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That's it *faces the bloodsuckers* IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT INSTALLMENT SO SIT YOUR ***** DOWN AND LEAVE US ALONE!..........Hopefully that got 'em off our backs Cef ^_^
And Haku....I am going to remember that...... >:3
So hey guys! Thanks for zeh commies and readings ^_^
Okay…that bold statement I made that this would be the last part? Yep you guessed it, its not – BUT! The final part should be out by the end of this week…..Deaths are pushed back too, so I got y’all riled up for nothing…yet…and the pwnage of the Snap-Shots are something I want to take a delicate time with…..Plus I still have a hang over from the Journey concert (even though I did not do anything naughty) and finalizing this chappie is hurting my brain….Sowy…..Hopefully this is a good build up for what’s coming……
[Hell in a hand basket]
Mar Fire Ignite* my photography class!....Not MarsFire Blast……Boo…..
…..Did I ever describe what Chi-Chi was wearing….? – %#^#%#%#!!
Talking like the Black Rider: It’s little annoyances like these that escape me…and invoke my wrath…..Rawr! – She’s wearing this!:
Absolute Anime • Dragon Ball • Chi-Chi
Think of Bebop ship as there in “spirit” Also I think I’ve got its anatomy down better…..
Disclaimer: Cursing……..Pika pika.
Ch. 28 Separate Strands Part: E….E for the not yet the End of zeh chappie!
“I can’t live this life, without you by my side, I need you to survive – !
So sta~y with me…You look in my eyes – and I’m screaming inside - !” – Evanescence, Forgive Me
“Troubled times…Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain…..
Distant eyes…..Promises we made were in vain, vain, vain” – Journey, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Universal World: Tumble-Stop – En route -> WTF?! We’re going to another world?.....We’re very, very close!
16 years ago…….
A silhouette of a little girl dressed in a nearly shredded pretty pink dress stumbled into an alleyway; she slumped down, her back against the brick wall. Moonlight revealed deep scarlet splattered stains all over her dress, dripping down her bare legs, and pooling around her feet.
Tumble-Stop awoke; someone was on it – the only person on it….
No way…..
But sure enough when Tumble-Stop checked itself, there was another heartbeat besides its own. The little girl put her hands up to her face and opened her eyes….Her bright burning amber eyes were a fast contrast to her face nearly caked with dried dark red; she looked at her hands that were just as dirty.
How did she get on me…?
The little girl fell to her side –
Oh no, she’s hurt!
“I’m not hurt,” said the little girl, “I’m just really tired.”
If Tumble-Stop had a mouth, it fell open…….You can hear me?
“Of course I can,” replied the little girl, “All I’m doing is listening. Anyone can hear you speak if they listen.”
No, this is different, I’m a world, my voice is….my voice is……Well your not supposed to hear it.
“If I’m not supposed to hear it, then stop talking, and let me rest.”
So Tumble-Stop stayed quiet all night for her. The next morning, the little girl had left as mysteriously as she had managed to arrive. Her voice echoed throughout the world’s mind. Those were the first words anyone, anyone had ever spoken to it….Waves crashed on the shore for no one to hear. Wind swept across an empty sea-port city filled with trash, and junk, and garbage; there is no Lookout Tower.
Tumble-Stop checked itself where the little girl had stayed. She had written something on the brick wall, in red….. “Thank-you for letting me sleep. In return, this is something I want you to have. Let no one wipe this clean.” Underneath the girl’s message were the numbers: 6-4-6 dried, with little trickles that had dripped down.
‘Let no one wipe this clean’…..No one is on me……No one has ever been on me, except you.
A shooting star streaked across the sky…..My moving cousins, and Tumble-Stop mad a wish….What am I doing…That’s a people thing…It won’t come true anyway. That little girl must’ve just been my imagination, however the red writing was still there. Dare to dream, and Tumble-Stop did. It put itself back to sleep….. Surely, surely I’m not just here to be alone, a space for junk from Tokieo Town…I don’t want to stay like this forever………
Nine years later, a ship with a smiling “lady luck” spray painted on landed upon it.
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My name is Tumble-Stop and I am a Universal World of the Anime System. For most of my life, I was nothing. Existence’s worst fear – I was nothing! Just a storing grounds for the main Universal World Tokieo Town – I had no other purpose, thus I was nothing – no life is needed to be a shelf in the sky, but, I am alive. Seven years ago, a terrible event occurred, and I became…I became useful. My wish came true! I won’t be lonely! They needed me, they really did! But when I was finally called upon, my heart froze – what if I wasn’t good enough? What if I wasn’t what they needed?! I’d be thrown back! But no, they kept me. However, my heart was unstable, who knew that since I had been alone for so long, I wasn’t used to “heavy labor.” I was dangerous. I knew it – I’m not worthy of being used…! I don’t want to hurt anyone, so I didn’t try…..By then I knew they would have to get rid of me, send me back to what I was before –…..I made them do that, what I didn’t want to happen.
“Tumble-Stop is not going to survive this struggle of fate.”
But I was wrong, they had already decided my fate for me…I made them do that, for I am incompetent…..After all, no life is needed just to be a shelf in the sky, even being a shelf for people.
Bulma pulled from her pocket a little stone with Tumble-Stop’s emblem on it, a little sea-port city by the sea…..
Vincent wore his around his neck, hidden underneath his clothes; he pulled his out as well.
Goku tried to remember where he left his…….Chi-chi, seeing Bulma pull out her Trust Stone, revealed Goku’s stone from a tight crease in the red ribbon around her waist.
To those who shelved my worries with me, to whom I was more of a burden…..
<TOUCH….TRUST,> hissed the Emotionless arm before Goku and Vincent, catching eye of Vincent’s stone, <TRUST, IS WHAT I AM TO THISSSSSS PLACCCCCEEEEE…….>
Vincent grasped his Trust Stone, “Then you’re – ?!”
<I AM THE EMOTIONLESS BORN FROM TUMBLE-STOP’S FALSE TRUST>
I’m so sorry – !
<NOW, GIVE ME THE KEY!> - TOOM!
A crack in Tumble-Stop’s heart appeared, and Avera, forcing his arms around Tumble-Stop’s shaking – repelling heart to keep their ground, fell to one knee – his strength waning, “Tumble-Stop, you can still change this! Ah! –“ Avera’s own heart gave a distorted heartbeat, “I know how you feel Tumble-Stop! I was once nothing too!”
But Avera may as well have been talking to nothing. Tumble-Stop was losing itself, its state of being to the chaos upon it – the world’s heart gave another palvatation and the ground of Tumble-Stop shuddered yet again –
Vincent’s Trust Stone clinked among the wreckage of Lookout Tower, then finally came to a rest on the scarred ground, a spritz of red on it.
……….
Away in Hollow Castle, the Lady of Red smiled, sitting on the side of her marble fountain of the tortured Seraph statue; she watched the turmoil through the black water, everything in inverse colors. “Mph, there’s still not enough of my color,” she said. “Petty Emotionless, is their main color scheme only black and white?”
South Light emerged from the dark corner of the room like a dim candle, “Madam, will Nefero be okay? Big Cousin is there, and now the Deities too.” South Light grabbed her left arm.
The Lady turned to South Light, “Of course he will be alright,” she smiled, “You know he is very strong. He can handle anything that tries to kill him. Besides, he still has all nine of his lives, everyone else, only has one.”
…………..
One true life is all we have. A soul, a heart, a body…. Candle flames against a maelstrom. A spirit can fade away, a heart can be broken, a body can be destroyed; basically you die. And?
Enough rhetorical crap, you’re making me sleepy. Listen, death is not meant to be a two way door, when it’s your time, it’s your time, BUT only after that is when you don’t even notice you’ve crossed through the frame.
That is a horrible explanation. You only cause death; you don’t understand it. The Other Side is a higher state of being –
Blah, blah, blah, I bet you’re reading Older Sister’s diary or something, and by the way, Older Sister knew how to screw around Astral rules with her Designs, she is the only one that truly knows how the Other Side really works, and oh the irony! She’s dead!
………
*Kairi, get up.*
Kairi opened her eyes, and all was dark; she could not move –
“Are we dead – ?”
“We’re not dead,” came Spike’s voice, “I can see a crack of light, I think we’re all trapped inside the rubble.”
“Considering we’re all alive,” strained Faye’s voice, “Ugh, I can’t move.”
“Hence being trapped in rubble,” said Spike, “A building did fall on top of us.”
“A building fell on us?” asked Ash; Yugi gave a little cry –
“After we were all stabbed by those vector thingies.”
“AH!”
“Stop it!” said Faye, “You’re not helping, if that happened we’d all be dead for sure.”
“But we’re all okay!” pipped the Little Girl -
“How do you know?!”
“Because I said so,” pipped the Little Girl, “No one is dead, we’re just kinda stuck because a building fell on us.”
*Pharaoh? Pharaoh?!*
“Then why aren’t we crushed to death?” asked Faye.
“Can we stop with” –
“Because I made it so we aren’t” said the Little Girl, “You won’t tell anyone right?”
“Your secret is safe with us,” said Spike.
“What do you mean you made it so we aren’t?” asked Ash.
Suicune came around, “She, this young girl has amazing healing and strength abilities,” she said, “If I didn’t think any better, the only reason we survived that attack from the Emotionless’ hand was because of her.”
“I just don’t want anyone to get hurt,” the Little Girl replied.
“Bark, bark!”
“I know,” said the Little Girl to her puppy, “I’m on it.”
Kairi went on bravery autopilot, “Can I get a sound off from everyone?”
“Stuck,” said Spike.
“Tight,” said Faye.
Yugi only made a noise as a searching shuffle could be heard –
“I’m okay,” said Ash.
“Pika pika.”
“I’m here,” said Suicune, “Lugia?”
“Rugh, I’m fine, but I can’t move either,” Lugia replied.
“I’m telling y’all we’re under a building,” said Spike.
“Is anyone is pain?” asked Kairi.
“Nope.”
“I feel warm and wet all over,” said Ash in a dead tone, “I think I’m dripping.”
“That better be blood,” said Spike who was receiving the drops –
“(*GASP*) My puzzle is gone! My puzzle is gone!” cried Yugi.
“Chill, it’s probably stuck in the rubble somewhere,” said Spike.
“Smashed to pieces,” added Faye.
Yugi gave a squeak –
“Now who’s not being helpful?” said Spike.
“I’m only telling the truth.”
*Kairi,* came her guiding voice over the squabble, *I’m taking over, the problem outside is getting out of hand, and no offense, but you’re not ready for it.*
*O-okay…* - and Kairi felt her soul move….
“Little girl, if you’re so strong, then get us out of here!” –
“Everyone!” came a young male voice. Everyone became silent…..Wait tick –
“Who are you?!” ejected Faye –
Ash, Pikachu, Yugi, and Lugia’s eyes grew very, very wide…..in the dark……
“We are dead!” yelled Ash –
“No we aren’t!” said the Little Girl, “Give me a minute! I’m almost done!”
“Thanks, for your help Abigale, you’re doing great,” came the young male voice.
“Oh, yeah! Hi! You’re welcome Ragiel!”
……………………………………..
Shounen Bat looked from the Deity shooting a bolt downwards, to Sora grasping his wrist in pain, to the attacking arm smacking Mew into the ground – back to Sora who looked ready to kill someone, then back to the Deity that charged another bolt, but, from the left side of his vision – the head of the Two-Face was flying back! – “What the – ?!” * ****, there’s another group here, but I can’t sense* ‘em too good, maybe it’s – *
*Shounen,* came Sephiroth’s voice through his Link*, Shounen jumped, *Look at the sky above Deity South – *
Shounen looked and three comets were silently in the sky of Tumble-Stop –
“**** ****** ****ing ****!! They’re all coming?!”
*If Sora is killed under your watch, you will disappear as well* -
*What?! Where is that written!?*
*Guess.*
Shounen Bat growled and peeled his look away from the comets to Sora who already had a foot off the building and was leaping towards Riku’s path – SNATCH –
“ACK!”
Shounen Bat had grabbed Sora by the back scruff of his neck and flung him on his rear – like wise in the fight before them, the attacking arm gave another screech as it nearly buried Darkrai before it turned into a shadow and escaped the smash –
“Hey!”
“Alright Keyblade Master Sora listen up! This has turned into a fiasco upon a fiasco, that stupid bracelet isn’t helping you at all, it’s whining every time your friends are tossed in a life threatening situation – and now they’re both supposedly in deep ****” –
“What do you mean supposedly?! Kairi is buried under rubble, and something has knocked the crap out of Riku!” –
Shounen Bat “lightly” knocked Sora on the head with his bat – “And what about your other friends huh?! They are friends aren’t they?! The scouts with Riku are also facing his attacker, and others are buried under that rubble too!” –
“I KNOW! Don’t think for a second that I’ve forgot about them!”
“Well you can’t be in two places at once! You were going after Riku, and hey, Kairi is still under that rubble – were you planning on doing something, or is she comfortable under there?”
Sora stopped.
*Shounen* - came the guiding voice –
“I can’t help Kairi,” Sora choked, “I can’t help them,” ……wait for it…Sora broke down to his knees – “I can’t describe it, I can’t feel her anymore, she – she,” but Sora’s throat couldn’t get it out, “They’re gone!”
BOOSH! A beam of orange tempest shot through the rubble, and straight into the attacking arm which gave another cowardly cry and retreated inside its void all the way to its wrist – Mewtwo, Mew and Darkrai looked to the rubble – a huge smile breaking out on Mew’s face –
“You know, maybe I should have said this earlier, but I’m still getting used to being under you,” said Shounen Bat, “It’s a just a bit harder to die when the undead is on your side.”
CROUSH! Lugia sprang up and out of the rubble in flight roaring it’s haunting song – all passengers aboard, most notable, a puzzeless Yugi and –
“Kairi!” Sora yelled, “They’re all okay!” What Shounen Bat had said didn’t quite sink in as Sora was fixated on Kairi, however, something about Kairi was different, she was standing up on Lugia, and her stance – was nothing gentle…. “Kairi?”
“Lorenia, how much longer are you going to let Sora **** around?” smiled Shounen Bat, his eyes glowing gold again, “Ragiel has already taken over Kairi and I bet Dendjue has way too much faith in Riku” –
Sora’s ears received the name – “Wait, you can’t be talking to” –
*I told you, we don’t want to step in unless it is absolutely necessary, Possession* is a big strain on the heart; and watch your mouth.*
Abigale had herself firmly planted on Lugia’s head with her puppy by her side, “Bet you’re not so tough now huh you big one eyed patty cake flopsicle!” she taunted at the Emotionless’ hand, its tongue eye blinked and the hand retreated once again into its void. Mewtwo, Mew and Darkrai darted over; Mew glomping Ash and everyone on board.
“Oof!”
Yugi didn’t feel Mew’s glomp as he was anxiously looking all over for – “There! There it is! My puzzle!” Ways away from the rubble, the Millennium Puzzle glittered in the fading sunlight. Lugia used Psychic* bringing the puzzle right to Yugi’s hands, and Pharaoh immediately appeared by his much relieved partner.
“Yugi, I thought that was better attached to you,” said Ragiel’s voice – out of Kairi’s throat – and the group looked back at “Kairi”.
“That’s really you in there…” said Yugi….
“She” removed her blindfold, and her eyes were slightly glowing.
Shounen Bat then grabbed Sora’s head and turned it up to the ever-approaching comets, “Lorenia, it’s necessary.”
*Hang on Riku, you will not die here.*
“That’s good to know,” replied Riku holding his side. The Deity had electricity swirl around it –
“Moon Tiara – Magic*!”
“Mars Fire – Ignite*!”
Sailor Mar’s attack fused itself with Sailor Moon’s and laid a direct hit on the Deity, but their combined attack didn’t even phase it –
“Woah, that’s a tough cotton ball,” said Sailor Moon – the Deity began charging another bolt!
*I’m going to step in, but once I’ve done all I could, I’m going to have to leave, and take the Natural Sense* with me.*
“No problem, it’s not like I haven’t fought with a blindfold on before.”……Riku’s Way to Dawn was recalled.
Sora’s keyblade was recalled.
Chigiri* was not in hand.
The Deity stopped it’s attack.
“That’s right you big cotton ball! You better lay off, of…..” “Riku” stood up, as if uninjured, and took off his blindfold.
“Sora” removed his blindfold.
“Deity South, you know who I am.”
Sailor Mercury’s hands went over her mouth; she almost dropped her minicomp – what was there to be more surprised at – the fast that, that really was a Deity before them – or –
“No way,” Sailor Venus breathed….The scouts squinted….If you looked really close….
“Tumble-Stop – do you feel that?” asked Avera jubilantly, “Remember them?”
Tumble-Stop didn’t reply; its heartbeat was speeding up.
“Sora”, “Riku” and “Kairi” held out their hands and Lorenia, Dendjue, and Ragiel drew their keyblades.
Ragiel’s was white and silver that looked much like Sora’s, but had a longer reach, and it’s hilt was much more decorated.
Dendjue’s was blue and black whose end resembled a viper’s sting, while the hilt caught feathers in it’s metal.
Lorenia’s was white-gold and silver-pink – a cascade of swirling ribbons was at the end revealing it’s tough glassy point, her hilt like a glittering bow.
The three comets entered Tumble-Stop and burst into their true forms, one became the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), the other rushing pure water which splashed before Lugia, and the last, rushing pure crystal that forced itself by Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Ed –
“Nefero, do you feel that?” asked Sephiroth.
…..Nefero was silent…..for a moment, “They were my kill. I admit, I got them on a bad day, but…..” Nefero’s mouth twisted itself into a nervous smile, “This is a bad day, for everyone.” His eyes took a peek at some numbers he had luckily spotted written on the below alleyway wall in dried blood –
“*Keyblade Master Dendjue,*” came Deity South’s voice guised in thunder, “*Anomaly from the Other Side, you will be returned.*”
“Bite me,” Dendjue replied and stabbed his keyblade into the ground sending up sharp ice pillars – “Blizzegreiga*!” The black cloud dispersed into a smoky mist and entered the ice pillars taking them over – Firaga*!” The ice pillars were set on fire with Deity South’s body inside – there sounded a wail of thunder and the fire swirled its way up and formed into a fiery bird from the evaporation of the ice pillars – it opened its mouth and shot a Fire Bolt* -
“Northwest Wind*!” – a powerful gust of wind surged up from the Northwest and stopped the Fire Bolt* - the Deity surged up to put more power behind the bolt – “South East Wind*! Another powerful wind came up from the South East catching the Firebolt* with its increased power and with the opposing winds crossed, they dispelled the Fire Bolt* -
The fire bird fizzled back into a smokey mist, and gathered itself into a cloud once more –
“How can we possibly fight a Deity?!” yelled Sailor Mercury, “It’s a precursor of magic! They’re very bodies are magic, and it can control the very magic we use!”
“There you go Amy telling me what I already know again, you haven’t changed at all,” smiled Dendjue, “And what do I always reply with?”
Sailor Moon stepped up, “When in doubt, fight fire with fire!”
Dendjue nodded, “And I have the best Astral magic users with me” –
“MUUUUUUUUUUROOOOOAH!” –
The Two-Face’s head had grown back somehow, and punched it’s way through its void yet again – the Deity swooshed to the side, the scouts leapt out of harms way and Dendjue back flipped from range as the head smashed into the ground –
Deity South fired another bolt – and decapitated the Emotionless yet again, but this time, the head muscled its way into the ground and was absorbed –
“That’s just great,” muttered Dendjue as the ground rippled back to its placid state.
Chi-Chi shielded Ed and Bulma guarded herself as the rushing crystal moved like a train right next to them, the Northern Lights shinned over and was headed in the same direction –
“Help can come in unexpected forms, looks like they’ve picked their fight,” said Lorenia as she and Shounen Bat watched the two Deities move with all due haste to their target – “Good, that’ll give us some breathing room, come on Shounen, Ragiel can take Deity East with Sora’s friends, we need to go help Vincent’s group; something’s not right about that arm.”
“I think you’ve been staying for too long on the Other Side, as this is earth!” yelled Shounen Bat, “How the hell do you think you all can beat the Deities?! If I may remind you, you and your friends didn’t do so hot with Nefero – and I’m trying to keep Sora alive!” – Lorenia slapped Shounen Bat……..His hand went to where she struck, “You know you could have wacked me on the head….I don’t know the whole story…Seritouge did something to y’all right…?”
“Oh look Big Cousin, Deity North and Deity West have come to play with us!” said Nefero as the Northern Lights and the rushing crystal (respectively) quickly shuffled their way over –
“*Foul beasts of Darkness!*” the Deities cried together in wind and grinding and fired a beam of light and a torrent of crystals for a blinding spectacle of refracted light – Nefero magicked himself some shades and put them on; he handed a pair to Sephiroth, but he didn’t take them –
“You are so damaging your eyes right now,” said Nefero right before the magic stuck –
The rushing clear water formed itself into a snaky mold.
“Deity East,” said Ragiel, “I hope I have some good magic users with me.”
“I do to,” said Spike looking at the Deity, it was as big as the Emotionless arm!
“Wow! That’s so cool!” piped Abigale, “It looks like a snake!”
“It won’t be cool if it destroys Bebop!” said Faye looking at the ship that has yet to take cover – “What the hell is Jet doing!?”
If you must know, Jet was glaring at the monitor screen which read: [Password needed for this action]. He looked up, and the windows did not show a suitable landing site as he looked at the back of Deity East – “EIN!”
“*Hand over the Key,*” said Deity East with a voice guised in water; it’s “tail” turned into a blade of ice; the pokemon growled –
“Nobody is entitled to the Key!” yelled Ragiel, “It’s just a seed for greed!”
“Why is it so hesistant to attack us?” asked Faye with her gun drawn, “We don’t have the Key” –
“Apparently we do,” said Spike, “And I don’t think that gun is gonna do much Faye” –
Suicune and Mewtwo looked to Abigale atop Lugia head – and then to one another – “You don’t think – ?!”
The arm made its grand entrance yet again, blasting through its void fully recovered, bursting through Deity East’s water body, and into the ground – the end of Deity East’s water body a blade of ice – sliced the hand off right at the wrist, but like the head, it muscled its way into the ground, and was absorbed –
“****!” Ragiel cursed –
The arm before Vincent’s group pulled back and howled. Vincent and Goku kept their stances as Genkai landed right before them gracefully, “That arm, it must be the real center of this thing, and not that head that, was over there,” she stated taking a quick peek, “No wonder it’s a pain in the” – Lorenia and Shounen Bat landed right next to them placidly. “Sora! – Your blindfold! – What are you doing here anyway – aren’t you supposed to look after the Key?!”
“Sora? Look again old lady,” said Shounen Bat, and Lorenia waved her keyblade (as if the slightly glowing eyes wasn’t a dead give away too…)
The solid fighters were knocked, “La-la-la” – but Goku couldn’t get it out –
Vincent looked at her keyblade; Lorenia smiled, “It’s really me.”
“Why did you pick Sora’s body?” asked Genkai in a totally nonchalant tone –
The arm gave another howl, and from where the head, and other hand had been absorbed, a pulse sounded off –
“What was that?”
“It’s corrupting Tumble-Stop!” shouted Lorenia –
Avera’s projected state saw a Nobody streak, and a Heartless streak sift around Tumble-Stop’s shinning heart; its glow began to fade. Avera was nearing his total exhaustion, he flapped his wings, but the streaks wrapped themselves around Tumble-Stop’s heart – if he moved his hands, no he couldn’t, the crack in Tumble-Stop’s heart would – “Tumble-Stop – don’t let them do this! These people are fighting to save” –
Me? I’m just space, I’m not alive; do I matter? Why are you helping me? For me? No. I’m just a battle field. And so everything on me deserves to die –
“Tumble-Stop – !”
A moan sharp and clear sounded off throughout all of Tumble-Stop cutting through everyone’s nerves be it beast or man…..
Sephiroth parried Deity West’s shards before the moan stopped him, Nefero, and the Deities against them right in their tracks with everyone else….
“Oh ****,” said Nefero in high playful voice, it was hard to tell if he was really scared, “Here it comes.”
A mortal barrier encompassed all of Tumble-Stop.
South Light looked on with the Lady of Red playing nervously with her hair, “My lady, is this what Tumble-Stop can do?”
“The side of the heart filled with hate is a powerful weapon,” she replied, “That’s one of the reasons why Tumble-Stop was so dangerous before it was tamed and occupied, it’s heart had harbored a huge amount of hate.”
Chi-Chi held Ed, and Bulma was looking around – the little blue microphone Bulma had, had stopped transmitting after they heard the scary noises of the first decapitation of the Emotionless…..A door to a building across from them slammed open; they jumped.
“Hello?” said Ed.
“And so Tumble-Stop has finally snapped,” said Nefero, “Glad I could be a part of this special moment.”
“All the people….” Dendjue started…….
“That had lived here….” added Ragiel…..Those that were under the spell of the Riders…..
“Are no more,” finished Lorenia….
A world is connected through its inhabitants by their hearts…..
A white hand slipped out of the shadow of the door – Ed hugged Chi-Chi tighter, and Bulma backed up –
A world’s heart is to protect its inhabitants; this is especially true for Universal Worlds….
Another white hand slipped out…..
But…..
The hands started to twitch violently and were pulled back in –
Like all hearts….
A muzzle with sharp, sharp teeth covered in white and black gunk slowly penetrated the darkness…
It can turn –
That is correct. Stop reading Aurocile’s diary.
END CHAP
And there you have it!
Hope y’all liked it, I’m going to go put ice on my forehead now…..>_<
Peace and Cloverfield! JOURNEY 4 EVAH!
And Haku....I am going to remember that...... >:3
So hey guys! Thanks for zeh commies and readings ^_^
Okay…that bold statement I made that this would be the last part? Yep you guessed it, its not – BUT! The final part should be out by the end of this week…..Deaths are pushed back too, so I got y’all riled up for nothing…yet…and the pwnage of the Snap-Shots are something I want to take a delicate time with…..Plus I still have a hang over from the Journey concert (even though I did not do anything naughty) and finalizing this chappie is hurting my brain….Sowy…..Hopefully this is a good build up for what’s coming……
[Hell in a hand basket]
Mar Fire Ignite* my photography class!....Not MarsFire Blast……Boo…..
…..Did I ever describe what Chi-Chi was wearing….? – %#^#%#%#!!
Talking like the Black Rider: It’s little annoyances like these that escape me…and invoke my wrath…..Rawr! – She’s wearing this!:
Absolute Anime • Dragon Ball • Chi-Chi
Think of Bebop ship as there in “spirit” Also I think I’ve got its anatomy down better…..
Disclaimer: Cursing……..Pika pika.
Ch. 28 Separate Strands Part: E….E for the not yet the End of zeh chappie!
“I can’t live this life, without you by my side, I need you to survive – !
So sta~y with me…You look in my eyes – and I’m screaming inside - !” – Evanescence, Forgive Me
“Troubled times…Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain…..
Distant eyes…..Promises we made were in vain, vain, vain” – Journey, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Universal World: Tumble-Stop – En route -> WTF?! We’re going to another world?.....We’re very, very close!
16 years ago…….
A silhouette of a little girl dressed in a nearly shredded pretty pink dress stumbled into an alleyway; she slumped down, her back against the brick wall. Moonlight revealed deep scarlet splattered stains all over her dress, dripping down her bare legs, and pooling around her feet.
Tumble-Stop awoke; someone was on it – the only person on it….
No way…..
But sure enough when Tumble-Stop checked itself, there was another heartbeat besides its own. The little girl put her hands up to her face and opened her eyes….Her bright burning amber eyes were a fast contrast to her face nearly caked with dried dark red; she looked at her hands that were just as dirty.
How did she get on me…?
The little girl fell to her side –
Oh no, she’s hurt!
“I’m not hurt,” said the little girl, “I’m just really tired.”
If Tumble-Stop had a mouth, it fell open…….You can hear me?
“Of course I can,” replied the little girl, “All I’m doing is listening. Anyone can hear you speak if they listen.”
No, this is different, I’m a world, my voice is….my voice is……Well your not supposed to hear it.
“If I’m not supposed to hear it, then stop talking, and let me rest.”
So Tumble-Stop stayed quiet all night for her. The next morning, the little girl had left as mysteriously as she had managed to arrive. Her voice echoed throughout the world’s mind. Those were the first words anyone, anyone had ever spoken to it….Waves crashed on the shore for no one to hear. Wind swept across an empty sea-port city filled with trash, and junk, and garbage; there is no Lookout Tower.
Tumble-Stop checked itself where the little girl had stayed. She had written something on the brick wall, in red….. “Thank-you for letting me sleep. In return, this is something I want you to have. Let no one wipe this clean.” Underneath the girl’s message were the numbers: 6-4-6 dried, with little trickles that had dripped down.
‘Let no one wipe this clean’…..No one is on me……No one has ever been on me, except you.
A shooting star streaked across the sky…..My moving cousins, and Tumble-Stop mad a wish….What am I doing…That’s a people thing…It won’t come true anyway. That little girl must’ve just been my imagination, however the red writing was still there. Dare to dream, and Tumble-Stop did. It put itself back to sleep….. Surely, surely I’m not just here to be alone, a space for junk from Tokieo Town…I don’t want to stay like this forever………
Nine years later, a ship with a smiling “lady luck” spray painted on landed upon it.
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My name is Tumble-Stop and I am a Universal World of the Anime System. For most of my life, I was nothing. Existence’s worst fear – I was nothing! Just a storing grounds for the main Universal World Tokieo Town – I had no other purpose, thus I was nothing – no life is needed to be a shelf in the sky, but, I am alive. Seven years ago, a terrible event occurred, and I became…I became useful. My wish came true! I won’t be lonely! They needed me, they really did! But when I was finally called upon, my heart froze – what if I wasn’t good enough? What if I wasn’t what they needed?! I’d be thrown back! But no, they kept me. However, my heart was unstable, who knew that since I had been alone for so long, I wasn’t used to “heavy labor.” I was dangerous. I knew it – I’m not worthy of being used…! I don’t want to hurt anyone, so I didn’t try…..By then I knew they would have to get rid of me, send me back to what I was before –…..I made them do that, what I didn’t want to happen.
“Tumble-Stop is not going to survive this struggle of fate.”
But I was wrong, they had already decided my fate for me…I made them do that, for I am incompetent…..After all, no life is needed just to be a shelf in the sky, even being a shelf for people.
Bulma pulled from her pocket a little stone with Tumble-Stop’s emblem on it, a little sea-port city by the sea…..
Vincent wore his around his neck, hidden underneath his clothes; he pulled his out as well.
Goku tried to remember where he left his…….Chi-chi, seeing Bulma pull out her Trust Stone, revealed Goku’s stone from a tight crease in the red ribbon around her waist.
To those who shelved my worries with me, to whom I was more of a burden…..
<TOUCH….TRUST,> hissed the Emotionless arm before Goku and Vincent, catching eye of Vincent’s stone, <TRUST, IS WHAT I AM TO THISSSSSS PLACCCCCEEEEE…….>
Vincent grasped his Trust Stone, “Then you’re – ?!”
<I AM THE EMOTIONLESS BORN FROM TUMBLE-STOP’S FALSE TRUST>
I’m so sorry – !
<NOW, GIVE ME THE KEY!> - TOOM!
