A/N: I apologize ahead of time for the egregious pacing of this chapter. Like seriously drink a Red Bull or better yet take breaks.

Chapter 12: Nierly Beloved

"Hold this," Sora commanded.

Kairi took the Kingdom Key, noticing it was heavier than it looked. Timidly, she asked, "Okay…but what for?"

"You still haven't officially trained with Merlin, have you?" Sora chuckled. "It's hard to believe you survived this long without knowing how to wield one."

She swung it around. "Yeah, it wasn't easy. Funny story—the only weapon I've used all day was a cucumber…"

"Well, I hope you put it to good use." He went on to explain the fundamentals of Keyblade wielding, neglecting to notice the red circles under his new student's eyes, "It's all in the flick of the wrist. The more magic spells you learn, the easier it becomes to summon it."

Scoffing suddenly, Kairi brought up, "Not that I don't appreciate the free lesson, but aren't we supposed to be looking for a certain someone?"

"Oh…right."

Both mature-for-their-age-teens had already bid their farewells, now seated in the Highwind, which was still helmless. Their current goal was to go searching for a missing-slash-abandoned Keyblade Master wearing an extra smedium young boy's outfit. However, Sora appeared to be stalling.

"About Aqua," he started. Kairi was seated directly beside him, courtesy of movable chairs.

"What about her?"

"That whole thing on Kupo+ was an overblown rumor. We never fucked."

She scanned him deeply. "Oh. Well…I wasn't really concerned—"

"Yeah, you were. She and I just got way too drunk, way too naked, and well, the list goes on. But truth is, we never even got that close."

Dropping any trace of cynicism, Kairi replied, "It's okay. I believe you—"

"Not when we went skinny-dipping, not when I super-glued my junk to her trunk, and not even when we took a shower this morning, humping like crazy to detach our—ow!"

Kairi had socked him in the jaw. Blankly staring forward, she stated, "I had no control over that. I just could not stop myself."

Sora massaged his chin. "Well, at least you know the truth. I couldn't give a crap about the rest of the world."

She took over massaging the chin she just struck. "I'm glad you told me. Now let's go fucking find Aqua so we can get the fuck out of this twisted fucking place. Please."

"Agreed!"

And so, Sora hit the ignition. No sooner after doing that did he glance up and notice a rocket headed straight for their vessel. So, then the Highwind exploded into a thousand pieces, which was no big deal. Reassembling it really wasn't a hassle. Just one press of a button on his car keys had that thing jumping back together in no time. However, putting himself (and Kairi) back together was not as simple, so avoiding being caught up within the blast was a crucial element to their survival.

Snatching up his girlfriend, Sora super-jumped his way out of there, landing back on the street with Kairi riding piggyback.

Still holding the Kingdom Key, Kairi gave her analysis on the situation, "…" Actually, she didn't say a word. Both she and Sora stared in awe at the sight of an ice cream truck sailing through the air. And then, machine guns happened.

More descriptively, a pair of Gatling guns mounted by each rearview mirror unleashed a storm of bullet-hell over the immediate area; making like Kermit the Frog, Sora leapt over to the nearest building, running up its side to escape becoming bullet-fodder. Reaching the top of the apartment complex, Sora and Kairi found their bearings amid the unraveling chaos.

"I'm gonna need that back!" said Sora, reclaiming his Kingdom Key.

That's when they heard what sounded like an attack-chopper zeroing in on their position. Facing an incredible amount of rushing wind, Sora spotted a grizzled man in uniform leap down on their rooftop, scowling like a coldblooded mercenary.

"And you are?" said Sora, standing guard.

"The Capcom Boss wants the two of you brought in for questioning. And possibly slave work." The man had an eyepatch over his right eye. "I'd like to bring you in alive."

"Sorry, we're in a hurry." Sora looked over his shoulder, sensing the reappearance of the killer ice cream truck.

Only it wasn't an ice cream truck anymore; flying up to their level was robot mech suit evidently transfigured from its previous incarnation.

The man in the eyepatch exclaimed, "Get lost, Kane! My fight's not with you!"

"Blow it out your ass!" the driver of the mech suit yelled. "I wanna see those little kiddies bleed!"

Getting Sora and Kairi's attention, the older man proposed, "Come with me!"

"Get real! You just said you wanted to arrest us!" Sora shouted back.

"Sora! Look out!" Kairi suddenly yelled.

