A/N: Here we go everyone, Halloween Town is up. What trouble will they find this time?

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Chapter 12

Back at Traverse Town, everything was normal. That is, if you counted the continuous attacks of Shadows and Soldiers in the other two districts. "Argh, how long are they gonna keep doing this?" Kenny growled. "They'll probably keep at it until the Keymaster locks all the worlds from the Heartless." Yuffie said sadly, as she sat down next to the small teen at the café in the First District.

"Please be okay, you guys." Kenny whispered.

The group left Atlantica behind a few hours ago and were coming up to their fifth world on the map. Sora brought the ship to a halt and watched as the image of the world appeared on the main screens. The world appeared to be a huge jack-o-lantern with what appeared to be a court yard on top and a manor on the bottom.

"That's Halloween Town you guys."Sora announced. "Let's hope this world won't give us too much trouble." Kevin mumbled as they went through the mirror and into their next adventure.

When the green light from the Rest Point cleared, the gang realized they were in an old fashioned alley. Probably from the late eighteen hundreds. The black stone lanterns that hovered over their heads were jack-o-lanterns. Tyson glanced down and screeched.

"What the hell happened to us?!" He yelled. The others realized their looks had changed entirely. Probably to blend into the world.

Kai blue and bluish grey hair now resembled fiery red orange flames, still had creamy colored skin and crimson mocha eyes. His costume consisted of blood red turtleneck, a reddish gold vest, dark red pants, and red orange army boots. To everyone's shock, fiery red orange wings were folded against his back. It was as if he had merged with Dranzer.

Tyson's hair stayed the same, but his skin was now shimmering ice blue and dark blue scales, and his eyes became a reptilian yellow. His costume was that of a skin tight dark blue body suit, and with icy blue armor covering his chest, shoulders, arms and legs. He even wore icy blue armored boots with strange dark blue runes. And stretching from his back were thin dragon like dark blue wings. Like Kai, it seemed he had merged with Dragoon.

Max's hair had changed to a light lavender; much like Bryan's hair, his skin darken slightly, and his eyes became a tad inward and remained the same color. His costume was the same as Tyson's, only in different shades of purple.

Now, the White Tigers didn't change all that much, and the Bladebreakers didn't like that one bit. Since the Asian Beyblade team already resembled their bit beasts very closely, the only things that changed about them, was their pupils remained dilated, their hair was a bit longer, slightly pointed ears, and the fur of their respective bit beasts replaced their skins. And only Mariah, Lee and Kevin had tails poking out from behind them.

Bryan of course had dark reddish brown feathers replacing his skin and his eyes became more sharp and focused that of a falcon. His clothing took on a pure black color and feathery wings were protruding from his shoulder blades.

And what of Ranma and Yami?

Well...

Ranma's skin had taken on an ashen grey tone, yet his eyes remained their normal stormy bluish grey color. His costume now consisted of a dark red silk shirt that the color resembled blood, black silk pants that would allow him to blend into the night, and black army boots.

Yami basically looked like a mummy. Every inch of his body, save for his ruby red eyes and his mouth, was covered by the ancient cloth. "Er, where's Sora?" Mariah asked worriedly, her slitted chocolate eyes searching the shadows for him. Luckily, all felines could see in the dark, and she could barely make out the Keybearer's form.

"Over here." And Sora stepped into the dim lights. And allowed everyone to see the costume he was wearing.

A skin tight black body suit that the shoulders were white; and resembled bat wings for some reason, black knee high boots, with dark brown strapping's going in a cris-cross formation, white gloves that made his hands resemble claws, slender bat wings protruded from his back, and his face was shadowed by darkness, and his left eye was covered by an evil grinning jack-o-lantern face. Two tiny fangs peeked over his bottom lips.

Woah.

Defiantly a vampire.

Sora raised an eyebrow, if that was now possible, at their stunned looks. "Are you guys ready to head into Guillotine Square?" He asked lightly. "I guess..." Ranma trailed off, he just wasn't expecting this version of Sora. In fact, the martial artist had a funny feeling that the others didn't either.

