Kingdom Hearts - Blades of Three Realms

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

the tiki face had not said anything, though if it could make actual facial expressions, it'd be amused by Roxas's interrogations "i am. my name is Gosei. my mentor and creator, Zordon, a Keyblade Master in the past, had tasked me to watch over this world in his stead once he and his five disciples had passed on in battle against the Heartless." the crystal screens would start showing the fights of the previous rangers "this world has its own reasons for being persued by the darkness however, moreso than just the heartless, so new groups had formed similarly to the disciples, using technology and magic to create weapons, and large machines capable of fighting these evils. however, each time the fights would reach a climax to the point.. once the Evil was almost done, the groups had to sacrifice their powers to defend this world, though remnants of their powers still remained, gathering here in this very Command Center." which obviously meant the small statues "unfortunately, this latest insurgence of creatures had forced my hand to find five capable teenagers to fight them, it was Angel Grove's Fortune that i found you all." the face then took a pause as Shiro spoke up "even so.. you mentioned the heartless and them being constantly driven back.. have they been reappearing as well?" the Tiki would then speak up again "not as much as previous generations have faced because the last groups Keyblade bearer had found the Keyhole and sealed it off." Roveth pondered things with a frown "what do you mean by 'previous generations'. i mean we see the statues, but outside of the images, we don't know much about things." Gosei had spoken up once more "hmm.. the best way i can call the groups of the past, and the group you will become, is 'Power Rangers'." Shiro of course sweatdropped a bit, before feeling something bump his leg, before he looked down and saw al ittle yellow blocky robot looking up at him with inquisitive lenses "that is Wall-E, a robot that had been discarded from another world via spaceship that managed to come to land on Angel Grove, he has been aiding me in the upkeep of the Command Center."  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"'Power Rangers', huh?" Roxas looked at the monitors contemplatively.

"D'aww! He's adorable!" Crystal and Xion were of course fawning over Wall-E because of his innate cuteness.

"I wonder what exactly Vanitas wants with this world anyway," Roxas wondered mainly to himself. "I mean, if the Keyhole has already been sealed, then it isn't really going to be of any use to Xehanort."

"We don't really know too much about him to begin with," Crystal pointed out. "It could be that he's doing this for his own amusement."

Roxas nodded. "All we really know is that he's a brutally sadistic jerk who for some unknown reason looks an awful lot like Sora. And he seemed pretty convinced that I resemble someone else, although we never found out who."

"And, if the Unversed are here, then he's probably somewhere on this world indulging in all the havoc being caused by them," Crystal added. Vanitas definitely seemed to get off on other people's misfortune, that much was fairly obvious. "We've definitely got our work cut out for us."

"Well it sounds like you both have already decided we're going to have to fight him," Xion observed. "Maybe becoming these 'Power Rangers' will help with that."

"We barely scraped by the last time, but if we're packing more firepower, then maybe this time we can really put a stop to him for good," Crystal agreed.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth seemed to nod in agreement with crystal's assessment "not to mention in the case of myself and Shiro here.. well.. given we're split between two sides of the spectrum, we're effectively halved in power, until we grow on our own." he then chuckled when he saw Xion and Crystal acting fangirlish over Wall-E, who had in its own way blushed in embarrassment from the fawning and all before moving back over to near Gosei as the screens showing the colors Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, and Pink begun shifting through various images, particularly of their battles and trials within their lives while Gosei spoke shortly about the question that'd be on Shiro's mind "i have chosen you five because you all exemplify and personify traits of the human spirit that is worthy of defending not just angel Grove, but the worlds themselves as keyblade bearers. Xion, your kindness towards others, and your compassion that would see the worlds protected. because of this and much like how you returned to life, you shall rise like the flames of the Phoenix and become the Pink Ranger." the blue pedestal would light up next showing Roveth in his calm state "Roveth, your thirst for knowledge and desires to fight for the Light as a being of Shadow, you shall be the Blue Ranger, whose weapons and attacks have a Bite as vicious as a Shark's." Roveth pondered over these words, and smiled a bit with a nod. "Roxas. your unending determination that is like a speeding freight train and boundless athletic skills has led me to choose you as the Green Ranger." Gosei would move onwrds and the yellow pedestal lit up next "Crystal, your calm logic under pressure and and your fierce protectiveness of those close to you that is as strong as a Tiger led me to choose you as the Yellow Ranger." Shiro of course mentally gulped, but kept calm, given for some reason he had a funny feeling about this... "and you, Shiro, with your purity in spirit, and ability to come through for everyone in a pinch... since you have faced Adversity in your life with great tenacity.. you shall be the Red Ranger, and like the Dragon, you shall serve as the team's leader." of course, if this was a moment Shiro had something in his mouth from drinking... this would be a perfect spittake moment, instead, you get the classic whiplash so hard everyone else would probably feel it "wait what!?! me? leader?" he squeaked out, with Wall-E tilting his eyes as if confused at Shiro's -slight- panic attack.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Xion would of course be blushing somewhat in embarrassment while also reflecting on how different it felt to be treated like a guardian of the light instead of slinking around for the Organization. "I'll do my best," she would say with a smile.

