The Succession of a Flower Chapter 11: What It All Comes Down To, a kingdom hearts fanfic

A/N: Woo-hoo! Last chapter! There might be a few surprised for you guys. Sorry it took me a long time to update. It jus took me a long time to come up with this. I've been suffering with writer's block a little, but hopefully you all will enjoy the last chapter of Succession of a Flower.

Chapter Eleven: What It All Finally Comes Down To:

The Keyblade. The weapon that's supposed to bring peace and chaos to the worlds was pressed against her neck. She struggled, but the wielder held her down with his feet, stomping on her and crushing her bones. She was very weak and exhausted, feeling as if she were about to pass out. He smirked and watched her struggle. He lifted his foot and pressed it against her throat, cutting off her air, completely. She felt her vision blur quickly, and tears fell down her white cheeks.

"Please…just kill me quickly…", she said, much to her own shock.

"Yeah, Keyblade wielder. Just kill her…she's of no use to me anymore", she heard the familiar voice of her suppose-to-be-lover.

"Marluxia…why?", she chocked out as she saw him appear behind Sora, smirking evilly at her.

"Like I said. You're worthless, Lenne…and I might as well get rid of you this way, since Sora's been wanting to do it for a long time now. Why wouldn't I allow him to do this?", Marluxia said in a cruel way.

More tears fell down her cheeks. She looked up at the brunette boy who seemed to have a dark aura around him. She felt her life slowly taking its leave of her body. She knew a struggle would be. She began to cry her heart out as she reached out for Marluxia. He was smiling at her the entire time, and Sora began to press harder on her throat, almost snapping her neck. She closed her eyes and smiled as the faint life within her died.

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"Why?", Lenne cried as she woke up.

She felt dried tears on her cheek. She looked at her hands and body to see if anything had happened to he during her sleep. She saw no wounds and sighed in relief. The dream felt so real to her. She looked to her side and saw Marluxia stir in his sleep. She glared at him angrily. She was going to ask him everything she had on her mind. She was finally going to drop the shy act. She mounted Marluxia and sat on his hips. The mahogany-haired man groaned in his sleep, feeling a slight sensation in his loins.

She felt the heat growing there, but didn't care. He woke up with a jump and was shocked to see that his shy sorceress was sitting on his manly parts. He sat up on his elbow, staring at her with a smirk on his face. She returned his gaze with a look of hate.

"This is an awkward position, don't you think?", Marluxia said, staring into her brown eyes that burned as she continued to glare at him.

"No, I don't! You need to tell me what you're planning!", Lenne shouted as she got in his face angrily. "I just had a dream that you planned to kill me. Is this true, Marluxia?".

He watched as tears began to swell up in her eyes again and yet, he felt nothing, "What makes your dreams so special?".

"You didn't answer the question!", she shouted, getting louder. "Why did Larxene tell me that you and her were having relations? Why did you even use my body like you did? Why do you continue to hurt me so much by using my friends in your plots?".

He could tell by the tone in her voice that she was breaking slowly, "Your friends are long dead. They're Nobodies…non-existing beings. What you see is the left-over bodies of your dead friends".

"You didn't have to kill them! You could've just taken it out on me or at least give me a warning!", she shouted.

He was starting to get angry and placed her back on the bed, getting up from the bed, "I did…you just know how to listen. Neither do you know how to stop being naïve. Come outside when you've stopped your bitching. We're having a meeting out there".

With that, he left, leaving Lenne angry as hell. She let out a loud cry and began attacking the headboard, punching it over and over again. She put huge dents in the headboard and even a couple of holes.

"Why did I let do this to you guys? I could've been here while you all died horrible deaths! I'm so stupid and naïve! I deserve to die after not doing anything when I first heard about your deaths. I deserve to be blown in the oblivion. I deserve to fade into darkness! Oh, why do they keep me alive?", she thought, honestly thinking of melting her own head with her Firaga spells.

"Lenne? Come out. It's time for the meeting", she heard Stixquis's voice behind the door.

She instantly ran to the door and opened the door, seeing Stixquis dressed in a black jacket. The blonde raised a eyebrow at what Lenne was wearing. Lenne wondered why she was looking like that and looked down at her all white outfit. It was just as revealing as all her other outfit she found in the closet. Marluxia hasn't given her any more clothes, since that first time, and she was happy when she found that closet full of clothes. She saw the blonde pull out another black jacket like hers.

"Here", she said as she handed Lenne the jacket. "You'll need it".

With that, the blonde who hasn't changed her appearance since her death at all left. Lenne looked at the jacket in her hands. From now on, she'd be recognize as part of the Organization. She put it on hesitantly, and it dropped down her feet, fitting her figure perfectly.

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"Everyone, today is the day we get at the wretched Keyblade wielder. This is the day he falls and becomes a Nobody like us. Zexion, Lexaeus, Luxlu, Kaxren, and Neexse' will be guarding the castle while the rest of us leave for Hollow Bastion", Marluxia began his speech, standing right at the entrance of the castle while everyone else was a couple of feet away from him outside.

Zexion, when he heard that he and his comrades were staying in the castle, smirked and thought, 'The fool is literally giving us the castle'. When they come back or if they do come back, we'll be ready for them'.

"You all are dismissed", Marluxia said as he created a huge dark portal behind him.

He stepped into the portal, and as the others entered the portal it disappeared. Zexion, Lexaeus, Luxlu, Kaxren, and Neexse' stood there with huge grins on their faces. Zexion was the only one to bust out laughing.

"See what I mean? Your leader is a fool! He gave us the castle without a second thought on who he chose to guard it!", Zexion laughed, then he began to get serious. "We'll be ready for the Nobodies who survive the fight and return."

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"Sora…wake up…we're almost there", the Keyblade wielder heard someone call him fro his sleep.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Riku who was calling him. He looked around and noticed that the others were trying to go back to sleep. He yawned and stretched before he got up and looked out the ship's front window. He saw King Mickey in the pilot seat, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"How far are we to Castle Oblivion?", Sora asked.

"We have about five minutes 'til landing. You can see the castle from here. See?", King Mickey said as he pointed at the brown and green castle from far away, and Sora saw it and smiled.

"We're almost there!", Sora cheered as he turned around. "We should get ready".

"Give me five more minutes!", Donald groaned as he tried to drift off to sleep again.

Goofy yawned and shook Donald, "Come on. We can't sleep on enemy ground!".

"Alright! Alright! I'm up!", Donald shouted, shaking Goofy off him.

Riku heard a voice mumbling in the chair behind him and looked over his seat. He saw that something was stuck between the seats and got up to help it. He pulled it out, and he saw that that something was a cricket. The cricket was gasping for breath and fanned itself with its hat that was on its head. It looked at Riku and smiled.

"Thank you, Riku. I thought I would never get out of that. I was reaching for my journal in between the seats then I got caught", the cricket explained. "The name's Jiminy Cricket".

"Oh, you're Jiminy", Riku said as the cricket jumped down the seat.

"Riku, who are you talking to?", Sora asked as he approached the silver-haired youth.

"Jiminy", Riku answered, pointing down at the cricket.

Sora saw him and gasped, "Jiminy! We were wondering where you went".

"I volunteered to stay in the ship, and when I tried to get my journal in between the seats I got caught", Jiminy answered.

"Do you have anything in your journal about a Nobody named Marluxia?", Sora asked, squatting down to the cricket.

"I'll see…", he said as he starting flipping through the pages of his journal, and when he found the page with Marluxia on it, he gasped. "Formerly Organization XIII's Number XI. He has been eliminated. He plotted an Organization rebellion and tried to seize the power of the Keyblade, but Axel's betrayal led to his destruction. That's all I have on him".

"I can make out an image of me fighting him, but it's faint", Sora said, closing his eyes.

"Try harder…you'll get it soon enough", Riku said.

"Ok….", Sora said as he continued to concentrate.

"You guys…it's time. We're about to land!", King Mickey shouted as he pulled the steering control back.

