Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and everything else belongs to Walt Disney and Square-Enix.

The OCs and their alter-ego that appear in this story belong to their respective authors. More information about them are found in the "Original Characters' Intro" chapter.

::KINGDOM HEARTS III Online HD::

-The Behemoth that Came Down from Heaven-

Twelve figures in black-hooded yet stylish Armani trench coats were gathered around, sitting in their respective thrones made of fine ivory. Their faces were rather pale, ashen; their lips were blood-red, and their eyes were as fierce as the freakiest cats.

"Fantastic." one of them muttered, with his usual deeper voice, "The Keyblade Knight comes to the rescue again."

"Do not worry, Samshall." the second trench coat replied with his usual laidback, poetic sound, "You know what they say: if you don't succeed at first, try again."

"Tidicus here is right, pal." a third trench coat figure agreed. She spoke her usual sultry voice with an English accent, "They won't last anyway. After all, My sweet and sour partner here has a better plan."

"What better plan?" Samshall asked, "You better not joke with me, Ivy."

Ivy turned to face Tidicus, "Honey? Care to do the honor."

Tidicus snapped his finger to reveal another large-claws heartless, twice the size of the other one. The group oohed at this latest creation. But only one of them didn't sound pleased.

"That's it?" "Another heartless? Is that the best you can do? Come on! This kid needs a challenge!" Another trench coat guy who sounded like the rough hotblooded type, complained.

"Okay, okay!" Tidicus said, "Sheesh, Firias! You're hard to please. How about this?"

Another finger snapping and out of the blue came a giant Behemoth replacing the large heartless, similar to the one in the game Rian was battling. The Behemoth roared. The group oohed.

"What splendid work of art, wouldn't you say?" Tidicus sounded amazed.

"What exactly is this creature going to do?" Samshall asked.

"Simple." Ivy began, "Having this Behemoth in play will be like killing two Keybearers with one stone."

Collective confusion spread in the group.

"How is that going to kill two Keybearers with one stone exactly?" Firias asked.

"Hello?" Tidicus said, "We're talking about Thunder's BFF Blazen? Like these two may be unstoppable and all, but this Behemoth can crush them like fine powder made for fine make-up."

"You mean…" Another trench coat said before waving his fingers around the thin air, forming a vivid image of Blazen, "… this hotheaded loser?"

"Exactly, Phantamis." Tidicus said, "their hearts are precious, and so are our needs."

"Excellent and well-planned, Tidicus and Ivy." said the leader of the group, who sounded like Xemnas, "Let's all hope that this creature, and you two, do not fail me."

"No problem." Ivy responded.

"And we all know, that I do not appreciate failure." he added.

"I hate failure." Firias said, a vein pumping on his forehead.

"Stop fretting, Maurchel." Tidicus addressed the leader, "This creature is a 100% failure-proof. These Keybearers will never know what hit them."

"They better." Maurchel said, "If this Behemoth can take two hearts of Pure Bravery, the better for us. The Blackhearts will not rest until all hearts are collected."

Rian spotted Terra who was walking away. He quickly went after him, "Hey! Wait! Where are you going man?" he called out.

Terra stopped. Rian finally reached him. Terra didn't bother to turn to face him.

"I asked you a question, man! You didn't answer!" Rian exclaimed.

Terra turned his head sideways, the corner of his fierce blue eyes staring directly at Rian, "Yes. The question." he said uninterestingly, "Remind me of what was it again."

"About my heart, being in trouble?" Rian asked, "You told me that I should watch my back if I don't want my heart to get… you know?" he gulped, not wanting to say the last phrase.

"What?" Terra said sternly.

"Erased!" Rian boldly said.

Terra didn't say anything.

"Okay, seriously, can you like… talk to me or something? Or can you like not talk at all?" Rian asked.

Terra finally faced him, "Like I've said to you before, heartless are running abounds in the city. The only way to get rid of them is…"

"By the Keyblade. I know, I know. Just get to the scary part already!" Rian asked.

