A/N: Finally reunited. But I am right. As long as Rasputin lives, there can be no peace. No end to this madness. I am now on a journey to find that traitor and put an end to him. And there is nothing that's going to stand in my way! Nothing will penetrate through my razor sharp focus...oh look! That cloud looks like a bunny...Wait, what was I doing?

World: The World That Never Was


I must find my way back into the Realm of Darkness. From what I've learned, Rasputin is unable to leave the dark realm. Entering the Realm of Darkness isn't going to be easy. If it were, I would have gotten Aqua out of it the second I found out she's alive. Or perhaps when she sacrificed herself for my own protection.

I have searched every world for a way in, there's no point in checking those worlds again. I am going to check the one world I haven't fully checked. The Nobody world: The World That Never Was.

I arrive in this world from the Alley to Between, making my way through the city streets, cutting down any Nobodies that stands in my way. This world is very close to the darkness. It's most like that I'll find a way into the dark realm somewhere.

I should have thought about that sooner.

After fighting my way through the pathways, I arrive at Memory's Skyscraper. This is how far I've gotten in this world, cause of that illusion Aqua and Wingul and Zaela.

When I'm in the middle of the area, I look around. "There's gotta be a way into the dark realm." I say. But I however do not see a way. I sigh. "There must be something..." I take the moment to think.

I remember how the darkness in that realm have felt. The dark presence...Then I've got it. I stand straight, take a deep breath and close my eyes. I focus my energy in feeling the dark presence within this world. The presence is strong, but different. In this world, the feeling of the darkness is empty. The feeling of the darkness in its own realm is dark and cold. I can hardly feel the presence of the Realm of Darkness within this world.

'Concentrate' I think, as I focus deeper. 'Feel that cold, dark aura.'

As I concentrate, I feel like everything is slowing, until time has frozen. The feeling of the dark presence grows stronger, spreads wider throughout this world. It's very faint, very far, but I feel it.

The portal into the Realm of Darkness.

I break out of my concentration and make a run to it. "Let's go!"

I take the path into the stronghold of Organization XIII. Surprisingly, the passage Sora made in the Brink of Despair is still here. The castle is large and abandoned since Organization XIII have been defeated.

I enter Nothing's Call, only to be greeted by an army of Nobodies. "Looks like a welcoming committee from the Shadowmoon." I summon my Keyblade, positioned myself to fight. "Bring it on, empty husks!"

I make the first move by casting Zero Gravija. I attack the Dusks and Sorcerers that are caught in the gravity spell. The Snipers stays back and shoot at me, but I deflect their lasers, sending them back at the shooters. I cast Sparkja, which destroys the Dusks. The Sorcerers break free from the Zero Gravity effect.

I enter Star Surge and attack the Sorcerers. Their magic attacks hurt me as I strike. The Snipers also shoots at me. I stagger from the attacks then heal myself with Curaga. I strike down the Sorcerers then rush over to the Snipers. Those still far from my attacks still shoot at me.

I deflect their attacks, destroying them. "No Nobodies are going to stop me." It's pretty much true since I have defeated Ragnarok and the Keyblade War Tournament.

Nothing can stop me.

I continue on my path. More Nobodies stands in my way. The Dancers were the first enemies I focus on attacking. They are very annoying when they fixate on me. That's when things get ugly. Not to mention it's very creepy.

I enter the Crooked Ascension. Once I'm in the center, the elevator starts to go up. The Elevator doesn't go far. It just goes halfway it normally does to the Twilight's View. I walk into the next room, the Delusive Beginning. Nobodies appears, just some Berserkers, Monks and Dualists.

I gather them with Magnega, then cast Thundeja. "Thunder!" That destroys half the Nobodies, then my power surges deeper then I enter Elemental Mastery. I finish off the rest of the Nobodies then continue onward. I arrive at the base of the area. It's nothing but a ring room with a high ceiling. I do look at the opening at the top.

"That must be my passage...There's got to be a way to get up there." I say.

I start looking around the area, beginning in the west hallway. Nobodies guard this hallway, but that doesn't stop me. The Dusks weave around as I focus my attacks on the Gamblers and Lancers. They aren't very unlucky once I unleash my full power of Elemental Mastery.

As soon as the Nobodies are cleared, I look around. Eventually, I find some switch on the wall. I look at it curiously. "What does this do?" I grab the switch and pull it. The castle shakes and rumble happens. I'm on alert. A trap perhaps? The shaking happens for a minute then sudden ends. Even after all of that, I am still cautious. "Huh...Well, at least it's not a trap."

I continue searching this hallway, until there's nothing else then I return to the base. There, I was taken by surprise. A spiral stair ramp appears in the center of this room. However, it doesn't go far, just by one-third of how much I need to reach the opening above.

