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KINGDOM HEARTS
SHATTERED UNITY
Chapter 3
Revival of the Dark Master
When Sora finally awoke he was in a world of pain. He was lying on his back in the dirt. He heard voices all around him. The slash that boy had made on his back was burning. He opened his eyes. The light hurt so he sapped them back shut. He groaned. Someone was speaking to him. He didn't care. When he opened his eyes again he looked up. His vision was cloudy, but he saw what seemed to be tall… somethings all around him. Grass?
He tried to sit up but received a swift kick to the gut. He tried to cry out but his throat was too dry. Instead his ribs just hurt like a moogle whose pom-pom had been cut off. He fell back down, gasping for breath. He assumed he was in a desert due to all the dry air. His vision cleared up and so did his hearing.
"Don't damage the subject Trix," He heard Cauldishek's voice say. "The master will be most displeased if his favorite apprentice were to be injured."
"Sorry, but I thought this rabid lil' twit was gonna bite me," said a crudely accented woman.
"You can be so vile," said a male voice he didn't recognize. It was deep, thick and raspy.
"Go eat a pile of flaming dog—"
"Please Trix, not in front of our guests," said a second female voice. This one was thick and sounded bored.
"Can we just get this over with?" said a younger man, who sounded just as bored, and slightly irritated.
"Come on babe," said a teen girl. "You can wait a little while longer."
"Don't call me that!"
"I just can't wait to see master again!" said another man, who sounded very energetic.
"Yes, it has been a long time for you hasn't it Sakaki?" Cauldishek stated in a longing tone. "As it has for a few of us. You met our master several times, didn't you boy?"
Sora realized he was being addressed but was too shocked by his surroundings. Sticking up from the ground were… Keyblades. Thousands and thousands of Keyblades.
"It seems he is shocked by this place sir," said Feratu from nearby. "I don't believe he's ever seen so many Keyblades in one place."
"Did he think that they were the only ones? What a moron!" cried out Kigara.
Sora's lips were brushed by something. It was a girl with raven hair, about his age, holding a cup of water.
"Drink this," she said soothingly. He did not sense the darkness that he did from the other nine presences. He accepted the water and chugged it down, but he found it not to be water, but a hi-potion. He felt the wound on his back fade away, and his ribs no longer hurt. He drank the rest as his energy returned and he nodded his thanks to the girl.
He stood up and rubbed his eyes to be met with ten people in the black robes with golden hearts. A few feet away, his friends were bound separately and gagged. He gave a start and glared at Caulder, but knowing he was badly outmatched, did not draw his weapons.
"What's going on?" he demanded, taking a step forward. "What did you do to my friends?"
"Be calm," said a man with long brown hair and a goatee. "They are not harmed, beyond what happened at the battle on the beach."
"Yeah!" said a red head with goggles on her forehead. "So cool it loser!"
"How about you all shut up," mumbled a guy with green hair.
"You tell him Kain!" said the red head.
"You too!" he shot back.
"Hey Azulong!" said the woman who was obviously Trix, her hair thick and matted, her face slightly sunken, as she addressed the man with the goatee. "'Ow bout ya burn these twits inta next week!"
"So uncivilized," grunted the man, with a small smile. "I'll do it later."
"Krysnis, Kajime," said Cauldishek, addressing the red head with goggles and the girl who had healed Sora. "Bring me the package, and Kajime, you untie Riku. It is time."
"Yes master," said Kajime. The two girls ran in separate directions. Kajime cut Riku's ropes and helped him to his feet carefully. She did a weak cure spell to wake him up, and she carried him on her shoulder to Cauldishek's feet. Krysnis returned with a long object wrapped in cloth.
"Because of you Sora," said Cauldishek, slowly unwrapping the object. "Xemnas was destroyed, and we nearly lost hope of reviving our lost master ever again. Then we found Riku."
He tossed aside the cloth to reveal a wicked looking Keyblade. Sora stopped breathing from the oppressive dark power emanating from the weapon. Cauldishek stuck the Keyblade into the ground and Kajime brought Riku over.
"What are you doing with him?" shouted Sora, opening his hand in preparation for battle. Cauldishek began pacing back and forth, looking into the sky.