"You want scary?" Terra said vehemently, "Okay, here it is: you are trapped in a parallel universe of your city, currently being controlled by a demonic group of heart hunters called the Blackhearts."

"Blackhearts? A parallel universe to my city? But this is Midlight City." Rian then let out a shocked gasp, "… wait, what are you saying? Are you saying that I am inside the game?"

"A game?" Terra sternly said, "You think this is a game to you?"

"Buddy." Rian patted Terra on the shoulder, "I know that I am in the game."

Terra looked over his shoulder where Rian had his hand on, then back at Rian. Rian quickly removed his hand off Terra's shoulder.

"The Blackhearts created a device that literally traps anyone who gets exposed to it: that video game." Terra began, "Furthermore, this device creates a special avatar based on the player's personal preference: the Keybearer in him. And that Keybearer possesses a Heart of Pure Bravery. Now, these heroes are losing their Hearts and are disappearing from the face of existence itself as we speak, due to the Blackhearts' dirty work. Hence, the erasure."

"Whoa." Rian sounded frightened.

"These shadows that you've encountered are heartless." Terra went on, "But the Blackhearts created a new form of them. They're the ones with the claws. Wild, nasty, merciless creatures. All-vicious. They can withstand magic and are specialized at taking out hearts of Pure Bravery."

"Talk about scary." Rian muttered, "But what do those 'Blackhearts' plan on doing with these Hearts they're trying to collect?"

"I'm not exactly sure of their intentions." Terra said, "But I predict the outcome of their success will be far greater than the purest of darkness."

Rian cocked his head on one side, "Huh?"

Terra went on, "There are still a few number of Keybearers in this world." Terra then looked over his Digital Gauntlet and pushed a few buttons to display a holographic image of Johnny Thunder's Stats. Rian's jaws dropped at this sight.

"According to your stats," Terra went on, "You happen to be the best Keybearer in the city."

The stats screen flickered out. Rian looked up, "Wait, how did you-?"

"It's up to you now, Johnny Thunder Keyblade," Terra interrupted him, "to gather up these hunted Keybearers to form a stalwart army strong enough to defeat the Blackhearts at their very own game, before they chanced it by claiming more Hearts. Especially yours."

"Actually dude, The name's Rian." Rian corrected Terra. Terra narrowed his eyes at him. Rian raised his hands in surrender, "Johnny Thunder sounds good."

Terra's digital gauntlet glowed a menthol green color. Terra pushed a button and a holographic map was displayed on the floating screen in place of Johnny Thunder's stats. He looked alerted upon seeing a dark-red color heart dot moving closer to a Keyblade-shaped dot.

"We must move fast." he said, "I've detected yet another Keybearer nearby. And the Blackhearts are closing in on him." Terra then faced Rian, "I'm sure you've known or heard about this guy before: the Keybearer of Fire, Blazen."

"Blazen?" Rian knew that name very well, "Dude! I know Blazen! He's like… my partner-in-crime in the game!" he then paused, "Oh, wait. I forgot. That ain't a game."

Terra rolled his eyes. Rian went on, "But I know who he is. He's so cool. Well, not as cool as me. And yet I never actually seen his face in real-life before, and yet his voice reminds me a lot like-!"

"Are you going to talk all day, or are we going to move out?" Terra snapped bluntly. Rian turned to see him standing besides a Keyhole shaped portal. Rian's jaws dropped again.

"Whoooaa! How did you…?"

Terra entered the portal and it disappeared. Rian looked blanked, "…do that?" he turned angry, "HEY! What's the big idea?" he looked around searching for Terra or the portal, "How am I supposed to know where you are, man?"

The portal reappeared again and Terra's hand came out of it, pulling Rian inside.

"Whoaaaaaaah!"

Rian suddenly appeared inside a sophisticated Ship. Terra was in the pilot seat.

"Buckle up." Terra said commandingly, "We're gonna go full-speed ahead whether you like it or not."

