Jazzerman here, I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by their respected companies, as many as there are. You've heard this crap before. I DO own the OCs. If you'd like to use them in a fic, just tell me.

Am I Heartless?

Part 22

Maleficent smiled at the play unfolding below her, every character that made a story worth reading were there. She saw Riku and Sora as she avenging coming to slay the wicked villain, Kairi as the novice fighter who can do little more at this the climax of the story than offer support. Orin now played the part of the fallen hero, turning on his friends under the sway of the villain's power. And lastly the Heartless that were now descending on Riku and Sora were the demonic hordes called forth by her, the evil villain to destroy the avenging heroes while she watched. Truly this was a scene straight from a fairy tale, one Maleficent was certain would end well... for her. After all this was reality, not some child's storybook. Reality favors the powerful and she was indeed powerful. She planned on enjoying this scene for as long as it would continue, good entertainment is so hard to find these days.

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Sora and Riku were going their best to plow through the seemingly endless number of Heartless on their way up onto the rooftops so they could reach the witch standing on the top of the large house watching them. The Heartless were not as powerful as they were when they encountered them in the outskirts of the city. These were Dark balls and Neo shadows mostly. Perhaps Maleficent had no more of them, or maybe not many had survived the destruction of the End of the World.

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Yuffie meanwhile was gasping for air as she tried to pulled Orin's hand out of her chest, his cold arm was firmly planted in her chest as she felt it searching for her heart. Fear was mounting in the ninja girl's heart, once he found her heart and took it she'd be a mindless Heartless like him!

Kairi looked in horror at Orin as she saw his clawed hand in Yuffie's chest. Getting to her feet as fast as she could she rushed back at Orin, the Summer Days Keyblade in hand and ready to strike. Her noble heart however would not allow her to strike this Heartless down and the Keyblade only nicked Orin's new headgear, however that one cut seemed to be enough to get Orin's attention away from Yuffie. Orin removed his clawed hand from Yuffie's chest, leaving not even a mark on her where his hand had been.

Orin got up and leapt at Kairi, ready to take her heart then go back for Yuffie. Orin could feel her heart beating like thunder from where she stood, something that enticed the corrupted Heartless child to no end.

With a cry of panic Kairi held her Keyblade up in front of her like a shield and closed her eyes. If not for her Keyblade Orin would have no doubt have ended this right then and there, however the Keyblades are funny that way. While Kairi had her eyes closed she had made a cry for help, a prayer if you will with her heart. A prayer her Keyblade heard and wanted to make true. With a flash of light the weapon knocked Orin back into a brick wall on the other side of the street, knocking him out cold.

Kairi opened her eyes upon hearing Orin collide with the wall. Keeping an eye on Orin's limp form Kairi moved over to Yuffie's side and shook her lightly. Yuffie opened her eyes and sat up clutching her chest and shivering a little.

"Are you okay Yuffie?" Kairi asked, fighting to hold back tears of concern that had been welling up behind her eyes.

"Yeah, I jest feel really cold... Just like last time..." Yuffie coughed out, holding her sides as she struggled to get up. Her insides felt like they were frozen, every inch of her flesh from her neck to her stomach felt like icy pins and needles were being stuck in her by some insane witch doctor or worse yet, a licensed doctor of acupuncture.

"You sure he didn't um... dislodge anything?" Kairi asked, still concerned about the welfare of her friend. She worried that if Orin had indeed gotten hold of her heart and moved it out of place that Yuffie could still be in some sort of danger.

Yuffie shook her head and managed a laugh as she stood using her over sized shuriken as a crutch. Lucky thing too, as she stood a Neo Shadow rose up in front of Kairi and was about to attack the red head when Yuffie sliced it in twine by dropping her shuriken's point on the Heartless.

Suddenly the skies darkened as three enormous forms blocked out the rays of the sun. The Keybladers and the residents looked up to see that three Darkside Heartless had descended on the town.

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Meanwhile far away across the void the situation at Disney Castle things had quieted down. Things were calming down, the guards had only begun to breathe easily when a familiar face walked up behind Goofy.

"So how are things Captain?"

Goofy spun around to see who it was, nearly falling over King Mickey in the process. Once he saw the king he instantly snapped to attention, hitting himself in the head with his shield. Taking a step backwards to rub his aching forehead Goofy saluted again, his time making sure he didn't bean himself in the head with his own weapon.

King Mickey could barely keep his laughter subdued, his old friend could always bring the light of laughter to his face even when darkness surrounded them.

"Well yor majesty, all those Heartless that were around the castle are gone. Even those huge Darksides are gone."

"Where'd they go?" The smaller monarch asked, looking out at the land that was laden with large footsteps of the Darksides.

"I dunno," Goofy began, "they just kinda disappeared. You know how those Heartless are, one second they're not here the next they are... Uh... I mean one second they're not here then-"

King Mickey laughed again. "I get it Goofy, they just disappeared... But where'd they go?"

"I dunno yor Majesty, but things seem to be calming down." Goofy said.

"Seems like it. But keep an eye out just in case." The small monarch said as he walked off, wishing he was as confidant as he sounded. What in the world was going on?

To be continued...

A/N: Short I know but I wanted to update before Christmas.

Phantom64- Snap, thanks for reminding me of that, it completely slipped my mind.