Hey, everyone, I know I have been slow updating but Ihad writer's block and found it difficult to write. However this may be my last chapter for about a week because I'm going on holiday!

I'm not sure whether to up the rating from a K+ to a T because of the growing violence, what do you guys think?

Just to make a note that despite the outcome of the main battle, it is not the last of which we see the loser, he is important to the plot yet!

Disclaimer: Just to say I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Disney or any of the elements of their franchise. I claim rights to the story line of Dav, the character himself and the new character Dav meets in this chapter. Terri belongs to A.M.M, Aaron belongs to Smurf-Chan, Orachron is property of MASmaster

Dav: What do you mean you own me?

Dav J: Like I say I created you!

Dav:...I'm...created... WWWAAAAHHHH! runs into a corner and begins to sob uncontrollably

Dav J:...Yeah...okay...well anyway enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 10: Desert "Rats"

"What the hell..." murmured Dav as he looked around at his new surroundings. Since jumping through the portal to escape Hallow Bastion he had lost consciousness and arrived in an unknown land which was fairly plain. He looked all around the unknown territory from his place on the floor where he was sat up, the land was dry and deserted with a few worst for wear trees dotted throughout the large plain Dav was sat in. He stood up, dusted himself off and began to walk across the barren landscape, kicking up sand as he went. He walked for about ten minutes with still no other people or even Heartless to bother him, but this seemed to worry him. He reached a small oasis with two surprisingly healthy palm trees which with were donned with star shaped fruit that Dav recognised from his former island hang out.

He took off his slightly battered sleeveless jacket and washed his face in the cool, clear water from a small pool in the oasis. As he rubbed his forehead with the water, removing a bit of dried blood from an earlier battle a sudden warm breeze picked up, rustling the palm trees that towered above him. He shook his head and ran his hand through his spiky blonde hair and sighed.

"What the hell have I got myself into now" he whispered to himself. But he suddenly, with a swift movement of his right hand, drew one of his Sabres and swung round, pointing it out in front of him as he did. However nothing was there as he had first thought, so he relaxed but then as quickly as before spun round and aimed his handgun to whatever was there. This time however someone was indeed there, a tall black haired, green eyed figure with a full body length robe that had a hood attached that covered most of his facial features. Only the man's fringe of his hair and his sharp green eyes were shown. In his right hand he held a big axe that had a large blade that curved at the edges with a point that jutted out towards the hilt. The hilt itself was long, indicating that it could be used in combat as well as the blade itself.

"...So, you are the balance then... I was expecting someone bigger and stronger looking...but I suppose beggars can't be choosers" announced the mysterious man who spoke with a smooth, confident tone.

"Who are you... and what do you want with me?" asked Dav not showing any fear but still clutching his handgun, pointing it directly at the black haired stranger.

"My name is Craxte... I am a member of the Organisation... you'll get to know it better later on. You are you key to stop the Heartless from consuming all the worlds, or equally you are the key to destroying those worlds. However, I am here to warn... to help you. A few members of The Organisation has realised your importance and took an interest in you... I want to stop them from preventing your destiny. Many of the Organisation are evil, some neutral and some good. I am neutral and wish to see that destiny fulfilled."

"My destiny... it seems you know more about me than I do... How can I trust you, how do I know that you won't betray me or that your an agent of the darkness?" questioned Dav slightly more relaxed than before, but still alert.

"The question is not can I be trusted but do you want to trust me?" replied Craxte with a blank expression on his face.

"I suppose so, well where are we, why isn't there any life on this sandy mud hole?"

"We are in a world formerly known as Tracton, but the Heartless made short work of all the inhabitants and then moved on...apart from them however..." the Organisation member said trailing off at the mention of 'Them'.

" 'Them'... who are 'Them'? said Dav, irritation showing in his young voice.

"They are... as to say, were the people of this planet until the Heartless stole their hearts and they became a new species of Heartless all together... a lot stronger than previous enemies you have fought. However they appear only on this planet because of their emotional connection to it... speaking of 'them' ".

