As the Red Demon Tide made it's rounds, Finlay quickly latched on to one of the tides and was being whirled around by it. He laughed humorously as he whacked away at it with his axe. Several shadow heartless could be seen being knocked off of the tide, as static eminated from his body. Finlay eventuyally let loose of the tide, feeling a little light headed in the process. Red Demon Tide: 3,080/5,000 -------------------------------------------- Hikaru shook his head as he looked up at the giant blue darkside. He summoned his keyblade into his hand and stood on his own two feet, watching the darkside tower overhead. Aux and Kaida wer in the group behind him, but he knew they were in good hands. "I'll protect everyone," he softly, spoke pointing his keyblade at the darkside. He let loose a powerful Faith spell. Hikaru used Faith!
Back in the realm of Light, No Heart was still sitting at his post in Central Haven. He had taken root of the main Order hall and began to eye the clock as he continued to do his research. Stacks of books were piled in front of him along with smashed computer screens. The screens no doubt being taken out for lack of access given to the master since DJ locked him out of the system. As he tapped his clawed glove against the table, Krowley began to pace behind him. "Operation Pandora should be more or less complete, and we haven't heard word from Auxillius. Why hasn't he reported back yet?!" "Of that, I'm not sure... Perhaps I put too much faith in him for this instance." No Heart replied, reading away at his material. "I warned you that he's stubborn. Just like his mother." Krowley too was growing impatient as his pacing grew more relentless. "Your concern is unnecessary. If he still has the remnant, he should be at my mercy... Regardless of your own genetic flaws." Krowley stopped pacing to look back at the master, slamming his fist on the table. "You're really beginning to try my patience! It's a wonder I trust you at all." "If you only now realize this, you're a bigger fool than your grandson." Krowley clenches his teeth and loosened them immediately as Seiza walked in. "Do you mind?" Krowley rarely let himself lose his temper, and didn't like to make a spectacle of it. "No, you're timing is perfect. Report on your progress," No Heart commanded. Looking at the two in silence, Seiza began to feel nervous about his fate for being honest. He sighed anyway before nervously revealing; "...it is done... finishing touches could be made. But everything is otherwise completed." No Heart's tapping stopped as he rose from his chair. "Excellent. It's nice to know someone is doing their job correctly." "Oh that is it!" Krowley summoned his keyblade as he pointed it to the master. He had finally lost his cool. "I have had it with your enigmatic leadership and boasting! For the sake of my endgame I was willing to go along with it, But no more! I will accomplish my goal with or without you!" Unphased, No Heart closed his book and looked back to Seiza. "Seiza, also report on the status of Shiro. If he isn't already still in recovery, I'll finish him off myself." Seiza held his palms up and shrugged smugly saying, "He's gone, as far as I'm aware." As nervous as he was, it was comforting to know that No Heart could be absent minded on something for once. "Well that's another failure, considering you were meant to keep watch over him." No Heart stated. Slashing his keyblade through the master's chair, No Heart quickly summoned his own blade and guarded the attack. "And seeing as how I've lost a prisoner, I suppose you'll have to pay the price." "Whatever you plan to do is too big!" Krowley argued. "No matter how much you know about the future, What you're planning is near impossible!" No Heart chuckled. "Of course you'd say that. And do you know why you will never grasp it? It's because you lack something that everyone has, but no one knows how to use. ... Vision. And when it comes to vision Kurt, heh... you may as well be blind." In a rush of rage, Krowley began to take part in a very intense clash between himself and No Heart. Seiza watching from the sidelines held his breath as to wondering who would win. The struggle did not last long as No Heart was quickly beginning to overpower the head of the order. Beginning to panic, Krowley unleashed a flash of light that blinded No Heart long enough for him to get a quick shot in and crack his helmet. As the flash of light faded, Krowley had vanished from the room. "Coward, " No Heart proclaimed as he turned around. Upon seeing Seiza, he froze in place, quickly having his helmet repair itself in hopes that Seiza had not seen his face. Seiza stares for a long moment before managing to speak out, "I had my suspicions... but I was hoping that it wasn't you... not after everything you've done." Keeping calm and composed, No Heart looked back at the man. "That's the funny thing about Time. We're never the same person we were two seconds ago." A quick Time shift was made as No Heart phased out of view and directly in front of Seiza. With no time to react, No Heart stabbed him directly in the heart without remorse or hesitation. "I felt you should know in your final moments, that this is not the outcome I foresaw for you. You have served me well to this point. But your service is no longer required" Seiza reached down to hold the keyblade and looked No Heart through his mask and into his eyes. "You... were the one... who was supposed to open the door..." before he disappeared into a puff of light, No Heart began walking away from him, taking his keyblade from his chest. "You're going to break her heart when she finds out..." Seiza's final words faded, as particles of light left the room. As No Heart marched off, he spoke softly to himself. "No more waiting." Back in the realm of darkness... WAVE III Report 21.7% - S-Rank - Stratos/Aeira 20.7% - S-Rank - AJ 17.4% - S-Rank - Aislinn/Karina 9.8% - S-Rank - Arctus 8.7% - S-Rank - Hikaru/Aux/Finlay 7.6% - A-Rank - Luna/Koa 4.3% - B-Rank - Kel/Vallus 3.3% - C-Rank - Ananta 2.2% - D-Rank - Beuce 2.2% - D-Rank - Steel 2.2% - D-Rank - Kaida 0.0% - D-Rank - Ignis Arctus now has 150 BP! Aeira now has 150 BP! Finlay now has 150 BP! Karina now has 150 BP! Koa now has 140 BP! Vallus now has 130 BP! Finlay was slowly backin off and shrugged wondering what he did that was so wrong. "So... does it hunt for you or does it just play around with the wee kids?" Before he could get an answer, Hughes summoned three darksides and three demon tides; small cyclones of shadow heartless. Sprinkles immediately tackled one of the darksides as Oswald began to attack one of the demon tides circling Mizu. The other two darksides were on opposite sides of the field, with the demon tides, pushing back the other wielders, dividing them into two groups. Side 1 (Red Side) AJ, Aux, Ignis, Kaida, Luna, Stratos Side 2 (Blue Side) Aislinn, Ananta, Beuce, Hikaru, Kel, Steel Red Demon Tide: 5,000 BP Blue Demon Tide: 5,000 BP The Black Coats are free to attack the demon tides that threaten the SOS Players. Every 3 cycles the Demon Tides will attack the SOS parties in their boss battle. The Black Coats characters are able to wear down the Demon Tides so they are not as much of a threat to the HP of the SOS Players. Boss Battle • Red Darkside R O U N D 1 Kaida > Stratos > Ignis > Luna > Aux > AJ > Darkside 5,000/5,000 HP ◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘ (Status: Normal) AJ Aux Ignis Kaida Luna Stratos Group Bonuses 96/96 HP 10/10 MP 0% CG Spoiler: MAGIC Aerora Thundaga Blizzara Curaga Seeker Mine Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Aqua Splash 4/4 Spoiler: SUMMONS Baymax Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Guard Dodge Roll (20%) Magic Lock-On Second Wind Second Chance Damage Syphon Ground Combo - 150%, 4 hits Air Combo - 100%, 1 hits Total Dodge: 20% Spoiler: LIMITS Mystic Aura Rebirth Spoiler: Aura Light Wings of Light Light Boost Force of Heaven: Air combo becomes 225%, 4 hits Wind High Winds Wind Boost Final Gale: Ground Combo changes to 250%, 9 hits, Air Combo changes to 200%, 6 hits Water High Tide Water Boost Choice Wave: Ground Combo changes to 250%, 7 hits, Air Combo Changes to 200%, 4 hits 108/108 HP 8/8 MP 0% CG Spoiler: MAGIC Firaga Drain Thundara Aeroga Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Splattercombo 4/4 Fist Bump 4/4 Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Guard Dodge Roll (20%) Magic Lock-On Battle Cry Cover Damage Syphon Ground Combo - 220%, 8 hits Air Combo - 240%, 6 hits Total Dodge: 20% Dark Knight Soul Eater Dread Spikes Dark Boost Dark Magic Lingering Darkness Spoiler: Aura Fire Flame On Fire Boost Fire Surge: Ground Combo changes to 280%, 8 hits, Air combo becomes 290%, 8 hits Earth Down to Earth Earth Boost Pillar Smash: Ground Combo changes to 330%, 5 hits Darkness Shadow Claws Darkness Boost Dark Reach: Ground Combo changes to 305%, 7 hits 106/106 HP 6/6 MP 0% CG Spoiler: SUMMONS Marahute Mushu Bambi Baymax Basil Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Sliding Dash 3/3 Fire Strike 2/2 Vorpal Blitz 3/3 Strike Raid 2/2 Barrier Surge 3/3 Cross-Slash: 4/4 Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Dodge Roll (30%) Cheer Second Wind Reboot (Dual Disc) 250% Ground Combo, 10 hits 160% Air Combo, 4 hits Total Dodge: 40% Soldier Abilities Valor MP Lock Combo++ Quick Offense Warrior's Spirit Spoiler: LIMITS Army of One Spoiler: Aura Fire Flame On Fire Boost Fire Surge: Ground Combo changes to 240%, 8 hits, Air combo becomes 260%, 9 hits 96/96 HP 11/11 MP 0% CG Spoiler: MAGIC Firaga Blizzara Graviga Spoiler: ITEMS Hi-Poition Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Strike Raid 2/2 Splattercombo 3/3 Thunderbell 3/3 Spoiler: SUMMONS Baymax Maximus Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Dodge Roll (40%) Magic Lock-On MP Haste Reload Boost Blitz MP Rage Heart’s Promise (Oathkeeper) Ground Combo - 150%, 4 hits Air Combo - 130%, 1 hit Total Dodge: 40% Red Mage Valor Wisdom Dual Cast Synch Blade Master of None Spoiler: LIMITS Trip Around the Sun Shooting Star Spoiler: Aura Fire Flame On Fire Boost Fire Surge: Ground Combo changes to 250%, 8 hits, Air combo becomes 230%, 5 hits Speed Assault Boost Rapid Spin: Ground Combo changes to 225%, 11 hits, Air Combo becomes 195%, 8 hits Time Tick Tock Time Boost Half a Second: Ground Combo changes to 300%, 5 hits, Air Combo becomes 280%, 2 hits 130/130 HP 11/11 MP 0% CG Spoiler: MAGIC Aeroga Cura Blizzaga Spoiler: ITEMS Elixir Mega-Potion Ultra-Potion Ether Ether Phoenix Down Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Barrier Surge 3/3 Break Time 7/7 Faith 5/5 Excalibur 8/8 Spoiler: SUMMONS Fairy Godmother Cheshire Cat Bambi Basil Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Guard Dodge Roll (20%) Item Boost Cheer Cover Damage Syphon Second Chance Protect and Serve (Lionheart) 140% Ground Combo, 5 hits 100% Air Combo, 1 hits Total Dodge: 20% Paladin Damage Control Protector Reflex Wish Command Barrier Spoiler: Aura Water High Tide Water Boost Choice Wave: Ground Combo changes to 200%, 4 hits, Air combo becomes 200%, 4 hits Light Wings of Light Light Boost Force of Heaven: Air Combo becomes 225%, 4 hits Earth Down to Earth Earth Boost Pillar Smash: Ground Combo changes to 250%, 2 hits 91/91 HP 9/9 MP 0% CG Spoiler: MAGIC Firaga Cura Graviga Spoiler: ITEMS Ether Hi-Potion Hi-Ether Phoenix Down Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Strike Raid 2/2 Thunderbell 3/3 Faith 4/4 Red Slash 5/5 Spoiler: SUMMONS Dumbo Cheshire Cat Fairy Godmother Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Guard Dodge Roll (30%) Magic Lock-On Battle Cry Cheer Gift Cover MP Haste Lucky Lucky Tribute Damage Syphon Reload Boost Finishing Leap MP Rage Protect and Serve (Lionheart) Ground Combo - 290%, 10 hits Air Combo - 240%, 6 hits Total Dodge: 30% Red Mage Valor Wisdom Dual Cast Synch Blade Master of None Spoiler: LIMITS Trip Around the Sun Pink Elephants Spoiler: Aura Sound Beginner Lessons Reverb: Ground Combo changes to 320%, 15 hits, Air combo becomes 240%, 11 hits Gravity Drift Gravity Boost Spacial Bomb: Ground Combo changes to 340%, 14 hits, Air combo becomes 260%, 10 hits Darkness Shadow Claws Darkness Boost Dark Reach Cheer +1 Valor: Strength +30% Wisdom: Magic +20% Protect and Serve: HP +20% Hakuna Matata: MP +1 Lucky Lucky +5% Boss Battle • Blue Darkside R O U N D 1 Steel > Kel > Ananta > Hikaru > Beuce > Aslinn > Darkside 5,000/5,000 HP ◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘ (Status: Normal) Aislinn Ananta Beuce Hikaru Kel Steel Group Bonuses 80/80 HP 8/8 MP 0% CG Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Cross Slash 3/3 Barrier Surge 3/3 Zantetsuken 5/5 Fist Bump 3/3 Spoiler: ABILITIES Guard Dodge Roll (20%) Cover Damage Syphon Heart’s Promise (Oathkeeper) 210% Ground Combo, 6 hits 160% Air Combo, 4 hits Total Dodge: 20% Soldier Valor Combo Plus+ Warrior Spirit Quick Offense MP Lock Spoiler: LIMITS Trip Around the Sun Guardian’s Rush Spoiler: Aura Sound Beginner Lessons Reverb: Ground Combo changes to 290%, 12 hits, Air combo becomes 240%, 10 hits Power Power Boost Home Run: Ground Combo changes to 370%, 7 hits Light Wings of Light Light Boost Force of Heaven: Aerial Combo changes to 285%, 7 hits 70/70 HP 7/7 MP 0% CG Spoiler: MAGIC Aerora Blizzara Curaga Gravira Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Break Time 7/7 Reluctancy 7/7 Spoiler: SUMMONS Fairy Godmother Cheshire Cat Bambi Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Dodge Roll (20%) Magic Lock-On Second Wind Damage Syphon Second Chance MP Haste (Spell Binder) 130% Ground Combo, 3 hits 100% Air Combo, 1 hit Total Dodge: 20% Red Mage Synch Blade Dual Cast Valor Wisdom Master of None Spoiler: LIMITS Mystic Aura Crystalline Shield Spoiler: Aura Magic Magic Boost Chaser: Ground Combo changes to 280%, 4 hits, Air combo becomes 250%, 2 hits Water High Tide Water Boost Choice Wave: Ground Combo changes to 230%, 6 hits, Aerial Combo changes to 200%, 4 hits Light Wings of Light Light Boost Force of Heaven: Aerial Combo changes to 225%, 4 hits 76/76 HP 6/6 MP 0% CG Spoiler: SUMMONS Dumbo Fairy Godmother Cheshire Cat Spoiler: MAGIC Drain Blizzaga Spoiler: ITEMS Hi-Potion Ultra Phoenix Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Splattercombo 4/4 Zantetsuken 6/6 Faith 5/5 Dark Aura 8/8 Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Finishing Leap Blitz Second Chance Dark Control (Oblivion) 240% Ground Combo, 9 hits 190% Air Combo, 4 hits Total Dodge: 0% Dark Knight Soul Eater Dread Spikes Dark Boost Dark Magic Lingering Darkness Spoiler: LIMITS Trip Around the Sun Pink Elephants Spoiler: Aura Light Wings of Light Light Boost Force of Heaven: Ground Combo changes to 365%, 12 hits, Air combo becomes 315%, 7 hits