Chapter 40: Stolen Souls
In a dark chamber Faust walks out a room and finds Hilda, Aril, and Narasix.
"Vitium is currently being reprogrammed after what happened during his fight against the Prince of Light and the Child of Light and Darkness, but soon, he will be more...cooperative." Faust said.
"Good. It's as if he was remembering his encounter with Ky back the tower, but after you recreated him, he shouldn't have any old memories." Aril said.
"Hmm... This might call for another experiment, but he will be back to obeying only us." Faust said.
"And what of Xaria?" Narasix asked.
"She's still responsive, but she's currently questioning about Xyk. It's as if she has old memories of the Prince of Light's Nobody. This happened during her encounter with them. However, like Vitium, she, too, was recreated." Faust said.
"How preposterous. How could that doll have memories that were never her own after her recreation? I obviously destroyed her right in front of that pathetic Nobody, so it's impossible for her to have any recollection." Narasix said.
"Despite that, she's still taking orders from us so she won't be trouble." Faust said.
"How repulsive." A voice said and coming in is Revenant and Specter. "Continuing to use those Replicas when they should not have existed to begin with! This is not the way to defeat the Virtues and the Guardians!" Revenant said.
"Are you still upset about this? If I'm not mistaken, you still don't show any affection for your son and niece. This is Lord Malus' will." Hilda said.
"Never mind his will! There was reason why these abominations should not existed in the first place and they must not be used any further." Specter said.
"Your role in the Brotherhood is to obey Lord Malus' will and not question it." Narasix said.
"And that is what they shall do!" A voice said as black magic affects Revenant and Specter making them dormant and later their pupils are gone while their crimson eyes remain and they stay silent. "There is no room in my Brotherhood for those, who dare to speak out of line. The only mistake that was made was allowing them free will! Now, they're mine." A voice said and arriving is Malus.
"Lord Malus." Narasix said as he, Hilda, Faust, Aril bow and same for the now silent Revenant and Specter.
"Our objective is the defeat of the Virtues and the Guardians, but they must be broken for us to have an advantage. Continue to use these Replicas until they are confident no more." Malus said.
"Of course, my lord." Faust said.
"And what of that foolish Master Jin?" Malus asked.
"He is currently being...converted. It might take some time." Narasix said.
"Excellent. Corrupting a Virtue of Light into our will. Very clever. Without him, the location of Astra will never be revealed. The Virtues and Guardians will still be at a disadvantage. Continue causing chaos! The worlds must learn disorder is needed to create true order." Malus said.
"Yes, Lord Malus! Hail chaos!" Hilda, Faust, Narasix, Aril, Revenant, and Specter said at the same time.
Meanwhile Ky's group and Noel's group are riding on Fulgur and Millia through space while Sora, Donald, and Goofy are still in their Gummi ship and they continue to find which world to go to next but then they find the Egg Cruiser III.
"Hey, it's Egghead's ship!" Max said.
"No doubt they're still causing trouble." Ky said.
"We should do something about it!" Murray said.
"We have to remember our mistake from last time." Noel said.
"The Egg Cruiser III again!" Donald said.
"Ky and Noel are lookin' to take it down. Wanna get some payback?" Sora asked.
"We'd better be careful about that weapon from last time." Goofy said.
In the Egg Cruiser III the villains continue to search which world to go to next.
"It seems there are no more worlds left to find that blaster black box." Eggman said.
"Then our time here is done. Proceed to the next section." Maleficent said.
Just then an alarm goes off and Eggman sees Fulgur, Millia, and the Gummi ship.
"ARGH! Not them again!" Eggman yelled.
"They're annoying! Blast 'em outta the space like last time!" Bowser Jr. yelled.
Fulgur, Millia, and the Gummi ship confront the Egg Cruiser III.
"Hey, Egghead, you wanna rematch with us?" Ky asked.
"'Cause we're ready for ya this time!" Sora said.
"You irritating fools don't know when to quit! Time to teach you another lesson!" Eggman said as the Egg Cruiser III begins firing lasers at the group.
Fulgur and Millia dodge the lasers while the Gummi ship barrel rolls out of the way and Fulgur unleashes feather arrows while Millia unleashes gusts of wind while the Gummi ship fires many lasers but the Egg Cruiser III fires many missiles and then sends out robots to attack but the Gummi ship aims at the cannons and fires more lasers destroying the cannons while Millia destroys the robots while Fulgur unleashes more feathered arrows but the Egg Cruiser III fires cannonballs and then fires more lasers but they dodge the lasers and aim at the cannons and destroy more cannons but the Egg Cruiser III fires more missiles at the group who dodge and the Gummi ship aims at the missile launchers and unleashes lasers to destroy the launchers but the Egg Cruiser III unleashes more robots to attack the group but Fulgur destroys the robots and Millia unleashes gusts of wind while the Gummi ship fires lasers and they manage to destroy the cannons and blasters.
"What are you waiting for, 'genius'? Use that cannon and blast them away again." Zavok said.
"Very well!" Eggman said making the Egg Cruiser III open the front vessel revealing the same cannon.
"That cannon again!" Shadow said.
"Guys, remember to get rid of it." Ky said.
"Cannon charged up. And...FIRE!" Eggman shouted as the cannon fires a giant cannon blast at the group.
"Here it comes!" Sora said.
