The battle has been going on for hours. Xemnas is proving to have more power than anyone had imagined. It seems that all the Organization's powers being in one host is causing them to grow in strength. Neither side is losing, but neither side is winning.

I feel like I'm just watching the fight, almost from a distance. My movements are not my own. They're Riku's I have no choice but to follow him in whatever he does. It feels like my own arms are moving, but they're not mine. They're Riku's. I am Riku.

I have all these pictures running through my head. And voices too. Sora is in a lot of them, but he looks so much younger. And so does Kairi. I can see pictures of other worlds. And Maleficent. And darkness. King Mickey. Someone named Ansem. These are all memories. Riku's memories. My memories.

Xemnas makes a very large sword appear. From Riku's thoughts, I can tell it's Lexaeus's tomahawk. It's so long and heavy looking, it's amazing Xemnas can hold it up. With one swift swing, it hits Riku right in the stomach. I can feel the pain from it. Riku flies through the air and catches the railing before going over the side of the castle.

Throwing himself back in the battle, he dodges lances covered in fire being thrown at him. I can see Kairi getting blasted with big balls of water. I don't know where Sora is, but I can hear him yelling encouraging things to the others. I don't know how helpful his words are going to be. Xemnas isn't holding anything back.

Riku is starting to get tired. I can feel his muscles aching. He may not be able to keep on fighting the way he has been for much longer. His strength is rapidly running out.

Where is this strength he was supposed to get from joining with me? He hasn't fought any differently than the way I've always seen him. Maybe it's me. I'm not helping him. I've been so distracted by finding out that I'm a Nobody and the flood of memories in my head that I haven't helped at all.

Riku is off to the side, away from the battle, trying to catch his breath.

"Riku, can you hear me?" It feels weird to talk without hearing the sound of my voice.

"Are you okay, Dexlin?"

I ignore his question. "You have to tap into my energy. You are only fighting on your own now. We can do this together."

"Then let's do it."

Suddenly, I feel a very strong surge of power. I start to see things differently. I'm not watching from far away anymore. I see everything the same way that Riku does. We're moving faster. I no longer feel like I'm being pulled along with Riku, but we're moving together. In a bright flash, The Road Home appears in his empty hand.

Two Keyblades are definitely better than two.

Riku jumps back into the fight and we attack with renewed strength. I finally feel like it is me swinging my Keyblade. Out of the corner of Riku's eye I can see Sora is holding Oblivion along with his own Keyblade. The same thing happens with Kairi.

Xemnas seems surprised by the newfound energy with that we're attacking with, but he holds his own. Different things shoot out in different directions. He's really trying to hit one of us with something, but we're moving too fast for him now.

"Why do you fight me so, Keyblade Masters? Don't you see that by my side you can have all the worlds at your disposal?"

He floats back away from us. Behind him a dark portal opens up. It looks like he is about to call one of those giant books again. What is it with him and those things?

"Don't you see, Xemnas? The worlds shouldn't be controlled by one person. They should be in charge of themselves."

We all throw out blades at him. Six Keyblades spin in the air. Xemnas can't keep them all from hitting him. I'm glad to see that it's my Keyblade that makes it through and hits him square in the stomach. He gets knocked back and instead of a book coming out of the portal, he falls in and it closes behind him.

We wait for another portal to open. He can't have given up. It just feels too easy, even though we're all exhausted. Xemnas has to be waiting to jump us when we least expect it.

But he never comes. We wait for what seems like forever, but nothing happens.

"I think it's safe now." Both of the Keyblades disappear from Sora's hands. "We have something else to worry about now."

"We have to separate now, Dexlin."

I'm not ready. I don't want to have to face the others. What will they do now that they know what I really am? What will I do now that I know the truth? But I don't have a choice. I'm being pushed by some invisible force. And just like that, I'm me again. I have my own body. But this time I have a head full of memories. I know so much more now than I did before. I can actually remember growing up.

