Bonus Chapter-COM and Reverse!
Author's Notes- Before I start the next chapter, I want to get some battle sequences in from COM and reverse and that way I don't have to write them, because I really can't be arsed. And yes, this is really late, cause I've moved house, and I have no internet connection. But anyway, these battle scenes. There's a few actually. They go in order. First, Roxas V Sasuke Replica. Axel V Kisame. Naruto/Sasuke V Twilight Thorn. Sasuke/Sakura V Ansem. Sasuke V Itachi. Roxas/Naruto/Sakura/Jiminy V Sasori. And there's also a short battle and romance scene involving Roxas. Those are the most important scenes. And I want them out of the way. Hope you enjoy them. But, if you don't want to read a load of battle scenes. Just skip to the main story, in the next chapter.
(Roxas V Sasuke Replica-
"What's wrong Roxas?" Sasuke asked his former best friend. Roxas scowled in response. Naruto and Sakura growled behind their cages made of pure darkness. "You're not who you say you are." Roxas said simply and coldly. He looked at Sasuke, with absolute hatred. His eyes blazed with a fire that Sakura nor Naruto had ever seen before. And they had seen Roxas get angry. "I don't appreciate you impersonating my friend. Especially dressed like that." Roxas referred to the dark mode outfit that Sasuke was wearing. He began to smirk. "You're quite clever. It's true. I am nothing more than a replica. A shadow clone full of Sasuke's memories about his time under the control of Ansem. The power of darkness. It's so…delicious." The replica's eyes began to become full of lust. A dreamy smile on his lips. Roxas wanted to tear his face off. The X-Blade appeared in his hands. The replica's Soul Eater appeared in his hands. The two clashed against each other. Roxas' rage was fuelling his body. He moved quickly, but the replica moved just as fast. He countered all of Roxas' thrusts and parried them, as well. Roxas could hardly keep his blade, in his hands. Then the replica threw a dark ball into Roxas' stomach. The blond screamed, as his whole body started to smoke and was blown away. He started coughing up blood, as he stood up. He started panting, and his vision began to blur. "What's wrong Roxas?" The replica taunted. "You know, you're a lot weaker than I remember. Of course, you wouldn't remember that time would you?" Roxas scowled at his opponent. "I might not remember some things. But I do remember my friends. I remember the gang from Traverse Town. I remember Namine. And I remember Sasuke. I know that he's here. He'll help me through this. Even if I have to channel my darker side." Roxas raised his blade, so it was level with the replica. The tip of the golden part of the blade glowed black. "Oblivion blast!" Roxas screamed. From his blade tip, a huge black arrow emerged and shot right into the Sasuke replica. He flipped over and landed on the ground, in total shock. He had been told that Roxas would have been weak from losing the majority of his memories, but this…What was this?
That same question was being asked by Sasori to Namine, shoving a finger at a floating screen, showing the Sasuke replica and Roxas battle. Namine showed off a small smile. Sasori growled underneath his casing. He had been getting ready for battle to kill off Kisame, but Axel had volunteered to do it, instead. Sasori didn't want to object. He was happy not having to get his hands dirty. But he was extremely angry that Roxas was using a skill that hadn't shown in Roxas' memories. "How did this happen Namine? Are you keeping something from us?" Sasori asked, thankful that his puppet armour made his voice sound deeper and more menacing. Namine looked Sasori straight through the slits, in his puppet armour. Looking at Roxas, she was feeling more confident. "I'm not. Roxas just learnt and preformed that move there. His bonds with his friends, specially Sasuke, is causing his power to increase. And this 'Oblivion blast' move probably won't be the last of the new things we're about to see in his fight. Just feel Roxas' energy. His strength is increasing right now. Oh look." Namine pointed at the screen and Sasori looked on, not sure if this outcome was good or bad.
