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Sorry it's been a while, I've had finals, AP tests, and work.

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Chapter 5: Radiant Reunion

Ansem paced back and forth across his study, running a hand through his, mostly grey hair. He looked up, hopefully as a figure, a hood covering their face, entered the room. "Sasuke, did you find them?"

"No…" the figure removed their hood, revealing the former apprentice of Kairi's father. "Sora's home had signs of a struggle, just like Lea and Ven's, and there was no sign of them."

"What about the twins?" The swordsman shook his head. "That's strange… Brim, Blaze, and Ryô are still here, where could they be?"

"I went to both Sora and Kairi's parents, they have no idea where they are either."

Ansem sat in his chair, hand covering his face. When Lea, Naminé, and Ven disappeared, he immedietly sent Sasuke to check and see if Kairi and her family were all right. Now, his worst fears were realized. "Sasuke, I want you to begin searching worlds near Destiny Islands, but first go see Master Yen Sid and see if he knows anyth…"

"Master Ansem," Ienzo came inside, "King Mickey's gummi ship is arriving in the hanger."

The old man nodded. "On second thought, wait. We'll see if Mickey has any information."

"Yes, Master Ansem."

The two went down to the hanger, watching as the door to the gummi ship opened. The first one out was a little girl with blonde and pink hair. "I stuck the landing! Told ya I would!"

"Yea… sure…"

The two who exited after the first girl made Ansem and Sasuke breathe a sigh of relief; it was the twins. "Patria! Pith!"

"Sasuke! Uncle Ansem!" The two dashed to them.

Ansem hugged his great-great nephew as Sasuke hugged Patria. "I'm so glad you two are safe. When we found you and your parents gone, we feared the worst."

"We're fine." Pith explained, "Master Yen Sid brought us to his tower after… after our parents were taken…"

Sasuke sighed. "Lea, Ven, and Naminé are gone too…"

"So are Terra, Aqua, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Riku." Patria added.

Ansem pulled back and looked at them, and at the rest of the group that stood by the gummi ship. "I feared as much… I guess that all you are their children?" The others nodded. "I see…" He turned to Isa, who stood behind him. "Have some accommodations prepared for our guests; we do not know how long they will be staying…"

"I apologize for the interruption," Glacies cut in, "but, we won't be staying, at least, all of us won't. We have a job to do."

"What job?"

Patria crossed her arms. "Master Yen Sid asked us to scout the worlds for our parents. So, we're here to pick up the other three, and then, we'll go to Twilight Town and get the other kid."

Ansem and Sasuke looked at each other, and then back at them. "You're serious… well…"

"I'll go find Blaze, Brim, and Ry!" A voice called out. A boy of about fifteen, dressed in all brown, with a red scarf, came forward.

"Ivan! What are you doing here?"

The boy shrugged. "I was curious…"

Sasuke shook his head. "Go ahead, Ivan. If you can't find them, ask Vladimir and Cirrus to help."

"Sure!" The boy took off running.

"Excuse me."

"Yes um…"

The young master came forward. "My name is Glacies, my parents are Terra and Aqua. I was wondering something. While we're out traveling the worlds, could someone keep an eye on my little brother? He's only three and not old enough to go a dangerous quest."

"Of course," Ansem nodded. He looked between the group. "I don't know most of you, and it's getting late. Why don't you stay the night here and set out tomorrow?"

"Ok…"

Brimstone sat in a basement, decked out with speakers and lights. His sister sat nearby, head resting on her hand; Ryô paced, unsure of what to do, with his Labrador Husky laying nearby, watching him. Since Lea, Ventus, and Naminé's disappearance, the three pulled away to their underground concert hall.

The dog's head came up and she barked. Ry petted her head. "What is it, Axie?"

"It's just us." Ivan came inside, followed by a dirty-blonde haired boy and a girl with black hair and blonde bangs.

"Ivan, Vlad, Cirrus… What's up?"

The girl, Cirrus, sighed. "Master Ansem wants you three up at the castle."

"Fine."

Sasuke sat by Patria and Pith, looking between the two. "Normally, I would be against my godchildren going out to save the worlds, but you two are the same age your dad was when he went out for the first time."

"I think you'd be a bad godfather if you weren't against it, somewhat." Pith laughed.

Ansem smiled as he watched the three. He was glad that Patria and Pith were safe, but what they told him that Master Yen Sid said worried him. If all the guardians were truly missing, something must be happening. Having given the title of king to someone else, he would have to make sure, as the royal advisor that Radiant Garden was prepared for the worst.

"Ansem," Riku's daughter looked over at him. "Do you have any idea what might have happened to our parents?"

"I do not. Only Sera was present when the others were taken. She was in the same room as her husband, but was knocked out when the attacks began. When she woke up, Lea was gone."

The children all hung their heads; oh, how they wished there was more news. The study doors opened and three people, and a dog, came inside. "There you three are!"

