Chapter Five Rescue and Unknownst Betrayal

A female meister named Maka Albarn, and her partner Soul Eater Evans had been investigating the mysterious letter was left behind their door a few days after their encounter with Roxas and Xion. Currently they were rather far from the Academy and in a distant city, and had been staying there for the past few days.

The city itself was rather dark, quiet, and had no signs of any Heartless or Kishin activity. With the setting of night, the stars seemed to be shining brighter than ever. The duo had arrived upon an old mansion, somewhat secluded from the rest of the city. Upon first appearance, it would seem to be on the verge of breaking down, with only the pillars holding the roof up. Outside the mansion laid brown dirt and a few weeds here and there, yet no signs of any life around. The two teens had arrived upon a locked gate that separated them from the mansion itself.

"Maka, are you sure this is the right place?" Soul pointed to the old mansion.

"Yes, I'm positive it is." She huffed excitedly.

"You said that the last three houses and four mansions we checked out," Soul counted," What makes this one so special huh?"

"Uh, this time is different," Maka averted his gaze," this is a gut feeling, I know it!"

"Ugh, you're impossible sometimes I swear." Soul scratched his head.

"Soul, can you hand me the letter?" Maka requested, walking ahead searching for a way past the gate.

"Sure, knock yourself out." Soul handed her the slightly crumpled envelope from his pocket.

Maka opened the envelope once more and read the mysterious letter.

Hey RUNTS

Your weak friends are trapped in a mansion in the city of -, if ya wanna save 'em, come and get em. Don't bring any of your snobby friends either! If you're too slow; then bye-bye to those weaklings forever.

From

Ragnarok

Backside

Dear Maka and Soul,

Your friends, Roxas and Xion, have been captured by very bad people. I have been told to assist you in rescuing them, I'll find you when you need the most help. They are in a mansion in the city of _ . Please come at soon as possible, I won't be able to do this alone.

From,

Crona

Maka inhaled and exhaled as she put the letter back into the envelope and into her shirt pocket. Geez, if they wanted to help, they could at least approached us in person…

" This letter seems like a prank, but everything about it seems real." Maka paced in circles, " Whoever sent it knows about our encounter with Roxas, Xion, and Axel; and even knew about the Witch's child name; Crona. This is a letter for help; but the way it arrived in our house seems like a trap."

"So Maka, here's a thought, maybe it's time we actually go inside the mansion, rather than just politely ask the owners who refuse every time." Soul suggested leaning against the gate," Or maybe we just jump in, ransack the place and hope for the best."

"Soul you know how I feel about ransacking," Maka stopped pacing," Ransacking are for crooks and bad guys."

"That's not entirely true." Soul defended," For example, I ransacked your wardrobe the other day, and I even added more stylish clothes to it, rather than taking your bland clothes away. So am I a crook by definition?"

Maka paused for a few seconds after his statement. Or better yet, his confession.

"What?" Maka frowned," When did you go thru my wardrobe?! That's invading my priva-"

*AGHHHHH* A scream came from inside the mansion.

They turned their attention towards the old mansion.

"What was that?!" Soul asked.

"It sounds like trouble! "Maka urgently said," C'mon let's go!"

The two teens had jumped over the locked gate and headed towards inside the mansion as fast as their legs could carry them. Before the entrance to the old mansion, stood a boy with pink hair, looking both relieved and eerily joyful. Beside him were some familiar heartless that they fought not too long ago.

*Meanwhile*

The night was young but Kid, Patty, and Liz weren't in the mood to party. The three were all preparing to sleep for the night. The beds seem more lavish compared to the entire mansion itself. The beds were soft, new,and clean; while the mansion for the most part was hard, old, and riddled with dust bunnies and dirt everywhere. While Patty was already sleeping, Liz and Kid began to talk; not worried that they would wake up the heavy-sleeper Patty.

"Hey Kid, didn't Death say there would be more people we knew helping out with this mission. Who were they again?" Liz asked readjusting her pillow.

