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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Odie flinched and whipped around at the sound of an explosion. It had to be big if it managed to rock the Eliminator. She broke away from Jessica and bolted out to the door. A chunk of the colosseum had been blown out, and in the rubble stood a big, three headed dog. Well, this looked like exactly their kind of luck. She jumped down from the Eliminator and started running towards the trouble, summoning her keyblade on the way. Over the chaos, Odie could just hear Shien's shout.

With a determined nod, Odie rushed in through the hole the cerebus had left behind. Apparently, the boys weren't doing so hot. Jason and Rayn, probably exhausted from their fight, had been unceremoniously thrown almost into the quickly emptying (in a very orderly fashion, how often did this kinda stuff happen around here?) stands. Leaving Shien in the ring, trying to keep the cerebus and it's rider, a stranger to Odie, on him and away from the bystanders. Odie took a running leap to join him down there, rolling to a stop by his side. She took a split second to throw up a thumbs up, to show she'd landed that okay. She spun as she stood, and bat aside a ball of dark energy. A head started to lunge forward, but Odie tossed her keyblade almost into it's eye. Even she was surprised by how close to making that shot she came, as her keyblade returned to her hand.
"Anybody we know?" She called to Shien.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Shien turned his head to the side as Odie literally rolled up beside him. He smiled briefly at her thumbs-up, but then became serious again as he turned back to Cerberus and Kain.
"Yeah, his name is Kain, a servant of the Guild of Darkness. When I came here last year with Jason, Rayn, and the others, we encountered and defeated Kain then. Now he's back, and I guess he decided to bring back-up."
He turned his head to his left as Thomas appeared by his side.

"So what's the plan, Shien?" he asked.
"We'll need to take down Cerberus before attacking Kain. Each of us will focus on attacking one head, and watch out for counterattacks from Kain. Let's go!"
Shien decided he would take the middle head, and charged straight at it, unleashing a fire attack at close-range. Thomas decided to take the right-most head, and since he was the best close-quarters fighter currently in the battle, he began clobbering it with punches and kicks.

Shien attacked the center head with his Keyblade. He looked around as he defended himself, making sure that Thomas and Odie were also still doing okay. It was while they were fighting that he got an idea.
"Thomas, let me see your fists!"
Thomas gave him a quizzical look, but kicked Cerberus across the face before turning and presenting both fists. Shien raised his Keyblade, causing Thomas' fists to light on fire without burning him so that his punches could do fire damage.

Thomas looked down at his fists, a smile spreading across his face.
"Whoa, this is awesome! Thanks, Shien!"
Thomas turned his attention back to Cerberus, launching a hand-to-hand combination that left beautiful traces of fire in his wake. Shien turned and watched as Odie threw her Keyblade again. He raised his Keyblade and it began to crackle with electricity, doing shock damage when it hit Cerberus.

Just like with Thomas, he made sure that Odie would not be harmed by the electricity now coursing through her Keyblade. He focused his magic again and encased his Keyblade's business end in ice magic. With his augmented Keyblade, he struck the center head multiple times, doing frost damage as well as regular damage. He saw Kain begin to counterattack and was forced to block a thrust from his spear, as well, so he knew he would have to up their defense, as well. Casting Aeroga on all three of them, they were now more protected from the attacks of their enemies. Shien then continued to attack the center head, knowing that very soon Cerberus would be defeated and they could focus on Kain.
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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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"Whoah!" Odie cried, as her keyblade began crackling with lightning as it left her hand. She watched the sparking spiral as it flew into the closest head, throwing streaks of electricity over the area it hit. The head reared back with a pained snarl, and turned to look at her. Thankfully, it couldn't quite lunge at her, given the split attention of the other heads, and the whirlwind Shien had summoned around them all. She grinned, as she threw her keyblade up once again. The beast looked to be on the ropes.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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The attack came fast. Honestly, he and Jason both should have easily seen it coming. But they'd spent so long fighting each other that their energy was completely gone, barely able to focus on each other much less an outside threat. Both of them were thrown aside when Cerberus crashed into the arena. Like Jason he, too, stuck his Keyblade into the ground in an effort to keep himself in the ring proper. Unfortunately, that was all Rayn could do. Also like Jason, Rayn didn't have the strength or energy to contribute to the fight. He did at least have the energy to shout one bit of advice to his friends who had come in to help.

"That guy... he's a under a spell!" unfortunately, that was all he could really manage. But hopefully that could clue the others in on their opponent. They didn't necessarily have to defeat him, but merely free him from the spell Zen had placed on him nearly a year ago.

