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[Kyla: Hawaii/AngelGrove: Outside Red Rose]

The Neoheartless were not nearly as difficult in crosscomparision with the bosses they've encountered yesterday, if not for the fact they compensated for that fact by swarming in mass amounts! It was a mess! This must be what it was like in the Final Fight in the ganes- course, Kyla wouldn't know.. she never got to the end of either KH 1 or 2.
But she imaged there were hordes upon hordes of them- kinda like this. Help was well on it's way though.

"Earth Fang!"

The ground bristled like an angry porcupine and tore swarms of them up like rice paper.

"Got your back Kyla!"

Shouted the source of the elemental onslaught.
Kyla smiled beneath her helmet, " Thanks! I got yours!" And she cast Warding Lotus on the Katar user, booting his protective and magical defence. Which reminded her, she had that 'special present' finished for him. Like Amy, she had been fine tweeking something for him. She had to watch him closely for a while, but they had fought plenty of times yesterday to learn what his power and allignment was. So she was sure it was something that would come in handy at the right time.

Sweeping the quill across the page in bold strokes(Metaslash) she slashed at the Heartless multiple times, and distracted some them with crimson butterlies, who's radiace resembled the irresistable lure of hearts. Long enough for easy blows to find their mark without hinderance of them avading too quickly.

More joined the fight, Alan- who transformed into a very impressive Red Ranger of their own. Ha!- Jason eat your heart out! He roasted his enemies left and right as they came. He was a titan of flames that would give Axel a run for his money.
Then Riku was on the scene, and in a pretty flashy way. Dark Firaga burst out fo the earth form above to slow his leap from the Airship. Jeeez- guys sure were recklass at times weren't they? With a battle cry, their ranks grew and he was alreayd headed over with his keyblade. Any Neoheartless with the sade fate of being in his way, was quickly dispatched.
Kyla kept one eye on Cory who was acting strangely.. at leats in her oppinion. He seemed to approach them, smacking the heartless away liek they were a waist of his time! Had he grown in levels since they last met?!.... Did I just think in Levels?..sad...
Unfortunatly, Kyla was still unaware of Kyle's report to Riku, so she had now ay to determine what ro why Cory was here. Could he be actually helping them?!
She summoned another Flight of Blades and this time sent them in complete offensive mode, they slashed through the heartless, swurving that phantoms safely around her allys and beheading the unlucky heartless they found.

She looked to the skies then, wondering if the ships would come back for another round. If so- she'd have to prepare something a bit bigger to handle something the side of a ship! Asuming Riku's attack didn't make them think twice about it.

[Kichi :: Red Rose :: Sleeping Quarters -> outside]

Kichi heard Riku telling him to come with, and immediately followed. "You're right! We need to defend the ship!" He ran and jumped out the window, summoning his weapons, and thus causing a transformation into a purple dragon-ranger outfit. "Huh...?" He said, as he glided out a bit. 'A power ranger suit? Awes- not the time.' he dropped down on top of a heartless near Riku, and looked as he yelled at Alan to attack...Cory. He glared at Cory, not that the boy would be able to see it. "He never been on our side. Whether he's helped us or not...I don't trust him." Kichi said to Riku, before noticing Cory wasn't attacking Alan yet.

He tried to stay calm, but in vain. He let off a Flare in Cory's direction, and charged in after it. "HOW DARE YOU. WAS TIMMY NOT ENOUGH?! ARE YOU JUST OUT TO TAKE EVERY FRIEND I HAVE FROM ME!?!" He yelled, slamming a rage-fueled tonfa strike down from above on Cory.

[Kichi :: Angel Grove ::Outside Red Rose]

"Well pardon me for wanting to have a friend for more than a single day!" Kichi yelled, and leapt back a few feet. "Plus whether I want you gone or not, you want everyone we love to stay gone! You oppose exactly what we're fighting for! Whether or not you want to pick a fight, whether or not you're trying to steal my friends...You want everyone we're fighting to save to stay gone, and us to continue suffering! That's all that what you're out to do amounts to! Keep us suffering!" He panted a little after yelling that.

[Kichi :: Angel Grove :: Outside Red Rose]

Kichi spoke more calmly now. "I have lost people. People I cared about. I have been betrayed. Betrayed by people I felt I could trust with anything. That doesn't mean I should getting used to it...that doesn't mean I shouldn't try to save those I can." He snarled, before continuing. "And hah...you say that like you're so confident. If you have information saying reviving our world means sacrificing this one...share it. NOW."

He chuckled. "And you're right...the dead of our world may not wish to come back...But that doesn't mean that they wouldn't if they could! And if being dead was so nice, why are you standing here? Why, if being dead is that much better, did you come back? If you want to stay dead that's your choice...if you want to die again, that's your choice. But many of the people who were on our planet didn't want to die yet. Whether they can wish to come back or not, they didn't want their life to end then, and if I can give them a second chance...I will do what I can. Maybe it takes more than I can give, who knows. But at least I'm looking out for my friends here, and trying to help those who had their time cut short, and wanted to have more time, which is more selfless than I can say about you."

