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Clair gasped as they heard an explosion from downstairs as they were practicing. "What was that?!"

Everyone who was in the room ceased what they were doing immediately as they ran upstairs to find the others, who were looking just as alarmed. Binx Jr hid underneath a table out of fear.

"What's going on?!" Jason asked as soon as they were all together.

"We don't know!" Riku replied as Leon ran out the door.

Nash blinked as he looked around, noticing that Lea wasn't in the room. "Where's Lea?"

"He went outside not too long ago." Kairi explained.

Donald then noticed that Chase wasn't with them, either. "Where's Chase?"

"I thought he was with you guys?" Clair asked.

Sora thought about it for a moment, remembering seeing a green blur rush out the door earlier. "Maybe he went outside, too?"

Leon then rushed back inside with a grim look. "There's Heartless in the town." he informed them.

"Again?!" Cid groaned, turning to activate the Claymore system.

"Not only that, someone said they saw a figure not too far from where the explosion happened. They had some kind of weapon."

"Could it be the Organization?" Goofy asked with alarm.

"We don't have time to ponder about it." Leon said before he ran back outside. Yuffie grabbed her fuma shuriken as she ran after him to help out.

The group exchanged a look before they summoned their weapons and scrambled out the door as well. As soon as they ran out, they found some Heartless running about as civilians ran away to find places to hide or slip indoors.

Seeing the danger, they leapt into action as they began to attack the Heartless. Jason sliced through a Shadow as Aurora dealt with an Armored Knight, almost getting cut as she blocked a swing from it, then managed to force it back before stabbing it with her Keyblade.

Kairi attacked a Neoshadow that tried to ambush her, slamming her Keyblade into it a few times before Donald finished it off with a Blizzard spell.

Sora saw a Heartless with yellow robes that had a book floating in front of it appear. "Bookmaster!" he warned them.

The Bookmaster cast a spell, taking some of them by surprise as they dove to avoid getting hit by a fireball. "These things can use magic, too?!" Nash asked.

"Some of them can!" Sora replied as he jumped back to his feet.

Clair attempted to attack it with a Fire spell as well, only for it to fly out of the way. "Using physical attacks is the best way to take these things down!" Sora called. Clair nodded as she ran at the Bookmaster with her Keyblade in hand. She slammed it into the Heartless and managed to land another blow before it suddenly retaliated by hitting her with its massive book.

The force of the attack sent her flying back.

She tumbled on the ground, then skidded on her feet. She then charged forward again as she hit it with her Keyblade, catching it by surprise. Pressing her attack, she tried to make sure she didn't give it any chance to retaliate

It attempted to cast another spell, but Clair landed the final blow. That successfully destroyed it

A mace like Heartless then materialized. "Morning Star! Watch out!" Goofy exclaimed.

Nash failed to get out of the way in time. It spun around, hitting him and sending him flying back. He grunted in pain as he landed a few feet away.

Jason jumped back as it came spinning his way, then waited for it to stop before he made his move, charging at the mace-like Heartless. He blocked its initial attack and then knocked it back.

It sprouted a pair of arms and tried to hit him with them, but he ducked just in time. He then attacked it again, slamming his Keyblade into the with a couple swings, incapacitating it. Aurora finished it off while it was down.

Sora looked around and saw more Heartless materialize left and right. "We're gonna have to split up!"

"Is that a good idea?" Nash asked.

"There's a lot we're gonna have to deal with! I don't think we have a choice!" Riku told him.

"Alright, then Clair and I will go down this way." Jason gestured down a path.

"Donald, Goofy, and I will go this way." Sora said.

"Kairi and I will head down this way, then." Riku gestured towards a direction.

"Aurora, Nash and I will go take on the Heartless down that way." Stella nodded towards a path.

"Okay. Everyone stay safe!" Sora said before they split up, going in different directions.


By this point, Anne and Dylan arrived back in the town, seeing people running away from several Heartless.

"The one thing I didn't need today." Anne growled.

Anne summoned her Keyblade as Dylan drew his sword before they charged in together, attacking the Heartless. Dylan stabbed one of the Neoshadows while Anne slammed her Keyblade into a Soldier.

She gave a yell as she went on the offensive. She destroyed the Soldier before attacking an Armored Knight, hitting it in the side as it swung at her. The Heartless staggered, allowing her to get a couple more hits on it.

Dylan slashed at a Shadow as it jumped at him before he attacked a Soldier that tried to sneak up on Anne from behind. He then threw lightning at the Heartless with his sword.

The Soldier twitched as it was electrocuted, allowing Dylan to finish it off before he moved on to help out Anne with the Armored Knight, delivering the final blow together. As the heart flew up into the sky and out of sight, the two looked at each other.

"Nice work." Dylan told her.

"You too." Anne nodded.

A couple more screams got their attention. Dylan saw a couple Heartless going down the opposite direction of where they heard the scream.

"You go that way, I'll go check out over there!" Anne started to jog off in the direction of the screams.

"Anne, wait!" Dylan caught up with her. "You'll be okay?"

Anne nodded. "Yeah, don't worry."

Dylan gave her a quick hug, which she returned. "You be careful." she told him before she ran off as Dylan ran in the other direction, going after the Heartless.


A man yelled in fear as he was running away from a Heartless. He found himself cornered by it as it scurried towards him.

A fireball then hit the Heartless from behind. As the Neoshadow vanished from the surprise attack, the man looked up and saw Lea standing there.