Outside of the barrier that formed around the ring, other combatants moved to give their aid. Freya, Amarant, Hercules, Shadow, Auron, Jecht, Golbez and even Lloyd as well. However the barrier prevented their interference, either because they couldn't break it or lacked the energy to do so. Jason and Rayn's friends managed to get in the fray before the ring became locked up, so it seemed the Keyblade Wielders were on their own.
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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Shien raised his Keyblade as the middle Cerberus head lunged forward with an attack. His weapon blocked the impact but still threw him backwards into the arena. He slid backwards on his feet and was able to stay upright. He had slid close to Rayn, and heard him call out that Kain was under a spell.
"A spell?"
Using his honed sense of magic, Shien was able to focus and feel the dark magic controlling Kain's mind.

It was not surprising that Zen would stoop to such tactics. After all, it was the evil magic that he had used to tamper with his own mind that had given birth to Digen, an incarnation of his evil. He was sure that he could undo the spell controlling Kain, but in order to have a shot at it, they would have to take down Cerberus. The only way he could see it happening was if all three of them hit Cerberus' heads as hard as they could. When Odie's Keyblade returned to her and Thomas was also knocked back, Shien decided to put his plan into action.
"Everyone, attack all of the heads at once!"

Thomas nodded, and both he and Shien launched themselves at the heads at the same time. Shien gave Odie the nod to throw her Keyblade again. Thomas moved his body to the side to avoid snapping jaws and threw a right hook at Cerberus with all of his might. Shien aimed his body higher and brought the Keyblade down as hard as he could on Cerberus' mouth. He had calculated the timing as best he could, and now he had to see how it played out.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Odie saw Shien's nod out of the corner of her eye. She nodded, serious for once in her life. She wound her arm back, swung it around, and threw her keyblade once more. Then an idea struck her, and she bolted to follow her keyblade with a mischievous grin. It struck true, hitting the head on the right. However, instead of waiting for it to arc, Odie sprang off Cerebus' paw as it reeled from the blow, and grabbed her keyblade right as it ricocheted off the creature's face. Flipping herself in a way she remembered from her time as a bird in the lion world, she brought her keyblade down a second time, to land a fast paced second strike, just as gravity started to reclaim her. She rolled on landing, a little further from the boys than she'd really like, but on her feet.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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At the exact same second, Shien's Keyblade, Thomas's fist, and Odie's Keyblade collided with the three heads of Cerberus. The power of the blows wobbled its knees, and it collapsed to the ground with a whine that could only come from a canine. As Cerberus began resting its three heads on the ground, Kain saw that his mount was out of commission and sprang off of its back with nimble grace, doing a front-flip in mid-air to land in a standing position on the ground. Shien was about to issue an order to his friends to cease attacking so that he could try to break the dark magic with his own, but before he could, Thomas charged Kain, ready to fight.
"Thomas, wait!"
Shien began running toward the two of them, hoping he would get there in time to aid his friend.

Seeing Thomas coming toward him, Kain assumed a right-footed fighting stance and pointed the blade of his spear at the charging warrior. Thomas was within range to throw a right punch and did, but Kain had expected this and was prepared to counter. Kain pivoted off of his leading right foot and spun around, turning the spear in his hands so that the end without a blade was facing downward. With that end, he swept Thomas's legs out from under him and deftly moved the spear point back into position, driving it forward to pierce Thomas through the chest. Caught off-guard by his enemy's defense, Thomas barely managed to roll out of the way, causing the blade tip to sink into the earth outside of the ring instead. Thomas lashed out with his left foot, trying to break the spear in two with a kick, but Kain drew back his weapon too quickly and went for a second piercing attack.

Thomas rolled to the right and executed a well-timed leg sweep with his right leg, knocking his opponent to the ground. He got to his feet, and was surprised to see that Kain had done so just as quickly by kicking out his legs to get back on his feet. They were close together, and Thomas instinctively threw a left punch aimed at Kain's helm. With speed befitting a trained warrior, Kain whirled his spear and deflected the punch by meeting it with his spear blade. He then pulled back and struck Thomas under the chin with the blunt end of the spear, knocking him into the air and onto his back. A rattled Thomas was too dazed to defend himself, and was vulnerable to the third piercing strike that Kain delivered.

Thankfully, Shien was close enough to prevent the blow from making contact. From his Keyblade, he launched a Thunder spell that was perfectly conducted by Kain's armor. The intensity of the spell was like a taser to the body, and Kain was still staggering and barely holding onto his spear. While his enemy was recovering from the shock, Shien dragged Thomas away by the arms and to Odie.
"Please protect Thomas while he recovers and do not attack Kain unless absolutely necessary. I'm going to try and break the Guild's mind control."

Thomas's eyes came back into focus in time to see Odie standing above him.
"It seems that you are my guardian angel once more."
He tried to get up, but then his eyes started swimming again and he had to lay back down.
"Ohh...I guess I was hit harder than I thought..."
His hand reached into his pocket for a Potion, but his hand could not go deep enough into his pocket to grab the potion due to his hand weapon being too big to fit down the pocket opening. Thomas sighed with frustration, trying to reach over with his right hand to untie the steel hand cover from his left hand.