The replica had decided to try and turn the tables on Roxas, after his last attack. "Shadow Clone jutsu!" The replica cried. Suddenly, Roxas was surrounded by clones of a clone. Everybody looked shocked. "What's going on?" Naruto cried. "What's with the jutsu?" Sasuke regarded Naruto, inside his cage, with amusement. "You really don't know much about a person who is supposed to be one of your best friends?" He gave off a laugh, and his clones copied. But the laugh was short lived. Flames burst from both sides of Roxas' X-Blade. He started spinning it, as the flames grew bigger. Soon, Roxas' body was surrounded by flames, which were absorbing the shadow clones, turning them into smoke. The replica looked taken aback. Another power that he hadn't been informed of. It seemed that Roxas' magic was actually becoming stronger, than it was before. But that was impossible, wasn't it? Apparently not so. "Blizzard!" Roxas cried, pointing his blade at the replica, who acted on his instinct by raising his arm. His arm froze and it dropped to the floor. "Fire ball jutsu!" He yelled, blowing flames from his lips melting the ice. Roxas moved fast. The Sasuke replica threw his blade straight at the blonde, who raised his blade. "Aero!" He cried. A huge gust of wind blew the blade right back at the Replica, who caught it in his hand, easily. Roxas bit his lip, while looking at his blade. "That was different." He said, more to himself than anyone else. "That's it." The Sasuke Replica screamed, in a voice that sounded quite insane. "I'll kill you! Roxas. I'll defiantly kill you. Maneyko Sharingan!" The replica's eyes changed into the hell red colour, that made Roxas' blood boil. The replica smirked. Darkness started to swirl around his body. They flew into his eyes and The replica gave off an evil laugh. "Amaterasu!" Black flames went straight at Roxas. Everyone watching gave off cries of outrage. Even Marluxia and Namine. Roxas raised his blade, again. "Stop!" He cried. Everything around Roxas came to a stop. He saw Naruto's and Sakura's look of terror. He saw the Replica's look of glee. Roxas dashed past the black flames and slashed at the Replica. Time unfroze and the Replica was forced back. The flames crashed into the wall, behind Roxas. The Twilight user wasn't finished yet, though. "Zero Gravity! Thunder!" The replica flew into the sky, and was suspended there, while bolts of electricity hit him, repeatedly. The Replica fell to the floor. He stood up, almost immediately and gave off cries of rage. The darkness was swirling around the Replica more and more. The Replica's eyes glowed red, with fury. Then they become covered in black, as well as the rest of his body. Roxas shook his head. "Even the Replica…I wonder what people see in the power of darkness. It's just as strong as light…" The replica's form was dissolving. His entire being going into one last attack. When the replica was gone, Roxas was faced with a huge Amaterasu. "Reflect." Roxas said, calmly. As the black flames touched the shield that Roxas had set up. They flew about. And ended up dissolving the dark cages that Naruto and Sakura had been trapped in. The two rushed over to their friend. Roxas smiled at them, and collapsed into their arms.
Axel V Kisame-
"Kisame. Stop this. These guys will learn about their lives in due time." The gang had been lead to a memory version of Twilight Town, Roxas' home world. But Naruto couldn't help thinking that something here was familiar. The man who had lead them here, was a blue skinned shark-like man. He was part of the Organization. Now Axel had shown up and told us that this guy was bad news. Kisame sneered at Axel. "Stop? Why should I? This is how we should do things! Now that the Sasuke Replica has been destroyed, we need another plan of action. Axel said nothing. Then Kisame started to frown. Steam was coming off him. He looked at his body, as it was starting to bake. His scaly like skin was falling off him. He looked at Axel, fury in his eyes. "Stop that!" Kisame ordered. Axel gave a feeble shrug. Very uncaring. "Make me traitor." Kisame gritted his sharp teeth. "How dare you? Everybody in the Organization knows that you and Sasori are planning against Xemnas. You're just jealous that me and Itachi are getting there first!" Kisame said, in a hysterical manner. He held out his hand, and a huge buster blade appeared in his hands. It was covered in spikes. Axel's chakrams appeared in his hands. Kisame was still baking, due to a large amount of heat, being giving off by Axel. His chakrams clashed against Kisame's blade. Kisame could hardly hold up his weapon, as his speed decreased. He was becoming sluggish, while Axel's main factor was his speed. The redhead, in seconds, disarmed Kisame and had started slashing against him, from all angles. The shark-like organization member screamed out, in pain. He collapsed onto the ground, his eyes had gone white, smoke and steam rose off his body. Axel shook his head, in disgust. "So weak." He said, piercing Axel's body with his chakrams. Kisame burst into darkness. Axel turned on the gang of Key Wielders. They looked at Axel shocked.
Naruto/Sasuke V Twilight Thorn
