Darkness, Take Me.

Ok. This is going to be a dark chapter. There will be extreme violence as I am going to pay attention to the details of this battle. Anti-Form's fighting style is purely savage and animal like so claws will be cutting up skin. There will be depressing pieces as well, as flashes of Sora's memories will play in his mind, fueling his rampage.

But wait! In balancing the dark stuff out, there will be SoRu fluff. Lots and lots of SoRu fluff. Also, surprise twist!

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Now, let's get on to the moment we've all been waiting for: an all out fight for survival with Team SVRX against their leader's darkest Drive Form.

I do not own the Kingdom Hearts or RWBY franchises. If I did, there would already be a game and season out devoted to this fic. But they still belong to Square Enix and Tetsuya Nomura or Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum.


Beacon Combat Arena

Ruby held her weapon ready, awaiting the inevitable strike from Anti-Sora. What she wasn't prepared for was when he charged at her on all fours like an animal. He aimed an attack at her legs, quickly getting through her guard. She also wasn't ready for his shadow-enhanced claws that shredded her right legging and would've taken her leg if not for her Aura protecting her soft flesh. It still hurt thouh, and the claws seemed to leave a freezing chill when they strike.

Ruby fell back with a cry of pain. The black creature stalked over to her, a primal smile crossed his, no its, face. She tried to back away from it, but she couldn't. She was paralyzed in fear. Was this monster really Sora just minutes ago?

"RUBY! RUN!" She noticed Roxas, Xion, and Ven hopping from their raised audience platform and running toward them. Many of the students were evacuating the arena, being ordered to by Goodwitch. What she overlooked was how they summoned their Keyblades and armor out of nowhere.

The three surrounded their friend in triangle, diverting his attention from Ruby. Roxas pointed Oathkeeper at the dark boy. "Come on Sora! Snap out of it! It's us! Your friends! Don't you remember us?"

His only response was a flurry of scratches that glanced off his Keyblade's guard. Roxas retreated back and got ready for a Duel Stance, but Anti-Sora teleported away in a cloud of shadow, reappearing behind Ventus. Sora's claws were quickly hooked under any of Ven's loose armor and he looped powerfully around his captive, the force taking Ven for a spin as well, before he found himself flying through the air, having been wildly tossed away.

Sora turned to Xion, before she disappeared from sight. Confused, the creature looked around, seeing nothing. He turned to Roxas who was charging in a white and gray cloak. He used his Final Limit to send thirteen shields of light at His Somebody. The attack was a success, it seemed to do heavy damage to the shadow, but Roxas's impending grin faltered when the look of rage crossed Sora's face. Roxas may have been fast, but the mix of furious claws, kicks, teleporting, and grappling was too much for him, the combos just kept coming. Roxas was quite nearly shredded to pieces, scraps of his cloak flew in different directions. His skin was lacerated in areas where the cloak didn't protect. Sora then jumped into the air, at which point Roxas cast a quick Curaga before the blood flowed too freely, then dove back down in an explosion of shadow.

Roxas and a now revealed Xion were blown backwards with extreme force. Roxas couldn't get up. He collapsed against the wall he was thrown into, rendered unconscious. Xion wasn't faring any better. While Ventus tried to assist her with various shotlocks and Command Systems, Sora always found a hit on her. Her gasps of pain went unnoticed by her attacker as he sliced through her armored hood, the Reflega shield failing. Xion fell back, down for the count, a nasty cut formed from below her left eye to her chin. Ventus looked at Xion, then at Sora. He elected to save Xion's life, at the cost of his own maybe. Ven turned and healed Xion's gash fully, draining the rest of his magic reserves. He couldn't fight anymore. His armor dissipated from around him. Resigning to his fate, Ven turned around to face his predator. Sora was looming over him, readying the final strike. Ven closed his eyes, waiting.

"SORA! DON'T!" A female voice pierced the room.

