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Chapter 7: His Majesty and the Man Known as Leon

Light Yagami walked out of Naraku's lair calculating his next move. He was not expecting another group of entities vying for control of Kingdom Hearts and was force to alter his plans. As the young man decides his next course of action, an ever-watching spirit hovered close to him. The spirit in question was, in fact, a shinigami.

A god of death.

The shinigami floated above the ground without beating its black crow-like wings. Its yellow, never blinking eyes was focus on the young man, eagerly waiting see what he would do next. It knew that Light, the current keeper of his Death Note, was planning something big; one does not go from self-gloried vigilante to becoming part of the criminal underworld overnight.

Finally, the suspense was killing the god of death and he just had to ask, "Light, why are you associating yourself with these criminals? I thought you dedicated your life to kill criminals like them. Don't tell me you gave all of that up."

Light stopped in his tracks, he looked around to make sure the close was clear. He did not want anyone to hear what he was about to say or catch him talking to himself, after all, he is the only person who can see the shinigami. "Of course not Ryuk," the brown hair young man said softly. "Every minute I spend with those vermin, those dregs of society, I feel myself becoming sicker. I long for the day I can write their names in the Death Note and be done with them."

Now Ryuk was confused. Why didn't Light use the notebook on Naraku or the others? "I see… So I take it, you are using them."

A sly grin slowly spread on Light's face. Ryuk hit the nail on the head. "Of course I'm using them, that's the only reason why they are still alive. And through them, I will achieve my ultimate goal."

Ryuk knew what's Light's goal was, to become god of the new world. Ever since Light picked up the Death Note he dropped in the realm of the living, he has been a source of constant entertainment for the shinigami. Watching Light use the notebook to murder criminals to create a better world was the most fun the god of death had in years. But something was amiss. "How is hanging around with a bunch of criminals will help you become a god?"

"I'm glad you asked," Light said brushing back his hair. "As you know I want to become the god of the new world. To rule a world with no crime, hatred, or malice. However, I'm only human and the Death Note can only take me so far. As a mortal, my time in this world is limited so I cannot rule the world for eternity. So when I die the world that I created would just go back into chaos.

"However, if I had the infinite power of Kingdom Hearts, I will not only become the god of my world, but the entire universe! That's why I join Naraku and his inter-circle. The moment we gain ownership of Kingdom Hearts, I will write his and the other members' names in the Death Note and take the heart of all worlds for myself!

"Naraku and the others are mere stepping stones. Once they outlive their usefulness, I will kill them all and become immortal with the power of Kingdom Hearts."

Ryuk grinned broadly; he never imagined a human could have such ambition. It looks like this mortal will entertain him for a long time to come.

KH-KH-KH

The Heart of Gold drifted silently through the inter-space sky; recharged and ready for another voyage. Trevor reclined in the captain's seat enjoying a moment's reprieve from the constant attacks from the heartless and the like. Miranda was busy typing away at her laptop, recording their adventures in her log. Occasionally, she would stop to take a slip of her coffee and silently proofread what she had written. Bonkers was entertaining himself by playing some handheld videogame; where he got that game, Trevor could only guess.

The massive computer screen suddenly turned on and displayed a world filled with buildings and a giant castle. The ship's computer, Eddie, buzzed to life ready to tell the crewmembers the news they all been waiting for. "Good news, gang! We finally arrived at Radiant Garden; formerly known as Hollow Bastion."

"Finally," Miranda said closing her laptop.

Trevor contained his excitement and anticipation; this world may have the answers he has been looking for. "Riku said if we come to this world, all will be answered," the keyblader said to the two cops. "Do you think that's true? Do you think this 'King Mickey' character will tell us what we want to know?"

"Sure," Bonkers said enthusiastically, "If I know King Mickey, and I do, he will tell us everything and then some!"

"Well, we won't know till we find out," Miranda said getting up.

"I wholeheartedly agree," Trevor nodding. "Eddie, take this ship down to the nearing docking station."

Cid Highwind was enjoying his morning napping at his gummi ship garage. His garage opened shop two weeks ago and already he was raking in the munny. He made so much munny that he hired a whole horde of moogles to do the actual work while he 'oversees' their progress. The blonde gummi ship grease monkey awoke with a start when the garage roof opened up. He quickly realized that it was just another ship coming in for some maintenance. When he saw the actual gummi ship, he was flabbergasted. Damn, that's a big ship, he thought; he had never seen or heard of a gummi ship that big before. As the ship landed, he smiled to himself, eager to work on this jewel of a ship with his own hands.