Sora pushed past them, not even paying attention to their new looks. "Any reason why we look like this Sora?" Kai asked icily. "Don't worry, if anyone tries scaring us, we can scare them right back." Sora said this more to Tyson than anyone else. "Somehow, I don't doubt you will." Max muttered.

Sora laughed as the gate that would lead them to the main square lifted up and walked through, letting the others gap at the sight.

"Wait up, Sora!" Lee cried, running to catch up, his lion tail twitching behind him. The gate remained open until the last fighter got through, and slammed behind them, causing Kevin to jump at the sound.

The Guillotine Square looked like a normal courtyard, if you could get past the fact it looked like it came out of a horror film. Huge, evil grinning jack-o-lanterns were every where, and small bats flew through the cool evening air. "Search Ghosts!" Ranma hissed, drawing forth the Save the King shield. Yami withdrew the Save the Queen staff. Sora simply shook his head. "I have a feeling someone else is controlling them and it won't be for long." He said quietly, catching their attention.

Suddenly, a loud explosion rang in the distance, causing the ground to tremble slightly. But, just as soon as it came, it ended just as quickly. Sora suddenly got into a battle stance, Ultima being gripped tightly in his clawed gloves. A man with a cone shaped head and a tall pointy hat suddenly raced up to them. Bryan noticed that the man's eyes were weird. One was an endless black pool and the other was a bright yellow.

Strange.

Max had a feeling that the man was the mayor of this odd town, and he was right. The man then spoke in a loud and rich voice as the Search Ghosts lined up against the water fountain that was spewing out green water.

"And now," the Mayor began. "Allow me to introduce the master of terror, the king of all nightmares - - Jack Skellington!" The Search Ghosts held out their huge clawed hands, and to everyone's, excluding Sora, amazement, a tall skeletal figure wearing a black and white striped suit, rose from the green water.

"Bravo, Jack! Bravo!" The Mayor cheered. Sora rolled his eyes. "Those ghosts will be a bit hit at this year's Halloween!" That was when Jack spoke in a soft voice. "Thank you, thank you." Tyson snickered. "Guys got a big ego." He whispered to Max who chuckled in agreement.

"But their movement still needs work. It's not scary enough." Jack complained loudly. "I want to strike bone-chilling terror." Then his eyes brighten; if you could call the eye sockets that, as he got an idea. "I'm going to consult the doctor." He decided at long last. The Mayor smiled. "Then I'll go attend to the decorations." He said gleefully and scurried off, not before he noticed the costumed heros.

"Those are some scary looking costumes my friends. Care to join in our festival?" He asked, before disappearing from their sights.

Sora shook his head. "Didn't that Jack character say he was going to some doctor?" Gary asked curiously. Sora nodded. "Yes. Why?" He asked. "Then, why don't we follow him?" Gary questioned. The Keybearer snickered. Sometimes Gary had ways of surprising someone. "I believe that Jack went through that door." Yami pointed at a door just a foot away from the Guillotine that had a single lantern hovering by the doorway. Not to mention the fact the door was made of metal, signifying that it was a doorway to a lab of some kind.

The Keybearer opened the door and they climbed up the creaking dark maroon steps and opened a second door that lead into a Frankenstein reject lab. Sure enough, Jack was there. And so was a very thin man with grey skin, and stitches covering his bald head, wearing a lab coat and white pants, sat in a motorized wheelchair.

"I don't understand. Maybe the guidance system was damaged in the explosion." Jack said with a heavy sigh, as the two peered over the lab table that held an unconscious Search Ghost on it.

The doctor waved a tiny black gloved hand. "Nonsense. My devices are always perfect." He scoffed in a scratchy voice. Sora suddenly leaned over to whisper something to the gang. "That is Doctor Finkelstein. Completely mad, I tell you." He explained very quietly. They were hiding close to the door, this way that the doctor and Jack wouldn't pay any attention to them. Hopefully. That was when Jack realized something. "Oh, I've got it!" Said Jack. "Why, of course! The Heartless need a heart!" He turned to the doctor. "Doctor, do you think we can add a heart to that device?" He asked, gleefully. Doctor Finkelstein nodded. "Certainly. A heart's not all that complicated." He said calmly. Jack leaned over a thick brown book that was sitting on Finklestein's desk and flipped a page, before scrolling down. "To make a heart, first take a container with a lock..." He trailed off as Finklestein pulled a pulsing yellow stitched up human heart with a rather large silver lock on it and placed it on the surgical table and scowled.

