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Zexion-UnderGround Observation Room.

In the Observation Room, the Dark Portal opened up and Zexion staggered out, his hand holding onto his wounded chest. He breathed heavily as he made his way to wall, like an old man, seconds away from dying in a puddle of his own....piss.

"What is he?!" Zexion yelled, pounding his tiny fist on the wall, "No one's ever worn the Darkness like he does. Xinck. Him and Xinck. They're both freaks! Freaks, I say, FREAKS! What happened to Xinck....I can't smell him anymore. Riku must have killed him somehow and absorbed him, strengthening his darkness and ending the pressure Xinck was putting on him. That's the only explanation...."

Zexion heard another Dark Portal behind him and the sound of footsteps. Zexion turned around and saw Riku with Axel standing behind him. Zexion gasped and backed against the wall, "AH! AH! RIKU!? Agghhh! Aggghhh!-"

Axel spoke up over Zexions girly screams, "Zexion, calm down-" "

Aggghh! Aggghh!"

"Calm down. You little Beyotch!"

Zexion calmed himself and took a good look at Riku. "Oh...oh, yes of course. The Replica. We can use this Riku to defeat the real one. Axel?"

Axel leaned down closer to the Replica, "Wouldn't you like to be real? All you would really need is the kind of power that the real Riku doesn't have."

"Axel!?" yelled Zexion, "What the Funk-n-Waggles are you saying to him!?"

"Funk-n-Waggles?" said the Replica.

Axel continued, "You know, he's as good a place to start as any."

"Have you lost your damn mind?!" yelled Zexion. The Replica ran at Zexion and grabbed him by his collar, raising him into the air. "No! Stop! I'm serious!" The Replica and Zexion started to glow a dark blue color. As Zexion was absorb by the Replica he started to fade away into Darkness, "No...I...will not!" Zexion disappeared and the Replica finished absorbing him.

"So sorry, Zexion." Axel laughed, "You just found out way too much."

Riku-2nd Basement Floor.

Riku walked up the stairs to the Second floor basement. He didn't have anymore cards, and had no idea how he was going to open the door. His first thought was to try and pry the door open. As he walked on, he heard a voice.

"Riku...Riiiiikkku. Riku, Riku, Riku, Pikachu!"

"Who's there?! Wait...that voice. Ansem."

"I know you can feel it Riku-The grip that I have your heart. You've let the Darkness in. so your Heart will become an all-consuming Darkness."

"I'm not like that anymore!"

"Well, I think you are!" At that point, Riku heard three finger snaps. He thought Ansem had just did the 'Z' snap.

"Ah!" Riku gasped as his four limbs straightened and pointed out. He struggled as black and blue smoke started flowing off his shoulders. Riku struggled, "I can't move!"

"Thank you, Captain Obvious." said Ansem's disembodied voice, "The deeper the Darkness in you runs, the stronger I become. Controlling you is effortless. See?" Riku started floating into the air. His limbs went limp and he was being knocked left and right like a rag-doll. Ansem made him spun up and down, side to side as he laughed.

"St..stop it! I'm getting Dizzy! I'm gonna throw u-Blah!" Riku spit up all over the floor, making a wide green puddle.

"Hahaha!" laughed Ansem, "Look at the Monkey dance-When the hell did you eat corn? Dance, Monkey, Dance!"

Riku started moaning sickly as his body started Dancing in the fashion of a Monkey. His feet were dancing to a beat as his arms were arched and scratching his armpits.

"Now," Ansem declared, "Time for your prostate Exam."

"What the fuck!?" Riku yelled and struggled even more as he stopped Dancing and his left hand formed a fist and and his Pinky finger stood up. His arm started moving backwards toward his lower back....area. "No! No! Stop! Not cool! Not cool!"

"Oh, no! Don't fight! Don't fight it! Oh, it's coming! 'Cause it's a-coming!" yelled Ansem.

Riku's pinky was inching closer and closer. "Stop it, you sick pervert!"

"Stinky Pinky!"

A light came zooming across the room, out of nowhere and zoomed around Riku. The light lowered itself to Riku's chest and past through effortlessly. Riku regained control of his body and stopped his pinky from moving closer to his butt as he fell back to the ground. He heard Ansem yell, "Dammit! You damn, dirty Rat! Must you interfere again!? You don't see me messing with your things!"

Riku fell back to the ground and Ansem's voice disappeared.