As Kain shook his head to try and clear it, Shien took a fighting stance and his mind raced over what to do. If he had control of the Light like Jason, it would be a simple matter of using a potent burst of Light energy at close-range to dissipate the Darkness. However, he did not have such power at his disposal, and as that idea was mentally checked off, he realized that Rayn had given him the answer during his battle with Vincent. The Holy Spell was a Light variety that would open the way to Kain's true mind. He would have to use two spells, but if they worked, they would free Kain. Shien made his Keyblade disappear and both of his hands started to glow as he readied the spells he would need.

In his right hand was the Holy spell, and as a result, the palm of his hand glowed with misty white energy. In his left hand was a spell known as Dispel, which could remove magical effects from himself or someone else, and his palm glowed with misty pink energy. The plan was to weaken the Darkness around Kain with Holy, and then try to dissipate it with Dispel. The two spells used together would hopefully simulate Jason's Light Energy enough to get the job done. Shien looked over at Jason and Rayn, thankful to his two best friends for inspiring this idea. Kain had by now fully recovered from the shock, and was ready to fight Shien with his spear in place, something the Keyblade Master had to be cautious of as he slowly approached Kain and got his spells within range to be effective.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Odie winced as she watched Thomas' attempt at engaging this Kain guy in melee. She abruptly understood Shien's warnings not to get close. She nodded as Shien dragged Thomas over to her and told her to keep an eye on him while Shien tried to save this guy's soul or something. She blushed momentarily as Thomas called her an angel, but shook her head viciously. This did little to clear away the flush.
"There is a time, and a place." She muttered. Seeing him struggle with his pockets and hand covers, Odie reached into her own and quickly produced a potion to awkwardly hand him, crouching and reaching backwards to hold it out to him. After a moment's thought, she also pulled the knot on the rag tied around her wrist and handed him that too.
"Just in case it doesn't work all the way, or you need to clean up or... Yknow." She said as she straightened back up. All through this, Odie kept her eyes forward, on the scene with Shien, just in case everything went to hell.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Thomas looked up as Odie handed him a potion.
"Thank you," he replied with a smile.
After popping the cork off, he downed the green liquid in one gulp, found it tasty if a bit bitter, and felt its healing effects begin to wash over him. The soreness on his face began to go away, and though he could not see it, the bruises had healed. Thomas was able to get to his feet with renewed strength, standing next to Odie, who was trying to offer him the rag that she had tied around her wrist. Thomas smiled, thinking that she looked cute when she was nervous.

"Thanks, but the potion did the trick. You always know how to make me feel better."
Thomas gently took the rag from her and began tying it around her wrist again. It was the first time that his skin came in contact with Odie's, and he tried not be distracted by that fact as he worked. When it was back in the same knot that it had been before she untied it, he pulled his hands away and turned to face Shien.
"That Kain guy is no joke, so I hope Shien knows what he's doing."

When Shien was within range, he unleashed Holy, which in this case acted like the magical equivalent of a flash grenade. Kain was temporarily blinded and pulled his head away, and in that moment, Shien could see the dark energy swirling around his opponent's head. Seeing that Darkness, Shien unleashed Dispel, which seemed to clear away the fog. However, that was just a small amount of the dark energy controlling Kain, as evident when he tried to gut him with the spear. Shien jumped back to dodge the blow, using the spells in conjunction again. His foe fought hard to try and get to him, but little by little, the Keyblade Master was chipping away at the mind control.

After what seemed like an eternity, Kain finally seemed to wake up from the spell. He made groggy noises from underneath the helm, as if he had just woken up from a long slumber. A long yawn followed, and then he looked from side-to-side, seeming to not know where he was.
"What...is this place?"
Shien slowly lowered his hands, not entirely trusting the warrior yet.
"This is the Olympus Coliseum, and you were here because you were attacking us."

Kain seemed to be confused.
"Attacking you? Why? Are we enemies?"
"No, but we were made enemies when the Guild of Darkness took over your mind."
Kain seemed to be thinking, remembering the strange robed figure that had confronted him on his own planet what seemed like a lifetime ago.

By this time, the barrier locking out Lloyd and the others had come down. Cerberus had disappeared, being summoned back to his post by Hades. Kain straightened his posture and put away his spear, which he just now seemed to realize that he was holding.
"Please accept my apologies for what happened."
"You were being controlled by the Guild and being forced to do things against your will, so there's nothing for you to apologize for."
Shien realized that the battle was over and made his way to Jason and Rayn, who were still recovering from their own intense battle.

