Aanyx smiled, petting Kat behind the ear as she stood, "You're sweet…"

Knock-knock. "Ani? We've landed." Xcaiyet called through the door. Aanyx took a deep breath and opened the door, heading out without acknowledging Sora, Donald, or Goofy.

She made it all the way to the stairs of the Gummi before anything happened.

"Ouah! Who the hell put a staircase HERE?"

"Umm….Aanyx? That's BEEN there…"

Aanyx disregarded his remark, instead turning her head slightly towards Kat, "Kat, be a dear and go get me my eyes…Xcaiy, get the first aid…Thank you…"

She got to her feet with a hiss of pain, her right leg bleeding from various cuts and scrapes that extended half-way up her calf. Limping foreword, she stumbled, only to have Sora grab her at the side, one hand keeping her arm around his neck and the other at the small of her back for support.

"God damnit, let me go you bastard! I can do this!" Aanyx growled. She refused to look at him, for fear of seeing Roxas again. "Aanyx, I understand that I did something to upset you, but you need help, and I'm not about to stand by and watch you in pain!"

Aanyx was silent for a moment longer before she nodded to the steps into the Coliseum, "Help me get over there…And I swear to Kingdom Hearts if your hand goes any lower I'm going to chop it off and feed it to Vexen!"

Sora stopped, looking at her quizzically, "…Who's Vexen?"

"None of your damn business, that's who! Now keep walking before I change my mind!" Aanyx growled.

"MOMMY, MOMMY I FOUND EM, I DID! DO I GET A COOKIE MOMMY?" Kat yelled, barreling out of the Gummi. She tripped on Donald, however, and the open container for Aanyx's contacts flew into the air. Aanyx closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose, "PLEASE tell me that wasn't my contacts falling in the dirt…"

"You wear contacts?" Sora asked as he set Aanyx down on the stairs. Aanyx glared, "No SHIT Sherlock! I've only had to wear them my WHOLE FUCKING LIFE!"

"Well how was I supposed to know?! You don't exactly TALK to us at all! You disappear for hours on end to who knows where and whenever you talk to us you're a total bitch!"

Aanyx glared even harder, "Yeah, I am a bitch, you bastard! So what're you gonna do about it? Strike me down like some fucking damned Shadow Heartless? Well take your best shot, you over-grown gorilla, because even with my injury you don't stand a fucking chance!"

"Oh yeah?!"

"GUYS!!" Xcaiyet cut in, holding both hands out. She glared at each of them for a moment before speaking, "Now then; Sora? Stop being a bitch. You're getting OOC…Ani? Sit down and stop picking fights with the retard long enough to get bandaged. Please." Xcaiyet glared at Aanyx until she sat back down before handing the first aid kit to Sora, "Try not to lose any vital organs…we don't want ANOTHER Princess of Heart hating our guts…."

"And where are you going?"

"Kat 'n I need to track down your other contacts…in you-know-where…"

"Oh so you leave me with the idiot. You are SO not getting an E-Day present this year…"

Xcaiyet stuck out her tongue as she hoisted Kat onto her back and was gone. Aanyx returned her glare in Sora's direction as she attempted to reach the first aid kit without flashing him. She just HAD to get stuck in a dress…

Seeing her struggle, Sora grabbed the box and opened it, only for his awkward grin to fall, "Uh-oh…no more potions…"

"WHAT DO YOU FUCKING MEAN THERE'S NOT FUCKING MORE FUCKING POTIONS?!" Aanyx growled. "W-well…th-that is…M-maybe Phil or Hercules will have one!" Sora stammered.

With that he took off into the Coliseum.

Meanwhile, up on Mount Olympus, a certain god sat bored on his cloud. Now that Hercules was hitting it off with Megara, Cupid found himself a bit out of a job. But wait!

