Captain Arrowguns

Okay, that was a good plot twist.

"Woah." Jasper said, too stunned to say anything profound. "How long ago was this recorded?" he asked while he processed the information he'd been given. On one hand, the fact that so many people were capable of so much power scared him, but on the other hand, lying and oppressing an entire planed wasn't exactly something he was okay with. Meanwhile, Amber thought about all of the horrible people she'd met on her travels, including her own mother. If any of them knew what they were truly capable of, they'd likely cause horrific carnage and chaos. But where the Kamyn any better than them? She needed time to think and hear what the others thought.

As Sanya dressed, Jasper looked away from her and waited for her to finish. But once she asked where Kinzuko was, he punched her square in the jaw, "That's for not letting us know you survived." Jasper said, annoyed he'd felt so guilty for nothing. "As for Kinzuko... we lost her. She may be alive, but we're not sure where." While he was talking, Jasper summoned his longsword, Blighter, just in case something unexpected happened to the group. Meanwhile, Amber gazed around at her comrades, not sure what half of them were talking about. All she knew was that now that the Kamyn pressed the button, something was about to happen, and hopefully it would be good.

Stan Stan grimaced as he looked at Cron's stub of an arm. Fortunately, Clara had taught Stan a thing or two about common battlefield injuries in their down time, including amputations. He could try saving Cron's hand, but it would be pointless. When the void blade cut off Cron's hand, it cauterized the wound in both her arm and hand, killing the cells around the wound. Of course, the cauterization also sealed Cron's injury, so bleeding to death wouldn't be an issue. But just to be safe, he needed to get her to Clara. However, he didn't know if Cron was in any condition to run at the moment, leaving him one other option. "Sorry about this." Stan said to Cron as he picked her up and slung her over his soldier, and then ran down the hallway back to the entry point. He had a feeling she wouldn't appreciate that, but at the moment, how she felt about him didn't matter to Stan. Lee By the time Lee arrived at entry point, he'd have time to sort out what to do about his new keyblade. He walked over to Azalea and Hotaru, "Ah, good to see you've both made it. The other three should come an any moment. Did anything interesting happen to you two during the mission?" he asked. Clara Clara lied on her bead, still trying to figure out why she saw what she saw back on the ship. If the person she saw was really a hallucination, than why would she hallucinate about him. She had no idea who he was, or if he even existed. "Oh well, maybe a little sleep will make things better." she said to herself, and shut her eyes. Braxen Braxen stood in a secluded grove within a deep jungle world. There were several fruit trees nearby, as well as clusters of brightly colored flowers, with a small stream gently flowing nearby. The grove was surrounded by giant trees to the east, north, and south, and a steep drop to the west, from which one could glimpse miles and miles of jungle, not to mention a downright breathtaking sunset nearly every evening.. He and Penny had found this beautiful little spot just over a year ago, while the two of them were out on a job hunting a fugitive. Penny had fallen in love with the place immediately, and frequently came here when she need some time alone. A few months ago, the two of them had talked about what one of them would do if the other had died. Penny told Braxen that if she died while they were still partners, she wanted him to bury her here, in the middle of this grove. Braxen gently placed Penny's body next to a tree, along with her keyblade, Ignited Resentment. He then summoned his own keyblade, Adrenaline Rush, pointed it at a patch of dirt and moss, and shouted, "Earth!", and some of the dirt rose up from the ground and landed a few feet to the right. Braxen wasn't very good at magic other than the ice variety, which meant he'd have to cast the spell a few more times to make the hole big enough to be a grave. Meanwhile, he thought about what he should do next.

Amber and Jasper After a little while, Amber was able to clam herself down from the last encounter, and face the next one. She was considering pressing the button when the wall slid open, revealing some of the other climbers. Once the Kamyn appeared and stated his challenge, Amber decided to keep silent, and let her friends handle this. She was never very good at saying the right thing. Jasper, on the other hand, knew he didn't have much of a choice. He was still angry at himself at not being able to save Kinzuko, thus bringing their team down to him and Tristan. However, that meant that he would have to speak up now. Otherwise, they may never be able to hear the recording. So far, three of the required six people have given their answers, and he was pretty sure none of them were good enough. It didn't take Jasper long to realize what he needed to say to convince this guy. He needed to say the truth. "I can't speak for the others, as every man has their motive for doing what it is they do, but I can speak for myself." Jasper began, "When I was just a boy, my father was convicted and executed for crimes he'd never committed. He'd spent his entire life trying to help other, but because he was an eccentric, and the one who wanted him gone was such an impressive liar, the masses still believed he was guilty. The day of his execution, I realized a powerful truth. Most people are paranoid, narrow minded individuals who'll believe whatever their fears cause them to believe, with little to no evidence supporting it. This world needs more people willing to look at all the facts they can find, instead of jumping to conclusions. Otherwise, they will doom themselves. Almost everyone believes that you Kamyn are all evil and dangerous, and need to be destroyed in order for humanity to be safe, and they may be right. But I need to know. I need to know if your actions are justifiable. I need to know if there's something bigger going on than most of my race realizes. And if you're in fact as evil and dangerous as most people think, they I'll stop at nothing to defeat all of you. So you see, my desire is to do what's best for the human race, whether it's what they believe is best or not, and the treasre, is truth." Jasper then looked up at the Kamyn and awaited his response.

