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

Eden backed up a tad, surprised to see Gexln. "Gex...?" she wanted to say aloud, though coming out no more then a whisper. But again, her pride showed up, going forth to close in on Gregory as she put a heavy foot on his back. "Listen you here. Keyblades choose their masters. You, my ill minded foe, are never going to have this peace bringer. You will never have the heart to wield it." Her foot sparked fire, from her anger as magic wasn't up to par with control, burning him. "I want you to go if you want to be alive. You are clearly outmatched. There is no mercy if you continue."

 

Gregory froze, realising he was outmatched. For the first time in his life, he felt genuinely worried. He leapt forward and grabbed Gexln around the shoulders. He then vaulted over Gexln and kicked him so that he fell straight into Eden. Then, using his wings, he propelled himself forward and escaped as fast as he could, slowly vanishing into the distance.

 

Sora watched Gregory go off, a bit suprised. "That was SO COOL!"Valerie had a wide grin on her face. Sora gave her a small 'are you kidding?' look. "Well it was. Bad guy or not."Valerie said, pouting.

 

"Tch. He's talented, i'll give him that much" Gexln said gruffly.

 

Eden groaned due to Gexln's weight being on top of her, kicking him off. "Ugh..." she mumbled, her Keyblade vanishing as it's deed was done. "What're you doing back here? Last I remember seeing you was in Australia."

 

Gexln got up, sore but alive. "Huge darkness spike here. Thought it could be interesting finding out what caused it and taking it out" he said simply. "What are the rest of YOU doing here?" he questioned, somewhat suspiciously.

 

"The darkness spike was one reason we were here. The main reason is that there was a Keyhole here that needed to be sealed. The job was done, so now we're going to Australia. Before we leave, I want Earth safe and healed." Eden's words were final and strict, if not intimidating. Yes, she was full of her old memories, but new ones were hardening her, but she wasn't all cruel.

 

"Australia? That place was lost though when the darkness got it, how the heck do you plan on saving it if there's THAT much darkness?" Gexln asked.

 

"Four Keyblades, and a very pissed off one that wants to protect her home world. I don't care who or what is there. I will free my home." Eden, her eyes almost glowing with fury, stepped forward. She would make sure everything on her home was freed from the heartless, and never tainted by them again.

 

"Well hey i'm all for saving Australia and killing some heartless along the way, but if your plan is to just run in swinging your keyblades around all it's going to do is get all of you turned into heartless too, and i'd sure hate to have to destroy you all" Gexln said playfully.

 

"WAAAAIT!"Valerie yelled. She counted them up- Kairi, Sora, and recently Eden. "how can there be four if Riku doesn't have his body back?"she asked. Sora opened his mouth to explain. "She has a point..."he frowned.

 

"Wait wait. Riku doesn't have his body back? What happened?" Gexln asked, now realizing Riku WASN'T there.

 

"... Four Keyblades. Maybe Riku can help me dual-wield." Eden sighed, frustrated with her miscalculations. "But he, Valerie, and Jeffery were turned into heartless. I slayed Riku's feral form and kept his heart safe here." She pointed to her heart, concentrating on the steady double beating carefully.

 

"Meaning! We need to find another way to get Rikus body back since his heartless is bye-bye."Valerie said. Sora had his hands over his stomach, frowning a bit at the though of not seeing Riku again.

 

Eden was unsure what else to say, biting her lip. "Let's go... back to the Gummi." she quietly muttered. She scratched the back of her neck, worried. "Agh, Shadow, I'm not good at being leader, am I?"

 

"Mind if i tag along?" Gexln questioned. He felt too lazy to create a dark corridor.

 

"Your not terrible. Its just not many people listen to you if you're younger than them..."Riku explained. "Sure. More people would probably be good."Valerie said. Sora was a light shade of red, giving a small nod. "I-I hope you don't mind my..um...condition...."he said nervously.

 

"I'm younger, yes, one of the youngest... I'm not stronger, I'm not cunning, I'm intelligent and artistic... But I don't know if those are qualities of a Wielder." Eden looked up, contemplating more. "With all these meager qualities, why on Earth would Mickey's Keyblade choose me?"

 

"I don't know. Keyblades work in strange ways..."Riku said. Sora already started to walk off, feeling embarassed enough. "Soraaaa! Wait for us!"Valerie quickly followed after Sora.

 

Eden sighed, looking at the King's keychain. She gave it a long good stare, pocketing it once more. "For the King." she mumbled, walking by Sora's side. She felt the need to take Riku's place while he couldn't physically be by Sora. "So... Sora... Do you think I'm worthy for a Keyblade? I mean, I'm not all that brave or anything, sure I was put into Gryffindor but erm..." she paused, acknowledging the fact that Sora has never known what a Gryffindor was.