//------------------------------// // Family // Story: Lost in Her Time of Need: Rise of the Wolf // by Okami1197 //------------------------------// I landed at the Tower and made my way to the Speaker. As I approached his area I saw five other guardians following me. I quickly turned and pulled my hand cannon out, “Why are you following me?” The only hunter in the group stepped forward, “We were just hoping to talk to the guardian who is single handedly making everyone else look bad.” she said, “Now could you please put your gun up. None of us want to fight you.” “Guess you wouldn't be being this civil if you didn't want to talk. So tell me what is your names?” I asked holstering my hand cannon. “I'm Jessica, the titan in black is Shaun, the other titan is Sherri, and the warlocks are Sheen and Navi.” “Nice to meet you. The name is Ōkami. I was just going see the Speaker. Would you all like to join me?” they all nodded in agreement, “Alright, let's go then.” quietly we made our way to the Speaker, “Speaker, I have dealt with Crota. Is there anything else you need my help with?” “No. That will be all for now. I will send for you when you are needed again.” he responded. “As you wish, Speaker.” I said with a slight bow. I motioned for my small group to follow me, “So what do you guys want to do?” “We could go fight in the crucible.” Jessica responded. “That actually sounds like fun. I just hope you guys can keep up.” I joked. “Don't worry about us.” Shaun said bitterly. “I was only joking.” I said patting his back, “Now, Ghost give the the needed information for how we work, but only what is necessary. I have to keep some secrets.” ***** I slowly rounded the corner and spotted my team surrounded by the enemy, “It seems your sixth member abandoned you.” a red armored warlock said. “I wouldn't say that.” I said calmly as I walked up behind him, “Now don't you know it is not nice to corner others in what is supposed to be a fair fight?” He spun around and pointed his auto rifle at my visor, “The hell did you come from?” “Just around the corner.” I responded with a yawn, “By the way. You should have pulled the trigger by now.” I could see the wheels in his head turning before he realized what I said. I grabbed his gun and pushed it upwards. My team rushed his in their moment of shock. I quickly punched him in the gut then kneed his helmet. He fell to the ground. “You really need to stop showing off.” Jessica said as she got closer to me. “I am stuck here so I am going to have fun.” I muttered. “What did you just say?” “Nothing.” I looked up at the stars and saw one of them flashing. ***** “Thestrals! Pull back!” Midnight ordered as she fought a group of neo shadows, “Changelings! Cover us!” changelings swarmed forward towards the edge of the Everfree, and blocked the hoard of heartless from pushing out into Ponyville. [Central]*****[/Central] “Ōkami, wake up.” Jessica said while she shook me. “I need to get home!” I all but yelled. “What do you mean?” she asked. “I mean that my home is in danger and I have to figure out a way to get back there.” I growled. “Calm down. We can go to the Speaker and see if he can help.” she responded with a stern glare. “He can't help. There is only one person on this world that can, and he has not talked to me for some time.” “Who?” “The Traveler.” “But the Traveler is dormant. It can't talk to anyone.” Shaun said. “Believe what you will.” I said teleporting into my jump ship. The flight to the Tower was quick and well practiced. I landed and went straight for the Speaker. “Ōkami? What are you doing here?” the Speaker asked. “I need you to lead me to the base of the Traveler.” I said. “But no one can get that close. Its shadow breeds the strongest of the Forces of Darkness.” “You say that but you have made the trip before. And now you will do it again to help me.” I demanded. “I won't do it!” he yelled at me. I walked up to him and let go of the restraints I put in place, and his ghost started to shriek, “Take me there now!” “What are you?” “I am neither light nor darkness. I am not human nor demon. I am the son of the admin Cript, and current protector of my Equus, but because of that ass in the giant ball I can't go home to do my duty to that world.” “What do mean that world? Equus is not a world we have ever been to?” “It is to hard to explain. Take me to the Traveler. Now!” The five guardians who teamed up with me ran into the Speaker's anteroom, “Ōkami what are you doing?” Jessica asked with her hand on her scout rifle. “We are going to see the Traveler.” I said pushing the Speaker towards the