TRACES OF SOLITUDE [a kingdom hearts roleplay]

[thechasersblade]

fox looked up very disturbed "there has been a change in the fight between light and dark also it seems a new player is in town wonder which side they'll pick" commented fox as he sunk into his portal.

the world that never was

fox entered the room that castex was in "castex there's a new player in town with a chunk load of power oh and angelox is dead " reported fox handing over angelox's gunblades" i wish to keep them as a memento because i didn't"t train him enough but still yo sent him after a god of death what were you thinking castex" accused fox as he noticed sleif and another person he didn't take much notice of.

[Aphex]

Derrick just tilted his head a bit, a little bit annoyed by Chiyu's response to Rena's request. Yet, he was still taken back, almost as if he were intimidated, when the monk approached him. He took a stepped back but she was still managed to touch his forehead lightly in which he felt a strong presence within him. Just like that, all three seals that were still active were now dispelled, causing the boy's Heartless figure to vanish.

Though, the goggle-headed teen's skin complexion was much paler than usual. The lenses of his goggles were now cracked as his hazel eyes were were now sets of faded grays. His shirt had tears, the converse insignias now being replaced by skulls instead. He was back to normal but was now in his costume to blend in with Halloween Town.

Looking down at his hands and now realizing that he was no longer at Heartless, he looked up at Chiyu and couldn't help but grin. All though he was glad to be normal again, that grin soon curled into a frown.

"I have removed the three seals from within your body. The ritual can't be done again without me destroying every last fabric of your existence. So its best to remove the three seals off from your body. You are on your own boy. Its up to you to control your inner demon--"

Scratching the back of his head, he stared straight down at the ground. Now he was alone in fighting against both the darkness and Wrath at the same time. This was definitely not going to be an easy task. Lifting up his gaze, he glanced over at Rena and gave a rather weak wave of his hand over to her.

"Uhh. . . I'm back," he told her as he then watched Chiyu made her way towards a graveyard. "Should we follow?"

[Endless Warrior Sora]

Kaijen looked up to the creatures, his head moving through the water, making a swishing sound. They looked different from Heartless and Nobodies, yet somewhat of the same. They looked odd, and thier insignia was different, yet similar. Kaijen seethed as he moved through the water and drew his keyblade, a swirl of darkness whirling around it before it appeared. He dashed through the water as he held his blade out, slahing a few as he passed them, but they were fast as they moved away from him.

"Wh-what are these things?" He inquired, as one dashed to him and he swung his blade horizontally destroying it and swam in a circle toward the creatures."C'mon! We dont got time to lose!"

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Kuxei looked to Yixll, shaken just a bit. He didn't think Nobodies had the capacity to feel, nonetheless worry about anyone. Especially Kaijen. All he did was whine. But apparently they had a past together, him and Yixll, according to his sources. He put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a grin.

"Yea...I got it. Don't worry about it. I dont plan on fighting Kaijen either but I think you have a better reason than I do." He said with a chuckle. "...You...really care about him...dont you? How? You're a Nobody arent you?" He asked afterward, allowing his curiosity to get the better of him.

[Brol]

Brol growls as he reforms his scythe into the air," I don't have time for you... whatever your plan is with Rena and.. that thing.. It's over.. " He slides into the ground as his body vanishes from the scene.

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Dygado crosses his arms, watching the kids walk away, waiting for the doors to lock. "Predictable.." He bites into another potion as he looks up at the mechanical creature. "Whatever you want with these people will end now!" He rushes towards the massive heartless. His daggars getting jammed into the thick layers of the heartless. "Crud.." He steps off the creature as he dodges various traps already laid out in the room.

Tripping down under a saw blade, Dy watches as the dark flames aimed towards him. Quickly, Brol pops out of the ground and spins his scythe infront of Dy, slashing the flames out as he falls on his knees. "Brol! I dunno what's going on with those people but that thing probably kidnapped them.. for what i dunno but it has to do something with someone called Oogie Boogie.." Dy vanishes back into Brol as he nods. He pulls out a elixer as he crushes it in his hand," Damn... last one..." The potion disappears as the weakened Brol fights the creature.

