Some new characters to be introduced here in the story. ^^ Though I'm sure I had brought it up before, I'll just bring it up again here. If you would like any original characters belonging to you to appear in the story, feel free to message me any suggestions. ^_^


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Chapter Eight - When Plans Come Together

"And um, that's about it." The almost high squeaky voice said, as the tiny round eared figure stood in the circular room surrounded by books and the tall menacing figure that sat behind the large table.

"I see. I trust Captain Goofy and High Mage Donald accompanied you on your journey here King Mickey?" The powerful voice inquired as he continued to sit tall and proud on his throne like chair, his blue robes hanging off the arms of his chair, while his star covered wizards hat remained straight even when he moved.

"They have Master Yen Sid. I left them to search for the young Brol in Twilight Town, while I came to see you. I trust them to find him without any problems." Said King Mickey with a smile on his face, the mouse king still wearing the red and black clothes that were given to him for his training under the master he was now before.

Closing his eyes as he sat there in deep thought, Yen Sid nodded his head before opening his eyes and staring at the King with his deep glaring sight.

"They should have already met with their mutual friend by now. Its only but a matter of time until they arrive." Said Yen Sid, as both himself and King Mickey closed their eyes, again trying to manage the many dozens of thoughts rushing around through their minds.


"Gawash Sora, so you must be really strong now?" Said Goofy, as the small group of five walked further down the long stretching road out of town.

"Heheh you bet! Now no one can get in my way!" Sora said confidently, his hands tightening into fists before doing a rather impressive, or in his mind at least, series of punches.

"Yep…then again you did get handed your butt by that Sleif guy."

"Yes, thank you Riku!"

"And you didn't really do that well when we were chasing Brol."

"Thank you Kairi!"

"And what about when Riku and you fought in Hollow Bastion."

"Hiyuk and then there was Leon."

"Ok, ok, ok, thank you everyone!" Yelled Sora over the chorus of giggles and laughs that exploded from everybody, to which even Sora himself began to add with his own chuckles.

"So uh, how do you guys know about Sleif?" Asked Kairi as she held her arms, walking between Sora and Riku while she looked towards Donald and Goofy.

"Nothing. Just his name. The King got a letter from Master Yen Sid, talking about Sleif and also this Brol guy, so we came here to try and find him." Answered Donald as he crossed his arms remembering the letter intently.

"Gawash it sounds like this Sleif guy is really bad news huh?"

"Well we all took him on together, and even then it seemed almost as if he was playing with us." Said Riku replying to Goofy's question about how dangerous Sleif really was.

"I'm sure he isn't that tough. I mean you two have been out of fighting for a long time!" Donald said, pointing his fingers towards Riku and Sora, but seemingly forgetting Kairi which quickly agitated the young woman.

"Hey! I was there too you know."

"Yeah. Kairi's gotten really amazing with magic since I taught her what I know." Said Sora, backing up Kairi as she smiled and proudly placed her hands to her sides.

"Oh really now? Well we'll see how good you are in front of a real wizard." Replied Donald as he marched ahead of everyone, while Kairi looked at each one of the men beside her with a puzzled look on her face.

"Oh so we're going to go see a real wizard then? That'll be neat!"

Immediately stopping, Donald erupted in a squawking series of unintelligible words, just as everyone began to laugh louder. Suddenly everything that was happening, Donald's anger, the groups laughs, even the brief rustles of the wind that accompanied them after they left Twilight Town, everything came to a halting silence the moment the group found themselves before the large arching gate for the World's quarry.

"Well…here we go everyone. He seems very jumpy when we first met him, so all we need to do is get him to stop and listen…piece of cake." With that, Sora and the gang began to march through the large open steel gates to the mine, the wind suddenly returning as it caused the giant heavy gates to creak and rattle as they moved from side to side.

Soon, even that reassuring sound of life began to fade away as everyone got deeper and deeper into the quarry itself. The remnants of rocks jutting out from the ground and walls, seemed to have some sign that they were going the right way, though until they actually saw Brol, it could be anything that had caused such wild fury.

