Kingdom Hearts - Blades of Three Realms

[[XIII] Roxas]

Xion had actually already finished getting changed so Shiro had nothing to worry about. "Oh, I slept okay." To be honest, she was still more worried about Roxas. Xion really hoped he was in better spirits today because she really didn't want for him to have to be so miserable like that.


"Well, back when Keyblades weren't such a rare commodity, it really wasn't that uncommon for new wielders to receive them all the time because basically if you have the gift for it you'll inherit one just by touching somebody else's Keyblade," Crystal explained rather vaguely. "But even back then not everyone who obtained a Keyblade took it seriously. To become a true Master takes a lot more practice and effort. You need to obtain a power that is uniquely your own and then if you become recognized as a Master you become entitled to certain privileged information that isn't shared with average wielders. As for what my Mark of Mastery could be, I still have no idea. I guess that all depends on what Master Yen Sid thinks of my specific capabilities, even if he isn't the one who oversaw my original training."

"Well, it sounds like you're already incredibly well informed," Aqua nodded to Crystal's explanation. "It was also you who purified Vanitas's darkness, wasn't it? I don't think Master Yen Sid will have any complaints about your abilities."

"Well, even though I know that's true I'm still nervous about it," Crystal scratched behind her ear looking embarrassed again as she went to join the others grabbing a plate of breakfast for herself.

Sora had dived right in with a muffled, "Thank you Kailah!" as he began stuffing his face. If Riku had still been there he probably would have called him out on his lack of manners, but Kairi seemed to find it amusing so Sora held nothing back.

"I don't think you have anything to be nervous about," Roxas kept trying to reassure Crystal as the two of them also sat down for breakfast. "I mean, you clearly have the skills and the right attitude. Plus, if Riku could make the mark, then there isn't any reason why you shouldn't be able to pull it off too. And if Master Yen Sid thinks you still need more practice, that's okay too. We'll still be here for you either way."

"Thank you, Roxas," Crystal was definitely blushing a bit. Roxas was being so sweet and supportive. And that smile of his was seriously way too cute right now. Crystal wasn't going to question what had gotten into him this morning because she was glad to see him happy, even if she was getting more and more embarrassed by all the encouragement about seeing Master Yen Sid again about the Mark of Mastery.


Cloud would continue to groan in his sleep as Tifa once again worked to change his bandages. This time when he stirred again he actually looked at Tifa and seemed to recognize where he was at least. The frustrated frown was still there, but the look in his eyes wasn't as crazed as before. "I guess I really am pathetic," he tried sitting up and winced in the process. Somehow he succeeded, but now he was looking away from Tifa again because he had realized he had made her worry again. "I'm sorry... Tifa. I know I shouldn't keep making you worry like this. But Sephiroth... someone has to stop him."


Once Shiro and Xion came down to join the others for breakfast it wouldn't be long before the group bound for Twilight Town would be departing to pay a visit to Master Yen Sid at the Mysterious Tower. Sora and Kairi would say their goodbyes, for now, before heading out to Merlin's house to get started on their own training for the day.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro thankfully also finished his breakfast complimenting Kailah on her work, while getting ready and creating a Corridor of Light for everyone heading to Twilight town to head there, of course, once they were there, it'd be just a short train trip (as Shiro managed to open the corridor in front of said station) and this would allow people to have access to Yen-Sid's tower, which everyone took the train to. granted Shiro kept quiet the entire trip, given he had been at least mentally frowning at the fact that he was in -that- outfit for today, but he could at least go get his clothes washed either at the mansion or the laundromat after they handle things at the tower.

Roveth of course, once at the tower, would give his report of the 'mission' of awakening Ventus from his slumber a success, as well as what happened during the expedition into Castle Oblivion, from the defenses, to the Replica Riku and that remnant shard of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, which was also dealt with without mercy, so on. after he finished his report he'd move back to find a wall to lean against, to let Crystal do her talking about of course, things with Sora's training.

