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The World That Never Was-The Castle That Never Was-Twilight's View: Xaldin: "..." Xaldin is seen walking up the stairs of Twilight's View until from above, seen speaking to him is a hooded Xigbar, saying to Xaldin the words: Xigbar: "...Worried for the young'uns? that's so uncharacteristic of a Nobody like yourself, eh Dilan?" Xaldin: "...Hmph, Xigbar, you speak, as though Nobodies have characteristics to begin with, also, don't dare refer to me with that weakling's name again, that was my former shell, who didn't know what to do with his life, only carry out the orders of old fools like THAT man." Xigbar: "...Whoa, whoa, whoa! are you sure you want to be disrespecting the old wise man like that? i mean, knowing karma, you could just ended up getting cast back into Darkness for that." said Xigbar before jumping down and taking off his hood. Xigbar: "Also, as for the comment about characteristics? why wouldn't we have them? i mean, without them, we wouldn't be able to tell us "Human" Nobodies apart and i for one am grateful that i have got devilishly good looks, unlike either both Vexen or Lexaeus." Xaldin looks with a deadpan look. Xaldin: "Have you come to gloat in my face Xigbar or have you actually got something to tell me among all of your mindless nonsense?" Xigbar: "...Heh heh, do you remember that old experiment both me and Xehanort worked on? you know, the really private one?" Xaldin: "...What? you mean "The Dume Initiative"? the very first of the official projects that the early Organization started working on? what about it?" Xigbar: "Its resurfaced." Xaldin: "What?" Xigbar: "Come on! you know what i mean! Dume Initiative experimental guinea pig number 0: Fryee, or, the name we gave for him back then: Xeyfer, Xeyfer "The Unsuccessful One"." Xaldin: "!?!? The Unsuccessful One!?!? that is who!? -" Xigbar: "That's riiight! see? BINGO! knew you'd catch on quickly! he's the one whose making mince meat out of Saix, Axel, Demyx and Luxord at the Crow's Nest, number 0 himself." Xaldin: "Why didn't you inform me!?" Xigbar: "The Superior told me not to, only to relay to you just who is wearing the black coat other then us, i mean after all, back when you were a somebody, you WERE snooping around into the Dume Initiative when you shouldn't have been." Xaldin: "...Tch!" Xigbar: "What's that? wait, oh ho ho, don't tell me, is that, why, yes-it-is! its a FROWN! you've got an emotional FROWN upon your face! oh the "shame"! oh the "humanity"! ...ciao!" Xigbar disappears, Xaldin is left behind saying to himself: Xaldin: "...Damn you Xigbar, you-you set this all up!" (To be continued.).

Flashback: -Hollow Bastion, 9 years ago- The town buildings were set on fire and everywhere was plagued by black liquid ooze like substances from which Pureblood Heartless had spawned from, Leon, 18 years old back then known, as Squall was the last remaining task guard member still standing trying to survive the onslaught of Heartless, as he battled one after another countless numbers of them, he was struggling to remain standing with everything going on both in front and around him, just then, appearing in front of his very eyes was the sorceress, the sorceress known, as Maleficent, the evil fairy, Squall tried to confront the evil fairy before she could begin her complete hostile takeover of the entire World but unfortunately, Squall was no match for her evil magic and just when it seemed like he was about to fall in battle, just then, a certain familiar Mouse had appeared wielding the Star Seeker Keyblade, using his Keyblade, he saved Squall and teleported him elsewhere to safety, the small Mouse then proceeded to confront Maleficent alone of whom was then seen lastly cackling very evilly to herself. Back in the present, Riku helps awake Leon from his sudden flashback: "...On...hey! Leon!" said Riku, Leon awoke from gazing into the sky, as he replied: "!? Huh, what!? oh, sorry about that, Riku..." "...Its okay, if anything, i understand, you lost, a lot, didn't you? you and everyone else..." "...Yeah, we did, we lost our homes and, we lost our friends, we ended up in Traverse Town after the World fell into Darkness and we didn't know what to do at all being in a new setting like we were, we were all panicking, especially Yuffie who was the youngest of us at the time, however, just when we thought that we were doomed with no help whatsoever, we then found ourselves lucky, for we had, a certain, friend..." "Huh?" "Well anyways Riku, i'm hoping that this little story of mine was insightful, perhaps?" said Leon, wondering if he has help encouraged Riku in any way whatsoever at all, Riku replied with the words after coming up with his answer: "...To be honest, i'm still having trouble adjusting to other people, outside of both my friends and family, all my life, i thought of new ways of how me and my friends could leave our home islands and go wherever it is we wanted to, we dreamed of exploring new Worlds, although, the end result that we got in the end wasn't quite what we had exactly pictured and now, i'm on a journey, a journey to reunite with my friends and return with them back to our home, for no matter how small it is, no matter how plain it may look, home...is where the Heart is, after all, right?" said Riku, Leon was happy with Riku's answer, saying: "...Good answer, it looks to me, as long, as you keep Light burning strong within your Heart, anything is possible, take a look at us, we're a good example if you don't mind me saying that and i hope, Riku that if you are ever in trouble, both wherever and whenever, just remember one thing: you have friends and allies everywhere you go, i'll gladly lend you my Gunblade if you so ever wish to take up arms with it." Riku was surprised but happy by Leon's comment, replying: "!? ...Heh, thanks, but no thanks, i've...got my own style." said Riku, making a joke with Leon before then saying: "...I've made up my mind, let's work together, Leon." "You sure? i thought you weren't keen on it before." "True, i wasn't but still, like you said, i have friends and getting help now and then isn't so bad...isn't, so bad, huh..." said Riku, as he then looked at his hand and had recalled his previous argument with Mickey before further remembering what Mickey said to Riku after helping him when he finally defeated Ansem back at Castle Oblivion, Riku clutched a fist with his hand and thought to himself the words: "...Mickey...i'm..." suddenly, just then however, Leon interrupts Riku's thought process, saying to the latter: "!?!? Riku! watch out!!" "...Huh? !? WHOA!" Riku dodges an attack meant for him by a giant Guard Armour Emblem Heartless, it had tried to rocket punch Riku only to fail, Riku summons his Soul Eater sword whilst Leon draws his Gunblade Revolver Griever against the Heartless, as Leon says to Riku: "...You ready?" "A mere Heartless like this? won't even be much, of putting up a fight." said Riku to Leon who just smiles, afterwards the two proceed to fight the Guard Armour within the highly packed in bailey, during the fight, Leon notices that they won't be able to properly fight the Guard Armour unless taking the fight elsewhere, Riku agrees and so the white haired youth decides to shoot a Dark Firaga up into the corridor passage of the bailey's roof to provide more room, that way both he and Leon could fight the Guard Armour above the bailey instead of inside it, outside above they had more room and it was here that Leon had unleashed his special technique against the Guard Armour, the Renzokuken, Leon multiply slashes the Guard Armour one after the other until leaving Riku to deal the finishing blow by shooting a Dark Firaga aimed directly at the Guard Armour's head, the head is then knocked off the Guard Armour's body, forcing the rest of the body to retreat whilst leaving its head behind, its head comically tries to run away after its body by turning invisible to avoid being detected both Riku and Leon, either way it didn't matter, the battle was won although it came at the expense of the slight destruction of the bailey, Riku says to Leon: "Sorry about ruining your rooftop." "Its okay, knowing we were fighting Heartless, it couldn't be helped-" "Yes it could have." "!?" "...Huh? !? AH!" just then, Cloud appeared, having watched the whole fight, he scolds Leon for being so reckless in the destruction of the bailey's property, saying to him: "...And you say you want to restore Hollow Bastion? gimme a break, as long, as people continue to act recklessly, they endanger the lives of others." "...Cloud, i..." "...Is this what Rinoa would have wanted?" "!?!?" "Rinoa?" thought Riku to himself, Cloud then decided to take his leave but not before lastly saying to Riku: "...Hey, kid, i want you to know something, you may have Leon's support and everyone else's support but that doesn't mean that you have mine, as long, as you continue to wield the powers of Darkness, someone will get hurt and i will never, EVER accept you for that, just think about what i have to say, as for me, i'm going to look for that Heartless, knowing that type of Heartless, it shouldn't have wandered off too far, probably to the central plaza, when you both are ready, come find me there, that's all." said Cloud with words that appeared to be advice of wisdom before taking his leave, holding the handle of his Buster Sword tightly upon his back, Riku, although a bit annoyed with Cloud and his words knew that there was truth and that Riku himself should have thought more about the surrounding properties, wondering what could have happened if someone not related to everything could have possibly wandered in by mistake at those critical moments, it was then that Riku suddenly recalled what Pitch had said to him previously, about how Riku would be the cause of someone innocent getting hurt because of Riku, Riku upon thinking about this suddenly looks down in gloom towards the ground until Leon says to Riku: "...Don't let it all get to you." "Huh?" "...Dilly-dally shilly-shally..." "...Wha?" "...Dilly-dally shilly-shally, that's...what Cloud's friend Tifa always used to say to him whenever he was down in the dumps and when he felt like that he couldn't move forward, in a sense, Cloud was saying that, to the both of us." "But why? also, why is he using the power of Darkness? doesn't he know-" "He knows, he knows that it could possibly corrupt him, still, Cloud...he sees it, as no other way of fighting, if you want to know more, you should ask Cloud himself, only he can give you his answers." said Leon, moving on ahead, as Riku stood, lastly thinking to himself: "...Yeah but, Leon, what about? ...no, forget it, i'll ask him when it's the right time, right now that Heartless needs to be stopped, i won't let it run free and destroy Hollow Bastion, this World...it doesn't belong to the Heartless, anymore!" said Riku, he chased after Leon who in turn went on ahead after Cloud, trying to hunt down the Guard Armour Emblem Heartless that supposedly fled towards the central plaza of Hollow Bastion. (To be continued.).