The deadly mech suit had chucked a bomb shaped like a clown-head; the intended target was the attack-chopper.

Sora, Kairi, and the military man dove to the floor, narrowly avoiding the helicopter's explosion. While prone on the rooftop's surface, the military man drew a handgun and fired several shots at the clown-themed robot's cockpit.

"Die!" the robot's driver bellowed, stampeding towards the trio.

Suddenly, a woman's voice called from above, "Look alive, darlings!"

Morrigan Aensland came swooping in for their rescue; taking both Sora and Kairi by their hands, Morrigan flew them off the rooftop and attempted to find a safer haven.

Kairi asked, "Morrigan—what's going on?"

"There may or may not be a bounty placed over both your heads," she timidly explained.

Sora remarked, "Great. Why am I not surprised?"

Out of nowhere, a futuristic flying car rammed Morrigan from behind, causing her to drop her precious cargo. While falling in midair, Sora took hold of Kairi and started gliding around the city, looking for any part of town that wasn't trying to kill them.

The futuristic vehicle then did a U-turn, heading straight for them. Thinking quickly, Sora threw Kairi upwards, readied his weapon, and split the vehicle directly down the middle. Stretching out his arms, he caught Kairi and continued flying throughout the city.

The person piloting the now destroyed hover-car plummeted to the ground. After a rough landing, the man spoke into a wrist-mounted communicator, "Falcon to McCloud! The suspects are northbound!"

Morrigan regrouped with Sora and Kairi, grabbing them once more. Addressing her sore derriere, she grumbled, "That bugger was exceptionally rude!"

"Where are these people even coming from?" Kairi asked.

Sora gazed up above them, noticing more bad news. "Morrigan—look out!"

He maneuvered himself to receive an incoming laser shot meant for Morrigan's back; screeching in pain, the teenager fell from the succubus' grasp, smoking from the laser shot to the chest.

Just then, a slick-looking spacecraft came racing down from the sky, gunning for Morrigan and Kairi. Shielding them both with her wings, Morrigan angled downward to catch up to Sora. Kairi reached out to grapple onto the fallen warrior's Keyblade; taking hold, she pulled Sora in close just as Morrigan unleashed a bevy of homing missiles from her shapeshifting wings.

The missiles swarmed and crashed into the spacecraft, sending it flipping into the street. Deciding the sky wasn't safe enough, Morrigan touched down near a city park. Frantically, she told them, "The two of you need a plan to get far away from here!"

Sora countered, "Well, my ship just got wrecked, so I'm open to suggestions."

"Maybe we can call a B'uber?" Kairi thought out loud.

Sora shook his head. "That'll take too long. We can't run forever. I'm thinking we turn ourselves in and hope for the best."

Morrigan informed them, "It's not quite that simple. That bounty is listed as 'dead or alive,' and the reward is the same for either. That usually means someone really hates you."

"How about that guy with the eyepatch," said Sora. "So far, he was the only one willing to take us alive."

"They blew up his chopper, remember?" said the princess.

This was getting ridiculous. Sora sighed, then proposed, "Go with Morrigan, and get to safety. I'll distract everyone hoping to make a buck off our corpses."

She frowned. "You're being stupid again."

"Just go, Kairi."

"I'm not going anywhere."

Travis Touchdown had been speeding on his motorbike, gunning straight for the trio on the sidewalk. Then, he suddenly stopped on a dime, leapt from the driver's seat, and swung his Beam Katana in a way that targeted all three of them.

Acting fast, Sora jumped and parried Travis's surprise attack, effectively protecting himself, Morrigan, and Kairi. Dishing out air combos left and right, Sora and Travis initiated a lightning-fast skirmish of Keyblade against Beam Katana; shortly afterward, both fighters ran alongside each other deeper into the park area, hammering their weapons with maximum prejudice.

Just then, another motorcycle screamed on the scene, courtesy of Cloud Strife. Coming to a gradual stop, he dismounted his ride and said, "We have to get you guys home."

"Cloud!" Kairi shrieked. "Please tell me you're not here for a bounty!"

"Nope, but Square Enix wants to have a word with you," Cloud informed. "You can guess what it's about."

Kairi sighed. "Well, that's good and dandy, but we're kind of trying to stay alive, here."

Suddenly, Morrigan elbowed the younger girl, flirtatiously saying, "Kairi…hurry up and introduce me to your friend."