The group manage to dodge the giant laser and then Fulgur unleashes feathered arrows while Millia unleashes gusts of wind while the Gummi ship fire lasers at the giant cannon which fires another giant laser while missiles fire at the group who dodge and Millia unleashes more gusts of wind while Fulgur unleashes feathered arrows doing damage against the cannon while the Gummi ship destroys the missiles as well as the blasters but the Egg Cruiser III uses its cannon to fire another giant laser but they dodge and they keep attacking the cannon but the Egg Cruiser III fires more lasers and missiles but they dodge the lasers and missiles and keep attacking the cannon and Fulgur unleashes feathered arrows while Millia unleashes gusts of wind while the Gummi ship fires lasers and they manage to do excellent damage to the ship's cannon.
"No! They destroy my cannon!" Eggman said.
"Nice work, genius." Larry said.
"We have no choice but to retreat." Zik said.
"Agreed. Off to the next sector." Porky said.
"This isn't over, you fools! You'll regret this!" Eggman yelled as the Egg Cruiser III flies off.
"Serves them right." Sora said.
"That'll teach them a lesson they won't forget." Zatch said.
"Now that's done, let's move on." Elena said.
As Fulgur, Millia, and the Gummi ship start flying again Ky's Gummiphone goes off.
"Looks like we got ourselves a new mission." Ky said answering the phone revealing Ron.
"Hey, Ky." Ron said as Rufus climbs up on his shoulder and waves.
"Oh, Ron. What's up? Where's Kim?" Ky asked.
"K.P.'s out in the city with Jeremy and Colleen to make sure everything's fine. Tim and Jim are currently working with both Vulcan and Gretch to try and learn what they can to try and work on that research with Ienzo. She told me to give you guys a new mission." Ron said.
"Okay, what's the new mission?" Noel asked.
"There's a world that'll look creepy, but there are many Black Xetis and Heartless attacking it. Not only that, but not only are hearts disappearing, but it looks like souls are being taken and devoured as well." Ron said.
"Hearts AND souls being taken and devoured? Can Black Xetis and Heartless actually steal souls?" Bentley asked.
"This doesn't make sense. We all know Heartless steal hearts, but how can they steal souls and we've never seen a Black Xeti stealing souls." Tails said.
"Well, the thing is, it's the Black Xetis and Heartless stealing the hearts, but as for the souls, well, we're not sure who or what is taking them." Ron said.
"Whatever the case, it's still serious. We'd better get to that world pronto." Sly said and they nod.
"Thanks, Ron. See ya." Ky said hanging up and starts calling Sora. "Sora, new mission. Black Xetis and Heartless are in a world, but while they're stealing hearts, something is stealing souls." Ky said.
"What?! Souls?!" Sora asked.
"Gawrsh, that sounds serious." Goofy said.
"VERY serious. We gotta get there now." Kiyo said.
"Okay, let's hurry!" Donald said and they start moving.
Fulgur, Millia, and the Gummi ship arrive at the next section of Lanes Between where they see many ice shards, meteorites, and more metal junk flying around and they start flying for the next world while dealing with Heartless ships and Black Xeti rays of darkness and as they keep flying they dodge many meteorites in their way while going for a speeding vortex taking them through space faster and later they come across what looks like another world and it has what looks like a creepy looking town, a giant castle like building, a forest full of dead trees and fog, and a creepy looking church.
"This must be it." Blaze said.
"Ron said this world was creepy so it's gotta be." Lucas said.
"Okay. Here we go." Ky said as he and Noel use their Keyblades to make a light portal and they into the light portal and into the world while the Gummi ship flies to disembark.
In what looks like a creepy looking town where fog is hovering over the streets in between buildings with purple dark skies with a crescent moon with a creepy face and blood in its mouth hovering over the town a light portal appears and Ky, Noel, Elena, Ken, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Grace, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, Murray, and Lucas fly out of the light portal before it disappears and later Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive and they all have dark tints on their bodies.
"THIS is the next world we're to investigate?" Donald asked.
"Apparently." Shadow said.
"Ron wasn't kidding when he said it's creepy. It's dark and gloomy too." Max said.
"Yeah, this place is like Halloween Town." Goofy said.
"Except we're not in our Halloween forms." Zatch said.
"Guys, look at the moon." T.J. said pointing at the faced crescent moon.
"What world IS this?" Sora asked.
"I dunno, but I have a feeling we're in for a big surprise if we're not careful." Noel said.
"Let's just get on with our mission. Hopefully, we won't run into trouble." Ky said and they nod and start moving.
(World of Death City)
The group begin exploring the town while searching for anything unusual but as they keep moving Storm sees floating blue glowing orbs.
"Pika..." Storm said.
"What's wrong, boy?" Ky asked.
"It's almost like he's seen a ghost." Sly said.
"Well, this world does appear to have some paranormal activity." Bentley said.
"Pika!" Storm said pointing at the floating blue orbs.
"What's that?" Donald asked.
"It's glowing." Lucas said.
"Doesn't look like a heart." Tails said.
Just then something appears in front and it's what looks like a Reaper Nobody.
"Nobodies!" Sora said taking out Kingdom Key.
"Great, now we've got them to deal with!" T.J. said as the group get ready to fight.
The Reaper Nobody tries to steal the blue orb but Ky slashes it with his Keyblade.
"You want that thing so bad, you're dealing with us!" Ky said as more Reaper Nobodies appear and surround the group.
"There's no strength in numbers!" Shadow said.
"Guys, look alive!" Noel said.
(Battle Theme: Tension Rising)
(Information: Defeat the Nobodies!)
