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Chapter VI: City of Wise Men and Traitors

Sora's POV:

We walked around the streets, looking for some direction. None of us would admit it but...

'That's it. We're lost" I sighed in defeat. Two teenagers lost in a large city full of smart looking people that would make you look and feel stupid.

"Look! There's a guard post!" we approached the guard who wore a brown uniform and helmet that was shaped like a cylinder.

"May I help you?" he asked. He had long lavender colored hair and matching lavender eyes and she was carrying a really pointy spear.

"Yes... uh. We just wanted to ask where we could find the... er... leader, president or king." the man cocked his head sideward, looking confused

"Juno is an independent city. Everyone is smart enough to take care of themselves. You two are new here?" he asked us

"Yes mister" he just smiled.

"Here, take this map. The red X mark is the academy where all the wisest sages of Juno graduated. The one most people consider as leader, Von is the headmaster there." She handed us the map and showed us where we were and other guard posts were marked with small red circles. We bid him goodbye and he said goodbye too.

"By the way, I'm a miss, not a mister." SHE smiled at us. We fastened our pace to hide our embarrassment.

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We arrived at our destination, which was something like a castle, but not too big. The main door had a shield that had a dragon emblem on top, which must be the school's emblem. We entered and met with the attendant.

"May I help you?" a man with hair that had a light shade of green asked us.

"We came to see Von?" Roxas said. The man cleared his throat and two guards entered and went to our sides.

"Uhh..." I said

"Reason?" the green haired man glared at us.

"We're old friends and we wanted to visit" the green haired man raised his hands and the guards started dragging us away. Roxas summoned Oathkeeper and Oblivion and attacked the guards. I knocked out the green haired man.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! We don't want trouble" I hissed at Roxas, who turned to the man I knocked out.

"I could say the same" he said and we started looking through the classrooms, disturbing classes along the way. We even found some broom closets that housed couples kissing in the dark.

"This is never gonna end! If you only had asked-" we saw the same emblem at the on of the corridor that emitted the same light upward. It looked like it would take us somewhere.

"Should we go?" I asked Roxas who was already on the light. His body turned into a thousand tiny light blue orbs that went upward and passed through the ceiling.. I stepped into a light and felt my body go fuzzy and when I opened my eyes, I was in an office with a dozen flying books and a desk with scrolls piled up on it. We stepped closer and the scrolls fell on the floor, revealing a sleeping and drooling boy with wild black hair, pointed nose like Roxas and mine's and glasses. Roxas poked the kid who looked like he was only 14 years old.

"Muh...? What?" he woke up and looked around him.

"Who are you?" he raised an eyebrow at us.

"Uh... We're looking for Von" I said

"You lookin at him" he stood up. He was about Roxas' eye level.

"No jokes kid. Take us to Von or else" Roxas said a bit harshly and summoned Oblivion and Oathkeeper.

"Try me" he said, looking devious.

Roxas charge the boy, maybe to intimidate him. But before Roxas got too close, he flew back, hitting a shelf full of books. Just then, the green haired man and the two guards showed up. Von stopped them by raising his hand and a fireball formed on his empty hand.

"Why did you come here and who sent you?" the kid was really, really scary.

"Please, you've gotta help us! The world of light is in trouble and the undead are attacking us!" I burst out. The fireball diminished and he lowered his hand. Roxas stood up and Von summoned an odd staff. Ice shards erupted from the ground and went to Roxas, encasing him in a block of ice. I summoned my Keyblade to release him.

"Don't worry. He'll be fine. Let's talk" he sent away the green haired man and I told him the situation.

"And so we got here" I finished.

"Hmm... You see, Light, Dawn, Twilight and Darkness are all classified under one place.. The world of the living or the world of Yang. Underneath the world of Yang is the world of Yin, world of the dead." he said.

"What about Hades' underworld?" I asked

"Maybe it's an extension of the world of Yin." the little boy rubbed his chin.

"So... the world of Yin wants to take over" I said. He nodded.

"What can we do about it?"

"I don't know... no living being has been to the world of Yin, so we don't have an info about that world yet." he sighed.

"Those undead things must be coming from somewhere" I said

"Then we'll have to find out." he made seven fireballs and sent them to Roxas and revolved around the block of ice.

"We?" I asked

"I'm coming with you. I'll make arrangements for our departure." He said plainly. I couldn't disagree, I wouldn't want to be frozen like Roxas and this kid was our only hope. They were outside the academy where some people watched anxiously as their leader was about to leave for an undefined amount of time.

"Grab on to me. Give me permission to tap into your minds so I have an idea where to go." I grabbed on but Roxas didn't. He seemed a bit sore about the earlier events.

He raised his staff that was a bit bigger than him and strange blue runes began to surround the three of us and the all too familiar symbol that I supposed was Juno's symbol formed on our feet and the pulsating blue light surrounded us. Once again, I felt warm and fuzzy.

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Normal POV:

None of the people of Juno knew that when their leader left, the blanket of peace that covered Juno for so long disappeared with him into the portal.

A green haired sage chuckled at his accomplishment and immediately contacted his master...