Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Anora dodged Aden's attacks, gracefully moving like water, tracing unseen patterns onto the marble flooring. She kept her distance from the two knowing their strengths and weaknesses after so much time sparing against on another.
Her pattern of attack was simple, dodge, magic, dodge and than attack when there was an opportunity open to her. She had to tend to her body and the disadvantages she was faced with. Though she tried to train herself in a faster pace, she would never be as fast as her other two teammates.
"Who? Little ol'me? I would never." She gasped in mock offense after Raisor's comment of trying to turn the two into barbecue. Getting ready to cast another Thunder Anora was greeted with Raisor's attack. Jumping back the female tucked and rolled, creating that screeching sound from the friction of skin rubbing against the floor. She got up, her grip on her keyblade tightened. Her eyes pierced and the bright liquefied blue solidified as they became icy in color. Seeing Aden's keyblade coming at her and Raisor, the female lifted the Kingdom Key and yelled, "STOP!" causing the time around them to slow down and freeze. She smiled mischievously at her trick and tipped the both of them over with the dull side of her keyblade so that when the spell ceased the two hit the ground on their backs.

 

Ananta kept her eyes on Karina after she hit her. What with Glen being completely stupid and doing stupid things. Of course, she watched Karina approach her but fall onto her butt as the platform moved. Ananta heard DJ beforehand, so she was prepared for it at the least. Looking at Karina on the floor, Ananta knelt down beside her. "Are you done yet?" she asked. Looking at her own hand, she clenched it. "Sorry about hitting you, but saying you hate all of us and damaging others' property isn't something a keyblade wielder should do." she paused, hoping Karina would listen to her. "And, well, computers are not easy to replace at that. In any case, are you okay? I mean..." and then she looked up and saw Kross standing clueless. "Who's that?" she asked Karina. "I mean, do you know his name?"

 

Steel merely observed silently upon arrival in Central Haven. He thought he should make a grand entrance, stop the fighting that had broken out briefly after the numerous keybladers had arrived, and annoy everyone with his supposed "Superiority complex." He didn't really think he was superior to any of them of course, but that wasn't really the point. The point was, he just didn't feel like doing what was expected of him right now. The events at Beasts Castle gave him things to do and think about, so rather than pay attention to the others he decided to reach one of his contacts... One who had seemingly been to Beasts Castle. He closed his eyes and drowned out the noise around him. He made sure his mind was at least vaguely aware of what was going on with the others before establishing contact with his acquaintance.

As the connection was made, Steel found himself standing on thin air in the middle of a dark vortex. The primal energies that formed it felt close but appeared rather far off. Lightning struck constantly in various places, and small droplets of water made contact with his cloak, which he had wrapped around himself for inexplicable reasons. He waited silently in the eye of the storm, patiently staring at the spot in front of him as if he expected someone to pop out of thin air. Someone did of course. A young boy with silver hair simply popped into place. His simple white t-shirt and jeans, seemed to directly contrast his... powerful presence. He wore no shoes and was overly energetic bouncing on his feet as if he were excited about something. Steel knew better of course; this boy was hardly ever excited about anything.

"Why did you show Eon the events in another world?" Steel asked the boy. Said person merely shrugged and raised his eyebrows. "Right." Steel muttered. He knew how this worked; He had to ask a certain way. He thought over the words quickly, and repeated his question.
"Miran, Miran, Sorry about the hassle,
But just what were you doing over in Beasts Castle?"

Miran nodded his head, satisfied with Steel's wording.
"Just having a bit of fun to brighten things deary.
He was bored and so was I, nothing else really."

Steel chuckled to himself. "Well okay..." he started. "But the others and I allowed you to come out here to study the locals mirrors, so don't screw around with things too much."
He chuckled as well before responding. "Don't worry, I know what's in the contract." He paused to take a good look at Steel's wrapped form before continuing. "So you had to release a seal, huh." It was not a question. Steel sighed.
"Indeed."
"How many?"
"Two."
"Stuck at four are we."
"Well, yes... but enough about me."

Steel took a moment to think over his words carefully, though he was briefly side tracked when he sensed stop magic being cast. "Someone's having fun" He thought briefly before he shook his head and returned his attention to Miran.
"So, have you met the evil queen's mirror?
He's knowledgeable on many subjects I hear."