As Craxte finished speaking, shadowy patches appeared on the floor and 'them' began to rise from the patches. Shadows the size of Dav rose from the ground with a greater muscular build and a singular blade extending from their left arm. Dav held out his left hand and his Great Blade materialised, resting on his shoulder and the hilt being held with his hand he had summoned it with. The other hand still had his Sabre clutched into it as he stood in a battle position. Craxte stood with his large axe type weapon resting on his right shoulder, the blade facing skywards.

The humanoid Heartless were the first to attack, the six of them splitting into two groups and attacking their foes. Dav began by ducking a blade swipe and sending his Great Blade into its back in a spinning horizontal motion, the Heartless simply vanished under the blade's sheer force. He next used his sword as a javelin by throwing it a far distance at a Heartless but it avoided the blow and charged Dav. He retaliated by holding out two fingers on his left hand pressed together and signalled as if to say 'come here', this caused his Great Blade to come spinning toward him and then ascending into the air. He jumped up to meet it and grabbed its large hilt and threw it to the ground cutting through the second Heartless and knocking over the third. As he fell back to the ground he fired the contents of his handgun in his right hand straight into the stunned Heartless, resulting in it also disappearing.

Craxte meanwhile blocked a Heartless blade swipe with his axe and then sent an Energy Blade that appeared from his free hand straight into the Heartless, it erupted in a shadowy explosion and dissipated. He cut through the second with a lightning quick motion of his axe and then the third with his newly formed Energy Sword. Dav returned his Great Blade in it's resting position on his shoulder and his gun into it's holster.

"Thought you said they were strong... I've definitely fought stronger" commented Dav as he watched Craxte disperse his Energy Sword and return his axe to its resting place on his back, in a diagonal direction.

"They where fairly weak compared to ones that the Organisation has been studying.."

"Unless your Organisation is weak!" interrupted Dav with an amused smirk on his face

"How dare you insult the Organisation, then again, that is a rich sentiment coming from you child" barked a familiar voice from behind Dav and Craxte.

"So, I see you have betrayed the Organisation Craxte, Lexus will be displeased, I however shall deal with you myself and save him the trouble" taunted Orachron, his Heartless Blade in hand.

"Go... I shall deal with him" shouted Craxte in a more serious tone than before and brought his axe off his back and into battle position.

As Dav turned to run Orachron raised his arm and fired a colourless energy bolt at him which caused him to collapse. Craxte glared at Orachron and then began to charge, his axe in hand.

A8A

"Hey, wake up... I can't find Dav or Cloud" said Terri as she shook a sleeping Aaron.

"Huh... what?" shouted a startled Aaron as she shot up from laying on the floor to an upright sitting position.

"Yeah, I can't find them anywhere... where are we anyway?" Terri asked Aaron with a confused expression

"Ummm... I don't know... quick behind these barrels!" she squealed and dragged Terri behind some barrels as a young man with white trousers, a purple waistcoat and a small red hat was talking to Sora and his two companions.

"I can't find Jasmine anywhere in Agrabah... where has she gone..."

"Don't worry Aladdin, I'll find her and make sure she comes back here to you" replied Sora as Aladdin walked off towards a small white square building with a big hole in the side of the wall.

Aaron shuffled behind the barrels and caused Terri to yelp as she was accidentally shoved against the wall. Sora, equipped with his Keyblade, turned to the barrels and took his regular battle position, squatting low towards the ground staring at the barrels.

"Now took what you've done you Shoopuf!" whispered Aaron to Terri who glared at her and punched her arm.

"Oww, that's it, you wait I'll... oowww stop it you big meanie!" complained Aaron as Terri punched her arm again. They continued to punch and nip each other until Aaron knocked one of the barrels over which knocked the others down, sending them rolling all over the small courtyard.

"Umm... what are you doing?" asked Sora with a confused look as Terri and Aaron stopped fighting and noticed that Sora, Donald and Goofy were watching them.

"Heh, er... don't hurt us!" yelped Aaron as Sora stood back up straight and laughed.

"I wouldn't... wait, what are you guys doing here?"

"WE don't know, but our friend and his brother are missing, have you seen anyone with spiky blonde hair, cute blue eyes and a cute grin?" questioned Aaron, who had not realised Terri, Sora, Donald and Goofy were all staring at her.

"...WHAT!"

