Chapter 37

Cruel Smirks

So pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

And smile, smile, smile

Larxene.

She was like many other girls.

Well, except for that fact that she's a Nobody.

The young adult with short blonde hair was roaming the streets of Vale that crispy afternoon. Of course she was dressed in more common clothing, so as to avoid suspicion. Especially since the Organization's appearances are becoming more noticeable these days.

The girl found herself bored hanging around all those boring guys back at the hideout. Was it really so hard to get ONE more GIRL into this stupid world terrorizing association?

Thus, as per usual, the girl was in a bad mood.

As much as she wanted to, she couldn't fry the innocent citizens of Vale with her trademark lightning. Why? Master Xehanort's orders. Since she is technically half Xehanort, he has the ability to know where she is and what she's doing at any given time.

She gritted her teeth.

"Stupid old geezer…" She grumbled.

She wanted a fight. A good fight! She was tired of forcing Demyx to spar with her just so she could torture him. It was entertaining of course; one couldn't not laugh at Demyx's girly shriek, but it quickly became associated with a word she wasn't too fond of.

Boring.

That's when the girl found a small ice cream shop to her right, it had only a few customers but it obviously must just be a slow day. Sighing the woman entered the shop. She figured she'd get some kind of treat at some point but right now she just wanted to sit somewhere and sulk in her boredom.

And that's what she was going to do. That slump of dissatisfaction had the potential to last for hours if one was patient enough. But Larxene was quickly snapped out of her stupor when a familiar fair of Mitch-match eyes occupied the seat in front of her.

Pink and brown eyes to be exact.

"And what the hell do you want Neo?"

The young woman before Larxene was a pretty one indeed, her short stature was only matched by the clam yet calculating look on her face as she stared at the blonde. She had long hair that was half pink and half brown, with white streaks on the pink side. For her clothes she bore a white jacket with pink interior and brown pants. Under the jacket was a black corset which exposed her sides. Finally she had on long white boots with black heels, along with an assortment of necklaces around her neck.

Neo gave a small smile, one showing off a small degree of sociability. It seemed as if she was talking…

"Well, it's not nice to see you." Larxene said bitterly, folding her arms. "Now piss off."

This only seemed to encourage Neo, who went right ahead in saying more nothing.

Larxene raised an eyebrow at the girl. "The old man told you investigate Haven, not go play around with your stupid illusions."

"…"

"The Keyblade wielder? Why bother casting illusions on him? Besides, those dumb kids are supposed to be dealing with him, not you."

"…"

"Hmph. Just to mess with him huh? I swear you play around too much."

Neo smirked cockily, as if to say that Larxene was being a hypocrite.

Larxene's eye twitched, a tiny bolt of electricity cackling at her fingers. "Don't push me girl. I'm in a very foul mood."

Neo only smirked even wider, her eyes alternating colors as the two women stared each other down.

Finally Larxene cracked a smirk, deciding to take a jab at Neo this time. "So how did your little party trick do? Obviously it must not have been that good…"

"…" Neo stopped smiling.

Larxene continued, leaning back in the chair. "And to think, with your new abilities your illusions should be stronger than Zexion's. But I guess that was too much to ask…"

"…"

"It should be obvious that the keybrat would break your little fantasies." The Savage Nymph brushed her hair away from her eyes, a smirk most cruel now etched on her features. "After all, what can your really do other than prance around playing house of mirrors?"

Neo remained calm, but even so Larxene could feel her getting irritated. And boy did she love it.

And that's when Neo 'said' something that Larxene didn't mind listening to.

Larxene smirked again; her cruel smile was only matched by Neo, who was growing that same expression of evil right now. Larxene already had her signature weapons, the Foudre knives in-between her fingers. She didn't even need to look to see that Neo was readying her weapon, a well rafted and florally designed umbrella.

"Alright creampuff. Let's tango."

KHXRWBY

Dodging to the left, Nora evaded a slash from Melanie.

The field around her had changed considerably.

Sliding unsteadily on the icy floor, Nora barely had enough time to duck when Melanie came right at her with another slash. Quickly the girl ducked to avoid the blow, and then counterattacked with a strong swing of Magnhild. Melanie however, saw it coming miles away. She leapt over the move and slid along it base, catching Nora and a swift slashing kick that cut the girl's cheek.

Nora immediately reeled backward, attempting to escape. But Melanie would not allow it. She assaulted Nora with a flurry of kicks that moved much faster than her foe could see. Nora obviously couldn't dodge them all, but her arms and legs suffered heavily from this lack of speed.

