Hello there everyone, and good evening to you! Let me introduce you to my latest story, titled “The Keyblade War Chapter III: Beauty Of Apocalypse!” For those of you who have been following the Keyblade War Saga since 2011, let me inform you that this is the final chapter in the Keyblade War trilogy, and as such, I’m going to finish this epic saga with a bang!  Also, for newcomers who have recently gotten into my stories or are perhaps taking a look at this here story I’m going to post, I want to let you know that the other two installments of the Keyblade War Saga are here on this site!  But, to save the trouble of having to look everywhere to find them, I’ll link them here for you!

 

The Keyblade War Chapter I

http://kh13.com/forum/topic/18439-the-keyblade-war-chapter-1/

 

The Keyblade War Chapter II: Chaotic Twilight

http://kh13.com/forum/topic/69214-the-keyblade-war-chapter-ii-chaotic-twilight/

 

Or, if you’d rather just dive into this story without reading the other two, then I’ll provide a small summary of what’s happened so far!

 

Synopsis

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  It has been a long road for the Keyblade Wielders, the guardians of the balance between light and darkness.  They have overcome many ordeals, and have suffered many losses and been witness to selfless sacrifices.  Everything that has transpired has led to this.  It all started when a mysterious new threat had emerged in the worlds, and the Keyblade Wielders were tasked with finding out what the threat was, since war seemed to be looming close.  What our heroes found were the Unborn, a strange new breed of enemies that, along with the Heartless, were wreaking havoc upon the worlds. The Keyblade Wielders got to the bottom of things, and after discovering the people responsible for the crisis in the worlds, our heroes spurred into action and attempted to stop the threat!

 

  Many difficult ordeals were placed upon the Keyblade Wielders, and they bore witness to new allies, betrayals, destruction and death!  After battling the Unborn and Dark Orion’s organization alongside these new friends, in addition to gaining the Nobodies and Unversed as allies as well, our heroes were able to fend back the forces of darkness, and so preventing further harm to the worlds.  But, the war was not over…no, it had just merely begun!

 

  Three years later, after a long period of peace, a new threat emerged to threaten the worlds anew.  To prevent anything bad from happening, our heroes split into groups of three and went about exploring different worlds, hoping to stop whatever threat was awaiting before it had a chance to plant its roots.  Dawn, who sensed something terrible was going to happen, and having wanted to meet Riku since the battle with Dark Orion, was able to escape the fortress she lived in, with the help of her friend Valgard.  Soon, after, she was finally able to meet Riku, and she tagged along with Kairi and Mickey on their journey.  Along the way, Sora, Donald and Goofy were captured by the enemy, while Trish, Ventus and Kyle were beset by Jexana, a woman hell bent on having Ventus as her own!  Meanwhile, Xion, Dexeres and Vanitas were hot on Sora, Donald and Goofy’s trail, hoping to find them as soon as possible!

 

  Through separate paths our heroes united, and then they bore witness to the one person behind everything: Xylek, the man who was a mere ‘underling’ for Dark Orion, had actually been the puppet master of this whole crusade the entire time!  After a grueling and tiring battle, our heroes were able to defeat Xylek once and for all, but the battle was not without its toll.  Roxas, Terra and Aqua ended up sacrificing their lives to ensure that the worlds would not perish, and Kyle entered a coma, no one knowing when he would awaken.  Trish and Ventus remained under Jexana’s care, and Riku had been fatally wounded, and the worlds were shaken asunder by Xylek’s madness.  But, if all these sacrifices had been able to stop his plans, then the hurt would have been easier to bear…but, it was not to be.

 

  Even though Xylek is no more, his plans have already been set in motion, and now, Keyblade Wielders from all corners of the universe, and other universes are now gathering to fight for their own reasons, coming together to usher a new Keyblade War!  Our heroes were not able to stop this from happening.  They were powerless to do anything about it.  Now, all they can do is cling to any sliver of hope they have, for the war that is to come shall be catastrophic, and it could mean the end of everything…the beginning of the end…

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Prologue: The Death Of Hope

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  The sky was darkening.  Everyone in Disney Town, who were a safe distance away, were looking upwards, as small dots appeared in the sky, seeming to head towards their direction!  Queen Minnie instantly felt a shiver down her spine…she knew that this was an ill omen.  She looked towards Daisy, Chip and Dale, and the few other citizens who survived from the chaos that had decimated their homes, and she couldn’t help but feel despair.  She stood there, powerless, unable to do anything to comfort them.  She was too scared…she didn’t know what to do now.  She clasped her hands together as a tear rolled down her cheek, and through soft, whispered sobs, she started to pray.

 

  “Oh Mickey…wherever you are, please be safe!  I fear something terrible is about to happen!” she said to herself softly, and then she felt a hand on her shoulder, and when she glanced back, it was Daisy, who was standing by her side.

 

  “Minnie, we have to get our people to safety.  I’m pretty sure that whatever those things in the sky are can’t be anything good!” she urged as she glanced back at everyone.  The Queen sighed.

 

  “B-but what can we do, Daisy?  I’m scared…I-I don’t know what to tell everyone!  What should we tell them?” she asked in distress.  Daisy gave a compassionate and sad expression and she slightly tensed.

 

  “We’ll tell them that it’ll all be okay…we need to give our people hope!  As long as King Mickey and the others are alive, things will turn out okay!” Daisy answered, and Minnie smiled momentarily, but then her smile faded into a frown.

 

  “Daisy…I need you to get everyone to safety…” the Queen said, and Daisy raised her eyebrow.

 

  “Wait…what about you?” she asked, worrying at what the Queen’s answer would be.  Suddenly, Cid came running towards them, panting and sweating, as though he had been running for miles.  The Queen then turned around to face him.

 

  “Your Majesty, the airship is ready!  I finished all the modifications as fast as I could!  We’re ready to leave!” he said in between huffs, and the Queen nodded.

 

  “Good…now take everyone, and get as far away from here as you can!  Find somewhere safe for everyone!” the Queen commanded, and Cid nodded sadly.

 

  “Yes, your Majesty…now come on everyone, let’s go, follow me!” Cid urged as he ran towards the airship, and everyone else followed suit, until only Daisy remained.  Tears were forming in her eyes.

 

  “You’re not coming with us…are you?” she asked, and the Queen, walking towards her and holding her hands, nodded sadly.

 

  “No, I am not.  Daisy, you need to take care of everyone in my stead!  I’ll try to hold off whatever those things are!  I need to do this…for our people.” she said with ironclad determination.  Daisy huffed and tapped her foot.

 

  “N-No, I can’t accept this!  I won’t leave without you!” she said, pleading for the Queen to come.  But the Queen simply hugged her lifelong friend, trying to hold her tears, and then she pulled away, holding her hands.

 

  “My dearest friend Daisy, you don’t know how much I’ve cherished our friendship together for all these years!  We’ve been on so many adventures together, and we’ve been through good times and bad times!  Throughout the years, I’ve cherished all the moments we’ve been able to spend time together!  There’s nothing I value more than our friendship!  That’s why I’m asking you to please lead our people!  I know this will be hard road for you, but with time, you’ll be able to manage things without me…but please don’t try to stop me.  My heart is commanding me to do this, and I will not waver.  Please, as my lifelong friend, fulfill my request!” the Queen pleaded, trying persistently hard to hold back her tears.  Daisy remained silent for a few moments, and then she nodded slowly, also holding back her tears, and with a look of determination on her face.

 

  “I’ll do my best, Minnie…” was all she could manage to say, and with that, she turned away and ran towards the airship along with everyone else, and Minnie, who turned around to look at the direction of Disney Castle, shed tears anew.

 

  “Farewell…my dearest friend…” she whispered, and as soon as the airship had departed, Minnie closed her eyes and then prepared herself for what was to come.

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  At that same moment, in the sky, Jexana was looking down on Disney castle from her airship, and Ventus quietly stood beside her, lifeless and stoic.  She had quite the amused smirk on her face.  She knew that the worlds were now at their breaking point, and destroying what was left of King Mickey and Queen Minnie’s world would be the first step in bringing down opposition.  While contently viewing what lay below, Emmxett suddenly appeared from inside the airship, alongside two soldiers.  He walked towards Jexana and then stood by her side, gazing outwards to the ever expanding sky, and then gazing down at Disney Castle.  He noticed that everything looked barren and destroyed.  He then looked at Jexana.

 

  “It would seem that everyone has left this world.” he commented.  Jexana, whom turned around and then touched Ventus’s face, only kept smirking.

 

  “Yes, the pests went flying away…all except one!” she said as she pointed towards a hill that was a short distance away from the castle.  Emmxett squinted his eyes, and then he saw Queen Minnie, who was simply standing there.  He felt quite amused.

 

  “Huh, so the Queen decided to stay?  I wonder what good that’ll do?  She won’t be able to take out our airship fleet!  What does she aim to do?” he asked, and Jexana chuckled and then hugged Ventus and glanced back to where Minnie was.

 

  “The fool’s making a diversion.  She thinks that by staying behind, she’ll be able to buy enough time for her friends to escape.  An admirable effort, I must say, but it’s all in vain.  Even if they get far, we’ll still catch up to them.” she answered calmly.  Emmxett then crossed his arms.

 

  “So, shall I deploy the ground troops and scour this world for anything of value?” he asked, but Jexana shook her head.

 

  “No, there’s no need.  We’ll destroy this place with an air strike.  That little Queen won’t survive.” she answered with confidence.

 

  “Right.  Then we’ll proceed with the air strike!  Men, let’s move out!” Emmxett commanded.

 

  “Sir!” the soldiers shouted as they heeded Emmxett’s command, and with that, they headed back inside the airship.

 

  “You will die for nothing, little Queen!” Jexana burst out as she laughed joyfully.  Ventus slightly moved his arms to hold Jexana close.

 

  “Is there anything I can do…my love?” he asked slowly, but Jexana shook her head and made a satisfying smile.

 

  “No, my dearest, there’s no need for you to do anything.  All you have to do is stay by my side!” she answered as she happily kissed his lips, and then she looked down upon the ruins of Disney Castle, clearly enjoying herself.

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  Down below, the Queen was already prepared for the inevitable. If she had to be sacrificed in order to ensure the survival of all her loved ones, she’d gladly give away her life.  But, that didn’t mean she was going to down without a fight!  As she closed her eyes, the Queen concentrated her energy, and seconds later, giant pillars of light surrounded her in the form of a pentagon, and then, when she opened her eyes, she sent forth one of the pillars, and when it was near the fleet of airships, she waved her hand, causing the pillar to burst in a fantastic explosion!  At first, she thought she hadn’t done any damage, but when she looked closely, she saw that three airships had fallen to their destruction!  She smiled and felt confident, and she looked up at the sky.  But, soon after, the lead airship came down until it reached the Queen, and from the airship’s deck, Jexana leapt down, landing gracefully on the ground, and then Ventus proceeded to follow suit.  The Queen opened her eyes in shock as she saw Ventus.  Why was he with the enemy?  That’s what she thought, but then she noticed his eyes were pale, and at that point, she assumed he was under a spell.  Jexana clapped her hands slowly and she looked in the direction where the three airships had fallen, and then she turned her attention to the Queen again.

 

  “I have to say, I’m quite impressed!  I didn’t imagine you would be able to take down ships of my fleet!” she remarked, and the Queen smirked, standing at the ready for her next attack.

 

  “Well, I’m glad to have made an impression on you!  Anything less would be an insult.” the Queen replied.  Jexana scoffed and then she summoned forth dark snakes from the ground, and the snakes weaved into her arms, and then one of the snake’s heads curled up in Jexana’s right hand, and she pointed it at the Queen.

 

  “You really have some nerve, trying to oppose me!  Some nerve, indeed!” Jexana growled, but the Queen ignored her comment as she continued to gaze at Ventus.  Jexana, catching up on what was going on, smirked and bore a mocking expression.

 

  “Ah, I bet you’re wondering what happened to your former friend, correct?  Well, to put a long story short, I liberated him from himself.  Now he belongs to me!” she said, her face beaming with pride.  The Queen simply laughed and crossed her arms.

 

  “That little trick of yours won’t last for long!  I know Ventus, and right now, I know that he’s struggling to be free of you!  He will break free!” the Queen proclaimed defiantly, and at that, Jexana snapped and wrapped the Queen up with her dark snakes, and then she slapped the Queen’s face.

 

  “How dare you!?” Jexana growled, but then she soon regained her composure and cleared her throat.

 

  “It doesn’t matter what you say…you are already doomed.” she said, and with a snap of her fingers, all the airships in the sky started raining down endless explosive barrels, and when they struck the ground, Disney Town and what was left of Disney Castle turned to ashes.  The Queen, who had been determined one moment, was now bursting in tears the next.  Jexana destroyed the remaining pillars of light the Queen had summoned, and then she laughed as she saw the Queen suffering.

 

  “You monster…” the Queen whispered, as she bowed her head, defeated, unable to move.  Jexana then knelt down to see eye to eye with the Queen, and then she rubbed her head.

 

  “Ah, and where is the Queen who was outright defying me just mere seconds ago?  Did she already cower away!?” Jexana mocked with utmost cruelty, and the Queen continued to cry.

 

  “How could you do this….how could you!?  You’ve destroyed the homes of countless people, and now they may never be able to return here!  How is it that you can do this without feeling the slightest bit of remorse!?” the Queen asked, demanding to know.

 

  “The simple reason for it all is that I simply can.  That’s all there is to it.  Worry not, little Queen.  You did admirably.  But even with your efforts, your home was still destroyed.  But don’t worry…you won’t have to live with this pain…not anymore.” Jexana whispered as she smirked.

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  Meanwhile, in the Lanes Between, a solitary airship flies through.  It’s not as big as Jexana’s airships, but it’s not that small either.  Rather, the airship looks like it’s built to be extremely agile.  As the airship continues its calm and steady trek through the Lanes Between, a moogle comes out onto the deck, tired and wanting nothing more than to sit down and relax. The moogle has two pon pons, one colored blue, and the other colored red, and also has a heart shaped charm around its neck.  The moogle sighs and holds onto its charm, and it closes its eyes, ready to sleep.  But, soon after, a teenage boy comes out to the deck as well.  The boy is decked out in pirate attire, and he’s tanned skinned with short, black hair.  He has an eye patch over his left eye and a scar on his left cheek, and he has a hook for a left hand.  The boy looks at the moogle and stands firm.

 

  “Oi, who told you to take a nap?  We’ve got work to do!” he said to the moogle.  Distressed, said moogle flapped its wings weakly and whined.

 

  “Aw, but we’ve been at this for days now, kupo!  Can’t we take a short break?” the moogle pleaded, but the boy shook his head.

 

  “There are no breaks now…we can’t afford to take breaks.” the boy said grimly, and with no other words being uttered, the moogle quietly goes into position and continues to do what it was tasked to do.  Soon after, the boy followed suit.  Suddenly, a star went out.  The moogle gasped.

 

  “Oh no!  Is that what I think it is, kupo?” the moogle asked the boy in distress.  The boy looked intently in the direction where the star had gone out, and he sighed and then looked at the moogle and nooded.

 

  “Yes.  A world has fallen to darkness, never to return…” the boy said grimly.

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The universe is now on the brink of bearing witness to the greatest Keyblade War that has ever taken place!  With King Mickey and Queen Minnie’s world completely destroyed, Jexana continues on her road of conquest!  And with Keyblade Wielders coming from all universes, what fate will befall the worlds?  Will our heroes be able to put a stop to this?  Everything is uncertain, but now, the journey towards the final battle shall begin in Chapter One: “A Road Long Traveled.”

 

Well then everyone, I hope that you all enjoyed this prologue!  Haha, I think it’s the most dramatic prologue I’ve made for any of my stories to date, and that’s saying something!  So then, I hope that all of you stick around, as I’ll be posting chapters regularly!  Let me know what you all think of the story, and well, until next time, stay tuned for the next chapter!  I hope you all enjoy my story!

 

Special thanks to KHLegendIII for the inclusion of the two new characters that appeared at the end of the Prologue! (Don’t spoil their names, KHLegendIII!)

Edited July 14, 201510 yr by The Transcendent Key

All this sentimentality... it's nice. Vanitas all mushy is a nice twist on his hard personality. It's nice to see all the past wounds heal. Now, it begins... the final battle begins.

To KHLegendIII, thanks, I'm glad you thought it was amazing!

 

To KingdomHearts3, yes, I'm glad you liked all the sentimentality, I was aiming to get the feels for the characters, ya know?  And yeah, I wanted to show that Vanitas is caring under that rough exterior, ya know?  But yeah, the final battle is nigh!

 

Hey there everyone, how’s it going?  I hope that you’re all doing okay!  So then, here we are, ladies and gentlemen!  The final ten chapters of my story!  It’s all led to this!  Gahh, I can’t believe that we’re so close to the end!  I’m betting that you’re all just as excited as I am!  After all, it’s been five years since this trilogy began, and now, in just ten chapters, it’ll come to a close!  Thank you all for accompanying me on this journey!  Let’s take our final steps together!  Enjoy the chapter, everyone!

 

Chapter Forty One: Owari-Part 1 Of 10: The Storm Comes!

 

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  It was late into the evening, and everyone in Alaya’s temple had gone to sleep.  It was a peaceful night, one that was quite contrary to what would transpire the next day.  It was the kind of night that would prompt someone to want it to stay like that.  While everyone was asleep, Raxon was wide awake.  He was alone this time, though, as Sky was sleeping in the sleeping quarters upstairs.  Raxon had snuck out and was sitting just outside the temple’s entrance!  He looked at the full moon and its pale light shining upon the landscape.  He felt at peace, watching how the entire world was so still and silent.  Even the wind was speaking in a whisper, as a soft breeze passed through.  Raxon looked at the moon, and he gave out a sigh.

 

  “So…tomorrow it all goes down.” he thought to himself.  “I have to make it my priority to make sure that Sky survives this…he has to.  After everything he’s gone through, he deserves happiness! He has to survive this war!” he thought, his fists clenching.  He then stood up and went inside the temple, and then he went up to the sleeping quarters.  Since there were many people sleeping in the temple, the sleeping quarters were divided into different rooms along quite a stretched out hallway!  There were doors as far as the eye could see!  The dim lit torches lit up the way for Raxon so that he wouldn’t stumble in the dark.

 

  As he walked towards the sleeping quarters where Sky was sleeping, he noticed that one of the doors was slightly open!  This piqued his curiosity, and although he wasn’t one for peeking into another person’s room, but something prompted him to do so!  And so, he quietly swung the door open, and that’s when he saw Ventus, Trish and Kyle sleeping on the floor!  Or, to be more precise, they were sitting on the floor, and apparently they had fallen asleep, and they just happened to be sitting when they dozed off.  Raxon noticed that they didn’t have a blanket on them, and the night was a bit chilly, too!  Raxon scoffed softly.

 

  “Heh, you three are going to catch a cold…then how will you fight?” he whispered.  He then saw the blanket on the bed, and then he took it, stretched it out and gently put it on Ventus, Trish and Kyle! Instantly, small smiles could be seen on their faces.  Apparently, they felt warm now, and they snuggled up a bit.  Raxon looked at them thoughtfully, and he rubbed his chin.

 

  “This is your family, eh Kyle?” he asked to himself.  “You’ve got something worth fighting for…good for you…” he said softly, and then he yawned, for sleep was catching up to him!  He stretched his arms out and then quietly made his way out of the room, and closed the door gently on the way out.  Afterwards, he went into his quarters and threw himself on the bed, and in a few minutes, he fell asleep.

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  Then, morning came, and as the sun rose on Alaya’s temple, Raxon woke up and rubbed his eyes!  He looked around and noticed that Sky wasn’t there.  Maybe he was already downstairs, he thought!  And so, he gathered himself and stood up and then headed downstairs.  When he did so, he noticed that everyone in the temple was going abuzz!  Preparations were being made left and right, and everyone was making ready for battle!

 

  Everyone headed outside, where Alaya was, and they all stopped when she raised her hand.  They fell silent, as they knew she was about to say a few words.

 

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  “My dear friends…today marks a heroic day in history, as we all go forth to do battle with Jexana’s forces!  We got to protect the worlds, their people, and the ones we love!  We are ready to make the ultímate sacrifice, so that the worlds can carry on even after we are gone!  The enemy shall know our resolve and our power, and they will know our strength!  No matter their numbers, no matter their ferocity, we shall prevail!” she declared!  She then drew her Keyblade and raised it up to the sky! “I, the Forger Alaya, shall accompany you all on this war!  Even though my duty is to forge, I cannot just sit back and watch others fight for me!  I must make this fight my own as well!  I must do my part in bringing balance to the worlds, to all universes!  I shall charge headfirst into battle, and I shall give it my all!  What about all of you!?  Will you give it your all!?” she demanded, to which everyone replied with roaring shouts of approval and courage!

 

  “Now…let us open the portal!” she said.

 

  “Portal?  But how will we even know how to get to Jexana and her fleet?” one of the Dandelions asked.  That’s when Tsumugi stepped forward.

 

  “I was under her control once, and as such, I can be able to díctate where we’ll go based on my thoughts!  The portal that Alaya and Yen Sid will open will respond to my memories of Jexana’s airship, and with that in mind, the portal will lead us where we need to go.  But be warned…we’ll have to be prepared for anything…” she explained.  Everyone nodded, understanding what Tsumugi just explained.

 

  “Well, you heard her, everyone!  Now then, let’s mount our Spirit allies, and let’s get this started!” Sora shouted!  With that, everyone got on Eagliders, Pegaslicks and Electricorns!  They also mounted on Cerra Terrors, Tyranto Rexes and Skelterwilds, and numerous of the other big Dream Eater Spirits!

 

  “Well Vanitas, let’s summon our allies too!” Dexeres said, and they both nodded, as Dexeres summoned his Nobodies, and Vanitas his Unversed!  Soon, the entire field that stretched beyond Alaya’s temple was covered by the immense army that the Spirits, Nobodies, Unversed, Keyblade Wielders and Dandelions made up!  As the army prepared themselves, the refugees were looking onwards from the temple, giving out their best wishes and crying, for they couldn’t thank their heroes enough for what they were doing for them!  Among the many refugees, Daisy looked onward, and she sighed as she thought of Donald.

 

  “Hmph, you stupid jerk, you better come back alive!” she thought to herself, as she put her hand to her chest.  And then she thought of Minnie…

 

  “Oh Minnie, I wish you didn’t have to go…but you seemed so determined to go with everyone, I just couldn’t stop you…I can only wish you the best, and hope that you’ll come back to us safely.  Take care, my dear friend.” she said, as she then waved goodbye to the heroes!  Alaya and Yen Sid nodded, and with their Keyblades, they shot forth powerful beams of light that coalesced together and began to form a giant portal!  Tsumugi was at its center, focusing her thoughts on Jexana’s airship!  Slowly, the portal began taking a giant, circular shape, and it grew to the size of an enormous skyscraper!  Within a few minutes, the portal was complete, and now, all everyone had to do was just cross through it.

 

  “Ready, everyone?” Alaya asked, as she glanced back at everyone.  She could tell by the looks on their faces that they were ready.  More than ready, in fact!  No words needed to be uttered, for their determined silence was answer enough!

 

  “Right, then let us go!” she shouted, and everyone gave out a fierce battle cry as they went through the portal!

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  Meanwhile, Jexana was out of her quarters, and she was looking at her fleet as it sailed the Lanes Between.  The fleet was about to lay siege to another cluster of worlds, when Jexana sensed something.  She smirked and put her hands behind her back…she was expecting this…very much so! She then then made her way through the deck towards the starboard, and she looked upon the emptiness of the Lanes Between.  Emmxett, who was making his rounds on the airship, took notice of Jexana looking out into the open, and then he walked towards her and looked to where she was looking.  He cleared his throat so Jexana would know he was there.

 

  “And what are we looking at, Jexana?” he asked.  Jexana gave off a soft chuckle.

 

  “Can’t you sense it, Emmxett?  The pathetic energy of those fools…those cumbersome Keyblade Wielders who think they can stop us!  It seems they’ve decided to take on the offensive and face us head on…just as I expected!” she mentioned.  Emmxett then summoned forth his Kuzuri and seemed to be determined to do battle!

 

  “Ah yes, it looks like my Kuzuri shall taste the blood of Keyblade Wielders much sooner than planned!  Excellent!  When will they be arriving?” he asked.

 

  “Soon enough.  I can feel their energy.  It’s faint, but it’s there.  Meaning that they’re already on their way here…but let them come.  No number of soldiers they have will be able to withstand the power of our fleet, the power of our determination!  We’ll crush them before they even have the chance to strike!” Jexana declared, clenching her fist, a fierce determination apparent in he reyes! “And I will get Ventus back…no matter the cost!” she added.

 

  “Well then, I’ll send word to all of our troops so they can make ready!” Emmxett suggested.

 

  “Yes, do that.  And do so quickly. Make word spread as far out in as little time as possible!  Even though it’s a certainty that we’ll win, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared for them when they arrive…we’ll want to welcome them with open arms, after all!” Jexana said.

 

  “Understood!” Emmxett said, and then he took off to ready the fleet for the battle to come!  Jexana simply crossed her arms, and a satisfied smirk made its way to her lips!

 

  “Dark Orion…Xylek…they both tried to attain the power that I am now so close to obtaining. While they had the will, they didn’t have the ambition and the ferocity to reach their goals like I do!  That is where they failed, and it’s where I will succeed!” she said aloud, as she put her hand to her chest.  “Soon…I’ll have more power than they could ever have had!  And I’ll finally be able to set things the way they’re supposed to be!  I will reach my goals!” she said to herself, feeling confident!

 

  “Don’t be so sure of yourself, sis!” a voice commented.  Jexana rolled her eyes in irritation as she turned around to face Braig, who had appeared from the shadows.  He was his usual, cocky, arrogant self, and she hated him for that!

 

  “Well, why shouldn’t I be confident?  After all, I have all the cards pointed in my favor!” she barked back!  Braig then let out a fullhearted laugh, and he shook his head and waved his hands dismissively.

 

  “Oh, I’m sorry sis, I didn’t mean to burst your bubble!  I mean, don’t get me wrong, it gets me all fired up seeing you so determined to kill the Keyblade wielding chumps, but you forget one thing!  One crucial little fact!” Braig enunciated.

 

  “And what would that be?” Jexana asked, figuring that Braig was going to tell her anyway, even if she hadn’t asked!

 

  “Well, simple!  It’s their persistence, their insistence on staying alive!  Heck, you should’ve seen those idiots back when the Keyblade War between the Seven Guardians Of Light and the Thirteen Seekers Of Darkness went down!  I was all confident that the coot and us would win and crush Sora and his friends, and yet, we were all brought down, and we were all wiped out!  Well, all except for me, of course!  I managed to live to fight another day!  Heck, not even the old coot managed to get himself out of Sora’s crosshairs!  I mean, I saw that he’s now trapped in his Guardian’s body, being controlled by Maleficent!  How pathetic is that!?”  Braig went on, apparently enjoying himself.  Jexana laughed sarcastically and shook her head in dissaproval.

 

  “You jerk, you don’t think that I’ve thought of that!  It’s because of their damned insistence to prevail that they’ve lasted this long!  Dark Orion and Xylek weren’t able to get the job done, but I will make certain that I take all of the Keyblade Wielders down!  And even if I fail, I’ll make sure to bring down as many of those fools with me as I possibly can!  They’ll feel true terror, true despair and true darkness!  I’ll make sure it all goes according to plan!” Jexana said as she felt her confidence rising up again! “And that, dear brother, is what I know to be true.  I will win this war, and the worlds will fall, and everything will be rebuilt!  Everything will be in my own image…” she said, looking at her hands with determination and longing!

 

  “Heh, well that’s the thing about plans, sis!  They don’t always pan out like we’d like them to!  Otherwise, I’d already have a Keyblade in my hands!  But hey, at least I’ve learned to survive and make it this far!  I suggest you make sure to have all your priorities straight, and that you’re ready for anything.  Cuz if your main plan fails, you’ll need something else to fall back to!  But hey, don’t expect me to help you!” Braig teased!

 

  “I’m not counting on your help, you dumbfounded bastard!  You’ll see…everything will go as I want it to!  And I will have Ventus back!  That’s something that I will make sure of!” Jexana hissed!  Braig raised his hands in defense and gave out another chuckle.

 

  “Alright, alright, you’re the one calling the shots, so I’m not gonna give you any more pointers! Just remember though, keep yourself steady…now, I don’t now about you, but I’m going to get ready to do some fighting…I think it’s about time I reunite with Sora and his pals…ya know, catch up, for old times sake! You be good now, sis!” Braig said, as he vanished instantly!  Jexana cursed under her breath and scoffed.

 

  “I don’t need you telling me what to do…” she whispered to herself.  Then, she felt the energy of the Keyblade Wielders grow incrementally!  Her expression quickly changed, and now she was smirking again!  The portal began to open, and now, the battle was to begin in earnest!

 

  “That’s it…come and meet your destruction, you fools!”

(End Song Here)

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(Start Song Here)

  As the portal opened, the Keyblade Wielders and their army went through it, and now, they were facing the entire might of Jexana’s fleet!  Airships were everywhere, countless to the naked eye!  But that didn’t stop them from moving forwards!  Some of them landed on the airships and began their assault, while the ones mounted on the flying Spirits took care of aerial combat!  Soon enough, all of the Lanes Between was sparkling in a shower of explosions and lasers and magic spells!  Among the chaos, the Keyblade Wielders were sticking together, along with Alaya and Yen Sid!

 

  “There’s too many airships!  We’re going to have to make sure we do this carefully!  Even with our army, there’s still a chance we might not defeat Jexana’s fleet, so we need to make sure to keep as many of our people alive as possible!” Sora shouted, as he shot off a hail of Blizzaga arrows that rained down upon a few airships!

 

  “Agreed!  We shall attack with ferocity, but move with caution!  Good luck, everyone!” Alaya said, and with that, they all split up and headed in different directions!

 

  Sora, Donald and Goofy headed directly towards the heart of the storm, where many airships surrounded them!  Donald was squawking in panic, firing spells frantically and desperately! Surely enough, his spells were hitting their mark, and many airships were being destroyed!  Goofy made sure to keep an eye on Sora and Donald’s backs, as he defended them with his shield and deflected any projectiles that were heading towards them!

 

  “Waak, this is crazy!  I knew we were in for a fight, but this is ridiculous!” Donald shouted as he cast a Triple Firaga spell that darted through two airships!

 

  “Don’t worry Donald, we’re going to make it through this!  Let’s give it all we’ve got!”  Goofy replied, as he drove his Pegaslick towards one of the airships and performed a Whirli-Goof attack!

 

  “That’s right, we’ll push forward, and we’ll give it our all!” Sora shouted, as he shot off a Ragnarok attack that spiraled its way to multiple airships!  It was a chaotic mess, but they were dodging as many attacks as they could, plus, now the airships started to fire off their cannons, which made things slightly more complicated!  And then, soldiers started to equip themselves with harnesses that allowed them to take flight!  Soon, they were swarming towards them, and Sora had to think fast and perform a wide swipe that sent multiple soldiers reeling, causing their harnesses to malfucntion and making them fall into the endless abyss of the Lanes Between! The Electricorn that Donald was riding on snorted fiercely, and it seemed to be communicating with Donald!

 

  “Huh, what are you trying to say, horsey?” Donald asked!  The Electricorn then made sparks emanate from his horn, and then Donald seemed to have a rough understanding of what the Electricorn was suggesting!

 

  “I got it!” Donald realized, and then he raised his staff and gathered energy!  “Thundaga!!!” he squawked, as the powerful spell fell on the Electricorn, and then the Electricorn amplified the spells power by tenfold, and then emanated a giant electric shockwave, causing the harnesses of the aerial soldiers to shut down, therefore taking them out!

 

  “You’re a genius!” Donald said to the Electricorn, which snorted happily to him in reply!  “Uh oh, we got trouble!!!” Donald exclaimed, as he pointed towards his right!  Sora and Goofy looked, and they saw that Wyvern Heartless were making their way towards them at full speed!

