K.h.a

[Silent Avera]

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Ch. 28 Separate Strands: Part C

C for all the crap-crapitty-crap-crap-crap everyone’s about to find themselves in, and not surprisingly, we begin with Kairi yet again, only this time focusing in on her SUDDEN DESTINY TRANSITION!.....That we left open all the way back in the beginning of PART A……….I’ll take that as a homage to the lengthy waits we’ve had between chappies…..*(BAM)*…..Getting back on track –


"She turned around, and suddenly found herself within a room of darkness…the first thing that popped in her head was *don’t panic*. Kairi took a step forward, everything was still dark, and she felt uneasy about her foot landing on hard unseen ground….. “Tenchi! Ayeka? Ryoko? Sasami? – Mihoshi?!.....Kiyone…?...Washu?.......Ryo-Oki……..?”

Not a single reply. She felt her hearing multiply thousands times over for a desperate drop of a familiar sound – preferably a familiar voice…..Nothing. Kairi took another step, and her balance solidified her into a stepping tree.”


What the hell is a stepping tree? Was that a reference to the Ents?


“These sudden changes…unpredictable as they are…Kairi wanted to put an end to them, enough of this randomness that widens the void between her and whoever she was close to – and perhaps the only way to do that, was to tighten her grip on her Keyblade. *Gulp.* Kairi took two more steps forward, and was suddenly within earshot of sound.”


The sound of the solidification of her purpose coming to get her – her Keyblade suddenly illuminates, and a subconscious manifestation of Ragiel appears; you could say this part takes place in Kairi’s head, it could go either way saying she ended up in some darkness realm born from the forgotten depths of her childhood – it’s along the same lines as how she met up with Misfortune in her dreams, the “active” element of the curse upon her.


*Should, should I even be following this person?* Seeing as the light from her blade made him “headless” this did not help her decision….In fact, the light from Chigiri* seemed to shy away from his face….“Hey, where are you leading me?”

….“That light from your Keyblade, it’s kinda weak isn’t it?” the person said – now judging by the person’s voice, Kairi was certain he was a boy, but,

“You didn’t answer my question, where are you leading me? Where am I? Did you take me here?”

“Take you here? This is all you – you brought yourself here,” he replied.

“I, brought myself here?” And Kairi quickly remembered how badly she wanted to leave, but, but she couldn’t have just done, some kind of teleportation could she? She’s not even sure of what just happened!

“You don’t realize how much power you have, that’s dangerous. The last thing you need right now is getting killed or lost by your own mistakes Miss Magic” –

Wait a tick – “Have you been watching me?”

“Well,” Kairi could barely see a smile form over the boy’s mouth, “You could call it that.”

Within another step – a bright burst of light from behind the boy illuminated him completely for a spilt second, but in that second – Kairi had to cover her eyes.


And boom, she’s made it to Tumble-Stop landing so conveniently in front of Bebop ship, but something’s a-foul, something’s in the sky –


“Huh?” Kairi looked above the ship, there seemed to be an odd wrinkle in the sky….an, odd ripple….“What, what’s that?”


Es un monstruo! Corren rápido chiquita!........I’m surprised despite going to worlds, and even systems with vastly different cultures, there has never, ever been a language barrier…….I take the Pocahontas out, ~listen with your heart, you will understand~! But anywho, I digress, let’s move on –


“A pulse…….

Euphoria felt it.
Seritouge felt it.
Aurocile felt it.

A long with held sigh of light…..

Avera felt it.
Sephiroth felt it.
Isetzue felt it.

… sends a pulse………

Little Slugger felt it – “Uh oh….”

Bright beyond words to speak……

Nefero felt it.
South Light felt it.

….The Lady, smiled……

And the darkness that contrasts around it, deeper than the gorge of time…….”


In other words a Key arrived and we get to watch a petty fight for the power to claim it (even if you protect it, it’s still claiming it!). The fight for power is as old as when the first single celled organisms began reproducing to claim their bit of the Primordial Soup, vying for power, be it from whatever point you take it, the right to own a job, the fight for a mate, or just to dominate a little anime club is as every bit human as it is natural. Some people though just don’t know when to quit. So we continue with Mewtwo stumbling upon Abigale: and here’s her back story: she was the little girl who got burned to death with her puppy from Sora’s first fight on Tumble-Stop against the two face; she being the only casualty Genkai and Vincent took her corpse off the scene and laying her to rest, so-to-speak….No one saw her, she couldn’t get out in time, but hey, that’s the way the rock rolls in life.


“You’re not going to punish me for using this magic are you?” squeaked the little girl. Mewtwo and Suicune simultaneously looked at the little girl backing up from them with her puppy in hand, “I know it’s, it’s Little Sister’s job – but, you won’t tell anyone right?”

Quickly understanding the situation (and grateful for the help), Suicune was the first to speak, “Not a word,” she said; she side glanced Mewtwo who just a bit behind –

“Eh, yeah, it was, a miracle” –


Awww, she’s gonna be the cute little girl cannon charac –


“Miracles are for sissies!” said the girl (Mewtwo and Suicune were a bit taken back) – “Say it was the blue kitties’ sheer will to live for, for um…..” the little girl went into a thinking pose (still holding her puppy) – her head snapped up, “Say it was the blue kitty’s will to live for the sake of seeing her long lost love *points to – * purple kitty!”

Mewtwo would have fallen flat on his face from the weight of his jaw dropping had Suicune not stepped on his purple tail to ground him –

“Whatever you wish,” smiled Suicune, “We’re eternally grateful” –

“We’re not a couple! We don’t even have gender! We just act like we do!” Mewtwo said quickly.

“Oh, well then do you want to be the girl and blue kitty the boy?”

This time Suicune let Mewtwo fall since she was busy laughing at his expression smashed on the ground–

“Oh! And now that husband and wife are together again (“HOW THE HELL ARE WE MARRIED?!”) you both must now go and save your son before a terrible monster comes and takes him away!”


*Facepalm* That’s what we were missing from this tale, the overly adept Mary-Sue fanfic 2.0 envisionar….South Light will be the killer Otaku, Nefero the cross-dresser, Avera the SUPER bishie, the Riders the psychotic ******* that default as a sub-boss…………Curse you fangastic literary justifications! On to the mind-**** that awaits!


“What’s happening there?”

“You don’t know of the Gates, do you?” Riku shook his head. “The Gates are the entrances to the plains of Yahena, and the Chrost-Weik, but they are also powerful weapons. A Key that can be used to control a Gate has made its presence known and there’s going to be a nasty tug-o-war to get it. Unlike the Riders, this is something I cannot hide you or your friends from, it is already the hand of fate…that has guided Sora and Kairi there, and you are the only one left to join them. Yes, the three of you are meant to enter this fight…..But, *Sigh*, I guess my plan in reuniting all three of you was a waste after all, however we’re still bound by the new Protection* restriction.”

“We can’t come in contact with one another for more than a minute right? How are we going to do this? If I see Sora or Kairi, am I just supposed to run in the other direction or something?”

Avera smiled, “That’s where the definition gets a little sticky, so we’re gonna cheat just a little bit,” Avera took out a black bandana, “The definition of contact defined in the Protection* is a knowing gaze, or acknowledged word, or hearing a familiar sound for a prolonged period of time.”

Avera tied the bandana over Riku’s eyes and ears, and led him through his portal.

*Geez, I never thought I’d have to wear this again…*


Try to move around everywhere with your eyes closed, it’s weird how even the most familiar places suddenly become alien.


“So, you’re gonna leave me blindfolded and nearly totally deaf to fend for myself in a fight to keep the Key safe?”

“On no, you won’t be alone,” smiled Avera, even though Riku couldn’t see. “Draw your Keyblade for me Riku.”

He did. And through his closed eyes under the protection of the blindfold, Riku could, barely make out a figure standing in front of him, it looked like a boy, Riku’s height (maybe a bit taller) with even length dark, dark blue hair blowing respectily in the breeze. He had one bang that looked like a prominent feather sticking up, but it naturally flowed backwards; his polo shirt looked to be tightly fitting with a medium dark purple overcoat that blew gracefully in the wind like his hair, unlike his black appropriately fitting pants….

*I’ll watch out for you,* said a voice in Riku’s head.

Toom.

Riku perked up immediately, “Avera?”

He was already gone. *Here!* And then, Riku could suddenly sense* objects and lifeforms with the simple guise of “alive” or not – he could see, but it was difficult, he could only see opaque shapes to give him a sense of what was moving and what wasn’t, *This is the Natural Sense*, I will show you what you need to see.*


Ah Dendjue….the Masters never really left their system, I believe they were in, purgatory is it? Caught between assimilating back with the Lifestream and the physical plain….Even dead Masters are drawn to a Key Brawl, or rather…….how desperate is the grasp for power and how desperate are the means to stop them? Of course this whole mess was made worse by Seritouge’s intrusion with their Protections* limiting the Master’s contact with one another down to only a minuet (or risk losing it), now the Masters must be coordinated away from one another and frikin’ blind folded as tension rises to get in step to protect the Key.


“Genkai, you and Goku come with me, we’ll be the front, the scouts will take the square, and the rest of you stick with Sora, and get to Bebop as soon as possible – keep your eyes open for the other two Masters and whomever the Key maybe,” stated Vincent; and they were off – Sora running into the broken frame of the window –

“OW!”

“SHONEN!”

“My bad” –

*Here, let me help,* and a feminine touch grasped Sora around his middle from behind, and the same Natural Sense* Riku now had, became his –

“Better now Sora?” asked Shonen Bat with a wicked glint in his eye –

“Y-yes!”

“Sora, what do your friends look like?” asked Sailor Mercury as they ran –

“Red haired girl with pink clothes, and a white haired boy with a” –

“Oh just look for people with Keyblades,” said Shonen Bat.

Sailor Mercury touched her earring and a holographic light blue visor appeared over her eyes, and a Micro-miniature Super Computer in her hands (it looked like a simple case) –

“Can you pick them up Amy?” asked Bulma.

“Yes, one male Master is within the Square and the other, the other is female and near Bebop ship!”


Autobots, rollout!


“Forward my gallant husband and wife from the Four Seasons of the Unicorn Star Dust Brigade!” chirped the little brown haired girl on Suicune’s back, “We must rescue your son!” The Labrador puppy barked, also on Suicune’s back.

