Heya Fanfiction Nation long time no see huh, well with only four chapters of Heir to Darkness Part 1 left I hope you guys are ready for a couple of Epic Battles. The next few chapters will be filled with no stop action and crazy twists. And the greatest twist of them all will come. Everything you know about this story will turn upside down. Anyway I hope you enjoy the return of Heir. Expect an update on thursday. Thanks a ton to Demoness for the beta!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Fullmetal Alchemist, they are both trademarked properties of Square Enix/Disney and FUNimation/Aniplex. But I do own my OC's Bishop and Melody.


Heir to Darkness

Chapter LV: Kairi's Courage

World: The World That Never Was

Sora jumped out of the way as Dante lashed out at him. The mother of the Homunculi had an angered look on her face, nothing but rage pouring through her being. Landing gracefully onto a platform, she glared down below, where Edward and Wrath had been. Hair fell into her eyes and in anger she screamed. "This can't be happening! This can't be happe-" She grew quite as she looked into Sora's eyes.

"Greed!" She screamed for her second in command, expecting him to be by her side. She screeched his name again in frustration, but the Homunculus never came, he had betrayed her, as well. Kairi walked next to Sora, holding her Oathkeeper tightly. Sora's blue orbs glowered with determination. Dante knew… she knew there was no way she would be able to get away from him - Now that her plan had been compromised. "Don't look at me!"

"What!" Kairi held her blade close, ready for Dante to charge, but the woman never came.

"Don't you dare look at me with those eyes!" Dante screamed. "You don't have the right to look down on me! You have no right to stare at me with those smug eyes. Wielding the Keyblade means nothing, Sora! You won't win, Kingdom Hearts will be mine!"

Kairi knitted her eyebrows as she stared at Dante, who struggled to keep her composure. She had lost all control, she knew Edward had been liberated, Greed had betrayed Dante. Just like she had betrayed Maleficent, it had come right back to hit her in the face. Looking at her Keyblade, she knew what she had to do. "Sora… let's seal Dante's heart."

"What!" Sora looked to Kairi with shock. "I… I mean…"

"She possessed that body… I know… I remember because of the way Wrath looked at her. He called her mother, the Homunculi before Dante took over that body. Let's free her from Dante's grasp." Kairi gripped her Keyblade so tight that her knuckles began to turn white with rage. Tears spilled down her cheeks. Alphonse wasn't here anymore. She knew… she knew the second that he stayed, Dante had taken him. "If she wants to be with Kingdom Hearts so much, let's send her there."

Sora saw his lover's determination and nodded. "Right… we're gonna put an end to this right here!"

Dante screamed and came running down the wall, crashing down a wall of water. The two Keybladers moved in sync, splitting paths. Sora knew he would have to make a distraction in order for Kairi to strike the killing blow on Dante, but the Mother was not stupid. She would not fall so idly to Sora's traps. As water spikes flew at Sora, he quickly casted blizzard, freezing the water.

Dante roared with rage as she felt Kairi hot on her and increased her body heat. The water boiled hot until the woman evaporated into a cloud of steam.

"Kairi!" Sora screamed, spinning his Keyblade fast, casting the Aeorga spell. "WIND!" The steam disappeared and began to reform into a huge mass of water.

The ball boiled hot, but quickly froze into several spikes and shot out at the Keybearers. Kairi was on Sora's back immediately. "Reflect!" A huge shield appeared and the spikes flew several feet away from each other. Kairi took advantage of this, she didn't have much time. Holding the Keyblade close to her heart, the blade glowed a bright white, the Holy Spell. As the mass that was Dante began to pull itself together, it shot at Kairi, Sora jumped in the way, holding his Keyblade tightly. The spike was deflected, but Dante's face appeared in the water.

"Give it up, Dante, its over!" Sora yelled.