 

  “Damn, this is going to be tough!” Sora thought to himself!

 

  As the battle raged on, Riku and Dawn were weaving through an endless hail of cannon fire heading towards them!  A few of the Dandelions had been killed trying to avoid the cannonballs, and the others accompanying Riku and Dawn held off any Heartless that came their way!  Riku started to shoot off a powerful amount of dark spheres, and said dark spheres acted with a will of their own, almost serving as probes, seeking out enemies and destroying them!  This was useful in the fact that it halted cannon fire for a bit!  Since the dark spheres were making a mess, the soldiers on the airships were dealing with them as best as they could!  With this opening, Riku, Dawn and the Dandelions that were with them charged forward, and they managed to destroy quite a few airships!  But soon, aerial soldiers came to intercept them, and now, the battle was even!  A heavy rain of magic spells and laser blasts poured throughout a wide margin of the space they were in, and many airships were caught in the crossfire, going down!

 

  “There’s so many of them!  It’s going to be impossible to take them all out!” Dawn shouted, as she shot out a powerful beam of light that pierced through a dozen clusters of aerial soldiers!

 

  “We have to hold the line!  No matter how the odds may stack up, we have to hold our ground!” Riku said, as he then unleashed the power of his darkness, sending forth multiple dark projectiles at the aerial soldiers, causing them to fall instantly!  The Dandelions combated the aerial soldiers and boared the airships, and an all out battle ensued!  The Dandelions and Jexana’s troops were equally strong, for casualties were mounting up for both sides by the minute!

 

  “There, focus your energy there, Dawn!” Riku shouted, pointed upwards with his Keyblade!  Dawn nodded, and she raised her Keyblade up, and the two of them let out beams of darkness and light, respectively, that formed a giant sphere of twilight, which in turn, started to create a magnetic effect, as it was pulling in clusters of airships and aerial soldiers!  Within a few seconds, they were all clustered together, and Riku and Dawn combined their powers to cast Megaflare!  The explosion the spell caused was radiant, and more then twenty airships went down!  But even with this, more airships lay in wait, and now, Heartless were appearing in more intimidating numbers!  Soon, the Unborn came as well!  They appeared out of thin air and were assaulting the Dandelions at every turn, causing a great deal of casualties for the Keyblade Wielders!

 

  “It’s no use, we’re being overrun!” Dawn shouted!

 

  “We have to hold the line! Whatever we do, we can’t let our line break!” Riku replied, as the two of them held off the hordes of Heartless and Unborn, while the Dandelions took care of the aerial soldiers and airships!  It was a hectic, fast paced battle!

 

  In one of the airships, Dexeres and Vanitas were slaying as many soldiers as possible!  They were darting and weaving left and right, dealing heavy damage to the opposition!  Dexeres made sure to summon his Nobodies, and managed to summon Berserkers, Dragoons, Dancers and Samurais, along with Dusks!  He then sent them out, dispersing them among the many airships that were surrounding them, and soon, the Nobodies took down many airships!  Obviously, a few of them stayed with Dexeres, to add extra support!  Vanitas, in turn, summoned his Unversed, and therefore summoned forth Floods, Scrappers, Bruisers, Monotruckers and Archravens, along with many other varieties!  With both Dexeres and Vanitas’s forces in place, things were a bit more evenly shaped out, and now, Jexana’s forces were having a hard time counterattacking!  Vanitas smirked as he laid waste to his foes!

 

  “Ha, is this all the power these mighty soldiers have!?  Give me a break!” Vanitas exclaimed! “I want a real challenge!” he proclaimed! Dexeres took out an Unborn that was about to strike him, and he shook his head.

 

  “Be careful what you wish for, old friend!” Dexeres teased.  Vanitas noticed that he had just saved his neck, and he just shrugged with a frown on his face.

 

  “Yeah, yeah, I owe you one, don’t you go getting cocky on me now, though!” Vanitas mentioned.  Dexeres laughed.

 

  “Ha, it’s not being cocky, it’s knowing to keep my friends alive!” Dexeres replied.  At that, they both smiled at each other and stood back to back!

 

  “It’s just two of them!  Take out those measly creatures of theirs and take them out already!” one of the enemy soldiers commanded, though in not a courageously sounding tone of voice! Rather, he seemed to be intimidated!  “Well, what are you waiting for!?  Attack!” the soldier shouted, and a few hapless soldiers tried to attack, but Vanitas and Dexeres took them out before they could even manage to land a hit!  Then, a Samurai Nobody dashed towards the cowardly soldier and pointed one of its blades to its neck!

 

  “No!!!!” the soldier shouted, as his screams were soon cut short by a swift death by the hands of the Samurai!

 

  For Dexeres and Vanitas, things weren’t going all that bad!  But then, an explosion emanated a short distance away from them, and Dexeres quickly glanced and noticed that a huge amount of aerial soldiers were heading towards some of the Dandelions, surrounding them!  They were in danger!  Dexeres needed to go help them!  Noticing Dexeres’ distress, Vanitas simply swung his Keyblade and summoned forth more Unversed!

 

  “Go, I’ll take care of this airship!” Vanitas reassured.  Dexeres turned to him and hesitated.

 

  “Are you sure?  Vanitas…” he said.  Vanitas shook his head.

 

  “Nah ah ah!  Remember that I said I owed you one?  Well, it looks like this is the deal breaker! Besides, I’m not a pushover, I’ll take more of these chumps out than you ever could!” Vanitas teased. “Just go!” 

 

  Dexeres nodded, and he mounted one of the Dragoons and then looked at Vanitas.

 

  “Good luck.” Dexeres said.  Vanitas nodded.

 

  “Likewise!” Vanitas replied.  The two nodded in unison, and then Dexeres rushed off to help the Dandelions, while Vanitas stayed behind on the enemy airship to deal out punishment!  Just then, a giant Unborn/Heartless hybrid materialized on the airship, and it gave out a threatening roar, and it slammed its fists on the floor!  Vanitas smirked and cracked his knuckles!

 

  “Heh, now this is more like it!”

 

  As Vanitas fought, Dexeres dashed through the hordes of enemies, taking them out with the help of the Dragoon Nobody he was mounted on!  They both took out dozens, if not tens of dozens of enemies in one fell swoop!  Dexeres was summoning forth lances, daggers and shards of twilight, dispersing them all around him, so that the enemy could be stopped in their tracks!  After a few seconds, he reached the Dandelions, and there, Elina and Matthew were holding off their own against the hordes of aerial soldiers and Heartless and Unborn!  Elina performed Warp Raid, transporting her and her Eaglider at random, dealing considerable damage to the enemy!  Matthew summoned forth as much energy as he could and performed Raging Storm, and with his Electricorn, they both pushed through the enemy, incinerating them and taking them out!  But even with their effective attacks, the enemy laid siege to them, and soon, many Dandelions started to fall, despite their best efforts to fight back!  Dexeres shot forth a volley of twilight arrows, turning the enemy’s attention to him!

 

  “That’s right, you have me to deal with too!” he challenged, and then, he and his Dragoon disappeared and then reappeared on top of one of the Heartless and took it out!  Then he repeated this process, performing the well known Dragoon tactic known as Jump!  In a few seconds, many foes were defeated!

 

  “Dexeres, thank you!  Your help is appreciated!” Elina said gratefully as she approached him.

 

  “Yes, we are fortunate you came here just in time!” Matthew gasped in relief!  The two were sweating, and they seemed quite nervous!  Dexeres could understand that, though.  After all this time laying dormant, it was natural for them to be so nervous, with the fact being they were put into battle almost instantly!  Dexeres simply gave a reassuring nod.

 

  “We’re all in this together!  Now come on, let’s keep going!” Dexeres said!  Elina and Matthew nodded, and then they turned around and called back their allies!

 

  “Reform the line!!!” Elina shouted!  And soon enough, the Dandelions gathered and formed a battle line!  They were preparing themselves as the enemy went towards them!  Already the aerial soldiers were firing off their laser blasts, and cannon fire was aplenty!  But then, Dexeres cast Reflega, protecting himself and the Dandelions as they were finishing forming the line!  Within a few seconds, they were ready to charge forward into battle once more!

 

  “Charge!!!” Matthew shouted, and with that, Dexeres and the Dandelions pushed forward, and as they clashed with the enemy forces, from the distance, a person could have easily mistaken the sight as many stars twinkling in sequence!  But no stars would twinkle this violently!  It was definitely a heated clash!  Everything around them was chaos, and there seemed to be no end to the airships in sight!

 

  Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion were even deeper into the heart of the chaos, as they had found a cluster of much bigger airships and were attempting to take them out!  Many Dandelions were with them, but even so, it was proving difficult to combat the enemy, as they were being overwhelmed rather quickly!

 

  “We have to keep focus on the mission at hand!  We can’t lose focus!” Kairi constantly said, as she fired off powerful beams fueled with Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga boosters!  While she did so, Tsumugi and Xion placed multiple Mine Squares and Mine Shields and Seeker Mines!  Even though the enemy was overwhelming, the Mine spells were helpful in keeping them at bay, even if it was just for a few moments!

 

  “These airships are much more strongly built than the other ones we’ve seen!  It’ll take more firepower to take these down!” Xion shouted, as she shot a Triple Blizzaga spell at one of the giant airships!

 

  “These airships were engineered by some of the best of Jexana’s troops, and therefore, these aren’t easy to take down!  If we could get inside at least one of them, I could be able to engage a lockdown sequence!  To do that, I would need to hack into the airship’s mainframe to force it to stop functioning!  And if we can get to the mother airship, we can deactivate all the other giant airships as well, since they all have a shared power source!  Their control ship is what keeps them afloat, therefore making them indestructible if you don’t take out the mother airship from the inside!” Tsumugi explained, as she summoned forth energy shockwaves with her hands to keep the Heartless and Unborn at bay!

 

  “Well, then we’ll somehow have to try to infíltrate the mother airship so we can take out all these giant airships, or otherwise, we’re in for a world of hurt!” Xion said.

 

  “Tsumugi, do you know where the mother airship is?” Kairi asked as she fired off a powerful Firaga Burst spell that managed to incinerate their foes, keeping them at bay for a few moments!  Tsumugi nodded.

 

  “Yes, the mother airship is over there, in between those other two!” she pointed behind the current airship they were trying to bring down!  Kairi saw this, and she saw that there were quite the signifcant amount of enemies between them and their destination, so she knew that something needed to be done!  And so, almost as if by reading her mind, one of the Dandelions came forth and along with a few others, pressed forward!

 

  “Go take care of the mother airship!  We’ll take care of things here!” the Dandelion mentioned. Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion nodded.

 

  “Right, we’ll leave it to you!  Good luck!” Kairi said, and with that, the three of them pushed through the clusters of enemies, slashing their way through!  Kairi pierced through with her Keyblade, while Xion fired off powerful Aeroga spells that disoriented the enemy, and Tsumugi finished off the onslaught of attacks with a powerful miasma that poisoned the enemy soldiers, Heartless and Unborn, therefore making them considerably weak!  The Dandelions took advantage of this and laid waste to the opposition in no time flat!

 

  But even with this, they were still quite a ways from the mother airship! 

 

  “This is trouble…we’ll have to blaze through that thick cloud of enemies in order to reach the mother airship, and that’s not counting the cannonfire that’ll be headed toward us…” Kairi analyzed.  Xion saw the massive amount of enemies headed their way, and then she started to charge her Keyblade! 

 

  “What are you doing?” Kairi asked, noticing Xion charging her Keyblade!

 

  “Give me your energy, I need to make this count!  Just do it!” Xion shouted!  Kairi and Tsumugi nodded, and so the two of them lent her their strength, soon making Xion’s Keyblade glow brightly!  It soon began to emanate a powerful noise, and soon, the blade grew longer, into a Bladecharge-esque kind of blade, and it grew to such a potential size that it was fearsome!  But Xion just remained put!  Mounted on her Spirit, she was waiting for the right moment!

 

  “What are you waiting for!?” Tsumugi asked, seeing the enemy come closer!

 

  “Cover me!” Xion shouted, as she noticed cannon fire coming their way!  And so, Kairi and Tsumugi blocked the cannon fire with their magic and started to pick off the enemy from a distance, so that they wouldn’t come near Xion!  And now, just when the hordes of foes were about to come close, Xion gripped her Keyblade tightly, and she swung her Keyblade, ready to strike!

 

  “Out of the way!!!” Xion shouted!  As Kairi and Tsumugi got out of the way, Xion delivered a fatally powerful Zantetsuken attack, one that was so powerful, it emanated a chain reaction of numerous explosions, therefore pulverizing the enemies surrounding them!  The attack was so powerful, it had emanated a blinding light!  Once the light died down, the enemy was gone!  Well, for the moment, at least!  And they noticed that the explosion had caused the airship cannons to malfunction!

 

  “Now’s our chance, let’s head toward the mother airship before the cannons are fixed!” Tsumugi shouted!

 

  “Right, let’s go!” Kairi replied, as the three of them, along with their Spirits, flew like lightning towards the mother airship!  When they got up close, they noticed that it was much bigger than when it was being seen from a distance!

 

  “Up!” Tsumugi shouted, and they all flew up!  When they did, they landed on the mother airship’s deck, and they quickly went belowdecks to begin their assault!  Their Spirits followed them, and they took out any enemies coming from behind, while Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion took out the enemies ahead of them!  When they went belowdecks, they saw that the airship’s interior spread out into different chambers!

 

  “Intruders!!!!” one of the enemy soldiers shouted, as numerous soldiers came pouring out from the hallways!  Soon, they were surrounded!

 

  “Tsumugi, where’s the control room!?” Xion asked!

 

  “It should be further downstairs, but we’ll have to plow through all these guys first!” Tsumugi commented.  One of the enemy soldiers noticed her and pointed at her!

 

  “You!  You’re a traitor!  You filthy wretch, you’ll pay for your treason!” the soldier shouted, but was cut short, as Kairi had slain him!

 

  “We’ll need to make quick work of these soldiers if we’re to head into the control room, otherwise, our friends don’t stand a chance!” Kairi said.  “Let’s give it our best shot, girls!” she encouraged.  Tsumugi and Xion smiled, and they all nodded in unison!

 

  “Right, let’s do this!” Xion shouted, and with that, the three of them began battle with the enemy soldiers!

 

  Kairi made quick work of dozens of enemies with Sono Arcanum, a technique that Sora had taught her to use, which was basically a different variation of the Ars Arcanum attack!  She darted and weaved and finished off the attack with a Blizzaga spell, which froze the soldiers in their tracks, therefore giving Kairi the upper hand, as she took down many soldiers at once!  She then performed Spark Dash, a variaton of Sliding Dash, therefore causing a spark of lightning to form when she attacked, making a part of the interior crackle with damage!

 

  “Death to the Keyblade Wielders!!!” the soldiers shouted defiantly!  Kairi shook her head.

 

  “All of you clearly haven’t learned your lesson!  Know your place!” Kairi said, as she then performed Stun Impact, instantly stunning the enemies surrounding her!  She then used Aqua’s Spellweaver technique, as she weaved gracefully through the throngs of enemy soldiers, showering them with powerful magic spells that eliminated them on the spot!

 

  Xion was like a furious berserker, as she tore through the enemy soldiers with a powerful technique in which she combined her Zero Graviga spell with Blitz, creating the attack called Gravity Blitz!  With each successive strike, she cracked the floor of the airship’s interior, and caused the enemy soldiers to be crushed under the weight of her powerful attacks!  When she finished, she cast Mine Square, guaranteering her a momentary defense as she then tried her hand at Keyblade Transformation!  She transformed her Keyblade into ephemeral katanas, and with this transformation, her attack power was increased!  She then dashed through Jexana’s forces, cutting them down swiftly and efficiently!

 

  “That woman’s a monster!  She’s taking out all of our men!  We have to bring her down!  Kill her, kill her!!!” one of the soldiers shouted in panic!  The others tried to fire arrows and laser beams at her, but it was to no avail, as her ephemeral katanas absorbed the energy of the projectiles that were fired at her!  She then created a sphere of energy that protected her from all attacks, and as she moved, that same sphere provided critical damage for any soldier unlucky enough to be a few inches near her!  They would either burn to a crisp or have their limbs dismembered!  She then delivered a flurry of fatal strikes and performed an attack similar to Fever Pitch, but with much more speed and ferocity!

 

  “Take that!” Xion shouted!

 

  Tsumugi was also quite proficient in battle, as her energy materialized into dual knives, and she used them with deadly quick precison, getting up close and personal to the enemy, stabbing them in the chest or the head or the neck numerous times!  Some of the soldiers would try to stab her, but she’d either dodge or force their weapon back on them, therefore impaling themselves in the process!  She then made her knives disappear, as she took to beating on the soldiers with ruthless punches that packed quite a world of hurt with them!  She then used her energy to form gauntlets, and with said gauntlets, she fired off a purple looking energy that pierced through Jexana’s forces, killing them instantly!  She then resumed dealing a heavy mix of punches, kicks, and the ocassional knife strikes!  She was definitely a force to be reckoned with!

 

  “Traitor!  You will die!” one of the soldiers said, as she tried attacking her!

 

  “I was never a traitor to begin with.  I was merely a prisoner!” Tsumugi replied, as she counterattacked and stabbed the soldier in the back!

 

  As the soldiers tried to shoot her with laser beams, Tsumugi simply held out her hand, taking the full force of the laser beams!  She absorbed them into her hand, and she smiled.

 

  “You thought you were going to kill me, weren’t you?  It turns out that I can absorb projectiles and convert them into fuel for my attacks.  So thanks for the juice!” Tsumugi explained, as she then flared up like the sun, a yellow aura surrounding her!  Her eyes became a radiant yellow, and then, multiple mirages of her appeared and began to drain all power and life from the enemy!  Once finished with that, they delivered an extra flurry of punches and kicks, and when all the soldiers were at their weakest, the mirages merged with Tsumugi, and she materialized a giant yellow blade that pierced through the enemy, killing them without much effort!  And so, before they knew it, Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion had already taken out the soldiers blocking their path!

 

  “Looks like we’re clear for the moment!” Xion mentioned.

 

  “Yes, but let’s hurry down, before more reinforcements come!” Tsumugi urged, and with that, they went further belowdecks, in the hopes they could find the control room quickly!

 

  Outside, it was a total chaos!  While the Keyblade Wielders and their army had gone off to a good start, the enemy was quickly turning the tide!  With the power of the giant airships, the rest of Jexana’s fleet, and the added power the Heartless and Unborn brought, it was nearly impossible to hold the enemy back!

 

  “Stay strong everyone!” Mickey shouted, as he was in the thick of the chaos, riding his Pegaslick Spirit!  The Dandelions had tried to assist him, but they were killed off by the Wyvern and Wizard Heartless!  Even though Mickey was surrounded, he was all the more powerful, for when he was cornered, that’s when he was at his most powerful!

 

  “You’ll regret having taken the lives of my friends!” Mickey shouted, as he shot out a Pearl of Light that dispersed high up and transformed into millions of shards of light that took out the Heartless in less than nothing!  Then, Mickey and his Pegaslick charged forward, dealing quick and easy punishment to the enemy forces!  It wasn’t long before he was with Riku and Dawn, who were also having trouble taking care of Jexana’s forces!

 

  “I’m here fellas, let’s keep it together!” Mickey said reassuringly!

 

  “Right!” Riku and Dawn said in unison!  But as they fought, a loud explosion could be heard!  When they glanced to their right, they noticed a giant claw that had literally obliterated a good couple of hundred of Dandelions with one fell swoop!  It was a shocking sight, as the Dandelions faded away one by one, the Dream Eaters they were mounted on also disappearing!

 

  “What was…?” Riku asked, but then his answer became apparent, as a giant Heartless formed from the void!  It looked to be materializing from the airships themselves, and it was about the size of three Darksides put together, with a form similar to that of Xehanort’s Guardian!  It’s eyes glared yellow, and its giant claws were sharp and at the ready!  It gave out a horrifying roar!  It was apparent that this was going to be a challenge!

 

  “We can’t lose heart, fellas…we just can’t!” Mickey said with iron willed resolve!

 

  But sometimes, even iron will isn’t enough…

(End Song Here)

 

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The final battle has begun, but it seems as though our heroes are off to a bad start!  The enemy is too overwhelming, and the odds are not in their favor, even with the allies fighting by their side!  Have our heroes already been doomed from the start?  Will Riku, Dawn and Mickey be able to take out this giant Heartless that just took out hundreds of Dandelions in one fell swoop?  Will Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion be able to shut down the mother airship before the giant airships lay waste to their friends?  Will our heroes be able to prevail?  Find out in Chapter Forty Two: Owari-Part 2 Of 10: "The Heavens Burst!”

 

Whew, I’m beat!  Well, that was the chapter everyone, I hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of the end!  This was quite the exhilirating chapter to write, and I hope it was just as exhilirating for all of you to read!  The story is in its final stages people, the end is near!  Can you feel it!?  Haha, as always, thank you very much for your patience and support!  Please be sure to comment on what you thought about tonight’s chapter, and well, until next time, stay tuned for the next one!

Edited July 15, 20169 yr by The Transcendent Key

It has begun, the beginning of the end...

Wow, some start. Nice job. This is only the beginning before Jexana comes and "introduces" what she has in store.

Great two chapters. Love the mushy-feely Vanitas. :smile: Awesome battle so far.  :smile: Can't wait to see what happens next.  :smile:

 

P.S. I feel so bad for the Dandelions. :sad:

 

P.S.S. Is the lullaby Ethan and Trish sing a real one or one you just made up for the story?

Only starting to read the 1st arc but damn your writing style has changed  

To KHLegendIII, indeed, it has finally begun!

 

To KingdomHearts3, yep, this is just the beginning!  Just wait till the later chapters, it'll get even crazier!

 

To Keyblade101, thanks man, glad you liked the chapters!  I'm sure you'll love what comes next!  And yeah, I've always thought of Vanitas as a jerk type of character that has a soft spot underneath, but doesn't show to anyone, ya know?  And yes, poor Dandelions, eh? And also, the lullaby was made up by myself! ^_^

 

To Big Boss, haha, thanks for getting into my Keyblade War trilogy, I hope you enjoy the ride!  Yeah, my writing style has evolved over the years, and I'm really happy with my current style, since I've gained more skill, ya know? I hope to improve even more as the years pass by!

 

Hey there everyone, and good evening!  I hope that you’re all doing okay!  So then, here we have the second part of the ten part finale of my story, and I hope you all enjoy it!  Will our heroes be able to overcome the odds placed before them?  Or will they meet certain doom?  Has their fate already been sealed?  Or is there hope for them yet?  Let’s find out, shall we?

 

Chapter Forty Two: Owari-Part 2 Of 10: The Heavens Burst!

 

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  The gargantuan Heartless gave out a chilling roar, and it seeped out enormous amounts of dark energy!  It had already torn through many of the Dandelions, as a great many of them were dealt with in one fell swoop!  But in the process, the enemies airships were also going into disarray, because the Heartless was using the airships as a sort of protective armor, so casualties were mounting up on both sides!  Riku, Dawn and Mickey saw this colossal Heartless, and they were a bit frozen in place for a second, for its sheer size and overwhelming might seemed incredibly intimidating for a moment!  But then they snapped themselves out of it, for if they wanted to make sure no more lives were lost, they had to take out this colossal Heartless, and quickly!

 

  “So, what’s the plan, Mickey?” Riku asked as he looked at the little mouse.  Mickey thought for a moment on what to do, and then he clenched his fist and a look of undeniable determination was apparent in the little king’s eyes!

 

  “We have to defeat that Heartless, or else our friends will die!  From the looks of it, it’ll only get bigger and bigger if we leave it unchecked, so we have to take it out as quickly as possible!  But how is the question…we have to find out its biggest weakness and exploit it!” Mickey explained!

 

  “Well, let’s get to it, then!” Dawn replied, and the three of them nodded, and they dashed forward with their Spirits towards the giant Heartless!  The Dandelions that were in the surrounding area all rallied up behind Riku, Dawn and Mickey, and they formed a charging line!  As they went towards the Heartless, it lashed out and flung many airships at their direction!  Many of them were able to dodge the incoming airships, and some of them even slashed through the airships, but a lot of them weren’t able to dodge in time, dying as they tried doing so!  And from the void, many smaller Heartless came and formed their own charge line, and they served as an extra line of defense for the giant Heartless!

 

  “Push through the small fry, we need to get to the giant Heartless, or it’s gonna keep growing, and if it grows too much, we’re done for!” Riku commanded to the other Dandelions, and they nodded and pushed through the smaller Heartless as best as they could!

 

  But even though they were pushing through the smaller Heartless, it was another thing entirely to escape them!  The little ones were quite persistent, and they were right behind the Dandelions!  Some of them fired off beams of light to keep the small Heartless at bay, and it worked for a bit, at least.  But now, they were just a few feet away from the giant Heartless, and from the Heartless’s mouth, putrid posion came out, and it engulfed everyone!  Dawn quickly improvised with an Esuna spell, healing everyone as the giant Heartless’s mouth closed! 

 

  “Fellas, brace yourselves!” Mickey warned, as the giant Heartless clapped its hands together, forming a huge shockwave that blew away many of the Dandelions and enemy airships alike!  It was clear that while the Heartless was the enemy, it was also taking out friend and foe alike!  After all, Heartless didn’t possess intellect, so they attack purely on instinct!

 

  “We have to stop this thing!  Fire out a volley of light at it!” Dawn commanded!  And so, she, Riku, Mickey and the Dandelions all charged up their Keyblades, and within seconds, they fired off an intense volley of light beams, and they all hit the Heartless!  But instead of weakening it, it only made it angrier!  It roared and swooped its giant arm towards them, and they were all scattered instnatly!  With its other arm, the Heartless opened its hand wide and took hold of dozens upon dozens of Dandelions, then proceeding to crushing them, suffocating them with the pure power of darkness!  Their lives were instantly snuffed out!

 

  “No!!!” Mickey shouted, as he couldn’t bear to see the sight of so many friends perishing instantly!

 

  “Damn it, that Heartless is going to kill us all!” Riku shouted!

 

  “I’ve had enough of this!” Mickey shouted, and he then dashed forward with his Spirit, heading directly towards the Heartless’s chest!  There, a lot of airships were gathered together, and Mickey broke through them!

 

  “Mickey!!!” Dawn shouted!  “Riku, we have to cover for Mickey while he breaks that Heartless’s armor!” she said.

 

  “Right, but quickly!” Riku urged, as the Heartless was already about to get its hands on Mickey!  But Riku quickly fired off orbs of darkness that fired off powerful Dark Firaga spells!  Dawn fired off a powerful Tornado spell that managed to keep the Heartless from getting to Mickey, as the little mouse infuriatingly kept slashing all of the airships that were keeping the Heartless protected!  When Mickey broke through the last one, a giant, gaping hole, almost resembling a black hole, could be seen!  Inside the hole, a faint purple light was noticeable, and Mickey figured that was the Heartless’s weakness!

 

  “Fire in here!!!” Mickey shouted, but the Heartless instantly pushed them backwards with a terrifyingly strong gust of wind, which sent him, Riku and Dawn way back, until the Heartless was a tiny dot in the distance!

 

  “Damn it, now we’re too far away from it!  We need to get back to that Heartless before it has a chance to recover!” Riku said.  Then, they found themselves surrounded by airships, aerial soldiers, Heartless and Unborn!

 

  “That’ll be a lot easier said than done…” Dawn mentioned.

 

  “We have to keep it together fellas!  If we don’t stop that Heartless, we’re done for!” Mickey said.  “We have to push through!”

 

  “Right, let’s get to it!” Riku said, as they prepared to take out the numerous enemies surrounding them all!

 

  “Darkness, give me strength!!!” Riku shouted, as he was enveloped by darkness!  His body was then pouring out an intense dark aura, and now his strength was amplified thanks to the power of darkness!  His Keyblade was also pouring out powerful energy, and he was ready to take down as many foes as he could!

 

  In the thick of battle, Gilgamesh and Ethan were plowing through hordes of Heartless and Unborn, as they had boarded one of the enemy’s airships!  They were also taking out a plentiful number of Jexana’s troops as well!  They were both skilled in combat, and the enemy was becoming nothing more than blade fodder at this point!  But even so, Jexana’s troops were relentless, and they kept trying to make the two warriors get tuckered out!  Ethan was calculatingly delivering precise strikes and gathering foes together with the Magnega spell!  While he did this, his Nobodies made sure to take out the enemy swiftly and efficiently!  Some of the Nobodies would even fling their foes towards Gilgamesh, who had his weapons at the ready for them!

 

  “That’s right, come to papa’s swords, worthy foes!” Gilgamesh gleefully cheered, as he sliced a plentiful amount of enemy soldiers!

 

  “There’s a great many of them, but at least we’re managing!” Ethan said, as he shot out a beam of darkness and then summoned forth pillars of darkness that disoriented the enemy and slowed their movements!

 

  “Correct, my finely attuned friend!  Even in the heat of battle, we still manage to cool ourselves with our resolve!  It is of utmost importance to keep a cool head!” Gilgamesh explained, as he switched his twin katanas into lances!  He then proceeded to perform his Hurricane attack, pulling in surrounding enemies and shredding them to bits by the sheer force of his attack!

 

  “You’re right about that!” Ethan remarked, as he batted a Heartless towards one of the Nobodies, a Samurai, which proceeded to slice the Heartless with grace!  Then, from further along the airship, they saw someone who was staring back at them!  He kind of seemed out of place for a moment, due to the fact that he was still and calm, much unlike the chaos surrounding him!  Ethan quickly took stance and felt very cautious about this man that was looking at them!  Gilgamesh also took stance, as the enemy soldiers had been defeated, and now it was just them and the man observing them!

 

  “I take it that you’re with Jexana?” Ethan asked, just to make sure.

 

  “Heh, how very  perceptive of you to think so!  Yes, I am with her, is that a problem?” the man asked back!

 

  “Who might you be?” Gilgamesh asked.  “I do not recall seeing you…”

 

  “Ah, that’s right, not all of you know me, so it’s natural to be so wary around me!  I am Emmxett, I’ve fought with one of your friends before!  Dexeres, I believe his name is?  Quite a fine warrior, if I do say so myself!  He was quite the worthy match for my beloved Kuzuri!” he said, as he summoned forth his sword!  “Ah, and she is thirsty for blood tonight!  And what a beautiful place for blood to be spilt!  On the crux where all matter of worlds flow, The Lanes Between!  Now then, I wanted to face Dexeres, but I guess you’ll have to do!” he figured, as he prepared himself for battle, swinging his Kuzuri masterfully, and giving off an air of confidence!  Gilgamesh and Ethan looked at each other.

 

  “Well, it seems he’s challenging the both of us.  Do you think he’s trying to bite more than he can chew?” Ethan asked to Gilgamesh.

 

  “Hmm, that is tough to answer, my fríend!  While he may be cocky, I do sense he has considerable power, so he may be a worthy opponent to fight!  Plus, I am interested in this Kuzuri he has!  I would like to add that blade to my collection!” the swordsman mused, as he got excited!  Ethan rolled his eyes and chuckled.

 

  “Yeah, I figured you wanted his blade.” he said, and then they both looked at Emmxett, who was eagerly awaiting for their battle to start!

 

  “Well then, come at us!” Ethan and Gilgamesh said in unison!  Emmxett smirked.

 

  “This shall prove to be an interesting duel…come Kuzuri, let’s feed you!” Emmxett shouted out, as he and Ethan and Gilgamesh charged towards each other!

 

  Elswhere on the skies of battle, Vanitas was taking on the Heartless/Unborn hybrid that had materialized on the airship he was in!  The hybrid developed some sturdy armor, and it drew a giant sword that was emblazoned with flames!  The hybrid’s eyes were burning fiercely, and it gave off a powerful burst of energy!  As the hybrid stood there, Jexana’s troops tried to catch Vanitas off guard, but he took them out quickly, and when he finished taking them out, the hybrid charged at him!  But Vanitas quickly dodged and jumped on its head and stood on it!  He then leaned down to look at the hybrid’s face, with an amused expression!

