Kingdom Hearts: Kingdom Hearts: Light Chaser

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Aria looked at Master Thallasa with wide eyes and then held up her own arm with the bracelet on the wrist. She dropped her voice lowly too so she wouldn't interrupt the conversation ahead of them. "Y-yeah... I actually feel really out of it and I felt most of the hits. I mean, I felt hits before, but this time I could really feel it. It still won't come off though." She tugged at it to try to pull it off and then it tightened, refusing to budge from her wrist. "I think... It was because Torrin and I were hit with that blast from Quietus. Maybe the protective magic burned out..." She knew it was working before that blast. This was the first time it seemed to have lost its protective touch and now she was just as vulnerable as everyone else.

 

"Thanks!" Chrys called to Avra as the soothing wave of a Cura washed over her. With the wave just about over, it made sense to try and wipe out the rest of the heartless in one fell swoop. Charging forwards, she bashed a Search Ghosts rather hard. It made quite a loud thud noise as its head became the target of quite a bit of force, and it drifted slowly to the ground rather dazed. She crushed it with an overhead swing before moving on to another target.

She took out another five opponents in relatively short order, crushing them decisively. With that, only two Search Ghosts remained.
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OC:
Enemies Defeated:
6 Search Ghosts

Effects:
MP Haste
Water has ended

HP: 31/ 115
MP 4/40
AP: 0/62+10
DP: 3/3

Enemies Remaining:
2 Search Ghosts

 

Illiana listened as Taran had answered her question. "I've known Dallben ever since I was a child. He found me abandoned as a baby." She nodded her head before speaking a bit. "Interesting. And what about your parents?" Taran's face grew somber before his next sentence left his mouth. "I never knew my real parents." Illiana was a little surprised but spoke up. "Sorry to hear that." Taran, by the tone of his voice, had cheered up a little over Qamar's words. He had then asked about the heartless that had attacked the group earlier. "There were strange monsters back there. How did you all manage to get rid of them? I-I'm sorry I wasn't more help. I would have helped you fight if I could!" Illiana looked over at Taran before placing a hand on her chin to ponder how to word her next sentence. She then crossed her arms and spoke. "You don't need to worry about that. Whenever you see them, just run and hide. Let us take care of them. Just focus on getting back Miss Piggy." Illiana opened up her umbrella again as she rested it on her shoulder. After walking for a little bit, a question had popped into her head. She looked over at Taran once again. "Alright so humor me for a few seconds here but....Just who exactly is the Horned King?" She was a little curious. Obviously, the minute she heard the Horned part, she could piece together just what kind of king they exactly were. Though she thought it wouldn't hurt to get some more information about the king.

 

Boreas listened to the newly formed plan taking some amusement about Torrin and Darkwings rivalry, Torrin didn't like the duck too much even less so when the Duck came up with the same plan that he had. They were to split into two groups Boreas didn't mind being teamed up with Tinarah too much, he'd work with anyone as long as they could pull their weight, hold their own and do their job. He was curious to see how well Darkwing would hold up in a fight, but it didn't matter too much. "Alright, sounds like a plan. Good luck out there." He said giving his friend a pat on the shoulder.

"Alright Darkwing, you and me will remain on this rooftop, as Tinarah goes down on the ground uses her magic to try and put them to sleep, then we'll take out the hats when they are asleep." Boreas said. "As we saw yesterday in the tunnels those hats may re-assemble and as Take pointed out we may need to deal with reinforcements. If this plan doesn't work we go in, full force make sure Tinarah has back up." Boreas held the repeating crossbow in both hands, resting it idly in his grip. The wing motif decorated the side of his crossbow, with the wing unfurling from the front of the weapon, it was the favourite aspect of his keyblade, the wing. "Alright since we all know what to do we'll get in position and get started, let's not keep them waiting." With that Boreas took up his position and took aim prepared to lay down a hail of fire should it come to it.​

 

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With the majority of the others agreeing to the current plan, Chrono couldn't really do much about it besides go along with it as well. Least the plan in itself wasn't a bad one, there was still risk with what they were doing. "What's the plan for when we actually get in warehouse then?" Chrono had shot a look towards Torrin when he'd asked. Looking around and being wary of anything that might be waiting for them was a give, but if it was just filled with more crates we they supposed break those as well? Chrono doubted that and continued trying to figure out what could be inside the warehouse.

 

Illiana had looked over at Taran as he looked down in dejection. She sighed a little before speaking up. "Dallben told you to look after Miss Piggy right? So how can you look after her if something were to happen to you? Besides, we barely know the pig and yet you do. Everybody has a job to do and their own way to go about things. Don't think of it as you being useless or anything like that. Everyone in the world has something that only they can do. Something unique to them. You just have to find what is. Whether it's fighting or calming down a pig, you gotta figure out how you can fight or make your mark on the world." Illiana had her head facing front as she spoke, still holding her umbrella. "But hey, that's just my input on this." She shrugged her shoulders as continued walking.

