Chapter 7

Sora glanced near him. There were people near him who were busy guarding buildings. Yet, according to Levi, there is something else behind them that is controlling them. Sora decided to test the theory with Mikasa, who knocked out the guards.

That called the heartless there as well, though. Mikasa slashed through each being in a single stroke, while Sora hit them with his new keyblade, the one that replicates Axel's weapon. They cleared the site, and decided to check the building out.

There was blood everywhere. Some bodies were on the wall. The people here were dead, so why were they guarded? Sora found the answer by finding a notebook.

"What does this thing say?" asked Mikasa.

"According to this notebook, there was a change in leadership. Some Military Police individuals stole lots of money and dedicated it to "helping" the people. These people were some of the officials that died after their office was invaded."

They looked at the bodies, which were covered in ice and burn marks. It made sense that someone like Bernard killed them. Intelligence and power were two reasons that people kill each other.

"The journal also indicates that titans were once people."

Mikasa was shocked. Titans were human?

"They performed tests on the titans, saying that they were adaptable to outside fusions-combination of a titan and another creature from another universe-and that other people, like Eren, have been equipped with the power."

The duo stood in silence. "We have to find more intel," begged Mikasa. "Before we start Operation Karma-"

"I found names on this notebook. Reiner, Bertolt, Annie, and Ymir."

"We have traitors?" asked Mikasa, turning red in rage. "They are part of the Recon group."

"It seems that Ymir may not be one, and another person, Krista, is important."

"The amount of information began to make Mikasa sore. "We need to find Eren. The Military Police may be tracking him now!"

They got up, and maneuvered the city. Eventually, they ran in with a blonde and a light brunette haired man.

"Armin, Jean," asked Mikasa, "Where is Eren?"

"We heard about the plan," said Jean, "And Eren went with Reiner and a few others-"

"Crap!" yelled Sora, and he explained the information that he found. "We have to-"

A nobody launched itself at Sora, and all hell broke loose. Random hollows attached themselves to some of the Military Police, attacking Jean and Armin. Armin maneuvered upward, and slashed three enemies out of combat. Sora instinctively used reversal to dodge the attack, and Mikasa hit them with her swordsman skills. Jean sneaked up on the hollowfied guards, slamming them into the walls.

A screech was heard, and a big dream eater with wings appeared. It crashed into Jean, slamming him across the buildings, and Mikasa ducked as it swooped down. Sora jumped up, hitting it multiple times. It roared in pain, trying to fly away, but Armin used his momentum to fly upwards and slash it to pieces.

"Go, guy!" said Jean. "Armin and I will be your rearguard. Get to Eren!"

The four ran on rooftops, heading near the walls.

Meanwhile, Riku traveled with Eren. The plan was to distract the citizens to move away from the Military Police, and to find and destroy the other enemies nearby. Eren transforming would be the perfect way to get the citizen's attention, and in the panic, Levi will sneak towards the Military Police headquarters, taking the place by surprise. However, there is the back up plan of attacking the enemies head-on, but only as a last option. The element of surprise should be used as it is present.

"So, Eren," said Reiner, "What do you think will happen to Anne?"

"I hope that she won't get hurt," said Eren, "But my opinions are useless to the people, right?"

Bertolt sighed. "I know that you have depression, but we should be happy. Right, new friend-"

"You don't even know him," interrupted Ymir. "He is just tagging along, and-"

"Why would humans hate humans?" Riku's question confused everyone, so Riku decided to explain it. "What did humans do to harm titans? According to Captain Levi, titans may have been human once. Is this instinctual, or is it objective?"

Reiner looked calm, staring into Riku's eyes. "Maybe both."

"So there's no use pretending what you were planning, right?!"

Eren and Riku pointed their weapons at Reiner and Bertolt. "So you caught on," said Bertolt. "You know, I-"

"How did it feel," Eren said, "To kill humans? To hear my agonizing story of my mother's death, to see the faces of those that you killed, to join a squad when you turned them in? Levi figured that you all had my ability...so why did you betray us?"

"We have our reasons that will be explored later," said Reiner. Suddenly, both men bit their thumbs, and Ymir, Riku, and Eren were pushed back by the force of two titans. Unlike the other titans that they faced, though, one was armored, while the other one was gigantic.

"Oh, great...Eren, now!" Riku's other strategy was to use Reiner's and Bertolt's transformations as a distraction, which both men realized. Random people were yelling, scared of the titans, and started to go crazy.

"RUN! They'll kill you!"

Ymir looked at Riku. "I will help you," she said rapidly. "I am not a titan spy. I was stuck in a trance for forty years in the titan form until I reverted back. I want to protect my friend, Krista."