 

  “Ah, you figured you could get me while I was distracted by the soldiers, huh?  Pretty clever for a monster!” Vanitas mocked!  The hybrid was about to attack, when Vanitas jumped out of the way, just as an enemy soldier had shot an arrow that was meant for Vanitas, but pierced through the hybrid in the head instead, causing it to roar in pain!  Vanitas then gave a salute to the enemy troops!

 

  “Thanks, you’re making my job easier for me!” Vanitas said in a mocking tone!

 

  “Shut up, you!” one of the soldiers shouted, as he tried firing off an arrow, but Vanitas simply caught it and then disappeared then reappared behind the archer, killing him instantly with a swipe of his Keyblade!

 

  “Okay, now you’re no longer of use to me.  I want to focus on battling that thing over there, you feel me?” Vanitas pointed out, as if he was having a perfectly normal conversation with just any person!  The other soldiers were a bit puzzled, for they didn’t expect all this talking! Vanitas smirked.

 

  “Heh, suckers, you know you shouldn’t listen to the enemy while you fight!” Vanitas said, as he performed a dark version of Zantetsuken, swiping through the soldiers in one blow!  Only a few soldiers remained, but Vanitas didn’t want to deal with them!

 

  “You know something?  You people bore me!  I’ll give you other playmates to play with!” Vanitas said, as he snapped his fingers and summoned forth hordes of Unversed to keep the enemy soldiers occupied!  Vanitas then gave out a sigh of satisfaction, then as he turned…

 

  “Now then—“ and whoosh!!!  He was pummeled towards the other end of the airship by the hybrid, which had caught him off guard!  The hybrid leapt up high and landed where Vanitas had crashed, and it gave out a challenging roar!  Vanitas took a few seconds to get himself out of his crashing site, and he dusted himself off.

 

  “You…you’re really clever, aren’t you? Well, I guess I deserved that.  I was ignoring you for a moment, after all!  Now then, you’ve got my full attention!” Vanitas chuckled.  Almost instantly, he and the hybrid clashed, and violent sparks flew between them as they clashed, providing quite the spectacle! The hybrid was fast despite its size, but its attacks were predictable!  It swung in five arcs ranging from horizontal to vertical, and that pattern gave Vanitas the opportunity to dodge efficiently, and counterattack with a few strikes of his own!

 

  “I gotta say, you’re quite the insistent pest!  You’re a real challenge!” Vanitas said, as he was trading blows with the hybrid, who simply hissed and growled at him!

 

  “That’s right, growl at me!  It gives me all the more reason to mock you!” Vanitas teased, as he shout out a Triple Firaga spell, followed by his signature Dark Thundaga spell, in which he leapt over the hybrid and showered it with crackling black and white bolts of electricity!  The hybrid was stunned for a moment, which gave Vanitas the opportunity to perform Dark Splicer!  He quickly disappeared and reappeared multiple times, casting Stopga on the hybrid and delivering fatally powerful slashes!  When he finished the attack, the hybrid staggered and jerked left and right until it fell to the floor!  Vanitas then stood there, waiting for the hybrid to get up!

 

  “Now come on, I know that’s not all you’ve got!  Give me some more fury!”Vanitas mocked, which made the hybrid increasingly angry!  It then gave out a defiant roar, and its entire body was now overflowing with flames!  Vanitas smirked.

 

  “That’s the way to go!” he said, as the hybrid attempted to incinerate him by pouring out streams of flames everywhere Vanitas tried to stand on!  But Vanitas simply enveloped himself in darkness, forming a dark sphere!

 

  “Know true pain!” Vanitas shouted, as multiple duplicates of himself started to emanate from the dark sphere, attacking the hybrid relentlessly!  Though the attack was effective, the hybrid was taking down each duplícate, crushing them and turning them to ash!  When Vanitas came out of the dark sphere, he immediately leapt up and cast a Blizzaga spike, which emanated from the floor below the hybrid, the ice crystals piercing through it!

 

  But even though the attack proved extremely effective, the hybrid only increased its flames, and now it was incinerating the entire airship, its flames consuming the Unversed Vanitas had summoned and the enemy soldiers that were fighting them! Vanitas was able to shield himself from the flames with a Nulblaze spell, which made him immune to fire!

 

  “So, that’s your play, huh?  If you can’t beat me, you’ll burn me down with the airship, huh?  I guess that’s smart.  Also seems pretty desperate, if you ask me!” Vanitas said.  The hybrid only growled, and now its sword disappeared and the hybrid dematerialized into nothing but flame, as the flames took the form of a giant serpent’s head!  Vanitas was unamused, and he lifted his finger.

 

  “You know something?” Vanitas asked, but the hybrid didn’t let him finish, as it attempted to consume him with its flames!  But then it noticed that Vanitas had cast a barrier that trapped the hybrid itself, and now its flames were consuming the very hybrid!  Vanitas was above, having hitched a ride on an Electricorn Spirit!  He smirked and saw the hybrid seethe out of existence, and he shook his head.

 

  “What an idiot!” Vanitas mentioned, and then he flew away with his Electricorn, as the airship he was on, plus a great few others, exploded right then and there!

 

  At that same moment, Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion were rushing to the main control panel to hijack the mother airship, so they could be able to trigger a malfunction that could lead to them disabling the other giant airships!  They had fought off quite a few enemy soldiers and Heartless and Unborn, but as they headed deeper belowdecks, they found nothing but maze-like hallways here and there!  Things weren’t good, and the fact that more soldiers were chasing them down didn’t help matters, as they couldn’t just search room to room at their leisure!  Tsumugi placed Mine Square spells at different intersections, and after a few minutes of being placed, the explosions could be felt, meaning that the enemy had been dealt with thanks to the spells!  But even so, it was hard for them to find the control room! The three of them looked at each other with uncertainty, as there was another maze-like intersection!  It went off into separate paths, and now, the three of them were at a loss as to where they should go!

 

  “We need to find that control room, and fast!” Xion urged.

 

  “It’s not easy trying to locate it…this whole airship is one giant maze!” Kairi said, as she couldn’t help but feel concern over the fact that they were not getting anywhere!  Tsumugi then turned around, and she saw down a particular hallway that was completely pitch black!  She stood there in silence, and Kairi and Xion wondered why she was so silent!

 

  “Tsumugi…is something the matter?” Kairi asked. 

 

  “No, it’s nothing.  This is the path!  We need to go down this dark hallway to get into the control room!  Come on, we’ve got no time to waste!” Tsumugi said, and she was the first to head into the pitch black hallway!  Kairi and Xion followed suit, and after a few minutes, they saw light emanating from small cracks in the floor!  No doubt that a door was standing in their way!  Tsumugi immediately opened the door, and there it was!  The control room!  They had made it!

 

  “Alright, we’re here, let’s get this over with and hijack this airship’s systems!  Tsumugi, I trust you know what to do here, correct?” Xion asked.  Tsumugi nodded.

 

  “Yes, I’ll get to it right away!” Tsumugi said, as she quickly dashed towards the computer that housed the mainframe of the mother airship!  She started typing on the keyboard frantically, apparently typing out passwords to override security protocols and firewalls!  Kairi though, felt tense.  She looked around the room, and she couldn’t help but feel something…watchful eyes…

 

  “What is it, Kairi?” Xiona asked, noticing Kairi’s uneasiness.

 

  “Something is watching us…I have a bad feeling…” she answered.  Just then, Tsumugi shouted in pain, and Kairi and Xion startlingly turned around, and they saw a gaping hole that had pierced through Tsumugi!  A blackout also occured, as now the room was pitch black!  From what Kairi could make out from the low, dim lit emergency power lights that powered up, what pierced Tsumugi was a sort of vine, or tentacle!  It then withdrew, and it retreated to the shadows!  Kairi felt the watchful eyes disappear, and she and Xion quickly went to Tsumugi!

 

 

  “Tsumugi, speak to us!  Tsumugi, please don’t be dead!” Xion exclaimed, as she inspected Tsumugi’s wound!  It was seriously bad!  The wound had pierced through her chest, and blood was pouring out of it!  She and Kairi panicked, as Tsumugi lay there, lifeless!

 

  “We need to get her out of here!  We’ll figure something out to take down these airships, but right now, Tsumugi’s life is our top priority, we have to see if we can save her!” Xion suggested!  But then, Tsumugi gave a loud gasp, which startled both Kairi and Xion, who were now looking at her in disbelief!  Tsumugi coughed up blood, and she clenched her fists and slammed the keyboard!

 

  “D-damn it…the power…it’s running on emergency backup…they were expecting us!” Tsumugi muttered!  Kairi and Xion both tried to help Tsumugi stand, but she refused!

 

  “Please, you’re very badly hurt, you could die!  We need to leave!” Kairi stressed out.  Tsumugi shook her head.

 

  “No! I can’t afford to fail…especially since Sedere is out there, giving his life for everyone!  I need to make things right!” she protested!

 

  “But we can’t do anything now!  It’s as you said, the power’s running on emergency backup, so you won’t be able to hijack the airship’s mainframe with low power!  We have to go now!” Xion demanded!  Tsumugi shook her head and yet again refused to leave!  She then put her hands in her pockets, frantically searching for something!

 

  “No…it’s not over yet!” Tsumugi muttered, as she then drew out a small ítem from her pocket!

 

  “What is that?” Kairi asked.

 

  “Something I had on me while I was under Jexana’s control!  It’s an access key that lets me enter any of the fleet’s mainframes, and when there’s power outages, restore power!  This should do the trick!” Tsumugi explained, as she put in the access key, and instantly, the power came back on!  “Now, I have to do this quickly, before more soldiers come!” she said!

 

  “We’ve got your back!” Xion said.

 

  “Yes. Just please, Tsumugi…don’t overexert yourself.  Finish what you’re doing, and then let’s get out of here!” Kairi said.  Tsumugi nodded.

 

  “Right, now cover me!” she replied!  Kairi and Xion nodded, and just then, numerous soldiers came running down the hallway, and were making their way into the control room!  Kairi and Xion spread to the left and right sides of the room, and they set all the Mine spells on the floor, so that the enemy could have no chance of reaching Tsumugi!  They also casted Shell and Reflega on Tsumugi, and cast a barrier so that she wouldn’t be harmed!

 

  “She’s going to malfunction the mother airship! Seize her!!!” one of the soldiers shouted along the hallway!  The others shouted, and they came into the control room, but as soon as they did, they triggered the Mine spells and were reduced to nothing in practically seconds!  All the other soldiers that tried to come in were bombarded by a barrage of spells that Kairi and Xion were dishing out!  But even with this effective defense, several, heavily armored soldiers broke through the spells, and they began attacking Kairi and Xion!

 

  “We have to protect Tsumugi!  We have to take out these big guys quickly, or else the other soldiers will get to Tsumugi!” Kairi shouted, as she blocked an attack from one of the heavily armored soldiers!

 

  “Right, we’ll keep them at bay!” Xion said, as she cast a Blizzaga spell that left a trail on the floor, causing some of the soldiers to slip and fall!  The heavily armored soldiers were a hassle though, as they were delivering combined attacks that consisted of heavy ax and longswords strikes mixed in with some magic amplified techniques!  Kairi and Xion had their hands full, but Tsumugi was getting her job done!

 

  “Come on…come on…” Tsumugi anxiously kept saying to herself, as she broke through many protective programs that were blocking access to the mainframe!  “Jexana, you witch…you knew I’d come here…” she thought to herself as she was able to get past three of the protective programs!  Now, only one more remained!  She then glanced back momentarily and saw Kairi and Xion fighting desperately to protect her!

 

  “I’m almost done, hold on for a little bit longer!” Tsumugi said, as she kept trying to override the final protective program!

 

  “Don’t worry, we’ve got you!” Xion said, as she transformed her Keyblade into ethereal katanas once again, and now she was blazing through the heavily armored soldiers, taking two of them down with her swift and powerful attacks!

 

  “Take this!” Kairi shouted, as she slammed her Keyblade into the floor, causing a tremor to occur!  The tremor made the heavily armored soldiers tumble and fall, and that’s when Kairi and Xion took the upper hand and delivered the fatal final blows towards them, now leaving only the standard soldiers coming towards them!

 

  “Keep at them, men!  They’ll fall!!!” a soldier shouted, as she attempted to launch her spear towards Kairi!  But Xion came in the way and sliced the lance to bits with her ethereal katanas!

 

  “Thanks!” Kairi said as she smiled.

 

  “Don’t mention it!” Xion replied, and so the two of them stood side by side, as more soldiers came from the hallway!  Kairi and Xion thought about making the hallway collapse, but then their escape would prove much more difficult, which prompted them with no other choice than to keep on fighting!  They placed Mine spells as often as they could, and just when the enemy would come closest, they’d be caught by surprise at the last minute by the Mine spells!  Archers started to fire their arrows, but Kairi cast Reflega and made the arrows redirect towards the archers, killing them instantly!

 

  “There, I’ve done it!” Tsumugi shouted, as she broke through the final protective program, and now, she officially hacked the mother airship’s mainframe, and now, a lockdown sequence was initiating!

 

  “We’ve done it!” Xion shouted with excitement!

 

  “Yes, but we have to go—ahh!!!” Tsumugi exclaimed, as she fell to the floor, the pain from her wound piercing her deeply!

 

  “We’ll get out of here!” Xion said, as she performed a powerful shockwave attack that made all the soldiers fall instantly!  “Come on, now’s our chance!” she said.  Then, an alarm blared through the control room!

 

  “Warning…lockdown sequence in three minutes!” the voice over the speaker said, which sounded robotic and lifeless!

 

  “Just three minutes…we have to go.  Now!!!” Kairi shouted, as she picked up Tsumugi and helped her walk!

 

  “I’ll cover you both!” Xion said, as she cast Protect, Shell and Reflega on Kairi and Tsumugi, so they would be safe!  “Come on, we have to make it out of this alive!” she said, and so, they quickly left the control room and made their way abovedecks!

 

  Outside, Riku was taking out legions of enemy soldiers and Heartless and Unborn with the power of darkness!  He performed Dark Aura, Dark Firaga, Dark Break and multiple other techniques he had mastered, obliterating every enemy on sight!  There were many times when he was about to be killed, but the Dandelions would come save him, and they were fighting alongside him, proving to be good fighters!  Dawn had cast Firaga Magnet, a technique in which she infused Magnega with Firaga, making the spell pull in enemies and incinerate them once they were close!  She also launched multiple light projectiles, and she slashed through enemy hordes with finesse and skill!  Mickey was literally blitzing throughout the battlefield, as he darted through the enemy, jumping on their heads and slashing them quicker than quick!  He cast Pearl and spun rapidly, delivering fatal and precise strikes!  From a distance, one could see the legions of enemies falling into nothingness as they were being picked off by the little mouse!  He truly had exceptional skill!

 

  More Dandelions had come to reinforce them, and they were proving to be valuable allies!  Multiple Dandelions flew around the enemy, firing off barrages of spells and using different variations of Strike Raid and Sonic Rave!  Others would use long range attacks such as Ragnarok, Prism Rain and Thundershock, causing The Lanes Between to burst at the seams with color all around!  Spells flew by everywhere, along with beams of light and darkness, and energy projectiles as well!  The cannon fire from nearby enemy airships was becoming a problem though, as they were picking out the Dandelions, taking them out with their cannon fire!  Riku saw the incoming fire, and then, he transformed his Keyblade into a giant Claymore, and then he infused it with an extraordinary amount of darkness, and then he flung it like a lance, crushing and destroying dozens upon dozens of airships at once, causing an explosion to radiate then and there!  Just then, Dexeres could be seen a little far off, and he brought even more reinforcements along with him!

 

  “We’ve got this!  Go take care of that giant Heartless!” Dexeres shouted from afar!  Riku nodded in appreciation.

 

  “Alright, we’ll leave it to you!” Riku said.  “Dawn, Mickey, let’s go!” he said to the two of them, and they nodded and proceeded to fly towards the giant Heartless as fast as they could, while Dexeres and the increasing amount of Dandelions remained behind to keep the enemy from chasing them!

 

  Riku, Dawn and Mickey were riding their Spirits as fast as they could, and the faster they went, the closer they were getting to the giant Heartless!  But now, it was flinging airships towards them to slow them down!  The Keyblade Wielders dodged, weaved, and even sliced through some of the airships, managing to push forward without slowing down!  A number of Dandelions and Spirits were heading towards the giant Heartless to distract it, but it fired off a giant, black energy beam that vaporized them in seconds!

 

  “No!!!” Riku shouted, as he bore witness to more lives being lost!

 

  “We have to defeat that thing already!  It’s killing our friends!” Dawn shouted!

 

  “We’ll make it, fellas!  We have to!  I’ll give us a head start!” Mickey said.

 

  “What do you mean?” Riku asked. 

 

  “I’m gonna need your help, fellas!  Give me your energy and launch me towards the Heartless, so I can be able to pierce through it and weaken it!  Those airships covering it are protecting it’s weak spot, so we gotta break through hard so it’ll take longer for it to assemble more airships for armor! We only got one shot at this!  So let’s do it!” Mickey explained!

 

  “Right!” Riku and Dawn said in unison, and so, they started pouring their energy into Mickey, who himself was also charging his Keyblade and power!  Multiple smaller Heartless were coming their way to stop them, but Mickey was able to repel them with orbs of light that exploded upon impact, making the small Heartles wither away in less than nothing!  When Mickey finally had enough power, he nodded at Riku and Dawn, signaling he was ready!

 

  “Go, go!!!” Mickey shouted, and Riku and Dawn launched him as hard as they could, and the little mouse, along with his Spirit, flew like a beam of light, and they picked up so much speed and strength that they plowed through every Heartless that tried coming their way!  Within a few more seconds, Mickey pierced through the Heartless, causing it to stagger signifcantly and losing most of its armor!  It roared in pain, and its weak spot was exposed!

 

  “Now, now, now!!!” Riku shouted, as he and Dawn dashed towards the Heartless and started to pepper it with increased damage, launching as many spells as they could, and slashing at the Heartless as many times as they possibly could!  Then Sora, Donald and Goofy came along, with Dandelions in tow, and they provided some much needed assistance!  The surrounding enemies weren’t able to do anything, for they were being dealt with quickly, providing enough time and energy to take out the giant Heartless before it could recover!

 

  “Not it’s time I went inside!  Dawn, I’m going to need you and the others to set fire to the surrounding airships!” Riku said.

 

  “Alright, but what are you going to do?” Dawn asked.

 

  “Something crazy!” Riku answered, as he propelled himself from his Spirit, launching himself straight towards the Heartless’s weak spot and going inside it!  Once there, Riku started to charge up his darkness, increasing its power tenfold!  Outside, Dawn and the others were destroying as many airships as they could, setting fire to them so Riku could do whatever it was he was going to do!

 

  “I hope you know what you’re doing, Riku…” Dawn thought to herself, as she saw the giant Heartless roaring in pain!  Mickey soon came by, and thankfully, he was okay!

 

  “Dawn, where’s Riku?” he asked.

 

  “He’s inside the Heartless! We’re setting fire to these airships, because apparently he has something planned!” Dawn explained.

 

  “I see…well, let’s keep at it then!” the little mouse said, as he helped the others destroy more airships!

 

  As the airships were being destroyed, Riku was charging his power ever more inside the giant Heartless, and now, it seemed as though Riku himself was forming a black hole!  The giant Heartless, which had almost recovered, now found itself moving rather restrictively, and that’s because the gravitational pull of the black hole was preventing it from moving!  Riku’s plan was almost complete!

 

  “This should do the trick!  It has to!” Riku thought to himself!  Then, with a motion of his arms, he made the black hole even bigger!  It grew to an exponential size, and Dawn and the others noticed this, and so they kept their distance, as to not be pulled into the black hole! 

 

  And before their eyes, they saw aerial soldiers, Heartless and Unborn being pulled into the giant Heartless along with the destroyed airships that were aflame!  The enemy desperately tried to escape, but it was to no avail, as they were all being consumed by the black hole Riku had created!  The giant Heartless was now frantically swaying its arms, as if it could do any good!  After a few seconds, Riku pierced thorugh the giant Heartless’s head like a bullet, and seconds after, the giant Heartless imploded, setting the Lanes Between alight!  The explosion Riku had made was thanks to his amplified darkness and the flames of the airships, which, adding into the gunpowder and cannons, triggered the explosion!  The giant Heartless gave out one final roar as it vanished into nothingness, the black hole consuming it! And so, as the black hole closed, the Heartless was no more!  Riku, on his Spirit, sighed of relief, for at least now, the giant Heartless had been slain!  The Dandelions roared triumphantly in victory, and Dawn and Mickey were relieved that Riku made it out okay!

 

  “We did it!  The giant Heartless is gone for good!” Mickey said, sighing of relief!  Riku nodded.

 

  “Yeah.  It was a bit of a challenge, but we were able to do it!” Riku said.  They all smiled, but then they saw multiple enemy airships and aerial Heartless heading their way from the horizon!  Sora looked at the immense amount of enemies, and he laughed a bit nervously.

 

  “Heh, I don’t think we should be celebrating just yet…we have lots of work to go over!” Sora explained!

 

  “Aw, phooey, this job’s never easy!” Donald squawked annoyingly.

 

  “Well, if it was easy, we’d get bored Donald, a-hyuck!” Goofy chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.  Donald gave in and snickered.

 

  “I guess you’re right, Goofy!” Donald replied.

 

  “Well everyone, rally up, it’s time for the next round!” Dawn shouted, as everyone rallied up and formed a battle line!

 

  But just as they were about to prepare for battle, a sudden chain of explosions were triggered in the distance, and they all coalesced together to form one giant explosion!  The radius of the explosion took out a great deal of the enemies that were coming towards them, and an even greater many number of airships were destroyed!  Everyone was a bit confused as to what was happening, until they saw Kairi, Tsumugi and Xion darting towards them with their Spirits!

 

  “It’s the girls!!!  They’re here!!!” Sora shouted!  When they finally came near, everyone rejoiced, happy to know that they were safe!

 

  “What was that just now!?” Dawn asked.

 

  “That, my friends, was a move that put us into the high ground!” Xion answered.

 

  “High ground?  What do you mean?” Donald asked.

 

  “What she means is, that the massive airships that were coming along with the standard airships have all been destroyed!  And it seems that the explosion caused a good portion of Jexana’s fleet to kick the dust!  We’ve got an advantage, for now!” Kairi explained.  The others sighed of relief, and everyone cheered ever more!  But then, Riku noticed Tsumugi, and how she was badly hurt!

 

  “Tsumugi!  What happened to her?” Riku asked, noticing the fatal wound she had!

 

  “She sustained a fatal injury while trying to hack the mainframe of the mother airship…the very reason we have this advantage now is because she managed to hack into the mother airship, therefore giving us a fighting chance to outlast Jexana’s fleet!” Kairi said.

 

  “Oh my, isn’t there anything we can do to heal her?” Dawn asked.  Tsumugi coughed up blood and shook her head.

 

  “No, please…forget about me…you need to focus on taking down Jexana…” Tsumugi tried to protest.  But Mickey shook his head and refused.

 

  “And leave you behind?  That’s not going to happen!  You’re one of us, Tsumugi!  You’ve helped us in our fight against Jexana, and you’ve proven yourself a good friend!  There’s no way we’re going to abandon you!” the little mouse said.  “Am I right, fellas?” he asked.  Everyone nodded.

 

  “That’s right, we’re going to get you fixed up!” Xion said.

 

  “Everyone…” Tsumugi whispered, as she tried holding back her tears.

 

  “Come on everyone, let’s gather around and heal her before the enemy has a chance to counterattack!” Mickey said, and so he, Riku, Kairi, Dawn, and the others formed a circle, and from the circle, they all channeled their light, therefore boosting their power, until they all formed a powerful Curaza spell that managed to close Tsumugi’s wound and heal her completely! The spell drained a bit of their energy, but they knew it was worth it!  Tsumugi was in disbelief over this, as she saw how her wound closed!  She was now well again, and she looked at her chest, still stunned!

 

  “My wound…it’s gone!  Guys, you did this…for me?” she asked.

 

  “Of course.  You’re our friend.  And we stick by each other till the very end.” Riku answered.  At that, Tsumugi’s eyes watered, and she bowed her head appreciatively.

 

  “Thank you….thank you so much!” she said, and everyone smiled!

 

  “Enemies incoming!” one of the Dandelions shouted.  They then all looked towards the horizon, as the enemy was beginning to regroup!

 

  “Well, don’t thank us yet! We have to make it out of this alive first!” Sora said, as he smiled his goofy smile!  Tsumugi giggled.

 

  “Alrigh then, will do!” she answered.  As they all prepared to form a battle line, they were suddenly besieged unknowingly by cannon fire!  Many Dandelions were killed instantly, and the rest, now knowing they were being attacked, defended themselves as best as they could!  When they all looked behind, they saw Jexana upon her airship, which was looming on top of them!  Her airship was accompanied by a few escort airships as well, and she smirked as she saw everyone below.

 

  “Well, isn’t this a sight?” Jexana asked.  “Here, my former friend Tsumugi, now a traitor, being welcomed with open arms by these ingrates.  How touching!” she teased!

 

  “Jexana…you won’t get away with your plans!” Dawn shouted!

 

  “Hmm, well, we’ll see about that!” Jexana said, as she snapped her fingers, and as she did, a giant cannon emanating from her airship fired off a powerfully fatal beam that seemed to ooze out her own energy!  The beam pierced through the Lanes Between, and it shredded through the Dandelions fighting in the distance, killing them instantly!  The Keyblade Wielders were stunned by this, and the look of horror was apparent in their faces!  Jexana loved this expression they carried, and she loved being in control of the situation!

 

  “Now then, battling you in aerial warfare has been interesting…but I think it’s time we took this war to the ground level!” Jexana commented, and with a wave of her hand, her soldiers activated some strange contraptions that opened up a vast portal!

 

  “A portal!  Where does it lead!?” Mickey asked!

 

  “Wouldn’t you like to know!?” a voice came from behind them!  They looked back and they saw Braig, mounted on another airship!  Everyone was stunned, for they didn’t expect to see him at all!

 

  “W-what?  How are you alive!?  I thought you had been killed along with the other Seekers Of Darkness years ago!” Sora exclaimed, not believing what he was seeing!

 

  “Well, that did happen, and yet I’m still here!  Surprised, kid?  Well, here’s another surprise!” he shouted, as he then cast Darkness, blinding everyone instantly, and then he fired forth a volley of energy bullets from his arrow guns!  The barrage was strong and intense, and it was to the point that no one knew what was happening!  Kairi tried to cast Esuna on herself, but then, she felt her eyes close shut, and then…

 

  Silence….

(End Song Here)

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What has happened to our heroes!?  Have they been killed by the enemy?  Has Jexana outsmarted them?  Is there hope that our heroes will be able to win this war!? What could possibly happen next? Find out in Chapter Forty Three: Owari-Part 3 Of 10: “This Is War…”

 

Well everyone, that was the chapter!  I hope that you all found it to your enjoyment!  Whoo, that’s two chapters down, and only eight more to go before the story ends!  I’m so hyped to share the final chapters with you all!  I hope you’ve been enjoying the ride!  Hehe, thank you so much for your patience and support, and as always, please be sure to comment on what you thought about tonight’s chapter!  Well then, until next time, stay tuned for the next one!

Oh man, this is getting intense already.

Whew, how much more intense can this thing get????

 

P.S. Have you ever thought about being a professional writer, like for books and stuff? After all the fanfics I've read by you, I for one think you would be an excellent one.  :smile:

Wow, some battle. I think I know exactly where they are going now. I think they are now heading to the place where all Keyblade wielders leave their mark of fate.

To KHLegendIII, indeed, it is, isn't it?

 

To Keyblade101, ha, trust me, things shall get much more intense!  And also, curious that you should ask that, because I've actually considered getting into book-writing! Over the years, I've seen my writing improve, and well, I've had a lot of helpful feedback from you guys, and that's helped me grow as a writer! I've seriously been considering getting into writing novels! But it's tough to decide on that, since I want to get into voice acting or drawing too!  Yeah, decisions, decisions!  But thanks for thinking of me as a professional, I'm flattered! ^_^

 

To KingdomHearts3, yes, some battle indeed!  Ah, and very perceptive of you, old friend! Take a look at this next chapter, will you?

 

Good evening everyone, I hope that you’re all doing okay!  So then, here’s another chapter of my story, and well, things are getting pretty intense, so I hope you’re all ready for the intense and insane ride!  So then, let’s get down to it, shall we?

 

Chapter Forty Three: Owari-Part 3 Of 10: This Is War…

 

(Start Song Here)

                “Huh…what?” Raxon thought to himself, as he felt something heavy on him!  His eyes were closed for some reason, and he couldn’t get them to open!  He was wondering why this was so.  He remembered fighting until a sudden burst of energy blacked everything out for him!  His heart was pounding, for he was very worried about Sky, and the fact that he didn’t listen to him indicated he was nowhere near him, and that made him worry!

 

                “What in blazes…?” he asked himself, and finally, he was able to manage to open up his eyes!  When he did, his vision was quite blurry for a bit!  It took about a minute for his vision to adjust, but when it did, he noticed that he was caught in a slab of debris!  He then noticed that he was right beneathed a destroyed airship that was blazing in flames above!  He quickly snapped to, and he wriggled himself out of his tight spot, and just in time, too, for the debris was smashed shortly by the airship!  Had he not awoken, he would’ve been crushed and burned alive!

 

                “Well, thank goodness I woke up…” he thought to himself, and then he summoned his Keyblade quickly, for he remembered that he was still fighting!  He could definitely hear the shouts, screams and clanging of battle, and they were very near!  Then, a short distance away, he saw hordes of Heartless and Unborn coming his way!  He noticed that the creatures had finished off a vast number of Dandelions, whom were laying dead!  He then took a moment to notice where he was!  A vast, desolate wasteland, with mountains and craggy rocks and dried up earth all around him!  He also noticed thousands, if not millions of Keyblades stabbed into the ground!

 

                “Ah…so this is where we are…but how did we all end up here?” he asked himself.  But then, he saw the Heartless and Unborn inching closer toward him!  “That’ll have to wait till after I take these scum out!” he assured himself, and with that, he began taking out the legions of enemies by his lonesome, providing to hold his own in combat by throwing grenades that blew the enemy up here and there, and smoke bombs that helped mask his presence so he could gather Heartless and Unborn together in one singular space!  He noticed an airship’s ruins just a short distance away, and then, with an Aeroga spell, he pushed all the creatures forth towards the airship, and then he fired off a Megaflare spell, which incinerated the airship and blew it up, making the Heartless and Unborn fade into nothingness!

 

                “That’s one way to take care of them!” he told himself, but then, as he glanced back, he noticed Red Nocturnes, Blue Rhapsodies, Yellow Operas, Violet Waltzes and Green Requiems heading towards him, plus Darkballs and Invisibles!

 

                “Alright, I’m judging you’ll come at me in a few seconds time….but I think I can even the odds!” he thought to himself, and he transformed his Keyblade into a rifle, and with dead accurate aim, he started shooting constantly, taking out the Heartless from afar!  He managed to take out a good portion of them, but the stronger ones, such as the Darkballs and Invisibles, still remained!  Noticing this, he amplified his rifle’s power by boosting its attack with magic rounds, and this time, the force of the bullets were taking their effect, as he shot a Blizzaga bullet that froze a cluster of Darkballs!  Once frozen, he quickly shot another bullet that shattered them to bits!  He then shot a Thundaga bullet that ricocheted between the Invisibles, paralyzing them!  But now, the Heartless were upon him, and now more Unborn had appeared near him, and he was being surrounded!

 

                “Crap…this isn’t good!” he said, and he prepared himself for the worst!

 

                But just then, a sudden flash of light slashed through the Heartless and Unborn, taking them all out with one hit!  As they withered away, Raxon looked back and noticed Alaya coming towards him!

 

                “Oh, you don’t know how happy I am to see you!” the pirate said, relieved his skin had been saved!