"If you remember, our friend Riku here holds the Heart of Xehanort within his own. But you see, Xehanort was not always the young scientist you knew him as. At one point he was a mighty Keyblade Master, and he was very old. So in order to see his plans into fruition, he possessed a young wielder named Terra. But, the plan backfired when he was attacked by Terra's friend and he lost his memory, becoming the Xehanort you know today. Therefore we must awaken our Master's memories within Riku, thus reviving him and beginning our universal conquest! I'm sure you are wondering where we have been all this time… to answer this question all I'm going to say is that we have been in the shadows, watching the worlds until the time was right for us to strike! Twelve years ago my master came to me and said 'Cauldeishek I am taking Vanitas, my new apprentice to see Eraqus. When I return I will be more powerful than ever before, and my body will have regained its former youth! He failed in that mission. But today, we, the secret society of Dark Wielders of the Keyblade, the Lucid Key Elite, who have been the ultimate secret of Master Xehanort have returned and using Riku, the Princess of Heart and the Princess of Soul we will have everything we have ever desired! We will reign supreme and this Realm of Light will be wiped out for ETERNITY!"
"Sora!" cried out a squeaky voice. Mickey was awake! "When you get out of here, go find Yen Sid! He'll lead you to Aqua and the Princess of Soul—AHH!"
The small King had been kicked in the face by Kigara. Cauldishek spun on Riku.
"Grip the handle," barked the old man. Riku did so reluctantly, staring at Sora. Sora looked him in the eyes and gulped. He knew that look.
He looked at the Dark Wielders around him and saw that they were watching Cauldishek and Riku intently. He slowly began inching towards his other friends. He looked back at the Elites and saw the girl who helped him throw a glance his way and a barely noticeable nod. He looked near his friends and saw that the knife she had used to cut Riku free was sitting unattended to next to Mickey.
Sora bounded towards it, but was tripped, and he fell to the ground. A familiar arm-shaped Keyblade struck the ground in front of him.
"Kyeheheheheh," chuckled Kigara menacingly. "Don't do anything you'll regret later light boy."
Sora glared at him and stood up. Sora looked past him to see that Riku was gripping the Keyblade tightly, and looking at the ground.
"Riku don't," he called over.
"Take care of her!" shouted Riku, not looking up at him. Sora's expression hardened as Cauldishek spoke loudly.
"Friends! Comrades! Today is the day that we reclaim what is rightfully ours! We receive what was stolen from us by the wielders of Light! We shall finally get what we deserve! The UNIVERSE!"
He summoned his Keyblade into his hand, as did the others. They stood in a circle around Riku, who finally looked up at Sora. Sora could see what looked like tears, falling from his friends eyes. Sora had had enough. In a flash he had Fenrir in his left hand and Ultima in his right and charged at the circle of wielders in front of him. He leapt up into the air and arched the blades over his back ready to strike at the nearest Elites. Suddenly, he was repelled by a gust of magical wind as a dome of pure darkness erupted over Riku and the Elites!
Sora rushed over to his fallen friends and cut them all free with his Keyblades, and cast Curaga to awaken them. As Sora gathered his friends to escape, and ignoring their pleads for answers, he was suddenly kicked in the face by Kigara.
Mickey summoned his D Kingdom Key and stood in between the two. Then the Dome dispersed into a massive plume of dust, creating a massive sand storm that tipped many of the Keyblades around them, and the Lucid Key Elite joined Kigara, all with menacing smiles, save for Kajime, on their faces.
"Heheheheh," a deep rumbling laugh filled the air around them. "Hahahahahah…. HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAH!"
"NO!" cried Mickey, as Sora stood to face this new enemy. "IT'S HIM! IT'S XEHANORT!"
"Sora, I'm scared!" said Kairi from behind him. "What happened to Riku?"
From the depths of the smoke that filled the air, out walked an old man, bald, hunched,with pointy ears and a goatee. Beside him walked Riku, who had a blank stare on his face. Suddenly, as they walked, the two seemed to glide together into a single entity.
The once bald old man now had shoulder length silver hair that framed his face, he walked straight with his shoulders back, and he looked no older than thirty years old.
He wore a white and black cloak with a red inner lining, a white shirt with two thin black belts, white gloves and calf-high black boots.
"Finally," He said longingly, extending his arms above his head. "After twelve years of wandering aimlessly through the darkness, I have returned! Finally, I will be able to rule the worlds and Darkness will reign supreme!"