"We need the key to this thing first!" He complained.

Yami turned to Sora who grew thoughtful. "Are you really gonna unlock it for them?" He asked curiously. "Why shouldn't he?" Kevin asked, in place of Sora, before the older teen had a chance to talk.

"If they succeed, we won't have to fight the Heartless, right?" The monkey blader asked. "Besides," His voice lowered as he blushed through his tan fur. "I want to see the Heartless dance, too. Don't you?" Sora shook his head. "Not really." He muttered, but, he did point Ultima at the locked heart and released the lock.

Jack was amazed. "My! That was amazing! Uh, and you are...?" He trailed off, not knowing Sora's name. "Sora." Said the Keybearer. Jack smiled. "Well done, Sora." Jack congratulated heartily. "I'd like you to be a part of this year's Halloween." He said eagerly. Sora frowned before gesturing to the seemingly lifeless Search Ghost. "What's this Heartless doing here?" He asked.

Jack looked over and began to explain the recent events that had been happening in Halloween Town. "Oh, the Heartless came to town just recently. What's frustrating is I can't get them to dance with me." He sighed heavily. "So the doctor and I are trying to improve the guidance system. He's quiet a genius!"

Doctor Finkelstein rolled his wheelchair over to a table where the most hideous ingredients were kept. "Okay doctor," Said Jack, rubbing his hands together greedily. "Let's continue. The ingredients for a heart: Pulse. Emotion."

On the table where Finkelstein sat, a toad quivered. "Terror." Purred Finkelstein. Terror turned out to be a glass jar? "Fear," This came from Jack. And Fear was a squirming bat. "Hope and despair." Hope and despair were two curled up and connected serpents. "Mix them all together and we have a heart!" Jack exclaimed.

Doctor Finkelstein threw a switch and the machinery in the room hummed with power as blue lightning cackled all over the surgeon table and the Search Ghost sat up before falling back onto the table, lifeless once more.

Finkelstein waved his hands to get the smoke out of his face, from when the machinery started to go haywire and scowled. "It failed!" He wailed. He then looked at the book Jack had been looking through earlier and frowned. "Maybe, we're missing some ingredients." He mused and much to the Bladebreakers, and the White Tigers disgust, opened his head, revealing the greyish brain inside. Finkelstein began to rub it a few times. "Sally!" He called. "Sally!"

Nothing.

"Good for nothing girl!" Finkelstein growled as his head closed, hiding his brain from view. "Don't know why I bothered creating her!" He then sighed and faced the gang. "Sally's got the memory we need. See if you can find her." Jack nodded. "No problem. Sora, would you like to come along?" He asked, pleasantly. Sora grinned a toothy grin. "Sure."

The group slowly climbed down the stairs and were stopped by the Mayor. And boy, did he look upset. "Jack! Jack!" He wailed. "We have a major crisis! The Heartless are completely out of control! We can't stop them!"

Say WHAT?!

Sora scowled darkly. Jack frowned thoughtfully. "Hmmm. . . . Maybe our experiment triggered something." He then gave a reassuring smile to the Mayor of Halloween Town. "Everything will be fine, Mayor." He promised. "Nothing to worry about." Ranma snickered. "Famous last words." He sneered. "So, where do you think Sally is, Jack?" Sora asked curiously. "Probably in the cemetery. She likes being there." Jack said slowly, as if he wasn't too sure about this. "Then, we should check it out first." Said Yami. Jack then smiled happily.

"Then, follow me." He said.

It didn't take long for them to find the cemetery. Tyson shivered at the sight of all of the graves. Sora frowned. "Hm. Let's check this place, too. Once the Heartless here are out of our way." He mused. And just like that, they were attacked! One set was Search Ghosts, but there were now two new kinds of Heartless in this graveyard.