A crack in Tumble-Stop’s heart appeared, and Avera, forcing his arms around Tumble-Stop’s shaking – repelling heart to keep their ground, fell to one knee – his strength waning, “Tumble-Stop, you can still change this! Ah! –“ Avera’s own heart gave a distorted heartbeat, “I know how you feel Tumble-Stop! I was once nothing too!”
But Avera may as well have been talking to nothing. Tumble-Stop was losing itself, its state of being to the chaos upon it – the world’s heart gave another palvatation and the ground of Tumble-Stop shuddered yet again –
Vincent’s Trust Stone clinked among the wreckage of Lookout Tower, then finally came to a rest on the scarred ground, a spritz of red on it.
……….
Away in Hollow Castle, the Lady of Red smiled, sitting on the side of her marble fountain of the tortured Seraph statue; she watched the turmoil through the black water, everything in inverse colors. “Mph, there’s still not enough of my color,” she said. “Petty Emotionless, is their main color scheme only black and white?”
South Light emerged from the dark corner of the room like a dim candle, “Madam, will Nefero be okay? Big Cousin is there, and now the Deities too.” South Light grabbed her left arm.
The Lady turned to South Light, “Of course he will be alright,” she smiled, “You know he is very strong. He can handle anything that tries to kill him. Besides, he still has all nine of his lives, everyone else, only has one.”
…………..
One true life is all we have. A soul, a heart, a body…. Candle flames against a maelstrom. A spirit can fade away, a heart can be broken, a body can be destroyed; basically you die. And?
Enough rhetorical crap, you’re making me sleepy. Listen, death is not meant to be a two way door, when it’s your time, it’s your time, BUT only after that is when you don’t even notice you’ve crossed through the frame.
That is a horrible explanation. You only cause death; you don’t understand it. The Other Side is a higher state of being –
Blah, blah, blah, I bet you’re reading Older Sister’s diary or something, and by the way, Older Sister knew how to screw around Astral rules with her Designs, she is the only one that truly knows how the Other Side really works, and oh the irony! She’s dead!
………
*Kairi, get up.*
Kairi opened her eyes, and all was dark; she could not move –
“Are we dead – ?”
“We’re not dead,” came Spike’s voice, “I can see a crack of light, I think we’re all trapped inside the rubble.”
“Considering we’re all alive,” strained Faye’s voice, “Ugh, I can’t move.”
“Hence being trapped in rubble,” said Spike, “A building did fall on top of us.”
“A building fell on us?” asked Ash; Yugi gave a little cry –
“After we were all stabbed by those vector thingies.”
“AH!”
“Stop it!” said Faye, “You’re not helping, if that happened we’d all be dead for sure.”
“But we’re all okay!” pipped the Little Girl -
“How do you know?!”
“Because I said so,” pipped the Little Girl, “No one is dead, we’re just kinda stuck because a building fell on us.”
*Pharaoh? Pharaoh?!*
“Then why aren’t we crushed to death?” asked Faye.
“Can we stop with” –
“Because I made it so we aren’t” said the Little Girl, “You won’t tell anyone right?”
“Your secret is safe with us,” said Spike.
“What do you mean you made it so we aren’t?” asked Ash.
Suicune came around, “She, this young girl has amazing healing and strength abilities,” she said, “If I didn’t think any better, the only reason we survived that attack from the Emotionless’ hand was because of her.”
“I just don’t want anyone to get hurt,” the Little Girl replied.
“Bark, bark!”
“I know,” said the Little Girl to her puppy, “I’m on it.”
Kairi went on bravery autopilot, “Can I get a sound off from everyone?”
“Stuck,” said Spike.
“Tight,” said Faye.
Yugi only made a noise as a searching shuffle could be heard –
“I’m okay,” said Ash.
“Pika pika.”
“I’m here,” said Suicune, “Lugia?”
“Rugh, I’m fine, but I can’t move either,” Lugia replied.
“I’m telling y’all we’re under a building,” said Spike.
“Is anyone is pain?” asked Kairi.
“Nope.”
“I feel warm and wet all over,” said Ash in a dead tone, “I think I’m dripping.”
“That better be blood,” said Spike who was receiving the drops –
“(*GASP*) My puzzle is gone! My puzzle is gone!” cried Yugi.
“Chill, it’s probably stuck in the rubble somewhere,” said Spike.
“Smashed to pieces,” added Faye.
Yugi gave a squeak –
“Now who’s not being helpful?” said Spike.
“I’m only telling the truth.”
*Kairi,* came her guiding voice over the squabble, *I’m taking over, the problem outside is getting out of hand, and no offense, but you’re not ready for it.*
*O-okay…* - and Kairi felt her soul move….
“Little girl, if you’re so strong, then get us out of here!” –
“Everyone!” came a young male voice. Everyone became silent…..Wait tick –
“Who are you?!” ejected Faye –
Ash, Pikachu, Yugi, and Lugia’s eyes grew very, very wide…..in the dark……
“We are dead!” yelled Ash –
“No we aren’t!” said the Little Girl, “Give me a minute! I’m almost done!”
“Thanks, for your help Abigale, you’re doing great,” came the young male voice.
“Oh, yeah! Hi! You’re welcome Ragiel!”
……………………………………..
Shounen Bat looked from the Deity shooting a bolt downwards, to Sora grasping his wrist in pain, to the attacking arm smacking Mew into the ground – back to Sora who looked ready to kill someone, then back to the Deity that charged another bolt, but, from the left side of his vision – the head of the Two-Face was flying back! – “What the – ?!” * ****, there’s another group here, but I can’t sense* ‘em too good, maybe it’s – *
*Shounen,* came Sephiroth’s voice through his Link*, Shounen jumped, *Look at the sky above Deity South – *
Shounen looked and three comets were silently in the sky of Tumble-Stop –
“**** ****** ****ing ****!! They’re all coming?!”
*If Sora is killed under your watch, you will disappear as well* -
*What?! Where is that written!?*
*Guess.*
Shounen Bat growled and peeled his look away from the comets to Sora who already had a foot off the building and was leaping towards Riku’s path – SNATCH –
“ACK!”
Shounen Bat had grabbed Sora by the back scruff of his neck and flung him on his rear – like wise in the fight before them, the attacking arm gave another screech as it nearly buried Darkrai before it turned into a shadow and escaped the smash –
“Hey!”
“Alright Keyblade Master Sora listen up! This has turned into a fiasco upon a fiasco, that stupid bracelet isn’t helping you at all, it’s whining every time your friends are tossed in a life threatening situation – and now they’re both supposedly in deep ****” –
“What do you mean supposedly?! Kairi is buried under rubble, and something has knocked the crap out of Riku!” –
Shounen Bat “lightly” knocked Sora on the head with his bat – “And what about your other friends huh?! They are friends aren’t they?! The scouts with Riku are also facing his attacker, and others are buried under that rubble too!” –
“I KNOW! Don’t think for a second that I’ve forgot about them!”
“Well you can’t be in two places at once! You were going after Riku, and hey, Kairi is still under that rubble – were you planning on doing something, or is she comfortable under there?”
Sora stopped.
*Shounen* - came the guiding voice –
“I can’t help Kairi,” Sora choked, “I can’t help them,” ……wait for it…Sora broke down to his knees – “I can’t describe it, I can’t feel her anymore, she – she,” but Sora’s throat couldn’t get it out, “They’re gone!”
BOOSH! A beam of orange tempest shot through the rubble, and straight into the attacking arm which gave another cowardly cry and retreated inside its void all the way to its wrist – Mewtwo, Mew and Darkrai looked to the rubble – a huge smile breaking out on Mew’s face –
“You know, maybe I should have said this earlier, but I’m still getting used to being under you,” said Shounen Bat, “It’s a just a bit harder to die when the undead is on your side.”
CROUSH! Lugia sprang up and out of the rubble in flight roaring it’s haunting song – all passengers aboard, most notable, a puzzeless Yugi and –
“Kairi!” Sora yelled, “They’re all okay!” What Shounen Bat had said didn’t quite sink in as Sora was fixated on Kairi, however, something about Kairi was different, she was standing up on Lugia, and her stance – was nothing gentle…. “Kairi?”
“Lorenia, how much longer are you going to let Sora **** around?” smiled Shounen Bat, his eyes glowing gold again, “Ragiel has already taken over Kairi and I bet Dendjue has way too much faith in Riku” –
Sora’s ears received the name – “Wait, you can’t be talking to” –
*I told you, we don’t want to step in unless it is absolutely necessary, Possession* is a big strain on the heart; and watch your mouth.*
Abigale had herself firmly planted on Lugia’s head with her puppy by her side, “Bet you’re not so tough now huh you big one eyed patty cake flopsicle!” she taunted at the Emotionless’ hand, its tongue eye blinked and the hand retreated once again into its void. Mewtwo, Mew and Darkrai darted over; Mew glomping Ash and everyone on board.
“Oof!”
Yugi didn’t feel Mew’s glomp as he was anxiously looking all over for – “There! There it is! My puzzle!” Ways away from the rubble, the Millennium Puzzle glittered in the fading sunlight. Lugia used Psychic* bringing the puzzle right to Yugi’s hands, and Pharaoh immediately appeared by his much relieved partner.
“Yugi, I thought that was better attached to you,” said Ragiel’s voice – out of Kairi’s throat – and the group looked back at “Kairi”.
“That’s really you in there…” said Yugi….
“She” removed her blindfold, and her eyes were slightly glowing.
Shounen Bat then grabbed Sora’s head and turned it up to the ever-approaching comets, “Lorenia, it’s necessary.”
*Hang on Riku, you will not die here.*
“That’s good to know,” replied Riku holding his side. The Deity had electricity swirl around it –
“Moon Tiara – Magic*!”
“Mars Fire – Ignite*!”
Sailor Mar’s attack fused itself with Sailor Moon’s and laid a direct hit on the Deity, but their combined attack didn’t even phase it –
“Woah, that’s a tough cotton ball,” said Sailor Moon – the Deity began charging another bolt!
*I’m going to step in, but once I’ve done all I could, I’m going to have to leave, and take the Natural Sense* with me.*
“No problem, it’s not like I haven’t fought with a blindfold on before.”……Riku’s Way to Dawn was recalled.
Sora’s keyblade was recalled.
Chigiri* was not in hand.
The Deity stopped it’s attack.
“That’s right you big cotton ball! You better lay off, of…..” “Riku” stood up, as if uninjured, and took off his blindfold.
“Sora” removed his blindfold.
“Deity South, you know who I am.”
Sailor Mercury’s hands went over her mouth; she almost dropped her minicomp – what was there to be more surprised at – the fast that, that really was a Deity before them – or –
“No way,” Sailor Venus breathed….The scouts squinted….If you looked really close….
“Tumble-Stop – do you feel that?” asked Avera jubilantly, “Remember them?”
Tumble-Stop didn’t reply; its heartbeat was speeding up.
“Sora”, “Riku” and “Kairi” held out their hands and Lorenia, Dendjue, and Ragiel drew their keyblades.
Ragiel’s was white and silver that looked much like Sora’s, but had a longer reach, and it’s hilt was much more decorated.
Dendjue’s was blue and black whose end resembled a viper’s sting, while the hilt caught feathers in it’s metal.
Lorenia’s was white-gold and silver-pink – a cascade of swirling ribbons was at the end revealing it’s tough glassy point, her hilt like a glittering bow.
The three comets entered Tumble-Stop and burst into their true forms, one became the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), the other rushing pure water which splashed before Lugia, and the last, rushing pure crystal that forced itself by Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Ed –
“Nefero, do you feel that?” asked Sephiroth.
…..Nefero was silent…..for a moment, “They were my kill. I admit, I got them on a bad day, but…..” Nefero’s mouth twisted itself into a nervous smile, “This is a bad day, for everyone.” His eyes took a peek at some numbers he had luckily spotted written on the below alleyway wall in dried blood –
“*Keyblade Master Dendjue,*” came Deity South’s voice guised in thunder, “*Anomaly from the Other Side, you will be returned.*”
“Bite me,” Dendjue replied and stabbed his keyblade into the ground sending up sharp ice pillars – “Blizzegreiga*!” The black cloud dispersed into a smoky mist and entered the ice pillars taking them over – Firaga*!” The ice pillars were set on fire with Deity South’s body inside – there sounded a wail of thunder and the fire swirled its way up and formed into a fiery bird from the evaporation of the ice pillars – it opened its mouth and shot a Fire Bolt* -
“Northwest Wind*!” – a powerful gust of wind surged up from the Northwest and stopped the Fire Bolt* - the Deity surged up to put more power behind the bolt – “South East Wind*! Another powerful wind came up from the South East catching the Firebolt* with its increased power and with the opposing winds crossed, they dispelled the Fire Bolt* -
The fire bird fizzled back into a smokey mist, and gathered itself into a cloud once more –
“How can we possibly fight a Deity?!” yelled Sailor Mercury, “It’s a precursor of magic! They’re very bodies are magic, and it can control the very magic we use!”
“There you go Amy telling me what I already know again, you haven’t changed at all,” smiled Dendjue, “And what do I always reply with?”
Sailor Moon stepped up, “When in doubt, fight fire with fire!”
Dendjue nodded, “And I have the best Astral magic users with me” –
“MUUUUUUUUUUROOOOOAH!” –
The Two-Face’s head had grown back somehow, and punched it’s way through its void yet again – the Deity swooshed to the side, the scouts leapt out of harms way and Dendjue back flipped from range as the head smashed into the ground –
Deity South fired another bolt – and decapitated the Emotionless yet again, but this time, the head muscled its way into the ground and was absorbed –
“That’s just great,” muttered Dendjue as the ground rippled back to its placid state.
Chi-Chi shielded Ed and Bulma guarded herself as the rushing crystal moved like a train right next to them, the Northern Lights shinned over and was headed in the same direction –
“Help can come in unexpected forms, looks like they’ve picked their fight,” said Lorenia as she and Shounen Bat watched the two Deities move with all due haste to their target – “Good, that’ll give us some breathing room, come on Shounen, Ragiel can take Deity East with Sora’s friends, we need to go help Vincent’s group; something’s not right about that arm.”
“I think you’ve been staying for too long on the Other Side, as this is earth!” yelled Shounen Bat, “How the hell do you think you all can beat the Deities?! If I may remind you, you and your friends didn’t do so hot with Nefero – and I’m trying to keep Sora alive!” – Lorenia slapped Shounen Bat……..His hand went to where she struck, “You know you could have wacked me on the head….I don’t know the whole story…Seritouge did something to y’all right…?”
“Oh look Big Cousin, Deity North and Deity West have come to play with us!” said Nefero as the Northern Lights and the rushing crystal (respectively) quickly shuffled their way over –
“*Foul beasts of Darkness!*” the Deities cried together in wind and grinding and fired a beam of light and a torrent of crystals for a blinding spectacle of refracted light – Nefero magicked himself some shades and put them on; he handed a pair to Sephiroth, but he didn’t take them –
“You are so damaging your eyes right now,” said Nefero right before the magic stuck –
The rushing clear water formed itself into a snaky mold.
“Deity East,” said Ragiel, “I hope I have some good magic users with me.”
“I do to,” said Spike looking at the Deity, it was as big as the Emotionless arm!
“Wow! That’s so cool!” piped Abigale, “It looks like a snake!”
“It won’t be cool if it destroys Bebop!” said Faye looking at the ship that has yet to take cover – “What the hell is Jet doing!?”
If you must know, Jet was glaring at the monitor screen which read: [Password needed for this action]. He looked up, and the windows did not show a suitable landing site as he looked at the back of Deity East – “EIN!”
“*Hand over the Key,*” said Deity East with a voice guised in water; it’s “tail” turned into a blade of ice; the pokemon growled –
“Nobody is entitled to the Key!” yelled Ragiel, “It’s just a seed for greed!”
“Why is it so hesistant to attack us?” asked Faye with her gun drawn, “We don’t have the Key” –
“Apparently we do,” said Spike, “And I don’t think that gun is gonna do much Faye” –
Suicune and Mewtwo looked to Abigale atop Lugia head – and then to one another – “You don’t think – ?!”
The arm made its grand entrance yet again, blasting through its void fully recovered, bursting through Deity East’s water body, and into the ground – the end of Deity East’s water body a blade of ice – sliced the hand off right at the wrist, but like the head, it muscled its way into the ground, and was absorbed –
“****!” Ragiel cursed –
The arm before Vincent’s group pulled back and howled. Vincent and Goku kept their stances as Genkai landed right before them gracefully, “That arm, it must be the real center of this thing, and not that head that, was over there,” she stated taking a quick peek, “No wonder it’s a pain in the” – Lorenia and Shounen Bat landed right next to them placidly. “Sora! – Your blindfold! – What are you doing here anyway – aren’t you supposed to look after the Key?!”
“Sora? Look again old lady,” said Shounen Bat, and Lorenia waved her keyblade (as if the slightly glowing eyes wasn’t a dead give away too…)
The solid fighters were knocked, “La-la-la” – but Goku couldn’t get it out –
Vincent looked at her keyblade; Lorenia smiled, “It’s really me.”
“Why did you pick Sora’s body?” asked Genkai in a totally nonchalant tone –
The arm gave another howl, and from where the head, and other hand had been absorbed, a pulse sounded off –
“What was that?”
“It’s corrupting Tumble-Stop!” shouted Lorenia –
Avera’s projected state saw a Nobody streak, and a Heartless streak sift around Tumble-Stop’s shinning heart; its glow began to fade. Avera was nearing his total exhaustion, he flapped his wings, but the streaks wrapped themselves around Tumble-Stop’s heart – if he moved his hands, no he couldn’t, the crack in Tumble-Stop’s heart would – “Tumble-Stop – don’t let them do this! These people are fighting to save” –
Me? I’m just space, I’m not alive; do I matter? Why are you helping me? For me? No. I’m just a battle field. And so everything on me deserves to die –
“Tumble-Stop – !”
A moan sharp and clear sounded off throughout all of Tumble-Stop cutting through everyone’s nerves be it beast or man…..
Sephiroth parried Deity West’s shards before the moan stopped him, Nefero, and the Deities against them right in their tracks with everyone else….
“Oh ****,” said Nefero in high playful voice, it was hard to tell if he was really scared, “Here it comes.”
A mortal barrier encompassed all of Tumble-Stop.
South Light looked on with the Lady of Red playing nervously with her hair, “My lady, is this what Tumble-Stop can do?”
“The side of the heart filled with hate is a powerful weapon,” she replied, “That’s one of the reasons why Tumble-Stop was so dangerous before it was tamed and occupied, it’s heart had harbored a huge amount of hate.”
Chi-Chi held Ed, and Bulma was looking around – the little blue microphone Bulma had, had stopped transmitting after they heard the scary noises of the first decapitation of the Emotionless…..A door to a building across from them slammed open; they jumped.
“Hello?” said Ed.
“And so Tumble-Stop has finally snapped,” said Nefero, “Glad I could be a part of this special moment.”
“All the people….” Dendjue started…….
“That had lived here….” added Ragiel…..Those that were under the spell of the Riders…..
“Are no more,” finished Lorenia….
A world is connected through its inhabitants by their hearts…..
A white hand slipped out of the shadow of the door – Ed hugged Chi-Chi tighter, and Bulma backed up –
A world’s heart is to protect its inhabitants; this is especially true for Universal Worlds….
Another white hand slipped out…..
But…..
The hands started to twitch violently and were pulled back in –
Like all hearts….
A muzzle with sharp, sharp teeth covered in white and black gunk slowly penetrated the darkness…
It can turn –
That is correct. Stop reading Aurocile’s diary.
END CHAP
And there you have it!
Hope y’all liked it, I’m going to go put ice on my forehead now…..>_<
Peace and Cloverfield! JOURNEY 4 EVAH!
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*makes friends with the bloodsuckers while reading Vera's fic*
Yay^^
*sits tight for the next installment*
Yay^^
*sits tight for the next installment*
Hey Cef, glad ya liked it 
*Sits with Cef and friendly bloodsuckers*
.....T.T Today was a bad day, I saw a dog get run over by the car infront of me T.T Now in being completely emo for the rest of the day pondering of all the wonderful animals in our world.....I wrote to get my mind off the subject, but, silly me, I'm killing some characters this Friday, or Sat, or Sunday....and my brother is moving out, so I apologize in advance if the next installment is a little late. *Hugs Mecho and Holly* <- My precious baby dogs
But with death comes new things, a natural lesson of life, (All dogs go to heaven too so, it's in a better place now...) and a character is getting added as a few go down, look if you want, it's a major spoiler though, plus you'll be wondering how in the heck he/she got there in the first place....O_O
*Sits with Cef and friendly bloodsuckers*.....T.T Today was a bad day, I saw a dog get run over by the car infront of me T.T Now in being completely emo for the rest of the day pondering of all the wonderful animals in our world.....I wrote to get my mind off the subject, but, silly me, I'm killing some characters this Friday, or Sat, or Sunday....and my brother is moving out, so I apologize in advance if the next installment is a little late. *Hugs Mecho and Holly* <- My precious baby dogs
But with death comes new things, a natural lesson of life, (All dogs go to heaven too so, it's in a better place now...) and a character is getting added as a few go down, look if you want, it's a major spoiler though, plus you'll be wondering how in the heck he/she got there in the first place....O_O
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It's nothing but problem on top of problem for everyone. I had a suspision that Sora, Riku, and Kairi would be possessed but compared to Ragiel, Dendjue, and Lorenia they aren't even close to being strong. I can't wait to see how all this turns out.
Woo!
*gives the bloodsuckers some blood in blood packs* Homemade, too^^
Anyway Vera, go check on the Original Works section next week. It be Cefiness(Cef-style awesomeness) to the max^^
*gives the bloodsuckers some blood in blood packs* Homemade, too^^
Anyway Vera, go check on the Original Works section next week. It be Cefiness(Cef-style awesomeness) to the max^^
^-^ Thanks for reading guys!
BTW, am I really that easy to read?…..>>; D’oh >_<
Oh my god I can’t believe on how hard this chapter was to write – why?! >>; Well here it is, finally – FINALLY! >o< After a billion re-writes and checking, and a week late……The boiling point is reached, and there is only one sound solution to put an end to this fiasco on poor Tumble-Stop…….Violence!….To back up my argument – in the words of the late great Richard Geni, “I didn’t say it was the best solution (violence he means) – but it’s A solution.”
The chappie is insanely long (‘cause I want it to end dangit!), so please be prepared with cookies, milk, and maybe some tissues; well you can leave the tissues…….*pokes heart* Please feel something >_<
WAH! I had to cut out so much of the Snap-Shot ownage T.T
NOTE: Click on the underline pokémon name to see what they look like :3 - troubleshoot all the links if need be, they should work, I checked them (including songs)
Disclaimer: Cursing…..:x
Disclaimer: Fun images that dance around the harsh truth when you’re stabbed by something sharp
Disclaimer: Life and Death instrumental from the show Lost by Micheal Giacchino, and Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the movie Once – are coming to attack you! RUN!
I hope y’all listen to the songs; songs are mainly there as an emotion tickler – tickle tickle! Or annoyance….
Fixed Memory* magic….? Nefero mentioned it some time ago…..
Pointers: The bad peoples have a black teleporting cloak…..Hmmmmmmmm.
Pointers: There are other ways of calling a Gate besides the Key….
Pointers: Star Dust are the ashes of dead Keyblade Masters
Ch. 28 Separate Strands Part: F….F for finale!!!
“I can’t live this life, without you by my side, I need you to survive – !
So sta~y with me…You look in my eyes – and I’m screaming inside - !” – Evanescence, Forgive Me
“It's a thief in the night to come and grab you,
It can creep up inside you, and consume you,
A disease of the mind, it can control you
It's, too, close – for – comfort –“ Rihanna, Disturbia
“Je suis désolée…
Lo siento,
Ik ben droevig…
Sono spiacente…
Perdóname….” – Madonna, Sorry
Universal World: Tumble-Stop – En route -> WTF?! We’re going to another world?.....Yes! Yes we are! Ha-he-Ho!
The water of the Lady of Red’s fountain turned murky, and the reception from Tumble-Stop became difficult; South Light played nervously with her hair as the ripples gave a disturbing impression of Tumble-Stop’s sanity.
“Are you worried South Light? There is no need to feel scared for your brother,” said the Lady of Red, “You should be happy. The Chrost-Weik is moving, can’t you feel it?” The Lady’s eyes grew wide with excitement, turning into violet slits, her mouth a sharp grin, “The Monster is stirring from its slumber.”
So I am.
“…This is a bad day for everyone.”
So it is.
I can’t do this anymore – !….. And so everything on me deserves to die –
So it shall it be.
Eros, the beautiful winged beast of Yahena, looked on at the fight in a form merged with the physical plain, “My Master, I have chosen you, I have chosen to protect you…But, I cannot enter this fight, not until….It is too late..…..”
“Auto defense active,” said a voice from the ship.
“I know,” replied Jet tensely, “But we don’t want to draw attention to ourselves,” he spoke to the ever persistent screen that began blinking the urgency of a need for a password; the sight beyond the windows turning ever more threatening. “I guess, there’s no escaping this.”
There was an uneasy silence amongst all the fighters as they looked at the mortal barrier encompassing all of Tumble-Stop. The long decapitated neck, and severed arm, slowly, stretched out of their voids, turning into grey thick liquids that blew way like ash; the voids sealed up behind them back into a regular setting sky.
Dendjue looked to the empty alley way entrances, then at the ground where the Emotionless’ head had been absorbed…….*I’m so sorry it had to come to this Tumble-Stop…….*
“Dendjue…what do you mean everyone’s gone…?” asked Sailor Moon slowly.
…..“By calling its own Emotionless to it, (“It’s own Emotionless?!”) merging itself with it, Tumble-Stop’s condition has turned people that lived here into Emotionless themselves; those not strong enough to resist.” The Scouts gasped. “It has done the deepest act of betrayal a world can employ.”
“But, I didn’t feel anything,” said Sailor Moon touching her chest.
“No, you wouldn’t even have known it had happened, such is the connection of a world with its inhabitants.”
*Dendjue,* came Ragiel’s voice through his Memory Link*, *There’s not anyway to save those people is there?*
*No,* replied Dendjue quickly, he felt Lorenia tap in,
*Dendjue, I think we’re up against the main part of this monster, it reacted signifying the corruption* -
*Then it’s up to you to take it down Lorenia; we’re grounded with Deites.*
*Got it.*
*Be careful Love,* said Ragiel, and the Links were sent into remission.
“What’s the verdict?” asked Genkai to Lorenia; they were on guard, but the arm, which now looked to be manipulating invisible strings, totally ignored the fighters before it.
“Tumble-Stop has called it’s own Emotionless to it. This is the epicenter of the beast,” said Lorenia,
“It would be,” said Shounen Bat looking at the ruins of Lookout Tower, “The place where Tumble-Stop had its deepest connection with all its people, what made it important.”
“But this arm,” said Vincent, “It’s as if it is immortal. It may look a little different now, but I’m positive, it’s the arm of the Two-Face that was destroyed before when Sora first arrived. And this thing claiming what it is, is a Unique Emotionless, those are one-of-a-kind; this must be Fixed Memory* magic, and anything with it can never truly by destroyed.”
With that deduction, Lorenia, Vincent and Genkai understood the impending situation: (Unique Emotionless (one born from someone) + Fixed Memory* Magic (a reviving magic….) to the power of Tumble-Stop snapping and calling its practically invincible Emotionless – getting itself corrupted = an un-yielding nightmare.
Shounen Bat just moaned, yeah he understood too, but he was more or less annoyed at the entire situation, “And all of this started with that stupid Key,” he said.
Tee hee.
“Considering we’re still alive, it hasn’t fallen into the wrong hands yet,” said Genkai, “We’re playing Russian Roulette with time.”
“Don’t lose hope,” said Lorenia, “We’ll get through this” –
Three screams cut the air as potently as the sharp moan before – all the groups alerted of their plight –
Two of the three screams caught Goku in particluar – “Chi-Chi! Bulma!” –
Spike and Faye twisted themselves back –
“Oh no” –
“Ed!”
Deity East, lazily stretched its tail in front of Lugia as if to block it’s path – “*I am your problem.*” It turned the sharp side of its ice blade towards Lugia.
“I don’t suppose you’re really gonna uphold that promise to Isetzue no?” asked Nefero to Sephiroth, “They sound like they need help.”
“They’ll be fine,” said Sephiroth.
Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter took off towards the scream – the other scouts covering them should Deity South attack, but it didn’t –
“*I am not concerned with you,*” said Deity South positioning itself at Dendjue who flicked his wrist – snow flakes sputtered out, and Deity South sputtered electricity.
“Sucks to be them,” said Shounen Bat, and that was enough for Goku – he put two fingers to his forehead and teleported –
“Hey Deity East!” yelled Ragiel, “You’re aiming at the wrong spot – my back is over here!”
Deity East looked like it shuddered, and cocked its head – *Now’s our chance* - Darkrai turned shadow touching Suicune, turning her into a shadow as well – Suicune leapt off of Lugia (who still kept its ground to Deity East) through the ice blade tail!
To those sensitive enough – a wave of murderous intent crashed into their minds – the Masters couldn’t – had no time to react –
A black arrow shot up from the ground like a blur for each of the attempted rescuers; part of Sailor Mars’ skirt was struck; the front of Goku’s clothes were clipped (as he appeared in his location); Darkrai and Suicune as a shadow were struck with the arrow passing through, and were knocked back into their physical forms with red electricity paralyzing them – Mewtwo grabbed them with his psychic powers, but another black arrow shot and hit part of Suicune’s flowing mane from the kick-back of being caught by Mewtwo; where the three were touched, parts of her hair, his clothes, and her mane, dissinigrated –
*Those arrows, were they from Tumble-Stop?!* thought Dendjue as Sailor Mars and Jupiter were stopped in their tracks –
“What was that?!”
“Goku!” Bulma cried – Bulma, and Chi-Chi holding Ed were all the way backed up against the opposite building in Entrance Alley as the Emotionless emerged from a dark doorway right across from them. Teeth barred with white and black gunk, this heartless looked like a hell-hound – a large 5 foot hell hound – with the heartless emblem on its forehead. It’s tail was pure black wispy flames and it’s back suddenly caught on fire along with its legs. Goku put himself between the heartless and the girls in his fighting stance –
“I never seen this one before” –
The Fire Fang opened its mouth, it’s tongue slithered out with the head of a snake, and hiss-snarled –
Deity North and West turned restless – “*This world has turned on us,*” said Deity West, “*We will bury you both with it.*”
“Not if you don’t get buried first!” said Nefero like a first-grader – a black arrow shot up and hit Deity West right in its crystal “head” (which was really just the highest peak of rushed crystal) – “HA!”
Deity West’s head grew back.
“Crap, that’s right, y’all bodies are magic” –
From within the silent structures of Tumble-Stop, Heartless and Nobodies crawled out – breaking through windows, knocking open doors – the same alleyway Dendjue snuck a peek at, was now dripping in Emotionless after Emotionless – all alleyways becoming faucets. The main piece of the Tumble-Stop’s Emotionless wove its fingers intricately, and all the Emotionless were suddenly given the same sway in their crooked and smooth walks – they were searching for prey, and the groups were too obvious with their beating hearts going faster and faster –
Deity East moved it’s body, splitting its focus on the ground below getting covered in Emotionless, and its ice-blade tail at Lugia.
