Chapter 29: Dark Lord Rescue


Welcome back! I have a special chapter for all of you today!

We need a break from all the heroes, so I decided to act upon that last bit I put in the last chapter. Plus, this idea was something sitting in my head, taking up space.

After this chapter, there's going to be a vote for what to do next. So be sure to look on my page and vote. I decided to have Chapter 30 be a readers choice.

Now then. Let the show begin!


(Unknown-40 minutes before the fight with Black Doom)

"This is a fine mess I've gotten us into this time."

One of the Dark Lords, the one who fought Riku, was shaking his head at the mess he made. He had taken a team of some of his best men to explore a new world to see if it had the Heart he needed. Unfortunately, his ship had crashed after something from this world destroyed one of their engines. Thankfully, everyone survived, but now they were stranded until they could contact their allies for a ship. He was on this world with a squad of 7 regular soldiers and 2 commanders.

"Are we ready to move out?" the Dark Lord asked one of his men who approached him.

"Yes sir, everyone is prepared to advance," the commander said. He was a figure in a dark cloak, like the ones that Mickey defeated when the Dark Lord faced Riku.

"Good, let's head through the forest, their giant structures will provide cover," the Dark Lord said. "And who knows? We may find some people in there."

"But sir, I can see some structures over on the plains," the commander said.

"So did I, but I took a look through my binoculars to see that some of the buildings were crushed, like they were stepped on," the Dark Lord said as he handed the soldier a pair of binoculars.

"I see, forgive me for my foolishness," the commander apologized.

"It's nothing, I had my hopes up as well when I saw it from a distance," the Dark Lord said before he turned to face the rest of his men.

"Alright men, I'm not going to sugarcoat this," the Dark Lord started. "We're stranded and we have no way of communicating with any of our allies right now. We're fixing the communicator, but we don't know when it'll be ready." the troops seemed to be nervous now.

"But that doesn't matter! You are all proud member of the Empires Black Ops Division! We are the people who do the jobs that others cannot! We accomplish missions that are said to be impossible to complete! We should not be afraid of exploring a new world, especially one that looks like a large forest! Now who's with me!"

All of the soldiers cheered at the Dark Lords words before they began to march towards the forest. The Dark Lord lept into the air before he landed in front of the group and began to lead them into the forest.

"Any idea where we're headed?" one soldier asked.

"Not really, I'm just following the path ahead. Paths are made to lead people from one town to another after all," the Dark Lord said.

"Seems to be the best idea right now anyways," the soldier said.

"This place seems so peaceful, maybe we can build a city here and expand the Empire some more," another soldier said.

"Please, you know that the Emperor would never agree, this world's too close to the Realm of Light. The minute we set up shop, the Shining Kingdom'll send a fleet to get rid of us," another one said.

"He's right," the Dark Lord said, "right now, it's too risky to set up another colony. We still need to reclaim the capital from those Seekers of Darkness."

"My Lord, I'm hearing some strange sounds," one of the commanders said.

"Everyone stop!" the Dark Lord called out. "What sounds?"

"They sound like booming," the commander said. "It's almost like the footsteps of the Dark Lord of the Earth, but not as heavy as his."

The Dark Lord paused for a minute before saying, "I hear them too, let's keep moving, it doesn't seem like their in front of us, so we're okay right now."

The exploration team kept moving forward, except everyone was quiet, preparing for any type of encounter. They had reached an area where the path split into three parts.

"Which way do we go?" one of the soldiers asked.

"Let me see," the Dark Lord said as he stepped forward into the middle if the crossroads. He took a deep breath and stood still for a moment before he faced the left path and said, "This way."

"What do you smell, my Lord?" the commander asked.

"It's very faint, but I can smell the distict scent of freshly baked bread. That proves that civilization is that way," the Dark Lord said as he began walking, the rest of the squad began following him.

The squad was walking for a short while before everyone began to hear several booming sounds, this time louder. Some of them faster, like running.

"We're not alone out here," the Dark Lord said as he popped his spears out of his sleeves.

"Everyone get ready," a commander said.

"It's coming from all around us!" a soldier yelled.

"Then get ready to jump," the Dark Lord said. Suddenly, something large ran though the trees.

"Jump!" the Dark Lord yelled. Everyone jumped as one and landed on some of the large branches attatched to the trees.

"W-What are those things?" a soldier asked. The object in question was several large humanoid beings, each one with a different appearance. They were all naked, but didn't have any reproductive organs.

"They look like giants," a commander observed.

"These arent' giants," the Dark Lord said, "I remember Cherubimon talking to me about a world containing human eating monsters long ago called Titans. He said that he hasen't seen any type of weakness of theirs, and that they only have one thing on their mind."

"And that would be?" the commander didn't think he's like the answer.

"Find humans and eat them," the Dark Lord answered.

