The Final War, Light Vs Dark

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"As long as he carries out my orders, what he believes is none of my concern." R replied to Gexln. R was slightly interested when Gexln said that he could speak the language of the dark. "Can you now? That's a rare skill" He said, in the language in question. Being a heartless, it was his native tongue, thus he spoke it fluently. "I've only ever met one other person with the ability to communicate in such a fashion. He used a harmonica to do so. Yet he disappeared, never to be seen again." In any case, R continued walking and sat down at the computer, checking the status of all the screens. They seemed to be displaying data regarding various things, one of which was the pod's contents. There were a few locked files but R dismissed them as unimportant. ​

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Beuce backed off from Sapphire when she began to get angry at him. He looked at the other lights and realized they might, and probably did, have the wrong idea about what exactly he had asked her to do. He raised his hands defensively. "It's not what you think, i swear"

So the armor was on the defensive? Interesting enough. He'd managed to deflect his glaive. Xindai threw the glaive once more, sending it flying in a curved motion to the right side. Only this time, he used an underhanded trick. Utilizing his power over the mind, he caused the image to be mirrored in the lingering will's eyes, making it appear as though it were coming from the left. A strong enough mind or someone with a sharp enough wit would be able to see through this illusion, but this was only an empty shell, a shadow of the man he once was. Surely he couldn't fall into that category.

"Heh, tempting as it sounds i'm afraid i'll have to refuse." Emerald said to Lysa as she mounted her own Keyblade glider. "Well then, let's be off! Race ya." She called to everyone, taking off and trusting they'd follow. Emerald increased her speed, causing the wind to course through her hair. But something happened next which no one could have anticipated. Out in the lanes between, there was a stray rock floating along, and it was rather large. Emerald was going too fast to stop in time, and clipped it on the right side of her glider, sending her tumbling off course and downward. Dazed by the impact, she was unable to regain control. She fell, onto the closest world. As she was falling, she had drifted off of her glider and was now alone. She saw a sunset and trees, many of which were bare. Striking right into one, she fell onto one of it's larger branches, lodging it through her left lung and breaking it off. She struck several other branches along the way, badly bruising and injuring her. A second branch portruded from her side in a similar fashion as the one from her lung. Her eyes widened in pain and shock as she gasped for air.

Outside, R heard something strike the roof, as it had come from directly outside of the library, which was close enough by. "What was that?" He questioned. As he left the computer to investigate, he opened a corridor of darkness, leading to behind the mansion. When he exited, he saw a girl with bright green hair, obviously extensively injured. Hurriedly walking over to her, he propped her up into a half sitting up position and looked her over. She was obviously well beyond the touches of healing magic. Likely a good majority of her bones had been broken during her accident. R pondered if there was a way to save her. If one existed, it would be immensely painful, not that it could get much worse from her current circumstances.

Emerald looked up at the man kneeling over her. He had a serious look on his face, she sensed darkness in his heart, yet no ill intent toward her. Her vision began blurring as she nearly lost consciousness. Whether it was due to blood loss or sheer pain, she didn't know. Blood began spilling out her mouth as she uttered to him. "Please..."

R grimly shook his head, implying there was nothing to be done. "I'm afraid this is beyond my abilities. Perhaps anyone's abilities, even. I'm afraid there's only one thing that i can do for you..." R said, standing up and summoning his keyblade. An act such as this should be done properly, not with some phantom weapon forged from the dark. "End your suffering, to keep it from prolonging."
Emerald looked up at the sky. So this was it? This was where she died? It seemed to be so. This man was offering to kill her, not out of anger or hatred, but out of kindness. She closed her eyes and braced herself.

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Recieving the final nod from the dying girl, R stood over her, holding his keyblade in a downward position. "Now, i release you from your pain, may your heart return to whence it came, and find comfort there. May this darkness...grant you peace" R finished, and struck down, piercing her chest, and puncturing a major organ. Death followed in seconds.



Emerald felt the sting of his blade, but it didn't last long. In fact, all of her pain soon slipped away. Life was leaving her body, as it slowly vanished into a golden light, embracing her and wiping away he body, and the blood it spilt. A pink heart, clad in the same golden light floated out, and raised up to the sky. R had shown her mercy, and she thanked him for that.

 

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Gexln followed through the dark corridor. He had understood R's response perfectly, but he didn't like the feeling of talking in the language of the dark. He said nothing as R approached the girl, but was genuinely surprised when R killed her. Had he ever killed someone out of kindness? Had he ever thought it was possible to kill out of kindness? No, yet here was R doing just that. He just stood there, watching, unsure of if he should say anything, or what he would say if he decided to. He said nothing but instead pulled the hood of his coat up. He would wait until R had finished, and then find out where they would go from there.

