Read the chapters corresponding to this brainstorm here and here
WARNING! This will be a long post.
See, I've started doing battle planning like this because it actually captures the flow of the battle very well. I have an internal monologue going for the character, and I focus on that. But of course I have to focus on the actions they are doing and that other characters are doing so they can react properly. And other characters say things. And. Yeah.
It's very effective for battle brainstorming. (I did it for Riku, then Axel and Amaryllis too because I needed their thoughts so I knew what they were doing during this battle)
(The format also works when you're just trying to get a different character's thoughts on something so you can gauge their reaction, but you don't want to obviously rewrite the whole scene from their POV.
Okay I think I've already explained the format, but, here it is again:
normal text = character's thoughts/internal monologue
"normal text in quotes" = what the character says aloud
"Italicized text in quotes" = what other characters say
Italicized text = not used frequently; it's usually just for emphasize and that's it (so it doesn't signify a different character)
(things in parentheses) = actions/things that happen/my notes
things in bold = are notes I make as I'm reading this right now
Riku's thoughts take 1
Axel’s not blocking the door
That’s good
We’ll go in—now!
(he pushes the door open)
(Xemnas grabs him)
(he doesn’t even have time to think)
(he’s flying through the air, trying to stop himself)
(he finally hits the ground)
(he doesn’t move)
He just—
I didn’t even—
No!
No, there is no way that just happened. No way. I’m still
strong enough to take Xemnas. Just because he threw me across the room doesn’t
mean anything. I can take him. I am strong enough to take him.
I have to be
strong enough to take him.
I will not let myself be too weak to face Xemnas. It will
not be possible.
(he gets up and starts running, screaming, frustrated)
(he wouldn’t let this happen)
Forget Axel. Xemnas. I just need to go after Xemnas. I am
strong enough to take him, I’m—
(wall of fire goes up in front of him)
(he swears)
Alright, fine. I’ll fight Axel. It won’t be hard. I’m
strong. I’m strong enough. I can take him. It won’t be hard at all! It’ll be a
piece of cake!
(he charges up Dark Aura—or maybe he does that sooner…? like
in immediate anger about being stopped he takes it out on Axel and then is like
“fine I guess I’ll fight you”)
~so that
happens. Then:
Fine, Axel. I’ll fight you if I have to. It won’t be hard.
I’m strong. I’m strong enough. I can take you. It’ll be a piece of cake.
So what if Xemnas threw me across the room?
I wasn’t paying attention
He caught me by surprise
It doesn’t mean anything.
It doesn’t mean anything.
I am still perfectly capable of taking him. Perfectly-
perfectly capable.
(he’s really having trouble convincing himself to believe
he’s strong the more he thinks about it)
(the fact that his Dark Aura (maybe a second one?) hardly
even hits Axel can’t help)
No. I am strong enough. I have always been strong.
What are you talking
about? You could never beat Sora. He was always stronger than you. So was Real
Thing.
Why is anyone here any
different?
No—
I can do this. I can do this.
(he launches himself at Axel, but Axel blocks and he has to
back off (backflip away))
(Axel throws his chakrams at him)
(he tries to block but it’s not at all like blocking bullets
and he ends up getting knocked back by the first one and then hit by the second
one)
(he lands on his butt, roughly)
(curses himself)
What is wrong with me? Why am I not strong enough!?! Why am
I—
Shake it off, Riku. Shake it off. It’s okay. You were just
expecting it to be like Xigbar’s bullets. This isn’t Xigbar. This is Axel. Swap
your mindset. It’s alright.
You’ve got this.
Don’t panic.
You’re perfectly strong.
(Amaryllis is probably fighting Axel as he calms himself
down)
What about your darkness? Your weapon? Use that.
Yes, good. Good idea.
(He tries to summon some but the selfdoubt cancels it out)
(he starts panicking)
What? no. why isn’t the darkness coming?
It was working just fine a few minutes ago!
It was frikken eager!!
(selfdoubt)
What, am I not strong enough for the darkness?