The only aerial Heartless resembled gargoyles used on old castles from millenniums ago, only these had glowing yellow eyes, purplish bodies and the Heartless crest on their chests. The other resembled a tall mummy like man with a round head, nasty looking claws and glowing yellow eyes peered out from empty eye sockets.

"The aerial Heartless are known as Gargoyles. They like to shoot blue flames at their enemies. And the others," He avoided the creatures whirling arms. "are Wight Knights. Try not to get caught near them when they twirl their bodies like that." He said dryly.

"Take this! HA!" Ranma growled, firing a blast of ice blue ki at the nearing Wight Knights, effectively sending them into dust city. The pure crystalized hearts flew away. "Thundaga!" Sora called. Bolts of lightning rained down, and took out the Search Ghosts. "Take that!" Jack called forth many balls of dark energy which effectively crushed the Gargoyles.

"How is it that you guys are so good?" Max whined. Yami raised an eyebrow. "Maybe it's because they've been fighting longer than we have?" Lee grumbled. He recalled that back in the village, Sora was always doing some kind of training. Be it physical or spiritual.

"Oh."

"Zero!" Jack called. From where a grave sat, on the tombstone was the name zero, a spirit that was a dog with a glowing pumpkin nose, rose from the ground. "Have you seen Sally anywhere?" He asked. The ghost dog nodded before diving behind a different grave. "Oh!" Came a soft musical voice.

Slowly, a woman with stitched up parts and wearing a rag dress, emerged from behind the grave where Zero had dove behind earlier. "Is something wrong, Jack?" She asked, sweetly. Jack shook his head.

"No, everything's going great. We're going to have the best Halloween ever. All we need now is your memory." The 'young woman' blinked and removed some forget-me-nots from behind her back.

"'Memory'? You mean this?" She asked, gesturing to the dying flowers in her slender hands. After Jack took the flowers from her, she began talking once more. "Jack, I have a bad feeling about this. Why don't you try something else? There's still time." She pleaded.

Jack scoffed at the idea. "Nothing could beat what I've got planned! Once we give the Heartless a heart, they'll dance just as I envisioned it. Trust me." He said gently, placing his skeleton hands on her quivering shoulders. "You're going to love it!" With that being said, they turned around to get ready to head back to Doctor Finkelstein's lab. Sally sighed and followed them.

What no one noticed, was that the rather large stone coffin that lied at the end of the cemetery open slightly and three costumed kids jumped out. A devil, a witch and a skeleton boy. "Lock!" Came from the devil. "Shock!" Squealed the witch. "Barrel!" Squeaked the skeleton boy. Barrel then turned to his two mischievous companions.

"Did you heart that?" He asked. Lock nodded. "Yeah, I sure did! A heart! What should we do?" He asked. Shock scowled at him. "Gosh! You really are stupid, aren't you?" She hissed. "Isn't it obvious?" Barrel got a wicked gleam in his large black eyes. "Tell Oogie Boogie."

At the gates, Sora heard everything on what the three pranksters said, and his lips curled into a cruel smile. /Those brats are going to get it later./ He purred. Driger shifted. Can I help?He asked eagerly. Sora chuckled mentally. /But of course./ He promised.

They got the forget-me-nots to Doctor Finkelstein. The strange doctor rubbed his hands in excitement. "Yes. this is it. Now, just one more ingredient. We need "surprise" to complete the heart. The Mayor should know where it is." Sora nodded and headed for the door, and got the funny feeling that the mischievous brats had told Oogie Boogie about the heart.

He was right.

Deep in the hidden chambers of his manor, Oogie Boogie was prancing about. "Heh, that idiot Jack is still trying to make a heart? Doesn't matter, I'll nab it and control the Heartless. Then no one can stop me!" He laughed cruelly.

Lock, Shock and Barrel clung to each other, shivering in fear.

Once back out on Guillotine Square, Tyson asked the question that was on everyone's mind. "Um, where can we find the Mayor?" He asked. Sora grew thoughtful before his single bluish white eye perked up and he began to break out into a run. "Wait! Where are you going?!" Lee called.

"To the cemetery, where else? I have a feeling that the Mayor is there!" Sora called over his shoulder.

