Tying Knots

[Rikugurl]

Ventus blinked as he was pulled into a hug. "Ah!" He shifted but wrapped his arms around the other slightly. Sora really was the same... wasn't he? He always loved giving hugs and Ven usually never minded. He remembered when they still lived on Akbar that he had a phase where he wanted to kiss everyone. Even strangers.

A boy who loved to hug and his twin who loved to kiss. Their parents were in BIG trouble when they were going to become teens. Either they were going to be quite gay... or real women catchers. Seemed like the gay part was more like it.

Ven never told Terra about his kissing phase... and never planned on it either.


He pulled away and looked at them. They did seem.... relatively close... a lot more closer than he and Sora had ever gotten... Well... ANYWAY, Ven smiled and patted Sora on the shoulder. "I'm going to go take a shower." He left his own brother's side and walked into the very small bathroom.

He yawned as he started to take off his clothes, that were still dirty from the fight two days before. He reeked and only realized this when he was pulling his shirt off. "Fuck man..." He coughed at his own body odor and threw his clothes into the laundry shoot. Thank god they were off. He felt like there were stink fumes coming off him as he turned on the hot water.

He yawned again and stepped in, sighing happily as he felt the water wash the grub and dirt off him. He looked behind him slightly... The shower was so small... he didn't know how it was possible for two people to fit into it... especially Terra's bulky frame. He shook his head and reached up, pressing a button in the wall...

And death metal filled the base.

Practically everyone's eyes shot open when they heard a random voice yelling in their ear and hard guitar riffs in the background.

Axel grumbled as he stuffed his head in the pile of clothes. "SHUT UP DEMYX!!"

[Reno]

Terra shot up from his positiong almost like he had had a nightmare. But instead "VEN I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!!" His voice would never reach the other's ears.

Sora nearly jumped in fright at the sudden music. how was his brother NOT deaf? And how could he LISTEN to such music?!

"I'M NOT DOING IT!" Demyx cried back flailing in panic as he sat up.

Roxas groaned. "Ah fuck Ven." The blonde sat up slowly. well that was ONE fucking way to wake up.

Donald was quacking, flapping his hands in panic, feathers flying everywhere. "WHATS GOING ON?! heartless?! WHERE?!"

Aqua just listened, bursting into laughter. Yep, that was a normal day for them all.


It was a very... momentous morning. Mainly, Axel and Demyx were pasuing jokes that were getting them hit by Roxas every five seconds, Terra was guarding his muffins like a wolf mom wiht it;s pups, donald and goofy were still trying to figure out what Saix was doing there, Saix just looked plain uncomfortable, fuujin was trying to ignore most things around her, and Riku was just plain baffled, not to mention pissed he got awoken so rudely. Fran wisely stayed back.

The minute Ven was out of the shower about ten pairs of eyes were narrowed at him, and Terra quickly claimed the shower next, hitting the blonde on his way out yelling 'AND DON'T TOUCH MY MUFFINS OR THEY'LL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!' Considering he;d be the one leading their training later that day... no one dared to defy him.

Thats when Sora decided to bring up a somewhat cocnerning matter. Ultima was gone. So he, Ven and Riku had to take an emergency trip to destiny, promising to meet them all at Atteris.


The morning sucked. End of story.

By the time they reached Atteris - Mickey Mouse already paitently waiting, most of them were grouchy and angry with each other, or pissy and shouty.

Terra was embracing it though. That anger was going to good fuel. And hey - whenever he and VEN fought it brought them closer together so hell with everyone argueing and angry this might be so bad.

"Oh... maybe all y'all staying at the base was a bad idea." Mickey said.

Donald just scoffed, looking like he had lost half his feathers pulling them out in frustration. The small space had not been good for the hot-tempered duck.

"Careful, you might bake yourself." Demyx laugehd.

"Can it or i'll fry you!" Donald snapped.

Demyx squealed in fear - true fear.

Roxas scoffed. "what a baby."

Terra rolled his eyes, his eye twitching "alright, all y'all SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

Everyone did. A second later, energy crackled and out stepped Ven, looking very calm and almost happy - after all he had gotten his daily dose of meditation this morning, even at the expense of everyone else's.

Out next stood a refreshed looking Riku, his stance strong and ready. Training was not unnormal for the silverette - and usually he wiped the floor with EVERYONE. He had a grin of grin on his face.

Last but not least, Sora came out, grinning happily. And in VERY familar clothes. Large yellow shoes, baggy black pants, a blue and red undershirt and a black jacker with shoulder guards. His crown charm topped it off nicely. He hadn;t worn them since the fight against the Organization - but it seemed time to break them out again.

"Sora...?" Donald asked curiously. "Those still fit?"

"Yep!" Sora said. "they grew with me~" He looked at Donald, showing him the two keychains he hand dangling from his figners (Fenrir and Sleeping Lion) and smiled to Goofy, sharing with them a knowing look. "We'll need em." He strapped Lions chain to he side, Fenrir disappearing away, ready to be drawn at a moment's notice. It was, actually, ironically, his strongest physical keyblade - and also his heaviest. but he had embraced ultima for it's beauty and its hastaga techniques - he always had the most magic with that one in his hands.

"Oh!" He said, taking out a third keyblade. "Roxas, catch!" He threw the keychain at the other, and Roxas caught it quietly. "you needed a second one right?"

Roxas looked at the dragon-headed keychain in his hand. "Fatal Crest..." He smirked, then nodded apprciatively. He'd have to get used to a two-handed style again but... He was more powerful with two in his hands.

Donald frowned, knowing what he meant. They would need to drive again... And they were out of pratice - what better time then now.

Sora looked over everyone else slowly, then grinned. "Guys come on smile!" He noticed the mouse. "you majesty, did you find anything?"

Mickey was quiet, then he nodded. "Yen Sid said he had taken a warlock at some point. One with some real dangerous dark magic. that accounts for some of the demon spells I heard y'all talking about when he fought you Sora. That's just the tip of the iceberg. We're facing something real dangerous though. We can;t really be certian of all the things he can do... so be prepared for anything." The others nodded.


Sora looked towards Terra, who had seemed to seperate from them, inquiringing, "so how are we gonna do this? We just all... gona fight each other?"

Terra scoffed, standing tall and proud, a commanding air surronding him. He was a true leader, born from the start. "Of course not! that would be disorganized - and stupid. you wouldn't learn anything about yourseleves or each other alone. When we face Hatori we ave to work together - more then ever before. We each need to elarn where ones weak and where the other is strong - we need to know who can combine attacks easy and who has strong defense. It might be one enemy, but it was one who took out for keybladers without as much as a scratch left to his body."

There was silence as they waited for his announcement. He stood away from them - almost like the enemy himself. And Terra grinned. "I want you all to come at me with everything you got."

silence.

then-

"WHAT?!" Aqua cried. "Terra that's fucking insane. We'd murder you!"

The brunette glared. "You need to know what your up against right?! Well I can tell you all right now He knows every fucking spell I do and then some!" His keyblade appeared in his hands. "So come already. I want to see what all you sissies got because i'm not holding back. He sure fucking won't!" He had spells he had never even shown Aqua or Ven - never needed to use or even compeltely learn. but now he was putting all his knowledge to the test. Not to emntion he had to learn to conpensate for the loss of an eye.

"Atterians rely mainly on magic - magically speaking weaknesses are few. wind and lightning are countered easily unless they're in the air. Water is easy to cut through. Fire is something quickly put out. and of course land magic has no affect." He ran a hand through his hair. "and I can't even compensate for all the shit he STOLE from others. Everything Sora knows, we know he knows. and since that bastard brunette has taken us ALL out at one point I might have you all fight him at once too."

"What?!" Sora yelped. Oh... that would suck. but... but he could see were Terra was coming from only - all at once how would... ANYONE stand up to that?

Hatori could...

But could Terra too?

Then he understood. his brain clicked. Terra trusted them. he knew he couldn't hoenstly fight them all - he trusted them to fight him but not with their full strength. he was... giving them practice. this really was practice. For each other individially... and each as a whole.