Axel would of course be with Xion and Roxas thankfully and keeping silent in general and thoughtful while hearing about Roveth's escapades with Castle oblivion, especially the point of the Riku Replica, frowning as he remembered that from Vexen's little... attempts.. to tear Sora and Riku apart... yeah, he didn't want to say much about things he'd seen there.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Naturally, there was a somber atmosphere when the group heard Roveth mention the fate that had befallen the Riku Replica at Castle Oblivion. Standing off to the side with Axel and Xion, Roxas reflexively put an arm around Xion out of concern. Of course there was still a small amount of hope for the Riku Replica in the fact that through Sora's being connected to Crystal he had also become connected to Cosmos and she had found the Riku Replica before his existence was wiped away completely. As such there was still a chance he might return again in the future in some form or another.

Crystal stepped forward once Roveth had said his piece waiting to be assessed by Master Yen Sid as he seemed to consider the information that had been presented to him. "It would seem you were both success in the tasks that had been entrusted to you," he nodded while stroking his beard. "And for that we owe you considerable thanks. Now that Ventus's heart is restored that brings us one step closer to freeing Terra from Master Xehanort's control. It will still be difficult, I am sure, but perhaps with the aid of yet another brand new Keyblade Master we will be better prepared to face the challenge."

"That's why I'm here," Crystal nodded, resisting the temptation to glance back over her shoulder to her friends for support. "If you've come up with a way to test whether or not I'm worthy of becoming a master, then I'm ready to be tested. Whatever it takes, I'll do my best."

"There is no further need of examination," Master Yen Sid spoke again with an amused sort of smile. "You performed admirably in your task with Riku and again in aiding Sora to learn the power of waking he had failed to obtain during his own mastery exam. I have no doubts that you will be a fine young Keyblade Master."

"Just like that?" Crystal was awestruck. "I'm a Keyblade Master?"

"Indeed, you have proven yourself both capable and true of heart," Master Yen Sid confirmed. "And I am certain we will see more great things from you in the future as well."

"Thank you, Master Yen Sid," Crystal bowed respectfully. "I'll do my best not to let you down."

After that she turned back around to face the others, her expression a blend of embarrassed surprise and a hint of newfound confidence. Roxas let go of Xion, entrusting her to Axel and Shiro for the moment, so he could dash over to throw his arms around Crystal with very proud smile on his face. "See, I told you there was nothing to worry about!"

"You were right," Crystal hugged him back. "All of you were right."

"Yep, which means we're definitely going to have to celebrate with some sea salt ice cream on the clock tower," Roxas grinned. "It'll be my treat."

"Sounds good," Crystal started to relax now that some of the pressure was off at least. She looked to Master Yen Sid again. "Unless there's something else you need for me to do?"

"For now we must bide our time until Terra's location can be discovered," Master Yen Sid explained rather vaguely. "I shall call upon you if I have any further need of your assistance, but for now go on and enjoy celebrating with your friends."

"Very well then," Crystal acknowledged. She might have bowed to him again, but she was still hanging onto Roxas and with him holding onto her too she wasn't in much of a hurry to be letting go right now. "Thanks again."


And after that the group would have returned to Twilight Town. Since Shiro needed to attend to his clothing troubles it stood to reason they would be spending at least the rest of the day there so there was plenty of time to get the ice cream and visit the clock tower too.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

of course, normally Roveth would at least stay out of celebrations or do his own thing, but he did join in for the sea salt ice cream at least, smiling a bit, even if he was subdued given he had been reminded of the Riku Replica and of course.. Ansem, Seeker of Darkess, seeing that smug b*****d's face just made him harden his eyes slightly, letting them glow a pale yellow as if he was concentrating on his more negative thoughts towards him, and of course, the one behind not only Ansem, Seeker of Darkess, but the man responsible for taking a friend of Aqua's and Ven's away from them.. Xehanort... yeah, that douchebag has a -lot- to be condemned for... either way he'd let his own focus go away from the thoughts to the cheering people about Crystal being a Keyblade Master, smiling as he took a bite to eat from his bar "told you that he was gonna agree to you being a master." he said to Crystal, smiling a bit lightly as he glanced to the side, seeing a shadow he'd roll his eyes and toss the second bar he had to said Shadow just as he came out "you took your time re-changing your clothes." he said looking way too amused.