As Cid approached the ship, its hatchway opened and three figures poured out of it cautiously.

"Are you guys sure we are in the right place?" Miranda questioned looking at all the gummi ships and parts hanging in the huge garage. "Perhaps we should park somewhere else."

"That won't be necessarily ma'am," Cid said in his usual drawl. As the foreigners tried to size him up, Cid explained himself. "The name's Cid and I run this gummi ship garage. Sora told me all about you and your ship; never knew that it was this big though…"

"So you know Sora?" Trevor asked.

"Yeah, I know that spiky-haired little runt. Helped him upgrade his gummi ship too; all throughout his journeys."

"Well, we definitely need an upgrade," Miranda said looking at the Heart of Gold. "You see, we have no weapon system and-"

"YOU HAVE NO WEAPONS ON THIS SHIP?!!" Cid yelled causing everyone to jump back. "How on earth do you expect to protect yourself from enemy gummi ships?"

"Well… We were kind of shot out of the sky once…," Bonkers said embarrassedly.

"Damn kids," the mechanic snuffed. "Don't you know that inter-space ain't no playground?"

"Well, we know now," Trevor said awkwardly shifting his feet.

"Humph, well, seeing how this is y'all first time traveling between worlds, I'm going to let this one slide." Cid went over and slid his hand on the surface of the ship. "Beautiful ship, excellent design. I think I have the perfect weapon system for it, but it will take a while to install."

"That's fine, because we have to find Sora and this King Mickey," Trevor stated.

"They are at Merlin's house, in borough district of the town," Cid simply stated.

"You know where they are?" Bonkers said shocked.

"Of course I do," Cid sounding a bit insulted. "I would join you, but seeing here I have to install a weapon system…"

"Say no more," Trevor lifted his hands, not wanting another lecture from the blonde mechanic. "Where is Merlin's house?"

"Oh that's easy. Just exit the garage, go into the marketplace, go up the flight of stairs, and it will be first house on the right."

"Thanks gramps," Trevor called out as he, Miranda and Bonkers rushed out of the shop.

"The name's Cid, not gramps!" Cid yelled back, but to no avail. "Boy, they were in a hurry," he said to himself before starting his work on the Heart of Gold.

Trevor, Miranda, and Bonkers wandered through the marketplace of Radiant Garden. It was packed full of people, buying various goods or just chatting with one another.

"Man, it's like some sort of sophisticated flea market," Trevor said working his way through the crowd.

"A flea market you say," Bonkers said as he rolled the idea in his head. "Maybe we can buy some things to liven up the 'ol ship, whatdoya think?"

"Bonkers, this is not the time," Miranda calmly said as she barely avoided a collision with a baby stroller. "We are on a mission to fine out answers, remember?"

"Oh, I remember, Miranda. But, we could still shop while we look for answers."

Trevor closed his eyes and shook his head. When he opened them again, he realized he almost crashed into a man in a wheelchair. "Oh, I'm so sorry," he apologized.

"That's alright, Trevor. I was looking for you anyways."

Trevor was stunned; this man knew who he was. He looked over the man in the wheelchair, his face and body was covered by a white cloth, but the keyblader could tell that the man wore a white suit. Pushing the wheelchair was a tall, bald man wearing sunglasses and a dark suit. Beside them a man with fiery red hair, and an overconfident smirk on his face. He too was wearing a dark suit.

"How do you-"

"News travels fast on this world, keyblader," the man interrupted. "But where are my manners? My name is Rufus Shinra, president of the Shinra Inc." He then gestured to the big man and then the red head, "His name is Rude and his' Reno. They are my hired help."

"I see…," Trevor said warily. He could tell that Rufus was trying to sound kinder and friendlier than he actually was.

"Let me explain myself," Rufus began again. "Several years ago, there was a group of elite warriors know as SOLDIER. Unfortunately, the group disassembled when the heartless took over this world.

"I have plans to start up SOLDIER again and I want all of the keybladers to join; your friends are welcome to join too, for course. With your help, we can not only protect this world, but all worlds from the threat of the heartless and those who wish to control them."

Trevor just shook his head; there was something about this that doesn't sound right. "It sounds like you are trying to raise a private army," he said flatly.