"I never said I didn't like it!" Rian then stared around the ship, admiring its many technical features, "And cool jet!"

"It's not a jet. It's a Gummi Ship. And it's no toy." Terra shifted gear and the jet took off at a blind-sighting speed, with Rian screaming all the way to another Keyhole-shaped portal.

-Radiant Kingdom-

The keyhole-shaped portal opened up in the middle of the splendid town of Main Street USA overlooked by the majestic Cinderella's Castle of Dreams. Terra and Rian came out of the portal and landed hard on the concrete brick road. Rian appeared different. His hair was now brown and spiky like Sora, but pointing behind. And he wore a a silver tricked-out shirt with a large diamond-made spiky shoulderpad that reached down to his elbow on his left shoulder; silver baggy shorts, and silver shoes similar to Sora's. He also donned a cape that looked worn out, and wore stylish sunglasses with dark-red lenses.

Rian was now Johnny Thunder. Terra was back in his red and gold knight armor.

"Whoa." Thunder breathed at his surroundings, "This place is…?"

"This is the Radiant Kingdom." Terra said, "This place, as well as Midlight City, are going to be the cornerstones of your mission."

Thunder then noticed his costume, "What am I wearing? I look fly!"

"You're Johnny Thunder." Terra responded, "Isn't that's what you are."

Thunder faced Terra in shock, "I look like Johnny Thunder? Seriously?" Thunder then frowned at Terra, noticing something very familiar with him and breathed in surprise, "HEY! I know who you are now! You're Terra!"

Terra didn't say anything. He didn't even muster a smile.

"Aw man, this is so cool!" Thunder exclaimed, "Terra and Thunder together on one mission? This is gonna be so epic, we're gonna kick butt!"

On cue, he summoned his Keyblade and confidently swung it around before finishing it with a pose, "Take that!" he faced Terra full of vigor, Keyblade no longer in hand, "Whoo!"

"Yeah sure, don't lose focus of your mission now." Terra reminded him, "I don't want you to be like some people who forget to look for something, or someone," Terra was thinking about Donald and Goofy there, "and then get all stressed out about it. I'll be back to check up on you."

Terra disappeared in a flashing light. Thunder turned around to face the road ahead, "Don't worry, Terra my man. I'm not going to lose focus. Thunder is on the case."

Thunder slipped on his red stylish sunglasses, popped a collar, and headed down the road. At the same time, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto all made their appearances at street's corner. Donald appeared frustrated, and Goofy appeared distracted. But Pluto with his nose-scented ability was leading them further down the street.

"Goofy! We can't lose focus!" Donald exclaimed, "We have to find the King!"

"I know, but I'm hungry!" Goofy complained before his stomach growled on cue like a monster in a hollow chamber.

"I can't believe Terra would do that to us!" Donald exclaimed, "Giving us the location of the King, and then ditch us like that to find him by ourselves! What's his problem?"

"Maybe he's busy helping somebody." Goofy then looked up in thought, "Maybe he's feeding homeless children."

Donald jumped over Goofy and knuckle-punched him hard on the head, "Knock it off, Goofy!" he then pulled Goofy closer to him and said to his ears, "Okay, here's the deal! How about we feed you. How does pancakes sound?"

"PANCAKES!" Goofy hollered, piercing Donald's ears. Donald glowered at him. Goofy gulped, "Sorry."

"Okay, then let's go get some food." Donald pointed the road for Pluto and Pluto led the way again with his nose.

Thunder was at an intersection, observing every single place he was passing by, in search of Blazen. But to no avail. Thunder was getting less and less focus on his mission and got more and more distracted.

"A Mad Tea Party? A musical revue? A French restaurant? A treehouse in the middle of a town?" Thunder breathed, "Wow, talk about paradise on earth."

Thunder didn't look where he was going when he bumped into someone.

"Hey, watch it!" the person said.

