"Oh, so you got your Keyblade back, huh? Not that it'll help you." Vanitas laughs as he jumps away from Aqua and holds both hands out and a black coffin-like box rises from the ground right below him arms.

Aqua gasps and Riku's eyes narrow, "What are hose?"

"Oh, you'll see, little Princess." Vanitas grins.

Celius grunts and stands up, eyeing the coffins suspiciously. Vanitas' grin widens as the coffins open. Aqua's eyes widen and she gasps as the the person inside the coffin by Vanitas' left comes out.

"V-Ventus?" she almost cries.

Vanitas laughs, "Kill Aqua!"

Ventus rushes forward, Keyblade now in hand. Aqua gasps and blocks Ventus, but just barely.

Riku gasps, "Aqua, be careful!"

Aqua grunts and keeps Ventus' blade locks with her own. Riku watches in horror as the coffin to Vanitas' right opens and Riku himself steps out.

"Riku?!" she gasps.

"Kill her." Vanitas grins.

Riku summons Way to Dawn and runs at her and she brings Wrath of Oath Keeper's Dawn up to block and locks blades. She tries to hit him with Light of Destiny's Embrace but he jumps back, out of range of her attack.

She groans and brings her weapons up again, "Riku, this can't really be you.."

Riku doesn't respond, he just attacks her again and she blocks him again, afraid to attack.

"Riku, stop it! Celius, help!" she cries out.

Celius looks at her briefly, "Would if I could, Riku! I'm kind of stuck here!"

He groans as he fights to keep Vanitas locked with him, but Vanitas is easily pushing him into the dirt. Riku gasps and tries to run to him but she is caught off.

She stares at Riku and frowns, "This can't be you.. But how can I be sure..?"

Because I'm still within your heart, Princess.

Riku gasps, Riku!

She takes in a deep breath and brings her Keyblades up and she runs at Riku and slashes across his chest and he erupts into dark flames and she looks at Aqua, who's having trouble keeping Ventus at bay.

"Just kill him, Aqua! It's not really him!" Riku calls out.

Aqua looks at Riku, Riku nods, Aqua nods too, and she slices her Keyblade across Ventus' chest and he erupts in darkness as the other Riku had. Aqua comes over to Riku, out of breath. Riku casts Cure on the both of them and they turn to Celius. Aqua's eyes widen and Riku gasps and her breath hitches. Vanitas smirks as Celius falls onto the ground, a pool of blood coming from him. Tears fall from Aqua's face and she brings a hand up to her mouth, shock still holding her. Riku's eyes narrow and she hisses in pain and clutches her head, her eyes closed tight.

Aqua blinks a few times then looks at Riku, "Riku..?"

She gasps as swirls of Darkness comes from Riku's body and Riku opens her eyes and they glow a faint color of gold.

Aqua gasps, "R-Riku..?"

Vanitas' eyes narrow, "What is she doing now?"

Darkness begins to cover Riku completely and once it does she disappears and reappears in front of Vanitas and she swipes her arm across his chest and he is thrown back and she disappears and reappears behind him and she knocks him back the way he had first come from.

Aqua runs over to Celius and works to heal his chest wound as Riku knocks Vanitas around like a rag doll. He growls and drags his feet until he comes to a stop. Riku appears in front of him and she kicks his side and he goes flying again.

He growls and catches himself and summons his X-Blade back to him again and he blocks her next attempt to attack him. He slashes across her and she hisses and jumps back, black blood falling onto the ground. He grins and runs at her.

She looks at him and jumps at him, slashing across him with claw-like hands, cutting into his skin almost effortlessly. He blocks most of her attacks and tries to attack her back, but she has gotten pretty good at dodging his attacks and while dodging, she slashes at him again, knocking him a few feet away.

She appears back in front of him then and she kicks him, appears where he is, and kicks him into the air. She grins, teeth like razors and she summons a black Keyblade with spikes for teeth and long sharp wings for a hilt.

She points it towards Vanitas and he flies through the air and a hugs black orb appears at its tip and it grows bigger with the Darkness around her and it finally blasts from the Keyblade's tip and it hits Vanitas head on and he flies higher into the sky with the impact.

He grunts and then shoots a blast of Darkness at her as he creates a portal behind him and he disappears into it and it closes behind him. Riku falls back to the ground, more like floats really, and she is still in an Anti-Form.

The Darkness around her begins to leave her and once it's gone, and she's normal again, she falls to the ground, unconscious. The Keyblade that has been in her hand now disappears, leaving no trace of Darkness behind.

Aqua looks up from healing her son and looks at Riku and sighs, "Terra, where are you?"

She looks down at Celius with sad eyes, "He's still in the danger zone, what am I going to do? At this rate he won't be healed for another six hours..."

She sighs and continues healing Celius. Dawn and Sora show up moments later.

"We've finally found you!" Sora gasps, short of breath.

"We would have been here earlier if we hadn't been ambushed by Unversed, was Vanitas here?" Dawn asks.

