Kingdom Hearts: SfE Part 2 - The Final Keyhole and the Mark of Mastery

Eden nodded with some hesitance, sizing up Roxas. "At the same time, since we will be having Roxas and Kurix with us, they must get some proper weaponry."
She turned to where she had thought the great Yen Sid and his fairies were, but they had all run off to prepare the others for their journey ahead. There was a great amount of clanging below them, along with a rising heat. "Is there a forge here?" She muttered, then quickly remembered something Vital. "Sora, Riku, how are we to seal the worlds without you? I don't have a keyblade aand I don't think Gexln's blade would work." To demonstrate the fact further, she held out her arm to try concentrating and hoping that the Key of Mickey's would come, but mo faint glow even arose.

 

Gexln remembered the heart in his pocket. "Can't right now, anyway" he said, his voice slightly trailing off.

 

"Kairi still has a keyblade....You're traveling with her too, right?"Valerie asked. Riku nodded. "Oh wait, we're leaving Kairi with them?"Sora asked. "Well we have to let them be able to seal worlds too, Sora..."Riku said. Kurix looked to the two girls, alittle nervous.

 

Eden stared at Kairi, a slightly high-and-mighty air about her. "Of course. The Princess of Heart." she muttered, not with any sort of emotion to belittle her in any way. "Fine then. Everyone coming with us will require weaponry."

 

"Well, we still have our bag of weapons in our gummi. Right Ri?"Sora looked over to Riku. "Yeah, they can take their pick before we head off."Riku said. Roxas gave a small sigh. "Might as well until I can find out why I can't use the keyblade."he said. Kurix looked alittle excited now. "So thats it? preperation talk over?"Valerie asked. "Yes..."Sora couldn't help but chuckle at the impatient girl. "Alright then! Lets go!"Valerie said excitedly. "Al-"Kurix was about to say something, but covered his mouth. Roxas gave Kurix a confused look, but started downstairs to get his gear.

 

"Did he just almost say what I think he was going to say?" Jeffrey whispered to Valerie.
Namine walked down the stairs after Roxas and Kurix. What weapon would I use...? she thought to herself. Can I use magic? If I can, maybe a staff...

 

"I think he was..."Valerie whispered that. "and what would that be...?"Riku couldn't help but overhear the two. "Allons-y!"Valerie said, giggiling afterwords. "It did kinda sound like he was about to say that..."Sora said. "Huh...anyway, we should go."Riku said. "You love birds try not to stay behind nooow."Sora teased, making his way down with Kisa. "Like you should talk! and its not like that!"Valerie snapped. Riku rolled his eyes before following Sora. "Yeesh, one kiss and they think they have the right to mess with us like that..."Valerie didn't see the irony in her statement since she teased Sora and Riku like that alot as well.
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Back with Roxas and Kurix they had made it to the gummi ship where the weapons were stored. Chester was passed out, now an offiical gray color. "Well, what do we have here..."Roxas pulled a pair of twin katanas from the pile of weapons, giving one a swing. "These will do nicely..."He smirked. Kurix had a nervous expression seeing Roxas with the katanas, looking into the weapons. He pulled out a pair of daggers, most likely not attributed like Valeries daggers but still nice. He also noticed a bow, picking it up. "You're taking that too?"Roxas had a doubtful look on his face. "what? Its kinda cool..."Kurix said, slinging bundle of arrows around him along with the bow. "whatever."Roxas put away the katanas, officially prepared.

 

"Well, we can just get back at them, somehow," Jeffrey replied. He could feel his face getting a bit hot.
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Namine grabbed a staff out of the bag. She held it with both hands. "If I can use magic, it could come in handy for casting spells." She let go with one hand and pushed it out. "And I can, I could still use it well enough." She smiled, though she was nervous. She had never had to go into combat before.

 

"I have an idea. It'll include hot sauce, some lemon juice, a bucket or two of paint, and some peanut butter...the peanut butter is for when we get hungry."Valerie said. "We can still hear you!"Riku called. "horseapples..."Valerie went ahead down.
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"Don't worry. If anything, you could be our healer of the group. Cures, Es...esunas, protects, reflects-" "she gets it Kurix. I didn't know you knew about magic already."Roxas was somewhat impressed. "You learn fast experiencing it personally."Kurix said.

