Kingdom Hearts: The Alternative Paths

[Akans]

"Yes." Sylfae answered simpley. "Do you still wish to continue? If you do, the next time I hit you with magic, it will not be a weak and simple Aero. It will be the full force of Aeroga."

"But, before that happy day where I can finally cast Aeroga on you without guilt, I wish to teach you that wind is anything but little."
Sylfae dismissed her keyblade, and held her hands up to the sky, whispering into the wind. The dying light shone dimly upon her silver necklace as it twinkled once, and then the air around Sylfae imploded outwards, and then were sucked immediatly in again, blasting away nearby rocks, trees, and grass. When the winds calmed, Syflae held in her hands the Antiblade again.... though seperated into halves, forming a scissor-like weapon, and her clothes were pure black and sleek, strands of gray flowing through them like dark clouds before a storm.

She grinned mockingly. "My drive form, courtesy of my brother. Let's end this battle. I will give you a few seconds to mount a resistance, or to run away."

[Shadows Fall]

"Tch." Derick scoffed. "So, you refuse to battle physically and resort to using magic, spells, and whatnot. Such a cowardly thing to do but hey, all I can say this just pits more of a challenge for me." said the Keybearer as the whole 'not being cocky and treating this as a training session' note didn't seem to be addressing to him at all. Grabbing his goggles by one of the rims, Derick smirked as he pulled them over his eyes and stood there as if he were waiting for something to happen. And from there, he watched as Sylfae's transformation begin.

There was a gust of wind that caused near-by trees, rocks other debris to be blown back. Derick however, remained where he had been standing, feeling the force of the winds colliding with his body but was still on his own two feet. When it had finally died down the boy wiped the lenses of his goggles and chuckled.

"My, don't you look stunning?" he questioned rhetorically with a sarcastic tone, obviously referring to her new drive form.

"My drive form, courtesy of my brother. Let's end this battle. I will give you a few seconds to mount a resistance, or to run away."

"Hmm. . . such a hard offer. I think I'll stay for a fight. . . if that's okay with you?" Derick questioned once more, knowing that Sylfae wouldn't back down.

[Roxas9001]

Originally Posted by Roxas9001

After a lot of running Tora made it into the dark street of the city. While walking around he saw many things, Tora walked very slow to check out his surroundings. Out of the blue Tora heard a noise behind
him he quickly turned around but no one was there "I might be hearing things" he said then Tora saw
something else but this time it had a body & was moving very fast "Hey come back here!" Tora shouted
He chased the unknown thing threw out the ruined area until he came to a dead end "What!?" "I know that it was something here" he said while Tora was looking at the wall the neoshadow appeared behind
him & attacked. Tora was pushed to the ground by the heartless then he summoned his Keyblade &
counter attacked when he got up, "I knew it was something here" he said "I wonder where I have to go"
Tora said to himself

Tora destroyed the heartless when he counterattacked "I wonder where I have to go" he said
he walked back to the ruins,Tora walked aimlessly until he found a map that told him where the
Statue of Liberty was. Tora decided to keep the map with him & looked at it from time to time
at times Tora kept turning around because he kept hearing stuff. He summoned his keyblade
& put away the map, when Tora looked down to put away the map he was attacked by shadow
heartless. He was knocked to the ground but he quickly recovered & destroyed the heartless
with ease then he took out the map & continued searching for the Statue of Liberty.

[Akans]

"So, you refuse to battle physically and resort to using magic, spells, and whatnot. Such a cowardly thing to do but hey, all I can say this just pits more of a challenge for me.

"I have my ways of fighting a war. Only my methods are not as crude as running screaming into the frontlines waving a sword like a madman...
My drive form, courtesy of my brother. Let's end this battle. I will give you a few seconds to mount a resistance, or to run away."

"Hmm. . . such a hard offer. I think I'll stay for a fight. . . if that's okay with you?"

"Of course. And really, stunning is hardly the appropriate word. I have not changed, only your perception of me." Sylfae lifted her Antiblade. "Ready then?"

Without warning, Sylfae suddenly vanished from her position, dust floating gently upwards where she was a few seconds ago, and appeared instantly behind Derick. The air around them suddenly grew thick, and constricted movement, and Sylfae swung a powerful uppercut towards Derick's back.

[Skitty Cat]

OOC: So sorry for not posting for days, please forgive me. Please forgive me for it being short, I'm still fighting with a case of writer's block! *bows in an apologtic way*

IC: She felt the Heartless' inner thoughts on her. She wasn't quite sure on why though, staring down the creature she mumbled, "Mayja sa ymuha(Leave me alone)!"

