Toward the Dark

Twilight's Might! Roxas Arrives!

Riku watched as all his Neo Shadows disappeared in puffs of black smoke as a kid in a black Organization cloak made his way towards the tower. He was holding two blades that Riku couldnt quite make out from the distance, but one was black and the other was white. Riku watched as another batch of Neo Shadows disappeared.

This was gonna be interesting.

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Garnoth and Lucius stood before Faren as they held their blades ready. Garnoth with his giant broad sword and Lucius with her two scimitars.

"Garnoth, you engage him first", Faren ordered, which received him a quick nod from Garnoth. "Lucius, you and I follow up from the sides." Lucius nodded and Faren drew his blade. It was a long sword that was black. It had a white streak going up it. He grinned. "Lets go." The three nodded and Garnoth turned to face the approaching kid.

His hood had now flown off to show his blonde hair. Garnoth stared at the kid with his hard gaze as he hoisted his giant sword onto his shoulder. He bent down so that his free hand touched the ground. The kid burst through the shadows in a whirl. They now saw the blades.

Two keyblades. One white, one black. Garnoth launched himself at the boy.

"Die!", Garnoth shouted as he brought his sword down. The boy jumped up and landed on Garnoth's sword before planting his foot into his face. Garnoth went back and crashed down. Then Lucius and Faren came from the sides. The two slashed at him, but he just flipped into the air again and the two clashed blades. The boy landed on the three intersecting blades and smirked.

"This is all you've got?", the boy asked, mockingly. Lucius got angry.

"You know what, you little punk, I hav-", she was cut off.

"What is your name, boy?", Faren asked, mildly impressed by his display.

"Roxas, number one and ex-leader of the Organization XIII", Roxas replied,"You better not forget it." He smirked more as he brought both his hands back, smacking Lucius and Faren in the face with his keyblades and sending them crashing to the side. The two rose to their feet as Garnoth did as well. Roxas bent down and started to charge at Garnoth, but found that he couldnt move.

"Dont forget about us", Touya said, mockingly. Roxas looked down and saw ice had caught his feet and he was stuck. Roxas smirked more.

"So...you're the deserter", Roxas said before smashing the ice with his keyblades. He then turned to Holy. "And you must be the other one." His comment rewarded him with a blast of light. It temporarily blinded him and got him right in the chest. Roxas just stood up and twirled his keyblades. "Now, that wasnt nice." He pointed his black keyblade at her and a massive black blast shot at her. Garnoth got in the way, but it sent him flying.

"Wha!?", Holy was shocked. "You should still be blind!" Roxas laughed in response.

"We are in between light and dark", Roxas smirked. "We are closer to the darkness than any of you have ever been. Your pitiful light tricks cant work here." Faren took this opportunity to jump up behind him and plunge down on Roxas, but he just bent back and slid his two keyblades into an X, blocking it with ease.

"You are good, kid", Faren complimented before doing a back flip and jumping to land in front of Roxas. He then charged foward and made a wild slash, but was blocked with ease again with the white keyblade. Lucius came at him from behind and went to slash her dual blades down, but was intercepted by the black keyblade.

"And you have to get better", Roxas replied to Faren's compliment. He jumped up and did a kick in a circle to hit both Lucius and Faren in the face before landing on his feet. Touya charged foward with his ice blade formed.

"You wont win!", Touya shouted before swinging down on Roxas. He just sidestepped it and planted a hard kick to Touya's stomach. Garnoth jumped over Touya and brought his giant blade down, which was blocked by both of Roxas' keyblades. Holy jumped up and used Garnoth's back as a foot stool to jump over him and end up behind Roxas, slashing him across the back with her thin, white sword.

"You actually landed a scratch", Roxas acknowledged before jumping into the air, bringing one of his feet back and one foward, hitting both Holy and Garnoth in the stomach. The two flew back and crashed into the ground. Then Roxas noticed Kurama and Hiei just standing there. "Arent you two going to help your friends?"

"They arent my friends", Hiei said,"I'm doing this for myself." Kurama just shrugged as he pulled out a rose. He whipped it down once and a whip of thorns appeared in his hand.

"Hey, you started without us!", a voice shouted from behind Roxas. Kurama and Hiei looked back in surprise. They saw Faren and Lucius rising to their feet again, but now they saw Yusuke and Kuwabara making their way towards the group with smirks on their face.

"Yusuke!?", Kurama shouted in surprise.

"Oh, great...the stupid oaf...", Hiei showed less enthusiasm as he noticed Kuwabara.

"Hey, shut up, you three eyed bastard!", Kuwabara shouted back in response. He held out his hand and a orange blade of energy appeared. "Who's this bastard now!?" Kuwabara smirked. "Doesnt look that tough!" He charged right at him and jumped into the air. He brought his blade down on the boy, but Roxas slashed up with his white keyblade, making a white slash appear and deflect the energy blade. Then he slashed with his black keyblade, making a black slash that hit Kuwabara in the stomach and sent him flying back to Yusuke's side.

"So...the friends unite?", Roxas asked, mockingly. "You four are a bunch of amateurs."

"And if we fight?", Touya asked as he rose to his feet. Holy, Garnoth, Faren, and Lucius rose to their feet as well.

"Still nothing", Roxas smirked as he got into a stance with his two keyblades. "Oathkeeper." He slashed with the white one. "Oblivion." He slashed with the black one. "I will defeat all nine of you with ease. The real fight's up there." He pointed Oblivion to the top of the tower where a smirking Riku stood.