[ Billy ; Seymour : Angel Grove : Outside the Red Rose ]

Billy continued to fight, not really acknowledging Tommy's response- nothing much to say. His blue swallow continued to swing back and forth through the horde of Darkness, lowering their numbers with every swing- but they just kept coming. Luckily, the airships that had attacked the Red Rose had departed, finding more important things to fight.

Still... as dangerous as the Heartless were, he could tell that this 'Cory' fellow was much more troublesome. So, he began to maneuver his way toward the rocks, where Cory and two other Rangers were getting ready to duke it out. Apparently, even they had problems.

Seymour, on the contrary, stayed his position, continuing to blast the ground with magic- he'd since switched to Firaga spells, deciding against wasting his energy (though he still seem to fling them out as if they were nothing). With each spell, the ground caught fire, temporarily preventing any more Heartless from taking that spot. The fire, being magic, would not hurt the allies that he'd traveled with.

He seemed to smile somewhat as he overheard the conversations above, but made no motion to intervene. Death... ah, death. And Cory talked as if he actually knew of it...

[Kichi :: Angel Grove :: Outside Red Rose]

"Feh. Of course I'm worried about that! But we don't know what the truth is, and we won't know about that possibility unless we try to find out now will we?! Hell, for all you know, you could stay her when the rest of us go back! That would solve what both of us want now wouldn't it?! But you won't even let us reveal the truth behind this! None of us know the consequences, but at least we're thinking of them, and at least we we're trying to find out."

He got into a fighting stance. "Now take those heartless that are so obviously your's, and leave, and maybe find some actual info while you're at it, you know, actually do something that could be considered useful even to yourself." He glared once more behind his mask.

{James : Train : Dining Car}

James couldn't help but chuckle lightly at Dawn's reactions as he continued to stay where he was, sitting in the same booth. He had not forgotten how much Dawn hated fish, but that was no reason for her reactions to the world.

"Technically you'd be a mermaid, not a fish." The corsair corrected her.

He sighed as he turned his attention back to the window and the view that zoomed by them. He had to admit, he was none to partial to going under the water himself... Swimming underwater was something he never did, he never really learned how to. He could swim on the surface just fine as long as his head stayed above the water. However, he was certain that their dress spheres would accommodate and adapt to their needs so they didn't have to worry about drowning as he always feared he might.

{Auron : Train : Dining Car}

Auron looked over at Dawn, at first confused by her random answer. Then his attention quickly shifted over to Jenny as she told him the name and he nodded.

"I see." Was his only reply as he moved out of the door way and sat down at one of the booths. There he would stay, unmoving.

{{Time Skip 15-20 Minutes Later}}

{Train : Port Royal : Forest Clearing outside of Town}

The train arrived the same way that it had departed. Due to the magic of the train, no one would notice the descent or deceleration of it until it had completely stopped. They had stopped in the forest that was on the outskirts of the town so as to avoid immediate detection. Looking out the windows, one would see the trees and in the distance, the walls of the town.

"We're here." James said, standing up from the booth he had been sitting in. "I'll go tell Kyle."

He then took off, running through the sleeping car and through the Stable Car too, undoubtedly, unintentionally startling a few of the birds. He stopped in front of the large door of the training car, knocking once and then pulling it open, feeling that strange sensation of time compression once again.

"Kyle, we've arrived."

{Leon : Angel Grove : Red Rose Bridge -> Outside Red Rose}

Leon had shut his eyes, bracing against the wheel of the ship as it landed. Good thing he had braced himself or his head would have smacked headfirst into the wheel. As soon as they had landed, Heartless had showed up, surrounding the ship. The ships that had shot them down, left them for dead. The gunblader picked up his weapon and ran out of the bridge to the ramp where everyone else was departing.

{{Cue : Don't Be Afraid}}

He ran down the ramp, unleashing a fire spell at a Neo-Shadow as he did so. His gunblade leading as he jumped off the ramp, coming down and cleaving the same Heartless in half as he turned and cleaved another one in two. Focus and determination set on his face as he surveyed the battlefield. He had noted that all of the kids who had been protecting as they drew their weapons received these strange suits, which caused him to do a slight double take before he just decided to deal with it. The Maester was busy dispatching heartless as well.

It seemed that one of the Earthlings was deep in discussion with someone else, this wasn't the time to worry about that now as he charged forward, dispatching more heartless with each swing.

[Cory .:. Angel Grove .:. Outside the Red Rose]

Cory felt the energy of the roar pass over him, stunning him for a moment. However, it only prompted laughter. "YEAH! THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR!" The spells hit him directly, though he emerged from the blast rather quickly. The Indomitable Armor suddenly wrapped around Cory as a defense against further stun-locks as the ronin darted up to the top of the Rose, his speed seeming to increase with each bound before he caught up with Kichi, the Revblade already glowing red. The ronin moved in for a straight jab as he shouted, "Blue Rose!"