Time Tick Tock Time Boost Half a Second: Ground Combo changes to 390%, 10 hits, Air Combo changes to 340%, 5 hits Blade Blade Boost Judgement 76/76 HP 10/10 MP 0% CG Spoiler: SUMMONS Dumbo Fairy Godmother Cheshire Cat Bambi Baymax Spoiler: MAGIC Aerora Blizzaga Curaga Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Aqua Splash 4/4 Faith 5/5 Quake 5/5 Excalibur 8/8 Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Magic Lock-On Cheer Cover Dodge Roll (20%) Guard Lucky Lucky MP Haste Heart’s Promise (Oathkeeper) 150% Ground Combo, 4 hits 160% Air Combo, 4 hits Total Dodge: 20% Paladin Damage Control Protector Reflex Wish Command Barrier Spoiler: LIMITS Mystic Flight Spoiler: Aura Light Wings of Heaven Light Boost Force of Heaven: Air combo becomes 285%, 7 hits Magic Magic Boost Chaser: Ground Combo changes to 300%, 5 hits, Air Combo changes to 310%, 5 hits Ice Stay Frosty Ice Boost Glacial Spin: Ground Combo changes to 250%, 8 hits, Air combo changes to 260%, 8 hits 76/76 HP 9/9 MP 0% CG Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Zantetsuken 4/4 Aerial Slam 3/3 Vorpal Blitz 3/3 Fist Bump 3/3 Splattercombo 3/3 Cross Slash 3/3 Spoiler: SUMMONS Fairy Godmother Mushu Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Dodge Roll (30%) Guard Cheer Damage Syphon Second Chance Dark Control (Oblivion) 330% Ground Combo, 12 hits 240% Air Combo, 5 hit Total Dodge: 30% Soldier Valor Combo Plus+ Warrior’s Spirit Quick Offense MP Lock Spoiler: LIMITS Dragon Blaze Trip Around the Sun Spoiler: Aura Ice Stay Frosty Ice Boost Glacial Spin: Ground Combo changes to 380%, 15 hits, Air combo becomes 290%, 8 hits Blade Blade Boost Judgement Power Power Boost Home Run 76/76 HP 10/10 MP 0% CG Spoiler: SUMMONS Dumbo Fairy Godmother Cheshire Cat Bambi Baymax Spoiler: SKILL COMMANDS Barrier Surge 3/3 Fire Strike 2/2 Vorpal Blitz 3/3 Break Time 6/6 Reluctancy 6/6 April Showers 6/6 Ninja Vanish 6/6 Spoiler: ABILITIES High Jump Dodge Roll (40%) Blitz Second Chance Item Boost 240% Ground Combo, 9 hits 190% Air Combo, 6 hits Total Dodge: 60% Ninja Synch Blade Reload Boost Magical Lock Smokescreen First Strike Spoiler: LIMITS Tempered Fate Spoiler: Aura Water High Tide Water Boost Choice Wave: Ground combo becomes 340%, 12 hits, Air Combo becomes 290%, 9 hits Speed Assault Boost Rapid Spin: Ground Combo changes to 315%, 16 hits, Air Combo changes to 265%, 13 hits Cheer +1 Valor: Strength +30% Wisdom: Magic +10%
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KHV's Top 10 ~Final Fantasy Cameos~Final Fantasy has delivered us many characters from the Final Fantasy Franchise, and there are still many more that could make an appearance. A roster of close to 20 characters have appeared in the Kingdom Hearts canon, including many fan favorites. Ranging from Final Fantasy VI to Final Fantasy X, which among them are the most welcomed by fans? Here's the forum's Top 10 picks to that answer. #10) Tidus (Final Fantasy X series) Votes: 4 Average Ranking: 9.0 A cheerful, self-confident boy who lived on the Destiny Islands, this incarnation of Tidus shows a much younger version of the Final Fantasy X character. Spending most of his time with Wakka and Selphie, he grew up with Sora, Riku and Kairi on the islands. Though we missed out on seeing him in Kingdom Hearts II, Selphie has confirmed that he still enjoys his days with Wakka playing their "ball game." #9) Vivi (Final Fantasy IX) Votes: 4 Average Ranking: 7.25 This powerful mage from Final Fantasy IX is made into one of Seifer's loyal followers in Twilight Town. While we don't get to see much of his magical prowess, his personality as a meek and pilote soul is still intact. #8) Seifer (Final Fantasy VIII) Votes: 4 Average Ranking: 5.25 Self-appointed head of the "Twilight Disciplinary Committee," this incarnation of Seifer is just as stubborn a leader as his Final Fantasy VIII counterpart. Accompanied by his close followers Fuu and Rai, he is just as cocky, sarcastic and bossy s ever. #7) Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII series) Votes: 4 Average Ranking: 4.0 A powerful swordsman who once was revered as a hero, Sephiroth now walks the path of darkness. Appearing in both Kingdom Heart ! and II as a secret boss, Sephiroth is one of the hardest bosses, in each game, often displaying high levels of strength and difficulty. While he was voiced by George Newborn from 2006 onward, his original voice in 2002 was Lance Bass. #6) Cid (Final Fantasy VII series) Votes: 5 Average Ranking: 7.4 What would a Final Fantasy cameo be without an incarnation of Cid? Appearing in many of the Final Fantasy games, the one who appears in the Kingdom Hearts series takes his appearance and personality from the Final Fantasy VII counterpart. An gifted pilot and engineer, Cid is the one who helps you with your gummi ship upgrades in the first game, while serving as a computer expert in the second. #5) Yuffie (Final Fantasy VII series) Votes: 5 Average Ranking: 5.6 The youngest of the Hollow Bastion Restoration committee, the "Great Ninja Yuffie" spends her days following Leon. Voiced by Christy Carlson Romano, her role was originally intended to be filled by Final Fantasy X's Rikku, but that idea was scrapped when the production team realized it would be easy to confuse that character with the series deuteragonist; Riku. She is also the only character who had the unfortunate incident of having her name misspelled in the 1.5 HD ReMix credits. #4) Zack (Final Fantasy VII series) Votes: 5 Average Ranking: 2.2 The only Final Fantasy Character to appear in Birth By Sleep, this younger incarnation of Zack is still yearns to be a hero. His appearance in the original PSP Kingdom Hearts title is also alluded to the fact Crisis Core also originally appeared on the very same game system. He still does squats, wields a buster sword, and even manages to fit in some flirting with game protagonist Aqua. His small cameo was a welcomed surprise to an otherwise somber game. If not for a single vote, he would have topped this list. #3) Auron (Final Fantasy X series) Votes: 6 Average Ranking: 5.6 As enigmatic as his Final fantasy X counterpart, Auron is shrouded in mystery. First appearing in the Underworld of the Olympus Coliseum, he is commanded by Hades to take out Hercules. Refusing to take part, he later joins Sora as an optional party member. While he appears in Kingdom Hearts II as a departed soul, his nobility as a guardian is no less tainted. #2) Leon (Final Fantasy VIII) Votes: 6 Average Ranking: 3.33 Squall's appearance in the game was one of many curve balls the series threw at us. First being referenced as "Leon" in King Mickey's letter, fans were surprised that this mystery man was in fact Final Fantasy VIII's Squall Leonhart. Leader of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee and gunblade wielder, Leon has always served as a guiding mentor to Sora and company. #1) Cloud (Final Fantasy VII series) Votes: 6 Average Ranking: 2.66 One of the most recognizable characters in the Final Fantasy franchise, Cloud Strife keeps his secrets to himself. Wielding his trademark Buster Sword, Cloud first appears in Olympus Coliseum, having struck a deal with Hades (You'll find Hades strikes many deals with Final Fantasy characters) As he shows up in attire similar to Vincent Valentine, he serves as one of Sora's first major threats in the coliseum. After finding his light again, Cloud departs, but not before granting Sora the "Sonic Blade" ability. His ultimate goal in the Kingdom Hearts series is to defeat Sephiroth and destroy the darkness inside of him. An excellent portrayal of light vs darkness, Cloud wins as KHV's favorite Final Fantasy Cameo in the Kingdom Hearts series. Want to have your say in the next Top 10? 