Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Things had gotten pretty dull as they waited for everyone to draw straws. Luna had approach with the same intentions as everyone else. The boredom form waiting had finally wore down at his attention span and Kel's eyes started to wonder around the training grounds. At first he failed to notice that Kuma had gone missing from the area, which was quite impressive considering his size. That was just when he had hear Kuma's voice in the distance, which lead to to see Kuma, some masked person, who he could assume was allied with Nequa and someone else.

While Kel had no idea who this masked person was aside from that certainty that he was bad new, Karina on the other hand seemed to have him too on her list of people to hate and charged right at him. Her efforts were quickly stopped by an invisible wall that was clearly formed to keep them from assisting in the fight. It definitely sucked since from what he could tell, this enemy didn't seem magic base so he would have a better chance against him. Better not guaranteeing anything though.

To make things worse a heartless appeared to join the fray, which somehow lead Karina into fleeing first. Quite unexpected of her, but so was what she said while she was pounding on the invisible wall. Kel took one quick glance towards the fleeing Karina and the girl who'd apparently was here as well and the heartless still approaching them. "I guess this must be time for a strategic retreat." He turned turned towards the exit and ran out of the Training Grounds.

 

Cat was practically lost in thought as she waited for everyone to draw their straws. The anticipation wasn't helping her nerves, but suddenly she heard Kuma shout from a distance. She looked up to a hill, seeing him and two other guys -- one who seemed to be wearing armor and the one that Kuma was grabbing. He reminded her an awful lot of Vanitas, and if they were allied that only meant trouble was close behind. Karina ran towards him, seeming to hold a grudge, but was stopped by an invisible wall. She sighed, relieved that he couldn't charge at them at the very least, and listened to the armored man shout for them to head to the library. She nodded and quickly tensed up when she saw a Behemoth appear in front of them. Karina, for all her talk and tantrums, was the first one to run with a girl in tow. Kel spoke up and she realized that as much as she needed to take the mark, it clearly wasn't happening anytime soon. "Guess this gives a whole new meaning to 'run for your life,' huh?" And on that note, she retreated back to the Hall of Records.

 

Raisor looked through the Library, wondering what he was going to do to pass the time. He was getting tired already looking at all the books on the shelves. Books were most definitely his weak point, and they hit him harder than a rock to the face; he would know, he'd had it happen....multiple times. He remembered some of the moments where he trained on his own world. It was a world where peace was something that was always right there when you opened a door or window, but it was really just the face of his world. In the true scheme of things, it was full of dark people who wanted things there own way, kings and queens who would only pleasure themselves in the hard-earned money of the populace, and even crime outside in the wilds. He trained himself to fight against such things and to make a better world, but when he got his keyblade, he knew he could finally make a real difference, even in other worlds. Though he also remembered how headstrong he was, and that certainly ended with a few bruises....and quite a few more injuries.

Passing by a bookshelf, he noticed one particular book that looked interesting. It was a book on sword techniques. He had always trained himself on how to fight with his keyblade, but he wondered if he might be able to improve his fighting by looking at it. Just the thought alone caused him to drift a little more into Sheep Land. He figured he would look at it later, when he wasn't so tired. His arm was also hurting a little still from that spar with Anora, and he knew he should probably just lie down and let it rest. Just as he was looking for a nice quiet place to sleep, he heard a noise outside of the doors. He wasn't sure what it was, but he figured he'd probably just go see what happened, thinking someone probably grabbed too many books to carry themselves.

 

Beuce looked around, and he had indeed drawn one of the longest straws. Thus, he was entitled to take the Mark of Mastery. Needless to say, he was kinda pissed when some ****** bag walked up and was all interrupting the test! He was about to go all Leroy Jenkins on his ass, but judging from how Karina crashed into an invisible wall, he guessed it probably wouldn't have worked too well. Looking over to Braum, Biker Vanitas, and Balmung, he watched one of the apprentices get wrestled down. Wow. If the other apprentices were anything to go off, that was pretty impressive. They were told to run, and to enforce that order a massive horde of behemoths was summoned. "That probably translates to please in some third world country." Beuce said to himself with a chuckle.