Melanie quickly ended the combo with a strong double kick to Nora's abdomen, sending the girl crashing into a spire of black ice.

'Ugh, Nora thought painfully, her breath was hitched and her arms were sore. Holding up her war hammer was proving to be even more difficult as this battle lingered on. 'What am I going to do? She's so fast…and so strong too. It's like she's entered some kind of state of heightened power! How can I even fight something like that?

Nora couldn't continue her train of thought. After all, an incoming blade a black ice warranted a dodge roll to the left to avoid injury. The blade cut right through the icy spire that Nora crashed into, Nora noted that getting hit by than thin blade would not yield well for her.

The cold temperature only increased as Melanie attacked Nora again. Nora found a quick surge of Aura and dodged each attack successfully. Then she swung Magnhild for a direct hit! Only Melanie was able to stop it with just one knee.

'Just her knee?' thought Nora. 'Just her knee is enough to stop me?'

Nora jumped away to avoid another kick. Amplifying the force of her attack with a blast of dust, the girl bulleted Magnhild right at her target. Melanie ducked under the attack and let loose a sadistic chuckle, strangely enough her voice seemed to echo.

Nora kept up the attacks! A right, a left, an uppercut, a downward stroke and a blitzing spin! Yet none of these moves brought damage to the enemy. Nora could feel the sweat on her forehead, her hair becoming out of place through her repeated attempts to land a single hit.

"Just…hold still already!" Nora barked out angrily, her anger rising for just a second.

Turns out that second was what she needed.

She never noticed the temporary rise in her aura. Indeed she was too busy gawking as she landed a powerful energy enhanced smash of the hammer against Melanie's pale skin. She heard a small crack in what she assumed to be Melanie's jaw, and the twin was sent flying into the air.

Her ascent carried much force, the girl busted right through the room's ceiling! Her fall brought her through that ceiling again, and she crashed onto the ground. A small cloud of dust flowing from her impact.

Nora stared at her weapon in her hands. Both seeping with a strange red energy that she knew wasn't her aura.

"W-what is…?" Nora wondered with surprised turquoise eyes.

"Kill…"

Nora snapped back to attention, dodging the spire of ice that came right at her head. The girl soon assessed that she pissed off the Nobody of black ice. She dodged another ice attack and caught a glimpse of Melanie holding her jaw with one hand painfully, her eye twitched now and again and her legs seemed to shake.

Yet she still looked fit for battle.

And Nora found herself growing even more tired.

She dodged more of Melanie's kicks, rolling, jumping and tilting her head according. In conjunction with this, Melanie dodged Nora's Magnhild. Gracefully and refined, the evil girl successfully evaded further attacks from hurting her. Yes these two beautiful girls were at each other's necks, pushing each other and giving it all they had until one finally gave out!

Sad to say that it was Nora.

Nora tripped over a stray block of ice, losing her balance and tipping toward Melanie.

Nora grunted in pain when Melanie kicked her right in the jaw, making her teeth snap together painfully. Blood shot out of her mouth as she was sent in the air. Following her descent she was kicked right in the stomach by her enemy, a kick that threw her into the opposing wall.

She lay there, gasping for precious air. She felt like her lungs were either crushed or severed, air was only just barely getting through her windpipe.

From the corner of her eye, Nora could see Melanie approaching her slowly. That wicked full teeth smile etched a standing fear in Nora's heart, and she felt helpless. Completely unable to fight such a viciously powerful foe.

Not to mention that this was just one of the twins, if Miltia is as powerful as her sister, then Nora would never survive. She was just lucky that the long haired twin wasn't yet conscious.

That didn't change her current predicament though.

Nora gasped when a thick needle of ice burst through the ground! She was lucky to have rolled onto her side just second before, the needle having caught the back of her shirt and hanging her in the air.

Melanie stood just below her, her arms folded and her cruel smirk as present as ever. Nora instinctively reached for Magnhild, only to spot that the weapon was laying on the icy floor right in front of her enemy.

Great.

"Say bye bye…" Melanie's haunting ghost of a voice said malevolently, she reared her leg back and generated a winding spear of black ice that oozed off chilly steam. Nora couldn't even widen her eyes in shock, it wouldn't change anything. She watched as time seemed to slow as Melanie launched the spear right at her.

And Nora was absolutely sure it would tear right through her heart.

SHHUUCCKK!

KHXRWBY

Pyrrha watched warily as Mercury came right at her.

