*A Corridor of Darkness opens up and Titano Man walks into the room.*

Titano Man: Ah! There's nothing like bashing a few trolls in the face with your bare fists that picks you right up in the morning!

Hades: My, someone's in a chipper mood this morning.

Titano Man: You're STILL here?! I thought you got bored and left?

Hades: I was, but then I found the buffet and decided to just hang out here for a little while longer.

Titano Man: So you're the reason the buffet had to be closed!

Hades: Guilty as charged!

Titano Man: I hate you...

Hades: So how was your first flame war?

Titano Man: Intense... I found out that it was just a bunch of loser otakus attacking a poor reviewer for giving a few harmless suggestions over how a nearby story should progress and they all went into a tizzy.

Karly: Wow. I thought that stuff only happened on YouTube.

Titano Man: It just goes to show how powerful these trolls are becoming. And thanks to my meddling I had attracted the attention of this league of evil internet trolls. So I'm going to need a new outfit in order to fight these guys.

Xion: Why?

Titano Man: Well you have to look stylish if you want to fight evil. Somebody roll the disclaimer while I get changed.

Hades: I got it. Titano Man XIII does not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, or Final Fantasy in general, Pokémon, or anything else that he decides to put into this story. The only this he does own are all of the OCs that appear in this story with the exception of Shinryu Verus, who belongs to The Unknowing Herald.

Titano Man: Thank you. Now on with the show!


Final Kingdom Arc 1 Kingdom Hearts Academy

Narrator: Our heroes have finally reached the end of the second test. They have survived the many perils and had reached their destination. But upon arriving they find a grisly scene! Many of their fellow schoolmates as well as their friends had been struck down by the head captain of the Kingdom Hearts Academy Disciplinary Committee, Damon Chaos. Enraged at the site of her fallen friends Karly unleashed the power of EX-Mode for the first time, ready to put an end to him. Will she succeed? Read on to find out.

Play anime opening!

The scene opened to show a large, circular platform that stood in front of a large and impressive looking fortress.

On the platform were our heroes among with Sora, Roxas, and Vanitas.

Across from them, smirking in amusement was the head captain of the Kingdom Hearts Academy Disciplinary Committee, Damon Chaos.

The screen freezes on Damon's smirking face and the name of the episode appears.

Final Exam Battle

Karly glanced around and saw the defeated forms of her friends. She tilted her head down slightly, causing shadows to cover her eyes.

"Did you do this?" she muttered in a dangerous tone.

The tone in which she spoke was so dark that it sent shivers down the spines of Sora, Roxas, Xion, Terra, and Shin. They had never seen her like this before. Karly had always come off as someone who took things easy and never got upset over anything. Even though they didn't know her all that well, they were still unsettled by the sudden change in demeanor.

"Yep! A few of them were able to put up a pretty decent fight. But they were still pretty weak." He said with a sigh. "Perhaps you might give me a challenge? If you can manage to land at least one hit on me then you pass. Easy, no?" he asked with a grin.

"Karly wait!" Roxas said urgently. "That's how he got everyone else to fight him. If you take him on you'll lose!" he said as he got to his knees.

"You're on!" the brunette said with a steely look in her eyes.

"Wait, we don't know how strong he is!" Xion said trying to stop her friend from doing something brash.

"I don't care! No one hurts my friends and gets away with it!" Karly said while glaring at the boy before her.

"That's the spirit! Now show me what you can do!" Damon said with a grin as he reached into his right pocket and pulled out a small remote.

He pressed a button on it and loud rock music blasted through the air from everywhere and nowhere all at once.

He then placed the remote back into his pocket, keeping his right hand in there and rested his blade on his left shoulder.

Play Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance OST- The Only Thing I Know For Real

"Huh, never pegged you for a MGR fan." Karly said with a blank look.

"One, it's a good game. And two, there's a lot that you don't know about me babe!" Damon said with a smirk. "Now in order to make this fair you can all grab more suitable weapons from over a that rack right there and we can get right onto the main event!" he said while gesturing to a nearby weapons rack that had many weapons on it, in clouding Karly's sword. (Convenient)

The brunette looked over at the rack and saw her sword. She quickly retrieved it and went back to face off against the boy.

"Ready to get your ass handed to you?" Damon asked with a smirk.

"Whatever! I'm not going to hold back!" the girl said before drawing in power. Within moments she released it and was enveloped in a glowing white aura.

"Is that... Ex-Mode?!" Shin said in shock.

