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

"You mean...you mean to strike Valerie down?" Gexln questioned, not trusting the Neoshadow.

 

With another internal scream of pain, it hummed a yes. It was almost converted, and it was harder to understand the almost garbled English and Darkness languages. It wanted to go and fight against this ever burning, reverting light, but alas, it was to cold for her to do so. "The light! Oh Master, it is cruel!"

 

OOC:*facedesk*
BIC:
Riku growled in annoyance that he couldn't understand what they were saying. "Valerie, let the heartless go for a second..."he took Oblivion. Valerie only squeazed tighter at the sight of the keyblade. "I'm just gonna cast Bind so it won't try to kill us. Okay?"Riku asked. Valerie gave a small pout, but nodded. She let go of the Neoshadow, hoping she was making the right choice.

"Bind...."The binds surrounded the Neoshadow, Riku keeping focus so no fire could burn through the binds. Valerie took the freedom of her arms to check Rikus bag for something that would help. "Of course!"She took out the communicator to the gummi ship. "How did you- Nevermind."Riku shook his head.

"Sora might know what to do too! I mean being a keyblader and all!"Valerie smiled. "I doubt it, Valerie..."Riku said. "It doesn't hurt to try though, right?"Valerie asked, giving a cute pout. Riku looked at the youngers face and sighed in defeat. "Fine. You can contact the gummi. Saves us the trip."he said.

Valerie squealed at her victory. "Valerie to the gummi ship. Sora, Jeffy, are you two still alive over there?"

 

The Neoshadow still struggled, trying to wriggle it's way free. It did ease up a bit, as the light was farther from it's core. It had started to form into a more humane mass, but at the moment, it was still a dark being. "Master, please! Help me, release me from my own dinner! Why must I be held from my first prey?" it clicked and hissed, glaring at Riku most. "Hafling. Halfling! One stained of the dark, but chooses the light, how do you live with your heart intact when we only wish to feed upon it?!"

 

Gexln closed his eyes for a moment, thinking. What do i do? he questioned inside of his mind. I too was controlled by the darkness inside of me, i too was exposed to the light at some stage. It's painful, VERY painful, but it clears your mind and lets you be in control, not the darkness Gexln responded calmly.

 

"Master, you cannot be serious! You want me to be subjected to the light?!" A tiny whine escaped the NeoShadow with a great deal of nervousness that it would only perform under drastic times. It hissed in some pain, still trying to ease it.

 

"Whats happening...?"Valerie asked. Riku was trying to understand the creature, making out a few words but not getting a full understanding. Oh, this is rediculous... I'll let you have some of my power if you want to understand them...The darkness inside him was quite tame at the moment, not seeing a reason to try and break free as of yet.

 

"I don't know..the heartless is making some kind of strange noise that i can't understand.." Gexln lied.

 

"Why can't I hear it then?"Valerie asked. "Its a heartless. Only people who have been in darkness can know the language of it..."Riku said. "So you can hear it too?!"Valerie asked. "yes and no..I can hear it but I can't make a word out of anything..."Riku said in defeat. Just let me able to understand it. But don't try anything funny....

 

The Neoshadow growled, clicking it's tongue in thought. "Halfling! Do you wish to join the enemy? The light that burns us will murder you too! It is only a matter of time, Halfling." It clicked further. Trying to understand why it was held hostage. It just wanted to feed, was that hard?

 

"The light isn't as bad as you think it is. When you used to be our friend, she used to know that. But now... I think Valerie's wasting her time thinking you'll give us our friend back just like that."Riku growled. Valerie sighed, no longer knowing what was going on. So she decided to go back to the communicator. "Sora, Jeffrey! where are you guys?!"
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Sora was passed out in the captains chair when he head the message. "Val...?"He rubbed his eyes, yawning. "Sora! We have a problem. How soon can you get the gummi at...uh... aya... Ayu.... Ayers Rock?"Valerie asked. "We'll be there soon..."Sora hadn't registered the question, half asleep. "Thank you!" With that Sora put the gummi on auto pilot, to tired to fly it himself.

Sora jolted awake when he realized what just happened. "oh no... Ohnononononono-"Sora started to panic, rushing into the rest area to hide.

 

"What friend? The one at my core? It is what I use to live. I do not care if the heart is used up within my dark ways. I will relish in the power it gives me, so that I may feast thoroughly upon more hearts." The Heartless gained some emotion to show, only sneering with slight victory. "Halfling, I consume hearts, so trying to convince me to do otherwise would fall under Master's job."

 

Riku snarled at the heartless, wanting to slay it where it stood. But he knew Valerie would never forgive him if he slayed one of her closest friends. "You should be thankful that Valerie does still have hope you'll give Eden back. If she didn't you'd be killed right here and now...."

 

"Riku, do you truly believe Eden can be brought back through this heartless?" Gexln asked in the tongue of the dark.

 

"I'm starting to have my doubts with this attitude we're getting. But Valerie would hate us forever if we just killed it..."Riku replied, not sure what to do.

 

Kairi stood there, confused at the entire scene. Like Valerie, she couldn't hear the Heartless speaking.
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"What's up, Sora?" Jeffrey asked confusedly, seeing the Keyblade Wielder run into the rest area.

 

"She'd hate us, sure, but it MAY result eventually in Eden being returned to her body" Gexln stated.

 

"Ugh...hopefully the gummi will be here soon. Sora might be able to solve this mess...."Valerie huffed. I highly doubt that... Riku sighed in defeat.
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"The gummi ships going to them now... They've been gone for two months! I can't let them see me like this! I'm huge!"Sora yelled from the rest area, the door remaining shut.

 

"Well, it's not like you can help it, right?" Jeffrey replied. He scratched his head lightly. He's getting pretty close to the end, isn't he...?

 

"I know, but I'm not used to being like this! How the Ifrit do women go through this?! Most of the time I'm hungry or tired or have to go to the bathroom. I look like I swallowed a watermelon whole. My body's starting to ache all the time, my chest has been feeling the worst...."Sora groaned, covering his face with a pillow. "Whats Riku going to think when he sees me like this?!" ah, the horrors of mood swings...