He bounced up off the ground with both feet and threw a strong right kick at her face. Pyrrha naturally deflected it and knocked Mercury onto his feet by tripping him with Milo. Mercury kicked his way back up, backing away with a triple vault.

He landed on his feet, standing up straight to look right at Pyrrha.
"I always knew there was something off about you…" she commented.

"Oh gee, I guess I've been found out." Mercury rolled his eyes.

The two warriors engaged each other again; Mercury threw his precise and stylized kicks with dangerous intent. But Pyrrha's natural ability allowed her to either dodge or black them all. With a grunt, she pushed Mercury back. The boy's boots grinding against the ground as he slid back.

Mercury's eyebrow's rose, and he gave off the expression of impressments. "Not bad at all, invincible girl."

Pyrrha wouldn't bother to respond.

The gray haired fighter beat at Pyrrha with a devastating bout of gravity defying kicks, Pyrrha stepping back and dodging each strong blow that was amplified by a shotgun shell. She held Akouo up to block and aerial combo of attacks, switching her spear to sword form.

Mercury gave a hard right kick to Pyrrha's face.

Well, almost.

She managed to block with her forearm. The boy had to admit, the girl had some real strength. Mercury rounded about and launched another few kicks, feinting the girl and managing to knock Milo right out of her hands.

"Hm." Mercury smiled cockily. "Hah!"

Mercury threw a left roundhouse kick right at Pyrrha, the girl now leaning back and activating her polarity. With it, she began to move the steel boot away…

Only for Mercury to switch legs and deal and powerful blow right to her cheek. The girl toppled on the floor painfully.

"Whoa!" Mercury said with false excitement. "Guess your little magnetic trick isn't gonna work this time."

'What?' Pyrrha began processing what just happened. 'How? How was he able to move his leg even though I used my polarity?'

The scarlet Spartan dodged quickly when Mercury sent several stakes of hardened darkness her way. It was clear that whoever had sent that very same attack at them on the upper floor was him. She eyed the stakes, noting their incredibly powerful piercing ability. Several of them were jabbed right into the floor, Pyrrha didn't want to guess how skewered she'd be had so not moved.

Pyrrha efficiently blocked and parried Mercury's onslaught of kicks. Pyrrha, still determined to win, was impressed by his sole leg combat style. She noticed he barely used his hands, only to get himself back up or to help him spring at her.

But he doesn't use his hands to attack.

…

He doesn't use his hands…

An idea popped right into Pyrrha's head. Quickly she threw Akouo with great precision, it bulleted right at Mercury. The older boy readied his leg in order to kick it away, unworried about his enemy using her polarity on his boots.

Only Pyrrha didn't do that.

The boy barely registered it when Akouo made a sharp turn, Mercury already having thrown his kick. With his leg still in the air the boy was barely able to dodge the incoming spear Milo. He quickly leaned backward, almost in a full arc. He smirked with content as the spear flew right past him, leaving him uninjured.

That's when he saw Akouo.

Instead of just flying away, the golden shield had swung around during its flight and was now headed straight for his exposed face. And at th3 speed it was going, Mercury would no doubt be feeling an intense amount of hurt.

Instinctively he raised his hands.

Big mistake.

Pyrrha Nikos, genius she is, ran up to Mercury just as he lifted his hands to defend. At full speed she drove her knee right into Mercury's back, tossing him in the air. The girl then caught Akouo and threw it right up at him.

SMASH!

Mercury had been thrown into a spiraling motion! The shield having hit him so hard that he almost looked like a blur! His cheeks and jaw ached with agony, and he barely gained his balance enough to land on both feet.

Didn't stop him from clenching his now swelling cheek.

'Damn Invincible Girl…' The normal cool boy thought.

Pyrrha however, wasn't even tired. She got in her stance once again, watching for any trick Mercury may have up his sleeve.

Mercury chided himself. 'Don't get angry, remain calm. She got off a good shot there I'll admit…but I'm still the stronger one.'

Mercury charged ark energy into his boots, practically coating them in the wispy energy. Then he pulsed out a short wave of power, smiling in satisfaction as three darkness made copies of him sprouted from the ground.

Pyrrha, though surprised, was undeterred. 'So this is his special Nobody ability? I remember Sora told us that every higher nobody can use some type of unique power…"

Mercury brushed dirt off his shoulder. "You're good, I'll own up to that…but that plan of yours didn't do much, and it must've taken a lot of aura to perform…"

Pyrrha grit her teeth.