"Oh, I can tell that you're going to be fun." the black-haired boy said with a smirk.

With a fierce cry, Karly charged forward at Damon.

She came at him with a downward swipe from her sword but the boy easily sidestepped the attack.

With a growl she made a horizontal swipe but again the boy dodged by back stepping away.

He looked at her with a smirk not even moving his sword from his shoulder.

She made to stab him with her sword but he literally batted it aside with his right hand as soon as the blade moved towards him.

Damon then kneed Karly in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her lungs.

He then pushed her away and watched as she coughed and tried to catch her breath.

"Is that all you can do?" the black-haired boy asked with an arched brow.

"Not even close...!" the brunette wheezed while glaring at her opponent and holding her stomach.

Suddenly there was a fierce cry shout of determination coming from behind Damon and he turned around to see Xion running at him with a sword in hand, ready to strike.

The ravenette jumped into the air and spun launching a vertical strike.

The boy acted quickly and brought his blade out to block the attack.

"Not bad! You got me to use my sword a lot faster than the other guys. I should probably take you seriously." the boy said with an amused smirk as the girl landed on the ground, her blade still locked with his.

Karly then recovered and charged at the boy aiming to deliver a powerful punch to the back of his head, but Damon was able to see this coming thanks to his sword being angled in a way that allowed him to see what was happening behind him.

He ended his blade lock with Xion and jumped to the side just in time for Karly's punch to miss his head and hit the ravenette square in the face.

Xion felt something break and blood flow out from her nose as she was sent flying to the other side of the arena.

"Sorry!" Karly said wincing as her friend hit the floor, now sporting a broken and bloody nose.

"You should be more careful there! You're bound to hurt someone with that monster strength of yours." Damon said in a friendly tone and a large grin on his face, which only pissed Karly off more.

"I'm going to beat the ever loving crap out of you!" she shouted as she once again charged at the boy.

Xion quickly recovered, fixing her nose in the process, and rejoined in the fight.

"Damn it! At this rate she'll get herself and the rest of us killed." Shin said with gritted his teeth as he watched Karly fight recklessly against her opponent, making many mistakes, which got both Xion and herself hurt.

"We have to help them!" Terra said as she looked to the boy.

"Right. Can you still fight?" the brown-haired boy asked as he looked at Roxas.

"Yeah." the boy said with a nod. "She's a pretty good healer." he said referring to Terra as he stood up. "Do you think you could support us with some magic?" the blond asked while looking at the Mage.

"I'll see what I can do." Terra said with a nod before moving to draw a saber from the weapons rack.

Roxas picked up his sword, which Xion had left by his side, and looked at Sora and his dark doppelgänger, Vanitas.

"You're gonna help?" he asked the two.

"Do you even have to ask?" Sora replied with a grin as he held up his sword.

Roxas nodded and smiled at his brother before he shifted his gaze to Vanitas.

"And you?" he asked warily. Something about this guy was pretty off. And the fact that he looked like his brother didn't help in the matter.

"Tch, I'm not helping you idiots 'cause I want to. Nobody kicks my ass and gets away with it!" the black-haired boy said with a growl as he pulled out his sword.

"Okay, looks like you got yourself some backup." Roxas said as he looked at Shin.

"Thanks. Now let's help the girls before they get they get hurt." Shin said as he went to the rack and drew a great sword from it before looking back to the battle just in time to see both Karly and Xion get knocked away by Damon, who didn't so much as have a scratch on him.

"Next!" the boy said placing sword back onto his shoulder.

Vanitas scowled at the boy and charged at him.

"Wait we need a plan!" Shin said trying to stop the boy.

Vanitas and Damon clashed their blades several times before they locked blades.

Vanitas was sweating from exertion while Damon was completely relaxed with one hand holding his sword and the other in his pocket. Angry, golden-amber eyes glared into calm, amused, blood-red orbs as Vanitas tried to overpower his opponent.

"Didn't you learn your lesson the last time?" Damon asked as he arched a brow with a smirk on his face.

"Shut up!" Vanitas said with a growl. That smirk was really starting to piss him off!

"Looks like I'm gonna have to beat it into you." Damon said with a shake of his head.

The older boy took his hand out of his pocket and pointed his palm at Vanitas' stomach.

"Boom..." he said as his hand began to glow.

"What the?!" the younger boy said in shock as he looked down at the glowing hand.

The boy was then sent flying back as a small spell exploded on his gut.

At this moment Roxas, Sora, and Shin ran in swords drawn.