edge of his platform as my ship got close, “If you wish to follow it is up to you, but I have a feeling Zavala will be mobilizing everyone to stop me.” “Load up. If he is going to the Traveler so are we.” Jessica ordered as she walked to the edge with me. ***** Directly under the Traveler a woman with snow white hair and a black coat is sitting on a tree stump, “So it seems he finally decided to take action. This might be the final push for the guardians to achieve their full potential.” she held out her hand and summoned Finrir. ***** Seresutia watched as the kids from the Isle snuck into the museum, “This can't be good.” quietly she followed them inside. Following them closely she soon discovered what they were after. One of them ran to grab their target but a force field stopped him and sounded the alarm. Opening a DTL Seresutia returned to her dorm room, “Stalker, the four from the Isle are up to something.” “Me and my men have noticed this also, but it does not seem to be the forces of Darkness. So my guess is that it is a natural event of this world.” “There is only one problem with that. Their parents are well known users of darkness. Especially Maleficent.” “Someone is coming.” As if on cue the door to my room is forced open and on the other side stands Mal, the daughter of Maleficent, “I don't know who you are but I see through your lies. You know exactly who you are.” “Well done Mal. I see your mother taught you to see through anyone's lies except her own. Tell me, what do you know of your mother's final defeat that put her in the position she is in?” “She was defeated by the King and his army. That is why she is stuck on that stupid Isle.” Seresutia chuckled, “What what is so funny?” “Next time you talk to your mother, ask about Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Then tell me her reaction. Now leave my room.” ***** To say that someone taking the Speaker at gunpoint would cause an uproar among the guardians is an understatement. Icora, Zavala, and Cayde lead the entirety of the Vanguard against me and my quest to get to the base of the Traveler. After a short speech and a few fights they are all following me to my goal. Which is in the middle of some woods, “Let me get this straight. You guys built a city around a forest that was absolutely flooded with darkness. The hall is wrong with you people.” I said to no one particular. Cayde walked up beside me, “So there's going to be loot right?” “More than likely.” as we walked into the woods I got a feeling that something was following us, “Get everyone ready. Something is her-" I couldn't finish that sentence, because I was hit by a keyblade knocking me off my feet. “For being as strong as you are, you are slow.” a woman's voice said as I stood back up. “Everyone form a perimeter, and keep everything away from here.” the guardians moved to do as I said. “That won't stop me.” “That was not the plan. Now we have some privacy. Who are you and why are you here keyblade wielder?” “My name is Sarah and I have been here quite a while. I am the one who gave the guardians their abilities.” she said as she walked out of the shadows, “God as you call him, sent you to me for your test but I care not for what he wanted.” “Could I at least see your face before you go all evil monologue on me?” I asked. She pulled the hood of her black cloak off her head. Her snow white hair falling behind her, “Now why is it always the pretty ones that fall to darkness.” I say more than ask making her blush a little. “How did you know?” “Dark forest. Seclusion. I have no idea how I figured that one out.” I replied sarcastically. “I guess it really is that obvious, but do you know why I fell?” “No, I don't know.” “I fell because I used my light to bring forth those who call themselves guardians. It eventually came to the point that I couldn't hold onto my light because there was so little left, and my darkness consumed it.” “That explains why you are being this nice. Now why have you been guiding me, and why can't I summon my keyblades?” “Because your heart is damaged. I was told by the one who brought you here that your keyblades shattered. That alone should have spelled death for you. You were weak when you got here, and I used every method I knew to make you strong enough to defeat me and end my suffering. Only then will they return to you. Then you can take your final test.” “I wont fight you. I can find a way to help heal you, but I will not fight you.” she looked at me sadly, “Because without you this world would perish.” “That's not true. So long as the forge is here the world