Rufus Shinra gave a slow grin under the cloth he was covered in. "An army? I no longer have a use for an army; not anymore." His gestured to Rude and the tall, bald man pulled out a small card and gave it to Trevor. "Well, I tried. Here is my card is case you change your mind." With that, Rude wheeled Rufus away from the marketplace.

"You know you really should join us," Reno said enthusiastically. "More adventures, more women, and better pay day."

"But we don't get paid," Bonkers said confused.

"Exactly," Reno stated before heading out to find Rude.

Trevor stared at Rufus' business card for a while before he put it in his pocket. "I don't trust that guy, do you guys?"

"There's something…'off' about him," Miranda stated. "Why do you think he is covered up that?"

"Maybe wanted shade from the sun," Bonkers blurted out without thinking.

"If he wanted to do that, then he would have used an umbrella," Trevor said thinking aloud. "Well, we wasted enough time here. We need to hurry and find Merlin's house, whoever he is."

After getting lost four times and having to ask for directions twice, the group finally made it to Merlin's house. Trevor used the doorknocker three times before he heard someone on the other side of the door. "Who is it?" said someone in a singsong voice.

"Uh…my name is Trevor and-"

Before Trevor could finish, the door abruptly and a young woman in her late teens with short black hair leapt out and gave him an impromptu hug. "You're here! Oh, my name is Yuffie by the way," she said brushing her hair back. Before anyone could say anything else, she grabbed Trevor and dragged him inside. "Well all three of you, come on in! Don't be shy!"

The three of them entered the abode that was Merlin's house. It was mainly a huge room filled with knickknacks, tomes, and other random stuff. Trevor immediately recognized Sora, Riku and Kairi, but he also saw a bunch of new faces. When Yuffie stop dragging him, she faced a man with long brown hair, wearing black clothes, with a strange weapon beside him. "I found them Leon! They're finally here!"

"We can all see that Yuffie," the man said. "We're not blind, you know."

"Wait a minute," Trevor said regaining his composure. "Just who are you guys and where's King Mickey?"

"That would be me," said a short anthropomorphic mouse stepping up to shake Trevor's hand. "I'm King Mickey Mouse. It's a pleasure to finally meet you."

If Trevor's jaw could have hit the floor, it would have. Never in a million years would he have thought the king would be a mouse. "You never told me that the king was a mouse," Trevor whispered to Bonkers.

"Well, you never asked," the bobcat simply put it.

"Should we get this meeting started, your majesty?" Leon asked Mickey as if he was bored.

"We are still missing another keyblader, Max, and P.J., but I think enough time has passed. They will have to catch up later."

"Agree." Leon then turned to Trevor, Miranda and Bonkers. "As for introductions go, I'm Leon, the current leader of this world. The young lady that almost tackled you is Yuffie Kisaragi, the commander of our stealth force."

"Hey, I'm no lady; I'm the great ninja, Yuffie!" Yuffie said in a joking matter.

Leon ignored the young ninja. "The woman in the pink dress is Aerith Gainsborough, our ambassador to the other worlds; the one next to her is Tifa Lockheart, a captain of our small military force. The dog knight over there is Goofy and the duck is Donald, the king's court wizard. That wizard with the long beard over there is Merlin, our expert in magic. And course you already met Sora, Riku, and Kairi."

"Cloud was supposed to join us," said Aerith a bit crestfallen, "but he's traveling among the worlds looking for someone..."

"Regardless of the all the absent people, this meeting must begin," Leon said as he sat down in a chair.

"Good, because I have some questions; a lot of them," Trevor said with a hint of authority. "First of all," he summoned the keyblade, "what's a keyblade and why did it chose me?"

"Perhaps I should answer that," Merlin said as he dusted off his spectacles. "The keyblade is a weapon unlike any other. Primarily, it's the extension of the wielder's heart that gives him or her tremulous power. How that power is manifested and formed depends and varies on the wielder, the condition of his heart, and the people he keeps close to his heart.

"As far as why did the keyblade chosen you, that is simple. It takes a special, strong, and unyielding heart to wield the keyblade. It's obvious you possess such a heart."

Trevor didn't know whether to be shocked or impressed. He never really thought about the condition of his heart. The fact that he had a keyblade was proof that he has a strong heart.

Nevertheless, that only answers two questions, only a billion or so to go. "Why are the leaders of this world and on your world," the keyblader gestured to King Mickey, "are so interested in stopping the heartless."