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Caleb unsheathed the japanese katana. Launching himself at the nearest dusk, he dashed alongside the dusk and slashed horizontally, ending the dusk in an instant. He then heard a swift movement behind him. He turned around in time to see a dusk swinging its arms at him. Reacting fast, he raised the japanese katana to block the attack. He then leapt backwards and into the air. Raising his katana up high, he cried out "back down!" before hurling the blade as fast as he could throw it straight through the dusk, impaling it.

He landed on the ground beneath him, too far to retrieve the katana. He could just create another one if he had to anyway. Looking around himself, he had noticed the dusks reacting more aggressively now, swarming towards him. He sighed in annoyance. People were depending on him, he couldn't afford to waste time! He had an idea. "People are relying on me, i won't let them down!" he exclaimed. He held both his hands out to his sides as a small amount of light enveloped each one. Once the light subsided, in his left hand he held a Viking Sword, and in his right a Spadroon. His eyes narrowed slightly in concentration, his determination to protect the residents of Twilight Town even stronger.

 

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Lysa shook her head and muttered a curse as she took off after Louvel and Emerald, it had taken her several precious moments to seal her cockpit canopy and to prime the engines, so she could barely see Louvel ahead of her. She engaged her fighter's afterburners and started to close the gap with the keyblade wielder on his strange craft.

A gasp of surprise left her mouth as she deftly spun the craft into a corkscrew, avoiding a tumbling boulder and the stream of dust and pebbles that trailed behind it. Lysa might not have been able to repair or craft Gummi Ships, but she could definitely handle them. She came out of the spin, glancing back over her shoulder at the fading astroid behind her, then shook her head once more as she spotted the blur that was Louvel changing its course.

Lysa banked the Fighter around and dove down toward the world, instinctively jinking as she saw a flash of pink light headed her way, that instinctive jink saved Louvel's life, as she flew past him moments later, had she not changed course she would have slammed right through him. It took her a few moments to pull up and reverse her course, climbing up toward Louvel's level and then starting to circle him slowly, cutting back on her engine's thrust. The Gummi Fighter eventually came to a hover only a few meters away from Louvel.

 

Rexitus felt the slight sting of the blade. But it soon faded. Rexitus suddenly worm-holed, and he was upside down as picked Fuu off allowing to let the grinding blade to smash her face. But his combo wasn't done. As his blade hit Fuu's face, he put his left hand to his Keyblade, and created a duplicate, whacking Rai on his right shin. Lexeain, meanwhile, worm-holed straight at Seifer.
"Ars Arcanum!" Lexeain shouted, her eyes flashing green, as she let out a large flurry of attacks.

 

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Down went another Dusk. Caleb was wielding his blades with expertise; as the strike from his Viking Sword ended, the swing from his other hand which held the Spadroon was already beginning, cutting through the Dusks quite quickly. The Dusks were surprisingly beginning to show hesitation now in their attacks, trying to avoid falling like the ones before them, but that wouldn't stop Caleb. He was down to two Dusks now. He launched the Viking Sword at one, and the Spadroon at the other, ending them instantaneously.

Caleb let out a sigh, though the Dusks were quite weak alone so many of them had taken a toll on his energy. Ten Berserkers materialized behind him and quickly moved into position to surround him. How many of them are there? He wondered. Caleb took a deep breath and re-summoned his Japanese katana in his right hand, and then summoned yet another one in his left hand. "As long as i draw breath, i won't let you hurt the people here!" he yelled out, running at them with both blades held out ready to attack.

 

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Atop a nearby rooftop stood a tall Asian man in a kimono. He had long black hair, about down to the middle of his back and was rather pale. This was the legendary assassin Satsujin, but not many would know that by looking at him. Most considered seeing his face as a curse, as that meant the end was near for his target. His blue eyes peered down over the edge of the building as a man was destroying nobody after nobody. He appeared to be wearing down. It was then that ten more, higher ranked nobodies appeared. Disgusted in the cowardice of grouping together against a worn down opponent, Satsujin decided to step in. Taking a step forward as though he intended to dash, the assassin vanished into the air, and appeared behind a berserker. One strike from his razor sharp blade and the nobody was felled.