The Reaper Nobodies attack the group with their scythes but Ky casts Triple Fire while Noel casts Mega Flare while Sora uses Fire Raid but the Reaper Nobodies deliver spinning attack with their scythes but Elena casts Fission Fire while Ken unleashes magic music fists coated with Fire magic and sends them to strike while Donald uses Fire Surge but the Reaper Nobodies unleash flurries of pink petals to try and damage the group but Max uses Shield Missile while Goofy uses Goofy Tornado but the Reaper Nobodies attack with their scythes but Tails shoots lasers from his blaster while Blaze delivers ballet style flame kicks while Shadow uses Chaos Rift but the Reaper Nobodies transform into buds and attack the group with thorned vines but Storm uses Iron Tail while Grace uses Dark Pulse while Lucky uses Egg Roll but the Reaper Nobodies unleash more flurries of pink petals but Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker while T.J. powers himself up and throws many knives while Lucas uses PK Fire but the Reaper Nobodies spin attack with their scythes but Bentley shoots explosive darts while Sly uses Electric Cane while Murray uses Fire Punch but the Reaper Nobodies attack with their scythes but Ky triple slashes with Twinkle Dream followed by Fire Edge and then enters Nova Rod and starts unleashing falling stars and fires mini stars at the Nobodies who try to attack back but then Ky creates black holes to suck up the Reapers dealing damage and then thrusts his staff on the ground and unleashes a powerful supernova sucking up the Reapers and then unleashes a massive explosion and they defeat all the Nobodies.
Just then Dusk Nobodies appear and try to steal the glowing blue orbs.
"Hey, screw off!" Ken yelled.
As the Dusks are about to steal the orbs a figure jump from a roof of a building and just then slashes occur on the Dusks destroying them.
"Whoa!" Sora said.
"What just happened?" Noel asked.
"I wasn't expecting company like this, but thanks a bunch." The figure said.
"Uh, no prob, but who're you?" Lucas asked.
The figure emerges from the shadows revealing to a girl with ash blonde hair tied to two pigtails, green eyes, wearing a black trench coat like robe, red and black skirt, white gloves, and black and white shoes and carrying a scythe with a white handle and red blade.
"Me? Name's Maka Albarn. Scythe Meister." Maka introduced.
"Meister...?" Noel asked confused.
"Have you guys been living under a rock?" Maka asked.
"Hey, not like we know what freakin' meister is." Ken said.
"You guys don't go to Death Weapon Mesiter Academy, do you?" Maka asked.
"Uh, no?" T.J. said.
"Hm, no wonder I've never seen you guys before." Maka said.
"Yo, Maka? We done or what?" A voice asked.
"Who said that?" Shadow said.
"Oh, that's Soul. Yeah, all clear, Soul." Maka said as the scythe glows transforming into something else which is a male figure with white hair, red eyes, wearing a yellow and black jacket, a sweatband with a sticker with a mouth bearing fangs as well as saying 'SOUL', maroon pants, and yellow and black sneakers.
"Huh? The hell are these punks?" The male asked.
"Punks, are we?" Elena asked as she casts Thunder on the male.
"Yo! She's got a bad temper, like you, Maka." The male said.
"Maka...CHOP!" Maka shouted delivering a strong chop on the male's head making it half while he's on the ground.
"Who's this idiot?" Kiyo asked.
"That's Soul Eater Evans. He's my weapon partner. Sorry for his attitude." Maka said.
"Wait, he and that scythe..." Sora stops talking.
"Yep, he's the scythe and my weapon partner." Maka said.
"He can change into a weapon?" T.J. asked.
"Uh, don't your weapons do that?" Maka asked.
"Uh, no..." Noel said.
"Anyway, you know what's going on here?" Elena asked.
"Yeah and what are those glowing blue things?" Blaze asked.
"Well, uh..." Maka stops talking.
"Oh, sorry. I'm Ky." Ky introduced.
"My name is Noel." Noel introduced.
"Sora!" Sora introduced.
"Name's Elena." Elena introduced.
"Ken, don't forget it, Pigtails!" Ken introduced but Maka chops his head.
"Donald Duck!" Donald introduced.
"Name's Goofy. Pleasure, Maka." Goofy introduced.
"I'm Max." Max introduced.
"Tails." Tails introduced.
"Blaze the Cat." Blaze introduced.
"Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow introduced.
"I'm Kyio Takamine and this is my partner, Zatch Bell." Kiyo introduced himself and Zatch.
"Hiya!" Zatch said.
"I'm T.J." T.J. introduced.
"Sly Cooper." Sly introduced.
"I'm Bentley." Bentley introduced.
"And I'm 'The Murray'!" Murray introduced.
"These are Storm and Lucky." Ky introduced Storm and Lucky.
"And this is Grace." Noel introduced Grace.
"It's great to meet all of you. Anyway, these blue things are known as souls." Maka said.
"So, those are souls." Ky said.
"Yeah, and it seems like those white things have made another attack." Maka said.
"Those white things are Nobodies." Tails said.
"Did you see anything else besides them?" Max asked.
"Well, now that you mention it, there're also dark grey monsters and there are also black monsters and other black and crimson monsters." Maka said.
"So, the Black Xetis and Heartless ARE here." Donald said.
"And I guess those dark grey monsters are probably Haviks." Sora said.
"You know what they are?" Maka asked.
"Yeah, they're all bad news." Ky said.