Although Mewtwo was against taking the girl with them for safety reasons, Suicune said they should for safety reasons. *She’ll be safer with us than aboard this vessel alone with that dog; we must get to Sora and the others now.*

They exited the ship. And came into almost immediate contact with –

“Heigh ho! Red haired maiden!” chirped the Little Girl, “State your name and business! We are on a quest to find their son!”

…………………Suicune and Mewtwo stopped dead in their tracks in front of Kairi as she held her Keyblade in an unsure position.

“Another Keyblade Master?!” Mewtwo blurted –


It’s like they’re just appearing out of thin air no?


“MOUOOOUUUUUUUUUUURRAHHHHHHH!”

From behind Lookout Tower, the sky ripped open, and an enormous arm, two-tone with black and white, stretched out, and slammed into Lookout Tower – breaking the beautiful building into two –


O_O…….


“OH NO!”

“THE TOWER!” screamed Bulma as everyone witnessed the last shimmering sparkles of the building fade and go out as it crumbled to the ground – Vincent, Genkai, and Goku began their onslaught on the arm, making sure, that was the only thing that made it out –

“Keep moving!” yelled Shonen Bat as he yanked Sora forward who kept looking back at the ruins of Lookout Tower,

*No –!* Sora cried internally.


*This tower stands tall for a lot of people Sora, what about you?*………..The collapse of Lookout Tower, is pretty much the sounding of Tumble-Stop’s Death Knell. Lookout Tower was, what Tumble-Stop felt made it important, and that anger of being cooped up inside yourself, finally boiled over Tumble-Stop’s sub-consciousness and its Emotionless was sounded (coinciding with the wild emotionless bringing the damn thing back though, but anywho, it’s like it’s destiny at this point.).....So everyone races to get in the spots to defend Tumble-Stop, which is heh, kinda pointless since really it’s the one that’s attacking….Anywho, the Scouts go with Riku and the rest tag along with Sora. Kairi is blindfolded by Mewtwo and Suicune upon Darkrai’s command, and –


“MOUOOOUUUUUUUUUUURRAHHHHHHH!”

Kairi’s group looked up in shock to where Kairi had first spotted the odd wrinkle in the sky, and a second enormous two-tone arm stretched out! – TOOM!

Sora and Riku’s bracelet’s shocked their wrists!

“Oh! There is a second enemy arm by Bebop Ship!” yelled Sailor Mercury; her blue visor still on –

“We see it from our position!” yelled Bulma into the little blue microphone – “What about the” –

“Th-the arm missed the ship, but I’m getting a reading that the female Master and her group was struck!”

“No! KAIRI!” screamed Sora.


Nyeh! Whelp there goes Kairi, I hardly new ye!......Aough, if only…….


Ch. 28 Separate Strands: Part D


“Vincent back flipped to a safe position atop a building from the enormous arm Goku, Genkai, and he were fighting. It was glaringly obvious that this was no normal enemy as a black and white eye with a red iris rolled out of the hand’s palm, and gave a fleshy blink. Vincent cocked his gun. “You are not influenced by either Yahena or the Chrost-Weik, Emotionless. Nor are you controlled by the Evil Beyonds.” A tongue began to slip out of the eye’s pupil – “What purpose do you have here?”

A piece of broken glass from the ruins of the Lookout Tower fell from its hanging post and broke.

<THE KEY> the Emotionless dry dead voice replied – Vincent aimed his gun –

Tumble-Stop shuddered.”


Ungar! The Key! The Key! I can haz yesh?! Really this is a despicable matter between Seritouge and the Emotionless, they both want what can kill the Lady and are gonna kill one another to get it, now that’s teamwork!


“No! KAIRI!” Sora screamed –

59…58…57 – For three solid seconds Riku heard Sora’s scream despite his clouded hearing and other interfering noises – the scream was small, but amplified a thousands times within himself – his leg made a move to start over but Sailor Mars grabbed him, “You can’t go! You know the situation right?”

“I still can’t get a clear reading of the Key,” said Sailor Mercury –

“What about Kairi?!” Riku yelled.

“Um – !”


Um! Who cares?! She just cost y’all three seconds of protection* time! For shame she doesn’t realize she can teleport! She can use portals! Soverign Royalty, all of them have [had] the ability to use portals to be able to travel and observe the worlds! Cheese and Rice! DX


“Kairi blinked stars out of her eyes, finding herself flat on the ground, and near Suicune who was about as sprawled out as she was. The blue Legend’s clear red eyes were wide as between Suicune and Kairi, were the grounded legs of the Little Girl and the bottom of her white lace dress – and further away was Mewtwo with his ever expanding dark-redish pool, desperately holding his neck –

“You stupid, eh, hand!” the Little Girl growled – incredible as this may seem, the Little Girl was holding up the monstrous hand from crushing the group; her puppy on her head was pushing back too! But Kairi had no time to admire the Little Girl, she knew Mewtwo was hurt, and she crawled over to Mewtwo army style with the space provided (Suicune was thoroughly pinned) and tried to put pressure on his fatal wound – seeing it come into clear view was a shock at the amount of damage done – *Dangit I wish I knew how to heal*!*

*Look where the wound is – the jugular was cut!* came the male voice, *Put two fingers* - but Kairi’s own hands were now soaked and her eyes began to burn, a realization was catching up to her bravery – Mewtwo’s own wet hands grabbed Kairi’s and jabbed them in his wound –

“Recover*” he gurgled –

“It’s too slippery!” Kairi screamed – and in that instant a dark shadow appeared under Mewtwo, Suicune, and Kairi – and shifted them out from under the hand –

“Arg! How dare you hurt them, you meanie! Take this!” The Little Girl gathered her strength and pushed off the hand with her puppy – and before it came back down – she smacked the hand back with a Kitten Paw Smack and a crack like gunfire signified the breaking of fake flesh and bone – the hand bent back on its wrist like a “V” and the arm recoiled like a broken accordion – it’s joints bending in the opposite position from the force.”


And it’s Abby to the rescue, yeah, Keys are weapons in themselves. Think of them like Keyblades in human form, however only they can unlock the ways to the Gates. Anywho, help arrives from Sora’s group for Kairi as that giant hand retreats; and thus this little group gets quick acquaintances on with one another. Funny how no one that met Kairi speaks of her to Sora……she’s that forgettable that those closest to Sora don’t even deem his supposed prized friend worthy…..Of course this my own personal bias, it could all be bull****……..I really hope they resurrect Dendjue first……


“Ah intermission time,” said Nefero looking at the battle scene. South Light clapped.

“What are you doing here Nefero?” asked Sephiroth.

“He speaks,” said Nefero, “Well Big Cousin, we just came to drop on by to see how little Sora was doing here, he seems to be having a blast, he’s made a lot of friends. Judging that this is a fight for the Key, the other two Masters are here as well, what luck.”

“Are you after them?”

“Nah, not today at least,” Nefero looked at his nails, “That damn Protection* is still on them – though I could just call for my Grizzlies and have them tear up the place,” Nefero gave a British accent at the end there, “But that’s not likely since you are here to slay me if I even try to touch them correct?”

“Correct,” said Sephiroth.

“But you know, maybe we should get going,” said Nefero, “You feel it don’t you? Tumble-Stop’s heart? Tumble-Stop is not doing too well, it hasn’t fully recovered from the Rider’s attack.” Nefero turned to Sephiroth, “Just our presence here is hurting it, yours, mine, South Light’s, Iseztue’s, our entities are too much for its heart to bear to have near it; Tumble-Stop was always a coward. I’m surprised the world made it through the Rider’s attack to be honest.”

Sephiroth used his Memory Link* and discovered Avera in a projective state – holding out his arms to the symbolic heart of Tumble-Stop – trying to hold together.

“By the way, where is your little step brother?” Nefero smiled.

“Don’t know,” said Sephiroth.

Nefero made a twisted smile to hide a rising tension…. “You know I really hate liars.”


Sephiroth and Isetzue, Nefero and South Light, two very powerful sets of siblings; one pair are siblings by blood, the other, by heart…….


So Kairi and the people around her, notice that that wicked hand that Abby made retreat earlier is about to make a brilliant return, Jet leaps aboard Bebop to move it to a safer place (good luck with that) and the rest decide to hightail it outta there to a safer distance to organize their collected forces, however, Misfortune follows Kairi early on –


– Lugia was waiting on Mewtwo’s cargo –

“I’m going with Darkrai and Mew,” said Mewtwo –

“Mewtwo, give her to me,” said Kairi outspreading her arms.

“Wait!” the Little Girl piped and Mewtwo finally tugged her off and moved to hand her quickly to Kairi – the bulge exploded – the arm shot out – shooting past Mew and Darkrai who just couldn’t move fast enough… - Lugia’s group barely had time to look up – the hand smashed into Lugia’s chest – and Mewtwo simultaneously felt the Little Girl get ripped from his hands, snagged in the strong wind as he was held motionless and limp from the force – CRASH! The hand smashed everyone it caught into the side of a sandy building that crumbled like brick and steel match sticks over them…everything buried in the debree.

Needless to say, Mew, Darkrai, and especially Mewtwo who started to shake, were all left wide-eyed and frozen in shock.”


She’s like a burning coal! She brings pain to everything near here! There was also a bit of hidden symbolization, when Mewtwo had his neck cut open, Kairi got some red on her, then Abby got a bit of that red on herself too when she latched onto Mewtwo, and Mewtwo handed her over to Kairi, both girls laced in red then and –


“The arm slowly pulled its hand out of the debree – Mewtwo, Darkrai, and Mew turned sick as thick globs of red dripped off it, it vectors retracted inside, it must have released them sometime when it made contact with Lugia. The hand shook, knocking some red off of it, and began to mildly push debree aside” –


The handing over of blood is a forefront for sacrifice, whether you’re aware of it or not. Anywho, that stupid bracelet Sora has clouds his better judgement and he must run to Kairi’s side! Seriously, those bracelet don’t do didly squat. They were going to become something, but now, well, I’ll keep my mouth shut on the issue, I’ll say that, some pretty jewelry can rust if not taken care of….Especially when it’s soaked in blood –


Sora arrived on the scene, and quickly pieced together the dripping hand with the rubble –

“GET AWAY FROM THEM!” – Mew, Darkrai, and Mewtwo looked to Sora, not too far away atop a building with Shonen Bat – “Wake the Night*!” and a beam of light shot from Sora’s keyblade through the wrist of the Emotionless, and the cowardly thing cried and recoiled back into its hole – “Come out and fight!”