"Sounds cool," Roxas would nod and contemplate the seemingly odd variances in what criteria they had been chosen for. He was a little surprised to learn that Shiro was being designated the team leader even though it seemed to him like Crystal was more the one who should be calling the shots, considering she seemed to that anyway.

"You can count on me," Crystal would gladly accept her role. She then slammed her fist into her open palm, the traditional martial arts gesture of peace over war, and would give a respectful bow.

Roxas would again glance at the monitors, realizing that the motions of the various generations of Power Rangers that had apparently come before them were visibly similar in style to the katas that Roxas had witnessed Crystal performing back in Radiant Garden. And he definitely didn't blush slightly while recalling that particular spectacle. Moving on. It was interesting that she could dual wield Keyblades, apparently had an arsenal of other weapons and magic at her disposal, but also felt the need to practice hand-to-had combat with such impressive formality. It made Roxas vaguely curious as to where she had picked it up from. He could only assume that Crystal's gesture toward Gosei was somehow rooted in that too. Perhaps it was all just part of the training she had undergone since childhood. There was no question that there was a lot that both Roxas and Xion could learn from her.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth of course spoke up as he took his own bow, though it wasn't a mocking bow or anything, it was a bit grandoise, but not in a mocking way "the Shadows shall always side with the Light." he said with a smile, though he glanced to Shiro, who had been strangely silent after his outburst about him being the leader "Aibou?" he asked, causing Shiro to jump a bit, before looking around at everyone agreeing to this, before closing his eyes, and taking a breath, before opening them again for the moment and looked right at Gosei "... i am flattered and honored to be the Red Ranger, Gosei, but being team leader.. that is a lot of pressure on me, and i'm not so sure i can fill those kinds of shoes." he said, though Roveth could clearly make the hysteria in Shiro's eyes quite clear, he was internalizing his hysteria for the moment by using his Aria within his head as a trancing chant of sorts ".. as you mention, i come through for everyone in a pinch when things look bad, but being a leader rather than the clutch hitter... that's a huge step." he took another breath "... but if you trust me with this, then i'll accept it, under protest." he said, before letting go his last breath and breaking the trance and suddenly leaning his head forward shaking it muttering 'ohgodwhydidisaythatwearesoscrewedicantdothis!' freaking out while Wall-E just cutely fell over after moving to bump into Shiro again, tripping over a rock and flailing cutely.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Xion went to go help Wall-E get back up after he fell over. Roxas didn't fully grasp why the girls seemed to find the little robot so endearingly cute, but he smiled regardless because he was glad to see Xion actually enjoying herself. Crystal walked over to give Shiro a reassuring clap on the back.

"Oh Shiro, don't worry so much, you've got this," Crystal nodded sagely. "Just remember to breathe and you'll do fine."