"Hm, no wonder you guys managed to fight them off. Soul and I tried to fight them, but they're not what we're used to, but whenever we fight them off, they don't reveal souls, but for those Heartless, they either disappear in black mist or release different red orbs." Maka said.
"Those happen to be hearts." Goofy said.
"Hearts?! So, that's what those orbs were when we saw those people being killed by the Heartless." Maka said.
"Looks like we got a lot to do." Elena said and they nod.
"Wait, let Soul and I help." Maka said.
"What? I thought we're after souls." Soul said.
"Soul, this is serious. If these Black Xetis, Heartless, Nobodies, and Haviks are going around killing people and steal souls, then we have to do something about this. Besides, they seem to know more about those monsters than us, so we'll need their help." Maka said.
"Fine, whatever." Soul said.
"Glad we have an understanding." Ky said.
"We should have a talk with Lord Death. Give me just a sec." Maka said as she finds a shop window and breathes on it and starts writing 42-42-564.
"What's she doing?" Lucas asked.
"Callin' Death." Soul said.
"Death?!" Noel asked shocked.
Just then the shop's window starts glowing revealing what looks like a room and in the room is what looks like a black robed figure with a skull and having bony hands.
"Hi, Maka! It's good to see you still around! How's everything?" The black robed figured skull asked.
"Hi, Lord Death. It's going okay, even though the new monsters we're dealing with are kinda challenging, but luckily, we have experts, who know how to deal with those monsters." Maka said.
"Oh, oh, oh! Experts, you say? Who are they?" Lord Death asked.
"Uh, hello?" Ky asked.
"My, my, my. Newcomers in Death City, I see? Tell me, do you know how to deal with these..." Lord Death stops talking.
"Uh, Black Xetis, Heartless, Nobodies, and Haviks, Lord Death, sir." Elena said.
"And yeah, we know how to deal with 'em." Sora said.
"Excellent. In that case, see what you can do to help Maka and Soul deal with these abominations. They've appeared in town recently and have been killing many people and what's more is not only have they been stealing souls, but those Black Xetis and Heartless have been devouring hearts. I want you to find more of those monsters, otherwise, Maka fails." Lord Death said.
"What?! I'll fail?" Maka asked.
"But we're not even goin' for souls at this point." Soul said.
"Then, we better make sure Maka doesn't fail. We'll search the town more for anything else." Bentley said.
"Many thanks. Ta-ta!" Lord Death said as the reflection disappears.
"Well, if we're searching for Black Xetis and Heartless, then we're probably gonna need your help with navigating. You live here, right, Maka?" Blaze asked.
"Yep and I'll gladly lead the way." Maka said.
"Great, let's help each other out." Ky said taking out his hand and Maka takes it.
"Let's do our best." Maka said.
(Field Theme: Night in Death City)
(Downtown Death City-Streets)
"I think I saw more of them over there. Let's hurry before more lives are lost." Maka said.
The group start moving through the streets of Death City and they later go for the next area.
(Downtown Death City-East District)
The group continue to move through the city.
"So, Maka, what's this about you and Soul findin' souls?" Goofy asked.
"You're not trying to steal them, are you?" Zatch asked.
"Not the good souls, as in the blue ones you saw. Soul and I are after souls of evil humans, which are normally the red ones. If we catch and Soul eats 99 souls and we take the soul of a witch, then I'll be able to make Soul a Death Scythe." Maka said.
"But those annoyin' ass monsters keep gettin' in the way." Soul said.
"Taking souls, but only from evil. I dunno if that's still noble..." Noel said.
"Hey, we're not bad people." Maka said.
Just then a scream is heard and they see a human man running away but then trips and falls on the ground.
"P-Please...help me..." The man said but then a black magical blast hits the man destroying him and then his heart flies off for a Witch Black Xeti while his blue soul flies for what looks like a Spite Havik.
"Black Xetis and Haviks!" Shadow said as the group get ready to fight.
"Time to send them packing! Soul!" Maka said.
"On it!" Soul said as he transforms into the scythe.
"Maka, hope you're ready." Elena said.
"Leave it to me!" Maka said.
(Battle Theme: Devouring Souls)
(Information: Defeat the Black Xetis and Haviks!)
The Witch Black Xetis unleash purple magic blasts and then unleash black whirlwinds while the Spite Haviks attack with their scythes but Ky vertical slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a sliding kick and then lower slashes while Noel uses Blizzard Cartwheel while Sora delivers four slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a triple rushing slash and then casts Aero but the Spite Haviks slither around and attack with their scythes while the Witch Black Xetis unleash black shock waves but Maka attacks with her scythe followed by a flipping scythe attack while Lucas uses PK Thunder while Donald casts Earth followed by casting Crystal but the Witch Black Xetis fire rapid black magic shots while the Spite Haviks throw their scythes around but Grace uses Snarl while Max uses Shield Boomerang while T.J. multi slashes with his knife but the Spite Haviks slither around and deliver three swings with their scythes while the Witch Black Xetis unleash black lightning bolts but Murray uses Uppercut while Shadow throws Chaos Lances while Lucky uses Egg Throw but the Witch Black Xetis teleport and then fire rapid black magic shots while the Spite Haviks throw their scythes around but Ken casts Water followed by casting Thunder Shot while Goofy uses Goofy Rocket while Kiyo has Zatch use Zakeruga but the Spite Haviks slither all over while attacking with their scythes while the Witch Black Xetis cast purple magic blasts but Storm calls down lightning to strike while Elena unleashes magic pillars and then casts Hurricane but the Witch Black Xetis unleash black whirlwinds while the Spite Haviks throw their scythes around but Tails throws ring bombs while Bentley sends out droids to attack but the Witch Black Xetis unleash black lightning bolts while the Spite Haviks attack with their scythes but Blaze lashes with flame whips while Sly uses Cane Spin and they defeat all the Black Xetis and Haviks.