The last chapter finally pointed out how Riku's hair was growing long by the time of Kingdom Hearts II. Riku went on ahead of Leon up towards the bailey whilst destroying Emblem Heartless along the way where there Leon finally caught up and started talking with Riku saying to him the words: "...You don't wait up for others, do you?" said Leon, as Riku replied by saying: "...Sorry." Leon merely smiled and then replied himself: "Heh, No worries, i was like that too at one time, i guess...i still am, in some senses." "...What do you mean? if you don't mind me asking..." "Back when i was still a kid, this place, it used to be called paradise, until a certain man ruined everything and then after that both Maleficent and her Heartless started taking over the place, making the World their own, we were all forced and scattered from our homes to other different Worlds that we didn't even know existed, me and my friends, Aerith, Yuffie and the old timer Cid were sent to the World of Traverse Town, whereas my best friend who you had the "privilege" of meeting earlier, Cloud, ended up somewhere else entirely, i believe one of his own personal friends was lost around the same time he was but unfortunately so far, we haven't found her, unlike Cloud who ended up back on this World she hasn't, its our job, as the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee to see that everyone has returned back to Hollow Bastion both safe and found." "...Hollow Bastion...Restoration Committee?" "Yeah, its the group made from the leading members of the resistance that fought against Maleficent and took back Hollow Bastion, me and my friends, our 1st primary order of business is to see that everyone has safely returned from other Worlds back here and then after that, we will begin reconstruction on the World, starting with the towns scattered everywhere across the globe, we want to find those who have been lost across the vast reaches of the void of space on other Worlds and see if they have returned back here to their home-world, hopefully..." "Huh?" "...It doesn't matter, at any rate, what i was trying to get at before was that i used to be a loner when i was a kid, unlike everyone else who had their parents, i didn't even know mine, only that my name was "Squall", "Squall Leonhart"...apparently "Leonhart" was my mother's maiden name but even still, i don't know who she was or even who my father is, back then, because of all the pent up emotions that i had within me from not knowing about my true past, i grew angry and lashed out at others, even when some people were trying just to be friendly, i knew that...but, still...i couldn't help my anger, it was though, i was roaring out, exactly just like a lion would, it was way back then that i first got a glimpse of Darkness, MY, Darkness..." "...Your Darkness..." "Eventually, because of my stupid mistakes i accidentally hurt someone around my age, her last name was "Heartilly" and because of my stupidity, i decided that i would never again hurt someone, realizing i was giving in to my anger, my Darkness, i knew that i had to do something about it so when i came of proper age, i joined the Hollow Bastion task guard, i customized my own personal weapon, the Revolver Griever, a Gunblade, back then, our society was just starting making Gunblades and so i figured that if i customized my own, i could show my worth to the task guard and they would allow me to officially join their ranks which in the end i did prove my worth and they allowed me to join, each member within the task guard was given a code-name, i was given the code-name "SeeD", whatever that meant, at any rate, i was a member of the task guard and i was fulfilling my duties, as one of the royal protectors of Hollow Bastion, however, when THAT day came, we were unprepared, unprepared for the unexpected...the Heartless, beings we had never seen before in our lifetime, we tried to fight them off but in the end, we were outmatched and outgunned...the Heartless...they took over Hollow Bastion, destroying it, plundering it, doing whatever bidding that the sorceress who came to our World that day, Maleficent had commanded them to, whatever powers of Darkness she was using, she was able to command the Heartless and have them obey her every whim...you know...i actually, confronted the sorceress before Hollow Bastion fell." said Leon after having a lengthy conversation with Riku, greatly shocking and surprising him, having just learned that Leon met with Maleficent once face to face when he was just a kid before his home-world had fallen 9 years previously. (To be continued.).

I was thinking that i wanted to create a Character that would shape-shift into Roxas/Ventus later on but would not be met by Axel, otherwise that would affect Axel's future relationship with Roxas and Axel then remembering Ventus from the past, realizing that there is a connection between the two. Xeyfer is a special being, like Vanitas was basically the sole "Unversed", Xeyfer is the sole "Doppelganger", he can pass on his traits to others or take on the traits of the other people, when you think about it like that, i just realized just now that the story is heavily based on both Before Crisis and Crisis Core, Xeyfer's character backstory is more or less similar to Angeal Hewley's from the latter FFVII title.