will survive.” she argued. “Then why do you strain yourself?” “Because it is my way of repaying the debt I owe to the masters of old and their unions. This is my penance for killing my follow keyblade wielders, who only sought to preserve the light.” “If you wish to repent then join me in fighting back the darkness. My home is being consumed, and I have a feeling something bad is coming. We could use your help.” I pleaded. “And what of the people here? They need a defender for the things not even their guardians can protect them against.” “The can come. Once my home is safe, everyone will be welcomed. They can live without the fear of the Fallen, Hive, Cabal, Vex, and Taken. They will be safe, and we can bring up a new group of keyblade wielders. Fierce warriors who were forged in war. They will be able to face whatever the coming conflict will be.” “Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!” There was a loud crash from above, and from the hole in the ground below me… Cript? “Ah shit… welp, that failed horribly…” He muttered, standing back up. “Oh, hey Ōkami. LONG time no see.” Sarah looked at Cript, “Who are you?” she asked. “Me? Eh, a cheap tool for progression of your story.” He chuckled. “Anywhos it, you have missed a LOT Ōkami. I mean, a fuck ton.” I facepalmed, “You DO know that this is my Mark of Mastery exam right? And that I need to get home to save it from the darkness?” “Ah, then I’ll make this quick. So…. First off Core is dead, Zeke had some BS happen but long story short his soul is in a woman's body, sorta roommates in there, his Nobody has turned fuck evil, impregnated another equally evil nobody and their craziness child is gonna be like NOTHING ever before seen. Daybreak Empire just blew up, don’t worry, most everyone survived, the Master of Masters has officially lost his marbles, and what was that last one… Oh yeah. The second Keyblade war has started and Zeke has an absent Silhouette that lets you fight ALL X-blade wielders present and past and can give you a X-blade cause apparently everyone is gonna need one in this next war.” He finished. “Also you are a dad.” “Fuuuuuuuck.” I groaned, “So what about this damn test that is keeping me from going home?” “I could give you a Starlight keyblade and you can go fight your friends absent silhouette with it. If you win your a master and I will go with you to train your people for this war. Also I will bring all the guardians and train them also.” Sarah suggested. “Whatever gets him out of here quickest.” Cript said. “Seriously… Anyway you just need to beat ONE of the fights, though for a challenge I suggest Zeke himself cause why the hell not. Now…. good luck.” Cript said, a hole appearing under me as I dropped in like a rock. “Oh, you’ll need this!” Cript said, pulling out an Assistant and dropping it into the hole. Cript then turned to Sarah. “So… you where in the last Keyblade war?” “Yeah…” Sarah responded looking at the ground. “Killed a bunch of old friends I take it?” “I’d rather not think about it. Too many lives were lost for a stupid reason.” “Yeah…. You do know that the Master of Masters lied to you all about the traitor right? He did it to have the X-blade forged so he could destroy it.” “I figured he was crazy after the fact. I just don’t understand why he sentenced so many of us to death for such a stupid reason.” “Darkness.” Cript said simply. “He needed enough of you to turn dark to balance with the light still on the battlefield so the X-blade would be forged. Sadly it didn’t work and everybody was fucked.” “Yeah.” she chuckled a little, “Funny. I was supposed to be one of the dandelions with my little sister, but instead I followed my twin brother to war.” “What was your sisters name?” “Hikari, or Light. The two share a meaning.” “Ha. Okay let me look.” Cript said, looking into his assistant “Hmmm… Was her Keyblade the Oathkeeper?” Cript asked. “Yeah, why do you ask?” “Cause according to this… she be having grandkids in one month” “Really? Has she lead that good of a life?” “Well she is still alive, just SUPER old. Those grandkids are like eighth generation.” “I wonder if she how she would react to seeing me again. After I left her.” “Meh, when this bs is all over go an see. And if you chicken the fuck out I will ***  ********* ***** **** ****** you till you run to Freddy Krueger for sweet dreams. And yes that was censored.” Sarah became pale, “I think I will do that.” “Good, cause I can always do worse.” ***** I groaned as I looked around and saw what looked to be a Pipboy laying on the ground next to me., “Where am I?” I stood