Naruto had decided to continue exploring the virtual Twilight Town. There was just something about it, that was attracting him. Roxas had gone off looking for Namine. Jiminy had gone off looking around in Kisame's laboratory. And Sakura had gone through another corridor of darkness, and he wasn't sure where she went off to. But, Naruto hadn't found anything that had attracted him anymore, than the mansion. That was until he saw the train station. Or perhaps it was a clock tower? No, a mixture. It was both, and at the top of the tower, there was a ledge, possibly big enough for people to sit on. That's when Naruto fell to his knees, clutching his head. He was getting one major headache. He didn't know when or where it came from. But suddenly, Naruto found himself being flung into the air. The knuckleheaded ninja's eyes were wide with surprise. He inhaled the sight of a huge creature. It was as big as a Darkside, maybe larger. It had the same tentacle like hair, but this creature was using it, like a weapon. Naruto activated his Byakugan, trying to find out what kind of thing this was. As his pink eyes, and large veins appeared, he saw this creature was a Nobody. Possibly the Nobody counterpart of a Darkside? Naruto summoned his KeyKunai, and while in mid-air, tried to fend off the tentacles that were trying to constrict him. "Get off him!" A familiar high cold voice commanded the creature. Suddenly, Naruto wasn't alone up in the air. Sasuke was right beside him. "Miss me?" He said, with a cocky smile. "Sasuke?" Naruto cried, in shock. Two tentacles lunged at the two, and they dodged, gracefully. "Sharingan!" Sasuke cried. Naruto noticed the blood red colour his eyes turned into, but there was something different about them. They looked…kind. Sasuke's Soul Eater slashed at the tentacle, while Naruto was using the Hyuga fighting style, going for the weak spots in the tentacle, eventually succeeding in taking it off the Nobody's body. Naruto flashed a quick grin to Sasuke, taking some balance on the Clock tower's ledge. Sasuke returned it for a second, then frowned, and threw his blade. Naruto was so shock, he almost didn't duck, but after he did, he heard a clashing sound. Behind him, one of the Nobody's tentacles had been about to attack him. Naruto nodded his thanks, and decided to finish the job on this tentacle. He threw Sasuke back his blade, and then launched himself into the air. There was an explosion of smoke, as hundreds of Narutos filled the air. "Rasengan Rain!" They cried, as the Twilight Thorn was buried in blue orbs. It gave off a high pitch wail of pain. It lay on the floor, and Naruto and Sasuke fell down, gracefully. They examined the Twilight Thorn for a moment, then the two turned to each other and started up a conversation. "You alright Naruto? I heard that those Organization members messed up with Roxas', Sakura's and your memories pretty bad." Naruto nodded, sadly. "What about you?" He asked. Sasuke shrugged. "The guy who tried me, was that fool Kisame. I saw that whole scene with the clone-replica thing. Roxas…he still wants to be my friend?" Sasuke asked, hopefully. Naruto chuckled. "Yeah. Don't know what's gotten into him. He's gone off looking for Namine now?" Sasuke frowned, his eyebrows burrowed. "Namine?" Naruto inspected Sasuke's blank face, with his own confusion. "Roxas' girl from Destiny Isle? Remember?" Sasuke was about to speak, when the earth suddenly rumbled. The Twilight Thorn launched himself, into the air, and then came back down, his fists smashing into the ground. The vibrations threw Sasuke and Naruto off balance. "Don't you mean Xion?" Sasuke asked, scaling the clock tower. Naruto followed, swiftly behind. "Xion?" Sasuke's face was full of concern. And it wasn't because he was fighting against a giant Nobody. "Naruto? Who was Roxas trying to save, when you guys were on your first adventure?" Naruto had to think for a moment. When the two were on the ledge, he answered. "…It was Namine. I think. Or…" Naruto clutched his head. "Those new memories. The ones that didn't seem right." Naruto looked Sasuke straight in the eye. "The Organization is planting new memories inside of us, but why? Who is Namine?" Sasuke didn't have an answer. But he wouldn't have much time to answer. The Twilight Thorn smashed his fist, into the ledge, sending bricks flying. The two jumped in opposite directions. "How about a nice combination attack, to put this thing down for good?" Sasuke asked, dodging several mid-air attacks. "Sounds good. My Byakugan with your Sharingan?" Naruto replied, doing the same thing. Sasuke nodded. "Do you remember the Rotation Rasengan?" He asked. Naruto shook his head, mystified. Sasuke sighed. "Giant Rasengan?" He asked, in a pleading tone. Naruto nodded, with a slight smile. Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief. "Giant Rasengan!" A huge blue orb appeared in Naruto's hands, but it was shrinking, by the second. "Your chakra's not red!" Sasuke noted. Naruto looked at his orb, and nodded slowly, as if noticing it the first time, for himself. "Careful Naruto. This move gets complicated, but it's the closet to the darkest that I dare to get, at the moment." Naruto took his distance, from Sasuke, as dark blotches appeared around his body. Soon, it was Sasuke floating inside of a black shimmering dragon, like an avatar. "Put the Rasengan, in the dragon's mouth." Sasuke cried, from inside of the dragon. Naruto did as he was told, and the moment after the Rasengan was in the Avatar's mouth, it was shot out, along with green flames. It collided with the Twilight Thorn's stomach. It crumpled for a moment, and then dissolved into darkness. Naruto and Sasuke landed on the ground. "Go and find Roxas for me, kay?" Sasuke asked, opening up a corridor of darkness, in the middle of the destroyed ground. Naruto hesitated for a moment, but then nodded. "But, could you make sure Sakura's okay for me? She went into another Corridor of Darkness. I don't know where she is though." Sasuke smiled. "Don't worry. I was already thinking about doing that. I'm leaving Roxas, because I know he doesn't need me." Naruto didn't exactly agree with that sentence, and told Sasuke his thoughts. The black haired boy frowned. "I'll think about that." He said to Naruto, as the blonde left the memory version Twilight Town.