"Phew! glad that's over, man, i thought i was going to light up like a rocket back there-huh? what's wrong people? what's with the long faces?" said Cid, entering back into Merlin's house, as he noticed both Riku and everyone else after they just had their conversation about Sora, Riku says to himself: "...Fine, i get it, if anything, i'll be taking my leave for now, thank you...everyone, for your patronage." said Riku, as he began to take his leave, Aerith stopped him, saying the words: "Wait, let me help you with something, your face is dirty and your hair is all ruffled." said Aerith, Riku had suddenly replied: "W-Wha?" Aerith herself then replied with the words: "With your hair growing, as long, as it is, you need to keep it in proper shape and form, you can't just leave it ruffled like it is, here, i'll brush it for you." said Aerith, Riku was taken aback by Aerith's words but realized there was truth in her words, as he had finally noticed that his hair was growing in length but that it was all unkempt and untidy, he bashfully decided to let Aerith sort out his hair before deciding to leave and with that, Aerith used magic to help make Riku's image bright and shiny, as Riku was getting tidied up, he recalls a very faint Memory locked buried away deep inside his Heart: "...Funny...this sort of, feels...familiar...mom?" said Riku, as he accidentally blurted out the word mom, everyone was suddenly surprised by what Riku had just said, especially Aerith herself, she replied to what Riku accidentally called her: "Mom? ...i'm guessing, your missing your family, right?" said Aerith, Riku, shocked by Aerith's words but finding happiness within them replies: "...Heh, yeah, yeah i do, i miss, my family..." said Riku, Yuffie playfully locks her arm around Riku's neck whilst saying to him: "Aww! ain't that cute! tough guy like this misses his mommy!" said Yuffie in gesture which Riku recognizes, Riku tries to get Yuffie to back off, saying: "H-hey! lemme go!" said Riku, everyone laughed whilst Leon merely sighed before saying to Riku: "...Hey Riku, if you don't mind, care for me to lend a helping hand?" said Leon, Riku was confused by Leon's statement, asking him why: "...Huh? why?" Leon replied: "Your looking for something in this town, correct? if so, two heads are better then one, don't you think?" said Leon, Riku however, wanting to maintain his pride refuses, saying to Leon: "No that won't be necessary, i'll be fine on my own, i'll-" said Riku, however, Aerith interrupts by saying: "Then just let Leon keep an eye on you." Riku was then confused by Aerith's statement, as she then continued saying the words: "If Leon, the leader of our newly founded Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee keeps an eye on you then there should be no problem in him tagging along, am i right?" said Aerith, although she made a fair point, Riku was still having doubts, Cid then points out: "Plus if you run into Cloud again, he might not go so easy on ya kid, with Leon around, you'll be able to convince Cloud to help the both of you find what your looking for and also take out tons of Heartless along the way, see what i mean?" said Cid, Riku remembering the importance of finding the Keyhole that will access the Lanes Between decides to finally admit that he needs someone's help if he is going to find it and the only way he'll find it is if he has Leon and hopefully Cloud's help in order to take on the amount of Heartless sneaking into Hollow Bastion, not to mention the Nobodies skulking about, as well, Riku takes his leave, lastly and proudly stating: "...Well, what are we waiting for? let's...go..." said Riku, leaving Merlin's house and going on ahead, Leon sighs at this and says to himself: "Sigh...stubborn kid, eh?" said Leon, Yuffie playfully elbows Leon in the arm, saying to him: "Kind of reminds you of someone, eh Squall?" said Yuffie, Leon replies: "...That's Leon." finally before leaving Merlin's house, Leon blurts out something by instinct that he becomes confused by and ponders on whilst following after Riku, he says to himself: "...We may, never meet again...but, we will...never forget each other...huh? what the?" said Leon to himself, as Riku went on ahead, destroying a few Heartless along the way with his Soul Eater sword until reaching the bailey. (To be continued.).

Yeah, he was the first Human test subject by both Xehanort and Braig after Ansem was banished and they tried to fill up one of the seats with Fryee, Xeyfer's original being before being swallowed by Darkness, however they failed and he was instead banished to a World almost completely populated by Heartless that they called the Crow's Nest, they originally intended for him to die there, however, should he have lived and survived the experience, they also had plans for if he survived or not, Fryee is the only person in existence to have given into Darkness and not produce both a Heartless and a Nobody, if he could be compared to anyone, its Vanitas.

Xeyfer was originally meant to be a Xehanort vessel candidate but had failed to fill up one of the positions, due to certain reasons that will be revealed within the story. Luxord: "...I hear fighting nearby, could it be, them?" said Luxord, making his way over to where the fighting is currently going on. Saix and Demyx work together to take on the giant bird Heartless with Saix tapping into his inner strength, using it to perform magic, despite the limitations that have been placed on both him and the other members sent to the Crow's Nest in the form of their Zero Gear, even though Demyx and Axel have been able to use their respective water and fire magic, it is causing them great strain and now Saix, trying to do the same but to a more higher level is struggling to contain the magic power without it backfiring on him, Saix is trying to cast fire magic but has trouble doing so, saying to himself the words: Saix: "...GAAAA! this...won't stop...me! ...BURN!" shouted out Saix, he shoots a fireball from the tip of his claymore directly at one of the Heartless only to miss and hit a giant tree instead, Saix again says to himself: Saix: "...BAH! these limiters...if they continue to get in the way, they will drain our magic completely." said Saix looking at Demyx, almost completely fatigued from using too much water magic previously in his attack against the two bird Heartless, Demyx says to Saix: Demyx: "Huff...puff...Saix, let's run! at this rate, we'll be chicken feed for these flamingos!" Saix: "FOOL! you can run but i will not yield, i have my pride, i will not...fall, down!" said Saix, preparing to continue fighting the bird Heartless. (To be continued.). Did i repeat myself with the sentence about Saix trying to use magic?

