Me: Hia! Wow chapter 4 is already up! ^_^

Bexk: I wouldve prefered it stay at chapter one...

Me: Well if there was no problem where would the story be?

Runika: exactly

Me: Hope you enjoy and review!


It is late March; it is also Ventus's 18th birthday. For the occasion, Aqua has restored Castle Oblivion to its former state as the Land of Departure. To celebrate, all of the kingdoms have come together to the party. Everyone is still in their crowns, but casual summer attire is worm. The replicas Riku and Xion have been emitted back to the Nobody Kingdom, and Xion returns as No. XIV. Axel, Roxas, and Xion are eating sea-salt ice cream while talking to Naminé and her guards. Axel appears to have a history with them. They're all having fun, and with the five month span of the peace treaty, nothing could be better. Later, Ventus is blowing out his candles, and Aqua runs to hug her friends. Terra gives him an approving slap on the back. Ventus is almost speechless when he sees that for his birthday present, Terra has patched up his wooden Keyblade. He holds it in the air to get a better look. He hugs his friend.

"Happy 18th, Ven," Terra says with a smile. Just as Ventus is pulls back from the hug, Vanitas comes from behind to ram his head into his cake. Ventus raises his cake covered face, and Vanitas laughs his head off.

"Vanitas!" Ventus says through his teeth. Vanitas falls on his back laughing. Ventus won't let him have the last laugh, though. He grabs the plate from under the cake, and smashes the remains of it all over Vanitas. He stops laughing, he's speechless, and only blinks a few times. Everyone laughs, and you can practically see steam coming from the top of his head. The laughing is interrupted by a giant explosion coming from the castle.

"Aqua! Get back to the castle and lock it shut! Then head home right away!" Naminé orders. Aqua nods, and runs for the castle. "Everyone, flee the castle right now! Runika, Bexk, escort me to the throne room immediately!" Naminé hands orders out left and right. She really was the perfect choice for the head monarch. Bexk tries to persuade her.

"But my queen you can't just-"

"I don't care about my safety! We have to protect the castle!" Bexk looks toward Runika for support, but she's already trying to get to the castle doors. They finally reach the entrance where the door should be, but there's only a gaping hole.

"Whoever's done this has to still be in there! We can catch them, common," Runika hurries them along.

"We'll take the secret entrance," She says as she opens a Light Corridor.

"I thought you locked those?" Bexk says.

"I locked them for everywhere but this castle," Naminé corrects. They begin to walk through it, but before they can step a foot inward, a Dark Corridor opens behind them.

"Where do you think you're going, Queen of Heart?" a voice comes from nowhere. Monsters flood from the corridor, ready for an attack. They all had different sizes, and the guards could barely hold their ground.

"My queen! Please help us!" Runika pleads. Naminé nods. Her body suddenly glows, and she summons her keyblades. Her x-Blade isn't her official Keyblade, however she can wield it. For this battle, she summons two ultima keyblades for her hands, and four keyblades, the way to dawn, void gear, kingdom key, and two become one, to form a sort of Keyblade wings for her back. Her fighting style is elegant and deadly. She slices one head after another off of her victims. Her Keyblades fly all across the room, but they always return back to her. These monsters…they didn't release hearts when they were killed, and they didn't evaporate like any other creature any of them had battled before. When they were killed, they fell into a mess of sparks on the ground. The symbol that these monsters bore was the unity symbol, but it was upside down. Bexk realizes what they are before the other two,

"They're robots!" At that a deep laughter fills the room, and the remainder of the robots vanish. Then, he walks through the Dark Corridor to show his face.

"Sïax? What the hell are you doing?" Naminé is furious. He only stands in front of the corridor with an ever growing smile. A sense of absurdity swirls around him.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm taking over the Kingdom!" Sïax says.

"Where did you get those monsters?" Runika asks.

"That's for me to know, and you to never find out," he answers. He lifts his arm. "You see, ladies, there is only one thing standing in the way of my plans," he summons his claymore, "YOU." He immediately goes into his berserk phase. Eye glowing, he pounds mercilessly against Namine's keyblades. Naminé is barely able to fight him, or even keep up with him.

"Take Naminé to see Xemnas, Bexk!" Runika orders Bexk. They stand in the back of the battle, knowing they would only get in the way.

"No!" she answers. "We can't take him to see his king. They'll kill her!"

"Sïax is speaking in first person, and not including the organization, Bexk, something is wrong. We need to figure out what, and fast. See if Axel knows anything, he is his best…only friend."

"Runika, I can't just leave you. He'll kill you!" They turn to see Naminé glowing with raw power, yet bruises and scratches cover her body already. Bexk won't accept what she knows must happen.

"No!" she shouts in anger. Bexk grabs her violin, and transforms it. "Wind!" she shouts, sending a small tornado swirling toward Sïax. She is able to fling him into the wall. Runika runs to Namine's aid. She whispers something unheard to Bexk, and Naminé sadly nods her head. Naminé hugs Runika, but before Bexk could interpret anything, Sïax comes from nowhere. He connects his claymore strait across Bexk's face. She flies across the room, and lands on her back. She slowly gets up. Fully composed, she runs back to battle Sïax.

"Idiot. You think you can beat me like this?" Sïax's voice sounds like gravel. Bexk spits on his face. This sets him over the edge. He lets out a scream, and another burst of energy escapes his body through to his weapon. He hits Bexk again, and again, and again. Finally, she lay on the floor, defeated. Runika runs over to her.

"I'm sorry; I already gave all my elixirs to Naminé." She says. She helps her get on her feet. They share an unsaid conversation, then raise their weapons. They speak together and say,

"Summon spirit of the sun!" They have summoned a massive creature of fire. A swindling mass of an inferno hurls itself at Sïax.

"Take Naminé now, Bexk. I'll distract him," Runika demands. Bexk finally sighs, and says,

"Fine, but if you die, I'm going to kill you." Runika smiles a little and answers,

"Yea…I'll do my best." Runika runs into battle with the summon creature, who had done a good job of keeping Sïax busy for a few moments. Bexk limps over to Naminé. She stutters a little, unsure of how to explain.

"I know." Naminé says. She throws her main Keyblade into the air, and when it returns, it has turned into a Keyblade ship. One of pure white, and elegance; just like Naminé herself. "Lead on," Naminé instructs. Bexk picks up tattered queen, still with massive head injury, and sets her on the vehicle. Naminé raises her hand to allow the rest of her energy to flow into Runika. When she receives it, her hammer grows twice its size. Runika turns back for a moment to mouth the words, "thank you," to her queen. "We have to go now, Bexk," Naminé urges. Bexk and Runika had known the risks of becoming royal guards, but now that it was really happening, they truly realize the weight of what they had agreed to do. With tears in her eyes, Bexk nods to her queen. She revs the engine.

"We'll be back as soon as we can!" is what she fears will be last think she will ever say to her friend.