“MUUUUUROOOOOOAHHHHHH!”

– Sailor Mercury’s visor then screamed of death from above – !

“OH!” –

Sora and Shonen Bat spun around to Central Square where the horrible roar came from –

<I WANT THAT KEY!>

Sora recognized the Emotionless talk and spun back around – the hand shot out again straight for him! Shonen Bat grabbed Sora’s hand and they both turned into shadows from Shonen’s magic – the hand passing right through them –

“Eat this!” Mew piped, and fired a pulse of pink psychic energy as Mewtwo released an Aura Sphere*, and Darkrai a Shadow Ball* - all attacks hitting the wrist where Sora had attacked, the arm gave another cry – and the hand spun around, revealing a black and white eye with a red iris in the hand’s palm – and a lashing tongue from it’s pupil – looking right at the flying pokemon –

“Ew!” said Shonen Bat –


PICK A SCENE!!! Geeze! Everything is going to hell now! No one is strong enough, everyone is getting their butts handed to them six ways from Sunday – this power grab is turning into utter chaos! Okay, fast forward to the relevant stuff! –


“Sora’s bracelet burned with pain! – “Oh for god’s sake y’all are dropping like flies!” yelled Shonen Bat – he spotted the bolt’s source – a teeny tiny little baby black could – “****!!! IT’S A ******* DEITY!!!” screamed Shonen Bat.”


O_O, oh yeah….them……..them……..them………..Anywho Sephy and Neffy send their wittle sissies away since the **** is about to hit the fan. And wait a tick who cares about them? This is all about Tumble-Stop’s slipping into a rabid morbid state because his heart was held in captivity within itself for so long causing it’s emotions to build into a nearly uncontrollable hate that it can’t even begin to conceive because it was never given the proper outlet until…..’til…….She set the spark………..That flame for Tumble-Stop…..


Ch. 28 Separate Strands Part: E….E for the not yet the End of zeh chappie!


“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.”


I kinda wish I could have euthanized Tumble-Stop……..Why is it that some with the kindest hearts somehow suffer more than the ****** that don’t deserve them?


“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.”


I don’t understand why Tumble-Stop was treated so….I mean, Avera told me all life is sacred, but then, why is it knowingly hurt, destroyed, enslaved, and corrupted? And even after all this time, does the Lifestream have no answer? I can’t wrap my head around it……Why does life come crashing back down on itself? (*Sigh*) In terms of things evolving a consciousness, you can either be intelligent and depressed or stupid and blissful, unfortunately Tumble-Stop was both, which made an even deeper poison.


“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!”


Avera’s past is related to Tumble-Stop in that they were both lifeforms done great injustices by the apathy for the care of their hearts……Things aren’t gonna get more cheerful folk….this tale is rather sad……


“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.”


Having red on you is obviously not a good sign of favorable things to come….


“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.”


Well Nefero’s not going anywhere anytime soon, joy, and again Sephiroth is reffered to as Big Cousin, that just bugs the hell outta me. They’re not blood related, it’s this, some kind of weird connection, thingie…. Well, anywho, as bad a shape things are in right now with Seritouge’s pets the Deities arriving, it’s time for the ghosts of the Anime Masters to come front and center, and defend the Masters that are left. When left in purgatory for set amount of time, your Ghost can flatten, leaving you to be a mindless specter……I guess then, maybe in an odd turn of events….the Anime Masters being put to use, even if it was being shields for the living Masters, helped them out as well……


“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” –


Come on my true Masters! Show ‘em how it’s done! The possession complete, they all remove their blindfolds to reveal eyes slightly glowing iris of their eyes –


“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 –“


BRING IT!!!


“…..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 –“


Okay enough with the blood, seriously. I’m starting to feel sick.


“*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.”


Fan-frikin’-tastic…..


“*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 –


Okay obviously this is gonna produce something very bad…..


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 –


The next part will wrap up the recap of the Key Brawl and Tumble-Stop’s tragic fate.


Ch. 28 Separate Strands Part: F….F for finale!!!


Jet awaits helplessly in Bebop ship overlooking the battle field with Emotionless against Master, against Deity, against Evil, against the inhabitants who want to live, all trudging tracks upon Tumble-Stop that will not tolerate it anymore, will not tolerate being used for anything, not a battlefield, not a shelve for people, nuthin’. It will use its own power it had all along and govern everyone’s fate as it sees fit.


…..“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.”


All created from the emotions of the Chrost-Weik…..


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 –


Stand strong men!


“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.”


Or join forces, that’s always a good idea too….So the Deities were sent by Seritouge to, do what now Deity South?


“*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*!*”


Shame? SHAME? YOU OUTRIGHT SHEPHERED THEM TO THEIR DEATHS! YOU WERE NO BETTER THAN SERITOUGE, THE LADY OR THE RIDERS! IF ANYTHING YOUR ACT TO NOT SHIELD THE ANIME MASTERS WHEN YOU COULD HAVE PROBABLY CHANGED THE COURSE OF ASTRAL HISTORY!!!....So, in an attempt to redeem some shred of something worthy, Deity South and East team up the Masters to fight off the fountain of powerful Emotionless arriving on the scene, but Deity North and West still need some coaxing because repenting for condemning two systems to give up their Masters isn’t enough –
And it comes from Nefero no less, but wait, wait, what - who the hell are those guys?!


“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.”


And that’s all the acknowledgement they’ll get from me. Let’s get back to an evil that’s actually threatening.


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* -


Jeeze, even when we’re doing the story of Tumble-Stop the damn world still gets overlooked, can we get back to its inner turmoil?


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.”


On second thought…..


“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!!”


TUMBLE-STOP = CARRIE (1976)


“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!”


The final last part of the fight will get done and be posted early next week, laterz!

[Cef]

lmao long recap is looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong~!

[Silent Avera]

XD You're right! I think I'll post the nexxt chappie up before the last recap, I mean after all, it is just a recap.

Soooo, the next chappie should come out sometime this week, I'll be back! =^.^=






BTW A-kon ROCKED! Cosplay was a little short though

[Cef]

Nya~n!

Cosplay is funnier when done in a group, 'specially when you fool around all OOC-like >XD

Also I liek looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong chappies/recaps >;P

[Coldman9]

Wow, that was a long recap. I can't wait for the next chapter SA. Hope everyone's doing okay without me.

[Lectori Salutem]

Long recap (as if the obvious hasn't been stated enough^^). Not that I complain^^

[Silent Avera]

New plan! Once this site loads for longer than 5 minuets, I can upload the new chappie, that's why I'm late ;_; I pray this message gets through! WORK WITH ME HIGHER FORCES! >:(

And thank-you guys for reading :3! (And we do miss ya Coldman, let us know how your transition to college is going! ^_^ )

[Lectori Salutem]

Frustrating, isn't it? I couldn't log in at all for almost two weeks! It's alright if you're a bit late because of forum problems, it's not like you can help it. There's nothing we can do but wait...

[Silent Avera]

Well I hope the problem with the forums is fixed, I got a lot of writing done in the mean time, so yay! Thank you Cef for introducing me to Naruto-Wiki, good lord that site is helpful!

Y’all get cookies or somethin’ here’s a doozy!


RECAP: “OMG! Yes, it’s real! The Last we saw Edward Elric and his bro and the Stewards they had finished pillaging the Anime Master’s coffins only to find a letter, and uh some other stuff. Also the last time we saw Ed, Pharaoh, and Ash, Ed had just hauled them off into Konoha totally going against what was supposed to happen – Vincent was supposed to escort Ash and Pharaoh/Yugi to Genkai so she can whip them into shape, but Ed wants something else to get whipped into shape, friendship! And also, the last time we saw the winged group and Lorenia and Ragiel and the Reaper, they had all met up to keep the wandering spirits safe from Nefero and South Light who has entered the Anime System, well they don’t have to worry about that anymore since they hightailed it outta there following the Lady’s melt down last chappie, so now what are the winged, and ghosts, and dead peeps gonna do? (The Reaper is dead right?) Also, just where the heck are the evils hiding in Konoha?! We know they’re there! Orochimaru, Bakura (oh yeah we did get a glimpse of him last chappie though) and Envy, please stand up!” – Abigale

Disclaimer: PG-13, because I’m too lazy to write out individual disclaimers right now.

Click on the underlined to see what they look like, but there's only two anyway....meep....

Oh yeah, and if bad guys have a theme, I'll put them in here :3 Which in fact, there is one...muahahahaha..

Ch. 35 R.I.P.
“Don’t cross the streams” – Ghostbusters
Car-runitwua Star: Konohagakure Village


Anime Royalty’s Castle: Library

“’If my intuition as a Sovereign Geologist ever served me right, I pray it’s now.

“’If you’re reading this letter, then you have unraveled the secrets behind the demise of our Masters. I’m sorry that I could not come forth directly with this material, but I could not risk Seritouge discovering my betrayal to him. Their graves, was the only safe station I could keep this information – though it seemed to be against all chances of discovery, heh, I banked on a more than curious mind to peek into the lingering rumors of their less than honorable deaths, so, to whomever reads this letter, I thank-you, and please, do the right thing.’

“’The timeframe for this information to become irrelevant, I predict, is in about two and a half years, that is most likely when Seritouge’s Operation: Split the Light, will bear fruit. The day our Masters died, the clock began ticking for both the Anime and Disney systems – if we are to stand against the rising tides, we must first protect that which is left – our worlds, our systems, our…’new’ Masters.’

“’During my final expedition across the Anime System, our worlds had begun to whisper of our sister system and their next generation Keyblade Masters. Based upon the knowledge of my field of research, for our worlds to be able to feel such an event over the borders, there must be a mutual understanding between systems, between their Upper Consciousnesses. With the choosing of Disney’s next generation Masters coming on the heels of our Master’s deaths, the Disney System seems to be, comforting, sharing with our system the feel of the birth of new hope, like how a sibling would share their most prized toys between their other…. ‘

“This loving notion, it’s rare for systems to be so intimate with one another, even Sister Systems, and it solidified Seritouge’s intent to stay within the Anime System. For you see, with the Disney System a surrogate home for the last remaining Sovereign, the Protection that system gained, shall we say, did more than keep out the Evil Beyonds, or perhaps it is doing just what it was intended to do.’