up, looking around me and saw I was on a Station of Awakening. Around me was… Zeke, in standard pose, like Sora, X-blade in hand and Kingdom Hearts in the background. I grabbed the Pipboy looking thing, shrugging as I put it on and it lit up. **Assistant Booting Up -Location: Unknown -Threat Level of Location: Unknown -User: Ōkami -Downloading Data -Download complete** The following list of information held all kinds of information about me… and some things I didn’t know, everything I owned, had equipped on my person… accounts Balances, etc… This is like a game menu for life. I started to look through the list of things I could view. On of which showed the name of my mother in Cript’s family. Slowly I looked up from the assistant as my senses were screaming at me to move. I quickly rolled to my left as the X-blade sunk into the center of the platform. Zeke appeared behind it, taking it in hand before pointing it at me. Battle mode engaged. Battle mo- HOLY SHIT THAT'S A LOT OF HEALTH!!! I saw Zeke’s health, my own, magic bar… this is really helpful. I summoned Starlight and prepared to fight. This is going to hurt. To my surprise, he disbanded his X-blade, charging me fast before pounding my stomach into my spine then Knee kicking my nose into my skull. I fell to the ground and groaned in pain. Fighting thru the pain I stood back up and watched Zeke carefully. In all my combat knowledge his forms where like a mix of damn near everything. He won’t be easy to predict. I cast Cure, then charged him, he side stepped my thrusting attack, ready to single hand hammer fist the side of my face in. I quickly throw myself to the ground making his attack go over my head as I roll back to my feet. I summoned my Arcblade in my other hand, charging him as he began dodging. Damn, he is fast. I disbanded Starlight and pulled out Golden Gun, firing shots. He finally brought back his weapon to block them. Right, that thing is big enough to be a shield. “Hell’s Gate: Armageddon.” slowly everything took a reddish tint as demons started to appear and charge Zeke. Zeke blocked most of the attacks but a few got through and held his arms in place. Quickly I summoned my void bow and fired at Zeke creating a tether on him increasing the damage he takes from attacks. I charged forward and landed a few hits before he broke free of the demons and back handed me, making me fly backwards. He then grabbed his X-blade from the Kingdom Key hand grips… a white light shot down the middle of it as it was split in two, and he wielded each half… Damn... “That is just unfair.” using my wings I launched into the air and dived down at him. Once I got close I used aeriga as a shield to get close and land a few more hits before he catches Starlight with one of his keyblades, before he started to slash at me wildly. I managed to dodge or block a few of his attacks but most of his attacks hit me in the chest. He fused the two back int one, shooting chains of light back at me as he slammed me to the ground. Cracks start to form on my armor and slowly I feel like my strength is returning to me. I grin as I look at Zeke, “Is that all you got?” I taunt as I stood back up, but before I could stand all the way the X-blade slammed into my chest making my armor break the rest of the way. A surge of power flowed through my body as I clenched my hands. A black trench coat flows behind me as I stare at Zeke, “Now things are more balanced.” He backed up, throwing the X-bade into a reflect raid. Raising up Starlight I tried to block the reflect raid only to be pushed back to the edge of the platform as the X-blade grinded against Starlight. I pushed forward, managing to sparta kick him back. He then glowed, a blinding light over taking him as… his attire was now red, and he wielded a second Keyblade in his other hand. Valor form… I tightened my grip on Starlight as I started to circle Zeke. moving quickly I ran at Zeke and threw Starlight in a strike raid. As Zeke blocked Starlight I slid under him and quickly spun on the ground kicking his feet from under him. Catching Starlight, I brought it down in an attempt to strike Zeke while he is on the ground, but before I could land a hit he caught Starlight in his hands and pushed it away causing me to lose my balance and stumble back. I grumble and return to circling Zeke. Zeke charged me, the two of us clashing blades back and forth rapidly before we both backed up. This is gonna take a while. ***** I panted as I slid back once more. First… I fought Zeke and everything he can do… then the X-blade itself, WIELDING Zeke! And now… Kingdom hearts