Tenshi watched the Defender back down, startled, she shook her head after it disappeared. "That was wierd," she commented softly.

Relief flooding her since she was able talk normally; Tenshi looked figuring out where to go next, her mind totally fogged Tenshi bolted down the corner and turned left. Curiosity shimmering in her eyes, she thought about something that had troubled her. Is what Maleficent says true? Does any of my friends care what happens to me? She thought sadly.

Stopping she looked around, seeing the cold, dark concrete stones.

"What!? How did I get to this area!?"

[Shadows Fall]

The air suddenly grew thick, making the area around the two incredibly heavy. However, Sylfae maneuvered through the thickness as if it were no challenger for her but as for Derick, his body stiffened up. He was unable to move and was practically a sitting duck now while his opponent came in for an attack that he could not defend himself against. As much as he tried to lift up his right arm, Sylfae had already appeared behind him and connected with a uppercut slash to his back. Feeling the cold steel of the Antiblade scraping away the skin off from his back Derick's eyes widened and let out a cry in pain from the surprise attack, staggering forward as blood trickled down his freshly made wound.

But the teen grew quite silent, chuckling the pain off as he stood up slowly. He turned his head slowly, just enough so that he could get a glimpse of Sylfae from over his shoulder.

"Not bad." was all that could be said, as he then leaped with his back facing her. While still having a bit of air time, he performed a full 180 degree turn and performed a back slash towards her stomach. Upon landing on the ground, he then thrust his Keyblade forward and aimed the tip of the blade towards her chest.

[Akans]

Sylfae's eyes glowered in triumph as her hit landed, but then quickly switched into disbelief as Derick leaped backwards into a hit, catching her in the stomach, forcing her to double over, and then was hit in the chest by his keyblade.

If it was a direct hit, she would have died.

Thankfully, Sylfae's Drive absorbed much of the damage, the air around her blunting the hit like a cushion. It still hurt though.
Sylfae was thrown backwards, though she managed to recover with a backroll and flipped to her feet, albiet clumsily.
She glared at Derick. "This isn't over!" Sylfae cried, splitting her Antiblade into halves and charging at Derick, raining blow upon blow of quick and heavily attacks, bashing downwards with her weapons. While this was normally suicidal as she left her defences wide open, she had two weapons, while Derick had one. She could keep him occupied.
However, she could not keep this up for long, and a few seconds into the attack, she already felt a little tired. Biting her lip against the pain, she continued attacking.

[Shadows Fall]

"This isn't over!" Sylfae cried.

Derick quickly returned to his defensive stance, lifting up the Messer Ultimatum once he saw that his opponent had split her Keyblade into two halves. He kept himself balanced in place as Sylfae finally brought down both blades simultaneously onto his Keyblade, bashing down on it repeatedly. One after the other, her attack refuse to cease as Derick was beginning to be brought down by the rapid banging. Suddenly, he had dropped down onto one knee but still managed to hold up the weapon so that his life wouldn't be cut down. If Derick were to lower his Keyblade then he would surely be killed.

Both arms began to ache after a while despite the fact the boy saw various openings to land a hit on Sylfae but couldn't proceed to go for it. Not only that but the pain from the wound on his back returned and weakened him even more.

"Sy. . . Sylfae. . ." Derick was going to forfeit right then and there but this sudden burst of strength seem to overfill him before he could ever say anything else. He then forced his arms upward and pushed both halves of the Antiblade upward as well and finally stopped her attack. He then pushed forward towards Sylfae and performed numerous slashes, both vertical and horizontal towards her stomach, hips, and chest areas. Afterwards, he then leaped and attempted to bring down the Messer Ultimatum upon her.

[Akans]

Sylfae continued her attack, bashing down on Derick, but she was weakening. She wouldn't be able to last too long now...

Suddenly, it seemed that Derick recieved a burst of strength, enough to push her weapons away, and then counterattacked. Sylfae desperately blocked the next attacks, retreating backwards. Derick then leapt into the air and brought the Messer Ultimatum down towards her. At that distance, it was easy to bring her Antiblade up in time, but the attack was so strong that her knees buckled beneath her, and her tired arms gave way.

Sylfae rolled backwards and leapt onto her feet, too far for Derick to hit. She grimaced. Her Drive was near-gone. She hadn't used it efficiantly. She should have Released immediately, instead of wasting her energy mindlessly bashing Derick.

She glared at Derick. "I can see we're both too tired to continue. I will take my leave now, but be warned, I have shown but the tip of my power against you. Next time you shall not be as lucky. But before I leave..." Sylfae closed her eyes and gathered the remnants of the power in her Drive. "I'll leave something for you."

