Kirito's Team so Far

Komory Bat (Komory) MAXED

Magic/Techniques

Confuse (Sacrificed for Woeflower)

Zero Gravity (Sacrificed for Blaze)

Zero Gravira

Drain Dive

Confusing Strike

Stat Boost

Dark Screen (x2)

Magic Haste (x3)

Attack Boost

Magic Boost

Confusion Block

Attack Haste (x2)

Spirit Ability

Waking Dream

Sir Kyroo (Kyroo) MAXED

Techniques

Strike Raid

Blitz

Stat Boost

Water Boost (x2)

Cure Boost (x3)

Attack Haste

Water Screen (x3)

Attack Boost

Magic Boost

Stop Block

HP Boost

Support Ability

Combo Plus

Woeflower (Woe) MAXED

Magic/Techniques

Poison (Sacrificed for Kabuto)

Sleepra

Sleepga

Drain Dive (Sacrificed for Drill)

Poison Dive

Stat Boost

Magic Haste (x3)

Attack Haste (x3)

Dark Screen (x2)

Magic Boost

Blindness Block

Support Ability

Treasure Magnet

KO Kabuto (Kabuto)

Defense/Technique/Magic

Link Block

Circle Raid

Fira

Icebreaker

Stat Boost

Fire Screen (x2)

Blizzard Screen (x3)

Thunder Screen (x3)

Reload Boost

Defense Boost

Tatsu Blaze (Blaze)

Magic

Fira

Stat Boost

Fire Boost (x2)

Attack Haste (x3)

Magic Haste (x3)

Attack Boost

Fire Screen (x2)

Bind Block

Drill Sye (Drill)

Technique

Circle Raid

Kirito woke up once again in a dive, looking about. Sora was no longer about, meaning he was on his own once more. As he looked down, the echoing voices of Oberon and Xemnas rang through his head. "Leafa belongs. to us, now. Her heart sleeps in darkness." "For when you least expect it, one more of you will join Leafa and us." "Guys…" Kirito muttered to himself, "We have to remain strong, and conquer the enemy's tricks. Leafa, don't you worry about a thing. I'm coming to rescue you, right now!"

Kirito saw the gate up ahead, and saw the goal he had to achieve; 'Get 500 Star Energy'. "Okay, let's do it!" Kirito declared, spinning into action, and going full pelt into the dive.

(Insert 'Ignite' TV Size by Eir Aoi)

Without hesitating, Take the world of paradoxes,

(The scene opens with Kirito's face fading in from the left-hand side, his eyes opening as the symbol of the Original Keyblade wielders appear in the center. Kirito's face fades out as Asuna's face fades in on the right-hand side, opening her eyes as the Dream Eater Spirit symbol replaces the Original Keyblade wielders symbol.)

And shoot it with your hands

(Asuna's face fades out as Yui's and Leafa's faces fades in, back to back as they looked towards either side while Sora's crown pendant appeared between them. The crown shines brightly, then showing the title of 'Sword Art Kingdom: Falling Fantasy', with the Sword Art Kingdom symbol right behind it.)

In the warmth of fallen tears
We should've learned kindness

(The scene opens to Asuna standing on top of the school rooftops, looking out in the distance with a solemn expression. She looks down at the white Wayfinder in her hand, the ghostly image of Aqua passing by her. She closes her eyes as she clutches the Wayfinder tightly, then she looked seriously ahead, ready to proceed.)

So why do we keep hurting each other
And give birth to more hatred?

(Kirito is sitting on the porch outside his house, holding one of his kendo stick Keyblades he made in his hands, looking down at it with a serious expression. He then stands up and whips it around before stopping in his fighter's stance, as the ghostly image of Terra in his battle stance stood behind him.)

From the stinging pain I learn to be strong

(The first scene shows Gretinal at her desk, with Yui on one side, and Jackson, Latias and Cypress on the other, all looking at the screen. The next scene shows Yen Sid at his desk, with Donald, Goofy and Mickey on one side, and Sora and Riku on the other side.)

And gently blanket the future

(The next scene shows Leafa closing her eyes as she fall backwards into the black screen, only to be scooped up by the large hand of Young Xehanort. He waves his other hand forward as Heartless Oberon, Gouxus, Saïx and a black coat Recon stand around him, grinning maliciously. The screen distances from them to where Kirito and Asuna stood, angrily looking back as they charged.)

Without hesitating, Take the world of paradoxes,

(The scene next shows Kirito using Flowmotion to move around the city of Alne in Alfheim Online, taking out Nightmares that came at him, then slamming his Keyblade into the ground, causing a shockwave of energy that blasts away nearby Heartless.)

And shoot it with your hands

(Asuna appears leaping across the rooftops at high speeds with her Eaglider and Pegaslick at her side, unifying together into Dual Style: Bladecharge, and swinging her energy-extended Keyblade around, sending all Nightmares around her flying away.)

I ever so softly embrace, The sorrow that is covered in red tears

(The scene shifts to Asuna and Recon fighting with one another within the experimental lab at the top of the World Tree, Sora and Leafa's minds showing behind the two as they fought. Then it shows an open room within the top of the World Tree, and Saïx is going into Berserk mode as he faces Kirito, who roars in rage as he charges at him, determined to defeat him.)

Just as the ringing vibration, Marks the sound of the beginning

(The scene ends as Asuna and Kirito race forward towards the golden bird cage where Leafa was, surrounded by darkness and fast asleep, with Heartless Oberon and Gouxus standing in front of the locked gate, waiting for the two. Asuna and Kirito leapt at the two, producing their Keyblades to fight. Heartless Oberon and Gouxus produce their own weapons and leapt at the two, Oberon going after Kirito while Gouxus went after Asuna, and the frame freezes as they near each other, ready to attack.)

Kirito started to go through an area that was composed of streams of yellow magic energy, snake-like skeletal bodies that wound themselves about to interfere with Kirito's path, castle-like structures, and, of course, Nightmares that tried to stop him. Kirito found this area a lot more difficult than the other dives he had experienced. Kirito ended up damaging himself a couple times as he went through the dive, but he still managed to gather up over 500 Star Energy before he made it back to the gate again, opening up his way forward to the next world.

When Kirito opened his eyes, he found himself in an unexpected location. He was stand at the entrance to an indoor amusement park. From either side of the entrance, Kirito could see the interior, including a water park, a ferris wheel, a volcano, and so many other things. The sign up on the entrance had neon lighting that glowed the name 'E-Land' on it.

"What kind a crazy place is this?" Kirito asked, "Why am I in an amusement park?" Looking about, Kirito knew that this place was just like any other world, and that he might as well start looking for the Sleeping Keyhole so he could get closer to finding Leafa. He entered into the amusement park, looking about at the place. It looked quite eccentric, despite the fact that there was no one around.

"I wonder if anyone works here?" Kirito questioned, "Or for that matter, why they would have a park like this with no guests?"

As he reached a crossroad in the path, Kirito saw a Dream Eater race past along the other path. It looked like a Ghostabocky, but it was more jester-like. "A Dream Eater!" Kirito gasped as Komory and Drill appeared next to him. He pulled out his Dream Eater book, and discovered the Dream Eater to be called a 'Jestabocky', and its' description stated that it was quite tricky.

"Hey, get back here, you clown-dressed freakshow!" shouted an oddly-familiar voice. Kirito stopped and was surprised to see none other than the furious Natsu of Fairy Tail, chasing after the Jestabocky, who stuck its' tongue out before racing away. Natsu's fists were engulfed in flames as he tried to catch up, his face expressing his rage.

"Natsu?!" Kirito gasped. Natsu stopped in the middle of the crossroads, looking to see who called out to him.

"Hey, who the hell are you?" he demanded.

"C'mon, Natsu. It's me, Kirito." Kirito answered.

"Don't know anyone like you before, buddy." Natsu responded, then he noticed his Spirits, and said, "Hey, those are just like those other creatures I saw!" Kirito blinked, looking at his Spirits, then saw Natsu starting to get riled up. "I see. So you're the one responsible for it!" he growled.

"What? No!" Kirito responded, but it was futile.

"I'm gonna burn you and your monsters to a crisp!" Natsu roared as his body started to ignite in flames. Kirito knew that there was no stopping him when he was like this.

Natsu leapt forward, and was about to attack Drill, who panicked. Kirito activated his Link Block, appearing right before Woe, and blocking Natsu's fist. "Can you calm down for a second?!" Kirito demanded, "I don't want to pick a fight with you."

"That's funny, cause I SO want to pick a fight with you!" Natsu roared, using his other fist to push Kirito backwards. He flew through the air and landed on his feet, but saw Natsu closing the gap.

"Guess I've got no choice…" he told himself, readying himself for the fight. After the match in Yusnaan before, Kirito was willing to have a rematch with him.

Kirito and Natsu begun to clash fiery fist with Keyblade, striking and parrying one another's attacks, trying to outclass the other in strength and skill. One of Natsu's fiery fists sent Kirito high in the air. Kirito flipped about and unleashed a Fira spell down at Natsu, blasting him in the face with it. Kirito watched the explosion, but then noticed Natsu eating the flames up, the attack causing no affect to him.

"Thanks for the grub, pal!" Natsu shouted.

"Crap! I forgot he could do that!" Kirito remembered.

Natsu inhaled, then shouted, "Fire Dragon's Roar!", and expelled a blast of flames from his mouth, hitting Kirito and causing an explosion to take place in the air. Natsu smirked at this, but Kirito wasn't out, yet. He came diving out of the smoke made by the explosion, and used Zero Gravira on Natsu, causing him to float in the air. "Hey, what's going on?" Natsu cried, "I can't get back to the ground!"

"Nor can you move from there!" Kirito shouted, and he used his descent to enhance his Drain Dive technique, striking Natsu and making him crash into the ground. Kirito landed on his feet, his health restored thanks to the technique's effects.

Natsu got back on his feet again, brushing his shoulder as he glared at Kirito. "Not too shabby." he told him, "But I'm just getting warmed up!"

"I'm not your enemy! What part of that do you not understand?!" Kirito demanded, "Now, can you please just listen to me for a second?"

"Not happening!" Natsu replied, charging in to continue the brawl. Kirito readied his Keyblade, hoping to knock him down long enough to explain.

While the two continued to fight, Lucy and Gray appeared suddenly on the path Natsu was on before. They stopped when they saw Natsu and Kirito fighting. "What the heck is going on?" Lucy questioned.

"Natsu, can you stop playing around?!" Gray demanded.

"Who said I was playing around?!" Natsu shouted back as he and Kirito were pushing against one another, "I was dealing with the guy who's been using those monsters!"

"No, this is all a misunderstanding!" Kirito retorted, "I tried to explain, but he just won't listen!"

"That's Natsu for ya…" Lucy muttered with a sweat-dropped expression.

"Okay, then how do you explain those two monster that were with you, huh?" Natsu snarled, pressing himself against Kirito.

"They aren't the same as the others!" Kirito replied, "My Dream Eaters are Spirits. They destroy the Nightmares like the one you were chasing! Look, they even have different symbols on them!"

Lucy and Gray looked at Drill and Komory, who was watching the fight from a distance, and saw the Spirit emblems. "Hey, he's right." Gray stated, "Those monsters have different symbols."

"Plus, they aren't attacking us." Lucy added, then she shouted, "Natsu, he's telling the truth!" Natsu looked back at Lucy, then after a few seconds, he and Kirito backed off from one another.

"Now, will you let me explain myself?!" Kirito asked him, "My name is Kirito. My mission is to take out any Nightmares here, and any troubles involving them. I woke up in this amusement park, and was gonna go after that Dream Eater when you got in my way!"

"Yeah, speaking of which, where did it go?" Gray asked, looking about. Natsu then realized that he got sidetracked with Kirito, and his face expressed that.

"You lost it, didn't you?" Lucy asked him.

"Mind telling me why you guys are after the Nightmare?" Kirito asked.

"That thing had stolen a key we're trying to destroy." Gray explained, "It's suppose to power up a weapon that the king is gonna destroy our friends with."

"Say what?" Kirito asked, "I'm getting kinda lost, here. First of all, what king?"

"The King of Edolas, of course!" Lucy answered, "He's the one responsible for kidnapping Fairy Tail and all of Magnolia, and turning them into a giant lachryma."

"The king took some of my Dragon Slayer Magic in order to power up a weapon that'll send them crashing into the kingdom where the Exceeds are." Natsu added.

"What'll that do?" Kirito asked.

"It's gonna cause everlasting magic to rain down upon Edolas!" Lucy responded, "However, everyone will be lost, forever!"

Kirito gasped at this, then he frowned. "I don't have all the pieces put together, but if your friends are involved, then I want to help you save them!"

"Really?" Lucy asked.

"For real?" Natsu added.

"How do you know we can trust you?" Gray asked.

"Let's just say that I support Fairy Tail, and all it does." Kirito answered, "If they need help, then I want to do my part."

"Sounds good to me." Natsu stated, "Then let's get moving!"

"The Nightmare went off in that direction." Kirito pointed towards where it went, "Let's trace where it went!" With their sights set on where to go, the team took off through the amusement park, pursuing the Jestabocky.

Kirito, Natsu, Lucy and Gray raced along the path they were taking. While they were running, Kirito got the rundown on what was going on. The amusement park they were in was in fact inside the king's castle in the royal city of Edolas, a world parallel to their home world of Earthland. Unlike their world, Earthland's magic is a finite resource, used in magical weapons, rather than from a person's body like Natsu and the others. Due to it being a finite resource, Edolas' magic was running low, so the king of Edolas used a magic spell called 'Anima', absorbing the Fairy Tail guild, along with all of Magnolia, and turning them into a giant lachryma.

Fortunately, all of the Dragon Slayers and Exceeds, along with Lucy, survived it due to their special magic or being saved, and went to Edolas to rescue their friends. Along the way, they managed to reawaken Erza and Gray back to their normal forms thanks to the power of Gajeel's Dragon Slayer Magic. When Kirito questioned where the other live members of Fairy Tail were, he learned that Gajeel and Happy were trying to free the rest of Fairy Tail from the lachryma. Wendy and Carla went to warn the Exceeds of Extalia of what was to come, and Erza was apparently fighting against the Edolas version of Erza, who was one of the captains in the royal army.

By the time Kirito got all of the info, they arrived at an open area between a ferris wheel and a swinging ship. In the center of the area laid a large key with a blue dragon figure at the top of it.

"There it is!" Lucy cheered.

"I got it!" Natsu declared, racing towards the key. By the time he got close enough to reach out, the key disappeared in a puff of smoke, revealing itself to be a Jestabocky. "What the heck?!" Natsu cried out.

"It was a fake!" Gray gasped.

All of a sudden, multiple Dream Eaters appeared all about Natsu, who looked about, seeing the situation he was in. "So you guys want to brawl, huh?" Natsu snarled, holding up a fiery fist.

"Let me in on the fun!" Kirito called to him summoning his Spirits as he readied to fight.