"No, please wait!" the woman yelled out in Trisha's voice, pain encumbering her dark eyes. "Please don't, I… I don't want to die… go get Edward, please! Tell him his mother is here!" The mother chided the two with a small glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Kairi hesitated as she looked into the blue orbs brimming with hope. "Sora... we... we can't." The princess began to walk towards Dante, holding out her arms. "We're not going to hurt you, I promise."

Sora looked at the Princess with wide brimming eyes and jumped into action, grabbing Kairi and holding her back. "Kairi! Don't trust her, she's tricking you!" The boy tried to explain, but the Princess seemed to be in a daze. Sora shook her, but nothing. Turning around, the boy glared at Dante and gripped his Keyblade tightly. "What have you done to her?"

But the woman was unresponsive. From Dante's eyes brimmed that of Sloth's. Looking down at her hands, her eyes lightened. "What... what happened?"

Sora's voice caught in his throat as he turned to Kairi, whose eyes had grown hollow. Bending down, he touched her cheek, afraid. All the while, Sloth sat on her knees, shaking as she looked to Sora and spotted the Keyblade. Her eyes widened as she looked to her hands, remembering everything that Dante had done. The Homunculus remembered clearly what had happened. The woman had been telling her to eliminate Maleficent, but no... it was all treachery. Treachery - the mother had tricked her.

A trap...

It was all a trap that the Homunculus had walked into. Maleficent cast Stopga on her and Dante possessed her body, quickly attempting to destroy her being, but that was not it... Dante couldn't. Something had saved her, something inside her heart kept her alive. Standing up, the Homunculus began to melt into water, she didn't belong here. The girl... the one laying on the ground... was Dante's new Host.

"Kairi!" Sora called to his friend, who was motionless. He couldn't lose her! No, not like this. He glared back to where Sloth had been and had saw she had dissapeared. He looked to Kairi and balled his fists. "Kairi, what do I do...?"

"Sora!" A voice called, grabbing his shoulder.

Turning around, he looked to see nothing. "Riku?" Sora murmured, hope trailing off of his voice. "Riku, where are you?"

"Watch Kairi!" Riku called, distress filling his voice.

Sora turned and barely missed the Oathkeeper of Kairi. Eyes widening, he looked, fear in his eyes, as Kairi stood up and flipped her hair. Her aqua green orbs had changed. Grown darker and deeper. Her once beautiful eyes were now red, that of a Homunculi. On her arm, the brand of the Homunculi appeared. Dante laughed loudly as she looked to Sora with a look of amusement on her face. "My, my, this new body is just grand! I can't believe how much power a Keyblader wields. It's... it's just rushing through her veins!"

"Dante!" Sora roared summoning his Keyblade. "Release Kairi!"

Dante smiled wickedly and lifted the Oathkeeper up to her face. "Oh Sora, Kairi is gone... I consumed her heart. I am the new owner of this vessel."

The teen knit his eyebrows and looked to his Keyblade. The castle suddenly began to shake. Sora looked below, seeing the portal below glowing brighter. Omega was almost done charging. He knew what he had to do. He had no time to waste. "Fine, then I will tear you from her heart and destroy you once and for all!"

Dante charged at the boy and Sora made quick work of blocking all of the Mother's blows. Jumping through the air, she sliced, missing Sora's head. The boy was quickly slashing the Oathkeeper. The target was clear to Sora, his eyes never left the spot, Kairi's heart. He knew, he felt her inside the body struggling to regain dominance over her being. Sora would have to help, he had less than 20 minutes, and time kept ticking. He had to stop Dante and get to Kingdom Hearts. The world was in his hands once again.

Dante charged at Sora with fury slashing the blade down hard on the teen's weapon. Ice appeared in her left hand as she shot Sora back.

The teen stared in shock as his arm was consumed by the dark ice climbing up his limb. He didn't have time to think as time suddenly began to slow. Looking to Dante, he saw as she approached at a much faster rate than he was moving. He had been caught in a slow spell. Dante flew above, slashing down Sora's back. He gasped for air as the woman released a relentless onslaught on his body. She had been merciless. The pain of his heart tearing bit by bit was unbearable. The Keyblade was the one weapon he wished would not be turned on him.