Sora stood up, and so did Riku. Riku summoned his Keyblade, Soul Eater, and grabbed it in his hands. Sora saw his Keyblade in the far corner by King Mickey's Keyblade. He called it to him and stood beside Riku. King Mickey landed the ship as softly as he could, but it still was a bumpy landing. He let down the exit steps and turned the ship off. Sora was the first one to open the door and leave the ship. Next were Riku, Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy, then King Mickey.

The six of them approached the castle entrance, and immediately the door flung open. A gush of wind blew at them, catching them off guard. They all cover their eyes and faces with their arms. Once the wind stopped, they entered the castle, seeing no one was at the doors.

Sora looked at the white walls, trying to remember. Then something hit him. The memories flooded his mind quickly. It was like all the memories were trying to force themselves into his brain. He finally saw himself fighting Marluxia. He saw a pale blonde girl smiling at him in the darkness.

"Namine…", he whispered.

The visions clouded his vision and made him loose control of his body, and he fell backwards. Riku and the others gasped, and Riku reached out for Sora's hand. Once he grabbed it, memories of his own came attacked his mind. He gasped and let go of Sora, stunned by his own memories of his time in the basement of this castle. He remembered beating a man with gray hair, a man with red hair, and finally Ansem. The boys passed out, leaving King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy confused and shocked.

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Larxene and Slixvia popped out of the portal and barely landing on their feet. When the girls caught their balance, they looked around. No one was in site. They were standing on a blue rocky platform that was connected to two huge rock formations that split to make a pathway. They turned around and saw a huge castle that seemed to be rotting by the look of it.

Larxene growled, "Why didn't Marluxia tell us that we were going to be separated?".

"I don't know…you tell me, Nobody", the girls heard a masculine voice behind them.

They saw a man with a spiky blonde hair and bright blue eyes that glowed a strange color. Slixvia instantly summoned her huge blue shield in front of her, putting her arm through the strap and holding it close to her chest with one arm. The blonde man took out his sword and put it in front of him, holding it to aim at them. Larxene called her ten knives to her fingers, and they appeared in between her slim fingers.

"Who are you and what do you want?", the man asked.

Slixvia stepped in front of Larxene with a smile on her face, "You're handsome. Makes we want your heart even more!".

The white-haired girl charged at the blonde man. Larxene couldn't believe that she'd be the first to attack. She watched as the girl tried to hit the man with her shield, but the man blocked it with his huge sword. Slixvia pushed the man with her shield, but the blonde pushed back and knocked the girl off balance. Cloud took this chance to knock the girl into the air. She groaned as she flew high up, and just as Cloud flew into the air after her, he was stabbed in his leg by one of Larxene's knives.

He groaned in pain as he landed on the ground instantly, tugging at the knives, which was deep in leg. Slixvia did a back flip and landed back on her feet, glaring at Cloud angrily. Larxene stepped forward and showed her knives off to Cloud who glared at her. Once he finally pulled the knife out, he shot it back at her with his sword sending a shockwave attack from the ground at the girls. Larxene caught the knife in between her fingers and back-flipped to avoid the attack. Slixvia did the same.

Once they both landed on their feet again, Larxene charged at Cloud who was ready for them again. She tried to slice him with her knives, but he kept dodging it. Most of the times when she hit him head on, he blocked it with his sword.

"Come on, Cloud. You can't even beat a couple of girls…", Cloud heard a voice say in his head.

He growled in pain and held his head, "Shut up! Stay out of my head!".

Larxene took this chance to stabbed the blonde in his chest with three knives. Cloud yelled in pain and fell backwards. He laid on his back, still clutching his head. The girls stood over him, watching as he continued to yell for the voice in his head to leave him alone.

"Get up, Cloud. You're embarrassing yourself", the voice said.

"Shut up, Sephiroth!", Cloud shouted.

"If you don't get up, you'll be killed less than a second", the voice said.

With that, he felt a shock of pain in his head, and after the pain left, he knew the voice was gone. He got up groggily, and the girls pointed their weapons at him. He noticed his weapon was behind them and growled. They smirked and charged at him at the same time. He jumped in the air and lunged for his sword, grabbing it in his hand as he did a front roll on the ground. He got up from his feet and pointed his sword at the girl who was charging at him again.

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Stixquis and Yaxa stepped out the portal one at a time. They appeared in a house with a huge computer to the left of them. They looked around and saw two other girls: one with short-black hair and another with long brown hair in a braid. They turned around and gasped when they saw the Nobody females enter through a portal.

"Wh-who are you, guys?", Yuffie cried.

"Their black jackets…I remember Sora saying something about Organization members wear those kind of jackets", Aerith said in Yuffie's ear.

"Yup, that's true, woman. The name's Yaxa. Spelled Y-A-X-A, got it memorized? And this Stixquis, S-T-I-X-Q-U-I-S…she's not as merciful as I am. Tell us…where's Sora?", Yaxa said as she began to step forward.

Yuffie lunged for her Point Shuriken and grabbed it, "I'll never tell you!".

Aerith grabbed her rod and put it in front of her defensively, "To get to Sora, you'll have to get through us!".

Stixquis got into an attack position, summoning her twin thunderbolt swords, "Fine with me…".

Yaxa grew wings on her back, which busted a huge whole in her jacket. She still had her tail, which swayed side to side. Aerith gasped, but Yuffie kept her composure. Yaxa called forth her twin red swords to her side, and she clasped both of them in both of her hands. She swayed side to side too, looking for a point to attack. She found one and lunged for them, and Stixquis followed.

Stixquis attacked Aerith with one of her thunderbolt swords, and Aerith blocked it with her rod. Stixquis used her other to slash the unsuspecting brunette girl across the stomach, sending her into the wall. She lunged for her again.

Yaxa sent a wave of attacks swiftly with her swords at Yuffie. The ninja was finding it very difficult to dodge her strong and forceful assaults. Yuffie jumped back and threw her Point Shuriken at the Nobody who got clipped by the weapon on her shoulder. Yaxa groaned and grip her shoulder tightly, glaring at Yuffie angrily. Yaxa charged at her again, vanishing from human sight. Yuffie watched as her weapon was returning to her and jumped in the air to grab it. Just as she grabbed it, Yaxa sliced her across the chest with both swords and pushed her into Aerith who was trying to gain her composure.

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Laxus and Thextlea dropped out of the portal and began falling down to the ground below. Thextlea caught Laxus in her arms, and she made them float slowly to the ground. Once they landed, they looked around and noticed they were in a market place. They walked up the steps and noticed a floating moogle near a young duckling at a shop. They looked to their left and saw an older duck that was by a huge refrigerator. They decided to approach the older duck.

Once they walked to him, the duck turned around, looking up at them, "Hello, there, ladies. Would you be interested in a some sea-salty ice cream?".

"No, we wouldn't, sir. Do you know a boy named Sora?", Laxus asked.

"I'm afraid not, miss. You might have to ask others", the duck answered.

"You're absolutely sure you don't know a boy that wields the Keyblade?", Thextlea asked.

"I'm sure, ma'am", the duck answered.

"I better not find out that you were lying to us, Mr. Duck", Laxus said in a serious tone, glaring at him as her and Thextlea walked away.

When they were gone, the duck sighed sadly, "I hope Sora and the others will be alright".

He watched Cid walk by him. He noticed he had his spear by his side. The duck remained silent as he approached the girls, pointing his spear at them. The girls stopped, knowing someone was behind them.

"You're looking for a boy named Sora, ladies?", Cid asked, smirking at them.

The girls turned around slowly, and Thextlea was the first to summon her six lances by her side. She created her aero barrier around her and began hovering a little off the ground. Laxus raised her fist in a defensive position. Cid spared both of them quick glances, but as he looked at Laxus, Thextlea lunged at him quickly. He couldn't even see her. All he knew was she was close to him, and she had one of her lances pressed against his neck.

"You know Sora? Tell me his whereabouts, would you?", Thextlea said as Laxus walked up to them. "I don't want to have to hurt you".

Cid chuckled, "You're a Nobody. You would want to hurt and wouldn't care if you did".

Thextlea and Laxus chuckled, and Laxus said, "Oh, you humans catch on so quickly. We won't hurt you at all if you tell us".

Cid smirked and jumped away from them, grabbing his spear in his hand again, "I'll never tell you anything".