Am I too weak for that, too?
No.
NOOO!
(angst)
(he keeps trying to summon it to him, angsting and getting
more frustrated with each failure)
(finally frustration)
(the frustration triggers darkness)
Good. Finally.
(He throws the darkness at Axel. Axel dodges, but it misses
him only narrowly and probably scrapes his side and he’s like “oh boy that was
a close one”)
Frustration. Frustration feeds darkness. Darkness is power.
Come on.
You were perfectly angry when you came up here.
What were you angry about?
Vexen.
That’s right.
(Axel attempts to attack him maybe with a large fire attack
but Riku stops it with dark shield which he technically doesn’t know alskdfj
I’ll think on that)
He thinks I’m not strong enough. Not good enough. That I
can’t face Xemnas on my own.
And he is wrong.
He’s just getting to me. I can’t believe I let him get to
me!
Of course I’m fine.
Xemnas caught me off guard.
Happens to everyone.
I’m perfectly strong.
(so he fights Axel and they fight and they fight and he gets
nowhere and he just can’t take it. He falls into anger but that does
nothing—because you ain’t getting past Axel to mess with Roxas, no you
ain’t—and he can’t take it anymore so he just stops fighting and he’s holding
back tears and he’s just)
No!!
How is Axel so strong!?
This shouldn’t be happening. I should’ve gotten past him by
now. Killed him. Defeated him. At least beaten him. Anything. It’s not- It’s
not right-
I-
I’m—
No!
Not weak!
I am not weak.
I am perfectly strong Axel’s just having a good day and I’m
having a bad one and
I’m so weak.
(And he can’t take it he can’t take it no he can’t. So he
stops fighting. He turns to arguing with Axel—shouting at him—because what else
can he do? He’s not strong enough to beat Axel so he’ll just have to try and be
smarter than him, not that it works when he’s too upset to think straight but
he says)
“I don’t know why you’re trying so hard to keep us out of
there!” (he wipes sweat off his face/brow/forehead because he’s tired and it’s
probably hot Axel has a fire going you kidding me?) “We know what you’re doing.
You’re bringing Roxas back.”
(Axel pauses, lights up, stops fighting Amaryllis for a
second (because Amaryllis keeps going when Riku can’t because he knows that if
they both give up their doomed or something—that or he doesn’t notice Riku’s
stopping so he keeps going. He’s either picking up Riku’s slack or he’s
fighting because he hasn’t noticed Riku’s selfdoubt it’s one of the two and
those are really opposite things))
(And Axel says, cockily, happily:)
“You do realize, if
you stop us, you’re going to kill Roxas, right?”
(And Riku stops)
(because no he didn’t think of that)
(and not only is he weak but now he’s a monster—he was just
going to kill Roxas without a second thought)
(and he wants to cry because everything’s so frustrating
right now)
(and he’s upset but he doesn’t really know why and he hates
it)
(and nothing’s fair)
(not for him, not for the not-yet-created Roxas)
(and he wants to scream)
(and Amaryllis says to him:)
“You could always go
in there and stop Xemnas and just leave Roxas alone.”
(but it doesn’t help)
(because if he’s not strong enough to take Axel how in the
worlds will he survive against Xemnas?)
(and that’s what everyone was telling him)
(and he wouldn’t listen)
And—
Stop it!
(he says, trying to make his thoughts stop reeling like they
were before they crushed him)
I had to cut it off there, due to there being spoilers in what Riku said next that I don't think I should divulge at this time. (It was also cut out of the chapter for these reasons.)
Riku's (edited) thoughts for ch150
~they cover the same things in the brainstorm above, but it's just a... different take. I think it expands actually... or something.
(he was doing just fine)
(Amaryllis attacks Axel)
(Axel avoids it)
He’s pretty quick, isn’t he?