Roxas had heard a little bit from Crystal about how Shiro was vulnerable enough that she couldn't just leave him alone, but he hadn't realized that this guy was going to be such a huge basket case. It was kind of embarrassing. "Anyway, shouldn't we get moving before Vanitas releases more Unversed?"  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro just turned and stared at Crystal with a clear deadpan of 'you're kidding me, right? i'm not a leader, you're more a leader than i'd ever be!' while lights began to form in front of each of the teens, forming into two objects, one which looked like a wrist-like device of communications, almost looekd like a watch if anyone didn't look to hard at it (MMPR Communicator. Beep beep bebebeep beep.) as well as a cell-phone like device that, when it was flipped opened (by roveth, being the curious one.) they'd see two swords designed into the top, with an odd keyhole inside it, which made Roveth blink as Gosei spoke up "the items before you are short and long range communicators in the form of wrist watches, the long-range capabilities also include teleportation for when you wisdh to come to the command Center to regroup if need be, as well as contact between myself and you, short-range is for between you five. the other item in hand is the Super Megaforce Morpher, together with the keys..." of course, the five would find small statuettes in hand that flipped opened to reveal a key within the lower half "you will morph and become Super Megaforce Power Rangers. with this, you have access to great and powerful weapons and mighty machines called Megazords. not only that, but you will also have access to a mode called Legendary Mode. the statues that line these walls are much like the morpher keys in your hand, and each one wil lbe able to transform you into that very ranger from the past or the future." Shiro had taken a look at his morpher and key after putting on the communicator, looking it over he'd blink, and blink again "this... this looks epic." Roveth of course pondered that, before shaking his head "no, no, your reality marble and capabilities using it is what i call epic, this... this is Morphinominal." Shiro of course just blinked, and blinked again before sweatdropping at his dark half "really? did you just make that word up?" Roveth of course shrugged a bit while in the background Gosei seemed to chuckle at something (the irony of Roveth using -that- word in general, a longstanding tradition of power rangers.) "actually.. no, it just seemed something that should be said at times like this."  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Don't give me that look, oh chosen one, it's on you to be leader this time," Crystal would continue trying to encourage Shiro. "I've already had my turn at it." She would then examine the Morpher and Key that had been provided for her while trying to determine how exactly they were meant to work.

"This looks like it might be a little bit complicated," Roxas would say while examining his own Morpher and Key that had been provided to him. He wasn't exactly an expert with technology to begin with.

Xion would of course be chuckling at the exchange between Shiro and Roveth while having a look at her own Morpher and Key combination. She would also glance at the wrist communicator. "These will certainly come in handy if we ever get separated."

"Yeah, these I like," Crystal would agree. "They're sleek, stylish, and they basically match with anything so they won't look out of place if we wear them normally."

"I thought you said you don't know anything about fashion," Roxas commented.

"Fashion, no, but I know cool when I see it," Crystal responded. Okay, that was lame and dorky enough that even Roxas had to crack a smile that time.

"So, what now?" Xion wondered. "I mean, it seems like we should take the fight straight to Vanitas, but maybe it would be better to eliminate more of the Unversed first."

"Either way, we can't just leave things how they are," Roxas agreed.

"Well Shiro, where shall we strike first?" Crystal gave him a very pointed and meaningful look.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro just gave one last dirty look towards Crystal, before sighing and straightening out, looking over the key and morpher before closing his eyes to think a moment, almost getting a snarked comment of 'oh look, steam's rising from his head, maybe he should stop thinking!' from Roveth, before he snapped his eyes open ".... as much as we'd like to take the fight to Vanitas directly, we don't know where he is in Angel Grove, so we start thinning the Unversed Herd first, maybe by thinning them out we lure the jerk out so we can send him packing." Roveth had smirked, looking quite alright with said choice, while Roveth nodded and put the Morpher and key away in his pockets for now and crossed his arms with a grin "then let's go, therre's Unversed to be smacked around no doubt." he said, while looking ready.