"We need to leave," a soldier said. "We may not be human, but I'm not excited about being eaten. That one is giving me a hungry look!"

"Let's stick to the trees, I'm sure tey can't climb, they're too dumb to try and do that," a commander said. The squad began to hop from tree to tree in their original direction. They kept an eye on any Titan that would come their way.

"This day just gets better and better," the Dark Lord said as he silently cursed himself. He landed on a tree branch, hard, and it broke off, causing the Dark Lord to fall to the earth.

"My Lord!" a commander shouted as he and the others helplessly watched.

"Damn!" the Dark Lord swore. He loaded a spear and shot it at one of the large trees and fired, a cable attached to the end of it. The cable went taunt and the Dark Lord used the momentum of his fall to swing to another branch.

However, a large hand had grabbed the cable and pulled, dragging the Dark Lord away from the branch.

"Oh come on!" the Dark Lord complained as he relaesed the cable and landed on the ground. In front of him was a large Titan at least 7 meters tall.

"My Lord!" several of the soldiers cried.

"Stay back! I'll take care of this!" the Dark Lord shouted as he crouched down low and tensed his legs. The Titan then lunged forward and attempted to grab the Dark Lord, but he jumped up and fired several spears into the Titans arm. He then dove down and used both spears to cut the Titan's head from the top of the head to the chin.

"He's done," the Dakr Lord said as he jumped onto a branch.

"Uhh, you might want to rethink that," a soldier said as he pointed a shaky finger at the spot the Dark Lord was previously at.

"Huh?" the Dark Lord turned back and gasped as he saw his kill. His kill was getting back on its feet, with its head still split down the middle.

"T-That's impossible!" a soldier shouted in disbelief.

"Is that communicator fixed yet?!" the Dark Lord yelled.

"Almost, I just need a few more minutes!" the other commander called back.

The Dark Lord grunted in frustration. "Okay then, let's try and stay up here so we can call for help."

"Uhh, my Lord?" a soldier began.

"What?"

"Look down," the soldier said as he pointed at the base of the tree. The Dark Lord looked and saw that some of the Titan's were slowly trying to climb up the tree so they could get to their food.

"We'll have to keep them busy. All troops, prepare to attack!" the Dark Lord shouted as he jumped off the branch, into the horde.

(Battle Music-Arabian Dream-Kingdom Hearts II)

The Dark Lord had landed on a Titan and stabbed its shoulder with his spears before kicking off his head and tore off the arm. With the arm still attached to his spears, he used it to knock over another Titan before detaching his spears and popping out new ones.

Take this!" the Dark Lord cried as he darted towards another Titan as it tried to grab him. He jumped into the air and fired another spear with a cable attatched, it stuck into the Titan's face and the Dark Lord pulled himself towards the monstrosity. The Dark Lord then began to fire spears into tht Titan's eyes, effectively blinding it. The Titan roared and began to flail about in rage.

"You gonna hit him or what?" the Dark Lord asked as he began to stab the Titan in the head, hitting its brain at some points.

"Die!" a commander roared as he flew over and sliced off the Titan's legs with two swords. The monster had fallen to the floor and the Dark Lord had jumped off before using his spears to pin the Titan to the ground by pinning them in its hands.

"Look out!" a soldier cried. The Dark Lord turned around and jumped back as a Titan was close to grabbing him.

"Terrible Gaze!" a purple beam shot out of the Dark Lord's hood and hit the Titan, freezing it. The Dark Lord then shot forward and punched the Titan in the chest, knocking it over.

"My Lord! The communicator is ready!" the commander shouted. The Dark Lord then jumped back into the trees and grabbed the communicator. He then began typing at a furious rate before sending the message and hsnding it back to the commander.

"Fall back! We need to regroup and recover!" the Dark Lord shouted as all his troops retreated to the branches.

"Did we lose anyone?"

"No."

"Good, let's rest awhile and wait for reinforcements."

(End Music)


(Present Time-Space)

"Why did he have to go and get lost on a completely new world?" Ravemon grumbled as he piloted the ship to the last known coordinates of the distress message. He and Cherubimon were inside a small transport ship armed with laser cannons, missile launchers, and deflector shields. With them were 3 robots that Diaboromon had deemed combat-ready.

These were Guardian class robots who were made for absolute defence. They were styled like the original robots that Diaboromon had rebuilt (See Chapter 22 for description). On their right arms were gatling guns that were connected to a energy pack on their back. On their left arms were circular plasma shields that could deliver a nice shock to anyone who touched it.

"You expect me to know?" Cherubimon asked as he sat in the co-pilots seat.

"No, I'm just frustrated," Ravemon said. "Why didn't he just use a Corridor to get to this world? I'm sure that it would have been safer than using a ship.