Just then Horror Haviks and Dusk Nobodies appear and start stealing more blue souls.
"Hey! Get back here!" Donald yelled.
"No you don't!" Maka yelled throwing her scythe at the Haviks and Nobodies but they disappear as the scythe hits the ground.
"Hey, watch where you're throwin', Maka!" Soul said in the scythe.
"Oh, shut up! They disappeared before we had the chance." Maka said as Soul reverts back to his humanoid form.
"Damn... Now what?" Ken asked.
"If we stay any further, more will attack." Sly said.
"I hate to say it, but it's getting late and I have to get to school tomorrow. Although, I can bring you guys over to meet with Lord Death so he can tell you what to do next. Don't worry, we're not abandoning this, but it hurt to get help." Maka said.
"I guess you have a point." Sora said.
"Alright. We'll call it a night, but we're still gonna protect this city one way or the other." Ky said.
As the group start moving through the city a dark corridor appears on a roof of a building revealing Marluxia watching the group leave.
"So, the heroes have arrived and are trying to prevent us from our soul stealing." Marluxia said and then a dark corridor appears revealing a hooded Brotherhood member.
"Why are you here again?" The hooded Brotherhood member asked.
"I thought that was obvious. I was ordered to come here, as you were." Marluxia said.
"This is MY mission to deal with! I don't give a damn what Xehanort or Xemnas ordered you to do. Narasix and Lord Malus ordered ME to handle this mission!" The hooded Brotherhood member yelled.
"My, aren't we selfish? Here, I thought our interests aligned." Marluxia said.
"That what you when your stupid ass betrayed the original Organization? I don't trust you as far as I can kill you!" The hooded Brotherhood member yelled.
"And I thought Ravik represented the sin of Wrath. All we must do is continue stealing more souls and deliver them to that Black Xeti Hilda created. It's what we need to create an army." Marluxia said.
"And I told you, this is MY mission!" The hooded Brotherhood member yelled but then a dark corridor appears revealing Narsix. "N-Narasix!" The hooded Brotherhood member said.
"And you've calmed yourself." Marluxia said.
"While Lord Malus did give you the order, Xemnas and Xehanort have also ordered Marluxia to assist you in stealing the souls and the hearts. I expect you to cooperate. Am I understood?" Narasix asked.
"Yeah... I got it." The hooded Brotherhood member said.
"Good. Both of you return to the church. Hilda is expecting you both." Narasix said.
"Very well." Marluxia said disappearing in his dark corridor.
"I'll see to the mission completed." The hooded Brotherhood member said disappearing in his dark corridor.
"Complete or fail, the heroes will still fall one way or the other. It's already etched." Narasix said disappearing in his dark corridor.
The next day as the sky is blue with clouds but there is a mace shaped sun with a creepy smiling face breathing the group go with Maka who is now wearing a white blouse with a yellow sweater vest over it and green stripped tie and Soul through the streets of Death City and they later arrive at a giant castle like building.
"This is it. Death Weapon Meister Academy. DWMA for short." Maka said.
"Wow. That's quite a school." Sora said.
"So, we just gotta meet this Lord Death and he'll might help us?" Blaze asked.
"I hope so, but Lord Death has always been helpful." Maka said.
"Just try not to anger him, yeah?" Soul said.
"Okay, lead the way then." Kiyo said as they go into the school.
(DWMA-Entrance)
The group go with Maka and Soul through the entrance of DWMA while passing many students talking among themselves or walking by and Maka leads the group through the entrance and later go for the different area of the school.
(DWMA-Hallways)
Maka escorts the group through the halls of DWMA to find Lord Death but as they keep moving through the hall someone watches them and it's a boy with spiky blue hair, wearing a black sleeveless top, white and black pants, grey finger less gloves, black and white shoes with a star at each end of the shoes, and a star mark on his right shoulder while carrying chained sickles.
"Tsubaki, any idea bout these freakshows?" The boy asked.
"They don't appear to be anything evil, but we don't know who or what they are. I recommend being cautious." Someone said and inside the sickles is a girl with black hair tied to a ponytail.
"Heh. I can't wait to take 'em by surprise." The boy said.
"Who's this moron?" Elena asked pointing at the boy.
"Huh? You saw me?" The boy asked.
"You weren't talking quietly." Shadow said.
"Oh, hey, Black Star." Soul said as Black Star jumps off and meets the group.
"Black Star? What kind of name is that?" T.J. asked.
"It's an awesome name! And I AM THE MAN, WHO WILL SURPASS GOD!" Black Star shouted.
"You?" Donald asked and laughs.
"Hey, what's so funny?! I happen to be a Meister and the best one of all in the academy." Black Star said.
"You're another Meister?" Max asked as the chained sickles transform into the black haired girl wearing a pale yellow sleeveless top with a skirt end with a slit and a yellow star in the middle of the outfit, dark brown scarf, dark brown stocking on her right leg, white boots, and black stripped arm warmers.
"That's right and I'm his weapon partner. My name is Tsubaki Nakatsukasa. It's nice to meet you." Tsubaki said.
"Nice to meet you too, Tsu." Ky said.