"I'll be nice this time around, I'll kill you quickly." Mercury's cruel smile was not unlike many of his comrades.

Pyrrha braced herself as Mercury's clones came right at her, she blocked and defended accordingly as they threw all sorts of kicks at her! Fighting against the real Mercury was bad enough, but three? Even Pyrrha was finding it incredible hard to keep up with. She swung her shield to knock one back only to find that it missed, and then grunted in pain when one of the others landed a kick right to her stomach.

Another blow to her head, another to her cheek, a quick strike in her ribs and a double sweep kick that knocked her off her feet.

That's when she saw the real Mercury.

He was right in front of her, in the air with a bold smirk and only then to Pyrrha see his right foot burning with energy. Pyrrha closed her eyes and took a viciously powerful butterfly right in her mouth! The force behind the blow was enough to send her crashing into the wall, but gladly not through it.

She fell onto the floor in pain, clutching her mouth as she felt it begin to bleed slightly. It was a good thing she activated her Aura, had she not, her neck would've definitely been snapped.

She glared daggers at mercury, whom approached her with his clones still available. The spear user could already feel a migraine coming on, just another problem to deter her in the death battle.

"What's wrong?" Mercury leered. "Giving up already?"

Pyrrha gauged her situation. She was not low on Aura, probably at the half-way point. Her muscles felt a bit strained but regardless she didn't feel any lack of strength. She had a bad headache now but she was still able to think clearly.

But she couldn't take anymore hits like the last one.

Her enemy was not to be underestimated. All of his attacks, as unorthodox as they were, were timed and executed fairly well. Each attack counted, and her never seemed to throw attacks that had a high probability of missing.

Smart. This guy was incredibly smart.

She couldn't beat him with raw power, that was not possible at this time. As far as skill goes, they're about even, which explains why she's gotten so far at this point.

She needed a weakness.

Pyrrha dived to the side to avoid another stake of darkness, taking the battery of Mercury's clones due to her missing a step. She back-flipped to escape harm, but gasped when one of the clones grabbed Milo by its tip. It pulled her back and kicked her hard enough to make her lose her grip.

Pyrrha choked up blood the moment she hit the floor.

"Booorring." Mercury rolled his eyes and sighed. "Is this all we have from the famous Pyrrha Nikos? The crowd is disappointed."

Pyrrha gripped her abdomen, almost fainting from the pain that lay there. She looked up at her calmly approaching enemy, his smirk never left this face.

She HATED that smirk.

The kind of smirk that came from the most detestable people. She'd see people make that face many times before. Villains when they're trying to kill someone, or jock-like teen boys who used that arrogance and cockiness to try and woo assumed-to-be-easy girls.

Wait a second.

Arrogance.

That's it!

Pyrrha quickly got to her feet, holding Akouo at the ready. She held back a chuckle when mercury got ready to attack again.

Then she tried her trick.

Allowing her hand to tremble weakly, the girl fumbled with the shield before it fell to the ground.

Mercury laughed darkly. "Really? Can't even keep that shield of yours up? Pathetic."

Pyrrha ignored his comments and picked up the shield again. As she expected, he laughed. If she played this correctly, she may get a decisive blow on him. As much as Pyrrha preferred not to play a fearful damsel, life was about sacrifices, it wouldn't hurt any really.

She just hoped Mercury's intelligent side wouldn't catch on.

Pyrrha's legs began trembling, Mercury spotting it instantly. The girl fell to her knees, once again dropping her shield. The boy could see her glaring at him angrily, determination to fight still vibrant on her face.

He loved it.

He stopped right in front of her. His merciless eyes bore down on her and she matched his gaze. Mercury's clones surrounded her on all sides, keeping her from escaping anywhere. Pyrrha, out of the corner of her eye saw Milo laying a few feet away. The clone who grabbed it must've dropped it.

One hand under her leg, the girl prepared her semblance.

Mercury spoke up. "Guess the Invincible Girl, was nothing but a newb just like all those other Beacon brats."

Mercury reveled in this moment, the moment of victory! He watched as Pyrrha's tense eyes changed to ones of fear, realization that she would not win. The fear that no matter how hard she tried, she'd always be below him. Her head lowered dejectedly, and her saw her toss Akouo away with her other hand.

She said it in almost a whisper. "…just…get it over with."

"Gladly." Mercury said, a full teeth wide grin. He raised his foot over his head, energy charged into his boot. The energy was much more powerful than used previously, the ground beneath his feet beginning to crack.