"Are you sure it's not gonna be too much?" Roxas asked slowly, not liking this at all.

"Yes!" Terra snapped, and then suddenly he was glowing. "NOW BRING IT!" He didn't give them any chance for further protest, he just slashed his keyblade and the earth under everyone's feet shook and exploded outwards, sending all of them back and into the shifting ground. Several cries of 'Oh shit!' rang out and at once they all realized Terra was not fucking around with them.

[Rikugurl]

When Ven came out of the shower, he was greeted with some horrible faces. He blinked and frowned, seeing Terra come his way. Wow... he had totally forgotten about all these people being here. At least it got them all up and awake at the same time.

He growled as he was hit and flipped his middle at the brunette who wasn't even looking. He then smirked and passed though the crowd towards the kitchen. He found a nice muffin... and chowed down on it. HE MADE THEM! HE COULD EAT THEM! It wasn't all too good either.... but he didn't tell Terra that.

The whole base was bustling about... mostly about Saix. They were still a bit uncomfortable with his presence. Even Fuujin remembered him as a teen when he came to confront Sora at the Struggle games. He had a lot of Darkness. However, when Aqua told her that this was her brother that she was longing to see once again, he attitude changed. It was awkward... presenting ones self to a lover's brother who had always been there for her.

Axel and Demy continued their silent gags about the blue haired man silently with some slaps between hands here and there before Roxas started to chase after them.

However, when Sora, Riku and Ventus left, things quieted down since Terra was now in charge of the whole group... and as Ventus knew... he could become quite a wolf.




They were all transported to a deserted word where a desert was vast. Nothing was alive... as if its life was sucked clean. Well... it actually was. It looked like an atom bomb struck the place. They weren't far from a deserted town that was run down and dusty.

Axel looked around, feeling the head beat down on them. Good thing he wasn't in thick clothing... even if it was WINTER in Delshad at this moment. Damn we're horrible leaders... He thought. How many times had they had to leave their city?
The dust and dry weed would attracted his fire... so that was a bonus.

Xio thought the same thing as he sat next to his master loyally. His paws kind of burned from the hot sand... but that didn't bother him any. The hotter the better!


Goofy looked around, feeling the hot sun on his black fur. "Gwarsh." He never saw a planet quite like this except for Agrabah. But there was NO life here... except for them. At least the king was here!


Fujin blinked as she looked around. What had happened to this place. Obviously it was sucked dry of life. Didn't worlds lose their heart if this sort of thing happened??
She felt the hot sun on her but the wind that blew through her silver hair cooled her down. She had dressed light. A white tank top and a knee length black skirt. Aqua had convinced her more to wear skirts...


Fran frowned when they appeared on the desert world. Unlike some others.... she had seen this before. This was what a world looked like when Hatori was done with it. She couldn't believe her eyes when she first saw him suck a world dry. She use to be so connected with her own world... it kept the sanity and connection between people. If he would of sucked it dry... she didn't even want to think what would happen.

She blinked more when she saw the little mouse again. She couldn't believe that he was... the King of the universe. Wouldn't the two kingdoms back at home love to know they they weren't all so mighty.


As for Saix, he stood next to his sister. It was hot here and wasn't very use to the heat. He liked cold weather better, seeing that he was raised around water and was poor so the living style was cold. Very cold. Plus the moon was his deal... and the sun was very hot on his black jacket. He could already feel sweat run down his back.


Back at Destiny, Sora gave Ven a quick tour of their new home. It was nothing unique like the tree house... just a regular old home like everyone else's in Destiny. Because they needed home fast, they made them pretty much all the same. Hardly any of them had characteristics...

Ven even had to remind Sora that they were just here for a change of clothes and to grab needed supplies. The others were waiting for them. Sora HAD to drop by the school and say goodbye to all the kids. He needed some vacation time. The poor kids hardly would get to see him this year since he was already out so much because of Riku's death, Sora's nightmares and now this.

Ven had to smile when he saw all the kids gather around him with arms wide open. He looked down and sighed.
"Soran, what do you wanna be when you grow up?"
"I wanna be a teacher!"
"Yea me too!"
"Ok! Let's both be teachers!"
Heh... that didn't happen....

Ven finally made a portal to Atteris and they all jumped in. When he came through the other side, he smiled slightly, looking up at the blazing sun. He knew Atteris well... Terra had brought him here a few times. However, he never went into the town... nor ever asked.

Riku stepped in, with his own pair of baggy jeans and the cool black hood his mother had given him for construction work. He wore no other shirt under it so it was quite an eye catcher to see Riku's... nice abs. The hood was pull over his head and silver hair stuck out of it as Sora was the last to jump out. The portal closed and Sora walked in front of him.

They were all here now.


Axel blinked as he looked down at Roxas, seeing the new keyblade. That was pretty weird. He then thought. Couldn't they of just asked the Chasers if he could get Oathkeeper and Oblivion back to trade them with these? Maybe he would mention that when this was all done and over with. Roxas knew them best... and his performance would be much better with them back.

He turned to Terra when the brunette started to talk... but being Axel... and having Demy with him... his mind wondered. He leaned into the taller blonde and whispered. "Hey... are you gonna like....evaporate out here?"

He chuckled but blinked when he heard Terra say that their target... was him.... AND THEN SORA!? "Wha...!?" He heard others complain before he saw a gleam in the other's eye... and they were suddenly all pushed back.

He growled as he was pushed back with Roxas, Demy and Xio. "Alright! You asked for it!" Fire started to burn around him and his chakrams suddenly appeared. He got into stance with everyone else... though his was always the more awkward one with his hips swaying back and forth.


Goofy listened and nodded as he heard Terra speak with the questions. Gwarsh! This was gonna be heck of a day! Good thing they slept the night before!!

He jumped though when he heard about the targets. Terra and Sora. SORA!? No way! There was no way he could fight Sooooooooooo--
He was baffled and almost tripped over his feathered friend before getting his footing.

He looked around, seeing everyone's weapons appear. He swallowed and pulled the shield over him, narrowing his brow at Terra.


Fujin frowned as she listed to her new leader. And she thought Seifer was crazy. At least their opponent was without one eye... but that didn't mean much. They would pretty much see what the other was. It would still give Terra blind spots that he wasn't use to.

She gasped with the other said he was the target. How...?? She frowned but but suddenly pushed back with the rest. What a crazy... fuck. Damnit... she was going to get such a horrible potty mouth becoming a Chaser. A glow of white light appeared in her hands and her own chakrams appeared.


Fran listened as best as she could. She had borrowed one of Fujin's black outfits. Sure it was hot... but she could care less. Her amber eyes squinted as the dust started to brew around them. Her long ears picked up every sound, making it a bit hard for her to hear everything.

So... the targets were Terra and then Sora. She could do that. How odd of him to put himself in a position like this. One against more than ten people at the same time. What what a hero. She grinned but blinked as she saw the wave coming. He was pushed back and growled, grabbing the bow to her side.

The odd thing about Fran's weapon was that she had no quiver or arrows... Just the bow. Where did she hide those strong arrows??


Saix stood silently next to his sister and listened as Terra told them the scoop. Quite honestly... Saix wasn't all to interesting in fighting. He was a guardian after all and the only reason for him to fight was to protect... However... he could fight this Hatori guy to protect future planets from dying... and protect his sister from his harm.

There was also another downside to him. He was strongest at night when the power of the moon filled him and was able to berserk. When he became a true Berserker though... he lost all consciousness and majick could no longer be wielded. He was a wild beast in a manic fury. Sora could tell you all about it.

He growled when he saw the land attack and only fell back a bit, catching his sister and holding onto her until the small attack stopped. He let her go and looked back at Terra, growling. Suddenly a large weapon appeared in his hand. His claymore. It was in its normal state at the moment... but still deadly.


