Kingdom Hearts: The Six Spirit Guardian

Chapter 32: The Dark Lord Emerges

With the death of General Grievous at the hands of the Allies, the war is about to come to an end. But with Count Dooku and Darth Sidious still at large, the conflict still rages. Darius has now gained more experience with the Keyblade but he begins to feel slight pain from his chest. He had a check-up with Gibson but his chest is fine. It is something different.

Darius still remembers the night when Arlington was attacked by the Heartless. He was betrayed by Ricardo and their younger sister, Amanda, vanished through Darius as he tried to save her. The mid-teen refuses to give up, but he is still conflicted by his older brother, Ricardo.

[Soundtrack: Thomas Newman- Any Other Name]

It is a peaceful evening on Coruscant as the lights of the city glowing in the dark. Darius sits alone at the Jedi Temple Training Ground near the Uneti Tree. The small moon shines the ground as Darius looks at the stars.

"Trouble are you having, Darius?"

Darius turns his head back and sees none other than Master Yoda and the Daughter approaching him.

"Couldn't sleep?" The Daughter asked Darius calmly.

"No." Darius replied, sighing in a concerning mood, "I've been thinking. About my brother. Ever since the incident the other day, Ricardo has been acting differently. You really think he has darkness within him?"

"No darkness in his heart Ricardo has. His looks deceived can be." Yoda answered.

"Search your feelings, Darius. Both the Heart and the Force are what connects you and your family." The Daughter says.

Darius takes the words calmly before looking at the Uneti Tree. He can feel the light from his heart grow. Yoda and the Daughter watch on as Darius embraces the Light within him. The light finally dies down before Darius opens his eyes. He looks up at the Uneti Tree before standing up. Turning to Yoda and the Daughter, Darius smiles at them.

"Thank you." Darius spoke.

"Sleep you will need, Darius." Yoda said before chuckling. The Daughter smiles slightly.

The three of them head back to the Jedi Temple as the night goes on.

[End OST]

[Elsewhere]

Meanwhile, traveling through space in a solar sailor, Count Dooku kneels before Darth Sidious by hologram.

"My lord, I have received urgent news from a commander on Florrum. General Grevious is dead." Dooku said.

"How?" Darth Sidious asked slightly angry.

"It seems that they have witnessed Grevious being crushed to death by Darius' war machine." Count Dooku explained.

"General Grevious is part of my plans for the Clone Wars. With Darius in the way, my plans would be ruined and I would be exposed as the Sith Lord." Sidious says.

"What must I do, my lord?" Count Dooku asked.

"First, you move the Separatist Leaders to the Mustafar system. Then order Ventress to 'wipe out' Viceroy Gunray, and the others. We must eliminate loose ends as soon as possible. We shall launch a surprise attack on Coruscant. My new apprentice shall stop the invasion if Darius and the others are in the way." Sidious orders.

"Of course my lord. As you wish." Dooku said.

"The war is coming to an end, my friend. The Sith shall triumph and rule the galaxy." Sidious said before laughing evilly.

[Later...]

Meanwhile, Darius leaps over a blue blade before landing on the floor. Three days later, the Keyblade Guardian is being tested by none other than Anakin Skywalker. He has never gone toe to toe with Obi-Wan's padawan also the Chosen One. Darius strikes only for Anakin to block his attack. Meanwhile, Yoda, Mace, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Barriss, the Younglings, Shahra, Chiro, the Hyperforce, Nanoha, the Mage Squad, Teams RWBY, JNPR, & CVFY watched on as the two warriors clashed against each other.

Anakin's Form 5, Djem So, is characterized by power attacks and defense. Immediately followed by counter strikes. Thanks to Obi-Wan's Form 3, Darius parries every attack that Anakin hurled at him.

"Take this!" Darius shouted before throwing his Keyblade at Anakin who ducks out of the way.

"You've missed." Anakin smirked.

"Think again." Darius spoke. At the cue, Anakin gets whacked in the back by the Keyblade before Darius catches it in his hand. He charges before pointing the weapon at Anakin. "You know the saying: What goes around, comes around." Darius puts away the weapon before offering a hand to Anakin who accepts it. He lifts him to his feet before bowing.

"Thank you," Anakin returns the bow before deactivating his lightsaber.

A while later, at the Senate, Darius, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Yoda are walking down the hallway when they see Padme of Naboo and Duchess Satine of Mandalore. Obi-Wan feels a slight blush but hides it from the others. Like Anakin, Obi-Wan had feelings for Satine before being inducted into the Jedi Order.