Miran gave a small smile.
"That much is certain, a good friend he is too.
I have to say though, that he reminds me of you.
It has been fun to just learn and relax,
but in just a while now, I'm going to head back."

Steel nodded in understanding; Miran had duties to attend to in the Realm from which he originally came.
"Alright. Sorry I won't be able to see you off." He paused "If you run into Aura on your way back through, tell her I need to speak to her."
Miran chuckled again. "Sounds like someone's in trouble..." He sang out. Before Steel could say anything however, The boy disappeared.

He sighed as he opened his eyes to see Chaos continuing to ensue around him. He quickly redid the "Seals" before unwrapping himself and tossing back his cape, scattering the water droplets that had accumulated there thanks to his mental excursion. He analyzed that he, Etrius, Base, D'daear, Stratos, Eon, and Luna were the ones of the group who had yet to speak. Though it should have been noted that the last of the aforementioned people wasn't really herself at the moment; he would have to find a way to deal with that parasite. Suddenly the platform was moving down, and the entire group was going with it. He saw Ananta try to apologize to Karina, though it most likely wasn't going to work. He considered trying to reason with Karina, as he knew one specific thing he could say that would most likely get her attention. If he was wrong however, he might face her wrath. It was a high risk, high return situation, but he was interrupted before he could think on it much further.

Ananta asked about Hikaru, and he suddenly realized that almost no one had realized who he was yet. So he prepared his stuck up demeanor and proclaimed with a smile: "What's wrong Ana? Don't you recognize our fearless leader?"

 

Raisor was just about to hit Aden, but as he got close, his vision went from being straight up to sideways, with him reflexively tucking inn while hitting the ground. He didn't mind dealing with magic in these sparring matches, but he kind of wished Anora wouldn't use Stop.

"Next time you're about to have us break our arms, let us know about that as well." He got up and dusted himself off.
Aden had put his keyblade away, but Raisor wasn't sure he wanted to give up right there. Anora had gotten a free move off them, so he wanted compensation. Looking over to Anora, he grinned his oh-so-slightly evil grin.

"Well, since Aden doesn't want to spar anymore, how about you and I go one-on-one?" Hoping Anora would agree, he started stretching out his arms. Most of the time Raisor never really fought with all he had, just in the case something might happen that he would need all of his energy, but he was ready to take it seriously against Anora for that little Stop move of hers.

 

Anora smiled, taking Aden's hand. "I have to bring my own strengths to the table." She laughed, making sure that Aden was alright. It was a little fun, and she knew the two wouldn't get hurt, they were strong. But of course she knew what this might entail. With every push she got weaker and weaker. But she never used the excuse of her weak heart to get out of things. She knew of she feared what nau happen that nothing would change, she would never get stronger, never be worthy to protect the worlds, and fear itself led to darker things that she would not allow into her heart. So she stayed quiet about her painful jabs, sucked it up and fought, not only against heartless or nobodies, or the boys, but against her restrictions. She liked to think she changed since she left her home of Vamacara. It seems that feeling an almost never ending darkness gets you realizing that life is risky, and you cant go through life being safe.
Looking to Raisor she lifted her chin, her serene smile curled her light pink lips. Raisor was an interesting case, confident, head strong, but she knew there was something else, maybe something that he hadn't showed her just yet.
"One on one?... Alright." She said, grasping her keyblade. "And I promise not to use Stop this time" she laughed, the sound was like wind chimes in a soft breeze.
Stepping back she took her position. "Aden, you can be our referee since Lea isnt here." She said.
Focusing on Raisor, the white haired mystic kept her eyes and thoughts on the man as she stepped into a defensive stance, getting ready to dodge.

(Sorry if anything is wrong, I've been on a bus since earlier in the morning)

 

Grinning like a child at an amusement park, Raisor got into his stance. Many would think he was crazy, but Raisor had managed to work on his form a bit since training. Normally, a person would keep some sort of defense in his stance and try to give as little an opening as possible, but the way Raisor worked was a little different. His stance involved standing at an easy-going position, with his two feet at a 90-degree form, with one arm holding his keyblade on his shoulders while the other was kept in his pocket. Normally it wouldn't be a good idea, but Raisor had managed to get it down that he could always get in a swing fast enough by moving his free arm onto his keyblade and swinging with as much speed as possible with both of his arms, getting in a attack or blocking an opponents move, using his back left to shift his weight where needed and keep a strong form.. His legs were also at an angle where he was able to quickly move in case he got surrounded or taken from a side other than the front. It wasn't perfect, but no stance was exactly perfect.

