Tying Knots

[Rikugurl]

Axel smiled as he looked down at him. "I dunno if I'd do a good job as you do~" He pulled the blonde closer but made sure to keep an eye on what was going on. No time for Roxas lala land for him. When he heard a huge explosion though, he looked back, seeing dust come from a boulder.

He frowned more when he heard Aqua call. Get out of here?? No way! They had to fi---
"AH!" He was suddenly tumbled over and his foot when into the river. That got him to stand right up and pulled Roxas up with him. His eyes went wide when he saw what caused him to baffle.


Fran heard the warning... and by the looks of Terra and Ven... maybe it wasn't a bad idea. "Come on! Into the forest!" She called as she lead the group towards the bamboo... but not until she sent a few shots towards the boulder that Hatori was lounging in. On contact, the arrows made the huge rock explode.

Rocks were thrown up in the air and showered over the crowd but they were easy to avoid.


Goofy nodded at Aqua's and Fran's called and quickly ran after her. He looked back at Riku, Sora, Ven, Terra and Aqua... who all seemed to stay put. He would have to watch them all from afar to make sure they all gained the potions they needed.

When they reached the lush of the bamboo, he looked poked his head out to watch.


Fuu frowned as she heard her lover's call. It was about the time she got a hold of her stray chakrams. How come Axel had better luck with his? Well... for one he was more experienced to using them in battle like this. Perhaps she could learn a thing or two from him. She sighed and soon followed Fran's lead into the forest close by.


What had pushed Axel, Roxas and Sora away... was Ventus.
The golden eyes didn't see Sora's hand held out to him... or anyone really. All he could see were shadows. His golden eyes gleamed in the sunlight as a violent gust of wind wrapped around him as Aero Maxim floated in the air next to him.
"GET AWAY FROM MEEEEEEEEEE!"

The strong wind pushed everyone away quickly... as if it was some tornado. He growled when he suddenly saw that Fenrir was stuck into the dirt in front of him. It seemed that Sora had lost it in the winds.... but of course, he didn't think of it that way. It was just another delicious keyblade for him to have. He needed it no matter what.

Like some wild animal, he dashed for it and snatched it up.
Fenrir
A whisper ran through his head and it was suddenly gone, a new clashing sound went through his mind. It was now in their vault.

His eyes looked pass Sora who seemed to stay as Axel headed for the forest with his lover in his arms once more. He could see something large and black. A sort of demon. A grin ran through his head as he suddenly picked up his own keyblade and dashed towards the creature.

Because of the amount of Darkness in his heart, he could truly see the beast that was resigning in Terra... even if no one else could. He pushed pass Aqua, making her fall to the ground. His hand gripped onto the handle of Aero Maxim as he stood by the beast, his eyes almost as wild as he looked at Hatori.


Riku growled as Ven pushed right through. He wasn't leaving though. Him and Sora always stayed till the bitter end and there was no changing that.
He leaned down pulled Aqua up, dusting her off a bit. His silver hair swirled around from the wind Ven was giving off. "You ok?"

He looked over to see Sora, standing his own ground. He knew his lover would stay in this fight too...


Saix nodded softly at the question. "Better..." He said softly and slowly pushed himself up. He winced a bit but the pain seemed to be almost gone. His golden eyes looked up at the moon, feeling it's power come down on him. His golden eyes were natural.... they didn't mean darkness filled his heart. He was born with dark brown eyes and every year he got older, they would lighten more and more until they turned a brown gold before he turned into a Nobody.

He looked over at the blonde, a soft smile on his face. It seemed that Demyx stayed up as far as he could to make the man comfortable. He really appreciated that. Only Aqua was so kind to him like that.... but that reminded him. "Where are the others?"

[Reno]

Roxas hissed a bit as he was yanked upwards and fisted his hands in the other's shirt. He shivered a bit, as Axel ran him off the battlefield. Now he was grateful that his lvoer was strong - even though he was hella scrawny.

Over the red-heads shoulder he could see Sora and Riku determinedly standing their ground - and only Aqua really knew what they were dealing with. They were fucking crazy.


Donald follwoed Aqua's instructions quickly, racing after Goofy silently. He didn't know what to expect... but he was ready to aid with his healing spells and magic - to stand back just like Terra had told him too.