Axel, Shiroi Senkou, and Demyx had eventually returned to Twilight town cursing their heads off, well Axel was, the chocobo was worried about his partner, and Demyx seemed to be worried for Roxas and Xion both, like Axel was clearly worry-warting over them "where could those five be and how the hell did they disappear so damn fast..." Axel would mutter with a frown and furrowed brows.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Suffice it to say that the group would then be teleported to a section of the city that was densely infested with the Unversed to begin dispatching them. Roxas would arrive adorned in the uniform of the Green Samurai Ranger wielding a pair of Spin Swords with the same ease and precision he would have shown with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Xion would arrive adorned in the uniform of the Pink Mighty Morphin Ranger wielding the fabled Power Bow to shoot projectiles over a fair distance and producing far-reaching smoke explosions that seemed to easily decimate several Unversed all at once. Finally, Crystal would arrive adorned in the uniform of the Yellow Ninjetti Ranger using Smokescreen and Underground Movement techniques to confuse and maneuver around the Unversed she engaged with throwing them severely off guard, occasionally tapping into her Mind Control ability to cause said Unversed to eliminate each other instead. All in all it seemed like beating the Unversed with these new capabilities wouldn't be difficult at all.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth himself seemed to be taking into his arsenal the Operation Overdrive Blue Ranger's abilities, blowing many Unversed away himself using the Drive Vortex weapon, as well as fighting with the Drive Defender in Sword mode (though changing back to Blaster Mode from time to time with a quick wrist flick) as well as unleashing what seemed to be a strong hand to hand combat moves. Shiro himself was acting as the Mystic Force Red Ranger, unleashing fire blasts to scorch unversed, transforming his Magi-staff into sword mode to attack, or even using 'Morthay Mammun' to turn Unversed into Sheep (that look suspiciously like Scapegoat tokens!) before blasting them away with the fire spells and all, only relying on his Elements or his tracing when the unversed got numerous enough around him for him to do some quick sword-work to get some space.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Things would go smoothly with clearing out the Unversed for a little while, but once they were nearly done with the particular quadrant of the city the were working in more Unversed would suddenly appear looking angrier and more aggressive than those that had already been wiped out as Vanitas also descended from the sky looking pretty agitated.

"And here I thought conquering this world was going to be easy," Vanitas complained audibly. "I don't know who you spandex-wearing losers are, but you guys are ruining my fun!"

"Vanitas!" Roxas snapped his head back to glare through his helmet at the evil-looking version of Sora levitating overhead.

"It looks like we were right to assume defeating the Unversed would draw him out," Xion remarked while readying another projectile to fire at the newly summoned Unversed, although these new ones were already proving to be more difficult to aim at because they moved more quickly than the previous batch.

"Yeah, but now we might be in a bit of trouble," Crystal noted while switching over to the Metallic Armor uniform and drawing out the twin Power Daggers while launching into close-range melee combat with the faster, more aggressive Unversed that had been summoned.

"Wait," Vanitas rubbed his chin in contemplation. "You two, Greenie and the Yellow Ninja... you smell familiar. Have I tried to kill you before?"

Roxas sliced into several of the advancing Unversed with his Spin Swords before launching off of another Unversed to fling himself upward at Vanitas to take a swing at him. "You're going down first this time!"

Vanitas rushed him, however, grabbing him by the helmet and spinning violently in place before flinging Roxas ruthless down at the ground with a wickedly smug expression as he did so. "You sound a lot like my better half... no, wait... strike that. I'm definitely the better half. Don't tell me you're that same weakling Nobody who thought he could take me on all by himself."

Roxas hit the pavement hard, crying out in pain from the impact. Vanitas drew out his Void Gear Keyblade with a smirk. "Oh, this should be fun!"