Kairi sighed again. "Morrigan, Cloud Strife. Cloud Strife, Morrigan."

"Cloud Strife! It's an honor to finally meet you! Kairi's told me so much about you."

Kairi scoffed. "I've literally said nothing about him until now."

Posing with his Buster Sword, Cloud ignored the younger princess. "Really? Huh. I didn't know she was such a fan."

Just then, the Regalia pulled up, producing both Ignis and Gladio, the latter of whom commented, "Geez, this place is a butt-crack. Hey, what's up Kairi!"

"Gladio, Ignis," Kairi grumbled.

Ignis reported, "We need to get you and Sora back to Square Enix HQ. Since you've been away, our world's been getting ravaged with bounties—all of them placed over you and Sora!"

Meanwhile, Morrigan was still fishing around. "Oh, me, oh, my. I never knew you had such virile male friends, Kairi."

Apparently impressed, Gladio asked, "Yo, Kairi. Who's your new friend?"

"She's—"

"I am Morrigan Aensland, Ruler of Makai," Morrigan answered. "It's a pleasure to have you."

Gladio chuckled, "Well, the pleasure's all—"

"JUST FIND SORA!" Kairi suddenly shouted.

Pointing at a dueling pair of swordsman screaming their way out the park, Cloud replied, "Found him."

Ignis recognized the other duelist. "What the—? That's Travis Touchdown. He must be trying to collect the bounty, as well!"

Gladio spotted more bad news speeding in their direction. "Aaaand I'm willing to bet he's here for the same reason."

Screaming down the street was Needles Kane in his mobile killing machine, a truck aptly named Sweet Tooth. Unleashing another storm of machine gun fire, the clown-man slammed the turbos and screeched, "I should write a book! Title it, 'To Kill a Pretty Boy'!"

Morrigan grabbed Kairi and dove out the way; Cloud, Ignis, and Gladio each jumped to the side. Meanwhile, Sora and Travis were still dueling, just noticing the presence of flying bullets. Blocking one last overhead strike, Sora withdrew from the fight and leapt skyward.

Travis, on the other hand, just barely noticed the ice cream truck hurtling straight for him. Strategically, he jumped on Sweet Tooth's hood, nullifying most of the impact.

Apparently sick of the clown's shenanigans, Travis shouted before ramming his katana through the windshield, "Just die, you freakin' lunatic!"

Needles Kane dodged the katana, opting to retaliate with a shotgun blast that utterly shattered his windshield. Taking the buckshot straight to the chest, Travis flew off the hood and rolled sidelong to avoid being squashed.

Back with the Squeenix rescue team, Sora rejoined them with an exhausted look. Hastily, he suggested, "Get Kairi out of here. I've gotta take of care business."

"No way, Sora," Cloud responded. "You have to come with us. It's for your own safety."

"You'll become collateral damage if you try to help. Just leave me."

"Dammit, Sora, this isn't a game!" Cloud swore, throwing a hand to Sora's shoulder. "Nomura sent us here on a fetch-quest, but clearly you need allies more than anything. Screw the mission, we just need to make it out of here alive."

Kairi smiled at Cloud's proposal. Meanwhile, Sora was touched, practically on the brink of tears. With shimmering puppy-dog eyes, he said, "Really? That's…that's…!"

"That's far enough!" said Chris Redfield a few yards away. Pointing his gun at Sora's head, he commanded, "Step away from the teenager, all of you!"

Morrigan hotly retaliated, "You're making a big mistake, Chris! These children are in danger!"

"We're not children," Kairi muttered.

"The Capcom Boss wants them both. I'm willing to let Kairi get away, but the other one's coming with me!"

Gladio took a battle stance, addressing the Umbrella agent, "Listen, pal! You need to put that peashooter down and let us handle it!"

Ignis added, "You're in over your head, soldier-boy."

Standing between Sora and Redfield, Morrigan stated, "The boss is wrong for doing this, Chris. You need to let them pass."

"I saw the video of that kid stabbing Kairi," Redfield replied. "I don't know how she's still standing, but that kid's got a lot to answer for."

"Sora wasn't trying to hurt me!" Kairi suddenly piped up.

"Yes, I was…" muttered the fugitive Keyblader.

"He was only, uh…fixing me! Now that I've been…blessed by his weapon, I can totally see the light!" Kairi was grasping at straws.

Chris Redfield wasn't moved. "Save it. I've got a job to do…" Sprinting in the opposite direction, he spoke into a hidden communicator, "Light the place up!"