Ven's eyes snapped open to see Ruby Rose, bear hugging Sora from behind. The boy's arms were pinned to his sides, locked there by Ruby.

"Ruby," Ven said weakly. "Don't."

The girl's teammates and friends called out to her, telling her to get away from "that monster."

"No!" She said defiantly to Ven. She turned to Sora. Speaking softly, she held him there, her lithe form able to restrain Sora with the help of her Aura and sheer determination. "I won't let you do this. Please, come back to me…"

Ruby gasped as scattered images flowed through her mind.

The bodies of a man with spiky gold hair, a silver haired man with one giant black wing, and a young girl no older than Ruby with black hair.

A dog Faunus crying over what appeared to be his son.

A silver haired boy maybe fifteen years old holding Sora's Kingdom Key while he threw Sora a wooden sword.

A dark castle with a winding path leading to it.

A blond girl in a white dress with a sketch pad.

An old man who was bald with the exception of long silver eyebrows and goatee.

A young red haired girl resting on a floor of some castle.

The same girl on the other side of an expanding chasm, Sora reaching to hold her hand.

A set of red and gold armor kneeling in the middle of a wasteland, leaning over a Keyblade.

The silver haired boy being promoted to something as Sora stood to the side.

A man in a black cloak, wild red hair, and two triangle tattoos under his eyes fading into darkness.

A group of thirteen black cloaked and hooded individuals.

A horde of Grimm like creatures standing ahead of Sora.

Xion, fading away into crystals.

Ven, fighting a boy who looked like Sora but with black hair, yellow eyes, and a body suit with motorcycle helmet.

Roxas, being slashed by Sora.

But the last was the most prominent one:
The silver haired boy and red haired girl were kissing passionately. There was jealousy, sadness, and betrayal radiating from this one. 'He's heartbroken,' Ruby realized.

"Sora," Ruby was crying now. "Please. Come back to me." She lowered her voice to a near inaudible whisper, only she and Sora could hear her next words. "I need you."

The creature stopped struggling, a light bursting from the vicinity of his heart. The darkness began to melt away. In about thirty seconds, Ruby Rose held an unconscious Sora in her arms. Roxas, who found his second wind, walked up with Two Become One in his hand.

Sora gasped and opened his eyes. Roxas noted they had reverted to their normal blue and relaxed. "There's our buddy."

Sora, who had lost consciousness when Anti-Form took over, didn't know what he did. That scared him the most. He shrugged off Ruby's attempt to hug him, he didn't deserve love. "What…" Sora's mouth was dry. "What did I do? Who was hurt? How many saw?"

Sora looked around, pulling away from Ruby again. He looked to Xion, her torn gear and ragged breathing, who still hadn't woken up yet. Ven, in his dented and scratched up armor, had fainted from the loss of his reserves. Roxas, Sora's Other, was wearing what remained of his precious cloak, looking like it went through a meat grinder.

Teams RWBY and JNPR had a mix of worry or fearful expressions. Blake, Weiss and Nora wore true fear on their faces. Ren had an unsettled frown. Jaune and Pyrrha raised their shields for defense. Yang was purely angry with something, her hair flickering with fire. The words on her lips weren't heard in Sora's daze, but he read "get away" and "Ruby" from the way her lips moved.

Sora paused, realizing the name. He turned back around to Ruby. Ruby, with her shredded legging and scared expression. Her shivering and nearly frostbitten skin in some areas. Her leaning into Crescent Rose like along cane. Something had attacked her.

He had attacked her. In his loss of control, Sora attacked the girl he had taken a fond liking to. "No…" Sora tried to voice his internal struggle aloud. This could not be happening. "Nononononono NO NO!"

Sora turned and in a burst of speed, rammed the arena entrance doors open trying to get away from the awful truth.

Beacon Hallways

Sora pushed his way through the crowds of students. Unfortunately some of them were from his previous class.

"Is that the monster?"

"He almost killed Ruby."