Shien crouched over Jason and raised his Keyblade.
"Curaga!"
A green light glowed from the tip of his Keyblade and bathed Jason in its light, healing his wounds and restoring his stamina. Regrettably, his magic could not restore Jason's Light Energy, which would have to return in its own time. Shien moved over to Rayn and cast Curaga on him, as well. He watched as they were gradually able to get to their feet.

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Rayn's own vision progressively blurred as his friends battled Kain. Like Jason, he was fighting back unconsciousness and using the last of his physical strength to hold himself in the ring, refusing to be knocked outside of it by some stray magic spell or the aftershocks of a powerful blade made by one of the others. But as he did so, he began to see less and less of the Coliseum, and of the battle against the Dragoon. Some other place he'd never seen before seemed to fall into place, piece by piece until Rayn found himself in a dreamlike state.

Was it a combination of his own weariness and waning consciousness causing him to see this? Perhaps, and perhaps not. But what he saw was something he would not soon forget. It looked like some sort of forest plateau, the kind of thing one could only dream up in a fantasy. On the plateau itself stood a Castle... or was it a Temple? It looked like it could be called both. It possessed Castle walls, but contained outdoor paths marked with shrine-like gates. It was a picturesque blend of East and West, architectural styles that normally clashed, only here they coexisted in harmony. The "Castle" was not the only feature of the plateau. Around the grounds Rayn could see sandy, circular areas marked only by white stones. Nearby those, he could make out storage racks holding Keyblades of varying sizes and length. It was like gazing at the location from the perspective of a bird. And, like a bird, Rayn's viewpoint seemed to quickly close in on the facility, like a bird swooping in for a landing.

When they were in closer view, Rayn realized that the "Keyblades" he saw on the racks were not real Keyblades, instead they were replicas carved out of wood. He guessed they were kept here and used for sparring and training to avoid inflicting serious injuries. In these areas, Rayn noticed people. Some looked to be sparring in various fighting zones, while others watched on intently, as if studying them and mentally taking notes. They all had one thing in common: their attire. Every one of them wore a variation of the same training gi: shirts of a cyan-blue hue, trousers of a darker indigo-blue, and either brown or black pairs of shoes and gloves. Other than that, many had more personal additions to their attire. Some wore unfamiliar crests stitched onto the front or back of their shirts, while others might have worn them as part of a headband or bandanna. The various crests were unique, possibly representing their family or the school they trained in. But there was one crest they all shared, worn somewhere on their clothes along with the personal ones... the very same crest that was seen on the cape of Rayn's Armor of Kings, and also the crest he now noticed on banners hanging on various spots on the walls and posts.

Is this... the Keyblade Society?

Rayn only recalled hearing it in passing from Jason, but never learned any of the specific details. Seeing it in such vivid detail... Rayn now understood why Jason held it in such high regard, and he had to admit that this experience was giving him a newfound respect for it as well. Then, all at once, sparring matches stopped all around the training grounds, and students began to gather at one arena in particular. What could be so important as to interrupt training for everyone else? But then, he saw what it was. In one arena, there stood two individuals, not students like the others. These two were both full grown men, one of which Rayn only saw from the back. He was just around average height, possessed short blonde hair that looked eerily reminiscent of Rayn's, only instead of being spiked it was instead combed straight back and parted just ever-so-slightly. He wore his own training gi, which lacked any personal crest and instead just bore a larger version of the Keyblade Society crest on the back. He also held a Keyblade in his hand, a real one, and on top of that it was Rayn's old Dragonheart to boot.

Could this be...?

The man's opponent stood tall, very tall. He was above average height, in fact he could probably be a professional basketball player if he wanted to. His face was clean-shaven, and didn't even possess any scars, meaning he was either a rookie or a Master that was very skilled. And given the respect that everyone, even Tod, showed the man... well it was obvious which of those descriptions were correct. He also wore a gi of similar color, only his did possess a personal crest depicting a pair of dragon wings. He, too, held a real Keyblade in his hand. It was very sword-like, the blade thin and curved like a Japanese sword but possessing Key-like details that resembled fangs, while the blade's Keychain depicted a kanji symbol that Rayn couldn't read. His hair was longer than Tod's, darker in color too. But like Tod it was combed back, and then held there in a ponytail. As if he wasn't unique enough, the man wore a large, heavy-looking white cloak over his training garb.

"So, the time has finally come." the long-haired Master said in a voice that was somehow both soft and powerful, "Then... you know what you must do."

At this, Tod appeared to nod, but the gesture was slow and seemed full of sadness. These two clearly knew something that Rayn did not. In fact, others watching also looked solemn, as if they too knew something was about to happen. But there were no explanations, and no further words. Instead the two men suddenly bent their knees, both holding their Keyblades in a very unfamiliar stance. The actual "blade" section was grasped in their left hand, while their right hands hovered over the Keyblades' hilts. After a moment of staring at it, Rayn suddenly realized that the stance was identical to that of a Samurai holding their katana in preparation for a draw. The men lunged at each other, each one attacking so fast they could easily match Jason's Light-speed.

