Kingdom Hearts: Kingdom Hearts: Light Chaser

((Rushed phone post))

Within moments, Glyde was zipping through space, passenger aboard the lifeboat sailed by Jim. It was a smooth ride; smoother, he assumed, than Take's would have been. Still, he was compelled to find and grab hold of whatever handle-like pieces of boat that head could. It took a bit of doing, but eventually he was able to find enough balance to maintain a three-point contact. In theory, he could get away with only using one hand for this battle; that was all it took to wield his Keyblade.

As the lifeboats made their pass, rounding the side of the ship, Glyde aimed his Keyblade into the horde of Shadows. It was harder to be precise with moving targets while he too was moving at someone else's will. Rather than waste a single shot on a likely miss, he decided to use his elemental magic. "Fire," he spoke, as though giving it as a command. Bursts of flame erupted out around before him and into the swarm.

HP: 30
AP: 16
MP: 11

((Not sure how to calculate damage to the enemy in this)).

 

(Another post from my phone!!! I’ll go back and edit in my full post!!!!!)

As the lifeboat made its way to the swarm, Illiana grabbed onto the edge of the boat as if to keep her from flying off the boat. She grabbed her umbrella and held it out to her side. “Aperta!” The umbrella washed away its appearance as her keyblade shined forth. She slowly stood up and then began to aim at the swarm. “Ready.......Aim.......” A few moments had passed as fire began to gather at the tip of her blade. “Fire!!!” A ball of dire spewed forth from her blade and made its way to the swarm of Heartless still moving about. “This is just not my night....” Illiana sighed for a moment before looking over once more at the Heartless.

HP: 25/25
AP: 22/22
MP: 11/20

 

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Take was annoyed by the lack of actual help he was going with the magic. He didn't think that a spell that did so well earlier would do so little, but then he remembered this was a swarm. Logically it wouldn't get hurt as much by something that hits only one thing. The boy figured maybe it would be best for them to pull in closer to get a good hit at the swarm with keyblades rather than magic, maybe they'd cleave off things faster that way. But as he was about to pull there, he noticed the magic orbs falling and recalled a lesson from Master Atmos. He then looked back towards Aria and Chrono who had seemed to be doing alright with the magic, perhaps it would be safer to keep a distance approach. Take started speeding on up to follow the magic orbs and he yelled back at the other two, "I hope I'm not going too fast for you to get another hit in."

HP: 35
AP: 16
MP: 15

 

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Aria yelled out when the swarm suddenly rained down on them like an angry flock of crows. The bracelet's light was practically blinding her as she felt the heartless push her back on the boat towards where Take was steering. And this time, she actually felt some pain. Unlike last time, she barely felt a thing when the heartless took a hit on her.

Once the chaos was over, Aria lowered her arms, shaking slightly as she looked around. Maybe I was a bit too eager jumping into this... The girl shook her head and gripped her keyblade tightly as they were going towards little blue bubbles. "Not too fast at all," Aria replied as she took a couple steps back from Take. She was going to try what Chrono did a little while ago, even though it was a long-shot.

She aimed her keyblade at the dark swarm, trying to gather enough energy to mimic what she saw. She saw the little lightning bolts gathering at the tip of her rainbow colored keyblade and smirked to herself. "Thunder!" she shouted, sending it towards the Demon Tower. "Ha, take that!"

HP: 29/35
AP: 16
MP: 12/20

Casted Thunder

 

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A clearly agitated horde swarmed at them once again and struck the boat. The variety of heartless clawed at him as well as the boat. "It's fine." Chrono gave Take a quick thumbs up to affirm his words, then turn his attention back towards the heartless swarm. At present he didn't like getting closer to them, but he could feel the magic flowing back through him as Take sailed them through the orbs that had fallen, making it a fair trade off. His keyblade charged with sparked once more as the bolts were sent flying towards the Demon Tower. "Thunder!"

HP: 24/35
AP: 20
MP: 9

 

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The swarm lashed out, striking in mass like a colony of disturbed ants. Despite having braced against the momentum of the vessel, Glyde was caught out of form by the attack. Shaken, he lost his grip upon the lifeboat, just managing to catch himself before being tossed overboard. He pulled back up quickly, if still with a stumbling posture. When he resumed his hold onto the boat, his grip was more firm, expectant of another wave from the horde of Heartless. "If we get too close right now, we won't last long," he shouted, mostly looking to Jim, who seemed to nod in agreement. "Let's hang back for now and wear them down a bit before moving in."