 

                “Do not mention it!  I am glad I found you, friend!  Now come, let us go, our friends need us!” she said. 

 

                “But wait…where’s Sky?” Raxon asked, noticing he wasn’t with her.

 

                “You mean your little moogle friend?  I have no clue.  Is he not normally with you?” she asked.  Raxon’s faced darkened, and he clenched his fists, and now he was fearing the worst.

 

                “He’s probably out there…and he’s probably scared…Alaya, I need to find him!” Raxon exclaimd!  Noticing Raxon’s worry, Alaya nodded and then stood by his side.

 

                “Right, then as we cut through the enemy and help our friends, I shall help you find him!” she said, and she could notice Raxon felt much more relieved!

 

                “Thank you…now come on, let’s go!” Raxon urged, and so, the two of them ran, and plunged towards the hordes of enemies awaiting up ahead!

(End Song Here)

 

(Start Song Here/Keep looping the song until the chapter ends!)

                On the battlefield, it was total chaos!  Enemy airships were scattered and destroyed everywhere, and the Dandelions were fighting against Jexana’s forces, and it was proving to be a bloody war on both sides, as both suffered heavy casualties!  Spells were flying everywhere, and screams of pain and agony were echoing throughout the entire battlefield!  Jexana’s troops then brought out their heavy hitters, heavily armored bruiser troops that wielded giant hammers, and they started to swing at the Dandelions, swiping them away left and right, killing them by the dozens!  And then, enemy Keyblade Wielders were dispatched, and as soon as they encountered the Dandelions on the battlefield, they killed them with deadly skill!

 

                Everything was chaos, and even with the Nobodies, Unversed and Spirits aiding the Dandelions and the Keyblade Wielders, the enemy still proved very strong, and it was only a matter of time before they would be overrun!

 

                On another side of the battlefield, Gilgamesh and Ethan were looking for Emmxett, whom they had lost when Jexana pulled them into the portal!  They had come to just a short while ago, and they knew that Emmxett had to be somewhere nearby.  And true enough, they ran into him, and they saw him brutally killing off Komory Bats, Meow Wows and Jestabockys, and he was enjoying himself as he did so!  He noticed Gilgamesh and Ethan, and then his smile grew ever more wider!

 

                “Ah, so you two are alive!  Excellent!  Now then, let’s continue our abruptly interrupted battle!” Emmxett declared!

 

                “Oh, we’ll continue it alright!  Gilgamesh, now!” Ethan shouted, and the swordsman nodded.

 

                “Right away, my friend!” the swordsman shouted, as Ethan jumped up, and Gilgamesh performed his Rocket Punch attack, propelling Ethan forward, sending him like a literal rocket towards Emmxett!  Ethan charged with all his might, but even so, Emmxett managed to block his attack, and he countered with a powerful flurry of strikes that left streaks of darkness behind them!  Ethan got slashed two to three times, but the rest of the blows he managed to block!  Emmxett then punched him in the face, and he was just about to strike Ethan, when Gilgamesh came and was about to stab him with his lance!  Emmxett barely managed to dodge and leapt back, and he noticed that a strand of his hair had been cut by Gilgamesh’s lance!  He saw the tiny strand of hair fall down to the ground, and he began to laugh!

 

                “Ha, well isn’t this something!?  You two are proving more fun to fight then I had previously thought!  Excellent, I couldn’t have asked for anything less!  Ah yes, my Kuzuri has had so much blood…but she craves for more!” Emmxett said as he chuckled, his Kuzuri drenched with blood!

 

                “You’re mad!” Ethan exclaimed, geniunely disturbed by Emmxett’s behavior!

 

                “Oh, not mad, my boy!  Just passionate about the art of killing!” he replied gleefully!  Gilgamesh then charged forward with his Zantetsuken blades, and he clashed with Emmxett repeatedly, and they traded powerful blows and strikes, but neither of them were able to break through each other’s defenses!  But as Gilgamesh leapt back to deliver a sword strike, Ethan lunged forward and kicked Emmxett, catching him by surprise!  Gilgamesh then struck Emmxett with his blades, and he managed to wound him greatly!  He even stabbed him two times!  Emmxett grunted and shouted in pain, but he let out a burst of dark energy that repelled both Gilgamesh and Ethan, sending them tumbling to the ground!  Emmxett nodded of approval, and he was greatly impressed, though he winced in pain, noticing the blood coming out of his wounds!

 

                “Ah…my own blood…I haven’t seen it spilt in quite some time!  You two are quite skilled, I’ll tell you that!” Emmxett proclaimed!  Ethan and Gilgamesh exchanged glances at each other, and both of them were prepared for whatever Emmxett would deliver upon them next!

 

                “Come at us, and we shall bring you more skill!” Gilgamesh challenged!  Emmxett smirked and swung his Kuzuri before diving in for the charge!

 

                “It’d be my pleasure!” he shouted, as he suddenly went into a frenzy, pushing through Gilgamesh and Ethan’s attacks, catching them by surprise, and managing to wound them, and then he pushed them back with the power of darkness, and the sheer energy that Kuzuri was pouring out!  Gilgamesh quickly came to his feet and kept clashing with the relentless maniac, but Ethan remained in place for a moment, and he noticed a considerable gash across his chest!  He winced in pain greatly, for the wound was deep, but he sucked it up and stood up, and even with this pain, he charged forward!

 

                “I can’t back down now…not when the others are fighting…I need to fight beside them!” he thought, as he went to help Gilgamesh, the two of them trading blows with the ever excited Emmxett!

 

                Their battle continued for quite some time, and from time to time, they’d be split up by the chaos occuring around the battlefield!  Jexana’s troops, Heartless and Unborn would get in their way, but Gilgamesh and Ethan would make quick work of them while keeping their eyes on Emmxett on all times!  Meanwhile, Emmxett was slaughtering Spirits, Unversed, Nobodies and Dandelions aplenty, apparently not even breaking a sweat!

 

                “This madman…he’s a frenzy on the battlefield!  Gilgamesh…have you ever stumbled upon foes like this one?” Ethan asked, bewildered, as they took down the enemy soldiers surrounding them!  Gilgamesh switched his Zantetsuken blades for Chocobo Daggers, and he stared at Emmxett for a moment before answering.

 

                “Yes, my friend, I have often stumbled upon a mad warrior during my many travels, but I think that this one takes the cake!  But come, let us not linger any longer, for that man is slaughtering our friends!” the swordsman replied, and with that, he performed his Jump attack, in which he mimicked a dragoon’s attack of the same name, and then landed right above Emmxett, managing to strike him and stun him!  Ethan quickly dashed forward and used the Thunder Dash technique, crackling through Emmxett and paralyzing him!  The two warriors stood there, and then they glanced at the Dandelions standing behind them!

 

                “Go, we’ve got this!” Ethan said.  “The others need your help, so get to them!” he urged!  The Dandelions nodded in understanding.

 

                “Right away, sir!” one of them said, and they all went elswhere on the battlefield, to provide aid for their friends!  Emmxett, meanwhile, was laughing, quite fullheartedly, in fact!

 

                “Ah, well this is definitely something!  You two definitely aren’t boring, I’ll tell you that much! This has proven to be quite the interesting battle!  I wonder if I can test you to your limits…?” he thought to himself aloud, which only made Ethan feel more disturbed!

 

                “Shut up, you!” Ethan shouted, as he lunged forward and delivered a series of fatal strikes and slashes that all hit their mark, and then he leapt back and performed Absolute Zero, cloaking himself in ice and slamming against Emmxett like falling hail!

 

                “Now it is my turn!” Gilgamesh shouted, as Ethan leapt out of the way, and Gilgamesh summoned forth a giant missile that looked much more like a rocket!  “Fire!!!!” Gilgamesh shouted, and the missile hit Emmxett with full force and impact, causing an explosion to take place!  As the smoke cleared, they noticed that Emmxett was…gone!

 

                “Huh…did we defeat him?” Ethan asked.  Just then, they saw a sudden flash, and when Ethan glanced forward at Gilgamesh, to his horror, he saw that Emmxett had pierced his Kuzuri through Gilgamesh’s stomach!!! The swordsman, caught unawares, grunted and shouted in pain, and fell down to the ground, as he started to bleed out!

 

                “No!!!” Ethan shouted!  Emmxett then drew his sword out of Gilgamesh’s stomach, and now it was even more drenched in blood!

 

                “Ah, well, that’s one of you taken care of!  Now time to take care of you!” he said aloud with excitement!  Ethan felt frozen, and he felt panicked!  He then clenched his fists, and with anger, he unleashed a powerful darkness that he had been keeping in check…the darkness he had let in when he turned against his friends.  Emmxett saw how Ethan suddenly had a shift in power, and he seemed pleased!

 

                “Ah, interesting…his emotions have been triggered, and so a dormant power awakens inside him…how most intriguing!” Emmxett thought to himself!

 

                “I can’t unleash the full force of my darkness…not yet.  I need to have restraint…hopefully what I’m using now will be enough!” Ethan thought to himself.

 

                “Well then, are you ready to die, boy?” Emmxett challenged.  Ethan clenched his fists and charged forward with his Keyblade!

 

                “Damn you!!!!” he shouted from the top of his lungs!!!

 

                At that same moment, Xion was rushing through the battlefield, taking out legions of foes in the process!  She had been separated from the others, and it wasn’t easy trying to get back to them, as she was being constantly besieged by enemy soldiers and Heartless and Unborn constantly!  It didn’t help thath she was facing the stronger ones, for the Dandelions that were accompanying her had been wiped out!  Only three remained with her, and they were considerably strong!  They stopped for a moment to catch their breath, for there weren’t any enemies approaching them!

 

                “This is crazy!  We’re losing too many of our own, and this chaos just keeps spreading across this desolate place!” one of the Dandelions, a short, black haired girl mentioned.

 

                “I know this is big…and this is scary, but we have to keep it together!  We’re all in this together, and live or die, we’ll see this through to the end!” another of the Dandelions, a tall, brunette haired boy said, trying to encourage the girl.

 

                “Troy’s right, Darcy!  We’ll keep pushing forward, till our last breath!” the final of the three Dandelions, a short, purple haired girl replied.

 

                “Troy, Darcy, Eve, thank you for helping me.  I appreciate it.” Xion said as she bowed appreciatively!  Troy, Darcy and Eve all blushed and felt a little embarassed, and Eve waved her hands dismissively!

 

                “Please, don’t mention it!  There’s no need to be so formal, it’s kind of embarassing!” Eve said, feeling shy!

 

                “Alright, fair enough, you three.  Now, I need you to keep an eye out, for we could be ambushed at any moment!  Cover my back while I take a look down this hill!” Xion explained.  The three Dandelions nodded.

 

                “Right, you can count on us!” Troy said reassuringly!  Xion nodded, and she quickly rushed towards the hill, which was just a short distance away from Troy, Darcy and Eve.  When she looked down the hill, she saw the battlefield, and the millions of Keyblades that were stabbed into the ground!  On this barren soil, lives were being lost, and explosions, magic spells and the clashing of blades was everywhere!  Right now, she could see the entire war enveloping before her, stretching to the horizon! It was like the two sides were playing tug of war with each other!  At one moment, Jexana’s forces were pushing the heroes back, but in another instant, the heroes counterattacked, thus the battle was on even ground!  Xion could see the Tyranto Rexes and Cera Terrors wreaking havoc upon the Heartless, Unborn and Jexana’s troops, and she also saw Skelterwilds and a variety of other Spirits, fighting alongside the Nobodies and Unversed, as they helped the Dandelions and Keyblade Wielders keep the tides strong, even though the enemy was overwhelming!  And with all the chaos below, it was hard for Xion to find any of her frieinds!  She then began to turn back, when…

 

                “Xion!!!!” Darcy shouted!  Xion panicked, and she quickly ran towards her three friends, and when she arrived, she saw the three of them, with Keyblades in hand, facing none other than…

 

                “Braig…” Xion said, as if the name was a cursed thing that was vile and repulsive!  Braig seemed pleased, and he gave out a laugh!

 

                “Ah, now we finally have a moment to catch up!  Sorry for before kiddo, but I needed to provide a bulletstorm to make sure you and your friends would be separated!  I mean sure, you’ll reunite eventually, but in the meantime, Jexana transported us all here to the Keyblade Graveyard, and now this whopper of a smackdown’s taking place!  Ah, I love the smell of death and despair, don’t you?” Braig mocked, as Xion summoned her Keyblade and felt anger boiling inside of her!  The look on her face was a very defiant and angry one!

 

                “Ah, now there’s the classic face!  The face you, Roxas, Ventus and Sora have always given me! It’s good to see that hasn’t changed over the years!” Braig commented.

 

                “Shut up, you bastard!” Xion shouted!  “You caused so much pain…so much agony and suffering in our lives…you made hell out of my life when I was in the Organization, and you were nothing but poison for Roxas!  How you’re still alive, I don’t know…but I’m going to put you in your grave! I swear, on Roxas’s name, I will kill you!” Xion shouted!  Braig smirked.

 

                “Ah, now there’s some fire for ya!  Take notes, kids, this is how you behave in a battlefield!” Braig mentioned to Troy, Darcy and Eve, who were glaring at him!  “Now then, let’s add some incentive to all that rage!  I want to make sure you fight me with all you’ve got and you don’t go soft on me!” Braig mentioned as he snapped his fingers, and when he did, two Dandelions appeared in front of them, binded by chains of darkness!  Troy, Darcy and Eve were now frozen with fear, and Xion’s face was now awash with even more anger!

 

                “You monster, let them go!” Xion shouted!

 

                “Ahhh, see?  Bringing these two here to taunt you was an excellent idea!” Braig mocked!  “Now then, I’m going to do something crazy, and I’ll expect you to come at me with your best!  Want to know what it is?” Braig asked, teasing them!  He smirked and then summoned forth his arrow guns and shot the two Dandelions in the head!  At that, Troy, Darcy and Eve snapped, and in a blinded rage, they charged towards Braig, but Braig simply shot through all three of them with amplified arrow bolts that seared through their chests!  They were all dead, just like that!  Xion felt horror, despair and disgust at this sight, and the fact Braig was looking at her with such happiness really made Xion snap!  She clenched her fists, and she dashed towards Braig like a demon and immediately started slashing at him!

 

                “You bastard!!!!” Xion shouted, as she let out powerful waves of light that were breaking through the ground!  Braig was narrowly doding them, and he was smirking the whole time!

 

                “Ah, that’s it!  That’s how I want you to fight!  All out and with full force!  Glad to see my little trick worked!” Braig said, his every word angering Xion even more!

 

                “You monster!  You took human lives…you took them like if they were just nothing more than toys!  What kind of monster are you!?” Xion exclaimed, as she fired off a hail of spells that were rampaging all around them and going towards Braig!  Many enemy soldiers, Heartless and Unborn that were in the vicinity were taken out by the sheer force of Xion’s anger!  Braig laughed and then disappeared then reappeared above her, his arrow guns pointed at her head!

 

                “I thought you’d have known by now, missy!  I’m the kind of guy that loves to make people’s lives a living hell!” Braig answered with a pleased look on his face!  He shot powerful arrow bolts, but Xion blocked them and deflected them back at him, but he disappeared quickly enough that he didn’t get any damage!  He then reappeared a short distance away and charged up a powerful arrow bolt that was seeping out dark blue energy!

 

                “Here goes, a gift for you!” Braig shouted, as the arrow bolt menacingly tore through the ground and headed towards Xion!  But she faced the bolt head on, and she sliced through it with her Keyblade like if it had been nothing!  That caught Braig by surprise, for he didn’t expect her to break through that! But he quickly regained his composure and clapped his hands!

 

                “Yeah, that’s how it’s done!  Heh, you’ve gotten yourself loads stronger!  I’m so proud!  I bet Roxas would be so happy to see how strong you’ve become!” Braig mocked, striking yet another nerve in Xion that now made her dash towards him in a frenzy, and now she was attacking with much more speed and ferocity!  Braig was dodging each attack, and he ocassionaly shot out arrow bolts to try to break through Xion’s defense, but nothing was working so far!

 

                “Shut up!  You don’t have the right to say his name!  How dare you…?  HOW DARE YOU!?” Xion exclaimed, as she uncontrollably went at it, she and Braig in quite the game of back and forth combat!

 

                “Aw, did I strike a nerve in the poor little puppet?  How sad!” Braig kept teasing, which only made Xion get even angrier!  It went to the point that she transformed her Keyblade into ethereal katanas and started to have at him, and this time, she was cutting it dangerously close!  Braig was now starting to get overwhelmed, and he could see that Xion was a force to be reckoned with!

 

                “You bastard…the very fact you exist is a sin!  You don’t deserve to live!  I’m going to kill you, even if it’s the last thing I do!!!” Xion shouted, tears streaming down her cheeks as her eyes flared with an uncontrollable anger!  Braig then started to shoot a volley of arrow bolts, but Xion only blocked them and performed Strike Raid, catching Braig off guard and making him tumble down to the ground!  Before he could grab a hold of his arrow guns, Xion had already gotten to him, and she had her Keyblade right on his throat!  Braig smiled and raised his hands, signaling he wouldn’t attempt to get the arrow guns.

 

                “Aw, is it over already?  Come on, that can’t be it!” Braig teased!  Xion clenched her fist, and she felt her heart pounding wildly!

 

                “Braig…you’ll pay!” she thought to herself, Roxas coming into her thoughts as she wept!

                Down on the battlefield, Ventus, Trish and Kyle were battling alongside the Spirits and Dandelions, as they were facing enemies on all sides!  Projectile Heartless were raining down a volley of projectiles to the ground, while the ground Unborn did all in their power to try to overwhelm them!  But the Dandelions kept the enemy in check, as they used a variety of team based techniques such as Trinity Limit, concentrated spells, and other kinds of techniques!  Kyroo Spirits were also extremely helpful, as they provided buffing and protective spells to everyone else, and they proved to be quite the efficient swordsmen!  Tyranto Rexes and Skelterwilds were running rampant, stomping at Jexana’s forces, chasing and biting them, devouring them and taking them out!

 

                Ventus, Trish and Kyle were standing back to back from each other, and they formed a small circle, in which they were taking out all enemies that came within their vicinity!  Ventus provided powerful Aeroga spells, to which Trish cast Magnega to lure the enemies in forcefully!  And finally, Kyle provided a powerful Time Splicer attack, therefore killing off the enemy as fast and efficiently as possible!  Ventus then dodge rolled out of the way from a Large Body’s body slam, and he counterattacked with a Cyclone attack, as he spun like a tornado, pulling in as many enemies as he could, taking them out in less then nothing!

 

                As much as Jexana’s forces tried to get to Trish, she’d simply kill them without any effort!  One second, she stabbed one of the enemy soldiers, killing him instantly, and in the other, she dodged an arrow that flew by her and caught it, and then she fired it back with just her hand, with enough force that it pierced through dozens of enemies at the same time!  And if that wasn’t enough, she attached a Mine Square spell to the arrow, and when the arrow finally reached the end of its course, the Mine Square spell took root, and it caused an explosion that took out a great many enemies!  She then cast Blizzaga and froze multiple Heartless in place, and afterwards, she cloaked her Keyblade in ice and activated her Diamond Dust technique that Aqua had taught her, back when she was training in Radiant Garden!  She tore through the enemy hordes, crushing them with the power of ice, and when she killed enough enemies, she created a giant field of ice that shattered through even more of the enemy forces! She was unstoppable!

 

                Kyle was also a terror in the battlefield!  He backflipped to dodge an incoming attack, and when he landed on his feet, he slammed his Keyblade into the ground, causing a giant fissure to open, sending numerous soldiers to their deaths!  Heartless and Unborn clung on, though, and they attempted to crawl out of the fissure!  But Kyle smirked and shook his head!

 

                “Oh no you don’t!” Kyle shouted, and when he raised his Keyblade, the fissure slammed back shut, crushing the Heartless and Unborn that were inside!  Then, he felt something coming his way, and when he turned around, he noticed crackling beams of lightning coming his way!  He quickly ducked, but the lightning jerked back and headed towards him again!  It seemed to be a homing spell!

 

                “Heh, you think you can shock me?  Well guess again!” Kyle said, as he pointed his Keyblade forward, absorbing the lightning, and then raining it down all around him, taking out multiple enemies that had positioned themselves in the distance!  They might have been attempting to take them out with ranged attacks!  But Kyle stopped them before they would even get ready!  He then performed Reflect Raid, managing to hit an Unborn, and when the attack hit, the Keyblade split into multiple directions, taking out an enormous amount of enemies in the process!

 

                “Yeah, there we go!” Kyle shouted!

 

                The three of them remained close to each other, and they were succeeding in keeping the enemy at bay!  The three of them were an unstoppable force, and with their combined power, nothing could stop them!

 

                As Kyle was taking out a few Heartless that had appeared from the ground, a panicked Sky was flying through the battlefield, making his way towards him!  Kyle immediately recognized the little moogle, and he waved his hand at him!

 

                “Hey, over here, Sky!  I’ve got you!” Kyle shouted, as he then shot a powerful Flame Salvo, launching fireballs one after the other!  The fireballs made their way towards the enemies that were chasing down Sky, and in no time flat, the enemy was vanquished!  The little moogle sighed of relief and flew into Kyle’s shoulder, resting for a bit and panting!

 

                “Whew, thanks for that, Kyle, you saved me, kupo!” the little moogle said as he bowed appreciatively!  Kyle smiled.

 

                “Don’t mention it, you know that I’ve got you!” Kyle reassured, but he noticed that Raxon wasn’t with him!

 

                “Hey, where’s Raxon?  Did you two get split up!?” Kyle asked worriedly!  Sky nodded and looked worried himself!

 

                “Yes, I fear so!  After that mess that got us here, we got split up, and ever since, I’ve been trying to find him, kupo!” Sky explained.  “I just hope that he’ll be okay, kupo!”

 

                “Don’t worry, he’ll be fine!  I’m sure he’s just as worried about you as you are for him, and with that being said, I’m sure he’ll find his way to you!  He’s a tough guy, I’m sure he’ll make it to us!” Kyle said, offering comfort to the little moogle!  His words seemed to work, for Sky looked much more at ease!

 

                “You know what?  You’re right, Kyle!  I know Raxon’s gonna be okay!  He’ll find us, kupo!” the little moogle said with confidence!

 

                “That’s the spirit!  Now come on, let’s get to it, we have to break through the enemy lines!” Kyle said.

 

                “Roger that, kupo!” Sky said, as the two of them headed to Ventus and Trish’s side!

 

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                Elsewhere on the battlefield, Jexana was slaughtering Dandelions, Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed like if they were nothing more than insignificant insects!  No matter how many tried to get to her, she’d kill them swiftly and efficiently!  She had her knives at the ready, and her dark energy formed two giant cobras that were poisoning everything in their path!  The Dandelions tried to fight against her valiantly, but it proved to no avail, as she simply laid waste to them, plowing through them like nothing!  She led her troops into battle, and they were charging through the enemy lines!  They were succeeding in taking down as many Keyblade Wielders as possible!  Jexana was very pleased with the results she was seeing!

                “Excellent…this is turning out much better than I hoped it would!” Jexana said to herself as she smirked. 

 

                “My lady, we are breaking their defenses!  They’ll crumble in moments!” one of her soldiers reported.  Jexana nodded.

 

                “Good, then continue the assault, and show no mercy whatsoever!” she commanded!  The soldier saluted her and stood firm!

 

                “Yes ma’am!” he said, and then he turned around with his fellow infantrymen, and they charged headfirst into battle!

 

                “Ventus…you will be mine again!  I’ll make sure that you stay mine, and that you’re never pulled away from me again!” Jexana thought to herself, as she clenched her fists!  “I’ll make that little brat Kyle pay for what he did with his life!  I’ll see to that myself personally!” she thought, now her anger amplifying her powers!  The cobras she had grew in size, and their power became more destructive, to the point that they were smashing the earth, causing some of the stabbed Keyblades in the ground to scatter on the battlefield!  Her enemies went flying fromt he force of her attacks, and no one that fought her survived!  She was a demon in the battlefield!  She then saw two Dandelions approaching her, and both of them had fierce looks on their faces!

 

                “You’re going to pay for taking the lives of our friends!” one of the Dandelions screamed, as she tried attacking Jexana, but was pierced through by one of her cobras, killing her instantly! The other Dandelion, now even more enraged, attempted to perform Strike Raid, but Jexana caught the Dandelion’s Keyblade as it went toward her, and then she slaid him with it!  The Keyblade then disappeared from her hand, and she smirked.

 

                “That’s right.  Such a foolish weapon is unfit for me!  I don’t need the Keyblade to get what I want!  I get what I want by my own means!” Jexana said as she smirked.  She then ordered a legion of archers to fire off flame arrows that once fired, spread their flames across the battlefield, splitting some of the Dandelions from their friends!  She smirked as they looked from side to side in desperation, seeing the fire surround them!  They attempted to douse out the fire with Waterga spells, but before they could even break through the fire, they were dispatched by Jexana’s Executioner squad, a group of dark armored soldiers that sported powerful swords and axes and maces!  Some of them even wielded Keyblades!  They passed through the fire and slaughtered all the Dandelions they found on sight!

 

                “Yes, that’s right…let the fires of war consume these pitiful fools!  Let their blood seep into this devastated land, so they can be a part of this place, this tomb!” Jexana shouted, as her soldiers rallied to her, giving out a fierce battle cry! Then, from quite a distance, she saw Ventus, Trish and Kyle fighting together!  The sight of Trish and Kyle disgusted Jexana, and her anger immediately flared up, causing her cobras to grow to an even more immense size, with much more power!  One of her lieutenants approached her to give her a report.

 

                “My lady, the enemy is being pushed back!  We are successfully turning the tide!” the lieutenant said.  Jexana glanced over her shoulder at him and nodded.

 

                “Good…don’t stop the attack…I have some unfinished business to attend to…” Jexana said.  The lieutenant saluted and stood firm!

 

                “Yes, ma’am!” he said, and left to join his comrades on the battlefield!  Jexana was furious, as she walked over to Ventus, Trish and Kyle!  She brutally slaughtered all enemies that came in her way, and all the while, her sight remained focus on Trish and Kyle, as she looked at them with loathing eyes!

 

                “You think that you can just come here and face me, don’t you, you stupid ingrates!?” Jexana shouted aloud, as she bashed a Dandelion’s skull against the ground to death!

 

                “You’ll regret having stolen Ventus from me, Kyle…and Trish, I’ll make you see that Ventus was never yours!  Never!!!” she declared, as every step she took, she was getting closer and closer to them!

 

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                On the battlefield, Alaya and Raxon had come upon Yen Sid, Maleficent, Pete, Guardian Xehanort, Armored Eraqus and Queen Minnie, as they were all facing off two colossal Heartless and Unborn dragons!  They were proving to be quite difficult to beat, and if it wasn’t for Yen Sid and Minnie taking out enemy troops and smaller Heartless and Unborn, they would’ve been much more crowded!  Maleficent was doing an extraordinary job of keeping the two dragons at bay with her powerful sorcery!  Pete had encased himself in his energy marble, and he was rolling around like a bowling ball, taking out small fry and trying to make the dragons trip!  Guardian Xehanort was atop one of the dragons, clawing at its head and raking its eyes, trying to blind it!  Armored Eraqus was summoning forth powerful chains of light to bind the other dragon’s legs, trying to keep it from moving!

 

                “These insufferable foes are making it impossible for me to concentrate my powers!” Maleficent complained!  “You fools I call allies are worthless!  Put your backs into stopping them!” she exclaimed towards Yen Sid and the others!

 

                “Yeah, cuz we’re doing our best here, so you’s better be doing your part!” Pete grumbled, as he ricocheted on one of the dragon’s legs, causing it to stagger and fall down!

 

                “Hmph, you want concentration?  Then I shall give you concentration!” Yen Sid answered forth, as he then lowered his Starseeker into the ground, and then, he slowly swung it, till he used full force to swing a complete arc!  There was a momentary silence for a few seconds…

 

                “Uhh, what was supposed to happen?” Pete asked, but soon enough, he got his answer, as a gigantic fissure opened forth, and giant rock spikes jutted out from the ground, piercing upwards like a geyser, taking all enemies out instantly, and obliterating any reinforcements that tried to come!  Yen Sid then fired off a Firaga Burst spell, and as he did, the fire balls dispersed and set flame to the flying rocks that Yen Sid had summoned forth from the ground!  The rocks then remained suspended in the air for a few seconds, before Yen Sid swung his Keyblade down, bringing forth the Meteor spell!  Within just moments, the dragon Heartless and Unborn were bombarded by the power of his spell, and they were left severely weakened!  Yen Sid then looked at Pete, who was speechless!

 

                “Uh, yeah, well, just like that!  Good work, Yen Sid!” Pete said as he chuckled nervously and bowed his head down.

 

                “Hmph, that may have been impressive, you old fool, but I also have a trick up my sleeve, and I shall use my force to show you the true might of my power!” Maleficent said, as she then cloaked herself in her emerald flames!

 

                “Huh?  W-what’s happening!?” one of the enemy soldiers asked, as more infantrymen gathered near Maleficent’s position!

 

                “A demon?” one of them asked.

 

                “She’s being consumed by her own flames, she’s weakening!” another said.

 

                “No, you fools!  Don’t you see?  This is Maleficent, the mighty evil fairy that’s terrorized the worlds!  She’s beginning her transformation!” another of the soldiers, a female captain, explained!  The other soldiers then went into an uneasy panic!

 

                “Transformation?  Transformation into what!?” a soldier exclaimed!

 

                “A…a…dragon!!!” the captain uttered with utmost fear!  The other soldiers then began to sweat, and they were paralyzed with fear as they saw the flames consume the silhouette of Maleficent’s body!  Then, shadows began to spread from the flames, and wings started to sprout!  Giant wings!

 

                “S-she’s transforming!  Kill her before her transformation is complete!” one of the soldiers shouted!  The others then charged, but before they even got close, Maleficent stomped on the ground just once, and a shockwave of her emerald flames vaporized the enemy into ashes!  The soldiers still alive immediately started to run away in panic! 

 

                And now, there she was!  Maleficent, in her full glory!  She was now a bestial, deadly dragon, and she roared with great might, firing forth an immense amount of flames that blanketed the battlefield, incinerating the dragon Heartless and Unborn into ash in less than two seconds!  Alaya was impressed by this display of power, and she looked at Yen Sid with relieved eyes.

 

                “I am just glad that she is on our side!” she commented with a slightly nervous chuckle.

 

                “Yes, we are fortunate indeed.” Yen Sid agreed.

 

                “Hahaha, that’s right, you bozos!  Maleficent’s sheer power is enough to make those wuss enemies of ours run for their mommies!” Pete said as he laughed fullheartedly, punching and kicking Heartless and Unborn into submission!  Guardian Xehanort flew around the battlefield, taking enemy soldiers by surprise and taking them up high and then slamming them hard to the ground!  Armored Eraqus pulled out great slabs of earth like if they were nothing more than pebbles, and he started launching them with his Keyblade, setting them in flames!  Once the slabs landed on the enemy, a huge explosion took place!  Enemy archers and aerial Heartless tried to fire projectiles at him, but his armor was thick, his defense broad, so the only damage the enemy could manage on him was just a slight bit! He stood in silence for a moment, and all it took was a mere swing from his Keyblade to deliver a giant wave of light that pierced through the enemy, killing them by the dozens!  And all the while, Dragon Maleficent was rampaging through the battlefield!

 

                “Run for your lives!!!” the enemy soldiers shouted as they fled!

 

                Dragon Maleficent continued her rampage, and she was an unstoppable force on the battlefield!  No enemies could even hope to stand against her, for all that did were obliterated by her searing flames!  With the enemy lines being broken, Guardian Xehanort and Armored Eraqus pushed through, and they dispatched the fleeing enemies and kept the ones trying to call for reinforcements trapped! Pete sped through the battlefield with his energy marble, and he toppled over a dozen Fat Bandits, and he then uppercuted a Defender!

