Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Kross was very glad that the male didn't push it, at least he could feel a little bit more comfort knowing that. He rolled his shoulders a bit and stroked his chin, that was strange, He seemed perfectly attached to Luna, was Luna distancing herself from others? It didn't matter now, as Etrius brought up something else, his fight with Karina. He blinked a little bit."That's only because she kept me on my toes!" He lied, rubbing the back of his head, he had gone easy on Karina in truth, he didn't want to shoot down her ego and her pride, large as it was. There was a reason he stated this, seeing him spin his keyblade and got into a stance. It was confirmed, he wanted a friendly spar with Kross. He grinned big, He hadn't a fight in a while, particularly against a fellow wielder.

He raised his palm and summoned his Twitterpad keyblade, flashing in a burst of light and petals, then held the keyblade behind him and stood straight, palm out, a basic mage's stance. He looked at Etrius."Let's do this!" He said, flashing forward, the haori around his waist flowing gracefully behind him. He went for a horizontal strike to start the battle.

 

He turned around with a light smile. His mother used to tell him no matter who it is, no matter what they have done or how they act, there is always some light and some darkness. But the light is who they truly are. If one could see past the darkness that shrouds it, they can see true beauty in a person. "For starters, I'm used to being talked to that way. And second, I can tell that those insults are not who you are. You use them to hide a painful secret, but even still, I can see kindness and trust. Everyone has good in them even if they try to hide it." His smile got wider after he spoke, showing encouragement and honesty for his words.

 

Etrius wasn't exactly ready for Kross' horizontal attack. He was expecting a magic attack. Before he realized it, He was flying through the air from the strike. He landed hard in a clank of metal. Wait.....
It took Etrius two seconds to realize that somehow, his Keyblade Armor had finally materialized. Though as regular as standard armor, it represented Etrius' key colors, with metallic red, purple, and black. Strangely enough, his armor was only half-formed, as the armor only formed around his knees, elbows, shoulders, feet, hands and his head, and not covering his hood. Etrius rose steadily.
"Well...this is new." Etrius spoke aloud, and thought,"Not to mention that my armor only appeared on parts of my body. Will it always do that, I wonder?"Etrius spoke again to Kross, "Nice hook. but you're gonna need to be able to move faster than that." He spun his Keyblade in a backhand form and launched himself in a Sliding Dash at Kross.


Etrius used Sliding Dash!
Speed:10/45%
Damage Taken: 15/???
Lethality:15/35%<--- Watch out for this!!!

 

Cat listened to Flora's story about maturing, and she smiled. Once she mentioned pairing up for the next set of worlds, she nodded. "Yeah, definitely. Though everyone seems pretty down at the moment. Maybe we should go someplace sunny." She thought back to Kingdom of the Sun. As odd as everything had been, it was sort of eye-opening. She'd realized that some people might be able to change after all -- granted, most people weren't turned into Llamas, betrayed by their closest advisors and stuffed into burlap sacks multiple times, but that was beside the point. She sighed, trying not to think about any of that and remembered just where she'd been last time she was in this world. "I'm kind of hungry. You wanna go grab something to eat?"

 

Kross did expect him to put up some sort of defense, though when he went flying, for a split second, he saw it, a light surrounding Etrius's form to form parts of armor on certain parts of his body. Strange color scheme too. He didn't have his armor yet, so he was naturally kind of jealous. He grinned a little bit as Etrius complimented him, then playfully challenged him to a speed off. He took his stance and bent kind of low, looking at him dead in the eyes."I plan to!" He quipped back. challenging him. As Etrius sped at Kross, Kross took his stance and focused himself, a bright blue aura surrounded the tip of his twitterpated and a blue light launched itself at Etrius."Freeze!" He commanded in a firm voice, launching his Blizzard spell at Etrius.

 

Etrius dove straight through Kross's Freeze spell, shattering the ice. He felt pain, but it wasn't enough for him to stop. his blade instantly collided into Kross as Etrius slid past and stood a few feet away, clutching his right shoulder. Kross had exceeded Etrius' expectations so far, but would he be able to keep up?
Etrius raised his Keyblade to cast a Stop Spell. At once, his Bond of Flame Keyblade tinted, and Etrius felt the same searing pain from before, causing his voice to strained in pain.
"Tempus!" Etrius said, conjuring a Time Field. The next phase was to see if Kross was able to attack even if slowed down.