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Hikaru put his hands on Koa's shoulder seeing the worries in his eyes as he tried to comfort the boy. "Don't worry," he began. "We're all doing our best to keep each other safe. And I'm sure she appreciates everything you, Kiara and everyone else have done up until this point. She keeps us safe just as we keep her safe." He flashed a reassuring smile hoping that would ease his mind. Luna was one of the few guardians they had and her health and curing abilities helped her keep alive and well over the course of many battles. She was one of the best healers they had aside from himself and Ananta. The light inside her heart shone brightly as her light magic would transcend her spells and flow to her very core. "Luna was one of the very first people I met. I remember back in a world called Dwarf Woodlands, she ended up..." before he thought about finishing that statement, he thought about the first time they actually met. The light filled princess was not as she was now, but was actually in a state of mind where she wasn't acting like herself, but like what Karina acts like. In fact, when he first met Karina, she was actually more like Luna was now. It was funny to him as in the back of his mind, he wondered just what events happened that caused them to act the way they did or revert to different personalities altogether. "Well, she was always kind. So it's not surprising that she's been helping us as much as she is now. You're quite a lucky Koa." He felt bad for lying in the beginning part, but he already seemed worried and Hikaru didn't want to make matter worse by digging up things that happened so long ago. Dwarf Woodlands was actually the second world he had been to and back then he was still calling himself 'Krowley.' He felt silly and almost foolish for choosing the name of a man who betrayed them, but as time had shown, both he and Luna had done a lot of growing since those earlier days. Over with Aux, his friend wwas still slashing through darkballs, feeling the darkness growing stronger inside him. The rage feuling every strike as if motivating him to slice and kill and maim without hesitation. It was like a massive Adrenalin rush where the only major downside was losing just a bit of his own moral compass. Up to this point, Aux's compass hadn't exactly been steering him in the right direction, but he hoped that working with Kaida, Hikaru and everyone else would at least help as a start to righting the wrongs he had done. He could feel the darkness increasing ashe closed his eyes, watching a dark purple veil envelope his body, as the edges of his fingers began to look like shadow-like claws. He opened his eyes wide as unknown to him, he had just activated the first level aura of Darkness; Darkest Fears. He looked at his hands and keyblade as he could feel the darkness surround him. Instead of panicing however, he felt calm and continued to slash at more darkballs, making sure he would do enough damage so that they wouldn't dare come back. Back with Finlay and Steel, Finlay was still standing over Steel, slashing at Neoshadows that were going near the two. He wasn't really sure what to do with the wolf man as he hadn't replied to his earlier threatening declaration. All he could do was just fight more of the dark creatures that were around them. Their numbers were dwindling to the hundred as he slashed his axes through heartless after heartless. Words: 623 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2400 Finlay defeated 6 Neoshadows Hikaru and Aux defeated 32 Darkballs Heartless Remaining: 49 Neoshadows 40 Darkballs
As Hikaru listened he looked onward to Luna. "Yeah, she's a caring one alright." Hikaru had met Luna in Dwarf Woodlands and ever since she had been a committed and prominent part of their brigade. Koa paused before continuing with a concerned expression on his face. "What do you mean she's a princess of heart? How could she be one of the seven? Just what exactly has happened to her while she was with your group??" Hikaru could see that his words were beginning to worry him and he tried to pick his next words carefully. He didn't want to cause any more trouble than he might've already caused with Luna, but he knew that Koa truly cared for her and wanted to show his support by informing him of what he needed to know. "To be honest, we ourselves don't really know what the whole choosing of princess of heart procedure works. All I know is that during the middle of our mark of mastery exam we were transported to a few digital worlds, and inside those worlds held three lists that depicted the names of the princesses of hearts. A good twenty one candidates of who could be a possible target since the bad guys are trying to reveal the final keyhole. Luna was on one of the lists, so that's all we really have to go on. " He looked down and reflected on all the times he had traveled with her to different worlds. Dwarf Woodlands, Timeless River and Beast's Castle were just a few that he had been to, most of them being in the realm of light before being thrown into darkness. "Can't say I'm too surprised to be honest though. Luna has a very bright, kind heart, and it's said that the seven princesses all have the most purest of hearts. So I guess, it's more of a compliment than anything," he said with a reassuring smile. Over with Aux, he was still taking care of the darkballs in the most violent way possible. The balls kept bobbling their heads over towards him as he pierced the sky and slashed at their floating head, even letting loose a powerful fire spell just to create an explosion to get some distance from the creatures. As much as he leapt up to destroy them with a flurry of aerial combos and finishers, their rushing and twitching erratic attacks continued to hit him. While the damage was minor, it was still infuriating for him to deal with. He hacked and slashed getting upset to the point where he pointed his keyblade to one of the darkballs and saw a twinge of darkness create a suction like noise, watching the darkness leave the darkball before destroying it. The darkness fell into Aux, leaving him feeling refreshed. He had just used the Drain spell he used back in Shibuya which began to worry him. He didn't want to resort to using the dark spells and auras unless absolutely necessary. He didn't want tto reactivate the dark remnant he knew was still buried in his hart. Destroying several more neoshadows on his way to Steel, Finlay leapt forward and tackled Steel onto his back. He held his axes and used them like scissors as he prepared to decapitate him. This was actually quite hilarious as Steel had just greeted himself a moment earlier. But all Finlay could see was the wolf, prompting him to stand tall over the anthropomorphic wolf and demanding answers. Seeing as how he could talk, Finlay tried to reason with him the only way he knew how. "Alright yah beastie! Tell me what yah are and how yah got here! And don't try anything funny or I'll strike yah where yah stand!" Words: 626 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2340 Finlay defeated 6 Neoshadows Hikaru and Aux defeated 32 Darkballs Enemies Remaining: 232 Neoshadows 279 Darkballs