Kirito and Natsu started taking out the Dream Eaters left and right, which were composed of Jestabocky, Ducky Goose, Juggle Pups, and Electricorns. Natsu's flames were especially tough against the Nightmares all about them, while Kirito unleashed all of his attacks with just as much intensity. Kirito got use to his Howling Octave Sword Skill again, which was a eight-hit, fire-element attack, comprised of five consecutive thrusts, followed by a downwards slash, then a rising slash, followed by an overhead slash, causing an explosion. Kirito also got to know the Icebreaker technique, which composed of him unleashing an icy sword spin that froze his enemies, followed by a fiery sword spin, shattering the ice and increasing the damage.

Once they cleared the area of all the Dream Eaters, Natsu looked frustrated. "Man, I can't believe those things can turn into keys!" he snarled.

"This IS gonna make our mission a bit harder, if those things can trick us like that." Kirito told him, "We're just gonna have to be more careful, next time."

"If that one was the fake, then who has the real key?" Lucy asked in a worried tone.

"Hey, look up there!" Gray shouted, pointing upwards. Quite aways from them, riding on the roller coaster, was another Jestabocky, and it was holding a key like the one they saw before. "That thing has a key!" the ice-element mage pointed out.

"Could that be the real key?" Lucy asked.

"Only one way to find out!" Kirito answered, and he led the team towards where the roller coaster was.

After taking out a few sets of Dream Eaters that impeded in their path, the team arrived just above the track, or rather rail, of the roller coaster. The Jestabocky that held the key was still riding the coaster, enjoying the ride.

"I'll stop it!" Natsu shouted, leaping up onto the rail and jumping his way towards the car the Jestabocky was on.

"Wait, Natsu!" Lucy shouted, but he didn't care.

With one fiery fist, Natsu smashed the car the Jestabocky was on, and the Nightmare flew over him, dropping the key. Natsu watched both of them fly, and saw the key turn into another Jestabocky, both of them sticking their tongues out at Natsu. "Damn it! It's another fake!" he shouted, racing towards the flying Dream Eaters. He leapt up, and took each of them out in one shot.

As he fell, Natsu landed into another one of the roller coaster cars that was going along the track. Arms on the back of the car grabbed his arms, holding him in the car. "Hey! Let me go!" Natsu shouted, but as soon as he said this, he started to look sick, and his cheeks started to bulge, almost like he was gonna throw up.

"What's up with him?" Kirito asked.

"It's his motion sickness." Lucy muttered, "He gets seriously sick whenever he gets on a vehicle."

"What a loser…" Gray added. Kirito looked up at Natsu. He had no idea Natsu had that kind of problem, since he never witness him on any vehicle before. Now that he knew, it kinda made Natsu look pretty dumb.

"As much as I would like to watch this, I think we should help him out." Kirito told the two, "I'll go up there and free him."

"Okay, but how are you gonna do that?" Gray asked.

"Watch this…" Kirito stated. He leapt at a wall, and activated his Flowmotion. He used the power to leap up onto the track, and he started grinding along it, chasing after Natsu.

"Woah!" Lucy gasped, watching Kirito go.

Kirito pursued the car along the track, seeing Natsu's sick expression from a distance. "I'm only a little bit faster than that car, but at this rate, it'll take forever to reach him!" Kirito told himself, "I need to get close to him faster!" Kirito then looked ahead of the track, and noticed a double helix coming up on them, the lower one being a wider turn than the top one. This gave Kirito a plan of action.

As Natsu reached the helix first, the turning caused his face to turn blue, and his cheeks to bulge even more. Kirito watched as the car he was in went down to the second helix just as he, himself, arrived at the first. "Now!" Kirito shouted, and he leapt off of the track, falling down mere feet behind Natsu's car, and continuing the pursuit.

"Now I've got you!" Kirito shouted, reaching out to take the car. He grabbed the back end, and pulled himself aboard the car. Kirito steadied his balance on the moving car, producing his Keyblade. With a few whacks, Kirito managed to destroy the hands holding Natsu in the car. He then used Zero Gravira on Natsu, lifting him out of the car and making him float in midair. Kirito leapt off the car, landing on the ground below, watching as the Zero Gravira wore off, and Natsu fell to the ground near Kirito, shaken by the car ride.

"Is it…over now?" Natsu squeaked.

"Yeah, it's over." Kirito replied, reaching out to him, "Seriously, are you okay?"

Natsu shook his head, his motion sickness worn off, and he reached out to Kirito's hand, pulling himself up to his feet. "Yeah, I'm okay." he answered, "Thanks for the save, Kirito."

"No prob." Kirito answered.

Just then, Kirito noticed something far behind Natsu. It was another Jestabocky, also holding a key, waving it above it as it entered a haunted house called 'Monster Academy'. "Over there!" Kirito shouted, pointing to the Nightmare.

Natsu turned and saw it enter the building. "Great, another one." he moaned.

"Let's hope it isn't a fake one." Kirito told him.

"I got it!" Lucy shouted, appearing out of nowhere and entering the building in pursuit of the Jestabocky.

"Wait, don't go in there alone!" Kirito shouted, and he and Natsu chased after Lucy and the Nightmare as they entered the haunted house.

They entered the halls of the haunted house, looking about. It wasn't as scary for the two, due to them being so fearless. They entered the 'classroom' of the academy, which fit the feeling of the entire building, composed of oversized school desks and monsters of many kinds in school uniforms, the biggest of which being a giant version of Frankenstein's monster.

"Well, I can say that this building just spells the word 'cliché'." Kirito stated, looking up at a young Medusa figure. Natsu looked up at a lizard-faced monster with an expression that said 'I don't get it'.

"Hey, is anyone there?! Get me out of here!" shouted Lucy's muffled voice. It was coming from inside an upright coffin-like box in the front of the classroom. Natsu and Kirito turned and raced over to the box.

"Lucy, is that you?" Kirito asked.

"This isn't the time to be playing around…" Natsu told her.

"I'm not playing around!" Lucy retorted, shaking the coffin violently, "I was chasing after that monster when it trapped me in this thing, so get me out of here!"

Natsu opened the door, and both were startled. "What's with those expressions?" Lucy asked. She was wearing a revealing, red genie-styled attire. Kirito was reminded a bit of Jasmine back in Agrabah, though more revealing than her attire.

"What are you doing wearing a genie outfit?!" Natsu demanded. Lucy looked down, and was shocked to see the new change in her clothes.

Kirito looked behind the box, both to see what happened and to refrain from looking in consideration for Asuna. He saw a label on it, though it was in a different language, so he could not understand it. "Hey, there's something over here." Kirito told them.

Natsu walked over and read, "The Complete Transformation Actor's Box: Come with us and enjoy the land of fairy tails with some fun and exciting transformations that everyone will enjoy."

"Fun and exciting?" Lucy repeated, not amused with her look.

"I think they forgot to add the warning that skimpy attires are included." Kirito sighed, then he noticed a turn dial below the label, and pointed out, "This might change your attire. Natsu, help her out, okay? I'll go look about for the Jestabocky."

"My real clothes better be in there!" Lucy warned Natsu as she entered the box again.

"Okay, here goes!" Natsu responded with a sinister grin on his face.

Kirito walked to the back of the classroom, looking for any signs of the Jestabocky. As he reached the far back, he noticed something near the Frankenstein monster's feet. "Hey, a new Portal!" Kirito noticed, walking over to it and touching the side. He saw the image of a woman with dark-red eyes and hair of the same color, tied in a ponytail. "So the person's name is 'Anna'." Kirito felt, "It also says that I need to take out the enemies in a time limit." The Portal rose into the air as four pegasus-like Dream Eaters appeared called Pegaslick, along with several Wheeflowers. Kirito summoned Drill and Komory, and went into immediate action.

Kirito leapt up and unleashed an aerial Circle Raid technique, slashing the Pegaslicks before they could escape. He followed it up with air-dashing at one of the Nightmares, activating his Flowmotion, spinning about it until he got his aim right, and smacked the Pegaslick over to another one, making both of them slam into Frankenstein's monster. Komory followed the attack through with its' sonic screech, destroying both of them.

Kirito landed on the ground with Drill, and shouted, "Let's take them all out at once!" Drill understood, and the two quickly focused. "Link Action! Roll Call!" Kirito shouted, and all of a sudden, Drill transformed into a spiked-ball form, while Kirito stood on top of him. Kirito started rolling Drill towards the Wheeflowers, trampling over them and skewering them with the spikes. Kirito kept this up until the Link Action ended. By the time that was done, Kirito and Drill defeated all of the Wheeflowers while damaging one of the Pegaslicks. Kirito leapt off Drill when the link ended, unleashing his Drain Dive onto the damaged Pegaslick, finishing it off. Komory was already dealing with the last Pegaslick while Kirito did this, and it was successful in defeating it.

Kirito sighed in relief that he finished quickly, then looked up at the Portal in the air. "I hope that was fast enough." Kirito muttered. The rewards of completing the Portal rained down around him, along with a rare Epic Fantasy. He noticed his Dream Eater book glowing, and opened it up to see a new recipe in it to create a Halbird.

"Yes!" Kirito cheered softly, "Now to make it happen." Kirito begun setting up the ingredients, which were comprised of Epic and Lofty Fantasies. He added the Sleepra spell for an extra boost of power, and backed off once things were ready.

"Dream Eater, beckon to my side." Kirito chanted, "Come forth, and fight with me against Nightmares!" The ingredients spun around and came together, then there was a flash of light, a puff of smoke, and Kirito's new Dream Eater appeared.

The Halbird had an eagle-like form, with a body composed of aqua green, purple, yellow and white colors, small horns on its' head, its' purple and yellow-tipped wings looking like blades, and the yellow and aqua green tail was just as much so. Its' eyes were purple.

The Halbird screeched as it appeared, flapping to keep itself in the air. "Nice. I'm glad to have another aerial fighter like Komory." Kirito stated, seeing his new Spirit, "Considering your name sounds a lot like halberd. I'll call you by that name, okay?" The Halbird screeched in agreement.

Kirito then pulled out his Spirit cards, and started looking at what he had to work with. Considering the strength level of the monsters now, along with how much fighting he did since the last time, he had about 350 Link Points to work with, and with only Blaze, Kabuto, Drill, and now Halberd to deal with.

From Kabuto, Kirito had enough spare points from the last time to complete Kabuto's board, which gave Kirito a double increase in defense.

From Blaze, Kirito gained the Spirit ability, Support Boost, increasing support powers from his Dream Eaters, and gained a Firaga spell with it, leaving himself with one more thing to gain before completing the board.

From Drill, Kirito gained an attack boost, a resistance to poison, mini and slow effects, a boost to stamina, and another Blitz technique. He could also see that in order to get to another part of the board, he would need to link with Drill a few more times.

Finally, from Halberd, Kirito gained a boost to attack speed, and a reprisal move called 'Steep Climb', which was suppose to activate when Kirito knocks an opponent in the air.

Now that Kirito was done with working with his Spirits, he pulled out the Command Pad to change around his attacks. Kirito knew right off the bat that he would change his Fira spell for the new Firaga spell.

Just as Kirito finished this, his pad began to ring, and a symbol on the bottom-righthand corner showing a picture of two rotating arrows, along with Asuna and his own face. "What's this?" Kirito asked, tapping the symbol. Something came from the symbol, and was added to the list of attacks he had; it was a Cura spell. "Cura?" Kirito questioned, "Did Asuna send this to me?" Kirito questioned this, but knew that Asuna had her reasons. Still, it did help Kirito, since he didn't have a healing spell on him apart from Drain Dive, so he exchanged the technique for the Cura spell, feeling grateful for Asuna's gift. He placed his Pad away, and decided to work with Drill and Halberd for the moment, with Blaze in reserves, and the rest of the team waiting in the wings.

"I wonder if Lucy's back in her clothes again." Kirito wondered, stepping out from behind the huge desk, and was petrified at the sight he saw. Both Natsu and Lucy were both dressed in girls' school swimsuits, and both had pink inner tubes around their waists. Not only was this plain ridiculous, but it made Natsu look like an absolute pervert. Natsu looked embarrassed while Lucy looked absolutely ticked off.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Kirito shouted at them, "Why are you two dressed like that?!"

"Don't look at me! Lucy put me in this stupid look!" Natsu defended. "Yeah, but after you kept playing around with changing me in so many costumes!" Lucy barked at him.

Kirito gritted his teeth. This was not the time or place to be playing like this. "Okay, before I lose my cool, I'm gonna put the two of you back into your original clothes, got it?!" he demanded.

"Thank you!" Lucy replied, "Now let me…"

"I'm going first!" Natsu shouted, racing into the costume changer and closing the door.

"Have you ever heard of 'ladies first', Natsu?!" Lucy yelled into the box as Kirito walked past her. He turned the dial on the side, making sure he had it right. The skull's eyes on the front of the door began to glow, and after a few seconds, the door opened, with Natsu back to his old attire.

"Lucy, you're next." Kirito told her.

"The sooner I'm out of this, the better!" Lucy replied, stomping into the costume changer and slamming the door.

"I'm not sure which one contains her normal clothes, but I'll give it a shot…" Kirito muttered, turning the dial around, hoping he could get the right one. The eyes of the skull glowed, and after a few seconds, Lucy popped out of the costume changer, wearing a rather sexy attire, composed of a green and yellow bra, dark bracelets on her upper arms and legs, and a green waist-cloth, held on by a brown belt with her satchel that contained her Gate Keys.

"This isn't my look!" Lucy called out.

"Sorry, I got it mixed up!" Kirito apologized, "Hold on, I might just have it here…"

Before he could start, however, Natsu roared out, "Hey, over there!" Everyone looked to see the Jestabocky that was holding the key race past them along the hallway, heading back out of the haunted house. "It's the same one!" Natsu snarled, "Come back here, you key thief!" Kirito watched Natsu take off, then chase after him and the Jestabocky, forgetting to help change Lucy back to her old clothes.

"Hey, where are you going?!" she shouted, "I can't change my attire by myself! Get back here!" she chased after the two boys as they exited the classroom.

As soon as they left the fake academy, they saw the Jestabocky flail its' tongue out at them, and several more Dream Eaters appeared, blocking their path to it as the Jestabocky ran away. "You're not getting away!" Natsu shouted.

"Hang on, where's Gray?" Kirito asked, turning to Lucy, "Wasn't he with you?"

"He was, but we split up to find the real monster with the key." Lucy answered.

Natsu unleashed an explosion of flames, decimating the Nightmares and startling Kirito and Lucy. "You can call up as many of those as you want, I'll just burn them down!" Natsu snarled, racing after the Jestabocky.

"Wait up!" Kirito shouted as he and Lucy chased after Natsu.

The two boys and girl started fighting off the Nightmares the Jestabocky was summoning, but it was getting farther and farther away from them, and was heading to the back exit of the amusement park.

"We have to get it back before it's too late!" Lucy shouted, using her whip, which was called the Fleuve d'étoiles.

"You don't think we're trying our hardest?!" Kirito demanded as Halberd unleashed a spiraling dash, slashing down a pair of Majik Lapins.

After several waves of this, Kirito, Natsu and Lucy could barely see the Jestabocky and the key in the distance as it exited the park. "Hurry!" Kirito shouted, and he and the others ran as fast as they could after the Dream Eater. They had just reached the exit when they saw the Jestabocky stopped by an icy-blue aura of light, and it turned into an ice cube and making the key fly. Gray had just stopped the Nightmare in its' tracks.