They reached the cemetery without a problem. Only one thing was wrong with Sora's theory. There was no one in the cemetery. "Well? Where is he?" Kai snapped. Sora ignored him and went to the stone coffin and pushed the lid back slightly. "Well? You guys coming or what?" He asked lightly, jumping in. Jack silently followed. And after a hesitated pause, the others eventually followed. . . .

And were throne out into an area Jack recognized as the Boneyard. The Mayor stood a mere three feet away from where the coffin had spat them out, and for some reason, there was a huge pumpkin head sitting in front of them.

Very weird.

The Mayor grinned as Sora told him what Finkelstein needed. "If you can solve the puzzle of the spirits, you'll get a marvelous surprise!" It took only a mere minute as Sora found it easy to solve the spiritual puzzle of ghosts popping up behind from certain graves. Behind them, the huge pumpkin head exploded and it left behind a small glowing blue chest. Sora quickly tapped it with Ultima and pocketed the item inside and told the others they should be heading back.

What they failed to realize, was that Oogie Boogie was making his move in attempting to control the Heartless.

Big mistake.

Finkelstein was ecastic. "Yes. This is it. There you go." He placed the 'surprise' into the artificial heart. "This time it's sure to work." He began to move his wheelchair over to the surgical table, that is, until Barrel threw himself in Finkelstein's path. "Ya!" The little prankster cried.

Finkelstein went sprawling over the floor, and the heart with him. Giggling, Lock and Shock nabbed it, and all three scurried off, leaving Finkelstein to rant. "The nerve of those little hooligans, stealing my work!" He growled, furiously. Sora exchanged looks with an angered Jack and he smiled to himself.

Time to play.

"Let's go after them!" Tyson cried, running out of the lab, with everyone, minus Finkelstein, behind him.

Outside, the three mischievous pranksters were nowhere to be found. "Aw, we lost them." Kevin whined. Jack gave a sharp whistle, as if he was calling for someone. Or something. "Zero, after them, quick!" Jack ordered, as his ghostly dog appeared. Zero nodded and zoomed off for the cemetery. Sora gave a curt nod.

"Let's go then." He said sharply.

The group of thirteen friends managed to make it to the third area of the huge cemetery without any attacks by Gargoyles, Wight Knights and Search Ghosts. Almost as if the enemy of this world was simply waiting for them to come. Question is:

How did they know?

Jack pushed the gates that would lead to Oogie Boogie's manor, open and they scurried inside. The skeleton scowled heavily. "I knew Oogie Boogie was behind this!" He hissed. Obviously, to the others, minus Sora, had the feeling that whoever Oogie Boogie is, Jack did not like him one little bit. Like before with the cemetery, they didn't have any trouble making their way up the long and winding path to the top of the hundred foot wooden building.

The bridges and stars creaked and groaned under their combined weight until finally, they reached a metal door that had a huge padlock on it.

Smirking, Sora slashed at it with his hands.

The lock shattered, and everyone stared at Sora. Some in awe, and others in fear. "How did you do that?" Jack asked in amazement as he kicked away the remains of the lock. Sora simply smiled. "That's my little secret." He purred.

Tyson kicked the door open and they were looking into an evil version of a child's playroom. Old fashioned torturing tools lined the walls, and the walls were painted an ugly red.

How revolting.

Only to be attacked by those annoying little brats! Sora grinned as the spinning Shock was bounced back because of the shield spell he had cast. Time to bring out Driger.

"Courage!" He called.

A ball of white, sparkling light left Sora's heart and he clutched it in one hand, and held the Keyblade in the other.

"Give me strength!"

He brought the Keyblade down and began to twirl around in a circle slowly until he came to the Northen point. Underneath him, the circle was glowing a bright green. And behind him came a glowing green flaming portal.

"Driger!"

Out of the fires, came a familiar roar as a massive, yet elegant, White Tiger. It leapt from the green flames, its white fur glisten in the dimly lit room, as its golden eyes glittered dangerously at the three shivering pranksters.

"Tiger Claw."

Was all Sora said, before all hell broke loose. And, boy, did it really let loose.