"You know, it might be smart to run. Got it memorized?"

The man shakily nodded before he scrambled away to safety.

Lea summoned his Keyblade as he turned to a few Neoshadows that materialized. "Alright, who's next?" he asked before charging forward.

A Neoshadow slunk into the ground as it tried to attack him from behind. Lea jumped forward to avoid its claws as he whirled around to face it. He swung his Keyblade, landing a blow on it as it stumbled backwards.

Pressing the attack, he cast Firaga. The Neoshadow was severely damaged by the powerful Fire spell and vanished back into darkness.

Lea turned his attention to another as it lunged at him, blocking its claws with his fire-themed Keyblade. He then shoved it back before delivering a jab. He then cast another Firaga spell. The Neoshadow was scorched by the large fireball.

He grunted as it managed to land a scratched on him, but he kept on fighting. The Neoshadow sunk back into the ground as another one tried to attack. Lea sidestepped it quickly, avoiding getting hit. "Hate it when they do that."

His Keyblade glowed as he coated it with fire before attacking again, slashing at the Heartless.

The Neoshadow fell to the ground as the one from before popped back up. He quickly slashed it before it could retaliate. The Neoshadow went limp from the attack, vanishing back into darkness. The other Heartless staggered back up.

"Firaga!"

The Heartless was reduced to nothing from that as it disappeared in wisps of dark clouds.

However, there was another Heartless, one he didn't notice, that tried to sneak up on him from behind. Before it could even lunge at him, a green and blue blur came rushing at it. "I don't think so!"

Lea looked back with surprise to see Chase had knocked the Neoshadow back.

"Well, there you are!"

"Did I miss anything?" Chase quipped.

"Nah, not really." Lea remarked as he and Chase faced the Heartless together. As it started to get back up, Chase cast Thunder on the Neoshadow, electrocuting it. Lea then attacked it with a slash of his Keyblade. It disintegrated back into darkness after being defeated.

The two sighed once they saw all of the Heartless in the area were wiped out.

"So, any idea what's going on?" Chase asked.

"Nope. Other than the fact that there was an explosion and Heartless are attacking, no idea." Lea replied before looking over at the teen. "Where'd you run off to?"

"I might have spied a little on Dylan and Anne's date." Chase admitted.

Lea smirked a bit. "Seriously?"

"What? It was my bro's first date."

Remembering the situation that was happening, Lea gestured for Chase to follow him. "Come on, we still need to take care of these things. Got it memorized?"


Jason and Clair ran down a path together with their Keyblades ready. Heartless began to emerge in front of them.

The cousins charged in together as Clair used a Plasma Bolt to knock back an Armored Knight.

Jason threw his Keyblade at another. It was a direct hit as it returned to his hand. Jason leaned back to avoid getting hit by an attack from the Heartless.

He then jabbed it with his Armored Knight staggered back from the blow, then was hit by a Thundaga spell from Clair.

The Heartless vanished as the heart was released.

The two braced themselves for more Heartless as they began to surround them.

"Watch out!" Clair warned as she saw a Bookmaster flying their way.

Jason prepared to fight it. He swung his Keyblade at it just as it tried to attack them. It was sent flying back, but managed to cast a Blizzard spell at them. The two teens dove to the side to avoid it.

Clair threw her Keyblade in retaliation. She disliked not being able to use magic, even though physical attacks were the best way to take Bookmasters down.

The spell-casting Heartless was sent spiraling backwards from the blow.

Jason and Clair stood back to back as a couple more appeared.

Then one of the Heartless was attacked from behind. Jason and Clair were taken by surprise when a gloved hand punched it from behind, which instantly destroyed the Heartless, sending the glowing heart floating upwards. Clair gasped while Jason's jaw dropped at the sight.

Standing in front of them was a woman with long, dark brown hair wearing a black sleeveless top with zipper over a white shirt with a black leather skirt over black shorts and black boots. The back of the skirt was much longer than the front, coming down to the ground.

Another Heartless tried to ambush her, but she punched it, and destroyed it with one hit

She dusted her hands off as she turned to the teens, who kept staring at her with shock. "You two looked like you could use a hand."

"Uh, thanks, Miss..." Jason started to say.

"Tifa. Tifa Lockhart." the woman introduced as she approached them.

Jason was just stunned. She destroyed a Heartless with a single punch! How was that even possible?

Tifa looked around the area. "Things are pretty chaotic right now." she noted, as if she didn't notice their gobsmacked expressions. "First that explosion, and now all these Heartless attacking... Good thing all of you are here."

She cracked her knuckles. "We're gonna need the help of those Keyblades you got to take these things on."

"O-okay." Clair stuttered.

"Great. Come on, I saw some more go this way!" Tifa ran down a path. The cousins exchanged a look before they snapped out of it, running after the woman.


Meanwhile, Sora, Donald, and Goofy were dealing with some Heartless as well. Goofy spun around quickly, doing his 'Goofy Tornado' move as he hit a Heartless several times. Donald teamed up with his friend and destroyed it with a Blizzaga.

Sora was also showing why he had saved the worlds several times. He delivered a combo to a Morning Star as it attempted to ram into him, then flipped over it before attacking from behind.

He performed a downward slash on it. That took its health down, and with his friends it was destroyed.

Goofy saw a Surveillance Robot fire a blast, so he quickly used his shield to block the laser. It was deflected and hit the Heartless instead. That ended up destroying the Heartless.