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Marluxia appeared in a borough of some type with Nixora and Lenne in the air. He saw that they were falling to the ground, so he grabbed them by their jackets as he floated slowly to the ground, putting them on their feet.

"Marluxia…", Lenne said as she straightened out her clothes.

"No time to talk, Lenne", Nixora said, angrily glaring at the brunette.

Lenne glared back at Nixora, then looked at Marluxia who said nothing. He seemed to be thinking about something. He didn't look at any of them. Instead, he was looking at the pathway in front of them. They saw a slim figure in the fog. As the figure came closer, Lenne recognized it was someone she knew on her last visit in this world.

"Lenne, why did you even come back?", the voice in the fog began.

Once the figure appeared from the fog, Lenne gasped, knowing who she thought it was, was right. The man from the fog had a sad look on his face, and his cold gray eyes glared at the trio hatefully. The man pulled out his gunblade and pointed it at them.

Lenne took a step forward, "Leon, I didn't mean to hurt you guys. I just…I was just…confused. What would you do if your friends were on the line fore your mistakes…your actions?".

Leon looked at her as if the words were sinking in, "Hm…I don't know…maybe I would just eliminate my manipulator".

He lunged for them with his gunblade scraping against the ground. Just before Leon could attack all three of them, Lenne put up a barrier around Marluxia and Nixora. Leon went around it, glaring at Lenne the whole time. He pointed the gunblade at her while circling around her slowly like how a lion does its prey.

"Why are you protecting him? He and his other Nobody comrades killed Rinoa, and now look at her!", Leon shouted angrily.

Lenne got in a defensive position as she listened to Leon yell at her. She looked back at Nixora and Marluxia who seemed to be trapped in her barrier. Leon took this chance to lung for her again. Lenne summoned her knives and crossed them before her, so she could block Leon's gunblade.

"Woman, could you just be so kind as to get us out of this barrier?", Nixora shouted angrily as she banged on it with her fists.

Leon pressed the gunblade against her knives. Lenne looked into his eyes and saw a very deep pain within them. He landed on his feet and continued to push against Lenne's knives. The look in his eyes hurt Lenne deeply, and he took advantage of it by pushing her hard enough to run her into a rocky wall.

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Sora and Riku woke up on the cold, white floor of Castle Oblivion's first floor. They were right next to each other. The first thing they saw was the worried faces of Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey. Once the three of them saw that Riku and Sora were awake, they gasped and hugged the two of them instantly.

"Oh, you're okay!", Goofy cried as he hugged Sora.

King Mickey hugged Riku, then Sora, and Donald hugged the two boys. Riku and Sora got up, and the both of them felt awkward. Sora almost tripped over Goofy's foot, and Riku almost ran into Sora.

"Why are we…", Sora began groggily.

"Dizzy?…", Riku finished as he made himself stand still.

"Come on, you guys. You can't get dizzy on us now!", Donald yelled as King Mickey began to walk off.

The boys shook themselves for a minute and gained their composure. They began walking up the steps and onto the second floor. They saw nothing but white walls, and it was really starting to bother them.

"Where are they?", Sora shouted impatiently.

"Sh…Sora, we're in their stronghold…", King Mickey warned.

"Ah…I see you boys came…", they heard a voice in front of them say.

"Huh? Who's there?", Donald shouted.

The voice laughed as an invisible figure appeared before them. The heroes got in their defensive position as the invisible figure morphed into a man in a black jacket. The man removed his hood, then crossed his arms. He stared at the five of them thoroughly without any emotion on his face. They noticed he had gray hair, but he had a very young face. Riku gasped, feeling the man's name at the tip of his tongue.

"Zexion!", Riku shouted angrily.

The man laughed and looked at Riku, "I'm glad you remember me, Riku".

"Where's Marluxia? And where's Lenne?", Sora yelled, pointing his Keyblade at the older man.

"I'm afraid they're out", Zexion answered.

"Out where?", King Mickey asked.

Zexion took a step back and opened a portal behind him without them knowing. It grew bigger behind him, and he watched the five of them, hoping they wouldn't strike before the portal was ready. When he stepped into the portal, the darkness pulled him into it.

He smirked at them as he faded away, "Why would I tell you when I have you and Riku here, Sora?".

Sora growled and tried to run after him, but he couldn't catch up so the portal close, "What does he mean by he has Riku and me?".

King Mickey sighed and said, "I don't know…let's continue to go up these levels so we can find Zexion again".

Goofy, Donald, Sora, and Riku nodded and followed King Mickey who took off running towards the nearest steps. Once they reached the third floor, King Mickey saw two doors on either side of the floor. He got an idea.

"Riku and Sora…you guys go to that room down there and see if you see anything. Goofy, Donald, and I will check out the other room", King Mickey said as he took off in the direction of the room he said he was going to.

"You guys better come back in one piece!", Sora shouted after them when they got far away.

Riku looked at Sora who turned to look at him, "Let's go…".

The boys ran down the hall and pushed past the huge doors of the room. Once they entered, they saw the dusks Nobodies. They stood back to back to each other as the Nobodies surrounded them in a huge group. Sora looked back at Riku who connected eyes with him again. The two nodded and began slashing away at the Nobodies, sending them back into the dark oblivion they came from. Once the room was rid of the creatures, they exited and met up with King Mickey and the others.

"Did you guys find anything?", Riku asked.

"Nope…nothing but Nobodies", King Mickey answered.

"This is starting to get aggravating!", Donald yelled at he stomped his foot down.

"Donald, you have to be patient. These types of Nobodies like to play with our emotions. This must be another one of their tricks" Goofy said to Donald, calming him down.

"I guess so…", Donald sighed.

The five emerged on the four floor where there was only one room. They searched that together and found nothing but dusk Nobodies again. They then ran up the stairs to the fifth floor. There, they saw one long hall, then another pair of steps in front of them. They ran down the hall and noticed a room at the end of it. They barged through the doors and almost ran into a girl with long black hair who was combing it. Her back was turned to them the whole time, even after they barged in. Sora was the first to step up, getting a good look at the woman's face.

"Excuse me, miss, but are you trapped here with these Nobodies?", Sora asked.

The woman turned around, and the gang noticed she had tears streaming down her face, "Yes…please! I need help! That awful Zexion and Lexaeus have me capture! There's other Nobodies in this castle too. There's Kaxren, a red-haired girl who's on the eighth floor. Then there's Neexse' who's on the next floor. She has dark blue hair and eyes, and she carries two gun arrows.".

"Where's Marluxia and the others?", Sora asked.

"I don't know…I just saw them outside, then they vanished. That's when Zexion and Lexaeus came back and locked me in this room", the woman said.

"What's your name? We can help you", Sora said.

"It's Lulu", she said.

"Where's Zexion and Lexaeus now?", Riku asked the woman, thinking she couldn't be trusted.

"I think Lexaeus is on the first floor in the basement, and Zexion is on the thirteenth floor", the woman answered.

"I'll go to the basement and take care of Lexaeus", Riku told Sora.

"Wait! I'll go with you", King Mickey said as he walked up to the silver-haired boy.

"Okay…Let's go…", Riku said, and they ran out of the door together.

"We'll help you out, miss. You're safe with us. Just stay here, and we'll come back for you", Sora said, and the woman nodded.

She hugged him and cried, "Thank you!".

Sora chuckled and blushed as she let go out him, "You're…uh….welcome".

Donald growled and tugged on Sora's pants, "Come on, lover boy. We don't have much time!".

"Oh, right! Bye!", Sora said as he waved at the woman and ran off with Goofy and Donald.

The trio reached the sixth floor and noticed there was only one room on this floor too. They busted through the door and saw a barely missed getting shot by a gun arrows. They scattered away from each other to dodge the arrows. When they looked up, they saw a woman in a black jacket with long dark blue hair and eyes. She pointed her gun arrows at them. Since Goofy and Donald were closer to each other than Sora, she pointed one gun arrow at them and the other one at Sora. She smirked evilly at them.

"Look what we have here! We have a duck, a dog, and another feminine boy in this castle!", Neexse' insulted, chuckling at her own words.

Sora got angry and asked, "Who are you?".

