Kingdom Hearts: Quiet's End

Xero chuckled silghtly hearing Beucefilou's question. Good luck with that. He thought awaiting Kira's answer.

Once Shane had stepped out of his portal, he expected to end up either in the city, or in the middle of the desert. What he wasn't expecting end up in a cave filled with all kind of treasure. Okay, I assume that this is at least part of Agrabah. Otherwise something must be wrong with my portal. Taing a quick look around, he started to head deeper into the cave.

 

Kira laughed lightly at Beucefilous's suggestions of a hot tub. "I'm afraid that is one thing I cannot accomplish," she said. "But I do believe there is a suitable substitute in the pridelands, in a hidden oasis, but unless you don't mind being turned into a rather large feline, I would steer cleer of that place. Not much of worth is there, at any rate."

Alice woke up slowly, the wounds on her arm felt better, like they had been healed. She looked at the Bandersnatch, he was awake now and looking at her apoligetically, as if he regretted scratching her in the first place. As she looked down, she saw a small key hanging from a chain around the beasts neck. The key for the Vorpal Sword, she thought. Cautiously, she reached over and petted the Bandersnatch, while sneaking the key of the hook around the chain. When she turned, however, the lock was broken. That's odd, she thought. I wonder if the Bandersnatch broke it. No matter, she opened the box and picked up the sword. She went to where the Mad Hatter was being kept prisoner, a small stuffy room where he was allowed to make hats for the Red Queen. A chain was around his ankle, trapping him in the room. The Doremouse was there, trying to pick the lock to free him. "How's this for muchness?" she said, raising the Vorpal Sword to bring it down on the chain. "No, wait!" The Mad Hatter said quickly. "It can only be used on the Jabberwocky!" Suddenly the knave of hearts appearred in the doorway, surrounded by card soldiers. "By order of the Queen," he said. "Off with her head!" The Mad Hatter pushed something at the knave and the doremouse yelled out "Run, Alice!" The whole room froze. She had been pretending to be someone else, because Alice was wanted for slaying the Jabberwocky in the future. Now the secret was out. The knave was startled, giving her the advantage She turned and fled from the room, heading out into the courtyard. There were too many soldiers, she was trapped. "Alice!" a voice called out. She turned, betraying that it was her name. The knave stood there, smiling. "Yes, why didn't I see it sooner?" She had to get out of here, but how? Behind her, the door of the shed ripped open, and the Bandersnatch came thundering out, scattering the card soldiers and stopping next to Alice. She climbed onto his back and they took off, headed towards the other side of Underland, where the White Queen lived. Hopefully nothing happened on the way.

Riku stood still in one of the many passageways in the Cave of Wonders. He thought he felt another presence, no wait, two presences. There were others here, close, near the mouth of the cavern. Could they possibly be Sora and Kairi? He turned and began running towards the cave entrance, careful to be quiet and watchful. If these people weren't Sora or Kairi, they could be anyone. He didn't want to rush blindly into anything.

After Donald and Goofy realized that Destiny Islands were gone, they decided to look for their friends in every world, one by one, and decided to land on the first world they came across. Ironically enough, that was Deep Jungle. Now that they were looking for Sora, Donald made no objections to landing in such an "insignificant" world. The king definitely wouldn't come here willingly, but Sora was another matter altogether. "Who knows where he'll end up?" he squawked. So they landed in Deep Jungle, and began looking through the trees for any sign of Sora.

 

R stood up at the start of the commotion "Time to make a move!" He exclaimed, leaping off the building. At the last second before he hit the ground, he opened up a dark corridor directly beneath him which lead in front of the girl he was chasing. Flying out of the portal, he hit her head on in the chest, knocking her off the bandersnatch.

"Oh well." Beucefilous said as he closed his eyes and dozed off in his throne.

 

The man came flying out of nowhere, and before she knew what was happening, Alice felt the breathknocked out of her and she went falling to the ground. She stood up slowly, gasping for breath,and held the Vorpal Sword in front of her, to defend herself against the man.

Kira laughed as Beucefilous dozed in his seat, then she turned to Xero. "And what about you?" she asked. "Do you have anything you'd like to ask?"

 

"Sorry princess but you're coming with me, conscious or not." R said as he summoned soul eater and got into his fighting stance. He wouldn't go all out but he would use enough 'persuasion' to get her to come.

 

"Actually, what are we supposed to do if R does end up finding one of the seven Princesses." Xero replied.