"Let me think…" Kid got up from his position with his chin resting on his fingers," Oh, it was Kilik Rung with his weapons Fire and Thunder. We can depend on them if things get crazy."

"Well, where are they then?" Liz asked.

"Strange… "Kid got up from his bed," They should have arrived already. I'm going to have a talk with DiZ and see if he knows anything abo-."

*AGHHHHH* A scream came from the first floor, while they stood at the second floor.

Shortly after came another scream of agony. With Patty finally waking, all three went down to see what was going on in the laboratory. By the time they reached the door, the cores that held Roxas and Xion captive; exploded. Namine, DiZ, and Mickey felt the full impact of the blow; leaving Roxas and Xion free from the cores.

"DiZ, Mickey, Namine ! What happened?" Kid asked.

DiZ looked at the damage around them. He heavily sighed.

"The experiment to revert them failed. It seems this is who they are now, or so it seems. Guess all that's left is to take them back to Sora. We'll depart early in the morning," DiZ pointed to the unconscious fighters," They should be asleep for a long time. So as long as we don't lose them, things should be fine."

"Wait, what was your goal with this experiment?" Liz asked," Did you know it would hurt them this badly?!"

Mickey slowly approached them, holding his arm carefully, while Namine approached the unconscious Roxas and Xion.

"Liz, the experiment was for Xion was to summon the keyblade without changing her body into the weapon, and for Roxas to be able to resummon his." Mickey summoned his Keyblade," Sorta like this, Oh-HO."

With a simple touch of magic with his Keyblade, Mickey healed everyone in the room.

"Alright, while you guys help Namine carry Roxas and Xion upstairs, DiZ and I'll go get all the parts from the cores and set the Gummi ship to Twilight Town." Mickey said opening the door to the pantry.

The pantry door opened and out came a male teen with two big gauntlets walked out casually. One gauntlet had the icon of thunder, while the other one had fire and held a bag of ice cream. The teen walked out in a slouching motion, and looked around the room with his square rimmed glasses covering his black eyes. His hair was a combination of dreadlocks and cornrows. His rolled up long-sleeved white shirt was opposite to his black skin and grey pants.

Mickey jumped back in surprise as Kid, Patty, and Liz greeted them.

"Kid, Patty, Liz! I didn't know you guys were already here." The teen smiled.

"Good to see you're doing well Kilik," Kid responded," But why were you in the pantry?"

"Late night snack." Kilik lifted the bag," Also what's with this atmosphere man? It feels kinda…. Tense. Aw well, probably just my imagination, you guys can eat now"

Kilik's gauntlets took their human forms as small toddlers. Their similarities of appearance paralleled to Patty and Liz; showing that they were twins. The twins wore matching white and green striped shirt, white blue overalls on top. Over their heads and yellow hair was different colored berets that showed who was who. They began to go through the bag, deciding to see which flavor to snack on. Within seconds Liz and Patty helped themselves to the sweets as well.

As Mickey and DiZ went to leave the room, Namine tried to pick up Xion, with one hand, and grabbed Roxas with the other. When Namine made contact with Roxas, a ball of light appeared and connected a white link between the unconscious Roxas and herself. Namine turned her head to see if anyone else saw the ball of light, but everyone had ignored her and was feasting on the snacks.

As Namine fell to the ground, unable to drag Roxas and Xion to the other room, that's when everyone had noticed what she was doing. They remembered what they were suppose to do from the start. Patty was the first one to talk.

"Ya need help with that?" Patty asked finishing her popsicle.

Namine nodded, not sure what to say.

"Kid, Kilik!" the older boys turned their heads," Go take them to whatever room the Mouse said to, while Namine stays here and relaxes."

Kid and Kilik glance at each other and shrugged; both walk to Roxas and Xion and carried them to the rooms. Namine obeys Patty's orders and sits with them, concerned about what to do now. Thunder and Fire offer her a chocolate chip cookie and a strawberry popsicle stick. She accepts the strawberry popsicle over the cookie.