Roxas appears in front of Sora and immediately runs to me. His hand is still transparent when he puts it up to the side of my face. "Dexlin, are you okay?"

I can't look at them, even though they are all staring at me. "I'm fine." I pull away from Roxas and move to stand over by the railing.

"Dexlin…"

Riku puts a hand on Roxas's shoulder. "Give him a few minutes."

I stand, staring off in the night sky. I'm a Nobody. How did this happen?

The entire castle starts to shake. I'm almost knocked off my feet by a violent jolt.

"What's happening?" I can hear Kairi's voice over the sound of twisting metal.

Sora puts his arm around her and pulls her close to him. "I think the castle is falling apart."

Looking over the railing, I see that he's right. Huge chunks of the castle are falling off and into the endless pit below. At the rate they are falling off, there won't be much of this castle left for much longer.

"We have to get out of here." Riku runs over next to me to look over the side too.

"This castle's too big. We'll never make it out in time." This is the first time I've ever heard Sora panicked. And that's including times in my new memories. "What are we going to do?"

We are all silent for a few minutes. The only sounds are those from pieces of the castle falling off. We are all trying to think of a way out, but the others are quiet. I refuse to let us die like this. Not now.

"The door to the light." I can't even look at them when I say it.

"What about it?" Sora is down on one knee, bracing himself against the violent shaking.

"You can open it. When you were by yourself, you opened it enough for you and me…I mean Riku to get through. With you and Roxas together, you might be able to open it wide enough for us all."

"I don't think we have any other options." Roxas carefully moves to stand in front of Sora.

Sora stands up and looks Roxas straight in the eyes. He calls for his Keyblade. So does Roxas. They cross the blades and close their eyes. Then we wait. And wait.

Finally the point where their two blade are crossed starts to glow, not as brightly as I would have thought, but it's still something. Then something falls. It looks like a teardrop made entirely out of light. We all watch as it falls to the ground.

As soon as it touches down, we are surrounded by bright lights spiraling up all around us. Somehow we are no longer standing on top of the castle. It's hard to describe where we are now. I have a picture of this place in my mind from when Riku was here, but it is nothing compared to seeing it in person.

As high as I can see there are small little pictures of other worlds. They are all revolving around us. There are so many worlds. More than I could have ever imagined. More than Riku could have ever imagined. So much to see. I can only stand in wonder as all the worlds float around us.

"This is the point that connects all the worlds together." Sora's voice echoes around us. "We can get to any world we want from here."

"But where should we go?" Riku stands next to Sora, watching the picture float by.

"Here's our island!" Kairi grabs one of the pictures out of the air and holds it for everyone to see. "We can go there."

"We should go to Disney Castle. Maybe King Mickey is back there and he can help us." Roxas looks at everyone, trying to get their support.

"Let's do that. We need more help." Sora takes another one of the pictures down. It shows an image of a towering castle in the middle of green grass.

I'm not really paying attention. I can't take my eyes off all the worlds around me. Some of them I can picture in my mind because of Riku, but there are so many more that I don't even know what they are.

One picture stops in front of me without me even reaching out for it. It's a beautiful world with a massive castle that rivals Xemnas's. On the other side I can see what looks like a garden of giant crystals. And there's a waterfall, but the water is moving up instead of down.

But there's something else. A pair of yellow eyes flashes across the picture. He's there.

I turn around to see Sora doing something with the picture of Disney Castle. He must be trying to pull us there.

"Wait!" The others run over to me. "We have to go here."

"Radiant Garden? Why?" Sora is looking over my shoulder.

"Because Xemnas is here."

"Are you sure, Dexlin?" Roxas is standing too close. I never thought I would not want to be close to him.

"I saw him. He's there." My voice seems to be all they need to believe me.

"Then let's go."

Sora reaches over me and puts his hand in the middle of the picture. The bright lights spiral around us again and we're standing in the middle of a floating rock. We're in the middle of the upside down waterfall. The massive castle looms in front of us.

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