Hurting Hope

Farewell, Keyblade's Chosen

Sora

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Sora groaned as he slowly woke up. He rubbed his aching head.

"Hey, is everyone okay?" he asked, rubbing his eyes, which were still unfocused from the blinding light. No one responded. He stood up, blinking rapidly to try and clear his vision.

"Riku? Kairi? Guys?" The white dots blocking his vision faded, and he spun around, trying to find his friends, who had disappeared. "Guys! Where are you!?" He dashed around the small area, shouting for his friends. He even checked his hood and pockets for Jiminy, but he to was gone. His sore eyes eventually found a blotch of red. His heart stopped.

Better hurry, Sora, was written on a wall. In blood. Who's blood? Kairi's? The sisters'? Riku's? The king? 

Anger filled Sora's heart. How dare Lelie hurt his friends. How dare she make them suffer. 

Sora, all his previous pain and exhaustion forgotten, ran through the castle. Sprinting toward the top, where Demyx had predicted Lelie and Xemnas would be.

"Lelie!" Sora screamed, running through the castle. He destroyed Heartless and Dusks as he raced to the top of the castle. "Lelie! Show yourself! Now!" 

====Small Time Skip====

After a few minutes of running and screaming, he made it to the top of the castle, where Lelie was waiting for him, hands behind her back in feigned innocence. A black mist covered the ground behind her.

"There you are~"  Lelie cooed. "About time."

"Don't mess with me! Where is everyone? What did you do with them?!" 

Lelie laughed and used a hand to wave away the mist behind her, revealing all of Sora's friends laying on the ground, bloodied and motionless.

Sora's eyes widened, "W-what did you do?"

Lelie shrugged, "I got bored. They didn't put up much of a fight anyway. Such a pity they died so easily. Hardly entertaining."

Black rage started to seep into Sora's heart. "You what?!"

Lelie grinned sadistically. "You heard me, I killed them."

"Stop this!" Sora shouted, running forward. 

"Megaflare," Lelie said calmly, snapping her fingers. The ground behind her burst into black flames, consuming Sora's friends. Sora skidded to a stop.

"N-no," he stuttered, tears starting to well up in his eyes. "NO!" He summoned his Keyblade at charged at Lelie. "YOU MONSTER!" 

Lelie summoned her Keyblade and stopped his attack. "I've been called worse."

"I'm gonna make you pay!" Sora spat, charging again. They crossed blades multiple times, pushing each other back and forth. Lelie was able to keep ahead of Sora, beating him with one had literally placed behind her back. It wasn't long before they were both panting and had several cuts and slashes covering their bodies.

Sora was able to get in a few good strikes, cutting Lelie across the stomach and twice on her left eye, forcing her to close it in order to keep the blood out. Because she was half-blind, Sora started to gain an edge. He hit her, strike after strike. Lelie either dodged or blocked, but her movements were starting to become slow, heavy. Her darkness-infected body starting to give way. 

"DIE!" Sora shouted, running at Lelie and preparing for a killing blow.

"Stop!" he heard someone, a female yell. Was it...Rue? But how-