Observing how the others ate, she decided to bite it like how the others did to the cookies. She saw that Patty scarfed her ice cream sandwich quickly, so Namine ate her popsicle just as fast; including the stick.

While Patty was smacking Namine on the back while praising her on doing something so gutsy, everyone else looked at her in shock. Namine wasn't sure what to do now that her hands were empty, so she politely smiled. Is this how somebodies are supposed to act?

"So, Namine guess you were uhh really hungry huh?" Kilik joked," So how did DiZ, Mickey, and you meet our headmaster Death?"

*CRASHHH* The sound of a fight echoed closeby in the mansion.

"Screech ALPHA!" Followed the sounds of the crash, ending with, "REMEMBER THE PLAN! WE HAVE TO SAVE ROXAS AND XION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE GOT IT CROANA!?"

"GOT IT MAKA!"

Shortly after, DiZ bursts into the laboratory where everyone was hanging out.

"Everyone, we have several intruders! You must defeat them," DiZ summons the darkness that covers everyone," This will hide your true appearance, the enemies will never discover your true identities if you make it out alive! Now go take care of the intruders! I'll go deal with Roxas and Xion, Namine you come with me."

Before departing with DiZ, Namine had one last look at Kid, Patty, Liz, Kilik, Fire, and Thunder. Despite the time they spent together was brief, she enjoyed the moment as it lasted.

"Stay safe everyone!" Namine told them before they all waved goodbye.

As DiZ and Namine left, LiZ and Patty transformed into their weapon form; deadly pistols that was silver and shot wavelengths. Thunder and Fire transformed into gauntlets attached themselves to Kilik's hands. They were ready for combat with the cloaks and make-up hiding their true identity.

While heading towards the sounds of fighting; Kilik finally spoke.

"Kid, you think it's the same Maka we know? Or just someone with the same name and similar voice?" Kilik asked.

"No time for jokes Kilik, if it turns out Maka's working for the Witch Association, then we have to defeat her so we can interrogate her later." Kid staying focused

"What about Black Star? Their practically best friends, what if he's also in on it too?"

"I doubt he'd be able to keep information like that, but if he is… Then we'll deal with that later. For now we deal with Crona and "Maka"."

By the time Kilik and Kid arrive on the scene, they witnessed Crona and Maka working together against Mickey. Maka went for the finishing slash, sending Mickey flying to the other side of the hallway. Not someone who had a similar name, but the Maka they knew for so long, their classmate, their comrade, their friend. What made things even stranger was that her partner; Soul was fighting as her weapon. He was sensible for the most part and would help Maka get back into reality; but it appeared that both Maka and Soul were aligned with Crona willingly.

Their "friend" Maka turns her head panting," Wh-where's Roxas and Xion?! Crona, let's take care of these clowns fast; our backup should be arriving in a few minutes I think."

Mickey yelled from the distance," For the record I was tired from fighting the Targets, I beat them so just take these two down. Got it?! Watch out for the pink haired one, his sword is weird!"

Before speaking another word, he left the hallway, presumably to fight more intruders, or go back to DiZ, or rest.

Kid and Kilik turn their attention to Crona. He looked a bit pale, and his pink hair and bangs did not hide his expression; hostility. His weapon was a dark broadsword, with thorns on the handle, with bright red lips with teeth and tongue sticking out, above the pommel. He nods to Maka's words. Kilik and Kid were stunned upon what event they were witnessing.

Maka and Crona vs Kilik and Kid

Crona dashed towards Kid with his blade ready. Kilik came to his defense and aimed for the gut. Maka blocked Kilik's attacked with a spin of her scythe and launched him out the Mansion and into the brown dirt in front.

While Kid aimed Patty at Crona and began firing, he hesitantly aimed Liz at Maka and began shooting her as well. Maka ran outside to avoid getting hit, while Crona took the shots and let his blood spill everywhere before speeding and getting behind Kid.

