and hurt him! I protect people with my keyblade!"

He got into a stance. "so, if you're going to try and kill me, go ahead but I won;t just let you take the it from me!"


Terra glared at Riku. "Keybladers all of you keybladers... eventually lose yourseleves to darkness. And me and my team won;t let any other worlds be destroyed by you!" He spun his mallet on his finger tips, charging forward to swing at the other.

[Rikugurl]

Axel growled at her, his body trembling from his weakness. Damnit... he didn't want Roxas to get hurt! And there was nothing he could do to help him.
"WELL HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW BY JUST SITTING THERE!?" His exotic eyes grew fierce and even Xio backed down.


"He'll have the option to give up his keyblade too. The minute all three of you give up your keyblades, they will be transported to a high security vault and we will leave you to your peaceful lives again. You might think that you won't turn evil... but it is fate as a keyblader that you will fall into Darkness! You will ruin peoples lives and worlds! We Chasers have to stop you before it happens!"

His anger and rage started up the powerful winds again, making his body blow raggedly. "As a keyblader myself, I have to make the ultimate decision... I'll have to die too when we finish our mission but if that's what'll take to protect the worlds from my future Darkness, I'm willing to make that sacrifice! Hand over that mother fucking keyblade Sora! This is your last chance! I don't want to hurt you!"


Riku's eyes went wide as he listened. Who was this guy? And what team? His body felt in trouble... but he knew it wasn't him. Sora... another 'team' member was after Sora. This was a first... being attacked just because he had a keyblade.

Yes... he had fell to Darkness when he was a teenager... and yes, if the Darkness wanted him to destroy a world, he would of done it. He knew what Terra was talking about... but there was no way that was going to happen again.

He growled as he took a deep hold into the earth as the other came after him. With the swing of the mallet, Riku swung his keyblade. They were at a deadlock and glaring at each other between their weapons. "Just to key you in... Sora is the keyblade master of Light... and I'm the keyblader of Twilight. Roxas already knows the power of Darkness and doesn't want anything to do with it. Both his keyblades were produced by Sora's heart... Oathkeeper representing Kairi and Oblivion representing me. Do you really think we're going to go and destroy worlds? If anything, you're the one destroy things. Today was Sora and I's fifth year anniversary... I can thank you asshole for destroying our day together."

[Reno]

Aqua flinched, staring up towards him, then back down at the fights.


Sora grit his teeth. "No!" He yelled desperately, the winds hitting him harshly, sending him off his feet. He grunted as he hit the ground. He breathed uneasily, gripping onto the ground so he wouldn;t keep flying off. Damn it- could he ever jsut have a normal day?!

Riku... he thought desperaetly. He knew his lover wouldn;t give his up either. The keyblades were important to them - they had gone through so many trials with them just to KEEP them - to protect the people they CARED about... and now...


Roxas blinked in surprise at Riku's worlds. They're fifth... that was today?! Oh damn... Poor Sora... he had such a great plan too. Wait, why was he thinking about that at a time like this?!

Terra glared. "Am i supposed to apologize for that?" He braced his feet on the ground, and shoved Riku backwards, then took a swing for him.


Aqua took a deep breath then stuck her hands in the water where the images were playing out. she shut her eyes, concentrating.

Sora looked up, then yelped, feeling the ground fall away. He saw only black and for one heartstopping moment he thought he had fallen from the land - but then he smacked into the ground - water soaking his clothes instantly. "AH COLD!" he jumped up.


"Riku!" Roxas cried in terror, running forward - or at least trying to before the ground underneath him swallowed him up. For a moment he thought he had been taken by quickstand when he fell into a new world - his feet hitting the water and soaking them up to the ankles.


Terra's strike, which had been aiming for riku's head, missing by miles becauise suddenly the silver-haired male was gone - swallowed into a protal like Roxas and Sora.


"Good enough for you?" Aqua asked, before bowing her head, breathing heavily as the three keybladers around her panicked in confusion. That had taken a lot of magic.

"W-what...?" Roxas said, looking around - catching sight of a red head instantly. "Axel!" He rushed over to his lover's side, falling to his knees beside the other, enveloping him in a hug. "Oh god you're alright..." he blinked. "And naked what the HELL happened to your clothes?!"

[Rikugurl]

Axel blinked as Aqua started to bring the keybladers there. From what he could see, they had all gotten themselves into quite crazy fights. All of them had minor cuts and Sora look like he came out of a tornado!
His eyes grew happy as he was embraced in a warm hug. He clung on, holding Roxas tightly. He eyes even got teary, so happy to see that Roxas was ok.

He laughed softly and shook his head. "Had one hell of a fight... got my clothes... washed right off of me." Xio too chuckled at the pun but happily licked Roxas's face. He was alright!


Riku shook as he suddenly fell into the water. He was sure he was going to have his brains smashed in... not him smashing into water. He opened his eyes to see himself with the others. He stood and saw Sora, all winded up. "Sora!" He called as he too rushed to the other's side and took him into his arms, holding the younger close to his chest.


Axel smiled but looked past Roxas at Aqua. She had done this...? "Aqua... thank you."


Ven was about to swing his keyblade at the other but it went... through air. His blue eyes widened as the wind stopped. Sora just... vanished? What the fuck!? There was no way he could of gotten off this world! His blonde spikes moved every which way as he looked around the broken world.

He growled and slammed his keyblade into the earth. His fist clenched as his other hand pushed his collar close. "Terra! I got a problem! That fucker escaped somehow! Do you read me!?"