Shiro of course was wearing a red shirt and black jeans again with his usual combat boots as well as he caught the tossed bar and opened it up to take a lick and all "mmh.. sorry about that, but you know how i feel about wearing -that- outfit." he said, with Roveth shrugging a bit, grinning lightly as Shiro plopped down next to Roveth smirking a bit lightly "feels a bit crowded up here doesn't it?" he said to his dark half who waved it off dismissively with amusement "so, question is is what to do now since we're pretty much in a waiting pattern on things... keep honing our skills?"

Axel would chuckle a bit, ruffling Roxas's and Xion's hair gently while glancing over to Shiro's question, humming in thought while shrugging lightly "while these last few days have been a good bit relaxing in some ways, i feel we'll probably be getting back into the thick of things again soon." he said, while looking up to the sunset with a hum "training wouldn't go amiss, but i think there's only so much training we can do until we're just working to maintain our skills." he said, with Shiro shrugging in thought "well, just a question and all.. hmm, maybe i can showcase some of my summoning stuff from Spira then tomorrow? i don't think i've shown people what i can do with that, outside of learning their versions of magics..." he said, causing Axel to chuckle a bit "a small exposition eh? well, why not? it'll let you guys have some fun in case we don't get tugged to another world tomorrow or some reason from that strange Grid of Crystal's showing unusual heartless activity."  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Well, there's nothing wrong with us enjoying a little peace while we have some downtime," Crystal mentioned with a shrug as she took another bite of her own bar of the sea salt ice cream. "But since we know the Heartless Generals are starting to move again that peace might not last for very long. And I get the feeling that even though he saw fit to name me a Keyblade Master, Master Yen Sid still hasn't told us everything."

"You're probably right," Roxas nodded. He had some experience with the way both Master Yen Sid and King Mickey tended not to provide all of the relevant information that might help the situation, not even to Sora and Riku. "And I would guess there's probably some special reason for why he's been keeping us all in the dark even when we've all clearly proven they can count on us."

"Not that it matters," Crystal continued while staring off toward the sunset. "I know you can't always depend on someone else to give you all the answers and that sometimes you have to go out and discover the truth for yourself. I don't know what Master Yen Sid is keeping from us, but I'm sure if we keep doing what we're doing we're bound to find out at least part of it."

"And we'll make sure we all stick together while we try to find out," Roxas added with a smile.

"It's good to have the whole team back together again," Xion agreed.

It seemed that lately there had been a lot of different situations that kept requiring for them to split up to handle things that necessitated some of their individual specializations, most notably Roveth with his shadowy ties to the darkness, but also Crystal's little trip with Riku to the Keyblade Graveyard, and then there was Shiro's trip to Spira with Auron. And like clockwork, now that they were all together again in one place, a familiar jingle would come from the wrist communicators they had largely forgotten about since their previous stay on the world of Angel Grove as a distress call came from the Command Center once again.

"Then again, we never know when somebody somewhere might need us," Crystal spoke up with a grin. "But I guess this means we've still got some more work to do."

*~Angel Grove: Command Center~*

Naturally, they would all agree to answer the call to become Power Rangers again and that meant being transported back to the Command Center first and foremost to get a briefing about why they were being summoned in the first place. Much like the previous instance of their arrival at said location they would arrive piled on top of each other with Shiro buried at the bottom with Roveth on top of him, Crystal on top of Roveth, Roxas on top of Crystal, and Xion on top of the pile while Axel somehow managed to sidestep being dragged into the pile and was probably having a good laugh at everyone else's expense.