After both Keyblades collided, both fighters jumped back a few steps, before each continuing the attack. Their blows almost seemed like a ritual, like this fight had been choreographed beforehand. In martial arts, this was known as a Kata. Rayn never imagined that such a fighting style could be applied to Keyblades. Both men then came at each other with identical techniques. Their hands moved faster than the eye could see, their blades sparking at the sheer speed and friction of their numerous clashes. Their speed was unbelievable. Rayn and Jason both fought at this speed during their match, but each had to use magic of some kind to achieve it... Rayn with a Haste spell and Jason with Light-speed. But these two... they weren't using any magic. At all. This was all pure skill and physical prowess. And it wasn't over yet.

As if following a script, the Master jumped back a few feet and held his Keyblade in a thrusting stance. Recognition seemed to flash in Tod's eyes, and he followed suit... except he chose the stance that the two had started the battle in. It was here that Rayn finally saw Tod from the front. They really did look similar, albeit Tod was older, probably in his thirties at this point. He also had facial hair, a short mustache/goatee combination around his chin and upper lip. He also possessed a scar, a cross-shaped one where one line started above his right eye and went at a downward angle over the bridge of his nose for about the length of an index finger. The second line started closer to the center of his forehead and made a downward angle just over the bridge of his nose and stopped just above his right cheek.

"Show me the one technique capable of countering the Nine-Headed Dragon... by countering it here and now and striking me down!" then the Master went on the attack. Whatever this technique was, it was a doozy. He moved so fast he could have possibly outmatched Jason's Light-speed. He was fast enough that his attack actually looked like it was coming from nine-different angles all at the same time. He was aiming nine specific strikes against nine specific points on Tod's body, not that Rayn could truly follow it, but that was his best guess. However, as soon as the Master came closer, Tod himself went on the move and... truth be told, Rayn couldn't see anything that happened next. There looked to be a flash of sorts, and the next anyone could tell, Tod was suddenly standing in a different spot as if he'd teleported or something, while the Master he sparred with was briefly sent flying only to crash onto the arena ground in a heap... a massive cut from Tod's Keyblade drawn diagonally across his chest from hip to shoulder.

What... what even was that? One second the Master is about to inflict several killing blows at once and then... this?

It truly was awe-inspiring. Tod's speed in the moment of his counterattack was nigh on Godly. Rayn would even wager it far-surpassed Jason's Light-speed. But... how? That just... didn't seem possible. As if this couldn't be any more unbelievable, Rayn also remembered that neither man used any magic whatsoever. So that Godlike speed that Tod reached... was purely his own skill and prowess.

Before Rayn could see anything that happened next, he was suddenly conscious again in the Coliseum. His previous injuries were healed by a Curaga from Shien. Although it healed him, Rayn could still feel the soreness of his previous injuries. He staggered to his feet, barely registering what was happening around him. He was completely unable to get what he'd just seen out of his head.

"He moved so fast... what was that style? What was that technique?" Rayn blurted out loud to himself. He was flabbergasted, for almost the first time in his life he wasn't afraid to admit how amazing someone else was. In this case... it was Tod and that Godly-fast technique Rayn witnessed in the dream, if that was even a dream in the first place. It felt far to real and vivid to be a mere dream.

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Odie flushed a little when she turned to see, instead of just taking the rag, Thomas had started tying it back to her wrist. She scratched at the back of her neck once her rag was reattached. She gladly took the out when Thomas mentioned Kain and Shien. She shook her head clear and turned her attention back again.
"Yeah... It's taking a while, d'you think it's working?" She replied. What felt like an eternity later, Shien seemed to get through to him. Odie walked closer, with the apparent end of the battle. She awkwardly waved at Kain, but she looked over at Shien as he headed up to where Jason and Rayn had been thrown.

She grinned up as first Rayn stirred, and wobbled upright.
"Careful, blondie, if you fall on me I ain't catching you." She joked. She frowned when Rayn said something about style and technique. She'd not seen anybody moving around, how fast would somebody have to go to be completely invisible.
"Umm." She turned to Shien. "Were you moving?" She paused a moment and looked over her shoulder at that Kain guy.
"Were you?" She looked between the two.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Shien shook his head as Odie asked him if he had been moving, and Kain repeated this gesture, knowing it had not been him.
"I think Rayn may have been having a vision. Maybe hanging around with Jason too long makes them contagious."
"Ha ha," Jason replied, getting his bearings after what had just happened.
After a few minutes, he turned to Kain.
"I'm relieved to see you free of the Guild's control."