"Oh, dude. I'm..." Thunder stopped; shocked at seeing the person he bumped into. He lowered his sunglasses to get a good look "Wait a minute..."

"Oh boy." the person felt busted, and trying to look away.

"Taylor?" Thunder gasped.

Taylor also appeared different, as she was wearing a red and black shirt, a black sweatshirt, jeans and black sneakers.

"Taylor?" she exclaimed, "Who's Taylor? My name is not Taylor!"

"You're Taylor." Thunder countered.

She sighed in defeat, "Okay fine, I am Taylor! But in the game I'm Soledad! Get it, Thunder?"

"Ah-Ha!" Thunder exclaimed, "So you admitted it! You're in the game too! See? What did I tell you? I wasn't kidding about me seeing the heartless, right? Or me, being followed, right?"

"Okay fine, you were right!" Soledad exclaimed, "You weren't kidding about the heartless."

"And why did you deny it?"

"Why did I? Well, doesn't it feel kinda weird and stupid to tell people that you are actually seeing a heartless that is supposed to be fictional walking down your streets?"

"And you think I'm weird." Thunder smiled, "Welcome to my world."

Suddenly a low growling from a distance pulled their attention.

"What was that?" Soledad wondered.

"Uh... my stomach?" Thunder responded, "duh."

The low growling was heard again. This time, louder.

Soledad shook her head when she spotted something large overgrowing at a distance, with its shadow covering most of the town and frightening many people, "That's no stomach!" she pointed.

Thunder and Soledad watched the large Behemoth approaching with crushing footsteps.

"Oh... my...!" Thunder gasped.

The Behemoth let out a ferocious roar that shook the earth and scared off the citizens standing in its way.

Goofy and Donald were having delicious pancakes at the pancake house, failing to notice the Behemoth terrorizing the busy kingdom in the background.

Donald gobbled up some blueberry pancakes and joyfully rubbed his stomach, "Mm, Mm, Mhn! Y'know! People don't make breakfast like these now these days! Heck, they don't even sit down for breakfast!" he then observed the people running for their lives, still clueless of what is going on, "Hey! They should do that again!" he said, "Totally nostalgical!"

Goofy finally noticed the Behemoth, and his mouthful of pancakes, hanged open, "Uhh… Donald?"

Donald sighed in defeat, "Yeah… you're right. Nostalgical ain't a word. Convenience should." Donald then pulled out a huge smile, "Hey, maybe we should order some to-go!"

"You think?" Goofy said before twisting Donald's head around, for the duck to see what was happening.

The Behemoth eyeballed them.

"RRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!"

"QUAAAAAACKWAWAAWAWA!"

"YAAAAHOOHOOHOOHOOHOOHOO!"

Donald and Goofy took off in a mad dash. Pluto stayed behind, growling and barking at the menace. Donald extended his arm and grabbed Pluto quickly out of danger, just in the nick of time for the Behemoth to stomp his feet on where the trio were. The Behemoth went at their pursuit, thrashing everything that was standing in his way.

"This is so not what I've signed up for!" Donald exclaimed.

"Wh-Where's help when we need it?" Goofy exclaimed.

The Behemoth stopped his pace upon noticing an airship flying toward it nearby. It was Blazen's airship the Sun Flier. Just like in the game. And just like it also, Blazen was seen dangling on a rope ladder pulled down by it. And again, just like in the game, Blazen's hair was buzzcut. The Keybearer wore floating visors (similar to Johnny's sunglasses), a blue shirt underneath an orange gold pulled back long-sleeved vest, gold baggie short, black boots and tricked-out gauntlets. His costume was similar to Master Form Sora but costume is orange gold.

"Stop right there, Beast!" Blazen said smugly, his Keyblade aimed at the beast, "Your hunting season days are over."

The Behemoth faced Blazen. He shook his body before letting out a huge roar.

"Blazen? Is that you?"

Blazen heard Thunder calling out to him and turned to spot him with Soledad.

"Johnny boy?" Blazen exclaimed, "What-?"