Regular novels, that way I can use my imagination more. If I want a story to be shown to me, I'll watch a movie or TV show, where it can be done better. Besides, that way you don't have to worry about the are style being too distracting.

Stan and Lee "On it!" Stan shouted, and slashed at Lacuna. Lee was about to attack Lacuna as well, when he heard Alexi's message over his comunicator. "Some of the other members are going to need me to teleport them out of the castle at infiltration point, so I need to get going there now." Lee said, remembering the plan, "Once you're all done with her, meet me over there as well." Lee then ran out of the hole in the lab and down the hallway, back to the infiltration point. Braxen Braxen took a deep breath in order to contain his anger, and calmly answered the queen, "My partner and I came here when we saw a ship come crashing down nearby. When we arrived, There was a dark wielder fighting some rebels. We joined the battle shortly after the Dark Queen Mali entered the scene. We all tried to defeat her and the other dark wielder, but they were able to kill my partner and get away. Now if you don't mind, I'm off to bury my friend. Oh, and by the way, consider this my resignation from the light army." Braxen said, and was enveloped in a corridor of light, and dissipated. Lee As Lee ran through the hallways, he couldn't help but notice that there was no one around. But then, a keyblader appeared out of nowhere using a teleportation spell and slashed at Lee. He barely avoided the soldier's attack, and countered with a fire spell. But the soldier deflected his attack and came at him with a charged slash. Lee tried to block the blow with his staff, but the slash cut his weapon in half. The soldier came at Lee again to finish him off, when something truly unexpected happened. A keyblade appeared in Lee's hand, and he was able to block the attack. Lee took advantage of the soldier's confusion, and stabbed him in the gut, killing him. "Well then, this changes everything." Lee said as he stared at his new keyblade and smiling maliciously. He unsummoned his new weapon and looked around to see if anyone alive was nearby. Fortunately, no one was. It wouldn't do for the Decolor to learn about his new talent. He then continued running down the hall towards the entry point.

(Really sorry about that. I must've been really tired when I read your last post, and totally misunderstood it. I've edited it, and hopefully it's a lot better now.)

Stan and Lee As Cron came back through the hole, Stan smiled and pulled out his great-sword, glad that his comrade was alright and ready to fight. Lee, meanwhile, merely stood there, analyzing the situation. "Well then, that sure escalated quickly." he said to Ryone. Braxen "I'm Braxen, but you can call me... never mind." Braxen said, and shook Luna's hand, and did the best attempt at a smile that he could to her and Gaku. "Thanks for the offer, but I think I've got a plan." Braxen said, picking up the card Hiroki gave him and put it in his pocket. He then picked up Penny's corpse with his right arm, and picked up her keyblade with his left hand. He was about to leave in a corridor of light when the Queen of Light arrived. "Not all of us, queenie." Braxen said to Mercedes, still too angry to show any respect to people he didn't have any respect for.

Braxen was sent skyward by Yamiko's attack, before tumbling to the ground. "Hmph, nice job man. Not many people can take me on for this long, although I guess that makes sense, you being a fellow keyblader and all. How about we call this a draw?" Braxen asked, and vanished in a corridor of light. Normally he'd keep fighting, but he wasn't exactly a fan of attacking other keybladers, especially when he didn't know if they were good or bad. So he decided to leave, find out more about this guy, and decide what to do from there. (Well DoR, it's been fun. Thanks for inviting me to have my character fight yours! By the way, your character won, despite what Braxen says.)

"What the heck?" Braxen asked as Yamiko flew backwards. Not one to ignore an opportunity, Braxen charged at his opponent and slashed at his chest, hoping he'd be too stunned from the previous attack to defend himself.

(I was thinking of the wall as just a barrier between the two fighters, but that's okay.I'll wait to see how you deal with the wall before I post Braxen's response.)

[This isn't working. I need to fight a little smarter if I'm going to defeat this guy.] Braxen thought, and created a small wall of ice between him and the incoming Yamiko. He then stood his ground, and waited for his opponent to break through the ice and come to him.

Jasper Jasper slowly opened his eyes, suddenly felt a dull pain from the back of his head. [ugh, not what I had in mind, but I guess it works.] he thought, and noticed he was on one of Kinzuko metel stretchers. He then saw five of his teammates on the other side getting ready to cross through the door all at once. But as much as he wanted to believe that their plan would work perfectly, he had a feeling it would go tolerably wrong soon. Amber Once she felt the paralysis ware off, Amber opened her eyes and got to her feet, gasping for air. "Next time you decide to flood a chamber, make sure there aren't any allies nearby who can't do anything more that hold their breath and hope for the best." she told Sandrew, still a little shaken from nearly drowning while paralyzed.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

Thanks Oath, but it's alright. Besides, this way I can give Braxen a little extra character progression.