"Thanks. And it's a pleasure to meet you Koa," Hikaru nodded after his quick save on destroying the heartless on his rear. "Luna is actually my fiance though this is the first time we've seen each other in two years, according to her. I've been stuck in the realm of darkness for a bit but I didn't realize how long I was gone." Koa took a hold of his necklace a bit as he reminisce a bit. Hikaru's eyes widened at the sudden news that Luna was engaged to him. "Wow... Luna's engaged? I mean, I know we learned that she was a princess of heart and all, but I didn't know that you were the one she was planning to marry." He had only recently learned that Luna was a princess of heart, but the sudden news threw him for a loop since he didn't really consider that people might have romantic partners waiting for them back home. He turned to Aux to deliver the news to him. "Hey Aux, you hear that? This is Koa! He's actually Luna's fiancee!" Aux at this point was still struggling with fighting the dozens of darkballs that were still floating around his head. Not so much struggling from difficulty, but over the frustration of actually having to get rid of them all. Much as he would've liked to leave them be, he couldn't consciously leave the dark creatures to thier own devices for fear they could actually hurt someone that wasn't adequately prepared to fight them. After slashing through another couple darkballs, he yelled back at Hikaru in a very frustrated tone. "NOW IS NOT THE TIME HIKARU!" He said, thrusting his keyblade into another darkball, before watching them smoke from it's elimination fade past his face. Right, not the time, my bad!" He yelled and waves before scratching the back of his head and turning back to Koa. "So you're engaged to a princess, huh? That's gotta be pretty interesting. I mean, you're practically a prince to be then, yah?" Hikaru quickly spun around and performed a quick combo on the couple of darkballs that were approaching them. He slashed his keyblade a few times, watching his extra ice damage from his diamond dust aura do most of the grunt work as ice crystals solidified themselves around the darkballs before Hikaru finished them off with his combo finishers. Back with Finlay, the dynamic viking was still trudging along preparing to take down the dark furred canine beast. He slashed his axes through several neoshadows making his way towards Steel. His steps were decreasing in speed, but the intensity was still in his eyes to challenge and take down the clothed wolf. He cleaved his axes through several of the heartless as his axes and body were becoming charged with more and more electricity. The massive buff he had given himself with Thor's lightning strike on his body was beginning to slowly deteriorate. He still had plenty of strength and speed left, but he could feel his speed slowly decrease. He slashed his axes as more and more neoshadows jumped up to him just to meet the end of his electric bladed axes. As Finlay walked he took a deep inhale through the manly nostril and exhaled through his mouth that smelled of lamb meat and grinned as he walked. This setting right here is what he was accustomed to. The glory of battle and the thrill of the hunt, continuing to march forward as if he were an army of one preparing to wage war on whatever enemy crossed him. Words: 600 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2280 Finlay defeated 6 Neoshadows Hikaru and Aux defeated 32 Darkballs Enemies Remaining: 341 Neoshadows 402 Darkballs
"Yeah you know... where you came from, where you're going. What's your history and how you ended up in the realm of darkness. You know, that sort of thing. Watch your left." Hikaru held up his keyblade and fired a quick blizzard spell at a darkball that was approaching Koa from the rear. The darkball immediately froze in place, taking massive ice damage thanks to Hikaru's Diamond Dust Aura. The darkball continued falling to the ground and shattered upon falling to the ground, destroying itself on impact. "For instance, I went off searching for my friend Aux; that's him over there." Hikaru turned around and pointed to his red haired friend as he continued to hack and slash at the heartless canon fodder that were the darkballs. Aux wasn't even looking back because a small swarm had made their way over and were giving him a hard time. Not because of their strength, but because of the sheer amount that were floating around his head like giant mosquitoes. "He had this whole thing where he was following a dark path that led him to inevitably leave our home in Central Haven. He had some memories taken from a witch that controlled illusion, and he's better now I think... but well that's a whole other story. But I guess I should probably start at the beginning. My name is Hikaru." He quickly shook his hand realizing he hadn't even introduced himself. "And yeah, Kar- I mean Kiara I guess, was one of the first people I met looking for him. Anyways the story is that events kept happening and we've been traveling from world to world trying to set things right. We got knocked into the realm of darkness by Aux; again, that's him over there." Hikaru turned and pointed at his friend who was growing more agitated at the darkballs that kept appearing around him, punching and grunting as he was trying to make them distance themselves from him. "He's one of my best friends along with Kaida who is over... there." He quickly scanned the field before pointing out Kaida as the blonde girl on the other side of the field. "We all ended up taking the mark of mastery exam together and we all became keyblade masters. I think that's a pretty short abridged version of everything. I'm sure there's a bunch of stuff I could explain but-" Aux roared loudly as he continued to slash his keyblade at the darkballs, causing them to be eliminated one after the other. "Now's not the best time I think..." He looked over to Luna who had been launched onto another side of the field before looking back to Koa. "And glad you met up with Oswald. He's one of the people we met on our journey. Hope Mickey and the rest of them are okay." Hikaru thought back to the last time he saw them. Mickey was chasing Mizrabel through a portal after all his friends were abducted by the witch. He shook his head trying to focus on the task at hand though. "So I didn't catch your name by the way. Do you know Luna at all from the past?" Back over with Finlay he was charging and yelling like a mad man, swinging his axes at any dark creature that dared stand in his way. He swung his axes back and forth to eliminate any of the heartless threat, watching neoshadow after neoshadow walk up to him, only to be imidiately destroying after meeting the end of his bladed weapons. His eyes remained locked onto Steel hoping the creature would be able to put up a challenge. Words: 610 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2220 Finlay defeated 6 Neoshadows Hikaru and Aux defeated 32 Darkballs Enemies Remaining: 449 Neoshadows 530 Darkballs
He's grown into a real handsome young man and all, but I don't understand all the hip new lingo. Ever since he reached his teens it's all about time travel and the X-blade.