Sora saw Leon and Yuffie up ahead. "Leon! Yuffie!" he called as he charged forward with Donald and Goofy following him.

He leapt in and slammed his Keyblade down on the back of a Large Body while Yuffie threw her shuriken at another Armored Knight.

Leon swiped his Gunblade at another.

Donald zapped one with a Thundaga as Goofy slammed his shield down on a nearby Shadow.

Leon blocked a blow with his weapon before stabbing a Neoshadow as it attacked him. Sora jumped onto a wall, activating Flowmotion as he spun around, delivering a drill-like attack to Heartless.

As one of the enemies tried to attack Yuffie, she vanished in a puff of smoke before attacking it from behind, kicking it in the back. The ninja then rammed her fuma shuriken into it, destroying it and releasing the heart.

One of the Claymores then activated as it hit a Heartless, damaging it enough to allow Sora to finish it off.

Donald whacked a Heartless that lunged at him with his staff, catching it off guard. He froze it solid with a Blizzard spell before it could react in time.

"Gawrsh, this takes me back." Goofy said.

"Yep!" Donald agreed.

Sora charged at another Heartless and attacked. Goofy blocked a sneak attack with his shield

Leon slammed his Gunblade down on a Neoshadow, killing it. He then turned to another and pulled the trigger on his weapon. The blast hit a Heartless and did significant damage. Yuffie threw her weapon, finishing it off.

Leon turned to the trio once they had taken down enough Heartless in the area. "Well done, guys, but there's still more to fight."

"We can take 'em." Sora said.

"Did you see the figure that I mentioned earlier?"

The three shook their heads in reply, making him furrow his brow.

"Where could he have gone?" He thought to himself.


Josh smirked with satisfaction as he walked away from the explosion. He was enjoying this new power he had.

He could do whatever he wanted! And no one could stop him!

He chuckled at the thought out loud as he formed an orb of darkness at the tip of his Keyblade and aimed it at something. He then fired, blowing up the stand and the merchandise within it. Everything in the stand was reduced to pieces as smoke flew up from the blast.

He narrowed his eyes as he observed his work, nodding to himself. "Hmph. This is too easy."

He then wiped some dust from the attack off of his new clothing that he had changed into before coming to this world. The dirty blonde haired teen was now wearing a tight fitting dark green tank top with baggier pants and fingerless gloves. He had multiple belts attached to his waist and also had a belt wrapped around his left bicep.

Josh adjusted the grip on his Keyblade as he moved on down the path, eager to see what other damage he could cause.


Riku and Kairi were currently teaming up against a group of Heartless that had surrounded them. "They don't like to make this easy for us, do they?" Kairi remarked.

"Nope."

Riku shot a Dark Firaga at an Armored Solider just as it leapt at him, taking it down while Kairi rammed Destiny's Embrace into another one that tried to get the jump on them.

The Armored Knight crashed onto the ground from the blow as it was hit. She then threw her Keyblade into it.

It destroyed the Heartless, but another one rushed to attack. Her Keyblade returned to her hand just in time for her to block the blow.

Riku jumped up and slammed Way to Dawn onto it, damaging the creature of darkness. Kairi then finished it off.

The heart floated off into the sky as a Surveillance Robot tried to ram into the two. The dodged it just in time, causing it to crash into one of its fellow Heartless.

An Armored Knight leapt up, raising its weapon as it tried to cleave the teens in two, but they avoided the blade. They then sliced into it together.

The Heartless staggered backwards as Kairi jabbed it with her Keyblade, then ducked down for Riku as he slashed at the armored Heartless, allowing the heart it was holding to be released. They then turned to face another Heartless.

They dodged a blast from the Surveillance Robot as it fired at them. Riku got an idea and used Flowmotion to hook his Keyblade onto it, then spun around before he threw it at a couple Heartless, destroying them with the hit.

"Light!" Kairi cried out as she hit one with a light spell.

That ended up destroying it. A couple more Heartless appeared, ready to attack.

Riku grunted as one managed to land a hit on him, but he retaliated with a swing of his weapon.

Kairi gasped as she was hit too by a Heartless. She fell on her back, but rolled out of the way just in time to avoid the blade of an Armored Knight as it stabbed the ground. She blocked the attack again with her weapon and strained to push it back as she was lying on the ground.

Riku stabbed it to help Kairi out. He then kicked away, causing it to stumble.

She then swung her blade into it before casting Thunder. The Heartless staggered back, twitching as it was electrocuted and stunned.

Riku finished it off before he helped up Kairi. "Are you okay?" He asked his friend.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"I don't think I've seen this many Heartless since The World That Never Was."

"Same..."

Suddenly, a buster sword wrapped in bandages slashed through three Heartless. Kairi jumped at that, taking a step back just in case.

Riku held his Keyblade at the ready just in case as the three Heartless were defeated. To their surprise, they saw a man with blonde, spiky haired dressed completely in black. He only had one sleeve and had a long cloth draped over his left leg while two straps intersected across his chest with a wolf badge holding them in place while attached to a black pauldron on his shoulder.

Riku then thought. "Wait. Are you Cloud?"

"Yeah." Cloud said. "I'm guessing you're friends of Sora?"

Riku and Kairi nodded in reply. "We could use some help." Kairi said. "There's just so many of them."

"You got it." Cloud gripped his buster sword with both hands. He then sliced with his sword. He spun around with his massive weapon, slicing through a couple more Heartless.