Kain crossed his arms, his pride wounded by the fact that he had been used as a puppet.
"I appreciate the help from you guys. If Shien hadn't released me from their hold, who knows what would have happened."
Kain shook hands with Shien, a smile behind his helm.
"I am forever in your debt, friend. If there's anything I can do to repay this kindness, you have only to ask."

Shien smiled as he returned the handshake.
"Thanks, Kain, but I think your own world needs you more than we do. Perhaps Jason's Light powers can send you back?"
Kain dropped his head.
"I fear that there is nothing left of my home world. It seems likely that the same people who brainwashed me also destroyed my world."

Shien looked at Jason, and he picked up on what he wanted him to do. Jason closed his eyes to focus his powers, getting the energy signal off of Kain. Using that, he was able to project his consciousness into the universe, trying to find some planet that matched up. After several minutes of searching, he finally found a planet in a far-off galaxy that matched what he was looking for. As he came back to his own present situation, he smiled at Kain.
"I have some good news, for it appears that I found your home planet intact."

Kain was surprised to hear it, but nodded soberly.
"That is encouraging news. Maybe I can return to the life I had before all of this after all."
Jason reached out and formed a shining light portal, keeping it open with great focus.
"If you walk through that portal, it should take you back home."
Kain nodded at Jason, thanked everyone for their help, and then stepped through the portal.

Jason closed the portal behind him, exhaling a deep breath as he did so. He was hopeful that Kain would return home safely, and that his world would be as he remembered it. Looking around at his friends, he was happy to see that none of them had been severely injured while he had been unable to fight. It was while he was looking around that he suddenly remembered that the championship match with Rayn had never been decided. He turned to Rayn, who still seemed to be in kind of a daze.
"I wonder what will happen with our match."

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Well, one could always count on good ol' Hercules to snap someone back to their senses, even if it was with an ever-so-slightly-too-hard slap on the back. He'd stepped into the arena and given this gesture to both Jason and Rayn at the same time, and this was what finally snapped Rayn out of his daze.

"Great fighting, you guys! Couldn't have done better myself!" he said with a big grin on his face.

"But we didn't even finish..." Rayn protested, rubbing his temples with his forefingers, "...what happens now?"

Thankfully Phil was on hand to provide an answer, "We finally close the lid on this thing..." Phil said in a low voice, but then switched to his louder announcer voice, "Looks like our final match got interrupted and we'll have to end this on a draw!" he said, but before the crowd could start booing he was quick to add, "But instead we got two exciting battles for the price of one! I think that oughta make up the difference... whaddya say People of Thebes?" this elicited a thunderous applause and roaring cheers.

"A draw it is, then!" Phil grabbed both finalists wrists and lifted their arms up to declare them both victorious, "And let this mark the end of another exciting game. If it pleases the Gods I hereby declare this Titan Cup concluded!" as if answering a prayer, several lightning bolts lit up the now-dark night sky. It appeared that Zeus and the rest of the Gods of Olympus approved of the outcome.

Some moments later, Rayn could be found standing off in the arena corner by himself. He'd drawn his Kayblade, and could be seen grasping the shaft of the blade on his left hand. Meanwhile his right hand hovered over the Keyblade's hilt, and he bent his knees in an attempt to replicate the unfamiliar stance he witnessed in his dream.

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Odie Grinned and enthusiastically whistled along with the applause, despite being on the other end of it. With the tournament over, she could see folks start to file out, and she made to follow suit. As she moved to leave though, she stopped abruptly, and slapped her own forehead.
"Jess!" She said through her teeth. She bolted, heading for the Eliminator. She jogged up into the ship and started to peer around.
"Jess? You still in here?" She called.

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Jason nearly jumped out of his skin when Hercules slapped him on the back, having forgotten all about the Titan Cup with everything else going on.
"Thanks, Herc. Maybe next time we can have a friendly match."
Since the fight had been interrupted, it was officially declared a draw, meaning that Rayn and himself would be co-champions of this year's Titan Cup. That was fine with him, and he smiled and waved as his arm was raised, when it lowered, he looked around to assemble his team so that they could head off-world.

Odie had run back to the ship to check on Jessica, and Shien approached him.
"I guess it's time for us to get going, huh?"
Jason looked over at everyone, and was struck that Thomas had now fought alongside them. He was not a Keyblade Master, but had fought bravely in protecting the world. After such valor, it would be cold of him to turn him away.
"Yeah, and tell Thomas that he can come with us if he chooses."

Shien nodded, knowing that with the fist fighter's crush on Odie, there was no way that he would turn that offer down.
"Rayn's been acting strangely since the fight with Cerberus ended. You should go and talk with him. I'll wait with the others back at the Eliminator X."
Jason nodded and saw Rayn seeming to be in a world of his own. As he got closer, he could see that he was in a stance he had never seen him use before, but recognized it from something Aiden had told him.