Sasuke/Sakura V Ansem
Sakura had ended up at her favourite place in the world. Destiny Isle. She breathed in the fresh salt air. She kicked against the waves on the beach. The only thought that was bothering her. It was all fake. Everything here was fake. A memory version created by Sasori. She gritted her teeth, thinking about it. She stood up, and immediately the waves went black. Sakura gasped and backed away from the ocean. The trees around her were dying. The little waterfall was drying up. The earth was cracking. And Ansem was right in front of her. Sakura screamed, and jumped away, little wings on her feet. Ansem moved across to her, floating. She noticed Guardian connected to his back. "You're not real." Sakura told herself, desperately. "Oh but I am, child." Ansem lifted her up, with one hand. He turned his head to the entrance of the Secret Place. "Stop hiding Sasuke. Unless you'd rather see your precious little friend die?" Sasuke came rushing out of the Secret Place, his Soul Eater raised. Sakura's eyes widened. "Sasuke?" She managed, despite her fear. "The real one?" Sasuke slashed against Ansem's Guardian. Sakura's sword appeared in her hands. She made Ansem unhand her, and then wings appeared on her back. She slashed against Ansem, who took the blow, with ease. He countered, blowing her backwards. Sasuke jumped back, and helped Sakura up. She thanked him, hesitantly. "What do we do?" She asked Sasuke, looking at Ansem floating across to them. Sasuke shook his head. "I'm not sure. Ansem is too powerful." The dark entity in question was right on top of the two. His eyes gleamed with victory. His smile was smug. "You have the power to defeat me, Sasuke, whether or not you use it, is up to you, but you should know, if you don't use it, I shall kill you." Sakura's eyes went from Ansem to Sasuke, as if she was watching an interesting tennis match. "I won't do it, Ansem. I not using the darkness in that way, anymore. I'll never use the Amaterasu again!" Sasuke declared, to which Ansem scowled. Sakura felt a jolt of admiration for Sasuke. He was determined not to use darkness, but if he didn't use those black flames, how would they able to defeat Ansem? "Sakura!" A high pitched familiar voice cried, in her mind. 'King Mickey?' Sakura thought. "That's right. Sakura, if you want to defeat Ansem, then you must use the thing that Roxas used to fight him- a balance of light and dark." Sakura bit her lip. Sasuke looked at Sakura, as if he had heard the conversation. He charged Ansem, trying to but Sakura time to think of a plan. 'But, I don't know how to use the power of Twilight!' "Oh no? Think Sakura. There are two of you. Sasuke is a Key Wielder too. So, he can use Star Cards." Sakura's eyes widened in realisation. "Of course." She said, aloud. "Sasuke catch!" She cried, throwing him one of her star cards. He caught it in his hands, easily. "Dark card!" He cried out, holding out the card. "Light card!" Sakura cried. The twins flew around each other encircling Sasuke. He raised his blade, and the cards dissolved into it. For a moment, Sakura thought that Sasuke would hold something like the X-Blade, but she almost straight away that, that wasn't the case. Light and Dark couldn't join together. They both existed. This was something else. Close to Twilight, but not there yet. Sasuke went fast. He slashed against Ansem, right through the Guardian. At the back, of both of the Key Wielders' minds that seemed wrong, but the feeling passed. Ansem clutched his wound. A kind of smile passed on Ansem's face. It was proud? Ansem faded into the shadows. Sasuke sighed and kneeled down onto the ground. His blade fell on the ground. Light and Dark appeared, in their card forms, back in Sakura's hand. "You okay?" She asked Sasuke. He nodded, and stood up, shakily. "I need some time to rest. I just came from battling this giant Nobody like thing. I'm pretty worn, but you need to go on." He added, making a corridor of darkness appear on the beach. Sakura looked from the COD to Sasuke. She nodded, and left, just after kissing her hero on the cheek. Sasuke blushed, slightly, as she left. Once, she was gone, he began thinking. The power he had felt when his sword had become something more. Was it a new kind of power? And then there was Ansem. He didn't seem quite right. There was something off putting about it all. And then, worse of all, he thought about the next battle, that was about to take place. A Nobody had been following him, ever since Kisame had stolen some of his memories. He turned his Sharingan on. Turned around and shouted at the shrouded figure.