"Whoo! Good thing I got here just in time. That should keep him busy for a while."

Riku looked back and saw a small figure standing there, wearing yellow shoes, and a red, black and blue shirt and shorts. "Sorry I couldn't come here sooner."

"Your Majesty! It's you!"

Riku ran over to The King and pinched his face, "Ow! Hey! What the hell is wrong with you!?"

"You're real!"

"Duh, I'm real!"

"You're not an illusion. I'm so glad you came."

"I told you I would be here." Suddenly Riku fell over onto the floor and started breathing hard, "Don't worry..."

"I'm not. I wasn't really paying attention anyway."

"...I'm okay. Just really relieved, that's all. I've been alone so long that having someone else around is a little...overwhelming. But how did you get here, Your Majesty? I thought you were really far away."

"I was."

"Where were you?"

"Somewhere."

"...Wanna give me more detail?"

"No."

"...'Kay.."

"I'm just kidding. Here." Mickey reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue card with a picture of a world Riku had never seen before, "his card showed me the way. I was lookin' for the way out of the realm of darkness, and then this card came along. As soon as I picked it up, it showed me your heart, waaay out beyond the darkness. And that's how I tracked you down. I guess the card thought it belonged with you."

"Cards don't think." Riku said, standing back up.

"Just take the damn card."

Riku took the card from Mickey and stared at it. He had never been to this world before, but he felt that he should go there, "Maybe you're right."

"Of course I'm right. I'm Mickey-Friggin'-Mouse."

Axel-UnderGround Observation Room.

"Alright." Axel said to himself, "Zexion's dead and taken care off. The Replica went off to find Riku and Xinck is...where is Xinck?"

Axel turned around and saw Xinck walking through the door to the Observation Room.

"Where were you?"

"Bathroom. What's going on?"

"Nothing. We're almost done here, we'll be leaving soon."

"Alright. Hey, have you seen Zexion?"

"Yeah, I've already taken care of him."

"What!?" Xinck walked up to Axel, "What do you mean 'You took care of him'? I wanted to kill him!"

"It's to late now. Why would you wanna kill Zexion? I thought you two had some 'Just friends' spooning?"

"I know! He tried sending Riku after me. For some reason, he wanted me out of the way. Riku said that Lexaeus was the one who told him to come after me, but I knew it had to be Zexion."

"What's it matter? He's dead now."

"I know, but I wanted to be the one to-Wait." Xinck closed his eyes. He quickly opened them and looked at Axel, "How did Zexion die?"

"I got that Replica to absorb him and his power."

"Well, apparently He didn't do it right, because Zexion's still alive."

"What?! How?!"

"I don't know. He might have had a fail-safe or a back up plan set up around him in the event of his demise. I can still sense his Darkness, It's faint because he's really, really weak. He's..running from the Castle, probably on his way to tell the Superior."

"Dammit." Axel held out his Hands and his Chakrams appeared as he headed toward the door, "I'll take care of this."

"No you won't." Xinck held up his hand, blocking Axel's path, "I'll handle this." Xinck opened the door and started heading out. He stopped when Axel spoke.

"Xinck, come on, I know you. What are you really going to do? What's this about?" He asked, dismissing his Chakrams.

"I told you." Xinck turned his head toward Axel, "This is Revengence." He disappeared into a Dark portal.

Axel scoffed, "That's not a real word."

Riku-Twilight Town-2nd Floor.

A Twilit world, settled between Night and Day, was the place that Riku was walking through. The buildings were colored a Tanish-orange color as the Yellow, sunlit Sky hovered above the Horizon. Riku walked into, what seemed to be, a commons area with shops and stores scattered around the area. He was far away from the shops, but he wasn't too far that he couldn't see what were inside the shops. There were dozens of shops, but somehow, they all had the same little trinkets in all of them.

Riku scoffed, "What a Crap hole. I don't remember this place. Hey, your Majesty, have you ever been here before?" Riku looked down at his side, but the King was not there, "Your Majesty? Where'd you go?"

"His Majesty isn't here." Riku turned back to face forward and saw Ansem standing directly in front of him. "You must battle me and the Darkness alone!" Riku summoned his SoulEater sword and held it at the ready. He started at Ansem, with a killing intent. He sniffed the air and he picked up Ansem's scent and he lowered his sword.