Ven listened but his eyes widened as he heard Terra say he was the target. "WHAT!? NO FU---"
"Ah!" He flew back but his wind caught him. His feet dug into the ground hard and those beautiful blue eyes darkened.

Aero Maxim appeared in his hands and he almost gasped seeing it there. Did it really think Terra would oppose a threat? He growled as he looked around, seeing everyone in stance. "FUCK THIS!"

The keyblade thrown into the ground and held fast in the wind. "I'M NOT FIGHTING YOU!"


Riku frowned at this all under his hood. He supposed this was the only way. Apparently they said that he had turned into a dragon when he was under the Darkness like the witch. He wished that he could do it again... but that would make him big and bulky. He bigging strength was his speed.

He snapped out of it though when he was baffled and Way to Dawn appeared in his hand. He looked down at it and got into stance... but stopped as he heard a calling nearby.

[Reno]

Invidia, upon seeing her master, quickly ran To Sora's side, nuzzling her little fox head against his leg. Sora smiled, petting her, listening to Terra as the same. He could help but be shocked. fight him?


"Evapor-whaa!" Demyx had started angrily, but suddenly he was tumbling off his feet. his eyes widened in fear, looking towards Terra. what the hell?! He wnated them all to fight him?!

His heart beat with terror and fear, even as he felt his weapon begging to be called. "fuck..." He was NOT a good fighter. He stood shakily all the shame, lifting his hand, a mini dome of water appearing over him and his sitar appeared. He swung it, and held it against him, his knees shaking. would it be bad if he ran now?! And and... Sora was NEXT?! he was dead. already damn dead!!


Fight... Sora? Well he;d done that before. big fucking failure.

Roxas yelped, then grunted, feet digging in the ground to catch himself. Bond of Flames and Fatal Crest appeared almost autotmatically and he stared a both, shocked as well. They thought... Terra was going to hurt him? Or did they jsut know, depe within that this needed to eb done? they needed to fight him because otherwidse... they'd probably die against Hatori.

He got in a stance beside Axel, his eyes narrowed. If this is what Terra wanted - hell he'd give him all he had!!


Donald quacked, landing on his beak. the duck grumbled, struggling out of the sand, spitting it out. He steam, jumping up and down. Who did that jerk think he was?! And to tell him he would have ti fight Sora too?! thsat was preposterous!

He held up his staff, looking ready to beat the poor guy down. He'd knock some sense into that rock-headed brain of his!!


Mickey jumped backwards, landing next to his two buddies - his knight and wizard, feeling Kingdom Key apepar in his own hands. He looked towards Terra sadly. There were other ways to train - but he was right on onw aspect. to prepare one;s self against attacks that might be thrown at them... they needed to face them head on. theory and practice were all good but no use on a battlefield where split decisions must be made.

Terra knew a lot of spells. And If they had to fight sora as well - it would only be a slight edge of knowing their opponent - but fighting together... could be their greatest weapon. Many of them weren;t even used to fighting with each other - Demyx and Saix for example were completely knew in this. He had only ever consistently fought side by side with Sora and Riku and Donald and Goofy. Sorsa would be the only one of them all who would adapt quickly enough to accomdate anyone and everyone - and now, according to Terra's legend, Hatori had that too.

Fighting Sora would be difficult as well... It was hard, battling someone you had deep connections with. Friends, lovers, siblings.


Sora yelped, sliding back, his floppy shoes and gliding ability easily catching him. he came up next to Riku, heart pouncing. Fenrir was in his hand in an instant, it's weight nearly dragging him down. fuck, he was so used to the light and airy metalwork of Ultima! It was like a mini-buster sword (which he did indeed try to pick up Cloud's sword once. Nearly broke his back doing it!!).

He got in an uneasy stance the weight ragging on his right side a bit. this would take some getting used too...

And he was suppsoed to fight them all NEXT?! That was insanity!! He;d DIE!

At Ven's sudden cry his shoulders slumped though, setting his keyblade out in front of him, tip touching the sand. What was he doing? He couldn;t fight a friend even IF it was for a good cause.


"Ter-" Aqua tried to protest then the attack hit then all, and her thin body fell back. She felt a strong arm catch her and she sighed in relief. "thanks Saix." Even as she said it Tsuami appeared in her hands and she stared at it blankly, looking half like the wanted to scream at it. Terra wasn't a threat!! She looked up at one of her best friend's, who was looking back at them all evenly. He was... He was fucking SERIOUS.

She turned at Ven's sudden outburst and her resolve crumbled. Terra...." She said, looking towards him. this was a big mistake!!


Terra's eyes ghosted all of them, his primary attack sending must of them on edge. He already saw some things that needed work on - Sora and the weight of his new blade, Roxas' two handed style being restored to him, Demyx's fear, Axel's temperment, Saix's teamwork, Fuujin's speed.

Then Ven spoke in and he sighed, seeing Aqua and Sora's stances break. He turned to look at Ven - his ebst fucking friend. "We've sparring before Ven, whats the big deal? It's not like I'm asking you to kill me!"

He suddenly did something that sent most everyone on edge again. he sunk into the ground. Just like Hatori had.

Most of them where still blinking with unbelieveing eyes - only people with good hearing and intuitions pciking up where Terra had gone.

Sora looked left, towards his twin. And there Terra was, hovering right behind him, their backs pressed together as if they were getting ready to fight with each other - not against.

"Ven." Terra started, and at his voice anyone who hadn;t immediately found Terra, all turned their heads, staring at the two with surprise.

The brunette sighed, looking over his shoulder. He could feel the other trembling. "Ven... if we're going to fight Hatori... we need to be ready. We lost to Xehanort because we were inexperienced little idiots. We hadn't been ready nor... nor really together. Me and Aqua... we watched you die. I don't want to see that ever again. So even if i have to beat the prepartion in you I fucking will." He brought his hand back, brushing it over Ven's comfortingly. "It's okay you fucking idiot. it;s just training. So grow some fucking balls."

[Rikugurl]

Axel blinked as he glanced at Demy. He could HEAR Demy's bones chatter as he hid behind his large... guitar thing. He couldn't help but chuckle but the moment Terra disappeared, he tensed. What the...?? He looked around franticly, not able to detect where he had gone or where he was headed.

Xio yipped as Terra fell under the surface. He growled, able to hear Terra as he moved under the ground. He watched with amber eyes and wagged his tail. He yipped again when he appeared, sending Axel to look in that direction.


Goofy yelped as he saw the brunette just sink under the earth like that. That was... incredible! He looked around too, his floppy ears making it hard for the acute hearing.
"Gwarsh!" He yelped again as he heard Terra's voice next to Ven. He tilted his head and scratched his chin, listening to them.


Fujin too was shocked that Terra disappeared. She looked around with the others and stopped when she heard his voice. She watched and stood silently, listening to Terra. Even now he was engaging into an intimate conversation... She hoped that Ventus would open his heart soon....


Fran, like Mickey, were the only ones not shocked with Terra's disappearing act. She had seen Hatori do it many times. Thankfully for her, she could hear extremely well and watched the ground in which he was under. She looked at Ven... wondering if he knew Terra was behind him.


Saix only frowned as he saw Terra disappear. He too was able to hear where Terra was headed with his pointed ears. He was a monster inside. His claymore relaxed to the ground as he watched the two curiously.


Ven glared until... there was nothing to glare at. He frowned, looking around franticly but stopped as he felt a ghostly presence behind him. He stopped as his eyes darkened. He listened closely and sighed, closing his eyes as he felt the brush on his shoulder.

Damnit... you know if you get hurt... I get hurt to you fucktard...

He suddenly grabbed Aero Maxim from the ground... and swing it behind him.


Riku frowned as he watched everything. Way to Dawn lowered too as he watched the two. He knew it would be hard on Ven... but the moment Ven snatched his keyblade, Riku got into stance too.

He was happy that he and Sora were fighting with each other now. When they hit their combo limit break.... Terra had better run. All's End was probably one of the most power attacks known.

