The War for Kingdom Hearts

Chapter 6

   "Breathe." Luke grabbed Sora and Rey's hands, and set them on the rocky ground. "Reach out with your feelings." Rey and Sora took deep breaths. "What do you see?"
   "I see the island." Rey explained.
   "Yeah. Me too."
   "The ground. In it I see death that feeds new life. The sun, it's warmth."
   "The cold in the sea."
   "Peace."
   "Violence."
   "And between it all," Luke spoke softly while Sora and Rey had their eyes closed in deep thought.
   "Balance," Rey and Sora spoke together, "energy, a force."
   "And inside you?"
   "Inside me," they spoke at the same time once again, "that same force."

   "Heartless!" Donald shrieked.
   "That's my cue." Sora rushed off to the beach where Donald, Goofy and I were faced with several heartless.

   The heartless leaped at us, and we prepared for attack, but time slowed as Sora slid between us and them. He used his legs to lift himself off the ground. His body twirled in the air as he reached out his hands toward the heartless. A sudden burst of energy released from his hands and the heartless were forced back. Time returned, and Sora hit the ground. The sand kicked up as his feet landed. He stood up, summoned the Keyblade, and looked at us with a smirk on his face.
   "How was that for an entrance?" Donald waddled over to him.
   "Don't get cocky! More heartless are coming!" Sure enough, more heartless appeared around us.

   Sora, Donald, Goofy and I fought hard against them, and, eventually, we cleared them all out. Sora, Donald and Goofy appeared happy that we were able to defeat all of the heartless, but I knew something was wrong. Other than the sound of those three laughing, it was too quiet.
   "Alannah? Are you alright?" Goofy asked me.
   "Something's wrong."
   "You're right, your Majesty." An Organization member appeared before us. My heart began to race extremely quickly as I slowly stepped back.

   This Organization member had blonde, spiky hair that stood up like grass on the top of his head, and his eyes shone a greenish-blue.

   My eyes grew wide with fear while being in his presence.
   "Alannah," Sora stood next to me as he looked straight ahead, "don't be afraid."
   "Why? You think we can trust him too?" I shouted at him in anger.
   "Alannah." Sora looked at me and attempted to calm me down, but I ran away from him. "Alannah!" I just couldn't believe he would trust one of them, even after he grew angry with me once for feeling bad. It just frustrated me. "Ugh!" Sora grunted.

   Sora, Donald and Goofy faced down the Organization member.
   "Who are you?" Sora asked him angrily.
   "You don't remember me, Roxas? That's disappointing."
   "That's Sora!" Sora leaped for him with the Keyblade in hand. Though, he stopped when the man summoned strange dancing creatures that consisted of water.
   "Toodles." The man disappeared in his portal of darkness while Sora, Donald and Goofy were left to fight the creatures. Sora grunted again in frustration.
   "Shit."

   I sat in a small cave with my face buried in my knees. I figured I would be hidden there. Not just from the Organization 13 member, but from everyone. However, I was not alone.

   Darkness appeared before me, and a man emerged from it. Though, it wasn't the same man. That bright red hair and those mint eyes proved that point. Axel, was it?

   Even though Sora trusts this guy, I don't. I grew afraid of him the longer I looked into those eyes. He walked closer to me.
   "Stop! Stop right there!" I screamed. He did stop as he put up both of his hands and got down on one knee.
   "I'm not here to hurt you. I just want to help. Got it memorized?"
   "How do I know I can trust you?" The other Organization member abruptly appeared behind Axel.
   "Great! You found her! Now let's get our hearts back, shall we?"
   "Demyx." Axel stood up and stared at him angrily.
   "What's up with you?" Demyx asked with confusion. Axel quickly summoned his Chakrams and hurled them at Demyx. They engulfed in flames as they barreled toward him. "Whoa!" Demyx shouted as he summoned Sitar. Sitar bounced back the Chakrams, and they went straight to Axel. "Why are you protecting her?"
   "Shut up." Axel covered most of the cave in flames as he barraged Demyx with continuous attacks. Eventually, this grew to be too much for Demyx and he couldn't hold up anymore. Axel knocked Sitar from his hands and finished him off with a raging explosion.

   Demyx laid on the cave floor with burns and bruises all over his body. He slowly faded away as the darkness consumed him. Axel's flames disappeared, and he stood there, exhausted from the battle.

   I couldn't believe he went through so much to protect me. Up to this point, I knew I had to believe Sora.

   Axel fell to the floor in exhaustion, so I ran to him.
   "Are you alright?" I placed my hand on his chest and looked at him with concern.
   "Do you believe me now?" He asked as he tried to catch his breath.
   "Yes." He blinked quite a lot, and over time his blinks grew slower and slower.
   "Can I just..." He laid his head down on my legs, and he fell asleep almost immediately.
   "Uh..ok."