Cupid watched with hungry eyes as a boy with spiky brown hair ran off into the Coliseum, leaving a VERY helpless-looking girl sitting on the stairs. The pink god grinned, reaching for his bow and arrow…

Aanyx growled, resting her chin in her hand and perching her elbow on her knee. Of course, the only fucking time she needs a potion and the idiots took them ALL. And shouldn't he be able to use Curaga?

Oh yeah, he's an idiot, that's why.

A FUCKING SLOW idiot!

"Why don't you like me, Nyxie?"

Aanyx's eye twitched. "Nyxie?! Who the fuck are you calling NYXIE?! And get your fucking arms OFFA ME!" She growled, attempting in vain to squirm from the arms wrapped just below her bra. Feeling his thumbs slip under the cloth at the sides of her bra—THROUGH HER SHIRT, nonetheless—caused Aanyx to jump.

"GNYAH!!" She cried, squirming away. This was, perhaps, not the smartest idea, however, for Sora kept his grip, sending the two of them rolling down the stairs. They landed in a heap at the foot of the stairs, Sora straddling Aanyx with his hands pinning her own.

And, of course, with her blurry vision and quickly-forming headache, Sora just had to look like Roxas…

"Nyxie? Are you okay?"

Hell, he even SOUNDED like Roxas!

Wait a minute…

"Don't. Call. Me. NYXIE!" Aanyx growled, shoving with all her might. Managing to shove him off, she limped in an attempted run towards the only place that she thought she would be safe; the Underworld.

"Run! Run awa-OOF!"

"Demy! Thank Kingdom Hearts! You gotta save me!" Aanyx cried thankfully, having recognized her brother's seaweed-green eyes the moment she ran into him.

"So you don't have a potion either, huh?" Aanyx frowned, drumming her fingers on her arms. DAMN it's cold in the Underworld! Demyx shook his head, tying off the bandage around her calf, "What happened, anyway?"

"Sora was a dumbass, I took my contacts out, tripped on the stairs to the Gummi, Kat ruined my contacts, Sora was a dumbass, I ran away, and GOD FUCKING DAMNIT it's cold down here! I feel like frozen chicken!" Aanyx yelled. Demyx chuckled, taking off his Organization cloak and the sweater underneath before replacing the cloak.

Aanyx took the offered sweater thankfully, "Once again, you kick ass, Dem."

"Oh Nyxie~! I am looking for you, you are hiding from me~!" Sora's voice trailed through the Underworld. Demyx winced, "I see what you mean. Has he been like this the whole trip?"

Aanyx shook her head, "Not till we got…here…" She trailed off, realization dawning on her, "Damn gods…" She glanced at her brother, "Mind distracting him a bit?"

At his nod she left in a portal of darkness. "Now, where was I? Oh yeah!" Demyx paused to return his hood over his eyes and clear his throat before running across the cave-like chamber, "RUN! RUN AWAY!"

Aanyx came out in Hades' chamber, where she leaned against the doorway for support looking very much like she owned the place. "So Hades. I hear you're good at dealing with lower gods."

"Depends on your form of payment." The god replied slyly, pointed teeth curling into a grin. "What if I told you I could convince the idiot keybearer and his dodo sidekicks to unlock the Underdome—with absolutely no hassle from you?" Aanyx asked nonchalantly, examining her nails. Hades' eyebrows raised, grin growing as he placed his spindly hands together, "I'm listening…"

Aanyx winced, attempting to ward off the endless swarm of Heartless as she inched further away from Hades' chambers. "Nyxie! Hang on!" Sora called from the other end of the hall. Aanyx growled, "I thought I told you not to fucking call me fucking Nyxie! And I'm not made of fucking lace! Stand back and let a master show you how it's done."

Aanyx extended the length of her whips considerably, immediately getting in step. She swirled, twirled, slashed and mercilessly killed. Her face was set in a determined glower, all ounce of sympathy and her typical bitchy attitude gone.

She was a killing machine.