Needless to say, Riku and Kairi were both impressed. Cloud glanced back at them now there was an opening. "Come on!"


Aurora, Stella, and Nash were in another area of Radiant Garden and Heartless were swarming towards them.

Aurora stabbed a Shadow while Stella blasted back a Heartless with an Aero spell. Nash ducked as a Crimson Jazz flew at him, then stabbed it with his sais, managing to damage it a bit.

"There's too many of them!" Stella said.

"Just keep attacking!" Aurora retorted.

Aurora shot a Firaga at a Large Body's back, hitting it in its weak spot and dealing a lot of damage to it. Nash then stabbed it and finished it off.

Stella saw the Crimson Jazz create a fireball. "Watch out!" she warned, but Aurora got hit by it. She yelled in pain as she was knocked back by it.

Turning with a snarl, she attacked the Crimson Jazz. She slashed at it, then stabbed the red and yellow Heartless, taking it down.

However, she was not finished. She looked around for more Heartless. There were a pair of Armored Knights that charged at her.

The black haired teenager ran towards them, brandishing her Keyblade. She slammed her dragon themed Keyblade into one before attacking the other.

"Watch out!" Stella called out again.

Aurora looked up at that warning right as the one she had knocked down was up and about to attack her. She threw her Keyblade up to block just as it brought its weapon down, clashing with her. She strained to push it away as she planted her feet in the ground.

The other was preparing to attack when Nash stopped it. He grappled onto its back from behind before stabbing it with one of his sais as hard as he could, destroying the Heartless as it vanished before it hit the ground. .

Stella helped out Aurora by shooting a Firaga spell at the Heartless she was fighting, knocking it away. Before it could get back up, Aurora stabbed the Heartless and killed it. She panted afterwards.

"Are you alright?" Stella asked her, but the black haired girl just stood back up straight.

"Let's just destroy these things."

With that, she charged at another and swung her blade. Stella and Nash dashed after her to help her out.


Jason, Clair, and Tifa were facing off against another group of Heartless. Even with Tifa's help, it didn't feel like they had made a dent in the horde of Heartless

Clair panted a bit, drinking a potion to replenish her energy. She then realized she still had the summoning gem in her pocket and pulled it out. "I have an idea."

Tifa punched one away just as it lunged at them. "Oh? What?"

Clair tossed the gem up into the air. "Give me strength!"

It glowed and shook in the air as lightning began to crackle in the sky. A powerful bolt of lightning rained down, touching the ground.

Then, they saw the god of thunder standing there.

Thor rose up from a crouching position as he held Mjolnir in his hand. He looked around, seeing the world he was in and the Heartless. He then noticed Jason and Clair. "Ah, Clair, Son of Jay. Good to see you again. Where are we?"

"Radiant Garden." Jason replied. "We kind of need help against a never-ending horde of Heartless."

Thor spun his hammer. "Shouldn't be a problem." Thor said as he leapt up into the air, slamming Mjolnir down onto the ground and creating a mini-shockwave, wiping out several Heartless.

"Now that's impressive." Clair said.

"Might go faster with help." Jason said as he pulled out his gem. "Hulk!" he called out. It started to shake uncontrollably, so he quickly tossed the green gem up as it glowed.

In a flash the Hulk came roaring onto the scene. He slammed his fists into the ground as he landed, causing some spiderweb cracks. The green goliath glanced around the area, then noticed the teens, Tifa, and Thor.

"Hey, Hulk." Clair waved nervously.

Hulk grunted in reply as Jason waved as well. "We've got Heartless that need to be smashed." Jason pointed at the many Heartless before them.

"Heartless?" Hulk repeated as he glanced at the monsters. Jason nodded, causing Hulk to grin in reply before he charged at the Heartless, leaping into the air before slamming his fists down into a few. "HULK SMASH!"

Jason charged in with him. The two of them began to destroy Heartless. Jason slammed his Keyblade into one, smashing it to the ground while Hulk punched another. Thor rammed his hammer into a Crimson Jazz, sending it flying back like a bowling ball as it crashed into several other Heartless.

Tifa punched one as it lunged at her and destroyed it.

Clair cast another one of her spells. A couple Heartless were destroyed from the spell.

Thor held up Mjolnir as he charged it up with lightning before using it to destroy several Heartless at once.

Hulk grunted, refusing to be outdone. He slammed his fist into a Morning Star, destroying it with one hit as he moved onto the next.

"Final Heaven!" Tifa cried out. A lot of energy surrounded her fist and then she slammed it into a Heartless. The result was it was completely obliterated

Jason's jaw dropped, so shocked that he nearly dropped his Keyblade. He managed to snap out of it, though. But that was incredible.

Hulk paused for a moment as he saw the feat, but went back to smashing. "Jason!" he yelled to the teen, holding his massive hand out. Jason ran at him, allowing the Hulk to grab him and toss him up into the air.

Jason then held out his Keyblade as he then dove down, jamming his Keyblade into the ground and creating a shockwave that destroyed several Heartless.

Hulk held his fist out to him, so Jason gave him a fist bump.

Thor and Clair teamed up against a set of Heartless together. Thor charged up his hammer with lightning once more as Clair readied her magic. She gave him more lightning to use.

Thor flew around, slamming his hammer into a group of Armored Knights and knocking them down like bowling pins. As a Bookmaster prepared to cast a spell, Thor rammed right into it before it could do so, destroying it with a single hit.