Blaze blinked her green eyes at the large group of people, her age. "We didn't know there was a convention."

"Seriously, you should've warned us."

Ryô grabbed his dog's collar as she began licking Ignis's face. "No, Axie… don't lick people's faces."

"Brimstone, Blaze, Ryô," Ansem said, "These are the children of the other guardians. They've come here for you, because all of you have been tasked with finding your parents by Master Yen Sid."

This made the three light up. "Really!?"

"Yes." Glacies stood. "We're going to Twilight Town and then we'll go look for them."

"And, how do you propose to find them?" Even looked at the kids.

Xally smiled. "Justin and I are force-sensitive. We can probably sense where Masters Terra and Aqua are, or at least the general area."

"Sounds simple enough." Sasuke nodded. "And, while you kids are out searching, I'll watch the little one, here."

Ignis blinked in surprise. "Bu' I'm goin' too! I'm a Keyb'ade wielder!"

"Ignis…"

"Aw, but if you go, you won't be able to do your mission." Sasuke playfully whined.

"Wha' mission?"

The swordsman knelt down to the little boy. "Your mission is to help me guard the castle. If you leave, you can't do that."

The toddler thought for a moment before grinning. "I wan' to 'elp you!"

"I thought so…"

"Master Ansem," Even came inside the study. "I may have devised a way to locate the guardians without the children having to put themselves at risk."

"Please, tell us!"

The scientist looked down at his notes. "I believe that if I allowed the two Jedi to be in a room with a map and they could try and discern their location that way."

"That could work." Justin said, thoughtfully.

"Jedi have done that before." Xally agreed.

Sasuke nodded. "We should try it. I would be much more comfortable if I knew that my godchildren or any other kids were safe."

Patria scowled. At every turn, someone was trying to keep them from their own adventure. Reluctantly, she followed them into a dark room.

"This is a map room we use to pinpoint locations of other worlds." Even explained. "I hope this works…"

Justin and Xally sat down cross-legged and closed their eyes. Without anyone punching any buttons, the map activated around them; it looked like a planetarium presentation with the stars moving overhead and the worlds flying past. The map stopped and Justin pointed.

"I can feel them, right there…" His finger motioned to a small area between two different worlds.

"I can too, but… something is wrong. Something is interfering with that area; they are somewhere we can't see and can't get to on our own."

"That's the Gate of Nadir. There is a small world that is partially in a universe of its own." Everyone jumped as a wizard appeared in the room.

"Merlin! Could you not surprise us like that?"

The wizard waved his hand. "I thought you would've been used to it by now. But, back to our issue. If Sora and the others are through the Gate of Nadir, there is only one way to reach them."

The kids all looked at each other. "We're here to help, what do we need to do?"

"If you are to open that gate and find your parents, you need to create the lock, which can be opened with your Keyblades. To prevent anyone from getting through the gate, the lock was separated into many pieces and scattered across the worlds. It can be drawn from the Keyholes of certain worlds. It may be the only way to reach your parents."

"How did they get through the gate in the first place?"

Merlin crossed his arms thoughtfully. "Only a pure darkness should be able to penetrate the gate. Which none of you have and none of you should try to get."

"It seems, our only option is to make the lock." Glacies sighed. "Very well, we shall rest for the night and start tomorrow."

"So soon?"

"We can't waste time." The older girl stood up tall, "Our parents are counting on us."

Ansem held up a hand. "Glacies, you said that the mission was to locate your parents and allow us to mount the rescue. This is something else entirely."

"But, it's what we were trained to do. You know this, Ansem. As soon as the Keyblade came into our families, it was in our blood. We have all be taught since we were little to fight and there is nothing but fight in us. It is our destiny to pick up the Keyblade and follow our parent's footsteps. This is our time now; they're counting on us. Now, please, let us do what we've been taught to do."

Everyone stared at her. "If you need to give a good speech," Sasuke smirked, "let her do it 'cause I'm convinced."

"Well… I guess if you keep in touch and don't get into anything too deep, it could be all right."

Patria nearly tackled her relative in a hug. "Oh! Thank you Uncle Ansem!"

"Justin and I, if Merlin can show us what they feel like, could sense what worlds the lock pieces are in."

Blaze huffed. "Well, looks like we're going on our own adventure."

"Sis," Brimstone placed a hand on his sister's shoulder. "We need to tell Mom where we're going."

"Yea…"

Glacies looked at the siblings. "You two go ahead, we'll get ready so we can leave first thing tomorrow."

Sera sat in her kitchen, silently, her blind eyes staring off into nothingness.

"Mom!" She looked up at the voice of her son.

"What is it Brim?"

The boy and girl came into the room, "Mom… we wanted to tell you, we're going to go find Dad. The other children of the guardians are going and, even though we don't have Keyblades, we want to help."

"Go…" She stood touching the shoulders of her kids. "Your father would be proud of you both."