That's when I realize. The switches will make a new path for me. I'll just have to keep searching.

I enter the hallway to the east. More Nobodies stand in my way. The Snipers shoots at me. I dodge as I charge towards them. I yell fierce as I got close. I leap and strike them down. The Dusks and Berserkers attacks me once they see their Snipers defeated.

They all come at me, at once. I channel my magic, making a fusion of my Magnet and Zero Gravity spells. Then I unleash Gravity Well. A small dark orb appears above me, then it grows large into a massive magnetize dark bubble. All the Nobodies gets sucked in, suffering damage. The orb starts shrinking until it implodes into nothingness.

Now that's done, I head to the end of the hallway. I pull the switch on the wall. The room shakes as the next set of stairs appears in the center room. I go back to the center room. The stair case is even higher, but not enough to reach the room above. However, I do see the end of the stair case reaching to the ledge on the upper walls. Up there, there's a switch.

"Bingo!" I say.

I start running my way up the steps, until I reach the end and hop on the ledge. Time Bombs and Lancers appears in the air. I shoot firebolts at them as I run towards the switch. The Lancers do their Jump ability to avoid being hit, but the Time Bombs weren't very lucky.

I leap forward to avoid the Lancers that were ambushing at me from above. When they're all assemble, I wave my Keyblade as I make a quick turn, unleashing a blade beam of ice at them. That cuts through each of the Nobodies. When I make it to the switch, I pull it.

The room shakes and rumbles as I watch the staircase move upwards, spinning until the path connects to the opening above.

"All right!" I jump back on the path of the spiral stairs and continue on.

The next room I arrive in is the Walk of Illusions. I remember this area, back when Riku and I came to save Sora from Young Xehanort. Use to be a maze room with multiple stairs. But that was cleared out and it's now nothing more then a single path to the next area.

I run down the path, only to be greeted by Nobodies. I use my Aqua Charm, activating the D-link. I'm coated in a magic aura and my Keyblade extends in arcane energy. I start attacking the Nobodies. They fight back, but I avoid their attacks with teleporting. Everytime I teleport, I appear right behind the one that failed to attack me.

I cast Blizzaja at the Samurais. The Saberon's leaps towards me. I get dog piled by them. More like cat pile if you ask me. When I get back on my feet, I cast Diamond Dust, surrounding myself with ice crystals then shattering them, hurting the Nobodies around me.

When they're all destroyed, I continue on, only to be greeted by more of them. I cast Glacier, freezing all of the Nobodies then sending them flying. The ice shatters when they hit the walls. The Nobodies that survived the attack rushes back towards me. I gather them with Whirlpool, causing a tornado of water above me which sucks in the Nobodies. The Nobodies are defeated and I continue onward.

I enter the next area, Fact within Fiction. This place have different paths. The one I take is the one with purple beams shooting out. I carefully make my way through. Luckily Aqua's teleporting helps me avoid getting hit. So far, I haven't encountered any Nobodies. But that changed when I made it to the near end of the area, on the large circular platform.

I am surrounded. When they come close, I wash them away with Waterja. I next gather them with Megnega, then I reach my full power and unleash Blade Charge. I hold my weapon high, unleashing a pulse of energy, then I spin my weapon around at high spin, then slam the ground in front of me, unleashing a pulse of arcane energy in its wake, for a final blow.

With those Nobodies defeated, I continue on into the Verge of Chaos.


Making my way through the Verge of Chaos was difficult. Riku doesn't make it as easy as he did back in the dream world. Then again, he was jumping and bouncing off walls while I have no capability to do that, especially in the waking realm.

I arrive at the roof top of the multi-turret tower. I look around for a clue of some sort, then I see it: A dark corridor. "There!"

I approach to the portal. The dark presence it contains. It the same fainted dark cold aura I felt back in the city. I reach my hand out to it. I was about to touch, until something hits me hard I was sent flying. I land right back at the entrance of the tower.

I'm laying on the ground for a moment, then I get on my hands. "Ow!" I put one of my hands on my jaw. It hurts pretty bad.

"Well. Well...Well. Look who decided to show up." I turn and look up. It's Zaela, smirking with her hands on her hips.

"You!" I get up, only up to my foot and knee, then I react to the pain on my jaw. "Ow...Man, and I thought Tifa's brawling was painful."

I get back on my feet. "You are such a crybaby." Zaela says. "You know, I actually thought you were dead." Zaela stomps her foot. "I owe Wingul 5000 munny."

I put a serious face on. "You actually believe that toy of a Heartless would kill me?" I ask.

Zaela laughs like I just said something stupid. "Oh, sweetheart. Of course we didn't!"

I am confused. "What do you mean?"