Tifa slammed her fist into a Heartless that tried to jump Jason.

"Thanks!" he said quickly. She nodded in reply.

"My summon time is just about up!" Thor warned them, attacking another Heartless. "I wish you good luck!"

Hulk seemed to notice, too. "Hulk have to go, too!"

With that, the two superheroes vanished in a flash of light as the gems returned to Jason and Clair's hands. Now that a path was cleared, the teens and Tifa ran down the road to take on more Heartless and help out as many people as they could.


Dylan grunted as he jumped on a Heartless from behind and stabbed it, taking it down as he moved onto a Morning Star that was nearby. The raven haired teen dove out of the way as it tried to ram into him with its spiky body, then rolled back to his feet as his sword crackled with lightning.

He managed to land a hit on the mace-like Heartless. Lightning then flew out of his weapon.

It hit the Heartless and stunned it momentarily, but it managed to recover and landed a blow on him, knocking him back.

He grunted with pain as he tumbled back, rolling until he landed on his stomach. Shaking his head, he snapped out of it as he started to push himself back up with his elbows.

But the Heartless was coming towards him. His eyes widened as he crawled over to his weapon, reaching out for it. "Come on..."

He managed to grab it in time as it rolled his way. Dylan rolled out of the way, barely avoiding getting hit. As the Morning Star turned back around once it realized it had passed him, Dylan gripped his sword tightly as he faced it. He wasn't going down here.

Lightning started to crackle on the weapon again. He then threw it at the Heartless. It was a direct hit as the creature of darkness twitched and spasmed. Rushing forward, he beheaded the monster. It vanished in wisps of dark clouds as he panted. He did it...

He heard a noise and turned around just in time to see a Surveillance Robot fire at him, so he quickly dove down.

That's when his sword began to glow. He did a double take as he held up his weapon with confusion. "Huh?"

It then flew forward, dragging him with it. "WAAAAGGGH!" he screamed out as he was pulled.

Then, an electrical barrier surrounded him, causing him to gasp out loud. It then drilled through the Heartless, which was obliterated from the attack.

The energy then faded and Dylan fell to the ground. He landed flat on his stomach, but he ignored the pain as he pushed himself up slightly, his eyes wide with awe by what had just happened. "... whoa."

Looking at his sword, he wondered what the heck that was. "What just happened...?"

Was that the power that Saix was talking about? Or was it just a fraction of it?


A little girl was running away in fear from something, then tripped as she landed on her face. She heard a scoff as she looked up, seeing Josh glaring down at her.

"Little brat." He then kicked her in the face. She cried out in pain as she fell down, starting to cry from that.

"You're in my way." He raised his Keyblade, preparing to strike. The girl screamed and shut her eyes tightly as she braced herself, but heard the sound of metal clashing. She hesitated before she looked up, seeing someone blocking Josh with her own Keyblade.

"Go! Hurry!" Anne strained out. The girl shakily nodded before she got up, running away from the site.

"There you are." Josh said, narrowing his eyes.

"How... How do you have a Keyblade?!" Anne grunted as she struggled to push him back.

"It was given to me."

"Keyblades choose you. They're not something you can just be given."

"Well, I was chosen to wield it."

Anne jumped back from him as she landed a few feet away. "It chose wrong."

Josh narrowed his eyes before he charged at Anne, who charged as well as they met in another sword clash. She strained, trying to push him back.

Josh frowned at her as he forced her back, then swung his Keyblade at her. Anne had to duck to avoid getting hit, but he managed to knee her in the face. Anne grunted with pain as she held her nose, feeling it throbbing from the blow.

"Die!"

She grunted as he landed a blow on her, staggering back until she regained her footing. But he would not let up.

He kicked her in the stomach, causing her to hunch over before he landed another hit on her. As he swung his Keyblade again, she blocked it in time. She managed to push him back this time before landing a hit on him in retaliation. He growled at that, clenching his free fist.

He jumped up and delivered a downward slash, but she blocked again, forcing him away.

"Firaga!" she yelled, shooting the powerful fire spell at him. He jumped out of the way as he shot an orb of darkness at her. Anne deflected it before running at him.

Josh swung Baneful Malice at her as she attacked him, landing a couple blows on him. The dirty blonde haired teen growled before he retaliated as he hit her with such force. Anne yelled, grimacing as she held her side. She shook her head, getting past the throbbing pain before she jumped up, delivering a downward slash at him and landing a blow.

But Josh would not stop. He channeled more dark powers into his attacks.

A dark orb he fired grazed her side, making her yell in pain again. She pulled her hand away, seeing he had drawn blood there. She cursed under her breath and cast Cure on herself.

Josh suddenly slashed at her without warning, drawing more blood this time. She gasped, holding her wound as some blood dripped onto the floor. He smiled at the sight of that. "Finally." he said to himself with satisfaction. Anne cringed, glaring at him as she held her injury.

"I can still fight."

"Oh? Show me, then." Josh scoffed, challenging her. The teenage girl pushed past the pain as she swung her weapon at him, but he leaned backwards.

Her Keyblade narrowly avoided his head. Josh jumped away as it almost hit him again. Josh then parried one of her blows.

Anne found herself wondering where her friends were. She hoped that wherever they were, they would get here, soon.

Josh suddenly shot another dark energy ball at her, forcing her to dodge as it hit some rubble instead. As she got back to her feet, Josh attacked again, swinging his weapon at her. She successfully parried his attack, then jumped back as she focused. "Thundaga!"

