Chapter Twenty: Chaotic Control

Part One

Crowds of people were rushing across the streets. As everyone gathered there things with nothing but questions on their minds as to why they had to leave the town.

"C'mon everyone!" Seifer shouted to the crowds of people, "The mayor has requested that everyone should leave at once!"

"I don't think anyone is listen to us, Y'know!" Raijin said crossing his arms, "People have no idea what's about to happen here huh?"

"Affirmative!" Fujin agreed.

"It's not like the mayor said anything to us either, so just shut up and get everyone out of here!" Seifer spoke firmly.

Rajin didn't like his attitude, "Yo Sefier, you've been acting strange lately. What the hell is your problem anyway?"

"What if I do have a problem?" Seifer said firmly, "If you want to try and do something about it, then who's stopping you? Otherwise just deal with it!"

Fujin shook her head, "...jerk."

"Whatever! Do as you're told and you two won't have any problems with me! Is that clear?" Seifer pointed at them. He said with a serious expression.

Fujin and Raijin look at each other in disappointment, looking back at their friend, seeing how controlling he was. Was this the result of an overdose of power?

"Umm...excuse me?" Sora hesitated, as he slowly walked to them.

It was something about the voice that struck down deep in the pit of the heart, but it wasn't a good thing, it was quite the opposite. As he turned around to get a first glance of Sora, Seifer grinned sadistically.

Raijin sighed and approached Sora, "Listen, we don't have time to explain why you can't come passed here, y'know. So we appreciate it if you turn around and get a ticket out of this town, y'know!"

Fujin stood by him and added, "Leave..." A bit harshly, "...now!"

"No wait!" Seifer shoved them aside, carelessly, "I know you! You're that Sora kid, huh?" He smiled...a friendly smile?

Confused, but with a little confidence, "Yeah...I'm sorry, but I don't remember you." He responded.

"Hehe," Seifer laughed and shrugged, "I don't see how. You are on the top of the list of our Struggle Tournament. Are you sure you don't remember?"

Nope, not a clue! Sora had to continue the talking so that he could buy some time for the Hayner and the group to pass-by. What to do? "...I think I remember you." He bluffed, although he did remember the Struggle Tournament, he couldn't remember much of his opponents. "You were a great struggler, at least from what I remember." He lied...just a little.

"Ha! I knew you remembered!" Seifer paced around as he continued to talk, "I going have to admit that you are definitely better than me, totally knocking me out the stage! Even still, the whole tournament was great, even though it wasn't real fighting."

Raijin and Fujin raised suspicion, trying to understand what Seifer was trying to get at.

Sora naively scratched his head, "Well...I guess it was just for fun. No one should really get hurt." He smiled, cheesy.

"You're right on that one." Seifer nodded in agreement, pacing by Sora, Fujin and Raijin, "I guess the only thing that hurts in a Struggle...is the person's pride!"

Fujin whispered in Raijin ear. Raijin nodded secretly, "Yeah! Hey Seifer, are you at all offended that he totally thrashed yo-?"

Seifer cut him off, "Shut up!" He snapped.

Offended? Sora didn't catch it. Why would he be?

"Anyway!" Seifer looked around, seeing as the streets begin to clear, "...Y'know Sora? How bout we have a rematch?"

Sora, caught off guard, "...Rematch?"

"Negative!" Fujin quickly responded,

Seifer ignored Fujin, "...How bout it, Sora? Wanna take a chance here?"

Why was he suddenly picking a fight? Hopefully by now Hayner and the rest already snuck by, but he still had to wait for a signal that Hayner planned. Had to stall a little more, but should he entertain fighting against Seifer? "Okay then! Up up for your challenge!" Sora said proudly, yet naive.

Seifer grinned, "Alright! That's what I like to hear!" He quickly put up a fighting stance.

Sora looked around him, "...Umm...where are the struggling clubs?" Sora asked,

"Hehe!" Seifer snickered, "We aren't going use any!"

