A/N:Sorry for taking so long to update. I've finished Sora's Tale and it has some stuff which will be helpful to understanding this fic. In any case this chapter will include spoilers for that fic so I suggest you read that one first.
Endless Abyss, Other Side
Sora paced faster and faster, up and down the stairs leading to the balcony until finally Riku grabbed him and said, "What the hell is wrong? We can find him and save him!"
"It's happening," Sora said. "This is where it starts. . ."
"Where what starts?" Riku asked.
"Years ago I fought Roxas while I was still a child."
"Was this before you joined together again?"
"No," Sora said. "He was a grown man and hated my guts."
"Why?"
"He was from the future and said I was responsible for her death."
"Whos?"
"I don't know," Sora said. "What ever happens we need to track him down because there may be a chance we can save him."
"Well first we need to get you a better weapon," Riku said. "You can't go around fighting with a lousy sword, not where we're going."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"Well I think we should get you a better weapon, a keyblade in fact."
"Mine snapped," Sora said. "It should have appeared down here but LWN thought I was meant for a different weapon." Sora had no plan on telling Riku that he thought he was going to get the light keyblade. Nothing but trouble would be caused from that.
"Great so it's settled then. We'll go and take care of the chasers."
Sora pouted and suddenly looked as if he had not lived most of his life in the endless abyss. He could not believe that even though he was at least 34 years older then Riku he was still able to be tricked by his younger friend. Of course Riku was right - where ever Roxas had gone it would probably be even worse then endless abyss (although he no longer thought endless abyss to be so bad) – and if the chasers had indeed been taking cores from the keyblades then it would be likely that they would have some pretty strong weapons.
"Fine," Sora said. "Open a portal Riku and we'll go."
"The Twilight blade says we'll need three people."
"Ok," Sora said. Then he turned to Xehanort. "Come with us, we will need your help."
Xehanort nodded.
"Ok then," Sora said. Riku ripped open a portal and everyone stepped through.
Forgotten Graveyard
Neydis unplugged himself from his computer in disgust.
"What the hell was that!" he demanded.
"I d-d-don't know," Zhiran whimpered. "The computer couldn't handle the stress you were putting on it."
"What do you mean?" Neydis inquired angrily. "All the boy did was slash at my holographic back and my head fell off."
Lexi was bent over one of the computers, typing furiously and decided to speak up. "We have a bug in the system."
"A bug? What sort of bug?" Neydis inquired.
Suddenly the big screen which gave them a view of the surface blacked out. Neydis, Zhiran and Lexi all stared at the screen.Gradually letters started to appear.
I SEEK THE ONE KNOWN AS XEHANORT
Lexi started to type a reply but then. . .
IM NOT DEAF
Zhiran snickered and Neydis glared at him as if to say "What are you laughing at!" Zhiran closed his mouth and kept quiet.
"Who are you?" Neydis demanded.
THATS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW
Lexi, who was still typing yelled, "I've found something!"
"What?" Neydis asked.
"Messages have been sent from here to that deserted space station we built. From there they are being sent to a town trapped in Twilight, ironically called Twilight Town."
"Really," Neydis said.
"Yes. They are being sent to a lab owned by a man named Ansem the Wise. I can't trace them any further."
"Why not?" Neydis asked.
"They are being printed and sent by some private messaging system the man has set up for himself."
"Hmm. . . you don't think that our bug is really Ansem the Wise do you?" Zhiran asked.
Lexi typed some more and then said, "No, I don't. Ansem the Wise died several months ago."
"So did Xehanort," Neydis said. Suddenly the power was cut and and all the lights and computers were shut down. The only light in the room was the screen.
I BELIEVED XEHANORT TO BE DEAD AS WELL UNTIL ZHIRAN ENCOUNTERED HIM ON TWILIGHT TOWN IN THE BODY OF ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS
"What do you want from us?" Neydis asked.
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IF HE IS NOT HERE ALREADY HE SOON WILL BE
"Why do you want him for?"
HE RUINED MY LIFES WORK AND THEN DESTROYED MY LIFE BY BEFOULING MY NAME. I SWORE REVENGE AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO I WILL HAVE IT!
A red light started to beep on the screen which changed back to it's view of the planet's surface.
"Intruders!" Lexi shouted.
"Are the keyblades ready?"
"Yes," she said. "But the power is still off and I can't do anything about it."
"Then we will have to go up there ourselves and deal with the problem." All three of them exited the room. Meanwhile the screen showed three people walking out from a portal into the world.
XEHANORT!
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry it's short.