Mickey's ears flopped indeciseively - but Aqua's incessant voice led him on to follow the other's. Who knew what awaited them. Hatori could very well have a plan to attack both groups - and if that happened the others would need a keyblader to protect them.


Aqua growled. "Terr-" She broke off into a yelp as she was suddenly shoved over by... a very familar blonde. she grunted as sshe hit the ground. What. The. Fuck?! Riku came to her side, helping her up. It seemed he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

"I'm fine." Aqua mumbled, "It's just a scratch." I'm gonna kick your ass again Terra! Yours too Ven! She stood next to Riku, holding her keyblade loosely, both of them keeping their distance from the enraged brunette and blonde. Seeing Terra like this was bad enough - but Ven too?


Sora yelped as the winds pushed him back, rolling onto the ground. he heard Aqua;s yell for a retret - and saw everyione leave. The brunette scrambled to his feet, growling. like hell! he;d never leave - not with two of his friend;s like this and not with Hatori still... power-crazed.

"Ven!" Sora snapped, seeing his brother take Fenrir. Ah well he had Ultima back. Still Tifa was gonna be real pissed when he tells her what happened to it. ...Cloud too. Cloud might kill him.

He saw Riku and Aqua in the distance and suddenly hurriedly crossed the distance, stopping at his husband's side.


Hatori didn't even cringe as the arrows exploded around him. He swept them to the side with a wave of his hand. He straightened - seeing five pairs of eyes narrowed onto him. He grinned. The three Chasers would be a great add to his collection - and so would Riku. and he could always finish off the fucking brunette master while he was at it. Everyone else had fled - but he didn't care. It just seperated the strong from the weak, making his job all the easier.


Terra didn't even react as Ven came to his side. It just felt right to have him there. They had something in common - something his muddled mind could no longer identify. All he knew was rage and the need to shed blood. Hatori's blood.

He held his hand out, calling Quicksand back to him, growling under his breath, yellow eyes staring into red. He wanted to do this... on his own however. He had a lot of fucked up memories to avenge.

Hatori gantily walked towards them, spurring the brunette into action. Terra shot forward, covering the distance in an instant, swinging hard. His father flipped back - the keyblade neatly missing him. But Terra charged on, swinging again and again, Hatori dodging each enraged movement, even laughing, both of them speeding across the battlefield quickly.

The brunette growled, rage boiling under his skin.

Terra only five, screamed as they lowered the casket, fighting against the strange's hold. this stranger who was caliming she was his 'mother'. He knew who his mother was!!


The boy, nly eight, twitched as the kids around him poked and prodding him with sticks. He was the orphan boy. that's what they called him. It didn;t matter that he had a new family every couple of monthes or so - he had no family, no relatives, no nothing. The little boy gave a sharp cry as a rock was thrown, and then suddenly he charged, little fists swinging. He;d show them!!


He gave a yelp as he was thrown somewhere dark and dank - cold and alone and closed in. He hated closed in places - they scared him - panicked him for no reason. the door clicked shut, lock snapping into place like a death knell. 'Stay in there until your better!' He heard, locked in the closet. Terra screamed, struggling to his feet, bruises from his last fight making him more sluggish. Even still, he pounded on the door until his hands were raw, and screamed his lungs out until he had no voice left. They found him hours later, curled in a corner, tears streaks on his face and unable to speak.


Hatori continued to laugh that fucking laugh and Terra gave a screech of fury, putting an extra burst of speed behind his last leap, his keyblade coming down hard onto the other;s chest. Blood split on the floor and Hatori when flying, smacking into the ground.

The black-haired Atterian growled, rolling back onto his feet, growling at his only son. He'd pay for that!


Demyx smiled at the other, glad to hear he was feeling better. He looked the other over carefully, noticing that yes indeed, many of the bruises and cuts seemed to have just... cleared up like magic!but he was soon distracted by the other's next question.

Where was everyone? Oh yeah...

"Hatori was spotted." Demyx said. "On some dragon land...?" He tilted his head, not realizing that Saix would probably think of his hometown first and not of Mulan's world.

Hey hadn;t Xigbar gone there...?

Demyx continued on, not noticing his mistake. "So they told me to stay here and watch you while they went off to go fight him~"

[Rikugurl]

Riku looked down at Sora, making sure he was ok. He then looked back at the two, seeing the power admitting off them. He never saw either like this... He once had to fight Terra with Roxas that day... and this sort of beast never came out.