"Is this seriously going to happen every time we come here?" Roxas wondered from his place in the pile while Xion was attempting to slide down from on top of everyone to get back on her feet.

"It does feel strangely deliberate, doesn't it?" Xion had to admit.

"Oh, I'm sure this was no accident," Crystal assured them both. Roxas was the next one to get up from the pile and then he would offer to help Crystal to get up off of Roveth and Shiro so that they could then help the two of them to get up too.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Axel of course did manage to avoid the dogpile, looking at it with a bit of a chuckle as well as catching said pile with a picture from his camera, humming a bit as he put it away, though looking at Shiro's disgruntled face did make him smirk a bit lightly "looks like someone isn't happy about the pile." he said in amusement while watching over things.

Roveth just deadpanned from his spot within said dog pile at Axel's catching a picture of it, before closing his eyes, using his own shadow powers to escape the pile and such via shadow walking and reappearing out of the wall, with the little robot Wall-E giving off cute noises and such while moving to tug on Roveth's pant leg, causing him to look down, chuckling "Hello Wall-E." he said, reaching down to gently pet the robot while after that said robot would at least make noises of glee, and work to at least try and check on the others, before turning his head to look towards of course, the end of the main chamber, where the viewing panels were, and of course to the tiki looking face on the wall, a bit amused "and hello to you too, Gosei." of course, Gosei chuckled a bit in his own way, sure he didn't have to dogpile them, but it was a bit funny at least.

Shiro of course calmly waited despite his disgruntled look of being once again subjected to the Dogpile treatment, and again, being on the bottom, as if his back was made of steel... oh, wait, technically it -is-... "i swear to Cosmos everyone is out to break my back in some way..." he muttered a bit and once he was able to get up, he'd dust himself off as Gosei got ready to speak "Welcome Rangers, we don't have much time as there is a definite surge of darkness coming, in fact, proceed to the viewing panels, and your newest threat will be revealed." shiro would at least raise an eyebrow, and like Roveth, headed to their respective colored panels, with Shiro frowning as the screens began to slow down in their spinning through images to slowly start showing a familiar face to Shiro at least, if his narrowed eyes and bared teeth were any indication at the moment. Roveth... well, he was definitely frowning that was for sure...  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Crystal, Roxas, and Xion also followed Roveth and Shiro to the end of the main chamber to join them at the viewing console to learn the identity of whatever enemy now threatened the world of Angel Grove only for Crystal to immediately frown at the two familiar faces that appeared on the screen in front of her.

"Pete and Maleficent, really?" Crystal actually facepalmed at the sight of them. "You'd think those two haven't caused enough trouble for the worlds already?"

"It's not only them, though," Xion pointed out. "They've brought the Heartless along with them."

"It does at least explain why we were suddenly called back here by Gosei," Roxas added. "And the Heartless should really be no problem for us."

"Right, but we don't know what brought Pete and Maleficent to this world or what it is they might be planning," Crystal pointed out. "Pete might be a bungling buffoon and I have no idea why Maleficent even puts up with him, but Maleficent herself isn't someone to be taken lightly. She's definitely up to something."

"Not to mention all those innocent people out there probably don't even realize the danger they are in with the Heartless on the loose," Xion chimed in.

"Right, then before we can worry about what it is Pete and Maleficent are plotting we need to get out there to get rid of the Heartless," Roxas nodded.

