Wow…onto chapter 9…I know I'm going finish this story because Dlexa and Leda are both so important to me…but it still feels so surreal to have gotten this far. And in a good amount of time, too! Hee, ish so proud! ^w^ Anyways, I'm not going to ramble for long this time, so I hope you enjoy. And…please don't be mad at Dlexa for something she has to do in this chapter. It was so Roxas didn't have to…I'll put it that way. Wow, already left you with a cliffie and these are only my author's notes. XD Anyways…as per usual…

This is dedicated to my dearest darlings, they know who they are….I've already said their names quite profusely. XD And as always, I do not own Kingdom Hearts. The rights and characters belong to Square Enix and Disney. Leda and Dlexa belong to me.~

Enjoy!~

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Dlexa looked back between Roxas and Sora and then back at the fight looming in front of them. All of the Organization…at once? Dlexa gritted her teeth and clenched her fingers even tighter around Oblivion. She felt Leda inside of her, as always, trying to calm her down, murmuring soft, reassuring nothings to her and only her, and Dlexa managed to just take a few deep breaths in and out as an exercise to keep calm.

"Oh….and do not think you'll be able to get to me before defeating the others," Xemnas taunted from his position behind the other members. Dlexa scoffed angrily. "This coming from the man who has to use others as a shield for himself?" A few more tense, wild seconds passed before Dlexa let loose a battle cry resembling a high-pitched grunt, and ran forward, beginning to swing her keyblade at anyone who stood in her way.

First up was Xigbar. Dlexa couldn't help but smirk. After all the crap he had made her put up with, she was going to have fun with this. Granted, she didn't want to take anyone's life…but if it was the only way to get to Xemnas, then so be it. Besides, Xigbar was just an arrogant jerk. She wouldn't feel too bad about ridding the worlds of that.

She swung her keyblade at him, missing him by only just an inch as he quickly ducked out of the way. Dlexa growled and swung again, only to have the older man teleport away from her. "Cheater…" she growled under her breath. The man only smirked at her, shrugging as if to say that there wasn't anything he could to do to help the fact she was a weakling. Her glare became murderous.

Both Sora and Roxas were busy with Xaldin and Vexen, Lexaeus coming to their aid, making it two versus three so Dlexa was absolutely on her own against the free shooter. She jumped, aiming for him again, and this time, managed to clip him as he tried to dodge. "What's the matter, old man, your age crippling your ability to fight?" Dlexa knew she shouldn't be taunting the man considering she was having a tough time fighting him, but it was in her nature to be cocky and defiant. She wasn't sure if they were traits she had gotten from Leda, but either way, it wasn't the time to be thinking about things like that.

Lost in her thoughts, she almost got hit by an array of bullets sent her way, but quickly managed to duck and roll out of the way. "Fira!" She yelled, pointing the blade of her keyblade at Xigbar. She hadn't always been the best of magic users but her aim was good enough on its own that the hit managed to be a success. He staggered back and Dlexa feinted left, then jumped right to guarantee that her second spell would be a direct hit as well. After that, it was pretty easy to take Xigbar down, even with the fact that he would sporadically teleport and become even more of a nuisance.

All Dlexa had to do was hit him with Oblivion, make sure her hit was full-on and then just keep hitting, so fast that there was no time for him to teleport, or even dodge. And as the man began to fade from existence, as Nobodies did not leave bodies behind, Dlexa hated to admit that she felt a quick, short stab of regret. He had hurt Leda, too and that thought made the self-loathing ease slightly.

Her attention then quickly turned to Roxas and Sora's fight. They had managed to take Xaldin down and were still on Vexen. It didn't help that along with Lexaeus' brute strength, Zexion was deciding that illusions made fun play toys in a battle. Dlexa pursed her lips tightly together and started running toward the blond scientist. "You two, go! Take care of Lexaeus and possibly Zexion. I'll help once I'm done with Iceman over here." Sora nodded and instantly moved toward the silent hero. Roxas hesitated, his eyes showing concern for her but Dlexa gave him a tight smile and nodded. "Go. I'll be fine."

He finally managed a nod and then ran to help Sora. Dlexa couldn't help but start to pant at that point. They weren't even halfway through all the members yet and Dlexa already felt as if she had run numerous miles on a rocky road, in the burning sun, with no water or food in her system. And that did not feel good. Vexen, being the genius that he was, sensed that and smirked at her. "Ah, it seems my little experiment is getting tired. Maybe she needs another dose of her medicine?" Dlexa's blue eyes narrowed. "Fuck you!" She spat, instantly going in closer for a more effective hit. Oblivion met with Vexen's shield, resulting in a loud clang and forcing Dlexa back a couple steps.

Dlexa tried to run back for another swing with her keyblade but she found she couldn't move her feet. Actually…she couldn't even feel them. She looked down and saw that both of her legs from the knees down were encased in a mixture of frost and ice. She growled deeply in her throat and began to hack away at the solid substance covering her with her thankfully sturdy, sharp-edged weapon.