"Anyway, what brings you two out here?" Maka asked.
"We were actually asked to see Lord Death." Tsubaki said.
"What a coincidence. I'm bringing them over to Lord Death too." Maka said.
"Oh, are you new students at DWMA?" Tsubaki asked.
"Not exactly. We just need some help from him." Noel said.
"Help from him?! Hahaha! Whatever you're gonna do, I can do better!" Black Star said.
"Oh, eat us, ya blue haired bitch!" Ken yelled but Elena smacks him. "Not you! The dumbass!" Ken said.
"Still." Elena said.
"Can we meet Lord Death already?" Sly asked.
"Yeah, come on." Maka said.
The group go with Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki through the hall and they arrive at a big door and Maka opens it taking them somewhere else.
(DWMA-Lord Death's Room)
The group arrive at a room where there are many crosses everywhere as well as a mirror and Maka breathes on the mirror and writes 42-42-564 and just then Lord Death appears in the mirror.
"Ahhh, Maka, Soul, you're here and I see Black Star and Tsubaki are here too." Lord Death said.
"Yes, sir." Maka said.
"Hey, we brought these newbies here too." Soul said.
"Ohh, the newcomers! Welcome! Welcome to DWMA!" Lord Death said.
"Thanks, sir." Ky said.
"Um, we're sorry to trouble you, but we need some help from you." Noel said.
"Oh? Having trouble, are we? Do tell me what ails you? I'm more than happy to provide assistance." Lord Death said.
"Well, we were helping Maka and Soul deal with the Black Xetis, Heartless, Nobodies, and Haviks, but even if we do take them down, they manage to steal the souls and we have no idea where they're taking them." Ky said.
"You know Death City more than us, so we figured we'd ask you." Kiyo said.
"Well, how nice of you to come here and it's good that Black Star, Tsubaki are here too, because this is going to be considered a test." Lord Death said.
"A test?" Maka asked.
"What test?" Soul asked.
"Well, you see, this'll benefit you all greatly. I'm glad you were able to come ask me because I happen to know where those vile abominations are." Lord Death said.
"Where?!" Donald asked.
"They're taking the souls over to an abandoned church outside the city and beyond a forest of dead trees. That is known as Death Church." Lord Death said.
"Death Church?" Sora asked.
"Why would they take the stolen souls there?" Tsubaki asked.
"Of that, I am unsure, but it happens to do with a witch." Lord Death said.
"A witch, huh?" Soul asked.
"Even if we don't have 99 souls yet, taking on this witch'll be a piece of cake, even for me." Black Star said.
"This is no ordinary witch, for you see, it's a witch that's not from this world. It's an outside witch." Lord Death said.
"Wait, what does that witch look like?" Ky asked.
"If I'm not mistaken, she has white and black hair and she's wearing a crimson cloak with black stars." Lord Death said.
"No...!" Ky said.
"Ky?" Elena asked.
"HER!" Ky said with hate.
"Wait, you don't mean...?" Noel stops talking.
"Not only does that outside witch reside in Death Church, but she has two companions with her. Another is wearing the same crimson cloak with black stars, but the other is wearing a black coat." Lord Death said.
"The Brotherhood and the Organization!" Murray said pounding his fist against his other hand.
"Shocker they'd be here too." Zatch said.
"You know them?" Maka asked.
"Yeah, they're both bad news." Sora said.
"Sounds like you have some enemies." Lord Death said.
"Yeah, no kidding." Tails said.
"But don't worry, you know about them, so this shouldn't be a problem for you. I'm having Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki assist you in any way possible, since they happen to know the city more and they'll be more than happy to handle this situation." Lord Death said.
"Ya know, I can handle them!" Black Star said.
"Star, have you even fought a Black Xeti or Heartless or Nobody or Havik?" Tsubaki asked.
"This starts today!" Black Star said.
"Oh, brother..." Donald said rolling his eyes.
"Anyway, we'll gladly tag along and help each other how we can." Elena said.
"But where's that forest of dead trees?" Sly asked.
"I know where it's at. It's actually through the cemetery." Maka said.
"Indeed it is. Well, best of luck to all of you and if you don't succeed in this, you fail the test and the whole school." Lord Death said.
"WHAT?!" Maka, Soul, and Black Star asked.
"We'll do our best and I'm certain our new friends will help succeed." Tsubaki said.
"Yeah, of course." Noel said.
Later it's night time as the faced moon is hanging above the purple sky and the group make their way for the cemetery.
(Cemetery)
The group arrive at the cemetery and begin moving through but then Wight Knight Heartless appear and attack but Ky, Noel, and Sora attack with their Keyblades while Elena, Ken, and Donald use their magic while Max and Goofy bash with their shields while Tails tail swipes while Blaze shoots fireballs while Shadow multi punches while Storm shoots electricity while Grace tail whips while Lucky double kicks while Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker while T.J. slashes with his knife while Sly attacks with his cane while Bentley throws bombs while Murray punches while Lucas uses PK Love while Maka attacks with her scythe while Black Star has Tsubaki turn into a shuriken and throws it all over and they defeat the Heartless and keep going until they arrive at a crooked gate.
"This is it. This gate'll lead us to Death Church." Maka said.
"Well, we shouldn't be wasting time and get going." Ky said as they go through the gate.
(Field Theme: Living Trees)
(Forest of Dead Trees-Moonlit Trail)
(Information: Head for Death Church!)
The group arrive at a forest full of dead trees with faces looking at the group creeping them out a bit but they keep going through the forest.