Reaching into a pocket in the inner breast of his kimono, he pulled out three kunai. Throwing knives. With a swift swipe of his arm, all three were planted in the forehead of a berserker directly across from him. In the blink of an eye, one was dead and another was injured, if not sharing the same fate as it's predecessor. He looked around at the other eight foes. They seemed powerful, and a hit from them would likely be extensively painful, but the way of an assassin was to strike swift and true, not giving them a chance to counterattack. He readied his blade and reflexes to react to any attacks that might be sent his way, and momentarily glanced at the other person combating them.

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R glanced up at the sky. In the distance he could see someone on a keyblade glider and a gummi ship. Likely the recently departed girl's companions. The thought of giving chase crossed his mind, but he decided against it. One death was enough for today. He turned around, silent as he walked back to the computer. He still had a task. He needed to oversee the reconstruction of the cornerstones, and that was exactly what he intended to do. ​

At the keyblade graveyard, Xindai's battle with the lingering will continued on. He grinned from beneath his mask as his tactic worked, and struck his foe. It seemed they were beginning to take offensive. Xindai sought to change that, keep them on the defensive. Using his telekinesis to levitate himself, he flew head on at the armor. He extended his hand and a burst of force shot from it. He repeated this action as many times as his opponent would allow, attempting to pin them to the wall with the technique.

 

A figure was walking along the road. He wore a cloak like a Nobody normally would, but this one was pure white, as if he was different from the rest. And that said a lot.
He was walking along, where Caleb was fighting. Every Nobody and Heartless looked at the figure all at once, as if sensing something dangerous, and some of them emitted cries of fear, each monster stopping it's attack. For a moment, nothing moved, not even the figure in white. Even the air seemed to stop with tension.
The figure soon threw off the hood, revealing a man with short, smooth black hair, and unsettling red animal eyes. The eyes looked boredly at every monster and individual, including Caleb, as if skimming the individual/monster's life in a single glance. He put a hand to the air. The tension in the air soon turned to black electricity as a dual-bladed scythe appeared in his hand. The figure spun it in his fingers as he swung the blade behind him in a fighting stance, with two left fingers up toward his nose, like a ninja ready to preform a jutsu.
"Boo." Came the figure's voice. It sounded dusty and deep, as if it was cracked with age, yet tempered with a pinch of youth, as if the figure was wise beyond his years.
There was a dull uproar. Nobodies and Heartless alike took off to another location or disappeared altogether, letting out incomprehensible cries and screams, as if this figure was too dangerous to fight, let alone look upon.
The figure made the scythe de-materialize, then stood at ease. He looked at Caleb, and asked, "Have you seen a named R by any chance? He and I have unfinished business, and I'd like to settle it before the world falls to black."

Rexitus jumped back from Rai and Fuu, while Lexain stopped her attack midway. The duo stood back-to-back. "Double Dutch?" Rexitus asked his companion.
"You know my answer." Came the reply.
Rexitus jumped up in the air, while Lexeain did a ground pound, smashing the Keyblade in the hard earth, uprooting 2 trees. The ground pound threw anyone within radius in the air. While jumping and avoiding the shockwave, Rexitus shouted "Del Wardo! (Stopra)" Freezing time for everyone. He worm-holed in and out of his enemies, Letting out a flurry of slashing at each and every one. When time resumed, the sound blades were heard for those affected by the attack. Rexitus fell to the ground, kneeling and recovering. Lexeain, meanwhile, shouted "Tonitrui! (Thunder)" Letting a hailstorm of lightning flash at the group. Lexeain then held up a fist and bumped it with Rexitus, who was still recovering from the Session they had preformed.

 

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Kaxar was still in shock as she arrived at the tower. That was the first time in a long time she had seen someone die, and it was not something she wanted to experience again. She hadn't known Emerald, but the thought of someone dying when they hadn't done anything wrong upset her. She slowly walked inside the tower, and when she got to where the others were she heard the king ask who they were. She swallowed the feeling of sadness, trying her best to overcome it.

"My name is Kaxar, and i'm trying to free a friend from the darkness that he cast upon himself" she said simply, her voice giving off a vibe of sadness.

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Verox was still waiting. He wasn't quite sure yet what to think of the king, and he wasn't entirely sure of the others either, but the way Kaxar spoke of her friend intrigued him. From what he knew, he'd only ever heard of one person willingly letting darkness consume them. He didn't know that many people, but was it possible the friend was the same Nobody that Verox had allowed to live? He shrugged off the thought, continuing to wait.

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Gexln followed R. He still wasn't entirely certain about R. Part of him got the impression that R was just someone trying to obtain peace through whatever means necessary, yet at the same time he seemed to possess a unique way of doing things. Even in the fight between the two of them, R had seemed oddly calm, and even ending the girl's life he had again visually appeared very calm.