And with that, a battalion of attack-choppers swarmed the area, blasting every square inch with machine guns and rocket fire.

Once again, Morrigan took hold of Kairi and flew her to safety. Sora, Cloud, Ignis, and Gladio all scattered like ants, narrowly avoiding the sudden blitzkrieg.

"We gotta get rid of those choppers!" Cloud said amid the chaos.

And that's when a certain taxicab pulled up next to Morrigan and Kairi.

Exiting said vehicle was a white-haired man in a blue coat, brandishing a sheathed samurai sword. Staring the succubus deep in the eye, he asked, "Where is he?"

Pretending to assume he meant someone else, Morrigan replied, "Your brother? Oh, he's uh…at his shop. You should visit him soon."

"I meant the boy who wields the Keyblade," Vergil clarified.

Kairi spat, "And who are you supposed to be?"

He leveled his cold gaze with the glaring princess. "You must be the other fugitive."

Just then, a flipping, tumbling ice cream death-truck came crashing between the two parties, smoking from some unknown damage. In the moment the tumbling truck had come between them, Morrigan took Kairi and flew straight upward, hoping to lose the powerful demon.

Vergil kept watch; he summoned a series of glowing blue swords above his head and shot them after the fleeing succubus.

Kairi had noticed the summoned swords, screaming, "Behind you!"

"AAH!" Morrigan screamed, taking one magic blade to the center of her back; the blade pierced its target before breaking like glass.

She dropped Kairi, who now plummeted to the ground with little hope of survival. Closing her eyes, she braced for impact, but again, death would not have her. She had fallen into the cozy arms of a certain pink hippopotamus.

Murray asked, "Did ya miss me?"

"Murray!" And then behold, Kairi showed her gratitude by kissing the hippo.

Meanwhile, Ratchet and Clank were piloting their spacecraft, Aphelion, using its cannons to shoot down all the Umbrella helicopters. Right on cue, Ratchet roared in excitement, "Woo-hoo!"

During the wreckage of various aircrafts, Vergil spotted Sora shooting fire spells at the remaining helicopters not far down the road.

"There you are!" he said aloud, teleporting right next to the boy.

"Huh?" Sora uttered right before taking a hard boot to the abdomen.

"You could've died right there," Vergil remarked. "Tell me there's more to a Keyblade wielder than that."

From the ground, Sora grimaced and retorted, "Who invited you, anyway?"

Cloud and Ignis came to Sora's aid, standing between him and Vergil. The soldier from Nibelheim spoke up, "Turn back and run away. Our fight's not with you."

"But it will be if you continue to pick on Sora," Ignis added, wielding two knives.

Sneering, Vergil stated, "I came here to challenge a Keyblade Master, so the two of you can promptly excuse yourselves."

"Screw this!" Cloud then charged upon the half-devil, swinging his sword with the utmost intent to kill.

Vergil teleported again, appearing right above the blonde hero; he switched to a broadsword and slashed downward, crashing his blade against the Buster Sword.

Suddenly, Travis Touchdown returned to the fray, dashing with great quickness. Stepping between Sora and the incoming assassin, Gladiolus blocked Travis's sidelong strike. Also coming to Sora's defense, Ignis stood guard while Chris Redfield reentered the fray. The attacking Umbrella agent wielded a stun baton while clashing with the royal getaway driver.

While everyone around him was fighting, Sora stopped and looked for Kairi. His search was cut short due to an airborne chainsaw flying straight for him.

"This is turning out to be a really lousy day," Sora quoted Nathan Drake, also swatting the chainsaw away.

Apparently, Sweet Tooth had no shortage of chainsaws; leaping at Sora with another outdoor power tool, Kane met the teenager halfway in midair, both clashing their weapons.

Just then, Chris delivered an uppercut to Ignis. Shortly afterward, he quick-drew his machine gun and fired relentlessly at Sora; the endangered boy simultaneously repelled the flying bullets as well as Kane's chainsaw. All the while, he and the clown were still airborne.

That's when he sensed something shooting towards him from behind; Sora whirled around and blocked a beeline kick courtesy of Vergil. Like lightning, the half-devil slashed with the scabbard of his sword; even faster, Sora swiped the scabbard away.

Kane, Sora, and Vergil all dropped back to the ground, initiating a flurry of strikes between all three. Travis jumped over Gladio, attempting to chop Sora from above; Cloud stopped this attack, slamming his sword into the side of the surprisingly durable assassin.