[Reno]

"Oh shit!" Demyx squeaked his heart beating rapidly when Terra disappeared. His eyes ran around frantically, trying to calm down. He stumbled a bit, and nearly squeaked again when he heard the other's voice. He was close to weting himself. He couldn;t do this!!!!


Roxas grit his teeth, eyes narrowing in a bit of angry, unable to detect where The other went. He looked around carefully, and xio's yip brought his attention to where Terra was, his eyes narrowing. It seemed Terra was trying to convince him into this. Without all of them agreeing it would be useless.


Donald didn;t have good ears. He was a duck for god's sake. But if Terra was going to be doing that all day... spells were running through his head quickly. He would have to elarn of a way to make one work so that he could keep track of the other. If Hatori could do that too... and he got behind him... it was all over.


Mickey's ears follwoed the noise acutely, the large rounded appedndages picking up sound easily. He followed the other's track quickly, seeing him behind Ven suddenly. to scare him?


Sora wasn't too shocked. He had fought both Sephiroth and Xigbar - battles where people disappeared on him weren;t hard once you predicted how they used it. Sephiroth always got behind you. Xigbar always went up high so his long-ranged weapons could take you out. He had yet to figure out exactly how Terra would use his though. He looked towards Ven and Terra, watching as they talked. And suddenly the first swing was made - the decision there. He got in his stance as well. Riku tensed beside him as well.


Invidia's large ears twitched, following the movements easily, her eyes narrowing unsurely. She understood what training was - but this was seeming a little more heavy then what the 'humans' of her world had practicied. This male wouldn;t be merciful on them would he?


Aqua grit her teeth, her head twisting at Terra's voice. that ability wasn;t one he used to consistently - but it was a hell of a problem for some. she would have to use her scouting abilities to their fullest to keep up with him. Sparring with Terra had NEVER been fun. Her water against his land - they mixed they didn;t fight. Most of her attacks got rendered useless because she never had enough energy for it.

She watched Terra swing. It was decided.


Terra was ready for it, and he hopped away, landly firmly several feet away. He spun on the sand without ever lifting his feet - almost appearing to skate - Quicksand shining in his hands. His and Ven's eyes met and he smirked. He knew what the other was somewhat worried about as well.

He didn't plan on coming out of this in a coma though. He knew ways to get away from being hurt. And he was going to use them all. Hopefully he'd only comed out of this with a few scrapes.

He gave everyone a once over now, seeing from Ven's second display that they were all ready once more. "Alright. Bring it." The heat of the sun beat down on him but he was unfazed. He loved it personally. The ehat was where he fought best, even in the worst of situations.

There were only four times in his life that he had ever been terrified in his whole life. the first was when the Heartless came to his home planet and destroyed everything. The second was against Xehanort - and watching Ven go down first, knew he and Aqua were next, had sent his heart pounding. the third was against Sora and Riku, when Riku had had him pinned, ready to jab his dark keyblade down into him (in which Ven took care of him) only to have Sora on him moments later, striking him with his own goddamned weapon. and the fourth... was when Hatori had had his claws in him, draining his life away inch by inch...

He didn't want that to happen ever again to ANYONE again.

He could feel his heart beating strong, sending adrenline through his body. He looked over everyone, but they all seemed to be hesitating, as if unsure if they should truly attack - or unsure of who should go first.

"No hesitating allowed." Terra snapped. "you hesitate-" And then he was gone, sweeping through the land again. Everyone was tense again, breathes quickening - unsure of what was about to happen.

He apepared right in front of the one he had chosen. His eyes narrowed, staring into cowardly blue eyes. "You die. And cowardice? Will make you the fastest target."

Demyx could have cried. Terra placed his hand against Demyx's stomach and he went flying backwards. Not as harshly as Hatori had in the ring, but enough to send the sitarist tumbling with a yelp, rolling across hot sand. He blinked at the sky blearily. What the hell had just happened?

That spurred a second, furious blonde into action. "Dem!" Roxas shot forward, slicing Fatal Crest for Terra, eyes angry.

Terra jumped and flipped backwards, landing on the sand gracefully.

[Rikugurl]

It would be hard working together. So many elements that could clash.
Axel & Xio = Fire
Demy & Aqua = Water
Ventus & Fujin = Wind
Terra = Land
Sora = Light
Riku = Twilight
Mickey = Darkness
Roxas = Balance
Saix = Gravity
Goofy = Protection
Donald = Mage
Invidia = Non-elemental status

And for Fran... no one really knew much about her fighting style as of yet.

Then there was connections and protection.
Axel would protect Roxas and vise versa
Riku and Invidia would protect Sora and vise versa
Aqua would protect Fujin and Ventus, vise versa
Saix would protect Aqua.
The men from Disney would be protecting as many people as possible. Them fighting all together might be a huge fucking mess if they didn't decided to work as a huge team.


Everyone was at stance when Terra disappeared again... but they weren't ready to see him appear at Demy first.

Axel growled as he saw Demy go flying. His fire raged and Xio growled, watching Roxas go into after. Obviously the biggest threat was that Axel and Xio had to watch out for Demy and Aqua... and vise versa. His chakrams twirled in his hand as he suddenly dashed towards Terra, Xio at his feet.

"BURN BABY, BURN!" Red ancient symbols glowed in and out around Terra, making burst of fire come from the ground.


Goofy sighed but nodded. It was starting and no hesitations! "Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild! Sheild!" Invisible bubbles surrounded everyone by Terra. It took a lot out of him and he realized that sixteen to watch over was a very hard amount to keep track of. Maybe making groups of a certain number could aid each other in battle.

That was when he realized that... this was a learning and developing test as well as training. His eyes narrowed as he looked at Donald and Mickey. "Come on!!"


Fujin frowned as she got into stance with Aqua. Again... he really wasn't much of a fighter herself... but not hesitations right. She suddenly dashed out with Axel and watched. She pulled a chakram across her chest then hurled it out towards Terra, doing the same with the other.


Fran frowned and suddenly gripped her boy tightly. As if it was a harp, she feathered her hand over the mid part of the bow. In the middle, there was a glow and she gracefully reached back for the string, as if there was an arrow there. She pulled back on the string... and suddenly there was a flash. A metal arrow appeared with a glowing tip.

Her amber eyes watched Terra dodge the other's attacks, trying to think ahead on where he would be. She found a spot and let the arrow go flying, quickly making another one and sent it out all in the matter of seconds.


Saix growled and there was a sudden flick to his claymore. It suddenly shown and large spikes appeared out of it. He left his sister's side and ran across the desert, not towards Terra like the rest.

He stopped at Demyx side and pulled him up with one strong hand. "You ok?"


Ven frowned as Terra started to go after the other. It sent a chill down his body. It had been awhile since he saw Terra act like this. He breathed and quickly rushed in to join the fight. There was no point in stirring up a sand storm... Terra could easily through it and it would blind more of the attackers anyway.

"REMEMBER HIS BLIND EYE!" He called out as Aero Maxim shown.


Riku instantly placed a Dark Shield over Sora before Goofy could... but that only doubled his protection. He decided to stay back for now and wait for Terra to dodge what he had now. He had the speed to catch up to him wherever he decided to go next.

[Reno]

This fight COULD become a hgue mess. But they had some heavy advantages. the ones who did know how to work together - experience with one another. Magic, like Terra had said, would be a hard thing to use - because everything was so easily counterable. He had given them some hints though. eletrcity and wind would work best when his feet weren;t on the ground - Fire would be good if it took him by surprise and water same thing. Gravity was useless - defensive spells however, was the BEST aspect.

And they had a major advantage - Riku and Sora had one of the strongest limit breaks at their command. not to mention the master keyblader adapted to everything around him - especally to his teamamates. He learned how to fight with people almost instantly, and how to fight against just as quick.

Riku had been right about one thing - together they were a force to be reckoned with.


Roxas stayed clear, knowing what Axel's next move would be - unfortunetly so did Terra. The brunette did some fancy foot work, a wave of sand coming up and crashing ontop of the flames, dispersing them almost immediately. Everyone wa sletting lsoe now, setting him on edge, and his mind was going into overdrive - automatically prediciting the mvoes as they came.