Aside from hearing someone shouting inside the cave, Shane keyblade did usually when either someone of darkness or with darknerss in their heart was near. So I'm not alone here, hopefully I won't run into anyone who wants to pick a fight or the Shadow Order. He thought as he ventured on into the cave. Whoever the others that were here was, he would run into them sonner or later.

 

"Well," Kira said. "Once we have them gathered, we simply release their hearts with a keyblade, and they will gather in that keyblade, and once they are tethered to a blade, the weapon will transform into this blade of Darkness. At least, I believe that's how it goes."

Alice looked at the stranger, and then down at the Vorpal Sword in her hands. The Mad Hatter had said that it must be used only on the Jabberwocky. If she used it to defend herself, would it still hold it's power when it was needed? She thought of all the people in this land who were imprisoned by the Red Queen. The flamingos and hedgehogs who were used as croquet equipment, the white rabbit, forced to be a page boy, and the Mad Hatter, chained to a sewing table, making hats for the Red Queen. She had to do this, for the freedom and well-being of all the oppressed. With an angry outburst, she yelled "DOWN WITH THE BLOODY BIG HEAD!" And turning from the stranger, she threw the Vorpal sword as far away as possible, and turned to accept her fate. Real Alice or no, she had to protect Underland.

Riku heard the girl calling out as he approached quietly, but it wasn't Kairi. It was someone else. She can sense Darkness, he thought. I guess I can't hide anymore. But what about that other presence? He stretched out his senses, until he found the other person. Another person of light, he thought. Good, they're on our side. "Don't worry," he called out to the girl, wherever she was hiding. He stepped out into the open. "I'm on your side!"

 

R paused as she threw the sword. "So then...You really are one.." He said, lowering his blade. He walked over to her and shoved her backwards into a dark corridor leading to the center of the throne room. It was time to move on, but he had something to do first. He walked forward several feet and picked up the vorpal sword, opened a dark corridor leading to the throne room of the white queen, and dropped it through. They could find another savior. Sora was there.

 

As Kira sat talking, as soon as the words left her lips, a dark porta opened in the middle of the room and ayoung woman fell through it, blacking out in the darkness. She was blonde, her long hair a tangled mass of curls, and she was wearing an odd dress that looked like it had been made of many odds and ends, and it was red and black, with hearts all over it. Alice. Kira leaned forward in her seat before jumping down from the high spot to the floor. She walked forward and examined the girl. "So R has already succeeded in the retreival of a princess of heart," she said happily. "Our power is growing, the darkness is spreading. Soon every world will be within our grasp." She opened another dark portal underneath the girl, sending her to another dungeon. Then she opened a dark portal and stepped through it, returning to her chair. She looked at Xero and smiled, obviously well pleased with what had occoured. "Let's see, where were we? Oh yes! We were discussing the ultimate Keyblade."

As the Vorpal Sword appeared in a dark corridor in the White Queen's throne room, Sora started. "Alice!" He said. "She must have run into the Shadow's Order!" The White Queen stood up and walked gracefully to the center of the room and picked up the sword. "Oh dear," she said. "We must find her, or Underland will be lost in darkness forever." She walked over to a set of armor nearby, and placed the sword in it's place. "We must have a champion, who will defeat the Jabberwocky." Sora did what he had always done in situations like these. He stood up and said "I'll do it! I have experience with stuff like that." The white Queen shook her head thoughtfully. "Thank you Sora," she said airily. "But I'm afraid it must be Alice. The Oraculum Compendium is very clear. If Alice is not here by the Frabjous day, I'm afraid we will never be free."

 

R opened another dark corridor and stepped through himself this time. It led him to the beasts castle, up on a high balcony with a party going on below. He looked across at the other end of the balcony and sure enough, Kairi was standing there. "Killing two birds with one stone." He said to himself and chuckled at his fortune. She was looking down at the party and didn't seem to notice him so he decided to get the initiative. Pulling back his hand as if to throw something, a fiery ball of darkness materialized in his hand and he hurled it at the red haired girl.

 

Kairi looked up just in time. With a gasp, she summoned her Keyblade and held it in front of her, deflecting the fire and sending it back across the way to the stranger who had appeared there. Then she looked down at the crowd of guests, who were looking up in amazement. The prince instinctively shielded his wife from the stranger, his eyes flashing with anger. "You!" He shouted. Kairi was confused. Had the prince seen this man before? Well, he was wearing organization XIII robes. Perhaps the prince had met a man like him before. No matter, he was a civilian of this world. He had to be protected. "Get everyone out of here, I'll take care of him!" she called down to him before running towards him around the outskirts of the balcony, keyblade drawn, ready to fight.