"Whoa! Look at all these things. These definitely aren't natural huh?" Questioned Sora as he ran up to what appeared to be a single slab of rock, jutting out from the very ground, though as smooth to the touch as if it was polished and placed there.

Running his finger along the crack that ran straight through the rock, the small jagged edges appeared to be formed specifically with the intent of damage, as if the rock slammed shut, trapping whatever was unlucky to be between it.

"This is giving me the creeps you guys. Something's definitely wrong here."

"Kairi's right Sora. This place doesn't feel right. Its as if something is watching us."

"Yeah. I'm getting that feeling too Riku. Maybe its all in our imagination. I mean, I don't think Brol is really going to give us trouble, do you?…Guys?" Sora asked as he noticed every one of his friends were staring past where Sora was standing.

Turning around in order to see what they saw, Sora himself looked surprised as the figure of Brol himself was quickly making his way towards everyone. Running straight out from the small mine entrance, Brol didn't stop as he passed Sora and then everyone else, only speaking for the brief moment he was there. Though it sounded like gibberish, slowed down one could almost think he had said...

"Hey it's you guys! Sorry bout earlier and all but can you deal with a problem I'm having? Thanks alot for your help be back when you're finished!"

Quickly spinning around, the small group watched as Brol ran further and further away from them, amazingly even running up the steep cliff that surrounded the quarry itself before disappearing over the top.

"Um, was that who I think it was?" Asked Donald as he pointed his finger towards the direction the blur of Brol had ran off to, causing Sora, Kairi and Riku to nod, confirming the duck's thought.

"Well uh, shouldn't we go talk to him before he goes then?"

"Goofy's right! He shouldn't be too far by now, lets catch up to him." Said Sora, smiling along with Goofy and Donald, the three about to rush off after the young man.

"Uh, didn't he say something like, us helping with a problem of his?" Added Kairi, as suddenly the ground cracked and erupted, allowing the large Burrower to gaze down at its prey from its huge height.

"I think we've found the problem."

"Yeah!" Replied everyone, as the giant centipede was accompanied by numerous other cracks in the earth around it.


The sound of scratches could be heard echoing throughout the cracked white halls of the colossal castle. Its once grand structure had fallen into disrepair, since the time of its original occupants defeat at the hands of the Keyblade wielders. Crashing into the already partially destroyed city, the gigantic castle was now nothing but a shell, many of its sky piercing towers had fallen away and now littered entire sections of the city itself.

Deep within the castle, while many of the chambers, halls and walkways had easily collapsed in on themselves, there remained just enough substance to hold partial sections of the castle together. At its peak, the once proud alter of the Organization, now merely sprouted from the rubble amazingly simply only tilted partially even with its collapse.

Sitting on the wall that surrounded the large platform, a young woman wearing a rather tattered black cloak seemed content to merely lose herself in her thoughts as she continued scratching on the large sketch pad she held.

Using something like a large feathery quill, the woman seemed to have an infinite supply of ink, as she swiped her quill back and forth over the paper, leaving scratching streaks of black as they took shape with every movement.

Eventually, the once random lines began to form a large and very detailed picture of where the woman was actually sitting. The markings of the Organization that covered every inch of the architecture were detailed without any fault in her drawings, with herself within the drawing itself, sitting on the same wall in the same place, and almost certainly drawing the very picture she was doing herself.

The only difference between the drawing and real thing, were but a few extra details to the picture. Hanging high in the air within the picture, the ripe full view of Kingdom Hearts seemed so real you could almost grasp it. However in reality, all that was left of the once colossal moon was the swirling vortex within the outline of the heart. Throughout the entire black sky, the bright warm glow of hearts without any purpose floated any and everywhere, like large oversized fireflies.

