(Author's Note: All I can say is that I'm amazed I've gone this far, and to enjoy the next installment of The Keyblade Warriors!)

While Elyon and Sakura went at it, and while the others were fighting Phobos, a door appeared in the Underworld Entrance.

After a short time, the door opened, and Cornelia, Hay Lin, and Goofy came out of the door, the blonde Guardian holding the world card she'd just used. Suddenly, Cornelia felt odd, and clutched her chest.

"What's wrong, Corny?" Hay Lin asked.

"Something about this place... it's sapping my strength..." Cornelia said with all the effort she could muster.

Goofy instantly recognized the effects that the Underworld's curse held. Out of instinct, Goofy let his hand rest on Cornelia's shoulder and channeled the power of the Olympus Stone he'd gathered not too long ago and gave some of the energy to Cornelia. The blonde got to her feet, feeling good as new.

"Thanks, Goofy," Cornelia said to Goofy.

"Well, well, isn't that touching as all hell?" a mysterious voice rang out.

All three of them spun in their spots. Axel, the 'Flurry of Dancing Flames', was standing there, his chakram firmly grasped in his hands.

"Axel. What do YOU want down here?" Cornelia shouted, brandishing Seismic Star.

"This doesn't seem like a place that's suited to your element," Hay Lin noted, materializing Sword of the Storm.

"This is the freaking Underworld," Axel shot back. "Of course it's my element. Just ask Hades."

"Um... did you hit your head on a tree, Axel?" Hay Lin admonished. "Hades is gone. Sora and company knocked him into the River Styx!"

"I may be a Nobody, but I'm not an idiot," Axel continued. "I know that Hades is gone."

"Then that means you know we're about to kick your butt," Cornelia exclaimed, searching through her deck, eventually picking out a 9-value Seismic Star, an 8-value Lady Luck, and a 7-value Magnet spell card. Combining the three formed her Seismic Star keyblade. As Axel began charging, Cornelia threw her now-spinning keyblade straight for Axel. Axel quickly dodged the spinning blade...

...just as Cornelia had planned.

Before Axel knew what had hit him, the Seismic Star came spinning back, crashing into Axel's back and knocking him into the air. The keyblade that seemed to have a mind of its own quickly came back for more, knocking Axel around like a rag doll. Every time the spinning blade got close enough to Axel, he seemed to be drawn towards it.

Taking her chance, Cornelia whipped a Goofy card from her deck. This one was glowing bright gold.

"All right! Let's really get this party started!" Cornelia shouted, holding the limit card over her head.

After the bright flash from the card, Goofy and Cornelia were standing together, throwing their spinning weapons for the still skyward Axel.

After a few attacks, Goofy and Cornelia pointed their weapons for Axel, the energy being emitted drawing the Flurry of Dancing Flames closer to them.

After a while of this, Cornelia held Goofy in her arms like a rocket, Goofy's Genji Shield held out proudly. With that, before Axel could recover, Cornelia launched Goofy, who promptly began zipping around the battlefield like a maniac. Every couple seconds, the flying Goofy slammed into Axel, causing considerable damage.

Once the assault was over, Axel dropped to the ground, clutching his chakram.

"You're... you're good," Axel said before attempting to disappear via a column of darkness.

"Oh, no you don't!" Cornelia shouted, throwing her keyblade for the disappearing Axel. Seismic Star almost instantly pierced through Axel, causing him to drop his chakram, which quickly disappeared.

As Axel disappeared into the darkness, Cornelia went to pick up the card that he'd left behind. It was a new attack card. Focusing on the new card, a new keyblade appeared in her hand. It was composed of wings, as you could probably tell. The handle was made of two pairs of wings, one pair that folded out, and another pair that folded downwards. The blade seemed to be a shining light and dark-sided angel wing. A puffy cloud was dangling from the keychain. The words Sonic Wing ran through Cornelia's head.

"And that's that," Cornelia said, twirling Sonic Wing in her hands.

"We've already defeated close to half of the Organization by now. I have this uneasy feeling in my head these guys won't be taking any more prisoners," Hay Lin wondered, leaning on Sword of the Storm.