"Death Church shouldn't be too far, but hopefully we won't run into problems." Maka said.
"Knowing certain enemies will pop out of nowhere, it's possible." Bentley said.
The group continue moving through the forest of dead trees but then Wight Knight Heartless and Zombie Black Xetis appear.
"Look out!" Tsubaki said.
"Time to kick some ass!" Ken said.
"Watch and learn as Master Black Star gets it done!" Black Star said.
(Battle Theme: Forest of Death)
(Information: Defeat the Black Xetis and Heartless!)
The Zombie Black Xetis attack with their limbs while the Wight Knight Heartless attack with their dance like moves and claws but Ky casts Stop freezing them and then slashes with Twinkle Dream followed by a somersault slash and then casts Earth while Noel delivers four slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by two diagonal slashes and then uses Thunder Surge while Sora delivers two spin slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Strike Raid but the Wight Knight Heartless spin slash with their claws while the Zombie Black Xetis spin attack with their limbs but Maka horizontal slashes with her scythe followed by a spinning slash while Black Star has Tsubaki turn into a chained sickle and delivers slashing attacks but the Zombie Black Xetis go underground and try to attack from the ground while the Wight Knight Heartless deliver leaping spinning claw attacks but Elena casts Thunder followed by casting Ice Barrage while Ken delivers a sliding attack while playing his guitar and unleashing magic pillars while Donald casts Tidal Wave but the Zombie Black Xetis throw their limbs while the Wight Knight Heartless leap and then deliver double attacks with their claws but Max bashes with his shield while Goofy uses Goofy Turbo but the Wight Knight Heartless spin attack with their claws while the Zombie Black Xetis attack with their limbs but Tails unleashes Magic Hand and it delivers a punch while Blaze uses Fire Drill while Shadow shoots Chaos Arrows but the Zombie Black Xetis go underground and attack from under while the Wight Knight Heartless deliver leaping spinning claw attacks but Storm uses Skullbash while Grace uses Growl while Lucky uses Headbutt but the Zombie Black Xetis spin attack with their limbs while the Wight Knight Heartless spin attack with their claws but Kiyo has Zatch use Zakeruga while T.J. multi slashes with his knife while Lucas uses PK Flash but the Wight Knight Heartless vertical attack with their claws while the Zombie Black Xetis throw their limbs but Sly uses Cane Push while Bentley shoots ice darts while Murray uses Thunder Flop and they defeat all the Black Xetis and Heartless.
"Hahaha! See how easy this is with me around?!" Black Star asked.
"Star..." Tsubaki said.
"Hey, shut the hell up! Your ego's big as your freakin' head!" Ken yelled.
"Take that back, Goggles!" Black Star yelled back.
"Make me, Ninja boy!" Ken yelled back as they get in each other's faces and sparks light between the two.
"Hey, lay off, you two!" Soul said.
"Seriously. We have a church to get to." Noel said.
"Play nice until this mission's over, then you two can kill each other for all I care." Shadow said.
Just then they see Witch Black Xetis and Dusk Nobodies taking the hearts and souls through the forest while Wight Knight Heartless and Spite Haviks do the same.
"C'mon, hurry!" Sora said.
The group continue moving through the forest of dead trees but they later come across fog.
"Ugh, as if dealing fog in a forest wasn't bad enough." Ky said.
"Don't remind me." Shadow said.
The group keep moving through the fog while trying to find their way through until they later find a path out of the fog and reach the other side of the forest but as they keep going until they come across what looks like a white bud.
"That looks familiar." Zatch said.
"Yeah, we've seen this before." Ky said.
"In that case..." Black Star runs for the bud.
"Star, no!" Tsubaki called.
"Get back here, idiot!" Maka yelled but Black Star dashes for the bud only for it transform into a Reaper Nobody and it tries to slash at Black Star.
Before the Reaper could attack Noel casts Fire on the Nobody burning it.
"Here we go again." Sora said as more Reaper Nobodies appear and same for Spite Haviks.
"Just one freakshow after another. This is annoying." Soul said transforming into his scythe form.
"Tsubaki, shuriken!" Black Soul said.
"On it!" Tsubaki said turning into her shuriken form.
"Let's do this, guys!" Elena said.
(Battle Theme: Tension Rising)
(Information: Defeat the Haviks and Nobodies!)
The Spite Haviks slither around and attack the group with their scythes while the Reaper Nobodies spin attack with their scythes but Sora casts Prism followed by casting Fire while Ky roundhouse slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a rising slash and then horizontal slashes while Noel casts Fission Fire but the Reaper Nobodies unleash flurries of pink petals while the Spite Haviks roll around the ground trying to attack with their scythes but Elena casts Stop freezing them and then uses Ghostdrive while Maka double slashes with her scythe followed by a flipping slash with her scythe while Blaze unleashes two streams of flames but the Spite Haviks throw their scythes around while the Reaper Nobodies transform into their different forms and unleash thorned vines but Donald casts Mega Flare while Tails throws ring bombs while Storm uses Volt Tackle but the Spire Haviks slither around and attack with their scythes while the Reaper Nobodies unleash pink petals but Max uses Shield Boomerang while T.J. dash slashes with his knife while Sly uses Cane Jump but the Reaper Nobodies spin attack with their scythes while the Spite Haviks roll around the ground trying to attack with their scythes but Goofy uses Goofy Charge while Grace uses Dark Pulse while Ken casts Earth followed by casting Aero but the Reaper Nobodies attack with their scythes while the Spite Haviks throw their scythes around but Murray uses Flame Punch while Lucky uses Ground Pound while Kiyo has Zatch use Bao Zakeruga but the Spite Haviks slither around and attack with their scythes while the Reaper Nobodies unleash thorned vines but Bentley uses his RC Chopper to fire missiles while Black Star throws his shuriken all over to get the enemies but the Reaper Nobodies unleash pink petals while the Spite Haviks roll around to attack with their scythes but Shadow uses Chaos Rift while Lucas uses PK Freeze and they defeat all of the Haviks and Nobodies.