However, some of his companions didn't take too kindly to such a nice request to leave. Karina ran up and smacked one of the behemoths. Lot of good that did. I mean, she was smacking to foot! That's not it's weak point! I mean, there's a freaking target symbol over the horn. if you lock on, that's what it locks on to. Not that hard to figure out. Noticing her attack had no effect, Karina grabbed a random stranger and ran away. "Well then..." Beuce was about to run himself, but he stopped. Two things were left here. One was Huey, the duck which had led them to their destination. He had to be saved as well. Plus...He saw it in Glen's eyes...He had no intention of running. Walking over, he picked up Huey and placed a hand on the back of Glen's head. After receiving a puzzled look, Beuce explained. "I'm holding you so you don't get whip lash" That didn't really clear things up.

"Whip Lash"

And with that, Beuce Zantetsuken'd down the hall, Glen in tow.

 

Kross felt her take his hand but he didn't go with her, instead, he stood there, standing his ground and stared at her."I'm sorry."He said and slid his hand from hers. He turned and shot down the hall, running away was something he wasn't fond of doing, but he had fought Aux first hand, and he knew how powerful the man was. He couldn't go back and face three of them when he had lost once, not after what had happened. He ran down the hall, if there was one thing about Kross, he was nimble, skitting along the floor with little tripping. He reached the mirror and went up to it. He put his hand on the glass, There was something off though, the mirror felt solid, it wasn't drawing him in, but he could still sense some sort of magic around it."This isn't good."He deadpanned, looking back behind him. Just great..He was stuck between a mirror and a heartless, literally. He turned, it looked like he would have to fight then, that was fine with him. The cornered animal mentality took over and he called upon his Divine Rose keyblade, running to join his allies."We got to get that mirror working.."He said to himself, but how? He took his stance, standing straight, his palm out and his keyblade pointing down behind him. He was prepared.

 

Ananta turned to Kross as she felt his hand slide from hers. "Kross?" she said, looking at him as he walked back to a mirror. She was about to ask what he was doing when she saw him go through the mirror. "Kross!" she yelled, reaching towards where he used to be. Grabbing thin air, she frowned. Looking around, she noticed Karina was standing not too far. Shaking her head, she huffed a moment. "What am I going to do?" she thought out loud. Opening her eyes, she watched Karina walk away from the mirror and the others. As she disappeared, Ananta felt something ping inside her head. "Whatever Karina is doing, she isn't doing the right thing." she said, walking fast before breaking out into a run. As she grew closer to Karina, she listened to what she was saying. "Karina!" she said sternly. Ananta knew Karina was strong, but she didn't know she was happy to throw her life away for nothing. "Stop, you can't do anything. None of us are strong enough to fight these people and monsters. I can tell you hate running, but if we don't run, we will die." she said, stopping behind Karina. "Look, I can tell something is troubling you. Something has been troubling you the entire time we've been here. I thought maybe if you went to the training ground, you could get rid of some of this unnecessary anger, but it looks like you haven't really improved." Ananta said, stepping to the side and looking at Karina. "But all this talk of not running away and winning is foolish. We've all been ordered to flee. We can fight another day when it's actually clear we stand a chance at winning. As it is, none of us will win." Ananta said, sighing. She put a reassuring hand on Karina's shoulder. "I know you don't want to run, but I don't want to see any of my friends get hurt. So please, leave this place with us. You'll get your chance to fight another day." Ananta finished, hoping her words reached through Karina's thick skull.

 

Beuce put Huey and Glen down after Zantetsukening them through the door and down the hall a fair ways. "Now don't make me go back and get you." He left out the part where Zantetsuken had a long cooldown and even if Glen did decide he wanted to go back and face the behemoths, Beuce couldn't really do much to stop him. His attention was called a bit further into the hall by a voice calling out for everyone. Staring at the source of the voice, he realized it was Kross. It didn't take long to figure out why he wanted their attention. There was some sort of mirror. He could tell just by looking at it that it was magic. If he had to guess, he'd say it was some sort of escape route for this kind of situation. Good job thinking ahead, order.