"Giving up already? Good. Then accept your fate and Me as your Master! Evil Laugh! HAHAHAHA!"

"You're not Ansem."

"..HAHAHA-what?"

"Your scent — it's different. The Ansem in my hearts smells darker, more foul. But not you. It's not darkness I smell, it's...something else. I know. You're the one who guided me when this all started. You pretended to be Ansem and gave me the card, to make me face the darkness."

"....Maybe...Yeah, correct." Black, blue and purple Darkness wrapped around Ansem and disappeared. Leaving a different Man. He wore a dark brown and Crimson robe with a long Crimson cape. His dark brown robe had big orange pockets going down diagonally across his chest. His entire head was wrapped in red bandages and a black buckle across his left eye, leaving only a few spots of Dark skin peaking through. His arms were behind his back and the only eye that could be seen was his right eye, which was an Ember color staring right at Riku, "Call me DiZ. It's as-"

"What the hell kind of name is that?"

"I was about to tell you before you interrupted me. It's as good a name as any. I've been watching you all along."

"Who are you really? What do you want from me?"

"I want you to choose."

"Choose?"

"You exist between the light and the dark. You stand in the twilight. I want you to meet Namine, then choose."

"Namine? Who's that? You're not trying to set me up on a blind date are you? Because I've been on a blind date before and it didn't work out. She was big boned and she had a mustache and a Unibrow. She was ripped and she was taller then me. I think she was a man. I-"

"You're rambling."

"Rambling. As if."

DiZ groaned and Disappeared without a trace.

"Hey, wait a minute! I wasn't done telling you about my blind date!"

Zexion-Far from Castle Oblivion.

Zexion ran as fast as he could down the dirt road. He was practically limping and he held onto his side with his right arm as his left arm flailed around as he ran. He was terribly injured and weak.

"Haha!" Zexion thought to himself as he ran, "I was able to..get away thanks to my 'Fake your own Death and get away ability' Spell. I had a feeling things in that Castle might get messy, so I made a back up plan, unfortunately, one of the side effects was that a lot of Energy was taken as a tribute for the spell to work. And it didn't help that that Replica had taken more then 75% of my Power. Now I only have enough to get away and hopefully make it to The Castle That Never Was."

Zexion was now limping down the road that Sora used to get to Castle Oblivion in the opposite Direction. He wasn't sure how long it would take for him to get to The Superior.

"Fucking Axel! Damn him and that Replica! I'll make them pay." Zexion thought. As he switched between running and limping, and Gasping, Zexion started to hear a far off noise, a far off ringing sound, a beautiful, yet terrifying sound.

"What is that? Bells? How can that be, there's nothing out here, but grass." The bells continued to sound as Zexion went along his way. It didn't matter how far he went, the bells only become clear to hear, but they didn't seem to be getting closer.

"Why do I feel like watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame? Those bells, they sound so..beautiful, and horrifying."

Riku-Twilight Town(Continued).

Riku walked into a grassy area, but that wasn't the feature he was noticing. He stood in front of a large gate and behind the gate was a large Mansion. Riku looked at the large mansion and wondered only one thing. "Maybe my blind date-ah-I mean, maybe Namine's in there."

"Hey!" Riku turned around and saw the Riku Replica walking toward him. He was already wearing his Dark Suit and he had determination in his eyes. "Well, well. Look who doesn't fear the Darkness anymore."

"How can you tell?" asked Riku.

"Duh, because I'm you."

"No. I'm me!"

"No! Me I'm!"

"No! Me I'm I are be me am!"

".....That doesn't make any damn sense! Then again, it must be nice, being real. A fake like me could never get away with saying that. That's right, I'm a phony! The way I look, the way I feel, everything!" The Replica held out his hand and a blue and black ball of Dark Energy formed around it., "I thought by finding some new strength I could be someone, someone who's not you! But nothing changes... I'm still just empty! Everything about me is borrowed. As long as you're around, I'll never be anything better than a shadow!"

Riku and The Riku Replica held up their swords and ran at each other.

Axel-Surveillance Room.

Watching the fight between Riku and his Replica, Axel watched through a Tv monitor, his feet up on the Console and a bowl of popcorn on his lap. "Ooh! Damn, Riku took a Dark Firaga in the back! Damn!"

Apparently, he didn't have anything else to do, or he had finished everything he was ordered to do.