 

                Yen Sid and Alaya followed suit, as they proceeded to take out Unborn hordes that were trying to flank them from the south!  Alaya cast powerful spells, and Yen Sid caused natural disasters such as tornadoes and earthquakes, so that the enemy couldn’t get any stable footing!  Raxon transformed his Keyblade into a rifle and leapt up towards a giant rock pillar!  When he got on top, he started to snipe out any reinforcements that were coming his way!  He also set two floating orbs that served as both surveillance cameras and laser weapons!  Whenever Raxon would be occupied taking down enemies, the orbs would protect him from the back and his sides!  He sniped the enemy soldiers, Heartless and Unborn with great proficiency!

 

                “That’s right, you buggers!  You’re getting what’s coming at you!” the pirate said as he laughed!  He then sniped towards the west, and as he took aim, he noticed Trish, Ventus and Kyle holding their own against the enemy forces!  He also saw Sky with them!  Raxon immediately felt a gigantic surge of relief go through him, as he now knew that Sky was safe!  But then, as he aimed a little further to the left, he noticed an enraged Jexana making her way towards them!  At that, his heart pounded strongly, and he felt a drop of sweat roll down from his forehead!  He gritted his teeth and felt anger boíl inside him!  Jexana…

 

                “Damn it, you miserable witch!  I’m going to take you down once and for all!” he whispered to himself, as he cocked his rifle and prepared to fire!  But when he did, one of her cobras took the hit, and Jexana was them immediately alerted to his presence!  Raxon cursed under his breath, for he wasn’t able to make the hit!  He then looked downwards to Alaya and leapt down to her side.  He then looked at her and put his hand on her shoulder!

 

                “Alaya, I need you to do me a favor!” Raxon declared!

 

                “And what would this favor be?” she asked as she beheaded an Unborn heavyweight.

 

                “I need to get over there, where Ventus, Trish and Kyle are!  They’re in danger, Jexana’s after them!” he explained.

 

                “Then we must get to her posthaste!” Alaya said, but Raxon stopped her.

 

                “No, we can’t waste all of our resources!  We can’t send every one of us to get to her, or else, the enemy army’s going to flank us!  You stay here with Yen Sid and the others!  I need you to fling me towards Jexana so I can take her on!” the pirate explained!  “Please…I need to settle things with her!” he pleaded!  Alaya was a bit hesitant at first, but then she sighed and nodded.

 

                “Right, then let us do this quick!” she declared!  Raxon nodded, and he readied himself to be launched!

 

                “Are you sure that you are ready for this?” she asked.  Raxon nodded.

 

                “Yes…just do it!” he shouted!

 

                “Very well…” she replied, and with that, she spun Raxon once, and then flung him like a spear towards Jexana!  He flew across the battlefield, a radiant aura of light surrounding him!  Within seconds, he could see Jexana walking towards Ventus, Trish and Kyle, slaying Dandelions and Spirits amok!  She was about to throw one of her knives towards Kyle, when Raxon, just barely, was able to make it between them, and he slashed the knife away!  Jexana gritted her teeth and gave out an infuriated groan!

 

                “Damn you, you miserable pirate!  Get out of my way!” she shouted!  Ventus, Trish and Kyle quickly took notice of Jexana, and immediately, they became very defensive, and they stood together, side by side, with Keyblades in hand!  Raxon stood by Kyle, and Sky flew to him happily!

 

                “Raxon, you’re okay, kupo!” the little moogle said happily!

 

                “Of course I am!  I’m just glad you’re okay, Sky!” Raxon said.

 

                “Stop this nonsense!!!  You are all going to pay for taking Ventus away from me!” Jexana shouted!  Ventus stood forward and glared at Jexana.

 

                “I was never yours to begin with!” Ventus declared, which made Jexana wince!  It was apparent that his words hurt her, but she immediately regained herself and summoned forth a chain made of dark, crackling lightning!

 

                “Those are lies!  These imbeciles have filled your head with lies!  Oh, but you’ll see…I’ll make you see that they’re wrong!  You don’t belong with them, you belong with me!” Jexana insisted!

 

                “Just you dare try to take my Dad away from me again…and just you dare try to hurt my Mom!  You’re going to have to go through hell to achieve that!” Kyle threatened menacingly!  Jexana smirked.

 

                “Oh, I’ll enjoy killing you, boy!”

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Chaos has erupted, as the war has now taken hold on the Keyblade Graveyard!  Our heroes are facing incredible odds, and the war is taking its toll on them!  Will they be able to persevere, can they hope to win?  Or will Jexana and her army succeed in bringing about an ultímate apocalypse to all worlds and universes?  You’ll have to see for yourselves in Chapter Forty Four: Owari-Part 4 Of 10: “Fiends Unleashed!”

 

Well then, that was the chapter, everyone!  I hope I’ve made things intense enough for all of you!  We’re already three out of ten chapters down, just seven more to go!  Gahh, this is getting even more exciting!  I can’t wait to see how you’ll all react to the coming chapters!  Hehe, but anyways, thank you very much for your patience and support, as always, and please be sure to comment on what you thought about tonight’s chapter!  So then, until next time, stay tuned for the next one!

Jexana, seriously? When will you learn?

Nice job. Yet we have still just started. I had a feeling we were in the Keyblade Graveyard. Look forward to more.

Awesome chapter, can't wait to see what happens next. 

 

UGGGHHHH!!! WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH VENTUS, JEXANA?!?!?!?! WILL YOU NEVER LEARN?!

To KHLegendIII, lol, as always, your reactions to Jexana are priceless!

 

To KingdomHearts3, thanks!  And yeah, we're getting into the gritty stuff, definitely! You'll see!

 

To Keyblade101, thanks, I'm glad you liked the chapter!  And well, Jexana's one dedicated lady, eh?

 

Good evening everyone, I hope that you’re all doing okay!  Good God, I can’t believe that we’re almost at the end of this story!  Gahh, I’m so excited for you all to see the epic climax!  Only a few chapters left, ladies and gentlemen!  Things are getting intense!  So then, here’s another chapter!  I hope you enjoy!

 

Chapter Forty Four: Owari-Part 4 Of 10: Fiends Unleashed!

 

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                Jexana had an intense look of rage crossing over her face!  Her eyes were hell bent, flaring up with a desire for revenge and for blood!  The cobras she had summoned had now grown to quite the monstrous size, and they were at Jexana’s left and right, like bodyguards!  Ventus, Trish, Kyle, Raxon and Sky stood against her, and they all glared at her, and there was a momentary silence between them.  Jexana cracked her knuckles, and she even cracked her neck a bit!  A smirk made its way across her face, and she looked at the Keyblade Wielders, and when she stopped to look at Ventus, she gave him a reassuring nod, to which he felt uneasy!  She then looked at the others, and in her hands, she was caressing the dark chain she had summoned, and it was crackling fiercely, letting out a powerful energy!

 

                “I’ve come too far, you know…too far to let you ingrates take everything from me!  I will achieve my goal, I will have Ventus!  And everything will go back to how it was!  You will all be erased!  Ventus and I shall be the only ones together…you will be out of the picture before you know it…” Jexana enunciated, as if she had already won!

 

                “You’re crazy!  There’s no way we’re going to let you get away with your plans!  Not while we can do anything about it!” Trish replied, anger apparent in her voice!

 

                “Ah, Trish…you speak so boldly…yet I can’t believe you’d still take Ventus away from me…even after he pleasured me so intensely…mmm, yes, he’s quite amazing in bed…” Jexana teased with a cruel, seductive tone!  Trish’s eyes widened and she flared up in anger, and Ventus felt a tremendous amount of guilt come over him!  Kyle quickly stood by their side and put his arms on both of their shoulders!

 

                “Guys, she’s just doing this to get to your heads!  Don’t let her play mind games!” he said.  Trish was biting her lower lip, infuriated at Jexana!  She knew it wasn’t Ventus’ fault, but she also knew that Ventus felt horrible about it, since he actually did all those things with Jexana!

 

                “You aren’t going to tear me apart from my family again, you monster!  You’re going to pay for everything that you’ve done to us!  And I’m going to atone for all of the horrible things I did while I was under your control!  We’ll end you, here and now!” Ventus declared defiantly!  Jexana winced, and she looked weak and vulnerable now, not at all like she was just seconds ago!

 

                “Ventus my love…your words hurt me so much…and yet, I forgive you for your blindness! These people have you fooled…I’ll ignore your harsh words, and I’ll bring you back to me soon enough!” Jexana said, as if she was talking to a scared child!

 

                “Lady, you don’t seem to get the point that these fellows here don’t want anything to do with you!  And I’ve got an axe to grind with you, so let’s get this over with!” Raxon said, as he clenched his fists and gripped his Keyblade tightly!

 

                “You’re going down, kupo!” Sky said, no fear in his voice palpable!  Jexana then started to laugh, for she seemed to be enjoying this!  Her face then turned serious, and he reyes flared up once more!

 

                “Enough!!!” she shouted, and with that, she sent her two cobras forward, as they pounced on the Keyblade Wielders, and their battle against Jexana began!  Trish and Kyle took one cobra each, and Ventus, Raxon and Sky attempted to head towards Jexana directly!  Raxon went head on and started swinging his Keyblade at her, but she blocked his attacks with her chain, and she swung it rapidly, aiming at his legs to tumble him down!  Sky managed to get Raxon out of the way, and he cast Thundaga on the floor, causing Jexana to get paralyzed momentarily!  That’s when Ventus dove in and delivered a flurry of fast attacks!  Jexana got hit by three of his strikes, and then, through sheer force of will, she broke through the paralysis and blocked Ventus’ attacks, and pushed him away, trying not to hurt him!

 

                “Please Ventus, stop trying to hurt me!  I don’t want to kill you!” she demanded, as she cast Bind on him, making him unable to move momentarily!

 

                “Oy, lady, concentrate on the battle!” Raxon shouted, as he managed to deliver a technique he called Blitzkreig!  It consisted of three powerful strikes, and then he flung three smoke bombs around Jexana, thus making her unable to see for a moment!  This technique then ended with a Graviga spell that forced Jexana down, thus making her summoned cobras weak!

 

                “Stop getting in my way, you imbeciles!” Jexana shouted, enraged, as she tried to force her way out of the Graviga spell!  Raxon was surprised, for through sheer force of will, she was breaking through!  Kyle and Trish tried to take down the cobras, but they regained strength and retaliaated with a deadly swing attack that knocked both Trish and Kyle back a ways!  They tumbled on the ground with loud thuds, thus, leaving Raxon and Sky to deal with Jexana and her cobras!

 

                “Come on Sky, let’s put this witch in her place!” Raxon shouted, to which Sky nodded.

 

                “Aye, kupo!” the little moogle shouted, and the two of them went towards Jexana at full force!  Sky cast Magnega, forcing the cobras to be pulled into the spell, preventing them from attacking!  This, in turn, forced Jexana to stay in place!  Raxon was about to go in and deal a fatal blow, when Jexana violently lashed out with her chain, swinging it wildly, flailing it on the ground, causing sparks of dark electricity to crackle all over the ground!  Raxon saw that these small sparks were making their way to him, and he quickly leapt up and attempted to use a Meteor Smash attack to deal a major blow, but Jexana whipped out her chain and tied down Raxon, then pulling him down and slamming him hard on the ground, causing a small crater to form!

 

                “Raxon, no!!!  Hang in there, kupo!” Sky shouted, as he quickly flew to aid Raxon!  He cast a protective barrier over them both, and then, he launched a full assault of Ruinga spells that caused great explosions to form!  Jexana was caught off guard by this, and the cobras took an insane amount of hits, and they shrieked and hissed of pain!  Raxon then got back on his feet and transformed his Keyblade into a rifle, and he fired at the two cobras as fast as he could, landing two perfect headshots!  Now, the cobras started to vanish!

 

                “You fools!  Don’t test me!” Jexana shouted, for even though the cobras now vanished, she only got angrier, as floating spikes started to hover around her!  She then cast Dark Mine Square, making sure she was protected from all sides!  This made attacking her head on difficult!  But now, Ventus was able to break free, and Trish and Kyle were already back, and so they stood with Raxon and Sky, ready for whatever Jexana had for them!

 

                “It’s over Jexana, just give up already!” Kyle said, trying to break through to her!  But she remained unflinching, and then started to run towards them, transforming her chain into a powerful looking, double edged sword that spewed out dark, crackling lightning! 

 

                “Stop…getting…in my…way!!!!” Jexana shouted, as she slammed her sword to the ground, emitting a series of tremors that then caused massive pillars of stone to rise from the ground, catching the Keyblade Wielders by surprise!  They were all sent flying upwards towards the air, as the stone pillars hit them with full force!  Jexana then began scaling up the pillars, leaping from one to another!  First, she clashed with Trish, dealing explosive damage to her, and then launched some of the floating spikes towards her!  Trish managed to block most of them, but even so, she was hit by three of the spikes, and the impact of the spike sent an electric surge all over her body!  The pain was headsplitting, and Trish wasn’t able to keep up with Jexana, and she fell down to the battlefield below!

 

                Jexana then proceeded to clash with Raxon and Sky!  The two of them had her pinned momentarily, but she quickly placed her Dark Mine Square spell in front of her, causing Raxon and Sky to halt in their tracks, as they weren’t able to attack her head on!  Jexana took moment of this opportunity and launched a powerful dark ray that summoned forth three long, vine like tentacles that tightened their grip on Raxon and Sky, slamming them against the rock pillars and flinging them down below!  She then kept scaling up the pillars until she saw Kyle, with Ventus!  Jexana gripped her sword tightly, and she clenched her teeth out of frustration!

 

                “Kyle…you will get out of my way!  I will have Ventus back!” Jexana shouted!

 

                “The only thing you’ll get is pain from me!” Kyle barked back!  The two of them glared at each other, and then Ventus emitted a powerful shockwave that stopped the stone pillars from rising!  They halted at their upward course, and now remained as giant pillars that were placed on the battlefield!  Ventus and Kyle stood on one pillar, while Jexana faced them on the other side, as she stood on another pillar!

 

                “Jexana, you won’t get what you want!  I’ll make sure that you don’t have your way!” Ventus proclaimed!  Jexana shook her head and swung her sword.

 

                “Worry not, Ventus dear, I will snatch you back from the clutches of these ingrates!  Soon, my love, soon!” Jexana replied!  Kyle was flabbergasted by Jexana’s unwavering devotion to Ventus, and he was quite annoyed by it!

 

                “Seriously, would you stop it?  My God, I can’t believe you!” Kyle shouted!  Jexana simply stood in place, her double edged sword at the ready!  Kyle sighed.

 

                “Well, if you won’t stop this, then we’ll make you!” Kyle said, and within a few seconds, both he and Ventus charged towards Jexana, and now, the sky above began to darken!

 

                Elsewhere on the battlefield, Ethan and Emmxett were dueling with utmost ferocity and power!  Emmxett had fatally wounded Gilgamesh, who hadn’t gotten up from the ground!  Ethan was enraged, and he was giving his all to the battle, ensuring that he could be able to protect Gilgamesh, because he knew in his heart that the swordsman wasn’t out for the count just yet!

 

                “Hang in there, Gilgamesh, I’ll protect you!” Ethan thought to himself!

 

                “Ah yes, how wonderful!  The smell of blood and the heat of battle are definitely things that get the blood pumping, wouldn’t you agree?” Emmxett asked, as the two of them reached a stalemate! Ethan gritted his teeth and broke the stalemate by pushing Emmxett back and then delivering a quick Slapshot attack that caught Emmxett off guard! Ethan then used Berserk and kept hacking away at Emmxett, continually damaging him!

 

                “You are sick!  I’m going to put an end to you!” Ethan replied, but Emmxett shook his head at the comment and then bounced back, retaliating against Ethan’s assault and tipping the scales in his favor anew with his own flurry of attacks!

 

                “Oh, that simply won’t do!  Don’t get me wrong, battling you has been most thrilling, but my blade is craving for a specific Keyblade Wielder…and I won’t allow myself to die until after I have slain Dexeres!  So you will not kill me!  In fact, it’ll be the opposite!  Either I end up killing you, or some other circumstance will make this battle won for me!” Emmxett teased, causing Ethan to get even angrier!

 

                “Shut up!!!” Ethan shouted, as he then leapt back, dodging Emmxett’s attacks, and then delivered a Dark Barrage technique!  With this technique, he summoned forth a total of nine dark shockwaves that struck Emmxett in succession!  Emmxett managed to block all the dark shockwaves, but only barely!  This is when Ethan took advantage and delivered a Blazing Sword attack, causing a fiery explosion to emanate the second his attack hit Emmxett!  When he turned around, he noticed that Emmxett had been wounded, and blood was dripping down his left shoulder!  Emmxett took a moment to look at his own wound, and he started to laugh, and applauded Ethan!

 

                “Very good, very good!!!  Your skill is exceptional!  I must say, you’ve done quite a number on me! Well done!” Emmxett congratulated, to which Ethan was stunned!

 

                “I’m using a bit of my more effective power, and yet it doesn’t do anything to him? What the hell’s it gonna take to stop this madman!?” Ethan thought to himself, as he gripped his Keyblade tightly! Then, he looked up at the sky, for he noticed that it started to darken!  Swirling dark clouds covered what little sunlight beamed through the foggy desert clouds of the Keyblade Graveyard, and it seemed as though the clouds were gathering in a specific manner!

 

                “Ah, perfect!  It looks like we’re already at this point in the war!” Emmxett said aloud to himself, to which Ethan caught ear of.

 

                “What do you mean?  You were expecting this?” Ethan asked, as he eyed Emmxett cautiously.

 

                “Yes, we expected it.  It’s a little something, a gift for all of you!  I’m sure you’ll appreciate it!” Emmxett mentioned as he smirked.

 

                “What the hell is he up to…?” Ethan thought to himself, and just then, Ethan felt a sudden woosh pass through him, and when he took notice of what was happening, he saw that Gilgamesh had dashed past him and pierced his Excalibur sword through an unsuspecting Emmxett!  Ethan was relieved that Gilgamesh wasn’t dead, and the two of them stood side by side, as Gilgamesh pulled out his Excalibur from Emmxett! 

 

                “Gyahhh!!! T-that hurts!  That hurts badly!” Emmxett screamed as he coughed up blood and knelt on one knee, supporting himself with his Kuzuri!

 

                “It’s over!  You’re finished!” Ethan said!

 

                “It is time that you depart this world, worthy opponent!” Gilgamesh boasted, albeit feeling a bit weak, as he was injured!  Emmxett just laughed and pointed behind them!

 

                “Well, you could kill me, but I think that there’s something else that you should be doing…” Emmxett expressed, and when Ethan turned around, he saw that a giant portal opened, and fiends were coming out of it!  And when he noticed they were coming their way, he also noticed Trish’s unconscious body on the floor!  His eyes quickly widened, and he felt a sudden pang of fear course through him!

 

                “Sis!!!” Ethan shouted, as he quickly ran towards her!  Gilgamesh turned to face Emmxett, but noticed that he was already gone!

 

                “Hmm, it seems I was mistaken.  You are a cowardly opponent, avoiding a warrior’s death…hmph!” the swordsman said, and then he turned around and followed Ethan to go to Trish’s rescue!

 

                Meanwhile, Dexeres, along with Sora, Donald, Goofy, Vanitas, Kairi, Riku, Dawn, Mickey, Minnie and Tsumugi, were pushing through the enemy army alongside the Dandelions, and they were doing an admirable job of turning the tide in their favor!  The Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed were also helping greatly!  But the heat of battle was definitely taking its toll, as both sides were suffering heavy casualties!  Explosions and magic spells were going berserk left and right, and it seemed as though the Keyblade Graveyard itself was seeping out death and despair!  The death toll was bordering on the tens of thousands!  It became much worse when Jexana’s reinforcements came!  Enemy airships were dotting the darkened sky, and they were raining down destruction!  The entire battlefield became a bombing ground, and everywhere, thousands upon thousands of Dandelions were meeting their deaths!  The enemy withdrew as their reinforcements continued the bombings!  And it didn’t help that on the other side of the battlefield, they had noticed that a giant portal had opened, and fiends were pouring out of it nonstop!

 

                “What is this!?  We’re being surrounded everywhere!  This is getting bad!” Donald panicked, as he looked around them, and saw nothing but enemies heading their way, and their numbers were drawing thin!

 

                “Gwarsh, I agree with Donald, everyone!  This is turning into a very sticky situation!  What are we gonna do!?” Goofy asked!

 

                “We keep on fighting!  We don’t let up, no matter how bad things get!  We’ve already come this far…we won’t back down now!” Sora said encouragingly, trying to raise his friend’s spirits!

 

                “Sora’s right!  We have to stick to this till the very end!  And even if we don’t make it out of here alive and the worlds fall…at least we’ll die trying to save them!  It’s better than doing nothing!” Kairi said, supporting Sora.

 

                “Uh, yeah, hate to break the emotional pep talk, but I don’t think now is the time for such things!” Vanitas mentioned, as he dashed ahead of everyone and delivered a crackling, black and white Thundaga spell that killed a few enemy soldiers that had come their way and had almost struck them!  He then summoned waves upon waves of Unversed and commanded them forward, and they began to maul and decímate the enemy troops!

 

                “Yeah, I get it, we’re here until the end, yada yada. Can we cut the emotional crap and get down to business already?” Vanitas said as he smirked, and then he pushed forward into the enemy lines and started to go into a frenzy, taking out numerous soldiers, Heartless and Unborn with ease!  Dexeres smiled, and he looked at Matthew and Elina, the two Dandelions that were accompanying him.

 

                “Let’s do this!” Dexeres said!  Matthew and Elina nodded, and they quickly charged forward, along with the other Dandelions!  Tsumugi, who hadn’t gotten the chance to get close to Dexeres because of their current predicament, went towards him, and when he saw her, he smiled.

 

                “Are you okay?” he asked.  Tsumugi nodded.

 

                “Yes…if it hadn’t been for your friends…I wouldn’t have made it, so I owe them my life!” she answered.  Dexeres then held Tsumugi’s hand tightly.

 

                “Stay close to me, you hear?” he asked, and she only nodded, and so, the two of them followed Vanitas, and then the others followed suit, as they all remained close together, ensuring that they wouldn’t be flanked!  Riku and Dawn were taking care of things on their left and right, while Kairi and Mickey were handling things behind the group!  Sora, Donald and Goofy were handling the front, and the rest charged forward, decimating the enemy hordes as best as they could!  But even with their best efforts, the toll on their side of things was apparent, as their numbers were steadily decreasing!  The enemy airships going on the bombing raids weren’t of much help, as the Keyblade Wielders and their army had to always keep one eye on the sky, keeping an eye on the falling bombs!

 

                “Push forward, hold nothing back!!!” Dawn shouted, and everyone gave out a courageous battle cry, pushing forward despite the overwhelming odds!

 

                Soon after, they heard the screams of enemy soldiers and a loud, fiery crackle!  When the Keyblade Wielders noticed what was causing the commotion, they saw that it was Maleficent, in her dragon form, rampaging through the battlefield!  She was breathing out fiery flames and blanketing the enemy with the emerald fires of death!  This turned the tide considerably, and soon after, Armored Eraqus blazed through the battlefield with his own Zantetsuken attack, which caused a giant explosion that seemed to have gravitational effects to it, as all enemies that were hit with the attack were forcefully crushed onto the ground!  Guardian Xehanort spread his arms wide open and started firing out red energy discs that followed their targets!  The Heartless and Unborn found it tough to rally together since Guardian Xehanort was constantly blocking them and killing them!

 

                “We are here!  Stand back!” Yen Sid shouted, as he then disappeared then reappeared in front of his friends, and then he cast an enhanced version of Deep Freeze, in which he formed a gigantic ice crystal that took on a wide radius of the battlefield, and then, with a simple swipe of his Keyblade, he broke the ice crystal into millions upon millions of small shards, destroying the enemy instantly!

 

                “Look out!” Alaya shouted, as everyone ducked, and she propelled herself from the ground, leaping up high upwards towards the sky!  And once she was high up, she only continued to propell herself higher with her own energy, appearing as a rocket from everyone else’s point of view!

 

                Alaya only continued to keep on propelling herself upward, and she managed to snag quite a few enemy airships, destroying them as she ripped through them clean like a bullet!  Once she was high enough that everyone in the Keyblade Graveyard seemed the size of ants, she then dove down with incredily high speed and deadly fuel behind her power!  She then started to shout from the top of her lungs, and her Keyblade started to glow like a shooting star!  Then, she became so lightning fast, that when she finally struck the ground, her power was so devastatingly frightening, that she literally caused a giant crater that blew away all manner of enemies that surrounded her!  A massive, forceful shockwave of violent wind blew through all the Keyblade Graveyard, and even the airborne airships were caught in the blast of this attack!  And if that wasn’t enough, beams of light pierced from under the ground upwards, managing to blow up an insanely grand amount of enemy airships!

 

                Everyone else, whom had protected themselves from Alaya’s blast with Protect and Shell spells, were taken aback in awe at her sheer power!  The Dandelions gave out a roaring cheer, and the Keyblade Wielders were relieved!

 

                “That was…incredible!  You came just in the knick of time!” Tsumugi mentioned.

 

                “Don’t be so sure of that!  Look!” Pete pointed out.  He looked exhausted, and apparently, he had been struggling to catch up with Maleficent and the others!  Everyone looked at the direction that Pete was pointing, and they saw that even with the devastating attack that Alaya delivered, more reinforcements were making their way to them!  And what’s more, they were mounted on what seemed to be small, weaponized aerial craft!  And then the air soldiers began flying towards the Keyblade Wielders as well!  To add insult to injury, they also noticed that the enemy was placing giant cannons in a row on a hillside!  The count reached to about ten cannons.  From afar, they looked quite small, but up close, they were probably a considerable size!  And to make matters worse, the fiends that were pouring through the portal seemed to be neverending!

 

                “Fellas, remember, we have to stay strong!” Mickey reassured.

 

                “My friends, I need to ask you all a favor!” Minnie asked of everyone, as they turned their attention towards her.

 

                “Yes?  What is it?” Kairi asked.

 

                “If you can, I plead of you, try to hold the enemy forces off as long as you possibly can!  I’m going to charge up my energy and unleash an attack that should push them back!  But it’s going to take time!” the little queen explained.  Everyone nodded.

 

                “Of course, we’ll protect you, no matter the cost!” one of the Dandelions said.

 

                “Well said, friend.” Dexeres mentioned, and then he turned to Minnie.  “Let’s hope this attack deals a heavy blow to them.  For all our sakes!” he mentioned encouragingly.  Minnie nodded.

 

                “I’ll certainly try my best!” Minnie nodded as she smiled.

 

                At that same moment, Braig and Xion were locked in heated combat!  Xion was outraged, filled with utmost hatred and resentment for Braig!  He was starting to have a hard time trying to keep up with Xion, as her attacks became more powerful and effective with each passing second!  He was even sweating a bit!

 

                “Okay…I think that this time, I may have pushed the wrong buttons on this girl…she’s gonna be the death of me if I’m not careful!  I need to get Kyle’s key…I’m not going to die without getting it!” Braig thought to himself, as he then tried to teleport himself back a ways so that he could have some distance from Xion.  And luckily enough, he made the distance, and now, he started firing off a barage of arrow bullets, firing so many that it seemed as if a lightshow was taking place!

 

                But Xion was unstoppable!  With a fiery look of determination in her face, she simply walked and blocked every single arrow bullet that came her way with her ethereal katanas!  She even managed to deflect many of them back towards Braig, and he was having a hard time dodging!  He then started to fire more concentrated arrow bullets that contained traces of poison, but still, Xion kept blocking, and then it came to the point where all she had to do was get a little bit closer to deal a critical hit!  And so, with a well timed block, she started creating mutliple illusions of herself, and they started to spread all around Braig, surrounding him!  At that point, he grunted and the look on his face indicated he was irritated!

 

                “Well, for a puppet, you aren’t that bad!” Braig commented, to which Xion only replied with silence.

 

                “Okay…that’s a bit unnerving…” Braig thought to himself, and then, he reloaded his arrow guns, but noticed that this wouldn’t get the job done!  “Hmm, I think I got just the trick!” he thought, and then, he transformed his arrow guns into a gunblade!  It looked quite sharp, and the craft and style suited Braig, as it was the same color of his arrow guns, obviously.  He then swung his gunblade and smirked.

 

                “That’s right, no more bullets!  This time we’re going macho on macho!  Or, er, in this case, macho on chica!  Heh, you’re going to regret having ever crossed paths with me back when we were in the Organization…ah yeah, I’ll definitely make you pay!” Braig said.  Then, all of Xion’s illusions charged at Braig at the same time. Surprisingly, he was really good at blocking their attacks!  In fact, it almost seemed unnatural for him to be able to block every single attack!  Every time he did, he took out more and more of Xion’s illusions!  He decapitated them, blew their heads off, sliced them in half, heck, what didn’t he do?

 

                “Heh, this is my way of knowing who’s the real deal…these copies go down too easy…now, if my guess is correct…” he thought to himself, and from the corner of his eye, he noticed Xion heading towards him to deal a fatal blow!

 

                “Heh, gotcha!” Braig said, and as she was about to strike Braig, he pierced his gunblade through her stomach, and in surprise, Xion gasped and coughed up blood!  And she felt a stinging pain coursing through her entire body!  Braig then lifted Xion, stomach pierced and all, higher up, and she was screaming in absolute pain and sheer despair!  Blood started to fall on Braig’s face, and he was enjoying this very much!  He then flung Xion right towards a boulder, and she crashed into it and was now bleeding on the ground!  She wasn’t even able to stand!

 

                “Aw, what’s the matter, poppet?  Aren’t you going to kill me?  Oh, that’s right, I pierced your stomach!  And not only that, but my gunblade had a fine little dose of poison to it, so now, ha, in addition to bleeding out, your whole bloodstream is getting rotten as we speak!  Talk about a sad way for your life to end!  Heh…” Braig teased, as he simply stood above Xion.  She was struggling to stand, and her vision was blurry!  She felt weak, no doubt due to the loss of blood!  She couldn’t even speak, for she was just coughing up blood, and eventually, she moved her hands towards her wound, and she could feel the gash, and she knew it ran deep, as it ran through to her back!

 

                “Bas….tard…” Xion managed to say, as she stumbled and fell to the ground.

 

                “Oh, what’s that?  I can’t hear you!  Could you please speak up?” Braig teased, as he was mocking Xion!  But unaware to him, before he could say anything else, he found himself being choked by Xion, as she had gained a sudden burst of strength!  He was caught by surprise, and Xion looked at him with flaring eyes!

 

                “Bastard!!!!!” she shouted, and immediately, she launched a beam of light that attraced all nearby fiends toward their location!  Then, Xion stabbed her Keyblade through Braig’s stomach!  He shouted and gurgled up blood, and he couldn’t believe what was happening to him!

 

                “If I’m going to die…you’re going to die with me!” Xion said through gritted teeth, as she then gripped Braig’s throat tightly, but making sure not to kill him!

 

                “Nngh, what the hell!!???” Braig exclaimed, trying to breathe!  “What are you doing, are you crazy!?” he asked, as he saw the fiends gathering around them!  From humanoid looking Sahagings, to flying eyebal Evil Eyes, to fearsome, giant, feral Behemoths, they were all gathering, and soon, they were about to feast on both Xion and Braig!

 

                “No!  This can’t be happening!!!” Braig exclaimed, as he literally started to panick!  Xion only ensured to keep Braig close, not letting him go for one second!  The fiends approached closer, and Braig was now panicking to the point he was squirming desperately to get out of Xion’s hold!

 

                “No…no, no!!!  I’m not going to die like this!  You can’t take me down, you can’t kill me! Not after all the hard work I’ve done to survive and come this far!” Braig exclaimed!  Xion then proceeded to place her right palm to the ground, and the ground seemed to be warming up!  Braig looked at Xion, who had her eyes fixed on him, and he gritted his teeth and cursed his luck!

 

                “Damn it, no!  This can’t be how I die!” Braig thought to himself!  He tried to reach for his gunblade, but his reach was far, and when he simply tried to summon it back to him, Xion punched him square in the face, making him lose concentration!