Josh roared in agony as he felt the electricity hit him, hunching over for a moment as he panted. Then he looked up, glaring at Anne with a growl. "You'll pay for that."

He then rushed forward, slamming his fist into her face, knocking her down. Anne winced, her vision blurry for a moment from the sudden blow as she slowly sat up, but was forced down again when he punched her in the face yet again.

"Get out of my way."

She stumbled back to her feet, then managed a glare as she stood defiantly before him, gripping her Keyblade with both hands. "You're not getting past here..."

"Very well. I kind of enjoy beating you up."

Anne decided she'd hold him off as long as she could until someone would get here.

Josh ran at her, swinging his Keyblade at her, only for it to be blocked. Anne shoved him back and managed to knock his feet out from underneath him. She prepared to strike again, only for him to kick her in the stomach and knock her away, allowing himself to get back up.

"This feels so good, beating you up like the worthless punching bag you are. Just seeing you and your idiot friends' faces back on our world everyday made me sick." Josh drawled out as he approached her, though she was still ready to fight.

She tried to strike him, but then his shadow reached up and grabbed her by the neck. She gasped, completely taking aback by the sudden attack as it squeezed her throat.

Josh smirked at her. "Like it? Just a little something I've learned while training with the dark powers."

It then began to squeeze her neck tighter. Anne gasped for air as she struggled to break free, clawing at the shadow and trying to force it to let go of her while Josh approached her.

"I think the time has come to subtract you from everything that exists." He said as he raised his Keyblade, only for a huge bolt of lightning to come down and hit him. Something then sliced the arm of the shadow, freeing Anne.

Josh grunted in pain as he stumbled back. Anne fell to her knees, gasping and coughing as she took deep, rasping breaths.

Dylan was standing to the side. He was also panting, looking like he had just run a long distance.

Anne coughed. "H-Hey, Dylan..." she greeted with a wince. He jogged over and helped her up to her feet while she handed him back his sword.

"Are you okay?" he asked her with worry.

"Not really..." Anne answered honestly.

"Dylan, too?" Josh got up.

Dylan did a double take and paled when he saw Josh's weapon. "He's got a Keyblade now?!"

"Yeah..." Anne winced.

Josh was recovering from the surprise attack, but the pain was receding as he frowned at the two before him. Dylan moved protectively towards Anne.

"Great. Two birds with one stone." Josh said to himself as he glared.

Dylan charged at Josh and attacked, jumping into the air and raising his sword. Josh threw his Keyblade up and blocked, pushing him back. "Weakling."

Anne yelled as she ran at Josh, hitting him in the side. The psychotic teen groaned from the blow, then growled as he attacked with his Keyblade before she could block, drawing more blood from her. She gasped in pain and staggered, holding her cut. Josh then punched her in the stomach as hard as he could, causing her to hunch over coughing heavily.

Dylan's eyes widened before he yelled angrily, charging at Josh. "Get away from her!"

His sword began to glow again. An electrical barrier surrounded him once more as he attacked.

Josh wasn't able to dodge it in time and screamed as he was shocked once more.

Anne's jaw dropped at that. "Holy..." she breathed out, clutching her wounds.

Josh fell to his knees while Dylan landed back on his feet, glaring at him. Josh panted, then let out a yell as he jumped up, running at Dylan. "Dylan, watch out!" Anne yelled, running to help him. Josh managed to block in time.

Anne gritted her teeth as she tried to force him back, but Josh ended up overpowering her. He swiped her feet out from under her, knocking her on her back. He prepared to plunge his Keyblade down on Anne, only for her to quickly roll out of the way.

"Hold still."

He stabbed at her again, nailing her side again this time. Anne cringed, trying not to yell as she bled in that area. While she was down, Josh cut her again, causing her to bleed some more as she laid there, starting to bleed out from the wounds she had sustained.

Josh smirked at that, unaware that her friends heard that cry. From afar, some of them were coming as fast as they could.

Dylan charged at Josh, tackling him as he tried to pin him down, only to be punched in the face.

"Going to defend your girlfriend?"

Dylan swung at him, managing to nick his arm. Josh grunted, seeing he had cut him.

He then conjured up a massive surge of darkness to knock Dylan back. Dylan cried out as he was thrown into a wall by the blast and slid down it.

"Now to finish you off, and then your girlfriend. Once both of you are out of my way, I'll get rid of that annoying brother of yours." Josh prepared to kill Dylan, but then he got hit by an attack from the side.

He cried out with surprise as he was sent flying back, tumbling until he hit a wall. Growling, he sat up and saw Jason, Chase, and Clair standing there. The three of them hurried over to their friends.

"Chase, Clair, get Dylan and Anne out of here." Summoning his Keyblade, Jason added, "I'll hold him off."

"Are you sure?" Clair asked, seeing Josh now had a Keyblade of his own.

Chase zipped over to Dylan with his speed, picking up his injured brother. Clair went to help Anne, gasping as she saw she was lying in a pool of her own blood.

"Hang in there." She said as she picked her up.

Jason nodded to Clair, answering, as she helped her up, "I've handled tougher guys than him."

Anne winced, feeling lightheaded as she was starting to look pale. Clair was careful with her as she looked back at Jason. "Be careful..."

With that, she helped Anne get away to a safer distance while Jason glared at Josh. "You've got a Keyblade, now?"