"He was, but Riku chased him off, Celius' been injured terribly, though." Aqua explains.

"We'll get you all back to King Mickey soon, he'll be able to help." Dawn replies.

Sora runs over to Riku and lifts her into his arms, "What happened to her?!"

"She went into some kind of..Anti-Form.." Aqua replies, taking Celius into her arms.

"Anti-Form?" Sora repeats softly, staring down at Riku with large but sad eyes.

"Yeah, it looked like it at least." Aqua sighs.

"Sora, we've got to go, let's get them back sort things out there." Dawn states.

Sora nods, "Fair enough."

So Dawn summons his Rider and waits for Sora and Aqua. Aqua lays Celius down and summons hers, being still the one she had when she first got it, she takes Celius and puts him on her Rider and she holds onto him, now waiting for Sora.

Sora walks over to Dawn, "I can't carry her and keep my Rider in my full control, can you hold her?"

Dawn nods and takes Riku from Sora, who then summons his Rider and the three blasted off into the Between Space once again.

...

Once they land in Disney Castle the Riders disappear and Sora takes Riku back and the three run into the castle. They get to Mickey's office, the unannounced "meeting room" for the Key Bearers and The King.

Once they are inside Mickey looks up and gasps, "What happened to them?!"

"Vanitas happened." Aqua says coldly, seeming slightly distracted.

"He ambushed them then send Unversed to keep Dawn and I away until he disappeared again." Sora explains.

"I see.." Mickey sighs, thinking something over.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Dawn asks.

Mickey looks at him and smiles, "Oh, it's nothing, I'm just thinking about how to bring Destiny Islands back into existence."

"Well, not to be rude, Sir, but that isn't nothing.." Dawn states.

Mickey laughs, "Well, no, I suppose you're right."

Dawn nods, "Hey, how is Terra doing, has he woken up yet?"

That got Aqua's attention, "Terra? What's happened to Terra?"

"He was injured, but he's just fine now, " Mickey assures, "And he has woken up, actually. Master Aqua, he's in that room there, just pull that corner of the bookshelf and it'll open and reveal the room."

Aqua nods and does as Mickey had instructed and she goes in, with Sora coming in right behind her. Terra turns from the window and he smiles upon seeing Aqua, then his smile fades when he notices Celius in her arms.

"Is he okay?" he asks, coming over to Aqua.

"I've healed most of the wound I could before Sora and Dawn showed up, he still needs some healing, but after awhile, after he's healed and he rests, he should be just fine." Aqua smiles softly up at Terra and he sighs in relief.

"That's good news. I needed some of that." he says.

"I bet." Aqua giggles softly, then she turns serious, "When you didn't come back, I was about to go look for you, but then I found Celius and Riku in Radiant Gardens, and Vanitas was attacking them.. Terra, something happened, something undid the Return I did on my Keyblade, something returned it to my hand.."

Terra's eyes widen, "You got your Keyblade back, but that's impossible, Master Eraqus said so, that once a Keyblade had been Returned, it couldn't come back.."

"I know, but for some reason mine had. I'm not sure what it means exactly, but it allowed me to save my son, so I"m not questioning it." Aqua replies.

"Fair enough." Terra nods, "So what do we do now? The kids are injured and Young Xehanort has the Key of Resurrection. Vanitas and that other girl, Sailene? They're still a problem, and if Young Xehanort brings the real Xehanort back, we're done for, we won't be able to kill him."

Dawn comes in and states, "King Mickey wants me to inform you that we now know when Young Xehanort plans to do the resurrection."

"So when is it?" Sora looks at the young boy.

"On the full eclipse of Kingdom Hearts." Dawn replies.

Aqua's eyes widen, "But that's in three days!"

Sora and Aqua lay the children on the platform, side by side, then they run back to Mickey and they both gasp at the same time, "We only have three days?!"

Mickey sighs and nods sadly, "I'm afraid so. The full eclipse of Kingdom Hearts is the night the Darkness is the strongest, it's the only night Young Xehanort would have enough power to do it. It's the only reason we haven't seen the real Xehanort yet."

"And what about Sailene? We've seen Vanitas up and about, and Ansem was killed, so why are Sailene and Young Xehanort the only ones hiding? Why haven't they shown themselves to us as Vanitas has?" Sora asks.

"They must be planning something, but what, I am truly uncertain." Mickey says, "But whatever they are planning, we must stop Young Xehanort from bringing Xehanort back to life, we won't be able to kill him then."

"But what do we do? We can't just waltz right in there and demand he stop what he's planning!" Sora replies.

"That'd be ludicrous.." Dawn states coolly.

"So then, what do we do?" Aqua asks.

"We'll have to draw them out, kill them one by one." Mickey replies.

"But how do we do that? It's hard enough taking them on one to all of us as it is, it was Riku and Celius together and Vanitas still bested them!" Aqua says.

"We'll have to work together." Sora announces, "Before they get a chance to best us again, we need to get to them first."

Sora grins then, "We need a Plan X."