However, certain people didn't exactly feel like escaping. Letting out a sigh, Beuce headed over toward Karina. Given that she ran down the hall, he had kinda hoped she was smart enough to know when retreat was the right option. Apparently not...Welp, time to put his social skills to good use. Ananta was the first one to confront her, trying to talk some sense into her. Pfft. Karina, listen to logic. Hah! Man he never pegged Ananta for a joker but it seemed like he was wrong. "Don't think logic's gonna cut it there 'nanta." He stated, shortening her name by leaving off the "A". He had a perfect plan to get Karina to stay here while the mirror was being repaired, but it was risky. In fact, there was a good chance it could get him killed. "All or nothing...." Approaching Karina closer, he raised his hand, and performed what was undoubtedly the ballsiest action that had ever been heard of.

Closing his grip, in his palm he felt a soft and squishy lump of fat. Particularly one attached to Karina's chest. He couldn't say he didn't enjoy swiping a boob honk off of her. She wasn't exactly a pain to they eyes. Every other part of the body maybe, but the eyes? Nah. There was a deadly silence in the air for a moment. Those watching likely either had their jaws dropped in shock, or were slowly backing away to get out of the inevitable blast zone that would envelope the immediate area. "...Welp i'll be seein' ya gotta go bye!" Just before running off, he decided if he was going to go in, may as well go all in. He reached his hand around and slapped her butt. After that, if he'd been there to see that boy run, Usain bolt would've been like "Daaaayum."

 

After a moment of just standing there, another group had arrived on scene. It seemed the training grounds was becoming a most popular tourist attraction. Most of the new faces he did not recognize. Ranting was had, and words were exchanged between them. It didn't matter to D'daear much, considering he had a feeling he wouldn't stand a chance even if he had decided to take the Mark of Mastery; an exam taken by keyblade wielders in order to become masters...duh? What that would initially prove was probably beyond D'daear's understanding. To him, it was probably a waste of time. Yet, Blue irises kept a steady gaze at the group as they spoke to a being clad in armor. The adolescent male stood there, amazed at the desire and determination people had to take the exam. For what purpose would this serve to them? Wondering, he watched on idly while the group drew straws, because from what was spoken, only three could take the exam. Arms suddenly crossed one another whilst hands hid beneath the armpits, a small meaningless gesture. D'daear's eyebrows scrunched while eyes squinted slightly, showing perplexity. "Why do only three have to take the exam? And what's the point of drawing straws? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of deciding who's ready to take an exam?" he asked in silence, his voice purposely not being projected. Why anyone would want to burden their lives with more of this...keyblade wielding nonsense, he could not perceive. Being wielders of such a weapon was what caused all of this dilemma; in regards to the what their fighting against. He soon averted his gaze, looking on towards the exit with a great desire to leave this scene. "How did I end up here again?" he thought for a moment, before hearing a sudden stir of commotion.

Curiosity besting him, it was Karina's vexed outburst that snagged D'daear's attention. Not taking much time, he trailed her gaze towards a hill. Instantly he recognized two of them, leaving the third to the winds of questions. Eyes widened at the sight of Aux, but soon fell short of shock when he noticed Kuma's powerful hold on him. He couldn't help feeling a bit relieved, remembering the beating Aux had given them. It seemed the situation was under control, with D'daear noting the speed hidden within Kuma. How he managed to get from point A to point B was...impressive. Suddenly, the thought of Krowley soon emerged. "Where's Krow- eer I mean Hikaru...?" he threw another question to the winds. Once more, Karina's outburst caught D'daear's attention. She slammed against a translucent wall, defiantly trying to break through in order to reach the three on the Hill. She barked on, letting her emotions show, most noticeably her desire to end Aux's existence. D'daear was able to relate in some way, the anger towards that man. It was because of him they were unable to save Belle. Yet, he couldn't find it in himself to blame Aux whole-heartedly towards D'daear's personal problems. He wasn't the one who twisted D'daear's perception of the worlds, it was already twisted to begin with.

"Novice wielders! Make your way to the Library and defend yourselves there. We are in a state of emergency!" shouted the man D'daear did not recognize.

