*I don't own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters, Final Fantasy VII characters, Final Fantasy VIII characters, Disney characters, Dream Works characters, or TWD: The Game characters; I only own Katie, Aeris, Nico, Sarah, and Len

The twins returned to the complex where Leon and Len had left them. Half way to the apartment, Nico passed out because of the pain that was sent through him. Aeris only saw a glimpse of what happened to him but it made no sense to her at all. The woman in the coat, she couldn't tell who it was but the man named Roxas said something about the Organization so she had to be part of the Organization Leon was talking about. The second thing: the flames doing into Nico by the woman. They were acting like actual fire but it was black and purple, not the orange-red glow of a normal fire, and it didn't seem to burn her or Nico. The last thing: Why did the woman attack him in the first place? And then her? Nico isn't the violent type so he wouldn't have had provoked her. And the scary thing? Those flames were still flickering around him.

"What is that?" Aeris asked Roxas.

Roxas shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea…"

"It's some form of Darkness," Naminé explained. "I've never seen anything like it…but I bet I can get it off of him. It has to be what's causing him so much pain."

"Darkness?" Aeris repeated. She looked at the flames again that were engulfing her twin brother's chest. Her eyes widened and she muffled a gasp with her hand. "I…I know those flames! They took over the small island off of the coast of Destiny Island!"

Roxas' attention, for the first time since he met the twins, went away from Nico and to Aeris. "What? You've seen this before?"

Aeris nodded. Trying to hold back her tears, she said in a sad voice, "They took Mom?"

Naminé placed her wand down on Nico's bedside, glancing over her shoulder to look at Aeris. "What's your mom's name?"

"Katelynn Heart…Daddy calls her Katie."

Roxas and Naminé looked at each other, their faces paling.

"W-What?"

"…Uh, Roxas…? Can you handle this? I need to get back to him," Naminé whispered. Before Roxas could say anything, Naminé went back to Nico.

Roxas gulped and nodded slowly. He motioned Aeris to get up from her seat and took her to the other side of the room. Aeris stared at him curiously as he fidgeted and stuttered before finally, somewhat, saying to her, "Y-You see…Aeris…your mom…shot this is hard. Uh… your mother, Katie…she…she is…um…"

"She's what?" Aeris questioned, getting irritated.

"Your mother is—"

The door slammed open, interrupting Roxas and making Aeris forget what they were talking at the moment. In the doorway was…

"Dad!" Aeris ran over to the door and tackled her father out of pure joy. She felt his arms go around her immediately, holding onto her tightly. She looked up to him with a large smile. "You're okay!" She pulled away and said to him, "I saw the Darkness take the island…how did you get out?"

"Kairi's light protected us and was able to get us to Traverse Town. We're fine. Me, Kairi, and Sora…" Riku looked over Aeris and his eyes widened. He went past her and questioned Naminé, "What happened?"

"An Organization member attacked him…" Naminé answered. "He got infected by Darkness. I'm trying to remove it right now."

"Will he be alright?"

Naminé nodded. "Of course! I haven't crossed failure yet with my spells!"

Riku glanced over to Roxas. "Were you able to identify which member it was?"

"Sort of…" Roxas scratched the back of his head. "It's more of a hunch than knowing exactly who it is…but the most puzzling for me is the boy that protected Nico and Aeris."

"Boy?"

Roxas nodded. "Yeah…I've never seen him before…and he had a Keyblade."

"Then we should have known him…" Riku thought for a second. "Is it possible it was Render's kid?"

"No…I know for a fact his kid doesn't have black hair. Or blue eyes."

Riku nodded and made a curious huff. "Do you know where he is?"

Aeris tapped her father's shoulder. She jammed her finger on the window. "I do."

Riku looked through the window and gasped. He turned to Roxas and said to him, "Come with me! He's hurt!"

"You got it." Roxas rushed out of the apartment after Riku.

Aeris watched them leave. She perked up when she heard a coughing fit behind her. She turned and she smiled. Nico was waking up, the Darkness gone. Naminé got out of Aeris' way, giving her room to kneel beside the bed. "Hey, bro…"

Nico's eyes drifted over to Aeris. He made a weak smile and sat up slowly. "Sis…you alright? That woman didn't hurt you, right?"