[Takushi Rena]

After the little exclamination to get the woman's attention, it worked! But it was after Rena's really long, hasty explanation that was... odd.

"Ow!"

The tomboy's gloved palm slammed against that spot on her forehead, fingers rubbing the sudden but barely noticable red mark. She quirked a brow when the woman was face to face with her.

Listen here, missy. Since when do you come up to a stranger and then say Uh..you! in front of him/her? Better learn to respect elders kid. If I was you mother I could have pinched you in the ear.

"Respect?" she questioned in a mutter as she watched the woman step over to Derrick, "I don't have to respect elders..."

I have removed the three seals from within your body. The ritual can't be done again without me destroying every last fabric of your existence. So its best to remove the three seals off from your body. You are on your own boy. Its up to you to control your inner demon--

She removed those seals! Rena was absolutely ecstatic when she heard that bit of the statement, but... then the monk said she couldn't help Derrick.

As the woman started off after the explosion that sounded off in the graveyard, Rena went to follow behind. Not to see why that explosion came up... but to try and figure out how she could convince the monk to help Derrick! That comment about not being able to help must've been a lie! She had to have some way to help Derrick.

crinchcrinchcrinch!

The run started. The tomboy started off after the woman, running a few feet forwards, when she suddenly stopped...

Uhh. . . I'm back.

crinch crinch...

A quick twist and Rena was turned around, standing still as she stared forwards.

Yellow eyes didn't stare back... but hazel ones did; well, more grey ones than anything. The only inky black that was even on the boy now was from his hair and his clothes... but it wasn't because of darkness anymore. Derrick was back to normal! (At least as normal as you could get here!)

Out of nowhere, Rena's feet lifted off of the ground, the girl suddenly jumping into the air just a bare few inches off of the ground, and, upon landing, a grin formed on her features. She didn't know how else to reply to that statement by Derrick, so it turned out to be the strange and silent reply.

Should we follow?

"Umm..."

Thick brown bangs flopped side to side when the girl turned her gaze behind and then quickly looked forwards at Derrick again. The pad of her fingertip, the jagged point of her claw gloves bending back, pressed against the line between her thin lips. She tried to look as pensive as she could as her bright blue orbs stared up.

"But... we gotta help them." Her hand pulled away from her face, index finger pointing over towards Jack and Sally.

[Tyrant Raver]

"You Alright?" Chiyu helped the cyberpunk stand up. But Ragna was beaten up to the extreme and a noticeable bloody scar on his face. "I-I can still fight---" he was then cut off by an another explosion from the place where the monster plummted in.

From the pile of debris, arose the Abomination, more angrier than ever and this does not bode well for them. The massive heartless then bulldozed through the debris and then went charging through towards Chiyu and Ragna. "Here." the monk assisted him to stand up, "Run!" both of them ran at a fast pace while the Abomination bulldozed with an alarming speed.

They then reached Guillotine Square and then grabbed "Look out!" Sally and Jack and Rena and Derrick shoving them aside, inches away from them to being crushed by a massive debris. And right behind them was the towering Abomination heartless. Ragna then again summoned his massive keyblade and then reversed his grip on it.

Chiyu then was shocked by the sight of keyblade in Ragna's grasp. "That's--!" she stuttered with so much awe. "Rena, Derrick! So why are you two lovebirds doing here?" asked Ragna to the two, utterly sarcastic while facing at the towering heartless ready to bulldoze them.

[Aphex]

Derrick couldn't help but let out a small chuckle upon seeing Rena's reaction. He was glad to finally be human again but at the same time, hated the fact he had to deal with two different essences at once. First, he had the darkness on one then his brother Wrath on the other. To top it off, they both wanted to take control over his heart.

For now, all he could do was hide his true emotions about the whole situation and focused more on what had to be done.