"Gray!" Lucy and Kirito called out.

"Oh, come on! We didn't need his help!" Natsu snarled. Gray caught the key, and held it aloft.

"Hey, Gray, toss the key up!" Kirito shouted, "I'll take care of it!"

"Sure, here ya go." Gray responded, sending the key airborne. Kirito leapt ahead of the group, and unleashed his Icebreaker technique, freezing it with a spin of his Keyblade, then igniting the tip of his weapon, and slashing the key in half as the ice shattered. The key dropped to the floor, unusable. Natsu went to the frozen Jestabocky, and punched it out of existence. The deed was done. They destroyed the real key.

As soon as everyone gathered together, Kirito picked up the remains of the key, holding it to everyone. "I think we'd just took care of things here." Kirito told them.

"Yeah, we destroyed the key, and put an end to those stupid clown monsters!" Natsu cheered.

"Now Magnolia will be safe from being destroyed!" Lucy added happily.

"Hold on, you guys." Gray stopped them, "Now that we've destroyed the real key, we have a chance to save our friends quickly by using the weapon that key was meant for!"

"Say what?" Natsu asked.

"How are we gonna do that?" Kirito asked, tossing the key behind him.

"The King of Edolas wants to fire the weapon called the Dragon Chain Cannon at the floating island the lachryma is on, making it crash into Extalia." Gray explained, "We won't do that. Instead, if we can hit the lachryma directly with the weapon, we can turn everyone back to normal."

"You lost me." Natsu said with a confused expression.

"Me, too." Kirito agreed, "How is that suppose to free our friends?"

"The Dragon Chain Cannon uses the Dragon Slayer magic that was siphoned from Natsu and Wendy." Gray explained, "Remember what we told you before? Dragon Slayer magic in Edolas has the ability to turn people that were changed into lachryma back to normal. That's how Gajeel freed me and Erza."

"I see!" Lucy realized, "Then if we use all that power fired from the weapon, we can free everyone in one go!" Kirito started to understand the brilliance of the idea.

"How on earth did you figure this out?" Lucy explained.

"While we split up, I met some weirdo that knew all about it, and he told me before I beat him up." Gray explained, "He also told me that the Dragon Chain Cannon is somewhere down this hall."

"Hate to be a downer, but we already broke the key that was suppose to fire that thing-a-magig." Natsu pointed out. Lucy just realized that, and looked depressed at this.

"That's no big deal." Kirito assured them, holding out his Keyblade, "This weapon isn't just for show. It has the power to unlock any kind of keyhole. If the Dragon Chain Cannon is activated by a key, then they're just gonna have to agree to my terms!"

"Sounds like a plan of action!" Natsu stated, "Let's get to it!" Lucy and Gray nodded in agreement.

Just then, they heard metallic footsteps approaching from down the hall, and the four looked to see someone approach them. Kirito could tell by the long, red hair piled high who it was. It was Erza, dressed in a skimpy knights armor, comprised of a dark scarf around her neck, a halter-type armor breastplate top, dark metal gauntlets and greaves, a dark bikini-like bottom with a white cloth piece hiding her hips, and dark metal waist guards that almost looked like coattails. She also looked like she had endured a tough battle.

"I found all of you." she stated, "And I heard what you said as well, about that key being able to activate the cannon."

"Whoa, it's Erza!" Natsu gasped.

'She looks like she's been through hell.' Kirito thought to himself.

"Wait, something's not right…" Gray stopped Natsu.

"Yeah… That's the Edolas Erza!" Lucy gasped, horrified. Kirito looked from his friends to the Erza in front of them, who smirked menacingly.

"No way…" Natsu mumbled, shocked at what this meant, "Our Erza lost?!" Kirito readied himself to fight Erza, who charged at him, ready to take him down.

Moments later, Kirito found himself battered and bound by rope, along with Natsu, as they were dragged across the floor by Erza. She was pulling them along, with one sword in her hand, as they met up with members of the royal guard that were in front of the large door leading to the Dragon Chain Cannon.

"Captain Knightwalker!" one of the guard addressed Erza, "May I ask who these men are?"

"Keys to the Dragon Chain Cannon." Erza answered.

"I don't understand." said the guard, but Erza ignored this.

"Is his Majesty inside?" Erza asked sternly.

"O-Of course, captain." the guard answered. The guards stood aside as the door opened on its' own accord.

"We're very close, men." Erza told them, "Everlasting power is within reach."

Erza pulled Kirito and Natsu through the door, where many members of the royal army stood, along with those controlling the large machine itself, which looked lifeless in its' current state, and it had huge statues of an elderly man's face with blue gems in its' eyes, and curved wings that formed on the outer sides of each statue.

The person who's face resembled the statues stood right in front of the machine, holding a staff in one hand. He had long grayish-white hair and a beard that reached his chest, and wide, demented eyes. He had a dark red and white pope-styled hat that had a sort of bow and arrow-like symbol, a dark red vest over his shoulders with a white fur fringe, a burnt orange coat over a brown and black robe that had orange cuffs at the wrists. This man was Faust, the King of Edolas.

"I heard you have successfully retrieved the key. Is this true?" Faust asked Erza as she came forward.

"Not entirely." Erza answered, "The key was destroyed." She then tossed Kirito in front of her. "This boy is able to use his key as a working copy." she explained.

"You gotta be kidding me!" he growled back.

"Who is this?" Faust asked, looking down at Kirito.

"He's an Earthland wizard, sir, and a comrade of the Dragon Slayer." Erza answered.

Faust nodded in understanding, and demanded, "Free him, now! And let him produce this 'key' immediately."

Erza slashed the bindings around Kirito with her sword, freeing him. She then hoisted the unconscious Natsu up, placing the blade to his throat. "Get up, Earthland wizard, and don't do anything rash." she ordered Kirito, who rose to his feet, massaging his arm, "You will activate the Dragon Chain Cannon."

Kirito looked up at the machine, seeing the massive machine before him. 'So this is the weapon, huh? It's nothing I've ever seen before.' Kirito thought to himself, 'I'm not sure if I can control this thing once it activates. I hope I know what I'm doing.'

Erza pressed the blade to Natsu's throat, and hissed, "Quit stalling."

Kirito glared back at Erza, then sighed, "Fine, I'll do it, but only because you asked so nicely." He turned to see the keyhole the key should have been placed in. He produced his Keyblade, twirled it above his head, and pointed the tip to the keyhole. A beam of light shot out, entering the keyhole, and the sound of it unlocking echoed through the room.

"That's crazy!" one guard gasped.

"He used that key-sword to activate the Cannon without even putting it in!" another guard stated, "Is that Earthland magic?"

Kirito lowered his Keyblade, and looked up to see the dragon emblem above the keyhole glow a fiery orange. The energy started to surge through all the etches up the wall, heading towards the ceiling. The eyes of the statues lit up brightly with the same glowing energy, and the room started to shake as the machine started to activate.

"Yes! This is a glorious day for Edolas!" Faust declared, laughing maniacally. Erza looked stunned at the scene that took place, while Natsu was still unconscious.

Kirito looked about. He couldn't find any sort of way to control the aim of the Dragon Chain Cannon. 'Dammit… How am I suppose to aim this thing?!' Kirito thought to himself desperately, 'I was sure it would appear after I activated it. Don't tell me it's controlled another way!'

Kirito looked to the king, who had his arms outstretched as he continued to laugh maniacally. "Prepare to fire!" he ordered his troops.

'This is not good!' Kirito told himself, gritting his teeth.

At this point, Erza lowered her blade as she whispered into Natsu's ear, "Now's our time." She tossed Natsu forward, calling his name.

Natsu suddenly awoke, his whole body igniting in flames as he burnt the ropes off of him. "I'm here!" he growled, freeing himself and charging at the army, unleashing his Fire Dragon's Wing Attack. Kirito turned about and summoned Drill and Halberd to his side. "Charge!" Kirito declared, and he and his Spirits raced to the army, taking them out with their charge.

"What's going on here?!" Faust demanded, looking at the chaos, "What is the meaning of this?!"

All of a sudden, Erza came up from behind Faust, pulling his arm back and placing a blade to his throat. "I'm calling off the launch!" she shouted to the royal army.

"You traitor, how dare you!" Faust growled, "You are playing with fire, Erza!"

Kirito and Natsu both smirked as Erza's body started to glow, and she transformed into her standard Heart Kreuz Armor that Kirito remembered in Yusnaan. "My name is Erza Scarlet." she called out, "I'm an Earthland wizard!"

"They actually fell for it!" Natsu said happily, "Good ol' plan D: Deceive the royal army dummies!"

"That's not a good name for it, but yeah, it worked out." Kirito stated, turning to Erza, "Still, it got pretty scary there, back when you showed up…"

(Flashback) Kirito readied himself to defend against Erza as she charged forward. However, instead of attacking Kirito, she passed him, and knocked down Natsu to the floor. Lucy, Gray and Kirito were shocked at the immediate attack. "Did you really have that much lack of faith in me that I would be beaten by Knightwalker?!" Erza asked Natsu with a menacing glare. Natsu looked terrified at Erza's glare.

"So it really is you, Erza." Gray said with a smirk.

"You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Lucy sighed in relief.

'She didn't have to crack Natsu over the head like that.' Kirito thought to himself.

Erza turned to Kirito and asked, "And who might you be?"

"I'm Kirito." he answered, "I was helping these guys out in destroying that key." He pointed to the ground where the destroyed key was.

"I see. So you're an ally." Erza understood, "Well, in that case, I thank you for helping us."

"No prob. Any member of Fairy Tail is a friend of mine." Kirito stated.

"I've got a question; Why are you dressed like that other Erza?" Gray asked.

"It's all part of my plan." Erza answered, "First, I need for you and Lucy to find us some way to give the rest of us a quick escape should we need it."

"Right!" Lucy answered, "We're on it!" Gray and Lucy ran back to the amusement park, going into a different part of the castle.

Erza turned back to Kirito and Natsu, who recovered from Erza's attack. "Okay, here's the plan: I bring the two of you in disguised as Knightwalker, and order you, Kirito, to activate the Dragon Chain Cannon." Erza explained, "Once it's activated, I'll give the signal for the two of you to distract the royal army while I capture the king, and force them to target the lachryma our friends are on directly."

"Sounds like a plan." Kirito answered.

"Yeah, let's do it!" Natsu agreed.

"But first thing's first." Erza started, pulling out a rope and snapping it straight, "I'll need to bind you two down to make it look right. I might even need to hit you a couple times in order to make it seemed I've beaten you."

"Please don't…" Kirito moaned, nervous at Erza's added touches. (Flashback Ends)

Erza turned to the crowd working the machine, still holding the king as a hostage. "I want you to aim the cannon directly at the lachryma!" she ordered.

"And I want you to fire it now, at the original target!" Faust shouted in response.

The royal army was in trouble. They didn't know whether to follow the orders of the king at the risk of his life, or agree to Erza's demands. "We're wasting time!" Erza shouted to the crowd.

"Fire it now! Forget about saving me, and eliminate the Exceeds!" Faust called out.

"So what's more important to you: The King of Edolas or the magic?" Kirito taunted at the army.

Finally, the royal army decided the king's life was more important. "Change the target! Aim for the giant lachryma!" one guard ordered.

"You cowards!" Faust roared, "You're throwing away our chance for everlasting power!"

'This could actually work!' Kirito thought to himself, smirking at Natsu, who grinned back.

Just then, they heard a cry from above, and they looked up to see something that shocked Kirito. It was Erza, dressed in gray, tight-leather attire, with dark belts wrapped around the top and bottom of her large chest, her waist, and around her shoulders. She also wore light metal shoulder guards, gauntlets and greaves, with darker armor on her upper arms and knees. She also carried a three-pronged spear in her hands, which she twirled about as she descended.

"SCARLET!" Erza shouted angrily, slamming down towards the other Erza, who tossed the king aside in order to block with her sword.

"It's Captain Knightwalker!" Faust said in a menacingly relieved tone.

"There's two Erzas?!" Kirito gasped in shock.

"His Majesty is free!" one of the guards informed everyone, "Now, reset to the original target!" Kirito heard what sounded like a dragon's roar coming from the very top of the castle. Both Erza Scarlet and Knightwalker were in a standoff against each other. Natsu and Kirito felt the intense energy of the weapon coming from within the machine itself, and they could only endure as terrified expressions came across each of their faces.

"Fire!" Faust roared, and the energy spiked.

Outside of the castle, red energy shot out of the cannon that appeared out of the top of the castle. From within the cannon muzzle came the skeletal-like figure of some kind of dragon head. It raised from below, empowered by the Dragon Slayer magic. Beneath the cannon muzzle, large fan wheels started to glow red, and start rotating faster and faster, charging up the Dragon Chain Cannon.

After several seconds of charging, the chain roared as it shot upwards, the rest of the body being a giant chain. It shot into the air, aiming for the floating island that had a giant blue crystal on it, which was the lachryma itself. The Dragon Chain roared as it reared itself, and struck the island the lachryma was on, causing it to shake violently.

On top of the island, Gajeel and Happy stood there as Pantherlily, one of the captains of the royal army, stood there. He was in his more muscular human figure, wearing a silver breastplate and green pants. "What was that?" Gajeel asked as the island shook, causing Happy to topple over.

"The Dragon Chain Cannon attaching." Pantherlily answered with a smirk.

Gajeel looked shocked. "They didn't make it in time!" he stated.

Happy produced his wings and flew out to see the island from a distance, along with the head of the massive chain burrowed into the island's bottom. "He's right! There's something big stuck to it!" he called out to Gajeel. The Dragon Chain Cannon's eyes glowed, and it burrowed even further into the island, locking into place. "I don't like the looks of this…" Happy moaned.

Back inside the castle, Kirito heard one of the guards shout, "Attachment complete!"

"Now smash it into the Exceed's kingdom at once!" Faust ordered.

"We can't let this happen!" Natsu shouted.

"We were so darn close!" Kirito snarled, "We gotta do something!"

Just then, one of the walls exploded, and a large, dark blue-skinned monster appeared. It looked sort of dinosaur-like, but it had aspects of a demon or dragon, including giant wings. It landed in front of Kirito and the Fairy Tail wizards. "Hey, you guys! Get on its' back!" shouted Lucy's voice.

"Lucy?!" Erza gasped.

"Holy cow! They turned you into a monster!" Natsu said in shock.

"Get real, Natsu!" Kirito told him.

Lucy showed herself over the head of the monster, barking, "Quit being ridiculous and get on, right now!"

Gray appeared right next to her, adding, "We found a way to get to the giant lachryma, so get on already!"

Kirito, Natsu and Erza all got onto the back of the monster, and noticed a third person on it. She was a young girl, and had a puppy-like face to her, including a green floppy-eared hat, though her hair was brown and tied in a side ponytail, held on by a bauble. Her attire consisted of a yellow and white-rimmed dress, a white and blue loose collar on top that had two light blue tails going down the back, and a skin-tight, dark blue bodysuit that showed on her forearms and legs. She was barefoot, but she did wear white gloves.

"Who's she?" Kirito asked.

"I'm Coco." the girl answered with a salute, "I'm helping you guys out in stopping the lachryma with my Legion, Legi."