 

                “This is for Roxas…for me, for everyone that ever suffered by your bastard hands!  You’ll finally be rid of this world for good!  And I’ll be the one to make it happen!” Xion said, and with that, she lifted her palm from the ground, and the fiends then charged in, and without even a fight, Xion was swallowed into the sea of fiends!  Braig was now free from her hold, but he couldn’t even go anywhere, for the fiends were on top of him as well!  As he tried fighting off hungry Sahagins, from the corner of his eye, he could see Xion being ripped apart, limb by limb! Wendigo fiends pried at her arms and ate them, while the smaller fiends struggled to fight for scraps!  Even though he wasn’t in a particularly cozy spot, he smirked and enjoyed the fact that Xion was being swallowed whole by fiends!  But then he felt large claws pierce through him!

 

                “Nngh, no!” Braig groaned, as he saw an infernal Ifrit, which had pierced its claws through him!  He tried desperately to get out of the Ifrit’s claws, but the more he struggled, the more it hurt!  He then looked at his gunblade, which was a short distance off, and he concentrated once more, and was able to summon it to his hand!  When it did appear in his hand, he chopped off the Ifrit’s arm, and even though he was now free and on the ground, the claws were stil inside him!  He quickly pulled the severed arm out, but it caused him excrutiating pain!  He knelt on one knee, but before he could even catch his breath, numerous Zombie fiends were clobbering him, attempting to eat him alive!  Braig struggled and kicked and punched and slashed his way through the Zombie fiends, and then he leapt back and gave himself time to breathe, even though his body was quite damaged!

 

                “I won’t…die here!!!” Braig said to himself aloud, and with that, he reverted his gunblade into his arrow guns, and he started to shoot off an intense volley of bullet arrows, wiping out the fiends efficiently!  But it wasn’t long until a Leviathan headed his way!  As it did, it brought forth a huge Tsunami it had summoned by itself, and it was threatening to drown Braig!  But he charged up his arrow gun, and with focused aim, he fired a concentrated shot that pierced through the Leviathan’s head, killing it instantly!

 

                “Heh, that’s the way to go!” Braig smirked, but then he was suddenly petrified!  “Huh…what?” he asked, feeling stiff as a log!  From the corner of his eye, he saw that an Evil Eye had paralyzed him!

 

                “Damn it!!!” Braig exclaimed!  He was about to break free, but the Zombie fiends came back again, and now, they were starting to eat him alive!  They were eating his arms slowly, and his neck was already quite damaged from all the gnawing the Zombies were doing!  Braig screamed in pain, and he couldn’t believe this was happening to him!  From the corner of his eye, he saw that Xion was completely ravaged!  Everything was just one big red mess, and he couldn’t tell if her body was splattered on the floor, or if the fiends had already eaten her up!  Then, he started to feel a warmness at his feet!  When he looked down, he noticed it was the same spot Xion had placed her palm on, and as more fiends gathered to feast on him, his feet got warmer!  Then, small beams of light started to crack from under the ground upwards!  Braig clenched his teeth.

(End Song Here)

 

                “That little…” but before he could even finish, his thoughts were made blank, as everything turned to white, and the ground beneath him gave way, and a giant Magnega spell was cast aloft, pulling in all the fiends that were in the surrounding area!  When they were all forcefully gathered together, a giant implosion took place, and all the fiends were crushed by each other due to the powerful implosion, and Braig went down with all the fiends!  After the implosion died down, the part of the battlefield where the fiends had been was now barren, even more lifeless than it already was!

 

                Xion had sacrificed herself to kill Braig…and she died a hero…

 

(Start Song Here)

                From that moment, all the Keyblade Wielders looked at the direction of the implosion, and all of them felt a sudden heavyness in their hearts.  Like if someone had pierced through their heart in the most cruel of ways!  They all instnantly thought and feared for the worst for Xion!  They had held off the enemy as best as they could, and Minnie unleashed the attack she had been charging up!  It was a powerful sphere of light that divided itself and multiplied into billions of light butterflies, the attack dispersing throughout the entire battlefield!  Instantly, the enemy was obliterated by this powerful attack, and for just a moment, the Keyblade Wielders felt frozen in place!  Something happened to Xion, they thought.  At that, everyone headed towards the site of the implosion, and they pushed through the  reinforcing enemy lines as fast as they could!  They all felt the heavy feeling of loss…they all knew that Xion died…and the worst thing was, none of them were by her side when she died…

 

                Ethan and Gilgamesh were fighting off the hordes of fiends that had come their way, and they too, felt a sudden heavyness in their hearts!  Ethan cursed under his breath multiple times, and Gilgamesh remained silent, and the two of them stood firm and battled the fiends, protecting Trish from them!  She was still unconscious, but Ethan had cast a Curaga spell on her, so hopefully, she would come to soon.  But in the meantime, they had to protect her!  But both Ethan and Gilgamesh were wounded, and they were struggling just to keep themselves on their feet!

 

                “Stay strong, Gilgamesh, we’ll make it through this, I know we will!” Ethan said as he shot out a powerful Aeroga spell that whisked away many Cait Sith fiends that were getting near them!

 

                “We shall push through…we shall be conquerors!” Gilgamesh shouted, and the two of them gave their all to protect Trish!  Ethan started shooting out powerful lances made out of darkness, and Gilgamesh sprouted his extra arms!  “Gilgamesh Morphing Time!!!” he shouted, and he quickly equipped eight Excaliburs, and he started to deal fatal damage to all the fiends that were surrounding them!  He delivered powerful Hurricane and Rocket Punch attacks, and he swiped many foes away with his Death Claw attack as well!  He managed to kill a multitude of fiends, but many more of them came!  Ethan looked back and saw the portal where they were endlessly coming from!

 

                “Gilgamesh, we need to close that portal somehow!  Otherwise, these things will never stop coming through!” Ethan suggested, as he delivered a wide radius shockwave attack that killed multiple fiends!  The swordsman looked at the portal then looked at him and nodded.

 

                “Right you are, my friend!  But we cannot leave Trish here, so we must wait until she wakes to go towards the portal in hopes of closing it!” Gilgamesh said.

 

                “Right, then let’s keep going at it!” Ethan said, and the two of them continued to hold their own against the increasing number of fiends!  They fought back to back and side to side, and on numerous occassions, the fiends almost reached Trish, but Ethan and Gilgamesh never allowed them to lay their claws on her!  They were steadily receiving fatal damage with each minute that passed!  Soon, Gilgamesh’s armor started to crack, and Ethan knelt on one knee, feeling utmost exhaustion!  Ethan glanced back at Trish, and then, with sheer willpower, he stood up once more, and he prepared to battle anew!

 

                “I’ll protect you, sis…don’t you worry about that!” he said to himself, as he then summoned three dark obs and placed them around Trish, and the orbs fired off beams of darkness and lasers that prevented the fiends from getting close!  Ethan took this opportunity to cast Curaga on himself and on Gilgamesh, but even with the effects of the spell, their wounds weren’t going to heal that easily.  True, their strength was renewed, but their bodies were reaching their limit!

 

                “Remember, push forward, my friend!  Push forward!” Gilgamesh continuosly said, trying to keep Ethan on his feet!

 

                “I will Gilgamesh…I will!  We will!” Ethan replied, and the two of them delivered a flurry of swords strikes and devastating spells that leveled the battlefield around them!  Hundreds upon thousands of fiends were obliterated, and for a moment, Ethan and Gilgamesh were able to rest.  A few minutes later, Trish finally got to her feet, and when she realized where she was, and when she saw Ethan and Gilgamesh, she panicked and ran towards them!

 

                “Oh God, Ethan!  Gilgamesh!  The two of you…you’re badly hurt!” she said, as she saw their wounds!  Ethan smiled of relief and simply hugged Trish, and he softly leant himself on her, as he felt weak.

 

                “Thank God you’re okay…sis.” he whispered softly.  Trish hugged him tightly and began to cry.

 

                “Ethan…” she whispered.  She then pulled in Gilgamesh for a hug as well, and the two of them embraced, and Gilgamesh remained silent.

 

                “Guys…we have to make it out of this!  Come on, we have to go before you two get hurt worse!” Trish said, but Ethan and Gilgamesh remained in place.

 

                “Guys…?” she asked.

 

                “We must destroy that portal over there that is bringing the fiends towards this battlefield…otherwise, we stand a much smaller chance of surviving!  We barely had any chance before, but if we do not take care of the fiends for good, we shall have no chance at all!” Gilgamesh explained!

 

                “Alright, then I’ll come with you!  I’ll help you destroy the portal!” Trish said.  Ethan remained silent for a moment, and then he seemed as though he was going to say something, but instead, he just smiled and nodded.

 

                “Right, then you’ll come with us…now let’s go!” Ethan said, and the three of them began to run towards the portal, taking out as many fiends as they could!

 

                The Keyblade Wielders were desperately plowing through the enemy forces, trying their best to reach the spot where the implosion had taken place!  As they slashed through Heartless and Unborn, they finally came upon the site that had been witness to Xion’s last act!  They saw that on that part of the battlefield, nothing was standing, no one was alive.  All that could be seen was ash, no doubt the remains of Jexana’s troops and the fiends that had been lurking.  As they ran through the barren field, they saw something on the ground!  When Mickey ran forth and saw what it was, he immediately bowed his head and clenched his fists, and he began to cry softly.  The others followed him, and when they saw what he had seen, it seemed as though they had all frozen in place!  They were shocked…they couldn’t believe it yet…they were grief-struck.  For now, the enemy was regrouping, so they had only a small amount of time to grief for their friend!

 

                “That idiot…she really had to go and do something so reckless…?  Just, why?” Vanitas asked in disbelief!

 

                “Is that…? Tsumugi asked, but didn’t finish.

 

                “She’s dead…I…I can’t believe it!” Dexeres said, his voice breaking…

 

                “She suffered so much…she went through so much pain and agony in the time she lived…and when she lost Roxas, it became so much worse…but now this?  After all that suffering, all that she was rewarded with was death?” Mickey questioned, feeling guilt for not being able to do anything to stop her death!

 

                And what the Keyblade Wielders had seen was Xion’s Keyblade, stabbed into the ground.  But not only that…a little further ahead, they could see a splatter of dried blood…blood that was as crimson as it could be!  And upon closer inspection, they saw something, apparently something that Xion had kept as a memento to always keep Roxas in her heart…his necklace.  The Keyblade Wielders began to cry, and the heavyness in their hearts became full on pain and despair.  They had grief, sadness, anger and hatred in their hearts, hatred for the fact that this war had taken another of their dear friends!

 

                “She died to save us all…and none of us were by her side…” Riku said, looking down.

 

                “I…I just can’t believe it…” Dawn uttered, feeling her hands tremble!

 

                Kairi gripped her Keyblade tightly and gritted her teeth.  Her eyes flared with sorrow and anger!  She then immediately turned around, and she saw the Dandelions, who remained silent, looking at the Keyblade Wielders.  The Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed all remained still.  Kairi then slowly walked past them, and as she continued to walk, she felt her heartbeat skip faster!  She then began to sprint…and then she began to run, gripping her Keyblade with her two hands!

 

                “For Xion!!!!!” she shouted as a triumphant battle cry!

 

                Within just seconds, the army of light gave out a triumphant battle cry, and they all ran behind Kairi, plunging into battle anew beside her!  The enemy was still regrouping, and they were caught by surprise as Kairi and the rest charged at them with furious and powerful ferocity!  They eventually reached Dragon Maleficent, Yen Sid, Alaya and the others, and they pushed onwards, marauding the enemy hordes into obliteration!

 

                Kairi used Warp Raid and decimated numerous Heartless and Unborn in one swoop, and then she shot forth multiple light shockwaves, cutting through the enemy in less than nothing! Sora, Donald and Goofy performed their Trinity Limit, consuming the enemy forces in blinding light!  Riku and Dawn combined their powers and summoned forth giant twilit scythes and started to swing them in rhythm, swiping out hordes upon hordes of foes!  Dexeres and Tsumugi summoned forth an infinite volley of twilit swords, and rained them down upon all enemies!  Mickey and Minnie combined their powers to cast multiple Pearl spells and even unleashed a technique of theirs, Unified Light, in which the two of them became blinding orbs of light and pierced through the enemy forces like shooting stars!  Vanitas plowed through Jexana’s forces with a dark rendition of Sonic Blade, making sure to drive the enemy into the ground hard!  His pure hatred and sense of loss created multiple, powerful Unversed, and then he melded with all the Unversed he had summoned and became a giant Unversed Titan!  It’s arms spouted out infinite Floods, Scrappers and Bruisers, and all other manner of Unversed!  Vanitas’s sorrow was palpable, and he was letting out his raw emotion onto the battlefield!

 

                The Dandelions felt this emotion, and they too, gave it their all, and like a stampede of fearful might, they trampled the enemy, consuming them as they charged through the battlefield!

 

                They all fought…they fought for a friend who gave her life for them…and they knew they could never repay the favor…

(End Song Here)

 

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Xion has fallen, and with her passing, a great and terrible tragedy has befallen our heroes!  They now charge into battle, to win this war for their fallen friend, and to live for her as best as they can!  But how long can they hold?  The enemy just keeps coming!  Will they be able to turn the tide in their favor?  Or is it only a matter of time before they run out of strength?  Stay tuned for Chapter Forty Five: Owari-Part 5 Of 10: “Turning Point, The Keys Of Balance!”

 

So yeah...that just happened!  I bet you didn't see that coming, huh?  But yeah, it is what it is!  So then, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter!  Honestly, it was a tough decision for me to kill off Xion!  But in the end, I wanted her to die a hero's death, ya know?  Saving the people she loves by making the ultimate sacrifice! I'm guessing you didn't expect that to happen, huh?  But yeah, as always, thank you very much for your patience and support, and as always, please be sure to comment on what you thought of tonight's chapter!  Well then, until next time, stay tuned for the next one!

Darn.... This is intense....

Oh what gore and blood and sentimentality! So sad Xion was lost and her Keyblade became like the millions before her. Now the gang uses that sorrow properly as fuel. I must say, you seemed to have taken notes and pointers from me on writing bloody and gory battles.

 

Knights of Yggdrasil, I believe it's your cue to enter now.

XIOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To KHLegend III, indeed, it is very intense!

 

To KingdomHearts3, yes, Xion suffered a cruel fate, but she gave her life for her friends, and in the end, she was able to go in peace, ya know? And yeah, haha, I admit that your stories have served as inspiration for the gore present in this story!

 

To Keyblade101, I KNOW, RIGHT!?

 

Hey there everyone, and good evening!  I hope that you’re all doing okay!  So then, we’ve reached the midway point of the finale!  Only five more chapters to go, and this story shall be over!  Are you all hanging on the edge of your seats so far!?  Are you excited!?  Well, things are about to get even more insane, so prepare yourselves and buckle your seatbelts!  Enjoy the ride!

 

Chapter Forty Five: Owari-Part 5 Of 10: Turning Point, The Keys Of Balance!

 

(Start Song Here)

                Now things had gotten to a point where the Keyblade Wielders were unleashing the full might of their power!  They had already suffered countless losses at the hands of the enemy, and each loss they had affected them deeply!  The Dandelions, whom had come back to the world of the living only to fight and die, were indeed dying by the thousands!  It was a miserable sight!  The Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed were also facing many losses, and these creatures gave their all to help Sora and the others…they gave their lives out of their strong loyalty to their friends!

 

                And Xion…her death struck the Keyblade Wielders the closest, mostly due to the fact that all of them had known her for such a long time!  She had lived such a troubled life, and when things were finally getting better for her, she was steeped in despair once more!  They knew she had a hard life, but they expected her to live through this!  They weren’t prepared for her death!  It was something they were still coming to grips with!

 

                For Kairi, she felt like she lost a part of herself, for indeed, Xion was once only a  puppet fabricated from Sora’s memories of her, so in a sense, Xion was Kairi!  Xion had become her own person, and Kairi admired and respected her, and she cared for her deeply!  The fact that she was now dead only fueled Kairi’s despair, and she let out her frustration and sorrow on the enemy, reducing them to ashes with a powerful Megaflare spell!  She then summoned Bahamut, and the mighty dragon quickly flew upwards and soared down on the battlefield, swooping the enemy off their feet and flinging them everywhere!  Bahamut battled just as fiercely as Kairi!

 

                Sora, Donald and Goofy just hacked away at the enemy hordes!  Sora felt a part of his heart break, for he had saved Xion back when Xehanort was aiming to recreate the Keyblade War, and when he, Donald and Goofy had found the Key To Return Hearts, they had restored her body, and she had become her own person!  Of course, after that, no one knew what had happened to her, since she had decided to travel the worlds, but at some point, she disappeared.  And through some strange twist of fate, everyone had forgotten her again!  When she came back but was under Xylek’s control, things were tough.  But once they were able to liberate her, she had devoted herself to being there for her friends! And when she had returned, it’s as if she had never left!  So the fact that she died made Sora feel immense sadness!  Donald and Goofy had become good friends with her, and they too, suffered in silence, letting their weapons talk for them!  They pushed through Jexana’s troops and a great number of Heartless and Unborn!

 

                Riku felt troubled, angered, saddened and steeped in despair!  He remembered when he had encountered Xion, back when she was in the Organization!  Even though he had known her a little while, he had formed a connection with her!  And when she was back with them, they were good friends, and Riku was happy that Xion was able to be her own person!  But seeing her life get destroyed, and for her life to end on this miserable battlefield…it made Riku angry!  He channeled his darkness and released a powerful dark aura that resonated as a giant pulse wave that took out any enemies nearby!  Dawn complemented Riku’s power with her own, summoning pillars of light and scattering them all over the battlefield, taking out dozens upon dozens upon thousands of enemies, her fury apparent!  She had grown to have a bond with Xion, and her death certainly affected her as well.  She and Riku both unleashed great power as they channeled their sorrow!

 

                Mickey and Minnie darted through the battlefield, delivering an almost endless barrage of powerful spells, followed by increasingly powerful techniques in which they unleashed powerful beams of light that splintered into giant birds of light that rained down on the enemy’s forces like hail!  Mickey and Minnie both knew Xion well, and they were always thinking about her, always caring for her.  Mickey was there for Xion when she had lost Roxas, and he knew how hard that had been for her.  And now to feel this loss, the king and queen felt their hearts weaken out of sadness.  But they kept strong, and they pushed on, and they constantly went to their friends to heal them with Curaga, and then resumed battling the enemy!

 

                Dexeres summoned forth thousands of Nobodies, and each one came out stronger, and they plowed through the battlefield, blanketing the enemy forces and obliterating them!  Dexeres himself had summoned a thousand twilit blades, and he was firing them forth like machine gun fire, shredding any foe that stood in his way!  He, more than anyone, understood Xion!  He understood the pain of loss she had felt when she lost Roxas, for it was the same sense of loss that he felt when he lost Tsumugi. He knew the pain Xion had went through, and he knew that it had taken her a long time to pick herself up back together!  And now, just when she was fighting alongside them, her life came to an abrupt stop! Dexeres knew this wasn’t fair, and he wasn’t going to stand for it!  And so, he ruthlessly killed many enemies, letting out his rage and frustration!

 

                Tsumugi had only just gotten to know Xion, but she had established a friendship with her, and losing this new friend made her feel horrible…and she knew the only way she could be able to stop herself from feeling even worse was by concentrating on battle!  She pushed forward with Dexeres, and the two of them fought side by side!  She used her fists and legs, delivering powerful punches and kicks that delivered quite the intense amount of damage upon the enemy forces!

 

                And Vanitas…Vanitas looked like a beast that had been unleashed from hell!  His anger, his sorrow, his suffering turned him into a giant beast, as he had merged with an infinite amount of Unversed he had summoned!  He was a giant Unversed beast, so tall that everyone on the battlefield seemed like mere ants!  He swooped down his right arm and created a giant gash on the ground below with his clawed hand, causing millions of enemies to fall to their doom!  And just as he was stomping upon the enemy, millions of aerial Heartless, Unborn and soldiers took to the skies, and they tried to pin Vanitas down, but he only unleashed streams of black lightning, which crackled all along the skyline and around him!  And just like that, many enemies fell down to the ground, swatted like flies!  Jexana’s troops gazed in alarm as they saw Vanitas destroying so many of them!  Vanitas hated the fact that Xion had died at the hands of the enemy, and he ensured himself he’d get revenge!

 

                “That thing’s a demon!  It’s killing us all!” one of the soldiers said, as she ran away in panic!

 

                “Come back here, we can’t retreat!” one of the commanders shouted!  The soldier turned around and looked at Vanitas coming towards them!

 

                “You stay here and die if you want to, ma’am, but I’m not going to let myself die here!” the soldier said, and she quickly turned tail and ran like mad!

 

                “Coward!!!” the commander shouted, but as she turned around to face the Dandelions and the Keyblade Wielders, she came face to face with Vanitas, whom had completely lowered himself so he could see her eye to eye!  She noticed that under his hands and feet, numerous soldiers had been squashed!  The commander put on a brave face, and she tried to seem composed and not scared at all!

 

                “Heh, you think you’re so high and mighty, huh?  Well, many of your friends have died, so I’m satisfied that I could take part in their killing!” the soldier tried to tease, but Vanitas, whose face was completely the form of a Flood’s, twisted itself, and he now had sharp fangs that looked like lances, and his eyes gleamed a deadly red!  His head raised itself a bit, and in just a few seconds, he simply ate the commander and then spat her out!

 

                “Filthy wretch!” Vanitas bellowed in a deep tone!  He then stood up and glanced back, as he felt Jexana’s troops shooting him with arrows and cannonfire!  Vanitas then turned around, and the enemy soldiers stopped in their tracks!  “Die!” Vanitas roared, and with one punch to the ground, he caused an enormous earthquake that made the enemy lose balance, and then numerous cracks opened on the ground, and once the enemy fell through them, they slammed shut, crushing the enemy inside!

 

                And even though the Keyblade Wielders were giving their all, the enemy was redoubling their efforts, and with the fiends coming out of the portal, things weren’t exactly going their way just yet!  It was still an even battle, with one side taking over the other, but then the other side taking back control!  It was a restless tug of war!  The Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed became more aggressive, and soon, the Nobodies started to merge together to form hybrids of their species, like a Berserker mixed with a Samurai, and a Dancer mixed with a Dusk!  Hybrid Spirits included a mix between a Tyranto Rex and a Skelterwild and an Eaglider mixed with an Electricorn!  Hybrid Unversed included mixes of Floods with Bruisers and Archravens mixed with Shoegazers!  They wreaked havoc on the Heartless and Unborn, and the battlefield was like a fog of darkness!

 

                As the chaos ensued, Ethan, Trish and Gilgamesh ran towards the portal, and they took out any enemies standing in their way!  They were getting closer, but as they got closer, they found themselves battling increasingly powerful fiends!  Then it came to the point where they had to avoid fighting some fiends altogether, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to get to the portal due to battling the fiends!  At one point, Ethan, Trish and Gilgamesh stopped as they ascended a small hill!  They were just a short distance away from the portal, and they made sure to hide just as far off as they could so the fiends wouldn’t find them!  Ethan panted, and then he turned around and looked at the portal.  It remained open, with countless fiends coming out of it!  Many elemental fiends, such as fiery Bombs and gelatinous elemental Flans were coming out, and the Flans were casting spells while the Bombs did suicide bombings all over the battlefield!

 

                “This is bad!  That portal is way too big!  How are we going to destroy it?” Trish asked, as she looked at the portal.

 

                “That is indeed the question!  But I believe that your brother may have the answer!” Gilgamesh spoke.  Trish then turned to Ethan, who remained looking at the portal.

 

                “Ethan?  Do you have a plan?” she asked.  Ethan nodded, and slightly clenched his fists.

 

                “Yeah…I’ve got a plan.  It’s a dangerous one, probably more of a gamble than a plan, but I feel in my heart that it’s our best shot right now…” he answered.

 

                “So…what is the plan?” Trish asked, now feeling a bit nervous with Ethan’s words.

 

                “The plan…” Ethan trailed off, but then regained focus and looked at Trish. “…is to go head on into the portal, and cast a powerful enough spell that’ll make it implode, forcing it to close.  That’s how we get rid of the fiend problem…” he answered.

 

                “B-but that’s crazy!  Not only is that too dangerous, it could get you—“ Trish was saying, but then stopped.  “You’re planning to sacrifice yourself, aren’t you…?” she asked, her voice now breaking, as she slowly backed away.  Ethan’s face darkened, and Gilgamesh remained silent.

 

                “N-no…I won’t have it!  I’m not going to lose you, not when you’ve come back to me!” Trish protested, clenching her fists tightly and holding back her tears!  “You can’t expect me to let you get away with this!” she said.  Ethan just remained silent, and then he and Gilgamesh ran towards the fiends, to which Trish was caught off guard!

 

                “H-hey, come back here, I’m not finished with you!” Trish shouted, as she followed them, and they began to battle the fiends that had now taken notice of them!

 

                Numerous bombs tried to blow up near them, but Trish put up a Reflega barrier that made the explosion backfire and hurt the fiends instead!  The Elemental Flans were quite a bit of trouble to take down, since they were resistant to phsyical attacks!  So the three of them opted for magic spells, which resulted in the better tactic!  Once the Flans were out of the way, they kept pushing onwards, though they faced quite the powerful set of fiends!  Now, a whole pack of bestial Behemoths was heading towards them!  And from behind them, Goblins with shortswords and bows and arrows were getting ready to lay their assault as well! 

 

                “I have an idea!” Gilgamesh shouted!  He then grabbed Ethan and Trish and put them over his shoulders.  “Hang on!” he shouted, and with that, he pushed himself upwards and leapt up high, just as a Goblin had fired an arrow where they were!  But the arrow instead pierced through a Behemoth’s eye, and it roared in pain!  The Goblins now froze, for they had realized that one of their own allies was hurt because of them!  The Behemoth and its pack made no attempt to just stand there, and they quickly trampled all over the Goblins and ate them!

 

                “Huh, you made them turn against one another.  Clever!” Ethan said.

 

                “Well, I have battled countless opponents and creatures over the years, so I have experience!  Now then, let us proceed to our goal!” Gilgamesh said, as he then landed near a small maze of rock!  They went inside, and Trish quickly put up a barrier so that the fiends wouldn’t follow them!  Gilgamesh had already seen the layout of the maze from when he was high up in the air, so he led the way through the maze, while Ethan and Trish followed!

 

                “It is better I not jump high up again, lest we attract even more fiends to our position!  And we are very close to the portal now, so we need to have as few delays as possible!” the swordsman explained.

 

                “Understood.” Ethan said.  And so, they quietly walked through the maze, and all the while, they remained silent.  Trish, in particular, was awfully quiet!  Ethan probably guessed why.  It was because of the plan he had fabricated to destroy the portal.  He knew that she hated the idea, but he knew there was no other way to go about it!  Not without putting everyone else at risk!  He knew he had to do this!

 

                “We’ll find out a way to destroy the portal without having to risk your lives…you hear that?” Trish whispered to the two.  Ethan and Gilgamesh glanced back, and they looked at her, but said nothing.  And suddenly, they felt a sudden sting in their hearts, almost as if they had been stung with…despair.  They all looked at each other grimly.

 

                “Guys…what was that just now?” Trish asked.

 

                “I don’t know…but I feel as if…one of our close friends has…died.” Ethan answered.

 

                “Could it be…?” Gilgamesh thought, but was then cut short, as they all heard a sudden sound!

(End Song Here)

 

                “Get down!” Ethan whispered urgently, and they all crouched, and above, they could see a fiend sniffing around and about!  It seemed to be blind, for even though it was right above them, it didn’t see them!  Or perhaps it wasn’t interested in them?  Whatever the case, it was best not to stick around to find out!  And so, the three continued to push forward, until they found the exit to the maze, and now, they were just a few feet away from the portal!  It looked even bigger up close than from far away, and many fiends were pouring out of it endlessly!  Gilgamesh, Ethan and Trish were hiding behind a cluster of large boulders, and they observed how the fiends kept coming through the portal!

 

                “This is going to be rough…” Ethan whispered.

 

                “But we’ll do it…I know we will!” Trish said.  They all still felt that lingering feeling of despair hanging over them, but they hoped it was just a bad feeling, and that nothing serious had happened!  She then glanced back and looked toward the battlefield, and her heart  pounded when she thought of Ventus and Kyle!  “Please…stay alive!” she thought, and then she turned around and saw the portal, open wide and spewing out fiends like wildfire!

 

(Start Song Here)

                And speaking of Ventus and Kyle, they were locked in combat with Jexana, as thunder started to boom over them!  Jexana was attacking with raw fury, summoning forth powerful dark chain whips, and she flailed them violently to keep distance between her and them!  She was obviously trying her best not to hurt Ventus, but she was doubling her efforts to destroy Kyle!  But the two Keyblade Wielders were formidable, and they kept up with Jexana’s wild attacks!  But as they battled, they could feel a certain air of sadness…immediately, they knew that something was wrong!  They glanced at each other quickly, but due to the battle at hand, they weren’t able to put their thoughts into action, so they would have to think later!

 

                “You will never understand, Ventus, my love!  You will never understand as long as you’re with these imbeciles!  But I’ll rectify that soon enough!  You’ll see!” Jexana shouted, as she delivered a spinning vortex attack with her chain whips, causing Kyle to be flung back, while Ventus only got slightly stung!  Again, an attempt on Jexana’s part to not hurt him!

 

                “He’s never going back to you!  Get that through your head!” Kyle shouted!

 

                “Jexana, it’s over!  We’re going to stop you, here and now!” Ventus said, as the two charged forward and attempt to do a joint Flame Salvo attack! But Jexana interrupted them with a powerful Waterga spell, drenching them and forcefully pushing them down to the rock pillar they were standing on previously!

 

                “Ventus…you’ll see.  In just a matter of moments, it’ll be time to set things right. Finally, after all this time, all my hard work and sacrifice will have shown its fruit!  You’ll see!” Jexana said, as she looked up at the sky and extended her hand upwards!  The clouds were swirling, and loud thunder was resonating all over the battlefield!

 

                “Hey, keep your eyes on the battle at hand!” Raxon shouted, as he shot Jexana in the arm!  Jexana grunted in pain, and then she looked back, and noticed Raxon and Sky standing on another stone pillar across from her!

 

                “We’ve got a score to settle…” the pirate said with gritted teeth!

 

                “Yeah, you’ll pay for what you did to Raxon, kupo!” Sky said!  Jexana scoffed and chuckled.

 

                “I have no time for your foolish games, pirate!  You’re quest for vengeance will have to be put on hold!  There are more important things that I must attend to, if you don’t mind!” Jexana said, as she turned to face Ventus and Kyle.  Raxon then shot Jexana through the stomach, and she shouted in pain once the bullet shot through her!

 

                “Don’t you dare turn your back on me!  I’ve been waiting a long time for this!  Not only did you take away my hand…you destroyed my life!  You burned my home to the ground, and you left me with nothing!  I’ve been waiting all these years, getting stronger and honing my skills, so that I can make you pay for taking everything I loved!  So say goodbye, witch!” Raxon said, as he prepared to load another bullet!  Jexana gritted her teeth angrily and then disappeared then reappeared behind Sky, and she grabbed the little moogle by the throat, and squeezed tight!

 

                “Ack!!!  R-Raxon!!!!” Sky desperately tried to say, but his voice was being snuffed out by Jexana!

 

                “No!!!  Don’t you dare hurt him!” Raxon said, his eyes now flared up!  His hands were trembling, and his body was shaking!  She had Sky now!

 

                “Don’t you dare try to kill me, you stupid pirate!” Jexana enunciated, and she then transformed one of her chain whips into a dark blade, and she pierced it through Raxon’s stomach, causing him to fall to the ground, shocked!  He coughed out blood and felt a strong surge of pain when Jexana removed the dark blade from his stomach! 

 

                “N-no!!!” Sky said, as tears rolled down his cheeks!