Dante laughed manically as Sora struggled to block. Smashing his Keyblade away, she gripped his collar and glared at him in the eye. "You are weak, Sora, you are nothing compared to me! I shall be the ruler of this new world, and not you, the Homunculi, or Xemnas shall get in my way. I have the Heir to Darkness, the most powerful being in the galaxy. You are nothing compared to my might!"

Sora felt his body growing heavy. His anger was building. How dare she? How dare Dante, who did she think she was? She could not take everything... he could not let her destroy everything he loved. He had the power, the darkness. HE hated it, despised the fact that it brimmed in his soul, calling him, but he had no choice. If he was going to protect everyone he had to embrace the darkness... "I won't let you control me... I won't let anyone control me. I have the power to stop you, Dante. I have the power to protect everyone!" Sora yelled as his eyes turned a dark yellow and darkness crawled up his arms. Roaring loudly, he slammed the woman away.

Dante had barely blocked the slash. "SORA!" she heard Kairi shout in her head. Her eyes widened as her arms began to stiffen.

"Sit down, girl, I am in control!" She wailed, blocking another one of Sora's strikes. "Do you want to die?"

"I won't die, Dante! I will stop you! Sora will free me while I put an end to you!" Kairi's form suddenly began to morph and Dante found herself in the Station of Awakening in Sloth's form once more. Standing in front of her was Kairi, holding her Keyblade. "I will destroy you from the inside! You will have no where to run, and I will free Sora!"

Dante looked for an escape route... there was none. "Fine then... pitiful girl... you will die here."

A step suddenly appeared next to Kairi, Riku smiled, his shimmering form touching Kairi's shoulder. "I'm here, Kairi. You can do this."

A tear fell from her eyes as she saw Riku vanish, giving her hope. "Your right, Riku... I promise, Sora... Riku... Al... I won't let you down!"

Alter of Naught-The World That Never Was

Edward and Wrath stumbled onto the Alter, breathing deeply. In front of them was a huge heart. The form of Kingdom Hearts shining its pale light upon the man they had come for. Xemnas floated in front of the huge mass of power, taking in its glow, and turned. The radiant light washed rays of light upon his adversaries. "So you have finally come. I have waited long... planned two years for this moment. To finally meet you, confront you, and consume you. Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, you are the bane of my existence. You are the Heir to Darkness... the savior of these pitiful worlds, but also you are their end."

Ed looked to Xemnas with contempt. Looking down, he balled his fists. "Xemnas... I see why Sora had to get rid of you the first time. You're just a big pain in the ass, a pain that I have to kick!" Ed declared, balling his fists and shouting at the Nobody. "I will take you down and really smash you into nothing!"

"Tch." Xemnas glowered at the boy. "Foolish child, you know nothing."

"I don't need to know anything to kick your ass, pal." Edward looked to Wrath, who stood behind him. "You got my back?"

Wrath nodded, pounding his fists together. "Let's crush him!"

Xemnas landed on his feet, smiling. His blades came out bright red as he glared at the two. "Alchemist and Homunculi working together. Once enemies, now allies, such irony, no? But I suppose the old proverb is true, the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Xemnas pointed his blade at Edward. "You and I are the same, Edward Elric. Struggling to find the secrets, uncovering the mysteries of life..."

"No, you are wrong, Xemnas!" Edward shouted, clapping his hands together. "I am going to stop you here for everyone! For the people of Amestris and to protect the friends I have made. I will not stop! I will free Kingdom Hearts and show you the difference between you and me!"


Well... bet you didn't see the Kairi thing coming huh? I really don't want to give away anything? But do any of you have any theories about the twist. Let me know what you think, it had been hinted multiple times if you really paid attention. Review everyone counts and see you on thursday!