I want to thank all those who have reviewed, alerted, and favorited because Heir to Darkness now has 3,000 hits. I know its not alot, but it means so much to me that you guys stay posted. When I finshed A Dragons Rebirth I had no clue if I'd get anymore reviews for a fic, but I guess I was wrong. But to the point as you know Ansem's big secret will be out in this chapter. I must apoligize again for postponing the Yuffie vs Lust fight, this chapter was longer than expected. Also Kingdom Hearts: BBS just came out so finally there going to reveal the stroyline. And for all of you reading this fic you should know that there will be spoilers for BBS. I told you this on more than one occasion. Please review, veryone counts.

J1210: Time to have some fun with the new disclaimers so who's up today?

Yuffie: Wait am I the first? Sweet, of course everyone wants the Great Ninja Yuffie to be first to disclaim!

J1210: I should have gotten someone more suitable.

Yuffie: What!?! Sniffle.

J1210: I'm not falling for that!

Yuffie: Perceptive I see. J1210 does not own KH or Fullmetal. Happy Jayjay!!

J1210: Don't call me that.

Yuffie: How come you keep postponing my fight scene!?!

Heir to Darkness

Chapter XXV: The Seventh Apprentice

World: Wutai/Twilight Town

Roxas look in shock on the ground, he had gained a physical form and was no longer one with Sora. He then noticed the white room and the pictures. The first picture that came into his head was Namine. He didn't see the blond anywhere in sight. "Namine, Namine where are you?" Roxas walked around the room and touched the picture of him and Axel. Though one of his last memories were of him fighting the Flurry of Dancing Flames he could use any sort of comfort avalible. "The Keyblade."

Raxas look towards his hand. He concetrated and sucessfully summoned the Kingdom Key into his hand. That still meant he was Sora's nobody. "What's going on?"

"Sora!!" someone called from outside the door. Whoever was out ther must have been one of Sora's friends. Roxas approached the half opened door and then heard. "Hey Ed, I hope nothing bad happened to Sora."

"He said he was going to take a look around the mansion. Maybe he ran into the Nobody corupting the system." Edward replied. He balled his automail fist. "I knew we should have stayed together in a group. It wasn't a good idea to split in a place like this."

Rikku landed lightly on Edward's head. "I suppose your right."

Roxas hesitated before leaving the room door. "Hey, you guys are friends of Sora right? I'm Roxas." before the Nobody could come and futher wooden spikes blasted out of the ground in front of him. Roxas summoned the Keyblade and blocked fullmetal's oncoming attacks. Roxas ran down the short hallway onto the stairs where he evaded a light blast from Rikku. He jumped off the staircase and clashed metal with Ed. "I guess I was wrong."

Roxas released blades with Ed and jumped to a distance. "These guys can't be friends with Sora, I've never seen them before. At least not from Sora's memories. Besides shouldn't he be on Destiny Islands with Riku and Kairi... and Namine?"

"What have you done with Sora you freak!!" Rikku shout from up top Edward's blond head. She then noticed him wielding the Keyblade. Rikku pointed at the blade and gasped. "Why do you have the Keyblade? Why are you able to use it? And more importantly, why do you have Sora's Keyblade?!"

Roxas dismiss the Keyblade. He had alot of explaining in store for these two. Sighing he showed he was to no threat of the alchemist or gullwing, so they eased their battle stances. "My name is Roxas, I'm Sora's Nobody. Well I think I'm not anymore, when I joined with Sora I became whole so I have to have a heart now. I'm able to wield the Keyblade because of that, but the last thing I remember before finally becoming one with Sora was being on Destiny Islands with Riku, Kairi, and Namine. I'm just as confused as you guys."

Edward relinquished the blade on his automail. He looked to Rikku and shruged. "I believe you. He is able to wield the Keyblade and seems to know who the others are. We still need to find Sora and away to shut off the system."

"Sytem?" Roxas asked confused. "What's going on here anyway?"

"That's easy, well not so easy, but you see we were investigating something going on in the fake Twilight Town. The whole system is about to collaspe because of the Nobodies are after fake items that relate to... you. We have to find some way to shut off the system before it destroys the real Twilight Town. And now we have to find Sora to." Rikku replied. "We would ask someone for help, but the town is as desilant as graveyard."

Roxas held his chin. "If DiZ has kept never shut down the fake Twilight Town then time must have still resumed in here. How long has it been since Sora and Riku defeated Xemnas?"

"A year of course!!" Rikku smiled, but then went to dismay. "But he survived."

"There's no use in sitting around and talking about the past we need to find that Nobody." Edward headed to the door and Rikku flying after him.

Though Roxas had made allies with the two he still couldn't help, but feel an odd air around them. He didn't even know who they were. "By the way who are you guys and how do you know Sora?"

Rikku flew onto the Key of Destiny's shoulder. "My name is Rikku a member of the Gullwings. I know Sora because he, Donald, and Goofy owe me and my girls treasure!!! I don't care what Paine says! We went through alot of work slaughtering those meanies in the Battle of 1000 Heartless. Wait since your Sora's Nobody you technically owe me treasure to!!"

Roxas let out a laugh. "I'll make sure to get right on that."