“Bebop – !” but the Emotionless were staying clear of it….*Well, good enough…*
Mewtwo placed Suicune and Darkrai back on Lugia, the red electricity keeping them from moving much, “Curaga*,” said Ragiel and the red electricity was gone. “Stay calm everyone,” he added.
Deity East sent its body into a hover, rising as the ground became flooded with darkness and yellow eyes. Pharaoh and Yugi switched spirits; Spike and Faye cocked their guns – Mew and Pikachu growled with Abigale’s puppy and Mewtwo charged an Aura Sphere* in his hand. Darkrai narrowed his eyes on the darkness….
“Safeguard*,” said Ash and Lugia put up the defense.
“Ash, can I borrow Pikachu?” asked Ragiel.
“Uh, oh – sure!” –
“Pi-KA!”
Ragiel swung his now glowing blade single handedly over and under his palm in a circle – Pikachu disappeared in a single ripple of light and Kairi’s dress in a singe of light turned into a frilly yellow one with a big bow in the back; her hair went up in yellow bow, and a wrist corsage decorated in Day Lilies, Moonbeams, Daisies, and Yellow Roses appeared where Kairi’s bracelet was. Ragiel looked at himself….. “Man….I just had to help her…..” – a second Keyblade with metal catching electric designs appeared in Ragiel’s free hand; one blade now pointed to Deity East, and one to the black tide below.
“Auto defense active.”
So Bebop was fine, hurray, but those that screamed…..Spike and Faye felt a pang as they watched the Emotionless – *There’s no way…*
A plume of flames erupted in Entrance Alley – “Ed!” –
“Look!”
From the flames, Goku had sprung up like a grasshopper carrying all three ladies – his butt on fire – “HOT HOT HOT!” – Chi-Chi tried to pat the flames out, but they formed into the Fire Fang! – Its fangs firmly in Goku’s – “AH!” Goku tried to wiggle the heartless off, but it wasn’t letting go!
Another wave of murderous intent came – and Goku dodged another black arrow – as did the rest of the groups with close calls on them all –
“What was that?!” yelled Bulma.
“Don’t know – (*CRUNCH*) – OW! But it’s worse that this thing! Hang on girls!” and Goku sped off towards Bebop with the Fire Fang right behind – literally –
“It’s Goku!” said Ash, “He’s got them!”
Abigale clapped her hands, “Yay!” and Goku flew right past Ragiel’s group and a perplexed Deity East –
- “Hey good to see y’all safe!” - BOMP. Goku crashed right into an invisible barrier around Bebop…..The Fire Fang dropped off.
Dendjue, the Sailor Scouts, and Deity South were completely surrounded by watering Emotionless mouths – the Scouts on edge as to where the first attack would come – Deity South above – or the Emotionless – or – the black arrows – !
Deity South looked to Dendjue below itself, he was in a defensive stance towards the Emotionless, ice breathing around his blade.
“Deity South,” said Dendjue, “You have me cornered. As much as I know these ladies can defend themselves, I’m going to protect my girls none-the-less, be it from you or the Emotionless, but I can only defend against what I see, and my back is to you” –
“Dendjue” –
….. It was Riku’s body, but it was Dendjue inside…..Thunder erupted from Deity South and a Flash bolt* was shot –
“Dendjue!”
Dendjue didn’t even turn around, and the bolt stuck past his shoulder and took a heartless down.
”*Dendjue…,*” came the voice guised in thunder, “*All the magic I have, cannot change the crime committed in the past, but,*” It was really him…. Deity South lowered itself to his level – ……“*I cannot do this anymore….*”
“Den – !”…the scouts backed off with Dendjue’s assurance – the Emotionless leapt seeing the opening – but Deity South but up a Thunder Barrier*, rendering it immobile, and the Emotionless were shocked – teeth snapping right in front of Sailor Moon’s face – and dissolved.
“Deity South?” said Dendjue as if addressing a misbehaved child.
A warm aura slipped out slipped out from Deity South.
“*Master Dendjue……….I do not ask for forgiveness…Now…and then..….*”
The Scouts blinked their confusion.
“What’s going on?” whispered Sailor Moon –
“Shh!”
“Why are you here?” asked Dendjue.
Deity South looked like it was having trouble speaking, or coming up with words as its cloudy self twisted about, but it finally said, “*Seritouge called us to retrieve the Key, and, to fix all anomalies that had made themselves present –*”
“Pfft, you’ve left yourself open Deity,” Dendjue held up his keyblade to Deity South, the ice sharpening, “Even though you are pure magic, your words are as fake as stage magic, and if this is your feint to ‘fix’ me then do it so I can ram my keyblade into your face,” said Dendjue angrily.
“*No*” –The Emotionless growled from the outside – “*Please, I’m sorry, I do not, have any excuse for the past……But, you….before you now, here, you’re here……..I do not, I do not want to be of use to Seritouge anymore.*”
“Be of use to Seritouge?” asked Sailor Mercury, “But, then what was all that before with you firing at Riku?! I thought he was trying to watch over him!” But she knew better….
“*I was only doing what Seritouge told us to do…*”
“What?”
“*To fix any anomalies, anomalies can mean a lot of things to the Spirit of Reason….and I had, I had to because….Well, I just don’t know the reason anymore, I’m sorry ..………We Deities have shamed our allegiance to Keyblade Masters! – Reflearo*!*” The Scouts, Dendjue, and the Deity, were covered in a shimmering aerial aura and Deity South exploded the Thunder Barrier* sending a tide of Emotionless flying – !
“Hey Deity East!” shouted Ragiel, “You still want that Key?” The massive Deity turned its water snake like head back to Ragiel’s group –
“Don’t push it!” yelled Faye, “We aren’t exactly in the best position right now!” –
Deity East sighed catching a far off glimpse of Deity South, feeling the strong emotion of its brethren…..It looked up, then at Ragiel……“*A second chance doesn’t come along very often. Master Ragiel…..I lend myself to you.*”
Ragiel smiled, “That’s my girl” –
“*Don’t call me girl*” –
“That’s right, you better shape up! You Deities owe the Anime Masters big time! – Woah!” Abigale’s fit almost threw her off of Lugia’s head and Lugia re-balanced her like a ball on the head –
“Ragiel, what is she talking about?” asked Pharaoh, “Doesn’t it want” –
“Nevermind about any of that; just deal with what is given to you,” said Ragiel, he turned back to the Deity, “At least you’re living up to what you owe Deity East.”
“Yes, yes,*” sighed Deity East, “*I don’t care if Seritouge’s sight catches what I’m doing, disobeying him and all. I sincerely hate what this ‘war’ has turned him into.*” Deity East reverted its ice blade back into its watery tail and scraped Goku, Bulma, Ch-Chi and Ed off of the invisible barrier around Bebop, and placed them on top of its head.
“I don’t quite understand what’s going on here, but at least it’s on our side now,” mumbled Faye.
“Be happy at least,” said Spike –
“It’s obvious isn’t it?” said Abigale, “I’ll lay it low for y’all with only context clues. The Deities and the Masters must’ve hade a relationship with one another that resulted in treachery on the Deities’ part ending with something horrible for the Masters, and now, with the Anime Masters somehow back from the dead, this is a chance of fate for the Deities to make up for their atrocious act.”……….”I’m not telling the whole story right in front of Diety East, even though it deserves it –”
“Cool! We’re riding water!” piped Ed.
“Oh wow,” was what Bulma got out seeing Deity East’s “tail” flow back, and all the Emotionless underneath out of reach. The water beneath them felt light, but they were supported; Goku took flight seeing the girls safe.
“*Reflearo*,*” said Deity East, and Ragiel’s group was given the same protection as Dendjue’s.
Everyone looked at the illusion of a sea of Emotionless before them….Abigale and her puppy sat up straight, “Ha! Now that we’re united, you’re gonna hurt! Na, na-na, na, na!”
The Emotionless underneath united into one black mass, the ground all pitch black, and Darkside and Twilight Thorn, after Darkside and Twilight Thorn bent their bodies up from the black mass, now eye level with Lugia and Deity East.
“Ohhhhh.”
Deity East’s tail became an ice blade once again – and swiped it at the heads of a Darkside and Twlight Thorn together – but it was caught!….By a ghostly pale fleshy clawed hand with shifting flesh that rose from the darkness, the darkness now a swirling void – identical to what the Riders used to take Bebop! The Untouchable looked like a deformed bear at best (with a smashed head) as it tried to crush Deity East’s tail, but the ice became water and merely spilled out of the paw and re-formed into a protective wave before Lugia.
“You know we just can’t seem to get enough of those things,” said Spike.
The Untouchable roared shoving the Darkside and Twilight Thorns from it – this was it’s meal! –
The pokémon legends answered back with their defiance – overpowered for sure, but no doubt, they were sick of Untouchables! –
“The Untouchable is our number one target!” said Ragiel –
“Don’t worry, we know.”
Deity East’s entire body became ice, “*Gravera*,*” it said, and Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Ed became grounded on it.
A wyvern dove at Lorenia, “GWOH – !” she stabbed it right in its chest and it disappeared –
BAM, Vincent’s bullet went through a Defender’s shield taking it down,
“Darn, and I thought we picked the peaceful spot!” said Shounen Bat wacking a Dancer out of step; the hand danced erratically behind them with gnarled fingers and gestures…….
Lorenia swung her keyblade to four corners – “North-South-West-East – Tempest*!” a tornado whipped up around Lorenia, Vincent, Genkai, and Shounen Bat knocking back the Emotionless, creating an air-barrier. She then quickly made an intricate outline, which glowed into the outline of a rose – “Flora-aura*,” and a big yellow rose dropped out from the outline into a hover; the outline disappeared. Lorenia grabbed the rose and pulled out three small rose broaches from it’s center, putting the larger rose on her head like a cap (mind you she is in Sora’s body, and Shounen Bat wasn’t even trying to hold his laughter back). Lorenia gave the broaches to Vincent, Genkai, and Shonen Bat, “Here you go” smiled Lorenia, but Shounen Bat just stood there –
“I’m not wearing a ******* flower!” –
There came another surge of murder – and a black ray shot out of Tumble-Stop going through several Emotionless, and hit Lorenia in the back knocking her into Shounen Bat – it popped into a rose – “I’m okay Vincent, ow, I wish they reduced damage just a bit more than that.”
“I don’t get hurt!” said Shounen Bat letting Lorenia lean on him, uncomfortably, “But you, missy better not mess up Sora’s body!” – Lorenia used this close proximity to shove the rose in Shonen Bat’s mouth – the petals dissolving –
“EAH! ACK BLEH!” Shonen crippled up like he had been poisoned, and a shadow encompassed them all – “Huh?”
“It’s a Shade!” yelled Genkai.
This heartless rivaled Darksides in height, looking like four legged creatures with a giant black cloth completely draped over them merged with the ground – it’s big yellow round eyes looking through Lorenia’s group – it blinked, and Tempest* subsided – “AHH!” – the shadows of everyone stabbed through legs and arms that didn’t move fast enough from behind! –
“Bou – Boruuuuuu!” A stout dragon creature flew in front of Lorenia’s group and let loose what’s known as a Hyperbeam* right into the Shade – the Shade swung itself lazily, and the shadows faded back placidly –
“That’s, one of creatures that Ash brought back with him,” said Vincent –
“Aero!” cried a bird-like rocky pokémon, “Aerodactyl!” – and knocked a sneaking heartless off the building where Lorenia’s group stood –
“Hey we’ve got extra reinforcements!” Shonen Bat pointed, and Lorenia’s group looked to where his eye was caught, and several alley ways full of Emotionless were getting taken out by another flowing faucet full of –
“Those creatures, they didn’t turn into Emotionless!” said Vincent.
“The pokémon!” added Lorenia happily – A Salamence and Flygon joined the Dragonite before Lorenia’s group and all fired Hyperbeam* at the Shade which sank as if it had been deflated –
“Bop-boruuuuuu!”
“At least they’ll provide some us with relief, we can focus at least on how to cripple this Emotionless into submission,” said Genkai.
A trio just behind the pokémon front led the charge. There were two people (who also didn’t turn into Emotionless), a lady with long red hair in a swift long curve, and young man with short faded blue hair, both dressed in white and black with big red “R” on their chest, and one cat-like pokémon who was waving a, a flag with a…pokeball stitched on it …>>; Really it was a bed sheet with the pokeball painted crudely on.
“CHARGE!” They cried – “OOF!”
“Aw they tripped, oh well,” said Shounen Bat as the stampede of pokémon went right over them.
*Fixed Memory* magic is only resurrection magic,* though Lorenia, *So why hasn’t serious damage been dealt to this thing?* –
The Masters felt another murderous wave –
“The arrows are coming back!” yelled Lorenia – the arrows shot, and missed Lorenia’s group, but one hit Dragonite, and it dissolved into ashes –
Lorenia gasped – but her mind took the tragedy for the answer – *Ashes – DUST!* - “Alright,” growled Lorenia gripping her keyblade, “AGNI*!” – twisting white flames blew from Lorenia’s keyblade and encompassed the arm, the arm twisted, and the flames were extinguished along with a white glittery smoke –
“Star Dust*?! This thing had Star Dust*on it?!” gasped Genkai, “No wonder we did such ****** damage to it before!”
“Hey take it from me, Star Dust* is in adequate quantities now-a-days in the Black Markets,” said Shounen Bat.
“Well we can hurt it now,” said Lorenia, and the hand began to retreat into it’s void – “No you don’t! – Stopbregiva*!
The Emotionless sank and froze, but with the white glittery smoke still around it, the magic broke, and it snapped up, quickly snapping each of its fingers in style in a count down –
“Stop it!” –
Vincent shot his gun and Genkai her Rei Gun*, blasting two fingers off – “Northwest Wind*!” – the smoke was blown away, and Shounen Bat leapt up and wacked the hand right on its wrist – the combined attacks putting the Emotionless limp, but the spell had been cast….From the center sky of Tumble-Stop, a big clock appeared in the sky and was paused on 4 minutes catching the Master’s and Deity’s attention in the midst of the melee –
“It’s Death Knell* magic!” yelled Dendjue –
Nefero jabbed his claws into a Stickerz (a heartless that looks like a demonic porcupine), and dodged a laser attack from Deity North; he and Sephiroth took note of the Death Knell* magic, “****, they ain’t playing!” Deity North took this chance to blast Nefero with another laser – BUSSHU – “OW! Hey, why don’t you do something useful and go dispel that!”
“*Our concern is you,” Deity North growled, “*We Deities are immune to Death Knell**” –
“Well your precious Key and Keyblade Masters are not!” spat Nefero, “Want the Masters to die again?!”
Deity West roared and slammed a part of its crystal body at Nefero toppling a building, but he dodged it –
“Alright, with the Death Knell* up, it looks like we’re all going to die anyway Big Cousin, so let me get something off my chest to you Deities,” Nefero’s posture hardened, the air around him intensified as if he had suddenly turned into a bomb, “I just want to congratulate you Deities for your efforts in the murder of the Anime System’s Keyblade Masters.”
Deity North and West stopped, the ambiance of the fight around them filled their silence.
“I know everything about your relationship with the former Masters, how Seritouge was losing their trust, how y’all wanted to help keep them alert of his plans, but most importantly, what happened to them before they faced me – and even for someone like me, I was pissed! I know how you regret not stopping Seritouge, and the lies he spread about what really happened with our fight! Sure, you’re even madder at me for doing the deed, but believe me when I tell you that I regret it! I had no choice! They had no choice! I never wanted to fight them as what Seritouge had turned them into; it was a disgrace for such worthy opponents! And if you ******** had stood up to him and not have turned into his dogs at the perfect hour, I’d be standing here with eight lives instead of nine fat ones – and I much rather have done that and had an honorable fight with the only Masters I had enough respect for!”
A huge explosion sounded off from where Ragiel’s group was and a Darkside and Twilight Thorn went down – the Untouchable gave a roar – Deity East jabbed its tail into the ground, and a pillar of light blasted through the crumpled part of the Untouchable’s head – it kept on truckin’ –
“Take a look at that **** over there!” yelled Nefero, “And oh, take a look over there!” – he pointed to Dendjue’s group which was alive with electricity from Deity South all around as seen from far away – Emotionless were sent flying up and getting barbequed – “And over there!” He pointed to Lorenia’s group who was beating the remaining part of Tumble-Stop’s Emotionless into a gunky pulp – “And lets not forget the newest addition to this fight – “and Nefero pointed to the clock in the sky which was still stuck on 4 Minutes. “Do you see what this has turned into because you allowed yourselves to get under Seritouge’s thumb?”
“*What, do you mean….? You think this chaos is our fault? We are trying to disperse it!*”
“Bull****,” spat Nefero, “Look around you! At least Deity South and East are more mature than you two as they’re taking this chance to make-up for what you all did!”
Another wave of murderous intent came, and this time the arrows hit targets of the charging pokémon –
“You both know who the real enemy is today, and for once it’s not me. I just came by to check up and see how these Masters were when low and behold – look at what this turned into when y’all added your presence for this idiotic grab for the Key! My god! No wonder Tumble-Stop snapped! Didn’t you know how tipsy Tumble-Stop had been? – And I know I’m not escaping any guilt because my presence hurt it too, and I didn’t leave because of my selfish tendencies of wanting to see how these Masters would do with their first Key brawl, but, meh, it turns out they couldn’t handle the job – and I’d like to see who could against a mad WORLD! But at least I’m tyring to make up for that blip by not running away when I had the chance! Even I have somewhat of a conscience when it comes to cleaning up your mess. So Deity North and West, how are y’all gonna make up for your stupidity? Finish the job by trying to kill me and my Big Cousin, OR, wait now, are y’all going to try and redeem your broken respect for the Masters whom you watched walk as they KNOWINGLY went to their deaths when there was no other way? Today is not a good day, try and savor whatever respect for yourself you can from flaming such a ridiculous fight.”
The Deities looked like they still wanted to attack, but they held themselves back….
“And this may sound weird be it coming from me, since I’m like evil and all, but I sincerely feel sorry for Ragiel, Lorenia, Dendjue, Sora, Riku, and Kairi to have been put through this by people that’s supposed to be on their side; I’m a bit jealous this isn’t My Lady’s spectacle. But if y’all are looking for openings as evil doers, I’ll see what I can dig up.”
“The four of you Deities can easily put and end to this fight peacefully,” said Sephiroth, “Two of you are easing the betrayal of the Masters while the both of you can free Tumble-Stop and dispel the Death Knell* magic and the Fixed Memory* magic. Or do you wish to carry out this play?” Nefero and Sephiroth got into their fighting stances, “I guarantee you’ll accomplish a lot less if you chose the latter.”
……Deity North and West looked to one another……With silent understanding, their bodies turned into glowing orbs, and they shot into the ground. Nefero turned to Sephiroth and smiled, “I know what you’re thinking, I should have been a motivational speaker, but you know,” Nefero gave an excited shudder, and his voice darkened, “They can try all they want to save this place, I understand now, this is all meant to be.” He took another side glance at the alleyway with those numbers written on it…The alleyway was crushed, Deity West had smashed into it going after him, *It won’t matter, none of it, hee hee those numbers* -
“6 4 6,” said Sephiroth (Nefero jumped),”I saw them too; odd graffiti art. What do you think the message was?”
Nefero blinked and gave a twisted smile, “A bad day. ‘Before the Seven Siblings, Thantos branded those numbers upon itself, writing in blood and fire – “create whatever laws you may – breed any strength you need – this is my sign – and so what I can be summoned by to burn oceans, break the sky, and drown the lands in corpses”’ – and then the page was torn.”
It sounded more threatening not rhyming.
Sephiroth turned towards Nefero, “This truly is a lucky day for you isn’t it? You find not one, but all three Keyblade Masters assembled, and the location of a Summoning – it’s as if everything is aligning for what is needed - to summon a Gate.”
Nefero’s smile twisted even more, “Luck has nothing to so with it Big Cousin, it is fate. Eros is already on the move, so it was only a matter of time before Thantos would do the same. That Death Knell* magic signifies more than one thing. I may die in the process should Thantos be summoned, but it is a life I am willing to sacrifice just to see the Chrost-Weik Monster with my own eyes.”
Sephiroth smiled, “You’re insane.”
Lugia roared and fired another Areoblast* into the chest of a charging Darkside with Goku’s attack, breaking it in half, shutting it down –
“Weeeeee!” squealed Abiglae riding Lugia’s head – the legend regained itself from the short attack, but the Untouchable (with half a head) rammed its claws through a Twilight Thorn for a chance at the zippy legend –
“Hold on tight!” said Lugia diving out of range just above the vortex – between the legs of another Twilight Thorn and up the side of a Darkside – Deity East wrapped itself around the Untouchable’s arm –
“*Halo!*” a ring of light appeared around the Untouchable’s arm – and closed snapping it off – Deity East simultaneously whipped its ice-blade of a tail at more Emotionless cutting off their limbs as they reached for the speedy Lugia –
“We can’t stop enough for a good attack from everyone!” said Ash –
“I wonder why?!” blurted Faye.
“You all can’t do much anyway till that Shadow Heart comes out!” said Ragiel (still in very pretty yellow), everyone hung on for their lives as Lugia suddenly found itself in front of the Untouchable! – “Holy*!” a pillar of light burst through the Untouchable’s caved chest, Mew let loose a pulse of light from it and opened the hole wider – the Shadow Heart appeared! – Ragiel stood up pointing his keyblade right up in the air with Deity East moving next to him –
“Seven Lights*!” he and Deity East cried, and a torrent of light flowed through Deity East in seven rays shinning through it like spotlights – it’s shinning ice body amplifying the light-like magic – then like a drill, it bore its way to the Shadow Heart of the Untouchable – and down it went! But Deity East didn’t stop there, it drilled through a Darkside, Darkside, Twilight Thorn, Darkside, Twilight Thorn, Twilight Thorn, Darkside, and then finally spazzed out back into water, and its large snakey form; Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Ed were, beyond dizzy….
“*Oh, sorry about that,*” said Deity East. The Emotionless dissipated. The void was silent.
“Whew!” Ragiel huffed catching his breath from the tiring magic, “Looks like this void is done.”
“It is a pure portal of Darkness brought up by Tumble-Stop,” said Deity East, “One could make the allusion that this is depth of Tumble-Stop’s hate.”
“That’s a lot of hate,” said Spike as the group looked down, down, down into the void. Ragiel looked at the Death Knell* clock, it had yet to start….
“Deity East, the Death Knell*” –
“*I know Master Ragiel, but fear not. The spell is incomplete, it is just a stopped clock. I can feel my brethren Deity North and West are on their way to break the magic of the Emotionless: Fixed Memory* magic and the Death Knell* - without the Fixed Memory* magic, this Emotionless will be able to be exercised by Deity North and Tumble-Stop should awaken from its madness.*”
Ragiel had his link open to both Lorenia and Dendjue, *Did you catch that guys?*
*No problem, we’ll keep the Emotionless from completing the Death Knell* then,* said Lorenia, *Although I doubt it can do much now.*
*Sounds good buddy,* and Dendjue relayed the message to the scouts and Deity South who confirmed it; their flow of Emotionless thinning out – or not, the ground began to shake –
“Great, what now?!”
A Rhydon rounded an alley corner and blind tackled a Snap-Shot (a heartless that looked like a walking camera) sending it up into the air only to be stomped down by a landing Garchomp into tiny, tiny bits –
“It’s the pokémon!” said Sailor Jupiter, the stampede finally arrived to their scene!
“Alright gals, looks like we’ve got this fight under control after all,” said Dendjue……..
Missing the gaze of eyes, the clock tripped several seconds, as if something was setting it…Finishing it….. and Deity South and East ran cold sensing the magic shift –
So they’re all ganging up on me, said Tumble-Stop, And you, you’re half dead now.
Avera was on both of his knees, his arms shaking to keep Tumble-Stop’s heart whole; his head slumped down, and his wings, he couldn’t even move them. Avera’s breath ran cold. A red electrical light began to dance around Avera’s legs turning into a red glowing ghost-like cloth that trickled into black fickle fibers…...“Stay away from me,” Avera choked, his wings twitched, and the fickle fibers hissed away, moving towards Tumble-Stop’s heart – Avera couldn’t move!
From afar in the darkness, Deity North and West arrived keeping their orb forms – the black fibers formed into a morbid mouth and bit them back!
You are very silly, I am attacking people and you won’t let me die. It’s because there are people on me. You must feel horrible, if you let go of my heart, everyone will die with me, if you don’t let go, I will kill everyone. You think they can save me? What they have done to me? I have yet to show my deepest anger! I’ll make them pay, I will bury them all with the Key they wanted so much. They will all hear me now! They’ll hear me scream! My voice is emotionless!!
A powerful pulse came from the Emotionless arm, and knocked Lorenia and her group back flat against a building – Genkai crashing through a window! The Flora-aura* was dispelled.
Lorenia pushed herself up, “Guys!” – she felt a short burst of that ever murderous intent, but it was not arrows this time – the gunky mess of an arm that was left began to shake as if it was having a seizure – it split in two! – and out emerged completely with the void closing up behind it, was a strange shadowy bulk, that pulsed like flesh with red streaks and dark veins –
Look! Look!
“Holy sh-cow, what is that?!” blurted Shonen Bat. The black bulk gave a pulse – and the Death Knell* clock started!
“The clock!” screamed Ragiel –
“*Tumble-Stop finished it!*” cried Deity East – The murderous intent sang like a wicked song – five seconds were suddenly subtracted from the clock – and Ragiel caught sight of the subtracted time counting down right under them in ghostly numbers– …3…2 – Deity East reached over to Lugia –! BOOM!
Dendjue’s group were blinded by the powerful explosion that threw them all clean across the Central Square and on their backs, the fiery eruption looking like a mini nuclear explosion, the fire intense, the heat suffocating –
“Oh my god!”
“Ragiel!”
Deity South intensified the protective magic around Dendjue’s group and not a moment too soon, as they looked up and saw Lugia falling towards them with the watery body of Deity East covering it – they were too close – ! – BASH! Lugia crashed into the ground, just missing the group – Deity East splashed out everywhere, knocking Emotionless and pokémon alike back – passengers sprawled out like rag dolls; Reflearo* ended.
Dendjue opened his eyes to a timer above – 3…2…1 – Dendjue flinched, but the numbers froze, and the main Death Knell* clock froze as well….”Deities…..”
The pokémon not injured immediately went to guard the unconscious passengers and Deity South threw up a powerful Thunder Barrier* rendering it motionless around the crash sight.
“Holy **** they just got owned,” said Nefero – and gave a laughter slightly laced with insanity, “Where are the Deities Big Cousin?” Nefero gave a toothy grin – “Come on Big Cousin, let’s go to the void, to the depths of a ravaged mind – the tunnel to the Chrost-Weik!”
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Separate Strands: Tumble-Stop’s Voice
Deity East recovered itself up from the ground and turned into drips of healing rain allowing the unconscious to regain themselves. Abigale was helped up by a Chansey and Sailor Venus; her puppy happily barking. Spike and Faye pushed themselves up, and Ed latched onto them both; Pharaoh was helped up by Sailor Moon; Goku helped Chi-Chi and Bulma up. Lugia stumbled up with the help of several pokémon, and Suicune was helped the same way. Dendjue propped Ragiel to sit up with a protective arm around him, he was coming around just a bit more slowly; his Drive Form with Pikachu ended.
“Thank goodness you’re all okay,” said Sailor Moon.
The smoke from the explosion cleared, and Deity East raised itself, “*Amazing, Bebop is still there. That is an amazing barrier.*”
“Wish we were in there,” mumbled Faye.
Dendjue looked up at Deity South and Deity East, “You all saved us.” Several tears came down from Deity East. “Those are raindrops yes?”
“*Yes (*sniff*).*”
Ash was not helped up by any pokémon, but Pikachu was by his side, “Pikachu…Huh?”
“Well James, it looks like our secret is out,” said a lady-like voice.
“Looks so Jesse,” said a proud (dopey) male voice – Ash pushed himself away and spun around –
“Te-Team Rocket?!”
“Hi!” they singed –
“Heh heh! Long time no see!” said the cat-like pokémon next to them……..>>;
“Wha, but, ha – how – HOW?!”
“Now’s really not the best time to explain,” said Jessie, “But let’s just say that one of the pokémon you rescued, a Kangaskhan to be exact, was kind enough to let us hide in its pouch for safety.”
“And it was awfully sticky!” said James.
*Ew…*
“But – where – how long have y’all been here!?”
“Not that long, a little while before, um dat kid with the key-swordie came,” said Meowth, “Pikachu knew our secret because it, eh, spotted us, and shocked us, but we asked for it to not tell.” Ash looked to Pikachu and Pikachu blushed. “We didn’t wanna be a burden on ya, we don’t exactly have a great past being enemies for so long ya know, and you were tryin’ so hard to save what you could of our world – we didn’t want to distract ya.”
“We rooted for you all the way,” said Jesse holding up what was left of their little flag (a rag).
“Pika, pika,” *They’re telling the truth Ash, we may have a bad background together, but we’re from the same world. I had to keep their secret, they were sincere, and they kept their promise to leave you alone.*
From the rain, it was hard to tell if Ash was showing much emotion except surprise from seeing Team Rocket; he wasn’t the only human who made it out afterall, maybe… - Ash frowned, *Why did it have to be Team Rocket?* Okay, so their past still affected Ash a bit, but Team Rocket looked like they were about to start bawling at any moment; the rain stopped.
“Lorenia,” Ragiel coughed, “Where’s Lorenia?” –
“Ragiel!”
Ragiel sprang up – *It’s as good as Cure* magic,* thought Dendjue with his kitten smile.
Lorenia was running over with her group right behind her, knocking whatever Emotionless didn’t get out of her way (most Emotionless had already begun to retreat into their portals). Deity South let down the barrier for them to enter and Lorenia glomped both boys, giving a big hug to Dendjue, and another (with a kiss) to Ragiel……>>;
“Mewtwo? Darkrai? – Mew? – Deity East!” said Suicune to the watery blanket above, “We’re missing three! Mewtwo, Darkrai, and Mew!”
”*They were not near Lugia, the explosion was too close, but I was able to encompass them each in a Droplet*; I think they flew somewhere over there,*” said Diety East, a water arrow formed and pointed towards Bebop.
Mewtwo, Mew, and Darkrai, in their Droplets*, were flat against the barrier around Bebop….”Ow. This is a very good barrier,” said Darkrai.
“I agree with you,” said Mewtwo….*Suicune,* he said through his Link*, *We’re fine.* The legends began to peel themselves off, the Droplets* dripping away.
The ghostly number one disappeared over Dendjue, and the Death Knell* clock disappeared as well.
“You guys should have seen it, it was freaky!” said Shounen Bat – “The big Emotionless arm got like cut in half, and this big black fleshy thing came out that looked like a heart! The fleshy heart! (he patted his chest) And then, it gave a beat, and started the Death Knell* clocks – and then came this big *** explosion!”
“Yeah, we were there,” said Spike –
“Then the black heart muscled into itself, and disappeared with an icky popping sound!”