"HASTAGA!" Donald cried, yellow magic qucikly sprinkling across the area, shimmering over the others - sans of course the one they were fighting. It wasn;t as strong as it could have been though - 16 people was a bit much even for the mage. At Goofy's insistance, he ran forward. He was a magic user though - He couldn't attack physically too often.

Mickey nodded, charging forward with his knight, quick feet scampering across the ground. He charged ahead - just as roxas was getting his bearings enough to as well.


Terra dodged Fujin's first Chakram - his keyblade striking the second and sending it flying. He jumped back as Bond of flames slammed in front of the space he had once been. Mickey jumped high, coming for him.

It was time to show them a piece of dark magic. He polaced to fingers in front of his lips, whispering harshly. Dark energy crackled at his finger tips and he pointed them to the ground, energy dancing into it automatically. "Sands of time, protect!" The sand shot up like a live snake catching Mickey in a boa constrictors grip. His feet landed and he jumped back.

"your majesty!" Donald cried, pointed it towards the sand holding him. "Water!" The high pressureized spell broke the grip and Mickey fipped landing easily, nodding to his duck friend to show he was alright. Had it been Hatori doing that rather then Terra - it would have broken the mouse's spine. the kign was beginning to realize how dangerous and destructive these spells were.


The arrow of Fran's came for him - but with his spell still in effect it shot up, snapping into the Arrow like it was a twig. He flinched however, not expecting it - it had come in his blind spot - his eye. He growled frustratedly. He forgot he couldn't see through it damn it all! It could make all the difference in the world...

He growled , remembering that this was training for himself as well. He needed to get used to his blind spot - QUICKLY.


Aqua growled in a frustrated way, charging forward. "Damn you all Terra! you want to start something!?" Wisps of water surronded her keyblade violently as she covered the distance quickly. the streams of sand came up from the ground quickly for her but she slashed hard, the water cutting through it easily. Her keyblade clashed with his, growling in her best friend's face -

And then sand was around her ankles, and Terra psuhed down making her spin completely around so that her back was facing him. Shit - what the HELL?!

Terra's feet swept under her legs and she went tumbling. She like Ven hadn;t sene Terra act even remotely like this for a long, long ass time. He had always been a fierce fighter... but there were skills about him they didn;t know he possessed.

Or maybe... opening his heart and leaving behind Xehanort's damage... was it bringing back what had always been there?


Terra looked down at his friend, as she twirled back to her feet, taking a few steps away. "Nice try. But you could get your keyblade caught like that." He advised, before jumping away. He really wasn;t trying to hurt them.


Demyx blinked as Saix helped him up. He looked ashamed, staring towards the ground. "i'm fine." He looked towards the fight. "I just don;t think i'm cut out for this." His eyes narrowed, watching the land keyblader as he pushed over Aqua. she got up moments later. "I mean... once we get to the real thing..." He shook his head, his hands shaking.


Terra's eyes narrowed hearing Ven's yell and he flipped the other off. "Fuck you!" Did he HAVE to yell that so loud?! Pfgf as if HE wasn;t aware enough about his mini-handicap. He wondered why he was smiling though, even as he cussed the other out - this felt comfortbale. this fight. even if it was fierce it was still... friendly and unthreatening.


Sora smiled at Riku, seeing he wasn't going to be moving from his spot any other time. He'd let the other let his own mind work - he however was going straight into this battle. He charged forward, hearing Ven;s words spill over the land.

Invidia barked, feeling Donald's hastaga spell - but the ruby on her head glowed, and she keened, a second wave of haste spreading over the team, making up for whatever absence Donald's magic had and then some.

Sora used the extra speed to shoot foreward. "Donald! Mickey!" He made a handmotion - short of like the same one you'd make in a game of rock, paper, scissors when you picked scissors. The two understood instantly even as the brunette speed by.

Sora got closer, seeing the telltale sand ropes coming forth. "dispel!" He heard a duck quack and a mouse squeak. The black magic spread across the ground, smacking into Terra's magic, the sand shattering around him.

He swung the heavy blade at the suddenly unprotected earth-wielder, but Terra hopped into the air easily. "Probably shoulda picked something lighter!" The brunette teased, stomping onto the keyblade, forcing it into the ground and sending Sora off balance and he went tumbling.

"you guys took the rest of my keyblades!" Sora said back as he rolled, weaponless again. Fatal Crest, Fenrir, and Sleeping Lion litterally were the only ones he had left to his name sans Ultima. Sora held out his hand the blade apeparing once more, no matter how it was pinned. He shot up and with a violent slash sent a stream of energy for Terra.

A wall of sand met the attack instead, and dust and sparkles rose into the air, momentarily hiding Terra from sight.

Once it was clear Terra was gone.

Under the earth again!? the others looked around frantically but Sora knew where he was going. towards the two who had yet to move.

Invidia's ears twitched from the explosion, but something was moving - closer.... she barked in alarm.

"Riku! VI!" Sora cried his head twisting towards his lover and pet.

"Riku!" Mickey cried as well, hsie ars picking it up.

Terra was right behind Riku. "Lesson two: Always keep moving." He swung Quicksand at the silverette, not worried. He had had ample warning and could easily counter the strike. If he couldn;t well... then he;d have one psised off Sora after him.

[Rikugurl]

Axel slid to a stop as everything happened in front of him and his attack was put to rest. He watched Roxas and frowned, seeing that he was a bit baffled as well. He stood next to his side with Xio and narrowed his eyes.

They fought best together... and it would be an advantage to fight that way. "Stay with me huh?" He smiled down at his lover but blinked as he heard Sora's call, looking towards Riku. Hopefully with Hastage, they would all have an edge on Terra.


Goofy shivered a bit. He was only an once less scared than Demyx. But he had to do his best.
He pulled the shield away from him and threw it hard at Terra. It went long but was stopped by the sand, quickly smacking it back at him.

He yelped and ducked, the shield flying past him. "HEY!" He turned around and started to rush after it.


Fujin growled as her chakrams came back to her loyally. She slid to a stop as well, watching everything happen. She growled more as Terra disappear. She looked agound, unable to know where he'd pop up next. She kept moving though, knowing that she could be a target. She rushed to Aqua, making sure she was ok.


Fran frowned as she saw her arrows get snapped like twigs. That was some powerful majick he possessed. Well... if one could absorb the life of a planet... who knew how strong the ancient majick could be. She had seen Hatori do it over and over... this fight will be far from easy.

She didn't like easy though. She was a pirate.

Her ears twitched as she heard the man under the earth. She created another arrow, the glow was used like a flashlight at the ground, showing Terra's movement. This would help every keep track of where he was underground.


Saix looked down at the blonde and only a small smile appear. "True strength comes out with caring... or rage. Find one that best suits you... and your worries will disappear. You have the strength in you. You were a part of the Organization. Only powerful willed people become members. There's something hidden in you."


Riku blinked as he heard the calling and seeing Fran's light, it was coming right at him. A smirk appeared under the shadowed hood as he heard Terra behind him. He wasn't frightened at all. He ducked, moving back towards Terra instead of away.

An elbow hit Terra's ribs hard as an energy ball appeared in his other hand. In a second, he spun around and the energy ball was in the land keyblader's gut. Suddenly Terra went flying from the blast.

As Terra was baffled, a strong claymore was slashed down, breaking the earth it hit as Terra dodged it. Yellow eyes gleamed as a snarl rang through Terra's ears.

If Terra though those were his only two counters within those few seconds, he was wrong. A metal whip wrapped around his keyblade wrist and tugged him back violently. It was a whip exactly like Hatori's.


Ven growled as he felt pain in his rib but continued to run around, even if people had stopped to watch. He knew Terra... it wasn't safe to stop with a land user. The wind gave him the speed he needed to cover ground and to waste as les energy as possible.