[Reno]

"Washed right off?" Roxas gave him a confused look, then just shook his head. "you gave me a hell of a scare damn you!" He grinned when Xio started to likc him, petting him gratfully. "i'm glad to see you alright too Xio." he smiled at the fire lion. "Took care of Axel right?" he joked.


Sora blinked in surprise at his name being voiced and his head shot up, just as he was embraced by warm arms. His clothes squished and he laughed. "Riku!" He drew his arms around the other, hugging him securely. He looked him over carefully, seeing no major damage - and grinned. "You're alright..." He smiled, kissing him.


Aqua chuckled to Axel. "you're welcome." Her communication device buzzed keying her into Terra and Ven's conversation.


Terra looked around, but both keybladers were gone. He cursed - moments later Ven's voice was screaming in his ear. He flinched. "Yeah i know." He responded. "Mine are gone too. what the hell happened?!"

[Rikugurl]

"Yea well... You can thank Aqua for me being alive... she saved my life." He smiled at the blue haired woman. How odd... she was so heartless in the fight and now... she had saved them all? Maybe it was a woman thing or something... but he was grateful.
"Aqua... what are you going to do now?"


Riku smiled, seeing Sora looked over him to make sure he was ok... only secretively doing the same. "Yea... I'm fine... you seem to be too." He smiled even more at the kiss, and replied softly. He nuzzled the other's nose as he ran his free hand through Sora's hair. "Happy Anniversary babe..." He chuckled softly.

But he did take notice that his other hand held his keyblade. He slowly looked at the blue haired woman. He was guessing that this was a member of Terra's 'team'. He frowned as he looked at the keyblade and then her. She couldn't be a threat now... could she?
He let go of Sora and slowly walked over to her. The keyblade touched the water in front of her, making it ripple. Silver hair fell into his face as his ocean eyes looked down at her.

"Aqua was it...?" Riku asked softly. "You saved us?" He slowly knelt down, taking note that the keyblade suddenly vanished. "Thank you..."


Ven growled more. Damnit! How could they have gotten away!? Maybe... maybe it was the King? He double checked every place on his homeland before computerizing himself to Terra's land. He knew where Terra was going to bring the two... they had talked about it once before going to bed.

He looked around the world, seeing the quicksand running wildly underneath him. When he saw his friend, he quickly ran to him. The keyblade vanished as he growled more, looking up at the taller. "How could those bastards have gotten away? We made sure that they didn't know how to teleport." He growled more then stopped.

"Wait... here the fuck is Aqua?"

[Reno]

Roxas blinked in surprise at Axel's words, then looked, finally taking notice of the blue-haired woman. He frowned a bit, then bowed his head, mumbling his thanks.

Aqua just leaned back, shrugging at Axel's comment."I really don;t know." she said truthfully. "I wasn;t exactly thinking that far ahead in my life."

Sora laughed faintly, blushing at the attention. His windswept hair fell more into place once Riku played with it - but he supposed it didn;t matter. his hair never looked anything but a mess. He smiled softly at the other's words. "Happy anniversary..."

The brunette blinked in surprise when Riku stepped away and with nothing more to do, followed him. He steopped up beside the other,. looking down at Aqua. So this was the female in Ven's story.

She didn;t look evil - then again Ven didn;t really either just a little crazed.

Aqua looked up at Riku smirking brillantly. "Why cutie you're quite welcome." she looked awya. though the prasied probably should be given to me. I was the one to nearly kill Axel."

"what?!" Roxas snapped, growling.

Sora looked at her then walked around, leaning down so their eyes met. He gave her one of his own brillant grins. "Yeah but in the end you saved him - and you saved us. That counts for alot. So take the thanks!"

Aqua blinked blankly, then snorted. "our data was right about you Sora, you ARE too forgiving." she glanced at Riku, grinning. "lucky for you i suppose."

She took a glance at roxas's glaring face, and chuckled. "and they were right about you too. you're going to hold this grudge forever, ne?"


Terra's eyes narrowed as Ven came up beside him - cursing like always. "If i knew how they got away don;t you think-" and then Ven;s next sentence hit him. He cursed under his breath. He had though he had recognized the slip of darkness but he hadn;t wanted to believe it. She wouldn;t betray them would she?

Then again her ambitions for what they did were never that strong. she had a deep sadism quality to her but it only strung so far - she hated to kill and she was so fucking sensitive if they enemy knew how to toy with ehr the right way.

Stupid talks about love and romance and noble shit always got to her.

He reached up, flipping his communicator. "Aqua, where the fuck are you?"


Sora frowned, hearing the voice crackling but seeing no one else around. He didn't recognize that voice - that must be Terra then? What the hell?!

Aqua flipped the switch, motioning for the others to stay quiet. If they heard there voice over the intercom the ruse would be up - that is if she wanted to keep it. "Back at the base, why?"


Terra's eyes narrowed, listening closely. He was rpetty sure, from the crackling noises he ehard behind her voice, that she was lying. If she was at the base he'd hear whirring of the computers. He looked at Ven, making sure he heard, then shook his head, indicating that she was lying. "Oh really? And Axel and Xio?" He mouthed 'go to her' to Ven, making a swirling motion with his hand to indicate that the other should leave. She was still on Dragoon, he kenw it. He hadn't been able to place it at first, but those were waves in the background...

"Disposed of. I already told you that." Her voice came through.