"The name's Neexse', and you all are Sora, Goofy, and Donald", Neexse' said.

"Yup, that's us. I suppose that Zexion told you that?", Sora grinned, pointing his Keyblade at her.

"Hm…", Neexse' grinned back as she jumped into the air, aiming both of her gun arrows at Sora.

She pulled the trigger and release dozens of lasers at Sora. Sora front rolled out of the way and threw his Keyblade, hitting her in the face. She screamed and covered her pain, growling in pain. She recovered quickly, but before she could do anything again, Donald sent a chain of Firaga spells at her. She felt her black jacket being burnt. After Donald sent the last one at her, it burnt her skin deeply. She groaned and began shooting them all with a ton of lasers this time.

She didn't stop once. She clipped Sora in the shoulder with one of her lasers, and the boy hissed in pain. He summoned his Keyblade and jumped into the air after her. She tried to shoot him, but Goofy swiped the gun arrows out of her hands when he tossed his shield at her. Sora took this chance to release a chain of attacks on the woman, making her shout and yell in pain.

Once he was finished, Neexse' was battered and bruised. She was breathing heavily, but was still floating in the air. Finally, she was too tired and collapsed on the ground. When Sora came by her side, she sucker punched him in the groin, and Sora fell over. She kicked him in the face and sent him into the nearest wall. Goofy threw his shield at her again, but she caught it and threw it back at him. It hit him right in the face, knocking his head his head backwards. Goofy yelped in pain, and Donald glared at her. She smirked at them and limped over to her gun arrows in the corner.

"Don't you know never to turn your back to your enemy?", Sora's voice came behind her as he slashed her across the back, knocking her off balance.

As she turned around to attack him again, he slashed her again across the stomach, and Donald zapped her with a Thunderga spell. She fell on one of her knees, and he head hung low. She was fading, and the darkness surrounded her. She looked at all of them before smiling at them once more.

"I'd thought you would've done that", she said with a chuckled as she started to fade out completely. "I guess all that training was…useless…".

Once she was gone, Sora and the others walked out to the seventh floor. They found nothing as they continued on. Sora was worn out from the last fight, but he wouldn't let that stop him. He's Sora for God's sake…

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Riku and King Mickey saw Lexaeus first as soon as they opened the door to the basement. He attacked them with his huge tomahawk as soon as they got the door opened, and Riku was the one that got hit. He was sent back a couple of feet, and King Mickey took out his Keyblade and began to attack the giant at his legs and knees, trying to make him fall.

Lexaeus stumbled a bit, but he jumped back and hit King Mickey with his tomahawk too. Riku got his Soul Eater and quickly dashed towards the redhead. Once he was in front of him, he put his hand on the older man's stomach and created a small, dark ball in his hand.

It grew larger and larger with each passing second, and before Lexaeus could do anything, he released the ball from his hand. Lexaeus let out a battle yell as he flew into a nearby wall. The ball ripped through his jacket and shirt, showing off his scraped skin now.

King Mickey jumped to Riku's side, and they stood together, waiting for the man to recover. Lexaeus growled as he got back up. He glared at them and smashed him tomahawk on the ground, sending a huge earth attack at them. Riku and King Mickey were thrown into the air, and Lexaeus charged after them. King Mickey regained his composure first, but Lexaeus didn't noticed because he went after Riku. King Mickey slashed his back around five times, giving him deep cuts and bruises there.

Lexaeus growled and moved his arm back to hit the mouse in the face. Riku slashed him across the face with Soul Eater over and over again, cutting his face up. Once he finished, he slice his face one more time, putting all his effort into it. The giant screamed and landed on his knees. Instead of blood, there was dark liquid pouring out of him.

King Mickey and Riku landed on their feet in front of Lexaeus with their weapons pointed at his face. The giant only looked at them as he faded away. Riku knew it was over and walked out of the basement. Once King Mickey was sure that Lexaeus was defeated, he ran after Riku.

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Once Sora, Goofy and Donald reached the thirteenth floor, they were exhausted from running and fight nonstop, since the fifth floor. They reached the final door, and when Sora touched it, all of his memories of fighting Marluxia came back into his mind.

"Are you okay, Sora?", Donald asked, concerned about him when he suddenly stopped.

Sora chuckled, then smiled, "Yeah…just tired".

"Well, once we're through with Zexion we'll be done", Goofy said.

"And top it off, your ship has a warp on it. So once you come back to it, we won't have to have such a long trip!", Jiminy said as he popped his head out from Sora's shirt.

"Goody!", Donald cried.

"Alright! Let's go inside and finish this!", Sora cried, pushing the doors open.

Once they opened it, they saw Sora's home, Destiny Islands. They all looked at it in awe and confusion. They walked through the doors, of course, and after they entered, the doors slammed shut.

"What's my memory of my home doing on the thirteenth floor?", Sora asked.

"I don't know…", Donald answered.

"I don't like the look of this…", Goofy said.

They heard the sound of laughter filled the room, and the three of them turned around to find the door they had entered missing. They gasped and looked around frantically as the laughter grew louder.

"Garsh, what happened to the door?", Goofy cried.

"Zexion come out!", Sora yelled.

The ground and room began shaking, and the trio stood their ground by holding onto the nearest thing that was planted into the ground. As the ground kept shaking, Sora felt dizzy and almost nauseous.

"Sora, aren't you jealous of Riku?", he heard Zexion's voice say.

"No, why would I be?', Sora yelled.

"Why would you not be jealous? He has Kairi's heart, and there's not room for you in it at all", Zexion said.

"Where are you?", Donald yelled.

"You should be worrying about Riku. He has abandoned you. He betrayed you more than once", Zexion said.

Sora looked up and noticed a huge dark orb growing a tree near them, "And I forgave him because he's my friend! And that's what friends do for each other!".

"All Riku wants…is your Keyblade. He wants to get rid of your friends: Goofy and Donald", Zexion said.

"No, he doesn't!", Goofy shouted.

Sora had had enough and sliced the tree near him in half. He heard a groan and knew that the dark ball was Zexion. He lunged for it and assaulted it with various Keyblade combos and attacks. He heard Zexion grunt every time he hit the dark ball. Donald and Goofy helped out. Donald attacked him with third level magic spells, and Goofy dash into him with his shield.

Suddenly, a bright white light appeared, blinding the three of them. They stopped fighting and covered their eyes with their arms. Once the light faded, they saw that the dark ball had disappeared.

"Zexion stopped hiding!", Sora yelled.

They saw a light ahead of them and watched someone in a black hood snuck off into the light. Sora growled and ran over to the light, stumbling a little bit on the way. Goofy and Donald followed, and just as the light was about to disappear they jumped into it.

The trio found themselves in the white room of Marluxia. They couldn't see straight just yet because their vision was still fuzzy from the white light. Sora felt something bump into him and open the door.

"Donald…Goofy, did you guys do that?", Sora asked.

"No, that was Zexion", Goofy said.

Once their eyes could see straight again, they saw Zexion limping down the hall. Sora, Goofy, and Donald ran after him. Sora jumped into the air and slash him in the back one good time with all of the effort he could give. The older man tumbled to the floor and faded away in the darkness.

"I'll be back for you, Roxas….", Zexion said as he disappeared from sight.

"I'm one with my Nobody and still the Organization calls me Roxas", Sora said with a sly smile.

"They just won't let go…I guess…", Donald said.

"Let's go find Riku…", Goofy suggested.

"He's probably at the ship, waiting for us", Sora said as he ran off, down the steps.

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Riku and King Mickey, despite their doubts, went back to get the girl since they knew that's what Sora probably wanted. As soon as they opened the door, they saw the girl with a moogle in her arms. She had a hand lifted up at them, and they got in their defensive positions, wondering what she was going to do.

She laughed, "Ha! You fools actually believed me! It almost sickened me to act that way…as if I had a heart. Now once, you all are dead. I'm sure I'll be well on my way to create my Kingdom Heart to be complete".

"You'll never create a Kingdom Hearts while I'm here!", Riku shouted.

"Yeah!", King Mickey said as he stood by Riku's side.

"Very well then…denizens of light…you shall perish", Luxlu said as she created two huge fireballs in both of her hands.