Ven fought Sora... and he too never told of a story like this. Obviously, Terra was sucking Ven in.... just like Riku had to with Sora. His eyes narrowed as he held tightly to his new keyblade... it seemed this was more of Terra's fight now...


Aero Maxim shook as the wind at the blonde's feet moved. His eyes continued to hold the crazy golden look at Hatori walked towards them. Then... Terra was gone.
A growl came from him as he suddenly dashed towards them. However, once he did... he seemed to disappear in the wind. And then reappear close to Terra. He went in and out of sight, the wind seeming to take him in as its own.

Spiked tips slashed out at Hatori now and then but missed him by a hair.
When Terra was able to hit the man in the chest, wind blew by him. Hatori stood and so did a blonde behind him. Golden eyes saw red and he slashed forward violently.


Fran watched from afar, having a hard time concentrating with her future sight... but she made arrows anyway and shot them behind Hatori all the way.


Saix blinked as he heard the dragon comment. He looked down slightly then back at Demyx. "Dragoon... or Land of Dragons?"

[Reno]

Hatori didn't even hear it - but he sure as hell felt it. He gave a sharp cry as the cut ran down his back. He growled and suddenly a forceful burst of energy forced Ven back violently. Swirls of energy surronded him, completely masking him from sight.

Terra growled, charging forward.

Something black and dark ran around the flailing blonde wind keyblader, catching him and tigthening like a vice.

A large... soemthing came shooting out at Terra, the brunette just barely able to dodged. The thing his the floor, causing the whole earth to shake.

The wisps of evergy cleared out... revealing a monster. The monster inside. It looked like a large black leopord - blotches of brown acting as the spots. The teeth were large - more like a sabor tooth-tiger's - and its tail - firmly wrapped around Ven, was more like a snake. Terra looked up at the other, blankly, as Hatori...? roared down at him.

Terra gave a firece glare, running up the appendage that just tried to crush him - a leg and grabbed onto an ear, his claws digging in hard. Hatori shook his head fiercely, throwing the younger off.


"Ventus!" Sora cried, suddenly charging towards the battle. He didn;t care WHOSE fight this was. His brother was in trouble! He threw his keyblade and it went swinging into the air, sacking into the tail... and bounced off as if he had hit a wall. what the hell?! what was Hatori made of?! Rocks?!


"Ummm..." Demyx pondered this, thinking hard then ndoded. "Land of Dragons! I heard Aqua mumbling something about kimonos and it reminded me a lot of when Xigbar went to go visit. He said the same thing. 'Don;t wanna wear a fucking dress'."

[Rikugurl]

Ven grinned as he finally saw red but was stricken back. He flew off and hit the ground violently, only to be snatched and wrapped around tightly. It choked him so badly that he started to cough and flail... but his keyblade was clutched onto and didn't do a damn thing as he tried to hit it at the tail.

His golden eyes started to turn blue as he was shaken. "Sonofabitch!" He yelped as he stuck his nails into the tail... but they only snapped off. He blinked and started to scream. "FUCK!"


Riku blinked as Sora left his side but started after him too. "Triple!" He called and the end of Twilight Requiem started to glow a midnight blue. Blue swirls surrounded him, Sora and Terra. Wind blew through his silver hair as he ran and took a deep sigh. Things were going to become hectic. "Hastega!" He swung his black again and a clock wrapped around him, Sora and Terra.

So far... this blade was a godsend. He moved ten times quicker and was able to jump on the beast's back. "Shut up!" A white mist surrounded Hatori, bring him into a small break of silence.


Saix frowned then nodded. Slowly he stood and winced a bit. "I have to go after them." He wasn't there to protect his sister before... he needed to be there now. He moved across the room the best he could and reached for the door to the outside, opening it slowly.

It was already in the twilight hours and the sliver of light was over the land. He didn't have much time...

[Reno]

Sora shot forward at the extra burst of speed, his blade glowing. He jumped upwards, smacking into Hatori's tail fiercely. It wasn't letting up!!!


"Damn son of a!" Aqua snapped, rushing forward suddenly after Riku. She threw up torrents of water smacking into the other;s stomach and paws, but the monster refused to move.

Hatori gave a roar, unaffected by the combined forces of the blader's powers. He snapped at Aqua, forcing her back, shaking his head roughily, forcing Terra to hold on by his claws. He shook his body roughily, swinging his tail and Sora went flying off with a cry. Ven was still caught. The silence spell wrapped around him - but it didn't affect his physical prowess in this form - just his magical.