Nefero and Sephiroth looked into the void, seeing a thumping, beating bulge of black flesh…. Their breaths became icy, and Nefero could hardly hold back his excitement –
The legends looked down, and their blood ran cold as underneath the bulging mass, a red, red eye opened filling the void. “This void…..” said Darkrai, “Looks the same as the void that ravaged our world.”
“Minus the black gunky flesh,” squeaked Mew.
Nefero’s claws went to his face – “It’s time!” The black heart gave a profound beat, and Tumble-Stop awoke from its madness to its Emotionless dead before it in a plain of darkness. A red light crawled over the Emotionless and it melted away.
“I’m tired of waiting Tumble-Stop.”
“*AAHHHHHHH!*” – bursting up from the ground were Deity North and West – in flashing, waning lights and crumpled burned crystal – Deity East reformed into its snakey mold –
“*This can’t be!*” – Deity South and East were suddenly caught in bubble world barriers – rugged sharp pillars of metal and stone glowing of red stabbed up from the ground – throwing and cutting everyone about, making a cage around the Masters that curved over them like clasping hands – there was a quick burst of magic from one of them – but it was contained – and the ground beneath the Masters collapsed – !
“DENDJUE!”
“RAGIEL!”
“LORENIA!” –
- the ground closed back up as helping hands reached too late – “******!” Shonen Bat turned into a shadow and raced into the ground after them –
Sephiroth leapt down into the void and slashed at the beating Black Heart, the legends fired their attacks along with his, but the bulge only wiggled, and with a pulse, sent Sephiroth back – it fired black arrows in all directions – Sephiroth and Nefero slipped in their dark portals to a safe distance. Darkrai shielded Mewtwo and Mew against the barrier, turning them into shadows – and they passed through to safety – but Darkrai didn’t.
“Ah, ha ha, it’s been so long since last I’ve walked. Time went by so easily, but then when those numbers were written, each minute was like an eternity of anticipation – I thought someone finally discovered how to summon me!”
“Darkrai!” –
“Come on!” yelled Mewtwo, “What are you – ?”
A wind from below blew the ashes of Darkrai away.
The red light flooded Tumble-Stop’s consciousness replaying its betrayal over and over – all those people – all of them!
No! No! I didn’t do that! I never would have! I love them! I love them! But the red light forcefully opened Tumble-Stop’s mind to the truth, and the voice, continued,
“But no, however at least she knew part of my hidden ritual. Of all the places for my number to get written – it was too perfect – your mental stability was a text-book chapter of people who ultimately walk my path, and my loyal follower had unknowingly already donated her blood, the blood of a murderer, for the ritual of my summoning. Did you know that Tumble-Stop? Did you know what your present all those years ago really was?”
My, my present…..?
“You loved it so! You did as she asked, you never let it wipe away, when only someone with some soap and a brush could have ended this massacre from the start!”
No – ! Tumble-Stop was beside itself, Ahhugh! – OH NO, NO! – you’re – !
“To activate my summon, you need the proper blood of a murder, and the proper blood of an innocent dropped on my numbers, but according to the game, I couldn’t tell her this, but I didn’t give up hope. And then the stars aligned. New Keyblade Masters arrived – fresh blood! And my opportunity to activate my summon was set in motion when your darkened heart had spawned an Emotionless. Then I knew, your mentality was at its brink, but I needed more from you – your heart still held on to your inhabitants, your trustees. And I began to think….How can I play this into my hands? I have but limited movement in the physical realm without being summoned, but it was movement enough. Your Emotionless finally emerged to confront a young Keyblade Master, and was defeated. The wild Emotionless wanted power, so they merely learned how to use Fixed Memory* magic. It was up to them on who they wanted to revive.”
Avera opened his eyes, and found himself on the ground away from Tumble-Stop’s heart, broken into four pieces, but surrounded by red and black cloth with red electrical light.
“My beautiful Riders, they wanted that Master so much, it was up to them on where they should beckon for him. A Key was born, and it was up to it where it should go. Your Emotionless, the confrontation of the Riders, and now the fight for the Key – all of it was to drive your heart to me!”
NO!
“I have your body now Tumble-Stop, you have become so wicked, I could officially seep into you as the game rules allow, and now I think I shall take a walk.”
The ground burst up near the alley the young Lady stopped by so long ago, and Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue had their arms (hands forever gripped with their blades), and legs caught in rock as they were held spread eagle on rubble pillars – Shounen Bat arrived with them – “Hang on!” –
“Oh no, you will just get in the way” – and a world barrier was sprung up around them – pushing Shonen Bat back –
*SEPHIROTH!*
Sephiroth wasted no time and used his portal to reach Shounen Bat; Nefero was left on his back laughing maniacally, “It tickles! It tickles! It tickles! HA HA HA HAHAAAA!”
Sephiroth arrived on the scene in time to see electricity, red electricity, from the world barrier zap the Masters senseless – their screams sent as if on speaker to all of Tumble-Stop – the torture stopping only when Sephiroth stabbed Masamune into the barrier, the electricity redirecting to him, taking it while trying to push his weapon through.
“Come on! Come on!” Shounen Bat cheered – a black blur ran by him slicing open his side – and Sephiroth turned around to grab the throat ending in gaping teeth of Nefero, but Nefero used his momentum and lunged forward – biting right into Sephiroth’s side, and shook his head wildly; Shounen Bat tried to get in there and help as his side closed up (despite what reasoning told him) but Nefero, through his mouth cast –
“Shatter-Dreka*!” and blew Shounen Bat back; Sephiroth’s focus was forced off of the Masters –
“Now, with that taken care of, let’s see…..” emerging up from the rubble on a black rusted metal pole was a perfect slab of rock with the numbers of the Chrost-Weik, 6 4 6; it was held up to the Masters, barely conscious; another metal pole rose up from rubble with a blade of glass attached roughly to the end in crushed metal; the pole with the glass began to sway, then shifted to each Master in the increments of a word from a rhyme: “Eenie, meenie, minie, moe, catch, a, tiger, by, the, toe, if, he, hollers, let, him, go, eenie, meeni, minie –” the glass sliced open all three Masters on their ne –
“OH NO!” screamed Shounen Bat – the Masters slumped down; their Keyblades disappearing…
“Ooh such good flows, lets try you,” the numbers were placed under Sora’s body, no reaction, “Okay now you,” the numbers were placed under Riku’s body, no reaction, “Then that leaves” – CRACK!
A shuriken was tossed, and shattered the rubble piece of the numbers –
Nefero and Shonen Bat’s mouths dropped, and Sephiroth spotted a man in a white cloak inside the world barrier – “He has a Light Cloak!” Nefero and Shonen Bat cried; the world barrier was dropped; Sephiroth slashed the shocked Nefero back –
“Defilbreo*!”
BA–BUMP.
Their wounds closed, their bodies healed, and the Master’s eyes snapped open. Sora, Riku, and Kairi were back in mind discovering their new position, which was more than a shock (crappy reunion if I say so) no words could come out! – Kairi saw red all over her front, a glass blade across from her, and then Nefero barred his smiling dripping teeth at her – she fainted……47…46…45…
Sora and Riku’s viens burned with adrenaline upon seeing Nefero – *YOU!* and something deep within them both aligned – a twin bolt unlike any other Thunder* magic struck the ground where Nefero once was, the bolt still close enough to singe his fur –
*Holy* Elemental magic?! Them!?* - “Hey – you guys just sit tight!” yelled Shonen Bat –
“SIT TIGHT?! GET US OUT!”
Sora and Riku called their blades, however with their bodies still bound, that’s about all they could do as they tried to rip themselves out – their strength suddenly left them – and they slumped down again, blades barely in hand –
“Dammit I told y’all to sit tight!”
The bolts were little deterrence to Nefero’s target – “*******!” Nefero roared and lunged at the man in the Light Cloak, but Sephiroth stuck his sword right through Nefero’s neck – the man threw another shuriken into Nefero’s forehead – and Sephiroth swung Nefero with Masamune through the side of building. Nefero coughed, growling and snarling from the hole, he leapt out and scratched the shuriken off like a child.
A wave of murderous intent, like none felt before, filled all of Tumble-Stop. Mewtwo and Mew on the other side of the Bebop barrier saw the beating black flesh pulse faster and faster –
Avera tried to push himself up, but he was spent. Tumble-Stop’s heart was being forcefully held together in the grip of the Chrost-Weik……He felt a hand touch the side of his face, and stroke his hair, “Thank-you Mr.Seraph for trying to keep me alive, but, I’m afraid I can’t be saved, and don’t worry, everyone will be fine, I promise.” Avera’s eyes blurred, and he saw a ghostly figure walk towards Tumble-Stop’s heart… - it took up a feather which turned into odd rod light, a great beastly shadow behind it….
“YOU DESPICABLE HUMANS I WILL PUNISH YOUR ACTIONS USING THEIR BODIES AS MORTAR FOR YOUR GRAVES!” – a tomb of rubble rose all around Sora, Riku, and Kairi – !
The rod of light was jabbed through Tumble-Stop’s heart and it shattered – the black beating flesh exploded – the tomb of rubble crumbled – and a breathless gasp hissed throughout the town…..The pillars holding Sora, Riku, and Kairi – crumbled – Sora and Riku landed on their knees, and caught Kairi, both looking up in time to see –
3…2…1 –
“Stopbrega*!” – Shounen Bat had raced over, placed his hands on the Master’s head while casting the magic – and both Masters were now frozen, face forward; minds blank. “Whew…that, was close,” he said through a nervous smile, “They still have their Protections*.”
Nefero glared, and slunked away into an alleyway, *You always ruin my fun*, Nefero spat through his Link* to Sephiroth.
An empty wind blew throughout Tumble-Stop. The void before Bebop closed, and the sky, looked strangely glossy, as how eyes would look as dead……
Deity South and Deity East were released from the bubble world barriers. The first person Deity South saw was Bulma grasping her chest, shaking. When Tumble-Stop was free of its madness, a door was opened between its heart, and its inhabitants’ like a welcoming wave; they heard everything between it, and the Chrost-Weik…….Everything.
“The Masters!”
Sephiroth slipped into his portal –
“Hey, where are you going?!” said Shonen Bat, and about two seconds later, Sephiroth slipped back out with Avera unconscious over his shoulder.
“Tumble-Stop’s heart is shattered.”
Shonen Bat jumped, but, “Then, why isn’t everything, I don’t know, not collapsing into oblivion?”
Sephiroth inhaled, “Just as the Chrost-Weik can seep into someone who does a profoundly wicked act, Yahena, can enter someone who does an incredible noble act; Tumble-Stop killed itself to prevent Thantos from being summoned, and saved us all.”
(*Blink*) “That one act was all it took?” said Shounen Bat (obviously missing the impact of the situation), “I guess it was a big act, but still, Tumble-Stop murdered all those other people that trusted their lives to it by living here.”
“It was an act enough,” said Sephiroth, “I wouldn’t think Yahena would want Thantos running around, however the choice Tumble-Stop made was pure. It realized what had become of it and made that choice to save the survivors left.”
Shounen Bat eyes looked away, and he rubbed his chest a little.
“What’s wrong?”
…..“Nothing….All the people I dealt with before, they all wanted a way out, but Tumble-Stop….Aside from it being a world and all, wanted to do its own revenge, and its own redemption. Those people never asked for help. Maybe that was Tumble-Stop’s problem too.”
“It never had to. ‘Help’ was always given to it because Tumble-Stop was thought incompetent of taking care itself. The final two acts of its life, though on extreme ends of the Natures, were acts of Tumble-Stop and Tumble-Stop alone.”
The man in the Light Cloak walked over to the Masters, “How long do you plan on keeping them like this?”
“Until they’re far away from one another,” said Sephiroth, “Their Protections* are on the verge of becoming void if acknowledged contact is kept any further.”
“They don’t look comfortable,” said the man waving his hand in front of the unresponsive faces.
“Fine then,” said Shonen Bat, he tapped the side of his bat to his head, and the Masters fell down, Sora and Riku’s eyes closing and the man in the Light Cloak caught the bunch.
A portal of red and light appeared next to the cloaked man, and Isetzue stepped out catching the sight of them passed out and red down all their fronts –
“Izzy,” said Sephiroth, “They’re fine.”
“Hey Sephiroth,” said Shonen Bat remembering the scary kill stroke of the glass, ”I thought you said if Sora died, I’d dissapear!”
“Sora didn’t die, Lorenia did, again.”
“Oh, that sucks,” said Shounen Bat lightly.
Sephiroth made a gathering hand gesture and the red gathered off their clothes and sucked itself into disappearance –
The man in the Light Cloak watched the magic – then spotted someone rounding a corner of rubble – a Pidgeot flew over, “Piiiiiigeooooo!”
“They’re over here!” yelled Spike spotting the group, and the collected group with the surviving pokémon raced towards them,
“Kinda late,” Shounen Bat mocked.
Mewtwo and Mew were still by Bebop.
SONG: YouTube - LOST - Life And Death (Just let it play T.T)
A strange feeling spread throughout all of Tumble-Stop…..The light feeling of an intense mature realization, gentle, but mature…..
“Everyone…..Everyone can you hear me?”
Everything was still, everyone was still……….Bulma stepped up, “Tum, Tumble-Stop….?” The air was turning cold.
….“Everyone, I am so, so, sorry, for everything, I put you through.”….
“Bring Darkrai back!” yelled Mewtwo, his eyes blurry; Mew dripped thick tears from its face bending its ears down in agony.
“You didn’t know what you were doing!” shouted Serena; lie of comfort. “The Chrost-Weik’s confession to you went through all our hearts! We all felt it!”
The feeling wavered heavily – “You’re wrong… this is what is right. It’s over, my time is up; you’re all safe now, that much I can offer to you all.”
“Bring them back…” Mewtwo’s voice was barely above a whisper as he tried to hold his emotions in; they leaked through his eyes –
“You were our home!” Bulma cried; lies of comfort. The pokémon wailed with her.
“I am not a home. I’m just Tumble-Stop. Just a stepping stone, towards, your path back home.”
There was a silent heartbeat that tickled everyone’s heart. Mewtwo bent over….”Where is home?”
Oh the bond between a world and its inhabitants is so sacred…..yet so feeble.
The man in the Light Cloak looked at the Master’s faces as they slept, and through their sleep, were tears…..
“At least I can still say, my deepest wish, is for all of you to return to your true homes, somehow, I believe all of you can do it, just believe, that there is a way. I am no one to grieve over, but use me as an example; don’t you ever give into despair or anger, or hatred –“
A light appeared underneath everyone.
“This is my gift to you people for putting up with me. This is my….”
The feeling was gone. The sky became dark.
“Tumble-Stop – !” the light teleported them all away……
“My Master, you are safe.”
Sora snapped awake, he was aboard Bebop, surrounded by all his friends plus Abigale and her puppy, and the man in the Light Cloak with his hood down (although his face was still covered by a tight navy-blue mask that reached down his neck, and his forehead protector with a type of leaf symbol was slouched over his left eye).Team Rocket was an added surprise in a corner; Sephiroth was by Sora, and a whole lotta pokémon flooded everywhere else. But Isetzue, Avera, Riku, Kairi, and Ein, and….Darkrai were absent.
Ed popped up and looked deep into his eyes, (*blink*), “Sora? They were all saying you were possessed or something – ”
“It’s me Ed” – GLOMP – “Oof!”
“Before you start,” said Sephiroth to Sora, “Riku and Kairi are away, and alright.” Sora blinked letting that sink in and Sephiroth turned to Vincent and Genkai; Vincent using himself as more of a barrier, “The memories from his time as Lorenia will come back soon enough. If it is any consolation, the sacrifice the Anime Masters left this time is actually useful.” Consolation? That was more like a taunt really, and before tensions broke, Sephiroth slipped away into his portal.
“Thank-you for hearing him out,” Shounen Bat mustered up from his gut (really it was more like a stand off), “Everything he said and before was true, the proof is Sora right here when he gets those memories back; there should be a few Easter eggs in there, but there’s a funeral right now I think you wanna attend.”
Which one?
Shounen Bat pointed his bent bat to the windows, and an Arcanine whined looking through them. Attention was turned outside; reluctantly.
Sora went up to the windows with everyone else, and saw the body of Tumble-Stop slowly breaking down….Tumble-Stop’s body kept chiseling away into broken bits….and finally became as dust among the stars. The silence was never broken, until, Sora’s hands began to sink down the window…Ed leaned her head up against him, stabilizing him, and Sora let his head thud against the glass. Then, like clock work with Sephiroth’s prediction, Sora’s hand went to the side of his head – he felt like he was floating, and the memories were flooding back, memories through Lorenia’s possession; laced with sadness. He stepped in place, disoriented, but Shounen Bat grabbed the back of his clothes. “Let it all come back, this is important.” Shounen Bat turned to Vincent and Genkai, “Interrogate him now if you want.” But Shounen Bat’s offer was ignored.
Sora’s heart ached so much from a million different reasons; it hurt…His hands couldn’t grab the glass...One more reason was added as he heard Ed sniffing sadly behind him,
“Ein,” she managed to say.
A Pelipper walked up to them both and opened its mouth, and out popped –“EIN!”
“Where have you been?!” blurted Jet.
There was something in Ein’s mouth, a folded piece of paper; Abigale’s puppy barked.
“Oh! That’s the thing that my puppy told Ein to go get,” said Abigale, “He’s sorry, he thought it was a good idea at the time.”
Ed took the paper and unfolded it, “It’s a picture” – Bulma gasped, and Ed handed it to her.
Bulma took one look at the picture and froze, with her hand traveling over mouth.
The picture was crooked, it contained her, Goku, Chi-Chi, Vincent, the Scouts, a blushing Yugi, and a ticked off Genkai and Ash glaring with one another with Pikachu trying to calm them down. They were in front of Lookout Tower; in the corner of the picture was a blurry finger.
“What is that picture of?” asked Ed; Bulma couldn’t speak, so Vincent did.
“This little boy, said the searchers should have a picture of themselves in case one of them went missing so he could put it on the Calling Wall for everyone to go look for them. We were all close by, Chi-Chi had dropped by from Tokieo Town, so she stepped in, and Serena dragged in Yugi who so happened to be walking by, and we just took a group photo for him. This was near the anniversary when, when the Lookout Tower was established, so Bulma requested a copy, and sent it to Tokieo Town” –
“With the message,” Bulma forced herself to say as her eyes burned, “We love it here….”
At the time, it was a joke, but now those words held so much more sentiment…..
Bulma gave a big sigh and quickly handed the picture to Goku; she couldn’t hold it anymore, it burned, but Goku gave it back to her with his hand holding hers and the photo softly together; Chi-Chi put her hand over Goku’s, then came Genkai’s hand, Vincent’s, Ash’s, Pikachu’s little paw, Yugi’s, Sora’s, Ed’s (finger), and finally Serena represented the scouts. The last piece of Tumble-Stop embraced by them all.
Sora heard Donald and Goofy in his head, “All for one and one for all!” He smiled.
SONG: YouTube - Beauty and the Beast Music Video - Falling Slowly
Abigale waved to the empty sky, “Bye bye Tumble-Stop, we’ll remember. No matter how long it was your life touched us, we’ll uphold your wish and remember as what you were made into, and what you really became when you saved us.”
The empty sky was silent; only innocent stars twinkled back.
I don’t know you, but I want you, all the more for that….
Shounen Bat pursed his lips, *They don’t even realize….*
Words fall through me, and always fool me, and I can’t react…
I know how to play the game too Thantos….
And games that never amount to more than they’re meant, will play themselves, out…
The engines of Bebop revved up; turns out the password was of the new programs, a programmed safety response when the ship didn’t sense anyone capable of running it….
“Run that by me again Bulma,” said Jet.
Take this sinking boat, and point it home –
We’ve still got ti~me
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice,
You’ve make it no~w….
Sephiroth placed the unconscious Avera in a white bed.
Falling slowly, eyes that know me, and I can’t go back…
Riku awoke to Isetzue’s observant gaze.
Moods that take me, and erase me, and I’m painted black…
Kairi awoke upon soft wet grass.
Well you have suffered enough, and warred with yourself, it’s time that you, won –
“KAIRI!” –
“Where are we going?” asked Ed.
Jet and Bulma pointed to a new world on the System Map.
Take this sinking boat, and point it home –
We’ve still got ti~me
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice,
You’ve made it no~w
“Onwards!” piped Ed.
Falling slowly – sing your melody –
I’ll sing it lou~d –
“So, you’re the Key,” said Genkai to Abigale, “At least that’s what Sephiroth told us.”
Abigale blinked; her puppy barked.
“I know who you were before,” said Genkai, “And you’ll be protected with our lives.” Vincent walked up and nodded.
Abigale gave a little laugh, “I try to protect you too,” she winked. “There are many dangers out there, some closer than you think.”
“I know,” said Genkai; she wanted to find out from Sora if a certain memory was left by Lorenia...
From afar in Hollow Castle, Nefero walked into the room where his Missus and South Light were; South Light ran up and hugged him, and he nudged her back.
A place for everyone, and everyone in their place, no more bumping and tumbling and falling, the path is set as sound as sand; the only thing firm is the people upon it, and where they intend to go. Separate strands all stroked in the same direction.
The beautiful winged beast flew in a starry form underneath and over Bebop.
END CHAP
Augh, I know these deaths were dealt with so coldly, but given the situation, >_<, grr I think I walked on ice the whole way…..Sorry.
Grr! What took so long was that I had written like a billion drafts of this story…..So yeah……I thought that would help, but it only made the process go slower >>; And I didn’t want another mess up like how I did with the Confrontation of the Riders…..Tropical Storm Edouard gave me a day off from Summer Session so I was able to get a lot done on the chappie. It brushed past where I live, which was fun <- sarcasm. The news reporters are so silly sometimes in trying to play up a storm – one even put his microphone to his umbrella and said “Listen to the rain pound.”…. It was sprinkling.
-_-
And so ends Chapter 28! *Dies*
Do y’all feel sorry for Tumble-Stop? It’s the first tragic character to take the scene….It’s story was practically shoved down y’all throats though >>; Sorry.
Also I know Darkrai’s death was kind of overlooked, sorry about that too, and the Anime Masters, well what can I say?….And yes, I might as well say it now since I didn’t in the story, but if I drew this in manga form you would know with his hood down – okay, the guy in the Light Cloak, that is Kakashi!
Thanks for reading guys –
Peace and Cloverfield!
“Ash, death, is a *****” – Pikachu in AMV Hell 3 (I think…could be 4)
BTW, am I really that easy to read?…..>>; D’oh >_<
Oh my god I can’t believe on how hard this chapter was to write – why?! >>; Well here it is, finally – FINALLY! >o< After a billion re-writes and checking, and a week late……The boiling point is reached, and there is only one sound solution to put an end to this fiasco on poor Tumble-Stop…….Violence!….To back up my argument – in the words of the late great Richard Geni, “I didn’t say it was the best solution (violence he means) – but it’s A solution.”
The chappie is insanely long (‘cause I want it to end dangit!), so please be prepared with cookies, milk, and maybe some tissues; well you can leave the tissues…….*pokes heart* Please feel something >_<
WAH! I had to cut out so much of the Snap-Shot ownage T.T
NOTE: Click on the underline pokémon name to see what they look like :3 - troubleshoot all the links if need be, they should work, I checked them (including songs)
Disclaimer: Cursing…..:x
Disclaimer: Fun images that dance around the harsh truth when you’re stabbed by something sharp
Disclaimer: Life and Death instrumental from the show Lost by Micheal Giacchino, and Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the movie Once – are coming to attack you! RUN!
I hope y’all listen to the songs; songs are mainly there as an emotion tickler – tickle tickle! Or annoyance….
Fixed Memory* magic….? Nefero mentioned it some time ago…..
Pointers: The bad peoples have a black teleporting cloak…..Hmmmmmmmm.
Pointers: There are other ways of calling a Gate besides the Key….
Pointers: Star Dust are the ashes of dead Keyblade Masters
Ch. 28 Separate Strands Part: F….F for finale!!!
“I can’t live this life, without you by my side, I need you to survive – !
So sta~y with me…You look in my eyes – and I’m screaming inside - !” – Evanescence, Forgive Me
“It's a thief in the night to come and grab you,
It can creep up inside you, and consume you,
A disease of the mind, it can control you
It's, too, close – for – comfort –“ Rihanna, Disturbia
“Je suis désolée…
Lo siento,
Ik ben droevig…
Sono spiacente…
Perdóname….” – Madonna, Sorry
Universal World: Tumble-Stop – En route -> WTF?! We’re going to another world?.....Yes! Yes we are! Ha-he-Ho!
The water of the Lady of Red’s fountain turned murky, and the reception from Tumble-Stop became difficult; South Light played nervously with her hair as the ripples gave a disturbing impression of Tumble-Stop’s sanity.
“Are you worried South Light? There is no need to feel scared for your brother,” said the Lady of Red, “You should be happy. The Chrost-Weik is moving, can’t you feel it?” The Lady’s eyes grew wide with excitement, turning into violet slits, her mouth a sharp grin, “The Monster is stirring from its slumber.”
So I am.
“…This is a bad day for everyone.”
So it is.
I can’t do this anymore – !….. And so everything on me deserves to die –
So it shall it be.
Eros, the beautiful winged beast of Yahena, looked on at the fight in a form merged with the physical plain, “My Master, I have chosen you, I have chosen to protect you…But, I cannot enter this fight, not until….It is too late..…..”
“Auto defense active,” said a voice from the ship.
“I know,” replied Jet tensely, “But we don’t want to draw attention to ourselves,” he spoke to the ever persistent screen that began blinking the urgency of a need for a password; the sight beyond the windows turning ever more threatening. “I guess, there’s no escaping this.”
There was an uneasy silence amongst all the fighters as they looked at the mortal barrier encompassing all of Tumble-Stop. The long decapitated neck, and severed arm, slowly, stretched out of their voids, turning into grey thick liquids that blew way like ash; the voids sealed up behind them back into a regular setting sky.
Dendjue looked to the empty alley way entrances, then at the ground where the Emotionless’ head had been absorbed…….*I’m so sorry it had to come to this Tumble-Stop…….*
“Dendjue…what do you mean everyone’s gone…?” asked Sailor Moon slowly.
…..“By calling its own Emotionless to it, (“It’s own Emotionless?!”) merging itself with it, Tumble-Stop’s condition has turned people that lived here into Emotionless themselves; those not strong enough to resist.” The Scouts gasped. “It has done the deepest act of betrayal a world can employ.”
“But, I didn’t feel anything,” said Sailor Moon touching her chest.
“No, you wouldn’t even have known it had happened, such is the connection of a world with its inhabitants.”
*Dendjue,* came Ragiel’s voice through his Memory Link*, *There’s not anyway to save those people is there?*
*No,* replied Dendjue quickly, he felt Lorenia tap in,
*Dendjue, I think we’re up against the main part of this monster, it reacted signifying the corruption* -
*Then it’s up to you to take it down Lorenia; we’re grounded with Deites.*
*Got it.*
*Be careful Love,* said Ragiel, and the Links were sent into remission.
“What’s the verdict?” asked Genkai to Lorenia; they were on guard, but the arm, which now looked to be manipulating invisible strings, totally ignored the fighters before it.
“Tumble-Stop has called it’s own Emotionless to it. This is the epicenter of the beast,” said Lorenia,
“It would be,” said Shounen Bat looking at the ruins of Lookout Tower, “The place where Tumble-Stop had its deepest connection with all its people, what made it important.”
“But this arm,” said Vincent, “It’s as if it is immortal. It may look a little different now, but I’m positive, it’s the arm of the Two-Face that was destroyed before when Sora first arrived. And this thing claiming what it is, is a Unique Emotionless, those are one-of-a-kind; this must be Fixed Memory* magic, and anything with it can never truly by destroyed.”
With that deduction, Lorenia, Vincent and Genkai understood the impending situation: (Unique Emotionless (one born from someone) + Fixed Memory* Magic (a reviving magic….) to the power of Tumble-Stop snapping and calling its practically invincible Emotionless – getting itself corrupted = an un-yielding nightmare.
Shounen Bat just moaned, yeah he understood too, but he was more or less annoyed at the entire situation, “And all of this started with that stupid Key,” he said.
Tee hee.
“Considering we’re still alive, it hasn’t fallen into the wrong hands yet,” said Genkai, “We’re playing Russian Roulette with time.”
“Don’t lose hope,” said Lorenia, “We’ll get through this” –
Three screams cut the air as potently as the sharp moan before – all the groups alerted of their plight –
Two of the three screams caught Goku in particluar – “Chi-Chi! Bulma!” –
Spike and Faye twisted themselves back –
“Oh no” –
“Ed!”
Deity East, lazily stretched its tail in front of Lugia as if to block it’s path – “*I am your problem.*” It turned the sharp side of its ice blade towards Lugia.
“I don’t suppose you’re really gonna uphold that promise to Isetzue no?” asked Nefero to Sephiroth, “They sound like they need help.”
“They’ll be fine,” said Sephiroth.
Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter took off towards the scream – the other scouts covering them should Deity South attack, but it didn’t –
“*I am not concerned with you,*” said Deity South positioning itself at Dendjue who flicked his wrist – snow flakes sputtered out, and Deity South sputtered electricity.
“Sucks to be them,” said Shounen Bat, and that was enough for Goku – he put two fingers to his forehead and teleported –
“Hey Deity East!” yelled Ragiel, “You’re aiming at the wrong spot – my back is over here!”
Deity East looked like it shuddered, and cocked its head – *Now’s our chance* - Darkrai turned shadow touching Suicune, turning her into a shadow as well – Suicune leapt off of Lugia (who still kept its ground to Deity East) through the ice blade tail!
To those sensitive enough – a wave of murderous intent crashed into their minds – the Masters couldn’t – had no time to react –
A black arrow shot up from the ground like a blur for each of the attempted rescuers; part of Sailor Mars’ skirt was struck; the front of Goku’s clothes were clipped (as he appeared in his location); Darkrai and Suicune as a shadow were struck with the arrow passing through, and were knocked back into their physical forms with red electricity paralyzing them – Mewtwo grabbed them with his psychic powers, but another black arrow shot and hit part of Suicune’s flowing mane from the kick-back of being caught by Mewtwo; where the three were touched, parts of her hair, his clothes, and her mane, dissinigrated –
*Those arrows, were they from Tumble-Stop?!* thought Dendjue as Sailor Mars and Jupiter were stopped in their tracks –
“What was that?!”
“Goku!” Bulma cried – Bulma, and Chi-Chi holding Ed were all the way backed up against the opposite building in Entrance Alley as the Emotionless emerged from a dark doorway right across from them. Teeth barred with white and black gunk, this heartless looked like a hell-hound – a large 5 foot hell hound – with the heartless emblem on its forehead. It’s tail was pure black wispy flames and it’s back suddenly caught on fire along with its legs. Goku put himself between the heartless and the girls in his fighting stance –
“I never seen this one before” –
The Fire Fang opened its mouth, it’s tongue slithered out with the head of a snake, and hiss-snarled –
Deity North and West turned restless – “*This world has turned on us,*” said Deity West, “*We will bury you both with it.*”
“Not if you don’t get buried first!” said Nefero like a first-grader – a black arrow shot up and hit Deity West right in its crystal “head” (which was really just the highest peak of rushed crystal) – “HA!”