 

                “Let that serve as a lesson to you…so that you don’t—“ Jexana began to say, but then felt a sudden pain course through her!  When she looked down, she noticed Ventus and Kyle’s Keyblades pierced through her stomach!  She opened her mouth wide in shock, and then she saw Raxon and Sky dissipate before their very eyes!  Then she saw them alongside Ventus and Kyle, and the pirate smirked!

 

                “You didn’t think I would go down that easy, eh?  I mean, revenge can’t escape me, so I’m not going to die without seeing you suffer!” Raxon explained.

 

                “B-but how!?” Jexana demanded!  Raxon pointed to Sky.

 

                “Illlusion magic, courtesy of Sky here!” Raxon answered.

 

                “That’s right!  Did you really think I’d leave myself exposed to you attacking me, Jexana?  What a silly woman, kupo!” the little moogle chuckled.  Ventus and Kyle remained with serious faces, their Keyblades still pierced through Jexana’s stomach.  She started to shed tears, for the fact that Ventus had pierced his Keyblade through her!  She then unleashed a powerful aura that knocked back Ventus, Kyle, Raxon and Sky, and the Keyblades were removed from her stomach!  She was bleeding excessively, and her skin was turning a deathly pale, but still, she was not dying!  Raxon was shocked by this, as was Sky! But Ventus and Kyle weren’t as shocked, for they knew she wouldn’t go down that easy!

 

                Jexana withdrew from them, and she levitated in midair!  She was now heading upwards, and her blood was dripping down to the battlefield below!  It seemed as though she was already dead…but an undeniable and sheer sense of willpower prevented her from dying!  Then, the clouds above started to disperse, and a blue ray of light shone down over the battlefield, to which Jexana smirked!  Ventus immediately opened his eyes in shock, for he recognized this blue light!  When he looked up, he saw the heart shaped moon!  Kingdom Hearts!  Or, at the very least, a fabrication of it!  But then, why did seeing it make Ventus feel so full of dread?  Was it because of past memories?  Or because of the fact Jexana smiled as if she had won?

 

                “The time is almost here…and no one can stop what’s about to happen!  You’ll all bow down and then die!  And I will get Ventus back!” Jexana said, and the Keyblade Wielders noticed how her body began to heal automatically!  Her wounds were sealing shut, and her skin was now more lively!  Ventus gritted his teeth, and Kyle cursed under his breath!  This wasn’t good!

 

                “Hmm, I think I’ll go and get some added assistance…” Jexana thought, as she then headed towards the portal where the fiends were coming out!  Ventus, Kyle, Raxon and Sky quickly followed her, hot in pursuit!

 

                “Guys, she’s heading to that portal!  Who knows what’ll happen now!?” Kyle exclaimed!

 

                “I don’t know…but we have to get to her so that she doesn’t get even more power!” Ventus said, as they transformed their Keyblades into their Keyblade Gliders!  Raxon did so as well, his Glider actually taking the form of wings that strapped themselves onto him!  He flew alongside Ventus and Kyle, and Sky soared above them, looking at Jexana, who was getting closer to the portal!  Then, the little moogle noticed something!

 

                “Guys, I think that those are some of our friends, kupo!” Sky mentioned as he pointed down!  They all looked down and noticed Ethan, Gilgamesh and Trish battling the hordes of fiends that were charging at them!

 

                “Mom’s down there, and Ethan and Gilgamesh too!  We have to help them!” Kyle said.  Ventus and Raxon nodded.

 

                “Right, then let’s reach them before they get overrun!” Raxon said, and with that, they sped up their flying, in the hopes they’d reach their friends in time!

 

                The Dandelions were pushing through, despite the heavy losses they had suffered!  The Keyblade Wielders fought alongside them, and Dragon Maleficent, Pete, Armored Eraqus, Guardian Xehanort, Yen Sid and Alaya soon joined up with them as well, and they were carving a path through the Keyblade Graveyard!  It was a difficult trek, but they were doing all in their power to ensure the tide of war would be in their favor!  The Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed helped greatly, as they defended the flanks, and they ensured no enemies would get close enough to stop their assault!

 

                “Stand fast, my friends!  We shall make the enemy rue the day they ever decided to wage war!” Alaya triumphantly shouted, to which everyone gave a triumphant battle cry!

 

                The enemy was increasing their ferocity, as now Jexana’s troops were mounting heavy laser cannons, and they started firing off heavy explosive rounds that were chipping off at the Dandelions by significant chunks!  Spellcasters also ensured to cast traps and protective spells to defend themselves from the onslaught of the Keyblade Wielders!  The Heartless and Unborn were charging like a stampede, and the fiends were coming from everywhere!

 

                “Maleficent!!!” Sora shouted, and she insantly flapped her wings and slowly levitated off the ground, the gusts of wind from her wing flaps blowing the enemy away!

 

                She soared high up and gave out a deafening roar that chilled the enemy to their core!  When she landed, an enormous shockwave resonated, and it pierced thorugh the enemy’s defenses, and then she spouted out her emerald flames, melting down the cannons that the enemy had put in place!  But now, things were starting to get even more complex, as thousands upon thousands of Shadow Heartless were swarming together!  They soon seemed connected, and they all moved as if they were one giant being!  This was their Devil’s Wave attack!  The Shadows stormed down on Dragon Maleficent, managing to stop her rampage!  But Guardian Xehanort unleashed powerful dark slashes that ripped the Devil’s Wave apart, and Armored Eraqus delivered a flurry of quick attacks that finished off the Shadows insantly!

               

                Pete threw explosive marbles all around, and the battlefield seemed like a bombing zone!  As much as the Heartless and Unborn tried to get to Pete, he wouldn’t let them get close!  And he was also encased in his protective energy marble, so even if they did get close enough, he’d just squash them!  Yen Sid was simply walking through the battlefield, taking down droves of enemies with simple strokes of his Keyblades and extraordinary spells that emanated many explosions!  Alaya rolled, darted and weaved through the countless foes, as she attacked them with heavy slashes with her Keyblades!  She was giving her all to this battle, and she was making it apparent with every action she took on the battlefield!  She remained by Yen Sid’s side and watched his back, taking out enemies that tried to kill him from behind!  She deflected numerous projectiles and fired of gigantic rays of light that left huge marks on the ground, decimating the enemy, turning them into ash!

 

                “We have to stick close to each other!” Dawn shouted, and everyone huddled together, moving as one!

 

                “Guys, over there, more of our friends!  They’re fighting off the fiends!” Tsumugi pointed out, and they all looked towards the direction she pointed at, and saw the huge portal where the fiends were coming out!

 

                “Everyone, to the portal!  We have to destroy it!” Kairi said!

 

                Everyone rallied together, and soon after, Kosaku and his comrades joined up with them.  They had been fighting all over the battlefield, and had now been able to join up with their friends!  Kosaku saw Dawn, and she saw him, and the two of them nodded silently in unison!  They all headed towards the portal, where the war was now taking center stage!  Soon, the entire area where the portal was located was chock full of warriors all fighting against each other relentlessly!  The area was crowded, and so everyone was fighting up close and personal!  As they all fought, the Keyblade Wielders saw Jexana hovering above everyone, and she was heading towards the portal, and she stopped just in front of it! Ethan glanced over his shoulder at her and saw her, and he clenched his fists!

 

                “Damn!  This makes things even more difficult!” he thought to himself!  Jexana then started to laugh fullheartedly!

 

                “Ha, you stupid fools!  All of your senseless fighting has been for naught!  You’ve all desperately fought to ensure the worlds don’t get swallowed up into darkness, but so many have fallen already! Your fight against us is a waste of time, and I don’t know why you’re even bothering!  You’ve lost so many friends, I bet that must be heartbreaking!” Jexana said in a mocking tone, striking more than one nerve to the Keyblade Wielders!

 

                “Jexana!!!  You won’t get away with this!  We’re going to stop you, even if it costs us our lives!” Kyle shouted, as he stood by Ventus, Trish and everyone, as they all fought the relentless hordes of enemies!

 

                “Well, then feel free to try taking me down all you wish!  Your efforts will only end up being null and void.  And besides, seeing you all struggle just makes all this worth it!” Jexana replied.

 

                “Jexana, why? Why so much destruction?” Mickey demanded.  Jexana glared at him.

 

                “I have no reason to tell you anything, you stupid mouse!  Hmph, but I will say this!  Everything that I’ve done, everything that I’ve gone through…it’s all been leading up to this!  I knew that if I worked hard enough, I would eventually come to where I’ve come today!  And now that I’m finally here, I won’t allow any of you to stop me!” Jexana proclaimed!

 

                “What are you talking about!?” Ventus shouted!

 

                “Setting things right, my love…to finally put things in their place, the way they were always meant to be…” Jexana answered Ventus sweetly.  “And now, I’ll use the heart shaped moon to form a keyhole, one that will allow me to open the gates to Kingdom Hearts by force!” she said, a wide smirk crossing over her face!  “The X-Blade shall be forged!” she proclaimed, and at that, everyone felt frozen in place!  The mere mention of the X-Blade coming from Jexana’s mouth was a worrisome thing!  They quickly tried to dispatch her, but now her soldiers were blocking the way, and the fiends weren’t helping matters, either!

 

                “But wait, if she’s going to form the X-Blade…” Ventus thought to himself, and then he realized that something really bad was about to happen!

 

                “Ah yes, all I need is power from this portal of fiends, and I’ll be able to have enough to make a Keyhole!  And the X-Blade shall soon be forged!” Jexana shouted happily!

 

                “Oh yeah?  Well, let’s see what you can do without the damn portal!” Ethan shouted, and he recklessly charged through the enemy hordes along with Gilgamesh, to which their friends were caught off guard, and reacted worriedly as they saw them heading towards the portal!

 

                “What do you think you’re doing!?” Mickey demanded, as they began to follow the two, but Gilgamesh had placed a barrier, preventing any of them from walking any further!

 

                “Sorry, guys…” Ethan said, and then he stopped and looked at Trish.  “Sis…this is to set things right.” he said softly.  He wanted to say goodbye, but he knew it’d only be more hurtful for her, and so he simply smiled, and as he turned to face the hordes of fiends, tears rolled down his cheeks.  Gilgamesh sprouted his extra limbs and glanced back at his friends, and he raised his hand up, his Excalibur shining brightly amidst the darkness of the battlefield!

 

                “Worry not, friends!  For even though we now march towards death, we will always be in your hearts!  Remember this!  And remember us!” Gilgamesh shouted.

 

                “Huh?  What does he mean by that?” Sora asked, alarmed!  Trish, who was crying, knelt on the floor and weeped uncontrollably!

 

                “Trish?” Ventus asked as he knelt by her side and comforted her.  He was confused, but as he looked at Ethan and Gilgamesh plowing through the enemy hordes and heading towards the portal, he began to understand.

 

                “No…they…they can’t!” Ventus shouted!  “We have to stop them!  They’re going to blow the portal up, with them inside!” he exclaimed!

 

                “No!  What are thy thinking!?” Riku said panickedly!  Everyone was trying to break through the barrier, but it was to no avail! The Dandelions weren’t able to do anything either, and the enemy seemed like they weren’t able to break the barrier!  Jexana just remained still, and she remained with her arms crossed, apparently amused!

 

                “It’s not going to do anything…she’s too calm!  They’re going to give up their lives unnecesarily!” Dexeres exclaimed!  As everyone panicked, Vanitas, whom had caused a disastrous rampage upon the enemy, was now laying down his strength to break through the barrier!  While he was succeeding, the barrier was still too strong!  Everyone tried harder, helping Vanitas break through!

 

                “I think we may have carried things too far, Gilgamesh…” Ethan said, as he and the swordsman decimated the fiends coming towards them!

 

                “That may be…but we will die an honorable death…a warrior’s death!  That is something to be proud of!” Gilgamesh said, and Ethan nodded.

 

                “Indeed.  Now come on, let’s get this over with!” he shouted, and with that, the two of them cleared the area of enemies, but it wasn’t long until more fiends came through the portal!  Gilgamesh launched Ethan into the portal while propelling himself inside, and once inside, Ethan used all of his power and unleashed his darkness, causing the portal to distort into a black hole!  Soon, all enemies on the battlefield were starting to get sucked into the portal, along with the fiends coming out of it!  Gilgamesh then readied thousands upon thousands of Missiles, and he charged up his energy to increase the power of his Excaliburs!  Ethan gave his entire heart, soul and being into this, as the black hole now pulled in enemies like a vaccum!  Any and all foes were helplessly dragged in! 

 

                Trish was crying uncontrollably, and everyone was suffering for this as well.  They were all shedding tears, and they were even more furious because they couldn’t do anything to stop them!  Vanitas relentlessly bashed at the barrier, his sorrow and despair fueling more Unversed to join with him!  But it was still not enough!

 

                “The will of their hearts…their devotion to us…it makes their barrier impenetrable…” Mickey said aloud.  Everyone then felt a heavy sting of despair flow over them.

 

                “Then we’re watching them die before our very eyes…” Dawn whispered, horrified!

 

                “They are giving us a chance…at the cost of themselves…” Alaya muttered, also despaired by what was happening!

 

                Inside the portal, the fiends that were trying to get out decided to try and devour Ethan and Gilgamesh!  The two of them put up a valiant fight, but even so, it wasn’t long until the fiends bit off one of Ethan’s legs and one of Gilgamesh’s arms!  They both felt immeasurable pain, but seeing the circumstances they were in now, it’s like they almost couldn’t feel the pain!  Gilgamesh nodded to Ethan, and he took off his helmet!  This was the first time Ethan had seen him without his helmet!  Gilgamesh’s face seemed unique!  He certainly didn’t look like a human, so Ethan figured that he must be a sort of humanoid species!  Gilgamesh smiled and shed a tear.

(End Song Here)

 

(Start Song Here)

                “It has been an honor, my friend.  An honor to have met everyone…to have served by all of you, to have been friends with all of you. It was truly an honor.” the swordsman said proudly!

 

                “The honor was mine.  Every one of us was honored to have you as our friend!  Goodbye…Gilgamesh.” Ethan said.

 

                “Goodbye…Ethan.” the swordsman said, and with that, he closed his eyes, and his body was soon devoured by the darkness and the fiends!  Ethan was crying, but at the same time, he seemed to be at peace…

 

                “Finally…after everything I’ve done…I’ve finally atoned for my sins…sis, I’ve finally made things right!” Ethan thought to himself, and just before his final breath, he saw the explosion he and Gilgamesh had prepared for the portal take effect, in the form of a blinding white light!  Ethan smiled, and he was consumed by the darkness and the fiends….

 

                And outside, the portal got sucked in, and a giant explosion radiated, destroying it for good!  The explosion was blinding, and everyone averted their eyes!  When the light of the explosion died down, they saw the portal was no more, and that the enemy was almost completely decimated!  Only a few hundred remained!  Everyone was shocked, speechless!  Trish had given herself over to Ventus, as she was crying uncontrollably!  He and Kyle comforted her as best as they could, and everyone else bowed their heads down!  Vanitas reverted back to normal, and he knelt down, defeated, not believing what had just happened!  A long, somber silence followed…but then that silence was broken by Jexana’s laughter!

(End Song Here)

 

                “Well, that was quite the touching spectacle!  Your friends managed to close the portal the fiends were coming from! Good for them!  I bet they thought they made a real difference!  When in reality…all that raw energy they unleashed gave me even more power!” Jexana said, to everyone’s dismay!  They were now in horrifying shock, and for a moment, it seemed as though they had lost their will to fight!

 

                “N-no…you can’t tell me they did that…for nothing!” Trish said as she groggily stood up, her eyes swollen from all the tears shed!

 

                “That’s right, you pathetic woman!  Their sacrifice only fueled my power!  And now, I only need one final touch!” Jexana answered, and with a snap of her fingers, she summoned forth the two giant cobras she had before, but this time, they were colossal in size!  They swooped down quickly, and they headed staight towards the Keyblade Wielders!

 

                “No!  Everyone, brace yourselves!” Tsumugi said, as she and the others cast another barrier that would hopefully protect them from this attack!  But when they checked to see if the cobras had done their work, they realized that nearly all of the Dandelions had been tainted!  They all shouted and cried out of despair!  Their eyes began to darken, and their bodies began to whither away!  Soon…they all became…Heartless!  This was just yet another punch in the gut to everyone!  They were helpless to stop this from happening!  The new Heartless then devoured all Spirits, Nobodies and Unversed that tried to stop them, and then, Jexana extended her hand, and then, by closing her fist, she destroyed every single one of the Dandelions that had turned into Heartless, absorbing all their raw power into her!

 

                “You monster!  What have you done!?” Kairi demanded!  Jexana seemed satisfied, and she chuckled!

 

                “Well, you were supposed to turn into Heartless just like these Dandelions, but it seems that barrier you concocted saved a small amount of you…but no matter.  I finally have all I need!” Jexana answered, as she extended her hand upwards!  From the energy she had gathered from Ethan and Gilgamesh’s attack, to the countless Dandelions she had snuffed out…the energy swirled and coalesced, and everyone began to panic!

 

                “No…this is just like…all those years ago!” Ventus said, as he fell back and trembled in fear!

 

                “No…this can’t be happening!” Mickey exclaimed!

 

(Start Song Here)

                But indeed, it was happening! Before their very eyes, Jexana forged the X-Blade, and it shone with utmost and terrifying splendor!  The giant keyblade’s shaft was an emerald greenish color, with two Kingdom Keys crossed in the form of an X!  With the X-Blade now in her hands, Jexana then used her free hand to shoot a beam of darkness at the heart shaped moon!  Then, the moon burst, and a keyhole formed from the broken shards of the moon!  Jexana then happily raised the X-Blade upwards, and the moment the beam of light pierced through the keyhole, the entire Keyblade Graveyard seemed to shake!  All the Keyblades stabbed into the ground vibrated with ferocity, and strong gusts of wind picked up, sparking up a small sandstorm!  The Keyblade Wielders shielded their eyes from the sand, but they were able to see Jexana ascend upwards!  When they looked up at the sky, they saw a beam of light shine down, bringing forth a giant gate that was colored a beautiful white and silver! The gate to Kingdom Hearts…

 

                “All will finally be set right!” Jexana said, with utmost happiness!  And with that, a powerful light creeped its way into the battlefield, as it overcame everyone!  Within seconds, the door to Kingdom Hearts had been opened, and Jexana headed inside!  The Keyblade Wielders needed to follow suit immediately!

 

                “Everyone, we have to act now!  Kyle, Kairi, Dawn, your Keys Of Balance!  Summon them now!” Alaya shouted!  Kyle nodded and he stood up and walked towards the gate, and he closed his eyes and put his left hand to his chest.

 

                “Power of Dark Light…power of my heart, I call to you now…come to me, Lunar Ascension!” Kyle said, and as he extended his right hand, his Lunar Ascension was summoned!  Dawn was the next to go, and she walked until she stood right by Kyle’s side!  She too, put her left hand on her chest.

 

                “Souls lost to the darkness, coming back into the light, I call to you, come to me, Reborn Soul!” Dawn said, and as she outstretched her right hand, her Reborn Soul was summoned!  Kairi was the last to go, and she stood by Kyle and Dawn’s side, and she also put her left hand on her chest!

 

                “Duty to protect the light…duty to my own heart, power to protect all, I call to you, come to me, Radiant Crest!” Kairi shouted, and as she extended her right hand, her Radiant Crest was summoned!

 

                “All three of the Chosen have summoned their Keys Of Balance!  Quickly, we must go inside!” Alaya said, and everyone, though with hearts filled with grief and despair, headed inside the gate to Kingdom Hearts!  The few remaining Dandelions also followed, and they all rushed inside as quickly as they could!

 

                After about a minute or so, they found themselves face to face with an ascending, transparent stairway!  It was quite wide, so everyone decided to climb up all together!  They ran as fast as they could up the stairway, and then they reached what seemed to be a sort of crossroads! There, three pathways could be seen! 

 

                “The Gates Of Awakening…this is where they should appear…” Alaya muttered.  Everyone else remained silent, and they saw that what lay beyond the pathways was just an abyss!  But from Sora’s experience, there was always something more that met the eye when it came to these things!  And so he knew something would happen within the next few minutes!  Jexana was at the middle of the crossroads, and she turned to face everyone, X-Blade in hand!  She had a wide smile on her face!

 

                “And so, the time has finally come…how I’ve waited for this!” Jexana said with utmost pleasure!  Vanitas, with fists clenched, glared at Jexana.

 

                “Well, you’re going to have to keep waiting, because we’ll be here to stop you!  And in case you didn’t notice, you army just got decimated!  So we’ll take you all on!” Vanitas declared!

 

                “Ha, silly boy! Do you think I’m alone here…? You are gravely mistaken.  Even as we speak, more reinforcements are coming to my aid…and add to the fact that the gate to Kingdom Hearts remains wide open, and my army shall be free to come in here and help me decímate what’s left of your pitiful army!” Jexana explained happily!

 

                “And you also forgot one more thing!” a voice said!  Everyone looked around in alarm, but Jexana only smirked.

 

                 All of a sudden, Emmxett appeared by Jexana’s side!  He seemed to be injured, but apparently it wasn’t that much if he was there, ready to fight!  He had a smile on his face, and he had his Kuzuri drawn!  Everyone got tense, and he only kept smiling!

 

                “Ah, the look on your faces is a priceless one indeed!  And it seems we’ve reached a climax!  We are about to head into the depths of Kingdom Hearts, where the battle to decide all shall be waged! Oh, how I cannot hold my anticipation!” Emmxett said, as he swung his Kuzuri!  Everyone was tense, but then, they felt something…or rather, they heard something coming from outside!  It seemed to be the loud ringing of horns!  Kairi immediately opened her eyes and turned around!

 

                “Could it be!?” she thought!

 

                And there, for everyone to see, was a sight to behold!  Lilith Valkyrie and her Knights Of Ygdrassil were riding upon their heavenly steeds, thousands upon thousands, if not millions of soldiers! Lilith had given her answer!

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The gate to Kingdom Hearts has been opened by Jexana, and now, as the Gates Of Awakening are just about to be unlocked, Lilith and her Knights Of Ygdrassil come to the fold, just when all is lost! Does this mean that Ethan and Gilgamesh’s sacrifice wasn’t in vain?  What will happen now?  What else can happen to make this battle even more intense? Will our heroes prevail?  Find out in Chapter Forty Six: Owari-Part 6 Of 10: “Dexeres and Tsumugi vs. Emmxett!”

 

Well everyone, that was the chapter!  I hope you all enjoyed it!  And I’m pretty sure you weren’t expecting Ethan and Gilgamesh to get offed either, huh?  Well, this is war, and in war, there are heavy casualties!  Not everyone makes it out alive!  This is something Ethan and Gilgamesh knew, and they were prepared to make the ultímate sacrifice!  They died a noble warrior’s death!  So then, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!  Thank you for your continued patience and support, and as always, please be sure to comment on what you thought of tonight’s chapter!  And well, until next time, stay tuned for the next one!

Lilith is here...

And now the peak of it all. Such an amazing chapter. I knew Lilith would come to reason and answer the call.

ETHAN!!!! GILGAMESH!!!! WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

Lilith PLEASE help turn things around!!!!!

To KHLegendIII, indeed, she is!

 

To KingdomHearts3, thanks, I'm glad you liked the chapter!  Yeah, things are definitely at their peak now, and Lilith will no doubt provide a helping hand to the proceedings!

 

To Keyblade101, indeed, their deaths were sad, eh?  They died an honorable, warrior's death!  And yes, let's hope Lilith can help even things out!

 

Good evening everyone, I hope that you’re all doing okay! So then, I’m back with another chapter, and well, I think it’s safe to say that the stakes are quite high at this point!  What will happen with our heroes?  Will they be able to stop Jexana, whom has already opened the door to Kingdom Hearts?  Will they be able to stop this war just in time?  Or will they fail and see the end of all worlds?  Read on and find out!  Enjoy!

 

Chapter Forty Six: Owari-Part 6 Of 10: Dexeres And Tsumugi Vs. Emmxett!

 

                Everything was a chaotic mess!  Outside, just as Jexana’s reinforcements were about to pin the Keyblade Wielders, Lilith and her Knights Of Ygdrassil had come, just barely in the knick of time, and they were now keeping the enemy occupied, using the full force of their might, felling the Heartless and Unborn effortlessly!  This provided quite the alleviating bit of help, as now the Keyblade Wielders could focus completely on Jexana and Emmxett!  Jexana was hovering above everyone, and she looked satisfied, even though Lilith had come!  The fact that things outside were operating differently seemed to make no difference to her!

 

                “Now then…it’s time that I ended all of this once and for all!  Emmxett, take care of them, will you?” Jexana said, as she then disappeared!  Emmxett smirked and swung his Kuzuri.

 

                “Gladly, Jexana!” he replied, as he took stance!  The other Keyblade Wielders readied themselves, but Dexeres quickly raised his Keyblade and glanced at his friends.  He then looked at Tsumugi, and they both nodded silently to each other before he glanced at his friends again.

 

                “Guys…we’ll take care of Emmxett.  You go, open the gates with the Keys Of Balance, and get to Jexana, or else, she’s going to complete her goal!” he explained.  The others were a bit reluctant to leave him and Tsumugi there, but Tsumugi smiled warmly.

 

                “It’s okay, just go!” she said.  The others nodded, and Mickey bowed his head to the two of them.

 

                “Please fellas, hang in there!” he said, and so, the Keyblade Wielders, along with the Dandelions, Kosaku and his comrades, Maleficent and her company, headed towards the three pathways!  Figuring that the only way to move would be onward, they each split up into different teams, heading into each pathway!  Dexeres saw how they each disappeared into the darkness, but he didn’t felt worried for them!  In fact, he felt this unnatural feeling that they were actually safe!  It was probably Kingdom Hearts, letting him know somehow!  He smiled, and thought it was reassuring!  He then noticed that Vanitas was still there, and he put his hand on Dexeres’ shoulder.

 

                “You’re about to do something stupid…the both of you!  But I can’t change your mind, but I can at least give you some backup…I’ll make sure that my Unversed help outside so that no enemies interfere with your battle against Emmxett!” Vanitas explained.  Dexeres and Tsumugi both nodded appreciatively.  “Good luck…” he said, and he then ran towards one of the pathways, leaving behind a great many Unversed that headed outside!  Along with the Nobodies Dexeres had summoned previously, and with the Spirits also lending a hand, it was safe to say that things on the outside were being taken care of!  They then turned their attention to Emmxett, who seemed to have been polite enough to wait for them!

 

(Start Song Here)

                “Ah, so I take it that now you’ve said your final goodbyes?  Well then, shall we get this started?” he asked, eager to begin battle!  Tsumugi readied her fists and imbued them with a powerful blue aura!

 

                “We’ll stop you, Emmxett…no matter what it takes!” she said.  Emmxett laughed and shook his head.

 

                “Fine words from a traitor like yourself!  Though then again, you were under Jexana’s control, just like Ventus was, and so I figured you’d end up breaking free, just as Ventus did.  But still, I at least liked you more than I did Ventus!  Oh well, but all good things come to an end!  And so I shall be the end of both of you!” he said, as he took stance, his Kuzuri gleaming menacingly!  Dexeres also stood at the ready, and he had a serious look on his face!

 

                “It’s time that we finish this!  Settle things once and for all!” Dexeres proclaimed!  Emmxett nodded enthusiastically!

 

                “Oh yes, I couldn’t agree more!  You don’t know how much I’ve been looking forward to this moment!  To the moment where we would fight anew!  And not only that, I get to fight against a former friend as well!  Two tender victims for my hungry Kuzuri!” Emmxett gleefully said, as he then charged forward, without thinking, going into a berserk frenzy!  He came in between Dexeres and Tsumugi, and flailed dangerously, attacking the two of them at the same time!  He alternated betwen sword slashes with Kuzuri and hand to had combat as well!  Dexeres and Tsumugi were already keeping busy, as they were constantly blocking Emmxett’s attacks!

 

                “Yes, this is what I’ve been waiting for!!!” Emmxett shouted, as he then twirled to the right, delivering a dozen sword strikes in less than three seconds!  He then leapt back to put distance between himself and them!  But while he did that, Tsumugi had already propelled herself from the ground, and she managed to land a healthy amount of hits, going so far as twelve punches and five kicks!  The damage seemed to be inflicted accordingly, but Emmxett seemed more excited than injured, and then he retaliated with a spin attack that sent Tsumugi falling back!  Dexeres caught her in midair, an dthen she launched him towards Emmxett like a spear!  This caught him off guard, and Dexeres managed to land four slashes with his Keyblade, managing to injure Emmxett’s right arm!  But Emmxett then blocked the rest of Dexeres’ attacks, countering them with lightning fast precisión and with close range spells! He eventually pushed Dexeres back, and the three stood still for a moment, staring each other down!

 

                “Wait…” Tsumugi thought.  “I think he’s…already injured?” she asked to herself, as she noticed that Emmxett seemed to be slightly limping!

 

                “That’s right, Tsumugi!  I had already battled two of your friends!  In fact, the very same two that just sacrificed themselves a few minutes ago!  How about that, eh?” Emmxett taunted, to which Dexeres replied with a powerful Thunder Arc attack, in which he slammed his Keyblade into the ground, creating three, giant gashes that streamed out electric currents!  Emmxett caught the full attack head on, and the electricity triggered an explosion!

 

                “He’s not down yet, be ready!” Tsumugi warned!

 

                “Right!” Dexeres replied, and the two of them kept their eyes open, making sure they saw Emmxett coming at them!  But he unexpectedly appeared behind them, and then attacked with a powerful psychic wave that disabled Dexeres and Tsumugi momentarily!  They fell to the ground, their bodies binded by Emmxett’s attack!  He walked towards them, and then he started slashing them, creating gashes all over their bodies!  If he kept at this for a few more minutes, he’d make them into minced meat!  Dexeres and Tsumugi used their sheer willpower, and they broke free of Emmxett’s disabling technique, and then they cast Curaga on themselves and then dashed towards Emmxett, attacking him in unison!  For each slash of Dexeres’ Keyblade, Tsumugi would compliment it with a powerful punch or kick, until they finished off the combo with a hail of powerful light missiles!  Emmxett managed to block this attack, but it did stagger him quite a bit, as he crashed on the ground hard!  Dexeres and Tsumugi looked at each other.

 

                “Well, so far so good!” she said.  Dexeres smiled.

 

                “Yeah!  Let’s keep it going!” he replied, but then they heard Emmxett laughing, as he slowly stood up from the ground, his eyes suddenly gleaming quite menacingly!

 

                “Well, this has been interesting!  You’ve become much stronger since the last time we faced off, Dexeres!  I commend you on your skills!  And you, Tsumugi!  You are impressive, as always!  Heh, now come at me, or is that all you’ve got!?” he challenged!  Dexeres and Tsumugi looked at each other uneasily.

 

                “Well, here goes nothing…” the two of them thought in unison, as they charged at Emmxett anew, and they clashed, the sparks of Keyblade and sword clashing resonating like fireworks!  Tsumugi started to unleash powerful aura attacks, and her energy was made apparent by how marvelous it glowed!

 

                “We’ll defeat him…we have to!” Tsumugi thought!

(Pause Song Here)

 

                In that same moment, Kairi, Sora, Donald and Goofy, along with a few Dandelions, had headed deep into one of the pathways, and they seemed to come across a deep trench!  As they traversed it, they found that it became more narrow, and it was becoming increasingly dark!  Luckily, Sora cast a ray of light and spread it among the other so that could light their way through the darkness!  Kairi could feel one of the Gates nearby, and her Key Of Balance, which she had summoned, seemed to be letting off a powerful energy!

 

                “We’re close…” Kairi said.

 

                “That’s good.  We need to find that gate and open it quickly so we can get to Jexana!” Sora said.

 

                “Yeah, we need to take out that witch already!” Donald squawked!

 

                “And we will!  We’ll make it together!” Goofy encouraged!  Kairi smiled.  It was hard not to smile when these three were around!  It made things feel much better, considering how dire their circumstances were at the moment!