The only other strange detail to the drawing itself, was something the woman was currently just finishing adding. From behind her in the drawing, a dark figure stood looking over her shoulder, as her drawing self was in the middle of finishing the picture itself. Once the last stroke of the pen was done, the woman still never turned around as she held her large sketch pad making sure every detail she did was exactly how she wanted it.

"Aww, isn't that a cute picture? Mind if I make just one little…" The hooded figure said as he slid his hand past the woman's shoulder, pointing his finger towards her detailed drawing just as a thin almost needle like point shot out from the glove.

Before the object could even touch the paper, the woman made one final stroke to her drawing, a single line in front of the cloaked figure within her picture. At that exact moment, the hooded man paused, his finger a mere inch from the sketch as a floating blade was pressed to his neck against the cloak, stopping him.

"Touch, and you'll lose your head." The long haired woman threatened, her eyes never looking up from the page as she pressed the nip of her quill against the line, therefore causing the floating blade to get even more close to the figure.

"Yeah yeah, no need to get tetchy sketchy! Heheh." Mocked the hooded figure as he leaped over the blade and the small slightly angled wall, before he landed inside the area.

"I told you not to call me that Zaykex." Said the young woman, brushing her long brown hair that was draped over her shoulder behind herself.

"Fine fine, Xina! Jeez you're really on the, edge, today huh? Hehe." Zaykex said as he got out another awful pun, causing the woman known as Xina to shake her head as she stood up from the so called, edge, the member had made fun of.

However, the smile plastered across Zaykex hooded face quickly fell, as Xina turned her back towards the bad joker as she began to walk towards the collapsed stairs. Stopping with a held sigh, Xina crossed her arms firmly across her chest, keeping her shut sketchbook tightly close to her, as Zaykex instantly appeared in front of her.

"Hey, hey, hey now, wait a minute! Where are you going?" He asked as he kept his arms straight out from his sides, blocking Xina's path for now.

"You never go when I want you to, so this time, its easier if I just." The woman said as she stared seriously at Zaykez with her deep brown eyes, her stance perfectly still and powerful as she gently brushed a piece of her hair away from her face, revealing the small scar that was present on the bridge of her nose.

"Besides…your puns need a lot of work."

"What do you mean work?" Yelled Zaykex as he pulled his hood back, revealing the shocked and quite clueless expression on his face. Zaykex's dark grey spiky hair bounced a little as he pulled back his cloak's hood, resting just slightly so his hair remained sticking out from the sides, ending in short points.

The sound of silence between both Nobodies was soon eclipsed by the footsteps coming from behind the two of them. The steps continued to get louder and much more heavier as they made their way up the short flight of stairs. Quickly turning around, Zaykex proceeded to walk backwards, moving in time with Xina as they both bowed their heads to the giant figure before them

"I believe she means to say, your puns are terrible Thread Weaver." Said the cloaked figure, its mechanical voice resounding and echoing from inside its hood while the tips of large metal fingers protruded out from the ends of its sleeves.

"Heh, heh good one Yamxa."

"Please ignore Zaykex's stupidity Yamxanu. Shall the rest be joining us shortly?"

"The Sand Shooter is currently observing for us, along with the Poisoned Remnant. They unfortunately will not be joining us."

"You mean that's where Rauxlen's gone?"

"What's wrong? Missing her already? Boo, hoo, hoo! Heh heh…ackk!" Said Zaykex, before the sudden tug of the chains around his neck caused the nobody to cough and turn red, as Xina gripped the steal links with both her hands and quill.

"Be careful not to make him pass out Artist. HE will not wish to repeat himself for the Thread Weaver."

"If that is what you want." Xina said as she removed her grasp from the chains, before the steel quickly faded from its shiny silver and became nothing more then simple paper.

"Jeez! You're going to give me a paper cut one of these days!"

"If you're lucky that's all you'll get."

Heh, very funny."

"Glad to see one of us can be."

"Hmph!"

As both Xina and Zaykex continued to argue back and forth, the colossal form of Yamxanu was already working on something. Though it was no more but an alter for the previous organization, since they had took over, many changes had been made, in order to create something quite liveable. As the giant being placed each of his four fingers into the slots within the centre of the platform, a soft rumble was soon heard though it was one both Xina and Zaykex had heard many times before.

