---CHAPTER X---
Mickey gripped his keyblade a little tighter. He had met Ansem once before, and he wasn't nearly this powerful. Just a testament to how powerful the darkness made him. The fact that Sephiroth was destroying every world he came across didn't seem to be helping matters either.
Ansem floated toward Mickey. "Just give it up. You know that true darkness cannot be defeated in a place like this." Ansem spoke arrogantly. Mickey knew Ansem was full of pride and Mickey could use that to his advantage.
Finally Mickey lunged toward Ansem and began to attack. Ansem's guardian seemed to deflect most of the attacks, but Mickey was too agile. Mickey was able to quickly run and jump around Ansem and attack him from behind while the guardian was still deflecting parts of the frontal attacks. The only thing Ansem was able to tell was the glimmer of the kingdom key. Besides that Mickey was moving too fast through the darkness to see.
Finally, Mickey drove his keyblade right through Ansem's leg. Ansem managed to grab the King and threw his small body right into the wall, next to Naminé. Mickey looked as Ansem transformed himself into one of the black-cloaked figures.
"So, trying to even the playing field Ansem?" said Mickey as Ansem drew an Oblivion keyblade from his cloak.
"Sora's not the only one who can wield a keyblade." said Ansem as he began to run toward Mickey.
The two keyblades, one of light and one of darkness, clashed with several sparks flying from them. Mickey used his agility to jump from pillar to pillar but Ansem seemed to be able to track all of the attacks and deflect them with his Oblivion. Mickey was shocked. Apparently these members of the "Order" were even stronger than Ansem was when Riku faced him earlier in this castle. Mickey continued to attack and dodge Ansem's attacks as they continued their fight.
Mickey was pushed back a ways and jumped on top of the pod holding Sora. Ansem attacked Mickey and missed, hitting the pod. Instead of taking damage the pod threw both King Mickey and Ansem all the way out into the hallway in some sort of light aura. In the hallway Ansem began to swing a few more times at Mickey. Mickey lost the advantage of the pillars he was bouncing around on earlier but managed to use the narrow hallway to his advantage and slipped around Ansem unnoticed as he dug his keyblade straight into the cloak.
Ansem then caught the keyblade with his bare hand and threw Mickey back again. Mickey caught his balance and began bouncing across the walls again, deflecting all of Ansem's attacks. The battle went on as Mickey and Ansem went across the hallway and up the stairs leading to the roof of the castle.
At Disney Castle, Queen Minnie and Daisy looked at the Heartless who had stopped their attack. By this time the card soldiers were able to organize a small army and prepare for a last offensive. Queen Minnie looked up to see a large ball of white coming toward them. As the ball of white got closer Minnie could see that they were actually small creatures. The Heartless turned to the creatures as they landed on the ground in front of Disney Castle. Minnie was worried these may be the new kinds of Heartless Cloud talked about, but these white creatures began attacking the Heartless and seemed to be pushing them back. The Heartless began attacking the creatures back.
Inside the castle Queen Minnie and Daisy had a talk with Leon, who had just arrived.
"I overheard one of the unknowns talking about these things." said Leon. "The red-haired one mentioned them as 'Nobodies'". said Leon.
"Nobodies? So, they're against the Heartless but they want the same goal, right?" said Daisy.
"Yes. Both the Heartless and the Nobodies are fighting against each other and the light for control of Kingdom Hearts. But what I don't understand is why these creatures are fighting each other."
By the time the conversation concerning the Nobodies was over, the battle had already ended. The Heartless left and so did the Nobodies. Queen Minnie and Daisy began to celebrate alongside Chip and Dale, who had previously returned. Disney Castle was safe again.
Naminé had followed Mickey and Ansem up to the roof to watch the battle that was ensuing. The black sky above Castle Oblivion began raining as Mickey and Ansem both continuously attacked each other. Neither one of them even began to show signs of slowing down.
Finally, Ansem slashed his Oblivion across Mickey's face and Mickey fell on the tile. Mickey began to roll down the incline of the castle and Ansem followed him.
"Yes!" shouted Ansem. "The King of Disney is almost out of the way and both the true Keyblade and Kingdom Hearts are mine!" Both Mickey and Ansem were close to the edge of the castle now. Ansem kicked Mickey which sent him over the edge. Mickey managed to hang on to the ledge and looked up as Ansem stood towering over him. It looked like this would be the end for Mickey. "Now, nothing can stop the Heartless Revolution." said Ansem as he raised his Oblivion up.
Just then Mickey thought he saw the image of the white Oathkeeper Keyblade. The rain was beating on his face and Mickey had a hard time seeing anything. All of a sudden two keyblades, Mickey knew he wasn't hallucinating, two keyblades, slashed across Ansem's back. Ansem turned around in shock, looked back at Mickey and fell from the castle onto the ground below. That kind of fall should have killed anybody.
A hand grabbed Mickey and pulled him up. Mickey looked at the kid who had helped him up. Naminé walked toward the two. The kid looked almost exactly like Sora, but had this light blonde hair about him.
"Sora?" asked the stunned King.
The blonde haired kid just looked at the King. "No, I'm not Sora. But let's just say I'm related to Sora."
Mickey dropped the subject from there. The boy had saved his life, and potentially Sora's. The rain soon stopped and Mickey looked up at the moon. Everything was beginning to turn around. The rest was left to what happened between Riku and Sephiroth.
---TO BE CONTINUED---