She managed to get one foot free as Vexen, having had enough of waiting, came forward with his shield, ready to pummel her with it. Even with one foot free, she could only edge away so much. She fell flat on her butt as she tried to back up with only one foot free and winced, shutting her eyes tightly as she waited for the impact to come. It never did. She slowly, warily opened her eyes and saw Roxas in front of her, both of his keyblades up in front of him, forming an X to stop Vexen's attack from making contact.

After that, it wasn't long until Vexen met the same fate as Xigbar and Xaldin, what with the way Roxas began beating the man with not just one, but both of his keyblades. Breathing hard, his nostrils flaring in anger, Roxas shattered the ice trapping her other leg with one single blow from Oathkeeper. "You okay?" She nodded, exhaling harshly in fatigue.

They both looked over and saw that Sora had somehow managed to finish off Lexaeus, not an easy feat considering the man's goliath stature. But he was practically running around in circles in the midst of Zexion's Broadway performance of Nothing but Illusions. Roxas and Dlexa immediately ran to help him. If they had thought the previous members had been challenging, Zexion was even worse. There were already numerous copies of him surrounding the three key bearers.

Dlexa looked from side to side, trying to ascertain a way to somehow spot the real Zexion. It took her a couple tries of looking them all over as Sora and Roxas began swinging in the direction of other members that were getting in their way, but then she saw it. At first she thought she was imagining it, but on her second look-around off all the Zexions, she noticed that all of them but one were slightly glimmering in the light.

With the speed and agility of a cheetah she weaved between all the clones and the other members before striking the real Zexion with a blunt edge of Oblivion. The schemer staggered, trying to regain his composure. But he wasn't fast enough. Dlexa swiped Oblivion right across his middle, had to turn her head away at the sight of all the blood that then started spilling from the short man's body, and then out of the corner of her eye, saw him begin to fade away.

Zexion hadn't even been one of the really bad ones, sure he had experimented on her like Vexen had, but…he was quiet and she had appreciated having someone with the ability to shut up. Shaking her head, she instantly surged forward and went after the Luna divider.

He was giving Roxas and Sora what looked like an extremely difficult time, but then again Saix was quite known for being vicious, so…It wasn't long until Dlexa figured out that Saix required quite heavily on strength and speed. He was swinging his claymore at her as fast as she had been trying to swing Oblivion the past few minutes, but nothing she tried seemed to be doing anything. Finally, Dlexa had to put an end to all the useless weapon-swinging. "Stop!" Both Roxas and Sora looked at her in surprise and even Saix looked a little stunned.

"Alright…the only way we're going to defeat this brute is with unison, so on the count of three, okay?" All three of them managed to dodge the hit that was sent their way after hearing Dlexa's words and then, "Three!" Saix managed to bring his weapon up to defend himself but with three keyblades now simultaneously pressing down on him, his strength was faltering. And finally his arms gave in, his claymore falling to the ground with a clatter as their keyblades pierced him in unison, then causing him to fade.

Dlexa looked at their next two opponents in horror, her lips parting in surprise – to be honest she had completely forgotten that these two were next- and she couldn't help but shut her eyes, shaking her head in refusal. "No…other than Roxas, you two were the only ones nice to me…Axel…Demyx, don't make me do this."

Sora, sensing Roxas' and Dlexa's hesitation had decided to just give up and fight Luxord and Marluxia, who was currently being a thorn in the brunet's side anyway, so why not try and fight a little algae with some fire?

Roxas stood by Dlexa's side, hesitating…they were his best friends…he couldn't defeat them, much less even hurt them. No…

Axel smiled at the two of them sadly. "Sorry you two…but even if we went to your side we'd still end up annihilated. Just by Xemnas instead. Don't make this any harder than it has to be." For someone who was talking about his own imminent death, Axel seemed pretty calm, if the way he was idly twirling his chakrams was any way to judge. Demyx just continued to strum his sitar, though his face was pale in color and he looked quite shaken. "If it's any consolation…we'd rather die by the hands of people we consider friends instead of a pompous prick who just wants power." Demyx laughed weakly, but still lightly strummed his instrument.

The melody was soft and sad…but in it was hope, buried so deep that Dlexa didn't know how she was even hearing it. But then it rose to the surface, like a massive tidal wave, and it actually brought tears to her eyes. She looked at her brother, saw the stricken, almost sick look on his face and then turned back toward the other two, her eyes narrowed in grim determination.

Neither Axel nor Demyx put up any fight as she slashed them both with Oblivion. Because they had been the closest thing to friends she had ever had (though she hadn't really ever talked to them all that much), she had gone for the quick and hopefully as-painless-as-possible way. They faded instantly. Dlexa looked back at Roxas and sighed, putting her hand comfortingly on his shoulder. "I'm sorry…I just…didn't want you to have to deal with being the one to do that. I didn't want to either, but…" Roxas gazed back at her, his eyes glassy and unnaturally bright with unshed tears brimming close to the surface. "I know," he managed to choke out.

Dlexa hesitated, keeping her gaze on him for a few more moments before reluctantly turning back to the battle that lay in front of them. During their little conversation -or whatever it could be called- with Axel and Demyx, Sora had managed to somehow take out both Luxord and Marluxia and start in on Larxene. Dlexa moved in closer to help, though to be honest…Larxene did kind of frighten her…somewhat. The woman was petite and small, but as ferocious as a mother grizzly protecting her cubs.