Shin made a diagonal swipe with his large sword but Damon was able to block and make the boy recoil.

The black-haired boy then sent the brunet skidding back with a strong punch to the gut.

Sora and Roxas then double teamed the Dante wanna-be with a flurry of combos only for their opponent to either flawlessly dodge, parry, or block their attacks.

Just as Shin recovered, Karly, who was no longer in her Ex-Mode, and Xion rushed passed him aiming to help their friends.

Karly jumped into the air and swung her sword horizontally at the black-haired boy's head.

Damon turned around just in time to see the attack coming.

He jumped back and tilted his head back far enough for the attack to nearly miss his crimson eyes.

"Whoa, you almost got me there!" he said with a grin. These people were starting to impress him.

Xion went to stab at him but he was able to grab her outstretched arm with his right hand and began to spin around in place and spun the girl threw the air.

The black-haired boy then tossed the ravenette through the air and she crashed into Roxas and Sora, sending all three of them to the floor.

Vanitas then charged at Damon from behind and gave a mighty yell as he lifted his sword into the air.

But the older boy spun around and blocked the attack, much to the younger boy's shock.

"You know, a sneak attack works a lot better if you didn't let your enemy know that you were coming." he said with a blank look on his face. He then knocked Vanitas away by swinging his sword.

"Hey, over here!" Karly shouted as she rushed at the boy.

Damon looked at the girl and easily sidestepped her attack.

"What did I just finish saying?" he asked in exasperation right before he jumped back in time to avoid another attack from the brunette.

"I am going to kick your ass!" Karly said as she rushed in, sword ready to cut the man in two.

Damon swung his blade one handedly clashing with the girl's every strike with ease.

They kept clashing blades until they ended up in a bladelock.

Both put all of their strength into the struggle, their weapons gradually glowing red and releasing sparks from the pressure put on them.

The brunette glared at the boy while he just smirked.

Then, with the flick of the wrist, Damon ended the bladelock and sent Karly's sword flying into the air.

The girl's allies gasped in shock as they saw they blade fly away.

'No way...!' Karly thought in disbelief as the blade left her grasp.

Damon smirked at his opening. "Bye!" he said as he made his move.

Within the blink of an eye the boy appeared behind Karly with his sword out to the side.

"Wha...?" the brunette said in confusion as she looked down and didn't see a wound.

"You lose!" the black-haired boy said shouldering his blade.

As soon as he said that a massive torrent of blood gushed out of Karly's torso from two mirroring diagonal slashes forming an X over her chest and one horizontal slash across her stomach.

The girl coughed up blood and fell to her knees. She looked down at her wounds in disbelief. "I... Lost...?" she said just before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell face first to the floor.

Xion was in absolute shock and disbelief. Her friend, the strongest girl she knew, had been defeated. "Karly!" she cried out in shock.

(You know, if this was an anime then the episode would have cut off right here.)

(Yes, good thing this isn't an anime. Now hush!)

That seemed to knock everyone out of their shock. Within moments Sora, Roxas, and even Vanitas rushed forward, prepared to avenge their fallen comrade.

Damon clashed and batted away their attacks with relative ease.

After about a minute of clashing blades the three boys backed off to catch their breaths.

"You guys are getting pretty annoying now. Let's fix that." the head of the disciplinary committee said as he pulled his right hand out of his pocket and clenched his fist. Dark red energy flashed over his arm briefly as he pulled his arm back to launch a punch.

The trio tensed waiting for the attack to come.

Within a moment Damon dashed forward, appearing in front Vanitas.

He launched his punch and hit the younger boy in the chest.

"Chaos Fist!" Damon called out as he launched his attack.

As the punch connected, the dark warrior felt like his ribs were getting crushed.

The punch then sent Vanitas flying through the air via an explosion of chaotic energy, off the edge of the platform, and into the water below.

(Ring Out!)

"No way!" Sora said in disbelief.

"With just a single punch?!" Roxas asked in shock.

"Next?" Damon asked as he turned to the others.

Xion finally shook off her shock and glared at the boy.

"Terra give me a hand!" the ravenette said as she got into her battle stance.

The emerald-haired girl nodded and readied her saber.

The two girls ran in and proceeded to unleash a flurry of strikes against the boy.

Damon fended off the barrage of attacks with little trouble until Terra managed to land a lucky hit on him.

"I hit him!" the Mage said excitedly as the black-haired boy flinched.

"Let's give him everything we got!" Xion said and the two renewed their assault.

The girls sent another flurry of attacks at the boy, hitting him with everything they had.