"Oh! Oh! Look out! Replica's about to pull a Dark Aura! Oooh!" Axel yelled, stuffing more popcorn into his face.

He didn't know why He, Xinck, Larxene and Marluxia watched Sora through the Crystal ball, when the Surveillance cameras were in HD. "Wow, looks like Riku's down for the count! Oh, no! Wait, wait, wait! No Replica, watch out!" Axel yelled, laughing, "OH! Replica, you should have moved out of the way, you poor Son of a Bitch! Good fight! Good Fight!"

Riku, Riku Replica-Twilight Town (Continued)

The Replica was sprawled out on the ground, exhausted and fading away with a black and blue dark portal underneath him. "So..so this is it. Figures. Death doesn't frighten me." The Replica said, staring up at the sky, "Good riddance to a fake life. Even my heart was fake, probably even what I'm feeling now is fake. Fake as over 98% of Joan Rivers' face is."

"Hehe. Joan Rivers." thought Riku as he chuckled. He put on his serious face and asked, "What are you feeling now?"

"Weren't you listening to what I just said!? But...what happens to someone who's not real dies? Where will my Heart go, if it doesn't disappear completely...."

Riku thought about this and tried to console the Replica, "I don't know."

"Great. Oh, yeah, that.....really makes me feel better."

"I mean, I don't know for sure. But It'll go somewhere. Probably the same as mine."

"Oh, joy. Heh. A faithful Replica till the end..."

Darkness wrapped around the Replica and he faded away, without a trace.

Zexion-Far Away From Castle Oblivion.

Zexion had been hearing those bells for a long time now. He had only been running from the Castle for only 45 minutes, and he was getting tired. He was thinking he might have to sleep in the grass for a while. He wasn't sure how long it was going to take for him to gather enough energy and teleport to the Castle That Never Was, but he didn't have any other options.

Zexion gasped and he felt an over-whelming pressure push down on him. He heard nothing but the wind and the bells. He looked directly in front of him and a Corridor of Darkness appeared, leaving Xinck standing several feet away from Zexion. Zexion was shocked. He was sure that he couldn't smell Xinck anymore, he was sure he had been killed by Riku. If so, then why was he here?

"X-X-Xinck." Zexion struggled to say. He was paralyzed in fear over the immense power Xinck was giving off. Zexion could barely speak as he say the angry yet Apathetic look on his face and The Pure Darkness in his Black and White eyes. Darkness was evaporating off of Xinck's shoulders, his power was flowing off him and forming a black shape. The Darkness formed a smiling skull of moving tendrils of Darkness,

"What..what are you doing here? I thought you were dead?"

"A funny thing, Death is. O, Death O, Death, Won't you spare me over til another year?"

"X-Xinck, you-"

"Well, I am Death, none can excel. I'll open the Door to Heaven or Hell. I'll fix your Feet till you can't walk, I'll lock your jaw, till you can't talk. I'll close your eyes till you can't see, It's very Dark, come and go with me."

"Look, Xinck, I know...your angry about what happened, but believe me, It wasn't my fault."

"Oh, Zexion. I don't believe you. Because, the thing that irks me is the overwhelming fact that YOU TRIED TO HAVE ME KILLED!!"

Xinck held out his right hand as Zexion gasped. Shadows wrapped around his hand and formed his Short, black sword. Xinck held the blade downward and the it released from the handle. The blade was slowly moving to the ground as the chain between the blade and handle grew longer and longer. Before the blade could touch the ground, a small Dark Hole appeared and the blade fell effortlessly through.

Zexion waited in fear, unable to move, unable to breath out of fear. The only things he could see was Xinck, his sword and the Dawning sky behind him. The only things he could hear were those cursed bells and the sound of Xinck's chain falling through the hole. And the only thing he could feel was Xinck's sword stabbing through his back and exiting through his Stomach. Zexion looked down and saw the blood stained sword leading the blood stained chain through his body. Out from in front of him, Zexion saw the blade going through another portal and disappearing, it reappeared high above Zexion's right hand-side it shot down and stabbed through his chest and out his back.

"Aaaaaaauuuuggghh!" Zexion groaned as he started up at the sky, his eyes wide with pain, his mouth flowing with blood. The blade continued shooting into his body, shooting out, disappearing and reappearing all around him, repeating the process over and over again at different angles and different body parts. Blood splattered the dirt on the ground. "So much pain..." thought Zexion, yet all he could hear were those Bells and the drowned out sounds of his own horrifying screams. The blade had shot through so much of his body, so fast, that the chain, that the sword was connected to, started to pull on Zexion's insides and lift him 2 feet into the air.

