Chapter 10! Mickey and Sora meet at last!

Sora: "This actually… is… getting interesting, as much as I hate to admit it."

Me: "HA! I KNEW I'D GET YOU EVENTUALLY!"

Sora: "THAT DOESN'T COUNT! CHAPTER 9 WAS INTERESTING!"

Me: "Who cares, I got a compliment from you!"

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Mickey grinned and held out his hand, "I'm glad you finally made it!" His expression darkened, "No doubt you saw that Master Xehanort."

I nodded and took his hand in a vigorous shake, "Yeah I saw him, and fought him, apparently he wants Roxas."

Mickey blinked, "Roxas? Why would he want Roxas?"

I recounted Ventus' story, and my encounter with Xehanort. "He tried to recruit me for a few moments, I resisted and tried to attack but he teleported away and said my will would one day 'get me killed'."

Mickey crossed his arms in thought and paced around the room.

He summoned his Keyblade and pointed it toward the Cornerstone, "OPEN"

The hall began to shake violently as the Cornerstone glowed like a sun.

Turning to Mickey I shouted, "What's going on!"

"I have something I need to show you…" He said stiffly.

A warm breeze flowed across the room. The Cornerstone flashed and transformed into a shining golden door.

"Follow me." Said Mickey

I grasped Kairi's hand and led her through the door.

My skin tingled as the warm golden light engulfed me. My mind was whirring as if it had been charged with electricity.

Kairi's grip on my hand tightened, I squeezed back trying to reassure her that everything was ok. I turned my gaze on her and she smiled back.

I turned back to Mickey as he walked further into the light.

The light faded to reveil a large white castle.

Castle Oblivion.

I growled at Mickey, "What is this?"

Mickey frowned, "You don't remember?"

I shook my head, "I remember, but what are you trying to pull?"

His frown deepened, "Pull?"

I released Kairi's hand and yelled, "I NEVER WANTED TO COME BACK HERE!"

Mickey held up his hand, "Wait, just hear me out... I've brought you here because, there is something extremely important to Ven here." He gestured to the very top of the castle, "Ven's body..."

My mouth dropped open. Ventus' body is here? "What do you mean?"

"Ven used to be a Keyblade Apprentice as you well know... But after his battle in the Station of Awakening with Vanitas, his best friend Aqua and I transformed the remains of their homeworld 'The Land of Departure' into Castle Oblivion... Aqua placed Ven's body inside a sealed room called The Chamber of Waking... Ven's Heart had left his body and joined with your own heart Sora."

I stared at Mickey, "Why am I here? Are you gonna extract Ven's heart from me?"

Mickey shook his head, "No, if his heart is removed from yours... you will... lose the ability to wield the Keyblade..." He looked at the ground, "It will be Ven's choice to separate from you."

Roxas and Ventus walked out of my body on opposite sides. Ven stepped forward, "I wish I could become my own person again, but I don't think it would be very smart to force Sora to lose the ability to use the Keyblade..."

Roxas nodded, "What would happen to me if that happened anyway? I think Ven and I are both perfectly fine with Sora."

I smiled appreciatively at the identical pair. (For the record, Ven is wearing his usual clothing from Birth by Sleep.)

Riku placed his hand on my shoulder and addressed Mickey, "So why are we here anyway?"

Mickey grimaced, "It seems that a large groupe of Lesser Nobodies have settled here... apparently they have a leader, and he is extremely powerful." He pointed at me, "And I need you three to clear them out."

My kind of work! I thought gleefully, "Alrighty then!" I shouted and charged across the bridge.

Roxas and Ven fell into step with me grinning from ear to ear. Ven started fumbling with his left front pocket and pulled out a keychain.

"Here, take this." He said while holding the chain out to me. I slowed my pace and came to a stop before the gigantic golden doors.

"What's this?" I asked. Ven grabbed my hand that held the Keyblade and clipped the chain in place; instantly the Keyblade flashed and transformed. I turned my eyes from the light and waited. Once I realized the light had died down I examined the new weapon.

