Annnd, I'm back! So, few things different with the story, and well, my updating schedule...One, I got rid of some chapters and mashed them up together into one(Good idea Silver!), so everything else was moved up four chapters. Two, my home laptop screen cracked(such a shame...), and I lost all of my files, but thankfully, my friend Alex had copies of all of my fics so she just sent those to my email. Three, with school starting I'll be able to update, but only on Wednesdays because I have Marching Band Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, with games and competitions of Friday's and Saturday's. So yeah, busy busy busy...Oh, and I have a very special thing planned for the ending of this, if you stick with it, you might like it. I'm also starting up another fic that I will post once I feel like it's reached a decent posting position. So, long Author's note aside, enjoy The Game! And as always, I own nothing bu the plot and some of the characters.

"Where are your team members now?"

"Does it matter? You can't do anything to help them!" Jeff shouted at me, his words cold as I looked for a way out of our small but worn battle area.

"Watch me!" I turned to a hallway that led to the gym, "D.P. Sanctioned Oblivion!"

"Roger!" He though back, my hand began to glow with a golden light as the new keyblade appeared. I began to prepare an attack when I was hit by a sudden wave of exhaustion.

"Wha…I feel so…sleepy…" I crashed onto the ground inches away from the exit. My keyblade clattered onto the ground and disappeared in a flash of golden light.

"Hmph, looks like he wasn't as strong as he let-" I heard another crash and weakly turned to see Jeff collapse onto the ground. As he did so, Soul shimmered and "collapsed" into light, presumably returning to Jeff's soul. Now that I thought about it, I couldn't hear D.P. anymore.

"D…D.P. are you…there?" My consciousness faded before I got a response.

(Connor)

I jumped back to avoid a blast of dark energy and was met by a cold chill. I turned to see John behind me; his being was so deep in Darkness that even his eyes gave off a dark aura. I jumped again and prepared to spear him, when I launched my attack I was met with a rather strong force. I looked up and saw that John had stopped my keyblade, with his bare hands! "You can't defeat me! I am going to destroy EVERYTHING!" John cried out. I let go of Way to Dawn and landed on the opposite end of the hall. I held out my hand and summoned the keyblade back to me before John could do any damage to it.

"Shut up John, I'm GOING to save you, and you can't stop me!" I charged a ball of blue fire before launching it at him. The attack fizzled before making contact, catching me off guard. John smirked evilly.

"Nothing you do will work…You can't touch me, how are you going to fight that which you cannot damage?"

"Well…there's that, but you have to incite a little madness to use it…" I said to myself. "No, I can do this without having to resort to that!" I got back into my stance and steeled myself. John looked up and I finally saw him. His eyes were no longer their original brown, but had become a sharp red color. I gasped as I felt a hand close around my neck. "Wha?!" I gasped out. John had lifted me off the ground and began staring me down.

"Why don't you vanish?" He said finally.

"Be-because, if I did that…I'd be letting…people down…" I choked out. John tightened his grip, his eyes devoid of any emotion now. "J-john…I know there's still…Light…In you!" I managed, John's eyes faltered for a second, and I thought I could see a little bit of him come back before it was shoved back down into the depths of Darkness. He began to cry out and tossed me aside. I smashed into the ground and barely managed to stand, John was now clutching his head in pain.

"Agh! Shut up…Shut up shut up SHUT UP! LIGHT WILL PERISH!" he screamed. My breathing became ragged; there was no space in the area where John's Darkness didn't touch. All around him pairs of yellow eyes began to push out of the Darkness, I dropped to my knees, unable to hold my body up anymore. My consciousness began to fade when I heard a voice.

"Finalize! Black Ace!" I looked up and saw a boy clad in black armor with green circuits running up the boy's body, what was more prominent were the pair of digital wings formed by a black armor skeleton and red energy. He turned his head slightly as if checking on my condition. His red eyes gave him a possessed look even if he was fully in control. His arms rose up and I could see two red "eyes" staring straight up.

"Hey kid, you O.K.?" the boys mouth didn't move, but I DID see the red eyes on his arm blink with each word.

"I-I'll be fine…I just need to…catch my breath." I managed. The boy studied me for a bit before making a decision.