"People like him usually don't," another mysterious voice said.

Hay Lin was the first to notice the source of the voice – a man of about 30 or so, draped in familiar-looking red robes and carrying a long, VERY sharp sword.

"You... you're Auron, aren't you?"

Auron just smiled.

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CLANG!

Phobos' long sword clashed with Nick's golden-hued Oathkeeper and Spellbinder keyblades as the two battled it out. Everyone else was using their best sleights and attacks, but nothing seemed to do any damage to the evil prince.

"Oh, come on," Phobos exclaimed. "You could at least make it a challenge!"

With that, Phobos let his sword disappear, and materialized Oblivion and the old version of Oathkeeper, both blades channeling massive amounts of dark energy.

"What the?" Valor Form Sora shouted, holding Sleeping Lion and Decisive Pumpkin in a battle stance. "Phobos isn't a chosen one!"

"Wait a minute," Breezy Form Nick replied. "Remember that Phobos has the ability to use any of the weapons that a fallen Organization member's used. Those keyblades belonged to Roxas. He must have fallen... but to who?"

Nick didn't really need to ask himself that. He knew that Elyon had just taken care of Roxas.

Just don't lose to Sakura, okay, Elyon? Nick thought to himself.

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Speaking of which, Elyon had just barely blocked a strike from Sakura's Dark Crystal keyblade, countering with Diamond Dust when she could. Sakura was evidently pissed off at the fact that Elyon had just destroyed Roxas.

"You little bitch!" Sakura shouted, tears flying in a fit of rage.

"Look who's talking," Elyon replied. Holding Diamond Dust into the air, Elyon began calling upon her powers as the Light of Meridian.

"Take this!" Elyon shouted, performing a powerful dual strike attack that considerably damaged Sakura and sent her flying across the room.

At the last second, Sakura pushed her feet down on the wall ahead of her, and sprung off of it, using her terminal velocity to aim an attack straight for the Light of Meridian.

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"They just keep coming!" Cornelia shouted, flailing about to shake off a horde of Shadow and Soldier Heartless, along with the occasional Large Body.

Hay Lin, evidently, was smiling. She looked over to Auron, who was literally plowing through masses of the creatures of darkness with his massive sword.

Hay Lin began sifting through her deck until she found a limit card with Auron's picture on it.

"Then how about we even the playing field a little?" Hay Lin asked, holding the card into the air.

A short time later, Auron was beside Hay Lin, sword held out.

"Know your place," Auron commanded. Suddenly, he and Hay Lin swung their keyblades in a circular motion, dispatching even more Heartless.

Auron went on the attack first, swinging his Hunter's Sword in a wide attack that seemed to pierce right through the lone Large Body's frontal defense.

Hay Lin stepped up herself, spinning into the air and diving down keyblade first. When Sword of the Storm hit the ground, a powerful energy field expanded from the air Guardian.

Hay Lin and Auron continued to alternate their attacks for a while, until Auron shouted, "Your pain shall be twofold!"

Hay Lin quickly joined her keyblade with Auron's sword, and together, the two began spinning their weapons together until it generated a powerful whirlwind that blew away the rest of the Heartless.

"All right!" Hay Lin exclaimed, twirling Sword of the Storm in her hands.

"Go now. Find your friends," Auron said before mysteriously disappearing.

"He's right! There's a door up ahead!" Cornelia shouted, pointing towards a door.

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Elyon quickly did a flip kick that surprised Sakura and knocked her to the floor. Swinging Diamond Dust, the Light of Meridian stood in a fighting stance.

"Oh, please. For someone who's MY Nobody, is that the best you've got?" Elyon challenged.

"All right! I've had enough of you! This is for Roxas!" Sakura shouted, swinging Dark Crystal and charging once more.

Focusing on the Crown of Light, Elyon quickly teleported just as Sakura struck. "What the...?"

That was all the time Elyon needed to deliver the finishing blow, causing Sakura to drop the Dark Crystal keyblade.