"It was a new world, you can't take a Corridor to a new world without knowing the coordinates, remember what happened to the last idiot who tried?" Cherubimon asked.

Ravemon shuddered and said, "That gave me nightmares for a week."

"We're coming up on the world," Cherubimon announced, breaking Ravemon from his little trance.

"Alright, now lowering engine output to take us into a cruising mode. We're going to be 40 meters above ground," Ravemon said.

"Acknowledged. Charging plasma cannons and photon missiles," Cherubimon stated.

"Power up the radar, we should be able to find his ship with it," Ravemon told Cherubimon.

"Powering up radar. Signal received. Its transmitting from 6 miles north-west."

"Okay, increasing speed and heading in that direction now."

"Multiple lifeforms detected. Strange..."

"What is it?"

"The energy their giving off, it's...unusual."

"How so?"

"It's not a type of energy I've ever seen before."

"Maybe we should capture one and give it to Diaboromon. Bet he'd love an early Christmas present."

"Christmas past about a month before we woke up."

"We can just say that we're making up for the 10,000 Christmases we missed."

"Heh, whatever you say."

A few minutes later Ravemon said, "We're here."

"Looks like they were shot out of the sky," Cherubimon noted.

"Let's take a look, should we land or park the ship up here?" Ravemon asked.

Cherubimon put a hand to his chin and said, "Park it here and keep it cloaked. Have the robots stay on top of the ship and guard it."

"Alright, go and activate them, I have to set the repulsion lifts to keep this thing floating," Ravemon told his partner. Cherubimon nodded and left the cockpit and entered the passenger area where the three robots were inactive before flipping a switch and watching as their eyes began to glow red.

"Guard the ship while we're gone, and keep your cloaking systems up," Cherubimon ordered. The three robots said noting as they activated their shields on their left arms and left the ship.

"We ready?" Ravemon asked as he exited the cockpit.

"Yeah, let's go," Cherubimon told him as he jumped out. Ravemon following after a second. The two Dark Lords landed on the ground and began to inspect the wreckage.

"There's no marks of laser fire here," Ravemon said.

"Yeah, this part looks like it was hit by a giant hand," Cherubimon told him as he pointed towards a piece of the ship.

"Now for the million dollar question," Ravemon began, "where did they go?"

"Knowing him, he would have led everyone into the forest so they could better utilise their agility," Cherubimon informed Ravemon as he began walking towards the path that led into the woods. Ravemon just nodded as he began to follow his fellow Dark Lord into the woods.

They were walking for the better part of 30 minutes before they came upon an intersection.

"Which way do you think they went?" Cherubimon asked as he looked at each of the paths.

"No idea, maybe we should send out some scouts," Ravemon suggested. Cherubimon nodded and spat out three dark orbs. The orbs grew eyes and split up as they flew down different paths. Cherubimon then closed his eyes to focus.

Several minutes later, the orbs from the left and forward path came rocketing towards Cherubimon and entered his skin, right before the Dark Lord shot down the right path. Ravemon just barely keeping up at the moment.

"What is it?" Ravemon asked as he increased his speed.

Cherubimon, with one eye closed, said, "Trouble."

He then held out an open hand and summoned a lightning bolt. "Lightning Spear!" Cherubimon cried as he threw the spear in the direction they were running.


(Back with the Exploration Group)

(Battle Music-The Deep End-Kingdom Hearts)

"Come on!" the Dark Lord shouted as he sliced another Titan's hand off. He was standing in a small field of blood and dismembered body parts. Titan's that were bleeding oceans of blood were slowly closing in on him while wearing those shit-eating grins on their faces.

"My Lord! Please fall back!" the commander cried. He and the rest of the squad had lost their cloaks and revealed themselves to be Sealsdramon, the commanders had small red capes on their backs.

"A leader must protect his men to the best of his ability!" the Dark Lord said as he fired several spears into a Titan's eyes. "What kind of leader would I be if I didn't protect my men?!"

"While that may be noble, it doesn't help us if you die in the process!" a soldier yelled.

"Quiet and let me focus!" the Dark Lord roared as he ripped off a Titan's head. He then threw it at another Titan that was reaching towards him. The Dark Lord then turned around and started to fire spears at a Titan that was attempting to climb up the trees to get to the rest of the squad.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning shot throughthe forest and tore off the neck of a Titan that was attempting to squash the Dark Lord from behind. The monster then dropped dead, the first one to die ever since they charged the Dark Lord.

"About time someone got here!" the Dark Lord said as he went and ripped out the eyes of a Titan he had pinned to the floor.

"Were you waiting long?" Ravemon asked as he tore a hole through a Titan with his Spiral Raven Claw.

"YES!" the Dark Lord and his team yelled. Cherubimon just rolled his eyes before he reached up and took the orb that was floating above his head before putting it where his closed eye was.