Deity West’s head grew back.
“Crap, that’s right, y’all bodies are magic” –
From within the silent structures of Tumble-Stop, Heartless and Nobodies crawled out – breaking through windows, knocking open doors – the same alleyway Dendjue snuck a peek at, was now dripping in Emotionless after Emotionless – all alleyways becoming faucets. The main piece of the Tumble-Stop’s Emotionless wove its fingers intricately, and all the Emotionless were suddenly given the same sway in their crooked and smooth walks – they were searching for prey, and the groups were too obvious with their beating hearts going faster and faster –
Deity East moved it’s body, splitting its focus on the ground below getting covered in Emotionless, and its ice-blade tail at Lugia.
“Bebop – !” but the Emotionless were staying clear of it….*Well, good enough…*
Mewtwo placed Suicune and Darkrai back on Lugia, the red electricity keeping them from moving much, “Curaga*,” said Ragiel and the red electricity was gone. “Stay calm everyone,” he added.
Deity East sent its body into a hover, rising as the ground became flooded with darkness and yellow eyes. Pharaoh and Yugi switched spirits; Spike and Faye cocked their guns – Mew and Pikachu growled with Abigale’s puppy and Mewtwo charged an Aura Sphere* in his hand. Darkrai narrowed his eyes on the darkness….
“Safeguard*,” said Ash and Lugia put up the defense.
“Ash, can I borrow Pikachu?” asked Ragiel.
“Uh, oh – sure!” –
“Pi-KA!”
Ragiel swung his now glowing blade single handedly over and under his palm in a circle – Pikachu disappeared in a single ripple of light and Kairi’s dress in a singe of light turned into a frilly yellow one with a big bow in the back; her hair went up in yellow bow, and a wrist corsage decorated in Day Lilies, Moonbeams, Daisies, and Yellow Roses appeared where Kairi’s bracelet was. Ragiel looked at himself….. “Man….I just had to help her…..” – a second Keyblade with metal catching electric designs appeared in Ragiel’s free hand; one blade now pointed to Deity East, and one to the black tide below.
“Auto defense active.”
So Bebop was fine, hurray, but those that screamed…..Spike and Faye felt a pang as they watched the Emotionless – *There’s no way…*
A plume of flames erupted in Entrance Alley – “Ed!” –
“Look!”
From the flames, Goku had sprung up like a grasshopper carrying all three ladies – his butt on fire – “HOT HOT HOT!” – Chi-Chi tried to pat the flames out, but they formed into the Fire Fang! – Its fangs firmly in Goku’s – “AH!” Goku tried to wiggle the heartless off, but it wasn’t letting go!
Another wave of murderous intent came – and Goku dodged another black arrow – as did the rest of the groups with close calls on them all –
“What was that?!” yelled Bulma.
“Don’t know – (*CRUNCH*) – OW! But it’s worse that this thing! Hang on girls!” and Goku sped off towards Bebop with the Fire Fang right behind – literally –
“It’s Goku!” said Ash, “He’s got them!”
Abigale clapped her hands, “Yay!” and Goku flew right past Ragiel’s group and a perplexed Deity East –
- “Hey good to see y’all safe!” - BOMP. Goku crashed right into an invisible barrier around Bebop…..The Fire Fang dropped off.
Dendjue, the Sailor Scouts, and Deity South were completely surrounded by watering Emotionless mouths – the Scouts on edge as to where the first attack would come – Deity South above – or the Emotionless – or – the black arrows – !
Deity South looked to Dendjue below itself, he was in a defensive stance towards the Emotionless, ice breathing around his blade.
“Deity South,” said Dendjue, “You have me cornered. As much as I know these ladies can defend themselves, I’m going to protect my girls none-the-less, be it from you or the Emotionless, but I can only defend against what I see, and my back is to you” –
“Dendjue” –
….. It was Riku’s body, but it was Dendjue inside…..Thunder erupted from Deity South and a Flash bolt* was shot –
“Dendjue!”
Dendjue didn’t even turn around, and the bolt stuck past his shoulder and took a heartless down.
”*Dendjue…,*” came the voice guised in thunder, “*All the magic I have, cannot change the crime committed in the past, but,*” It was really him…. Deity South lowered itself to his level – ……“*I cannot do this anymore….*”
“Den – !”…the scouts backed off with Dendjue’s assurance – the Emotionless leapt seeing the opening – but Deity South but up a Thunder Barrier*, rendering it immobile, and the Emotionless were shocked – teeth snapping right in front of Sailor Moon’s face – and dissolved.
“Deity South?” said Dendjue as if addressing a misbehaved child.
A warm aura slipped out slipped out from Deity South.
“*Master Dendjue……….I do not ask for forgiveness…Now…and then..….*”
The Scouts blinked their confusion.
“What’s going on?” whispered Sailor Moon –
“Shh!”
“Why are you here?” asked Dendjue.
Deity South looked like it was having trouble speaking, or coming up with words as its cloudy self twisted about, but it finally said, “*Seritouge called us to retrieve the Key, and, to fix all anomalies that had made themselves present –*”
“Pfft, you’ve left yourself open Deity,” Dendjue held up his keyblade to Deity South, the ice sharpening, “Even though you are pure magic, your words are as fake as stage magic, and if this is your feint to ‘fix’ me then do it so I can ram my keyblade into your face,” said Dendjue angrily.
“*No*” –The Emotionless growled from the outside – “*Please, I’m sorry, I do not, have any excuse for the past……But, you….before you now, here, you’re here……..I do not, I do not want to be of use to Seritouge anymore.*”
“Be of use to Seritouge?” asked Sailor Mercury, “But, then what was all that before with you firing at Riku?! I thought he was trying to watch over him!” But she knew better….
“*I was only doing what Seritouge told us to do…*”
“What?”
“*To fix any anomalies, anomalies can mean a lot of things to the Spirit of Reason….and I had, I had to because….Well, I just don’t know the reason anymore, I’m sorry ..………We Deities have shamed our allegiance to Keyblade Masters! – Reflearo*!*” The Scouts, Dendjue, and the Deity, were covered in a shimmering aerial aura and Deity South exploded the Thunder Barrier* sending a tide of Emotionless flying – !
“Hey Deity East!” shouted Ragiel, “You still want that Key?” The massive Deity turned its water snake like head back to Ragiel’s group –
“Don’t push it!” yelled Faye, “We aren’t exactly in the best position right now!” –
Deity East sighed catching a far off glimpse of Deity South, feeling the strong emotion of its brethren…..It looked up, then at Ragiel……“*A second chance doesn’t come along very often. Master Ragiel…..I lend myself to you.*”
Ragiel smiled, “That’s my girl” –
“*Don’t call me girl*” –
“That’s right, you better shape up! You Deities owe the Anime Masters big time! – Woah!” Abigale’s fit almost threw her off of Lugia’s head and Lugia re-balanced her like a ball on the head –
“Ragiel, what is she talking about?” asked Pharaoh, “Doesn’t it want” –
“Nevermind about any of that; just deal with what is given to you,” said Ragiel, he turned back to the Deity, “At least you’re living up to what you owe Deity East.”
“Yes, yes,*” sighed Deity East, “*I don’t care if Seritouge’s sight catches what I’m doing, disobeying him and all. I sincerely hate what this ‘war’ has turned him into.*” Deity East reverted its ice blade back into its watery tail and scraped Goku, Bulma, Ch-Chi and Ed off of the invisible barrier around Bebop, and placed them on top of its head.
“I don’t quite understand what’s going on here, but at least it’s on our side now,” mumbled Faye.
“Be happy at least,” said Spike –
“It’s obvious isn’t it?” said Abigale, “I’ll lay it low for y’all with only context clues. The Deities and the Masters must’ve hade a relationship with one another that resulted in treachery on the Deities’ part ending with something horrible for the Masters, and now, with the Anime Masters somehow back from the dead, this is a chance of fate for the Deities to make up for their atrocious act.”……….”I’m not telling the whole story right in front of Diety East, even though it deserves it –”
“Cool! We’re riding water!” piped Ed.
“Oh wow,” was what Bulma got out seeing Deity East’s “tail” flow back, and all the Emotionless underneath out of reach. The water beneath them felt light, but they were supported; Goku took flight seeing the girls safe.
“*Reflearo*,*” said Deity East, and Ragiel’s group was given the same protection as Dendjue’s.
Everyone looked at the illusion of a sea of Emotionless before them….Abigale and her puppy sat up straight, “Ha! Now that we’re united, you’re gonna hurt! Na, na-na, na, na!”
The Emotionless underneath united into one black mass, the ground all pitch black, and Darkside and Twilight Thorn, after Darkside and Twilight Thorn bent their bodies up from the black mass, now eye level with Lugia and Deity East.
“Ohhhhh.”
Deity East’s tail became an ice blade once again – and swiped it at the heads of a Darkside and Twlight Thorn together – but it was caught!….By a ghostly pale fleshy clawed hand with shifting flesh that rose from the darkness, the darkness now a swirling void – identical to what the Riders used to take Bebop! The Untouchable looked like a deformed bear at best (with a smashed head) as it tried to crush Deity East’s tail, but the ice became water and merely spilled out of the paw and re-formed into a protective wave before Lugia.
“You know we just can’t seem to get enough of those things,” said Spike.
The Untouchable roared shoving the Darkside and Twilight Thorns from it – this was it’s meal! –
The pokémon legends answered back with their defiance – overpowered for sure, but no doubt, they were sick of Untouchables! –
“The Untouchable is our number one target!” said Ragiel –
“Don’t worry, we know.”
Deity East’s entire body became ice, “*Gravera*,*” it said, and Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Ed became grounded on it.
A wyvern dove at Lorenia, “GWOH – !” she stabbed it right in its chest and it disappeared –
BAM, Vincent’s bullet went through a Defender’s shield taking it down,
“Darn, and I thought we picked the peaceful spot!” said Shounen Bat wacking a Dancer out of step; the hand danced erratically behind them with gnarled fingers and gestures…….
Lorenia swung her keyblade to four corners – “North-South-West-East – Tempest*!” a tornado whipped up around Lorenia, Vincent, Genkai, and Shounen Bat knocking back the Emotionless, creating an air-barrier. She then quickly made an intricate outline, which glowed into the outline of a rose – “Flora-aura*,” and a big yellow rose dropped out from the outline into a hover; the outline disappeared. Lorenia grabbed the rose and pulled out three small rose broaches from it’s center, putting the larger rose on her head like a cap (mind you she is in Sora’s body, and Shounen Bat wasn’t even trying to hold his laughter back). Lorenia gave the broaches to Vincent, Genkai, and Shonen Bat, “Here you go” smiled Lorenia, but Shounen Bat just stood there –
“I’m not wearing a ******* flower!” –
There came another surge of murder – and a black ray shot out of Tumble-Stop going through several Emotionless, and hit Lorenia in the back knocking her into Shounen Bat – it popped into a rose – “I’m okay Vincent, ow, I wish they reduced damage just a bit more than that.”
“I don’t get hurt!” said Shounen Bat letting Lorenia lean on him, uncomfortably, “But you, missy better not mess up Sora’s body!” – Lorenia used this close proximity to shove the rose in Shonen Bat’s mouth – the petals dissolving –
“EAH! ACK BLEH!” Shonen crippled up like he had been poisoned, and a shadow encompassed them all – “Huh?”
“It’s a Shade!” yelled Genkai.
This heartless rivaled Darksides in height, looking like four legged creatures with a giant black cloth completely draped over them merged with the ground – it’s big yellow round eyes looking through Lorenia’s group – it blinked, and Tempest* subsided – “AHH!” – the shadows of everyone stabbed through legs and arms that didn’t move fast enough from behind! –
“Bou – Boruuuuuu!” A stout dragon creature flew in front of Lorenia’s group and let loose what’s known as a Hyperbeam* right into the Shade – the Shade swung itself lazily, and the shadows faded back placidly –
“That’s, one of creatures that Ash brought back with him,” said Vincent –
“Aero!” cried a bird-like rocky pokémon, “Aerodactyl!” – and knocked a sneaking heartless off the building where Lorenia’s group stood –
“Hey we’ve got extra reinforcements!” Shonen Bat pointed, and Lorenia’s group looked to where his eye was caught, and several alley ways full of Emotionless were getting taken out by another flowing faucet full of –
“Those creatures, they didn’t turn into Emotionless!” said Vincent.
“The pokémon!” added Lorenia happily – A Salamence and Flygon joined the Dragonite before Lorenia’s group and all fired Hyperbeam* at the Shade which sank as if it had been deflated –
“Bop-boruuuuuu!”
“At least they’ll provide some us with relief, we can focus at least on how to cripple this Emotionless into submission,” said Genkai.
A trio just behind the pokémon front led the charge. There were two people (who also didn’t turn into Emotionless), a lady with long red hair in a swift long curve, and young man with short faded blue hair, both dressed in white and black with big red “R” on their chest, and one cat-like pokémon who was waving a, a flag with a…pokeball stitched on it …>>; Really it was a bed sheet with the pokeball painted crudely on.
“CHARGE!” They cried – “OOF!”
“Aw they tripped, oh well,” said Shounen Bat as the stampede of pokémon went right over them.
*Fixed Memory* magic is only resurrection magic,* though Lorenia, *So why hasn’t serious damage been dealt to this thing?* –
The Masters felt another murderous wave –
“The arrows are coming back!” yelled Lorenia – the arrows shot, and missed Lorenia’s group, but one hit Dragonite, and it dissolved into ashes –
Lorenia gasped – but her mind took the tragedy for the answer – *Ashes – DUST!* - “Alright,” growled Lorenia gripping her keyblade, “AGNI*!” – twisting white flames blew from Lorenia’s keyblade and encompassed the arm, the arm twisted, and the flames were extinguished along with a white glittery smoke –
“Star Dust*?! This thing had Star Dust*on it?!” gasped Genkai, “No wonder we did such ****** damage to it before!”
“Hey take it from me, Star Dust* is in adequate quantities now-a-days in the Black Markets,” said Shounen Bat.
“Well we can hurt it now,” said Lorenia, and the hand began to retreat into it’s void – “No you don’t! – Stopbregiva*!
The Emotionless sank and froze, but with the white glittery smoke still around it, the magic broke, and it snapped up, quickly snapping each of its fingers in style in a count down –
“Stop it!” –
Vincent shot his gun and Genkai her Rei Gun*, blasting two fingers off – “Northwest Wind*!” – the smoke was blown away, and Shounen Bat leapt up and wacked the hand right on its wrist – the combined attacks putting the Emotionless limp, but the spell had been cast….From the center sky of Tumble-Stop, a big clock appeared in the sky and was paused on 4 minutes catching the Master’s and Deity’s attention in the midst of the melee –
“It’s Death Knell* magic!” yelled Dendjue –
Nefero jabbed his claws into a Stickerz (a heartless that looks like a demonic porcupine), and dodged a laser attack from Deity North; he and Sephiroth took note of the Death Knell* magic, “****, they ain’t playing!” Deity North took this chance to blast Nefero with another laser – BUSSHU – “OW! Hey, why don’t you do something useful and go dispel that!”
“*Our concern is you,” Deity North growled, “*We Deities are immune to Death Knell**” –
“Well your precious Key and Keyblade Masters are not!” spat Nefero, “Want the Masters to die again?!”
Deity West roared and slammed a part of its crystal body at Nefero toppling a building, but he dodged it –
“Alright, with the Death Knell* up, it looks like we’re all going to die anyway Big Cousin, so let me get something off my chest to you Deities,” Nefero’s posture hardened, the air around him intensified as if he had suddenly turned into a bomb, “I just want to congratulate you Deities for your efforts in the murder of the Anime System’s Keyblade Masters.”
Deity North and West stopped, the ambiance of the fight around them filled their silence.
“I know everything about your relationship with the former Masters, how Seritouge was losing their trust, how y’all wanted to help keep them alert of his plans, but most importantly, what happened to them before they faced me – and even for someone like me, I was pissed! I know how you regret not stopping Seritouge, and the lies he spread about what really happened with our fight! Sure, you’re even madder at me for doing the deed, but believe me when I tell you that I regret it! I had no choice! They had no choice! I never wanted to fight them as what Seritouge had turned them into; it was a disgrace for such worthy opponents! And if you ******** had stood up to him and not have turned into his dogs at the perfect hour, I’d be standing here with eight lives instead of nine fat ones – and I much rather have done that and had an honorable fight with the only Masters I had enough respect for!”
A huge explosion sounded off from where Ragiel’s group was and a Darkside and Twilight Thorn went down – the Untouchable gave a roar – Deity East jabbed its tail into the ground, and a pillar of light blasted through the crumpled part of the Untouchable’s head – it kept on truckin’ –
“Take a look at that **** over there!” yelled Nefero, “And oh, take a look over there!” – he pointed to Dendjue’s group which was alive with electricity from Deity South all around as seen from far away – Emotionless were sent flying up and getting barbequed – “And over there!” He pointed to Lorenia’s group who was beating the remaining part of Tumble-Stop’s Emotionless into a gunky pulp – “And lets not forget the newest addition to this fight – “and Nefero pointed to the clock in the sky which was still stuck on 4 Minutes. “Do you see what this has turned into because you allowed yourselves to get under Seritouge’s thumb?”
“*What, do you mean….? You think this chaos is our fault? We are trying to disperse it!*”
“Bull****,” spat Nefero, “Look around you! At least Deity South and East are more mature than you two as they’re taking this chance to make-up for what you all did!”
Another wave of murderous intent came, and this time the arrows hit targets of the charging pokémon –
“You both know who the real enemy is today, and for once it’s not me. I just came by to check up and see how these Masters were when low and behold – look at what this turned into when y’all added your presence for this idiotic grab for the Key! My god! No wonder Tumble-Stop snapped! Didn’t you know how tipsy Tumble-Stop had been? – And I know I’m not escaping any guilt because my presence hurt it too, and I didn’t leave because of my selfish tendencies of wanting to see how these Masters would do with their first Key brawl, but, meh, it turns out they couldn’t handle the job – and I’d like to see who could against a mad WORLD! But at least I’m tyring to make up for that blip by not running away when I had the chance! Even I have somewhat of a conscience when it comes to cleaning up your mess. So Deity North and West, how are y’all gonna make up for your stupidity? Finish the job by trying to kill me and my Big Cousin, OR, wait now, are y’all going to try and redeem your broken respect for the Masters whom you watched walk as they KNOWINGLY went to their deaths when there was no other way? Today is not a good day, try and savor whatever respect for yourself you can from flaming such a ridiculous fight.”
The Deities looked like they still wanted to attack, but they held themselves back….
“And this may sound weird be it coming from me, since I’m like evil and all, but I sincerely feel sorry for Ragiel, Lorenia, Dendjue, Sora, Riku, and Kairi to have been put through this by people that’s supposed to be on their side; I’m a bit jealous this isn’t My Lady’s spectacle. But if y’all are looking for openings as evil doers, I’ll see what I can dig up.”
“The four of you Deities can easily put and end to this fight peacefully,” said Sephiroth, “Two of you are easing the betrayal of the Masters while the both of you can free Tumble-Stop and dispel the Death Knell* magic and the Fixed Memory* magic. Or do you wish to carry out this play?” Nefero and Sephiroth got into their fighting stances, “I guarantee you’ll accomplish a lot less if you chose the latter.”
……Deity North and West looked to one another……With silent understanding, their bodies turned into glowing orbs, and they shot into the ground. Nefero turned to Sephiroth and smiled, “I know what you’re thinking, I should have been a motivational speaker, but you know,” Nefero gave an excited shudder, and his voice darkened, “They can try all they want to save this place, I understand now, this is all meant to be.” He took another side glance at the alleyway with those numbers written on it…The alleyway was crushed, Deity West had smashed into it going after him, *It won’t matter, none of it, hee hee those numbers* -
“6 4 6,” said Sephiroth (Nefero jumped),”I saw them too; odd graffiti art. What do you think the message was?”
Nefero blinked and gave a twisted smile, “A bad day. ‘Before the Seven Siblings, Thantos branded those numbers upon itself, writing in blood and fire – “create whatever laws you may – breed any strength you need – this is my sign – and so what I can be summoned by to burn oceans, break the sky, and drown the lands in corpses”’ – and then the page was torn.”
It sounded more threatening not rhyming.
Sephiroth turned towards Nefero, “This truly is a lucky day for you isn’t it? You find not one, but all three Keyblade Masters assembled, and the location of a Summoning – it’s as if everything is aligning for what is needed - to summon a Gate.”
Nefero’s smile twisted even more, “Luck has nothing to so with it Big Cousin, it is fate. Eros is already on the move, so it was only a matter of time before Thantos would do the same. That Death Knell* magic signifies more than one thing. I may die in the process should Thantos be summoned, but it is a life I am willing to sacrifice just to see the Chrost-Weik Monster with my own eyes.”
Sephiroth smiled, “You’re insane.”
Lugia roared and fired another Areoblast* into the chest of a charging Darkside with Goku’s attack, breaking it in half, shutting it down –
“Weeeeee!” squealed Abiglae riding Lugia’s head – the legend regained itself from the short attack, but the Untouchable (with half a head) rammed its claws through a Twilight Thorn for a chance at the zippy legend –
“Hold on tight!” said Lugia diving out of range just above the vortex – between the legs of another Twilight Thorn and up the side of a Darkside – Deity East wrapped itself around the Untouchable’s arm –
“*Halo!*” a ring of light appeared around the Untouchable’s arm – and closed snapping it off – Deity East simultaneously whipped its ice-blade of a tail at more Emotionless cutting off their limbs as they reached for the speedy Lugia –
“We can’t stop enough for a good attack from everyone!” said Ash –
“I wonder why?!” blurted Faye.
“You all can’t do much anyway till that Shadow Heart comes out!” said Ragiel (still in very pretty yellow), everyone hung on for their lives as Lugia suddenly found itself in front of the Untouchable! – “Holy*!” a pillar of light burst through the Untouchable’s caved chest, Mew let loose a pulse of light from it and opened the hole wider – the Shadow Heart appeared! – Ragiel stood up pointing his keyblade right up in the air with Deity East moving next to him –
“Seven Lights*!” he and Deity East cried, and a torrent of light flowed through Deity East in seven rays shinning through it like spotlights – it’s shinning ice body amplifying the light-like magic – then like a drill, it bore its way to the Shadow Heart of the Untouchable – and down it went! But Deity East didn’t stop there, it drilled through a Darkside, Darkside, Twilight Thorn, Darkside, Twilight Thorn, Twilight Thorn, Darkside, and then finally spazzed out back into water, and its large snakey form; Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Ed were, beyond dizzy….
“*Oh, sorry about that,*” said Deity East. The Emotionless dissipated. The void was silent.
“Whew!” Ragiel huffed catching his breath from the tiring magic, “Looks like this void is done.”
“It is a pure portal of Darkness brought up by Tumble-Stop,” said Deity East, “One could make the allusion that this is depth of Tumble-Stop’s hate.”
“That’s a lot of hate,” said Spike as the group looked down, down, down into the void. Ragiel looked at the Death Knell* clock, it had yet to start….
“Deity East, the Death Knell*” –
“*I know Master Ragiel, but fear not. The spell is incomplete, it is just a stopped clock. I can feel my brethren Deity North and West are on their way to break the magic of the Emotionless: Fixed Memory* magic and the Death Knell* - without the Fixed Memory* magic, this Emotionless will be able to be exercised by Deity North and Tumble-Stop should awaken from its madness.*”
Ragiel had his link open to both Lorenia and Dendjue, *Did you catch that guys?*
*No problem, we’ll keep the Emotionless from completing the Death Knell* then,* said Lorenia, *Although I doubt it can do much now.*
*Sounds good buddy,* and Dendjue relayed the message to the scouts and Deity South who confirmed it; their flow of Emotionless thinning out – or not, the ground began to shake –
“Great, what now?!”
A Rhydon rounded an alley corner and blind tackled a Snap-Shot (a heartless that looked like a walking camera) sending it up into the air only to be stomped down by a landing Garchomp into tiny, tiny bits –
“It’s the pokémon!” said Sailor Jupiter, the stampede finally arrived to their scene!
“Alright gals, looks like we’ve got this fight under control after all,” said Dendjue……..
Missing the gaze of eyes, the clock tripped several seconds, as if something was setting it…Finishing it….. and Deity South and East ran cold sensing the magic shift –
So they’re all ganging up on me, said Tumble-Stop, And you, you’re half dead now.
Avera was on both of his knees, his arms shaking to keep Tumble-Stop’s heart whole; his head slumped down, and his wings, he couldn’t even move them. Avera’s breath ran cold. A red electrical light began to dance around Avera’s legs turning into a red glowing ghost-like cloth that trickled into black fickle fibers…...“Stay away from me,” Avera choked, his wings twitched, and the fickle fibers hissed away, moving towards Tumble-Stop’s heart – Avera couldn’t move!
From afar in the darkness, Deity North and West arrived keeping their orb forms – the black fibers formed into a morbid mouth and bit them back!
You are very silly, I am attacking people and you won’t let me die. It’s because there are people on me. You must feel horrible, if you let go of my heart, everyone will die with me, if you don’t let go, I will kill everyone. You think they can save me? What they have done to me? I have yet to show my deepest anger! I’ll make them pay, I will bury them all with the Key they wanted so much. They will all hear me now! They’ll hear me scream! My voice is emotionless!!
A powerful pulse came from the Emotionless arm, and knocked Lorenia and her group back flat against a building – Genkai crashing through a window! The Flora-aura* was dispelled.
Lorenia pushed herself up, “Guys!” – she felt a short burst of that ever murderous intent, but it was not arrows this time – the gunky mess of an arm that was left began to shake as if it was having a seizure – it split in two! – and out emerged completely with the void closing up behind it, was a strange shadowy bulk, that pulsed like flesh with red streaks and dark veins –
Look! Look!
“Holy sh-cow, what is that?!” blurted Shonen Bat. The black bulk gave a pulse – and the Death Knell* clock started!
“The clock!” screamed Ragiel –
“*Tumble-Stop finished it!*” cried Deity East – The murderous intent sang like a wicked song – five seconds were suddenly subtracted from the clock – and Ragiel caught sight of the subtracted time counting down right under them in ghostly numbers– …3…2 – Deity East reached over to Lugia –! BOOM!
Dendjue’s group were blinded by the powerful explosion that threw them all clean across the Central Square and on their backs, the fiery eruption looking like a mini nuclear explosion, the fire intense, the heat suffocating –
“Oh my god!”
“Ragiel!”
Deity South intensified the protective magic around Dendjue’s group and not a moment too soon, as they looked up and saw Lugia falling towards them with the watery body of Deity East covering it – they were too close – ! – BASH! Lugia crashed into the ground, just missing the group – Deity East splashed out everywhere, knocking Emotionless and pokémon alike back – passengers sprawled out like rag dolls; Reflearo* ended.
Dendjue opened his eyes to a timer above – 3…2…1 – Dendjue flinched, but the numbers froze, and the main Death Knell* clock froze as well….”Deities…..”
The pokémon not injured immediately went to guard the unconscious passengers and Deity South threw up a powerful Thunder Barrier* rendering it motionless around the crash sight.
“Holy **** they just got owned,” said Nefero – and gave a laughter slightly laced with insanity, “Where are the Deities Big Cousin?” Nefero gave a toothy grin – “Come on Big Cousin, let’s go to the void, to the depths of a ravaged mind – the tunnel to the Chrost-Weik!”
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Separate Strands: Tumble-Stop’s Voice
Deity East recovered itself up from the ground and turned into drips of healing rain allowing the unconscious to regain themselves. Abigale was helped up by a Chansey and Sailor Venus; her puppy happily barking. Spike and Faye pushed themselves up, and Ed latched onto them both; Pharaoh was helped up by Sailor Moon; Goku helped Chi-Chi and Bulma up. Lugia stumbled up with the help of several pokémon, and Suicune was helped the same way. Dendjue propped Ragiel to sit up with a protective arm around him, he was coming around just a bit more slowly; his Drive Form with Pikachu ended.
“Thank goodness you’re all okay,” said Sailor Moon.
The smoke from the explosion cleared, and Deity East raised itself, “*Amazing, Bebop is still there. That is an amazing barrier.*”
“Wish we were in there,” mumbled Faye.
Dendjue looked up at Deity South and Deity East, “You all saved us.” Several tears came down from Deity East. “Those are raindrops yes?”
“*Yes (*sniff*).*”
Ash was not helped up by any pokémon, but Pikachu was by his side, “Pikachu…Huh?”
“Well James, it looks like our secret is out,” said a lady-like voice.
“Looks so Jesse,” said a proud (dopey) male voice – Ash pushed himself away and spun around –
“Te-Team Rocket?!”
“Hi!” they singed –
“Heh heh! Long time no see!” said the cat-like pokémon next to them……..>>;
“Wha, but, ha – how – HOW?!”
“Now’s really not the best time to explain,” said Jessie, “But let’s just say that one of the pokémon you rescued, a Kangaskhan to be exact, was kind enough to let us hide in its pouch for safety.”
“And it was awfully sticky!” said James.
*Ew…*
“But – where – how long have y’all been here!?”
“Not that long, a little while before, um dat kid with the key-swordie came,” said Meowth, “Pikachu knew our secret because it, eh, spotted us, and shocked us, but we asked for it to not tell.” Ash looked to Pikachu and Pikachu blushed. “We didn’t wanna be a burden on ya, we don’t exactly have a great past being enemies for so long ya know, and you were tryin’ so hard to save what you could of our world – we didn’t want to distract ya.”
“We rooted for you all the way,” said Jesse holding up what was left of their little flag (a rag).
“Pika, pika,” *They’re telling the truth Ash, we may have a bad background together, but we’re from the same world. I had to keep their secret, they were sincere, and they kept their promise to leave you alone.*
From the rain, it was hard to tell if Ash was showing much emotion except surprise from seeing Team Rocket; he wasn’t the only human who made it out afterall, maybe… - Ash frowned, *Why did it have to be Team Rocket?* Okay, so their past still affected Ash a bit, but Team Rocket looked like they were about to start bawling at any moment; the rain stopped.
“Lorenia,” Ragiel coughed, “Where’s Lorenia?” –
“Ragiel!”
Ragiel sprang up – *It’s as good as Cure* magic,* thought Dendjue with his kitten smile.
Lorenia was running over with her group right behind her, knocking whatever Emotionless didn’t get out of her way (most Emotionless had already begun to retreat into their portals). Deity South let down the barrier for them to enter and Lorenia glomped both boys, giving a big hug to Dendjue, and another (with a kiss) to Ragiel……>>;
“Mewtwo? Darkrai? – Mew? – Deity East!” said Suicune to the watery blanket above, “We’re missing three! Mewtwo, Darkrai, and Mew!”
”*They were not near Lugia, the explosion was too close, but I was able to encompass them each in a Droplet*; I think they flew somewhere over there,*” said Diety East, a water arrow formed and pointed towards Bebop.
Mewtwo, Mew, and Darkrai, in their Droplets*, were flat against the barrier around Bebop….”Ow. This is a very good barrier,” said Darkrai.
“I agree with you,” said Mewtwo….*Suicune,* he said through his Link*, *We’re fine.* The legends began to peel themselves off, the Droplets* dripping away.