Finlay had given his wild and violent axe swinging a rest as he had looked around to see what else he could kill. He realized that with all the slaughtering of the darkball heartless, he hadn't taken the time to stop in front of his enemies and tell them just who exactly is slaughtering their brethren. He quickly looked around to the nearest heartless and pointed his axe at it. "You there! Beast!" The Neoshadow that was crawling about suddenly stopped at the sight of Finlay. It looked to the left and right to see if the Neoshadow was the thing that he was taking to. "Aye, I'm talkin tah you!" The Neoshadow twitched it's head as it began to lurch towards Finlay slowly. "Mah name is FINLAY of the LOGANACH clan. My friends call meh Fin. I don't see any of you as friends, so you can call me Finlay!" As he continued, more Neoshadows began to creeep in his general direction, surrounding him by using their shadow sneak mode to approach undetected. "I am the lord and Chief of the village of Drankar! Slayer of the Mythrilbeast! Commander of the Dragon Guard! Conqueror of the Eastern Isles, and their women!... And before you say anything, it was consensual..." The Neoshadows sneaking were unimpressed as they continued to surround him and lurched forward. "Savior of the Jorgen seas! Son of Angus the Invincible and Thor's champion of Thunder! I am Finlay!" As he finished saying his first name, several neoshadows charged onto him, prompting him to spin his axes around in a 180 motion, before pointing his axes to the sky. A large burst of lightning hit his axes, and knocked back and eliminated several of the neoshadows that were attacking him. "The Dynamic Viking," he smiled. He stood tall and looked around him to see all the neoshadows were completely destroyed in his area. the thunder also electrically charged his speed and strength as he looked around for something He looked around until his eyes locked onto a dark colored wolf that was standing on it's own hind legs. Walking around like he was just a regular human. "Ahh, a werewolf, eh?" He smiled at the challenge of a worthy beast to conquer and began to make a mad dash towards him. On the side of Hikaru and Aux, the two of them were still hard at work exterminating the darkballs. Hikaru had just finished letting loose a Blizzard spells at a bunch of Darkballs that were trying to get too close for comfort. The ice spell managed to shatter the heartless closest to him as well as freeze the others headed for him. Watching as the frozen ones would fall to the ground he quickly charged in and performed various combos until there were no heartless left around him. At this time, a brown haired boy with being launched over towards them. Hikaru had recognized him as one of the people that arrived with Karina earlier. "Hey!" he waved, offering his hand to help the boy up. "Saw you arrive with Karina earlier." He looked back and called to Aux. "Hey Aux, it's one of Karina's allies!" Aux in the meanwhile wasn't in much of a chatting mood as he was punching and slashing away at the darkballs, taking on much more than Hikaru was doing at the time. "Right, I'll get you when you're less busy..." He said, turning back to the boy. He kept his guard up and looked around for any more darkballs as he talked to the boy. "So what's your story?" Hikaru hadn't met this person yet, but from what he'd seen, he was on friendly terms with Luna. Words: 617 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2160 Finlay defeated 6 Neoshadows Hikaru and Aux defeated 32 Darkballs Enemies Remaining: 682 Neoshadows 659 Darkballs
Aux was leaping into the air and grabbing at the darkballs like they were giant balloons. With one in particular, he grabbed it by it's chain and dragged it down slowly, making sure not to disturb it too much. The heartless jerked and shook about to try and escape, but it's efforts didn't do it any good. Aux continued to pull down the heartless until it was floating in front of him and began to whirl it around like a morning star. He swung it around by it's chain as it it were a flail preparing to hit the rest of it's heartless brothers with the creature and hopefully destroy them in the process. Hikaru cast a quick Blizzard spell on the darkball Aux was swinging and caused it to freeze. The extra weight caused by the ice allowed Aux to swing the heartless about with more weight to it. While it was indeed heavier, the darkball now had some extra power to it. He swung the darkball at a few others until his weaponized heartless couldn't take it anymore and eventually shattered, taking several other heartless with it in the process. The other darkballs that saw this occurrence slowly began to float in the opposite direction. Looking at the escaping darkballs, Hikaru began to chase after them. "Oh no you don't!" He began to race ahead, already growing tired from the distance, before turning around and pointing his keyblade straight forward. A burst of power eminated from the keyblade before several jets of water began to spurt out from the tip of his keyblade. The jets of water weren't doing too much damage. but, the spell was doing it's job in gathering the darkballs and coralling them into a small space for him to finish off. Once the spell had expired, he heard a roaring yell as Finlay came in charging from the east. The darkballs he himself were chasing continued to bump into the darkballs Hikaru was chasing and caused them to scatter a bit. Before they scattered however, the doused heartless managed to splash some water onto the other heartless that Finlay had chased towards Hikaru. This caused the rest of the heartless to all end up soaking wet and perfect for the technique Finlay was about to perform. He pointed his axe at a darkball near the center of the group and released a quick zap of celtic magic. This resulted in all the floating darkballs clinging together as if they were giant grapes of darkness. With all his opponents in one place, Finlay pointed both axes at the gathered swarm and charged his axes with electricity before firing them at the gathered darkballs. The electricity on top of the darkballs being doused by Hikaru's water spell caused all the heartless to be violently electrocuted on impact. Finlay let out a roar of laughter as he joyously raced forward and let in a deep inhale from the smoke of his slaughtered enemies. "Isn't this just the greatest day?! First we beat the witch, now we fight in glorious battle! Oh how I wish me boys back home could see this, HAHAHA!" Finlay laughed as he raced off to his next conquest. Hikaru waved goodbye lightly at him as his mouth winced a bit as to who the heck that was and what witch he was talking about. Looking back to Aux, his friend was still pummeling the darkballs with his barehands, causing him to wipe his forehead from all the unecessary physical grunt work he was doing. "You know you could use the keyblade right? It's way easier!" Aux simply looked back at Hikaru and glared. "Or you know, not... your choice." Hikaru also waved at Aux before returning to his own side. The hostility in this group was growing more and more alarming. Words: 638 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2100 Finlay defeated 9 Darkballs (+1 Injured) Hikaru and Aux defeated 32 Darkballs (+1 Injured) Heartless remaining: 816 Neoshadows 757 Darkballs
With Finlay continuing to slash about through the battlefield, he swung his axes with little to no effort as he watched one darkball after the other disappear in a flash. He clashed his two axes together as he began to whirl them about with his arms. His arms moved in a circular motion as if they were helicopter blades. He walked forwards slowly, hearing the whoosh of his blades with every step. A darkball began to float it's way towards him, only to be cleaved clean off by the sheer strength and speed of the blades. A puff of smoke appeared as Finlay continued to march forward, killing anything in his path. He roared with laughter as his axes continuing to swing away, the momentum causing some static electricity to frizzle in his raggedy beard. Over with Hikaru and Aux, Hikaru was still making his own progress with the darkballs. They hadn't gained much strength since their last encounter, but they were still enough of a threat for him to stay focused on them. He cast a quick Blizzaga spell at one of the darkballs and watched it fall to the ground. The heartless shattered on impact once it hit the ground, Hikaru ensuring to keep his ground in case more of them would try and corner or rush him. Turning his back to check on his friend, Aux seemed to be more than capable of handling the situation. Aux was barely relying on his keyblade as he began to physically