While Travis went flying, Chris had just reloaded his machine gun, taking aim at the group of swordsmen battling to the death. That's when Ignis dashed from behind and disarmed the Umbrella agent. Taking him by surprise, Ignis held a blade up to Chris's throat, snarling, "Don't even think about it."

Suddenly, a circular neon platform appeared beneath Sora, Vergil, Cloud, and Sweet Tooth. It appeared to be holographic, but on closer inspection, the blue, neon platform was unquestionably solid, lifting all four brawlers skyward.

"What the hell's going on?" Cloud shrieked, catching his balance.

"This is a fight between him and I," Vergil declared for Cloud. "You and the clown need to leave."

The glowing blue platform continued rising skyward, passing numerous rooftops and peaks. Giving the disappearing ground a glimpse, Cloud retorted, "You first."

Sweet Tooth growled, "I'm not leaving 'til someone's bleed—ahhh!"

Thanks to a straight punch from Vergil, Sweet Tooth had gone flailing off the platform. Following up with a high-kick to Cloud's skull, Vergil finally cleared the platform of clutter. Staring Sora down, the power-hungry demon surmised, "You will not forget this devil's power."

Confused, Sora uttered, "I've seen you before…but where?"

The platform stopped rising, resting above thousands of futuristic structures, bridges and buildings alike. Drawing his katana, the Yamato, Vergil quipped, "Let's go with, 'your worst nightmare'."

Sora was running low on fuel; as he traded slashes with his opponent, the young Keyblader dared to run away from the fight, to take Kairi and flee, but such an act would go against his very nature as a hero-type. He probably wouldn't win this skirmish. After all, this so-called devil had gone through the trouble of isolating themselves thousands of feet in the air. The least Sora could do was get himself killed for this man.

The sound of an approaching aircraft interrupted Sora's admittedly suicidal thinking. Blocking Vergil's broadsword, the Force Edge, Sora noticed a red ship by the name of Aphelion zeroing in on their position. No sooner after stopping just above the dueling pair did Aphelion's helm pop open, revealing Ratchet, Clank, and even Kairi in the cockpit.

"Sora!" she called down.

"Stay back!" he commanded, locking sabers with Vergil.

Ratchet replied, "Good idea!"

"Don't hate me for this…" Kairi leapt down to the floating platform, taking everyone by surprise. Addressing both fighters, she stated, "This ends now. No one's dying today."

"You should never have come here," said Vergil.

"Yeah, well…" Kairi paused at Vergil's wording. Then she said, "Sora might not agree, but he needs me right now."

Sora added, "Kairi…I'm actually glad you came."

"Huh…?" Once again, she paused at the wording. What Sora said next made her paranoid.

"I love you."

Unlike Dante, Vergil held no warmth in his eyes. "Enough of this."

Vergil lunged forward with the broadsword. However, his attack stopped short, repelled by a flash of light originating from Kairi's hand.

Looking like she'd just been struck by lightning, Kairi suddenly felt the addition of a tremendous weight on her person. Wielding it with uncertainty, the princess of light had unwittingly summoned Destiny's Embrace, her very own Keyblade.

"Look at you," Sora remarked. "A master in the making."

Vergil let his amusement show. Smiling fixedly, he said, "I get it, now. You were both Keyblade wielders all along. This must be my lucky day."

Sora replied, "Not exactly—"

"That's Keyblade Masters, to you!" Kairi interrupted. Taking a battle stance, she beckoned Vergil with one defiant hand, challenging him, "Bring it on!"

Unlike Dante, who was being flown in by Morrigan, Vergil had no intention of prolonging this fight; dashing to impale Kairi, Vergil's attack was once again quelled by an outside force, namely his twin brother. Having been dropped from Morrigan's grasp, the demon-hunter deflected Vergil's sword with his Rebellion.

Sounding the opposite of happy to see him, Vergil seethed in anger, "Dante…"

"Well this is awkward," Dante assessed the situation.

"What do you think you're doing? You already had your chance to fight the Keyblade wielder!"

Swords locked, Dante muttered back, "I guess I'm feeling greedy today…"

Sora piped up, "Holy crap. They're twins."

"Damn you…" Vergil suddenly transformed, taking shape of a scaly, blue devil. Dante followed suit, ditching his human side in favor of a red devil. As they began wailing on each other with every demonic weapon in their arsenal, Kairi felt the need to say…

"I couldn't let you do this alone, you know."

