"Lets take them down Vexie!"

"I'll be agreeing with you on that one!"

"And after that, maybe we can attend to other matters?"

"That's if we get unstuck…."

"Oh stop lookin' at the glass half empty, lets take out Marluxia and his ugly fish"

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"How can we fear you when you don't even have a name?" Marluxia screeched at the newly created unknown.

The unnamed Unknown gave a casual shrug and smiled, "Call me Gaux, I think that will fit for the time being"

And with that Gaux gave a flap of her wings. A gale was blown up and ripped across the field with the shock of a sonic boom. Marluxia only had time to hold his arms up as the blow struck the Redux and sent it flying back.

Vanessa realized the danger that her only ally was in and jumped into the cockpit. She glared down upon the heroes and laughed at the display.

"You have to depend on others to help you? Fine then!" she snapped her fingers.

The effect was immediate. The darkness beneath them began to rise and wrap itself around the grounded heroes. Riku Replica slashed at the darkness but it quickly snagged him and began to pull him under. Zexion grabbed his hand and tried to yank him free but soon found himself and Riku covered by the soulless enemy. Lexaeus brought his weapon around to slash the dangling black arms away but growled when he discovered the darkness had already swallowed his tomahawk. He pulled at the engulfed weapon but the grip on it was too strong and he found himself falling face first into the darkness. Axel casted his fire magic but to his surprise the darkness swallowed it before doing him in. Donald and Goofy only gave out yelps as the darkness snaked around them and consumed them in a fat wave.

Sora in the meantime was fending off the darkness from Namine as long as he could. He swung his keyblade around and around. He felt his strength giving out. He could see that the fused unknown and Lorenzo were flying around dodging the snaking arms of black.

But he had to protect Namine, he had to!

"Sora! Stop!" Namine pleaded with the keybearer, "Stop defending me and stop Marluxia!"

"I made you a promise!" Sora said through gritted teeth, "and that was to protect you no matter what!"

"But you can't!" Namine began to tear up, "that was a false promise!"

"What!" Sora turned around in bewilderment. What did she just say?

"I told you Sora! Forget about me!" Namine was choked with tears, "and if this is how I have to tell you than fine!"

Time stopped.

Sora watched in horror as Namine threw herself at the withering darkness. He watched as she was swallowed, her last words being.

"Defeat the one who brought you here."

Sora felt his strength give way completely. He felt his knees crumple up and he began to fall into the darkness.

It never came.

He felt wind licking at his hair. Looking down he saw that someone had carried him off. He looked back and saw that the unknown of Vexen and Larxene had plucked him.

"Let me go!"

"And what?" she smiled and let her grip loosen, "let you fall down and join your friends?"

"The only way to save them is by getting rid of the person who cast the spell," Lorenzo glided to their side, "Sora, didn't someone tell you about thinking happy thoughts?"

What was she thinking!

But then again… he remembered those words from somewhere.

Believe, and you can do it.

Sora was going to see all his friends again. He was going to get out of this castle. He was going to go home.

"What did I tell you Sora?"

The combined unknown had let go of Sora, and he was floating in midair. He wheeled around and faced the Redux. The look on Marluxia's face was not one of content. On the contrary, he started pushing buttons and flicking every switch at his disposal.

The air was filled with lasers, missiles, shrapnel, and the occasional smart bomb. The three remaining forces of light could only spend their time dodging the onslaught of weaponry.

And all the time Sora could hear Vanessa laughing along with Marluxia.

"Sora!" he heard Lorenzo call to him, "they're trying to get at you! Don't listen to their taunts!"

"Don't tell me what to do!" Sora screamed as he shot down at the Redux and attempted to bring his keyblade down on Marluxia.

He saw the Organization member smile as he brought his hand up in a waving motion.

One of the scythes on the side of the Redux slashed up at him.

"You fool!"

Sora felt someone shove him out of the way. For a strange moment he felt like Axel when Zexion and the others had saved him.

He gingerly looked over and saw as Lorenzo received a slice that sent blood flying. Sora watched in horror as she screamed from the wound and fell into the swirling darkness below. Blood continued to flow after her. Something had been sliced off.