The ghostly number one disappeared over Dendjue, and the Death Knell* clock disappeared as well.
“You guys should have seen it, it was freaky!” said Shounen Bat – “The big Emotionless arm got like cut in half, and this big black fleshy thing came out that looked like a heart! The fleshy heart! (he patted his chest) And then, it gave a beat, and started the Death Knell* clocks – and then came this big *** explosion!”
“Yeah, we were there,” said Spike –
“Then the black heart muscled into itself, and disappeared with an icky popping sound!”
Nefero and Sephiroth looked into the void, seeing a thumping, beating bulge of black flesh…. Their breaths became icy, and Nefero could hardly hold back his excitement –
The legends looked down, and their blood ran cold as underneath the bulging mass, a red, red eye opened filling the void. “This void…..” said Darkrai, “Looks the same as the void that ravaged our world.”
“Minus the black gunky flesh,” squeaked Mew.
Nefero’s claws went to his face – “It’s time!” The black heart gave a profound beat, and Tumble-Stop awoke from its madness to its Emotionless dead before it in a plain of darkness. A red light crawled over the Emotionless and it melted away.
“I’m tired of waiting Tumble-Stop.”
“*AAHHHHHHH!*” – bursting up from the ground were Deity North and West – in flashing, waning lights and crumpled burned crystal – Deity East reformed into its snakey mold –
“*This can’t be!*” – Deity South and East were suddenly caught in bubble world barriers – rugged sharp pillars of metal and stone glowing of red stabbed up from the ground – throwing and cutting everyone about, making a cage around the Masters that curved over them like clasping hands – there was a quick burst of magic from one of them – but it was contained – and the ground beneath the Masters collapsed – !
“DENDJUE!”
“RAGIEL!”
“LORENIA!” –
- the ground closed back up as helping hands reached too late – “******!” Shonen Bat turned into a shadow and raced into the ground after them –
Sephiroth leapt down into the void and slashed at the beating Black Heart, the legends fired their attacks along with his, but the bulge only wiggled, and with a pulse, sent Sephiroth back – it fired black arrows in all directions – Sephiroth and Nefero slipped in their dark portals to a safe distance. Darkrai shielded Mewtwo and Mew against the barrier, turning them into shadows – and they passed through to safety – but Darkrai didn’t.
“Ah, ha ha, it’s been so long since last I’ve walked. Time went by so easily, but then when those numbers were written, each minute was like an eternity of anticipation – I thought someone finally discovered how to summon me!”
“Darkrai!” –
“Come on!” yelled Mewtwo, “What are you – ?”
A wind from below blew the ashes of Darkrai away.
The red light flooded Tumble-Stop’s consciousness replaying its betrayal over and over – all those people – all of them!
No! No! I didn’t do that! I never would have! I love them! I love them! But the red light forcefully opened Tumble-Stop’s mind to the truth, and the voice, continued,
“But no, however at least she knew part of my hidden ritual. Of all the places for my number to get written – it was too perfect – your mental stability was a text-book chapter of people who ultimately walk my path, and my loyal follower had unknowingly already donated her blood, the blood of a murderer, for the ritual of my summoning. Did you know that Tumble-Stop? Did you know what your present all those years ago really was?”
My, my present…..?
“You loved it so! You did as she asked, you never let it wipe away, when only someone with some soap and a brush could have ended this massacre from the start!”
No – ! Tumble-Stop was beside itself, Ahhugh! – OH NO, NO! – you’re – !
“To activate my summon, you need the proper blood of a murder, and the proper blood of an innocent dropped on my numbers, but according to the game, I couldn’t tell her this, but I didn’t give up hope. And then the stars aligned. New Keyblade Masters arrived – fresh blood! And my opportunity to activate my summon was set in motion when your darkened heart had spawned an Emotionless. Then I knew, your mentality was at its brink, but I needed more from you – your heart still held on to your inhabitants, your trustees. And I began to think….How can I play this into my hands? I have but limited movement in the physical realm without being summoned, but it was movement enough. Your Emotionless finally emerged to confront a young Keyblade Master, and was defeated. The wild Emotionless wanted power, so they merely learned how to use Fixed Memory* magic. It was up to them on who they wanted to revive.”
Avera opened his eyes, and found himself on the ground away from Tumble-Stop’s heart, broken into four pieces, but surrounded by red and black cloth with red electrical light.
“My beautiful Riders, they wanted that Master so much, it was up to them on where they should beckon for him. A Key was born, and it was up to it where it should go. Your Emotionless, the confrontation of the Riders, and now the fight for the Key – all of it was to drive your heart to me!”
NO!
“I have your body now Tumble-Stop, you have become so wicked, I could officially seep into you as the game rules allow, and now I think I shall take a walk.”
The ground burst up near the alley the young Lady stopped by so long ago, and Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue had their arms (hands forever gripped with their blades), and legs caught in rock as they were held spread eagle on rubble pillars – Shounen Bat arrived with them – “Hang on!” –
“Oh no, you will just get in the way” – and a world barrier was sprung up around them – pushing Shonen Bat back –
*SEPHIROTH!*
Sephiroth wasted no time and used his portal to reach Shounen Bat; Nefero was left on his back laughing maniacally, “It tickles! It tickles! It tickles! HA HA HA HAHAAAA!”
Sephiroth arrived on the scene in time to see electricity, red electricity, from the world barrier zap the Masters senseless – their screams sent as if on speaker to all of Tumble-Stop – the torture stopping only when Sephiroth stabbed Masamune into the barrier, the electricity redirecting to him, taking it while trying to push his weapon through.
“Come on! Come on!” Shounen Bat cheered – a black blur ran by him slicing open his side – and Sephiroth turned around to grab the throat ending in gaping teeth of Nefero, but Nefero used his momentum and lunged forward – biting right into Sephiroth’s side, and shook his head wildly; Shounen Bat tried to get in there and help as his side closed up (despite what reasoning told him) but Nefero, through his mouth cast –
“Shatter-Dreka*!” and blew Shounen Bat back; Sephiroth’s focus was forced off of the Masters –
“Now, with that taken care of, let’s see…..” emerging up from the rubble on a black rusted metal pole was a perfect slab of rock with the numbers of the Chrost-Weik, 6 4 6; it was held up to the Masters, barely conscious; another metal pole rose up from rubble with a blade of glass attached roughly to the end in crushed metal; the pole with the glass began to sway, then shifted to each Master in the increments of a word from a rhyme: “Eenie, meenie, minie, moe, catch, a, tiger, by, the, toe, if, he, hollers, let, him, go, eenie, meeni, minie –” the glass sliced open all three Masters on their ne –
“OH NO!” screamed Shounen Bat – the Masters slumped down; their Keyblades disappearing…
“Ooh such good flows, lets try you,” the numbers were placed under Sora’s body, no reaction, “Okay now you,” the numbers were placed under Riku’s body, no reaction, “Then that leaves” – CRACK!
A shuriken was tossed, and shattered the rubble piece of the numbers –
Nefero and Shonen Bat’s mouths dropped, and Sephiroth spotted a man in a white cloak inside the world barrier – “He has a Light Cloak!” Nefero and Shonen Bat cried; the world barrier was dropped; Sephiroth slashed the shocked Nefero back –
“Defilbreo*!”
BA–BUMP.
Their wounds closed, their bodies healed, and the Master’s eyes snapped open. Sora, Riku, and Kairi were back in mind discovering their new position, which was more than a shock (crappy reunion if I say so) no words could come out! – Kairi saw red all over her front, a glass blade across from her, and then Nefero barred his smiling dripping teeth at her – she fainted……47…46…45…
Sora and Riku’s viens burned with adrenaline upon seeing Nefero – *YOU!* and something deep within them both aligned – a twin bolt unlike any other Thunder* magic struck the ground where Nefero once was, the bolt still close enough to singe his fur –
*Holy* Elemental magic?! Them!?* - “Hey – you guys just sit tight!” yelled Shonen Bat –
“SIT TIGHT?! GET US OUT!”
Sora and Riku called their blades, however with their bodies still bound, that’s about all they could do as they tried to rip themselves out – their strength suddenly left them – and they slumped down again, blades barely in hand –
“Dammit I told y’all to sit tight!”
The bolts were little deterrence to Nefero’s target – “*******!” Nefero roared and lunged at the man in the Light Cloak, but Sephiroth stuck his sword right through Nefero’s neck – the man threw another shuriken into Nefero’s forehead – and Sephiroth swung Nefero with Masamune through the side of building. Nefero coughed, growling and snarling from the hole, he leapt out and scratched the shuriken off like a child.
A wave of murderous intent, like none felt before, filled all of Tumble-Stop. Mewtwo and Mew on the other side of the Bebop barrier saw the beating black flesh pulse faster and faster –
Avera tried to push himself up, but he was spent. Tumble-Stop’s heart was being forcefully held together in the grip of the Chrost-Weik……He felt a hand touch the side of his face, and stroke his hair, “Thank-you Mr.Seraph for trying to keep me alive, but, I’m afraid I can’t be saved, and don’t worry, everyone will be fine, I promise.” Avera’s eyes blurred, and he saw a ghostly figure walk towards Tumble-Stop’s heart… - it took up a feather which turned into odd rod light, a great beastly shadow behind it….
“YOU DESPICABLE HUMANS I WILL PUNISH YOUR ACTIONS USING THEIR BODIES AS MORTAR FOR YOUR GRAVES!” – a tomb of rubble rose all around Sora, Riku, and Kairi – !
The rod of light was jabbed through Tumble-Stop’s heart and it shattered – the black beating flesh exploded – the tomb of rubble crumbled – and a breathless gasp hissed throughout the town…..The pillars holding Sora, Riku, and Kairi – crumbled – Sora and Riku landed on their knees, and caught Kairi, both looking up in time to see –
3…2…1 –
“Stopbrega*!” – Shounen Bat had raced over, placed his hands on the Master’s head while casting the magic – and both Masters were now frozen, face forward; minds blank. “Whew…that, was close,” he said through a nervous smile, “They still have their Protections*.”
Nefero glared, and slunked away into an alleyway, *You always ruin my fun*, Nefero spat through his Link* to Sephiroth.
An empty wind blew throughout Tumble-Stop. The void before Bebop closed, and the sky, looked strangely glossy, as how eyes would look as dead……
Deity South and Deity East were released from the bubble world barriers. The first person Deity South saw was Bulma grasping her chest, shaking. When Tumble-Stop was free of its madness, a door was opened between its heart, and its inhabitants’ like a welcoming wave; they heard everything between it, and the Chrost-Weik…….Everything.
“The Masters!”
Sephiroth slipped into his portal –
“Hey, where are you going?!” said Shonen Bat, and about two seconds later, Sephiroth slipped back out with Avera unconscious over his shoulder.
“Tumble-Stop’s heart is shattered.”
Shonen Bat jumped, but, “Then, why isn’t everything, I don’t know, not collapsing into oblivion?”
Sephiroth inhaled, “Just as the Chrost-Weik can seep into someone who does a profoundly wicked act, Yahena, can enter someone who does an incredible noble act; Tumble-Stop killed itself to prevent Thantos from being summoned, and saved us all.”
(*Blink*) “That one act was all it took?” said Shounen Bat (obviously missing the impact of the situation), “I guess it was a big act, but still, Tumble-Stop murdered all those other people that trusted their lives to it by living here.”
“It was an act enough,” said Sephiroth, “I wouldn’t think Yahena would want Thantos running around, however the choice Tumble-Stop made was pure. It realized what had become of it and made that choice to save the survivors left.”
Shounen Bat eyes looked away, and he rubbed his chest a little.
“What’s wrong?”
…..“Nothing….All the people I dealt with before, they all wanted a way out, but Tumble-Stop….Aside from it being a world and all, wanted to do its own revenge, and its own redemption. Those people never asked for help. Maybe that was Tumble-Stop’s problem too.”
“It never had to. ‘Help’ was always given to it because Tumble-Stop was thought incompetent of taking care itself. The final two acts of its life, though on extreme ends of the Natures, were acts of Tumble-Stop and Tumble-Stop alone.”
The man in the Light Cloak walked over to the Masters, “How long do you plan on keeping them like this?”
“Until they’re far away from one another,” said Sephiroth, “Their Protections* are on the verge of becoming void if acknowledged contact is kept any further.”
“They don’t look comfortable,” said the man waving his hand in front of the unresponsive faces.
“Fine then,” said Shonen Bat, he tapped the side of his bat to his head, and the Masters fell down, Sora and Riku’s eyes closing and the man in the Light Cloak caught the bunch.
A portal of red and light appeared next to the cloaked man, and Isetzue stepped out catching the sight of them passed out and red down all their fronts –
“Izzy,” said Sephiroth, “They’re fine.”
“Hey Sephiroth,” said Shonen Bat remembering the scary kill stroke of the glass, ”I thought you said if Sora died, I’d dissapear!”
“Sora didn’t die, Lorenia did, again.”
“Oh, that sucks,” said Shounen Bat lightly.
Sephiroth made a gathering hand gesture and the red gathered off their clothes and sucked itself into disappearance –
The man in the Light Cloak watched the magic – then spotted someone rounding a corner of rubble – a Pidgeot flew over, “Piiiiiigeooooo!”
“They’re over here!” yelled Spike spotting the group, and the collected group with the surviving pokémon raced towards them,
“Kinda late,” Shounen Bat mocked.
Mewtwo and Mew were still by Bebop.
SONG: YouTube - LOST - Life And Death (Just let it play T.T)
A strange feeling spread throughout all of Tumble-Stop…..The light feeling of an intense mature realization, gentle, but mature…..
“Everyone…..Everyone can you hear me?”
Everything was still, everyone was still……….Bulma stepped up, “Tum, Tumble-Stop….?” The air was turning cold.
….“Everyone, I am so, so, sorry, for everything, I put you through.”….
“Bring Darkrai back!” yelled Mewtwo, his eyes blurry; Mew dripped thick tears from its face bending its ears down in agony.
“You didn’t know what you were doing!” shouted Serena; lie of comfort. “The Chrost-Weik’s confession to you went through all our hearts! We all felt it!”
The feeling wavered heavily – “You’re wrong… this is what is right. It’s over, my time is up; you’re all safe now, that much I can offer to you all.”
“Bring them back…” Mewtwo’s voice was barely above a whisper as he tried to hold his emotions in; they leaked through his eyes –
“You were our home!” Bulma cried; lies of comfort. The pokémon wailed with her.
“I am not a home. I’m just Tumble-Stop. Just a stepping stone, towards, your path back home.”
There was a silent heartbeat that tickled everyone’s heart. Mewtwo bent over….”Where is home?”
Oh the bond between a world and its inhabitants is so sacred…..yet so feeble.
The man in the Light Cloak looked at the Master’s faces as they slept, and through their sleep, were tears…..
“At least I can still say, my deepest wish, is for all of you to return to your true homes, somehow, I believe all of you can do it, just believe, that there is a way. I am no one to grieve over, but use me as an example; don’t you ever give into despair or anger, or hatred –“
A light appeared underneath everyone.
“This is my gift to you people for putting up with me. This is my….”
The feeling was gone. The sky became dark.
“Tumble-Stop – !” the light teleported them all away……
“My Master, you are safe.”
Sora snapped awake, he was aboard Bebop, surrounded by all his friends plus Abigale and her puppy, and the man in the Light Cloak with his hood down (although his face was still covered by a tight navy-blue mask that reached down his neck, and his forehead protector with a type of leaf symbol was slouched over his left eye).Team Rocket was an added surprise in a corner; Sephiroth was by Sora, and a whole lotta pokémon flooded everywhere else. But Isetzue, Avera, Riku, Kairi, and Ein, and….Darkrai were absent.
Ed popped up and looked deep into his eyes, (*blink*), “Sora? They were all saying you were possessed or something – ”
“It’s me Ed” – GLOMP – “Oof!”
“Before you start,” said Sephiroth to Sora, “Riku and Kairi are away, and alright.” Sora blinked letting that sink in and Sephiroth turned to Vincent and Genkai; Vincent using himself as more of a barrier, “The memories from his time as Lorenia will come back soon enough. If it is any consolation, the sacrifice the Anime Masters left this time is actually useful.” Consolation? That was more like a taunt really, and before tensions broke, Sephiroth slipped away into his portal.
“Thank-you for hearing him out,” Shounen Bat mustered up from his gut (really it was more like a stand off), “Everything he said and before was true, the proof is Sora right here when he gets those memories back; there should be a few Easter eggs in there, but there’s a funeral right now I think you wanna attend.”
Which one?
Shounen Bat pointed his bent bat to the windows, and an Arcanine whined looking through them. Attention was turned outside; reluctantly.
Sora went up to the windows with everyone else, and saw the body of Tumble-Stop slowly breaking down….Tumble-Stop’s body kept chiseling away into broken bits….and finally became as dust among the stars. The silence was never broken, until, Sora’s hands began to sink down the window…Ed leaned her head up against him, stabilizing him, and Sora let his head thud against the glass. Then, like clock work with Sephiroth’s prediction, Sora’s hand went to the side of his head – he felt like he was floating, and the memories were flooding back, memories through Lorenia’s possession; laced with sadness. He stepped in place, disoriented, but Shounen Bat grabbed the back of his clothes. “Let it all come back, this is important.” Shounen Bat turned to Vincent and Genkai, “Interrogate him now if you want.” But Shounen Bat’s offer was ignored.
Sora’s heart ached so much from a million different reasons; it hurt…His hands couldn’t grab the glass...One more reason was added as he heard Ed sniffing sadly behind him,
“Ein,” she managed to say.
A Pelipper walked up to them both and opened its mouth, and out popped –“EIN!”
“Where have you been?!” blurted Jet.
There was something in Ein’s mouth, a folded piece of paper; Abigale’s puppy barked.
“Oh! That’s the thing that my puppy told Ein to go get,” said Abigale, “He’s sorry, he thought it was a good idea at the time.”
Ed took the paper and unfolded it, “It’s a picture” – Bulma gasped, and Ed handed it to her.
Bulma took one look at the picture and froze, with her hand traveling over mouth.
The picture was crooked, it contained her, Goku, Chi-Chi, Vincent, the Scouts, a blushing Yugi, and a ticked off Genkai and Ash glaring with one another with Pikachu trying to calm them down. They were in front of Lookout Tower; in the corner of the picture was a blurry finger.
“What is that picture of?” asked Ed; Bulma couldn’t speak, so Vincent did.
“This little boy, said the searchers should have a picture of themselves in case one of them went missing so he could put it on the Calling Wall for everyone to go look for them. We were all close by, Chi-Chi had dropped by from Tokieo Town, so she stepped in, and Serena dragged in Yugi who so happened to be walking by, and we just took a group photo for him. This was near the anniversary when, when the Lookout Tower was established, so Bulma requested a copy, and sent it to Tokieo Town” –
“With the message,” Bulma forced herself to say as her eyes burned, “We love it here….”
At the time, it was a joke, but now those words held so much more sentiment…..
Bulma gave a big sigh and quickly handed the picture to Goku; she couldn’t hold it anymore, it burned, but Goku gave it back to her with his hand holding hers and the photo softly together; Chi-Chi put her hand over Goku’s, then came Genkai’s hand, Vincent’s, Ash’s, Pikachu’s little paw, Yugi’s, Sora’s, Ed’s (finger), and finally Serena represented the scouts. The last piece of Tumble-Stop embraced by them all.
Sora heard Donald and Goofy in his head, “All for one and one for all!” He smiled.
SONG: YouTube - Beauty and the Beast Music Video - Falling Slowly
Abigale waved to the empty sky, “Bye bye Tumble-Stop, we’ll remember. No matter how long it was your life touched us, we’ll uphold your wish and remember as what you were made into, and what you really became when you saved us.”
The empty sky was silent; only innocent stars twinkled back.
I don’t know you, but I want you, all the more for that….
Shounen Bat pursed his lips, *They don’t even realize….*
Words fall through me, and always fool me, and I can’t react…
I know how to play the game too Thantos….
And games that never amount to more than they’re meant, will play themselves, out…
The engines of Bebop revved up; turns out the password was of the new programs, a programmed safety response when the ship didn’t sense anyone capable of running it….
“Run that by me again Bulma,” said Jet.
Take this sinking boat, and point it home –
We’ve still got ti~me
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice,
You’ve make it no~w….
Sephiroth placed the unconscious Avera in a white bed.
Falling slowly, eyes that know me, and I can’t go back…
Riku awoke to Isetzue’s observant gaze.
Moods that take me, and erase me, and I’m painted black…
Kairi awoke upon soft wet grass.
Well you have suffered enough, and warred with yourself, it’s time that you, won –
“KAIRI!” –
“Where are we going?” asked Ed.
Jet and Bulma pointed to a new world on the System Map.
Take this sinking boat, and point it home –
We’ve still got ti~me
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice,
You’ve made it no~w
“Onwards!” piped Ed.
Falling slowly – sing your melody –
I’ll sing it lou~d –
“So, you’re the Key,” said Genkai to Abigale, “At least that’s what Sephiroth told us.”
Abigale blinked; her puppy barked.
“I know who you were before,” said Genkai, “And you’ll be protected with our lives.” Vincent walked up and nodded.
Abigale gave a little laugh, “I try to protect you too,” she winked. “There are many dangers out there, some closer than you think.”
“I know,” said Genkai; she wanted to find out from Sora if a certain memory was left by Lorenia...
From afar in Hollow Castle, Nefero walked into the room where his Missus and South Light were; South Light ran up and hugged him, and he nudged her back.
A place for everyone, and everyone in their place, no more bumping and tumbling and falling, the path is set as sound as sand; the only thing firm is the people upon it, and where they intend to go. Separate strands all stroked in the same direction.
The beautiful winged beast flew in a starry form underneath and over Bebop.
END CHAP
Augh, I know these deaths were dealt with so coldly, but given the situation, >_<, grr I think I walked on ice the whole way…..Sorry.
Grr! What took so long was that I had written like a billion drafts of this story…..So yeah……I thought that would help, but it only made the process go slower >>; And I didn’t want another mess up like how I did with the Confrontation of the Riders…..Tropical Storm Edouard gave me a day off from Summer Session so I was able to get a lot done on the chappie. It brushed past where I live, which was fun <- sarcasm. The news reporters are so silly sometimes in trying to play up a storm – one even put his microphone to his umbrella and said “Listen to the rain pound.”…. It was sprinkling.
-_-
And so ends Chapter 28! *Dies*
Do y’all feel sorry for Tumble-Stop? It’s the first tragic character to take the scene….It’s story was practically shoved down y’all throats though >>; Sorry.
Also I know Darkrai’s death was kind of overlooked, sorry about that too, and the Anime Masters, well what can I say?….And yes, I might as well say it now since I didn’t in the story, but if I drew this in manga form you would know with his hood down – okay, the guy in the Light Cloak, that is Kakashi!
Thanks for reading guys –
Peace and Cloverfield!
“Ash, death, is a *****” – Pikachu in AMV Hell 3 (I think…could be 4)
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VERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*cries*
Darkrai is my fave pokemon! WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
TUUUUUUUUUMBLE-STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!!!
*cries some more*
*stops*
Oh hey, Kakashi!
*cries*
Darkrai is my fave pokemon! WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
TUUUUUUUUUMBLE-STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!!!
*cries some more*
*stops*
Oh hey, Kakashi!
Oh Cef, I'm sorry! T^T But Kakashi is here now *pats back* and Tumble-Stop at least found some closure in the end.
And Haku, thanks ^-^ Evil lateness! >o< I know I have a better shot at making the two week mark than the one week mark since I'm in my Review Session now <- a terror like no art student wants to face......and this monster doesn't end till.....wait for it.....November! x.X and then the second half starts in January........Wee.
Writing deaths is tricky, but I'm glad ya liked how it went, even though it was sad T.T
And Haku, thanks ^-^ Evil lateness! >o< I know I have a better shot at making the two week mark than the one week mark since I'm in my Review Session now <- a terror like no art student wants to face......and this monster doesn't end till.....wait for it.....November! x.X and then the second half starts in January........Wee.
Writing deaths is tricky, but I'm glad ya liked how it went, even though it was sad T.T
*huggles Darkrai plushie*
Aw, poor Vera...
I know how to make you feel better^^
*coughpmcough*
Aw, poor Vera...
I know how to make you feel better^^
*coughpmcough*
A noble death to some noble characters and a weak world showed what it was really made of. I toast to Tumble-Stop.
That was another good chapter but so many things happened i got a little confused at parts. I also thought Kingdom Hearts would appear and give power to someone but that's just what i was hoping would happen.
I eagerly await the next chapter and I'm glad they're all going to another world, finally, and luckily it's Naruto.
A loyal fan,
Coldman
That was another good chapter but so many things happened i got a little confused at parts. I also thought Kingdom Hearts would appear and give power to someone but that's just what i was hoping would happen.
I eagerly await the next chapter and I'm glad they're all going to another world, finally, and luckily it's Naruto.
A loyal fan,
Coldman
I know it was confusing >_< dangit! Well the next chappie is going to sort ALL this mess out, so, nothing really special coming up. So many things did happen, that confusion was intended (even some of the characters were confused.....) but I think I went overboard X.X Like the past with the Anime Masters and the Deities....maybe I should have saved that.....And the stuff between Nefero and Sephiroth a.k.a Big Cousin and then what the Deites did......Elemental Holy* Magic.....**** what exactly did I put in that chappie?! >o<
Oh and um, my school decided to choke on my financial aid; the greedy ********, so..........The chappies will come when they can >_< Once again I'll try for the two week mark, but this is my review year, and y'all know the rule, school comes first. Hopefully the overview chappie will get up sometime next week before the semester goes bananas with our first assignment; competion is godly fierce. Grr!
Love you guys
SA <- sa......samba!
P.S: Kingdom Hearts will get opened again, that's a given...but how.....oh wait a year X.X
Oh and um, my school decided to choke on my financial aid; the greedy ********, so..........The chappies will come when they can >_< Once again I'll try for the two week mark, but this is my review year, and y'all know the rule, school comes first. Hopefully the overview chappie will get up sometime next week before the semester goes bananas with our first assignment; competion is godly fierce. Grr!
Love you guys
SA <- sa......samba!
P.S: Kingdom Hearts will get opened again, that's a given...but how.....oh wait a year X.X
oh my, O_____O
that was a very long chappie, Silent lol
but nonetheless it was a very good one ^^
that was a very long chappie, Silent lol
but nonetheless it was a very good one ^^
You call that chappie long? I will show you long! Lol, no I won't, the chapters after my first assignment may be short [no promises], but at least I might be able to keep a schedule of some sort >>;
Vera...
Cef neeeeeeds chappy...
TT^TT
Cef neeeeeeds chappy...
TT^TT
Here ya go Cef
And…..If there’s one thing you can be sure of me whining constantly about, it’s classes -_-….Sorry Haku T.T
Like said before, this chapter is nothing special – it’s just a recap with some snipits of where this story is now headed, although progression is made….and the title does not help…..I re-read through my story like a hawk and I feel an explanation chappie is really needed…….several, but they’ll be a part of the main chapters, no set backs here Click the underline pokemon name to see what they look like
I’m actually astonished at how confusing this story really is >_< I got confused a little myself…X.x Thank-you guys for keeping up ^o^
At the end of the last chapter, Genkai wanted to see if she could find out something of Lorenia from Sora after the possession…..Shonen Bat mentioned Easter eggs……
Ch 29 Disorientation
“Ah the years rolled by and several died, and left us somewhat reelin' –
In and out came crawlin' out, and spewed upon the ceiling –
So what became of rebels that sang for you and me? –
Grapplin; with their demons
In the seach for liberty!” – Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly
En route – Car-runitwau Star – What, we’re there already?! I didn’t get to sight see……T.T
Black and white can be two absences of color. The purest of the pure, all light, all dark – thus nothing.
Hollow Castle
Nefero walked down a dark hall towards a dimly lit chattery room; the room quieted down as the black decorated double doors creaked open, and his unhappy form was revealed. Nefero waited politely for the announcement.
“This meeting is now in session,” came a voice behind clasped hands and glimmering glasses. “How did the disturbance go?”
“Oh, phoo, it was a blow out in the end,” yawned Nefero, “However it wasn’t a complete washout. Major brownie points to our Dark Cloak boy who found Sora’s location.” Nefero gave a few not so enthusiastic claps. The man in the Dark Cloak stayed motionless in the corner of the room. “You’ll have to excuse me, I’m a bit tired. (*Yawn*) and I must thank you all for your patience as that little blip was dealt with.”
“Where’s the Key?”
“The Key was not the point, it was all a part of the Chrost-Weik’s design to try and summon its Gate, although that was stopped, unfortunately.”
“By these Masters?” came a dark royal lusty voice.
“No, by a stupid ninja and a stupid world, but chance has been favoring these Masters just a bit too much. These Masters might just be the ones that Yahena places all its chips on since it used Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue as shields for them; oh this game is turning out to be so fun,” Nefero smiled. “Now, let’s get back to business, I have assembled you all here directly to my home to inform you of what’s been going on lately with my missus’ current project, the awakening of Death Generals. Some are underway right now, I need my Hunters to collect more test subjects, we need strong, strong hearts that can survive the Turning Process, most likely an Opposite Heart, and luckily I have discovered a few of your own Opposite Hearts are with Sora! Brownie points for those can get them!”
“What about the Winged Group? Wouldn’t those be a bit risky to grab since he’s being watched over by them? They’ll probably protect them too.”
“Don’t you worry about the Winged Group too much, they can’t be everywhere at once, for god’s sake, there are only three of them, and one of them is severely injured right now. Big Cousin wouldn’t dare leave his side. And besides, me and South Light will try to keep them busy as we now have the cooperation of some very, very pissed of people; tee hee.”
“Aren’t those Keyblade Masters themselves strong?” came a tight snotty voice.
“They are nothing like Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue – nothing, but keep in mind, that they have a knack for getting out of tight situations, and also that Yahena may be watching them more closely than usual.”
“I’m assuming you know where one of them is headed then?” came the voice under the hands and glasses.
“Oh yes, yes, we have word from our spies among Sora’s group that Sora is going to the Land of Fire, specifically, Konohagakure Village.”
“Heh, heh, my neck of the woods eh?” came an oily snake-like voice.
“Are those the ones that you stationed on Tumble-Stop?” asked a two-sided voice, “Those bumbling idiots?”
“They know where their loyalty lies,” said Nefero dully. “They’re too stupid to mess this up, if they miss another report to me, I will kill them myself, besides they’re under the cover of being saved by Tumble-Stop; no one wouldn’t dare go against what Tumble-Stop saved. Heh, that world still turned out to be a use to us after-all. Anywho, I also want you guys as you go about now to keep a look out for the other two Masters as they have gone M.I.A., again. I’m sure you can track them down Legato as you did with Sora; really some major brownie points to you.”
“Anything you want us do to the Masters then?”
“Bring them in as well,” smiled Nefero, “That is all. Orochimaru, since your world is being approached, you have the first crack at Sora; enjoy. Bring in lots of hearts now, and everyone be wise about your decisions; I want to see you all next meeting. Chow!” and Nefero dissapeared in a crack of thunder.
The one called Orochimaru, still covered in darkness, stood up.