Unbeknownst to him, Aux had been prepping something whilst in Kuma's hold. With a snap of fingers, Aux unleashed the fragments of sorrow as the earth suddenly rumbled beneath them all at the sudden emergence of these large heartless. The young keyblader's eyes widened at the sight of such creatures, fear seeping its way into his naive heart. Gargantuan in size, and bulky, they were like one horned bulls with tusks protruding from their under-bite jaw, forming a crescent inwards towards the creatures teeth. What was worse, there were more than one. Each step they took caused mini tremors as testament to their size and power. The creatures let out a roar as they commenced claiming ownership of the training grounds. Instinct kicked in, and urged D'daear to make an escape out of the grounds. It was fear that tugged at him, but it was common sense. If he had difficulty taking on ONE large heartless with only four people, how in the world would they all be able to take on a horde? Wanting to leave, he noticed Karina shouting at everyone to make the retreating, claiming to hold off the horde long enough for them to gain distance. Not being one to abandon a comrade, D'daear reluctantly was on the verge of staying to help out when he noticed everyone began to flee...EVERYONE. Giving off a sigh Relief, he followed suit, sticking to the rear of the migration. As they ran, D'daear was making haste, distress written all over him. There was nothing that any of them could do, which was an idea that began to bug him. Once again they were not strong enough... Once again they could not secure a state of peace for themselves, meanwhile the forces of darkness AGAIN showed audacity and the power to push them around. Even in a haven was darkness still able to invade...

D'daear's eyes widened in terrifying revelation, his pace slowing as everyone paced past him.

"If even a haven such as this can be attacked...then does that mean...?" he paused in thought, halting behind the group. The mere thought of such a thing occurring...it was something he himself could not fathom, or perhaps NOT want to fathom. Hands began to clench into weak fists, with little strength left within him. "Is the darkness really that powerful...that even the light can't outshine it?" he uttered to himself, downcasted. The ground beneath him quaked weakly, waking him from his moment. Right now wasn't the time to be dealing with these issues. Tightening his mandible, D'daear continued onwards, barely able to make out the group up ahead. After following the lot from a distance, they finally came to a halt at the library, with the purple haired youth coming in last obviously. Arriving with his distress written face, he saw Kross summon his mirror as he turned away from the mirror. "Kross?" he called, wondering what the keyblade wielder was doing. It didn't take long for him to hear Kross's intention as he spoke to himself, albeit he was within hearing range.

"We have to get that mirror working!" he spoke as he joined the group.

"What am I going to do?" uttered Ananta. The purple haired adolescent recognized her from earlier, as she was with Kross along with Steel, Raisor, Anora, and Aden.

"What the hell am I doing? I am not going to flee again." spoke Karina, deviating from the group gathered by the mirror in order to leave the library. D'daear was calm for a brief moment as being surrounded by so many reassured him of safety in numbers. With Karina's deviation, fear was slowly seeping its way back. What's more, Kross had his keyblade summoned. That could only mean the obvious. "What?! You're going back to fight?! ALL OF THEM?!" he exclaimed, but to no avail as the girl had already turned the corner of the Libraries entrance.

"Whatever Karina is doing, she isn't doing the right thing." Ananta spoke up, running past the library entrance after her, along with Beuce. " Don't think logic's gonna cut it there 'nanta." Beuce's voice echoed in the hallway. Taken back by what had just happened, D'daear stood there in disbelief, slowly feeling the terror clamping its jaws on him. The numbers were dwindling, and who knew what else was in store for them if they remained here for much longer. "...but..." was all he could mutter, before causing the tendons on the neck to turn D'daear's head towards the mirror. Regardless of whether going after Karina was the right or "noble" thing to do, he wasn't about to leave someone all alone in someplace unknown...or so he justified. With a sigh, he gathered courage into a fist, and walked past the others towards the far side of the group pausing briefly. This whole situation was just so frustrating to him! To be brave or an idiot and remain here to attempt this havens salvation, or to be wise and retreat with little dignity. To follow a human's base instinct, to fight or flee... Furrowing the brows in ambivalence, he stood there in contemplation. "I sincerely hope there is a plan at work here... " he spoke softly while staring away in space.

 

Ananta was going to retort, but she was cut short by a white haired pest. She had spied him out the corner of her eye. She was about to ask him what he wanted and why he hadn't already ran through the mirror, but she was too late. His hand was cupped around Karina's breast and it looked like Ananta couldn't stop Karina. Especially after Beuce decided it was smart to slap her butt before running off to the mirror. "Beuce why did yo-" she began before Karina swooshed by her, anger emanating from her. Ananta couldn't blame her. That was sexual harassment. Instead of standing around, wasting time, Ananta began to run after Karina. Skidding to a halt, she saw Karina fly into the mirror. "Did she trip?" she wondered, following behind Karina.