Taran had then went on to explaining just who the Horned King was. "The Horned King is a wicked sorcerer who's remained hidden in his castle for a long time. Dallben told me that the Horned King would use the Black Cauldron to raise an undead army. I've never seen the Horned King but I've heard he has dragons, bandits, and goblins under his command." Illiana listened and nodded her head as he explained. "An undead army....That definitely doesn't sound cliche. Oh well....Never dethroned a king before so...why not? The idea of it intrigues me." She looked over to Taran as he stared at her clothes. "What? Is there a stain on my clothes or something?" He then asked a question. "Where are you and your friends from?" Illiana had placed a finger on her cheek as she thought carefully about her next words before turning to the boy. "We're just some wandering adventurers who's just doing their best to help the weak and the innocent!" Illiana had made a fist and brought it to her chest as she expressively gave her answer. "Any other questions?" She looked over to Taran as she asked. Y'know....This kind of reminds me of...

Spoiler: Episode Illiana: Fragment 3- A Lesson and A Letter

Hours had passed and those hours had turned into days then into weeks until three months had passed. The sound of an alarm had filled the room as if telling the two people residing there to wake up and start the day. The sun was slowly peeking out from the horizon. Her eyes had slowly started to flutter open. She picked up her head and saw the sunlight pouring in from the window. She removed the covers off her and turned off the alarm until the second one would ring. She changed out of her pajamas into a fresh change of clothes. The girl went into the mirror, brushed her hair, and tied it up into a ponytail. She went back into the room and grabbed a small satchel. She opened the door and carefully closed the door. After walking for a bit, the girl reached the lake that was nearby the training facilities. She sat down on a rock and took out stationary that was in her satchel as well as a pen. As she was writing, she could hear the sounds of leaves cracking. She immediately grabbed the wooden sword she would use for training. “Whoa Whoa! Easy there! Geez Illiana. I know you’re not too much of a morning person but no need to go attacking anyone about it.” The person chuckled a bit as Illiana lowered her sword. A sigh left her lips as she put the wooden sword back in its cloth sheath. “Don’t do that! What would’ve happened if that was an actual sword?!” Illiana sat down on the rock again as the person in front of her was chuckling. “Sorry sorry! I couldn’t help it! But good on you for keeping your guard up! Though don’t you think it’s a little too early for writing letters?” Illiana looked at the stationary in her hand before looking back at her roommate. “I thought I should start a little early today. Who knows if I’ll have time later to write. I thought you would still be asleep, Nina.” Nina scratched her head awkwardly as she chuckled a bit. “Unfortunately, I have a small meeting to go to today so that explains why I’m up so early when I could be in my nice...warm...cozy bed…..Man I hate being me sometimes.” Nina pouted slightly and crossed her arms as she turned her head away. Illiana chuckled a little before writing another sentence down on her paper. “You say that now but in actuality….you like being a Captain.” She continued writing before looking up at Nina. Nina smiled a little bit before chuckling. “Heheh...Yea you’re right. It has its rewards and consequences but I can’t say I hate it. Anyway……” Nina put her hands on her hips before continuing. “You little missie! You should get some more rest before you gotta report in for morning drills! I’m sure you’ll have time during lunch to finish! I don’t want you to lose rest over these letters alright?” Illiana nodded her head before responding. “I’m almost done! Besides, all mail gets sent out around lunch so I need to finish these now or I’ll never hear the end of it next month.” She went back to writing her letter as Nina sighed. “You must really care about your family…..Well I can’t stop you from writing but just make sure you’re not late to morning drills.” Nina smiled slightly as she rousled Illiana’s hair. “Can’t have you ruin your perfect attendance now can I? Besides, it’s my job as your mentor to help you become a great leader for this squad. You know…..” She paused before squatting down to meet Illiana’s eyes. “You can always come to me if you ever need anything or if you need to get something off your chest. I hope you know that.” Illiana looked at Nina for a few moments before smiling and nodding her head. “Y’know…..It doesn’t hurt to rely on someone. Though everybody has their own way of fighting their battles. Might not be in the traditional sense but it’s a way they have all on their own. Just remember that.” Nina rousled her hair once more before walking back to the building leaving Illiana to her letter-writing. She stops for a few moments before looking up at over at the lake. “3 more months…..Away from society and away from the problems it faces…….I better let them know. They’ll be worried sick if I don’t.” Illiana then went back to writing her letter. She had written in her letter that she would not be able to write too many letters since she would be doing some training in a remote location for the next three months.

~4 years have passed~

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Illiana continued walking alongside Taran as the fragment of her memory ran through her mind.​

 

Qamar listened to Taran and felt sad. She knew too well what it was like to lose your parents at a young age. "It must be hard...losing both your parents... "she said. "I know that all too well. My deepest sympathy." Qamar nodded to the boy as they walked. She turned to look towards Aria to make sure she was okay, but it seemed like she was talking to Master Thallasa. Qamar shrugged and looked forward once more, listening to Taran some more.