Because of the blade, the chains had weaved themselves all through Zexion's insides, through his kneecaps, his tendons, his chest, thighs, arms, wrists, all over his torso, but the attack was deliberately avoiding his vital organs, so that he could feel each and every attack as his blood feel from every wound. The chains had lifted him into the air and he felt that the blade had finished piercing his left arm for the seventh time. As Zexion looked into the Dawning sky and heard the Beautiful bells, his final words that came from his mouth, which was overflowing with blood, were "The..the Bells..s-so..beautiful.....Why?...Why...for Whom do...they ring?..."

Xinck stopped the blade from appearing from another portal and he looked at Zexion's blood stained face. Xinck gripped his sword and twisted it slightly, making the chains weaved inside Zexion tighten even more as Zexion gurgled up more blood.

"Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls..." Xinck yanked the sword upwards and the chains pulled outwards, ripping away Zexion's blood soaked Cloak and his flesh so tightly that his remains were ripped apart piece by piece. Zexion's remains fell to the ground in a blood soaked heap, his body was ripped apart so tightly that there was nothing left, except, blood, parts of his cloak and random bones. The only full body part left was his severed head. The blade shot back through the portals, almost instantly, taking the chain with it until it was reconnected with the Handle in Xinck's hand, "....It Tolls For Thee."

Xinck dismissed his Sword and teleported back to Castle Oblivion as whatever was left of Zexion faded away.

Riku-Twilight Town (Continued)

Riku had entered the Mansion and after searching around it for a few minutes, he found the basement level and through the basement, he came into a large, white, cylindrical-shaped room. In the center of the room was a large white, egg-shaped, flower themed pod. Standing underneath the Pod was a girl dressed in white, with blonde hair and blue eyes.

"You're Namine?" asked Riku, walking into the room.

"Yes." she replied."Could you come here, please?"

Riku hesitated, then he started moving closer to Namine. Then he stopped.

"Closer." Namine said.

Riku moved a little bit more.

"Even more closer." she said.

Riku moved closer.

Namine sighed, "Come on, I don't have all day! Closelier!"

Riku finally moved closer to Namine and he could see into the pod standing behind her. He say a familiar face of a boy with brown hair, red shirt and pants, and Giant yellow clown shoes. "Hey! It's Sora! What'd you do to him!?"

"Uh.....nothing." squeaked Namine.

"What did you do?!" "Nothing. I promise. He's just sleeping. He has to if he wants to get his memory back."

"What? Tell me what happened."

"Well....it's kind of a long story. Can't you just wait for the videogame to come out?"

"What game?"

"Uh, nevermind. It all started when...."

45 minutes and Two potty Breaks later.....

"I get it." Riku said, "So he chose to sleep and get his memories back and forget about this Castle."

"You have a decision to make too" Namine said.

"Why? No one's been messing with my memories. I remember how this one time I put itching powder in Sora's pants at school and he went up and down the hallways scratching himself and-"

"You're Rambling." Namine interrupted.

"As if."

"But the decision isn't about your memories. It's about your Darkness. In your heart is darkness, and in that darkness is Ansem. Right now, he's at bay...but eventually he'll awaken, and he'll conquer you when he does. Before that happens, let me lock your heart tight. I can make it so Ansem never escapes."

"Now look who's rambling. But if I let you do that, what will happen to me? I'll go to sleep and forget like Sora, won't I?" asked Riku.

"The darkness in your heart will be sealed along with your memory. You'll stop remembering the darkness. You can go back to the way you used to be. It's your choice, Riku. So...choose."

"I-"

"Choose."

"I-"

"Choose!"

"Can I finish!? Damn. Sora looks like he doesn't have a care in the world. Will I sleep like that?"

"Yeah." she said.

"Sora always did as he pleased. It doesn't matter what we were doing —he'd still go off and leave me with all the work. Take the raft we were gonna use to leave the islands. That was all me. I've made up my mind. When this slacker wakes up, I'm gonna tell him off good. I told him to take care of Kairi, and here he is taking a nap!" Riku walked over to the Egg pod and started to kick it, "You hear me, you lazy Son of a bitch!? When you get out I'm gonna-"

"Stop that!" Namine yelled.