"Coco!" Faust growled, knowing her. She was, after all, the former Assistant Chief-in-Staff to him. With everyone on board the giant Legion, the beast took off into the air, exiting where they entered.

As they left, Erza and Kirito looked down to see the angry expressions on Faust and Erza Knightwalker. "Scarlet!" Knightwalker growled. She then used her spear, grabbed her long hair, and slashed her hair into a bob-styled cut, tossing the rest of the hair to the ground as she exited the room. This was made so that Erza Scarlet could not copy her again.

"Don't just stand there! Prepare the 2nd Magic Warfare Unit Legion Platoon!" she ordered her men.

"Yes, ma'am!" the soldiers answered.

"I will be going as well." Faust added, glaring up at the escaping Legion, "Prepare to deploy the Dorma Anim." The soldiers were shocked at this order, as Faust looked serious at this command.

Outside of the castle, the team riding the Legion started to fly higher and higher above the royal city of Edolas. They flew alongside the chain, and witnessed the island the lachryma was on starting to move towards another larger island, where the kingdom of Extalia was at. The speed of the massive island caused a dome of hot air to erupt around it.

"It's already starting!" Gray growled.

"I hope we're able to stop the island from crashing with this thing." Lucy hoped.

"It's our only chance!" Erza answered. Kirito could already tell that even with the Legion, it won't be enough to stop the island from crashing, due to the mass difference and the momentum of the island.

Kirito looked down at the Dragon Chain Cannon, thinking of a way to stop it. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him. He stood up, and the others turned to see him standing, glaring down at the chain.

"What are you doing?" Lucy asked.

"It's only a thought, but I hope I'm right." Kirito answered, turning to them, "You just do whatever you can to slow down the island as much as possible. I'll try stopping it another way!"

"What do you mean?" Coco asked.

Kirito turned away from the group, and leapt off the Legion, falling through the sky towards the Dragon Chain Cannon! "Kirito!" Erza shouted.

"He's crazy! He'll die that way!" Gray noticed.

Kirito looked determined as he straightened his body, accelerating his descent. "Halberd!" he shouted, and his Spirit appeared, diving down with him. "Let's go!" he called to it, "Link Action! Fly-by Knight!" Halberd and Kirito united together, and Halberd held onto Kirito's back by its' talons, as they continued the descent, this time in control. They angled themselves right onto the chain, and Halberd spread its' wings out, slowing their descent. They managed to slow down enough for Kirito to topple onto the chain safely.

Kirito sighed in relief as he looked at the chain. It was slightly wobbling due to it moving the island towards Extalia. "Thanks for the save, there." Kirito thanked Halberd, who screeched in response. "Now, for the reason I came here." Kirito told himself, examining the chain, "I just hope I'm right about it…" After a few seconds of searching, he found it. Down the chain a bit from his position was a darker, more rugged metal on one of the joints of the Dragon Chain Cannon. A rusted part of the chain.

"I knew it!" said Kirito, racing along the chain to the spot, "Every weapon has its' weakpoint, and this one's is time. It obviously was build quite some time ago, and due to the country's lack of magic, it wasn't in use until this moment. As such, the chain's metal has rusted and decayed in all this time, without proper maintenance." Kirito used his Keyblade, and with several slashes, he damaged the rusted part of the chain. Kirito looked up at the head of the Dragon Chain Cannon. It was still moving the island. The Legion had just made it to the island, and started to push with all of its' might.

"Hmm…not enough." Kirito muttered, "But, if I can find more rusted parts of the chain, and damage it, I might be able to stop the flow of magic, and stop the island from crashing!"

"Hold it!" shouted a voice from behind Kirito. He turned, and saw another Legion in the air behind him, with Erza Knightwalker riding on top of it.

"Crap, it's her!" Kirito grimaced, watching as she leapt off of the Legion's back, onto the chain.

"How dare you try to destroy the Dragon Chain Cannon!" Erza growled, "I don't remember seeing you with the other Earthland wizards."

"And we haven't met one another until now." Kirito responded, "I'm Kirito, a friend of Fairy Tail, and the one who's gonna stop this thing!"

As Halberd flew right next to him, Drill came to Kirito's other side. Unfortunately, due to the size of it compared to the chain, Drill nearly fell off had it not catch itself. "Heh, I guess one of your beasts isn't well-suited for this area." Erza chuckled.

Kirito patted Drill on the head, and told him, "Sorry pal, but this isn't your battlefield. I'll switch you out, okay?" He recalled Drill into his card, and summoned out Blaze in his place. "Kay, now we're ready!" Kirito told Erza, going into his fighter's stance.

"That's an interesting power you possess." Erza noticed, "You can summon more of those beasts with those cards?"

"They're my friends, and comrades in battle." Kirito responded, "Let me show you what they're capable of…" Kirito waved his Keyblade forward, and his two Spirits shot long-ranged attacks; Halberd's homing laser feathers, and Blaze's flamethrower.

The two attack came at Erza, obscuring her view from Kirito. With a swipe of her spear, she destroyed all of the attacks, which caused an explosion. She shielded herself from the smoke as she twirled her spear, dispelling the smoke from her. She looked to see Kirito racing up the chain as fast as he could, with his Spirits right by him. "Get back here!" she shouted.

"I don't have time to fight with her seriously!" Kirito told himself, "I need to destroy this chain before the lachryma is destroyed!"

"You won't get away from me that easily!" Erza shouted, raising her spear and making the spearhead transform into an arrowhead-like form, "Silfarion!" All of a sudden, she dashed at incredible speeds, catching up to Kirito in mere seconds. He turned just in time to parry her thrusting spear. She turned around, attempting to make several slashes at Kirito. He managed to endure some of them, but the slashes were too fast to counter all of them, and he got struck a few times.

"Damn it!" Kirito moaned, getting to his feet. Erza positioned herself in front of Kirito's path, preventing him from going forward. Halberd flew from the sky above, diving down at Erza. She looked up and saw it coming. She and Halberd crossed paths, slashing spear with wing, but Erza won, and Halberd fell to the ground. "Halberd!" Kirito called out, then looked up to see Erza dive down towards him. Kirito unleashed Zero Gravira, stopping Erza in midair.

"But how?!" Erza gasped. Kirito leapt up, and slashed Erza back down to the ground, going down the chain.

Kirito landed on the ground, and raced forward with Blaze and the recovered Halberd at his side. He made it a bit higher up the chain when he saw another decayed part of the chain. "There's another one!" Kirito called out, leaping up into the air, and prepared to use his Firaga spell on it. Suddenly, he detected Erza's presence behind him, and he turned just in time to see her with her spear raised, the head of the spear in a different form, with an aura of powerful energy around it.

"Explosion!" Erza shouted, bringing down her spear onto Kirito, who attempted to block with his Keyblade, but was instead met with what felt like a bomb of energy that sent him flying back down, gasping in pain. Fortunately, Blaze appeared and used its' back to comfort his fall.

"Thanks, buddy." Kirito thanked his Spirit, and got back on his feet again.

Erza landed on the chain once more as Kirito readied to fight her off. "Impressive. You just took a hit from my Explosion Spear, and you're still moving." Erza commented.

"I don't go down that easy." Kirito replied, "However, your weapon is impressive. Mind telling me where I can snag a spear like that?"

"Sorry, but my Magic Spear of the Ten Commandments is one of a kind." Erza responded with a sinister smirk, "But if you are interested in it so badly, I shall grant you the chance to be killed by its' power."

The spear changed once again, and it produced a large orb of gravity. "Gravity Core!" she shouted, charging straight at Kirito, who used his Circle Raid, spinning the Keyblade around from behind, curving straight at Erza, striking her before the orb of gravity struck Kirito. He flipped back, calling his Keyblade back, and slashed several times at the decayed spot of the Dragon Chain Cannon, destroying another part of it.

"Yes!" Kirito cheered.

"Curse you!" Erza snarled, racing at Kirito again, this time changing her spear into two of them, one with a blue handle, one with a red handle, and both spearheads igniting in fire and frost, respectively. "Blue Crimson!" she shouted, sending the flames from her one spear at Kirito, who leapt backwards to avoid the attack. This was followed by a wave of the other spear, and a stream of ice shot forward, hitting Blaze, but Kirito avoided it.

Kirito watched Blaze topple over, and growled, "Let me show you how that trick is suppose to work!" He leapt forward, and unleashed his Icebreaker technique, spinning at Erza surrounded in an icy aura. She crossed her spears together, attempting to block, but the two spears became frozen together by Kirito's attack. Kirito followed this with a fiery sword spin, striking the spears and Erza at the same time, sending her flying in pain.

Kirito doubled back, and started racing up the chain again. Erza stopped her landing with a flip, then leapt towards Kirito again. Kirito looked back, then shouted, "Blaze, Fire bombs!" Blaze turned and fired fire bombs at Erza.

Erza transformed her spear again, shouting, "Rune Save!" With a swipe of her new spear, she destroyed the bombs without igniting them.

"Damn it! She can do that?!" Kirito gasped, looking behind him.

Erza changed her spear back into the Silfarion form, and quickly came at Kirito again. Kirito stopped, readied himself, and slammed the spear away from him before he could get hit. Erza spun her spear about, attempting to get to Kirito from behind, but he flipped over the attack, landing on his feet and blocking the next attack Erza unleashed. The two started a clash between spear and Keyblade, neither side giving an inch against one another.

At one point, Kirito tried an overhead slash, and Erza blocked it with the handle of her spear. As they struggled, Kirito smirked as he grunted, "I can't help but be impressed by your fighting skills, Erza. I never got the chance to fight the other you, yet, but I can tell it would be a tough match!"

"Are you saying that I might be weaker than Scarlet?!" Erza questioned.

"No, I'm just saying it would be tough." Kirito answered, "But even so…" Kirito pulled back his Keyblade, making it glow orange as he finished, "…I won't be beaten by you!" He unleashed his Howling Octave Sword Skill, thrusting repeatedly with his flaming Keyblade, unleashing a downward slash that was blocked by Erza's spear again, then quickly unleashing an upward strike that knocked back the spear, leaving her defenseless to Kirito's overhead slash. She was sent tumbling back again, but she skidded to a halt with her free hand and feet.

Erza looked furious as she leapt forward, transforming her spear into a new form, which started to gather wind into the wide spearhead. "Mel Force!" she shouted, thrusting forward, and unleashing a vacuum wave at Kirito, who got struck, and was sent flying up the Dragon Chain Cannon. He tumbled to the ground, aching from the pain of the attack. Halberd and Blaze reappeared right next to him as he struggled to get back up again. He then remembered Asuna's gift, and used Cura to heal himself and his Spirits.

"Thanks, Asuna. You know just what I need." Kirito told himself.

As he stood up, he saw that he actually landed on another decayed part of the chain. As Kirito looked down at it, he heard Erza from above, and saw that she had made a huge leap in the air, and was about to come down onto him. Kirito then had a plan, and he and his Spirits leapt back as Erza came down at the spot he was on before with her spear, destroying the decayed pieces of the chain.

Erza was shocked. "No…what have I done?" she muttered.

"I thought you were suppose to be protecting this weapon." Kirito mocked, getting a furious look from Erza.

Just then, they heard a crash from high above them, and Kirito turned to see that the floating island the giant lachryma was on had just crashed into the island of Extalia. "No!" Kirito gasped.

"You're too late!" Erza chortled, "Everlasting magic will finally belong to our kingdom!" Kirito was horrified at what had just happened. Was he really too late? He heard something that made him believe he was wrong. It was Natsu's roar. The Legion was still pushing against the island, and by the looks of it, so was the rest of Fairy Tail. Both islands were still intact.

"No, that's impossible!" Erza gasped.

"Come on, Fairy Tail! You can win this!" Kirito shouted with all of his might.

Up above, Natsu heard Kirito's shout, and looked down along the chain to see Kirito standing there. "Don't you worry about a thing!" he roared, "If there's one thing Fairy Tail wizards always prove, it's that nothing's impossible!"

Happy, who was pushing with all of his might next to him, cried out, "Aye aye, sir!" The ground of the island of Extalia behind them started to crack, but the group of wizards weren't faltering for a second.

Kirito, hearing Natsu, smirked at him. "It won't be enough!" Erza told Kirito, making him turn back to her, "Even with all their powers combined, they won't stop the lachryma from crashing into Extalia. It will soon be all over for them."

"Don't be so sure about that." Kirito retorted, surprising Erza, "The moment you underestimate Fairy Tail…" Kirito thought back to his last adventure, with the battles in the Yusnaan Slaughterhouse against Fairy Tail, from his battle with Gray, to Lucy fighting against Yui, to Sora fighting Gajeel, then to Natsu's battle with both Leafa and Kirito, to Sora's final battle with Erza, and finally, to when they helped Kirito and the others in the final battle against Oberon. "…the moment you do that, you will be defeated!" Kirito finished, with the silhouettes of the members of Fairy Tail showing behind him.

Erza held her spear at the ready. "I have already dealt with plenty of the members of Fairy Tail, both of Earthland and of Edolas." she stated, "In fact, I'm known as the Fairy Hunter, because no one has killed more Fairy Tail wizards than I."

"You're a sick woman, you know that?!" Kirito barked, "Let's finish this fight, once and for all!"

"I fully agree!" Erza answered, and her spear glowed brightly, transforming into a new form, one that had a straight-point spearhead with four edges curving outward and inward. "This is the Ravelt, my strongest form of the Ten Commandments." she introduced, "One attack from this will shake the earth itself!"

"Is that so?" Kirito asked, "Well then, let me show you my strongest attack that I can use!"

Kirito focused himself as Blaze and Halberd came to either side. Erza lunged forward, her spear surging with a red-pink aura. "Dual Action! Trinity Limit!" Kirito shouted. In an instant, Kirito and his Spirits stood in a triangle formation as Kirito summoned a magic circle beneath them, along with six smaller ones within, three of which the trio stood underneath. Kirito and the Spirits then summoned a sphere of light above them, which started swirling with energy as the light shined out. Erza struggled to pierce through the ball of light they produced, but she roared with rage as she slowly got closer. Kirito glared at her, then he twirled in the air, and slashed through the ball of light, causing it to burst with an intense energy.

There was a massive explosion of energy from the combined attacks from Erza and Kirito's group. Both attacks were so strong, it caused the Dragon Chain Cannon underneath them to break apart, then after a few seconds of forming crack, the chain snapped. Erza ended up on the bottom half of the chain while Kirito ended up hanging onto the upper half, which started to swing due to being released at an angle. Halberd and Blaze returned to their cards as Kirito grasped the chain, looking down to see Erza's horrified face at what they had done.

"Thanks for the battle!" Kirito thanked her, "Next time, we should do this on solid ground!"

Erza gritted her teeth at the mockery of the situation. "Kirito!" she roared up at him as the chain she rode on started to fall.

As Kirito felt the chain swing, he looked back to see a floating island close to him, with ancient ruins that looked like the ring around the Roman Coliseum. "This is gonna be close…" Kirito told himself, seeing that he was head right towards the side of the island. Kirito positioned himself carefully, then timing it right, he leapt off of the chain as it crashed into the island, causing a dust cloud to form from the falling rubble. Kirito rolled along the ground, then came to a halt on his back, battered from the fall, but otherwise alive.