But that’s alright
(he summons more darkness to throw at Axel, but Axel blocks
this with his chakrams)
Alright
It’s fine
All good
(he blocks/avoids Axel’s quick two-swipe combo, and then
does dark maelstrom because I want him to. I think it’s like throwing his
darkness engulfed blade, then leaping up and grabbing it and then he bashes
down against the ground and dark pillars~~)
What’s the other card duel thingy
for Riku? Oh whoops I have them all the wrong that’s more like dark impulse whooopps
Actually tbh it’s not really either
of them ahaha
This isn’t too hard
(Axel jumps back, kind of “heheh alright then” and then attacks)
(and there’s a lot of attacking and avoiding)
(and finally Riku’s like)
I’m hardly even landing a hit
~mrr I’m losing the flow of Riku’s selfdbout I know getting
him confident is good and show not tell but I really really can’t with this
battle anymore I just don’t understand Axel and I can’t and this is so annoying
bleh
Doing just fine.
Except…
He wasn’t.
Even if he’d found his groove, settled back into it, he
realized that he wasn’t really doing any damage to Axel. They’d been fighting
for a while now, and Axel didn’t even seem tired.
(Attacks Axel with dashing/double slashy attack aha labels)
How’s that for not trying?
(avoids Axel’s chakram)
You’re the one who’s not trying!
You’re the one who—
Why are you grinning like that? It really irritates the hell
out of me!
(leaps into the air and slams his blade at the ground again
his attacks are really repetitive)
(I think all their attacks are repetitive)
(Axel avoids it pretty much)
“What’s the matter,
Riku? You seem to be--”
“Shut up!”
I don’t want to hear it
I’m doing just fine
I don’t need you telling me otherwise
(attacks Axel again, and this hits because Axel doesn’t even
try to avoid it)
There. I’m doing just
fine.
You aren’t even trying to-
No
(Axel dodges Amaryllis, and Riku attacks him again but)
Why is he grinning like that?
I really wish he’d stop it!
It’s like he—
He doesn’t even think
I’m a threat!
~and
And Axel’s cocky
He doesn’t even see
Riku as a threat
And maybe Riku notices that.
And then he realizes that he’s actually not really getting
anywhere
They’ve been fighting and fighting and Axel’s not even tired
And so he backs off
Selfdoubt creeping in again
and he starts panicking
(back to Riku's thoughts)
Look at that grin on his face!
He thinks he’s all that
but he’s not (do
it do it doit this was a Kim Possible reference, btw, but I did end up cutting it out)
Why’s he so cocky, anyway?
It’s like—
(Riku’s eyes go wide in terror)
It’s like he doesn’t
even think I’m a threat
(and then he realizes that oh shoot we’ve been fighting and
Axel’s not even tired. He’s been able to avoid or block most of my attacks. I’m
hardly doing any damage. We’ve been fighting and we’ve gotten nowhere)
(I’ve made no progress)
(Axel’s still up and )
No!!
How is he so strong?
And then it continues back into the end Riku's first set of thoughts. I think.
Random snippet of Riku's thoughts...
Fine. He’s right. I’ll kill Roxas. I don’t want to do that.
“We need a new plan”
(he says to Amaryllis. Tired. Quietly. But tired. Exhausted,
really. He’s just so done right now and wants to be away from Axel and
everything so he can just forget about it all)
(and Amaryllis is just like)
“Alright”
(because he never really thought this was a good idea to
begin with)
OH THAT’S
WHY HE’S FIGHTING AXEL!! He said he’d keep Riku from getting hurt mhmm
(But he's not trying that hard because he doesn't think fighting Axel is a good idea.)
Axel's thoughts!
~I had to write these because I was having a lot of trouble writing for Axel, so I figured I should figure out what's going on in his head and it made it easier
Also! A few things happen between him and Amaryllis that Riku ignored, so while they did happen, Riku didn't take note of them, and that's why they didn't go in the finalized chapter
Yikes, that had to hurt! I mean, I’ve never been thrown
across a room before, but that looked pretty painful. Hope he’s okay
Oh yeah, he’s fine. He’s up again.
He’s running
He’s—
“Oh no you don’t!!”