Riku nodded, and said "Get the townspeople to safety!" Ymir nodded as he jumped up with the titan Eren.

Riku activated his power. "SORA!" He gained extended wings, and his sword attained more power. He realized that he could call another power to help him as a Keyblade Master. "Captain Levi!"

He flew at the titans at incredible speed. Reiner tried to capture him, but his armor make his speed slow, so he couldn't grab Riku. Riku slashed insanely at the left arm, splitting them in mere seconds. Crying in agonizing pain, Reiner backed off, and Bertolt punched at the air near Riku. It created a powerful shockwave, which pushed Riku into the walls.

"Nice try," he gritted, "But you fell for it."

Eren smashed his fist to the Bertolt, who stumbled to the ground. The man disappeared, and mist began to gather around Reiner. Reiner had white aura around him, powering him up. He launched himself at Eren, engaging in a hand-to-hand combat. The steel broke into the flesh of the titan, but Eren jabbed Reiner in the right shoulder, disabling his right arm. He cried in pain as he tried to move, but Riku got up again, using his fast sword skills to chop up Reiner's defense. "DARK FIRE BLAST!" A ball of eerie glowing energy exploded in Reiner's face. His body disappeared, and the titan bodies vanished.

Eren reverted to normal. "Why would they run away?" he asked.

"They knew that they were overpowered," said Riku. "I wonder where Sora and Mikasa are, though. I hope that they have better luck finding the guy behind this..."

In the Military Police headquaters, Sora and Mikasa found a suspicious room with a battle arena in it. A man stared at them, holding a dead Bernard in his hands.

"Well done," congratulated the man. "You have interfered and save this world, keyblade hero. Yet, you have not won yet. I am your last opponent, unlike this coward that I killed!"

He dropped Bernard, and transformed. His skin changed to blue, eyes red, black sword, and multiple legs were attached to him. "I am the neitherman Spidwo! You brave heroes shall crash at my feet!"

Mikasa jumped towards Spidwo, but he dodged it with webbing. Sora realized that he planned this from the start, luring them both in. Spidwo knocked Mikasa unconscious, moving back up at fast speeds. Sora hit him twice, but it did nothing on the monster. "DIE!" he laughed as he smashed into Sora. As he was about to attack again, however, another warrior slashed at Spidwo. Armin and Jean appeared, hitting his legs, and causing pain to Spidwo.

"Ichigo!" said Sora.

"I got a way to take him down," said Ichigo. "I'll hit him, and you guys respond with your attacks. Hit him with kidou or magic-but hurry, or he'll heal!"

Spidwo was hit into the ground by Armin. "Less talking, more fighting!"

"Sokatsui!"

Sora shouted the kidou, hitting the monster at its center. The blue energy caused the spider-man to cringe, falling to the ground. Sora activated his Anti-Form, hitting dark beams of energy at his opponent.

"Dark Marauder Multi-slash!"

Sora hit the spider with over nine thousand hits in under one second, killing Spidwo. As he died, he left items behind. Sora's blade changed to a crimson, chaotic blade as he turned normal. "A new keyblade, huhhh..." said Riku, appearing with Eren, Krista, and Ymir. "Don't worry, Ymir said that she is on our side. What else is here?"

"There's another journal entry!"

A cricket appeared on Sora's shoulder. "Jimmy!" said Sora.

"Nice to make a nickname for me Sora," happily said the cricket, "But there really is entries appearing in my new journal. It states that this world is saved!"

Everyone looked relieved, except for Sora. "What else is in the journal?" he asked.

"It's the location of the world that we should go to...and it's the Beast's castle."

"Ok then," said Donald, panting as Goofy followed him. "We should go!"

"Alright, hold your horses," said Captain Levi. "I would like to say, on behalf of us, thank you for helping us. I do not pretend to know what is going on, but you have saved this town for now. Thank you."

The heroes transported to the ship, only to see Rukia play cards with Axel.

"Damn, you're good!" said Axel.

"Guys, we got a new location to go to," said Riku. "Time to fly!"

The ship flew up, ready to save another world from destruction. No one noticed the dark ship near the Beast's Castle until a hour later.

"Maleficent?!" yelled Sora. "I thought she died in the virtual world!"

"She did..." pondered Riku. "Let's get ready to go into the world. Everyone else who is staying, watch the ship."

Sora, Riku, and Axel were going this time. Toshiro, worried for the safety of the crew, had another idea. "We'll invade that ship, and see what's going on."

"Alright!" said Hisagi, preparing multiple plans to do so. "You guys, explore it, and try to find some items. I can create potions and elixirs, along with more better spell books to help you become powerful, if you gather up soul energy crystals and the like."

Sora nodded before going, and the trio transported themselves down in the castle.