Sora smiled at her.

Just then, Vergil bellowed in his devil-triggered voice, "Stand aside!" Slashing Dante across the chest, he managed to stagger his twin brother before kicking him out of the way. Then, in one swift motion, Vergil lunged forward and stabbed anything holding a Keyblade.

Kairi had been facing Sora when she felt Force Edge pierce her back, and her smile didn't waver. She'd fallen into Sora's arms as the demonic blade skewered Sora shortly after.

Returning to his human form, Vergil relished his victory. "Keyblade wielders have no place in this world. Never have, never will. Hmph…such a pitiful weapon. Clearly, a devil like myself has no need for it after all."

Vergil ripped his weapon free from both Keybladers. As he did so, he barely noticed the white scars glowing on both their bodies. Unwittingly, Vergil had driven his sword directly through their mysterious wounds.

Sora took a step backward, willingly falling off the platform's edge with Kairi holding on tight. As the pair sailed downward, Sora began losing consciousness, prompting Kairi to whisper, "I love you, too."

Vergil and Dante continued dueling on the floating platform. And so, it came to occur while Sora and Kairi dropped from such a high altitude, that a futuristic flight suit zoomed after them. There appeared to be a pilot, a girl dressed in all black with silver hair and a blind-fold; this girl commandeered her flight suit to reach out and catch Sora and Kairi.

"Gotcha!" the girl, namely 2B, shouted, taking them both by the waistline. "Let's hope I'm not too late!"

-X-

"It's official. Luna's gonna kill me," Noctis fretted, soaking up the sunlight with his best bud.

Prompto was busy looking through binoculars, totally studying a group of girls for science. "Stop worrying, Noct. Oo—write this down! Boobs jiggle like crazy when girls start running."

"What, are they running from the creep peeping at them?" Noct asked, squinting at the beach girls below the ravine.

"Nah, they're like, having a race, or something," Prompto reported. "Dude, imagine if Kairi had chest cannons like these chicks. Kingdom Hearts would finally make sense!"

"I won't disagree with you there," said Noct.

The boys were relaxing at an outdoor restaurant that overlooked the beach from the top of a ravine, complete with a pool and patio.

Prompto gossiped, "Hey, you know—I heard one of those girls down there is actually a vampire—"

"Fancy meeting you two here!" said Terra, approaching with Xemnas and Ansem.

Prompto scoffed. "What are you three douche-whistles lookin' at?"

Shaking his head, Noctis said, "Yeah, we don't want any trouble, guys."

"Whatcha doin'? Checkin' out the talent, or being a couple of pervs?" Terra laughed. "Who am I kidding? We all came to do the exact same thing! Right, boys?"

Ansem said, "Sure. And to kill these guys, right?"

"Well, duh. Start with the annoying one." Terra narrowed his gaze at the blonde man.

"I'll do the honors," said Xemnas. "Oh, Prompto…"

Standing up from their table, Prompto exclaims, "You guys can't be serious!"

"Apparently, they are," said Noct, checking his social media. "These guys just got done with a rampage at Square Enix." Xemnas delivered an uppercut to Prompto's chin. "Damn. Looks like they totally wasted a bunch of people—mainly dudes." Then, Xemnas crane-kicked Prompto in the body five times, keeping the blonde photographer airborne with juggle combos. "Ah, shit—they cut Cid in half! Not our Cid, the one from FF VII."

"NOCTIS—HELP!" Prompto screamed in agony, still yet to touch the ground.

Noctis looks up from his phone. "Oh, shit. You're getting combo'd to death!"

Suddenly, Ansem walks up to the seated king and commands him, "On your feet!" Noctis shot up to a standing position. "Good. Now observe my colleague's combo structure."

Noctis watched Xemnas continuously pummel Prompto with no end. "Okay…?"

"Observe closer!"

"I'm observing!" screamed Noctis, bulging his eyes out. Meanwhile, Xemnas was comboing Prompto all the way down the ravine, interrupting the beach girls' footrace.

"Good," said Ansem. "Now watch closely as I do the same thing to you."

And so, both Ansem and Xemnas were responsible for juggling Noctis and Prompto, respectively. A waitress came to serve Terra a martini.

-X-

Sora's Kingdom Hearts One outfit hung loosely from a building's spire in Fortuna City.