When it came to replying to what Rena suggested about helping Jack and Sally, the goggle-headed teen figured that Chiyu could handle herself on her own. Especially after seeing what she was capable of back in Traverse Town. But before he could actually speak, Chiyu and who appeared to be Ragna came back into the Guillotine Square only to shove him and the others out the way of something much bigger.

"What's going on?!" the boy exclaimed as he stood up, glancing around wildly only to lay his eyes on the towering Heartless, Abomination. His jaw dropped, now staring straight up at the behemoth that loomed over the group.

"Rena, Derrick! So why are you two lovebirds doing here?"

Looking over at Ragna, Derrick ended up holding his Cypher behind his back as he readied himself for one Hell of a fight. "Some train took us here but now I see why it did in the first place." he explained, referring to the Abomination Heartless.

[sephiroth2]

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As the mechanical heartless continued roaring while it swirled around, firing blasts of black fire and trying its best to claw Brol's face off, it soon became apparent that the heartless was quickly going berserk on the many groups of heartless it had absorbed inside it. Slamming its fists on the ground releasing numerous shockwaves inside the small room, the large creature released one last roar before using all of its strength in one last shockwave, which in turn shattered the cell cages around the room. This all happened just as the dangerous monster fell into a heap on the floor fading away into darkness.

"What a pathetic experiment! I told him it wouldn't work." A voice called out from one of the cells, as suddenly a big headed bald man in a wheelchair slowly made his way out into the open. Not towards Brol however, but instead right where the huge heartless had been, as if he was seeing if anything was left. "You there! Yes you. You're the one who defeated my creation weren't you?" the man said as he turned his attention to Brol, quickly wheeling his mechanical wheelchair right towards the boy.

"Thank you my boy. That Oogie Boogie locked us all here so he could rule the town again, and then he had the audacity to force me to make him experiments out of these creatures. Right now one of the most dangerous ones are probably cause all manner of mayhem above. You've got to stop them." The short man said to Brol, before suddenly flipping a top part of his skull open, revealing his large brain right infront of the boy, while the doctor began to simple scratch at it as if it was no big deal, suddenly closing the skull just as quickly.

"Where did those three trouble makers go! They were responsible for all of us getting put here. When I get my hands on them I'll...." the doctor was about to finish, before the large metal door the three children retreated through immediately open, while the walking bathtub slowly made its entrance with a large black and orange bag inside it, that seemed to be wiggling and moving all around. Slowly poking their heads from around the back of the bath, the faces of Lock, Shock and Barrel all stared out towards Brol and the Doctor, before the three started to laugh.

"What are you three doing now!" The doctor roared at the three mask wearing children, who briefly jumped a little in surprise. "W-We were just going to bring these people back!" the little witch said as she removed her light green mask. "Y-Y-Yeah! Oogie made us take them from the doors and bring them here." the small devil said as he too removed his bright red mask. "We w-w-were just following orders!" the smallest of the three said, as he removed his round skeleton mask from his face as well.

"Oogie said something about, Holiday King or something. I don't know, we weren't really paying attention." Said the devil boy as he leaped onto the top of the large bag, that continued to wiggle. "Yeah. Also, he took something from one of the people we met from...a door that looked like a tree or something." added the witch, as she too jumped and joined the devil boy on top of the bag. "Oh yeah! It was all shiny and red, and had all those weird animals pulling it. It could even fly!" the little skeleton boy finally said, jumping and only managing to clutch onto the side of the bag, before the huge bathtub began to move again, this time along the way that went out of the underground area. "Goodluck!" All three chimed together as their voices faded away into the darkness.

"What they've said is true my boy! You've got to get back up to ground and stop that creation of mine. Hopefully Jack may have already returned, he can deal with Oogie. You just stop that monster!" said the doctor, staring right up at Brol with so much seriousness, it looked like his face would crack under it.

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"Well well well, what have we here? How'd you like my, little toy, hahahahahahaha!" a voice echoed around the area, as a large figure slowly waddled out onto the shoulder of the Abomination Heartless. Its appearance was that of a huge sack like body, no hands or feet, just basic stitched stumps of arms and legs allowing the being to walk. While its face was stitched up to a point, with large holes for eyes and an open slit for a mouth. The creature was incredibly horrific, even for this world, and as soon as it appeared, both Sally and Jack took a step back in fear, though the tall skeleton was the one to step forward. "Oogie!" he suddenly said, only causing the monstrous being to erupt in more laughs.