Riku stopped kicking the pod, "But I can't chew him out if I've been sleeping, too. Keep your lock. I'd rather just finish Ansem off once and for all."

"But if the Darkness he uses gets the better of you..."

"I'll make that Darkness show me the way to."

"True."

"Why'd I get the feeling that you would say that?"

"I didn't know. I hoped. I wanted you to face the darkness. Because you're the only one who can."

"I get it. That's why you appeared to me in the light as Kairi. "

"You knew?!"

"Yeah, as soon as I met you. Somehow, you two smell the same."

"....Is smelling people a regular practice for you?" Namine asked.

"No...N-not really. Take care of Sora." Riku turned around and started to walk out of the room and later he walked out of Twilight Town and back into Castle Oblivion.

Riku-2nd Floor Exit.

"So, you decided not to go to sleep?" asked The King as Riku walked out of the giant Door.

"How'd you know that?" Riku asked.

"Whats-his-face told me."

"It's DiZ, you fool!" yelled DiZ, who was standing over in the left hand corner.

"Do you know him?" Riku asked the King.

"I get the feeling I met him before. I just can't think of where? Was it at Melon Shakers or Hooters?" The King put a hand to his chin as he thought this over.

"You, voice. You. Guy, over there. DiZ. Who are you?"

DiZ walked away from the corner and closer to Riku and the King, "Nobody...or Anybody. It all depends if you believe in me, or not."

"Wow, you really like to push decisions on other people, don't you?"

"And you pushed away Slumber and chose to face Ansem."

"Wrong answer?"

"It was your answer. I'm just here to watch. Popcorn?" He offered as he opened one of the pouches across his chest and pulled out an unpopped bag of popcorn.

" 'Watch' as in help me, 'Watch' as in watch me get my ass kicked?"

"Maybe it was at Rumpshaker Tuesdays." said the King, still thinking about where he might have met DiZ.

"You choose. Then you need only believe in your choice." DiZ held out another blue card and threw it to Riku, who caught it. "That card will draw the darkness inside you out into this world. Finish your business with Ansem."

Riku looked at the card, then put it in his pocket, "Let's go, your Majesty."

"Maybe it was BootyNips." said The King as he followed Riku up the stairs and onto the First floor. As Riku walked onto the First Floor entrance, The King at his Side, he took out the card and looked at it again, "So this card will draw out Ansem."

"You worry too much. We'll get him together." said the King.

"I'm glad you said that, but I have to face him alone."

"Why?!"

"There's no point in doing this if I can't do it alone. But if I don't win, I have a favor to ask. If I Lose, He'll enslave me, and I want you to-"

"Save you. Got it." The King interupted.

"No. You're not listening. If Ansem wins, I want you to kill him with me-"

"Nuh-uh!"The King yelled and shook his head, "I already made my choice. No matter what happens, I'm going to be there to help you. I'm not backing down. Unless you don't believe I'll come through for you..."

"It's my choice to believe or not. But I know you'll come through for me, your Majesty."

"I mean, yeah, I could kill the both of you, but this is Disney and this is as Dark as we get. True, as we keep going, It's getting Darker and Darker, and I'll probably end up shooting someone in the face as soon as we leave here. But, till then, I'll be there to save you."

"Uh...thanks..I guess." said Riku.

"Your welcome."

Riku walked up to the Door and held up the only card left, the card that would draw out Ansem's spirit. The card shined a bright light and the Door opened.

Riku-Castle Oblivion-First Floor.

The Halls were white, the floors were white, even the flower motif covering the walls were white. Riku was walking down a long passageway. He looked far down the passage and saw that he was coming to a medium-sized room. He came into the room, and because he didn't see anywhere else to go, he decided that this must be the place.

"Come on out, Ansem! I can smell you!"

Against the wall, facing Riku, a black portal appeared. It swirled around, covered in black and blue shadows, then dispersed, leaving only Ansem. He spoke, "Oh, I know what you can do. Your skill with darkness has matured. But I do not understand. Why accept darkness and still refuse me? You and I are the same. We both follow where the darkness leads. We exist in the same space — so why deny me? Perhaps some part of your heart still fears the dark?"

"No. that's not it. The truth is..." Riku summoned his SoulEater sword, "You just really, really, really Stink!"