"You had a vision, didn't you?"
Jason leaned against the wall and crossed his arms.
"Tod Hjiksen was famed far and wide for his ability to counter any attack thrown his way. It was for this reason that he ranks as one of the greatest warriors that the Keyblade Society ever had. His most powerful counter was a technique so rare that even great masters in the combat arts once claimed that it didn't exist. It seems that the time has come for you to learn that technique."

Jason had known this story well, of a counter that could decimate whole groups of enemies in a single attack. Aiden himself would have struggled against it, and had developed his own technique to defeat Tod's greatest counter, but at great cost. Aiden's greatest technique was so dangerous that he had refused to teach it to Jason, saying that the Light itself would deem when it was time for him to learn it. Once Rayn had mastered Tod's greatest technique, and he had mastered Aiden's, it would be like a return to the glory days of the Society, when evil trembled at the sight of their flashing weapons. Jason got off of the wall and jerked a thumb in the direction of the ship.
"We should get going."

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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"Dream, vision, honestly at this point they may as well be the same thing." Rayn remarked, it was actually a relief that Jason seemed to know a bit about the stance. That meant there had to be some data or information Rayn could gather about the technique he witnessed in the dream. It certainly looked powerful enough, but that speed was completely unreal. How could someone ever learn to move so fast without some kind of Haste spell? It just didn't seem possible.

"Gotta be honest, if what I saw was even half true... then those guys were in a league of their own. We'd never best them, not as we are now." coming from him of all people that painted a vivid picture of just how godly skilled the Keyblade Masters of that time period were, if even the two strongest members of the party couldn't match them at this time.

"See ya around, guys!" Rayn called out, giving Herc and Phil a wave goodbye as he started to follow Jason out of the Coliseum.

"Come back soon guys! How else do expect me to be able to take a crack at you?" Herc responded, waving to them both.

"Ya did good, kid! Just remember what I told ya and you'll do fine!" Phil shouted at them, getting in a goodbye as well.

Unfortunately, Rayn didn't spot Auron, Jecht, or Golbez anywhere. They probably returned to Underworld by now. Still, with Hades turning over a new there was a good chance Rayn might get to see them again next time the group was in the neighborhood.

Once they were all aboard the Eliminator, Rayn decided he would be the first to ask the question that was no doubt on everyone's mind, "So... where to next?"

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Odie turned back to the door, distracted by the arrival of the boys. She took another quick glance around once more, before shrugging and turning around. Apparently Jess had gone to ground, which... Well, Odie really didn't blame her. Damn, losing an arm like that? Odie wasn't surprised Jess didn't really wanna be talking to people just yet.

Though... That arm idea. It wasn't a bad one. Sure, an arm was different than a car, but so was a gummi ship, and fundamental mechanics tended not to change much. Odie nodded to herself, thinking through what exactly an arm would have to be capable of. Especially one wielding a keyblade. She side-eyed Jason.
"Sayyyyyy, Jason?" She said, "Were there ever any keyblade wielders with one arm? Like, back in ye olden days?" She wiggled her fingers at him with a probing look. Then she scratched the back of her head, shoved her hands into her pockets and shrugged.
"Just, you seem to, yknow... Know." She puttered to a stop. She bit her tongue about being worried about Jessica, even if that was a fairly recognisable concern. There were few other reasons to ask that.

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Jason nodded at Rayn's words.
"What's real and what's just a dream are hard to tell apart these days."
When Rayn talked about how strong Aiden and Tod were, he nodded.
"You're right. They were the best of the best for a reason. In their prime, they'd best us in seconds without breaking a sweat."

Aiden and Tod had been products of a time when the Harbingers and the Society were constantly at war. Being a warrior was a method of survival, and being the best meant suffering in training. The hardest training that Aiden put him through was probably nothing compared to the lessons that Aiden and Tod endured. Having to wage battle in sword fights that could be decided in seconds meant having skill that was godlike to onlookers. Jason and Rayn were not yet finished with their training, he felt that in his heart. The Highsmith and Hjiksen households did not yet have their matured heirs.

As Jason was going back to the Eliminator X, Odie asked him about a one-armed Keyblade Master. A memory came into his head of asking Aiden about what the Society had been like in his time.
"Actually, there was. At the Keyblade Society, students were divided into Basic, Advanced, and Honors courses depending on their skills. The instructor for the Honors students, the ones who were the best of the best, was Solo Nesbitt, affectionately called 'One-Arm' Nesbitt. He lacked his right arm and his left eye, but he was one of the greatest warriors of the Society and made students into real warriors."