"Anakin. Obi-Wan." Padme said.

"Obi-Wan." Satine said with a small smile on her face.

"Padme." Anakin said.

"It is good to see you again, Satine." Obi-Wan said.

"You've already meet Darius." Anakin said to Padme.

"The boy with the key." Padme said.

"So this is the Keyblade Wielder you told me." Satine said.

"It is a pleasure, my lady." Darius said kneeling before the Duchess.

"A good day is it." Yoda said.

The five of them walk down the hall before they reach to the suite where Chancellor Palpatine is at. There they meet the man himself: Sheeve Palpatine.

"Your grace." Anakin said bowing to the Chancellor.

"Anakin." Palpatine said before seeing Obi-Wan, Padme, and Satine. But when he sees Darius, he slightly smirks wickedly before turning to the others. "Excuse me."

He walks into the room with Anakin following him before the door closes.

Darius sighs before crossing his arms in disbelief, "Guys, no offense, but I don't trust the Chancellor."

"I understand, Darius, but Palpatine is the chancellor of the Republic. The Council has been keeping an eye on him." Obi-Wan said.

"Growing the danger is. Be on alert we must be." Yoda said.

"We have heard that General Grevious is dead." Satine said.

"But Dooku is still at large." Padme said.

"True along with the Separatist Leaders." Darius said. He then goes to the window and looks at the sky. "Something is about to happen."

[Meanwhile...]

At the Jedi Temple, Ahsoka, Barriss, Nanoha, Yuuno, Fate, Hayate, Alph, Reinforce, Chiro, the Hyperforce, and Team Remnant are waiting for Darius.

"Oh, I just hope something good happens." Yang said while trying not to get bored.

"Darius better get back here soon." Fate said.

"You must have faith," Antauri said.

"It's not like something is falling out of the sky." Sparx said

At the cue a fireball homes in and crashes at the steps of the Jedi Temple. The group along with some of the Jedi looks to see none other than a wrecked Buzzard Droid.

"Oh my..." Yang said.

In front and in the sky, thousands of droid fighters and bombers fill the skies of Coruscant. They begin to attack civilians and bomb buildings. The civilians ran in terror as chaos reigns over.

"We're under attack!" Antauri shouted.

"Let's go!" Ruby shouted as she draws her Crescent Rose before shooting.

The Allies move out to attack the droid ships before two large carriers land near them. Then out comes battle droids and Super Battle Droids.

"Now we're talking!" Yang grinned.

Back at the Senate Building, the senators scramble as the droids begin attack runs on the building. Darius, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Padme, and Satine run to safety before reaching to Padme's office. There they see C-3PO and R2-D2.

"My lady. It is too dangerous to go back out there." C-3PO said. R2 beeps in worry.

"Stay here." Darius said.

"Be careful." Satine to Obi-Wan.

"Where's Anakin?" Padme asked.

"With the Chancellor," Obi-Wan said.

"We got to get back to the Temple!" Darius shouted.

"Alert the Council we must." Yoda said in agreement.

Darius, Yoda, and Obi-Wan quickly head out of the Senate Building only to be confronted by a huge army of battle droids and Heartless. The three heroes draw their weapons out to confront the enemy. That's when explosions occur destroying half of the army. Darius, Obi-Wan, and Yoda look up to see hundreds of Republican gunships and troops charging in. Captain Rex and Commander Cody arrived.

"Sir, we got reports of droid ships jumped out of hyperspace. They caught us off guard!" Rex shouted.

"Cody, take a platoon and defend the Senate Building." Obi-Wan ordered.

"Yes sir!" Cody replied.

"Rex, you're with me. We need to get to the Jedi Temple and the others." Darius said.

"Yes sir!" Captain Rex said, readying his dueling blaster pistols.

A LAAT lands near them and they boarded. The ship takes off heading for the Jedi Temple. At the Senate building, Anakin sees the carnage before feeling a disturbance in the Force.

"Dooku..." Anakin said before he leaves Palpatine alone.

Palpatine looks at the battle with an evil smile on his face. His eyes turn yellow as darkness emerges from him. His plan is now in motion. The battle of Coruscant has officially begun.

A/N: The battle is about to begin. Everyone will have a role to play including the Younglings. The road to KH2 is very close. Stay safe my friends. Sorry for making this chapter shortly. I just wanted to get this out of the way as soon as possible. I will have a difficult time to have all of the characters of my choice to have a dialogue and some long conversations between one another.

TheVoidHunter250 signing off...