The lifeboat drifted, holding away from the swarm. Looking ahead, Glyde caught on to the movement of the other lifeboat as it followed a spread of orbs released from the swarm in the previous attack. "Magic," he said under his breath. "Let's try to give them some cover," he called to Illiana. He directed his Key towards the enemy, attempting to set his aim closer to where an attack on Take's lifeboat might come from. "Fire!"

A second burst of fire shot out towards the shadowy mass.

HP: 25
AP: 16
MP: 2​

 

(This is becoming a thing as of late)(sorry •-•)

Illiana shrugged her shoulders as Glyde gave out his suggestions to Jim. Looking over to the swarm, Illiana sighed before grabbing her blade. Fire had began to collect at the top of the keyblade as she pointed it at the swarm. “Fire!” A fireball shot out from her keyblade and made its way to the swarm.


HP:20/25
AP:22/22
MP:2/20

 

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After the last round, Take felt a bit more confident that they could manage to finish this up. The boy looked back at Chrono and Aria, and while Aria seemed to be up for whatever method at that point, Take and Chrono locked eyes and he could tell the silver haired boy had a solid game plan in mind. Take nodded at him, not sure if he'd nod back before flying on closer to the demon wave. Keeping some sort of balance and making sure not to ride too close into the demon tower, Take got a good balance before firing blizzard with his keyblade. He ended up knocking some of the swarm onto the boat towards him and the boy held on as tightly as he could trying to maintain the steering. Take activated blitz and he got himself a few good attacks in until he felt sufficiently in control. After a few seconds of breathing, Takehiko moved himself closer to the edge of the boat and got a good large swings in at quite a bit of the swarm before he finally chose to back up and officially keep steering while the others finished the rest.

HP: 31
AP: 0
MP: 5

 

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The girl noticed the exchange of looks from the two boys, and knew stuff was about to go down. "Here we go," she whispered to herself as she got her keyblade ready. She was going to give it her all and hopefully get rid of this swarm once and for all. She swung her keyblade about as the swarm was moved onto the boat, feeling satisfaction and she was finally landing direct hits on the target. Using solely magic was getting tedious and a little annoying. Hopefully this would finish the swarm once and for all.

HP: 29/35
AP: 0/16
MP: 5/20

Casted Thunder

 

Illiana dropped onto one knee as she felt herself getting weak. She then looked over to see the swarm growing weak as well. Watching the other boat rush in and bash on the swarm, Illiana got back up and went over to Jim pointing at the swarm. "Charge toward the swarm before you need new arms!!!" The boat charged ahead and caught up to the swarm. Illiana ran up and jumped toward the swarm slashing through the swarm. She landed on the boat as it shook a bit. She continued to grow irritated and more irritated with each passing minute. She ran back up to the swarm and just began to bash at the swarm. "I'm getting sick and tired of this. Making me use another floating death contraption just to catch your worthless tails! Allow me to show you the mercy of death!!!!" She continued her rampage before landing back down. Illiana looked back at the swarm hoping that would be enough to be rid of it.

HP: 9/25
AP: 0/22
MP: 2/20

 

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This wasn't working not the way Chrono had hoped it was. A drawn out battle like this was turning into wouldn't lead to any victory for them. Chrono got back onto his feet after receiving yet another attack from the Demon Tower and he noticed how they moved. It was swarming, but there seemed to be a central point that they grouped around. Maybe by attacking there, they could cause this whole this to disperse. This idea was risky and to be honest Chrono didn't want to take said risk, but it could but an end to this battle. Take must've noticed that he had this idea and they both nodded in understanding towards one another. "Advance!!!" Keyblade armed and aimed towards the demon tower, Chrono braced himself for the inevitable impact.

Bolts of lightning shot out of his keyblade and struck the horde first. Agitating them and the retaliation was quick. Some attacks were blocked by Chrono and he waited til he was close enough to deliver a power strike with all of his might poured into it.

HP: 15/35
AP: 0
MP: 1

 

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Glyde swallowed down an empty throat when he heard Illiana order Jim to charge into the swarm. He tightened his grip to the lifeboat, holding for dear life as Jim veered in and raced towards the horde. Glyde rolled his eyes at his ally's scornful tirade. If she gets us killed... The boat slowed slightly as it reached its target. Making the best of the situation, Glyde sprung up, releasing his hold to grasp his Keyblade with both hands. Being largely depleted of magic, he had little choice but to slash and thrust his blade into the Heartless as the lifeboat passed through their dispersing ranks. Though a difficult undertaking, Glyde managed to stave off the attacks, and deliver his own flurry of cuts and jabs with less hassle than he had expected. The end of the charge left him physically drained; he collapsed to the floor of the lifeboat, propped up by his arms, trying to catch his breath again.