There, that should stop him. Xemnas’d have my head if he got
past again. He probably won’t be too happy about the fact he got through the
first time
And…
Riku’s pissed
Well, I suppose I wasn’t going to avoid that
(avoids Dark Aura, however)
Wow, I remember that attack being more effective…
Riku looks a bit frantic
Is he okay?
(He blocks the Dark Firaga with a chakram)
I’m not sure if I should be worried about him
(moves out of the way of Amaryllis’s attack)
Or if I should just be grateful he’s not seriously trying to
get past me…
Oh!
(Blocks Riku’s next attack with his chakrams)
He’s got some strength
His attack’s got some bite
But
He seems to be struggling
I feel like I should’ve had more trouble blocking that
Oh well, I guess I really shouldn’t complain!
(tosses his chakrams at Riku, smirking now)
(Riku’s knocked back)
Jeeze
“What’s your problem today, eh Riku? You seem slower than
usual.”
(throws flaming chakrams at Riku)
(then the fire pillars)
Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t be too hard on him
(turns to fight Amaryllis)
You don’t seem like you’re trying too hard, either, my
friend
Maybe both of them don’t really want to fight me…
Amaryllis sure doesn’t seem like he’s putting much effort
into this
(easily dodges Amaryllis’s scythe, and then throws his
chakrams at Amaryllis)
You seem to be keen on avoiding things, though
(smirks)
Let’s see if you can avoid this
“Burn, baby!”
(sends large fire attack towards Amaryllis)
(Amaryllis avoids it, just barely)
“Are you trying to
kill me, Axel?”
“Mm… not particularly, no. Just making sure you don’t screw
up my plans”
I worked way too hard on this to let them ruin it now
I’m not leaving here without Roxas!
And if they think they’re going to stop me
Tough luck
“What about you, Amaryllis?”
(dodges his scythe again)
“Are you trying to kill me?”
(Amaryllis doesn’t respond)
Okay fine
“Don’t respond then, that’s okay!”
Not like I needed to know what was going on through your
head
Keeping you away from Roxas is good enough for me
(Amaryllis suddenly flinched. Axel turned just in time to
see a large blast of darkness coming towards him, and he quickly jumped aside.
The darkness still managed to scrape his side, though, and he hissed in pain.)
Youch, Riku!
When’d you learn that attack?
…hope he’s not going to start seriously fighting—
No, it’s fine. They aren’t getting past me. They aren’t. I don’t need to worry about it.
Amaryllis doesn’t even seem to want to fight me, and Riku’s having an off day,
from the looks of it
I’ll be fine
(summons a large amount of fire and sends it at Riku)
(is shocked when Riku merely deflects the blow with
darkness—and a lot of it)
Oookay…
Maybe I should be a little bit worried
How long has he been able to do all this?
(brings up chakrams to block the darkness Riku throws at him
next)
Yes, this is certainly new
New attacks
Good?
I don’t know, I don’t like the way his darkness prickles my
skin
That could be deadly…
Uh-oh!
(Riku does his Dark Break Helm Split, dangit! I keep messing that up, and Axel doesn’t really manage to
avoid it)
That hurt!
(he lunges forward and swings his chakrams at Riku in that
two-hit combo of his)
(Riku jumps out of the way)
This could get—
(Riku slices past him)
—annoying
Uck
(turns and throws chakram at Riku)
(is pleased when Riku doesn’t avoid it)
“C’mere, I’ll make it all stop!”
Oh, wait, better not get too cocky
(warps farther away from Riku)
Don’t waste your strength too much, Axel! You really just
need to keep them from passing, no need trying to actually hurt them or
anything
(oh jeeze and when Riku realizes Axel isn’t even trying,
asdlkfj)
(warps out of the way of Amaryllis’s attack)
Good. Just keep avoiding what they throw at you, and keep
them distracted
And keep avoiding everything!
What use will you be if they kill you, eh? None. You’ll just
be dead. And then you won’t get to see Roxas.
(blocks another blast of darkness)
I wish he’d stop throwing that at me
But
I just need to make sure he doesn’t get angry. Angry Riku is
bad. Angry Riku means death.
