Wrong Enemy

Shibusen

"Man, that fire and thunder spells you used are amazing," said Kilik.

"I would like to learn more about your thunder techniques," said Ox. "As the Lightning King, I'm always interested in this kind of things."

"I doubt we can use that thunder magic," Harvar commented. "But it would be great."

The three boys were talking to Sora who accepted to spar with them before, Kilik's partners also were there, but the two kids never talked a lot.

"I hope I didn't overdo it," said Sora. "Are you okay?"

"We're fine, don't worry," said Kilik although this wasn't totally true since all of them had their clothes a bit shattered and also had a lot of bruises on their body while Sora was intact.

They walked until they reached the Mission Board, Sora wanted to check if there were missions for him, but he'd no luck. Sora was disappointed, but at least he could spare with some students, although it looks like they had more fun than him for some reason. The group went into their class and they found that Kim and Jacqueline were there. Like always, Ox started to praise the pinkette.

"My dear Kim, you look beautiful today," said the boy with glasses and the girl just shoved him away.

"Stop being so clingy," said her. "By the way, what have you guys been doing? You look like if someone beat you up."

"We've been in the training room, sparring with him," said Harvar as he pointed at Sora.

"That explains why he has no bruises or cuts," joked Jacqueline.

"Hey, we have to get strong somehow," said Kilik. "And Black*Star is not a good option to be honest."

Sora decided to stay in the class and listened to Marie and Spirit who were the professors that day. They talked about souls and the types of souls that people could have and how the result of the resonance could change according to it. He found the class interesting, even though he wasn't a fan of schools. When the class finished the group started talking about what they were going to do during the day.

"Hey Sora," began Kilik, "are you up for another round?"

"What do you mean?" asked Soul.

"We sparred before coming to class," clarified Ox while he adjusted his glasses. "I wouldn't mind to repeat."

"You could have called me for that, you know?" said Black*Star who now also wanted a spar match. "I'm always up when it comes to fighting."

"You always end up defeating your opponents too quickly," said Kilik. "We wanted to train so we thought that Sora would be a good teacher."

"If you're going to fight, I'm in," said Maka.

"Uh, are you serious?" asked a surprised Soul.

"Yes," replied her. "We also must practice, I don't want to be left behind and you could be a Death Scythe sooner if we are stronger."

"No argument with that," said Soul realizing that she was right.

Spirit, who didn't left the class yet, watched how all the teens got along and he couldn't help but smile. He had a reason for being there and approached them, although he didn't want to interrupt their conversation, he needed to do it.

"Uh, excuse me, Sora," said the man and the boy, along with the others, looked at him. "Here, take this."

Maka's father gave the Keyblade wielder a small paper and Sora looked to see what was written on it. Kid also wanted to know so he looked at the paper too.

"Coordinates?" said the shinigami puzzled.

"Yeah, umm," Spirit began, "Azusa detected a lot of Heartless activity in that area, it's been a while since we haven't seen any Heartless so Shinigami-sama thinks that you should go there."

"Sure," said Sora. "I'll go there now."

"And one more thing," Spirit said. "She also detected two people and it seems that the Heartless don't attack them for any reason."

Sora face turned serious, those two could be Darknesses and it looks like Shinigami-sama thinks the same. This may be an opportunity to get rid of the Heartless in Death City so he stood up immediately and when he started to walk to the exit, he stopped because someone grabbed the hood of his jacket.

"Not so fast, spiky," said Kim who was the one grabbing Sora's hood.

"Spiky…" thought everyone.

"You're not going alone," said the girl without letting go of him. "We're all going with you."

"What?" Sora asked dumbfounded, he couldn't believe what Kim just said and he didn't like the idea of bringing the whole group with him either. Sora knew that they were strong but he didn't want to run the risk.

"Sorry Sora-kun, we've already decided this," said Tsubaki. "We don't want you to go alone, we want to help you."

"We talked with Shinigami-sama about it too," Ox said. "He gave us the green light."

Sora was speechless and he looked at Spirit who just shrugged, it looks like he also knew about it. All of them have planned to go with him when he had to leave, on the one hand he didn't want them to come but on the other hand he was happy that they cared so much about him. He crossed his arms and started to think which make the others nervous since they didn't know how he was going to react.

Sora sighed and laughed slightly. "I guess I can't do anything about it," he said smiling at them and they returned the smile.

"You're not getting rid of us, man," said Soul.

"We stand together until the end," Kid added.

"Just promise me that you won't do anything reckless," Sora said looking at them, especially at Black*Star.

"Hey, why are you looking so much at me?" asked him.