"Sooorrryy, JACK! But I've got a ride to catch. But don't worry, you all just have fun with my little abomination here, hahahahahahaha!" said the huge sack of whatever it was, before he suddenly turned and leaped off of the Abomination Heartless' shoulder, only briefly being seen retreating far away from the battle that was about to begin with the monster and everyone there.

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As soon as Oogie had gotten away, Jack turned to Sally and the others, before smiling briefly and swinging his large gooey green weapon on his wrist. "Don't worry, we'll take care of this thing and get after him quickly." The skeleton said smiling before he turned and saw Sally reach into one of her seams, removing a small delicately folded pile of clothes. So very gently making sure to hold them with care, Jack seemed speechless as he finally nodded with a smile, causing Sally to return with her own nod and retreat to a save distance away from any harm.

Turning back around to Rena, Jack smiled as his suddenly twirled and laughed taking on one of the strangest appearances Rena or anyone for that matter could ever have seen. Now instead of the black tight clothes he was once wearing, Jack now had on a bright red suit, with fluffy white cuffs on the end of his wrists and legs, and black boots, and a long beard that was almost as long as his body. The last piece of new clothing however, completed the appearance that Jack, now looked like a much thinner and skeletal version of a jolly fat man everyone knows about.

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Swinging his blade through the water taking out more of the metal creatures, Abeo nodded to Kaijens response to that they all had to move forward, and that they didn't have much time. Beginning to swim right towards the palace again, a new group of the metal creatures suddenly sprung to life, striking at everyone with their razor sharp claws and hard tough bodies. Raising his sword into the water once again, Abeo closed his eyes as he began to concentrate yet again. Trying his best to think of how he did that spell from earlier, while a large group of the creatures swam right around him like a pack of killer fish.

Suddenly stopping their movement, each and every one of the metal monsters turned right towards Abeo, before shooting at him from all sides like spears, ready to skewer the young man just as he opened his eyes finally to the scene around him. However, a sudden word was spoken through his lips right as the tips of the creatures weapons were about to land on him. "Thundaga!" Upon saying that, a sudden explosion of light erupted from Abeo, striking each of the creatures as they violently shook and shake in the water before exploding from the massive electrical attack.

Lowering his sword from the attack, Abeo began to breath much harder, before smiling and regaining control over his breathing, nodding and smiling as he took off swimming right towards the underwater palace, with nothing infront of the group to block they way inside.

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Sleifs confused face seemed to betray him as he listened to Castex explaining his answer to Noraxeens question. The tall heartless simply continued to listen to the talks between both Nobodies, but slowly smiled as his eyes drifted past the Nobody leader and onto the other nobody who stood a little distance away from Castex and them. "Tora if you don't mind leave us I shall get back to you when we are done with are chat." Castex said, obviously referring to the girl Nobody who had been standing there the entire time, and only causing Sleifs face to break out into a massive almost sadistic looking grin.

"Oh please! Don't have her leave on our account!" Said Sleif as a sudden appearance of a small Neo shadow appeared behind the man, holding the recognizable long black sword, offering it to Sleif who took it with a smile, gripping its handle with both hands before slinging it over his shoulder. "I mean, you wouldn't want her to miss the fun thats about to begin would you?" asked the heartless, who's grin suddenly faded before he swung his blade releasing a strong sickle of darkness that ran along the ground, slicing it right through as it traveled towards Tora.

[kingdomkeylight]

"Curse my bad luck SLEIF," Castex immediatley reacted to the attack by teleporting infront of Tora using his shield to bash against the dark force. As the darkness that had been used wisped away Castex looked at Fox and said.