Roxas V Sasori. Plus Roxas x Naminescene-
Roxas ran through the white corridors of Castle Oblivion. He owed Axel a lot for allowing him this opportunity. Namine was at the end of this corridor. Axel was an odd character. He was part of the Organization, but he had helped them. He had helped him. It was odd. These other Organization members. They were traitors? The Organization were an odd group, he just wished he knew what they were planning. Roxas smashed through the last door, on the white corridor. He saw a white room. A long table, covered in pictures and drawing supplies. He saw a little puppet sat in a birdcage. And he saw Namine. She had long black flowing hair. A white dress on. Her face was being held by a large figure, which a hidden face. He was in an Organization cloak. This must have been one of Sasori's armours. If Roxas didn't hate this guy enough, for stealing his memories and for coming up with the idea of the Sasuke Replica battling him and his friends. But then, he had the nerve to even touch his Namine! Rage took absolute control of Roxas' body. Before he knew it, his Keyblade was on the ground, and his own fists were beating into the wooden armour. His fists lay dents and cracks all over the armour. Roxas had never went so fast in his life. At the back of his mind, Roxas noticed a number of things. Namine was out of Sasori's grasp. Sasori was completely helpless. He was on the floor, but Roxas wanted to keep going. He wanted Sasori to feel pain. A dark aura surrounded his body. Suddenly, the armour cracked. Sasori's main body was revealed. A pink haired teenager. He had fear, in his glassy eyes. But Roxas kept going. His fists kept pummelling against Sasori. Tears of anger went rolling down Roxas' eyes. Said eyes, were going golden. He noticed his fists were shifting between their normal colour, and black claw like shapes. Before he knew it, he felt someone grab him from behind. He stopped. Sasori gave Roxas a fearful look, like a small child would give a playground bully, after the teacher had given him a detention. He disappeared through a corridor of darkness. Roxas' body had almost completely shut down. He could barely think. Now he understood what the power of darkness was about. It wasn't this thing. It was powered by a person's emotions. And sometimes, when a person's heart was strong, these emotions could be used as a weapon. His anger had become his weapon. Roxas looked up at the person, who was currently hugging him. It was Namine. He smiled. "Thank you." He breathed. Then Roxas fell into a deep sleep. In Roxas' dreams, he remembered a time back in Destiny Isles. There was a dance on. Him and Namine had gone together. He was, embarrassingly, dressed in a tuxedo. His spiky haired combed straight, and to the sides. Namine's dress was simple. Roxas thought it was odd, that she wasn't wearing white. It was multicoloured. Like a rainbow. Around him, people were dancing to some classical music. He saw Naruto, in his own tuxedo, dancing with Hinata. Li, in his classic kimono and Sakura, in hers. He even saw Sasuke dancing with a brown haired girl, who liked to skip. She usually played with two guys. A blonde guy and another one, who was like this star athlete at school. As Namine and Roxas danced, a new song came on. One for the kids. Later the two of them had named this song, their song. The two started singing along. "In you and I there's a new land. Angel's in flight. My Sanctuary, my sanctuary, yeah. Where fears and lies melt away." As soon as the two had sung those words. Namine's appearance had changed. She still had black hair, but it was short. She was "Xion." Roxas was awake. He looked at Namine. He frowned. "You're not my love. You're her Nobody." Namine nodded, sadly. She had returned Roxas's memories, while he had been sleeping. She didn't want to live a lie, anymore. "I'm so sorry." She said, quietly. A whisper. Roxas gave her a kind and reassuring smile, to which Namine found surprising. "Why?" She asked, astounded. "Because. You are Xion." Namine shook her head. She clutched, at her hair. "No I'm not! I'm just a vile witch, who twisted your memories! I'm-" Roxas cut her off by kissing her. "You are Xion. She is you. Xion knew that, before she disappeared, and now I know what she meant. Namine, I don't know how, but you have emotions. You're the exception to the rule that Nobodies have no emotions. Maybe Axel's like that too." She nodded, slowly. "He's kind all right." She brushed her black hair, out of her eyes. She looked at Roxas, in wonder. "How can you look at me like that? With content. You should hate me. As long as I exist, Xion can't. You'll never be with her again." Roxas gave off a light laugh. His mood had lifted, incredibly, since he had found Namine. "Don't you get it? If you exist, then so does Xion. And likewise. I'll always love the both of you." Namine's 'heart' skipped a beat. "We love you too." She said, blushing. "Your heart's a battle ground." Roxas started saying, in a sing-song voice. "You need to see that although you're not whole, nothing is broken." Namine laughed. The two kissed again. Roxas opened a corridor of darkness, himself. His memories having been returned. The two stepped inside, ready for the final battle, with Sasori.
Sasuke V Itachi-
The world started to spin. Suddenly, Sasuke was standing in a black void. The ground was a blood red. Sasuke's new opponent was an Organization member. He had raven black hair, like his own. A permanent scowl, which had left marks on his skin. What surprised Sasuke the most, was the Maneyko Sharingan eyes, that stared right into his soul. "You're quite perceptive." The sharingan user said. "How long have you known of my presence, Sasuke Uchiha?" Sasuke shuddered, at the use of his full name. Only his mother knew that. Who was this guy? "Since you started." Sasuke answered. "Who are you?" He asked, his body tensing up, awaiting a fight. "I am Itachi. Number Five of the Organization's thirteen. The cloaked Schemer. Controller of Illusions. User of Lexion." As if on cue, a huge book appeared in his hands. "But enough about me. What about you, Sasuke? I think I know more about you, than even you, yourself do." Sasuke frowned, suddenly starting to feel scared and awkward. "What do you mean?" Sasuke demanded, an angry and dangerous edge to his voice. Itachi smirked, but there was no kindness there, at all. It was almost bemusement. "Sasuke. You were born on Destiny Isles, and yet you wield the sharingan. An ability only used by the Uchiha clan of the world, known as Konoha. You can't tell me you've never