Luxord: "...Ha...ha...ha...haaa, ahhh, that was a good fight, i nearly broke a sweat there." said Luxord after having defeated the multiple groups of Pureblood Shadow Heartless that were previously trying to attack him, only to have failed in the end with some of them crawling back into the Darkness whence they came, emerging from that very same Darkness, as the Shadows appeared Xeyfer with his hood up, appearing before Luxord. Luxord: "Oh? a new comrade is it? or...a new enemy, pray tell?" Xeyfer: "...You, a Gambler of Fate, you, are dangerous...i wonder, should you be eliminated here and now and be spared the Darkness that would consume you later on?" Luxord: "...Huh? what drivel-!" suddenly, Luxord sensed Xeyfer trying to attack him with his bare fist and manages to narrowly dodge the attack, Xeyfer says to Luxord: Xeyfer: "Very good, your reflexes are commendable, all the more reason...you should fade back into Darkness..." Luxord: "You, your not...a Nobody, are you?" Xeyfer had summoned armor like attachments on both his wrists and his knees, taking up a kung fu like fighting style position before saying towards Luxord: Xeyfer: "...No, i am not." Luxord: "...Heh, THIS should be fun." Luxord proceeded to battle the hooded Xeyfer, elsewhere, Axel and Saix were seen roaming a Dark forest full of ruins, trying to look for both Demyx and Luxord. Axel: "...Sigh, where are they? we're turning this place upside down." Saix: "Quit griping, if anything, they are bound to be around here somewhere, if not..." Axel: "You think, that they faded back into Darkness?" Saix: "...It is the fate of all us Nobodies Lea, unless we achieve this Kingdom Hearts that Xemnas spoke of, we will never be complete again and if that happens, we are destined, doomed to fall into Darkness and forever stay in its Realm until the end of time itself, our existences won't be completely erased but just like birds in cages, you get the rest, do you not?" Axel: Sheesh, when you put it like that, we better find both those two and fast, otherwise WE'LL be the ones ending up fading into Darkness or being turned into Dusks." Saix: "...Being turned into a Dusk sounds more better then being a prisoner of the Dark, wait, i sense something, someone's presence..." Axel: "...Hey yeah! i sense it too, could it be Demyx or Luxord? maybe even both?" Saix: "Let's find out, come on." Axel: "Right-o!" meanwhile, back where both Luxord and Xeyfer were fighting. Luxord: "GA!" Luxord was seen kneeling on the ground, tending to his shoulder, having been defeated by Xeyfer, who proceeds to dis-summon his gauntlets and grieves and approach Luxord very slowly, Luxord tries to throw one last playing card right at Xeyfer, only to fail, instead, Xeyfer's mere presence causes the card to shatter in two right behind him, he stands in front of Luxord above him, saying to him the words: Xeyfer: "...You are their newest pet guinea pig, aren't you?" Luxord: "!? What did you call me!? geh!" Luxord's shoulder was aching from where he was damaged, Xeyfer proceeded to continue speaking: Xeyfer: "...Lose sight of the truth and you remain blind to the Twilight." Luxord: "...What are you, talking, about!?" Xeyfer: "...Just like i was, farewell, till we meet again, i have decided to spare you, to see what becomes of your fate, gambler..." Xeyfer opens a Corridor of Darkness and proceeds to walk through it, closing it behind him, as he leaves Luxord with one final message: Xeyfer: "You, your friends, your comrades...beware, of the Twilight you stand in, you never know, if you are actually, being engulfed by the Dark..." Xeyfer reveals that he possesses a Joker playing card that belongs to Luxord and he throws it next to the latter before then finally disappearing altogether, Luxord, wounded sees the Joker next to him but scoffs at it and proceeds to stand up, saying to himself: Luxord: "Tch, it appears i was the one, who lost the gamble this time...what a bad joke." Luxord decided to move onward, intending to still find the Xzu Heartless and eliminate it despite being injured, returning to both Axel and Saix, they comically find Demyx among the Heartless bird nest full of eggs, Axel can't help himself, as he starts to giggle at Demyx's predicament whilst Saix just looks on with a deadpan look, Demyx quietly whispers: "Not funny Axel! come on guys, get-me-out-of-here! come on! i don't want to be Heartless food!" said Demyx, during the sentence he was using hand signals. Saix: "Sigh...Axel, care for some scrambled eggs?" Axel: "You got it!" said Axel, summoning his Chakrams and setting them ablaze, Demyx replies: "Oh thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I PROMISE YOU, YOU WON'T REGRET THIS! YOU WON'T-! r-regret...this...heh, heh heh...nice birdies." just then, Demyx had noticed behind him the two giant bird like Heartless from before that were chasing him, because he raised his voice, the two Heartless came rushing back to their nest and to make matters worse, the eggs with the Emblem Heartless insignia on them were starting to hatch, meaning only one thing for Demyx...it was chow time for the newborn baby bird Heartless. Demyx: "OHHH-NOOO!" shouted out Demyx comically. Saix: "...Lea, you save Demyx, i'll take care of the birds." Axel: "Seriously? you know i wanted to have some fun too Isa." Saix: "Just do it, don't make me repeat myself." Axel: "All right, all right, i got it memorized, sheesh." the two proceeded to summon their respective weapons, as Axel went to fight the newborn baby bird Heartless from eating Demyx whilst Saix drove off the parents in a different direction, giving Axel a chance to try and save Demyx, Xeyfer watched not too far away from within the shadows, wondering how things would play out. Axel: "HEY! over here you big turkeys!" Axel had drawn the attention of the four hatch-lings. Axel: "Demyx go, now!" Demyx: "R-right!" Axel: "...Now then, anyone up for some spicy chicken wings?" said Axel, setting his Chakrams on fire, deciding to fight the four giant newborn bird like Heartless in front of him, as Demyx literally flew the coop, Xeyfer commented upon this action: Xeyfer: "...Camaraderie...from, a Nobody?" said Xeyfer, Saix not too far away proceeded to battle the parents. Saix: "...You may have overpowered our number 9 but tell me, do you know, what MY rank is? ...oh, that's right, your Heartless, of course you don't know, you only act on mindless instinct, well then, allow me, to show you in person, just which number, that, I have!" said Saix, getting serious against his opponents, as one of the parent bird Heartless tries to attack Saix, suddenly, spheres made of water appeared above it and dropped directly below upon its back damaging it, this was revealed to be the work of Demyx, having come to lend Saix a hand. Demyx: "Okay you overgrown gooses! its payback time! no more running away! I'LL DROWN THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF YOU!" Demyx, in Saix's eyes for the very first time seemed to be showing both initiative and promise in battle, taking on Heartless bigger then him despite his previous disappoints in the past, Demyx however thought to himself: Demyx: "Good! now if i do this and show that i'm lending a helping hand, i won't get turned into a Dusk!" thought Demyx to himself his true reason for helping Saix, the two proceed to work together to fight the parents whilst not too far away back at the nest Axel fights by himself their babies, having already eliminated one of them and moving on to destroy the other three, Xeyfer sees all of the fighting going on and lastly wonders to himself: Xeyfer: "...Hmm...perhaps, they are not, as weak, as i previously thought." thought Xeyfer, as Luxord was seen slowly but surely approaching the scene where Axel was fighting, Axel says to the enemies in front of him lastly the words: Axel: "Let's finish this! we've got a mission to fulfill! all four of us! got it memorized?" (To be continued.).

Fair point.

What would be the point after the story of the World is finished?

(Typo error: you said Aqua.). "...Thank you, we could really use a hand in all this, also, will you lend us your strength? former royal guard member? please...we beg of you, your strength and your experience far exceeds ours, we could really use your guiding hand in stopping the Cult of Nobodies but, as for their location...unfortunately, we do not know." said Sea, Land gritted his teeth before saying "Pass." said Land, Sea lastly replied "Huh?" said Sea, not understanding what Land means by "Pass".