"Roxas!" Xion and Crystal could both be heard calling out with concern as Roxas went down, but there were still too many Unversed surrounding them for the girls to be able to get over to him.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth and Shiro both were also quickly kept away from Roxas and the others, with Roveth cursing in anger as he put his hand to his belt and slapped it, before taking out a key "Legendary Ranger Mode, SPD EMERGENCY!" he shouted out, switching forms to that of the SPD Blue Ranger, and begun tearing into enemies with the Deltamax Striker in sword and taser combination form slashing and bashing/electrifying enemies as best as possible, trying to reach Roxas, but with little to no avail. Shiro on the other hand didn't switch forms but instead reached back and pulled out what looked to be a different sort of staff with his free hand "Fireheart!!! Red Dragon Fire Mystic Ranger!" he called out, a large red, blue, and silver dragon appearing from a spell array in the sky and started dive-bombing Unversed and frying them with magical blue fire, though it still didn't clear a path fast enough for shiro to get through as he gave off a 'Tch' ~damnit... i might have to fuse with fireheart... okay, just follow your gut instincts, and just do it!~ he thought to himself, readying to attack as he put his basic staff back in it's holster, and instead flicked out his Keyblade revival into existience once more to try and aid Fireheart in getting through, and getting closer to the dragon to ready for the fusion.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Roxas, dazed from the impact, still managed to get back on his feet. "I don't know who exactly I remind you of," he gritted out while readying the Spin Swords for another go. "But I'm going to beat that smirk clean off your face!"

This time Vanitas let Roxas take a few swings at him, blocking each blow with Void Gear. "You know, the last time we fought I really thought you might have had his heart, but there was no reaction. I couldn't forge the χ-blade. Not from your feeble light. You looked so much like him too, but as it turns out you're nothing more than that twerp Sora's pathetic little Nobody."

"Shut up!" Roxas snapped with a growl as he swung more wildly at Vanitas. It served him very poorly as Vanitas ducked under Roxas's swings and struck his wrists with Void Gear causing him to lose his grasp on the Spin Swords. Next Vanitas performed a spinning strike, pounding Roxas in the chest with Void Gear causing him to gasp for air as the wind was knocked out of him. And finally Vanitas would float back up above Roxas to deliver a devastating overhand blow to smack the other boy down into the pavement again.

"You're not even worth my time," Vanitas continued with a smirk. "Just an insignificant speck that should fade into the darkness."

A shadowy rift leading into the Realm of Darkness would form on the street below so that Roxas would be dragged down into it. There were more distressed cries of concern from Xion as she witnessed Roxas taking such a terrible beating. Crystal, meanwhile, had seen enough and had cast Haste on herself so that she could charge through the remaining Unversed more or less unimpeded. She reached the shadowy rift into the realm of darkness and jumped right on in. Vanitas laughed manically. "Holy s**t! You morons really are pathetic. To think that girl would actually sacrifice herself to save the little b*****d. Now you're all screwed!"

*~The Realm of Darkness~*

Crystal and Roxas had both returned to their normal attire, as the Realm of Darkness was very definitely off the morphing grid. Crystal had managed to grab a hold of Roxas before he slipped too far ahead of her and hugged him fiercely, refusing to let him go even as they both sank further into the darkness that now surrounded them.

"Come on, wake up Roxas," Crystal had seen the beating he had taken from Vanitas and knew he was probably going to be pretty out of it, but he was going to have to get a grip if they were going to make it out of this to help the rest of their friends.

"Huh?" Roxas stirred, confused and aching all over. "Where... where are we?"

"Vanitas tried to get rid of you by plunging you into the Realm of Darkness," Crystal explained quietly wanting to avoid attracting too many Heartless to their position.

Roxas struggled a bit, remembering the fight and all those awful torturous things that Vanitas had said about him. "What gives him the right to act like I'm worthless!" Roxas yelled out in anguish, although he did eventually stop squirming.

"You really shouldn't raise your voice too much," Crystal spoke softly. "It's going to attract the Heartless. And unlike the nice friendly variants that hang around Wolfwood, these Heartless will mean to steal your heart."

"My heart?" Roxas was definitely confused by that statement. Although there was another more pressing matter on his mind. "Wait, why are you down here with me?"

"I jumped in without thinking," Crystal answered. It was the truth. She did it on reflex to save a friend. "Luckily I made it to you in time so that we didn't become separated."