Damon was sent skidding back from the combined assault. He had several cuts on his coat and appeared to be slowing slightly.

"Is that all you girls got?" he said righting himself and rolling his shoulders. "You two did a lot better than your friend over there. " he said gesturing to Karly's still form. "You were actually able to land a few hits and were able to damage me." he said shouldering his blade.

Xion growled a bit at the head of the disciplinary committee's jab at her friend.

Without saying a word she and Terra continued their assault.

'Things are starting to turn around.' Shin thought as he watched the battle. 'Even though he was able to take out Karly like she was nothing, we're starting to wear him down. But still... why do I feel that he's still holding back.' he thought as he watched the black-haired boy send his opponents skidding back. 'We'll need to end this fight, fast! But how?' the strategist thought as he gritted his teeth.

Xion and Terra backed off their assault panting in exhaustion.

"Even though he slowing down a little he's still so strong!" Terra said as she caught her breath.

"It doesn't matter how strong he is. If we keep chipping away at him then we could win this!" Xion said as she panted tiredly. She was starting to feel exhausted from this whole test.

"That won't be necessary. I got an idea that could work." Shin said as he stood next to the girl.

"What is it?" Xion asked hopefully as she looked at the boy.

"That's classified for now. But when I give the signal, run! Now I'll need to borrow Terra for a bit and for you to buy me some to make it work." he said looking at the girl.

"Alright. I'll try to buy you as much time I can." The ravenette said before rejoining the battle.

"Okay Terra, here's what I need you to do..." Shin said as he looked at the Mage.


Meanwhile a little ways away from the arena!

Not far from the battle, the three hooded figures from before were watching with interest.

"I'm amazed that they all made it this long against him." the girl in the hooded, white cloak said in an impressed tone as she sat atop a large pillar outside of the arena.

"How long do you think it will be before they force him to go all out." the second girl with the cat-like mask said as she stood on the pillar next to the other girl.

"Probably another few minutes. What do you think?" the first girl asked as she looked to the boy in the hooded white cloak.

"I'll admit that they're pretty strong. But they are still making far too many mistakes. They have already lost two of their comrades because of their recklessness." the boy said calmly as he watched the battle.

"Do you think we should lend a hand?" the girl in the cat mask asked as she looked to the struggling students.

"Not yet. I have a feeling that things are about to get interesting." he said as he eyed the students. Xion in particular.


Back in the fight!

Sora, Roxas, and Xion slid back from from their opponent after he batted them with his sword.

'Damn it Shin! What's taking so long?!' she thought as she panted from exertion. They had been holding Damon off for close to three minutes now and the music that was blasting in the background was really starting to annoy her.

Sick of the song, she glanced around and saw several speakers hooked up to several pillars around the arena.

With a growl and a flick of the wrist, she sent her sword flying through the air.

The blade spun like a disk as it flew in a circular arc, slicing through each speaker and destroying them. Luckily right as the song ended. The blade returned to her hand and she got back into her battle stance.

End Theme

"Oh man! You know that you're gonna have to pay me back for those, right?" Damon said with a frown.

"You hurt my friend! I'm not paying you anything!" the ravenette said glaring at the boy.

"Not cool... Now I'm gonna have to get serious here." he said with a sigh. "Too bad... I was really starting to like you guys." he said while scratching the back of his head.

"What are you talking about?" Roxas asked cautiously.

Damon grabbed his sword with both hands and got into a firm stance.

The three stared at the head of the disciplinary committee warily as they got ready for his next move.

"Don't blink." Damon said before suddenly appearing behind the three.

"What...?" the girl asked in confusion as she looked at the boy behind them.

Just then her eyes widened as she felt a searing pain over her chest and stomach.

A large torrent of blood erupted from the trio's torsos and both Sora and Roxas fell to the ground and lost consciousness while Xion fell to her hands and knees.

The girl coughed up a large glob of blood and panted as she tried to stay conscious.

"Still up, huh? You're a lot stronger than I thought." the black-haired boy said as he turned around to look at the girl and shoulder his sword.

Xion didn't reply since she was in far too much pain to do so.

"Hey, don't worry! At least you gave it your best shot!" he said with a grin.

The boy then lifted his blade into the air preparing to deliver the final blow.

"Heads up!" Shin shouted as he swung his blade at Damon.

"What?!" the head of the disciplinary committee said as he turned around in time to see Shin coming at him.

The bad boy lifted his blade in time to block the attack but the attack was strong enough to send him skidding back.