"...Giving up already? come on! Riku! i thought YOU were stronger then that!" "...Ra...So...Ra...!? SORA!" said Riku, as he suddenly woke up on a bed in a unknown house, surrounded by equally unknown people, they were surprised by his sudden awakening, as Riku was seen waking up, reaching out his hand towards the air, he placed his hand on-top of his head, saying to himself the words: "Ugh...what, what happened...to me?" said Riku, a blonde haired man wearing goggles replied by saying to Riku: "Well for one thing kiddo, you got the snot beaten out of you by Cloud, that's for sure." said the blonde haired man, Yuffie then appeared entering the house, replying to Cid, saying to him: "Now, now old timer, don't beat on the kid, it was his first time facing Cloud, what did you think the outcome was going to be?" said Yuffie, the man replied: "Hey! who are you calling old timer!? its Cid and don't you forget it, Yuffie!" said the man, identifying himself, as Cid, as Yuffie herself replied: "Yeah, whatever." among the other unknown people was a elderly looking old man wearing a long pointy hat, saying to both Cid and Yuffie: "That's enough, the both of you! can't you see he's trying to wake up?" said the old man, as Cid replied: "Yeah, we understand old timer, we'll keep it hush hush from now on, wouldn't want your old ears to go senile on us just yet now do we?" said Cid, the old man himself replied by saying: "WHAT-WAS-THAT?" said the old man in a threatening tone, as Cid then noticed the scary expression on the old man's face and slightly panicked, Yuffie tried to hold back the giggles, as Riku then got up from the bed but nearly fell down, helping him from completely falling was Yuffie herself, saying to Riku: "Whoa, hey easy there! you don't want to go collapsing again do ya?" "Where...where am i?" said Riku, just then, Leon entered the house, saying to Riku: "Your at Merlin's." said Leon, Riku replied: "...Merlin's?" the old man then spoke up and revealed that he was Merlin: "That would be me, Merlin, wizard extraordinaire." Cid whispered to himself: "More like old loon extraordinaire." however, Merlin overheard Cid's comment and had used his wizard's wand to cast Fire on Cid, namely his butt, causing him to say the words: "...Sniff, sniff, sniff, hey, do you smell something burning? huh? !? YEOUUCH!" Cid noticed that his butt was on fire and had proceeded to run around comically trying to get rid of the fire, running out of the house in a panic, Yuffie just laughed away at Cid's expense whilst Leon just placed his hand on his forehead, exasperated at the whole situation that just occurred right in front of him before proceeding to speak with Riku: "...So, you got a name?" "..." Riku remained silent, not knowing whether or not to trust Leon and the others, just then however, appeared Aerith, saying to Riku upon sensing his hesitance to answer: "...Don't worry, we're friends, you can believe in us." said Aerith, Riku upon hearing Aerith's words felt a unique calm and gentleness from them and because of so, he decided to lower his guard down, deciding to trust Leon and the others, he answers Leon's question from before by replying: "...Riku, its...Riku." said Riku, Leon replied: "...Riku? i think...nah, forget it..." said Leon, Riku was wondering what Leon was going to say before stopping himself, as he then said to Riku next: "...At any rate, Riku...your...from another World, aren't you?" "!? How do you!?" "Its okay, we know about all of the Worlds, we traveled to one both from and back not too long ago, it was a World called Traverse Town, we also know how balance must be kept between the Worlds by keeping them secret from one another, thus whilst in Traverse Town, we never told a soul there that we actually come from this World, Hollow Bastion." "...I...see...so then, you used to live, before the Heartless invaded, right?" "...That's right, it was over 9 years ago, the evil witch Maleficent and her cronies took over our beautiful home-world and turned it into a nest for all Heartless to lurk about in, thankfully though however, me and everyone else here built up a resistance force and all together with our allies, we took back Hollow Bastion from Maleficent and returned it to a World, freed from the Heartlesses' both control and domain." it was then whilst listening to Leon that Riku pondered to himself, recalling the events that happened when he was here at Hollow Bastion the last time: "...Huh? resistance force? taking back the World from Maleficent? that's not right, that can't be-! wait, of course, Namine, Namine said that she had the power to link together peoples' Chain of Memories and replace their real Memories with false ones, that means that these guys here fell under Namine's spell when she tampered with Sora's Memories but that can only also mean that...!" Riku had realized that both Leon and his group must of encountered Sora in the past, that's the only way he could think of that their explanation of taking Hollow Bastion back would make sense, Riku says to Leon and everyone else currently present: "Hey, do any of you know someone named Sora? he's a friend of mine, he came to Hollow Bastion during the time it was being ruled by Maleficent." "...So, ra? that's...who again?" said Yuffie, Riku was shocked, even more so when he heard everyone else's replies: Aerith said: "Sora...i'm sorry but none of us here are familiar with that name." followed by Merlin saying: "A Sora did you say? hmm...interesting...i contain a book that shows who is who and if they have been possibly travelling to other Worlds, in all records of that book, it shows that no one by the name of Sora has been here in Hollow Bastion, not one record of him whatsoever." lastly followed by Leon saying the words: "If it's true that your friend Sora did come here to Hollow Bastion however, its highly unlikely he would have survived being here, Maleficent had turned all intruders to her "personal headquarters" into Heartless to serve her, no one would have been able to possess both the strength and abilities to oppose both her and the Heartless during the time before our resistance had made their move and had struck against both her and her forces." As Riku took in all that everyone had said one by one, he proceeded to say to them a key factor about Sora's existence and his time previously spent before in the World of Hollow Bastion the last time: "...Wait! the Keyblade! surely you must remember a boy wielding a sword shaped like a Key, anyone?" said Riku, everyone was a bit taken aback by the mention of the word Keyblade, as Yuffie replied: "...Key...blade? a Keyblade? are you sure you aren't mistaking this boy's choice of weapon for a Gunblade like Leon's?" said Yuffie, Leon proceeded to show Riku his Gunblade just to confirm Riku's suspicions, however, Riku was adamant, saying to everyone: "No, it was definitely a Key shaped sword, Sora! if not all of you then at least some of you must know Sora! anyone! Sora! the Keyblade! ...anyone?" said Riku, however, everyone was looking down towards the ground before Aerith herself shook her head and lastly said to Riku the words: "...I'm sorry, Riku, i truly, truly am...but...none of us, know any person by the name of Sora, i'm...sorry." said Aerith, Riku was greatly shocked and especially horrified that no one had remembered Sora, he knew in his Heart that for certain, Leon and everyone else had met Sora in the past, however, due to Namine's tampering with everyone's Chain of Memories, namely their Memories of their encounters with Sora and having ever met him at all to begin with, Riku lastly pondered to himself: "...Sora...you..." said Riku, his Heart in ache and pain for Sora having been forgotten by the people he met in the past and had befriended during the time Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness had threatened the Worlds previously, now discovering that Sora's existence, to them at least had become nothing but...a pure white blank itself, to them, the boy known, as Sora...had never existed. (To be continued.).

Like Xion who was the center of 358/2 Days, Xeyfer is the center of Darkness of the XIII.

The thing is, Ansem's whole research has been tied into the Key to Return Hearts, he didn't find a definite answer until Sora had appeared, Sora was the final Key needed for Ansem to complete his research, know what i mean?

For FF Characters, i bet the two most likely choices are either Lightning or Noctis.

Okay, at this point all of us know that we now get at least four allies to help Sora in battle, the question i wish to ask though is this: Will Hercules be the only World with one ally? and, as for the Big Hero 6 World, will both Baymax and Hiro be counted, as separate allies or, as one ally together?

"...Strelitzia...i...i...i..." said Ansem, Strelitzia placed her hand upon Ansem's, as she said to him the words: "...Close your eyes." said Strelitzia, Ansem was at first confused by what Strelitzia had meant before then proceeding to do what she said, as he closed his eyes, Strelitzia did the same and both together, did they share a vision, in that vision, another person had appeared, it was none other, then Klein, his hand on-top of Strelitzia's whose in turn was on-top of Ansem's, Ansem was very shocked to see Klein within his vision, as Klein proceeded to say to Ansem: "...Yo, long time no see heh." said Klein, Ansem replied with both shock and awe: "K-KLEIN!?" said Ansem, as Klein himself then replied with the words: "What? are you really THAT surprised to see me? come on Ansem, the "Wise", its me! you know, Klein, or, as everyone else prefers to call me, the "Brain" of the whole operation ha ha." said Klein, Strelitzia says towards Ansem: "You see Ansem? even if Darkness has swallowed them whole and has separated us from the ones that we love and truly care about, it can never take that which is most precious to us away and that is, the pieces of the Hearts that we carry, inherited from those that have been lost to Darkness but not forgotten, they are not "Lost Memories" of Darkness completely just yet and, as long, as we work together, they won't ever be." said Strelitzia before Klein interrupts her whilst cooing over his daughter, the sleeping Lowia: "Easy on the lectures dear, i think Ansem knows already, oh Strelitzia...you used to talk so much and i...i have missed that and it looks like...i'm going to be missing it again, my Heart, it can't stay here forever, i can only communicate for about a few more seconds and then, i'll be...returning to the Dark but never fear, Strelitzia, Ansem, as long, as we keep each other inside our Hearts, i just know that we shall be reunited once again, me and the scientists that are still in Darkness, we have, a message...a message to relay to you, Ansem..." said Klein, as Ansem replied: "...Me?" said Ansem, Klein then told Ansem his message: "Yes, Ansem...your research, its not a dead-end and i already know that you have plans of continuing it no matter what in order to help Hollow Bastion, if so, just know this, if you plan to continue your research which undoubtedly you will, you will discover right at the very end of it...a Key..." said Klein, Ansem replied: "...A...Key?" said Ansem, Klein himself replied again saying: "Yes...it will be a Key that will unlock both Light and Darkness itself and when it does unlock both, Hearts that have been lost to the Darkness, Hearts that are lost in comas, never awaking and also especially, Hearts...that ceased to be, leaving naught a trace behind...they...can all...be saved...its up...to you...my friend...i have...seen...the future...only you...can complete this research...and help guide us...all of the lost Hearts...back...to where we belong...we will no longer be..."Lost Memories"...of Darkness...its up...to you...Ansem...your...research...is...the...Key...to...Return...Hea...rts..." said Klein, as he started to fade from sight, Ansem tried to save his friend from leaving but was unable to, Strelitzia did not bother, for she knew that this would be the very last time she and Klein would be together until their promised time had come and they would be reunited, Klein kisses Lowia on her forehead before lastly saying to both Ansem and Strelitzia: "...I...know...you...can...do...it...An...sem...remember...all...for one..." said Klein, as Ansem finishes Klein's sentence: "...and one...for all..." Just then, finally, Klein disappeared fully from sight but not before sharing one last smile with both his family and his best friend, Ansem, Strelitzia and Lowia return back to reality to the moment where everyone is awaiting what Ansem is about to say, Ansem, although hesitant at first, proceeds to suck in his gut, breathe in and then out until again finally, after recalling a rush of Memories that led up to this very point, this very moment, including the both spiritual and mental conversation that he had with Klein's Heart just a few seconds ago, lastly proceeds to give his speech to all of the people of Hollow Bastion. Ansem the Wise says these words, as his speech: (To be continued.).