wondered why you have the abilities that led to Konoha having heartless in the first place." Sasuke froze up. The truth was he had often wondered where the ability had come from, but he had always put it off to being an ability that Maleficent had given to him. "Wh-at are you say-ing?" He stuttered. "I'm saying young Uchiha, that you originally come from Konoha. When you were about to be born, the Uchiha's were in a battle of good vs. bad. The Uchiha's were bad. Except your mother. Not a true Uchiha. Don't know what he was thinking. Stupid human emotions. Your mother decided that she didn't want you hunted. She begged the Third Hokage to allow her use a Gummie Ship. Eventually, your mother found Destiny Isle. She set up there, and later you were born." Sasuke stared, mouth opened, at Itachi. "How?" He asked, simply. "Your father stayed in Konoha, where he fought against the Hokage, but he too was overcome by the Maneyko sharingan, like you were. He became a heartless and got a Nobody." Sasuke paled and gasped. He was starting to understand, where this whole thing was going. Itachi nodded, with a small smile. "That's right. I guess you could say, I'm your father!" Itachi shouted (A/N- Sorry, couldn't resist). Sasuke's world almost fell apart, in that instant. He was going to fight his father's Nobody? Well, his mother always said that his father was an absolute asshole. Time to get some beat down, for mom. He charged Itachi, who raised his lexion, in defence. Sasuke found himself being forced back. Itachi advanced upon him. He began making hand signs. "Demonic Illusion: Dusk Crow!" Suddenly, Itachi's body dissolved into a flock of black crows. They flew around Sasuke and started pecking him. Sasuke tried shooing them away, but when that didn't work, he tried to use some of Maleficent's powers. The crows gave off cries, that sounded like they were happy. The darkness that Sasuke was giving off was feeding them! He gave up, and tried slicing them, with his blade, but to no avail. If he ever did get a crow, they would split into two. He needed to try something. Maybe. A thought crossed his mind. If he came from Konoha, then he should be able to use jutsu. He closed his eyes and tried to concentrate. A name came to his mind. Then he thought of the animal hand signs. "Fire style: Fire Ball jutsu!" Sasuke watched in amazement, as he breathed flames, and the crows exploded into shadows. Sasuke stood up. He looked at the floor, expectantly, and sure enough, Itachi rose up from the shadows. "Don't you want to absorb me?" Itachi mocked. Sasuke growled, in reply. He wasn't proud of his absorption times. But what could he do about it now? Could he release them? He thought for a moment, and then focused on his eyes. He focused on his collected energies. He decided to keep a small part of their strength each. But he might actually be able to release them. After that, he never wanted to use the Maneyko sharingan again. His eyes glowed. Dark shapes flew out of his eyes, in all directions. Itachi watched in amazement. "You…you actually gave up the power of the Maneyko sharingan?" Itachi demanded, apparently enraged, by Sasuke's choice. Sasuke shrugged. He was happy, with his decision. His heart didn't hurt. The weight didn't feel so heavy. He smiled. He looked at his blade and dropped it. Itachi continued to stare. "What are you doing? Are you giving up the power of darkness?" Sasuke shook his head. "Of course not. Darkness is a strong power. But light is strong too. I'm not strong enough to join the two into Nothingness or Twilight. But there's another power. I choose the power of Dawn!" Sasuke's hands glowed. A new Keyblade was appearing in his hands. Something very similar to Soul Eater appeared in his hands. But it was a stronger weapon. It had a sort of wing like design, on the side of the blade. Sasuke pointed it at Itachi, with a smile, as a red beam shot him in the chest. He collapsed and disappeared. The darkness disappeared and Sasuke smiled, as King Mickey was looking at me. But other figures were standing with him, which made me frown. One was dressed in an outfit he recognised as a basic uniform for a Konoha Jonin ranked ninja. He had silver hair, and his mouth was covered by a mask. One of his eyes was a sharingan one, but it was obvious straight away this guy wasn't an Uchiha. The other guy was Ansem. Sasuke tensed and raised his new Keyblade, which he had christened 'A way to Dawn.' Ansem grinned at the Uchiha. "Well done, Sasuke." He said. Suddenly, Ansem's face melted off, Sasuke watched in amazement, as Ansem became a different person. One wrapped in red bandages, save a few key areas. "So, what? This whole thing was a test? Or you were trying to make me use my Dawn powers?" Mickey smiled, sheepishly. "A bit of both. I also think they were trying to teach me a thing or two. Watching you Sasuke, I've learned not to fear the darkness." Sasuke managed a feeble smile, that looked more like a grimace. He stared straight at the man in bandages and the one with silver hair. "My name is Kakashi Hatake." The silver haired man said, as if reading Sasuke's thoughts. "I was a Leaf Ninja Jonin, and even at one point a member of the Ambu black Opps. One day, Diz here." He gestured to the man, in the bandages, who nodded, appreciably. "He came to my home world, and I started learning about all the worlds. He saved me from my own darkness, like you Sasuke. I am a Dawn user. I also wish to be your teacher. To teach you what kind of power you achieve through your ninja and Dawn powers." Sasuke was speechless for a moment. That was a lot to take in. A teacher? He could learn a lot of new powers and skills. He wouldn't have to rely on the Maneyko sharingan ever again. Sasuke nodded, absent minded. Kakashi thanked him, and Sasuke could see, by the way is face had lifted, he was smiling. Sasuke looked at Diz. "So, what's your deal?" He asked, curious and harshly, at the same time. Diz hesitated for a moment. "I am…someone who is trying to help your friends. Their memories are twisted, and they need my help. I also need a girl named Namine. With our powers combined, we should be able to mend your friend's memory chains." Sasuke's expression turned to that of concern. "This Namine…who is she?" He asked. "Xion's Nobody." King Mickey answered. Sasuke's eyes widened. He started nodding. Things were beginning to make sense. "And she can control memories?" He asked. Mickey nodded. "She can control the memories of all the Key Wielders and she can control memories of Key Wielders of other people." Sasuke bit his lip. That couldn't be good.
