Author's Note: Thank you once again for the reviews. They are, as always, much appreciated. I see that you like the split perspectives between Anti-Sora and Sora. Well, I hope you guys like this chapter. I don't think it came out very well, but I am my harshest judge.

Chapter 8

Agrabah

Anti-Sora:

It felt wonderful to run out in the cold desert sands at night. I liked this place more than I did Port Royal. The Heartless were plentiful here and I had regained over half of my strength within hours of being free. Sora had been rather subdued lately. His mood peaked my interest somewhat, but it wasn't enough to take action over. Devouring that Nobody had increased my dark strength. I didn't have to do all of the work anymore.

I paused and settled down into the sand. Heartless portals appeared and dumped its contents onto the desert sands. I sent dark energy towards the group. It formed into a medium-sized dark portal that sucked the stupid creatures down. I ran and dived down into it. I settled down into familiar darkness and proceeded to hack the Heartless into pieces. Once the hapless creatures turned to dust/vapor, I climbed out of the hole and licked the blood off of my claws.

Tonight had been very interesting and fun. Taking out time to hunt and relax had its benefits. The only thing that worried me was the eventual appearance of Sora's friends. I guess I should have killed them earlier. So inexcusable. I wasn't in the mood to eat now. I suppose I should return to the bungalow that Sora brought with his munny. (Actually, I helped him buy the place by killing all of the Heartless along the way.)

"Stop right there, Sora!"

What the bloody hell…?

I whipped around and saw nothing.

I could have sworn I heard Mickey's voice…

I had to rely on my senses and the Heartless eyesight. If they were concealing themselves, I would find them. I allowed myself to go fully Heartless. Shadows danced around my vision as I scanned my surroundings. A glimmer of light caught my attention on the horizon. It was the same kind of energy that radiated from the keyblade. There were shapes moving among the shadows. The Heartless had taken the bait. As much as I wanted to fight Mickey again, I wanted to keep where we hid in Agrabah a secret.

I took off running towards the city, as fast as my body can allow.

Bungalow

Sora:

It was another boring, lonely night in Agrabah. My hard earned munny had given us this airy, wonderful apartment that overlooked a little bit of the city. I had been here for two days with absolutely no human contact. I was afraid of the creature inside of me. I was afraid of what it could do.

"It is the darker side of your heart."

What?

I almost snapped my neck turning around. King Mickey was standing in the middle of the carpeted floor.

Anti-Sora:

Panic shook me awake for the second time.

What was going on?

The visual through Sora's eyes said everything. How in the world did Mickey find me? I was outraged at him finding me, but I did not seize control…yet.

"King Mickey, what are you doing here?" Sora asked.

Mickey drew his keyblade.

So he meant to kill the both of us.

"We've got to talk, Sora. You've eluded us for the past week or so, but now you can't run away."

"You're planning on killing me, aren't you?"

It sure looked that way.

"I don't want to."

"What did you mean by your statement earlier?"

"Your clothes, Sora. They enable you to use drives, to access the deeper side of your heart. The side effect was that you would absorb excess energies in the air."

So that's how I was born. Interesting.

Instead of being saddened, Sora was very angry. His rage gave me strength.

How unreal. But it was perfectly timed.

"You did that for me, knowing full well that this would happen? You bastard!"

"I'm sorry, but the keyblade chose you."

"I didn't want to be chosen! You made me into a murderer!"

"Please calm down!"

Mickey came closer with his keyblade.

"I'll keep running until I get back home, where I can stop being a Keyblade Master."

"I'm sorry, but you can't run anymore. I have issued an order to all of the worlds to destroy you on sight if you step foot into their world."

Sora fell silent. His anger and despair was tangible.

"Why Mickey…?"

Mickey drew closer. He was going to impale us.

Sora was my host…I had to keep him alive.

I gently pushed his consciousness aside and took control. I allowed him to see what I was going to do, instead of blocking him out. I pulled energy from his body and forced Mickey back into the wall.

"I won't sit by and allow you to kill us both," I hissed softly.

Mickey stood back up and retrieved his keyblade.

"It's for the good of the worlds!"

"For the good of the worlds? I almost killed you because you were going to imprison us!"

Sora's rage began to filter into my side of his mind. Would he allow me to murder the mouse king?

"Sora, please! We can…we can cure you!"

"Liar!" I spat.

I allowed myself to shift into my Heartless form and lowered myself to the floor. This time, escaping would be slightly difficult. Mickey wouldn't have come alone. Not here, at least.

"You leave me no choice."

Mickey ran forward, keyblade held high. I took off across the carpet in a wide circle. The mouse king climbed on top of a chair and launched himself at me. I was still moving too fast for him. He landed two feet away from my body. I stopped and headed right for him. Mickey swung his keyblade at my head. I clucked under it and pinned him down with both hands. I conjured dark energy underneath his body and allowed him to sink slightly into the ground.

"You leave us no choice, Mickey."

I wasn't in the mood to deal with the mouse king. My senses told me that there were Heartless and humans about. I could just leave him in that hole. Or I could kill him. But if I did, how would Sora react? One false move and I would be forcing my way through Sora's mind until I regained my full strength. I backed away from Mickey and sat on my haunches. He was afraid and I could smell it.

I sensed no apprehension from Sora. I wasn't sure if he was even watching anymore. I turned away from Mickey and headed for the door. There will be a time to kill him. It just wasn't now. I eased out into the desert air, staying low in the shadows. Two humans were very close. I moved further into the shadows and waited. Donald, Goofy and two more humans ran past me and into our home.

Sora was practically gone from the back of his head. He was in shock. I had to admit that it was way better than being wasted.

"Mickey, what happened?"

"Sora escaped."

Time to move. I took off running into the night towards the gate leading out to the desert. I could get away to the Gummi Ship and get out of here.

"There he is!"

I can never get away fast enough. I can't believe I'm running away! I am a hunter! Not the prey.

"Genie! Go get Sora!"

A flash of light shattered my vision. Without sight, I tripped over my feet and slid face first into the dirt. When the light faded away, two humans were on both sides of my body. I took a whiff of the air. One was male and the other was a pregnant female. My stomach began to growl.

"Jasmine, back away from him," The man said.

"Is that really Sora?"

My claws could slice through flesh…and in some cases, bone. With a small grunt, I swiped at Jasmine's ankles and got to my feet. Jasmine felt backwards onto the ground with a scream. Before the man could say anything else, I grabbed his tongue and yanked it out. I pushed him to the ground and turned back to Jasmine.

I'm going to enjoy devouring her. I grabbed onto her leg and melted into the ground. She melted with me into the depths of the sands. And I made my escape into the night.

The World that Never Was

Normal (Third Person):

"Superior, Luxord failed to check in today."

Xemnas turned away from the window overlooking the city.

"Now the Keyblade Master has gone AWOL has he? Xaldin, I want him here. I am counting on you."

"Yes, Superior."