World of Hearts: Linked as One (Book 1)

1-6: Behemoth

Kizuna and his group managed to climb down the mountain and were now making their way to the exit. Behind them were scores of applicants following them. Kizuna couldn't wait for the exams to be all over. He could almost see his life ahead of him. Getting into Daybreak Academy, hanging out with his friends, going on missions together, learning how to harness the keyblade and forging his own techniques, being accepted into the Keyblade Order, and so much more. He couldn't wait for those days to come.

Just then, a sense of dread began to fall upon him.

Then he was suddenly thrown across the place.

He heard the trees rustling as people screamed and a loud roar was heard.

It happened so suddenly, and without warning, he had barely enough reaction time to land on his feet. He had his keyblade snag onto a tree branch. He landed on the branch just from swinging on top of it.

He dropped down and turned around to see a giant mass standing between him and the group.

He heard animalistic growling as the mass got up. He saw powerful limbs built on impressive musculature. A single bull-like horn was seen as another horn could be seen, only it looked like it had been snapped off. He saw the head of a sabertooth tiger, snarling at him, with one pupilless eye. It had a mohawk-like mane.

This was no Grimm.

This thing...

... is a Behemoth.

Kizuna couldn't believe the size of that beast. It was incredibly big, about the size of a semi-truck. He had heard about Behemoths before, but that was on a documentary he saw on in the Internet once. He felt his legs shaking. He never felt this terrified before. He couldn't fight a Behemoth all by himself. He had to get away from it. He ran off, the Behemoth gave chase. He felt so much adrenaline pumping through his veins. He was running as fast as his legs could carry him, but the Behemoth was closing in.

'No amount of training could have prepared me for a Behemoth of all things!' Kizuna thought. 'When did LOGOS even get their hands on a behemoth?!'

He felt a strong impact against his right side. His body was knocked into the air for a brief moment before slamming into the ground. He bounced a few times, rolling as he did, before landing on his stomach. Kizuna got back up and turned around. He saw the beast walking slowly towards him. The beast was watching him, observing him. Kizuna squats down a bit and holds his keyblade so that it faces toward his back. He met the beast's eyes.

'Remember what your mother taught you on how to fight large opponents,' Kizuna thought. 'The first strategy to fighting larger enemies is to get in close and turn their size against them. Close the distance and get up close to the enemy and then strike them down before they can even react.'

He rushes towards the behemoth. The Behemoth springs into action, leaping towards him. Kizuna slides across the ground. He sticks his keyblade in the ground as the beast overshoots and lands. He then turned around and kicked his feet off the ground, propelling him towards the beast as it began to turn around.

'Flow Motion Martial Arts,' Kizuna thought.

He then went in for a midair sliding sidekick.

"Sora Kick!"

FLOW
MOTION
MARTIAL
ARTS

The boy slams his foot right between the behemoth's eyes. The impact causes shockwaves to run through the behemoth.

SORA

His momentum stops and he kicks himself off the behemoth. The behemoth recoils from the hit as he landed on the ground.