"He's lucky no one was hurt. No one was hurt, right?"

"Who fights their own team like that?"

"You think he's a Grimm?"

The rumors and whispers went on and on. Sora couldn't take this much longer. He ran faster, bursting through the school entryway.


Beacon Courtyard/Emerald Forest

Looking around, he saw an entrance to the Emerald Forest and ran into it, to escape the school or himself was unsure. He ran for miles. How many, he didn't care to count.

Sora took the keychain and charm of Oathkeeper out of his pocket, turned it over in his hands, and giving an angry cry, he threw it as far as he could. A growl from his left made a wheel around. A pack of Beowolves was stalking him.

Sora summoned Oblivion and charged the Grimm with emotions running high. He slashed one from its left shoulder to right hip, but swung outwards to far to block the attack from a vengeful pack mate. The claws ripped into his right shoulder, but Sora ignored the pain and decapitated the creature. He turned to five others, ready to strike him.

He ran headlong into them, laying out all his anger and frustration on them, taking a cut to his left calf, back, and a claw was embedded in his left arm before he yanked it out, screaming in pain as he took the wounds. Only to turn around and see four Boarbatusks readying to bowl into him.

That is, until an explosion took the four Grimm out instantly. Dust and ash blew outward from the firestorm, blinding Sora. When he was able to see again, one of the most bizarre sights he had seen since Wonderland was in front of him.

A small Corgi, covered in soot, was happily wagging it's nub of a tail and panting. It gave him a small yip and turned to the right a little more and growled. Sora directed his attention to where the dog was looking and saw an Alpha Beowolf standing there, readying to kill. Sora readied his Keyblade, casting a Curaga before the fight to heal his wounds, and the Corgi lowered its stance.

Only to watch as a red flash cut across the soulless creature's torso. The beast paused, then it's new top half slid and fell over forwards, revealing Ruby with Crescent Rose standing behind it. She had a scared and worried expression on her face. "Good boy Zwei! Sora! Oh thank Oum, I'm not too late."

Sora backed up a little. "Please. Stay away from me. You saw what I was, what I am. I'm a monster!"

Ruby dropped her scythe and zipped over to him, giving him a hug. This time, Sora had his arms. Sora dropped his Keyblade out of shock and it dissipated. "Please don't go," Ruby was crying into his chest. "You're not a monster. You're my friend."

Sora stared down at her. "But, I attacked you. I almost killed you and my team."

Ruby looked up at him, a small smile ghosted across her lips. "Please, I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself." Then she frowned. "Your team says they already trust you and will follow you anywhere. To add to me, I was also calming you. Didn't you notice how I was wrapped around you when you came to?"

The thought never crossed his mind. "Oh. Right." He brightened up, if only a little. Then he realized something. "Wait, does that mean you saw some of those flashes?"

"Yeah. What were those anyway?" She looked concerned.

"Anti-Form feeds off my negative emotions and dark memories," Sora quietly explained. "What you saw were those memories."

"You had a girl, didn't you?" Ruby looked dejected. Maybe Sora wasn't truly hers.

Sora's face fell slightly. "I never really had her. But let's not talk about that." At this point, he hugged Ruby back. The smell of strawberries filled his senses again. "Thank you. You saved me from my darkest side. I'm not even sure if I can, but if you need anything, tell me."

Ruby broke the hug and punched his shoulder. When he gave her a questioning glance, she spoke up. "How about you NOT run into the Emerald Forest, alone?Especially if you're upset. You almost got yourself killed, idiot!" She reached for a small pouch on her belt and pulled out a small dog whistle. "Here. If you feel like charging around alone, call Zwei and let him help. He'll keep you alive." The dog, now dubbed Zwei, sniffed Sora's calf a couple times, then yipped happily. Apparently, he liked Sora.

Laughing, Sora took the whistle and put it in one of his many pockets.

[ITEM RECEIVED: DOG WHISTLE - Used to summon Zwei, the trusty and nearly indestructible Hunter companion.]