So keep avoiding him, don’t attack him too hard, and he
won’t try too hard
(lazily attacks Riku with his two hit chakram combo)
See, he avoided that just fine
And he—
Oh, no, now what’s he doing?
(gets hit by the dark maelpulse lol)
Damnit, Axel! I said don’t get yourself killed!
But if he’s going to fight like that
Alright then
(backs up, launches firetooth)
If we’re going to fight this way
Then we can fight this way
(ducks out of the way before Amaryllis’s scythe takes his
head off)
“You aren’t even trying!”
He’s so not trying
Riku’s… I’m not sure what Riku’s doing
(Riku dashes forward, slicing twice, before jumping back)
(Axel jumps to the side, throws a chakram—flaming?—at Riku)
(turns and throws a chakram at Amaryllis, too)
(his chakrams are avoided)
(but he doesn’t mind)
(he just catches them when they come back to him)
(he’s grinning)
(just grinning)
This is all too easy. Amaryllis isn’t much of a threat, and
Riku’s not doing a very good job, either.
(Riku jumps into the air and brings his blade down. Axel
avoids getting hit, and Riku slams into the ground next to him, and sends out a
wave of darkness like he can do (not sure what to call that attack))
“What’s the matter, Riku? You seem to be--”
“Shut up!!”
Ooh, he’s not happy. Whoops… I was trying to avoid making
him angry.
(purposely takes a hit to boost Riku’s selfesteem Axel you
jerk)
There. He looks a bit happier now
I’ll stop taunting him too
Don’t want to get killed
Can’t see Roxas if I’m dead
So… can’t make Riku angry
(dodges an attack from Amaryllis, which puts him closer to
Riku, and he’s almost hit by another of Riku’s attacks)
Amaryllis you still aren’t trying!
(grinning)
(and maybe I can just go from here into Riku panicking)
(so)
Hmm? Riku’s moved away
He looks upset
He looks… really
upset
(avoids Amaryllis again, absentmindedly throws a chakram in
Amaryllis’s direction)
Like…
“I don’t know why
you’re trying to keep us out of there! We already know what you’re doing.
You’re bringing Roxas back!”
Ooh, he knows!
Should I be excited by that?
Yes- yes this is a good thing!
“You do realize, if you stop us, you’re going to kill Roxas,
right?”
Maybe kill is a bit harsh
But
(Riku swore. This obviously hadn’t occurred to him)
(Axel just grins wider)
Ahh…
Maybe they’ll stop fighting now
This is good
“We need a new plan”
(Riku says, tired, to Amaryllis)
This is very good
(because)
“Alright”
(Amaryllis replies)
“So then we’re done fighting?”
“Yeah…” Riku says
Funny, he’s almost… relieved?
No, tired. I think.
“Don’t think this is
over though!”
“Of course not!”
Riku…
Were you even trying to be threatening? That was ridiculous
if you were
Oh well
Now that that’s taken care of
How’s Roxas doing?
Amaryllis's thoughts
(Xemnas throws Riku across the room)
Ooh, that had to hurt
He looks like he’s okay though
Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea
Riku didn’t even have a chance to attack Xemnas—but, no.
Don’t say that. He can’t fight Xemnas if he honestly wants to. I’ll keep Axel
distracted. That’s all we planned to do
And
Oh
(Axel’s thrown up the wall of fire)
Well
I guess we’ll both fight Axel then
(narrowly avoids Dark Aura)
Riku, are you trying to kill me? Pay more attention with
that attack! You didn’t even hit Axel!!
And your Dark Firaga missed
Right
(swings scythe at Axel because that’s all Marluxia does in
these settings)
(Axel avoids it)
Hmph
Axel, you are being a pain right now
You aren’t even letting us hit you!
(Axel blocks Riku’s attack)
I mean
That’s sort of the point of fighting
But
Why are you trying so hard?
