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Chapter 12:
An Imperial Battle
We rushed to the palace and saw the others fighting half-hearts, “Hey they started the party without us!” I said, “Well let’s get in there then” Sora replied, we all summoned our weapons, me choosing my light burst-handguns and dashed into the battle. I ran for a shield half-heart, jumped over it and then shot it in the back, killing it. Then I saw another new half-heart that looked like a centaur of sorts, it was dashing at Xonic who was destroying half-hearts in front of him with his dark blade. As the Half-heart ran towards with a spear, I ran towards it, jumped, grabbed the spear and shoved it into its chest before blasting it with a headshot as Xonic finished the last half-heart in front of him. Xonic looked at the half-heart then me; I shrugged and said “You missed one” as we both started laughing.
I began to observe the others fighting, Ray’s keyblades were glowing a bright red as he rushed at the enemy, he slashed through them leaving a bright red X on them, I observed a bit more then the half-hearts blew up, “Whoa” I said as I fell over, Xonic pulled me up, “It seems Ray’s learnt a few tricks since last time” Xonic commented, “Yeah, no battle’s complete without a good explosion” I said, “True…” Xonic replied. I began watching Elle fight; she was glowing like she was on fire and sending fireballs at the enemy, setting them alight “Geez Elle can get a bit fiery sometimes” I commented. Then a centaur half-heart and a shield half-heart eyed us, “Ready for a bit of teamwork?” I said, “Always” Xonic replied drawing Twilight Mystery, I drew out Absolution, and said “Ready Absolution?” I asked, “Ready when you are” Absolution replied.
I performed a time spell on the enemies as we both rushed in and performed a series of slashes, then Xonic shot a beam of darkness at the enemy and I shot a beam of light at the enemy damaging them more. We both got ready for the last move; we both pointed our blades above the enemy and beams of light and darkness fused together to create twilight, then the ball of twilight dropped and exploded like a bomb.
“Well that takes care of that” Roxas said, killing the last half-heart, “Well now that’s done let’s find Shan-Yu” Mulan said. We ran to the gate and saw two injured soldiers; Mulan ran up to one of them and asked, “Where’s Shan-Yu?” “In… the palace, he’s… holding the emperor hostage” the soldier replied as he collapsed from exhaustion, “Wait!” Mulan said, Mega approached the soldier and checked him over, “It’s okay, he’s badly hurt” Mega commented. “Well let’s go, we need to rescue the emperor” Mulan said, “I’m afraid that’s not an option” a voice said, and then Vexen appeared.
“Godammit Vexen, can you just leave us alone?” Sora complained, “Unfortunately I can’t, you see with each person killed, brings about more hearts and more hearts means that we are that much closer to becoming complete again” Vexen said, “Oh shut up Vexen, you were always all bark and no bite, why don’t you just go and play with your chemistry set?” Roxas said mockingly, “Oh aren’t you the big mouth you always were” Vexen commented. “Look are we going to fight or what?” I asked, “We’ll have to” Sora said, then he looked at Riku, “Riku you get the others and find a way inside, Me, Roxas, Draco, Ray and Xonic will handle this” he said, “Right then” Riku said as they started to run, trying to find a way inside.
“You can’t do that!” Vexen said trying to stop them, then we jumped in front of him as Roxas said, “Oh come off of it, we’re your opponents now, so get ready to fight!” “Grrr, you’ll pay for this!” Vexen said summoning some half-hearts and a shield that was ice blue in colour. We all took battle stances, me summoning my keyblade Absolution “Ray, Roxas, Xonic you take the half-hearts, me and Draco will take care of Vexen” Sora said, they all nodded as Vexen took a battle stance. “Attack!” Vexen yelled as the half hearts charged towards us, Xonic, Ray and Roxas slashed through the half-hearts as me and Sora rushed at Vexen, “Attack at the rear!” Sora called out, “Gotcha” I replied, I used my time magic to speed myself up a bit and managed to dodge the ice spears that Vexen shot at us. I managed to maneuver myself behind him and tried to take a swipe at him, but Vexen summoned an ice-wall that knocked me back, “Ow!” I groaned as Vexen smiled at me mockingly.