Suddenly, out of thin air and in a burst of flames, appeared in Seifer's hand, his very own gunblade. Fujin and Raijin back away, seeing the intimidating weapon.

"Yo Seifer! Have you lost you're mind?!" Raijin shouted, "How did you get that sword?!"

"Sharp!" Fujin pointed out, "...Deadly!" She shouted.

"What's going on?" Sora asked sternly, "You seriously can't be using that, right?"

No answer given, "Raijin, Fujin...I want you to back away! This might be messy!"

"No!" Fujin shouted,

"We're not going anywhere, y'know!" Raijin shouted as well, "You have lost it! You know the rules of the game!"

"Who said this was a game?!" Seifer angrily looked at the two, with his eyes filled with malice, flowing with a green mist. "You won't move?!" He voice echoed, "FINE! I'll make you move!" Seifer stretch out his arm. His arm fuming with a strong flame, circling around his arm until it reached to his palm. "Forget that we were friends, idiots!" He released the flame.

"No!" Sora cried,

Too late! The ball of flame soared on mach speed toward Rajin and Fujin. The two were shocked and shield themselves as they covered there faces with there arms as they screamed. On contact, a big explosion was the effect! A mushroom cloud was made as it was lifted into the air. Seifer laughed manically, totally losing himself in the moment, finding joy in pain and demise!

Sora couldn't believe it! He ran over to them.

The smoke cleared, causing Sora to stop running to the brutal scene. A trail of black ash lead to two bodies lying lifeless on the ground, completely covered in black smoke. There lied Raijin and Fujin stationary.

"Man! That was so cool!" Seifer looked at his own hand. "That witch was right! This is the greatest power ever!"

Sora's ears shot up. "What?!" He faced Seifer.

While attempting to pass through, Hayner and the group captured the entire scene, "Oh no!" Olette screamed, running over to the aid of Fujin and Raijin. "Are you two alright?!"

"Olette wait up!" Pence called, carrying a first-aid kit.

"Seifer, you freak!" Hayner shouted at Seifer, "How are you going do that to your friends?!"

"Oh, shut up! You can't be seriously pitying them, after all the insults we threw at you!" Seifer shrugged.

Olette knelt down before the two aiding to there burns. "...I...don't even know if there alive."

Pence put his ear next to Raijin face, "...Oh no! There not breathing!"

Did they die? They all grasped death as reality, though, their conscious fought so hard not to believe it. Everyone looked at Seifer as he laughed in satisfaction. How could someone be so cruel? Sora closely examined Seifer eyes and already knew the whole story.

"What's it gonna be, Sora?" Sora called out, "Do you have enough courage to fight me? You already seen what I could do!"

"...Is there a choice?" Sora asked,

Seifer laughed, "Apparently not!"

Then immediately Sora's clothes flash with a blue light. Hayner, Pence and Olette stood in awe of Sora's transformation, Seifer change his expression into a serious one. The light from Sora's clothes slowly faded to reveal blue attire.

"What's this?" Seifer mocked, "So what? Your costume changed color, big deal! Is that suppose to scare me?"

"I hope it does!" Pence called out, "Cause Sora is gonna beat the mess out of you Seifer!"

Sora stood in his Wisdom stance with his feet gliding on the floor. "Did you guys find what I ask for?" Sora asked,

"...Sorry Sora," Pence answered, "After what just happened, we had to help out."

"Don't worry Sora. I go find it for ya!" Hayner answered, "Olette, Pence! Help get them out of here!" He commanded his crew.

"Be careful Sora..." Olette said to Sora, aiding Fujin to leave.

Everyone split up again. Hayner went out to look for the twilight goo, having Olette and Pence carry Raijin and Fujin to there usual spot to tend to there burns. This left Sora and Seifer left to duel out in the open of an empty town. Who will win?

"Finally! Since the scum is gone, we have this whole town to play in." Seifer swung his gunblade in the air, "Are you ready, Sora?"

Sora stood ready, "Your move first!"