"What do you think?" said Kilik jokingly and the others laughed.

Spirit was glad that Sora took it well, but he was worried for them, especially for her daughter so after the teens left, he went to the Death Room since he wanted to know why Shinigami-sama allowed them to go with Sora to such a dangerous mission. When the man arrived at the room, he saw that the rest of the teachers were also there.

"Ah Spirit-kun, did you gave Sora the message?" said Shinigami-sama.

"Yeah, he left the academy already with my daughter and the other students who requested to go with him," he answered.

"I still don't get why you let them to go with the Keyblade wielder," said Azusa. "It's too dangerous for them."

Spirit was glad that the woman said that since he didn't know how he was going to ask the headmaster about it.

"Alright, alright, I'm going to explain you," said Shinigami with a funny voice. "I'm sure you know that the level of madness has decreased recently."

"I can confirm that," said Stein. "I feel better since Sora arrived."

"Precisely," said the headmaster. "The Keyblade, apart from being able to destroy darkness itself, can also control the levels of madness. The area where they are going has a higher level of madness than here so I thought that it would be a good idea to let the kids go with him."

"But why them?" asked Marie.

"Even if the Keyblade can control the madness, it has its limit," said Shinigami. "These kids are strong and are more used to the madness than him so as long as they are together, he will be fine, besides Sora works better when he's with his friends."

"Wait, do you think that Sora could be controlled by madness?" asked Spirit.

"Just like the darkness, there's madness in everyone," explained him. "I saw the fight he had against one of Xehanort's Darknesses, he managed to control his emotions, but it was clear that he has problems when it comes to that man."

"Even so, Sora is not the kind of person who would fall into the madness easily," said Stein. "But there's another thing about him that is really worrying and it's the main reason why they are with Sora right now."

"What is it?" asked Sid. "Is he in danger?"

"No, at least not yet," said the doctor. "Is about the resonance he did with Soul and Maka."

"Wait, nothing bad will happen to my daughter, right?" asked a worried Spirit.

"No, don't worry about her," assured Stein. "Listen, the resonance they did is more "deep" than a normal resonance between souls."

"What are you trying to say?" asked the blue-skinned professor.

"We all know that Soul Eater has black blood because of the Demon Sword, Ragnarok," said Stein. "So it's highly possible that now Sora has it too because of that resonance."

Everyone remained silent; no one could say a word after what the doctor said, it was hard to believe that now Sora had black blood running through his body.

"Shit," said Spirit. "This is not good, what are we going to do?!"

"Calm down," said Shinigami-sama. "As I said the Keyblade can control the level of madness and of course it will protect its wielder from the black blood to, as long as Sora has his Keyblade with him, he will be fine."

"The problem is the Darkness he's going to fight soon," said Stein. "He might lose control and the black blood could affect him."

"We must put our hopes on the kids," said Shinigami. "They care a lot about Sora and they are watching his back now, that'll help him to be more calmed."

"I can't imagine him to be controlled by the madness," Marie said. "He looks so nice and is very kind with everyone."

"If something happens to him, I'll take the responsibility," said Shinigami and then he looked at Spirit. "Don't tell Soul or Maka about this, if they find out they'll be devastated and that won't be helpful."

The Death Scythe nodded. "A Keyblade wielder possessed by madness, I don't even want to think what would happen."

The team was arriving at the area where Azusa detected the Heartless and the other two people. It was a huge forest, similar to the one where Sora, Maka and Soul went, but this one was much darker and wider. The Keyblade wielder could felt how the air was getting thick when they went into the forest and Maka and Kid noticed that too.

"Hey Kid," Maka whispered. "Can you…?"

"Yeah," he replied. "The level of madness here is a bit high, maybe that's why my father let us come here with Sora."

"We're used to it," said the girl. "But do you think he'll be fine?"

"I don't know," replied the shinigami. "The moment we entered the forest, I could feel how the madness increased, but I think that his Keyblade is like a repellent for it."

"That would explain why the level of madness decreased in Death City," said Maka. "But still, I'm worried, it would b-"

"What are you two mumbling about?" asked Soul who saw that they were whispering to each other.

Maka looked at Kid and he nodded, it wasn't a good idea to keep that as a secret so the girl told his partner about what they were talking and Soul listened carefully.

"It could be a problem," said Soul while looking at the Keybearer. "But as long as we're here we can assure that he's doing alright, besides I don't think he would give in."

Sora knew that something was wrong with the place they were, because he started to feel a bit weird but he didn't know why. He was also nervous because his friends were with him and he didn't know who they were going to encounter. He was starting to get dizzy but suddenly Black*Star gave him a strong pat on the back that made Sora come to his senses immediately.