“’Never-the-less, Seritouge is determined to extract those unused resources from the Disney System. With this friendship between systems, and the crippling state of our system, it is believed the application of the merge By-Law is only a matter of time to help alleviate the stress that our system has accumulated, especially following our Master’s deaths. Seritouge is already helping our system decide on the worlds in dire need of transfer, including a land from the Shadowed Region of our system, that area around the Atzulrim Star taken over by the conquering darkness that warns of our system’s failing heart.’

“’Seritouge told me since the worlds within the Shadowed Region have been muted by the poor health our system is falling head over heels into, that he would be their only hope for salvation, but I learned that only one world from that region was being selected. Why just one? I kept my curiosity to myself, but sure enough I uncovered their details as part of Operation: Split the Light. That world selected, will somehow help in the extraction of the Disney Masters.’

Tee hee, little patch ‘o hell, Loves!

“’Part one of Operation: Split the Light is the extraction of the Disney Masters through the foreshadowed merges, and fashion the strongest Master out of them, part two, is the creation of a new system between the strongest worlds of both the Disney and Anime Systems – a system that will nurture the best attributes of both systems into the lone Master instead of splitting them between three – propelling his strength to that of never-before-seen levels. In other words, Seritouge will create a system for the sole purpose of eradicating the Lady and her subordinates. This is his, great, back-up plan to destroy the Lady, for he has nearly given up upon the taming of Eros and the hopes of unlocking the secrets behind this, ‘Third Change’ that eludes the Great Spirit of Reason.’

“’He kept our Masters busy from locking* our worlds safe, to keep this system weak, just on the clutches of death for this back-up idea to work. He will make himself a confidant to this system, getting it conditioned to listen to more and more radical ideas of his to save itself with no other outlet, and after the Anime System nearly reaches the breaking point of its heart, Seritouge would sweep in with an idea for the Disney System to save its beloved sister, and with the prying claws of exploitation, gut the friendship between our systems. He plans to convince the systems to surrender their hearts to one another, the strong heart of the Disney System will rejuvenate the worlds of the Anime System, and the weak heart of the Anime System will be strengthened by the Disney Worlds. Seritouge will tempt the ever skittish Anime System with the soothed familiarity of its merged worlds, and sure enough, the Disney System will beg of its sister to help it live, but that will not matter. There is a terrible consequence with this transaction – this method of preserving life is also suicide, to an extent.’

“’For the systems to have switched hearts will mean the loss of their identity of what they are, and to lose their Upper Consciousnesses, their acknowledgment of life, will kill the identity of the worlds, kill the identity of their inhabitants, blending their existence under a mindless juncture of simply existing. Think of the rich cultures of each system, of each world, of each nation within the worlds! And then simply having that all erased! All the memories of what we are gone from us! Of course, before the murder of our identity, Seritouge will secure the collected memories of the desired attributes within his Museum, and implant them within the blank heart of the strong Disney System. By letting Nature take its course, the heart will then create a new self identity which will spread into Seritouge’s chosen worlds, and then from them, into the Master, the hearts resonating with the surge of self acknowledgment, their new selves, their new system, the new system, and it’s worlds, will complete this miraculous transformation in the span of but a single day.’

“’After Seritouge has fulfilled his plan, all other materials will be recycled, broken down into the pieces of life to be synthesized within his new system to further strengthen it. If he must go without Eros, without the Third Change, the Spirit of Reason is determined to destroy the threat of the Lady, at the cost of us’.

“’I know what you must be thinking, the Spirit of Reason cannot do this alone, he will need the cooperation and powers of Euphoria and Aurocile, and that is true, but he leads them on well enough now, he probably won’t have a problem in the future convincing them to take part of this slaughter in whatever way he can –’”

“No,” said Alphonse, “Euphoria would never, ever” – but Nikkue held up her hand and continued to read –

“’I warn you now – we must first save ourselves before we can save others! Seritouge’s dramatic plan does not need to come to pass, although I feel deep in my heart the Disney Masters will eventually come to our system, either by the friendship between our systems, or Seritouge’s intent, we must protect the lot of them. Don’t misunderstand Seritouge’s treatment of them on the surface, he will only ration them as a ploy to gain the Anime System’s trust.’”

“Oh, the modified Protections*!” Layleri chirped.

“So, this is the truth within the truth eh?” said Edward with his head in his hand.

“I’m not finished,” and Nikkue continued, “’Our Masters became experimental slaughter. Seritouge’s back-up plan has so many details that can go wrong, even with the guiding of the Spirits, if he fails, I know he will then learn from his mistakes, and no doubt doom another set of Sister Systems with all due speed.’

“’We are not experimental slaughter! We must not suffer the same fate as our Masters, nor have our soon to be ‘new’ Masters culled. We are every bit as capable of defending our worlds as our very own Masters, otherwise, why would we be given Astral Abilities as a Natural Effect upon leaving our worlds? We, as the inhabitants, the inheritors of each heartbeat of our dear system, have as much responsibility to defend it.’”

“Wait, so he’s saying everyone who leaves their worlds inherits Astral Abilities?” asked Alphonse.

“Yes, but not very many people know that,” piped Layleri, “Their Astral Abilities simply remain unused within them. Ah, but only those with Opposite Hearts can have combat Astral Abilities and Magic. Those with Opposite Hearts are capable of becoming special trustees of combat Astral Power and are chosen by their worlds at the time of crisis to protect them, but again, that’s not very well known.”

Nikkue continued, “’When the Disney Masters reach our system’, blah, blah, blah” –

“Hey!”

“He’s just saying on ways to protect them, and they are protected,” said Nikkue, “After Tumble-Stop died, Ovohna picked up a mysterious email that had no origin. The email said, Seritouge had lost his Sight* with Riku, his favored Master, and that the Disney Master’s bracelets had been secretly magicked to protect them of any Spiritual Magic from Seritouge; turns out that email was from none other than the Deities, gone into hiding from Seritouge.” Nikkue exhaled through her nose, “If Seritouge decides to carry out this back-up plan, he will probably set up situations to kill Sora and Kairi to deliver a crippling blow to the Anime System’s heart. He’ll then Sever Riku, and then, carry on his merry way.” Nikkue looked towards the letter again, “’With the records of the Disney Royalty unobtainable, I do not know what attributes, Hidden Potential, or legacy, or bloodline these Masters descend from’ – well that settles where we will be heading next,” said Nikkue.

“Where?”

“We will go to Disney Castle. If we can trace the lineage of the Disney Masters we may be able to better serve their upbringings, you know give water to fish and grass to horses, proper raising 101, and they just may be able to knock a significant dent to the Evil Beyonds, for like, more than a second. Who knows, these Masters could be the ones who can finally stand up to the Lady and her subordinates, that wild card of the Third Change, one not a Seraph nor a Scythe….Hmm, whelp, they have less than three months to grow, come now.”

“So, we’re actually gonna go to the Disney System?” –

“Yeah!” piped Layleri, “And look at Keyblade Master birth records, baby pictures, eeeeeeee!”


Gee, that sounds so familiair (*cough*whattheladyhastheridersdoing*cough*)


“When can we get the word out about the truth of our Master’s deaths, and Seritouge’s Spilt the Light Operation?” asked Edward.

“Patience,” said Nikkue, “Ovohna will deal with that, we certainly don’t want to blow our cover and we need to keep as close a watch on Seritouge as I’m sure he plans to do with us, you know, being Stewards and all. But anywho, we’re going to have to sneak into the Disney System, Disney Castle more specifically, where their Royalties used to live.”

“Oh.”

“So how will we get in?” asked Edward.

“To pull off a stunt like that, magic, from the Precursors of Magic themselves,” said Nikkue, “Ovohna has obtained their allegiance to protect the ‘new’ Masters, so we will ask, and use their magic to transport us to Disney Castle where the Protection* around the system has been compromised, and then they’ll teleport us back when we’re done, hm,” Nikkue smiled to herself and looked skimmed through the letter, “Things just fall into place. Pfft, anywho, I’ll ask them to also create Doubles for Layleri and I, so we won’t be missed.”

“What about them?” asked Layleri pointing at Alphonse and Edward.

“No one’s missing them,” said Nikkue plainly.

Ouch.

“Fair enough,” said Edward, “So let’s get going.”

“’P.S. One last shot at my Geologist’s intuition, Edward, and Alphonse Elric, you’re reading this letter. I wish you both the best’……Sign, ‘Macevoy Estrude.’”

“Close,” said Edward, “(*Inhale*) Let’s go.”
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Konohagakure Village…….In a forest……

“I don’t understand why they wanted us to change, I’m not wearing that,” said Ash, “I like what I have on.”

“I dunno, we jus’ do, ‘dhough,” said Ed digging through the bag, “I think they’re trying too hard to blend us in. I heard it was something about like, going with the World Order or somet’ing, but we do need the forehead thingies, that’s how the ninjas will let us in.”

Ein whined, he didn’t have a forehead protector.

“I’m gonna wear it on my arm,” said Ash, “It’ll clash with my cap.”

“Take your cap off and wear it like a headband” –

“No” –

“You’ll look better” –

“No – touch my cap Ed, and I will throw you across the ground – HEY!”

“There, aww you have such pretty hair” –

“Give it back! – Give it back – !” Ed slipped behind Ash’s tackle and pounced on his back knocking him flat on his stomach and the wind out his lungs – then slapped on Ash his forehead protector and pulled while pushing her feet into his back – bending him up like a capital ‘U’ – “ACK!”

“You will conform to ninja fashion policy – ninjas do not wear hats!”–

“Ow! OW! Okay I conform! I conform!” And Ed released Ash with his body snapping forward hard onto the dirt; he tucked his hat away in his pocket.

Pharaoh, in his new, pfft, ‘ninja assent attire’ just watched from afar……*This, friendship bonding….might be easier said than done….*

“Pharaoh?”

“Hm?”

“Is Yugi still sleeping?” asked Ed.

“Yes.”