"Yeah, and I bet it's more powerful than yours."

Getting into a fighting stance, Jason said, "Hope you can pay up when you lose that bet."

Josh charged at the former bully and leapt up, raising his Keyblade to deliver a downward slash. Jason quickly jumped back, making Josh hit the ground instead.

He then slashed at the menace. Josh leaned back as he almost got hit, then clashed blades with him. He tried to push Jason back, but the teen held his ground.

Jason pushed with all of his might, making him stumble, then swung at Josh. He got Josh across the cheek.

"Grah! " Josh held his cheek, then glared at him before attacking again.

Jason managed to block him before getting kicked in the gut. Jason groaned, feeling the wind getting knocked out of him.

Smiling, Josh slashed, cutting Jason across the face.

"GAH!" Jason fell to the ground. Clutching his face, Jason looked up to see Josh preparing to strike, but he managed to block.

Josh frowned, pushing down harder. Fighting the pain, Jason tried to push himself back up.

Seeing that, Josh stomped on his foot as hard as he could. Jason cried out at that, loosening his grip. Josh smirked and raised his blade, preparing to deliver a brutal blow.

"NO!"

The psychotic teen looked up to see Sora leaping down at him with his Keyblade. With a swing, he deflected Josh's Keyblade and sent him away from Jason.

Josh crashed into a wall while a green glow surrounded Jason.

"Heal!" Sora called. Jason felt the spell work as his wound healed up as if it had never happened.

"Thought that was going to scar for a second." Jason said.

Sora helped up Jason as they turned to Josh, who was stumbling up to his feet and wiping away some blood from the cut that Jason had given him.

"How did you get a Keyblade?" Sora asked.

"The Organization..." Josh frowned with a growl before he charged at Sora.

Sora used Kingdom Key to block his swing, then landed a hit on the dirty blonde haired teen. He growled at that before trying to attack Sora again, but it failed. His shadow came to life again and tried to grab Sora's throat, but he saw it coming and slashed at it in time.

Jason tried to move in to attack. Josh dodged the swing and blocked his next one, only to be hit by an attack from Sora. The spiky haired teen then hit Josh a couple more times.

"This is it!" He gave a powerful blow, knocking Josh back once more.

Josh panted as he used a piece of rubble created from the previous fight for support, angry that this spiky haired loser was getting the upper hand.

Sora then activated one of his many abilities. He launched himself at Josh, slamming right into him.

The menace gasped at that. He was slammed into some rubble. Josh laid there for a moment, then groaned. He pushed himself up, glaring. "I will not be beaten by some dweeb!"

He charged straight at Sora, yelling as he shot an orb of darkness at him. Sora blocked it in time, but he was hit by Josh's Keyblade when the teen attacked him right after he launched the dark orb.

Sora grunted and stumbled as Josh hit him. Josh landed another blow on him and prepared to stab the spiky haired teenager, but Jason suddenly hit him in the side. He groaned, losing his footing, which allowed Sora to slash at him.

He then blasted them back with more dark energy, but Sora recovered quickly. He ran towards Josh before he attacked again, slamming his Keyblade into him with a powerful swing. The blow was strong enough to knock Josh down again, but it caused some rubble to fly.

Panting, Josh used his Keyblade for support. Narrowing his eyes at the two before him, he held his hand out to the side.

A Dark Corridor formed. As much as Josh wanted to hurt them, he knew that he needed to recuperate. "The next time we meet, you're all dead..." he threatened, moving to step into it.

"Hold it!" Jason tried to catch him, only for the portal to vanish as soon as Josh stepped inside.

"Jason. We need to check on the others." Sora reminded him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Jason clenched his fist, but turned to leave with Sora.

Not too far away from the site, they found Chase, Clair, and Dylan, who had recovered by this point, helping out Anne as she was put into a sitting position.

"Heal!" Dylan called, casting the Cure spell on her. Her wounds vanished, but she was still rather pale.

"She doesn't look good." Clair noticed.

"I... I'm okay..." Anne said weakly. She started to get up, but suddenly collapsed.

"Anne!" Dylan gasped, catching her before she hit the ground.

"What happened to her?" Sora questioned.

"Josh messed her up really bad back there before you and Jason came." Dylan explained, carefully holding Anne.

"He's gotten stronger..." Jason frowned.

"I-I'm okay..." Anne repeated, but her eyes drifted shut before she went limp. She had passed out in Dylan's arms.

"Anne? Anne!" Dylan's eyes widened as he held her unconscious form. "Annie, can you here me? Open your eyes! Please!"

Sora crouched down to examine her. His eyes widened as he stood back up. "You guys need to get her to Merlin. Right now."

Dylan gently held his girlfriend close as he looked up at him. "Where are you going?"

"I need to go make sure there aren't any Heartless that are in town and see if the others need help. You guys need to get back to Merlin's house. Go!" he ordered before he ran off to find the rest of the team.

Dylan stood up, looking at the three with him before he took off running. "Come on!"

"Wait up!" Chase ran after him with Clair and Jason following close behind.


Dylan carried Anne in his arms as they ran throughout Radiant Garden. There were several people trying to recover from the shock of the surprise attack.

Jason was angry about the whole thing. Angry at Josh for what he did, angry at being unable to keep his friends safe

He clenched his fists as he ran. How could something like this happen?!

Chase slowed his pace down as he ran with his friends. He took a quick glance at Anne, who had not stirred once since she had collapsed. "She's not looking too good!"