itself in the form of a child, wielding them both. “Come on Ōkami, just one hit and you win.” Kingdom hearts said. Moving slowly, “So just one hit? That is all?” I asked as I started to think of a plan. “Yup.” They confirmed. Taking a deep breathe I moved forward in a manner that would make any anime warrior proud. I stopped moments before I hit Kingdom Hearts and dropped Starlight causing Kingdom Hearts to look down at Starlight. I swung my fist at Kingdom hearts cheek only to be blocked by Zeke. “Nice try-” I stomped on his foot...hard. “Owe!” He yelped, dropping both X and Zeke and grabbing his bare foot. “That’s dirty… but, unexpected. Not bad.” Everything around me went black, I was in a void… Looking around,I spotted a little Mushroom 13 heartless running up to me...before tripping ten feet away, and sliding the rest of the way up to me, getting back up and clapping as little fireworks shot out from it. “The fuck?” I asked to no one particular. It did a backflip, vanishing as thirteen chests appeared before me… the last one was bigger than me... I walked towards the first chest and opened it. It was one of my memory fragments. I collected it and turned to the next chest. I opened the second chest and… Two Become One’s keychain! I moved to the third chest and opened it and recieved- My assistant...thing flashed. Obtained. 999,999,999,999,999,999 munny 999,999,999,999,999,999 Equestrian bits 999,999,999,999,999,999 Of all synthesis materials 999,999,999,999,999,999 Caps 999,999,999,999,999,999 exp. + 99999 levels “Well then.” I move to chest four, “And what do we have in chest four Bob?” I asked jokingly before opening the chest. A voice in the the distance called out, “Well Ōkami, in chest four we have a nice set of keyblade armor.” I looked around and shrugged before I grabbed the paldron out of the chest and secured it in place. The fifth chest held… is this… Jafar's lamp? Opening chest six I found a wayfinder… with three bonds already made… Zeke, Seresutia, and… KINGDOM HEARTS!!! Chest Seven held a...paopu fruit? Saving that for when I get home. Chest eight held all kinds of synthesis recipes. I think for almost everything was here. Chest nine held… Hey...this is my old phone from earth? Chest ten glowed slightly as I approached it. Opening it revealed the map to the location of other key bearers worlds. Chest eleven was a… is this a wolf? This small pup was white and black stripped, and looked nothing like any wolf I have ever seen. Chest twelve was a book on keyblade combat forms. Chest thirteen… I took a deep breath… and opened it. Inside was… “Little bro…?” I was...speechless… He was asleep, hasn't changed a day since...since…he was pushed in front of a car on his birthday. I reached in, wanting to touch him… this...please don’t let this be homesick illusion… I touched him. He groaned, waking up and rubbing his eyes. He then looked at me. “Ōkami… Where am I? And… why are you dressed like that?” “It is a long story Fenik. One I will be telling you when we get home…” I said as I pulled him into a hug with a few tears rolling down my cheeks. With him out of the chest, we began looking for a way out… I spotted something glowing on the floor nearby. It was a heart shaped Keychain. I was looking it over when, suddenly, it flew out of my hand, and the Two become one Keychain I got joined it. Then, massive waves of light and darkness flowed out from nowhere, funneling into the two as the two Keychains merged into one. Then, they grew into… a X-blade, but with Two become one as the kingdom keys. It fell to the ground, and I walked over, and picked it up. “What is that Ōkami?” Fenik asked. “That is one of the most powerful keyblades in existence. It is called the X-blade.” “You mean like the Kingdom Hearts games I like to play?” “Yeah. Exactly like that.” When I took it, my Assistant flashed. Whole as One X-blade Att: 30 Def:15 Mag:20 A X-blade forged from one Keyblade that was two keyblades becoming one. It’s power dips into the darkness, but never will it lose it’s light. Special Ability: Total control- When in Anti form, you will never lose yourself to the darkness. Doing a few test swings I opened a DTL back to where Sarah was, “Come on Fenik, I have to go get some help before we can go home.” I said before walking into the DTL followed by Fenic and the wolf pup. ***** Sarah was still talking with Cript when a DTL opened next to them, “Welp that is my cue to leave.” Cript said as he created a portal and walked through. Me, Fenik, and the wolf pup walked out the DTL, “Sarah, gather the guardians. We are going to war."