Time seemed to slow down as Oblivion creeped closer to Naminé's face. Without any rational thought, she fell back and lashed her leg out as hard as she could. Catching Roxas by surprise, the Keyblade was sent flying out of his grip. With her opponent stunned by the sudden disarmament, Naminé rocked herself upright and spin-kicked Roxas through his skull, sending him reeling.

"What..." Kairi was stunned. "How in the world did you do that?!" Naminé grinned.

"What? You thought all I could do was draw and rewrite memories?" Before Roxas could recover, Naminé twirled into the air and caught Oblivion on its downward flight. The faux Roxas stared at her in shock. "So, you don't remember me, huh?"

Now it was Roxas' turn to go on the defensive. He jumped back, completely forgetting that he had Kairi's Keyblade pinned down. Naminé hadn't forgotten, though. She slide-dashed toward the fallen Keyblade and grabbed it with her free hand. For the first time since she was created, she felt a rush of adrenaline that she had never experienced before.

It felt good.
No, it was better than good.
It felt great.

Twirling the Keyblades in each hand, she was Naminé: dual-wielder. She gave Roxas a confident smirk. The boy stood silent, sizing up the new status quo. The two combatants stared each other down; Naminé's fiery gaze peered into Roxas' soulless eyes. After a few seconds, they charged with reciprocated ferocity.

Roxas swung Oathkeeper in a downward arc, but whiffed air as Naminé split-jumped over the incoming attack and came down hard on Roxas outstretched hands with her Keyblades. Trapping his arms in-between her weapons with a pincer-like grip, she twisted hard, causing the data form to grunt in pain, effectively disarming him. Before Roxas could comprehend what just happened, Naminé planted both feet into his face, knocking him off balance.

Roxas staggered in a disoriented daze. Wasting no time, Naminé dropped her Keyblades, flipped her body onto Roxas' shoulders and wrapped her legs around his head. "TAKE THIS!" She used her momentum to swing herself around and take Roxas down with a scissor kick to the ground. Unfortunately, this technique caused her to land on Roxas' face.

"KYAAHH!" Naminé shrieked as she felt Roxas' face implanted into her posterior. She kept trying to stand up, but his head would instinctively snap up, banging into her and causing Naminé to crash down on top of him again. With her opponent thrashing about, she couldn't get a good footing to stand up. "Stupid, non-friction sandals!" she cursed. Roxas' arms flailed around as he struggled to breathe, but Naminé's butt continued to smother him. After what seemed like the most awkward and embarrassing twenty seconds of Naminé's life, the Roxas Data went limp.

"Oh my gawd," Kairi cried. "You killed Roxas!"

"No," Naminé said, holding her dress closed, "he just fainted." A mysterious twinkle sparked in her eyes. "I'm just glad this isn't the real Roxas, though."

"How come?" Kairi asked apprehensively. Without Roxas' head constantly knocking her back down, Naminé was finally able to stand up.

"Or else I wouldn't be able to do this!" She swiped Kairi's Keyblade off the ground and pummeled the poor, unconscious body of Roxas. After a few minutes of spousal abuse, the data form dissolved back into computer code from whence it came along with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Another bright light engulfed the girls and they found themselves back in the waterfall room. The first thing that caught their attention was that Roxas' cove was now sporting a pink light instead of blue.

"Whoa, girl!" were the first words that came out of Kairi's head. "What was with that whole berserker rage?"

Naminé closed her eyes and let out a sigh of contentment. "It's been a while since I've had my own body. I just had all this restless frustration I needed to let out." She began stretching out some tightness in her shoulders. "Besides, if I ever get mad at Roxas in the future, I can always remember the pummeling I just gave him."

"Wow, you and Roxas haven't even gotten married yet and you're already in need of marriage counseling. But what made you so sure that wasn't the real Roxas?"

"I told you, these are Data backups of the Organization members. Everyone we fight was either destroyed or fused back to their original form."

"I see." Naminé sat down on the surprisingly clean floor, removed her sandals and massaged her aching feet. "Where in the world did you learn those moves?" Kairi asked. "I mean, even I didn't know how to do that!"