“Well it’s such a shame the little Master has the pleasure of meeting me first. I already have events set in motion on my world,” he said. “If they are nothing like the former Masters, then Sora will pose no threat; he will only be an honored guest at my festivities. Since there are Opposite Hearts with him to grab, I’d like two Hunters to accompany me.”
“Don’t you want to handle this yourself, snake?” came the tight snotty voice.
“I have pride, but I don’t want to be bothered in my chance to experiment on a Master for myself before turning him over to Nefero. Won’t you accompany me? Envy?”
The one with the tight snotty voice called Envy walked over from the darkness to the burning portal, “What’s left of him you mean,” and walked through.
“Oh, you know me so well. I’d like one more to come along, this may be your only chance to get to play with a Master now.”
The one with the two-sided voice stood up.
“Oh Bakura are you sure? Don’t you usually travel with Marik? Where is he anyway?”
“Shut-up.” Bakura walked though the Dark Portal with crossed arms.
“Hmm, your Summoning Skills will be greatly appreciated. Farwell everyone,” and Orochimaru walked through the portal and it closed.
“The rest of the Hunters dispatch on the search for appilcable test subjects,” said the voice behind the clasped hands and glasses. “And for the rest of us, we will return to our stations at our worlds. This meeting of the Teisatsutai no Warui has now officially come to a close.”
Bebop Ship
“Thank-you for hearing him out…Everything he said and before was true…”
Jet stood gazing out the front large panoramic window with crossed arms; Ein was loyally besides him observing as well. Bulma, Genkai, Vincent, and the man in the Light Cloak were behind him working with the monitor.
“What a wonderful time for Spot Tower to be down,” moaned Bulma looking at the monitor apologizing for negative contact, “(*Sigh*) They don’t even know what happened.”
“I bet it’s no accident,” said Vincent, “News of what happened with Tumble-Stop would only cripple the people’s confidence even more.”
“News of the Deities going into hiding won’t be widely accepted by some either,” said Genkai, “I bet Seritouge is pissed.”
“But that was nice they let us know they were okay,” said Bulma. “A Bubble Telegram*, I’ll have to ask Deity East to make one for me,” she smiled.
“Kakashi, how is the state of your world currently?” asked Genkai.
“Stable,” he replied, “If anything, the Emotionless that occasionally pop up are now no more than training exercises for our Genin; especially with the Chuunin Exams underway.”
“Did your leave interrupt anything?” asked Genkai.
“Don’t concern yourself with that,” said Kakashi, “If it can’t be helped, it can’t be helped. Despite the arrival of the Emotionless, and that wonderful light show from the Rider’s attack, the Chuunin Exams will go on as planned.”
“Heh, as more than showing the resilience of the allies,” said Genkai, “Have there been any shifts in power?”
“None,” said Kakashi, “Although I wouldn’t put it beneath anyone to make an attempt during these more cautious times.”
Jet listened intently. “Looks like more trouble ahead Ein,” he said quietly; Ein quietly barked back.
“Our presence won’t be too much of a hassle for your village will it?” asked Vincent.
“No, and I think Genkai’s plan is a good way of integrating everyone, as we all know, we still have to respect the world’s order still; somewhat,” said Kakashi.
“Until they see a big giant space ship land,” said Spike entering from the doorway, “Or is that common for your world?”
“It is not,” replied Kakashi, “And might cause somewhat of a panic.”
“Enter covertly then,” said Spike, then smiling, “Like a ninja.”
“Exactly,” smiled Kakashi back.
“How is everyone doing?” asked Bulma.
Spike gave a sigh through his nose and replied, “As best they can. Ed and that bat kid went with Sora and he, Yugi, and Ash retreated to their rooms, the rest of the scouts are bunking with Serena, Goku is trying to work the t.v. for Chi-Chi and Abigale, Faye is off in her own world and there are animals everywhere.” A Pidgey landed on Spike’s head. “You know I noticed, one of those creatures we picked up from Ash’s word didn’t get on board. I don’t think the dark one made it.”
“That’s probably right,” said Genkai, “There were a lot of casualties and with our group so big; it was a possibility from the start. Where are the other pokémon legends?”
“The blue one is with Ash, but the other two are somewhere else on aboard. Oh yeah, and those people in black and white are outside his room begging to get in by singing alternative pop.…I think they should all be shot.”
“Tumble-Stop saved them as well; you must honor it’s act,” said Genkai, “Apparently they have a history with Ash.”
“Not a very good one,” Spike added; then his stomach gave a growl. “Also everyone is pretty hungry. Chi-Chi has offered to cook, and there’s some animals out here that look pretty good” – the Pidgey pecked him – “Ow.”
“They’re not for eating” said Bulma dully.
“I was kidding.” (*STOMACH GROWL*). “But we really are hungry and I don’t think we have any food on this ship, and considering the number of mouths to feed we should try to reduce those numbers” – peck –
“Spike,” spat Jet –
“Oh no, there should be plenty of food on this ship,” said Bulma.
“Come again?” said Spike and Jet together.
Bulma led a new group of Jet, Spike (with the Pidgey going for a ride), and Chi-Chi down a corridor loaded with pokémon scratching and sniffing at a closed lift door with cold sifting out from under it, “Shoo, shoo, go on, it’s not yet time for dinner,” said Bulma motioning for the pokémon to move.
“You sure know your way around,” said Jet.
“Yep. Back on….when Tumble-Stop was still here, we had a ship scanner that could tell us all sorts of things about a ship that was approaching us, even the layout of the ship. Bebop is a converted interplanetary trawler; it has a great communications system, large engines, and great big refrigerated cabins; it’s perfect for traveling.”
“Perfect for bounty hunting,” said Jet opening the hold door, “So your saying the best upgrade of all is in this hold?”
“That’s right,” smiled Bulma.
“Free meat,” prayed Spike.
The door was fully opened and a Rattata slipped by – “Hey!” But then Jet’s eyes were full of a hold packed, packed, with crate upon crate, and packs, and cans, and bags, and boxes and cartons, and wraps of fooooooooood.
Spike walked inside the large icy room up to a box that said “steaks” and hugged it.
“I’ll get started right away,” Chi-Chi smiled.
“Just like how the main cabin is the point of entry for beaming in, this room is the point of entry for stock supplies, and I pumped Bebop full before y’all left for Kanto; sorry I forgot to mention that. Jet?” Bulma waved her hand in front of Jet’s face; a Zigzagoon slipped by.
“I should probably warn you all right now that my husband eats a lot,” said Chi-Chi grabbing the Zigzagoone single handedly, “And if we run out of food, guess who will be on the menu?”
The Zigzagoone squeaked, broke free and ran out the room with the Rattata; the Pidgey pecked Spike again – “Hey! She made the threat!” – peck –
……
Sora fell face down on his bed, and Ed hopped up next to him. Sora felt Ed curl up like a puppy next to him, and Shonen Bat retreated into a corner shadow. The warm affection was almost missed as Sora began reviewing in his mind the talk that happened after they left where Tumble-Stop once was.
Ed saw Sora’s hand gripping the covers of the bed tightly.
In order to check certain statements Sephiroth had made, Genkai told Sora she would ask him some questions about the regained memories through Lorenia’s possession. Her interview started off with questions that mainly confirmed Sephiroth’s actions during the time of the imprisonment of the Masters by the Chrost-Weik, and once she, and specifically Vincent, were satisfied that his actions caused no harm to them, she then started asking what Sora thought about Sephiroth.
“Do you honestly believe in what Sephiroth told you about Riku and Kairi being safe?”
“Yes I do,” although Sora didn’t want to admit it, “I know he’s a shady guy, and he is a bit on the dark side, (Vincent looked like he mumbled something, but Sora ignored it), but if he had the chance to, I mean do anything really bad, he’s strong enough to have done it by now right? What’s he waiting for? My bracelet hasn’t hurt in a while either. Besides if Avera trusts him, then I think Sephiroth is telling the truth. I feel in my heart that Avera is someone we can trust (Sora’s hand went to his chest), and he’s done so much for us already. He saved my friends and I when the Riders came into the Disney System….” Sora’s eyes got wide, and those with the merged worlds quickly realized it as well – off all things to put on a back burner, could those angry banished Riders get into –
“Alright, let me step in for a quick bit, and tell you guys everything I know about the Riders and the Disney System before you all freak out for no reason,” said Shonen Bat, “The amount of information withheld from the public now-a-days just staggers me into disbelief. The Riders cannot get into the Disney System, okay? They can’t. I’m sure they’re off somewhere doing god knows what, but it won’t be where your precious little worlds have been merged to. The only world they were able to penetrate through to in the Disney System was Deeeeeeeesss – oh right it’s been sent into remission – anywho!”
“Destiny Islands,” said Sora, and Shounen Bat glared at him, and Genkai and Vincent’s eyes got wide.
“Anywho”, Shonen Bat growled, “That was the ONLY world they finally managed to bust into, and most likely the Cuckoo-Weik helped them out since Deeeeeeeeeeee” –
“Destiny Islands,” said Sora again.
“Was a Linking World,” Shounen Bat hissed.
“How come you can’t say that world’s name?” Serena asked –
“You try to say it!”
“Deee-eeeeeeessssssssiiiiiiiiiiii – “Serena struggled, “Wha, we could say it before!”
“HA! Well you can’t say it now!”
“Destiny Islands,” said Sora again –
“Shut up!”
“How come Sora can say it?” asked Ash.
“He’s just special, why-don’t-we-leave-it-at-that,” growled Shonen Bat (Genkai and Vincent were looking a little distraught), “Okay getting back on track, just to put your minds at ease at the safety of the Disney System. The Riders cannot get back in there because their only way in, Sora’s world, is not there anymore due to the merges. The merges silence the Links. Have interaction between two Systems, and they are no longer totally separate, thus the Links become void until the merges are undone and the systems separate once again. Now the reason that the Linking World was their only way in was because what is it? A Linking World, a world that allows passage in from the outside more or less for merges, and to relate two systems together to do so – AND – once in a blue moon, guide people in off of wayward paths – what that means, I don’t have the slightest clue, but the Riders were able to manipulate that base aspect of the Linking World, with the Cuckoo-Weik’s help no doubt, and get around this big *** Protection that was around Disney System. Some deal between your King, Sora, and some other people, oh that’s right, the dying wish of a dying Sovereign gave y’all that Protection*; something about protecting the only Sovereign Royalty who made it out alive of the massacre, nothing too big. What? Y’all didn’t know that?” – WACK.
Genkai cracked the rest of her knuckles.
“Okay, right, information has been withheld from y’all, the poor public,” said Shonen Bat rubbing his head, “Anywho, back to explaining. So the Riders got around the Disney System’s Protection* that prevents any Evil Beyond from getting in, but in their case they aren’t so much an Evil Beyond as they are just one ****** up Design, HOWEVER, they were still blocked by the Protection*; I think there was some fine print there that said ‘keep out the god-complex Riders too’. But naturally, the Protection* would have to compromise Sora’s world a bit in order not to take away the purpose of the world, in other words, it would be weaker there, or Sora’s world would have no reason to exist, but to exist, and that’s not the world’s purpose, thus allowing the Riders a way to sneak in legally; damn Chrost-Weik, I wonder how it helped them through that process; that was a mouthful….. And not to mention, the Protection screwed over the Disney System in general too by messing with its borders; thus sending it on a devastating path with fate ending with the death of the Royalties; I mean is there no other way to screw over a System more? It’s almost as if it was meant to happen….”
“Don’t tell me,” said Sora, “Was it, a plan by the Chrost-Weik?”
Shonen Bat shrugged his shoulders, “Who’s to say Sora, except if we’re so fortunate enough to have that scary voice confirm it for us. **** you all heard it back on Tumble-Stop when Tumble-Stop heart opened up to us right? That sends all kinds of shivers down my spine.”
“But wait, there are rules the Chrost-Weik must abide by right?”
“Correct.”
“So then, how did the Lady and Nefero get in?” asked Sora.
“Well, they get a gold medal for figuring that stuff out on their own,” said Little Slugger. “The Protections* are very specific. They merged what they called a ‘little piece of their hell’ into Disney Castle when a group of our worlds merged legally into the Disney System; they just rode right into where they wanted to go – BUT, they couldn’t go further than Disney Castle, why? The Protection*. Sadly they do now have access to Disney Castle due to their ‘little piece of hell’, but no more than that.”
Sora felt a mound of disgust that those monsters could parade around in there….
“Until they ride in another merge,” said Yugi.
“Highly unlikely,” said Shounen Bat, “As long as the Disney Masters do their job, they won’t get the chance to ride another merge in; much less I doubt they want to anymore; their concern is, is not that place.”
“But, since the Riders are possessed by the Chrost-Weik, can’t they undo the Protection* somehow?” asked Ash.
“No, no, remember peoples what you heard on Tumble-Stop! That was luck we got the hear that information – I don’t think the Chrost-Weik was counting on Tumble-Stop to grow some a pair and get help from Yahena – now, back on Tumble-Stop, you heard the Chrost-Weik has restrictions on how far it can fully interact in the physical plain, and by the way the same goes for Yahena. It cannot break a Protection* because IT wants to. But for the record, there are ways to break one. It’s one of the deepest acts of sin anyone can commit; to take away the Protection* of a loved one is as bad as splitting souls. There, I hope that solves it for y’all. Genkai please continue with your interview of Sora.”
“No, I think we’ve gathered enough information for today.” We as referring to her and Vincent (and anyone else in the group that cared); her voice sounded dreary. *If memories of Lorenia’s past may have been left with Sora from the possession, now’s not the time to conjure them up.* “Sora, can you say the name of your home world one more time?”
“Destiny Islands.”
“Well that settles it,” said Genkai in almost a sad tone.
“Does it really matter that much he can say the name of his home world?” said Goku.
“Sora’s world has been sent into remission,” said Vincent. “No one should be able to say the name of world sent into remission as a way to protect its identity until it comes back. It’s another of those silly secret rules, if I remember correctly, a Linking World’s identity is supposed to remain secret. Only the Royalties are really supposed to know about their Linking Worlds, and, people whom Yahena really, really, really trusts can break such a rule; like Seraphs.”
“Oohhhhhhh,” Shonen Bat gave a twisted smile, “So you’re accepting what Sephiroth said then?”
“Shonen Bat, if you can answer this, please do so,” said Vincent.
“Sure,” Shonen Bat snickered.
“Is the main concern of the Lady of Red related to, what Yahena, is trying to do to Sora?”
“What do you mean what Yahena is trying to do to Sora?” asked Shonen Bat playfully, “It’s trying to do it to Riku too, Kairi is too weak, heh, heh – “ Sora got on the defensive –
“Answer the question,” he ordered.
“Ohhh, ‘kay, fine. You want to know the gritty details – you got it. The main concern of the Lady of Red, I’ll talk about that first since she really doesn’t seem to have a main concern, to her; they are projects. At first, she was trying to kill all the Keyblade Masters so the Seraphs couldn’t rise and interfere, and we of the Anime System knew, at least those educated enough, that if any Seraphs were to have awakened, it would have been Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue. They were pretty high on her hit list, but knowing they had a good chance of becoming Seraphs, Yahena wouldn’t let them go easily. The Lady had to wait until she could catch them off guard, or they were handed to her.”
“Handed to her?” asked Raye.
“I don’t know the details exactly, but when she gave Nefero the order to kill them, they couldn’t, fight well. Seritouge did something to them, that’s all I know of that; Sephiroth wouldn’t tell me anymore. Some of you looked surprised, don’t you know how your Masters really died?” – WACK.
Genkai cracked her knuckles again, “Like you said before, some information has been withheld from the public. So Sephiroth knows how they really died?”
“Yes,” said Shonen Bat rubbing his head again, “Let’s drop that unpleasant subject for now. Back to the point, the Lady was killing the Masters to stop the Seraphs from awaking and created this sick list of the names of all the slain Masters; I don’t know why, the only reason we were able to obtain was that it was personal. Anywho, Yahena would never allow every Master to be killed be it that more would just get chosen, or they were hidden, or they were already too strong to kill, mind you Yahena only acting within the boundaries it could act, so it couldn’t help everyone, and that list grew awfully long. That brings me to her interest in you and your friends Sora. With the Disney System so Protected*, she thought a secret weapon of Yahena must be hiding in there; nope. Eventually her interest was lost in killing the Masters as she learned she can’t kill them all; they would just have to be a menace dealt with. So she focused in on harvesting the Masters, and for those that were killed, their remains were used in experiments.” Shonen Bat forced that last word out. “She knew she would have an endless field of research subjects no matter how out of reach they were now, they would still be there until she found a way to pluck them, like cherries off a tree.”
Sora imagined a happy woman dressed in red picking dripping red cherries and placing them in a dripping basket…..
“Another thing she harvested from them were memories from their keychains; we think she was looking for something in those memories, whether she found it or not, I can’t say. She’s like a kid in a candy store, doing whatever she wants, trying out her wings on what she can do.”
“And what her experiments are leading to is related to what Yahena is trying to do?” asked Genkai; the room felt like it was starting to get cold.
“She has many experiments, but we’re getting warmer to the best one,” taunted Shonen Bat. “I remember Izzy came back one time covered in blood. She said she had just killed a bunch of these, things with twisted, deformed human shape, as if poorly made clay figures. When all the blood was sifted off of her, Sephiroth burned it with magic, and the blood turned into Star Dust; it was the blood of Keyblade Masters. From previously dead or alive subjects, I don’t know. I’ve heard from Sephiroth that she can manipulate Fixed Memory magic* into a way that it’s almost like she’s trying to be a necromancer or something….And this is all for her experimentation. I think, now this is just speculation on Sephiroth’s part, but knowing him, he’s probably right. He thinks she’s trying to make, a Scythe.”…..
A chill ran around the room, and Abigale hugged her puppy –
“A Scythe?” asked Sora, “What’s that?”
“Sora,” said Bulma, “Remember when Euphoria told you that the Chrost-Weik can produce things worse than the Lady and Nefero? Thantos, the Chrost-Weik’s Gate is one of them, and a Scythe is another.”
“A Scythe, is the opposite of a Seraph, Sora,” said Genkai, “A fallen Keyblade Master so to speak; one that has been consumed by darkness and evil.”
“An evil, Keyblade Master?” asked Sora as if walking on ice.
“Yes, and the keyblades they wield are of the Chrost-Weik which can do nasty things, but Scythes are rarer than Seraphs,” said Genkai. “If I remember right, only 4 have been born, ever.”
“Well the Lady might be trying to increase that number, but I know for sure as Sephiroth told y’all, Yahena is trying to do the same for Seraphs. So to bluntly answer your question, maybe, part of what the Lady is trying to accomplish, and what Yahena is trying to do, are related in trying to bump up the number of powerful Masters; good or bad. Build up the home base you know, and also based off of what the Chrost-Weik spilled, she’s going for its Gate too. She’s trying to get the Chrost-Weik’s Gate and a Scythe, you can all join me in saying ****.”
Well with that pleasant information in everyone’s head….
“So, then I guess to offset this somewhat,” said Sora, “What Yahena is trying to do, with Riku and I, is it’s trying to make us into Seraphs?”
“You got it, with the information we have so far, that is the soundest conclusion; not to mention Eros is looking over you Sora. Those fights you had with Sephiroth were ‘a shameless act to boost your confidence as a Master’ remember? You and Riku also did a bit of Holy Elemental magic* when y’all saw Nefero, bet you didn’t know what you did huh?” Sora shook his head. “Thought so, ya'll were just that upset, and if the souls of Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue didn’t take the brunt of the Chrost-Weik’s little slash attack, we’d be out of a second group of Masters, but hey, you’re still here, and again, they’re not” – WACK.
“I meant no disrespect. Let me let y’all in on some things about their passing that I do know. At the risk of sounding, dorky….Our Masters kinda never left this System’s side; that’s how dedicated they were. Avera knows more about how they possessed you and your friends Sora, ask him if you want. But I warn you, you may not like what you hear.”
Something was bubbling up from Sora, his memory of dying from the Riders was getting mixed around with something else….
“Of course as a little disclaimer, this whole theory of you and Riku Sora becoming Seraphs could be complete bull****,” said Shonen Bat. “But you guys have been favored by chance just a little too much for the average sad sap.”
Sora began to feel sick.
“Shouldn’t that be a good thing if Yahena wants to try and make Sora and Riku into Seraphs?” asked Goku, “Won’t that make them stronger? Euphoria did imply back on Tumble-Stop that they would eventually meet the Big Four, well we already met one of them, but” –
“Let me put it to you this way, a Master that has a chance of becoming a Seraph, would also be candidates as Scythes,” said Genkai. “ I don’t think the Lady knows that since she killed our Masters. Really Sora, if this is all true, heed Tumble-Stop’s advice, I know you heard it even though you were out of it, but don’t let your emotion get the better of you….Sora?”
“Yeah, that’s another suck point,” said Shonen Bat, “If the Lady catches wind of that notion, guess who’ll be near the top of her hit list again? Not to mention if she found out we all heard the Chrost-Weik’s speech to Tumble-Stop, and we know a way on how to summon its Gate, whoo, well I don’t even want to think what would happen to us then. Hey Sora, you okay?”
“Um…”
Genkai walked over to Sora and rubbed his back, “What’s wrong? You feel a little sick?”
“Yeah it’s nothing, you know, just a little woozy, probably using my head too much,” Sora used cure* around his stomach – a memory played – and he saw his insides fall out. Sora bent over in a cry of pain grabbing his stomach – his whole body remembering a foreign rapture of torture – Genkai grabbed him – “What is it? What are you feeling?”
“Pain!” Sora choked squirming – he began coughing violently and gasping for air
“He’s choking!”
Genkai put her hand on Sora’s chest using Cura*, but it didn’t seem to help – “Tell me what’s hurting!”
“Everything! I think I’m on fire!” Sora screamed, but he wasn’t –
Vincent rushed to Sora’s other side to hold him with Genkai as Sora’s body began to shake –
“Oh crap, um, you remember those Easter eggs I talked about?” said Shonen Bat –
“What Easter eggs?!” Genkai and Vincent shouted –
And Genkai perked up to what she originally wanted to find out from the interview of Sora – “Do you mean memories?! Memories of Lorenia’s past life?”
“Well after a possession, you know, some memories of the ghost that comes in may accidentally leave a few memories behind, or maybe they did it on purpose – but you know the Anime Masters died again in their bodies! I wouldn’t be surprised they weren’t exactly clean on exiting! They were turned into frikin’ hoses for the Chrost-Weik!”
“A memory is doing this?!” blurted Serena.
“It’s a bad memory!” Shonen Bat yelled back – “Move! Let me handle this!”
And it ended there with Shounen Bat giving Sora a “light” knock on the head, and Sora began to regain himself repressing that memory with all his might…..With countless reassurances, Sora stated that he was okay now, and thanked Shonen Bat for helping him…”I should have hit you harder,” Shonen Bat replied…..
So Sora was now holding memories of Lorenia; memories, of when she died.
Shonen Bat tried to make light of what was given. They could find out how the Anime Masters really died! It was also a great chance to possibly study Nefero’s fighting tactics for the day when Sora would eventually have to face him; that was a given, there was no escaping that….Seraph or not, Sora, and his friends will all meet the rest of the Big Four in time…..
Sora bent again on his bed.
“Fight it back Sora, your not ready for those memories yet,” came Shonen Bat’s voice.
“Relax Sora,” came Ed’s worried voice rubbing Sora’s back.
Sora could feel the memories of Lorenia’s death…creeping up…..but he held his morbid curiosity back – at the time being, he was not ready to find out…and they stopped boiling up.
“Good boy,” said Shonen Bat. And silence took over the room.
….Sora sighed….And began to feel a bit, overwhelmed….Just since he’s been here, he’s escaped getting killed (for good) four times: the Riders destroying Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed’s world cluster, the Untouchables of Kanto, the confrontation with the Riders, and just then, the Chrost-Weik’s abuse of Tumble-Stop; Tumble-Stop……Well hey he’s been attacked before, I mean Xehanort’s heartless and Organization 13 weren’t exactly cake walks right?…Not to mention all those Disney Villains….and the Emotionless.... But….. He could handle those situations…..He knew he could……Now….now there’s so much more..... Just how really weak of a Master is he? No, those opponents were strong….But then why….Why can’t he seem to accomplish anything here?….. And now he’s supposedly being forced to become a Seraph?….Was he really worthy of that strength? – Another memory pushed to the surface, he couldn’t stop it –
*“You’ve really put Organization 13 in a pickle. I guess that’s why the keyblade chose you, but man did it pick a dud this time. You don’t look like you’re half the hero the others were.”*….When he met Xigbar again…. – Another memory came up –
*"You know I think you’ve had enough for today," she smiled sweetly, *“Master or not, you’re only human,” *she said resting her elbows on an unseen table, her head upon her hands. *“I know you feel this great big responsibility weighing you down, but you’re not alone in this.”*……A memory from when he talked with Euphoria…..
Sora rolled over on his back and opened his eyes; Ed’s face was right there.
“We’re going to be at Kakakitkat’s world’s soon – a world full of ninjas! Isn’t that cool?” piped Ed, “Grandma said we were going there for you to Lock* another world right? We have to keep moving right? The Car-runitwau Star is really bright and strong!”
“Yeah,” said Sora, a final memory came up of a summary from his talk with Spike on Tumble-Stop….Up on Lookout Tower….
*“You know, I wouldn’t trust those rails, this place is pretty run-down, its probably been here a long, long time. It’s still standing though, I’ll give it that.”*
Sora blinked……
*“It’s still standing Sora. What about you?”*
Sora slowly sat upright. He looked over the guardrails, yep, he was pretty high up; this building stood up really tall.
*“Lots of people would like to see this building still stand.”*…….And oh how tall it stood.
“You can do it my Master!”
Sora sat up on his bed, eye level with Ed.
*“…I think this the busiest I’ll have ever been, but even so, I’ve got to pull everything I’ve got, and give it a hundred and ten percent for everyone here; they deserve that from me, from my duties as a Keyblade Master.”*
That memory on Tumble-Stop hurt but…Heh, taking his own advice, “You’re right Ed, we gotta keep moving!” Ed gave a big smile.
“Your happiness makes me want to vomit,” said Shonen Bat; Ed threw a pillow at the dark corner. “You missed.”
There came a knocking on Sora’s door; Ed jumped up and opened it, “Hi Mrs. Chi-Chi! – Oh that looks soooooooo goooooood!” The sweet aroma of home cooked food pulled Sora over and he joined Ed as she grabbed three plates –
“Oh no, don’t drop them!” said Chi-Chi, “Here Sora you take this one, and um, where’s the third one?”
“Not hungry,” came Shonen Bat’s voice.
“More for us,” said Sora dumping half of Shonen Bat’s plate onto Ed’s, he took the other half and Ed hopped back to the bed.
“I don’t mean to rush you Sora, but you do need to eat a little fast. Kakashi is going to take you Genkai, and Vincent to meet the Third Hokage in thirty minutes.”
“This plate will be gone in one,” said Sora looking at all the food on his plate, “Wait, are we already there?”
“Look outside your window,” Chi-Chi smiled.
Sora and Ed looked outside Sora’s window and both of their mouths dropped open, “Th-that’s, the Carunit-wau Star?!” The star, though far away, was brilliant and bright as a powerful sun with shimmering rainbow rays almost bending around it; many, many worlds of all different orientations, sizes, and themes were placed lightly around it, peaceful, many looked as healthy as Sora was used to seeing back in the Disney System. Nothing at all like the poor space the Kitzserubie Star and its worlds were once in.….
“Isn’t it nice?” said Chi-Chi, “The world where Goku and I live is in there too.”
“Eh, heh, looks like that map I made a while back Sora was a little off,” said Ed shying and blushing a little. “At least we made it to Tumble-Stop.”
Connect the dots.
“Yeah,” said Sora, “We did.” They did. They all did.
The fate of all occurs not by chance….
Avera slowly opened his eyes, and there was Sephiroth looking over him.
The fate of all is inevitable….
“WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! KAIRI YOU SCARED US ALL HALF TO DEEEAAAAAAAATHAAAA WAHHHHH!! I DON’T WANT TO LET YOU GOOOOO!!!!”
“Mihoshi I can’t breath!”
Riku and Isetzue were sharing a nice lunch of sandwiches. “I’m going to take you to your next world soon,” she said. “I think you’ll like it.”
Each of their fates pass through and enter together……
In light of the fact of our play.
END CHAP
Okay, not everything got answered, but more explanations are to come And I bet I just created more questions Anyone remember what Avera said back to Sora before they left to go check up on Riku…? >>;
So…..will Orochimaru, Envy, and Bakura come out to play? O_O
And yes what the last part was said by Yahena was the hopefully accurate English translation of Birth by Sleep posted up by playsboss at Youtube >o<
And now, *throws self on ground*.....You know what I'm going to say...... patience for the next chapters, as they may [will] come out late on occasion since my review is adamant in trying to claim my life X.X Darn exacto knife sliced my knee clean open T^T Ouchies.
Thanks for reading guys! Peace and Cloverfield!
And…..If there’s one thing you can be sure of me whining constantly about, it’s classes -_-….Sorry Haku T.T
Like said before, this chapter is nothing special – it’s just a recap with some snipits of where this story is now headed, although progression is made….and the title does not help…..I re-read through my story like a hawk and I feel an explanation chappie is really needed…….several, but they’ll be a part of the main chapters, no set backs here
Click the underline pokemon name to see what they look like I’m actually astonished at how confusing this story really is >_< I got confused a little myself…X.x Thank-you guys for keeping up ^o^
At the end of the last chapter, Genkai wanted to see if she could find out something of Lorenia from Sora after the possession…..Shonen Bat mentioned Easter eggs……
Ch 29 Disorientation
“Ah the years rolled by and several died, and left us somewhat reelin' –
In and out came crawlin' out, and spewed upon the ceiling –
So what became of rebels that sang for you and me? –
Grapplin; with their demons
In the seach for liberty!” – Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly
En route – Car-runitwau Star – What, we’re there already?! I didn’t get to sight see……T.T
Black and white can be two absences of color. The purest of the pure, all light, all dark – thus nothing.
Hollow Castle
Nefero walked down a dark hall towards a dimly lit chattery room; the room quieted down as the black decorated double doors creaked open, and his unhappy form was revealed. Nefero waited politely for the announcement.
“This meeting is now in session,” came a voice behind clasped hands and glimmering glasses. “How did the disturbance go?”
“Oh, phoo, it was a blow out in the end,” yawned Nefero, “However it wasn’t a complete washout. Major brownie points to our Dark Cloak boy who found Sora’s location.” Nefero gave a few not so enthusiastic claps. The man in the Dark Cloak stayed motionless in the corner of the room. “You’ll have to excuse me, I’m a bit tired. (*Yawn*) and I must thank you all for your patience as that little blip was dealt with.”
“Where’s the Key?”
“The Key was not the point, it was all a part of the Chrost-Weik’s design to try and summon its Gate, although that was stopped, unfortunately.”
“By these Masters?” came a dark royal lusty voice.
“No, by a stupid ninja and a stupid world, but chance has been favoring these Masters just a bit too much. These Masters might just be the ones that Yahena places all its chips on since it used Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue as shields for them; oh this game is turning out to be so fun,” Nefero smiled. “Now, let’s get back to business, I have assembled you all here directly to my home to inform you of what’s been going on lately with my missus’ current project, the awakening of Death Generals. Some are underway right now, I need my Hunters to collect more test subjects, we need strong, strong hearts that can survive the Turning Process, most likely an Opposite Heart, and luckily I have discovered a few of your own Opposite Hearts are with Sora! Brownie points for those can get them!”