"Terra now!" the strategist shouted as he stabbed his Greatsword into the round and set up a barrier around Sora, Roxas, Xion, and himself.

Damon arched a brow in confusion until he noticed a light shining brightly behind him.

The boy turned around and saw Terra Branford hovering a few feet off the ground with a giant ball of fire nearly as big as herself burning fiercely in front of her.

"Take... This!" she shouted, sweating from exertion as she hurled the massive spell the boy.

Damon's eyes widened in shock just as the spell touched down.

The spell released a massive blast and the boy was engulfed in the explosion.


Meanwhile!

The mysterious trio who had been watching the battle had to brace themselves in order to keep themselves from being blown away from the force of Terra's spell.

"Whoa! I never thought someone could be so powerful!" One of the girls in white coats said as she kept the force of the explosion from blowing off her hood.

"There's more to that girl than meets the eye." the boy said as the winds blew off his hood, but the camera was only on his upper back, keeping his head out of shot.


Back at the fight!

The explosion and the shock waves from Terra's attack finally subsided.

Shin dropped the barrier and sighed in relief.

"What happened?" Xion asked weakly as she looked at the giant plume of smoke coming from where the spell hit.

"My plan." the brown-haired boy said tiredly. "While you were keeping that guy busy, I had Terra charge up her Flare spell, don't ask me how she knows it 'cause I don't know. Anyways, I told her to put everything into it and release it when I gave the word. Suffice to say, it worked like a charm." he explained as he sat down feeling exhausted. This certainly was one stressful battle.

"Is Terra alright?" the ravenette asked as she pushed herself up to her knees. She winced and placed a hand to her chest to stem the bleeding and to hold her ruined clothing closed.

The gash she got from Damon's attack went from her collarbone, down the length of her chest, going between her breasts, and ending at her stomach. Luckily the rest of her shirt below that was intact albeit stained heavily by her blood.

This means that her shirt and bra were ruined beyond repair. Miraculously her breasts were still hidden from view even without her having to hold it closed, granted that it was only some slight side boob. Which prevented the rating of this story from being bumped up, much to the disappointment of the male audience.

"She should be alright." the boy said as he dug into his pocket and pulled out a few Hi-Potions. "This should help with your injuries. And make sure to help Sora and Roxas too." he said handing the bottles to the girl.

"Thanks..." the girl said accepting the item.

She uncorked the bottle and proceeded to pour its contents onto her wound. She released a sharp hiss and whimpered in pain as the curative item healed her injury. She hated the burning sensation that accompanies an item like this.

Within moments the wound disappeared without a trace.

She then used the remaining bottles to wake up Sora and Roxas.

Both boys groaned as they regained consciousness.

"Better?" Shin asked as the girl panted and held her shirt closed again.

Xion nodded as the burning sensation faded. "Where's Terra?" she asked tiredly.

Her answer came when an extremely exhausted looking Terra walked out of the smoke.

She had a tired smile on her face as she looked at her friends.

"Great job Terra." Shin said with a small smile.

The Mage giggled tiredly. "I think... I think we won!" she said tiredly as she caught herself from falling.

"Yeah... no!" a familiar voice said from within the smoke plume.

Suddenly a ball of condensed energy shot out of the smoke too fast for anyone to react in time.

The next thing anyone knew, the ball of energy struck Terra on her back and exploded before it sent her flying towards the group.

Shin was able to catch her and saw that she was out cold.

"Terra!" Xion cried out as Shin laid the girl down.

Just then the smoke finally cleared to reveal a very weakened looking Damon Chaos with his right hand extended in front of him. He looked like a mess and was panting heavily. His clothing was greatly damaged with many tears and burn marks on it. His sword also had several cracks on it.

"H-how?!" Shin in absolute disbelief.

"Gotta admit... You got me with that one... But that's the closest I'll ever come to losing to a bunch of freshmen." he said while panting tiredly. He righted himself and holstered his sword onto his back. "Let me show you just what I can do!" he said crossing his arms in an 'X' fashion in front of his face.

Damon started building up a large amount of power as our heroes watched on in disbelief.

For the next few moments electricity flowed around Damon as he continued to build up power.

When he finished gathering the energy he needed he looked at our heroes with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Get ready for the most epic thing you've ever seen." he said calmly before closing his eyes. "Feel the chaos!" he said as he threw his arms out and released the power he had been building up.

Pure chaotic energy flooded the area with massive force. So much force that everyone was nearly blown away from the force of the energy.