"That's easy," Leon began. "The heartless originated on this world, so it's up to the people of this world to aid in the destruction of the heartless in any way possible."

"The heartless came from this world?!" Trevor said shocked.

"Our former leader, Ansem the wise," Aerith said, "conducted experiments on the heartless several years ago. Those experiments resulted in the spreading of the heartless across the universe."

"And when we got our world back from the heartless," Yuffie stated, "Leon started a committee to restore our world and stop the heartless from spreading. The people of this world were so impress with everything Leon was done for this world that they made him our president!"

"He tried to turn down the offer, but the people won't let him," Aerith laughed.

Leon just grunted. "I still say that I'm not the perfect person for this job. However, if being stuck in this job means the destruction of the heartless then I'm all for it."

"As for me," King Mickey said as he stepped forward, "Ever since I'm became a keyblader, I was always aid warriors in their fight against the darkness in any way that I can. Unfortunately, the heartless is the kind of darkness that not only threatens one world, but all worlds. I cannot stand by and do nothing when I know I can make a difference."

"Okay, I can respect that," Trevor said. "Next question, who are the Forsaken, what are they planning?"

"The Forsaken?" questioned Leon.

"On one world, we ran into someone who said he was in a group called the Forsaken. According to him they are using the heartless." Trevor then turned to Sora. "And he was wearing the same blue cloak as that Luffy guy."

Sora clutched his fist tightly; just thinking about that straw-hat pirate was enough to send him over the deep end. What Luffy had done to Kairi was unforgivable.

Trevor continued, "Anyway, the person we fought keep ranting about false worlds and false people or something like that."

Kairi gasped, "Luffy said stuff like that too! He kept saying that Port Royal will fade away."

"What do you think this means, your majesty?" Goofy asked.

The king shook his head, "In all of my years I never heard of 'false worlds' or the Forsaken."

"And another thing," Miranda added, "We were shot out of the sky by a strange coyote that goes by the name Don Carnaģe."

"Oh, him," Leon said as he rubbed his temples. "Don Carnaģe is a pirate who robs gummi ships traveling in inter-space. His crew has been a real nuisance for us lately. But besides that, he is not much of a threat."

"But he didn't robbed us," Miranda stated. "He and his fleet of heartless gummi ships just shot us out of the sky."

Leon stopped rubbing his head and looked at the blonde woman. "Are you sure he controlled a fleet of heartless?"

"We're positive," Trevor said, backing up Miranda.

"But isn't Don Carnaģe a small time criminal?" Goofy inquired. "He doesn't have the power to control those heartless, does he?"

"That's true," Tifa spoke up for the first time. "Don Carnaģe may be a pirate, but he is a screw-up at best. Half of his robberies ends badly…for him. One time he and his crew tried to rob a gummi ship filled with some of our best warriors; me included. Let's just say that coyote won't able to walk straight for the rest of the year."

"Don Carnaģe is too stupid and weak willed to gain control of the heartless," Leon wondered aloud. "Unless…"

"Someone gave him the power to control the heartless," Riku said flatly.

"Well, whoever did it either has a poor choice of character or is just using him as a lackey," Tifa said with her arms crossed.

"So Don Carnaģe couldn't be the one behind this," Trevor scratched his chin. "Now for my next question, who is Naraku? I heard his name on several worlds now and from what I heard it sounds like he is the one pulling the strings."

Aerith mulled it over in her head, "The name sounds familiar, but…nothing comes to mind."

"I know what you mean, Aerith," Merlin said scratching his head. "It's like something I heard in some far-off dream."

Trevor sighed; all of his questions were being half-answered. He knew it wasn't the others' fault, but still he would have felt better if he had all the information.

"But what are they planning?" Sora questioned. "That's what I want to know."

"Well, I think it's safe to say that we are dealing with two groups here." Everyone looked at Riku as he continued explaining. "First, we have group one; the Forsaken. From what it sounds like they are targeting only certain worlds and certain people. Then we have the second group, who targets worlds indiscriminately. This Naraku character probably leads the latter group. This group also gives the power of the heartless to random criminals and allowing them to run amuck with it."

"Riku probably right," Mickey said, "Most likely, we are dealing with two groups, and both of them are probably trying to gain control of Kingdom Hearts."