Driger's razor sharp claws began to glow with an eerie golden light, before the huge tiger vanished completely. Shock looked around frantically. "Where'd it go?!" She demanded shrilly. Before Sora could answer, she as well as her two fellow pranksters cried out in pain as they were slammed into one of the four walls. And they slid to the ground in a daze. Driger reappeared and nuzzled Sora softly before digitizing and returning to his place once more within Sora's heart.

Sora leaned down and grabbed Shock by her purple witch's costume and began speaking in a frosty voice, that not even the bladers heard him speak in. "What were you thinking by stealing that heart?" He hissed at her, his single bluish white eye seemed to turned red for a second, but it was gone. Shock shivered. Sora was scaring her more than Oogie Boogie did!

And that's saying something.

"We were just following orders!" She whined as he tossed her to the ground in a very rough manner. "Oogie Boogie told us to steal the heart!" She then pointed an accusing finger at Barrel. "It's all Barrel's fault!" She cried. "It was his idea to tell Oogie Boogie!" Lock nodded in agreement. "Yeah."

Barrel frowned, not too pleased by being snitched out by his two friends. "B-but you guys said - - " He got cut off by Shock. "You should be ashamed!" She scolded.

Oh boy.

Jack frowned, defiantly not happy with the way things were turning out. "Where is the heart?" He asked sharply. Barrel shifted. "Oogie Boogie told us not to give away his hiding placed. Oh, and we're not suppose to talk about the lever."

Lever?

Kai saw Sora perk up at this. Obviously, the brats weren't very good at keeping secrets. "Oogie Boogie made us do it." Lock whined. "We're not supposed to tell you about the green door, too." Said Shock.

Green door?

Sora gestured for the others to come towards him. "I know where Oogie's hiding place is." He said quietly. Lee's eyes widen.

"How?" He asked.

Sora snickered. "The brats gave it away. See that lever over there by Shock?" He asked. Lee saw the machine with the lever sticking out by the witch. He nodded. "Yeah, so?" He asked. "Ranma, could you please push the lever back?" Sora asked suddenly.

The pig-tailed martial artist shrugged before shoving the lever rather hard. Instantly, they heard a ping in the distance and Sora smiled. Part one was done, now to get to Oogie Boogie. "Just follow me. The green door is just right below us." Sora told them as he left the play room behind. And three very nervous pranksters.

Down towards the bottom of the manor, and below ground, was a green door. "I guess this is it." Max said uneasily. Sora was holding Ultima, Ranma his Save the King Shield, and Yami his Save the Queen Staff. All three had a grim look on their face.

Sora opened the door and they slowly walked inside. And found themselves in a medieval torture chamber. On the lower platforms was a Russian roulette. Only it had skulls in the place of numbers. Sora winced at the sight of the giant blades sitting calmly next to the wheel. He recalled that those blades seriously hurt.

"Oogie Boogie, give me back the heart!" Jack yelled as he saw his arch rival standing across from them on another platform. Oogie Boogie smirked. "You want it? Well, then come over and get it." He sneered, and to their horror, he swallowed the heart in one gulp.

"Now, let's see if I can get their attention. Oh, Heartless!" He called. The three who had gotten their weapons out, got into battle stances. Only two measly Gargoyles appeared. One on each side of Oogie Boogie; who did not looked pleased at all. "This is it?" He asked dumbly, before becoming enraged. "Nobody disrespects me! Nobody!" He roared and the battle began!

A blast of red energy, threw them onto the roulette. "Aw man, everyone, be careful! This roulette of Oogie's is very tricky!" Sora warned as Oogie Boogie tossed a pair of blood red dice onto the wheel and it exploded. Luckily, no one was really hurt.

Sora activated Scan and kept a lock on the laughing demon and smiled as he saw the skull headed gems began to glow. He quickly jumped onto the one, that would lock him in place. So he had the advantage of attacking the evil ghoul. Instantly, jagged fences rose up, boxing everyone in. And even Oogie Boogie.

The platform that Sora was on, began to rise, and soon Oogie Boogie found himself staring right at the end of Sora's glowing Keyblade and grew afraid as he stared into those emotionless bluish white orb. A reddish blue aura surrounded Sora as well as Ultima.

