Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Flora spun her Keyblade and aimed it at the keyhole, shooting a blue light out. When that was all well and done, she twirled her Keyblade and put it away. She then curtsied to Glen. "Sorry for snapping earlier... I'm just kinda... I dunno."

 

Glen ignored Karina's disapproving look, for he believed he was doing the right thing. He maintained the spell, struggling to keep so many people afloat as he had never been particularly good with magic, until Flora sealed the keyhole. He let the spell break immediately, and the people fell to the ground. He took notice of the fact that Flora had apologized. "Don't worry about it, saving the worlds puts pressure on everybody" he said.

Glen now saw the annoyed, and somewhat angry, expressions on the peoples' faces. He hadn't planned for that, he had hoped that many would actually enjoy the experience. He turned and did a mock bow. "Thank you, thank you, you have been a wonderful audience, if anybody wants autographs, you can talk to one of my other comrades" he explained, before turning and running away from the crowd before they could turn into an angry mob, hoping against hope that he got back to the Land of Departure the same way he had before; by being beamed up by a mystical light.

 

Eon was flabbergasted at the events that occurred. Just so many strange things happened. After it all, Kuzco became human and that was the most important aspect. He gave a light smile as things were soon coming to a close. But now Kuzco had to give up his end of the deal. They got him back so now all that was left was the keyhole. "I'd hate to intrude, but the keyhole, Emperor Kuzco?"

 

Ananta stepped up beside Eon and nodded in agreement. All that happened was greatly funny to her, but she knew they had to get back to what they were originally tasked with doing. "Yes, Emperor Kuzco, do you know where we can find it?" she spoke, not even giving a curtsy this time.

 

Beuce looked slightly confused as Base apologized to him, but soon found out why he did so. "Sorry? Wha- GAH!" Beuce yelled as he was pinched. He reflexively and "accidentally" swung his hand at base's face, making for a backhanded slap. Immediately afterwards, he awoke, finding himself sitting on his glider in the sea of skies/lanes between/subspace/whatever the hell you want to call it. the big greenish-blue cloudy place that seperates the worlds. He looked around, somewhat confused as to where he was momentarily. Then, he looked down to see the Land of Departure below him, and the others floating around him on their gliders. "Well, that's convenient." he noted to himself.

 

Cat looked on at the scene in front of her. She was surprised at Kuzco's sudden change of heart, and she honestly wondered whether or not it was just a side effect of the potion rather than a conscientious decision that he'd made. Regardless, however, she was almost compelled to believe in him. Suddenly, Eon and Ananta started asking about this world's "keyhole" again, and since they seemed to be insistent on finding it, she figured she should chime in. "Your majesty, if you could think of anything that might seem... out of place, that might help us find it on our own."

 

Glen was beginning to get tired now. The people had certainly formed an angry mob now, and he had been running for a while, and still there was no sign of the light that had enveloped him to leave the world; how was he to get back? He mentally slapped himself in the face as the thought hit him. He had to get back, the same way he got in. Barely able to see the rest of the party in the distance, Glen could do nothing but hope they realized the same thing he had. He tossed his keyblade into the air, turning it into its glider form, and leapt onto it.

Moments later, Glen was in the lanes between and could look down from where he was and see the Land of Departure below. He hadn't been in the lanes between much, and he wasn't sure how long he could stay there, but he noticed that Beuce was there and he felt the need to stay, at least to wait long enough for the party members to catch up. "Hey smartass, how was wherever the hell you went to?" he asked as he simply floated there on the glider, awaiting his teammates' return.

 

OOC: Since they're no longer in world, changing colors.

Beuce glanced over at Glen, who arrived and called him a smartass. He chuckled at how much of an understatement that was. "Oh you know, just grew to enormous size, gained strength to surpass Karina, and flattened a dragon into the ground in one hit. I dunno what we were on, but that world was ten and a half kinds of crazy." Beuce then raised an eyebrow, noticing that glen was somewhat beaten up. "Geez what happened to you? You look like a hun and his pet bird bent you over and did what they pleased." Beuce noted. It was a very, very lucky guess as to what happened.