Riku and King Mickey charged at Luxlu who threw both of the fireballs at them. They flipped over it and slashed Luxlu with their keyblades at the same time, causing Luxlu to yelp in pain.

She held her side as she created a huge bubble around Riku before he could even do anything. She twisted her hand around, and water started filling in the bubble. Riku slammed his fists into the bubble from the inside, but it was no use. The bubble wouldn't pop.

King Mickey tried to help Riku, but even his Keyblade wouldn't cut through the bubble. He turned to Luxlu who was creating a small electric ball in both of her hands. He knew that if he didn't get her to stop filling the bubble that Riku would drown, so he teleported behind her. He suspected that she wasn't focusing on them because she had her eyes closed as if she were focusing all her energy into this one attack.

When she opened her eyes again, she separated her hands, making the one huge ball of electricity split into both of her hands. She looked at Riku evilly. Just as King Mickey was about to strike her with his weapon, she kicked him in the face. The mouse hit the wall instantly, and she threw one of her thunder balls at Riku.

"No!", King Mickey shouted as the thunder ball connected with Riku's bubble.

The lightning surround the whole bubble, and it shocked Riku as it got inside of the bubble. The intensity of the shock was increased because of the water that surrounds Riku, making him scream on impact. It hit and burned almost every nerve in his body, making it num to him. When he finally got use to the extreme pain, he growled and groaned.

Luxlu knew Riku would be busy with taking care of the lightning, so she turned to King Mickey who jumped in the air. He flew towards her with his Keyblade in front of him. She threw the remaining thunder ball at him. He moved to the side to dodge it, but when it hit him in the arm, it grew and covered him in a ball of complete pain instantly. The mouse grunted and clenched his fists to keep from screaming.

After a few seconds, Riku landed on the ground (on his face) with a loud thud. He couldn't feel his body, but he willed himself to get up. He did slowly, but surely, grabbing his Soul Eater while he got up. Luxlu had two more fireballs in her hands, and Riku growled at her when he noticed that King Mickey was in danger too. He lunged for Luxlu who dodge him and threw a ball at him. He teleported out of the way and appeared above her. She looked up, seeing him above her, and gasped. He smirked as he put all his effort into one single slash attack across her chest.

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Sora, Donald, and Goofy were rushing to their fullest limits and were now on the eighth floor. Just as they were about to reach the stairs that lead to the seventh floor, Sora ran right into a woman in a black jacket. He bounce off and landed on his butt, while the woman took a couple of steps back to gain her balance.

"Gosh….that hurt there, Sora…don't you know to watch where you're going while you're running?", the woman in the cloak said, rubbing her stomach where Sora ran into her.

Donald and Goofy stood in front of Sora, pointing at her, and Donald said, "I guess he doesn't!".

The woman chuckled and took off her hood. The trio gasped, realizing this was the very woman that the girl on the fifth floor was talking about. She had red-hair and dark eyes. She had a taunting smirk on her face. Sora got up and stepped in front of Donald and Goofy.

"You're Kaxren, aren't you?", Sora asked.

"Yup, spelled K-A-X-R-E-N. I don't like anyone misspelling my name", the woman said with a small smile.

Sora pointed his Keyblade at her and glared, "That's not the point. You're hurting Lulu, and I promised her that I'll help her to safety".

Kaxren laughed loudly, and once she regained her composure, she said, "You mean Luxlu? She's a Nobody too. Everyone in this castle is a Nobody".

Sora looked shocked and hurt at the same time, but he shook it off to ask, "Where's Marluxia? And Lenne?".

"Hollow Bastion…Need me to spell that too?", Kaxren asked.

"No, just step aside so we don't have to hurt you", Sora warned.

"Yeah!", Donald added.

"I'm sorry, but that's not possible", Kaxren said with an amused smile.

"Garsh, why is that?", Goofy asked.

"I have a reputation to live up to. If I let you go, how would the others judge me by then?", Kaxren said as she summoned her red and black gloves on her hands and her red and white wands, putting each in one hand.

She pointed the two wands at them. She twirled the red one around, and it began glowing an eerie red color. A little flame ball started to grow from the tip of it at very fast and unnatural rates. Before the trio knew it, there was a huge flare ball in their faces. She released it, and it went flying after them. Goofy stood in front of them and blocked most of the flare spell with his huge shield. Sora and Donald covered their faces with their arms, and the force of the flare spell pushed all three of them back.

Sora looked above him and saw a white flashing light emerging above the flare spell. His blue eyes widen in complete shock. He front rolled to the left to look at what Kaxren was doing. Just as he did, he caught a glimpse of Kaxren sending the white light towards the flare ball as it started to wear down.

The smaller-sized flare ball absorbed the white light, creating a bigger and brighter ball of energy. Sora could only watch in horror as the ball of energy engulfed Goofy and Donald and carry them down the hall. He felt something snapped within. He felt extreme anger and extreme rage. He glared hatefully at Kaxren who was laughing at him.

"Ah, don't look at me like that. That holy blast wasn't enough to kill them…at least I think", Kaxren said.

Sora kept quiet as he felt his Keyblade twitched in his hand. It began to glow in a dark aura. Kaxren didn't notice because she was babbling off at the mouth. Sora's eyes grew dull without any emotion besides pure anger. He couldn't control himself anymore as the dark aura grew from his weapon until it was all around him. He was basically glowing in the darkness of his own aura. He felt as if a demon had taken control of him.

Sora lunged forward quickly without Kaxren even noticing. He slashed through her Nobody body with his weapon and ended right behind her, landing on his feet with his back turned to her. Kaxren gasped and toppled over on her knees. She was gasping for breath, and she was deep pain. Her wands scattered across the floor. Sora stood before her with an evil smirk on his face.

Kaxren lashed out at him, but Sora only dodged her futile attacks, "I'll kill you when I get my hands on you!".

Sora chuckled, "That is…if you can".

As she tried to get up again, Sora bashed her skull in with a swift fury of his Keyblade attacks. Once he was finished, she faded into the darkness quickly. Suddenly, the dark aura lifted from his body and weapon, making him hover a couple of centimeters off the ground. When the dark aura disappeared, he was dropped on his knees. He gasped for breath. He got up and noticed his palms were sweaty.

Sora didn't care anymore and rushed in the direction he saw Goofy and Donald go in. He ran, almost feeling the tears swell up in his eyes. He feared the worst, but he still hung onto the little bit of hope he had left. Up ahead, he saw Donald's body against the wall. He noticed that the duck was breathing heavily, but his eyes were closed. Some of the duck's feathers were missing as indicated by the patches of skin shown on some parts of his body. The duck also had a black eye. He approached him first, squatting down to him to talk.

"Donald, are you alright?", Sora asked, worried.

The duck groaned and opened his eyes slowly, managing to say, "Yeah…Sora. I'm fine".

"Can you get up?", Sora asked.

The duck grabbed for Sora's hand, and Sora grabbed his, "Yup, just need a little help".

Sora smiled and helped Donald on his feet. The duck stumbled a little, but he was able to walk. He grabbed his staff and walked beside Sora to look for Goofy. They found their other companion a little ways ahead of them. He was groaning slightly as he tried to get up. When they approached him, the two of them helped him up, and Goofy already knew it was them. Once he was back on his feet, he stretched, popping his knuckles, arms, and legs.

"Garsh, that blow really hurt!", Goofy exclaimed.

"Yeah, it did", Donald agreed.

Sora stood in front them, getting in their way, "I'm sorry, you guys. I should've been in there with you. Instead, I just had to see what Kaxren was doing. You guys could've been killed, and it would've been all my fault".

"Sora…you don't have to apologize!", Goofy said.

"Yeah! We're your friends! We HAVE to protect you", Donald said.

Sora smiled and said, "Yeah…thanks you guys. Let's go find Riku and the king".

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Riku sent Luxlu into the wall, pressing his Keyblade against the Nobody's neck. Luxlu took this chance to knee the silver-haired youth in the groins. Riku gasped and dropped his Keyblade from the force of the attack. He cupped his parts in pain and fell on his knees, groaning loudly. Luxlu grinned as she watched Riku wiggle around in pain.