"Why haven't you killed them all yet?" The Dark Lord of the Royal Guard asked as he watched the Titan's slowly stalk towards them.

"What the Hell do you think I've been TRYING to do?! Have a damn tea party?!" the Dark Lord raged as he tore off a Titan's head.

Ravemon sliced a Titan's eyes out with his claw and asked, "That depends, are you replacing the tea with blood?"

Cherubimon groaned and said, "Not now Ravemon. Apparently, I killed one, why don't you hit them where I did?"

The Dark Lord then stood there for a second before jumping into the air and landing on the back of a Titan. He then went and slashed through the back of the monsters neck and watched as it fell to the floor where it laid unmoving.

"You and your luck," Ravemon muttered as he used Celestial Blade to vaporize a Titan's nexk with the bolts of purple lightning.

Cherubimon grinned and grabbed a Titan's arm where he then began to swing it around, knocking other Titan's away.

"Take this! Demon Stab!" the Dark Lord cried as he shot forward and used his spears to rip out a Titan's neck. He was then jerked back as a Titan was able to grab his coat.

"Lose the coat!" Ravemon yelled as he was holding off a Titan that was attempting to crush him before tearing the arm. The Dark Lord growled as he twisted his body before turning himself into a spinning tornado and ripped off his coat.

When he landed he stopped spinning and crouched down low. The Dark Lord was a blue robot with yellow stripes on his legs, and chest. He had a bladed tail that was slowly going left and right in a threatening manner. On his arms were twin devices that had a demonic appearance. They were large lances that had a demonic face designed into the top part of it, complete with glowing eyes and mouths. There were three spikes on the back of the lances that were letting off small clouds of Dark Matter. The Dark Lords head was covered with a glass visor that stretched up past his head. On the back of his head was a mane of spikey, red hair. On the Dark Lords back were four extensions that woud pulse a blue aura.

"Nice to finally see your ugly mug, Darkdramon," Cherubimon remarked with a grin.

"Heh, at least mine doesn't look like a rabbits face," Darkdramon smirked. Cherubimon developed a small tick mark, but brushed off the comment. He can handle it when his friends do it once in a while, but not when strangers do it. Look at what happened to Eggman.

"Let's go WILD! Gigastick Lance!" Darkdramon roared as he powered Darm Matter into his lances and lept towards a Titan, ripping out its entire throat, in to two pieces!"

"Now you're talking! Spirla Raven Claw!" Ravemon cried as he tore through four Titan's before landing on a tree.

"They're so powerful, what can we do to help?" a Sealsdramon soldier asked.

The commander looked at him and said, "Help them?! They're the DARK LORDS! The strongest of the strong, only the Emperor can defeat them! We CAN'T help them because they're so skilled.

(End Music)

Darkdramon landed next to him and said, "True, we have this situation handled, but that doesn't mean that I won't need you on another assignment. Never doubt your skills." With that, he lept back into the battle and slashed out another Titan's neck.

"More and more of them keep popping up," Cherubimon noted as he dodged a Titan's fist.

"We need to find a way to take them out faster, any ideas?" Ravemon asked.

"I've got one, thankfully the Titan's are emitting a lot of what I need," Darkdramon said with a smirk.

"And that would be?" Ravemon asked as he glanced at his fellow Dark Lord.

"Gluttony," Darkdramon said as he jumped towards a branch and held out his hand as a glowing yellow emblem.

(Battle Music-Darkness of the Unknown 2nd phase-Kingdom Hearts II)

"Let all of you beasts let your hunger free," Darkdramon chanted as he held his hands out wide. The emblem floated above him.

"Let your eternal hunger roam free throughout the world." a yellow aura floated out of the Titan's and into the emblem, which began to glow brightly.

"But your hunger is pale in comparison to the Gluttonous One! Show yourself! Beelzemon!" Darkdramon roared as a bright light filled the forest.

When the light faded away, there was a figure standing next to Darkdramon. He was tall and slightly muscular. He was wearing a bikers uniform with a fur lined coat and a red bandana on his left bicep. Coming out of his tailbone was a long balck tail. On his left leg and back were a gun holsters. His boots had three spikes going upwards. On his head was a black helmet that covered the top part of his head. He had three red eyes, not unlike Bladk Doom. Coming out of the back of his head was blonde hair.

"What's the big idea wakin' me up?!" the figure, Beelzemon asked as he glared at Darkdramon.

"My apologies, but we need you help with this problem," Darkdramon said as he pointed at the Titan's.

"Fine, but I better get some good grub after this," Beelzemon said as he pulled out his guns.

Ravemon shook his head and said, "As expected, all you think about is food."

Beelzemon just smirked at him and aimed his gun at a Titan before shouting, "Double Impact!" Two bullets shot forward and obliterated the Titan's entire neck.