"Why?" Sakura asked as she began to fade away. "Why are you so selfless?"

"I'm not selfless," Elyon replied. "I defeated you so you could be with Roxas. I may have been a Heartless once, but I do have a heart."

"I... I see," Sakura stated. "I guess maybe that's why I have these emotions, unlike the other Nobodies. You're probably the purest of heart that I've ever seen."

"Thanks," Elyon replied.

"Just so you know, Roxas and I were actually spies sent by Xehanort to find out their secrets," Sakura explained. "We're lucky we got away from him before he found out the crown we gave him was a fake."

"I never would have thought it of a Nobody," Elyon noted.

"Take care, Light of Meridian," Sakura said before fading back into the darkness. Once Sakura had disappeared, Elyon looked out of her window, seeing the high-rise towers of Castle Oblivion in the distance.

Guys, I hope you're doing all right over there, Elyon thought.

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Sora quickly cast a Magnet spell, hoping to draw Phobos' weapons towards him, but to no avail.

"Don't you see? With these weapons, I'm stronger than all of you put together!" Phobos shouted, rapidly attacking with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Marluxia's scythe and Phobos' longsword attacked all by themselves, as if they had a mind of their own.

"You know, as much as it sickens me to admit it, he may be right," Irma said, quickly dodging an attack from Oblivion.

"If the others don't get here soon, we could be in big trouble!" Nick shouted, using his golden-hued Oathkeeper to block an attack from Marluxia's scythe.

No sooner had Nick said that, than Cornelia's Sonic Wing keyblade came spinning into the battlefield, catching Phobos off guard and knocking the evil prince to the ground.

"Now what were you saying, Phobos?" Hay Lin challenged as she, Cornelia, and Goofy joined the others.

"We've already defeated half of your Organization flunkies, Phobos," Nick shouted. "It won't be long before you're next!"

As Phobos scanned his situation, he realized that he was up against seven Keyblade bearers, along with Donald and Goofy. Finally, Phobos realized that he may have just bitten off a bit more than he can chew.

"I'll be back," Phobos admonished. "And next time, you won't be so lucky."

With that, he vanished, leaving only three silver, glowing cards in his place.

Nick took a good look at the world cards; the first one had a picture of a dock that looked like it belonged in the pirate ages. The second card was decorated with an Arabian palace on the top and a mysterious-looking lion head on the bottom. The final card showed what looked like a Halloween-style town square.

"Okay. Let's divide into groups. Sora, Irma, you and I will take this one," Nick said, holding up the Port Royal card.

"Will, Cornelia, you two take the palace," Nick continued, handing Will the Agrabah card.

"Taranee and Hay Lin, you guys see if someone from the square can help us," Nick finished, giving Taranee the Halloween Town card.

Each group took their respective world cards and headed to the doors at the top of the stairs. Using the world cards, each door opened for the keyblade bearers.

However, just before everyone could head into their chosen door, a menacing, sphere-shaped Heartless blocked their path. Sora recognized it instantly as the Shadow Stalker.

"Go! I'll hold him off!" Nick shouted, brandishing the Oathkeeper.

(Quick Note: The keyblade bearers only have to use their decks when inside a world.)

Everyone nodded, and headed into their world doors while Nick did battle with the Shadow Stalker.

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Meanwhile, back in Meridian, Elyon was sitting on her bed, pondering what Sakura had said to her.

Just as she was about to contemplate it a little more, who else but Phobos should appear, still wielding Roxas' Oathkeeper and Oblivion.

"Hey. Still up to your no-good tricks, I presume," Elyon challenged, brandishing Diamond Dust.

"As always, I want the crown, dear sister," Phobos retorted, wielding his weapons.

"And, as always, you're not getting it!" Elyon shouted, charging forward.

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Near the top floors of Castle Oblivion, what remains of Organization XIII is plotting something.

"We need those keyblades," Xigbar said.

"Don't be stupid, you snipe-happy freak," Larxene shot back. "They're just too powerful. In case you didn't notice, they've already defeated over half of our ranks. And remember what happened last time? That Sora kid overpowered all of us that were here."