Jason looked slightly pensive.
"The Honors courses were brutal. It was full-contact and no-holds-barred, just like a real battle. Aiden told me that Solo always insisted on it, because against the Harbingers, there was only kill or be killed. Aiden and Tod got hurt many times, broken bones even, but this hard way to go made them into the warriors of legend that they later became. In short, without Solo Nesbitt, we don't have the legends of Aiden Highsmith and Tod Hjiksen, end of story."

Jason smiled.
"Solo was good friends with a man named Straiger, who was the Master at Arms for the Society. His job was simply to know every technique that the Society ever came up with, so that even if the masters were killed, the techniques would live on. His greatest technique was the Nine-Headed Dragon, the personal killing technique of the Founder of the Keyblade Society, Terellian Dragos, former Patriarch of the House of the Dragon. This was considered the greatest technique of the Keyblade Society until Tod Hjiksen surpassed it with the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki. Aiden Highsmith then surpassed Tod's technique with the only technique that could counter the ultimate counter, the Mach Sword, the only technique ever known to break the sound barrier and perhaps even the user, as well."

Jason turned to Rayn.
"You saw the Amakakeru, didn't you, Rayn? It was designed and implemented by Tod himself, and is today the ultimate technique of the House of Hjiksen. I have yet to see the Mach Sword performed, and Aiden refused to teach it to me. Perhaps you must learn the Amakakeru before I may learn the Mach Sword."
He got into the pilot's seat and started up the Eliminator.

"One other thing that Aiden never taught me was how to read the glyphs on this thing. Perhaps we simply go where we're needed the most, guided by the Light?"
Once all of the Keyblade Masters and Thomas were aboard, the hatch door closed and they lifted off. They were soon shooting off into space, headed for a new adventure. Jason knew that the information he had given would be a lot for the party, especially Rayn to take in. However, they would all realize the part they would play in good time.

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"Learn it?" asked a confused Rayn, "If all those masters are dead by now, then I don't see how I'm supposed to learn this Ama-whatever-it-is technique." unfortunately not everyone had the ghost of a dead ancestor to train them like Jason did. So unless one of those masters somehow survived for a thousand years it didn't seem likely that anyone could still teach those moves. Though at this point, nothing would surprise him. Or, at least it shouldn't.

He sat down in one of the navigator seats nearby, "Okay, so let's assume these ancient super techniques are still around somehow and can be taught. Where exactly do we start looking? I don't know about you but I know next to nothing about the society, let alone where their stronghold is." he reclined the seat back a bit and stared up the ceiling.

"Glyphs... hold on... I think I managed to understand a few of them not long ago when I was trying to do some reading on the ship's database. I wonder..." it was good fortune he just so happened to have chosen the navigation seat, that meant he was sitting right in front of the data for the map of the various worlds, "Uh... I'm guessing the blinking dot is where we are now... well looks like there's a couple of nearby worlds but they don't seem to be identified. Just... numbered. Huh."

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Re: Kingdom Hearts: A New Beginning, Part Two IC

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Odie nodded at Jason's answer to her question. She leant against the wall and zoned out of the conversation slightly. So one had existed way back when, so it had to be possible. Odie raised one of her hands, and started to quietly clench and unclench her own fist. She watched the motion closely. The mechanical basics of how an arm should move were simple, but the real challenge would be figuring out ways to control the arm so it would be useful. Odie was an engineer, not a doctor. She leant back with a sigh, then tuned back into the conversation.

She blinked. Rayn had a point about the techniques. How was he supposed to learn with no master to teach. Then a thought occurred to her.
"Well..." Odie piped up. "An ancient master couldn't be around but... What about a library? Or an archive? I mean..." She pushed off the wall and walked up to the screen with the data on the worlds on it. She turned back and pointed at it.
"This survived and is still working a thousand years later. Heck, it's even still accurate. If this is still around, couldn't they basically film their techniques for further study? If they did those might still be around, it's the same basic principle." And not only that, but maybe some kind of archive would point her in some kind of direction for her future project, or give her a starting point for really understanding the beauty that was the Eliminator. She deflated somewhat when Rayn mentioned about the fact that even such a thing existed, where would they start looking for it. But, Odie'd never been one to lose her grip on an idea that easily. She looked up at the screen herself and paused, thinking.

"Well... Wouldn't somebody know about it? Like, the Keyblade Society was supposedly well know way back when, wouldn't there be... I dunno, stuff like legends? Fairytales that sound suspiciously familiar to somebody clued in about the Keyblade Society?" She looked over to Jason with a shrug. Then she looked around at the ship around them.
"Or, where did you guys find the Eliminator? How'd she get to where you found her? Maybe something's near there."

She turned back when Rayn mentioned about numbered worlds, and turned again to look back at the screen.
"Huh, really?" She muttered, and tilted her head in confusion.

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