"Speaking of which, how did this dog cause, and survive, an explosion?" He knelt down and gave the sooty dog a scratch behind the ears. A yip of glee escaped the dog as he rolled over for a belly scratch, to which Sora obliged.

Ruby gave a cute and innocent smile. "Wellllllllll… It might have something to do with how me and Yang fed him Aura and Dust infused kibble when he was a puppy."

Sora blinked twice and stood up, eliciting a whine from Zwei. "You put your dog on steroids?" Sora grinned as Ruby begun to sputter in that cute way she does when she's flustered. "Don't try to deny it. That's 'roiding and you know it."

"Ugh fine. You're right." Ruby started laughing and Sora joined in as they started to walk back.

"So, what do we tell the school, every third and fourth year saw me transform?" Sora was worried about going back. He'd have to explain his actions and his form. "Rumors have probably spread like wildfire too."

"We talk to the Headmaster first," Ruby made a determined gaze straight ahead. She was all business now, full Huntress mode. "Ozpin will know what to do. But he needs to know what's going on first."

"Believe me, I already do." Ruby and Sora turned to their left, seeing Ozpin, Goodwitch, and both of their teams waiting around a Bullhead. "But I believe this conversation should be taken to my office. It's time we tell everyone the true stories of the Keybearers and of Team RWBY. No more cover-ups anymore."


Aaaaaand, done! Man, that took a lot out of my heart. I hit a new record of reviews this chapter and it's only been a day!

Next up: story filler. Backstory into the two histories of RWBY and KH. Not much else, I think. I may add a surprise if I can think of one.

Guys, I'd love to get a cover art for this. Please tell me if you are at all interested. It could be digital art or scans/pictures of drawn artwork.

I also want to do omakes for this series starting soon. If you don't know what those are, look it up. My explanation sucked when I tried to write it out.

Reviews:

warrior of six blades: Well, I always thought Xion would be an excellent fighter, what with having Sora's memories and being a copy of Roxas. And Velvet was powerful as a second year. As a Fourth? She'd be relentless.

You have to remember, this is Sora, who makes friends with people he fought against (and sometimes loses to) in combat. The guy who thinks slamming a keyboard is how you work a computer, who killed HIMSELF to save a friend. The one who decided to go off and look for his friend instead of going home. Being kind-hearted is his thing.

Well, I hope I got the relentlessness of Anti right for ya. I had planned that part out for the longest time.

grimlock987: Yes, but not in the way you'd think. It's a surprise I just thought up actually.

AK74FU2: You should play it if you ever get the chance. Nothing like a mix of Disney and Final Fantasy magic to make you cry your eyes out with different emotions. My girlfriend punched me, then cuddled with me after she beat the first game.

Eliphas-Chaos: The Grimm just can't get a break now that SVRX has joined the fray. Anti is one of the most powerful forms, but with no ability to heal, it can lead to game over if you aren't careful. The attacks are savage, even primal. It also saps you of your Drive Gauge. Since you can only revert from this form out of combat or your gauge runs out, it could spell your downfall in a boss fight where you'll need every healing aspect you have. It has for me. Ven, Rox, and Xion could keep up with him, if only barely.

Dark holt: I'm glad. It took me forever and a lot of improvising to get it right. I hoped it could've been more epic than it turned out to be.

Roxasstorm: I'm a fan of Anti-Form, just not when you need another form for a challenge or are leveling up your regular forms. How it saps ALL your drive gauge gets annoying especially when you spent precious Drive Recoveries to power it up again. For the second part of your review, RWBY has figured Sora's clothes are Dust infused, which is how they can transform. That doesn't explain the team's special attacks that are entirely magic based. But Ozpin will break the news next chapter.

cornholio4: I PM'd you about this, but you deserve public praise. YOUR IDEA IS GENIUS! He'd be a perfect summon. You can tell I used it too.