“What about the Winged Group? Wouldn’t those be a bit risky to grab since he’s being watched over by them? They’ll probably protect them too.”
“Don’t you worry about the Winged Group too much, they can’t be everywhere at once, for god’s sake, there are only three of them, and one of them is severely injured right now. Big Cousin wouldn’t dare leave his side. And besides, me and South Light will try to keep them busy as we now have the cooperation of some very, very pissed of people; tee hee.”
“Aren’t those Keyblade Masters themselves strong?” came a tight snotty voice.
“They are nothing like Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue – nothing, but keep in mind, that they have a knack for getting out of tight situations, and also that Yahena may be watching them more closely than usual.”
“I’m assuming you know where one of them is headed then?” came the voice under the hands and glasses.
“Oh yes, yes, we have word from our spies among Sora’s group that Sora is going to the Land of Fire, specifically, Konohagakure Village.”
“Heh, heh, my neck of the woods eh?” came an oily snake-like voice.
“Are those the ones that you stationed on Tumble-Stop?” asked a two-sided voice, “Those bumbling idiots?”
“They know where their loyalty lies,” said Nefero dully. “They’re too stupid to mess this up, if they miss another report to me, I will kill them myself, besides they’re under the cover of being saved by Tumble-Stop; no one wouldn’t dare go against what Tumble-Stop saved. Heh, that world still turned out to be a use to us after-all. Anywho, I also want you guys as you go about now to keep a look out for the other two Masters as they have gone M.I.A., again. I’m sure you can track them down Legato as you did with Sora; really some major brownie points to you.”
“Anything you want us do to the Masters then?”
“Bring them in as well,” smiled Nefero, “That is all. Orochimaru, since your world is being approached, you have the first crack at Sora; enjoy. Bring in lots of hearts now, and everyone be wise about your decisions; I want to see you all next meeting. Chow!” and Nefero dissapeared in a crack of thunder.
The one called Orochimaru, still covered in darkness, stood up.
“Well it’s such a shame the little Master has the pleasure of meeting me first. I already have events set in motion on my world,” he said. “If they are nothing like the former Masters, then Sora will pose no threat; he will only be an honored guest at my festivities. Since there are Opposite Hearts with him to grab, I’d like two Hunters to accompany me.”
“Don’t you want to handle this yourself, snake?” came the tight snotty voice.
“I have pride, but I don’t want to be bothered in my chance to experiment on a Master for myself before turning him over to Nefero. Won’t you accompany me? Envy?”
The one with the tight snotty voice called Envy walked over from the darkness to the burning portal, “What’s left of him you mean,” and walked through.
“Oh, you know me so well. I’d like one more to come along, this may be your only chance to get to play with a Master now.”
The one with the two-sided voice stood up.
“Oh Bakura are you sure? Don’t you usually travel with Marik? Where is he anyway?”
“Shut-up.” Bakura walked though the Dark Portal with crossed arms.
“Hmm, your Summoning Skills will be greatly appreciated. Farwell everyone,” and Orochimaru walked through the portal and it closed.
“The rest of the Hunters dispatch on the search for appilcable test subjects,” said the voice behind the clasped hands and glasses. “And for the rest of us, we will return to our stations at our worlds. This meeting of the Teisatsutai no Warui has now officially come to a close.”
Bebop Ship
“Thank-you for hearing him out…Everything he said and before was true…”
Jet stood gazing out the front large panoramic window with crossed arms; Ein was loyally besides him observing as well. Bulma, Genkai, Vincent, and the man in the Light Cloak were behind him working with the monitor.
“What a wonderful time for Spot Tower to be down,” moaned Bulma looking at the monitor apologizing for negative contact, “(*Sigh*) They don’t even know what happened.”
“I bet it’s no accident,” said Vincent, “News of what happened with Tumble-Stop would only cripple the people’s confidence even more.”
“News of the Deities going into hiding won’t be widely accepted by some either,” said Genkai, “I bet Seritouge is pissed.”
“But that was nice they let us know they were okay,” said Bulma. “A Bubble Telegram*, I’ll have to ask Deity East to make one for me,” she smiled.
“Kakashi, how is the state of your world currently?” asked Genkai.
“Stable,” he replied, “If anything, the Emotionless that occasionally pop up are now no more than training exercises for our Genin; especially with the Chuunin Exams underway.”
“Did your leave interrupt anything?” asked Genkai.
“Don’t concern yourself with that,” said Kakashi, “If it can’t be helped, it can’t be helped. Despite the arrival of the Emotionless, and that wonderful light show from the Rider’s attack, the Chuunin Exams will go on as planned.”
“Heh, as more than showing the resilience of the allies,” said Genkai, “Have there been any shifts in power?”
“None,” said Kakashi, “Although I wouldn’t put it beneath anyone to make an attempt during these more cautious times.”
Jet listened intently. “Looks like more trouble ahead Ein,” he said quietly; Ein quietly barked back.
“Our presence won’t be too much of a hassle for your village will it?” asked Vincent.
“No, and I think Genkai’s plan is a good way of integrating everyone, as we all know, we still have to respect the world’s order still; somewhat,” said Kakashi.
“Until they see a big giant space ship land,” said Spike entering from the doorway, “Or is that common for your world?”
“It is not,” replied Kakashi, “And might cause somewhat of a panic.”
“Enter covertly then,” said Spike, then smiling, “Like a ninja.”
“Exactly,” smiled Kakashi back.
“How is everyone doing?” asked Bulma.
Spike gave a sigh through his nose and replied, “As best they can. Ed and that bat kid went with Sora and he, Yugi, and Ash retreated to their rooms, the rest of the scouts are bunking with Serena, Goku is trying to work the t.v. for Chi-Chi and Abigale, Faye is off in her own world and there are animals everywhere.” A Pidgey landed on Spike’s head. “You know I noticed, one of those creatures we picked up from Ash’s word didn’t get on board. I don’t think the dark one made it.”
“That’s probably right,” said Genkai, “There were a lot of casualties and with our group so big; it was a possibility from the start. Where are the other pokémon legends?”
“The blue one is with Ash, but the other two are somewhere else on aboard. Oh yeah, and those people in black and white are outside his room begging to get in by singing alternative pop.…I think they should all be shot.”
“Tumble-Stop saved them as well; you must honor it’s act,” said Genkai, “Apparently they have a history with Ash.”
“Not a very good one,” Spike added; then his stomach gave a growl. “Also everyone is pretty hungry. Chi-Chi has offered to cook, and there’s some animals out here that look pretty good” – the Pidgey pecked him – “Ow.”
“They’re not for eating” said Bulma dully.
“I was kidding.” (*STOMACH GROWL*). “But we really are hungry and I don’t think we have any food on this ship, and considering the number of mouths to feed we should try to reduce those numbers” – peck –
“Spike,” spat Jet –
“Oh no, there should be plenty of food on this ship,” said Bulma.
“Come again?” said Spike and Jet together.
Bulma led a new group of Jet, Spike (with the Pidgey going for a ride), and Chi-Chi down a corridor loaded with pokémon scratching and sniffing at a closed lift door with cold sifting out from under it, “Shoo, shoo, go on, it’s not yet time for dinner,” said Bulma motioning for the pokémon to move.
“You sure know your way around,” said Jet.
“Yep. Back on….when Tumble-Stop was still here, we had a ship scanner that could tell us all sorts of things about a ship that was approaching us, even the layout of the ship. Bebop is a converted interplanetary trawler; it has a great communications system, large engines, and great big refrigerated cabins; it’s perfect for traveling.”
“Perfect for bounty hunting,” said Jet opening the hold door, “So your saying the best upgrade of all is in this hold?”
“That’s right,” smiled Bulma.
“Free meat,” prayed Spike.
The door was fully opened and a Rattata slipped by – “Hey!” But then Jet’s eyes were full of a hold packed, packed, with crate upon crate, and packs, and cans, and bags, and boxes and cartons, and wraps of fooooooooood.
Spike walked inside the large icy room up to a box that said “steaks” and hugged it.
“I’ll get started right away,” Chi-Chi smiled.
“Just like how the main cabin is the point of entry for beaming in, this room is the point of entry for stock supplies, and I pumped Bebop full before y’all left for Kanto; sorry I forgot to mention that. Jet?” Bulma waved her hand in front of Jet’s face; a Zigzagoon slipped by.
“I should probably warn you all right now that my husband eats a lot,” said Chi-Chi grabbing the Zigzagoone single handedly, “And if we run out of food, guess who will be on the menu?”
The Zigzagoone squeaked, broke free and ran out the room with the Rattata; the Pidgey pecked Spike again – “Hey! She made the threat!” – peck –
……
Sora fell face down on his bed, and Ed hopped up next to him. Sora felt Ed curl up like a puppy next to him, and Shonen Bat retreated into a corner shadow. The warm affection was almost missed as Sora began reviewing in his mind the talk that happened after they left where Tumble-Stop once was.
Ed saw Sora’s hand gripping the covers of the bed tightly.
In order to check certain statements Sephiroth had made, Genkai told Sora she would ask him some questions about the regained memories through Lorenia’s possession. Her interview started off with questions that mainly confirmed Sephiroth’s actions during the time of the imprisonment of the Masters by the Chrost-Weik, and once she, and specifically Vincent, were satisfied that his actions caused no harm to them, she then started asking what Sora thought about Sephiroth.
“Do you honestly believe in what Sephiroth told you about Riku and Kairi being safe?”
“Yes I do,” although Sora didn’t want to admit it, “I know he’s a shady guy, and he is a bit on the dark side, (Vincent looked like he mumbled something, but Sora ignored it), but if he had the chance to, I mean do anything really bad, he’s strong enough to have done it by now right? What’s he waiting for? My bracelet hasn’t hurt in a while either. Besides if Avera trusts him, then I think Sephiroth is telling the truth. I feel in my heart that Avera is someone we can trust (Sora’s hand went to his chest), and he’s done so much for us already. He saved my friends and I when the Riders came into the Disney System….” Sora’s eyes got wide, and those with the merged worlds quickly realized it as well – off all things to put on a back burner, could those angry banished Riders get into –
“Alright, let me step in for a quick bit, and tell you guys everything I know about the Riders and the Disney System before you all freak out for no reason,” said Shonen Bat, “The amount of information withheld from the public now-a-days just staggers me into disbelief. The Riders cannot get into the Disney System, okay? They can’t. I’m sure they’re off somewhere doing god knows what, but it won’t be where your precious little worlds have been merged to. The only world they were able to penetrate through to in the Disney System was Deeeeeeeesss – oh right it’s been sent into remission – anywho!”
“Destiny Islands,” said Sora, and Shounen Bat glared at him, and Genkai and Vincent’s eyes got wide.
“Anywho”, Shonen Bat growled, “That was the ONLY world they finally managed to bust into, and most likely the Cuckoo-Weik helped them out since Deeeeeeeeeeee” –
“Destiny Islands,” said Sora again.
“Was a Linking World,” Shounen Bat hissed.
“How come you can’t say that world’s name?” Serena asked –
“You try to say it!”
“Deee-eeeeeeessssssssiiiiiiiiiiii – “Serena struggled, “Wha, we could say it before!”
“HA! Well you can’t say it now!”
“Destiny Islands,” said Sora again –
“Shut up!”
“How come Sora can say it?” asked Ash.
“He’s just special, why-don’t-we-leave-it-at-that,” growled Shonen Bat (Genkai and Vincent were looking a little distraught), “Okay getting back on track, just to put your minds at ease at the safety of the Disney System. The Riders cannot get back in there because their only way in, Sora’s world, is not there anymore due to the merges. The merges silence the Links. Have interaction between two Systems, and they are no longer totally separate, thus the Links become void until the merges are undone and the systems separate once again. Now the reason that the Linking World was their only way in was because what is it? A Linking World, a world that allows passage in from the outside more or less for merges, and to relate two systems together to do so – AND – once in a blue moon, guide people in off of wayward paths – what that means, I don’t have the slightest clue, but the Riders were able to manipulate that base aspect of the Linking World, with the Cuckoo-Weik’s help no doubt, and get around this big *** Protection that was around Disney System. Some deal between your King, Sora, and some other people, oh that’s right, the dying wish of a dying Sovereign gave y’all that Protection*; something about protecting the only Sovereign Royalty who made it out alive of the massacre, nothing too big. What? Y’all didn’t know that?” – WACK.
Genkai cracked the rest of her knuckles.
“Okay, right, information has been withheld from y’all, the poor public,” said Shonen Bat rubbing his head, “Anywho, back to explaining. So the Riders got around the Disney System’s Protection* that prevents any Evil Beyond from getting in, but in their case they aren’t so much an Evil Beyond as they are just one ****** up Design, HOWEVER, they were still blocked by the Protection*; I think there was some fine print there that said ‘keep out the god-complex Riders too’. But naturally, the Protection* would have to compromise Sora’s world a bit in order not to take away the purpose of the world, in other words, it would be weaker there, or Sora’s world would have no reason to exist, but to exist, and that’s not the world’s purpose, thus allowing the Riders a way to sneak in legally; damn Chrost-Weik, I wonder how it helped them through that process; that was a mouthful….. And not to mention, the Protection screwed over the Disney System in general too by messing with its borders; thus sending it on a devastating path with fate ending with the death of the Royalties; I mean is there no other way to screw over a System more? It’s almost as if it was meant to happen….”
“Don’t tell me,” said Sora, “Was it, a plan by the Chrost-Weik?”
Shonen Bat shrugged his shoulders, “Who’s to say Sora, except if we’re so fortunate enough to have that scary voice confirm it for us. **** you all heard it back on Tumble-Stop when Tumble-Stop heart opened up to us right? That sends all kinds of shivers down my spine.”
“But wait, there are rules the Chrost-Weik must abide by right?”
“Correct.”
“So then, how did the Lady and Nefero get in?” asked Sora.
“Well, they get a gold medal for figuring that stuff out on their own,” said Little Slugger. “The Protections* are very specific. They merged what they called a ‘little piece of their hell’ into Disney Castle when a group of our worlds merged legally into the Disney System; they just rode right into where they wanted to go – BUT, they couldn’t go further than Disney Castle, why? The Protection*. Sadly they do now have access to Disney Castle due to their ‘little piece of hell’, but no more than that.”
Sora felt a mound of disgust that those monsters could parade around in there….
“Until they ride in another merge,” said Yugi.
“Highly unlikely,” said Shounen Bat, “As long as the Disney Masters do their job, they won’t get the chance to ride another merge in; much less I doubt they want to anymore; their concern is, is not that place.”
“But, since the Riders are possessed by the Chrost-Weik, can’t they undo the Protection* somehow?” asked Ash.
“No, no, remember peoples what you heard on Tumble-Stop! That was luck we got the hear that information – I don’t think the Chrost-Weik was counting on Tumble-Stop to grow some a pair and get help from Yahena – now, back on Tumble-Stop, you heard the Chrost-Weik has restrictions on how far it can fully interact in the physical plain, and by the way the same goes for Yahena. It cannot break a Protection* because IT wants to. But for the record, there are ways to break one. It’s one of the deepest acts of sin anyone can commit; to take away the Protection* of a loved one is as bad as splitting souls. There, I hope that solves it for y’all. Genkai please continue with your interview of Sora.”
“No, I think we’ve gathered enough information for today.” We as referring to her and Vincent (and anyone else in the group that cared); her voice sounded dreary. *If memories of Lorenia’s past may have been left with Sora from the possession, now’s not the time to conjure them up.* “Sora, can you say the name of your home world one more time?”
“Destiny Islands.”
“Well that settles it,” said Genkai in almost a sad tone.
“Does it really matter that much he can say the name of his home world?” said Goku.
“Sora’s world has been sent into remission,” said Vincent. “No one should be able to say the name of world sent into remission as a way to protect its identity until it comes back. It’s another of those silly secret rules, if I remember correctly, a Linking World’s identity is supposed to remain secret. Only the Royalties are really supposed to know about their Linking Worlds, and, people whom Yahena really, really, really trusts can break such a rule; like Seraphs.”
“Oohhhhhhh,” Shonen Bat gave a twisted smile, “So you’re accepting what Sephiroth said then?”
“Shonen Bat, if you can answer this, please do so,” said Vincent.
“Sure,” Shonen Bat snickered.
“Is the main concern of the Lady of Red related to, what Yahena, is trying to do to Sora?”
“What do you mean what Yahena is trying to do to Sora?” asked Shonen Bat playfully, “It’s trying to do it to Riku too, Kairi is too weak, heh, heh – “ Sora got on the defensive –
“Answer the question,” he ordered.
“Ohhh, ‘kay, fine. You want to know the gritty details – you got it. The main concern of the Lady of Red, I’ll talk about that first since she really doesn’t seem to have a main concern, to her; they are projects. At first, she was trying to kill all the Keyblade Masters so the Seraphs couldn’t rise and interfere, and we of the Anime System knew, at least those educated enough, that if any Seraphs were to have awakened, it would have been Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue. They were pretty high on her hit list, but knowing they had a good chance of becoming Seraphs, Yahena wouldn’t let them go easily. The Lady had to wait until she could catch them off guard, or they were handed to her.”
“Handed to her?” asked Raye.
“I don’t know the details exactly, but when she gave Nefero the order to kill them, they couldn’t, fight well. Seritouge did something to them, that’s all I know of that; Sephiroth wouldn’t tell me anymore. Some of you looked surprised, don’t you know how your Masters really died?” – WACK.
Genkai cracked her knuckles again, “Like you said before, some information has been withheld from the public. So Sephiroth knows how they really died?”
“Yes,” said Shonen Bat rubbing his head again, “Let’s drop that unpleasant subject for now. Back to the point, the Lady was killing the Masters to stop the Seraphs from awaking and created this sick list of the names of all the slain Masters; I don’t know why, the only reason we were able to obtain was that it was personal. Anywho, Yahena would never allow every Master to be killed be it that more would just get chosen, or they were hidden, or they were already too strong to kill, mind you Yahena only acting within the boundaries it could act, so it couldn’t help everyone, and that list grew awfully long. That brings me to her interest in you and your friends Sora. With the Disney System so Protected*, she thought a secret weapon of Yahena must be hiding in there; nope. Eventually her interest was lost in killing the Masters as she learned she can’t kill them all; they would just have to be a menace dealt with. So she focused in on harvesting the Masters, and for those that were killed, their remains were used in experiments.” Shonen Bat forced that last word out. “She knew she would have an endless field of research subjects no matter how out of reach they were now, they would still be there until she found a way to pluck them, like cherries off a tree.”
Sora imagined a happy woman dressed in red picking dripping red cherries and placing them in a dripping basket…..
“Another thing she harvested from them were memories from their keychains; we think she was looking for something in those memories, whether she found it or not, I can’t say. She’s like a kid in a candy store, doing whatever she wants, trying out her wings on what she can do.”
“And what her experiments are leading to is related to what Yahena is trying to do?” asked Genkai; the room felt like it was starting to get cold.
“She has many experiments, but we’re getting warmer to the best one,” taunted Shonen Bat. “I remember Izzy came back one time covered in blood. She said she had just killed a bunch of these, things with twisted, deformed human shape, as if poorly made clay figures. When all the blood was sifted off of her, Sephiroth burned it with magic, and the blood turned into Star Dust; it was the blood of Keyblade Masters. From previously dead or alive subjects, I don’t know. I’ve heard from Sephiroth that she can manipulate Fixed Memory magic* into a way that it’s almost like she’s trying to be a necromancer or something….And this is all for her experimentation. I think, now this is just speculation on Sephiroth’s part, but knowing him, he’s probably right. He thinks she’s trying to make, a Scythe.”…..
A chill ran around the room, and Abigale hugged her puppy –
“A Scythe?” asked Sora, “What’s that?”
“Sora,” said Bulma, “Remember when Euphoria told you that the Chrost-Weik can produce things worse than the Lady and Nefero? Thantos, the Chrost-Weik’s Gate is one of them, and a Scythe is another.”
“A Scythe, is the opposite of a Seraph, Sora,” said Genkai, “A fallen Keyblade Master so to speak; one that has been consumed by darkness and evil.”
“An evil, Keyblade Master?” asked Sora as if walking on ice.
“Yes, and the keyblades they wield are of the Chrost-Weik which can do nasty things, but Scythes are rarer than Seraphs,” said Genkai. “If I remember right, only 4 have been born, ever.”
“Well the Lady might be trying to increase that number, but I know for sure as Sephiroth told y’all, Yahena is trying to do the same for Seraphs. So to bluntly answer your question, maybe, part of what the Lady is trying to accomplish, and what Yahena is trying to do, are related in trying to bump up the number of powerful Masters; good or bad. Build up the home base you know, and also based off of what the Chrost-Weik spilled, she’s going for its Gate too. She’s trying to get the Chrost-Weik’s Gate and a Scythe, you can all join me in saying ****.”
Well with that pleasant information in everyone’s head….
“So, then I guess to offset this somewhat,” said Sora, “What Yahena is trying to do, with Riku and I, is it’s trying to make us into Seraphs?”
“You got it, with the information we have so far, that is the soundest conclusion; not to mention Eros is looking over you Sora. Those fights you had with Sephiroth were ‘a shameless act to boost your confidence as a Master’ remember? You and Riku also did a bit of Holy Elemental magic* when y’all saw Nefero, bet you didn’t know what you did huh?” Sora shook his head. “Thought so, ya'll were just that upset, and if the souls of Ragiel, Lorenia, and Dendjue didn’t take the brunt of the Chrost-Weik’s little slash attack, we’d be out of a second group of Masters, but hey, you’re still here, and again, they’re not” – WACK.
“I meant no disrespect. Let me let y’all in on some things about their passing that I do know. At the risk of sounding, dorky….Our Masters kinda never left this System’s side; that’s how dedicated they were. Avera knows more about how they possessed you and your friends Sora, ask him if you want. But I warn you, you may not like what you hear.”
Something was bubbling up from Sora, his memory of dying from the Riders was getting mixed around with something else….
“Of course as a little disclaimer, this whole theory of you and Riku Sora becoming Seraphs could be complete bull****,” said Shonen Bat. “But you guys have been favored by chance just a little too much for the average sad sap.”
Sora began to feel sick.
“Shouldn’t that be a good thing if Yahena wants to try and make Sora and Riku into Seraphs?” asked Goku, “Won’t that make them stronger? Euphoria did imply back on Tumble-Stop that they would eventually meet the Big Four, well we already met one of them, but” –
“Let me put it to you this way, a Master that has a chance of becoming a Seraph, would also be candidates as Scythes,” said Genkai. “ I don’t think the Lady knows that since she killed our Masters. Really Sora, if this is all true, heed Tumble-Stop’s advice, I know you heard it even though you were out of it, but don’t let your emotion get the better of you….Sora?”
“Yeah, that’s another suck point,” said Shonen Bat, “If the Lady catches wind of that notion, guess who’ll be near the top of her hit list again? Not to mention if she found out we all heard the Chrost-Weik’s speech to Tumble-Stop, and we know a way on how to summon its Gate, whoo, well I don’t even want to think what would happen to us then. Hey Sora, you okay?”
“Um…”
Genkai walked over to Sora and rubbed his back, “What’s wrong? You feel a little sick?”
“Yeah it’s nothing, you know, just a little woozy, probably using my head too much,” Sora used cure* around his stomach – a memory played – and he saw his insides fall out. Sora bent over in a cry of pain grabbing his stomach – his whole body remembering a foreign rapture of torture – Genkai grabbed him – “What is it? What are you feeling?”
“Pain!” Sora choked squirming – he began coughing violently and gasping for air
“He’s choking!”
Genkai put her hand on Sora’s chest using Cura*, but it didn’t seem to help – “Tell me what’s hurting!”
“Everything! I think I’m on fire!” Sora screamed, but he wasn’t –
Vincent rushed to Sora’s other side to hold him with Genkai as Sora’s body began to shake –
“Oh crap, um, you remember those Easter eggs I talked about?” said Shonen Bat –
“What Easter eggs?!” Genkai and Vincent shouted –
And Genkai perked up to what she originally wanted to find out from the interview of Sora – “Do you mean memories?! Memories of Lorenia’s past life?”
“Well after a possession, you know, some memories of the ghost that comes in may accidentally leave a few memories behind, or maybe they did it on purpose – but you know the Anime Masters died again in their bodies! I wouldn’t be surprised they weren’t exactly clean on exiting! They were turned into frikin’ hoses for the Chrost-Weik!”
“A memory is doing this?!” blurted Serena.
“It’s a bad memory!” Shonen Bat yelled back – “Move! Let me handle this!”
And it ended there with Shounen Bat giving Sora a “light” knock on the head, and Sora began to regain himself repressing that memory with all his might…..With countless reassurances, Sora stated that he was okay now, and thanked Shonen Bat for helping him…”I should have hit you harder,” Shonen Bat replied…..
So Sora was now holding memories of Lorenia; memories, of when she died.
Shonen Bat tried to make light of what was given. They could find out how the Anime Masters really died! It was also a great chance to possibly study Nefero’s fighting tactics for the day when Sora would eventually have to face him; that was a given, there was no escaping that….Seraph or not, Sora, and his friends will all meet the rest of the Big Four in time…..
Sora bent again on his bed.
“Fight it back Sora, your not ready for those memories yet,” came Shonen Bat’s voice.
“Relax Sora,” came Ed’s worried voice rubbing Sora’s back.
Sora could feel the memories of Lorenia’s death…creeping up…..but he held his morbid curiosity back – at the time being, he was not ready to find out…and they stopped boiling up.
“Good boy,” said Shonen Bat. And silence took over the room.
….Sora sighed….And began to feel a bit, overwhelmed….Just since he’s been here, he’s escaped getting killed (for good) four times: the Riders destroying Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed’s world cluster, the Untouchables of Kanto, the confrontation with the Riders, and just then, the Chrost-Weik’s abuse of Tumble-Stop; Tumble-Stop……Well hey he’s been attacked before, I mean Xehanort’s heartless and Organization 13 weren’t exactly cake walks right?…Not to mention all those Disney Villains….and the Emotionless.... But….. He could handle those situations…..He knew he could……Now….now there’s so much more..... Just how really weak of a Master is he? No, those opponents were strong….But then why….Why can’t he seem to accomplish anything here?….. And now he’s supposedly being forced to become a Seraph?….Was he really worthy of that strength? – Another memory pushed to the surface, he couldn’t stop it –
*“You’ve really put Organization 13 in a pickle. I guess that’s why the keyblade chose you, but man did it pick a dud this time. You don’t look like you’re half the hero the others were.”*….When he met Xigbar again…. – Another memory came up –
*"You know I think you’ve had enough for today," she smiled sweetly, *“Master or not, you’re only human,” *she said resting her elbows on an unseen table, her head upon her hands. *“I know you feel this great big responsibility weighing you down, but you’re not alone in this.”*……A memory from when he talked with Euphoria…..
Sora rolled over on his back and opened his eyes; Ed’s face was right there.
“We’re going to be at Kakakitkat’s world’s soon – a world full of ninjas! Isn’t that cool?” piped Ed, “Grandma said we were going there for you to Lock* another world right? We have to keep moving right? The Car-runitwau Star is really bright and strong!”
“Yeah,” said Sora, a final memory came up of a summary from his talk with Spike on Tumble-Stop….Up on Lookout Tower….
*“You know, I wouldn’t trust those rails, this place is pretty run-down, its probably been here a long, long time. It’s still standing though, I’ll give it that.”*
Sora blinked……
*“It’s still standing Sora. What about you?”*
Sora slowly sat upright. He looked over the guardrails, yep, he was pretty high up; this building stood up really tall.
*“Lots of people would like to see this building still stand.”*…….And oh how tall it stood.
“You can do it my Master!”
Sora sat up on his bed, eye level with Ed.
*“…I think this the busiest I’ll have ever been, but even so, I’ve got to pull everything I’ve got, and give it a hundred and ten percent for everyone here; they deserve that from me, from my duties as a Keyblade Master.”*
That memory on Tumble-Stop hurt but…Heh, taking his own advice, “You’re right Ed, we gotta keep moving!” Ed gave a big smile.
“Your happiness makes me want to vomit,” said Shonen Bat; Ed threw a pillow at the dark corner. “You missed.”
There came a knocking on Sora’s door; Ed jumped up and opened it, “Hi Mrs. Chi-Chi! – Oh that looks soooooooo goooooood!” The sweet aroma of home cooked food pulled Sora over and he joined Ed as she grabbed three plates –
“Oh no, don’t drop them!” said Chi-Chi, “Here Sora you take this one, and um, where’s the third one?”
“Not hungry,” came Shonen Bat’s voice.
“More for us,” said Sora dumping half of Shonen Bat’s plate onto Ed’s, he took the other half and Ed hopped back to the bed.
“I don’t mean to rush you Sora, but you do need to eat a little fast. Kakashi is going to take you Genkai, and Vincent to meet the Third Hokage in thirty minutes.”
“This plate will be gone in one,” said Sora looking at all the food on his plate, “Wait, are we already there?”
“Look outside your window,” Chi-Chi smiled.
Sora and Ed looked outside Sora’s window and both of their mouths dropped open, “Th-that’s, the Carunit-wau Star?!” The star, though far away, was brilliant and bright as a powerful sun with shimmering rainbow rays almost bending around it; many, many worlds of all different orientations, sizes, and themes were placed lightly around it, peaceful, many looked as healthy as Sora was used to seeing back in the Disney System. Nothing at all like the poor space the Kitzserubie Star and its worlds were once in.….
“Isn’t it nice?” said Chi-Chi, “The world where Goku and I live is in there too.”
“Eh, heh, looks like that map I made a while back Sora was a little off,” said Ed shying and blushing a little. “At least we made it to Tumble-Stop.”
Connect the dots.
“Yeah,” said Sora, “We did.” They did. They all did.
The fate of all occurs not by chance….
Avera slowly opened his eyes, and there was Sephiroth looking over him.
The fate of all is inevitable….
“WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! KAIRI YOU SCARED US ALL HALF TO DEEEAAAAAAAATHAAAA WAHHHHH!! I DON’T WANT TO LET YOU GOOOOO!!!!”
“Mihoshi I can’t breath!”
Riku and Isetzue were sharing a nice lunch of sandwiches. “I’m going to take you to your next world soon,” she said. “I think you’ll like it.”
Each of their fates pass through and enter together……
In light of the fact of our play.
END CHAP
Okay, not everything got answered, but more explanations are to come
And I bet I just created more questions Anyone remember what Avera said back to Sora before they left to go check up on Riku…? >>;So…..will Orochimaru, Envy, and Bakura come out to play? O_O
And yes what the last part was said by Yahena was the hopefully accurate English translation of Birth by Sleep posted up by playsboss at Youtube >o<
And now, *throws self on ground*.....You know what I'm going to say...... patience for the next chapters, as they may [will] come out late on occasion since my review is adamant in trying to claim my life X.X Darn exacto knife sliced my knee clean open T^T Ouchies.
Thanks for reading guys! Peace and Cloverfield!
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