"Sounds about right," Crystal agreed. She gave Shiro a meaningful look, "What say you oh fearless leader?"  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro of course perked at the comment from Crystal as he had narrowed his eyes before turning to give Crystal a dirty look for that reminder of what he was to the team, before turning to look at the screens once more frowning in particular with his eyes narrowed "Pete's really not a threat, but the heartless and Maleficent however.. Roveth, once we arrive on the field, i want you to send out some of your humanoid card monsters to evacuate the citizens from the area, so to minimize the danger of the heartless... after that.." he took a breath while Roveth nodded, already readying two in fact that'd be of help: Marauding Captain and Command Knight, in fact, and then turned to face everyone, with his ice cold eyes turning form their prismatic state back to being full ice blue "i think it's time Maleficent realizes that she's picked the wrong world to mess with." he said while bringing up his morpher and flicking out the key for Mystic Force Red Ranger as Roveth pulled out his own morpher and the Space Patrol Delta Blue Ranger key himself as Axel pulled out his own Morpher and slotted into it the Mighty Morphin' White Ranger Key as the three of them readied themselves "time to go Back into Action!" the three called out, going to use theirm orphers and disappearing into electricity and proper coloring lights to disappear to town proper.

once the three got to Angel Grove plaza Roveth would immediately pull out his two monster cards and send out Marauding Captain and Command Knight, which boosted himself and Marauding Captain "you two get the civilians to safety, destroy any heartless!" he ordered, the two warriors nodded, and got to work on evacuating the Area before turning to look at Maleficent and Pete "so what do you two villainistic moon faced assassins of Joy want?" he snarked out, with Shiro sweatdropping within his own helmet while glancing to Roveth.

Axel of course would bring out Saba and readied for a fight and just chuckled at Roveth's comments, but just kept up his stance to fight just in case for the moment as he shook his head a bit lightly "well, could be worse, he could've left the snark to our fearless leader." and of course cue a side glance from said leader that'd be a clear dirty look if it could be seen.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Time to go Back Into Action!"

Crystal, Roxas, and Xion would bring out their own respective morphers along with the keys for the Ninjetti Yellow, Green Samurai, and Mighty Morphin Pink Rangers before using their morphers and disappearing into their individual electrically charged pillars of light as they were transported to the town proper landing in formation with Shiro, Roveth, and Axel to confront Pete and Maleficent as well as the Heartless.

"Considering what I've heard about these two, I'm sure he'll get his chance," Roxas chimed in with some amusement. Oh yeah, it was everyone tease Shiro day again for sure.

"What the hey? Who're you bozos supposed to be?" Pete naturally didn't recognize them in their Ranger uniforms even though he had definitely encountered all of them at some point or another prior to now.

"We're the Power Rangers and we're here to stop you!" Crystal decided to be extra cheesy, stepping out and pointing dramatically at Pete and Maleficent while giving the most blatantly ambiguous answer possible. "So just give it up already!"

"As if," Pete shrugged it off. "You brats ain't got nothin on us."

"Ah, interesting," Maleficent was eyeing the red suited one and the blue suited one in particular.

"You mean you know these punks?" Pete was still understandably confused.

"Indeed," Maleficent nodded as she pointed out the two she had been watching closely. "It would seem that my experiments with the darkness are finally yielding results. And now the darkness once injected into Shiro's delightfully unstable heart has produced a shadow form unlike any ever seen before. This meeting has already proven very informative."

"So then you mean it's that twerp Shiro, his darker half, and that mouthy brat must be that girl that's always with him," Pete continued muttering. "But what's with all the fancy spandex? And who're the other three?"

"My, my," Maleficent's amusement continued to grow. "How very interesting. I might easily mistake them both for being Sora, but they do not appear to be that troublesome boy at all. Certainly, the explanation for it must be truly fascinating."

"Not this again," Roxas muttered in annoyance and there was a glare on his face, although it wasn't visible through his helmet.

"Don't forget, we still have to worry about the Heartless," Xion reminded him although she was becoming annoyed with Pete and Maleficent too.

"Right, we'll leave those two to Shiro and Roveth since they've still got an old debt to settle and the rest of us can focus on cleaning up these Heartless," Crystal recommended. During the time she had been training she had also taken the time to outfit her Keyblades and Key Chains to be more to her own liking so that she would be better prepared to face any situation. And so at the moment she held out her hands bringing forth Light's Shadow and also summoning out Two Become One (using Crescent Fang as the base). After that Crystal started doing what she does best, cutting down lots and lots of Heartless in record time.