"Dis ain't even a challenge!" Beelzemon laughed as he fired more bullets at the Titan's, making them drop like flies.

"Glad to see you're enjoying yourself," Cherubimon grunted as he ripped off a Titan's arm and beat its head off with it. Then he used it to crush the Titan's neck, officially killing the monstrosity.

"Darkness Claw!" Beelzemon shouted as he coated his claws in a dark energy before using them to shred off several Titan's necks. He then lept upwards to avoid a Titan as it smashed its fist into the ground Beelzemon was. The next thing it knew, it's neck was torn off when Dakdramon got to it.

"Doesn't that one in the back look suspicious?" Ravemon asked the assassin as he landed behind him.

"Which one?" Darkdramon asked as he looked at all the Titan's.

"That one, the female with the blonde hair," Ravemon said, "and the hideous body." he finished with a shiver.

Indeed, there was a female Titan just standing in the back of the group staring at the other Titans being killed. As soon as her eeys locked with Darkdramon's piercing yellow orbs, she turned around and fled.

"Aww, she seems shy," Darkdramon said with a smirk.

"How about we go and...introduce ourselves," Ravemon suggested with a similar smirk.

Cherubimon's head formed between them and said, "Make sure that you introduce us after you convince her to come back. Beelzemon and I can finish up here."

"I can handle dis," Beelzemon said as he shot another Titan.

"Let's go," Ravemon said as he jumped away, Darkdramon following him.

"How 'bout we have a contest? Whoever gets the most kills wins," Beelzemon suggested.

Cherubimon gave him a malicious grin and said, "That's the best idea I've heard all day."

(End Music)


(Battle Music-Spinning Wheel Battle-Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)

"We're catching up!" Darkdramon said as the extensions on his back fired off a blue aura that allowed him to fly. Ravemon was just using his black wing to fly alongside him as they slowly caught up to the runaway Titan.

"So how do you wanna do this?" Ravemon asked.

"Remember how to do our Speed Slicer technique?" Darkdramon asked.

"Is DemiDevimon addicted to coffee?" Ravemon asked with a grin.

Darkdramon laughed and said, "You start this off." The Dark Lord then lowered his speed and allowed Ravemon to get ahead of him.

Ravemon drew his sword and kept it behind him with his arm in an arc. He then brought his metal arm in front of him and closed it slightly in a threatening manner. Behind him, Darkdramon popped out his lances and reloaded new ones while charging them with some Dark Matter.

Suddenly, the Titan spun around and threw a haymaker at Ravemon. The Dark Lord responded by spinning himself like a sawblade and cutting along the Titans arm before he stopped and kicked off her bicep towards her face. He then took his sword and slashed it, cutting her eyes out. Ravemon then planted his feet on her face and pushed himself away.

Darkdramon then darted forward and began to glow in a purple light. "Step Into Darkness!" Darkdramon roared as he began to warp all around the Titan, slicing wherever he warped to. He cut the leg muscles, sliced apart the tendons that supported the arms, and he even cut off the Titan's hair.

"Now she's ready for capture," Darkdramon said as he landed on a tree branch. The Titan then opened its mouth and let out a ear splitting shriek, forcing both Dark Lords to clap their hands over their ears.

"What the Hell!?" Ravemon cursed as he shook his head to get his bearings as soon as the shriek was over.

"What?!" Darkdramon asked as he wiggled a finger in his ear.

"What are you saying?!"

"Speak up!" Ravemon then shook his head and popped his ears before turning back to Darkdramon.

"What was that for?" Ravemon asked.

Darkdramon then lightly knocked his head before saying, "Must have been a-do you hear that?"

Ravemon turned around and heard what sounded like a stampede. "I don't like the sound of that," he said as he drew his sword again.

All of a sudden, a horde of Titans came running from all directions and began to crowd around the downed Titan before proceeding to eat it.

"Looks like the Titan didn't want to become Diaboromon's lab rat," Ravemon said.

"But why kill itself if it holds intelligence?" Darkdramon asked.

"Maybe it didn't kill itself," Ravemon said.

"What?" Darkdramon asked, turning to face the raven.

"Just something that's bothering me somewhat," Ravemon said as he turned to jump away. "Let's go, we're done here."

Both Dark Lords then jumped away from the horde of eating Titans and raced back to the group.

(End Music)

Ravemon and Darkdramon landed in the middle of a field of decomposing Titan, across from them was Cherubimon, Beelzemon, and the Sealsdramon who were originally with Darkdramon.

"How many did you get?" Cherubimon asked the Demon Lord.

"26, you?" Beelzemon asked.

Cherubimon cursed and said, "25, I would have gotten more, but the Titans just ran away."

"We know the reason why," Darkdramon told the group. He and Ravemon then preocedded to tell them what had transpired when they went after the Female Titan.