"So the question is 'What are we going to do about it?'" Trevor said.

"Why that's easy my boy," Merlin laughed. "We find those ruffians and force them to stop. But we aren't going to do anything until you three receive proper training."

"Training?" Trevor, Miranda and Bonkers said simultaneously.

The 'proper' training, it turns out, is a crash course of magic casting and swordsmanship. Aerith, Donald, and Merlin were tutoring Bonkers while Leon, Riku, Tifa, Sora, Goofy, Yuffie, and King Mickey tutored Trevor and Miranda. The area that they trained in was a large vacant room located under Merlin's house. The large room was about two-thirds the size of a football field with hardwood flooring and a curved brick wall that gave the room a dome shape.

"Keep holding that flame," Aerith said to Bonkers.

Bonkers was using his newfound magical powers to maintain a figa spell in midair. The stain of maintaining the spell was getting to Bonkers. "Can we stop now?" he begged.

"Not yet," Donald ordered. "Now make the flame move in an elliptical pattern."

"I'm not sure what's the point of this," Bonkers said struggling to move the flame.

"The point, my good boy," Merlin said, "is for you to learn how to control your powers so you can use them effectively in any given situation."

"This exercise also helps train you to control the amount of mana you release to cast the spell," Aerith added.

Trevor and Miranda wasn't fairing any better, they were both fighting all of their instructors and was succumbing to fatigue.

"You're a pretty good fighter," Leon huffed as he swung his gunblade at Trevor. The keyblader blocked the attack, but was hit on the back by Riku's keyblade. "But you need to learn how to fight multiple enemies at once."

Trevor dodged Leon's next attack, blocked Riku's, and then parried Sora. He then attacked Sora, who fell on the ground, then blocked and counterattack Leon, and finally swirl around and attacked Riku. "Better," Leon said impressed on how fast Trevor was learning.

Meanwhile, Miranda was fighting Tifa, Yuffie, Mickey, and Goofy. The blonde swordswoman dodged Goofy's charge and blocked the king's attack. As she parried Mickey's attack, she dodged a rain of flying shuriken sent by Yuffie. To her surprise, Tifa kicked the sword out of her hand and charged her for a left uppercut. Miranda dodged and grabbed Tifa's arm and sent her crashing to the ground; all of that training in the police academy sure does come in handy. With her peripheral vision she saw that Mickey was charging with another attack, so she rolled out of the way and grabbed her sword. She barely had enough time to block the king's attack.

"Good…," he said, "You are learning to adapt to the situation around you."

"Of course," she huffed, "What do you think they taught us at the police academy? How to play tiddlywinks? I think not."

Before anyone else could make a move, a piercing alarm filled the room and sent shivers down everyone's spine.

"What is that?!" Bonkers inquired.

"It's the heartless alarm!!" Leon yelled as he and the others bolted for the door.

Outside Merlin's house was pandemonium, people running in and out of buildings to escape the sudden heartless invasion. Swarms of Neoshadows, Rapid Thrusters, and Armored Knights fill the streets and the skies attacks random people and turning them into heartless. Everybody readied their weapons in preparation for a long battle.

"I don't understand it," Leon cried as he split a heartless into two with his gunblade, "How could this happen again? How can we be caught so off guard?!!"

"My, how brightly your souls and hearts burn," thirty feet away from the warriors a Darkside risen from the ground below with its hands clasped together. When it fully emerged it opened its hands to reveal a teenager older than Sora or Riku, but definitely younger than Trevor. What made Trevor cringed was the fact that the teen was wearing green clothes that was fit for an emperor and that he had a symbol tattooed on his forehead; the young man was a Bleak. "Yes, their souls with sustain us nicely, what do you think Suzaku?"

"I think so, your majesty." The group turned around and saw another Bleak also dress in fine clothes and carrying a sword.

"Crap, we're surrounded," Tifa cursed.

"Just who are these guys," Goofy inquired.

Before Trevor could answer the question for them, the king answered for him. "They are known as the Bleak. Be careful and stay alert, they tend to be powerful beings."