As Kid spin kicked Crona's face, Crona countered by punching his mask and blasting him outside where Maka and Kilik were fighting.

"Crona ya moron! Now Maka's all by herself! If you want to prove to her that you're a "friend" then help her out already!" The sword spoke.

"Ughh, leave me alone!" Crona complained," I know what I'm doing! Or at least I hope…"

Crona joined the fight once more and continued to add pressure on Kid and Kilik alongside with Maka. The four fighters were all experienced in their own right. Crona Gorgon was the child of a witch who was fused with black blood and a weapon named Ragnarok. Maka Albarn was the child of Spirit and a partnered with Soul who can withstand her anti-kishin techniques. Death the Kid was the offspring of Death himself and wields two pistols and taught Death God Taijutsu. Kilik Rung was one of the top students of DWMA academy who wields gauntlets Fire and Thunder and able to keep a clear mind in the wildest of situations.

"Maka, when will that backup arrive?!" Crona asked while blocking Kilik's punches.

"Any minute now! These guys are tough!" Maka answered back trying to cut Kid down. Who are these guys? They remind me of Kid and Kilik…

Kid and Kilik knew it was a matter before things would get really hectic. They were trying to end the fight as soon as possible, but they were running out of options.

*Meanwhile*

Two members in dark cloaks were fighting against a group of heavy armored Heartless in the world known as Agrabah. The sand dunes around the city were calm, with no sand storms raging about in the city. They paid no mind to the merciless heat granted by the sun and continued to bicker while taking Heartless down.

The first member was tall, spiky red hair, and able to control the flames around his chakrams. The second member was around the first one's height, long blue hair, able to effortlessly swing his Claymore while fighting like a berserker.

Their last group of targets were of several of heavy built Heartless; Clay Armors and Solid Armors. These types of armored heartless protected themselves with thick armor from all directions. The Heartless had surrounded the two fighters. However, their armor and numbers stood no chance against an angry Chakram fire wielder, and an even angrier Claymore fighter.

"RAGHHH!" Shouted the Blue haired fighter.

The blue hair fighter went berserk against the Heartless and showed them how a true warrior should fight. They armor, hands, limbs, and heads were cut into pieces the moment the Claymore made contact with the Heartless.

"FEEL THE BURN BABY!" The red hair fighter shouted.

He threw large fireballs that exploded all around him. The Heartless fell into ashes, not standing a chance. The field was empty, and all the Heartless were eliminated, leaving the two fighters alone. They journeyed back to the Corridor of Darkness.

"*Huff Huff* Good to see you haven't gotten weaker Saix." The red hair one jestered," So why did you come along with me for this mission again?"

"*Inhale*... *Exhale*... Because Lord Xemnas assigned me to be partnered with you today. Also, Zexion was the one giving out orders today. I think he's going to replace me, since he IS Xemnas' favorite."

"Wait," Axel gulped," If Zexion replaces you, then all the work I've put up with would be thrown out the window. Is there a way to get rid of him? What about our plans man? What about the plans?"

"Calm down will you." Saix said," You remember Castle Oblivion?"

"You mean the big project that got delayed cuz' some guy wearing our uniform defeated all our workers there and destroyed like, half the castle? The same one that Xemnas made a big deal about? I remember for the most part, but what about it?"

"Yes, the very same. I saw the list of who's being assigned there, I think I can persuade Xemnas to put Zexion in there instead of me. That way you can go there and "eliminate" anyone who poses as a threat to our plans."

"How will Xemnas knew I didn't eliminate them because of our plans?"

"Because he's been rather suspicious of a few members, he thinks they might be traitors. SO if you eliminate the people he suspects; then he'll most ignore you on a few "casualties. I'll keep you informed if anything changes with the plans."

They had finally reached the Corridor of Darkness. Axel halted, gesting Saix to not go in yet either. Axel's emerald green eyes stared right back at Saix's golden yellow eyes.