...Meanwhile...

Yuna blinked. Vision was blurry, but the only thing that was clear was white. He threw her hand over her forehead, rubbing away the headache that appeared suddenly.

"All right!" Rikku shouted happily, "Yunie woke up!"

"Faster than expected." Paine added, "How are you feeling?"

Yuna noticed that room she was in. It was the white room in the abandon mansion. She layed on the white desk, but sat up to see Rikku siting by her and Paine standing in front of her. "I'm fine...I think. My head hurts a little."

"That's normal." Paine step down and gave Yuna a potion, "I'm guessing this: since you haven't summon Aeons for a long time with the stress of being in this small form, your body broke down. I was expecting that you would wake up days later."

Yuna looked around the room, "...Where's Sora?"

"He went to look for the one of the items on the list." Rikku grabbed the potion and opened it, "Drink up, Yunie." She handed it back to her.

"I wonder how long it takes Sora to find that thing. I'm gonna go check." Paine said impatiently, leaving the room.

With Paine gone, Rikku had a chance to talk to Yuna about a concern that has been on her mind when they arrived in this town. Yuna drank till the bottle was empty. Rikku took back the potion and out it down, "Yunie we have to talk about a certain someone...bet you know who!"

Yunie blushed, "...Sora?"

Rikku sat close to Yuna, "Yeah, him." What Rikku was ready to say Yuna wasn't gonna like it...in fact, it might hurt her. "Yunie...ever since Sora has been with us, he's been blaming himself for all the stuff that happened in the other worlds. Not to mention that he's been fighting for us for awhile now, getting himself hurt so that he could help us in the best way he can."

It was true. Sora did go high ways to help them, when he really didn't have to. Yuna had worried about this even before they approached him back at the island. Yuna cuddled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them.

Rikku continued, "Maleficent somehow made herself stronger that she is destroying all the worlds, but you know the reason why she's doing that."

Yuna lowered her head down unto her knees, "...I know." She said unhappily.

Rikku threw her arms around Yuna's shoulder, "I know you like him Yunie, but we almost had him killed. If you like him then you would do what's best to keep him form getting hurt."

"Then should we do?" Yuna asked, "I never wanted to hurt him..."

Rikku rubbed her back for comfort, "I know you didn't Yunie. He has got us really far now, we could get this last item on our own."

Yuna shot her up, "...What are you saying?"

Rikku sighed, "I'm saying that...you should tell Sora good-bye...for good."

"..." Yuna couldn't speak. She had nothing to say in her defense to stay with Sora. All that Rikku said was true, so all she could do is agree. "...But wouldn't Paine be angry if she knew that we are leaving Sora?"

"Actually, Paine is the one that wanted me to talk to you about this. She was the first to come up with the idea of leaving and I agree with her." Rikku answered,

Paine was the one who came up with this idea...then Yuna knew that she couldn't disagree on this one, "Okay...but how do are we gonna say it?"

"No, not 'we'." Rikku stressed, "You are gonna say it."

"Why me?" Yuna asked,

"Well, we know once we tell Sora he's gonna try his best to convince us not to leave." Rikku thought, "Even though he hasn't showed it...he might really have feelings for you."

"Really?" Yuna's heart lifted,

"C'mon Yunie. The thing about boys is that they have to act tough so they could impress us girls. Sora isn't the type of boy to show his feelings. I hate to say this, but if you were to tell him that we're leaving, he'll feel so bad that he would have to let us go."

The plan sounded really cruel, "I don't want to do that! I rather leave without him knowing."

Rikku shrugged, "Do you have a better way of doing this? I think its better that he's feelings get hurt rather than him getting hurt."

Yuna thought fort awhile, but nothing came to mind...until she looked down into her shirt to see a vile that Rikku had given to her. She pulled it out and looked at it. Then she smiled as a notion came to her mind at that instant. "Y'know...I have an idea."

...Meanwhile...