'What the hell?!' Shin thought as he felt the pure chaotic energy flow through the air in waves. He looked towards Damon and saw that the boy was covered in a bright red aura of chaotic energy.

The head of the disciplinary committee took a deep breath and opened his eyes, showing that they had changed from his sudden released of power. His eyes were still red but now the irises floated in pitch black sclera. He now looked much more intimidating than he did before.

"S-so much power! There was no way this guy's even human!" Xion said in disbelief.

"Keep your guard up." Shin said as he shifted into a defensive stance.

Several moments pass and Damon didn't move from his spot.

Xion couldn't help but arch a brow in confusion.

Just then the black-haired boy's form began to flicker and become transparent.

Shin's eyes widened in shock.

"An after image!" he shouted in shock at the site.

Faster than they could even blink Damon appeared in front of the brunet and punched him in the face with his right fist.

Shin was sent sailing through the air at high speed unable to recover from the devastating hit.

Damon reappeared behind the boy and kicked him into the air.

He then appeared above the boy and sent him speeding into the ground with a strong kick.

The impact kicked up a large cloud of dust obscuring everyone's view of the strategist.

The cloud soon cleared and showed that the boy was down for the count.

"Shin!" Sora called out in shock.

Just then Damon appeared between Sora and Roxas before they could even blink.

Both boys gasped in shock before the head of the disciplinary committee grabbed both of their heads and slammed them into the ground, taking them out of the fight as well.

"Sora! Roxas!" Xion called out in alarm.

He then blurred out of sight and the ravenette looked around trying to catch sight of her opponent.

She then felt incredible pain in her stomach and looked down to see Damon's fist buried in her gut. She coughed up blood and felt as if her insides had been crushed by the impact. It was likely that she had some internal bleeding.

Damon removed his fist and then knocked her away with a powerful kick.

Xion rolled across the ground for several moments until she came to a stop on the other side of the arena.

She coughed and hacked up the blood that was beginning to fill up her throat as she tried to pick herself back up. But the every exempt failed. She began coughing once more and flopped back down to the ground.

She looked at Damon as her vision began to blur.

As the girl was struggling to stay conscious, Damon walked over to her.

He stopped next to her and crouched down as the aura around him faded.

"I got to admit, you people are a lot stronger than I first thought." he said with a grin as he gently stroked the girl's raven hair.

Xion tried to level a glare at the boy, but it only came out as a grimace.

She began another coughing fit as she felt it getting harder and harder to breathe.

"Let me help you with that." he said holding his hand over the girl's chest. He muttered a Cura spell and a green glow enveloped the ravenette's body.

Xion suddenly found it easier to breath, but still couldn't find the strength to move her body. As she looked up at the older boy she felt herself begin to lose consciousness.

"You and your friends have a lot of potential. I'm looking forward to seeing how strong you guys will get. After all, you guys nearly beat me, so you gotta be something special." he said with a grin as he sat down crossing his legs.

"H-how... are you... so... strong...?" Xion muttered weakly as her eyes began to drift close.

"Well I'm afraid that's a secret. But I'm sure that you'll find out in the future." he said mysteriously.

With his piece said Damon stood up and began to walk away.

Xion's eyes tried to follow him but her vision became too blurry to see anything else and her world went black.


An Indeterminate Amount of Time Later

It was dark.

No scratch that...

It was pitch black.

As Xion was slowly regaining awareness, she saw nothing but utter blackness clouding her vision.

'Ugh...' she thought in confusion as she took several deep breaths through her nose. She felt lethargic for some reason, as if all her body wanted to do was sleep for the rest of her life. 'Where am I?' she thought as she tried to ascertain where she currently was. Unfortunately her senses were dulled to the point of nonexistence which made her efforts all for naught.

'What happened?' she thought as she tried to recall how she got into this situation.

The memories flowed like a river to the front of her mind. She remembered that the entire school had been forced to take a special exam to see if they were all worthy of staying in the school. She remembered breezing through the first test and moving through the second test without much difficulty. The third test was quite difficult, but manageable. But then she remembered the fight with Damon that happened at the end. She remembered how each of her friends had been taken down one by one. They were so close to victory, but then he released a sudden burst of power and mopped the floor with them in a matter of seconds. She gritted her teeth at the memory. She never thought someone could be that strong.

'That battle opened my eyes... I have to start taking this seriously. I need to get stronger!' she thought resolutely.

...

'What... Who's there?!' she thought in alarm.

...

It sounded like a voice whispering something in the distance. She strained to hear what was being said.