HP: 20/35
AP: 0/16
MP: 2/20​

 

Episode Takehiko Part 1:
Chapter 2: Only What's Needed
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Not long after the Elders had left, a taller girl, roughly about 14-years-old, ran into the room and paused to catch her breath before asking, "Master Atmos, right? I've been told to bring you to Takehiko's home. Would you like to come with me?" the girl's voice was rather monotone, and there wasn't anything particularly special about this girl. She just seemed to be there for the purpose of being a guide.

Atmos had felt unable to interrupt in the Elder's conversation previously but because she hadn't agreed to any of their terms and had not been asked for her consent on them, she did not feel obligated to oblige them. "Yes, I am ready to come along." She spoke to the guide once the Elders were finished talking. They seemed like an unstable bunch but it was Takehiko who concerned her more, not them.

The girl brought Atmos without much said towards Takehiko's home. As they walked, they passed by the homes. All were homes build almost exactly the same, with a couple of different modifications on them. They were all built out of stone, presumably because anything built with wood would be caught on fire. The houses closer to the Elder chambers seemed to take on an almost in-hill form, looking as though they belonged as part of the mountain. The further from the mountain they walked, the less and less earth covered the homes. And once out towards the center of the homes of those who were, for lack of a better word, poorer, the mountain could be seen better jutting above. It seemed to pass through the clouds above, the top not being able to be seen.

They reached the edge of town, and while it was a distance away from the edge of the mountain, the landscape reaching could definitely be seen. They were definitely above clouds as well, presumably clouds that would normally travel lower. Other mountains seemed to be scattered across the landscape, the mountains ice capped, but lush with forests and greenery. On the ground, however, it was a barren landscape with no greenery, certainly not livable conditions.

On top of it, the fall was quite a big one.

The girl reached Takehiko's home, it was the same size as other houses in the area, but on the front there seemed to be a marker indicating four people, there were also visibly marks indicating three other people having lived there in the past, but they were moved. One more recently it seemed. "This is Takehiko's home. You should be all set to enter. I'm going to be not far from here, if you need anything please let me know." and the girl bowed before leaving.

When Atmos entered the home, she would notice it was actually quite... normal. There was a large couch and a couple chairs in a sitting area with a dining area which seemed to be able to seat up to about ten people. There was a bookcase, not too many books within. Though all were bound with a fire-proof leather that must have taken time and care to protect them. The house was sparsely decorated, but on a mantle there were three pictures that sat comfortably.

One was a picture of a young woman with brunette hair and bright green eyes. She was dressed in a light blue dress with a bouquet in her hands. She was pretty short, at least compared to the man, and she had a very small smile and looked almost... uncomfortable being in a frame of focus. The man in the picture with her was almost a foot taller than her, but he looked the same age as her regardless. He had a delicately trimmed beard and his hair was grown out a bit to be jelled back. He wasn't exactly smiling, but he looked happy to be in the picture with her regardless.

The second picture was a group picture of five boys together. The oldest sat in the middle with brunette hair and blue eyes, his hair was the only one that was not as shaven as the rest, he looked roughly 20 years old in the picture. He had a small smile, very similar to that of the woman's in the other photo. The boy on his lap had to have been three years old with his head shaved but must have been a brunette color as well. His eyes were a bright green and he seemed unagreeable in the photo, as though he didn't want to take the picture. Directly to the older boy's right was an 17 year old boy with blackened hair and blue eyes. In fact, he looked nearly identical to another boy in the photograph, but much older and his eye color clearly took after the father. The 17 year old was not smiling, and also looked like he didn't want to be in the photo either. But he leaned in closer to the older boy in the middle.

On the older boy's left, there was a boy who looked completely different than the other four, like he almost wasn't even related. His eyes were brown and his hair was red with a bit of stubble growing in. This boy was taller than the 17 year old, but looked only a year or so younger than him. He had a big smile going on him and was holding the shoulders of a smaller boy right in front of him. And that one was the look a like to the 17 year old. But he was only about 9 years old, and his hair was grown out and black. The boy's eyes shined a bright green and he had a big grin on his face. Like he was the happiest out of the five no questions asked.

The third picture was clearly a more recent picture, the frame seemed to be tossed up a little as though the picture changed a lot, in the picture it was a full family photo. Well, seemingly, the problem was that only three of the boys were present. In the picture the young woman, quite a bit older in this photo, sat on the right side, while the young man, much older looking here with hair growing in silver, sat on the left side.

