CHAPTER 6

No one could see it, but Riku's face was covered in shock. Sora, the one person who Riku thought would never use darkness, was covered in a pure form of it. He looked vicious. "Sora?" Riku couldn't believe it.

Saix looked over to see that the intruder WAS in fact Sora. A new, more savage like, Sora. "Interesting," Saix said. "It's almost as though he's taken the form of a heartless again." Saix snapped his fingers once again, and then the 2 Assassins disappeared into the ground. "Kairi, if you surrender now, I will not harm either you, nor Sora."

Kairi simply glared at him. "What about him," she stated pointing at the hooded Riku.

Saix didn't even glance at Riku. "He will be killed."

Kairi's eyes widened in horror. 'Killed'? She couldn't accept it. He had risked his life to protect hers. How could she possibly betray someone so selfless? "No," she answered angrily. "I'd rather go down fighting!"

"Very well," Saix replied, not showing emotion.

He then snapped his fingers. The 2 Assassins appeared from the ground and pinned Sora's back against the wall, keeping his arms held down. The Dragoons vanished and appeared in the air above Riku and thrust down towards him with full intent on instantly killing him. Fortunately Riku knew their tactics and managed to dodge them at the last second. He managed to summon enough power to shoot his Dark Firaga blast at them, but if he were to try that again, odds are the Nobodies wouldn't need to kill him. Relying too heavily on Dark powers ALWAYS came with a heavy price. A Creeper jumped straight at Riku shifting into a javelin and almost impaled him, until Kairi jumped into the air and slashed it into full nothingness.

Riku's jaw practically dropped to the floor. "How-"

Kairi turned her head towards Riku, and she looked even more shocked than he did. "HOW THE HELL DID I JUST DO THAT," she yelled in extreme shock.

Sora took the distraction and kicked himself off the ground. His arms were still being tightly held, as a result his body rotated enough that he was able to kick off the wall. He may not have broken the grip from the Assassins, but that just played to his advantage. He used the two Nobodies like maces, smashing into all 5 Creepers, destroying them and the Assassins. The three friends now stood together, each of them ready to fight again.

Kairi's stance seemed more composed at this point. Riku had noticed almost immediately. 'Her stance is better.' "To answer your question from earlier, it's because you're using Sora's Keyblade. Whatever's happened to him has suppressed his ability to use it. Because of the connection you share, it's allowing you to use it."

Kairi looked down at the Keyblade and closed her eyes. When she did, she felt as though Sora had become part of her, giving her strength, as though they were one. Strangely enough, she felt as though she were standing not only with Sora, but with Riku as well. 'I can feel their strength flowing into me.' Kairi suddenly started bursting with power. Light flowed off her like it could kill on contact. "I won't stand by and let you hurt my friends!"

Saix starred with no emotion. "If I had a heart then I would die of laughter," Saix said insultingly. Then, like he does whenever he makes a command, he snapped his fingers.

"AAAAHHHH," screamed Kairi. "ENOUGH WITH THE DAMN FINGER SNAPPING!" Kairi lunged herself at Saix, only to be blocked by the Berserker's Claymore. It then attempted a counterattack on Kairi, but just before it made contact Kairi had been pushed out of the way by Sora. He had taken the full impact force. He'd been hit so had that he actually made a Sora sized impression into the wall.

"Sora," screamed Riku. The Gambler then attempted to attack Riku from behind, but his anger had finally reached its limit. He turned and slashed straight through the cards it flung at him, and with another strike he eliminated the would-be assailant. "I've had enough!"

All that remained now was 4 Dusks and the Berserker. Sora jumped to multiple walls, slashing the Dusks with his claws. Sora's attacks had become more controlled and less savage like. Almost like he was regaining his consciousness.

Saix looked almost surprised and annoyed . "Well," he began, "the three of you are proving to be more trouble than I ever thought you could be."

Saix raised his hand. "Don't you do it," commanded Kairi. Saix simply smirked, and snapped his fingers. "YOU RAT BASTARD!"

The Berserker swung its claymore directly at Kairi. She back stepped just out of swing range, and immediately used instincts to get in close enough to stab it straight through the head, causing it to vanish.

Kairi was now smirking at Saix. "Well," she began, "it looks like you're all that's left."

Saix held out his hand and summoned his own claymore. "Maybe so," he replied, "but unlike those weaklings, I don't die easy."

A/N : So a shorter chapter than last time. But I'm still writing for you guys. To be continued...