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Caleb turned Satsujin right as he finished off a couple of the berserkers. "I have no idea who you are, but thank you for the assistance" he said, turning his attention back to the remaining berserkers. His shock only increased as the figure scared off the Nobodies. While it was a good thing the Nobodies had left, he didn't like the fact that they seemed to fear the figure. Caleb himself had taken out many of the dusks quickly with relative ease, and yet they had barely reacted, what had this figure done? He didn't let his guard down, keeping his blades raised. For all he knew, this could be the reason the Nobodies were there in the first place. "I've never heard of that name, perhaps you would be better to ask him" he stated, gesturing towards Satsujin.

 

The figure only shrugged casually at Caleb's response. "Ah well," The figure said idly, "I can always try the mansion. You may never know if you might find a friendly Heartless waiting for you there." The figure said it like it was a normal thing, but all of this was abnormal.
"Fancy footwork, to the two of you. All I have to say are two things. One of them is that the man who defied time has returned again to bring back the blade which shattered from the fury of this kind of war." The figure held up both of his hands, "The blade shattering into 7 pieces of light, and 13 of darkness. Bringing the pieces together could bring disaster to those around you." He put both of his hands behind his back as he turned away.
"The last piece of wisdom would be that two people have defied their sanction, and will soon need to seek retribution, and someone who can welcome them to the realm of Light. I ask from you that you welcome them with open arms." The figure walked away, towards the forest, not uttering another word.

 

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Walking back into the mansion silently, R could feel Gexln staring at him. Likely pondering his thoughts or motives. He himself began wondering the same about Gexln. R was the first to speak. "Assume you do obtain the power you seek. What would you do with it? Power is but a means, not an end." The heartless asked. ​

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Beuce looked over at the people coming into the tower. They all looked rather sad. "Jeez. Who died?" It was then Azurite told his story. "Oh. that's who." He was silent for a moment. Wait, Beuce, silent? That's not right. He began talking to fix it. He causualy made his way over to the blonde who had come in with them. He had a thing for blondes....And brunettes....and red heads...and- well women in general really. Beuce wasn't picky. Nor was his memory all that great apparently. "So, did it hurt when you fell from heaven? Oh wait, you didn't. I must be there to be with you. Plus it's in your banner so..." The white haired man shrugged.

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Satsujin glared at the man who had scared away the nobodies. Not because he had interfered with the fight. No, he'd done that himself. He glared because of the mention of the name R. As he began walking away, the assassin spoke up. "Halt" He called, pointing his katana at his back. "What do you want with R? If you know who he is, you likely know what he can do. Well i'm telling you now, stay away from him. He's my target. Get in my way, and you'll share his fate." He threatened. The man had been threatening to scare away the nobodies, but then Satsujin had been using nothing more than his regular techniques. Not even utilizing the power of Narukami. This man was powerful, but powerful wasn't exactly a foreign concept to Satsujin. His profession was destroying those too powerful for his clients to do themselves.

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Xindai continued his barrage of force pushes, pinning him up against the wall. Once he had this accomplished, he did half a backflip and kicked off his opponent's chest, flying backward quite a bit. Upside down, he tossed his glaive at his opponent, and created the illusion that dozens were flying at him. He could only block some of them, but which one he blocked were a matter of luck.

 

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Gexln stood silently for a moment. He hadn't been asked that question before, nor had he given it much thought. After a brief moment, he answered. "Well, when i become the strongest, there will be someone else trying to surpass me, so i'll have to keep becoming stronger and stronger, and never lose. That is my penultimate goal, and that is what i will achieve" he declared.

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Kaxar blushed a little bit and stepped back away from Beuce, unsure how to react. "I-i'm sorry, i haven't fallen from anywhere, you've got the wrong person" she exclaimed. She kept walking back until she bumped into Verox. "Oh, sorry!" she apologized immediately.

Verox smirked for a second at Beuce's comments to Kaxar, and even moreso at her reaction to them. He was going to have a little fun to liven the place up. "Not a problem at all Kaxar, to be touched by a goddess such as yourself is truly a privilege" he said in a friendly manner.

Kaxar wasn't sure how to react to Verox's comments. She felt as though she was being made fun of, so she backed away from the both of them, being very careful not to bump into people. Her cheeks felt as though they were on fire, herself not being used to attention from anybody.