Kirito grimaced a bit, and opened his eyes in time to see a spectacle in the sky. The floating island the lachryma was on still had the momentum of the remaining power of the Dragon Chain Cannon pressuring the Fairy Tail wizards and the Legion, but streams of lights came from the royal capital of Extalia, heading to the island. Unknown to Kirito, it was actually a swarm of Exceeds, led by Carla and Wendy of Fairy Tail, who convinced the cats to help in stopping the island.

The Fairy Tail wizards saw as the Exceeds flew in and started pushing against the island together. Despite how small and weak the Exceeds were individually, they made up in their numbers and determination. Pantherlily was watching them from the skies, with Queen Chagot in one arm, who looked up at him as tears started to fall from his eyes.

"You know, no matter how much I try to hate it, Extalia is…still my homeland." Pantherlily muttered, "But…it's no use now. Even with all these Exceeds working together, there's no stopping it." His speech turned into shouting as he cried, "Forgive me, please! This is all my fault! It didn't have to happen! I could've stopped the humans, but I did nothing!"

Queen Chagot patted Pantherlily's arm, making him look down at her. "Don't worry." she assured him, "I'm certain that your words will reach them!"

The Fairy Tail wizards continued to push with all of their might, along with the rest of the Exceeds. They all kept working together, using all the magic and strength they had in order to save their friends in the lachryma. Suddenly, the united powers of Fairy Tail and Exceeds created a surge of energy that countered the flaming energy from the island.

"Aye, sir!" shouted Happy with all of his might.

"Aaaye, sir!" shouted the rest of the Exceeds. With all the power they gathered, they finally stopped the floating island, pushing it a safe distance away from the floating island of Extalia.

The Fairy Tail wizards looked relieved, then Lucy looked down and gasped, "Hey, guys! Look!" They all looked to see the results of Kirito and Erza's battle.

"The Dragon Chain Cannon's been cut!" Gray noticed.

"You're right! That's preventing the island from colliding with Extalia!" Carla added, "But who could've done such a thing?!"

Natsu grinned at this. "It must've been our new buddy, Kirito." he answered, "I bet he's the one who put the breaks on that."

Down below, Kirito watched as Fairy Tail pulled off what should've been impossible. He smirked at this, then saw the lachryma and the island shine brightly, then there was a pillar of light energy that blew everyone close to the island away. Kirito shielded his eyes from the light. After what felt like a minute, the light vanished, and Kirito saw that the lachryma vanished without a trace. Then the island and the two parts of the Dragon Chain Cannon turn white and disappear in a glittering of lights. The lachryma had now returned to Earthland, now turned back to how it was before.

Kirito rose to his feet, using his Cura spell again to heal his body. He panted slightly, out of breath. The battle against Erza did wear him out. "Man, I could really use a nap, right about now." he moaned, "But…at least the lachryma disappeared. No more trying to destroy innocent lives."

Kirito's Command Pad started to vibrate, and he pulled it out. He saw that he had just gained a new move; an aerial retaliation move called 'Payback Raid', in which Kirito used a Strike Raid whenever he was knocked back in the air. While Kirito was glad to get a move such as that, he wondered what happened to the lachryma, but figured it was safe. Unfortunately, he also had a foreboding feeling that the battle was not over yet.

A moment later, a swarm of Legions started to fly up from the royal city below, with Erza Knightwalker at the helm. Her spear turned into a cannon form, and she fired a beam of purple energy that shot through the air, hitting straight through an unexpected Pantherlily. He roared in agony as Chagot fell from his arms, caught by a couple more Exceeds. Pantherlily fell out of the sky, heading to the ground below.

"We're not done here!" she roared above, the looked down at where Pantherlily fell to, "You pathetic traitor. You're not a noble Exceed, you're just a lousy Fallen. To think you would forget your debt to our king, and dare betray his orders!"

"She doesn't know when to stop!" Kirito growled, "Why would she do that?!"

"It's what a raging heart does." answered a voice from behind, "It empowers a person's being to do what they think is right." Kirito turned and was stunned. One of the members of Organization XIII, Saïx, suddenly appeared from behind, walking towards Kirito.

"You?! But how?!" Kirito gasped.

"That doesn't matter now, does it?" Saïx replied.

Kirito shook off the shock he had felt before, then stated, "Yeah, you're right. Considering Heartless Oberon and Xemnas are alive, too, I don't know how you're here, as well."

"Scarlet!" roared Erza as she and her army flew towards Fairy Tail, the Legion they were on, and the Exceeds.

Kirito took a glance back at the scene taking place behind him, then Saïx stated, "A sight to behold, isn't it? The royal army, led by a raging heart determined to silence the light. Then there's your friends, who also have raging hearts that intend to fight for their own belief. It is one's rage against another."

"Fairy Tail doesn't have the kind of rage you're thinking about!" Kirito retorted, "The rage I remember you using was blind and unforgiving. Fairy Tail may go a little overboard with some things, but at least they fight for a just cause."

Saïx chuckled at this statement. "The rage in any heart is no different from one another." he stated, "Why, even your rage is more unforgiving than anyone's."

"My rage?" Kirito questioned.

"You have shown just how much you follow your heart's emotions." Saïx pointed out, "When you believe that your friends are in danger, your heart seeks vengeance, and you follow through with that. Is vengeance really the sort of 'justice' you wish?"

Kirito closed his eyes, thinking on those words. "It's not the most gentle form of justice, but it is a way." he answered, "However, that doesn't mean I should live my life doing it, like what you seem to want to do."

"Well, just remember this: The more vengeance you wish to seek, the darker your heart gets." Saïx warned him, "And the darker your heart gets, the more you push yourself away from your friends, or even attempt to hurt them."

"Enough of your talk!" Kirito roared at him, "I don't need a lecture from you, or from any of your kind! You may think what your telling me should make sense, but the fact is that my heart won't be swayed by darkness, not so long as I fight for the light! I may have rage, but at least I can control it!"

Saïx looked at Kirito intently, then he turned around, saying, "Maybe you should check your own heart. Even the brightest light can shine a raging shadow." Saïx opened up a Corridor of Darkness, and left Kirito alone.

"Wait!" Kirito shouted, about to chase after him, but suddenly, the ground beneath him started to shake violently. Kirito stopped in his tracks, looking about. "What's going on, now?!" he demanded.

Just then he heard King Faust's voice boom out from somewhere around him. "You damn brat, how dare you destroy my Dragon Chain Cannon!" he roared to Kirito, "And not only that, but you and the Fairy Tail wizards have prevented Edolas from gaining everlasting magic! For that, you will pay!" All of a sudden, a circle of green light shined from the very center of the ancient ruins. The magic energy in the air started to intensify greatly about Kirito, even more so than the energy that came from the Dragon Chain Cannon before.

Kirito braced himself as he shouted, "I'm not gonna let you destroy my friends, or anyone else, here! If you want to achieve your goals, then why don't you stop hiding behind your army, and fight us?!"

"Very well, then! If you insist on having me obliterate you, then I'll oblige!" Faust answered, and Kirito saw something that looked like a giant metal egg rise from the light beneath the ground, held by several chains all about it, "However, this isn't just a simple fight! This is retribution; the extermination of all those who dare appose their king!"

When the giant 'egg' finally rose out of the ground, the light disappeared, and it started to float into the sky, unshackling itself from the chains. Kirito watched as a light started to emanate from the grooves around the egg, then it unfolded right before him, suddenly turning into it's real form. It was a giant, mechanical dragon, completely made of metal, with its' eyes glowing a menacing red color. It landed back on the ground, causing rubble to fly as it did so.

"I am the King of Edolas! My power is absolute!" Faust roared, the dragon's mouth opening wide as it send sound waves from it, causing Kirito to start skidding back a bit.

When the shockwaves stopped, Kirito looked up at the giant mech, shocked by it. "What kind of robot is this?!" Kirito gasped.

"This is the Dorma Anim: the forbidden weapon of Edolas!" Faust answered, the dragon's head turning to Kirito, "You and your friends intend to defy me, so I shall put you in your place!"

"I get it; He's inside that thing, controlling it." Kirito understood, "Well, I did ask to fight him…" He produced his Keyblade, and summoned both Blaze and Drill in replace for Halberd.

The Dorma Anim opened its' mouth again, this time producing a cannon from inside. "My royal army! As your king, I order to to capture the Exceeds at once!" Faust declared.

"Yes, sir!" the army responded. Kirito looked up to see the royal army pulling out weapons, and started to fire beams at the fleeing Exceeds, turning those that got hit into cat-face lachryma.

"No…!" Kirito gasped, witnessing this.

He then heard something powering up, and turned in time to see the cannon from the Dorma Anim's mouth charging up, aimed straight at Kirito. "I won't a single human escape my wrath!" Faust boomed, "Begone!" Kirito was shocked, but was able to run out of the way just in time as the Dorma Anim fired a stream of multicolored magic energy. Had he and his Spirits not moved out of the way a second later, they would've been struck by the powerful beam. Kirito and his Spirits were blown away by the pressure the attack released, but managed to regain their footing as they came to a halt.

Kirito looked behind him and saw the results of the attack; it created a groove along the ground, and completely obliterated part of the ruin. 'That's some serious firepower!' Kirito thought to himself.

Kirito charged forward, with his Spirits racing right next to him. Kirito unleashed his Circle Raid technique while Blaze shot fireballs and Drill charged with its' horn. All attacks struck the Dorma Anim's leg, but it did little damage to it. "Goodness, that tickled!" Faust chuckled.

"Our attacks weren't that affective?!" Kirito gasped.

"Behold! This is the power of the great Wizard Canceler!" Faust told Kirito, "Try as you might, you cannot stop me! It is impervious to all forms of magic!"

The Dorma Anim slammed down a claw to the three, damaging everyone and causing them to fly. Kirito was in pain as he crashed to the ground. He struggled to get back up, but saw the Dorma Anim charging up to fire its' magic cannon again, pointing down at Kirito. "Now, you will perish, along with the rest of the Earthland wizards!" Faust told the petrified Kirito, "Feel the judgement of the Dorma Anim!" Kirito could see he couldn't avoid the attack quickly enough. He was gonna be blown away by this next attack.

Just then, something came flying out of the sky, slamming the neck of the Dorma Anim with a fiery fist. It was Natsu, appearing from the sky above, joining the battle. "How is this possible?! Why is the Dorma Anim taking damage?!" Faust gasped.

Natsu flipped off of the mech, landing right next to Kirito, who rose to his feet again. "That's my friend you're messing with, pal!" Natsu told Faust, "It's thanks to him that our guild is safe. I won't let you hurt him!"

"Natsu!" Kirito gasped. He heard two more people landing behind them, and turned to see Gajeel and Wendy landing to the ground aways from them.

"You're gonna pay for hurting my cat, pal." Gajeel growled.

"We'll protect all of the Exceeds from you and your army!" Wendy added.

"So it's you; the Dragon Slayers!" Faust growled.

Kirito smirked as he saw the three of them. Who better to defeat a mechanical dragon than a Dragon Slayer? Kirito heard his Spirits come next to him, both looking determined to fight. "Right. We're not done, either." Kirito agreed, using Cura to heal his team, "I want to make sure this king learns his place!" Just then, the flashback of Saïx's word echoed through his mind. "…Is vengeance really the sort of 'justice' you wish?" Kirito thought about those words carefully. While he hated to admit it, Saïx did make Kirito question himself and his motives.

"As much as I would enjoy destroying you all at once, I would rather take my time as I take you out, one by one!" Faust told the group. He then unleashed a burst of energy from all around him, and a barrier suddenly appeared, separating Gajeel and Wendy from the others.

"What the…?!" Gajeel gasped.

"No, what is this?!" Wendy asked.

"A magic barrier?" Kirito noticed. Gajeel used his Iron Dragon's Club attack, but he couldn't break through the barrier. "Looks like it's just you, me and my Spirits, Natsu." Kirito told the Fire Dragon Slayer.

"Fine by me!" Natsu replied, bringing his fists together, "I'm all fired up, now!"

(Cue KH2.5OST 'The Encounter')

"I may not be able to fight from here, but I can still help." Wendy stated, then she summoned a magic circle underneath her as she chanted, "Oh, swift winds! Send speed to the heavens!" All of a sudden, magic circles appeared underneath Kirito and Natsu, and Kirito felt a new surge of energy coming across him.

"What the?!" Natsu gasped.

"My body's become lighter!" Kirito noticed.

"Vernier!" Wendy shouted, and all of a sudden, Kirito and Natsu started to float in midair, encased in an orb of bronze and red, respectively.

They shot towards the Dorma Anim, who attempted to blast them with its' cannon, but the improved speed made them too fast. "Woohoo! We're really flyin'!" Natsu cheered.

"I can't lock onto my targets!" Faust grimaced. Kirito used his newfound speed and flight, and used the rubble all around them to unleash his Flowmotion at quick speeds, repeatedly attacking the Dorma Anim, then moving before he could get hit again. Drill and Blaze were also doing their part, damaging the legs and body of the mech with everything they had. Unfortunately, it was still not enough to cause a lot of damage.

"It'll take forever to defeat this guy!" Natsu shouted, "Wendy, give us more power, here!"

"Leave it to me!" Wendy replied, raising her hand and summoning a magic circle from it, "I call upon thee; the stalwart might to cleave the heavens! Arms!" Kirito and Natsu both felt more energy surging through them. Kirito's Spirits also started to glow, being improved by Wendy's magic.

"That's awesome. I feel so much stronger now!" Natsu noticed.

"That's because this is an attack enhancement spell." Wendy replied.

"Thanks! Now I feel ready to do anything!" Kirito stated, "Let's go!"

With new strength within them, Kirito, Natsu and the Spirits charged in and started unleashing strong attacks onto the Dorma Anim. Natsu unleashed his Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame on one side of the mech, while Kirito went up front and personal, and unleashed the Howling Octave Sword Skill onto the chest.

Faust was seriously angry at this, and started unleashing Dragon Rider Missiles from the mech's back, which homed in on the targets close to them. Kirito did his best to avoid them, but when it came to the missiles heading to his team, Kirito used his Link Block ability to protect his Spirits while enduring the blasts. Natsu, on the other hand, merely punched, kicked, or burned the missiles with his flames, prematurely detonating them. Unfortunately, there were other kinds of Dragon Rider Missiles that, when came close, stopped flying, and exploded, causing wide area damage.

A pair of the Exploding Missiles came close to Natsu, fell to the ground, and exploded in front of Natsu. His cry could be heard as he was consumed by the fiery explosion, causing Faust to laugh. "It's about time you learned your place! You couldn't slay a dragon even if it laid before you!" he chortled.

His amusement was short-lived, as Natsu started eating up the flames of the Exploding Missiles, until every last bit was gone. "Man, that was some seriously nasty-tasting fire." Natsu muttered, wiping his mouth, "Don't think I ever tasted a flame that gross before."

"In that case, let Blaze and I wash your mouth down." Kirito replied, and he focused himself with Blaze, "Link Action! Fire Blaster!" Kirito hopped onto Blaze's back, who started shoot fire bubbles out of its' snout, aiming for both Natsu and the Dorma Anim.