"I told you I have a glandular problem and I told you that in confidence! My Right guard Deodorant isn't working anymore. You are a fool to choose a fight with me, or did you forget the kind of Dark power I have? I gave it all to you, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember. Or did You forget? I used all the power you had and Sora still kicked my ass. I mean, in the way that he kicked your ass, because you possessed me. I'm not at all impressed with your powers. "

"Fine then. You want some? Then bring it! Sink into the Abyss!" Ansem exploded in a huge mess of blue and purple Darkness. The darkness expanded across the entire room and consumed both Him and Riku. Riku held up his sword and closed his eyes to block the darkness as it enveloped the entire room. Riku opened his eyes and saw that Ansem had changed the entire room. He was now surrounded by Darkness and was standing on a white mass of land, with abstract versions of trees. A huge black fist punched down at Riku, but he backflipped out of the way just in time. Ansem had summoned his Dark Guardian to float behind him.

"Oh, what? You had to use that thing to fight me?" asked Riku.

"He has a name, you know!"

"What is it?"

"Well, uh...I can't think of it right now, but I know he has a name!"

Riku ran at Ansem and started attacking. He unloaded a combo across Ansem's chest as he yelled out in pain, "Come, Guardian!" His Guardian moved between him and Riku, deflected Riku's attack with it's stomach. Riku back away and ran from Ansem. "Take this!" Ansem's Guardian moved back behind him and Ansem floated into the air as red and blue energy covered him and he dashed at Riku at high speeds.

"Ah!" Riku yelled as Ansem caught him in the back and continued to shot around the field, hitting Riku to more times before his attack stopped.

"Come. Open your Heart!" Ansem yelled as he floated near a panting Riku, "What's wrong tired already?" Ansem laughed as he watched Riku pant. "Rah!" Ansem's Guardian punched a fist at Riku from under Ansem and caught him in the stomach, throwing him across the floor. Riku growled and shot back up.

He flipped backwards as Black smoke swirled around him, "Darkness!" He yelled as he transformed into his Dark Suit. With notice, he shot over to Ansem and unloaded a combo on Ansem.

"Rah!" Ansem's Guardian shot up his hands and Dark Lightning come shooting down around Riku. He dodged the Lightning and attacked Ansem from the side.

"Come, Guardian!"

The Guardian moved between Riku and Ansem again, blocking Riku's attack. Riku shot behind Ansem as his Guardian was now in the front. Riku reared back and summoned a Dark Firaga and fired it at Ansem's back. Ansem yelled and almost fell out of the air.

Ansem yelled, "Rahhh! Insolence!" Ansem started to glow a white color as he and his Guardian floated to the center of the field. He looked back at his Guardian and threw his hand into the air. It went flying upwards and disappeared in thin air. Riku started to run in a wide circle around Ansem as he continued to glow a purple and white color. As Riku ran, The Guardian shot up from the floor in a dark portal that exploded in a wide circle. The blast hit Riku in the back, but he kept running and looked back to see that the Guardian was repeating the attack over and Over again as he ran. Riku was able to avoid each blast, as he looked back to see the Guardian, he saw it fly back to Ansem, who yelled, "The Final Darkness is at Hand!"

The Energy around Ansem shot out in four Directions all around him. Riku was in the path of a blast and he jumped back just as the blast rushed past him, he barely dodged it as he blackflipped and Recovered. He readied his sword and Ran at Ansem.

"Submit!" Ansem yelled and the Guardian shot down a fist in Riku's path. Riku jumped up onto the Guardian's giant fist and into the air. He pointed his sword down at Ansem and stabbed downward into his shoulder as he yelled, "No! My good Shoulder!" Riku jumped back far away from Ansem. As he landed, Ansem's Guardian, along with the entire area disappeared into nothing, leaving themselves back in Castle Oblivion.

Ansem was hunched over as he stared at Riku, who was still in his fighting stance. "Insolent Bastard! Submit!" Ansem yelled and threw a huge Dark ball of Energy at Riku. Riku blocked the Dark ball with his Soul Eater as it smashed against the blade. The Energy had pushed Riku far back away from Ansem. He stopped himself and pushed the ball off to the left and it exploded against the wall.

"Ansem!" Riku ran at Ansem and quickly closed the distance between each other. Ansem gasped as Riku slashed through him and slid to a stop, "Submit that, bitch. This is..the end!"