At this rate we’ll never get past you
…
Maybe that’s the point
(Riku’s knocked back this happened sooner? Like. A few
thoughts ago this was an awfully long time in between oh well)
Riku… are you alright?
I mean, I can’t ask him. He won’t forgive me. And he was
very adamant about not wanting my help. But… he seems a bit perturbed
I wonder what’s got to him
“What’s your problem,
eh Riku? You seem slower than usual”
Don’t taunt him, Axel!
You’ll only—
Oh, okay, turn and attack me, that’s fine
(blocks chakrams with scythe)
(swings scythe at Axel)
Not that I really want to fight you
Just trying to keep you distracted…
Even though Riku can’t really go after Xemnas now…
(dodges chakrams)
Maybe I should tell him it’s best if we leave… fighting Axel
really gets us nowhere
I mean
It gets us somewhere
I just…
Don’t entirely see it as beneficial
(swings at Axel again)
No, I shouldn’t tell him. He’s frustrated enough about Vexen
saying that he thought he was “too weak”. I don’t need him thinking that I
believe the same.
I don’t, of course
But Riku doesn’t—
“Burn baby!”
Get things like… ahg
(barely avoids Axel’s large fire attack)
That was close
Really close
“Are you trying to kill me, Axel?”
“Mm, not particularly,
no. Just making sure you don’t screw up my plans”
Right.
He’s bringing Roxas back
That’s probably why he’s fighting so hard
(swings at Axel again whoo this happens a lot (Marluxia’s
fighting style, when not being an epic boss, is kind of bland))
“What about you,
Amaryllis?”
(Axel avoids scythe)
“Are you trying to kill
me?”
No, not really.
I don’t have any reasons to kill you
And you aren’t making it easy, even if I wanted to kill you
“Okay, don’t respond,
that’s fine!”
I don’t want to boost your confidence, Axel
Plus, I’m not sure what to tell you
I don’t even know why I’m fighting you… Maybe I should talk
to Riku about retreating. There has to be a good reason to retreat that doesn’t
require him thinking that I believe this battle is too much
I mean I could try and tell him that I don’t think he’s weak
(flinches away as Riku uses large darkness attack on Axel)
Because I certainly don’t think he’s weak
But
I don’t think he’ll believe me
(Riku blocks Axel’s fire attack with his own dark shield
thingy that isn’t dark shield)
Though why he has doubts about his strength is beyond me…
I understand that Vexen just worries too much—especially
over Riku, it seems—so maybe that’s the only reason why Riku’s doing this.
Trying to prove himself.
In which case retreating without managing anything—defeating
Xemnas or Axel—probably won’t be appealing to him
Alright…
We can fight
Riku really looks like he wants to fight
(Riku and Axel are fighting and Amaryllis is just
thinking/isn’t sure where to jump in because Axel and Riku are really going at
it and there’s no opening I suppose)
So
We’ll fight
(attempts to attack Axel again but again Axel dodges I don’t
think Amaryllis lands a single hit)
(Riku throws more darkness at Axel)
(Axel tries to hit Riku)
(Riku does his maelpulse thing which I think is neither of
those moves entirely)
I haven’t seen that attack before…
Riku, are you trying new things, or have I just not been
paying attention to you fight?
(Axel charges up firetooth)
Oh… dear
(Amaryllis has to avoid because that thing goes all over the
place)
What happened to not trying to kill us, Axel!?
(swings at Axel, aiming for his head, but Axel ducks)
“You aren’t even
trying!”
No, maybe I’m not, but I have mixed feelings about fighting
you
(Axel chucks chakram at Riku, then Amaryllis)
(Amaryllis avoids chakram)
Though…
You don’t look like you’re trying very hard, either
You’ve been messing with large attacks, here and there, but
you’ve never made it so we couldn’t avoid them
(Riku attacks Axel)
(Axel avoids it)
“What’s the matter,
Riku? You seem to be--”
“Shut up!!”
Are you trying to anger him, Axel?
Because—
Axel what are you
doing!?
You just sat there and let Riku attack you. And hit you.