He asked how they defeated those creatures and she scratched her head. "Eh, it's a super long story...just know that we're here to save you and your piggy." she said, kicking another rock down the crevice below. Illiana explained everything a lot better anyway. Soon enough they were told who the Horned King was and Qamar chuckled. "Reminds me of some stuff from home." she muttered, hearing Taran ask where they're from. Suddenly, Illiana was super enthusiastic and Qamar tilted her head. "That's some sudden enthusiasm." she said, starting to laugh.

"Ah, but I must ask, what'll we do once we get inside this castle anyway? I don't think they'd just let us waltz in, grab the pig, and walk out." she asked.​

 

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Aria rubbed the back of her head when Master Thallasa warned her not to dive head first into danger for now on. "I know, I'm learning to stay back when I can." But if her friends were in danger, and there was no choice, she would jump in a heartbeat. She would just have to be careful and pick when it would be best to intervene and when to let someone else handle it. "I don't need someone to keep an eye on me every moment though," Aria said with a small smile. The Princess of Heart knew it was not true though. Had she been any other warrior in the group, it wouldn't be the case. But since she was a pure of heart... that changed things.

She thought to the communicator, and how she was missing someone's company right about now. If she wasn't so busy with a mission, she probably would have called him already. But he was probably busy as well. Aria caught bits and pieces of the conversations going on ahead and glanced at the castle once more. It sounded like they were going to head into the place with lots of darkness...

Aria bit her lower lip. After facing death at least two times, she knew she couldn't stay lucky for long. But she was going to fight to the end, that was a given. She remembered how excited she was to go off into the worlds and team up with other keyblade wielders. Now the enthusiasm was lost. All she wanted was peace and to somehow help bring order once more in these troubled times.

 

The Green wonder? Well his cloak was green as was a good portion of his outfit and while he had dubbed himself the Emerald Herald this worked just as well, Darkwing didn't seem to be too great with names as he named Tinarah the blonde wonder, but it hardly mattered. The duck had his quirks but he was willing to at least agree to a plan and carry it out. Torrin told him to start smashing, but he had to wait for Tinarah to get into position. He just gave his friend a thumbs up, still taking aim and waiting for Tinarah to get in position. "Don't worry Tinarah, this thing here packs quite the punch, we'll keep them busy for as long as necessary." Boreas said. As Tinarah clambered down he waited within the shadows he caught her nod and he started to unleash hell with volleys of silver magical bolts, the bolts headed for the crates with Boreas firing quickly and as accurately as he could while keeping this firing rate up which wasn't as easy as it looked. The bolts left silver streaks as they headed for their targets after an opening volley he stopped for a moment. "HEY, UP HERE! SEE IF YOU HEROES CAN STAND UP TO THE WRATH OF THE GREEN WONDER!" Boreas shouted standing up to make himself more noticable, after that he kept firing to keep them grouped and heading for him.​

 

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A straightforward plan like that wasn't too surprising to hear. Chrono had called for his own glider having watched Torrin do so himself. "Good luck to you too." He watched as the other group had headed towards towards the streets, then took a seat on his glider. He thought it'd be best to get use to being on it, even if they weren't going anywhere right this second. He had sat there for a little bit, swinging his legs too and fro idlely just as he'd heard Boreas's shouts. "Looks like they've started." Chrono then glanced over towards the hat wearing heroes, waiting to see how they would respond.

 

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As the plan seemed to kick into place, Take also got on his glider and just kind of sat there and waited without much response, just in ready mode to go when they were told it would be best to head in. He still didn't know how he felt about this plan and he was worried they were gonna leave the warehouse and find Tinarah, Boreas, and the duck in those hats. He just hoped he was proven wrong. As he stared at the distraction he blinked in realization and looked over at Torrin and asked, "What if they want us to go in the warehouse and we get trapped? Remember the last time we followed their obvious lead and ended up the dolls exploding in our faces."​

 

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As soon as a hole was blasted through the wall, Take was all on that like flies on glazed donuts. He jumped through the hole and taking after Torrin decided to have his glider vanish into his keyblade, and using his forward momentum Takehiko slashed in the direction of Xerek. Once he was standing upright he stood up straight and yelled, "Aha. You thought you could best us, but no one ever expects to be dealt justice by..." Take stared off as he tried to think of what his superhero name even would be.

Kronk stared back at him while Take stood over Xerek and his response was to see if he could startle the guy by holding his hands out and yelling, "Bwam!"

Kronk blinked and rubbed his chin saying, "Bwam huh?" He snapped his fingers in approval and fingergunned at Take, "I like it. Superhero name with that onomatopoeia. I was expecting your name to be something like Falcon man or Keylord. But Bwam. It's got energy. I like it. I like it a lot..."

Takehiko stared at the man before pointing the key at Kronk and saying, "Release the heroes from the hats!"
"Weeeeell I uh. Can't do that Bwam."

Take sighed a bit only to immediately be tripped down by Xerek. Take let out a yell in surprise as he landed flat on his back and Kronk grimaced a bit and commented, "Yikes."
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"Master Thallasa knows what she's talking about," Aria assured. Even though she didn't know the master that well. They really didn't have much of a choice though. Their masters were kept behind for some weird reason, and she was sent in their place. Hopefully the plans would work and they could get the pig back soon.