...

...

...

Do you desire power?

Xion's eyes suddenly snapped open and she inhaled deeply.

She sat up and looked around to see where she was.

The girl saw that she was sitting on a bed in a room filled with medical supplies. To her left was a large baby blue curtain that hung from the ceiling and divided the room.

She was about to get up off the bed when she felt a throbbing pain in her abdomen. She held her stomach in pain and couldn't stop the pained groan from escaping her lips.

Suddenly the sound of something with wheels rolling across the floor was heard coming towards Xion.

The girl looked up in time to see a man sitting backwards on a rolling chair pull up in front of her bed before immediately toppling over onto the floor along with the person riding on it.

"Gyaa, Oomph!" the man cried out as he hit the floor.

The ravenette blinked twice, wondering if the man was alright.

"Wait, that wasn't right. Let's try that again." the man said as he stood back up and walked away, bringing his chair with him.

After a minute the sound of the chair's wheels rolling across the floor was heard again, and like before, the man and his chair toppled over onto the floor in front of Xion's bed with a cry of pain.

The girl couldn't help but sweat drop at the site wondering if the man was slightly insane.

Play BlazBlue OST- Hollow

The man stood up and the girl finally got a good look at the man's features.

The man was quite tall with what looked like a strong physic under his clothing. He had silver-gray hair, gray eyes, and big, round glasses. One keynote feature he had was a large screw/bolt going straight through his head. He had a long series of stitches going over his left cheek and ending under his left eye. He wore a long-sleeved turtle neck sweater that had two different shades of gray, both light and dark. He wore black slacks with light gray shoes. The signature piece to his attire would have to be the long, white doctor's lab coat that he wore. Like on his face he had sewn stitches all over his clothing.

Xion stared at the odd man for a minute more before he began to speak.

"I see you're awake. How do you feel?" the man asked as he pushed up his glasses, causing them to reflect the light and hide his eyes from view.

The girl was silent for several moments as she collected her thoughts.

The man waited patiently as the girl tried to gather her thoughts.

"I'm fine I guess, but my stomach hurts a bit." she said as she held her stomach with a small grimace.

"Not surprising. You had several bruised organs and some minor internal bleeding. We were able to fix you up but I recommend that you take it easy for a few days." the gray-haired man said as he twisted the screw in his head a couple of times.

"What about my friends? Are they alright?" the ravenette asked worriedly.

"They're alright. Most of their injuries weren't very serious so we let them go after treating them. Well, most of them that is." he said as he pulled the curtain next to the girl's bed back revealing another bed with Karly sleeping on it.

"Karly!" she called out in shock before wincing while holding her stomach. "Is she okay?" she asked the man.

"She's fine. She just doesn't want to leave." the doctor said as he crossed his arms.

"That's good. I was worried when that guy beat her." she said with a sigh as she laid back down onto the bed.

Karly then mumbled something in her sleep and turned onto her side, facing away from the two.

Xion giggled before holding her stomach with another wince.

"Easy now. You might pop your stitches." the man said as he walked back to his chair and sat backwards on it.

"Stitches?!" she asked as she looked at the doctor in shock. She then lifted up her shirt and saw that there was a small line of stitches over her stomach.

She grimaced with her face paling slightly. She flopped back down onto the bed with a sigh being mindful of her stitches.

"What time is it?" Xion asked as she stared up at the ceiling.

"It's around noon. Classes are closed while the faculty calculates the scores. So when you're feeling better you can head home." the man said looking at the clock up on the wall.

"Okay. Is it alright for me to take a nap for a while? I'm feeling a little tired." the girl said yawning a little.

"Go right ahead. You need to get your rest anyways." he said with a nod. "Just be sure to have someone help you get home if you don't think that you can get back on your own."

Xion nodded and the doctor rolled back to his desk on his chair.

The ravenette rolled onto her side and drifted off to sleep.

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Some Time Later

Many hours have passed and the sun now hung low in the sky, casting the room in an orange glow.

The bed where Karly had slept was now empty since the girl had woken up earlier and left.

When the doctor asked if she could help Xion get back home the brunette replied that she didn't know where her friend lived.

With that the stitched-up man sighed and let the girl leave after saying that he would bring the girl back to her home after he finished his work.

So now the man was sitting at his desk working on some papers.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door and the silver-haired doctor looked up from his desk at the door.

"Who is it?" he asked the person behind the door.

"It's me." a male voice said from behind the door.

"Come in." the doctor said leaning back onto his chair.