"What's with the long face dude," said Black*Star. "Your work is almost done, cheer up!"

"You're surprisingly happy today," said Sora smiling at the ninja.

"What can I say," said the blue-haired boy. "Tsubaki and I are finally in a mission with you, although I'd prefer if they weren't here."

"Hey, we can hear you!" said Kilik.

"Sora-kun, are you feeling alright?" asked Tsubaki. "You looked pale for a moment."

"Just a bit dizzy," replied Sora, "but when Black*Star hit my back I felt well again."

"See, you need me here," said Black*Star. "There's not a disease that the great Black*Star can't heal!"

They kept walking into the woods, but there weren't Heartless around so Kim used Jacqueline to fly and take a look at the forest from the air. When the girls descended they told the rest of the group that the woods looks clear, but there was a huge castle in the middle of it.

"A castle?" said Ox and Kim nodded.

"Oh great, another creepy place…" said Liz who knew that they will end up going into the castle.

"We should investigate that place," said Sora which made the older sister whine.

"Hey, human radars," said Black*Star looking at Kid and Maka, "can you see if there's anyone in that castle."

The two looked with an annoyed expression at Black*Star, but started to use they Soul Perception anyway.

"I can't see anything inside the castle," said Maka with her eyes closed. "But there's someone at the entrance."

"Yeah, I can see it too," confirmed Kid who has his eyes closed too. "But if you ask me, the person doesn't look very powerful."

"Let's go then," said Ox. "We're fifteen so it should be enough if he's an enemy."

The team started to approach the castle, when Sora saw it he remembered the castle of Radiant Garden. Kid could felt that the level of madness decreased when they were getting near the entrance. Someone could be seen stood up poking his head inside the front door of the castle and Sora immediately recognized who was at the door.

"Oh my god, I can't believe this," said the Keybearer as he facepalmed. The others looked at him confused and Kid approached the person to ask him what he was doing.

"Excuse me," he began, "could you please tell us what you are doing here?"

"I'm waiting for my boss," said the figure without looking at the group. "She's in a meeting and she is late, I don't like this place and the Heartless don't obey me when I walk away from this spot."

"Heartless," said Kid and the others, except Sora, were preparing themselves for a fight.

"Yes, those little monsters are acting weird around in this area," said the figure. "And what's worse is that lately someone has been destroying the Heartless and they couldn't create more of them."

"C'mon big guy," said Black*Star, "call those Heartless of yours so we can beat them up along with you!"

"Who do you think you're talking to, you little brat?" said the figure as he turned around to face the teens and he startled when he saw Sora.

"Hi Pete," said Sora obviously not amused with his presence.

"Oh no," said Pete, "not you again, are you following me or something?"

"I could ask you the same thing," replied the boy.

"You know this guy, Sora?" asked Soul and the Keybearer nodded.

"Let's say that Pete has been causing me troubles for some time," said Sora. "Although he's a bit, well, pathetic."

"What did you say, punk?" said an angry Pete.

"So, if I heard correctly," Sora said, "the old hag is inside, right? I think I should pay her a visit."

"I don't think so kid," said Pete trying to intimidate Sora, but failing. "You won't pass unless I let you."

"Hey Sora, can I hit him?" asked Black*Star.

"Sure, go ahead," Sora answered.

"Oh, so you brats think you can defeat mighty Pete? Let's see if how you deal with the Heartless," said the giant cat and he snapped his fingers making two Shadows appeared suddenly.

"You've got to be kidding me," said Harvar when he looked at the two Shadows.

"This is so lame," said Patty laughing.

"Mighty Pete in all his glory," Sora said.

"You're going to regret making fun of me," said Pete and he whistled.

More Heartless started to appear, there were a lot of Invisible and Angel Star appearing and surrounding the group. The teens started to regroup and suddenly, Sora heard a growl that came from behind him.

"What the hell is that thing?" said Soul.

Sora turned his head to see a Behemoth Heartless, specifically a Destroyed Behemoth who was approaching them. The Keybearer looked at Pete, but he wasn't there anymore.

"Damn you Pete," said Sora. "Okay, it's time to fight, I hope you're ready."

Every meister grabbed their own partner or partners as they transformed.

"Let's do this," everyone said and they charged at the Heartless. They thought that it would be better to let Sora take care of the Behemoth, except Black*Star since he followed the Keyblade wielder with Tsubaki in his hands.

"You'll taste the power of the Lighting King outdoors," said Ox as he swung Harvar, then he executed an attack that created lots of lightning bolts that could destroy some Invisibles, however the Angel Stars were intact and Ox found that strange.