Slowly walking out from the edges of the area, the two still bantered as throne like structures rose out from the ground itself. Matching the same white and grey colour that the entire castle was designed in, the thrones all remained at equal height, surrounding the area so each being could clearly see one another. Adorning the crown of each position, a single design seemed crafted specifically for every Nobody, as Xina took her position with a throne showing a quill at its peak, while Zaykex's had something long and pointed.

"I still think my, puns, as you call them, are perfectly crafted jokes. You just don't have enough refined taste to appreciate them."

"Oh wow, don't tell me I missed the start of the cage match already?" A new voice said as a young woman slowly took her time ascending the steps to the area. Her jagged red hair cascaded down over her shoulders, while her mischievous smile showed the brief glimpses of fangs while seemed to somehow make her big blue eyes sparkle.

"You didn't miss much Xanele. In fact you saved yourself from more of Zaykex's awful puns."

"Hey!"

"Oh apologies, his awful and terrible, jokes."

"…You didn't have to add to the insult you know.

"But its so much fun. I mean you really do make it far too easy for us." Said the voice coming from above Xina, causing every member to turn their gaze towards that of the strange silver fox.

"And where have you been Xalu?" Asked Xina, as the silver fox leapt down from the Artists throne, landing on the slightly tilted ground before changing into a more feminine form.

Almost as tall as Yamxanu himself, Xalu was incredibly slim, as shown by the way her cloak hugged her figure the entire time. Her snow white hair ran down her back, reaching the length of her waist while it was held neatly in that of one continuous pony tail. Smirking as she strode across to her seat, Xalu made a show of slowly and gracefully taking her place, her throne showing that of two swirls spiraling within one another.

"I was doing something quite important for our cause. It seems, some of us, can be trusted with actual work."

"Psst…In other words, boring work." Xanele quickly whispered to Xina, her throne standing directly beside Xina's and another empty seat, while the woman's seat showed that of a strange pronged weapon.

This small statement caused both Xina and Xanele to start chuckling under their breath, trying and both failing to keep their laughter under control, while the more mature Xalu merely glared at the two girls with her dark purple eyes.

"Now doesn't this seem nice and cosy." Upon hearing those words, each and every Nobody there suddenly sat straight on their thrones, their heads turning to face the largest of the thrones which sat besides that of Yamxanu's.

The large throne was the most detailed of any of the others, as the weird curves and arches protruded out from the sides and crown of the seat. At its top no symbol was present, making it stand out even from the empty thrones that were currently unoccupied, as they showed that of a pair of guns and something resembling a long pipe.

Even Yamxanu's held a symbol, though it appeared more erratic and wild making it quite impossible to describe for someone who wouldn't already know. While the huge figure of Yamxanu, along with Zaykex sat on either side of the giant throne, a new smaller figure had suddenly appeared between the two. Its entire appearance hidden by its cloak and hood along with its shadow, though the man could quite clearly see everyone there.

"Is everything going according to plan sir?" Asked Xina as she watched the leader like figure merely nod towards her.

"Yes it is Xina. Everything is running smoothly. I'm quite confident that our time shall not be wasted."

"And what of the new pieces on the board? What shall we do with them?" Xalu next asked the figure, her regal like posture in complete contrast to the slouch the leader had on his throne.

"They will play the parts they have, and they will play them well. A little coercion now and then however, is something we'll have to provide."

"And…for now?"

"You all know what needs to be done. Until then, everything is as usual. You may all go now."

"Thank you Lord Xokrai." With that, each of the Nobodies disappeared in a swirl of black and white, their thrones slowly descending back into the alter, leaving only the figure known as Xokrai alone with the large Yamxanu.


