Kingdom Hearts [II-II]-- Keybearer of Love

[Soraslittleangel]

Lerane looked at the new arrival with disgust. 'Girlfriend!' Lerane put her gun back into its holder and pulled out her sword. She stood in disgust the idea of Slief and her going out nearly made her throw up.

[Short post sorry]

[Emorene]

Emorene watched as Mic reappeared and created a portal of Twilight. He smirked when heard Mic call the one with Sleif his "girlfriend". He was unsure what to do, so he decided to wait and see where Derick and Sakura would go. He was not about to forget what he needed to do. Yen Sid had told him that only Derick and Sakura could help him return to how he once was, so he would follow them wherever they would go.
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By now, Goofy and Donald were completely lost as to what was happening. It seemed that every few minutes, someone else appeared that they did not recognize. They just stood by, hoping to be of some use to Sora or one of the few others they knew. It was hard for them to tell who was on what side, so they knew all they could do was wait and see what would happen.
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"Well?" Ale looked at Nelera and then towards Pete, "Can you two do this for me?" Pete was the first to respond to Ale's question by saying, "Sounds easy enough to me. As long as I stay clear of some of those guys there, I'm in. That kid with the Keyblade may be no push-over, but there other guys there that I wouldn't stand a chance against. Yeah, this should real easy as long as we don't run into 'em."

[Shadows Fall]

Derick, or in this case the Heartless, simply lowered his hand which ceased the streams from applying anymore pressure upon Sora's keyblade. However, he did see a mere card being tossed at him and Sleif's apprentice which was immediately destroyed by Sleif himself. Either way, it was just a pathetic card - like that would do any harm.

"I'm sorry that I could not help you but my attention was needed else were." said the holder of the cards who then stowed away his dagger. Apparently Mic here didn't get the message. . .

"I'm no longer Derick." the Heartless said plainly, seeing that Mic had created a Twilight Portal for the others to escape. He took one last look at Sakura and simply grinned, knowing that the two would eventually meet once more in the future. "You take care now. . . I'll be sure to keep your loved one here safe and sound. . ." he added with a sarcastic tone and laughed afterwards before turning to Mic. "So. . . you said you wanted to take care of business with the three of us, no?"

[kingdomkeylight]

"Yep so whosfirst" Mic said as he pulled out 4 cards these cards were different they werent as pathetic as the ones thrown earleir by mic these ones had a nice effect which the three infront of him would learn "lets dance" said Mic rushing allthree at the same time jumping over derick and running straight at Sleif.

[Namimaru]

Sakura cringed at the feel of her cut on the side of her face. The darkness inside of it stung her, but not more than the one who inficted it. She just could move. She was useless, and she didn't want to be a keybearess. She was under too much presure that she couldn't live up to. Sora didn't get what she was feeling because he was always able to fight; he was able to fight and win! So far every battle the keybearess fought had ended in her losing, and she didn't want to dissappoint anyone anymore.

She looked up at the portal that was created by Mic, and gazed into it. If she went into it, she wouldn't have to fight, but leaving the odds so impossible was truely cruel. She took one last breath before realising what must be done. She held out her hand and summoned back her keyblade, The Blooming Melody. She stepped forwards next to Sora, a new look of determination and anger in her eyes.

[Soraslittleangel]

'So you decied to fight. About time.' Lerane withdrew her sword and stood in battle stance. 'Bring it on!'

[Shadows Fall]

Sora was about to proceed with a counterattack but quickly came to a halt when Sakura finally decided to take a stand against her own friend, in this case that person being Derick. "You sure about this?" asked the Keybearer as he gave an unsure expression over to her. "Do you even want me to help you out or no?"

"Don't try to hold her back, Sora. . ." said the Heartless who chuckled a bit. "She's choosing to harm her own friend here just to save his poor soul." he added while looking over at the girl's direction. "Am I right? Well, if that's the case then so be it."

OOC: Eww. . . short post. D=

[Emorene]

Emorene could wait no longer; he had to do something. He unsheathed his sword and aimed it toward Lerane and said to Sakura, "I'll hold her off the best I can, you do what ever it takes to save Derick's soul and stop this monster from causing any more harm." Emorene then looked towards Lerane, her sword drawn and her stance suggesting that she was ready for any fight that would come her way. "Lerane, is it? Well, you look like a formidable opponent; it is unfortunate that you allied yourself with the wrong side. You could have done some good in your life time, instead of helping a mad man like Sleif." Emorene then darted forward, swinging his sword towards Lerane, the blade glowing a fierce red.
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Goofy and Donald watched as Emorene swung his sword at Lerane before the two walked over to Sora and Sakura. The two stood next to their friend, ready to fight to protect him and defeat his enemy. "There 'aint no way I'm gonna let you hurt Sora or anyone else here," said Goofy, who then looked to Donald. With a grim look upon his face, Donald said with a weak smile, "Just like old times, right Goofy?" "Uh-huh," said Goofy in a less than cheerfull tone of voice. The two then turned toward the Heartless, Goofy's shield raised into a defensive position and Donald's staff in hand and ready for battle.

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Ale was growing increasingly impatient with Nelera. He looked at her with a look of both frustration and confusion, as he waved his hand in front of her face just to see if she was even paying attention to him. "Did you even hear anything I just said? Listen to me!" Pete looked towards Ale and was surprised to see small flames suddenly begin to form around him. The flames disappeared as quickly as they had formed, but no doubt Nelera had seen them as well. Ale took a deep breath and looked away from Nelera as he said in a calm voice, "I mean... I need you to listen to what I have to say. That is all I ask, and in return, I can offer you so much if you just do as I ask. Listen to me, please!"