Sora maneuvered around and tried to make a swipe at Vexen, but ended up being knocked away by the same barrier, “Well this is new” Sora commented, “Change of tactics you take the back and I’ll take the front” Sora explained, “All right then” I said. I sped round as Sora readied himself, then we both slashed at the same time and it almost worked, but Vexen blocked form both sides. He started to laugh then I said, “Grrr I’ve had enough, give me that!” I sped towards him and snatched his shield. “Hey give that back!” Vexen exclaimed, “All right I’ll give it to you” I said as I grabbed his shield and slashed at him several times, leaving some deep cuts, then I took the shield and threw it at his head, which knocked him into a daze. “All right, my turn” Sora said as he drew another keyblade, it looked like the oblivion, but with a more sinister design. A chain started to slither out of the end of the blade, then a spear head appeared on the end as it sped towards Vexen, it pierced him in the heart, well half of his heart and Vexen fell to the ground.
“No! Defeated again…” Vexen yelled as he started to disappear, “Well that’s what you get for getting in our way” Sora said as Vexen vanished completely. “Well that was interesting” I commented, and then the shield that I took from Vexen started to glow a light blue. “What the-?” I exclaimed, then my Tec-9’s appeared in front of me and began to glow the same colour, then there was a blinding flash of light. When the light died down, I looked at my weapons and notice they changed into a more advanced model of SMG. I remembered looking through a weapons database and identified them as MP5’s, “Well it seems as though you have attained the next level of ice magic” Xonic said, “The next level?” I asked, “Yes Draco, there are three levels of ice magic; Blizzard, Blizzara and Blizzaga and with each level the power of the weapon improves and a new elemental limit is unlocked” Xonic explained, “Does it happen with all elements?” I asked, “Most” Xonic replied, “Cool!” I said happily. “Well now that’s over and done with, we need to rescue the emperor!” Mulan said urgently, “Right” I said, just then Riku and the others came back, “Riku! Any luck?” Sora asked, “None” Riku replied bluntly, “The place is locked up tighter than a prison” Elle commented.
“How are we going to get in?” Roxas said, then Mega said, “I know a secret passage to the throne room”, “You do?” Sora asked, “Yes I have memorized every inch of this place and know every possible entry point” Mega explained, “Then what are we waiting for? We got to rescue the emperor!” Riku said, “Right” Sora replied.
Mega lead us onto the roof of the palace and then showed us a secret door inside, we walked along the top level of the palace, making sure not to be heard as there was many half-hearts patrolling the hallways. We eventually sneaked into the throne room and hid, we watched as we saw Shan-Yu hold a blade to the emperor’s throat and Shang being restrained by Half-Hearts. “I’ll only say this once more, BOW DOWN TO ME!” Shan-Yu yelled at the emperor, “I will never bow down to someone as evil as you” The Emperor said standing firm, “Then prepare to die!” Shan-Yu said raising his blade. “Oh no, we need to do something!” Mulan gasped, looking at what was happening I quickly ran over to a ledge near the emperor, and as Shan-Yu was about to bring his blade down I jumped and managed to cut Shan-Yu with Absolution.
“Argh!” Shan-Yu yelled staggering back, “Mind if I drop in?” I asked mockingly, “Why you little-!” Shan-Yu yelled angrily. I brought out my new MP5’s and started firing at the Half-Hearts restraining Shang; the blasts coming from my guns were larger and more powerful than my Tec-9’s due to the level up. I managed to blast most of them way and Xonic and the others jumped down, with Mulan running over to Shang, “Shang! Are you okay?” Mulan said in distress, “Yeah, just a flesh wound” Shang said jokingly. “Grr, you’ll pay for this!” Shan-Yu said readying his blade, “You want a fight then? Come on!” “We better get of here” Xonic said, “But what about Draco?” Sora asked, “Don’t worry, he can handle it” Xonic replied. I readied Absolution and said to the Emperor, “Your majesty, you better go with them” “Very well then,” the Emperor said as he made his way out with the others.