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Caleb walked over to the two and using one of his katanas he gently pushed Satsujin's katana down. "There are strange creatures roaming around the town, frightening the townspeople and killing innocents, and here we stand bickering like children. You two can resolve this later, for now we need to get rid of the rest of the things in the town!" Caleb announced. He then turned to look at the man that had scared the Nobodies. "And you, don't even think of running off after R just yet. I'm not sure what your involvement with all this is just yet, but you're going to help us resolve this issue first, is that understood?" he questioned in a semi-threatening tone. He didnt like to play the role of hard-ass leader, but so long as the town was in danger he didn't care what people thought of him too much.

 

Torvux let out a laugh. The laugh sounded demonic, as if the individual was possessed, yet this was all but a simple Nobody.....a Nobody who laughs like a lunatic and is a technical scare to the lower and upper life forms.
"If by helping, you mean fighting alongside you, no thanks. I'm strictly neutral in this." Torvux replied coolly, "The Nobodies are a nuisance I can typically handle, but I hate getting my hands dirty when it comes to spilling the blood of both the lights and the darks. Think of me as a simple harvester trying to get some of his wheat back." Torvux smiled kindly at the two warriors in front of him, but his look turned sinister a second later, as he said, "And I go about as I please, nor do I take orders from others. If R's your problem, then you get to him before I can reap his damned soul. Do not even try to fight me."
"And unless you really want to know who R is, all I have to say is that the Keyblade is not his to bear."

 

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Caleb was getting more frustrated by the second. He pointed at his eyes. "You see these dark circles here? A lot of people think i'm some kind of gothic kid wearing eye makeup, you know what it is? It's the effect of not having any sleep for weeks, because i'm always having to protect the town from one thing or another. You are NOT leaving until i know for certain that you're not involved in this in any way. People are depending on me to protect them, and if i just let people go walking away purely because they want to leave before i know whether or not they're a threat, i'll be letting them down" he said. He raised both of his katana. Despite the other nobodies and heartless, he was becoming more and more convinced that this guy in front of him was up to no good. "And i never let people down!" he yelled, ready for a fight.

 

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Satsujin looked at Caleb as he explained the dark circles. His heroism was admirable. And the fact he wanted to further investigate him helped his goal was appreciated. "You would be wise to listen to him. You may believe yourself powerful, but my life revolves around ending the lives of the powerful" Satsujin threatened with a sharp glare. He was disliking this figure more and more by the minute. He wanted to "reap R's soul" whatever he meant by that, Satsujin didn't like it. R was his kill, and he wasn't going to let anyone else have him. An assassin's job was to kill the target. As long as that one goal was accomplished, whatever else they did was irrelevant. He raised his Katana Narukami into a fighting stance, a crack of lighting traveling down it.

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"Penultimate?" R questioned. "Implying there's another goal?" In all honesty, he was genuinely curious about what it might be. He was looking over the computer screens, concentrating as he talked with Gexln. The low blue light reflected off of his pale face. A screen indicating the pod's contents suddenly asked for the contents to be reconfigured into the stone. A smaller screen to his side seemed to be where he inputed it. Placing his hand against it, he felt the power of the cornerstones leave his body, uploaded into the computer as data. A mass of files appeared on the screens, ready to be arranged as necessary. ​

 

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Lysa powered down her Gummi Ship's systems as she landed a ways in front of the castle, she stared up at the castle's gates, feeling small and insignificant. What was she even doing here? All these people were so much stronger than her, they all had abilities that she couldn't fathom, and they all seemed to know eachother, to know one another in ways that she hadn't known anyone, at least, not for a very long time. All Lysa could bare to do was to sit in her ship's cockpit and stare at the castle.​

 

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Gexln shrugged his shoulders. "There always has to be a goal, or what's the point of doing anything? Nothing to strive for will make a person weak. I guess my ultimate goal is to get my revenge on those that have bested me. Especially Verox. That one was the worst of all.." Gexln said, his voice trailing off and his fist clenching out of anger.​

 

"Yeah. I meant that." Ruby have a small smile. Kaya seemed to understand her. Maybe she wasn't as bad as Ruby thought. "You know Kaya, you aren't half bad." She said. She never complimented anyone, so if she was saying it, she meant it.

Meanwhile, at the tower, Annabelle awoke and shook her head. "Man... What happened?"

Garnet looked at her sister. "Annabelle! Thank goodness you're okay!" She said, running up and hugging her. "You aren't all evil are you!?"

Annabelle giggled. "Nah. Just less scared than before. Oh! And look!" She swung her arm and her Keyblade appeared. "I have one of these too!"

Garnet's face went white. She had a Keyblade. A real Keyblade.

Unable to contain all this craziness, Garnet fell backward.

Luna caught her. "Ehehe... She must be exhausted."