The brunette wet tumbling. that was it! "Give me Strength!!" He called, holding Ultima upwards. Even from this distance... it still worked!

Donald's eyes widened, and suddenly... he disappeared - as did Goofy, both of them joined together with Sora. Silver lights danced around sora almost beautifully, high amounts of wind lifting him off his feet - Ultima and Sleeping Lion were at his back like wings, twisting around as if a psychic power was holding them there. It was really wind. Sora jumped and flew forward suddenly. He was going to tear this bastard apart!

He didn;t even touched his keyblades, gudiing them by wind alone and like an X-mark brought bioth pwoerfully down on Hatori's tail. Blood spilt to the ground and Hatori roared again - letting go of Ven reluctantly. Sora flew up the other's back, swinging his blades this way and that.


"Saix wait!" Demyx cried, snatxching up his sitar. He rushed after the blue-haired beserker. "then I'm coming with you!" the other was going to get himself hurt again and then Aqua would blame him for not doing his job right... and Aqua was scary.

[Rikugurl]

Goofy blinked as he heard Sora. "Oh boy! Here we goooooo!" They suddenly disappeared and bot Fran and Fuu looked a bit surprised. What was going on?


Axel blinked as they left and grinned. "WOOT WOOT! Go Sora!" he cheered as he saw Sora's outfit become white and black.
He gripped onto Roxas's arm and pulled him up. "Come on! We gotta help!"
He ran from the bamboo and rushed towards the scene. Sora needed his help!

"It's not over yet!" He called out, his chakrams spinning with a blaze. He saw the 'X' on the back of the beast and grinned. 'X' marked the spot. His eyes narrowed as he aimed perfectly and let the two chaks go. "Burn, baby!" The spikes dug themselves into the already opened wound and burst into flames on contact.


Ven was tossed across the field and hit into a fallen rock. His head hit hard, as so did his body. Wind was blown out of him and his body became limp.


Fran growled as she pulled her bow up again, making arrows and launching them at the beast's paws. They hit through his bones and stuck fast to the earth.



Saix blinked as he heard Demyx next to him. Golden eyes looked down at the blue and smiled. He wondered if Demyx was like this even as an organization member. "Alright..." He said softly as an arm wrapped around the thinner blonde. He looked up at the moon and his eyes started to glow. A hand holding long nails reached up to the glowing orb, as if he wanted to grab it out of the sky.

"Hold on..." He warned before they suddenly shot into the sky, heading straight to the moon.

A glow surrounded them, and they disappeared.

Every world had a moon... that was quite convenient.

A blonde was dropped to the ground, but a large claymore was suddenly smacked hard into the large beast's face, spikes slamming into flesh.

[Reno]

Roxas blinked as he was practically hefted up. He groaned, watching his over-excited lover take back for the fight. "Damn you..." he grumbled, running after. "YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR LIVES!!" He drew his two keyblades once more. His body was going to be SCREAMING at him tommorrow.


Aqua saw Ven smack into the ground and abandonned the fight to rush over to the blonde's side. She shook him and - getting no response hefted him up, retreating back to where Fuujin and Fran were. As she did Axel, and Roxas passed by her. She glanced towards them, before ducking back into the bushes, laying Ven down. There was blood meshing into his hair - he had hit hard.

Mickey came up beside her, "cure." He called, the green magic wafting voer the blonde.


When Ven was hit, Terra gave a roar of anger, slamming his keyblade had into Hatori's spine, right between the protruding shoulder blades. Hatori gave an answering yowl - which only grew louder as Axel's chakram's hit and Fran;s arrows found home in his legs.


Demyx held on as he was asked, shutting his eyes tightly. Suddenly it was like... walking through the protal of darkness but at a high-sped rate - like his body got compressed for a few moments. He fell to the ground, surprised As Saix left his side.

A roar brought him to his senses and he looked up blankly. He held back a cry of terror, but stil got up and went running all the same. "WHAT THE HELL?!?!"


"Flare!!!" Sora cried, flying around Hatori's body in a great spiral the fire like flames but non-elemental in it;s truity, scorhed with raw power into Hatori's skin. By the time he twisted around the other completely his body looked like it had been encased in a red bedspring.