“But, hold on, aren’t you, uh, Yugi?” asked Ash, and before Pharaoh could speak Ed leapt before him with the presence of a stage girl –

“What you see before you is actually, Big Yugi, or Pharaoh, but I call him Big Yugi, and he, is actually a, uh….” Ed looked at him, “Just what are you anyway? You’re a ghostie ghost, right?”

“Ghost?”

Oh hell, well, no time like the present, “Well, in my true form, I am an ancient spirit that resides within the Millennium Puzzle, this treasure around my neck. When Yugi solved it, my soul became free, and from then on, I shared his presence with him.”

(*Blink*, *blink*) “Eh, okay, well, my name’s Ash,” and Ash smiled holding his hand out to Pharaoh –

“I know” –

- but they shook regardless, “Oh, well, still, nice to meet ya, Pharaoh, ah, I’ve probably seen ya before, but you know, I guess you were all, um, inside Yugi and all.” –[ Awkward ]– “So what was your form before you possessed him? Were you a” –

“I’ve always looked like this.”

…….. “Really? How is that possible?”

“I was born that way” –

Cute intervention! – Ed patted Pharaoh’s throat, “Big Yugi’s voice is deeper than Yugi’s, listen!–”

“Pl-ea-ea-se sta-op th-a-at” – he politely grabbed her hand and Ed happily blushed –

“Huh” commented Ash, “Now that I think of it, I’ve never actually talked to you before, you or, Yugi.”

“Shame!” Ed crossed her hands, “You spent all that time on Tumble-Stop and never shared a shake or anything?!”

Ash shrugged his shoulders, “I, didn’t know them, that well,” said Ash.

“Well now you do,” said Ed sticking her head up; Ash nonchalantly tossed a wave at Pharaoh, and Pharaoh, stiffly replied (really he just held his hand up like a deer-in-headlights).

“So, ah, which way to the ninjas Ed?” asked Ash.

“Hold up, I have to change now, be right back!” and Ed ducked behind a tree with Ein on guard leaving Ash and Pharaoh alone….She peeked from behind the tree, *Ed’s super secret help Pharaoh get friendship ploy, action!*

Ash and Pharaoh just sat there, waiting……patiently, like gentlemen –

“DAMMIT Y’ALL KEEP COMMUNICATING TO EACH OTHER!”

The fear of god (and confusion) struck within them, they quickly obeyed. Ash turned to Pharaoh, Pharaoh turned to him, and, engaged – Ash began, “So, I heard you like Mudkips.”

[I’m so sorry I had to do it X3 ]

“What?”

“Ah nothing, inside joke,” said Ash, “So! Ah, [sudden drama tone] what was your home like?”

Striking a nerve on the first pitch, mmm’kay –

“It, was a nice place,” Pharaoh replied blankly.

“Mine was too,” Ash replied, regretful of the question.

…….Next subject……(They avoided one another’s glances)……Or, silence –

“Ice cream…..Ice creeeeeeaaaaaaam” – Pharaoh and Ash perked up at the voice, it was Ed’s harsh whispering from behind the tree, “Talk about, flavors of, iiiiiicccccccceeeee creeeeeeeaaaaaaaaam” –

“What’s your favorite flavor ice cream?” asked Ash flatly.

“No preference.”

“I like the chocolate-vanilla swirl.”

Both young men stole a hidden glance at the tree behind them.

“Baaaaaaasebaaaaaaall, talk about, baaaaaaaaasebaaaaaal” –

“How ‘bout them Astros?”

Pharaoh motioned ‘meh.’……..

“The weeeeaaaaaathe” – Okay, Pharaoh was no fool,

“Ed…..I appreciate what you’re trying to do, but it’s alright.” Pharaoh crossed his arms hugging the puzzle, “I still, have some issues with myself to fix.”

“Issues?” asked Ash, “You seem pretty normal to me.”

Ah, if only Yugi was awake….“Thank-you,” smiled Pharaoh.

“So…does Yugi, like, fall asleep every time you’re, in control?”

“Oh, no, typically we’re both conscious, but…..recently he went through something rather traumatic.”


The word has to get out….


“Well, we all have,” said Ash, “Is is he gonna be okay?”

Ed peeked from behind the tree at them again.

*Lorenia*….“Yes, I’m sure of it.”

“Good,” Ash smiled.

“What was it?” asked Ed, “What made Yugi go to sleep?”


The truth of the Anime Master’s death has to get out….What are you doing playing idle chat with these people?! TELL THEM! Your friend will not wake till you pass the truth from yourself….A friendship born from a source of hate, is better than no friendship at all…..An atmosphere of hate will not spark the relapse, your fear of triggering the Dark Atone Disease will! You call yourself a friend to Lorenia, to the Masters?! To Yugi?! Tell them now!.....What, do you think it wasn’t fair for Lorenia to burden your friend’s fragile heart? Just how much have you scarred him?!

The Reaper’s image stood tall, in memory, *You keep your mind on protecting that boy Lorenia gave a second chance to…. The Dark Atone Disease is a sneaky agent of death…. To help keep him from a relapse, keep his heart active from an outside source….You, alone, didn’t have too much luck keeping him from the disease in the first place.*

If you can only inflame pain to those around you, at least bond together with that hate! If that’s the only way to get the little brat some friends so you don’t trash his heart again, DO IT! You want him alive don’t you?!


*I….want him happy…* Pharaoh felt like he was being stabbed from a million directions at once with the deepest cut concerning the health of his friend, and how he can preserve the precious second chance he was given….


Open that door to anger.


Yugi almost slipped away once through his emotional turmoil, and now, *Hate, is the last thing I want surrounding him,* Pharaoh uttered quietly to that consciousness….*But I have no choice…I’m so sorry my friend that I keep failing you…*

Ash cocked his head, “Pharaoh?”

Ed emerged from behind the tree in her new clothes, tying her headband back, “Big Yugi,” she took a seat next to him, “What happened when y’all were inside your room?.....The door, became very cold….”

Pharaoh looked at Ed, and she gave a little nod, he looked to Ash, and he was quite concerned; Ein nudged him.


……Don’t underestimate the roots of friendship………


Pharaoh settled himself, and revealed to Ed, Ein, and Ash, of Lorenia’s apparition….the truth of their Master’s demise….the arrival of the Reaper, Lorenia extracting the Dark Atone disease from Yugi, and then finally her departure with the Reaper. Mental autopilot is a curious wonder.

After Pharaoh finished recounting those memories, his hands were holding the Millennium Puzzle, and Ed was leaning against him, partially holding him.

Ash didn’t have Pikachu to hold (Pikachu being notably absent when they teleported away [the poor little dear waits in Ash’s room]) but Ein served as a warm comfort instead.

“So our Masters….we’re killed just to be experimented on…?” said Ash dryly, his grip around Ein tightened and Ein gave a little whine….“I always did wonder why, the coffins were closed….Ragiel always told me they never ran from anything, but they never could….” Ash suddenly stood up, Ein looked up at him, and he promptly sat back down. Pharaoh (held the Millennium Puzzle tighter) and Ed, both of them could almost feel Ash about to burst with this, such justified hatred, his leg started to shake with nervous tremors, but, Ein kept looking up at him from his arms, and Ash didn’t let him go. Without his cap to hide his eyes, (though his sobbing was becoming quite profound), be buried his head in Ein who bent his neck back to give Ash a few reassuring puppy licks. Pharaoh’s heart sank.

“It’s a good thing to vent,” said Ed, “Or you’ll become like a shaken soda pop and explode.”

“Yet the truth can bring so much suffering….I thought, of only telling Sora, he must be warned, but” –

“How could you go that long with that info in you?” said Ed tut-tuttingly, she patted his heart. “Don’t cripple yourself, you matter too – you matter to Yugi, don’t you?”

Pharaoh looked at her, and she was looking right back at him, her attention then turned, “Ashy,” she reached out with her foot and nudged his side, “You gonna be okay?” Without lookin’ up, his sobs softly quieted with her nudging, and he single handedly grabbed her foot like a handshake that wordlessly replied, ‘yes’, but heh, he gave a perplexed look when he realized it was her foot in hand, she wiggled her toes, and pulled back with a giggle.

Ash gave a deep sigh and wiped the tears away. “Pharaoh.” Pharaoh looked to him. “Thanks for telling us. (*Sigh*) You know, Ragiel always complained so much about how, ‘rough details’ were being kept away from people, since Seritouge thought we couldn’t handle it, as if we’re a bunch of idiots, or something.”

“Yeah, I remember that rant too,” said Pharaoh, “The only way Lorenia could quiet him down was, eh, a kiss” – Pharaoh snapped his fingers – “Disabled him in a flash.”

Ash smiled, “You guys traveled with her a bit, right?”

“Yes.”

“Now they travel with y’all in spirit,” said Ed and simultaneously patted Pharaoh and Ash’s heart (with her hand and foot respectively) –

Ash cradled Ein, “It’s good to know that the Ghosts of our Masters are still looking over us. I hope they’re gonna be okay, and as for whoever’s watching them, they better do a good job” –

“Or Ed will kick their butts on y’all’s behalf!” and Ed kicked her leg in the air; Ein barked, “’Dey will ph3ar mehy!”

“So what Astral Abilities do you have Ed?” asked Ash perking up.

(Leg still in the air, only raised higher) “Supercalifrag-a-balistic-expi-all-a-kick-ass Abilities,” and Pharaoh and Ash laughed – (she began to move her raised leg in circles) “Yes, they will remember the name of Ed, for it will haunt all the adjectives of their demise, they will be defeatED, humiliatED, decimatED, constipatED, crematED, destroy-ED!.....Destroyed, yes it works! (She pointed her foot at Ash who was laughing at the pronunciation – her leg went back up in the air) All who fail to pay respect will be ninja-ED!”

Ash choked on his laughter a bit to steady himself, “Well (*giggle*) do you think we can finally mov-ED outta here so we can go see the ninjas?”

Ed’s leg drooped… “Oh yeah I almost forgot.”

And then Pharaoh felt it, that wonderful affinity between people–!

Ed swung the bag behind her back, “Okie lokies, letsa go, follow Ein.”

Ein leapt down from Ash’s lap as he stood up, Pharaoh moved to get up, but stumbled a little from a hidden mud patch under the leaves,

“Here, I got ya,” and Ash extended his hand out to Pharaoh to help him up, he gladly took it, Ed bouncing up with him.

“I can take that bag Ed,” said Pharaoh.