"It's unfortunate that you couldn't capture the Titan. It's uniqueness would have been something Diaboromon would have LOVED to crack apart," Cherubimon said as he cracked his neck.

"Tell me about it," Ravemon said.

"Time for you to go Beelzemon," Darkdramon said.

"Make sure you have some grub for me next time," Beelzemon demanded before he vanished into the seal, which Darkdramon put back into the mouth on his right lance.

"I don't suppose you guys have a ship that we can use, do you?" Darkdramon asked.

"No, we walked here," Cherubimon said as he rolled his eyes. "Of course we took a ship here! We didn't know where to pop out with the Dark Corridor!"

"My bad, my bad! I was just curious!" Darkdramon cried as he tried to calm down Cherubimon. An angry Cherubimon is a murderous Cherubimon. And a murderous Cherubimon equals a few funerals.

"Relax, he was just making sure that we had a way off of this world," Ravemon said as he placed a hand on Cherubimon's shoulder.

Darkdramon sighed in relief and asked, "Are you going to lead the way?"

"Actually," Ravemon began as he pulled out a communicator, "I was thinking that we should have the ship come to us."

"Robots?" Darkdramon asked.

"Robots," Ravemon confirmed as he walked a short distance away and began to talk into the communicator.

"While he's talking to those tin cans, let's get some of those trees cleared so the ship can clear through the tree tops," Cherubimon suggested.

Darkdramon nodded, turned to face his squad and said, "You heard the man, let's get to work!"

The Sealsdramon then jumped into the trees and began to use their knives to gut through the smaller branches, slowly making a small opening in the treetops. Darkdramon was using his Gigastick Lances to slice through larger branches and make the opening bigger.

Cherubimon took his job a step further and went to cut down an entire tree. His left leg exploded and the orbs reformed into a giant sawblade after a lot of flattening and sharpening the edges. After a few minutes of cutting through the tree, the sawblade reformed back into his leg.

"Timber!" Cherubimon cried as he pushed the tree to the side.

Darkdramon was trying to pull out his lance that was stuck in the tree when he heard Cherubimon. "What's he talking about?" He then noticed that the tree he was on was beginning to fall, with him about to be flattened!

"That idiot!" Darkdramon shouted as he began to furiously pull on the stuck lance. With only a few seconds left, he was able to free his lance from the bark. Darkdramon then jumped away as the tree crashed into the ground and kicked up a large dust cloud.

"What's the big idea trying to squash me?!" Darkdramon roared as he stomped towards Cherubimon.

The large bunn-, I mean fallen angel, just rubbed the back of his head and said, "Uh, oops?"

"OOPS?! That's the best you can say?!" Darkdramon roared.

"I didn't know you were on the tree!" Cherubimon argued.

"Well why didn't you say so?" Darkdramon said, instantly calming down. Cherubimon sighed and rubbed his temples in order to suppress the oncoming migraine.

"They're here!" Ravemon shouted as the transport flew through the treetop and landed before them. The Dark Lords and the Sealsdramon boarded the transport and closed the doors. Ravemon and Cherubimon went back to the cockpit and began the liftoff sequence.

"Initiating engine powerup," Ravemon said.

"Activating radar," Cherubimon announced.

"Powering up heat shields."

"Energizing gravity generator."

"We have liftoff."

The transport then floated above the treetops and took a slow pace upwards before the engines lit up and threw it into space.

"Are we going back to the base?" Darkdramon asked as he entered the cockpit.

Ravemon nodded and said, "The Emperor wanted to hear about how your progress was, he hasen't heard from you in a while."

"Impossible, I sent him a message two days ago," Darkdramon said in disbelief.

"Probably didn't get through, the communication systems still have a few bugs in them," Cherubimon told him.

Ravemon turned his head to face Darkdramon and asked, "How DID your ship crash anyway?"

The Dark Lord chuckled and said, "You won't believe this, but something smacked us out of the sky."

Both pilots looked at Darkdramon in disbelief before they looked at each other and shook their heads.

"With all the things in the universe, how can we NOT believe you?" Ravemon asked. Cherubimon nodded in agreement.


(Dark City)

"I'm boooooored," the Emperor groaned as he slumped lower in his chair. DemiDevimon sat on his perch, sweatdropping at his leaders antics.

"Well, what have you done so far?" the little flying bowling ball asked.

"I've took a walk through the base, watched Diaboromon perform an experiment, and played the piano, but I'm still bored!" the Emperor said.

DemiDevimon thought for a moment before suggesting, "What about your other past time? Watching other couples and reminiscing your times with the Empress?"

The Emperor froze for a moment before saying, "I've been so busy I've forgot about remembering about her! I'm a horrible husband!" He then began to weep, sending DemiDevimon into a panic.