"Speaking of being informed," Axel summoned his chakrams," Why didn't you inform me of the alliance with the Witch Association?"

"Axel stop wavering around those things," Saix summoned his Claymore," Someone might get the wrong idea. Also, what alliance? If there was any alliance made, I'd be the second one to be informed."

Axel did not break eye contact, and with Saix's response, Axel realized what was going on.

"So you really didn't know…" Axel put his weapons back." Maybe there's more obstacles in our plan than we thought."

"What on earth are you talking?" Saix kept his weapon in hand.

"The other day, Roxas, Xion, and I encountered this Witch." Axel recalled," She knew about the Organization,said her association had an alliance with us, and even was able to create some weird Heartless that almost beat me. It didn't though because I'm strong. Since you and I didn't know, that means someone told everyone except us, including Roxas and Xion."

"So there's more obstacles in our path," Saix sighed with a hint anger," Why can't things just run smoothly."

"No clue, let's just head ba- *Beep Beep Beep*" Axel got cut off. He checked his trench coat and found one of his calling cards. A small flame was lit at the top. A message began,

"Axel, this is Maka and Soul; we found heard the screams of Roxas and Xion. I believe they've been kidnapped. Please come as soon as possible, also bring some backup; I think we'll need it. Also we have Crona, helping us out, so I think he'll be helpful too. *Respond to message?*"

"Yes. *BEEP* I'll there in a few minutes." *BEEP*. Axel responded.

"Care to tell me what was that about?" Saix asked with a raised eyebrow.

"The kids I mentioned earlier. Remember how Roxas and Xion have been gone for a while? Of course you do; anyway, help me out will ya?" Axel summons a different Corridor of Darkness," It'll be fun, I promise."

"Why would I waste my time helping those two?" Saix began walking into the first Corridor of Darkness," Besides I have better things to do-"

Axel had no choice and picked Saix up fireman style and ran into his Corridor of Darkness.

"-oooooo!"

Within moments, Axel and Saix had a change in scenery. They were no longer in a desert town with sand dunes and blazing sun, they now were in a dark city with the stars all around the night sky with a cool breeze. Axel drops Saix and looks around their location. In the distance, not to far; he sees Maka and some pink haired hair fighting two clowns, literally two clowns, one with gauntlets, and another with two pistols. Axel turns to Saix.

"See, it was fun right? Anyway I think Roxas and Xion are in that mansion over there; c'mon let's go!" Axel began walking.

"Ugh, you can be such a fool sometimes." Saix mutters following his lead."Let's just get this over with."

Upon Axel and Saix reaching the locked gate; a man and woman stood in front of them. The man was in a prisoner outfit with a ball of iron stuck to his ankle. His height could be equal to Lexaeus. His had slightly tanned skin along with short brown hair with a bandage covering his eyes. The bandage had several markings written all over.

The woman had white long hair with an orange cap on top. She wore a black and white polka dotted dress that was slightly above her knees. Her round black eyes showed no means of hostility, but showed caution. She was definitely not the same witch Axel met from before.

"Wait, you two are from the Organization right? The one Medusa formed an alliance with?" The witch croaked." In that case, please do not interfere with the plan. We have an alliance remember-ribbit!"

"What plans?" Saix summoned his weapon and pressed it against her," Speak now before you lose the chance to speak ever again."

The small witch's expression changed from cautious to a mix of anger and hostility. She began to make gestures with her hands and silently moved her lips.

"We don't want to fight, unless you want to."The prisoner put his hand on Saix's claymore gently," Our orders were from Lady Medusa herself. She said that no one interrupts her latest experiment. "

"What's this experiment and plan exactly?" Saix put his weapon away," Who else knows about this alliance?"