 

Glen listened to Beuce's explanation, taking note of just how crazy the world that Beuce had been on did seem. How would he have coped if he had been there? Probably not very well. He then narrowed his eyes in suspicion as Beuce mentioned the hun and the bird. While he had certainly not been violated by the hun and his bird, it wasn't far from it, but how had Beuce known that? "Well..after surviving an avalanche, watching Karina and Flora genderbend, and saving China..yeah okay you know what you're right I got violated, but keep it on the down low" Glen admitted shamefully, lying partially. He figured that was easier than trying to explain the truth to Beuce.

 

Etrius also put in a little bit of a word. "Yeah Kuzco," he said, "We did our part in protecting you, now you have to uphold your end of the bargain." He willed his Bond of Flame to disappear, and crossed his arms. He wasn't exactly happy with protecting Kuzco, because, considering his entire attitude, he wasn't exactly the "fair" type. In truth, if Yzma had succeeded, she might sooner or later find the Keyhole, but just that wasn't enough to make up for Kuzco's bad attitude.

 

Steel stopped cold. The manner in which his companions had just reacted to the situation was... strange. "Um... Guys?" He paused, unsure how to continue. "Well first, this isn't how things work, y'know? We have to go to the throne room and make it all official. Of course, that would be under normal circumstances, but here...." He paused again. "Am I the only one who saw that smirk? You didn't know he was lying?" When he received no response negating this accusation he was somewhat dumbfounded. "You all mean I was the only one helping out of the goodness of my heart- wait... that doesn't work. -I was the only one helping cause I wanted to?" He paused a third time. "Still doesn't work." He whispered. "I was the only one who helped because... I knew I should? ... Or perhaps for some form of entertainment? ...Why DID I help?"

 

"Oh that was simple enough." Ananta said, stepping forward to the keyhole. "I got this guys." she said, pretending to roll her sleeves up. Holding her keyblade up, she watched as the keyhole lit up and her keyblade tip light up as well. And then....nothing. It stopped. Her keyblade, literally, made a fart noise. Trying again and again, she wanted to close this keyhole. Unfortunately, it was never going to happen for her.

 

Cat heard the banter between Kronk and Kuzco and stood there in disbelief as Kronk figured out their whole predicament based solely on the shape of their Keyblades. She walked outside with them and looked at the sign. She felt it wouldn't have been smart to point out such an important landmark with a wooden sign, but she was still getting used to this whole thing, so maybe the only ones who could even mess with it were key bearers. Ananta said that she'd take care of it, but her key could only make farting noises at this point. Cat couldn't help but chuckle, and stepped forward. "I'll do it. I mean, I've gotta learn the ins and outs of these missions soon enough, right?" She willed her Kingdom Key to appear in her hands and gripped it the way Ananta did -- with two hands and pointing directly in front of her. A soft breeze began and she saw a light begin to emanate from the tip. The outline of the keyhole glowed with her key and once the lights had reached their peak, a beam shot out of the key and into the lock making a loud clicking sound. She looked on as the keyhole seemed to fade into nothing and let her key disappear. "I guess that's it then. So, uh... how do we get back, exactly?"

 

"Simple, Cat. You use Keyblade Armor.."Etrius said. But then he suddenly realized that Cat was relatively new. "Oh,wait...my fault. You're still new to most of this. Plus I never learned to use my armor." Etrius said sheepishly. "Hey Steel, you able to give me and Cat a ride? 'Cuz I'm not looking forward to using a Dark Corridor again. It was true that Etrius used Dark Corridors to travel, but something had been bugging him that he shouldn't use the Corridors this time. He just didn't know what it was.