The first Bleak smiled at the mouse king. "So you know what we are huh? Well then, let us introduce ourselves, my name Lelouch vi Britannia and the man behind you is my knight of zero, Suzaku Kururugi. Normally I would allow you to introduce yourselves, but since none of you won't be alive for much longer I don't really see much of a point to it. Now listen well…Emperor Lelouch vi Britannia commands you¾"

The Bleak moved his right hand over his eyes, but before he could do anything a dark skinned young woman with flowing dark hair tied to a ponytail, leapt up, seemingly out of nowhere, behind the Bleak and strike him down with her keyblade. Before anyone could do anything, a teenage dog-boy delivered a powerful blow on the Darkside's head destroying it with one hit.

"How dare you lay a hand on his majesty!!!" Suzaku yelled and leapt to attack the young woman. But before he could land a blow a massive ball of energy in shape of a comet hit the knight of zero and sent him crashing into a wall of a building.

"Nice work P.J.," the female keyblade praised.

The overweight cat-boy gave a huge grin and scratched the back of his head embarrassed.

The new keyblader turned to the group of warriors, "So…, am I late to the party?"

"Oooo, who are you and where did you learn those awesome moves,' Yuffie said excitedly.

"Yes, who are you," Lelouch said as he pushed aside and huge chuck of debris off his back. "Tell me so I can write it on your tombstone."

The young woman keyblade smirked and place her keyblade on her shoulder, "The name is Cynthia."

"Cynthia huh?" Lelouch scoffed. The Bleak was tick off that a mere keyblader was able to catch him off guard. "Suzaku!" the emperor yelled, "Your emperor commands you to LIVE!!!"

The Bleak knight leapt up from behind the rubble he was buried under and landed with his sword drawn. "Yes, your majesty!"

With unimaginable speed, Suzaku lunged himself at Cynthia. The female keyblader tried to prepare to block the attack, but she knew she would be too slow. Just before the attack could connect, King Mickey leapt and blocked Suzaku's attack.

"RUN!!" the king yelled to Cynthia, but the new keyblader stood her ground.

"No way, like it or not am still in this fight!"

"GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!!" Suzaku yelled and managed to send Mickey crashing to the ground with such force the impact left a crater.

Before the knight of zero could attack again he noticed that all the other warriors manage to surround him and about to attack him all at once. Just a moment before any of their weapons could get a hair's width of the knight, Suzaku manage to counterattack everybody and send them flying.

"What kind of power does this guy has?" Tifa complain as she rubbed an injured arm.

"I don't think it's power," Riku said trying to read his opponent. "It's like…, his need, his desire, to live gives him the strength he need to defeat his opponents."

"You are correct sir," Lelouch said from a safe distance away from the battlefield. "Long ago, I forced Suzaku to live no matter what." The emperor paused and smiled at the evitable defeat of his new enemies. "In fact, as I recall, he regarded his need to live a curse. Didn't you, Suzaku?"

"Yes, I did," confessed Suzaku as he steadied his sword. "And in some ways, I still do. But now, I can use my curse to defeat any enemy that comes my way."

"I don't care how you got this strange power or why you need to live," Trevor said as he readied his keyblade. "What I want to know is how did you became Bleaks and who sent you."

Lelouch just smirked and gave a scornful look as if he wonders why this young man asked him such a stupid question. "To be perfectly honesty, we don't how we became Bleaks. One day, we were on our world, just as human as you are. Then the next, we found ourselves wandering the universe as Bleaks. As far as who sent us? Why, I sent ourselves, of course. Beings such as us don't desire or need a master. But I digress; we wasted too much time talking. Suzaku, finish them!"

"Yes, your majesty," Suzaku repeated and charged at Trevor.

Crap, I don't have time to dodge or block the attack, Trevor thought. Then, without thinking, Trevor somehow blocked Suzaku's attack. Time to switch players, a voice laughed within his heart and soul. Trevor, once again, found himself no longer in control of his own body.

With amazing strength and speed, Trevor's body plunged his keyblade into Suzaku's chest like it was nothing at all. Suzaku was shocked beyond belief, how could he fail? How could he lose so easily? "I…lost…?" the knight managed to say after a few seconds. As Trevor pulled out his keyblader out of the knight, Suzaku began to disappear into black smoke. "No! There is so much to do!" he pledged. "So much I need to complete! The zero requiem-" and with that Suzaku vanish in one final puff of black smoke.

Lelouch could only watch, in fear and anguish, as his knight and childhood friend being sent to void of the afterlife. "Curse you…" the Bleak emperor said under his breath at first. "Curse you all!!!!" before Lelouch could do anything, Trevor already dealt the finish blow on the Bleak. At first Lelouch was shocked, then he close his eyes and smiled in acceptance. "I see… You are like us Bleaks, aren't you, keyblader?"