 

R quickly put his foot up on the banister and leaped out over the crowd, suspended in the air by darkness. His sword seemed to have grown in strength from the dark power he was using as it reacted to darkness. With unprecedented speed, he flew from one end of the room to another, going through a dark corridor each rime he met a wall. After several minutes of this barrage of attacks, he started going vertically as well and emerged directly beneath the prince, knocking him out the window and off the balcony which overlooked the courtyard. Even after this, he kept it up. A fantastical blur of white and purple was all that could be seen by the naked eye.

 

As the stranger leapt up to attack, Kairi felt like she had seen a move like this before. She utilized her dodge roll, blocking would be useless and trying to counter attack would get her killed. Her only hope was to move fast enough to avoid the attack. She saw as the stranger knocked the Prince out the door and off the balcony. With a scream, the princess ran out after him, and leaned over the balcony, trying to find him, to pull him up. She spotted him at the edge of the rooftop below, hanging on for dear life. She had to help him, somehow, she had to save him, but she couldn't go down there, she could just call out to him, encourage him to climb. Kairi stayed on the balcony, still dodging the strangers attacks. Sora, she thought desperately. If you're anywhere near me, I need your help! Now!

Sora, back in Underland, felt Kairi calling him, but he couldn't do anything. He was stuck in this world as surely as if he had been chained down. He felt desperate to help, but there was nothing he could do. He had to wait. He wanted to go through Underland, find something to destroy, but he had to stay in one spot, make it easier for someone to find him. But he felt absolutely helpless, and completely unable to help.

 

R picked up speed, going faster and faster, then all at once, stopped in the center of the room. His mere presence seemed to darken the room. He summoned up all the darkness he had available and put it into physical form. A large black heartless appeared behind him. The guardian Ansem used. He didn't want to underestimate a keyblade wielder. If he overestimated her, it would be alright. But the reverse would cost him. And so he used an immense power to ensure his victory. The attendants of the party were frantic, trying to flee for their lives. R turned to Kairi, slowly and dramatically. "Come, try and save them."

 

Guess that makes one. Xero thought as Alice appeared right before them. "So where are we suppose to find the ultimate keyblade?"

After hearing not only one voice, but two. Shane started to feel alittle better about who was here with him. "I'll let the decided who's good and who's not." He said to himself as he listen in on the conversation.

 

Riku thought for a moment at the girl's words. "I'm afraid I can't prove it," he said. "I may look like an agent of darkness, but I promise you, I overcame it long ago. Now, I'm looking for my friends and fighting the Darkness, and if you trust me, I sure could use some help along the way." He put his keyblade away, hoping she woud see that as a sign of trust.

Kairi's eyes grew wide at the sight of the guardian heartless. She had never seen it, but Sora had, and she had felt it through him. She was sure this was the same one. But that meant... "You really are of the old Organization, aren't you?" She asked, trying to buy a little time. "We missed one, didn't we? I thought for sure we erased all thirteen members."

Kira pondered this for a moment. "I think, a heart of ultimate and complete darkness would be able to summon one. My keyblade, while mostly dark, is not as dark as it would be if I summoned a Keyblade while completely consumed by Darkness. I think, if I summoned a Keyblade while not in control, I might have a chance of summoning an ultimate Blade, which we then could perfect with the seven hearts."

Sora couldn't stand it anymore. He left the castle and went in hunt of some heartless or something. The waiting was killing him, he hated having to sit still knowing that Kairi was in danger somewhere. Maybe... Maybe he could try and contact Riku. It woud be harder, their hearts weren't as entertwined as his and Kairi's were, but he had to try. Riku, Kairi's in danger... Beast's Castle. He didn't want to send too long of a message, the connection was straining him, he couldn't complicate it. Now if it could only reach Riku.

Donald and Goofy had just about had enough with Deep Jungle. As it turned out, the gorrila's were in a sort of tribal war after the death of their Leader, Tarzan. The lady Jane was trying to keep the peace, but their was no way the gorrila's were going to avoid a war. After making sure that Sora wasn't there, they got right back in their gummi ship and moved on to the next world, Agrabah.

 

R laughed at her accusation of being a member of the organization. I'm no member of that group. In fact i helped take out a few myself. No...If you want to know my identity, beat me. I'll tell you then. He said as the guardian swung it's arms, sending discs of energy at her similar to what he had done to Beucefilous only larger and more rapid. He was going all out.