“Such a gentleman,” Ed bubbly cooed, and they headed on through the forest following Ein.

Pharaoh checked his heart, and Yugi was still very much asleep. Pharaoh smiled, *Guess what Aibou? I have a surprise for you when you wake up; I can return that favor you first gave me.*

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Inbetwixt and Between


The ghostly Ragiel overlooked Avera sleeping somewhat raggedly on his side, his wings all sprawled out in a sleep fighting for comfort, *Yeesh, I didn’t think wings could be such a hindrance.*

“Humans typically aren’t supposed to have them. It even takes Seraphs a while to get used to them,” said Sephiroth trying to fashion something out of a black stone, “Such as, like Ghosts adjusting between two different sets of existing. That’s extremely out of the norm in Astral terms, Keyblade Masters are a tricky race to help being governed by Astral rules. Avera was glad when we learned we have the means to develop and revive you three, otherwise, your refusal to fully cross over to instead wander about the Anime System, would have eventually destroyed your ability to reason, all three of you would have ended up as mindless ghouls.”

Ragiel kept studying Avera, “But Reaper let us. He said if we really wanted to stay so badly, he’d leave us alone. He felt a lot of sympathy for Keyblade Masters. He said there were many Ghosts who refused to leave their system. He tried to force them, but some turned into demons with grief, heh, after-life Dark Atone disease, I hope there’s a cure for it, sometime soon.”

“It’s easy, don’t kill your heart,” said Sephiroth blankly. “As far as your Ghosts have been developed, you should have a good balance of interacting with the physical plain now, just watch who you posses, you don’t want to give anyone a heart attack. And since Nefero and South Light left in such a blind fashion, you’re free to go. Though if they return, you know where it’s safe.”

“When is Isetzue coming back with Lorenia?”

“As soon as she’s done casting the containment magic upon her, she thinks it may help suppress the Dark Atone Disease.”

“That magic will work on Ghosts?”

“It’s special magic, yes.”

“Magic that works on Ghosts, belongs to a special class of life” –

Sephiroth gave a double-look at the Reaper in the ‘corner’ of the realm, “Are you still here?”

“I feel I should not be anywhere else at the moment.” He looked over at Avera, and Sephiroth magicked a door to an adjacent Inbetwixt Realm,

“Then go stay in there.”

The Reaper hopped off Enma and led the decorated Oryx away. “I must say though, I’m a bit concerned at the turn your Ghost has taken Ragiel, when I called you to Sephiroth, I could not identify your existence as a Keyblade Master, in fact I hardly recognized your Ghost.”

“You couldn’t recognize him?” asked Sephiroth, his full attention on the Reaper.

“I tried to dismiss it as just a simple hiccup of ability of mine, I deal with so many Ghosts on a day to day basis, but humor me this once. I feel your full presence now Ragiel, but….I’d like that Seraph to wake up and develop Ragiel’s Ghost using his magic. There wasn’t a problem when that Seraph developed them for the Key Brawl, but grant it, you, Sephiroth developed them this far, it’s just……..I don’t think you did too a good a job on developing, all of them, I feel it now, you seemed to be in a rush, and a little arrogant. That Seraph used an extreme amount of care when he Developed.”

If Isetzue was here, she’d have been on the ground dying of glee at Sephiroth’s burn.

A hollow wind seemed to blow in the Inbetwixt Realm giving volume to the silence between the Reaper, and Sephiroth, and Ragiel who put his hands on his hips as if to say, ‘How of rude of you to run through us!’

“It’s like developing film,” said the Reaper tempting his fate, “If done right, you’ll get a beautiful exposure, if done wrong, the picture will be blurry.”

“We’re not screwed up are we?” asked Ragiel a bit scared at what he was trying to say, “I mean” –

“Oh no, you’re gonna be okay…..I’m just saying, let, the Seraph develop them…..better. Humor me. And do it for their sake.”

[More idle wind blowing]…….

“Very well,” Sephiroth finally said, “But you’ll have to wait. Avera has gone through something rather traumatic, and needs his rest.”

“I’ll wait in the other room then, like you told me to,” said Reaper opening the door for Enma to walk through, “Till the Seraph awakens….and develops, all three of them.”

As the Reaper closed the door, Isetzue walked through her portal supporting Lorenia on her arm (to which Ragiel zipped to her side and took over Isetzue’s support).

“Oh did Reaper finally leave?” asked Isetzue.

“No, I’m right here,” he said through the door, “I waiting on the Master’s Ghosts to be developed more, better” –

Cue anger management disposition – “Really Big Brother, you ran through their development didn’t you?! Shame on you! Avera worked so hard to keep them pristine and then you come and crap over his work, you’re such a” –

And as Isetzue ranted on, Lorenia looked to her Love, but he voiced first, “We’re gonna be fine, especially you,” and kissed her forehead, although it was still a weird exchange of warmth –

“My dear Mistress Isetzue,” said Reaper through the door, “It, more or less would be just a touch up. Just to, humor me, and save them” –

“Oh don’t you try to defend him,” and she whipped back to Sephiroth who suddenly put a finger on her lips, surprising her into submission –

“Avera needs his rest,” he said, “Nefero and South Light have left the Anime System, so I suggest you Ragiel, and Lorenia go [float] about somewhere and give Avera some peace.”

“I’ll just stay here then,” said Reaper through the door; Enma snorted.

“However, I think it’s best to at least wait till Isetzue goes and picks up Dendjue and Riku. Give the living Master room to make a difference in the physical plain while he has his chance.”

“And then you’ll wake him up?” asked Isetzue tut-tutting –

“Yes. If you all want something to do, I need some more Wickens Thread.”

“Wickens Thread?” asked Lorenia, “Are you, making a Dark Cloak?”

“I think we could make use of them. I know you had a Light Cloak Lorenia, but if we want to get into Hollow Castle unnoticed to get your bodies back, we’ll need a few Dark Cloaks.”
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Car-runitwau Star: Konohagakure Village


“I’m sorry Genkai-sama, but we have not found them yet, and Hokage-sama can’t spare anymore men to look for them, the world leaders demand they have their protection from the Emotionless. I told them no Emotionless has entered the village since the Death General, but” –

“Very well,” replied Genkai to the Konoha Special Ops member (an ANBU to be exact), “Continue your efforts.”

“Yes m’am,” and he disappeared.

Vincent was next to her (partially in shinobi dress, he still had his cape :3 ), leaning against a wall, single handedly rubbing his temple, “How many could the Third spare without the world leaders bitching?”

“Two ANBU and two Jounin…..and then of course Sora and Shonen Bat are out looking for them as well.”

“Hmp,(*inhale*) that little mutt scattered their location on the Portal Tracker, I did not think that was possible.”

More or less, Ein’s Astral Abilities made him smarter….

“Well no time to lament, what’s done is done, we’ve got to find them before something unpleasant does, if one of those Outside threats is who I think it is…It’ll spell bad news for all of us.”
………………………………….

“Stupid, stupid, stupid, brat!” Shonen Bat expelled skating up with Sora’s sprinting pace, “I wanted to watch the prelim fights, but nooooooo, but noooooooo! That stupid brat has to go and endanger us all!”

“You don’t sense* anything of them?”

“No sir, they are still out of my range, even with the Cloak’s help.”

Sora and Shonen Bat both had the torn pieces of the Light Cloak, one piece tied to the hilt of Sora’s Keyblade like a ribbon, the other wrapped around Shonen’s right wrist, but the expansion of sense* was confined in help since Shonen Bat had orders to not leave Sora’s side…..

“Dammit, what the hell was that brat thinking?! This is serious!” yelled Shonen Bat, “If those Outsiders are who I think they are, they’re in for a **** load of hurt!”
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Konohagakure Village: The Forest, Again –


Ein sniffed the ground past Ash, past Pharaoh, past Ed, then stopped.

“We’re lost aren’t we?” said Ash dully.

“It’s not Ein’s fault!” pipped Ed, “Ninja’s are good at covering their tracks y’know…” Ein started sniffing again –

“But they know we’re coming right? That’s kinda dumb we have to track up there ourselves though,” said Ash, “Er, maybe it’s some kind of ninja initiation we have to do, to, y’know to appease the World Order or whatever.”

“Most likely,” said Ed a bit timidly rocking on her heels, looking off innocently into space…..

Ash took his pokeball from his belt and began to wipe it with his shirt,

Feeling warm enough to carry on more conversation, “So, how did you get your summons?” asked Pharaoh.

“I rather not think of them like that” –

*Well we are,* voice Rayquaza to Ash.

“I think of them as my partners,” said Ash, “What about you and that red dragon? Slyph, Sliph, Syplilu” –

“Slypher,” said Pharaoh plainly, “Slypher the Sky Dragon. He’s one of the three Egyptian God Cards – ah” –

“That was no card we saw that day on Tumble-Stop,” said Ash in a forlorn tone; Ed cocked her head –

“Hm?”

“Well, back on my homeworld, he was a very powerful card,” said Pharaoh quickly, “But now, he’s real.”

“Very real,” said Ash, “Wait, he was originally, just a card?”

Pharaoh pulled his Duel Monster’s deck out from his pocket, and revealed the top card –

“Wooooah!” Ed gasped.

“I like Slypher much more in card form,” said Ash. “But he did save Tumble-Stop that one time, heh, that giant Emotionless took off like there was no tomorrow.”

“Call him out Big Yugi!”

“I, I can’t” –

“Why not?”

“Because when he did that one time, it almost killed y’all, right?” said Ash, “And Slypher just stayed still…”

“Yes….We had nowhere near the strength to fuel it as you do for Lugia or Rayquaza.”

“Eh,” Ash scratched his nose, “Lugia and Rayquaza aren’t as hard to sustain as I bet Slypher is…”

*Ha,* huffed Rayquaza from within the pokeball.

“It felt like, our very souls were being ripped out. We were rushed to Tokieo Town so Euphoria could heal us; Slypher’s demand had torn our souls. After that, Lorenia” –

“Started to take y’all with her, I knew it!” piped Ash, “To” –

“Keep an eye us, she learned we had struck both the curiosity of Seritouge, and the Lady…..Thankfully none of those threats came for us, but she still kept us with her.”

“How come you can’t control Slypher Big Yugi?” asked Ed.

“It’s not so much control for you as it is sustaining,” said Ash, “Right?”