The leopord's cries seemed to only be getting louder, and then suddenly black energy jumped from his body, shoved everyone either off of away from him. terra gave a cry of surprise, flipping in mid-air, skidding across the ground.

Sora flew back, getting ahold of his flight easily - eyes looking for Riku immediately.

Roxas gave a snapped cry as he and Axel were thrown backwards. He ehard... Demyx in the distance mirrioring it.

Hatori dug his claws into the ground, green energy wafting from and around his broken frame.

Sora looked forward, his heart beating in pain, hearing something screaming. "HE;S KILLING THE WORLD!" Sora screamed in panic, throwing both his keyblades forward - but they bounced off the dark black energy surronding the other.

[Rikugurl]

Blue eyes slowly opened and a moan escaped his mouth. He didn't have any energy left in him. Ven looked up, seeing blurred blue and black in front of him. "Ter---" He body started to sway, becoming dizzy. slowly he leaned back on the grass, Aero Maxim disappearing. He couldn't fight anymore... Terra was using up all his energy.


Riku was suddenly blasted off but he found his footing quite well. His ocean eyes looked about and saw a blonde coming close. "Roxas!" He called, hoping to get the boy's attention. When he did, he ran over to his side and nodded. He pointed to oblivion and the blonde seemed to understand.

They put the tips of their keyblades together and dug them into the earth. Then they split up. Since Sora was in his final stage, they couldn't do their own combo unless he got out of it. This attack would have to do.
They circled around the beast, their keyblades making lines in earth. When they finally met around the front, they dipped in.

"OBLIVION!"

The lines they had made was heart shaped. They lines suddenly grew a purple light and a powerful blast came from under the beast.


Saix was pushed away from the blast and would of caught to his feet if he wasn't weak from the training before. He landed hard on the ground but pushed himself up, golden eyes gleaming at the beast. His claymore started to glow and thin beams started to wrap around all those fighting, all wrapping a shield around them. He was a guardian after all.


Axel flung back and hit the ground but pushed himself back up. "Man! What a pain in the ass!"

[Reno]

"stay down Ven." Aqua ordered, getting to her feet. she had to join the fight again. She blinked, seeing ehr brother. "Sai?!" How did he.. get here?! She glanced at the other before taking off, running back for the fight.


Roxas caught his balance quickly, and looked up when Riku yelled. He met Riku and no words had to be shared. He grinned however lookign forward to what they were about to do. Riku went one way, he went the other, both dragging their keyblades into the ground, creating a symbol yet pwoerful design. Riku and he met up at a point...

The heart began to glow purple. "OBLIVION!" The two yelled together, the blast slamming into Hatori hard.

Hatori reared like a horse, giving a cry - then he came down hard, on both paws. Roxas grabbed onto Riku's arm and started to run so they wouldn;t get crushed. The world shook fiercely under them, the ground breaking under their feet. Only Sora was spared because he wasn't standing on the ground - and Terra dealt with it pretty well because it was his element.

The brunette watched the demon before him, growling under hos breath, his heart pounding as an almost animlaistic lust over took him. He couled feel it singing through his blood, just as deep as Xehanort's experimentation to his heart. It was ingrianed in his DNA and his very soul.

While everyone was losing there footing, eyes all off of him... he changed.

Sora saw it however. And if he was sharing such a story with his class he probably would have said this:

"The transformaiton was startling - not like when a human turns into a werewolf. Those changes are usually slow... it was like Terra had been there and suddenly... he wasn't. His form just grew. You could see it as his eyes glew yellow and his skin turned black and blue as if it was pretending to be fur. He went from running on two legs... to four and suddenly he was almost as big as Hatori - almost. He was smaller but no less fierce. He was like a big... wolf. At least his face was a wolves but... he walked and had the body of a big lion and his tail was really slinky like Hatori's - like a snake. He had these big curling horns right hear coming from the sides of his head like a bull's and all these little... spikes or spines - kinda-like a porcupine - ran down his back."

There was a howl and large jaws snapped around Hatori's snout - blood filling his mouth instantly. Each step he took sent fierce trembles through the ground, and with his body weight alone Terra sent Hatori onto the ground, creating a fiercer earthquake.

[Rikugurl]

Riku blinked as the huge creature reared up but felt Roxas tug and pull at him. He finally snapped out of it and dashed away before the powerful claws flattened them. He rushed off with the blonde and hit a fallen rock. He looked back only to see.... a new beast.