"Am I doing here?" Thunder cut him off, "Yeah, funny story. We're inside the game. Yeah. And by the way, it's Thunder."

The Behemoth roared again, catching the distracted Blazen's attention. Blazen suddenly got knocked out by the Behemoth's colossal paw and crashed into a roof.

"Thunder! This is no time for chit-chatting! The town needs our help here!" Soledad exclaimed.

Thunder and Soledad went to face the beast. The Blackhearts, minus Tidicus and Ivy, were watching the event through a live streaming HD image flickering in midair at their throne chamber.

"Two Keybearers, he said." Firias sounded angry, as usual, "Now we've got three?"

"But isn't that what we want?" Percicle, another addition to the Blackhearts told Firias, "Killing two birds with one stone?"

"That's three." Firias corrected, "And three is too much!"

"Three is perfect." Deimos, one of the blackheart with a deep croaky voice said with a smug.

"Indeed." Samshall said, "That's three Hearts for the taking. Three powers."

"Blazen!" Thunder and Soledad ran to help Blazen out.

"You're okay man?" Thunder asked.

"I was about to ask you all the same thing." The voice of Tidicus caught the Keybearers' attention.

Blazen shook his fist at them, "You!" he exclaimed, "Tidicus! Ivy!"

"Hope you don't mind, but we're composing a little orchestra here." Tidicus waved his hands around as if composing an orchestral play, and on cue the Behemoth went swinging paws and horns with all its might, landing blows at the Keybearers. The Keybearers screamed in danger.

"…And we need you for some painful side effect." Tidicus finished.

"Enjoying the play?" Ivy laughed.

Meanwhile, Goofy, Donald and Pluto were far away from the Behemoth, but Goofy stopped and turned around to face the creature.

"Uhh… Donald?" Goofy muttered, "Shouldn't we help?"

"Great idea, Goofy! We should help ourselves!" Donald exclaimed.

Goofy turned to face him at the kingdom's port, trying to get his boat started. Pluto barked for Goofy to join in.

"I'm serious, Donald! Look!" Goofy pointed at the Behemoth confronting the three Keybearers, "We should be helping them! We helped Sora before! Why can't we help them?"

"Because we're looking for the King!"

Goofy eyeballed Donald. Donald sighed, "Aw come on! Don't give me that look!"

Goofy kept giving Donald his usual guilty sadden look, followed by a puppy dog whining in addition. And like every time it worked. Donald gave up, "Okay fine!"

Donald jumped off his boat and Pluto joined in.

"This beast is too tough for our skin!" cried out Thunder.

"How can we stop it?" Soledad exclaimed.

"With a little more fire, we can scorch it!" Blazen exclaimed and pointed his Keyblade toward the Behemoth.

At the same time, Donald and Goofy were seen secluded from the Keybearers and the Behemoth. Donald pointed his staff up toward the Behemoth.

"Fira! Back at ya!" Blazen's Keyblade shot out a massive fireball.

"Thundaja! Shock ya back!" Donald's staff called forth an array of thunder bolts from above.

The Behemoth suddenly cried out in agony as thunder and fire simultaneously overwhelmed the creature to everyone's surprise.

The Behemoth disappeared in smoke and an awkward silence filled the air.

Blazen pumped his fist in the air and the Keybearers joined in the victory, "Whoo-Hoo!" he faced his friends, "Y'all see that pal? I melted him!"

"M-m-m-my Behemoth!" Tidicus' jaws dropped. "H-How-!"

"Pathetic. Come on let's go." Ivy grabbed Tidicus and she and him both disappeared into thin air.

"Did you see that, guys?" Blazen exclaimed at the Keybearers, "I melted him! See? Me?"

"I don't think you did." Soledad shook her head.

"Oh yeah, girlfriend? Says who?" Blazen confronted Soledad.

