Previously

Anti laughs again, "You fools, he already has! Where do you think I came from!" Anti quiets down, seeming to study the heroes before a sadistic gleam comes to his yellow eyes, that sharp grin splitting his face, "I know the darkness in all their hearts, allow me to show you the truth..."

The warriors gasp at the sight of the three familiar boys, two blondes and one brunette, one with training armor on his shoulder and under his shirt, one with a black checkered jacket and an x charm at his neck, and the last wearing familiar black and red clothes and a silver crown chain necklace around his neck. All three boys are paler than they normally would be with shadows under their eyes as if sick, identical pairs of blue eyes glaring at the warriors with so much loathing contorting their faces it is unnatural.

"Roxas!" Mickey hears Lea exclaim behind him.

Kairi covers her hands over her mouth, tears gathering in the corners of her eyes, "Sora..." he hears her whisper.

Mickey stares at the final boy, the one with armor, in mute shock. He new that Sora was connected in some way to his three old friends, but this just makes the Kings heart wrench in the most painful way as the blonde looks directly at Mickey with so much hate."Ven..."

-o0o-

"Lovely isn't it? All of them worn down and broken by your lies."Anti coos, gazing at the three boys as if he was a proud father, "I shall let them tell you exactly what you did before they destroy you. After all, revenge is sweeter when the culprit know what they've done..." Anti chuckles.

The first to step forward is Roxas, blue eyes narrowing as they drill right into Lea's.

"You told me you were my friend, you said we'd always be together, but you lied and hid things behind my back. I guess my feelings didn't matter to you; since we weren't supposed them I guess you feel justified now. And to top it all off, you sacrificed yourself for my Somebody, the one I gave my life up to against my will, and have a heart when I wasn't allowed one myself."

Lea cringed at the harsh words and looked down in shame.

Ventus is next, looking straight at Mickey, "you allowed me and my friends to be swallowed by darkness. You never helped when we needed it," The blonde sneered, "you never bothered to look for us either didn't you? In fact, I'll bet you had all but forgotten about us. You never cared."

Mickey tears his gaze away, eyes full of pain as he grits his teeth. Finally, Sora steps up, the usual cheerful facade he puts up stripped away to reveal the hurt, the anger on his face as he took them all in as a whole.

"None of you bothered to look and see that something was wrong until it was too late. You put so much on my shoulders, expecting me to be the hero, to always bounce back with a smile. But you never bothered to look behind that smile did you? None of you did."

Kairi puts a hand to her chest, her eyes widening, "But Riku-"

"'But Riku'!" Sora mocks, curling up his nose, "He didn't care either, he was too busy being the emo Keyblade Master, a title that I should have gotten too!"

Sora's face twisted in rage, blue eyes flashing and scaring everyone of the warriors at the intensity, "I saved the worlds from darkness! Twice! But because of Xehanort and Riku, I'm unworthy?!" Sora laughs harshly, "I can only take so much! Why should he be recognized when I've done so much more?!"

"That wasn't the point Sora!" Mickey protests, "The point of the test was to prove you could control the darkness in your heart! It wasn't your fault that Xehanort interfered!"

"Oh, but of course he helped it along!" Sora snarls, "I used Anti-Form too much, even if Xehanort hadn't gotten in the way Yen Sid is too biased to let me pass! I see what you're saying!"

"I believe we've had enough chit-chat wouldn't you agree boys?" Anti interrupts. A bored look on his face.

The three boys nod and summon their respective keyblades. The warriors of light remain frozen in place, hearts in pain and unsure what to do.

"You have to fight!"

They all gasp as a light shines from Kairi and Naminé appears, an angry look on her delicate features.

"She's right," Lea shakes his head and glares at Roxas who stares back just as harshly, "Do you believe the shit coming out of their mouths? Even if what they say is true, you know they would never actually hold it against us!"

Mickey realizes what Naminé and Lea are saying and tightens his grip on his keyblade, "you're right, they wouldn't. They're a bunch of fakes!"

The three boys scowl even as Anti chuckles in amusement, "Fine, you caught me, but just because they're copies doesn't mean they're weak."

With renewed determination, the keyblade wielders drop into battle stances, the copies doing the same.

"They are traitors none the less," The fake ventus says, voice monotone.

"And we all know traitors deserve to be punished." The fake Sora finishes, a cruel grin on his face.

And with that, the battle begins.

~o0o~

"Well, tell me. What is he to you?"

Riku looks Ventus right in the eye and says honestly, "My everything."

Ven hums in thought, "He's that much to you huh? Well," The blonde smiles as a light engulfs both the teens, "far be it from me to keep you away from everything. Just bring him back safely."

Riku nods, "I will."

Riku finds himself standing on a stained glass platform. He studies it, taking in the image of Sora, his face slack in sleep with a ring of his friends surrounding him like a cradle. By his head, is another cluster, with the faces of Kairi, Mickey, Donald and Goofy, Roxas, Ventus and himself completing the circle. Riku smiles, not surprised.

His smile disappears however when he notices the unseen light illuminating the platform getting dimmer, some of the faces of people greying out. He looks around wildly, "Sora!" He yells, his voice echoing back to him but still no sign of the brunet in person.

"Sorry, he's not here right now."

Riku turns with a jerk towards the hissing voice. Across the platform from him, crouched down like an animal is Anti-Form, golden irises aglow with that same twisted grin. Riku summons his keyblade and drops into a ready stance, staring Anti down, "where is he?" He growls.

Anti giggles, his pupils becoming slits and glittering with manic delight, "oh, he's around, you just can't get to him," he says cryptically.

Tightening his grip on Way to Dawn, Riku bares his teeth in a furious scowl, "if all I have to do to get to him is to defeat you, then so be it!"

Riku lunges forth, Anti hissing as he follows suit.

~o0o~

Ah, another cliffhanger huh? Sorry but it seemed like a good place to leave off. Also this story will be ending soon, so I kinda wanted to make this last while it can since I don't know how long it's gonna be until I post anything other than sporadic one shots.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a good week, next chapter of I'm Here will be going up sometime *looks at clock* today actually, so those who are reading that look forward to it. Either way, I'll see all of you next week.

~Sorceress