Ed turned towards the nobody. "I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, I met Sora back at Disney Castle. Were both on a quest to stop Xemnas, the Dark Keybladers, and the Homunculi and restore my home world of Amestris. We sealed the Land of Dragons keyhole and now we have to take care of Twilight Town if we want to move on any futher."

"Then we better start at the Sandlot." Roxas suggested confidently. "If no ones around town then th Struggle ought to be going on. It is that time of the year."

The two agreed and followed Roxas to the Sandlot. Not a Nobody was in sight confusing the three, but as soon as they entered the lot time stopped. Roxas looked to Rikku and Edward who were stuck in place. "What's going on?" a huge pang a pain hit him. Roxas grabed his skull and groaned. It felt like his scalp was being riped right off of his skull. Memories passed through his head like lighting. First of entering a strange castle, it was Sora, Donald, and Goofy meeting Axel. They fought their way through each floor of the castle meeting an old member of the Organization, a yound sadistic blond with the control of electricity, and a sakura haired man with a scythe. Roxas breathed in deeply thinking it was over, but the pain struck him even faster not a minute later. He started to see a girl with black hair. For some reason thinking of her numbed the pain. He saw her going through a friendship with him and Axel. Then going into strange evolutions, turning on the Organization, and then Roxas saw the battle that took place in Twilight Town, he was the victor. It was all coming back to him, his turn on the Organization and he defeating Riku only to have himself beaten in the rematch. And then ended up in the fake Twilight Town until he was led to Sora after all of that everything went blank. "Was that...?"

"Yes Sora it was your memories. Or perhaps I should call you Roxas." the old man in front of him let out a dark chuckle. Roxas recognized the red mask concealing Ansem's face. Immediatly cut through him with the Keyblade. The blade went straight through DiZ. "I must apopligze Roxas for if you are seeing this hologram then it means that Sora must have stoped Organzation XIII. To my dismay if I haven't returned to Twilight Town to disabled this hologram then it means that I have perished or have been murderer."

Roxas was taken back. Who he now knew was the great Ansem the Wise had been killed. "Those memories where they of me?"

The hologram suddenly glitched."I must apoligize Roxas my responses are limited to this hardrive. So I may only answer few of your questions. Those memories that ran through your mind were those removed by Namine. Those who were in someway conected to Sora. For you see when Sora entered Castle Oblivion his memories were all forgotten and replaced by Namine as you know. He fought his way through the castle and along the way eliminated members that conspired against Organization XIII. He struck down The Graceful Assasin, Marluxia, who was the leader. And he struck down The Savage Nymph, Larxene, who conspired with him. Vexen was also destroyed in the progress of Sora's quest. In the end Namine put Sora in a deep slumber so that she could fix his memories. That is where you enter the picture working for Organization XIII. You quickly befriended a boy by the name of Axel and a girl joined quickly after you, named Xion. You were separated by a series of events and Xion began to question her existence as you did to. Xion was defeated by Riku and fled to Twilight Town where she found out she was an incomplete copy of memories leaked from Sora. The girl was a fail safe plan for if you or Sora ever fell. Xemnas eventually captured her and reprogramed her, Xion was to fufill her true purpose of fusing with you ,Roxas, to become Sora. Xion knew that the both of you could never coexist so she battled you and failed. After defeating Xion she fused with you and saved your life. You were enraged by her death and planed to kill Xemnas and free Kingdom Hearts, she threw Riku the Oblivion Keyblade and he took the form of Xehanort's Heartlss and he defeated you. That is when I brought you here to wait out your days until Sora was ready."

Roxas held his heart. "Is... is Xion still with me?"

The hologram glitched suddenly, returning to a normal stance DiZ blinked unknowingly. "I must apoligize Roxas that question is no where to be found within the database."

Roxas balled his fists. "This is all your fault!! Ansem!!"

The hologram didn't respond. It stare past Roxas into somewhere deep. "Perhaps if it wasn't for that wretched old man none of this would have ever happened."

Roxas stood dumbstruck. He had no clue who DiZ was talking about.

"Roxas you must shut down the system. There is only one way to stop the destruction of Twilight Town. As you may know I originally had six apprentices who would later go on to betray me and form Organization XIII, but I had a secret apprentice. One I had hidden from my students. She was a resident of Hollow Bastion and a young girl at that. When Xehanort cast me into the realm of nothingness my apprentice came and she rescued me from that wretched place. We ploted against the Organization and soon developed a machine we knew would wake Sora from his slumber. I kept her hidden from Riku as well to insure he not get to suspicious of our motives. So she volunteered to test out the pod. I told her that she must take up my goal of freeing Kingdom Hearts if the Organization still existed and she accpeted every last task. So she slept away in a secret quater of the mansion. I sealed off the room with pipes and whatever else I could. Only a Keyblade can open the door. Roxas you must find my seventh apprentice, Lucrecia Cresent."

For all those who do not know who Lucrecia is shame on you!!! Lucrecia is Sephiroth's mother and now seventh apprentice to Ansem. I'm sorry for holding out on the fight scene so don't yell at me! Next chapter the fight will be underway and Kairi, Lan Fan, and Alphonse discover Lucrecia's sleeping chamber and direct the party in fkae Twilight Town to it. The anticipation just keeps building. Please review, everyone counts.