 

"Brilliant deduction Kronk." Steel smiled; a creepy, knowing smile. Of course no one could see it. He briefly considered recruiting Kronk; Brilliant people with comedic tendencies was entirely commonplace in Corp. He however decided against it on the principles that it would be considered interference, and Kronk wasn't really a fighter. When everyone gathered to see the keyhole, Steel Just facepalmed. How had they missed that? It was so obvious! He stared blank faced at Ananta's Failed attempt to seal the keyhole, and then at Cat's successful attempt. When Etrius Asked him about a ride, he sighed. "Well... I had really hoped to discuss foreign policy and trade routes with Kuzco... I suppose I could just teach you guys first and then stay behind... Oh heck," He said as he summoned his keyblade and tossed it into the air. "I can do it later... I suppose." He began modifying his keyblade glider to fit extra passengers. It shifted into a kind of shuttle with a white, gold, and blue color scheme. "Get in."

 

Ananta drooped her head. Her knuckles turned white from how hard she was gripping her keyblade right now. "Why...why do I...always..." she talked with herself. Twice now, she had been robbed of using her keyblade to seal a keyhole. She couldn't stand to look at anybody right now. She was so frustrated and embarrassed by the ordeal, that she simply threw her keyblade up. It burst into a fiery ball as she leaped into it. Her keyblade armor was now on her body and she was off to the Land of Departure.

In the lanes between, Ananta was in tears. The frustration had finally gotten to her and she couldn't hold back anymore. Her keyglider wobbled slightly from her emotional distress, but luckily she hadn't lost her grip just yet. Pressing a button on the handlebar of her glider, she sat down on the edge of it and tied herself to it with a rope. She sat on it as it kept flying through towards the Land of Departure. Her chest hurt as she sat there, thinking of all that happened leading up to the second keyhole. It hurt even more as she remembered that the girl that closed the first gate had disappeared afterwards. All Ananta could do was lay on the board and cry as it auto-piloted itself towards her destination.

Finally breaking through the barrier, Ananta's keyglider disappeared. She began to fall down towards the ground. Readying herself, she attempted to bring some sort of power from within her to try and cushion the fall. Wind appeared around her as she muttered "Aero." at last. Her descent was slowed down considerably and she was able to finally land behind the party members that had already left their respective worlds. Her keyblade armor did not disappear after this, mostly so they would not see her tears.

Looking over, Ananta saw Beuce speaking with Glen. Crossing her arms, she simply ignored him as she walked into the large castle. Wandering around, she finally found herself in the throne room. The room was quite silent and seemed like the perfect place to relax after such an ordeal. Releasing her keyblade armor, Ananta sat down and sighed deeply. She began to do small breath exercises to try and calm herself, but memories of recent events kept barging into her mind. Over and over, she could see her mother being absorbed into the mother crystal on her home world. The screams of terror would not stop ringing in her ears. The stench of the dark beings that lurked...

 

Eon smiled. Another keyhole fixed. Another world saved from some treacherous villain who plotted to rule the world. Plus, he got some goggles out of the whole deal. That was a win right? With Cat finishing them off and the others departing to the Land of Departure, it was time Eon left as well. Not before a formal goodbye.

Moving towards Kuzco, he bowed his head and smiled. "It was a pleasure to aid you Emperor Kuzco. Please stay well and keep an open mind. Good luck." He then transformed into his armor and aloud the glider to form. He gave one last smile under his armor as he looked back. With that he vanished.

Eon witnessed a strange sigh in Ananta as they glide through the rift of space-time. She seemed... broken. Once landing, Eon chased after her without her knowledge. Once located, he stood behind her, a frown displayed over his face. "Ana... are you okay?" He asked her in concern. He couldn't let his friend be so sad and angry.

 

Etrius eagerly jumped in, ready to get going back to the Land of Departure. He tried pressing the Armor Activator button on his left shoulder, but all it did was make an error noise.
"What the...Still not working?? Nevermind." Etrius said impatiently, turning back to Cat. "Cat, you coming or what?"

Etrius had tried before to make his Keyblade Armor to activate. But nothing seemed to work. No matter how hard Etrius pushed the button, or how long he pressed, the button seemed to be jammed by all accounts.
"*Sigh*, Maybe when we get back to the Land of Departure or when I get home.." Etrius thought, "Assuming there is anything left of home to begin with."