Touya charged foward, forming two ice blades. He slashed with both in an X form, but was blocked by Roxas' two keyblades. Faren and Lucius came from behind and both slashed at him. Roxas pushed himself up and balanced himself on his keyblades that were still clashed with Touya's ice blades.

"Give me a challenge!", Garnoth roared as he jumped into the air and plunged down with his giant blade, but was blocked as Roxas freed his keyblades from the clash with Touya's ice blades. He landed and brought his foot up to kick Garnoth in the stomach again, but before he could fly off, Roxas changed his foot's direction and went to kick Touya, even though he was out of reach. The result was Garnoth flying right into Touya. Holy came at him from behind with her thin sword, but was blocked by Oathkeeper.

"You still cant beat me", Roxas observed as Faren charged next. He blocked Faren with Oblivion, but was struck in the back by a whip. He cocked his head back and saw Kurama smirking and Hiei drawing his own blade. Hiei charged foward with his blade and went for a slash, but was sidestepped and kicked in the side of the head. Yusuke took this chance.

"Spirit Gun!", Yusuke shouted as Roxas looked over to see a blast of blue coming at him. Roxas put his keyblades into an X form and the blast knocked him back a bit. Kuwabara was right behind the blast and came down with his spirit blade. It was blocked as Oathkeeper began glowing white and Oblivion glowed black. To Roxas' surprise, a second spirit blade formed and cut into his side.

"Double Spirit Blade!", Kuwabara shouted before bringing his foot up and planting a kick to Roxas' jaw, sending him into the air. Garnoth took the oppurtunity once he recovered and jumped up to kick him down by the stomach. Kurama sent his rose whip at Roxas and tied it around his leg. Then he whipped it down, making him crash into the ground. Touya then put his hands together in concentration.

"Spike!", Touya shouted as an ice spike appeared above Roxas and came down on his arm, making him drop Oathkeeper. Roxas' eyes seemed to widen.

"You fools!", Roxas shouted as he whipped Oblivion up quickly. The darkness burst out and sent everyone back. Hiei rose, gripping the edge of his headband.

"You...bastard...", he managed to mutter before ripping it off and revealing his third eye. Kurama rose to his feet, but now he had white hair and his rose whip had grown a bit.

"You have awakened me...", Kurama said in a slightly demonic tone. "Now, feel the wrath of Youko Kurama, you fool!" Youko Kurama sent the rose whip at him and got him in the shoulder before bringing it back and sending it again. This time, Roxas brought up Oblivion and let it get wrapped up before driving it into the ground and twisting it to keep the whip there. He suddenly felt two humongous bursts of energy from behind and tilted his head back.

"You cant win", Yusuke smirked. His body was completely overflowing with spirit energy now. Kuwabara was seething with his orange spirit sword energy. Kuwabara now held a giant sized spirit sword and Yusuke held his hands up in the spirit gun form. Touya and Holy took this time to rise.

"Feel the wrath of the ice god!", Touya shouted as his body was covered in ice armor and his power soared. Holy's whole body was enshrouded in light and when she walked out she was in golden armor.

"The holy spirits shall vanquish you...", she muttered in a voice that was almost not her's. The two stood ready and charged. Holy slashed, but Roxas jumped over it and kicked her over the head. The two elemental warriors went up alongside each other and closed their eyes. When they opened them, their eyes had changed to a light blue and white for ice and light.

"Now you fall", they said in unison in voices that didnt belong to the two. Touya's was a deep booming voice and Holy was a majestic, beutiful voice that you would expect to come from royalty.

"Light Dragon!", Holy shouted as a white dragon shot from her hands to come at Roxas.

"Ice Dragon!", Touya shouted as a dragon made of ice shot forth as well. The two dragons swirled around each other and as they were about to hit, Roxas brought both keyblades up in his defense.

"Holy Ice!", the two shouted in unison as a giant blast was seen and the two grinned in triumph. Touya turned to Holy with a smirk.

"One more attack...Just to make sure", Touya said in his new voice. Holy nodded and the two held out their hands.

"Beneath the heavens, thy disciple beckens to thee!", Holy shouted,"God of the heavens, grant me your strength! Holy Might!" A bright light surged down and expelled from her hands, going straight at where the dragons had attacked. Her blast created a larger explosion and Touya bent down to place his hand on the ground.

"God of the artics, thy pupil asks thee for thy assistance!", Touya shouted to the air. "Give me the power of the ice godess Shiva! The power of the gods of the artic winds! Surge me with their power so I may vanquish thy enemies!" A blue light surged over Touya as ice seeped out of his hand and created frost on the ground. Then a giant surge shot at the smoking area where the attacks had taken place. There was another explosion as spikes made of ice shot out and then reverted back in.

"That should do it...But just to make sure...", Holy whispered to Touya, putting her hands together. He nodded and placed his hands together as well.

"God of Ice!", Touya shouted.

"Godess of Light!", Holy shouted as well.

"Bear witness to your disciples!", they shouted in unison. "Give us thy strength! Holy Ice!" Both surged with energy as a symbol appeared around the smoking area, made of ice and light. There was a giant blast and then the light faded. The two were panting as they reverted back to their normal form and collapsed.

"They put on quite a show...", Faren said, clearly impressed. The smoke continued to rise until they could see Roxas standing there in a tattered black cloak. He grabbed it and yanked it off, showing that he wore a beige shirt with black jeans. He was unscratched and looked around at the remainder of the fighting force. Three warriors from the Anti-Heartless organization, two demons, and two humans with extraordinary spirit powers. And of course...the one on top of the tower.

"Seems I'll have to go all out", Roxas smirked,"Should be fun." He twirled Oblivion and Oath Keeper before getting into a stance. "Whos first!?"