“I, suppose,” said Pharaoh.

“I mean, I’m not an expert in sum, summoning or anything, I’m just talking from experience,” Ash put his hand on the back of his head.

“How do you summon?” asked Ed.

“Ah, ooooh, I know Genkai can explain a lot better than I can,” said Ash, “Okay, uuuummmmm, theerrrreeeee iiiiiisssssssss – well first and foremost, you have to have a way to sustain your summon, partners. Ah, let’s take Sora for example. Since he’s a Master, he probably uses Direct Summoning which sustains his summons through how much magic he has. The summon’s power would be all their own, Sora would just be transporting them there to, do their business through a catalyst of some sort, like a summon gem, or something,” he held up his pokeball, and Pharaoh the Puzzle. “Also Direct Summons tend to be quite obedient, or at least there is an understanding that they have a job to do.”

“So, Direct summons fight on their own power, with the time limit of how much magic Sora has to keep them there, right?” asked Ed.

“Yeah, and then they disappear, or rather, return to their root of origin. Now as for the type of summon Pharaoh, Yugi and I have, we sustain our partners and add to their strength through…..um…….”

*Co Summoning,* came Lugia’s voice from the pokeball.

“Co Summoning,” said Ash. “We share our life to sustain our summons, our souls become connected and fuel them, and because of that, our time limits mainly deal with our own fatigue, and, if our summons get hurt, we get hurt as well, but as long as the summoner can still stand, then the summon should be able to as well, and sometimes it’s the other way around, sometimes the summon can sustain the summoner since the souls are connected, and that connection between summon and summoner is very, very, very, very important. Your summon is an independent life, but it’s using your life as a basis for its own, that’s the source of the connection, and through that connection, we can also talk to our summons through our thoughts.”

*True that,* commented Rayquaza.

“But that connection can become impaired if the souls are mismatched. Um, Pharaoh and Yugi’s problem with Slypher is, probably that…”

Pharaoh nodded as if to say ‘you’re not gonna hurt my feelings’ – and Ash continued –

“For one thing, Slypher is HUGE! A life form that big is already hard enough to sustain by any means, and especially by Co Summoning. Pharaoh and, Yugi would, um, have to match the strength of their souls to Slypher’s, before, y’all can, properly sustain it….But since y’all um, are together, maybe there is way to use both your spirits to handle Slypher.”

Ed raised her hand, “Ed wants to help!”

“I don’t think it works that way Ed, but eh, I dunno. Co Summons tend to be more independent….I was quite lucky with Lugia and Rayquaza, they listen to me; mh, most of the time with Rayquaza anyway” –

*It’s not luck,* said Lugia warmly –

“But man, once Yugi and Pharaoh get Slypher under control, those Emotionless better watch out!”

“What does it feel like to summon?” asked Ed.

“Eh, it’s weird, well for Co Summoning at least,” said Ash, “It’s like I can feel them; you know how you get that tingly feeling when someone is really close by?”

“Yeah.”

“Multiply that by a hundred, then blend it into your subconscious, that’s how it feels, the heavier it feels, the worse your connection with your partner, the lighter the better, the best is when you don’t even have to think about it.”

“Have you ever achieved that level?” asked Pharaoh.

“Only with Lugia so far, Rayquaza makes me a little nervous sometimes.”

“Can you summon both Lugia and Ray-Ray?” asked Ed.

“Oh no, not yet, that’d probably rip my soul in half.”

“So you can sustain more than one summon at a time?” asked Pharaoh.

“Yeah, so can you with Co Summoning, but you know, the more you have out, the harder it gets on all levels.”

“How do you build up your soul?” asked Ed.

“I have no idea,” said Ash, “All I’ve done, as far as my experience has taught me, is practice on communicating and understanding Lugia and Rayquaza….Sometimes, I heard, some people had to earn their summon’s respect. (*Sigh*) It can get hard, if some souls don’t get along, or listen, or even care for one another…You can have some major problems.”

“Don’t worry, Big Yugi and Yugi can do it, right Big Yugi?”

Pharaoh nodded, “We’ll figure it out” –

“Together!” And Ed patted (or rather smacked, hard) Pharaoh’s back.

Ein’s ears perked up.

“Oh! Do you have the trail again Ein? Do ya?”…..Ein began to growl… “Ein?”

A shallow cold wind began to sway the trees, rustling their branches, fully moving their canopies, birds took flight – the sturdy wood of the trees moaning at the sudden call to shift – the wind whipped through Pharaoh, Ed, Ash, and Ein kicking up a bit of dirt – and then all was settled.

“Scary sign?” said Ed timidly.

*A curious change in wind,* voiced Lugia, *…..Something evil is on the prowl.*

“Ed, will the ninja’s mind if we, ride up there?” asked Ash, “I don’t wanna, like mess up the World Order, Genkai would get very mad.”

“I, don’t know, maybe” –

*Ash – we feel a dark presence!* -

“Well then we’ll just have to apologize – go Lugia!” The pokeball was thrown up in the air, and out came the magnificent legend in a flash of white light – Lugia landed almost right on top of the group as Ash caught the pokeball – bending low to the ground and bowing it’s wings around them like a mother goose protecting her ducklings.

“What’s happening?”

“There is a dark presence, all around,” came Lugia’s booming voice, “It’s moving through the forest.”

A dark wind tickled the trees –

“Is it past us already?” asked Ed.

“No, it’s coming towards us now – it’s close.”

“Think you can squash it?” said Ash, prepping his connection for a fight –

“If you ask me so” Lugia replied – all the muscles in Lugia’s body tightened up like a spring – as did Ash –

Sleeeeeeeeewwwww, sleeeeeewwwwwwww – two little beady black eyes studied the group from the cover of the brush flicking it’s tongue – tasting them, sampling them….


Sora felt the Cloak resonate – “That way!”

“That way, you sure?! I don’t feel anyone we know!”

The Cloak whipped over Sora’s bracelet, “I’m positive, there’s three people over there, “The Cloak resonated again, “And two have, have–have Astral Abilities!”

“Wait, only two? SORA – IDIOT, HOLD ON!” But he took off, and Shonen Bat followed suit, practically tripping over himself as the terrain became more and more unforgiving to his skates and he promptly fell behind as the light of day began to recede under the cover of the deepening trench – the air growing dank and stale. “Oh, stupid me,” Shonen Bat turned shadow and caught up to Sora’s pace, grabbing his arm in almost complete darkness –

“Ow, Little Slugger –!”

- to keep himself stable as he solidified, the rocks under his skates threatening to twist his ankles out from under him and tumble ‘em down the slope – “Shut up! You got us down here, now” – creak, creak, crack, CREETCH…….“Naw–CRAP–!” The slope gave way from under them and they tumbled down into the darkness with the threat of rocks pummeling them all the way –

“OOF!” The debris settled around them with one determined rock knocking Shonen Bat right on his face –

“Ow, ow, ah, well now it’s totally dark, great” –

“No,” said Sora rubbing his side, “There’s a light over there in between the pillars, they’re here I can feel them – come on!” and he pushed himself up but Shonen Bat grabbed a loop from his pants and tugged him down on his rear – “Hey–!”

Shonen Bat rolled up, “Geez, the first thing I’m gonna ask those Jounin is to slap into you is some frikin’ patience! Something’s not right here, I feel them too now, but they all should have Astral Abilities, and Ein is with them too, remember?!”

“Hold up, all of them should have Astral Abilities?!” –

“Yes, because they left their home world! Remember what the Third Hokage said?!”

“But, the Cloak” –

“Is only as a good as the person who uses it,” said Shonen Bat, “You’ll get better with it – you better get good with it.”

A memory from Lorenia’s time using it would be nice right about now….

“Sora! Shonen Bat!”

They both felt a third presence with an Astral trace and saw a little brown petite pug trotting up towards them with a front leg wrapped in what looked to be bandages, wearing a plain blue open jacket (with a henohenomoheji on the back) and the village’s forehead proctor like a headband over his little head.

“You, know us?”

“Yes, I’m a ninken of Kakashi, Pakkun, use that aura sensing trait of yours Sora, you’ll see it’s true.”

And so he was, but, Sora looked to Shonen Bat, “Ninken?”

“Ninja dog” –

“Awesome!”

“This way, both of you, I don’t know what brought ya down here, but” –

“We’re looking for some friends of ours,” said Sora, “And sensed* they were down here.”

“Well you’re wrong,” said Pakkun, “The only ones down here are you two, Kakashi, Sasuke, and I.”

Sleeeeeewwwwww, sleeeeeeeeewwwww –

“That’s what worries me,” said Shonen Bat.

“Where’s Kakashi?”

“Follow me and you’ll see.” They followed Pakkun through the dim light, pass the pillars and found Kakashi wrapping his bleeding hand and a fainted Sasuke on the ground, a strange mark of some sort on his upper back….

“Kakashi, here they are.”

“Thanks Pakkun.” Whoof, in a twirl of wind, the little pug was gone. Hm…Sora was beginning to feel the correct aura’s…Kakashi’s, and especially Sasuke’s cursed one….“You two, what are you doing down here?”


- *Some of these kits aren’t even going to get to display their talent to their Village in the final round. Genkai does have a point, if you’re gonna be out fightin’, better make sure you’re worth it* -


“We could ask you the same,” said Shonen Bat, “That kid, he lost didn’t he?”

“Oh no, he won, I just performed a sealing jutsu on him, I trust Sora, you can feel what’s wrong with him.”

Sleeeeeewwwwww, sleeeeeeeeewwwww –

“Yeah, he’s cursed,” said Sora, “Is he gonna be okay?”

“He should be.” Kakashi picked him up.

Sleeeeeewwwwww, sleeeeeeeeewwwww –

“Um, Kakashi, did you feel, I don’t know, a change in senses*, your aura, his aura, or something like that? I could of sworn I picked up at least two people here with Astral Abilities, and I know I sensed* my friends down here, but, they’re not here.”

Sleeeeeewwwwww, sleeeeeeeeewwwww, slip – Kakashi, Shonen Bat, and Sora’s senses* promptly burned their train of thought away at the icy threat upon them! –


“It’s here!”

Lugia leapt up as if an elephant had spotted a mouse, scooping up the group in the gust of wind from its powerful wings – chucking them up on its back – giving everyone a view from what Lugia was facing –

“A, tiny black snake?!”