He blinked though when he caught an odd event. Fran's bow had... morphed? Into a whip!? This woman was full of mysteries wasn't she??
She saw her able to capture Terra's wrist and nodded, his eyes narrowing.

A sudden blast of wind came from a certain direction, one that was on Terra's unbalanced side. Hopefully it would be powerful enough to knock him over with Fran's strength.


As Fujin watched the attempt, her own eyes narrowed. There were two attacks that she didn't like to do... because they were power and harsh... but he said not to hold back. Seeing Terra's situation, this was time to call upon one.

She raised a hand to the sky.
"METEOR!"
The ground beneath them shook and far away, strong winds picked up large sided boulders with ease. They all flew towards the summoner and started to rain down like meteors towards Terra.

Wasn't real meteors... but again, her majick needed some tune up. It would do for now.

[Reno]

Roxas stood next to Axel, nodding at his words. "Of course." Despite his weakness being Axel's strength - they could actually compliment each other quite qwell. back when they were nobodies they had taken some missions together. and of course since then they;ve protecting Nobodia together, fought heartless together, took on malificent...

Yeah they knew each other;s fighting styles by now.


Mickey sighed slowly as sora took on Terra - only for a brief few moments before the other was gone again, after Riku. But Riku acted quickly, saving him from any pain.


Aqua gave Fuujin a comforting smile, reassuring her that she was okay, before glancing back towards where Terra had appeared.

Demyx looked at Saix silently, then ssmiled, nodding. He didn;t believe it - or maybe didn;t completely understand it but... he;d try. Definteily would try... somehow.


Invidia barked, running several feet back as Riku fought the keyblader, not wanting to get caught in any crossfire.


Terra grunted at the sudden pain, and gasped when the energy sent him sprailing. He struck the ground, then, feeling the earth shift under him - someone was coming for him, instively rolled, a large claymore slamming into the spot he had once been.

The land keyblader was on his feet again in an instant. With so many adversaries even he couldn't stop moving. He heard a zing of something in the air, yelping in surprised when he was yanked off-balance, soemthing hard and cold wrapped around his keyblade and his wrist. He looked over his shoulder seeing Fran and her whip - then she nodded but not at him. At ven.

"Shit." Terra hissed, twisting his heels, sand curling up around his feet so that even as Ven's wind hit him he didn't fall over.


But then Fuujin just HAD to add her spell. too bad for her sake... it was rocks she was throwing at him.

Terra gave a power tug on his keyblade - sending the slightly lighter when holding the whip off balance. He faced the metal taking a deep breath, then blue, black fire streaming from his mouth, burning up the whip and turning it into liquid metal. It was called Spitfire - a dark magic attack that harnessed the power of a volcano in one single breath. It was too bad he hadn't known about it when he was locked in Xehanort's fucking cages.

Terra swing, cutting through the rocks without effort. His keyblade glew yellow and he slammed it into the ground. A large, circle appeared, ancient celtic symbols apeparing. "Take this!" The light covered over the ground in a wide area, going over Saix's, Fran's, Rikus and Ven's forms. Invidia was just barely out of the limit and the rest had spread further out.

At the edges of the circle white light rose, and then suddenly the ground rumbled, literally upchucking all four of them - even poor Ven who was in the air wasn't spared. The land shot up like a geyser several feet in the air, smacking into each and sending them flying in all directions. Nione of the others had a chance to react because Terra had a plan for them too.

"Geyser shot!" The heard the sudden yell from within the attack and everyone tensed. Aqua almost expected water to start shooting from the ground. But instead it was sand - much smaller then the large area Terra had just covered but enough to take out one at a time. the shoots of sand covered the area for the rest of the fighters and people started to spread out more or just completely run for it so as not to be taken up by the sand. It would be a LOOONG drop if they did.

"Riku!" Sora cried even as he started running, narrowly being missed by one of the geyser's. He could ehar Demyx yelling and donald squacking in panic. If you weren;t quick on your feet this spell really sucked. Sora jumped in the air, taking to flying across the land, able to manuver himself between the attack much more quickly. He couldn;t help but keep an eye out for Ven, Saix and Fran as well. Where had they gone?!

Aqua growled dodging a geyser's, Fuujin and her getting more and more split up.

Roxas' was unfortunate. the first geyser had gone under his feet first. He wasn;t even able to predict it - or move. There was a yell as he was suddenly thrown into the air. Eyes wide as he tumbled and started to fall in the air. Holy SHIT that was a long way down. About as tall as on of Twilight's buildings four stories or so. It would really hurt like a bitch if you didn't know how to land.

"Wind!" Roxas cried, the powerful tornado covering him, slowly his decent dramatically. Damn that had not been fun!

[Rikugurl]

Fran growled as she was suddenly taken off balance. She gripped it back with her strong arm but it.... snapped? He had burned it. Before it took more damage the whip glowed and it was no more. The glow returned into her hand as something long, most likely her bow but she held it with two hands.

Suddenly she split it apart, two swords appearing now.

Heh, they didn't call her the 'Master of Weapons' back at home for nothing.

She made a war cry before charging at the man who was facing away from her. The golden symbols under her didn't phase her as she already had her eyes on the prize. Just like treasure. That's when the earth under her shook and her eyes went wide. "YAAAAAAAAAA!!!" She was suddenly shot into the air high with Riku, Ven and Saix.


Ventus growled as he saw Terra's counter attack. Usually when they trained together, they would cover the whole entire world as their training ground. He wasn't use to one spot.

"AHH!!" He wasn't ready for rocks to go right up his ass and pushed him up towards the blue sky. His blue eyes widened as he was suddenly dropped... but that wasn't it. He was suddenly hit with a powerful blast of sand, sending him flying high in the sky.

He winced as his rib cage was struck badly. The wind through his hair calmed him as his body went flying. Suddenly he twisted in the air and threw Aero Maxim down flat. It hovered under him and he gripped into the handle, now laying on it as if it was a boogy board. He grinned slightly as his wind caught it... and off they shot through the sky back down to earth.


Way to Dawn glowed as he continued to move, taking Terra's advise to do so. He was about to call Ragnarok but before he could, he saw the golden symbols and then...

"AAAAAAAHHH!!!" He was suddenly and violently thrown into the air. Silver hair flung around as the earth let go... and he was falling? SHIT. Before he could balance, something painful hit him... and he went flying.

He landed quite far from the group... and not too smoothly either. His body rolled and tumbled on the ground before he slammed his blade into the ground, pulling him to a controlled stop. "Fuck..." He pushed himself up and spit the blood out of his mouth. His long hair was unruly now as his aquamarine eyes peered towards Terra who was a good distance away.

He saw Sora, noting that he hadn't seen him yet.


Saix immediately saw the golden symbols and looked down at them. How fascina--- Suddenly the earth under him shot up and he went flying. A loud roar echoed as he was pushed into the sky and then hit with the powerful sand. It flung him across the area more towards where Riku had landed.

The claymore swung and Riku blinked when he saw a little spark of energy appear a couple feet away. What the...?
The large weapon was pointed at the area. The world's gravity. It pulled the claymore in along with Saix. He landed hard on the ground, leaning over his weapon to catch his breath.


Fujin gasped as she saw them go up into the air. All this power... But she couldn't worry about that now. The ground in front of her suddenly shot up and she started to run. Unfortunately, she didn't have the ears to hear when the burst would come up. Fear ran through her as she ran blindly through the mine field. She tried to keep an eye on Aqua the best she could... but sand was flying everywhere.


"AH!" Axel backed away as sand shot up next to him. "RUN!!" He quickly turned and started running off. "Xio, lead the way!" Xio had the ears to tell them where the next burst would come up. The moomba nodded and started heading off... but didn't get very far before they lost someone.

"ROXAS!!" Green eyes looked up in horror as the blonde went flying. The pyro shifted, watching where his lover would fall so he could catch him... but Roxas landed somewhat gracefully back to them.


Goofy... was still after his run away shield. When he finally seemed to be close enough, he reached out... but a sudden blast of sand almost took his arm off. He yelped and fell back on his butt, just watching his shield he thrown up into the air. "GWARSH!"