"The experiment was for Crona and Ragnarok to reach a new form. One of Medusa's other experiments fused with a "Heartless" or whatever had the nerve to attack Lady Medusa. Luckily, Crona then took it down; after that a heart came out and went into Crona. After that Crona's been acting really different since then. So," The prisoner continued," Medusa wants to see what else has changed about Crona. The plan was to bring back Roxas and Xion to the Organization, who got captured by those guys other there."

"So why aren't you two helping then?" Axel asked.

"We already did enough." The witch spoke," We put the spell on the entire city so that no one in this town sees or hears us, and we even sent a few "Heartless Target" things out to retrieve them. I don't think they'll make it out in piece though, that thing cannot seem to control its grip."

"Some alliance then," Saix laughed," Your "association" plans on returning a broken puppet. How will you accommodate for our losses then? Give us one of your members then?"

"It's your friend's fault for getting captured in the first place, not ours."The prisoner turned around," So what happens, will happen. Now if you excuse us; we have to head back now."

The prisoner walked away from them for approximately three feet before turning back around. The witch did not follow him.

"Uh Eirika? Isn't that our queue to leave?" The prisoner scratched his head," I made it all dramatic and everything."

"Free, you ARE aware that we have to report back to the others AFTER we get them right? " Eirika sighed," If we don't have them when we report, how else are we going to prove that we actually did our jobs right?"

"Ohhh," Free laughed," I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me. Alright staying is what we will do. So you guys wanna play "I spy with my little eye" or something to pass the time?"

Eirika sighed heavily as she summoned a large tadpole and a magazine. She sat comfortably on top of the tadpole and began reading.

Both Saix and Axel exchanged glances. Saix glares stood no chance against Axel's puppy dog stare. With a groan, Saix walked next to Free.

"I'll play your little game." Declares Saix.

"Finally," Free claps excitedly," A man who's willing to play "Eye spy" with me. You're the first one to go along with it actually, in the past; none of the guards that kept me in prison wouldn't play, the fellow inmates never bothered to talk, and Eirika is always reading. "

"That's quite a shame," Saix responds," I'll start off, I spy with my eye…"

Saix winked at Axel, giving him the signal as he became the distraction. Axel vanished within moments and reappeared inside the mansion. The first thing Axel notices is DiZ along with Mickey fighting against another Target, only now it was bigger than before. Behind the fighting was a petite blonde barely going up the stairs holding Roxas and Xion over her shoulders.

Guess DiZ found a new pet. Too bad I'm taking her along with Roxas and Xion. Hopefully she's already trained…

Axel sprinted past Mickey and Diz's fight and bee lined towards Namine and his friends. Mickey aimed his Keyblade at the Target while it slowly increased its grip on Mickey and DiZ.

"Eat this! FIRAGA" Mickey shouted, blasting the Target's main defenses off. DiZ launched one of his deadly tools from his bag of tools into the Target. The Target fell back and was defeated right there and vanished from sight.

While trying to catch their breath, Axel had already captured Xion, Roxas, and Namine. Feeling adventurous, Axel jumped out the window and escaped the mansion. Upon landing on the ground without injuring his "passengers", Axel saw Maka, Soul, and a pink haired teen fighting two clowns. Axel was beginning to worry if he had hit the ground harder than he first anticipated. Staying focused to his goal, he sprinted past that fight as well.

"Maka, Soul! I got Roxas and Xion, their safe with me. Finish your fight and we'll discuss things for the next phase." Axel shouted while running.

"Got it! We'll finish these clowns shortly." Maka responded blocking the clown's heavy gauntlets.

"With Roxas and Xion safe," Maka stanced," We can finally go all out. Ready for Soul Resonance?"

"Hell yeah! Let's take these clowns down with style!" Soul encouraged," You too Crona, we need to take these guys down, but not kill."

"Hmph!" Nodded Crona," Ragnarok, get ready for a Soul Resonance!"

The two clowns looked at each other at nodded, they too would go all out. Everyone's Soul Wavelengths peaked with their partners and their energy was almost gone. This move would settle it all.