"Max Barrier." All around me a purple dome formed. I also felt a soothing feeling course throughout my body, healing my injuries. "Mega, you ready?" The boy said to his…arm.

"Time for me to go buck wild!" The…arm replied.

"RAAAH!" The boy yelled, kinetic energy formed in the palm of his hand before he launched it towards John, the energy had morphed into a massive black hole and the boy began to rise up off the ground. In a flash of light, the boys arm had changed shape and now resembled a large red blade of energy. "Black End…GALAXY!" He rushed towards the black hole and sliced forward, actually cutting through and causing a massive explosion.

"AAAGGH!" John shouted. His form became distorted and his screams warped. He continued to writhe in pain before finally disappearing. The barrier that was put up to protect me faded as I stood up, my strength back up to its full capability. I eyed the ground in disappointment.

"Hey, are you sure you're O.K.?" the boy asked.

"Yeah, I'm just a little mad that I wasn't strong enough to save him."

"Well, if it makes ya feel better, he didn't damage him too much, just enough to force him to retreat." The arm replied.

"My name's…Uhhh…" He turned around, apparently talking to his arm.

"What should I tell him? No, I'VE never met him, WHAT?! No, I can't say that! Harp Note would get mad…My actual name? Mega are you insane? Oh all right…" The boy turned back to face me with some hesitation. He stood silent, waiting on something to happen, so I decided to introduce myself.

"My name is Connor; I'm a member of Team Galaxy."

"Oh, uh, I'm…Megaman. Well, at least when I look like this. Without all of the armor, I'm just a boy." There was a gust of green energy as the boy shifted back to normal. "Like this I'm Geo Stelar." He said with a smile. The boy, Geo, now wore a red shirt with a white star on each shoulder, on the center of the shirt was a pendant that looked like a golden arrow pointing down, a blue, orange, and white belt, attached to the belt was a blue case. He also wore blue shorts and knee high red boots. On his head rested a pair of glasses with yellow horizontal lines. "And this," He clicked on a button on some strange device, "Is my Battle Wizard, Omega-Xis" From the device came a being comprised completely of green energy, his "torso" was clad in blue and white armor and he wore blue cuffs. He had no lower body, but instead had a green "tail". The energy from his dragon shaped head formed a sort of wild mane of hair; his red eyes seemed to look me over from every possible angle.

"I'm not your Battle Wizard; I'm an EM being for crying out loud! An AMian at that!" He shouted, Mega then turned to face me, "THIS is the kid we have to watch? I thought watching over you would be a drag…"

"M-mega! Be nice!" Geo said. Mega floated over and started to circle me.

"I'll tell ya what kid, it's no wonder you lost to that crazed fool."

"What do you mean by that?" I demanded.

"You held back. Your job is to defeat the other Team right? Why didn't you let loose?" Mega questioned.

"I-I..." I faltered. He was right; the mission was to defeat the other Team… "I wanted to save him."

"Tch," he turned to face Geo, "Geo do we REALLY have to watch him?"

"That Goddess asked us to, his actual Alternate is dealing with some things in his own world and couldn't make it for a while. We could be here for quite some time." Geo stated. "These two are my temps? Wonder who my real Alternate is…" I thought.

"So uh…I guess you guys can transfer into my soul or something?" I asked.

"Oh, I don't think so; I'm not getting shoved into TWO different storing places. I'll stay in that fancy looking device I sense in your pocket." Mega floated over to Geo and clicked on a button.

"Battle Wizard Free Roam Activated."

"I'm gonna break that one day…" He said. Mega then floated back to me and began digging in my pocket.

"H-hey! Ever heard of privacy!?"

"Stop squirming kid!"

"Get out of my pocket!"

"Mega, take it easy!" Mega soon found what he was looking for: My 3.D.S.

"Now THIS I could stay in, looks like there's a lot of room in there!" Mega exclaimed proudly, he tapped on the charger port and vanished. I quickly grabbed my 3.D.S before it hit the ground and shoved it back into my pocket.

"He'll be quiet for a few hours now, new areas intrigue him. I'll be the one transferring into your soul for a while, so I hope we can get along, sound good?"

"Uhhm, yeah. Welcome to the Team Geo."