Fran fell hard back to earth and winced. She shook as she pushed herself up, some scratches bled from her chest but she would be ok. She was about to pull herself up when something hard hit her and she was forced back to the ground.

"Sonofa---!!" She growled as she looked over, seeing blonde hair. Demyx? Well... he had a better landing than most.... "Mind getting off me??"


Riku's hair whipped around more as he watched the chaos. He frowned and suddenly looked up at the sky. He was looking for something, hearing Saix breathing hard next to him. "Come on...." He looked around the sky oddly, if anyone noticed they'd wonder why.

"YES!" He spot what he was looking for. At times during the day, the moon might be visible. And it was today. He looked at Saix who was still hunched over and suddenly his keyblade started to glow black. He slammed it down into the ground. It made a pool of darkness and surrounded Riku.

He closed his eyes and focused his energy into the blade.
"The remaining rays of daylight stream I dream of sunsets yet to be when the twilight spell will set me FREE!!" He chanted as a blast of energy sent up through him and right up to the sky.

Suddenly, the sky started to change and darken... turning the sunny hot day... into twilight. He did this for a few reasons. Twilight was a hard time of day to really focus on things since the lighting was so obscure to ones eyes. This would throw off Terra with his new handi-cap. Secondly, he was more powerful under the twilight and if he and Sora got together again, their power would become greater. And last... and the main reason... was that the moon was easier to see.

He looked over at the blue haired man as he pulled his keyblade from the ground. "Saix! Above!" He called.


Golden eyes looked up, seeing that it was now relatively dark around him. He frowned but looked up at the sky, seeing the shadows of the moon.

Aqua was crying... and nothing was cheering her up. The dark haired boy sighed as he watched her tears hit the floor.
"Aqua... come on now.... it's... not so bad." He reached over and touched her shoulder. The death of their father was hard on them all... but Aqua took it the worst.

"Hey... what can I do to cheer you up? Tell me. Anything?" She looked up with watery red eyes, sniffling. He smiled down at her then looked out the window at the moon. "Come on." He pulled her up and they wanted to the window. He pointed at the moon then looked down at her.

"You want the moon? I'll get it for you." He reached up for it, and his hands became claws. He made a movement as if he grasped the moon, and then a motion like he was pulling it to him. The moon suddenly became bigger and bigger... being brought down but his gravity. When it was pretty big he stopped, knowing that if he brought it any closer, it would disrupt the tides too much.

It glowed bright and yellow, a beautiful and shining haze came down on them. "There... the moon.... for you."

He growled and suddenly reached up towards the moon. More sparks came from his hand and shoot out directly to the silver body above them all. Suddenly, the moon started to glow as the gravitational pull of Saix started to pull at it. Slowly it moved closer to the earth until it was a big, glowing circle in the sky.

Gleaming yellow eyes looked back at Riku. "Get out of here..."

Riku blinked but nodded, running off quickly.


Saix looked up at the moon and growled again. Here goes...
His golden eyes suddenly glowed a bright yellow, taking up his whole eye. His blue hair started to frizz as he jumped into the air.
"Moon! Shine Down!"
His body started to glow and his eyes glowed more. Fangs barred and claws appeared. The 'X' in the middle of his face ripped open as his ears pointed more.

Claws gripped to his claymore as his body shown with a lunar light. He pressed the large weapon onto the ground and suddenly dashed in Terra's direction. He made a sweeping motion with his weapon, making burst of energy circle him. He was gaining ground extremely quick. Anyone who was too close was suddenly pushed away but a violent power. "BEEEEGONE!"

Axel's eyes widened as he saw the display. "HOOOLY SHIT! RUNRUNRUNRUN!!!" He gripped onto Roxas and slung him over his shoulder along with Xio and raced into the opposite direction.

When he was close enough to Terra, he pulled his hand up, snarling like a wild beast. He suddenly chucked the huge claymore at the land keyblader at alrming and dangerous speeds. "MOVE ASIDE!"

[Reno]

Terra hissed quietly, feeling Ven get hit, gwincing a bit as the pain reflected in his ribs. He rubbed them idly as the sand around him settled, watching everyone around him, either falling to the ground or running around like maniacs. He watched Ven, not surprised that the other used wind tto guide himself down. Roxas did as well. Smart move.

Sora nearly fell in his fight, grunting when riku hit the ground, feeling as if he had just done so himself as well. He could almost TASTE the coppery tang in his mouth but he knew their was no blood.

His eyes caught sight of silver hair far off, riku getting back to his feet. He was alright... for the most part. Seconds later he saw Saix land next to the silver-haired male, his descent slightly more... harsh yet u nharming.

He sighed a bit.


Demyx screamed all the way uo - and allll the way down. He was gonna die! panic rushed through him and he landed... on top of someone.

"Mind getting off me??"

Demyx looked down, then yelped, hurriedly scramping to his feet. "I'm sorry!" He reached out, helping her up, looking apoilogectic. "I didn;t mean ta land on ya!"


Mickey's quick feet led him across the terrain easily, but then he felt a shot of darkness. His senses follwoed the source, practically smelling twilight raining. Riku was preparing a spell....


The energy smacked into the sky above and it seemed to shatter under the weight - the sky turning navy and black. the moon shined out nicely. They were shrouded in the darkness. Terra's Geyser spell was cut short - half by his surprise, the other half by his forbidding. this was bad. Very, very bad for him.


Everyone seemed to be frozen, the sudden change shocking them all. even sora landed to stare at the sky above. Then a sudden snarl drew attention everywhere, eyes finding Saix's glowing body. He was berserking...

HE WAS BERSERKING?!

"OH SHIT!" Demyx cried, grabbing onto Fran's arm. "pardon me!" And then he tugged her along as he ran, creating as much distance between the soon to be berserking creatures and themseleves. they did NOT want to get caught in the crossfire of one of Saix;s moves!!!


Roxas yelped in surprise as he was suddenly lifted, his crayz redhead lvoer screaming for his life as he was carried away on one shoulder, a barking Xio on the other.


Invidia's ears went flat and she suddenly took off, feeling the pwoer Saix was running off and knowing she shouldn;t be anywhere near it.


Sora blinked in panic, then he jumped high, gliding north, towards where Riku was already running - just as Saix raced under him, covering the distance like a wolf. Terra was in trouble. He almost wanted to call out a few spells to the brunette but knew... that this was what the other had weanted. there all. god don't die!!


Aqua looked up at the moon blankly, then towards her brother. A short yell of warning was caught in her throat, looking between him and his target. one of her best friends. Terra... "Get the hell outta there." she whispered, backing off as far as she could, knowing of the shockwaves Saix could create. She could step in if it hoenstly got too bad. Her legs braced, ready to rush forward at any moment.


Everyone else, not knowing what to expect or unable to escape quickly enough, was thrown off their feet by the shockwaves. that probably wasn;t good - they weren;t supposed to harm each other!!


"Riku!" Sora cried, landing beside his lvoer, running alongside him. "cure." he called, the green magic coursing over the silverette. He had to hand it to his husband - it was a great move. It would aid not only Saix, but Riku as well - and Aqua and Demyx who drew there pwoer from the moon as well. Roxas would be fine as well, since he was balance and night and day were things he was used too. Mickeyw as darkness so this would aid him too. Donald he and goofy all fought at night before, eyes adjusting easily. But... he just hoped Terra wasn't murdered in the process. It put the poor boy at a big disadvantage - sight wise.


Terra felt a small panic rising but queeling it. the moon was bright, his eyes adjusting. He could FEEL Saix comng for him. "Sense." he snapped, gett he feeling of the others statistics - and his whereabouts. The spell rippledconsistently. The other where staying back - good move. His eye adjusted quickly enough, but he still felt completely off balance because he had no sense of porportion. He heard the snarl - so fucking close now - and somehting whizzing through the air. Something heavy and - oh shit!!