"It looks like they're invulnerable to thunder attacks," said Harvar.

"Leave them to us!" said Kim and she and Kilik used their partners to burn all the Heartless who were near Ox with their own fire techniques.

"Thank you, dear Kim," thanked Ox.

"Don't get used to it," replied the girl.

Meanwhile Maka and Kid were fighting with another group of Heartless. A couple of Invisibles started to attack the Shinigami with their swords but he dodged every attack and parried with his guns the hits that he couldn't avoid. The scythe meister was defeating a lot of Heartless fluently, although there were a lot and whenever she killed one, another took its place.

"If they keep coming we're going to need to use that," said Soul.

"The Heartless Hunt?" asked Maka while she continued fighting. "I don't think it'll be necessary, at least not yet."

Kid shot some Angels that were going to attack from the air and destroyed them, when he lowered his gaze he saw Sora and Black*Star fighting the Behemoth together, he was amazed that the two of them were so synchronized.

"Woah, those two are on fire," said Liz.

"Yeah," replied Kid. "There's no doubt that Black*Star wanted to fight with Sora at his side."

Sora and Black*Star attacked simultaneously at the Behemoth's horn, they managed to damage the Heartless considerably, but it wasn't enough to defeat it. Black*Star used one of the chains of the Kusarigama to grab the Heartless' horn and get on his back. The Behemoth leaped to get the ninja off his back and landed near the others who were fighting the Heartless.

"This thing doesn't stop moving," said Black*Star and jumped near Sora. "Hey, why don't we try to do a resonance?"

Sora was surprised by this, but after thinking it for a second it didn't look like a bad idea.

"Alright, let's do it," said Sora and he started to focus.

Black*Star and Tsubaki did the same, the three were now in synch and then, they could do the resonance. Suddenly the two teleported with a great speed and they appeared near the monster's horn and started to perform a combination attacks that remembered to Sora's limit attack with Riku. Some Heartless went to help the Behemoth, but they were immediately destroyed by Sora or Black*Star.

Tsubaki was transformed as the Uncanny Sword, so the resonance didn't last much and ended after five minutes. Most of the Heartless were destroyed but the Behemoth still needed another attack to be destroyed.

"It's still kicking," said Black*Star.

"Move!" shouted Kid who was now preparing an attack. He used the Soul Resonance with Liz and Patty who were now two hand-cannons. Kid aimed at the Behemoth and shot two big bullets that caused a huge black explosion that destroyed the Heartless definitely.

"That was neat," said Sora and Kid smiled.

The others managed to finish the rest of the Heartless off and now the area was clear. They regrouped at the entrance of the castle and Black*Star started to do weird things with his hands which cause the others to look at him like if he was crazy.

"What are you doing…" said Soul.

"I don't feel any difference," said Black*Star.

"What do you mean?" asked Sora confused.

"We did a resonance, but I still feel the same," replied the boy. "Tsubaki, can you transform into a Keyblade?"

The girl shook her head. "No, sorry Black*Star," she said and the boy looked disappointed.

"You two did a normal Chain Resonance not a Heart-Soul one," said Kid.

Sora laughed a little. "My bad," he said.

"You should leave the Keyblades to the professionals," Soul said pointing at Sora.

"Hey, at least we're in a mission with Sora," said Jackie. "You should be happy; I thought that's what you wanted."

"Well, I expected to encounter one of those Darknesses he talks about," said the ninja, "but we found that Pete guy instead and he ran away."

Sora was looking at the castle while the others talked, Ox noticed and talked to him.

"Are you going to enter?" asked the boy with glasses.

"Yeah, I want to have a talk with the person who's in there," replied Sora. "She probably knows that we're here so be careful."

"You said "old hag" before," mentioned Kilik. "I guess you know the person who is in the castle."

"Yes, a witch called Maleficent," Sora answered.

"A witch?!" everyone said surprised and Sora nodded.

"Since I got my Keyblade," Sora said, "she has been trying to kill me when she had the opportunity."

"Maybe this mission is going to be more productive for us than for you," said Soul. "If you don't mind we could take her soul."

The Keybearer chuckled as he and the others entered the castle "If you eat her soul, you're going to get a bad stomach ache."

Sora didn't notice, but when he mentioned that the person inside the castle was a witch and that she tried to kill him, Kim's face turned sad for some reason.

"Kim," said Jacqueline, "let's go inside before they left us behind."

"Sure," replied her with a sad tone in her voice.

I thought it would be good that Maleficent appeared in the story since she's a witch after all. Thanks everyone for the support, I'm glad that so many people is liking this crossover.