Roxas/Naruto/Sakura/Jiminy V Sasori-
Roxas, Sakura, Naruto, Namine and Jiminy ended up in the same place. At the end of another long, white hallway, there was a huge white door. This was where Sasori was. The five looked at each other, with relief on their faces. Roxas put his hand up, at the same time as Jiminy. Both of them were volunteering to tell their stories first. Roxas let Jiminy go ahead. The giant cricket looked evasively at Namine. "Roxas." He began to say. "She's not the girl you think she is." Roxas chuckled. "She's already returned our memories, Jiminy. I know who she is." Sakura and Naruto nodded. They knew what Namine was, and they had pieced together that there was something not quite right with this whole memory thing. Jiminy went further to explain all of the stuff he had found out about replicas, and that the reason they were here, was because the Organization needed memories to make the clones into replicas. Everyone was pretty appalled by that information. Roxas began telling a story about how he beat the shit out of Sasori, and Namine had confided him in, about how she wasn't who he truly she had made out to be. He, conveniently, left out the parts were his darker side took over him, and about the things Namine and Roxas had talked about. Naruto told a tale about he and Sasuke had teamed up against a huge minor Nobody. And Sakura had told them about her and Sasuke winning against Ansem. Roxas was annoyed that both of his friends had seen Sasuke, when he was Sasuke's best friend, and had defeated his evil replica. They were left with only one more thing to do. Beat Sasori. Roxas told Namine to wait outside, because for one, she was frightened of Sasori and also she couldn't fight very well. As soon as the four fighters went in, to battle Sasori. Namine found herself looking at a black haired boy. His name, as she well knew, was Sasuke. She followed him to a place, where she could start rewriting the wrongs, that she had committed.
Sasori smiled at his foes. His current one, was one made for speed and power. His main form. He had no idea, how he had gotten this form. Unlike his other Nobodies, his form looked nothing like his Somebody. But, then again, his Somebody had never been truly alive. His enemies growled at him. He rose up, from his seat. His main form had long metallic arms, sprouting from his back. People like Axel had often made jokes on his form being like that of Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man. He hated that. "Well, well Key Wielders and pet Cricket." Jiminy scowled at Sasori. "I'll commend you, on getting this far. But it all ends here." Sasori snapped his fingers. Suddenly, the lights in the room dimmed. And a moment later, they returned. The Key Wielders gasped. The whole room was covered in puppets. Puppets that had poison built into their systems. 1000 puppets to be exact. Even with Roxas' abilities to sense things and Naruto's Byakugan, it was difficult to pinpoint that number. The four had to come up with a plan fast, and somehow, they had grown to know each other, so well, that they had come up with the plan, non-verbally. Roxas and Jiminy charged. Sakura and Naruto were dealing with the puppets. Roxas' X-Blade clashed against two of Sasori's metal arms. Jiminy's umbrella clashed against the other two. This left Sasori with two useable arms. But Roxas' reflexes were to great. "Aero!" He cried, blowing Sasori away. "Zero Gravity! Stop!" He cried. Sasori hung lifeless in mid-air. Roxas smiled, and that's about all he had time for. Sasori unfroze and hit him with all six of his arms, four of which contained a paralyzing potion. Roxas could do nothing more, than fall on the ground, lifeless, leaving Jiminy to battle Sasori, alone. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura were fighting puppet after puppet. They hadn't fought this many heartless, at one time. This was something that they might not be able to handle. "Rotation." Naruto said for the umpteenth time. He was spinning so much, he was starting to get dizzy. Sakura wasn't doing much better. And she had Fight and Power helping her. "Infinity Blade!" She cried, cutting a bunch of puppets to ribbons. And then more took their place. The two were drenched in sweat and panting in a matter of moments. Roxas was on the floor, still in paralyze. And Jiminy was pressing his weight on his Umbrella, against Sasori's six arms. It was not looking good for these guys. Another Non-verbal action. Jiminy, Sakura and Naruto jumped back and circled around Roxas' body. "Cure." Jiminy breathed. Roxas let out a groan. He sat up, wearily. "We need a new plan." Said Naruto. Me and Sakura can't take these guys all at once. I've counted. There's still about six hundred left, and the two of us are beat." Jiminy nodded. "Sasori's no push-over. He's incredibly powerful, and I doubt he's even trying." Roxas bit his lip. He was actually thinking that they might actually die here. That thought had really only passed his thoughts, one other time. When Sakura and Naruto were hanging over the floating Destiny Isle, and if he tried to save them, he and his friends would die in the process. Back then, he had summoned the X-Blade to save them. But he had the X-Blade, and it wasn't doing him any good. He needed to try something