"Say goodbye Nikos." He said as he brought his feet down with great speed.

Pyrrha's eyes opened up with the most powerful glare anyone could ever make. "Think again."

Pyrrha whipped up so fast that mercury didn't see her, the boy unconsciously stopping his foot's descent. Pyrrha took her chance to bring her right foot up, smashing right into…

Mercury's jewels.

As much as the boy wanted to scream, he couldn't. His hands instantly when to his damaged pats and he feel to his knees with slowly escaping squeals. The pain was immaculate, even his clones had disappeared due to his loss of concentration.

Pyrrha called Akouo back to her, she stared at Mercury emotionlessly. "I'll admit, that was not the most honorable move to make. But this battle isn't about honor…"

She struck Mercury right in the face with her shield, sending him skidding back.

"You hurt my friend…and you will suffer the consequences."

Pyrrha called Milo back to her, the spear tore right through Mercury's shoulder, brining up a yell of pain from the boy. Pyrrha then ran at him, unleashing a deadly combination of sword, spear and shield attacks that Mercury was far too weak to defend against.

She threw her shield, letting it zoom past mercury's head. Then she jumped at him and scissor kicked him hard enough to send him flying back. Then Pyrrha pulled Akouo back toward her, the shield smashing Mercury right in the face.

Yet Pyrrha was not done.

Grabbing his leg, the girl pulled him toward her.

Only to unleash a single powerful punch that smashed Mercury's face right onto the floor, leaving a small crater only slightly bigger than his head.

The girl didn't even need to look to know that he was unconscious.

"Egotism is man's greatest downfall…remember that well." She boldly stated, standing up straight as she looked won on her defeated adversary.

Breathing heavily she adjusted her roused up her and clothing, fixing herself up until she looked presentable. She was a bit exhausted now, her aura reserves now very low. She still had several injuries that hurt painfully,. But her remaining aura should be able to handle them. But the battle was won, now she needs to catch up with the others.

'Ren, Nora, Jaune…hold on, I'm coming.'

She raced toward the stairs.

KHXRWBY

"OOF!"

Sora landed with great aggravation. He instantly took in his surroundings, noticing he was now smack dab in the middle of Lore.

Needless to say, he was quite upset about this.

"GAAAH!" Sora pulled at his hair. "I swear those portals piss me off SO MUCH! WHY THE HECK DO THEY EVEN EXIST! STUPID VIDEO GAME LOGIC!"

Sora had no time to continue breaking the fourth wall. For another portal already opened up, and out of it stepped…

"Nora…" Sora was shocked.

"Nora's Nobody." Valkyrie corrected with a sweet smile. "But you can call me Valkyrie."

Sora was even now still amazed. A perfect replication of Nora, right in front of him. He wouldn't have known the difference even if he had x-ray vision.

"We've been looking for you." Sora said, "We've come to reunite you with the original Nora."

Valkyrie's smile faded, and Sora was shocked at the sheer evil that came from her. "You're all idiots…you really think I want to rejoin with that stupid old me? Don't get ahead of yourself.

Sora had no response for that.

The girl summoned her weapons, intimidating Sora into drawing out his own.

"Hmph, the Keyblade." The girl stated with a disgusted look. "The weapon all creatures of darkness fear…I don't get how such a powerful tool landed in the hands of a fool."

"Nor—Valkyrie, what are you saying?" Sora tried reasoning with her. "Don't you want to be whole again? To have your heart back?"

Valkyrie glared. "I don't need my heart. It's useless to have, all my heart ever led me to do was foolishness. I allowed myself to believe everything would be okay…and now this."

'And now what?' Sora thought with morbid curiosity.

"Why…why do you hate us so much?" asked Sora, almost angry. "We all fought and laughed together, the other half of you is still doing so! Back in the forest we thought you were gone…but we were able to bring you back! What's with this rage of yours?"

Valkyrie now snapped, heated from the boy's ignorant words. "Brought me back!? You did nothing of the sort! What you and Ren did made things much worse!"

Sora was taken aback, flinching at the girl's rage. He could feel an intense pressure coming from her, faintly seeing raw pink energy coming off her in waves. This rage, the ballistic increase in power was phenomenal. This kind of energy gave off the most feral and violent of feelings, ones craving absolute destruction.

And for a moment, Sora was reminded of Isa.

Valkyrie calmed herself, her power stabilizing. "…take a look around this town Sora…what do you see?"