In the middle was the shortest one, which was the toddler, now aged up to roughly seven years old. He had a big smile similar to that of the smiling boy in the other. But the other two boys, on the left side and right side of the seven year old, sat with their postures proper and with not smiles on their faces. While the older boy seemed comfortable with not smiling, it was clear that the other one wasn't smiling simply because he wasn't allowed to.

The oldest boy and the red haired boy were not around in this picture at all.

As Atmos would have gotten herself comfortable, there was silence before a voice softly chimed in behind her, "Are you the inspector they told us about?" as she turned to look, hiding behind the couch was the seven year old in the photo, not looking at all much older than he did now. But his head was shaved this time. The boy raised an eyebrow and said, "You don't look like an inspector... you don't look at all like... are you an outworlder?" The boy suddenly looked excited but kept his voice down.

Atmos thanked the girl who led her to the house and as she looked around the place it felt fairly cozy if a little...spartan in design. A necessity she assumed. She walked around the room, taking up the family pictures and examining them closely as she pieced together what kind of family this was. At first, she smiled. It appeared to be a happy family, but that smile soon faded when she came across the final picture with two of the boys missing.

The sound of a child's voice interrupted her. Atmos smiled slightly and looked at the seven-year old. "Yes, I am. My name is Atmos. I'm here looking for one of your brothers. Takehiko." She knelt down to get a better look at the small boy. He looked quite different from the picture she had last seen him in with his hair in its current style. They must have taken the military approach at a very young age. Far younger than she anticipated.

The boy looked concerned and said, "Uh, Take hasn't been here for a while now... is he coming home?" the boy looked a bit excited at that news and almost spoke too loud and he covered his mouth and said, "I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to leave, my brother Shoji is probably waiting for me right now... uh..." the boy held his hand out and smiled, "Nice to meet you though Atmos, my name's Akio."

Atmos nodded in response. "Take," she started using the same nickname the boy had given her, "is coming with me on a journey to grow." She took the boy's hand and shook it. "It's a pleasure, Akio. If you wish, you can wait here for your brother a little longer and if anyone asks, you can tell them you were on official keyblader business." She grinned hoping to keep the child around a little longer so at least the two brother could be reunited for some time before Takehiko had to depart with her.

Akio looked confused before his eyes opened up in realization, "What? What does Take have to do with keybla... aaaaah." Akio covered his mouth, "The rumors were true. I thought everyone was just being crazy. I mean, Take getting a keyblade? That seems..." Akio got still and very calm suddenly before saying, "Actually... that's not that weird at all." Akio quickly hopped over the couch and sat on it and slammed the seat next to him welcoming her to join him, "So did you give him a keyblade then? That's so cool... My dad told me that when he was younger there were a lot more keyblade wielders around but they started... well..." Akio scratched his head, "They... abandoned this world and didn't want to come back...."

Atmos plopped over beside the boy and leaned back finding the couch to be almost comfortable. Though even now nothing held a candle to the comforts of her homeworld. It was probably a good thing that she was chosen by the keyblade otherwise she would have been just as soft as everyone else there. "No, I didn't give him one. I actually haven't met the man who did. I've only heard stories of him but...well you could say he's the one who sent me looking for your brother." She scratched under her chin as her mind wandered for a moment before returning to reality.

Akio said something that piqued her curiosity since it wasn't something she had heard before. She knew of certain worlds that naturally were more suited to bringing keyblade wielders into the universe but she had not known this to be one of them. "Do you know what kind of training your brother is being put through right now?"

Akio thought about the question and said, "I heard he was at Jeral's Point. That's usually the place they send higher level officers who've been doing this for years..." Akio shifted awkwardly before twiddling his thumbs and saying, "Someone told me it's like they suck your soul away... but... I don't know. If it helps the dragons not sense us... but..." Akio looked up at the picture on the mantle of him and his brothers and admitted, "I don't remember the last time I've seen Take smile like that.... it used to make me happy... now he's just like Sho-"
"AKIO." A voice suddenly boomed from outside and Akio jumped and stared at the door, "You're late! Get out here this instant!"

Akio looked between the door and Atmos a couple times before getting up, "I have to go, he's gonna get mad...." he stood up but he wasn't leaving quite yet.

Atmos eyes flashed with an intense fire behind them. From what brief description the boy offered her this Jeral's Point was an awful place regardless of the motivations behind it. "Take is the one with that silly grin? Well then-" The boy got up from being called out by an angry voice. Atmos stood up as well, her eyes narrowing towards the source outside. She motioned with her hand for the boy to stay put.