"Where is he?" roared Sora, twirling his weapons in his hands. "What did you do with RIKU?"
The Elites raised their Keyblades in various battle stances, prepared to subdue, but the the revived and young Master Xehanort raised his hand.
"Now friends," he said. "There is no need for violence just yet. You see child, Riku is mine now. His body is mine."
(Recommended Song: Bless the Child by Nightwish)
Sora slammed his blades together creating a shower of sparks, and Mickey took his own stance.
"Then I guess I'm going to have to get you out of there! Now Mickey! Donald and Goofy protect Kairi!"
Sora went right Micky went left. The man pulled his own Keyblade and the Lucid Key Elite immediately split off in all directions to give them room to fight. Xehanort took a few steps forward and when they were nearly upon him he crouched and let out a massive roar, The entire landscape seemed to collapse on itself and massive pillars of earth erupted from the ground. Mickey was taken aback and stopped, but Sora, without thinking cast Aereoga around his legs and used it to spring himself up, and began running up the face of the cliff.
Xehanort smirked and cast Thundaga as bolts of lightning shot from his palm, nearly hitting Sora. Sora jumped off the side of the cliff and cast Reflega, absorbing the spell. He gathered the electricity into his Keyblades and threw it back at the Master, who put his left hand up, absorbing the spell back into his own body. Mickey appeared behind Xehanort and slashed, but the tall man warped out of sight, appearing on the side of the cliff, standing straight despite facing the sky, just standing at a ninety degree angle.
Sora pushed himself with another wins spell and flew just above the master, who released his invisible grip on the rock wall and started dodging Sora's strikes in mid air.
"EXPLOSION!" shouted Sora as 3 balls of light appeared around him and exploded outward, seeming to overtake the dark master.
Xehanort warped again and appeared in front of Mickey, who had been watching from the cliffs above.
"ULTIMA!" cried Mickey as the green light from before covered the sky above and seemed to wrap around the peak of the mountain.
"NOVA FLAME!"
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"I have to help them!" shouted Kairi, knocking Donald on his face, as she ran off with Goofy on her heels.
"You comin' Donald?" called the dog-knight.
"Wait for me!" squawked the duck-mage.
The three began to painstakingly climb the pillar of rock at a quick pace.
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Beneath the green energy a black flame erupted outward and enveloped Mickey's ultimate magic spell. When it cleared Mickey was panting slightly and Xehanort was smiling.
"It has indeed been a very long time since I have been able to do that one," he chuckled. "So Your Majesty. Tell me. Do you perhaps know where I might find Vanitas? I hear he has the X-blade and I am dying to try it out for myself."
"X-blade?" Mickey cocked his head in confusion.
"You really don't remember? Pity. It could have saved your life."
The two began trading rapid blows, master to master. Xehanort kept his left arm behind his back as Mickey hopped around him, the only sound being the clashing of metal. A bright flash of light and a burst of dark smoke flashed whenever their weapons met. Mickey attempted a strike at Xehanort's head, but the Dark Master ducked underneath it and hopped away.
"Away!" he shouted as dark bullets of energy burst from his Keyblade. Mickey countered with Holy and their attacks exploded against eachother. When the smoke from the blasts cleared the two had lowered their weapons and stared at each other, Mickey with a dark glare and Xehanort with an amused smirk.
"So Xehanort," said Mickey hotly. "Are you going to stop foolin' around and kill me already, or what?"
Xehanort only chucked in response.
"So," continued Mickey. "Why have you returned after so many years? We defeated your Heartless and your Nobody. I can tell that you are at least three times as powerful as you were in your prime, seein as how you have two other hearts in there with ya!"
"So you remember Terra," Xehanort said finally. "But you forget Eraqus."
"The Keyblade Master?"
"I was able to get past Terra's wall of protection when I joined with Riku. After twelve years of fighting for control I now hold the strength of four Keyblade Masters!"
"What about your friends who brought you back? Who are they?"