She had to be careful, however, for if she let herself go any more she would accidentally summon her cloak. And if that happened there'd be no telling what would happen…

Once she'd slain them all she flipped Sora, Donald, and Goofy off, "And THAT'S how you kill a Heartless!" Dismissing her whips she then kneeled down with her side facing them, sitting on her legs in a kind of ceremonial bow. Muttering under her breath incoherently, Aanyx failed to notice Sora's gawk—said gawk growing more and more prominent.

He stood there with his eyes fixated on her slightly raised ass, tongue darting over his lips like some slobbering animal dangling at the bottom of the food chain. His hands clenched and unclenched, knees locked as if it took all of his will power to not—

"Hold it, hold it, HOLD IT!" Xcaiyet's voice rang out, and the scene froze. She walked up wearing a black business jacket over a white button up, grey pencil skirt, and matching high heels.

Pulling a screen—from seemingly nowhere—down over Sora, she pulled out a retractable pointer. The screen held an outline to Sora's silhouetted form, as well as easy-to-read large-font squiggles always assumed to be writing.

"Now, class, please ignore the not-quite-M-rated descriptions and direct your attention to the screen." Xcaiyet paused to smack the screen on Sora's chest. Sora flinched with a barely-contained "OOF!" as Xcaiyet continued.

"Now here we have a diagram of how Cupid's arrows work. As you can see, the levels of devotion are broken into five areas and four categories." Xcaiyet paused to smack the head area—earning another flinch from Sora as well as a cry of "Ow my eye!"

"First we have the head and neck area. If hit here, the specimen will experience 'Forgeticus Notimus' syndrome. In other words, the specimen will think only of the first son of a monkey that the specimen sees. Yes, even an animal."

She once more smacked Sora in the chest, as well as the knees, "Now in the chest and knees area we have the 'Innocyndrome', AKA the Innocent Love areas. When hit here, the specimen will experience rapid heartbeat and a general instability at the knees."

Again she paused, this time to jab smack at the groin. Sora let out a loud groan—but whether out of pain or pleasure no one dared know—and doubled over.

Xcaiyet was either oblivious of this or flat-out didn't care. "Here, ladies and gents, is the part where most men think when we ladies ignore them for too long; the 'Animalical Instinctus', AKA when they start thinkin with their OTHER head. If ya know what I mean."

A man walked up then, wearing simple jeans and a faded gray tee. He had unruly black hair and beautiful bronze eyes, raven-like wings shifting behind him. "OR, in a woman's case, when she speaks with her other lips!"

A girl with long strawberry hair growled, water flooding behind her, "Say that again, bird-brain!"

A boy with styled brown hair and a biker jacket grabbed her arm, making steam rise, "Kal, leave the nice man be. We don't need a whole universe hating us…"

"QUIET!!!!!" Xcaiyet yelled over the growing din. A vast sea of OCs all froze and looked at her. "…Thank you. Now then; the last area of--"

"This is boring!"

Xcaiyet's eye twitched, canine-like teeth bared in a low but deadly growl. "What?"

A fourteen-year-old translucent girl floated up to the front of the crowd. She had long blond hair and pale skin and brown eyes. She wore an over-done Sailor Scout uniform, causing many an OC to whisper her name to each other.

Silverstar.

The First.

Silverstar approached with a glower on her perfect features, "You heard me. This is boring. Why should ANYONE care what a lowly little noob like you has to say?"

Xcaiyet disregarded the Sue's jibe, walking to stand right in front of the girl, "You…Are…Dead…" Pulling the crystal of solid silver from the Sue's uniform, she crumbled it to dust as the ghost shrieked and dissipated like fog. "I hate Sues…Now, any more interruptions? No? Good."

She jabbed the pointer into Sora's shoe, "now then, the final area is right here; 'Devoticus Wholesomus'. Don't ask me how, but if shot in this general area the specimen will experience complete and total devotion. In the Key-brat's case, however, he happened to be shot--"

Xcaiyet was cut off as Aanyx walked up, bitch-slapping said wolf-girl with a snarl of "Did I say you could interrupt my story? No? THEN ALL OUT FUCKING WANNABES BETTER CLEAR OUT OR SO HELP ME I'LL FUCKING THUNDAGA THE WHOLE FUCKING LOT OF YOU TO KINGDOM FUCKING HEARTS!"