Sora and Seifer had been fighting for a good amount of time. With the power of darkness that over took him and now dwells in his heart, Seifer fought more aggressively. To Sora's amazement, he was really strong!

Seifer stood on top of the one of the buildings of the town, while Sora stood below. "Let me ask, why did you give up your heart for power?" Sora shouted,

"Are you sure you wanna here a story in the middle of our fight?" Seifer complained.

Sora shrugged, "I just wanna know!"

"Alright, if you're that curious." Seifer loosened himself, "After you beat to a pulp during the struggle tournament, I was all upset and such and only wished to myself that I were stronger. Then this witch comes up to me and tell me that I can become stronger, more stronger than you! So, with no questions asked, I accepted gratefully."

"Idiot." Sora muttered, "You have no idea what you did, do you?"

"Who cares?!" Seifer gripped his gunblade tightly, "All I want to do now is determine who's better with the new powers I have gained!"

"You have nothing!" Sora shouted, "You have lost the very core of who you are and substitute it with darkness. How could have gained anything when you lost the one thing that matters?!"

"Shut up and fight! I'm tired of talking!" Seifer lifted his hand up into the air, and suddenly the sky darkened.

The sky turned black, very similar to what happened at Wonderland. Sora looked up to see the sky turn, thunder sounded everwhere. Clouds began to open up and meteors began falling miles from the sky down upon the entire town.

Sora's blood boiled, "No! What are you doing?!" Sora shouted angrily at Seifer.

"What's it look like?!" He shouted back, "I'm trying to kill you!"

Sora clench his fists tightly, "You're going to destroy the town!"

"What? Are you scared?" Seifer taunted, "Let's see how many of these you can avoid!"

The meteors came down fast. One crashed into the building, smashing through its exterior. Then one soared down with Sora standing right under. Sora skid out of the way, the flaming meteor smashed through the ground.

Sora's eyes shot open, looking down at a large hole created by the meteor. It was a huge pit of darkness, in which the meteor. He realized that that Seifer was given the power, granted by Maleficent, to completely send Twilight Town into oblivion. Seifer's heart was totally converted.

"The hell?! I missed..." Seifer shouted, "Stay still!"

Sora took no chance. He aimed his Keyblade at Seifer and shot rapid shots at him. Seifer stood ready, as each shot came at him he simply twirled his gunblade in front of the shots in a non-stopping circle. Shot scattered at it connected directly with Seifer's weapon. Sora stopped shooting and jumped toward Seifer, and Seifer did the same. Their blades clashed in the air, waves blew the debris away.

"You have no idea how much power is running through my veins right now." Seifer laughed, his eyes blazing dark green, resisting Sora's blade with his own, "You already have natural power...imagine how much stronger you could be!"

"The reason why I have so much is because of the illuminating fire in my heart." Sora answered, "You wouldn't understand, you gave yours up!"

The two dropped down, landing on the ground below them and jumping bakward to put distance between them.

"What's the point of light?! There is darkness everywhere you go, so why even try to fight back when it always comes back?" Seifer asked.

Seifer snapped his fingers. A hole opened under Sora's feet and he fell through, closing back up. Seifer threw his hand up high in the air, the ground broke from its place and lifted into the air. With Sora inside of the large, levitating piece of the ground, Seifer threw his hand down. Suddenly the huge rock violently shook and soared into one of the nearby houses. The rock smashed into pieces along with the house that tore down, pieces of debris puffed into a large cloud mass that surrounded the site.

Seifer smiled, "That should have broken his...What?!" He looked upon the rubble, but Sora wasn't in the pile.

Sora appeared in a flash of bright golden light, twirling both the Kingdom Key and the Fenrir in his hands. He stood in his fighting stance transforming into his Master form.

"What is this?! Your clothes changes colors?!" Seifer complained, "This is a fight, not a fashion show!"

"Listen, I'm giving you on last chance stop this! Are you gonna agree?" Sora warned.

Of course not, "Tch! Yeah right!" Seifer answered.

"Then this ends now!" Sora charged at him...