punch the darkballs. He could see he wasn't exactly enjoying the fighting, but he could see the look on Aux's face was rather satisfied as defeating them with his own hands. Hikaru could usually tell when something was bothering Aux by how he was when he was fighting. Back when he sparred with Kaida, he would usually be calm when there was nothing bothering him. When he fought with intent in his eyes, there was usually something on his mind. In this case, Hikaru could piece together what was bothering his friend. "Look, I know you said you needed to talk, so I guess I'll just start..." He took a deep breath before continuing, but not before doing a quick combo against a darkball. "I'm sorry I'm the reason you fell into darkness. If you hadn't sacrificed your light to help keep me stable, we would've never left central haven. You wouldn't have been in any of this mess if it weren't for me." As Hikaru apologized, Aux through a darkball at him, causing Hikaru to be pushed to the ground and the heartless to burst into smoke from the impact. "Stop being stupid," He said, picking him up to his feet by his collar. "My decisions are mine alone. I could've just as easily found another way to fix you, but I wanted a fast result. That choice was mine. You were a factor sure, but it's not your fault. Why do you always have to apologize for everything anyways?" Hikaru looked down, still feeling sorry for himself. "Besides I should be thanking you. If you and your friends didn't defeat Mizrabel, I'd still be lost in the dark. I remember my family, I remember my past. That was all thanks to you... So stop blaming yourself for things you can't control. Focus on the things you can and stop worrying about everything. Kaida would agree." Hikaru scratched the back of his head before realizing what he just said. "Wait... you and Kaida talked about me?" Aux quickly looked around to try and walk away from this conversation. He found some more darkballs before taking out his keyblade and dealing more damage to them. Though he knew his friend was just avoiding things, he felt a bit lighter that his friend didn't resent him. Words: 636 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 2040 Finlay defeated 9 Darkballs (+1 Injured) Hikaru and Au defeated 32 Darkballs (+1 Injured) Enemies Remaining: 816 Neoshadows 830 Darkballs
Finlay watched the battlefield as a huge horde of heartless surrounded the field. His nostrils flared as an uneven and very uncomfortable smile escaped his face. His smile grew wider as his mouth was wide open, looking across the hundreds of monsters that lay before him. it reminded him of his glorious battle days back home. To this point, all he had faced were mindless robots that fired easy to navigate spells. But now he was looking at monsters. Predatory creatures of darkness that he could tear apart with his own bare hands. Sure, they wouldn't be splattered in blood in a field of glory, but anything he could tear apart and make scream was perfect for him. It didn't matter if it would just be in a puff of smoke, it was a battle. And glorious one at that. A single tear rolled down his cheek, as he continued to hold his axes high. His smile still stretching from ear to ear, he let out a mighty roar as he began charging the battle in slow motion. He was so happy just being able to fight in a battle where he could destroy and kill things. While he would normally be spiting and mocking his enemies, he just continued to rush ahead and swing his axes. He was speechless as he began laughing with a big toothy smile, taking his axes and charging his entire body with lightning. While he looked like a mad man in real time, everything just slowed down for him as he leapt up and struck both axes downward, slashing through his enemies in a barbarian viking fashion. Finlay charged into the battlefield with both axes flailing. He was a warrior through and through, and slashing at these creatures made him happier than he had been in a while. He continued smiling as he laughed like a child on Christmas. As he slashed through each darkball, he let out a mighty laugh. From across the field, Hikaru and Aux stood and watched the dynamic viking continue to wreck and tear apart his enemies with savage intent and a very wide grin. Hikaru turned to Aux and looked back at Finlay. "So I see Karina made some new... friends..." He looked back to Finlay and couldn't look away as he slaughtered them with such joy. "Is that how I look when I'm fighting?" Aux asked. He knew he was a very strong man, but didn't know if he looked that crazy while he fought. Hikaru shook his head in reply, still watching Finlay. "No... That guy looks like he's enjoying it way too much." They watched as a darkball rolled towards them in agony, Aux quickly slashing at it with his keyblade to put it out of it's misery. "I'm just gonna, steer clear of that guy for a while..." Hikaru said, slowly backing away and destroying more darkballs on his own. Aux continued to watch the viking and shook, his eyes wanting to turn away and hoping he didn't have to talk to that guy. Aux leapt back to his own heartless to fight and began hacking and slashing away at them. They were mostly fighting darkballs, so Aux was simply performing various aerial combos until they were removed from the field. In the background, he could still hear Finlay roaring with joyous laughter as his axes slashed through his enemies. Hikaru was also on his own side performing various aerial combos as well. His Diamond Dust Aura also gave him a neat combo finisher that damaged enemies around him with a rapid spinning of ice chunks around his body. Managing to defeat the darkballs in his general vicinity, Aux and Hikaru faced away from each other to prepare for any more heartless appearances. Words: 629 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 1980 Finlay defeated 9 Darkballs (+1 Injured) Hikaru and Au defeated 32 Darkballs (+1 Injured) Enemies Remaining: Defeat 966 Neoshadows Defeat 922 Darkballs Defeat 18 Invisibles
Wave II Battle Report (Those with S-Rank gain an extra 100 BP, A-Rank gain an extra 80 BP, B-Rank gain an extra 60 BP, C-Rank gain an extra 40 BP, D-Rank gain an extra 20 BP) 19.4% - S-Rank - Stratos 18.2% - S-Rank - Aislinn 15.8% - S-Rank - AJ 10.9% - S-Rank - Hikaru/Aux 9.1% - S-Rank - Kaida 6.7% - B-Rank - Kel 6.1% - B-Rank - Ignis 5.5% - B-Rank - Luna 3.6% - C-Rank - Steel 3.6% - C-Rank - Beuce 1.2% - D-Rank - Ananta With Hughes' next wave rapidly approaching, Shiro was beginning to grow tired. "What's the matter my former pupil? Beginning to falter already? I thought you had more spirit than that." Shiro grunted as he picked himself back up and panted. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF..." "Perhaps, but I know what the toll of battle has on those kids yer so fond of. They won't be able to last much longer. Maybe another wave or two, but there's still only a dozen of them against thousands of heartless. Even with your buffing magic, you won't be able to keep them alive forever. Face it Fujioka, I'm playing the long game here. You'll all run out of energy soon enough. I just have to wait you out." He snickered as he summoned his next wave of Heartless, including a thousand neoshadows and a thousand darkballs. "You're all weak..." Hughes grinned as he stood by his heartless. "You're the weak one!" a woman's antagonizing voice blared across the battlefield. The voice belonged to that of Karina, as she stood with Oswald the lucky rabbit, Mizu, Arctus, Finlay, Vallus, Aeira, and Koa; several people she had met on her journey. "Overcompensating with heartless? Not man enough to take us on yourself?!" "How is it this hard to be rid of you!" Hughes cried out. "Shiro!" Mizu cried out happily. "Kaida!" "LADY MIZU!" Shiro called back, looking to the rest of the group alongside her. "AND FRIENDS." "We're here to help!" "PLEASE LADY MIZU! IT'S QUITE DANGEROUS!" Mizu shook her head. "No! I've been useless for far too long! Now it's my turn to help you!" Hughes laughed halfheartedly. "You need a child now Fujioka? What kind of solider won't fight his own battle?" Shiro looked to him. "I'm more than just a soldier Hughes. I'm part of a unit! And I would trust my life with Mizu or Kaida any day! PROCEED LADY MIZU, BUT BE WARY!" Mizu nodded and clapped her hands together, gathering a large amount of magical energy. " "You can't be serious?" Hughes mocked. "What threat could she possibly hold?" "It's not her you should be worried about." Hughes turned to him and laughed. "What? The other brats? One of them took my arm because I was being far too lenient. But I ain't going easy on 'em this time, so if they're her ace in the whole, I'd find another ringer..." Shiro laughed. "What's so funny?!" Hughes turned around as an enormous shadow was cast over him. Mizu was standing on the shoulder of a giant ice colossus. The monstrous golem stood a fair hundred feet tall as it emanated cold air around itself. "Colonel. Meet Sprinkles." Mizu looked down at the man intensly. Yue and Lea were still missing, and she had a lot of work to make up for. "Sprinkles!" She commanded, the ice colossus turning it's head to face her on it's shoulder. "Fetch..." She said calmly, pointing to the darksides. The colossus turned it's head back and grabbed the faces of both darksides with it's icy claws. The collosus slammed both heads to the ground as it began unleashing attack after attack against them. "YES LADY MIZU!" Shiro spun around and began to destroy several invisibles. "THE BATTLE RAGES ON!" Mizu and Sprinkles defeated 2 Darksides. Shiro defeated 10 Invisibles! MISSION START! NOTE: Black Coats Characters are able to use 100 BP. Defeat 1000 Neoshadows Defeat 1000 Darkballs Defeat 40 Invisibles
