Fourth chapter up! Roxas will utilize the power of the Kingdom Key. But is it enough to defeat the flame wielder Axel? A detail I forgot to mention is that the battle is in the Hall of Empty Melodies, and the rest of the Organization is on the ledge that Xigbar snipes from. Anyway, enjoy this little number.

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"The Keyblade…"

Roxas just gazed at the weapon in his hand. It was a key, short but sturdy looking (and might I add, a little bit ridiculous in terms of weapon appearance). Seeing as it was a sword, Roxas wasted no time in charging at Axel relentlessly. The older man just kept backing off, and then struck back so Roxas had to jump back. They maneuvered across the battlefield, more times than one would it seem like one of the Nobodies would fall into the dark abyss.

"This is getting out of hand. Vexen, Lexaeus, if you would," Xemnas said.

Numbers VI and V just each lifted an arm, and soon a wall of ice reinforced by stone appeared around the perimeter of the rectangular platform. Neither fighters noticed, until Axel had finally saw the walls and decided to make the field to his advantage.

"Burn, baby!"

He ignited the floor of the arena, as well as the walls. Roxas soon started crying in pain and jumping around. Axel saw that to his advantage, ignited a chakram, and leapt at Roxas, leaving a trail of blazing embers in his wake. Roxas was thrown back slightly, but Axel hurled the burning wheel at Roxas and knocked him into the wall. In his pain, Roxas dropped the Kingdom Key and it vanished with a spark of light. He was slammed into the wall, making a huge dent in the ice and stone (surprisingly, neither melted). The flames parted where Roxas hung, and Axel's chakrams vanished with a burst of flame.

"It's over, Roxas. With some training, you'll beat me eventually," Axel said as he walked off.

"No, I'll beat you now!"

Axel turned in shock to find Roxas, sporting his injured arm, standing! The boy was knocked into a 6 foot wall with a flaming iron wheel and he could still stand! This was unbelievable for Axel.

Roxas felt another surge of light, and instinctively (as if he were being controlled, to be exact) reached towards his left waist with his right arm, and vice-versa. His right arm flew to his right side to reveal a black Keyblade quite a bit longer than the Kingdom Key. It slightly resembled devil wings in some areas. The left arm did the same carrying a white Keyblade, slightly shorter than the black one and resembling angel wings. (Bad description of the blades, they're Oathkeeper and Oblivion)

This time faster than ever before, Roxas dashed at Axel. Axel never even saw Oblivion circle up over his head and hit him in the back. Flying towards the wall, he gathered his chakrams and stood in battle stance. Roxas twirled Oblivion easily in his right hand and charged again. He was so fast that the Keyblade wielder was nothing but a blur. He didn't seem much slower than the teleporting Xigbar (which was impressive to say the least). Just when Roxas was about to impale Axel, he raised his chakrams and at that same instant, Roxas vanished into thin air.

"Wha…?"

A split second later Axel found that his back suffered another blow and he hurtled into the flaming wall of the arena. Roxas stood at the space previously occupied by Axel not two seconds ago and looked around. Axel was invisible to the naked eye. However, Roxas did hear something. He closed his eyes and focused. There's a slightly stronger flame from…behind him at his left side! Just as he figured out where Axel was, Roxas felt Axel hurtling at him the same way he did earlier. However, since he knew where Axel was already, Roxas sidestepped the attack.

"No way!" Axel exclaimed.

He then found a black Keyblade hurtling at him. Axel was raised up into the air, then felt another Keyblade come from above. (In case you didn't know, it was an extension of the Burst Edge Reaction Command; Oblivion swept Axel off his feet and Oathkeeper circled in the air, knocking Axel down) Axel fell and stood up immediately, but neither Roxas nor his Keyblades were in sight. Then, he saw someone standing right in front of him.

"Hi."

Roxas lifted Oblivion in a right to left upper diagonal slash, then a cross slash with both Keyblades, then dashed past Axel swinging, and finally dashed again, flailing the Keyblades in two horizontal cross slashes, a downward slash with each, and a jumping uppercut with both. Axel was lifted into the air again, and Roxas followed. He swung wildly at Axel, knocking him back and scaling the flaming wall of the arena, then leapt at his opponent slamming into the ground again and releasing light from the ground. (That was the Overtaker/Clear Light Reaction Command) The magma from the floor cleared and the flaming walls died down. By now, the ice and stone HAD melted. Axel just lay there, now unarmed and laughing.

"And I thought you couldn't get any stronger, Roxas," he said softly.

"Hey, you taught me two things back there, buddy," Roxas said to him.

"What's that?"

"One, there will always be something pushing you, even when you're down and feeling hopeless."

"Yeah, and the second thing?"

"Those black cloaks look terrible once they're scorched and sliced into ribbons."

They both shared a nice long laugh, and applause was heard at the higher platform.

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Well, that's it. Was it good? Be harsh. Anyway, Roxas will probably have to end up fighting the rest of the Organization. Then everything will tie into the script of Kingdom Hearts II. So, tell me what you think!