Naminé shrugged. "Easy. When I was trapped in Castle Oblivion, I self-taught myself whenever I went to the bathroom."

"You mean you could've taken down the Organization anytime you wanted?"

"Uh, no. I was still only 14, remember? Going up against a teenager my age is one thing. Trying to fight against adults with weapons and other powers would be suicide. Not to mention they would've killed me if they didn't need me for the whole "Chain of Memories" bit first." Kairi looked through Naminé's eyes and noticed something peculiar that she never thought of before.

"Is this really all you wear? Only a one-piece dress and sandals?"

Naminé wiggled her toes a bit before putting her footwear back on. "Yeah, what about it?"

Kairi would've had a bewildered expression on her face if Naminé wasn't using her body at the moment. "Do you realize you're only one piece of clothing away from running around naked?" she pointed out.

Naminé shrugged again. "What can I say? I was created that way."

"Uh-huh. You mind if I have my body back now?" Kairi suddenly felt control return to her. She checked herself and was glad to find her body was back to its original state of dress too.

As Kairi stood up, she noticed an odd feeling in her heart. It felt familiar, but she couldn't place it. She shook her head dismissively. There were more important things to worry about. "Alright, one down, twelve to go. So who's next?"

Sora felt a sort of unease in the back of his mind that had nothing to do with him. "Roxas?" Sora inwardly called. "What are you so worried about?"

In Sora's mind's eye, Roxas had a grimace of disgust on his face. "I don't know why, but I feel extremely dirty and beat-up for some reason."

"Well, we've been fighting pretty hard."

"Maybe...I guess it's just my imagination."

"You two okay up there?" Riku asked Sora as he glided. Running on foot was taking too long, so Riku grabbed one of the skateboards littering the area and used it to cruise down the path.

Sora nodded. "Yeah, we're cool."

However, Riku didn't seem to be listening. "If I only could open up the corridors of darkness, this would be a whole lot faster," he muttered. "Hasn't anyone invented cars in this world?" He stopped himself. "Wait, I don't even have a driver's license, let alone a permit." Then something else clicked. "More importantly, I don't think I've seen a single car in this entire universe!"

Aladdin swiped his Scimitar at the oncoming Fat Bandits. He'd been stuck at this routine for a half-hour already and his sword arm was getting sore from overuse.

"In need of some assistance?" Out of the blue, a familiar-looking swashbuckler landed a few feet behind Aladdin wielding his "Skull and Crossbones" blade.

"Thanks! I'm Aladdin! You must be the famous Jack Sparrow I've heard so much about."

"That's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, if you please." Sparrow looked at Aladdin. "Well, Laddie, looks like we have our hands full." Sparrow and Aladdin found themselves back-to-back with the cliff wall on one side and a steep drop on the other.

Aladdin gave Sparrow his trickster smile. "Bet you two rubies that I can take down more Heartless than you."

"A pirate always looks to profit. First to thirty, savvy?" Sparrow said as he slapped Aladdin on the shoulder.

"Fine with me!" And with that, they charged at their opponents, knocking them off the cliff like boulders.

Five minutes later, Aladdin cried, "Thirty Heartless!"

"Excellent job, Lad! However, I finished five seconds before you did."

"Really." Aladdin crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.

"Don't take it hard, Laddie!" Sparrow laughed heartily as he slowly made his way backwards. "Just remember that this was the day that you almost..." Before Jack could finish his departing line, he lost his footing and fell over the edge.

"Jack!" Aladdin cried. He ran to see what became of his ally and was astonished to find no trace of him.

Captain Jack Sparrow chuckled to himself as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of shiny rubies. "It doesn't look like 'ol Laddie will need these anytime soon." He rubbed the two stolen gems between his fingers. Then he reached into his other pocket, frowned and double-checked. After patting himself down, he shook his head. "That blasted bugger swiped my compass!"

"Nice job, Abu!" Aladdin said to his faithful partner. He playfully tossed Jack Sparrow's compass into the air. "A pirate may always look to profit, but he should never steal from a master thief."