Oswald nodded as he looked to the group. "Okay, but we have to hurry! I don't know how many monsters are with that guy, but it didn't look like they were letting up soon..." Oswald led the way as he hopped towards their destination. [VOLUME 1] - CHAPTER VI - ARMY OF DARKNESS (This Chapter will be held in the Kingdom Hearts SOS thread when the next heartless wave begins)
"I'm afraid you don't realize the gravity of the... como se dice... outcome." He looked to Luther's hand and slowly pushed it away with his own. "Regardless of how or why, I have still been bested. The Red Society is surmised of only the most worthy and unbeatable of opponents. Seeing as how I have been bested in combat, I no longer serve a purpose there. I am better off on finishing things on my own terms." He summoned his keyblade and pointed it at his own heart. "I end my very existence in a way befitting of a De le Vega... With honor... and without regret." He pierced his heart, dropping his keyblade to the ground. His hands following suit as he closed his eyes and began to vanish from the area. "This is only the beginnning..." he said in his final words, as he faded from existence. A small of cigar smoke lit the room as a man's deep southern voice echoed about the room. "Well that really is just a damn shame, ain't it?" There was no man in sight, but the voice could still be heard. "Would've wagered my money on the spaniard, but seeing the outcome, makes me rather glad I didn't." He let out a heavy sigh as he continued. "Now I'm gonna have to take y'all in for questionin.'" Before he could give them time to react, both Melus and Luther were warped out of the room. The only thing remaining in the room now was a lot of damage, and Lea's broken keyblade. ---------------------- Mizu breathed deeply. "I've just missed so much. I've never felt so out of the loop before." She took a brief pause. "Wow, this is what Kaida must feel like..." She looked to Kiara. "Well if you think there's a chance she's still alive, why would we go back to your base? Why don't we just got to where Shiro is?"
With Luther's technique forcing Tango into a corner, a small smirk escape the corner of his lips. A giant explosion blasted back Luther and broke his illusion along with it. The focus he brought to fool Tango this time didn't go unnoticed as the skilled swordsman had a back-up plan. The flaming dragon spell was a decoy to help keep Luther at bay, but the real trump card was for when Luther got close enough. Tango's ultimate ability came from his ability to destroy anyone in close combat. For whenever Luther would get to close, Tango could unleash pinpoint explosions at blank point range without dealing any damage to himself. Mastering the ability over fire for years and years, he had learned to take as little damage as possible without getting burned. Watching as Luther got knocked back, he took his keyblade and prepared the final blow. "You fought well young man. But the truth remains that Ignicio De la Vega remains undefefeat-" before he finished his last sentance, he felt a piercing pain in his chest as a burst of air had caused the flames surrounding his body to waver for a moment. Two more bursts that had hit his body previously were dissintigrated before hitting his body, but created enough of an opening for the third wind based arrow to his his mark. A twinge of fear caused his eye to twitch as he looked down at his chest. His heart was beginning to bleed through his shirt, causing him to fall to his knees. He had managed to cover all his bases for an epic sword battle, but he didn't account for any long distance attacks, let alone from the other contender. "Only a fatal blow..." he repeated in disbelief, falling to his knees. He could have argued against the rules or the legitimacy of the attack, but the fact remained; he had been bested. He looked to Melus and sighed as he held his chest. "Sly as a fox, but the conditions have been met." looked up to Luther who he knocked back with the explosion. "You have been declared victor... My element is now yours. You are free to finish me off senor..." He closed his eyes and opened his arms to embrace his demise.
After Aux's attack on finishing off the rest of the darkballs, he began to look around himself and Hikaru. From the look of things, the heartless were still raging against the rest of the members in their party, but at least their numbers were definitely decreasing, He could see by just his simple viewpoint of the area around him, that the numbers had now begun to decrease in the low hundreds. Before he had time to give a closer inspection, he more than a few dozen shadows begin to crawl their way before the two of them. Hikaru quickly held his keyblade with both hands as he looked around to keep a calm composure. He breathed out cold air as he kept a level headed, charging against the shadows on his side, leaving Aux to his own devices. With his keyblade tilted over his should, he dropped his blade to his ground and cracked his neck slowly as he looked straight ahead at the shadows. A small smirk escaped his mouth, knowing the onslaught he was about to perform against the bewildered heartless. Hikaru on his own side, began to slash through the shadows with his newly invigorated sleek prowess. He watched over his shoulders, as a few of the shadows tried to sneak behind him, while a good dozen of them had begun to sneak below him in their shadow sneak mode. He quickly leapt into the air as he kept the heartless at arm's length. He would've cast another blizzard spell to try and get rid of the group, but he began to sense that he was low on magic power. He would have to hack and slash at some of them in order to naturally restore some of his magic power. Knowing this, He quickly slammed his keyblade down and watched a couple of the shadows get knocked back. The diamond dust aura was enough to not only empower his ice magic, but also give his keyblade the ability to deal ice magic. He slashed through some more shadows as he watched tiny crystals fall past his face in a cool breeze as his battle continued. Before he was done, he quickly looked down to the shadows that were now popped out of the ground and ready to attack him with a flurry of scratches. Knowing he wouldn't catch a breath until they were dealt with, Hikaru was prepared for this. He took his keyblade and performed a quick array of slashes to deal with the remaining shadows. On Aux's end, he had begun fighting the shadows in a rather unorthodox way. He was actually bonking the shadows on the head with his keyblade. One by one he was just conking them on the head like he was playing a game of whack a mole. The number of shadows he had to deal with were far less than that of Hikaru, so he decided to have some harmless fun with it and just hit the shadows' heads until they vanished from impact. With enough force, no matter how minuscule, the shadows would always be defeated. They were after all, one of, if not THE weakest heartless he had come across during his time with the SOS. Quickly finishing on his side, he turned to Hikaru to see if he was done on his end. His friend was still slashing away at some of the remaining heartless however. With another final combo, he looked back at Aux and gave a quick thumbs up and a cocky smile. Aux took his two fingers and replied to Hikaru with a quick and silent salute back at him. Words: 607 Exp: 60 Total Exp: 1920 Heartless Defeated: 59 Shadows Enemies Remaining: 44 Shadows 46 Darkballs 41 Neoshadows
So I'm getting a lot of Space Pirate sci-fi suggestions. (A very wide concept I'd like to explore) I'll leave discussion open for a bit to see if another suggestion to elaborate on.