Terra sunk into the ground, pulling himself out meters away, hearing the claymore imbed itself into the dirt. But Saix had heard him and was on him like a leopord. He rolled but the claws still got him on his leg blood flowing freely. Ven definitely felt that one!

He got to his feet jumping over the others next charge. Saix's body twwisted, coming back for him. Terra landed, red pwoer rediating from him, his eyes glowing furiously. "Enough!" He snapped commandingly as the other reached him, slamming his keyblade down, streams of red and black energy slashing at Saix fiercely, the ground shaking across the whole world like an earthquake. More black magic.

[Rikugurl]

Axel panted as he moved his skinny legs as fast as he could while having dead weight on both shoulders. Riku was fucking crazy! Did he even KNOW how vicious that man was when he berserked!?

When they were pretty far away, he put Roxas down and felt Xio jump off. Xio whimpered as he heard all the beastly growls and snarls coming from far away. It was pretty dark but all of Saix's violent and massive swings sent out a lunar light.


Fran sighed softly as the blonde got off her and dusted herself off. Frowning, she looked up, seeing the sky change. What the--- "WHAAAAA"! She was yanked by her 'droppie' as he started running. She didn't bother arguing as she looked behind her, seeing the blue hair man become..... some sort of beast??


Fujin's eyes widened as she saw Saix. What the.... She looked around, seeing everyone start to run... except her lover. Her eyes widened, seeing that Aqua didn't move. Everyone was running in fear... but not her. She... didn't know if it would be safe to stay with the woman... but... she couldn't leave her side.

She looked back at Saix who was on Terra like a leopard after a bleeding piece of meat. He used to be so... calm and collective. It wasn't safe for her to stay close... it was Aqua's brother... he wouldn't hurt her. She growled and suddenly started to run.


Ven's eyes widened when the blue sky he was soaring in turned dark. What the... oh.... twilight. He finally did land... and when he did, he only tripped over himself as he tried to pull his keyblade up. Not because he was clumsy... but because there was a horrible pain in his ankle. "FUCK!"

He growled then looked up. His mouth gapped as he saw the scene. "TERRA!" He screamed, seeing how much danger his... friend was in. He rushed towards the scene in fright. "AQUA! CALL HIM OFF!!" He didn't care if Terra said not to hesitate... but there was a point where stupidity and pride clashed!


Goofy stood as the sand was called off and grabbed his shield as it fell to the ground. He smiled happily only to be suddenly grabbed by the waist... and pulled to a hip. "WAAA" He looked up to see flowing silver hair.

Riku looked next to him as he picked up Goofy and smiled. The blood from his mouth started to dry and he finally stopped. Placing Goofy down, he looked over, seeing shock after shock of lunar flashes. He... remembered the fight between Sora and Saix... he watched from afar with Kairi. Saix showed not pity... He wondered if this was a good idea... but they were getting their asses kicked.


Glowing eyes watched Terra like a hawk. A vicious predictor to a tricky meal. As his claymore hit the ground, it crumbled the earth before he picked it back up with ease. He quickly watched the ground, hearing exactly where Terra was headed. When he appeared again, massive claws grabbed a hold his ankle. "FOOL!"

He started to 'sweep' his claymore again as he dashed at Terra and when the land keyblader jumped over him, a vicious growl disrupted the land. He turned around like some wild beast and charged back at him. It was as if Terra was a magnet to Saix... and Saix was on him every inch of the way.

Axel was ready to see foam come out of his mouth.

Glowing yellow eyes were coming straight for him like headlights full force as blue hair whipped from his speed. He flinched at the command... but this was not Aqua or Xemnes.... he would not obey. Black and red streams of power came right for him.... but the beast did not stop.

It ripped through him violently. Half of his jacket was ripped away from the blast and blood flew through the air. Berserkers felt no pain... only when they snapped out of berserks. His eyes still glowed bright as blood ran down his face. Another massive roar blasted at Terra and sharp fangs dripped with saliva as he suddenly jumped and smashed his claymore down with powerful strength behind it.
"All shall be lost to you!"

[Reno]

Roxas stared back, eyes wide with horror as he watched Saix tear up the playing field. He winced seeing Terra's desperation to fight the other off. his eyes widened. "Saix!" he cried, even though he knew the other couldn;t ehar him! he wasn;t supposed to try and KILL Terra!


Sora grit his teeth, bracing his own feet, looking ready to rush forward himself. He had fought and taken down the other before - and honestly he didn;t want to watch Terra die...

Aqua heard Ven;s warning, her stomach tweisting a bit, but she nodded, beginning to run forward.


Terra was taking in everything and too much at once. He heard Ven pleading for Aqua to get Sai to stop. He felt Aqua;s agreement. "NO!" He called to them - just as the claymore was coming down for him. "stay back!" he warned.

Aqua hesitated for just that second - and Terra took the seen. He rasied his keyblade, meeting the claymore, the clash loud and heavy. The sand udnerneath his feet sunk down a bit, but Terra looked up at Saix. "End for me?" The blue was overtaken by yellow. "Not quite. RAH!" He swung with both hands, shovign Saix back.

The berserker landed easily, not fazed in the least. He was too lost to be.

Some conquests had to be made in other ways rather then brute force and magical prowess. Cunning ways. Powerful oppoents could not always be taken down - so to warp the mind beyond repair was one way - like memory stealing or nightmare sessions.

However there were still some, so beastial yet pwoerful that they did not fall to either of these spells. Another method was made. Encagement.

Terra saw the other already chasing for him. He growled, slamming his keyblade into the ground hard. Streams of sand shot out, curling outround Saix's form. the berserker gave a snarl, fighting them off bravely.

Terra slammed his hand into the ground symbols appearing across the ground again, creating what he liked to call an inverse barrier. It was nothing one could get out of - but where one could easily get INTO.

A dome shimmer above Saix's head, and the streams of sand pinned him to the floor, holding him down like chains.

Terra made a sweeping motion, and sand flew up from the edges of the dome, meeting at the top as if making a ceiling - and hiding the moon from Saix's eyes. in fact by now he was in total darkness. Terra took a few steps back, then waved a hand, a second ring appearing, the barrier reenforicing itself twice over. He hoped being hidden from the moon would clam him - thought he had no guarentees.

He looked at the spell dismally. This was used to keep people... people like Saix locked up until they starved. His people really were evil.

He blinked rapidly, his eyes shimmering back to blue. He should probably let him out now... but personally he was a little terrfied he'd be torn to bits if he did.

"did you just... CHAIN UP MY BROTHER?!" Aqua sounded fucking furious.

Ut oh...

[Rikugurl]

Axel frowned as he watched everything in the twilight of the world. His eyes widened though as he started to see all the sand consume the beast... and.... swallowed him?

"Saix!" He called too, gritting his teeth. Maybe... Terra had to do it. If not... he might not be standing. Yes... Saix was a powerful weapon... and he was sure Hatori would have good exercise running away from him.


Fujin stopped close by to Demyx and Fran. She watched back in horror but her biggest concern was Aqua... she was stills so close... and now Ven. She was about to go after them when she felt a strong arm pulled her back. She looked back and frowned, seeing Fran look at her.

Since Fran was able to see seconds in the future, she already knew what was going to happen. Fuu had no reason to become part of it.


Ven slid to a stop next to Aqua and frowned as they were held back. His eyes widened as he saw the sand work. Could... sand really be that powerful to cage this sort of beast?

He blinked and looked at Aqua, feeling some anger pushing off her. Oh shit...


Yellow eyes beamed down at the golden, not flinching as he saw the eye change. When he was pushed back, he snarled again and went right back after the brunette. However, he was stopped by strong sands. One wrapped around his wrist and then another. They found his clawed ankles and pulled him down. The claymore made a loud thud and sand arose as another grabbed hold his neck.

Total darkness made his glowing eyes reflected off the sand walls. He snarled and howled, roaring and twisting his body like the caged animal he was.

The moon gave Saix power... but he could berserk at anytime. Blocking the moon off would do so much...