"We can argue later find Yixll and Kuxei, stay with them and plan a attack against Monte I will meet up when things here are done," Staring at the now wild eye Sleif, Castex reached for the left sleeve of his coat and pulled it of now only wearing the black shirt and pants with the silver pendants all over his body Castex took in one simple breath of air putting on a small smile as he said.

"Do as you will Noraxeen its all the same to me why should so many years of fighting change now," Pointing a hand at Fox and Tora, Castex created a portal under the two causing them to leave the battlefield. After the two were gone Castex summoned his Rapier pointing it at Sleif why'll his shield was kept to his back.

"Well then no reason to hold back now," Dashing at Sleif with intense speed Castex slammed his sword into Sleif causing both blades to fly out of there hands. "Screw it lets make it a fair fight." and with that Castex dropped his shield landing a fist onto Sleif's face sending the dark being right into the door of Twilight tower. Walking up to Sleif who at the moment was laying on the ground with his ever so demonic smile Castex whispered.

"Get up its going to be a long night make it worth it."
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"Thats right you dont know," Yixll said smiling at Kuxei. "I am not really what I seem though I am a controller of twilight and can create dark portals I am still in a sense human... a result which came from a deal Kaijen made with Castex for me to somewhat live though I wont be whole until Kaijen keeps his end of the bargin," Yixll said to Kuxei as a portal openned up spitting out Tora and Fox.

"What the hell what are you two doing here," Yixll said looking at the two. "We can finish this talk later," Yixll whispered to Kuxei hopping he could be patient.

[thechasersblade]

"arrrrrrrrrg im gonna kill him " fox screamed as he placed angelox's blades in his coat "ok let me explain monte is being annoying so we are going to have to vainqush him castex will meet us later on" replied fox while he scanned the area "where are we exactly"

[sephiroth2]

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Quickly finding himself on his back and staring up at the clear white walls that were around him, Sleif's only form of response to the attack was his small laugh that quickly continued to get louder and louder, even up to the point when Castex was standing over the fallen Heartless. "Get up its going to be a long night make it worth it." said the Ancient Nobody while Sleif's bright yellow eyes instantly locked onto the being, a large smile spreading across his face yet again as he didn't move a muscle since landing on his back. "Ohh, if only you knew, its going to be well worth it!" Sleif said enigmatically before two large arms and fists shot through the darkness of his black trench coat that was laid on the ground, striking Castex's chest and sending the Nobody back just as powerfully as he did to Sleif.

Slowly spreading his arms out while still laying on the ground, Sleif's entire body gently was lifted up by a large floating creature that only now was coming into form as the tall heartless' body was floated out into the open towards Castex. Once out in the light that was available, the menacing form of the Guardian Heartless holding onto Sleifs spread arms could be seen, as it released a threatening roar to Castex for striking his master. Moving his arm and thus causing his Guardian to release its grip, Sleif smiled as a large orb of darkness formed in his palm, before quickly swinging and sending the orb hurtling towards Castex. This however was all while the Guardian roared once more, sending a barrage of dark waves straight towards the nobody, slicing up the ground as they traveled so fast and causing pieces of the environment to actually fall away.

Gently gliding back down to the ground and on his feet, while the Guardian continued to launch attack after attack, Sleif smiled bending down slightly as the same Neo Shadow from before, appeared holding Sleifs familiar weapon, taking care to pick up the long sword while holding onto it with both of his hands yet again. "You're really not putting up a fight you know, I mean, if this is all you have to offer I don't think it was even worth my time to come." Said the tall heartless as his sadistic smile still was present on his face, while he slowly turned his head towards Noraxeen. "I wonder...what you will do now? I'm sure it will be quite unexpected."

[Tyrant Raver]

As Oogie made his escape. The massive behemoth then slammed both claws to the earth followed by a booming, tyrannical roar. As the massive heartless made its primal roar, the moon above was then tainted in blood red and unusual black clouds began swarming the skies like wild fire.

Ragna was then shocked for what he saw. The signs of Number Zero. His attention then turned back at the beast. He can already tell that this is not Oogie's pet. This monster is spawned within Number Zero's own flesh.