else. Different attacks. All of them. His hands clasped around his X-Blade. In one quick motion, he threw himself into the air, his blade pointing at a small cylinder, where his heart should be. "Oathkeeper Thrust!" He cried out. Like back when he was battling against the Sasuke replica. A different kind of power. His blade had powers, he was only beginning to understand; the power of Oblivion and Oathkeeper. The X-Blade's golden tip glowed white. A white energy circled around it. Almost like a lance. The lance pierced the cylinder. The cylinder cracked open. Inside was a little shadow heartless. It squealed in pain, as it was destroyed. For a moment, Roxas was in a state of total confusion. Then he remembered what Xion said about bringing her back. Destroy the heartless, and then the Nobody. That's what brings a Somebody back into the world. Sasori hit him again with all six fists, but this time his friends were behind him. Sakura had summoned the shield card. But after it had protected Roxas, it moved into Sakura's left hand. Light and Dark were at her sides. Once the shield card was in her hand, as well as her Infinity Blade, they floated inside of it. The Shield glowed. Afterwards, it had a Yin-Yang symbol on it. Puppets dropped down, upon them. Sakura's shield grew out. As the puppets fell onto the shield, it started spinning. Becoming a vortex, and sucking all of the puppets into it. Sakura had wiped out half of the remaining puppets, in a few seconds. So of course, she practically fainted, after that. Naruto was next on the line. Even with his memories restored, his red chakra had disappeared. It was like the nine-tails chakra had left him. So, he was a lot weaker right now. But somehow, he still managed to do the best ice-style jutsu that he had ever preformed. "Ice-Style: White Whale jutsu!" The ground rumbled. Naruto told the others to get back. Then, from out of the ground, a huge horned whale rose up, crashing into all the 300 remaining puppets, taking them all out, and disappearing into a huge puddle of water. "Water Style: Twin Water Style Jutsu!" From the water, two giant dragons rose up and charged at Sasori, who smashed them away, with his four metal arms. He looked furious. He stepped towards the Key Wielders, but Jiminy stood in his way. The Key Wielders shouted, in protest to the Cricket's actions. Sasori raised his fists. "Stop it Pinocchio!" Jiminy ordered. Sasori hesitated. His eyes went blank. Jiminy raised his umbrella. It opened itself. The top glowed blue. "With the power of the blue fairy." Jiminy said, as if he was in a trance. "I am your conscious. I can declare if you are being good or bad. And Pinocchio. You've been very bad." The blue light grew brighter and engulfed Sasori. After the light faded, Sakura, Roxas and Naruto gasped. Sitting on the floor, was a little boy. "A real boy." Jiminy said, to no one in particular. Jiminy carried the little boy. He turned to his new friends. "Thank you." He said. "One day, I'll come and record your story. Roxas, can you please send me home? I come from a place called Small World." (Don't ask, but when I see some of those dolls in Gepeto's house, I think of those dolls in the world's worst ride EVER.) Roxas nodded, and he opened a Corridor of Darkness. Jiminy said a few choice words to each. Then he left, with his loved one in his arms.
Outside, Namine was waiting for them. She hugged and kissed him. Then she led him to a room, with three large white pods. "What are these?" Roxas asked Namine. "Memory pods." She answered, simply. "I need you to sleep in these, while I fix the damage I've done to your memories. I need to wash away this whole experience." Roxas' eyes were full of annoyance. "No." He said. Namine smiled. "I'm sorry." She said. "But it needs to be done. I don't know how long it'll take, but please. I need to fix your chain of memories." Sakura's eyes were full of sympathy. Naruto's-confusion. Roxas'-sadness. Said blonde sighed, in defeat. "Alright my love." He said, kissing her once last time. He had a quick word with his friends. They nodded and each of them went inside a pod. They closed over, but before any of them could fall asleep. They each used a defensive technique, to protect the memories of their time in Castle Oblivion. It might make it harder for Namine to fix their memories, but to Roxas, especially, it was just something he had to do. When Namine started up the process and saw what the three had done, she couldn't help laughing. Sasuke joined her, wearing his new cloak. Diz and Kakashi had given him and King Mickey one, since they had decided to use Corridors of Darkness as their permanent transport. This way their hearts weren't affected. Apparently, the other Key Wielders weren't affected, because of their links to Princesses of Heart. Sasuke shrugged. He didn't care. Now was the start of his new mission. To make sure that his friends woke up, no matter what.
Meanwhile, two boys were sitting on top of a Clock Tower/Train Station, licking Ice-cream. One had black hair, and was wearing glasses. The other boy had spiky caramel hair. The two of them were celebrating a job well done, completely unaware that they were the Keys to awakening three sleeping kids. Kids who were going to be asleep for the next two and a half years of their lives.