"We'll get her to Merlin. He should be able to help her." Clair told him as they ran.

They soon reached the HQ. Jason pounded on the door for Dylan since his hands were full. A moment later, Merlin opened up the door. Before he could ask anything, Dylan cut him off. "Something's wrong with Anne." Dylan told him, panting from running.

Merlin saw the girl and gestured for them to come inside quickly, conjuring a cot for them to lay her down on. Binx Jr poked his head out from underneath a table, wondering what all the noise was as Aerith immediately came over to check on the unconscious teen.

"What's wrong?"

"We cast Cure on her after Josh injured her very badly. Her wounds vanished, but she passed out when she tried to get up." Clair explained.

"Who's Josh?" Cid questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"A psycho from our world!" Chase told him.

Aerith and Merlin observed the unconscious pale teenager before Aerith asked, "Was she bleeding?"

"Y-Yes, she was. We saw a pool of blood under her when we caught up to her."

"This isn't good." Aerith said, furrowing her brow as she realized what had happened.

"What is it?" Clair asked.

"She's lost some blood, from the looks of it. Even though you healed her injuries she had from whatever fight she was in, it didn't restore the blood she's lost. For that to happen, you would need more practice with the healing spell." Aerith told them with a grim expression.

"She's going to need a blood transfer now." Merlin told them.

Dylan and Chase's eyes widened. "Are you serious?"

"If she doesn't get a blood transfer now, she might get worse." Merlin warned them. "She may even die."

"I don't have her blood type." Dylan said with worry.

"Neither do I..." Chase paled.

"Blood type?" Jason and Clair asked in unison, raising their eyebrows.

"You know, based on what someone's red blood cells are like?" Dylan asked hurriedly while Aerith was moving to get some equipment needed.

"You still have that system in your world?" Jason asked.

"Don't be rude." Jiminy whispered from his shoulder as he perched himself atop of it.

"Yeah, we do." Dylan said, grasping the unconscious Anne's hand.

"What's her blood type?" Clair asked. "Jason and I can see if one of us matches."

"It's AB." Dylan answered her.

Jason and Clair then began to check their blood types with Cid to see if they matched. Chase started to pace around the room nervously as they checked.

"YEOW! Didn't you have another way to check?!" Clair asked as her finger was pricked by Cid.

"No." Cid said as he placed the blood sample into a slot that closed and his computer analyzed the sample. "Nope. Your blood type isn't a match."

Clair held her hand as Cid moved onto Jason. He grunted in pain as his finger was pricked.

A sample of his blood was taken as Jason held his finger. The computer analyzed the blood until a check mark appeared on the monitor.

"Yes. We have a match!"

"Oh, thank you!" Dylan cried out with relief. Aerith brought an IV over quickly to fill it up with the blood that was needed.

"You're not afraid of needles, are you?" Chase asked his teammate.

"You use those still?" Jason asked.

Dylan edged away from the sight of the needle slightly, his fear of needles kicking in. "We do..." he confirmed, averting his eyes from it.

Jason remained tough as the needle was placed into his arm.

His blood was taken as it was put into the IV bag. Aerith got another needle and attached a line to the bag before finding the spot to insert the needle in Anne's arm.

Since she was unconscious, she didn't argue about the needle being put in her. They started to transfer the blood to the unconscious teen as soon as it was in her arm.

Clair's stomach felt like it was going to empty itself as she saw the procedure.

She looked away from the sight, holding her stomach. Chase noticed and went to check on her. "Clair? Are you okay?"

"I-It's just..." She shuddered. "Needles and IVs only show up in documentaries and horror films on Harthyn. I never thought I'd see them in real life." she admitted.

"It'll save Anne." Chase said. She hesitated, but gave a nod.

Aerith checked Anne's pulse now that the blood was being transferred to her. After a few tense moments, she sighed with relief as she turned back to the group in the room with her.

"I've got a pulse. It's a small one, though." she announced.

"So she's going to live?" Jason asked.

Aerith nodded in confirmation. "It will be a bit before the blood's in her system, but yes, she'll live."

Dylan sighed in relief, slumping in his seat before looking at Jason. "You saved her... thank you."

"Anything for a friend." Jason said.

Jiminy gave him a nod of approval.

A moment later, Cid's computer started beeping. "Hmm?" Cid checked it out. He typed away on his keyboard, then blinked in surprise as a couple images came up on the monitor. "What the-" he said to himself as he looked at the monitor.

"What is it?" Chase asked.

"I think it's glitchin' or something..." Cid scratched his head. A couple DNA strands appeared on the computer, much to their confusion. "Oh, now what?!"

Merlin decided to take a look. As he gazed at the screen, his eyes widened slightly behind his glasses. "What?"

"What is it?" Jason questioned.

"... Jason... Clair... either one of you... I need to borrow something."

"Why?" Jason blinked. Merlin suddenly plucked a strand of Jason's hair out. "Ow! What was that for?"

Merlin didn't answer as he plucked a strand of Anne's hair as well.

"Have you lost your mind? Well, more of it?" Cid asked.

"I need to check something."

He then prepared some magic, which made the two strands of hair hover in the air. A moment later, they both glowed with an aura of the same color.

"What? What does that mean?" Dylan asked curiously.

Merlin was silent for a moment, then turned to them. "It means... that Clair and Jason have a relative in this very room. And she's lying in that cot." he revealed, gesturing to the cot Anne was in.