"Bubbles?!" Natsu questioned, then he got struck by one, feeling the flames coming from it, "Whoa, that's awesome! Bubbles made of fire!" Natsu started sucking in the bubble, almost like someone eating up bubblegum after blowing it up. The Dorma Anim, on the other hand, was getting hit by the bubbles, which bursted and damaged the body with fire attacks.

"What kind of power is this?!" Faust roared, "The strength of his monster increased the moment he joined with it?"

Once Kirito and Blaze were done, Natsu rubbed his mouth, grinning. "That was some really tasty flames, Kirito." He complimented, "I'm startin' to feel like I got a real fire in my belly!"

Kirito grinned at this, and saw the Dorma Anim starting to go at it again. "Let's put those flames to the test, Natsu!" Kirito shouted, and the two boys started to continue the brawl.

The Dorma Anim may have slow movement, but it was powerful, and was capable of dealing with long range and close, using its' claws, the magic cannon from its' mouth, and the Dragon Rider Missiles. However, thanks to Wendy's Vernier and Arms spell, not only were Natsu, Kirito, Blaze and Drill able to endure or avoid the attacks, but they also could counter with their own moves as well. Gajeel was frustrated he wasn't able to get into the battle, while Wendy made sure that if her magic wore off, she could reuse Vernier and Arms.

After about five minutes of combat like this, the four fighters came together, facing the Dorma Anim. "Man, this thing's hardcore." Natsu pointed out, "No wonder they call it a dragon."

"It's only a dragon mech, not a real one." Kirito corrected him, "But still, it is tough, and the king knows how to use it. Still, it shouldn't be too hard to take it out."

Natsu grinned in agreement. "I'm all fired up, now!" Natsu quoted.

"So these are the kinds of powers Earthland wizards possess…" Faust muttered softly, then he growled, "Such powers! I will not rest until until I have it for myself!"

The Dorma Anim started to glow a dark energy as it started to suck in magic from the air, absorbed into the mechanical dragon. "Whoa, what's happening?!" Gajeel gasped.

"This is bad! It's gaining power; pulling it from the air!"

"This guys greed is empowering him!" Kirito noticed, seeing the armor starting to darken, "Natsu, Drill, Blaze, get ready!" Natsu was way ahead of him, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists.

The Dorma Anim started to transform before their eyes, the mechanical pieces shifting as it changed form. It now stood up straight like a human, its' metal turned as black as night. The tail was now equipped closer to the head, almost like metal hair, and its arms produced a sword blade in his right arm, and a thick shield in the left. It now looked less of a dragon, and more of a dragon warrior. The aura around its' body was even darker than the metal, and the menacing glowing eyes shined through the aura, staring down at the heroes.

"I shall rob you of the will to fight!" Faust roared, "You'll be begging me for mercy! Witness the power of the Dorma Anim: Black Heaven!"

The Dorma Anim released the dark aura surrounding it, making Natsu and Kirito brace themselves against it while Drill and Blaze were sent tumbling back. Kirito looked back at them, then turned to see the Dorma Anim raise his in front of its' face. "I've got you now!" he roared, pulling back the sword as it glowed brightly. He then slammed it down where Kirito and Natsu stood, and they barely avoided it, though were sent flying by the intense power. Natsu flew the furthest, crashing into the side of the coliseum ring. Natsu quickly picked himself up, and pushed himself off as he unleashed a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist at the Dorma Anim's shield, but it proved ineffective.

"You'll have to do better than that!" Faust chortled, pushing Natsu effortlessly away.

Kirito picked himself up, and saw Natsu crash to the ground. "Natsu!" Kirito gasped. He got to his feet again, flipped back on the flat side of the rubble behind him, and used Flowmotion to charge forward. He bounced off the rubble until he leapt up at the Dorma Anim, gathering all the energy into his Keyblade, and slamming it into the side of the main body. Kirito thought he did a lot of damage, but instead, he did very little as he bounced off the Dorma Anim.

"Your power is useless against me!" Faust roared, as Kirito saw the blade coming at him, but could not dodge in time, and was struck down to the ground.

Kirito moaned as he got to his feet. Blaze and Drill came to his side, helping him to his feet. "This isn't good." Kirito moaned, "Even with Wendy's powers, I didn't even dent it!"

Faust started to laugh maniacally. "This absolute magic power, it's spectacular!" he said in awe, "Don't even bother begging for your lives! Stay right there, so that I can watch you tremble in fear!"

Kirito supported himself on his feet, and used Cura on himself and his Spirits. "I will never rest until I defeat you!" he roared, and he charged in to continue the fight.

With the upgraded power, speed and defenses, Dorma Anim: Black Heaven was even more of a threat than before. The slashes from its sword caused a great amount of damage, and it also send shockwaves of dark energy from it. It also fired off a scattering of magic arrows from the tip of its' blade like a machine gun, attempting to take them down. Finally, whenever the Dorma Anim's eyes flashed, an eruption of energy would be produced at the feet of Kirito and Natsu, who had little time to avoid the attacks. Either way, the dragon warrior mech was a tough customer to defeat, and the heroes were getting battered about by its' attacks. Both Gajeel and Wendy couldn't get hurt from the attacks, but they did endure the shockwaves that were unleashed by them.

"Hahaha! You're pathetic!" Faust laughed, "You don't stand a chance of winning!"

"Everyone in this world is suffering 'cause there's no magic power!" Natsu groaned as he got to his feet again, "I'd like to know why their crazy king seems to have more than his fair share of it?!" Kirito got onto his feet again after a heavy attack, waiting for an answer, as well.

"You would find it hard to believe to find a king that hasn't placed a tax on his people." Faust answered, "That's how monarchy works! The Dorma Anim requires a constant supply of magic power, so it's gathered around the world! That's why it was sealed away; it is a forbidden weapon. Now that I have activated it, the fate of this world depends on my victory!"

"That's a load of crap!" Kirito barked at him, "As far as I can see, you don't care about this world. You only care about your own selfish desires! You aren't a king, you're a tyrant!"

"One of the reasons I joined Fairy Tail was so that I could help others!" said Natsu, "I don't care about your world, but I do care about the people in it! That's why were gonna beat you up for them!"

Kirito led his Spirits over to Natsu's side, with an idea on hand. "Natsu, when I give you the word, roar with all your might." Kirito told him, "Blaze, I want you to join with him. Give it everything you got, okay, buddy?" Blaze honked in response. Natsu nodded in understanding. Kirito turned to Drill, and said, "Use an underground assault, okay?" Drill understood, and used its' spinning horn to drill underground. With the plan in motion, Kirito charged forward for the attack.

Kirito raced towards the Dorma Anim, his Keyblade glowing brightly. "Can't you see you're just wasting your energy?!" Faust barked, "There's no way of defeating me in my Dorma Anim!"

"There's no such thing as an invincible opponent!" Kirito retorted, "If you think you're such a person, then you're in for the shock of your life!" Kirito leapt forward, unleashing his Howling Octave on the Dorma Anim again. Unlike last time, the attack didn't do as much damage.

"As I said, it is pointless!" Faust roared, thrusting his blade at Kirito, who used his Keyblade to push himself out of the way and block the attack. Sparks emanated from the Keyblade as it ground along the passing blade. Kirito endured as best as he could from the pressure of the attack.

Once the blade past, Kirito utilized his block by going into a Counter Rage, using a Rage Spike Sword Skill underneath the shoulder of the Dorma Anim. He then grabbed ahold of the armor, and flipped himself onto the shoulder, unleashing a Firaga in the face. "How's that, hothead?!" Kirito mocked. Kirito suddenly felt the Dorma Anim start to heat up as it glowed red, and energy surged out from many cracks in the armor. One piercing blast hit Kirito, and he was tossed off the Dorma Anim.

Just as Kirito landed, the ground underneath the Dorma Anim's left foot gave way, and it stumbled and sank into it. "What is the meaning of this?!" Faust roared, looking down. Drill just reappeared, shaking off the dirt off of its' head after digging up the ground underneath.

"He's wide open, just as planned!" Kirito told himself, then he roared to Natsu and Blaze, "Go for it!"

Natsu and Blaze had been inhaling deeply for a while, preparing to fire. "Let's do it, Blaze!" Natsu's inhaling voice told the Spirit, "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu bellowed a burst of flames from his mouth, while Blaze unleashed his own stream of flames. The two fires fused together, amplified by each other as they shot towards the Dorma Anim, who looked as if it couldn't escape from the attack. Drill moved out of the way as the flames came into contact, and there was a massive explosion, obscuring the view of the mech from the rest of the group.

"He's toast!" Gajeel grinned.

"They did it!" Wendy cheered. Natsu and Kirito grinned at their achievement. That attack was sure to take him down a peg.

Unfortunately, they heard Faust's laughter from high above them, and they looked up to see the Dorma Anim high in the air. "No way!" Natsu gasped.

"How can that thing jump so high?!" Kirito questioned, shocked that his plan failed, "Now what are we gonna do?"

"We can still try it again!" Natsu roared, with Blaze just as determined.

"You fools!" Faust mocked them as he fell, "Dragon Rider's Diffusion Cannon!" He send a scattering of magic bombs from its' chest down to the ground. The attacks went all over, and Natsu, Kirito, Blaze and Drill all got hit hard by the attack, causing them to collapse.

Kirito now struggled to get on his hands and knees, but he was injured so badly, he could barely move. He squinted as he saw the rest of the team. Natsu was face down on the ground, attempting to get back up. Drill had just barely survived the attack, but he was on his side, moaning. Blaze, on the other hand, was glowing. He had taken so much damage, he was about to fade away.

"No…" Kirito moaned, seeing Blaze starting to fade. He struggled hard to crawl to his Spirit's aid as the Dorma Anim landed on the ground, with Faust laughing at the sight of the heroes.

"Oh, no! Natsu!" Wendy cried out, seeing how hopeless the battle looked.

"Get out of there, Salamander! You too, kid!" Gajeel roared to the two.

Kirito was able to get close enough to Blaze that he could touch one of its' fins. "Blaze…" he moaned grabbing ahold of one of the fins just in time, and focusing all that he could in restoring Blaze again. Finally, Blaze lit up with a healing energy, and he was able to rise back up again. Kirito sighed in relief, and fell forward, lacking enough strength to keep going.

"You fools could not understand our ordeals in Edolas!" Faust told the heroes, "The citizens of Edolas have no need for guilds. What we desire is everlasting magic power, and I intend to gain it, so that we can feel the same bliss that you Earthlanders have had!"

Kirito and Natsu raised their heads to look up at the Dorma Anim in front of them. Drill disappeared from its' spot, reappearing right next to Kirito, who turned to see it fall forward. "Drill…" Kirito moaned, "You…want to stay by me, right?" Drill cried out in response, and Kirito felt as if it said, "I want to continue."

"It seems like all of you have reached your limit." Faust noticed, "If you wish to surrender, this is your chance: Agree to supply my people with magic power, and I will compensate you, accordingly."

Kirito looked up again at the glowing red eyes of the Dorma Anim. Surrender to an enemy like this one? He would rather die than do that. Kirito was finally able to get onto his hands and knees, panting from doing just that. "Natsu…" Kirito called out weakly, "Would you like to give him our answer?"

Natsu, face first in the ground, used his hand and arm to pull his face up, growling, "Yeah, don't you dare give up!" He rose on his hands and knees as he continued, "This fight ain't over." He finally rose to his feet, shouting, "What'cha waiting for?! Hit me with your best shot! Do it, I'm standing right here!"

Kirito grinned at the answer Natsu gave. He placed his Keyblade forward, and used Cura, restoring himself and his Spirits. He then visualized Asuna's face, smiling and nodding at him. 'Asuna…' Kirito thought to himself, 'You knew I needed the power to not give up. That's why you gave me this spell, right? Well, I'm gonna put all my power into fighting this guy, using your power, and my friend's powers. This battle is nowhere near over!'

Kirito rose to his feet, as did Drill. Kirito heard a slam, and turned to see Natsu being pressured by the Dorma Anim's foot underneath him. "Natsu!" Kirito shouted, almost at the same time as Wendy did.

"What are you doing, Salamander!" Gajeel called out to him, "You can't beat him! You're all out of power!"

"No I'm not!" Natsu roared, coming to one knee as he continued to hold his own against the foot, "If I run out of power today, then I'll just borrow some from tomorrow!" With powers that exceeded all meaning, Natsu not only rose back onto his feet, but gathered enough strength to push the foot off of him, making the Dorma Anim collapse onto its' back. "Don't ever underestimate up, got it?!"

"Borrow some…from tomorrow?" Kirito questioned. Just then, an idea came to him from that speech. He pulled out Blaze's card, and pulled out the Link Board. He noticed that since the last time, he had gathered just enough Link Points to unlock the secret panel. "Well, let's see what tomorrow brings, huh?" Kirito asked himself, and he unlocked the secret. The Firaga panel that he unlocked before suddenly glowed brightly, and it transformed into a new attack. Kirito was amazed. "What is this move?" Kirito asked, "It looks powerful. It even takes up two command slots." Kirito looked at it for a second, then realized that it was his best chance to defeating the Dorma Anim now.

"You need to learn your place, you piece of filth!" Faust roared to Natsu, making the ground underneath him to erupt with magic, sending him flying, "I am the King of Edolas! Bow down before me!"

Just then, Faust got a warning, and saw Kirito, tossed into the sky by Drill, diving down towards the Dorma Anim. "You're the one who's gonna learn his place!" Kirito shouted, pulling back his Keyblade, "For my friends, I'll put you down!"

Kirito gathered all the energy he could into his Keyblade, which began to glow with a bright orange aura. Suddenly, small orbs of light appeared right behind Kirito as he got close to the Dorma Anim, who wasn't prepared to avoid the attack. He slammed his Keyblade forward, unleashing a surge of energy. Out of the small orbs of light appeared meteors, which crashed into the Dorma Anim with great force, causing it fall back and collapse to the ground.

"What kind of power was that?!" Faust gasped.

"That was my power from tomorrow! It's called 'Meteor Crash'!" Kirito barked back, landing onto the ground.

Natsu flipped in the air, and Kirito looked up at him. "Natsu, let's end him together!"

"I was just about to say that, as well!" Natsu roared back. Blaze and Drill cried out, ready to go. "Dual Action! Comet!" Kirito shouted. All of a sudden, Kirito pulled in Natsu as the two and the Spirits rode on top of a large falling comet. Natsu started to ignite in flames, and somehow made the entire comet burn up brightly. He's fusing his powers with mine! Kirito thought in amazement. Faust looked frightened as he saw Natsu and Kirito flying down towards him, roaring at the top of their lungs.

"This can't be! It can't end this way!" Faust cried.

"Fire Dragon's Meteor Sword-horn!" Natsu shouted, making the Comet dive even faster at the Dorma Anim. They collided with the mech, causing a massive explosion to take place. Kirito, Drill and Blaze got off of the Comet before it exploded. Natsu somehow managed to grab the king out of the mech, tossing him to the ground before collapsing to the ground himself. The damage from the combined attack was too much for the Dorma Anim. Within seconds, it exploded, turning into nothing but shrapnel. The Dorma Anim was finally destroyed. The magic barrier surrounding them lifted, and Wendy and Gajeel raced towards where the boys were at.