Trevor wished he could cringe at the question and the possibility that maybe, just maybe, there was a connection between his condition and the Bleaks. But he couldn't, his body was being controlled by someone else; force to watch his body act on its own like he was dreaming.

Only this time, it wasn't a dream.

As Lelouch disperse into black smoke, Trevor felt the dark power leaving his body and he was once again in control.

"That was incredible!!" Cynthia praised. "Where did you learn those moves?"

"Yeah, I don't think even Riku could do that," Sora said very impressed.

"In his dreams…," Riku muttered under his breath, but was actually impressed by the older keyblader.

"It was nothing…really," Trevor tried to tell everyone, but inside he was shaking like a leaf. Was he turning into a monster like, Tia Dalma prophesized he would? Was he no different than the Heartless, Nobodies, or Bleaks? And more importantly, is there a way to stop this before it is too late?

"The heartless are dissipating," Leon commented and sure enough, all of the heartless gave up the ghost and began to vanish.

"What do you think those two wanted?" asked Aerith.

"Destruction and mayhem; it's in their nature," King Mickey commented.

"Now we have to rebuild this sector of the town…again," Leon said extremely annoyed.

"And I'm afraid if we don't stop those who want the power of Kingdom Hearts for themselves then we would only get more of the some," Mickey said soberly. He turned to face everybody. "Clearly this situation has gotten out of hand, I am afraid I was right when I said we would need all the help we can get. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Trevor, Bonkers, and Miranda, we need you guys to patrol and protect the various worlds out there."

"We won't fail you, your majesty," Riku said and meant every word.

"Cynthia, Max, and P.J., come with the rest of us. We will explain to you the gravity of the situation."

After everyone said their brief goodbye and when on their assignments, Leon pulled Mickey off to the side for a moment. "That one keyblader, Trevor, do you trust him? Something about him seems…off."

The king lowered his head and thought it over for a moment. "When he destroyed those two Bleaks, I sense a huge amount of dark energy pouring out of him. There was so much of it that it put Xehanort's heartless and Xemnas to shame."

"But what does that mean? Do you think he some type of double agent?"

"No I don't think so… I mean Riku can freely use the darkness to his advantage; Trevor could be the same way. However…"

"However, what?"

"It was just that…I was expecting another type of keyblader. Trevor's produces a different kind of energy than the person that I sent Bonkers and Miranda to find. In fact Trevor's aura is completely different than the aura of the people on that world."

"Do you think we have been compromise?"

"No, I don't believe so… He heart is in the right place. However, at times it feels as if he has two hearts."

Trevor, Bonkers, and Miranda returned to Cid's gummi ship gummi completely worn out by today's attacks. The moment they've arrived Cid came out wiping the grease off his hands with an old rag. "So you three finally decided to show up," the blonde man said as if the three were wasting his time and money. "I completed your upgrades about three hours ago. The least you could do is show up on time."

"Listen old man," Trevor started, "We were too busy protected your town from a heartless invasion, so would you please stop messing with us?"

Cid just sniffed, somewhat irritated. "You keep calling me old man, so I keep messing with you. Anyway, that's beside the point. Let me show you what I did to your ship."

Cid walked them over the gummi ship hanger platform and listed everything he had done to the ship. "First of all, I gave you the latest and best weapon system to date: five twin-cannons, rapid fire lasers, heat seeking missiles, along with, my personal favorite, the ultra proton cannon. You have enough fire power to take on several armies and then some!"

"Great," Trevor said impressed. "I can't believe you did all of that in just a few hours."

"Phfft!" Cid looked at the keyblader as if he was insulted. "Install a weapon system in a few hours? Kid, I install your weapon system in ten minutes! You really should give me some credit!" He quickly wiped his nose with his right fist to show how insulted he was. "I used the rest of my time upgrading your communication system. You are now able to communicate with people from this world, just case you need any help. You also can contact Sora's, Mickey's, and that one girl, what's her name…Cynthia! You can contact their gummi ship and pass along information and what not."

"You really outdone yourself, Cid," Miranda commented.

"Now you three youngins' are getting the picture. Just be careful out there. And try not to get shot up again. You are now piloting a work of art."

Trevor just rolled his eyes as he got into the ship. "Take care of yourself, old man."