Crona and Maka were side by side, parallel to the two clowns who seem to be in a similar state of exhaustion as they were in.

"SOUL RESONANCE!" Everyone practically shouted.

Soul's usual Scythe form changed shape into a bigger scythe and was embodied with a killer aura. She pointed Soul at the Clown with boxing gloves. Ragnarok started to vibrate violently like a chainsaw and began emitting waves, causing the ground beneath everyone to shake. He pointed Ragnarok at the Clown with the water guns.

The clown with boxing gloves had shifted into a different gear and morphed the gloves into boxing gloves embodies in flames and electricity. He took a guarding stance and challenged Maka. The clown with the water gun had transformed it into water cannons and new make-up on it's face was changed. He pointed his cannons at Crona, ready to fire.

Maka leaped into the air and somersaulted her attack onto the clown with gauntlets. The clown caught it as it was about to touch his face. The clown tried to use the elements of fire and thunder to break Soul's form. The two were in a standoff of grit.

Crona slashed and honed Ragnarok's screech attack solely of the clown with water cannons. The clown with water cannons shot back, cancelling out the soundwave and soul wavelength of each attack. Crona had to gotten grazed on both legs, causing him to falter.

The clown with cannons stopped firing briefly and charging for a massive shot, point at where Crona stood leaning against Ragnarok.

"*Huff huff* Black blood, don't fail me now…" Crona groaned as more blood slowly spilled.

The clown with cannons fired it's last shot as Crona, only for Crona to slip past the massive shot by squiting Black blood on ground and quickly landed him behind the clown with cannons. Before the clown could kick once more, Crona used the pommel to slam against his crotch and used a shockwave to send him into the mansion.

Upon Crona's win, the clown with gauntlets lost concentration when he saw his partner lose and quickly met his own defeat when he looked away. As he turned back to his fight, Maka sent a powerful kick to his jaw and threw him again against the Mansion and made him crash where his friend was. While in the air, the gauntlet clown shot two last shots of thunder and fire at Maka and Crona. Maka dodged and slashed from the distance and hit him with her wavelength. Crona could not move due to a lack of black blood in his system and full on fatigue. Crona took a full blast of electricity to the head.

"CRONA NO!" Maka screamed running to him.

"Maka, there are more people in the mansion, I can sense it.." Crona slowly breathed," Let's retreat and find Axel. If I die now, I want you to know…ughh"

"Crona please, not like this!" Maka began to shake Crona gently, unsure if he was gone for good. Soul deformed as a large mouse with a weapon similar to Xion and a tall man slowly approached them. Soul ran holding Crona's body as Maka ran alongside her.

They escaped the area, the mouse and the man stopped chasing them as someone else intervened. They did not get much of a look of the helper, but the man wore the same outfit as Axel did, held a large Claymore in one hand with that behind his back, and had stunning long blue hair.

"Saix!" The tall man with the mouse said loudly before Maka and Soul left their sights.

*A few hours later*

Maka and Soul were back in their hotel room, bandaging up and injuring they had acquired during their fight. Soul broke the silence.

"So you think Axel's really going to take care of Crona?" Soul placed a band aid on his face, "He looked pretty banged up after that guy's electric blast."

"I hope so," Maka replies sadly on her bed," If only we took down the Gauntlet clown faster, Axel wouldn't have needed to take Crona to his Organization."

"Maka, how do we even know what we did today was the right thing? For all we know Organization are the bad guys. The witch said they were in an alliance, that usually means they are the bad guys."

"So if the Organization really is bad, and they even have new recruits like Roxas and Xion; but why?" Maka pondered," What's the Organization's goal?"

In the middle of her thoughts, a portal of darkness summoned itself from the middle of the room. A tall hooded figure walks out, and unhooded himself. It was a familiar red haired man.

"Axel!" The exclaimed in unison.

"What happened after you took Crona into the darkness?!" Maka got up," Where's Roxas and Xion?!"