Saix thought to himself about Xeyfer and his true identity: Saix: "...Was that...was that really..."Fryee"?" thought Saix, apparently knowing Xeyfer's true identity to be known, as that of Fryee, meanwhile, Axel tries to get Saix's attention: Axel: "...A...Sa...HEY! ISA!" Saix: "GEH! WHAT!? oh...Lea..." Axel: "Well that's strange." Saix: "...Huh? what is?" Axel: "Earlier you referred to me, as "Axel", you rarely ever do that, why? tell me the truth, who was that guy wearing our coat?" Saix: "...Would you believe me, if i told you, it was...Fryee?" Axel: !? !?!? F-FRYEE!?!? no way! nuh uh! that's...impossible! Fryee he...he...he died, remember? during that accident, years ago, at Radiant Garden..." Saix: "...You know, i'm starting to wonder..." Axel: "Huh? wonder what Isa?" Saix: "...You know what? never mind, forget about it, let's just find that Xzu Heartless and kill it, get this test over and done with, this place, its Dark, even, for me..." Axel: "Yeah, same here, first, i think we should reunite with both Demyx and Luxord." Saix: "...Why?" Axel: "Why? why why? because, they are our comrades, don't you remember Isa? or, is it you haven't gotten that part memorized?" Saix: "...Sigh, your going to go find them, even if i say no, aren't you Lea?" Axel: "Of course! what do you expect Isa? now come on! let's get going and find our fellow Nobodies before the Heartless get them, knowing Luxord, he can handle himself at the moment, knowing Demyx..." Saix: "...He's doomed." Meanwhile... Demyx: "...I'm SOOO not comfortable, being sat here like this." Demyx was found in a giant bird like nest, surrounding him with himself in the middle were four giant eggs embedded with the insignia of the Emblem Heartless on them, apparently Demyx was captured by the two giant bird like Heartless from before and is now being kept captive to be used, as live food later on for when the Heartless hatch-lings are born and need to be fed, Demyx says to himself lastly: "...Saix...Axel...Luxord...please...oh pretty, pretty, PRETTY please...HELP-ME!!!!" shouted out Demyx, hoping that the others elsewhere could hear him nearby. (To be continued.).

"...Correct, however, its Dark Heart was far too strong to purify with Light and so, with an unfortunate choice of options, ancient Keysword wielders from times long since past had in agreement with seven maidens belonging to seven royal bloodlines had sacrificed the Hearts of the seven maidens themselves in order to seal away the Heartless beast behind a door leading to the most everlasting Darkness that could ever exist within all of our Worlds...since we are of the latest generation of Keysword wielders, it has been foretold by a prophecy that the Heartless Xehanort would somehow return during our era and now it is up to me and both Land and Sky here to stop the Heartless Xehanort before it is too late, in order to do so, we must stop the actions of a group calling themselves the Cult of Nobodies that consider themselves an Illuminati of sorts, as seen by how they are always described wearing coats cloaked of the deepest pure blank white there is, for they are trying to revive the monster, believing that its return will bring forth ultimate salvation to the entire universe itself." said Sea, telling everyone what she was told by her Keysword master Water.

In the sense of Kingdom Hearts III, both Cloud and Squall are Hollow Bastion's party members that fight alongside Riku, know what i mean?