"That's lucky?" Roxas was beyond incredulous. "Why are you even risking your life like this? What kind of reason could there possibly be for you to put yourself in this kind of danger for someone like me? I mean, that jerk pretty much spelled it out for you, I'm just Sora's Nobody. It doesn't matter what happens to me as long as Sora is still in one piece and he's the one whose going to save everybody."

"Because we're friends," Crystal stated simply. "None of that other stuff matters to me. So what if you're not Sora. You've got people who care about you. Axel and Xion. I'll admit, I've been a pretty lousy friend. I should have dragged you away from Destiny Islands or Twilight Town sooner, but I didn't want you getting caught up in this kind of trouble. That was selfish and I'm sorry," she apologized. "You say what happens to you doesn't matter, but Roxas, it isn't right to throw away your own existence like that. And you do have a heart. It's still small and practically brand new, but it's yours. I've known that for a while now and that's part of the reason I've wanted to keep you safe. You deserve a chance to really become your own person without being forced around by people determined to shove you down a path that doesn't suit you."

Crystal loosened her grip on Roxas once she felt her feet touch down on something solid. At the very least they had stopped falling deeper into the Realm of Darkness for the moment.

"I had no idea," Roxas was feeling a lot of things right now. Shocked, confused, stunned, and still a little bit angry.

"I couldn't do a thing to help you before," Crystal spoke with a sad sigh. "We were strangers. I learned about what happened from Ansem the Wise, about how Organization XIII strategically misled Nobodies convincing them they didn't have hearts based on his research just to make you all complacent. "It was wrong and it was cruel. And the more times I saw you having to cope with it the more it hurt because I only ever saw a kind and gentle soul and you didn't deserve everything that fate decided to heap on you."

"You can't... blame yourself for all of that," Roxas managed to calm down a bit, but now he felt pretty embarrassed. "Who would have thought, though, that you worry so much?"

"I worry a lot over friends who don't have the sense to worry about themselves," Crystal retorted. "Okay, maybe I worry a lot about people in general, but that's only because it's easy for me to see when someone else is suffering."  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Roveth went wide-eyed within his helmet, seeing crystal dive into the darkness like that, sure he could've done that himself, but he didn't get a chance to, however, that's not what was about to surprise him, as just as he was about to go full tilt murderous rampage, an uneasy feeling settled in the pit of his stomach, making him summon Lockdown and immediately slash away the unversed closest to him, just in time to stare at Shiro, who had been fighting, but it seemed almost automatic at that point... ~what... what is this feeling...? this feeling of impending doom...?~ he thought, given while he knew Shiro had a pretty bad temper, given he inherited a good chunk of it being Shiro's darkness, this... this was much more worse, because it felt... ~Hollow... it has no killing intent, but this presence... this presence... wants to devour anything in its path!~ with that, Shiro brought his hand up as a tarot card appeared in it "i am thou.. and thou art i... the time has come... call forth thine name!" could be heard pounding in Shiro's head as he whispered out in a glacial cold voice "Per... so... na..." before the card ignited, unleashing a blazing blue flame and engulfing Shiro, just as Fireheart had noticed the glance Shiro gave the dragon, the two nodded in sync, and Fireheart would then charge down and unleash multiple blue fireballs to explode multiple unversed in showers of sparks and red colored smoke, while shiro charged forward, Mystic Force Morpher in hand typing in a code "Tryn Tryn Ranger~!" an echoed voice called out, as odd red, green, and gold boxing gloves formed on Shiro's hands, just as he crushed the tarot card "Come... Izanagi!" with that, Izanagi had appeared and the both of them charged Vanitas, Izanagi unleashing a multitude of Cleave attacks, with Shiro aiming for critical areas with -massive- blunt force trauma, aimed to beat a man to death in a calculative fashion. if anyone could see the look in Shiro's eyes, they'd see not a man looking like a wild beast.. but a man who is unsheathing himself, and honing himself into a blade which can cut down all that tries to harm what he protects.