"N-No you're not! You're just...just...getting the Empire back on track for her! Yeah! That's it!" DemiDevimon cried.

"Of course!" The Emperor said, cheering up immediately, "I've been working hard for her! I'm still a good spouse!"

DemiDevimon sighed in relief before jumping to the side to dodge a book. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Looking for that cyrstal ball I used to use," the Emperor explained as he dug through a chest. "Aha! Found it!" he cried, holding up a crystal ball and a small pedestal for it with small dragon heads pointing out of it like a compass.

"Are you able to see anywhere with this?" DemiDevimon asked.

The Emperor shook his head and said, "No, it can only see places that aren't filled with filled with light, or they have special seals placed on the area."

"Hey, remember that Madara guy?" DemiDevimon suddenly asked.

"What about him?" the Emperor asked in a cold voice, making his little companion cringe.

"W-Well I heard about there being a lovely couple from a recon group that came from his world, maybe you should look at them. Those guys said that they act like how you and the Empress did," DemiDevimon explained

"Oh? In that case, I'll take a little look and see," the Emperor said in an intrigued tone. "Do you know what that world was called?"

DemiDevimon scrunched his face in concentration before saying, "I think it was a world called The Five Elemental Nations. The couple that I heard about is living in a place called Konoha, one of the five major cities. The male is the leader of the place."

"A leader and his wife? My my, sounds like me already," the Emperor said as he waved his hands over the crystal ball, chanting a strange incantation. The inside of the ball became cloudy before an image of a large city inside of a crater appeared. On the mountain behind the village were five faces carved into the stone, a space next to the fifth one was being sculpted. What caught the Emperor's intrest was a large tree root that was slowly being moved.

"W-W-Wait a minute! That root! It can't be!" the Emperor exclaimed in shock.

"What's wrong?!" DemiDevimon asked.

"Go and get me the report on this world! NOW!" the Emperor shouted. DemiDevimon flew out of the room and came back two minutes later with a large, fat folder in his claws.

"Here...you...go..." DemiDevimon wheezed as he hefted the folder onto the desk. He then collapsed next to it and tried to catch his breath.

The Emperor began to flip through the folder furiously before he landed on a particular page.

"HUMANS beat the SHINJU?!" the Emperor exclaimed. He then turned a few pages before he growled, "Hagoromo, I TOLD you that you shouldn't have mentioned that horendous technique in the tablet."

"Uh, explanation please?" DemiDevimon asked.

"Later, when I calm down. In the meantime, let's look at that couple you were telling me about," the Emperor said as he went back to the crystal ball. He then took a small glance back at the folder before muttering, "Hokage," and focusing on the crystal ball. The image changed to a figure is white robes at a desk with a red and white hat covering their head as they slept, piles of paperwork on the desk.

"This is their leader? Kind of lazy if you ask me? Just look at all that paperwork piling up! He should focus on his work," the Emperor remarked.

'Hypocrite...' DemiDevimon thought as he gave the Emperor a discrete look.

"So when's he gonna wake up?" he asked.

"Quiet, something's happening," the Emperor said as he focused to make the image clearer.

The door to the office opened and a figure walked in that made the Emperor's eyes widen and DemiDevimon blush while his jaw was introduced to the floor. A woman, no, angel, had entered the office. She had long dark blue hair in a hime-style that went down to her waist, and shoulder length bangs that framed her face that brought out her fair skin. She had lavender eyes that sprakled with innocence. She was wearing a loose lavender jacket that was slightly open, allowing both watchers to see her impressive bust underneath mesh armor, resulting in DemiDevimon getting a nosebleed, nobody could tell what was happening with the Emperor. She had dark blue pants with a holster on her right thigh. On her feet were black sandles.

"If I wasn't already dating BlackGatomon, I'd propose!" DemiDevimon said. The Emperor said nothing as he was watching the woman tiptoeing towards the desk while she was suppressing a giggle.

'Is...this your...reincarnation? She seems to resemble you in everything, except for the fact that she's a human. Albeit, a pretty one, but that's to be expected from someone I beleive is your reincarnation,' the Emperor thought as he watched the woman. She stood at the end of the desk before moving a few papers and resting her head on the desk across from the sleeping figure. She lifted the hat to reveal a male with spikey blonde hair and three whisker marks on each cheek. The woman then planted a small kiss on the males face, causing him to smile in his slee before his eyes opened to reveal blue orbs.

'The only thing she looks like she'd be missing is your temper," the Emperor finished as he watched the two teens.

"Good morning Naruto-kun," the woman said. The male just smiled and relaxed in his chair while stretching and popping his stiff joints.

"Morning Hinata-chan," Naruto said as he walked around the desk and hugged her.