Sora, hesitant in turning his head, allowed his eyes to observe the city. It was mostly the same, buildings, houses, shops and streets. Nothing was out of the ordinary.

Wait, where were the people?

No matter where Sora looked he didn't see a single speck of human life. There was no one around at all…

The city was deserted.

Sora was instantly reminded of the incident with the train. He yelled at the nobody girl. "What do you…what did you do to these people!?"

Valkyrie didn't even smirk. "What people?"

'"Don't joke around! The people of this town!" Sora roared with utter fury, pointing his Bond of Flame out threateningly. "It was you who sent the Nobodies after us on that train wasn't it!? Allowing them to destroy it and take all those innocent people's hearts!"

Valkyrie chuckled in realization, her hand on her forehead as she found the entire situation beyond hilarious. "People!? Are you kidding me? There weren't any people on that train!"

Now Sora was confused. What does she mean? No people on the train? But he saw them! They were living breathing people! Valkyrie just admitted it didn't she? She sent the Nobodies after them, and the nobodies killed the people on the train.

Right?

Valkyrie heaved for breath. "If that's what you really think, then you may need a quick lesson."

She snapped her fingers.

In a span of only a few seconds, Sora's level of shock had escalated into the hemisphere.

Because now all over the place, all around him in numbers that nearly exceeded a thousand…

Nobodies.

Berserkers, Dusks, Assassins, Sorcerers…you name it. And to only add to that collection of chaos, the Twilight Thorn came into existence just behind Valkyrie.

"I'm not going to waste time or sugarcoat this keyboy." She said straightly. "All the 'people' on the train…were nobodies."

'What?' Sora gaped.

"And all the people in this godforsaken town…nobodies."

"T-that…can't be…" Sora took a small step back.

"You see, it was I who sent in reports of my own appearance. The people in this town had been turned into nobodies by me only a few weeks after I came into existence."

Sora couldn't believe it. That long ago? That's when Valkyrie started putting her plans in motion? All this time? And NO ONE ever knew?

"Also, Valkyrie continued. "This is only about half my army. The other half are on their way to Beacon as we speak."

Beacon? No! He has to go help! If a force of Nobodies that big attacks, then the Hunters will be slaughtered!

Valkyrie held her hand up to stop him. "Don't even think about it. You're friends here are still fighting…if you go to Vale before they're safe, who will protect them from my other Nobodies?"

Sora was now in the biggest standstill he has ever been in. A massive nobody army was about to destroy Vale, and he can't do anything about! He can't leave! He has no idea whether his friend are still fighting, or even alive!

Damn…Damn, damn, DAMN!

Sora hesitantly asked a question. "How do you know so much about nobodies? How did you learn to do all of this?"

Valkyrie answered without restraint. "The mansion's library."

Sora's eyes widened.

"There were plenty of books there on heartless and Nobodies, I learned everything I know from there. Even info on the organization is there. All documented by a man named Xehanort."

"Xehanort…?" Sora was appalled. That man even had a research facility here on Remnant? How could he not have realized it sooner!

But the surprises weren't over.

Sora still had one more question.

Valkyrie turned to open a portal and began walking away, that is until Sora's voice stopped her.

"Valkyrie…what really happened? That day in the forest?"

…

Valkyrie didn't even face him. "You assumed that Ren using his light to bring me back from heartless form was the right thing to do…you were wrong…You didn't bring my heart back."

She looked at her hand sadly. "Because it had already been stolen by that Heartless-Grimm."

Sora fell to his knees in realization, horror etched on his face. And in that moment, Sora knew that the entire situation that Nora was in had taken the worst possible turn.

"The heart returned to the other me after she was changed back to human form. But you see…her body had already manifested somewhere else. The darkness that had been released after beating the Heartless-Grimm had already corrupted the heart. See what I'm saying?"

She whipped around to face him with rage. "I was created, the nobody of Nora Valkyrie! But you did not restore Nora's complete form…"

She turned back around and headed for the portal, tired of talking.

"You restored…her Heartless."

AND BOOM! PLOT TWIST!

Now you guys know what REALLY happeend in the forest! Yes, Nora was plit into heartless and Nobody form! And yes its possible because Xehanort did so with Ansem Seeker of Darkness! he was a heartless in human form! So Itook a few liberties and turned that concept into this! So all of you who say its not possible, go eat a foot!

I rushed writing this but I finally got it out! But more is still to come, I have no time left so I'll make an Omake next chapter since the chapter will be a bit shorter!

Thats all for now!

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