"About forty years ago," he said, making elaborate hand gestures as he spoke. "After my own master passed and Master Yen Sid gave up his ability to wield the Keyblade I took an apprentice in secret. Several years later I took another. I trained them to wield Darkness like no other had before, and all the while Eraqus and Yen Sid remained blissfully unaware. These apprentices were named Caulder and Feratu. We began granting Keyblades to other potential wielders and we decided to form an organization. We called ourselves the Lucid Key Elite. An unfitting name for Masters of the Darkness, yes, but we were lucid enough to see that Darkness is the path to true power. As we grew in power we grew in number. A few died along the way due to various reasons, treachery and the sort. Then about fifteen years ago I ordered Caulder, or rather the clone you know named Cauldishek, to go underground and watch the worlds in secret. Do what you will on your own world, but do not draw attention to yourselves. Make plans, for when I gain the power of the X-blade we would destroy Eraqus, Yen Sid, and encase the Realm of Light in complete Darkness! My plans however, were disrupted by the blue haired girl Aqua, and my former apprentice Ventus, who overpowered Vanitas and caused me to lose my memories and my Keyblade. So, I became the apprentice of Ansem the Wise, opened the door to Darkness and became a Heartless and a Nobody. With my Nobody destroyed, my apprentices nearly lost hope of reviving me, but came up with a new plan. Following my orders of lying low they waited until you had all let your guard down, and using the memories within my fragile heart and the body of my own grandson, I am complete once more, regaining my youth and quadrupling in power!"
"Grandson?" Mickey gasped.
(Reccomended song Takehiko Yamada - Concert Paraphrase on ''Dearly Beloved'')
"Yes, you see I was born on Destiny Islands, and during my travels during my time as a Master for the Keyblade Order, I would often stop at home to visit my family and friends. Eventually I fell in love with a girl I had gone to school with before I met my master, and we had a child. Before I truly fell into Darkness I had a real family."
"So you gave it up for power?" shouted Sora, who had climbed back up the cliff in time to here the story. "You would possess your own grandson for Darkness? YOU WOULD BETRAY YOUR OWN FAMILY?"
"You obviously don't understand my motivations boy!"
"Sora!" shouted three voices. Kairi Donald and Goofy had made it and were running towards Sora.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
Xehanort raised his Keyblade and prepared to strike when Final Form Sora appeared out of nowhere and attempted a kick at his abdomen. It missed and Xehanort countered with a kick of his own. Sora warped just in time, surprising Xehanort, who landed firmly on the ground and started blocking slash after slash from the constantly warping Sora. Xehanort scoffed and grabbed Sora by the throat as he made another pass.
"Who is this brat?" he mumbled as he got a good look at Sora's face for the first time. His eyes widened in shock as he recognized Sora. "Vanitas?"
Sora clawed at Xehanort's grip, dropping his Keyblades. He kicked as hard he could right into Xehanort's side, which, with his now enhanced strength caused the Master to loosen his grip enough for Sora to shake free and grab his Keyblades.
"Let's go Mickey!"
"Right!"
The two Keyblade wielders of light attacked at once, Sora going for a heavy hitting approach casting his energy attacks and striking at Xenahort with as much fury as he could muster while Mickey resumed his familiar style of evasion and quick attacks. Xehanort easily evaded their attacks and even humored them by allowing some of their hits to connect, just to show the difference in power.
"Is this really all you have to offer? I would have hoped for a better clown on my re-birthday" Xehanort taunted. Sora became furious as he increased the speed of his attacks. Just because he could, Xehanort caught one of Sora's keyblades and threw him while holding it. As Sora flew, Mickey ran in, swinging rapidly and with more power than before. Xehanort was truly in control of the battle. He moved along with Mickey's attacks, giving the illusion that he'd been hit.
"I gotcha!" Mickey shouted as he made a jumping attack downward. Sora had gotten back up and charged at Xehanort from the opposite direction, yelling
"Give Riku back!" they shouted as they approached closer,
"Think again!" shouted the Master, sticking his Keyblade into the ground with extreme force and he raised his hand, catching Mickey's keyblade. As he caught it, he used his free hand to shoot off a thundaga spell at Sora, only with more force than they could imagine. Mickey's eyes grew wide as Sora shouted in pain. Xehanort remained focused on Mickey as he spoke.
"You don't have the time to be worried about your friend here." Suddenly he blasted Mickey with a sheer cold wind, nearly freezing Mickey completely. He then lifted his other hand and flung Sora up into a short tornado. Sora crashed down to the ground, battered and bruised, he Donald and Goofy separating into three once more. Xehanort lifted up the now frozen Mickey, who he'd kept barely alive for the time being.