Just to be sure, i was right about explaining The Fool card, right? its limitless potential i mean. Axel: "Huh? where am i? its all way too Dark here, no pun intended, anyways, guys, where are you? Isa? Demyx? Luxord? anyone? ...sigh, looks like, i'm on my own from this point forward, meh, i wouldn't worry too much about both Saix and Luxord, Demyx...maybe a little cause for concern but still, it looks like we've made it to the World that Xaldin sent us to and i guess that our test must mean we have to start off separately from one another, blegh, sounds like and looks to be a Icky Job if you ask me, man oh man, why do i always get stuck with the Icky Jobs? sigh...anyways, moving on." said Axel, just then, a stranger in a Black Coat with his hood up reveals himself to Axel. Axel: "Huh? who are you? are you-" ???: "...This World...has been disconnected..." Axel: "Huh?" ???: "No longer tied to either Light, nor Darkness..." Axel: "..." Axel summons his Chakrams, perceiving the man with his hood up, as an enemy, saying to him the words: Axel: "Hey look pal, either you reveal yourself or-" ???: "...Be careful of those that you are aligned with." Axel: "...What?" ???: "Eventually, even your closest friend may very well become your greatest enemy..." the man disappears through a Corridor of Darkness. Axel: "HEY! WAIT!" Axel throws one of his Chakrams where the man once stood, only to fail short of stopping him from leaving. Axel: "...What was...all THAT about?" Axel proceeds to pick up his Chakram. elsewhere... Demyx: "GYAHHA!?!?" Demyx was seen being chased by two giant bird like Emblem Heartless, Demyx says to himself: Demyx: "Run, run away! i don't want to be Dark chowder! oh man! guys! where the heck are you all!? gyahhh!!!!" said Demyx, comically balling his eyes out. meanwhile... Luxord: "Whispers in the Dark, hmm...not a very calming atmosphere to say the least, perhaps the enemy plans to get the jump on me?" said Luxord, just then, multiple Pureblood Shadow Heartless appear before Luxord, gathering in a huge group, intending to attack him all at once, Luxord however merely smiles, saying to the enemies planning their attack: Luxord: "Heh, a challenge is it? very well then, here, pick a card, any card, your move is the first move, so then...your move." the Shadows, aggravated by Luxord all lunge at him, as he is lastly seen smirking against them whilst holding his playing cards. finally... Saix is seen summoning and wielding his claymore against the both strange and mysterious hooded figure Axel met before, Saix charges at the hooded figure, only for his claymore to fly straight out of his hands and land nearby him, as he is left greatly injured by the hooded figure saying to Saix: ???: "You, you who are so full of pride and yet do not possess a Heart, you who truly stand within emptiness inside of emptiness, let your body sink any further and you will truly end up being "empty", more so then you already are..." Saix: "Ha...ha...ha...ha...who...just WHO are you!?!?" ???: "...Me? i am-" the hooded figure proceeded to reveal his face off-screen, shocking Saix. The World That Never Was-The Castle That Never Was-Where Nothing Gathers: Xemnas: "...!" Xigbar appears. Xigbar: "...Heh, looks like you were right, element of surprise indeed." Xemnas: "...So...he survived after all..." Xigbar: "Man, can't believe THAT walking corpse is still around after all this time, especially since after all the work we did on him before we became who we are now, right? XEHANORT?" Xemnas: "...How long has it been since i abandoned that name...no matter, it is, as you say, Xigbar...the past is the past and everything since then has been written in stone according to "our" designs." Xigbar: "Still, talk about one heck of a surprise, i mean, who knew that HE was still alive? a man who was swallowed by the Darkness whole and thus became neither a Heartless, nor a Nobody like us, because he was swallowed whole, the Dark could not produce a Heartless like it usually does and because of that, as expected, no Nobody was born, man oh man, one could say that he was one of the early Organization's greatest accomplishments ever...the man that was designated with the number, 0...number 0 of the Organization: ..."Xeyfer"." Xemnas: "...Indeed, Xeyfer, funny, i had almost...forgotten, completely forgotten his name." Xigbar: "Not surprising, considering that he was the first test subject that we worked on after banishing our ever oh so wise lord and master Ansem "The Wise"." Xemnas: "...Xeyfer...i would very much, like to see him again, perhaps, through our new recruits' test, may we see Xeyfer in person once more, number 0...Xeyfer, the only member of the Organization that is not, a Nobody, nor a Heartless for that matter, just...a denizen of Darkness, a TRUE, denizen of Darkness..." Xigbar: "Heh, wonder how the recruits will fare if they actually encounter Xeyfer at the Crow's Nest, i mean, that is the reason for the choice of World, right? you knew, you knew that if by any chance, Xeyfer were to have survived the experiments that we did on him would he end up there of all places, a World mostly covered in Darkness and a World almost completely devoid of Human life, in other-words, its a true haven for him, taking into account the fact that he might want to be left alone and all...oh well, nap time is over, its time for number 0, to awaken, we need him after all..." Xemnas: "...Correct, to weed out those that are of no benefit to the Organization, he is the Organization's judge, jury and executioner...HE will decide whether or not, Saix, Axel, Demyx and Luxord have "the true makings" within them, after all, Xeyfer himself failed to become "one of the Organization" and yet he still carries a numbered rank within it, do you know, what that implies? Xigbar?" Xigbar: "...Heh, that the guy still has some use left for us, he's neither living, nor dead, he just...exists, as a form of Darkness incarnate, same, as us Nobodies, still, the guy's unique i'll give him that." Xemnas: "Yes, for without being unique, he could not have survived our initial experimental procedures and would have been lost to Darkness indefinitely, no Human shape or even monster form to take up with, as his shell, his Heart, eternally lost to the Darkness, it would have been a pity, in a sense but also, enlightening, reminding us never to dabble too much with Dark, otherwise-" Xigbar: "Otherwise the Dark consumes soul and all, consuming that which gives us Nobodies breath to breathe without having Hearts in our bodies like Humans do, in that sense, the guy has already served his purpose to the Organization, now all that's left is to get rid of the cannon fodder and make way for the real stars of the show, know what i mean?" Xemnas: ..."As If", Xigbar..." Xigbar: "OHHH! playing the "whatever do you mean by that" act are we? fine, let's keep up appearances, after all, that's the long-term plan and also, as a matter of fact, that's the true face of the Organization...its a blank, nothing...but pure white itself, heh heh." The Crow's Nest-???: Saix: "Y-Y-YOU!? YOU'RE!?!?" Xeyfer pulls his hood down after revealing his face towards Saix, as just then, Axel arrives, throwing a Chakram straight at Xeyfer who narrowly dodges, Axel says to Saix: Axel: "ISA! you alright!?" Saix: "Y-yes, i'm-i'm fine, Lea, but!?" Xeyfer: "...Careful not to lose your individuality, even, as a Nobody for even then, that's all that you have, once you have succumbed completely...to Darkness." said Xeyfer, Axel tries to attack Xeyfer with his other Chakram but once again, Xeyfer avoids it and escapes into Darkness, leaving both Axel and Saix behind to ponder just who was the mystery person that is Xeyfer and what did he want with the two of them? Axel: "Man, guy is, as slippery, as they come...hey? Isa? what's wrong? your face, its gone, all pale white, are you okay?" Saix: "...I'm fine...Axel..." said Saix, as he began wandering off on his own, as Axel lastly pondered to himself what Saix had just said to Axel: "..."Axel"? ..." (To be continued.).

Riku wandered the town, searching for its Keyhole to access the Lanes Between, all the while destroying both Heartless and Nobodies that he sees within his path, however, Riku's emotions are running high, due to his earlier fight with Mickey and because of this, he is failing to see the Darkness eat away a chunk of him inside, as Riku searches the town, he says to himself the words: "...Ha...ha...ha...ha...where-where is that Keyhole!? all i've found are nothing but Heartless and Nobodies! is it-is it possible...that, the Keyhole Mickey spoke of doesn't exist here? is that the reason? or maybe-" "Hey, you." "Huh?" suddenly, Riku found himself being confronted by a both strange and mysterious blonde spiky haired man, asking Riku the following: "...Are you a denizen of Darkness?" "Huh!? what are you talking about!? of course i'm-" suddenly, before Riku could speak any further, the blonde spiky haired man had brandished a sword, as giant, as his entire body, surprising Riku, as the man prepared to face Riku in battle, saying towards the latter: "Those that reek of Darkness....have no place here!" "!?!?" in retaliation, Riku summoned his Soul Eater sword and had proceeded to battle the man, the battle was evenly matched before right at the very end, when it seems that Riku had won, the man knocked Riku back using the powers of Darkness, forcing Riku into a nearby wall, after struggling trying to get out of the wall he was sent crashing into, Riku says to the man: "You...you wield, Darkness!?!?" said Riku, the man replied: "...That's right, i wield the power of Darkness, however, unlike others, i use my Darkness...to protect others, as soon, as i saw you, i sensed it, you wield the powers of the Dark and thus, its my job to stop people like you, before you threaten Hollow Bastion." the man prepared to deliver a final finishing blow upon Riku, as he tried to convince the man that he was not who he thought Riku was: "Wait, hey hold on! i'm not who you think i am! i'm! GA!" just then, when it seemed like Riku was about to be finished off, he was saved just in the nick of time from the man wielding the giant sword delivering the finishing blow by a brown haired man wielding a cross between both a sword and a gun called a Gunblade, this man says to the other person: "Hey, that's enough, there's no need going around trying to pick fights, Cloud." "...C-Cloud?" said Riku, as the blonde spiky haired man was identified, as Cloud, of whom proceeded to identify the other man in return: "...Stay out of this, Squall..." "Squall?" said Riku again, Squall corrected Cloud, saying to him the words: "...That's Leon, Cloud..." just then, suddenly, a bunch of unknown people Riku had never seen before had arrived with one of them calling out both Cloud and Leon's names: "Oi! Cloud! Leon!" "...Yuffie, bout time you showed up." said Leon, as Cloud remained silent, sheathing his giant sword away and walking off into a different direction to everyone else, Leon tried to stop him but to no avail, instead he merely sighed before turning his attention towards Riku, still stuck inside the wall: "Hey kid, you alright?" said Leon, Riku replied: "...Don't call me kid, my name...is...Ri...ku..." suddenly, Riku fell out of the wall straight onto Leon's shoulder, catching the latter by surprise, apparently Riku was so fatigued fighting all the Heartless and Nobodies that it finally caught up to him upon fighting with Cloud and having been defeated by him, one of the people that appeared alongside Yuffie spoke to Leon, saying to him: "...This boy, will he be alright?" "...Who knows Aerith, however, what i'm more concerned about is what name he just said his was..." "Okay, so what's his name?" said Yuffie, as Leon lastly replied before Riku fully lost consciousness: "I think his name was-" Riku then fell unconscious, meanwhile, Mickey was standing on-top of a tower overlooking all of Hollow Bastion's town, wondering where Riku went before then spotting a familiar sight to Mickey himself personally that he had not seen in ages. (To be continued.).