King Mickey charged at her while her was turned and hit her harshly on her back with his weapon. The mouse dug something up form inside his pocket and threw it at Riku. The boy grabbed it and sat up on his knees. He noticed that the king handed him a potion in a small tube and drank. He felt the pain in his groin faded away slightly and grabbed his Soul Eater again.

The doors flung open, and the bright light of the hallway blinded their eyes. Even Luxlu covered her eyes. They heard footsteps, but they didn't dare to open their eyes yet. Once they heard the footsteps stop, they opened their eyes, letting their eyes get used to the bright light.

"Ah…Riku, why'd you start the party without us?", Riku and King Mickey heard say.

Once the duo did see Sora, Donald, and Goofy entered, Riku smirked, and King Mickey cheered. Sora had his Keyblade at his side, and Goofy and Donald had their in their hands in front them. King Mickey noticed the bad shaped they looked to be in.

"Zexion, Neexse', and Kaxren must've been tough! Here…", King Mickey said as he healed them with a Curaga spell.

"Finally, all my denizens of light are here. Coming to take me away from the darkness", Luxlu said with a fake tone to her voice.

"Enough of that, Luxlu! We know you lied to us!", Donald shouted.

Luxlu smirked, "Hm…well at least you're not that dumb".

"Hey! What do you mean by-?", Sora began, but Riku tugged on his arm and shook his head to make him shut up.

"Let's just defeat her and go home. Leon and the others are being attacked", Riku whispered to Sora who nodded in agreement.

King Mickey stood by their side, and the three Keyblade wielders touched each others Keyblades with their own, making them touch in front of them. A shinning white light emerged form the tip of the connecting Keyblades. Luxlu only grinned.

"You can't defeat me! Fools!", Luxlu laughed arrogantly.

The Keyblade wielders ignored the comment and pointed the shinning light at Luxlu. She frowned, knowing their power was growing. She charged at the, with huge fireballs in her hands. The three wielders released the white light, and it beamed right through Luxlu's stomach, putting a small hole through her stomach. Her eyes were widen in shock as she stayed in mid-air, completely frozen.

"I'll be back…", she growled as she began to fade away.

"Yay! We did it!", Donald cheered.

"We still have to save Leon and the others, too!", Goofy said.

They all watched as Luxlu vanished from their visions and headed back for the ship. Each member of the five was tired and exhausted. They all carried deep wounds and many bruises everywhere on their bodies. King Mickey put the ship into warp mode and started the ship.

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Cloud dashed across the battle grounds at fast speeds. The Nobodies couldn't keep up, and Slixvia kept getting hit every time. Larxene tried her best to protect her, even though it was involuntary. Slixvia got mad and threw her shield right at Cloud's head. It hit him harshly across the face, knocking him over. She started to walk up to him. Her hands were glowing blue, and as she grew nearer, she started to throw blizzard spells at the blonde man. They chilled Cloud's skin as he tried to recover from the head trauma.

Larxene took advantage of this and threw all her knives at him. He vanished, making the knives hit the rocky walls. He reappeared behind Slixvia who was looking around for the blonde.

"Slixvia, watch out!", Larxene cried as she started to ran towards them.

Suddenly, Cloud glowed a bright yellow and slashed Slixvia up into the air. The girl yelped in pain, and before she could recover, Cloud swiped her again and again. He flew up into the air and came crashing his feet down on her stomach, pushing her down into the ground by his feet. She screamed in pain this time. The many wounds he gave her were taking its toll on her young body.

Larxene couldn't do anything for she was tugging her knives out of the rocks. She sensed that Slixvia wasn't going to make it, and she almost got sad at the thought of it. She saw Cloud standing before Slixvia who lie wounded on the ground, unable to move. There was dark liquid everywhere, since that's what made up Slixvia's body. Cloud noticed she had a small smile on her face.

"At least I get sent back into the darkness to rest in peace by the will of a cutie", she said, chuckling at herself.

She closed her eyes, readying herself of the final blow. Cloud said nothing and had no emotion on his face as he lifted up his sword above Slixvia's stomach area. Larxene couldn't take it and picked one knife that she had been able to pull out. She threw it at Cloud, and it pierced his right shoulder deeply. The blonde yelped in pain and shock, not expecting it to actually pierce his tough armor around his shoulder area. He was almost knocked off-balance, but he caught himself before he dropped the sword in Slixvia who hadn't moved an inch.

Larxene realized that the knives weren't coming out, and she couldn't summon them so the only thing to save Slixvia was to fight him with her fists. She charged at Cloud who was pulling the knife out of his shoulder. He hissed in pain with each moment of the knife, so he just pulled it out quickly. He threw it behind him, and it accidentally hit Larxene in her side. She growled and held her side. Slixvia looked over at her blonde friend and smiled.

"Don't worry about me, Larxene. I want him to send me to my resting place", Slixvia said.

Larxene felt tears swell up in her eyes, "No…don't do it…".

For the second time in her life, she felt that this little girl was the only girl she ever really like out of the new group of girls that joined their group, even if it was for a short time. She reached out for the white-haired girl as Cloud lifted up the sword over her again slowly. Larxene pulled the knives out of her side and put it in her pocket.

She looked away as Cloud brought the huge and heavy sword down on Slixvia, killing her instantly. It ripped right through her stomach, and she didn't make one sound. Her eyes were still opened. They were looking at Larxene with a look of happiness, and Cloud leaned over to close them. Right after he touched her, the girl began to fade away, and he jumped back. Larxene couldn't take anymore and created an escape portal behind her as Cloud watched Slixvia vanish. She disappeared into the portal, leaving Cloud to wonder where she had gone. He saw the portal and ran through it before it closed.

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Yaxa and Stixquis double-teamed Aerith who was trying to block all of their attacks with her rod. She was growing weak by the second. Yuffie tried to jump in, but every time she did, Yaxa would literally throw her out of it. Once they had the brunette girl pushed into a wall, Yuffie had had enough. She began to glow a bright white color. She charged at Stixquis and knocked the blonde into the wall harshly.

Stixquis shouted angrily and summoned her twin thunderbolt sword again. She charged at Yuffie and swung the swords at the human as soon as she reached her. Yuffie blocked the attacks with her Point Shuriken, then once she felt Stixquis stopped attacking, she lifted her weapon and sliced Stixquis across the face harshly. Stixquis yelped in shock and took a step back. Yuffie attacked her with a series of harsh and strong blows.

Yaxa was too busy with Aerith to notice that Stixquis was losing and fast. She turned around to give a quick glance at her partner, and Aerith took that chance to smack her across the face with her rod over and over again.

Yaxa flew into her partner, and they both hit the wall hard. Yaxa landed on top, and she could barely find enough strength to get up. Stixquis pushed the other girl off her and got up groggily. Yuffie and Aerith double-teamed Stixquis, ramming her with Aerith's rod and Yuffie's Point Shuriken.

Yuffie charged her weapon up again, turning it white. She flung it at Stixquis who got hit it the head with it, and it pierced her right through the skull. When the Point Shuriken hit the wall, it dragged Stixquis's head with it, sticking into the wall. Dark liquid spilled everywhere, and Yuffie, Aerith, and Yaxa witnessed this in pure horror. Yuffie dropped to her knees. She didn't want to do that and couldn't believe she did that. She kicked the body aside and pulled her Point Shuriken out of the wall. Stixquis's head was still attached, and Yuffie almost barfed as she pulled it off.

Yaxa grew angrier the more she watched Stixquis's dead body. Her wings grew out of her back and lifted themselves in the air. She used them to hover in the air and charged for the two girls with two flare balls in her hands. She lashed out at both of them, burning their sides badly with the flare balls. She charged them up in her hands and began to glow an eerie red color (almost close the color of the balls). Yuffie and Aerith were hopping around in pain, and Yaxa looked around for Stixquis's body, but it was gone.

Yaxa made her flare balls disappear and summoned her twin red swords, "Where did you put, Stixquis?".

"Her body disappear. Look…why don't we just call it quits?", Aerith asked sympathetically.

"Shut up, woman!", Yaxa screamed as her power grew.