Etrius used Stop!
Speed:10/45%
Damage Taken: 24/???
Lethality:16/35%

 

Kross's brows rose as Etrius busted through his ice spell like it was nothing, though he did note a momentary grimace of pain coming from his opponent. He slid his keyblade up as Etrius crashed his keyblade into his own, feeling like he just collided with a speeding boulder. He grunted and managed to ward him off, only for him to stand a few feet back and raise his keyblade to cast a spell. Kross's eyes narrowed, recognizing the grey colored tint and the flash, a time based spell, it was one he had used before. Instantly, he raised his keyblade just as the time field had hit him, making him slow down by half. He grit his teeth, he was in range so it was all the requirements he needed. His hair started to bristle as the air became super heated momentarily, followed by a streak of yellow lightning crashing down where Etrius was standing. The thunder spell, Lightning was nature's most powerful weapon and it was Kross's most powerful spell. This spell might have been relatively small but size does not always equal power.

 

Etrius took the lightning. He froze as pain followed by numbness flowed through his body. Part of his armor broke and dented and sparked after the spell went to it's cooldown. Etrius had anticipated this the entire time. Not only did the Time Field not slow Kross down one bit, but Kross also had time to cast a Thunder Spell. Shocking.

Etrius' armor stopped sparking, but it tinted a darker purple shade. So did Etrius' skin. His eyes went red as he looked silently at Kross. A black smoke rose from his shoulders. So this was what was happening to him. This power felt alluring, yet it gave Etrius the impression that a lead ball had fallen in his stomach. Yes, the corruption that resided within Etrius' darkness, was hatred. And a lot of it. Strangely, Etrius felt more in control, not filled with the desire to kill. Probably because he was sparing an ally. Time to execute phase 4.

Without warning, Etrius suddenly took off, full speed around the Time Field, messing with Kross's field of vision. When he felt sure that Kross was disoriented enough, Etrius went behind him, leaped, and spun. His Keyblade tinted purple and he felt more pain as he preformed a Poison Edge.

Etrius used Posion Edge!
Speed: 45/45% -MAX!-
Damage Taken: 31/???
Lethality: 29/35%

 

Kross watched on as the lightning spell hit, stunning his ally for a brief moment and damaging his armor. some of it broke but he had no notion that Etrius was out yet and this one moment was more than enough. The smoke unnerved him a bit, sensing a sort of cold dread come over him at the appearance. He saw as Etrius sped around him, he didn't bother to try to look for him as he still couldn't move properly, but once the time field died down, white filled his vision as he was struck in the back, purple gash marks across his back as he staggered forward, turning to Etrius slowly. His vision started swimming as his joints felt like they were on fire, he was poisoned. He grit his teeth and held his keyblade tight in his hand, looking up to meet eyes with Etrius."You're...you're good.."He murmured, his arm straining to hold his keyblade up.

poisoned!

 

Etrius returned to normal immediately and breathed a sigh of exhaustion. Now that took a lot out of him. His Keyblade Armor retracted on its own, and as his helmet went off, Etrius' eyes were still as red as the streaks in his hair. He took out a green potion bottle from his cloak, popped the cork and waterfalled it. He then walked over to Kross. Even though he was still on his guard, he knew that Kross could die from the poison, and it would be Etrius' fault. Etrius offered a hand to the older boy, and said, "That's enough. You need a break."

 

Kross breathed heavy and stood straight, his keyblade still in hand as Etrius returned to normal. He watched as Etrius strolled over and he turned, removing his sleeveless to reveal his heavily scarred back, with that one glowing purple gash still as lively as ever. He furrowed his brows with concern, what he saw earlier was was disturbing..but he could trust Etrius now. He looked to the side."You gotta be careful with that kind of power."He said, it concerned him, what if that kind of power completely consumed Etrius? He breathed out and sat down slowly, letting Etrius work.

Poisoned!

 

Etrius applied some Potion on Kross's back, and the purple gash gradually turned pinkish.
"Technically," Etrius said, "This sparring match was actually a test for both me and you. For you, it was to see whether your skills are sharp, considering you are a Mystic." He corked the bottle and continued. "And you're right, this power is dangerous. But you were able to help me gain some control over it. That was part of my test." Etrius stood, his eyes normal. "Try not to mess with that wound."