So far in the Anthology we've got: Part I: X/XIII: Lost Memories: The Story of both Apprentice Terra-Xehanort and Ansem the Wise. Part II: Nero Oscura/Nero Oscuro: The Story of Riku of what happens to him after the events of Reverse/Rebirth and of how he both loses his Dark Mode and gains the Way to the Dawn Keyblade. Part III: Lost Among the Stars: Otherwise known by its Final Fantasy XV Name: Final Fantasy XV X Kingdom Hearts III Prologus: Numen Astrum Quaero is the Story that features an alternate beginning of Kingdom Hearts III where Sora, Donald and Goofy work together with Noctis in order to help him regain his friends' Memories of him whilst fighting Heartless on Noctis' World of Eos. Part IV: Darkness of the XIII: The Story of Organization XIII before both Roxas and Xion were recruited, recounting the days and Memories of Xemnas, Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion, Saix, Axel, Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia and Larxene. These are the four stories running co-currently within the Kingdom Hearts project i like to call the "Kingdom Hearts Anthology", what do you think :]?

"BOW CHIC CA WOW WOW! BOOM SHA KA LA KA LA KA!" Demyx was seen playing on his Sitar whilst singing out loudly, standing on-top of one of the Grey Area's relaxation tables, of which Luxord was trying to neatly place a stack of playing cards on-top of one another, however, due to the noise Demyx is making, his interference causes Luxord to accidentally break his concentration, annoyed, Luxord says to Demyx the following: Luxord: "...Sigh, must you play so loud? honestly, those that play music have no taste whatsoever for the art itself." Demyx: "HUUUH? what was that? you saying my music is bad or something? HUH!?" Luxord: "...That's precisely what i had just said, moron." Demyx: "That's it! me and you, right here, right now! come on! bring it! you know just because your older then me, your still rank 10 and i'm still rank 9, that means i've got tons more experience then you do pal! i can take you down in an instant!" Luxord: "Oh really? says one whose bite is not, as sharp, as his barking, you may have been recruited before me, however, that does not mean that you are stronger, it only proves that you are a weakling, given that you only go on reconnaissance missions for this group whilst i go on real missions, catch the memo my dear sir?" Demyx: "HEY! that was SO uncalled for!" Luxord: "Only "The Fool" would pick a fight and claim that he would win it, wouldn't you agree? number 8?" Demyx: "W-WHAT THE!? you, your calling me-A FOOL!?!?" Axel: "Sigh, no Demyx, he's referring to "THE Fool"..." Demyx: "...Huh?" Axel: "Its a Tarot Card in playing cards, it represents the number 0, just like 0 itself, everything is both possible and neither possible, all paths are limitless, they have no boundaries and yet at the very same time some do, everything goes half in half, know what i mean? got it memorized?" Demyx: "...I don't get it." Luxord: "And that is why you remain on the half that is impossible, in other-words, it is impossible for you to achieve an even higher status then the already low one that you have, no matter how much you try to succeed, no matter how much you try to gain favor, in the end, all is naught and we all still remain Nobodies...you may play "The Fool" and act the part of having a Heart but those that can truly see with eyes unclouded can see you for what you truly are, a "Nobody", one who has no Heart at all." Demyx: "! ..." Saix: "Enough bickering." Axel, Demyx and Luxord: "!?" Axel: "Saix, something up?" Saix: "...Yes, apparently, Xaldin has summoned us, all four, to undertake a mission of sorts to an unknown World each of us has never been to before, if we succeed, we are to be rewarded upon returning but if we fail-" Luxord: "Till Dawn till Dusk, is it?" Saix: "..." Demyx: "Oh man, come on! that's not fair! we'll get turned into Dusks just because we fail once? that's just low..." Axel: "Low in pitch maybe but not in Key, all we gotta do is figure out what it is needed to be done on this whole new World and then like fire, we'll be sizzling, got it memorized?" Demyx: "Stop saying that! it brings bad luck!" Luxord: "...Ever "The Fool"..." Luxord whispered to himself lastly. -13 Minutes Later- The World That Never Was-The Castle That Never Was-Nothing's Call: Xaldin: "...I see that you are all ready, number 7, Saix, number 8, Axel, number 9, Demyx and number 10, Luxord." Saix: "..." Axel: "All present and accounted for." Demyx: "...Ugh, suddenly i feel like i got the willies, perhaps i should just sit this one out, you know, in case the other lord higher ups need me on more recon missions." Luxord: "No man can escape his fate, it is the fate of the cards..." Xaldin: "...Silence! that's enough, Demyx, Luxord...all together, you two and both Saix and Axel will be journeying to a new World to test your merits, as true members of this Organization, succeed and you shall be gifted, fail...and you shall turn into Dusks, each and every single one of you, to give you all an even chance at succeeding, your weapons will all be reverted back to Zero Gear, i will hear no arguments from anyone, understand Demyx?" Demyx: "! ...Gulp! ..." Xaldin: "Now then, this World is crawling with Heartless, it is where a huge number of them gather in Darkness and steal Hearts from Humans, we call this World "The Crow's Nest", here, you will find a Heartless unlike any other called a "Xzu", you must find the Xzu and eliminate it, after destroying it, you are to immediately report back here through RTC, understood?" Demyx: "...R...TC?" Xaldin: "Return To Castle, we will not allow any detours of any kind whilst you travel to the Crow's Nest, eliminate the Xzu and any other Heartless of worthy inclusion, be they either Pureblood or Emblem and RTC here at this exact spot, there will be no exceptions, understand?" Saix: "..." Axel: "I'll be speaking for both myself and Saix when i say gotcha." Luxord: "...Fuu fuu, sounds like a challenge, very well, i accept." Demyx: "...Not like we had a choice in the first place anyways, sigh..." Xaldin: "...Hmph, let's see how eager you'll be upon completing your task." Xaldin opens a Corridor of Darkness. Xaldin: "Now go and do not disappoint the Organization." Saix: "...Let's go Axel." Axel: "Right." Saix and Axel enter the Corridor. Luxord: "A winner's luck is decided by placing his hands in the "Heart" of the cards." Luxord follows. Demyx: "...Oh man, this is going to be a real bummer..." Demyx is the last one to follow, as Xaldin closes the Corridor behind the blonde haired youth, with Xaldin lastly saying to himself the words: "...Now then, prove your mettle to us and show if you are truly worthy of being among our rank." said Xaldin lastly before opening another Corridor of Darkness and walking through it, closing it behind him, as soon, as he enters it. "The Crow's Nest"-???: (To be continued.).

Here are the things i want to see in Super Smash Brothers VI: A Story Mode on par with the Subspace Emissary from Super Smash Brothers Brawl. for Characters: Sora, as a 3rd party Character. Demon Lord Ghirahim from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Krystal from Star Fox Adventures. Spring Man from ARMS. King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. Waluigi from Super Mario. Ridley from Metroid. Rayman, as a 3rd party Character. Black Shadow from F-Zero. (List to be updated.).