Listening to Karina, Ananta frowned. "Karina!" she said, standing beside her. "I don't get why the hell you think I'm trying to act all motherly towards you. I'm not. I'm trying to be logical in this because apparently you can't think when you're this angry. The fact of the matter is, if you stayed behind and fought alone, what if you died? Whatever happened in your past, I'm guessing some pretty bad stuff, whoever you're trying to prove yourself to, that wouldn't work. They'd think you're weak for getting yourself killed. I won't let you get killed, that's for sure." Ananta said, putting her hands on her hips. "I'm staying too. And I'm going to sit here and make sure you don't get killed. Besides." she said, raising a fist. "I have a score to settle with Nequa anyway." she had a sinister grin.

"Now, Karina, are you going to trust in your comrades or are you going to continue pushing us all away?" she asked, pushing the door open.

 

As always, when things appeared to be at peace, trouble always seems to spawn to disrupt it. If they had a nickel for every time that happened. "Huh? There's a library here?" Heartless to the left, heartless to the right, one option stood out clear which was to fight! Although despite having fought this amount of heartless before she knew she wasn't capable of doing so without her partners. Not to mention The exit being far from her compared to everyone else so it couldn't be as easy to just run, no, she had to fight her way out or atleast run when it's clear. She dodged rolled to get to a less crowded space and then analyzed the area to know where she would go next from there. "Huh the heartless look like they're having a rave from this angle" Then suddenly a great dark beast appeared before her. As if sensing her presence it let out a great bellow, she said "Easy big fella!" Before getting ready to strike, a little light bulb shined above her head. "Wait, that's it! Your my ticket out!" She slashed the little shadows that were surrounding her so that her back was facing towards the exit. "Come on. Come at me bro" She waited until the waveryn started to do it's ramming attack. Since they always fly past their target when performing that move, she hoped that by hopping onto its back it would take her straight towards the door. And Surprisingly it worked, however, she didn't hold on as it made a sudden stop thus throwing her upside down against the wall. "I always did like those heartless...ugh gods I've been nothing but a raggedy ann doll lately" she rolled onto her side and stood up. "Never thought I'd say this but, l need to get to the library" and with that folks she indeed went straight to the library.

 

Glen stood still in shock as he witnessed the mass summoning of behemoth heartless. He immediately summoned his keyblade and started plotting the downfall of them, but he was rudely interrupted by a white haired fool speaking to him. "Whip..what?" he questioned, before being silenced from speaking any further. The world a blur to him, he found himself pushed away instantly by Beuce and to some kind of hall, for whatever reason.

After listening to everything and seeing Beuce perform his death-defying move and Karina fall into the mirror, Glen turned around. Without Beuce to stop him, there was nobody that could stop him from trying to help The Order. If he was ever going to get Kaida's help, he had no doubt The Order would have to be around to help him. "To any of you that dive into that mirror; you're cowards. There might be a lot of heartless out there, but you're forgetting one important things. We're keyblade wielders, this is what we were born for. The rest of you can run away, hide where the heartless can't get you, but are you so willing to abandon The Order? Those are good people out there that gave us shelter, people that tried to help us out when they could have just left us, and our way of saying thank you is 'oh hey here's a heartless horde invading your home, guess that sucks for you doesn't it'? Run if you want, but I'm fighting" Glen said, turning around and preparing to go back to defend Central Haven.

 

Eon had been slumped in one of the rooms he was using to sleep. The stress from their passing and words of distaste he spoke towards Karina were causing him anxiety. He breathed in and gave out a heavy sigh. His eyes gazed towards the trinkets he had acquired over his journey. The last object to receive was a mirror that could see into other worlds. It made for an easy way to check up on things with the others in case anything happened.

Dazing away into sleep, a loud tremor was heard from the door. The black pool of darkness traveling through the shadows with its yellow eyes, lifeless and full of anguish, stared onto Eon. The sound of its solidification caused Eon to wake up, his reaction time becoming well known to strike down at the Heartless with the Keyblade, in which he unintentionally summoned.

