CHAPTER TWO

XENTOS'S SECRET REVEALED

As Sora and the others were on their way to see the white witch, a young girl was hiding behind a building with a boy dressed in all blue. The girl had a pink dress on and was holding onto a strange key-shaped sword. It was oddly shaped with a flower design and at the end of it had a star-like shape on the end of it. The boy had flame like designs on his outfit as well and a strange key-like blade in his right hand as well.

Although they had no idea where they were the girl was sure that Xentos would find them easily. After all he had found them on Destiny Islands. The boy told her that they had to find out where they were and the only way to do that was to ask someone.

"Wisdom I don't think that's such a good idea." she said

"Kairi listen." he said ignoring her. He hated that he landed with her. All she ever did was criticize him.

"You know this song?" asked a girl with long brown hair and a red ribbon tied on her left arm.

"Yeah we do Tifa." said Wisdom

"You know her?" asked Kairi

"Yes. Sora met her in Radiant Gardens while looking for Riku. I take it we're in Midgar?" he shot at the girl

"Yes. Come in the bar and I'll call Cloud."

"Okay."

"So this Cloud, is he the one that Sora fought Sephiroth with?" asked Kairi as they were walking.

"Yes. And I would put those Keyblades away if I were you." said Tifa

"Why?" asked Kairi she knew the Keyholes were sealed.

"Well… uh oh here they come."

Kairi and Wisdom looked ahead and saw what Tifa was talking about. Kairi couldn't believe it, all the black creatures they saw had long claws and yellow eyes. Kairi was confused. She knew that Sora had sealed all the Keyholes and broke the connection leading to each world. Then she remembered that he reopened all the worlds again while looking for Riku before they had all went home four years ago. But she didn't know that they were in Midgar. 'How is this possible' thought Kairi. But they were unmistakably the Heartless.

"Wisdom?"

"Right."

"Tifa do you like to fight?" asked Kairi

"Only when I have too." she said with a smirk.

"Then lets go." said Wisdom

As they were fighting Wisdom noticed that none of the abilities him or Kairi did were really working. Also noticed that the Keyblade wasn't as powerful as when Sora wielded it. 'What is… it must be because Sora's not here.' thought Wisdom

"Huh? Kairi? What is it?" Wisdom had turned around saw that Kairi had stop fighting and was looking at the main street. Wisdom looked past Kairi and saw some boys with brunette silver blonde and red hair running at them. He couldn't believe it. "No way!"

"Hey you guys want some help?" asked the blonde knocking back some Nobodies that had been attracted to the fight as he did.

"Heck yeah Roxas!" yelled Kairi

"Looks like I don't have to call Cloud after all." said Tifa

"Sora! Riku! The Heartless!" shouted Roxas

"We're on it."

"Sora Riku catch!" called Tifa throwing some type of glowing balls at them.

"Thanks Tifa." said Sora catching the Materia

Just then Riku saw something that he knew Sora could handle at the time. "Sora look!" shouted Riku pointing to the tallest building in Midgar.

"Huh? Xentos!"

"Sora go! I'll handle the Heartless." said Riku inserting his Materia into his right arm.

"Right." said Sora as he inserted the Materia he got from Tifa into his right arm as well.

As he ran to Xentos all his forms joined with him forming his Ultimate Final form. Sora wanted to know why. Why would Xentos want to betray his only friends and his family. "Xentos!"

"So you decided to face me after all Key-wielder."

"Xentos! Why? Why are you doing this?"

"Chaos is simply beautiful." said Xentos vaguely. That was when Sora realized the truth

"Xentos? Could it be…?'

"Sora!" shouted Riku finishing his fight with the Heartless

"Riku! Xentos isn't himself." shouted Sora

"What?" asked Riku getting up to where Sora was.

"Look at him."

Riku looked and saw what Sora meant. Xentos wasn't the way he was when he Sora Roxas and Xentos sat down and made the plan to lure out the true darkness out.


Riku Sora and Roxas had sat down with Xentos and Kasana to figure out how to get the Darkness out of Shadow. Although they had no idea of who or what they were fighting this time, they did know that they had to stop it.