"Trust me, Roxas, Xion, and Crona are safe." Axel gestured," I placed them in safe place and had one of our guys take care of them. They'll recover in no time."

"How can we trust you?" Soul shot at Axel," What's the Organization's goal, and why is it aligned with the Witch Association? Also who was the blonde chick that you were carrying on your back earlier?"

"'Cuz you helped save my friends, so I'm going to save one of yours, that's why you should trust me." Axel earnestly responded," The goal of the Organization is to regain their hearts for Nobodies like me." I shouldn't reveal too much information.

"Hearts? Nobodies?" Axel's response piqued their interests.

"Yeah, that's what I just said. The Organization is full of Nobodies like me who want to be complete again. In order to become complete, we have to activate Kingdom Hearts. In order to that, we have to keep beating down Heartless. Then Heartless have hearts that leave the body and journey to Kingdom Hearts."

"How are you functioning then if you don't have a heart?" Maka asked, writing whatever Axel said.

"Well after someone is dead, they either move on or try to keep surviving by any means. If they have a strong will to live, then they get engulfed by darkness and poof, a nobody Is made. A nobody is way stronger than any Heartless out there I'd say."

"So what's with the alliance and the chick?" Soul asked once more.

"About the alliance, turns out everyone knew excluding Roxas, Xion, a friend, and myself. Someone "forgot" to inform us about this. I'm still trying to find out why my boss personally made the alliance, but I'll find out soon." Axel stretched," And the girl's name is Namine. She's an important Nobody to say the least. Well I have to get back before things get even more complicated back at the Castle, see ya."

Before Soul and Maka could say another word, Axel went into the Darkness and vanished. Silence continued as they went to bed.

"Hey Maka, you think we should've had taken Crona to the DWMA instead?" Soul asked.

"I starting to think that, but Crona was in critical condition, and Axel was our best bet for his safety. I hope he gets well soon." Maka responded

"Heh, if you're so concerned with him, why don't you marry him?" Soul laughed."

"Hmph, maybe I will," Maka retorted with a deadpanned face.

Silence soon entered the conversation. Soul turned the lights back on to see Maka's expression, he felt sweat form on his brow.

"Y-your joking right? Right Maka?!" Soul asked wide-eyed.

Kilik and Kid had patched themselves up and called Death by mirror. The call worked and they saw Death and Spirit standing next to each other.

"Heya!" Death spoke on the mirror," Why so glum?"

"Father…" Kid reported," Roxas, Xion, and Namine were captured."

"That's a shame, who captured them? " Death sighed.

"No idea, he wore the same thing as Roxas and Xion," Kilik responded," so we can only assume that it's someone from the Organization."

"How did everyone fail to stop them? I know darn well that Mickey's a great fighter, and that goes to the same for Kilik and yourself."

"Well, Mickey fought more "Heartless" creatures, DiZ and Namine were trying to transport Roxas and Xion to another location. Meanwhile, Kilik and I were fighting…." Kid paused.

"Fighting who? More witches, kishin, or heartless?" Spirit asked, slightly annoyed by Kid's long pause. Kid remained silent."Spit it out already."

There was a moment of silence.

"Your daughter, Maka Albarn, alongside "Crona"." Kilik answered in Kid's place," Maka's aligned herself with the Organization or Witch Association. Either way we couldn't win…"

Spirit stood there, in disbelief as Death spoke.

"Things have become rather complicated haven't they. When Maka and Soul return, we will have to interrogate them as soon as possible. Well, get back as soon as possible before anything else happens."

The call ended leaving themselves time to rest.

Author's Note:

I'm not entirely sure if I can continue this series, but I'll try update at least one chapter every two-three months. The reason being is because of school and doing a hiatus because of that doesn't go with my style. That is, if I even have one. Also at my deviantart, I drew a small segment of this chapter, it's at here , if any of you wanna see bad drawings of Maka and Soul…

Lastly, feedback is appreciated regardless; positive or negative. I'll take what I can get.