And. What!? Are you- but you’ve been-
You’ve been sort of trying to kill us
Except you haven’t been
But you haven’t been letting us even land a hit on you
And now you just stand there and take an attack from Riku
and don’t even try to avoid it?
You—
(Not understanding what Axel was doing, but not liking it no
matter what is going on, Amaryllis attacks Axel again)
(Axel still avoids it)
(And now we go into Riku panicking)
Riku’s moved away from the battle… I wonder if he’s- Is he
injured? He doesn’t look like he’s in pain. Oh well, regardless of what’s going
on, I should keep Axel distracted so he can recover
(attacks Axel, Axel avoids and throws a chakram at
Amaryllis, which Amaryllis avoids easily)
You weren’t trying, Axel
Most certainly not trying
And Riku-
“I don’t know why
you’re trying to keep us out of there! We know you’re rebuilding Roxas!”
Riku… what are you-
“You do realize, if
you stop us, you’ll kill Roxas, right?”
Ah! There!
There’s our reason to retreat
Which is good? Axel was the one who gave it to us. Riku
doesn’t look very happy. I should’ve convinced him to retreat sooner…
Pity I didn’t
think of this
I should have
I mean, of course, there is always the option of just
killing Xemnas and rebuilding Roxas ourselves, but we’d have to get past Axel,
and-
“We need a new plan.”
Riku doesn’t sound very happy to be admitting that
But
“Alright”
Also I found this little thingy
Axel stretched, rubbing his neck like he had a crick in it.
He yawned and then leaned against the doorframe. Riku’d be here any second now…
There he was!
“I was wondering when you’d try and get here,” he called. He
didn’t otherwise move. No need for a fight.
Funnily enough, Amaryllis was with Riku. They were probably
trying to come stop him—them—from rebuilding Roxas. Hah. Well they’d have to
think again if they were wanting to do that.
“Get out of my way!” Riku said. Simple, to the point, like
he tended to be. He already had summoned his blade, and based on the darkness
that was sparking around his body, he wasn’t in a good mood.
So much for not fighting.
Axel pushed himself away from the wall.
“No, I don’t think I can do that,” he said. “See, I put a
lot of effort into this. I’m not having you ruin it for me. Besides—if you
screw things up, I’m going to be in a
lot of trouble.”
“I don’t want to hear it,” Riku said. “Now get out of my
way!!”
-he charges at Axel, fighting happens for a bit and maybe
Axel says some more idk but Riku slips past about now and Xemnas is there and
knocks him back, y’know, and then…-
“Oh no you don’t!!” Axel shouts, bringing up a wall of fire
around them. Or, at least, a wall of fire to prevent them from getting near the
computer room/blocking the doors.
Then cue more battling ahaha this is the worst base for a
battle ever
Axel’ll probably
think, after Riku gets past “oh shit I’m dead” but then Xemnas throws him back
and he’s like “okay… not going to let that
happen again *summons fire*”
Then maybe (probably) Riku mentions that they know about
Roxas and…
Axel’s eyes lit up, and he stopped fighting for just a
second. They knew about Roxas. Was that a good thing? Yes. Yes it was. Because-
“You do realize, if you stop us, you’re going to kill Roxas,
right?” he said.
Amaryllis paused immediately. Riku thought about attacking
again, but then he paused, too. He swore.
“Ugh he’s right! I didn’t even think of that!!”
Amaryllis (says quietly) “You could always go in there and
stop Xemnas and just leave Roxas alone. With Xemnas gone, the Organization
practically falls in on itself. And it’s not like we can’t finish rebuilding Roxas. Which we could do… I bet Axel’d
be okay with that”
But idk where to go from there mmhrm
“I’m not taking any chances”
yeah idk what that is but I thought I'd share it. (Actually it's my original battle brainstorm before I swapped to the other format.)
1 comment:
Ooh, that was great! I loved how Axel was being so considerate about Riku. He even took a hit on purpose for him! He doesn't want Riku to get angry, 'cause then Riku gets really strong, but still, nice going, Axel.
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