“No you can’t!” Shan-Yu running towards the group with his blade, I jumped in front of him, kicked him back and said “Hey pal! I’m your opponent now so deal with it!”, “Tch fine, I’ll kill you then kill them and become emperor of this forsaken country!” Shan-Yu said laughing, “The only thing that’s forsaken about this country is you” I said mockingly, “Ha ha ha, you’ll be regretting you said that boy” Shan-Yu said, “Try me” I said taunting him.
He ran towards me with his blade in full force, I summoned my samurai swords and managed to block the blow, he was strong but I stood my ground, I managed to grab one of my swords and cut him again. He staggered back a bit and said “Wait a minute, what am I wasting my strength for? My army will make quick work of you!” he said summoning several Soldier and Centaur Half-Hearts, “CRUSH HIM!” Shan-Yu yelled as the Half-Hearts charged towards me. I smirked and summoned my ice MP5’s again but this time I yelled “Frozen Wind!” and two blasts of icy wind came from my ice MP5’s and froze all of the Half-Hearts in place, smiling I clicked my fingers and the whole lot of Half-Hearts shattered and around a dozen pieces of hearts reunited with their other halves and vanished.
“Grrr, how dare you do that to my army!” Shan-Yu said angrily, “I don’t care, and I’m gonna put a stop to your reign of terror right now!” I said as I began to glow a golden colour. I yelled “Absolute Judgment!” as I slashed the air in front of me and quickly dashed into the portal my blade created. Waiting for a good chance to strike, I let loose with a series of slashes, I appeared for the final slash and delivered a punishing blow.
Shan-Yu knelt down in pain and said “No! Not now! Not when victory was just in my grasp!” “Well I’m sorry but it’s game over for you,” I said to him and with that he vanished. I noticed that he dropped his blade and knelt down to pick it up, then the blade started to glow a burning red, knowing the element it was radiating, I drew out my Fire Pistols, they glowed the same colour then a bright flash occurred. When the light had dissipated, I saw that my pistols had transformed into a powerful model of Revolver, “Cool! Another upgrade!” I commented.
I walked outside where everyone else was waiting, “Did you take care of Shan-Yu?” Sora asked, “Yeah, he was tough but I got rid of him, and look new weapons!” I said showing my revolvers, “Your powers are growing more powerful by the day” Xonic commented, “Well I had a great teacher” I replied looking at Xonic. “So the threat of Shan-Yu is finally over,” Mulan said relieved, “Aaaaaagggghhhh!” a voice yelled out, we all looked behind and saw Shan-Yu but only half of him, “Eeeek!” Elle screamed, “Gah! When you’re dead, learn to stay dead!” I said annoyed as I threw my blade at him. My blade sliced him in half and he disappeared again, “…Well that was interesting” Sora commented, “Geez, that was freaky!” Ray added.
After a few minutes of getting over what just happened, we decided to head off. “So you’re going now?” Shang said, “Afraid so, we still need to go to the other worlds and help them” Sora said, the emperor approached us and said “Sora, Xonic, everyone I thank you for the deeds you have done us today” we all bowed, “And you Draco…” he said looking at me, “Thank you for protecting me in my time of need”, “Ahhh it was nothing your majesty” I said a bit embarrassed. “Well we have to go now,” Sora said, “Thank you for all you’ve done” Mulan said, “Hey all in a day’s work” Sora said confidently, “Sure it is” I said sarcastically as I gave him a friendly punch on the shoulder and we both laughed
We all climbed in the ship and strapped ourselves in and after saying our last goodbyes, we took off. “So what’s our next destination?” I asked, “Well the Olympic Coliseum and Beast’s Castle are about the same distance away” Sora said. “Ohhh can we maybe go to the Coliseum? I always wanted to go to a real life arena!” I said, “What besides your dream of meeting a dragon?” Roxas said, “Yes, I have ambitions that don’t involve dragons” I said slightly annoyed but not letting anyone know, “We’ll then it’s settled, next stop: Olympus Coliseum!” Sora said as we blasted off towards our next destination.