"Yes my Master?"
"Take the rodent would you? And do you mind telling me who this boy is?"
Sora curled into a ball and shut his eyes tightly, knowing that he was most likely doomed.
"The boy is called Sora," replied the mad Keyblade Master, waving his hand over Mickey's eyes, rendering him unconscious. "He is currently known as the 'Keyblade's Chosen One', and has the ability to link the Hearts of those who has crossed his path. It is my belief that at one point twelve years ago his heart made contact with Ventus, and after Ventus defeated Vanitas, both their hearts shattered and took refuge inside his."
"Is this why he resembles Vanitas?"
"That is my theory, yes."
"I see," he stroked his goatee thoughtfully."Well then I suppose the best thing for us to do it to extract our young friend isn't it?"
He summoned His Keyblade and sauntered up to Sora the smile on his face ever darkening. The other nine Elites came up behind him, running up the cliff at breakneck speed.
Xehanort pulled back his arm in preparation to stab Sora in the chest, and shoved it forward, until a pink mass suddenly threw itself on top of the injured boy. He stopped and lowered his weapon, raising an eyebrow in interest. The thing, obviously a teen girl, was covering Sora completely, and shaking heavily. Xehanort chuckled and prodded her in the side with his boot, causing her to whimper. At the noise he began to laugh.
"Gyahahahaha!" he roared. "What is this now? Who is this girl who would willingly take my Keyblade to her back instead of leaving the brat to his fate?"
"This is Kairi, Master," said Cauldishek. "She was once the princess of the Radiant Garden, and is one of the maidens of Pure Hearts, a Princess of Heart."
Xehanort's eyes widened at this and grabbed her by the shoulder, yanking her to her feet. She yelped in displeasure. He grabbed her by the chin and forced her to look him in the eyes.
"You truly are a beauty aren't you?" He said with a sadistic smile. "I can see why Riku is fighting me so hard right now."
Her eyes went even wider.
"R-Riku?"
'Of course dear child. Didn't you ever consider that Sora wasn't the only one in love with you?"
"Shut up!" Sora spat from his position in the dirt.
"What are you saying?" snapped Kairi, stepping back.
"Riku was in love with you Kairi. I am shuffling through his own memories as we speak!"
"X-XEHANORT!" wailed Sora as he writhed on the ground in pain in a futile attempt to stand. Kairi rushed to his aid.
"Oh how Riku pains at seeing you with his best friend! All he could ever think about is you. What are you doing on the Islands, are you okay, did Sora save you, when will he feel your warm embrace again? Riku once tried to kill Sora because he wanted you so badly."
Kairi jumped in shock at this.
"What?" she cried. No one ever told her this. "Sora is this true?"
"I'm sorry Kairi," he groaned, finally standing up. "Riku didn't want you to know."
Kairi's eyes softened.
"I want to know these things Sora."
"This isn't the time for—"
"This is a perfect time!" she declared, facing Xehanort and glaring at him. He only stared back in mild interest. "I want you to know this because without Mickey or Riku, you Donald and Goofy… we most likely aren't going to make it out of here alive."
"Kairi," Sora whispered, tears streaming down his eyes as death itself seemed to glare at him from all sides.
"I want you to know Sora… that I love you!"
She spun around and kissed him full as passionately as humanly possible, and they embraced each other, their tears mixing together.
"Touching," said Azulong from where he stood.
"Oh shut up!" groaned Trix, who averted her gaze.
Xehanort was watching the display however, with disgust and a slowly growing rage. Cauldishek glanced in between the kissing teens and his master.
"Get off of her!" shouted Xehanort in a voice that was not his own. He grabbed Kairi by the arm and swung her aside as he plunged his Keyblade into Sora's chest.
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In the distant desert an armored figure raised its head and whispered one word
"Xehanort."
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Within the darkness of Sora's heart, two boys, one with light caramel hair and a gold colored outfit and another with jet black hair and yellow eyes with strange armor, opened their eyes and whispered one word.
"Xehanort."
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In the Dark Meridian Aqua rose from her seat in the sand with the black clad man and shouted one word.
"XEHANORT!"
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NEXT CHAPTER
TRUE WIELDER OF THE X-BLADE!
Tron's Database!