His eyes widened at the sight of it but what caught his eyes was.... "SORA!" Sora was in the mix of everything... his husband... was in extreme danger. He pulled away from Roxas and dashed towards the beast. Time suddenly slowed as blood sprayed out onto the land. A strong arm wrapped around the white clothing of the brunette securly before time continued in the regular balance. He pulled Sora out of the way in time to miss the earth shattering fall of Hatori.

He panted as he watched the two beast. It seemed like... everyone who held darkness turned into some creature... but... was this Terra's true form? He held onto Sora tightly, pulling him further and further away.


Saix saw the transformation as he was blasted away. This time he landed on his feet. He looked to see his sister running up. "Aqua!" He called and suddenly chased after her. An arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her up. Turning around quickly, he dashed away from the two beast and grabbed Demyx as he passed him. They came to a dead end the Berserker crouched down with them, guarding over the two safely.


Axel's eyes just widened as he saw the beast. His chaks dropped in shock but a dark hand grabbed him and his lover. "Come on you idiots! Get out of there!" A harsh voice came from behind and Fran pulled them back into the safety of the forest.


A red eye looked down at a blonde and frowned. "Ven... calm down." Ventus was hyperventilating and sweating badly. When he opened his eyes here and there, they were golden once more.

[Reno]

Sora's eyes were wide as he saw Hatori rearing back... straight for him. Ah damn he kinda wished he WAS on the ground at this point. Before he could panic too much and try and fly away an arm wrapped around him DRAGGING him away. "ah!"

He saw Riku and grinned. The roars and howls of the two ebasts behidn them told him that they should clear the fucking area... before they got crushed. "Heh, Riku, i should be the one caryring you!" He grabbed onto his lover's arms, and suddenly fell into a glide, making up the distance back to where Mickey and fuujin were station.


Roxas yelped as he was yanked along by a dark-skinned woman, following her lead easily back to where the others were now hiding once again. NO one wanted to get inbetweme Terra and Hatori at this point. the earth shook with each move the enraged creatures made and one top of that, raw power was scorching the ground around them.


Demyx and Aqua both were surprised as they were yanked away, thrown in two a dead end to be guarded over by the beserker.

Aqua looked past her brother at... "Terra..." she whispered, aghast. Was that really her friend?!

"Damn what the fuck happened?!" Demux cried, feelign completely lost.


Sora let Riku go once they were back in the grove of trees. Upon seieng his brother however he quickly went to his twin;s side. "Ventus!" What was going on?!

He knelt over the other, placing a hand over his chest. "Ven? Hey Ven come on snap out of it!"


Hatori roared as he was thrown into the ground. He swiped at a leg, making the wolf stumble and then Hatori pounched - sabor like teeth embedding themseleves into the creatures back. Terra howled and screeched in pain, thrusting his head violently, the corner of his horn digging through the flesh of tjhe other;s side. Dark red blood was staining all the green grass a more ominious color - and Hatori was holding onto Terra without any indications of letting go.

Terra continued to roar and bucked, trying to throw the other off before twisting around, sharp teeth closing around the other;s stomach. It was like watching two animals fight. everything was brutal and bloody and painful to watch.

[Rikugurl]

Riku blinked when he was suddenly floating towards the bamboo quickly. He frowned as his feet touched and noticed that Sora was no longer at his side. He looked over and rushed towards his lover, looking over his shoulder. "Ven...."


Fuu frowned as she saw Sora and Riku come around. She looked back at her team member with worry. There was no paper bag for them to give him... and she was sure Ven was in a lot of pain. She tried to block out all the screeching from the beast behind her.. but it was hard to get focused with the earth rumbling so viscously under them.


Axel peered out through the trees at the fight. It was really bad... and quite severe. A sheer battle to the death. But unfortunately, one of them was a friend. He felt helpless as he watched the two huge creatures. There was no way anyone could try and stop them...


Fran frowned as she stood next to the pyro and his lover. She pulled her bow up and frowned. Strong arrows were sent soaring through the air and scalding hot tips pierced through Hatori's skin.
"You're not winning this time..."


Saix continued to guard them, a heavy shield wrapping around them so that even the earth didn't rattle under them. As a beast himself... he knew once something like this started, it was hard to stop it... and with such huge beast... he didn't want his sister to get anywhere close. "Calm yourselves..."