It was at least three feet long, the blade itself was bronze in color while the handle was blue-green. The end of the blade was rounded and sported six 'teeth' with three on each side of it.

I glanced at Ventus, "What Keyblade is this?" He gazed at it and said in a low tone, "The Ends of The Earth... Terra's favorite Keyblade."

"Who?" Asked Roxas. Ven turned to him and said, "Terra was my best friend, he used this Keyblade all the time."

I nodded. Ven smiled and said, "This Keyblade has the ability to transform."

"What?" I asked. "You can change the shape into any form you want." He held out his hand for the weapon, "Let me show you."

I handed it to him, he hefted it above his head. The Keyblade flashed and transformed into a gigantic crossbow, he smiled at me and said, "Pretty cool huh?"

I nodded, mouth open. He handed it back to me and said, "Try it."

Using the same tactic, I held it above my head and willed it to change. To my surprise it changed into a huge hammer.

I grinned at the door, this is going to be fun.

Turning to the door, I swung the Keyblade behind me and forced as much momentum as possible into my swing. The blade connected with the door with an explosive BANG! Removing the Keyblade to view my handiwork, I grinned at the monstrous dent. I repeated the process three more times. With the last swing I yelled into the large hole in the door, "IS ANY NOBODY HOME?"

Roxas began to chuckle, I thundered on the door again, completely blasting it off it's hinges.

I turned to Ven, "Well I guess Nobody was expecting us..." Ven began to laugh.

I grinned and walked into the entry hall.

Ven and Roxas filed in behind me, "Keep on the ready guys, God knows what has moved in since the Organization left." I said gravely.

Ven made a fist, forcing his Keyblade (Wayward Wind) into existence in a shower of green sparks. Roxas made a whip-like gesture with his hands and pulled Oathkeeper and Oblivion out of the air.

We made our way deeper into the hall, the rooms were a pure stark white. I skimmed the wall with my gaze, until it settled on a large black cloud in a far corner.

"That doesn't look healthy." Commented Roxas, I nodded and took a few steps toward it.

Biggest. Mistake. EVER!

In the blink of an eye a large black and orange creature bounded out of the cloud of darkness and aimed three massive claws at me.

I dodged to the left, Just barely missing it by inches. I rolled into a standing position and cast a Blizzagun spell at it's back. The creature roared in pain and turned on Ven, who had opened a large black gash on it's left flank.

Using the same tactics from the fight between he and I in the Station of Awakening, Roxas jumped into the air and started blasting it with crosses of light.

The beast turned back on me and roared in pure savage rage. I jumped over another massive swing, and threw my Keyblade at it's face. As it connected Ven activated his Speed Rave mode and started slashing at it faster than the eye could track.

The creature screamed in pain and rage.

Nearly there! Just a few more attacks ought to do it!

As that thought entered my mind, the creature exploded into a cloud of black gas, and dissappeared.

"YEAH! THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT!" Shouted Roxas.

I grinned and turned to Ven, "Excellent work!"

Ven grinned tiredly and said, "Not too bad yourself... need some work on your aim though." He gestured at his left leg...

...my Blizzard spell had placed a thin layer of frost on his left pants leg.

I scratched the back of my head and bowed my head, "Sorry." He grinned, "No problem."

I aimed my hand at his leg and croaked, "HEAL!" The frost melted away.

Ven turned to a large white door at the back of the chamber, "Through there, if I 'm not mistaken."

Roxas approached the door and gripped the handle, "Damn! It's locked!"

I grinned, "Aren't you forgetting something Roxas?"

He shook his head, "What are you talking about?"

I twitched my Keyblade, "This."

His mouth dropped open into an 'O', "That's right… The Keyblade can lock or unlock any door or treasure chest."

I carefully aimed the Keyblade at the door, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Said a clear voice behind us.

I whirled around to face a woman wearing black and blue armor, "Who are you?" I asked.

She placed a hand over her mouth and chuckled, "Ven knows who I am."

At the mention of his name, Ven turned around.

A look of pure joy spread across his face as he yelled, "AQUA!"

Aqua's Return! Hope you liked my latest addition to this story!

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