Goofy's spinning shield flew through the air before striking the soft belly of the giant Heartless. Its shrill cries signaling the pain it had felt, before it quickly disappeared back into the earth. From the many holes the beast had formed around the quarry, smaller versions of the Burrower erupted to the surface, launching clumps of rock and earth towards the warriors in an attempt to strike them. Shielding both Donald and Kairi from the rocks, Goofy immediately ran ahead to attack the creatures as the Duck and Princess raised their respective weapons.

From Donald's staff, the mage fired blasts of freezing ice, catching many of the centipedes before they could escape back into the ground. Taking her chance, Kairi rushed towards the closest group of the enemies, her Keyblade enveloping itself in a blazing fire before the young woman leaped and swung her weapon.

Slicing through the Heartless, the weaker creatures fell, fading away before Kairi reached the ground again. As the Burrower soon made its reappearance, the mighty beast was quickly intercepted by the dual blades of Sora and Riku. The Heartless cracked the rocks underneath its large claws, after both warriors dodged the creature's lunge. Dashing underneath its long arms, Riku quickly began to bombard the Burrower with blasts of darkness.

His shots struck the creatures soft belly, causing it once again to scream in pain, all the while swiping its arms towards the dark Keyblader. Sliding into the path of the Heartless' arms, Sora swung his own Keyblade, repelling the large claws as they once again fell to the earth with a crack and rumble. Taking their chance, each of the warriors began to attack the monster relentlessly. Joining her two friends, Kairi, Sora and Riku ran up the arms of the Burrower, their weapons held tightly as they reached the Heartless' head, its many eyes watching the three the moment they got within distance, until the warriors were suddenly flung off its body with the sweep of its giant claw.

"Ouch, that sure looks like it hurt." Brol said to himself, as he watched the battle the small group were fighting.

With every strike and slam the Burrower dealt to everyone, the young man briefly winced and even turned away, not able to watch whenever they were harmed. Yet even when Brol looked away, his eyes closed to further distance himself from what they were doing, the man saw much worse.

The searing flames, the choking darkness, the unblinking red eyes that continued to watch and piece his very body.

And the laughter.

The soul shivering laugh that echoed and magnified through his thoughts, which seemed to always come back no matter how hard the man tried to block it out.

The grip he could remember around his neck, was as real as it was then.

The paralyzing fear upon looking into those blood red eyes, still caused the young man to freeze when seeing them again.

How could he fight such a monster as the Burrower?

How could he…

"SORA!"

Snapping his eyes open, Brol quickly found the source of the scream from his perch above the quarry. As Kairi tried to get back onto her feet as swiftly as possible, after apparently being hit by the Heartless, Sora seemed to have not been that lucky. Laying within the shadow of the beast itself, Sora slowly began to stir, as the Burrower rose from its large crater like hole in the ground, its claws snapping open and shut as the monster prepared to shred the wielder.

Before it could act, the same empty silence seemed to return to the area, as everything may as well have stopped frozen in time. Raising his head towards what was the eclipsing the sky for him, Sora's eyes widened a little, before a look of shock appeared on the young man's face. Holding the mighty claw back with the single large blade, Brol stood with his back facing the Burrower, as he smiled offering his free hand to Sora.

"You need to get up and finish this buddy. Don't want to look bad in front of your friend now huh?" Said Brol, firmly grabbing Sora's hand as he helped him up.

"I thought you wanted us to fix this, problem?"

"Well you know, better to do it myself then see you keep failing. Boy is it getting embarrassing."
"Go right ahead then."

With another smile, Brol quickly spun his body around, spinning his scythe in the process and managing to repel the Burrowers claw itself. Not giving the Heartless time to react, Brol slammed his scythe into the very ground, burying the blade as deep as it could before the earth around the creature immediately reacted. As if shattering under the invisible force, the ground erupted, expelling the Heartless' entire body to the surface and revealing its simply giant size. Rolling and bouncing around like a fish taken out of water, the Burrower soon recovered as it rolled onto its stomach and began to dig into the earth, using its large claws along with its few remaining appendages.

