SMST: My Own Worst Enemy! – By DS Wynne

Disclaimer: SM, R1/5, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.

Note: This is a multi-genre mini-series.

Special Note: This story takes place before the events of "Blackest Reign and a Dark Night". C&C are welcomed.

Addendum: "Dr. Tempo" and "Taimu Kyuusaisha" belongs to Dr. Tempo; everything else belongs to their respective creators.


Part 29


The following is from the letter written by "Moment of Shadows", the Sailor Pluto of Earth-Kingdom Hearts to Sailor Cosmos, bani Earth-Prime:

Dear Princess Serena,

Although it is not my place to circumvent the Council of Pluto(s), I have grave concerns concerning the possibility that my world will soon be over-run by a menace from beyond the 52 Sub-verses. The other Sailor Pluto(s) do not recognize the threat I am sensing, which is why I am sending you this letter.

OK. Here's what you need to know: Master Xehanort is the original version of Xehanort; his Heartless was "Ansem", while and his Nobody was Xemnas, the leader of Organization XIII. You and Lord Ranma would be aware of this, when you, as the Queen of Hearts, defeated the original Xehanort by scattering his essence throughout the Realm. As you and Lord Ranma, also known as the female pirate "Captain No-Beard the Red", can attest, his goal was to restart the Keyblade Wars by reviving the legendary X-Blade. Thankfully, you sealed he X-Blade within in a place further than the furthest star, but closer than a heart beat. Unfortunately, this act may have been the catalyst that created the Nobody phenomenon. I do not blame you for this, since Xehanort was a clear and present threat to Realm, and that you would rather neutralize the threat through redemption, than through death. But, I digress.

Nevertheless, his original apprentice, Ven, a doppelganger of Master Sora, found the X-Blade years later, though he couldn't harness the X-Blade. Making matters worse, a doppelganger of Xehanort, Master Xehanort, created Vanitas out of Ven's darkness in his heart. The idea was that a strong emotion was needed to harness the X-Blade.

Vanitas is the "source" of the Unversed, who are used to wreak havoc across the worlds.

Terra (Ranma's counterpart in the KH-Earth) is sent to investigate this menace, while Aqua (your counterpart) is asked to keep an eye on Terra, as their master is worried about the darkness in Terra's heart. Compounding this was the fact that Ven followed them both during this quest.

In the end, Ven, Aqua, and Terra confront Vanitas and Master Xehanort; Terra defeats Master Xehanort, only for Xehanort to use Terra unleashing the darkness in his heart as his cue to pull a Grand Theft Me, taking over Terra's body and becoming the Xehanort we know and hate. Terra's armor, however, becomes the Lingering Sentiment. Unfortunately, this is was not enough to defeat Xehanort. Meanwhile, Vanitas and Ven fight; this very battle causes the X-Blade to awake for the first time in years, while Vanitas possesses Ven's body. At the same time, Ven and Vanitas fight inside Ven's heart, while Aqua and King Mickey the Mouse fight Vanitas on the outside. Thankfully, Ven defeats Vanitas, causing the X-Blade to be destroyed; but this puts Ven into a deep sleep.

To protect Ven, Aqua takes the slain Eraqus' Keyblade, and turns her homeland, the Land of Departure, (walled by darkness thanks to Xehanort) into Castle Oblivion to protect Ven. She then finds Xehanort (in Terra's body) and fights him to free Terra's heart. In the end, Terra regains control long enough to use Xehanort's Keyblade to seal his memories (hence why Xehanort has no memories when Ansem the Wise find him), before falling into the Realm of Darkness. Aqua tried to save him, but had to sacrifice her armor and Keyblade, and falls into the Realm of Darkness. Meanwhile, Ven's heart enters Sora's own.

But the story does not end there.

The truth of the matter is that Terra's and Xehanort's hearts lying dormant in Terra's body, waiting to see which will control it, with Eraqus's heart revealed to be sealed within Terra's. Recently, there was an encounter between Ansem the Wise in the Realm of Darkness. Ansem, who had survived the explosion of his Kingdom Hearts Encoder with few of his memories remaining, reveals to Aqua that while darkness threatens to swallow the worlds again, hope lies in the form of Sora, who prepares to set out on another journey to help all of those whose hearts are connected to his.