Roxas couldn't help but smile when he saw that Crystal was actually using the key chain he himself had given her. As for his own Keyblade preferences, he still felt most comfortable dual wielding with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Considering these were just regular small fry Heartless like Shadows, Soldiers, Armored Knights, and Surveillance Robots it wasn't like Roxas needed to go overboard with his offensive capabilities. His normal fighting style would be more than enough to handle these sorts of Heartless without him even breaking a sweat.

"Hey, leave some of the rest of us!" Roxas jokingly called after Crystal as she was already making quick work of them by herself by the time he finally joined in cutting them down with relative ease.

Xion tried not to laugh as she brought out Sweetstack to also join in the fight against the Heartless. "We can't let her have all the fun!"

"Huh, so you pipsqueaks really think you can take us all on do ya?" Pete was scowling at the oddball technicolor suited warriors who hadn't yet scattered to face the Heartless.

"Do not fret," Maleficent still seemed entirely unfazed. "They are of no consequence to our plans."  

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Axel would just roll his eyes in amusement before bringing out his own Keyblade in particular, and would be using it as well as Saba to fight the heartless while speaking up "nothing against ya fat and slow but compared to what we've been facing you're like ants in a war with dragons. got it Memorized?" he said while pointing Saba at the heartless, letting the tiger blade actually spit out decent sized fireballs from its mouth.

Roveth immediately frowned underneath his own helmet, of course Maleficent would easily recognize Shiro... though how she knew about him was cause for concern as he brought out the DeltaMax Striker pistol switching it to Baton tazer mode as he summoned Lockdown into his other hand calmly enough and switch its chain for the ultima weapon one, releasing it to Bloody Ultima form after that "compared to the likes of Kefka and Xehanort, you're far and away from being evil enough to register on our radar, Pete. as for Maleficent.. meh, the Generals would easily rip her a new one." he said, cracking his neck a bit and settled down into a fighting stance readying to attack.

Shiro just gave a dirty look to Roxas when he made his own quip to tease him about the leader thing, but when Maleficent mentioned who was who he would narrow his eyes as Ancient and Melody appeared in hand, though he did switch keychains for Melody to the Ultima Weapon Keychain, and readied himself for a fight as well "so you know who we are, good, means i don't need to hold back as much then. Dual-cast! Fira, Blizzara!" he called out unleashing the spells in tandem to do what Axel and Xion could do when teaming with each other, before both keyblades began glowing with a white shine "Atherion Blade!" he called out, slashing multiple times to create light blades to launch into the explosive attacks being made already.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Not so fast kiddo!" Pete projected his magic energy barrier around himself and started bowling balling his way into Shiro's magic while attempting ram into him before the barrier would eventually fade away once it ran out of power.

Maleficent vanished in a column of green fire and reappeared atop one of the nearby adjacent rooftops cackling with evil amusement. "You foolish children shall rue the day you dared to challenge my Heartless army!" After that she raised her staff and launched eerie green fireballs like meteors in Roveth's general direction.

Roxas decided to test out that technique he had been learning from Amidamaru to strike Heartless at long range using just the air pressure coming off his fast moving blades and the results were fairly impressive, especially against the more airborne Heartless. It was also useful because it didn't deplete his magic reserves in case he needed to cast Holy later.

Xion was alternating between using melee attacks and casting the various elemental spells she knew to give herself a bit more range against the Heartless, but considering they were all just small fry that didn't pose too much of a threat there really wasn't any reason to go all out against them.

Crystal, on the other hand, was definitely showing off. "Alright, time to show them some of that Blue Thunder!" she called out as she cast both Blizzaga and Thundaga simultaneously generally huge blue columns of electricity to strike down on the Heartless that were near her. Apparently she wasn't feeling terribly conservative about using her magic at the moment.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro of course would raise an eyebrow at the incoming Pete before jumping up using an acrobatic spin leap to avoid being barreled over by Pete's energy barrier bowling ball and brought out his morpher typing in a code via the cell part of it "Tryn Tryn Ranger~!" was called, before the mystic Force Fighter gloves appeared on his own fists as he temporarily dismissed his weapons, and charged forward to start delivering some haymakers and jabs on Pete while he could.