Aeris nodded. "I'm okay. But I'm the one that should be asking you that."

Nico chuckled. "Yeah, I'm fine! My head hurts and so does every single muscle in my body…" He took off the bow off his back, rolling it in his palms. "But if Genie didn't give me this…I bet I would be worse shape." When Aeris raised an eyebrow, Nico took a deep breath before explaining more, "Out of fear…when she got closer to me…I…I shot her. In the shoulder."

"Nico…" Aeris placed a hand on her brother's shoulder. "I know you don't like to hurt anyone but if you didn't release that arrow, she could have…she could have killed you. Easily."

"I know…but I just feel bad that I did."

In encouragement, Naminé said to him, "I would have done the same thing, despite how much I don't like seeing others in pain, good or bad."

Nico tilted his head curiously at Naminé. "Who are you?"

"Nico, this is Naminé," Aeris introduced, Naminé giving Nico a small friendly wave. "She's the one that healed you."

"Oh!" Nico sent Naminé a cheerful smile. "Then thank you for fixing me up!"

Naminé returned his smile. "You're very welcome." Their attention got averted when they heard footsteps outside the door. The door handle jiggled, telling them that someone was trying to get in. Naminé went to the door and opened it. Her eyes widened. She stepped to the side, letting Roxas and Riku back in, the boy that saved Nico and Aeris between them, both supporting his weight. "Goodness! Put him over there!"

Nico got off the bed with Aeris' help, making room for the boy. He looked different than their last encounter. A red aura was around him, his hands were like claws and his skin was slightly grey. His eyes were closed and he was breathing hard and jaggedly. "Geez…what's going on with him?"

"Looks like he's got a mutation of some sort…" Roxas muttered. "He didn't look like this when I first saw him." His eyes were fixed on the boy's claw-like fingers. "Say clear of those hands, Naminé…"

"I'll be fine," Naminé assured. She let a groan of frustration. "Darn it…where did I put my wand...?"

Aeris looked around the room where she was standing, trying to spot the wand. Her eyes got caught on a small white scepter that had a gold star on top of it. It was slightly under the boy's sleeveless arm. She reached out for it. She yelped when as soon as she bumped the black bands on his arm trying to get the wand, the boy's body shot up. Riku grabbed her and dragged her away from the bed, taking her and her brother behind him, wielding his Keyblade. Ready to protect them. Aeris watched the aura around the boy dissipate as he made his face twist in pain. His skin went back to its normal pale color and the claws disappeared.

The boy's eyes opened slowly. He sat up, gripping onto his head. He shook his head and glanced over to them and jumped, letting out a startled yelp. "Riku?"

Riku's eyes narrowed his eyes at the boy. "How do you know my name?"

"Oh, come on, Riku! Don't pretend that…" the boy's eyes brightened up. "Wait…you're older…" he laughed in joy. "Haha, it worked!"

"What worked?" Nico asked curiously.

"Who are you?" Roxas growled.

The boy blinked and then made a nervous chuckle behind a small smile. "Oh, sorry, I was all caught up in my excitement…anyway…my name's Solus. Solus Nightshade."

Solus Nightshade is LightandDarkHeart's Kingdom Hearts character! Since she's a great buddy of mine and she is going to featuring Katie in her fanfiction Hearts of Darkness on deviantART (go check it out!), I wanted to return the favor and put Solus in Meifu no Yumiya! Solus is probably my favorite of her characters but it's hard to say because all of her OCs are AWESOME! Thanks for being a great friend to me, Light! I am so glad that you said I could use Solus and I hope your glad about him being in here! Don't worry, the next chapter and on, I will put in the disclaimer that you own him. I wanted to keep it a surprise! ^-^

Goodbye, everyone!

This chapter is dedicated to my celebrity, childhood, and in general, hero Robin McLaurin Williams. (July 21, 1951 - August 11th, 2014). You free now, Genie. I, and the rest of the world, will miss you greatly and I hope that those pearly white gates of Heaven greeted you with laughter like you wished for. Rest in peace