Ven continued to shake. His body was in complete shock because of Terra... and the pain.... it was too unbearable. He opened his eyes slightly, gold peering up at Sora. He gripped at his heart the best he could as he continued to sweat and tremble, his breathing too rapid to be normal.
"NNNNNNNNAGH!!!" He cried, tears falling from his face.

Terra..... please..... please stop.... you're killing me....

[Reno]

Sora scooped his shaking brother up into his arms, holding him close. "Ventus..." He whispered, feeling utterly helpless. there was nothing he could do. Terra was the one who had to stop!!

Roxas stood next to Axel, peering otuwards. He grit his teeth. "this is insanity!" he barked. He was terrified for Terra and for Ven. Was... Was Terra drawing at Ven;s pwoer through the paopu - just like his ancesters did? Was he really... He looked towards his twin, scared to death. "come on Ven..."

Mickey's ears flattened, the earth still trembling, fiercer and fiercer with each move.

Demyx huddled close to Aqua, peering past the two shakily at the fight as it continued - fiercer then anything hed ever seen. Scary...

Aqua grit her teeth. "TERRA!!!" She yelled as loud as she could, tyring to make her friend come to his sense.


'Terra....... please'

Terra, fangs in his back, jaws in fleshy stomach, froze. That vocie. He kenw that voice. He knew it intamitiely. Knew it when it cried, when it laughed, when it was angry. Knew how many words it could cuss, how much wisedom it could share, knew how well it could sing.

Ven...

Terra gave a sharp yowl as teeth dug further, and was about to redouble his efforts when -

'Please stop.....'

it was like the words had worked a magic spell on him. He let go, blood dripping from his fangs.

'you're killing me...'

The words snapped him out of his trance almost instantly. Hatori let him go and with a bark of pain Terra was laying out on the ground, slowly changing back. The wolf demon turned back into a human-like form, trembling on the ground. no fangs or claws could be seen - the eyes were blue once more. Terra's whole body was drenched in his own blood. He couldn;t move. Agony was ripping down his own body from ehad to toe.

"I'm sorry..." he croacked to Ven - even if the blonde couldn;t hear him. Tears spilled down his cheeks. "I really am a monster... a murderer! Ven..."

Claws wrapped around Terra's throat, hanging his mostly limp body upwards. Hatori - already back in his own human form - held Terra up by his neck, panting harshly, blood coating his stomach. He shook the other fiercely. "You son of a bitch!"

Terra didn't react, no longer seeing his father. all he could see was Ven. Ven hurt, Ven crying, Ven dying... Ven dying because of him. He was... he... killing the only person he said he loved...

'It means unlovable and unable to love.'

People who loved each other didn;t hurt each other like that did they?

Hatori flexed the claws in his iother hand. "High time i finish you." He rasied his hand for Terra's chest.

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A black heart pounded in the blonde's chest. It was rapid and slowly started to slow down, becoming dangerously low. His body slowly stopped shaking and instead went limp. His eyes opened again slightly, now blue again. His face was full of pain. He had endured every wound Terra had and his life was almost sucked dry.

His eyes lowered as he felt that he was against someone. Sora... and.... Fuu. But his head slowly cocked in a lifeless way as he looked beyond the silverette. He could see it.... he could see Terra being held by Hatori. His heart beat slower as he saw the black haired man pull his hand up to push it through Terra's chest. To take his heart and strength. To suck him from life.

Slowly, Vens' hand reached up. Fuu moved out of the way and blinked, looking back at the view herself. She gasped but looked back at Ven. This... was heart breaking. Vens' eyes started to glow a bright blue, like Sora's and Roxas. He was reaching out for Terra... who was so far away.... "Terra...." He whispered softly, blood running from his mouth as he opened it.


As Hatori's claws grew closer, a suddenly light peered through Terra's chest. It was warm... and calming. The light grew from his heart and suddenly started to push hard against Hatori. As it beamed on him, black wisps were pushed off him. The light covered the evil man, slowly burning him away.


Riku blinked and watched the scene. It was nothing that he had ever seen before. He remembered when Ansem was hit with the Light of Kingdom Hearts... and this was something similar... but this was true light.... from a heart.


Axel's eyes widened as he saw Hatori slowly burn away from the light radiating from Terra. Wha... what was going on!?


Fran watched too... but her stern face grew soft. A smile ran over her face as she laid her bow to rest at her hip. "The power of a heart..."