 

Kross breathed in sharply, the potion felt like fire on the sensitive place, feeling the potion sizzle before restoring most of the lost flesh. He listened quietly to Etrius. A test huh? He frowned a little bit."There's always next time I guess.."He murmured a bit and looked back to Etrius, listening to his last part which worried him more, controlling such a turbulent power would prove to be very troublesome, even for someone as strong as Etrius. He nodded at his advice once and slipped on his sleeveless, sitting up and stretching himself."Thanks doctor."He teased slightly with a grin at him."You're really good at healing, you know that?"

 

Etrius chuckled a little at the medical point of view.
"Meh" He shrugged, "It runs in the family. To be honest, you would be surprised that most people in my world are also Key Wielders." Etrius decided to socialize a little more. "Say Kross, what's your family and world like? I might decide to come with you when it's time to visit our own worlds."

 

Kross crossed his arms over his chest, blinking once, more key wielders, a whole world's worth was really something. Etrius's world would definitely be worth visiting one day. At his question about his family and world, Kross mulled it over, his world was swallowed up by darkness before he came to be Yen Sid's pupil in the ways of the keyblade. It was a tragic end, one that haunted his memories and dreams, but he could lie about that, couldn't he? At least for now.."I think you'd like my family, we have some extended family but I generally lived with my immediate family before I came here. Dad's really nice, I think you'd like him. Mom...is a little less thawed but I think you could get along with her."He said, stroking his chin to consider his question about his world."Hmmm, well there is a lot of plant life and space where I come from.Pepper Island is known for its distribution of spices, it's our only source of economy so naturally I was a little poor growing up. The Struggle matches didn't help much but the mayor sacrificed a lot for us. Most of the people who live on my island are very kindly, and they enjoy getting to know other people."

 

Etrius listened, completely silent. "Ah yes! Pepper Island! I've heard that, as the name implies, your world is really abundant in peppers. Love that stuff." Etrius decided he should explain about his world.
"I am from Abraxas. Before I was born, my family fought in the First Keyblade War. Abraxas is a military world, so we mostly function by protecting those who need our aid of the dark." Etrius' brow furrowed in worry at the thought. "I don't know really what is happening, but according to the letter we all got, there was a boy in a black-and-red body suit attacking different worlds. I saw that boy. I know him. He was the one who visted our world with his master. he was also the one who slew my family." Etrius lowered his eyes. "I saw it with my own eyes. Maybe that's why I have this so-called 'Dangerous power'. "

 

Kross grinned with a slight blush at Etrius's words and the compliment of his world. He chuckled a little and paid close attention to his story, listening and mulling over. He furrowed his eyes and his smile faded, this guy lost his...too? How many people will the darkness hurt? He felt a little fire of anger rise up in his stomach."..My condolences, really..The hatred you feel must have been what awakened your dark powers."He said calmly. He stroked his chin for a moment, then he thought of something."Have you thought about taking a tutor to help control that power? If you could control it better, you could probably bring it out whenever you needed it."

 

"I would have considered Steel, as he uses darkness as well, but he was a little occupied by introducing newcomers." Etrius said shaking his head. "And besides, I didn't even know that I was having control over it until after coming from the Kingdom of The Sun. I decided to take the opportunity when you arrived. Maybe you could tutor me? I know you and I are pretty undeveloped, but maybe we can learn some stuff."

 

Steel was an excellent candidate, considering how well versed he was in teaching others and socializing. He didn't know that Steel used darkness and it surprised him, or caught him off guard, either or. He glanced over at Etrius as he explained why the boy challenged him, it cleared things up immensely and he was relieved of that. That apprehension soon came back when Etrius asked him to tutor him in controlling the darkness. Kross tensed up, eyes widened, he didn't expect that and it scared him. He quickly backed away from Etrius, lips parted with a silent gasp with a hand over his heart. He stared at Etrius for the longest moment before lowering his head shaking it."I..I can't do that!"He said aloud, a little more angrily than he meant to. Teaching someone how to control the very thing that killed his family and swallowed his world made him feel sick."I can't do it."He said a little more softly, his gaze away from the other male.