"Lorenzo!" Sora screamed to the darkness below. Gaux scowled down at him.

"Sora! Stop this nonsense now! If you continue this way then you'll suffer the same fate that Lorenzo suffered!"

"Can it you Nobody!" Vanessa fired a golden beam at the two. Gaux shoved Sora out of the way and summoned a shield much like Vexen's only it was blood red. The beam was deflected and smacked one of the scythes on the Redux. There was a low growl as metal was torn off and fell into the abyss.

"She did that just with a reflect spell!" Marluxia pulled his own scythe to his side, "Lets see how you handle the real one!" He slammed the weapon down and razor sharp cherry blossoms flew at Gaux. It was Sora's turn to attack and he flew in between Gaux and the on coming projectiles. He pointed the Keyblade out and bellowed.

"RAGNAROK!"

Enough beams to match the sakura petals shot out of the Keyblades tip and ripped through the opposition. The beams peppered the Redux but despite the hits it seemed as if it hadn't done anything save for taking out the petals.

"What are we going to do now?" Sora gave a worried glance to Gaux.

"You'll DIE!" Vanessa made a leap that surprised both Gaux and Sora. And in mid jump her human form was shed. The multi tailed and sharp-toothed form of Leviathan rose once more and brought its claws at Sora.

"Forget it you fraud!" Gaux powered up an attack born from her fused forms and shot the blast at the abomination. Ice shards and electric bolts embedded into Leviathans skin and sent Leviathan crashing back into the Redux. The force knocked off part of the Redux's armor and Leviathan flopped into the sharp teeth beneath it. The weight of the monster was too much for the teeth and they began to lower, but upon hitting the three spears beneath it the jaw snapped back up with Leviathan still inside it

Sora grimaced, Marluxia's mouth dropped in shock, and Gaux only smiled at the fact that Leviathan was done in by it's own modifications to the Redux.

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"Impossible," Leviathan's eyes widened in surprise as it's body was speared and crushed, "Sora and that Unknown got me..."

It felt its life gushing from the wounds; it felt its body going cold from the broken bones and loss of blood. It groaned as much as its mechanical jaw would let it. It shut its eyes and whimpered.

I've come all this way, and for nothing at all. I deserve to die in the end.

Leviathan opened its eyes one last time before dying, and it saw two white doors. They were opened slightly; it strained its good arm towards the doors.

And died when it finally pushed it open.

Leviathan, Vanessa, was now part of Kingdom Hearts.

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Marluxia was the only one left. In fury he brought his fist down on the Redux. The damaged ship fell from under him and he hovered in the air with his scythe at his side.

"Gaux, if that's what you call yourself. I will take over this Organization to matter what! I t doesn't matter what happens!"

"Your partner died!" Sora yelled back, "didn't you even care for her sacrifice!"

"It's hard to care when you don't have a heart…" Gaud commented rather audibly.

Marluxia snapped at the comment and began to wave around his scythe in wild frenzy. With a giant swing huge waves of energy began to lash out at them relentlessly. Sora went flying and crashed right into Gaux. Gaux remained oblivious to the attack and helped Sora regain his bearings.

Seeing that the attack wasn't working Marluxia stopped abruptly and swung his scythe the other way. But instead of the waves of energy sharp blasts of pink light struck at the Keybearer and his companion.

"There's no way through it!" Sora pulled his keyblade up against the attacks and tried to hold his ground by himself.

"Yes there is!" A voice rang out from below.

The two aerial fighters looked down to see that the inky blackness of Vanessa's spell had vanished and all his friends were below watching the fight. Axel had a grin of which looked like he had heard a joke. Goofy, Donald, and Namine (despite she knowing the truth) smiled up at him. Lexaeus, Zexion, and Riku replica only gave nods of approval to the keybearer and his winged companion. Jiminy jumped up onto Sora's shoulder.

"Where have you been?" Sora looked at the little insect.

"That's not important, but," Jiminy looked down as well and shouted to the group, "Everyone! Give your powers to Sora and Gaux! They'll defeat Marluxia with your help!"