She released her swords, and they began to float and circle around her. With each circle they completed, the swords would go faster. Aerith and Yuffie felt Yaxa's power growing more and more, and it suddenly hit Yuffie about what she's doing.

"Aerith, she's about to do a kamikaze attack. We have to get out of here!", Yuffie said to Aerith.

"Come on. Let's go", Aerith said as the tried to run past the waves of Yaxa's fire and flare energy to get to the door.

Yaxa laughed loudly. She has completely lost it. Her eyes are white now, filled with white and hot rage. The walls of Merlin's house started to get scraped badly, and furniture was being sucked into Yaxa's twister of flaming energy. Yuffie and Aerith opened to the door and flung themselves outside as Yaxa turned white. The whole turned white, and from inside, the girls could hear a loud explosion. They gasped as the white light erupted from the house. Once they got their vision back, they saw that the house wasn't harmed. They went inside only to find the fading body of Yaxa, slowly drifting back into darkness.

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Thextlea tried to slit Cid's throat, but the blonde stepped away before she could have cut it deeply. It only left a small no threatening cut on his neck. Thextlea, Laxus, and Cid saw a portal appear above them. They watched to see what would come out of it, and out came Cloud who flew down to the ground gracefully. When he landed, he was side by side with Cid. He looked at the girls and noticed they had black jackets too.

"Glad you dropped by, Cloud", Cid said. "Thank God. If he hadn't have come, I would be dead!".

These girls are from the Organization…", Cloud said out loud to Cid.

"Yeah…I know. Sora told me about the jackets too", Cid said as he got in a defensive position with his spear still in his hand.

"Hm…yeah…", Cloud said as he brought his sword in front of him, pointing it at Thextlea and Laxus.

"Cloud, you must know Sora, don't you?", Laxus asked.

"Yes, but that has nothing to do with me eliminating you", Cloud said as he charged at the two girls.

Thextlea still had her Aero barrier around her, and she charged at Cloud. Three of her lances blocked Cloud's attacks, while the other three looked for open pathways for attack. He kept his eyes on all six of the lances.

Meanwhile, Cid lunged for Laxus. Laxus used her plant powers to grow a vine from the ground and sent the large and thick vine to grow towards Cid. Cid jumped on top of it, running across it to get to Laxus.

Cloud began to think of his fight with Thextlea as a routine. She would throw all her lances out at him, making him jump into the air to dodge them. If he stayed in the air too long, she would hit him with two or three of her lances. After that, she'd combat him with all six of her lances, occasionally he'd get hit a couple of times. Cloud was still trying to break the routine with a chain of attacks of his own. It was difficult because of her strong Aero barrier.

Cid exchange blows with Laxus who kept sending all sorts of plants after him. She sent roses that turned into swords at him. The roses cut him plenty of times. She also shot roses at him like bullets, and he jumped in the air to avoid those. He lunged for her in the air, putting his spear in front of him as he came down on Laxus.

Laxus grew another vine as a barrier to cover herself, but Cid went right through it and stabbed her through her neck. As soon as he did that, the vine disappeared, and Cid withdrew the spear. Dark blood came spilling out quickly, and a couple of drops got stained in his clothes. He didn't notice that Thextlea saw him kill her friend.

"You killed her! Now you'll die!", Thextlea yelled, not paying any attention to Cloud anymore.

She charged at Cid and did a spiral jump in the air. She didn't land on her feet, but she hovered above the ground as she set all of her lances at Cid. He jumped, but one pierced him right through his leg. Cid groaned pain as he tried to pull away, but he was loosing blood fast. Cloud pulled him away.

"You got to apply pressure to it. Rip off your sleeve and wrap it around your leg until I can get you to Merlin", Cloud suggested as he blocked all of Thextlea's furious assaults. "Get out of here. She'll kill you for sure if you stay here".

Cid nodded and ran off. Cloud got stabbed in the side by a lance and ripped it out of him. He pushed it back against Thextlea, and it pierced her barrier and hit her in the gut harshly. It sent her back a couple of feet, but she zapped back in front of him in a blink of an eye and attack him furiously and blindly.

He could see tears in her eyes and knew that she had to be faking in order to boost her power. He was getting cut up every time she attacked, and he was getting tired of it. He glowed a bright yellow again and block her oncoming attack.

Right after that, he slash her upwards into the air. He flew into the air after her and attacked her with a chain of powerful air attacks before she could recover. One his final move, he sent a wave of golden energy at her that went right through her. Just like Laxus, dark liquid spilled on the grounds, and she dropped to the ground right by Laxus's body. He made sure he stayed to watched their bodies fade into darkness once more.

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Cid limped to Merlin's house and entered. Inside he found, Yuffie and Aerith applying pressure to their wounds. The house was a mess, and the furniture and books were thrown everywhere. It looked like a tornado hit the inside of the room, but didn't damage the house itself, except for leaving large scrapes against the walls.

"What happened here? Where's Merlin? He went to another world for some magical books. A pair of Nobodies attacked us in the home, and the last one did a kamikaze attack", Aerith answered.

Yuffie looked at Cid, "What happened to you? That's a bad wound there".

"I got in a fight with a pair of Nobodies too. Cloud helped though", Cid answered. "I believe he's on his way here. Where's Leon?".

"Remember…he's at Ansem's study", Yuffie answered.

"Hm…", Cid began. "He's been gone for a long time".

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Leon lashed out at Lenne, but Lenne refused to fight him, knowing she hurt him. She got tired of Nixora's yelling and let the barrier down. Nixora pulled out her claymore and lunged for Leon in a blink of an eye. Marluxia stood back and watched with his arms crossed. Lenne stretched, feeling that her arms were soar from blocking all of Leon's forceful attacks.

Marluxia looked up and saw a portal right above him. He wasn't expecting a very sad Larxene to pop out from it and land in his arms. She didn't know whose arms she was in, but she could tell it was Marluxia's arms as she cuddle against them. He held her bridal style as she wiped her tears off. Once she was done, she saw Nixora fighting Leon and jumped out of Marluxia's arms. She also spotted Lenne in the corner of her eye.

Nixora attacked Leon brutally nonstop. Leon could tell something was possessing her, even as a Nobody. He could tell she was in berserk mode. He got tired of seeing her face because it hurt him to see what had become of her.

Nixora swung her claymore again, and he blocked it, "Remember, Rinoa. Think deep into your mind. Can't you recall your past memories with me?".

Nixora looked into his gray eyes as she began to focus on her memories of her past self. She remembered everything from when she was born to when she died that painful death. She could remember the dance her and Leon shared at the ballroom in Balamb Garden for their SeeD graduation. She felt a tear swell up in her eye and wiped it out quickly. She growled at Leon for making her feel sad and pushed him back.

"Just kill me already! I can't stand to see you!", Nixora shouted. "I don't know why I feel these things for you, but I know I want them to stop because of what I am. Just do it…kill me".

She walked to Leon, dropping her claymore on the way there. She kneeled down before him. Leon couldn't believe she was willing to let him kill her. He put his gunblade on her shoulder. He was nervous…very nervous. He didn't want to be the one to have to kill the one he loved the most.

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Sora, Goofy, Riku, King Mickey, Donald, and Jiminy Cricket landed safely in Hollow Bastion. They immediately got out and went to the Marketplace. There, they met up with Donald Duck's uncle, Uncle Scrooge.

"There were pair of girls from Organization XIII look for you, Sora. Don't fret now though…Cid and Cloud eliminated both of them", Uncle Scrooge explained to them.

"Where are they now?", Donald asked.

"I believe they're at the Merlin's house", Uncle Scrooge said.

"Thanks", Goofy said as Sora, Riku, Goofy, King Mickey, Donald, and Jiminy Cricket (who was in Sora's jacket) walked off.

They reached Merlin's house and knocked on the door. Yuffie answered the door with a big smile on her face, despite all that has happened and despite all she has seen today. She let them in, and they saw Cid and Cloud moving furniture. Aerith was telling them where to put it.

"Where's the Organization?", Sora asked.

"I don't know where they are now, but you might want to check on Leon. We've been worried about him, but we're too banged up to beat any type of Heartless", Aerith answered.