King Faust rose into a sitting position, and was petrified as he saw Natsu and Kirito's glare at him through the smoke of the explosion, along with Blaze and Drill's glares behind Kirito. He looked petrified as he sat there. The silhouettes of the monsters that resembled the two seem to appear in the king's eyes; Natsu's being the fire dragon, Igneel, and Kirito's being the blue-eyed demon itself, Gleam Eyes. The Spirits also looked more terrifying than ever. 'Someone…please help me!' the king cried out in his head. The fear was too much, and he fell forwards, unconscious.

Both Kirito and Natsu grinned as they saw the king was finished. Gajeel and Wendy also grinned at the achievement. "Alright! We totally took down the king!" Natsu laughed, "This is the part where I yell 'checkmate', right?"

"No, you actually say that before you take him down." Kirito responded, chuckling a bit.

"Even I knew that!" Gajeel added.

Just then, Kirito's pad vibrated, and he pulled it out to see that a new command slot was added for him. Since he removed Zero Gravira and Firaga to gain Meteor Crash, Firaga was added back in place of the new command slot. Kirito grinned as he saw this happen. They really took down a powerful enemy together, defeating his greedy heart of darkness with their determined hearts of light.

As Kirito and Natsu enjoyed their victory, they started to feel the ground start to shake beneath them. "Hey, what's going on?" Natsu asked, looking down.

"Enemy reinforcements?" Gajeel asked.

"For once, I hope not." Kirito answered, recalling his Spirits, "I had enough time dealing with the king, thank you very much."

"No, up there! Look!" Wendy gasped, shocked by what was happening above them. The group looked up and saw why she was. The floating island around them were starting to fall from the sky, crashing into the ground below.

"The floating islands are falling!" Kirito gasped.

"What the heck?!" Natsu questioned.

As they watched the travesty around them, something else started to happen; streams of yellow energy started to pour out of the ground, heading into the sky above. "Now what's happening?!" Kirito asked.

"It's pure magic power!" Wendy noticed.

"Are you sure?" Natsu asked.

"This ain't good." Gajeel stated, "What'll happen if it all disappears?"

"Looks to me like it would be the end of the world." Kirito answered, watching as the islands crashed into the ground below.

"We should head back into the royal city!" Wendy told the group.

"Any particular reason why we should?" Natsu asked.

"If the magic is really disappearing, a lot of the citizens would be panicking and might get hurt!" Wendy explained, "We need to head over there and see if there's any way we can help!"

"You have a good point, there." Kirito agreed.

"Alright then, let's go!" Natsu told the group, and Kirito and Natsu stumbled along as they led the team towards the edge of the island.

"Excuse me!" shouted a voice from the distance. The group looked up and saw a black cat with a rectangular head and a suit flying towards them.

"It's Nadi, one of the Exceeds!" Wendy realized as the cat landed in front of them, pumping his fist frantically.

"You must be the brave people who stopped the king." Nadi guessed, "Please, you must help us!"

"What's going on here?" Natsu asked the cat.

"Well, you see…" Nadi started.

(Flashback) Inside a large room, where the Animas were made, Pantherlily stood right behind a man with damp, spiky blue hair and dark eyes, wearing a robe around him. In Earthland, he was known as Mystogan, a Fairy Tail wizard. In Edolas, he is the long lost prince of Edolas, Jellal. In front of them, a pillar of light started shooting up into the ceiling. He had just activated the power of Anima, only instead of sucking magic out of Earthland, he is removing all magic from Edolas.

"Prince, I agree that our dependence on magic has led to bloodshed." Pantherlily started, "But this…"

"I know." Jellal agreed, "The people of Edolas have a hard road to tread. Many will find it difficult to adapt to this changing world, and could die. It is for that reason, a leader must step forward and guide them. A new ruler for a brand new Edolas. One who could gather the desperate and frightened, and bravely shepherd them out of these dark times."

"You're saying that this new leader is you?" Pantherlily asked.

"No, I can't rule this world." Jellal answered, "Instead of growing with Edolas as its' prince, I chose to reside in Earthland, so I have no right to its' throne." He turned to Pantherlily as he continued, "We'll need a hero to help gather the masses, one who'll vanquish the villain that caused this."

"You mean the sacrificial lamb." Pantherlily clarified.

Jellal nodded, then continued, "Whoever eliminates the one who plunged the world into chaos is bound to become a true hero to the people. And that hero will gather the scattered survivors, and become their ruler."

Pantherlily started to sweat, dreading the idea that someone would have to be sacrificed in order for the plan to succeed. "So tell me, who'll play the parts in this charade?" he demanded.

"Isn't it obvious?" Jellal answered, "I tried to overthrow the king with an armed rebellion. Now, I've stripped the world of its' power and plunged it into chaos. Since I'm the man behind these terrible deeds, there's only one role for me to play." Pantherlily realized what that meant.

"But you are respected on both sides." Jellal continued, "You can be exempt from prejudice. You are the hero. Take me before the citizens, and execute me for my crimes! After that, they will follow you to any fate! You can quell the chaos! Become the ruler they need!"

Pantherlily just stood there, shocked at what he was asking him to do. His face went from shock to anger as he gritted his teeth. "Do you really think the only way to save this kingdom, is for you to die?!" he roared, "Answer me, Prince!"

From outside the room. Nadi watched the argument, fretting on what was to come. (Flashback ends)

"…So in other words, Mystogan plans to get killed so that the other guy can become the new ruler?" Natsu realized after hearing Nadi's story.

"That can't be!" Wendy gasped, "No, he can't do that!"

"Damn straight! I told that cat that I would make him a part of Fairy Tail!" Gajeel growled.

"I think all of you have different reasons for feeling what you're feeling." Kirito noticed.

"I understand your concerns, but please listen to me!" Nadi calmed them, "There is one flaw in the prince's plan; You see, since all of the magic is being pulled out of Edolas, that includes those with internal magic, including the Earthlanders and Exceeds!"

"Wait, if that's true, then that would mean Pantherlily would have to be taken along with." Kirito realized, "If he's going to be the next ruler, then if he leaves, the citizens would start to panic again!" Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel realized this flaw, and looked at one another.

"There has to be something we should do!" Wendy cried, "We have to find a way so that no one would die, especially Jellal!"

Kirito nodded in agreement. "The fact is that your friend, Jellal, or Mystogan, or whatever, is the lost prince of Edolas. He HAS to be the one who'll rule this kingdom. Since he should be the hero, we need someone who should be the villain. Question is, who?"

Nadi, Wendy and Gajeel looked at one another, thinking. Natsu, on the other hand, chuckled. "Leave that to me…" Natsu said with a sinister grin.

A while later, down in the Anima room, where Jellal and Pantherlily were still speaking. Both of them forcefully agreed that neither one of them should be the villain. The question was who would play the role? Suddenly, one of the guards entered the room, panicking. "Pantherlily, sir! The situation's much worse!" he informed him.

"I'm aware of that!" Pantherlily responded, "As you can see, we're dealing with the Anima, here!"

"Have you stopped it?" the guard asked.

"No, not exactly…" Pantherlily answered.

"There's been massive rioting in the royal city!" the guard informed him, "The destruction is beyond our control."

Pantherlily was surprised at this, and so was Jellal. "The chaos is far worse than I anticipated." the prince noticed, "We must do what we can to stop it."

"Controlling the crowd is our first priority." Pantherlily decided. With that, the two exited, with the guard walking behind, wondering who the young man was.

At the castle walls, the two witnessed the destruction and disappearance of magic because of the Anima. Pantherlily turned to the guard, who gathered a couple more guards with him, and asked, "How many are there?"

"Four, sir!" the guard answered.

"And you haven't taken them out?!" Pantherlily asked incredulously.

"Well, you see, sir…they're really strong!" the guard said hesitantly.

Just then, the two heard a familiar maniacal laughter. On top of one of the rooftops, wearing a dark cape and fake horns on his head, was none other than Natsu, laughing with a demonic expression. "I am the demon they call 'Dragneel'!" he roared, "I've come to this world to steal all of your magic power!"

Some of the members of Edolas' Fairy Tail watched from within the crowd below, shocked at this performance. "Have you gone insane, other me?!" Edolas Natsu questioned, then after seeing the other Natsu's maniacal face, he corrected, "On second thought, never mind!"

Natsu looked down at the crowd below, licking his chops. "Faust ain't your king anymore, cause I kicked his sorry, old butt!" he informed them, waving a hand to where the unconscious king was, tied to a wooden post. This shocked the citizens of Edolas, and some started to panic. "I decided to let him live, for now!" Natsu added, "Come on, Redfox! Hey, Marvell! You too, Killguya! Now my loyal subjects, it's time to trash the city!"

At these words, Kirito suddenly appeared out from the back of the rooftop Natsu was on, glaring down at the citizens below. He summoned his Keyblade, and waved it forward, unleashing Woe and Komory from behind him. "Go for it, guys!" Kirito shouted. Woe unleashed it poisonous thorns while Komory unleashed sonic screeches, damaging the building a bit. Kirito leapt forward, using his new Meteor Crash move to cause an entire building floor to collapse, making the citizens panic.

"That's it, Killguya! Destroy them with your pets!" Natsu chortled.

"It's KIRIGAYA, Nats- I mean, Lord Dragneel!" Kirito shouted back, "Geez, can't you even get my last name right?"

Kirito heard the destruction that Gajeel was making, slicing down some of the building with his Iron Dragon's Sword. Wendy was trying to scare a child with a growl, but failed, so Gajeel made a scary face that made the kid panic. However, this was working out. The people were starting to believe that they were the ones responsible for stealing the magic.

"Never thought I'd play the role of villain again, huh?" Kirito muttered to himself, and he started slicing down more of the buildings with his Keyblade, while Woe and Komory continued to rain destruction and even put people to sleep with their magic, though Kirito informed them not to hurt anyone badly.

"Natsu, stop this now!" shouted Jellal from the castle. Kirito stopped his destruction, and turned to where the castle was. Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel and all of the citizens also heard his voice, and turned to the castle, wondering who it was.

"Are ya tellin' me what to do, ya little punk?" Natsu growled.

"Stop this foolishness!" Jellal demanded, "The king has been defeated. There's no need to attack innocent people!"

"Oh, yeah?!" Natsu roared, sending a stream of flames down below at the crowd of people, making them scatter.

"No, don't!" Jellal shouted. Natsu stopped, turning back to Jellal again.

"If you're trying to scare me, it ain't gonna work!" Natsu barked at him, "I don't care if you are the prince!" The citizens started to realize that the man challenging Natsu was really their long lost prince.

'So far, so good.' Kirito thought to himself, finding an open area on the road to land in, making the citizens close to him back away.

Natsu flipped his cape back, curling his fist. "Let's fight, or your precious city is gonna be burned to the ground." he growled.

"Natsu, stay right there!" Jellal roared, and he leapt off the castle wall to the ground, heading towards Natsu's position. Pantherlily watched the scene take place. He realized that Natsu and the others were playing the role of villain on purpose so that Jellal would go and face them, becoming the hero. The question is, will the citizens believe in their farce?

"Sir, I'd advice you to be ready for some major surprises." Nadi informed, who flew down right behind Pantherlily, "There's quite a bit more in store for tonight…to say the least."

Kirito snuck over closer to Wendy and Gajeel, watching as Jellal raced down the street towards Natsu, who still stood on the roof. The citizens were cheering for him, supporting him as he went to fight Natsu. With a magic staff at hand, he attempted to use its' magic to put Natsu to sleep. However, the Anima sucked the staff dry of its' magic.

"What's the matter? You scared without your magic, huh?!" Natsu mocked, raising a fiery fist, "Well you should be, cause check this out! I've got plenty!" He slammed his fist down onto the building he was on, completely destroying it.

"I said stop!" Jellal shouted.

"A little overkill, don't you think?" Kirito muttered, "The more powerful you look, the more interesting it will be for Jellal to beat you."

Jellal finally made it to Natsu, who stood on the rubble of the building, his arms folded. "Natsu, you're making a big mistake with all of this." Jellal told Natsu, "This show you're putting on; you can't expect to fool all of these people."

Natsu just ignored all of this as he stayed in character. "I challenge you!" Natsu declared, leaping forward and punching Jellal in the face, shocking the crowd.

"You fool! You can't bring the people together like this: through evil!" Jellal spat, raising himself up onto his feet and punching Natsu back. Natsu caught the punch, but Jellal did a reverse kick, hitting Natsu back.

The two started to engage in a back and forth brawl, each one punching each other back and forth. The crowd continued to cheer for Jellal's victory. Kirito, Gajeel and Wendy just stood there and watched.

At one point, Natsu got closer to Jellal's face, grinning. "This is it buddy." he told him, "I'm gonna give you a real Fairy Tail sendoff. Since you're leaving Fairy Tail, you must swear to follow these three rules."

They continued the fight as Natsu spoke, "Number one: Never ever share sensitive information about Fairy Tail with anyone, so long as you live! Two—." Natsu got punched hard in the face by Jellal, and got dazed.

"Number two!" Jellal continued, "You must not contact any clients you may have worked with in the guild for your own personal gain!"

"That's right! And don't forget number three!" Natsu replied, punching Jellal in the gut, "Although our paths must stray, you gotta promise to live your life to the fullest!" Jellal hammered Natsu with both fists, and the two pulled back their fists. "That means, you should treat every day like it was your last day in this world! Don't forget the friends you love!"

"You must treasure them for as long as you should live." Jellal finished, smiling back at Natsu.

The two unleashed their final punches at each other's faces. Jellal's punch sent the fake horns off of Natsu's head. They both started to fall back, with Natsu moaning, "Did you get all that? When a guild works together, there's nothing they can't do." Jellal sustained his footing while Natsu collapsed to the ground, smiling. "It's been fun, pal. Later!" Natsu finished. The crowd cheered at Jellal's victory. He had become the hero, just as the team planned it.

Jellal looked down at Natsu, only muttering, "Thank you, Natsu." Kirito smirked at this. After listening to Natsu's speech, he felt how important the Fairy Tail wizards were to one another, those who come and those who leave. If you asked him, he would say that Fairy Tail would've been the one guild he would love to join.

Just then, Kirito's body started to glow on him. He looked down at himself, then at Gajeel and Wendy, who started to glow, as well. The same went for Natsu. The Reverse Anima was finally about to take them away. "Looks like it's all over." Kirito muttered, smiling as he looked at himself, "Time for us to go our ways." Kirito walked away from Gajeel and Wendy, who looked back at him for a second before they were pulled into the air, along with Natsu and Kirito.

"Solidarity…" Faust called out. Kirito and Natsu turned to see him lying in the rubble of the destroyed building. His expression was much calmer, and his voice softened from what it was before. "Conviction, and courage. It would appear I had forgotten what is truly important in life." Faust continued, looking up at Natsu, "Being in a guild…do you enjoy it?"

Natsu looked down at him for a second before giving off a big grin. "Yeah!" Natsu he laughed. Faust closed his eyes, the feeling of regret showing from his whole being, learning these lessons after everything he had done.

