Sora frantically looked around him for Aiko, he knew she was alive somewhere. Suddenly a sound broke out, he immediately ducked down barely avoiding a fireball that glazed over his head, turning around he found himself face to face with Xelysha. Riku was no where in sight. Sora would have to hold her off by himself.
"Don't worry, Sora," Xelysha smirked as two Keyblades appeared in her hands, "I'll make your death quick and painful."
"I'm not dying today, Xelysha!" Sora glared at her, immediately summoning his own Keyblade and pointing it at her. "Aeroga!" A tornado erupted out of his Keyblade straight at Xelysha, lifting her off the ground and spinning her around like a balloon over a fan. He charged at her and jumped up, attacking her constantly while both of them are airborne. Just as he landed back on the ground, he jumped back a ways putting distance between the two as the spell wore off. Xelysha face planted into the ground, she snarled as she got back up.
"Now it's my turn," she leaped at Sora as her Keyblades burst into flames and attacked him what seemed to be endlessly as he did his best to block with one Keyblade. "You really think you can beat me? You're a fool, you'll only end up like Aiko," the flames around Xelysha's Keyblades suddenly died off, "Thundaga!" Lightning suddenly crashed from the skies, smacking the ground around Xelysha. Sora barely managed to get out of the shock radius, he stood there watching, panting, and just waiting for the right time to strike back.
"I-I'm glad you're a-awake now, Aiko," Crona stammered nervously, "Maka and Soul were worried a-about you."
"Yeah, I'm glad to be up too," Aiko smiled as she walked with Crona carefully, using crutches for support. She stopped walking and looked at her pink haired companion, "you seem nervous, though. Is something wrong, Crona?"
"N-no, nothing's wrong… I just don't know how to deal with people."
"Oh… okay then. It's not too late to learn." Just then Ragnarok climbed out of Crona's back.
"Hey! I know a way you can learn, Crona," Ragnarok snickered as he grabbed Aiko and Crona's heads, pushing them together and forcing their lips to touch. Aiko pushed his hand off of her and pulled away, not sure what to say to that as Crona started freaking out.
"I'm sorry! Uh… I don't know how to deal with this situation," Crona poked his index fingers together, unable to look at Aiko now.
"It's fine, Crona." Aiko responded, glaring at Ragnarok. "I'll see you two later, okay?" She then turned and continued down the hallway, leaving Crona alone with Raganrok who instantly started punching at Crona's head.
"You dummy! You're supposed to get the girl so I can get the food!" Ragnarok kept beating at Crona. "She's been awake for two weeks now, you're moving too slow!"
"Ow! Stop it! That hurts!" Crona tried to get Ragnarok's hands away from him.
"Then work faster and get her! She doesn't remember anything so now's the time to get her! If she has a boyfriend then she doesn't remember him!"
"Stop Raid!" Sora threw his Keyblade like a boomerang at Xelysha hitting her directly. He caught his Keyblade as it came back and watched Xelysha who stood there like a statue, frozen in time. "That should give me some time," he rejoiced at his success and raced off deeper into the forest.
"Sora!" A red headed girl called out as she ran over to him. "Where's Riku?"
"I don't know… I thought he was with you, Kairi," Sora responded, taking Kairi's hand as he passed her, continuing to run with the girl stumbling behind him.
"What's going on? Why are we running?"
"It's Xelysha! I managed to freeze her in time for a while, but it'll wear off at any moment!"
"That's not good… Oh! Sora! Master Yen Sid says Aiko isn't dead!"
"Really? Where is she?"
"He doesn't know. He says that during the explosion Xelysha made, she was somehow transported to another world, most likely a world we've never been to."
Sora sighed as he slowed down, knowing that finding Aiko now will take a lot more work than he thought.
A black creature with yellow eyes hovered over to Xelysha, wearing a green hat and a matching robe with the Heartless symbol in the middle. It looked at the giant book in its hands and cast a spell at the frozen Xelysha. She took in a deep breath as she moved again.
"Ah, Bookmaster. Have you found her?" She questioned the Heartless who then nodded and showed her the book. Xelysha read the page and smirked, "found you, Aiko. No more hiding for you."