Traveling through the halls after leaving the room, he saw the hordes of Heartless increase the further he got in. He couldn't beat them all right now, but the one's that came at him, those were the unlucky beings that perished under his blade. Eventually, he made it to the library where everyone seemed to had been gathered. He didn't ask why the five characters were working on a machine since it had to have some importance if the Heartless were interested in destroying it completely. Eon took a defensive stance and slammed any of the incoming Heartless. "Sorry I'm late."

 

Steel shook his head as he observed the chaos ensuing around him. "How do they call this a team?" He whispered to himself. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say D'daear, Sebastian, and I are the only ones who cooperate of our own free will." He looked to see the aforementioned people; both of which were staring into space. "Guess I'm on my own." Steel shrugged before summoning his umbrella. He opened it up and propped it on his shoulder as a small rain cloud appeared above. He looked at all of his comrades in what could only be described as disappointment. "There is quite a large difference between fleeing in cowardice and tactical retreat." He paused for a moment and brought an open hand up in front of him. His mask appeared; he hadn't used it in a while now. He gazed at the mask in silence for a moment as a dark look entered his eye. "I should know; I spent my first few centuries doing the prior." His gaze fell. "This is supposed to be the latter." He hung the mask on the left hand side of his scarf. It stood there as a seeming focal point; as if the entire cape like cloth hung by the mask. The rain cloud vanished and he brought the umbrella forward and closed it. He entered his battle stance, wielding the object as if it were a rapier. "Nevertheless, escape is impossible at this point in time. So in the meantime, let's see what this fruit salad is capable of, shall we?"

 

"Actually, you didn't say that. But I guess you don't care if you die." Ananta said, slashing at a few heartless. "I do listen, but I'm too stubborn to sit here and let a friend fight alone. Especially if she refuses to run. And keep talking like that and I definitely won't help you and I definitely will let you die, Karina." Ananta said, turning towards her, hopping back from a heartless that lunged at her. "I'm sick and tired of you acting so damn tough all the time. I've seen tougher people, for instance those masked people, and they didn't act as cocky or self centered as you." she said, destroying a heartless in front of her. "You may be strong, but you're not strong at all. Physical strength won't make up for a lack of friendship. That's what our hearts need to continue fighting heartless. The way you keep pushing everyone away, that won't help you at all!" Ananta called to her, hitting the wall and frowning. Who was she to talk about friends and strength of heart? She didn't even believe in herself. Ananta stared at a heartless and threw a fireball at it, grunting when one slashed at her leg and left a small mark. "Fact of the matter is, Karina, is that you think you've got it all, you think you can beat everyone, but you CAN'T." Ananta said, standing beside Karina once more, watching the few heartless that were there disperse and scamper away momentarily. "You have to have faith in your friends and comrades, you can't just keep thinking you can beat everyone and everything. That's foolish and childish." Ananta said, staring at Karina. "I'm not the smartest person on our time, nor am I the strongest, but I don't sit here and believe I can defeat everything with strength alone. Don't forget that it was because you had friends and comrades beside you that you've even made it this far. It's thanks to everyone trusting each other that we're all here and in one piece." she glared at Karina. "But if you are going to continue thinking that you're the strongest and don't need anyone, than you're going to get yourself killed. I don't know who you're trying to prove yourself to, but getting killed definitely won't prove anything. It'll only prove how stupid you are, in the end." Ananta finished.

 

Luna stood there in shock as she saw Aux appear before Krowley and Kuma. "Novice wielders! Make your way to the Library and defend yourselves there. We are in a state of emergency!" Luna turned her head toward Krowley as he gave instructions to the group. Luna continued to stand there as the rest of the group made their way to the Library. She watched Aux summoned Behemoth heartless in front of the group. Karina tossed Luna's hair pin back to her as she ran toward the Library. Why can't I move?! I need to move now!! But....why won't my body listen to me?!?!?! Luna asked herself as one of the Behemoths attacked her with its horn. She landed onto the ground in pain. She tried getting up but was still a bit paralyzed in fear. "What are you doing!?!? Move now!! Otherwise I'm not giving you the leftover red velvet cake!!" Luna's eyes widen as she started to make her way toward the Library. You always know what to say to get me to run....right, Akira. She looked at her charm bracelet as the sun charm glowed dimly.