1 Chapter 1
"AAARRRGGGHHH" screamed Roxas as he fell down the chasm."How do I get into these situations?" he thought, seeing no end to his free fall. Oathkeeper and Oblivion were clenched tightly in his hands, but the two powerful Keyblades were of no use in the wide tunnel Roxas was dropping through.
The day had begun with Roxas being reborn, once again emerging from Sora to become his own person. Blinking against the sudden light, Roxas had seen Sora, Riku, Kairi and King Mickey surrounding him. "Welcome back Roxas" King Mickey greeted him with a slight bow. "What happened that you guys need me?" Roxas asked, reflexively summoning Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Sora, Riku, and Kairi called forth their Keyblades in return, Oathkeeper and Oblivion stared out at The Kingdom Key, Way to the Dawn, and Destiny's Embrace.
King Mickey, his Kingdom Key D still sheathed, stepped between Roxas and the trio. "There is no reason to fight amongst ourselves. If all of you will set down your Keyblades, I can inform Roxas of the current situation. The King waited out a tense moment as Roxas glared at the trio before dismissing his blades. Mickey smiled as Riku, Sora and Kairi all followed suit. "Thank you all. Now Roxas, the reason you have been brought back is this; Xemnas is back. He has brought an army of knights with him. These knights can only be hurt by Keyblades, or at least these are the only weapons that we have seen do any damage to them.""Magic hasn't done anything, and neither has any other physical object."Riku cut in. "Donald's staff, Goofy's shield, Leon's gunblade, nothing hurts them. Not even Cloud's massive sword can scratch that armor."
"All four of you wield Keyblades. Sora even has that drive form trick. Why do you need me?" Roxas asked. "We just aren't enough" Kairi responded. "We can hold them off, but four or five of those knights falling isn't much. Cloud, Leon, Yuffie, Donald, Goofy, even Sephiroth is helping to fend these knights off. It has been a standstill to this point, so we thought adding another keyblader would turn the tide against Xemnas. Now Sora spoke up, looking directly at Roxas. "We need you Roxas. Will you help us?""Doesn't seem like I have much of a choice" Roxas answered.
Chapter 2
Later that morning the five walked to the command center in Radiant Garden. "What I wanna know," Riku said, breaking the silence, "Is why Xemnas told his knights to back off." "What do you mean Riku?" Roxas asked. "Those knights of his attacked for days at a time. Just when we were about to break and fall back, they stopped and retreated. It doesn't make any
sense." answered Riku. "I assume we will know the reason soon enough." Mickey said. The quintet fell silent and soon reached a large building near the center of town. This building was
made of white stone, stood fifteen stories high, and had only four windows(all on the top floor). The door had no Keyhole and was made of two slabs of iron. Binding the two doors shut was a
gold band running the width of the doorway. King Mickey summoned his Kingdom Key D and touched it to the gold band. The band slid to the side and the doors swung inward, allowing them
to enter. "Nice bit of magic Cloud and Leon worked there" Mickey remarked. "I'll say" Roxas muttered.
Several minutes later the party had reached the fifteenth floor. Cloud, Leon, Sephiroth and
Yuffie were waiting there for them. "Nice to see you again Roxas." Cloud said. "Are my eyes
deceiving me? Can Cloud Strife and Sephiroth really be in the same room and not be tearing each
others throat out?" Roxas responded, slightly awed at the sight. "We did both work for Shinra.
Hell, we even went on a mission or two together."Sephiroth replied., his Masamune leaning
against the wall next to Cloud's fusion sword. "But lets get down to business. Xemnas's knights are gathering outside the city. Merlin has made a spell which should allow us non keybladers to kill these things. I suggest the nine of us take the fight to them." "But they outnumber us ten to one!" Kairi exclaimed. "Cloud and Sephiroth are worth at least ten of those knights." Yuffie stated. "Leon is nearly as good, as are Sora, Riku, and Roxas. Mickey and you, Kairi, can take care of yourselves in a fight. I see no reason why the nine of us, plus Donald and Goofy, can't take them." "Then it's settled." the King announced. "We march at once!"
Chapter 3
Almost an hour later the small band of heroes had reached Xemnas's encampment of knights. "Everyone ready?" Mickey asked. The sound of weapons being drawn answered him. The King lifted his hand and cast Merlin's spell. Yuffie gasped as a light blue glow emanated form her shuriken, Leon's gunblade, Cloud's fusion blade, and the Masamune. "Now!" Mickey
shouted, charging at the startled knights. Roxas summoned his Keyblades and whirled into action, downing three of his foes before they could draw their weapons. Out of the corner of his eye Roxas saw Sephiroth impale four unfortunate souls on the lengthy Masamune. "At least Merlin's spell os working" Roxas thought as Oblivion downed another knight.
Meanwhile, Riku and Mickey fought back to back. The two close friends were untouchable, Riku striking high as Mickey slashed low or the King leaping back as Riku's Way to the Dawn swept under him and gashed open one of Xemnas's soldiers. Cloud and Sephiroth were one man armies, their massive blades not allowing anything within five feet to remain standing. Merlin's spell allowed Yuffie to hurl her shuriken ast distant targets. It even coated Leon's gunblade ammunition, and the Gunblade Master slashed and gunned down many a foe.
Soon there were only twenty knights left standing. The heroes approached in a semi circle; King Mickey at the center with Riku and Sora flanking him. To Riku's left were Roxas, Yuffie and Sephiroth. To Sors's right were Kairi, Leon and Cloud. No one had been seriously injured up to this point, which surprised Roxas. The way the King and Riku had described these knights had made them sound near invincible. Even with the element of surprise it shouldn't have been this easy to defeat eighty of them. "Something's wrong" he whispered to Riku. "I noticed...It's almost like Xemnas wanted these knights to fall..." Just then a Corridor of Darkness opened above the pack of knights.
Out of the Corridor stepped Xemnas himself, flanked by two human shaped beings that wore the trademark black Organization XIII cloaks. It was hard to ascertain anything about this pair, being that the oversized cloak and hood hid almost everything about them. "Bravo ye nine warriors. Thou hast defeated nearly all of my knights!" Xemnas said in a mocking tone of voice. "Cut the crap Xemnas. What's your rule the world scheme this time?" Riku asked. "All in good time Riku. All in good time." As he said these words Xemnas flicked his wrist and a Corridor of Darkness surrounded Riku, Roxas and Mickey. Sora, Kairi and the others had no time to react as the knights chose that moment to counter attack.