"...Are you aware you just called Dav cute... do you fancy him?" teased Terri as Aaron turned a bright shade of maroon.

"...Dav? You mean the guy with the two matching swords and the odd pendant with a crown and a heart on it?" Sora said in an exited voice.

"Yeah, are you that Sora kid he talked about?" returned Terri with a look of slight interest.

"Yeah, Sora's the Keyblade master, a real hero!" interjected Goofy in a loud voice.

"...Okay, anyway have you seen him?"

A8A

Craxte brought his axe up and then down with both hands towards Orachron who knocked the axe swipe away and attempted to strike with his own weapon. Craxte tried another attack this time a horizontal one which was also blocked. Orachron smirked as he blocked another of Craxte's attacks and uttered "pathetic". He attempted an attack but Craxte avoided it and returned another strike, which was also unsuccessful. Orachron struck Craxte with his right hand which caused him to fall to the floor.

Dav who was lying across the battlefield began to regain consciousness and glanced over to the fight and saw that Craxte was losing the battle against Orachron, who appeared far stronger than when they previously battled. Dav returned to his feet and picked up his Great Blade and ran to join the battle that was raging between the two Organisation members. He charged and swung his Great Blade toward Orachron who sensed it and parried it just in time and struck with his own weapon which also failed to reach its target. Dav and Craxte double teamed Orachron who managed to avoid all the attacks launched at him but couldn't counterattack. Dav stepped back and fired a Firaga spell at Orachron which struck him and temporarily distracted him, giving Craxte a chance to attack.

He swung his axe and the hilt connected with Orachron's back, sending him to the ground from the force of the attack. Dav brought his Great Blade down toward Orachron who managed to roll out of the way and then rolled out of the way of an axe strike from Craxte. He teleported away from the attacking duo and re-appeared feet away from them, his sword in his left hand and his right glowing with a dark aura. He then raised his arm and uttered some kind of incantation which caused the aura to grow into a dark energy ball which floated slightly above the palm of his hand. Both Dav and Craxte watched their opponent intently as he just stood there, smirking as the energy ball grew in size.

He then looked up at his targets and launched the now large sphere of dark energy towards them. Dav stood his ground and vertically swiped the energy ball which simply cut in half but both halves formed two slightly smaller spheres that Craxte and Dav cut again. They continued to cut down the energy orbs which continued to multiply in number and then they all floated high into the air and levitated for a second before all flying down towards the young warrior and the Organisation member.

Dav suddenly sprouted the wings, which he first discovered he had during his match against Cloud, and then ran towards Craxte and pulled him down to a crouching position. The wings then covered both their master and his ally shielding them from the barrage of mighty dark magic spells that where bombarding them. As the last fell the wings flicked open again and disappeared in a flash of light, one light and one dark. Orachron cursed as the two allies returned to the offensive, charging towards him with weapons raised high in the air.

Orachron managed to avoid a powerful strike from Dav but was not so lucky a second time as Craxte buried his axe into the evil Organisation member's stomach. He lurched backwards, reeling from the attack and then collapsed to the floor clutching his now wounded stomach.

"Craxte, you shall regret ever betraying the Organisation... you will die and he will become dark and destroy the world...you'll see" growled Orachron as blood began to trickle down the corner of his mouth, dripping onto the sandy floor beneath him.

"Talk is cheap, he will determine his own fate...not someone like you, you old fool" replied Craxte who was now stood, resting his axe on his shoulder, panting slightly regaining his breath.

Orachron sat on the floor, using his arms to prop himself up as blood began to flow from his open stomach wound and still trickling from his mouth. As his breathing slowed a dark area of shadow surrounded him on the floor and began to pull him in. As he sank into the dark abyss he finally collapsed fully, losing consciousness. His entire body and being disappeared into the ground and then the dark area vanished.

"So, you have agreed to accept my help then?" asked Craxte as he turned towards Dav who was leaning on his Great Blade, controlling his breath as he was still recovering from the earlier attack from Orachron that knocked him out.

"What do you think... now I have to find my friends...how do you get off this dirt ball?" replied Dav, looking up at the gloomy, dark sky that loomed overhead.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter and remember that reviews or even flames are always welcome..! I'll try and update again before I go away but if I don't I will as soon as I can!