"Are they dating or married?" DemiDevimon asked. The Emperor grabbed the folder and flipped a few pages before stopping.

"Dating, it's only been three months since they and their friends freed everyone from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, impressive, stopped the Shinju, someone named Obito, and...MADARA?!"

"The same one who's a Seeker?" DemiDevimon asked.

"The very same!" the Emperor exclaimed. He then put down the folder and took a calming breath before turning back to the crystal ball, only to find that the room pictured was empty.

"Where'd they go?" the Emperor asked as he commanded the ball to search for them. He eventually found them a small stand feeding each other ramen.

"It's creepy how similar they act to both you and the Empress did," DemiDevimon commented. The Emperor nodded in agreement. The duo watched for a few more minutes before the Emperor decided that he was done with watching.

"Not bored anymore?" DemiDevimon asked.

"No, I feel...calm, it was like watching those two made me remember everything that Dawn and I did when we were dating. It brough back all the good memories that we had." the Emperor explained. There was a knock at the door and the Emperor said, "Enter."

A messagenger robot came in the door and rolled over to the Emperor, giving him a letter before rolling out of the door.

""What's it say?" DemiDevimon asked.

"Cherubimon and Ravemon have rescued Darkdramon and have arrived in Hanger 8, I'm going to get a report on what happened." With that, the Emperor left the room to go and see what his Dark Lords had to report.


(Where Nothing Gathers)

All of the Seekers of Darkness were assembled in the meeting room, except for a certain Alien Overlord.

"Black Doom has fallen," Master Xehanort said as he relaxed in his chair.

"He did? I thought it would have been the midget over there," Xigbar said as he jerked his thumb at Young Xehanort who scowled in response.

"I thought you were helping him," Nazo said to Mephiles, who was sitting on an armrest while his other sat in the chair.

"He said that he didn't want any help," Mephiles answered. The figure in the chair just gave a grunt.

"In any case, we need to double our efforts if we want to create the X-Blade," Saïx said.

"He does have a point," Lezard agreed, "that seems like the best course of action right now.

Madara snorted and said, "It would be better if I just revived my Eye of The Moon Plan."

"No," Master Xehanort said in a cold voice. "Trapping everyone in a world of illusions is a cowards way out. That pathetic plan of yours only proves that you would rather hide in a world of lies than try to change the real world yourself."

Madara said nothing, but settled for a glare at the aged Keyblade Master.

"This pointless bickering is getting us nowhere," Terranort said as he massaged his temples.

"He's right, we need to focus on the main objective, getting more fragments," Nazo said. "How many do we have?"

"Fourteen, we're almost there," Xemnas said.

"So what do we do about our fallen comrade?" Lezard asked. He rather enjoyed Black Doom's company, he enjoyed the alien's stories about how he and his offspring would conquer worlds and turn the inhabitants into food.

"There is nothing we can do," Young Xehanort said. "We were only able to bring you back from the dead once. It would be ages before we could do it again."

"Well that sucks," the masked boy muttered.

"Quiet Vanitas," Ansem ordered. Vanitas just settled to glare at Ansem from behind his helmet.

"All this proves is that we need to be extra careful when fighting," Nazo said. "Well, at least most of us," he finished with a glance at Madara.

The Cursed Uchiha just smriked at the mention of his near immortality.

"This meeting is adjourned," Master Xehanort said as he and the other Seekers teleported out of the room. The only ones who remained were Saïx and Vanitas.

"How long are we going to keep up this charade?" Vanitas asked as he rested his head on his hands.

"The time is almost upon us, we only need to wait for a little while longer," Saïx told him.

Vanitas sighed and said, "I'm getting tired of all this acting, why can't we just go to the winning side already?"

"If we act to rashly, we'll practically be asking for termination," Saïx said.

"Guess you have a point," Vanitas sighed. "Well, I'm gonna go catch a few Z's, see ya later!" With that, the masked boy vanished, leaving Saïx alone.

"Almost there, just wait a little while longer," Saïx whispered as he vanished, leaving the room in an erie silence.


Finished! Wow, what a chapter! A lot of action has happened these past two chapters, and its only going to get better!

If you haven't noticed, I'm a MAJOR NaruHina fan. It's the BEST pairing when it comes to Naruto's love life. I will only agree with certain pairings for him. If you want a list on that, take a look at my profile.

Time to talk about a few things. First off, what the Hell Sakura!? Why didn't you stab the Rinnegan and prevent Madara from activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi?

Second thing, was anyone else creeped out by how Madara trapped everyone in a cocoon? It...disturbed me greatly. Especially when Hinata was being captured. But on the bright side, Naruto reacted to her silent plea for help, boosting the NaruHina rating.

Final thing, Ike's been confirmed for Super Smash Bros. 4! I don't know about all of you, but I'm glad that I get my best heavy hitter to fight with!

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