"Gah!" Braxen shouted as he felt a sharp pain from across his back. He stumbled forward a little before falling to his knees. In a last ditch attempt, he rolled on his back and fired the strongest ice spell he could muster in Yamiko's direction.

Stan and Lee "As you wish." Lee said, a little tired of being bossed around by his peers. He wanted to end this Lakuna's life right now just to be safe, but he had a feeling that wouldn't go well with the others. He snapped his fingers, and the stop spell wore off. "Hey what was that for!?" Stan asked as he sprung back to life. Lee decided not to answer.

Wow, I never realized how hard it is to kill off a character you like. RIP Penny.

Braxen and Penny (A little mood music) Penny tried to deflect Mali's keyblade slash, but she was too late. The Dark Queen was so quick that before she could react, she heard the sound of tearing fabric, and suddenly felt a sharp pain from across her upper stomach. She instinctively put her arm across the cut Mali had made, and felt blood immediately pressing against her forearm. Penny dropped her keyblade, and fell backwards, only to be caught by Braxen before she hit the hard ground. He put her down softly, and gently moved her arm away from her stomach. She could tell from the look in his eyes and the tears beginning to stream down his face that the cut was deep. Very deep. She wasn't going to make it. "Hey Brax... I told you she wasn't someone we should mess with." Penny said, and began coughing up blood, "You know, for a queen, she really does well in a fight." "I know Penny, I... I'm sorry." Braxen said, desperately trying to contain himself, "I shouldn't have gone after her and taunted her like that. I'll stop being so reckless, you'll see." "No... I won't. I'm done for Brax, we both know it." Penny began to feel an incredible urge to close her eyes and go to sleep, but she couldn't yet. There was something she needed to tell Braxen first, "Brax, listen to me... this isn't your fault. I was the one who chose to fight beside you, and Mali was the one who attacked me. Please... don't blame yourself. Find a cause... find a girl... be happy." Penny then closed her eyes, and was still. "Penny? Please Penny, stay with me!" Braxen shouted. He didn't know what was happening around him, and frankly, he didn't care. All that mattered to him right now was that his only close friend in all of the worlds was gone. It took him a moment before he could reply, "Penny... I'll do my best." he finally said, tears pouring down his face.

Stan and Lee As Stan began unhooking to the various machines Lacuna was connected to, the strange girl's eyes snapped open. Stan was about to ask if she was feeling alright when Lee interfered. "Stopga!" the young mage shouted, and both Stan and Lacuna froze in time where they stood. Using a magic trick he'd picked up in Halloween Town, Lee strengthened his hearing just enough to catch glimpses of Cron's side of Ryone's phone conversation. He couldn't pick up many words, but he could tell Cron was wary of the girl they'd found, and was on her way, so he froze Lacuna so she couldn't get away. He also froze Stan while he was at it, that way he didn't have to explain himself to his overly sympathetic brother. "So, what's the plan?" he asked Ryone. Clara Clara took Quincy''s hand as she got out of the ship, and smiled at him. Quincy may not be the most socially gifted person she'd ever met, but he was a gentleman. "Thank you, I make sure to get some rest. And don't worry Thet, I'll let you know if anything like that happens again." Clara said to Quincy and Thet, and went to he quarters. Fortunately, it was close to the medical room, which meant she'd be able to easily get there in the case of a medical emergency. Braxen and Penny "And here I thought you'd be a challenge." Braxen said, a little disappointed, to Mali. He then fired off another blizaga, followed quickly by a firaga from Penny. "Stay sharp Brax, she's not done yet." Penny said to her partner, sternly, yet with a hint of concern. Sure, it seemed like Mali was almost down for the count, but she had a feeling this battle wouldn't end without the Dark Queen killing at least one of them.

Braxen blocked the blow with his keyblade, but the force of the attack still sent him flying backwards. Braxen quickly got back to his feet, and charged at Yamiko. "All right, my turn!" Braxen shouted, covered his fist in ice, and gave his foe a powerful left hook to the jaw.

Ah, I see the RWBY invasion of KH13 has recommenced.

Braxen tried to dodge, but was left with a nasty cut on his right arm. "Gah! Not bad." Braxen said, shouted "Blizaga!" and fired yet another, even bigger blast of ice and wind from his keyblade. But this time, he swung his keyblade around him while he was casting his spell, hurtling magical ice 360 degrees around him, in case Yamiko teleported again.

Yes! I've been hoping for an N's castle stage for the 3DS for quite a while, and it's finally been confirmed! Now, if only we see what the full stage looked like...