She released all her energy into a full-force level 3 Hurricane spell, which rent the air with a screech. Howling winds appeared, and formed a raging tornado which consumed the buildings around them easily. As if it had a mind of its own, it swerved and shot towards Derick.

With the last of her power, she created a dark corrider and slipped inside, collapsing on the other side, exhausted.
She was out of the battle.

[Shadows Fall]

Upon finishing his attack, Derick dropped onto one knee once again and began to breathe in heavily. He was so exhausted and drained of energy that he was forced to use the Messer Ultimatum to keep him from being sprawled about on the ground. It may have seemed that the battle was finally over but, Sylfae still had one more trick up her sleeve and that happened to be a parting gift to keep the boy occupied.

The wind grew stronger and not to mention more thicker, making it harder to maneuver within the area. The buildings that surrounded them instantly became chunks of debris as a level three Hurricane spell had been unleashed. Derick forced himself to stand by pushing himself up with his Keyblade, only to be blindsided by a large piece of concrete that broke upon impact. He had landed flat on his stomach but was only knocked closer to the Hurricane himself, close enough to the point where he could feel his body being vacuumed towards it. Derick tried desperately to prevent himself from being swept away but to no avail. In a matter of time the Keybearer was being carried and hovered within the heart of the Hurricane, feeling the massive pressure build up of wind surrounding him. It was too much that it even began to cut away at his entire body. Not to mention the debris that had been swept away struck his body several times, also taking a toll on Derick. It was too much for him to handle as all he could do was scream out in pain, hoping this unbearable Hell could finally end but that didn't seem to be expected at the moment.

Finally, after minutes of pure torture, the Hurricane spell had officially diminished as Derick had been dropped off and relinquished from the pain. However, he landed flat on his back and lost consciousness while the Messer Ultimatum landed a few feet from where he laid.

[Roxas9001]

Ima try to make a post today I just cant think of nothing rite now.

[sephiroth2]

OOC: It would be great if you could get to the statue of liberty soon.

[Roxas9001]

Originally Posted by Roxas9001

Tora destroyed the heartless when he counterattacked "I wonder where I have to go" he said
he walked back to the ruins,Tora walked aimlessly until he found a map that told him where the
Statue of Liberty was. Tora decided to keep the map with him & looked at it from time to time
at times Tora kept turning around because he kept hearing stuff. He summoned his keyblade
& put away the map, when Tora looked down to put away the map he was attacked by shadow
heartless. He was knocked to the ground but he quickly recovered & destroyed the heartless
with ease then he took out the map & continued searching for the Statue of Liberty.

Tora continued looking at the map when all of a sudden he came to a sign that said "Go this way to the Statue Of Liberty" Tora then said "Wowwww" he summoned his Keyblade & prepared for combat.
He walked around the city ruins until he came to a big green thing "I think this is the place."
Heartless came out the ground & attacked, Tora swung at the dark beings until they disappeared
soon more appeared but they were destroyed by Tora. After a lot of fighting the heartless finally
stopped coming.

[sephiroth2]

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As Sleif continued to watch, from the statues arm, he finally noticed one of the others approaching the area. Raising his hand slightly, a group of heartless instantly appeared around Tora, which in a matter of seconds, were already wiped out.

Soon, more heartless started to rise from the ground, until Sleif swiftly waved his hand, sending them away as quickly as they appeared.

"Well, at least one of yous have arrived!" Sleif said to Tora, as he continued to sit on the arm.

[Dragonstar1715]

Draco ran through the streets of the sand ridden town, looking for the statue of liberty as described by one of the soliders. He made his way carefully with his ice assault rifle in hand, the road seemed to go on forever with the absence of sound besides sand whooshing and shifting through the city as it continued to claim the city.

Draco came to another clearing and saw the statue in the distance. "Geez, how much more walking, there's gotta be a better way to do this..." Draco said groaning. Draco was in luck, there was a group of dead soldiers and with them, an off-road vehicle. "Well I've never been one to steal cars, but this is an emergency, and besides, they are already dead" Draco said to himself.

Draco searched the dead soldiers for keys befor finding it on the fourth person he had searched, hopping in the vehicle and turning the keys in the ignition and starting the vehicle up. Draco then proceeded to drive to the statue, after several minutes, which could've been half an hour if it was on foot, he finally arrived at the statue. "Whew made it" Draco sighed.

It didn't take long for heartless to start swarming around him, "What took you guys so long?" Draco said smiling as he hopped out of the vehicle. Draco didn't waste any time dispatching the heartless, he shot a few in the head, he snapped one's neck and sliced three in half. "Whew, now to find the entrance" Draco said as he started making his way around the statue, looking for an entrance.