The crowd went silent before dispersing, leaving just Aanyx and Xcaiyet. "Well?" Aanyx asked impatiently, tapping her uninjured foot. "Eh-heh…" Xcaiyet gulped, ears pinning back. Aanyx growled again, shoving her off, "Out!"

"! Anddon'tforgetpagetwentythree!" Xcaiyet said hurriedly as she went.

Aanyx sighed, rubbed a kink out of her neck, and resumed her position on the ground.

And just like that, the scene resumed, as though the past 10 minutes had never happened.

Aanyx finished her not-quite prayer and raised her head, sitting up in the same motion. It was then she notices the fat, neon-blue notebook in front of her. In bright red sharpie, someone had scribbled the words "How the Fuck Did THAT Happen? A Guide To Eros' Arrows".

Aanyx made to open it up, only to feel something grab her from behind. At first she thought it to be Sora, until she heard his cry of "Nyxie!! Let her go!"

Realizing the plan was in motion she screamed, "Let go you fucking…!" The smoke bonds wrapped around her mouth, and she continued to scream until she was carried out of earshot.

Only then did she completely relax, all ounce of worry and struggle gone. In fact, if it weren't for the smoke covering her mouth she would have grinned.

The smoke dropped her to her feet in another chamber, where Hades waited. Aanyx grinned, dusting off her arms with a wicked gleam in her eyes, "Phase one complete. Just show me the lock and we'll set up the bread crumbs."

It was evident, Aanyx noted, that Hades didn't much like the way she took charge of the plan. But she knew he wouldn't argue; though a very selfish god, Hades had worked with Organization XIII before and knew they could take him fairly easily.

Though many a hero found themselves powerless within the Underworld, those who dwell in the darkness can always find strength—if they look in the right places…

Aanyx stopped in front of a medium-sized rock with a keyhole cut out in the center. She rubbed her hands together, creating a green glow to her hands. Spreading them so that her palms faced the rock, she morphed it into a larger rock, now complete with the chiseled form of herself.

"Not bad, if I do say so myself…Make sure the Heartless lead him here. I want that spell reversed the moment the Underdome is unlocked."

"And you're going to be…?"

Aanyx flicked her braid over her shoulder as she left, "Oh, I'll find SOME WAY to amuse myself…"

With that, she disappeared into a portal of darkness.

"Hiya Mommy!"

"GYAH!" Aanyx jumped, striking a karate pose. Recognizing little Kat, however, she automatically relaxed, "Oh, it's you. Any luck with finding my contacts?"

Kat shook her head, "But Nee-chan is working on it, yup-yup! And we found glasses!" Indeed, as she spoke, the short cat-like Nobody protruded a pair of 'invisible rimmed' brass glasses. Aanyx made a face, but took them nonetheless. "Thanks…" She muttered as she put them on, only to continue grumbling under her breath.

"Just HAD to go and trip her, stupid dodo…cut you up and serve you in fucking stew! …Fucking good-for-nothing glasses…I hate feeling so limited!"

Kat patted Aanyx on the elbow—the highest she could reach without going on tip-toe—and sighed, "Don't worry Mommy, Nee-chan will get em for you!"

"It's the time I'm worried about….what if I'm stuck with glasses for two more worlds? What if they fly off at some point during battle?" Aanyx sighed, ruffling Kat's hair, "You'd better get back to helping Xcaiy…Love you."

"Love you too Mommy."

Closing her eyes tightly, Kat disappeared into a portal, leaving Aanyx alone again.

Deciding the gloom of the Underworld was getting to her, she headed back to the Coliseum, only to have a large bronze head imbed into the dirt at her feet. Looking up in horror, she uttered a single syllable, "No…"

There, towering over the others, sat the Hydra.