"You know Sora I can always get Acheron or one of the others to go there and keep us updated." said the blonde

"I don't Roxas. They might be expecting that." said the silvereret

"What do you mean Riku?" asked Roxas

"I mean word travels fast among the worlds. By now I'm sure that word has reached the darkness that you were once part of Organization XIII and that you're Sora's brother."

"Good point." said the other Silvereret

"So let me go." said Xentos

"Are you nuts? After what happened last time?" asked Sora getting upset.

"Sora you know as well as anyone I have the perfect cover."

"He's right Sora." said Riku


"Sora we need to get him back!"

"Yeah leys do it!" shouted Sora back to Riku taking the four glowing spheres out of his Keyblade, going back to normal and releasing his four forms, Valor, Wisdom, Master and Final.

As all the Soras and Riku fought with Xentos they soon discovered that they were no match and that was even with Riku's newly reconstructed Way to Dawn, they were completely out matched. Not even when Sora combined his Keyblade with Riku's like the did when they fought Xemnas did their attacks work.

"Sora the only way we're going to get him back is if we… Whoa!"

"Riku!"

"Die Keywielders."

"How about you do that?" asked Roxas jumping into the battle.

"Roxas wait!"

"What is it Sora?"

"Xentos isn't himself." shouted Riku

*Gah* "I'm out of here."

"Kairi behind you!" shouted Axel from down on the street.

Kairi turned with her weapon raised against the Heartless coming when they just disappeared "Hey what happened?"

"Xentos left." said Sora coming down from the building they were fighting on along with Riku and Roxas.

"But why?" asked Axel

"I don't know but the real question is who commanding the Nobodies when you three are the only ones left with the power to control them?" asked Sora

"Sora the Keyholes are sealed right?" asked Roxas

"Yes Roxas." said Sora impatiently. He knew where his brother was going and he also knew that Riku Kairi and him had already reached that conclusion. How are they there and why are they much stronger? "I sealed all of them."

"Then how are the worlds connected again?"

"They're not in that sense. But how they Heartless are getting to the worlds I have no idea. So in other words I DON'T KNOW ROXAS!" shouted Sora.

"Stop fighting Sora." said Riku placing a calming hand on his best friend before blood was spilt because Roxas and Sora were throwing daggers at one another, which was why Axel also held on to Roxas. "Lets get back to the bar and call Radiant Gardens, Leon might know something."

"Alright."


As they were walking back to the bar where Tifa and Cloud lived Sora heard a voice that he had only heard once before. It was almost four years ago back on Destiny Islands just before he received the Keyblade. He was in the secret cove where he Riku and Kairi would always go and play when he heard a voice say: "This world is connected. Tied to the Darkness. Soon to be eclipsed. There is so very much to learn. You understand so little. A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing can understand nothing." but when Sora asked who it was the man had just disappeared. Later Sora came to believe the it was Xenanort's Heartless.

'The darkness is connected once more. Only Six Warriors and the four fighters joined as one can conquer the Darkness.'

"Hey Sora Come on." hollered Riku "What are you doing?"

"Nothing. Coming!"

Riku was confused and worried about Sora. He had known him for years and had never seen him so worried as he just was. Sure he saw Sora worried before but that was almost four years ago. During the battles with Xenanort and Xemnas. He had no idea what was troubling his best friend.

As Sora caught up with them he thought he saw something that made him stop. Riku, who had also seen it, had also stopped. They looked at one another and could tell that they were thinking the same thing.

'Was that Ansem.' Riku wasn't sure how it was him seeing as the real Ansem, Ansem the Wise, was destroyed when his Heart Decoder had exploded allowing Riku to go back to his true form.

"Riku did you just see…?"

"What you saw?" asked Riku "I think so. But I don't know how he could be here."

"Well still I think we need to tell Kairi."

"Agreed."


When Sora and Riku caught up to the others they asked Kairi to wait that they needed to tell her something very important. Roxas was worried. Sora usually never kept anything from him, but he let himself be dragged in the bar by Axel and Koda. Once everyone was in the bar Kairi turned to her two friends and asked what was so important that they couldn't say it in front of their friends. The two boys told her what they had saw and Sora told them what he had heard just before that.