Realizing the danger Marluxia made his gusts of energy more potent and faster. He wasn't going to let them win. But he was aiming at the wrong targets. While he was busy above everyone below began to channel their powers to Gaux and Sora, knowing that they would win the battle.

Sora saw other being materialize as well. Several other dark clothed men. One had an eyepatch and multiple scars. Another had his hair tied back into a braided ponytail and brandished six spears. A beared blonde hid his face behind his cards. A younger boy stummed his guitar wildly. A man with a scar across his face and blue hair stood stoic by a man with silver hair who looked oddly like Ansem.

"Marluxia!" he said, "This is the end!"

Seeing everyone's determination Gaux let her grip on Sora go and the two flew off until they hovered on either side of Marluxia.

Checkmate.

Marluxia only had time to scream in anger and defeat as Gaux and Sora let loose with their greatest attacks.

"JUDGEMENT!" Sora hurled the keyblade with all his might, as it sailed through the air it began to glow with a white light

"LIGHTNING SPEAR!" Gaux held her shield up and fired off an electric charge with several icicles.

They hit their target at the same time. The force ripped the traitor to shreds and blew back both heroes.

Sora fell with a thud and was knocked silly, Gaux landed gracefully next to him and waited for the light to die down.

"Did we win?" Goofy peered up where Marluxia had once been; there was nothing left.

The room reverted back to its old form, the starry sky once gain becoming a marble ceiling.

"Looks like it," Riku Replica gave a sigh of relief and glanced to Sora," although we might want to help him out…"

Namine and Donald both administered cure spells to Sora. The young boy shook his head and looked around groggily.

"Ugh, that's going to come back to haunt me…." His dim eyes lit up when he saw Namine, "you're alright!"

"Yes I am Sora," the blonde said with a strained face, "But, you're not…"

"What do you mean? We defeated Marluxia, we can get out of here now and the Organization is restored!"

"'Fraid not," Axel came to Namine's side and frowned, "when you came here, your memory was muddled, Marluxia said so himself. Namine caused all this." Axel let the news sink in, "but she didn't have a choice, she was constantly being held at gunpoint by Marluxia. It was to the thanks of Vexen and Lorenzo that she wasn't forced to wipe your whole brain clean."

"Namine," Sora's voice was full of shock, "you made me forget?"

"Yes," she hung her head and the tears came back," I wish I could have done something to stop it."

"You can," Gaux came in between the group, "Namine, don't forget about the pods you created, the ones that can regain lost memories.

"Wait a moment!" Donald jumped up and looked up at Gaux, "what about us? I mean, Goofy probably had nothing to forget about in the first place, but what about me?"

"It will be arranged." Zexion said with a matter of fact tone.

"You're not angry with me, are you Sora?" Namine ignored the hullabaloo behind her and looked Sora in the eye.

"I, I don't know how to put it, but," Sora forced a grin, "No, I don't, not at all…"

Namine gave a weak laugh and helped Sora up. It was then that Lexaeus spoke up.

"Aren't we forgetting someone?" he said rather gruffly as he held up a bloody mass.

"Lorenzo!"

Lorenzo had fainted from the fall and wound, but on closer observation Gaux realized that she had lost a wing and even with such a wound the blood loss was minimal and she would be able to heal her. Sora walked up to the unconscious clone and let his fingers rest on her silver hair.

"Thanks for what you did back there," Sora whispered into her ear.

"That reminds me…" Zexion brought Sora back to the group, "When your memories are fixed, you won't remember a single thing that happened here"

"You mean, no Leviathan? No Lorenzo? Anyone at all?" Sora felt the words smacking him like the Redux's scythes.

"No one at all," Gaux replied sadly, "But we'll be waiting for you when you awaken from your sleep, mind you, it will take nearly a year to fix everything."

"We gotta sleep for a whole year?" Goofy's jaw dropped to the floor, "Not even Owl from the hundred acre wood could do that!"

"But you've got too nonetheless." Gaux said firmly.

"One thing though," Sora piped up as they began to walk from the room.

"What's that?"

"Tell Lorenzo to remind me that I owe her one."

Gaux smiled at the selfless statement.

"I'll do that."

And as one, Keybearer, friends, and Organization members alike, they left the room.