The door opened and the shadowed form of the headmaster walked into the room.

"Good afternoon Stein." the headmaster said cordially.

"What can I do for you?" the now named Stein asked as he leaned his elbows on the desk and steepled his hands in front of his face.

"Do you have what I asked for?" the shadowed man asked with his hands behind his back.

"Yes. I have them right here." the doctor said as he pulled out several manila folders and placed them onto the desk. "You know... I was a little curious as to why you wanted me to do a scan of the wavelengths of these specific students. But now I think I understand what you were looking for." he said as he spread the folders across the desk revealing nine in total.

The headmaster picked up a file and began to flip through it.

"I had discovered that there something different in their wavelengths." the silver-haired man said leaning back on his chair.

"Different?" the headmaster asked curiously.

"There seems to be something more to them. A sort of untapped power that is unlike anything I've ever seen. They all hold a lot of potential... Especially these six." Stein said as he opened four folders and pushed them forward.

The photos attached to each folder were of Sora, Roxas, Karly, Xion, Terra, and Shin.

"These six are a lot more powerful than we first believed. In fact I'm pretty sure that even they are unaware of how much power they got locked up in them." said the doctor.

"Interesting." the headmaster said in thought.

"But this one right here is special." Stein said as he pointed at Xion's picture. "There was something about her wavelength that felt a little... off. I can't place it, but it feels as if there's more to this girl than meets the eye." he said with a small frown.

The headmaster picked up Xion's file and read through it. When he finished he bore a small frown beneath his shadowed features. "What do you suggest we do Stein?" he asked as he placed the file down.

"I think we should keep an eye on these kids for a while. If these latent powers awaken soon then we'll need to be prepared. Although it's a small chance, it's possible that this kind of power could corrupt them." he said as he pushed up his glasses. "We will probably have to keep an especially close eye on Xion as well. Something about her doesn't sit right with me." he said as he looked at the aforementioned ravenette still sleeping on the bed.

Both the headmaster and Stein stared at the ravenette, wondering how she would affect future events.

End of Chapter Eight


Titano Man: Finally! This took a lot longer than I had originally planned! But now I can proudly say that the test arc has now officially come to a close. I bet you guys didn't expect them to lose now did you? Well, look at it this way. The hero can't win every battle otherwise things would get boring pretty quick. Damon's role in this story will be that of the bad ass rival that will push our heroes to get stronger. Anyways, now that I finally have this out of the way I can focus on updating Dark Destiny. It's that story's anniversary month after all. Oh before I forget! Check out my awesome new outfit!

Titano Man now wore a black tee shirt with an image of Deadpool dressed in Link's outfit holding the Kingdom Key Keyblade up in the air in one hand, holding an annoyed looking Samus Aran in the other and having both Peach and Zelda lying at his feet. Above the image written in bold, red, letters was "Adventure Time with Deadpool". He had a pair of black jeans on with a SOLDIER belt wrapped around his waist, a pair of black steel toed combat boots on his feet and a pair of fingerless, black gloves. Over all this he wore the coat of Organization XIII with a glowing broadsword strapped to his back. The hood was pulled up to hide his eyes from view.

Titano Man: Awesome right? I can totally imagine myself busting faces with this on. So to all of the trolls out there who want to cause trouble well. I say BRING IT ON!

Suddenly Titano Man's little sister appeared next to him.

Little Sis: Mind telling me why you made Karly get her ass kicked by some idiot?

Titano Man: Don't sneak up on me like that! Anyways, if I made Karly win every fight she's in then people will stop caring about her. People like an underdog after all.

Little Sis: Fine. But this better not happen too often or else you'll be sorry!

Titano Man's little sister suddenly vanishes without a trace.

Titano Man: What could she possibly do to me that I haven't already endured? Eh, it's best not to find out. Now please leave plenty of reviews and tell me what you thought of my double update? Hurry now; reviews give me the strength I need to keep writing!

Hades: Hey Titano Man, I was wondering if-

Titano Man: GO HOME HADES!

Hades: Fine! I know when I'm not wanted.

Hades leaves back to the underworld via interdimensional portal.

Titano Man: Now, roll the teaser for the next chapter!

Teaser:

Bartz: Congrats! Today you're all parents!

Shin: So... What kind of things are you interested in?

Karly: What the hell's going on?

Terra: It's adorable!

Narrator: Next time, Adventures in Parenthood!

Damon: See you next time everybody! And stay awesome.

Titano Man: Are you kidding me?!