[Soraslittleangel]

"Lerane, is it? Well, you look like a formidable opponent; it is unfortunate that you allied yourself with the wrong side. You could have done some good in your life time, instead of helping a mad man like Sleif." 'Good! I was good once, but it did nothing for me. It didnt tanterlise my taste for freedom. And goodness is what holds you back from what you wanted to do most!' Lerane ran towards Emorene coliding swords with one another. Lerane put her face close to his. 'And I will never let it hold me back again.' Lerane managed to push emorene back to where he had started his campaign in defeating her.

[kingdomkeylight]

MIc chuckled as Sakura and Sora got in battle stance to fight Derick, Emorene against the chick with the guns and the dog and duck against the heartless looking at Sakura in a weird way he said "This brings back real old memories well then why'll youfight them I guess that leaves me to fight Sleif" he said closing the poral he had made "Now I guess I will start the the first move" Said Mic as he rushed Sleif throwing the cards at him but if sleif dodged them or blocked them he would regret it for thes cards created a nice bom no matter what.

[Emorene]

''And I will never let it hold me back again.'' Those were the words Emorene had heard before he felt himself being pushed backward by Lerane. "You are a fool to think that light holds you back. It is darkness that holds you back, and I would know if that were truly true of not. For years I thrived in darkness, helping ones who wished to claim everything for their own, and it got me nothing in the end." Emorene then stabbed his sword into the ground, and shortly after doing so, two Dancer Nobodies formed behind. When Emorene pulled his sword out of the ground and locked swords with Lerane, the two Nobodies charged towards his opponent. He could sense much strength in this Lerane, but he had confidence that he had a chance at defeating her. Slim, but it was possible that he could be the stronger of the two. More than likely though, he was weaker, and could only keep her distracted long enough for the others to help Derick reclaim his body.

[sephiroth2]

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"Now I guess I will start the the first move!" Said Mic as he rushed towards Sleif, launching the cards he had in his hand, at him. "Very well then. But it will be your first...Dark Firaga!" shouted Sleif, as he launched a rather large dark fire at the cards, colliding just a few feet in front of him, and causing both to violently explode, sending debris and smoke everywhere.

As the smoke began to fade away, a large black creature was now in front of Sleif, with its arms in an x formation, blocking the explosion. Once the smoke had finally faded, the Guardian uncrossed its arms, before returning behind Sleif. "....And last move!" finished Sleif, as he summoned his large black sword in his right hand. Grinning slightly, Sleif shouted "SUBMIT!"before he and his guardian catapulted themselves directly towards Mic, with lightning speed, doing a horizontal slash towards his chest in the process..

[Soraslittleangel]

Those were the words Emorene had heard before he felt himself being pushed backward by Lerane. "You are a fool to think that light holds you back. It is darkness that holds you back, and I would know if that were truly true of not. For years I thrived in darkness, helping ones who wished to claim everything for their own, and it got me nothing in the end." Emorene then stabbed his sword into the ground, and shortly after doing so, two Dancer Nobodies formed behind. When Emorene pulled his sword out of the ground and locked swords with Lerane, the two Nobodies charged towards his opponent. Lerane looked deep into Emorene's eyes and a smirk slowly etched her lips. Without losing eye contact Lerane drew one of her guns and shot one dancer in the center of its forehead and the other in the chest, immediately disappearing. 'You don't have the strength to live in darkness. That’s why it got you nowhere. Anyway Maleficent is a hopeless role model. No wonder you ended the way you did.' Lerane said trying to tender Emorene's emotions

[Emorene]

With his two Nobodies so easily destroyed, he felt it unwise to summon more. "You don't have the strength to live in darkness. That’s why it got you nowhere. Anyway Maleficent is a hopeless role model. No wonder you ended the way you did." Emorene laughed a bit after hearing what Lerane had said. "You are finally right about something- Malificent is a hopeless role model. As for being too weak to live in the darkness," Emorene said his eyes looked into Lerane's, "You don't know just how strong I am." Emorene used the hand that he wasn't using to hold his sword, his right hand, to summon a large orb of concentrated light. He then launched the orb toward Lerane, the odds of it missingwhere Emorene wanted it to hit quite slim. The orb glowed a brilliant light as it hit the ground just before Lerane, just before it exploded, causing an intense bright light to erupt from the ground near Lerane. Smiling all the while, Emorene said as he walked towards Lerane, "I think it is time you had a taste of the power of the purest of light!" Emorene knew that Lerane would be in at least some pain from the light, but he was unsure how much her heart was connected to darkness. The weaker her heart was to light, the more the light would affect her.

[Shadows Fall]

Sora chose to listen to Sakura's response later as they already had a problem to deal with at the moment. He shifted his attention over to their friend, seeing the Heartless standing there with his arms limp at his sides. From the looks of it, he looked as if he didn't even have to prepare himself for a fight. Grinding his teeth, the Keybearer decided to be the first to attack as he charged towards the Heartless. Sora then began to unleash a strafe of slashes, the Heartless simply taking a few steps back while maneuvering his body so that he could dodge every single blow. Suddenly, he brought down both of his claws onto the blade and forced it to slam against the concrete.

Taken aback, Sora attempted to pull his Keyblade out of the Heartless' grasp only to have his face grabbed by him. He was then lifted up and slammed head-first against the ground, the Heartless now running along while draggin the Keybearer's body. Coming into contact with a nearby wall, he then slammed the back of Sora's head against it before driving his free-hand repeatedly into the boy's stomach and chest. Afterwards the Heartless simply turned around and threw the beaten Keybearer towards both Donald and Goofy.

"As for you," he said while turning to Sakura. He then approached her slowly just enough so that they stood face-to-face. "C'mon! Hit me!" he provoked, pointing to his chest. "Go on. I'll give you a free shot right here. You know you want to. . ."