Oh, but in a second it was tiny no longer! With a whip of itself, its body grew – a single uncoil from its massive size matching Lugia’s flight height – the head overshadowing them – mouth of fangs gaping wide, lunging for the legend – !

BAD GUY THEME!

“Very good Little Master, you almost saw through my Soul Skins* on your first sense* of them! Those pesky Astral Abilities are such a trifle to imitate,” came and oily, poisonous voice –

“You” –

“And Kakashi too! To be able to perform a sealing jutsu, how you’ve grown.” A tall, pale, practically white faced shinobi with sullen long black hair, a serpent’s smooth grin, and sharp yellow eyes that stole every gleam of light for itself…walked out from the darkness beyond the pillars…..“But then again…as for both of you, not all your growth belonged to you.”

The fire pendant gave a pulse -

“ Orochimaru ,” breathed Kakashi, and Sora’s sense* amplified by the Cloak was drowning in Orochimaru’s prominent aura, dark and cruel, and of course, laced with Astral traces –

“I’m sorry Kakashi, it’s been such a long time since we last met, but I’m obviously not here to see you,” said Orochimaru, each syllable pronounced with venom, “I have much to do now. Things, have changed between our world, and our system; between being an ignorant simpleton, and a Master of all that awaits beyond. Mh, I’m so happy I was able to gather my pieces of interest in one place, that boy in your arms, and of course, the fabled, heh, heh, shinobi from the ‘Village Hidden in the Stars’!”

Shonen Bat strengthened his stance, “Try it you **** faced snake!”

Although, no one was quite willing to charge him, Orochimaru laughed –

“What are your plans?” said Kakashi, “It’s pretty obvious you’ve gained a new set of strengths for stepping outside our world.”

“Quite true, as have you, but of course there are things here at home that just can’t be beat, the blood of the Uchiha Clan, and not to mention, the blood of a few ‘Star Shinobi’ –”

“You ******* - WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?!”

Orochimaru’s smile broadened, “Soon to be about thirty feet down the gullet of my newest pet.”


“Aeroblast*!”

Lugia fired the beam of orange tempest right in the giant black snake’s mouth, snapping it’s head back – WHOUP – the tail of the huge serpent knocked Lugia right across the gut (also snapping several trees in half), punching the wind right out of its (and Ash’s) lungs, but Lugia quickly regained its balance by bouncing off a tree (before it was broken in half) back into flight, Ash focusing and coughing his breathing to try and re-stable their emptied breath – Lugia shot through the canopy top and prepared another Aeroblast* - the tops of the trees below rustling as the giant snake moved itself.

“Crap, there’s no telling where it’s gonna strike!”

Ed held onto Ein in one arm, and clung to Pharaoh like super glue with the other, she saw him grasp his chest over his heart –

“Just get us out of here!” yelled Pharaoh –

Agreed! – “Let’s go Lugia!” – A tentacled whip of purple electricity shot out from the trees – “AHH!” – Lugia dodged and swam through the air in-between the electric lasso’s snare – Lugia flew through a loop – but it latched around Lugia’s leg and tail!

“CRAP!” Lugia flew about like a bird hung up on a wire, but it was no use, it was held tight!

The enormous snake’s black eyes look hungrily upon its struggling prey through the tree canopy, flicking its tongue, tasting them, sampling them, such radiant auras –


Orochimaru’s mouth watered, he licked his lips with his whippy tongue, “I’ve seem to have gotten your blood boiling eh Little Master? That look in your eyes, yes, deep down behind those pure blue eyes, you’ve been tainted….” Sora’s hand’s trembled – “You’re no different than what Sasuke-kun is, how perfect!” Orochimaru took a step towards them –

Kakashi tossed Sasuke to Shonen Bat (who actually caught him, like all safe and whatnot), “ACK!”

“Don’t come any closer!” Kakashi promptly got in position for his Lightning Blade* technique – electricity licking the palm of his hand –

*Little Slugger, take Sasuke and get out of here, now!* Sora ordered mentally.

*No way, I can’t leave you with this monster* -

*Then take them both!* said Kakashi –

*But we can’t leave just leave you!* -

“Using Memory Link* are we?” chimed Orochimaru, “It shouldn’t be long before I decode the thought process of it, why, I thought sampling auras would be tricky but it wasn’t, I thank your friends Sora for proving my quick little experiment” –

“Oh shut it you pale faced sicko!” yelled Shonen Bat shifting Sasuke around to grip Sora’s arm (keeping him from attacking), “Whatever you’re planning, whatever you’re scheming, we’re here to shove those ideas right back up your ***!”

Orochimaru raised his head, “I get it, you’re his counter.”

“My counter?”

Shonen Bat glared at Orochimaru.

“Understand this, all of you, attempts to curb the deepest ambitions of one’s desire is futile, the efforts to protect little Sora, that seal you Kakashi placed on Sasuke-kun, will fail. Hm, they both will seek me out for one ambition or another, avengers must always complete their tasks with their own hands, no matter how hard, or evil the method.” Orochimaru turned to leave.

Shonen Bat’s stance became troubled, *He’s just gonna walk away…?* and the electricity around Kakashi’s hand disappeared at Orochimaru’s retreating.

“I won’t lose sight of my goals to evil,” said Sora; Orochimaru stopped.


Ash fueled the connection between him and Lugia to burn its brightest – if that giant snake hit them with that momentum again, that’s it! – They were slowly being reeled in, Lugia’s struggling was beginning to wane! –

The giant snake coiled up for the strike!


“What you meant by counter, is that Little Slugger is my friend, he’s there to watch out for me,” Sora put his hand over his heart, “As long as I have my friends, besides me, and within….I’ll never lose sight of my path!”


The black serpent shot up from right underneath Lugia – whipf – the legend twirled out the way with a few feet to spare between the black scales and silver smooth feathers – the quick escape at the cost of entangling its entire body in the electric snare – the snake’s eye was level with Lugia – !

*GOTCHA!*

“AEROBLAST*!”

Lugia fired it right in the serpent’s eye and the brute roared in pain! The electric snare disappeared! – WHOUH – Lugia dodged the oncoming tail from behind – and left it on a course right to the serpent’s head – BOUM! The large black snaked let out a long hissing moan, gave a tense wobble, and then fell like a thick rope with a CRASH, partially cutting the imprint of its body through the treetops.


Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, but his grin only seemed to get broader underneath, “Then your destiny as a Keyblade Master, will doom you” – images of gruesome familiar deaths suddenly blinded everyone’s mentality – *A word of warning to the wise, times of peace, will become a long forgotten memory* - and before they could settle their minds, Orochimaru had vanished.


“Wanna go some more ya big earthworm?!” called Ash.

The body of the giant snake melted into a portal in the outline of its body. “No, it’s done,” said Lugia, “Its preah-presence is retreating away from here,” Lugia wavered a little in flight, the connection between it and Ash giving a hiccup; he patted Lugia –

“Good job Lugia,” said Ash; the legend affectionately hummed a high tune back.

“Ed, are you alright?”

Ash looked back to Ed, “Ed?”

She gave big hearty happy nods, but it looked like she was trying hold back something within her, she pointed due east –

“Oh, hey!” piped Ash, “Is that the ninja village?” Not too far away, there were several building tops nearly totally obscured by trees; Ein barked –

“Yeah,” said Ed playfully hiding her guilt ridden eyes under her goggles, “That’s it.”

END CHAP


Aww, poor Ed, she feels bad for almost getting them killed. Whelp, till next time! (And you can see why I had such trouble getting this chappie up x.x…..)

Also y’all will never guess who Envy is disguised as, NEVAR! XD

[Lectori Salutem]

Long! That was really long! I liked it a lot. Ed, Ash and Pharaoh's chat was really nice^^

[Silent Avera]

:p That's what happens when I get too much time on my hands......the chappies.....they grow...... XD

Yay! I'm glad you liked thier chat ^_^ It was alot of fun to write since thier personalities are like, across canon lines XD


Eek, I need to stop bringing Pharaoh down to emocity levels of, (*inhale*) e m o . He's stronger than that!

Shonen Bat: You kinda have him cornered with the whole, "he almost lost Yugi" thing, yeah, that tends to be a crippler 'member the uh, oh what's it called, Orichalcos arc?

SA: Yes.....TT.TT........A PUNCH! Yes it will work out manly as of yet!

Shonen Bat: *facepalm*

[Coldman9]

Great chapter SA, it's just what I needed to get me through the next week. I kinda expected Orochimaru to attack Sora just to show how powerful he was. And maybe this should be a no brainer but what was that taint he talked about?

Anyways it's great to be back for a day! By the way, did anyone know Final Fantasy had an anime series. It's only 25 episodes long but it's still pretty good.

[Cef]

I love long chappies^^

And can I be the one to punch the Pharaoh? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase? lmao

Also Lugia screaming out 'CRAP!" made my day >XD

[Silent Avera]

Coldman! ^0^

The taint Orochimaru was talking about is simply the darkness within him; more specifically the capability of Sora's Anit-form.

Keyblade Masters are supposed to be of light, but taints happen, which can lead to possible transformations into Scythes; although that's rare enough in itself, there's only been 4, but a taint is still something to watch out for. Friends are a counter to taints; that's what Oroch....Roach, was a talkin' 'bout XD

Although Sora's darkness is not so much like Sasuke's, meep.

And I've seen a bit of the Final Fantasy series X3 Ah, nostalgia.....


*Hold's up Pharaoh* Be my guest~!

OMG! When I first saw that episode, where, where the Reaper comes a callin' for Yugi (soul leaving body= death or purgatory) I was like - NNNNNNAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

And darn you 4kids for cutting that CERTAIN scene out! >:(

Anywho~ I digress, and DON'T HOLD BACK! BREAK THE SPACE TIME CONTINUM, continuem, con, con....Hell, GIVE HIM A WHO DO YOU THINK I AM PUUUUUUU~NCH!

SA: Let's see you grit those teeth Pharaoh!

Pharaoh: :E

Shonen Bat: And for once I'm not on the receivng end of torture! Yay for me!

[Cef]

Yayness!!! Also, I never watch the 4kids version of stuff. Fansubs FTW! They NEVER censor the awesome bits and they even swear!

>X3

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALCOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*WHAM-O!*