Filler Chapter Two

The Remnant and the Sannin:

Kadaj vs. Orochimaru!

Zexion and Hades walked through a dark corridor into the Castle That Never Was. They could hear Maleficent yelling at Pete and Mortimer, but they know that they failed a mission. The two entered and saw the old steamboat captain jump into the scrawny mouse's arms and made him land on his butt. Hades started cackling and slapped Zexion on the back. The Cloaked Schemer ignored him and proceeded towards Maleficent.

"What is it?" she coldly asked.

"We've succeeded in resurrecting ten out of eleven members of Organization XIII." he said nonchalantly. The remaining members appeared and stood before the witch.

Maleficent grinned. "Really? Very good Hades." Zexion closed his eyes.

"Humph, that's the best guess you have?" Orochimaru walked out from behind a pillar. He had a smirk on his face like always. His snake-like eyes ignored everyone else in the room and only focused on Maleficent.

"Orochimaru, you restored these Nobodies?"

"Partly; Dante used some incomplete Philosopher Stones to get their souls back. The extra stone that could have brought back Xemnas helped greatly." He then turned his attention to Hades. "It's amazing how a Forbidden Jutsu is more powerful than a God's power: especially one that's known as the Lord of the Dead." Hades gritted his teeth while he had his back turned from Orochimaru.

Saïx stepped forward and turned his head up to Maleficent. "We've had our differences in the past, but now we share the same goal: destroy Sora and Roxas. Am I right?"

"Indeed you are." Maleficent commented.

Orochimaru noticed Larxene, the only female member of the Organization. She had a look in his eyes. He walked up to her. "My you're quite the beautiful kunoichi aren't you?" Orochimaru complimented.

She smirked and summoned four kunai knives. Larxene raised her arm and brought the weapons up to his neck. Orochimaru didn't flinch and continued to smile at her. "Amazing that you figured out I used to be a ninja when I was complete."

"I have a request; would you be willing to work along side me to conquer a certain village?"

"Depends, which village is it?"

"The Village Hidden in the Leaves." Orochimaru answered.

"It's a deal then. Hope to start working soon!" She said enthusiastically with a sadistic smile on her face. She suddenly saw a tsouba blade near her new partner's neck. It was the young man with silver hair and an angel wing.

"I wish to challenge you, snake freak." He said mockingly. Orochimaru could only help but chuckle at the boy.

A big grin came upon his face and he swiftly extended his leg out and kicked the silver haired man in the gut and made him double over. "I don't know… You don't seem like a good match." Orochimaru lifted his head up. "I wonder if my Grass Halberd is more powerful than that sword of yours." He opened his mouth and a dark green snake slithered from out of his mouth. The serpent opened up its mouth and a jian-like sword came out of it and Orochimaru grabbed its handle as it dropped. He twirled it around so he could get a better grip. He brought the blade up to his face and licked the sword with his long pointed tongue.

"This should be fun! I'm Kadaj."

"Orochimaru, I can't help but think we've met before."

"I'd remember a name like that if I had met you before. That and you'd be dead!" Orochimaru rushed forward and thrust his sword at Kadaj. The remnant sidestepped and swung fiercely at Orochimaru's head. With each blow each swordsman took at each other, Orochimaru's smile grew bigger to see his opponent fighting back with as much effort as he put in his attacks.

Orochimaru let go of his Grass Halberd and it emitted an eerie blue aura. He made five different hand signs and let his arms out. "Striking Shadow Snakes!" Five snakes came out of both Orochimaru's wrists and they flew at Kadaj. They snapped at him, but Kadaj disappeared in a burst of black feathers. The one-winged man appeared behind Orochimaru and sliced him in half. As he smiled in his glory, his eyes widened as he saw the Sannin's body melt into a puddle of mud. "Surprised?" Orochimaru's voice rang out behind Kadaj.

'It's strange, though," Orochimaru thought. 'He has an uncanny likeness to Sephiroth and yet he isn't him. Could it be he's just a mere remnant of what Sephiroth is? Did he find a way to be immortal?'

"You're quite the swordsman aren't you?" Orochimaru spoke to a man with three black angel wings and long silver hair. He had turquoise eyes with slit pupils. In his hands he wielded a nodachi. He put the sword into a long sheath and looked upon Orochimaru.

"You put up a good fight. The name's Sephiroth."

"Orochimaru; What is it that you seek, Sephiroth?"

"Darkness… from a certain person's heart. What about you; do you have a goal?"

"The destruction of my home and to learn the secrets of all worlds!"

"Then we share similar objectives. I hope we cross paths again… Orochimaru."

"Likewise, Sephiroth."

'Of course, Kadaj is just a remnant of Sephiroth. This will be interesting.' Orochimaru thought to himself. "Now let us begin…" Orochimaru had a sadistic grin on his face. "…With our lives at stake!"

Kadaj's body just froze. In his head he saw himself being slashed numerous times by Orochimaru and at the final part, a kunai knife stabbed right into his head. He just stood there and gulped as he realized that it wasn't real. He composed himself and ran forward. Orochimaru went into a fighting position as well and parried the blow. Kadaj grabbed Orochimaru's arm with the Grass Halberd in it and brought him down and kneed him in the chest. Orochimaru gasped for air as the wind was knocked out of him. Kadaj gave him a devious smile and kicked him away.

Orochimaru looked back up at Kadaj and thrust his sword into the ground. He raised his left sleeve and revealed many black marks on the forearm. He brought his right thumb up to his mouth. He licked his lips with a long, pointed tongue and bit down on it making it bleed. He slid the bloody thumb onto the marks and made five hand signs. "Summoning Jutsu!" From the marks the blood ran down and made a strange seal on the floor. From that seal came forth a giant brown snake with yellow eyes. It looked down at Kadaj as it flicked its long, forked tongue.

Kadaj leapt into the air and proceeded towards the giant snake. The snake lunged forward and opened its jaws. Kadaj brought his arm forward and stabbed his tsouba into the snake's throat and killed it. Orochimaru jumped off the snakes head and landed on the floor. Kadaj landed on the scaly carcass of the snake.

"You fought well, Kadaj!" Orochimaru stood up and turned to his opponent. "I respect great warriors that aren't even shinobi." The Grass Halberd disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"You fought greatly as well," Kadaj replied. "Your reputation precedes you, sir." He looked upon his new rival with his Mako green cat eyes. Orochimaru looked back with his yellow snake eyes. They both smirked as Kadaj put his tsouba into its sheath.