 

Eden pondered over the piled weapons, eyes glazing them all with an uninterested look. She primarily sorted out blades, both single and double-edged. "None of them fit..." she muttered, but took two daggers and their sheaths, locking them onto her thighs. She picked up a Spear, crossbow... Long-ranged weapons of her liking. "There. It will do. For now." she muttered. She stared at Jeffery, her hand firmly gripping her staff. "What worlds do you think you will be finding first? Will you go to the Furthest Ring and try to cross universes to a new Session?"

 

"We have no idea WHAT you're talking about, lady."Valerie said simply. Riku rolled his eyes. "I think she's asking if we're going to revisit old worlds or see new ones."Sora tried to explain. "ooooh...maybe a mix of both."Valerie said. "This is going to be great..."Kurix said. "Probably. but remember that we're on a mission."Roxas said. "duuuh."Valerie and Kurix said at once. Riku gave a small sigh, glad to know he would only have to deal with one puppy.

 

"I was asking Jeffery because I know he would understand my vernacular." The Pyro growled. She watched Jeffery still, eyebrows furrowed and face creased a bit. "I suggest Light and Wind first. I shall try to find Snow and Clockwork. Be careful when sleeping out there." And with a slightly dramatic turn, she went to the stairs heading up, exiting Yen Sid's Tower.

 

Gexln was eyeing the weapons. His hand moved across the hilt of another blade, but he resisted the urge to take it. Darkness' Sorrow is more than enough for me he thought. He looked away from the weapon pile and followed Eden.

 

Valerie was speechless for once, not understanding a word. Riku and Sora shrugged it off, Sora going into the gummi ship their group was going to use to get Kisa settled. Kurix and Roxas headed to Eden and Gexlns gummi ship, Roxas still swinging one of the katanas for practice.

 

The Pyro watched Roxas as he kept practicing, eyes barely hosting an expression that would deem impressed. If anything, she looked a bit underwhelmed. "Roxas, I think you should keep a watch of yourself. We're are going to the edge of this universe to test a theory. You might die. But then again, we all might have to." she smirked darkly, entering her ship with Equius trailing after.

 

"around the world and home again."Roxas said with a small shrug. "So um...wh-what theory are we doing?"Kurix was alittle scared. Sora and Riku were in their gummi, looking at the now gray Chester. "Oh, poor baby..."Valerie had the creature in her arms. "One-that is not a 'baby'. Two- what is wrong with it?"Riku didn't seem amused.

 

The Descendant of Earth glanced at Kurix, eyebrow raised with a slightly dark and spacey sort of smirk about her features, most notable in her eyes. "Why, we are going into a game. Or will try. Because if we get into the game, maybe we could cheat the game to have it help us beat Xehanort." She idly petted Equius, mind buzzing with the possibilities. "Jeffery and I will have to keep some contact though. Everybody in? Don't want to leave anyone behind."

 

Jeffrey pieced together what Eden was saying. "And what if the game doesn't exist in our universe?" he asked. "How would we be able to get to the Furthest Ring if it doesn't?"

 

"Then we go forth and explore, that is what the Gummi is for, is it not? We will not ascend, but we will strengthen ourselves!" The Pryo announced, holding a fist to the air. She pressed a few buttons, getting ready to take off to a world. She had a few ideas in mind, maybe going back home to pick up something. "Everyone, get in the Gummi, we're going."

 

"Wait, no traveling between worlds?"Valerie asked. "um...apparently not."Sora said nervously. "No."Valerie left Sora and Rikus gummi ship. "Now what..."Riku groaned. "The most fun about adventuring is the thrill of seeing new worlds, meeting new people, fightning new enemies! if we're not traveling between worlds anymore, then I'm staying here."Valerie plopped onto the grass of the area, refusing to move. "Valerie..."Sora gave a nervous chuckle. "you're not changing my mind. I want to keep adventuring the way we are now."Valerie said. "But we're getting NOWHERE with it!"Riku snapped. Valerie just stuck out her tongue.