Roxas could only stand and watch, dazed as his sister and Sora took on the last member of everyone in the Organization that was under Xemnas, well everyone besides themselves. His hands grasped his keyblades tighter. He needed something solid to hold onto…he felt as if he would drown in an endless sea of torment and grief if his hands didn't have anything to grasp. Thankfully they did.

Roxas clenched his teeth together tightly, his eyes becoming bright with profuse and utter rage. He would not let his friend's deaths be in vain. With a snarl he ran forward, slamming his keyblade into the blonde's stomach, her stagger afterwards then allowing Dlexa and Sora to deal the finishing blows. Considering how vicious Larxene was, it hadn't been that hard to take her down. Then again…Roxas' rage acting as an adrenaline booster had probably helped.

They all stood panting, their keyblades still up in defensive positions, knowing that their battle was still far from over. They had taken down twelve others but Xemnas was a true force to be reckoned with. Their minds and bodies were still in battle mode, which was a good thing. Adrenaline hadn't worn off yet.

Xemnas' orange eyes were narrowed in silent, fuming anger. He was shocked, to say the least. He had sat back and watched his puppets be destroyed, thinking that only the complete opposite would happen. He had thought that maybe they could take down the other members and then collapse, therefore unable to take him on. But he couldn't have been more wrong. And that angered him to no end.

His eyes glowing unnaturally with pent-up anger, he surged forward, slashing at Dlexa furiously. "Very good, Princess. I never did tell you that was your title, did I? The princess of darkness. But like all princesses…you are a damsel in distress when unable to receive help from others." With a deep, guttural shout, darkness began to fly about wildly all around him. The waves of darkness began to grow and then surround Dlexa, cutting Sora and Roxas out of her sight, completely engulfing her in soulless shadow.

She touched the dark wave and was instantly shocked. It looked like she was now trapped. Well, wasn't that just freaking perfect? She only managed to just barely turn around before being assaulted with a barrage of hits, getting thrown back into the wall of darkness each time. Her limbs were now tingling from all the shocks of electricity running rampant through her system, not to mention the fact that this was a much bigger dose of darkness then she needed.

She tried to get back up, only to stumble and fall right back down on her knees. Outside the wall of darkness, Roxas and Sora could only stand there, unable to do anything but try to get through the barrier in front of them and then get hit with volts of electricity each time. And with a second wall of darkness keeping them trapped as well, there wasn't really anything they could do.

Roxas looked up at the dark wave, staring in awed horror at how high it seemed to go…up to the sky and even farther beyond…And his sister was inside of that. There wasn't anything he could possibly hope to do. He growled, flinging Oblivion at the black wall only to get shocked once more, furthering his level of anger. He had already lost his best friends…he would not lose his sister, too!

All of a sudden, without his volition, he stumbled to his knees hard. Even without an organ beating in his chest, he knew. That his sister was in trouble. She could protect herself…she was strong, but even she had limits…and apparently Xemnas had pushed her way past her breaking point. He had to find some way to help. He looked around helplessly, and jumped, sudden and startled as something gently probed his mind. He frowned. It was more memories…more of the ones that weren't his own. He hadn't even realized that there had been any left.

His eyes widened in realization after only a few seconds. That was it…his way to help his sister. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate. On only the memories and his sister trapped inside the darkness and once more needing his help. He dispelled his keyblades and reached his hand out, acting as if he was going to grasp Oathkeeper after re-summoning it. But it wasn't his hand that Oathkeeper ended up in.

Back inside the spinning hell of darkness, Dlexa gasped loudly as a keyblade that wasn't her own entered into her right hand. Oathkeeper… "Roxas…" she breathed. She suddenly felt a warm tingling inside of her chest, bringing with it strength that she so desperately needed. Grasping her brother's keyblade tightly, she took control of the new power burning within her and pushed herself to her feet, snarling at the man in front of her, her blue eyes burning with anger. "Alright…care to start over, Xemnas?"

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Alright…hopefully that wasn't boring…I don't do battle sequences that often and when I do they're not this long, so critique, as always would be appreciated. I'm really curious to know how I did. Hopefully nothing seemed too rushed. I just didn't want to waste too much time on the fights with everyone else. Xemnas is the real threat here after all. Poor Axel and Demy….it's a good thing I know what I have planned next otherwise I'd be bawling nonstop right now, though I was close to crying when writing my precious Demyx-luff! ;n; But that should reassure you that things will turn out okay. I mean, if I'm not sad…then it's all good. Or better yet, it will be.

Also…it probably shows but I forgot Luxord at first. XD I didn't mean to and that was even the reason why I went in numerical order so I wouldn't get confused and forget anybody. Does that seem plausible that they would get fought in order of their ranking? ^^; Hopefully so….^^; So yeah, I just added Luxord in...didn't really bother with him, if you couldn't already tell. Sorry, Luxord. XD;;

Anyways…hope I did okay. And the next chapter should hopefully be up within the next couple of days.

~Cutevampirecollie