As Kirito diverted himself from Natsu, he looked up into the sky as he floated. "Even a greedy, raging heart like Faust's can learn to gain a kind heart." Kirito told himself, "When we unite ourselves against the darkness that tries to overtake our hearts, we can help others see our point of view, and help them gain the kindness they couldn't see before. Saïx said that many times in my life, I let my rage take control of me, and it turns into vengeance. However, that's not true. I never fight out of vengeance. I fight to protect my friends. They have shown me what is important; the friendship they give, and the connection I have to everyone. Isn't that right, Sora, Asuna?"

The Sleeping Keyhole appeared in the sky above him. Kirito twirled his Keyblade, unleashing a beam of light. "Now, it's time I fight for my sister, and free her from the darkness the enemy has put her in." Kirito told himself as the Keyhole was unlocked, and he departed from the world, heading off to the next one.

Realm of Arrival: Gretinal's office

Gretinal examined her books in the shelves, looking for a book that might help them out with discovering where she might find the Keyblade wielders in the Mark of Mastery. After ending the conversation with Yen Sid and those in the other dimension, she asked her good friends and teachers to her students, Dreamcast and Saturn, to help Yui with her request. Her students also joined to help with Yui and watch her. Drive, the third teacher, was sent on an errand made by Gretinal.

Just then, she heard a knock on the door. "You may come in." Gretinal responded, feeling for who it was. The door opened, and Cypress entered in. "Ah, Cypress!" Gretinal greeted him as he walked towards her, "Have you come to deliver any news on Yui's progress?"

"Well, that, and something else." Cypress answered.

"Well, tell me about Yui's progress, first." Gretinal told her student as she went back to her seat.

"Yes, Mistress." Cypress answered, "Yui's training is coming along very well. I'm kinda surprised how well adapted to it she came to be."

"She had been working together with her family in their world, after all." Gretinal giggled, "Plus, she has ventured with them through their entire journey up to this point. Watching other people's skills can help you learn faster." Cypress nodded in understanding. "Now you said there was something else you wanted to say." she continued.

"Yes. I…wanted to ask about where you sent Ms. Drive." Cypress asked. "I sent her to get some people from another world, and bring them here." Gretinal responded, "I am sure they need to be informed about all that is happening right now. Drive should be back soon."

Cypress looked down, thinking about something. "Is there something else you wanted to ask?" Gretinal questioned.

"Yes, but…I don't want to be rude to you, Mistress." Cypress replied hesitantly, turning his head to one side. Gretinal eyed her student's expression. He was trying to be divergent, but she could tell he really wanted to tell her something.

"You may speak freely to me, Cypress." Gretinal assured him, "I promise you, I will not be mad."

Cypress looked to Gretinal, then breathed in and out deeply before starting. "I don't mean to be frank, but I feel like you are hiding something from us, Mistress. You seem to know a lot more about the situation than what was going on. When that Lea guy spoke to us about Xehanort's plans, you could tell that he would bring in Sugou's Heartless and Nobody into the battle. Then there was that time before, when Jackson had that Key of Darkness taken from him. Did that Oberon guy really just come for Jackson, or was there something else? Ever since you met him, I could tell you were more concern about the future than before. Please, Mistress, tell us the truth! Is there something you are holding back on us?"

When Cypress was done talking, Gretinal took a brief pause, thinking about how to answer this. She could tell it was on Cypress' mind, and that it deeply concerned him. After a while, Gretinal closed her eyes and smiled. "You must have as much foresight as I do." she joked, opening her eyes again and looking at her student. "You're right. There are something I haven't told either you or anyone else yet. Not even Yen Sid knows of my deep concerns."

"Then…" Cypress started.

"I will tell everyone soon, once I gather our last remaining guests." Gretinal told him, "It does connect with what's going on, along with what I believe Xehanort might have changed since his Heartless and Nobody were alive."

"What do you mean?" Cypress asked, "Who are these guests?"

"You will find out soon enough." Gretinal answered, "In fact…"

There was a knock on the door, and Drive's voice called out, "I have brought the visitors, as you requested." Cypress turned to the door, surprised at the sudden answer to his question.

"You may bring them in." Gretinal responded. The door opened, and Drive entered into the room, leading three people along with her. The three people that she had gathered were none other than Leafa and Kirito's mother, Midori, along with Asuna's mother and father, Kyouko and Shouzou Yuuki.

"Welcome to the Realm of Arrival." Gretinal greeted them, standing up to her feet as the three parents entered, "My name is Gretinal. I am the head Keyblade Master here."

"We met you before." Midori remembered, "It was after our world was saved by our children, that you told us that they needed to take this Mark of Mastery exam in order to be ready to fight a greater enemy." Shouzou nodded in confirmation of what Midori said. Kyouko, who was also there at the time, crossed her arms and looked down, thinking.

"I appreciate that the three of you were able to arrive here so quickly after my request." Gretinal thanked them.

"We were all worried about our children." Shouzou replied, looking to Kyouko and back to Gretinal, "Besides, it was very unusual to experience the feeling of traveling to other worlds that were beyond our understanding."

"Tell us, are Kazuto, Suguha and Asuna still okay?" Midori asked hesitantly.

Gretinal responded with a downward glance. "I'm afraid, things are not going as we had hoped." she answered, "The enemy is very clever, and was able to interfere with their Mark of Mastery. It isn't just your three children that are in trouble, but Sora and Riku on the other side, as well."

The three parents looked at one another, worried. "Can't you do anything to stop it?" Shouzou asked.

Gretinal shook her head, but she added, "I'm sure that the Keyblade wielders will not be taken down so easily. However, I'm afraid to inform you that Suguha might have already been taken off the path by the enemy."

"No! Suguha!" Midori gasped, her hands placed over her mouth in shock of what happened. She turned away from everyone.

Finally, since she came here, Kyouko spoke up. "If you knew of the dangers that Asuna and the others would be taking, why did to put them into this test in the first place?" she questioned, "It would've been better for her not to take such risks, and just live a normal life with us. So why put her through all of this in the first place?"

"Kyouko…" Shouzou muttered, looking to his wife's serious expression to Gretinal.

"I wasn't the one who chose to take this step. It was Asuna who did, Mrs. Yuuki." Gretinal answered, sitting back down and folding her hands together, "She chose this path on her own. Or rather, it might have been fate itself that brought her along this path."

"But this should've been avoided altogether!" Kyouko retorted, "Even if it was her decision, we could've not let her do this! If she hadn't put on that damn NerveGear in the first place…"

"I understand your concerns, believe me." Gretinal assured her calmly, "However, in the way you speak, you are no different to our enemy, who wants to control the hearts of people." Kyouko looked at her, surprised that she would compare her to the enemy.

"Asuna Yuuki was placed on your doorstep because a light guided her there." Gretinal continued, "She was already predestined to lead a path that was far beyond your understanding at the time. The fact that she put on the NerveGear on that day was so that she could not only meet the one person she was to be destined to work alongside, but to also prepare herself for this exact moment, even though she had no idea. The people she would meet, the trials she would endure, everything led up to the point when she and Kirito were sent to the other dimension. She could have stopped herself, make no mistakes. Everyone's heart can freely choose which path to take. However, she chose the path she took as the way forward, and it has led up to this."

Kyouko thought about that time when she found out that Asuna's avatar was no longer in ALO, and that she was in a comatose state, just like the Aincrad incident. Furious with herself, after Asuna broke through to her with that one conversation, Kyouko wanted to find a way to grow into the mother that Asuna needed. However, this took it all away for a while.

"When Asuna came back from that dimension, she changed again, just like how she did from the Aincrad incident." Kyouko vocalized her thoughts, "At first, I wasn't sure of the truth her friends told me and Shouzou, but after seeing how much stronger Asuna looked, I felt that something much different happened to her than what happened in that game. It was truly confirmed when that day she told me that she would be leaving again…"

(Flashback) "Absolutely not!" Kyouko retorted, "I forbid you from entering that game!" It was evening, and Asuna and her family were in the living room of their house. Shouzou sat at the couch, watching his wife and daughter standing and glaring at one another.

"I'm not going to be there for too long!" Asuna assured her firmly, "I'm just saying that if anything SHOULD happen, I would let you know that I won't be back for a while."

"You do realize that your actions have put your body and us through such troubles twice, already." Kyouko told her, "If you had any idea what kind of pain we had to deal with. I was already satisfied with letting you continue your school and to let you be with that boy, but now you are ruining your future even further by doing this!"

"I'm not endangering my life by doing this!" Asuna told her, "Kirito and the others are already planning to do this with me! We all agreed on this! We're going online, and heading to where our other friends our."

"Shouzou, say something to her!" Kyouko ordered her husband.

"Asuna, I understand you and your friends are still hung up on this whole 'dimension' thing that you claim to have been in." Shouzou stated, "But whatever happened to you inside the game must have messed with your heads, and…"

"It's not in our heads! It's the real deal!" Asuna barked, "We might have had to through such painful battles, and there were times we almost got ourselves killed, but Kirito, Yui, Suguha, Shinichi and I all met such great friends, and I would never doubt myself to think they weren't real. My heart is telling me the truth! Why won't you believe me?!"

"As far as I can tell, those are nothing but delusions." Kyouko said harshly, "In fact, that whole game world has been nothing but a joke. I am confiscating your Amusphere, and you are to never speak of this again!" Asuna was shocked at this, then she grimaced as her mother was about to walk out to seize her Amusphere. She wanted to believe that her parents would listen to her words and believe in them, but it was wishful thinking.

Just before Kyouko reached out to open the door out of the living room when a beam of light passed her hand, entering the keyhole, and locked the door. She was shocked at what she had just saw. She then turned to Asuna, and saw her holding what looked like an oversized key, but it had some likeness of a sword. It had a mixture of aqua green and silver colors on it, with two blue gems at the rounded front of the guard and a blue handle. At the back of the handle was a silver-linked chain, ending with a red cross.

Both Shouzou and Kyouko were shocked, especially Shouzou, since he saw Asuna suddenly produce the weapon out of a sparkling of lights. "Asuna, what…!" Shouzou gasped.

"You could listen to me, so I have no choice but to show you proof." Asuna muttered, her eyes shadowed, "This is the weapon that was given to me during my journey in that other dimension. Kirito and Suguha also have one. It's called a Keyblade."

Kyouko was stunned at this display. No, it had to have been a fake, right? There's no way that could be real! She turned to open the door, but it was locked. "It's no use." Asuna told her, lowering her weapon, "The Keyblade can lock or unlock any keyhole."

Kyouko turned to Asuna, panicked. "How? How can you do this?!" she demanded.

"If you want proof, then I can let you hold it." Asuna responded, holding it flat in her hands.

Kyouko was hesitant, then she walked forward as Shouzou came from behind Asuna, getting closer to her. Kyouko reached out and picked up the weapon, looking at it. "It's so…childish." she stated.

"It's a weapon that monsters known as Heartless fear." Asuna explained, "It's the kind of weapon that we use to face against them. In fact, it's the only thing that can defeat them." Asuna reached out for her Keyblade, and the weapon disappeared out of Kyouko's hands, into Asuna's hands once more. "Plus, it's connected to my heart, so no one who isn't a Keyblade wielder can use it." she added, holding it aloft.

"Asuna, why didn't you show us this before?" Shouzou asked.

"Because, I thought you would be afraid if I did show you it." Asuna answered, "Plus, I was really hoping you would listen to my words, and believe in me. I guess that didn't work out, now did it?" Shouzou and Kyouko looked at one another, realizing that she had been honest with them for so long, that she wouldn't say stuff like this unless it was truthful.

"This is why I want to head back. During those three and a half months, I have made bonds with so many great people." Asuna told them, "I was able to become stronger, and happier, because of them. I know you will worry about me, but I'll be back. But the thing is, my friends need me, just like I need them. I might be there for a short time, but I also feel like someone or something might need us to help them out. So I should go out and help them regain their happiness, right?"

Asuna's parents just stood there, listening to what she had to say. Kyouko then recalled that one time, when Asuna convinced her to enter the online world so she could remind her of her grandparents' house. "…Somehow, I want to figure out how to live a life that makes everyone around me happy. I want a life that makes me be there for the people I care about when they need someone to lean on. That's all I want."

"Is this…what you really want?" Kyouko asked her. Asuna looked up at her, then nodded determinately. Kyouko paused for a moment, thinking of a way to counter her, but she realized there was no way she could. "Fine. You can go." she said, defeated. Asuna looked surprised at first, but then smiled. "Just be sure to come back quickly, okay?" she told her.

Asuna nodded in confirmation. "I'll be back soon." Asuna assured her, and she waved her Keyblade to the door, sending a beam of light to unlock it. She opened the door, turning to her parents. "Goodbye, mother, father." she told them, and exited the room

Shouzou walked over to Kyouko, her eyes wavering as she regretted the decision. "I should've known." she told herself, "Ever since she arrived on her doorsteps, I felt like she would be a different person than any other. I tried so hard to deny that, but…"

"I know." Shouzou understood, "But even though she had gained this supernatural power, and experienced going to a different dimension, she still considers us her parents."

"Do you think, when she comes back, should we tell her everything?" Kyouko asked, looking at him.

"That, I can't be too sure." Shouzou answered hesitantly, "For now, let's just believe in her, and hope she comes back soon…" (Flashback ends)

"After all of that, she came back to this dimension, now learning the truth about herself, and that she was already destined for this kind of path." Kyouko stated, "I tried so hard to prevent her from going off on any unnatural path like that, but I guess it was too late."

Everyone in the room looked to her, showing signs of sympathy. Finally, Gretinal stated, "As a parent, your role isn't to control their every move. Your role is to guide them to the future that is best for them and everyone around them. Asuna wants to make sure everyone is happy around her, and that, in turn makes her happy. Kirito wants to make sure he helps others out, and that his actions won't hurt those close to him. Leafa wants to help bring back someone who she has a strong bond with. All three of them have the same goal; They are growing up, wanting to do something for other people, and protect the light in people's hearts. It may be dangerous, but they choose to risk their lives to protect what is important. Instead of being concern for their well-being, be proud of them, and support them in their goal."

Kyouko looked down, thinking about Asuna and how determined she was to take this test. She wanted to find her sister again, but she also cared for her and Shouzou as her mother and father, even though she knew the truth. She started to tear up, and she turned away, worried. Shouzou came next to her, comforting her. Midori looked to them, then looked down, worried about Kazuto and Suguha.

"Now that we have those problems out of the way, Cypress, I want you to bring everyone else here." Gretinal told her student.

"Understood, Mistress." he responded, and he passed the parents, leaving the room.

"Once he brings everyone here, I will tell you everything that we know so far. I shall also call upon Yen Sid and the others, so that we can all discuss what our plan of action is." Drive understood, while the parents looked at Gretinal, who's face became serious. It was time for the secret to be revealed.

Next time on SAKFF:

Kirito: This world is pretty strange. It has large beanstalks, clouds and landscapes that are way too cheerful compared to the fact that Nightmares are here, and there is a sleeping pink ball character that I need to wake up. Thing is, the path to the monster that's keeping him in this sleep is blocked by vines. Not only is it that darn Spellican, but there's this mysterious man that I just met. For some reason, I get the feeling he might know something about where Leafa is.

On the next 'Sword Art Kingdom: Falling Fantasy'

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