Keyblade Armor

Three weeks passed since the training began and Sora was meditating at the moment as he is trying to control the Ki inside of him when a wooden sword comes for his head.

Sora wanted to evade but the sword followed showing that the wielder of it was a master when the wooden sword strikes his head leaving a red mark on Sora's forehead.

"Ouch ouch ouch ouch," says Sora holding his forehead when he turned to the person wielding the wooden sword.

"Was it really necessary to use that much force?" asks Sora as John smiles at him.

"You might not have noticed it but every day I increased the strength behind each strike. A Hero does not only deals damage but must be able to get hurt while doing his duty. I could tell you a story in which I was only left with my torso, while I and Nesiara were fighting a god," says John as just imagining it made Sora turn pale.

"Now show me what you have learned from the training," says John as Sora was holding two wooden keyblades which John made for him.

Sora rushes at John as he wildly attacks John with his keyblades. John was not being pushed back as he blocked all attacks while Sora was floating in front of John.

John then swings at Sora's opening and Sora spins his body in mid-air before striking at John's knee only to find a second wooden sword in John's free hand which blocked his attack.

"You are improving faster than expected but it shows that you have a latent talent in wielding swords even greater than mine who picked the sword because I thought it was a nice weapon," says John as he now wanted to push Sora back who opened his mouth and a ki ball comes out of it hitting John point-blank.

A smokescreen was covering John's upper body when wooden swords came out of it one from above while the other from under making Sora spin forcefully before John lifted his right foot and kick him straight in the abdomen sending Sora flying against a wall.

The smoke disappeared and John's training clothes were destroyed while his upper body didn't even have one scratch on them. John had a smile on his face because his student seemed to have learned even more than expected from him.

"Only because you landed a hit doesn't mean you have defeated your enemy. Always be on your guard or you will end worse than right now since they will kill you if you give them the chance," says John as he floated towards Sora before helping him up.

His hand began to glow green as he puts it against Sora to heal him. Once fully healed Sora was pouting because he was defeated that easily again.

"You are getting better. You even caught me by surprise when you used that attack against me. Just remember to not use it against a friend," says John as he petted Sora's head.

"Why shouldn't I use it against someone friendly? It is a nice attack to win the fight," says Sora as John smiles hearing that.

"You could kill the person you are using it against if he is weak. That's why I want you to not use it against your friends," says John as Sora was shocked that he could kill someone by accident using this trick.

"Anyway, we should give you the finishing touch by teaching you further in swordsmanship," says John as Sora sighs after hearing that when John continues, "After this week is over I will give you something you will like."

"Really?" asks Sora as he wasn't that naive when it came to John promising something because of last week John promising him not to increase his training load and right now he is doing triple the training.

"Yes, we will also get something for Donald and Goofy as well since we normally do this after someone finishes our training as recognition of succeeding it," says John as his clones were working on something quite special at the moment for the trio.

John and Nesiara had already sent the lost Dalmatians back home as they trained the trio. Hercules had some spars with John since he didn't need training from John just some deep words that could lead him on the right way which Phil wasn't really a great help for him.

The week passed fast for John and Nesiara while for the trio it was experiencing the week of hell making all of them feel so exhausted that they wanted to give up on their training but John baited them in with his surprise gift.

They were wrestling for air when John and Nesiara were standing in front of them and John was holding something that shouldn't be possible in the eyes of the trio as it was a Keyblade.

It was the Ultima Weapon that Sora would normally obtain in Kingdom Hearts 3. On the Keyblade was a golden ring with a lion face engraved on it as John handed them over to Sora.

Sora puts the ring hastily on before he picked up the Ultima Weapon and John says, "Every Keyblade is as strong as its wielder. It grows with it and its potential can only be limited by the imagination of its wielder."

Sora was swinging it feeling excited because he got such a nice graduation gift from John when John says, "Touch the face of the Lion."

Sora does that and suddenly his whole body was surrounded by a red-black armor, making Sora lose himself in excitement when John says, "This is a Keyblade Armor. Once Keyblade Wielders used those to protect themselves from Darkness while fighting it."