Trix
Loosely based on Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter, but a different character entirely. She has a crude accent, a cruder personality and a vile temperament. She hates Kigara more than the light itself, but only because he puts things in her bed. The world she comes from was destroyed long ago. She is incredibly powerful, almost enough to rival Cauldishek in his prime. Her Keyblade resembles numerous intertwining serpents and its teeth are just that: the fangs of a venomous snake. She calls it Parseltongue.
(She is voiced by Helena Bonham Carter)
Azulong
He was once the tyrant of a powerful empire, home to people who could manipulate fire, but his powers were robbed of him by a powerful warrior. He was imprisoned but later escaped with the help of the Elite. He was granted a magnificent Keyblade that resembles an extended Phoenix wing. He calls it the Phoenix King, after the title he lost when he was imprisoned.
He is voiced by Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker/Keyblade Master Eraqus)
Sakaki
Based on the character from .Hack G.U. Cauldishek's first apprentice and was taught a few things by Master Xehanort in his youth. He seems calm and collected at first, but when he is angered he has several inhuman transformations at his disposal. His Keyblade resembles Master Xehanort's with its axe-like head, but the shaft is a wide, solid broadsword shape with multiple runes dancing up the sides. It has an orange glow to it, but when he transforms, so does his weapon…
He is voiced by Crispin Freeman (Alucard from Hellsing, Kyon from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzamiya)
Kajime
Based off of the character Kagura from Inuyasha. She was granted a Keyblade of Light before she was old enough to remember. After the Elite destroyed her home world when she was young, though they made it look like a Heartless attack, Caulder took her as his apprentice against her will. The only reason she doesn't fight back is because Caulder has placed a curse on her heart. If she, for any reason, betrays him or refuses to follow orders, her heart will shatter.
(She is voiced by Janyse Jaud (Kagura from Inuyasha)
Kain
A young man of few words, he joined the Lucid Key Elite to become stronger. He may embody the darkness, but he is only focused on becoming the perfect soldier. His Keyblade resembles a long old fashioned rifle with 3 bayonets for the teeth, and can fire spells at a much more rapid pace than Sora. His physical strength with the Keyblade itself is decent as well.
(Voiced by Richard Ian Cox- Inuyasha)
Krisnys:
A young, and rather flirtatious girl, she can often be found pissed off, but other times just really screwing around. She tends to come on to Kain, and occasionally says some dirty things to Sora, but all in all she does have the basic qualities needed for her to be in the elite. She is the organization's weakest member, but also the most level-headed. Just because she is the weakest does not mean her abilities can be discounted either.
Her Keyblade, Tranquil Fury is a bit short, but she makes up for this with her speed and flight abilities. When she needs more power her Keyblade will pulsate with darkness, and increase in length. At that point, her fighting changes to reflect a more calm and sadistic nature, rather than the normal pissed off rage she has on a regular basis.
(Voiced by Wendee Lee- Harui- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzamiya, Faye Valentine- Cowboy Bebop)
Kamui
A cool-headed member of the Elites, she maintains a dominant personality, and constantly reminds people that she's on top and in control. If even the slightest thing goes wrong according to her plans, she notices immediately, and orders a lesser member of the elite to go investigate. She's an individual who wields great power, but also feels the need to exercise it in the most malevolent
(Voiced by Tara Platt- Temari from Naruto)
ways possible. While she may be considered sick and twisted, she had always been this way. Her Keyblade Toxic Dusk resembles a Halberd of sorts, and as a result its true strength comes from its ability to corrupt nearly anything it pierces with darkness so strong, only a Princess of Heart or another fighter stronger than her could withstand it.
Master Xehanort
While he currently looks no older than thirty he is in reality almost ninety years old. His mastery of the Keyblade has surpassed all those before him, to the extent that he can annihilate an entire world with a dark spell without breaking a sweat, just as he did to the Land of Departure, home of his long time friend and ally Eraqus, after killing the old Master of course. Now, after his defeat at the hands of Aqua, losing his memory, becoming both Heartless and Nobody, and being thwarted at every turn, he has been revived using his grandson Riku as a vessel. While his body is only seventeen, he has taken a form most suited to his desires. Now he and Sora are locked in a bitter struggle for control of the X-blade, and the Worlds.
(Young version Voiced by Billy Zane, Ansem Seeker of Darkness KH1 only Old Man voiced by Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock, Master Xehanort (Birth by Sleep only)