"The name's CID! Do I look like an old man to you?!" Cid never got an answer, because the ship's door closed and began to take off. "Damn kid," Cid sniffed before smiling to himself. "But he sure does have some spunk."

KH-KH-KH

Far away in a distant empire, an ancient looking woman named Yzma stood over a closed coffin looking extremely ticked off. Besides her was a dimwitted, but very muscular man named Kronk, who had, as usual, no clue what's going on.

"Uh…, Yzma?" Kronk said hesitantly. "Why there's a coffin in your secret lab?"

"Because my experiment failed, that's why. Darn you Hojo! That's the last time a hire a mad scientist from Craig's ListÓ."

"But you can get some really good deals off of that website. But, why did you need a mad scientist? Aren't you already one?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Yzma said with a wave of her hand. "But I needed someone with experience in dealing with genetics and metaphysical forces. I wanted him to help me create a soldier unlike any other. Hojo already had a test subject he found wandering the universe, and then during the middle of the procedure, the subject died on us, just like that.

"And instead of finding another test subject, Hojo took my money and ran off with it, leaving me with a dead body and shattered hopes."

"Well, yeah. Good help is hard to find these days," Kronk sympathized.

"Ain't that the truth," Yzma said looking at her assistant wondering why she kept him on her payroll.

"But why do you need a super soldier? You already have the whole royal army at your disposal."

"Yes, but I need a super soldier to take over Naraku's inter-circle."

"But aren't you already in it?"

"Yes Kronk, I am! But we are moving too slow for my taste. If I was the leader of the group, we would have taken Kingdom Hearts by now!" Yzma then hold her head in her hand and then sighed. "Oh well, no use crying over spilled milk. Time to get rid of this thing." With as snap of her fingers, Yzma opened a portal of darkness and pushed the coffin into abyss.

"Wow," Kronk say in awe. "Since when could you do that and where does that portal goes?"

The ancient woman just shrugged. "I can do lots of things now that I have power over the heartless. As far as where that portal goes, who knows? The coffin will probably drift in darkness forever." The old scientist/sorceress reclined in a nearby chair. "Oh well, at least it's not a total lost. I mean, Kuzco's dead and now I'm the empress."

Kronk suddenly started to act nervously. "O-of course Kuzco's dead. He couldn't be deader. That is, unless we kill him again."

"I suppose," Yzma eyeing Kronk suspiciously. "Kronk, tell me that Kuzco's dead."

"Well…uh….you see…."

Yzma then grabbed Kronk by the chin and pulled him down to her eye level. "I need to hear those words: Kuzco, is, dead!"

"D-do you need to hear those words exactly?"

"He's still alive?!!" Yzma said with her face turning red with anger. "How could you do this to me?!!"

"I'm so sorry Yzma!" Kronk said on his hands and knees trying to beg for forgiveness. "But some peasant got him. I tried to look for him, but he vanished in the marketplace."

"Enough of your excuses!" the old woman snapped. "Do you know what this means?!"

"That I'm not getting that raise?"

"Of course not, you idiot! But, it also means that we must hunt down Kuzco and kill him before he tells someone that I tried to off him. Come Kronk, thanks to you we got some unfinished business to take care of."

In a hidden corner of the lab, a small figure with an absurdly long tail, wearing a blue cloak listened to Yzma's and Kronk's conversation. "Looks like I have some unfinished business too," the figure said to himself in a cartoonish voice.

Next Chapter: The Dog, the Princess, and the Keyblader

Miranda's Log Updated!

Ryuk: Death Note(manga 2003)

Rufus Shinra: Final Fantasy VII

Rude: Final Fantasy VII

Reno: Final Fantasy VII

Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie(1928)Although, technically he first appeared in "Plane Crazy" in 1928

Donald Duck: The Wise Little Hen (1934)

Goofy: Two Weeks Vacation (1952)

Cid Highwind: Final Fantasy VII

Tifa Lockheart: Final Fantasy VII

Aerith Gainsborough: Final Fantasy VII

Yuffie Kisaragi: Final Fantasy VII

Squall "Leon" Leonheart: Final Fantasy VIII

Merlin: The Sword and the Stone(1963)

Lelouch vi Britannia: Code Geass(2006)

Suzaku Kururugi: Code Geass(2006)

Yzma: The Emperor's New Groove(2000)

Kronk: The Emperor's New Groove(2000)