"It is so cool," says Sora when Nesiara walked towards Donald and Goofy who see her holding a staff and shield in her hands.

"Those are for you guys," says Nesiara as she handed the shield over to Goofy first who felt energetic all of a sudden.

"Why do I feel so powerful?" asks Goofy as Nesiara smiles at him.

"As Sora's shield, you need to be able to defend him even from someone as strong as me," says Nesiara as she hit the shield with her fist making Goofy slide a meter away from her.

"John placed enchantments on the shield which reflects the absorbed damage back at your will and it makes its wielder feel calmer," says Nesiara as Goofy was inspecting the shield closely when Nesiara continues, "John called the shield 'Save the King' fitting your origin."

"Thank you," says Goofy hugging his shield which resembled 'Save the King+' when Donald was quite excited to see what his staff would be like.

"This is 'Save the Queen'. It will help you guide your mana even better than we already trained Donald and its damage should be double as destructive thanks to the enchantment," says Nesiara as he handed the staff that resembled 'Save the Queen+' to Donald.

Donald felt stronger all of a sudden while his mana seemed to flow better and his mind was clearer than before.

"John placed a calming enchantment on it as well as one that you have already noticed," says Nesiara as Donald nods as his mana began to leak out because his mana increased to a disproportionated level which he needed to control first.

"Thank you for the staff," says Donald as Nesiara only smiled at the two.

"The games will begin tomorrow and you should adjust to your new weapons," says John as he was holding Yamato at the moment.

"Are we going somewhere?" asks Nesiara seeing John holding Yamato.

"Thor had his first children. I want to give one to Ifalna and Grimoire since they would like to have someone to play with," says John as Nesiara was thinking about something when she turns to the trio.

"Do you want to come with us?" asks Nesiara the trio who was confused.

"Where are you going?" asks Sora as Nesiara smiles at the boy.

"To visit our grandchildren," says Nesiara as Sora remembered the picture the couple showed them.

"You mean with the other Aerith," says Sora as Nesiara nods making Sora say, "I am in!"

"What about you two?" asks Nesiara as Donald was thinking about it when Goofy decided for both.

"Of course, it would be nice to meet other people," says Goofy as John opened a portal using Yamato which surprised the trio.

They passed through it and they find themselves in a garden with a mansion behind them. Nesiara took the lead as John went to Paradise to get two of the Behemoth cubs.

They didn't even need to enter the mansion when they find Aerith, Ifalna, and Kieron in the garden taking care of it.

"Aerith!" shouts Sora as he runs at her forgetting that this Aerith didn't know him.

Aerith was surprised as she looked up to see Sora who hugged her when Aerith asks confused, "Do we know each other?"

Sora now realized his mistake when he scratches the back of his head when Kieron picked Sora up from behind when Kieron asks, "Who are you?"

"I am Sora," says Sora with a smile when Nesiara arrived with Donald and Goofy.

"Gofy," says Ifalna recognizing Goofy from Kieron letting her see his old Disney collection that John made for all of his children.

Ifalna rushed at Goofy and hugged him by his leg when Nesiara says, "Ifalna, how about you give grandma a hug as well?"

Ifalna didn't recognize Nesiara as she looked at her confused when Aerith stands up and walks over picking Ifalna up with difficulties since she was clinging to Goofy's leg not wanting to let go of it.

"I am sorry about this she is a big fan of yours," says Aerith when she handed Ifalna over to Nesiara while Kieron let go of Sora.

"I thought you were on a demon-infested world," says Kieron when Nesiara smiles.

"Well, your sister still is while I and your father were brought to the world Jack and Logan send your brother," says Nesiara as Kieron looked at the trio.

"Is it Bran?" asks Kieron when Nesiara shakes her head.

"So Leon then," says Kieron when the trio turned to Nesiara.

"Leon is your son?" asks the trio as Nesiara sighs.

"Not that Leon. It's another Leon," says Nesiara when John appears holding the two Behemoth cubs in his hands.

"Did I miss something?" asks John seeing everyone like that.