"Just make sure you're ready. I don't want to send you flying," He replied to her, while waiting for an opportunity.
The one thing he had yet to perfect was his first strike, which still gave him a slight bit of trouble. He somewhat hoped that Anora would come at him, but if not, he'd have to run fast enough to swing his keyblade before she got a chance to block it. If she couldn't stop it, he planned to stop just before hitting her, but he tried not to assume anything in a fight.

"Hey Aden, make sure you keep a close eye out. I want you to make sure I'm not holding back."

 

Anora bent her knees, her hands by her face which clenched the kingdomkey, the blade facing her opponent at a slant. Her eyes was locked with Raisor's. After a moment of keeping still she took slow steps to begin her circling him, finding a vantage point. He was strong, a bit cocky as could be seen from his stance, but he definitely was not an idiot. He knew whay he was doing, even if Anora could not understand. She was always on her toes, ready to jump, or roll away from an attack. She said nothing, and instead continued her side stepped circling until she was on his side. She was at a safe distance away, not too far to cast a spell, but she would try to go without the spell as the beginning, assuming that he would suspect it to be her first move. Instead she did something that would push her.
Without a moment hesitation, she sprinted toward him, than changed gears at last minute, using a roll to get behind him to attack.

 

Eon was not paying much attention to the events that had transpired since leaving Beast's Castle. He was to absorbed from his own despair to notice any form of change. He only walked when needed. His attention was completely destroyed, the only thought in his mind was that to get stronger. With these three duck things appearing, one of the solutions was just ahead. A training ground meant for keyblade wielders.

A look of determination and commitment planted itself across Eon's face as he stared down this path. "I'm going to the training grounds." He spoke aloud, not directing it towards anyone. His voice was calm and deep. He moved over to the duck named Huey, spawning his keyblade to his side.

 

In a turn of events that was both surprising and not so surprising the group was now descending in a elevator. Now as for what was not so surprising was the fact that Karina was still pissed, Ananta slapping her didn't help in that at all. With them being in an enclosed space like this, they were pretty much in the cage with a lion right now. Still it didn't end there since from what he hard heard Ananta had actually made an attempt to apologize, something that he didn't foresee working well.

Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the apology attempt start off well and go downhill. Along with some screaming about how she hated a number things, Karina prepared to strike Ananta while she was on the ground. However before her fist could make contact, Kel took hold of her wrist.

Since it was clear that he didn't care about the severe likely hood of him getting hurt, he held her wrist as the elevator stopped, revealing three ducks waiting, one of which mentioned a training grounds. "See, there a place where you can go let off some steam as oppose to pummeling someone in a elevator." It was then that Kel released his hold on her wrist and thought about where he should go. Being as how he could think up a reason to go to all three places, there were two that gained the most attention. In the end he choose to follow Dewey to the library. "Guess I'll go see what the Hall of Records has."

 

Beuce watched the events transpire, what with Karina being a she-dog and Ananta failing at apologies. "Kel that is probably the ballsiest thing anyone has ever done in the history of ever. I appreciate that." He said, stepping forward out of the elevator and looking down at the three ducks. He briefly glanced at Eon, noting that he seemed a bit on edge. He wondered what actually did happen in their world...Maybe his crush fell for a vampire. Yeah! That's definitely it! Seeing as there was no need to ask what was wrong as he had already figured it out, Beuce purged the thought from his mind. He considered his choices, but the one he made was obvious to him. He needed to gather knowledge where he could. Stepping next to the duck in blue, Dewey, he noticed some odd looks at his choice. "...what? I can be smart too! We all know he was talking about Ananta when he said some of us couldn't read!" Said Beuce, blatantly insulting the green haired woman. To be fair, she wasn't exactly the bright type. And plus, he had seen the wad of muscle she could turn herself into with her plot device of a necklace, the dreaded mananta. Standing there, he awaited whom he guessed would join him in his trip. Base, possibly Stratos, and Steel. Steel was more or less an absolute guess based on sizing him up at a glance, though.