"Alright…", Riku said.

"Thanks guys", King Mickey thanked them as the five of them ran off to the borough.

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Leon was just about to lift his sword and send the one he loved back to the dark oblivion where she belonged until he saw something in the corner of his eye. He looked up and spotted Sora, Goofy, Donald, King Mickey, and Riku jumped down from the rocks to come help him. Sora was the first to reach him.

"Leon, are you okay? Yuffie and the others said you've been gone for a long time", Sora said as he summoned his Keyblade and aimed it at Nixora who was still kneeling down.

"Why is Nixora kneeling down?", Riku asked Leon.

"Because of this!", Nixora shouted as she called her claymore to her and knocked Leon straight into the air with it.

He groaned as he flew, and before she could go after him Riku charged at her, lashing his Soul Eater out at her. Sora looked over their battle and saw Larxene and Lenne standing next to a guy with mahogany-colored hair. He seemed to be extremely quiet and almost feminine with his long, thick eyelashes. Once his midnight blue eyes connected with Sora' sapphire blue eyes, Sora gasped and ran up to him.

"You're Marluxia?', he shouted.

The man chuckled and said, "Yes, and you're Rox-…I mean Sora".

Sora looked over at Lenne then back at Marluxia, pointing his Keyblade at the older man's neck, "Let Lenne go. She doesn't want to be in your control anymore".

Larxene had had enough of the scene and pushed Sora's Keyblade away from Marluxia while standing in front of him as a guard, "Why don't you fight Nixora and help your friend out? Then maybe we'll just happen to think about letting Lenne go".

"Really?", Sora asked.

"No, Sora, it's another sham of theirs!", Donald yelled.

"Hm…I don't care. You just need to get away from Marluxia!", Larxene shouted as she a high intensity, electrified barrier around her and Marluxia, making Sora, Donald, and Goofy bounce off it and fly back a couple of feet.

Leon landed on his feet with a loud thud. It was an awkward fall, and he almost fell on his shoulder instead of his feet. He got up and saw Riku fighting Nixora, and Sora talking with Larxene and Marluxia. From where he was standing, Riku was beating Nixora was being slowed down by her own weapon. The claymore was just too heavy for her, and she collapsed on one knee before Riku.

Lenne gasped and tried to run over to the fight, but her feet wouldn't move. She watched as Riku lifted up his Keyblade, then slashed right through her. The dark blood spilled all over the rocky pathway. Lenne felt tears streaming down her cheeks as her bet friend in the world faded into darkness. She looked at Leon who seemed to show no emotion. She noticed Nixora was looking at her.

"I'll see you again you…my dear friend Lenne", Nixora said to Lenne, then she looked at Leon. "I'll always love you. That you for letting someone set me free".

With that, Nixora was gone for good. Lenne walked over to Leon who only glared at her angrily. She didn't care how he was looking at her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him, feeling her tears stop in his arms. He hesitantly hugged her back, and she was the first to pull away. She looked at him one more time, and he met her brown gaze.

"I didn't want you mad at me before I died…", Lenne said sadly as she approached Sora.

Leon said nothing else. Riku stood beside the older man as Lenne walked up to Sora. Larxene dropped the barrier, and Sora didn't noticed anything as everyone got quiet. Marluxia had a smirk on his face, proud that all of his plans were falling into place.

"Okay, Nixora's gone. Release Lenne!", Sora shouted, pointing his Keyblade at Marluxia and Larxene.

Just as he pulled it back to attack them, Lenne grabbed his Keyblade and tugged it, getting the boy's attention. Sora looked at Lenne with a confused look on his face. She let go of the Keyblade and jumped back, summoning her long whip. Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey joined Riku and Leon at their spot to watch the fight, knowing that Sora would want it to be to her and him.

Sora pointed his Keyblade at her and circled her. Lenne did the same, not wanting the brunette boy to be behind her. She finally created a Thunderga spell and attached it to her whip, causing her whip to be surrounded by a Thunderga barrier around it. She swirled the whip around and lashed it down at Sora who dodge it carefully. He knew that if the thunder hit his clothing or any part of him it would affect his whole body like a deadly virus.

Lenne lifted her other hand and said, "Magnetga!".

Sora felt something pull him towards her. She took this slim opportunity to whip Sora with the whip over and over again. The Thunderga affected Sora's whole body, and all he could feel was a great pain all over as the lightning shocked his whole body. She changed her whip back to normal. She made it vanish in thin air and took out her knives. She made flames erupted from them. Sora was on the ground, still recovering from the electric shock.

Lenne waited for him to recover. Once the boy got up, she charged at him with the flaming knives. The boy rolled over and stood up. He pointed his Keyblade at her. He made the Keyblade glow a green color, and he smashed it down into the ground, causing a shake violently beneath everyone. Huge spikes shot up from the ground and hit Lenne dead on. It launched off by itself and flew towards Marluxia. Larxene stepped in front of it, and one stabbed her partially in the stomach. She double over painfully, and Marluxia let her lean on him.

"What's the matter? It didn't cut you that bad?", Marluxia asked.

"It has some poisonous stuff in it, Marluxia. It's mixing too well in my dark blood", Larxene groaned.

Lenne gained her composure and put both of the flaming knives in one hand. She sent a series of blizzard spells at Sora, and only one hit him. Sora charged for her, and she lunged at him, putting the flaming knives in her hands again. She sliced at him viciously ever chance she got, and she sometimes cut up his clothes and skin. She punched him in his eye when he wasn't expecting it with the knife in her hand. Sora groaned in pain and held his eye for a minute.

"Ouch! That hurts!", he shouted, making Riku, Donald, Goofy, Leon, and King Mickey laugh at him.

Lenne merely smile and slice Sora across the chest with one of her flaming knives. Sora hissed as it burned him deeply. After that, they spent about five minutes attacking each other, blocking each shot one had to give to the other. Before thy knew it, they were both panting for breath, and they were tired.

Lenne threw her arm out to punch him again, but he grabbed her arm and threw her on the ground on her back. He stood in front of her almost tripping over her legs as he pointed the Keyblade at her heart. He looked at her with a huge sadness in his eyes.

"Go ahead kill me…", Lenne growled. "Do it please! I need to be with my friends again, Do this…for me…Sora".

Sora still looked hesitantly, until Riku stepped up and said, "Sora, her heart has decided. She wants to be with her friends in darkness. I'm sure you and Kairi wanted to do the same to find me".

Sora nodded and a white light appeared at the tip of his Keyblade. It shot into her heart, which appeared slowly from her chest. It was shinny, and almost one of the purest hearts they all have ever seen. Marluxia reached out for it, and it floated over to him. Lenne looked at him as she began to fade away.

"I loved you, Marluxia, even though I didn't deserve anything wrong that you did to me. You didn't have to kill my friends, but I'll still love you. Goodbye, everyone. I hope you and Larxene have a happy life together", Lenne said.

After she said those words, she was gone completely form the face of the world. Marluxia looked sort of sad for a moment before he created a portal behind him and Larxene. Everyone looked sad. It was very, very silent. Sora had small tears that ran almost unnoticeable down his face as he looked at Marluxia evilly.

"Let her heart go. It doesn't belong to you", Sora growled.

Larxene said, "You're right, but it does belong to our Kingdom Hearts!".

Sora growled even louder and sent another wave of light energy at them. Larxene was the only one that got hit, since she was standing right in front of Marluxia. She passed out from the pain, Marluxia caught her. He picked up bridal style again and stepped towards the portal he made. He glared at Sora evilly and summoned his minions. Little plants popped up form the ground, and the more they moved the more popped up. Soon, there was over thousands of them.

"Sora…I'll be working on my succession again. Don't you forget. You and your friends will pay", Marluxia said as he stepped into the portal, leaving Sora, Riku, Leon, Goofy, Donald, and King Mickey to fight thousands of heartless.

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!THE END!

A/N: This has been the longest chapter I have ever written in any story I have ever wrote. I hope you enjoyed this long chapter and the whole story. I can never say this enough.… Review! Review! Review! Anyway, look out for me in the Final Fantasy VIII or VII section. I'll be writing another story soon. Well…until next time!