Soledad shrugged, "I dunno. Says the person who casted that Thundaja Spell attack. You can't even do Thundaja spell because you're a Fire-based Keybearer." she immediately faced Thunder, "And no! You didn't do it either because you still got no skills at this technique."

Thunder remained silence and struck with shock. Somehow Soledad knew too much info about him.

Blazen pouted, "Dang girl, way to ruin a mood."

Donald and Goofy, who were still not seen by the Keybearers faced each other and nodded with smiles on their faces before heading back.

The Keybearers heard clapping. They turned to face Terra, approaching them, "Way to go, Keybearers of Pure Bravery. You are truly what the world needs, especially you Thunder. Congrats on your mission."

Thunder hauntingly popped his collar, "Eh! You know how I do."

"Hey! I melted that monster! Didn't I?" Blazen exclaimed.

"Hey, who were those guys that were controlling the Behemoth?" Soledad asked.

"Tidicus the Charming and Ivy the Poison." Terra said, "These inseparable duo are members of the Blackhearts Dominion, looking to claim your Hearts of Pure Bravery." Terra then nudged his head up to face the sky, "The worlds around you, and your city are full of danger and challenges the Dominion will throw at you." he then faced the crew again, "You best be ready for them. Thunder. It's up to you. Blazen and Soledad, give him support. But don't start resting up now yet. Your adventures are just beginning."

"What?" the Keybearers exclaimed.

"Your next task is to locate the King's Royal Friends: Donald and Goofy. They are essential helpers on your journey. Without them, you'll be nothing. So find them and join force with them."

On cue, Terra vanished again. Thunder, Soledad and Blazen stared at each other, all confused.

Blazen looked furious, "Without them we are nothing? What kind of talk is that? Blazen here don't need no charity. He works alone."

Back at Midlight City High School. Rian saw his friend Taylor at her locker and rushed up to her, "Hey Taylor!" he called.

Taylor faced him briefly before staring back at her locker to get her stuffs, "Hey, Thunder!"

Rian stuttered, "Wh-whoa! Wait!" he quickly looked around the busy students passing by then muttered, "Don't call me that!"

"Why not?" Taylor smiled, "I know your secret."

"And I know your secret too!" Rian replied, "But I don't want people to know that we're Keybearers trapped in an Online HD video game, chosen to save our city and the other worlds around it."

Rian and Taylor felt uncomfortable with each other. They slowly turned to stare at the students who were staring back. Apparently they heard them.

"It's a school play." Rian told them.

The students went back to their stuffs.

"Nice save." Taylor said before changing subjects, "Hey, guess who I just ran into?"

"Blazen?" Rian guessed with anticipation, "You know, speaking of Blazen, we never got the chance to see who really is Blazen. You know we got so much in common, right?"

"Only in the game." Taylor rolled her eyes, "But that's not who I'm talking about. I'm talking about Talen Brightfire!"

Rian stopped smiling at that name, "Wait. Talen Brightfire?" he then said with a tone, "As in Rich boy Talen Brightfire?"

"Who else?"

The front doors of the school blew open, giving way for a cocky African-American heartthrob to make his entrance. He wore a white long-sleeved shirt underneath a dark-red graffiti shirt, white jeans and red sneakers. His sneaky eyes were sported by his stylish D&G sunglasses, and he wore his NY hip-hop cap. He was escorted by his posse: two large heavyweight men who could pass for his bodyguards, wearing black suits and the same D&G sunglasses.

Everyone was a fan of Talen Brightfire. Guys idolized him, and girls fantasized him being their boyfriend. As a matter of fact, he has not being single since the first grade. He was popular, hotheaded, and he was all-that.

Taylor couldn't take her eyes off Talen. That gave Rian the chills down his bone. Why would his best friend associates herself with Rich boy Talen Brightfire? He snapped his finger, snapping her out of it, "Hey!"

Taylor blinked, "Sorry."

"What's the matter with you?" Rian asked, already knowing the answer.

"Rian." Taylor then exclaimed, "It's Talen Brightfire!"