"With the Haviks and Nobodies here, that means the Brotherhood and the Organization have to be here somewhere." T.J. said.
"Obviously." Max said.
"But what are they up to and why are they after souls?" Noel asked.
"Oh, I think you're bound to find out." A voice said and they see a dark corridor appearing revealing Marluxia.
"Marluxia!" Sora said as they get into their fighting stances.
"What are YOU doing here?!" Donald demanded.
"It has been a while, hasn't it, Sora, Prince Ky, and Princess Noel?" Marluxia asked and then turns to see Maka. "And well met at last, Scythe Meister Maka Albarn." Marluxia said.
"You...know me?" Maka asked.
"How do you know Maka, jerk?" Soul asked putting her behind him.
"I see no reason to tell you, weapon." Marluxia said.
"What'd you say?!" Soul demanded as he charges at Marluxia who swiftly dodges and delivers a kick sending Soul to a tree.
"Soul!" Maka cried.
"Now then, as you are trekking through this forest, you are no doubt aiming to go to Death Church?" Marluxia asked.
"That's where your Nobodies are goin' with those stolen souls!" Murray said.
"YOU sent them to kill innocent people and take their souls while the Black Xetis and Heartless are taking their hearts!" Noel yelled.
"What are you up to?!" Tails demanded.
"As I have said, it's for you to find out." Marluxia said and behind him someone tries to attack and it's Black Star.
"Gotcha!" Black Star yelled.
"Star, no!" Tsubaki warned but Marluxia disappears in rose petals before Black Star could attack.
Marluxia reappears behind Black Star and grabs him by the neck.
"Lemme go!" Black Star yelled struggling.
"Hmph. Another Meister, but unlike Maka, you're uninteresting." Marluxia said.
"What'd you say?!" Black Star demanded but Marluxia throws him away next to Soul.
"Why are you doing this?!" Maka demanded.
"Whatever you're up to, we're going to that church and we'll stop you!" Sora yelled unleashing Kingdom Key.
"And don't bother with that sleeping spell crap you pulled last time!" Ky yelled.
"Oh, by all means. If you wish to continue to Death Church, then we'll allow you entrance. However, I warn you, as you enter the church, you'll endure a tormenting event that you'll find...unpleasant." Marluxia said as he disappears in his dark corridor.
"Hey, get back here, ya jerk!" Soul yelled.
"I'm not done with you!" Black Star yelled but Marluxia is gone.
"He's actually allowing us to keep going?" Sora asked.
"That doesn't sound very promisin'..." Goofy said.
"It's obvious he's setting a trap for us." Bentley said.
"But we can't turn back now." Maka said.
"Maka's right. Trap or no trap, we're still heading for Death Church. So, whaddya say?" Ky asked.
"Continue to Death Church then." Blaze said and everyone nods.
"I never liked what Marluxia said." Lucas said.
"Neither do I. What did he mean by a tormenting event we'll suffer from?" Kiyo asked.
"This tormenting event means he's planned something before coming here." Tsubaki said.
"I bet it's waiting for us as we get to the church." Sora said.
"Sora's right, but we can handle it." Maka said as they keep going through the forest of dead trees to reach for Death Church.
Meanwhile in a haunted and abandoned church as stained glass windows are broken and the building itself is crumbled red glowing souls are floating all over the church entrance and at the church's steeple reveals Hilda with the hooded Brotherhood member and a dark corridor appears revealing Marluxia.
"The heroes will be arriving soon." Marluxia said.
"Excellent work, Lauriam. It won't be long now, since we have more than enough souls to create a perfect army to bring forth destruction of Death City." Hilda said as she sends a blue soul over to a dormant rusted black armored knight and just the the glow on the armored knight occurs as it's brought to life.
"You told of of the torment, right?" The hooded Brotherhood member asked.
"Of course. I take it your weapon is ready, Hilda?" Marluxia asked.
"Indeed." Hilda said turning to what looks like a Black Xeti with black and crimson bandages while wearing a crimson coat and crimson top hat and the Black Xeti symbol on its bandages.
"i Am MoRe ThAn ReAdY tO mEeT tHe HeRoEs AnD GiVe ThEm A wArM wElCoMe." The bandaged Black Xeti said.
Well, there's the next chapter for you guys. What did you think of it? Hope you enjoyed it and are looking forward to what happens next. Now we're finally on the Soul Eater arc and I've finally have ideas for how this is gonna go and I hope you're looking forward to what will happen next. Next time, Ky, Noel, Sora, Elena, Ken, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Grace, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, Murray, Lucas, Donald, and Goofy help Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki arrive at Death Church, but as they arrive, things get worse as they encounter an enemy that's trouble. I'll see you all in the next chapter and I hope you look forward to more stuff from this new story. Take care, and I'll see you later. Don't forget to favorite, follow, and PLEASE review! Goodbye for now.
