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Chapter thirteen

King Mickey risked a glance from his one-on-one fight with Xenahort to the rest of the battle. The more Yuri fought, the more she proved herself. He allowed himself a small smile.

He was knocked off his feet. "It's not like you to be distracted." Xenahort said.

The king jumped to his feet and threw out a few good attacks. "And you don't feel concern, whole or not." he shot back.

Xenahort smiled. "I might not but I know when your majesty can't fight."

The king executed a series of complicated attacks. He didn't answer his comment.

He looked out at the battle. "She's very powerful, isn't she?" he shook his head. "It's a shame I didn't get to her sooner."

Mickey halted his preparation of attack. "You knew all along."

He smiled. "Yes, I knew. She can use the light in unimaginable ways...I wonder if she can do the same for darkness." he blocked the king's attack easily.

"She won't work with you, Xenahort. You know that."

He lunged at him with his weapon. King Mickey jumped over him. Xenahort chuckled.

"Running won't solve anything." he said.

"Then why do you hide out in this castle?" He threw out attacks and jumped around his enemy.

When he stopped, Xenahort spoke. "Are you going to let her find out for herself?"

The great king shook his head. "That's not my decision." he blocked at few oncoming attacks.

"Then whose is it?" he brought his weapon down on the floor in front of him. A the floor moved like a wave, sending the king backwards. He recovered quickly and jumped his way back to Xenahort, bringing his golden keyblade down on him. He executed a few combos and landed lightly in front of him.

"Sora knows how powerful she is. He's witnessed it several times."

"So it's his decision then."

Mickey Mouse shook his head. "It's their decision." he threw out a few hits.

Xenahort raised an eyebrow. "Your depending on Sora and Kairi to explain to their daughter who she really is?"

"Yes." he blocked an attack from his adversary.

He shook his head. "You're not who you once were."

"Time causes maturity in most people." he jumped over Xenahort, striking at his head as he came down. "You're one of the few who are immune."

Xenahort frowned. "That might be true but, unlike you, I have nothing to lose."

"You can lose your life." Mickey wasn't the one who spoke. Yuri stood a few feet away from them. She clutched her weapon tightly and glared at Xenahort.

"Yuri," the king warned. "you can't take him. Go and help the others."

Yuri shook her head defiantly. "No, I'm sorry, your majesty, but I can't. They've suffered long enough. It's time to end this."

The great king nodded and jumped away toward the rest of the battle.

Yuri POV

Xenahort looked me up and down. His gaze centered on my weapon. "I see you wield the keyblade."

I stepped closer to him. "It doesn't matter what I wield. I'm still going to beat you." I threw out a few attacks. He barely seemed affected.

"Why do you want to destroy me?" he asked. He waved his weapon through the air. Waves of darkness came toward me.

I jumped over them easily and landed a few attacks on him. "Because you're the center of evil. You split us from our parents. You forced Riku to work for you. You only think of yourself." I flipped around, landing a heavy blow on him.

He moved forward with his weapon. I blocked his attacks easily. We pushed against each other with our weapons. "Have you ever wondered why you're so strong?" he asked.

My grip slipped a tad but I regained it easily. "What does it matter to you?"

He broke our stance, sending me flying backward. Before I could figure out what happened, he was standing before me. "Try not to be so cocky. It comes back to get you later."

He was about to strike but I rolled to my feet, knocking his weapon away in the process. I held my blade up to his neck. "Follow your own advice."

"You haven't trained much." was the only thing he said.

Curious, I pressed on. I figured I could drag this out just a bit longer. "Your point?"

"You have a very strong heart. You get that from your parents. Their hearts combined created a legend."

I tiled Oathkeeper closer to his neck. "Go on."

"That's why Commutatus picked you." he didn't elaborate.

Everything clicked in that second. I grabbed his cloak and pulled him closer. "You. It was you." I let go and stepped back in shock. My ears were buzzing. Commutatus had disappeared.

Xenahort smiled at my distress. "Yes. I threw it to you. I wanted to see how accepting it would be. It stayed with you and now I have my proof."

I snapped out of my daze and glared at him. "What proof?" I willed my weapon to appear in my hand and gripped it tightly.

He smiled and brought his weapon forward. "Your heart is pure like your mother's. It doesn't contain darkness."

I slipped back into my shocked daze. I remembered Corlo explaining the princesses. How their hearts were pure light. There were seven of them: Alice, Belle, Aurora, Jasmine, Snow White, Cinderella, and...Kairi. How could there be another?

Xenahort chuckled at my silence. "You're a special case. While you have a pure heart, you're not a princess."

I gazed down at the floor. I wanted to do something. Attack. Destroy. But I felt like I was glued in place. I couldn't move. I couldn't talk. All I could do was think.

Corlo POV

I jumped around Xaldin's spears again. He didn't seem worried that he was about to be destroyed. I attacked him for the last time and watched him vanish.

Breathing heavily, I turned toward the rest of the battle. Yuri was zipping around, helping when she could. I noticed Riku was fighting Luxord and Demyx. He must be exhausted.

I hurried over to him. "Need help?" I asked.

He looked down at me after knocking Demyx back. "Trust me now?"

I nodded. "I was an idiot before. I know what's right now."

He smiled at me. "Who do you want?" he dodged a flying card.

"Doesn't-" I jumped over a wall of water. "-matter to me. You could use a break."

Riku nodded. "Take Demyx. I'll probably be done with Luxord in two minutes."

I smiled at him. My father. I still couldn't believe it. "Right." I moved in on Demyx. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Your choice."

Demyx smiled. "I don't think you can pull off either, wimp." he threw out water bubbles. I swung my weapon and popped them before they could cause any damage. I sprung forward to him. Like the game, his attacks were the same. Unlike the game, I could deviate.

I pushed him down and planted my foot firmly on his back. "You call that being a wimp?"

Demyx answered quietly. "No...but...what's the easy way?"

I smiled at him. "This." I brought my weapon down heavily on his back and watched him disappear. I jumped into battle alongside Riku against Luxord.

After knocking back a few attacks, Riku spoke. "How did you get rid of him so fast?"

I shrugged. "I deviated. He was easier to defeat than Xaldin. I wish I could've done that in the actual game."

Riku shook his head but didn't answer. I dodged a few attacks and played Luxord's little games. He surrounded us with giant cards. It was like he had before but he was with us. I knew this was the end of the battle.

Luxord held four dice in his hand. There were "X"es and "O"s on them. He threw them in the air. I followed what had happened in the game. I used the light to make sure they all landed on "O"s.

One by one they each landed. A painted "O" faced up from each one.

I shot forward and executed the killing blow. The cards disappeared along with Luxord.

I looked up at the rest of the battle. My eyes locked on Xenahort. He was fighting the king. Yuri rushed over to them. To my surprise, the king hopped away.

I watched Yuri fight Xenahort for a little bit. I knew she would win with the strength she kept showing.

I saw Mickey coming toward me. I raised an eyebrow at him.

Once he was close enough, he spoke. "Corlo, you have to help the others. Yuri will take care of Xenahort."

"But, your majesty, are you sure-" Riku was cut off.

"I'm sure, Riku." the king answered. "She's strong...like Kairi."

It took me a second to figure out what he was implying. Yuri had a pure heart. Kairi was one of the seven princesses. But how could there be another?

Before I could ask, I saw Yuri hold Oathkeeper above her head. I could tell she yelled something. Then, the room was filled with a blinding white light.

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