Roveth meanwhile looked at the incoming meteors without much of a problem as he switched the DeltaMax Striker pistol to blaster mode, and started quickly shooting the meteors down, with only a few left Roveth would flick out a card which opened up to reveal a barrier forming around Roveth "Trap Card Open.. Mirror Force!" he called out, literally letting the remaining meteors to collide with the barrier.. and then be rebounded back towards Maleficent while he sent more laser shots to fire at the witch in particular, keeping this a ranged fight in particular for the moment while Pete and Shiro fought melee-wise it seemed.

Axel of course just shook his head and continued slashing through heartless with both Keyblade and Saba, fireballs blazing when possible as well chuckling at the antics of Roxas, Crystal, and Xion's assaults, but at least he kept himself fighting regardless as he grinned "well, beating Heartless is our job description, so armies should be a problem given we have army Counters in the two you're fighting, got it memorized, witchy~?"  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Naturally, once Pete's barrier collapsed he began to stumble around clumsily while Shiro was pummeling him, but not without digging into his pockets to bring out random spherical explosives to throw at him even while he was off balance. A moment later the barrier would return again and Pete began trying to throw his weight around at Shiro again, but at as before the barrier magic was only temporary. "Oh I'll show you!"

Maleficent vanished again within the green flames and reappeared back at street level. She was smiling to herself in evil amusement at Roveth again as she continued to watch him. "It would seem that Shiro was indeed a worthy vessel for the power of darkness to have produced such a fascinating specimen of shadow," she mused. She was less amused after the fact when Axel started mocking her. "Your insolence will be your downfall!" And, of course, several Large Body and Morning Star Heartless appeared at Maleficent's call to swarm Axel for his rude comment.

"It looks like Shiro might need a little help with Pete," Xion pointed out as she continued swatting down the smaller Heartless that were still nearby. "I think that defense barrier might actually be a real hindrance for him."

"I don't like how Maleficent seems to be toying with Roveth either," Crystal added with obvious frustration as she pulled in a whole bunch of Heartless using Magnega and then vaporized the whole lot of them with a precision Thundaga.

"Think we should try to wrap this up so we can go help them out?" Roxas wondered. He was also a bit worried because it seemed like Axel had also earned himself Maleficent's ire and was now being targeted even more ruthlessly than they were.

"It might be a good idea," Crystal agreed.

"Okay then, let's do this!" Roxas swatted down a few more Heartless and then readied himself to cast his Holy magic while Crystal got ready to cast it too so that when they both cast the light spell at the same time it caused the whole street to light up as the columns of light magic skewered the Heartless and not even Maleficent and Pete managed to get away entirely unscathed.

"You two have really gotten good that," Xion seemed amused as most of the Heartless faded away after being blasted with the combined Holy magic.

"We've been practicing," Roxas sounded happy about it too.

Maleficent definitely wasn't amused as she vanished into her green flames yet again to reappear on yet another adjacent rooftop. "You children of light are becoming a nuisance to me." Maleficent also wasn't thrilled with the way Pete was flailing about completely failing to deal with Shiro. "Pete, you bungling fool, perhaps this will make you more useful!" And she thrust her staff down upon the street nearby to where Shiro and Pete were still going at it one-on-one. Suddenly green smoke began to rise up around them and then when the smoke cleared Shiro would find Pete now towering over him the same size as the surrounding tall buildings.