"You may not see Take for some time. I believe it's important you see him off before he goes. Wait here." Atmos made her way towards the door, her mind jumping from tidbit to tidbit of information. What she knew wasn't much but this place was no place for children and it pained her that she couldn't change any of that. But at least she could reunite two brothers.

Akio looked nervous when she told him to stay put but he also wanted to see Take, and nodded at her as he stayed in the spot. Akio played with his hands a bit while she did.

When Atmos had opened the door. The older boy in the most recent picture was standing there. His arms seemed to be crossed relatively impatiently before he saw Atmos and his arms uncrossed as he walked forward, "Excuse me, ma'am, what do you think you are doing inside my house? Where is Akio?" despite being a raised voice, there was no real indicator of any emotion lying underneath it. Like it had been whipped out of him long ago. The boy stopped when he was close enough to her, but not too close for it to be an uncomfortable closeness for a stranger, "And more importantly, who are you?"

Atmos stepped closer towards the boy to the point where it would have been uncomfortable for just about anyone. "Master Atmos, keyblade wielder. Akio is waiting to bid his brother goodbye under my order. Takehiko's departure should be on the best terms if his training is to be productive." Was it a lie? Maybe. Maybe not but it didn't matter to her by this point. She looked at the boy with hard eyes and kept her tone authoritative.
This boy claimed that this was his house. That meant this was another brother. "You must be another of his siblings. Perhaps you would like to wait here as well to see him off."

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When the Demon Tower began to dissolve, there was this sigh of relief as the boy felt safe just being able to fly the boat without worrying about being attacked. Take turned the ship around to follow Jim back and looked over at Chrono and Aria and said, "I think we did pretty well. Maybe we're better fighting on ships?" he paused for a moment before he added, "Actually, no. Can we agree to not do this again if possible?" he looked around and said with a more deadpan voice than usual, "That was terrifying."

 

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With the Demon Tower gone and defeated, Aria unsummoned her keyblade and sat down heavily at the bottom of the life boat. “Agreeeeeeed,” she sighed out. She raised her wrist and looked down at the golden charm sitting there on her wrist. “I actually felt the hits that time around...” She then looked up at the boys from where she was at and gave them a tired thumbsup. “Good job coming up with that... I think we would have had a bad time otherwise.”

Aria laid on the lifeboat floor, and with exhaustion waved, to the other boat without getting up. “Good job you guuuuuys!” She called to Illiana, Glyde, and Jim, her voice cracking. “Woo.... I am very tired now...” She let her arm plop over her eyes as she thought how close they were to being defeated. To think she almost dragged everyone to their doom... that wasn’t a pleasant thought to think on.

 

Today didn't exactly go as expected, he figured it would have been a patrol, perhaps a battle or a skirmish and by the end of it he'd be back. He never anticipated they would run into this off-worlder. The arrest had been swift and they had escorted her back to the castle. Boreas simply listened as the King gave the woman who apparantly was a keyblade master a history lesson. It was a story he too had been told years ago. He knew it well, the war the light had started but before the killing blow was dealt they stayed their hands for the greater good. The King had made a deal with this keyblade master from the realm of light. It was only fair after they required their help that they asked something in return. However the deal made caught his attention, even while standing on guard. She was to retrieve his nephew and return him. Boreas already knew who this person was before the king had even uttered his name.

Boreas stepped forward as the King named him. He was clad in black armour and a black cloak like everyone in the room save for the Keyblade Master. His armour was slightly different from those around him overlapping bands of black metal ringed around his body with rounded plates on the joints. His helmet being his distinguishing feature with it's wings that were aligned backwards. The armour had obvious signs of use with dents, scratches The knight kneeled before the king and when the king gave him permission to speak he looked up. The king had said he was to send her home and the implication was there that he was to return. "My King, I am to escort the Keyblademaster back to her own realm. I request permission to aide her in the task you have given. her in the retrieval of your nephew. I realise that what I am asking is a lot at a very inopportune time. But perhaps we have more chance of succes to return your nephew to the fold if one of our own spoke to him. I would ask at most 2 months to accomplish this task, and return even if I failed to locate him." Boreas said with respect for the king.

He didn't hope too much, there was a war on and well he was needed her as well. He didn't think the keyblade master was unable to accomplish the task set for her. She was a keyblade master, after all but whether she would be able to return torrin to them. He knew why he had left, a few years ago. He wasn't even sure if the man was out there alive and well but he had confidence in his abilities. He remembered that during training Torrin generally bested him, and he knew that the man wouldn't go out without a fight atleast. He remained kneeling in front of his king, the king he had served loyally after completion of his training. He had made no requests before always did exactly as asked of him. He hoped that his loyalty and work were going to pay themselves off now.​