"We're not leaving till tomorrow."

Sera hugged the two. "Stay with me then, I'll be there to see you off in the morning."

Their moment was broken as the ground shook and screams came from outside. "Crud…"

The Fahrenheit children ran outside and saw a large dark blue Heartless with a horn and large tusks. The Arc Behemoth Heartless stomped, crushing a market stall.

"Blaze! Brim!" Ryô came running towards them with Axie behind him. "That Heartless is destroying the market!"

Brim reached in his coat and pulled out two hatchets, Ryô summoned his Keyblade, while Blaze pulled two large knives from her belt.

Ryô blade was a light blue with a cloud for the guard; a red ribbon wrapped around the shaft and turned into a dove wing for the blade.

"Blaze, can you distract it?"

"No!" Ry exclaimed, "Let me do it."

Blaze rolled her eyes as their friend ran out in front of the monster. "Ugh… pacifist…"

Brim ran in and jumped up onto the Arc Behemoth's back and hacked away at the horn, coating his weapons in fire. "Blaze! Get your butt up here!"

The girl took a deep breath. "I can do this… I can control it…" She closed her eyes and took a long intake of air. Her hair began rising and curling like it was made of fire, an orange glow covered her body as flames leapt from her hands. Her eyes shot open, the pupils, white, and irises gone, replaced by green flames. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The flames propelling her, she leapt directly to the beast's head and unleashed a concentrated blast of fire into its horn.

The Arc Behemoth stumbled under the attack and fell down, a heart floating away. Brim and Ry looked at the girl, who still had fire coming from her. "Blaze… Blaze…" The girl turned her head sharply, flaming eyes staring at them. "Sis… calm down, it's me, your brother…"

Blaze blinked and her eyes reverted back to normal and the fire around her died away. "B… Brim…" she collapsed to the ground. Ryô caught the girl in his arms.

"She really needs to work on controlling that; that or she doesn't need to use her powers that potently."

Brim picked his sister up and carried her towards their house. "I know…"

Glacies stared out at the sky, wondering what was happening to her parents. "Dad… I don't think I can do this… I know you think I'm Keyblade Master material, and I know I can put up a good front, but I can't be the Master you want me to be. Not with my… my fear…"

She turned around, seeing her little brother sleeping in a small bed. "I have to be strong… I have to fake it, for the others…"

The next morning, Ignis clung to Glacies's leg. "Don't go! P'ease!"

"Don't worry, Ignis," the girl gave him a smile as she lifted him into her arms and handed him to Sasuke. "I'm going to bring Mommy and Daddy home, and you're going to help Sasuke guard the castle." The little boy gave a small smile but continued to cry.

Sera hugged her two children. "Come back safe… please. I couldn't lose you and your father…"

"We'll come home, Mom."

"We promise!"

Ansem looked at his great-great niece and nephew. "You two have certainly grown from the two tiny children I knew fourteen years ago. Your parents will be proud of you."

"Thank you, Uncle Ansem!" The twins hugged the old man. "Hold down the home-front, while we're gone!"

"Of course…."

Ansem, Sera, Sasuke, and Ignis stood by as the gummi ship, Night Streakier, lifted off and blasted away, carrying the hope for the worlds with it.

Terra coughed, his eyes opening slowly into darkness. He couldn't move and all he could see was a single light in front of him. "Master Terra… a pleasure to see you again."

"You!?" Terra growled. "But… you're dead!"

"So you thought…" A hooded figure walked into the light, dragging something behind him. "Oh, and someone has come for you. I believe her name is Keyblade Master Glacies."

"Glace!"

The girl looked up. "Dad…"

"It's too bad you rejected the darkness, Master Terra." The figure hoisted Glacies up and she didn't struggle. "However, your daughter has different ideas."

The man gasped. "Glacies… no…"

"Yes… it's too bad you left the dark. I like it… I've never felt more alive!" The girl's eyes faded from blue to a sick gold color. "Goodbye… Father… I'll be spending time with my new teacher." With that, she turned and left.

"GLACIES!"

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Ivan Leonheart: Son of Leon/Squall and Rinoa. He's a joker and likes to get in everybody's business, but he's a good friend and will have your back when you need him.

Vladimir Fair: Son of Zack and Aerith. He's quiet and stoic, always ready for a fight. He's always dragging his best friend, Ivan, out of messes. He'll help out those who really need it.

Cirrus Strife: Daughter of Cloud and Tifa. She's playful and loves to make new friends. She's an avid fighter and is always ready to fight if you challenge her.

Control

Seems like Blaze can't control her own abilities.

Sometimes we have trouble controlling ourselves. Self-control is something everyone has trouble with at times. One of the fruits of the Spirit is self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)

Proverbs 25:28 says, "A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls." If you don't have self-control you are vulnerable to attack from the enemy. It takes time to learn to control yourself, but it is not impossible.

All you have to do is stop before you act and keep yourself under control.