"The lightning girl is right," Saïx noted. "For once..."

"I'm not playing around anymore," Larxene exclaimed, a door appearing nearby. "This time, I'm taking care of that kid myself."

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Nick finally delivered the finishing blow to the Shadow Stalker, but instead of fading away, like the other Heartless, the rotund, sphere-like Heartless covered itself in a cocoon of darkness.

Before Nick could react, the Shadow Stalker burst out of its prison, having transformed into the menacing Dark Thorn. Nick quickly readied his Oathkeeper and Fatal Crest keyblades.

All of a sudden, the Dark Thorn bucked forward and screamed in agony, and Nick could see why: three sharp knives were protruding through the spot where its heart should be.

As the Dark Thorn fell to the ground and faded away, its heart disappearing in a swirl of darkness, Nick could clearly see who had just killed the Dark Thorn: it was Larxene, the "Savage Nymph".

"Well, well," Nick said, switching Fatal Crest with Lady Luck. "If it isn't the thunder chick."

"Believe it or not, I don't have time to play around with the likes of you," Larxene shot back, heading for the Port Royal door.

"You're not touching them, you little non-existent freak! Your fight's with me!" Nick shouted, blocking Larxene's way.

"Okay, then. You want to dance? Let's dance!" Larxene exclaimed, throwing her kunais straight for Nick. To her surprise, Nick easily batted them away with Oathkeeper.

While Larxene tried to recover her weapons, Nick quickly ran up and planted his foot square in Larxene's chest, causing her to stumble back. Nick continued the offensive by slamming Oathkeeper into her back, and Lady Luck into her side.

When Larxene was able to catch her breath, she sarcastically said, "What kind of kid attacks a lady?"

"You're right. I don't hit ladies. But that doesn't count if the lady in question isn't even supposed to exist!" Nick replied, charging forward.

This time, however, Larxene was expecting the strike, and flicked her kunais forward, shooting a bolt of lightning for the thunder Guardian.

To Larxene's evident surprise, Nick easily absorbed the bolt of energy, using its energies to supercharge the Oathkeeper.

"What the...?" Larxene asked, staggering back.

"How quickly you forget," Nick stated. "Thunder and lightning is my element, too!"

Before Larxene could get her weapons around in time, Nick quickly struck with the supercharged Oathkeeper. It proved to be enough, the attack tearing right through Larxene.

"I... I thought I had you..." Larxene said before fading back into darkness. Once she was gone, a new keyblade was lying on the floor where Larxene was. It seemed to reflect Nick and Larxene's very elements, completely decorated with bolts of electricity. The word Thunder Striker ran through Nick's head.

"Okay, now that THAT'S over with, I'd better get back to the others," Nick said, heading for the Port Royal door.

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Today's new Keyblades:

Sonic Wing (Cornelia)
Thunder Striker (Nick)

Today's featured sleights:

Magnet Raid: Hurl the keyblade towards enemies, attracting them towards the attack. Used by Cornelia.
(Required cards: Magnet – Any attack card – Any attack card)

Quick note: Here's who's been defeated in the Organization as of now, so you're up to speed.

Vexen, the Chilly Academic (defeated by Fire Form Nick at Meridian Royal Palace)
Lexaeus, the Silent Hero (defeated by Nick in Castle Oblivion)
Zexion, the Cloaked Schemer (defeated by Nick, Sora, and Irma in The Land of Dragons)
Axel, the Flurry of Dancing Flames (defeated by Cornelia in The Underworld)
Demyx, the Melodious Nocturne (defeated by Breezy Form Nick at Heatherfield Mountain)
Marluxia, the Graceful Assassin (defeated by Nick in Beast's Castle)
Larxene, the Savage Nymph (defeated by Nick after he destroys Shadow Stalker and Dark Thorn)
Roxas, the Key of Destiny (defeated by Elyon at Organization XIII's headquarters)
Sakura, the Crown of Meridian (defeated by Elyon at Organization XIII's headquarters)