Clutching onto the handle of the still buried scythe, Brol's smile once again turned into his confident smirk, as the slowly cracking earth the Burrower tried to dig through, soon proved to be quite difficult for the beast to penetrate. Its frustration soon reached the point, that it quickly gave up on its approach for hiding, and merely began to rampage towards the others.

"Get going now, I'll keep it from hiding. You help your friends finish it off."

"Right, thanks!"

Rushing towards the beast, Sora could tell that's its emergence to the surface appeared to only enrage and anger it, instead of weakening it. Already the others had dealt with its small, "babies" to which they believed they were facing before, leaving only the Burrower itself for everyone to face. Using its claws and dozens of tiny yet still dangerous legs, the Centipede kept the group away from its vulnerable stomach, while it randomly swung its entire body full circle, using its extremely long tail like body to sweep at everyone at once.

Jumping onto its scaled armoured back, Sora managed to lodge the tip of his blade into the crevasses of the bug while it continued to attack the others without notice. Making his way past every bump and spike, the wielder soon reached the end of the armour, amazingly looking over the head of the Heartless itself from high above the ground. With a single move, the Keybearer slammed the keyblade into the Burrowers head, causing the monster to rise wildly into the air, desperately trying to remove the intruder though revealing its soft stomach in the process.

Acting as one, Donald and Goofy quickly launched their shield and spells, first freezing its belly before the sudden force of the shield shattered the ice, lodging the shards deeper into the Heartless just as Kairi and Riku swung their blades together, causing the monster to come crashing to the ground. Leaping from the Burrowers head, Sora quickly turned around to face the enemy, as Brol soon joined the warrior with his own weapon, now free from stalling the Heartless.

As the two rushed forward, the beast already began to try and burrow underground, its body too weak to pierce the very earth, leaving its faith to both Brol and Sora. Bringing their weapons down onto the Heartless, the creature soon collapsed against the hard earth, its final amount of movement causing the ground to crack and split while its body faded away in swirls of darkness, leaving behind nothing but the many craters from the battle.

Slinging the long arm of the scythe over his shoulder, the young man smiled as he turned around to face the others, their faces just as confused as Sora's had been, while the young man they had gone through so much trouble to find, now stood before them.

"So uh, you said you guys wanted to talk about something?"


From one of the many large pillars that jutted out from the sides of the quarry, two figure sat, admiring the battle from such a safe distance.

"Looks like the won. Pretty impressive wouldn't you say?" Said one of the two figures. The man's slicked back hair had a shade of dark green, while even his eyes took the same colour as the orange light of Twilight Town bathed over the two.

"Mmhmm." Replied the young woman. Even with the light over them both, the woman's dark red hair still covered most of her face, shading her pale face from the heat of the sun itself. The woman seemed to just barely listen to the man, as she slowly rolled the tiny pebbles around in her palm, a soft almost grain like dust, or sand, trailed behind it as she moved them.

"Aren't we ready to go now Brixan? I mean we've seen what were supposed to right?" Questioned the woman sadly, her voice sounding as if she wished she was anywhere else but this one world. Sighing as he swirled around on the ground, the man known as Brixan sat in front of the woman, who along with himself, were probably two of the shortest of their fellow Nobodies.

"I guess you're right Rauxlen. They're starting to leave now, and we know they've found one of these Brothers. We should go back and tell the others."

Upon hearing that, Rauxlen's once sad face immediately brightened up. Suddenly jumping up onto her feet, the young woman clutched her hands into fists, causing sand the pour out from where there should have been pebbles.

"You mean we get to go back to everyone now? Yay!"

Not giving Brixan even time to act, the excited woman caused a large portal of swirling black and white to appear, before pretty much bouncing into it, full of happiness. As Brixan slowly began to follow after her, the man momentarily stopped as he gazed down towards the growing group. Making their own way out of the quarry, they already passed the gates as they were on the long road back towards Twilight Town, while the Nobody promptly slid the hood of his cloak over his head before walking through the closing portal.