"You have got to be kidding me," Crystal stared at the now gargantuan Pete as he began stomping around haphazardly attempting to squish Shiro beneath his boots.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Axel would raise an eyebrow underneath the helm as he saw the incoming swarm of Large Bodies and Morning star heartless before giving off a snort as he dived to the side of a few strikes, before pulling out his legendary morpher "sorry to say, but i'm not easy to kill. Legendary Ranger mode, Ninja Storm Samurai Ranger, Samurai Storm, Ninja Form, HA!" he called out, with a flourish of light and sparkles he'd turn into the green Ninja samurai as he put his hands on his belt, smirking "Super Samurai Mode!" he'd intone, tossing off the -weighted- vest he had on, and flipped his helmet around to change its design with a handsign, before picking up his sword and Keyblade, and literally started dashing with green flames trailing his keyblade as he begun to blur from view in raw speed, and start ripping into the Large Bodies and Morning star heartless so he'd be able to help Roveth and Shiro as well shortly.

Roveth had of course spun around and narrowed his eyes at Maleficent as she seemed to be quite focused on him as he brought up a card once more "well at least -someone- gets the hint i'm not a mere 'being of darkness'." he said calmly enough, but he did flick out his card in particular as it started transforming into a bird of sorts, Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 4, and then proceeding to bring out two of the same cards called Level Up, which would power Horus into his max level form, Level 8. which began giving off a suppressing aura of sorts against all hostile magic users in general "do be a friend, Horus, and light Maleficent on fire. black Fire." he said calmly enough, while said 'Dragon' nodded, and unleashed a gout of black flames at Maleficent in general, of course if she thought she could get away so easily again she'd be in for a rude awakening there.

Shiro meanwhile did have to at least run away a bit comically to avoid being stepped on by Pete with his gigantic form, but that didn't stop Shiro from trying to take him down, in fact, he pulled out his legendary morpher as well he'd type in another code as it sounded out and Shiro began changing and growing too "Galwit Mysto Prifior!~" was called out, as he became the Mystic Ranger 'titan' form the Red phoenix, before taking out the sword needed to attack and started slashing at Pete to get him to back off "you can just back off Petey, no stepping on rangers for you today!" he called out, not looking amused about being chased and all that.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

With Axel going all out like that the Large Bodies and the Morning Stars clearly weren't going to last for very long.

Of course, if Roveth thought that suppressing Maleficent's magic was going to hinder her in the slightest he was sorely mistaken as she merely called upon more Heartless, Wyverns to begin dive bombing and clawing ruthlessly at Roveth's monster and several Defenders to shield her from the dragon's black fire breath. "Foolish child, did you really think it would be that easy?" Maleficent cackled in amusement. There was a high speed whirling sound as the familiar shapes of Oathkeeper and Oblivion flew into the air slamming into the Wyvern Heartless to beat them off of Roveth's Horus the Black Flame Dragon as Roxas intervened with a Double Strike Raid. At the same time the Defenders that had been gathered around Maleficent were suddenly crushed beneath a dual casting of Graviga from Crystal as the two had come to join the fight. Maleficent frowned openly. "You dare defy me!"

"No matter how many times you curse us for it, the answer will always be the same Maleficent," Crystal retorted as she darted around striking the now vulnerable Defender Heartless to get rid of them so that Maleficent was once again wide open to Roveth's attacks. "You're always up to no good so we're always going to do our best to stop you!"

Roxas had already reclaimed his two Keyblades and launched into the air to strike down the Wyvern Heartless with a more direct approach, swatting them down onto the pavement with sheer brute force. "There's no way you can deal with all of us at the same time!"

Pete was slightly disappointed when Shiro also grew to city crushing monster size, but even so the battle continued with Pete trying to sucker-punch and take plenty of cheat shots at Shiro while also lobbing more of his spherical explosives at him. Given the explosives had also expanded in size along with Pete this was actually somewhat more worrying than it might have been before because they were bound to cause a lot more collateral damage once they exploded.

Xion waited until the next time Pete's barrier magic dissipated and took careful aim at him with the Power Bow, firing off a shot that smacked the overgrown goon right in the nose with a pink smoke explosion that caused Pete to briefly lose his balance and giving Shiro a great big opening to take advantage of.