Zaela looks at me, groaning. "Oh geez!" She turns and slowly walks. "Why are all boys so stupid?" Zaela stops then turns to face me. "Let me tell you something. Rasputin and the rest of us had never any intention of killing that little toy of yours." I can feel my blood boiling. How can she still insult Aqua like that? "All of those warnings we gave you and all those assaults we put on the puppet. Didn't you see? We were trying to lure you into the darkness, so that you would destroy that very Heartless that was banished into the depths."

"Why? Besides being the Heartless of my very own people, what makes it so special that I destroy it?" Zaela gives me a look just like I said the answer, and I have. "Wait...you don't mean?"

"Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner!" Zaela says, teasing me. "Your thoughts are correct. Rasputin's plan was to break your spirit. You have lost your home and family. We have broken that pathetic girl who you hold dear, and you have also killed your own people. With all of that wrapped together, we knew that you would give into despair, eventually crushing your spirit into teeny-tiny little pieces."

I am surprise to hear all this. How could I not see this coming? I know she's telling the truth cause it all happened, three months ago in Radiant Garden. My attack on Serah, who is like a sister to me, is the living proof of it.

Zaela sighs. "Sadly...the plan failed." I look at her surprised. "In the end, the darkness of your broken spirit was suppose to make you give up on life, eventually leading you to your death. But you somehow manage to overcome your despair." Zaela kicks the ground. "I knew we should have gone straight and kill you ourselves." Zaela cracks her knuckles. "Well, it's never too late." Then position herself to fight. "I hope you can fight better then that little toy."

I wipe my mouth then summon my Keyblade. "Don't think I'm gonna go easy on you just because you're a girl."

Zaela smiles. "I hope so. it's no fun beating on a challenger that treads lightly."

Zaela makes the first strike, charging towards me. She charges with high speed, then she leaps, drawing her fist back. I make my stance, blocking. She strikes, only on my shielded Keyblade. Her attack was still heavily hard. Even standing my ground, I was forced to slide back. When I'm still, I repel Zaela, then cast a Firaja at her.

Zaela defends herself. She remains on her feet, standing like a statue, but still suffered full damage. I rush towards her then cast a Quakeja to knock her in the air. When she's midair, I trap her in an Aeroja, that traps her in the vortex at first, then blows her away.

Zaela gets back on her feet, then charges towards me. I charge back at her. Once we're in range, we attack. I strike at Zaela, she blocks with her hands. She punches me in the face, then kicks only to have me jump on the lower kicks and duck and dodge on the upper kicks.

I make another strike, only Zaela stops it by grabbing the blade. She looks at me with a smirk. This isn't good. "Let's have some fun." She kicks me right in the stomach, causing me to stagger, then spins me around until she jumps. When we're thirty feet in the air, she tosses me down. A Seismic Toss. I crash on the ground, breaking it. Zaela dives down, shouting. Seeing her coming, I roll out of the way and she destructed the ground from the impact.

I get back on my feet, looking back at Zaela. Zaela stands, looking mad. "Hold still you little wimp!"

I use my Kairi Charm, activating the D-link. Zaela charges towards me. I cast Waterja at her, then Holy, channeling the power of light then causing beams of light to rain down on Zaela. Zaela staggers from the magics, then I attack her head on.

Once Zaela recovers, she slams her fist on the ground, causing a rave of risen spikes rushing towards me. I dodge out of the way then cast Hydro Pump, channeling a pump of water at Zaela. Zaela comes at me, attacking. I get hit by her attacks, then I heal myself with Curaga.

After healing, I continue attacking with Princess's Faith, striking with light enhanced attacks. Zaela grabs me on the chest then slams me on the ground.

"Your bones will break!" She shouts as she slams on me with an elbow slam. That sure hurts a lot.

After recovering, I get back on my feet and attack Zaela. Zaela defends herself from my attacks, then I cast Destiny's Light. The orbs of light breaks Zaela's defenses, then I finish her off by unleashing Tidal Wave.

Zaela is coughing and soaked after drowning in the massive water, I give her a couple of attacks while she's weaken, then finish her with a rush slash. Zaela gasps from the slash. She clinches onto her side then collapses on her knees.

"No! No! ...How can...I lose to...a weakling?" Zaela says.

"Cause I've had years of hard core training. Meanwhile you are just hiding in the darkness while your Nobodies do the fighting for you. You're such a coward." I say.

Zaela looks over her shoulder and growls. "You little punk!" She gets her second wind, then charges at me with a yell. She draws her fist back. Just when she's in front of me, she gasps. that's when I stab her with my Keyblade. Zaela falls on her knees and starts fading away, until there's nothing left of her.

My Keyblade vanishes. "Humph. Pathetic." I turn, facing the dark corridor. "I'm coming for you, Rasputin."

I walked into the portal, returning into the Realm of Darkness.