 

                As they went deeper into the trench, they noticed that it became much more closed in, forcing everyone to walk in a single file!  The feeling of this trench was quite claustrophobic, and it certainly seemed dark and grim!  A few minutes later, they made their way out of the trench, and then they noticed a giant, gray wall in front of them!  It seemed to be a dead end!

 

                “What now?” one of the Dandelions asked.  Kairi remained silent, as she examined this giant wall.  Everyone looked to either side to see if there was a hidden path around, but there wasn’t any.  It seemed to be that this was their final stop!

 

                “Well, a dead end!  Isn’t that great!?” Donald exclaimed with great irritation in his voice!

 

                “No…I don’t think so.” Sora replied. 

 

                “Uh, how do you figure, Sora?” Goofy asked, curious by Sora’s answer.  Sora turned to them, and then he looked at Kairi, and then turned his attention towards the wall.

 

                “Well guys, by now you should know that things can happen at any time, unexpected things that pop up right in front of us!  Ever since we came upon the pathways earlier, I had a feeling something would come up sooner or later, and I think that this wall is that something!  Well, at least for the pathway we chose, I mean!” Sora explained.  Donald and Goofy were a bit confused, as were the Dandelions, but Kairi snapped her fingers!

 

                “That’s right!  This isn’t just a wall!  It’s one of the Gates!  Don’t you see?  Just because it doesn’t look like a gate doesn’t mean that it isn’t one!” Kairi said, coming to the conclusion that Sora had been getting at!

 

                “Exactly!” Sora said, as he nodded and crossed his arms.

 

                “Well, if this giant wall is one of the Gates, then let’s get it open already!” Donald said, anxious to get things over with!  Kairi nodded.

 

                “Right!” she said, and with that, she closed he reyes, relaxed herself, took a deep breath, split her legs a bit apart, and thrust her arms forward, with her Keyblade pointing outward, kind of like how Sora would do when he would unlock a keyhole back when he faced Organization XIII!  As she took another deep breath, a giant crown of light materialized at her feet, and everyone stared in awe!  Sora remembered this crown symbol, and he smiled.

 

                “Yep!  I knew something would happen!” Sora said, and as Kairi began to build up energy, the crown glowed ever more brightly, until it came to the point that the light radiated everywhere and lit up their surroundings!  Everything looked so full of light now, a serene, sky blue color!  And the ground below them looked like there was no ground at all!  It was the reflection of the sky blue from above!  The crown shone radiantly, and a giant Keyhole materialized!  Kairi then swung her Key Of Balance with grace, and then shot a beam of light that unlocked the Keyhole, therefore opening up the Gate!  It creaked slowly, and a ray of light was beaming through the cracks!  With a few seconds, the gate opened wide, revealing the maze Jexana had talked about!

 

                “Well, let’s keep moving!” Sora said, but just then, Heartless started to appear, and Unborn as well!  Apparently, they had followed them down here!

 

                “Huh!?  What are the Heartless and Unborn doing here!?” Donald exclaimed!

 

                “No time for that, come on, we’ll take care of them as we go through the maze!  Let’s go, everyone!” Kairi shouted, and everyone followed her into the maze, as the Heartless and Unborn gave chase!

 

(Continue Song Here)

                In the meantime, the battle between Dexeres and Tsumugi vs. Emmxett was going quite wildly! Already they were all tattered up and bruised, but even though both sides were heavy with injury, they kept storming on!  Dexeres used the power of summoning Nobodies to create a symbiotic armor for himself and Tsumugi!  They were cloaked in what seemed to be a mix of Samurai and Dragoon armor!  With this, they were able to stand longer against Emmxett, who was going ever more mad the more blood he saw spilt!  He clashed at them with lightning fast speed, and he was now performing powerful jabs, and ocassionaly delivered powerful uppercuts!  He also performed dangerously powerful strikes with his Kuzuri, which seemed to gleam even more menacingly!

 

                “Give it up, Emmxett!  We won’t let you win!” Tsumugi shouted, as she delivered a three punch, two kick combo that staggered Emmxett a bit.  But he simply counterattacked with a powerful Thunder Surge attack, combined with an enflamed Kuzuri strike!

 

                “Oh, I don’t think you can decide on that, traitor!  I decide whether I win or lose, not you!” Emmxett shouted, as he zigzagged in between Emmxett and Tsumugi, striking them consecutively!  They were only barely blocking his attacks, and thankfully, their Nobody armor was giving them the protection they needed!  Then, Dexeres noticed an opening, and when Emmxett attempted to strike Tsumugi, Dexeres grabbed him by the neck and struck him through the stomach two times with his Keyblade!  Tsumugi then went in and implanted a powerful aura ball where the wound had formed, and then they backed off!  Within a few seconds, Emmxett blew up in a blinding flash of light!  Dexeres and Tsumugi covered their eyes, and when the light subsided, they noticed Emmxett’s body wasn’t there! 

 

                But before they could realize anything, Emmxett had appeared behind Dexeres, striking him clean through the chest, raising him up, causing the pain to be unbearable!  Tsumugi opened he reyes wide in horror at what she saw, and she struggled to scream, but she couldn’t!  Her body froze in place, as Dexeres screamed in pain!

 

                “Ah, yes, that’s right!  What symphonic screaming!  So much harmony in the chaos of death!  I applaud you, Dexeres.  But it seems you are at an end now!” Emmxett said, as he then flung Dexeres to the ground, causing him to tumble a few times before stopping with a sickening thud!  His body was losing blood quickly!

 

                “Sedere!!!!!!” Tsumugi shouted, and then her eyes flared a bright and radiant white!  Soon, the ground beneath her started to crumble, and then it started to form cracks in the ground!  Emmxett was wiping off the blood from Kuzuri when he noticed this sudden shift!  He then looked at Tsumugi, as her body was now being consumed by the aura she was emanating!  Her hair was flowing upwards, and her fists now bore energy gauntlets!  Her body had become pure light, and now, with each step she took, the ground beneath her gave way!  Emmxett was surprised and impressed at the same time!

 

                “Ah, now this is something worthwhile!  All of this has been an amazing experience, and the fact that you now come at me full on…oh yes, this is definitely something worth dying for!” Emmxett said excitedly, as he readied himself!

 

                But what he didn’t prepare himself for was the sheer brutality and unbelieavable force with which Tsumugi attacked him with!  He didn’t even blink, when he was already launched high upwards into the air!  Tsumugi attacked him on all sides like a ricocheting bullet, and with each punch she delivered, she cracked and bruised Emmxett to the point of obliteration!  He was screaming in pain now, as he couldn’t comprehend how fast Tsumugi was attacking him!  He couldn’t even see her, for she was going faster than the speed of light!  When the attacks suddenly finally stopped, Emmxett thought she was done, but then he was greeted with a brutal punch to the face that plummeted him to the ground! And the fact that he was bleeding from his stomach wound made things worse for him!  He landed with a sickening thud to the ground, and he coughed up quite the excessive amount of blood!  He saw Tsumugi land softly to the ground, and she went towards Dexeres, who was trying to stand!

 

                “Sedere…you idiot…you’re losing too much blood!” she said softly, as she reverted back to normal!

 

                “It’s not…over yet!  We still have to finish Emmxett off!  He’s hardly dead…” Dexeres said, as he glared at Emmxett, who was already on his feet!  But he did admitedly look quite beaten up!  He was even limping!

 

                “Ah…ugh, I have to say…I didn’t expect this kind of power from you, Tsumugi…most impressive indeed!  Had I known, I would’ve pressured you into using that power sooner!” Emmxett said with a chuckle as he bled.  Dexeres and Tsumugi stood firm, glaring at him!

 

                “This is over…we’ll finish you!” Dexeres said.  Emmxett scoffed.

 

                “Pfft, look at yourselves.  You’re in quite the sorry state!” he replied!

 

                “Like you’re one to talk!” Tsumugi barked back!  Emmxett remained silent for a moment, and he nodded.

 

                “You are right…I am also not in my best state…but I can still put up quite a fight, as you’ll see!” Emmxett said, and with that, he slashed his Kuzuri with lightning fast speed, proceeding to cut off Tsumugi’s right arm!  She didn’t even notice it happen, but when she felt her body weaken due to blood loss, she saw her right arm on the floor!  She screamed in pain, and Dexeres got furious!

 

                “Oh, will you look at that?  It looks as though Kuzuri is quite excited!  So much blood!” Emmxett happily exclaimed!  Dexeres gripped his Keyblade tightly, and even with all his bruises, he charged forward at Emmxett with fury!

 

                “You bastard!!!!!!!”

(Pause Song Here)

 

                Meanwhile, Dawn, along with Riku, Mickey, Minnie, Kosaku and his comrades, and a few Dandelions, headed deeper into the pathway they had chosen!  They were running as fast as they could, since their situation was dire!  At one point, Dawn noticed that they were now walking purely on darkness!  No floor could be seen, and it felt as though they were right in the middle of an abyss!  They kept running though, not being fazed by this strange phenomenon!  Everyone remained closely together, for they could feel an ominous presence with eyes on them at all times!

 

                “Something is making me feel uneasy, Dawn.  We need to be extra careful…” Kosaku mentioned.  Dawn glanced back at him and smiled.

 

                “Don’t worry, as long as we stick together, we’ll be okay!  Isn’t that right, Riku?” she asked, as she looked at Riku.  He nodded.

 

                “Of course!  We just have to keep moving forward, and we’ll get to that Gate!” he replied.  And so, they kept running, until they reached what seemed to be a distorted space!  Suddenly, it was as though they had approached some kind of surreal space!  The stars could be seen dotting the sky!  Well, if what was above them could be called a sky.  Dawn didn’t recall stepping out of the pathway, but she figured this was something that Kingdom Hearts had cooked up!  After all, if it had the power to grant worlds with life, then it could certainly perform unbelievable things such as this!  Everyone admired the scenery briefly, but they pressed on, for they couldn’t afford to waste any time!

 

                As they kept running through the starry atmosphere, they eventually came upon what seemed to be a corridor of light!  It looked warm and welcoming, and it was almost as if the wisps coming out of it were beckoning Dawn and the others to come to it!  When they came upon the corridor, they slowed down, and they went through it cautiously, not knowing what they would find on the other side!  Eventually, when they all crossed over, they came upon what seemed to be a celestial looking light!  It was magnificent and glowed majestically!  It seemed so surreal, and everyone was taken aback by its beauty! 

 

                “Gosh, is this where the Gate is?” Mickey asked, looking all around him.

 

                “I think it is, Mickey!  I sense a powerful energy source here!  We’re most probably in the right place!” Minnie replied!

 

                “Yeah, I definitely feel it too.  Dawn, it’s time to open the gate!” Riku said.  Dawn nodded, and suddenly, a giant Keyhole formed amidst the beautiful glow of the celestial light!  Dawn then split her legs apart a little, thrust her arms forward, her Key Of Balance pointing out, and she closed her eyes, and the crown symbol appeared beneath her feet!  As she channeled her energy, the crown glowed even more, and the keyhole radiated a powerful light!

 

                “To think that my daughter would make it this far…thank you.  For everything, Riku.” Kosaku said, as he placed his han don Riku’s shoulder.  They both smiled at each other.

 

                “She has people who love her.  That’s what’s helped her.  She’s strong, and has a strong heart. She’s a radiant light.” Riku said, as he looked at Dawn with admiration, love and respect!

 

                When Dawn opened her eyes, she shot forth a beam of light from her Key Of Balance, and once the beam hit the keyhole, it shone with great splendor!  The light that came out of it was magnificent, and after a few seconds, the gate opened, and the maze Alaya had spoken to them about could be seen!  And just as they entered it, swarms of Heartless and Unborn started to appear!

 

                “What?  What is this?  Why are these creatures here?” Kosaku asked, surprised!

 

                “It’s probably Jexana…her darkness is drawing them into Kingdom Hearts.  We have to hurry!” Dawn answered!

 

                “Into the maze, everyone!  We’ll let it take care of the Heartless and Unborn, we just need to get through this and reach Jexana!  Come on, let’s go!” Riku said, and immediately, everyone followed!

 

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                Back at the battle, Emmxett was clearly being overrun by Dexeres, who was charging at him like a madman!  Emmxett seemed please, however, and he just kept angering Dexeres all the more!  Tsumugi was constantly casting Curaga on herself, to at least seal the wound that had tore her arm apart!  Dexeres fought wildly, and Emmxett was enjoying this very much!

 

                “Ah, yes!  All you Keyblade Wielders are just the same!  Whenever a loved one is in danger or has been felled, you tap into a hidden reserve of power that manifests itself with anger!  Oh, how I do enjoy making you Keyblade Wielders tick!  This is excellent!  Keep showing me your raw power!” Emmxett taunted, causing Dexeres to keep attacking blindly!

 

                “Stop smiling, you bastard!  Stop smiling!  I’ve had enough of you!” Dexeres shouted, as he then delivered a powerful flurry of strikes that all hit their mark!  Dexeres slashed at Emmxett a total of fifteen times, leaving gashes all over his body!  With the final blow, Dexeres delivered a fatal thrust, piercing through Emmxett’s chest!  Emmxett couldn’t even scream in pain, for his mouth was covered up with blood that was rising up from his throat!  He was drowning in his own blood!  This time, Emmxett knelt on the ground, and he didn’t get back up!  Tsumugi weakly walked towards Dexeres until she was by his side, and the two of them looked at Emmxett, all battered up.  Dexeres had his Keyblade pointed at him!

 

                “And now…you die…” Dexeres said, and just as he was about to deliver the final blow, Emmxett suddenly sprang upwards, and when he lifted his hand, all the blood he had poured out was now being controlled by him!  With a wave of his hand, he commanded the blood and formed it into two, powerful streams that ended with pointed blades!  All he had to do was swing his two blood blades once, and Dexeres and Tsumugi fell to the ground, greatly weakened!  Emmxett walked over to him, his clothes all drenched in his blood, and he had a satisfied smile on his face!

(End Song Here)

 

(Start Song Here)

                “Dexeres…you have truly proved to be quite the oustanding opponent…and you have too, Tsumugi!  Both of you have impressed me today!  Never has anyone brought me to the brink such as this!  I have never bled out so much…heh, I’m surprised that I’m still not dead!  Maybe it’s because of my willpower…because I refuse to die until I see you both dead before my feet!  And well, it seems as though that’s what will happen right now!  And I won’t even have to lay a finger on you both!” Emmxett said.  Dexeres and Tsumugi looked confused.

 

                “What?  What do you mean?” Dexeres asked, as he glared at Emmxett!

 

                “Well, why don’t you take a look for yourself?” he asked, as he pointed at Tsumugi!  When Dexeres turned to look at her, he noticed that her skin had grown pale, and her eyes seemed lifeless!  It was as though she was dead!  But upon taking a closer look, Dexeres noticed something glowing at the center of her chest!  It was a dark sphere…and it looked like it had a highly concentrated dose of darkness!  Dexeres clenched his fists and turned back to Emmxett!

 

                “What have you done to her!?” he exclaimed!  Emmxett simply shook his head.

 

                “Oh, don’t look at me, boy!  I wasn’t the one responsible for putting that time-bomb on your loved one!  You can thank Jexana for that!  Think of it as a sort of…emergency backup plan, if you will.” Emmxett answered.  Dexeres felt at a loss for words, and he felt powerless!  He then looked at Tsumugi, tears forming in her eyes!

 

                “H-help me….Sedere…” she whispered softly.  Dexeres held her close, but didn’t know what to do!

 

                “Tsumugi…please…just look into my eyes!  Don’t you give up on me!” Dexeres said, trying to keep Tsumugi’s attention focused on him!  Emmxett withdrew his Kuzuri and then proceeded to turn around, and he started to walk away.

 

                “Don’t you dare walk away, you bastard!” Dexeres yelled, with tears in his eyes, his Keyblade pointed at Emmxett!

 

                “Boy, my battle with you is already done and over with.  Besides, Tsumugi needs you now, for you to be there for her in her final moments.  You see, Jexana had planted that dark sphere in her as a sort of bomb that would destroy you all…and well, given how things are going, the explosion will no doubt kill you all, except for the ones deep inside Kingdom Hearts.  So instead of putting out all of your anger on me, you should instead be there to console her.” Emmxett said, as he turned and walked away.  Dexeres remained speechless, and then he turned to Tsumugi, and he unsummoned his Keyblade!  He held her with both arms, and he kept crying!

 

                “This can’t be how it all ends!  Not when we had finally reunited with each other!  It’s just not fair!” Dexeres exclaimed, furious like a small child!  Tsumugi gently touched his face, and he looked into her eyes, as she looked into his.

 

                “We won’t let it end this way…” she whispered.

(End Song Here)

 

                At that same moment, Ventus, Trish, Kyle, Raxon, Sky, Alaya, Yen Sid, Maleficent and her companions, along with a few Dandelions, head down the pathway they had chosen!  It was surprisingly open and unrestrictive, and everyone moved quite spaciously from each other, but at the same time close together!  They all looked around and remained cautious.  Maleficent looked in awe at everything that surrounded her, and she breathed in the essence of all that lay before her!  She seemed content, and Pete looked at her with curiosity.

 

                “What is it, Maleficent?” he asked.

 

                “All of this, my dear Pete.  For so many years, we were always yearning to hold the power of Kingdom Hearts…to hold it for our own…and now that we are finally here, it is even more surreal than I would have ever dared to imagine!  Just look at this!  Light and darkness, balanced equally, one not outbesting the other!” she said, as she pointed towards the streams of light and darkness that swirled and danced around them!  Pete looked in awe, and he was impressed!

 

                “You got that right, Maleficent!  Heh, looks like we finally got on the inside!” he replied.

 

                Armored Eraqus remained silent, and he simply outstretched his hand, holding a tiny ball  of light that had floated toward him!  He looked at the light, and he could feel a familiar warmth!  He held the little ball of light to his chest, and immediately, he knew who this warmth belonged to!  He simply breathed in, and seemed at piece, and he kept walking with the others, his armor clanking with each step he took!

 

                Guardian Xehanort looked at everything around him, and he seemed equal parts amazed and jealous!  He had dedicated his life to gaining Kingdom Hearts for himself, but now that he was just a shallow form of his past self, he couldn’t do much about anything to regain any sort of power he once had!  His existence was bound to Maleficent’s, and so he could never dream of taking Kingdom Hearts for his own.  This angered him greatly, but at the same time, he didn’t let it bother him.  He was focused on the task at hand, and he wasn’t going to let past mistakes block his focus!

 

                “Wow, this is amazing, kupo!” Sky said, as he looked all around, flying upwards, reaching high up above the infinite expanse of space!  He wanted to see just how far he could fly, and he flew to the point that everyone below him looked like tiny specks!  He flew back down and landed on Raxon’s head, then proceeding to perching himself on Raxon’s shoulder.

 

                “Indeed, this is quite the amazing sight…but we have no time to sightsee.  We’ve got other priorities at hand.” Raxon replied.

 

                “Indeed.  We are getting close to the Gate, and I think that Kairi and Dawn already opened their respective gates!  We need to press onward and reach them!” Alaya said.

 

                “Right, then let’s keep going!” Ventus said, as they all kept walking along the vast expanse of the pathway they had chosen!

 

                For a while, they walked over what seemed to be a bridge made out of light, supported by pillars of darkness!  The bridge extended far, and when they were just about halfway through it, they stumbled upon what seemed to be a giant crest!  It was a strange crest, one that no one was familiar with, not even Alaya!  It seemed to symbolize wings, razor sharp, and feathers beneath the wings that were smooth and delicate.  The center of the crest was adorned by a sphere which was filled with light and darkness!  It was a mysterious thing to behold, and yet it was beautiful!

 

                “I think that this is it…” Trish whispered.

 

                “Yes, it must be.  It is letting off a powerful energy.” Yen Sid said, as he examined the crest.

 

                “Kyle.  You know what to do.” Alaya said, looking at him.  Kyle nodded, and then he placed himself in front of everyone else, and he split his legs apart a bit, thrusted his arms forward, his Key Of Balance pointing out, and he closed his eyes!  Immediately, the crown symbol materialized below him, and from the crest, a giant Keyhole formed!  Kyle swung his Key Of Balance, and then shot forth a beam of light that pierced through the keyhole, unlocking it, and therefore, opening the gate!  The crest disappeared, and a giant gate appeared in front of them, and it started to open slowly!  When it completely opened, they saw the maze Alaya was talking about, and immediately, they went through it!  And just as they went in, Heartless and Unborn started to swarm over the bridge they were on, and they began chasing the Keyblade Wielders!

 

                “Everyone, into the maze!  We have no time to waste on these small fry!” Alaya shouted, and everyone nodded and went into the maze!

 

                As they began running inside it, the Heartless and Unborn only chased them with more intensity!  But everyone kept running, and they didn’t bother standing to fight!  Kyle glanced behind him and saw that numerous Powerwilds were about to make the jump on them, when suddenly, the maze walls shifted and crushed them, killing them instantly!  Kyle was surprised by this, and then he realized that this maze would do the fighting for them!  This was Kingdom Hearts, lending them a hand!  And as they ran forward, he noticed a beam of light at the far end of the maze, and he deduced that if they followed this beam, they’d make their way out of the maze in no time!  And then, almost as if on instinct, Alaya pointed towards said beam!

 

                “To the light, everyone!” she shouted!  And so everyone kept running, and as the Heartless and Unborn kept chasing them, they were being crushed by the various traps the maze had in store for them!  They were crushed, vaporized, electrocuted, consumed by the ground, and obliterated with beams of pure light!  Kyle assumed that the others were probably going through this as well, since the maze was giant!  He hoped that they could reach Jexana in time!

 

                For a few more minutes, they ran all around the maze, until finally, they saw a corridor that led straight through to the exit!  When they ran towards it, they saw that the maze closed behind them, and all remaining Heartless and Unborn were decimated!  To their right and left, they saw the others, who had made their way out of the maze as well!  Together, they all formed a considerable army!  Not as grand as when they had first set out, but enough to do what had to be done!  What lay before them were grassy fields and a beautiful, blue sky!  But as they looked at the sky, they saw Jexana, who was floating in midair!  She had the X-Blade in her hands, and the area where she was was tainted by her darkness!  The grass was dead where she was, and the ground was cracking beneath!  That darkness was slowly spreading, and it was definitely now time to put a stop to Jexana!  They all ran towards her, and as soon as they were within reach, she simply swiped the X-Blade once, creating a huge gash in the ground!  Many Dandelions fell through this gash and met gruesome ends, as they were consumed by the earth!  Everyone else backed away, to prevent any more casualties!  The Keyblade Wielders glared at Jexana, but she only smirked.

 

(Start Song Here)

                “There is no stopping me…I am already on the verge of fulfilling my innermost desire!  And with this desire, all will be how I envision it, and the entire universe, and all other universes will feel this shift, and they shall all change, and for the better!” she stated, raising her arms upwards as if she was some angel!

 

                “You’re wrong!  You aren’t going to change anything!  You’re going to be put to a stop, here and now!” Ventus claimed defiantly!  Jexana shook her head, but this time, she didn’t seem to feel hurt!

 

                “Oh, my poor, misunderstood Ventus.  Don’t worry my love…within a short time, all will be how it should be!” she said, and then Emmxett appeared before them!

 

                “What are you doing here!?” Vanitas exclaimed!

 

                “Well, my battle with Dexeres and Tsumugi ended!  I suppose that right now, they are sharing their final moments together!” Emmxett answered.

 

                “What…?  What do you mean by that!?” Sora asked.

 

                “In short, they’ll die, and all your friends on the outside as well.” Emmxett answered with a cruel smile!  Everyone felt despair creep up on them once again!  They had lost Xion, then Ethan and Gilgamesh, and now they’d lose Dexeres and Tsumugi too?  This was all turning out worse than they thought it would be!

 

                “Do you see now just how hopeless things are looking for you, you stupid ingrates!?” Jexana shouted, feeling ever so satisfied at seeing the despair on everyone’s faces!

 

                “You won’t win, Jexana…” Mickey said, his head bowed to the ground.

 

                “What?” Jexana asked, feeling slightly irritated!  Mickey then raised his head, and a powerful and determined expression on his face actually made Jexana slightly flinch a little!

 

                “I said that you won’t win!  We’ll come out of this war victorious, and the worlds will be saved once again!  It’s the same as when we confronted Xehanort!  We’ll keep everyone safe!  We’ll avenge the friends we’ve lost, and we’ll ensure the worlds have a future!  You won’t stop us from doing that! We may die here, and someone else may try to destroy the worlds in the future…but at least more will follow in our footseps, more people who will be willing to fight to protect the things that matter!  As long as we live, and as long as there is light to oppose you, we won’t give up!  Even now, Kingdom Hearts is helping us, because it knows that victory will be in our favor!  You won’t get the satisfaction of reaching your goals, Jexana!” Mickey defiantly stated, and everyone else glared at her, and they too, had confidence and determination in their eyes!  Jexana simply shook her head and chuckled.

 

                “Misguided fools…you will die before you can try to stop me!  Emmxett, now!” Jexana shouted, and Emmxett nodded!

(End Song Here)

 

                “At once!” he replied, and as he leapt up, he launched forth a gigantic energy field that seemed to be laced with deadly, piercing lasers!  Everyone prepared to brace themselves for the attack, but the attack never hit!  When they all looked to see what happened, they noticed that both Dexeres and Tsumugi had cut through the attack, destroying the energy field and launching forth a powerful sphere of twilit energy!  The sphere struck Emmxett and pushed him back drastically!  Dexeres and Tsumugi landed near their friends, and everyone was relieved that they were okay!

 

                “Fellas, you made it!  We were so worried!  We were just told you two were going to die!  But here you are!  Gosh, we’re all so relieved!” Mickey spoke, on behalf of the others!  Everyone nodded and felt relieved, but Dexeres and Tsumugi shook their heads.

 

                “It’s not like that…” Tsumugi said.

 

                “We are going to die…” Dexeres said.  Everyone then went silent.

 

(Start Song Here)

                “What do you mean…?” Vanitas asked, stepping forward.  He, of course, was a close friend to Dexeres, and the fact that Dexeres was so sure he’d die was something that Vanitas worried deeply about!  “What are you saying?” he asked.  Dexeres simply looked at Vanitas and smiled.

 

                “Just promise you guys will stop Jexana…please.” was all he answered.  Vanitas trembled a bit, and the others were at a loss for words!  Jexana was laughing, and Emmxett had recovered and was now by her side!

 

                “Well, it seems I won’t have to lay a finger on any of you!  Tsumugi will do the job for me!” she replied!

 

                “What the hell do you mean!?” Vanitas asked, glaring at Jexana!

 

                “Well, you see, even though Tsumugi had been under my control, I had to make sure thath I had a sort of emergency failsafe in the event that she’d break free of my control…a sphere of darkness that would act as a timebomb, and its explosive radius would cause catastrophic destruction!  And now it has been activated!  It’s only  a matter of time before all of you die before me!” Jexana explained.  Everyone remained speechless, and they looked at Dexeres and Tsumugi, who both faced all of them!  Tsumugi nodded.

 

                “It’s true…but…” Tsumugi said as she turned around, looking at Jexana and Emmxett.

 

                “We won’t let things end the way you want them to!” Dexeres said defiantly!  Jexana tilted her head.

 

                “Oh?  And what do you hope to do?” she asked, feeling amused.

 

                “This!” Dexeres and Tsumugi replied in unison!

 

                The two of them held each other’s hands, and once clasped together, their hands started to glow radiantly with a powerful, golden light!  Their bodies were soon covered by a golden aura, and their eyes gleamed a piercing white!  This caused the sphere inside Tsumugi to grow exponentially, and then, the two of them launched themselves towards Jexana.  She just laughed and shook her head!

 

                “Ha, you seriously think you’re going to destroy me?  You are such a fool!  You’ll only end up killing your friends!” Jexana said as she smirked.

 

                “Oh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that!” Tsumugi said, as she then let go of Dexeres, and then he cast both of his arms wide, creating a powerful energy sphere that was reinforced by countless Dusk Nobodies that slowly surrounded them!  Jexana and Emmxett were caught by surprise, and they found themselves trapped inside the energy  sphere!

 

                “What!?  What the hell are you doing!?” Jexana exclaimed!

 

                “Those clever bastards…” Emmxett whispered, actually impressed!

 

                The Keyblade Wielders watched all of this unfold, and Vanitas was about to interfere, when Riku held his arm and simply shook his head grimly.

 

                “They’ve made up their minds…their hearts are set on doing this…we can’t do anything now…” he said.  Vanitas shook his head and was speechless for a moment!

 

                “No…I…that can’t be!  They can’t die!” Vanitas exclaimed!  They all looked upwards at the energy spehere, being enveloped by Dusks, with tears rolling down their cheeks!  Dexeres and Tsumugi looked at everyone, and they had smiles on their faces!

 

                “Take care…okay?” Dexeres asked of everyone, and they simply nodded, continuing to cry!

 

                “It was an honor, meeting all of you…I’m glad I got to have so many friends…thank you!”  Tsumugi said with a smile!  Vanitas was about to say something, but then the Dusks eclipsed the sphere completely!  The Keyblade Wielders felt a bitter taste of loss now.  They were losing their dear friends…they had lost so many good people!  Everything was coming to a point where death was consuming them all!

 

                Inside the sphere, the dark sphere Tsumugi had implanted in her had grown to the point where it had almost consumed her body!  She held Dexeres’ right hand, and he held hers.  They looked at each other, and even though they were staring death in the face, they felt at peace!

 

                “Well, it looks like this is the end of the road for us…” Dexeres said, as he then touched Tsumugi’s face softly.

 

                “Yeah…I guess so.” she whispered, and the two of them kissed each other with loving passion one last time!  When they pulled away, Dexeres held Tsumugi’s hand tightly.

 

                “This time, we chose our fate…we chose the way we lived.  Now it’s up to our friends…they’ll finish this for us…I know they will!” Dexeres said.

 

                “Yes…and now we can rest…” Tsumugi said, as she closed her eyes!  Emmxett looked at the two of them, and his body was being seared by the powerful darkness emanating from Tsumugi, and the pressure of the energy sphere Dexeres had concocted!  Emmxett nodded, and he looked content as well.

 

                “A worthy opponent to the very end.  You truly are something else.  Farewell…Dexeres.” Emmxett said, as he whithered away into nothingness!

 

                “Farewell…” Dexeres replied, and then he and Tsumugi looked at Jexana, who was desperately trying to break through the sphere with the X-Blade!

 

                “No!!!  I won’t die here!!!  I refuse to die here!” Jexana exclaimed, and in a desperate attempt to escape, she summoned forth a gigantic coccon and enveloped herself in it, and she attempted to unleashed a powerful wave of darkness that would kill Dexeres and Tsumugi before the explosion could be triggered!  But by the time she was charging up the energy for her attack, it was too late!

 

                “Let’s go together…my love.” Tsumugi whispered, a tear rolling down her cheek.

 

                “Yes…let’s go…” Dexeres said, and the two of them smiled.

 

                And then…silence….

(End Song Here)

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Our heroes are falling, the war is getting to its breaking point, and the Keyblade Wielders are now neck deep in this whole chaotic  conflict!  Will Dexeres and Tsumugi’s sacrifice had been enough to stop Jexana?  Will our heroes be able to continue onward?  Or will Jexana finally win?  Stay tuned for Chapter Forty Seven: Owari-Part 7 Of 10: “To End Sacrifices!”

 

Well everyone, that was the chapter!  I hope that you all enjoyed the insane intensity this chapter brought!  Whoo, things are getting crazier and crazier!  It was a heartbreaking thing for me to do, to kill off Dexeres and Tsumugi.  But I actually felt this was the way they should go.  On their terms!  They decided their own fate, and they were able to go together!  Soon this story shall end, and let’s see how the final chapters turn out!  Thank you all so much for your patience and support, and as always, please be sure to comment on what you thought of tonight’s chapter!  Well then, until next time, stay tuned for the next one!

Oh my lord.... Why....

Wow... more loss for the heroes. I must say, clearly with the blood and gore, you learned directly from me. In my stories, I even mentioned dismemberment be it of limbs or worse. Great job.