Anger boiled inside Aanyx, and she turned on her heel to the Underworld, "HADES! GOD DAMN IT THIS WASN'T PART OF THE PLAN!" Hearing nothing in response, she yelled several choice swears before racing out again.

"Don't suppose you've got room fer one more!" Phil said as he, Pegasus, and Megara ran up. "We're in!" Meg added. Aanyx ran over to the other side, now flanking Sora, "Don't forget me too."

Sora gave her a tender glance, "I'm glad you're okay, Aanyx."

"Hey, it takes more'n some cranky old god of the dead ta take me out. And don't think I've forgiven you for the whole 'Nyxie' thing either. Expect a shit load of pain after we're done here." Aanyx grinned, twirling her whips and keeping her eyes on the hydra.

And so the battle began.

Aanyx jumped, swerving through teeth and tongue in an attempt to get to its back. Sora, being the idiot he was, continuously sliced heads, only for more to appear. "Oi, bird-brain! Try hacking at something OTHER than the heads for a change! Maybe then it'll DIE!" Aanyx yelled at Sora, currently locked in a whip battle between three heads and the tail. Meandering around them, she managed to get to his side, "Better yet, lemme take this!" With that she grabbed the Keyblade, adding over her shoulder to Donald and Goofy, "Keep him covered—I'm going in."

Aanyx charged, diving straight for the stomach. She crouched under where all the heads meet, gabbing the keyblade upwards and piercing straight through to the beast's heart. The monster gave a high-pitched chorus of shrieks before falling over, oozing a kind of green pus everywhere.

"Aanyx!" Sora yelled, rushing over toward the fallen beast. There lay the keyblade, no other evidence of Aanyx visible. "Aanyx…" Sora said sadly, picking up the keyblade with a heavy heart.

Hercules sighed in defeat, dropping onto what was left of the stairs, "I let you down. I'm just…No use."

"It's not your fault." Meg consoled, "Hey, even a god would be exhausted."

"She's right. Give yourself a chance to rest. Aanyx did what she did…It was her choice…not ours…"

"There won't be any games for a while, anyway."

"Oh, so I see how it is. I save your hides and this is the thanks I get? Some early funeral reception? Great. Nice to know my companionship is worth something!" Aanyx said, climbing over some of the rubble.

Her bandage on her leg was loose, glasses no where to be seen, her hair free of all restraint. She held one whip in her left hand, glaring at the group she stood at the highest point of flat surface.

"Aanyx!!" The group chorused, all running over towards her. Aanyx grinned for three seconds before raising her whip with a cry of "THUNDAGA!" The trio were shocked, making her laugh, "THAT was for killing me off, damnit! AND," she zapped Sora again, "For calling me fucking Nyxie!"

"OW! Cut it out!"

"THUNDAGA!"

"If you'd just hear me out—"

"THUNDAGA!"

"C'mon, Aanyx—"

"THUNDAGA!"

"Would you just—"

"THUNDAGA!!"

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Kat: Hello all! Narexk here, with some exciting news! We're going ALL THE WAY BACK to chapter one in a treasure hunt!

Throughout all the chapters are some various references to things that don't necessarily have anything to do with ATJ or even KH in general, but are fun facts anyways.

From this point foreword, anyone who guesses any of these references will have the honor of getting their name posted on here! We WOULD give you a cookie, but seeing as it's over the internet…

Xcaiyet: Here are the number of references per chapter:

PROLOGUE: 3

DAY 01: 11

DAY 02: 5

DAY 03: 2

DAY 04: 4

DAY 05: 4

THE LAST DAY: 1

HOLLOW BASTION: 7

THE LAND OF DRAGONS: 5

BEAST'S CASTLE: 5

And last but not least,

OLYMPUS COLISEUM: 5

Please note that you have as many guesses as you wish, and keep in mind that some of them may include plot references—such as things hinted in the first few chapters that happen later on.

Happy trails, and good luck!