But that is not why I am writing you this letter.

The truth of the matter is that the boy you know as Sora, hailing from the land of Destiny Island, is the son of Aqua and Terra, your and Ranma's counterparts. Both had shared the Destiny Fruit, and that is why while the hand of Fate deemed it necessary to create a child of Destiny, who would one day free the Kingdom Hearts from the Darkness, whether it be from the Heartless, Organization XIII or any other threat. It is imperative that you restore Sora, your would-be son, to his proper place. Otherwise, I fear that this unknown enemy will destroy the very salvation that the Realm needs…


Eighteen weeks ago…

"HA-HO! HA-HO!" chortled a gigantic, dark version King Mickey the Mouse, called "Cykimex the Nobody", as he floated over the city of Disney Castle. Somehow, Organization XIII unleashed the darkness within the king by harming Minnie Mouse. Enraged, Mickey became Cykimex, and was now going to destroy everything that was near and dear to him.

"I AM THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS!"
With a deep inhale," Mickey shoots fire from his mouth.

FWOOOSH!

"Arrgh!" Donald Duck said, as ran around on fire.

"Hold on Donald!" Goofy said in panic. "Uuuh-huh!"

"Ice Blast!" said Lady Cassandra, as she channeled her water elemental power through her "Keyblade R" weapon.

FWOOSH!

This has the effect of negating the fire attack caused by Cykimex.

"Quack! Thanks…"

For a while now, hordes of Heartless, unleashed by Organization XIII to help ferment chaos, was trying to overwhelm everyone.

"Sora, what are we going to do-ohhhhh?" Kairi asked, as Raiku and Sora defended their friend.

"We hold back the Heartless as long as we can," Sora said, as he slammed his Keyblade into the ground. "GRAVITY ENHANCES!"

WHOOM!

The Heartless were now slowed down, but were not out.

"Good enough," Riku said, as he performed an "X" criss-cross cut pattern, slicing every Heartless in his path.

SLICE-SLICE!

"Skreee-!"

"But the Queen had best hurry, if we are to stop the King from making a terrible mistake!"

Meanwhile, the Queen of Hearts, aka Jackie, sees Cykimex pass below.

"Better make this count," Jackie said, as she dived off the building. She was able to acquire the Star Seeker Keyblade, a powerful Keyblade, hoping that it will be enough to restore King Mickey.

"Luckily, I am not so useless in this world," Jackie said, as she strapped both the Star Seeker and her own keyblade, "Keyblade S". "Here I go-!"

Jackie dives off the building, and right into Cykimex's back.

BOOM!

"Oh-ho-!" Cykimex said, as he and Jackie crashed into the streets.

FW-WOOOOOM!

"Bloody hell!" Donna said, as she steadied the device that the Doctor had made.

"Now, now," the Doctor said, as he puts the plug in place, so that the heart of the Kingdom Hearts Realm would power his machine. "We've been through situations like this before."

"I still don't like it!"

"OH-HO!" Cykimex roared, as he gets up. "YOU CANNOT STOP THE DESTROYER!"

"I beg to differ," Jackie said, as she crossed the Keyblades in her hands.

SKREEEE!

"MOON HEALING ELIMINATION!" Jackie said, as she unleashed her power.

ZAAARRRRKKKKKK-!

Cykimex withered under the assault, although he remains defiant.

"I…WILL…NOT-"

"And…CUT!" the Doctor said, as he activates the machine. King Mickey's Keyblade, "Keyblade D", was attached to the machine that would be used to restore Cykimex back to normal…

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh…"

FLASH!

"Mickey!" Minnie said, as she hobbles to where Mickey was lying. "Mickey…"

Mickey looks up to see Minnie.

"Minnie?" Mickey managed to say. "You're…okay, oh-ho?"

"I am, Mickey," Minnie said tearfully while smiling. "I am…"

Tbc.