Ansem strained to talk as he started to smoke with Darkness, "Hardly...finished....my power...my Dark...gave it all to you...getting harder..to conjugate....words...my shadow....lingers....some day...some day..I will RETURN!"

Ansem was consumed in huge blast of Darkness and he faded away.

Riku-1st Floor.

Riku was now walking towards The Exit out of The Castle, the King at his side, "So, Riku, what's next? Are you going Home?" the King asked.

"I don't know if I can. It's still there. His scent...it's faint, but not gone. I can't go home until it is. His darkness may still have a hold on me..." said Riku.

"Huh? I wasn't paying attention. Could you repeat that?"

"Dammit, your Majesty!"

"I'm just playing. I heard you. your darkness belongs to you. Just like your light. Until now, I thought darkness was something that should never exist. But my time with you made me change my mind. You've chosen a road I never thought of. Light and Dark, back to back. With you, they mingle in a way no one's ever seen before. I want to see where that road leads. And if it's okay, I want to walk the road with you." The King held out his Hand to Riku and Riku reached down and shook it.

"Thanks, your Majesty." Riku said, smiling.

"Aw, you don't have to call me that. We're friends."

"Alright. Fair enough, Mickey."

Mickey pulled down on Riku's arm and pulled him down closer to his face. He took on a more serious tone. As Riku's eyes widened, Mickey said, "Best Friends Forever!!"

Mickey let go and Riku fell back on the floor, a little shocked. The King opened the Giant door out of the Castle and laughed a little, "I was just kidding. Come on. You don't want to stay hear do ya?"

Riku laughed, "NO!"

A little later, Riku and The King were wearing the black cloak, gloves and boots that The Members of The Organization were wearing. DiZ had given them these clothes and told them it was how, the Organization kept the Darkness off of them and it would be able to keep them from finding them Riku and the King were walking down the dirt road, Riku spotted DiZ standing at a 4-way Crossroad. Riku and Mickey stopped as Riku spoke,

"What are you making me choose now? Huh? Whether or not I like Coke or Pepsi better, Huh? They're both the same!"

DiZ sighed, "No, smart one. Which road will you choose?" He gestured to the Right, "The Road to Light?" He gestured to the Left, "Or The Road to Darkness?"

Riku started walking past DiZ, Mickey following him, "Neither suits me. I'm taking the middle Road."

DiZ didn't look around at Riku, he tilted his head instead, "You mean The Twilit Road to Nightfall?"

"No."Riku said. He stared at the Sun slowly rising above the Horizon. He turned around to look at Diz,"The Way To The Dawn"

"Oh, that's nice." said Mickey. And they continued walking down the Path.

Axel and Xinck.

Xinck waited patiently outside of Castle Oblivion. It was eerily silent, yet calm. He thought of nothing and he did nothing but stand there, waiting. Then, to his left, a Coridor of Darkness swirled on the floor, shoot a few feet into the air and Axel stepped out of the shadows. "Ready to go?" he asked.

"Yeah." Xinck replied. He sighed and started walking next to Axel away from the now-deserted Castle. "The Last Two." He said, "We're the only two left."

"Yeah." Axel threw his hands behind his head. "I looked around and I didn't see Namine anywhere."

"Oh. Such a shame." He said, "I'm going to miss our tea parties."

"She didn't want anything to do with the Organization, so, I guess, as soon as we let her go she bolted out the door to freedom." Axel sighed.

"Yeah, I can see that. But who can blame her, really?"

That being said, They stayed silent to each other. There wasn't much to talk about right now. Their Coworkers had just been annihilated and they would never see them again. Marluxia was killed by Sora, Larxene was killed by Sora and Axel and Xinck both killed Vexen. Lexaeus was taken down by Riku and Zexion...well, almost everyone killed him. Axel, as he walked, thouht about his orders from Saix and how he was to "Eliminate Those In Our Way" and how there wasn't supposed be any survivors. But Axel only eliminated the traitors and Xinck wasn't a traitor, he was more than sure. Axel knew he wasn't going to find Namine, not that he tried that hard, but he had other things to do in the Castle besides that: He had to get rid of their equipment and supplies and any other inciminating evidence that might go against him and Xinck.

Axel laughed out loud a little. "What's so funny?" Xinck asked.

Axel laughed louder, "Ha! We just had our first cover up. Congradulations, Xinck. We are officially murderers!"

"Oh. Yay, I guess."

"You'll think about this later and laugh your ass off."

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