"Take that!" Sora growled as he became nothing more than a mere blur, as he slashed repeatedly at Oogie Boogie in a zig-zag manner. Finally, Sora was lifted into the air, and Oogie Boogie was surrounded by a field of bluish white energy, before he felt his energy get drained into the Keyblade. With a groan, Oogie Boogie's body became unraveled as every bug that was in him, came out. Even the artificial heart. Jack sighed heavily. "So, the heart was a failure after all." He said sadly. "Let's go you guys. This place gives me the creeps." Said Mariah.

However, as they tried to leave, a voice rang out. "You're not going anywhere!" They whirled around and stared in horror as Oogie Boogie merged with his own manor. "Woah!" Cried Tyson. "How'd he get so big?" Ranma asked in awe.

"Look! It's brimming with the powers of darkness!" Sora said angrily, pointing to the glowing purplish black orbs that were scattered on the manor. "Oogie Boogie is drawing power from those dark globes!" Jack said slowly, realizing the task they must do. Yami was thoughtful. "I may just have the right monster to do this. Will you allow me the honor, Sora?" Yami asked carefully. Sora looked into his friend's deep red eyes and he nodded.

Yami drew in a sharp breath and withdrew three monster cards and summoned them. They were Dark Magician, Silver Wolf and Neo the Magic Swordsman. "I sacrifice my three monsters to summon the all might Slifer the Sky Dragon!" He cried.

The skies above them, grew even dark as ice blue lightning raced across the darkening skies. All three monsters disappeared in a ball of white light, as a new and more powerful one took their place.

Sora gasped, and rubbed his chest where his heart was. For he could feel the immense power coming from this new creature. The dragon was well over a thousand feet long, gigantic head, four glowing yellow eyes, two razor sharp mouths, a slender ruby red body, and thin yet elegant dark blue lining ruby red wings.

Slifer the Sky Dragon

ATK/X000

DEF/X000

"Now, Slifer, destroy Oogie Boogie's manor!" Yami ordered, his pyramid puzzle glowing brightly, and the same eye that was on the front of the pyramid, was glowing softly on his forehead.

"At once, my pharaoh." Whispered a rich, and deep voice. However, it seemed that only Sora heard it, as no reactions appeared on the others.

Slifer opened his second mouth and out came a stream of intense flames. Fire hot enough to create plasma. Everyone had to shield their eyes, as the fire created a light so bright, it was almost blinding. "Nooooo!" Oogie Boogie howled as he was destroyed.

Hopefully for good this time.

Slifer gave out one last tremendous screech and disappeared in a brilliant flash of white light. When they could see, all thirteen saw that Oogie's manor was gone and so was Slifer. Yami dropped to his knees, breathing heavily. He winced as he felt a strong, but gentle, hand place itself on his shoulder.

"Here." Came Sora's soft voice as he handed Yami a Megaelixer. Yami smiled and quickly swallowed the contents. His energy already being restored to normal. "Thanks." He whispered. Sora smiled. "No problem." The full moon shone brilliantly over their heads. And before their very amazed eyes, the entire ground was glowing in the shape of a keyhole. It would seem that Oogie's manor was sitting upon the keyhole to the world.

Sora raised Ultima over his head. Gold stars swirled around the tip before sending a thin beam of blue energy into the air and into the keyhole, effectively locking the world from the Heartless. "That's another world locked for us, and nothing for those Heartless!" Tyson cheered. Sora laughed at the younger boy's antics.

Back at Finkelstein's lab, Jack was very miserable as he realized that Sally had been correct all along. "Sally, why didn't I listen to you?" He moaned, placing his head into his hands. Sally placed her hands on his quivering shoulders. "Don't feel bad Jack," She said softly to him. "We'll come up with a better plan for Halloween. Next time, we'll do it together."

Jack looked up, just as the Keybearer and his friends were getting ready to leave. "Sora, I want you to have this." He handed over an orange pumpkin head keychain. It was the Pumpkinhead keychain. "Thanks Jack." Said Sora, as he pocketed it. "Good luck with your festival!" Kevin called as they began to flicker out of this worlds existence. Soon, they were gone. Jack smiled.

"Thank you Sora."


This chapter was dedicated to Water-Goddess13

I hope you liked it.

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