The cyberpunk then wiped the blood off his eyes and then ripped a piece of metal plate from his bulky mechanical arm. And then wore it on his forehead where the majority of his scar was to stop the bleeding since right now he could afford any bandages for the moment. He then flicked his special belt buckle.

"Henshin!"

Ragna's whole body then changed color to red and armor panels from his mechanical equipment opened, and a thick mouth guard to go with his metal-plated forehead band. He took stance and then initiated the attack. The behemoth and the cyberpunk clashed forces with continuous punches. "Little help here!" he yellled at he continue to clash punches with the massive heartless.

[kingdomkeylight]

Getting up from the blast Castex chuckled to himself as he patted some dust off then looking up he watched as a multitude of attacks were launched.

"You're really not putting up a fight you know, I mean, if this is all you have to offer I don't think it was even worth my time to come." Said the tall heartless as his sadistic smile still was present on his face, while he slowly turned his head towards Noraxeen. "I wonder...what you will do now? I'm sure it will be quite unexpected."

"So am," Castex slashing his reappearing rapier through the two orbs causing them to explode. Then running at the mutltiple waves the heartless guardian was launching Castex launched from his right hand a dozen static looking threads that stabbed into the heartless causing it to roaor in pain as Castex started to teleport all around the area dodging its attacks then appearing above the heartless Castex launched another wave of twilight threads that came down ripping into the heartless though instead of letting go this time Castex came down swirling between the gabs of the threads swinging his sword in a whirlwind like still.

"Shing"

Landing right next to the Guardian Castex chuckled a little as it fell to the ground in pieces. "Sorry just getting warmed up," The nobody joked as he started to walk toward the ancient void being. as the enigma got closer it was clear his pace was starting to pick up faster and faster until Castex lunged at Sleif causing the dark figure to pick up speed and fast unless he wanted to get jabbed by the blade.

"Come on, lets kick it up a notch," Castex yelled as two sword started to move faster and faster by the second sending sparks every where. Then seeing a opening Castex blocked a full swing and sent his sword through Sliefs shoulder though as this was a good sign it had one down fall Slief had sent the tip of his blade into Castex left leg though thanks to the position of his sword Sleif couldnt send it any deeper.

"Kinda funny this seems a little familair oh I know Angoros," Castex said slamming his left fist straight into Sleifs stomach. Before he could recover and attack the enigma slammed his blade into Sleifs sending it proturding into the ground.Then switching weapons Castex started to slam his sheild into Sleif chest pushing the being back as his sword still in hand start to follow still cutting through the ground do to the fact sleif didnt have the moment to pull it out. Then grabbing Sleifs neck Castex said.

"Well then what now."

[Endless Warrior Sora]

"Thats right you dont know," Yixll said smiling at Kuxei. "I am not really what I seem though I am a controller of twilight and can create dark portals I am still in a sense human... a result which came from a deal Kaijen made with Castex for me to somewhat live though I wont be whole until Kaijen keeps his end of the bargin," Yixll said to Kuxei as a portal openned up spitting out Tora and Fox.

"What the hell what are you two doing here," Yixll said looking at the two. "We can finish this talk later," Yixll whispered to Kuxei hopping he could be patient.

Kuxei frowned. What deal had Kaijen made? He didnt seem like one to make deals with the enemy, nonetheless stand to have a conversation with them. He was too hostile with them...too angry. Just what exactly is Kaijen? Is he human? Is he a Nobody? These questions tuggeed at Kuxei's conciense so much that he almost forgot Fox was there.

"Oh hey. It's one of the noobs. Whassup?" He asked, although Fox was already grumbling about something. "You're in Traverse Town. C'mon, basic info, basic info." He teased.

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Kaijen floated down to the water next to the rest of the group.

"Thunder...plus water...equals baaaaaad combination for them." He smirked as he followed Abeo's lead.

[thechasersblade]

"welll then ill start scanning the universe for a signature matching monte's" spoke fox as he got into a yoga position arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggg screamed fox as he was sent flying into a building "someone is blocking my power someone with a twilight ability" grunted out fox as he got up