 

Luna closed her eyes as she opened them, she saw Central Haven. "Wow!" Mira sat down in a corner of Luna's heart. Luna started walking with the group as she heard all this news. She then saw 3 small ducks, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. "I'll go with Louie." Luna walked toward Louie as she felt a violent air loom between Ananta and Karina. "A piece of advice........I'd stay out of it if I were you." Mira spoke toward Luna. As she listened, Luna nodded toward Mira's piece of advice.

((OOC: Won't be able to post since I now live in a wifi-less house. So I'm posting at school and I'm not sure when I'll have wifi back))

 

Ananta was prepared for the attack. What with her past experiences with Karina. As she laid there and listened to Karina, she blinked at her. Before she raised her fist, Ananta spoke. "At least you have a family to go back to. I have nobody. A lot of us don't have anybody." she said. The fist rose and soon was launched at Ananta's face. Closing her eyes, she felt the punch connect with her face and her head instinctively moved with the punch. Turning her head back to Karina, a little bit of blood trickled out of Ananta's mouth. "But you guys are my family now...and no matter what you do to me, Karina, I'm still going to love you all as such. No matter how much you hate me, no matter how much we fight, I'll love you like a sister." she smiled at her. "Now...get...off!" she said, shoving Karina off of her. Standing up as they reached the bottom, Ananta wiped the blood from her lip and rubbed her cheek. As she rubbed, she muttered Cura and let the magic seep into her wound and heal it. Looking around, Ananta spied Kross again and walked over to him. She heard talking and saw Yue dragging Kaida and Hikaru off. Frowning, Ananta sighed, and stopped behind Kross. Tapping his shoulder, she waited for him to turn around. When he did, she smiled again. "Wanna go to the Main Hall? I'd like to meet these new keybladers. Oh, my name is Ananta, too!" she said, patting his shoulder.

 

Cat could hardly believe what was happening. Things seemed to move so quickly. As the platform began to bring them all down, she took her foot off of Glen's back and braced herself for whatever they might find. Of course, there were still squabbles between wielders here and there, but she really wasn't in the mood to deal with any of it right now. Eventually, they reached the ground, and were greeted by three ducks who sounded an awful lot like one of the bandits she'd encountered in the Kingdom of the Sun. She'd been tuning out most of it until one of them stated that half of the group looked like they couldn't read. She did chuckle softly at that and started to pay more attention to their debate. Once they'd calmed down, it seemed like everyone had three places they could go: the training grounds, the Hall of Records or the main hall. Given why she started this journey in the first place, Cat knew exactly where she was going to go. She walked up to them and approached the one in blue. He was holding a little laptop and looked up at her. She bent down to compensate for the difference in height.
"Uh, Dewey, right? Would you mind showing me where the Hall of Records is?" She heard another wielder, whose name she didn't know, state that he'd be headed that way as well. He didn't seem too rowdy, and with all the bickering going on between Ananta and Karina, it'd be nice to get away from it all anyway. She moved over to him and held out her hand. "I don't think we've met before. My name's Cat."

 

"Hymn of Pepper Island"

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Kross looked from left to right. The machinery here, while amazing held a slight annoyance. While he hesitantly went on the elevator, the slight momentary shake almost brought him off of his feet, good thing he had good balance. He stayed still, clutching onto the rails of the elevator. It was startling to put it lightly, and he wasn't used to things like this.As the elevator stopped and opened, he managed to regain his footing and hesitantly followed, only to see three little ducklings in the way, bickering amongst themselves. He ignored most of it until they mentioned something strange, three paths, three ways to go. He looked at the one in blue, he needed to know more about the order anyway, but as he took a step forward, someone stopped him, a green haired girl he hadn't seen before. She walked up to him and started speaking, so he turned and paid attention. He frowned at her proposition, this was no time to visit with key wielders, he needed to know more about this world. Then she introduced herself. "Ananta."He repeated, making sure he got her name right. Her hand on his shoulder didn't go unnoticed. He nodded a bit, smiling. He was honestly uncomfortable, he didn't like worlds like this, too enclosed and too cold.."You can call me kross."He said. After about a minute of meditating on her offer, he gave in, nodding."Let's go to the Main Hall then."He said, he could return to the library another time.