Riku was shocked. He now knew what had bothered Sora right before they saw Ansem. "And you've heard this before?" asked Riku

"Well almost. It wasn't exactly the same as before. Back when I heard it on Destiny Islands, it was different."

"What did it say then?" asked Kairi

"Well it said 'This world is connected. Tied to the Darkness. Soon to be eclipsed. There is so very much to learn. You understand so little. A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing can understand nothing.' but when I turned and asked who was there the man disappeared. And back then it said nothing about warriors or fighters."

"Nothing like that at all?" asked Riku

"No."

"That's crazy." said Kairi.

"No doubt." said Sora. "But what worries me is the fact that last time this happened that battle with the Keyblade happened."

"Yeah." said Riku

"Well this time is different. There's more than one Keyblade now. And now you have your brother and us to help you." said Kairi

"That's right Sora. You won't have to do all of it on your own this time." said Riku

"Well I didn't exactly do it on my own last time, but I know what you mean Riku." said Sora "Thanks guys."

"Hey you guys get in here. Cloud and Leon needs to talk to us!" shouted Roxas from the bar door, slightly annoyed that Sora didn't trust him enough to tell him what was going on.

"Stop shouting Rox." said Sora walking in. "We're coming."

"Then you should be in here and he wouldn't shout." said Leon and Sora stuck out his tongue at his Gunblade bearing friend.

"Real mature Sora." said Axel as they sat down and Sora did him the same way.


As Leon and Cloud told them what had happened after they had left, Xentos was in the shadows wondering, thinking, trying to figure out why he ran when he saw the blonde coming to help his brother and the silverette. He knew that Chaos wouldn't be to happy about that since he wanted the powers that they possessed, but there was something about them that made him hesitate.

"Xentos!"

"Haru! What are you doing here?"

"Getting you out of here." said Haru

"What do you mean?"

"You really don't remember? About Sora and the others?" asked Haru.

"All I know is that there is something about them." said Xentos "Something I want to know."

"You're right. Here let me show you!" shouted Haru and Xentos felt something hit him. Suddenly he was standing in a room with four others.

"Xentos I really don't think that this is a good idea." said the brunette

"Still Sora we don't have another choice." said the other brunette, him.

"I could go." the silverette suggested.

"Yeah and Koda would kill us." said the blonde.

"Alright Xentos go. Just check in when you can." said the brunette

"Right."


"I don't believe it!" Xentos exclaimed. "How could I forget my own brother?!"

"So you remember?" asked Haru

"Yes lets go."

"What are you going to tell Chaos?"

"I'll make a something up." Xentos said simply

"You really think that'll work?" asked Haru questionlly.

"I have to try. He'll already know something's up." said Xentos opening a portal to the darkness.

"Alright lets go."


Meanwhile in the bar Leon had just finished telling the others what had happened in Radiant Gardens and wanted to know what was going on. He wanted to know how the Heartless and Nobodies were more powerful than ever. Sora filled him in on everything that had happened with the help of Roxas and Kairi, with each telling their own stories. Sora didn't have an answer for Leon's question and after they had stop talking about it Sora looked away toward the street and Riku, noticing Sora's movement knew that something was still bothering his best friend.

"Sora?"

"Huh? Yeah Riku?"

"You okay?"

"No. I'm actually worried."

"About your brother?"

"Yeah I think it's time we filled them in, Riku." said Sora looking over at Kasana and Roxas. He could tell that they were also ready to tell their friends what they had done.

"Alright."


Meanwhile in the shadows Xentos was with an old friend when a hooded man stepped up to him and said "Xentos the Master wants you."

"Right." he said and he turned toward where Chaos was. He had known that this was coming and already knew what he was going to tell Xentos. After all he had seen his brothers and Riku's true power unleashed before and knew of their power all to well.

"You summoned me Master?" he asked kneeling

"I see you running from Rain Sun and Moon. Why?"

"Master I know full well what their powers could do when the three of them are together and I knew I had no chance of defeating them together. But now however all six of them are together."

"Excellent. Make sure it stays that way."

"Yes Master." said Xentos keeping his true thoughts buried deep down.

CHAPTER TWO

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