"Who cares?" Rian snapped, "Taylor! Aren't we supposed to be thinking about something else?"

Taylor tried to listen but she couldn't focus.

"We should be focused on our mission. We need to find more of the Keybearers before the Blackhearts Dominion does. And Blazen is one of the Keybearers! We got bigger fishes to fry other than dating a loser like Talen Brightfire."

Taylor gasped, "How dare you calling him a loser, you're the loser!"

Talen spotted Rian and Taylor and approached them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Well, well, well." Talen proudly smiled, "Look what the Gs brought me here." he eyeballed Rian, "That's G for grand. And grand's for moolah."

Taylor stared at Talen dreamily, "Hi…" she uttered.

Talen stared back at Taylor. He responded after a brief hesitant pause, "Hi."

"What is it you want, Talen Brightfire?" Rian then cocked his head on one side, staring at Talen suspiciously as if he had seen him from somewhere. "And haven't I seen you from somewhere? 'Cuz you look like I did."

"Err… School?" Rian responded sarcastically, "From first grade till now? Sheesh Rivers, ever heard of a yearbook or something? Oh, wait!"

Talen snapped his fingers and one of his heavyweight posse pulled out an autograph picture of him from a briefcase he was carrying and handed it to Talen. Talen then handed it to Rian, "Here."

Rian stared at the picture, then back at Talen, "An autograph picture of you?"

"Something to remember me by. Without forgettin'."

"I already know who you are, man! I don't need this." Rian said.

"Oh, then why'd you ask for it?" Talen snapped his fingers again and the thug snatched the picture from Rian's grasp. Talen went on, "And could you tell your girlfriend to stop drooling all over my style? Unless she wanna be my woman."

The students in the background oohed at the insult, but that didn't do any effect on Taylor. She was still staring as if bewitched.

Talen pushed past Rian and his posse followed. Rian felt a vein pumping on his forehead and a fist forming, "I hate him so much." he said.

"I love him." Taylor replied romantically.

"I despise 'em!" Firias, who was watching the teens with his Blackheart fellows from their throne room looked enraged. He angrily faced Tidicus, "HOW CAN YOU LET THIS BEHEMOTH GET DEFEATED THAT FAST BY-?!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" A dark-blue haired Blackheart member, a female named Sage the Calm spoke to Firias in a mellow tone, "Now Firias, there's no reason to get all angry over this. Try to relax, okay. Hey, make sure you don't lose sight of the BIBOS System. The Breathe-in Breathe-out Stress System, 'kay? Breathe-in…"

Sage breathed in, and Firias breathed in.

"…breathe-out…"

Sage breathed out, and Firias breathed out.

"…and…"

Sage let out another round and finished with a big strong relieving sigh, and Firias did the same.

"…sigh." Sage smiled peacefully, "There, feel any better?"

Firias shook his head on cue.

Sage faced Tidicus and Ivy, "I hope you got a better plan."

"Even better." Tidicus said with his usual haughty smirk, "Behemoth may have been defeated…"

Firias stood up from his throne, as if provoked. Ivy quickly added, "…but if you could let us finish…!"

Firias went back to his seat. Tidicus snapped his fingers once more, and the giant Behemoth reappeared again. This time, he appeared with a black-onyx coat and had red paws and claws like one of their twisted heartless.

"Our Tidy-Ivycus Code goes like this:" Tidicus began, "Anyone who managed to defeat any of our created creatures, will feel its revived ruthless cold form, tres tres mal. No doubt."

Ivy stared strangely at Tidicus, "Tidy-Ivycus?"

Tidicus raised his arms in glory, "Behold, Your god, Neo-Behemoth!"

The Behemoth opened its eyes, and they shone in a blink. The Behemoth let out a ferocious roar that was twice as loud as the last. The Blackhearts smiled.

"Excellent. Truly pure excellence." Maurchel laughed, "This monster promises to be no failure this time. Well done."

Next Chapter:: Gummi Party